IS CPA Award KJMG&JWOUMTAIN Winning Newspaper iNO. 48 MIRROR-HEIALD 15 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 (Please Turn To Page 4A) 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.

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