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Bessemer City Record A Newspaper Devoted To The Service And Betterment Of "The Town With A Heart” BESSEMER CITY RECORD Published every Wednesday by General Publishing Company, Inc. Bessemer City, N.C. 28016 Office at 211 W. Washington Ave. Phone MA9-2654 Subscription rates: Single Copy, 10 cents; one year (mail) $4.12; six months; $2.58: out-of-state; one year, $5.15. Entered as second class matter at the Post Office at Besse mer City, N.C., under the act of Congress of March 3, 1879. )L.11 N0.18 BESSEMER CITY, NORTH CAROLINA 28016-WEDNESDAY, JULY 30,1969 Second Class Postage Paid At Bessemer City, N.C. PRICE - 10c MAN ON THE STREET Varies Reaction To Moon Landing Mong with other people from sr the planet earth, Besse- sr City citizens Sunday, July observed with awe the won- of man’s landing and walk- on a satellite in space. Joe Bessemer City native rt of felt left behind. That s Samuel Martin Smith who i offered his services for i first moon visit back in irch, 1953. Vs an eight-year-oldster, he 1 read that the Navy had de loped and designed a space It capable for a moon visit, the same time, the Army search announced that the ited States could put two sn on the moon at a cost of fen billion dollars. Jam was so excited over i prospects of Man on the ion that he wrote a letter PresidentDwight Eisenhower ering his services for being ! first man to be sent to the ion. It that time, the idea of going to the moon was so far- fetched, that Sam’s letter and photo were picked up by wire services and published in news papers throughout the United States. His letter drew an answer from Sherman Adams, Assis tant to the President, who wrote on White House blue-engraved stationery to thank Sam and to express the President’s appre ciation. Sixteen years later, NASA sent two men to the moon’s surface for around twenty-four billion dollars—and Sam was not one of the men. Now at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan sas working with the combined Arms Research Office, Smith called home during the moon walk and said, “Look—some one else got my job.” A local woman reported she got so upset when it took Neil Armstrong and Edward Al drin so long to get ready to leave The Eagle for the moon’s Zeet The Contestants MISS JOSIE CLAUDETTE NAVEY Josie Claudette Navey, pictured above, is one of the ten ididates competing for the Miss Bessemer City Pageant sche- ed for Saturday, August 23. The pageant will take place in high school auditorium and is sponsored by Bessemer City cees. Claudette is a rising senior at Bessemer City High School. ! is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Navey of Route 4, colnton. She has studied piano for three years and plans to ' a piano selection in the pageant for her talent entry. Clau- e is secretary of the F. H. A., vice president of F. T. A., serv- is vice president of the Junior Class and belongs to the Mono- n Club. Sewing is one of her hobbies. She plans to further education at Southeastern Beauty School, Charlotte. She is feet-four inches tall, has blond hair, blue eyes and weighs 108 rids. Mrs. Eugene Bumgardner is her pageant hostess. MISS MELVA WHITESIDES Melva Lena Whitesides is a 1969 graduate of Bessemer City $ School and has enrolled in the freshman class at Appala- an State University, Boone. She is the daughter of Mr. and ■ and Mrs. Harley Whitesides of Route 1. An English major lidate, she plans to give a dramatic recitation of “The Ra- 1 for her talent. She won both Miss Gulden Hours 1969 and 5 Congeniality 1969 in BCHS Golden Hours Pageant, received Betty Crocker Award, was Who’s Who, served on the annual received a BCHS Dollars for Scholars scholarship, and be- 83 to the Beta Club and the Junior Civitan Club. Melva has hair and brown eyes, is five feet six inches tall and weighs pounds. Mrs. Ann Wilson is her pageant hostess. surface, “I stopped looking and went to bed.” When she woke up the next morning, she said, “ I was so afraid something had happened to them I wouldn’t turn on the radio or television. I went out in the yard and got the morning newspaper—but I was too scared to open it.” Eventually she admitted she partially opened the paper and took a quick peek at the head- LAD LOOKING TO LUNAR LEAP Samuel Martin Smith, above, 8-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Smith of Bessemer City, let the moon get in his eyes recently. He wrote a let ter to President Eisenhower asking permission to go along on the United States’ first expedition to the moon. A second-grader, he is eagerly awaiting the President’s re ply. Free Swim Starts On The 30th A portable swimming pool has been placed on the grounds of the Bessemer Cj^r Commu nity Action Center at 127 West Pennsylvania Avenue. It is free to the public. The large swimming pool was donated to the Gaston County Red Cross by the Charlotte Observer Charities. The Red Cross is supervising its usage. The pool is to be used throughout the county under the community Action organiza tions. A life guard is to be on duty while the pool is open and in use. The town of Bessemer City is paying for the services of the life guard. The pool is to open on Wed nesday, July 30, from the hours of 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. All age groups can take advantage of the free swimming. Tom Richie, the local Community Action director, says if neces sary, swimmers may be di vided into age groups, depend ing on the number of persons who take advantage of the op portunity of the free swimming program. Sisters Meet In France Misses Dorothy, Gaynelle and Vickie Stinnett visited with one another while all three were in Europe. They met in Vichy, France. Vickie, a ’69 Bessemer City High School graduate, won on a study tour, studying for three weeks in Vichy, France, and touring for three weeks. She is now having orientation at Elon College where she has enrolled as a freshman. Dorothy went to Europe in April. At the present, she is touring in London where she plans to work for the coming year. Gaynelle taught in Germany for two years under the De pendents School program. While there, she traveled in twenty- seven countries, including Rus sia, Polland, etc. She says her favorite country was Morocco because “it is so completely different.” She is now visiting here prior to leaving for Japan where she will teach the first grade for the coming school term in Yokohama. After being in Europe for two years, Gaynelle says she noti ces a difference between Amer icans and Europeans in such things as mannerisms, eating habits, shopping, etc. They are the daughters of Mrs. Gay Stinnett and the late Mr. Stinnett. lines. “I was so relieved to see those large headlines,” she exclaimed. Another woman sort of lost a portion of her interest for personal reasons. Knowingthat Neil Armstrong would be the first man to walk on the moon, she was real put-out when she found out the moon-walking Neil Armstrong was not the man she thought he was. She had taken for granted he was Neil Armstrong, son of Preacher Earl Armstrong of Gastonia. Al Apollo 11 Blastoff When man’s most historic moment took place in its first stage, a Bessemer City family was on hand to see the blast- off of Apollo 11 in Florida. Mr. and Mrs. Glen Newton requested to have their vaca tions this past week so that they could take their four-year old daughter Mary Ann to see the send-off for man’s first attempt to walk on a planet in space. “Mary Ann will be studying about man landing and walking on the moon in school and we just wanted her to be able to say she saw Apollo 11 take off to carry the first men to the moon,” said Mrs. Newton. The Newtons visited with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Goodman, who live fifteen miles from Cape Kennedy. “There were so many peo ple there to see the launching,” Mrs. Newton said, “that we couldn’t breathe. It was aw ful,” she added. “When the blast off took place, you saw a flash of fire in the sky. It shook the win dows, even fifteenmiles Sway,” Prior to the launching, the Newtons had explained to Mary Ann that she would see three astronauts, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin Al drin, going to the moon. Following the first stage of the blast off, the Newtons left the place from where they had been watching. Mary Ann ex plained, “just one man’s gone to the moon. I want to see the other two go.” The Newtons had to admit that in comparison, Mary Ann was more interested in visiting the Gater Farm in Orlando. But they figure in future years, she’ll value telling about see ing the launching of Apollo 11 more than she will recalling her first look at an alligator. The Newtons returned here to watch on television Arm strong and Aldrin walk on the moon. Mrs. Newton is the former Shirley LaCount, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam LaCount. She works for Jenkins Comber Reneedling & Metal Works, Inc. Mr. Newton works for North American Mills. MARY ANN NEWTON Crosby Stationed In Honolulu William Crosby who has been serving aboard the U. S. S. Jenkins, is now with the U.S.S. McMorris. The U. S. S. Jen kins was recently decommis sioned. Crosby’s home port is now at Pearl Harbor. His wife, the former Gail Carpenter, plans to leave for Honolulu to make it her home. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Carpenter. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Allen A. Crosby. BATH HOUSE A REALITY-After over a year of working on securing the finances, plans, Fed eral and State approvals, work is now underway to develop Phase One of the Bessemer City Recrea tion Park. A bath house is now under construction in the 8128,000 project. The town industries, individuals and clubs are paying half the costs of the park costs and the Federal Government has granted the remaining half, town officials and a park committee appointed by the city council have worked together on the plans for the recreation park that is locatedoff of South 14th Street Exten sion. Photo by Howard Thornburg, General chairman of the town’s 1969 civic improvement pro gram. Second Drowning Reported 25 Years Ago— In Bessemer City The following news items were carried in THE GAS TONIA GAZETTE twenty five years or more ago. Lois Ly nette Sexton was correspon dent: Robert Lowe has complete his “boot training” at the na val base in Bainbridge, Md., and is spending a furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. For ney Lowe...Mrs. Fred Kelso is recuperating from a recent tonsil operation....Mrs. M. E. Woody has returned from Fort Belvoir, Va., where her son William Woody has completed his officer’s training course in the Engineers Corps.... Officers for Young People at Presbyterian Church are Emlyne Rhyne, president; Ra chel Gamble, vice president; Marie Phifer, secretary- treasurer; and Miss Mattie Pharr, adult leader. The group held a picnic at the home of Fred Dameron....The Young Pianists Club met at the home pianists Club met at the home of Mrs. Mary Keeter. Eliza beth Callis is president. Solos were played by Lenora Mat- kins, Jo Ann Styers and Mary Wolfe.... Avery Clark has returned to South Richmond, Va. after spending a furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Clark Mrs. Dewey Clark is spending a few days with her husband in Norfolk, Va Mrs. A. J. Owen and daugh ters Pat and Frances of Lin colnton, visited with Mrs. Joe Rothman...Mrs. Roy Houser of Charlotte visited with her mother, Mrs. C. W. Fuller.... Mr. and Mrs. E. L. McMil- Classmates Meet On The Rhine Two neighbors who graduated together from Bessemer City High School in 1965 met by coincidence on a streamer on the Rhine in Germany. Meredith Moore and Annette Smith are on two different tours in Europe. Meredith is on a three-week tour with Trans World Airlines and Annette is chaperoning a group ona three- week tour for Air France. The two were among tourists who boarded a streamer to go for a cruise on the Rhine from Boppard to Bachrock and to view the “Loreilei,” the siren inthe German legend who lured with her singing sailors to their des truction on a reef in the Rhine. Meredith, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. R. L. Moore, received the B. S. degree in nursing this spring from the University of South Carolina in Columbia. Annette, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Smith, received the B. A. degree this spring in Eng lish literature from Queens College, Charlotte. lian have received word that their son, Glenn McMillian of Camp Maxey, Texas, is ill... Lt. Claude E. Short of Fort Sill, Okla., is home on leave. The annual Junior-Senior banquet took place in the din ing room of the BaptistC hurch. Songs and readings were giv en by Kathryn Morrow, Miss Virgie Sellers, MissJoyceSur- ratt, and Miss Kathryn Powell. Toasts were given by Hoke Coon, Fred Langford, Dorothy Sisk and Principal F. D. Kiser. Waitresses were Betty Sue Morgan, Kathryn Powell, Carolyn Kincaid, Margaret Po teat, Joyce Surratt, Dorothy McClean, Mildred Whitley and Lillian Payne.... Misses June and Pearl Smith entertained at a bridal shower for Miss Mattie Pharr whose engagement to Thomas Cooper, Jr. of Clayton, Ala., was re cently announced. Prizes of war stamps were given to Mrs. Ed Winters, Miss Edna Creech, Miss Annie Dee Jackson, Mrs. Henderson Sarvis and Mrs. R. S. Plonk... Geroge Phifer, AS, stationed at Bainbridge, Md., spent the weekend with his pa rents Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Phi fer....Pfc Madison Dameron is stationed at Keesler Field, Biloxi, Miss... Following rehearsals for the wedding of Miss Dorothy Wolfe to Sgt Theodore A. Lynn, Mrs. L. J. Gordon of Wilmington and Mrs. D. J. Wolfe entertain ed at a cake cutting at the home of the latter. Mrs. J. R. Curtis entertained at a party honor ing Miss Eleanor Lindsay, bride- elect. Prizes were awarded Mrs. W. A. Lindsay Miss Lois Sexton and Mrs. Caesar Ramsey. Mrs. Lester Beam assisted in serving. Mrs. Robert Angle of Johnson City, Tenn., was an out of town guest.... A. W. Kincaid, Robert Kiser and Walter Whitley are in Raleigh attending the Masonic meeting being held there. Sam Clemmer has been induct ed into the Army at Fort Bragg.. Pvt. Judd Harmon of Camp White, Ore., visited his mother, Mrs. C. W. Harmon...Sgt. Wil liam Ratchford of Fort Knox, Ky., visited his mother, Mrs. Nan Ratchford....Harry Ormand student at Davidson College, spent the weekend with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Ormand... Pupils of Mrs. Mary F. Kee ter presented a recital atGrace Lutheran Church. Pupils tak ing part were Eileen Best, Mary Lou Fortenbury, BillieSueRic- hardson, Isabel Carson, Moni que Barnes, Martha Albright, Rebecca Blackstone, Genora Matkins, Sara Kincaid, Joyce Robinson. Jean Saunders, Jean Ayers, Alma Tate, Mary Wolfe, Pauline Blackwood, Doris Watts, Lucille Best, Elizabeth Callis, Althea Gattings, Marvin Capps, Charlotte Thornburg, Sarah Maud Kincaid, Mary Al bright, Margaret Bradley, Emelyn Rhyne, Barbara Robin son, Glista Kiser, Nancy Ruth Mauney and Peggy Pearson. Sunday, just as The Eagle was sitting down on the moon, a Bessemer City teenager drowned in an artificial pond on the Watterson estate located behind Sisk Funeral Home. Herbert E. Marlowe is the second teenage boy to drown this summer for the town. “Porky” Ashe, age fifteen, drowned earlier this year in Bessemer City Lake. He was the son of Mrs. Hazel Ashe. The nineteen-year-old Mar lowe was reported to be swim ming alone ten feet from shore in ten feet of water when he sank beneath the water. Ron nie Cowart, age thirteen, heard his shout for help. Ronnie said he kept his eyes on “the bubbles” while taking off his pants and inflating the legs. He used them to swim to Marlowe’s rescue, but was unable to save him. Meanwhile another youth ran for help. The Gastonia Life Saving Crew arrived and was able to recover Marlowe’s body in five minutes time. Efforts to re vive him failed. A native of Madison County, Ga., Marlowe was the son of Clifford and Sarah Sorrows Marlowe of 418 E. Virginia Avenue. He worked for Park dale Mill, Gastonia. Funeral services were held Tuesday, at 11 a.m. at Sisk Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Ken Anthony officiating. Burial took place in Friendship Bap tist Cemetery in Danielsville, Ga. In addition to his parents, he is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Sara Lee Snyder and Mary Frances and Susan of this city; six brothers, twins Rudolphand Randolph and Charles and Doyle Marlowe of this city, Johnny of Dallas and Cary of the U. S. Army stationed at Ft. Benning. Ga. Lindsay, Watt Return From Scout Jamboree Scoutmaster George Lindsay and Scout Ronnie Watt have re turned from Farragut State Park in northern Idaho where they attended the 7th National Boy Scouts of American Jam boree. Scoutmaster Lindsay of Bes semer City Boy Scout Troop No. 37, served as an assistant Scout leader for boy scouts from the Piedmont Council. Watt is a patrol leader for Troop 37. The Jamboree contingent re presenting the Piedmont Coun cil left July 14 from Charlotte by jet After leaving Charlotte, the group went north by Chicago and then westtoSpokane, Wash ington, where it boarded a bus for the jamboree. The Piedmont council was joined in .nineteen camps by 35,000 fellow scouts from across America and twenty- three foreign countries. The Jamboree week was one of high adventure, Watt reports, with numerous scouting acti- tivities taking place on the shores of Lake Pend Oreille in the northern Idaho Farragut State Park. Beauties Studying Make Up The ten beauty contestants participating in the Miss Bes semer City 1970 pageant and their hostesses had a lesson Monday night for the study of the art of “make-up.” The pageant candidates and their hostesses met at the home of Miss Cynthia Lutz, Miss Bessemer City 1969, on North 12th Street Extension. The course was taught by Mrs. Don McIntosh who with her husband conducts a school of dance and charm studio in Mt. Holly and Stanley. The Mclntoshes had as sisted Cynthia prior to the Miss North Carolina pageant held in June in Charlotte. They work ed with her in developing addi tional charm and in her talent entry. Mrs. McIntosh gave a demon stration on make up to use both for street and stage lighting. Contestants and their chaper ones were: Camellia Linger- feldt, and Mrs. Neil Barnes; Sandra Kay Ormand and Mrs. Robert Peck; Louise Davis and Mrs. Don Carver; Sherry Neal and Mrs. R. D. Coon; Josie Navey and Mrs. Eugene Bum gardner; Cynthia Lutz andMrs. Jimmy Ramsey; Hariette Da vis and Mrs. Phyllis Payne; Donna Davis and Mrs. Edgar Holbrook; Sandra Broome and Mrs. Wayne Isenhour; and Mel va Whitesides and Mrs. Ann Wilson. The Bessemer City Pageant takes place on August 23. Snapper Eatin' Time For those who have the tooth and stomach - for turtle meat, now’s the time to go turtle- baiting. Warm days and nights are the times to stock the freezer with turtle meat, says Horace Darby who has the tooth, sto mach and know-how for turtle fare. His wife shares the ways of her husband when it comes to turtle-fried ones. Mrs. Darby was the one who recently prodded her husband into making wire baskets which he bakes before he baits them with meat to lure turtles into the basket traps. He set out three baskets near local streams and later in one, found a seven pound turtle. Just right for frying without parboiling, says Mrs. Darby. The largest turtle Darby has caught weighted thirty-seven pounds. He caught it near Columbia in South Carolina se veral years ago. It had to be parboiled before frying. In dressing turtles, Darby says he first cuts off their heads. “The next morning, that mouth will still snap at you,” he vows. “After you dress it, you can pick up the heart in your hand and it will still be beating.” In addition to snapping, tur tles could be called jumping or leaping creatures. When it comes time for a snapping tur tle to snap, he doesn’t poke. He gives a big leap and he snaps at his prey. Although both Mr. and Mrs. Darby like fried turtle, their children don’t—and they have nine, five boys and four girls. “They’ll look at turtles,” says Mrs. Darby -- “but they won’t eat them,” she add ed. Strutts Hold Anniversary Celebration The children of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Strutt held a surprise family dinner in celebration of their wedding anniversary.- The dinner took place Friday night at the Strutt residence on North Inman Avenue where all the Strutts’ children and their families were present. Their children are Hoyle Strutt of Boone, Mrs. Creed Frazier III of Roanoke, Va., and Mrs. James Buchanan of Chester, S. C. The Creeds remained for a visit prior to returning to their home. Before her marriage, Mrs. Clyde Strutt was the former Grace Hoyle.
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