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VOLUME 93, NUMBER 76 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1980 KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA PRICE 20 CENTS
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Commissioners Increase
Salaries Of Patrolmen
By ELIZABETH STEWART
Co-Editor
The city board of commis
sioners Monday night upped the
starting salary of a police
patrolman from SI65.17 to
$173.43 and on recommenda
tions of the Personnel Commit
tee added two additional
patrolmen to the Police
Organization.
New recommendations also
give the Chief of Police authori
ty to extend the probation period
with the approval of the Person
nel Committee and Mayor and
gives the policeman a day off
when he works on holiday and a
day off when the holiday falls on
the |x>liceman’$ day off. All
holidays accrued are to be taken
in a 60-day period and all ex
isting accrued holidays will be
paid in the first pay period of the
month of January 1981, a one
time only payment.
The board also adopted new
underground electrical installa
tion rates which up the costs
about $20 from the old rate.
Mayor John Moss told the board
that increased costs of materials
and supplies since the rate was
late adopted dictate the increase.
Section Supervisor Ted Huffman
said the costs are slightly undr
some cities.
Southeastern Consulting
Engineers, Inc. recommended,
and the board adopted, new
rates for providing underground
secondary voltage service con
ductors to individual residences
or mobile homaes as follows:
New Developments-$75 per lot
plus 90 cents per trench foot in
Kings Mountain Applies
For Small Cities Grant
The city will apply for a Small
Cities Grant and is currently
working on a pre-applications.
Mayor John Moss announced at
Monday night’s board of com
missioner meeting.
Deadline for the application to
be received by the Department
of Housing and Urban Develop
ment (HUD)is Jan. 12,1981 and
Service Set
For Tonight
A conununity Thanksgiving
worship service will be held at
First Presbyterian Church
Wednesday (tonight) at 7:30
p.m. under sponsorship of the
Kings Mountain Ministerial
Association.
The Rev. J.C. Goare, pastor
of Kings Mountain Baptist
Church, will deliver the sermon.
Special music will be
presented by a Brass Ensemble
from Kings Mountain Senior
High School and the First
Presbyterian Choir, under the
direction of Mrs. Darrell Austin.
Congregational singing will be
led by Allen Jolley, minister of
music at First Baptist Church.
Other ministers participating
on the program will be Rev. Har
wood T. Smith, president of the
KM Ministerial Association,
Rev. Fred Wells, Rev. George
Sherrill, Rev. Pruella Kilgore,
Rev. Ancel Center, Rev.
William Tyson, Rev. Gary
Bryant and Steve Hundley.
The community is invited to
worship together in the special
service of thanksgiving.
The Brass Ensemble, under the
direction of Donald Deal, will
play a prelude of music after
which the Church Choir will
sing “Praise the Lord for He is
Gracious” as the Call to Wor
ship. The Choir will also sing and
anthem, “Amazing Grace”,
featuring Lynn Echols as soloist,
Phyllis Stokes as pianist and
Rev. Gary Bryant, pastor of the
host church, on guitar. The
Choir will also sing the benedic-
tional, ‘Thanks Be To Thee” by
Handel.
Gene White, director of the
Community Development Block
Grant Program, said that it will
probably be March when city of
ficials learn the results. The max
imum amount a city can receive
is $800,000. and the competition
is keen in both metropolitan and
non-metropolitan areas.
Mayor Moss said that a Small
Cities Grant would be used to
expand present opportunities for
low and moderate income
citizens and continue the pro
grams which have been under
way since 1975 in the Communi
ty Development Block Grant
Program.
The Mayor reviewed the
CDBG program during the
board meeting and pointed to
water and sewer improvements,
housing rehabilitation, im
provements to the Community
Center, to Davidson and Deal
Street Parks, a Codes Enforce
ment program, and the building
of the new City Hall, among
others.
Mayor Moss said that citizens
will be invited to give input at
meetings prior to the Jan. 12 fil
ing date and invited discussion
on the $4,126,000 CDBG pro
gram which is 90 percent com
plete.
Comm. Bill Grissom com
mented that “it really does my
heart good to ride through the
targeted areas (the rehabilitated
housing areas) because I know
what it looked like before the
work started. The people who
have had their housing improved
really appreciate it.”
Comm. Jim Dickey concurred
with Grissom and added, “It
really makes a difference in
Kings Mountain and a good job
has been done in these targeted
areas.”
Comm. Jim Childers said he
was proud to have served on the
housing rehabilitation commit
tee and added “that sometimes
we felt we were batting our
heads against a wall but the
finished product is something to
be proud of. Many people spent
many hours of work on these
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Herald House Gift Shop
Sets New Holiday Hours
The Kings Mountain Herald Hallmark Gift Shop will observe new
holiday hours effective Friday.
The Herald House will be open from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. Mondays
through Wednesday, 9 a.m. until 9 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Satur
days and 1 p.m. until 6 p.m. Sundays.
The gift shop will be closed all day Thanksgiving Day.
excess of 200 feet;
Apartments-$75 per building up
to sbc units, $75 per building plus
$15 per unit in excess of six;
Mobile Home Park, $75 per
space; Service to new homes or
mobile homes not located in new
development, $55 per service.
Replacing existing overhead
with underground service, secon
dary only, $150 per service plus
90 cents per trench foot in excess
of 200 feet.
In other business, the board
withdrew award of bids for a ser
vice truck for the Gas Depart
ment and said it wanted to
review three bids and specifica
tions. The apparent low bidder
was Jerry Nation Chevrolet Co.
with bid of $9,091.40 followed
by Wade Ford, $9,158.00, and
Goforth Industries, $10,090.00.
The board approved, over ob
jection of Comm. Norman King,
that on deposits received for
utiality cut-ons or transfers after
4 p.m. each day, service will not
be cut on until the next day, ex
cept on Saturdays, Sundays and
holidays. Comm. King suggested
that a service man use his own
judgment in cutting on and off
services in event of illness and
death. Mayor Moss said that
emergencies were “always taken
care of.”
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Parade Set
For Sunday
Santa Claus is coming to town
Sunday in a 80 unit Christmas
parade sponsored by the Kings-
Mountain Fire Department and
the Kings Mountain Merchants
Association.
The parade, which officially
opens the yule shopping season
in Kings Mountain, will move
through the downtown area
beginning at 3 pun.
Made possible by what Co-
Chairmen Gene Tignor and Pete
Peterson is the “wholehearted
cooperation of Kings Mountain
business firms, industrial plants
and many individuals, the
seasonal pageant will include
dignitaries, floats, bands, pretty
girls, and last, but not least, San
ta Claus.
Barring inclement weather,
hundreds of Kings Mountain
area citizens are expected to line
the parade route.
The parade will form on East
Gold Street in the area of Moun
tain Rest Cemetery, according to
the parade co-chairmen, proceed
up North Gaston to West Moun
tain St., turn left on W. Moun
tain St. to Cherokee St., to East
Cold, right on East Gold to S.
Battleground and right to West
Mountain, turn left, cross the
railroad and disband' on West
Mountain Street.
Among area beauty queens
expected to be on hand are Miss
Spartanburg, Miss Gaston Col
lege, Little Miss Apple (^een.
Little Miss N.C. Apple (Jueen,
Little Miss Shelby and Little
Miss Grover.
Numerous floats will be spon
sored by church groups and in
dustry.
C.J. Underwood, WBTV per
sonality and popular entertainer
with “Carolina Camera”, will
serve as parade marshal for the
festivities.
This year’s festive parade is
the first to be held on Sunday by
the sponsoring groups and Co-
chairmen Tignor and Peterson
expect the crowds to be much
larger than in previous years.
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TOP RIDER-Trip Slycord, leh, U presented
a T-shirt and five Big Mac certificates from
Kings Mountain High Principal Bob McRae for
Photo by Gary Stewart
raising the most money ($79) in the recent
Cystic Fibrosis Bike-A-Thon. Local riders rais
ed $382.75 for the fight against cystic fibrosis.
Raise $382
The recent Cystic Fibrosis
Bike-A-Thon at Kings Mountain
Senior High School raised
$382.75 for the fight against the
disease.
Fourteen area youngsters par
ticipated.
Tripp Slycord, who attends
East Elementary School, was the
top njoney raiser with $79. Se
cond highest was Beth Webster,
a Central School student, who
raised $67. Both will receive a
T-shirt from the Cystic Fibrosis
Foundation and five Big Mac
certificates from McDonald’s.
Others who raised at least $25
and who will receive a T-shirt
were Brent Baity, Tammy
Cooke, Kim Goodson, Patrick
Hamrick, Billy King and Bryant
Wells.
Also participating, and who
will be awarded a Cystic Fibrosis
iron-on decale, were Scott Arm
strong, Scotty Bryant, Lew Dell
inger, Johnny James, Gerald
Lutz and Julie McRae.
Proceeds from the event will
fund research to find a cure for
cystic fibrosis and medical care
programs to lengthen the lives of
children with cystic fibrosis and
other lung-damaging diseases,
the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
supports over 110 Cystic
Fibrosis Medical Centers in the
United States, including both the
Duke Medical Center and N.C.
Memorial Hospital, through its
annual “Breath of Life Cam
paign” and events like the bike-a-
thon held in Kings Mountain.
Bob McRae, principal at
KMHS, was chairman of the
event.
Funeral Services Held
For B. Frank Cox, 74
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lOLEAN McHONE
Jolean
To Ride
In Parade
Jolean McHonc will represent
Kings Mountain High Schcxil in
the annual Christmas Carrousel
Parade Thursday in Charlotte.
Jolean lives on Route 3, Kings
Mountain, and is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Cager J. McHone.
She is active in Rhema Faith
Church in Shelby, and at KMHS
is a member of the Pep Club,
Drama Club, DEC A Club,
FBLA Club, and the Moun
taineer Staff.
She was also chosen recently
as one of the Homecoming
nominees.
Funeral services for Benjamin
Franklin Cox, Jr., 74, were con
ducted Friday afternoon at 2
p.m. from the Chapel of Harris
Funeral Home with masonic
rites and burial following in
Mountain Rest Cemetery.
His pastor. Rev. J.C. Goare,
assisted by Dr. Paul Ausley, of
ficiated at the final rites. Judson
Masonic Lodge AF&AM of
Greenville, S.C. led the Masonic-
services.
Mr. Cox succumbed Wednes
day afternoon at Kings Moun
tain hospital to an apparent
heart attack, he had been in
declining health for several
years.
A native of Anderson, S.C.,
Mr. Cox was the son of the late
Benjamin and Anna Kelly Cox.
He retired as Assistant
Postmaster of Kings Mountain
post office in 1973 after a
34-year-tenure with the Postal
Service, he was a 50-year Mason,
a member of Judson lixlge
AF&AM of Greenville. S.C. and
he and Mrs. Cox, the former
Mildred Cobb, had celebrated
their 50th wedding anniversary.
He was a member of Kings
Mountain Baptist Church,
Surviving, in addition to his
wife, are their son. Bob Cox ol
Reidsville; two daughters, Mrs.
Sarah Shaw of Kings Mountain
and Mrs. Martha Poieat of
McLean, Va., two brothers,
Leland Cox of Anderson, S.C.
and J.R. Cox of Travelers Rest,
S.C., two sisters, Mrs. Grace
Buchanan of Greer, S.C. and
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B. FRANK COX
Mrs. Genoba Hall of Greenville,
S.C. and nine grandchildren.
Harris Funeral Home was in
eharge of arrangements.
Mr. Cox mow'd to Kings
Mountain in 1933 and worked
for Dilling Mills in supply and
shipping until 1936 and lor
Phenix Mills until 1938 in the of
fice. He had done some
substitute work in the [xisi offtee
in Greenville, S.C. between
1928-33. He joined the Kings
Mountain Post Office as a clerk
in 1938. He was honored by Jud-
son Lodge 319, Masonic Order,
for 50 years of membership in
1978 attd he and Mrs. Cox
celebrated their 50th wedding
anniversary Oct. 24, 1975.