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KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA 28086 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20,1975
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ourt
,table cause was found
ist James Edward
s, charged with hit and
I'connection with an inci-
tat injured KM Rescue
i member Ned Bridges
July, and Daves was
1 over to Superior Court
ge Oscar Mason was on
inch for the preliminary
ig in 27th Judicial Dis-
lourt in Shelby.
,es, of Atlanta, Ga.,
d the right to counsel
.presented himself at the
ig. He did not take the
B stand but questioned
men who testified, in-
g about weather condi-:
he night of the accident.
1 asked Ptl. Billy Benton
asn’t raining and foggy
time and Benton said it
ot. Benton testified that
not raining at 12:05 a.
len he was called to the
tat it was “overcast and
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armarked
or Sewer
committee of the U. S.
irtment of Commerce has
ived grant funds totaling
for Cleveland County
construction of a sewer
to Eaton Corporation.
>c funds were requested
ipplicadon and informa-
Siven County Manager
Hendrick by Congressman
lesBroyhiU this week indi-
s the funds will be rffi-
'y approved when the
seary paperwork is com-
On Warehouse
Committee Asks For
TOP UNITED FUND LEADERS — Buford
Before, center, executive of Spectrum, ad
mires the handsome plaque he received as top
fund-raiser in Kings Mountain’s United Fund
Campaign for ’76 which nears the $50,000 mark.
Spectrum Is Leader
esaid Bridges had been di-
iig traffic at the intersec-
of Watterson and Kings
etsdue to a massive power
ige. He said that when he
ved at the scene he found
Iges lying in the road hurt
in severe pain,
it. Richard Reynolds,
Clive with KMPD, said he
paint samples from the
ilight Bridges had used
light of the incident and
lied them with paint from
bor jamb of a 1969 Grand
[owned by the defendant.
tIPtl. Robert Dodge said
alked with the defendant
days after locating the car
lave’s brother-in-law’s
ic in Kings Mountain.
In Industry Giving
Buford DeFore, general
manager of Spectrum Indus
tries and chairman of the
industrial division, accepted
the top award, a handsome
plaque, to the division highest
in cash and [hedges. The in
dustrial community’s goal
was $22,000 and members
reported 168 percent.
Engraved plaques were also
presented to Chairman Lee
McIntyre, who is incoming
president, and outgoing Presi
dent BiU Bates for “out
standing service” and were
presented at the annual ban
quet honoring UF volunteers
Wednesday night at Kings
Mountain Junior High School
Cafeteria.
“In spite of the economic
crunch”, said President Bill
Bates, for the first time we
can tell each Agency it will re
ceive 100 percent erf its budg
et”
Five of the eight divisions of
the campaign were over 100
percent of goal. Chairman
Jiytiill also said he. Gov.
Holshous©', Jim Harring-
secretary of the Depart-
of Natural and
Mmic Resources, are be-
^0 project, "rhe con-
sman said he felt the
is worthwhile and that
tads earmarked for the
® project should be forth-
soon.
Notice To Readers
And Advertisers
••••
In order to give readers and advertisers
full mailing and street sales service during
the coming holidays, The Mirror-Herald
will publish one day earlier than usual.
For Thanksgiving, the Mirror-Herald will
be in the mails and on the street on Wed.,
Nov. 26.
For Christmas, Wed., Dec. 24.
For New Years, Wed., Dec. 31.
This will necessitate moving all deadlines
back in order to maintain the publishing
schedule. TTie social and women’s news
items must be by 10 a. m. on the Monday
proceeding the Wednesday dateline.
Regular news items must be in by 10 a. m.
on Tuesday before the Wednesday dateline.
The Mirror-Herald advertising staff will
call on accounts earlier during these
holiday schedules in order to assure seryice
to businessmen and merchants.
The early deadlines are being observed as
a service to our reiaders and advertisers and
we appreciate your cooperation.
Set For Dec. 1
‘Certain Unalienable Rights’
Is Bicentennial Forum Theme
® series of public forums
iai n Kings Mountain Bicen-
^mmission is set for Mon., Dec.
•p. m.
jheme of the forum is “Certain
dn j ^Shts” and is tentatively
M for the fellowship hall at Cen-
"iited Methodist Church.
J*Glenn Boland, pastor of
action Lutheran Church, will
. * ^“l^srator and participating on
« will be Mickey Corry, an at-
With Jack White’s office. Rev.
kn 0^ First Pres-
~ ,,~™Tch’ and Tom McIntyre,
™ The Mirror-Herald.
Rev. Boland said one other local person
will be asked to participate on the panel.
Attorney Corry’s discussion subject is
“Freedom From Search and Seizure.”
The question in this subject is when does
the right to be left alone cease to be a
right? How can we prevent invasions of
our privacy?
Rev. Bryant’s subject is “Freedom of
Speech, Assembly and Religion.” These
“unalienable” rights have sometimes
been abrogated in our country. Is
freedom so fragile it must ever be de
fended by denying it to others?
McIntyre’s subject i$ “Freedom of The
A free press helped create
Press
America, but sometimes it has divided
the country. Can the media in America
help preserve personal freedom?
TTie final subject is “Equal Protection
Under The Law.” Due process and equal
protection are the two standards which if
compromised, compromise the law it-
sdf.
\ 'The entire discussion of this American
Issues Forum program comment that
basic freedom and rights are the stuff of
America and pose the questions — are
they being eroded or diluted in today’s
society, or are they being extended and
strengthened? How are our freedoms
limited by our responsibilities?
TTie public forums programs is chiared
by Mrs. Aubrey Mauney.
ZoningEnforcement
Photo By Lib Stewart
Mr. Defore was chairman of the industrial
division. Lee McIntyre, campaign chairman,
makes the presentations UF President Bill
Bates, left, looks on.
Members of the downtown
revitalization committee will
present a written request to
the city commissioners Mon.,
Nov. 24 for zoning ordinance
enforcement in the case of a
warehouse located on
Cherokee St.
The former Winn-Dixie food
store has been used by a local
industry as a warehouse for
manufacturing materials for
the past two years.
Zoning ordinances prohibits
such use of downtown central
business district, but no en
forcement of that city code
has been pushed, according to
Charles Blanton, chairman of
the revitalization committee.
The downtown merchants
objected to the leasing of the
Winn-Dixie building for a
warehouse two years ago be
fore it became a fact, but the
leasing arrangement went
-through.
The letter, co-signed by sev
eral members of the commit-
iiPe, states, “. . .we are in
terested in attracting new and
competitive retailers to this
area, and particularly to the
large building, which is
ideally suited for food re
tailing. The present use of the
building constitutes a negative
influence on both traffic and
attractiveness in the area ...”
Museum
Money
Needed
McIntyre pointed out as he
presented certificates to
chairmen and industry and
business representatives.
Other new officers elected,
in addition to President
McIntyre, are Larry Wood,
pei.^hr'!! manager of Spec
trum, campaign manager;
Mrs. Becky Seism, secretary-
treasurer. Incoming directors
are Ron Osborne, Burlington
Industries; Joe Machnik,
Kingsmont Mills, Charles F.
Mauney, Mauney Hosiery
Mills; and Mrs. Menzell
Phifer, First Union National
Bank. Hold-over directors are
Mrs. Vernon Crosby, J. C.
Bridges, Marvin Teer, Tom
Tate, John Cheshire, Shuford
Peeler, Carl DeVane and
Donald Jones.
Kings Mountain citizens
have contributed a record
$49,090.90 to the United Fund
— 136 percent of their goal.
Campaign Chairman Lee
McIntyre said additional gifts
this week were from Lithium
Corporation of America
employes who gave $1,872.00
and Fiber Industries em
ployes who gave $130.90.
McIntyre said Fiber, which
pledg^ $108,069.40 and ex
ceeded goal by a record
$92,000.00 in the county,
designated $4,722.50 to sur
rounding counties as designat
ed by employes living outside
the county. A spokesman for
the firm said the pledge to
Kings Mountain was smallest
in recent years because
employes had not designated
Kings Mountain UF on pledge
cards.
“We hope to be finished with
the fire museum before
Christmas,” said Charles
Peterson, captain on the Kings
Mountain Fire Department.
The roof was, raised on the
concrete block and brick fa
cade structure near the com
munity center last Saturday
and now the firemen ^..re
soliciting the aid of a couple of
brick masons to complete the
outside work.
The firemen are discussing
contacting Kings Mountain
Senior High for help from the
students in the school’s brick
laying class.
To date the department
owes about $1,500 for mate
rials. Peterson said there is
about $800 in the bank, money
raised through donations and
a rummage sale last Satur
day. That sale brought in
about $500 for the building
fund.
A solicitation committee is
working now to raise more
funds for the project. This
group has raised about $1,100
in addition to the $1,000
donated out of the city’s non
tax revenue.
The committee includes
Mrs. May Tignor, Mrs. Maude
Walker, Mrs. Audrey Dickey,
Mrs. Helen Holt, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Peterson, Clyde
BlackweU and Tom Trott.
The firefighters, who have
done aU of the work to date on
construction, figure they will
need another $1,500-$2,000 to
complete the job.
Photos By Gary Stewart
Kings Mountain industrial
employes gave a record of
$36,989.40 to the 1976 United
Fund.
LAY THEM STRAIGHT — Chief Tignor aids complete and can be seen on Cleveland Ave.
Jerry White as the masonry work progresses just below the commimity center,
on the fire museum. The structure is almost
Members of the committee
also plan to visit Robert
Yoder, who represents Winn-
Dixie, to discuss the possibili
ties of the building being
leased or rented to other food
retailers interested in locating
in Kings Mountain.
Bypass
Work To
Continue
TOTE THAT LOAD — Kings Mountain firefighter Frank
Burns puts his muscles to work carrying bricks to be used in
the construction of the city’s fire museum. The white brick is
used to cover the concrete block walls.
Right-of-way agents for the
U. S. 74 By-Pass of Kings
Mountain estimate that ac
quisition of 275 parcels of
property along the 7.50 mile
route is proceeding “on sched
ule” with 35 of 84 claims
“settled” and 104 appraisals
“received.”
A major job will be in
relocation of 119 homes and 12
businesses along the route, de
clared George ShuU and Dean
Bridges in an address before
Rings Mountain Rota'ians
T/Kursday. ’ v
Meantime, the project
Relocation Office is now open
on Slater St. with Frank
Brewer, agent, in charge, and
legal notice appears in this
edition.
“Once properties are ac
quired Mr. Brewer is availa
ble to help owners relocate”,
explained Shull.
Bridges, 12th Division
Right-of-Way Agent, of Shelby
said time table calls for ac
quiring right-of-way by June
1978 with construction date
slated for 1981. He said there is
virtuaUy no change in the
original timetable but that
“hopefully we may be able to
move it up a little.”
Illustrating with maps the
route of the $24 million by-pass
as they gave humorous inci
dents of problems in acquiring
properties in other areas of
the state. Bridges said the
longest letter he had ever re
ceived concerning a road
project was a 43 page
“epistle” that took the author
three months to write and
included petition of 65 owners
of a particular piece of
property. In another road
matter, he said 1500 people
owned interest in one tract of
land. “We try to be tactful,
understanding and conside
rate when we go into these
homes to secure individual
right-of-ways but it’s hard to
see adults cry”, said Bridges,
who noted that one man upon
learning that the highway was
to go through his property took
a shotgun to the right-of-way
stake and blew off his head.”
“There would be no roads
today if the highway depart
ment did not exercise ri^t of
ccMidemnation”, said Shull.
The By-Pass is projected
nea^ Bethware School South,
crosses over 74 north with
interchanges at Waco Road
near Spectrum, Piedmont
Ave. and Cleveland Ave. with
“fly over” on King. The two
main interchanges will be
located at Piedmont and
Cleveland Avenues, crossing
Cansler, Piedmont and Rail
road, Cleveland and King and
tieing back into 74 before
coming to 1-85. Lackey St. will
dead-end and the road wUl tie-
in with the four lane at
Walker.
To question from Larry
Hamrick, Bridges said that
the 12 businesses displaced by
the By-Pass wUl have top
I»iority for a SamU Business
Administration loan to re
build.
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