Truck Overturns,
Driver Badly Cut
A contract driver car ying mail for the
Postal Service suffered severe lacerations
on his face and back when his truck hit a
bridge and overturned near Lattimore early
Tuesday morning.
Bobby Greene, age unavailable, was
admitted to Cleveland Memorial Hospital
after Boiling Springs rescue responded to
the one vehicle wreck shortly after 7 a.m.
No delay in mail delevery was reported.
Greene was driving a “star” route-mail
carried between post offices by an
independent contractor-when the wreck
occured en route from Shelby to
Rutherfordton.
“We got another truck and got the mail
Area News
Cleveland Technical College will begin
classes in 17 new subjects between Jan. 4
and 8 to be taught by the college’s
continuing education department. Classes
will be offered in:
Advanced Macrame, Basic Drawing,
Beginning Sewing, Ceramics, China,
Genealogy, Heraldy, Mixed Media Paint
ing, Nursing;
Oil and Portrait Painting, Pottery Design,
Small Engine Repair, Stained Glass,
Tailoring, Uoholstery, Watercolor, and
Woodworking
For further information^ contact Cleveland
Technical College at 484-4014.
A scholarship in honor of Mrs, Etta M. Elliott, the
wife of former Gardner-Webb College President Philip
L. Elliott, the wife of former Gardner-Webb College
President Philip L. Elliott, has been established at the
College. The scholarship has been initially endowed
with a grant of $10,000. Priority will be Shown in award
ing the scholarship to students interested in careers
related to the tine and performing arts.
It is expected that friends and former students will
contribute to the scholarship in the future.
Craven E. Williams, president of Gardner-Webb College,
commented, “This scholarship is an appropriate means
of honoring an individual who has been so influential
in shaping the direction for this College. The Elliotts
are the key architects of the Gardner-Webb that we
know today.”
out on time,” said Phil Cash, postmaster
at the Lattimore office.
Icy roads continued to keep the squad
busy answering three other calls Monday
night and Tuesday morning. A wreck on
Padgett Road at 7;30 p.m. and on Highway
74 West at 5 a.m. resulted in two drivers
being carried to local hospitals where they
were treated and released. A two-car
wreck Tuesday at 7:30 a.m. on Highway 74
near Bob’s Seafood resulted in two drivers
being treated at the scene.
Boiling Springs Police reported no
arrests this past week. Both fire
departments passed a quiet week with no
calls.
What’s Open
Christmas Day
Need a battery, a quart of milk, or a tank
of gas? Christmas Day openings, and
closings for local businesses are listed
below:
Humphries’ general store and gas station
on Highway 150 South will open Christmas
Day at 8:30 a.m. and close at 8:30 p.m.
Fast Fare convenience store on Main
Street will close Christmas Eve at 11 p.m.
and open Christmas Day at 10 a.m. The
store will close that night at 11 p.m.
Closed on Christmas Day will be Ingle’s
and Lowe’s grocery stores, Hamrick’s
general store on Cliffside Road, the Snack
Shop, the Campus Den, and Mutt’s
Chicken, all on Main Street. The Wagon
Wheel on East College also will close.
“It’ll be a regular day” on Christmas
Day for visitors at Crawley Memorial
Hospital according to hospital spokesper
son Iris Rose. There "'ill be no change in
visiting hours that da>, she said.
College Elects Mabry,
Names Fund for Spangler
Jack Mabry of Shelby, has oeen elected
vice-chairman of the Board of Advisors at
Gardner-Webb College.
Mabry was selected an advisor in 1979.
The advisors are chosen on the basis of
their interest in Christian higher education
in general and Gardner-Webb College in
particualar.
Mabry is president and treasurer of
Shelby Printing Company, president of
Kings Mountain Office Supply and
Equipment Company, a partner in Mabry
Brothers and a director of MY, Inc.
He is chairman of the Cleveland County
Mental Health Center Board, a member of
the State Banking Commission, and a
member of the Board of Directors at First
Citizens Bank.
He and his wife, Kathei/ine Quinn Mabry
are members of Central United Methodist
Church. Mabry has orr^ son Tripp Mabry
and four step-children Mrs. Kathy Burgin,
Mrs. Peggy Porter, Mrs. Mrs. Lynn Roach
and D.W. Royster III.
Other officers include Chairman John
Edgerton, vice-president and manager of
WBTV-Charlotte; Secretary Robert J.
Arey, Jr., Shelby; Career Placement
Chairman Ed Hamilton, Shelby; Finance/
Development Chairman Joe E. Cabaniss,
Shelby; Student Life Chairman Jack Lutz,
Shelby.
The purpose of the Board of Advisors is
to aid the present and future program of
Gardner-Webb College by advising the
Board of Trustees, the President and
members of the administrative staff.
Pat and Eloise Spangler of Shelby, N.C.,
were honored Tuesday, December 15, at a
surprise luncheon at North Lake Country
Club. They were presented with The Pat
and Eloise Spangler Scholarship Fund at
Gardner-Webb College. The fund was
started by a few close friends from across
the state as an expression of appreciation
for the many services the Spanglers have
rendered to individuals and causes
throughout North Carolina.
Mrs. Spangler, the former Eloise Young,
has actively served numerous cultural,
service, health and community organi vi-
tions throughout Cleveland County. Her
direct services to Gardner-Webb College
have been many and the Spangler Music
Scholarship is named in honor of Eloise
and Evelyn (Mrs. Earl) Spangler. This is
the most prestigious music scholarship at
the college with auditions held annually.
Pat Spangler, a native of Shelby, has
compiled a life-time record of service to
the county and the state. As Chairman of
the Shelby Chamber of Commerce’s
Industrial Commission, he was instrument
al in bringing millions of dollars of new
industry to the area, including Pittsburgh
Plate Glass and Fiber Industries. His
record of local achievements and activities
include President of Shelby Chamber of
Commerce, Director of First National
Bank, Director of United Way. In 1963, he
was Shelby’s “Man of the Year.”
Pat Spangler has served as a Trustee or
Corporate Officer of Gardner-Webb Col
lege for thirteen years. For eight years he
was Chairman of the Board of Trustees
and as National Chairman for two major
campaigns he was directly responsible for
raising more than $5,000,000 for the
College. A dormitory at the College was
named in his honor, and he, along with his
brother Earl, built the football stadium and
track at the College in honor of their
father, Ernest W. Spangler.
Pat and Eloise Spangler have five
children Lynn, Jane, Jean, Penny and Pat,
Jr.
Editor’s Note: Due to the Christmas
holiday, the View is published a day early
this week; hence the dateline at the top of
this page carries Wednesday’s date. The
View will resume regular publication next
week.
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