^ 31, 19701 :al loyle *r inton tho Jackson nnody re rkridgo r. Jr. >Ay '37 I'lTiuv St., *h, 27ti2 Mary j Rl. 1 Kin^s I )lo, f)(>8 I &*x 2SS J| »AY jntiiinger, No. Middloiown. nmw, Box 383, 201 Knox St., 260 W»»st(iV(‘r, P.O. Box 543, N. Wattorson | s, Sr., lot W. City Y i. Rt. 1. Vri.ijht, Shady Rt. 2. Cherry-1 land, P.O. Box | y 5. Rutherford- I A^art, Rt. 3 B-tx lerndon, 1700 1 Y uid, 801 W. d, 116E. Wash mer City ^ , 818 {;j I too MidpinoTl Rt. 2. &)x 520. 1 Rt. 3 Bx 1, 320 Wilsit et At •> len Tnursday, December 31, 1970 THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD, KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C. Page 3 ^uckpin Bowling Is Not Dead In KM y N IC Picture John Dilling, a lanky southpaw ... Bob Herndon and Richard Culbertson, hard-throw ing righthanders.. ^Steve Rath- bone, curveballer.. .and Clarence Plonk, slow with good control. They’re not baseball pitchers. They’re bowlers and duckpin bowlers at that. Some people might tell you that duckpin bowling is dead Out j you'll never convince the 70-odd bowlers who participate in duck-j pin league bowling three nights' a week at Mountain Lanes Bowl-1 ing Center here. Mountain Lanes is the only 1 duckpin bowling alley in thol immediate area and some of the / Leads Change Hands In Men's, best bowlers anywhere partici pate on C. H. (Cat) Houser's six I lanes. 1 Twenty bowlers from Kings I Mountain and 10 from Gastonia comprise the six-team men’s league on Monday night and this I ■ ■■ § v year’s race is the tightest in the | ljAf|lGS liOODS 25-year history of the league. I • Only five separate all | : SIX teams as the first half heads >nto the final two weeks. league while the race is still on , Tuesday night is set for, ^ ladies league action and ThuimJ day night both men and wornen I comprise the Firestone Mixed League. . son-long leader Plonk Brothers, FIVE MORE GOOD ONES — In photos here are fiv: more of the outstanding duckpin bowlers. In photo above, left to right, Albert Brackett, John Dilling and onnie Culbertson check over league standings. In photo below, one of KM's outstand ing lady bowlers. Jenny Oates, goes over old press clippings with Richard Culbertson. li. r / ^ A, MEN'S BOWLING STANDOUTS — Shown in the two pictures here are six of the outstanding duck pin bowlers in the KM men's leogue. In photo n hove, left to right are Furman Wilson, Buck Vin cent and Mull Ramsey and in the photo below ere Dwight Reeves, left Clarence Plonk, right and Ranny Blanton, standing. KMHS Cagers Open 71 Play Against Bums Kings Mountain High’s varsity bciskctball teams open the 1971 part of their season Tuesday night when they travel to Falls- ton to meet Burns High School. The Mountainettes of Coach Blaine Froneberger will be try ing for their fourth straight Soutn- \vc‘st('rn ‘Conf(»fence victory wliile Allen Dion’s Mountaine<*rs will be seeking their first victory. The KM girls carry a 3-0 con ference record and 4-1 overall iinark into the contest while the Ivlountaineers are 0-3 in the SWC ^and 0-5 overall. Burns, which is annually one of the conference’s toughest teams in both the girls and boys divi sion is having an off year, both teams showing only 1-3 records in conference play. ; The Burns girls defeated South , Pftint by one point while the Mountainettes whipped the Raid- erettes by five. However, Burns , will be playing on its home court | Tuesday night and will probably ; give the Mountainettes all they can handle. i . The Burns boys, coached by ' former BcHhware mentor Bill Powell, have had a lough time getting slaiitxi. Their only victory thus far was a 60-59 nod over Lin<‘olnton. A last scc^md shot by Juliiin Roberts gave the Bulldogs the victory. Roberts will be the Mountain eers’ main worry Tuesday. Most coaches rate him among the con ference’s better players. ; Kings Mountain’s girls have I won throe straight games since i dropping a 33-31 decision to non- ; conference foe Bessemor City in their home opener. The Moun tainettes have registered victories over Bessemer City, Shelby, Lin- k tolnton and South Point. Kings Mountain bowlers an nually rank high in the state and KM mixed teams have won, which dropped four games to the American I^ion. In men’s action Monday night. the national tournament on three different occasions since 1962. | Heating, mov- f/ A KM mixed team won the top prize in 1962 in Greensboro, in '63 at Bethesda, Md., and in 1968 in Hagerstown, Md. lAlibert Brackett, John Dilling, Furman Wilson, Lib Gault and Jenny Oates were members of the ing a game behind, with only one week of action remaining. Albert Brackett and Dilling Heat ing arc now tied for the lead. Pat Herndon* Bobbie McKee, and Edna Bow in combined tal- ! ents to lead GriTfin Drug’s ladies P and ’63 championship teams. Herndon scored Brackett, Dillings, Gault, Betty Hullender and Ronnie Culbertson made up the championship ’68 team. As best we could determine, Wilson and Bradtett have been with the men’s league longer a 120 line and 339 .set to lead the way. McKee added a 326, series and Bowen had a 324. Jen ny Oates was high for the losers • with a 116 line and 331 set. Barbara Miller’s 115 line and Karen Moss’s 311 set led the ^ over V \ than any of the others. Wilson, j American Legion over Plonk who serves the league as s^re-1 B^^thers. Betty Fite scored a 116 tary, bowled on the first , jj^e and 321 set for the losers, ever at Mountain Lanes and j ^ Brackett joined a few years later, gjfjpj xjgnor added a 291 at the age of 17. , . ' set to lead Dellinger' Jewelry to Through the years Brackett has, been one of KMs most consistent chapman’s 100 line and Pat Pan- bowlers, but the past iew i thor’s 281 set were high marks Ranny Blanton has had the hot . • I Steve Rathbone and Ronnie Blantons 121 average is tops j cuibertson scored 144 lines and but several other bowlers average , Culbertson and John Dilling add-: 112 or better. Blanton s 180 game , Heating is the hjghest bowled this sea-1 japped union 76 from the men's son and is only one pm shwl p^j jpad. Buck Vincent’s 116 line and Dilling’s all-t«me record of 181 m , 3^3 were high | men s league play. marks for the losers. Blanton, however, once rolled Herndon’s 141 line and Al- a 193 here but it didn t come in Brackett’s 360 set led Brack- . league or tournament action. ! o^er Hie highest for league Raupy Blanton. Blanton paced ' play belorrgs to Becky Barnette,; ^ ^^g une and 3761 who tallied a 182 last season.; i Buck Vincent, a Gastonian, owns Quauty, Sandwich and Plonk i the highest series for league .play, Qjj gput a four-game set. Rich- a 442 which was also bowled last j Culbertson was high scorer' 1. X i match with a 156 line As far as the current season, 4Q4 series. Dw ight Reeves led goes, Dilling owns top set with a: Qil with a 125 line and 408. Lib Gault’s 384 is tops among 333 series. women bowlers. j ^ moves into the " \ Blanton’s 121 average would be final week, all six teams still New KMHS Football Coach Might Be Named At Next Board Meeting the equivalent of a 200 or better ^ave a shot at the title, LADIES STANDINGS Teams Won Griffin Drug 38 Plonk Brothers 36 American Legion 31 Dellinger’s Jewelry 29 Oates Shell 29 Drewes Tax 29 MEN'S LEAGUE Dilling Heating 36 Albert Brackett 36 Vincent’s Union 76 35 Quality Sandwich 33 The new head football coach and athletic director for Kings Mountain High Sclux)! might be announct'd at the next school board meeting, January 18. ditional supplements and this sort of stuff is involved.” Over 25 coaches have applied for the job and Jones said that scv^eral are top-notch coaches. Sophomore Deborah Crockett has been the big scorer ifor the ^ ^ Mountainettes but the defensive Schools Supt. Donald Jones said play of such girls as Diane Corn-1 Wednesday tlnit ho has interview- well, Debbie Lee and Jane Love-1 ed .several of the candidates and lace has also been a key factor in intends to complete interviews the four victories. | this week. The KM boys playtHl possibly ] '‘We are trying to line up the their best game in their final others to ceme in for an inler- -preChristmas outing when they view,” said Jones. ‘If we’re at. lost to South Point by 49-43. The all interested (in them), w'c 11 | ^ „ ■ - • of the get them in this week.” hod I-und Honor Roll Honor Roll For UF1971 Is Announced Hussey Barnes Mountaineers Jed much way. Coach Dixon is hoping for the return of Vernon Croi’kor, the team’s best rebounder, who hasn’t seen any action duo to an opera tion. Dixon will prober Howard and Bon Brown at the forwards. Kings Mountain’s next homo game will be Friday, Jan. 8, a- gainst Chase. Jones is being assisted in the interviewing by former coach Bill Bates, Who resigned to accept teh proimotion of director of school-ecimmunity relations. ‘"We feel like after wo get through with the intorvdews we'll be able to make our recommend ation to the sehwil board at its next meeting,” added Jones. The Kini‘S Mountain il971 Un was an nounced recently. The following names are in- • eluded. A/.vance gifts — Mrs. Francis Sincox, Cluiirman, Mrs. F. H. Summers. Mrs. Paul M. Noisier, Mrs. Paul Noisier, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Kerns, Mrs. R. M. H-auss, Mr. and Mrs. 'Henry P. Noisier, Mr. and Mrs. J. Wilson Crawford, Mr. and iMrs, J. H. Thomson, iMrs. Cornelia M. May, It is bt'Iievod that the boar.l Mrs. Paul Hendricks. will accept Jones’ recommenda- pj w'arlick, Mrs. C. E. ! Noisier, Jr., Mrs. James E. Hern,- I “The board has given mo tlie i autlinrity to employ teachers and Mauney; I people of this nat;^rc,” said Jones., q For the first ilime a \'A pro- ' when you lure a coach, ad- | and Mrs. John A. gram «f loans for mobile (home j in ,1%1 only 25.3 pocent wel-'lure, Air. and Mrs. H. F. purchases aix' available to veler-, mothers 'hall high job po-' Manor, 1. (^. Patlersen and Cem- ans — I’P toS-lO.OOt) for a home j according to‘ the Social panv W. K. and Mary’ Mauney alone; up -to $17,500 wiilh pur- ^h ibil ’atlon Service* of the Foundation. Mr. and Mr.s. Arhroy chase of a'lot. • 1 Department of Health Ed.ication Miuney, iMrs. Winnie M.. Still, j ’and Welfare. By '1968, this had 'and Mr. and Mrs. HarolM Hunni 'risen to 44.5 percent. Women jeutt; I Under a new law, there is no with at least a high school edu- , I*; •longer a terminal dale for a 'cation or who had work oxper-1 M”. and Mrs. Carl K Mauney, h«me loan for any eligible vet- ienco in white-collar or skilled Afr. and Mrs. Joe A. Neisler, Jr. orans, including World War II ^ blue-collar jobs were considered Mr. and Mi's C. A. Neisler, Mr, and Korean 'Conflict veterans , ns having high employment po- W. M. Herndon, Mrs. Jean M. who never used this ibeneXit. ! tenlial, * (Contbuwd vn Page Four) in ten-pin bowling. __ ■ 'Most KM bowlers say Their av erages increased five years ago when -Mountain Lanes installed automatic pin-setters. “We used to have both ten-pins and duckpins,” recalls Houser. “But we did awAy with tenpins about five years ago.” Blanton says his average increased from 107 to 121 during the five-year period. The KM league bowled in Shel by for about five years during the early fifties when Houser! Randy Blanton turned his bowling alley into a j Plonk Oil skating rink. He brought bowling j back during the mid-fifties . it’s “been strong ever since, ' When duckpin bowling began I to decline in Gsistonia in the mid sixties, Gastonia bowlers began entering the KM leagues. The first Gastonians to make the switch to KM were Clyde, Richard and Ronnie Culbertson. That was about eight years ago. They were soon to be followed by Mull Ramsey, Dwight Reeves, Buck Vincent, and others. KM bowlers won seven tourna ments last year but most of them came within the state. They plac ed high in national events but the top spot eluded them. I Blanton, who bowled a 709 five- \ game set in Lynchburg only two i weeks ego, and Jenny Oates had ! a 463 to come in eighth in the' nationals last year. Jenny and Lib Gault scored a 804 to place second in the nationals in '66. “In ’69, we had two of the hi-gh-1HT'* est games ever bowled in the na-; tionals," .recalls Dilling, “but both teams lost out." The tourney that' year was held in Bethesda. 'Most bowlers here will tell you they’d take duckpins over ten pins anytime. j 1 “I carried a 191 average when I bowled in ten-pin leagues,” said Brackett, “but, to me, ten-pin bowling wasn't avy fun. I think it takes more skill to bowl duck pin.” I IBrackett says a 120 or 125 in i duckpin is the equivalent of a; 200 game in ten-pin. “But I would lot rather bowl a 125 in duckpin i than a 200 in ten-pin,” ho said. | j The future of difckpin bowling i I here appears bright for a few ' more years, anyway. However, j there is no junior league bowling! (Continued on Page Four) Jenny Oates Rated One Of Top Lady Duckpin Bowlers Dizzy Dean, tho cx-Tardinal pitching great, once said .‘iome- thing like this: "I might not be tho best, but I’m amongst’ cm." Well, Jenny Oates might not be the best lady duckpin bcwlor, but she ranks right .near the top. The past two years, Jenny lias been the top-ranked lady duck pin bowler in North Carolina. This year, she admits she’s off to . a bad start (if you call a 110 av erage bad) and has taken a back | seat to another KM bcwler, Lib Coach Leads Of Year, Scoring Gault. But, year in and year out, you can bet that Jenny will rank “amongst” the bi'st. “I first started bowling lierc a- bout 14 years ago,” . do ; with and each year shi* poeket- ^ a bundle of dough from stati* and national tournaments. ’ On tnree :Ufferi‘nt (K-easi.)ns. I Jenny has he(*n a member of a gan bowling duckpins, she car- rU‘d a 93 average. Her average, like every,tiK' eL^e’s boomed when automatic pin sidlers wore in- stalli'd at Mountain Lanes five year.-: ago. He.'jdes bidng a member ^of three national championship mix ed teams, Jenny has also placed liigh in individual and doubles events. in 1966, she teamed with Lib Gault lor a second place spot in d ank's in llie national tourney in Norfolk. Their total held lop sp I until tile final stages of the tcurnamonl when they were edg- (’d (/111 h.\ se\en pins. dwo years ago. Jenny had her iK’.si single game ev(‘r in nation al .•■mipeiition, scoring a 179. but again .^lu* had to settle for se^xind best-. Former Kings Mountain High , taincers to a 23-1 record and tlie : School basketball coach, Bobby , SWC cliampionship. Tho award is Hussey, has been named South- i from Radio Station WAD^Y of western 3-A Conference “Coach of Shelby. ' the Year” for the 1969-70 season.! “It’s quite an honor, esptK'ially | The award came several months i since it was an award voted upl Pagi Four) 8]ie iias topped llie 466 set mark wi'Vc;al times and Dial’s almost unh<‘ard ul 1 ir women. Slie once rollcil a 126 in the national tour- ({.'nmui-m d on PiKji FourJ naiicnal champituiship mixed team. She and four oDu': KM bowli'rs won nation.al titles in 1962. ’63 and '(\S. “We first startl'd going to Hu* national tcurnamcni in '62 wiu'ii it was lu'ld in Green.snoro," slie recalls. “W('‘v(* hi*<‘u .evi'iy yi'ar siiue. i'xccpl Ir.r one t:m<' 'alien it was helvi in 2onnecticult.” Duckpin h nvling ha.s taken Jenny and oDier K.M bowlers to, such pkues as B(*thcsda. .M 1., Hagi'rst -wn. Md., Baltimari', (.'an- lu . ti.-ut, and Norlolk. 1 ^'^^ree teams are tied for first ;da.e in men's basketball league Thizc Share tead In Men s laskcthall Race TOP COACH — Former KMHS basketball coach Bob Hussey has been named coodi of the year in the Southwestern Con ference by WAD/i. Radio of Shelby. Hussey coached the Mountaineers to a 23-l^record last winter. Hussey was voted the honor by fellow coaches in the SWC. Jenny says diukpiii l)owling in North Carolina is hi'lnw j)ar com pared to th(' Baltimoii ari’a. ' 3ut it’.s for the -simple ri'a.-'an that they have beUer lam's and ■a lot m ol t!iem.” s’l * cddi'd. Jennys say-c a 106 a\('iag(* is (-•onsiden'd ven good for a lady bowler. ‘Td say ilint we have six or more in our It'agiu* willi a lOo a\'erag<' or better.” .•'die .s:iid. call ing .sueh ri'iiiK's as Pat H(’rmlt>n. Pat Panther. Betty Fiu*. Cliarity Tignor and Ba.diara Miller. « * * Jenny also bawls ten pins in Gastonia on Tlnirs l.iy morning but said she pri'h'rs duckpin bowlin;:. “I think it ta]