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Kings Mountain, N.C. 28(
Lake Authority
to be dissolved
VOL. 108 NO. 47
ednesday,
T-giving
‘services
planned
sil
Many of the area's churches will
participate in the Kings Mountain
Ministerial Association's
Community Thanksgiving service
Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Boyce
Memorial A.R.P. Church.
"This service has traditionally
been a time when churches of all
denominations gather together to
recount their blessings and to offer
thanksgiving to God the Father for
His bountiful care,” said Morris
Jordan, Minister of Music at First
Baptist Church.
The Thanksgiving message will
be presented by a community
choir, which will sing the cantata
"Give Thanks" by Keith Ferguson
and Ken Barker.
An offering will be taken for the
Kings Mountain Helping Hands
Crisis Ministries.
In Grover, a community-wide
Thanksgiving service will be spon-
sored by the five local churches:
the Church of God, Shiloh
Presbyterian, First Baptist, Bible
Holiness and Bethany Baptist.
The service will be held
Wednesday evening at 7:30 p.m. at
Bible Holiness Church.
Other special religious events
for Thanksgiving include:
Frank and Jackie Hollifield are thankful every day for a good life together and for their happy,
closeknit family, At Thanksgiving, they count among their chief blessings Frank's recent successful heart
surgery.
Hollifields thankful every day
A proposal to dissolve Moss
Lake Authority, transfer its authori-
ty to City Council and appoint a
Moss Lake Commission as an ad-
visory board was to be acted upon
at Tuesday night's 7:30 meeting of
city council.
The Moss Lake Authority, meet-
ing last Wednesday night, voted 4-
1 to make the change. City
Manager George Wood said some
of the changes in wording in the
rules and regulations put more
teeth into the 10-page ordinance.
M. C. Pruette, who has served
on the board since its inception,
disagreed strongly with stripping
of the Authority but other mem-
bers, including new member
Evelyn Hamrick, who seconded
Jackie Barrett's motion, and new
member Billy Hawkins concurred
with chairman Joe Smith and
Chuck Ballew that thé ‘authority’ is
' with city council anyway and all
their recommendations currently
must be approved by council.
Pruette said the N. C. General
Assembly established the Moss
Lake Authority in the 1970's but
city attorney Mickey Corry said he
could find nothing in the city codes
but agreed to keep checking as did
Christmas
shopping
underway
By RENEE WALSER
of the Herald Staff
Although decorations have been
out and merchandise on the shelves
for weeks, Thanksgiving officially
opens the Christmas shopping sea-
son in Kings Mountain,
Merchants are anxious to see
how the recession and job layoffs
will affect business. Many report
that traffic is slack but others look
for a good year.
Kay-Bee Toy Stores, parent
company of Circus World Toys at
Cleveland Mall, predicts that --
surprise, surprise -- the Super
Nintendo that sells for $199.99 will
be the number one toy sold this
Christmas.
It's competitor, Sega Genesis for
$149.99, is second on the list of top
B First Presbyterian - Men of Every day brings blessings to Frank Hollifield, their son and daughter-in-law, Dale and Diane Wood. A 1967 state statute em- | ten toys.
the Church annual Thanksgiving who will pause again Thursday to say a special Hollifield and three grandsons, Aubrey, Ryan and powers municipalities to establish The list includes:
3 heakfast at 7 to 9 a.m. Thursday in Thanksgiving prayer for his greatest. asset-whis fami. Andy, it was big’ to. work fon Frank when he and authorities. The lake was built Wl Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle |...
: Trav lowship hall. i iy. : Jaci weren'y 7:'bal) games chicerlng one of the about 1973. : Action Figures ; y
j M Central Methodist - But Jackie Hollifield will be adding her own grandsons. Auliey, 23, has 2 full athletic scholarship In its new function, Moss Lake Wl Little Miss Singing Mermaid /
Thanksgiving breakfast at 6:30t0 8 | prayer of thankfulness-- for Frank's good health. to Wake Forest, and Ryan, 19, and Andy, 18, play Advisory Board would be an advi- | M Baby Alive i
: a.m. Thursday and a brief service Hollifield underwent open heart surgery and two football for ASU, inheriting their expertise on the sory board to the city council. "A | HM Bathtime Barbie &
i at 8:30. bypasses six months ago at Carolinas Medical gridiron from their father and grandfather. Frank used separate authority can fragment the BM Duelin' Dudes \
i BW Bethiechem Baptist - Center. "Don't over do, stay on your diet and come to play ball with the Blue Devils in his hometown of decision-making process regarding MW The Little Mermaid Ariel y
() Wednesday evening service at 7 back for checkups,” they told him when he checked Spruce Pine and when he and Jackie moved to Kings one of the city's most vital assets," MW 9.6 V Turbo Fast Traxx, and
out and returned to his home on East Ridge Street. Mountain to raise their family they immediately be- states the new ordinance. MW Magic Copier
p.m.
B® Oak Grove Baptist -
Wednesday evening dinner at 6
p.m. Special service afterwards at
"I'm doing just what the Charlotte doctors and my
personal Doctor Gangoo tell me and I'm enjoying
each day that God gives me," said Frank as he helped
came supporters of their son from Little League to
high school and college. A defensive lineman for the
Demon Deacons, Aubrey played his last football
"We need to get our ordinance
into conformance with the way
we're now operating,” said Wood.
Reaction from local retailers was
mixed as to the shopping traffic
this time of year. Most said it was
7:15 with the Lord's Supper. his good friend, Dathia Sanders, build a carport this game last week but Ryan, a quarterback for the ASU "The city has made a substantial | 00 early to tell how the traditional- I
MW Second Baptist - Kickoff of | week. Frank and Dathia's friendship goes back to Mountaineers, is in the Southern Conference playoffs investment in developing Moss by heavy shopping season would |
e
Mission Emphasis Week with mis-
sionary Bobby Goulden at the 11
a.m. service on Sunday.
®| Love Valley Baptist, Victory
Baptist and Dixon Presbyterian
churches will hold a join
Thanksgiving service Wednesday
at 7 p.m. at Love Valley. Rev.
Lloyd Sanders will be the speaker.
Gage crusade being planned |
Rick Gage, 33, was called from
the football field six years ago to
follow his famous father Freddie
Gage in the evangelistic ministry.
He walked away from a promis-
ing coaching career to work with
young people in what he called "a
far, greater game where wins and
losses have eternal consequences."
Gage, in Kings Mountain
Tuesday morning for a breakfast
meeting with key chairmen for
Gage's "On Track In Harvest"
evangelism crusade in Kings
Mountain May 10-14, urged the 13
Monday.
month.
as February.
their long tenure with Foote Mineral Company. Since:
retirement a few years ago, both men have put up
several buildings and also made repairs to the year
Hollifield house after Hugo.
Frank went to the doctor May 8 for indigestion
and Gangoo immediately ordered a stress test. "I just
noticed I was getting a bit tired when I walked but
saw nothing out of the ordinary," said Frank. The
Traveling became a hobby of the Hollifields when
their son and grandsons got active in sports. Since
Frank's successful surgery they logged 5,000 miles to
their favorite vacation spot, Yellowstone National
Park. Since Jackie's retirement from Southern Bell,
next day he was in Charlotte for major surgery. After
recuperating with tender loving care from his wife,
which means that his doting grandparents will be at
every game. Andy didn't make the traveling team this
See Hollifields, 13-A
After a barbecue and auction
Saturday night, the fund for Angela
Strickland has risen to over
$30,000, East School officials said
The two functions together
raised $6,295 to go toward paying
Angela's medical bills for a bone
marrow replacement treatment last
Angela is continuing to progress,
said her grandmother, Louise
Penner, Monday. Her father came
home Friday and her mother and
sister, Nancy, are with Angela in
Minnesota. Doctors say Angela
may be able to come home as early
Angela's white blood cell count
was up and her hair is growing
church leaders present to get their
local churches involved and "plan
big because we serve a big God."
The kickoff to the Greater Kings
Mountain Crusade will be a ban-
quet at KMHS Cafeteria at 6:27
p.m. on January 21, 1992, when
workers will turn in pledge and
volunteer cards. In the meantime,
zone captains working a 20 mile
radius of the stadium will start get-
ting volunteers to work the cam-
paign.
Mike and Faye Speck will lead
the music for the crusade, which
Angela's fund tops $30,000
back, her grandmother said.
"We're feeling like and hoping
that the bone marrow's taking," she
said.
Doctors may move Angela out
of intensive care next week to a
private room, Penner said.
Mike Smith got the idea for the
auction of celebrity items and
worked hard to make it happen.
About 40 celebrities from Ronald
Reagan to Yoko Ono submitted
personal items and autographs for
auction.
To make a donation, please send
a check to the Angela Strickland
Fund, Carolina State Bank, P.O.
Box 340, Kings Mountain, NC
28086.
will feature combined church
choirs and guest groups. A big
phase of the crusade will focus on
young people and Gage wants to
address as many young people as
he can before the opening of the re-
vival. He takes his secular message
"On Track" to schools in a wide
area of the country.
Co-chairmen of the crusade are
Mayor Kyle Smith and Rev. David
Philbeck, pastor of Macedonia
Baptist Church.
Gage said the momentum for the
See Gage, 13-A
Ken Nantz bought an autographed photo of his hero, Leon Spinks,
at celebrity auction for-Angela Strickland.
RICK GAGE
Lake as a city owned reservoir,
with a dam and water filtration
plant and secondarily as a recre-
ational area for the general public,”
the ordinance reads.
Pruette asked members of the
Authority to recall the many indus-
tries locating in the area since
Moss Lake became a reality and
See Council, 2-A
Johnny McGinnis of McGinnis
Department Store said his business
has been good.
“I think it will be at least what it
was last year," he said.
Popular items at McGinnis are
sweat suits, lingerie and children's ;
clothing, he said. §
See Christmas, 2-A \
ae
Burger King coming here
Cleveland County's first Burger
King restaurant will go up soon on
1.08 acres at 717 York Road.
Estimated cost of construction is
$160,000.
B& J Restaurants, owned and
operated by Robert and Jim Greene
of Charlotte, will start grading at
the site between Family Storage
Centers and Baucom Chevrolet on
Monday, weather permitting.
Bill Reule, Charlotte realtor, met
with City of Kings Mountain offi-
cials yesterday to obtain the re-
quired building permits and utili-
ties taps during a pre-construction
- conference.
Reule said grading will take
about 10 days and the new restau-
rant, which will also include a
playground area, should be ready
to open in another 50 days.
The Greenes, who are brothers,
own 18 Burger King businesses in
North Carolina and several in
Gaston County.
Richardson Turner Construction
Company is general contractor for
the facility. Dean Strobino is
District Manager.
The new business is expected to
employ 30-40 people. Burger King
is taking applications at Burger
See Burger, 13-A
Fill Empty Stocking
The Kings Mountain Empty
Stocking Fund needs your help.
The fund, sponsored by the
Herald, is used to purchase food,
clothing, toys and other necessary
items for needy familics in the
Greater Kings Mountain arca at
Christmas.
In the first two ycars of the
drive, over $6,000 was raiscd de-
spite hard economic times.
Margaret Dilling is again chair
man of the fund drive.
Send your donations to Empty
Stocking Fund, P.O. Box 1461,
Kings Mountain, N.C. 28086.
Donations may be made anony-
mously, in memory or in honor of
someone.
A running total will be published
cach weck in the Herald.
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