^ 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 B<jx .33.5,
20 Central M.,
1. Tale. Rt.
Gastonia
, Rt. 1 Box 40C
Teseniar. 313
rr'edt, 1215 E,
a
II W. Mtn St.,
i080 Mklpinfr,
d, Rt. 1. York.
AY
?nneth Pruitt.
825 2nd SI..
M. Davis. 812
land, Rt. 1 Box
*r, 1417 Shelby
, Rt. 2 Box 32.5
01 Wilson St.,
nson, Rt. 1 Bi>x
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 prob<ibly start
Mike Thombs and Paul Manning
at guards, Jeff Hcdden at center
and Geci>er 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,” .<hc re-alls. “1
bidieco tliat wag one year alltu
they started a ladies’ h'ague.
right now, wi‘ have tiie oesi
league we've over had.
League action in bo’# the mtoi’s
and l.idies’ divisions is close, i •
say the least. As the fiisi hall
enter? its final t.vo weeks, sev-
, oral teams arc fighting it out for
j the title.
« * *
j Jenny has more bowling tro-
' phies than she knows what t> 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 up<ui
after Hussey coached his Moun- by the other coaches in the con-
• ference,” said Idussey from his
office in Boone Tuesday.
“It’s a little late,” continued
Hussey, “but it .seems I left King-
Mountain at about tlie s-ajno
time it was decided. It's a groat
honor.”
I Hussey resigned as head basket
ball coach at KMHS last year aft
er coaching the Mountaineers to
a three-year record of 6.5 wins
.and only ix'ven defeats. Two of |
this teams copped cunferf'nce ti-l
' ties and the other finislnxl sec ,
ond.
I Coach Hussey’s freshman team
' at Appalachian State Is 3-.3 de
spite the fact that it is small an.l
not very talentiNi.
' “We don’t ha\'e a whole lot of
taJent,” said Hussey, “but we
haven’t been outclassed by any
one except Virginia Tech. They
j beat us by 21 points.”
^ The high .scorer for the Little
Mountaineers is a former KMHS
standout. Charles Barnes, who is
averaging 20 points per game.
“He had a bad ojx'ning night
agaiast Wake Fonst down there,
said Hussey, “but his next time
out against VPI he s'-on'd 36
(Couiinm d o>l 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]<es a bf nv'.rt'
.skill to k.iwl luckpM^” sa d Mr.s.
Gall's, wlut carries a 151 aveiage
in ten pins.
Ji'iiny said wIk'ii she firi^t bo-
play at llie Cnm-munity Center.
Leading tlie way with 2-1 rcc-
orcLs are Plonk Oil, Duplex and
v'ral't.spun.
De.ending ehampion Plonk Oil
.suflci'i'd its lirst loss of the sea-
so;i M onday niglD, falling • to
Hon'.e Savings and Loan. 59-52. It
wa-; Die first win for tlio Savings
and Lc-in team.
Tommy Cantor.ter topined the
winneis in s. /ring with 16 points
and Ken Cash tallied 15 for
Plonk Oil.
In am'ther Mmday game, Du
plex defi'aic 1 Itn'perial 66-52
STANDINGS
Teams
Plor.k Oil
Ii'.iplex
Cranspun
ka\ itig-j and Loan
Impe:! D
Meivhanl.s
Won