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VOLVME 90 - IS UMBER 84 - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1979 - KLSGS MOUISTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA
KM Teacher Aides Get Pay Raised
SIGNS OF PROORESS—The photo shove obowo one building being
demollobed to mnke room for nnother In the Hnrrla-Teeter ohopplng
center In enat Kings Mountnln. Being tom down Is the old Barger Barn
buUdlng which most recently housed the Mlnlt OrlU. Going up In the
background Is the walls of the new Eckerd’s Drug Store, which wUl open
In late winter or early spring.
Roamin ’ Around
Town
Eckerd’s Coming To KM
With
Darrell Austin
(Ingredients: There will be bits of
news, very little wisdom, some
humor and comments, some views
from other editors. Directions: Take
weekly. If possible, but please avoid
an overdose.)
This one Is worth repeating: A few
years ago Tom Trott, the local in
surance agent, had a real night
mare. Tom was dreaming that he
was at the city hall and was In the
council room looking over the pic
tures of the former mayors of Kings
Mountain ... mayors Thomason,
Herndon, Bridges, Still, Dixon etc.
When he came to Mayor John Henry
Moss he was shocked out of his
mind. Instead of a photograph of
John Henry there wais a little plaque
that read “no photo available.”
lyiat, my friends, is what I would
call a real nightmare.
“D”
The Legend of Sam Franks: St.
Peter was sitting at the gates of
Heaven one day when this angel
came up to him and requested
permission to leave for a spell, to
visit with an old friend In Hades. He
explained that he had, in his days on
earth, been a friend of old Sam
Franks, who was quite a "rounder”
in his day, and as a result had been
confined to the fiery land. His In
formation was that Sam Franks, In
keeping with his earthly character,
had opened a swinging disco
establishment In Hades. The angel
By GARY STEWART
Oo-Edltor
Kings Mountain’s seventh drug
store Is under construction and will
open for business In the late winter
or early spring.
Eckerd’s Drug, one of the south’s
largest drug store chains with
almost 1,000 stores In 15 states. Is
building an 8,600 square feet
building In the Harris Teeter
shopping center.
Henry Faison of Masta-Falson-
Weatherspoon Realty of Charlotte,
wdilch owns the shopping center,
said Eckerd’s was attracted to
Kings Mountain because of the huge
success Hariis-Teeter and Holly
Farms Chicken have enjoyed In that
area of town.
“Kings Mountain has certainly
been good to us,” said Fsdson, who
said sales at Harrls-Teeter and
Holly Farms have been higher than
projected. ’ "That had a lot to do with
Eckerd’s deciding to Join them.
We’re certainly appreciative of the
patronage the people of the Kings
Mountain area have given that
shopping center.
“We’ve always felt that having a
drug store and supermarket
together Is a convenience to .M-r
shopper, especially considering that
things are as expensive as they are
today. You get more shopping done
at one spot sind that's good for the
shoppers and It’s good for us,” he
said.
Larry Raley of the Eckerd’s
public relations office In Charlotte,
said the Kings Mountain store will
be identical to the other Eckerd’s
stores In this area, with the same
size building and same types of
merchandise.
“We are happy to be coming to
Kings Mountain,” he said. “We feel
there Is a real need for an additional
drug store In the city of Kings
Mountain and not on the outskirts.
That’s part of the reason we are
loi''.tlng where we are ’’
Raley said the store Is aiming for a
February or March grand opening.
By the time the KM store opens for
business, Raley said Eckerd’s will
have over 1,000 stores In the south.
By GARY STEWART
Oo-Edltor
Teacher aides and food service
personnel had their wages Increased
at a special called meeting of the
Kings Mountain District Schools
Board of Education Monday mor
ning.
Aides, who confronted the board at
the regular October meeting on
Monday night, Oct. 8. and com
plained about the newly-adopted pay
scale, will now be paid for a seven-
hour workday computed on the state
pay scale, plus a five percent in
crease.
Food service personnel will be
paid for a six and one-half hour
workday at the same hourly rate
they had been making during a six-
hour period.
In the scale earlier adopted by the
KM board for the 1979-80 school
year, aides were paid for a six and
one-half hour workday even though
their day Is described as being from
8:10 a.m. until 3:30 p.m., or seven
hours, 20 minutes. Their pay was
figured on last yesir’s salary, plus
five percent, pro-rated at 90 percent
of the state scale.
The salary scale adopted Monday
morning is based on a seven-hour
workday, plus five percent and
figured on the state scale Instead of
the local scale.
No teacher aides were
represented at Monday’s meeting
but members of the board and Supt.
Bill Davis said they felt the new
scale would be satisfactory.
Supt. Davis said the new scale
would raise aides’ pay on an average
of $30 to $60 per month.
Aides who complained about the
pay scale at the regular meeting on
Oct. 8 expressed disappointment
that their workday was considered
to be six and one-half hours, Instead
.SYMPHONY CHAPTER ORGANIZED—The Kings Mountain Chapter
of the N.C. Symphony was formally organized here last Wednesday.
From left to right, Linda Keuhner, representative of the N.C. Symphony,
Photo hy Gary Stewart
Supt. of Schools BIU Davis, Scott Clonlnger, the new president of the local
Symphony, Andy Nelsler, vice-president, Donald Deal, Mrs. Tom Harper
and Tim Gladden.
of seven which they claimed they
actually worked last year. Supt.
Davis sadd Monday that last year a
workday for aides was considered
six and three-quarter hours but
aides were given an option of
working an extra 15 minutes
overtime.
Davis said the board. In taking
new action Just two weeks after most
board members agreed with the old
scale, “gave the teacher aides the
benefit of the doubt.”
“We Just got to looking at It
again,” he said, “and realized that
most of the neighboring systems are
going 100 percent by the state scale.
We want at least as much for our
aides as our neighbors.
“And,” he added, “we’d have to do
It eventually anyway, because
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Drug Store
Robbed,
Trio Arrested
Tipped off by witnesses who saw
two men and one woman pulling off
masks In KM Plaza Saturday night.
Kings Mountain Police arrested
three Gastordans 10 minutes after
the trio took at gunpoint a large
quantity of drugs from Fay's Drug
Store.
Police charged Nlckle Edward
Griffin, 27, of 2838 Meadow Street,
Gastonia, James Randall Pen-
rdngton, 27, of Rt. 2 Bessemer City
and Doris Hawkins Hass, 26, of 2440
S. Myers St., Gastonia, with the
armed robbery of the Fay’s Store
Bond for each suspect was set at
$20,000 and first appearance bond
hearing was being held In Shelby
Monday morning.
The suspects were described as
two white males and a white female
who rushed the store at closing time
pointing pistols, and demanding
drugs, advising the manager, “I
have four women lying on the floor
over here.” According to police
reports, three employes and two
customers were In the store at the
time. According to the reports, one
employe had gone to the front door
to lock the store at 9:35 p.m. when
two masked men rushed the door,
armed with weapons, tobaggons
pulled over their faces, and told the
employe, “all the way to back.”
Investigating officers were Sgt.
Richard Reynolds, Sgt. Houston
Corn and Ptl. Philip Witherspoon.
Revco Drug Store In West Gate
Plaza was also hit recently by
robbers, demanding drugs, not
money. No arrests have been made
In that Incident, police said.
1 !
thought he might visit his old friend
and see how things were going lor
him. St. Peter allowed as how that
might be OK, but warned the angel
to be back by the stroke of midnight
and be sure not to lose his harp.
The angel went to visit Sam
Franks, and had a great time. But he
let the time slip up on him and
narrowly made It back to Heaven by
the midnight stroke. “But where’s
your harp?” asked St. Peter with a
stem gaze. “Oh, my goodness! Oh,
my goodness!" the angel kept
saying over and over.
Finally he looked up at St. Peter
and announced, "I left my harp In
Sam Frank’s disco.”
Don Trapp. Transylvania Times
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Roamin’ Around Town, P.O. Bov
752, or give me a call at 739-7496.)
United Fund
Is Expected
To Top Goal
Kings Mountain’s United Fund Is
still $12,000 shy of Its $66,000 goal but
campaign chairman Terry Sellers
said today it should go over the top
by the end of the week.
Present contributions and pledges
total $42,913.16 but Sellers said
several key division have not yet
made their final reports.
“We’re expecting about $14,000
more from the Industrial division,”
said Sellers. “Eaton, Mauney
Hosiery, Burlington and Carmet are
big keys and they are finishing up
this week.”
Sellers predicted the fined amount
will go u.cr the $60,000 mark.
Pledges and contributions thus far
include advanced gifts, $1,216; city
employes, $3,317.40; commercial,
462.00; hospital, $1. 420.89; In
dustrial, $29,674.87; Ministerial
Association, $746; Post Office, $80;
professional, $796; and schools
$2,333.
Cloninger Selected
Scott Clonlnger, Kings Mountain
lawyer, was elected the first
president of the newly-formed Kings
Mountain Chapter of the North
Carolina Symphony Wednesday
afternoon.
The new (Chapter seeks a mem
bership drive subscription of $3,860
to bring the N.C. Symphony to Kings
Mountain for an adult concert May
6th and a student concert, grades
three, four and five, on May 7th.
The drive for funds will be held In
February.
A bosu'd of directors. Including 60
citizens, will lead the KM Chapter
and other officers Include Andy
Nelsler, vice-president; Mrs. Joe
Nelsler, Jr., secretary; and John
Warllck, treasurer.
Other chairmen of major com
mittees are: Gifts, Mrs. Henry
Nelsler;. Education, Mrs. Darrell
Austin; Adult Concerts, Mrs.
Charles Blanton and Mrs. Ray
Holmes, Gene Bumgardner and
Donald Deal; Social - Mrs. John
Plonk and Mrs. Charles Nelsler;
Publicity, Mrs. Jim Scruggs and
Miss Lib Stewart; Membership,
Charles Mauney; Assistant mem
bership chairmen are Mrs. Bob
Maner and Mrs. Jeanette Suratte
suid members of the membership
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Dan Dixon
Grid Winner
Dan Dixon of Shelby correctly
picked 18 of 20 winners to win last
week's “Pick the Winners" football
contest.
He bsirely edged 10 other
guessperts who hit 17 of the 20
games.
By winning the seventh Herald
grid contest, Dixon picks up a check
for $76.
Dixon’s only misses were Ap
palachian’s loss to Furman and
Tulane’s loss to West Virginia.
Those two games, along with The
Citadel’s win over VMI, gave the
contestants the most trouble.
The eighth contest Is on page 10 of
today’s paper. Pick the most win
ners and you could Join Dixon In the
winner’s circle.
.. KMH8 QUEEN—Wendy Strlagfellow Is crowned Kings Mountain Hlgta
School Homecoming Qumo by student body president Mike Spears
during halftime of Friday’s football game with South Point at John
Gamble Stadium. Wendy Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bobby
Stringfellow.