Population
Greater Kings
City Limits 8,465
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ianvary IMB- locludee *lie 14.990 peputatlon •
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VOL 83 No. 23
Estd
Democrats K
Curtain Going 1]
At Little Theati
ORDAINED — Rev. Jerry Ray
Wright, iormerly of Kings
Mountain, has been ordained
as a minister of the ARP Church
and has assumed pastorate du-
t cs as minister of Sharon ARP
church in Sharon, S. C.
Rev. Wright
Is Ordained
pi
• n
Rev. Jerry R. Wright former
ly of Kings Mountain, was or-
(laiaod Monday as a minister in
AssoeiaU,' Reiormed Presby-
^B'ian church. The service was
Tu Id in flat Itock, N. C. a< Bon-
I’lnrken, tlie church’s assembly
ground.
Rev. Mr. Wright, son of the
laic Rev. Ray Wright and Mrs.
iScrIha Wright, received his
master of divinity degree May
21 from Erskine Theological
.Seminary at Due West, S. lie
is a 19S.1 graduate of Erskine
I’olle.ge and holds a masters in
eiucation degree from the Un
iversity of Georgia.
He and his family, wife Kay
and three children, liave moved
to Sliaron, S. C. where hg is the
[ta.stor of the Sharon Associate
Reformed Presbyterian Church.
Joe Champion
Wins Degree
Rocieved his baccalaureate dc-
grr'c in ccrimonies hold l)y the
University of North Carolina at
Chttrloltp at the Charlotte col-
i.sieum at 3 o’clock, on Sunday,
'.May 21. He earned his degree
in fine arts (BA degree) and at
[.resent has plans to enroll and
earn a second degree (IBCA). Mr.
Champion will then atend the
University of Georgia to cam-
[>le,te his requirements for a MA
[I'grce.
,, lie is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
loward Champion of route
three.
Mysteiy-Comj
Plays Friday!
AndSaturda;
The curtain will go u(
night at 8 o’clock on
Retirement,” a three-act]
mystery comedy by the
Mountain Little TheatreJ
Performances will also]
on Saturday evening
again on Friday night,
and Saturday night, Jun^
The show will be
'Park Grace school al
and is under the directlj
eran director Stephen
'Baity also doublesi
stage T(»lc of “Bate-s”.
male member of the
A. Hullender Jr., back |
lights as Albert Feath
Joe Ann Walker
president of the Lift
and a favorite actresi
Theatre goers, will
len Creed, proprietor]
House, an old Pre-’f
house In Gravesend
Thames.
Other supporting- rd
:y Ifo. • Wlesencr asj
h;-,. r'enisa Lloyd
1- ' -'c'V Nancy Wiesend
C re!; Brenda Neal|
Creed; and Vivian
Sister Theresa.
McGinnis
Closes luh
.M.G'nnis Depar _ .
close its Annex Jii
this phase of the bil
consolidated with t|
store, said Paul H.f
Joliii McGinnis till
Tile Annex buili
sold to Wie King_
devdopment Ocr
‘he building will,
in the near futurd
.“Clearing the
part in sp<’e«lin,'»
it the central btj
111 fine with
plans”, say tlic
TO MONTREAT
Rev. Robert Wilson, pastor of
Dixon Presbyterian church and
Khiloi, Presbyterian church, is a
delegate to Ihe General Assemb.
Jy O',' the Pres’eyterian Church
meeting next week in Monteat.
Bloodmol
Returns
The Red Cross!
turns to Kings |
one-day visit Mo^
Goal of the
pints of blood i
for the Red Cri
lecting unit saiq
great. We’re h
blood is urgent
'William ( j
spokesman fori
noted that Mon
final of the fls|
Donors will
11 a.m. until 5l
munity Centel
avenue.
Duplex Gives Hospital $15l
For New Coronary Care U]
'Duplex International, division
of Reeves Brothers, Inc., Monday
presented a 511,500 check to Kings
Mountain hospital to cover one-
half of the remaining cost for
an Intensive Coronary Care unit.
’flic ho.si)ital liad earlier re
ceived a $2,.500 donation from the
Kiwanis Club and a $.500 donation
from the Junior Woman’s club.
Total cost of the unit is $0,000.
Andrew Milowski, vice-presi
dent in charge of production at
Duplex, presenterl the cheek to
George W. Maunoy, chairman of
the hospital board of trustees,
and told Mauncy, “we hope thi.<i
donation will be a step toward
mere donations from other hi-
du.stries in Kings .Mountain.”
Ctirl Devane, manager
of Duplex, and Grady Howard,
administrator of Kings Mounlain
^ospilal, wilnessed the presenta
tion.
Howard, In e.\pres*|ng the hos
pital s gratitude tp Duplex, said
that the unit .
a monlli and
clieck present;]
pletely occupic
tionts. j
According td
be<l unit Is sj
community nel
that plans cal|
unit to four
indicated.
IHoward sni
a heart monil
whereby, the/
can remotely!
hpartt)ent elej
any change
dition as It ol
The unit jJ
who have haj
this type of <
I he room is ..
nurse ha.s vi|
ralients at a
same time ea
monitor at hd