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SPECTRUM EMPLOYES HONORED - Plctnred
are four employes who received AeD Five Year Ser
vice Awards from Spectrum Textured Fibers, Inc.
From left to right are: Soqja Short — Quality Control
Secretaiy, Lois Beck — Winding Department, Oeae
McNeely — Package Dye Clerk, Eugene Howell —
Finishing Siq>ervlaor.
90~Year~Old Monastery
Open House Sunday
BELMONT - The pubUc
Is invited to an Open House
from 3 to B p. m. Sunday,
March 30, at the newly-
renovated BO-year-old
monastery of Belmont
Abbey.
The renovation, com
pleted In February, was
the first for the structure,
originally built by the first
monks that came to
Belmont. The bricks of the
building were handmade
by the monks from clay on
the property. The property
was formerly Ae Caldwell
Plantation.
The renovation, which
cost about $750,000, was
limited primarily to the
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nuiHMU’S AIDE CLASS — Recently
these adults completed a nurse’s aide
< ^ course and were awarded oertlflcates.
^ctured are: front row — L to R —
KaAy Wrigbt, Diane Stimson, Carolyn
Littlejohn, Sherry Patterson, Brenda
Blanton, back row — L to R — Racheal
Eamey, Roland Borders, Yvonne Floyd,
and Oloiia Wilson.
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K Promoted
WICHITA, Kan. -
Charles O. McClain, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J.
McCSaln of Rt. 8, Kings
MountaA, has been pro
moted to senior airman In
Ae U. S. Air Force.
Airman McClaA, a sheet
metal specialist. Is
|| assigned at McConnell
AFB, Kan., wlA a unit of
Ae Strategic Air Com
mand.
Ihe airman Is a 1874
graduate of Burns High
School, Lawndale, N. C.
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Tuesday, March IS, 1977 MIRROR-HERALD-Page S
Now Goes To House
Coroner Bill Passes
Ihe controversial Coroner bill
Introduced A Ae N. C. Senate by
Senator J. OAe Harris of Kings
MountaA passed Ae Senate vote
last Thursday mi the second and
third readAgs and now goes to Ae
N. C. House.
The vote was 44 to 0 glvAg A-
creased powers to the coroners of
Cleveland and Rutherford Counties.
If approved by Ae N. C. House, Ae
new bill would give Ae coroner
auAorlty to remove a boify from a
scene where there Is no evidence of
foul play, sign death certificates and
order autopsies elAer A Ae county
or at Ae N. C. Medical ExamAer’s
office A Chapel Hill. The Senate BIU
does not take any of Ae present
powers away from the medical
examAer system but Acreases Ae
authority presently given the
coroners here and A Rutherford
County.
Local opposition has been from Ae
CleveAnd County MeAcal Society
which sponsored a meeting last
week with Chief N. C. Medical
ExamAer Page Hudson ot Chapel
Hill and local and area Aw en
forcement agencies, A wAch state
officials termed Ae new bill as not
necessary and discouraged support.
National Achievement Program
Allison Wins Scholarship
Kie vA W. AHAmi, senior student at
KAgs MountaA SeAor High School
and son of East School Principal C.
A. AlUson and Mrs. AUlson, is
recipient of a 81,000 schoArsUp A
the ISA annual National
AcAevement SchoArshlp Progreun.
The winner of this one-time award
was chosen A open competttAn with
all flnaUsts A Allison’s geograpAc
region.
The award was sponsored by
Weyerhaeuser Company Foun
dation.
Over 66,000 black students
enrolled A more than 6,000 secon
dary schools entered the 1977
Achievement Program by taking Ae
Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude
Obituaries
Test — NatAnal Merit SchoArsAp
QualUyAg Test as Agh school
JuAors. A September 1976, the 1,600
highest scoring black sAdents were
named SemiflnaUsts and by meetAg
further requirements, over 1,300 of
Aese studeAs advanced to flnaUst
standAg and qualified to be con
sidered for Achievement Scholar-
sAp.
Interior. All Aterior walls
and ceAngs are new, A
additAn to new heatAg,
aA condltAnAg, plumbAg
and electrical systems.
The orlgAal outside ap
pearance was retaAed,
wlA Ae exception of new
tAted Aermal pAarized
wAdows.
A portion of the Aterior
brick walls have been
exposed and are
AgMlghted to show Aelr
naAral beauty, and Ae
wooden floors have been
refAlshed.
The three-story buUdAg,
wAch houses 36 monAs,
contaAs bedrooms on Ae
third room; Ae second
floor contaAs the Abbot
Judge Cleary's office and
rodAs, ^ommun^ areas,
aUbrary, music room and
oAers, and the first floor
contaAs an infirmary,
dAAg room, parlor, Ab
bot’s office, chapel, and
several oAer rooms.
The floorplan was
redesigned and room sAes
were changed so now Aere
Is room for more residents.
The maximum capacity Is
30.
Before the renovatten
was begun, tests showed
that Ae bAldAg’s orlgAal
wood substructure and
foundations were sound.
Most of Ae monks UvAg
A Ae monastery teach at
Belmont Abbey College,
wMch is on Ae same
grounds as Belmont Ab
bey.
Refreshments wlU be
served durAg Ae Open
House. Monks will be
available to answer
quest Ans.
FAIL TO YIELD
Une Sgt. M. K. Holcomb
of the State Highway
Patrol reports for the week
of Februaiy 31-37 a total of
38 accidents A Cleveland
County. Failure to yield
was Ae msijor cause of
Aese accidents that A-
Jured seven persona.
ROBERT C. CRAWFORD
Funeral services for
Robert CAyton Crawford,
77, of KAgs MountaA,
formerly of RockAgham,
were conducted by Rev.
Roy dark at 3 p. m. Thurs
day at Mark’s Funeral
Home Ch^el A RockAg
ham.
Mr. Crawford died at
10:16 a. m. Tuesday at
Cleveland Memorial
Hoepital A Shelby. He was
preceded A deaA by Ms
fAst wife, Mrs. LlUle
Crawford, 16 years ago.
Surviving are Ms widow,
Mrs. Baner McDaniel
Crawford of KAgs Moun
taA; one son, Robert Lee
dawfbrd of Cblumbla, S.
C.; three daughters, Mrs.
Doris Oathlngs of Morgan-
ten, Mrs. Kitty Bunn of
LUesvllle, Mrs. Shirley
LevAer of RockAgham;
one step-son, Lloyd Mc-
DaMel of Bessemer City;
four step-daughters, Mrs
Bertha Rogers, Mrs. Julia
Lockrldge, Mrs. Ines
Hutto, all of Kings
MountaA, and Mrs. LMs
WMte of WAstan-Salem;
three brothers, Frank,
Paul and Harold Crawford,
all of Moncks Comer, S.
C.; two sisters, Mrs. Leona
Humbert and Mrs. Dalla
WiggAs of Moncks Comer,
S. C.; seven grand
children ; one great
grandchild; 33 step-grand-
cMldren and 34 step-
grandchildren.
Interment was in Rich
mond Memorial Park A
RodiAgham.
J.M. PONDER
FVineral services for J.
Mert Ponder, 84, of Rt. 1
Grover, retired farmer,
were conducted Saturday
at 3 p. m. from Sharon
UMted Methodist Church
by Rev. Joe Parker and
Rev. BUI Halre, Aterment
followAg A Ae church
cemetery.
Mr. Ponder died
Thursday at 7:66 p. m. A
Cleveland Memorial
Hospital after five years of
decUMng healA and two
weeks seertous llAess.
A native of Union
County, S.C., he was son of
Ae Ate John and Ada
Wright Ponder and a
member of Sharon UMted
MeAodist Church and
Woodmen of ths World.
Surviving are two sons,
Edward H. Ponder of
AshevUle and Max Pmder
of Orlando, FA.; one
broAer, Lewis Ponder of
WasMngton, D. C.; two
sisters, Mrs. Grace AUen
of Gaffney, S. C. and Mrs.
Inez Mull of Homestead,
FA.; five grandchUdren
and eight great-
grandcMldren.
CAy-Bamette Funeral
Home was A charge of
arrangements.
ARTHUR GAMBLE
Fhneral rites for Arthur
Gamble, 63, of Jamaica,
New York, formerly of
Bessemer City, were
conducted Sunday at 3 p.
m. from St. James Baptist
Church, Aterment
followAg A City Cemetery
A Bessemer Oty.
Mr. Gamble died at Ms
home March 6.
He was son of Ae Ate
Ernest and Vemle Mc-
CAA GcunbA of Bessemer
City and a self-empAyed
dry cleaner and member of
AME Zion Church In
Bessemer City.
Surviving are two
daughters, Machell
Gamble smd Monica
Gamble of Ae home; two
broAers, Leon Gamble of
McLean, Va. and Ernest
Gamble, Jr. of
WasMngton, D. C. and one
slater, Geneva Goode of
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Rev. Timothy Good
officiated at the rites.
WlArow Funeral Home
was A charge of
arrangements.
TliORNTON HARRILL
Funeral services for
Thornton S. Harrlll, 69, of
Spartanburg, S. C, for
merly of Kings MountaA,
were conducted Friday, at
4:30 p. m. from FAyd’s
Greenlawm Funeral Chapel
A Spartanburg, S. C.,
Aterment foUowAg A Fort
Prince Memorial Gardens.
Mr. HarrtU died Wednes
day A Spartanburg
General Hospital after
several years Ulness.
He was son of Ae Ate
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Harrill
of Kings MountaA, a
member of First
Presbyterian Church of
KAgs MounAA, graduate
of KAgs MounAA High
School and N. C. SAte
UMverslty. He was em-
pAyed as an electrical
en^eer.
Surviving are his wife,
Mrs. Dorothy Cooper
HarrlU; one son, William
Eric Harrill of Spar
tanburg; one daughter,
Mary Ellen Harrill of Ae
home; and one sister, Mrs.
J. W. Dorton of Decatur,
Ga.
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Dr. James R. Mason
Optometrist
Announces The Opening
Of His New Offices
For The Practice Of
Optometry
A The Blazer BuUdAg
319 S. BatUeground Ave. Phone 739-8028
Open Each Wednesday and Thursday
BegAnAg Wednesday, Feb. 3,1977
Office Hours 9:00 A.M. UnA 6:00 P.M.
Mrs. Hullender
Golf Oiairman
Mrs. Belva HuUender,
wife of SM-Sgt James
HuUender, formerly of
BELVA HUIXENDEB
KAgs MountaA, who la
sAtloned at Keesler AFB
ABUoxl, Mias, was elected
golf chairman for the
coming year at Ae Feb. 1
meetAg of Marsh IsAnds
LaAes .Golf Association.
The HuUenders Uve on
Beach Drive In Gulf Park
Estates. Following
retirement from the serv
ice A AprU, Aey wUl make
Aelr home on Ae coMt.
Mrs. Hullender was Ae
recent winner of Ae Ann
Ltversedge tew net trophy
A MILOA’a club cham-
ptonsMp tournament.
SM Sgt. Hullender Is son
of Mr. and Mrs. Jack
HuUender of Kings
MountaA.
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