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AN (2 KM Girls Win Two Close Ones See Sports Beginning On Page 2-A "NIW SONI 98082 D'N*¢ VOL. 101 NUMBER 4 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1988 KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CJ | Seeks Third Term Kings Mountain grocer Joyce Cashion, first women ever elected to the Cleveland County Board of Commis- sioners and first woman ever elected Chairman of the Cleveland County Democratic Party, made it official Tuesday afternoon that she’s running for re- election. Mrs. Cashion seeks a third JOYCE CASHION term on the board. She has served for two terms as vice chairman of the Board of Commisioners. A native of Kings Moun- tain, Mrs. Cashion is the wife of retired KM High School Assistant Principal Bill Cashion, and is the daughter of Mrs. Craig Falls and the late Mr. Falls. The Cashion and Falls family own and operate Falls Superette on York Road. : “I have enjoyed the past four years on the Board of Commissioners and I feel that much progress has been made. I am willing to con- ‘tinue to serve in this positon and seek the voter’s support 2 te polls on May 3,” she said. The Cashions are parents of two children, Bill, Jr. of Shelby and Becky and Mike Joyce Cashion Files For Re-Election Bumgardner of Kings Moun- tain. There are two grand- children. Mrs. Cashion’s announce- ment brings to nine the number of candidates seek- ing one of three seats up for grabs. No Republicans had filed as of Tuesday. The nine Democrats filing also in- cluding incumbent Jack Spangler of Shelby, Phil Mayes, The Rev. Robert E. Devoe and Joe E. Cabaniss, all of Shelby, Wiley Allen of Kings Mountain, Kenneth Ledford of Polkville and Ralph Gilbert, Jr. of Fallston. A third incombent, Gene LeGrand, of Shelby, whose term on the board also expires in May, said he had decided not to seek re- election. meet Thursday to cou : tes ‘the inductees. Family members of the chosen Hall of KM Hall Of Fame To Induct First Four Four persons will be inducted into the Kings Mountain Chamber of Commerce Sports Hall of Fame at its initial banquet this year. The first ceremony is tentatively scheduled for mid- March. Members of the committee are presently inviting top sports personalities from all sports fields to attend. Carl Champion, committee chairman, invites area businesses and industries to help support the project by purchasing tickets to be given to employees and members of various youth and school teams in Kings Mountain. Tickets will also be available to the public. Industries in- terested in helping sponsor the initial event are invited to call Champion at Champion’s Contracting, Bill Grissom at Goforth Plumbing, or Johnny McGinnis at McGinnis Department St ERE ectio and begin researching Famers will be contacted within the next several days but the names of the inductees will not be announced to the general public until the night of the banquet. “The Hall of Fame is something that is long overdue in Kings Mountain,” Champion said. ‘‘We have many deserv- ing people who have excelled in athletics and others who were not necessarily athletes but have made outstanding contributions to Kings Mountain sports and recreation. We feel like this first Hall of Fame banquet will be an exciting event and that it will continue to grow.” Hall of Fame inductees will be given plaques noting their accomplishments and identical plaques will be displayed at the Chamber of Commerce, Kings Mountain Historical Museum and other key downtown locations. Turn To Page 7-A H.G. WILLIAMSON, JR... ee The city board of commis- sioners has hired an efficien- cy expert with the N.C. League of Municipalities to survey management, take a look at the city’s pay struc- ture and personnel policies. Woody Underwood of Atlanta, Ga. will meet with Mayor Kyle Smith and the full board of commisisoners Friday morning at 9 a.m. in the second floor conference room of City Hall. Mayor Smith said the Underwood willtake a look at organizational structure also and will lead a civilian management team with “no the Kings Mountain Rescue Squad, stand with the brand new ambulance which rescuers put on the road Monday night. Chamber Banquet Henry G. Williamson, Jr., Vice Chairman of BB&T and President of Branch Corpora- tion, will address the annual banquet Monday night of the Kings Mountain Chamber of Commerce. Dinner will be served at 7 p.m. at Holiday Inn and reservations for the $10 meal can be obtained by calling Lucille Williams at the Chamber office, 739-4755. President Claude Suber will preside. Williamson graduated lake AL MORETZ ...Takes Pay Cut from East Carolina Universi- ty, earning both bachelor’s and master’s degrees, with the highest academic average of any graduating male. He received the Delta Sigma Pi Scholarship Key and was recipient of the School of Business Award as Outstanding Senior. He also received the Faculty Scholar- ship Award. He attended the University of North Carolina School of Business (Young Executives Institute) in 1979. Williamson joined BB&T’S ool ax to grind” to give the city some direction as it moves to the city manager form of government. ““This team will cost the ci- ty some money but it will be worth it”’, said Smith, who said that Cleveland County officials were pleased with the work done by a similar team of experts and ‘‘saved money the first year.” Mayor Smith said that it would require several mon- t ths for the League to com- plete its work and make recommendations to the board. Mayor Kyle Smith says the At Salaries Monday Management Development Program in 1972. He was named manager of that pro- gram for credit training in 1973 and transferred to Fayetteville. as manager of the Business Loan Depart- ment in the same year. He was promoted to regional S00! "dAV INOWQHIdg AUVILAIT TYIYORAKW AANQVR loan administrator of the Tarboro Office in 1980. In 1981 he was promoted to senior vice president and named manager of bank operations; Turn To Page 15-A question of salary reductions for elected officials won't be on the agenda for the Feb. 9 meeting because he is still in process of receiving salary figures from area towns of their elected officials. To date, only newly elected Commissioner Al Moretz is the only board member to ask that his salary be lowered although all members of the board have said they favored a cut in pay and used pay cuts in campaign promises. According to City Clerk Marvin Chappell, Moretz, of Turn To Page 6-A Kings Mountain Rescue Squad Puts New Ambulance In Service Kings Mountain Rescue © Squad put its brand new $34,300 ambulance in service Monday night. The new ambulance, white trimmed in green, a 1988 7.3 diesel Ford Econoline, is equipped with $5,000 worth of ed life saving equip- ment. It was paid for by dona- tions, fund-raisers, and money from Cleveland Coun- ty and the City of Kings NEW AMBULANCE—Second Lt. Arthur Sprouse and Traci Bess, both EMT Intermediates on Mountain. Captain Joni Blanton said Services Monday For Carl Mayes, 88 Memorial services for H. Carl Mayes, 88, of 503 E. Ridge Street, retired General Superintendent of Martin Marietta and Superior Stone Company of Kings Mountain, were held Monday at 2 p.m. from Central United Methodist Church. His pastor, Rev. George Auman, conducted the ser- vice following graveside ser- vice in Mountain Rest Cemetery.at 1:30 p.m. Mr. Mayes had been in ill health for several years and died at Kings Mountain Con- valescent Center. A native of Durham, he was the son of the late Dewey S. and Evelyn Booker Mayes. He was a former member of the Board and a member of Central United Methodist Church. He was a Mason, a and charter member of Hillsborough Masonic Lodge. He was a member of the Kings Mountain Lions Club and the Kings Mountain Country Club and Blowing Rock Country Club. Mayes retired Dec. 31, 1964 as general superintendent of Superior Stone Company’s western district quarry operations, marking the end of a 25 year career with Superior Stone. He joined the company in 1939, the year it was organized. He supervis- ed construction of plant facilities for Superior’s first quarry at Red Hill, near Charlottesville, Va. Active in the crushed stone business 45 years, he also worked with the Raleigh Granite Com- pany for 20 years. Plant of- ficials on his retirement from Superior noted that ‘“‘Mayes is a master at keeping plants running without interruption or lost-time.” Mr. Mayes was married to Elizabeth Clark Mayes, who survives, in addition to their son, Dewey S. Mayes of North Wilkesboro and their daughter, Mrs. Ann Ware of Concord and six grand- children. In lieu of flowers the family ' has designated memorials to Central United Methodist Church or to the charity of the donor’s choice. officers and directors are quite proud of the new equip- ment as they showed it off to the full membership Monday night. The white green trimmed vehicle matches the green and white uniforms that rescuers wear and is the squad color motif. White and green also distinguishes the squad from Emergency Medical Services. “This has been one of the best years ever in the history of the local Squad which now H. CARL MAYES boasts nine EMTs and seven EMT-Intermediates,’”’ said Captain Blanton. During the year several improvements have been done to the squad building, including ceiling repairs in the bay area and updating of equipment and vehicles. The all-volunteer squad answered approximately 100 calls each month from wrecks, to searches, blood relays, standbys , transpor- ting patients and standing by at football games. City To Move Slow In Hiring City Manager Mayor Kyle Smith and commissioner Fred Finger, back from a conference with the Institute of Government in Chapel Hill, say the city isn’t dragging its feet in hir- ing a city manager. “When 1 went to Chapel Hill last week I thought we were moving too slow in fin- ding a city manager but I came home feeling quite pro- ud’, said Mayor Smith. - ORR Dy es or LS rE Turn To Page 13-A |
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