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VOL. 103 NO. 44
Kings Mountain voters wel-
comed a new citizen with open
arms and also rewarded one of
their native sons with seats on the
Kings Mountain School Board in
Tuesday's non-partisan election.
Shearra Miller, who moved to
Kings Mountain from Charlotte
over a year ago when her family
purchased Bridges Hardware, led
the voting in the five-person race
for two seats. She received 1,061
votes to 1,029 for B.S. "Sonny"
Peeler, a life-long Kings Mountain
resident who taught in the
Vocational Department at Kings
Mountain High for 16 years before
retiring,
Board Chairman Billy King,
who is completing a four-year
term, was ousted. He ran third with
Queen new Grover maye
GROVER - Four-term Mayor"
Bill McCarter was ousted from of-
fice Tuesday by voters who put
former mayor pro tem Ronald
Queen in his chair, returned one in-
cumbent, elected a former commis-
sioner and named a newcomer to
the three seats up for grabs in the
municipal election.
With 62% of the. registered, vot-
ers going to the polls, Ronald
Queen, 53, plant engineer for
Grover Industries, received 43%
of the votes. He reczived 85 votes
to McCarter's 60. Former commis-
sioner Norman King ran third with
51 votes. A total of 199 people of
319 registered went to the polls on
a sunny, cold Indian Summer day.
In the commissioner race, Jack
Herndon, 67, newcomer to town
politics, led the field of five candi-
dates with 152 votes followed by
incumbent Sandra Spangler Ellis,
completing her first term on the
board, with 103 votes to easily win
the four year seats. Placing third
was Don Rich, who served on the
board several years ago who won
the two-year seat with 90 votes. Dr.
Philip Day ran fourth with 64
votes; Evelyn Willis, active
Woman's Club member and house-
wife, ran fifth with 63 votes; and
Sam Stevenson placed fifth with 49
votes.
Queen, who has served on town
council 12 years and mayor pro
tem for nine years, said he appreci-
ated the support. "My goal is to be
Hord has cooked fish
995 votes, followed by Mark
George with 291 and David Lynn
with 252.
A big advantage in the West
Kings Mountain precinct was the
difference for Miller and Peeler.
They also ran neck-and-neck at
Bethware while King led the way
in East Kings Mountain and
Grover. Miller led Peeler by one
vote (484 to 483) at West, while
King received 395, George 118 and
Lynn 113. Peeler led Miller by one
vote (107 to 106) at Bethware.
King got 94, George 54, and Lynn
52
King led at Grover with 191, fol-
lowed by Miller 161, Peeler 133,
George 35, and Lynn 31; and King
also led in East KM with 312, fol-
See School, 9-A
Thursday, November 7, 1991
Shearra Miller is congratulated by some of her supporters
Tuesday night at City Hall after leading the ticket for one of two seats
on the Kings Mountain Board of Education.
Ronald Queen, Grover's newly-elected mayor, is congratulated by
his wife, Jackie, after returns were posted Tuesday night in Grover.
The former mayor pro tem and three-term councilman beat out two
other candidates, including the four term mayor.
mayor of this town. The mayor is
no better than council," he said. "I
think I am energetic enough to get
the job done for residents."
Queen said the reason he ran
was to contribute "my good ideas
to make my hometown a better
place for everyone."
Herndon, chairman of the
Cleveland County Planning Board,
since the age of 12
By ELIZABETH STEWART
Of The Herald Staff
When Paul Hord Jr. takes off his
chef's hat and apron he relaxes by
politicking, panning for gold and
chopping wood.
The Kings Mountain native and
popular restaurant owner said his
love of politics happened in the
1980's when he ran for a seat on
the Kings Mountain Board of
Education, was elected in 1982 and
served until 1989. Maintaining an
active interest in the schools today,
he said he may offer for an outside
city scat open on the board in two
years.
Inheriting his love for cooking
from his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Hord Sr., he started cooking in the
family business at age 12 when he
had to stand on a Coca Cola crate
to reach the huge pan of grease in
which he and his brothers were fry-
ing fish. Paul, Charles and the late
James Hord learned to cook at the
old Trout Club on Galilee Church
Road, the first busincss owned by
the family. Paul recalled the first
spanking came when he filled a
basket with pasteboard instead of
freshly peeled potatoes. His job
was k. p. and at that time but it
wasn't one of his favorite chores.
Sixteen years ago Paul and his
wife of 35 years, Joyce Biddix
Hord, bought the family business
on York Road and have remodeled
and expanded twice. The dining
rooms will comfortably seat 150
hungry fish lovers and the kitchen
has-been expanded t to include stain-
less steel walls and the newest in
appliances. Fryolators have re-
placed some of the first equipment
uscd by Paul when he joined his fa-
ther in the business in 1954. Ruby
Hord decorated the walls with her
own unique wall plaques, hen and
rooster designs made from beans,
and still helps out busy mornings
in the business but Paul Sr., who
has officially retired, says he is the
official taster. Kim Hord, youngest
daughter of the Hords, and her
mother run the "front part of the
business," according to Paul, and
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has lived in Grover all his life and
said he wants to give helpful input
into keeping Grover a congenial
and enjoyable town for everyone.
"I love this town," said Herndon,
67, retired after 33 years service
with Sears. He serves on the advi-
sory committee for Carolina State
Bank in Kings Mountain.
McCarter, congratulating Queen
that
and the other winners after the
election results were posted at
Finally Restaurant, said he has no
immediate plans but will now have
time to enjoy retirement. Mayor
since 1975, he retired from Minette
Mills after 42 1/2 years as supervi-
sory maintenance engineer.
McCarter ran on his record, saying
ror Wf, hisimostinuordiate
concems were having the streets
resurfaced and park improvements
completed with as little expense as
possible. "It is very important that
Grover stay on frack financially by
trimming unnecessary spending
and remain a balanced town with-
out raising taxes,” which McCarter
said his administration had been
able to do while renovating town
hall, completing the sewer system
and annexing several areas of town
while updating police protection by
adding two policemen.
"We need to resolve the prob-
lems with water contamination in
Grover and do away with the well
systems," said Rich, warehouse-
man in Gaffney, S. C. and a resi-
dent of Grover 16 years. "I believe
that Grover people should be taken
care of first before we annex and
we need to spend our money on
fixing up the town."
Ellis says Grover needs more
citizen participation in local gov-
ernment. "I would like to see us
grow and the uptown streets updat-
ed," she said.
See Grover, 9-A
Paul Hord cooks fish at Paul's Se: afood on York Road. \
Kings Mountain, N.C. 28086 «35¢
Low turnout, close vorf—s
Miller and Peeler win
seats on School Board
Moretz and Guy:
seats on City C
Incumbent Al Moretz won a
two-year term as an At-Large rep-
resentative and Jim Guyton edged
neighbor Roy Pearson by 21 votes
to win the four-year seat as the
Ward 2 representative in Tuesday's
Kings Mountain City Council
runoff.
Moretz had served four years as
District 1 councilman under the old
six-district set-up. He had finished
second to Norma Bridges in the
October primary, giving Mrs.
Bridges the four-year At-Large
seat.
Moretz won by an even 100
votes (712 to 612) over Joe King,
who ran third by two votes in
October. Guyton had edged
Pearson in a four-man field in
October but did not get a majority
vote. Only voters who live in Ward
2 were eligible to vote for Guyton
and Pearson.
Only 1,346 voters, or 27 percent,
went to the polls.
Guyton, who had run unsuccess-
fully for city commissioner 20
years ago, received 136 votes to
115 for Pearson. He said he began
working toward this election as
soon as the primary was over in
October. ‘
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crs congratulated him in the lobby
of City Hall where the totals were
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Moretz said he’ anticipated a
close race with King, who has lost
narrow races in the last two city
elections.
"I think Joe ran a very tough
campaign,” Moretz said. "And
that's good for the political system.
“I had a lot of support,” he
added. "I look forward to continu-
ing to help Kings Mountain im-
prove in all areas. I couldn't do this
without the voters."
Things looked good for Moretz
when the results of the West Kings
Mountain (Armory) precinct were
posted. He led King by 455-320
there. King was expected to run
stronger in East Kings Mountain,
and he did win that precinct, but
his, 292-257 margin. was not
endugh to pull out ihe % Victory.
Jim Guyton, left, and Al Moretz shake hands after learning of
their election to the Kings Mountain City Council Tuesday night.
COTA chairman wil
speak at East School
Organizers of a fund drive to
help pay the medical costs of a
Kings Mountain student with
aplastic anemia hope to "rejuve-
nate” their cfforts the next week.
Dorcas Beasley, a teacher at East
School who helped organized the
"COTA for Angela” fund for 12-
year-old Angela Strickland, said
Roger Taylor, chairman of COTA,
will be at East School next
Wednesday night at 7 p.m. to speak
with school officials, parents, busi-
nesses and “everyone else” inter-
ested in helping the Strickland
family.
Angela, now a sixth grader, at
was in Ms. Beasley's fifth grade
class at East when her condition
was diagnosed last year. She is
now hospitalized in Minneapolis
where she underwent a bone mar-
row transplant on October 235.
"She is having a rough time
now," said Ms. Beasley. "That was
expected. It's normal for this type
procedure. All her hair came out
and she is in a lot of pain, The doe-
tors told her the first month would
be like this."
Local people have raised
$17,500 of the estimated $75,000
which Angela's family will be re-
sponsible for paying. The total cost
of the operation will be between
$200,000 and $300,000.
"Mr. Taylor is coming to town to
get things rejuvenated,” Ms.
Beasley said. "He knows we're
working hard but we still have a
long way to go. He hopes this
meeting will be a motivational type
thing."
While in Kings Mountain,
Taylor will go to Charlotte to tape
a segment for WBTV's "Top of the
Day" program which will be aired
the following week.
Next week's meeting will be
held in the spacious lunch room at
East Elementary. "We would like
for business people, friends, and
anybody and everybody that's in-
terested in helping Angela to come
and hear Mr. Taylor and help raise
the money," Ms. Beasley said.
Several fund-raisers have been
held and a special account is open
at Carolina State Bank where citi-
zens can mail donations. Mark
your cheek "COTA for Angela"
and mail them to Carolina State
Bank, P.O. Box 340, Kings
See Fund, 10-A