VOLUME 94, NUMBER 52
KINGS MOUNTAIN. NORTH CAROLINA
THURSDAY. lULY 16. 1981
PRICE 20 CENTS
COOLING OFF—The temperature on the sign at Home Savings
and Loan has been registering temperatures at and above 100
degrees during recent weeks, but these youngsters have found
Photo by Gory Stewart
a way to beat the hot summertime. They're having fun and
keeping cool at the Deal Street Pool. The weatherman says
cooler weather, in the 80s. is expected the rest of the week.
Cable TV On Its Way
By GARY STEWART
Editor
Only permission from the City
of Kings Mountain to use its
utility poles is preventing the
start of construction of cablevi-
sion lines in the city.
Cable Systems Inc. of Kings
Mountain has obtained permis
sion for use of utility poles own
ed by Southern Bell and Duke
Power, and Larry Trull, engineer
in charge of the project, said
eqnipliiem will begin moving in
to town as soon as pole rights are
obtained from the city.
“It’s now only a matter of us
telling them how many poles we
need to use, and then well be
ready to start construction,”
Trull said from his office in
Lowell.
Trull said all the head-in
equipment necessary for
distribution of the signal is on
hand in his Lowell office, and
the earth station to receive the
satellite station is on a loading
dock at Carolina Freight in
Lowell waiting to be moved.
Kings Mountain’s earth sta
tion will be located on City
Street, near the old Elmer
Lumber Company property. An
office building there is currently
Southern Bell Spending
$400,000 On KM Lines
Southern Bell will begin a
$400,000 fourth quarter con
struction project in Kings Moun
tain, T.M. Graham, District
Manager has announced.
The project will provide for
placing 41,500 feet of 900 pair
and smallersize cables in4he nor
thern portion of the exchange.
The work will provide
facilities for anticipated develop
ment and growth along and adja
cent to Waco Road, Oak Grove
Road and the Cherryville
Highway. The proposed U.S. 74
by-pass around Kings Mountain,
which is currently under con
struction, is being routed
through the same area.
“Southern Bell’s first respon
sibility today, in the Kings
Mountain area, remains what it
has always been-service to the
public-matching our services to
the diverse needs of the in
dividual and businesses we serve.
There are now 7,140 telephones
being served from the Kings
Mountain exchange,” Graham
said.
Company forecasts indicate
future expansion, he said.
being remodeled.
Trull, appearing at a city
board meeting several months
ago, anticipated a late summer
completion of the project. But
difficulty in getting the needed
equipment htis pushed that goal
back to October.
He said his company can con
struct 15 miles of cable per
month, and that the total system
appears to be about 60 miles.
However, that doesn’t mean it
will be four months before the
first customer watches cable TV.
“We will turn the power supp
ly on in steps,” he noted. “We
will start turning on as we build
a little bit at a time.”
Trull said he is not sure what
area of town will be first served.
“We’ll start from the head-in and
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What’s Going On. . .
FATHER OF YEAR
Hilliard Black was recognized
as Father of the Year during the
June 28 worship service at Cen
tral United Methodist Church.
He was presented an engraved
pocket watch, with his name,
date and the occasion on the
back. He joins Kelly Dixon and
^ Ben Beam as winners of the
“ honor.
KIWANISCLUB
A film entitled ‘The Golden.
Twenties” will be shown at the
regular meeting of the Kings
Mountain Kiwanis Club tonight
at the Woman’s Club building.
Frank Spencer, Cleveland Coun
ty Farm Extension Agent, will
guest speaker at next week’s
*aneeting.
TALENT SHOW
The youth of Central United
Methodist Church will hold a
talent show on Sunday at 6:30
p.m. Admission is $1 for adults
and 50 cents for ages 6-12.
Children under six will be admit
ted free.
TO nu. PULPIT
Dr. Paul K. Ausley, retired
VtPresbyterian minister from
'Kings Mountain, will fill the
pulpit at the 11 a.m. worship
hour Sunday at Shiloh
Presbyteritm Qiurch in Grover.
YARDSAIX
Women of the Trinity Church
of the Living God will sponsor a
benefit yard sale Saturday begin-
i|ning at 7 a.m. at McAbce’s
^^rocery on Cherryville
Highway.
DRAMA
The outdoor drama “Then
Conquer We Must” continues
each Thursday, Friday and
Saturday evening through
Au^st 8 at the Kings Mountain
National Park amphitheatre.
Performances are at 8:30 p.m.
each night. Tickets are $3.50 for
bleacher seats and $4.50 for or
chestra seats.
GRID TICKETS
Season tickets for the Kings
Mountain High School home
football games are on sale in the
Principal’s Office for $12.50.
The ticket represents a savings of
$2.50 from the regular admission
price. Persons wishing to reserve
the same seats they had last
season may do so by Friday.
After Friday, all of last year’s
seats will be released for re-sale.
SEASON PASS
All-sports passes, good for ad
mission into all regular season
athletic events held on the Kings
Mountain High School campus,
are on sale for $35 through the
Mountaineer Booster’s Club.
The pass represents a savings of
$15 and also entitles the bearer
to membership in the Moun
taineer Club. Regular Moun
taineer Club memberships are
available for $5. To join on
either plan, contact a member of
the Mountaineer Club or attend
one of the club’s meetings on the
first or third Monday night at
7:30 p.m. at B.N. Barnes
Auditorium.
ALUMNI SERMON
The Davidson High School
Alumni Association’s third an
nual sermon will be held July 19
at 3 p.m. at Mt. Zion Baptist
Church in Kings Mountain. The
public is invited to attend.
SERTOMA CLUB
The Kings Mountain Sertoma
Club will hold its charter ban
quet Saturday at 7 p.m. at the
Holiday Inn in Kings Mountain.
All members are urged to attend.
ELECTED - Jim Yarbro.
B*lhl«h*m Community
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tho Kings Mountain Hospital
Board oi Trustoos. Ho was
named as a now trustoo at
tho board's annual mooting
on Juno 30.
try to go in two different direc
tions at one time,” he said. “We
can’t be skipping around town.
We have to build from the center
of town to the outer perimeters.”
Trull said 3,300 homes will be
eligible for cable TV service, and
he predicts there will be 1,600 to
1,800 subscribers. The monthly
rate has not yet been determin
ed, but he said “it will be about
the going rate for the surroun
ding neighborhoods.”
There will be a total of 16
24-Hour stations offered, in
cluding the ESPN sports net
work, 24-hour network news
cable, children’s channel, chan
nel 17 in Atlanta which carries
Braves baseball games, WGN in
Chicago which carries Cubs and
White Sox baseball games, USA
network which carries NCAA
and NBA basketball, and a
religious programming station.
A converter service providing
remote control capability will
also be offered. Trull said.
The service will be offered
outside the city residents who
live in the one-mile perimeter.
Outside city areas have already
been screened. Trull said. “We
will supply what the population
demands,” he said.
KM Woman
Killed By Car
A Route 1, Kings Mountain
woman was killed at 9:55 p.m.
Saturday when she was hit by a
car on N.C. 2293 near Kings
Mountain.
Lena Lee Guyton, 49, was
reported walking north on N.C.
2293 when she was hit by a car
driven by Nathan Alexander
Moore, 34, of 4400 Margrace
Road, Kings Mountain.
Trooper C.D. Thomas of the
N.C. Highway Patrol said the
vehicle, driven by Moore, was
traveling south, veered slightly
to the right as oncoming traffic
approached and struck a
pedestrian who was walking on
the roadway.
No charges were filed.
Funeral services were con
ducted at 4 p.m. Wednesday at
Shiloh A.M.E. Zion Church in
Grover by the Rev. S.W. Alex
ander and Dr. T.A. Powell.
Burial was in the church
cemetery.
Survivors include her hus
band, Carl Guyton; four sons,
John P. Alexander, Clarence
Alexander, Charlie Alexander
and Eric Alexander, all of Kings
Mountain; three daughters,
Sarah Ager and Lena Alexander,
both of Kings Mountain, and
Barbara Alexander of New
Jersey; her mother, Varler Hunt
Ellison of Kings Mountain; a
brother, Clemton Ellis of
C-atonia; two sisters, Arzulia
Dawkins of Kings Mountain and
Beulah M. Miller of Columbus,
Ohio; and six grandchildren.
Funeral Services Held
For Dr. Phillip Padgett
Funeral services for Dr. Philip
Grover Padgett, 70, of 605
North Piedmont Avenue, were
conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at
First Presbyterian Church by
the Rev. Gary Bryant and the
Rev. Steve Hundley. Burial was
in Mountain Rest Cemetery.
Dr. Padgett died at 7 a.m. Fri
day at his home.
He was a native of Rutherford
County and the son of the late
Tilden and Cleo King Padgett.
Dr. Padgett was an Elder
Emeritus and Sunday School
teacher at First Presbyterian
Church. He was a battalion
surgeon during World War 11
and received the Silver Star and
Legion Merit Battalion Cross of
Battle awards.
He was a 1931 graduate of
Wake Forest College and a 1935
graduate of the Tulane School of
Medicine, and was a member of
the A.K.K. He practiced
medicine in Kings Mountain
from 1940 until he retired in
1978.
Survivors include his wife,
Charlene Cooper Padgett of the
home; two sons, Philip G.
Padgett Jr. of Houston, Texas,
and Charles C. Padgett of
DR. P.G. PADGETT
Charlotte; two daughters, Mrs.
Cornelia Padgett Ramsey of
Petersburg, Va., and Mrs.
Priscilla Padgett Blanchard of
Fort Wayne, Ind.; a brother. Dr.
Charles K. Padgett of Shelby;
four sisters, Mrs. Nell Padgett
Norris of Brevard, Mrs. Lila
Padgett Thomas of Henderson
ville, Mrs. Miriam Padgett Hood
of Matthews and Mrs. Marjorie
B. Griffin of Forest City; and
three grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to
any church organization.
Dr. Everette Thombs
Opens Office Wednesday
Dr. Everette Bernard Thombs
has announced the opening of
his offices for the practice of in
ternal medicine at 103 West
King Street in Kings Mountain
and 821 West Warren Street in
Shelby. Both offices opened
Wednesday.
JDr. Thombs is a 1964
graduate of Compact High
School. He received the Bachelor
of Arts degree in Zoology from
Howard University in
Washington, D.C., in 1973 and
Doctor of Medicine degree from
Howard University College of
Medicine in 1978. He completed
residency training in internal
medicine at D.C. General
Hospital in Washington in June
of this year.
Dr. Thombs served from 1969
until 1971 as a dental assistant in
Kirch Goens, Germany. He was
honorably discharged.
Dr. Thombs is the 1978 reci
pient of the Sandoc-E.Y.
Williams Award for contribution
to health care of the community
which he served. He is past and
outgoing president of D.C.
General Housestaff Association.
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DR. E.B. THOMBS
Dr. Thombs is married to the
former Helen Elizabeth Cooke
of Kings Mountain. They have
two children, Everette, age
seven, and Claire, age five.
Dr. Thombs is the son of the
late Rev. Leo L. Thombs and
Alberta Mitchem Thombs and
son-in-law of Rev. and Mrs. S.T.
Cooke, all of Kings Mountain.
Daniel To Address
Rotary Club Today
PETER V. DANIEL IR.
Peter V. Daniel Jr., manager
and assistant vice president of
Thomson McKinnon Securities
Inc. of Shelby, will be guest
speaker at the noon meeting
Thursday of the Kings Moun
tain Rotary Club.
The meeting will be held at
Kings Mountain Country Club.
Daniel holds a BA. degree
from the University of Virginia
and is a member of the Shelby
Rotary Club, Greater Shelby
Chamber of Commerce, Church
of the Redeemer and Cleveland
Country C lub. He is active in
tennis, golf, hunting and water
skiing.
He is married to the former
Sara Jane Penn of Ft. l.auder-
dale, Fla.
Dr. John McGill has charge of
the program.
Weekend Theft Reported
At McGinnis Furniture
Kings Mountain Police are in
vestigating a weekend break-in
at McGinnis Furniture which
resulted in the loss of six Zenith
televisions valued at $2,428.
' Officer Dorothy Howell
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