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Volume 127 • Issue 3 • Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Speaker of the House
Moore takes oath of office
ELIZABETH STEWART
ELIZABETH STEWART
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“I was there, I was part of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. era,'' said Dr. Frank Maddox, in an address at the 18th annual breakfast and birthday celebration by Bynum Chapel AME Zion Church Monday morning honoring the slain Civil Rights leader. Dr. Maddox, associate pastor of the host church, asked “Are we living the dream?” in his sermon “Realities of Life.'' Maddox said it seems like yesterday but he added, “You have to know where you come from to determine where you are going.” “I was part of that era,
Dr. Frank Maddox the white only water fountains, the colored section in the bus station, the lunch counters where we couldn't sit to eat lunch, we couldn't vote, everything was segregated in the South,'' said See ML KING, Page 7
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“We were so proud,'' said Mayor Rick Murphrey as the Kings Mountain city council and a large number of Cleveland County residents watched from the gallery last Wednesday morning in Raleigh as Kings Mountain native Tim Moore, 44, received the gavel to lead the legislative chamber for two years as Speaker of the House of Representatives. Moore, elected to his seventh term as state representative, was the majority (Republican) party's choice and he was elected by acclimation. He was then escorted into the chamber by Reps. Dana Bumgardner, Kelly Hastings and John Torbett, all of Gaston County, and the swearing-in ceremony was conducted by Justice Newby. Moore received the gavel from former Speaker and now U.S. Senator Thom Tillis. Moore's young sons, McRae and Wilson Moore,
SWEARING-IN – Justice Newby administers the oath of office to Rep.Tim Moore of Kings Mountain after his election as N.C. Speaker of the House of Representatives. Moore's sons McRae, left, and Wilson Moore, right, on either side of their father. have plenty to tell their schoolmates this week. They sat with their father through all the proceedings and held the Bible for their father to
take the oath of office and be sworn in as Cleveland County's first Speaker of the House in recent history. Speaker Moore's to-do
list includes hiring a staff of about 15 and assigning committees before the legislature gets into full swing later this month.
Moore Feted in Raleigh
Lew Dellinger, the fourth-generation proprietor of Dellinger’s Jewel shop, stands next to a yellowed newspaper article about the origins of the business DAVE BLANTON dave.kmherald@gmail.com
Legend has it that William C. Dellinger, who was born in 1873, got the jewelry and watch bug when he found a Civil-War era clock that was in disrepair. In his limited spare time, he tinkered with the broken timepiece, eventually re-
placing some of its busted cogs and other small innards. After a while, he had keeping time again. By 1896, what was once a diversion had become a business, with Dellinger opening his jewelry shop in Cherryville. Over the years the business moved See A LOOK BACK, Page 7
Relay for Life is moving to KMHS Kings Mountain's Relay for Life on May 29 will be moving to a different place – Kings Mountain High School. Julie Pearson, specialist for the South Atlantic Division American Cancer Society, said organizers of the annual event believe the new venue will provide more security and promote a more fun and family friendly environment. The event will follow the same format of previous years except it will start at 6 p.m. with the survivor's walk and end at 12 midnight with a closing ceremony, a six-hour program instead of a 10-12 hour program. Teams will set See RELAY FOR LIFE, Page 7
(Ed. Note – Warren Bingham and his wife, Laura Carpenter Bingham, of Raleigh, were among those who attended an event billed as a Cleveland County Picnic in Raleigh honoring new Speaker of the House Tim Moore. Warren is son-in-law of Charlie and Marian Carpenter, formerly of Kings Mountain.) by WARREN L. BINGHAM Special to The Herald RALEIGH - On the eve of the return of the North Carolina General Assembly, cold temperatures
MOORE FAMILY – Pictured are members of the Moore family who went to Raleigh last week for the swearing-in of Rep.Tim Moore as N. C.Speaker of the House. Front row, from left, McRae and Wilson Moore and Sarah Drennan. Back row, Rick Moore, Tim Moore holding niece Lily Drennan, Jean Moore, and Karla Drennan. and the threat of freezing rain did not deter over 300 well-wishers from gathering in a Raleigh warehouse on
Tuesday night January 13 to celebrate Kings Mountain state representative and new Speaker of the House,
Tim Moore. Shelby native Fred Mills, who operates See MOORE, Page 14
Swooger’s going strong after 15 years DAVE BLANTON dave.kmherald@gmail.com
When Karen Moss and Tom Best started up their restaurant on Shelby Rd. a few weeks before Christmas in 1999, there were plenty of naysayers. “There were a lot of people in this town when we opened that said we’d never make it,” said Best, reflecting on Swooger’s
success in the wake of its 15th anniversary while getting the Thursday night chicken special ready. “Today, a lot of those people are some of my best customers.” Previously that summer the two had opened up a pink and blue ice cream wagon situated in the parking lot of Parker’s BP, where they sold Tony’s ice See SWOOGERS, Page 7
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Tom Best breads chicken breasts in the kitchen at Swooger’s, the popular eatery that has its roots in a simple ice cream truck. Photo by DAVE BLANTON
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