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VOL. 3 NO. 33
KINGS MOUNTAIN. NORTH CAROLINA 28086 THURSDAY, APRIL 25.1074
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Siruclures Of llle^ral Maierials
Violations Seen At Lake
VIOLATIONS? - To the left
and boUom are photo* made
at the John Moss Reservoir of
apparent violations in pier and
dock building. All three
structures contain concrete
block which is not allowed
under Lake Authority
guidelines.
Photos by Jay Ashley
ByJAY ASHLEY
Mirror Staff Writer
According to the rules and
regulations regarding
mooring facilities at the Moss
Reservoir, only certain
materials can be used in pier
construction and there are
apparently several violations
of these rules, the Mirror
discovered.
A check of the lake facility
this week turned up several
structures that do not conform
to the regulations recently
adopted by the Kings
Mountain Lake Authority and
City Commission.
The basic violation is
construction of piers or docks
out of concrete blocks. Such
blocks are not approved under
the Lake Authority guidelines.
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Section five of the guidelines
outline requirements for
stationary piers:
‘■’nie only materials per
mitted for use in the con
struction of stationary piers
shall be reinforced concrete,
orhot-dipped galvanized steel.
This may be either of formed,
poured in place construction
or of pre-cast pre-stressed
units...Stationary structures
may be covered with a roof or
galvanized steel supported by
steel columns, but no siding or
wall surfaces are permitted.
Stationary piers constructed
of wood, either treated or
untreated, will not be per
mitted."
Some of the structures on
the lake appear to be begin
nings of boathouses. Ac
cording to the guidelines,
again, boathouses are not
permitted “upon the confines
of the property owned by the
City of Kings Mountain and
surrouding the Reservoir.”
Boathouses are not
restricted however if they are
built on private property. If
such boathouses are con
structed, a permit must be
acquired “from the Authority
for the installation of a
launching ramp or tram rails
which will facilitate the
launching or withdrawing of
his boat into and out of the
lake.”
A check of the permits
either approved or disap
proved by lake consulting
engineer Tom Cox showed no
permit approved for the
building of any structure
containing concrete block.
TTiere were some permits
disapproved because of such
building material.
To further the apparent
violations, the Lake Authority
guidelines say: “No structure
of any kind, whether
stationary, floating, or access
ramp shall be constructed or
installed before having first
made application for and
obtained from the Authority or
its authorized agent, a written
permit-to-construct.”
A permit-to-construct must
be filled out by the applicant
and contains locations of the
proposed structure, type of
proposed installation and
material to be used. These
permits are then forwarded to
engineer Cox who either
approvesordisapprovesof the
permit and send them back to
the mayor’s office.
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Lnumber s ruture Is Shaky unef Meeung Friday
By GARYSTEWART
Mirror Staff Writer
'' Kings Mountain's Chamber
of Commerce appears on
shaky ground idler learning at
its monthly meeting Tuesday
at Kings Mountain Savings
and Loan that it is operating
with SO percent less Income
than last year.
The problem apparently lies
in the fact that 32 1973
members have not renewed
BRUCE McIVER
Revival
Begins
Sunday
their dues and the chamber is
allowing members to choose
from one of three membership
rates.
President Frank Sincox
noted that only $2,750 in dues
has been collected, slightly
less than half ol last year's
operating income of $5,410.
Another problem, the group
feels, is lack of attendance at
meetings. At Tuesday’s
scheduled meeting time of 3
pm., only Sincox and C of C
secretary Lucille Williams,
plus one newspaper reporter,
were in attendance. Members
Larry Hamrick, Wade Tyner,
Charles Mauney, Bob Bradley
and Bob Smith later arrived.
“We're not going to last a
year,” Sincox predicted. “I’m
not pointing fingers at anyone
but we’ve either got to go or
stop. We can’t expect all 12
dfrectors to be present at
every meeting but we can’t
run the organization with
three or four.”
The membership figures is
now 46, compared to 65 last
year. If the C of C recruits all
32 of its ’73 members who have
not renewed it would actually
increase the membership as
13 new members recently
joined.
“A lot of people felt they
weren’t getting their money’s
worth,” noted Hamrick, who
pledged to personally contact
the old membere and try to
persuade them to renew their
dues. “Also ” added Hamrick,
“when we allowed them to set
their own membership rate, a
lot of them cut back a little bit.
The thing to do is to get more
members.”
Mauney suggested that “we
call these people who have not
renewed” and ask them to pay
their dues. “When something
comes -in the maU it gets
pushed aside unless it has a
due date on it,” he said. “I
think calling them would be
effective.”
The chamber also showed
concern that it hasn’t been
involved in getting new
businesses into town. That
task, it seems, has been left up
to the Mayor’s industrial
committee.
“We have a major industry
thinking of coming into town,”
saidSincox,“butI didn’tknow
anything about it until I read it
in the paper. But, the manager
of the new Pic ’N Pay store
contacted us about the
procedure for grand opening
ceremonies and that’s cer
tainly encouraging.” Sincox
said he planned to be on hand
this morning at 8:30 at Pic ’N
Pay opening ceremonies to
help wdcome the new buiness.
“I think it would be nice if a
menr^r of the Chamber of
Commerce be a member of
the Mayor’s industrial
committee,” said Tyner.
Kiwanis
Russell Fitts, Pastor, and
members of Bethlehem
Baptist Church, Kings
Mountain invite you to attend
revival services beginning
Sun., Apr. 28 and concluding
on Thurs., May Z The revival
speaker will be Bruce
Mclvery, pastor of WUshire
Baptist ChiB-ch, Dallas, Tex.
[ Mclver has served at WUshire
for the past IS years.
A former North Carolinian,
Bruce was btwn in SUer City
and received his education at
Mars Hill Junior College.
FYom there he went on to
Baylor Univenity and South
western Baptist Theological
Seminary, Texas.
Along with his pastoral
duties, Bruce has served
several colleges in Texas as
Bible Instructor and is
presently serving the Baptist
General Convention of Texas
as Trustee of the Annuity
Board of the Southern Baptist
Convention.
DR. W.N. LONG
INTERIM PASTOR • Dr.
Walter N. Long of Belmont is
serving as interim pastor at
Ffrst Baptist Church, Kings
Mountain. He began his duties
last Sunday. He served as
Belmont First Baptist
Church’s pastor for almost 28
years. He retired in 1972. Dr.
Long has three children. W.N.
Long Jr.. Mrs. Nan Britt and
Mrs. Douglas Spencer.
DR. PHILLIP SHORE
Dr. Shore
To Speak
On Sunday
Dr. PhUip L. Shore Jr. is the
guest speaker at Central
United Methodist Church’s
centennial anniversary ser
vices Sun., Apr. 28.
He will speak at the 11 a.m.
service.
Dr. Shore is a native of
MocksviUe and is a graduate
of Duke University, AB
summa cum laude, Duke
Divinity School, BD, and
received honorary Doctor of
Divinity Degree from High
Point CoUege.
During Sunday’s services
the oldest members of Central
will be recognized and
following the service a
covered dish luncheon will be
served.
In services scheduled
tonight at 7:30 Dr. J.G.
Winkler of Hickory is guest
speaker. He was pastor here
f^m 1941-48. And Friday night
at 7:30 Dr. John R. Church,
pastor here from 1928-31, is
scheduled to speak.
Show Is
Tonight
Preliminary talent winners
from the high school wd
junior high will compete for
honors tonight at the Central
Junior High Auditorium at
7:30 p.m.
Entries from the high school
will be The Soul Occasions
Band, The Jet Blues Band,
soloists David Lucas and
Brantley Mercier, baton
twirler Renee Bradley and
pianist Danny Arrowood
Ihe junior high entries are
The Bugle Rock Band,
guitarist and singer Bridget
White and soloist Sonya
McAbee.
The 17th annual Kiwanis
Club Talent Show culminates
several weeks of work and
preliminary talent shows at
the local schools. The prizes
Thursday will be trophies and
there will be two winners from
the high school division and
one winner from junior high.
In the high school division
there will be a group and a
single entry winner.
The elementary school
talent show finals will be held
May 2 at Central and all
winners will be invited, along
with their parents, to dine with
the Kiwanis Club May 9.
All proceeds from the shows
go to various community
projects (d the Kiwanians.
Getting back to the
possiblity of the C of C
disbanding, Hamrick said “if
we let it die, it will be twice as
hard to start it back up as it
would be to keep it going. I
think we ought to hold it
together.”
Tyner added, “I don’t
believe the situation is as bad
as it looks. I think we should
make a good strong tdephone
pitch to the old members and
see what kind of results we
get. If we don’t get results,
then I might favor disban
ding.”
In other business, the C of C:
-Heard a report from Bob
Bradley on a draft of by-law
changes and nominations for
new tirectors. These items
will be voted on at the C of C’s
annual banquet May 23 at 7
CANCER CRUSADE
Local citizens are reminded
the Cancer Crusade begins
Sun., April 28 in Kings
Mountain.
Cancer Memorials can be
made to Mrs. J.E. Herndon of
119 N. Piedmont Ave., phone
739-3267. Mrs. Herndon is the
Kings Mountain chairman of
the Cancer Memorial Fund.
WAGE ADJUSTMENT
Tommy Bridges, personnell
director for Har-Ray Mills and
Grover Industries, announces
a general wage adjustment,
the second since September,
for approximately 1^ hourly
wage employes. 'The increase
is effective May 13.
p.m. at the country club;
-Heard a report on city
maps and the progress of the
city’s coitennial celebration
and tabled the chamber’s
annual golf banquet until a
later meeting;
-Was informed by Sincox
that he had sent a letter of
approval for a dty directory
but that the C of C is not
sponsoring it.
-Set May 14 at 3 p.m. for its
May meeting time.
In a brief meeting last
Fridt'v the Kings Mountain
t Authority voted to
request a represeutativvof the
state health department meet
with the board to discuss
possible problems of health
that might arise concerning
the lake in the future.
Authority Secretary Glee
Bridges said the number of
septic tanks near the lake
shore might be of concern to
the health department.
Bridges said he would like to
Ceil ten n iul Stocks
Are Coin^ On Sale
The executive committee of
the Kings Mountain Cen
tennial Commission will meet
Mon., Apr. 29 at 7:30 p.m. in
the board room at FUNBank
to further complete plans for
Ihe coming celebration.
Also next week, according to
J.C. Bridges, the fund raising
campaign to underwrite initial
costs of the celebration will
get underway.
“We must raise $9,000 to
purchase supplies and articles
which will be sold the public,”
Bridges said. “Articles such
as the bronze and silver
commemorative coins,
fashions, hats, plates, etc.”
Bridges said the campaign
will be in the form of stock
certificate sales. The cer
tificates of $10 or more are
redeemable “if the centennial
concludes with a profit,”
Bridges said. “If the profits
are not as anticipated the
certificates will be
redeemable on a pro rata
share basis.”
Certificates of less than $10
are considered donations to
Ihe centennial fund.
Industrial and business
solicitations will also begin
next week. Carl Devane and
Bob Suber are in charge of
these divisions.
SPONSORS NEEDED
Sponsors or coaches are
needed to help support the
Kings Mountain Little League
baseball program for this
summer. Interested persons
are asked to contact Roy
Pearson or Elmer Ross at 739-
3549.
be sure there would be no
conla 'nination problems later.
Th* board als*) decided "c
diset js a po.'i ole ‘ oackage
deal” for families using the
lake, "nie idea is to make the
fees a bit more enticing
through a family unit deal.
At Friday’s meeting Mayor
John Henry Moss suggested
the board meet Wednesday
(last night) with lake property
owners who have differing
viewpoints on the fee schedule
outlined two weeks ago by the
city commissioners.
(Last night's meeting was
set (00 late to allow coverage
in this week's issue of The
Mirror.)
It was City attorney Jack
White’s suggestion that the
lake authority be the group
these property owners should
meet with to discuss
grievances, rather than the
dty commissioners.
“I understand a large
number of them are planning
to attend Monday’s com
missioner meeting,” White
said last Friday.
Consequently the city
commissioner meeting was
also postponed until tonight at
city ball.
BYPASS HEARING
The design public hearing
for the proposed Kings
Mountain Hwy. 74 bypass will
be held at 7:30 p.m., Thurs.,
May 2 at the Kings Mountain
Armory. District highway
engineer Ken Mauney will be
on hand with maps of Ihe
proposed route.
ON THE SQUARE - WBT-TV personality Doug .Mayes was in
Kings Mountain Tuesday afternoon to listen to the opinions of
KM’ers. Mayes, who is well known for his “On The Square”
excursions was swarmed with residents who wanted to air
Photo by Jay Ashley
their views on various issues. Frank Alioto, of the promotion
department at WBT-TV said the crowd was "one of the largest
we have had for a (own (his size”. Both Alioto and Mayes ex
pressed pleasure with the turnout.