• It • f • • H • 'I* a* ^ ^ I fj Big July 4th * Celebration Set At Deal Park D The Parks and Recreation Department invites everyone to come spend July 4th enjoying an action-packed enjoyable “In dependence Day” Celebration. A schedule of events for the Day is in today’s Herald. (Char coaled hamburgers and boiled com win be on hand for those who want to leave the kitchen alone on July 4th). “Come have lunch with us,” said a spokesman. To be eligible for the Special Drawings, special tickets will be given with any single purchase of $1.00 or more at the conces sion stands. “Come join the fun, who knows you may win a ride in the 7 stories high, 60 feet wide, WLOS Thirteen BaUoon with Bill Norwood,” said Parks & Recreation Director Mike Nap- pi. MORNING FESTIVITIES DEAL POOL 9:30 - 11:30 a.m. - Channel 13 Balloon Rides with Mr. Bill Nor wood (rides by special drawing only) lOOO a.m. - Diving Contest. •Circus World Ticket Drawing. •Drawing for Balloon Rides. 10:30 a.m. • Watermelon Carry. •Carowinds ticket draw ing. •Drawing for Balloon Rides. 1100 a.m. - Cannonball - “Big Splash.” •Circus World Ticket Drawing. 12.00 Noon - Special “Inner Tube Race”. •Biltmore House Ticket Drawing. 100 p.m. - Penny Drive. 1:1S p.m. - Hobo Water Race. 1:30 p.m. - Message From Commissioners/Atlanta Braves. Ticket Drawing. 200-300 p.m. - Crowning of Miss Dbtie Youth 1980. 200-500 p.m. - Public Swim ming. 2:30 p.m. - Water Slide - Front Lawn - Community Center. FIELD EVENTS LOCATION: DEAL ST. ISLAND AREA 200 p.m. - Pie Eating Contest. •Circus World Ticket Drawing. 2:30 pjn. - Hole in the Barrell - Old Little Field. •Biltmore House & Garden Ticket Draw ing. 300 p.m. - Watermelon Eating Contest. 3d0 p.m. - Greased Pig Chase. 400 p.m. - Horseshoe Pit ching Contest. 4:30 p.m. - Dixie Youth Games. 500 p.m. - The Fantastic “Chicken Chase.” 5:15 p.m. - The “Bunny Am bush” Rabbit Chase - Girls Only. 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. - North Carolina Free Style Qoggers -Old Tennis Courts. •Biltmore House & Garden Ticket Draw ing. 6:30 p.m. - NRPA Ken-L- Ration Kids Dog Show - Rib bons. RELAY RACES 700 - 800 pjn. - 3-legged races and sack races. (1) Mom & Child (Age 5-8, 9-12). C) Dad & Child (Age 5-8,9-12). (3) Mon & Dad. 8:30 p.m. - Water Balloon Toss - Any couple, any age. 900 p.m. - Egg toss. •Biltmore House & Garden Ticket Draw ing. 1000 p.m. - Fire Works Ex travaganza!!! SPECIAL EVENTS 300 - 600 p.m. - Champion ship Putt Golf Tournaments. 1000 a.m. - 900 p.m. - Open Air Flea Market. Kiddie Rides all day. Parking lot - next to Lit tle League Field. •Spiecial drawing tickets are available at concession stands, with purchases of S1.00 or more at a single purchase. Auxiliary Opens Billy Putnam Fund The American Legion Aux iliary opened a Billy Putnam Fund account this week at First Union National Bank and citizens wishing to donate to the special veteran’s fund may for ward contributions to Mrs. Arlene Barrett, treasurer, 202 Park Drive. Members of the Auxiliary voted at a recent meeting to give assistance to the family of Billy and Marcia Putnam who have experienced financial problems since Mr. Putnam bKame ill with leukemia and has been unable to return to his construc tion job. Medical bills for their young sons, both of whom are afflicted with cerebal palsy, have also drained the family budget. Several fund-raising events are planned by the Auxiliary during the next several months to aid the project. Revitilization Committee Named Improving The Town W.S. (Corky) Fulton, III, manager of Fulton’s Department Store in downtown Kings Moun tain, will co-chair with Mayor John Henry Moss the newly- formed Business Revitalization Committee. Fulton sees the co chairmanship as a challenge and says he is excited about working with other young and energetic men of the business community in gearing up a promotion to, not only encourage Kings Mountain area citizens to spend their shop ping dollars at home, but to im- July 4 Celebration Scheduled The clock will be turned back to the turn of the century during the Second Annual Old Fashion ed Fourth of July celebration held in the Courthouse Square in downtown Shelby on July 4 from 10 a.m. to 3'30 pjn. The event sponson^l by the Cleveland County Historical Museum, area individuals, mer chants and organizations, will feature some of the “Good Old Summertime” entertainment such as square dancing, clogging, magic shows, “pickin’ and grin- nin’” and new this year a Barber- . shop (^artet Contest.^ According to MuseuJn Direc tor, Jim Marler, “everybody has an old-time “fiddKn” contest, which is fine, but we wanted something different, something that is fun - and what’s more fun than a Barbershop Quartet.” Also included will be a best- dressed Old Fashioned Girl and Boy Contest, a Girl and Boy with the Most Freckles Contest and, of course, the popular Pie Eating and Watermelon Eating Contests. Last year, these last two were a sight to behold. Homemade ice cream and cake will be provided by the Shelby Jaycees and hot dogs by Jocko’s with many of the downtown stores being open to help make it a safe “Old Fashion ed 4th” for the whole family in downtown Shelby on the Court- square. This event is not in com petition with other area com munity Independence Day celebrations, but is for the entire county area, just like the “gold old days.” For advance entries, contact the Museum, 482-8186. Pageant Is Slated The curtain will go up July 18-19 in B.N. Barnes Auditorium on the city’s first an nual Afro-American Dream Epiphany Pageant. At least two dozen contestants are rehearsing each Thursday evening at KM Community Center for the competition which will feature talented young men and women perform ing a variety of skills. Prizes and scholarships will go to the win ners. Mrs. Emma Blalock, general chairman, said that considerable interest in the pageant is evidenced by the response of contestants and she invites local businessmen and industry to sponsor a pageant entry. Call 739-2459 or 739-3698 to sponsor a contestant. The show will be presented at 8 p.m. on July 18 and 19, said Mrs. Blalock. KIWANIS PICNIC In lieu of a program and regular meeting Thursday night, members of the KM Kiwanis Club will gather at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Ledford on Scotland Drive for a family pic nic. prove existing businesses and to help build new ones. “Merchants need to be aware of what each firm has to offer the public and I hope this com mittee will provide the necessary citizen input to organize and recruit new businesses,” said Fulton. One aim of the commit tee will be to find the means to help small merchants finance im provements and build new buildings, said Fulton. Mayor Moss says he envisions what he terms “total develop ment of the business community” to reach out and br ing into the community those things which may not be readily attainable now. Fulton says he will be pointing out to his com mittee that he had already deter mined via a survey of his own that 75 different services are available in the immediate downtown area to the communi ty- After organizational plans are complete, Fulton said a survey will be made of the business needs of Kings Mountain area merchants and one of the ques tions asked on the survey will be, “what do you want to see in the way of improvements in the Kings Mountain business com munity?” “If we get some criticism from this survey that will be one helpful tool in mak ing our plans,” said Fulton. ‘There are a lot of negative al titudes now,” Fulton continued, “and fact is that our industry is growing at a faster rate than other cities around us but retail sales are moving at a much slower rale. There’s a real need for improving the image of the retail shopping district,” he con tinued. Mayor Moss concurred with Fulton and pledged his 1(X) per cent support in “seeing this pro ject to completion.” “Kings Mountain is in a quite enviable position to attract in dustry,” said the Mayor, and the next 50 years in this area will see some of the results of your plan ning today.” “We aren’t going to see a change overnight,” said Fulton, but he said that a working com mittee of citizens who want to become involved can reap results. Fulton said he will suggest that renovations and new buildings follow a uniformity of theme and structure and that he will work toward assisting mer chants to afford the cost of remodeling and building new structures. Twenty-five Kings Mountain business citizens will serve on the committee and include in ad dition to the co