Page 2A-KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD-Wednesday, May 27, 1987
Letters To The Editor
Support Library Drive
To The Editor:
When I grew up in Kings Mountain there was no public
library. I hungered for books and although my family provid-
ed books and magazines in my home - there was never
enough. At the age of 10 I even started a lending library in our
garage by borrowing all the books in the neighborhood, plac-
ing them on orange crate ‘ ‘bookshelves’ and checking them
out to my friends. Today in our modern scientific and
technological world are there still children in our town
hungry for more and better book services?
en Mrs. Willie Dilling retired as librarian of Mauney
Memorial Library, I was appointed librarian by the Board
and served in that capacity for nine years until my retire-
ment in 1981. A lot of feathers flew during those nine years.
First, there was a general face-lifting of the library
building itself with a fresh paint job both inside and out and
new carpeting in the four rooms which was all the library oc-
cupied at that time. There were three more unused rooms
downstairs in the building and two apartments upstairs which
were still being rented. This rental was discontinued after
several more years because of the new fire regulations.
All the time that I served as librarian I had only one assis-
tant and a student helper in the summer. During those years
some of my able assistants were Mrs. Helen Neal, Louise
Peeler, Virgie Eaker, Jenny Hatch and Pat Noblett - all
dedicated staff members. We had fun together too! The most
outstanding volunteer we had was Tina Russell who came to
help us with her expertise after her retirement from Gaston
County Library. We never would have made it without her.
After the redecorating we then began a campaign to enroll
more library patrons and emphasized the Children’s Story
Hour; we had sales of discarded library books on the front
porch of the library (the books were sold out in two hours);
we filled the shelves with new books and magazines. Soon we
were bursting at the seams.
The Library Board Chairmen during my years were first
Dr. Charles Edwards and then Grady Howard. Both were en-
thusiastic and cooperative leaders and with the excellent
board members worked hard toward achieving our set goals.
In 1976 we decided it was time to open up two more of the
unused rooms in the building and renovate them to become
the much-needed junior rooms. We were fortunate enough to
acquire a retired contractor who had moved to our town,
Edward Heine, who dedicated himself to doing a fine job for
us. Plaster-dust flew everywhere when Mr. Heine had to bore
through a wall to make two doorways connecting the rooms to
be used for the children. We had to cover our heads and after-
wards clean all the books and shelves! Many times we were
without a cleaning service and we found ourselves vacuum-
ing, sweeping the front porch, planting geraniums in the urns
etc. But we were proud of our library and did it peopl.
When the two Junior Rooms were completed they were
dedicated to the memory of Jan Marion Fryer (1955-1974)
who had been a student summer helper in the library and had
also conducted the Children’s Story Hour.
In 1978 the last usable room in the building was made into
the Carolina Room where the growing collection of North
Carolina books could be assembled and where a reference
department of local family histories was established. The
local history collection was dedicated to the memory of Mrs.
Bonnie Mauney Summers who had spent years in researching
3 al great decisions series which drew professors
weekly from surrounding colleges as leaders.
Mary Jane Carbo was appointed librarian when I retired
and served for two years. She was followed by the present
able librarian, Mrs. Rose Turner.
Won’t you join the chain of dedicated people who have
already worked for half a century to bring your library to its
present stage of development and help it continue to grow?
Hazel Herndon Fryer
Know Tick Fever Symptoms
In Cleveland County we have had no reported cases of
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever this year, but North Carolina
still leads the United States in the number of reported cases.
In 1986, we had one case reported where the state had 129
cases and fourth deaths. Early diagnosis and treatment can
lead to a quick recovery. Be on the alert for these early symp-
toms: fever, headache, chills, aches and pains, and a rash
that usually appears first on the wrists and ankles. These
may appear anywhere from two days to two weeks after the
bite, so make sure you keep a record of the date the tick was
removed (they must be attached five to six hours before the
diseas is transmitted). Proper removal is to use tweezers or
tissue paper and slowly pull straight back from the skin.
Don’t twist or jerk your movements because you could leave
the mouth imbedded and this could cause a secondary infec-
tion. Be sure to wash the bite are and your hands well with
soap and water afterremoval is complete.
How do you avoid tick bite? Keep shirts tucked into pants
and pant-legs into socks; and avoid field borders, low vegeta-
tion, and brushy areas; check yourself and your children at
least twice daily.
Please help us keep Cleveland County’s reported cases low.
Remember, if you develop a sudden headache and fever, go
to the doctor immediately and tell him the date you removed
the tick. This prompt action could save your life!
Betty Webb,
Cleveland County Health Department
and writing the history of Kings Mountain and of several local
this growth came new agit programs such as
GARY STEWART
Managing Editor
GARLAND ATKINS
Publisher
ELIZABETH STEWART
News Editor
DARRELL AUSTIN
General Manager
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Disagrees With Site
To The Editor:
In regards to the proposed ABC store site, I would like to
say a little bit about how hard it will be to get in and out of this
location and how unsafe the site is. I live across the street and
100 feet away from the site on Cleveland Avenue chosen b
the ABC Board and my driveway also connects wit
Cleveland. The traffic is very heavy through this area. On
some days I have to wait several minutes to get out of my
driveway into the street, and when I do get out, I usually have
to go around the block before I am able to head in the direc-
tion I want to go because the heavy traffic won't let me get
across to the opposite lane. During the rush hours when peo-
ple are going and coming from work, the traffic will be back-
ed up from the signal light at Hardee’s down past the Fire
Museum. Anyone wishing to stop off at the proposed ABC
store on their way home from work had better be prepared
for a late supper.
I have seen half a dozen rear end collisions and a hundred
near collisions right above the proposed ABC store site just
within the year or so since I’ve lived here. People are turning
against the traffic to get to the Community Center and other
people who are in a hurry or coming off blind from the two
side streets right above the Center plow into them. Often, I
have seen huge, fully loaded transfer trucks have to lock their
wheels down to avoid squashing a car waiting for another car
to turn. Many times these narrowly missed cars were loaded
with children being taken to or from East School, which is
just a couple of blocks up the street.
Now the ABC Board wants to compound the problem with
another deadly bottleneck. If the ABC store is put at this loca-
tion, people will then start turning against traffic on the other
side of the street too, and the consequences will be fatal.
Vehicles coming from the bridge area are usually moving a
lot faster. Maybe too fast to stop for a car load of children.
The site chosen is unsafe and at the very least, extremely in-
convenient. Add that to the fact that the land is priced double
what another parcel would cost and it is plain to see that the
site chosen is a bad choice.
There is already a bad odor drifting from City Hall concern-
ing the annexation of the two stores out on Grover Road. Over
the protests of all the residents there about disregarding the
huge financial burden of providing city services that far
away, the ABC board and City Council Spproves the annexa-
tion, just so these two stores can sell a few dollars worth of
beer. The proposed ABC store location would be very conve-
nient for me, but the sound of ambulances all day long would
probably grate on my nerves. I hope the ABC Board reverses
its decision on the proposed ABC store location and chooses a
sir site. This proposal onlyadds to that aforementioned
smell.
W.W. Strickland J.
2001 Cleveland Ave.
Crime Of The Week
The Gloyelong County Sheriff’s Department is in-
vestigating several thefts in‘the Winter Park Community.
Two thefts occurred in the 600 block of Popular Drive. In one,
a red go-kart was stolen and another involved the theft of a
Suzuki trail-bike motorcycle. The Suzuki trail bike had knob-
by tires with a blue seat and was painted blue and yellow.
The Sheriff’s Department is also investigating the theft of a
number of knives which occurred in the same area and is
believed to be related. These knives range from 4% inch
sheath to 10 inch sheath knives and have special identification
marks on either the handle or blade.
Confidentially on these or other crimes associated with
Crime-stoppers is guaranteed. Those with information
leading to an arrest or to the recovery on property becomine
eligible to receive a reward of up to $1,000.00. If you have in-
formation, call 481-TIPS.
MARGARET COLLINS
Funeral services for
Margaret Lewis Collins, 52,
of 1207 W. Gold St., who died
Friday in Charlotte
Memorial Hospital, were con-
ducted Sunday at 2 p.m. from
First Wesleyan Church by
Rev. John Harris and Rev.
Harry D. Vance, interment
following in Mountain Rest
Cemetery.
Mrs. Collins was the
daughter of Jessie Woods
Lewis of Kings Mountain and
the late Henry Lewis. A
native of Rutherford County,
she was employed as a
secretary with Impact
Plastics. She was the widow
of Morris Ted Collins.
Surviving, in addition to
her mother, are two sons, Ted
Collins of Gastonia and Ricky
Collins of Kings Mountain; a
daughter, Kimberly Butler of
Kings Mountain; a brother,
James Lewis of Kings Moun-
tain; four sisters, Ruby
Voight of Oxford, Peggy
Costner of Gastonia, Dorothy
Ledford and Patricia King of
Kings Mountain; and three
grandchildren.
_ Harris Funeral Home was
in charge of arrangements.
BROADUS WILSON
Graveside services for
Broadus Odell Wilson, 81, of
Gaffner, S.C., formerly of
Kings Mountain, were held
Saturday at 2 p.m. from
Frederick Memorial Gardens
by Rev. Stewart Kersey and
Rev. C.E. Hampton.
Mr. Wilson was husband of
Ethel Dayberry Wilson and
died May 21 in Brookview
House in Gaffney, S.C. He
was a native of Cherokee
County, S.C., son of the late
Lewis and Maude Hammett
Wilson and a member of
Cherokee Avenue Baptist
Church and a retired textile
employee.
Surviving are two sons,
Everett Wilson of Spartan-
burg, S.C. and Lewis Eugene
Wilson of Atlanta, Ga., one
daughter, Mrs. Martha Ann
Owens of Gaffney, S.C., one
brother, Jesse Wison of El
Paso, Texas; 10 grand-
children, and seven great-
grandchildren.
Shuford Hatcher Funeral
Home was in charge of ar-
rangements.
PHILLIP LYNCH
Funeral services for Phillip
Ward Lynch, 35, of 104 S.
Juniper St., who died Mon-
day in the Gaston Memorial
Hospital, were conducted
Wednesday at 2 p.m. from
First Baptist Church in
Gastonia by Rev. T.L.
Cashwell, Jr., Rev. J.C.
Goare and Rev. Carroll
Here We Grow Again
Photo by Darrell Austin
The grass along this median of U.S. 74 business near the Kings Mountain Plaza Shopp-
ing Center, the scene of a number of wrecks last summer, is again being allowed to grow
so tall that motorists entering the highway cannot see oncoming traffic.
Henderson, interment follow-
ing in Gaston Memorial
Park.
A Gaston County native, he
was the son of Betris D.
Wiesener of the home and the
late M. Cyle Lynch.
Surviving, in addition to his
mother, are his stepfather,
Carl Wiesener of the home; a
son, Jeff Lynch of Charlotte;
, and three brothers, Morris K.
Lynch of Jackson, Tenn.
Danny Lynch of Waynesville
and David Lynch of Knox-
ville, Tenn.
Carothers Funeral Home of
Gastonia was in charge of ar-
rangements.
NELLIE BURTON
Funeral serivces for Nellie
Burton, 75, of Route 6, Coun-
try Side Road, who died Mon-
day in the Kings Mountain
Hospital, were conducted
Wednesday at 2 p.m. from
David Baptist Church of
which she was a member.
Her pastor, Rev. Brian
Taule, officiated and inter-
ment was in the church
cemetery.
Miss Burton was a native of
Cleveland County, daughter
of the late John Harper and
Laura Myrtle Goforth Bur-
on.
Surviving are three
brothers, Doc Burton, Fred
Burton and Carl Burton, all of
Kings Mountain; four sisters,
Virgie Bennett of Fort Mill,
S.C., Susan Hooks and
Margaret King, both of Kings
Mountain, and Laura Jane
Houser of Antioch, S.C.
Nance Gets
25-Year
Sentence
Former Kings Mountain
resident Billy J. Nance, 43, of
Denver, received a 25 year
prison sentence Thursday in
connection with embezzling
more than $800,000 from
Homelite Division of Textron,
Inc.
Nance plead guilty to four
counts of income tax invasion
and received a five year
prison sentence. He received
an additional 20 year prison
sentence on three counts of
mail fraud, three counts of
wire fraud and four counts of
interstate transportation of
stolen securities, according
to U.S. Attorney Charles
Brewer.
Realtor
Takes Beef
To State
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money.” “Right now we need
a stoplight on East Ridge
Street and a stoplight on
Woodside Drive for safety at
the Community Center and
East School areas’, says
Carpenter.
‘“I believe I have a
legitimate complaint and I
believe that whatever comes
of these efforts of mine, and
others, regarding control of
traffic on N.C. 161, can only
be to the benefit of East:
Kings Mountain and the
road’s traveling public’, he
added.
Permit
Renewed
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The truck plaza’s permit
was renewed and the volume
of discharge raised from
7,500 to 14,000 gallons.
More than half the people
attending the meeting voiced
their concern over a mica
mine facility on the Grover
Road which residents say
causes a lot of dust in the
area. Although the public
‘hearing was called for the
purpose of hearing only the
Truck Plaza’s request, EPA
officials promised to check
into the matter.
“I’m pleased that the
public hearing was called and
that people in the community
had the foresight to attend
and talk about all of our in-
terests,” Testa said. “We all
want what's best for the en-
vironment and people of the
community.”