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VOLUME 94. NUMBER 63
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1981
KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA
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HUMES HOUSTON
CURT GAFFNEY
JIM DICKEY
IAN DEATON
Houston, Gaffney Win Seats,
Dickey, Deaton Runoff Slated
By GARY STEWART
Editor
Humes Houston and Curt
Gaffney won seats on the City of
Kings Mountain Board of Com
missioners in Tuesday’s election,
but incumbent Jim Dickey and
Jan Deaton will have a runoff
for the District Six seat on
November 3.
Dickey, a veteran councilman,
led the voting in the four-person
race for the District Six seat, but
he failed by over 100 votes to get
a majority.
He gathered 535 votes to 318
for Deaton. John Ross ran third
with 200 votes and Johnnie
Caldwell received 145.
Houston, who was unopposed
for the District Two seat, receiv
ed 996 votes to earn the position
of Mayor Pro Tem over the next
two years, prcwidint the board
holds to past tradition and ap
points the top vote-getter to that
position.
Gaffney, a Piedmont Avenue
barber who was trying for the se
cond time to earn a commis
sioners’ seat, won the District
Five seat over William Orr. Gaf
fney received 736 votes to 502
for Orr. Incumbent Bill Grissom
did not seek re-election.
Over 1,200 people, or 29 per
cent of the registered voters,
turned out to vote. That number
was just slightly under the total
that voted in the election two
years ago which included the
Mayor’s race.
‘*We were real pleased with
the turnout,” said Elections
Board Chairman Luther Ben
nett.
The election, like others in the
past, had its problems. Many
people who thought they were
supposed to vote at the Armory
had to come across town to the
Community Center.
Bennett said the problem
stems from two things: (1) In
county elections, the city is
divided into West and East
precincts by the Southern
Railway tracks. (2) The city re
drew its district lines in 1975 and
some persons living west of the
railroad tracks live in districts
which vote at the community
center. Districts one, two and
three vote at the community
center and four, five and six vote
at the Armory.
“I can understand the confu
sion,” Bennett said, “because the
people are used to voting at the
Armory in past elections.”
Otherwise, Bennett said, the
election went smooth. He prais-
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Variety Of Services
Kings Mountain District
School Support Services Person
nel offer a wide variety of ser
vices to students in grades K-12
in all schools. The working
group, composed of Hallie Blan
ton, Betty Potter, and Betty
Masters, team together to meet
health, social, and attendance
needs of the students in the
schools. With the assistance of
principals and other school per
sonnel refenals are made to the
appropriate person. At this point
a decision is made as to which
staff member will act on the
referral. At times the referral will
require a team effort; however,
most referrals can be handled on
an individual basis.
Each member of the team has
unique responsibilities. Betty
Masters, school nurse, is respon
sible for evaluating hearing and
vision, weighing and measuring
students in grades K-5,
evaluating immunization records
of all new and transfer students,
conducting a hypertension clinic
for high school students, coor
dinating dental referrals, and
screening for scholiosis in fifth
grade.
Besides these responsibilities
Betty is actively involved with
the Exceptional Children’s Pro
gram, the Bloodmobile, and Ear
ly Prevention of School Failure,
a screening program for
kindergarten. If the school or
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parents suspect a serious health
problem. Betty is usually the first
person consulted. Betty’s
schedule permits her to visit each
school several times each month
in her role as school nurse.
Another member of the team
is Betty Potter, who serves as
homebound4iospital instructor
and attendance counselor. In her
role, Betty may visit up to four
students a day who must be
taught at home or in the hospital
because of a health problem that
prevents the student from atten
ding school. The student’s doctor
notifies the school that Betty’s
services are needed. In most
cases these services are for less
than 30 days.
As attendance counselor, Bet
ty is involved with the student,
parents, school staff members,
and with local juvenile court
counselors in an effort to keep
youngsters in school. Betty, who
is based at Kings Mountain
Junior High School, receives a
referral on a youngster from the
school staff when the student is
absent for several days without a
reason. Home visits or telephone
contacts are made to discuss the
student’s absence. If a problem
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ed all the workers at both
precincts. The polls closed at
7:30 and all the votes were
counted by 8:45.
Mrs. Deaton, trying for city
office for the first time, stood
outside the locked National
Guard Armory awaiting the
word on the District Six race.
She wasted no time in calling for
a runoff.
“1 still think we need a woman
representative,” she said. “I ap
preciate all the people that came
out to vote for me and I will
work ever harder to get elected
on November 3. We need a
woman’s point of view.”
Gaffney later walked up and
accepted congratulations from a
host of supporters.
“I’d just like to thank
everyone for their vote and sup
port,” he said. “I’ll do the best
job I can.”
Dickey left the Armory and
Houston left the Community
Center before the final vote
count was announced.
* • •
All candidates were more suc
cessful at the Armory, where
783 citizens voted. At the com
munity center, 462 persons
voted, and one woman, who said
she was “embarrassed”, tried to
vote at 8:20.
Houston received 368 votes at
the community center and 628
at the Armory; Gaffney 309 at
the center and 427 at the Ar
mory; Orr 158 at the center and
344 at the Armory; Dickey 174
at the center and 361 at the Ar
mory; Deaton 124 at the center
and 194 at the Armory; Ross 90
at the center and 110 at the Ar
mory; and Caldwell 67 at the
center and 78 at the Armory.
There were a number of write-
in votes cast. James Adams, a
resident of District Two, receiv
ed five votes at each precinct for
a total of 10 votes. Others receiv
ing write-ins were Lloyd Davis 3,
Bill Moore, C.E. Neisler and Jim
Amos two each, and Chuck Huf-
fstickler, M.L. Campbell, Bill
Lynn, Darwin Moss, James
Jones, C.S. Biddix, Wilson Grif
fin, Doyt Falls and Donald Duck
one each.
KM Climber
Is Injured
A 17-year-old Charlotte youth
was injured Sunday while climb
ing the pinnacle at Kings Moun
tain.
John Ferri, an East Mecklen
burg High School senior, and
two of his friends were climbing
the mountain around 3:30 p.m.
when Ferri lost his footing and
fell about 50 feet onto some
rocks.
He received back injuries, in
cluding a fracture vertebra, but
is in good condition at Charlotte
Memorial Hospital.
Kings Mountain Rescue
Squad and Bethlehem Volunteer
Fire Department were called to
the scene and rescued the boy by
using four-man teams to carry
him down the side of the moun
tain. The rescue took about 45
minutes.
Ferri was rushed to Kings
Mountain Hospital, and then
transferred to Charlotte
Memorial.
Fiber Industries Inc. (Fll) will
discontinue the production of
textured polyester filament
yarns at its Shelby, N.C., and
Greenville, S.C., plants by
December 31, 1982.
The phased withdrawal from
texturing will begin this year
under a plan to improve the
long-range profitability of Fll’s
polyester textile filament yarn
business, according to Fll Presi
dent, Dow Sellers of Charlotte.
Proprietary product
technology developed for textur
ing by Fiber Industries is ex
pected to be transferred to trade
customers. Interruptions of their
fabric businesses are not ex
pected.
Approximately 1,250 Shelby
Plant and 260 Greenville Plant
staff, supervisory, clerical,
laboratory, maintenance and
hourly jobs will be eliminated
over the next 12 to 15 months.
Shelby Plant employment will
drop from 2,300 to 1,050, with
approximately 850 of the latter
in hourly operator and
maintenance jobs as compared
with 1,950 at present.
The approximately 185 hour
ly employees to be permanently
released at the Greenville Plant
are in addition to 300 persons
now on furlough and subject to
recall depending upon business
conditions.
Post-phaseout employment at
the Greenville Plant is expected
to be approximately 1,400 per
sons.
Separated employees will
receive a separation allowance
based on length of service and in
cluding vacation pay, continua
tion of basic medical insurance
for three months and job-
placement assistance.
Fiber Industries is withdraw
ing from the textured-yarn
business. Sellers says, because
“the profitability of our textile
yarn business depends upon
strengthening our capability to
produce high-speed, partially
oriented rather than textured
yarns.”
‘The withdrawal from textur
ing is not expected to have
significant impact on corporate
income in 1981. A positive im
pact is expected in 1982, since
we will be strengthening our par
tially oriented yarns capability;
continuing to be a major factor
in both the Hat and partially
oriented polyester yarn
businesses; and continuing to
market Fortrel polyester on a
branded, full-service basis.”
Partially oriented polyester
yarns are used in textile and
home furnishings applications.
Shelby Plant Manager, J.R.
Dunkley, says that, “Every
reasonable effon has been made
and will be made throughout the
phaseout to moderate the impact
upon Fiber Industries
employees, members of their
families and their communities.
Separation allowances will be
made available to help insure
financial support and family pro
tection to affected employees.”
He says also that, following
the texturing phaseout, the
Shelby Plant will continue to
produce polymer, an in
termediate raw material;
polyester yarns for industrial end
uses; and partially oriented and
flat polyester yarns.
Fiber Industries is a subsidiary
of Celanese Corporation and
operates other manufacturing
plants at Fayetteville and
Salisbury in North Carolina and
at Darlington in South Carolina.
Company headquarters offices
and research and development
laboratories are in Charlotte.
The Company’s fibers and
yarns are marketed by Celanese
Fibers Marketing Company.
Symphony To Perform
Monday Night At KMHS
The North Carolina Sym
phony Orchestra under the
direction of Assistant Conduc
tor, Jackson Parkhurst, will pter-
form Monday at 8 p.m. at B.N.
Barnes Auditorium.
Admission is by season
subscription, or tickets may be
purchased through Andy
Neisler (739-4766), Charles
Mauney (739-3621) or through
the Office of the Superintendent
of Schools.
Persons purchasing advance
tickets will receive a discount.
Tickets at the door will be $6 for
adults, $4 for senior citizens and
students and S2 for children.
The program will include
George Friderick Handel’s Con
certo Grosso, Beethoven’s Sym
phony No. 1 in C Major,
Stravinsky’s Suite for Small Or
chestra, Franz Lehar’s Waltzes
and Jerry Bock’s selections from
Fiddler on the Roof.
This is the Symphony’s se
cond visit to Kings Mountain
during the past three school
years. A scheduled visit last
April was cancelled, but tickets
purcha.sed for that performance
will be honored Monday night.
Martha Byers To Oppose
McCarter In Grover Race
The fields are .set for the
November 3 county elections.
Filing ended Friday in the
Grover Town Council and Kings
Mountain School Board races.
The Grover field includes 12 per
sons seeking five council seats
and two candidates for Mayor,
and the School Board race finds
three Kings Mountain residents
in the running for two inside-city
seats.
Grover Mayor Bill McCarter,
who has held the post for three
terms, is facing a challenge from
Martha Byers. Mrs. Byers has
served on the council for four
years.
Incumbents Juanita Pruitt,
Ronald Queen, Quay Moss atid
Edward Philbeck, all completing
their first term, have filed for
commissioner, and also in the
race are Kenneth Anthony, Bill
HBIALD CLOSED
Due to work on the power
lines and telephones, the H*rald
will close at 3 p.m. Thursday.
Power will be off and
telephones out of order after 3
p.m.
Camp, 1 homas Childers, James
Grindstaff, J.N. Howell, Dennis
McDaniel, Grady Ross and
Vickie Smith.
In the Kings Mountain School
Board race, incumbents Marian
1 homasson and June Lee face a
challenge from Jerry Ledford.
Circus Here
On Monday
The Kings Mountain Fire
Department will spon,sor a one-
day, two performance visit of the
Carson and Barnes Circus Mon
day at the entrance to Kings
Mountain Industrial Park on Se
cond Street Extension.
Performances will be at 4:30
and 8 p.m.
Advance tickets, representing
a 20 percent savings, are on sale
at First Union National Bank,
Revco Drug, the fire department
and from any fireman.
The fire department’s share of
the profits will go toward con
struction of a 30 by 60 feet addi
tion to the Fire Museum on
Cleveland Avenue.