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VOLUME 94, NUMBER 29
TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 1981
KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA
City Strikes Out
On Housing Grant
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Kings Mountain’s pre
application for a $917,000 Small
Cities Grant has been denied by
the Department of Housing and
Urban Development.
The city was hoping to get the
money to finance a housing
rehabilitation project in the
areas of Fairview Street, Third
Street, Fourth Street, Cranford
Drive, Ellison Street, Phillips
Drive and portions of Linwood
Road.
The project would have in
cluded rehabilitation of homes,
improvement of water and street
lines, street improvements and
beautification.
Mayor John Henry Moss said
the granting of federal money is
based on a px>int system and
need and “Kings Mountain’s
Police Car Wrecks,
Local Club Raided
A Kings Mountain patrol car
wrecked early Friday morning at
the end of a chase and a N.
Carpenter Street club was raided
Friday night.
The two separate incidents
resulted in the arrest of three
people, according to report of
Kings Mountain Police Depart
ment.
The Kings Mountain wreck
occurred while PtI. Billy Benton
was chasing a break-in suspect.
Ptl. G.E. Sale said he responded
to an alarm at Jerry Nation
Chevrolet on Railroad Avenue
and when he arrived saw a
suspect inside the building. The
suspect allegedly got into a truck
and drove it from the building.
Sale said he saw the truck pass
Benton, wlip_yyas on,his wav to
assist Sale, and radioed Benton
to follow the suspect. Sale said
Benton chased the suspect on
East Gold Street to the intersec
tion of York Road, where the
suspect vehicle hit the curbing
and bounced back into the patrol
car.
Officers charged Charles
Preston Cook Jr. of 909 S.
Chestnut Street in Gastonia,
with breaking and entering Na-
tiona Chevrolet and with larceny
of a truck, speeding 75 miles per
hour in a 35 zone, failure to.stop
for a blue light and siren, reckless
driving, and red light violation.
Cook was jailed in Cleveland
County Jail in lieu of $6,000
bond.
There were no estimate of
damages to both vehicles involv
ed in the crash.
Roger Brown, 30, operator of
a club at 113 N. Carpenter St.,
was arrested following a raid and
charged with possession of liquor
for sale and possession of
alcoholic beverages on
unauthorized premises. He
piosted bond of $400. His
brother, Gilbert Floyd Brown,
18, of 1941 Hartford Drive in
Gastonia, was charged with car
rying a concealed weapon and
three counts of assault on an of
ficer. He posted bond of $800.
According to Shelby ABC En
forcement Officer Danny
Wright and officers with the
Clevelanxl County Sheriff’s
Department, and Kings Moun
tain Patrolman Billy Benton, of
ficers .confiscated a gun, eleven
1.75 liter bottles of liquor, two
500-millemeter bottles of liquor
and 454 12 ounce cans of beer.
Cleveland County Deputy
E.T. Willis was treated at
Cleveland Memorial Hospital
following a scuffle that occurred
during the raid according to of
ficers.
Other officers participating in
the raid were Shelby ABC Enfor-
ment Officer R.W. McKinney,
deputies J.H. Allen Jr., B.K.
Martin, John Leach and reserve
deputy Bill Gantt.
need is not as great as some of
the other competing com
munities.” Moss said the applica
tion will be submitted again in
about eight months.
‘This is just one aspect of the
application process,” he noted.
“We plan to make some more ap
plications relative to housing.”
Several area communities
received Small Cities grants.
Mecklenburg County received
over $1 million for a housing
rehabilitation project and
Bessemer City received
$500,000 for a water project.
Community Development
Coordinator Gene White said
that Kings Mountain was com
peting with 225 other towns and
that Kings Mountain’s housing
“in that area was so much better
than the people we were com
pleting with. We just did not
receive enough pxiints to get fun
ding.”
White explained that many of
the competing towns were in the
eastern part of the state where
“they have no water, no sewer
and no in-ground gas facilities.
We have an area with pretty
good facilities and housing com
peting with people on the bot
tom of the barrel,” he said. “It’s
hard to overcome a competitive
edge like that.”
White said the city “will con
tinue to pursue other avenues of
funding with HUD and other
agencies. The City ' of Kings *
Mountain is definitely not out of
the funding business.”
White expects to make
another application for the same
project next year. ‘The competi
tion may be less fierce then and
we may be able to get the fun
ding,” he said.
Meanwhile, he said, the town
is in the process of completing an
amendment to the community
development budget to include
surplus urban renewal funds
which may be spent on eligible
community development and ur
ban renewal projects. That ac
tion is expiected to come before
the board of commissioners on
April 27. t
F1»ST - tnilEK
t TRUST COMPART
GEARING UP FOR FUN - WMt School Clown
HoUn Owon* Bolchor, lolt. Brian King, WoaUy
BrtdgM, lami* Bolchor, Sidnoy Bridgos, Scott
Bolchor, Susan Wars, Marls Moyss, Brian
Wars, loson Littls and Amy Littls ors all sign-
sd up and rsady to participats in ths Wsst
School P-TO and First Citlssns Bank-
sponsorsd svsnt on April 25th.
Can Do Run Set
Kings Mountain district
school pupils are gearing up for a
big “Can Do” Youth Day to be
held Sat., Apr. 25, beginning at
10 a.m. at John Gamble Foot
ball Stadium.
The events will offer t-shirts to
all entrants and first, second and
third place prizes for winners of
the 'A mile race for ages K-lst
Grade; mile for ages K-5th
Grade; and 3 mile for ages K-5th
Grade.
A variety of field events are
planned and children from K-5th
Grade are eligible to participate
and vie for competition among
other children in the school
system.
Check-in time at the stadium
is from 9 to 9:50 a.m. and the
event will be sponsored by West
School Parent-Teacher
Organization and First Citizens
Bank.
There will be a $2 rcgi.straiion
fee charged for the run and all
field events.
Gifts to be presented during
the day will include fabric by
Sample Yardage, a Zebco Rod
and Reel donated by Clark Tire,
Nike tennis shoes donated by
Fulton’s Department Store, a
Spalding basketball from
TG&Y, tennis racquet and balls
from Bridges Hardware, a table
tennis set from Mack’s, a foot
ball from Lloyd and Bill’s Spor
ting Goods Store, a baseball
from Sports Center, a Control-A-
Fli bass ball batting practice set
donated by Western Auto Store,
Nike tennis shoes donated by
McGinnis Department Store,
Converse All Star tennis shoes
donated by Plonk’s Department
Store and a Nerf Soccer Ball
donated by Eckerd’s.
Gifts are on display in the lob
by of First Citizens Bank.
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LEAD SUPPORT SERVICES - Picturad ar«
n«w oRicars oi Cl«T«land County Support Ser-
▼icM. From loit Molony Ballard, Hallio Blan-
Photo by Lib Stowort
ton, and Lynn Lodiord. Mrs. Betty Potter,
seated, is the new president.
Mrs. Potter Elected
Mrs. Jim Potter, KM District
Schools attendemce officer, is the
new president for the Support
Services for the Children of
Cleveland County.
Mrs. Potter was elected, along
with other new officers, at a lun
cheon meeting here last week.
Other officers are Mrs. Charles
Blanton, Vice-president; Mrs.
Melany Ballard, secretary; and
Mrs. Lynn Ledford, publicity
chairman. All are of the Kings
Mountain Schol System.
Organized two years ago, the
organization is made up of
representatives from county
social services, mental health
and health departments,
guidance and attendance
Sunrise
Service
Sunday
Traditional community-wide
Easter Sunrise services will be
held Sunday morning at 6 a.m.
in Veterans Park of Mountain
Rest Cemetery under sponsor
ship of the Kings Mountain
Ministerial Association.
Area churches and ministers
of the community are
cooperating in this joint effort,
with assistance of Mountain
Rest Cemetery Supt. Ken
Jenkins and the staff.
In event of rain, the service
will be cancelled.
Rev. Jerry Smith, pastor of
Kings Mountain Church of God,
will deliver the Easter message
and a combined choir composed
of ministers from the area will
present special music.
Other ministers who will par
ticipate in the service will be
Rev. D.H. Edwards, pastor of
First Wesleyan Church; Rev.
Allen Jolley, minister of music at
First Baptist Church; Rev. Leroy
Cox, pastor of East Gold
Wesleyan Church; Rev. Har
wood Smith, pastor of St. Mat
thew’s Lutheran Church; and
Rev. William Tyson, pastor of
Boyce Memorial ARP Church.
“We invite the entire com
munity to attend this meaningful
service to honor the Resurrec
tion of the Lord Jesus Christ,”
said Rev. Edwards.
LIONS CLUB
Myers Hambright, director of
the vocational education pro
gram at Kings Mountain High,
will present a slide program at
the Kings Mountain Lions Club
meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the
Holiday Inn. Lion Johnny
Reavis is in charge of the pro
gram.
counselors from the Shelby,
Kings Mountain, and Cleveland
County school systems,
CODAP, the police departments
of the county and the court
system.
Mrs. Gloria Newman and
members of her staff from
Cleveland County Juvenile
Court presented the program at
the recent meeting here, discuss
ing the role of the courts in serv
ing juveniles in the community.
Mrs. Newman told the large
group present that new codes
now stipulate that undisciplined
or “acting out" runaway
children can no longer be placed
on probation and may be in
danger of being placed in state
training schools. She also told
the group that undisciplined
children may now be placed
under the supervision of juvenile
courts. Various members of the
staff talked about group counsel
ing of the undisciplined child and
Juvenile Officer Robert Dodge
of the KM Poliee Department
responded to questions.
Outgoing President Anganette
Homsley of the Shelby City
Schools said that the purpose of
SSCCC was to get all agencies
and interested community peo
ple who work with children
meeting and sharing their agen
cies roles and policies. ‘This
group has really organized to
help each other,” she said, and
“v.e in turn help these children
and their families.”
Kiwanis Club Talent
Show Slated April 23, 30
Kings Mountain Kiwanis
Club will sponsor the annual
Schools Talent Show on April 23
and April 30 at B.N. Barnes
Auditorium. The K-7th Grade
Show will be on April 23 and the
8-12th Grade Show will be on
April 30.
Committees for the event
were announced by members of
the civic club.
Master of Ceremonies will be
Jonas Bridges. Grady Howard
will serve as the chairman of the
judging committee. Glee Bridges
is in charge of programs. Bill
Craig is chairman of awards and
gifts, Scott Mayse and Harry
Page are cochairmen of publici
ty and Walter Wade and Roy
Duncan are cochairmen of
finance. The crowd control com
mittee will be headed by Bill
Grissom with assistance from
Dan Finger, John Cheshire,
Frank Vanstory, Mark Wilson,
Bill Fulton, Bill Davis and
Charles Neisler.
David Mauney is chairman of
tickets and Don Kistler, Aubrey
Mauney, John McGill and Bob
by Baker will assist.
Lyn Cheshire and Rob
Cheshire are cochairmen of
staging and assisting will be Paul
Ham, Scoop Peeler, Steve
Brown, J.C. Bridges, Kyle Smith,
K.F. Chen and Ron Bagwell.
Central Methodist Sets
Maundy Thursday Service
The 30-voice Chancel Choir
of Central United Methodist
Church will sing “The Seven
Last Words of Christ” as a
sacred cantata Maundy Thurs
day at a 7:30 p.m. Communion
Service at the church.
Mrs. Linda Dixon will direct
the Cantata and Mrs. J.N. Mc
Clure will serve as organist.
Central United Methodist
Church will conclude a special
series of Holy Week services on
Tuesday evening. Dr. Robert
Lyon, professor of New Testa
ment Literature at Asbury
Theological Seminary, Wilmore,
Ky., will be the speaker.
After the evening service on
Tuesday the congregation will
gather in the Daughters of
Wesley Classroom for a question
and answer session. A nursery
for pre-school children will be
provided at all services.
DR. ROBERT W. LYON