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Community College.
And Jim's boss, Kings Mountain
National Military Park
Superintendent Mike Loveless,
plans to keep spinning the yarns
that this personable storyteller
loves to tell. Loveless has planned
a retirement dinner for Anderson
on January 8 at 7 p.m. at Kings
Mountain Holiday Inn.
Anderson, ‘a cousin of U.S.
bly inherited his love for story-
telling from "Senator Sam" who
visited him at the Park on several
occasions. :
"Senator Sam told me about
three good stories on the way to the
water fountain,” said Loveless.
Historians have the reputation
for being good storytellers and
Anderson can even tell stories on
his hands. A former teacher at the
from 1958-60 and Florida School
for the Deaf and Blind in St.
Augustine © from 1960-63,
Anderson is also well known as an
historian of the American
Revolution in the South. He joined
the National Park Service in 1960,
working part time at Castillo De
San Maracos National Monument
in St. Augustine,
to Wright Brothers National
1967 to Kings Mountain National
Military Park:
Anders son retiring
Anderson will continue to oper ; oid Jim, recilling his Hove to =
ate the bookstore at Cleveland
Senator Sam Ervin, says he proba-:
North Carolina School for the Deaf
later transferring
Memorial at Manteo in 1965 and in
Jim Anderson, who will retire Friday after 36 years with the
National Park Service, will be honored by the Kings Mountain
National Military Park staff at a retirement dinner January 8.
North Carolina Outer Banks in
1965.
When his chance for a promo-
tion at Kings Mountain came, Jim
said he jumped at the chance to get
S55 miles closer to his hometown
but he had to read and reread the
book, "Kings Mountain and Its
Heroes" by Draper to learn about
the famous Battle of Kings
Mountain and the park he would be
serving as the unofficial historian.
Anderson said he had never been
to the Kings Mountain battlefield
until the.day he came to work. He
left Kings Mountain briefly in
1970 to teach again with the the
North Carolina School of the Deaf
and returned in 1973.
"The Park Service has been good
to me and I will miss my co-work-
ers and the people I meet on a daily
basis," said Jim. He said that the
quietness of the Park offers the vis-
itor a time for reminiscing and also
to enjoy nature and the country-
side.
Anderson was instrumental in
developing plans for the exhibit
and audiovisual facilities at the
park during the Bicentennial im-
provements. In the late 1970's he
researched and mapped the trail
route for the Overmountain Victory
National. Historic trail established
in 1980. He was a key planner and
participant in the Bicentennial
Celebrations in 1976 and 1980.
See Anderson, 3-A
Hong Kong is a city of contrasts,
says Kings Mountain native
George Anne Moss Marston, who
is home for the holidays after a
year there on assignment with
Pulse Engineering of Los Angeles,
where she has been SEplov 20
years.
The citizen on the street is wor-
ried about the Chinese’ takeover in
1997 when British troops and gov-
ernment organizations will be dis-
mantled in Hong Kong. The
change could mean the end of
democratization under the leader-
ship of Great Britain governor
Chris Patten.
Marston found Hong Kong
much different from her first visit
in 1992 when. she spent two
months there. She found double-
digit inflation and the days of
cheap bargains over. She also said
that clothing is the big industry and
most manufacturing is gravitating
from Hong Kong to China.
Some people are immigrating
from Hong Kong to Australia, the
United States, New Zealand and
Canada, she said, and Third World
countries are going through peri-
ods of political corruption. The
Chinese government has fought
self-government and self rule for a
long time and she thinks that when
China rules Hong Kong that per-
sonal and human rights may be vi-
olated and that the official second
language won't be Iinglish but
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Prayers, faith KM hunter survive near fatal fall
By ELIZA BETH STEWART
of The Herald Staff
"Are we hunting?" were the
most beautiful words Chip Cash's
anxious parents ever heard him say
when he returned to the world of
the living after five traumatic
- weeks in the hospital after falling
the equivalent of four stories from
: a deer stand.
"I'm glad I was out of it from
what Mom and Dad tell me," said
Cash, 21, as he laughed and re-
laxed at his home on North
Piedmont Avenue. For the Cashes,
December 23 was a homecoming
and Christmas 1993 was their best
ever.
Pattie and Randy Cash kept a
diary of the events of their only
child's traumatic experience with
near death but Chip says he will
rest up before he reads it.
After three major operations, in-
cluding the removal of his spleen
and part of his liver, and four mi-
nor surgeries, the only noticeable
difference in Chip's handsome
physical appearance is that he has
lost 30 pounds. Miraculously, he
"The dois
told us they
did all they
could but
what they did
might not be
enough.
It was up
to God." |
- Pattie Cash
CHIP CASH
DENA RAMSEY
had no broken bones and bruises
have healed.
For now he can lift nothing
heavier than his tennis shoes and
on doctors’ orders must rest and eat
to regain his strength. Doctors told
him to use a walker but Chip's de-
termined to walk unaided. He talks
on the telephone with friends, vis-
ited relatives on Christmas Day
and on Sunday took communion at
Penley's Chapel Methodist Church
with his fiancee, Dena Ramsey.
As soon as the doctors let him
drive a car, Chip plans to return to
his studies at Gardner-Webb
Xu
Developer Mike Brown stands in front of a lighted sign in front of his three new businesses on East King
Street that the Zoning Board of Adjustments says must come down. Brown will ask City Council to
amend its sign ordinance and allow him a total of 90 square feet for three signs.
Developer Mike Brown was told Tuesday bythe
Kings Mountain Zoning Board of Adjustments to take
down one of two new signs in front of his new busi-
nesses on East King Street because he is in violation of
city codes.
Brown immediately filed notice with Planning
Director Gene! White that he would seek an amend-
ment to the pteseat zoning laws by making a formal
request to City Council.
Under ‘law, | Brown can't pied the Board of
s ruling to City Council but could appeal
Adjustment's
its ruling to the courts.
"iam very disappointed tltat only three of you sup-
Street,”
Developer told to remove sign
said Brown after Van Birmingham, Clavon
Kelly and Bud Ballard voted in favor of his request
for a variance that would allow him to keep up a tem-
porary, lighted 4x8 feet sign or a total of 90 square feet
of signs in front of Mobile Designs,
Construction & Rental and All Tell Mobile Agency.
"Tt seems like that everything I want to do for the
city raises some objections,
Brown
" said Brown, who needed
four votes to pass his request. Bob Myers and Allen
Fuller didn't vote when Chairman Birmingham called
for a vote on Kelly's motion to permit additional signs.
Fuller objected to the request, saying that to honor it
port me in bringing three/ new businesses to King
KM native George Anne Marston
sees changes in store for China
"ihe people find change very
scary,” she said.
Marston's reason for being in
Hong Kong was to train a purchas-
ing manager for the Hong Kong of-
fice of Pulse Engineering, in elec-
tronics firm of which She is
Corporate Purchasing Munager.
Pulse is closing its Mexico factory
and taking its manufacturing to the
Far East!
Because of the growth in Hong
Kong, Marsten was sent to o:¢hes-
irate the warchousing. shipping, re-
ceiving, and materials purchase as
well as computerize the office [or a
plant which employed 3.000 peo-
ple at four factories a year ago and
: 1
See China, 6-A
would be setting a precedent.
See Brown, 3-A
Dennis Davis of Lattimore has
announced his candidacy for the
North Carolina State Senate; repre-
senting District 37.
A teacher of Economics and
Government at
Crest High
School. Davis,
45, is a native
of Cleveland
County and a
graduate of
Gardner-Webb
University and
Appalachian ll ser
Siriaas ig ove DAVIS
University, He served as assistant
basketball coach at Gardner-Webb
College trom 1975-79.
He is active in: Pleasant Ridge
Baptist Church where he is teacher
of the Sen Adult 11 Class, an
usher. and former Deacon
| run for House
an alumnus of the
University, where he is pursuing a
career in law enforcement.
he has a bet with his Dad that he
will open turkey hunting season in
March.
"The recoil on my gun might be-
too much for me to handle right
now," said Chip. "But I'd like to
give it a try."
"The Lord moves in mysterious
ways His wonders to perform,”
says Mrs. Cash, who credits prayer
with saving her child's life. "The
doctors told us they did all they
could but what they did might not
be enough. It was up to God."
November 19 was no different
from many times that young Chip
Cash had hunted on the 200 acres
of land a local hunting club leases
near Chester, SC. On a regular ba-
sis he clears the trails and readies
the land for deer hunting. Often, he
hunts by himself.
"My friend, Brian Smith, and I
dressed in layers of clothes and
drove in my truck to Lockhart, SC
to hunt for about two hours," said
Chip. "We got there about 30 min-
See Cash, 3-A
Weatherly to
House of Re presenty tives: £
District whigh.
IY comprised « of
Cleveland and §
Rutherfosd
counties, most
of Polk County,
Cherryville
and part of
Bessemer City.
Weatherly is
completing his
third year in the
House. His
term ends in December 1994. All
General Assembly seats will be up
for election next year.
Weatherly ‘said he is confident
he is doing a good job of represent-
ing the district. “The people of this
area are conservative and care
about traditional family values, he
said. "I am recongized for my con-
sistent support of those values.
Weatherly was the first
Republican to be elected from the
district in 1988. He says the way
people are registered now do not
dictate the way they vote. "More
and more voters vote for the candi-
date on merit, not political party,”
he said.
Weatherly is a retired industrial
forester. He has served as a county
commissioner in Cdtawba County
and has held many community ser-
vice positions:
"I enjoy representing the district
and hpe to be reelected so I can
continue dealing with ‘the legisla-
tive process as well as assisting cit-
izens with problems," he said.
See Weatherly, 6-A
WEATHERLY
Davis running for Senate
Davis ran unsuccesstully for the
Senate seat last year. losing by ‘a
narrow margin to Senator Ollie
Harris of Kings Mountain. He
serves as chairman of the
Cleveland County Republican
Party. is an [lth Congressional
District Executive Committee
member, North Carolina
Republican Executive Committee
member. Republican County
Chairmen's Association member,
Congressman Charles Taylor's
Priority Council member. and
Upper Clevealnd Reservoir com
mitte member.
He is a member of the Board of
Directors of the Heonomic
Lducators of North Carolina, a
member Cot ahe Pech Pron
Committee at Crest High School
North Caroling
See Davis, 6-A
And,
‘Weatherly, feprestets i 48th
is