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VOLUME 94, NUMBER 4
THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1981
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KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA
NOMINEES FOR OUTSTANDING EDUCATOR
— Gregory PayMur. Cindy Wood, loan Blair,
Suoon Pattoroon and Robort McRao Ir., loit to
To Honor Man Of Year
right, havo boon nominated for the Outstan
ding Educator Award to be presented by KM
laycees Ian. 22.
Jaycee DSA Banquet
Set For Next Thursday
Kings Mountain Jaycees will
honor citizens for outstanding
achievement during 1980 at the
annual DSA Banquet Thurs.,
Jan. 22, at 7 p.m. at Holiday Inn.
Presentation of the coveted
“Young Man of the Year”
award will highlight the awards
presentation.
Kings Mounlmh's 'Uatstah-
ding Educator, Outstanding
Rescue Squad Member, and
Outstanding Fireman will also
be honored.
Nominations for the “Young
Man of the Year” are being ac
cepted from the public. The
award honors a young man
under the age of 35 for outstan
ding community, civic and per
sonal achievements.
Five Kings Mountain
educators are vieing for the title
of “Outstanding Educator”. In
the running for the award are
Gregory Payseur, Cindy Wood,
Jean Blair, and Susan Blair, all
KM District Schools teachers,
and KMSHS Principal Robert
McRae, Jr.
Nominated to receive the
award as Outstanding Rescue
Squad Member are Richard
Oliver, Richard Byers and
Johnny Hutchins.
Kings Mountain Fire Depart
ment will submit nominees for
Outstanding Firemen.
Kings Mountain’s Doug
Burch was selected as one of the
five outstanding Jaycees in
North Carolina at the Jaycees’
Mid-Year State Convention in
Greensboro recently.
DOUG BURCH
Burch received the State
Jaycees’ Sparkplug Award for
that honor.
Burch, a partner in D&D Elec
tric, is active in a number of local
and state Jaycee projects. He is
state director for the local
chapter, coordinating all ac
tivities between local members
involved in state meetings. He is
also one of the chapter’s press
coordinators, working with local
radio and newspapers on Jaycee
coverage, and chaired several
successful projects during the
past year.
Burch was also recently
selected to “Who’s Who Among
Students in America’s Junior
Colleges” while a student at
Cleveland Tech.
Internal Vice President Lou
Sabetti and the the club also cop
ped major awards at the State
Convention.
The club won the Outstanding
Internal Team of the Quarter
Award for the first quarter of the
1980-81 Jaycee Year and Sabetti
was honored for his efforts as In
ternal VP. The club also w on the
President’s Award of Honor in
recognition of outstanding abili
ty, service apA ajcomplishment
rcmKfetf dvifJJig*' the "■ 1980-81
Jaycee Year., State President
John S. Lowery made the
presentations.
“I’d like to thank all the
Jaycees and their wives for the
hard work they’ve done during
the first half of the year,” said
President Allan Propst.
Tom Franks has been selected
Kings Mountain Jaycee of the
Month for November and
December.
;
During the past three months,
Franks has chaired two highly
successful projects for the local
chapter. He chaired the Cystic
Fibrosis rock-a-thon during the
Kings Mountain Battle Celebra
tion which raised $613, and dur
ing December he chaired the an
nual Jaycee Christmas Tree sale,
which was also a huge success.
“The tree sale was successful
again thanks to the hard work of
Tom and other members of the
Jaycees,” said Club President
Allan Propst. “1 would also like
to personally thank the Herald
Publishing House staff for help
ing sell trees during the daytime
hours.”
Franks, physical therapist at
Kings Mountain Hospital, also
serves as local club chaplain and
is also a member of the board of
directors.
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Board Increases
Natural Gas Rate
j OUTSTANDING RESCUER NOMINEES -
Rlchord Byofi. Richard OIlw and Johnny
* HutehUw. UR to right, aro King* Mountain
nomtnoM ior Outstanding Rsscu* Squad
Msmbsr of 1980. KM laycoos will announc*
tho winnor at ths DSA Banquot Ian. 22.
By GARY STEWART
Co-Editor
The City Board of Commis
sioners Monday night raised the
price of natural gas six cents per
dekatherm retroactive to
January 1.
Mayor John Henry Moss
pointed out that the action was
only a pass-on of increases to the
city from its supplier. Transcon
tinental Gas Pipe Line Corpora
tion.
Transco increased natural gas
costs 5.57 cents per dekatherm.
Moss said the city measures gas
by MCF and the conversion dif
ference is 5.76 cents. Additional
costs. Moss said, brings the total
to 5.9004 cents.
The city’s Consultant Gas
Engineers, Heath and
Associates, recommended the ci
ty increase by six cents “to cover
all increased costs to deliver gas
to our customers,” Moss said.
In another matter Monday
night, the board heard a progress
report from Jonas Bridges and
Lowery Trull, representatives
for Cable Systems Inc., which
hopes to have cable television
services for Kings Mountain
residents by summer.
Bridges said cablevision will be
available to every resident of the
city and to some housing
developments just outside the ci
ty limits.
“Progress is coming along,”
said Bridges. “It’s running fur
ther behind than we anticipated
due to pole rights negotiations.”
The city board approved, the
concept of Cable Systems using
city utilffy j^les, but agreements
must also be worked out with
Duke Power and Southern Bell.
Bridges said cable had been
ordered, strand maps had been
drawn and that he is in negotia
tion for some property for a
tower and heavy equipment.
“If everything goes as schedul
ed, we should be in operation by
early summer,” he said. “This is
something we’ve been looking
forward to.”
Bridges said 35 channels will
be offered to local viewers, in
cluding several independent,
religious, educational and sports
stations. One station, he said,
would carry sports 24 hours a
day.
Trull, Regional Manager for
Cable Systems, told the board his
firm can build 20 miles of cable
per month “and we want to
build a good system. We won’t
Grigg
Services
Friday
Funeral services for Mrs. Cor-
rie Ridings Grigg, 72, who died
Tuesday at Cleveland Memorial
Hospit^ after several weeks il
lness, will be conducted Friday
afternoon at 3 p.m. from Buffalo
Baptist Church by Rev. Ozzie
Montgomery, interment follow
ing in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Grigg was daughter of
the late Ed and Leah Ridings.
Surviving are three sons,
William Clinton Grigg of Kings
Mountain, Eugene D. Grigg of
Cherryville and James R. Grigg
of Kings Mountain; four
daughters, Mrs. Melba G.
Carpenter of Gastonia, Mrs.
L.G. (Patricia) Summitt of Kings
Mountain, Mrs. Gene (Brenda)
Edmondson of Kings Mountain
and Mrs. Bill (Reba) Boggs of S.
Pasadena, Calif.; one brother,
Troy Ridings of Inman, S.C.;
three sisters, Mrs. Lela Ridings
Helms of Roebuck, S.C., Mrs.
Annie Ridings Seay of Inman,
S.C. and Mrs. Eula Ridings
Foster of Inman, S.C.; 15 grand
children and one great
grandchild.
Masters Funeral Home is in
charge of arrangements. The
family will receive friends Thurs
day night at Masters Funeral
Chapel from 7 until 9 p.m.
speedily go through something.”
Trull said outlets will be run to
schools free of charge, and, if
they desire the service, will pay
only an installation charge.
The board approved the con
cept of Cable Systems using its
poles, but Mayor Moss told Trull
the city was currently in negotia
tions with Southern Bell for a
new pole agreement and “we
don’t have the ground rules for a
negotiable agreement.”
In other business Monday, the
board:
•Forwarded to the Planning
and Zoning Board a request
from Hunter Real Estate to
rezone 10 acres on Canterbury
Road from Light Industry to R6
for a multi-family apartment.
•Awarded a bid in the amount
of $8,070.60 to Nation
Chevrolet for a truck for the
Cemetery Department. The only
other bid received was $8,324.12
from Wade Ford.
•Approved re-advertising for
bids for a fire alarm system for
the Neighborhood Facility
Center.
•Awarded a bid of $5.25 per
linear foot to Spangler and Sons
for curb and guttering for a
HUD project in the
Neighborhood Strategy Area on
Bennett Drive and Chestnut
Streets.
•Awarded a bid of $3,846.80
to Mill Power Supply for
underground wiring on the
South Cherokee Street project.
•Approved restricting parking
on the east side of Webb Street
from Linwood Road to Wood-
side Drive.
• Re-appiointed Brooks R. Tate
to the Kings Mountain Housing
Authority.
•Authorized advertising for
two aerators for the Pilot Creek
Waste Treatment Plant.
•Adopted a job description for
the position of Administrative
Assistant Secretary.
•Approved requesting quota
tions for termite service for city-
owned buildings.
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Photo by Lib Stewart
HONORED — Rhonda Bolton accepts a plaque from Tom
Franks, chairman of the board and post committee of Medical
Explorer Post 412 at Kings Mountain Hospital. Miss Bolton, the
local club advisor, was honored as Advisor of the Year in a 10
county region.
Rhonda Bolton
Advisor Of Year
Rhonda Bolton, who is direc
ting the largest club of Medical
Explorers in a 10-county area at
Kings Mountain Hospital, was
honored Saturday as Advisor of
the Year for the Eastern Pied
mont Region.
Miss Bolton, a member of the
Radiology Department staff of
Kings Mountain Hospital,
received a plaque “in recognition
of outstanding and service to
boyhood and womanhood” from
the Piedmont Council Explorers
Council, Boy Scouts of America.
The recognition program and
banquet was held in Hickory and
was attended by about 50
representatives of the Piedmont
Boy Scout Council.
The Kings Mountain Hospital
program for Medical Explorers,
in its second year of organiza
tion, has a charter membership
of 35 young people who aspire
for a career in the medical field.
Of the group of high school stu
dent members, five aspire to
become doctors and others plan
varied careers from nurses to
veterinarians.
Miss Bolton, who joined the
KM Hospital staff two and one
half years ago and the day after
she graduated from Gaston
Memorial Hospital School of
Radiology, became interested in
the program a year ago and is
credited with getting area young
people interested in the program,
which meets twice a month at
KM Hospital. A drive is current
ly underway for new members
and prospective members are
asked to attend the next meeting
of Explorer Post 412 on Jan.
20th. Further information can
also be obtained by calling Miss
Bolton or contacting KMSHS
guidance counselor D.B. Blalock
at the high school.
The local chapter was organiz
ed with five members. Included
in the program last year was a
tour of the anatomy laboratory
at Bowman Gray School of
Medicine in Winston-Salem and
a big costume Halloween party
in which the youth group enter
tained the patients at Kings
Mountain Hospital. A leadership
conference is planned in Boone
Feb. 22-24 and civic groups or
individuals who would like to
sponsor a member at the con
ference are invited to contact
Miss Bolton or Mr. Blalock. A
fund-raising drive is planned to
help defray costs of the trip.
“I’m real excited about the
Kings Mountain Hospital pro
gram for Medical Explorers,”
said Miss Bolton, who en
courages any interested young
person interested in the medical
field as a career to join the Ex
plorer Post.