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lUof ( ge w 7) 0 0 KMHS News by John McGill The Kings Mountain High Schooi varsity boys basket- bait team romp^ to their first conference victory and fifth consecutive victory of the young season without a defeat as they trounced South Point 68-S4 at South Point, Friday night. The Kings Mountain tads hetd a eight point hatftime lead and padded that lead in the sec ond half. Using their four corners offense late in the last half, the Mounties put the game away. Earlier in the week, the Mountaineers stunned Bessemer City in their first game played in the Kings Mountain High gym this year. The Moun- talnettes won their first two games of the season, beat ing North Gaston and Bess emer City, before falling to South Point by a three point margin. Both the girls and the boys teams are to host the Crest Chargers, Monday night, December 10. Then on Friday, December 15, the Mounties travel to East Ru- therfordton to meet the Cav aliers. In an effort to become more community-minded in their actions and projects, the student council of the high school voted to voluntarily take on the upcoming school bond issue as a project. Of those votes cast, the result was a unanimous 84-0. Youth rallys are scheduled to be held Saturday, December 8, at the old Gulf service sta tion beside the First Union National Bank, with another rally to be held later. After the vote, a committee was chosen from the high school to determine what could be done concerning the school bond issue. Members of the committee are: Jeff Jones, Karen Robbs, David Lancas ter, David Lucas, Dennis Hogue, John Plonk, Mike High, Lynn Blanton, and the Student Council Officers, Jerome Cash , John McGill, and Debbie Bolin. The bus iness district was under taken by the students as their part in the project. The Student Council Officers were downtown Friday after school, placing pamphlets in the banks, savings and loans, drug stores, and grocery stores after permission from the proper authorities was obtained. Members of the above committee will dis tribute pamphlets at the youth rallys and all through the business district while also placing posters con cerning the school bond is sue in all available places, on their own time. Future action that the student council hopes to undertake includes: the possibility of giving students who clean up the school during their stu dy hall and/or before and after school, some type of credit for this work, a fitt ing punishment for those lit tering the school grounds, and a committee to write and publish a paper on the libra ry, stating library hours, library rules, and other per- tlnet InformaUon the students may need to know about the use of the school library. The Kings Mountain High School Band has a busy hol iday schedule lined up. The Pep Band was scheduled tq_ perform at both youth rallys for the school bond issue, a- long with the chorus. The band will give a concert at Central Junior High School, December 14. There will be no admission. The concert will feature music from the Messiah, with seasonal mu sic and popular music also being provided. Picture taking for the Milestones, our annual, is preceding along well. Each day, about 45 minutes is al- loted for different club and organizations have pictures taken. The Milestones’ ad campaign for this year is due to end December 18. An nuals were on sale for the last time. Regular club meeting were scheduled to be held Thurs day, December 7, during the assembly period. Among those clubs scheduled to meet were: Future Home makers of America, the Li brary Club, Monogram Club, Art Club, and the Candy- stripers. Central News by (]hri8 Holmes On Monday, December 4, eighth graders were given the School College Ability Test, SCAT. The test con sisted of four individual tests. Two of these tests dealt with math and the other two with English. The tests took up the first two periods of that day. Home room teachers will grade their pupils answers and give them to the guidance of fice. Students can get their results from Mr. Nanny or Mrs. Phoenix soon. The Parent-Teacher Bas ketball Game has been can celled for the year. I was not able to get the reason for the cancellation. The game was scheduled for Friday night, December 1 in the gym. Dr. Helen Carter of Gas ton College was at Central on Thursday morning to con duct special tests for some students. With the Christmas Season in full swing there are pa rades everywhere. Some of Centrals students have been getting out of school early to participate in these parades. Several students from Cen tral volunteered to serve on a committee for the passage of the School Bond Referen dum to be voted on Decem ber 16. These students are Scott Brodnax, John Gamble, Mark Mercier, Chris Hol- Atwell Promoted By Martin Marietta Jay Atwell, Superintendent at Red Hill Quarry, Char lottesville area. He will now be responsible for two other quarries, at Rivanna and Gordonsville, In making the announce ment, J.R. Brisley, Direc tor of Operations, said that Atwell will report direct to Operations in Raleigh. Born at Mooresville, N.C., Atwell attended high school at North Garden, Va. He graduated from the U. S, Maritime School, at Sheep- shead Bay, N.Y., and was at sea for several years. Atwell joined Martin Mar ietta Aggregates in January, 1948, right after leaving the Merchant Marine service. He is married to the former Ora M. Mawyer of North Garden. They have two sons. Jay III, and Andy. Returns From Funeral Mr. and Mrs. Trout retur ned home Saturday from Minneapolis, Minnesota af ter attending the funeral of Mrs. Trout’s brother, Tho mas F. Lanford, Jr., 48. Mr. Lanford joined the “Pioneer Press’’ and the “St. Paul Dispatch’’ in 1947 as a prin ter, and became composing room foreman and Assis tant Production Manager in 1959, and was named Produ ction Manager in 1967; the position he held until his death. He was the son of Mrs. T.F. Lanford, Sr. and the late T. F. Lanford and native of Woodruff, S.C. 't,' ■ ''' i'r Junior Miss • Grdl Blake British pay out more com- Israel seeking to preserve A. M. A. urges aid to pensation for crime. vanishing wildlife. "sick" doctors. Gail Blake Is Jr. Miss Gail Blake, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Blake, of Route 2, Kings Mountain, was crowned Blacksburg’s 1973 Junior Miss on Novem ber 25 at the Blacksburg High School Auditorium. As Junior Miss, Gairl will attend various pagents, ride in parades, and compete for the S.C. State title next year. During the pagent, she pla yed the piano for her talent. She received a scholarship, the crown, a bundle of red roses, and the title. Gail, a sixteen year old junior at Blacksburg High, attended KMES her fresh men year. Her grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Huffman of Kings Mountain and Mrs. Marie Blake of Grover. She plans to attend U.S.C. and major in Journalism. Fires Inflict Minor Damages Fire Chief Floyd Thorn burg reported only two fires this past week with minimal damages inflicted. The first call came Tues day at 11:30 a.m. at the city dump. A fire had started in the trash and was spreading to a Payloader parked at the dump. The Payloader was saved but the heat from the blaze shattered the back glass of the machine. A Friday n^ht fire at the Kings Mountain Herald new spaper office severely damaged a couch there. The fire was reported at 12 a.m. and firemen were dispatch ed to put out the blaze. KINGS MOUNTAIN MIRROR, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1972 PAGE U In December of each year, the Kings Mountain Ministerial Association receives gifts in the booth located in front of Bri dge’s Hardware. Using the money that is given at the booth plus $3,000.00 received from the United Fund, the Association has helped some ninety families during the past year which re presents some four hundred persons. Acting whenan emergen cy arises or else during unusual circumstances, the Ministers hlep in way of fuel, groceries, medicine, cloths, and transcl- ents needing help. Checks should be made to The Kings Moun tain Ministerial Association and left at the booth or mailed to P.O. Box 912, Kings Mountain. The minister in the booth is Rev. R 0. Davis of Gastonia. Rev. Davis is Pastor of Vestibule AME Zion Church m Kings Mountain. «immmKmm the men sitting behind you you on the benches." The witness turned, bow ed clumsily and said: "Good-morning, gentle- Always Courteous The witness was obvious ly a rustic and quite new to the ways of a courtroom. So. the judge directed him; "Speak to the jury, sir— men.” mes, Bonnie Hinnant, Cindy Medlin, Terry Glass and Loujeana McDevitt. These students met with some High School students to dis cuss what they would do to help pass the Bond Issue. On Saturday four students from the committee were down town to pass out pamphlets. Friday night, December 8, there was a dance in the Central gym. Admission was $1.50. The Gastonia Jackson 5 were there for dance music and entertain ment. Earlier in December the basketball team of St. Mich aels scrimmaged the Pa triots. On Monday afternoon Central played Mount Holly in their first regular sea son game. Central won by the score of 53 to 27. Scor ing for Central was William Thompson with 17 points. Steve Lancaster scored 9 points. Next was Mark Mercier with 8. Edgar In gram had 6 points while Le- nord Roberts scored 5. Rounding out the scoring for Central were Hinnant, Morgan, Waddel and Hender son all witli 2 points. After Central played the High Schooi Freshman Squad pla yed the Mt. Holly Freshman. Admission to the double- header was 50t^. YOUR CHILD: TARGET FOR TOMORROW? The hard-drug business is booming. Expanding into every town, village and neighborhood — seeking more and more victims. If we don't stop it now, children born today will be prime targets for the drug-pusher of tomorrow, and yours may be among them. Only those fortified by a parent's love and active concern will escape the pusher's horrible blandishments. Join groups organized to fight him, or form a group of your own. You can't start too soon. Protect your child's tomorrow. Take dead aim on a pusher today. Sponsored By The Following VIcaii Aliimiiiiim (^urp. Burlington Industries Carolina Throwinjf Cleveland Hosiery Mills. Ine. Duplex International Evans Products Gay Hosiery Mills. Inc. Ideal Hosiery .Mills. Inc. Kin^s Mills. Inc. Kin^s Mtn. Knitt Fabrics. Inc. Kinder Mlji.CA>. K Mills. Inc. I.. & L. Hosiery .Vlills. Inc. Lyntex Inc. Maiiney Hosiery Mills. Inc. Mauney Mills. Inc. Park Yarn Mills. Inc. Istlati/.ens Rank & Trust. Kin^sMtn.
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