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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1980
KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA
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Local Teachers Oppose
Collective Bargaining
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WIN AWARDS — Stov* Walls, rsprsssnting
GroTsr School. Isit, and Pom Lm, rsproson-
ting E(Mi School, accopt mwnbwship from
Photo by Lib Siswart
lohn Psttus, prasldsnl of ths KM Unit of NCAE
during tho Thursday msating.
Collective bargaining, a con
troversial subject among
educators, got strong opposition
from the Kings Mountain Unit,
N.C. Association of Educators,
at their Thursday meeting.
KMSHS Principal Bob
McRae said that “collective
bargaining is nothing more than
power politics and has no place
in education.” Many of the
teachers attending the meeting
agreed with him.
The subject, which will come
to a vote later in the year and
which the NCAE Executive
committee apparently supports,
was surfaced in a program led by
ACT Task Force Coordinator
Pete Tarkison, president of
Wake County Unit ACT.
Glenda O’Shields, Principal of
Central School, said that District
2 principals are against collective
bargaining and any agent
representing teachers and strikes.
Jacob Hord, Jr., formerly of
Kings Mountain, president of
District 2 principals, was
scheduled to address the subject
but was unable to attend the
meeting because of illness.
Mr. Tarkison contended that
bargaining works and that the
bargaining issue has nothing to
do with unions. He said there is
no law in North Carolina which
prohibits teachers from striking
but he said that strikes are not
part of the bargaining process
and only create more conflict.
He said that NCAE board of
directors has a position in favor
of bargaining, resolutions and ar
bitration but are not in favor of
strikes. He says he sees the
bargaining process as an effec
tive way to deal with problems
but the state needs legislation
with non-strike wording in it. If
organized locally, a group would
detennine the needs, present
them to the board of education
and discuss the differences.
According to Mr. Tarkison
“everything can be negotiated,
whether it involves more money,
supplements, or duty free lunch
and smaller classes.”
Mrs. Jack White, a veteran
teacher at West School, said
“We have a good working rela
tionship in Kings Mountain with
teachers and principals. Let’s not
ruffle the waters.”
Bill Hager, Director of the
Community Schools Program,
questioned the bargaining pro
cess and asked “how can we
keep an umbrella system with
management and labor under
the same? The principals will be
in the middle.”
Another teacher said that an
organized bargaining group of
educators would ‘Yesult in a
strain in our working relation
ship. We’re here to teach the
children.”
Another teacher called the
project a “union hiearchy”
which the speaker denied.
“County commissioners listen
to people that make a noise and
teachers are a big group.
Bargaining is a simple process
that the folks who carry out
policies must have some say in
the making of the policy. Par
ticipation in policy development
should be considered a right, not
a concession to be granted or
removed arbitrarily by the board
or superintendent,” said
Tarkison.
“Instead of being content with
an answer like, “We’ll think
about,” from the Board of
Education, the teachers who
have spent a lot of time prepar
ing the request in good faith will
be able to expect more. Teachers
care about children and the bet
terment of the educational pro
cess. Bargaining is a better
method for them to effectively
show their concern,” the speaker
declared.
John Pettus, president of the
KM Unit of the NCAE, said
that local units will be asked this
year to vote on the question of
bargaining.
After the program, Mrs. Steve
Wells, membership chairman,
reported a total of 202 members,
an increase from last year, and
President Pettus presented 100
Club Plaques to Pam Lee,
representing East School, and
Steve Wells, representing Grover
School, for 100 percent member
ship participation.
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Jeff Jones Joins Staff
At KM Baptist Church
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Jeff Jones has been named
Minister of Music, Youth and
Activities at Kings Mountain
Baptist Church.
He began his new duties on
November 30.
Jones is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Donald Jones of Asheville,
formerly of Kings Mountain. He
is a graduate of Kings Mountain
High School and graduated in
December of 1979 with a B.A. in
music education from Gardner-
Webb College.
He worked at Elizabeth Bat>-
tist Church and Double Shoals
Baptist Church of Shelby, and
Starnes Cove Baptist Church of
Asheville prior to accepting the
position at Kings Mountain Bap
tist.
At Kings Mountain, Jones
will work in several programs,
covering all age groups from
youth to senior citizens.
JEFF JONES
Jones, who is single, resides at
Summerfield West Apartments.
HERE COMES SANTA — Santa Claus wavos to tb« crowd as h*
winds his way through th« stroots of Grovor in ths annual
Grovsr Christmas Porads Friday aftsmoon. Ons of the largest
Photo by Gcuy Stewart
crowds ever saw the biggest Grover parade ever. Other photos
on page 9.
Live Manger
Scene Slated
Dixon Presbyterian Church,
Route 2, Kings Mountain, will
present a live nativity scene
Sun., Dec. 21 through Wed.,
Dec. 24 from 6 until 7 p.m. each
.) evening.
V# Men of the Church con
structed a stable out of
weathered lumber on the front
lawn during a clean-up day
Saturday. Members of the con
gregation will portray Mary,
Joseph, the shepherds and wise
men.
The live manger scene is
believed to be the only one in the
A immediate area. Citizens of
^ Kings Mountain and surroun
ding areas are urged to drive by
the church to see it, said Julie
Wood, who is coordinating the
program.
Other activities scheduled dur
ing the Christmas week are a
visit by Santa Claus at 7 p.m.
Sunday in the church fellowship
hall, and a Communion Service
A on Christmas Eve at 7 p.m.
J.C. Clary Services
Conducted On Sunday
Grover Parade A Biggie
Grover’s Christmas Parade at
tracted several thousand people
Friday to what was probably the
largest Grover parade, a total of
92 units.
The Christmas opening event
was co-sponsored by the Town
of Grover and Grover Lions
Club.
Culminating the parade of
bands, beauty queens, and color
ful floats was ^nta Claus on a
reindeer-decorated float spon
sored by Fiber Industries.
One of the favorites of parade
watchers, especially the little
folk, was Grover’s Tooth Fairy,
who was in reality the town den
tist, Dr. Ernest Forrest III, who
donned a blonde wig with
sweater and short skirt to
distribute tooth brushes along
the parade route.
Clyde McLean, WBTV
weatherman, was parade grand
marshal.
Participating bands were
Kings Mountain Senior High,
Blacksburg High, Crest High
School, Clover, S.C. High School
and the American Legion
Rambling Rebels, Drum and
Bugle Corps of Gastonia.
The Pistons of the Shelby
Oasis Temple, Masonic Indians
and their bus from the
Blacksburg Masonic Order, and
the Grover Merchants Associa
tion “Old Woman In A Shoe”
I float were parade highlights.
“We are grateful for the sup-
I port of the surrounding com-
I munities and for the tremendous
crowds which attended,” said
I Town Clerk Gloria Horton. Mrs.
I Horton said that Grover’s
Christmas parade has been rain-
’ ed out for the past several years
and that the good weather con-
I tributed to the success of the
1 holiday event.
Brown Lung Appeal Set
The Brown Lung Association
is currently conducting a fund
raising appeal in the Kings
Mountain area and are inviting
the community to make SlOO
donations and vie for prizes
which include 100 gallons of
gasoline, a rocking chair and
^ other small gifts,
i “If you have a breathing pro-
I blem or have worked in cotton
j dust, call 739-7797 on Tuesdays
I and Thursdays from 10 a.m. un
til 2 p.m. or contact the Brown
Lung Office weekdays from 9
until S p.m. at 922-8761,” said a
spokesman.
Funeral services for J.C.
Clary, 84, of 710 E. Ridge Street,
founder of C.C. Scrap Iron and
Metal Company, were con
ducted Sunday afternoon from
Temple Baptist Church of which
he was a member.
Rev. W.F. Monroe and Rev.
Robert Austin officiated at the
rites and interment was in
Mountain Rest Cemetery.
Mr. Clary died Friday in
Kings Mountain Convalescent
Center.
He was a native of Cherokee
County, S.C., son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. Lewis Clary.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Bertha Skinner Allen Clary; two
sons, Robert Clary of Honea
Path, S.C. and Lloyd Clary of
Belton, S.C.; a daughter, Mrs.
Louise Davis of Greenville, S.C.,
a step-son, Robert E. Fleming of
Kings Mountain; two step
daughters, Mrs. Clyde (Virl)
Conner and Mrs. Herman (Bet
ty) Cash, both of Kings Moun
tain; one brother, Dewey Clary
of Kings Mountain; one sister,
Mrs. Ervin Parker of Gaffney,
J.C. CLARY
S.C, 33 grandchildren and 90
great-grandchildren.
Active pallbearers were Solon
Moss, James Webster, Paul Led
ford, William Wray, Raeford
White, W.A. Childers, Bill
Nance and Curtis Gaffney.
Harris Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.