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VOLUME 94, NUMBER 2
THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1981
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KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA
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Hires Crossing Guard
• Grover Hopes To Ease
School Traffic Problem
By GARY STEWART
Co-Editor
Grover Town Council and the
Kings Mountain School System
are taking steps which they hopx
will ease the traffic problems in
front of Grover School.
The Grover Council at its
regular monthly meeting Mon-
day'night at Town Hail apiprov-
ed hiring a crossing guard to
work school traffic from 7:30 un
til 8:30 in the morning and 2 un
til 3 in the afternoon.
The board hopies to work with
the Kings Mountain School
Board to hire another crossing
guard, erect two or three caution
lights and piaint at least two
crosswalks.
Mayor Bill McCarter, School
Supierintendent William Davis
and Bob Jenkins, safety consul
tant for the Department of
Transpwrtation, hope to meet
this week and discuss the situa
tion.
Traffic in front of the school
has been a problem for years, but
came to light again a week
before Christmas when a nine-
year-old student, Kelli Harry,
was struck and seriously injured
by a pickup truck. The girl re
mains in a coma in a Charlotte
hospital.
One of the main problems
near the school, which is located
on Carolina Avenue, is that big
trucks use it as a cutacross from
Highway 226 to Highway 29.
Marco Leases
Joy Theatre
Marco Enterprises of
Charlotte has leased the Joy
Theatre and will begin operation
there Friday at 7:30 p.m.
Marco is owned by Ernest
Marion of Charlotte and Dana
Cox of High Point. Cox and his
wife, Linda, will manage the Joy.
The theatre, owned by Mike
Brown of Kings Mountain, will
operate on Fridays, Saturdays
and Sundays and will not show
any X-rated or sacreligious
shows.
The Joy is the third theatre in
the Marco chain, which began
four years ago. Marion and Cox
also operate theatres in
Wadesboro and High Point.
The Joy will be unique, says
Marion, as are the other two
theatres owned by Marco. It will
show double features, will have a
Western Film Festival every
Saturday afternoon at I pjn.,
and will show Kung Fu movies
on Saturday and Sunday nights.
They call their Western films
“Oldies But Goodies.” Each
Saturday afternoon, they will
feature two [Mctures and a serial
chapter for one dollar.
“We find that there are a lot of
pxople who still enjoy seeing the
old westerns,” said Marion.
“Even the young pieoptle become
interested after they once see
them.”
B Westerns, featuring stars
like Johnny Mack Brown, Bob
Steele, Ken Maynard, Buck
Jones, Randolph Scott and
young John Wayne, will be
shown.
The admission price for dou
ble features will be $3 and $2 for
singles.
“We try to keep the price of
tickets and concessions as low a
possible,” said Marion. “We t
to give the ordinary people a fair
shake for their dollar.”
“Alligator” and “Close En
counters” will be the Joy’s first
double feature Friday night.
“We’re going to run good
movies,” said Marion. “We run
pretty much first run movies
after they have been out for
awhile. We think we’re going to
have something for everybody.”
Marion said the Joy will
adhere to a strict rule of
discipline.
“We want pteople to be able to
come to the movie and enjoy it,”
he said. “We love to have the
kids come and have fun, but
they will respect our discipline.
“One thing we want to en
courage the people to do is to let
us know what kind of pictures
they want to see,” said Marion.
“We want to show what the
public wants. We invite
everyone to call us or come by
and give us their opinions, ex
cept for X-rated and sacreligious.
I don’t want my kids to see that,
and if I don’t want my owii to
see it, I don’t want other young
peoptle to see it.”
Marion, a Pittsburgh native,
worked in government, real
estate and insurance in
Washington, D.C., before going
into the movie business four
years ago.
Cox, formerly in printing and
engraving, has been managing
theatres for seven years. Both
men became interested in own
ing theatres after starting a hob
by of collecting old westerns.
“We’re opening for the people
and to bring them entertain
ment,” said Marion. “We don’t
want them to have to go out of
town. We want them to feel they
I have something right here.”
Mayor McCarter pointed out
that the Council and other
Grover citizens worked for mon
ths several years ago to get the
speed limit on the road lowered
to 25 miles per hour.
“We hashed this thing out five
or six years ago,” he said, “and
went to the state but they said
they can’t stop it.”
Mayor Pro Tern Edward
Phiibwk, who seconded- Quay
Moss’s motion to hir»^ crossing
guard, directed, traffic at the
school on Friday. Dec. 17, the
day schopK let out for the
Christipas holidays and one day
aftep the Harry girl’s accident,
and on Monday, when school re
opened.
“I plan to continue doing it
until we get someone else,” he
said.
Police Chief Mike Brown sug
gested that the town urge the
state to designate truck routes in
Grover, and route trucks on 29
and 226 and keep them off
Carolina Avenue.
Supt. Davis, contacted by
phone following the meeting,
said the school system is not
responsible for providing cross
ing guards but that the school
board is eager to work with the
Town of Grover and the DOT to
solve the problem. He said the
item would probably be on the
January 19 school board agenda.
School crossing guards are on
duty edbh morning and after
noon at West, East and North
Elementary schools, but all
guards are paid by the City of
Kings Mountain, Davis said.
Grover hopes to have a
crosswalk in front of the school
(on Carolina Avenue) and at
Highway 226 in the area of First
Baptist Church. Caution lights
would also be installed in those
areas.
In other action Monday, the
board:
•Took under study a request
from Bethany Baptist Church
for curb and guttering for a pro
posed parking lot.
•Proclaimed 1981 as the Year
of Community Colleges.
•Approved a resolution asking
that Grover “break away” from
the Greater Gaston 201 sewer
study.
•Approved payment of $100
to Gaylon Canipe for installing
28 Christmas lights.
•Was told by Commissioner
Juanita Pruette that speed limit
signs all over town would be
changed to 35 miles per hour.
•Approved a workshop to
discuss a proposal for water lines
in the Spring Acres sub-division.
•Approved hiring Jackie Ben
nett to train as a part-time office
clerk.
• Heard arrest reports for the
months of November and
December, and the 1980 yearly
report.
LISTING TAXES — Probably the busiest place
in town is the new Governmental Services
Facilites Center lobby, where area citizens
Inauguration
Is Saturday
For the first time in more ti,^
100 years, an N.C. governor Wtt
be sworn in Saturday for a se
cond consecutive term.
About 8,000 people, including
Nepal’s ambassador to the
United States and the consuls-
general of Japan and the Federal
Republic of Germany, are ex
pected to be on hand in Raleigh
for the ceremonies at noon on
the steps of the Archives-Library
building. Members of the Coun
cil of State will also be sworn in. .
Under a 1977 amendment to
the state Constitution, Gov. Jim
Hunt and Lt. Gov. Jimmy
Green were eligible to succeed
themselves. Both were re
elected.
The inaugural festivities begin
with the Inaugural Ball Friday
night at Reynolds Coliseum on
the campus of N.C. State
University. A pre-inaugural con
cert at 11:20 a.m. will be follow
ed by an inaugural procession
from the Executive Mansion to
the State Archives Library. A 90
minute parade will follow the
swearing in ceremonies and a
public reception at the Executive
Mansion will follow the parade.
BENEFIT
Friday, January 9, Missionary
Methodist Church will sponsor a
hot dog and hamburger sale. All
proceeds will go to the Scott Car-
rigan Cancer Fund. To order call
739-3134 (they will deliver).
Hamburgers are 60 cents and
hot dogs, 50 cents.
MEETING
The Cleveland County Heart
Association Unit Board of Direc
tors will hold an organizational
report meeting on Tues., Jan. 13
at the Western Steer Steak
House on Highway 74, Shelby.
The meeting will begin at noon.
Photo by Gory Stewart
ore listing their city and county taxes. If you
haven't listed yet, you hove the rest of the
month.
Hickory Firm
Buys K Mills
^•rks C. Underdown Jr.,
President of Hickory Springs
Manufactiring Company, today
announced hg acquisition of K
Mills of Kings Mountain. The
Kings Mountain C«^pany (5 a
manufacturer of fabric; used by
the furniture industry and will
operate as a wholly-owK^
sidiary of Hickory Spring^
Hickory Springs Manufactur
ing Company, headquartered in
Hickory, is privately owned, and
is one of the larger suppliers of
products to the furniture and
bedding industries in the coun
try. Hickory Springs plants,
warehouses, and service centers
are located all across the
Southeast and Southwestern
United States.
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SENATOR I. OUIE HARRIS
“This acquisition,’’ said
Underdown, “fits well into our
image as a national supplier of
products for the furniture and
bedding industry, of which we'
have been a part since the 40’s.
Further, it will give us greater
versatility in serving our varied
customers - and provide a better
market saturation in general for
our product lines.”
UnderOown said the factory
-vould .roniinu- rnvratg under
thv, present name of s. .
withbut interruption with the
present ^workforce. The new
managelihnt will be under the
direction </ Ned Lilly, Vice
President and General Manager
and will have responsibility for
all manufacturing and sales.
George N. Cambell will continue
as plant superintendent.
Harris
To Speak
At Legion
Senator J. Ollie Harris of
Kings Mountain will review the
1980 legislature and “Outlook
for 1981” in a program before
the American L^ion Auxiliary
Thursday night.
The Auxiliary meets at 7:30
p.m. at the American Legion
Building.
Unit President Clara Rhea en
courages all members and
visitors to attend.
Co-hostesses are Mrs. John
W. Gladden, Mrs. Ida Houser,
Mrs. Billie Carroll and Mrs.
Daisy McCurry.