Schiele
Program
Sunday
Visit the Schiele Museum
pioneer site on Sunday,
December 18 to experience the
homey joys of an earlier time.
Colonial Christmas is a time
when neighbors gather to toast
the fruit trees, thus insuring a
bountiful yield for the coming
year. The menfolk discharge
their firearms through the bran-
ches of the trees to dispel any
evil spirits lurking there. The
Christmas pudding steams merri-
ly in an iron kettle, and fiddle
and hammered dulcimer fill your
ears with an 18th century
Christmas. Women and children
deck the log homestead with the
traditional ivy, holly, rosemary,
and pine. This glimpse of
Christmas in early piedmont
N.C. will enrich your celebration
of Christmas present.
At dusk you may join in the
simple candlelighting service of
Scripture and carols. (Bring a
candle and dress warmly.) This
impressive celebration, in its
ninth year, has become a holiday
tradition for many visitors who
return each year to renew ties
with their past.
The evening climaxes in an ex-
pression of the joys of the season
as the traditional bonfire is lit,
sprigs of greenery are tossed into
the fire, and hands are joined
around the fire. The holiday
traditions of our forefathers are
absorbed by every sense during
this holiday celebration. (No
* charge; no reservation required).
For more information contact
Kay Moss at (704) 864-3962.
Cookbook
On Sale
At Herald
Pound cake! Just say the word
and a gleam comes to the eye of
every good cook.
Local folks who like to cook
and eat pound cakes will enjoy a
new cookbook just off the
presses just in time for Christmas
giving and stocking stuffing.
Ruey Mrs. Y.F.) Throneburg
picked up her new book,
“Treasured Pound Cake
Recipes”, this week at The
Herald and copies of the
attractively-bound and easy-to-
read book are for sale at The
Herald at $4.95.
Mrs. Throneburg features all
pound cake recipes and she says
all are tried-and-tested in her kit-
chen and each was baked from
scratch. None of the recipes call
for a mix. The 78-page book is
full of recipes for pound cakes
and is attractively decorated in
the country theme.
Several of Ruey’s favorites
follow:
ORANGE CRUSH
POUND CAKE
1 cup vegetable shortening
V5 stick butter
2% cups sugar
5 eggs
3 cups all purpose flour
1 cup Orange Crush
1 teaspoon orange flavoring
1 teaspoon vanilla
Thoroughly cream together
vegetable shortening, butter and
sugar. Add eggs, one at a time,
mixing well after each addition.
Add orange drink alternately
with sifted flour. Add flavorings.
Put into greased and floured 9
inch tube pan and bake at 325
degrees F. for 1 hour, 10 minutes
or until done.
Cool 10 minutes. Remove
from pan. Cool before icing. Top
with the following icing:
2 stick butter
1 3 oa.) pkg. cream cheese,
softened
1 cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon orange flavoring
I» teaspoon vanilla
Cream together butter and
cream cheese. Add powdered
sugar and flavorings. Spread
over warm cake.
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INFALLABLE POUND CAKE
1% cup shortening
2% cups sugar
8 eggs
3 cups flour
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon lemon
1 teaspoon almond
Cream shortening and sugar
until smooth. Add eggs, one at a
time, beating well after each.
Add flour; stir well. Blend in
flavorings. Bake in greased tube
pan at 325 degrees for 1 hour
and 30 minutes.
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"1983 the
An end-of-year report by
Supt. William Davis was read by
Mayor John Henry Moss at the
city swearing-in ceremony for
elected officials Monday night
and points to a number of
achievements which the major
alluded to in his remarks.
Said Mr. Davis in his report,
“Where We Are, 1983":
“As we draw near the end of
Kings Mountain
School System is able to point to
a number of achievements which
are indicative of a good educa-
tional program in our school
district.
“The percentage of eleventh
grade students who pass the
competency test (required for
graduation) during the first at-
tempt has improved dramatical-
ly. Our record this fall relative to
the percentage of juniors passing
the test on the first attempt is the
best in the county and ranks
among the top in the state.
“On the state achievement
tests which are administered an-
nually to grades 1, 2, 3,6 and 9
our students rank at the top of
the region and grades 1, 2 and 3
and well agove the median In
grades 6 and 9.
Fn
Thursday. December 15, 1983-KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD-Page 15A
Number Of Achievements Noted In Schools
“Our program in choral and
instrumental music is as good as
any in the state. Both programs
consistently earn superior ratings
in state contests.
“In Kings Mountain we have
placed great emphasis in getting
the best teachers, principals and
other personnel for staffing our
schools. We believe we have suc-
ceeded in this very important
function.
ASPIRATIONS FOR THE
FUTURE
“We. realize “that: the
technilogical competition among
nations will require a more
sophisticated student in math,
science and competer literacy.
We are already developing ways
to make our math and science
program stronger from
kindergarten through grade
twelve. Students are working
with computers in most of our
schools and we intend to make
instruction in computer science
and instruction via computers
much more common place than
is presently the case.
“Even though our per pupil
expenditure ranks very well
when compared with other
school systems in the state it
needs to be higher in order to
allow us to do more to assure
maximum development of each
child’s potential.
“We need elementary
guidance counselors in elemen-
tary schools to supplement
parental guidance which 1s
sometimes lacking due to the
nature of many of our families in
our 1983 culture.
“We need funds for summer
remediation and enrichment pro-
grams.
“Although we are thankful for
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lreasured
Pound Cake
Recipes
By
RUEY M. THRONEBURG
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