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Request Is
Turned Down
Oeveland County Board of
Oonuniaalonen last week denied
requeet by the Kings Mountain
BUectlons Board to change the
county'! precinct line In Dlatrlct
1 so It would conform with the
municipal election line.
Chairman Luther Bennett
made the request at the regular
conunlsslon meeting.
Mr. Bennett said the problem
Is that when Kings Mountain
officials created six districts for
municipal elections and then set
up two polling places, a portion
West Kings Mountain was
'placed In District 1. Bennett
explained that “everybody in
District 1 votes at a polling place
tai Bast Kings Mountain. When
there are both muiucipal and
non-munlclpal elections on Lie
safhe day, those In District 1
who live west of the railroad
tracks, which the county uses as
the precinct line, must vote In
two.different locations."
Nelson Conner, chairman of
the county board of elections,
suggested that Instead of
~ oounty Uns,
District 1 should be split for
voting purposes with those In the
east voting In the east and those
In the west voting In the west or
that the city should use only one
polling place.
Conner gave the opinion that
he does not know If the district
can legally be split but promised
that he would check with Alex
Brock, state elections super
visor, on the question. Conner
told the board he felt It nmy be
possible, since voting Is at large
but candidates are from specific
districts.
West Kings Mountain voters
vote at the KM Armory and Bast
Kings Mountain voters vote at
the KM Community Center.
BOARD OF BLECnONS
Hie Cleveland County Board
of BUectlons will meet In the
BUectlons Office at Shelby at
8; SO a.m. Friday, Dec. 14th, to
discuss proposal for voting
equipment.
Photo by Lib Stewart
« SWEARING-IN CEREMONIES—Moss Ad- the oaths to Mayor Sohn Henry Moss, from left,
ministration vn took oaths of office In swearing-in Comm. Corbet Nicholson, Comm. Jim ChUders
ceremonies Monday night at City Hall. District and Comm. Norman King.
Court Judge George Hamrick, left, administers
Citizen Involvement Urged
KM Board Is Sworn In
Commercial Shearing, Inc. of
Youngstown, Ohio will build a
machining facility for hydraulic
pumps and motors at the east
side of Canterbury Road.
The city board of com
missioners Monday night paved
the way for the new company to
. build here with approval of
agreement with Gaston County
to extend water and sewer
services to the new Industry.
Mayor John Henry Moss told
the board of commissioners that
the estimated project cost Is
8232,481.00. The mayor said that
Gaston County covers all costs
of the system, not within the city
limits, but that the city would be
responsible for 821,341. for the
sewer portion and ap
proximately 88,000 for the water
services for the plant which is
located just inside Gaston
County but within the Kings
Mountain city limits.
Replying to question of
District One Comm. Jim
Childers, the mayor said that
the city will operate the line with
no restrictions on taps.
In a related action, the board
approved the Charlotte firm of
Hennlngson, Durham A
Richardson for engineering
services to design the water-
sewer project under the Gaston
agreement.
Comm. Childers asked If there
Is a time table on the project and
the Mayor responded that
Gaston County expects to
submit application for Clean
Water Bonds prior to end of
December.
“The city will be operating th
line under standard policy,”
said the mayor.
In other actions, the board;
-(-approved resolution
providing for the Issuance of
8160,000 water bond anticipation
notes for Ellison Water Plant
sludge treatment facility which
the mayor said was a con
solidated package with maturity
dates ranging from Dec. 1980 to
Dec. 1986.
-(-transferred taxi franchise
from Fred Cash to Robert E.
Beattie.
-(-approved request of Howard
Welch, of 817 Watterson St., for a
variance from the Sept. 24, 1979
action restricting trucks over
one and one-half tons on Wat
terson St. Welch told Acting
Police Chief J.D. Barrett that he
operates a tractor-trailer rig
and only access to his driveway
is from Waco Rd. down Wat
terson St.
Rev. M.L. Campbell gave the
invocation and pronounced the
benediction.
Moss Administration Vn took
the oaths of office in swearing-in
ceremonies Monday night
following the regular meeting of
the city board of commission
ers in the KM Governmental
Services Facility.
After the swearing-ln
ceremonies led by District Court
Judge George Hamrick, the six-
member board of com
missioners elected District 1
Gbmmlssioner Jim Childers as
mayor tempore. Mr. Childers
led the voting In the recent
election at which three In
cumbent commissioners,
Norman King, of District Four,
Cbrbet Nicholson, of District
Three, and Childers were
returned to City Hall positions
for four year terms. Voters
returned Mayor John Henry
Moss to his seventh and second
four-year term at the helm of
city government.
Other members of the board
are Comm. Bill Grissom,
District Five, Comm. Jim
Dickey, District Six, and Comm.
Humes Houston of District Two.
"As Kings Mountain ap
proaches the decade of the 80's It
Is a high privilege to serve the
citizens of Kings Mountain,”
said the Mayor In an acceptance
speech, ‘“nie task of managing
city government Is a serious
business,” said the mayor, "and
a challenge.”
Mayor Moss called for greater
and more-involved citizen
participation In city programs In
the coming year and called for
citizens to join In an "attitude of
togetherness” to cope with
problems of energy and In
flation. "Kings Mountain
citizens have both the courage
and the willingness to share
responsibilities in the days
ahead,” siad the mayor.
"Priorities will be developed
as our citizens move together for
progress In a city that offers
Importunities for quality living
for every citizen,” said the
Mayor.
In a related organizational
matter, the board set meeting
dates for the second and fourth
Mondays of each month and
reappointed Joe H. McDaniel,
Jr. as city clerk and treasurer
and George B. Thomasson as
city attorney. Fund deposit
institutions were also
designated as First Union
National Bank, First Citizens
Bank and Trust Co., Home
Savings & Loan Association,
Independence National Bank
and First Federal Savings &
Loan Association.
The board also approved
Christmas bonuses for city
personnel to be based on length
of last employment date in 12
increments and designated
Christmas holidays for city
personnel as Dec. 24 and Dec. 28
and Jan. 1 for New Year’s.
Rev. Robert Boggsm gave the
Invocation.
Marvins To Fill
Shiloh Pulpit
Ben and Phyllis Marvin,
Presbyterian missionaries to
Brazil, will be guest speakers
this weekend at Shiloh
Presbyterian Church In Grover.
The Marvins and two
daughters, Janette Elaine and
Jeannle Beth, will come to
Grover Saturday evening for a
maghettl supper to be hosted by
youth of the church at 6 p.m. in
the church fellowship hall. They
will give a report of their
GOSPEL SING
Holiness Christian Mission at
218 Blanton St. will sponsor a
gospel sing Saturday night at 7
p.m. featuring the “Singing
Epps Family" of Belton, S.C.
The public Is Invited to attend.
mission work in Brazil at the
Sunday School hour at 9:48 a.m.
and morning worship hour at 11
on Sunday morning. Circles of
the church will serve a light
luncheon at noon In the
fellowship hall.
Shiloh Church has supported
the missionary family for about
20 years.
Rev. and Mrs. Marvin are now
on furlough In the U.S. and Mr.
Marvin Is completing work on
his Doctorate In Ministry at
Columbia Theological
Seminary, Decatur, Ga.
Mrs. Joe Rountree is
Ecumenical chairman In charge
of arrangements for the
weekend witness-season event.
At Harper’s Pharmacy
Blood Pressure Machine
Serves The Community. , .
By GARY STEWART
Oo-Edltor
Automatic Electronic
4>liygmomanometer...a fancy
name and one hard to learn, but
something Harper’s Pharmacy
on West Mountain Street has
taiveided thousands of dollars In
to serve the community.
The A.B.8. Is better described
as a self-operated blood
pressure cheeking machine on
which moat persons can check
their own blood pressure In leas
than a minute.
Ragan Harper, owner of the
liharmacy, had the machine
Installed at noon Tuesday and by
closing time over 80 persons had
already checked their blood
pressure. One man found his to
bo too hlgb and sought medical
help.
The A.E.S. marketed by
Southeastern Micro Computers
Inc. of Midland, N.C., is the only
one In this area. All persona are
urged by Harper to come in and
use It free of charge.
Hie operation Is simple. One
needs only to place hla arm In
the machine, push on<9 button
and wait about 80 seconds. The
blood pressure reading appears
on a screen.
"If the pressure checks out 140
over 90 or Iilghsr, we recom
mend that they see a doctor,”
said Harper. "Each persons Is
given a card to keep record of
his blood pressure readings and
everyone la welcome to come by
as often as they wish and use the
machine.”
Harper ssdd over 18 million
people In the United States have
high blood pressure but don’t
know It. "If we can protect some
of them, we’ll be doing a service
to the community," he ssdd.
The program Is new but has
already been endorsed by The
National Institute of Health,
Federal Drug Administration,
National High Blood Pressure
Education Program, Health
Services Administration,
American Heart Association
and the Pharmaceutical In
dustry. It has been written up In
Parade Magazine, Newsweek
and the Carolina Pharmacy
Journal.
"It’s a good program,” said
Harper. “There’s probably a lot
of people out there who want
their blood pressure checked but
either can’t afford to go to the
doctor or don’t want to because
they think they’ll be bothering
the people at the doctor’s office.
Hiey could be helped by this
machine.”
BLOO
CHECKING BP—Ragan Harper, owner of
Harper’s Pharmacy on West Mountain Street,
checks his blood pressure on a new checking
Photo by Gary Stewart
machine he Installed Tuesday. Area citisens may
keep tab on their BP by using the free service.