iy_2A_l9^ 5a5 W. Mtn. n, P.O. Box 212 MtCin 3, Box 438, 411 Cresceni: ■, Rt. 2 Box . 2, Dallujs iioU, 229 Na*- on, Rt. 2 Box 1, B(»ssorrjo; H(X3 Crescent Ohi*rc?h St., I, Rt. 1, Box rd, Rt. 1, Box , 120 Cion in- T ; 107 EJm St, 504 Harmon . 1. Box ll'j^^ rson, Rt. 1, Her, 312 \V. n, Rt. 6, Bo.\ 'd, 102 S. Cor- Rt. 3, Box 250. 521 Harmon Thursday. May 27. 1971 THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD. KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C. Page 3 V- tf % V >Ji Withers Only Mountaineer Named To All-Southwestern Conference it At ^en r ne %.*• :•% --'Viy.- iFir.st ba.somnn Cirafton Withertt was the only Kin^s Mountain Hish ba.'Jotxill player selwtt'd to t)hp All-Southwestern Conference team of 1971. WHher.s a junior, hit .258 and led the Mountaineers in run.s severed with 16. Li'a^ue champion Shelby was the leader in All-Conference se lections with five. The Lions fin- L-hed 16-2 to win their second straight SWC cnM’n. South Point, despite finishing . yV-.- >* . . A,/ FORMER MOSS AWARD WINNERS — Barry Gibson, left coach ol Kings Mountain High's baseball team, and Chuck Carpenter, a senior member of the club are past winners of the John H, Moss Award, which goes to the most valuable player of the high school team. Gibson won the award in 1963 after pitching the *'K»' •^T.: ry; ' « Final Baseball I Standings NORTH PIEDMONT CONFERENCE in sixth place with a ii-9 r(‘c »rd, had four play(*r.s named to the ' team and their (‘oach, Phil Tate, , won Coaeh of the Year honor.-<. i King:s Mountain had two of the leajjuo’s top hiUtu's in cat h(*r David Bolin and pilcluT-inficld- 1 cr-outfielder Chuck Carp<*nt<*r and one of tho S\V('’s top pitclu^rs in Rick Hord but neither of the three were regarded as All-SWC mater ial by rhe 10 coaches in th»* loop. Bolin was slighted.fer the st*;' ond straight year. He hit .3.50 lu.s .s*f'i)homore year and .316 thiv season but the all-conferenee catching berths went to Jim .Mill (*r of .Sh(*lby iind Suwc .\rr<AV<Kxl of ('ha.se. (’arpc’it(‘r hit .316 aritl w.ts eli'^ihlc for nll-conh’reiKe a pli.-li'T .sho.-tst >;j or outiicldcr but • lid n t re;e:v(‘ -.i herlti. Clib.-^nn. also. wa«; sliglited in the (oach ivl ilu' ye.ir nalloiing His te<sm. made up m-jsily <i; s.jpliiuncire.s an-l junioi.s. v\as <i pre-.--eason pirk !■) finish in the <i-. >nd divi-^ion but wound up in a lie fnr .second with a 11-7 rec ord. .south Point was picked t<) give si'.elo;* a run lor the SWC title nui finLshed in sixth place witli ,i [) 3 n‘i I id. Th- eoiTii)let(* All-Conference list Mountaineers to the Southwestern Conference championship and Carpenter won the award last year. The ninth winner of the trophy will be announced today at the annual Rotary Club luncheon. Former Major League Ftar Burgess Talks At Rotary Club Fete Today Forrest Harrill (Smokey) Bur gess, former major league caldher and pinch-hit king, will be guest speaker at tho annual Kings M';ujvtain Rotary Club baseball luncheon Thursday at 12:15 p^m. at the Country Club. The fele honors this year’s etlilion cf the KM High Mountain eers, who finished in a three- way lie for se(‘ond place in the Southvwstern Conference. Iliglilighling tlie affair will be the pit.‘>cnlalion of the ninth John II. Moss Award, which goes to the mrj.sl valuable player on the li'igh .s.ho >1 l( am. This year’s Mountaineer squad finished 11-7 in tho SWC and 12- 7-1 ov<rall under first-year-coach Barry Gibson, who, incidentally, v\as tho rcf ipiont of the first Jehn H. Moss Award in 1963 aft er ho pitched the .Mountaineers to their first SWC championship ever. Since Gibson, se\-cn other de serving K'MIlS athletes have won tile award, tho la.st being Cliuck Carpenter, a current merhber of the KM squad. Carpenter won it last year after pasting a 5-3 pitching record and hitting .238. Burgess, who now operates an automobile dealership in Forest Oity spent 19 years in the major Lady Bowlers Have Annual Awards Fete p EHavic County Won 14 Lost 2 East Rowan 13 3 North Davidson 10 6 North Rowan 8 8 West Rowan 8 8 Mouresville 7 9 North Iredell 6 10 South Ircd<‘ll 4 12 Noifh Stanly 2 14 NORTHWESTERN CONFERENCE Hudson 8 1 Marion 8 1 Taylorsville 7 2 Lenoir 5 4 Wilkes Central 5 4 Morganton 4 5 Newton-Conover 3 6 Valdeso 3 6 Watauga 3 6 Avery Giuiity 0 9 SOUTH PIEDMONT CONFERENCE Statesville 14 2 Asheboro 12 4 Concord 10 6 Th(/m-asville 9 7 Salisbury 8 8 Kannapolis 6 10 1 Albemarle 5 11 SouHi Rowan 5 11 Lexington 3 13 POS. PLAYER SCHOOL P Tommy Hamrick .Shelby P Joe Hoavner Chi'rry. C Jim Miller Shelby C Stove Arrowood Chase IB Lanny Riddle East IB Grafton Withers KM 23 Devy Smith S. Point 23 Phil Cabiness Shelby 33 Mike Nanney East 3B Bill Stone S. Ddnl 3B Mike Radford Chase S5 Ray Bailey East SS Gene McMurray Shelby OF Kim Eskridge Shelby OF Scatt Hamrick Burns OF Don Davis S. Point OF Danny Brooks Crest OF Joe Connor CluTry. OF Robert Clawson S. Point 'Coa(h of year: Phil Tate, .South Point. I Player of year: Tommy Ham- I rick, Shelby. '•A.#* \ \ I I I The Kings Mountain Ladies i Bowling League held its annual' pod - s(\ison banquet Tuc.sday 1 night at the Kiyal Villa. I Drews Tax Service, which won > the 1970-71 league cha'nTpion.s'hip.! was honored along with several' ladies \\ho won indii. idual lion-j or-i during the past .season. ! MemOiers ()f the witining team i w'ho rectMved trophies included Pat Panther, Captain, Hecky Barn-; od Pat Harrc't, Pal Cliaixiian; and Winni FuMon. Runner-up honors went to Cfrif'fin Drug. Members of thait team imluded Pat Ilermion, cap tain; Kay Ilawkin.s, Cecile Ih'yn olds, I5.)bbic McKee and Edna Bowen. Plonk Brothers and Amerk*an Legion tied^'for third place and Oates Shell and Dellinger’s Jew elry tied for fifth. ^ (dther ladies receiving troi>hies included: Jenny Oates, high average. 111. Doris Ware, sport.smanship. ‘Betty Fite, first half Iiig-h set. Becky Barnett, first half high line. Louise Dover, second half higli' set. ! Barbara Miller, second half high line. Pat Herndon, most strikes. iPat Panther, most spares. Ruth Bagwell, most impnwed. Charity Tignor. bool>y Iroidiy. Officers for the coming year were electtxl. They includi'd Pat Panther, president; Chority Tig nor, vice-president; Karen Moss, secretary: and Ethel Tignor, trea surer. Tie team enptains for the 1971- 72 sea.son will bo Jenny Oato.s, Betty Fite, Becky Barnett, Pat Herndon, Barbara Miller and Bob-, bie MvKee. They carried the high-' ^ cst averages during the past season. i ^ Y m Ic'agues with the Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds, Pittsburgh Pirates and Chi cago White Sox. He played in seven all-star games and one World Series. He Yankees in seven games on Bill Mazeroski’s home run. Burgess had a lifotime batting average of just under .3(X) in the big leagues. Burgess, who hit three home runs in one game in July, 1955, established major league records for the most pinch-hits in a life time (136), the mosf times reach ing base as a pinch-hitter in one Kings Mountain season (36) and for the most ca- Cherryville reer pinch-hit home runs (14). ' East Rutherford He started his professiona.; Rutherfordton baseball career in 1944 with Lock- South Point port in the Pony League. He Chase made the big leagues in 1949 wiitb tho Cubs, then spent a part of two more seasons in the miin- ors before being recalled by the Cubs in 1951. He was traded to the Phillies at the end of the ’51 season. PAST WINNERS 1963, Barry Gibson, pitcher 1964, Mickey Bell, outfielder 1965, Seerley Lowery, pitcher 1966, Steve Goforth, pitcher 1967, Nelson Connor, shortstop 1968, Paul Gaffney, catcher 1969, Rocky Goforth, pitcher 1970, Chuck Carpenter, pitcher 1971 ????? SOUTHWESTERN CONFERENCE Shelby Lincolnton Burns Crest Area Drive Leaders Praised Tighten Belt. Curb Inflation R.\LEIG'H — Are the nation.- homemakors trying to find wavf- to cu.-b inflation by “lightening thc-family-belt?” Ye-5 acconling to a rcrent siir vey conducted by an advertising firm. Tiu* question-askiT.-; found ilial the more affluent homemakers have tightened up even m-jre than the others. Tliree out of e\'ery four women intervi<‘W<*'< said they .spent kss on foods in 1970 than they did in 1969. Two out of three cut back on other supermarket item.-; as W(*ll I Mrs. Ruby P. Uzzle. e.xtension oiiv : siuner marketing 'econo.mist. | North Carolina State University relates. More than 1,500 women w(*re intervicw(‘d in two surveys, .she adds. '--x ALL-CONFERENCE — Junior first baseman Grafton Withers is the- only member of the Kings Mountain High baseball team to be sel€cb*d on the Ail Southwestern Conference club. Withers hit .258 and led the team in runs scored. Unbeaten Junior.s Here Saturday Softball Standings ROTARY SPEAKER — Former major leaguer Smokey Burgess will be guest speaker at the annual Rotary Club baseball luncheon today at 12:15 at the Country Club. The event honors the mem bers of thfe Kings Mountain High baseball team. Butngardner Set To Run At Charlotte, Concord CONCOlin. 'Beauty and slock car racing will cumhinc efforts | tliis week-end at Charlotte’s and Concord Speed way night’s Spocdworld Merchants who sponsored teams i “TOO’’ siwyi-al race in the Supor- during the past year gave door sports^ Division whl f<^atuIe lo- prizr.s. Team Won Lost Dr(n\’.s Tax 79 61 Griffin Drug 71 69 Ameri(Mn Legion 72 68 Plonk Bnilhors 72 68 Ou'tes Shell 63 77 Dellinger’s 63 77 this season at both Spocdworld and Cont'ord. Piazza of Inman, S. C., in anoth er Camaro. Piazza has been a freqeunt winner on the GASCAR circuit. Other Camaro drivers entered are Ralpli Earnhardt of Kanna- oolis, SiX'ody Thompson of Mon roe and Preston Humphries of Shelby. •Ford Drivers Don Bumgarriner, Cheiry ville Has Horse Show Set laps of I'adng for the Supersports cars and a 25-la'i)per for the lieats will be n.'-n in each division. | ! making a total of IPJ-lap® ol sup-1 I er racing for spe.'talors. iKin -.s Mountain; Heyward Ply- A like program is scheduled for ler, Kannapolis, Jim Poston, Con- Concord SpcM'dwa^. on Saturday ou'd and Lefty night and both SuiKM’sporls pro- g.iain winners will receive a first I):vv day of $S25. iGiris galore wdl he available at eacli track and all have hopes With ihe summertime school recess near, the U. S. Depart ment of Labor’s Wage-Hour Di vision today assured employers that child labor laws permit the I liiiing oi 14 and 15-year-old stu- ’dent in certain clerical and sales occupations during the vacation period. Fred E. Carlock, the Division’s Area Director in Charlotte, points ‘ out that such workers in this ] age group may be employed be- 1 tween the hours of 7 a. m. and ! 9 p. m. from Jine 1 to Labor Day. However, this may work no more than eight hours per d:iy and no more than 40 hours per The ro.soarche'*.-; found that forxi economy for mod homemak(‘rs. meant looking for belter valiuv switcliing to loss oxf)e:i.sive fcK>ds .serx'ing less costly di.-ho.s. Savers followed up on .«p<vials, did comparison shoppiP|T and bought lesser-known brands. ’ Tuc -About one homemakvu' in four'on King.^ Mountain’s Iimiois. un-io- feated aft(*r three game-;, go to For(‘sl (''ily Tiu»r':day bef 'H' re- tuniing hom(' for ivn ■> .Area Foin games witli Mo.ganton and Slud- bv. sai dsho was buying fewer ‘ con vonionce f<x>ds ” such as mi.xe.-j and ready-prepared items. _ Gjime time Snack foods were .scratch(‘d t from many shopping li.-ts. More | Po-^t 155 won Pos' 155, 3-6 iollowi!:_> an sc 10-inning victory <»vcr r*es.s<‘mt*r City in tlieir Li^agiu' Two oiKuier day night. Imsis M>rganion ilurdnv and .Sh<*lhv Tiuv-lay at City Stadium. for t)uih ii pair e\hi:n- C. Throvsing 200 021 9—14 23 3 W. D. Lee 022 020 1—7 9 4 Winning Pitcher — Tony Tomp kins (5-1) Locing Pitcher—Bobby Beach. (4-2). Leading Hitters: C T. - Bily Rainey, 4 for 4; Jerry Barrett and Gone Putnam. 4 for week. 5 each. W. D. Lee • Mike Robert- Carlock explains that these son, 2 for 4. work-hour restrictions do not ap- K. M. Knit 000 000 0—0 5 5 ply to 14 an:l 15-year-olds (or to C. Throwing 112 111 x^7 13 1 any minor) doing farm work out- Winning Pitcher - Tony Tompkins side schools hours. Neither do (4-1). Leading Hitters: K. M. Knit ihOy apply to those in this age Jim Grant, 2 for 3. C. T. Ken ■ bi'ackei w'ho deliver newspapei s Short 4 for 4. Homeruns: Gary , to consumers, caddy, perform in Oliver and George Paysour. theatrical, motion picture or Oxford 022 033 4—^14 broadcast productions, or wlio I^icey 031 090 3—16 v\mrk for their parents in non- WP—Hojnacks. LP—Oliver. Lead j ni,anu!fatiuring capacities, ing Hittters; Dicey: E. Burgess. 3^ Those under 14 may be em- for 5. Ellis 3 for 4—2 Homers, j ployed in non-iagricultural work Terry 3 for 4. Oxford: Sisk 3 for] but only by their parents and I only in non-manufacturing and women werem aking their ownlth.n games o.er Oieriyville last cake batter and pie crusts. | vvei'k. winning by an 11-2 .-core Tliree out of five women were Friday niglu at City Siad.uni and cutting down their outlay.s fi>r 'by 5-1 Satu.day in Clu riyvilK-. detergents, paper towels-and nap | Robbie Moore. lil-ycMr-ol I sc- kins. foil, paper cups, sandwidi oiivl baseman, was the big .sticke: anil other rlear-pla.stic bags, and , lor the Mnunlics in t)u* iao e.\ food wrappings. 1 liihition win-. He lapiK'd out Mo.'-t of the econ imizers said t hree - ingles and a ftouole t they were relying on sales and spark the 11-2 win lu‘re Friday, eou|)ons. Only 13 percent saidltiien a i led tvv.m ore hil< in tin they had shifted to less expens-i victory ai CiK‘rr>'vilIe. 4, Roth, 3 for 4. AMERICAN LEAGUE The Cherryville Lions (iHub will hold its annual horse .shovy Sat urday at 1 p.m. ami 7 p.m. at the OherryviVle Higih Snho d ball park. | of being crowned cither Miss Slice world or Miss Concord Spe<’(l\vay. Thv winner, at each track, will repix'snt the spoed- Wiy.s for a whole year and each 'will ride in the parade lap of General admission for each per-! lYariinglon Railways Soulhein formanco is 75 cents for a(^ult9;500. IV>l!i lieaiiiy queen ^^dnnors and 35 cents for childien. |Wni receive hundreds of dollais All proceeds will go toward in prizes. Idons Club pro.knds. 1 ’Union, S. C. s 'Billy Scott will Anyone interested in entering! bo the m.in to beat in tlie Super- t'he sihow should write W. H. .s^’perts feature at l>o1h tracks. Houser, Box G96, aierryvillc, N. C.' S'coH has driven h\s Camaro to 2g021. ' I victory circle a toMl of five times Bolton will also be on liand. ■Cliovolle entries inckde Bob Cooper of Gastonia, Bob Sey mour of Concord and Ralph Eury of Kannapolis. Charger Crivers expected to run out front are G-ary Galloway of Charlotte, Musitang; Joe Chil dress, Thomasville. Ford; Ar nold Kluttz, Salisbury, Chevy; Tony Tlierrell, Salisbury, Ford; and Carl Reeves of Cooleemee in a Chevrolet. The Friday night program at Speedworld gets underway at 8 p. m. ami the Saturday night fea ture at Concor.i opens at a like time. Both tracks open at 6 p. m. : for practice and early fan ar- I rivals. Teams K Mills Craftspun Bessemer City Champion Dallas Oak Grove Temple El Bethel Bethlehem . ... Allen Memorial Macedonia . ... IM Wesleyan . . East Gold . ... 1st Baptist . ... Nazerine non-mining and in occupations not declared hazardous by the Secretary of iLabor. The only jobs not open to 16 and IT-year- old workers are those the Sec retary has ruled hazardous. Stu dents 18 years of a^e and old('r may be employed in an typ<‘ of w'ork. ive product.s, but in this latter' group wore many homemakers; under 25. i The younger homemakor.s, in i faet, showed an independent at-; titude toward oinvenience RwL.' In the higher ago bracket, home makers were a]jt to continue u.s- ' ing pre-pnqian'd items. ! Danny Ilaris .(*’s iwooun hum er in tlie .<(\ond inning off Clicr- ryvilh* aie Joi* Hi'avner st iited lh(‘ Mountaineer.s on t!ieir way to the win Saturiay night. Cherry ville cut it t) 2-1 wiiii a run in th<' fifth but KM si'aUvl the win with lliree in rlie top ot the nintin Parkgrace, Optimist Lead In Little League NA’nONAl. LEAGUE STANDINGS Winn-Dixie Sales Up Duplex W 7 L Pet. 1 .875 Candina Throwing 7 1 .875 K. M. Knit 4 4 .500 W. n. Lee 4 4 ..500 Dicey Mills 2 6 .250 Oxford Knit 0 8 .000 WOMEN'S LEAGUE Firestone 2 0 1,000 Wilson Perkins 2 0 1.000 Kindetr Mfg. 1 1 .500 Carolina Throwing 0 2 ,000 Oxford Knit 0 2 .UOO Gbl Sales aiivanced 14.08 per a*nt , at Winn-Dixie supermarkets dur- irvr ibo four woek.<9 enderl May 1 compared with the same period last year. They totaled $128,112,406 a- gainst $112,302,585, an increase of $15,809,831. For Uie 14 we<‘ks ended Mav 1. the volume amount- with $1,192,804,421 during Ihe hke period a year ago. a rise of $156,- 787.816 or 13.11 per conl. The comp’any. with a numb<*r of units in the I'>cal area, cur- (2 rcntly operates 838 food stores 2 compared with 315 a year «gu. 1 Optimal and Parkgrace evn- tinue to show the way in thi* lo cal little league. Btith teams won two more games during the past week and .still are tu*d for firs! pl.uii with 4-0 records. Rotary, however, is .still close on thi'ir heels, having lo. t only one game. Last week. Parkgraci" \N‘on by 13-6 over Police and 5-2 over Ro tary. Against Police Parkgrace jump ed lo a 7-0 lead after two innings but Police made a game of it with six runs in tlie third. Pat Anderson was tlie winning pitclier hut needed relief hel; from St('\e Laiv.-as'er who hurlerl no-hit ball over the final four innings. Lancaster fanned oiglit of tlie 10 hatters lie faced. 8<‘ot Ellis led tlie PG attaek with 3 for 4 and B »I>hy Brooks and Johnny Anderson had two liils 1 each. Again.st Rotiiry. Ji>!mn\' .Andcr .-on liurh'd a one-liitlcr and struck out 10. Riviary's two run.'' came in the lointh innin.r. 8;-i)lt Kilis had 2 Icr 2 ft Park- graet*. Mit-h llowc'll had tiie only hit for Piid.iry. (i. timi<l won -'Ci .MiOal S-1 and P)lie(‘ .5-2. R hin.son hurl- el the win and t'<>lleiled two liits in till* win o\er C&U. D<m IK'ndc: .on iLso liad twoii its. Foi tlie lo ers. 8pi.‘(*r. Green, Mere hi'ad and .si;’<*m>ii* had one hit ca: Ii. Ili iider.'on hurled Hu* .via ovei Police limiting liic 1 sers ti loui hi is. standings Teams Won Lost Parkgrace -1 0 Optimist ! 0 U>larv .5 1 .'hilders ' 1 2 Kiwanis 1 2 Police 1 3 (&.(' Metal 0 3 Ja>vecs 0 3 In Friday’s Ain. K.M jumped to a 8-') lc;i.| after i'iv(* innlnizs and • th:U wi..; all pif.‘h«*r.s Rick Hord and n *n Se^soms ix'^Nled to nail d'Avn th(' win. (^huck Carjienier worked the ti’st fivi* innings »t .Saturday’s gMme bc'Iore being ri*licvtNi by Dana .sarvLs in the* sixtli. Un*-ar*K‘(l runs led to KM’s •aenin:: league vict >ry Tuesday al R( se iner C’ily. Tin* ho^ts eom- -n'tii d fiv(‘ I rrer-: and six of nitesl.s io xM's t .•dii runs were unearned. KM .»nrne:ei only five nits; off liurl<-r M:k(* Barne.s. who diU' k 00’15. Barnes’ wdldnesSj -.0 ili-d witli till* five errors, led 'o hj.< iMihill. Ill* walked'six betcr-c ar i hit tbr(*o. Had '■tailed f >r KM but was elii'vi'l by ms in the eighth vvln n lU' stru.k for five runs to ‘akc a 6-5 b'ad. t’arpenter eame ):i m the lOtli and saved tho 4.0 me. KM jumpe 1 to ;» 5-0 lead after ' .(* rai'ks but 3.' came back to 'ake I 6-5 !(*;rd on Wayne A’ar« bm-mgh’': two run double in the 'Mglith. Giaihai Wiilic’s’ alert base-run ning tied ilu’ score for KM in the nintli and ^. nt tin- game into an '‘Mm inniiijj. Wil'ier- i(‘<r*)ied on an error, a wilrl pilcii .md scvrel when BC c.))c sinond. mued to third on daycis .Mtlieu’il around the •noim.l I'rnking a time out had !<■< n ralU-d, W.^lt■^ to Keith Parker and M'<•!{• and lAo more BC errors k I to K.M’.-^ wimirng tallies in the loih. Tim K'di-t]-; Aa.*; tlu* only player an KM with two hits. (5ne of his 'snoe:;< w('nl I )r a d 'Ubh*. A'ar- he.Mitgh and Jt-rry Riddle had 'hioe liil.s ea.-h fir BC. which eol- '('.■led n .safi'tii'.s off the three KM hurleis. Herd .struck »'Ut 12 in his seven inniii'Ts o: work, hut he issued (‘iglll ba.s<’s eii balls. LINESCORES Friday at K. Mtn.: 'Iu‘rr\. (11)0 001 001 2 7 5 K. Min, 102 230 00\ 11 13 3 M.irrison Beam ' D. Ledford (6) ;uul LaAinr. llulvon (5): Hord. 's ims i(D and Bolin. Putnam ‘'Olurday at Cherryville: K Mm. (;2i) 0()o 003 5 9 4 v'liei rv. Ill'll Oh I 000 1 9 2 .'.ir;Hn’(n'. eD and Bolin. Ih’avm r. G:intt i6) and Ixuving, ihul.s m mD. Tuesday at B. City K. Mtn. 020 0:i0 (HR 2 8 5 2 B. Oity IHM CHH) 150 0 6 11 5 Ilord. .'^c-voms (S). CanxMiter ^•J>) and PioMn. Barnes and Lackey.

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