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Vol. II No. 7
Kings Mountain Mirror, Wednesday, October 18, 1972
14 Pages This Week
Phifer Property Finalized
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Old Mur-Gh Abandoned
Mur-Glo Spinning Mill, in operation in Kings Mountain since uel Kane of North American Mills in Gastonia. Plans for the
1900 has “temporarily” ceased production according to Man- mill are indefinite. (Mirror Photo)
Mur-Glo Closing Termed “Temporary”
Mur-Glo, Inc., located on West Gold
Street has "temporarily” ended 72
years of operation this week.
According to Manuel Kane of North A-
mSilcan Mills in Gastonia, the closing
is "temporary.”
North American has been leasing the
. Bonnie Mill property for several years
and has continued the policy of spinning
cotton yarn. The lease held by North
American expires in October of 1973.
Kane said that plans for use of the
mill were "indefinite” at present. He
added that North American "decided
to close the mill for a while to see what
happens.”
The mill and property is zoned com
mercial on redevelopment maps and is
scheduled to be purchased by the com
mission for redevelopment. The rede
velopment commission had made an a-
greement a few months back to wait un
til the lease had expired before taking
any action on the property.
By Sylvia Holmes
Approximately sixty invited persons at
tended a luncheon at West School on Thu
rsday, October 12th. The purpose of the
meeting was to gain support for the pro
posed school bond issue which will be
decided by election on December 9th.
Those attending the meeting were sch
ool principals, P.T.A. presidents, civic
leaders and Interested parents. School
superintendent Donald Jones explained
in detail how the money would be spent
if the bond issue is approved. Speaking
in support of the issue were Mayor John
Henry Moss and County Commissioner
elect. Josh Hinnant.
Using the theme "It's the kids that cou
nt,” Mr. Jones distributed explanatory
booklets to all those present.
There are four major goals to be ach
ieved by the passing of the bond issue.
The first goal is to build a new school
to house 8th and 9th grades. This faci
lity will be located on Phifer Road be
yond the high school tennis courts.
The second goal is to build an auditor
ium with seating capacity of 1,200 per
sons at the Kings Mountain High Scbo<d.
The third goal is to buUd classrooms,
multip
^multipurpose rooms and cafeteria reno-
rvations at East and West Elementary
Schools.
The fourth goal is classroom renova
tions, cafeteria additions and covered
walks at Bethware, classroom and au
ditorium renovations and cafeteria add
itions at Grover. Bethware and Grover
are both elementary schools.
If the building program is completed the
present High School sUl then house the
10th, 11th and 12th grades. The new bui
lding wUl house 8th and 9th. Central
School will then be used tor 9th and 6tfa
grades and the elementary school would
eventually house kindergarten through
fifth grade.
Mr. Jones pointed out that the present
high school building was designed for
1,000 students but there are 1,250 stu
dents currently using the school, six mo
bile classrooms are being used to house
them all and every inch of space is be
ing used even to the extent that two un
used elevator shafts have been opened
up for storage space and one teacher us
es an old ticket booth set up in a corner
of the gym in lieu of an office!
When 8th and 9th grades can be housed
in a new school then Central School wou
ld be quite adequate for housing 6th and
7th grades.
By removing sixth grade from the el
ementary schools some of the overcro
wding there wUl be alleviated. West
I School now uses two mobile classrooms
" and Bethware has had to make room for
three classes in its old home economics
building.
It is highly likely that the next State le
gislature will provide a public kinder
garten program which will only be ava
ilable to those elementary schools hav
ing adequate classroom space. Kings
Mountain wants to be In the position to
avaU to itself of the kindergarten pro
gram.
Mr. Jones also explained that old sch
ool buildings are still being utilized.
The Davidson classrooms house the ad
ministrative offices. Compact has every
classroom fUled by headstart, kinderga
rten and grades 1 through 3 (the Early
Childhood Education Center) and Park
Grace School is the maintenance work
shop.
It is difficult to hold assembly pro
grams in the high school gym and the
proposed auditorium would be a benefit
to the whole community as well as the
student body.
Eligible to vote in the bond issue elec
tion are the residents of No. 4 township
(Kings Mountain School District). Those
persons currently registered lor county,
state and national elections will be able
to vote. Those registered for city elec
tions only wUl need to re-register as the
election is being handled by the County.
Arrangements tor registering may be
made by calling Mrs. Nell Cranford at
739-3132 for East K.M.; Mrs. J.H. Ar
thur at 739-5318 lor West K.M.; Mrs.
Alice C. Conner at 739-3657 for Beth
ware and Mrs. J.B. Ellis at 937-7772 for
Grover.
It was pointed out that Shelby recently
passed its bond issue and Cleveland Co
unty, having lost by 8 votes only, well
unty, having lost by 8 votes only, will
protobly hold another election before the
deadline after which all school bond iss
ue elections will be held on a county wi
de basis. If the Kings Mountain bid fa
ils and the County passes. Kings Moun
tain will have to wait a long time before
the County will allow another elections
particularly if the needs of Shelby and
Cleveland have been met.
Following a question and answer ses
sion, the audience was given the oppor
tunity to sign up if they wished to help
spread information on the issue and then
the meeting was adjourned. The lunch
eon was supplied by the courtesy of an
unnamed donor.
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New Attendance Rules
Adopted For Central
School Bond Issue Explained At Luncheon
By Jay Ashley
Mirror News Editor
The Kings Mountain Board of Educa
tion met in its regular meeting Monday
night to discuss a fairly brief agenda and
lake board action on only two issues.
The board heard a synopsis of attend
ance regulations as proposed by Central
Junior High from Bill ^tes. Bates ac
ted in the stead of superintendent Donald
Jones for the meeting.
As passed by the board, the regulations
at the junior high wUl be similar to those
Implemented a few weeks ago by the High
School. The student must attend classes
at least 75 days out of each semester in
order to pass. Each student will have a
maximum of 15 days for absences during
each semester and these absences wUl
be for sickness, family emergencies
and the like. If prolonged Illnesses keep
a student from school, then upon return
the student must have a note from his
parents as well as a note from a doctor
varlfying the absences as medical. Wri
tten notes will be required from parents
after each absence of any kind. F or fir
st offense truancies there will be a one
day suspension and parents must return
with child. Two points will be deducted
from the students nine weeks grade for
each class missed due to truancy and
two points will be deducted for each
class missed due to suspension. For
second truancies suspension wUI be
from three to five days and for third of
fenses a suspension of ten days will be
invoked. Point deductions for second and
third truancies are the same as tor one.
Bates pointed out that the rules are al
most the same as the high school’s ru
les and that the high school absentee
rate has dropped almost 25% since in
ception of the rules. The board praised
the rules and agreed that “responslbU-
Mrs. Peggy Vaughn, Mrs. Margaret Arch and Mrs. Virginia f
Whinners display the items for which Pegp’ and Virginia won a
total of fifteen ribbons at Cleveland County Fair last week.
Sisters Win Fair Awards
Two sisters who are natives of Ohio
and now Kings Mountain residents are
taking after their mother, Mrs. Marga
ret Arch, by winning a large number of
County Fair ribbons. The sisters are
Mrs. Lyle (Sam) Vaughn and Mrs. John
Berry who captured several ribbons ea
ch with samples of sewing, knitting, em
broidery and needlepoint. Their mother,
who is currently visiting here, won 17
ribbons at the Belmont County Fair,
Ohio in 1968 bringing her total to over
a hundred ribbons won over the years
for samples of needlework and crafts.
In addition to these homecraft skUls,
Mrs. Arch is also a bridge whizz hold
ing 240 master points. She plans to
spend at least another two months here
staying with daughter, Peggy and during
that time she hopes to be giving bridge
lessons both privately and in groups.
Unlike their mother, neither Peggy nor
Virginia play bridge!
Declines Job
Richard D, (Dick) McNeely who had
been announced as the assistant direc
tor and project manager of the Kings
Mountain Redevelopment Commission
will not be coming to Kings Mountain as
planned.
Gene White, director of Redevelopment
stated that McNeely would Instead be go
ing to Wilmington. White expressed re
gret about McNeely’s plans and hopes
that someone else wUl be able to take the
position in the future.
1st Place Slot
The race for placing in the football
contest this week was not as hot and hea
vy as has been in the past few weeks.
Most people tripped on the Crest vs.
CherryvUle contest and the Gardner
Webb vs. Catawba match. We have no
perfect ballots but one person did man
age to get nine right. Scott Ledford got
every game correct except for the East
Mecldenburg-Huss game. Congrats go
to Scott and his fellow winners this
week. The others were:
1. Scott Ledford- Nine correct (38 to
tal points).
2. John Cobb- Eight correct (41 total
points).
3. Ken Short- Eight correct (39 total
points).
To enter the fabulous football contest
send entry blanks to Contest, P.O. Box
345, Kings Mountain or bring ’em by the
office.
ity must be learned now for use in life
and work.” A motion to adopt the rules
for Central was unanimously approved.
The other item for board action con
cerned a revision in the school calen
dar for teacher work days. October 30th
was set aside for the first teacher eva
luation day on the local level and March
22nd was cited for the second evalua
tion day. March 22nd will be dependent
however on loss of days for snow, etc.
Motion was made and passed that the re
vision be adopted.
P. A. (Tippy) Francis addressed the
board concerning the property the board
has purchased adjacent to the stadium
and baseball field at the high school.
Francis and Alex Owens had headed the
property committee and reported that all
plans were finalized except for the deed
and it was expected to be forthcoming in
the next week. Francis told members
that “the property should show its full
potential in the next twenty four mon
ths,” dependent on the bond referendum.
In other property business it was noted
by chairman George Mauney that the
property at West School had not yet be
en purchased. Although it was reported
last week that the deal had been finaliz
ed, Mauney stated that the bid had been
entered at $7000 but that bidding is stUl
open.
The board members perused the bud
get request from the State Department
of Public Instruction for the 1973-75 Bi
ennium. No action was required on the
matter although it was discussed to
some length. Number one priority for
the budget was paying teachers for a ten
month period. Most controversy in this
area comes from teachers who are wa
nting a straight across the board incre
ase in their salaries. The budget does
hold for a 5% increase each year for
two years but it ranks 37th in priority
and is doubtful to be implemented. Ot-
lier area in the budget schedule include
money for kindergarten faculties, food
services, clerical expenses and occupa
tional vocation studies. Total figures for
the biennium budget reach between $1.2
and $1.3 billion.
Information items on the agenda inclu
ded discussion on board attendance to
the American Management Association
to be held in the near future. Plans for
the event have not yet been finalized.
It was noted that the North Carolina
School Boards Association meeting wUl
be held November 2, 3, and 4 in Ashe-
vUle.
Jim Herndon finished the agenda by
commenting on the recent meeting at
West School to discuss and present the
merits of the upcoming bond referen
dum. Herndon said the meeting was
"quite informative and that the results
were well worth the effort.” Other su
ch sessions are in the planning. One
such event will be held on November 6
at 7:00 p.m. for the Jaycees, Mer
chants Association and the Chamber of
Commerce.
Area People Involved In Wrecks
Woman Charged
In Pistol Slaying
Virginia M. Foster of Second Street in
Kings Mountain is being held in the Cle
veland County jail without bond after be
ing charged with murder in the pistol
slaying of Cheryl Ann Foster.
According to one of the investigating
officers, Lt. David Corn, Cheryl Ann
Foster and Virginia Foster had an alter
cation at the intersection of Battleground
and Piedmont about 11:50 Thursday mor
ning. It was then that Virginia F oster
shot Cheryl Ann in the side. Four bull
ets were fired from the gun and Corn
reported that how many struck the vic
tim was unknown.
Cheryl Ann Foster was escorted to the
Kings Mountain Hospital and died about
12:30 p.m.
Trial for Virginia Foster is set for
October 26.
Brown Lung
Hearing Set
For Nov. 1
A hearing in the case of Bill Oliver,
the Kings Mountain textUe worker em
ployed by Park Yarn who says he has
the Brown Lung disease, is scheduled
for 10 a.m. on November 1 in Charlotte.
Park Yarn Plant Manager John C.
Smathers was contacted by the MIRROR
regarding the hearing. Smathers said
the hearing had been postponed earlier
because the solicitor was ill. Accord
ing to Smathers, the subject of the
hearing will be to hear the medical tes
timony of Drs. Alexander and Landis re
garding Oliver’s condition.
Four auto accidents involving Kings
Mountain people were reported over the
weekend by the Highway Patrol.
Cynthia Kay Robinson, 16, of 906 Sher
wood Lane was involved in a wreck on
U.S. 74 three miles west from RP 2250
toward RP 2036 Saturday at 12:15 a.m.
According to Trooper J.D. Hoyle, she
was going east on 74 when the right
front tire blew causing the car to
swerve to the left and onto the median.
Damage to the Robinson 1969 Mercury
was $275.
Steve Adams, 20, of Route 3, Kings Mo
untain was cited for failure to reduce
speed after hitting two cars that had al
ready wrecked Sunday at 2:55 a.m. on R
P 1861. It was reported that Adams
came around the curve on RP 1861 and
ran into two cars that had previously
wrecked on the road. Damage to his 1964
Pontiac was $500.
Trooper Reid reported that a wreck
Sunday at 1:15 p.m. one mile south of
Kings Mountain on RPR 2267 involved
two Kings Mountain people. They were
Ronnie Lee Harmon, 21 of Route 2 and
Helen Boehler Moss, 41, of 5080 Mid-
pines. The trooper said that Harmon
was in the eastbound lane of 2267 talk
ing with some people in a yard. The ba
ck glass of his convertible was discol
ored and he didn’t see Helen Moss as he
pulled away into the west lane. Harmon
was charg^ with faUing to make a mov
ement in safety and with having a dis
colored rear window. Damage to the
Moss auto was listed at $125 and $25 to
Harmon’s car.
Another Sunday wreck occured one mi
le south of Kings Mountain on RP 2263 at
2:30 p.m. Reports stated that Hayes Lee
Watson, 42, of Gastonia was traveling
north on RP 2263 when he crossed the
center line and hit the car driven by Ro
nald Dean Gore, 16, of Route 1, Kings
Mountain in the left side. Trooper B.W.
Props! cited Watson for driving left of
center and driving under the influence.
$200 worth of damage was done to the
Gore 1966 Chevrolet and $100 was done
to Watson’s 1965 Chevrolet.
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Bridget Glass presents the flag she received from Congressman Jim BroyfaUl to her
homeroom teacher Mrs. Carolyn Westmoreland, left and her social studies teacher
Mrs Elizabeth Allen. Principal of the Grover School Mr. James Scruggs stands in the
background holding the cerUficate Bridget received along with the “special flag."
(Mirror Photo) SEE RELATED STORY ON PAGE 7.