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Dr. Plonk
Appointed
To Faculty
Dr. George W. Plonk Jr.,
formerly of Kings
Mountain, has been ap
pointed to the faculty of the
Bowman Gray School of
Medicine as instructor In
surgery.
His appointment was
announced by Dr. Richard
Janeway, dean.
A 1W9 graduate of the
University of North
Oarollna at Chapel Hill,
Plonk received the M.D.
degree from the Bowman
Gray School of Medicine.
He completed a surgical
residency at North
Carolina Baptist Hospital
In Winston-Salem and was
chief resident for one year.
He returned recently from
a traveling fellowship
appointment In peripheral
vascular surgery in
Charleston S.C.
Plonk Is the son of Dr.
and Mrs. George W. Plonk
of 902 Crescent Circle,
Kings Mountain. He and
his wife, the former Judy
Morris, have three
daughters.
Photo by Tom McIntyre
PINEWOOD DERBY WINNERS AIX - The five
Kings Mountain Cnh Scouts, above, won the Clevelaad
County Plaewood Derby Toomament la Shelby last
week In a field of 60 Scouto from the county. From left,
Bryant Wells, David Baker, both of Pack M, Keith
Morris and Larry Stone, both of Pack 04, and Oreg
Conner of Pack IS. The county champe go to Hickory
May 19th for regional competition. Pack 04 la sponsored
by Oak Grove Baptist Church and Pack 98 Is sponsored
by Boyce Memorial ARP Church.
Feemster
Pardcipates
In Exercise
Jh
KM Native Is Honored
U.S. FORCES. Ger
many—Pvt. Carl R.
Feemster, son of Mrs. Lois
S. Feemster, Route 2.
Bessemer City, N.C.,
recently participated In
the first Return of Forces
to Germany
(REFORGER) exercise to
be held In winter.
REFORGER 79, a
strategic mobility exer
cise, demonstrates the
U.S. capability to move by
air and sea to reinforce
NAIO rapidly In a crisis
situation.
The Reforger units join
U.S. units stationed In
Germany and allied
elements for the exercise
In an area between Nor-
thern Baden-
Wuerttemberg and
Eastern Bavaria.
Army National Guard
and .^rmy Reserve units
also are Included In
Reforger, one of NATQis
largest annual exercises.
The soldier Is a member
of the 1st Armored
Division In Germany.
A distinguished North
Carolina cltlsen will
receive an honorary
degree from Gardner-
Webb College In
ceremonies during com
mencement exercises May
19.
Acting on the recom
mendation of the College
faculty, the board of
trustees approved
awarding the degree
Doctor of Humanities to
Charles L. (Ranee)
Henderson of Morganton.
Henderson has been
director of the North
Oarollna Schools for the
Deaf since 1970, and la also
superintendent of the
North Carolina Schools for
the Deaf In Morganton.
Ranee Henderson Is
well-known to the cltlxena
of North Oarollna for his
work with the deaf and his
Involvement In civic af
fairs. In 1977 he received
the (Tltatlon of Ap-
preelatlan from the North
Oarollna American Legion
Auxiliary. That same year,
he received the President’s
An>reclatlon Award from
the North Carolina
Association of the Deaf. In
197S he received the
Distinguished Club
President award from the
IQwanls International and
also that year, the
Distinguished Service
Award from Lenolr-Rhyne
College. In 1962, Hen
derson was chosen as the
Outstanding Graduate of
the Oregon College of
Education.
A member of the First
Baptist Church of
Morganton, where he has
served as deacon and
Sunday School teacher for
the deaf, he la also a
member of several civic
organizations. In 1977-78 he
was president of the Lake
James Environmental
Association and district
chairman of the Boy
Scouts of America,
Tableroek District. Also In
1978 he was treasurer of
'dha' ' Geaifedwiioeif- of
^ectdlves of American
Schools for the Deaf and on
the board of directors of
CLOSE-UP. That same
year he was a member of
the National Advisory
Oouncll of the Center on
Cbntlnulng Education. The
Directors of the Center on
Deafness of California
State University, Nor-
thrldge, says of Mr.
Henderson, "He has given
leadership not only In his
own organisation, but
throughout the state and
the nation. In the field of
deafness he has Initiated
and developed a program
of services ranging from
pre-school through College
that Is a model for the
entire nation.’*
A native of Kings
Mountain, he la married to
Betty Ledford Henderson,
a school administrator,
also of Kings Mountain,
and they have two
children: David, age 19;
and JuUa, age 18.
Henderson Is a graduate
of the Oregon College of
Education, where he
'wcelved both his B.S. and
M.S. degrees; and
Oallfomla State University
at Northrldge, where he
Reynolds
Stationed
In Colorado
received his M.A. degree
In School Administration.
Previous positions In
clude: social studies and
language teacher, grades
6-18, and principal of the
high school and vocational
department, Oregon
School for the Deaf;
Director of the West
Suburban Association for
the Hearing Handlcai^d,
Illinois, and Instructor of
teacher-trsdnlng program
of the deaf at DePaul
University In Chicago,
which he holds con
currently with his other
positions.
Other professional and
civic activities Include:
boiurd of trustees. Center
for the Rights of the Desd;
and board of advisors,
Gardner-Webb College.
Past Civic activities
Include: President of the
Burke County Community
Concert Association, 1974;
RANCE HENDERSON
President of the Burke
CCunty United Fund, 1978;
President of the
Morganton Klwanls Club,
1976; Lieutenant Governor
of the Carolina Klwanls
District, Division l-B,
1976; and chairman of the
Tbblerock District Scout
Camp Development of the
Boys Scouts of America,
1976.
President Craven
Williams, In describing
Mr. Henderson to the
CbUege Board of Trustees,
said, "A person who has
achieved national
distinction as a leader In
his chosen field, and who
also speaks out boldly on
religious values, la a rare
Individual, worthy of
recognition and com
mendation by this
OoUege."
COLORADO SPRINGS,
Colo. — Senior Master
Sergeant Richard D.
Reynolds, son of Mrs.
Ehrelyn Reynolds of 608
Gantt St., Kings Mountain,
N.C., has arrived for duty
at Peterson AFB, Cblo.
The sergeant, a food
service superintendent
with a unit of the
Aerospace Defense
Command, previously
served at Osan AB,
Republic of Korea.
Sergeant Reynolds Is a
1967 graduate of Centrsd
High School.
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