^CPA Award jfinning Newspaper KJMG&JWOUMTAltl MIRROBHEIALD 15 g{ NO. 11 "(leveland County's Modern Newsweeklv " KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA 28086 THURSDAY, MARCH 13,1975 Polls Open 6:30 A.M. - 7:30 P.M. ABC Referendum Tuesday ByTOMMclNTYRE Editor, Mirror-Herald ,ill next TMesday’s ABC erendumtealopsidedvic- , one way or the other. f will it be too close to 2ofboth“w^s”and «»feel the count will be very close. Both factions have worked equally as hard get ting Kings Mountians out to register, but neither has made any great public appeals to vote for or against the issue. The registration books indi cate 1,164 new voters reg istered for this special election Mar. 18, raising the total count of voters to 4,128. Mrs. Betty Mercier of the Kings Mountain Elections Board, said, “That official figure might be off one or two because we found a couple of names listed twice, but the overall count will not be affected to any great de gree.” Just how many local voters OFFICIAL BALLOT NO^ Special Elec^i^^^ City of Kin unfain, orft Carolina 18th, 1975 OR CONTROL STORES Instructions 1. To vote for or against the establishment of^ municipal liquor control stores, make a cross (x) mark at the left of your choice. 2. Ifyoutearordefaceorwrongly mark this ballot, return it to the registrar and get another. VOTE FOR ONE FOR, MUNICIPAL LIQUOR CONTROL STORES AGAINST MUNICIPAL LIQUOR CONTROL STORES THOMAS L. BENNETT, Chairman Kings Mountain Board of Electicms OFFICIAL BALLOT NO. 2 Special Election^^^ City of Kings ModtimJn, North (^FF^^^SE) sale of BEVERAGES AND ^ UNFORTIFIED WINE INSTRUCTIONS 1. To vote for or against off premise sale of malt beverages cLice make a cross (x) mark at the left of your ^^^***’ tearor deface or wrongly mark this ballot, return it ‘0 the registrar and get another. VOTE FOR ONE FOR (OFF PREMISE) SALE OF MALT leverages and unfortified wine against (OFF PREMISE) SALE OF MALT beverages and UNFORTIFIED WINE will go to the polls next Tues day is open to conjecture, ac cording to many residents who remember the ABC referen dum back in the 1960’s. The special election next Tuesday, unlike the ’60’s elec tion, was forced by petition bearing 25 percent of the total number voting in the last mu- nici{Ml election. This was possible under a 1%9 General Assembly session law. Voters next Tuesday will be handed two ballots. Number one is for or against an ABC package store. Number two is for or against sale of off-pre mise malt beverages and un fortified wine. In this election voters could pass both issues, defeat both issues, or pass one and defeat the second. Voters should note that the two ballots given them next Tuesday will read “For” in the first block and “Against” in the secorld block. All of the ballots will run this way with out being alternated. The polls open Tues., Mar. 18 at 6:30 a. m. and close at 7:30 p. m. As in other elections, voters will cast their ballots at poll ing places in their respective wards. Polls, registrars and judges by wards are: Ward one (City HaU): Nell Cranford, registrar - Mar garet White and John White, judges; ward two (American Legion Post): James Adams, registrar - Mrs. Fred Dixon and Mrs. Humes Houston, judges; ward three (East School): Mrs. Dick Ware, registrar - Peggy Hord and Mrs. Roy Pearson, judges. Ward four (North School): Francis White, registrar - Annie Murphy and Clyde BlackweU, judges; ward five :Armory): Becky Cook, regis trar - Matoka Campbell and Katherine Wilson, judges; and ward six (KM Senior High): Betty Spears, registrar - Alma Sellers and Audrey Dickey, judges. THOMAS L. BENNETT, Chairman Kings Mountain Board of Elections For Public Housing Units City Applying For Solar Heat demonstration Grant Chamber Bylaws In Mail The combined members of the Kings Mountain Chamber of Commerce and Merchants Association will soon receive a set of revised by-laws for the merged operations. Also the meihbership will receive the nominees to serve as directors for the coming year. Carl DeVane, chamber president, said “we expect flie members to report bade by the end of this month on the bylaws and director nomi nees. The bylaws must be ap proved before the directors can be elected and the direc tors must elect officers prior to the annual meeting. That meeting has been scheduled for Mon., Apr. 21 at 7:30 p. m. at Kings Mountain Country Club. Those nominated as direc tors of the combined organiza tions are Lyn Cheshire, Ragan Harper, Charles Mauney and Max Mayhue for terms to ex pire in 1976; Charles Alexand- (Please Turn To Page 2A) I I 9 l A- ' ; A FOGGY GRIND - Early Tuesday morning the fog settled in on Kings Mountain and scenes like this one with a truck straining up E. King Set For Friday Night Barnes Auditorium Dedication Ceremony Is An Entertainment Dedication ceremonies of the B. N. Barnes Auditorium at Kings Mountain Senior High willbehdd Fri., Mar. 14 at 7:30 p. m. The 1,000-seat theater is named in honor of the former Kings Mountain District Schools superintendent. “We’veplanneda somewhat different dedication cere mony,” said Supt. Don Jones. ‘We’ll have the usual welcom- Lig talk and some informa tional dialogue, but that’s vhere the usual routine ends.” Jones said the program, vhich will blend visuals with sound, live performers sing- ng, dancing, playing musical instruments, was designed to “showoff the auditorium to give the public some idea of what can be done of an enter tainment nature here.” Members of the school faculty, band, chorus and stu dent groups will be working with private citizens from the community to put on the show. The dedication program will be the initial use of the new facility. The junior high ninth grade and senior high Blazer Bands will perform in concert there Tues., Mar. 18 and early in May The Kings Mountain Arts Couned, KM Little Thea tre and Performing Arts Guild of Rutherford County will pre sent two performances of “Carousel” on the 35 by 70 foot stage. “We’ve sent out invitations to a large group of people and we do have some free tickets available to anyone in the community who wishes to at tend Friday’s program,” Jones said. “We will give the tickets on a first come, first serve basis. “We want the public to make full use of the Barnes Auditorium in the future,” Jones said. “It is an ideal place for programs of a crea tive nature and could be a cultural center for our com munity.” Kings Mountain is filing application for a demonstration grant for solar heat designing and installation in homes . constructed by the local housing authority. “We’re one of the first communities in the United States to file such an application,’’ said Mayor John H. Moss. “And if approved Kings Mountain would be one of the first with homes heated by solar heat.” The application is being made to the Department of Housing and Urban Develop ment, Washington, D. C. Technicians feel solar heat is the most economical, most ad vanced method of home heating in America. Mayor Moss said should the grant be ap- E roved the local ousing authority’s architects, Tomberlin and Associates of Atlan ta, would work closely with HUD in designing the solar heat system to be installed in the public housing here. Tom Harper, housing authority director, expressed interest in the system particularly for the units designed for senior citizens. Bloodmobile Visit Tuesday The Red Cross bloodmobile will visit Kings Mountain Senior High School Tuesday in a visit sponsored by the Future Homemakers of America, Key Club and Distributive Education Qubs of America. A trophy will be presented to the club at KMSHS with the most donors. Donors will be processed from 10 until 4 and all citizens are encouraged to “give a pint of blood.” Only 17 and 18-year-old students are eligible to become donors and 17-year-olds only eligible if parents sign a consent form, said a spokesman. Photo By Gary Stewart St. were common. Vehicles materialized from the mists like ghosts following haloed headlight beams. KM Schools Employ 15 Under Job Bill Kings Mountain District Schools has received a second allotment under the Federal manpower act providing jobs for the unemfdoyed. Supt. Donald Jones was notified a $16,468 ' allotment has been released for use in the local school employment program. The first sum totaled $8,636.51. The KM schools now employ 15 area men and women; 10 in maintenance, two in clerical and three in school food serv ice. Employed in the mainten ance department are Luther Whitener, Reginald Lovelace, J. K. Brooks, Luther Ware, Benjamin Brown, Issac Patterson, William Childers, Robert Costner and Mark George. The two employed in cleri cal duties are Delane Guyton and Diana Allen. The school food service employes are Mary Greene, Scott Owens and Jack Ben nett. The employment will last through the remainder of the school year.

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