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KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA 28086 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18,1975
L Combat Shortages
Large Gas Users
eek Alternate Fuels
Mayor Proclaims
Constitution Week
Photo By Lib Stewart
Tm.8 I'’ CONSTITU'^ION \VEEK ■- ’^he '
week ieiA. 17-23 is ( ,iistitution Week aii*!
members of Colonel Frederick Hambright
Chapter DAR are calling attention to the ob
servance with special emphasis on reading of
the document. Mayor John Moss is pictured
signmg the cil s official proclamation of
Constitution Week as Mrs. Hugh Ormand, a
membesr of the Constitution Week Committee,
looks OR.
the Constitution!
That’s the invitation of
embers o f C olonel F rederick
ambright Chapter, Daugh-
s of American Revolution,
fcg attention to the week-
“g observance of Constitu-
® Week beginning today
hursday),
Mayor J An H. Moss Thurs-
y signed official proclama-
“ithatthe week of Sept. 17-
. is Constitution Wedc in
hgs Mountain.
%ing of the flag and pa-
liotic programs in the area
t* emphasized by the
Wi.
The Proclamation:
Whereas, September 17,
?’ the one hundred
!™.v-eighth anniversary of
* adoption of the Constitu-
“ The United States of
®enca by Constitutional
®'’ention; and
whereas. To accord offi-
' TKognition to this me-
rahle anniversary, and to
'patriotic exercise that will
® a noteworthy feature of
Mcasion, seems fitting
1 roper; and ^
WEREAS, Public Law No.
1
915 guarantees the issuing of a
proclamation each year by the
President of the United States
of America designating
September 17 through 23 as
Constitution Week,
NOW, THEREFORE, I,
John Henry Moss, by virtue of
the authority vested in me as
Mayor of the City of Kings
Mountain, in the state of
North Carolina, do hereby
proclaim the week of Septem
ber 17 through 23, 1975 as
:CONSTITUTION WEEK in
the City of Kings Mountain,
North Carolina, and urge ail
our citizens to pay special
attention during that week to
our Federal Constitution and
the advantages of American
Citizenship.
In Witness WTiereof, I have
herainto set my hand and
caused the Seal of the City to
be affixed at Kings Mountain,
North Carolina, this day in the
year of our Lord one thousand
nine hundred and sevaity five
and the independence of the
United States of America, the
one hundred and ninety-fifth.
Mayor John Henry Moss
Natural gas allocaticm to
industrial users this winter is
still up in the air. Gas sup-
fdiers are at the moment
meeting with the Federal
Power Commission in
Washington in the hopes of
getting something settled.
Several weeks ago The
Mirror-Herald ran a couple of
stories based on information
supplied by W. D. Edwards,
Kiiigs Mountain’s gas con
sultant, in which he said the
shortage is critical and that
the city’s large gas customers
will be in for hard times this
winter.
The city has nine larger gas
customers and representa
tives of each were contacted
for comments on plans for
securing alternate heating
and manufacturing fuels.
Recently the Federal
Power Commission issued an
order allowing industry in the
state to buy gas directly from
the wells. This means the
large users could ease
potential gas portages by
buying enough to tide them
over the next two winters.
At Spectrum Textured
Fibers, Inc., Buford DeFore,
'xteutive vicepresident, said,
“We do not contemplate
buying gas in the intra-state
market. We have an alternate
fuel, so when natural gas is not
available we will convert to
fuel oil. The peak shaving
plant the city is going to build
will in effect store gas at low
peak and will be of help to all
users of natural gas.”
James Dickey of Neisco
said, “We have standby fuel.
We can use either gas or num
ber two fuel oil.” Dickey said
the situation has not really
been discussed at Neisco.
Post No Bills
On Utility Poles
Attention Candidates: You
must have consent of a
property owner to post signs
and posters for advertising,
and posting on telephone,
electric light or other poles
along any of the city streets
are prohibited.
Chief William Roper, Jr.
reminds citizens of city ordi
nances in regard to pasting of
political handbills, etc. in an
swer to numerous requests for
information.
Chief Roper said that each
sign, poster, bill or advertise
ment posted in violation of
Section 3-11 constitutes a
separate offense.
Section 3-13 also prohibits
distribution of circulars,
handbills or other written,
printed matter for advertising
purposes upon streets or side
walks of the city without first
having obtained a license
therefor.
Beaunit Employes
Tn Strike Or Laid Off?
^ Hearing May Decide
‘"8 precedent over a
itov», ^“'’Tract is the dis-
lyes *^®Ther or not 45 em-
of Beaunit Trucking
4ed ourofi?® ° u
‘'"'eek °
Employment
■ f *-ommission is
^ hearing for the
Ss ^Tled
Unemployment
benefits.
Franklin Ware, director of
the ESC offices in Shelby and
Kings Mountain, was quoted
this week as stating the hear
ing is the first step when
claims come from a company
where there is claimed to be a
labor dispute.
Ware dso commented the
date and location of the hear
ing have not been firmed as
yet.
Beaunit officials, according
to press reports, have not
made comment on the
situation.
The Beaunit employes are
members of Teamster Union
Local 61. Their contract with
Beaunit expired Aug. 31, but
they continued working
(Please Turn To Page 2A)
Carl Devane of Duplex In
ternational said, “We are
looking at alternate sources of
fuel. I have also suggested to
the directors of the Chamber
of Commerce-Merchants As
sociation that a survey report
of what area industry can do
in the event of gas shortages
this winter.”
Devane said in his sugges
tion that information be
gathered on what the allot
ments are likely to be for this
area this winter, then the
chamber-merchant secre
taries would send out the in
formation to all members.
(Please Turn To Page 2A)
Barnes Auditorium Sept. 29
Mirror-Herald Sponsoring
Old Timey Town Hall Meet
Because of the great interest in the Kings
Mountain municipal election Oct. 7, both
from candidates and the general public. The
Mirror-Herald will sponsor an old-timey
“Town Hall Meeting” atBarnes Auditorium
Mon., Sept. 29 at 7:30 p. m.
Letters have been sent to each of the 39
candidates inviting ' them to attend the
meeting. Each candidate will be alio ted up
to two minutes to make comment on any
election issue he or she deems important.
After each candidate has had his say the
meeting wiU be thrown open to questions of
any or all of the candidates by the audience.
Barnes Auditorium will seat 1,000 com
fortably, but about 200 more chairs can be
brought in if the citizen interest is that
great.
Garland Atkins, Mirror-Herald publisher,
said, “Since there are so many candidates
seeking the mayor’s office and six com
missioner seats we feel interest is also
running high among the voters. This
meeting is ctesigned to give the candidates a
forum and the voters a chance to get some
answers to questions pertaining to the
candidate, his election platform and local
government functions.”
Mirror-Herald Editor Tom McIntyre will
serve as moderator, introducing each
candidate for comments, then spotlighting
members of the audience with questions for
the candidates.
Operation of Kings Mountain’s govern
ment is big business and decisions made in
commissioner meetings affect the lives of
every KM citizen. The Mirror-Herald urges
interested citizens to attend this meeting
Mon., Sept. 29. It’s in your best interests.
If (
Memory of
bygone days...
Mirror-Herald photographer Gary Stewart and Grady
Costner happened across this old tree limb swing during a
photo-taking trip last week near Kings Mountain. The swing no
Photo By Gary Stewart
doubt spelled hours of fun once upon a time, but now it hangs
idle except for the blow of the wind.
At Noon On Monday
City To Become Official
Bicentennial Community
JACOB COOPER
Cooper
Services
Monday
Funeral services for Jacob
Mauney Cooper were held at
11 a. m. Monday at St. Mat
thews Lutheran (3iurch by Dr.
L. Glenn Cloninger and burial
was in Mountain Rest Ceme
tery.
Cooper, 60, of 107 N. Pied
mont Ave., died Saturday at
Presbyterian Hospital,
Charlotte, following a lengthy
illness. A retired textile
executive, he served
treasurer of Bonnie Mills.
(Please Turn To Page 5A)
Kings Mountain becomes an
official Bicentennial Com
munity Mon., Sept. 22 in brief
ceremonies at noon on the
steps of city hall.
Dr, Larry Wheeler and Liz
Fentress of the N. C. Bi
centennial Commission, will
present Pat Plonk and
Howard Jackson, co-chairper
sons of the Kings Mountain
Bicentennial Commission,
with a Bicen flag, then make
the announcement.
Mrs. Plonk said the Kings
Mountain Senior High Band is
scheduled to play for the cere
monies “and we want to urge
as many citizens as possible to
come and share in this pres
entation.
Application for the official
designation was made several
weeks ago when Dr. Wheeler
visited Kings Mountain for an
address at a luncheon meeting
with local government and
Bicen committee members.
In a recent meeting of the
local commission Mayor John
H. Moss told of the clean up
program getting underway in
the city.
The evidence of the cleanup
can clearly be seen with street
crews cutting grass, painting
parking space lines, repairing
sidewalks in the downtown
business area.
Sarah Faunce brought the
commmission up to date on
plans for the Kings Mountain
and Gaston a Little Theaters
to jointly produce the musical
“1776” in Barnes Auditorium
sometime in February.
A letter from Mrs. Lois Sex
ton Smith of Bessemer City
informed the commission her
family now owns a cradle,
chair and trundel bed which
belonged to Preston Goforth
and that her family is willing
to donate the items to the cur
rent project to restore the
Goforth homeplace.
Howard Jackson read a
letter from Rq). James Broy-
hill showing his support of and
his contacts on behalf of the
Goforth project. Jackson
urged the commission mem
bers to write Congressman
Broyhill thanking him for his
efforts on behalf of Kings
Mountain, both in helping to
get the Goforth project off the
ground and in helping to get
President Gerald Ford to
come to Kings Mountain on
Oct. 7.
Jackson also discussed an
appropriate gift from the
commission to President Fo-d
(Please Turn To Page 2A)
On The Inside
as
Starting today is the first of four ar
ticles of great importance to Kings
Mountain and area high school students.
Compiled by the U. S. Department of
Labor, the articles concern continued
education geared toward specific career
fields.
The lack of training, to a great extent,
is now evident in the number of high
school and even collie graduates who
find themselves
employment.
unable to nail down
Statistics show that one out of every
three high school graduate leaves school
without definite career plans and as a
result is threatened to be left behind in
the race for over 60 million job openings
expected in the next 10 years.
Important reading . . . Page 4A.
-oOo-
The North Carolina Arts Council has $1
million to spend from Oct. 1 through June
30, 1976 for in-residence artists and ad
ministrators.
Cleveland County is one of 14 counties
throughout the state where artisans are
eligible for these jobs. The time for ap
plying is short, but it’s the chance of a
lifetime for the gifted citizens of our
area. Read the details on Page 4A today.