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Press Association
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VOL. 100 NUMBER 34
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1987
KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA
Margrace
Mill Burns
Tuesday
Fire destroyed the Yarn
Dye House and Slasher Room
at the Old Margrace Mill
Tuesday night but 75 firemen,
who battled the blaze for
hours and were still on the
scene Wednesday morning,
kept the flames from engulf-
ing the nearby Margrace
Village.
Kelly and Bernice Bunch,
owners of the property,
estimated the loss at a half
million dollars and said the
property was not covered by
insurance.
Arson teams were on the
site Wednesday morning and
the investigation of cause of
the fire was underway.Mr.
Bunch said the two-story
building at the back side of
the plant, which dates in the
early 1900s and is a city land-
mark, had been vandalized
and the windows broken out
on several occasions. ‘We've
anyone inside the empty
never been able to catch]
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Flames Could Be Seen For Miles...
School bells will ring Mon-
day morning for 3,800 Kings
Mountain District School
pupils at eight plants.
Two-hundred faculty
members reported to work
last Thursday and a kick-off
breakfast was held Tuesday
morning at 8 a.m. at KMSHS
Cafeteria.
For students at the Kings
Mountain Junior High,
school bells will ring for the
opening of the 1987-88 term at
7:48.At the Senior High at 8
a.m. and at 8:20 a.m. at the
of 807 Hillside Dr., has filed
for one of the inside seats for
the Kings Mountain Board of
Education.
Mr. Hollifield stated that he
and tried to keep up with the
time necessary to devote to
such an important position.
‘‘Kings Mountain has
always had a progressive
school system for its size. It
has been the forerunner in
many issues that have later
become state wide’,
Hollifield commented.‘ “This
is due to very capable ad-
ministrators and teachers
who have very positive at-
titudes. In every school that
my children have attended
over the last 12 years, I have
seen nothing but outstanding
educators whose interest
have been totally for the
child’s benefit. This must
continue in order for Kings
Mountain to keep the quality
education it now provides. I
would like to be a part of
maintaining this quality
education. I would like to be a
member of the KM Board of
Hollifield Eyes
Dale Aubrey Hollifield, 44, &
has always been interested in |
school system but only now :
does he feel that he has the §
elementary schools. Lun-
chrooms will operate the first
day, which is a full day of
school, the dismissal bells
ringing at 2:15 p.m.at the
Senior High, 2:30 p.m. at the
Junior High and 2:40 p.m. at
the elementary schools.
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All faculties dre virtually
complete and "Supt. Bob
McRae said the system has
been able to rehire most of
the positions dropped due to
cuts in state school funds. In
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DALE HOLLIFIELD
Education that makes deci-
sions that are important to
all. We as citizens of Kings
Mountain owe it to our
children and our teachers to
have decisions that affect
them carefully considered
and only the wisest choices
made. We have and must con-
tinue to keep our high quality
of education in Kings Moun-
tain and I would appreciate
the chance to help keep it
there.”
pr
addition, Joey Hopper,
former 4th grade teacher at
Bethware, has been
employed as Assistant Prin-
cipal at KM Junior High. In
other principal
reassignments, Hugh
Holland has moved to
Bethware School replacing
Ronald Nanney, who moved
to the county system in an ad-
ministrative position,. and
Shirley Bynum of Gastonia
assumes new duties at West
School replacing Holland.
Dr.McRae said that basic
Board Seat
Hollifield is married to the
former Dianne McDaniel, a
job training courselor at the
high school. They have three
sons, Aubrey, a freshman at
Wake Forest University;
Ryan, a sophomore at
KMSHS and Andy, a 9th
grader at KM Junior High.
A 1961 graduate of Kings
Mountain High School,
Hollifield is also a graduate
of Western Crolina Universi-
ty where he played football
and was acfive in many
social and academic
organizations.
He is a retired Captain of
the N.C. National Guard from
which he received the
Distinguished Service Medal
and he is currently serving as
Major in the N.C.Army
Reserves. He has been with
the U.S. Parcel Sevice for 20
years and has held many
positions including personnel
supervisor, pre-load super-
visor and driver supervisor
He is now Center Manager
for the UPS Center in
Gastonia. He is also a
member of Lake Montonia
Board of Director and he and
his family are active in First
Baptist Church.
fees vary from school-to-
school and will remain the
same. Lunch prices are also
the same as last school term,
he said.
At the Senior High, John
Goforth has replaced Barry
Gibson, who resigned, as
Assistant Principal and in the
School Administration Office,
Trry Haas of Gastonia has
replaced Tim Echols as
finance officer. Mr. Echols
has returned to KMHS as a
business and math teacher.
Dupin Crusade
Draws Big Crowd
Clyde Dupin, the earnest
evangelist in the three-piece
brown suit, holds his big Bi-
ble aloft and calls 1800 souls
in John Gamble Football
Stadium to come forward and
make a decision for Christ.
Clyde Dupin, the small
town Billy Graham who br-
ings a simple Gospel
message, and without any
notes, to Kings Mountain's
biggest revival ever, which
continues through Sunday
night at 7:27 p.m. in the
Stadium. In event of rain, the
services will be held in B.N.
Barnes Auditorium.
Crowds of between 1800 and
2000 have attended the first
three services, which began
Sunday, with more than 250 in
the Crusade Choir and hun-
dreds others involved as
counselors and chairmen of
various committees planning
the Crusade sponsored by
40-plus churches
surrounding areas.
Is Dupin the same man the
Dr. McRae said that
maintenance crews ‘have
done alot of work at the
various school buildings this
summer but more remains to
be done.”
First day off for students is
Labor Day Sept.7th, said
McRae.
For Kindergarten students
in the system, the first week
of school will end at lunch
time with appointments be-
ing set up by teachers this
week which allows for time of
academic testing tor each
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CLYDE DUPIN
next morning after a
Crusade? Dupin is an
evangelist and witness 24
hours a day. Each morning,
he mediates on a couple of
] in the scripture passages and then
Greater Kings Mountain and he and the entire team work-
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3,800 KM Students Return To School Monday
student in the afternoon. This
year’s kindergarten class
will represent the Class of
2000. Each Kindergarten stu-
dent at East, West, North,
Bethware and Grover
Schools will receive on the
opening day of school a white
tee shirt imprinted in red
with‘‘Class of 2000’ from
First Federal Savings ’ Loan
Association. Gary Whitaker,
executive officer, will make
the presentations at the
various plants Monday morn-
.g, beginning at 9 a.m.
GOVERNOR JIM MARTIN
City Codes Director Bob
Davies resigned Friday after
18 months at City Hall.
Davies submitted his letter
of resignation to Mayor John
Henry Moss and said it is
“economically unfeasible to
continue unless my salary is
brought up to that paid by
other building inspectors in
the area.”
~ Davies’ request was turned
down by city commissioners
4-2 in a recent personnel ses-
sion.
Davies is paid $370.96 week-
ly, which he maintains is out-
N.C. Governor To Speak
At Grover Plant Monday
North Carolina Governor
Jim Martin will make the
| principal address at ground-
breaking and dedication of
i Sheller-Globe’s new Kings
Mountain Plant on Highway
99 near ‘Grover Monday at
noon.
Following the ceremonies,
! Sheller-Globe officials will
host a luncheon at Holiday
Inn for company and city of-
ficials and guests.
Bad As TH
BOB DAVIES
Senator J. Ollie Harris of
Kings Mountain will in-
troduce Governor Martin and
L.E. Hinnant, chairman of
the Cleveland County Board
of Commissioners, will
welcome the group.Kings
Mountain Mayor John Henry
Moss will make the official
welcome from the city and
Raymond A. Van Stee,
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Davies Resigns As kM Codes Director
of-line in comparison with
other city employees who are
not graduate engineers.
Davies said that cities in
comparable population size
to Kings Mountain pay their
building inspectors $24,000 to
$30,000 a year. He is paid
$17,000 yearly. i
Davies also noted that
State Insurance officials
have told city officials that
the city is liable for fines up
to $40,000 per incident should
building permits be issued by
uncertified personnel. With
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