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Thursday, March 9, 2006 Vol. 118 No. 10 Since 1889 : baseball and soccer ah 50 Cents Carroll asks court to reverse N. Piedmont zoning change ELIZABETH STEWART Herald Correspondent The controversy over the recent rezoning by city council of N. Piedmont Avenue property owned by Glenn Carroll heated up again this week with the filing of a suit against the city which seeks a Judicial Review in Superior Court of the city’s ruling on Jan. 31, 2006. The request is to rule it “null and void.” Mayor Rick Murphrey and council members Dean Spears, Houston Corn, Howard Shipp, Mike Butler, Jerry Mullinax, Rodney Gordon and Keith Miller as well as Robert Bazzle, who represented First Wesleyan Church at the Jan. 31, 2006 public hearing, had been served with the papers. Corry filed the city’s response Tuesday say- ing that the city followed state statutes and city ordinances in rendering its decision. Bazzle said, “I have no com- Carroll property since the rezoning matter surfaced last September in which the former city council voted 6- 1 to rezone the Carroll property from Residential to General Business. Adding to the mix, the old council in November refused to set another pub- lic hearing on the matter on request of Bazzle, of 901-2 Sterling Drive. Bazzle, on behalf of the adjoining property owner, First Wesleyan Church, applied to the zoning board for rezoning on Specifically, Carroll is seeking an appeal of the city councils reversal of a former board's decision in rezoning his ment.” He acknowledged that he had been served with the papers. Douglas P. Arthurs, attorney for Dec. 13, 2005 and the zoning board and planning staff recommended the rezon- ing from GB back to residential. Carroll property at 605 N. Piedmont Avenue from General Business to Residential. City Attorney Mickey Corry said that Carroll, said the city erred and exceed- ed its grant of zoning powers. He said there had been no changes in the then filed a protest petition, a new law which forces legislative bodies to pass- See Carroll, 14A Ex-Grover councilman questions ABC vote ~ ELIZABETH STEWART Herald Correspondent GROVER - The deadline for voters to register to vote in the upcoming April 4 alcohol referendum is Friday and Wet and Dry forces are scurrying to get their people out. Bill Willis, former council- man and chairman of the Drys, brought up the ques- tion of cost of the referen- dum at Monday night's town board meeting. “Why couldn’t we have the vote the same time as the May 2 primary like area towns of Cherryville and Bessemer City are doing and save money?” he asked Mayor Robert Sides. The mayor said the Board of Elections sets the date for referen- dums. Debra Blanton, Director of the Cleveland County Board of Elections, told The Herald that adding the Grover vote on the ballot for the May 2 primary in Cleveland County would have created “havoc.” Blanton said “we don’t need confusion.” Blanton said ‘the May 2 primary fields a large number of candidates for several offices and said that to com- bine an alcohol vote with the the primary would have been confusing to voters. Sides said that cost of the special election April 4 where voters will decide “for or against off-premises sale of malt beverages and unfortified wine” will run from $10,000-$12,000. See Grover, 5A Darnell fired by Chamber DYLAN LLOYD dlloyd@kingsmountainherald.com The Cleveland County Chamber is seeking a new VP of economic develop- ment, after firing Scott Darnell last week. Chamber members are not saying why Darnell was fired, while others speculate it was some sort of an infighting situation. Regardless of why, Darnell’s termination was unexpected. “I don’t know why they let him go - I have been See Darnell, 5A si THE HOMEPLACE : dns DYLAN LLOYD / HERALD The McGill homeplace near the Cleveland-Gaston County line in Kings Mountain has been in the family for over 100 years. Norman and Nancy McGill keep 100-year-old family farm close as possible to original look DYLAN LLOYD dlloyd@kingsmountainherald.com by modern times. The buildings, constructed in 1904, are located at the end of Maple Leaf Lane near The Kings Mountain Historic Landmark Foundation meets quarterly to take an occa- sional glance into yesteryear. They survey not only the past, but the historic structures that have survived it. Kings Mountain is chock-full of historic architecture; from the Barber Log Cabin at the museum to the Southern Railroad Overhead Bridge on King Street. Some structures, such as the auxiliary overhead bridge north of King Street, are up for recog- nition in the state archives. Yet some structures, as archaic as they ‘may be, are not up for any form of recogni- tion at all. While driving west into Kings Mountain on the 74 business route, one can gaze from the bypass and catch a glimpse of a few for- gotten farmhouses off to the right. Rusty and weathered, they stand as a lonely testa- ment to a rural life that has been bypassed since. ELIZABETH STEWART Herald Correspondent within blocks of the rail- road tracks and downtown Kings Mountain. His Carpenter grandparents’ home is 118 East Mountain Street. As an infant he came home to the Goforth home, now Lane Logan's on W. Mountain near West School, and at age two he moved into the home on Gold Street his parents built and where he and his wife moved back to over 20 Family ties and a deep commitment to the Kings Mountain community keep Charles Troy Carpenter Jr. close. Charlie, 84, still keeps in touch with sports, evi- denced by his long service to American Legion base- ball, and once a newspaper- man, always one. A former Herald sports editor, he years ago. ; turns to the sports pages As newlyweds in May first. 1947 he and Marion Except for four years at ~~ Laughridge Carpenter Clemson University and lived first at the Herndon World War II service, Apartments, site of the old Charlie has lived his life Post Office and now KM Museum, then in a new the edge of town. Known as the McGill Farmhouse, the property has been owned by the McGills for over 100 years. The farmstead is currently owned by long time resident Norman McGill and once served as the family home of his dad and grandfather. The house’s wooden frame was built by Norman's grandfather around what was originally a log cabin. Norman's dad, N.E. McGill Sr., main- tained the property for half a century while working for Esso Oil. The house was among the first farmhouses in the area to have elec- tricity. Yet around 25 years ago, the lights went off and the house has been vacant Norman never lived there himself but keeps it neatly maintained with the help of his wife, Nancy McGill. “We try to keep it preserved,” said Nancy. See McGill, 2A KINGS MOUNTAIN PEOPLE Charlie Carpenter a KM advocate home on Crescent Hill Road while raising their two children. Growing up as the oldest of four children, he had a pet lamb which grazed between his grandparents’ and his parents” home. The family had several religious affiliations, with members, (often founding members) at Methodist, Lutheran, Baptist and Presbyterian churches, so Charlie would often rotate which relatives’ church he’d attend on Sunday morning. The churches were all within blocks of one another so he was “always visiting.” Evidently as a youngster he would be the willing Morris, Songaila, Massey and Sipe to be inducted into Hall of Fame GARY STEWART gstewart@kingsmountainherald.com Two coaches who led their teams to state championship appearances, a tennis star who never lost a high school match, and a two-time All-State baseball player will be inducted into the Kings Mountain Sports Hall of Fame Saturday, May 13 at Kings Mountain High School. The meal will be served at 6 p.m. in the cafeteria and the awards ceremony will begin at 7 p.m. in B.N. Barnes Auditorium. Tickets are $10 each and may be purchased from any member of the Hall of Fame com- mittee or at The Herald. The inductees will be Jackie Houston Songaila, who won four consecutive state tennis championships while compiling a perfect 81-0 high school record; Jerry Morris, a slugging catcher for Bethware High School and the Kings Mountain American Legion teams in the late 1950s and early 1960s; Ron Massey, whose five- year football coaching run at KMHS was the best ever and led to a state champi- ] onship game appearance in 1998; and Larry Sipe, whose 1990 Mountaineer basketball LA 4 team played for the state championship. : 2 In addition, the Hall of Fame will honor - numerous local sports participants with Special Achievement and Meritorious Service Awards. This year’s winners of the Meritorious service Awards are Jeff Putnam and Scott Wells, who together have almost 50 years coaching in the local Pop Warner leagues. Putnam recently completed his 20th season and Wells his 29th with the Optimist Club programs. Kings Mountain High teams that won : Sn championships since the last Hall of MASSEY ame ceremony last May will receive hl Special Achievement Awards. They include Ww ; the 2005 KMHS women's softball team and be the 2006 KMHS men’s relay swim team. : About thé inductees: Jerry Morris never hit below .300 during his entire baseball career from little league through a year at NC State University, and 4 he had a career high school/legion batting average of over .400. He was All-State in legion ball in 1959 and 1960. He led the ‘58 team with a .417 average, hit .390 with 42 RBI in 1959, and .352 in ‘60. He helped lead the ‘59 team to the Area IV championship series, and was MVP of the 1960 team. In high school, he led Bethware to four consecutive Cleveland County South Zone championships, the Cleveland County championship in 1958 and a berth in the state 1A playoffs in 1959. SONGAILA MORRIS SIPE Jackie Houston Songaila won seven state championships during her four-year career at KMHS; four in tennis and three in track. She was the North Carolina High School Female Athlete of the Year in 1997, the only KMHS athlete to ever win that honor. She won three straight champi- onships in the 400 meter run and had the fastest time in the state (57.4) in the 400 her senior year. She played tennis at Wake Forest University in 1997 through 2001, and in 1997- 98 was the ACC runner-up at the number six singles posi- tion. Her overall record in four years with the Lady Deacons was 92-55. She competed in the ACC champi- onship, NCAA Regional and NCAA national tournaments. Ron Massey compiled a 47-15-2 overall record in five years as head football coach at KMHS. He is the only foot- ball coach in KMHS history to win three consecutive confer- See Hall of Fame, 12A recipient of good food from neighbors, regardless of time of day or if he'd already eaten. When US President Herbert Hoover came to Kings Mountain, Charlie parked cars and delighted in the historic day and in driving “under age.” Obviously Charlie enjoyed his Clemson expe- rience, “thumbing to and fro.” His roommates become lifelong friends, fel- low veterans and his wed- ding ushers. He loved col- lege sports and remembers being thrilled that he arrived back from the Army just in time for the See Charlie, 12A CHARLIE CARPENTER oF
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