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and administrative officer
for 22 and one half years
before stepping down last
December.
“George Wood will be the
boss of this town. He’ll be do-
ing everything the mayor
does now and I will be return-
ing to my work at Combus-
tion Engineering June
1”’,said a jubilant Mayor Kyle
Smith, in presenting Wood
and his wife to the board of
commissioners at a special
Tuesday night meeting,
followed by a reception at Ci-
ty Hall.
Wood will be responsible
for supervising the city’s 160
Ollie Harris” busy pace
would leave some men of halt
his years limping behind.
eight-term Morth Carolina
Senator who’s running again
in the May 3 Democratic
primary, holds the record of
holding public office longer
than any other person in
Cleveland County-over 40
years, with 16 in the N.C.
Senate.
That’s a lot of service to the
living, although his profes-
sion as a undertaker makes
him the last man you want to
do business with. On July 23,
Harris will celebrate his 60th
year in the funeralbusiness in
Cleveland County. For 24
years, form 1946-70, he serv-
ed as Cleveland County cor-
oner, running without opposi-
tion.
Harris has a long list of
civic, community and sate
honors to his credit and has
belonged and still belongs to
many organizations, while
successfully serving as a
N.C. Senator and continuing
the sucessful operation of
Harris Funeral Home. Of his
many interests politics has
long been a favorite and he
says the reason is because of
his love for people. ‘‘I went to
the N.C. legislature because I
wanted to serve the people of
Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln
and Rutherford Counties and
I think the record of our local
delegation speks for itself’,
he said this week. ‘Of all the
delegations in the Senate I
feel Cleveland County’s is
most respected. (Incumbents
Harris, Senator Rauch and
Senator Helen Rhyne Marvin
have a total of more than 50
years service in the
legislature). Harris also has
the highest regard for the
whole delegation from the
four county area he serves,
the House, where Hack Hunt,
Speaker Pro Tem, and Edith
Lutz and Charles D. Owens
are all running for re-
election.
The Mental tiealth Study
Commission on which he has
served 10 years, the Social
Services Commission and the
Legislative Services Com-
mission are all working jobs
he’s proud of and the record
he has established in the
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new city manager and Maundy Thursday and en-
SSsumos his new duties May 1 ding on Easter Sunday--are
anus) salary of $46,000. scheduled in the Kings Moun- |
. The city board of commis- tain area this week
IonerS lowing » policy Rev. Pruella Kilgore {
they have maintained during pastor of Adams Cha el |!
a selection process which AM.E. Zion Church will
porrowed Dannger San. Ss deliver the sermon in the
on ) P| traditional community-wide
pliean 3, voted manmonsly : Sunrise Service Sunday at
he ploy Wood, who is the | 6:30 a.m. in Veterans Park of |
irs city manager since the | Mountain Rest Cemetery
Sarly gos AS Jrayor of Rings fa : ve . . ha ; Other Kings Mountain
ountain, John Henry Moss ini i ici i
was the city’s chief exocutiee CITY MANAGER WELCOMED-Mayor Kyle Smith, right, welcomes Kings Mountain's new Lnisters will participate in
city manager, George Ambos Wood and Mrs. Wood to the city. The Woods will move from
Kings Mountain's popular |
Pinehurst in May. Wood will assume duties May 8.
plus employees, preparing
the annual budget and work-
ing with the mayor and six-
member board of city com-
missioners. Kings Mountain
is more than three times the
size of Pinehurst, where he
became city manager five
years ago and was hired by
the council to run Pinehurst
when the Moore County
resort community was incor-
porated. :
Wood is a graduate of the
University of Kansas with
MPA in urban management
- Senator Ollie Harris Has
Held Office For 40 Years
J. OLLIE HARRIS
Senate give you an idea of his
versatility and talent. Ollie
also finds time in a busy
schedule to talk to poeple and
that is perhaps the secret of
his popularity, not only as a
politician but a neighbor. His
popularity and concern for
people spills over to men and
women of all walks of life and
his office door is always open.
People like Ollie Harris and
Ollie Harris likes people.
Ollie’s genuine affection
with his constituents is seen
at election time after the
ballots are all counted and
Harris leads the ticket in
Cleveland County. ‘‘When I
get to the place I feel
Cleveland County won't sup-
port me I won't be asking
friends to send Ollie back to
Raleigh,’he said. ‘This is
my home and I don’t ever
forget that, no matter where I
am.” And he never loses
sight of who he represents in
the Senate.
Harris was born in Ander-
son, S.C., but moved to
Shelby in 1926. He graduated
in 1931 form Shelby High
School and married Abbie
Jane Wall, daughter of the
late Dr. and Mrs. Zeno Wall,
pastor of Shelby First Baptist
Church.
He got into the funeral
business by accident. He was
asked one day to help out at 2
funeral home in Shelby. He
started working at Lutz-
Jackson Funeral Home
which in 1933 became the
Lutz-Austell Funeral Home
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concentration where he was Kingstree,S.C di How eo ™ bi oo a
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recipient of the 1975 Edwin O. December 1982 moved to Boyce Min, ARP REY, PRUBLIA RILGOH
Steme scholarship. He was Pinehurst, population 3,000, Church, will lead the opening &régational singing and Rick
graduated magna cum laude as town manager. prayer. Rev. Eric Faust Harwell of Kings Mountain
from Georgia Southern Col- “The manner inwhichci- pastor of First Presbyterian Baptist will lead special
lege, Statesboro,Ga. He serv- ty commissioners have Church, will lead the respon- MUsicC.
ed as assistant urban selected George leads me to sive reading; Rev. George Rev. George Auman,
management coordinator ina believe they are thinking the Simmons, pastor of East Pastor of Central United
graduate program in public same way, of what is best for Gold Wesleyan Church, will Methodist Church, will pro-
administration at the Univer- Kings Mountain. I am proud pray the pastoral prayer; ounce the benediction. |
sity of Kansas. From June of them” said Mayor Smith and Rev. Jesse Bailey pastor : sok
1977 to May 1979 he was after the meeting. “When I of Macedonia Baptist DixonPresbyterian Church
employed as city manager of talked to people at the N. C. Church, will read the serip- Will hold Sunrise services at
Salina Kansas; from June League of Municipalities they ture. 6:30 a.m. on the church lawn
1979 to June 1980 as city ad- Steve Ingle of East Gold OP Dixon School Road.
ministrator of Turn To Page 9-A Wesleyan will lead the con- Turn To Page 9-A
Banquet |
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Tickets
Available
Get your tickets now if you js
plan to attend the first Kingsi
Mountain Sports Hall
Fame banquet and inducti
ceremony Mon., Apr. 11%
the community center. =
Hall of Fame Committees
chairman Carl Champioigs
said the group needs to haves |
a head count by the end offs
next week so the caterer willi§s |
know how many people tof
plan for. ;
“We want the people to
know that tickets will not be
sold at the door,” said Cham-
pion. ‘“There’s just no way we 3
can do that and have an ac- 4
curate count on how many
people to plan for.”
Tickets may be purchased
at the Kings Mountain
Chamber of Commerce, the
Kings Mountain Herald,
Goforth Plumbing, First
Federal Savings and Loan,
McGinnis Department Store,
Kings Mountain High School,
and by contacting Bill
Grissom, Carl Champion,
Gary Stewart, Dr. John
McGill; Jim Cloninger, John
Blalock, Lynne Mauney,
Charlie Burns, Charlie
-— Ballard, Scott Neilser, Dr.
LL Grady Howard Jr., Grady
] ; Howard Sr., Lucille Williams
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