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VOLUME 94, NUMBER 5
KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA
TUESDA Y, JANUAR Y 20, 1981
Bobby Crawford, s^ond from right,
discusses recount following public hearing in Shelby ...
Vote Recount Begins
This Morning In Shelby
The Cleveland County Board
of Elections will meet in room
104-D of the Geveland County
Courthouse at 9:30 a.m. today to
begin the lengthy process of re
counting the votes cast for coun
ty commissioners in the
November 4 election.
The North Carolina Board of
Elections ruled recently that the
ballots must be recounted due to
a number of irregularities in
voting and counting brought
about by the large effort to
write-in Association of
Cleveland County Taxpayers
candidates Bobby Crawford,
Duran Johnson and John
Caveny Jr.
Crawford protested the result
of the election and appealed to
the State Board after the
Cleveland County Board ruled
that any irregularities were not
significant enough to alter the
election outcome.
The State Board ruled that
County Attorney Robert
Yelton, and Crawford’s at
torney, Jeff Culler, could be pre
sent during the recounting pro
cess, which could last three days
or longer.
All ballots are to be recounted
by the following guidelines, ap
proved by the State Board:
PAPER BALLOTS
• Recount all paper ballots cast
in t)ie commissioners race which
were previously considered spoil
ed or otherwise not counted for
the office of county commis
sioners.
•Recount all paper ballots
where a voter voted for in
dividual candidates for a party,
did not mark the straight party
circle of that party, and also
wrote in the names of the write-
in candidates in the Republican
column in the office category of
county commissioners; Such
ballots shall be counted for the
write-in candidates, when it ap
pears that the write-ins were
placed in the other party column
due to lack of space on the ballot
for write-in votes.
•Recount all paper ballots
where a voter marked the
straight pany Democratic circle
and also wrote in the names of
write-in candidates in the
Republican column in the office
of category of county commis
sioners, indicating by arrows or
some other reasonable means his
or her intent to vote against the
candidates printed in the
Democratic column. Such
ballots shall be counted for the
write-in candidates. If there ap
pears no such arrows or other in
dications of intent, such ballots
shall not be counted for the
write-in candidates, but shall be
counted for those candidates
whose names are printed on the
ballot.
Wednesday Blazes Keep
• Bethlehem Firemen Busy
By MELANY BOUN
Wednesday was a busy day
for the volunteer firemen of
Bethlehem Fire Department.
At 3 p.m. firemen reported to
the scene of a fire on 161 South
Senior Citizens
Pass Available
All persons age 65 and over
who reside in the Kings Moun
tain School District may obtain a
lifetime free pass to KMHS
athletic events.
Any persons wishing to obtain
the pass may go by the KMHS
Principal's Office and show
proof of age.
The passes are good for any
games played on the KMHS
campus.
PAPER DRIVE
Circle 7 of Central United
Methodist Church is sponsoring
a paper drive. A collection truck
will be in the church parking lot
from Fri., Jan. 23 until Mon.,
Jan. 26. All persons in the com
munity are urged to save their
.papers and deposit them in the
truck.
near the Police range where a
woods fire had broken out.
At 6 p.m. firemen rushed to
C&C Scrap Iron where a scrap
fire had broken out. Arsonists
are thought to have set the fire,
however, no one has been charg
ed. During the fire. Fireman
Don Sellers Sr. was injured as he
was moving scrap away from the
fire. He was taken to Kings
Mountain Hospital where he
was treated and released. Grover
Volunteer Fire Depiartment was
called to C&C to bring more
water.
At 7:45 firemen got a call to
go back to 161 South where two
buildings near the afternoon
woodsfire, had caught fire. One
of the buildings was saved, the
other destroyed. There were no
injuries. The fire thought to
have been set, according to
fireman Donnie Pearson. No
one has been charged.
At 11:30 firemen reported
back to the scene at C&C Scrap
Iron where a different scrap pile
fire had begun. The fireman ex
tinguished the fire shortly after
wards.
MACHINE BALLOTS
•Examine and recount all
Martel machine ballots which
were deposited in the outstack
tray of said machine.
•Examine and recount all
Martel gtachine ballots which
were Beposited fn fRSThacHin?
counted tray of the Martel
System machines, the purpose of
said examination being to deter
mine how many write-in votes
were cast on ballots which were
deposited by the machine in the
counted tray because the voter
failed to adequately mark the
reading square assigned to the
write-in lines. It is the intent of
this order to insure that ail
Martel machine ballots cast for
the office of county commis
sioners be recounted.
•Recount all Martel machine
ballots where a voter marked the
straight Democratic circle and
also wrote in some, but less than
three, names for the office of
county commissioners; such
ballots shall not be counted for
any of the candidates whose
names were printed on the ballot
or for the candidate or can
didates written in.
The board ruled following its
hearing in Shelby that any ques
tions concerning any ballots may
be decided by agreement of the
County Elections Board and the
two attorneys. In cases where an
agreement cannot be reached,
the ballots are to zeroxed and
sent to the State Board for a rul
ing.
Since the public hearing,
Crawford’s attorney and the
ACT have hinted that they may
appeal the State Board’s ruling to
the courts if the recount does not
change the outcome of the
November election, in which the
three write-ins apparently lost by
almost 2,000 votes each to in
cumbents Hugh Dover, Col
eman Goforth and Jack Palmer.
Crawford said he feels a new
election should be ordered
because the ballots used in
November were illegal; and
because there was insufficient
space to write-in.
“1 feel like the voters of
Cleveland County deserve a new
election,” said Crawford.
Crawford, Johnson and
Caveny launched their write-in
campaign, supported by the
ACT, after county citizens
received their tax bills following
last year’s eight-year revaluation
of property.
Crawford pointed out that he
appealed the appraisal and was
told “don’t worry about the ap
praisal, the tax rate will be
lowered and you won’t pay any
additional taxes.”
“But,” he added, “the average
amount went up from 25 to over
400 percent.”
Who Will Be KM’s
Man Of The Year?
Who will be Kings Mounttiin’s
Young Man of 1980?
Only the judges know the
answer but the winner will be
among four nominees, W.S.
(Corky) Fulton 111, Dr. Terry
Sellers, Jerry Ledford and Tom
my Bennett, and will be an
nounced at the annual DSA
Awards Banquet sponsored by
the KM Jaycees Thursday night
at 7 p.m. at Holiday Inn.
The Jaycees will also name the
1980 Outstanding Educator,
Outstanding Fireman, and
Outstanding Rescue Squad
Member from nominations sub
mitted from local citizens.
Nominated by Kings Moun
tain Fire Department for the
honor of Outstanding Fireman
are Mike Taylor and Bobby
King.
Nominated by Kings Moun
tain citizens for the honor of
Outstanding Educator are Greg
Payseur, Cindy Wood, Jean
Blair, Susan Patterson, all Kings
Mountain teachers, and Robert
McRae, Jr., principal of Kings
Mountain High School.
Nominated by Kings Moun
tain citizens as Outstanding
Rescuer are Richard Byers,
Richard Oliver and Johnny Hut
chins.
The award nominees are all
under 35 years of age and are
honored for community, church,
^£wic and perwnal achievements.
’ Dinner will be served at the
Holiday Inn at 7:30 p.m. follow
ing a social half-hour. Guest
speaker will be Robert Flynt, of
the state Jaycee organization.
Chairman of the Award Com
mittee is Lou Sabettie, assisted
by Larry Hamrick Jr., Larry
Beasley and Allen Propst. Other
Jaycees who will assist in the
program are Tom Franks, Jim
Dickey, Mike Neolly, Doug
Burch, Dave Dilling and Jim
Tate.
Reservations are needed for
the meal, and tickets are
available at $12.50 per couple
from any Jaycee.
W.S. Fulton 111, Kings Moun
tain native, is general manger of
Fulton’s Department Store and
is son of Mr. and Mrs. W.S.
Fulton Jr. He is currently serv
ing as chairman of the mayor’s
downtown revitalization com
mittee and is a director of the
Chamber of Commerce-
Merchants Association and a
member of the board of directors
of United Fund. He is a deacon
in Boyce Memorial ARP
Church. Fulton is a graduate of
Kings Mountain High School
and the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is
married to the former Barbara
Hord and they are parents of a
son. Sage.
Dr. Terry Sellers came to
Kings Mountain in 1977 to open
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TOMMY BENNETT
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BOBBY KING
Kings Mountain Chiropractic
Centre. He attended Lee Col
lege, Cleveland, Tenn., and
graduated from Logan College
of Chiropractic in St. Louis, Mo.
He is president of Kings Moun
tain United Fund 1981 and serv
ed as campaign chairman for the
successful 1980 drive. He is an
officer in Rotary and a member
of KM Jaycees and is active in
Assembly of God. Mrs. Sellers is
the former Suzanne Hall and
they are parents of two sons,
Kyle and &an. Dr. Sellers is son
JERRY LEDFORD
of the Rev. and Mrs. Garvin
Sellers of Bremen, Ga.
Jerry Ledford, Kings Moun
tain native, joined E.L. Lowie
Co. of Gastonia two weeks ago
as controller after working in a
similar position at Home Savings
& Loan Association in Kings
Mountain for four years and
before that at Kings Mountain
Hospital. He is president of
Kings Mountain Kiwanis Club
and has been an advisor in the
Junior Achievement program
for several years. He is active in
the United Fund campaign and
serves as a deacon and treasurer
of First Presbyterian Church.
He is a graduate of KM High
School and N.C. State Universi
ty and is son of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Ledford of Kings Moun
tain. Mrs. Ledford is the former
Sheila Moss and they are parents
of a daughter, Kim.
Tommy Bennett, Kings
Mountain native, is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde T. Bennett.
He is a graduate of Kings Moun
tain High School and Clemson
University and is vice president
of Bennett Brick and Tile Co. He
is active in Resurrection
Lutheran Church and is manied
to the former Marlene Hartsoe
of Kings Mountain.
Baumgardner Nominated
Senator Jesse Helms announc
ed today that he has offered the
name of Charles Russell
Baumgardner for a competitive
nomination to the United States
Merchant Marine Academy for
the class entering July 1981.
Baumgardner, a graduate of
Kings Mountain Senior High
School, is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Ross Baumgardner
of Route 1, Waco Road, and is
the grandson of Haskell F.
Baumgardner of Kings Moun
tain.
Senator Helms said, “Rusty
Central Methodist Church
To Honor Its Pastors
The congregation of Central
United Methodist Church will
host receptions for their outgo
ing and incoming pastors during
the next two Sundays.
Rev. Robert E. Boggan Jr. and
family will be honored at a
reception on Sun., Jan. 25 from
3 until 5 p.m. in the church
fellowship hall. Rev. Boggan is
being transferred to St. Andrews
United Methodist Church in
Charlotte.
Rev. and Mrs. Ivan A.
Stephens will be honored at a
reception immediately following
the worship service on Sun.,
Feb. I. Rev. Stephens is coming
here from Greensboro.
All members of the congrega
tion and friends are invited to at
tend both receptions.
has demonstrated impressive
determination and ability in
athletic and extracurricular pur
suits, and has an outstan^ng
academic record. 1 believe he
stands a very good chance of
securing an appointment from
the Academy. I know that his
family and friends are just as
proud of him as 1 am, and join
me in wishing him the very best
of success in pursuit of a career
of professional military service
to our Country.”
Senator Helms is now accep
ting applications from outstan
ding high school juniors for the
classes entering the Academies
in July 1982. Those interested in
competing for a nomination may
write to him at: PO Box 2888,
Raleigh, North Carolina 27602
for further information, or ma’
ask their principal for details.