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The Kings Mountain Herald | www.kmherald.com
reunion attracts crowd
Wednesday, August 26, 2015
‘Boyce Memorial ARP Church fellowship hall was packed for the recent reunion of the McGill clan. Standing, from left,t Linda Ann McGill Coffin, Angel Coffin, Salome McGill, Mike
Lazinsk, Kristin Lazinsk, Jim McGill, John Coffin, Ann McGill, Ken McGill, Selena McGill, Jodi McGill, John and Joseph McGill, and sitting, from left, Michael McGill, Andrew Dimmock,
missionary friend, Jason McGill and Nancy McGill, wife of the late Dr. Kenneth McGill of Kings Mountain.
The annual McGill re-
union recently brought visi-
tors from Florida who grew
up in Kings Mountain when
the late Dr. Kenneth McGill
practiced with his brother,
the late Dr. John C. McGill
at McGill Clinic.
Dr. Kenneth McGill was
called to the mission field
and he and his wife, Nancy,
and now their children, and
grandchildren are involved
in African missions and in
home missions in the states
they live. Nancy McGill is
mother, grandmother and
mother-n-law to the large
group of McGill kin who
came to Kings Mountain for
the family reunion at Boyce
Memorial ARP Church fel-
lowship hall.
Linda Ann McGill Coffin
and her husband, John, pres-
ently live in Florida and are
child advocates for children
in foster care and volunteer
to help find forever families
for children in foster care
that are available for adop-
tion.
Kristine Coffin Lazinsk
is an attorney for foster
children in Florida and her
husband, Mike, is also an
attorney.
Jim McGill, missionary
to Malawi, provides clean
water and sanitation to vil-
lages in Malawi, Africa and
consults for water projects in
other African countries. He
was the subject of two Nova
Science programs on televi-
sion in the field of geology.
He was in charge of comput-
erized skills on the ship that
/
drilled to the earth's core in
the oldest lake on the globe
— Bikal, Russia ‘and on Lake
Victoria in the center of the
Continent of Africa.
John Coffin is senior
vice-president of Hospital
Medicine Services, Inc.
Ann McGill is an adop-
tion social worker. \
Ken McGill, who lives
and’ works in South Caro-
lina, has two children who
are police officers in South
Carolina and two children
in Georgia. He also has four
grandchildren, one of whom
is in the US Army. |
Jodi McGill, Jim's wife,
is a public health nurse
practitioner and mother of
six adopted children. John
and Joseph are the McGill
youngest twins.
Margaret Willis sits in front of the canned goods division at
the Bethware Fair.
Photos by LIB STEWART
Vernell James, Sarah Queen, and Nancy Abasiekong, left to
right, judged the quilt displays at the Bethware Fair.
Exhibits at Bethware Fair
were popular with fairgoers
In spite of dry weather
Bethware Community Fair
exhibitors showed canned
goods featuring home-
grown vegetables and ag-
riculture products galore
at the 68th annual fair last
week.
The Fair has become a
tradition in the Kings Moun-
tain area and fairgoers enjoy
the midway attractions and
rides but a popular feature is
the exhibit hall in the school
auditorium. :
Margaret Willis, who
retired as exhibit hall direc-
tor after nearly 50 years at
the Cleveland County Fair,
was one of the judges. At
85, Mrs. Willis judged the
Drexel Fair before coming
to Kings Mountain and has
four more fairs to go to this
fall to judge exhibits.
“The Fair got in my
blood when I judged the
Mountain State Fair in
Asheville years ago and
working at the Cleveland
County Fair as exhibit direc-
tor for nearly 50 years was
just icing on the cake," said
Willis as she judged canned
foods and also was a taster
for the cookies, cakes, and
breads division.
Willis said her late hus-
band Ed Willis liked to ac-
company her to the fair but
didn't volunteer to judge
exhibits. She has two sons,
Ministers to
meet Sept.3
Kings Mountain Ministe-
rial Association will resume
monthly meetings Sept. 3 at
12 noon at Mountain View
Restaurant on King Street.
All Kings Mountain pastors
are encouraged to become
involved in the Ministerial
Association.
Dale Willis of Shelby and
Steve Willis of Winston-Sa-
lem and three grandchildren.
A large number of
volunteers were on hand
Wednesday® morning to
mark the exhibits with rib-
bons and many exhibitors
received cash prizes.
“The entries all have a
number so the judges don't
know the names of the ex-
hibitors.
Nancy Abasiekong,
Cleveland County Exten-
sion Agent, was one of the
judges in the quilt category.
“We have an awfully lot of
good entries," she said.
Judges working in the
baked goods division were
given a sample of the des-
sert and that's how they de-
termined the winners.
Women's Department di-
rectors were Ruby McKin-
ney and Wendy McKinney.
Patsy Sparrow and Betty
Grant chaired the canned
fruits and vegetables sec-
tion; Louise McSwain and
Sarah Queen were in charge
of the Household arts de-
partment; Sandra Mayes
and Carol Patrick received
the exhibits for arts, crafts
and hobbies and Vernell
Jones was chair of the
flower department. Other
committee members were
Helen Thrift, Betty White,
Kahler, Katelynn McKin-
ney and Lynn McKinney.
Craig Mayes was di-
rector and Doug Sparrow
assistant, in the agriculture
division of the fair where
cash prizes went to best
10 ears of white corn, best
quart of rye, best quart of
oats. Mayes was also di-
rector of the horticulture
section where the top prize
went to most attractive gar-
den display among other
entries of garden products.
Another category of
competition in the women's
department were entries
in canned fruits, canned
vegetables, canned meats,
preserves, jellies, pickles,
relishes and juices, pantry
and dairy products, and
candy and cookies.
If exhibitors didn't want
to show their talents in the
kitchen with home-canned
and baked goods they could
show their creativity in
needlework, crochet, and
even adult, children and
infant clothing. Ceramics,
woodwork and crafts were
also displayed as well as
antiques and flowers.
Bethware Fair enjoyed a
five-day run on the grounds
of Bethware School under
sponsorship of the Bethware
Progressive Club. Proceeds
from the fair are earmarked
Margaret Willis, Carol McDaniel, Samantha Mayes, and Bar-
bara Jones sample baked goods as they judge entries for
prizes in the annual Bethware Community Fair.
Erica Carpenter, Jacob for school projects.
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