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VOL. 100 NUMBER 29
WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1987
Annexation Ta
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—Memory Of Bygone Days
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Satellite annexation requests drew critical response
from some commissioners at Tuesday night’s regular
montly meeting of the City Board at the Governmental
Services Facilities Center.
~ Inresponse to a request from developer Robert E. Lee to
annex 100.38 acres on the west side of Highway 74 west
(better known as the Ware property) some commissioners
said it would be ‘‘wise’’ for the city to annex all the proper-
ty between the city limits and the Ware property at the
same time.
“I don’t mind receiving this property,” noted Commis-
sioner Fred Finger, ‘‘but would it not be wise to include all
the property out there? We ought to be running all services
out there and taking in the whole area. It would be cheaper
in the long run.”
Mayor John Moss said the city is in the process of plann-
ing annexation of the area, but that it must be sure it
follows state guidelines for ‘‘statutory’’ annexation as op-
posed to ‘‘voluntary’’ annexation.
Community Development Director Gene White said he
had discussed Lee’s proposed annexation with Woody Har-
ton of the N.C. Department of NRCD and how it would af- J
fect the city’s annexation program in that area. He said
Harton ruled that satellite annexation of Lee’s property
would not ‘‘compromise our statutory required qualifica-
tions of the area.”
However, White cautioned the city board to ‘‘carefully
examine’’ a paragraph in Lee’s annexation statement
which said ‘we the undersigned owners of all the real pro-
perty requested for annexation, do also petition the city of
Kings Mountain for access to all the utility services (elec-
tricity, natural gas, water and sewer), available from the
City of Kings Mountain.”
Mayor Moss said the annexation committee headed by
Oh, what we'd all do to re-live some of the good ole days.
And if you were a young person in Kings Mountain in the
fifties and sixties, you’ll certainly remember this site. It’s
the old Silver Villa on East King Street, which was located
at the site between where the Phillips 66 station and new
Silver Villa stand today. The restaurant offered ‘‘just good
food’, curb service, and most importantly, a gathering
place for youngsters. Pictured in this photo is Melton
Kiser, who was the owner, The photo, taken on July 4, 1951,
Commissioner Humes Houston would probably have its
proposed annexation program for that area complete in
the next two months, and Houston urged White to give
copies of that proposal to Finger and other commissioners.
is courtesy of Clyde Falli.
SHIRLEY BYNUM
Mrs. Belt Files For School Board
Susan H. Belt of Oakland
Street is the first person to
file for an inside-city seat on
the Kings Mountain School
Board in the November elec-
tion.
The seats of Mrs. June Lee
and Doyle Campbell are up
for election this year. Mrs.
Lee, who has served 12 years.
on the board, earlier an-
nounced that she does not
plan to seek re-election.
Campbell, who is completing
his first term, has not yet an-
nounced his intentions.
Mrs. Belt filed this week at
the Cleveland County Board
of Elections in Shelby. Filing
The Kings Mountain City
Board of Commissioners
lmanimously approved a con-
tract Tuesday night to pro-
vide water and sewer ser-
vices to a sub-pdivision
Gastonia attorney Henr
Whitesides has planned off
Linwood Road.
Whitesides, who is attorney
for the city of Gastonia, said
he has planned for several
years Mountain Manor on a
59 acre tract his family owns
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Mrs. Bynum Named West School Principal
The administration of the
Kings Mountain District
Schools System for 1987-88 is
complete following the selec-
tion of a new principal for
West School at Thursday's
meeting of the Board of
Education.
Shirley Bynum, assistant
principal at Woodhill
lementary School _ in
Gastonia, was appoinfed
West principal -ia -a- special -
meeting of the board. She
replaces Hugh Holland, who
continues through noon
August 4.
Also up for election this
year are the city council
terms of Kings Mountain
commissioners Irvin Allen,
Corbet Nicholson and Nor-
man King, and the seat of
Mayor John Henry Moss, who
‘has held his position for 22
years. Local school board
member Kyle Smith has filed
for mayor but Moss has not
yet filed. None of the commis-
sioners have filed for re-
election but Joe King and Jeff
Gregory filed last week for
the District Four seat of
King. Filing for the city
on Linwood Acres. He plans
to construct 82 single family
dwellings which will range in
price from $80,000 to $120,000.
Although the land is inside
the city limits, Whitesides
said he was willing to operate
on the ‘‘outside city’ policy
and pay the total cost of on-
site water and sewer lines in
order to get construction go-
ing soon.
Normally, under an “inside
city” policy, Whitesides said,
served as West Principal for
one year before being
transferred to Bethware
School at last Monday’s
board meeting.
Holland replaces Ron Nan-
ney, last year’s North
Carolina Principal of ‘the
Year, who resigned as
Bethware principal to take a
position with the Cleveland
County Schools,
- Mrs. Bynum has served as
an assistant principal in the
Gaston County System for the
SUSAN BELT
the city and developer would
divide those costs. He said
the city’s only cost would be
$12,000 to extend offsite sewer
lines to the development.
“I'd be better off if 1
operate on the outside city
policy and put things in
myself,’ he told the board.
Whitesides said he is ready
to begin construcion on eight
homes which would bring the
city $3,400 in tax revenue next
year, and over the next two to
past 10 years, including five
each in junior high and
elementary schools. Before
that, she taught sixth and se-
cond grades in Mount Holly
and Stanley.
Mrs. Bynum is a native of
Gastonia and attended
Gastonia city schools. She ob-
tained her B.S. from Win-
throp College and masters in
counseling from UNC-
Charlotte. She is presently
working on a doctorate in
education administration at
board is with local election
board chairman Becky Cook.
- In nearby Grover, the seats
of Mayor Bill McCarter and
commissioners Ron Queen
and Bill Camp are up for elec-
tion this year. None of the
three have announced their
intentions and Sandra Ellis
thus far is the only citizen to
file for council. Filing is at
Grover Town Hall.
~Mrs. Belt, a native of
Shelby, is running for public
office for the first time. She
and her husband, Steve, who
is employed at Duke Power’s
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82-Unit Sub-Division Planned
three years the city would
receive $32,000 in revenue
“and we would have put in all
utilities.”
Whitesides said the city’s
total investment to send
utilities to the development
would be $12,000 while his
would be $160,000.
‘““‘We’re surrounded on
three sides by Duke Power,”
he said, ‘‘but we hope to get
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UNC-Greensboro.
She began her duties at
West Wednesday morning.
“1 anticipate great things
at West,” she said. ‘I've
heard nothing but fine things
from the community, student
body and from the faculty.
Everyone has told me about
the great job they're doing
and I’m looking forward to
coming in and working with
everyone and work together
in making it even greater.
“I’m very anxious to get
started,” she added. ‘I know
it will be a great experience
for me and I hope nothing but
the best for the community
and the student body.”
Mrs. Bynum, who lives in
Mount Holly with her hus-
band, Harold, and 20-year-old
daughter Ceci, who is a col-
lege sophomore, plans to
move to Kings Mountain in
the near future.
| taloupe to 28 pounds, three ounces. He had another one that
Photo by T.C. McKee
BIG CANTALOUPE - Texans may be known for produc-
ing everything big, but you'll have to go some to beat this
cantaloupe grown by Tom Hamrick of the Patterson Grove
Community near Kings Mountain. Hamrick grew this can-
weighed three pounds less than this one.