Obituaries
DORIS G. CHURCH
Mrs. Doris Irene Gibson Church,
86, of 615 E. Ridge St., died
September 25, 1995 at Kings
Mountain Hospital.
A native of Darlington, SC, she
was widow of Thomas Clayton
Church and was the daughter of the
late. Robert William and Georgia
Shattles Gibson. She was a home-
maker, a former Sunday School
teacher, a volunteer with the Boy
Scouts and helped with the Royal
Ambassador organization at First
Baptist Church in Gastonia of
which she was a member.
Surviving are one son, Thomas
C. Church Jr. of Henderson; two
sisters, Margie G. Yancey of Kings
Mountain and Naomia Blanton of
Gastonia; and two grandchildren,
Gillie Church and John Church of :
Raleigh.
The graveside service was con-
ducted September 27, 1995 at
Gaston Memorial Park by Dr.
Leon Smith.
Memorials may be made to First
Baptist Church, 201 W. Franklin
Blvd, Gastonia, 28052 or to Kings
Mountain Rescue Squad, East
Parker St., Kings Mountain, 28086.
JEFFREY SCOTT FARRIS
Jeffrey Scott Farris, 29, died
September 21, 1995.
A native of Cleveland County,
he was married to Tina Wilson
Farris of Smyrna, SC and was the
son of Dennis Norman and Marsha
Stroupe Farris, both of Kings
Mountain.
Also surviving are three sons,
Jeffrey Farris, Jonathan Farris and
Ricky Farris, all of Smyrna, SC;
one brother, Chris Mayberry of
Kings Mountain; and two sisters,
Kelly Mayberry of Kings
Mountain and Denise Wooten of
Gastonia
The graveside service was con-
ducted September 23, 1995 at 3
p.m. at Mountain Rest Cemetery
by Rev. Jerry Morrow.
MEETING
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sured an adequate supply of gas for
the cold winter months.
The Open Meetings Law states
that "public bodies must cite the
specific statutory authority when
making a motion to go into, closed
. session." This means that public
bodies just can't make a nebulous
motion such as "we're going into
closed session to talk about person-
nel or legal matters."
In other actions, the board:
Approved the appointment of
personnel and finance committees
on recommendation of the city
manager.
Councilman Phil Hager was
named chairman of the personnel
committee which also includes
Councilmen Rick Murphrey and
Jim Guyton.
Councilman Ralph Grindstaff
was named chairman of the finance
committee which also includes
Dean Spears and Jerry White.
Hicks disagreed with the mayor
about the appointment of a city
employee to the personnel commit-
tee, saying that employees could be
called in at any time at his request.
Upon questioning of Guyton,
Hicks said the city hall office hours
will be 8 a.m.-5 p.m. with all em- -
ployees working a 40-hour week.
Hicks said employees had been
working between 35-37 hours a
week. Hicks said the new policy
will go into effect immediately.
For the Bes new
Monica Anne Franks daughter of
Clayton & Dana Franks & the sister of
Austin & Clay Franks of Sylva, North
Carolina was one of 55 students to be
included as a “New Century Scholar.”
These seventh grade students in the
Jackson County School System will
receive a two year scholarship at the
local community college.
Monica 1s the granddaughter of Joe
& Ann Green. The great granddaughter
of Wilma Byars & the niece of David
& JoAnn Carrigan & Jennifer Green all
of Kings Mountain
JESSIE YARBRO
Jessie Bridges Yarbro, 63, of 555
Bethlehem Rd., died September 25,
1995 at home.
A native of Cleveland County,
she was married to Elmer Yarbro
and was the daughter of the late
George and Elizabeth Randall
Bridges.
She was a retired custodian at
Kings Mountain High School. She
was a member of Bethlehem
Baptist Church.
Surviving, in addition to her
husband, are three sons, Elmer
Yarbro Jr., Fred Yarbro and Tommy
Yarbro, all of Kings Mountain; and
two grandchildren.
The graveside service was con-
ducted September 28, 1995 at 11
a.m. at Bethlehem Baptist Church
Cemetery. Rev. Harold Beam and
Rev. Russell Fitts officiated.
BOBBY K. BRIDGES
Bobby Kenneth Bridges, 52, of
1443 S. Post Road, Shelby, died
September 25, 1995 at Cleveland
Memorial Hospital.
A native of Cleveland County,
he was married to Elise McNeely
Bridges and was the son of Mrs.
Ruby Putnam Bridges of Kings
Mountain and the late Oliver
Bright Bridges. He was employed
as a hoist operator at Spectrum
Dyed Yarns.
Surviving, in addition to his
wife, are two sons and daughters-
in-laws, Rodney Dale and Melissa
Bridges and Tony Oee and Ronda
Bridges, all of Kings Mountain,
one daughter, Diane B. Gunnells of
Kings Mountain; three brothers,
Donald Wayne Bridges of Fort
Lauderdale, Fl., Harold Dean
Bridges of Newland and Roger
Bridges of Kings Mountain; and
four grandchildren.
The funeral was conducted
September 27, 1995 at 3 p.m. at
Chestnut Ridge Baptist Church.
Rev. Mitchell Pruitt and Rev. Bud
Tutherow officiated.
CHARLES A. BLACK
Charles Anthony Black, 78, of
104 Tara Terrace, died September
24, 1995 at Baptist Hospital in
Winston-Salem.
He was a native of Kings
Mountain, husband of Violet
Ruffner Black and son of the late
‘ Harley M. and Annie Black Self
Black. He was a veteran of the U
S. Marines during World War II
and was wounded at Okinawa and
received the Purple Heart.
Surviving, in addition to his
wife, are one stepson, Randy M.
Moist of Smithburg, Md.; one step-
daughter, Mrs. Sandra M.
Tremblay of Henderson, Nevada;
two brothers, Hillard Black of
Kings Mountain and James E.
Black of Virginia Beach, Va.; one
sister, Aileen B. Gibson of Kings
Mountain; five step-grandchildren
and two step great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a sis-
ter, Ruby B. Cloninger and a
brother, Bill Black.
The graveside service was con-
ducted September 27, 1995 at 11
a.m. at Mountain Rest Cemetery by
Rev. Harold Schwantes.
Memorials may be made to
Grover Rescue Squad, Main St.,
Grover, 28073.
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Page 2A - THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD - Thursday, September 28, 1995
City Council approves Christmas bonus
City Council approved the tradi-
tional Christmas bonus checks and
holiday schedule Tuesday night.
Government offices will be
closed Friday, December 22, and
Monday, December 25.
All permanent and full time and
part-time employees with one year
or more of service will receive a
week's pay and those with less than
a year of service will receive a pro-
rated amount of their weekly pay.
Aerobic instructors and
concession workers in the
Recreation Department will receive
$25, volunteer firefighters and re-
serve police officers will receive
$65 and school crossing guards
will r..ceive a week's pay, $49.90.
The mayor and the seven city
council members will receive a
month's vaction pay.
Shelby Schools want to discuss merger
Shelby Board of Education is
drafting a letter this week to Kings
Mountain and Cleveland County
School Systems seeking a meeting
to talk school merger, among other
things.
"It's like insurance, you may not
need it but you have to make
HIRING
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the county wants to build on city
property. " I am assuming that it
was," he said.
Appointed Jim Belt of
Canterbury Road to the Kings
Mountain Planning Board from the
Gaston County extraterritorial ju-
risdiction.
Adopted a proclamation declar-
ing October 22-29 as Red Ribbon
Week after a letter was presented
by CODAP, the county drug pre-
vention organization.
Approved the engineering con-
tract for the lining of the No. 3
basin at Pilot Creek Wastewater
Treatment Plant.
Designated Councilman Phil
Hager as delegate and Dean Spears
as alternate to the annual business
meeting October 15-17 of the
North Carolina League of
Municipalities in Durham.
Heard a letter from Sam Gold of
the county board of commissioners
requesting that Kings Mountain
GARRIS
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He was educated at Ashley High
School but completed his diploma
requirements at Cleveland
Community College.
He and his wife, Debra
Hullender Garris, both work for the
Kings Mountain Police Department
and recently celebrated their sixth
wedding anniversary. The family
includes two daughters, Lisa
Bryant and Kimberly Stowe of
Kings Mountain.
‘WEAPONS
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been selected for the eight hour
school.
"We don't know if police will in-
struct the courses or not," he said.
Councilman Phil Hager asked if
the ordinance would also keep
guns away from parades.
Corry said that the original state
law included the restriction of con-
cealed weapons at parades and was
very clear.
Councilman Dean Spears asked
if the city has an ordinance that
prohibits the shooting of fireworks
in the city limits.
Hayes said the city has such an
ordinance but that it's difficult to
get a case to court because the offi-
cer must be a witness to the inci-
dent or he must have a witness whe
is prepared to testify in court.
"I am not totally against hand-
guns but I want to see handguns
banned on city property," he said.
plans," Board Chairman Jeanne
Spragins said at Monday night's
meeting of the Shelby board.
Spragins said the meetings are
not intended to plan for merger but
to open a dialogue for the discus-
sion of several issues.
Association of Realtors be given a
place at city hall to put up a termi-
nal to access tax information.
Council endorsed the proposal at
no cost to the city and suggested
that the terminal be put up in the
Chamber office at City Hall's
After a closed session, the board
gave Gas Supt. Jimmy Maney au-
thority to search out gas prices for
purchasing of firm gas.
The city utilities committee vot-
ed last week to recommend that the
city pass on a three to five percent
transportation cost of gas to firm
customers with October bills but
no action was taken Tuesday night
and the only item on the agenda
pertaining to gas was passed over
until after the closed session. The
gas wholesale rate to the city went
up September 1.
There was also no discussion
about the recommendation by the
utilities commission to purchase an
additional 500 mcf's per day of gas
at an estimated cost of $33,000 to
assure industrial users on the city's
interruptible rate they will have
plenty of gas in the winter months.
When they are off duty the cou-
ple keep their yard and his mother's
yard tidy and also work in the yard
at Lighthouse Pentecostal Church.
"Each assignment is different,"
is his advice to his new officers.
A good police officer isn't born.
He or she must be trained for the
job.
RECYCLE
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owned and would
additional costs.
Lockridge said the manned facil-
ity would be surrounded by a chain
link fence and well-lighted. He
said that an attendant would be on
duty Monday through Saturday
from 8 a.m.-7 p.m. and Sunday
from 1-6 p.m.
The facility would accept plastic
bottles, three types of glass,
newsprint, cardboard, newspapers,
tires, appliances and anything that
is recyclable. The facility would
not accept household garbage.
The county has received a first
time grant to put up new facilities
in Shelby and Kings Mountain but
needs to move on the project which
has an August 1996 deadline for
completion.
Lockridge estimated that it will
cost $75,000 to put up the site.
He said the facility would be
similar to the Margrace Road
manned site except the site would
not accept household garbage.
"We think it would be a facility
Kings Mountain would be proud of
but we want to put it in a location
where people will use it," said
Allen.
Guyton also complained that the
city staff is not picking up j"the
mess" at the recycling center now
located at the Community Center.
"Who is responsible for that, the
city or county? he asked.
result in
Allen said it is the city's respon-
sibility.
Guyton also called for the clean-
up of an area on Bridges Street
which he said has become a dump-
ing ground for several months.
After much discussion,
Councilman Rick Murphrey made
the motion that Council table the
matter until pictures could be ob-
tained for the proposed center and =
citizens could give input as to the
choice of sites. h
Moss said the inference was that
he had made the decision on the
choice of sites himself but he said
he only took city officials on a tour
of some of the city owned property.
"It's not my decision on where to 4 fi
put it." Hi
Bridges said that citizens won't
use the Linwood site. dl
"People in the Linwood area
served by Mr. Guyton, Ralph
Grindstaff and me have always told
us they are opposed to recycling
centers."
"We want the project to be sues h
cessful but it won't be unless the =
residents are pleased," said Allen.
Councilman Phil Hager amend-
ed Murphrey's motion to stipulate
that the item would be on the agen-
da at the next Council meeting for
a decision on the site.
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