Thanksgiving
Service Set
Rev. Jacob Qolden, pastor of
El Bethel United Methodist
Church, will deliver the
message In the community-wide
pre-’Hisinksglvlng community
wide service Wednesday
(tonight) at 7:80 p.m. st First
Wesleyan Church on North
Piedmont Ave.
The service Is sponsored by
the Kings Mountain Ministerial
Association of which Rev. J.C.
Ooare, pastor of Kings Mountain
Baptist Church, Is president.
Rev. Harwood T. Smith,
pastor of St. Matthew's
Lutheran Church, is chairman
of the committee on
arrangements.
A combined choir, under the
direction of Allen Jolley,
minister of music at First
Baptist Church, will present
special Thanksgiving anthems.
“We Invite the community to
attend this service of worship,”
said Rev. Mr. Goare.
Roamin* Around
Town
Wednesday
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Have
A Happy
Thanksgiving
VOLUME 90 - NUMBER 92 - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1979 ■ KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA
B & E Charges Lodged
Against Young People
A \ /.
Five Kings Mountain young
people have been arrested and
charged with breaking and
entering of several residences
and of Nation Chevrolet Co.
Kings Mountain Police
Department reported that
Robert Grayson, alias Bug
Grayson, age 17, of 701 Landing
St. and Roger Butler, 16, of 1006
Second St., were arrested and
charged with the breaking and
entering of Carol Horton’s
residence at 706 Meadowbrook
Rd. on Nov. 7th.
Grayson, Butler, Scottle
MulUnax, 18, of 500 Crescent
Hill, Kim Collins, 16, of 716
Landing St., and Nona Stamey,
17, of No. 87 Hillcrest Trailer
Park, were charged with the
B&E and Isirceny In which four
vehicles were taken from Jerry
Nation Chevrolet Co. Police
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.)
® Since tomorrow Jg
Thanksgiving, I asked the
children of Marie Ballard and
Hilda Leonard’s fourth grade
classes of East School this
question. What does
’nianksglvlng mean to you?
Here are the responses I
received:
0. It means pretty things and
" good things. It means love and
friendship. It means Indians and
whites together In happiness.
That’s why I like Thanksgiving.
Dawn Marie Oalney.
Thonsglvlng means that you
go In the kitchen and cook and
It’s a day you are thankftal that
It’s a day that we get out of
0 school for Thanksgiving day.
Mother Is In the kitchen and you
may want to play. Anthony
HlUman
It means to be thankful for the
food and East Elementary
School. We are thankful for the
pilgrims and people of North
Carolina too. Donna Clark
A 'niankaglvlng Is a time to be
thankful. On Thanksgiving you
might go In the kitchen and cook
a turkey. Some people don't
cook turkeys. They may cook
chicken or ham. Some people
don’t have money but they
probably still are thankful.
James Carrtgan
• A time to be thankful, a time
to harvest crops, a time to be
helpful and the tradition never
stops. David Mauney
On Thanksgiving you give
thanks tor having a house,
clothing and food. These are
some of the things you give
thanks for. Darvin Burris
Thanksgiving means to be
^ thankful for things you have.
Thanksgiving Is a joyful time
smd food and fun for everyone. I
want you to have a happy
Thanksgiving. Spencer Stephens
Thanksgiving Is a time to be
happy becstuse It Is time to eat
the turkey just like the Pilgrims.
The end. Jason Davis
^ Thanksgiving Is a day that you
are supposed to be thankful for
everything you got and you
should thank God for giving you
everything and help your
mother In the kitchen. Brldgette
Hill
Thanksgiving means to be
thankful that God gave us food
and shoes. It also means to be
^ thankful to be alive, because
some people don’t have food or
shoes. Geraldine Burris
We should thank God for what
he does. Jerry Sanders
(Turn to page lA)
Photo by Lib Stewart
.. ROTARY PROGRAM-Dairyman Charles A. Hunter made the
address at Thursday’s meeting of the Rotary Oub at KM Country
Club. From left. President Ed Heine, Mr. Hunter and Tom Trott,
who arranged the program.
Dairy Farmer l^ecUcts
Farm Days Will Return
By EUZABETH STEWART
Shades of Grandma’s day!
Are we going to have to move
from the city back down on the
farm to help cut down on the
ever-rising costs of food?
That’s the prediction of
Charles A. Htmter of Charlotte,
president and general manager
of Hunter Jersey Farms, Inc.,
who estimated In an address
before KM Rotary Club that
Americans spend 16 or 17 per
cent of their take-home pay each
week on food.
Using the subject, "The Place
of Agriculture In North Carolina
and U.3. Economy,’’ the
speaker paid high respect to
tormers, many of whom must be
business tycoons, technicians,
marketing experts and big In-
vesters to produce crops and
breed animals, citing the farmer
as 66 percent moral and ethical
In his desdlngs.
’’They’re also the most
energetic people In the world,’’
the dairyman said.
He Invited his audience to
board a “magic carpet” and
return to the year 1776 to see the
impact of those developments on
the farmer of today. Beginning
with the invention of the steam
engine and the industrial
revolution, the vsdlant fight of
the 13 colonies in America, who
adopted the free enterprise
system, and 66 years later with
the mechanical genius of Crirprus
McCormick who proved that
grain could be harvested by his
invention of the first reaper.
Hunter alluded to Adam
Smith’s book, “Wealth Of
Nations”, which he wrote In
(Tivn to page TA)
have recovered all four vehicles.
Grayson, Butler and MulUnax
were also charged with at
tempted safe-cracking at Nation
Oievrolet Co. on Nov. 8, poUce
said.
Scottle MulUnax and Kim
CblUns have been charged with
B&E and larceny of the
residence of LucUle Gladden at
804 Fourth St. on Nov. 8th.
Roger Butler wsis charged
with B&E and larceny and
safecracking at the KM Pool
Room Oct. 15th, poUce said.
PoUce said Collins Is under
$17,000 bond and Stamey Is
under $15,000 bond. A bond
hearing was being held In Shelby
Tliesday.
Investigating officers were
Ptl. Gary Sale, Det. Sgt.
Richard Reynolds, Det. Robert
Dodge, all of the KMPD, and
fecial Agent Jim Woodward of
the Special Bureau of In
vestigation.
(Turn to page 8A)
McGinnis
Expanding
McGinnis Department Store
has expanded its present
faculties on S. Battlegrotmd
Ave. to include the former 7600
square feet Cato’s Store
buUdlng.
John McGinnis, president of
the company founded by his
father, Paul H. McGinnis In
1662. said the expansUm has
enabled the firm to expand Its
ladies wear department, to
include pre-teen and petite lines
of popular brand clothing and its
children’s wear department.
The new addition houses the
ladles wear department, of
which Mrs. James Roberts Is
manager.
McGinnis Department Store
occupied Its present modern
buUdlng in August 1663 and
features popular lines of
clothing for men, women and
chUdren.
Other officers of the firm are
Doyle CampbeU, vice-president;
and Mrs. Paul McGinnis,
secretary. Other members of
the clerical staff are Mrs.
Bertha Lackey, Mrs. Sandra
Nance and Miss Laura
McGinnis. Mrs. Josephine
Sellers Is in charge of
alterations.
”We are very pleased,” said
Mr. McGinnis, “to expand our
line of clothing and to Increase
our floor space to better ac
commodate our customers.”
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Photo by Tom McIntyre
TURKEY’S REVENGE-OId Tom Turkey’s tired of being
chased every Thanksgiving Day, so he’s tamed the tables on this
lovely pUgrlm, Sheila Settlemyer, an advertising saleswoman
with Herald PubtlsMng Go. The turkey’s actually Hugh SherriU,
who works at Schiele Nature Museum In Gastonia, where this
photo was snapped.
Citizen Petition Lists
Support For KM Officials
A 'Thanksgiving Proclamation
tor Kings Mountain,” a petition
inviting citizens to endorse and
give continued support of the
progressive work of Mayor John
Henry Moss and his ad
ministration, Is being circulated
In town.
The petitions are In local
businesses in the downtown area
and are being distributed by
leaders of civic clubs.
Members of the KM Rotary
Qub discussed asking com
munity support of a petition at
last Thursday’s meeting and one
member suggested, “We need to
get behind our Mayor and ad
ministration and not let them
carry all the brunt of this
(federal) audit report which is
not a black mark on our ad
ministration.”
The Thanksgiving
Proclamation reads: “Whereas,
our proud town has enjoyed
unprecedented economic
growth, physical improvements,
and facilities for better living
and convenience and; whereas,
we have, as citizens, paid taxes
and worked many long hours to
help ourselves and our fellow
man to a better standard of life
and; whereas, strong leadership
has been provided through the
foresight, research, skill and
determination or our mayor,
councilman and city staff
(Turn to page SA)
Mayor Moss Elected President
w-.
m
CORPORATION OFFICERS-Pictured are
new officers of the newly re-organlsed KM
Development Corporation. From left. Secretary
Photo by Gary Stewart
Jerry King, L.E. HInnant, vice-president, Tom
Tate, treasurer, and Mayor John Henry Moss,
president.
Mayor John Henry Moss was
elected president of the Kings
Mountain Community
Development Corporation at the
first and organizational meeting
of the corporation Wednesday
night.
Other officers are L.E. (Josh)
HInnant, vice-president; Jerry
lOng, secretsu'y; and Tom Tate,
treasurer.
The 12-member board of
directors of the new corporation.
In addition to the officers, in
clude Mickey Oorry, Charles
Hamilton, Ollle Harris, Ruby H.
Baker, Jackie Mauney, George
B. Thomasson, Larry Hsimrlck
and Darrell Austin.
By-laws and articles of In
corporation were also approved
and follow the format of such
cities as Cherryvllle,
Albemarle, and Asheville which
have formed Community
Development (torporatlons.
Mayor Moss thanked Jerry
King, his secretary, Ms. Connie
Putnam, and attorney George B.
Thomasson for their diligence In
preparation of the Articles of
Incorporation and By-Laws.
Secretary Jerry King said that
the corporation Is organized, not
for profit, but to render aid and
encouragement In the economic
development of Kings Mountain
and surrounding area, to for
mulate, sUd, and assist projects
designed to promote Industrial
development through the at
traction to the Kings Mountain
area of new Industries,
businesses, commercial plants,
and enterprises, and to en
courage growth and develop
ment of existing industries,
businesses, commercial plants
and enterprises.
The corporation shall have no
capital stock, said King,
registered agent for the cor
poration, which maintains of
fices at 207 N. Cleveland Ave. in
the KM Community Center.
Mr. King presided at the
organizational meeting at KM
Governmental Facilities
Building, read purposes of the
organization, the sutlcles of
Incorporation and conducted
election of a board of directors
who then approved the By-Laws
of Incorporation and elected
officers.