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Vol. 1 No. 53
Kings Mountain's Progressive Newspaper
Kings Mountain Mirror, Wednesday, August 30, 1972
10 Pages Today
Stores Sign Leases
KM Shopping Center
Development Begins
By Jay Ashiey
News Editor
Plans for the Kings Mountain Shopping
Center, to be located aiong Highway 74
on the western part of town were annou
nced Tuesday by J. Wilson Crawford. Mr.
Crawford and Robert H. Neill are the ow
ners, lessors and developers of the future
shopping faciiity.
In a press conference with area media
representatives Crawford expiained plans
for the shopping center and expressed a
hope that some of the stores wili be com
pleted before the end of the year, with the
stores opening for business in eariyi973.
“We feei that the area is ideai for the
peopie in the city,” Crawford said, "and
we hope to serve thein as best possibie.”
The area that will contain the wboie sho-
J. Wilson Crawford, part owner and developer of the Kings Mountain Shopping Center
points out to Mayor John Moss the proposed sites for the first two businesses. In an an
nouncement Tuesday, Crawford told newsmen that the two lessees to be signed were the
Winn-DUie and Mack’s Variety Store. Both stores are planning grand openings in early
1973, (Photo by Rodney Dodson).
New City Department Set Up
Acting on a recommendation by Mayor
John Henry Moss, the Kings Mountain
City Board approved the establishment of
a new governmental department in its
meeting Monday night.
The new department will bear the title
of Department of Urban Beautification.
According to Moss it will be a "program
of total development for the city. More
and more it has become apparent that
Kings Mountain is growing and there is
need for citizens participation in our city’s
beautification.” In this vein the commis
sioners voted to approve this department
and the mayor named Ken Jenkins as its
head. Moss praised Jenkins for his work
as cemetery superintendent and also ex
pressed a hope that citizens would work
with the new governmental branch.
A resolution was read during the meeting
in support of the proposed Kings Mountain
Nursing and Convalescent Center. Public
hearings are to be held on the matter Tue
sday night and tlie board voted to whole
heartedly support and work with the Cen
ter.
The Monday night agenda also called for
bids on two different jobs. The first bids
were open for paving, re-paving and curb
and guttering for the following locations:
Princeton Drive from Fulton to Dead End
lor paving; Alley off South Deal Street for
paving; Henry Street Extension for pav
ing; Ellenwood Drive for paving; West Pa
rker Street from pavement end to Dead
End lor paving; Williams Street from Ed-
gemont to Dead End for paving; Caldwell
Street from Fulton Road to Maner Road
for paving and curb and gutter; Maner
Road from Phifer Road to Dead End for
repaving and curb and gutter; Plneview
Street from Crescent Hill to End for pav
ing and curb and gutter.
The above had been advertised tor bids
but only two firms had sent in a sealed
bid. They were Neal Hawkins and Skid
more Construction. According to Jack
White, city attorney, at least three bids
must be sent in before action is taken. The
jobs wilt be readvertised and the second
time around only one bid is required.
The board later considered bids on work
in the area of water and sewer pipe and
related items. Those bidding on the jobs
were Pump and Lighting Company from
Charlotte, Armco Steel Corp. from Ash
eville, Craftcast Inc., from Dallas, N.C.,
Gernell Corp., from Charlotte, Tindall
Concrete Products from Spartanburg, D
ii M Concrete of Carolina from Greens
boro and City Supply Company from Su
mter, South Carolina. A motion was made
by the board to table any action onaccep-
ting bids until the bids could be tabulated
and studied. The bids will be awarded at
the September II meeting of the board.
Other action by the board was consider
ation of request by four property owners
to rezone their land from R-20 to GB
(general business). All four plots of la
nd are in the same vicinity located on
Highway 74 about 1/2 mile east of Kings
Mountain. The requests were made by
Carroll G. Ellis, who desires rezoning
for a used car lot; Peter Putnam execu
tor of the estate of the late Elzie Putnam;
Mary EUeh Ross; and John O, Ross of El-
lenwood Land and Development of Char
lotte. The commissioners voted to send
the requests to the zoning board for their
perusal. A public hearing on the matters
will be heard September 11.
In other business the commissioners ap
proved a motion to advertise for a back-
hoe for the cemetery department. The
machine will be acquired on the lease-
purchase plan. The board also voted to
advertise for plant mix (an asphalt mat
erial) to be used in paving roads in the
cemetery. A new cemetery area is hop
ed to be open by the first of November.
Heath Consultants from Stokes, Massa
chusetts was approved as the company to
perform a survey on the natural gas sit
uation in Kings Mountain. Heath will do
a four day survey on Kings Mountain’s
40.4 miles of gas system at a cost of
$150 per day.
An addend to the agenda business was
an agreement between Gaston County and
Kings Mountain to allow the bid for insta
llation of water and sewer lines to the in
dustrial park to be given to Brown Con
tracting.
Jack White, city attorney also addres
sed the board on the problems that he and
building inspector Woodrow Laughter had
run into while trying to organize the city
ordinances and make them more unified
for easier employment. White’s one pro
blem concerned the discrepancies in co
des pertaining to buffer zones between bu
sinesses such as service stations. One
section called tor six feet high structures
while another called for fences or buffers
eight feet in height. The board voted to
send this matter back to the zoning boa
rd and later hold a public hearing for po
ssible amending. Public hearing on this
matter is scheduled for September 25.
Police Make
Gambling Raid
Two gambling raids on a local establi
shment netted a total of thirteen counts
of illegal gambling against eleven people.
Patrolmen Robert Dodge and Bobby Me
adows reported that on Saturday night at
8:45 p.m., they entered the Hollifield Gro
cery store on Baker Street after receiving
reports that gambling was going on. The
account stated that they found six people
gambling on a pool table. These arrests
on counts of illegal gambling were Bre
nda Patterson, 24, Phillip Hollifield, 65,
Earl Wayne Worchester, 36, Arthur D,
Seism, 30, Carl N. Patterson, 23, and
Paul Rath Bone 26. Playing cards and a-
bout $13.00 were confiscated.
Sunday night at 6:34 p.m. Officers Dodge
and Meadows again entered the store and
found another gambling game in progress
in the back room. The people arrested in
this second incident were: Wilburn B, Ha
mrick, 62, Earl W. Worchester, 36, Dar
rell E. Morrison, 21, George T, Paysour,
44 and Phillip Hollifield, 62. All were
charged with aiding and abetting to a ga
mbling game. This second raid netted
officers a total of $5.50. All those arr
ested were released under bond.
District
Those parents who have been paying $60
tuition in the past for their children to at
tend the Kings Mountain Schools have fou
nd some relief. In a letter written to
Jack White, attorney for the Kings Moun
tain School system. Attorney General Ro
bert Morgan las expressed a favorable
opinion in the matter.
The issue of school attendance came a
few months ago as the result of a book
written by Robert Phay, Director of the
Institute of Government in Chapel Hill.
The book considered laws on establish
ing school districts in North Carolina.
Donald Jones, Superintendent of Kings
Mountain schools related to the MIRROR
that this book lad Influenced a probe into
the possibility of Kings Mountain taking in
students in the outlying area at no charge.
Those people who live within the corpor
ate limits of Kings Mountain but in Gas
ton County have, in the past, been having
to pay a tuition of $60 for the children to
attend the city schools.
Play’s opinion was that chUdren living
in the corporate limits of a city were en
titled to attend tlat city's school at no cha
rge as in accordance with Section I and
389 of the Session Laws.
Jack White had written the letter to At
torney General Morgan in which he asked
the State Attorney to make a ruling on Ki
ngs Mountain’s situation. On August 25,
White received the letter from Morgan
and Deputy Attorney General Andrew A.
Vanore who expressed the idea that those
affected students should attend the city
schools.
Jerry Trammel, partner with Jack White
will handle the situation for the school boa
rd in approaching Gaston County about the
monetary interests involved. A special
meeting of the board is expected within
the next ten days to further iron out the
situation.
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pping center will be approximately 13 ac
res located along U.S, 74, across from
Wade Ford. Entrances and exits will be
located on Phifer Road, Spring Road and
U.S. 74.
Construction will begin in stages with
the first stage being the building of a
Winn-Dixie and a Mack’s Variety Store.
The first stage of a building will also con
tain 334 parking spaces for customers.
The second stages should see the erection
of businesses for close to twenty tenants
and a total parking area of 764 spaces. Ov
er 100,000 square feet of floor space is ex
pected in the completed form.
Agreements between the first two busi
nesses have been made as far as floor
space and type of building to be built. Blu-
prints shotUd be forthcoming within two
weeks with construction following as soon
as possible according to Crawford.
The architect for the shopping center is
Friedrich H. Schmitt, and Lat Purser atxl
Associates is named as the leasing ag
ent.
Crawford said that negotiations are in
progress for other tenants, including one
banking firm. Crawford did not name the
bank but the MIRROR contacted an offi
cial of the First Union Bank in Kings Mo
untain who stated that “the bank is in the
process of completing a study to show the
economic need for a motor bank in Kings
Mountain. Should the study show such a
need, then the study, along with an appli
cation for a motor b^ will be sent to the
Comptroller of Currency, for a motor ba
nk in the Kings Mountain shopping cen
ter.”
The Winn-Dixie, Greenville branch an
nounced its intentions of establishing a
new food store in the center through a
press release. The new store will con
tain 19,880 square feet of floor space and
will be fully air-conditioned. Wiim-Dixie
in Kings Mountain hopes to be one of the
most modern facilities for shopping con
venience. This food store chain has 878
retail food stores in the Southeast part of
the United States alone. The anticipated
opening date lor the store will be Febr-
uary, 1973.
O.T. Sloan, president of Mack’s Stores,
Inc., announced in his press release that
the new Mack’s in Kings Mountain will co
ntain 15,600 square feet of floor space. Its
scheduled opening will be the early spring
of 1973. Mack’s Stores are variety type
establishments emplaslzing women’s,
girl’s, boy’s and men’s wear at popular
prices. They also carry sporting goods,
pets, appliances and a shoe department.
Mack’s has been in operation for 49 years
and has 68 stores in the Southeast.
City Is Part
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One man was killed and two more Injured as the result of a
head on collision Thursday afternoon on the Lake Montonla Road
off N.C. 161, five miles south of Kings Mountain in Gaston Coun
ty. All three persons were listed as having Kings Mountain ad
dresses.
According to reports the car driven by Myron George, 17, was
traveling down the dirt road behind another car. Apparently the
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dust cloud hampered vision and the George car and the car dri
ven by Manuel David Smith, 62, of Kings Mountain collided head
on. Smith was killed in the mishap.
Robin Dickey, 16, of Kings Mountain, a passenger in George’s
car, and George were both treated at Kings Mountain Hospital
and were listed in good cohditlon Monday.
Teachers Hear Human Relations Talk
Teachers, administrators, school board
members and patrons of the schools hea
rd a talk on Human Relations Wednesday
at KMHS,
The meeting was the third full day of ac
tivities for teachers in the school system
in preparing for this year’s onslaught of
students.
Teachers from each school gathered in
to the high school gymnasium to listen to
two speakers from the State Department
of Public Instruction. The two were Eu
gene Causby, assistant State Superinten
dent for Personnel Relations and Public
Affairs and Dudley Flood, Director of Hu
man Relations.
The gist of the speeches was an emphas
is to teachers and administrators to un
derstand student needs as well as needs
of everyone in the community. "Human
relations is not limited to race,” said
Causby. He made a point that human re
lations should start with self and encour
aged people to take a new look at things
with an open mind.
Flood undertook the task of explaining
involvement and communications in the
school and at home. He urged the teach
ers to creatively involve the students in
an effort to bring about more and better
communication. “Learn to use non-ver
balization with the student and a closer
bond will form.”
Following the speeches, both men sang
for the group. With Causby on the guitar
they sang selections such as "Blowing in
the Wind,” and "Don’t It Make You Want
To Go Home?
Court Appoints Commission
To Appraise Cline Property
Mrs. Ruth Dedmon, clerk of Superior
Court for Cleveland County has appoint
ed ttiree commissioners to appraise the
104.49 acres of land owned by JuhnD. Cli
ne. This land is part of a requirement
needed to fulfill the Buffalo Creek Water
“Certificate Of Need” Granted
Nursing Home In Public Hearing
Apublic hearing conducted by the Cleve-
land-Gaston-Linculn Health Planning Co
uncil, Inc., on Tuesday, August 29 at the
City Hall resulted in the granting of
a "certificate of need” to the Kings Moun
tain Nursing and Convalescent Home, Inc.
Prior to the Tuesday meoting, tli.' stock
holders of the above company met on Mon
day night and voted to sell tlieir stuck to
Cecil’s Incorporated who will now proceed
immediately to build the nursing home
which will be situated behind the Kings Mo
untain Hospital, It is understood that a
manager for the facility has al ready been
secured.
Enter Mirror Football Contest • See Pa^e 8 For Details
Scoutmaster Wallace Stawls, and Joe Hartsell, Teaming Chalrnan of the Battleground
District, are presented with training kits by A. L. Dixon, Commander of American Le
gion Post 155. (Mirror Photo by Lem Lynch)
project.
Those commissioners who have been na
med to appraise the property are Joe
Craver, Will Herndon and GlennSpurling.
These men will appraise the property and
then set a meeting day and later will file
a report with the Clerk of the Superior
Court.
A condemnation hearing on 106.52 acres
of land owned by Ambrose Cline had been
scheduled for Tuesday morning but was
postponed to a later date which has not be
en announced. The Ambrose Cline prop
erty is another tract of land needed by
Kings Mountain for beginning work on tlie
project.
Scoutmasters
Get New
Cornerstone Kits
The American Legion Post 155, Kings
Mountain presented to Mr. Joe Hartsell,
training chairman of the battleground
district, two Scoutmaster’s Cornerstone
Training kits to be used by scouters in
Cleveland County.
Cornerstone- training is phase one of a
developmental course for scout leaders.
This training course will be the founda
tion on which all other learning experie
nces can be based. Under the new train
ing program, scout leaders will be train
ed by a group of men called ccach/coun-
selors who will work with new and exist
ing units in helping them apply the basics
of scouting to their own troop.
The Cornerstone Training Kit allows for
the training of individuals or small groups
of men. This makes training "personal”
to the needs of the individual in his tro
op. The kits contain a cassette tape pla
yer with several sets of tapes to be used
by the new scoutmaster and his coach,
books, training guides for use by the lea
rner and other tools for training.
The total training program will include
Cornerstone Training, an outdoor exper
ience, and other tools tor training adult
and troop leaders, and will culminate with
Woodbadge Training, an 8 day outdoor ex
perience.