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KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA 28086 THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1975
Election Day Five Months Away
City’s Political Pulse May Be Quickening
.euzabethstcwart
' StaffWriter
Hountain will hold its
election in October,
zh the election is only
ais away, there has
g far little outward
of political activity.
However, the subject is
cropping up in some conversa
tions, usually in the vein,
“Isn’t this election year and
who’s going to run?”
Generally speaking, it is an
ticipated that majority of the
incumbents will seek re-elec
tion.
Mayor John Henry Moss
himself has been non-
commital.
Mayor Pro Tern Jim Amos
says he’s definitely running
again for Ward V Commis
sioner.
Mr. Amos has been men
tioned intermittently during
the past two years as a possi
ble mayoral candidate. Mr.
Amos says he is not a candi
date for Mayor.
Terms of the six ward
commissioners expire in Octo
ber.
Other Ccanmissioners are
Ray Cline, Ward 1; Lloyd E.
son. Ward 3; Don McAbee,
Ward 4; and M. C. Pruette,
Ward 6.
The rumor mill has been
grinding out the names of Ex-
Commissioner Jonas Bridges
in Ward 5, Ex-Commissioner
Norman King and Clyde
Blackwell, a newcomer to the
city political arena, in Ward4;
and Tim Pearson, also a new
comer, in Ward 2.
All the commissioners with
the exception of Comm. Cline
are completing their first
term at City Hall.
Comm. Lloyd Davis said he
probably would offer for re-
election.
Comm. Corbet Nicholson
says it’s a little early to an
nounce.
There was some speculation
from political observers that a
recent inquiry into the sale for
$15 of a used dty-owned mas
ter cylinder to a city com
missioner may have political
overtones whether or not the
matter surfaces at Tuesday
night’s regular dty board
meeting.
All the seats are up for
grabs this election year.
ACT Resolutions
Calendar Approved
Commencement exercises
r 265 KMSHS graduating
niors will begin on Sunday
ith the baccalaureate at 8 p.
inB. N. Barnes Auditorium
id culminate with presenta-
Dn of diplomas May 30th at 8
m, in John Gamble Me-
orial Stadium.
Rev. Clyde Bearden, pastor
First Baptist Church, will
liver the sermon to the
■aduating class and other
linisters of the community
ill participate, on the pro-
am.
swc CHAMPIONS - Here’s the Kings Mountain High base-
Photo By Gary Stewart
Steve Southweli, Scott Ledford, Monte Faiis, Chuck Austin,
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illteam which copped the Southwestern Conference basebaii Chris Johnson, Kevin Ford and 'lim l^icer. Back row, John
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tie this spring with a 14-4 overall record. Players include
St row, left to right, Scott Moss, Hal Glass, Shane Gibson
Kenny bSliles arllji Darreu t^ueen. SacrtEus row
Yarbro, Tony Payne, David Lancaster, Dale Hartsoe, Richard
Gillespie, Steve Lancaster and Kenny Falls.
265 Seniors
Finals Begin Sunday
Girls Choir will sing “Lord
Speak To Me” by Cain and
“God Is My Song” by Ring-
wald.
Mrs. J. N. McClure will play
Elgar’s “Pomp and Circum
stance” for the processional
and recessional of seniors.
The congregation will sing the
hymn, “Joyful, Joyful We
Adore Thee.”
The final exercises on May
30th will feature senior
students on the program. Lou
Ann Blalock will give the
invocation, Joel Cloninger,
president, will be introduced
by junior class representative
Raymon Herndon, the KMSHS
Senior Choir will sing “We
May Never Pass This Way
Again” with Brantley Mercier
as soloist; “You’ll Never Walk
Alone” and “Parting Bless
ing.” Linda MeSwain, senior
class representative, wiU pre
sent the members of the Class
Rev. D. H. Lutz, pastor of
Il-Bethel-Hoey Memorial
lethodist Church, will give
le invocation; Rev. R. D.
lUcas, pastor of Lawndale
'irst Baptist Church, will
eadthe scripture; Rev. Rob-
rt A. Wilson, pastor of Dixon,
I'd Shiloh Presbyterian
liiirches, will present the
Paaker; and Rev. W. L.
idams, pastor of Vestibule
Zion Church, will
renounce the benediction.
The KM Senior High School
Power Shut Off June 1
The City has been advised
by Electrical Consultant W. H.
Little, Jr. that the substation
located on Gaston Street will
have to be shut down for six
hours on Sunday, June 1. The
power outage, which will af
fect 90 percent of the city’s
customers, is scheduled be
tween the hours of 12:30 and
6:30 p. m.
Mr. Little stated “that the
repairs were necessitated due
to vandalism and would nor
mally not be required.”
Mr. Little also stated “that
the city’s customers could
facilitate the restoration of
power if they would limit the
use of electrical appliances for
an hour after power is re
stored.”
In case of inclement weath
er the outage will be resched
uled for Sunday, June 8 at the
same hours.
This Is Marie Moss Week
Students Give Gifts
of 1975 for presentation of
diplomas by Principal J. C.
Atkinson and Supt. Donald
Jones, assisted by Elizabeth
Eaker, Chief Marshal. Karla
Russell, class treasurer, will
present the class of 1975 gift to
George H. Mauney, chairman
of KM District School Board,
accepting for the school. All
class members will join in the
School Song and Cindy
Bridges, class secretary, will
pronounce the benediction.
Senior Class officers are
Joel Cloninger, president; Lou
Ann Blalock, vice presidait;
Cindy Bridges, secretary; and
Karla Russell, treasurer.
Senior sponsors are Mrs.
Bill Bates, Mrs. Ben T. Go
forth, Allen Dixon, Mrs. Jac
queline Lavender, Mrs. Caro
lyn MeWhirter, Mrs. Brenda
Neal, Mrs. Jaquitha Reid and
Cary Osborn.
Junior marshals are Eliza
beth Eaker, Chief; Tommy
Bridges, Jane Campbell,
Donald Carroll, Penny
Greene, Karen Hambright,
Perry Hambright, Kathlynn
Mauney, Barry Poston, Sam
Robinson, Ann Rowell, and
Cindy Swofford.
Class motto is “Keep your
head to the sky”; class colors
are red and white; class flow
er is the red rose; and class
song is “We May Never Pass
This Way Again.”
KM Board of Education
Monday night approved a
school calendar for 1975-76
incorporating several of the
suggestions presented in the
form of a lengthy resolution by
the Association of Classroom
Teachers.
Calling for a duty-free lunch
period and at least one period
each day for professional use
other than teaching, clerical
assistance and record keeping
to relieve teachers of paper
work so they could spend more
time on instruction, and worii-
days spread out over the
entire year and a longer
spring break were among the
15 resolutions taken from two
teacher polls during the year.
The board received the
resolutions without actiai but
representatives of ACT who
^4biided the meeting noted
teat many of the suggestiMis
were im^emented earlier in
the year.
No monetary request was
made.
“We are aware of present
economic conditions”, said
ACT, “and believe that the
needs of Kings Mountain chil
dren must be pointed out and
it is our hope that these resolu
tions will strengthen the posi
tion of our administration and
board in their efforts to
achieve adequate educational
opportunities for our boys and
girls.”
Other requests were that
carpet be installed on the
floors of primary rooms to
facilitate instructional activi
ties; additional involvement
in the method and manner in
which instructional monies
are spent; that scheduling of
extensive in-service work
shops and organizational
meetings (xi extended term
workdays be kept to an ab
solute minimum. When in-
service workshops are sched
uled they should be kept on a
Mayor
Writes
Officials
GROVER MAY QUEEN- Angela Bell was crowned Queen of
Grover School’s annual May Day Monday as students danced
around a traditional May Pole in the sixth annual event. Mem
bers of the Court were Tammy Bolton maid of honor; Lisa
Hambright, flower girl; Philip Cook, crownbearer; and Della
Fortenben-y, Lisa Heafner, Arjuana Curry, Charlotte Logan,
Agnes Littlejohn, and Dawn Hambri^t, attendants.
Harmon Tribute
By School Board
(Please Turn To Page 2A)
Kings Mountain Board of
Education voted a resolution
of appreciation to the late
Martin L. Harmon, Jr.,
Editor-Publisher of the Kings
Mountain Herald 1945-74, at
Monday night’s regular meet
ing.
The board also forwarded
letter of commendation to
Cecil Gilliatt of Shelby, re
cently elected president of the
National School Boards As
sociation.
Mayor John H. Moss
Wednesday addressed letters
to four officials of utility com
panies expressing concern for
the “ever-increasing cost of
utilities to Kings Mountain
citizens.”
The letters have been for
warded to Marvin R. Wooten,
state chairman of the U tilities
Commission; Carl Horn,
president of Duke Power '?o.;
B. F. Skinner, vice-president
of Southern Bell Telephone
Co.; and F. J. Quinn, senior
vice-president of Transcon
tinental Gas Pipeline Corp.
The letter reai:
“I write you regarding my
concern for the ever-in-
creasing cost of utilities to the
citizens.
“Over the last few months, I
have talked to many citizens
about the financial burden
that the cost of electricity,
gas, oil, coal and telephoie
service are imposing upon
their budgets during this
period of national economic
decline
“As a puUic official, I urge
you to assist us in every way
possible by furthering every
effort to hold the line on any
additional increases at this
time. I realize you are
charged with the responsibili
ties of operating your corpora
tions, but I ask you to do all
possible to help in the efforts
to reverse the economic down
turn by adopting a policy of a
moratorium on rate increases
until our economy has re
turned to normal.”
At Commencement
Diplomas To Three
Three Kings Mountain area
students are among the large
number graduating from
colleges and universities this
season.
klsrie Moss has served a
million lunches during
“r 18 years tenure as lunch-,
room manager at Grover
school,
This week is “Marie Moss
1 elementary
& students are
thm presents as
y Visit the lunchroom.
at the end of this
gu I Mrs. Moss says
house? keeping
husband, Dewitt!
1^ She also expects to enjoy
w flower garden.
laff ^’■over
aUrf ** and faculty
'^fover are served nutri-
MRS. DEWITT MOSS
tious meals daily for lunch and
Mrs. Moss also has breakfast
piping hot for 190 hungry
youngsters when they report to
classes. Principal James
Scruggs said the schooTs
breakfast program began
three years ago with 60 stu
dents and has grown to 190 this
year.
Some of the younger chil
dren- brought gifts they had
made at school and home, and
many potted plants.
Grover P-TA took the occa
sion Monday night at the
r^ular meeting to present
Mrs. Moss a handsome silver
tray as an appreciation gift.
The Moss family resides in
the Mt. Paran Community and
are active in Mt. Paran
Baptist Church.
REV. CLYDE BEARDEN
Jane Wallis Yates, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh W.
Yates, Kings Mountain, re-
ceivedher Bachelorof S-cience
in Pharmacy Sunday in
commencement exercises at
the University of North
Carolina in Chapel Hill.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Yates,
Mr. and Mrs. Eric Yates, and
Louis E. Kirby attended the
commencement program, and
were guests of a luncheon
g.en by the Pharmacy
department for parents and
guests.
Cynthia Alexander Wood,
daughter of Postmaster and
Mrs. Charles L. Alexander
and wife of Larry Wood, was
graduated with B. S. in In
termediate Education Sunday
from Gardner Webb College at
Boiling Springs. Mrs. Wood
minored in music.
The Woods reside here
where Mr. Wood is a counselor
with the KM District School
System.
Connie Marie Phifer,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Marriott D. Phifer, of Kings
Mountain, received the A.B.
degree in elementary educa
tion from Erskine College,
Sunday.
Miss Phifer, a 1971 graduate
of KMHS, was a member of
Chi Lambda Sigma and the
Dean’s List while at Erskine.
South Carolina Attorney
General Danid McLeod gave
the commencement address
as South Carolina’s oldest
four-year denominational
college closed its 136th year.
JANE YATES
CONNIE PHIFER
CINDY WOOD