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KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD. KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C.
Thursday. April 8. 1965
SOCIAL
CALENDAR
BUSY OIBL >('OUTS — Fmt Kinris Lviounimn trtr/ ^roMf« tc^re jthotographed above an they
2itanteii ,pin( * sceillniffs in a komm unity-icidc Girl Scout wojeci. From left, Marti
Gault, Sure Ii(th Simiiinou^BtcnUa }Sitc Stone,Le e Ann Campbell ,and Gail Bennett.
(Photo by Bill Jtirkjion)
People In The News
East School winners In Thursday night's eighth annual
Kiwanis Talent Show presented an entertainment program
for Junior Woman's Clubbers, their husbands and guests
Monday night at the club's 30th anniversary banquet.
Third graders Randy Hartsoe and Nancy Hord sang
"Melody from Mary Poppins" and eighth grader Joe Bill
Cornwell sang two numbers, accompanied by Mrs. J. M.
McGinnis. There were five divisions in the talent event and
East school placed winners in two categories.
Young Hartsoe and Miss Hord are pupils of Miss
Jackie Blanton and Cornwell is pupil of J. W.'Goins. A high
school band, "The Vipers", also performed for the club.
Girl Scouts Plant
1,000 Pine Trees
Sixty Girl Scouts representing
Kings Mountain’s six troops
planted 1,000 Loblolly pine tree
seerllings Saturday morning as a
neighborhood project.
The girls spent a busy thrhe
hours and though troop leaders
reported a high incidence of
"blisters” on the hands, the pro
ject was pronounced a success.
Friday:
7:.30 Cleveland County 4-H
Die.s.s Revue and talent show at
the county agricultural l iiilding
on Highway 71.
Salarday:
7:.')o .Maigrace eVoman's club
at llie heme of .M .^ses Grace and
Bertha Blanton, Grover road.
Sti inlay:
12:00 The wedding of Miss
Sarali Ann. Ilridgc s unci Hasicel
Seism in l.:)n> Cicek l-’rcshytcr-
ian church at Bessemer City.
I Munday:
I 9:30 a.m. Circle 2 of Kings
' -Moun.ain Baptist eliiircli at the
I home of .Mrs. C. D. Ware, West
1 Muntain : ^••e-'.'.'t. Mis. J, Ollie liar-
j ris, co hos'iess.
■ 3:00 t:ircle 1 of Kings .Moun-
1 tain Baptist cliurch at tlie homo
of .Mrs. D. G. Littleiohn,
7:00 Circle a at Central .Meth
odist cliurch. Covered dish sup
per.
7:30 - Circle 3 of Kings Moun
tain Baptist church at the home
of .Mrs. .1. B. I’alls.
7:30 Circle 1 of Kings Moun
tain Baptist cliurch at the home
of Mrs. Marion Dixon.
7:30 -Circle I at Central .Meth
odist church,
7:30 -Circle 6 of Central Meth-
odist church at the home of Mrs.
Bill Tinsley.
7:30 -Circle 7 of Central Mleth-
odist church at the home of Mrs.
Ployd Payne.
Tuesday:
7:30 -Circle of Kings Moun
tain Baptist church at the home
of Mrs. Mike Dixon.
7:30 -Installation of new offi
cers of Kings Mountain Chapter
123, Order of the Eastern Star,
at Masonic Hall.
Wednesday:
7:30 a.m. —C r e d i t Women’s
Breakfast club at Holiday Inn,
Gastonia.
10 a.m.—Circle 3 at Central
Methodist church.
3:00- Kings Mountain Garden
club at the home of Mrs. W. K.
Mauney, Jr.
Mrs. Fred E. Finger, who founded the Kings Mountain
Junior Woman's Club 30 years ago, was present as a spe
cial guest. Miss Marilyn Dixon was also present as a visitor.
A chicken dinner with accessories was served from ta
bles decorated in an Easter motif of yellow, white and
green. Mrs. Bill Bates and Mrs. John H. Gamble headed the
committee on arrangements for the affair.
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Sllmnastics Classes
Sllmnastics Classes are underway on Friday nights from
7:30 until 8:30 p.m. at the National Guard Armory under
sponsorship of the city recreation department.
Seven lessons remain in the lO-Iesson series, and Mrs.
Marshall Chandler, instructor, invites area women to parti
cipate. A registration fee of $2 is charged.
A similar class is being held In Shelby and 88 of 99
women have been attending classes weekly.
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Mrs. Charles M. Fisher, Jr. spent the weekend in Mi
ami, Fla. with Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Werner. Mrs. Werner is
daughter of Mrs. Fisher.
Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Dulin of Waynesville were Sunday
visitors of Mrs. Pauline Weaver.
Ml'S. Raymond Holmes, Ca-
dette Troop 4 leader at Central
Methodist church, was project
coordinator. Juniors were work
ing towards the Sign of the Ar
row and Cadettes were working
on the Challenge of Active Citi
zenship badgbs, Mr.s. Holmes
said.
Home Arts Club
Met Tuesday
The tree planting idea for
the Scouts came from Gail Ben
nett of Cadet te Troop 4 and soon
what was Initially a small troop
conservation project grew into a
neighborhood soil conservation
and beautification project involv
ing troops at both Cadette and
Junior levels.
The Home Arts Club met at
the homo of Mrs. L. E. Hinnant
! Tuesday. Mrs. John Gamble pre-
j sented Miss Jan Williams who
I spoke on the Governor’s School
j at Salem College which she at-
' tended last summer.
Mrs. Wilson Crawford presid
ed at the business session.
The hostess served a salad and
dessert course at the end of the
meeting.
Pair To Wed
Sunday At Noon
Trees were planted around the
car parking area, playground
and field at the Deal Street
Swimming Pool and also along
the side of Highway 161 and a-
round the ball park on Mitchell
street.
The wedding of Miss Sarah
Ann Bridges and Haskbl Seism
will take place Sunday, April
11th. at 12 noon in Bessemer
City’s Long Creek Presbyterian
church.
The double-ring ceremony will
be performed immediately fol
lowing the morning worship
[ service.
I Friends and relatives of both
\Mr. {and Mrs. dliniter Wells
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Mr. and Mrs. Robert 'Cindis Hardin
Mr. and Mrs. Hunter Wells Honored
On Golden Wedding Day Here Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. Hunter Wells
celebrated tlieir 50th wedding
anniversary Sunday at an open
house given by their six children
at the home of a daughter, Mrs.
Gillie Falis, Jr. and Mr. Falls on
Grover road.
Over 200 friends caiied be
tween 3 and 4 o’clock.
Mrs. Wells, the former Lightal
Gertrude Herndon, and Mr.
Wells, both natives of Cleveland
County, were married April 4.
191.5.
The honored wore a navy blue
dress with yellow corsage of
rosebuds.
Mrs. Carl Herndon greeted
guests at the front door and Mr.
and Mrs. Gillie Falls, Jr. headed
the receiving line which included
the guests-of-honor and their
children, including Mrs. Herman
Blalock, Sr., Mrs. David Wise,
Jack Wells, ell of Kings Moun
tain, Mrs. Harold Herndon of
Grover, and L. M. Wells of Shel
by.
A secoJKj receiving line formed
in the den included Jerry Bla
lock, Herman Blalock, Jr., Bill
Wise, all grandsons of the honor
guests, Charles Hartman of
Maryland and Emmett Moss.
Harold Herndon and Fred Hern
don directed guests to the gift
room where Mrs. David Falls
and Mrs. Dathia Sanders receiv
ed.
the bride-elect and prospective
bridegroom are invited to attend.
Mrs. Morris Timm.s and Mrs.
Fred Heisidon alternated at the
punch bowl and Mrs. Herman
Blalock, Jr. and Mrs. Floyd Mc
Daniel cut and served the anni
versary cake. Other reception
helpers were Miss Suzanne Lock-
ridge. Miss Dutch Cloninger,
Mrs. Emmett Moss, Mrs. Charles
Hartman and Miss Rita Wise.
Mrs. Jack Wells and Mrs. L. M.
Wells invited callers to register
and Herman Blalock, Sr. and
David Wise said goodbyes.
The golden wedding anniver
sary theme was beautifully car
ried out in decorative details.
Overlaid with Imported lace
cloth, the refreshment table held
the three-tier gold, white and
green cake as decorative high
light. The cake was topped with
wedding bells. Yellow punch was
sbrved from a crystal service at
one end of the table and nuts,
mints, and ciieese wafers were
served with the cake and punch.
The buffet in the dining room
held an arrangement of yellow
roses flanked by white tapers
and the den, living room, and
gift room held arrangements of
yellow and white chrysanthe
mums and daisy mums.
Mr. and Mrs. Wells have 11
grandchildren and six great
grandchildren, all of whom were
present lor the affair.
Hardlns Note 50th Wedding Anniversary
At Open House Given By Their Children
Children of Mr. and Mrs. Rob
ert Curtis Hardin honored their
parents on their 50th wedding
anniversary Sunday at a recep
tion at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Hardin on North Cansler
street.
Over 100 friends and relatives
called during the hours of 3 and
5 o’clock.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Clark of
Shelby welcomed arriving callers
and presented them to Mr. and
Mrs. Hardin who stood in a re
ceiving line with their three sons
and daughters-in-law, mcluding
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hardin, Mr.
and Mrs. Robert D. Hardin of
Rock Hill, S. C., and Mr. and
Mrs. Ben Hardin of Spartanburg,
S. C.
Mrs. Jack Lail and Mrs. Clyde
McDaniel presided at the re
freshment table in the dining
room and Mrs. R. T. Huffstetler
invited callers to the gift room.
Three of the honored couple’s
granddaughters invited guests to
register.
Others assisting in receiving
and entertaining were Mrs. John
nie TTiomas of Seneca, S.C., Mrs,
Larry Appling of Kings "Moun
tain and Mr. and Mrs. Darwin
Hardin, who said goodbyes. Mr.
Hardin is only brother of Robert
Curtiis Hardin.
Overlaid with lace over gold
taffeta, the refreshment table
was beautifully decorated in the
golden wedding theme. The cloth
w'as caught up at each comer
with yellow taffeta ribbon. At
one end of the table was a three-
tier white and green cake frosted
with golclien rosebuds and topped
ivith "Fifieth Anniversary.” Cen
tering the table was a golden
five-branch candelabra holding
gold tapers and arranged with
yellow chrysanthemums. Yellow
punch was served from a crystal
punch servicle at the other end.
Yellow glads, chry.santhemums
and greenery banked the mantel
and other spring flowers in yel
low and white carried out the
anniversary motif.
Mrs. Hardin, the honorbe, ■wore
a yellow cymbidium orchid at the
shoulder of her party dress.
FHA Week
Now Underway
The Kings Mountain Future
Homemakers of America will "be
even busier than usual” from
April 4-10. That is the week the
half million meYnbers of this na
tional youth organization ob
serve National FHA Week.
The FHA chapter at KMHS
has scheduled a number of acti
vities for the week, including a
Daddy-Date Night. It will bCi
held Friday, at 7:30 in the cafe- {
teria of the high school. All FHA
•girls and their fathers are invit
ed and reservations should be
made in the home economies de
partment by Thursday.
Future Homemakers of Ambr-
ica are home economics students
in junior or senior high schools.
The organization, founded 20
years ago, states as its Creed:
“We face the futurb with warm
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Kings Mountain Area Couples Plan Spring, Summer Weddings
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Sub-Deb Ball Plans Underway
Plans are complete for the 20th annual Junior Charity
League Sub-Debutante Ball to be held June 5 in Shelby City
Park auditorium.
Four Kings Mountain girls — Joan Howard, Connie
Dixon, Marian Morrison and Lynda Mauney will be among
the 96 young women of high school graduation age from I'i
surrounding towns and cities to be presented to Western
North Carolina society at the event.
Mrs. William Campbell is serving as chairman of the
1965 ball. Mrs. B. T. Falls, Jr. Is debutante secretary and her
assistant is Mrs. L. W. Short. Mrs. R. T. LeGrand, Jr. is
league president.
The sub-debutante ball had its beginning 20 years ago
when the late Mrs. Dan Paul, the former Miss Isabel Hoey,
initiated the occasion.
Invitations are issued each year to a group of young
women who are members of senior classes in Cleveland and
neighboring counties. Date of the ball is scheduled each
year on the weekend following graduation.
The formal ball is sponsored by the Junior League to
support its extensive program of charitable projects in the
county.
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It's A Boy
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Harmon announce the arrival of their
third son, Edward Hamell Harmon, Monday, April 5, Kings
Mountain hospital. The baby, who weighed eight and a half
pounds at birth, is grandson of Mrs. June Cloninger and
Mr. and Mrs. Ben F. Beam. He was named for his grand
mother, Mae Hamell Beam.
Other members of the Harmon family are Brett, age
six, and .Todd, age two.
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED — Mr. and Mrs. John Styers
annotinee the engagement of itheir daughter, Betty Ann, to Cal
vin 'Lee Humphries, son of fUr. /and Mrs. Thomas Humphries.
Both \favtilies are of Kings Mountain. The wedding will take
place Easter Sunday in Dixon Presbyterian church. Both the
bride-elect and prnspecth'e bridegroom are graduates of Kings
Mountain high school. The bride-to-be (is receptionist in 'fhe off-
io«» f4 Gastonia YM0A ond Mr. Hnmphrits ipmfioyei bat Wia
Corporation of Gastonia,
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ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED — ilfr. and Mrs. Gerad Henri
MaDan annoutice the engagement of their daughter, Penn
Hunt, to iCloyd Avon Hager, Jr., son of Mrs. C. A. Hager and
the late Mr. Hager. Both families are'of Hickory. The prospec
tive bridegroom is grandson of the latei Mr. and Mrs. R. S.
Plonk of Kings Mountain and nephew of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh
Ormand of Kings Mountain. A graduate of Lenoir Rhyne col
lege, he teaches at Clyde Campbell school in Hickory. The
bride-elect is a student at Lenoir Rhyne college. A June wed-
• dirtg <th planned.
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ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED — Mr. and Mrs. Wesloy Moss
of \5010 Midpines announce the engagement of their daughter,
Annie Beatrice, to Pfc. Arthur Lee Niekell, son of M/Sgt. and
Mrs. Henry A. Niekell with thc'U.S. AirForr e i>i Germany. A
Spring wedding is planned.
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