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City’s Expense Figure
For 1981: $10,246.48
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The City of Kings Mountain’s
expense tab for employees for
the calender year 1981 was
$10,246.48.
The expenses were compiled
over the past three weeks after
resident Jan Deaton ap-
^ peared before the Board of Com
missioners on Mon., Jan. 25, re
questing that all expense money
be made public.
The figures were compiled by
P the City Treasurer’s office.
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Her request came after an un
signed flier circulated around
town criticizing commissioners
Norman King and Jim Childers
and former commissioner Bill
Grissom for spending $2,490.44
to attend a five-day meeting of
the National League of Cities in
Detroit.
Of the total amount of ex
pense money spent during the
calendar year, those three com
missioners topped the list. In ad
dition to the trip to Detroit Nov.
Koontz: Crucial Time
In America’s History
Ken Koontz, community af
fairs coordinator at WBTV-
Channel 3 in Charlotte, was
guest speaker at the 22nd annual
Founder’s Day Observance of
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity’s
Eta Mu Lamb^ Chapter Sun
day at New Bynum A.M.E. Zion
Chapel.
Brother Lemuel Froneberger,
president, presided over the pro
gram. Special music was
presented by the Kings Moun
tain High School choir under the
direction of Eugene Bumgard-
ner, and Carl Bennix. Brother
Russell Shipman, chaplain, gave
the invocation and Rev. Victor
Carson, pastor of Bynum
Chapel, pronounced the benedic
tion.
William Hager, program
chairman, introduced Koontz.
Koontz told the congregation
that “we’re at a very crucial time
in the history of America and in
the history of black Aitmca”
and urged hit listehert to fto
longer allow themselves to fall
into what he called “a sense of
false security.”
Koontz said great strides were
KEN KOONTZ
made in the areas of civil rights
over the past 10 to 15 years, but
“much of it has been only super
ficial.”
He said black adult unemploy
ment continues to be over dou-
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Funeral Services Held
For Mrs. Rosalie Suber
Mrs. Rosalie Polk Suber, well-
known Kings Mountain resident
and former Kings Mountain
school teacher, died Monday at
Kings Mountain Hospital after
several months illness.
She was a resident of 401
Phifer Street and the wife of S.R.
(Bobby) Suber Jr.
A native of EUerbe, N.C., she
was the daughter of J. Gaude
and Annie Monroe Polk. She
was a member of St. Matthew’s
Lutheran Church.
Other survivors include two
sons, S.R. Suber III and William
Claude Suber, both of Kings
Mountain; three sisters, Mrs.
Mary Gordon of Greensboro,
Mrs. Anne Corpening of Chapel
Hill and Mrs. Claudia Barrow of
Rockingham; and two grand
children.
Funeral services were con
ducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday at
St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church
by the Rev. Harwood Smith.
Burial was in Mountain Rest
Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorials
may be sent to the Cleveland
County Unit of the American
Cancer Society, attention Mrs.
Charles Sperling, Memorials
Chairman, 807 Forrest Hill
Drive, Shelby, N.C.
28-Dec. 2, the trio spent
$2,111.30 to attend a meeting of
the National League of Cities in
Washington, D.C., Feb. 28-Mar.
4. Their combined total came to
$4,601.74.
Grissom spent $1,604.75, in
cluding $708.05 on the trip to
Washington and $896.70 on the
trip to Detroit. Childers spent
$1,508.74, including $698.80 on
the Washington trip and
$809.94 on the Detroit trip.
King spent $1,488.25, including
$704.45 on the Washington trip
and $783.80 on the Detroit trip.
The second largest chunk of
the expense money was used by
the Community Development
Office. Director Gene White
spent $830 to attend the Chapel
Hill Administration School five
times. He made three-day trips
there Feb. 15-18, Mar. 16-18,
Apr. 26-29, June 15-17 and July
13-15. Ray Ross spent $268.37
to attend a three-day meeting of
the Myrtle Beach Carolina
Council Apr. 26-29, bringing the
Community Development Of
fice’s total for the year to
$1,098.37.
City Clerk and Treasurer Joe
McDaniel spent $772.97 to at
tend various job-related
meetings. He spent $294.74 Apr.
7-9 to attend a City Clerk’s
meeting in Wrightsville Beach,
received $25.84 in March for
reimbursement for travel, spent
$301.90 July 26-30 to attend the
Summer Conference Tax Com
mittee meeting at Wrightsville
Beach, $125.24 Nov. 8-9 to at
tend the N.C. League of
Municipalities Convention in
Charlotte, and $25.25 Nov. 9-13
fbr travel and meals to attend
Superior Court in Shelby to
testify in the law suits involving
the city and Cecil’s Inc. of Spar
tanburg, which built the new ci
ty hall.
McDaniel and Codes Director
Clyde Whetstine together spent
$152.54 May 4-6 to attend
Finance Officer’s School and
Purchase Agent School in
Chapel Hill. Whetstine also
spent $243.26 to attend a June
18-21 Purchase Agent School in
Myrtle Beach.
Mayor John Henry Moss
spent $361.96, including
$153.91 to attend a Block Grant
meeting Sept. 30-31 in Atlanta,
$25 Oct. 13 for E.D.C. registra
tion, $49.85 Oct. 27 to attend
Community of Excellence
Awards presentations in
Raleigh, and $13320 Nov. 8-9
to attend the N.C. League of
Municipalities Convention in
Charlotte.
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Vocational Ed Future
Not So Gloomy—Davis
By GARY STEWART
Editor
The future of vocational
education in North Carolina
schools isn’t as gloomy as some
may think, Kings Mountain
Supt. Bill Davis said Monday
ni^t.
Speaking during a vocational
education forum at the School
Administration Building, Davis
said many people have painted a
pessimistic picture of the future
because of President Reagan’s
proposed budget cuts.
“But,” he said, “between now
and the time the funding is ac
tually made, there will be a lot of
give and take, and I predict we
will be minimally hurt.”
The President proposes to cut
the program nationwide from
the current year’s appropriation
of $681,639,000 to
$653,266,000 for school year
1982-83.
“That’s not significantly
lower,” Davis said. "When you
think of it spread out all over the
nation, the reductions are not
that dwtic.”
Local funding for vocational
program has increased steadily
over the past years, Davis said,
rising from $138,000 in 1979-80
to over $160,000 this year. He
said $180,735 in local funds is
expected next year.
“I can’t be too pessimistic
about what the future holds,”
Davis said. “If the economy con-
tinues'in its downward spiral, of
course, the funding will be hurt.
But 1 hope the downward trend
stops in the spring.”
Davis also spokd in support of
the additional one<ent sales tax
which is being proposed by State
Treasurer Harlan Boyles to
finance school construction pro
jects over the next three to four
years.
Davis said Boyles’ proposal
has not yet received any support
from Governor Jim Hunt, Lt.
Governor Jimmy Green or any
of the powerful legislators.
“We’ve been wrestling with
the idea of a statewide bond
referendum for sometime,” he
said. “We need facilities
desperately. But it seems the idea
of a bond issue just won’t fly
right now because people are
concerned about taxes going up.
The state could supply the funds
over a period of three to four
years by the approval of an addi
tional one-cent sales tax.”
Schools would receive $100
million a year from the addi
tional tax, county commissioners
would receive $100 million per
year to administer as they see fit,
and $50 million per year would
go toward clean water programs.
"This way, we would not be
borrowing any money,” Davis
said. “It would be a pay as you
go type thing. It seems to be the
best option.’
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Also taking part in Monday’s
forum, planned by vocational
director Betty Gamble, were
Kyle Smith, a school board
member and personnel manager
of Wales Manufacturing, who
spoke on schools responsibilities
in training students for the work
force; R. Howard Bryant, assis
tant superintendent, who spoke
on the performance of public
education; and Carolyn S.
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Photo by Gary St*wort
HOOKING UP CABLE TV - Mayor lohn Henry
Moss hooks up coble TV service at the earth
station at Cable Systems of Kings Mountoin
yesterday as officials of Cable Systems look
on. Left to right are Lowry Trull, Moss, Loren
Evans, Robbie Bridges and Richard Maxey.
Some portions of the city will begin receiving
service as early as next week.
Cable TV Should Be
In Service Next Week
The long-awaited cable televi
sion service will be a reality for
many Kings Mountain citizens
by the end of February.
Officials of Cable Systems Inc.
of Kings Mountain, who are en-
laying cable TV themselves at
thtir office on City Street, said
residents in some areas of town
should receive service as early as
next week.
Sales representatives will be in
all areas of town in the coming
weeks to call on all citizens. The
sales reps will visit each
neighborhood prior to hookup of
service in that area.
Kings Mountain will be of
fered 20 viewing channels, in
cluding two movie stations,
24-hour sports, public affairs net
work, children’s viewing and
Christian broadcasting.
The popular Home Box Office
(HBO) will be in operation 24
hours a day, featuring uncut and
commercial free movies. Coming
up in March are such movies as
“Any Which Way You Can”
starring Clint Eastwood, and
“Bustin Loose” starring Richard
Pryor.
HBO also brings exclusive
Walt Disney features, dazzling
night club acts from around the
world and concert specials with
such stars as Liza Minelli, Diana
Ross, Sammy Davis Jr., Willie
Nelson, Barry Manilow, Steve
Martin, Paul Simon, Stevie
Nicks and others.
For the sports lover, HBO
features live championship box
ing, major league baseball, NFL
highlights, Wimbledon tennis
and championship gymnastics
competition.
HBO will not show any
X-rated movies before 8 p.m.
Ted Turner’s much-talked-
about Cable News Network
(CNN) will also be offered. It is
the nation’s only 24-hour televi
sion news service and has been
tagged “the wave of the future
for TV news.” CNN changes the
face of TV news as it brings
news when the viewer wants it
and in a careful but totally un
biased fashion. Critics say CNN
offers the best news and com
mentaries of any news service.
For the person whose life
revolves around sports, the
popular Entertainment Sports
Programming Network (ESPN)
will be available. It features
24-hour-a-day sports from all
over the world, including racing,
NCAA and NFL football,
wrestling, hockey, soccer, Davis
Cup tennis and continuos u|>
dates specials of all sports. It
takes in-depth looks at the
Photo by Gary St*wort
CHECKOUT MACHINE - Anita Campb*Il. Youth Opportunity
SpocialUt at King* Mountain High School, axplains th* func
tion of th* n*w COIN computer to Mary Dilling during Monday
night'* vocotional •ducation forum ot th* Kings Mountoin
School* Administration offic*. Th* machln* is us*d to h*lp
studsnts choos* |obs r*lot*d to th*ir particular int*r*sts.
players at home and on the field.
For the third straight year,
ESPN will dedicate the month of
March to coverage of the
NCAA basketball champion-
shipis.
ESPN brin^ 12 difterent
NCAA champknudiips plus the
national championship game live
from the Louisiana Superdome.
WGN from Chicago will
come' to Kings Mountain via
satellite, featuring favorite
movies from the past. The sta
tion is also a leader in children’s
shows with such favorites as
Bozo the Clown and Ray
Rayner and Friends. It also
features all of Chicago’s sports.
Via satellite. Kings Mountain
subscribers will also receive
WTBS from Atlanta, billed as
Ted Turner’s “super station.’ It is
also billed as Atlanta’s “space age
TV station.’ It is a 24 hour a day
station featuring movie classics,
favorite family TV shows, and
Atlanta professional sports.
The Christian Broadcasting
Network (CBN) will feature 24
hours of documentaries, gospel
music, inspirational and
children’s programming, the
PTL Club, 700 Club and others.
The LI.S.A. Network will
feature sports from Madison
Square Garden and 38 premiere
ACC basketballgames. It also
has Monday Night Hockey,
Thursday night baseball and
NBA basketball. U.S.A. also
features the ““English Channel”
with documentaries, drama,
traveland culture; and
“Calliope”, which shows
outstanding children’s films.
Also for children, Nickelo-
dean will be offered as “The
Young People’s Channel.” It is
geared strickly for children in the
learning state. Young viewers
find a complete day of program-,
ming designed to interest and
entertain them, as well as
educate them seven days a week.
The Cable Satellite Public Af
fairs Network (C-SPAN) is live
from Washington, D.C., and
broadcasts gavel-to-gavel
coverage of the U.S. House of
Representatives and political
debates and procedures.
From VIA Satcom comes the
“nation’s station”, WOR, New
York, a 24-hour entertainment
channel. It brings news from
New York, 62 hours of movies a
week, new movies, old movies
and all-night movies. It also
telecasts over 35b live college
and professional sporting events
annually.
Kings Mountain subscribers
will also receive Cinemax, which
is owned by HBO. It features all
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