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VOLUME 9S. NUMBER 2
THURSDAY, JANUARY U, 1982
KINGS MOUNTAOi
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And The Wall Came Tumbling Down...
During the first two weeks of
1982, the Kings Mountain area
has seen it all weather-wise.
The first week of the year
featured freezing rain and
flooding.
The past week brought
temperatures that ranged from 0
to 70, high winds and finally, the
area’s first snow fall of the
winter.
The weather has affected most
citizens. Many have found
themselves without power, heat
and water, and most public ser
vants have found themselves
working overtime.
The past week began last
Thursday with the temperature
hitting 70, and many citizens
took the occasion to work out
doors.
But by Saturday, the
temperature was dropping and
the wind was picking up speed,
and by Sunday the area was in a
deep freeze that dipped the
temperature to zero.
Saturday’s high winds, which
were recorded at over ICO miles
per hour at Grandfather Moun
tain, resulted in the destruction
of a decorative wall at the old
Roses Store in downtown Kings
Mountain.
The wall, which was built in
1973, had been bowing for
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DSA WINNER ■ Tom Franka, conlor, physical
thorapist at Kings Mountain Hospital and a
▼oluntsor in numorous conunttnity profocts,
wen honorsd Scrturdoy as ths Kings Mountain
JoycMs Young Mon of ths Ysar. Hs is
Photo by Gary Stewort
prosontsd ths awcnd by Myors Hambright Jr.,
l*h, prssidsnt oi tbs loycsss, and H JL Thomp
son, right, WBT radio psrsonality who was
gusst spsaksr for the third annuol DSA ban-
quot.
Franks DSA Winner
Kings Mountain Jaycees
honored one of their own as
Young Man of the Year Saturdy
at their annual Distinguished
Service Award dinner at the
Holiday Inn.
Tom Franks, physical
therapist at Kings Mountain
Hospital and a volunteer in
several Jaycee and other com
munity projects, was selected
from a selection committee of
five Jaycees.
Franks is the third DSA win
ner since the award was revived
three years ago by the Jaycees.
Previous winners were Lyn
Cheshire and Corky Fulton.
In addition to chairing several
successful Jaycee projects during
the past several years, Franks
has served on the board of direc-
Josh Hinnant Files
For County Commission
Kings Mountain banker L£.
“Josh” Hinntmt filed Monday
for re-election to the Cleveland
County Board of Commis
sioners.
Hinnant, a Democrat, is the
first person to file for a seat on
the board.
A city executive with First
Union National Bank of Kings
Mountain, Hinnant says the
economy will be the biggest issue
facing the board in the next four
years, and that his experience as
a commissioner and as a banker
will be invaluable to the board.
Hinnant has served two full
terms and part of another on the
county board. He was first
elected commissioner in 1972
but failed in a re<lection bid in
1976. In 1977, he was appointed
)OSH HINNANT
to fill the unexpired term of the
late B.E. “Pop” Simmons, and he
won another full term on the
board in 1978.
tors of the Cleveland County
Red Cross, is an active leader of
the Medical Explorers at Kings
Mountain Hospital, is active in
the Kings Mountain Little
Theatre and youth activities at
Temple Baptist Church and
Kings Mountain High School,
serving the latter as head athletic
trainer.
The other DSA nominee was
John Cissell of Grover, a park
ranger at Kings Mountain Na
tional Military Park and the man
who was credited in December
of 1980 with saving the life of
Grover School student Kelli
Harry after she was struck by a
pickup truck in front of the
school. Cissell, who was at the
school to pick up his children,
administered CPR to the youth
until emergency medical person
nel arrived and transported her
to the hospital.
Cissell is active in the Sierra
Qub, American Red Cross, An
tioch Volunteer Fire Depart
ment and First Baptist Church
of Grover.
Other award winners included
Johnnie Caldwell, Fireman of
the Year; Odus Smith, Boss of
the Year; Kay Jolly, Young
Educator of the Year; Humes
Houston, Former Jaycee Award;
and Jerry Bell, Outstanding
Young Farmer.
Caldwell is a volunteer
Turn To Pago 2-A
The Kings Mountain School
Board Monday night directed
Superintendent William Davis to
seek extra funds from the
■■ OastOb County Commissioners
for the 198 students who live in
Gaston County but attend Kings
Mountain schools.
Davis pointed out that Gaston
has been providing Kings
Mountain $100 per student, but
he feels Gaston should pay the
actual cost of educating the
students. Gaston County schools
receive $325.91 per student and
Cleveland County receives
$33039 per student.
Davis said Gaston County has
a habit of staying behind in its
payments and currently owes
Kings Mountain $12,600 for the
1980-81 school year. He said the
system has not received any
money for the current school
year.
The superintendent said Kings
Mountain has never requested
the actual per pupil expenditure
from Gaston. If Kings Mountain
were to receive the actual per
pupil funds, it would receive
almost $65,000 instead of
$19,800 ($100 for each student).
Davis plans to get an opinion
from the state attorney general's
office on whether or not Gaston
is required by iaw to provide the
actu^ costs of educating each
student. If so, Davis said he
would then make an appeal to
the Gaston County commis
sioners.
Davis told the board that the
school system is “spending down
closer than ever before” and
would not have any surplus
funds to carry into next year’s
budget.
Turn To Pago 3-A
Breakfast
Scheduled
Kings Mountain District
Schools is sponsoring an
industrial-education breakfast
meeting Tues., Jan. 19 at 7:30
a.m. at the Kings Mountain
High School cafeteria.
Madeline McElveen, represen
tative of the Governor’s Office
of Citizens Affairs, will be the
keynote speaker. Approximately
100 industrialists, educators and
guests are expected to attend.
Superintendent William Davis
said that since many of the in-
tere.sts and concerns of industry
and public education are the
siimc, the meeting is intended to
explore possibilities for coordina
tion of efforts iitiil resources.
sometime and the city was an
ticipating having to repair it
soon. When Saturday
afternoon’s high winds got
behind it, it leveled it into the
pedestrian walkway beside the
Blazer Building.
The city public works depart
ment was c^ed to the scene and
spent several hours during the
afternoon and night hauling the
debris away. Some of the wall
which was left standing was
removed by the city for safety
reasons.
Luckily, no one was in the
walkway and no injuries were
reported. One small youngster
who was in a nearby store had
his new bicycle parked beside the
building, though, and it was
crushed.
Mayor John Henry Moss said
the city had conferred with its at
torney and is considering legal
action against the designer of the
wsill, Crawford Murphy, an ar
chitect from Shelby.
The city board, at its meeting
Monday night, approved hiring
Holland Architects of Shelby to
design a new wall, and supervise
the construction of it.
Following Saturday’s high
winds, the temperatm^tegan to
Turn To Pago 3-A
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Photo by Gary Stowort
play TIME—Thoro'o nothing bottor than a snowiall to br
ing Bomo fun into tho Itvoo of youngoton. Throo-yoar-old
Cindy Thomaa, doughtor of Wayno and Rachol Thomom of
Kings Mountoin. lots go with o anowboll during Wodnoo-
deqf morning's anowfoll which dumped caound four iw<-hot
in tho arock
City Board Is Seeking
Grants From The State
The Kings Mountain Board of
Commissioners Monday night
authorized the city to begin look
ing into the possibility of secur- ’
ing grants ftom the State of
North Carolina.
In the future, most grants will
be administered by the states, in
stead of the federal government,
and Mayor John Moss told the
board that the city needs to
begin “making preparations” for
applying for grants.
Community Development
Director Gene White said the
state will begin administering the
grants this year, and recommen
dations for gui^iines are to be
submitted to Governor Hunt by
January 17.
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The board authorized Moss to
submit applications for grants
under the Small Cities Program
and the Urban Development Ac
tion Grant (UDAG) program.
Moss said developing a grant
program will take some time and
final submission will be reviewed
by the full board before being
presented to the state.
In other action Monday night,
the board:
•Approved a contract with
W.K. Dickson Co. providing for
engineering and planning for the
Community Development pnv
gram.
•Authorized Mayor Moss and
the Water and Sewer Committee
to negotiate with the Town of
Grover and Cleveland County
for Grover to tie-on to the Kings
Mountain water line for
emergency situations.
•Re-appointed John L.
McGill to the Kings Mountain
Housing Authority.
•Rejected all Wds submitted
for covering the gym floor at the
National Guard Armory, and
approved re-advertisement for
bids.
•Approved a request from
Bradley Builders to rezone pro
perty on Highway 74 from R-20
to Light Industry.
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Banquet
Tuesday
The annual Kings Mountain
Chamber of Commerce-
Merchants Association bnquet
will be held Tues., Jan. 19 at 7
p.m. at the Holiday Inn.
John Ed Davis, a popular
after-dinner entertainer from
Shelby, will be in charge of the
entertainment. He is retired after
serving more than 31 years with
the U.S. Department of
Agriculture and has pm on his
show in six states and two
foreign cmititries.