North Carolina Newspapers

fage Four THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD. KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C. Elly May Clampett To Attend Southern 500 DAHI.IX rrOX, S. C'. Lovely h;is tiirned down numerous offoi’S bluo-oyetl blon.'U*, KMy May of for 'J'V ;;u(’stin.iz and in<»\ies, who the ’‘Ihnf'rly I lillibillies.” will be aceeplerl and fo-stai’red in K'l- Darliiuton pLacoe.ay's llolywood waifl Small's l.’niled Artists pro- ccclirily for the 2‘h’d S(mth(*rn diuli/n of I’ankie aii 1 Johnny'' 5')0 feslival and ra:-*. starriir. KIsis l>r<'ssley. Known in r(*al )if<* as nfmna Douf?’as, slic win a])i.>eai- In tin* Southern ono Kc'stival pijrafle Sat urday tnoi’nin.L:. Soplj'rr.ber 2 at 10 a. ni., lake j)ait in the .Miss SouUa'rn aOO Heauly Pa;,'eanl later Iliat r\enin;» and ride in the Larlin .rloji pace car prior to the start ol the Soulhern oO't on Labor Day. Until recently. Miss J)oiiL;Ia>- BOX OFFICE OPENS AT 7:30 SHOW STARTS AT DUSK ALWAYS S2.00 A CARLOAD! Thurs. - Sa/. ‘ Double Feature NO. 1 — MOONSHINE WAR Color — NO. 2 TICK TICK! TICK; Color Sun. • Wed. * Double Feature NO. 1 CONQUEST OF THE PLANET OF THE APES Color — NO. 2 Elvis in DOUBLE TROUBLE Color Ihjrn in Haywood, Louisiana. Inn first eiuounlei’ with Hie pr()- fessional work! was when she deckled pj ;;o to \(*w York and try lu'r hr k at findin;.^ a as a fashion model. Iloweva'r. she was infornK'd that .'^he uas a hit loo •’luvilthy” lookin;," for fash- i(»n u'oi'k an 1 piompily stjiit(*d iiiustralion modeling. After iiin(‘ months of i(*I(*vi- .vion comnuMcials and I'a^^ydny' a handfull i . h(‘auty pa.ueanls, her hi;4 break eam<‘. Winnin.iz the ■‘.Miss llyline’ t'ontesl, sjK>n.sor(‘d by the iii‘U'spap<M' fraternity, she made a ymest appearance on the Ud Sullivan .'how. This was hd- low{' 1 by producer Ilal Wallis’ New "I'nik oflici' {)ff<*rin^ her a .^cicen le.vt in Hollywood and sui.sci|ucnlI\ a si.L^nerl rontract. Donna's IPillywood tirnint; wa.s p{M f<‘■! when she arri\ (*fl "The Ilevcri.’^ Ilillbillit's'' was bein^, cast. Donna's leadin.ii for iliepi^i'l Lily .Ma\- cemvina*'! lh(' pro- dmecer-i and sh<* wa.s hired for the paid. •I ^ainefl the e.xperience I neede 1 in ‘The Ikn-er'y Hillibil- lies.’ It a ys'cat eliance for me." she said via telephone rom her Ilolis'woofI home, “now that I l:as(’ a taste of movie life. I like it and if I can find more parts like the one in ‘Krjuikie and Johnny’ I’ll lake them.” “1 really don’t know much about stock cars and racinj' es pecially the l)i.!c tracks, but I'm looking' foiAvard to comin.;.; to naidin;^ton and lindinji out all I can alMJul racing. You iliink any- t)ne there would 'iie interested in ttdliny^ me about stock car racin.;?" F ormer Wake Star Joins G-W Staff nOILINf; .SPKINHS. A three year football starter at Wake F(»i’est University, Vincent Nedi- faces, as som<* of this year’s niy'or. ha.s heem named offensive fill spots vacated by line c(jai‘h and chief scout, for .kO’aduating senions. Coach paint- (lardner-Webh college. torme<l his freshmen help “outstanding” and was e.xpccting “good help” from several rtans- fers. In all Painter i.s expecting ’A7t new m(‘n, which is a larger than usual group. With a gfK'd nucleus of re turning upperclassmen, and help from trans»rcrs and freshmen, the Bears sliould field a team which should have aspiration;? for the conference crown. Season tickets are availr-le by eontacting the L. R. Athletic Office. Lenoir Rhyne R. schedule. The Bruins will he looking lor a vi:dory over their new and power!ul foe, viclory which cuukl give the Lears a p.sy- chologieal e(Um o\(*r Uie ro.*t of their opponents. In addition to W< fford and David.son llie Bears face an elevim ganu' slali? with conference fo('s Ncvvheir.y. Guiliord «homecoming*, pieshv- lerian, Kloii, end Catawba in addi tion to non-conferen( 0 (>|)j)onents Appalachian, Carson - Newman, Winston-Salem Stale and Gard ner Webb. The defensive line should he a stnjng pj)inl with almost the entire line returning. The offense will probably .see Coaih ,\(»dimyer was a start ing offcnsi\e guard for Wake Forest in H)bs-70 including the \ear tin* IX'acons won the Atlan- titlo. He is a native uf Altoona. P(mn. Following graduation from Wake Forest, Cojuh .Nwlimyer was a graduate assistant at Wake Potest during the 1970-71 st'ason. Last year he was the ft(?sliman defensive line coaeh ami hand'/ng scouting duties for the Deacons. “We are \t?ry fortunate to have Coach Nedimyer join our staff.’' said Head ’ Football ('oach G<*orge Litton. “He played with the \oer offense at Wake lM>r('st and is \ery familiar with it.” “U’e use tlie veer at Gardner W'eb: and it is vital that the (oat‘h(*s know the syst<Mn. He comes to us highly recommended and I know that he wdll do a fine Ob for us.” Coa( h Nedimyer fills a vacancy cai'.-ed by the resignation of evach Cole Proctor who accepted a position as head football coach at .Morristown. New Jersey. Wm^m TECHNICOLOR • PANAVISICN 4-A Olympic ' we'\e had a f<'w days when we thought their enthusiasm should have been better.” Jones noted that the team lias spent more time on defen.'ie. “Our defense looks pretty good. Our , ends are moving beihu’ than they difl la.st year and ux* ha\e more spe(*d in the secondary. Hut our lineliackers still aixm’t com ing up into the lino of scrimmage like we want tiiom to.’ Piazza Seeks Fourth Straight S H E L R Y. Spartanburg's Chuck Piarza. who makes it n habit of charging for the lead in the late laps of each main event, will he looking for his fourth straight Late Mnodel .Sport.sman win at the Shelby Motor Speedway Thur.Rclay night at S o’clock at the Cleveland county fairgrounds. Union’s Hilly Scott. Gaffney’s Charlie Blanton, Shelby’s "Stick” Elliott and Preston Humphries, Freddy .Smith, Kings Mountain; Ralph Earnhardt and Ralph Eury, • Oth of Kannapolis; head out to beat Piazza under the Hae lUl c‘ hot favorites w‘ho’11 he checkered flag Thursday. Additional work is being done on the track surface to assure the drivers I' etier tire wear and also cut down on the dust con ditions that go with fast dirt track racing. Two ’ale Model .Sportsman and IP! by heats, and a main event in each division make up Thurs day's exciting agenda. Gardner-Webb Coaches To Greet 95 Candidates EOILINt; SPRINGS — Ninety- five football hoptd'uU reported the first day of practice al Gardner- Webb College as the Bulldogs pre pare for their September lb open er with Newberry College in New berry , S. C. Coach (fCorge Litton and hi stab .u'emed well ploa.seci witli the turnout, de.^pite the lad that it includ(‘d only eight .seniors and eight junicr.s. Tile Bulldogs held three work outs the first day and Coaeh Lit ton .said that most of the early workout.s will be devoted to “I’undamentals.’’ “We know that we hav(* a very inexperienced group cl men, but we hope t , make up for this with <U*.<iri,” said Litton. “We have only four weeks to get ready for our trip to Nevvbwrry and there i.^ a lot of work to be done.” Gardner-Webb will play twe games before the home opener September 3t) witli Guilford. The Bulldogs will play Samford Uni- veraity in Birmingham, Ala. on September 23. The Bulldogs were hardest hit by graduation in the defensive backfield ranks with men such as Lee Thompson, Tommy Way, and Tommy Kirk finishing. Litton must find some corner backs and linebackers if he is to fill these big gaps. Offensively the Bulldogs will a- gain depend on their pa.’^sing game to keep them going. Senior Quarterback, Ray Hannon. Greer, S. C., Ls back and shooting for his third straight thousand yard year tlirough the air. Hannon pas.sed tor 1441 yards liLs sopho more year and then added 1203 last year a.-- a junior. The Bulldogs will play six ot their eleven games at home. Two team.s, Catauba and Wofford, are newcomers too the Bulldog sche- dull’. Pressley Wins name drivers, including Grand National Buddy Baker, national point leader Jack Ingram and Jimmy Hensley have filed entries for the “Permatex 20<),’’ a na tional championship late model Sportsman race. Hobby and rookie features arc on the same racx* card which l>egins at S p. m. Jones pointed out that his first two quartorback-s Kails and Johnson, still appear to he about I <Vjual. “Both are doing goo<l johs.’- ho said. “J still have iriea uho’H be our number man.” During fiscal 1971. the Occupa tional Safety and Health Ad ministration conducted 32,70 1 safety and health inspections in 29.;'50.') establishments employing over five million workers. Of the no establishments inspected, 7.41S one or 2't per cent were in compliance with federal standards. Real earnings of American workers rose 1.4 per cent l^etween May and June, reaching a level 3.2 per cent higher than a year! ago. This repi’esents the lar^st’ over-the-year increase in real real eamings for anv June since 19(>L Mrs. Wares Sister Passes Mrs. Billie Pettus Let^sch, of, 1656 Maryland Avenue, Charlotte, died Tuesday at a Huntersville hospital, after being in the Pres byterian hospital for several montiis. The funeral was Thursday at 3:30 p. m. at MeKwen West Chapel. The Rev. Thomas A. Little, pas-1 tor of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian. church, cfficiated. Burial was in the Pettus family plot in Elrnwod cemetery. ‘ Mrs. Leesch was l>orn Janu-! ary 14, 1904 in Charlotte. She was the daughter of Jahn Dil lard and Carolina Rebecca Jane (Ross) Pettus. She was a memlter, of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian church. She graduated at Alexan-1 aer-Grahum high school in Char lotte, two years at Salem Col lege, Winston-Salem, transferring to QucH?ns college in Charlotte to specialize in art. While at Queens a former Kings Mountain girl, ^ Ruth flimter was chosen May Queen and Billie wais chosen to bo her maid of honor. Billie, a' i- er graduation, left for New York' to be a designer for an Oriental I company, specializing in men's ties. Later she went with Colan- ese .corporation of America as head designer for "sixteen.” re tiring, except occasionally do ing free-lance work in her apart ment. In 19.35 Mr. Leesch wa;, trans- ’ forred to Charlotte after Celan-' ese built in Charlotte, iiuying tlieir home on Maryand Avenue, where Mrs. Leesch became inter ested in the Maryland Avenue Garden club, contributing one, year in the Christmas tree dis- j play at the Mint Museum, us-1 ing the theme of hand-painted Christmas cookies as one of her many talents in the art fields or. Queens colle.ge art fund. | Sm ving are her husband, Jdhn T. Leesch; an only son, John T. j Leesch Jr., of Tu(son. Arizona; ! three sisters, Mrs. John Garratt Blowers of Spartan.urg, S. C.;' Mrs. Moffatt Ware of Kings' Mountain; Mrs. Katherine (Paul) S. Monty of Charlotte. The family re(|uest that memorials be sent to St. An- d r e w ’ s Presbyterian church. building fund. • The Labor Department has re- ne^^'ed for two years a contract ‘ with AVCO International Service! to operate the Job Corps Residen-' tial Manpower Center in CinnatU i The center, which house 200 en-; has been funded for $2,- i .^S3.000. VETERAN'S News A veteran who receivxxl an “other titan honorable” discharge from miiftary service Itecau.se of drug use or possession may apply for a discharge review, H. W. Johnson, director of the Wirv ston-Salem Veterans Administra tion regional office, reminded to day. Some months ago, Johnson &aid, Secretary of Defense Melvin Laiixi announced that military departments would “review for recharacterization administrative discharges issued under ‘other than honorable conditions’ solely on the basis of persona' use of drugs or p(jssessi<jn of ilrugs for sui'h use.” It was explaintni, John said, the puipose of the review policy is to provide an opporiunity for this group of veterans to hecorno eligible for VA medical treat ment. VA has U drug treatment centers, but is carrtxl r.y law from treating veterans with dis honorable discharges. | Fol’owing the secretary’s an-1 nouncement, Administrator of, Veterans Affairs Donald K. John- *, son issued a directive to VA; personnel to be on the alert for; veterans with such discharges, I Thursday, August. 24, 1,972 Tindall Melons 10-Pound Variety \ A. U. Tindall, South Halilr ground jivcnue truck farmci, wliose garden produces many good ('dil)Ies in spring and Mun- mer. lias grown 10-pound cania loupes. Mr. Tindall exhil)ited one of ih<‘ melons yestenlay. He said one vine in his ''aidim bears 10 (if the svveet-sm<dliivj, melons. "That vine ju.?t came up 1 y it self,” said \ir. Tindall. He ;ul niit-s, though, he has h-jmorc I it with sugar and water. and to encourage them to requf‘st I ro\ iow. Johnson said. ' Johnson jiointed out that eaidi n*view application must he sijU niitted to the military depa>'tnv-nt . that issued the discharge, uni that self-explanatory review .ip- plicati(>ns (DD Form 293 > air available to VA offices and mili tary installations. 1 t "S BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL Sept. 1, 2, 3 CROSS ROADS MUSIC PARK Off Hwy. 74 Kings Mtn., N.C. 50 BLUEGRASS Bonds Performing Continuous Concerts Fridoy: 7P.M. Til Midnight Saturday: 12 Noon Til Post Midnight Sunday: 11 A.M. Till tote Aftornoon Free Compng, 3,500 Outdoor Soots, Shelter In Cose of Roin NO eiECTRIC INSTRUMENTS 8:24-31 pd FUN and ADVENTURE — Two Walt Disney Hits and One Won derful Show! (Above) Lucky and popo Pongo display some playful anticsin Walt Disney's feature • length cartoon "One Hundred and One Dalmations.” (Below) Brothers Fritz (James MacArthur. left, and Ernst (Tommy Kirk) hunt down the lair of pirates in Walt Disney's Ponovision - Technical feature '^Swiss Family Robinson." Now showing at the Joy Theatre. SUN. SHOWS 1:30 3:30-9:00 MON. TUES. 3-5-7 9 : - - “ - [Prd .. V ■ ■' r C"' ■ LATE FLICK FBI. SAT. 10:30 P.M. “THE CERETARY'* RATED (R) ALL SEATS S1.25 9-2176 DOWNTOWN KINGS MOUNTAIN COMING NEXT WEEK ”43 THE PETTY STORY" WE'VE MOVED! Staysen's Jewelry Is Pleased To Invite Our Friends and Customers To Visit Us In OUR NEW LOCATION 133 WEST MOUNTAIN STREET (BESIDE MINI PARK) Good Selections of Jewelry For the Whole Family • Gift Items # Wall Clocks • Tape Players. • Tapes • Records • Bride's Books • Watch Repair • Music Center Grayson's Jewelry Mrs. Maxine Gray.son Ross Tommy Grayson JANE'S SCHOOL Oi DANCE Registration Thursday, Aug. 24 3 To 6 P.M. Community Center Building TAP • BALLET • JAZZ Tuition $7 Per Month Classes Start Sept. 7 PHONE 922-5284 Kings Mountain Launderama THE CITY'S NEWEST AND ONLY AIR-CONDITIONED LAUNDRY Now Open For Business in New Modern Quarters on North Carpenter Street Open Seven Days A Week From 7 a.m. until 10 p.m. ATTENDANT MATTIE WILSON ON DUTY AT ALL TIMES Get Acquainted Ofiet: Free 10 Minute Dry Wth Each Wash 20 LBS. 3Sc - DBYERS 10c PER 10 MINUTES owned by Richard W. Carter KINGS MOUNTAIN LAUNDERAMA North Carpenter Street Kings Mountain, K. C.