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VOL. 90 NO. 56 TUESDAY, JULY 17, 1979
KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD
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City Hall At 8 P. M.
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P & Z Board Special
Session On Tonight
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The Kings Mountain Planning and
Zoning Board meets tonight In
special session to consider business
tabled at the July 10 meeting.
A request from Rufus Thomas was
tabled following a discussion bet-
I ween the board and 30 Canterbury
Rd. residents. Thomas has
requested rezonlng from R-20 to LI
to construct an addition to a
machine shop he operates. The
property Is south of I-8S.
Canterbury Rd. residents argued
the pros and cons of the request at
great length, but the P&Z board Is
expected to make Its recom-
^ mendatlon at the 8 p.m. session
tonight.
Another July 10 agenda Item
tabled was a request from Paul
Mauney, through realtor John
Barker, to rezone a portion of the
Mauney property east of Canterbury
Rd. on U.S. 74 from LI to HI. Mauney
wants an area set aside for the
storage of metal fabricated parts
^ and raw materials stock.
A third Item to be considered
tonight Is planning recom
mendations requested by the Kings
Mountain Housing Authority on four
low Income housing projects.
The authority Is seeking
preliminary approval on the
proposed housing development on N.
Carpenter St.; at the N. Csmsler auid
^ Ridge Sts. Intersection and on cul de
sacs off Parker and Bills Sts.
Board member Jerry Nation said
the four projects Involve 70 units of
low Income housing. He also said the
board has received complaints from
other citizens concerning "so many
low Income homes” already In Kings
Mountain and that the concensus of
opinions expressed Is that "citizens
A do not want anymore such units In
^ the community.”
Nation said he would not object to
hearing more opinions from citizens
at tonight's meeting.
In the July 10 meeting, the P&Z
Board voted to recommend a
request from Nelsler Brothers, Inc.
to rezone eight acres on Margrace
Rd. opposite the mill from R-10 to
A LI. The property contains the
™ Margrace store, a dwelling house,
woodshop and coal shed.
The board also recommended
approval of a request from Peggy
Guln to rezone her 403 York Rd.
property from NB to R-8; and a
request from M. Eugene White to
rezone 26.16 acres on N. Cansler St.,
adjacent to former landfill site, from
_ R-20 to GB.
V All recommendations are sent to
the city commissioners for final
action.
Tonight’s meeting will be held In
council chambers at city hall.
School -Bus
• Driver Class
Work Is Set
Classroom work for school bus
driver applicants Is scheduled July
18-19 at Shelby High School for
students and adults.
^ Applicants, must attend both
^ sessions, which will run from 8:30
a.m. until 2:30 p.m. Drivers earn $3
per hour and there are openings lor
"dnvers In the Kings Mountain
District Schools system.
Kipling Drama
^ Friday Night At
St, Matthew^s
"The Potted Prince”, a
dramatization based on the story by
Rudyard Kipling, will be presented
at St. Matthews Luthem Church on
Friday, July 20 at 3 p.m. Per
formance of "The Potted Prince”
A highlights a week long drama
^ workshop sponsored by the Pioneer
Girl Scout Council.
Children and adults are Invited to
attend. There Is no admission
charge.
Former Sen. Mauney
Appointed By Stewart
Speaker of the House Carl J.
Stewart, Jr., of Gastonia announced
today the reappointment of former
State Senator William K. Mauney,
Jr., of Kings Mountain to the
Committee for Review of Ap
plications for Incentive Pay for
State Employees.
The committee will have as Its
mission the selection, from eligible
units applying, of units of State
Government which have operated
during the 1979-80 fiscal year at less
cost than the average of the two
Immediately preceding fiscal years.
Tlie units selected must show either
no decrease In the level of services
rendered or an Increase In the level
of services rendered. Employees of
the units selected will receive In
equal shares a cost reduction In
centive payment not In excess of 26
percent of the amount determined to
be the true cost reduction.
In making his appointment.
Speaker Stewart said, "I am con
fident that Senator Mauney’s wide
experience In business will enable
him to make a vsduable contribution
to the work of this committee. We
are extremely fortunate that he has
agreed to serve again on this ef
ficiency-oriented committee.”
Roy Pearson Resigns
Recreation Position
Cite* Hecflth Reeisons
Roy Pearson ended a 16-year
relationship with Kings Mountain
Recreation Thursday by resigning
his post as director of the com
munity center.
Pearson cited "health” and
"advice of a physician” as his
reason for ending his local govern
ment position so abruptly. He
turned In his resignation last
Thursday about mld-mornlng to
become effective at 6 p.m. that day.
Despite his abrupt action, Pearson
had nothing but praise for elected
officials, citizens, businessmen and
industrialists In the community lor
their support of the recreation ef
forts he has expended during the
past 16 years.
A naUve of Kings
Mountain, son of Mrs. Emma
Pearson and the late Stanley R.
Pearson, Roy spent the first four
years at developing a broader city-
wide recreation program at no
salau'y. The next three years were as
a parttime city employe, then
fulltime lor the last nine years.
"I have seen recreation In Kings
Mountain grow from lour
unorganized ball teams to over 70
organized teams with more than
1,400 people participating,” Pearson
said. "I have seen our Little League
team make It to state playoffs and
our Teeners win third In the nation In
the Teener World Series In Hershey,
Pa. That was In 1966 and was
probably my biggest single thrill
during all the years I’ve worked In
this field.”
During his tenure, Pearson has
been called on to umpire games and
coach teams. He also worked closely
with all ball clubs and civic clubs In
scheduling recreational activities
for the community.
Pearson also sponsors his own
team - Roy’s Boys, which went to the
World Series of Softball In Wisconsin
last year.
"I’ll still sponsor my team, but
from now on I’ll be up In the stands
with the rest of the fans as a spec
tator,” he said.
Pearson said what recreational
programs the city now has would not
have been possible without the
continued support of the city
government, businesses. Industries
and citizens. They made It a success
he said.
Pearson said he loved working
with the young people In developing
sports programs. "My philosophy Is
that If a youngster benefited any at
all from something I might have
contributed, then It was all wor-
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ROY L. PEARSON
...calls it quits
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..AT YOUTH CAMP-Klngs Mountain area young people attending
Youth Conservation Corps Camp at Western Carolina University this
summi r are (left-to-rlght) Paul Gregory Davison, Dale Alan Greene and
Pamela Ann Jackson.
Photo by Harry Duke
Off To YCC Camp
Three Kings Mountain area
students are among 80 young people
from across North Carolina at
tending Youth Conservation Corps
(YCC) Camp at Western Carolina
University.
The six-week camp, which con
cludes .Tuly 28. Is funded Jointly t>y
the U.S. Forest Service and WCU. It
offers young people summer em
ployment, recreation, and the op
portunity to Improve their
knowledge In areas such as the
environment and first aid.
Campers reside at WCU during
the project and work under the
supervision of the Forest Service on
trail construction and other tasks to
enhance the public’s use of
recreation areas.
Western Carolina University,
through its Center for Improving
Mountain Living, coordinates the
project and provides the residential,
leisure-time and environmental
awareness portions of the camp
program.
Mr. and Mrs. Rick Miller serve as
camp directors.
Attending from Kings Moimtaln
are: Paul Gregory Davison, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Harold
Davison of 806 Henry St., and Dale
Alan Greene, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Herman Greene of 302 Maner Road.
Enrolled from Grover Is Pamela
Ann Jackson, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Terry M. Jackson of Cherry St.
Save Your Gas
Enjoy Programs At KMNMP
thwhile,” he ssdd.
Pearson said he Is proud of the
fact that wherever the young
sportsmen from Kings Mountain
traveled to play they were con
sidered gentlemanly and good sports
on and off the playing fields.
Lovelace
On Trial
For Murder
Buford Barnette Lovelace, 41, of
801 Third St., Kings Mountain, Is
scheduled to go on trail for murder
July 24 In Cleveland County Superior
Court.
Lovelace is charged in the
shooting death of Thomas Everett
Jenkins, 39, of Stowe Acres, on
March 23.
Jenkins died of multiple gunshot
wounds.
Lovelace was arrested at his
residence, the place where the
shooting reportedly occurred. Police
said the murder weapon has not
been found.
Det. Sgt. Richard Reynolds will
appear against Lovelace In court as
the arresting officer.
By KATRENA McCALL
Staff Writer
Did you ever wish for something to
do that Is Inexpensive, fun, and
doesn’t require a lot of time or gas?
The Kings Mountain National
Military Park’s Summer In
terpretive Activities offer a wide
selection of entertaining, free
programs designed to cater to Just
about anybody’s taste.
For the history buffs there are a
variety of films and exhibits shown
dally In the visitors center from 9
a.m. - 6 p.m."Kings Mountaln-
■’Rirnlng Point In the South” Is an 18-
mlnute film shown every 30 minutes
from 9 a.m. untU 30 minutes before
closing time.
There are also a wide selection of
exhibits, each with an ac
companying 8-mlnute audiovisual
program that run continuously
throughout the day. On Saturday
and Sunday from 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
there Is an 18th century camp set up
In the visitors area (weather per
mitting) with musket and rifle firing
demonstrations at 1, 2, 3, 4 p.m.
, Nature enthusiasts will love the
assortment of trails and outside
exhibits throughout the park. There
Is an 18-mile hiking trail that covers
^th the National Military Park and
iKlngs Mountain State Park, with
camping facilities In the State Park'.
A 10-mlle maze of horse trails
(complete with stables In the State
Park) are available for those who
prefer riding to walking.and for the
history nuts who prefer the out-of-
doors there Is a 1.6-mlle self-guided
BatUefleld Trail with a variety of
wayside exhibits, markers,
monuments. Including the grave of
Patrick Ferguson, a British com
mander killed In the Battle of Kings
Mountain.
And the fun doesn’t end at
nightfall.
Evening programs are presented
every Friday and Saturday night
through August with live presen
tations at 8 p.m. and your choice of
slide programs or movies at 9 a.m.
Fri., July 20 will be a night of
hymns,patriotic and classical music
presented by some of Gaffney’s
finest woodwind players. Including
Kim Smith, an Interpreter from
Oowpens National Battlefield. On
Saturday July 21 park historian Jim
Anderson will present the Him "A
Matter of Time”, which examines
ttie earth’s past, its wilderness, and
its seemingly abundant resources,
and the effects of encroaching
"progress” on the last of our natural
resources. Friday’s presentation
will begin at 8 p.m. and Saturday’s
entertainment will get underway at
9 p.m.
The following weekend (July 27-
28) Jeanne Gold, Seasonal In
terpreter at Kings Mountain
National Military Park will present
John Muir’s "High Sierra”, a
stunningly beautiful and poetic
examination of California’s Sierra
Mountains, the tallest and longest
mountain chain In the United States
as seen throu^ the eyes of the
famous naturalist and writer John
Muir. Then on Saturday there will be
a special twilight tour of the bat
tlefield trail, directed by park
technician John Clssell who will
portray a participant of the battle of
Kings Mountain who has returned to
escort modern day visitors around
and across the ridge where the
Grover Chief
Has Resigned
GROVER — Police Chief Lionel
Barnes has resigned.
His resignation was oral to Mayor
W.W. (Bill) McCarter last week -
and that leaves the town without a
police officer again.
Barnes was hired originally In
April 1978, but resigned In Sep
tember. He was hired a second time
last January. For his second
resignation Barnes gave no specific
reason.
fomous battle was fought almost 200
years ago. Both presentations will
start at 9 p.m.
And If all of your weekends In July
are already filled, don’t worry; the
line-up of August programs Is
equally exciting.
For those Interested In conserving
energy (and who Isn’t nowadays?)
supervisory park ranger Pat Stanek
of Cowpens National Battlefield will
present an 8 p.m. program Aug. 3
that will examine individual
lifestyles, how they are affected by
the "energy crisis” and offer an
opportunity to learn many energy
saving techniques for use both at
home and at work.
Jazz lovers won’t want to miss
Saturday’s (Aug. 4) program. "AU
That Jazz,” presented at 8 p.m. In
the amphitheatre by several of the
park’s talented employees and their
friends from both Kings Mountain
and Cowpens. The group will per
form several Jazz and pop stan
dards.
Ken Addington, seasonal in
terpreter at the Military Park, will
be tour guide for twilight excursion
through the Howser House Fri., Aug.
10 at 9 p.m. Together you will have
the opportunity to examine the
history behind this locally famous
rock structure.
Not even the backyard
photographer Is forgotten In the line
up of summer activities. On Sat.,
Aug. 11 there will be a 81.98
Backyard Safarl-a program
designed to help Increase your
powers of observation and Improve
your photographic techniques within
the confines of your own backysu-d.
So get out your camera and meet
park technician Bob Gentry at 9
p.m. for an Informative and en
joyable session.
And remember, the Visitors
Center will be open 9-6 on Labor
Day. So gather up the family and
come on out to Kings Mountain
National Military Park for a day (or
several) of free. Informative fun.
See you there!