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KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA 28086 THURSDAY, JULY 24,1975
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donors are
badly
lat’s the plea from area
Cross officials who are
ingout an S.O.S. for blood
ars to report to the
iniunity Center Monday,
Oa.m. to4p. m.,forpro-
j„g by the regional blood
n Cheshire, chairman of
[Marea visit which sedis
pints of blood, said 750
of blood per day are
ed to supply the patients
; 100hospitals in the Pied-
regional area,
p Johnson, official with
Charlotte Red Cross Of-
said there is a definite
ang off in blood collec-
because of donors on
tion but that the need for
I is much greater in the
ner months because of
incident of accidents.
■s. Charles Hamilton,
Red Cross officer, said
ireehospitals in the coun-
ings Mountain, Cleveland
icrial and Royster
lorial, require 360 pints
month and that 328 were
during the busy month of
where only 122 were
ted at bloodmobile visits,
his time of the year more
rgency operations are
med”, said Mr. John-
hospital statistics,
fill) only 5t; Red Cross
Dfers in the Piedmont re-
we have lots of work to
, added Johnson, who
ed volunteers pr^ent for
ncheon meeting at KM
itry Club Tuesday to
; an all-out effort to ac-
it the public with the
ig need for blood,
lephone solicitors are
ig 600 previous blood
rs, said Cheshire, and
iteers are being recruited
schools, churches and
dubs as blood donors for
lay's one-day collection.
II types of blood are
ed,” said Cheshire.
0 present for Tuesday’s
ling session with Che-
, Mr. Johnson and Mrs.
ilton were Bill Grissom,
airman of the visit; Supt.
tones. Assistant Supt. Bill
i; W, S. Fulton, 111,
dent of the Chamber of
nerce; and Mrs. John
We and Mrs. Charles
i of the KMSHS faculty.
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GOING DOWN, PLEASE — TTie 94-foot high Bonnie Mill
smokestack fell to rubUe Tuesday morning during demolition
of the property by Bradley-Jenkins Enterprises employes. The
mill is one of 30 structures coming down under a $53,000
demolition contract from the city’s redevelopment com
mission.
Old Bonnie Mill
Landmark
Now Gkme
By TOM McIntyre
E^tor, Mirror-Herald
Another landmark is gone.
One man said the structure
had been there since “like
about 1897 or so.”
Carl Mauney said, “My dad
told me how he helped haul
brick to build it.”
Joe Falls had made the
brick.
And in two seconds it was
nothing but dusty rubble
Round two of the Kings
Mountain Redevelopment
Commission demolition
contract with Bradley-Jenkins
Enterprises for the removal of
30 buildings in the city got
underway Tuesday when the
wreckers moved in on the old
Bonnie Mill structures.
The mill, which was built
near the turn of this century,
was the largest of the struc
tures to be demolished, but
there seemed to be more
citizen interest in bringing
down the 94-foot high smoke
stack.
Preparations to bring down
the crumbling structure were
more elaborate and according
to John Jenkins, executive
vice president of the contract
firm, this was so because of
the unknown factors con
cerning the brick tower.
Jenkins said Masting was
ruled out because the brick
and mortar was too much of
an unknown quantity and
there was fear the wreckers
would not have control over
which way the stnicture would
tumble.
It was almost that way any
way Tuesday. The plans
called for bulldozing dirt and
debris high on the backside of
the smokestack, chipping
away the base on the front
side, then giving the column a
nudge to drop it forward.
To weaken the base a dozer
operator ever so gently
scooped away brick and dirt.
Three times he did so and as
the dozer backed away the top
of the tower moved a bit, then
the tower base began to crum
ble, twisting a few degrees
and down it came in so much
sooty dust.
Carl Mauney was there to
watch it faO.
“Istartedtowork in that old
mill in 1931,” he said as he
watched the workmen attack
the smokestack and buildings.
“There’s a lot of memories
connected with this place.”
Jenkins said it would take
three or four days to bring
down all the structures and
haul the delris away then they
would be ready to move on to
the next project.
Dean McGinnis, assistant
director of the city’s re
development commission,
said “originally, the old
Sterchi’s warehouse was due
to come down before the mill,
but we discovered Southern
Bell has umpteen phone lines
wrapped around the ware
house. As socn as Bell has
taken care of its equipment
the warehouse will come
down.”
Corporation To Be Formed
Downtown Rebuilding
Project Is Underway
By TOM McINTYRE
Editor, Mirror-Herald
The man on the street is
concerned.
And a bit shookup as he
watches building after
building fall beneath the
wrecking crew. He wants to
know what is going to happen?
All of the buildings are falling,
but will they be replaced?
According to Mayor John H.
Moss the answer is “yes, there
HUGH LOGAN
CORBET NICHOLSON
Logan, Nicholson
File For Conunission
By E U ZABE TH S TEW ART
Staff Writer
The pace of city political
activity quickened this week
as Former Sheriff Hu^ A.
Logan, Jr. and Incumbent
Ward 111 Comm. Corbet
Nicholson announced they are
in the running for city offices.
Logan seeks the Ward 1 seat
held by veteran incumbent
Ray Qine. Mr. Nicholson is
completing his first term at
City Hall.
Comm. Nicholson is owner
of City Heating Co. and is a
former superintendent of the
city natural gas system. He is
a deacon in Temple Baptist
Church, a World War 11
Marine veteran and a Legion
naire. Mrs. Nicholson is the
former Eva Holden. They
have two daughters and reside
on Henry St.
Nicholson defeated T. J.
Ellison, the dean of elected
city officials who served
twenty years m the city board
in the 1973 run-off after
eliminating former policeman
Jim Belt, also a challenger in
the primary.
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KM Schools Get
Headstart Grant
It’s official.
Kings Mountain District
Schools have received a Head
Start from the HEW office of
Child Development for
$136,949 for 1975-76.
U. S. Senator Robert Mor
gan made the announcement
Tuesday by telephone to the
Mirror-Herald from his office
in Washington, D. C.
The grant will serve 126
children in six schools in
Cleveland County for one year
beginning Aug. 1, said KM
Supt. Donald Jones, Head
Start Program Director.
Mrs. Haywood Holmsley,
Head Start director for the
second year, said she was
elated by the news.
Operation Head Start began
in Kings Mountain schools in a
summer program in 1965 and
starts next month its third full
year of operation for four and
five year olds. Cleveland
will be new buildings in the
downtown business com
munity.”
The mayor announced today
that he is going to take the
lead in interesting the citizens
of Kings Mountain in forming
a corporation to purchase land
from the city’s redevelopment
commission for the purpose of
developing new buiodings in
the downtown area.
“I have worked with a group
of downtown merchants and
the redevelopment commis
sion in researching methods of
getting the revitalization pro
gram into effect,” Mayor
Moss said. “And within the
next three to four days I intend
to appoint a committee of citi
zens interested in forming the
corporation.”
According to the Small
Business Administration rules
and regulations covering such
a proposal forming a corpora
tion with individual citizens as
shareholders to buy land and
develop business houses for
lease or purchase meets the
criteria and SBA funding
would be available.
“The time has come when
we must seriously begin to
erect new buildings to replace
the ones being demolished,”
Mayor Moss said.
liie mayor said there is
interest by potential business-
Elections Board Urges
Wards Become Districts
The biainial city election is
Oct. 7.
Mr. Logan was a Ward 1
write-in candidate in 1973.
“I feel that my experience
with the state in operating on
tight budgets qualifies me for
service on the city board”,
said Logan. “lam notoMigat-
ed to anyone”, he continued,”
and pledge, if elected, to serve
all citizens to the best of
ability, voting my own ccmvic-
tions.”
Born and reared in Cleve
land County, son of Former'
Sheriff Hugh A. Logan, Sr. and
Mrs. Logan, Mr. Logan was
Cleveland County Sheriff from
1946-50, subsequently joined
the Kings Mountain Police
Department as Chief of Police
and served for seven years be
fore joining the State Depart
ment of Corrections as
Complex Commander of
Mecklmburg Prison Complex
which includes Mecklenburg,
Gaston, Lincoln, Catawba,
Cleveland, Union and Anson
Counties.
Luther Bennett, chairman
of the Kings Mountain Board
of Elections, has notified dty
commissioners that con
sideration of precinct name
changes is needed.
In his letter Bennett said,
“the six wards or precincts
must be renamed or designat
ed as districts if the city plans
to continue on with six C(m-
missioners.”
Bennett said changing
wards to districts is necessary
since the city board approved
of only two polling places for
the city in the next election.
“According to the election
laws wards or precincts, by
either of those names, must
have a polling place in each
ward or precinct,” he said.
The city elections board
suggests the commissioner
name the polling places as
East and West Kings Moun
tain Precincts (community
center and armory). The East
KM Precinct would consist of
districts one, two and three.
West KM Precinct would con
sist of districts four, five and
six.
Bennett said this recom
mendation is also suggested
by the state elections board.
SGT. JIM ANDERSON
County is in its second year of
operation withKingsMountain
District Schools as sponsor.
Mrs. Holmsley Said the 14
member staff as well as full
enrollment is complete. There
are seven teachers and seven
assistants.
The grant stipulates $3200
for handicapped children
which compose 10 percent of
the Head Start enrollment.
Classes will be conducted at
North and Grover Schools in
the KM system and at Pied
mont, Lattimore, Washington,
and Cleveland Schools in the
county system.
Classes begin Aug. 18.
Cleveland County Head
Start Director Haywood holds
aB.S. in health and education
from N. C. Central University
at Durham and was a member
of the Shelby schools faculty
for two years before joining
Head Start last year. She qnd
her family reside in Shelby.
One Day He Could
Save Your Life....
In 1972 Jim Anderson was in a car acddert. His leg
was broken, chest bruised, arms and portions of his
body were badly cut. He was pinned in the wrecked car
for 45 minutes before rescue workers could free him.
“I had time to think about what those men did for
me,” Anderson said. “I was in the hospital for a month
and a half, two weeks in traction, then underwent an
operation. It gave me plenty of time to think about
things. And that’s the reason I joined the Kings Moun
tain Rescue Squad.”
The young Kings Mountain native has been on the
squad for about two years and holds the rank of ser
geant.
“Fveseenalotofbad things in this work,” Anderson
said, “and there are things I thought I wouldn’t be able
to take. But the job grows on you when you realize it is
a much needed community service. I really like it.”
Anderson and his wife, the former Cynthia Clark of
Grover, reside at 605 Princeton Dr. Anderson is a
graduate of Kings Mountain High and Clevdand Tech.
He is employed by Warner & Swasey in Bessemer City.
He is the son of the J. B. Andersons of Kings Mountain
and he has an older brother, Larry, who is a member
of the Agriculture Center Volunteer Fire Depaftnimt
Dallas.
men in locating in Kings
Mountain’s downtown area.
The local corporation can be
formed either as a profit
making, limited profit making
or non-profit oranization. The
local citizens who become
shareholders, buying a limited
number of shares at a set fee,
would become the owners and
developers of the downtown
business properties working
with redevelopment commis
sion recommendations and
plans to develop buildings to
suit tenants. Tenants would
have the choice of leasing the
faculties or buying them out
right.
The corporation plan is
being worked in conjunction
with traffic and off-street
parking and existing business
structure renovation.
“It is my intention to get a
construction program going
early,” Mayor Moss said.
“Some worthwhUe projects to
revitalize the downtown busi
ness community.”
Eaton
Action
Eaton Corp. officials Joe
Robillard, Ron Tompkins and
Jim Smith met with Cleveland
County Commissioners this
week, but still are no closer to
an answer to the no sewer
situation than before.
The industry representa
tives were told that funds are
being sought to construct the
line for the plant located near
Grover. County Manager Joe
Hendrick indicated help
might come from the Farmers
'Home Administration in the
form of a combination grant-
loan.
Hendrick . said sewer re
quirements for Grover and
Minette Mills will also have to
be determined before any
decisicm of the type of sewer
service required can be
reached.
The Eaton representatives
were also told that the com
missioners would attempt to
meet prior to the Aug. 4 board
meeting with some more
definite answers on the situa
tion.
Cleanup Chiefs
Are Appointed
Mrs. Charles (Hallie)
Blanton and the Rev. Robert
Allen have been named co
chairpersons for the city’s
cleanup, paintup, fixup pro
gram.
A full committee is expected
to be named within the next
week.
Atkinson Takes
Duplin High Job
J. C. Atkinscxi, former Kings
Mountain Senior High prin
cipal, has assumed the job of
principal at North Duplin
High.
The Atkinsons will reside in
the Town of Warsaw, also in
Duplin County. Atkinson took
over his new duties on July 1.
GUESTSPEAKER
Avery Upchurch, executive
director of the N. C. Service
Stations Association, will be
guest speaker at a dinner
meeting Tuesday night at 7:30
at Gastonia’s Holiday Inn of
the NCSSA.