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re igi a tl rrr Em, Kim Franklin prepares for Miss N.C. Pageant 78 KM tennis star Bryan Jones AGG Player of the Year *S 001 VOL. 104 NO. 19 Thursday, May 7, 1992 Kings Mountain, WIK AENAVA Nad1d Rick Gage Crusade begins Sunday After a year's worth of work and preparation, Rick Gage's crusade will come to Kings Mountain May 10 through 13 at John Gamble Stadium. Chairman for the crusade Rev. David Philbeck of Macedonia Baptist Church said he and his committees coordinated efforts from 40 local churches to pull this crusade off. "We would like to see 3,000 people per night," said Philbeck. Gage, who was called into preaching from coaching college football, has been involved in over 200 crusades over the past five years throughout the country. He has spoken to over a million teens about drugs and alcohol in the schools with his "On Track" pro- gram. Starting Saturday at 7 p.m., there will be a Youth Rally at Central School. Dana Russell will give a concert and Gage will speak. It is free of charge. Also on Saturday at 7 p.m., the crusade choir rehearsal will be held at Second Baptist Church. Thereafter, the choir will rehearse each evening in the stadium at 6:15 p.m. Any singer interested in being in the choir is invited. Sunday night is Church Night; Monday night is Sunday School Night; Tuesday night is Friends Night; and Wednesday night is Youth Night. In addition to the nightly ses- sions, prayer events have been planned for each day of the cru- sade. Prayer coffee will be offered at E. Gold St. Wesleyan Church from 6 to 7:30 a.m. Prayer and fasting from 12 noon to 2 p.m. each day. And prayer meeting at the counseling area of the stadium at 6:30 p.m. each night. On Wednesday, a free pizza blast will be held for the youth pri- or to the crusade at 6:15 p.m. at the Stadium. j There are several opportunities for service. On Saturday at 10 a.m. volunteers are needed to help set A up for the Sunday service. They should meet Ray Lewis at the foot- ball stadium. Also at that time a publicity blitz is planned and vol- unteers are needed to cover Kings Mountain with flyers. Meet at the E. Gold St. Wesleyan Church. Anyone wishing to volunteer as an usher can meet with Ronnie Wilson at 6 p.m. at the concession stand at the stadium each night be- fore the crusade. ; A nursery will be provided at 6 p.m. at First Baptist Church, \ON NIW SONI RICK GAGE Unsafe culvert replaced The big hole in Waco Road Tuesday is now filled with a big new culvert, replacing the old rust- ed out and unsafe one. Some homes were without water for several days and Spectrum Industries, the city's big industrial user of water, was cut back drasti- cally due to the emergency repairs, said City Engineer Tom Howard. Howard said that workers with the Bridge Maintenance Division of: ithe Department of Transportation. replaced the’ gigan-" tic culvert that had rusted and be- See Culvert, 3-A Kings Mountain Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a one-day visit of the bloodmobile Thursday from 1-6 p.m. at Central United Methodist Church. : Goal of the collection is 150 pints of blood, urgently needed to replenish supplies hard hit by a spring vacation season taking its toll on the region's blood invento- ries. Blood program officials with the Cleveland County Red Cross Chapter remind that one unit of blood can help as many as four pa- See Bloodmobile, 3-A State DOT bridge replacement personnel are working to replace an unsafe culvert on Waco Road in Kings Mountain. The old tin culvert is being replacing with concrete, Vanhoy is only clear winner in county Democrat primary Retired N. C. State Patrol district supervisor ET Vanhoy, was the clear winner among 11 Democratic candidates for three seats up for grabs on the Cleveland County Board of Commissioners Tuesday as a light turnout of voters went to the polls. Second runner incumbent commission chairman Joe Cabaniss, and third runner newcomer Shelby Auto Supply owner Cecil Dickson, could face a runoff if either fourth runner incumbent Jack Spangler or fifth runner newcomer Sam Gold call for a runoff within seven days with the Cleveland County Board of Elections. Vanhoy, a highway patrolman for 38 years who re- tired in:1985 and -a resident of the county for 27 years, swept the field with 4,403 votes followed by Cabaniss with 3,052 votes and Dickson with 2,604. "I appreciate the confidence of the. people and Tl ertainly live up to their Specwmtions and give it my g ; ~ who had served on the ‘commission since 2,205 votes. He was trailed by newcomer Sam Gold, with 2,135 votes. A Tunoft election, which is permitted for races in which no one got more than 40%, would be held June 2. : In November the three top three Primary voteget- ters will face Republican candidates Charlie Harry, an incumbent; Robert Williams, and Glenn Short. Harry, Williams, and Short automatically became the GOP nominees by being the only three Republicans to seek the positions. Coleman Goforth had 2,035 votes; Jerry Adams, the only black candidate, had 2,227; Bob Chadwick, 1,680; Doyne Allison, 1,565; Robert Morgan, 1,458; See Primary, 3-A By ELIZABETH STEWART of The Herald Staff Her students never lost respect for Sue H. Moss, veteran retired English teacher who thought the tap of a yardstick was appropriate but found she never had to use it. Mrs. Moss still calls many of her students on a "first name" basis and is proud of the fact that she has taught more than one three genera- tion family during 36 years of teaching. Bom in a white frame house in front of West School, Mrs. Moss Kings Mountain People Mrs. Moss teaches by example never lived far from the homeplace of her parents, the late D. F. and Fannie Spake Hord who operated the old Kings Mountain Furniture Store, now Cooper's, for a quarter century. Hord, who used to keep books for Plonk's, bought the fur- niture business in the early 1920's. Moss grew up on the corner of King and Gaston Street but in 1937 the family moved her present home, which then faced King Street, to Gaston and remodeled and brick-veneered it. She and her late husband set up housekeeping in the house next door now occu- pied by her sister and neighbor, Mrs. H. Tom Fulton. She's proud that she has had her same address for over half a century. A 1929 graduate of Kings Mountain High School in the 11th grade she credits her introduction to English from former teacher Mrs. W. T. Weir and former KM Supt. B.N. Barnes. In later years Moss taught with Mrs. Weir at Kings Mountain High School when Barnes was superintendent of schools. "Students today have a much See Moss. 2-A GROVER - Grover Woman's Club will probably be conducting a head count of the community soon. Club officer Evelyn Willis said she Rescue Squad Building Tuesday morning i would take Town Council's request for a population survey to the membership. Mrs. Willis, also an editor of "The Grover Rover," said Grover area citizens are also being asked to respond to a survey which asks input on community needs, includ- ing whether or not citizens would support new businesses. Efforts are being made to seek a branch bank office and a new grocery store for the area. The Mountain Fest Run, slated as part of the Chamber of Commerce's big Mountain Fest Celebration on Saturday, May 30, is shaping up to be one of the top running events ever held in the city. Pam Massey, Public Relations Director of Southern Bell, present- ed a $1,000 check to Chamber President Ruby Alexander and Mountain Fest Run chairman Dr. G.K. Howard Jr. Monday to spon- sor the event. Howard has scheduled a 10K, SK and Fun Run (and walk) to be- gin at 9 a.m. at the intersection of Cansler and West Mountain streets. The entry fee, which includes a t- shirt, is $10 in advance and $12 on the day of the race. Fun Run gets sponsor Mountain Fest, which will be an all-day event in the downtown area, promises to be the biggest community celebration in Kings Mountain in years. In addition to the races, there will be an antique car show at City Stadium, a model railroad display at the Depot Center, a historical display at the old Post Office, plus plenty of food, crafts and entertainment. "The thrust of the whole event is to get people involved with a com- munity spirit,” said Mrs. Alexander. "This is the first time the Chamber has sponsored a run and we feel like it's going to create a lot of excitement because it is a certified run. See Run, 3-A Pam Massey, left, public relations director for Southern Bell, pre- sents a $1,000 check to Ruby Alexander and Dr. G.K. Howard Jr. to be used to sponsor the upcoming Chamber of Commerce Mountain Fest Run. KMPD Chief Warren Goforth and Captain Bob Hayes sustained minor injuries Monday night while arresting a suspect breaking win- dows on Phenix Street. Hayes suffered glass cuts to his right arm which required 14 stitch- cs and was treated at Kings Mountain Hospital and released. Goforth, struck with what ap- pearcd to be a metal pipe, was not injured. Danicl Eugene Carpenter, 21, of 602 C Phenix Street, was charged with fclony assault on Goforth, re- sisting, delaying and obstructing officers in linc of duty, and damage to property. His $10,000 bond was sceured. A ncighbor called 911 at 7:46 p.m. Monday to rcport that some- Martha Hicks Turner, right, was the first : Grover citizen to cast her vote at the Grover Veteran Kings Mountain legislator J. Ollie Harris, who built a reputation for expertise in mental health programs during 20 years in the N.C. Senate, won the Democratic nomination for the new 37th Senate seat created by redistricting Tuesday. The Kings Mountain mortician ran big in Kings Mountain and Cleveland-Rutherford Counties over perennial challenger Bruce Scism, also a Kings Mountain resident who has unsuccessfully sought a Senate seat five times. Harris and Republican Dennis Davis, Crest High School teacher and a political newcomer, will face- off in the general election in November. The general election winner will represent a new Senate district See Harris, 3-A Grover to conduct community survey In other actions, Council autho- rized delivery of a new police car, voted to buy a lawn tractor for the maintenance department, and ap- proved bids for paving of Mulber:y and Poplar Streets and portion of Briarcliff Street and designated an additional $40,000 in street repairs for the fiscal year. After a request from Grover Rescue Squad for additional funds, the board agreed to include the re- quest at a budget workshop held after the regular meeting. The town currently budgets $1200 annually for the Rescue Squad. . See Grover, 3-A Man faces assault charge one was breaking windows at a nearby apartment on Phenix Street. When officers reached the house, glass was flying, and the suspect, continuing to break glass, refused to come out of his residence. Hayes was reportedly cut by glass when he reached through a broken win- dow to the suspect inside the house and the suspect pulled away from him. The suspect was unable to be fingerprinted until Tuesday be- cause of severe cuts to his hands, "Somebody inside the house was just breaking and throwing glass everywhere," according 10 a wit- Ness. The glass flying continued, ; ac- cording to the police report, until See Police, 3-A
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