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MIRROR-HEIALD
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KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA 28086 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4,1975
few Council Takes
)ver Monday Night
lerk Joe McDaniel
nister the oath of of-
)rand new city board
aissioners Monday
:ity hall.
'earing in ceremony
i place following a
meeting of the cur
'd at 7:30 p. m. The
board will call the
io order, take care of
;ss, adjourn, then the
eeting opened for the
d to take office,
iel will administer
to Mayor John H.
10 begins four year
hirf executive. Oaths
idministered then to
ioners James Chil-
mes Houston, Corbet
1, Norman King, Bill
and Fred Wright, Jr.
rs, Nicholson and
11 begin four year
IS commissioners.
Grissom and Wright
in two year terms
■new staggered term
missioners elected in districts
two, five and six will begin
four year terms to complete
the staggered term cycle.
Mayor Moss was elected
during the Oct. 7 balloting, but
the six new commissioners
could not be decided until the
Nov. 4 runoff ballots were
tabulated. From a field of 35
commissioner candidates no
single candidate earned a
clear victory in the Oct. 7 elec
tion and 12 of the top vote-get
ters went into the Nov. 4
runoff.
Both elections were at
tended by better than 50 per
cent of the city’s registered
voters, a move that surprised
many local observers and
candidates alike.
Voters decided to retain
only one member of the pres
ent board — Corbet Nicholson,
district three — and gave him
a four year term. The other
five commissioners are all
new men, with the exception
of Norman King, who was
unseated two years ago by
Don McAbee.
As in the past the city com
missioners will meet on a
r^ular basis of twice each
month, on the second and
fourth Mondays at 7:30 p. m.
Special meetings will be an
nounced.
Under the heading of old
business expected to be
tackled by the present council
Monday night is a decision on
the extension of water lines in
the southeastern section of the
city.
'The problems of low pres
sure in certain sections of the
city was discussed at full
length in session two weeks
ago.
In Mini-Parade
Hey, Kids! Santa’s
Coming On Wednesday
the 1W7 election, com-
ayor Asks
Names
or
is
ipr John H. Moss
inghis annual req.''3£. .
■esses of all military
ice men and women and
ransinhasp’ta’'' from thi-
is Mountain irea.
le mayor : :iakes the an-
reques! m order to -end
stmas cards to the S' rvice
land women
you have, or know of any-
iii service or in a veterans
M, you are asked i j call
mayor’s office (73F---563)
ieen8:30 a. m. and 5 p. m.
give the address to the
»n answering the phone.
A mini-parade for children is planned down
town next Wednesday at 4 p. m., according to
Jerry White, assistant supt. of the city’s
natural gas department.
White, one of the creative forces behind the
construction of the new fire department
museum, got an okay from city officials Tues
day to formulate plans for a Christmas parade
for children downtown.
“I read the article in the Mirror-Herald
about no Christmas parade planned for this
year and wondered why something couldn’t be
done for the childden in this city,” White said.
■-'The answer there was nc rcr
not.”
So White set about recruiting aid — Helen
Holt and Tom McIntyre — and calling on
people for potential parade units.
To date White has secured the services of the
Kings Mountain Senior high band, antique car
owners, several VFD and rescue units. Scout
troops, junior police and junior rescue mem
bers, horseback riders, clowns and Santa
Claus.
'There is also a unit from Crossroads Music
Park on the city’s Bicentennial Heritage Music
program, and possible a color guard from the
local National Guard unit. Jane’s School of the
Dance also plans participation.
If anyone has a float or a parade entry they
want to include in this mini-parade, just con
tact White at the city gas department or
McIntyre at the Mirror-Herald.
-'Die parade route is Mountain St. to Battle-
giound and Battleground to Gold St.
: “Maybe next year there will be some interest
in sponsoring a Christmas parade on a large
scale for the city,” White said, “but this year
the mini-parade will have to suffice. We hope
the youngsters of our city enjoy it.”
53,335
tae City
8 Share
>igs Mountain will receive
89.66 as its share of the
ity sales and use tax dis-
«tion for the quarter en-
iSept. 30.
addition the city will re-
* $493.91 from Gaston
tty under the one percent
station report,
kveland County’s
tae quarter
W.15 and the
®ment’s share
•404.74. Shelby receives
sscond largest share,
*.86. Boiling Springs is
* with $10,153.87.
k Town of Grover
fives $2,189.31.
proceeds are distribut-
*3 per capita basis.'
share
totals
county
equals
ain’s share of
mty sales and
:omes from the
siding in that
7 that reaches
TOYS NEEDED — Kings Mountain Fire
fighter Bob Hope works on a bicycle which has
been donated to the fire department’s annual
Christmas toy drive. The drive is lagging
behind, according to firemen. The need is for
Notice To Readers And Advertisers
••••
r to give readers and advertisers
ng and street sales service during
ng holidays, The Mirror-Herald
ish one day earlier than usual.
Jr Christmas, Wed., Dec. 24.
Jr New Years, Wed., Dec. 31.
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.
•is will necessitate moving all deadlines
in order to maintain the publishing
The social and women’s news
The early deadlines are being observed as
a service to our readers and advertisers and
we appreciate your cooperation.
SWORN IN — June Lee and Marion Thomasson, Kings
Mountain’s newest school board trustees, are sworn in by
Judge Lee Roberts during luncheon meeting of the board
Wednesday. Pictured, left to right, are Roberts, Dr. Joseph
Photo By Gary Stewart
Lee, Mrs. Lee, Mrs. Thomasson and George Thomasson. The
two new members led a field of six, including four men, in the
November board elections.
Treedoms’ Is Theme
For Panel Discussion
By ELIZABETH STEWART
StaffWriter
Life, liberty and the pursuit
of happiness.
Certain unalienable rights.
Freedom of speech, the press,
religion.
The Bill of Rights, a piece of
paper we studied ih govern
ment courses but later left in a
dusty textbook on a shelf,
came alive Monday night in
the third in a series of public
forums by the KM Bicenten
nial Commission at City Hall.
Rev. Gary Bryant, First
Presbyterian pastor, led off
the discussion of the First
Amendment, followed by Tom
McIntyre, Mirror-Herald
Editor, Mickey Corry, local
attorney, and Mrs. Yvonne
Greene, reading specialist in
the county schools. Panel
moderator was Rev. Glenn
Boland, Resurrection
Lutheran pastor, and forum
chairman was Mrs. Aubrey
Mauney.
Declaring that the “no
knock law” is the most
flagrant violation of the
Fourth Amendment which
guarantees an individual’s
right of privacy, the young
Black lawyer also touched on
recent cases of wire-tapping,
“bugging” and eavesdropping
as violations of the Fourth and
Fifth Amendments and
charged that the public is
being “informationally
raped” today, citing case
after case of private citizens’
names appearing on govern
ment agent’s subversive lists
simply because they were gun
collectors or obtain a lot of
library books on the subject.
Many raids by federal narco
tics agents recently in other
cities were “mistakes”, he
said, and invasions of privacy.
Is a man’s house still his
castle?,’ asked Corry, noting
that the U. S. Supreme Court
is now broadening base of the
Fourth Amendment regarding
search and seizure as he
touched briefly on arrest war
rants, writs of assistance in
vogue in 1751 and some of the
violations in practice in 1975.
“During the American
Revolution we fired on the
King’s soldiers to protect our
selves. Defend your home to
day when an “intruder”
breaks down your door “by
mistake” and you are in
trouble. The officer who didn’t
knock may receive a few days
suspension from the force with
pay,” he continued.
colonists looked for freedom to
be who they were and worship
as they pleased, explained
Pastor Bryant who declared
that freedom of speech and
assembly is one we take ad
vantage of and do not appre
ciate. Giving a history of the,
religion of early settlers,
Bryant said that two-thirds of
our Revolutionary fathers
were trained in the school of
John Calvin and quoted ex
cerpts from “Religion In the
Law” from Mad Magazine
which blasted organized reli
gion for failure to pay taxes,
noting that a high percentage
of business is owned by the
church, including baseball
fields, diaper factories and
apartment buildings. He cau
tioned that Sunday Blue Laws
may be an issue and raised the
question of power of the reli
gious community. Elaborat
ing on the freedom of free
choice in worship, the minis
ter reviewid e Handbook
of ]L)i,aominfit’..'n'.-.
Editor McIntyre traced the
history of the free press begin
ning in the life of John Peter
Zinger who exposed a corrupt
government in the 1700’s and
went on trial for printing the
truth.
Declaring that the colonial
newspapers forged the war of
independence. Editor
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Bicen Choir Sings
At Barnes Sunday
To a question, Corry, said
the “no knock” law was
passed to prevent a suspect
from harming himself and to.
keep him from hiding the evi
dence.
Tired of tyranny, the early
Over 1(X) voices will join in
singing Sunday afternoon,
Dec. 7, 3 p. m. when the Kings
Mountain Bicentennial Choir
presents a concert of
Christmas music. Place of
meeting is the B. N. Barnes
Auditorium.
Organized specifically to
join in the celebration of the
year of bicentennial, the choir
comes from the total com
munity. Professional musi
cians and those who just enjoy
singing make up the member
ship.
Included in the program
Sunday are standard
Christmas favorites, carols,
and hymns, with solos, ensem
bles, and one piece done with
interpretive movement.
Mrs. Victoria Bess is presi
dent of the choir; Allen Jolley,
director; and Mrs. Ellen
McCurdy, the accompanist.
Rescue Squad Finding
Itself In A Squeeze
ByTOMMcINTYRE
Editor, Mirror-Herald
Photo By Tom McIntyre
toys either in good or repairable condition for
distribution to the city’s underprivileged
children on Christmas Eve. Call 739-2552 for
pickup service, or drop toys at the fire depart
ment beside city hall on S. Piedmont Ave.
In the old days the Kings Mountain
Rescue Squad was hardpressed for
money and equipment to serve the city,
but Capt. Bob Hope admits “today the
citizen response is much better.”
There was a time when the rescuers
antied up $1 each week in dues to pay for
gas used in the squad vehicles and more
times than not they went ahead and paid
for a tank of gas out of pocket.
Times have changed. The squad now
operates out of its own building on Park
er St. They have equipment, manpower
and donations to keep the work going.
But, in the very near future the squad
is going to have to invest in a newer
model ambulance to replace one that has
seen better days. The squad is also going
to have to have larger quarters and
garage space for housing the current
rolling stock.
“We are cramped even now where we
are,” Hope said. “We don’t have enough
space to park our equipment and no
space to store it. Our boats and am-
hilances have to be left outside exposed
to all kinds of weather.”
The squad members have already add
ed 12 feet to the rear of the building on
Parker St. and there is no more room for
growth at the present site. Hope said at
one time they had hoped they could pur
chase adjoining property, but that possi
bility seems remote now.
Hope said what the squad members
would like is to relocate, perhaps more
toward the center of the community.
“The city has grown and we have grown
right along with it,” Hope continued.
“But now we are reaching the critical
stage as far as development. We’re pot-
bound where we are.”
The rescue squad was first located in
the basement of the police department,
then a house on S. Piedmont, below the
Herald building, then to Parker St.
Hope said the present quarters were
built through public donations and per
sonal loans arranged by the rescue mem
bers. “We sit around and talk about how
we’re going to be able to do this or that. It
seems impossible, but somehow we’ve
always managed to see a project
through.”
A hot dog supper, for instance, held at
the Parker St. building raised a substan
tial amount of money even though the
rescuers had been advised against the
project. The reason given was the build
ing was too far out of the way and there
was no parking spaces for the public.
Hope said the hot dogs were gone within a
couple of hours after the sale began.
Hope said he didn’t feel the going will
be as rough in the future as it has been
“because the citizens have come to
realize what a valuable service the
rescue squad offers them.”
me squad is 25-members strong. A
total of 13 of the members have qualified
under the North Carolina Emergency
Medical Technician courses. That’s an
81-hour course that takes three months at
two nights a week to complete. Another
EMT course is scheduled to begin in
January.
Also on Jan. 5, 1976 new officers and
directors for the coming year will be
elected.
Hope said “the men have worked very
hard this year and I am proud of all of
them. They have taken classes and tend
ed the emergency needs of the com
munity and stand ready 24-hours a day,
seven days a week to serve.”
And, in case there are any doubts, the
rescue squadders serve the community
on a strictly volunteer basis. They must
buy their own uniforms and devote their
free time to the program without receiv
ing one penny of compensatiai.
Hope said the squad wants to thank the
citizens who have donated and supported
the squad during the past year. “Without
them we wouldn’t have much of a com
munity service organization,” he added.