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S.A. Blanton and his granddaughter, Amanda. are shown
with a cucumber measuring 23% inches long. The cucumber is
not full grown.
Davidson Reunion
Scheduled July 16-18
The Davidson High School
Alumni Association will hold its
fourth annual reunion July 16
and 18.
The ball will be held on July
16 from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. at Er-
win Center in Gastonia. A pro-
gram will be held on Sun., July
18 at 3 p.m. at Mt. Zion Baptist
Church in Kings Mountain.
Guest speaker will be Dr. Col-
eman DuPont Rippy.
Dr. Rippy is the son of the late
Roy and Pearl Rippy. He grew
up in Kings Mountain, attended
Davidson High and graduated
from Lincoln Academy High
School.
He completed his
undergraduate work at Paine
College in Augusta, Ga., and his
graduate work at Columbia
University in New York City.
He has done graduate work at
Harvard University in Cam-
bridge, Mass., and completed
special studies at Duke Universi-
ty, the) McCorery Seminary and
the University of North
Carolina.
Dr. Rippy ' recently retired
from Johnson C. Smith Universi-
ty, where he was chairman of
the Division of Social Science
and head of the Department of
Sociology and Special Work.
He is first vice-president of the
Connectional Lay Council of the
AME. Zion Church, president
of the North Charlotte Lay
Council and chairman of the
Board of Trustees of the Little
Rock A.M.E. Zion Church.
He was delegate to the World
Methodist Council which met
last summer in Honolulu,
Hawaii. He addressed the Fami-
ly Life Section of the World
Council on the subject “The
Ethics of Christian Family Life.”
He has been appointed to the
Social and International Affairs
Committee of the World
Methodist Council and will go to
Brussels, Belgium in September.
Dr. Rippy is an active member
of his church as a Sunday School
teacher and is a member of Pi
Gamm Mu Honor Society and
many civic organizations.
Tickets for the reunion are on
sale by members for $5 each.
Drama Begins
The fifteenth consecutive
‘season of the historical outdoor
drama of the Waldenses “From
This Day Forward” will open at
8:45 p.m. Thursday, July 15 at
the Old Colony Players Am-
pitheatre on Church Street in
Valdese. The drama will run
through August 15 with presen-
tations being held each Thurs-
day through Sunday night at the
ampitheatre.
From all indications, this
season should be as successful, if
not more so, than last year when
the season was termed “the best
ever” by the Institute of Outdoor
IT'S A BOY
David and Diane Randall an-
nounce the birth of a son,
Robert Wade Randall, at 10:37
a.m. July 4 at Gaston Memorial
Hospital. The baby weighed six
pounds and 13 ounces. Grand-
parents are Mr. and Mrs. Ken-
neth Carroll and Mr. and Mrs.
Howard Randall, all of Kings
Mountain.
Drama in Chapel Hill.
Dr. Janet Barton Carroll of
Banner Elk is returning for the
second season as artistic director.
Director of Performing Arts at
Lees-McRae College, Dr. Carroll
has extensive training and ex-
perience in the theatre.
She has taught theatre at
McArthur High School in San
Antonio, Texas, Louisiana State
University where she earned her
Ph.D., Appalachian State
University and Lees-McRae Col-
lege.
+ Dr. Carroll has directed
almost 100 productions, many of
pic were musicals. In Boone
ach year, she directs a musical
which includes over 200 persons
from Wautauga, Ashe and
Avery counties. At Lees-McRae
she is in charge of the Lees-
McRae Singers, a stage band
called the Highlanders, as well as
rock and bluegrass bands.
For reservations or more in-
formation contact the Hold Col-
ony Players at 704/874-0176, or
write to PO Box 112, Valdese,
NC 28690.
Moonshining Program Friday At KMNM Park
Conserve fuel and energy by
taking a mini-trip to Kings
Mountain National Military
Park this Friday and Saturday
evening, July 16 and 17 for the
park’s evening programs.
Friday, July 16, Park Inter-
preter, Chris Revels will present
“Moonshining Carolina Style.”
Revels will demonstrate how the
.ancient art of whiskey distilling ,
made its mark on the Carolina
backcountry in the 18th and
19th centuries. Revels will also
review the process of turning
corn, an important crop for the
farmers of this region, into white
lightning. Will this lost art be us-
ed to help solve our energy
crises? Those who are interested
should meet at the National
Park Visitor Center at 7:30 p.m.
_ Saturday, July 17, as tyhe
shadows lengthen on the
foothills of the Blue Ridge
Classes
Slated
At Tech
Cleveland Technical College’s
Continuing Education Depart-
ment has scheduled the follow-
ing courses:
China Painting begins July 19
- from 7-10 p.m. at Shelby Senior
Center. The class will meet each
Monday evening until
September 17, 1982. The in-
structor will be Doris Jones.
Total hours of class 33.
"Beginning Appalachian
Basketweaving begins July 20
from 6-9 p.m. at Williams House
Campus. The class will meet
each Tuesday evening until
September 7. The instructor will
be Rebecca Koone. Total hours
of class 24.
EMT begins August 3 FROM
7-10 p.m. at room 222. The class
will meet each Tuesday and
Thursday until October 21. The
instructor will be Ralph Mit-
chem. Total Hours of the class
96.
Mountains, dare to take a
candlelight tour of the 1.5 mile
Battlefield Trail with two par-
ticipants of the battle. A Patriot
and a Loyalist will return to thell
their own versions of the Battle -
of Kings Mountain. Park Inter-
preters, Ed Barnes and Steve
Marlowe will portray the
Revolutionary War soldiers. All
who are interested should meet
at the National Park Visitor
Center at 8:00 p.m. The tour
begins promptly at 8:15 p.m. In
case of inclement weather, the:
film “Age of Alaska” will be
shown in the Visitor Center
Auditorium.
Weather permitting, the Liv-
ing History program will also
continue on Saturday and Sun-
day afternoons. A Revolu-
tionary War campsite will be set
up near the Visitor Center and
tended by Park employees in
Revolutionary period dress. The
camp will feature cooking over
an open fire and also musket and
rifle demonstrations at 1:00,
2:00, 3:00, and 4:00 p.m.
Also the 179 year old Howser
House will be open for visitation
on Sunday afternoons from 1:00
p.m. until 4:00 p.m. A member
of the park interpretive staff will
be stationed at the house to
reveal the history behind this
locally famous rock structure.
Other ongoing daily programs
include: an 18-minute film
Kings Mountain - Turning
Point in tHe South, an
8-minute audio-visual museum
exhibit program, 1.5 mile Bat-
tlefield Trail; 16 mile system of
hiking trails, and 10 mile system
of horse trails. >
The public is encouraged and.
invited to attend all programs.
There are no admission fees for
any of the program.
For further information con-'
tact Chris Revels at (803)
936-7921/7922.
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