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KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA 28086 THURSDAY, AUGUST?, 1975
ommissioner Race
Peking Up Steam
„e incumbent, two former
aissioners, a former
,1 board member and one
corner announced this
their candidacies for
commissioner seats in the
7 rnunicipal election,
icurobent Commissioner
C Pruette, district six, is
liinghissecond term ai the
rd while former com-
fcioners of district two and
f S. (Seimore) Biddix
. Norman King, will seek
seats they lost in the local
lion two years ago.
be former school board
Biber now seeking the dis-
t two commissioner seat is
’i Haywood Lynch and the
ifcomer to local politics,
id Wright Jr., is after the
rict five seat currently
Id by James Amos,
los announced his candi-
last week along with
les Houston in district
Ibe first candidates to
lounce were incumbent dis-
three commissioner Cor-
Nicholson and former
chief Hugh A. Logan,
district one.
fith the beginning, filing
Aug. 15, nine candidates
commissioner have al-
dy announced campaign
intions. The district two
is the heaviest to date
hHouston, Biddix and Mrs.
ch as candidates. Incum
'Conu;n.->iioner Liioyd
'isofdstnct'Wi; nasyetto
jance, but is expected to
iO,
iciimbent commissioners
Qine, district one, and
McAbee, dist.-ict four,
I have not announced
didacies, but they, too, are
ected to do s-j
bus far no candidate for
yor, including incumbent
yor John H. Moss, has an-
inced for that race.
M.C. PRUETTE
tf, C. Pruette is a Grover
live who has lived in the
ngs Mountain area all of his
ie and within the city limits
the past eight years,
fhe incumbent district
ard) six commissioner
iduated from Grover high
Mars Hill College He
'vedintheU. S. Army, First
valry Div., Seventh
valry Regiment in Korea,
hudte has been employed
hSouthern Bell for the past
years and is currently
fWng in the long distaiKe
ffltions.
ie is a Mason, Shriner and a
imber of the American
gion, He is past master of
State Lions Lodge No. 375.
i^istrai’s
bd Judg
★★
:es
^ Named
Registrars and judges in No.
He is a member of First Bap
tist Church where he serves as
a departmental Sunday School
Superintendent.
He is married to the former
Joanne Bridges of Kings
Mountain and has three
daughters, Sharon, 16, Jen
nifer, 12, and Andrea, 4,
In his announcement
Pruette said, “We’ll see a
great many improvements in
Kings Mountain becauseof the
planning that has gone on over
the past few years. Honest ef
forts are being put forward to
see the city progress and I
would like to continue working
toward this end for my com
munity.”
NORMAN KING
Norman King is a native of
Kings Mountain and the son of
Mrs. Lola King and the late
Mr. King.
An employe of Southern Bell
for the past 27 years, he cur
rently works on the test desk.
King has participated in the
Bell initial plant supervisory
training sessions and in the
communications workshop.
The candidate is married to
the former Ruth Ware of
Kings Mountain and they have
four children, Mrs. Norma
Pettus of Kings Mountain,
Jack King, attending officers
candidate school at Quantico,
Va., Bruce King, serving with
the U. S. Marines in Guam and
Miss Joyce Ann King of the
home. TTie Kings have cme
grandchild.
Members of Second Baptist
Church, King is also a mem
ber of the Kings Mountain Ki-
(Pleas e Turn To Pa ge 4A)
M.C. PRUETTE
NORMAN KING
MRS. ELIZABETHLYNCH
W. S. BIDDIX
FRED WRIGHT JR.
Officer Is Demoted
KMPD Sgt. Tommy King
was demoted to patrolman
with a $15 per we^ pay cut
last week by Chief William
Roper Jr. following a suspen
sion for several days prior to
the chiefs decision.
That decision, Roper says,
instead of one to fire King, has
brought him criticism from
officers and the public.
King was suspended last
week after Capt. J. D. Barrett
reported seeing the sergeant
pumping city-owned gasoline
into his personal vehicle.
Capt. Barrett “staked out” the
city’s pump after receiving
reports that gasoline was
being taken without being ac
counted for.
At the time of his suspension
King stated he was nrt taking
the gasoline for himself, but
■-i*
for the junior police program
which he operates. He said the
gasoline was to compensate
himself for his own gas burned
up while transporting trail-
bikes for the junior police
members and to put into the
bikes themselves for trail
riding.
The young officer also
commented that $750 had been
budgeted by the city for the
junior police program, but
none of the money has been
given him and he has been
operating out of his own
pocket.
King was also quoted as
saying, following his demotion
and pay cut, “I’m ashamed
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Bicentennial Projects
Beginning To Shape Up
ilermc-n Greene r uist
School Board Candidate
Herman L. Greme has an
nounced his intention to file
for one of the two seats ip for
grabs on the Kings Mountain
District School board in the
Nov. 4 election.
The two seats are currently
being held by George H.
Mauney, chairman, and
James E. Herndon Jr.
Filing deadlines for the
school board election is from
noon Sept. 12 until noon Oct. 3
and this election will be con
ducted in connection with the
county-wide education seat
elections.
Greaie is a newcomer to
political campaigning on his
own behalf. He is a lifetime
resident of Cleveland County
andhas been a citizen of Kings
Mountain since 1956.
He attended Grover Schools,
graduating from high school
and receiving one year college
credit while serving in the U.
S. Navy from 1950-54. From
l®4-56 Greene studied busi
ness administration at
Howards Business College,
Shelby.
HERMAN GREENE
From 1962-68 he was active
in local and state jaycees and
served as president of the
Kings Mountain Jaycees in
1966.
Active in First Baptist
Church, Greene currently
serves as Sunday School
director and chairman of the
board of deacons.
Greene is manager of South-
ware Co., Charlotte, and
works in the field of sales and
distributioa
He is married to the former
Mary Elinor Hayes and has
two sons, Tim, 15, and Dale,
12. The Greenes reside at 302
Maner Rd.
“I will be a candidate to the
Kings Mountain District
School Board during the
Tues., Nov. 4 election,”
Greene said in his filing state
ment, “and if elected, I pledge
to continue working for
quality education for our chil
dren and maximum benefits
fix)m our tax doUars.”
DR. JAMES R. NIEDER
Dr. Nieder
Ajssumes ER
Position i
The Board of Trustees and
Kings Mountain Hospital
Medical Staff today jointly an
nounced the emjioyment of a
Emergency Room physician.
Dr. James R. Nieder assumed
this position August 1. Dr.
Nieder has been in private
practice at Delray Beach,
Florida for the past several
years.
Dr. Nieder will be on duty in
the hospital Emergency Room
from 6:30 p. m. to 6:30 a. m.
approximately on an every
other week basis. The re
mainder of the coverage will
be provided by members of
the Medical Staff. Spokesmen
of the hospital and the Medical
Staff expressed themselves as
very pleased in Dr. Nieder ac
cepting the position and “feel
the program will be an added
service to the community,”
they added.
The new position is partially
funded by the Duke Endow
ment, Reynolds Health Care
Trust and Z. Smith Reynolds
Foundation.
Dr. and Mrs. Nieder are re
siding in the Georgetown
Apartments.
precincts
Township voting
^appointed hy the County
™ of Elections Tuesday
®ing as they appointed
animously all election erffi-
sin the28 voting precincts
toe county.
J'Kings Mountain and No. 4
wnship they are
^sthware —
“el McNeilly, (R)
““0 Herndon (R)
“Hicks (D)
Grover registrar,
arvR°?r Mrs.
and Jerome
■opangler, (D).
Mountain -
Nelle Cran-
lodges, Mrs. Harold
ord’dlr ’
Jjt Kings Mountain -
yers '"(r. Geraldine
as follows:
registrar,
judges,
and Caro-
Mrs.
Mrs.
. Kelly
Mrs. Ken
JAYCEES VISIT MAYOR — The N. C. Jaycees are in the
process of reestablishing a jaycee chapter in Kings Mountain
and Tuesday members of the state cluband potential members
from the city visited with Mayor John Henry Moss to discuss
possible club involvement within the community. The mayor
outlined several areas where the jaycees could do community
Photo By Tom McIntyre
work. Another meetingofthe chapter is set for next Monday at
which time concrete plans are expectedtobe made on the local
chapter. Pictured here (left to right): Alex McCallum of Kings
Mountain, Tom McCloskey, state jaycees. Mayor Moss,
Roland Turner and Kemp Mauney, both of Kings Mountain.
By TOM McIntyre
Etoor, Mirror-Herald
During a special meeting of
the Kings Mountain Bicenten
nial Comission Monday at the
Royal Villa, Howard Jackson,
co-chairman, stressed again
the prime object of the com
mission as being the restora
tion of the Preston Goforth
homeplace and cemetery.
Goforth was killed in the
Battle of Kings Mountain on
Oct. 7, 1780 and buried on the
home site property just west
of the KM city limits.
Jackson made this point
clear Sunday in speaking to
about 300 members of the Go
forth clan at a reunion at Lake
Crawford.
In that talk Sunday Jackson
told the gathering there are
five ways the project can be
accomplished; first, involve
ment at the grassroots level,
especially through the Goforth
clan, descendants of Preston
Goforth; second, through the
City of Kin^ Mountain; third,
through the county commis
sioners; fourth, through the
state legislature; and fifth,
through federal aid.
The commission wants to
see the old Goforth homeplace
and cemetery renovated and
additicxial preperty added to
make the area a park.
At Monday’s luncheon
meeting Jackson told the
commission “the hat was
passed around Sunday and
now we have some money to
be bothered with.” Then he
called for a motion that those
funds along with any future
donations in the name of the
Goforth project be placed into
an account to be used strictly
for this project.
The commission voted
unanimously to follow this
motioa
In other business, Lynne
Mauney, co-chairperson of the ■
committee to present the
historical musical-drama
“1776” at Barnes Auditorium
Oct. 7, 1975, gave a report on
the project.
The show will be presented
by Hilton Head Island Play
house, Inc., a community
theatre group from the South
Carolina community, in a
single performance at Barnes
Auditorium.
A company of 50 men and
women will come to Kings
Mountain on Oct. 6, rehearse
the show and set the scenery
that evening and present the
show to KMers the following
night.
Since this is a money raising
project to fund other local bi
centennial projects, programs
will be sold and two price
tickets made available.
Student Schedules
Now Available
Student schedules are
available for KMSHS students
in the B. N. Barnes Audi
torium Lobby today and Fri
day.
Assistant Principal William
Young said that students re
quiring schedule changes and
guidance should report on
Aug. 11-15 to the auditorium
lobby.
Barnes Auditorium seats 1,000
in permanent seats, with the
possibility of at least 200 addi
tional chairs being made
available.
Serving on the committee
with Mrs. Mauney are Sylvia
Holmes and Ann Withers. This
committee and the co-chair
persons for the commission,
Jackson and Mrs. Pat Plonk,
have now entered into final
negotiations and arrange
ments with the Hilton Head
Island Playhouse officials to
present the show.
— In other action the
commission briefly discussed
the scheduled “Lost Arts
Festival” set for Sat., Oct. 4 in
(he downtown business dis
trict. Lyn Cheshire is in
charge of this project.
— Jackson stated bicenten
nial gold coins with Kings
Mountain peaks on one side
and a scene from the battle on
the other are now being mint
ed.
— Tom and Elaine Brocks,
owners and operators of
Crossroads Music Park, out
lined plans for the heritage
music program, which is not
scheduled for presentation
until May 1976.
“Heritage Music” is
another fund raising project
for the bicentennial and is
slated to be presented at
Crossroads Music Park and
will feature a large cast of
singers, musicians and actors.
— Rev. S. L. Cooke outlined
his plans to coordinate a
“baby contest” within the
churches and the community,
possibly by September. This is
another fund raising project,
but one the entire community
can become involved with.
Rev. Cooke promised more in
formation on the contest in the
near future.
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One Day He Could
Save Your Life ••••
A native of Shelby, James Robinson has lived in
Kings Mountain, 808 Rhodes Ave., since 1958. He is
married to the former Frances Wilson of Shelby.
llie Robinson have one daughter, Mrs. Mickey
(Yvonne) Floyd and one grandson, Chris.
Jim earns his daily bread at Wix, Gastonia, and
volunteers an almost equal amount of time as a mem
ber and officer with the Kings Mountain Rescue Squad.
Now serving as a lieutenant, Jim joined the squad
seven years ago after “a friend invited me to attend a
meeting. It got into my blood.”
Jim spent four years in the U. S. Army and served in
Korea and said doing rescue work is like being in the
service. At first you might be scared, but once you’re
into it you get more used to the service.
“To me the scariest thing about rescue work, as far
as I’m concerned, is being called on in assisting a
mother in delivering her baby,” Jim said “So far I’ve
always managed to get them to the hospital on time.
But I suppose once I help with the first one, the next
time it won’t be so scary.”
Jim said since joining the squad he has spent more
time in a classroom than aU of his education years put
together and now it means more to him than it did then.
“I think the rescue squad offers a total service to the
community,” Jim said “Hike being a part of it. I think
it makes a more well rounded citizen to become in
volved.”