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KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA 28086 THURSDAY, AUGUST28, 1975
City Accepts County Sewer Requests
ByTOMMcINTYRE
Editor, Mirror-Herald
erealpleasedto hear the city ac-
[tie requests for amending the
,n from the county at Monday
Ixiard meeting.
comment was made by Ron
of Eaton Corp. concerning
[ouitain commissioners vote on
.rline for southeastern Cleveland
during this week’s board action.
• John H. Moss read a two-page
om County Manager Joe Hend-
Monday’s meeting in which it
itedout ways in which the sewer
ject could be finalized and the
board accepted all of them as outlined.
(1) A simple lease will be drawn where
KM leases the line from the county, treat
the waste and maintain said line as if the
city owned it.
(2) Will assign all rights of way already
obtained for the line to the county and
continue with the process of obtaining
those rights of way now held iq) in
eminent domain so those can be assigned
the county.
(3) Make satisfactory arrangements to
bring about sewer charges from new cus
tomers tapping onto the southeastern
Cleveland line so that revenue derived
from this source would be given to the
county to offset expenditure.
(4) Make available descriptions of
property, names of owners to Attorney C.
C. Horn so county can proceed to obtain
all rights of way needed.
(5) And release J. N. Pease from con
tract assigning the work done to this
point in time to Cleveland County since
the county has paid the charges to date in
order to give the county credit for those
expenses on engineering.
Prior to positive action on these re
quests, Mayor Moss went over the origi
nal Aug. 16,1974 agreement entered into
with the county concerning the sewer and
water lines into the southeastern section
of the county. He also said he wanted “to
make it clear that Kings Mountain’s role
was never anymore than to assist Qeve-
land County in this project.”
The mayor said, “We agreed to supply
water and treat the waste and through
the suggestion of the water quality divi
sion of the departmait of natural and
economic resources also agreed to make
application for funds because the city
had an ongoing project.
“Application for funding of the line was
made under Public Law 660, but by the
time the application was being processed
that law had been replaced by PL 92500,
which made it necessary for the county to
carry out the project,” Mayor Moss said.
Tuesday Ron Tomi^ins told The
Mirror-Herald, “I don’t think Kings
Mountain has let us down anywhere. We
appreciate the city’s committments and
the fact the city has honored them with
Eaton.”
Tompkins said he felt the project to
supply sewer facilities will be completed
by Apr. 1-June 1, 1976. “I don’t see any
reason that this timetable should not be
met,” he continued.
He said he felt this project will really
benefit people in southeastern Cleveland
County and said, “We (Eaton) will be a
small contributor, based on the per
centage of volume. The line should help
the industrial growth of this area and the
industry already here.”
Until the permanent sewer line is con
structed the industrial development
agency for North Carolina will supply
Eaton a truck for hauling waste for treat
ment.
Meanwhile, Tompkins said setting up
the Eaton plant is still underway. He said
there are over 400 major machine tools
installed and officials are now marking
off aisles within the plant.
Tompkins said he could not give a
timetable at this point when the major
work force will be employed and put on
the job.
Buffalo Creek Expansion
City Receives $316,250
For Water Plant Project
ICLUB aiOW — The above exhibition,
I with many other stunts, will be per-
edatMoss Lake Sat., Aug. 30 by the Char-
Water Ski Club daring the first annual
Kings Mountain Water Wonderland Show.
New boats, campers and travel trailers will be
on display from 10 a. m.-6 p. m.
Five In Campaign
School Board Race Adds Two
4, Ski At Moss Lak
Water Wonderland
Show Is Saturday
Interest is picking up in the
Kings Mountain Board of
Education race with the an
nouncement of two more
candidates to the Nov. 4 elec
tion.
The new candidates are
Mrs. George (Marion)
e first annual Kirigs Mountain Water
JerlandShowisscheduledfor Sat., Aug. 30
OSS Lake.
signed as an entertainment for Kings
itain and neighboring communities and
ties, the pre-Labor Day show will feature
tliarlotte Water Ski Club in a 24 act per-
ance and a preview look at 1976 pleasure
(campers and travel trailers,
efree water and boat show runs from 10 a.
til 6 p. m. at the area around the lake
The special water show will begin at 2 p.
aturing in the water show will be Dr. Bob
Kings Mountain, who is one of the
smost expert at kite skiing,
c Cypress Gardens-style show scheduled
Charlotte Water Ski Club includes
demonstrations of ramp jumping, barefoot
skiing, pyramid and tridk skiing and comical
stunts by the water clowns.
The boat and camper eidiibitions are being
sponsored by Short’s Boat and Motor Service,
Shelby Marine and Young Buick of Shelby and
Davis Marine of upper Cleveland County.
Some of the products to be on display are
boats by Century, Thundercraft, Glassmaster,
Steury, Starcraft and Silverline. Campers by
Rockwood, Starcraft and Venture and travel
trailers by Nomad, Free Spirit and Play-Mor
will also be on display, plus a preview of out
board motors by Johnson, Mercury and
Evinrude.
The big Labor Day festivities are being
sponsored by the City of Kings Mountain in
conjunction with area marine supplies dealers
and manufactures.
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MRS. THOMASSON
Thomasson and Mrs. June
Lee, wife of Dr. Joseph Lee.
With these addition., the
candidate roll is now five for
the two seats now held by
Chairman George Mauney
and James Herndon Jr. The
other candidates are Herman
L. Greene, Charles F. Mauney
and Kyle Smith.
Filing for the local school
board begins norai Fri., Sept.
12 and ends at noon Fri., Oct.
3. All filings fees for this elec
tion must be paid at the Cleve
land County Elections Board
offices in Shelby.
The election will be held
Tues., Nov. 4 in conjunction
with the Shelly Board of
Education race. The county
school board members are not
up for election this year.
New candidate background:
MRS. IHOMASSON
Mrs. George B. (Marirai)
Tlipmasson is a native of
Greensboro who came to
Kings Mountain with her par-
eits, Mr. and Mrs. James H.
Arthur, when she was in the
seventh grade.
The late Mr. Arthur was
sipt. of Si4.crior Stone Co.
Mrs. Elizabeth Arthur still re
sides here on Edgemont Dr.
Mrs. ThomassOTi holds a de
gree in business administra-
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MRS. JUNE LEE
ByTOMMcINTYRE
Editor, Mirror-Herald
The City of Kings Mountain has just received a state grant of
$316,250 toward expansiai of the Buffalo Creek water treat
ment fiant.
The grant comes from -he N. C. Department d Human Re-
soufCts, Division erf Health Services under the clean water
bond act of 1971.
Total estimated cost of the project is $1,270,000. The expan
sion construction is scheduled as a two year project.
Mayor John H. Moss said today the $316,250 will be added to
the $532,500 funded under the Community Development grants
allocated for this fiscal year. That leaves $421,250, which is ex
pected to be covered under the CD grant in the 1976-77 fiscal
year.
The project consists of expansion of the present two million
gallon per day capacity to four million gallons per day of the
Buffalo Creek Plant, requiring a chemical mixing chamber, a
floculation chamber, settling basins, filter beds and equipment
with necessary chemical feeds and filter bed controls.
Also a 2,800 gallons per minute service pump to be added at
the finished water pump station and the same size pump to be
added at the booster pump station on Hwy. 74.
And a two mg steel groundstoragereservoir with pumps and
controls to be located off Glenn St. to provide storage and
proper pressure to serve the northeastern portion of the city.
And the addition of reinforcing water lines on the northeast
ern side of the city to provide adequate flow rates to and from
the new tank and city mains, including approximately 300
linear feet of 16 inch and 6,000 linear feet of 12 inch pipe.
Mayor Moss said advertising for construction bids will be
done soon, but did not specify a starting date for actual con
struction at the treatment plant.
One More For Mayor, 10 More For Board
Eleven new candidates have
filedfor local political races in
the past week: one for mayor,
10 for commissioner.
This brings the total number
of candidates to two for mayor
and 29 for the six commis
sioner seats. Filing for local
candidates continues through
5 p. m. Fri., Sept. 5 at the
home of Mrs. Betty Mercier,
902 Monroe Ave. Potential
candidates should call 739-2192
to make appointments to file.
The new filers include A1
Franklin Brackett for mayor
and Incumbent Commissioner
Don McAbee (district four),
former commissioner James
J. Dickey and newcomers Bill
Grissom, Earl Worcester,
James Childers, Major Loftin,
Roy Samud Hammett, Jim
Guyton, Taft Clark and Jerry
Ross.
Ross, a district three candi
date, was unavailable for
statement this week. His an
nouncement remarks and
background will be published
in the next issue.
The new filers add weight to
each of the city’s six district
races. Childers in district one;
Loftin in two; Ross, Worcester
and Guyton in three; Ham
mett in four; Grissom and
Clark in five; and Dickey in
six.
To date Mayor John Henry
Moss is the only incumbent
offidal who has not filed for
re-election.
New candidate background:
DON Me ABEE
Incumbent District Four
Commissioner Don McAbee
paid his filing fee last Wednes
day and announced he will ac
tively seek re-election.
Completing his first term in
office, McAbee is a native of
Kings Mountain and a gradu
ate of Kings Mountain High.
For four years he worked at
Central Yam and Dyeing Co.,
then went into business with
his father. Since his father’s
death in 1967 the commis
sioner has taken over owner
ship of Mac’s Grocery.
Married to the former Helen
Childers, the commissioner
resides at 603 Mica St. and is a
member of Second Baptist
Church.
In his filing statement,
McAbee said, “I have heard a
lot about the qualificatims of
a commissioner. I don’t think
you can set forth any certain
qualifications because I feel in
order fora man to be qualified
he must vote his convictions
no matter who they satisfy or
dissatisfy.
“As I have done in the past,
if elected on Oct. 7 I will
continue to do so in the
future,” McAbee said.
“My telephone number is
739-3538 and as in the past, I
am still available to not only
the citizens in district four, but
to anyone within the dty who
has a problem 1 mi^t be able
to help solve,” the candidate
concluded.
AL F. BRACKETT
A native of Asheville, A1
Franklin Brackett has resided
in Kings Mountain for the past
18 years. He and his wife, the
former Margaret Wood of KM,
live at 1012 N. Piedmont Ave.
The Bracketts have one son,
A1 Franklin Jr. and are
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JAMES J. DICKEY
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EARL WORCESTER
BILL GRISSOM
ROY HAMMETT
TAFT CLARK
MAJOR LOF'HN