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VOLUME 94, NUMBER 30
THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1981
KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA
Adjoining Property Owner Protests
KM Commissioners Deny
TWK Rezoning Request
By GARY STEWART
Harold Co-Editor
Kings Mountain city commis
sioners Monday night denied a
rezoning request from a
representative of a mobile home
park after a property owner in
the area protested.
TWK Enterprises of Morgan-
ton, and Charles E. Clark of
Shelby, owner of a nine-acre
track on Shelby Road which is
located in the mile perimeter of
the city limits, requested that
two of the nine acres be rezoned
from Residential 20 to General
Business.
Lloyd Kelso, a Gastonia at
torney, represented TWK,
which hoped to put a Conner
Mobile Home s^es franchise
there, but he met opposition
from Betty Sue Morris, whose
home adjoins the property.
Mrs. Morris told the board
that the property has changed
hands four times in the last nine
and one-half years and that it
has not been maintained well
during that time.
She said six mobile homes as
well as some businesses are
located in the area illegally, and
that Clark is installing a sawmill
illegally. She said permits were
not issued from the city for the
mobile homes and businesses,
possibly because the owners did
not know the area was in the one
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BETTY MORRIS
Mary Adams Named
Director Of The Aging
Mary Wright Adams has been
named director of the Kings
Mountain Program for the Ag
ing.
Her appointment was approv
ed Monday night following a
one-hour executive session dur
ing the City Board of Commis
sioners meeting.
Nineteen persons applied for
the job, which has been vacant
since January 19 when Rev.
Kenneth George resigned over a
disagreement with Mayor John
H. Moss over two employees in
the program.
Mrs. Adams was last
employed by the Cleveland
County Chapter of the
American Red Cross, where she
was executive director.
MARY ADJkMS
Easter Sunrise Service
Set At Mountain Rest
Rev. Jerry Smith, pastor of
Kings Mountain Church of God
on Parker St., will deliver the
message at the traditional
community-wide Easter Sunrise
Service Sunday morning at 6
a.m. in Veterans Park of Moun
tain Rest Cemetery.
In event of rain, the service
will be cancelled.
The service is sponsored by
the Kings Mountain Ministerial
Association and ministers who
will participate in scripture
readings and prayers will include
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 St.
Wesleyan Church, Rev. Har
wood T. Smith, pastor of St.
Matthew’s Lutheran Church,
and Rev. William Tyson, pastor
of Boyce Memorial ARP
Church.
A Combined Minister’s Choir
will present Easter anthems and
special music.
“We invite the Kings Moun
tain community to join us in this
meaningful service to honor the
Resurrection of the Lord Jesus
★ ★★
Moss Dam
Inspected
On Tuesday
Officials of Charles T. Main
Inc., representing the state of
North Carolina, conducted an
inspection of the dam area of
John H. Moss Lake Tuesday.
The results of the inspection
will not be officially announced
for about 60 days, but local of
ficials feel confident that the
dam is in good shape.
Mayor John Moss, who was
at the site along with represen
tatives of the W.K. Dickson Co.,
the city’s consulting engineers,
and Ted Huffman, superinten
dent of the Public Works
Department which maintains
the dam.
“We feel that the dam is being
well-maintained, and is quite
stable,” Moss said.
The inspection team was con
cerned about a pipe which main
tained the flow of water
downstream during the dam con
struction. It was closed off when
the lake was flooded, but a leak
was later discovered in it.
“The W.K. Dickson firm feels
the pipe is secure,” Moss said,
”but the state wants to see that it
remains secure.” Some of the in
spectors said Tuesday they felt
good about the safety of the
area.
“Kings Mountain had plans to
construct the dam and the city
likewise has plans for maintain
ing it in a very safe manner and
in compliance with the laws
governing dam safety.”
The state is contracting
engineering firms to inspect all
large dams in the state.
“We are all very proud of our
facility and it has a great
economic impact on all of us,”
Moss said. “We have announced
a considerable amount of new in
dustry and our water and sewer
capabilities are a big factor in the
decision process of potential in
dustry. So it is incumbent upon
us to be responsible and main
tain our facilities at a high level.”
Bill Allen of the Dam Safety
Division of the Department of
Natuarl and Economic
Resources, also witnessed the in
spection.
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Photo by Gary Stewart
SPRING SCENE - If there's anything that Carolina dogwood tree form an unbeatable
comes close to matching the beauty of spring, combination. Leigh Anne is the daughter of
it's a beautiful girl. Leigh Anne Baliles, junior Rev. and Mrs. Paul Baliles of Kings Mountain,
at Kings Mountain High School, and a North
Great Dominion
New Industry To Build
The Grover-Kings Mountain
area landed its second new in
dustry in less than a year
Wednesday afternoon when the
Great Dominion Corpioration
announced plans to construct a
4,50()0square foot plant and
3,500 square foot office near Ar
chdale Farms.
Robert Dickens, president of
the corporation, made the an
nouncement at a 2 p.m. news
conference in the council room
of the Kings Mountain Govern
mental Services Facilities
Center.
The company plans to begin
grounds preparation today and
construction is to begin im
mediately.
The company will be located
on the old Neisler property south
of Archdale and will face both
1-85 and Highway 229.
Dickens said the initial invest
ment will be over $2 million and
the eventual total will be over $5
million. The company will have
an opening work force of 40 and
will gradually increase to 220.
The plant will manufacture
heavy steel, do welding, machin
ing and fabricating for heavy
mining equipment, electrical
utilities and various items for the
U.S. Department of Defense.
REV. JERRY SMITH
Christ”, said Rev. D.H. Ed
wards, spokesman for the
association.
TRAFFIC NOTICE
Citizens attending the Sunday
morning Easter Sunrise Service
are asked to use the Suber Gate
on E. Gold Street. All gates will
be open to walking traffic but
only the E. Gold Street gate will
be open to vehicle traffic. Boy
Scouts will distribute programs.
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Drawing Of Great Dominion Corporation
Officers of the corporation, in
addition to Dickens, are Ed Pro
ctor, business manager; Karl
Moss, purchasing manager; and
O.T. Williams, plant manager.
Dickens said the plant will
begin taking applications and
conducting interviews in May.
The construction is expected
to be completed by July 1.
Dickens said the 22-acre site
will be used for phase one of the
construction, and that the plant
will double in size in the near
future.
The site, he said, was chosen
over one in Rock Hill, S.C.,
because of the cooperation and
assistance the firm was given by
local, state and national officials.
“We acknowledge Mayor
Moss’s efforts over the past
year,” he said, “and the coopera
tion of other governing officials.
Without his efforts, we probably
would have located in Rock Hill.
“We’re pleased with the Kings
Mountain area and will make
every effort to see that local
firms are given contracts for
plumbing and other work. We
intend to employ Carolinians
and not bring in people from out
of state.”
Dickens said his firm will
utilize area trade schools and
community colleges in training
of personnel.
“We intend to have the
heaviest machinery capabilities
in the southeast,” he said, “and
we will have the capability of
machining individual pieces
weighing up to 30 tons.”
The groundbreaking
ceremony will be held within 10
days, Dickens said.
Great Dominion joins Sulzer
Brothers as the second new in
dustry on the Grover Road, and
Great Dominion is the third ma
jor industry to announce in the
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