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Page 4 BESSEMER CITY RECORD-Wednesday, September 19, 1979
’79 BCHS Grad
'Sears
School
N eeds
A slide presentation was
presented for the program
when the Bessemer City
Chamber of Commerce
held its regular monthly
dinner meeting Thursday
night at 66 Restaurant.
Ed Goff, chamber
president, presided.
Al Froneberger,
assistant Bessemer City
High School principal who
heads the Chamber’s
education committee,
introduced Bill Gallman of
Mt. Holly who formerly
had been here as manager
of Duke Power offices.
Gallman gave In
formation as he showed
slides of a number of
public schools in Gaston
County that are in dire
need of repairs. He ex
plained how passage of a
proposed bond issue for
education would benefit
the county schools.
The bond issue election
that took place lept. 11
carried county-wide the
education bonds of $20-
million that were
proposed.
Attending the meeting to
express disapproval of the
education bonds was John
Jenkins of Gastonia. He
agreed weith Gallman that
the schools were in need of
repair? but expressed an
alternate way of a pay-as-
you go; method of securing 1
the needed funds instead of
getting mon^y through a
d issue,
hree
Attend
ERIC NICHOLS
Band Boosters
Have Meeting
For their first meeting
for the new school terrh,
Band Boosters enjoyed a
covered dish meal, elected
new officers, planned
financial projects and saw
for the first time, the new
uniforms they had bought
for the band.
The Boosters met
Monday night with their
meeting starting off with a
covered dish
served in the
Jessie Putnam
invocation.
supper
cafeteria,
gave the
The Boosters
raised
$10,000 in financial
projects and through in
dividual gifts to purchase
the uniforms. The band has
worn their
uniforms for the
years.
Band boosters
eager as BCHS
for Homecoming
former
past 12
are as
students
Day to
During the
meeting that
business
followed,
Mrs. Carletta Adams was
re-elected Booster
5 K H president. Officers elected
y her are Phyllls An .
derson, vice president;
Willodean Wise,
arrive. At homecoming on
Sept. 21, the new band
uniforms will be worn and
shown to the public for the
first time.
Julius Barkley is band
director.
Band Boosters are
conducting a membership
drive. Family membership
is $5. Parents of band
members and friends of
the band are urged to join
the Boosters.
Starts For Bears
Eric Nichols has earned
a starting position for
Lenoir Rhyne Bears. The
1979 Bessemer City High
School graduate is a fresh
man.
By a stroke of fate,
Nichols played fullback
position in the Bears’
opening game versus
Johnson C. Smith. He
made such an excellent
showing in yardage gains
that he drew the starting
slot for Lenoir Rhyne’s
game with Wofford on
Saturday.
Prior to Lenoir Rhyne’s
opening game, the starting
fullback was ruled
ineligible because of
academics. The second
string fullback, a
sophomore and a Cahrlotte
Catholic High School grad,
was injured in early play.
Nichols, a freshman
player, took over fullback
duties and displayed
Impressive offense by
gaining over 60 yards in
the Bears 33-8 victory.
Eric was selected as one
of the game’s four out
standing players.
His longest run was for
22 yards.
Eric was selected as one
of the four outstanding
players for the Bears in the
Johnson C. Smith game.
During his senior year at
BCHS, Eric gained 1,000
yards playing
position during
season.
In addition to
tailback
a losing
being a
high school All-Conference
football player his senior
year, he was (All-
Conference in baseball
both his junior and senior
years. He was a varsity
player on the ’79 baseball
team that went into state
playoffs.
Eric alwo was a starter
on the county American
Legion Junior Baseball
Team that was
winner and continued
state play-offs.
He is the son of Mr.
Mrs. Gene Nichols.
area
into
Three Bessemer City
omen attended the 10th
Congressional District
secretary; Janice Putnam,
treasurer; Barbara
Russell, publicity; and
Democratic Women's
Workshop that took place
Saturday at the Holiday
inn in Boone.
Attending the workshop
hat had for its theme,
People Motivation” were
Mrs. Katie Mae Oates,
Mrs. Ruth Oates Spencer
and Mrs. Lucille Oates
Black.
Mrs. Gloria Musard of
Gastonia is district
■omen’s chairman.
Joe Roberts, whoheads
the Gaston County
democrats, was one of
three men serving on a
panel that gave tips on
‘Getting out the voters.”
Mrs. Oates remained in
Blowing Rock Saturday
night as the guest of Mr.
and Mrs. Lawrence Sparks
at their summer home.
Sharon Thomas, social
chairman.
The Boosters set citrus
fruit sales for Oct. 15 to
Nov. 16. The annual Band
Fair date is May 3 with
May 10, the rain date.
These will be the only
financial projects spon
sored by Boosters for the
school year.
Two more meetings
were announced. One will
be Oct. 15; and the other,
April 28.
When the finanical
report was made for the
past year, Mrs. Adams
announced, “and this is
how we used our money.”
As she said that, band
members Scott Anderson
and Tyler Kiser walked out
dressed in new band
uniforms.
arcus Coining
Thursday
’oodles, cockatoos,
spards, pigs and chimps
will be among clowns and
elephants and high wire
artists when the circus
comes to town Thursday,
Sept. 20.
The circus will set up in
Tryon School gym with the
Big Show starting at 7:30
p.m.
Tickets can be pur-
hased at the door, $2 for
children and $3 for adults.
A number of tickets are
toeing given to han-
heapped students.
The program Includes
such performers as Uncle
Heavy’s Pork Chop
Review herald as the pied
piper of pigdome;
Ralphael’s performing
poodles; LaTorres
Cockatoos; Miss Tanya
who hangs by her hair;
Ricker’s uncaged
leopards; Bonnie and
Clyde, a musical duo; the
Cycling Terrys; Vazancy
chimps; Terry O’Brian
and Camille slack wire
performers; and Billy Earl
and Henrietta, a Las Vegas
treat.
On top of all these
events, Mademoiselle
Cherie will spin a Spanish
Webb. (A Spanish Webb?
Folks will have to come to
see what that act will be
!!!)
Members of the Rescue
Squad are also selling
tickets.
Gary Jenkins is Rescue
Captain.
The touring group *« the
1979 Entertainment All
Star Circus.
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Davis, ’78 All-Conference guard; Tern
Prince, center; Shorty St. Lauren
guard. Back row/'l to r, Dean Deasi
end, and Lance Sellers, split end.
SENIOR LINEMEN - Pictured are
high school senior linemen who will play
their last Homecoming game Friday.
They are, front row, left to right, Ricky
Linda Revela White was
named to the President’s
Honor List at Gaston
College for maintaining a
4.0 scholastic average for
the summer quarter.
Named to the Dean’s
List for achieving a
scholastic average of 3.0 or
Honor List
better in addition to Linda
Revels White were Jeffrey
F. Anderson, Pat Quinn
Anderson, Richard D.
Campbell, Kelly ]
Holcombe, Michael See
Horne and John Williai
Jones.
and
His
mother is the former
Nancy Carroll.
SENIOR BACKS — Among the Jackets’
backfield, there are three senior players
who will be playing their last high school
homecoming game Friday. They are
Tippy Black, in front, halfback. Back
row, left to right, Scott Wood, defensive
halfback and Mike Nicholson, quar
terback and halfback who scored the
Jackets’ first score for the 1979 season in
the opening game versus Gaston Day.
Select the church of your choice and make a habit ot attending
regularly. You need the church and the church needs you.
Tryon Girls
Outscore LJHS
In the opening game to
start-off the Junior High
Girls Softball season,
Tryon girls trounced
Lincoln Junior High, 18-5.
The game was played at
Tryon on Warlick Field.
Wendy Kiser was the
winning pitcher.
Scoring big for Tryon
were Jannie Mackey and
Jody Crockett who were 3-
3; Patricia Williams, 3-4;
and Doris Weaver and
Candy Wright, both 2-3.
Diane Allen got a double
for the losers.
The two neighboring
teams play in the lower
division of the Gaston
County Girls Softball
League.
Debbie Quinn is coach at
Lincoln; and, Gary Shaw,
coach at Tryon.
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