This Is
VOCATIONAL
EDUCATION WEEK
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PERRY DAVIS
Is Oak Grove
Fireman Of The Year
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VOL. 104 NO. 7
Thursday, February 18, 1992
COMING IN NEXT WEEK'S KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD
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Former nine-term State Senator
J. Ollie Harris of Kings Mountain
made it official Monday that he's
running for the newly-created 37th
District Senate seat and former N.
C. House Speaker Carl Stewart and
seven-term legislator of Gastonia
filed for the N. C. Senate 25th
District seat.
The 37th Senate District, where
there is no incumbent, now in-
cludes most of Shelby, Kings
Mountain, Grover, Boiling Springs,
Waco, Lattimore, Casar and all of
Rutherford County.
Holding the seats now in the
Lutz hopes to retain House seat
Incumbent Rep. Edith Lutz of
Lawndale is seeking another term
and filed with the Cleveland
County Board of Elections
Tuesday.
Mrs. Lutz, Dr. Jack Hunt of
Lattimore and Bill Withrow of
Rutherford County represent the
48th House District which has been
revamped with redistricting and
now includes all of Cleveland -
County, Cherryville, part of Polk
County and all of Rutherford
County.
Cleveland County now is split
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25th District are Senators Jim
Forrester of Stanley and John
Carter of Lincolnton, Republicans,
and Helen Marvin, Democrat, of
Gaston County. Both Marvin and
Carter have said they do not plan to
file for reelection.
Harris was defeated in his re-
election bid for the 25th District
seat two years ago. He served in
the General Assembly from the
25th District composed of
Cleveland, Gaston, Rutherford and
Lincoln Counties for 18 years, 14
of which he chaired the Mental
Health and Resources Commission
between two Senate Districts--the
25th and 37th.
Filing for seats in the Legislature
and county offices, including three
seats on the county's board of com-
missioners and three seats on the
Cleveland Country Board of
Education, ends at noon March 2.
Filing also began Monday for
county register of deeds, a position
held by Doris Borders, who has an-
nounced Monday she will seek re-
election and for three judicial seats
in Judicial District 27B which in-
Fresh water flowing
through Grover pipes
GROVER - All four wells are
operating in Grover now and the
city’ s water system is back on tar-
get, Mayor Ronald Queen told city
council Tuesday night.
Queen said the town spent
$4,343 last month for water from
Kings Mountain but this month's
bill, thanks to the improvements in
Grover's water system, would be
cut to about $1,000.
In response to Troy Blanton's re-
quest to buy 1,000 gallons of non-
drinking water from a fire hydrant,
the town agreed to buy a meter and
offer the water to anyone wanting
it for watering grass, etc.
“We just need to meter it and
control it," said councilman Jack
Herndon.
Queen reported that a fence had
been put up at the town hall to en-
close the trash truck and city vehi-
cles and said a road had been re-
paired on Main Street. He asked
commissioners to take a look at all
the streets in Grover and make sug-
gestions on priorities for street im-
provements in next year's budget.
Upon recommendation of Bill
Lail, the council will launch a
clean up campaign in the commu-
nity and weekly trash pickups on
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Harris, Stewart file for Senate
and was honored by that group
with the Valond award and nomi-
nated for the national Nathan
Harris award.
_ A Cleveland County native and
Cleveland County mortician for 64
years, Harris has owned and oper-
ated Harris Funeral Home in Kings
Mountain since 1947. Cleveland
County Coroner from 1946-70, he
stepped down to run for the state
senate.
Stewart, a lawyer and House
speaker from 1977-80, made zn
unsuccessful run for lieutenant
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cludes Lincoln and Cleveland
Counties.
The district court judicial seats
now held by George W. Hamrick,
John K. Fonvielle and James T.
Bowen III are up for election.
One seat is up for election on the
five-member Cleveland County
Soil and Water Conservation
District.
Candidates have until noon on
July 3 to file with the Cleveland
Country Board of Elections.
The two primaries will be held
in May. The general election is in
November.
JERRY KING
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OLLIE HARRIS
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By RENEE WALSER
-Of The Herald Staff
Walk into Jerry King's office on
the second floor of the First Union
building and you walk down mem-
ory lane.
King has memorabilia from his
life as a navy pilot and community
activist including photos of his first
plane and famous people he has
met.
In 1975, King served as execu-
tive director of the Bicentennial
Commission for vice president
Nelson Rockefeller's visit to Kings
Mountain. Up on the office wall
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Board reviews
Report
While the Kings Mountain
school system dropped to below
par from a par ranking last year,
Supt. Dr Bob McRae said its actual
achievement didn't change signifi-
cantly.
In terms of achievement, Kings
Mountain schools still ranks within
state levels.
He gave a review of the school's
report card from the state for 1990-
91 to board of education members
Monday night.
"I don't think we need to over-
act,” McRae said.
What did change were some of
KM District School's criteria on the
* index of advantagement which is
based on such factors as number of
students enrolled, parent or
guardian educational background,
number of students on free or re-
duced lunch, number of teachers
per pupil, number of teachers with
graduate degrees and amount of lo-
cal supplement.
Kings Mountain improved in
some of these areas, McRae point-
ed out, in the charts supplied by the
Department of Public Instruction to
the board. The standards they were
judged against were much stricter.
"We must work very hard to im-
prove achievement level," said
McRae, calling attention to low
fifth grade science performance.
The only standard that Kings
Mountain Schools did not meet
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Early filing activity this week
ensures a race for all three seats up
for grabs on the Cleveland County
Board of Commissioners.
Cecil D. Dickson, 56, of 214
Park Drive, Shelby; Sgt. E. T. Van
Hoy, 68, of 914 North Post Rd.,
Shelby; Jerry O. Adams, 36, of
1426 Billy Bob Drive, Shelby; and
Sam H. Gold, 55, of 3026 Bettis
Rd., Earl, are challenging incum-
bent Democrats Joe E. Cabaniss,
68, of 216 Park Circle Dr., Shelby,
currently chairman of the board,
and Jack Spangler, 62, of 200 Lutz
Rd, Lawndale, in the May
Democratic Primary .
A third incumbent member of
the board, Charlie F. Harry,
Republican, is also expected to file
_ for reelection.
Both primaries will be held on
May 5. The general election is in
November. hy
Filing deadline is March 2 at
noon at the Cleveland County
Board of Elections, 310 E. Dale
St., Shelby.
Challenger Cecil Dickson, life-
long resident of Cleveland County
and owner of Dickson Auto Supply
in Shelby since 1929, says that
county government should be re-
sponsive to the people. He says he
King involved in Kings Mountain
are pictures of Rockefeller during
that visit.
Another familiar face, that of
former South Carolina governor
John West, hangs in the center of
the left wall. King taught Sunday
School with West before he be-
came ambassador to Saudi Arabia.
And a picture and letter from
Jim Hunt thanking King for partici-
pating in Kings Mountain's indus-
trial development program.
Up behind King's desk is a
plaque declaring King a recipient
of the Paul Harris award, an honor,
given to King by the Kings
Mountain Rotary. The award usual-
Card
Diploma
requirement
to change
More rigorous high school grad-
uation requirements will apply
with the Class of 1996 and next
year's freshman class will be get-
ting prepared in upcoming orienta-
tions.
Supt. Dr. Bob McRae that after
almost two years of study the State
Board of Education has adopted
the new graduation requirements
which he outlined to Board of
Education members Monday night.
The 20 total units are unchanged
but required are four units of
English, three units (instead of
two) in mathematics, one of which
must be Algebra I; three units in
social studies, one of which must
be government and economics; one
in U. S. History and the additional
unit in world studies; three units in
science, one of which must be biol-
ogy and one a physical science;
one unit in health and physical ed-
ucation; and six units which may
be electives or designated from the :
plom
County il ing underway iy
CARL STEWART
wants to know what the people of
Cleveland County think about the
political issues that concern them.
Dickson says his involvement in
- local organizations, such as past
president of Shelby Kiwanis Club
and a former director of Cleveland
County Chamber of Commerce,
has given him the experience to
deal with local issues and has pro-
vided him with an appreciation for
hard work that is involved in
achieving long reaching goals.
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ly involves a thousand dollar dona-
tion from the recipient, but the club
voted to present King with the hon-
or as a gift.
"My mother and father were in-
volved in community service one
way or another,” King said. "It's
just our belicf that you should put
back into society as much or more
than you take out."
King was born and raised in
Kings Mountain, the son of Louisc
King and the latc Denver King, He
attended Western Carolina
University, where he was clected
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