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Apple Crop Still
Hanging In There
In spite of severe low spring
temperature conditions for the
second year in a row, some
Cleveland County apple growers
are seeing the partial survival of
the 1983 apple crop. “It was first
thought that most of the apple
crop was gone for 1983”, accor
ding to Curtis Styles, Agriculture
Extension Agent,” but many
trees produced a continued se
cond bloom after the freeze,
which was enough to set a par
tial crop”.
Red delicious and golden
delicious are the two main apple
varieties grown commercially in
Cleveland County. Of the two
major varieties, red delicious is
still hurt worse by the freeze;
many commercial orchards have
no crop left of red delicious. Due
to the “second bloom” of golden
delicious, it now appears that
most orchards will have at least a
partial golden delicious crop,
however, ‘This is quite a drastic
change from what we were see
ing a few weeks ago Styles said.
Almost everyone then agreed
that this year’s crop was gone,
but that situation has changed
for the better.”
NCDA statistics showed that
Cleveland County ranks second,
exceeded only by Henderson
County, in number of orchards.
acreage and numbers of trees.
Apple crop losses could still ex
ceed the million dollar mark dur
ing 1983 due to the spring
freezes, but it appears that
growers may be able to recover
part of their production ex
penses.
Statewide, a reassessment of
April freeze damage to North
Carolina’s apple crop indicates
75 percent of the fruit survived
in the mid-spring cold snap.
Earlier predictions were less op
timistic.
In 1982, North Carolina ap
ples were severely hurt by frost,
yielding only 3 million bushels.
“I have personally inspected
several orchards,” said Thomas
E. Justus of Hendersonville and
president of the North Carolina
Apple Growers Association,
“and have communicated with
virtually all the commercial pro
ducers in the state. As a result, I
would estimate this year’s pro-
duetion at nearly 10 million
bushels.”
He expressed confidence in his
findings and said that with
generally favorable weather
throughout the remainder of the
growing season. North
Carolina’s 1983 apple crop could
be one of the best ever produced.
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SIDE BY SIDE - Goldie, the new female golden Eagle in Grand
father Mountain's Eagle Habitat, is getting along fine with the
male and female Bald Eagles, although in the wild the two
species ore generally found in different territories. The Bald
Eagle is a water bird found near rivers and lakes, and the
Golden Eagle lives mostly in the mountains, foothills, and
plains. Here both species are harmoniously on the same perch.
—Crest High School News Briefs
Crest FFA Teams Place
High In District Competition
The Crest FFA Forestry
Judging team placed first in
district competition Friday, May
13. The Contest was held at
Wingate College. Team
members are Donna Walker,
Jimmy Gibson, Cecil Weaver.
The Dairy Judging team plac
ed 2nd in the competition. Team
members are Wayne Cogdell,
Mark Whitaker, Joel Hoyle and
Cameron DeBrew.
The Livestock team placed
third. Team members are Kelly
Gragg, Shellie Hamrick, Jeff
Lane and Paul Mayes.
Tracy Curry placed 4th
overall in the Creed Speaking
Contest.
I Joel Hoyle and Cameron
DeBrew were elected District III
officers.
Senior FT A Members Feted
Future Teachers of America
of Crest Senior High School
recognized their graduating
seniors at a dinner in their honor
held at Ed Fortenberry’s
Restaurant.
Senior members are Penny
Morrow, Lana Jolley, Mary
Lamb, Julie Blackburn, Robert
Lamb and Jeff Cooper.
Each senior received a special
gift from the sponsor, Marion
Jolly.
North Carolina Close Up
1983 Program
North Carolina Close Up is a
program for the tenth and
eleventh grade students and
teachers designed to provide
them with opportunities to
enhance their concept of State
gbvernment by using Raleigh as
a classroom.
Students attending the session
May 19, 20, and 21 include
Crest students Patti Rollins, San
dra Bailey, Aleta Withrow, and
Lynn Lavender.' Social studies
teacher Roger Harris is the
teacher-coordinator.
Close up participants will be
housed at Peace College.
Meetings will be held on campus
and in various State government
buildings. Governor Jim Hunt
will be making the keynote ad
dress to the assembly Thursday
and students will be meeting
with members of the Executive
Cabinet, State Supreme Court,
and Legislature during their stay.
FBLA - A Successful Year
The Future Business Leaders
of America are now rounding up
a very successful year. We have
competed in district and state
competitions and received
awards at both levels.
The Crest High FBLA will
participate in the “Fun Fair”
Saturday 21, 1983. Many of our ,
members will be running booths.
They are the Frisbee Throw and
the Coke Crate Toss. The
Future Business Leaders of
America work together as a
team.
To conclude our great year,
we had a cookout on May 19,
1983. We would especially like
to congratulate our seniors for
all of their efforts to make this
year a great success.
Senior Band Member Party-
On Friday, May 13 several
parents of band members gave a
party for the Senior members of
the band. Glenda Greene and
Oleta Triplett organized the par
ty and served as hostesses.
Spaghetti and various deserts
were served, along with iced tea
and tossed salad.
Afterwards, band members
and their guests recreated in the
Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church
Frunily Life Center, where the
party was held, playing basket
ball, volleyball, and ping pong.
Special guests included band
directors Bob Hendrick and
Richard Plyler and their wives,
principal E.B. Clayton and his
wife, assistant principal George
Litton and his wife, and assistant
principal John Hamrick and his
wife.
Lana Jolley and Robert Lamb
returned on Monday from par
ticipating in the John Philip
Sousa National Honors Band in
Washington, D.D. Mr. Bob Hen
drick, Crest band director, serv
ed as a counselor for the week.
Mr. and Mrs. Lansford Jolley
and Mrs. Bob Hendrick joined
them for the weekend concert on
Saturday Night and the banquet
on Sunday. Crest has had three
students in two years to be a part
of the National Honors Band.
Mr. Hendrick also served as a
Tech Registration
Next Wednesday
Registration for summer
quarter at Cleveland Technical
College will be held in the cam
pus center Wednesday, June 1
from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Summer
school will be held in two 5Vi
week sessions, exclusive of
radiologic technology. The first
session is scheduled for June 13
through July 21 and the second
will begin July 25 and end
August 30. A regular 11 week
session will be held for all voca
tional programs to begin June 13
and end August 30.
Students will be able to
register for the 14 technical, 13
vocational, and general educa
tion programs offered by Tech.
The technical programs include
accounting, business administra
tion, electronic date processing,
executive secretarial science,
general office technology,
medical secretarial science,
fashion merchandising and
marketing, argricultural science.
electronics engineering
technology, environmental
science, industrial management
technology, industrial safety and
health technology, criminal
justice - protective service
technology and radiologic
technology. Vocational pro
grams offered are air-
conditioning and refrigeration,
auto body repair, auto
mechanics, diesel vehicle (truck)
mechanics, electrical installation
and maintenance, light construc
tion, machinist, welding and
practical nursing.
Class schedules for summer
quarter are available at the col
lege. Call 484-4081 for more
registration information.
The cost of curriculum
courses is $3.25 per credit hour
in-state and $16.50 per credit
hour out-of-state plus an activity
fee. For 12 or more credit hours,
the cost is $46 in-state and $205
out-of-state.
Rescue Squad Dedication
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Reagan In
Boiling Springs?
counselor last year.
Histor-y Classes Hear
Gardner Webb Professor
Dr. Gilmer Blackburn of
Gardrier Webb College spoke to
the AP World History and U.S.
History on basic causes of World
War 11 and the philosophy of
Hitler’s rise to power and his
philosophy of government. Dr.
Blackburn has written a book
and a number of articles for pro
fessional journals.
Vocational Rehabilitation
Counselor
Mr. Lee Mayhew, a voca
tional Rehabilitation Counselor,
works at Crest Senior each
Thursday with some seniors in
assisting them with their
vocational-educational plans.
On Saturday, June 4, six years
to the day after celebrating the
opening of the building that
houses the Boiling Springs Life
Saving and Rescue Unit, another
celebration will take place.
This time the rescue squad
will be celebrating the payment-
in-full of the squad’s building
which is located on North Main
Street in Boiling Springs. The
celebration will begin at 4 p.m.
with a note burning and dedica
tion.
According to Julius Hoyle,
captain of the rescue squad, the
public is invited to the
ceremony. Refreshments will be
provided by the Flint Hill
chapter of the DAR.
Guest speaker at the
ceremony will be Dr. Eugeiie
Poston, former president of
Gardner-Webb College and the
guest speaker at the opening day
ceremony which was held in
1977.
Also invited to the ceremony
are the Cleveland County Com
missioners, local state represen
tatives and all Cleveland County
fire departments and rescue
squads. “Even President Reagan
is invited,” said Hoyle. “We
don’t expect the president to
come, but we thought we might
get a reply.”
With the building paid for, the
rescue squad can now turn to
other areas of need, such as the
. repairs that are needed on one of
the ambulances and the pur
chase of a new ambulance, said
Hoyle. The rescue squad cur
rently has four emergency
vehicles.
Most of the money used by
the rescue squad comes from
fund raising activities such as
hamburger and hot dog suppers
as well as donations from in
dividuals and organizations.
“Crawley Memorial Hospital
has donated a lot of money for
the squad,” said Hoyle. ‘The
hamburger and hot dog sale they
held in April raised over $1800.’
While Hoyle notes the impor
tance of the money raised by the
community he is also aware of
the importance of the people in
volved with the squad. “If we
didn’t have the volunteers we
wouldn’t have anything,” he
said. “A million dollars wouldn’t
do us any good if we didn’t have
hte people involved.”
ABC Advocates
Try Third Shot
Kings Mountain citizens will
go to the polls on July 19 to
decide whether or not to allow
the off-premises sale of malt
beverages, the off-premises sale
of unfortified wine, and the
establishment of an ABC store.
All residents who are current
ly registered with the Cleveland
County Board of Elections are
eligible to vote. Any voters who
have changed addresses but have
not reported that change to the
County Elections Board should
do so immediately.
The polls will open at 6:30
a.m. and close at 7:30 p.m. at the
Kings Mountain National
Guard Armory (West precinct)
and the Kings Mountain Com
munity Center (East precinct).
This is Kings Mountain’s third
ABC election in the past 17
years. In 1967, an ABC vote fail
ed by a vote of 1,411 against to
1,091 for. In 1975, it failed by a
vote of 1,471 against to 1,310
for. In a vote for malt beverages
and wine, the vote was 1,499
against to 1,267 for.
Any additional information
concerning registration, location
of polling places or other election
matters may be obtained by call
ing the Board of Elections Office
at 739-3100 or 739-9271.
Bringing Cents
To Fifth Grade
Boiling Springs, NiC.—Dr. J.
Allen Queen of Gardner-Webb
College along with Dr. John
Gretes of the University of
North Carolina at Charlotte
have designed a workshop and
booklet entitled Economics for
Grade Five.
Queen, chairman of the
department of education at G-W
and Gretes, coordinator of
elementary education at UNCC
developed the booklet as an in
troduction to economics for fifth
graders.
“Fifth graders have to deal
with the economy,” said Queen.
‘They can’t wait until they are
adults to learn their role in
economics.”
The booklet offers fifth
graders a short course on the
basic concepts of supply and de
mand as well as the meaning of
capitalism and free enterprise.
Students also have the oppor
tunity to gain skill in beiiig
“smartconsumers,” by gathering
information on products and
learning to use the information
to make better choices when
buying goods and services.
“It is not mandatory for
teachers to attend a workshop
before teaching the economics
course,” said Queen. “The
booklet is self explanatory.”
Vaughn
Honored
Raleigh—Nancy Rebecca
V aughn of Boiling Springs is one
of 22 Peace College students
recently inducted into Sigma
Delta Mu, a national honor
society in Spanish.
Nancy is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John H. Vaughn of
120 Woodhill Dr. in Boiling Spr
ings. She is a rising sophomore at
Peace.
Sigma Delta Mu is an honor
society for two-year colleges and
the first three semesters of four-
year colleges and universities. Its
primary purpose is to honor
those who seek and attain ex
cellence in the study of Spanish.