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Conner Trial Underway
Thursday. August 16, 1679-MIRROR-iIERALO-Pagn
llie trial of Donald Conner, Sr., 46,
and hla wife, Betty, 48, la underway
thla week In Catawba County
Superior Court at Newton.
The Klnga Mountain couple la
charged In the attempt to bomb the
residence of Oaston County Sheriff
Sarge Waldrep.
After moat of Monday was taken
up with the selection of a jury,
proceedings got underway with the
sheriff’s wife, Rolmelle, and 14-
year-old-son, Jeff, testifying how
they found a tube wrapped with
black tape with wires running from
It on their back porch the morning
AprU 10.
Conner Is charged with attempted
malicious damage of occupied
property by an explosive In con
nection with the April 0 attempted
bombing of the east Oaatonla home,
while Mrs. Conner Is charged with
accessory after the fact.
Prosecuting witnesses expected to
testify this week Include Jeffrey
Thompson, 18, of Kings Mountain,
who Monday pled guilty to the at
tempted bombing charge. Sen
tencing for Thompson has been
postponed until end of the trial. The
maximum sentence Is life Im
prisonment.
Judge Lacey Thornburg revoked
Conner's bond at the end of Mon
day’s session and after jurors had
been removed from the courtroom.
Conner was arrested In Newton on
Sunday night and charged with
driving under the Influence of In
toxicants. As a condition of his
posting bond, Conner was not to
leave Gaston county until his court
date. He will remain In custody for
the remainder of the trial.
The Conner trial Is being held In
Catawba County following a change
of venue because of pre-trial
publicity In Gaston County.
Wanted: House Parents
Hygiene Program Approved
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both dry brushing and swishing with
fluoride In a presentation before the
school board. “By training our
children In the early years In good
dental health habits we have found
the decay rate much lower,’’ she
said. Dr. CHiarles Blair, locsd dentist,
concurred, noting that the decay
rate Is much lower In patients he has
observed who participated In, the
public health program at school.
“All local dentists endorse ftils
program," he added, also pointing to
the cost-effectlvene,js factor.
Replying to a questlo.. ' board
member June Lee, Mrs. Wilder said
very little paperwork Is expected of
the classroom teacher and the entire
program amounts to about 60
minutes per week. Mrs. Wilder visits
elementary classrooms In the
county periodically for screening of
the children and all findings are
reported to ptarents.
Supt. William Davis, In recom
mending that the board reinstate the
brushing aspect of the program this
Fall, noted that brushing was
eliminated because board members
at that time were unaware of the
minimum of time required to con
duct the full program. “I think we as
parents are all aware that the dental
program Is a crucial part of the
Instructional program,’’ he added.
In another major action, the board
approved, upon recommendation of
Supt. Davis, an advisory board of 19
citizens to head up the KM Com
munity Schools program and
develops Its policy. The new
program, to be conducted at Cen
tral, North and Bast Schools, will be
headed by BUI Grissom, Frankie
Webster, Rosalee Garvin, Steve
Moffett, Mike Gamer and Amos
Roberts at Central School; Elaine
Grlgg, Mllledge Spires, Ppggy
McDowell, Marilyn Williams,
Brenda Chapman, Annie Thombs
and Mack Stewart at North; and
Charles Ware, WUllam Anderson,
Jane Dixon, Yvonne Woods, Virginia
Leach and Betty Greene at East
School.
Dan Campbell, school
psychologist, reporting after a two-
month study of retention of students
at the request of Supt. D'’./ls,
reported that less than eight percent
of elementary students Int he system
are being retained and recom
mended that the earUer a student Is
retained the more growth on stan
dardized testing can be expected.
Campbell said that all data he has
collected wUl be shared with In
dividual principals and teachers “In
order to further Investigate the
benefits versus the cost of retaining
a student.”
’’There are so many varied
reasons why kids are retained that
his preliminary study can’t pinpoint
them,’’ said Campbell, who said he
felt It would require a year to come
up with concrete recommendations.
Johnny, his brother and
two sisters came to the
Shelter Home of Cleveland
County when their mother
became mentally 111 and
was hospitalized. The
father had to continue his
work and there was no one
to care for the chUdren.
After 80 days, the mother
was discharged much
Improved, and the chUdren
returned home.
Jane and Mary's parents
divorced leaving them
with grandparents
physically unable to care
for them. They came to the
home while more definite
planning was worked out
for them.
The Shelter Home of
Cleveland County needs
your help, said a
spokesman this week, who
noted that this home
serves children from In
fancy to 16 years who are
temporarily displaced (It
can be their home for one
week up to 90 days).
According to Mrs.
Charles (Marilyn)
Hamilton of Kings
Mountain, officials are
looking for a married
couple to reside In the
home with all expenses
paid plus a salary.
Inquiries or applications
may be made by con
tacting Pat Martin,
Executive Director,
Shelter Home of Cleveland
County, PO Box 2063.
Shelby, N.C. 28180 or
by calling (Tharles
Rhoden between 9 am.
and 8 p.m. at 487-7221 or
Mrs. Hamilton at 482-0068
after 6 p.m.
Mrs. Hamilton pointed
out that the Shelter Home
serves all of Cleveland
County and Its board
members come from all
over the county. The Home
is also a recipient of the
KM United Fund.
Mrs. Hamilton said that
the Shelter Home had its
beginning through the
Interest and concern of a
group of citizens working
through churches of the
Shelby community. The
proposed project was
presented to the five major
church denominations and
full endorsement was
given. It Is a private
agency operated by an
Lithium Corp. Announces Four Promotions
Four promotions to
management positions
were announced today by
Lithium Corporation of
America.
Two promotions are In
the Works Engineering
Division at the chemical
plant of the corporation at
Bessemer City.
Don Markwalder has
been moved up to Project
Field Supervisor. He
formerly was Maintenance
Supervisor of Fabrication
and Construction. Howard
Teague has been made
Fabrication and Con
struction Supervisor. He
formerly was leadman In
the construction and
fabrication group.
Other promotions In
clude Harold Hlpps who
was advanced to
Production Supervisor of
Area 2 Production at the
chemical plant. Hlpps
formerly was relief
operator In the Area 2
Production Division.
Leyton Temple was
promoted to Biologist In
the Research Department
of the corporation. He
formerly was a laboratory
technician In the depart
ment.
elected board of dire
Through a study o:
community. It
established there ws-
real need for a h'
house children in nr'
temporary rare a\* a;
their own home. Thi“ r eed
arises from many -.ar. d
family d!»r-,ip!lon
Parents may be separ>
or divorced, father 't
mother may be in prison,
the child may be grossly
neglected or abuse .
Illness, physical or mental
conditions are a factor.
Tile Home fills a need as a
temporary home until the
child can return to his own
environment.
According to a former
housemother, the most
important quality the
house parent must possess
Is an unusual love for
children, a person who
realizes the Immediate
need for love, someone
who cares enough to cope
with both little and big
problems, without giving
up, a person who will be
able to love even the
unlovely. Patience Is a
an Important qualiilcat: '
"The noble soul has reveren
for itself." Fried-
mum
losit
(K)
.T than
$5-Million Industry
Will Locate In KM
OPEN
SUNDAY-1-6P.A
MON.-SAT.
9:00 A.M.-9 P.IY
WEST GATE PIMI
SHELBY ROAD]
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The company^ presently
operates 22 plants In seven
countries; 17 are engaged
In hydraulics, eight of
9 which are located in the
U.S. Other hydraulic
plants serve Europe, the
United Kingdom,
Australia, Japan, Brazil
and Canada. Research and
development centers are
located at Youngstown and
Gloucester, England.
Capital equipment alone
9 for the Kings Mountain
Installation will exceed 82
million. The building will
occupy 42,0(X) sq. ft. Ap
proximately 60 people will
be employed and will In
clude machine operators,
assemblers, test stand
operators,^ Inspectoral^,
packers and shippers, tool
^ grinders and supervisory
as well as office personnel.
In addition to the
manufacturing plant, a
63,000 sq. ft. warehouse
will be erected on the same
site for the comi||ny’s first
hydrkullc parts
warehouse. A portion of
this area will serve also as
^ a qulck-servlce warehouse
for the company’s line of
tank heads used by
manufacturers of storage
tanks and pressure
vessels. Commercial
Thank You
^From The
Sourisands
The Onta Sourlsond
family from Laos were
showered with furnishings
and clothing on their
^arrival In Kings Mountain.
The refugee family Is
sponsored by First
Presbyterian (3iurch and
Is the second family from
Laos to move to Klnga
Mountain under spon
sorship of Presbyterians.
“We appreciate
everything that Kings
C Mintaln people have done
make us welcome In this
country", said Mr.
Sourlsond.
(grates a similar service
,M Hagerstown,
'iVbrymm, and ~Hdust<»i.
Some 20 people will be
required to run these
warehouses when they are
opened.
These products serve
three general markets—
manufacturers of
machinery and equipment
used by the construction,
mining, transportation,
materials handling and
agricultural Industries;
authorized distributors of
the company’s hydraulic
components; and
fabricators of tanks.
Typical applications for
hydraulic equipment are
excavators, continuous
miners, earth movers,
cranes, fork lift tractors,
combines, oil field rigs,
marine winches, loaders
and refuse trucks.
(^mmerclal maintains
<14 district sales offices In
North America. There are
also more than SO
distributors In some 60
locations that handle these
hydraulic 8l|products.
Besides pumps and
motors, the company also
manufactures cylinders,
control valves, hydraulic
mine props, and a new
group of variable
displacement piston
pumps that operate In
high-pressure ranges.
Other plants are located In
Youngstown, Westerville
and Hlcksvllle, Ohio;
Butler, Indiana; Benton,
Arkansas and Central City,
Iowa. The Canadian plant
Is at Acton, Ontario.
The company was
founded in Youngstown In
AprU, 1920. It produces,
also, underground support
systems for tunnels,
mines, shafts and
hydroelectric projects;
cold-formed metal shapes,
upset forgings and. In
Europe only, pre
engineered buildings
manufactured to metric
design. This June It was
ranked by Fortue
magazine as the 706th
largest Industrial cor
poration In the U.S. in
terms of 1978 sales which
were over 8209.6 mlUlon.
Total employment
Uiroughout the world Is
3,460.
In planning for the Kings
Mountain facility, com
pany officials are Intent
upon maintaining the
natural beauty of the site
and preserving the area’s
environmental balance.
The manufacturing
processes are not con
sidered to be disturbing
pollutants of air, water or
noise.
Mayor Moss said Jerry
King, director of the Kings
Mountain Development
Office, and John Barker, a
Caeveland County realtor,
were instrumental In In
teresting Commercial
Shearing In the Gaston
Oounty-Klngs Mountain
area.
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