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industries announced Tues-
day they plan to expand their
high-tech operations and con-
struct new buildings on 45
acres in Kings Mountain In-
dustrial Park in 1988.
Joe Williams, President of
Preparation Machinery Ser-
vices of Shelby, Marvin Foy,
President of M&M Electric of
Gastonia and Charles
Bridges, President of Custom
Metals Fabrication of Kings
Mountain, in a joint state-
ment with Mayor John Henry
A new shopping center in
| East Kings Mountain is being
proposed by Charlotte
developer and former KM
resident Bob Neill who says
Food Lion wants to build a se-
cond store and two other
businesses are interesting in
locating on property adjacent
to the new ABC Store on
Cleveland Avenue at Branch
Street.
The Food Lion commit-
ment hinges on the city
relocating three sanitary
sewer lines on the property at
estimated cost of $48,578.30.
Neill said Food Lion would
employ 60 to 80 people. The
grocery chain now operates a
store in West Gate Plaza.
Neill said a well known varie-
ty store is also interested in
the site and he has a client for
a third location on the ap-
proximately 45,000 square
foot property owned by Mr.
and Mrs. W.S. Fulton, Jr.
Mayor John Henry Moss
placed the item on Tuesday
night’s meeting agenda of the
board but asked the commis-
sioners to table it until the
next board meeting this
month so they would have
time to meet with the
developer and study the pro-
ject further. The Mayor ap-
pointed Commissioners
Houston and Phillips to
review the request.
In other actions of a
lengthy meeting, which in-
cluded two personnel ses-
sions, the board: ;
Authorized relocation of
transmission lines by Duke
Power Co. at Commissioners
Moss, announced building
plans which the Mayor prais-
ed as a “continuing develop-
ing of KM Industrial Park by
small businesses which boost
the economy with more
employment for the area.”
Williams and his wife, who
reside in Kings Mountain,
own and operate Amanda
D’s, a new ladies apparel
shop in ‘the downtown area,
and also own and operate The
Door 1 at Clevelad Mall and
The Door 2 at Gaston Mall,
two Christian -book - stores.
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Williams has operated
Preparation Machinery Ser-
vices in Shelby for four years.
He plans to develop two and
three acre tracts with
buildings of 10,000 to 15,000
square foot of space for
manufacturing purposes.
Williams now employs 20 peo-
ple, buys, rebuilds and sells
textile machinery for textile
mills and high tech electronic
control systems. He plans a
15,000 square foot facility
with 2,000 feet additionally
for office space and initally
a a
PHOTO BY GARY STEWART
Park at cost of $48,075. The
Mayor reported efforts to cut
the cost had resulted in Duke
agreeing to accept $10,000 in-
itially, $20,000 on completion
of the project and the re-
mainder installments. Duke
officials met with Mayor
Moss, Mayor-Elect Kyle
Smith, Commissioner Harold
Phillips and Community
Development Coordinator
Gene White. White said that
the next step is to prepare
legal agreements to secure
right-of-way.
Approved amendments for
use of Senate Bill 2 Funds
allocated to the city to pro-
ceed with eligible water and
sewer construction projects.
Senate Bill 2 share of
estimated costs for 74 West
area water improvements
will amount to $220,000 with
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SMITH
SANTA COMES TO TOWN—Santa Claus came to town Sunday in the annual Christmas
Parade sponsored by the Fire Department to the delight of crowds of people who lined
the parade route. More Parade pictures are on Page 1-B.
Shopping Center Planned
the local share $306,111.45.
Senate Bill 2 costs of the ther-
macote Welco Sewer im-
provements is $118,950.00
with the city’s share
$230,577.15.
Released $1915.81 to
Isothermal Planning and
Development Commission
and $37.81 to Centralina
Council of Governments,
funds to regional lead
organizations in Region C.
Tabled for the second time
request of James R. Dickey,
Jr. of Whitehall Madison, Inc.
for water for his new develop-
ment of 30 homes on Hoyle
Road in the area of Reliance
Electric Co. Commissioner
Fred Finger said that he
didn’t receive his agenda nor
cost estimates of $45,720.40
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would employ 25 people. “We
pride ourselves in our service
department and our com-
pany, only four years old, has
gained a reputation as a sup-
plier of used and new
machinery. Willims an-
ticipates construction will
begin in about six months.
Custom Metals Fabrication
has been a Kings Mountain
industry for nearly 13 years
at 816 Floyd Street and next
year will celebrate its 15th
anniversary. Charles
- Bridges, who resides with his
at Holiday Inn.
chairman.
gressman Cass Ballenger
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vocation.
Moss, Kings Mountain native, has served
the city longer than any other mayor in
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Friday night
at Clover. This and
other interesting sports
stories begin on page
5-A.
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18 people have applied
for the job of Kings
Mountain’s City
Manager. See page
16-A.
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The KMHS Class of 1937
held its first reunion
November 22 at the
Holiday Inn. See page
2-B.
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Southern Bell plans to
cut your telephone bill.
See page 5-B.
Judy Harmon, Assistant City Clerk for
the City of Kings Mountain, is banquet
W. Garland Atkins, Publisher of The
Kings Mountain Herald, will serve as
master of ceremonies and speakers on the
program will represent the community-at-
arge, government, business and industry.
Among those attending will be U.S. Con-
Senator J. Ollie Harris of Kings Mountain,
Senator Marshall Rauch and Senator Helen
Rhyne Marvin, both of Gastonia, Rep. Edith
Lutz of Polkville, Rep. Jack Hunt of Lat-
timore, County Commissioner Chairman
- L.E. Hinnant and Vice Chairman Joyce
n, both of Kings Mountain; Mayor
Ruddy 'Holt of Albemarle, Mayor Harry
q Jmner Af ‘Gastonia, Mayor George Clay of
Shelby, a representative of the N.C. League
of Municipalities, and a representative
from the Governor’s office in Raleigh, J.D.
Ellis of Patterson Springs, who serves with
the Mayor on the Metropolitan water
district project, and many others with
whom Moss has been associated over 221%
years in city government. Moss’ pastor,
Rev. Harwood Smith, pastor of St. Mat-
thew’s Lutheran Church, will give the in-
family in the Patterson
Grove community, said his
firm will move into a larger
30,000 square foot facility
when completed in Industrial
Park. The six day a week
operation employs 32 full
time people and three full
time engineers and
fabricates and installs dust
suppressors and textile
equipment. Bridges said the
firm installs all systems they
sell all over the South,
Canada and overseas.
Bridges also trains his
of Hickory,
Three KM Industries Announce Expansions
employees. He anticipates in-
itial employment of 50 in the
new location.
M&M Electric Company of
Gastonia will also celebrate
its 15th anniversary in 1988
and President Marvin Foy,
who resides with his family in
Crowder’s Mountain com-
munity, looks forward to
becoming a KM citizen in
about six months. “We are
very textile and industry
oriented also and design con-
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Dinner To Honor Mayor
A testimonial dinner, a sell-out event at
$10 a plate, to be attended by 250 local and
state representatives of industry, business,
and government will honor retiring Mayor
John Henry Moss Thursday night at 7 p.m.
MAYOR JOHN MOSS
Kings Mountain’s 113 year history, topping
service records of 64 other mayors. The late
W.H. McGinnis was mayor 11 years and the
late Glee A. Bridges served 10 years.
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Community Center Now
Out From Under HUD
Kings Mountain’s 51,000
square foot Community
Center, the largest
neighborhood facilities
building under federal grant
in North Carolina which
received probably the largest
amount of federal funds in
the county to build, is free
from HUD restrictions and
the U.S. Department of Hous-
ing and Urban Development
has released the building for
use by the city for any pur-
pose it wishes to use it.
Mayor John Henry Moss
made the announcement
Tuesday night during his
report on municipal buildings
before the City Board of Com-
missioners.
The memorandum, dated
May, 1984 from Stephen J.
Bollinger, Assistant
Secretary for Community
Planning and Development,
was received Jan. 21, 1987.
With all federal restrictions
removed, the city can use the
$3.6 million building as a col-
iseum for both commercial
and recreational activities,
said the Mayor, who sug-
gested that the upcoming ad-
ministration establish
guidelines for its use.
The city can now charge for
sports events in the Center
and also set fees for use of the
building, which the U.S.
Department of Housing and
Urban Development has pro-
hibited. A 1983 Act repealed
the use restrictions.
The Mayor reported that
consulting engineers with
W.K. Dickson Co. had recom-
mended that the Old Deal
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Smith Plans Work Session
Mayor-Elect Kyle Smith
. has called a work session for
the new administration, in-
cluding department heads,
for Wednesday, Dec. 16th, at
7 p.m. at City Hall, a day
after the new board is sworn
in office.
Smith said no action will be
taken by the board but will
focus on plans for the new
year to be presented by the
board and a report by each
Department head of projects
ongoing in the city and their
input.
Smith, accompanied by
Mayor John Henry Moss, was
visiting in each Department
of the city Wednesday to
make what officials called ‘‘a
smooth ~ fransition.”” Smith,
Commissioners-Elect Norma
Bridges, Jackie Dean Barrett
and Al Moretz will take the
oath of office following the
7:30 p.m. last meeting of the
current board of commis-
sioners Tuesday, Dec. 15th, in
Council Chambers.
Smith said after Tuesday
night’s special board meeting
that he intends to have all
agenda items in his office five
days prior to board meetings
and would make the finished
agenda available to the press
and public three or four days
ahead of time. Smith said he
planned tohave the agenda in
the hands of commissioners
to study the weekend prior to
.Dec.
the meeting which he plans to
suggest be neld on Mondays,
instead of Tuesdays. Smith
said two meetings a month
may be required but that the
commissioners will be setting
meeting dates at the first
meeting of the new board
15th following their
swearing-in.
Commissioner Fred Finger
complained at Tuesday’s
meeting that he received his
agenda late, as he arrived at
City Hall for the meeting.
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