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By ELIZABETH STEWART
Staff Writer
At this Thanksgiving
season of the year when we
count our blessings, WlUle
Mae Robbins, 18, has high
aspirations that her dream
of going to college will soon
be realised.
WlUle Mae, who
graduated In a wheel chair
during the recent school
commencement, was
stricken with multiple
sclerosis as a young girl
and completed require
ments for her diploma as a
home-bound student of
Steve WeUs.
"I am so thankful,” said
WUUe Mae, that I could
join my graduating class
and attend some of the
final activities at the high
school.”
WlUle Mae has appUed
for admission to St. An
drews Presbyterian
College at Laurlnburg
where she wants to major
In sociology and English,
patterning a career after
her favorite social worker,
HaUle Blanton, of the
Kings Mountain District
School, who has become
sie good friend of Mae's
over the psist four years
1;
she has been a home-bound
student.
Navigating a wheelchair
for the past five years of
her life has not deterred
the young woman from
enjoying Ufe. She keeps
busy at home with crafts
sklUs and decoupage. She
enjoys map reading and
likes to keep up with movie
stars with Stevie Wonder
heading the Ust of her
favorite rock artists. She
also enjoys creative
writing and sewing suid
Mrs. Blanton reports that
Mae had high marks on
school subjects, especlaUy
excelling In social studies,
^ English and geography.
Daughter of Mr. suid
Mrs. Blake Robbins, Mae
became a home-bound
student about four years
ago. Up untU that time she
had been able to attend
school IntermlttenUy. She
has enjoyed a good
working relationship with
Hallle Blanton, working
out some of the problems
to meet her academic
needs.
Mrs. Blanton describes
her student and friend as a
quiet, personable young
lady who has high goals for
her life and Is courageous.
Over-F ceding
Hurts Plants
refusing to let an affliction
keep her from pursuing
her goals In Ufe to become
a social worker.
WhUe Mae’s parents are
working at Spectrum, Mrs.
Robbins on third shift and
Mr. Robbins on first, the
young woman enjoys her
nephew, David, age 10, and
Sophia, age nine, who,
along with their mother,
Pauline Crank, make their
home with the Robbinses
In the Ebenezer Com
munity.
Mae does some cooking,
prepares her own break
fast and snacks for the
children after school. She
Is active In Shiloh AME
Zion Methodist Church, Is
learning to macrame and
has several pieces of string
art which she recently
completed.
She has no problem
wheeling her chair all over
the house and wherever
she wants to go, ex
periencing some stiffness
In her legs, arms and
shoulders at times.
A strong-wlUed In
dividual, Mae Is a pretty
girl who Is proud of her
accompUshmentsand good
educatlcni. She Is eager to
learn suid her friendly
.s
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smUe Is contagious to new
friends who visit her.
The whole fsmUy wUI be
going to the nearby home
of Mr. and Mrs. Blake
Robbins, Jr. for
Thanksgiving Day and
Mae looks forward to It.
She hurries to the
mailbox every day,
anxiously awaiting her
appUcatlon request from
St. Andrews Presbyterian
College.
College Is her Ufelong
ambition, says her mother.
who Is quite proud of Mae
whose face beams when
you menUon school. She
loves It.
"We all
blessings,”
Robbins.
count our
said Mrs.
Photo By Lib Stewart
THANKFUL FOR BLESSINGS — WlUle Mae Robbins smUes as she
displays her string art, one of her many hobbles, for which she Is grateful
this Thanksgiving season. Mae wants to pursue a career as a social
worker.
Mother Nature often takes
better care of plants outdoors
in the warm season than we
do when bringing them inside
for winter. This season of
human care is upon us, so be
careful with your plants.
The people who earn “black
thumb" reputations as plant
powers do it usually by mak
ing two very common mis
takes. These are, over
watering and over-feeding.
If you want to change your
reputation from a black
thumb to a green thumb.
North Carolina State Univer
sity extension specialists
suggest following two ‘Yules
of thumb” In taking care of
your houseplants this winter:
—Wet the soil thoroughly
and then leave it alone until
the soil surface is dry to the
touch, then water it again.
Resist the temptation to pour
in a little every time you
think about it. This is a great
temptation for plants located
near a water supply—such as
the kitchen sink.
Wall Chart
Shows Progress
A large wall chart
showing day-to-day pro
gress of construction on
the new Governmental
Facilities Building (City
Hall) Is posted for visitor’s
use In Council (Chambers of
City HaU.
Mayor John Moss said
the public Is Invited to
chart the construction pro
gress daily.
Anticipated completion
date Is next Fall.
ACT Talent Show Slated
A gala show in 12 big
acta.
TTiat’s how the first an
nual Association of (Class
room Teachers (ACT)
Tqlent Show Is being
billed.
The variety show Is set '
for tonight at 8 o’clock In
Barnes Auditorium.
Tickets are 50 cents for
students and $1 for adults.
John Pettus Is general
chairman of the project,
which may become an
annual event ”lf things go
well tonight.”
The acts are made up of
ACT members who are
working within the Kings
Mountain District Schools.
Pettus said, ’’This is an op
portunity for the teachers
to show the talents they
possess outside the class
room.”
At the same time ACT
hopes to swell Its scholar
ship fund. Scholarships are
presented by ACTT to de
serving graduating seniors
at the end of each year.
ACT will also sponsor a
faculty basketball game
next February to add more
money to the fund.
Tonight patrons at
Barnes will see a program
that Includes Teresa
LeFevers, accompanied
by Ellen McCurdy; a
group of singers Including
Betsy WeUs, David Hsirt,
Steve WeUs, Dean West
moreland and Gary Byers;
Paul Fulton; Juanita
Goforth; Vivian Duncan,
accompanldd by Ellen
McCurdy; a skit with
WUUe Marable and Sarah
Adams; Shelley Dixon;
Doris WaUace; a
monologue by Shelia
Greene; MsfrUia Stone; a
group featuring Cliff
Whitfield, BUI Hager and
John Pettus; and WlUlng,
featuring Gene Alexander,
SherrUI Toney and Ronnie
Whlsnant.
Judges for tonight’s
show are Gene White,
executive director of Kings
Mountain Redevelopment
Oommlsslon; District Four
Commissioner Norman
King; Mrs. T. C. Wellman,
a retired teacher who was
a pioneer In the local Head
Start program; Rev. M. L.
Campbell; and Tom
McIntyre of The Mirror-
Herald.
Jonas Bridges of WKMT
wUl serve as master of
ceremonies.
Tickets for the show will
be on sale at Barnes Audi
torium tonight.
—Cut the recommendation
on your household fertilizer
container by half, and feed
the plant no more often than
every other month. Over-
fertilizing is very easily done.
One of the dangers of this is,
salts in the fertilizer build up
in the potting soil. Salt, as
everyone knows, causes
problems with plants and can
even kill them,
Although it isn’t one of the
"big two" mistakes with
houseplants, temperature ex
tremes cause problems too.
Must pot plants do best at a
daytime temperature in the
middle 70s and a night tem
perature between 50 and 60
degrees. There are excep
tions, but these temperatures
cover most house plants.
Lighting is another plant-
care factor. Plants need
darkness, so don't leave them
in a room that is even dimly
lighted at night.
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