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Page 2A MIRROR-HERALD—Diursday, July 17, 1975 Board Approves 9.6 Percent Gas Uppag^ j ASHLEY’S MANAGER -— Don Blackard has recently been named Regional Sales Manager for Ashley’s Outlet Stwe, a chain of over 100 stores. Blackard, whose home base is Siler City, North Carolina, will be supervising many stores in North and South Carolina. Blackard (left) is shown with Ashiey President J. P. Collins (center) and Gene Reid, Director of Field Operations. Leonard Under Attack (From Page lA) can’t see anything being done for us.” ;Mayor Moss noted ’“as soon as we get the community de velopment program mo ving in about 6-8 weeks I think we’ll see some changes.” Getting back to the subject of Leonard, one woman said she wanted to hear each com missioner’s thoughts of Leonard’s qualifications for the job of public works su perintendent. Ward Six commissioner Ray Cline said he was not present when Leonard was hired and “I know nothing of his qualifications.” Lloyd Davis added “I think he has some good qualifica tions. We had no applications and he had done an excellent job as codes director. We met down there in his office and asked him if he’d take the job and I (hink he has made us a good one.” James A. Peavy THE PORTRAIT WAGONS LIVING COLOR 5x7 PORTRAIT CUSTOM SILK HNISH IN GIFT FOLDER _ COMPLETE NO EXTRA CHARGE FOR GROUPS 5 Color Proofs For Selection We Specialize In Family Portraits BRING THE ENTIRE FAMILY FRI. SAT. SUN. WINN^XIE K AA Plazo Shopping Center Fri. Sat. Sun. - HOURS July 18 July July 19 20 12 to 6 10 to 6 1 to 6 No Appointment Necessary . . . One Special Per Family. Studio Located on the Parking Lot. All Sit tings Held in Privacy in Our Modern Mobile Van Studio. NOTE! We Copy, Restore and Color in Oil Your Old Photographs! NiO EXTRA CHARGE FOR GROUPS COUPON Children Under 12 Months With This Coupon Good for Sat. only FREE In a reply to a question by Jim ’Trammell, Davis said Leonard’s salary is $250 per week, the same as previous superintendent Roscoe Wooten, “but Leonard is running two jobs for what we were getting oie for.” Corbet Nicholson said “Leonard doesn’t have an engineering d^ree and is not qualified. We felt like he’d learn. I’d have to say we have a personnel problem.” Don McAbee said “at the time he was hired we needed a public works director. We advertised that the job was open and he was the only applicant. He was doing a good job at codes.” Jim Amos added “the previous superintendent left the job and it was opai for several wedis. I voted to hire him because we had no other applicants. You can have good departments but without co ordination they can’t function as weU. We might have ajKed, unwisely but at the time I don’t think so.” Murray Pruette said “I have nothing personally against him but I’m not satisfied with the progress we’ve made. We should be further down the road.” Ctae citizen asked “why is everyone down on Mr. Leonard? If the man’s doing a good job, he’s qualified.” Trammell replied, “If he keeps a man from getting a promotion, he’s not qualified. Nobody’s mad at him, they just want to know.” McAbee said “I’m not going to let 177 names fire him. Every time I’ve gone to him with a p’oblem he’s either solved it or shown me why he couldn’t. He’s running the job to my satisfaction.” Trammelll, who has an engineering degree, was asked by Amos what he thought the qualifications of the superintendent should be. ’Trammell said he thought he should “know equipment and how to maintain it” and above all should “be able to deal with the problems of his 70 em ployes.” Several citizens told why they signed the petition and felt Leonard was not qualified for the job. “It took me three to four weeks to get some stumps moved,” one woman said. “If a neighbors’ diild had gotten hurt on them, I could have been sued. When I pay taxes I' should get something for my money.” Another woman said “I had direct ccxitact with one em ploye who feds he was mis treated . . . someone who had been working with the city for 6-7 years.” Bridges On L-R Dean’s List Lynne Elizabeth Bridges of Kings Mountain has been named to the Lenoir Rhyne College dean’s list for spring semester, 1975. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Bridges. To be eligible for the dean’s list, a Lenoir Rhyne student must compile at least a 3.4 academic average of a possi ble 4.0 and must carry a course load of at least 12 semester hours. He also must make no grade lower than a “C.” (From Page lA) the board: — Passed a resolution of concern for the recovery of Ned Bridges, a rescue squad member who was seriously in jured by a hit and run driver while directing traffic during a power failure Friday night. The board offered a $500 re ward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person who struck him. The board also voted to direct the chief of police to deter mine if reflective jackets, gloves and flashlights may be obtained through the depart ment’s budget for use by the rescue squad. —- Rezoned from R-6 to gen eral business property owned by Mrs. Elizabeth Lynch on CTierokee St. — Rezoned from R-20 to R- 10 p-operty Phifer Road owned by George Ruppe. — Forwarded to the zoning board a request from Foote Mineral to rezone property near 1-85 from residential to heavy industry. —Sd; Aug. 25 as the date for a public hearing on a request from White Oak Manor, Inc., to permanently dose a certain unnamed street running off Sipes Street. — Requested the police department and state highway department to study traffic problems on Walker and Watterson streets. —Authorized the removal of Reward (From PagelA) Funeral Home, PO Box 627, or the KM Rescue Squad. Bridges, who operates Bridges Texaco Service Station on E. King St., is a volunteer for both the KM Rescue Squad and KM Fire Department. j Bridges’ skull was frac tured, his pelvis and left arm were broken and his left knee may have been cracked, said a spokesman for the hospital who said Bridges was re moved from the Intensive Care unit late Monday. KMPD Chief William Roper said passengers in a passing car operated by Mrs. Peggy Sanders of: Bridges Dr. saw Bridges’ body in the road and first called police. He said a few people heard, but did not see, the accident. JOHNNY PETERSON OUTSTANDING — Airman Johnny Peterson of the 15th Supply Squadron was selec tion most Outstanding Airman for June. The airman is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J ack Pet erson, 212 Parker St., Kings Mountain. Airman Curry b Promoted ALEXANDRIA, La. — Promoted to airman first class in the U. S. Air Force is Laura J. Curry, dau^ter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Curry of Rt. 4, Kings Mountain. Airman Curry is assigned at England AFB, La., as aircraft accessories repair specialist. She is a member of the Tacti cal Air Command. The airman is a 1972 gradu ate of Hunter Huss High School, Gastonia. no parking stripes near Joy ’Theatre. — Set July 28 as the date for a public hearing on the authorization of $105,0(X) gas system bonds. ■ Amended two sections of Article V of the Employe Classification and Pay Plan which includes a yearly evaluation of each employe by the department head, super visor, a committee of three members of the board of commissioners, and the mayor. — Accepted a propsal from the Department of Natural and Economic rino planning and - Requested a damage problem??"' streets, including LTl Belvedere arck ^ Hayes Earns Stripes MID-JULY MONEY SAVINC, SALE BUYS Prices Good Thru Sunday July 20 Smith's Coupon Delsey Bath Tissue Good July 17-20, ^ 1975. Limit 1 7-pak Home of PLEASANT SHOPPING PERSONAL 39 Your friendly Smith’s ' roistered pharmacists wish to thank all the customers who tell their friends why they take their prescriptions to Smith’s. 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