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KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA 28086 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4,1975
^resident Ford Plans
^isit Here October 7
By TOM McIntyre
E^tor, Mirror-Herald
laeiH Gerald Ford is coming to Kings Mountain.
’white House confirmed The President’s acceptance of an
Won from Mayor John H. Moss to deliver the principal ad-
ftereTues., Oct. 7 in observance of the 195th anniversary of
attle of Kings Mountain.
® delighted The President has accepted the invitation and
half of the citizens of Kings Mountain, we are looking for-
very much to his visit here Oct. 7,” Mayor Moss said today,
official acceptance was made through Rep. James
lill’s Washington office and the Congressman commented “I
orward to accompaying President Ford on his visit to Kings
itain next month.”
) Broyhill personally delivered Mayor Moss’ invitation to
iresident last May 17. In the letter the mayor gave Ford a
live plan for festivities on Oct. 7, those to include a parade
isitsby the Governors of North and South Carolina, Virginia,
Bsee^d Georgia, plus visits by the North Carolina elected
alien on both the state and federal levels,
j President’s itinerary for Oct. 7 is being worked out and
lively includes a presidential press conference for the
nont area news media in Kings Mountain prior to planned
ities.
>Ioss, Dellinger For
Wayor, 3 For Board
Ford’s staff and Mayor Moss’ office will work out and announce
finalized details of the visit in the near future.
Last year Ford was issued a similar invitation to visit Kings
Mountain to help the city celebrate its own Centennial birthday.
Then Ford was serving as Vice President, following the resigna
tion of Spiro Agnew.
The invitation was accepted, but had to be cancelled when
President Richard Nixon resigned and Ford had to assume the
nation’s hipest office.
Mayor Moss said he spent the major portion of Wednesday
afternoon, following the press conference announcement of The
President’s planned visit, talking with the five governors, U. S.
and N. C. Senators and Representatives and mayors of communi
ties throughout the Piedmont Carolinas, issuing invitations to
attend the October 7 festivities.
“We, in Kings Mountain, felt that following the celebration of
the MecWenburg Declaration of Independence festivities in
Charlotte earlier this summer, that our area was the next logical
stop from The President,” Mayor Moss said.
“This area, which includes the mountain where the battle of
Oct. 7, 1780 took place, is rich in history,” the mayor said,
“especially in history dealing with Revolutionary times. It just
seemed natural that during this Bicentennial Year that we, in this
area, should have such an esteemed visitor as The President of
the United States. Now, it looks like it’s going to happen.”
PRESIDENT OKAYS VISIT — This picture tion to visit Kings Mountain then, but had to
of Mayor John H. Moss, Charles Mauney and decline later when President Nixon resigned.
President Gerald Ford was made one year ago As President today. Ford accepted another
when Ford was the VP. He accepted aninvita- invitationandplanstobe here Tues.,Oct. 7.
Gty Rejects Gas
Peak Plant Bids
municipal election can-
ite field has grown to
lumental proportions with
less than to.-ly'-*.'--
and 32 Ef. .'om-
sioner seats.
Incumbent Mayor John H.
Moss helped swell the ranks
for mayor making his filing
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Thomas F. Dellinger, who
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CHARLES T. SMITH
JERRY OLIVER
filed Monday, was the third
candidate in the mayoral
field.
The nev- commissioner
candidates include Charles T.
Smith (district three), Jerry
Oliver (district four) and
Hugh D. Byrd (district five).
Jerry Ross announced last
week, but was unavailable for
comment until this week. His
filing statement and personal
background are included in
this issue.
Other mayoral and com
missioner candidates have
until 5 p. m. this Friday (Sept.
5) to pay their $10 and $5 filing
fees, respectively, and get
their names on the rolls.
Registration books will re
main open until Sept. 8 and all
eligible voters are urged to
check their registration to
make sure their names and
addresses are correct and that
they are in the proper district
on the books.
New voters may register in
East Kings Mountain (dis
tricts one, two and three) by
calling Mrs. Margarrt White
at 739-4019 for an appointment.
She resides at 108 S. Piedmont
Ave.
West KM voters (districts
four, five and six) call Mrs.
Geraldine Myers at 739-9188
for an appointment. She
resides at 317 Scotland Dr.
Or call Mrs. Kenneth Cook
at 739-3950. Mrs. Cook is an
election judge with certifi
cation to register voters. Her
residence is 717 Meadowbrook
Rd. As a certified judge, Mrs.
Cook can register voters no
matter which district they
reside in.
The new candidate back
ground and statements:
JOHN H. MOSS
“When I first announced as
Candidate for Mayor, I
pledged that if elected, I would
bring planned, progressive
leadership to the Mayor’s of
fice,” Mayor Moss said His
statement continues:
“Progressive leadership is
the basis of my philosophy in
the Administration of the
Business of the City of Kings
Mountain, and I want to renew
my pledge ... to devote my
time, energy and talents to the
task of making our City a bet
ter place in which to live. We,
together with your continued
support, will keep our City in
the forefront of progress.
“Kings Mountain has en
joyed unparalleled economic
progress and growth during
this period of progressive
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WILLIAM ORR
Files For
Board Of
Education
With the announcement of
William Orr this week the
number of candidates for the
two Kings Mountain Board of
Education Trusteeships total
six.
George Mauney and James
E. Herndon Jr., the incum
bents, have not stated whether
they intend to file for re-elec
tion.
Besides Orr, candidates for
the school board are Mrs.
Marion Thomasson, Mrs. June
Lee, Herman L. Greene,
Caiarles F. Mauney and Kyle
Smith.
Filing for the two education
board seats begins Fri., Sept.
12 at noon and ends at noon,
Fri., Oct. 3. Filing fees must
be paid at the Cleveland Coun
ty Board of Elections offices in
Shelby.
The election is Tues., Nov. 4.
WILLIAM ORR
William Orr, of 507 N.
Watterson St., is a Kings
Mountain native. He is a
graduate of Davidson high and
served four years in the U. S.
Navy.
He is married to the former
Mae Sue Boyce and has one
son, Larry. The Orrs are
members of New Bynum
Chapel AME Zion Church
where Orr serves as chairman
of the trustee board.
The candidate is past chair
man of the Kings Mountain
School District Advisory
Committee, past president of
the Davidson and Compact
School PTA and was ap
pointed last year to serve on
the N. C. Public Instruction
Department Professional Re
view Committee.
Orr is past chairman of the
Kings Mountain Improvement
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Grover Man
Reports Theft
Yates A. Smith, Jr. of
Grover reported to Cleveland
County Sheriff’s officers the
theft of $2,530 worth of
valuables from his residence
Sunday night or early Mon
day.
According to Lt. C. A. (Gus)
Huffstetler, detective with the
department, the haul netted
thieves $1,500 in 1800s issue
silver dollars, about $500
worth of Eisenhower silver
dollars, one Marlin 220 caliber
semi-automatic rifle valued at
$250, one 38-caliber Smith and
Wesson break-down hammer
less pistol valued at $250 and
one 45-caliber Smith and Wes
son U. S. Army-type revolver
valued at $200.
In a special meeting Tues
day afternoon city commis
sioners rejected a trio of bids
on construction of a gas peak
shaving plant opened at the
regular meeting last week.
Following the recommenda
tions of City Attorney Jack
White and W. D. Edwards, the
city’s gas consultant, the
commissioners also voted to
readvertise for bids, specify
ing the typeof equipment to be
named in the contractor’s bid.
Also the names and addresses
of other sites where such
equipment is now in use and
the projected completion days
for the job.
The new tads will be opened
at 10 a. m. Sept. 16 at dty hall.
The three bidders at ,the
Aug. 25 board meeting includ
ed Associated Mechanical
Contractors of Greensboro,
Kincaid Engineering of Gas
tonia and McOary Automatic
Sprinkler Co. of Greenville, S.
C. Their bids, respectively,
were $186,000-$180,000-
$189,000.
Several of the com
missioners felt the projected
costs of construction in these
bids were too high since the
original estimated cost of the
plant, complete with trao-
pin>", was o=ily $'92,000. .
Mayor John H. Moss said
the reason the special meeting
to take action on the bids was
called “is to get the bids read
vertised without wasting more
time. It’s important that we
get quick action on this con
tract because the plant is
going to be needed when cold
weather sets in and the na
tural gas allotment is cur
tailed.”
Also during the meeting
Tuesday commissioners voted
to accept a $316,250 grant to go
into the water plant expan-
FOR HOSPITAL LIBRARY — Mrs. June
Lee, president of the Kings Mountain Hospital
Auxiliary, and Rev. Gary Bryant, chairman of
the KM Kiwanis Qub committee soliciting
books for the new hospital library, look over
Photo By Tom McIntyre
the donations in the lobby of FUNBank. The
solicitation continues with the emphasis on
paperback books at the bank, Belk’s and First
Presbyterian Ghurch.
Sion.
The grant was announced in
The Mirror-Herald last week.
'This money will be ajplied to
the Community Development
block grant of $532,500 funded
this fiscal year for the Buffalo
Water Plant expansion.
The total project, to run two
years, is estimated to cost
$1,270,000. Th remainkig
$421,250 is expected to be fund
ed under the CD grants in the
1976-77 fiscal year.
Commissioner Lloyd Davis
told the mayor he thought the
present plant mixing basin
and pipes “would handle up to
eight million gallons a day.
That’s what the former city
engineer (W. K. Dickson) told
me when the plant was being
constructed.”
Mayor Moss said “I don’t
see any trouble changing the
new design to eliminate some
thing if it is not needed. The
state grant has covered it if
something is needed.”
Moss said he felt the grant
should be officially accepted
by the board because it is the
next step to accomplish. The
first step is the application,
the next is sending copies to
cities and counties in Region C
to see if there are any objec
tions. There were no objec
tions on this application. Moss
said.
Big Crowd
Attends
Citizens Day
Senior Citizens Day Thurs
day at the Community Center
attracted a record of 175.
City-County Co-ordinator
for the Aging Kenneth George
termed the event a “huge suc
cess” and said he promises
Senior Citizens that a different
arrangement for the meals
and a registration on the next
Senior Citizens Day will pre
vent the long lines. “Our
meals will be served much
faster because we plan to use
only one menu,” continued
Rev. George.
“Thank you Senior Citizens
for your patience and under
standing of our program
which has progressed at a
consistent pace”, said George.
First Senior Citizens Day
May 29 drew 75 citizens to the
special event.
Said Rev. Mr. George, “1
have received excellent
cooperation from Mayor
.Moss, the commissioners, the
Mirror-Herald, WKMT Radio,
and all the citizens of Kings
Mountain. It has also been oi
great help to work with Clevc
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