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BICENTENNIAL OBLEBltATION
CEBEMONIES OOMBIEMOBATINO
198<h BATTLE ANNIVERSARY
BATTLE OF KINGS MOUNTAIN
CITY OF KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C.
OCTOBER 1, 8, 8, IFM
Ya’U come! Everyone la Invited to attend theae eventa, and every event
la free excluding the luncheon tor vlalUng gueata which la by Invitation.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, lt7«
10:00 a.m.—Rocking Ctialr Marathon — BlcentennlaJ Square
8:80 p. m. — Culmination of Overmountain March — Klnga Mountain
National Military Pailc
8:80 p. m. — Faahlon Show on Battleground Avenue — Front of Belka.
4:80-8:00 p. m. — Chicken Dumpling Dinner — Community Center —
Klnga Mountain Aging Program
8:80 p. m. — Overmountain Program In Klnga Mountain Military Park
Amphitheatre
7:00p. m. — Film on Hlatory of Bicentennial Celebratlona Southeaatem
United Statea — City Parking Plaza
7:80 p. m. — Klnga Mountain Senior High Pop Rally — City Parking
Plaza
8:80 p. m. — Street Dance, Battleground Avenue
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1878
8:80 a. m. — Parking Plaza Dedication with Oueata — Mlaa North
Carolina — Mlaa Suale Proffitt; Mlaa South Carolina — Mlaa Lavlnla Cox
10:00 a. m. — Welcome at City Hall for Oovemor Holahouaer and
Governor Edwarda
10:80 a. m. — Qovemora Extend “Handa Acroaa Mountadn" at North
Carolina-South Carolina Border In Klnga Mountain National Military
Park Drink a Toaat
10:80 a. m. — Free Covered Wagon Rldea for Klddlea — City Parking
Plaza
11:00 a. m. — Dedlcatlcm of Park Vlaltora’Center
1:00 p. m. — Luncheon tor Vlattlng Oueata Klnga Mountain Country
Chib
8:80 p. m. — Bicentennial Parade Downtown
8:80 p. m. — Dinner at Klnga Mountain Senior High Cafeteria
6:00 p. m. — Senior Cltlzena Band, Program and Auction — Bicen
tennial Square
8:00 p. m. — Klnga Mountain Mountalneera va. Buma — Football — ■
Qatmble Stadium
8:10p.m. — IWAWreatllng at Community Center
8:00 p. m. — Street Dance, Battleground .Avenue
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10:00 a. m. — Free Balloon Rldea tor Klddlea’''' Railroad Avenue
11:00 a. m. — Sidewalk Arta, Oafta Show In City Paritlng Plaza
18:00 Noon — Skydiving at City Stadium
1:00 p. m. — Pet Show and Profeazlonal Dog Show — Parking Plaza —
Downtown
8:00 p. m. — Sky Diving at City StauUum
4:00p. m. — Grand Prize Drawing by Merchants
8:80 p. m. — Btcentennlsd Ball at Kings Mountain Natlonail Guard
Armory
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CBD Mi rchants Urged
To Attend Tuesday Meeting
MIRROR-H€Rf\LD
VOL. 87 NO. 40
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KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA 88086 THURSDAY, OCTOBER^ 1876
Jack Ford To
Sub For Poppa
The Mirror-Herald learned Just
before presstime that Jack Ford,
youngest son of President Gerald
Ford, will substitute for his father by
visiting Kings Mountain Friday to
Join In the 196th anniversary
celebration of the Battle of Kings
Mountain.
Ford la expected In Raleigh about
1 p. m. Friday and here In time for
the Bicentennial parade which
begins at 3:80 p. m.
It la not know whether Jack Ford
will ride In the parade or alt among
the dignitaries on the parade
reviewing stand.
Capt. J. D. Barrett of KMPD said
the parade route will follow Gaston
St. to King, then down Piedmont to
W. Mountain, Mountain to S. Bat
tleground, then back to King and
down Railroad Ave.
Capt. Barrett has also asked that
citizens do not park on either side of
Gaston, Piedmont, W. Mountain S.
Battleground (from W. Mountain to
King St.) or Railroad Ave. after 8 p.
m. Friday.
The Kings Mountain Jaycees,
parade sponsors, report almost 100
units entered In the parade.
SUSIE PROBITT
... Miss North Carolina
Two Lovely Young
Ladies Are Guests
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A meeting has been set tor Tues.,
Oct. 13 at 7 p. m. at the Klnga
Mountain Country Club tor down
town merchants, businessmen and
landlords.
Chsu-Ue Blanton, a KM druggist,
said the meeting Is being sponsored
by a committee of the Chamber of
Commerce and Merchants
Association and will be an Informal
exchange on building face-lifting
and costs.
C. Crawford Murphy, an architect
from Shelby, will present examples
of face-lifting and remodeling styles
and has been asked to bring figures
on approximate costs for the work.
Blanton said CBD merchants and
landlords with businesses adjacent
to the new city parking plaza are
urged to attend this meeting so
continued face-lifting plans for the
downtown area can be made.
SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS COURSE
Classes and Instructions tor school
bus driving will be held Mon., Oc
tober 11 and Wed., October 18 at 8:80
a. m. at Kings Mountain Senior High
School. Any Interested adults who
wish to drive a school bus must
attend these all day classes. Richard
Beam la Instructor.
Two very special guests expected
In Kings Mountain Frl., Oct. 8 are
Susie Proffitt, Miss North Carolina
1977, and Lavlnla Cox, kllss South
Carolina 1877.
The two young ladles will help
Mayor John H. Moss officially
dedicate the City Parking Plaza at
9:80a. m. tomorrow, then vidll be on
hand to greet Gov. Jim Holshouser
and <3ov. James Edwards when they
arrive at city hall about 10 a. m.
Both Misses Proffitt and Cox plan
to spend the day In Kings Mountain,
topping off their visit by riding In the
parade downtown beginning at 3:80
p. m.
Miss Proffitt Is a 1978 graduate of
Western Carolina with a BS degree
In home economics and a con
centration In faahlon mer
chandising.
She was Miss Rutherford County
In 1978 and competed imder that title
tor the Miss North CsuoUna honors
she now holds.
Before becoming the North
Carolina Jaycees Goodwill Am
bassador, Miss Proffitt was seen In
several TV commercials for a large
department store and was a fashion
model In the Atlanta Merchandise
Mart.
Miss Cox Is a graduate of Wln-
throp College with a BA degree and
plans to work toward her Masters in
speech pathology at WInthrop.
While In college. Miss Cox
majored In communications and
was on the dean’s list. She has ap
peared In Who’s Who In American
Colleges and was manager of the
college radio station.
She was also elected the 1976 Miss
South Carolina Rose Queen.
Miss Cox was first runner up In the
Miss America Pageant In Atlantic
City recently.
LAVINIAOOX
. Miss South ChroUna
Speakers Named For
Visitors Center Program
VISITORS CENTER
Dedloatlon eeremonles of the
, recently oomptetod 7,086 aqnaN foot
i/)/ Visitors Anter hi Kings Monnteln
NnSonnl Mtfltnry Fsik wIB bo hold
FM., Oet. 8 At 11 n. m. following the
’’Hands Aeross The Monntnin”
msethig at the North-OsroSna-Sonth
Carolina border by Gov. Jim
Holshouser nad Gov. James Ed
wards.
John Beck, Public Information
Officer for Kings Mountain National
Military Park, today announced the
principal speakers at dedication
ceremonies to be held In the park
October 8.
They are former Chariotte At
torney Douglas P. Wheeler, now
Deputy lAsslstsmt Secretary of the
Interior; Governor James E.
Holshouser, Jr. of North Carolina
and Governor James B. Edwards of
South C^arollna. Gary Everhardt,
Director of the National Park
Service, will accompany Wheeler
and act as master of ceremonies for
the one hour program.
A native of Brooklyn, New York,
Wheeler graduated from Duke
University School of Law in 1966.
For three years he practiced law In
Charlotte, then accepted a position
as attorney-adviser In the Office of
Legislative Counsel, Department of
the Interior. In late 1971, he became
Assistant Legislative Couneel for the
Department and assumed his
present position as Deputy Asslstsnt
Secretary InNovember, 1878.
Born In Lenoir, Everhardt
gnuluated from North Carolina
State University In 1987. He began
his Park Service career as a civil
engineer on the Blue Ridge Park
way. Assignments In regional offices
took him to Richmond, Va. and
Sante Fe, New Mexico.
Beginning in 1948 he spent six
years In Wyoming, serving as
Assistant Superintendent for
Operations at Yellowstone National
Park, and later as Superintendent of
Grand Teton National Park.
Everhardt became the ninth
Director of the National Park Serv
ice In January, 1978.
The formal dedication begins at 11
a. m. at the park amphitheater.
Living hlatory demonstrations and a
concert will begin at 10 a. m.
Bhodmobile Visit Here Monday
The Red Q'oss Bloodmobile visit
tor this quarter Is planned Mon.,
Oct. 11 from 11 a. m. until 4:80 p. m.
at the First Baptist Church
fellowship hall.
Co-chairmen Lyn Cheshire and
George Mauney Jr. said this la the
beginning of ’’the new blood year
and the goal for this Kings Mountain
visit Is 180 pints.”
Feed Benefits Rescue Squad
Etet chicken and dumplings and
help the KM Rescue ^uad Am-
buluce Fund.
TTiat’s the Invitation of the KM
Aging Program which Is sponsoring
a chicken and dumpling supper
during Mountaineer Days Thura.,
Oct. 7, from 4:80 p. m. until 8 p. m.at
KM Community Center.
Plates are 88.38 for adulte and 81
tor children.
All proceeds are earmarked for
the Ambulance Fund.
Senior Cltlsens will sponsor a
second project tor benefit of the
Ambulance Fund. On Frl., Oct. 8 at
Bicentennial Square In downtown
Kings Mountain an auction of
handmade Items made by senior
citizens will be held. TTie big auction
starts at 6 p. m.