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Thursday, February 8, 2007
KINGS MOUNTAIN
Vol. 119 No. 6
Since 1889
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—HOMEFRONT—
State Park
public meeting
on grant plan
BLACKSBURG - Kings
Mountain State Park will
hold a meeting on
Thursday, March 1, at 7
p.m. to seek public feedback
on its plans to apply for a
federal grant.
‘The meeting will be held
in the mess hall at Camp
Cherokee, the park's group
camp. The grant from the
Federal Highway
Administration's
Recreational Trails Program
would be used to build a
hiking trail to connect to
Crowders Mountain State
Park just over the state line
in North Carolina.
The S.C. State Park
Service says it expects to
learn the decision on the
grant application in June.
Kings Mountain State
Park, located adjacent to
Kings Mountain National
Military Park, encompasses
6,883 acres of land and was
built in the 1930s by the
Civilian Conservation
Corps. The park already
includes more than 15 miles
of hiking and equestrian
trails.
For more information, call
the park at (803) 222-3209 or
e-mail Ar
_ kingsmountain@scprt.com.
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‘BLOOD DRIVES
The American Red Cross
Cleveland County Chapter
has announced the follow-
ing blood drives. There is an
urgent need for blood types
O, Band A.
Feb. 8, 1:30-6 p.m. - Grace
United Methodist Church,
830 Church St., Kings
Mountain. Chili will be
served (This drive was re-
scheduled from Thurs., Feb.
1 because of bad weather).
Feb. 8, 1:30-6 p.m., Grover
Street Fire Station #1,
Shelby.
Feb. 13 - 3-7:30 p.m.,
Polkville Baptist Church.
Feb. 20 - 1-6 p.m., Shelby -
Presbyterian Church.
Feb. 25 - 12-4:30 p.m.,
Christopher Road Baptist
Church, Shelby.
FER
RADAR WATCH
Kings Mountain Police
will be running radar at the
following locations during
the week of Feb. 11-17. In
addition, KMPD runs radar
every day on I-85 and US 74
Bypass.
Sunday, Feb. 11 - Sims St.
Mon., Feb. 12 - NC 161.
Tues., Feb. 13 - US 74
Business.
Wed., Feb. 14 - Phifer Rd.
‘Thurs., Feb. 15 - Margrace
Rd.
Fri., Feb. 16 - Waco Rd.
Sat., Feb. 17 -
Battleground Ave.
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Photo Available
Couple remodeling home finds pictures. information on
Kings Mountain’s second mayor Redding Southerland Sugg
ELIZABETH STEWART
Herald Correspondent
For over a century Kings
Mountain's second mayor,
Redding Southerland Sugg,
could have been one of the “for-
gotten founders” of Kings
Mountain. But no more. His por-
trait now hangs prominently in
the lobby of Kings Mountain
City Hall in the hall of mayors.
Thanks to Matthew and Tina
Melvin, the vacant spot on the
wall which read “no picture
available” now has the photo-
graph with the date Sugg served
in 1874. . :
Melvin said he and his wife
learned a lot of Kings Mountain
history - after they bought their
home at 114 Piedmont Avenue in
2003 and started restoring the
house vacant for two years prior
to their purchase. They replaced
the roof, repaired the founda-
tion, electrical system, repaired
plumbing and various cosmetics
including landscaping, noting
“we have a long way to go.”
Lengthy research by the Kings
Mountain couple uncovered 35
years of their'new home's histo-
ry as it relates to the former
mayor. Suggs’ grand nephew
Redding Stancil Sugg Jr. of Texas
was helpful with names, dates,
See Photo, 4A
Redding Sugg,
seated, served
as the second
mayor of Kings
Mountain in the
1870s. He is pic-
tured with Mary
Vines Sugg, an
unidentified
woman, and
Edwin Barnes.
Barnes was a
Kings Mountain
councilman from
1919-1921.Sugg
was a charter
member of
Central United
Methodist
Church and
owned the
town's first drug
store, which was
located at the
present site of
the Joy Theater.
A (Joy)ftul wedding
STARRING
LINDA & MIKE
Actors wed
on stage
of first kiss
- EMILY WEAVER
eweaver@kingsmountainherald.com
This love story began with a
scripted kiss on the stage of the
Joy Theatre. It came full circle
two years later with another
kiss on the same stage, foliow-
ing the words “I do.”
It was January 2005. A volun-
teer cast of players were
rehearsing for the upcoming
“Moon Over Buffalo,” a farcical
comedy based on touring, dra-
matic actors of a community
theatre. Linda McDaniel, of
Kings Mountain, was cast as the
leading lady. Mike Davis came
in to audition for the opposite
leading role.
“We had been in rehearsals
about two weeks and our direc-
tor Stan Logan told us that
there’s a gentleman coming in
this evening from Florida that’s
going to audition for the part.
Well he came in and Inoticed
him,” Linda said. “I thought,
‘He’s a good looking guy. I can
work with that.” I had already
read ahead in the script, he had
not. So I knew there was a scene
in there that we were just going
to have to get to know each
other real well to do.”
“Tt was a kissing scene,” Mike
said, with a smile.
“I walked up to him when he
was leaving with his sister-in-
law, who had come to pick him
up. I introduced myself, ‘Hi I'm
Linda Grant and by the way,
See Joy, 4A
Linda and Mike Davis take a bow following wedding at Joy Theatre.
call 734-739-7496
That’s a lot of Love
Mell Love celebrates her 100th birthday
EMILY WEAVER
eweaver@kingsmountainherald.com
Mrs. Mell Love celebrated her
100th birthday last week with
friends and family. She reached
the centennial landmark on
January 31, 2007. She has sur-
vived and witnessed many
things throughout her 100 years.
She is a breast cancer survivor
for 26 years. The American
Cancer Society and Relay for Life
co-chairs brought her a large
card signed by other cancer sur-
vivors and those who have been
affected by the disease.
First Lady Laura Bush and
Vice President Dick Cheney sent
cards to express their fond wish-
es for her centennial birthday, as
well as Governor Mike Easley,
the Century Club, and NC Rep.
Debbie Clary. Mayor Rick
Murphrey gave her a proclama-
tion, a key to the city and a pen.
She served as a principal at a
school in Kings Creek after grad-
uating from Winthrop
University in Rock Hill, SC. She
also taught at Bethany
Elementary. Mrs. Love is the old-
est resident at Summit Place and
the longest living known cancer
survivor in Kings Mountain. She
is also an 80-year member of
Canaan United Methodist
Church.
She was five years old when
the Titanic sank, although she
does not remember that too well
these days. She remembers the
Great Depression and how
dozens of people would come
begging every day for a scrap of
this or a cup of that. Sugar and
See Love, 8A
Conflict
Grover councilman under
scrutiny for installing
septic tank in city limits
_ EMILY WEAVER
eweaver@kingsmountainherald.com
Grover Town Hall had a packed house
Monday night for the monthly City Council
meeting. Dozens of citizens were there to lend
support and to question accusations of an ille-
gal septic tank.
Councilman Calvin Huffman was under
scrutiny for installing an unauthorized septic
tank in October of 2006 at 210 Maple Street, a
residence that falls within the city limits and is
required to be hooked up to the city’s munici-
pal sewer line. The septic tank was installed
without authorized permits. The Cleveland
County Health Department caught wind of the
" matter on Friday, January 19, and on Monday,
January 22, Environmental Health Program
Spc. Shea Webster met with Huffman and
Mayor Pro-tem Adam Green to inspect and ver-
ify the system.
A letter sent from the Health Department to
Johnny Lavender, owner of the property, said
that he is in direct violation of three NC General
Statutes. To rectify the matter, the letter stated,
“you are hereby notified to disconnect from the
unapproved on-site wastewater system, and to
connect to the municipal sewer provided by the
Town of Grover within 30 days of receipt of this
correspondence.” The residence was to remain
empty with utilities shut off until the conditions
were met. Mayor Robert Sides said that the con-
ditions have been met and the property is now
hooked on to the city’s sewer line.
See Grover, 4A
EMILY WEAVER / HERALD
Mell Love reminisces on her 100th birthday celebration at
Summit Place in Kings Mountain.
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