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Page 2B-MIRROR HERALD Thiir«<1av. March 2S,1979
Mrs. Holcombe Receives Birthday Greetings From President Carter
Mrs. Emily Holcombe,
80 years young on March 2,
received birthday
greetings from President
and Mrs. Jimmy Carter.
The Kings Mountain
woman, widow of M.L.
Holcombe, was recently
hospitalized at Kings
Mountain Hospital and
celebrated her birthday by
cutting three birthday
cakes and sharlmg them
with hospital staffers and
her family, Including her
three children and 87
grandchildren and great
grandchildren.
Children of Mrs.
Holcombe and the late Mr.
Holcombe are Mrs. Helen
Summltt of Oastonla, Ben
Holcombe of Cllffslde and
Mrs. Geraldine Gregory of
Kings Mountain. Her late
husband was a native of
Rome, Ga. and she Is a
native of Alabama.
The greetings from
President and Mrs. Carter
offered "best wishes for
your happiness on this
special day and In years to
come."
"It wM very exciting
receiving a birthday cvd
from the President of the
United States," said the
well-known Kings
Mountain womsin.
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When Dr. Robert N.
Bsdcer and Mary Louise
Gehrlng were married
March lOth In McComb,
Mississippi, their
marriage was culmination
of a friendship that'
spsinned 83 years.
Miss Gehrlng and Bob
Baker served In the U.S.
Coast Guard together and
then went their separate
ways. Their courtship
began In earnest about two
years ago when Mary
Louise stopped briefly In
Kings Mountain and the
pair began corresponding
with each other. It was a
"long distance" courtship
since Dr. Baker’s bride
traveled extensively and
most recently Is a
professor on the staff of
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“I was always receiving
a card now and then from
Mary Louise and we were
both Interested In the same
things,” said the Kings
Mountain dentist.
The Baker-Oehrlng
nuptials were pledged at
the home of the bride’s
parents In Mississippi tuid
the father of the bride, a
retired Baptist minister,
officiated In the presence
of both families.
Mary Louise confided
that her students are sorry
to see her leave the
University and wanted her
and her bridegroom to
remain In Texas and
suggested that Dr. Baker
open his practice there.
"I’m ready to settle
down and be a housewife,”
said the petite Mrs. Baker
in a recent telephone
conversation with this
reporter, "and Kings
ANNETTE LITTLEJOHN
JODY HAM
Ham, Parker Couple
To Marry On June 23
Mountain will be our home
after June 1.”
Dr. Baker recently
purchased the former
Jonas Bridges residence
on West Mountain St. He
still has hopes, he says,
that the old Baker
homeplace on North
Piedmont, which lies In the
path of the U.S. 74 Bypass
of the city, can be moved
and the msmslon preserved
as an historical museum.
Miss Bailey was at the
banquet to accept the
coveted Molly Pitcher
Award from the national
American Legion
Auxlllvy organization In
behalf of a friend and
fellow entertainer, Jerry
Lewis, who spearheaded a
Muscular Dystrophy
project last year In which
the Auxiliary contributed
thouswds of dollars.
000
’There’s an energy about
Pearl Bailey that’s con
tagious.
Returning to school at
the age of 60, this legen
dary performer told us In
Washington, D.C. a few
weeks ago that she con
siders herself "Jiut one of
the kids In the classroom”
at George Washington
University where she Is
aspiring for a degree. She
wants to be a teacher.
Pearson
Presents
Program
ENGAGED - Mr. and Mrs. Howard Littlejohn of
Grover announce.the engagement of their daughter,
Annette, to Kenneth Charles Hunter, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Ray Hunter of Bessemer City. The bride-
to-be is a senior student at Kings Mountain Senior High
School. The prospective bridegroom attended North
Gaston high School and received diploma from Gaston
College. The wedding will take place June 23.
Robert Pearson, owner
of The Frame Gallery In
Oastonla presented the
program on “Framing” to
the Good Eeulh Garden
Club Wednesday night.
Mr. Pearson does
custom framing of fine art,
prints, needlework,
photographs and portraits.
He Is also the authorized
dealer for Frame House
Gallery and Greenwich
Workshop Limited Edition
Prints.
Most of his shop Is a
gallery area where
examples of Limited
edition prints are
displayed. This area Is also
used for artist showings
three or four times a year.
Area artists as well as
national artists are Invited
to display their artwork.
Ihe art department of the
club was responsible for
arranging the program.
Handbooks were given to
each member present and
it was announced by the
education department that
Barry Llneberger was the
recipient of the club’s first
annual Good Earth Garden
Club Scholarship.
Five visitors were
recognized and following
the program refreshments
were served.
’’Being with these
students Is quite a
blessing,” said Freshman
Bailey who Is studying
French, Art through the
Ages, and Hebrew and
Hindu religious thought.
She plana to major In
theology because she Is a
"seeker of truth.” During
her flrset semester of
college life this year, she
has already given 30
lectures all over the
country, has 16 more
planned this semester, and
most of us saw her on the
’Ihlrd Annual Kraft All-
Star Salute; Pearl Bailey”
which CBS aired on
Wednesday night. She Is
also author of five books.
The Pearl Bailey
lifestyle would do In most
people half her age. Her
home Is In California,
where her daughter, Dee
Dee, 18, Is housekeeper for
Miss Bailey’s band-leader
husband, Louis Bellson.
Son Tony Bellson is 28. She
sayc her family Is behind
her all the way.
Miss Bailey got a
standing ovation twice,
when she came to the
podium to accept the
handsome plaque, and
after she sang "Let There
Be Peace On Earth” and
"How Great Thou Art.”
The "autograph line”
was long after the bsinquet
as the delegates wanted to
get a closer look and a
handshsdie.
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TALENTSHOW
The East School Talent
Show is scheduled for
Thurs., Msu-ch 22 at 7:30
p.m. In the Centred School
euiditorlum, sponsored by
the East Parent-Teacher
Organization. Tickets are
$1 for adults, 60 cents for
students at the door.
Death was the
only door
to the hell
that trapped them
until the preacher
showed them lovo
Four Square Gospel Church
Hwy. 161, York Road
Saturday. March 24 At 7:00 P. M.
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Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ham,
Jr. of Kings Mountain
announce the engagement
of their daughter, Jody
Kathryn, to David Wesley
Parker, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert M. Parker, of
Brevard, N.C.
Miss Ham will graduate
In May from Western
Carolina University with a
B.S. Ed. degree In
Physical Education. While
at Western she has been on
the Dean’s list for four
years; a member of Kappa
Delta PI, Honor Society In
Education: listed In Who’s
Who Among American
Colleges and Universities;
a member of SNCAE,
Physical Education Club;
has been a Resident
Assistant In Helder Dorm
for three years.
The brldegroom-to-be Is
a 1978 graduate of Western
Carolina University and Is
now employed as a Cor
porate Industrial Engineer
with Collins and Alkman
Corporation In Clinton,
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