Thursday
VOLUME 94, NUMBER 46
THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1981
KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA
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PHOTO BY LIB STEWART
RETIRING TEACHERS*Supt. William Davis, bright, Hilda Wilson, luanila Goforth, Eddys
left, presents ploques to retiring teochers dur- Ware, Margaret McCarter and Gladys
ing a luncheon Friday. From left, Myers Ham- Blackwell.
Retiring Teachers Honored
Six retiring teachers in Kings
Mountain District Schools serv
ed a total of 205 years and were
cited for “outstanding service to
many Kings Mountain area
young people” by the Kings
Mountain NCAE and ACT
Units Friday at a luncheon at
KMSH Cafeteria.
Myers Hambright, Hilda
Wilson, Juanita McSwain
Goforth, Eddys Ware, Margaret
Goforth McCarter and Gladys
Blackwell were presented hand
some engraved plaques by
Schools Supt. William Davis and
gifts from theTVCEA 'arid ACT
by retiring NCEA presidents
John Pettus and Willie Marable.
Mr. Hambright, veteran
^ agriculture teacher and for a
number of years director of the
Schools Vocational Department,
retird after 42
years.MargaretfMrs. Eugene)
McCarter retired from Beth ware
School after a 38 year teaching
career, JuanitafMrs. Ben T.)
Goforth retired at Kings Moun
tain Senior High after a 35 year
career as an English teacher,
Hilda Wilson retired from West
School after a 31 year teaching
career, Gladys Blackwell retired
from East School after a
teaching career of 30 years, and
EddysfMrs. Franklin) Ware
retired from Kings Mountain
Senior High School after a
teaching career of 29 years.
Mr. Hambright also accepted
a plaque honoring his late
brother, Paul Hambright who
for many years served the
system as an agriculture teacher.
He retired due to ill health and
died during the past year.
Dean B. Westmoreland, a
former state NCEA president
who is currently serving as Divi
sion 11 Director, installed new of
ficers of the two organizations.
Miss Connie Phifer will head the
local unit of NCEA in the com
ing year and serving with her
will be Kay Jolley, secretary, and
Pattie Weathers, treasurer. Miss
Annette Parker will head the
ACT Unit and serving with her
will be Mrs. Sara Simpson, vice
president; Treda Berry Shed,
secretary, and Sarah Adams,
treasurer.
Reading Program Good
Assistant Schools Supt.
Howard Bryant, reporting on
the schools testing program, said
that “overall we feel good about
the reading program and feel
^ good about the criterion reading
tests administered in Grades 1 -4
will definitely give us directions
for teaching and tell us what
needs to be retaught.”
Mr. Bryant made the remarks
during a presentation at the
regular meeting of the KM
Board of Education.
For the past two years the
A Kindergarten Program in Kings
” Mountain has placed more em
phasis on getting children to
read. Test results, according to
Bryant, show much progress has
been made.
In other actions, the board
adopted a seniority policy called
“reduction in force of cer
tificated staff.” And Supt.
William Davis said that most of
any lost positions would be
taken care of through retirement
of teachers and normal resigna
tions. Kyle Smith, board
member, suggested that con
sideration be given to “merit” in
the plan rather than seniority.
The Board approved requests
of the Kings Mountain Jour
nalism staff to sell adver
tisements for the school
newspaper as a fund-raising pro
ject and agreed to pay ticket
sellers at high school athletic
events. Currently, teachers
rotate these duties and are not
paid. The ticket sellers would be
paid from gate recipts.
Assistant Superintendent
Larry Allen reported that the Ti
tle 1 program for next year is “on
go” and awaiting word that
federal funds will be approved to
support the program again.
The board approved employ
ment of Dennis Hicks, PE and
Health teacher at KMSHS;
Kathy Purser, EMH and LD
teacher; Randy Ryan, chemistry
teacher at KMSHS;Linda M.
Dixon, home economics teacher
at KMSHS, and Dennis Martin,
agriculture teacher at KMSHS.
Supt. Davis announced that
Mrs. Gladys Blackwell, East
School teacher is retiring. He
also announced the resignations
of Steve Foster and Manha
Noblitt. The Board granted
maternity leaves to Marie
Ballard, fourth grade teacher at
East; Evelyn Kiser, Resource
teacher at Bethware; and Anne
Rudisill, third grade teacher at
West.
The Board approved a new
plan for scholastic insurance
from Martin Associates, approv
ed two student transfers and ap
proved the 1981-82 vocational
program.
NEW OFFICERS-Plcturad ar« n«w oHlcm of
th« NCAE and ACT Unit* for tho coming yoar.
From loft, Sora Adams, troasuror of NCAE; An-
PHOTO BY LIB STEWART
nolto Parkor, prosidont of Kings Mountain
ACT Unit ond Connio Phifsr, prosidsnt of
Kings Mountoin NCAE unit.
Supt. William Davis was
recognized as the newly elected
president of District VI
Superintendents Council and
William Steve Wells was
recognized as the new state presi
dent of the Association of
Classroom TeachersfACT).
Present as special guests were
Jack Palmer, chairman of the
Cleveland County Board of
Commissioners; Mrs. Ruth Ded-
mon, Cleveland County Clerk of
Superior Court; Kings Mountain
Mayor John Henry Moss, City
Commissioners Norman King
and Jim Dickey, and Mrs.
George B. Thomasson, chairman
of the Kings Mountain Board of
Education, and trustees June
Lee, William McDaniel and
Kyle Smith.
Dining tables were arranged
with homegrown roses and door-
prizes were compliments of
downtown firms.
Summer
School
To Begin
Summer School gets under
way Monday, June 15th, at Cen
tral School and will be con
ducted through July 27th from 8
a.m. until noon.
Sixth and Seventh grade
students will be offered a
remedial course in mathematics,
a remedial or enrichment course
in language arts, and advanced
studies class for sixth, seventh
and eighth graders.
The tuition fee is $60 for six
weeks. A summer break will be
taken the week of July 3.
The Advanced Studies Class is
limited to students who are
reading at or above grade level.
The class will have three com
ponents; a study of a selected
academic subject, activities to
improve communications skills
and a directed study period to
explore topics of interest to the
students.. Students will be able
to select one of the following
academic subjects, U. S. History,
World Geography, Advanced
Math, Pre-Algebrae, Metrics,
Science, and Health. Activities
in communictions will include
vocabulary building, creative
writing, speed reading and
reading improvements. Jerry
Hoyle will serve as instructor.
KMHS
To Begin
Monday
School bells will ring Monday
morning at Kings Mountain
Senior High School for the
beginning of summer school.
Students should report to the
Cafeteria at 8 a.m. for an
organizational meeting and
assignment of classes, said Prin
cipal Bob McRae.
Book Fees
Reinstated
Student fees for the 1981-82
school year were reinstated
Monday night by the Kings
Mountain Board of Education.
Supt. William Davis told the
board that fees are necessary
because of a difference between
the funds requested by the
schools next year and the
amount recommended in the
county budget by County
Manager Joe Hendrick.
Reinstatement of fees is ex
pected to bring $20,000 more in
additional revenue.
“We have been quite pleased
to have been able to eliminate
that cost but now it looks like we
are in a situation where the ox is
in the ditch,” said Mr. Davis.
This year Kings Mountain
District Schools received
$1,036,579. in current expense
funds. Next year’s current ex
pense allocation is $1,084,123, a
difference of $107,943. in Kings
Mountain School’s requested
budget of $1,192,066.
Davis said that at least
$50,000 more than recommend
ed by the county commission is
needed in current expense
money for next yeear. He sug
gested the board consider in
creasing the supplementary tax
levy from its current rate of 14
centsfout of a possible 20 cents)
or consider a portion of the
capital outlay fund it receives
next year as an emergency fund.
He said that the board, if
necessary, could ask the commis
sioners to transfer some of the
capital outlay funds into opera
tional funds.
The board, on motion of Kyle
Smith and seconded by Bill
McDaniel, directed Supt. Davis
to attend a budget nearing
meeting Monday with the coun
ty commissioners and ask com
missioners for an increase in ap
propriations. The board then
reinstated the fees policy, same
as had applied two years ago,
and decided, if necessary, to
transfer capital outlay funds into
current expense funds. “In all
my 12 yers as a superintendent 1
have not recalled this step being
taken,” said Supt. Davis.
The board also directed the
superintendent to ask the county
commissioners for a 13 percent
increase in current expenses in
stead of the anticipated eight
percent increase which the com
mission derived by dividing the
funds per pupil using figures
from the State Board of Educa
tion. According to those figures.
Kings Mountain Schools has 131
fewer students to be considered
for budgeting for next year.
A total ok $241,000 has been
alloted the Kings Mountain
system for capital outlay, a
decrease of $2,152 from last
school year.
Respionding to question of
Harold Lineberger, Supt. Davis
said a one cent increase in the
tax levy would amount to
$31,000. The tax base is based
on property evaluation of $308
million. Kings Mountain’s local
supplement this year was
$415,000. The return to the fee
system is the best place to start,”
said Lineberger.
Citizens Protest Board's
Not Rehiring PE Teacher
The school system’s personnel
jjrocedures were questioned by
William Orr and Rev. Victor
Carson Monday night.
The Black Community was
shocked when we learned of the
non-renewal of the contract of a
young man who belongs to our
congregation,” said Mr. Carson.
‘Our Bynum chapel youth came
to church Sunday and they ask
ed us, ’what’s the use, they won’t
let us be involved even if we’re
qualified.’ I need to be able to go
back to my young people with
some answers and I need to be
able to tell them there is a fair
employment policy or we are
prepared to issue a grievance in
the matter,” said Mr. Carson.
“Blacks don’t just want to be
on the receiving end of welfare
handouts. When they are
qualified for positions they
should be given every opportuni
ty.”
Rev. Mr. Carson acknowledg
ed that he had not talked to the
superintendent of schools or any
school officials before coming to
the meeting but said that “this is
an area that concerns the people
of my congregation and that is
why I am here. ”
Supt. William Davis reviewed
briefly the procedures in selec
ting personnel to fill vacancies
and noted that the system has
few vacancies and that all young
teachers are having difficulty in
obtaining employment. He said
the system received a “multitude
of applications for PE, social
studies and K-3 teachers but
there is shortage of applications
in math and science, for in
stance.” He said the system
receives approximately 10 ap
plicants for each vacancy and
that in determining teacher pro
spects a number of factors are in
volved, such as experience,
academic excellence at the col
lege level, and scoring on the na
tional teacher’s exams, etc. He
said a separate file is maintained
for non-certificated personnel
and that applications are filed ac
cording to subject areas the
potential applicant is interested
in.
Supt. Davis said the young
Turn To Poga 2-A
Rev. lerry Smith Named
Head Of Children s Home
Rev. Jerry A. Smith, pastor of
the Church of God on East
Parker Street, has been elected
to serve as Superintendent of the
Church of God Home for
Children in Kannapolis, N.C.
The Board of Directors for the
Home made the decision two
weeks ago. Rev. Smith will
assume his duties there on June
16.
Rev. Smith has served the
Church of God congregation
here for almost three years. Dur
ing those three years, the church
has experienced steady growth
in attendance and finance.
‘This is by far the best con
gregation I have ever oastored,”
Rev. Smith said. ‘The'e people
are tremendous and we .vill cer
tainly miss their fellowship. We
will also miss the many friends in
the community. Kings Moun
tain is a fine place to live.”
REV. JERRY SMITH
Rev. Kenneth Looney from
Winston-Salem will succeed
Rev. Smith as pastor of the
Church here.