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VOL. 101 NO. 26 &
Thursday, June 29, 1989 KINGS| 28086
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All Day Events Slated
July 4th Celebration
Tuesday At KM Park
Budget Includes
3 1/2% Pay Raise
Kings Mountain City Council
Tuesday night unanimously, and
without discussion, approved a
1989-90 budget which calls for a
penny cut in the tax rate while giv-
ing 3 1/2% pay increases to 160
employees.
The one cent cut had been rec-
ommended by City Manager
George Wood to offset the reevalu-
ation this year in Gaston County
where those Kings Mountain citi-
zens living in Gaston County will
The annual Kings Mountain Parks and Recreation
Department's July Fourth celebration will be held
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All activities will be held at Jake Early Memorial
Park. Activities for children "of all ages" are being
+ planned, according to Recreation Director David
Hancock.
A giant fireworks extravaganza will conclud
East Decision
Next Monday?
A decision on what to do with East School could
come as early as Monday night, when the Kings
Mountain Board of Education meets at 7:30 p.m. at the
Superintendent's Office.
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see their tax bills go up. The board has been discussing methods to achieve a
Residents will pay 37 cents per better racial balance in the elementary schools and /
$100 assessed property valuation
some of that discussion has centered around closin
under the $17.2 million spending :
> the activities at 10 p.m.
During the day, pool activities and contests
[ races, 50-yard dash, and other
events with a variety of age
divisions.
ment is accepting entries
from local groups wanting
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will be held, including diving, cannonball big
“vw splash, penny dive, relays for swimmers and
non-swimmers, and more.
Field events will include pie eating
contests, watermelon eating contests,
greasy pole climb, waterballoon and
egg toss, sack races, three-legged }
A stage will be set for a
variety of musical groups ~~ //
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An old-timers softball
game is scheduled for ff
5:30 p.m. at Jake Early 8
Memorial Park. Personsy{
wanting to participate
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kangaroo jump for
the kids, sponsored
*by Linda Hardin,
and will be free
of charge.
Concessions will
be available in
several locations
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Kings Mountain Plants
To Close Down For 4th
The week of July 4th will be vacation week for most
Kings Mountain industrial employees and the week
will be a paid vacation for employees at most plants.
Virtually all Kings Mountain plants will shut down
tight next week.
The exceptions are Cinderella Knit and Hank Fink
Inc., which will be closed on Monday and Tuesday on-
ly.
City of Kings Mountain offices will also close for
the July 4th holiday Tuesday as will banks, other fi-
nancial institutions and Kings Mountain Postoffice.
Harris-Teeter, Food Lion and Winn-Dixie Stores will
operate on regular schedule but employees at Harris-
Teeter will go home two hours early-at 8 p.m. instead
of 10 p.m.
Most service stations will be open for business as
usual.
Lucille Williams, secretary to the Chamber of
Commerce and Merchants Association, said that most
downtown stores customarily close on Independence
Day but that some stores in the shopping centers may
remain open.
Anvil Knitwear will close at end of the second shift
June 30, reopening on the third shift July 9. Eligible
employees will receive vacation pay.
Kings Mountain Knit Fabrics and Dependable Knit
will shut down the full week for plant vacations.
Kings Plush employees will enjoy a week- long hol-
iday and with pay.
Kinmont Industries will be closed the full week of
July 4th and vacation pay will be made based on
length of service.
Elizabeth Weaving in Grover will be closed the full
week for the holidays.
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plan which represents a $1.6 mil-
lion increase due to higher projec-
tions based on increases to the
city's debt service, electric, and
natural gas funds. :
Prior to the budget adoption,
Council held a work session June
20 which was sparsely attended.
A new process for handling
street assessments was outlined by
Councilman Al Moretz. Once a pe-
tition for curb and guttering is re-
ceived from property owners, the
city engineer will prepare prelimi-
nary assessment costs after which
Council will hold a public hearing
to give property owners cost esti-
mates before the actual construc-
tion gets underway. In the past,
property owners have complained
they did not know the costs until
their bills arrived and property
owners must pay 50% of the cost
of asphalt, gravel, landscaping,
curb and guttering, etc.
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By GARY STEWART
Editor of the Herald
Lonise P. Bias, whose son, Len, died after taking co-
caine three years ago, brought her anti-drug, alcohol
and peer pressure campaign to Kings Mountain
Saturday night, addressing about 50 young people and
adults at B.N. Barnes Auditorium after speaking to
over 600 earlier in the day at the Kingston Youth
Center in Shelby.
The Kings Mountain speech was arranged by David
Swann of Cleveland County Mental Health after he
learned Mrs. Bias would have several hours of free
time between her speech in Shelby and her flight back
home to Hyattsville, Md.
Mrs. Bias began her campaign against drugs and al-
cohol after her son, Len, a basketball All-American at
the University of Maryland, died after ‘taking cocaine.
She speaks all over the U.S. urging young people to
“stand up for what is right."
East and assigning its students to West and North.
School Board members have discussed many differ-
ent scenarios involving the elementary schools, some
involving just East, North and West, and others includ-
ing Grover and Bethware.
The discussion arose several months ago after it was
pointed out that East School's percentage of minority
students was over 50 percent while the percentage at
other schools ranged from 16 to about 30 percent.
"We're to the point that we've had a lot of discussion
and there's a possibility a decision could be made
Monday night," said Supt. Bob McRae. "I don't know
if the board's ready to do that or not, but I feel like the
board is anxious to make a decision in a timely way."
Some board members, at a meeting several months
ago, expressed a desire to make a decision about East
before the fall, because the East decision will have a
lot of bearing on elementary school construction which
is to come about through the passage of the recent
school bond referendum.
In another matter Monday night, the board will hear
the first reading of a proposed drug-alcohol policy
which will give students who are caught with alcohol
or drugs for the first time an option of getting involved
in a drug education program with CODAP rather than
face the 10-day suspension which has been given to
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Bias Encouraging Others To Stand Tall Against Drugs
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She mentions her son frequently in her speeches, but
they are not center ed around him, she noted. "People
who come to hear me thinking they're going to hear
Len Bias stories come in vain," she said. "Today, we're
in very, very difficult times and very troubled times
and it's time for entertaining and sad stories to stop.
Len has been dead three years last Monday and our
problems in this nation have intensified three times."
Mrs. Bias said her strong faith has her "still standing
after going through the fire. When you have great faith
you don't have to lie down and cry," she said. "Anyone
can have faith when they can see everything, but who
can have faith when they see nothing?"
Mrs. Bias directed part of her speech to the young
people and part to the adults, urging both groups to
solve their problems by communicating with and lov-
ing each other. She said many of today's problems ex-
See Bias, 9-A
Local veterans incensed by the recent U. S.
Supreme Court decision to allow the burning of the
American flag, vow to back state leadership of the
American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars to lob-
by members of Congress and state legislators until an
amendment is added to the Constitution.
"It's not fair and it's not right,"said Charlie Walker, a
40-year member of American Legion Post 155 who
served during World War II and in the Berlin Call-Up
Marlowe Dead At 80
in 1961. "We fought under the flag and many people
died for those freedoms the flag represents-respect,
dedication and love of country," said Walker.
"The Supreme Court decision to allow the desecra-
tion of our flag is a slap in the face of all Americans,
especially those who fought and died to protect Old
Glory from our enemies," said Tenth District
Congressman Cass Ballenger. "Our flag is viewed by
people from all over the world as a symbol of hope
Supreme Court Decision Angers Veterans
and freedom. We can not and should not allow hateful
individuals to burn the flag for their own gratification,"
he said.
Ballenger has vowed to work with other members of
the U. S. House to pass a Constitutional Amendment
to outlaw such an act. The House of Representatives is
expected to take up the matter soon after returning
from the July 4th recess.
See Veterans, 9-A
Ministers Ask Donations
Of Food For Food Bank
Edgar Earl Marlowe Sr., 80, of
505 West Gold Street, Kings
Mountain, died Saturday, June 24,
at Cleveland Memorial Hospital.
A native of Columbus County,
he was the son of the late Barsley
and Sarah White Marlowe and
grandson of the late Rev. Jesse M.
and Melissa L. Marlowe. He was a
graduate of Whiteville High
School. He served in the North
Carolina National Guard and was
in the U.S. Maritime Service dur-
ing World War II.
He was founder of Center
Service Station and Marlowe's
Dodge-Plymouth in Kings
Mountain and was retired as south-
eastern regional sales executive for
Lee Tire and Rubber Company of
Pennsylvania. He was a former
member of the Kings Mountain
Lions Club, was active in many
other civic organizations and was a
supporter of Special Olympics.
He was an active member of
Central United Methodist Church,
where he served on the Official
Board, was past president of the
Davis Bible Class and member of
the Seniors Choir.
He is survived by his wife,
Alliwee McDaniel Marlowe of the
home; four sons, Dr. Earl Marlowe
Jr. of Gastonia, David L. Marlowe
of Charlotte, Stephen Marlowe of
Kings Mountain and Jim Marlowe
of Columbia, S.C.; one daughter,
Mrs. John (Punkin) Higginbotham
of Grover; and 15 grandchildren.
Services were conducted
Sunday, June 25, at Central United
Methodist Church by the Rev.
George Auman and the Rev.
Harold Hutchison. Burial was in
Mountain Rest Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were Hilliard
Black, Jake Dixon, Howard
Bryant, Joe Patterson, Scott Horton
and Mark Dixon. Honorary pall-
bearers were members of the Davis
Bible Class.
EDGAR E. MARLOWE SR.
Members of the Kings Mountain
Ministerial Association will be ac-
cepting donations of money and
food to help re-stock its Food Bank
at next Tuesday's Fourth of July
celebration at Jake Early Memorial
Park.
The ministers will set up a booth
in the area of the swimming pool
and collect non-perishable foods
such as canned gods, flour, sugar
and cereal. The ministers will also
have a bucket, in which persons
may make cash donations.
Ministers will spend an hour each
manning the booth, which will be
in operation from 12 noon until 7
p.m.
The Ministerial Association op-
erates a Food Bank the year-round
at the Kings Mountain Community
Center. Needy families and those
facing crisis situations are eligible
for food by contacting any minister
in the greater Kings Mountain area.
Rev. Harwood Smith, pastor of
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church, is
president of the Ministerial
Association and directs the food
bank, which helps from 500 to 800
area persons annually. Rev.
George Simmons, pastor of East
Gold Street Wesleyan Church, is
publicity chairman.
See Food, 9-A
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