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KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA 28086 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20,1975
}pen Hearing Tonight
'ublic Ideas Asked
Project Funding
tonight at 7:30 Kings Mountain
lens will be called on f(ff their ideas
Iftiture community projects,
the public hearing at city hall is to
ss the needs of this city and its
Iple in urban development and
Isibilities of expanded social,
■nomic and cultural opportunities.
Isecond public hearing, Thurs., Feb.
1 be held covering the same
■imd, but with, “hopefully, aU new
Iple,” Mayor John H. Moss said.
|We will try to expand public service
[opportunities beyond the traditional
lotions of protecting people and
jerty,” Mayor Moss said, “to include
designed to shape urban
lelopment, social, economic and
^ral opportunities.
IVecan only do this through greater
Sen participation in governmental
rs,” the mayor continued, “through
Jicipation only can we improve
ining and management capabilities
Eh emphasize policy planning, per-
iiance budgeting, program
Etoring and evaluation of systems.
“To accomplish the job of total com-
mumty development,” he continued, “we
must improve on the use of our resources
- people living in Kings Mountain.”
Over the next five years Kings
Mountain is credited to receive $4,160,000
as a hold harmless entitlement com
munity. The city qualifies for these funds
based on past funding under the Title
One, Housing and Community
Development Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-
383). This act provides a new program of
community development block grants.
“Beginning July 1,1975 and each July 1
for thefive year period,” the mayor said,
“the city can apply for part of this
money. The schedule calls for $1,040,000
for the first three years; $693,000 the
fourth year and $347,000 the fifth year.”
The mayor said these funds have no
strings attached.
“So me of the money may or may not be
used within some of the city’s continuing
development programs,” Moss said.
“What we anticipate is the creation of
more and newer programs that will
benefit our community. And this is where
the citizen input at these two public
hearings will be invaluable.”
Mayor Moss said the city’s
organizations; housing authority,
planning and zoning boards, human
relations group, citizens advisory group,
redevelopment, arts council, dean up
committee, and the summer youth job
committee, will have a say in the
spending of these funds, “but so will all
citizens at large who will contribute.”
Besides the $4,160,000, Kings Mountain
now has apiiication approval pending on
$773,083 in federal grants for the sewer
project and $500,900 in grants from theU.
S. Commerce Department under the
Economic Development Act Ihiring the
unemployed).
To date Kings Mountain has been
approved and received $12,171,055, lees
$W,000 for the peak shaving plant.
Receipt of this grant is expected soon,
however.
The $12 million-plus has come into the
city during almost eight years of funding
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Employes hoofing Off
Accident
iByTOMMclNTYRE
Tditor, Mirror-Herald
[recent weeks eight aty
loyes have been layed off
pe of economic cut-
. bast week three new
loyfts reported to W'ork at
|jobs.
y afternoon four
pical department on-
fcs were “goofing off”
lUie old city lake off York
Ind met with an accident
pity vehicle, sustaining an
pled $2,000 in damages,
|io personal injuries.
Pse incidents were
ptosuggest to ward five
Missioner James Amos
a special board meeting
[needed to provide some
jers.
fcdnesday morning in
P'' John H. Moss’ office
I "’ith the may or and
fflissioners Lloyd Davis,
Nicholson and Don
0 to get the answers,
ie emdoyes involved in
“y’s accident. Line
pan James Hawkins,
|Qack,L,B.England and
py Hawkins, were called
in by electrical department
supervisor Harry Wilson to
explain the incident. James
Hawkins said they were near
the old city lake “goofing off,
which is wdiat Art (Arthur
Sanders, job foreman) has
told us to do many times when
we finish a job with only a
short time left before the day
ends.”
Jimmy Hawkins, driver of
the line truck Tuesday, said,
“The truck overturned on the
slick mud covering the narrow
road near the lake. It just
slipped off the road and
flipped over.”
The electrical department
employes all agreed they have
been told to kill time when a
job is finished and there is not
enough time left in the work
day to begin another job,
without going into overtime.
In the matter of the three
new city employes. Mayor
Moss was handed the question
and answered, “These three
new people were hired and
will be paid under the public
service manpower program.
They are not costing the dty
one red penny.”
The employes, who will administration; Marvin
remain wilh the city six Wright, maintenance, urban
months under the manpower beautification; and Billy H.
p-ogram, include Joe Ann
McDaniel, secretarial work- (Please Turn To Page9 A)
Services Tuesday
For D.M. Peeler
Graveside funeral services
for Drace Miller Peeler, 54,
former president of Elmer
Lumber Company, were
conducted Tuesday morning
at 11 o’clock from Mountain
Rest Cemetery.
Rev. Paschal Waugh, his
pastor, officiated.
Mr. Peeler succumbed at
his home at Woodbridge
Sunday at 6 p. m. of an ap
parent heart attack. He was
pronounced dead on arrival at
Kings Mountain Hospital.
Born Mar. 12, 1920 in Greer,
S. C., he was son of Mrs. Pearl
Drace Peeler of Kings
Mountain and the late B. S.
Peeler, Kings Mountain
lumberman for many years.
At his death, he was sales
representative for Barger Mill
Works, Inc. of Statesville.
He was a member of Central
United Methodist Church,
Gastonia Elks Club and Kings
Mountain Civitan Qub. A
graduate of Kings Mountain
High School, he attendedN. C.
State College and was a
civilian instructor in the Army
Air Corps during World War
11.
Surviving, in addition to his
mother, are his wife, Mrs.
Louise Flowe Peeler; their
son, Joseph Scott Peeler, of
the home; and his brother, B.
S. Peeler, Jr.
Photo By Lib Stewart
ROTARY PROGRAM - U. S. Congressman to right are Kyle Smith, program chairman;
JamesT.Broyhill of Lenoir made the address Congressman and Mrs. Broyhill and Kings
at Thursday’s Rotary Qub meeting. From left Mountain Mayor John Moss.
Broyhill Tells Rotarians
Patience, Sacrifice
Energy Problem End
U. S. Congressman Jim
Broyhill told Kings Mountain
Rotarians Thursday that
patience and sacrifice is the
answer to the nation’s energy
problem.
The seventh-term member
of the U. S. House of
Representatives made the
address at thenoon meetingat
the Country Club.
He was accompanied by his
wife, Louise, his chauffeur for
his 10th District tour while
Congress is recessed.
Rep. Broyhill expressed
himself as much displeased
with the Congress for
scheduling a recess at this
critical time in the country.
A member of the special
sub-committee studying the
energy problem, Broyhill
admits leaning to the
President’s plan for solving
the energy problem - that of
higher taxes - rather than
rationing. He said he wasn’t in
full agreement with President
Ford but called on Congress to
do away with bickering and
partisanship.
He called for the country to
return to “pay as you go”
budgeting once the current
business slump and inflation is
brought under control. He said
“we must put a stop to deficit
spending” and declared that
the $52 billion deficit budget is
necessary to strengthen the
economy and expressed the
hope that Congress wouldn’t
add to the deficit with any new
problems.
The sacrifice proposal,
Broyhill says, would be the
use of less petrolaim while
American industry attempts
to find new sources. Oil import
prices have increased by 400
percent over (he period of 12
months and the dollar drain is
being felt at home, he said.
Broyhill called the transfer of
Western wealth to the Middle
East “the most dramatic
transfer of wealth in the
history of the world.” “If all
Western nations reduce their
oil consumption and create
new sources the pressure
would decrease the prices now
being charged by the oil
producing cartel”, he said in
reply to a question.
“How vulnerable we are”,
he said, “to the demands of
these countries which control
so much of our energy needs.”
The Congressman chided
the press for preaching “too
much doom and gloom” and
said that America’s great
strength shouldn’t be
overlooked, alluding to many
programs which now protect
the people which didn’t during
the Great Depression.
“Let’s save a little of every
dollar, as an individual and as
a country”, he said.
To a question, Broyhill said
the Ford Administration is
“more open” than the Nixon-
Administration and that the
change in attitude is turning
more duties to Cabinet of
ficers where it once was left
solely in the White House. He
FOOD BANK HOURS
Hours of operation of the
Kings Mountain Food Bank
for the Needy are 10 until noon
and 2 until 4 p. m. Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays at
the Kings Mountain Com
munity Center. Rev. Frank
Shirley, pastor of Temple
Baptist Church, is chairman
of the Ministerial Association -
sponsored project. Ministers
are distributing “menu slips”
to needy for a week’s su^Jly of
groceries.
15
said he approves.
To a question from a
minister who wanted to know
if it is true that immorality is
rampant in high government
circles, Broyhill said leaders
of the country are only
mirrors of the country itself
and that he disagrees with a
statement that immorality is
rampant. He said he had the
greatest admiration for the
people with whom he has been
associated in government.
Broyhill said he had never
voted for foreign aid and that
“it’s high time we spent
available monies on our own
needs”.
He said he would vote to
repeal the Rhodesia boycott
amendment on the foreign aid
bill.
Kyle Smith introduced
Congressman Broyhill.
President Bob Webster
welcomed Richard Greene as
a new member.
Fish-Kill
Fine Will
Be Talked
A $1,739 fine for a fish-kill at
Moss Lake will be discussed at
Monday’s city commissioners
meeting.
The fine was sla{^ed on the
city by the N. C. Departmeni
of Air and Water Resources
for the fish-kill investigated at
the city’s reservoir in Sept.
’74.
“We certainly feel
obligated,” Mayor John H.
Moss said this week.” We will
evaluate and discuss the mat
ter with the air and water re
sources representatives.”
The city wa s issued no tice 0 f
the fine on Jan. 14 and was
given 30 to 60 days to pay the
fine, which was computed
from laboratory and investi
gation costs and from an esti
mate of the value of the fish
killed, plus the cost to replace
them.
About 2,000 fish were killed
on Sept. 18, 1974, when a
broken chemical line leaked
almost a ton of alum into the
city water supply. The line
was broken when a ladder was
accidentally dropped on it at
the filtering plant.
Morgan
Dinner Set
March 7
An appreciation dinner,
sponsored by Cleveland and
Rutherford county friends of
United States Senator Robert
Morgan, will be held Fri.,
Mar. 7.
The dinner is scheduled to
start at 6:30 p. m. at the
Country Coliseum on U. S.
Hwy. 74 at MooresDoro, ana
will be followed by dancing
with music by the Ray Led
ford Combo.
Tickets to the $7.50 per plate
affair, which includes both the
dinner and the dance, have
been placed cm sale in both
counties. The ticket
distribution is being handled
by Willard Boyles of Kings
Mountain and Wayne Smith of
Rutherford County. The two
men were county campaign
managers for Morgan in last
year’s elections.
The two-county Ap
preciation Night is one of
several being sponsored by
Morgan supporters in various
parts of the state and are
designed to help the senator
pay off a substantial cam
paign debt remaining from the
primary and general election
of 1974. Morgan will be present
and will speak at the affair.
Dennis Huff stickler of KM
ffl
A
l'"*'*"ftstickieradm- musician
■ * Won as a ***** many
** “•‘S^uist and pianist.
Photo By Gary Stewart
Huffstickler’s trying out for a Tommy Fade
talent hunt Saturday and hopes to land a spot
on one of Faile’s television shows.
If No One Else, God Can Enjoy His Music
Dennis Huffstickler needs a
te-eak.
Maybe that break is coming
Saturday when he auditions
for the Tommy Faile Talent
Hunt. If he is selected he’ll get
exposure on the WBTV-Faile
show.
The 22-year old Kings
Mountian has a super musical
talent according to Mrs. Millie
Warren, who has taken the
young man as a project. “If
there’s anyway I can possiMy
dk) it I will see that Dennis has
a chance to display his
musical talent for all the
world to hear.”
Dennis has had some public
exposure, accompanying
contestants in beauty
pageants, winning the KM
Kiwanis Talent Show three
times running, aj^earing with
Dave Craig and The Country
Masters on WSPA-TV’s
“Carolina Country Show,” but
so far the music world is not
beating his door down with
offers.
Unlike many young
musicians today, Dennis
didn’t grab a guitar out of
boredom and begin making
noise in the garage when he
was a teenager. His studies
began on piano when he was
four years old. He took up the
organ at age seven. At first he
began picking out tunes all by
his lonesome.
When he was eight years old
Mrs. Anney Jolley, then a
church organist, b^an giving
him free lessons. She noticed
the youngster watching her
every move as she played in
church. Dennis always made
sure he was close enough
during the service to watch
her play the organ.
The lessons lasted six years
and Dennis was allowed to
practice on Mrs. Jolley’s
piano. She is now a rest home
resident where Dennis faith
fully visits her.
In high school Dennis
continued piano lessons,
practicing on the church
organ, then finally playing the
organ in church services.
Country music pianist Floyd
Cramer’s “First Date” was
Dennis’ biggest inspiration.
He bought the record, listened
to it over and over again until
he could duplicate the Cramer
piano style. It was with this
song and Cramer’s style that
Dennis copped his first place
in the local Kiwanis show.
Since his graduation from
high school and employment
at Threads Inc. of Gastonia,
Dennis has cut a record at
Arthur Smith Studios of “Last
Date.” It cost him $160 for the
session and 300 records. He
sold 250 of them and gave the'
rest to radio stations.
Shortly after he went to
work at the Gastonia textile
plant Dennis was approached
by Bettye Cobb of Bessemer
City about playing for her
during her talent number in
that city’s Jaycee pageant.
With his arrangement and her
singing Bettye won the
pageant. Dennis went un
noticed.
He also accompanied Bettye
in the Bessemer City Golden
Hours Pageant, which she
won. After her entry in the
Miss N. C. Pageant, Dennis
bowed out. He could take a
week off from his job to stay
with Bettye in Charlotte. She
took Dennis’ arrangements
for someone to play, but it
wasn’t the same.
The BC Jaycees, recog
nizing a good thing when
It happens, asked Dennis to
provide the music for their
pageant the year after Bettye
won and the same year Hunter
Huss high officials sought him
out to provide the music for a
womanless beauty pageant
(hey were staging.
Millie Warren got interested
in Dennis after hiring him to
I^ay for her son’s wedding.
“He poured his heart and love
into the music,” she said.
“Since then I have been
determined to help him in
someway to go places with his
music. At one point he told me
he was ready to sell his organ
and give up m the music. I
told him what he has is a God-
given talent and if no one else
cares, God could enjoy
Dennis’ music.”
Somewhere along the way
Dennis has dropped Cramer’s
style and is developing his own
- and that might just be the
thing that brings him a change
in luck.