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Volume 94, Number 42
Thursday, May 28, 1981
Kings Mountain, North Carolina
Personnel Discussed
With Citizen
% f By GARY STEWART
Harald Co-Editor
City Commissioners went
behind closed doors Monday
night at the request of a citizen
to discuss a personnel matter,
and returned to announce that
“no action was taken.”
Emmett Moss, a Fulton Street
resident and former city
employee, took the floor as
Mayor John Henry Moss asked
for a motion to adjourn and re
quested the private meeting.
After a brief discussion in
which Commissioner Norman
King was the only board
member to voice opposition to
holding the executive session,
the board went behind closed
doors for 30 minutes.
W Moss, who had no comment
Monday night, phoned Th*
Harold Tuesday morning to say
that he was acting on his own. “I
am a city resident, and I wanted
to discuss a personnel matter.
That was it,” he said.
Commissioner Humes
Houston made the motion to go
into executive session and Jim
Dickey seconded. Houston,
Dickey, Jim Childers, Corbet
Nicholson and Bill Grissom
voted to go into executive ses
sion and King voted against it.
King, although he wouldn’t
comment on what was discussed,
said the executive session was
proper “but I’ve not run into
that before.” He said it was his
first recollection of a private
citizen requesting an executive
session with the board of com
missioners.
“As far as I’m concerned, he
had a legitimate gripe,” King
said. “But there is a possibility it
could have been handled in
another way.
“We didn’t just go back there
and shoot the breeze,” he went
on. “How it could have been
handled, I guess, is everyone’s in
terpretation.”
King said it was his understan
ding that the board promised
Moss the problem “if it is a pro
blem, will be looked into. It’s no
Graduation
Friday Night
Commencement exercises for
266 KMSHS seniors will be held
Friday night at 8 p.m. in John
Gamble Memorial Football
Stadium with senior class of
ficers leading the program.
Principal Bob McRae, assisted
by Supt. William Davis and
Chief Marshal Pam Hatch, will
present diplomas to one of the
largest classes in the school’s
history.
Graduating with honors are
Theresa Jane Bumgardner, Carol
Ann Edwards, Robert James
Hagans, Clarence Edward Ham
mett, Jr., Stephen Douglas Lee,
Jeff Lineberger, Robert Howard
Lutz, Dartha Leigh Mauney,
Jerald Brinson Robinson, Janice
Marie Scoggins, and Felicia
Diane WiUiams.
Other members of the Class of
1981 are:. Antoinette Adams,
^ellie Marie Allman, Kenneth
Walter Babb, Mark Shane Baity,
Pamela Elise Baity, Anne Ross
Ballard, Joan Melanie Ballard,
Deborah Janette Barnette,
James Richard Barrett, Jr., Carl
William Beaty, Jr., Kerry Dean
Bell, Regina Diane Bell, Sharese
Ann Bell, James Aaron Belt, Jr.,
Barbara Renee Bess, Marty
Lynn Bishop, Jerry Micheal
Black, Jr., John Michael Blalock,
Todd Lawson Blalock, Barbara
Jean Blanton, Gary Richard
Blanton, Sharon Irene Bolin,
Susan Nanette Bolin,
Christopher Scott Bowen, Dawn
Bowen, Marcus Antonio Boyce,
Elizabeth Anne Bradley, John
Andrew Bratcher, Carla Jeanne
Bridges, Craig Bridges, Deborah
Lynn Bridges, and Trudy Diane
Bridges.
Also: Wayne Brown, An
thony Scott Buchanan, Ray
mond Bullard, Karen Faye
Bumgardner, Kevin Shawn
Bumgardner, Sharon Elaine
Bumgardner, Robert Lee Bums,
Willowdean M. Burris, Kenneth
Joe Bush, David Tyrone Byeers,
Donna Kim Byers, Gerald Byers,
Lisa Byers, Roger Dale Camp,
Jennifer Campbell, Ronda
Canipe, Deborah Carpenter, Jef
frey Scott Cash, Roxanne
Causby, Dennis Caveny, Gaye
Caveny, Charles Champion,
Terry Chapman, Connie Jean
Cochran, Lindsay Cole, Terry
Lynn Conner, Doris Renee
Cook, Kimberly Lynn Cook,
Gerald Cooper, Michael Corn-
well, Clyde Crawford, Lisa
Crawford, Steven Crawford,
Williaim Davis, Jr., Jeffrey Dix
on, Karen Lynn Dixon, Kim
Dbcon, Mark Dixon, Michael
Donald, Sherry dover, Melissa
Eng, Lewis Fannin, Phillip
Fisher, Russell Fleming, Sandra
Ford, Chris Fortenberry, Curtis
Foster, Jr., Walter K. Frazier,
Timothy Gaddy, Tela Rena
Gardner, Bridget Glass, Stephen
Gnandt, Sheryl Goode,
Margaret Grant, Calvin Greene,
Dale Greene, Sonya Griffin,
Timothy Griffin, Johnny Grigg,
Linda Gsellman, Sherry Guyton,
Markus Hager, Gregory Ham-
bright, Jane Hambright, Priscilla
Hambright, James Leon
Hamrick, Jay Hamrick, Leslie
Hamrick, and Kim Haney.
Also: Dave Hartgrove, Jr.,
Lawrence Henderson, Lisa
Hayes, Barbara Hillman, Debra
Hipp, Eugene Holmes, Janet
Homesley, Earnest Calvin
Hood, Deborah Jean Hopper,
Anne Herd, Horace Hord, San
dy Horn, Dana Horne, Sheila
Houser, Sandi Hovis, Myra
Howell, Kristal Huffstetler,
Jamie Humphries, Paul Ingram,
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Mountaineer Club Seeks
Members For 1981-82 Year
The Kings Mountain High Mountaineer Club (Booster’s Club) will
hold an important meeting Monday night at 7:30 p.m. at B.N. Barnes
Auditorium.
All members and prospective members are urged to attend. The club
will elect oflicers and discuss important plans for the next school year.
A page ad on the back page of Section A of today’s Harold explains
some of the benefits of being a booster, and some of the benefits the
KMHS athletes receive because of the group’s interest in their pro
grams.
One of the big benefits of joining the club is preferred parking at the
football games.
All KMHS supporters are urged to read the ad, see the club’s
benefits, and jdn Monday night.
big problem as far as I’m con
cerned.”
Commissioner Houston, who
is chairman of the personnel
committee, said the executive
session “was appropriate for the
circumstances.”
Most commissioners had mix
ed feelings on whether or not to
hold the executive session. King
told Moss flatly, let’s discuss it
right here.” Houston said, “I
don’t know the nature of your
business, but if it’s a personnel
matter, I think we should go into
executive session.” Dickey said
“111 second it if it’s a personnel
matter.”
Houston, questioned later,
said “I don’t know that it is a
good proceedure,” but “an ex
ecutive session is the only time
you can discuss some things.”
Houston said no employee
was discussed, but Mayor Moss,
when contacted by phone later,
said “Emmett wanted to register
a complaint against a member of
the city personnel.” Moss later
said “the minutes say a person
nel matter was discussed and no
action taken.”
It was the second meeting in a
month’s time in which the board
was confronted by a citizen or
citizens asking to register a com
plaint.
In April, the board openly
fired Recreation Supervisor
Mike Nappi after members-of
the Church Softball League and
an employee of the Recreation
Department criticized him in
open session.
In January, Ted Huffman,
Supervisor of the Public Works
Department, appeared before
the board to register complaints
against the Mayor and two com
missioners, but his case was
heard in executive session.
That night, commissiv->ners
King, Grissom and Childers
voted to allow Huffman to speak
in open session. Dickey,
Houston and Nicholson voted
for an executive session and
Mayor Moss broke the tie vote,
sendng the matter behind closed
doors.
The night Nappi was fired, a
motion was put on the floor to
dismiss him and seconded, and
there was no mention of ex
ecutive session.
None of the commissioners
would say who was discussed,
but Th* H*rald put a name to
three of them.
“No comment”, said one.
“You’re pretty smart,” said
another one.
“It doesn’t take a genius to
figure it out,” said the third.
KMPD
To Get
Face Lift
City commissioners Monday
night conducted a brief public
hearing and approved the use of
S1S6388 in revenue sharing
funds for the 1981-82 budget.
The police department will get
the biggest slice of the pie,
S69,000, of which $3SJ)00 will
be used for remodeling of the old
city hall, which is being
renovated into a Law Enforce
ment Center.
The PD will also receive
$34,000 for four new cars. The
fire department will get $32,000
for a mini-pumper, sanitation
$30,000 for a trash truck-trailer,
streets $10,000 for a dump truck
and other activities, and the
general department $13388 for
maintenance.
The renovation of the old city
hall is a project which began
when the administrative offices
and fire department were moved
to the new Governmental Ser
vices Facilities Center.
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UON OF YEAR-W. Donald Crawford i* con-
gratulaiod by lohnny ReavU as th* Kings
Mountain Lions' Club's Lion of th* Y*ar.
Photo by Lib Stewart
Crawford was honorod for his leadership os
White Cane chairman during the past year.
Crawford Named
Lion Of The Year
W. Donald Crawford was
honored as the Kings Mountain
Lions Club Lion of the Y ear at
the civic club’s annual ladies
night banquet Tuesday night at
Holiday Inn.
Mr. Crawford was cited for
leadership in project activities
during the year and including
the successful White Cane drive
which raised $1493.18 for the
club’s aid to the blind and the
biggest collection ever for the
Kings Mountain club.
Lion Johnny Reavis made the
award presentation after an
entertainment program by Sgt.
E.T. Van Hoy of the N.C. State
Highway Patrol who delighted
the group with “Magic.”
Rev. C. George Sherrill served
as master of ceremonies for the
program. District Lion officer
Tim Gladden led the pledge to
the flag, Lion Howard Bryant of
fered the invocation. Lion
George Thomasson gave the
welcome, Mrs. Thomasson gave
the response from the ladies, and
Lion Luther Bennett, club presi
dent, introduced special guests,
including Mayor and Mrs. John
Moss and City Commissioners
Norman King and Humes
Houston and their wives. Mrs.
Lela Wellmon, widow of Lion
Wellmon, and Mrs. Betty
Vanhoy were recognized as
special guests.
Favors were distributed to the
ladies following a dinner of roast
beef with accessories.
Mr. Crawford, native of Kings
Mountain, retired in Kings
Mountain last March after a
long tenure with the postal
system and the National Park
Service. He and Mrs. Crawford,
the former Joann Blalock, had
resided in Manteo for several
years where Mr. Crawford was
active in the Manteo Lion Club.
He has long been active in the
scouting program.
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MEMBER OF THE YEAR-Mis. W.D. (G*rry)
W*rn*r (l*it) is congratulatad by District 4
Pr*sid*nt Louisa Munn as Outstanding
Photo by Lib Stewart
Member oi th* Kings Mountain Woman's Club
for 1981. Mrs. Werner received an engraved
plaque.
Gerry Werner
Member Of Year
Mrs. W. D. Werner was
honored as the Outstanding
Member of the Kings Mountain
Woman’s Club at the club’s
Monday night meeting.
The honor was voted by the
membership to the member con
tributing the most outstanding
service to the club during the
past year. Mrs. Werner is serving
a second term as club president.
Mrs. Louisa Munn, of
Gastonia, District IV president
of the N. C. Federation of
Women’s Clubs, pre.sented the
club award, an engraved silver
tray.
Mrs. Munn also conducted
the installation service for new
officers for 1981-82. They in
clude Mrs. W. P. Gibbons,
secretary; Mrs. Paul Hendricks,
treasurer; Mrs. Charles Blanton,
chaplain; Mrs. Milton Fryer,
club editor; and Mrs. Jim Potter,
federation director.
Mrs. Marshall Heavner wu,
chairman of the hostess commit
tee for the meeting.