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Jfdrd Aboid SCHOOL BOARD TKuSwyTSuor MORE ABOUT MIKE MURRHEE Contmucd From Page One Covtinued From Page One from out*of*st&t0 iinve boon visit-1 r 1.1. •• j-** InfT fh« 1 • Ipenso .money for the expedition, jng me summer learning camp at! ^ commented ig ^ . that It s the best program tl ^ whicli is a coveted honor for a Jiey ve seen anywhere. Jones said the schcwl system owns the land on which the jun ■ ‘ be ‘ JIc is a member of the Ameri can U'gion-.sponsored Boy Scout Troop of which Wallace Stawls is Aim UnImI On Dean's List Murphreo has been active in lor high would be locate i but Scoutmaster, that itihe board is negotiating! with 'some property owners fo-1 „ , * *1- j approximately 15 acres adjoining i for three years and the school’s land. The main pur-: pose for buying the 15 acres 1 Christ. He has earned would be for practice fields riumorou.^ badges and ad- athletie t^amo ; vancement.s for scouting accom- Jont^nSthat new ball fu-Kls ^ would not have to be built for the juaiior high school. He said scheduling could be arranged tso Gene Tignor, Scoutmaster for the Ucsurrection Lutheran Boy Scout Troop, will he the only oth- Floyd Jerome Jenkins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carlee Jenkins of 223 N. Watterson Street earmxl earned Spring quarter academic honor.s and has been placed on the Dean’s list at North Carolina Central University where recent ly he completed his freshman yeatf. To qualify for this honor, a .student must maintain a B aver age on at least 15 semester hours of work with no grade below C. Activity Set ^at the junior high could u.se: or Scoutor on the Philmont Ex he high ^hool facMitie.s. | podition from this area. No special registration will be needed for the bond vote, Jones' Murpiireo and Tignor will re said. He said that Gaston County! turn home on July 15th. residents would be eligible to vote if the Gaston County por tion of Kings Mountain is offi cially declared a part of the school district. Jone.s siiid that registration books would be open ed for those not registered and newcomers to the community. In other action Wednesday, the board: 1) Voted to send a letter of ap preciation to Mrs. Christine Ram- spur, who temlered her resigna tion due to retirement; 2) Accepted the follovvong res ignations; Jaquitha Reid, KMfLS; Jerry Simmon.s, East; Joye Spcmc- er, W'est; and Sara SeHirest, Ear ly Childhood Education Center; 3) Approved the following This summer more than 17,000 campers will travel to Philmont for high-adventure camping. Philmont Scout Ranch Ex plorer Base is the world's lar gest Hoy Scout camp located in northeastern New .Mexico, a 214 S(|uare mile ranch near the town of Cimarron on the slopes of the. Rocky Mountains. Adventure on the trails and tours of New Orleans, the Ala mo, Carlsbad Caverns and tut Santa are include<l in the trip. During the expediti'jn 10 (lays are spent on the rugged mountain trails, hiking from camp to camp. Touring an old mine, gold panning, archaenlo- 17 KM Students On Dean's list Dr. George S. McSwain, Dean of Instruction at Gaston College, announced that the following 17 students from Kings Mounain have been namcnl to the Dean’s List at Gaston College for the Spring Quarter: 'Lee W. Ashe, J¥., Alan D. Blanton, Kenneth P. Cash, Sheryl Y. Clark, David J. Fisher, Lolita A. Gordon, Kathy N. Hoavner, Gary E. NoV:i, Don ald W. Pruitt, Terr Piitnam, David O. Srr' Larry D. Smith, Barry V f Harold C. Thrift, 0"" Wtst, Henry H. Wid- ..la, Jr., and Elizabeth A. W'fight. teacher elections; Kathy Goforth,! ‘ind study of Indian KLMJHS; Mary Roberts, West; Steve ^^’iifacts, astrology, horseback Moffitt, Central; Martha Wright riding and huro packing arc in- and Linde Jaddich, not yet as-: clud(*{l th<> varied program .scout.s signed. Jones pointed out that and scouiers will enjoy. tlhere were fewer resignations this I year than anytime in the five' COMMUNICATIONS years that he has .served as sup- (»ar to car without the mam erintendont and that he has d, l artment hearing but the main more than enough applications to precedent if it make up lor any resignations: 3,30 point.'d out that might occur between now and the opening of school; 4) Approved «^$21.79S.43 bud get for driver euucation tiiui Cleveland County is getting a repeater to go on the water Mr. Jones 4.0 GW Student A big Fourth of July week cele bration is being planned by the city recreation depfirtment, Roy Pearson, reoreation director, an nounced this week. The week-long festivities, to which the community is invited to participate, will be launched with a church-wide service on Sunday, July 2, at 7:30 p.m. Local ministers will lead the service which will be held on the soft- ball playing field adjacent to the Community Center. A Country and Western music show is booked for July 3rd at 4 p.m. with guest speakers at the softball field. The July 4th celebration will open at 10 a.m. with activities and a Field Day for all ages be ginning at 10 at Davidson Park and Deal Street Park. A teenager ftanee from 7 until 11 pm. will be held at the Community Cen ter. In addition to the city-sponsor ed activities, Lake Montonia Club has schtKluled events for mem bers and guests and Kings Moujl- tain Country club ha.s arranged Fourth of July activities for memr bers. laimAenIfaaid To Dean's List MURFREESBORO, N. C.—Na than S. Saunders of Kings Moun tain has been named to the Dean’s List for the spring semes ter at Chowan CdJlege. Saunders is a graduate of Kings Mountain High School and a music major. Seven At UNC-CH Make Dean's List lower in Shelby and that Kings II .. Mountain can transmit on it without going through the coun budget a.s in the past and point ed out that the program is Jund- ecl by the state. Ttu^ board also voted to send a letter of appre ciation to Wade Ford, which has furnished three ears for the sum mer driver education program. Jone.s pointed out th.it fhi‘ school system recently received word from the stale that two new ('ars have been issued King.s Mountain ty. “Eventually.” MoDovitt said, “we'll be able to comman’eato with anybody in North Carolina Right now, we can communicate with any car or station west of us.” McDevitt said that every mo bile unit and station unit will hav’e a number. Oil units in Kings Mountain’s four-county a- rea will have a pumber in the BOrUNG SPRLNGS—Mrs. Gladys J. Jone.s, of Kings Mountain has been named to the D(*an’.s LLst at Gardner-Webb College for the Spring Semester. An average of 4.00 Is a perfect *‘A” semester average. A 3.8 is re quired for the Dean’s Thoma.s J. McGraw. vice presi dent of academic affairs at Gard ner-Webb, .said that a total of 37 students made the Dean’s List and out of these, 17 had a per fect 4.00. Gardnor-Webb had an enrollment of 1400 during the Spring term. Mrs. Jone.^-# maintained a per- foct 4.00 ave.^age for the Spring Seme.ster. She is the daughter of Mr, (Rev.) and Mrs. John Jones of Balfour. Elmer Norwood In New Post for the 1972-73 school year; . , x, j u 5) Re-cosnbed Kin-^s Mn iitain “ ;iumber in the Elmer .Hams Norwood has High “r tulving the ^ C>ategory. joined the Raleigh office of Car- Southwest Conferenee sportsman- o-'iample,” McDevitt | olina Power & Light Co. as a ship trophy for I he 1971-72 school sheriff of Cleveland j junior engineer. Ho will soon be yeaj. Bill Bates director of ^ number C-100.1 assigned to OP&L’s nuclear school-community Velations and ^^ ^ ^ ! Plant under construction in former KiMHS athletic dir-'ctor C-lOO and do not have to; Brunswick County, pointed out that it has been four' through the county sheriff’s | Norwood is a native of Kings years since KMHS won the a- tlopartmcnt and talk to whoever Mountain, and a graduate of answers.” ' Kings 'Mountain high school. He ward; 6) Voted to allow teacher^ to McDevitt said tliat eventually' received B. A. degrees in evaluate them.selvcs before bein^^ :*^^ police will be able to talk evaluated by the school prineP'^**^ rescue units and pals; jwith hospitals on the inter-city 7) Accepted the propo.sed or- ganization of teacher-student ra-' think this new system is tio for the 1972-73 ^^chool year; I very unique,’’ said McDevitt. “and 8) Authorized mmor changes''vill certainly he!p us in law en- on the budget whiciT was earlier; You know, every once ^ approved for the coming school a while a hoodlum con outrun year. a police vehicle but it’s hard to outrun these radios.” Another good pait about the now system is a recorder which records every telephone and /or radio transmission coming in or going out of the police clepart- j ment. The time of the call is auto- MORE ABOUT REV. GUERRA Continued From Page One Mrs. Paul Fulton and Mrs. G.irri son Goforth. A picniic is slated July 1 at 7 p.m. and commence ment exorcises will bo held on July 2 at 7 p.m. matically loggw! on the recorder, Rev. Mr. Guerra said as a toon- police later need to' vvork in the second ol-gree. ager he participated in the war ■ tape, all they have loj Light refreshments will gangs in New York City and fol- press a button and an aut-1 served afterward. lowing a tour of Marine duly rt?-1“finder” will go back j turned homo to be introduced to through the tape and select the En glish and education from the University of North Carolina. The new CP&L employee was in the U. S. Navy’s submarine service, and served aboard the nuclear submarine USS Triton. He is married to the former Mr.ry Sides of Kings Mountain. They have two children, Michael and Tercca Lyn. Fairview Lodge Meets Monday CHAPEL HILL — Sewen Kings Mountain students wore on the University of North Carolina’s spring semester dean’s list. To DC on the dean’s list at the University here, a student must be taking a full academic load of a least 15 hours, and make no grade below a C. The grades in all courses must average a 3.0 (or B) quality point average. Sch(x>ls and Colleges in which .students can qualify for the dean’s list are the College of Arts and* Sciences, the General Col lege, the School of Business Ad min Lstration, the School of Edu cation, the Sch(x>l of Journalism, and, in Health Affairs, Dental Hy giene, Physical Therapy, Nursing and Pharmacy. The Kings Mountain students; College of Arts and Sciences: John Anderson Ballew, William Mauney Herndon, Howard Wayne Swofiord, David Hugh Smith Jr. School of (Business Administra tion: James Barry Ware. General College; Charles Nath an Reed. Chowan has changed to the 4.00 system for an “A” and is phasing out the 3.00 system. To be eliigible for the Dean’s List under the new system a student must maintain a 3.50 - 3.99 quali ty point average on all work at tempted with no grade below “C”. Chowan is a private, church- related, coeducational college with students from 25 states and eight foreign countries. They are (*nrolied in 11 professional fields: business. English, fine arts, gra phic arts, halth and physical edu cation, languages, mathematics, nursing, science, religion and philosophy and social science. Chowan will celebrate its 125th anniversary during the 1972-73 aJcademic year. Mn.Biidg0i' lUles Conducted YORK, S. C. — Mrs. 'Myrtle Falls Bridges, 83, of York, S. C., died early Friday morning in Devine Savior Hospital in York. A native of Cleveland County, she was the daughter of the late Tom and Mary Jane Randal! Falls and widow of Sidney Er vin Bridges. Paul Hester's Father Passes PPG Names Five To Board Fairview Lodge 339 will hold an emergency communication meet ing Monday at 7:30 p.m. with bo marijuana and heroin. “Booau.se' ^^e conversation took plare. of this typo of living”, he .-^aid, “Ij fbns 21 hours a day, Robert Parker's was put in jail for grand larceny. • ^'^Rardless of whether or not a After being relea-sed from Jarl, I came in contact with Christians who influenced my life. Through them, I had a .spiritual encount er with Christ. This exjjorience motivated me to kick the drug habit. After being a Christian for wo years I felt the call to b('(.*ome a minister. I went to college and graduated and iifti*r which I pas- tored a church in New York State.” More About NEW PROJECT Continued From Page One Mr. White said the new ped estrian park on West Mountain street is now complete with ex ception of painting the interior of the pool. An official dedica tion ceremony will t)e held with in the next week or so. 'Mr. White said prospects for moving ahead “aggresively” on the downtown renewal look “ex cellent” ai3d expressed apprecia tion to property owners and bus inessmen in the downtown area for their “fine spirit of coofK»r- ation.” Methodist Men Plan Benefit Methodist Men of El Bethel Methodi.st church will serve home made i'cc cream and cake Satur day for benefit of the kitchen fund of the church. A .spokesman for the group, Conrad Hughe.^, said .serving will begin at 5 p.m. at the church fel- low.shlp hall. conversation is being made. Mayor John Henry Moss, com menting on the new system, said, “communications is a very vital thing to law enforcement and to our various d(*partmcnts, particularly in times of emergen cy. We’re very proud of it. After all, it represents an investment of over $13,090.” W. P. Sellers' Rites Friday William Perry Sidlers, 88. of 808 Ea.^tview St., died Wednesday morning in Shelby Convalescent Homie following an illnc’ss of seven week.s*. A narive of Ga.ston County, ne w'a.s the son of the'la'te Eli a.nd Sarah Jane Seller^? and was mar ried to the late Dwhia Panther .Sellers. Prior to his retirement, he wa.9 owner and operator of Sellers .Shoe Shop. He was a member of First Bapti.st Church, where he taught a boy's Sunday school cla.s.^ for 42 years. Hi* is survived by two daugh ters, Mrs. Irene S. Lankford and Mis,c, Evelyn Seilers, lx)th of the home; one son, Joseph W. Sellers )f King.-; Mountain; two brothers Rites Friday Funeral .services for Robert Par ker who died Monday afternoon will be hold Friday at 3 p.m. at St. Jami's Methodist Ohurdh in Hickory Grove, S. C.^ with the Rev. Baker and the Rev. W. F. Goode officiating. Burial wi'll fol low in the church cemetery. He is survived by his widow, Queenlt Parker; three sons, Roos evelt Parker and Joe W. Parker, both of Bridgeport. Conn., and Hazel Parker of Kings Mountain: five daughters, Mrs. Mattie Mae Adams and Miss Bessie Parker, both of Bridgeport, Conn., Mrs. Dorothy Watkins and Mrs. Queen- ie Adam.s, both of Baltimore, Md., and Mrs. Jacqueline Austin of Charlotte; thrive si.sters, Mrs. Wil lie D. Feemster, Mrs. Jessie Mae Foster and Mrs. Ola Howell, ah of IBickory Grove, S. C.; -and 18 grandchildren. The family at the home of Hazel Parker, Rf*. 3, Kings Moun tain. They will receive friends at J. W. Gill and -Sons Funeral Home from 7:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday. Neal Cooper Wins Master's In the fir.st tw’o months' of 1972, foreign .steel accounted for one-seventh of America’s ap’par- ent steel consumption. Neal Cooper, son of Mr. and Eli Sellers and Vance SolUrs, and I Mrs. Jacob M. Cooper of Kings five grandchildren. Mountain, has received his Mas- Funeral services will be con- ter of Arts degree in business ducted Friday at 11 a.m. in the education from the University of Webb Chapel of First Baptist; North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Church by the R(w. fJeno Watter- ' (hooper has joined Cole M-ills of son. The body will be placed in Grt»cnsboro and is residing at 270 the church at 10:30 a.m. Burial, Yanceyvillo street there, will follow in Sunset Cemelery. ^ He is also an undergraduate nf Th(» family will receive friends UNC w'hore he roeciv'ed his Baelic- froim 1 to 9 p.m. Thursday at lor of Science degree in business Lutz-Austell Funeral Home. 1 education two years ago. PITTSBURGH — PPG Industries today announce the election of five new officers by its board of directors. In addition, the -board named Edward H. Eaton, wiho wa.s treasurer, as vice president and treasurer of the company. The new officers are: Richard K. Sporring, viioe president, sup ply; John W. Morris, vice presi dent, technical services. Fiber Glass Division; Qyrus V. Ander son, vire pr(?sident, law; David A. Cort, vice president and secre tary; and Edward Mazeski Jr., assistant secretary. The election of Anderson, Cort and Mazeski becomes effective Aug. 1, coinciding with the re tirement of Joseph T. Owens, who is now vice president, general counsel and secretary. Funeral rites for Earnest Lu ther Hester, 70, of Cherryvllie, father of Paul Hester of Kings Mountain, were conducted Tues day at 4 p.m. from Missionary Methodist church in Cherryville. interment following in City Memorial cemetery. Mr. Hester died Sunday morn ing following illness of 10 months. He was a native of Lincoln County, son of the late Joe and Della Liggins Hester. He was a member of Hardin Baptist church and a retired employee of Rhyne Houser Manufacturing Company. Other survivors include his wife; one daughter; one one stepson; two sisters; three brothers. son; and Cook Rites Are Conducted Use Oi W-2 Is Restored Funeral services for Howard O. (H. O.) Cook will be conduct ed Friday at 3:30 p.m. at Mis sionary Methodist Church, where he was a member, by the Rev. T. W. Lovelace and the Rev. Tommy Taylor. Burial will fol low in Sunset Cemetery. Cook, 61, of 61S Gardner St., died at 2 p.m. Wednesday. A native of Johnson County, he was the son of the late Esper and Dicie Hoyle Cook. // He is survived by his widow, Eva Oaks Cook; one daughter, Mrs. George Shuman of Jack sonville, Fla,; one son, Harold Cook of Shelby; five sisters, Mrs. Addie Chapman, Mrs. Ben Por ter, Mrs. Fred Blanton and Mrs. Olen Ledbetter, all of Shelby, and Mrs. Tommy Wright of Gro ver; two stepsisters, Mrs. Alfred ! Crawford of Jacksonville and Mrs. Lonnie Brooks of Shelby; three brothers, the Rev. Mai^vin Cook of Rt. 1, Blacksburg, S. C.; Bynum Cook of Kings Mountain and D. L. Cook of Shelby; two stepbrothers, Bennett Wright and Tommy Wright, both of Land rum, S. C.; and four grandchild ren. USE OF FORMS W-2 RESTORED Greensboro — The Internal Revenue Service has restored the requirement that employers pro vide Forms W-2 to former em ployees within 30 days after fi nal wages are paid. The requirement was suspend ed last year while the Congress was considering legislation that would affect social security in formation also entered on the form. While that legislation was being considered, printing of the new forms was delayed. The de lay in printing the forms led to the temporary suspension of the 30-day requirement. Since action has not been com pleted on the proposed legisla tion, the IRS has decided to go ahead with the printing of W-2 forms reflecting the current law. Supplies of the form are avail able at IRS offices. The IRS said employers should furnish forms W-2 to former workers on or before July 5, if final wages were paid on or be fore June 5. For employees whose employment is terminat ed after June 5, W'2's should be furnished not later than 30 days after final wages arepaid. Mrs. Bridges' Rites Conducted I.H. Miller's Rites Conducted Funeral services for Lawrence H. Miller Jr., were to be conduct ed today at 2 p.m. at Hankins and Whittington Funeral Chapel by the Rev. Robert A. Halcorson. Burial was to follow in Ever green Cemetery. Miller, 58, of 3210 Westfield Funeral services for Mrs. My rtle Falls Bridges, 83. who died Friday, were conducted Saturday afternoon at 3 p. m. from Patter son Grove Baptist church. Interment was in the Patter son Grove cemetery. She is survived by three sons, Geddes Bridges of Kings Creek, S. C., Gothard Bridges of Kings Mountain and Tom Bridges of Columbia, S. C.; four daughters, Mrs, Gladys Bell of Shelby, Mrs. Violet Little and Mrs. Mary Bo lin, both of Tampa, Fla., and •Mrs. Ruth Gross of York, S. C.; one brother, Arthur Falls of Fair Forest; and four sisters, Mrs. Sally Anthony of High Point, Mrs. Vennie Roberts and Mrs. Ann Thomas, both of Char lotte, and Mrs. Julia Sellars of Paw Creek. Ernest Roberts' Rifes Conducted Ernest Roberts of Rt. 1, the Ebenezer community, Kings Mountain, died at 7 a.m. Thurs- at his home. A native of Cleveland County, he was the son of the late Nel son and 'Maggie Roberts. He is survived by his widow, Alice M. Roberts; two daughters, Mrs. Mildred Brid-ges of Wash ington, D. C. and Mrs. Helen E. Kibler of Charlotte; two sons, Howard Roberts of Kings Moun tain and Vaughan Roberts of Hampton, Va.; two brothers, Charles W. 'Roberts and Theo dore Roberts, both of Kings Mountain; 10 grandchildren and Road, diofl Saturday in n Char*: three groat grandchildren, lotto hospital. 1 Funeral services were con- Among his survivors is a dau-'ducted Sunday at 3 p.m. at Kbe- ghtor Mrs. Barbara Yarborough, nzor Baptist Church. Burial was of Kings Mountain. : In the church cemetery. She is survived by three sons, Geddes Bridges of Kings Creek, S. C., Gothard Bridges of Kings Mountain and Tom Bridges of Columbia, S. C.; four daughters, 'Mrs. Gladys Bell of Shelby, Mrs. Violet Little and Mrs. Marie Bo lin, both of Tampa, Fla., and Mrs. Ruth Goss of York, S. C; one brother, Arthur Falls of Fair Forest, 'S. C.; four sisters, Mrs. Sally Anthony of High Point, Mrs. Vennie Roberts and Mrs. Ann Thomas, both of Charlotte, and Mrs. Julia Sellers of Paiw Creek, N. C.; il5 grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Funeral services were conduct ed Saturday at 3 p.m. at Patter son Grove Baptist Church by the Rev. Danny Snipes. Burial was in the church cem etery. Current spending plans will push the American steel indus try’s total expenditures for pol lution control facilities to over' $1.5 billion since 1951. At the end of 1971, American steelmakers were spending al most $142 million a year just to keep existing air and water puri fication units working. The pilgrims made the mis take of not bringing cows and the lack of milk was said to have a bearing on the high death rate, particularly of children. ffites Condneted Funeral rites for Mrs. Bertie Cato MdCurry, 85, who died Fri day, were held ^turday morn ing at 11 o’clock from Pisgah ARP church with the Rev. L. Hicklin officiating. MifcleaMa On Honor Roll Mrs. MoCurry was the daugh* ter of the late James A. and Bessie parks MoCurry and wife of the late William MoCurry. Andrea Huffstetler Season, (Mrl Ronnie Reason) made the Honor Roll at Gardner-Webb College for ;the Spring Semester, 1972. Ac- (hording to Thomiias J. McGraw, vice president of academic af faire, a total of 150 students made the honor roll. Gairdner- Webb had am enrollment of 1400 students during the Spring term. Survivors include one brother, Joseph Cato of Chester, S. C, and one sister, Mrs. Mary Cash of Lancaster, S. C.' Average American steelwork er hourly earnings have risen $2.88 an hour since 1950, faster than all but three of 3d other industries. Total employment costs how average about $7 per hour fur steel wage earners. To make the Honor Roll a stu dent had to make an average of 3.2 on 15 or more hours. A per fect average is 4.00. Andrea is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Andy F. Huffstetlor of 821 N, Piedmont Ave., Kings Mountain, North Carolina, Over a half million tons of steel wire will be rolling on the world’s roads by 1975, in strength giving steel belts in tires. KNOX KUT 'N KURL Is Happy To Announce TWO NEW OPERATORS. Peggy Horn and Kathy Smith MAKE YOUR APPOINTMENT TODAY Phone 739-3646 6:22 'fe. ^ rnimm ^>1 A» '*■ J A « \ WE PAY CLOUD NINE INTEREST RATES! Want to get more for your money? Let us introduce you to our savings accounts, bonus, and extra bonus savings certificates. 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