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THURS. SEPT. 16,1982
BOILING SPRINGS, NC
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Measurement Man: Roy Green
Constitutional
Among the three thou
sand spectators at last
Saturday’s Gardner-Webb
College football game, one
was singled out at halftime
for appreciation by the col
lege for over four decades’
service carrying the
measurement chain at G-W
games — an honor that
would never have come to
Roy Green if he had been
able to see over some
shoulders forty years ago.
“They started playing up
here on this rocky knoll,
over by the college,’’ he
remembers now. “I was so
short I couldn’t see over the
crowd. I started carrying
the chain so I could see the
ball game.’’
Roy Green was a young
man then. The team was
too poor in those
Depression days to buy a
bus, so he and some of the
other townsmen drove the
team to out-of-town games
in any vehicle at their
disposal. “I hauled ’em
around in a ’28 Chevrolet,’’
he says, noting, “Now, it
wasn’t new — it had a little
age on it.’’
But it rattled off to Mars
Hill and Belmont Abbey
and anywhere there was a
game. Once it brought
them home from
Rutherford College in a
foggy winter storm so thick
the road and ditch looked
all the same. “I had to
steer by gee and haw,’’ the
driver remembers fondly.
“I had the privilege of
visiting about every junior
college in the country,’’
Roy says. “We even played
Gaffney High School. They
beat us about every time.’’
A college man only by
sympathy, Roy Green had
dropped out of school in the
eighth grade to go to work.
“I just had to have a job,’’
he says; “I had to help my
mother.’’
He went to work at
Cleveland Sandwich
Company in 1927, for $3 a
week. Now almost 70, he’s
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sales manager and drives a
delivery route, where old
friends in stores as far
away as Asheville look
forward to the arrival of
“Shorty’’ and his wares.
“I love my job, always
have,” Roy says. “I’m on
my third generation here. I
worked for Mr B.G..
Beason and Jim Beason
and now I’m working for
Jimmy. I just get up every
morning thanking God I’m
able to go. And I go to bed
thanking him.”
Five years a widower.
now, he’s taught Sunday
School and shepherded Boy
Scouts and raised five
children, four of whom still
live near enough to come
home nearly every Sunday.
“If you come down by the
house, down beyond the
(Boiling Springs) Baptist
Church on a Sunday you’ll
see ’em there. I cook ’em
an old biscuit,” he says
modestly.
And he has never quit
rooting for the Bulldogs,
though several years ago
the doctor took Roy and his
chain off the field. Now he
sits in the bleachers, as an
honorary member of the
. Bulldog Club.
Last Saturday Green
reflected on this honor. “I
don’t know why they’re do
ing this for me,” he said
quietly. “It wasn’t only me
doing it; it was Bud McS-
wain and Mackie Hamrick,
Mac Greene, Laddie Joe
Winn, I can’t name ’em all
now.”
“I was the one that got
the pleasure out of it. I’ve
had my reward.”
Don’t Harvest An Accident
President Reagan
signed a
proclamation
making September
19-25 for the
nationwide em
phasis on farm
safety activities.
The 1982 theme is,
“Make It A Safe
Harvest”.
Farm work ac
cidents resulted in
approximately 1,900
deaths and 190,000
disabling injuries in
1981. This is a
reduction of about 5
percent from 1980
figures and 11
percent less than
1971.
Even with this
reduction,
agriculture still
remains among the
higher-rate in
dustries for ac
cidents.
Difficult jobs and
adverse conditions
are a part of far
ming, but this
should not be used
as an excuse for
poor safety per
formance. Ac
cidents can be
reduced by simple
safety measures.
Many accidents
occur during har-
V e s t time.
Following i n-
structions in the
operator’s manual
is a good place to
start in preventing
accidents.
Unshielded
moving parts on
equipment sets the
stage for catching
loose clothing. Most
harvesttime am
putation injuries
are due to trying to
unclog a machine
by hand while it is
running.
Maintaining
alertness and
reducing fatigue is a
safety measure
often ignored in the
heat of harvesting.
Work breaks and
proper rest are
important to safety.
(Cleveland County
producers who grow
wheat, oats, and
barley should
become aware and
up-to-date con
cerning varieties.
In recent tests in
Cleveland County,
certain wheat
varieties have
outyielded certain
others by nearly 50
percent. Data is
also available of
variety per-
formance for oats
and barley.
Variety selection
is perhaps more
important for small
grains than any
other grain crop.
Mildew and rust
diseases are con
stantly adapting to
affect previously
resistant varieties
of wheat.
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Boiling Springs Mayor Hamrick,
Jimmte Greene this week chair^^rsorof the Con
signed a proclamation gtitution Week Committee,
declaring Sept. 17 through matches as Greene signs.
23 as Constitution Week.
Three Bring
Home Honors
A Crest Senior High
School student and a
Shelby Senior High student
have received recognition
as national semifinalists in
competition for the Na
tional Merit Scholarship.
Rebecca Loeen Proctor,
daughter of Dr. and Mrs.
Dan Proctor of Shelby, has
received medals in biology,
geometry, chemistry, and
advanced English at Crest
High.
She is the editor of the
school annual, a partici
pant in the Presidential
Classroom, and has served
in a number of clubs and
school organizations.
Rebecca is a member of
Poplar Springs Baptist
Church and plans to pursue
a master’s degree in
biology from Wake Forest
University.
Nathan Gilliatt, son of
Dr. and Mrs. C. Lee
Gilliatt, Jr., of Shelby, was
also a national merit semi
finalist.
Gilliatt is state president
of the National Honor
Society, a member of the
Beta Club, variety soccer
team, and the Young Life
Club.
William Scott Jones, son
of Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Jones
of Shelby was a district
finalist in the Optimist
Oratorical Contest.
His activities at Shelby
Senior High include chief
photographer for the an
nual staff, membership in
the Beta Club, and Octagon
Club.
A sure sign of the fall season is this scene at Pumpkin
Center, N.C. Jack o’ Latem and pumpkin pie lovers will
find a large supply but a little smaller size at the tourist
center near Chimney Rock.
Take A
Bike
The first Cleveland Coun
ty Humane Society bike-a-
thon will hit the pedals this
Saturday at 9 a.m., ac
cording to Boiling Springs
chairperson Susan Parker.
According to Parker, the
bikers, who will raise
money for the society by
having their milage match
ed by donations, will begin
at Carter Chevrolet and
Shelby City Park. The
course will be 8.9 miles.
Water will be supplied at
checkpoints.
Entry forms may be ob
tained from Shelby City
Park, the Schwinn Shop,
Cleveland Memorial
The Gas House Gang
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Five of “the regulars” at the town’s not-so-serious business. From left- Bob
crossroads gasoline station are pictured Beason, Pete White, Charles Hamrick
Library, or by calling 482- here discussing the world’s serious and Johnnie Blanton and Bill Little
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(Photo courtesy Garland Davis)