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P«Ke tA-KlN08 MOUNTAIN HRRALD-Thuriday, September IT, IfTI ..BEAUTIFICATION COM MITTEE—Pictured ere four of the five member* of the King* Mountain -Qovernmentel Fecllltle* Center beautification and ehrubbery Beautificatiop Committee Is Appointed committee. From left a* they look over proposed plans are Mr*. Warren Oofbrth, Mrs. Jim Dickey, Mrs. Jim Potter, Mayor John Moss, and Mrs. Bob Bradley. Open Gate Garden Club Meets A nine-member beautifleatlon committee has been appointed by Mayor John Henry Moss to present recommendations for plantings and beautification of the new KM Oovernmental Facilities Center. Initial meeting of the group, which la chaired by Mrs. W.T. Weir, Is set for Ihursday (today) at 4 p.m. In Council Chambers at the new City Hall. The Committee's ob jectives, according to the mayor, are to make beautification and shrubbery recom mendations to the board of city commissioners and to solicit and accept donations for shrubbery and beautification ar tifacts. Members of le com mittee repress't mem bership of five garden clubs, including Kings Mountain, Open Oate, Magnolia, Town and Country and Good Earth (3arden Clubs. Said the Mayor In making the appointment, "The Kings Mountain QovemmentsJ Services Facilities Center is an outstanding community building and the beautifleatlon of this building will serve as a landmark for all cltlsens and visitors to ap preciate." Members of the Com mittee, In addition to Chairman Weir, are Mrs. Jim Dickey, Mrs. Robert Bradley. Mrs. James Marable. Mrs. Sarah tt/A-won Faunc6i Mm. MoiTii Potter, Mrs. Warren • Arthur Ooforth, Mrs. Willie and Mrs. J.H. Arthur. Variable Rate Certificate 8.20% $800 Minimum Deposit Interest Compounded Dally, Paid Quarterly Rate Effective First of Each Month Four Year Maturity Get FuU DetaUs at Anyone Of Our Three Locations Community efforts In city-wide beautifleatlon were discussed at the recent meeting of the Open Oats Oarden Club at the home of Mrs. D.E. Tate. Mayor Johiji H. Moss, guest speaker, Invited the garden club to contribute memorial plantings of holly and oak trees at the new KM Government Facilities Building (City Hall) and members voted to assist In the beautifleatlon project. A tree will be planted at the site In memory of Mrs. C.B. (Lee) Cash. Mrs. J. Wilson Crawford, program chairman, also presented a review of plant life at "Blue Ridge Park way. Mrs. Jim Dickey presided over business of the meeting. OBITUI\RI€9 Money Market ‘^Certificate I A salad course was served with accessories to 15 members. L.J. PERRY Patrolmen Wanted For KMPD Wanted: new patrolmen In the Kings Mountain Police Department. Acting Chief Jackie D. Barrett said that positions eu-e available for patrolmen and applications are being received from Interested applicants at his office in the old FREE BARBECUE Members of Frank Glass VFW Post 9811 and their guests are In vited to a free barbecue at the club Saturday from 12 noon until all the food Is eaten. Wayne Russell will serve as chef. C3ty Hall on Piedmont Ave. Captain Barrett said the minimum standards for Initial screening of applications are that the applicant must be a high school graduate between the ages of 21-30, at least five feet seven Inches tall, male, and five feet four Inches tall, female, weight must be approximately 140 for males and 110 for females and vision must be corrected to 20-20. The candidate must have normal hearing as determined by audlometrlc hearing test. Applicants who meet minimum qualifications are then processed for final placement or eligibility list for vacancies occurring In the depart ment. The KMPD force now numbers 21 officers. Employes of the department must reside within a four-mile radius of the city. Newest member of the force Is Gregory Eugene Hambrlght, hired Monday night by the KM board of commissioners as a civilian dispatcher. FHineral services for L. J. Perry, 68, of 4040 Midpines, who died Monday at 8:86 p.m. in Kings Mountain Hospital after declining health, were conducted Wednesday at 8 p.m. from Midview Baptist Church of which he wm a member. Rev. Fred Wells, assisted by Rev. Leroy Cbx, officiated at the rites, and Interment was In Mountain Rest Cemetery. Mr. Perry was a native of York County, S.C., son of the late Thomas Leroy and Ha Wooten Perry. He was an employe of Park Yam Mill. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Irene Page Perry; two sons, Donnie Perry of Grover and Rickey Perry of Kings Mountain; two daughters, Mrs. Thomas Houser and Miss Sue Perry, both of Kings Mountain; two brothers, Ihomas Leroy Perry and Winfred Perry, both of Gastonia; three sisters, Mrs. Addle Msm Inman and Mrs. Minnie Lou Lockrldge, both of (3astonla, and Mrs. Helen Williams of Mount Holly; and five grandchildren. Harris F\meral Home was In charge of arrangements. 10.114% $10,000 Minimum Deposit Six Month Maturity Rate Effective Thursday of Each Week Get Full Details at Any Of Our Three Locations Home Ravings anJ a^oati I^^ssoctalion TOO W. King St., Kings Mountain, N.C. 18086 206 E. Mtn. St., King* Mountain, N.C. 88086 218 E. Va. Ave, Bessemer City, N.C. 28016 Senator Marvin Is Appointed Senator Helen Rhyne Marvin has been reap pointed by Governor Jim Hunt to another two-year- term as Chalii>erson of the North Carolina Council on the Status of Women. Mrs. Marvin has chaired the 20 member Council since 19T7. The purpose of the Council la to identify and assess the needs of women In North Carolina and to make recommendations to the Governor, the General Assembly, and to other policy making groups on ways to Improve the status of women In the state. Since the Council Is the only State Agency which directs Its attention ex clusively to women. It also serves as an advocate for women. This effort Is augmented by 66 local and regional councils which make up a network coordinated by the State Council. Althou^ these developing support for women. SENATOR HELEN R. MARVIN local groups are semi- autonomous and receive no state funds, they do enjoy asslstsmce from the N.C. Council in setting up programs and In Employment of women la the number one concern of the Council. In N.C. 1,146,000 women are employed or seeking employment — roughly 66 percent of all women 16 years or older. This compares with 46 percent in 1070 and 37 percent just two decades ago. Forty percent of all employed women are single, widowed, divorced or separated and must work to survive. N.C. has one of the highest percentages of (lurking mothers of any stae and many of these women are the sole sup port of themselves and their families. Moreover, inflation has meant that many more women must seek work outside the home to supplen.ent their husband’s inadequate Incomes. BOOSTERS CLUB Tile Mountaineer Club will meet Monday night at lOJPITM LOG 8 p.m. at Barnes Auditorium. Films of Friday’s Kings Mountain- East Rutherford football game will be shown. PATIENT LIST AT NOON WEDNESDAY: Bliley M. Beheler, PUBUSHED EACH TUESDAY AND THURSDAY GARLAND ATKINS Publisher GARY STEWART Co-Editor LIB STEWART Co-Editor DARRELL AUSTIN General Manager MEMBER OF NORTH CAROLINA PRESS ASSOCIATION .. The Herald la published by Herald Publishing House, P.O. Box 768, Kings Mountain, N.C. 28086. Business and editorial offices are located at 481 N. Piedmont Ave. Phone 739-7496. Second class postage paid at Kings Mountain, N.C. Single copy 16 cents. Subscription rates: flO yearly In-state. $6 six months. $11 yearly out-of-state. $8.60 six months. Student rate tor nine months $7.60. USPS 981-040. Bessemer City; Lonnie Burris, 620 Baker St.; Toye M. Davis, Rt. 1 Grover; Michael C. Dendy, Shelby; PaiiGne F. Greene, Rt. 8; Lela D. Lovelace, 1106 Shelby Rd.; Maudlne J. Roberts, Rt. 4; Antonina C. Smith, Rt. 1; Ronald Smith, Rt. 4; Bertha M. Taylor, Bessemer City; Billie D. Thornburg; Grover: Janie S. Wlesener, Rt. 2; and Minnie E. Wright, PO Box 1072. Chrigtmas Bazaar Ig Slated "Country Holiday n,” annual Christmas bazaar of the Good Earth Garden Club, Is slated Nov. lOth at KM Depot Center from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. (Jlub members are hard at work preparing crafts and bazaar items and held its first Christmas workshop Sept. 12 at Conference Rooms of KM Savings A Loan. ■ 'WjLlijw i, f si'. .. LAY-A-WAY NOW CLASSIC WALKER — Classic walking length coat from the Betty Rose* Fall 1979 collection featuring our new Heather I-ambswool, a wool and nylon fabric in styling that never becomes dated. Optional scarf can be worn as muffler or just adornment. The fashion fresh Walker Coat for 1,979. Sizes 10-20, CONVERTIBLE FASHION 79 - The con vertible Contemporary coat from the Betty Rose® Fall 1979 collection. Featured with hood and scarf which can be de tached for convertible wear in 1979’s newest fabric Heather Lambswool, a blend of wool and nylon, with texture and surface interest not seen before. Many convertible styles of fered in the Fall 1979 Contemporary collection. Sizes 8-18, PLONK Bros. Co. BHi Downtown Kings Mountain ’ISA h Mo the Fri un Ru< wei gar SU T will fou whl see afb 6 Ic E bea SC Moi stn Aal Gai tou. Dai hav • e ♦) o • o f o • •
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