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Vol. 110 No. 49
This Week
Thursday, Dec. 3
12 noon - Kings Mountain
Rotary Club, Ramada Ltd.
1:30-6 p.m. - Bloodmobile,
First Baptist Church, Kings
Mountain.
6:30 p.m. - Kings Mountain
Kiwanis Club, Central United
Methodist Church.
Kings Mountain High foot-
ball coach Ron Massey talks
to his team after Friday's 26-
21 win over defending state
champion Kannapolis.
Friday, Dec. 4
7:30 p.m. - High School foot-
ball, Western 3A State Finals,
Concord at Kings Mountain.
Herald/WKMT Tailgate Show,
5:45-6:45 p.m., John Gamble
Stadium track. WKMT pre-
game show 7:10 p.m. Booster
Club hamburger and hot dog
sale beginning at 6 p.m. Gates
open at 6 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 5
11 am. - Grover Christmas
parade. Lines up in Spring
Acres, follows Main Street to |
Laurel, and Laurel to
Cleveland Avenue.
3 p.m. - Kings Mountain
Christmas parade. Lines up on
E. Gold St., right on
Battleground Ave. to King St.,
right to BB&T.
Monday, Dec. 7
7 p.m. - Grover Town
Council, Grover Town Hall.
Inside
1B
Anthony
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another school
record with
298-yard rush-
ing perfor-
mance in
Mountaineers’ state playoff
victory over Kannapolis.
Junior
4A Jim and Brenda Belt
hope to illuminate Mountain
Rest Cemetery on Christmas
Eve night.
5A Third annual
Mountaineer Christmas is
scheduled for December 11
from 5-10 p.m. in downtown
Kings Mountain
7A John Wasson is
Cleveland County’s new
Director of the Department of
Social Services.
10A Senior Citizens’ water
* aerobics class is not only fun,
but is good for what ails you.
Deaths
Pal Moss, 69
Kings Mountain
Harry Brooks, 63
Kings Mountain
Robert Nelms, 36
Crouse
Mable Queen, 83
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ouncil may discuss agenda rules
Procedural rules for meet-
ings of Council could come up
at a work session in January or
February.
City Clerk Marilyn Sellers
said no vote was taken last
Tuesday but the subject was
generally agreed upon by all
seven Council members during
a discussion of too many agen-
da items added at meetings at
the last minute.
“I see no major problems
with how the meetings are run-
ning,” Mayor Scott Neisler told
the group. But he also agreed
that everyone should do a bet-
ter job of turning those items in
in advance so they could be
placed on the agenda which is
printed and available to the
public in the days before each
meeting.
Councilman Rick Murphrey
agreed. “I don’t really see any-
thing wrong with adding things
to the agenda. I just wish we
could get as many of them
there as possible so we would
have time to prepare.”
Tuesday night seven items
were added to the agenda, two
of them by Councilman Gene
White. Murphrey voted
against adopting the agenda,
usually rubber stamped by the
board.
White questioned procedures
— can be called by two council
“| don't really see anything
wrong with adding things to
the agenda.”
-Councilman Rick Murphrey
for calling a special meeting
and said council should be care-
ful not to call for a vote on an
item before discussion is fin-
ished, the debate stemming
from the council’s actions dur-
ing two recent meetings, when
members decided to call for a
public referendum on the sale
of alcohol in the city in the first
meeting and rescinded that de-
cision in the second.
Sellers said a special meeting
WN I7°S CHRISTMAS TIME IN THE CITY
Library tree lighting
ushers in yule season
By Alan Hodge
The lawn at Mauney
Memorial Library was awash
with light and sound Tuesday
night as scores of Kings
Mountain residents took part in
Christmas festivities. On hand
to see the official lighting of the
Library's outdoor Christmas
tree, the crowd was also treated
to carolers, fireworks, and the
spectacular arrival of Santa
Claus.
The action began with a selec-
...tionvof holiday. tunes sung ay. .«uditthe fuse to a spectacular fire-jw
the children of Trinity Day
Ho
School. Belting out their rendi-
tions of popular favorites like
"Deck the Halls," and "Away in
a Manger," the kids warmed up
the crowd for Santa's entry.
And what an entry it was.
Riding high in a City of Kings
Mountain utility truck cherry
picker, Santa and his police es-
cort pulled up in front of the
Library. Hoisted to the top of
the outdoor Christmas tree,
Santa touched a flare fo its tip
and turned on the lights. At that
moment, Fire Chief Frank Burns
See Library, 7A'
‘tree lighting ceremony.
MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE- Singers from Trinity Day School en-
tertain the crowd with Christmas songs at Mauney Library
WILL IT FIT?- Barry Woods (left),
and Matt Bailey try a Fraser
Fir for size at Kings Mountain Pools tree lot. If it doesn't fit, deliv-
ery is available.
Tuesday night.
Whether you buy or cut,
KM’s place for good tree
By Alan Hodge
Once again it's that time of
year when thoughts turn to
putting up and trimming the
Christmas tree. Should your
choice of Yuletide greenery be
the artificial variety, the process
is simple- just take the box
down out of the attic, attach the
limbs and lights, plug it up, and
you're done. Folks who just
can't stand the idea of
Christmas without the aroma
that only a real tree provides
have a bit more to do, but to
them that's half the fun.
1 WISH | MAY- Jordan Weaver ahd. Victoria Green tell Santa
“aus their tesires at Mauney Memggial Library's eighth aghual-
No one in North Carolina
should have any trouble finding
a fresh Christmas tree. Last
year, nearly 4 million trees with
a value of 86 million dollars
were sold in the state. The Tar
Heel Christmas tree industry is
the second largest in the nation,
ranking just behind Oregon in
number of trees grown. North
Carolina ranks first in terms of
dollars earned per tree.
Statewide, there are 1,600
Christmas tree growers in
North Carolina, growing 34.2
million trees on 23,530 acres.
See Trees, 7A
Kings
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739-4781
Mountain
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529 S. New Hope Rd.
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865-1111
members or by the mayor
and/or mayor pro tem. Sellers
accepts the agenda items by
Tuesday at noon before the next
week’s council meeting and the
packet to council and the press
goes out Friday before the next
Tuesday night meting.
Citizens wishing to appear on
the agenda are asked to have
their requests into Sellers by 5
p-m. on Wednesday prior to the
next week’s meeting. However,
citizens can also place their
names on the agenda prior to
the council meeting for a three
minute presentation at the be-
ginning of the meeting.
Grover,
KM parades
Saturday
11 a.m. at Grover,
3 p.m. at Kings Mountain
With the holiday season in
full swing, a plethora of pa-
rades is about to descend on the
landscape. Rest assured, Kings
Mountain and Grover are doing
their part to make sure that this
important Christmas tradition
gets its proper due.
Delighting kids both young
and old for decades, the annual
Kings Mountain Christmas pa-
rade steps off Saturday,
December 5 at 3 pm. Forming
up on E. Gold Street near City.
Hall, the parade will proceed to
Battleground Ave., and turn
right. Stepping up
Battleground, the floats, band,
and dignitaries will then make
another right onto E. Kings
Street, then continue down that
thoroughfare as far as BB&T
Bank.
The lineup for this year's pa-
rade is impressive. Entries in-
clude: Kings Mountain Police
Chief Richard Reynolds, Kings
Mountain DARE officer, Fire
Chief Frank Burns, Cleveland
County Sheriff Dan Crawford,
an antique fire engine, Grand
Marshall Girls State 3A
Volleyball Champs, N.C.
Highway Patrol, Kings
Mountain Mayor Scott Neisler,
Kings Mountain City Council
members; Ward#1 Phil Hager,
Ward #2 Jerry Mullinax, Ward
#3 Clavon Kelly, Ward #4 Gene
White, Ward #5 Rick Murphrey,
At Large Norma Bridges and
Bob Hayes, also Congress
Member Sue Myrick, Cleveland
County Democratic Party, Jim
Horne, Andy Dedmon, Walter
Dalton, Willie McIntosh.
Other paraders will include:
Kings Mountain Cruisers, Kings
Mountain Police Ladies
Auxiliary, Kings Mountain
High School Marching Band
and Cheerleaders, Dance Group
#1, Pack 92, Oak Grove Fire
Department, MECCA Shrine
Temple, Miracle Tabernacle
Ministries, Little Miss Miracle
Tabernacle, Gaston Gazette
Float, Dance Group #2, Shoco
Lube N' Cruise, Greenville
Community Marching Band,
Miss Bessemer City, Robin
Ratchford Jr., White Oak Manor,
Pack 95, Bethlehem Volunteer
Fire Department, Barbara
. Neeland's Dune Buggys, Dance
Group #3, Galilee V Methodist
Men and Women, East
Elementary School Cub Pack
Scouts 93, East Elementary Girl
Scouts, 9-10 Boys State Baseball
All-Star Team, Kala Buchanan
Bethware Fair Queen,
Lincolnton District "Y's,
Westover Baptist, Dance Group
#44, New Beginnings Church of
Jesus Christ, Kings Mountain
See Parade, 7A
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1238 E. Dixon Blvd.
484-0222
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