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VOL. 100 NUMBER 52
Good morning, and Merry Christmas! :
Our annual Christmas edition is out early this week so
our employees may spend some extra time with their
families.
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Wednesday afternoon next week. Deadlines for news and
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MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1987 KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CARC
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Christmas Services Planned
Christmas Eve church ser-
vices will highlight the com-
munity celebration of
Christmas.
Three Kings Mountain
churches-First Presbyterian,
Resurrection Lutheran and
St. Matthew’s Lutheran- plan
11 p.m. candlelight services
and communion services will
be held at both Resurrection
and First Presbyterian chur-
ches.Early services are plan-
ned at 7 p.m. at Central
United Methodist Church and
Boyce Memorial ARP
Church.
The 35-voice Adult Choir of
First Presbyterian Church,
under the direction of Mrs.
Darrell Austin, will present
special anthems and Dr. Erie
Faust will lead a communion
meditation at the ll p.m. ser-
vice. The First Presbyterian
sanctuary is decorated with
Chrismon trees and wreaths
and red poinsettias.
The Chancel Choir of St.
Matthew’s Lutheran Church,
| Smith Says He’ll Support
Three Of Moss’s Projects
Kings Mountain Mayor
Kyle Smith said he will sup-
port three of the four ongoing
projects of the Moss Ad-
ministration. The Mayor
made the statement on his se-
cond day in the Mayor’s chair
at City Hall.
Smith, who conducted two
organizational workshops for
in Cleveland County, the pro-
posed regional sewer com-
plex in Gaston County, and
the proposed hydroelectric
project on Moss Lake. The
fourth project, the Kings
Mountain Corporate Center,
won’t be pushed by Smith un-
til he has a clear understan-
ding about it. Former Mayor
Moss serves as president of
the Corporate Center, a pro-
posed huge industrial com-
plex along Highway 85 south.
The outgoing Moss Ad-
ministration turned down
Moss’ proposal for a 20-year
contract to supply utilities
last Tuesday night for more
information.
Smith says he will push
hard for the hydro project on
Moss Lake, which in recent
weeks has been criticized by
property owners on the lake.
“I'd like to see both property
owners and city residents
satisfied about the hydro pro-
ject but let’s face it Kings
Mountain owns the lake and
Kings Mountain citizens need
the water. The lake was
never developed solely for
recreational purposes‘ said
Smith. Mayor Smith said he
had talked further with hydro
engineer Charles Mierck this
week and he reiterated that
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in power.
Mayor Smith said he
wanted his board noted for
‘harmony’ but didn’t expect
them to agree with him on all
the issues. “I hope we can
. disagree and still live in har-
mony’ he said.The Mayor
said he was working on com-
mittee assignments to be
presented to the council for
approval at the January
meeting. He said that Council
members would be serving
on different committees this
year in the Smith Ad-
ministration.He also said
that he would insist tht coun-
cilmen accompany him to the
Institute of Government at
Chapel Hill for seminars and
to meetings with the Institute
of Government regarding
funding and the identity of a
first-time-ever City Manager
he expects to be hired in the
next several months.
oss Lake property owners
“have no need to fear the small
Kings Mountain’s new
Mayor Kyle Smith, on his
first day on the job Wednes-
day, told city department
heads at first of two
workshops that he plans to
treat every employee the
same but he expects all
employees to give a day’s
work for a day’s pay.
The straight-forward-
talking mayor who will pro-
bably get the reputation on
the first day as a man wh
esn’t pull any punches t
under the direction of Mrs.
Virginia Hinnant, will sing
six Christmas anthems and
Rev. Harwood Smith will
lead the candlelight service
at 11 p.m. The St. Matthew’s
sanctuary is decorated with
Chrismon trees and red
Rev. Philip Squire will lead
the meditation. The sanc-
tuary of Resurrection
Lutheran is decorated with
Chrismon trees and red
poinsettias. Rev. Squire will
also lead the 11 p.m.
Christmas communion ser-
poinsettias. vice.
The Chancel Choir of Mrs. Becky Rhyne will
Resurrection Lutheran direct the Choir of Boyce
Church, under the direction
of Donald Deal, with Dina Jo
Hannah at the organ, will
sing special anthems and
the rules and if a citizen asks
them to ‘look into something’
do it. The Mayor also put a lid
on overtime pay and told
department heads that only
department heads were
authorized to sign requisition
orders for supplies and every
supply must be properly
documented.‘I signed 50
checks this morning and on
some of the requests you
listed miscellaneous and the
“amount. I want to know what
that miscellaneous is."
Memorial ARP Church in a
special program at 7 p.m.
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New KM Mayor Smith To Be Fair, But |
Expects Day’s Work For Day’s Pay
remarks at an organizational
meeting, told department
heads that contrary to what
may have been rumored he
was not at City Hall to clean
house but he would not allow
any freeloading.‘ ‘This thing
of two or three employees
riding around together in one
truck has to stop. We’re here
to provide service.”
City commissioners,
present, concurred - with
Mayor Smith that everyone
3 &
all
MERRY CHRISTMAS—Casey Wray sits on Santa’s lap
and whispers “Merry Christmas” to the jolly fella from
the North Pole who comes to see children on Christmas
Eve night Thursday. Casey also gives Santa her list she
hopes he fills. Casey is daughter of Roxanne and J.D. Mit-
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KM Could Drop Out Of Plan
And Still Receive Grant Money
Wednesday was the first
time the state has said that
grant money would still be
available if Kings Mountain
wanted to drop out of the
regional sewer concept plan
_ with Gaston County-Gastonia
City and Bessemer City and
build a sewer plant to replace
McGill Plant.
Community Development
Director Gene White and
District 1 Commissioner Al
Moretz came back from
Raleigh Wednesday and -
made the report to the city
council, encouraging the full
Council to meet Tuesday
afternoon at 1:30 p.m. for
a‘‘critical information
meeting’’ on the regional con-
cept plan in the office of
Gastonia Utilities Director
Sam Wilkins, 1300 N. Broad
St., Gastonia.
White and Moretz joined
representatives of Gastonia,
Gaston County and Bessemer
City in Raleigh Wednesday
and heard Cory Batten, a
representative of the N.C.
Division of Environmental
Management,explain various
ways to plan and pay for the
Blalock Services Held Friday
Funeral services for Her-
man Wright Blalock, 70, of
110 Colonial Drive, who died
Wednesday in Cleveland
Memorial Hospital, were con-
ducted Friday at 4 p.m. from
Macedonia Baptist Church of
which he was a member.
His pastor, Rev. Jesse
Bailey, was assisted by Rev.
Russell Fitts and Rev. Ed
Sessoms in officiating the
rites and interment was in
Bethlehem Baptist Church
Cemetery.
Mr. Blalock, retired
grocer, had operated Blalock
Critical
Meeting Tuesday
For Sewer Plan...
meeting in January would be
the time for elected officials
to air their reactions to the
plan. Moretz said that
municipalities involved will
have to decide whether the
plant will serve the region or
Kings Mountain alone;
whether the wastewaster
plant will meet present or
projected needs; whether to
build one major plant, a
series of plants or a series of
pump stations that would
pump sewage to existing, ex-
panded plants; how to divide
costs of construction and on-
going use that are not
Al Moretz
covered by state money;
proposed sewage treatment
plant.
Batten said the state is like-
ly to give the project $7.3
million in grants. The state
may approve an additional $4
million if a regional plant is
found to be the least costly
solution to the region’s
sewage problems.
White and Moretz pointed
out, however, that the
deadline is tight, Sept. 30,
1988, and one municipality
Grocery on Grover Road
about 35 years. A Cleveland
County native, he was the son
of the late Lawson G.and
Fairy Whisnant Blalock. His
first wife was the late
Virginia Wells Blalock. He
served in the U. S. Navy dur-
ing World War II.He had 15
years perfect attendance in
the Sunday School and had
been ill for several months.
Surviving are his wife, Ber-
tha Connor Blalock; two
sons, Herman Blalock,Jr.,
and Jerry Blalock, both of
Kings Mountain; a
going it alone would take less
time. White said two
engineering firms will make
proposals at Tuesday’s
meeting to do the necessary
work and Kings Mountain’s
share of that cost will be
minimal.
Moretz,a certified resident
engineer, pointed out to the
. Moretz told the board the
first step is to modify and up-
date the 201 facilities plan and
establish the most cause-
effective means for handling
the problem. A reevaluation
of the project is needed and
engineers will begin deter-
mining the most cost-
effective means to process
‘wastewater for the Crowders
Creek River Basin, a 64
city board Wednesday night
that the first meeting next [square mile area. The total
week would be an infor- project cost of the regional
mative session but a second ‘plant is $26 million.
daughter,Mrs. Lou Ann
Parker of Kings Mountain; a |
stepson, Jerry Wright of |
Lawrenceville,Ga., a step- |
daughter = Mrs. Herman |
Blalock,,Jr. of Kings Moun-
tain; four brothers, James |
Blalock of Gastonia and | |
Charles Blalock, George,
Blalock and Frank Blalock, |
all of Kings Mountain; two
sisters, Mrs. Ara Marshall of]
Gastonia and Mrs. Louise
Kale of Kings Mountain; and
12 grandchildren.
Harris Funeral Home was
in charge of arrangements.
HERMAN BLALOCK
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