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A Cleveland First Committee of
11 members of the Cleveland
* Chamber has recommended the
@ merger of the school systems "as
xs@0n ‘as feasible” after a six mon-
th's research project which made
“recommendations in 14 areas of the
if county.
| ..Jim Barnette, general manager
of ABB Combustion Engineering's
Power Systems Group and himself
| a relatively new resident of Shelby,
7 chaired the committee.
Among other things the group
determined that fine-tuning of the
county's strengths in real estate,
quality of life, marketing and edu-
cation would attract newcomers
and keep people at home.
The study revealed:
There are almost no temporary,
single family dwelling or upscale
rental opportunities in Cleveland
for relocating families and individ-
uals, which forces many into
Gaston and Mecklenburg, where
they usually stay. There are a
"glaringly inadequate" number of
spec homes for sale which isn't the
case in Gaston and Mecklenburg.
The absence of fully effective
land use planning and zoning ordi-
nances and regulations is a prob-
lem
Overly enthusiastic and misguid-
ed partisan boosters of the three
school systems, some of them in
the real estate industry, tend to dis-
parage one or both of the other sys-
tems to the "ultimate disadvantage
of all three."
There is a need for more special-
ty shops, gourmet food, coffee, one
of a kind shops; for more and bet-
ter restaurants and "evening hours,
at least until 6 o"clock."
Their criticism also led the
committee to urge that the county
© board of commissioners and the
leadership of the county's various
~ towns and cities work together to
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programs and opportunities county
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_ Cleveland First Committee con-
ds that the strengths and
fFecommends immediate develop-
‘mentby the school systems of mar-
keting-useful date that succinctly
and: accurately depicts and com-
“pares the caliber of their instruc-
onal programs from the elemen-
| “tary. grades through high school to
others in the region. Th e
committee also found that pro-
grams and racial mix inequities
among the three local school sys-
tens to be major impediments to
Jatiracting relocating families to
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{ Memorial Hospital's Cindy Kirby;
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veland County.
“In addition to Barnette, mem-
| bers of the study committee were
| real
| Alexander of Kings Mountain and
estate executives Ruby
Jeri: ‘Horn of-Shelby; insurance ex-
ecutive Robin Brackett of Shelby
: Lawndale; Cleveland
danker Kim Price and attorney
dobn Schweppe of Shelby; Larry
Btown ‘of Wirtz Manufacturing Co.
Mel Parent of Hoechst
anese and Wendall Slone of
| Motor Panels Inc.
Performance
set at CCC
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i | Z Cleveland Community College
| will host Chapel Hill's Transactors
Improv Company on October 26 at
{7:30 p.m. in the College
Auditorium.
Their performance is theatre that
evolves and is created the moment
lit is performed. Music, dance,
| song, comedy, tragedy can all oc-
| cur in the same show.
y “ ransactors Improv stage shows
4 arg’ ‘based entirely on audience sug-
| gestions. No portion of the show is
‘scripted. Audience members pro-
Wvide locations, relationships, song
Rilles, situations and more.
! This event is sponsored by the
Cleveland Community College
Student Government Association,
ithe College Foundation, the
Eleyeland County Arts Council,
he Greater Shelby Community
Theatre, and the High School
Prone Departments from Burns,
Crest, Kings Mountain and Shelby
High. An event in the Celebration
@ project, Transactors is support-
ya grant from the North
fina Arts Council with funds
‘the National Endowment for
1S ATS, a federal agency.
+ Tickets, available at the door, are
for general admission and $2
¢ students and senior citizens.
sesmore information, contact Dr.
ottie McIntyre at 484-4025.
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Diamond jubilees are special events, not only for
people but for churches and Macedonia Baptist Church
has good cause to celebrate.
The Grover Road Church will celebrate its 75th
birthday October 31. Sunday the members will open a
time capsulé and go back in time themselves as they
dress in the styles they think their ancestors wore in
Kings Mountain 75 years ago.
Edna Biddy Drewery can remember when the
women of the church made lemonade in a No. 3 tin
tub for Bible School.
Newer member Terri Lewis recalled that she had
never heard the word "pounding" before and didn't
know what to expect when the church pounded a fami-
ly with groceries.
Bessie Biddy, a former Presbyterian, was baptized
by Rev. C. B. Bobbitt. She tells the story of how the
preacher was afraid he would drop her in the water be-
cause she weighed more than the preacher. "I wasn't a
bit worried because I could swim", she said in the
Macedonia Book of Memories the church published
recently as a part of its anniversary celebration.
Annette Wright Cooper's family of nine brothers
and sisters joined the church at Macedonia and her
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brother, the late Ray Wright, was called to preach at
Macedonia. "I remember when Ray told Mom. She
hugged him and said ' God's Little Preacher Boy." "
Minnie Sue Mitchem Hartsoe recalled that when her
children were whispering and squirming in the pew
one Sunday Grandma pinched the little boy's leg. "He
yelled out loud and said, 'Maw Maw why did you
pinch me?" " Hartsoe said the preacher had to stop
preaching.
Another comical moment in the church was also re-
called by Mrs. Hartsoe. She said one preacher
preached his dentures right out of his mouth, grabbed
them and shoved them back in his mouth and didn't
miss a beat.
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Maximum one day 22 (20) 32 (22)
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Maximum temperature 77 (20) 78 (23)
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