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T' /j; Juniors - Seniors Dine, Dance More than 359 high school stu dents and guests dined and danc ed in an “Kmerald City" at Sa‘- urday night’s .lunior Senior Prom at the high school. Juniors, who were hosts for the affair, had birll and |>aii*'ed tlu* soiMiory under the direction of Charles Knijii of ‘he agricul ture department and with assists from stu lent artists Kddie Floyd, Gary (.'{)oke and Hruce Holland who had painted the six Wir^ard of Oz characters: *he Retired Teachers Wizard, Dorothy, the Tin Man, the Scartt'rovV. the Witch and the Lion. Young Floyd, a freshman, painted the face of KMIIS Prin cipal Jake Atkinson which repri*- sented the Wizard of Oz. Grc’en spotligh's on a conceal- <*d mirror ball reflected on the city which was mounted on the bleachers and lighte i with bril liant lights in grcM'n, blue, yellow and red. Colors of polyester fi ber weje also used to ci’cate an illusio]! of clouds. In ‘he c(‘nt(*r of the ballroom was a large nvir- r<»r ball with lights reflecting from it and stri‘amers of cello phane pompoms from the ceil ing. Flourescent flowers under black lights and j alms were at one end of the dance floor and at the f)‘her end were the Wizard of Oz characters. Guests were scatefl at tables overlaid with while cloths and centered with emerald gn'cn candlog decorated wi h pansies. Trees completed the forest se(*n(*. "The 'r(‘mpests’' played for dancing and members of tlie H 0 m (» Kconomif's Department with Mrs. A. Allison as chair man served party refreshments. •U/SS DEBORAH Al^N PLONK M/SS BECKY JEAN PHIFER MISS LINDA SUZANNE FALLS MISS DANA GRAYSON SMITH MISS BARBARA SPAKE HORD L|jp^[^0Qp On Saturday Five Kings Mountain Debutantes To Make Debuts Five Kings Mumtain young '\omen will make their debuts to society at the Shelby Junior Charity League’s 24‘h annual Debutante Ball h) be held on , June 6 and 7 in Shelby City Park Auditorium. .Members of the League have (ompleted plans for the Ball in wlilch 96 young ladies will be presented to Western North Carolina Society. ^^'fo be presented are: '^pMiss Linda Suzanne Falls, daugh er of Mr. and Mrs. Otis Cleo Falls, Jr. of 607 Jackson street. Miss Barbara Spake Hord, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. David Fletcher Hord, of 200 Cleveland Avenue. Miss Becky Joan Phifer, daugh. ter of Mr. and Mrs. Menzell Ne- varre Phifer of Shelby road. Miss Deborah Ann Plonk, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Butler Plonk of route one. Miss Dana Grayson Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. DoVere Rogers Smith, Sr. of 701 Marion street. The Debutan*e Ball had its be ginning 24 years ago when the late Mrs. Dan Paul, the former Miss Isabel Hoey, initiated the occasion. Since that time the gala event is anticipated by young ladies of high school graduating ai^e ‘hroughout Western North Carolina as the highlight of a glamorous social season. Invitations are issued each year to a select group of young women w'ho are members of a senior class. Date of the Ball is scheduled each year on the week end following one of the most significant weeks in their lives in which they have been awarded high school diplomas. Shedding their caps and gowns for par y dresses and social whirls, the young debutantes and their, escoits begin a round of events prior to the Ball which leads to the formal presentation on Siiturday night, June 7. Each •debutan'e wears a long white formal gown, long white gloves, and carries a bouquet of two doz en red roses lied with red satin bows and streamers. Following t h c presentation, debutantes and their escorts in black *ails, will form a figure to music by Loonis McGlohon. Ball room danciRy will be enjoyed by all until midnight. Chairman for the 1969 hall is Mrs. J. Mason Gaston. Mrs. Clyde L. Stutts is debutante secretary and her assistant is Mrs. Paul M. Sarazan, Jr. Mrs. L. W. Short is League President. The Cleveland County chapten- of the Kelired Teacheis As.socia tion, North Carolina Kdiu-aiion A.ssoc’ialHn, will hold a diPdi luncheon at Cl<;\eland Hotel, Shelby, Saturday at 12 noon. C. M. King, a member of the recent ly appointed legi.slali\e committee of this division, will be guest speaker. Local teachers planning ‘o at tend should notify Miss PievoJa Blalock by Thurs<lay, May Isu Party Whirl Begins For Area Sub-Debs The party whirl is in full swing for Kings Mountain area Sub-Debutantes and others who will make their de but in June at the Shelby Junior Charity League Sub- Debutante Ball. Local debs attending parties Saturday were Miss Dana Smith and her mother. Mrs. Devere R. Smith; Miss Jean Phifer and her mother, Mrs. Menzell Phifer; Miss Linda Falls and her mother, Mrs. Otis Falls, Jr.; Miss Barbara Hord and her mother, Mrs. D. F. Hord: and Miss Debbie Plonk and her mother. Mrs. John B. Plonk. A Mother-Daughter Tea was held Saturday after noon from 3 until 4 p.m. at the home of Mrs. R. L. Hunt in Lattimore. Entertaining with Mrs. Hunt were 'Miss Burnette Hunt and Mrs. Walter Clayton. The party hon ored Miss Penny Hunt, one of this season's Sub-Debu- Thursday, May I, 1969 tantes. Local debs also attended a morning coffee at Gas ton Country club honoring Gastonia Deb Frances Crockett. Hostesses were Mrs. Warrei) Gardner and Mrs * Robert Crockett, Jr. 'em Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Mauney attended the annual meeting of Church Women United at First Presbyter ian church in Rocky Mount Monday and Tuesday. Mrs. Mauney played the organ for the two-day session. Mrs. J. D. Wyker of Berea, Ky., former national president, was principal speaker. Mrs. Sam Dunn of En field was elected the new president of the state organi zation succeeding a former Kings Mountain woman, Mrs. Ira Shelley, now of Greensboro. Senior Citizens Meeting ::;enior CitI zens club Wll Friday at noon at the Woman's club, luncheon will be served. hold a luncheon meeting Covered dish Junior Woman's Club Installation New officers of the Junior Woman's'club will be installed at the May meeting Monday night at 7:30 p.m. at the Woman's club. Mrs. Cal Fisher will be installed as president suc ceeding Miss Elizabeth Stewart, completing a two-year term. Other officers will include Mrs. Frank Hinson, A vice-president; Mrs. Bob Myers, recording secretary; ^ Mrs. Jackie Cobb, corresponding secretary: Mrs. Ken Cloninger, treasurer; and Mrse. Johnny Leagan, chap lain. Mrs. Frank Hinson is program chairman. W. M. Morehead. retired Southern Railway em ployee. is recuperating at his home on Crescent Hill Drive after surgery last week at Gaston Memorial hos pital. Comings And Goings Health Careers Club Meeting Held Recently Las* regular meeting of the Health Careers Club held in the Commons at the High School featured a panel discussion on nursing and food services. Mrs. King, Direetor of Nurses at the Kings Mountain Hospital, discussed training for a Register ed Nurse and for ret'civing a B. S. in Nursing. She also described the varied careers in nursing as well as opportuni les in the field. Mrs. Green, LPN, explained the need for the training to be come a LPN. and the opportun ities for the LPN. Mrs. McGrand, Dirt>ctor of Food Services at the K. M. Hospital, explained career opportuni ies in Food Services with special emphasis on Food Services for hospitals. A question and answer period followed. Light refreshments were serv ed. KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD. KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C. » Overflow Crowd Of Educators, Visitors A'tTend Public Relations Banquet Here SECTION B Mr.,and Mrs. Lucio Jenkins flew to Memphis, Tennessee during the weekend to visit their son, Bill .Jenkins, a student at the Medical School of Optometry. * ♦ + ♦ J Mrs. Randolph Madison, Jr. and daughter, Mary, are here from Petersburg, Va. for a visit withtMrs. Mad ison's mother, Mrs. J. B. Keeter. ^ They will return to Petersburg on Thtrsday. Miss Mary Jo Hord. daughter of Dr. fend Mrs. D. F. Hord, is a member of the Wake Forest University Concert Band which is currently on spring four. It's A Girl 5 Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Hawkins announ^ the birth of their second child, a daughter, Tuesdiy morning, April 29, Kings Mountain hospital. Mrs. Hajvkins is the I former Kay Baity of Kings Mountain. An overflow crowd estimated at over 500 person.** attended the annual Public Relations banquet sponsored by the Kings Mountain unit of the North Carolina Edj- caMon Association Thursday night. Local, area and state educators joined with pai'cnts of students and other interested citizens in a program using the heme, "A Child Well Taught." Among guests present were several c'ounty commissioner.s, members of the city council, and members of the city board of education. Special guests were Charles W. Pearson, president of the N. C. Education Association, a native of Kingsport, Tenn., who has been a classroom teacher at West Mecklenburg high, Charlotte, for 17 years, and Dr. Lois Edingor, president of the National Educa tion Association in 19fr4-65. Dr. ' ♦ /I \ ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED (innouncc the cnyufiemeut of thi H(}ra<r Walker, .wh of Mr. and famiUen are of Kinys Mountain, nouttced later* * ' "S A — Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Boiven :ir dauffliter, Vernice, to Daniel Mrs. Iloraee M. Walker. Btrth The iveddiny date will be uh- Edinger was principal speaker. Theme of the meeting was ‘ak- en from a speech delivered by Former Governor Dan Moore. '‘Our goal is a child well taujhF’.said Moore when he an nounced the creation of the Gov ernor’s Commission on the Public School System of North Carolina. Dr. Edinger was studio teacher of U .S. History for *hc North Carolina - In - School Television program which was received in Kings Mountain. Carl O. MeWhirter was mas ter of ceremonies and Rev. Charles Easley, president of the Ministerial Association, gave the invocation. Myers Hambright, president of Kings Mountain Cla.ssroom *eacbers, introduced guests. D. B. Blalock presented the NCEA president Mr. Pear.son and Dean B. Westmoreland, president - elect of Classroom Teachers, pre.senled the .speaker. Charles W. Pearson, president of the North Carolina Education Assocla ion, in a brief talk to the group, told listeners "you can be turned on, but it’s no good if you’re not involved." The com ment u'as made in reference to the May 24 referendum a.sking for authorization of a 50-cont sup plementary 'ax lov\* - highest authorization allowed by law — for the Kings Mountain, Clevi"- land County and Shelby school district. Buttons bearing the May 24 date were in evidence during the meeting. Said Dr. Edingor: “I’m convinced that the most exciting thing about public edu cation in this country is that ci‘i- ztms feei a part of the public school movement," she said. ‘They have the opportunity to provide an education for our children. “Wo don’* always do thi.s," she ('ontinued, “and, wo make excuses. But, in spite of all that, basical ly our hearts are in the right p'aee. As we work for our pres ent needs, people will become more involved. "Democracy is a wonderful thin n It’s the only system under which pef»plo will vo*e a tax upon themselves for what they want. I believe in this kind of activity." According to Dr. Edinger, edu cation of the future will take now dii'ections. ‘We ^alk about teaching ma chines," she related. “That can mean the hands of a teacher, a piece of chalk, or television and com out ers. “But, I’m talking about new things happening in education new direction — a revolution. I'm ‘alking about an explosion of kno^vledge, not an explosion of poDulation. I’m talking about the demands of the people for quality education. Will we have a real revolution? Or, will it just Continued On Page Two » ■'i JUNIOR SENIOR SCENE Lihhi/ Tedder, h it, and Kathi} Rhea lakf the road fo the "Etaerald City", lla ine fnoa '‘The Wizard of Oz", det oraiii)yis asi d for Stttnrday night's Junior- SenU})- Prom attended by ov('r -150 j,c<,)de a.f the high seh-ool gymnasium. (Isaac Alcj-ander Photoi 'Jill hr s r ■■■■ •V V . >% A- JUNlOR'SENlOR PROM HELD SATURDAY Pulured above tire fu'o ('(tniJi.s, among tin high s(Jiool students udio attendfd Saturday niifht'.s Junittr-Senior Pnan. From h ft i<, right around the tabic, Stcvi Bell and his date Bay'bara Logan and Mike Graham and hi.s dttte Teresa HoxvelL (Photo by Ifsaat- Ah zander) Golf Day Held Tuesday Twen'y members of the Kings Mountain Women’s Golf Associa tion attended Member-Golf Day Tuesday at the Country club. Eighteen holt's of golf was cn- joy(‘d before the luncheon Guests were Ann Piice. Boths Hcl'on, Dot Kostc!-, Pnl Garrison, Faith Cliestnut, Marge Williams, all of Gastonia, Ma^igaret Barn- hardt. F^sther ilammtii, both of Concord, and Lois Mclnl.Mi* of Chai lo'tc. Prizes went to Maxim* Ham mett and Esther Ilammctl. win ner^ of the first low team: aiul a tie for secoml low, .Mc Daniel. Margart'* Barnhai dt, Lynn Mauney and Maigie Will iams. Winner of low pull pri/<‘s were Lib Mayes. Louise Meinlyn' and Dot Koster. A prize was given lo Ann Price for driving closest to Hole No. 5. It's A Girl For George Herds Mr. and Mrs. George Hord, Jr. announce the birth of a daugh ter, F:iizahcth Ann IltJrd, April 29. Greensboro hospital. Grandparen's are Mr. and Mrs. George B. Hord of Kings Moun tain and .Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Slone of Duihani. SOCIAL CALENDAR Monday: 3:30 -Circle ,> of F'irst Picsln - terian churcii in the Ladies Bible Class of ih(* eluirch, Mrs. Charles Ballard, hostess. 7:30—('ircio 1 of First Presby terian church at the home of Mrs. ChaiTes Ballevv. 202 FJdge- mon* Drive. 7:30 Circle 2 of First Presby terian chuieh in the Ladies Bible Class, .Tirs. R. D. Miller, hos'ess. 7:30 Circle 3 of First Presby terian church at the homo of Mrs. Robert 11. floforth, 305 Wes' Gold street. 7:30 Circle 1 of F’irst Ih'esby- terian church at the homo of Mrs. B. F’. Manor, 3(M) Mam*r load. 7:3') .Umior Woman’s club at the \\5>nian’s clul). Installation of offict'rs. W( dn< sday: .3:30 Colonel F’n'dt'rick Uani- bright (’hapter DAR at lh(’ home of .Mrs. F'. J. Sincox. Mrs. K. Neisler. Jr., program chairman. 10:00 Circle 6, of F’irst Pres byterian church at tJie home o! Mrs. ('harles Adams, ,505 Cres- {■ent Hill. Fnday: 12:00 Senior Citizens c i u i) luncheon meeting at the Woman’s dub. Cathy Alston, Mr. Gancunhuber Exchange Vows Miss Cathy Alston bei'ame tlie hiide of Albert (kiiivunhuber in Los Angeles. Calif, on April 13. .Mrs. Gancunhulier, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 3’om Alston, Jr. of F'ori Lacdordale. F'la. is a s'u- dent in Los Angelos and works as a part-time professional model. She attended collt'ge also in St. IVtersburg, F’la. She is the granrl- laughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Prince, of Kings Mountain. Her mother is *he former Miss Vivian Prime. 5Ir. Gani'unhuber is also a stu dent in Los Angeles and attend ed college in St. Petershurc. F'la. also. Il<' has br'en residing with a marri(‘<l brother in Los .-yngc'* les who is i uhlicily man in the studio of 'rv Slunvs ‘hat iinnluce "De:illi Valh'v Ditys". Al's par ents, former native^, of Austria, reside in Talahassee. F'la. Pe rsonal Weekend visitors to jUlowirtg Rock. .\. C'. were Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Smi’h, of Meadowbrook Road.
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