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BIO LOO CABIN — Abrahun Lincoln would be proud, and to are
we. Work Is progreeeing well on the new Herald PubUBhlng Co.
plant on Cantebury Road. Aa you can see, It’a made of logs and
upon its completion will be one of the world’s largest log buildings
with over 20,000 square feet of space. The building wras featured
last week on WBTV Channel Three. Publisher Oaiiand Atkins
Photo by Katrena McCall
said he anticipates the company being In the new building next
spring.
Kings Mountain Christmas Parade
Sponsored by the Kings
Mountain Fire Department,
Kings Mountain’s annual
Christmas parade, consisting of
81 units, will move through the
downtown area tomorrow
(Wednesday) at 4 p.m.
'The seasonal pageant marks
official opening of the Yule
shopping season In Kings
Mountain.
Featuring a "Mountaineer”
theme, the parade will form on
the comer of Mountain St. and
South Gaston, move from
Gaston to East King, to South
Piedmont, from Piedmont to
Mountain, from Mountain to
Cherokee, from Cherokee to
South Battleground and to King
St. and South Railroad and
disband at Mauney Mill Parking
lot.
Mrs. W.T. Weir, who was co-
chairman of the successful
Kings Mountain Centennial
Oiebratlon, will serve as Grand
Marshal of the 1979 event, said
Co-Chairmen Johnnie Caldwell
and Pete Peterson. Mrs. Weir is
a retired schoolteacher and has
long been active in numerous
city, civic and church com
munity affairs.
According to the parade
chairmen, the parade will
feature more professionally-
built floats, as well as a number
of locally-buUt floats, the ap
pearance of beauty queens,
including Miss North Carolina,
Monta Makl, of Hickory, who
has accepted invitation by the
Kings Mountain Jaycees to
participate in the event, high-
stepping marching bands, three
units of Mountain Men, local and
county dignitaries, Carolina
Clowns, Carowinds float and
characters and many more,
with the 81st entry in the parade
to feature the appearance of the
old gentleman from the North
Pole, Santa Claus.
Co-Chairmen Caldwell and
Peterson said they are ap-
City Board Meets Friday
MRS. W.T. WEIR
...Parade Grand Marahal
Mrs. Weir
To' Lead
KM Parade
Mrs. W.T. Weir, retired Kings
Mountain school teacher, has
been honored by the Kings
Mountain Fire Department as
Grand Marshal of the city’s 1979
Christmas Parade.
Chief Fire Tlgnor said Mrs.
Weir was honored for her
"unselfish giving to the com
munity’’ since she came to
Kings Mountain as a public
school teacher In 1926, her
service to the teaching
profession spanning 40 years at
KM High School and as English
instructor at Flora MacDonald
College, aa librarian at Grover
High School, and as teacher of
library science and supervisor
in the library at the training
school at Wlnthrop College.
Mrs. Weir was 1960 local and
District IV Teacher of the Year,
served as president of the local
NCEA Unit, as District U
president of NCEA of Retired
School Personnel, as state
membership chairman of the
NCAE, chairman of the state
publications committee of the
NCAE and founder and editor of
"Panorama,” newsletter of the
RSP division.
. Her community activities
have been numerous. She was
president of the Woman’s Club,
regent of Colonel Frederick
Hambrlght Chapter, DAR, and
served as co-chairman of Kings
Mountain’s successful KM
Centennial Commission In 1976.
She Is currently chairing the
committee on grounds
beautlflcaUon for the new City
Hall.
At First Presbyterian Church,
Mrs. Weir has taught the Young
Adult Class for 44 years. An
Elder In th church, she has
served as circle Bible
moderator chairman and as
president of the Women of the
(Church.
A native of Darlington, S.C.,
the former Josephine EUerbe, Is
widow of W.T. Weir. She Is a
graduateof Wlnthrop College
and earned her master’s degree
from Columbia University.
A1 Moretz CD Director
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ALVIN MORETZ
Alvin B. Moretz, city
engineer, was appointed to fill
the position of interim Com
munity Development Director
by the city board of com
missioners at a special meeting
Ftlday afterrtoon.
Moretz succeeds Arnold
Gordon-Wrlght, who resigned as
co-ordinator of the program In
September.
After making the motion to
appoint Moretz, Comm. Jim
Childers noted that the city is
endeavoring to provide the
necessary documentation to
clear up the findings in a recent
audit of the community
development program con
ducted by the Department of
Housing and Urban Develop
ment (HUD) and said that
Moretz's “help will be in
valuable.” ChUders said the city
has been “getting some Oak
about the audit and I Just want to
publicly comment that we are
doing everything we can do to
comply.”
Mayor John Henry Moss said
after the meeting that he is
expecting to receive soon a list
of corrective actions from the
HUD office in Greensboro and
that the city Is collecting
evidence that will support the
projects in question.
In other actions relating to the
CD program, the board;
-I-Awarded contract for
rehabilitation work on the
property of James Cable, 28
Bennett Dr., to the low bidder,
Jim Guyton, at cost of $7,660.90;
to Guyton, at cost of $6,879.60 for
work on the home of Steve Rath-
bone, 28 Bennett Dr., and to
Jerry Barnette, low bidder, at
$7,600 for work on the residence
of Collie Cook, 26 Bennett Dr.
-(-Adopted resolution of policy
to provide relocation payments
and assistance to families, in
dividuals, and businesses
displaced from areas within the
city of Kings Mountain by code
enforcement activity in
designated housing
rehabilitation areas or
designated concentrated code
enforcement areas.
Ibe board silso approved the
purchase of a 1980 Plymouth
Volare at cost of $8,160.66 plus
tax. The car is to be used as the
fire chief's car and delivery date
is January 1980. The board
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preciative of the “huge response
of entrants” made possible by
the “wholehearted cooperation
of Kings Mountain business
firms, industrial plants, chur
ches, civic groups and in-
dividuais.
Barring inclement weather,
hundreds of Kings Mountain
area spectators are expected to
line the parade route.
The parade line-up will in
clude, (in the order of their
appearance) Kings Mountain
Police car; Cleveland (Sjunty
Sheriff (car); Kings Mountain
Senior High Color Guard; Kings
Mountain Senior High Band;
Kings Mountain Senior High
Cheerleaders; Kings Mountain
Senior High Homecoming Queen
and Court Float; Kings
Mountain Senior High Funny
Car; Senator Ollle Harris (car):
Mayor John Henry Moss, City
Ctommissioners, (three cars);
CSeveland <3ounty Manager and
Commissioners (car); Fire
Chief car; 1930 Model Fire
Truck; Kings Mountain
Carrousel Princess, Court and
Float; Mountain Men (three
units); Grand Marshal, Mrs.
W.T. Weir; Convalescent
Center; Dimeo’s Ice Oeam
Truck; Girl Scout Troop 166;
Boy Scout Troop 199; Joy
Theatre; Cleveland Tech (float:
Jane’s School of Dance (two
units); Kings Mountain Rescue
Squad (one unit).
Also: American Red Cross
Van; Twelve Oaks Academy;
Carolina Clowns Unit; Girl
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Urban Renewal Director
To Benefit Nominated For Award
Project Settled GF Project
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The Kings Mountain
Redevelopment Commission,
The Department of Housing and
Urban Development and the
City of Kings Mountain have
agreed on a financial settlement
In bringing the Urban Renewsd
Programs to a conclusion.
Most of the basic objectives of
the two projects have been
accomplished with the exception
of some property acquisition,
relocation and limited site
Improvements, said Executive
Director Gene White.
Under terms of the set
tlement, the City will receive
Carl Stewart
Coming To CC
Carl Stewart, Gastonia lawyer
and speaker for the house of
Representatives, will bring his
political campaign for
Lieutenant Governor to
Cleveland County when he Is
guest of honor at "Meet the
Candidate Night” at Shelby
Park Thursday night.
The event, sponsored by
Stewart's campaign committee,
will feature a free barbecue
dinner at 6:80 p.m. followed by a
speech by Stewart.
$422,092.79 in surplus funds to be
used in completion of the
remaining Urban Renewal
Activities and eligible activities
in the Community Development
Block Grant Programs.
The city will also acquire title
to all properties now owned by
the Redevelopment Com
mission. Funds realized from
the sale of these properties will
be used In the Community
Development Block Grant
Program.
Date of formal dissolution of
the Kings Mountain
Redevelmpment Commission is
February 12, 1980.
HUD has final approval on
how funds may be spent.
Kings Mountain
Redevelopment Commission
has one Audit Finding of $200.00
which the city must pay, selling
parcel to Bynum <3hapel C2iurch
for $200.00 under the Fair
Market Value.
The Kings Mountain
Redevelopment Commission is
directed Gene White,
Executive Director, who Is
responsible to the Board of
Commissioners. The Bowd was
appointed originally by the City
of Kings Mountain.
It’s "In the cards” that
citizens will turn out for
tonight’s benefit bridge game at
the new City Hall where Town
and Country Garden Clubbers
are sponsoring a benefit for the
new Governmental Facilities
beautification project.
Mrs. W.T. Weir, project
chairman, said that players are
invited to bring their cards and
make up their own tables for the
event, for which cost of $8 per
players Includes light refresh
ments.
Proceeds from the benefit,
which begins at 7:30 p.m., are
earmarked for the city
beautification project and for
North Carolina Zoo, said Mrs.
Weir.
TICKETS ON SALE
Advanced tickets for the Little
Theatre’s production of "Cin
derella” are on sale at Sample
Yardage. Prices are $2.60 for
adults and $1.60 for students at
the door or 60 cents off If pur
chased in advance. Groups of 10
or more may purchase tickets
for one doUsir each. The show Is
set for Dec. 6, 7 and 8 at 8 p.m.
and Dec. 9 at 2:16 p.m.
Donald J. Deal, of Kings
Mountain, has been nominated
by the South Central District of
North Carolina Bandmasters
Association to receive the
"Award of Excellence” for
outstanding contribution in the
field of Instrumental music.
He was recognized and
presented a certificate for this
award at the recent NCBA
Convention in Winston Salem.
Deal has been teaching music
and directing bands since 1960.
He began teaching at Kings
Mountain Senior High School in
1968. He Is an active member of
the National Education
Association, N.C. Association of
Education, N.C. Association of
Classroom Teachers, N.C.
Music Educators Association
and American School Band
Directors Association. He has
served as an officer In the latter
two organizations.
Mr. Deal hu participated in
Instrumental Music Workshops
and Marching Band Workshops
at Appalachlem State Univer
sity, Boone, and Wake Forest
University, Winston Salem. He
has served as Adjudicator and
instructor for various contests In
North Carolina and Tennessee.
His bands have won 22
"Superior” ratings In district,
regional and state contests. In
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DONALD J. DEAL
1977 Mr. Deal was selected
Teacher of the Year at Kings
Mountain Senior High School.
He Is married to Betty Ann,
also a musician, and is the
father of two sons, Joe and John.
Both sons are graduates of
University of North Carollna-
Chapel Hill and were first chair
players In their father’s band.
In addition to directing and
singing in the Resurrection
Lutheran Church Choir, he
enjoys bridge and playing local
dance and combo dates.