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CifT itJNTAl N WeI ■nwpll i^obl) iffstotloi; r ii ff SUM lor barter r Thursday, i4pvern|>^ 7, 1968 THE-KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD, KINGS-MOUNTAH^; N.'^C. right ?n. Dol., Duko St,4 taker | ?kler, 2M S Walkeil I Akins, 2| on. Rt. 3,> Conracl( iastonia er, 302 N. BesscnKT 101 On- ■is, Jr. :k ridge t. 2 Shelby | Cook ke lers, Rt Keor Mill, S. erson. 106 C of Kit to expr le renia up t this t; ce«s o lich is'i rs rati ■pe Of I ran ne lire in Uni <1 ^ neiVALUi ivHN(93-Mv:H/r4TAIN,' N.^. *'• ’ Mounties Beat Burns, At Lincointon For Herald Sports Easter Leads WoMpack, Which Has 8-1 Record BOILING SPRINGS — From Germany and Kansas from mothers with addresses of sons now in Vietnam and from Boiling Springs and towns and cities across the South . . . came the checks. Checks is one word but tribute would be the superior term for these gift fund contributions meant for Coach Norman Harris, who is a 20 Webb College. Kings Mbiintain clo.sos out its' '68 football .season Friday nfght at Lincointon against one of the state's finest 3 A clubs. The Wolves, defending South-i wt*st 3-A Conference champions, | are 8-1 on the S(-ason and rankedj sixth in the stale. TIkmi- only loss, was to .Shelby, IM), i vear tr'lr^itir^n of Mounlaineers, who liavon'l ^ year tradition at Gaidner- had a winning season in loui’; years in the SWC, are .o-M over-i 3'* As Bi ■SF Mounties fos Second Stitd; Shut(int,334l 7 u all and 4-1 in eonference play. Tlie Mounties need a victory to go over the ..ollO mark. At The color television set, tape recorder, clothing, and chair given to Coach Harris before the beginning of the GW.EaM Te„ne.»e Frosh game Saturday tvaa an expres-^ SnCfS aion of lovo and rasport for him (rom former player, end C'SS.'.'K also from friends. i who has scored over 120 points ■ so far this season. The All-Con-: Rnh Riieb TJ- 1- I. I f''''enco star is rt-eognizod as the nresentntinn expressed it well in theibcsi all-round athlete in the SWC s record speaks tor it- °'w of ilio finest in North' self so we give him these gifts as a token of our regard for' Carolina. friendship and faithful service. ^ , Please accept these gifts in loving gratitude." Easter gets plenty of help inj ! the backfield from fullbacks Le Coach Harris, joined by his wife at the presentation ' !’°^ and Terry Rein . , . * '^^''Oiiidiion, a converted tackle. John naa to wait several minutes before speaking as the crowd iLarry Hunter and coi- ovr>ra,.-ood f .. , , ' **" Rudisill are tough up front, expre.ssed jts feelings through long applause. i Mountaineers, under vet- iTtr,t!yyfy°'f e.xpress how I feel . . . this group (he'*^'®" coach Bill Bates, wii| pro- gathering of former athletes at his' "leir same line- ^.uvi-x scu.eo ew.ee uunng tne Kings Mountain La guess some of ‘‘/b" ' ’ ' nie . . . I Zl^ bn f"'' BowZg League, guess some of me is in them .. . words just don’t come . . .” ZV ,ZrJ^ vr Zi^ ? / Central Junior High’s The Oates team w i^din in their season fin- off Plonk PATRIOTS — Pictured above are the Central Junior High Patriots, who finished their season with a 24 record. Front row. left to right, are Ronnie Perkins, Myron George, Calvin Gill. Mark George, Butch Blalock. David BeU, Fred Wilson and Randy Blon- ton. Second row. Phil Bradford. Billy Wade, David Caldwell. Mark Stockton, Allen Pate, Fred Williams, Alfred Ashe, and Warren Brown. Third row, Robert Smith (manager), Gus Hayes, Marcus Floyd, Harlee DavU. Frank Stokes, Frank Humphries, Tommy Shirley, Jerry Valentine, Thomason Hinton, and Bart George (manager). Fourth row, Donnie Bennix, Jhon Bridges. Barry Jackson. Jake Bridges, Kirk Falls, Chris Johnson and Fraver White. The Patriots were coached by Porter Griggs, Barry Gibson, John Blalock and Warren (Bo) Goforth. Patriots Lose Finale, 12-8 Oates, Plonk Leads League Kings -Mil took advar fumbles Fll 33-0 Southwl vicioiy 0,] i| Tile .Mounll up a ll).(j || then cruised ^ seeing most ■si-cond half. ! If was the that Burns vent dowiS riie liullilogs still liav' heading into their s. thi.s Friday at IJelmc The .Mountttineers ing oppoituniiy the lliey got the footirallj a Burns fumble in fori plays and Pui ns look] The second time the eers got the pigskin from the Bums 3.a to lo.sl tile hall on a fur Bunts fumbled agaj own 27 ami tlie Mg drove in for their ... down, wliich was seort IT Howard on a ■snetik. ounti I Ifi'.vard pas.si'd fror , Ciiri.s Blanton wlto i five, gi\ing the Mour Jenny Oates' team has taken the losers was high scorer forgames off Ronnie Culbertson as I Clover scored twice during the ZLs^^Zfain"La2t DuekSn 33? sTf.“4t1’lerndonZdde<ra itZcullm-t-o 'i"] 'hi onl-'s^^^^^ Sf 125.303 for the loZs « ^;t.^_Cjrlbe. tson 'on four games • ^ j.,h„ DUimg gained scoring i u!a.]'’l./,'|]''2^ ^.^'’“n'l Brothers Tuesday In men's league action, Plonk hunon P'rt.lin nia .u I \rt, 15 . x-aiiiuis jz-fs m inoir season tin- off Plonk Brothi hlo the words into something more tangi-’guards, jZ^Zver^ aZeentcT* h!^ J^tin Gam-; night to move two games out Oil Co. saw ils“ lead cut to oni fit) n '^^""^ssee’s Frosh Geeper Howard at quarterback^^ ' * '°t Drewes Tax Service, game as it droped four games It h.M) tri orixra u 1.1_ . ... »i I which won three games oif Her- the Bob Herndon team. for the work with a ln<. insi ,(uarhT. ilthel itlhel lijthe The Patriots, who finished' line and 103 set but his team still dropped three games to Clydi Culbertson. Culbertson had a line and Kll set. .STANDINGS (Ladies Leaguei his 100th career victory and a .Mullinax at tailback, Joo^ ^ ia.ii.,is, wiiu iiiiisneu uhitiinc snouldei 1 Ide to the center of the field. , Cornwell at wingback and Phil- their season with a 2-4 record, tttan s Phillips 66 to take over: Herndon had a 140 line and 347 ■ bert Smith at fullback. ■ scored a safety early in the first’ t° the victorj- while Ran : It wa.s a great night for this still voimo- enaeb ...k 1 i I period when Fravcr'white block- phi„f team, ny Blanton had a 139-368 for gan his work at Gardner-Webb in^M^as fn assistam a^d -Mountaineer start-^ and then tackled the fhOd wfm the'“aZZm Teams - who in 1950 took over the reins of head coach in all SortfU “"" ai d, .Mike '=l°'Tr punter m the end zone. Legion which lost thr^ games and a sZ'T. A ']"r Oates’ Shell 21 ho athletic program in The fhillZam’Quarterback Chris Johnson ^ fMth place Patterson Auto bertsZtZ% iZn ovTr Diilinv Drewes Tax 22 he can look at a system in which has seven men coachino earZ ^ 'a game of the KMUSi scored o„ a two-yard plunge in Parts. to a M win over Ddl ng ^n,n,.L.an Legion 21 intercollegiate athletics and others working in ohvsicaT game as^ thc'Zm’fTva iT'" ‘ T leaner to push thei Jnnny Oates rolled a 132 line and Furman Wilson’s “ 320^ set barman's Phillips 66 21 education. The physical plant includes the fine facim^i er ^^^582 vaTdT " CJ»vor!and 3^ set to pace her team's topped t™ Lers Patterson Auto. n ®f Spangler Memorial StLium the V F HamriekZ'l!^ ; > a-2 > aids. I then came back to win on a 57■ '"'in- Dessie Loftin had a 105 line Aihort r. a .ve.c . . , Plonk Bro.s. ir, hriiica /-< ! Hamiick Field-, i yard pass and a 26-yard run : and 296 set for the losers. . Albert Biatkeu s team split a i.vlen’s League) four-game sei-les with Richard Plonk Oil Co. 25 ?rTeb‘’n Gymnasium and enVosed swImm^ngTooI^ dugouts and an athletic sLol" arship program nearing the $25,000 mark. Coach Harris’ ailing father from Black Mountain got 'T’ " an opportunity to see his son honored and to see him wiih^.^^ ,5 0 ** close game. Defensively, coach Porter,. «,. » -.v-uw . his 100th as friends brought him to the sidelines in a ctn Central. Tho Wolves dc- Griggs cited Jake Bridi'os Frav- s 3-1 win over thef t„ miv«H loner '."LSi"'™- ™ “• ■"<! I""" i-o o_.uL»i, I ‘ i - With their eoxplosivo offense,' the Wolves have enjoyed run ning the score up on most of j o their oponents. Outside of Shelby, 146 to 100. The Phillips 66. For Herman's, Betty Brackett team while aI 1 the only team in the k'ague to lost three fumbles. Wells had a 102-286. Culbertson *'opf^d^ his club with R. Culbertson ' Louise Dover had a 116-308 in Glenda Bclk’s 1-08 line and Bet ^®^t’“game series with _ __ _ The Patriots ]ed in first downs,, ty Hullender’s 305 set led Drewes Re‘*vfs, had a Bob Hern.1on nine to Uiiee, but were behind in Tax to its 3-1 win over Herman’s i'"*’ Brackett added a 333 c. Culliertson total 5.a,.ao™ t.ff ,o,. set for the Brackett team while Albert Brackett a 135 line and 3,52 set. I Dillina lion wagon It M'as a great night for a man who is already an insti tution in his o\\ n time in junior college circles I season opener. The Lines have posted sucli victories as 680 u\er Burns, 34-7 over Crest, 40-6 over East Ruth erford, 31-7 over Belmont, 21-0 I over Chase, which tied Shelby Brown Named Student Of Month Baby Apps Host To Gardner-Webb over, Andrew Brown, 22 yrs. old and t Appalachian State's residing at 113 Carcenter St football team will have *- - .the unenviable task Friday night ci; trying o halt powerful Gard- aetion. Bob inues to lead after winning three games Thurs. day night over Richard Culbert son. Herndon’s 144 line and 372 set k'<i tlie way wliile Gerald Hipps had a 127-^0 for the losers. Ranny Blanton won thri^*' 21 Heating " j~ (Mixed League) Bob Herndon C. Culbertson Ranny Blanton John Dilling Riel). Ciilbert.son Ron. Culbertson M Richardson, former second baseman for the Nu " ; u" New York Yankees for over a decade, spoke to approxi-i oe oL 'i^d mately bOO persons at the college’s Annual Alumni B^rbe-; cherr Wlie'^'’ ’ “ cue Saturday evening. His talk centered around the theme' Ih . -y,. - that we live in a “sports oriented society” wherp hprnf»«i : here m Kings Mountain, has been , are made and forgotten in a rapid oace and whoro thiZ- Qaarto'baeking the Wolves df named “Karate Student of The Tv , Pm';'<mfu titude Ol athletes has LerLt beaidL rfn LZ .L T^ Von Ray Harris is senior Scotty Month", and aws presented with young -al duI^T L.^'cLrTdLtdLm - ^ Going into the contest, thel _ ' S! i "Zie fT” - front hv 27 0 moth chore iu.st to «t»v i„ the'THe first game, between the lady ' Central Schedules Faculty-PTA Game Central Junior High School will Brown Named Player Of Weeb : - “ —"..ui ,5 111 a iiiau s iieaa ana — not in his physical size or strength. Strength of will is what we need . . . quality in our convictions . . .’’ , " , " ■■”'“(^»(, Iiiw lings will be confronting Mountaineers liavo scored 139' •Brown is a member of a newly moth chore just to stay noilllti no-jAincf Oti fnr flirt Jv>i7mnn»-c rtlacc _r . , ^ ■ ohallenge was for the nation to develop “real men "'hat’s in a man’s head and i P™'"; agai.rst 96 tor tbo'opp.;sT '^xinner.s class consisting of game with thT'poVer'ful Boiling mem^eis of the faculty and'ih'e tion. However, bo of tlio.so points twelve Students. They have just .Sorines team The Raho Ar,,.? PTA will teecin at 7 , ™ came against to dubs. Be.silcmer completed their firTt months haZ^splT tL games wfth . .Defensive tackle Rand ii'covcreil a Bulldog ft] file limns 3.'1 on ilie se following K.M's ki'kOff ui' tlie second .Mountaitd Howard hit wing Coin well wilt) a 23-# which save the Mouri lii'st-and-goal at thej |.seven. Fullback PhilbeJ I tlion carried to the oi I wiiicb point Cornwi I second down. Black verted, making it 14.1 I of the first period. I In the closing mon- ' fii-st lialf, the .5 pounced on another i hie at the Burns 21, point k.M began its tl^S down drive. ~ Mullinax carried over J five, but Black’s PAT , sailed wide, ii'aving the 19-0. With three minutes left thiid period, end Clarenc pounied on a fumbiedT pilchout, giving the MountJ possession at tlie Bulldog yard line. Smith .scored from the orl Black's third conversion el night pushed the .MountaJ playl lingl *1 the second time this season. The Sumter, S. C., native told of his swift rise from Legion ba.seball into the Yankee organization after only two and one half years in the minors. His first game was played against Detroit with 65,000 fans in the park From that day he played 11 years in New York with a team which got into the World Series eight of the first nine years he played. Richardson spent the day on campus. He attended the dedication luncheon at noon for the $85,000 entrance and played golf that afternoon with Rev. U. A. McMarus, direc tor of Kennedy-Sinclair work at the college and Charles Mack, business manager of the college. During' the lunch eon he was joined by another baseball star, Ted Abernathy of Gaston County, who plays for the Cincinatti Reds. Rich ardson is now a representative for the Fellowship of Chri ian Athletes and responsible for Community Service Liberty Life Insurance Co. of Greenville, S. Q. City (32-0) and Burns (33-0). All P^*'wd of training. The student a- othcr victories for KM were by i ward was decided by the student two touchdowns or less. | who gave of his best ‘n effort I and hard work during the train- The Mountaineers have shutout threc oponents, including the last, two. Crest and Burns, They have; Another beginners class has —, ..... Brown, a thre^-year starter at Admission wilt be 50 cents and KMH.S, played his best game of bi'cn shutout only once, by Sliel- by, 32-0 three weeks ago The Wolves have shutout four opponents and have lieen shut out once. Lincointon stands a half-game behind Shelby in Divi sion One of the SWX.' with the Mountaineers in fourth place. Tennessee’s fresh, winning 20-7, dollar in advance and 60 the season Friday night in the and losirfg 7-5. Last Saturday,, cotits and $1.25 at the door. Tic- -Mounties' 33-0 eonference win Gardner-Webb crushed East Ten-: kets can be obtained at Palls over Burns, nessee by 69-0. Esso, East King Esso, or Central „ The Appalachian freshmen,! School, or through Bud .Medlin ^°®ch Bill Bates cited Brown really not representative in thatloc Rev. Charles Easley. , offensive blocking and .. ..„o the 10 top first-year recruits are; For the men’s game, members defensive play started this week, after an all members of the university’s var-Mtc faculty team will include Broixn teamed with fresh- day demonstration at Central Jr. sity squad, own a 1-3 record lor John Blalock, Barry Gibson War linebacker Danny Oliver in ‘''•'’sc out their '68 cam] .5 ^ ■ holding the Bulldogs to zero' 'dfiht at Lincointon The final Kings M<4il touchdown came late I loiirih period on a sevgi: pass from freshman quai-fcj David Bolin to halfback A Etheridge. Black’s PAT atl failed, making the final scotl Bales ^ victory was the sed -straight for the .Mountain.' NORMAN & LOVE BOX NOW OPEN ON SHELBy BOAD (Formerly Norman's Produce arid Grocery) Specializing In Seafood Plates. Boxed Up and Ready To Be Taken Home For Lunch and Dinner. OPEN TUESDAY. 'WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY 4 P.M. UNTIL 9 P.M^ OPEN FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. 12 NOON UNTIL 9 P.lM. WE ARE CLOSED ALL DAY SUNDAY and MONDAY Telephone 739-40^6 NORMAN & LOVE FISH BOX MO, u.iiiu..s.iaiion at i.entral Jr. siiy squaa, own a 1-3 record for JOtm Blalock, Barry Gibson, ' High, where Adams appeared and their first season of competition.! ren (Bo) Goforth, George i.u j - lectured during all the physical, Other setbacks have been at Lees blanezki and Fred Withers, the rushing off (heir side of education classes. | McRae Junior College by 56-20,1 school pi-incipal. ’ * defensive line. _ : 'and at Hargrave .Military Acad- Members of the opposing team,' As a result of bi'me One reason given for convert- emy by 20-6. the PTA. will include James nlaver of tb,> ..,>..1, 15^ tiamed ing the worM’s telephone dialing Fullback Tommy Renfro, of Scruggs, principal of Grover Ele- receive a gift from the'ZvTri systems to numbers is that let- Statesboro, Ga.. has been the.mentary School. Rev. Easley panmL of L tnT’J .^ ? ters .^use trouble m overseas Baby Apps’ leading ground gain-'and Gerald Valentine ’store D.paiiment its 2898 tie uHtii siieiR,,' •*' e f Danes have no ’’W’ on er with 271 yards in 44 carries—j ' _ _ *'r "^**1 **’‘'11- dial. Englishspe-aking users; a 6.2 average. He is the onlyi mm ■ m __ “^ets Three More Records,,,,,, Mounties Crush Wofford, 47-28 Siix ' I has guided the team over the 'Hwv o-h three games after Everette DyY‘^5 ~ Appalachian learn- Agle, who included a couob. of Middleton was injured in *' ' sP>’Lcular grLs aZng Ls W cLemer - .. ! season opener. repeatedly against good de- receptions, set tuoZhZ mirks Rol?n .Mountaineer yearlings have! opposition, without the and tied another His 260 vards Easlev i gained 913 yaiMs Lmpared io '"o** P°tent run- on catches was a n^w fne-gamo lerei^ j 1,113 by their four foos. , ners. — last tiwo KM victories, over ci and Burns, were botli shutouts! ‘r*'" With it! BtV last week, toi*i vision Twi "inecds a vi- MOUNTAINEER GRIDGRAPH r '■ KM RUSHI.NG T G 9 45 10 37 Avz. / Flag Football Gamos Schodnlod 2.1 AM / \ H' 0 32 Cgt MOUNTIE CENTlli _ Pictured above U Kings Mountain center Joe Dover, o IW-peinder who wUI be ptoylng in his last footbaU gome for KMHS tHs Friday night at Lincointon. ners ibZsZ/cr R^Zd^S reZr"^ Coach Carl .Messere Appalachian, for the first time PASSINKJ was rather uneasy. The Terriers ever in recorded hWfn,-. had limited powerful Lenoir rush from scrimmage more than Att Comp Int YWs T Rhyne to two touchdowns and it passed. The LuLiZ ren 3^ « 3 " ^ ; Two all-star flag football teams: ing o'nlyZe sZZ" allow- times and -'lurphy passed 33; ^ j from Kings Mountain will play| Messere’s Mountaineers re-' weff ; K.M RECEIVI.N'G : erbyZdhif Z'’pa::]^g’ arro’f f^uf n°ew'reom.i‘’for ^ , up at all stars who parlicip,ated touchdown oasses seoreel once ^ LLfi u- , . If * :;-A 'n the Kings Mountain Flag Foot- himself and established three Zlf" Clayton °''‘'®"‘''‘’pLing'’'^‘aZSe g"!Z '»’’*i’lba‘"k.Zcin''tlie'Ter spoon, Bil) Grissom, D. C. Pay- touchd<Li nas^s in’ onc lel^on 12-yards or more, and sour Jr. and Roy Pear-son. 17. ‘ season, ^red the first touchdown on aj 112-yard aerial from Murphy. Barnes First Doiwns 'Yds. Rush. Yd.s. Pass. Passes BaB Lost On Pi KM (BURNS PBKS Int. B-y FVm. 1 « 4S tv
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