c % me 25« VOLUME 94. NUMBER 65 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1981 KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA Kings Mountain United Fund held its victory dinner Monday night at Holiday Inn and an nounced one of its most suc cessful campaigns ever. Rev. Clyde Bearden, cam paign chairman, said that pledges of $67,587.17 have been reported and that seveal other divisions still have some final work to be done. The goal was $62,150. Jack Callaghan, station 4naiMg*r-of WSOC in Cbcnlntte,- was guest speaker. John L. McGill, who chaired the professional division which showed over a 200 percent in crease over last year’s pledges, was named winner of the fourth annual President’s Award. McGill’s division raised $2,452 of its $3,000 goal. The division raised only $889 last year. “He showed outstanding ser vice,” said President Mark AWARD WINNERS - lack Collaghan, center, station manager of WSOC in Charlotte, poses with the top award winners at Monday's United Fund Victory Dinner at the Holiday Inn. Left to right are lohn McGill, Lavon Strickland, Becky Seism. Mark Citizens Protest Permit Land owners in the area of Kings Creek, a stream in rural Kings Mountain, appeared at a public hearing Wednesday mor ning at the Kings Mountain Community Center to protest a request by Foote Mineral Com pany that it be allowed to con tinue a practice of discharging an average of two miligrams per liter of flouride into tTi?¥tf?aIfi. Foote has used that practice since 1975 through a permit from the Department of Natural Resources and Community Development, but the state recently passed a standard which allows the discharge of only 1.8 miligrams. The hearing was still in pro cess at the Herald’s presstime Wednesday and was expected to continue throughout most of the day. Following the hearing, Becky French, hearing officer for the Environmental Management Department, will prepare her decision and Foote and the citizens will have 10 days in which to appeal. The only witness called during the first hour of testimony Wednesday was Walter Cooke, operations manager at Foote Mineral. He claimed that the flouride that Foote is discharging into the creek is not dangerous to animal, plant or humans and Foote’s at torney, William Livingston of Charlotte, said that if water is consumed by humans in substantial amounts, it would only possibly discolor their teeth. Two citizens-John Caveny and Jack Hughes-during ques tioning of Cooke, noted that they have noticed bad odors, dir ty water and dead fish in the creek, and Dr. Charles Adams, the spokesman for the citizens’ group, said at least three unknown cattle deaths occurred last year along the creek. Cooke testified that flouride does not have an odor, and is col orless. “I don’t have a degree and 1 can’t say if it’s flouride or not,” Hughes said. “But I’ve lived on the creek all my life. Before Foote began operation, I fished it it and played in it. But since Foote started there, I can’t stand on the bridge and see fish and clear water.” Although Wednesday’s hear ing dealt only with the discharge of flouride in the stream, Hughes said the citizens of the area “have come to a point to where we’ve sat back and let this hap pen a little at a time, because we didn’t know what to do. But now we wont it stopped.” Cooke said the discharge of two miligrams of flouride is necessary to keep the felsphar phase of the Foote business in (Turn To Page 9-A) Photo by Gary Stewart Wilson, Rev. Clyde Bearden and Ron Bagwell. The Kings Mountain campaign has topped its $62,150 goal by more than $5,000. Victory Dinner Held Wilson. “He not only contacted every person in his division, but paid them a personal visit.” Other plaques went to Ron Bagwell, chairman of the hospital division which raised $2,769.84 (111 percent of its $2,500 goal); Lavon Strickland, chairman of the industrial divi sion which reported $49,033.58 and will probably top $50,000 when final pleges are in Cits goal was $41,000); Becky Seism, Larry Wood,-Corky Fukon and Jake Dixon, who are completing their three-year terms on the board of directors; Bearden, whom Wilson said did an “outstanding service as cam paign chairman” and Wilson, whom Bearden said he turned to for “inspiration and help.” A number of campaign workers received special cam paign awards, including Pat Blanton, Polly Phifer, Earl Sear- ON COMMISSION - Kinga Mountain Mayor John Moss, loit, is sworn into oHlcs os ths nowost momber of tho Govomor's Crims Control Commission Monday by State Senator Ollie Harris. Moss will serve until March 1, 1984. Governor Names Moss To Crime Commission Governor Jim Hunt has nam ed Kings Mountain Mayor John Henry Moss to the Governor’s Crime Commission. Moss was sworn into office Monday by Senator J. Ollie Har ris, chairman of the Senate Human Resources Committee. The commission will hold its first meeting of this term Thurs day and Friday in Wilmington. Moss’s term will expire on March 1, 1984. Governor Hunt, in making the announcement, said “During our first administration, we made progress in the areas of education, economic develop ment, crime control, and greater efficiency in government. We cannot, however, be content with the progress we have made. With the help of and dedication of concerned citizens who are willing to give their time in ser vice to our state, we will con tinue to build on the foundation we have laid. We will continue to improve the quality of life for all our citizens.” “I am honored to be appoint ment to the commission and recognize the importance of its work,” Moss noted. “1 pledge to work diligently with the commis sion in an effort to develop a pro gram that will reduce crime in the state of North Carolina.” Moss also serves on the States and Local Government Working Group on Energy, and the Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Policy Com mittee of the National League of Cities. cy, Doyle Campbell, John Warlick, Mildred Dixon, and Kathleen Sisk. Parkdale Mills was cited for Ijaving 100 percent participa tion. Kings Mountain is the third campaign to exceed its goal this year, according to Pete Auer bach of North Carolina United Way. The hospitaland industrial divisions exceeded their goals. Wilson praised Bearden and other campaign workers for spearheading Kings Mountain’s most successful campaign ever. “We increased our goal by $10,000 over last year’s,” he said, “and many of us honestly thought we’d never reach it.” Callaghan, who has been in volved in a number of United Way campaigns in Charlotte, also praised the Kings Mountain workers. ‘There is no more outpouring of love than when people who have helped other people come out and celebrate," he said. “After all, all we have in this world is each other.” Callaghan praised the group for its committment. “It’s tough to go out and raise money,” he said. “You put on the line what you believe in when you go out and ask people for their hard-earned money. But when people care about other people, go^ things happen. ‘To volunteer is to sacrifice and become involved,” he went on, “and it’s good to celebrate after you’ve done a good job. But if you really didn’t do as good a job as you might have, I hope you feel a little guilty and come back next year and work three times as hard.” Parade Taking Shape The annual Kings Mountain Christmas Parade is scheduled for Sun., Nov. 29 at 2:30 p.m. Seventy units are already entered in the parade and spaces are available for others. Anyone interesting in entering a unit may call the Kings Mountain Fire Department at 739-2552. The parade will also feature a number of beauty queens, bands, and, of course, ^ta Claus. The parade will reverse its route from past years. It will line up on West Mountain Street and come across the railroad tracks to Battleground, proceed south on Battleground to East Gold, turn left to Cherokee, go north on Cherokee to West Mountain, east on Mountain to South Gaston, south on Gaston back to East Gold, and disband in the area of Mountain Rest Cemetery. City, School Elections Set Kings Mountain and Grover voters will go to the polls Tues day to elect city and school board officials. Kings Mountain voters will elect one city commissioner to serve a four-year term, and Grover will elect a mayor and five commissioners to a two-year term. Both Grover and Kings Mountain voters will elect two members to the Kings Mountain District Schools Board of Educa tion. In Kings Mountain, incum bent city commissioner Jim Dickey and Mrs. Jan Deaton will have a runoff for the District Six seat on the six-member board. Dickey ran first among four can didates in the October 6 primary, but he did not have a majority vote. The winner of the race will take office in December, along with incumbent Humes Houston, who ran unopposed for the District Two seat, and newly-elected District Five Com missioner Curt Gaffney, who defeated William Orr on October 6. In the school board race, three Kings Mountain residents are seeking the two inside