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VOLUME 90 - NUMBER 90 - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1979 - KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA
HUD Lists More Audit Findings
By GARY STEWART
Oo-Edltor
Auditors for the Department
of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD) have listed
five additional findings against
the City of Kings Mountain In an
audit memorandum mailed
October 5 from William R. Todd
of the Office of Audit In Atlanta
Roamin^ Around
Town
With
Darrell Austin
(Ingredients: There will be
bits of news, very little wisdom,
some humor and comments,
some views from odier editors.
Directions: Take weekly. If
possible, but please avoid an
overdose.)
This Is American Education
Week. Below are actual excuses
that parents have written to
schools. The teachers and
parents names are omitted for
obvious reasons.
Dear school, please askuse John
for being absent on January 38,
29, 30, 32. and 33.
Mary could not come to school
because she was bothered by
very close veins.
John has been absent because he
has two teeth taken out of his
face.
I kept Billie home because she
had to go Christmas shopping
because I didn’t know what size
she wear.
Pleaise excuse Gloria. She has
been sick and under the doctor.
My son is under the doctor's
care and should not take P.E.
please execute him.
LlUle was absent from school
yesterday as she had a going
over.
Please excuse Joey Monday. He
had loose vowels.
Please excuse Blanch from P.E.
for a few days. Yesterday she
fell out of a tree and misplaced
her hip.
Please excuse Joyce from Jim
today. She is administrating.
Oirlos was absent yesterday
because he was playing football.
He was hurt In his growing part.
My daughter was absent
yesterday because she was
tired. She spent the weekend
with the Marines.
Please excuse Dlaime from
being absent yesterday. She was
in bed with gramps.
Please excuse Jimmy for being.
It was his father's fault.
Mary Ann was absent Dec. 11-16
because she had fever, sore
throat, headache, and upset
stomache. Her sister was also
sick, fever, and sore throat. Her
brother had a low grade tem
perature, and aphed all over. I
wan't feeling the best either,
sore throat and fever. There
must be the flue going around,
her father even got hot last
night.
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to Mrs. Betsy Stafford, manager
of the area HUD office In
Greensboro.
HUD officials said the
memorandum was mailed to
Mayor John Moss along with the
original copy of the audit report,
but Moss told the Herald that he
had not seen the memorandum
until Friday afternoon when this
reporter showed It to him.
Mrs. Stafford, in a letter
accompauiylng the audit and
memorandum, which was
requested by the Herald under
the Freedom of Information Act,
said some portions of the
memorandum were deleted
“because the release of those
portions could Interfere with law
enforcement proceedings.’’
The memo questions the city’s
sale of water to Bessemer (Dlty
and Cleveland County, the
construction of a sewer line on
York Road which auditors claim
serves only CHevemont Mills
(Union Underwear), the ex
pansion of the water treatment
Dlant and storage capacity, a
figure of $26,822 on the city’s
accounting records which HUD
says should be removed to
prevent future erroneous
claims, and over $60,000
received by the KM Develop
ment Office under the Com
munity Development Block
Grant program.
The memo, as did the audit
which showed 10 findings, points
out that “these findings do not
necessarily mean that the costs
were for Improper purposes, but
that insufficient documentary
evidence precluded a deter
mination of their eligibility.’’
Mayor Moss and City
Engineer A1 Moretz said
Monday the city can provide
sufficient documentation.
The city has 80 days to do so or
face the possibility of paying
back over $700,000 In HUD-
granted money.
The audit memo claims the
city last year received $128,000
for water sold to Bessemer CSty
and did not return that money to
the CDBG programs. Moretz
said In all the applications,
yearly reports and yearly
monitoring sessions with HUD,
the city has never been told the
funds realized from the sale of
water must be returned to the
CDBG program.
The city has not received any
funds from Cleveland County on
the sale of water supplying the
southeastern portion of the
county, primarily Eaton Cor
poration, but Mayor Moss said it
was the county’s responsibility
to read the meters and report
the number of gallons, after
which the city would send the
county a bill.
The auditors claimed also that
the city, before expanding its
water treatment and storage
facilities in 1976, had two
treatment plants (et Moss Lake
and the old Deal Street plant)
which' together had a dally
capacity of 6,(X)0,0(X) gadlons.
Auditors pointed out that the
city was using only 3,370,(X)0
gallons per day, including
617,()<X) gallons sold to Bessemer
aty.
However, Moretz said those
figures are misleading because
the Deal Street plant Is
inoperable and would cost the
city "approximately $100,000
and three or four days” of work
to make It functional.
"We have had to produce as
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City Receives Funds
For Moss Lake Project
The City of Kings Mountain
has received news that It is the
recipient of over $160,000 in
Heritage Conservation and
Recreation Service grants for a
recreation park project at Moss
Lake.
Total cost of the project is
$322,184, of which 60 percent will
be matched by local funds. City
engineer A1 Moretz said the
city’s contribution will be
through use of equipment and
personnel.
Appling
Winner
Larry Appling of 6420
Margrace Road correctly
predicted 19 of 20 winners to win
last week’s Herald "Pick the
Winners’’ football contest, the
final one of the 1979 season.
For his efforts, Appling picks
up a check for $76.
The only thing that kept Ap
pling from turning In a perfect
card was choosing Nor
thwestern over Wisconsin.
Several otehr guessperts
missed only two games.
Lt. Gov, Jimmy Green
To Speak Here Tonight
much as six million gallons at a
time,’’ Moretz said. "That’s
during peak demand and the
average flow will vary. But our
five-day average is
per day."
4.1 million
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MISS NORTH CAROLINA '79
...MontaMakl here (or Yule Parade
Miss North Carolina
To Ride In Parade
The project must be com
pleted by December 30, 1984.
The project will include a
marina. Improvements at the
beach area, a bathhouse, en
trance improvements, 89
campsites and water and power
to the sites.
The campsites will be built in
the wooded area behind the
Lake office at the light of the
current entrance, Moretz said.
Mayor John H. Moss said the
project will enable the city to re
open swimming and provide
paddle boating and a kiddie play
area.
"This will be a tremendous
asset to the recreation aspect of
the lake," said Moss, “and make
it a full recreational complex.
“This will be going along with
our other project of fishing,
plcknicklng and a marina
planned on the other side,” he
added. "When both of these
projects are completed, it will
be an outstanding asset.
"We are very happy to
acquire this grant,” Moss
continued. "We appreciate the
cooperation of our represen
tatives, Senator Harris and
Senator Marvin, and other
members of the legislative
delegation."
LT. GOVERNOR
•IIMMVGKEKN
Lt. Governor Jimmy Green of
Raleigh will make the principal
address at Tuesday’s (tonight’s)
meeting of the Cleveland
A.ssuclation of Governmental
Officials.
The dinner meeting will be at 7
p.m. at Kings Mountain Country
C^ub.
Mrs. Joe Lee of Kings
Mountain, CAGO president,
invites all members of govern
mental and school officials to
attend the meeting.
Reservations for dinner
:ihnul<l be made with Mrs. Becky
l)y railing 7.39-4689.
Monta Makl, Miss North
Oirolina 1979, will headline the
annual Kings Mountain
Christmas Parade Nov. 28th.
Her appearance here will be
sponsored by Kings Mountain
Jaycees.
The parade, which will feature
more than 90 units and including
pretty queens, floats, and bands,
will be sponsored by the Kings
Mountain Fire Department and
will wind through KM streets at
4 p.m. on Wed., Nov. 28th.
Santa Claus, of course, will
also be a star of the parade,
which will officially open the
Cihrlstmas shopping season In
the city.
Miss Makl, 23, is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Fisher of
Hickory and was a preliminary
winner in the swimsuit division
of the recent Miss America
Pageant In Atlantic City, N.J.
She graduated from Queens
College, Charlotte, in 1978 with
B.A. in English and certification
to teach. She was recipient of a
four-year Carol G. Belk
scholarship for her outstanding
leadership and scholastic
achievements. She was a dean’s
list student and editor-in-chief of
the Queens College newspaper.
She also served as president of
Chi Omega Sorority and was
tapped by Sigma Upsllon,
honorary literary society.
Her senior year in college.
Miss Makl spent Monday
through Friday working as a
student teacher and on Saturday
and Sunday worked as a WBTV
news intern. She also served as
editor of the “Jeffcaster”, the
weekly newsletter for WBT-
WBTV.
Miss North Carolina’s hobbies
include writing and singing. In
1973, she was national essay
winner in the Miss National
Teenager Pageant. In 1974, she
was chosen state winner of the
Voice of Democracy speaking
contest sponsored by the VFW.
In 1974, for her Interest in
writing and America, she was
chosen as North Carolina's
out.standing youth by Valley
Forge at the Freedom Foun
dation. She was also chosen
North Carolina’s youth
representative to the Banquet of
the Golden Plate in Salt Lake
CSty in 1974 and to tour Nova
Scotia In 1975.
Miss Maki’s travels have been
extensive, having met two
presidents, the Premier of Nova
Scotia, Lowell Thomaw, Jimmy
Stewart and numerous others in
addition to being a guest at a
Congressional dinner.
Miss Makl is pursuing a
career In television as a writer-
producer and hopes to
“someday fulfill her dream of
being a television hostess."
ALFRED WHITE
Wachovia
Promotes
A1 White
Alfred White, a native of
Kings Mountain, has been
promoted to banking officer at
Wachovia Bank and Trust
Company In Winston-Salem.
White Joined the bank’s Audit
Department in 1976 and tran
sferred to Raleigh as a Junior
examiner in 1977. He came back
to Winston-Salem in 1978 as a
retail operations specialist in
the Retail Banking Department,
his current position. White is a
graduate of the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
White’s parents are Mr. and
Mrs. Robert L. White Sr., oi
Kings Mountain. He and his wife
Amy make their home in
I/cwlsvllle.
New Format
Introduced
By Herald
The Kings Mountain Herald
today Introduces to its readers
and advertisers a new six-
column format, which
represents the latest in
newspaper Improvements and
which has been designed by
experts for maximum
readability, advertising ef
fectiveness and space economy.
Over the past several years
there has been a gradual trend
from 8-column to 6-column
formats throughout the country
as more newspapers realized
the readership advantages. The
trend accelerated recently with
the sharp rise In newsprint
prices. Since the 6-column
format fits on a page narrower
than the 8-column format by a
fraction of an inch, it means a
newsprint savings. This will
help us absorb the inflationary
impact of newsprint and the
other cost increases with
minimum effect on advertising
rates.
The new rate structure is
basically the same. Full page,
half page and quarter page ad
costs are unchanged. And this Is
an essential point: newspapers
are selling and advertisers are
buying the whole or parts of a
page, whether measured In
agate lines, column Inches or a
square Inch. To achieve
proportionate Impact on a page
it makes no difference what
measuring method is used.
Dollar for dollar your In
vestment has at least the same
advertising value to you in the 6-
coluinn format as It did
previously. And the wider
column opens up new design
possibilities for even greater
reader appeal.
We have good reason to
believe the overall at
tractiveness of our newspaper
will Improve, thus increasing
the selling power of advertising
content.
Professor Edmund C. Arnold,
chairman of the Graphic Arts
and Publishing Departments of
Syracuse University and a world
authority on newspaper
typography, design and ad
vertising, says this about 6-
column makeup of newspapers;
“Here Is a format designed for
the reader. Wider columns are
read more easily, more quickly,
with less fatigue and with
greater comprehension. The
page arrangement presents
news and advertising in a
manner affording maximum
comfort, convenience and
pleasure to the reader."
Conversion to the new format
will mean some changes in ad
sizing. It is important for ad
vertisers to keep the points
listed below in mind when
redesigning present ads to fit the
ndw 6-column format:
1 - Ads designed for the con
ventional eight or four-column
width require minimal change.
2 - Ads designed for the con
ventional five, six or seven
column width will need to be
redesigned, or can be re-sized to
fit the new four, five and six-
column format.
3 - Ads designed for the con
ventional one, two or three
column width will need to be
redesigned, or can be re-sized to
fit the new one, two or three-
column format.
The more readable format of
the new Kings Mountain Herald
will give higher visibility to
advertising content.
Your Herald advertising
representative will shortly liave
new six-column layout pads to
assist you in designing your
advertising to get maximum
benefit from the new sizes.
liAllE KIITII MEETS
The Hiilie Ruth League
will I’.'ii.t an important meeting
tiinigl" at 7 p.m. at Cattletown
Steal. House. I’urpose oi the
rm-el.ng will tie to etert officers
;ir I 'aik shout th" new .state
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