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KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA 28086 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26,1975
bicentennial COIN — Above is photographic reproduc-
lionsofthe Kings Mountain Bicentennial coin commemorating
Hie Battle of Kings Mountain and its role in turning the tide of
victory in the Revolutionary War. The coins weigh one ounce
and are made of 10 karat gold and are on sale through the
Bicen commission here for |300 each. Minted in a limited
Warehouse Leasor Ready
To Move Within 90 Days
By TOM McIntyre
Editor, Mirror-Herald
A meeting between Robert
Yoder and a potential retail
grocery merchant concerning
leasing the former Winn-Dixie
Iwilding on Cherokee St. was
itheduled here Tuesday.
Biis was disclosed Monday
light by Mayor John H. Moss
iiiring a discussion on the
kuilding now being used by
Kingsmont as a warehouse.
The warehouse issue was
taught to a head Monday
night when William S. (Corky)
Fulton 111 read a letter from
the Downtown Redevelopment
and Revitalization Committee
requesting codes enforcement
against the W-D building
being used as a storage ware-
months were up.
“Until something is firmed
up,” Fulton said, “there is no
need to push for removal any
faster than the90 day period.”
The downtown merchants
look upon the former retail
food location as a means of
building traffic in the down
town area and overtures have
been made to several indepen
dent food chains about the
possibilities of locating in the
Cherokee St. facility.
There has been no definite
word on Tuesday’s scheduled
meeting between the building
owner, Yoder, and the pros
pective tenant, but “interest is
high from the possible future
business citizen,” the mayor
said.
Commissioner James Amos
questioned whether it was a
city board domain. “This
board should not even be in
volved in this matter,” he
said. “The question is left to
the codes director, then the
mayor and then the commis
sioners.”
Amos also asked if the
warehouse — use of the build-
Thanksgiving Services,
Codes Director Black
Leonard told the board Mon
day that he has talked with
Ernest Agan of Kingsmont
about the situation and
learned that the materials
stored in the building could be
moved within 90 days.
"The warehouse usage is a
clear violation of the zoning
code in the downtown area,”
Leonard said. “Agan told me
Hat use of the building as a
warehouse was not originally
intended to last this long. He
said the textile slowdown
created many problems for
tbe local business. He said
however, he could have the
'aiding cleared within 90
days without causing his
company undue expense.”
fhlton said he felt the down
town merchants would be'
satisfied to give Kingsmont
die 90 days to move, if a
prospective retail grocer did
" come in and want the
before the three
Observance Begins Today
Kings Mountain citizens
readied for Thanksgiving this
week.
Family get-to-gethers, early
church services, hunting and
television viewing of parades
and football games will be the
order of the day Thursday for
most Kings Mountain citizens.
Virtually all business
establishments will close
down tight for the holiday.
School holidays will be Thurs
day and Friday. Industrial
plants will operate as usual.
Pre-Thanksgiving com
munity-wide religious service
will be held Wednesday night
at 7:30 p. m. at First Pres
byterian Church. Dr. Charles
Edwards, pastor of Boyce
Memorial ARP Church, will
deliver the Thanksgiving
message and all churches in
the community are invited to
attend. Special Thanksgiving
anthems will be featured, and
the service is under spon
sorship of the Kings Mountain
Ministerial Association.
At least four Kings Moun
tain churches plan Thanks
giving Day breakfasts with
Men of the Churches pre
paring and serving the meals
to their congregations. Men of
KM Baptist Brotherhood will
serve the traditional meal at 7
a. m. and the worship service,
under direction of Rev. J. C.
Goare, will follow. At Boyce
Memorial ARP Church Dr.
Charles Edwards will lead a
service of worship at 7:30 a.
m. and the meal will be served
at 8 a. m. Men of First Pres
byterian Church will serve
breakfast from 7 until 9 a. m.
and Men of Central United
Set For Dec. 1
‘Certain Unalienable Rights’
Is Bicentennial Forum Theme
The third in a series of public forums
l^nsored by the Kings Mountain Bicen-
mnial Commission is set for Mon., Dec.
Ut
p. m.
theme of the forum is “Certain
®Iienable Rights” and is tentatively
Muled for the fellowship hall at Cen-
United Methodist Church.
The Rev. Glenn Boland, pastor of
®Mrrection Lutheran Church, will
as moderator and participating on
J panel will be Mickey Corry, an at-
aey with Jack White’s office, Rev.
Bryant, pastor of First Pres-
™ian Church, and Tom McIntyre,
® of 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 is “Freedom of The
A free press helped create
‘Water System Needs
Photos By Butch Vess
edition, the coin was designed by Howard Jackson, Mrs. Pat
Plonk and Tom McIntyre. Commission members in charge of
the sale locally are Charles Hamilton and Marvin Teer and the
coins are available at First CStizens Bank, First Union Na
tional Bank, Kings Mountain Savings and Loan and Home
Savings and Loan Associations.
Press
America, but sometimes it has divided
the country. Can the media in America
help preserve personal freedom?
'Die final subject is “Equal Protection
Under The Law.” Due process and equal
protection are the two standards which if
compromised, compromise the law it
self.
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?
The public forums programs is chiared
by Mrs. Aubrey Mauney.
Updating’ - Fox
By TOM McIntyre
E^tor, Mirror-Herald
ing has done harm to the
people of Kings Mountain.
Commissioner Ray Cline
said he has discussed the mat
ter with Agan and said he was
told that Kingsmont “under
stands the feelings of the
downtown merchants. He said
if a deal is made for a retail
food store and the merchants
want the warehouse removed,
then Kingsmont will do so.
Agan said the building was
originally leased for six
months, but that Kingsmont
has continued occuijancy on a
month to month basis.
Methodist Church will serve
breakfast from 6 until 8 a. m.
St. Matthew’s Lutheran
Church will have a service of
worship Thanksgiving Day at
10 a. m.
The big Carolinas Carrousel
Thanksgiving Day Parade in
Charlotte begins at 3 p. m. on
North Tryon St. at Sears.
Karen Robbs, KMSHS senior,
daughter of Mrs. Dorothy P.
Robbs, will represent the city
as Carrousel Princess. Miss
Robbs departs for the Queen
City today to participate in a
Queen’s Luncheon, Pageant
and Coronation Dance.
Dinner menu at most homes
in the community will feature
turkey with all the trimmings
and most housewives were
busy stocking their pantry
with Thanksgiving goodies
-this week.
A projection of costs will be
presented to city commission
ers on Dec. 8 for extending a 12
inch water line from Phifer
Rd. east to the city limits to
provide updated service to
Foote Mineral Co. and private
homes and businesses in be
tween.
A lengthy discussion at
Monday’s board meeting by
City Engineer Dennis Fox re
vealed that there are water
problems because of low pres
sure and small lines in several
areas of the city.
The extension from Phifer
Rd down Somerset Dr. to the
city limits will cost approxi
mately $33,000 for material
alone. The 12 inch asbestos
cement pipe costs an esti
mated $6.80 per foot and would
run 3,450 feet.
The plan calls for Foote
Mineral to pay for extending
the line from the city limits on
to Foote property, which the
company feels will be neces
sary in the near future due to a
large expansion program now
underway.
Fox further explained that
the lines in the Neisco Mills
area are not providing ade
quate pounds per square inch
(psi) pressure nor gallons per
minute, according to stan
dards required by fire in
surance companies.
“A fireflow test in that area
showed the pressure to be
about 40 psi, when it should be
around60psi,”Fox said. “The
lime pumped 520 gallons per
minute and the ideal rate
would be 3,000 gallons per
minute.”
Fox said the situation is so
bad at Neisco during peak de
mand periods that the mill
draws water from its own well
tosupplemaitthecity service.
He added, however, “that at
this time Neisco is not making
much request for improve
ments because the mill is only
operating about half a shift a
day.”
Fox said he is proposing the
city consider a three phase
program to improve the water
service:
(1) Construction of a ,12 inch
line from Phifer Rd. down
Somerset Dr. to the city limits
(the area where Neisco Mills
islocated. The material cost is
estimated to be $33,500. 'That
line could later be extended by
Foote Mineral under the
Southern Railroad and on to
Foote’s property. Total cost
then would be about $140,000.
(2) Run a 16 inch line on
down Grover Rd., which
would eventually tie into the
line serving Eaton Corpora
tion.
(3) Run a 16 inch line up
Grover Rd. to E. Gold St.
Fox said that water pres
sure west of the Southern
Railroad is adequate, but far
below adequacy on the east
side of the city, especially in
the downtown business dis
trict.
He said improvements in
the central business district
should be started now in rela
tion with the improvements
(municipal parking lot)
already planned.
The entire water improve
ment project, according to
Fox, would cost about
$320,000.
Fox also recommended the
city installing a meter at the
city’s juncture with the coun
ty’s line to Eaton Corporation.
Fox made the comment
following questioning by Com
missioner Lloyd Davis.
“The county is reading it’s
own meter and paying the dty
accordingly,” Davis said. “I
feel a meter for us is needed to
keep a closer check on the
amount of water being used.
I’m not suggesting the county
would not give us a true read
ing, but that if we were to have
a bursted line it would take
some time to locate the break
and we would waste an awful
lot of water.”
Mayor John H. Moss sug
gested that with improved wa
ter line service which would
connect with Foote Mineral’s
line it would be easier for the
city to consider annexation of
the company into the city
limits.
City Attorney Jack White
pointed out, “that unless
Foote voluntarily comes into
the city you will find it next to
impossible to annex that
property. It has to do with so
much property, about five
acres, being taken into the dty
at one time.”
action fought against when
Bessemer City tried to anni^;'
Lithium Corporation property |
into the city limits. The an-
nexation has never taken
place, he pointed out.
White said he has seen this
Commissioners were of the
opinion the improvements in
the Neisco-Foote areas would
be mutually beneficial and
should be done.
ROY PEARSON
MRS. HUMES HOUSTON
DR. SAM ROBINSON
Oty To Establish
Cancer Branch Unit
Sometime in Jan. 1976 Kings
Mountain may have its own
branch unit of the Cleveland
County Chapter of the Ameri
can Cancer Society.
Roy Pearson, vice presi
dent, and Mrs. Humes Hous
ton and Dr. Sam L. Robinson,
directors of the Cleveland
County unit, and Mrs. Jack
Hauser, have already agreed
to serve the local unit if it is
formed
Nelle Sperling, executive
director of the county chapter,
said there is enough participa
tion in the county chapter
from the Kings Mountain area
to warrant establishing the
local unit.
“Hopefully, at some time in
January, we can establish the
Kings Mountain unit,” Mrs.
Sperling said. “If it is success
ful, Roy Pearson will serve as
president, Dr. Robinson as
medical adviser, Mrs. Hous
ton as Reach To Recovery
Trustees Take
Oaths At Noon
Mrs. George B. 'Thomasson
and Mrs. Joe Lee wUl be
sworn as new school trustees
Wednesday at noon at the KM
District Schools Administra
tion Building on Parker St.
Supt. Donald Jones will ad
minister the oaths of office.
Voters elected the two Kings
Mountain women in the Nov.
general election to replace two
veteran members of the board
who are retiring. Board Chair
man George H. Mauney and
Jim Herndon, Jr.
Only two other Kings Moun
tain women have served on
the board of education in re-
cait years — Mrs. Haywood
E. Lynch and Mrs. John L.
McGill.
'The two new trustees led the
balloting in a field of six, in
cluding four men.
Neither Mrs. Thomasson or
Mrs. Lee have sought public
office before. Both are house
wives. Mrs. Lee is married to
aKM medical doctor and Mrs.
'Thomasson is married to a
KM attorney.
chairman and Mrs. Hauser as
Reach To Recovery visitor at
the local hospital. Other direc
tors will also be named.”
Of the 70 new cases this year
the county unit assisted either
financially or with informa
tion, a large number were
from the Kings Mountain
area.
Last Thursday new officers
and directors were elected to
serve the county unit in the
coming year. Bob Kirkendall
is the new president; John
Griffin, vice president; Roy
Pearson, second vice presi
dent; Martha Wilson, secre
tary; Bobby Guffey, treasur
er; Dr. A. W. McMurry, medi
cal advisor; Mrs. Sam Houl-
ditch, service chairman; and
Susie Goode, youth chairman.
Mrs. Sperling presented a
tentative budget of $11,825 for
the coming year, including
contributions to the hospital
and the mobile unit, funds for
educational mateirals, patient
assistance and scholarships.
Peanut
Sale To
Aid Youth
A community,wide Peanut
Sale to raise funds for youth
activities in Kings Mountain
will be held Dec. 6 by the KM
Kiwanis Club, it was an
nounced today by Club Presi
dent “Scoop” Peeler.
According to Peeler
volunteers will become peanut
vendors on street corners
throughout the community for
the day in an attempt to raise
$1,000.
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 Christmas, Wed., Dec. 24.
For New Years, Wed., Dec. 31.
This wdl necessitate moving all deadlines
back in order to maintain the publishing
schedule. The 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 service
to businessmen and merchants.
The early deadlines are being observed as
a service to our readers and advertisers and
we appreciate your cooperation.