VOL. 100 NUMBER 39
Crusade
Finances
Announced
Clyde Dupin Crusade Kings
Mountain committee releas-
ed this week an audit report
on the expenses and contribu-
tions during the recent
Crusade attended by
thousands of people.
Receipts included $4,562.70
from individual contribu-
tions, $9,018.46 from church
contributions, $5,356.38 from
business and professional
contributions, $12,742.20 from
crusade offerings, $58.71
from interest earned and
$1,095.00 from the crusade
kickoff banquet for a grand
total of $32,833.45, which ex-
tion of $25,000.
Disbursements included
ble Memorial Stadium)
$6,406.44 for operation of the
Crusade office; $3,893.12,
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Three people were hurt,
two of them hospitalized,
Tuesday afternoon in a two-
car crash .1 of a mile from
the city limits on Phifer
Road.
Rescue personnel with the
Cleveland County Emergen-
cy Services and KM Rescue
Squad used “the Jaws of life’
to free two people pinned in
the wreckage. . Harry
Kyle said a car door had to be
ceeded its budget anticipa- 4
$1,892.81 for facilities, (Gam- Ji
removed to free two
passengers.
_ Trooper M.V. Reavis, who
investigated for the N.C.
Highway Patrol, said the
wreck involved a 1987 Ford
operated by Christopher Ray
Herndon, 17, of Route 2,
which was damaged $5,000,
and a 1986 Chevrolet operated
by Sally White Gantt, 70, of
1013 Linwood Road, which
was damaged $5,000. Mrs.
— Since 1889 —
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1987
Photo by Wanda Kyle
THREE HURT IN WRECK—Jackie McCurry, left, and Ptl. Harry Kyle use the ‘jaws of life”’
to free three persons hurt in a wreck Tuesday afternoon on Phifer Road.
Gantt was charged with yield
violation by Trooper Reavis.
Mrs. Gantt and a
passenger, Emma Jane Sum-
mitt, of 1013 Linwood Road,
were both admitted to the
Kings Mountain Hospital for
observation. A third
passenger in the Gantt jrehi-
cle, Pamela Denise White,
was also treated for injuries
but was not hospitalized.
highly-ranked Alabama.
picking the most winners
games
section of today’s Herald.
Faye Hughes Winner
Of Football Contest
Faye Hughes of Route 4, Kings Mountain
predicted 19 of 20 winners to take the $100
prize in last week’s football contest.
Mrs. Hughes missed only the Bessemer
City-Chesnee, S.C., high school game,
which was won by Bessemer City. She cor-
rectly picked Florida's upset win over
She joins Dennis Sprouse of Grover and
william McDowell of Kings Mountain in the
winner’s circle. You can join these three by
listed on advertisements in the B
Mail your entry to Football Contest, P.O.
Box 769, Kings Mountain, N.C. 28086, or br-
. ing it by our office on Canterbury Road. En-
tries must be received by 4 p.m. Friday.
in the contest
Three People Hurt In Wreck
The accident occurred at
2:40 p.m. Trooper Reavis
said Herndon was traveling
south on Phifer Road when
Mrs. Gantt pulled out of the
exit driveway at the Junior
High School.
Other officers at the scene
are Assistant Police Chief
NP faves and officer Harry
We of Kings Mountain
Police Department.
United Way
Reaches 21%
Of 1988 Goal
The Kings Mountain United
Fund Campaign for 1988
reached 21 percent of goal-or
$23,608, this week, according
to campaign workers repor-
ting at Friday’s report ses-
sion at Holiday Inn.
Treasurer Marvin Chappell
said that next report meeting
is Oct. 2 at noon at Holiday
Inn.
The United Fund goal for
1988 is $110,000 for a dozen
agencies.
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PROPOSED NEW ABC STORE—This is an architect's
rendering of the proposed new ABC Store in Kings Mountain.
Grading has begun at the site on Linwood Road. Builders are
shooting for a Dec. 1 completion date. The 4,000 square foot
building will be of brick construction with metal roof and will
cost approximately $156,000. Ted Huffman holds the general
contract.
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Meet Candidates
‘‘Meet the Candidate
Night’ Tuesday by the Kings
Moutain Chamber of Com-
merce attracted 100-125 peo-
ple, 16 of them candidates for
municipal office in the Oct. 6
city election.
Claude Suber, President of
the Chamber, said he was
highly pleased by the turnout,
although he expected more
people to attend. ‘This small
turnout must mean that
voters have made up their
minds already,” he said.
Kings Mountain citizens
chatted with 16 of the 20 can-
didates for mayor, city com-
missioner candidates in three
wards, and school board can-
didates for 90 minutes in the
lobby of the Governmental
Facilities Center.
Lucille Williams, secretary
of the Chamber of Com-
merce, served punch and
party pickups.
There was no planned
agenda. At 7 p.m., President
Suber thanked those atten-
ding the first ‘‘Meet The Can-
didate Night” and said he felt
it meant that people in Kings
Mountain were interested in-
good government.
sioners, with exception of
Commissioners Norman
King and Irvin Allen, Jr.,
both candidates for mayor,
were present for the recep-
tion.
Kings Mountain citizens
will go to the polls Oct. 6th at
the Community Center and
National Gurad polling
places to elect a mayor to
succeed John Henry Moss,
mayor for 22 years, and three
commissioners from District
I, District IT and District IV.
For the first time in 22 years,
voters will elect a new mayor
and for the first time in many
years, new members of the
city council from both
District I and District IV
since the incumbent commis-
sioners are running for the of-
fice of mayor.
Should a run-off be
necessary, it will be held on
Nov. 3, same date as the
general election and election
day for those seven running
for two seats on the Kings
Mountain Board of Educa-
tion. There is no run-off in the
board of education race. The
two top vote-getters will be
the winners.
‘“The change in city School Board candidates
government to city manager also mingled with voters and |
form of government was a city commissioner can-
progressive step for Kings didates at City Hall Tuesday.
Mountain and for the Of the seven running for the
Chamber of Commerce, office, one was absent. Of the
which he said is ‘moving for- candidates running for
mayor, two. were absent. Of
ward’.’’ :
Suber said he ‘was dissa- the candidates runuing for
pointed that none of the pre- ;
sent city board of commis-
Dr. Eric Faust,
said.
tion.
Helping Hand Fund
Aids Needy People
Forty-three families in the Kings Mountain area have
received food this month from the Ministerial Associa-
tion Helping Hand Fund. At this rate the Food Bank for
the needy will be depleted by December.
resident of the Kings Mountain
Ministerial Association, says the KM Food Bank nor-
mally supplies 20 families each month with staple food
items during emergency situations. a
““A lot of people have been laid off their jobs and are
working short-time and the families that come to us are
usually those with two, three, four and six children”, he
The Kings Mountain United Way campaign, now
underway, has budgeted $13,000 for the Helping Hand
Fund and Chaplain’s Service of the Ministerial Associa-
Other funds for the Food Bank come from churches in
the Greater Kings Mountain area, from special offer-
ings designated in the church budgets, and from bell
ringing by local ministers during the Christmas season.
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The Helping Hand Fund, which also designates up to $50
for senior citizens for fuel during winter months, totals
approximately $25,000. Faust said the $13,000 from
United Fund also includes about $300 per quarter for a
chaplain at Kings Mountain Hospital, a volunteer
retired minister who calls on all new patients each day
at the hospital and notifies the patent’s minister and
assists in attending to their spirituzl needs. Rev. Paul
Horne, retired minister, is serving ia this capacity.
Rev. Dewey Smith, pastor of St. Paul’s and Galilee
United Methodist Church, is chairman of the Helping
Hand Fund, set up for people in crisis and emergency
situations. The policy stipulates that the needy persons
in a crisis or emergency situation must apply at the
church nearest their residence and with the minister.
After the “food slip’’ is obtained, the family can go to the
KM Community Center where Diane Davis dispenses
the staple food items, non-perishables and canned
goods, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 2 un-
til 4 p.m. Persons who receive food stamps, aid to depen-
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