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VOLUME 94. NUMBER 67
THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 12. 1981
KINGS MOUNTAIN. NORTH CAROLINA
. City Hall Law Suit Being Heard
The City of Kings Mountain is in civil court this
week in Shelby, involved in a suit and counter-suit
with Cecil’s Incorporated of Spartanburg over the
construction of the CioVernmental Services
Facilities Center.
Cecil’s is suing the city for $23,300, the amount
of money the city board of commissioners withheld
from Cecil’s contract because of what the city says
was a “liquidated damage clause” which stipulated
$100 a day would be withheld for every day con
struction went over 365 days.
According to City Attorney George Thomasson,
it took Cecil’s 264 days over the alloted 365 days to
complete the project. Cecil’s claims the reason for
the overrun was bad weather and a fire that occured
during the construction period.
The city allowed 17 bad weather days and 14
days for the fire, and penalized the contractor for
233 days, or $23,300.
The city has counter-sued Cecil’s, claiming it en
dured extra architectural fees and was prohibited
from securing possible federal grants during the con
struction period.
Mayor John Henry Moss said the city board of
commissioners withheld the payment of $23,300
upon the recommendation of its consulting ar
chitects and engineers, Clars Architects and Law
Engineering.
Judge John 1 riday is hearing the case, which
began .Monday and was continuing at the Herald’s
presstime on \\ ednesday.
Lions Club Raises
$2,814 For The Blind
PRESENTATION - Mrs. William Herndon,
right, presents an engraved silver tray to Mrs.
Hazel Fryer Sunday at a reception honoring
Photo by Jerry Ledford
Mrs. Fryer ot Mouney Memorial Library. Mrs.
Fryer has retired after nine years as library
director.
Mrs. Fryer Retires
The Kings Mountain Lions
Club presented District Gover
nor Neal Alexander Jr. a check
for $2,814 Tuesday night for its
contribution to the Lions annual
White Cane Drive.
White Cane Chairman Rev.
George Sherrill said the club
averaged $134 per member in
White Cane-giving and exceeded
last year’s donations by
$1,320.82, or 188 percent.
“We set our goal as 25 percent
over last year,” said Sherrill,
“and I know when we did that
the feeling was it couldn’t be
done. But together, we made it
happen and 1 want to thank all
the members for doing their
part.”
“There’s nothing more rewar
ding for a district governor to
visit a local club and be
presented a check for more than
$2,800 from the W'hite Cane
drive,” Alexander said. “It’s real
ly amazing.”
The drive benefits a number
of Lions projects locally and
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Mrs. Hazel Fryer, director of
Mauney Memorial Library in
Kings Mountain for almost nine
years, was ' honored by the
Library Board of Trustees upon
her retirement Sunday.
The board hosted a reception
Sunday afternoon at the library
and presented Mrs. Fryer with
an engraved silver tray.
Mrs. William Herndon, chair
man of the board, made the
presentation. Other board
members are Charles Mauney,
Rev. M.L. Campbell, Mrs.
George Houser, Grady Howard
and Margaret McCarter.
Guests were treated to
refreshments and an open house
tour of the library.
Mrs. Fryer initiated a number
of new programs during her
nine-year term as director, and
was instramental in the addition
of several new building addi
tions.
“I enjoyed every minute of it,”
she said. “1 told the board that I
didn’t deserve all that acclaim
because it was so much fun. 1
couldn’t have done anything
without the help of the board.
They stood behind me in
everything that 1 wanted to do.”
During the past nine years.
the library has added two junior
rooms, a Carolina Room which
includes a number of books on
local history, a reference section,
public restrooms, copy machine^^
and many new prograriis Itv
Ihi^S and children. • '
The number of books has
grown to over 22,000, and there
are 15 Kings Mountain family
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PRESENTATION - Kings Mountain Lions Club White Cane
chairman George Sherrill, right, presents a check of S2.814 to
District Governor Neal Alexander at the Lions Club meeting
Tuesday night at Holiday Inn. The check represents proceeds
from the club's most successful White Cane drive ever.
Funeral Rites Held
For Mrs. Ben Beam
Mrs. Sarah Mae Beam, 82,
longtime Kings Mountain resi
dent and prominent member of
Central United Methodist
Church, died Friday, Nov. 6.
Mrs. Beam had been honored
by her church with a Life
Membership pin and was named
Mother of the Year in 1979. She
was active in the Women’s Socie
ty of Christian Service, the
Daughters of Wesley Sunday
School Class, Circle 3, the
welcoming committee, and wor
ship committee.
Mrs. Beam was torn in
Clarksville, Virginia, daughter of
the late William Crawford
Hamell and Mary Harris Hamell
and moved to Gastonia where
she worked as a secretary and for
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Bank through eye wills and
$75,000 contribution to the its
administration; support
glaucoma and diabetic vision
screening clinics; provide funds
for research for prevention of
blindness and operation of eye
diseases; provide scholarships for
sighted children oli blind parents;
and provide white canes and
radios for the blind.
“Not enough etjn be said for
Kings Mountain's support of
White Cane,” .Alexander said.
“Our district goal was $30 per
member and Kings .Mountain
has raised $134 per member,
with the probability of more
funds yet to come.”
Alexander, who lives in Lin-
colnton and is a member of the
Rock Springs Lions Club, is call
ing on local clubs to do more in
the future because government
cutbacks w ill effect many of the
programs they support.
“We\e taken on the respon
sibility of helping those less for
tunate," he said, "and there is
nothing more rew arding than go
ing out to do something for the
blind and see the happiness on
their face."
Alexander is encouraging
local clubs to increase their
memberships by 10 percent dur
ing the first three months of
1982.
Board Okays Contract
MRS. BEN F. BEAM
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Kings Mountain’s Board of
Commissioners Monday night
approved of the city and the
Kings Mountain Development
Corporation ente^ng into a con
tract to construct a gas line and
provide natural gas for Reliance
Electric Company and Bethware
School.
Estimated cost of the project,
which will be funded by First
Union National Bank, is
$200,000, according to Thomas
Tate, president of the Des elop-
ment Corporation.
Reliance, w hich is under,con
struction on Highway 74 West,
and the Kings Mountain District
Schools would be charged 14
cents per 1,000 cubic feet of
natural gas, and Mayor John
Henry Moss said that any other
industry tapping onto the line
would also be charged 14 cents.
That agreement would con
tinue for seven years, Tate said,
but he said he hoped the
"payback" would not take that
long. Tate said he served on the
committee to provide water to
Eaton Corporation, “they had a
seven-year payback and paid it
off in three years."
Heath and Associates of
Shelby has drawn up the plans
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Career May Require Foreign Languages
By CAROL PEELER
Kings Mountain District
Schools offer two areas of
foreign language instruction
-French and Spanish. Miss Ann
Scott is the new French teacher
at Kings Mountain Junior High
School, Mrs. Carol Ann Peeler
teaches French at the high
school, and Mrs. Ana Taylor
teaches Spanish at the high
school.
Foreign language is beginning
to have a new significance for
students today. No longer do
.students simply need it for col
lege requirement, but their
career may require fluency in
another language. With increas
ing importance of foreign affairs
and the targe influx of Spanish
speaking people to the United
States, bi-lingual fluency may be
required in any area of the
business world.
The foreign language depart
ments of Kings Mountain
Schools are striving to meet the
needs of the.se foreign language
requirements. Students may
begin studying French in the
ninth grade. The schools have
reorganized the program at the
Junior High School to be conver
sational and cultural, because it
is only natural to learn to speak a
language before reading and
writing. The course at the junior
high is designed to introduce the
students to the language by im
mersing them in the spoken
language. At the same time,
students are discovering the cor
relation between the French
language and the English.
Cultural emphasis is also an in
tegral part of the program.
At the high school, students
may take three more years of
French or three more years of
Spanish. KMHS is fortunate to
have a French assistant each
year to give the students first
hand knowledge of the language
country, and customs.
The Spanish Department has
a native teacher. Mrs. Ana
Taylor is originally from the
Dominican Republic. In the
past, KMHS has had several
Spanish exchange students at the
school.
Activities of the foreign
language program include field
trips to French and Spanish
restaurants in Charlotte and
holiday celebrations. Each year
the students learn to cook
French and Spanish foods.
Students have competitions at
Lenoir Rhyne College and have
won awards in poetry recitation.
Field trips to see Spanish flam
ingo dancers and French plays
have been organized. Some of
the French students have travel
ed to France with Mrs. Peeler.
Last summer, an introduction
to French was offered for excep
tional children in grade 4-9.
Spanish and French have
previously been offered after
school for elementary students.
Kings Mountain is making a
lot of progress in the area of
foreign language. Hopefully, in
the future, the schools will be
able to offer foreign language as
a part of the elementary school
program.
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FRENCH CLASS • Kings Mountain High
School French teacher Carol Peeler works in
dividually with a small group oi students at
KMHS. The foreign language program in the
Photo by Gary Stewort
Kings Mountain Schools is improving from
year to year, and Mrs. Peeler hopes someday
to see French taught in the elementary
schools.