I first Class
Of Curses Assistants Is Graduated
Kings Mountain hospital’s first
j^kss of nurses’ assistants was
^Kiduated Thursday night.
The 33 women, many of whom
who work full-time in the home
and outside the home — received
certificates after completion of a
60-hour course conducted over a
period of three months on Tues
day and Thursday nights.
The extension class was offer
ed by Gaston College and Miss
Mary Blackwelder, the hospital’s
director of nursing services, was
the instructor.
A nurses’ assistant is all the
name implies, according to the
teacher w’ho said that the grad
uates are most efficient in assist
ing the registered nurse in car
ing for he. patient. Bed-making
comes under her duties and
many of the graduates are doing
practice work by volunteering an
GRADUATES OF NURSES' ASSISTANTS CLASS — Pictured
above are graduates of a class in Nurses’ Assistants recently
completed at Kings Mountain hospital. Front row■ left to right,
Mrs. Thelma Spencer, Mrs. Mattie Adams, Mrs. Rosa Jackson,
Mrs. Ruth Hurlbut, Miss Jeanette McClain, Mrs. Linda Lovelace
Mrs. Dorothy Crocker, Mrs. Ozena Adams, Mrs. Zettie McClain,
Mrs. Alice Jackson. Second row- left to right. Mrs. Mildred Per
kins, Mrs. Free Love Byers, Mrs. Juanita B. Childers- Mrs.
Aibone Lewis, Mrs. Rebecca Curry, Mrs. Rose Lee Smith, Mrs.
Ruth Lynn■ Mrs. Eva Gantt, Mrs. Etta. McFalls, Mrs. Rebd
Jolley, Mrs. Edna Barry, Miss Mary Black'welder, R. N. /in
structor). Third row, left to right. Miss Connie Lewis■ Mrs. Sue
Cochran, Mrs. Dorothy Edwards, Mrs. Martha Harrelson, Mrs.
Alina Sellers■ Mrs. Bertha Sotelo, Mrs. Virgie Hutchins, Mrs.
Annie Dover, Miss Janice Spencer, Mrs. Kay Frances Skipp,
Mrs. Millie Gladden. (Photo by Paul Lemmons)
hour or two of their time each
day to the hospital.
Following their completion of
the course in theory and practice,
the graduates will be eligible for
salaried jobs in hospitals, nurs
ing homes and in caring for
special patients.
At the present time, says Miss
Elaekwelder, there are no open
ings cn the local hospital staff.
Members of the graduating
class are Mrs. Thelma Spencer,
Mrs. Mattie Adams, Mrs. Rosa
Jackson, Mrs. Ruth Hurlbut, Miss
Jeanette McClain, Mrs. Linda
Lovelace, Mrs. Dorothy Crocker,
Mrs. Ozena Adams, Mrs. Zettie
Me.' lain, Mrs. Alice Jackson,
Mrs. Mildred Perkins. Mrs. Free
iove Byers, Mrs. Juanita B. Chil
ders, Mrs. Aibone Lewis, Mrs.
Rebecca Curry, Mrs. Rose Lee
Smith, Mrs. Ruth Lynn, Mrs. Eva
Gantt, Mrs. Etta McFalls, Mrs.
Rc’oa Jolley, Mrs. Edna Barry,
Miss Connie Lewis, Mrs. Sue
Cochran, Mrs. Dorothy Edwards,
Mrs. Martha Harrelson, Mrs. Al
ma Sellers, Mrs. Bertha Sotelo,
Mrs. Virgic Hutchins, Mrs. Annie
Dover, Miss Janice Spencer, Mrs.
Kay Frances Skipp and Mrs.
Millie Gladden.
Following graduation exercises
the class of graduates had a din
ner get-together at Cottonwood
Restaurant.
Mrs. J< e Thomson is a patient
in Kings Mountain hospital where
she is recuperating from a broken
hip she sustained in a fall.
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Dr. J. E. Anthony left this
week for a several week’s stay
in Palm Harbor, Fla
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Mr. and Mrs. E. VV. Griffin are
spending several weeks in Palm
Harbor, Fla.
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Miss Joyce Agnes Cole, sister
in-law of Mrs. Vera Cole Cash of
Kings Mountain, is undergoing
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED Mr. and Mrs. Leonard
W. Newell of Mineral Springs announce the engagement of
their daughter■ Mary Ann, to Billy E. Sparrow, son of Mrs.
Flora Sparrow Bell of Kings Mountain. The wedding will take
place April 2 in Charlotte’s Church of Christ. The bride-elect
is a graduate of Monroe’s Parkwood high school. The prospec
tive bridegroom, a graduate of Betliware high school, is as
sistant manager at Harris-Teeter Super Market in Cherryvile.
therapy at Charlotte Rehabilita
tion hospital.
Mrs. Cole visited Miss Cole on
Tuesday.
Community Concert To Feature Guitarist; Party Time Here
"The Romeros," a quartet of guitarists, will be featured
n the next concert of the Gaston Community Concerts As
sociation Thursday, February 2, at Hunter Huss high school
auditorium. Curtain time is 8 p.m.
Other concerts during the spring season will include
tenor Donald Gramm on March 14th and the Buffalo Phil
harmonic Orchestra on Friday, April 21.
™ Robert Trent Hullender, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Hul
lender, was two-years-old Tuesday. A buffet dinner was
held in his honor Sunday
at the homq of his paternal
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Hullender.
Trent's decorated cake
was topped with puppet
downs and was centerpiece
for the buffet table. Gay,
colored balloons were sus
pended overhead.
Others joining in the
celebration were young Hul
lender's parents, his two sis
ters, Elaine and Ruth; his ma
ternal grandfather, Guy
Henderson; Ray Henderson;
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Brown and
dauqhters, Debbie and Cin
dy; Mr. and Mrs. Jack Rayfield, Nancy and Larry; Mr. and
Mrs. Tom Dellinger, Juanita and Judy; and Catherine Con
rad of Charlotte.
Comrngs And Goings
Fourteen Kings Mountain people, including eight piano
students, went to Winthrop college in Rock Hill, S. C.,
Monday night to hear a concert by the noted pianist,
Jfc-thur Rubinstein.
Making the trip were Mrs. J. C. McGill, Mrs. Shirley
Hudson, Mrs. N. F. McGill, Mrs. Paul M a u n e y,
Mrs. Martin Harmon, Mrs. D. F. Hord, and Misses Frances
and Meredith McGill, Barbara Hord, Laura Hudson, Sarah
Beth Simpson, Linda Falls, Donna Crawford, and Susan Go
forth.
The students are pupils of Mrs. Martin Harmon.
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Mr. and Mrs. Eugene McCarter and son, Billy Gene,
visited Sunday in Rutherfordton with Mrs. McCarter's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Goforth.
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Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Plonk have returned from
Winter Park, Fla., where they visited their son and daugh
ter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. David Plonk.
The Kings Mountain Plonks went especially for the
christening Sunday of six-weeks-old David Steven Plonk.
The youngster was born December I Oth.
Other member of the David Plonk family is two-year
old Teresa Plonk.
Larry Parker, well-known golf pro from Larkhaven Golf
Club in Charlotte, will give a golf exhibition at the annual
luncheon and meeting Tuesday, February 7, of the Women's
Golf Association of Kings Mountain Country club.
The golf exhibition will begin at I I a.m. and is open to
all interested women golfers.
fBill McIntyre and Orchestra will provide music for Sat
day night's club night at the Country Club. Members and
eir guests will dine and dance from 8 until 12 p.m.
Club hosts will be Dr. and Mrs. Charles Adams of
Kings Mountain and Dr. and Mrs. Charles Moore of Grover.
Reservations for dinner should be made with the club
manager.
Members of the staff of Belle's Department Store,
their husbands and wives, held a dinner get-to-gether
Thursday evening at Kelly's Steak House in Blacksburg, S.C.
A steak dinner with all the trimmings was served.
The group numbered 24.
"The Changing Moods" will furnish music for a dance
Friday night from 9:30 until 11:30 p.m. at the National
Guard Armory.
The dance will begin following the Friday night basket
ball doubleheader. Kings Mountain Recreation Activities
Commission is sponsoring the dance for young people.
Admission is 50 cents and by membership card.
Thursday, January 26, 1967
KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD,
Section B
MRS. RONNIE DAVID DENTON
(Marlene Oliver)
MRS. CHARLES OREN ALLEN
(Susan Elisabeth WilsonJ
SOCIAL
CALENDAR
Friday:
9:30-11:30 p.m. — Dance for
young people at the National
Guard Armory. ,
Saturday:
8:00-12 p.m. — Club Night at
the Kings Mountain Country
Club. Hosts: Dr. and Mrs. Claude
Adam.s and Dr. and Mrs Charles
Moore.
Wednesday:
10 a.m.—Circle 3 of First Pres
byterian church at the home of
Mrs. Hugh A., ogan, Jr.,, 114 N.
Piedmont avenue.
10 a.m. — Circle 6 of First
Presbyterian church at the home
of Mrs. J. C. Nickels, 305 W.
Mountain street.
7:30 — General meeting of the
W< men’s Missionary Society at
Kings Mountain Baptist church
3ride-Eiect Honors
Bridal Attendants
Miss Susan Wilson, whose wed
ding to Charles Allen took place
Saturday, honored her bridal at
tendants at a luncheon Saturday
at noon at her home in Gastonia.
Mrs. James Seth Wilson assist
ed her daughter in serving a
three-course meal. The bride-elect
touk the occasion to present white
gloves to her attendants.
An arrangement of pink and
white flow'ers centered the buffet
table. Guests ate at small tables,
covered in pink and white and
centered with bud vases of pink
flowers.
The 12 guests included Miss
Alice Holman, Miss Jane Miller,
both of West Jefferson- and Mrs.
Pat Ray of Whiteville, sister of
the bride-elect.
p Miss Wilson wore a white wool
dress accented in pink and green
trim.
Miss McLarty, Former Citizen, Returns
To Television Series After Year's Leave
A former Kings Mountain girl
— Margaret McLarty — returned
Monday to her role as Lisa
Hughes in ‘‘As the World Turns”,
Monday-through-Friday program
at 1:30-2:00 p.m EST on the CBS
Television Network.
The daughter of the Rev. and
Mrs James B. McLarty, Miss Mc
Larty uses the stage name, “Ei
leen Fulton". She returns to the
network after a year’s absence
during which she toured the coun
try with a successful nightclub
act.
During her year’s sabattieal
from tlie series' thousands of
viewers have asked for Miss FuH
ton s return.
Rev Mo arty is a former min
ister of Central Methodist church
here.
Miss Fulton's night club act
consisted af singing and dancing.
She refers to herself as a song
stylist who runs the gamut from
love songs to rock-n-roll
In addition to her television and
night club appearances, the ac
tress was seen on Broadway in
“Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf”
and “One for the Dame.” From
1932 to 19S-1 she played a starring
role in the off Broadway produc
tion of the “Fantasticks” and al
so appeared in “Abe Lincoln in
Illinois”, “The Summer of the
17th Doll” and "Many Loves.”
Before returning to New York
last week, Miss Fulton appeared
at the playboy Clubs in Chicago
and Cincinnati and the King Ed
ward Hotel in Canada. Before
that she filled an engagement at
New York’s Latin Quarter
In her last performance on "As
The World Turns”, Miss Fulton,
MARGARET McLARTY
as Lisa Hughes boarded a train
with her son and was on her
way to be remarried in Chicago.
"The returning Lisa,” says Miss
Fulton, will be'a new personality,
one endowed with glamour and
sophistication, one who shed her
former dowdiness.”
Eileen Fulton’s fan mail is most
often filled with insults, curses'
and general discourtesy. In fact,
she was recently stopped on the
street by a woman who looked at
Eileen and asked, “Aren’t you
Lisa Hughes?” Eileen replied,
"That's the part I play on TV ”
The woman yelled, "I hate you”
•and to emphasize her statement
she hit the actress in the face.
Eileen' being very much op
posed to type casting, wanted to
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MRS. DALE DWIGHT LEDBETTER
(Ruth Luville SmithJ