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APPOINTED - Kio)^ Mountain High senior Tony Beam,
above, holds ietter informing him he has been appointed to
the Army Academy at West Point. He received notification
from Congressman Jim BroyhilL
Reports July 1
Beam Gk)mg
•To West Point
By JOlINMcGILL
Special To The Mirror
Tony Beam, senior student
at Kings Mountain High, has
been appointed to the United
States Military Academy at
West Point, New York.
Beam is one of ap
proximately 1,300 students
appointed to the academy
each year. Representative
James Broyhill notified Beam
of his appointment last
Wednesday. Tony, son of Mr.
^and Mrs. Harry Beam of
t Grover, will begin at West
Point on July 1. 1974.
In order to be eligible for the
appointment. Beam had to
take the Scholastic Aptitude
Test, the American College
Test, and the Math Level 1 and
English Composition
Acheivement Tests. He then
went to Fort Jackson in
Columbia, S.C. to take his
medical examination. Beam
traveled to the U.S. National
Guard Armory in Charlotte to
take a physical aptitude test.
After receiving nominations
from Senators Ervin and
* ^Helms, and Represenative
Broyhill, Tony sent in his
seventh semester grades and
was notified of his ap
pointment shortly thereafter.
For his appointment. Beam
will receive his four-year
educational the United States
Military Academy free, and
will also receive one-half the
base pay of a second
lieutenant while at the
academy. Upon graduation.
Beam will be commissioned
as a second lieutenant and will
be obligated for five years of
service in the military.
Tony is Senior class
president at Kings Mountain
High this year. He is a three-
year letterman in golf and has
also lettered I in wrestling.
Beam is a junior marshal and
a member in both honorary
societies at the school, the
National Honor Society and
Mu Alpha Theta. He is listed in
the current edition of Who’s
Who Among American High
School Students and is active
in the Science, Monogram,
and Key Clubs at the high
school.
Last summer. Beam at
tended Boys’ State held at
Wake Forest University.
Beam is a member of the First
Baptist Church in Grover,
where he is chairman of the
ushers and president of the
youth organization. He is
employed by Magnolia
Finishing Plant in
Blacksburg, S.C.
Kings Mountain Man Is Charged By Higlnvay l*atrot
A Kings Mountain man was
arrested this past week and
charged with failure to report
an accident, stop sign
violation and improper
registration following a
Friday accident at 3:15 p.m.
State Highway Patrolman
M.E. Reynolds investigated
the matter and reported Allen
Gettys James of Rt. 2, Box 359,
Kings Mountain was coming
out of RP 2233 onto L'S 29
when he passed through the
stop sign there and struck the
southbound car of Carolyn
Davis W'right of Rt. 2,
Blacksburg, S.C. According to
the trooper’s report, James hit
the rear of the Wright auto and
continued north, failing to
stop. He was arrested Sunday
by Reynolds on the three
charges.
Passes Are Available
Complimentary passes to the 1974 Housing and Building
products Show Public Day, Charlotte Merchandise Mart,
Thurs., Feb. 7, are available at the county office building,
^ 130 S. Post Rd, Shelby.
Hours for the show are 10 a.m. - 9 p.m. Home
economics extension agents will be on hand to discuss
ways to combine color, texture and design as materials
are selected in the blueprint stage of building.
Operator Course Offered
A special training course for water treatment plant
operators will begin February 12 at Gaston College in
Dallas. The 20 class meetings will consist of practical
classwork and field training in the proper operation and
maintenance of wastewater treatment plants.
The main purpose of the program is to upgrade the
skills and knowledge of (^erators and will assist them in
qualifying for certification now required by law.
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Dr. J.D. Grey, pastor emeritus of First Baptist Church
in New Orleans, will take part in the Gardner-Webb
College Ministers’ Conference set for March 19-21.
There will bea $1 fee for commuters to cover three noon
meals and a textbook. ’Those wishing rooms on campus
should contact Rev. Charles Freeman, Gardner-Webb
College, Boiling Springs.
Girl Scout Cookie Sale
Orders are now being taken through February 9 for Girl
Scout Cookies in the Kings Mountain area. Numerous Girl
Scout projects and activities are financed by your pur
chase of the cookies. Proceeds provide funds for major
maintenance and upkeep of the Pioneer Council s
established Camps Rotery and Golden Valley; im-
pliments funds for camperships and scouterships to
scouts in financial need. Five kinds of cookies are offered;
mint, butter flavored Shorties, peanut butter, assorted
sandwich and chocolate chip ’n nut.
The price is $1 per box and deliveries will be made
^ * Feburary 28. Mrs. Kenneth Bunkowski is the local cookie
chairman. Mrs. Marvin Teer is neighborhood chairman
and Mrs. Elizabeth Dux is area profes.sional.
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