Vag® 2A—MlRROR'HlCRALiD—Thuraday, January 18, 1879 -GENETIGNOR- Veteran Firefighter Is Re-Elected Veteran Kings Mountain Fire Chief Gene Tignor has been re jected to serve another term. Chief Tignor was unanimously re elected at Tuesday night’s meeting of the Kings Mountain Fire Department. Other officers are Johnny Cald well, assistant chief; Bud Ware, captain; Carl Greene, Captain; David King Lieutenant Bill Hern don, Secretary and Charles (Pete) Peterson, Treasurer. Maxine Departed On Friday To Haiti With Love Course From ACT Parents! This Is For You (Begflns On Page lA) Ix>ng, father of a first grader and a four-year-old, predicted that In a year's time, after parents take the course, a "C” student wlU get "B" marks in eight percent of the cases and In three to five weeks after a parent Is enrolled he will begin to notice “little things In his child’s social behaviour." Within five to seven weeks. Long says that academic changes can be seen and are reflected In higher marks by the students. "Have you hugged your child today?" is the familiar bumper dicker distributed by the sponsoring organization. Brochures detailing the course of Instruction will also bo distributed throughout the school gystem. In Search Of The Living God The first class will accommodate 160 mothers and fathers and Director Long suggested that the FWl season Is the most appropriate time to begin the first classes. ACJT President Lublanezkl noted that the course for parents is a project of Association of Classroom Teachers but that the whole com munity and county will be ultimately Involved If It Is to be successful. (Begins On Page lA) donated their vacation time, are paying their own transportation costs and furnishing the tools to work In a mission camp 40 miles from Port-au-Prince In a remote village. Mr. and Mrs. Allan Darby, directors of the camp, head IS mission - supported schools In Haiti. To the tourists who dally swarm In from crulseships. Port auPrlnce, the capital city, lives up to the travel brochures,. It Is a Kodak dream filled with brilliant and gaudy colors enhanced by the black Haitian skin. First Impressions of a visitor coming off the cruise shlpsi Is that of native guides swarming about and barefoot children and adults begging nickels and dimes from the tourists. There Is the gabble of eager bargaining, shuffling of feet and hawking of straw goods, wood carvings and flowers. Team members were tcrid before they departed for Haiti that pe<q>le suffer bums in voodoo rites. Fifty percent of the babies die before their first birthday. The life expectancy la only 46 years. The overwhelming majority speak Oeole, the un written dialect, trapped by their poverty. Mrs. Rhea said that everyone will work with the vromen helping with construction work as well as serving as camp cooks. The group have taken Melr own food ham, canned goods, beans, iTce, and coffee. They will reside In army-type barracks that were built by previous work teams and will construct a two-story 84x34 home to be used by the camp director and counselors. Team members are furnishing their own tools and churches are providing construction supplies. Work clothing for 80-100 degree weather was being packed by Mrs. Rhea last Thursday, as she also completed her required vaccines and acquired birth certificate and passport. Since Haiti is a dictator country, team members were told not to discuss politics and not to give the natives candy or money because Haitians resent these things, said Mrs. Rhea. She said the area volunteers plan to leave their work clothes at the camp to be distributed by missionaries along with the boxes and boxes of gifts from Methodist Churches. Mrs. Rhea's "vacation" woriiday will begin early, at 6 a. m. The barracks, team members were told, do not have hot water or Indoor toilets. Kerosene stoves are used for cooking. Why did Tence Rhea decide to make the trip? The Kings Mountain church leader said she first learned of the trip from her pastor’s wife, Mrs. Robert Boggan, who serves on the CbuncU Mlnlstrlee In the Methodist trip while working In Cloncord. "This trip Is one way I can make my Christian witness to these people,” said Mrs. Rhea, who is convinced that we In this countr/^ Cbnference. Connie (Mrs. Mike) Moss, youth worker In the loctd church, hsul made a similar mission can help "people who are under dictatorship and who can’t help themselves.” She plans to use slides and tape recordings to convey to her own congregation the need for missions. Mrs. Rhea said that seven teamiv will go out from Methodist Churches^ In the Western N. C. Conference between November and February to build bridges of Christian love in Ham. Over 300 church members comprise the teams going out also to Panama Canal Zone and Puertci Rico. ' "I'm real excited about this venture in faith,” said Mrs. Rhea this week, as she accepted from Pastor Bob Boggan a check from the congregaUon and children's gifts, from the members. Maxine also plana to keep a diary iq)on suggestion of Ctmnle Moss, and to nreaent programs In the com munity upon her return. Many never see beyond the tourist view of Haiti. . Maxine Rhea and her com-8 panions will remember names and bees of Haiti many months after they return home and they and others of this tesun group will be telling the Haiti story to anyone who wiU listen and hoping to gather some^ loaves and fishes to help a few” miracles happen. County To Receive Road Funding Enoch Described Sights In Paradise Enoch goes Into detail about the beauty and gran deur of the Interior of this earth. He tells of the tre mendous height of the mountains, and the awful depth of the valleys. He saw taller trees, wider ^lver^ and Isu’ger flowers than .jiy that grow on earth. He saw more kinds of precious stones and metals than men have ever seen on earth. E^nch said, “My eyes beheld many secret things; a mountain of Iron, a mountain of copper, a mountain of silver, a mountain gold, a mountain of fluid, and a mountain of lead. And the angel with By DON KISTLER me said, ‘All these things which you have seen shall be for the dominion of the Messiah, that He may be . . . powerful upon the earth (during His 1,000 year kingdom reign’” Enoch dl;2-4. In this world precious stones are very scarce, but Ekioch saw mountains of costly metals and priceless stones In paradise. Enoch?!’Id aaw seven mountains t.hat were higher than all the moun tains on earth.' Enoch 76. FOXY FASHIONS I r - * AT n A €^Tn*f ^ • (R' * • AT GASTc:: r; in » ^« hi. am saui EVERYTHING MUST GO Fall, Holiday and Other Mens SHIRTS Fashion Merchandise Ladies TOPS • SWEATERS Up Denim Jackets, Vests, Skirts, Dresses 1 /2 PRICE At another time he saw six mountains formed of glorious stones. “Three were red stones, and was margarlte, and another of antimony. The middle mountain reached to heaven like the throne of God ... the top of which was sapphire” Enoch 18. ‘ ‘The angel who was with me said, "This high moun tain . . . whose summit Is like the throne of God, la His Throne. The Holy One, Ihe Lord of Glory, the Eternal King, will sit there when He shall come down (from the New Jerusalem) to visit the earth with goodness.” Enoch 18. Three Thrones: John tells us about the throne of our Lord Jesus In the New Jerusalem, Rev. 4:2. Ekioch tells us about His sapphire throne In Paradise, Enoch 34:8. And Ezekiel tells about His fu ture throne In Jerusalem on earth. Ezekell 43 :7. Enocn said thui me above mountains of Pre cious stones were magnl- fli ent, glorious In •? lear- ance and very fceai .ui. In other words, they a, e com posed of bright, s;>arKllng stones with no eartti, grass or trees to hide them from view. We all know of course that there are no mountains of precious stones, or mountains of costly metals on the ex terior of the earth, Enoch 34 and 36. Enoch tells about moun tain ranges that are much higher than mountains. This causes great water falls and clouds of spray or mist. See more details In the "Book of Enoch” call us or write us for In- Glorlous 'I said. lurquiose Custome Jewelry and Paraphernalia 30% "40% OFF _ ^ ^ ^ SALE ST^TS JAN. 18th FOXY FASHION 0«iA4Asn aasall Ai n Gaston Mall Gastonia. N. formation of how to obtain the book. High mountains on t)w exterior of the earth are covered with snow and Ice, but the high mountains In Paradise are covered with grass, lovely flowers, bushes, trees and water fountains. For all the wonderful things that our Lord Jesus has prepared for us In the glory land, we will praise Him now. Large flower trees never believers. seen on earth - Beauty: Enoch saw a tree, such as I had never yet smelt. Neither were any other like It. It has a fragrance (perfume) beyond all fragrance. Its leaves and blooms and wood wither not for ever, and Its fruit Is beautiful. It resembles the dales of a palm . .. very delightful In appearance. This may be that literal ‘‘tree of life” Rev. 2:7. TTie angel with me said, "as for this fragrant tree, no mortal Is permitted to touch It till the great day of judgment (of rewards). .. It shsUl then be given to the rlghtreous and holy. Its fruit shall be food to the elect. This tree shall be transplanted to the Holy Place (In Jerusalem after Jesus Appears). Then shall the righteous rejoice . . . and be glad . . . Then I blessed the Lord of Glory, the Eternal King, who has prepared this (tree of life) for the righteous” Enoch 24 Rev. 2:7, Rev. 33: 2 “I saw trees with the fragrance of franken- cence and myrrh, and trees like the almond tree;” Enoch 29. The fragrant odor (perfume) of the different flower trees filled the air. I saw many large trees that were very beautiful and glorious. Their perfume was agreeable and powerful.” "I saw groves of trees .. . aloe trees and trees full of stacte . . . when burnt It ■nelled sweeter than any fragrant odor. I saw flower trees that were very great, lofty, beautiful and magnificent.” Enoch 80 and 81. Msuiy of the things we print In the Mirror Herald may not be yet seen by other believers, but we stand on the Rock (Jesus). We are grounded In basic truths of salvation (Yeshua). We at the ministry of Positive People Worldwide wish not to debate, nor to destroy any orthodox Bible truth. But we as a body, promote and teach greater truth not yet known year, Cleveland County can look forward to bene fits from 1977 highway bond funds that will be used to Improve secondary roads. In Its monthly meeting the North Carolina Board of Transportation allocated $16 million from funds authorized by the State Highway Bond Act of 1977 for Improvements to the state’s 69,878-mlle secondary road system. Cleveland County’s share of the $16 milUcn allocation is $301,828, based on a formula prescribed by the state legislature. According to the for mula, each county receives a percentage of the total funds available, determined by the un- iiiiies OX second&ry roads In the county In rela- Uonship to the total mileage of unpaved secondary roads In the state. Cleveland Coisity has 266 miles of unpaved roads, while the total mileage of unpaved state maintained secondary roads In North ChroUna Is 30,068. \ Log CaHn Oinic Scheduled Saturday Fifty-one home owners In the area will learn how to construct their own log homes In a free clinic Saturday at 1 p. m. at Rustic Log Homes on W. King St. Log dealers from the two Carolines, Florida and Tennessee wlU lead the demonstrations and build a replica of a log home at the dte and show slides home construction. of FOOD AND ENERGY Oie-sizth of the total U.S. energy supply is used to produce, process and prepare food. — CNS -i Wre trying to keep the cost of a good education down. funk & wagnaixs NEW ENCYCLOPEDIA Vols. 2-27 $2.89 each. WEST GATE PLAZA •' free DICTIONARY! WHEN YOU PURCHASE VOLUMES 2 AND 3 . STAOT YOUR SET TODAY! Eight dealers and jdanr officials will gather for an 8:80 a. m. breakfast Saturday morning at Ramada Inn, after which they WlU come to the site, the former location ofj^ Elmer Lumber (Jo., to lead the clinic. to

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