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VOLUME 95, NUMBER 21 THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1982 KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH C 2 >
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Baccalaureate Service
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Young people in the area
seeking summer employment
may get some help from the
gram.
The program, entering its
14th year, is designed to aid
high school and college
students in gaining summer
employment to help finance
their education or supplement
their family income.
Mayor John Moss has nam-
ed a nine-person committee,
which will begin accepting ap-
plications and interviewing
students Friday at the Govern-
mental Services Facilities
Center (new city hall).
Applications may be obtain-
ed, ‘and interviews scheduled,
between 1-5 p.m. Friday; 8 a.m.
until 12 noon Saturday, and
from 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. next
Monday and Tuesday.
Jobs!
Youth Job Program
Taking Applications
Mayor’s Summer Youth Pro--
Franklin Ware and Rev.
M.L. Campbell will serve as co-
chairmen of the committee.
Other members are Mayor
Moss, Mrs. Margaret Mec-
Carter, Mrs. Joel Marable, Mrs.
Ruby Alexander, Jerry King,
Mrs. Martha Edwards, and
Gerald Grigg.
“This has been a most suc-
cessful program, because of the
cooperation of industries and
businesses in the area,” Mayor
Moss said. “This is a particular-
ly important year in view of the
national economic effect on our
area, and we will be working
closely with all prospective
employers and the youth so as
to develop as many job oppor-
tunities as possible.
“The committee urges all
youngsters interested to come
and register as early as
possible,” he added.
City
The City of Kings Mountain
is paying up to $60 per hour for
a personnel consultant to advise
Mayor John Henry Moss and
the Cost-Efficiency Committee
on squad employment | matters. a rece
of C en ad
City Board
So last week, by a 4-2 vote, :
authorized the Mayor to take
whatever actions he deemed
necessary to cut the cost of city
services.
Commissioners : Jim Childers
ERs of Commissioners Jim
Dickey, Humes Houston, Corbet
Sam Houston Earns
Education Doctorate
«+ Sam Houston, formerly of
~ Kings Mountain, received a
Doctor of Education Ad-
ministration degree in com-
mencement exercises May 16 at
UNC-Greensboro.
Son of Humes Houston of
Kings Mountain and the late
Debbie Houston, he is employed
as assistant superintendent for
auxiliary services of Davidson
County Schools, the 10th largest
school system in North Carolina.
He is married to the former
Diane Roberts of Kings Moun-
tain. He served as principal at
Ledford Junior High School and
North Davidson Senior High
School before being named direc-
tor of auxiliary services last year.
He was named assistant
superintendent last summer.
Houston earned his bachelor’s
degree at Appalachian State
Teacher’s College and his
master’s at Appalachian State
University. He earned an educa-
tion specialist degree at East
Carolina University. He has also
studied at N.C. State University
and the Univesity of North
Carolina.
He formerly taught and
coached football on the elemen-
tary and junior high level and is
a former coordinator of evening
programs at Fayetteville
Technical Institute and adjunct
professor at Appalachian State
University.
SAM HOUSTON
He has served as a consultant
to several educational organiza-
tions, including the North
Carolina State Department of
Education, the Laurinburg-
Scotland County Schools,
Robeson County Technical In-
stitute, Commission on
Alcoholism and Drug Abuse,
Alcohol and Drug Prevention .
and Control Program, Raleigh
City Schools and Harnett Coun-
ty Schools.
Attending graduation
ceremonies from Kings Moun-
tain were Mr. and Mrs. Gene
Roberts, Miss Annie Roberts
and Mr. and Mrs. Humes
Houston.
City Firemen Battle
Five Fires Last Week
Kings Mountain firemen
reported five fires last week.
At 1:30 a.m. Thursday, they
extinquished a fire at a vacant
house on Parkdale Circle. The
house was owned by Phillip Boll-
inger.
Later Thursday, they were
called to the Phillips 66 Station
on East King to water down
leaking gas. No damage was
reported.
At 4:37 a.m. Friday, they ex-
tinguished a woods fire on Brice
Street and at 11:45 a.m. Friday,
they doused a grass and woods
fire on Brice Street.
On Saturday, they put out a
car fire at 618 East Gold Street.
The 1973 Chevrolet, owned by
Ronnie Philbeck, was declared a
total loss.
and Norman King voted against Services Inc.
Graduation Scheduled
Baccaulaureate service and
graduation exercises for the
Kings Mountain High School
Class of 1982 have been schedul-
ed.
The baccaulaureate service
will be held at 8 p.m., Sun., May
30 at B.N. Barnes Auditorium.
The Rev. William Tyson, pastor
of Boyce Memorial A.R.P.
Church, will deliver the sermon.
Graduation is scheduled for.
Tues., June 1 at 8 p.m. at John
Gamble Stadium.
Area ministers will be in
charge of the baccaulaureate ser-
vice. Special music will be
presented by the Kings Muntain
High School Chorale and
Ensemble, under the direction of
Eugene Bumgardner, director of
the high school choirs. Pianist
will be Jerri Patterson.
The traditional “Pomp and
Circumstance” will be used for
the processional and recessional.
Dr. T.A. Powell, pastor of
Galilee and St. Paul United
Methodist Churches of Kings
. Mountain, will give the invoca-
tion. The Rev. Paul T. Baliles,
pastor of First Assembly of God - -
of Kings Mountain, will read the
Nicholson and Moss.
The committee, without
authorization of the full board,
had earlier hired Employers EO,
‘Charlotts
_Speciali
; nity con
management, to advise the city
on how it could dismiss
vices.
Briefly
KIWANIS CLUB
Joyce Lee, Cleveland County
Probation Officer, will be the
guest speaker at the weekly
meeting of the Kings Mountain
Kiwanis Club Thursday night.
The Kiwanians will have their
annual Ladies Night Banquet on
Thurs., May 27. Reservations
must be made by Mon., May 24,
by calling Kyle Smith at
864-3201.
BEAUTY(?) CONTEST
The Dixie Youth and Babe
Ruth baseball leagues of Grover
will sponsor a womanless beauty
contest Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at
the Grover School Auditorium.
Admission is $2 for adults and
$1 for children 12 and under.
Contestants will be members of
the coaching staffs.
SPAGHETTI SUPPER
Grover Rescue Squad will
sponsor a spaghetti supper Sat.,
May 22 beginning at 5 p.m. All
you can eat plates will be served
for $2.50 for adults and $1.50
for children. Children under 12
may eat free. For carry out
orders and information, call
937-7632.
SIERRA CLUB
The first meeting of the
newly-organized Cleveland
County group of the Sierra Club
will be held May 25 at 7:30 p.m.
upstairs at the Cleveland County
Historical Museum. All prospec-
tive members are urged to at-
tend.
NEW LOCATION
The Kings Mountain
Chamber of Commerce and
Credit Bureau has moved to 115
West Mountain Street at the
rear entrance beside Fulton’s
Department Store.
CORRECTION
The Kings Mountain Herald
inadvertently printed the name
of Andrea Beason in the
Cleveland County delinquent
tax listings printed in last weeks
edition.
REV. WILLIAM TYSON
scripture. Rev. Eugene W. Land,
pastor of Second Baptist Church,
will introduce the speaker, and
the Rev. Kenneth Ray Looney,
~ pastor of the Kings Mountain
Church of God, will give the
benediction.
The congregation will sing
“This Is My Father’s World”
employees without danger of
having the termination appealed
to the Equal Employment Op-
: portunity Commission.
E.O. is. charging he city. $60 5d
its fee is $20 per hour plus 25
KMCC WEEK - This is Kings Mountain Con-
valescent Center Week, and residents of the
center have experienced a number of treats.
Carolyn Bell, left, an employee of KMCC, is
‘pictured above serving ice cream to three
residents Tuesday. Left to right are Mrs. Vada
‘technical assistance,
sulting Engineers The.
and the choral groups will sing
“Immortal Love” and ‘“O
Magnum Mysterium?”.
The Kings Mountain Junior
High School Ninth Grade Band,
under the direction of
Christopher Cole, will play
“Pomp And Circumstance” for
the processional at graduation.
There will be no recessional.
The KMHS Chorale and
Ensemble will sing “Flying Free”
and “Go Ye Now In Peace.”
Senior class officers will lead
the program and will share the
stage with school board officials
and school administrators.
Robert R. McRae Jr., prin-
cipal, and William F. Davis,
superintendent, will present the
diplomas, assisted by Joan Lois
Finger, Chief Marshal of the
Junior Class.
Kristin Anne Gatts, vice presi-
dent of the Senior Class, will give
the invocation, and Robert Lee
Smith III, president of the Stu-
dent Participation Organization,
will welcome the guests.
Lee Sommers Neisler, presi-
dent of the Senior Class, will pre-
sent the Class of 1982, and
Claude Russell Morrison Jr.,
secretary of the Senior Class, will
cents per mile travel.
The city employs three other
consultants. W.K. Dickson and
Company serves as the city” S
city’s electrical services consul-
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water and sewer and street con- is
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recognize all honor graduates.
Leigh Anne Baliles, class
treasurer, will present to class
gift to June C. Lee, chairman of
the Kings Mountain District
Schools Board of Education.
Terry Leonard Feaster will give
the benediction.
Junior Marshals include Joan
Lois Finger, Chief; Daniel Clif-
ton Ayscue, Susanna Lynn
Bolin, Bryon Mark Cloninger,
Sharon Allison Dilling, Kevin
Darryl Dixon, Kelly Ann Good-
son, Roger Dean Grant, Joanie
Lynne Hamrick, James William
Lackey, Clayton Lloyd Ollis and
Lisa Rae Smith.
Senior sponsors are Mrs.
Adelaide Allison, Mrs. Peggy
Baird, Mrs. Linda Dixon, Mrs.
Brenda Neal, Miss
Parker, Mrs. Jacquitha Reid,
Sheila Sisk, Mrs. Mary
Taylor, Mrs. Angel Teer and
Dean Westmoreland.
The senior class motto is “If
no one else believes in us, we
have to remember to believe in
ourselves.”
Paying Consultant Up To $60 Per Hour
tant, and Heath and Associates
is the gas service consultants.
Heath charges $250 per day,
plus
22 ‘cents pe mile;
per mile travel.
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Photo by Gary Stewart
Herndon, Ella Harrelson and Bertha Blanton.
The residents were also treated to a music pro-
gram by the Kings Mountain High pep band.
More activities are scheduled through Satur-
day. ending with an old timey family reunion
day.
This Is KMCC Week
Kings Mountain Convales-
cent Center has been observing
Kings Mountain Convalescent
Center Week all this week.
Activities will continue
through Saturday.
The schedule for the re-
mainder of the week includes a
cookout from 11 a.m. until 1:30
p.m. Thursday, Country-
Western Day Friday from 24
p.m. and an Ole Time Family
Reunion Day Saturday from 2-5
p.m.
Lillian Mitchem will play a
clown and special singing will be
held during Friday’s Country-
Western Day. Featured per-
formers include the Rev. Allen
Jolly, the Swinging Moun-
taineers, banjo picker Arnold
Clayton and guitarist Tom Dell-
inger.
Delores White and the
Macedonia Baptist Church
Choir will sing Saturday at 2:30
p.m., Louise Cole and the Mt.
Zion Baptist Church Inspira-
tions will sing Saturday at 3 p.m.
and Nelson and Jane Fletcher
and other singers will perform
from 4 until 5 p.m. Saturday.
Fun Day was held Monday
with entertainment furnished by
a clown from the Pizza Hut. A
pie-throwing contest was also
held.
Tuesday’s activities featurd an
ice cream social. The Kings
Mountain High Pep Band, under
the direction of Donald Deal,
performed along with Allen
Davis, who did a juggling act.
Wednesday’s activities
featured a birthday party given
by Oak Grove Baptist Church.
Shirley Austin, elementary
music teacher for Kings Moun-
tain District Schools, and 100
students gave a musical salute to
North Carolina.
School Bands Spring
Concert Set Thursday
The Kings Mountain District
School Bands will present the
Annual Spring: Concert on
Thursday, May 20 at 8:00 p.m.
in the Barnes Auditorium.
The Concert will be presented
by the Central School Seventh
Grade Band, the Kings Moun-
tain Junior High School Eighth
Grade Band, the Kings Moun-
tain Junior High School Ninth
Grade Band, and the Kings
Mountain Senior High School
Band.
The Program will consist of a
variety of music. Admission is
free. The public is invited to at-
tend.
Annette
$21.42 per hour, Sn 17 cents
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