Page 2A-THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD-Thursday, July 25, 1991
OBITUARIES
RAYMOND CHAMPION
LANCASTER, S.C. - Raymond
Olin Champion, 79, of 18 Elm
Street, died July 17, 1991 at Elliott
White Springs Memorial Hospital.
"A native of Gaffney, he was the
son of the late Raymond and Mary
Pearl Patrick Champion. He was a
retired machinist-molder for
Springs Industries’ Foundry and
Machine Shop.
He is survived by his wife,
Floride Adams Champion; a
daughter, Miss Deloris Champion
of Lancaster; two brothers, Lloyd
Ray Champion of Kings Mountain
and Rev. Eugene Champion of
Gaffney; a sister, Wynona Best of
Gaffney; two grandchildren; and a
great-grandchild.
A graveside service was held
Friday at 3 p.m. at Abington Creck
Baptist Church Cemetery in
Gaffney. Rev. Eugene Champion
officiated.
JOSIE GRANT
SHELBY - Josie Margaret
Grant; 91; of 902 Borders Road,
died July 18, 1991 at Cleveland
Memorial Hospital.
A native of Cleveland County,
she was the daughter of the late
George Wesley and Laura Mayhue
Grant and wife of the late Jasper
James Grant. She was also preced-
ed in death by three children, Carl
Grant, Jack Grant and Miss
Margaret Grant. She was a retired
textile employee and homemaker
and a member of Elizabeth Church
and the Homebound Department.
She is survived by three sons,
James Thomas Grant and John
David Grant of Kings Mountain,
and George Edmond Grant of
Shelby; five daughters, Miss
Elizabeth Grant of the home;
Lallage Brooks of Shelby, Gladys
Wright and Edith Causby of Kings
Mountain, and Peggy Thomas of
Jamestown, Ohio; three sisters,
Edna Garrett, Corene Smith and
Birdie Horn of Gaffney, S.C.; 25
grandchildren; 10 great-grandchil-
dren; and three great-great-grand-
children.
The funeral was conducted by
the Rev. Jeff Brendle Saturday at 2
p.m. at Elizabeth Baptist Church.
Burial was in the church cemetery.
EDWIN GROOME
HIGH POINT - Edwin Yates
Groome, 89, of The Evergreens in
High «= Poin] formerly of
esomecnnftons Greensb. fo,
, died July 20; 1991 at High Point
* Regional Hospital.
A native of Guilford County, he
was a retired farmer. He was a
member of Groometown United
Methodist Church.
He is survived by three sisters,
Mrs. Kenneth Williams of
Columbia, S.C., Mrs. James H.
Arthur of Kings Mountain, and
Mrs. Venable Baggett of
Fayetteville.
A graveside services was held at
11 a.m. Tuesday at Groometown
United Methodist Church ceme-
tery.
Memorials may be made to
Groometown United Methodist
Church, Groometown Road,
Greensboro, N.C. 27406. 73
KIMBERLY RUSS
SHELBY -Kimberly Jane Russ,
22, of 409 Old Stubbs Road,
Cherryville, died July 22, 1991 at
Cleveland Memorial Hospital.
A native of Cleveland County,
she was the daughter of Judith
McNeely Causby of Shelby and the
late Charles Blanton. She was a
homemaker.
In addition to her mother, she is
survived by her husband, Gregory
Russ of the home; two daughters,
Claudia McNeely Russ and Alicia
Miranda Russ of the home; her
step-father, Larry Causby of the
home; a brother, Clint Causby of
Shelby; and a sister, Mrs. Lynn
Tenney of Shelby.
The funeral was conducted at 3
p-m. Wednesday at Lutz-Austell
Funeral Home Chapel by the Rev.
Tim Hendrick. Burial was in
Corinth Baptist Church cemetery
in Casar.
BYERS
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Byers enjoys sports, bowling,
and grows plenty of tomatoes from
a flower bed in his back yard on
Belvedere Circle. He is active in
Mount Zion Baptist Church.
"God has blessed me," says
Byers, who says he never gets an-
gry except at the federal govern-
ment. "They are supposed to be
smart and educated people but look
at the mess they get us all into."
AT LARGE
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to a two-year term. Voters in Wards 1 and 2 will elect
council members from those wards. Election day is
October 8. Terms of Mayor Kyle Smith and
Commissioners Moretz, Norma Bridges, and Jackie
Barrett are expiring in December.
Bennett, a Kings Mountain native and son of the
late Henry and Birdie Bennett, retired in 1982 after
34 1/2 years with Burlington Industries. A former in-
suranceman, he retired from the Board of Elections
five years ago. He is a partner in Linwood Auto
Sales, a past president of KM Lions Club, and a for-
mer trustee of Kings Mountain Hospital. Active in
Grace United Methodist Church, he is former chair-
man of the pastoral parish committee, former Sunday
School superintendent and former chairman of the
administrative board and lay speaker. He and his
wife, Dorothy Barnette Bennett, have been married
nearly 51 years. A veteran of World War II, he was
an administrative First Sergeant in charge of the
medical detachment at Moore General Hospital at
Swannanoa. The Bennetts have two daughters, Linda
Burgess of Kings Mountain and Gail Manning of
Lake Wylie, S. C. and three grandchildren.
"When I served on the city board before I worked
the third shift. Now retired, I can give full time ser-
vice and feel I have both the time and experience to
be a good commissioner," said Bennett. He says he
has- "no axes to grind" and is running to serve only,
not against anyone.
King, who resigned December 1, 1990 from the
Cleveland County Sheriff's Department after 20 years
in law enforcement, is a Kings Mountain native, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Ellis King. He joined the Kings
Mountain Police Department as a patrolman soon af-
ter graduating Kings Mountain High School in 1972
and then worked over 15 years with the Cleveland
County Sheriff's Department, retiring as Detective
Lieutenant. He and his wife, Terri, and son, Wayne,
10, reside at 608 Mica Street in Ward I.
King said he chose to run at-large instead of in
Ward I because "I had friends all over town who sup-
ported me in my first bid for a seat on city council."
He says, if elected, he will work to encourage more
industry in the city to create more badly-needed jobs
and wants to see city government "run as smoothly as
possible."
Moreltz said he decided to run for one of the at-large
council seats after pondering a run for the mayor's
seat.
"I thought seriously about it (running for mayor) but
this group of commissioners has some things started
that I want to see finished," he said.
Moretz, who is chairman of the City Utilities
Committee, said the city has made "tremendous
strides" in that area and the citizens are now beginning
to "reap the benefits."
Citizens recently approved over $9 million in utility
bonds to upgrade the water, sewer and electric facili-
ties and most of that work will be completed by the
end of the year. "Instead of trying to catch up, we can
now plan for the future," Moretz said.
"Economic development is a big thing I'll work for,"
he continued. "We need to attract as much economic
development as we can but at the same time keep our
cost to citizens in range with our neighboring cities.
Right now we're very competitive with the rates of all
of our neighbors. Shelby's utility rates are probably a
little lower than ours but they're just before passing a
bond. Then their rate will jump and ours will probably
the the lowest around."
Moretz said he will also work hard to see that solid
waste is handled better and within EPA guidelines.
"With the new re-districting that we just went
through, this is going to be a real interesting election,”
he said. "In everything that comes before the council, I
will try to do the very best that I can and keep every-
thing in perspective as to what's best for the people of
Kings Mountain."
Moretz has held the District 1 council seat for the
past four years. He served as the city's engineer for
several years and currently owns his own consulting
engineer consulting firm. A.B. Moretz PE.
Moretz is an active member of St. Matthew's
Lutheran Church, where he serves on the Church
Council and is Scoutmaster for Scout Troop 91. He is
active in the Piedmont Council of the Boy Scouts and
is director of the Cub Scout weekend camping pro-
gram, "Lad, Dad, Mom and Me."
Moretz and his wife, Cathy, an employee of First
Citizens Bank, have three children and one grandchild.
Jim works with his father, Kimberly is a resident coun-
selor with the Baptist Children's Home in Dallas, and
Jeremy, 13, is a Kings Mountain student.
MAYOR
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Childers said he feels the next
two years will be a very important
two years, as the city moves from
an at large election to a ward repre-
sentation election and sees his ex-
perience as a former commissioner
and from operating his own busi-
ness for 20 years a valuable asset
as the city enters this transition pe-
riod.
If elected, Childers said he
would push new programs in
streets, budget, business, annexa-
tion, historical and beautification
MINE
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Curry, who said Kilgore communi-
ty residents are still recovering
from dust and property damage
from the J. M. Huber mine that
closed last year. He passed out pic-
tures of the property to Tracy
Davis and Beth Studenberg, state
mining officials, and state environ-
mentalist Jerry Cook of
Mooresville, who conducted the
meeting.
~~ “Br K. Barringer, engineer for -
Rednour Mining Corporation of
Kings Mountain, made application
for the state permit April 19. He
said the mine will operate within
the agenda of the State Mining Act.
He said Rednour has taken ade-
quate steps to address requirements
of the codes, will install a 10 feet
high sound buffer and silt basins
for stopping off-site pollution. The
mining operation will be a "closed
cycle process."
Milton Holloman, representing
the Cleveland County Economic
Development Commission, said
the board opposes granting of the
permit under Criteria 4 of 7 criteria
listed in the State Mining Act.
Criteria 4 prohibits physical haz-
ards to adjoining neighbors and
GAMBLE
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A widower, he has one daughter,
Sharon Gamble, who is employed
by New York University. He is a
member of St. Paul United
Methodist Church.
Filing, which began Monday,
ends at noon August 9. Filing fee is
areas. As mayor, he said he would
ask the city staff to prepare a list
of the streets to be resurfaced.
Once this is done, put the streets in
priority as to needs and as monies
become available, pave those
streets according to the priority list.
He said he would work closely
with the city manager and finance
director to present a budget that
will get the job done without addi-
tional burdens of the citizens. He
pledged to work closely with the
Chamber of Commerce to locate
small businesses, whether it be re-
tail, food, construction, etc. He said
he would push an orderly and
ernest annexation program, appoint
a historical preservation committee . yg
to try and save some of the older
buildings torn down daily and help
property owners with terminal ef-
fects and possible environmental
damage. "These plants on Highway
29 have a substantial number of
employment and the county is con-
cerned about them,"he said.
Also representing the county at
the meeting but not addressing the
group were EDC Director Joe
Hendrick, Cleveland County
Manager Lane Alexander, and
County Commissioners Joe
Cabaniss, chairman; Joyce Cashion
and Charlie Harry. Hendrick said
after the meeting that although the
county has no zoning laws that the
county ‘asked the city of Kings
Mountain to host the public hear-
ing to give information to the pub-
lic on the proposed mine.
After a 60-day review process,
Charles Gardner, Director of Land
Resources of the N. C. Department
of Environment, Health and
Natural Resources will make the
decision on granting or denying the
permit. Mining owners may appeal
decision of the board.
Supplemental information from
Rednour officials and from the
public are invited and can be ad-
dressed to Gardner in Raleigh.
Mayor Kyle Smith said city
council has no official position on
the mine permit application but
acted only as host for the public
meeting,
$36 and candidates must file with
Elections Board Chairman Becky
Cook at 717 Meadowbrook Road.
Only those voters living in the
newly-created Ward I will elect the
commissioner residing in and rep-
resenting Ward I.
The creation of a minority/ma-
jority ward in the recent realign-
ment of voting districts virtually
assures the election October 8 of a
black candidate for the first time in
the city's history.
Electricity off next week
Electricity will be cut off
Wednesday at 7:30 a.m. and again
at 2 p.m. for duration of one
minute each time as Duke Power
Company installs electrical equip-
ment on North Gaston Street.
City Utilities Director Jim
Maney said that Duke will be
switching over to a back-up gener-
ator and when that occurs the out-
ages will occur and will affect 50%
of the city, He ask that citizens cut
off air-conditioning units when the
outages occur.
Kings Mountain, which buys
electricity from Duke, has had no
problems in meeting high customer
needs this week as the tempera-
tures have soared and has no plans
to ask customers to conserve elec-
tricity. A record heat wave with
scorching temperatures and swel-
tering humidity have resulted in
record power use,
clean up and beautify the North,
South, East and West entrances to
the city.
Childers said he does not believe
it is the responsibility of the mayor
or council to become involved in
the day to day operation of the city.
He feels, he said, it is the responsi-
bility of the mayor and council to
set policy and priorities, turn these
over to the city manager and
say,"this is where we want to be a
year, two years or 10 years from
now. You get us there, but keep us
informed along the way as to your
plans to reach these goals."
Sil
live in Spring Acres. \
Rich says he wants to see a con:
GROVER
From Page 1-A Grover and cited work on the town ©
hall, the hiring of two policemen, ©
growth and new industry and I
want to be a part of the leadership
that pushes for more growth and
new industry,” said King. During
his tenure on the board, he pointed
with pride to the completion of a
new addition to Town Hall and the
beginning of garbage pick-up with
a new truck in service by the sani-
tation department. He wants to see
more community involvement by
the town of 600 citizens and more
attendance by residents at monthly
board meetings. He said he also
wants to see an increase of services
to the citizens.
Rich served on the board 1983-
89. He is employed by Overnight
Transportation in Gaffney, S.C.
and is married to Greta Black
Rich. They and their son, Lee, 15,
as major projects, some of which
was on the board. "I want to be in-
said.
noon August 2 with the Cleveland
fee is $5.
MILLER
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Schools but I'm willing to do my
part."
won't seek reelection.
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