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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 1988
KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA
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East Gold Street Wesleyan Church of Kings
-Mountain will dedicate its néw $625,000 building on
day at 3 p.m.
Rev. Marlin Mull of High Point, West District
Superintendent for the Wesleyan Church, will be
the guest speaker. Mayor Kyle Smith and State
. Senator Ollie Harris have also been invited to take
part in the DOOM, as well as architects, contrac-
tors and others who played key roles in construc-
tion of the facility. |
Rev. George Simmons, who has pastored the
East Gold Street congregation for the past five
years, praised members of the congregation and
the community for making a dream that began
four years ago become a reality with the opening
of the new facility on May 1.
_ “All of our members sacrificed and gave of their
time, talents and money to make this dream come
true,” he said. “The people of the community were
very supportive of our fund-raising activities and
we appreciate that.”
Members of the congregation will join in a
Litany of Dedication during Sunday’s special ser-
vice. The church choir, under the direction of
Steve Ingle, will present special music.
The church began a building fund several years
| ago, Rev. Simmons recalled, but didn’t begin ac-
tively pursuing a new facility until about four
years ago.
A building committee was formed and an ar-
chitect hired to study the church’s needs. It was
determined that the facility on East Gold Street
that the church had been in since 1943 would not
-adequately supply the needs of the growing con-
gregation.
“We thought about buying some houses in the
area,” he said, ‘‘but we were able to purchase 7 1/2
‘acres of land near Sadie Mills from Mrs. Arnold
Kiser for $60,000. It would have cost us at least that
much to purchase two homes adjoining the proper-
ty of the old church, and then we would have had to
tear them down to expand. So the congregation
voted to re-locate.”
The new building and land has been appraised at
$1 million. The church was able to raise over
$300,000 through special gifts and fund-raising pro-
jects such as breakfasts and avetions, and borrow-
ed $350,000 from Home Federal Savings and Loan.
'| The new facility has 17,000 square feet. A 60 by 60
fellowship area includes a kitchen and a small
room for children’s activities. The church has 15
Sunday School rooms, a pastor’s study, Sunday
East Gold Church
Dedication Sunday
East Gold Street in a special worship service Sun- |
TO BE DEDICATED — The new East Gold Street Wesleyan Church will be dedicated in a
special service Sunday at 3 p.m. An open house will be held following the worship service.
School office, Church office, board room, and
dressing rooms for brides and grooms.
The sanctuary seats 440 as compared to 150 at
fhe Ja building. A balcony seats 75 and the choir
0x 40.
The church has 140 active members and a Sun-
day School enrollment of 180.
A huge parking lot will accomodate over 100
cars and Rev. Simmons said the two-tenths of a
mile paved area has also doubled as a ‘walking
track’ which members and friends can walk five
times around for a mile walk. The old church
building did not have a parking lot. i
Members of the church staff, along with Rev.
Simmons, are Audrey Biddix, secretary; Gertie
Barnette, treasurer; Jim Conner, Jay Biddix and
Jimmy Buchanan, trustees; Steve Brown, Sunday
School Superintendent; Carson Gore, Assistant
Sunday School Superintendent; Steve Ingle, Choir
Director; and Fred Eaker, Assistant Choir Direc-
or.
Members of the Church Board are Audrey Bid-
dix, Gertie Barnette, Jay Biddix, Steve Brown,
Jim Conner, Sandy Jones, Bobbie Ware, Benny
Bowers, Ollie Wheeler, Ronnie Wheeler, Fred
Eaker, Cornelia Buchanan, Carson Gore and
Juanita Jackson.
Members of the Building Committee were Rev.
Simmons, chairman; Ollie Wheeler, Gertie
Barnette, Audrey Biddix, Jay Biddix, Don Ware,
Steve Brown, Jim Conner, Seymore Biddix, and
Will Huntsinger.
The church plans, hopefully within the next
year, to begin construction of a parsonage at the
new site. It presently owns a parsonage on Henry
Street, where Rev. Simmons resides, and one
Future plans may also include using the new
church facility as a Day Care Cetiter. ‘We hope td
use it more than for church services and
functions,’ Rev. Simmons said.
Plans are to sell the old building, which was pur-
chased from the Kings Mountain Church of God in
1943 after East Gold Street Wesleyan Church was
organized by eight to 10 families who were
members of First Wesleyan Church. ‘Many of
those families already lived in the Sadie Mill area *
and wanted a church in their own community,”
Rey. Simmons noted. ;
The church is in the process of having the old
church property rezoned to accomodate small
businesses.
Rev. Simmons praised the men’s fellowship,
which did the painting and landscaping and fur-
nished the kitchen and dining areas through pro-
ceeds received from monthly breakfasts. The
Ladies Missionary Society furnished the bride and
groom rooms.
Eddie Smith of Shelby was architect and Eddie
Kee of Shelby was general contractor. Sub-
contractors included Goforth Plumbing, Burch
Electric, and Butler Heating and Air Conditioning,
Barrett Floor Covering installed carpets, A&O
Church Furniture furnished the pews and sanc-
tuary furniture, Piedmont Restaurant Supply fur-
nished the kitchen and tables and Timms Fur-
niture supplied the furniture for the bride and
groom rooms.
Following Sunday afternoon’s dedication ser-
vice, the facility will be open for Open House from
4-7 p.m. The Ladies Missionary Society will serve
‘refreshments and men of the church will lead:
tours.
The public is invited.
In Runoff
Kings Mountain’s Joyce Cashion lost her bid
for a second four-year term on the Cleveland
County Board of Commissioners by running third
in a four-way runoff for two nominations in Tues-
day’s Democratic runoff.
Mrs. Cashion--the first woman to be elected to
the county board-trailed second place Jack
Spangler by only 89 votes in a light turnout.
Ralph Gilbert, a retired real estate appraiser,
led the race with 2,602 votes, or 29.1 percent.
Spangler, who is seeking his second term on the
board, was second with 2,265, or 25.3 percent, and
Cashion was third with 2,176 votes, or 24.3 per-
cent. Rev. R.E. Devoe of Shelby was fourth with
1,898 votes, or 21.2 percent. :
John Cabaniss, a Shelby banker, received a
majority vote in the May 3 primary to nail down
one of the Democratic nominations for three
seats on the county board. Cabaniss, Gilbert and
Spangler will face Republicans Charlie Harry
and Larry Greer, both of Shelby, in the
November 8 general elections. Harry, a former
Grover resident, ran strong in his first bid for of-
fice four years ago.
Commission Chairman L.E. ‘Josh’ Hinnant of
Kings Mountain, and Coleman Goforth, are the
other members of the county board.
Mrs. Cashion, a Kings Mountain grocer, led in
all precincts east of Buffalo Creek, but Gilbert
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beside the old church building, which is rented.
(Precinct) CASHION DEVOE GILBERT SPANGLER |
Bethware 70 22 36 34 :
Grover 63 31 30 33
East KM 262 55 41 86
West KM 250 84 57 107
B. Springs 117 43 132 124
Casar 33 5 57 47
Earl 78 89 63 48
Fallston 45 15 160 132
Holly Spr. 15 5 34 17
Lattimore 98 130 139 134
Lawndale 73 142 150 118
Mooresboro 50 11 58 70
Mulls 49 26 123 108
Patt. Spr. 107 82 71 88
Polkville 110 25 137 155
Shanghai 75 26 102 87
Shelby 1 113 186 171 155
Shelby 2 120 116 316 176
Shelby 3 97 63 177 117
Shelby 4 61 282 116 95
Shelby 5 71 211 74 62
Shelby 6 26 53 44 38
Shelby 7 112 63 162 143
Waco ] 58 - 104 101 1
(Totals) 2,176 1,898 2,602 2,265
‘Beauty’
Contest
Slated
~ Twenty-five ‘beauties’ will |
compete for the title of Miss
Kings Mountain Rescue Squad in
a fund-raising Womanless Beau-
ty Pageant June 7 at 7:30 p.m. at
Barnes Auditorium.
All funds collected will go |
toward the purchase of much-
needed equipment for the squad, |
which serves the Kings Mountain |
area on a volunteer basis.
Warren Goforth, former “Miss |
Cleveland County’’, will be the |
emcee.
Contestants include Jonie
Blanton, John Haskins, Johnny
Hutchins, Randy Bell, Bobby
Horne, Gene Stone, Paul Hord
Jr., Dale Bragg, Ricky Hender-
son, Darrell Austin, Ronnie
Wilson, Larry McDaniel, Jerry
White, Al Moretz, Billy King,
Marvin Chappell, John Caveny
Jr., Paul Fulton, Ronnie Franks,
Larry Wood, John Pettus, Kenny
Ward, Steve Wilson, Brent
Bingham, and Lynn Cheshire.
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Bond May
Be Needed
The city of Kings Mountain is asking the State
Division of Environmental Management to agree
to a modified agreement on a time schedule for
completion of improvements which would bring
the Pilot Creek Wastewater Treatment facility
into compliance with state laws. : :
A time schedule proposed by the Division of
Environmental Management was discussed in
executive session at Monday night’s called board
meeting at city hall, and the board agreed with
all but three of the state’s deadlines which are
spelled out in a Judicial Order by Consent.
The city asks a four-month extension on the
following stipulations of the Order of Consent:
*That the city submit plans, specifications and 1
request authorization to construct adequate
sludge handling, wasting and disposal facilities
at Pilot Creek by December 1.
*Complete construction of sludge facilities by
December 1, 1989.
*Achieve compliance with effluent limitations
by February 1, 1990.
Meanwhile, City Manager George Wood said
that a bond referendum may be necessary to cor-
rect Jropioms in the city’s sewage system as well
as all other utilities.
If the city’s engineers and advisors, and the ci-
ty board, feel that a bond is necessary, Wood said
it would take at least six months to complete a
bond issue and there would be no way the city
could meet the JOC deadlines without a four-
month extension. :
“There could be a number of utility im
provements needed,” he said. ‘‘We’re asking for
extra time because we couldn’t possibly get the
money from a bond issue until February or
March.”
Wood said construction of a sludge drying
press may be necessary to clear up problems at
Pilot Creek. The city is presently using sludge
drying beds but on rainy days, the sludge cannot
7 be dried-and taken to a landfill. ee
“Yeu can’t reinove it, and there’s no place to |
put the additional sludge that’s coming in,” Wood
said.
The city is no longer allowed to accept new
homes or businesses on its sewer system because
of the Judicial Order of Consent. The number
three basin at Pilot Creek is inadequate to treat
its current flow and Wood said ‘‘as much flow as
ossible” (approximately 950 gallons per day) is
ing diverted to the McGill Treatment Plan.
“If the DEM will accept our suggested
modifications, we believe the city can stay on the
compliance schedule, which assumes a major
general obligation land referendum in the early
fall,” Wood said.
The city has contracted with Hayward Inc. of
Charlotte to dredge the basin at $86 per cubic
yard. Wood said there was no way to correctly
predict what the project will cost but said it
would run from “$60,000 to $80,000.’
“We plan to try to get into compliance as rapid-
ly as possible,” Wood said. ‘But the state will
need several weeks of good readings before lif-
ting the moratorium.
The city faces fines of up to $500 per day for not
meeting Consent Order deadlines for submitting
plans for new construction and complying with
effluent limitations.
Kings Mountain, Bessemer City, and Gaston
County are presently attempting to secure grants
to cover the cost of a new $26 million area treat-
ment facility. Kings Mountain’s cost for such a
project could be as high as $3.5 million. A possi-
ble bond referendum would cover those costs as
well as improvements to the electrical system
and other city utilities.
Commencement
Held For KMHS
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Photo by Todd Gossett
KMHS GRADUATION — Kings Mountain High seniors reverse the tassels on their
caps to signify that they are high school graduates at the conclusion of graduation
ceremonies Tuesday night at John Gamble Stadium. Two hundred and twenty members
of the Class of 1988 earned diplomas.
BY TODD GOSSETT
Two hundred and twenty Kings
Mountain Senior High School
graduating seniors priced
in baccalaureate and graduation
exercises this week.
Sunday’s baccalaureate ser-
vice began with a processional
into Barnes Auditorium by the
seniors to the music of “Pomp
and Circumstance,” played by
pianist Sherry Young. Rev.
Robert J. Collins of the Kings
Mountain Baptist Church gave
the invocation.
KMSHS Chorale director
Eugene Bumgardner lead the
congregation in the hymn “Holy,
Holy, Holy,” and the Rev. Dewey
Smith of Galilee/St. Paul
Methodist Church read the scrip-
ture.
Special music was provided by
the KMSHS Choral Union. They
sang ‘I'll walk with God” and “A
Parting Blessing.”
Rev. Harwood T. Smith, Jr., of
St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church
delivered the sermon.. ‘“Con-
gratulations. You have cause for
great pride,” he said. The scrip-
tures are filled with words
against, pride, Smith said. But
the trick is knowing what pride is
really all about.
Smith said that proper pride is
not arrogance or egoism. ‘It is
found in the pride you’ve brought
to all the people here this even-
ing,” he said. ‘‘People whose
lives you've touched in so many
ways and who’ve touched yours.
They are proud because they
care about you,” he said.
‘You should have pride know-
ing that you've accomplished
something but given them a
sense of accomplishment too,”
he said. ‘Real pride is something
that is shared.” ” 7
The benediction was given by
Rev. Dennis Michael Helms of
Allen Memorial Baptist church.
The seniors recessed to ‘Pomp.
and Circumstance.”
Graduation exercises Tuesday
night began with a procession by
the graduating seniors into John
Gamble ‘Stadium. Procession
music was played by the Kings
Mountain Junior High School
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