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Fumily piidi-. or geographic passion, is
responsible for the home-made sign at right on
the Goforth Creek in Cherokee County just south
of Boiling Springs. The state-manufactured sign
at left is on the north bank of the creek; on the
south bank is the home-made name.
J.W. Hamrick has a list of names two miles long.
The dairy farmer is determined that state road
1158 be named Hamrick Road when the county
commissioners meet next month to select names
for all numbered roads in Cleveland County. And
to support his nomination, he memorized the
history of a two-mile stretch of 1158 where each plot
of land “either come through a Hamrick or was
owned by a Hamrick.”
There was no Hamrick in the name for 1158
tentatively offered by the commissioners at the
Jan. 26 meeting to take suggestions from the
public and to try out new names. Beaver Dam
Church Road is the name offered tentatively for
roads 11.58 and 1153, a two-lane stretch of blacktop
that runs through Boiling Springs from Highway 74
at the east to the city limits on the west.
Hamrick has no quarrel with naming 1153 after
the Baptist church up the road from his farm; but
the two- miles stretch of 1158 from his farm to the
city’s western limits, he maintains, should be
Hamrick Road.
He has the names to back him up. At the January
meeting Hamrick recounted the histories of 11
farms along 1158 that entail the Hamrick name.
Tuesday he repeated them for a reporter. It’s a
remarkable feat: detailed genealogies of a sur
name that is more common in Cleveland County
than elsewhere in the country.
the January meeting, the commissioners voted to
consider naming 1158 the Hamrick Road. But the
man who originally proposed Beaver Dam Church
Road is opposed to the idea.
homonymous names could confuse disnatchers
and slow those calls.
“That’s her on both sides of the creek,” Hamrick
begins, speaking of a Hamrick descendent and her
property as one. Then Hamrick, a short, stout
man, firmly plants both his feet and calls the roll of
living and dead farmers along 1158: “ Wiley
Hamrick, Ostice Hamrick, Elijah Bly Hamrick,
Elijah Wright Hamrick, Clifford Elijah Hamrick. .
“I know that I’m stepping on some toes by not
using family names,” said Hunt Hannah at the
county tax map office Monday. Hannah picked the
names tentatively offered by the commissioners.
“But we have duplication with the Hamrick name
on a street inside Shelby city limits. I don’t even
like to use names that sound similiar. ’’
The commislion will meet in March to fix per
manent names. The date of that public meeting
has not been set.
At that meeting the commission will act on three
other suggested name changes in this area:
naming state road 1148 to Flint Hill Church
Road;
It takes more than a quarter of an hour for J. W.
Hamrick to complete his roll. After hearing it at
Hannah pointed out that the reason for naming
county numbered roads was to speed emergency
answering calls, and that duplicated or
renaming Jolley Road and state road 1197 the
Jimmy Hamrick Road or the Dellinger Ferrv
Road;
renaming a stretch of the Frazier Road and state
road 1172 to Sandy Run Church Road.
The Foothills View
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Richard Chase, folklorist in residence at
Lenoir-Rhyne College, spins a traditional “Jack”
tale for boys and girls at Boiling Springs
Elementary School Wednesday morning. Chase
78, prefers the title “leader of games” to that of
folklorist or scholar; he is, in fact, all three. Chase
will speak Thursday at Gardner-Webb College.
Griffin In Dog House
Charles Albert Griffin
is the new coach on the
block at Gardner-Webb
College. Griffin has
joined the Bulldog’s
football staff as end and
defensive linebacker
coach.
“Coach Griffin is a
fine addition to our
present staff,” stated
head football coach Tom
Moore. “He is an ex
cellent defensive coach
and he proved his ability
when he went to Win
ston-Salem University
in 1976. He took the
worst defensive team in
the CIAA and developed
it into the best defensive
unit in the conference.”
- Griffin, from
Baltimore, has a solid
football coaching
background, having
coached the linebackers
as a graduate assistant
at the University of
Maryland in 1972 and
1973. The Terps went to
the 1973 Peacli Bowl.
Griffin was defensive
coordinator at Man
sfield State College
from 1974 to 1975, and in
1976 moved to Winston-
Salem State and started
work on the Ram
defensive team.
The Rams played in
the 1977 Gold Bowl and
they got to the 1978
NCAA Division 11
semifinals. Griffin’s
coaching record as an
assistant is 67-34-2 at the
college level.
Griffin, who is
married to Sue
Nicholson Griffin,
received his Bachelor of
Science degree from
Frostburg State in 1970.
He received his Master
of Arts degree in
Charles Giiffin, new
physical education from deu nsivo linebacker
the University of and end coach at
Maryland in 1974. Gardner-Webb College.
Officals of the Davis Hospital board of trustees,
the L.C. Wagner Foundation board of trustees, and
Gardner-Webb College today signed a letter of
intent which, if approved by their respective
boards, will result in the establishment of a
Bachelor of Science in nursing program in
Statesville.
The school of nursing of Gardner-Webb College
recently received a grant of $143,060 from the Kate
B. Reynolds Health Care Trust of Winston-Salem
to provide a “Two- Plus-Two” BSN nursing
program. The College has for 16 years operated a
two-year associate degree in nursing (ADN)
program. The grant will enable the college to add
the upper two years which will be based in
Statesville, with BSN offerings also presented on
the college’s main campus in Boiling Springs.
According to the terms, the trustees of Davis
Hospital will upon its sale use the income to
establish a trust to support the nursing program.
The L.C. Wagner foundation will also annually
contribute to the support of the program. In ad
dition, both boards will, on an annual basis,
receive special purpose requests from the school
of nursing, and will provide scholarship assistance
to Iredell County students.
Gardner-Webb will employ the faculty, design
the curriculum, and present the program in Iredell
County, The new arrangement between the three
institutions, along with the recent anouncement by
Mitchell Community College to offer an associate
degree nursing program, will result in a full four
year nursing program in States- ville. The school
of nursing will be known as the Davis School of
Nursing at Gardner-Webb College.
College President Craven Williams described
the new program as a logical outgrowth of the
successful GOAL program, an adult education
program offered by Gardner-Webb to area
residents in conjuction with Mitchell Community
College.
“This will be the first major program we have
based in an off-campus setting,” he stated.
“However, we are fully confident that the new
arrangement can provide to be ihe most effective
in addressing the national concern of health care
officials regarding the severe shortage of nurses.
“We are pleased to enter into this additional
relationship with Mitchell Community College, the
trustees of Davis Hospital, and the L.C. Wagner
Foundation,” Dr. Williams said.
Gardner-Webb’s program will designed
specifically to accomodate the needs of practicing
RN’s within commuting distance of Statesville and
Boiling Springs. The program will be designed to
enable registered nurses to expand their com
petencies ih both supervisory and clinical roles.
The “Two-Plus-Two” format is the first program
of its sort in North Carolina.
John West, a member of the Davis Hospital
board of trustees and chairman of the board’s
education committee, stated: “This arrangement
with Mitchell College and Gardner-Webb College
will enable the Davis Hospital trustees to fulfill a
primary goal of providing a high quality nursing
education program for Iredell County.”
Area News
Boiling Springs Baptist Church approved the
hiring of Christopher E. Winans to serve as
Childern and Youth worker for the summer of 1982.
Chris, whose home is Fairview, N.C., is a junior at
Gardner-Webb College studying for a major in
sacred music and religious education. He plans'to
continue his education at Southern Theological
Seminary in Louisville, Ky., or perhaps serve two
years as a journeyman on the foreign mission of
the Southern Baptist Convention.
Chris has worked as a music intern under the
direction of the minister of music. Dr. Phil Perrin,
and has directed the adult handbell ensemble. He
is currently directing “HIS,” a vocal ensemble of
college students who sing contemporary religious
music.
Susan Wallace, a sacred music major at Gard
ner-Webb College, will present her senior recital
Monday, March 1, at 8 p.m. at the O. Max Gardner
Recitql Hall.
Miss Wallace, a piano student of Carolyn
Billings, will perform “Toccata in D Major” by
J.S. Bach, “Pi- ano Concerto in A Major, K. 488”
by Mozart and “Polo- naise in F Sharp Minor” by
Chopin.
Susan is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William
Warren Wallace, Sr., of Cherryville, and is
member of the First Wesleyan Church.
The recital is free and open to the public.
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