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OL. 86 NO. 13
Cleveland County's Modern Newsweekly''
KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA 28086 THURSDAY, APRIL 3,1975
bird public hearing - This small group of citizens
e present at city hall Tuesday night for the third and final
ring on expenditure of the city’s $4,160,000 in Community
Photo By Tom McIntyre
Development Funds. Mayor Moss read the projects listed in
the HUD application, which commissioners approved.
Citizens Can Now Buy
HUD Flood Insurance
'he U. S. Department of
lousing and Urban Develop
ment announced today that
ective Mar. 31, Kings
iiinf.-'hn has been accepted
ito -.ne Nation--, flooid In-
■anco -'Tograr
'ayoi i.;, Moss said
^ee to foot ..i 3 in Kings
untain lia'-'e been 'h signat-
flood areas, " ihese areas
home for niany Kings
^'ijntians wm, nave suffered
property damage through
heavy surface water
drainage. For this reason the
dtj made application to be
included in the HUD National
flood Insurance Program.”
j^he approval of the city to
' the program, according to the
mayor’s reports, is another
first for Kings Mountain and
■rounding area.
“The program means citi
zens here in flood areas can
now buy flood insurance
protection at affordable fed-
ernljy-subsidized rates,” said
M.iyor Moss. '‘And the ex
panded progt.im now .offers
more extensive coverage au
thorized by the 1973 Flood Dis
aster Protection Act.”
In the approval cover letter
to the mayor, Acting Federal
Insurance Administrator J.
Robert Hunter, said this na
tional program is the best way
of protecting property owners,
while easing the burden on the
general public.
“Since flood insurance is
now available,” he added,
“the law requires that it must
be purchased by owners of
property in areas identified as
flood-prone by HUD, in order
to be eligible for virtually all
forms of Federal or federally-
related financial assistance
for building purposes in those
areas.
“This would include FHA or
VA mortgages, loans from the
Small Business Adminis
tration, or loans from any
federally-regulated or super
vised banks and savings and
loan institutions.”
While flood insurance is
available to all residents of the
community, Mr. Hunter
emphasized that the Federal
economic sanctions against
building assistance will not
apply to properly outside the
danger zones.
Under the expanded pro
gram, broader coverage can
be obtained for ail buildings
and their contents. The limit
of insurance for single-family
homes is now $35,000, and
$100,000 for other residential
and nonresidential buildings,
at the subsidized rate of 25
cents per $100 of coverage.
The rate goes to 40 cents per
$100 for non-residential
buildings.
The contents of all residen
tial buildings can be insured
up to $10,000 per unit at 35
cents per $100 of coverage,
and the rate does to 75 cents
per $100 for the contents of all
nonresidential structures up
to a maximum of $100,000 in
coverage per unit.
Policies are effective im^'":
diately during the first 30 oy s
the insurance becomes availa
ble. After the first 30 days,
there is a 15-day waiting
period.
The policies can be pur
chased from any licensed
local property insurance
agent or broker. The Kemper
Insurance, 1229 Greenwood
Cliff, Charlotte, has been
designated as the flood in
surance servicing company
for this area. Agents and
brokers may obtain policy
forms, rates, flood insurance
manuals, and any other neces
sary information from this
company.
On Dean’s List
GREENVILLE, S. C. -
Rebecca Ann Birmingham,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G.
V. Birmingham Jr. of Kings
Mountain, was included in the
winter term dean’s list at Fur
man University.
Dean’s list is comprised of
John Griffin
Shelbian Heads Drive
BAN WESTMORELAND
Westmoreland
To Be Installed
At Convention
John D. Griffin has been
named chairman of the Cleve
land County Unit, American
Cancer Society’s educational
and fund-raising Crusade in
April when the theme will be:
“We Want to Wipe Out Cancer
in Your Lifetime.”
of
in-
'ean Westmoreland
Ip Mountain will be du
alled as president of North
Association of
ipucators at Greensboro Fri.,
Apr. 11.
J^he installation of officers
climax the Apr. 9-11 fifth
®nual convention of NCAE
uled for the Greensboro
,U)hseum.
, ^peakers at the closing
^sion of the convention will
“ U. Gov. James B. Hunt,
JamesHarris, president of the
i^tional Education
•aociation, and
supt. of
Ration.
(for the past year West-
A. Craig
public in-
Mwelan^ a Kings Mountain
or High teacher, has
as NCAE vice
Griffin, whose appointment
was announced by Edgar B.
Hamilton, ACS President will
lead local volunteers in a
countywide effort to help
teach families how to protect
themselves against cancer.
Our volunteers will ask for
support of the Society’s vital
programs on behalf of re
search, public education and
professional education and
service to the cancer patient.
‘“rhe promise of research is
so great,” the new Crusade
Chairman said.” The 1975
Crusade will be one of the
most important ever. The
dedicated people in the
laboratories, the men, women
and children suffering from
cancer today, and our hopes
for the future all depend on
our willingness to support the
cancer fight.”
Under his leadership ap
proximately 1,000 volunteers
will visit friends and neigh
bors and businesses in Cleve
land County. They will dis
tribute this year’s Crusade
leaflet, a cancer quiz, testing
the public’s awareness of
ways to protect themselves
against cancer.
“Our local volunteers are
part of an army of 2,300,000
American Cancer Society
Projects Outlined
Fund Application
Approved, to HUD
By TOM McINTYRE
Editor, Mirror-Herald
At Tuesday night’s third and
final hearing on expenditures
of the city’s $4,160,000 in com
munity development funds,
citizens learned that all, but
two of the requests made in
prior hearings, have been in
cluded in the fund application.
One project, a local airport,
is not eligible under the guide
lines, but a s^arate aj^lica-
tion for a study grant is being
submitted on the project. 'The
second request, a skating rink,
is still under study by the
Department of Housing and
Urban Development as to
ehgibility.
The 13-project, 178-page
application contains a break
down on priority programs
and the budgets requested for
each during the first year of
funding. Most of the projects
are projected for three years,
but it was indicated the ma
jority can be completed in two
years.
The projects are:
(1) Water improvements,
doubling treatment capacity
at^ the T. J. Ellison Water
- iant - $532,500 CDP - $177,500
-state; (2) Community Center
improvements, acoustical up
grading - $15,000 CDP; (3)
Recreation in low and
moderate income areas (Deal
St., Davidson Park and Mar-
grace Rd. Parlj) - $26,200 CDP
- $26,200 Bureau, Outdoor
Recreation (BOR).
(4) Central business district
site improvements: (a) elec
tric installation of primary,
secondary wiring under
ground - $92,000 CDP -$61,574
city: (b) water distribution
replacements and-or reloca
tion of lines - $16,000 CDP: (c)
storm sewers installations -
$3,000 CDP: (d) landscaping -
$5,000 CDP: and (e) purchase
of property and site im
provements - $120,000 CDP.
(5) Urban beautification -
$30,000 CDP - $3,000 private
(in-kind): Site improvements,
Burlington-Phenix area. Mar-
grace area, BVD area and
North School area - $3,000 city
(in-kind): Sidewalk construc
tion - $9,000 CDP.
(6) Library facility im
provements for handicapped
and aged, restrooms - $4,400
CDP: Ramps, paved walk
way, other facilities - $3,500
CDP; (7) Development of
program for senior citizens
and handicaj^ed - $25,000
CDP - $8,000 state; (8) Pro
gram administration and co
ordination - $40,000 CDP; (9)
Home based child care pro
gram - $5,000 CDP; (10) Cul
tural and educational pro
grams aimed at low and
moderate income and youth to
include crafts and summer
$5,000 CDP - $5,000
program
state.
(11) Site improvements,
Cansler St. project (a) sani
tary Sewer - $27,000 CDP, (b)
storm drainage - $29,000 (IIDP,
(c) grading - $8,600, (d) street
lighting - $2,000, and (e) elec
trical distribution - $6,000;
(12) Kings Mountain Develop
ment Office - $10,000; and (13)
Planning and management
development - $25,800.
Appearing at the public
hearing Tuesday were Tom
Harper, director of KM
Housing Authority, Gene
White, director, KM Re
development Commission,
Rev. Kenneth George, pro
grams for aged, John DEling,
on bowling lanes project, Mrs.
Willie Marable, KM Improve
ment Association, Wilson
Griffin, central businessmen
Officers Will Be
Elected Tuesday
Directors of Kings Mountain
Chamber of Commerce and
Merchants Association will
meet Tues., Apr. 8 for a lunch
eon at the country club to in
stall new directors and elect
offices for the new year.
Membership of the merged
organizations will hold an
annual meeting at the country
clubMon., Apr. 21 at7:30p. m.
for reports on the past year
and projects for next year.
Under the new by-laws the
general membership is not
called on to approve directors.
“This was done when mem
bers of the chamber and mer
chants group returned ballots
mailed out in recent weeks,”
said Chamber President Carl
DeVane. “The ■ mailout also
included a breakdown of the
new bylaws governing the
merged organizations.” '
Directors recommended to
the memberships included
Lynn Cheshire, Ragan Har
per, Charles Mauney, Max
Mayhue, Glee Bridges, Jim
Dickey, W. S. (Corky) Fulton
111, Euliss Freeman, Charles
Alexander, Bob, Kingery, Bill
Grissom and Ronnie Plum
mer.
Immediate past presidents
will be Devane and Mickey
Bell.
From these directors the
new officers will be elected in
next Tuesday’s meeting. New
bylaws call for the election of
president, president-elect
full-time undergraduate
students who earn a grade
point average of 3.2 or better
on Furman’s four-point
system. The list is compiledat
the end of each of Furman’s
three terms.
JOHN GRIFFIN
volunteers mobilized for the
1975 Crusade. 'This is probably
one of the greatest volunteer
forces in history, Griffin said.
“We want to take cancer out of
the medical books and put it
into the history books as
something that afflicted
people a long time ago.”
A native of Monroe, Griffin
has lived in Shelby 13 years.
He is a partner of Shelby
Supply Company. Griffin and
two of his sons, David and Scot
reside at 714 Ridgeview Dr. a
third son, Mike, is a senior at
UNC-Chapel Hill. They are
members of Shelby Pres
byterian Church, where Griff
in is presently serving as Eld
er.
Griffin is Past Director and
Member of Shelby Rotary
Club. Past Director and cur
rently serving as President, of
the Cleveland County Boys
Club. He is a member of
Shelby Elks Qub and VFW.
He served four years in the U.
S. Navy and was discharged
as,a Chief Petty Officer.
In 1968, Griffin was selected
to serve on the Presidents
Council of American Institute
of Management and still is a
member of this council.
WwM.
representative, Roy Pearson,
city recreation director, and
Tom McIntyre, KM Arts
Council.
Each briefly updated citi
zens and commissioners on in
dividual projects. Harper re
emphasized the importance of
constructing the proposed 90
(or 82) public housing units in
the Cansler St. area. White
pointed out the great need for
895 new housing units in the
city and cited the goal for this
first year as 165 to be con
structed. He reported that KM
has 3,148 housing units and of
that number 1,634 are rated
substandard. At least half of
that number are considered
economically unfeasible for
upgrading. White said in the
past five years the KMRC has
demolished 500 units and only
225 units have been built to re
place them.
McIntyre told the hearing
audience that application for
up to $5,000 has been made to
the North Carolina Arts Coun- ■
cil to finance a summer pro
gram for the community and
added that plans for ongoing
arts projects are now being
considered.
Mayor John H. Moss told the
gathering, “I feel we now have
the wherewithal! (CD funds)
to achieve the tasks we’ve
only been able to talk about
before. We are about to see the
development of our city and I
think citizens can now recog
nize the importance of their
continued participation in the
planning stages.”
The city commissioners
voted to submit the applica
tion to HUD. Action is ex
pected within 75 to 90 days.
Mayor Moss said “as these
projects are funded there will
be further meetings to iron out
final details to get the wcyk
started.”
and second vice president
prior to the annual meeting.
CAN IT BE? - Gary Stewart happened to be
on hand the other day with his trusty camera
when he spotted this unusual sight over the
treetops in Kings Mountain. He quickly
Photo By Gary Stewart
whipped up thecamera and recorded it for pos
terity. To discover what the UFO actually is,
turn to the sports pages in today’s Mirror-
Herald.
Park
Review
Planned
A public review of the
master plan for Crowder’s
Mountain State Park will be
heldon Apr. 8, at 7:30 p. m. in
the library of Gaston College,
Gastonia.
Park planners from the
North Carolina Department of
Natural and Economic
Resources will present the
proposed master plan.
The 1,062 acre State Park is
undeveloped and located
seven miles southwest of
Gastonia.
The proposed master plan
calls for development of a
wilderness theme based on the
interpretation of the area’s
physical features, cultural
and natural history, and local
ecology.
As an alternative to the
more highly developed paiks
in the area, the Crowder’s
Mountain plan calls for low
intensity recreation
development providing for
hike-in camping, boating,
picnicking, and an emphasis
on the establishment of an
environmental interpretation
program.
REVIVAL PLANNED
Second Baptist Church is
planning a revival for Apr. 21-
27 with Jerome Cash, minister
of the gospel and student at
Gardner-Wd)bColl^e, will be
the evangelist. Rev. Eugene
Land is pastor of Second Bap
tist Church.