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VOLUME 95, NUMBER 39
Paul Hord Jr., who finished a
close second to Harold
Lineberger in the Kings Moun-
tain School Board race three
years ago, Monday was ap-
pointed to fill Lineberger’s va-
cant seat until the date of the
next school board election in
November, 1983.
Lineberger resigned recently
because he is moving to Gaston
County and will no longer be
eligible to hold the position.
State law requires that the
board name a replacement only
until the next election, at which
PAUL HORD, JR. time the remaining two years of
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1982
Lineberger’s term will be up for
grabs.
Vice Chairman Bill McDaniel
made the motion Monday to ap-
point Hord. Jerry Ledford
seconded and the motion passed
unanimously.
Hord was one of three persons
mentioned for the job. The other
two were Myers Hambright and
Seerley Lowery, both residents
of the Bethware School com-
munity.
“All three are well-qualified,”
‘McDaniel said in making the
motion to appoint Hord. “But
when I came on the board (five
years ago) Paul Hord was atten-
ding all the school board
meetings and has always shown
a real genuine interest in the
work of the board of education
and the children in general. He
has volunteered his time to work
in the school system and has pro-
ven himself a good businessman
in the community.”
Hord, who operates Paul’s
Seafood on York Road, has serv-
ed the school system as a
volunteer reading aide and a
member of the Superintendent’s
Blue Ribbon Study Committee
¢ on School Facility Needs.
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Hord Appointed To School Board
“I second everything Bill said
and also second the motion,”
said Ledford. “I wouldn’t have
any problems working with any
of the three. They’re all qualified
but I think Paul is the most
qualified.”
Hord welcomed the appoint-
ment and said he looks forward
to being sworn into office at the
board’s next meeting on October
11 at West School.
“Pm very pleased and ap-
preciate being appointed,” he
said. “I will do my very best to
serve all the citizens of the Kings
“ Mountain Schog
By GARY STEWART
Editor
Handicapped and disabled people should dwell on the abilities they
still have and not what they’ve lost is the philosophy of C. Ross
Baumgardner of Kings Mountain. That’s one of the attitudes he hopes
to pass along to others as chairman of the newly-organized Greater
Kings Mountain Partnership Committee for the Disabled and Han-
dicapped.
The committee, organized several months ago, has accomplished a
lot, Baumgardner says, but is reaching only a small portion of the han-
dicapped.and disabled among the area’s 10,000 population.
The national rate of disabled and handicapped persons is 23 percent,
so Baumgardner figures his committee should be working with about
2,300 persons. Thus far, it has reached 168 persons and has directly
helped most of them with some problems. :
Baumgardner, a victim of multiple sclerosis, lives his philosoph
well. Although at times he has been discouraged, he continues to dwell
on the positive. Most of his days are spent at home making telephone
contact or typing (with one finger) letters to organizations that can
help handicapped persons.
must follow to be successful:
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*He must set a daily goal and complete that goal.
*He must understand his problem and what caused it.
*He must understand the diagnosis and know whether the disease
will stay the same, get worse, or get better.
. *He must realize his limitations and capabilities.
*He must determine his needs and what assistance they require.
*Of primary importance, he must understand that his handicap is
also a handicap to his family and loved ones.
“They need to maintain their independence and accomplish some
goals so they’ll have a victory,” he says. “They should participate in
programs available to them, visit places, and be active whenever possi-
ble.”
Baumgardner says the old attitude that “there’s always someone
worse off that you are” is bad. He pointed to an old saying ‘I complain-
ed about having no shoes until I met a man with no feet.’
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“It’s an honor
to have been gi
tunity,” he addeu.. xin grawciui
for the confidence the board
placed in me and am looking for-
ward to working with each of
them.”
In the only other business
Monday, Assistant Superinten-
dent Larry Allen told the board
he had met with Grover School
principal Jim Scruggs about giv-
ing the Grover Y outh Basketball
League top priority on schedul-
ing games at the Grover gym.
Singing
Saturday
A big gospel singing
September 24 at 7 p.m. at the
Central School Auditorium will
benefit the local Helping Hand
Fund and Toys for Tots, which
serve area citizens during the
Christmas season and year-
round.
Admission is free but dona-
tions will be accepted.
Musical groups volunteering
their time and talents for the
singing include The Royals of
Gastonia, the Trinity Gospel
Singers of Kings Mountain and
The Hamptons of Blacksburg.
Both the Helping Hand Fund
and Toys for Tots are projects of
the Kings Mountain Ministerial
Association. Toys for Tots, co-
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“That might sound good,” he said, “but if you have no shoes, just
because you meet someone with no feet is not going to put shoes on
your feet. You can relate to someone who is worse off that you but
that doesn’t help your disability.” :
sponsored by Kings Mountain
Fire Department, provides toys
for needy children at Christmas
and the Helping Hand Fund pro-
vides food, clothing, and other
“I feel like the first helping hand should come from the handicapped
| themselves,” says Bumgardner. “One of the most important things I
| want is to acquaint the public that they are not a bunch of freaks and
; | that they want to be self-supporting.”
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In just six months of ex-
istence, the Kings Mountain
Boys Club has grown in
membership to 128 and an
average of 28 youngsters take
advantage of tri-weekly pro-
grams at the new club building
on the grounds of Central
School.
The Boys Club, a satellite of
the Cleveland County Boys
Club, is one of many agencies
which will benefit from the 1983
United Fund drive, which got
underway Monday. The UF has
earmarked $1,000 of its $66,000
budget to the Boys Club.
Joey Hopper, a first grade
teacher at Bethware School, is
director of the local club. He is
assisted by Tommy Bennett, a
volunteer.
For a $2 a year membership
fee, boys ages 7-17 may par-
ticipate in basketball, softball
and football league play, take
group trips to such places as
Carowinds, Tennessee, Florida
Baumgardner believes there are several steps a handicapped person
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and college football games, and
take advantage of several games
such as video games, billiards,
table tennis, air hockey and
foosball at the clubhouse.
Some members of the club will
go to Clemson this Saturday to
see the Clemson-Western
Carolina football game.
The new 24 by 24 feet
building on the grounds of Cen-
tral School was constructed a
month ago through volunteer
donations. Rick Bowles, a rock
singer, performed to raise money
Service To Mankind
Award To Be Given
Some outstanding citizen will
soon be designated the Service to
Mankind Award winner by the
Kings Mountain Sertoma Club.
Lynn Welborn, president of
the club, announced that the
Sertoma Club will sponsor the
contest to recognize an outstan-
ding citizen of the Kings Moun-
tain area for his’ or her
humanitarian, heroic, civic or
paper, please include the
nominee’s name, address and
phone number if available, why
the person is being nominated,
and the name and phone number
of the person making the
nomination.
This area’s Service to
Mankind Award winner’s entry
will be submitted to compete for
the District Service to Mankind
for the building and local
carpenters donated the labor.
The club is open from 4-8 p.m.
on Wednesdays and Thursdays
and 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. on
Saturdays. Any youngsters
wishing to join may go by the
clubhouse during the above
hours and talk with Hopper.
Other programs to receive
United Fund money in 1983 in-
clude the American Red Cross,
$13,000; Piedmont Council Boy
Scouts, $6,200; Pioneer Council
Girl Scouts, $7,000; Grover
Rescue Squad, $5,000; Kings
Mountain Rescue Squad,
$5,000; Cleveland County
Shelter Home, $5,000;
Ministerial Association Helping
Hand Fund, $10,000;
Ministerial Association Chaplain
for Kings Muntain Hospital,
$1,000; Community Organiza-
tion for Drug Abuse Prevention,
$2,500; Salvation Army, $2,000;
Mental Health Association in
Cleveland County, $1,000; and
North Carolina United Way,
$5,857.
Bloodmobile
To Visit
October 4
The Red Cross Bloodmobile
will be in Kings Mountain Oc-
tober 4 for the annual
community-industrial visit.
Hours of the visit will be 11:30
a.m. until 5 p.m. at First Baptist
BOYS CLUB - Two members of the new Kings
Mountain Boys Club are pictured above play-
ing billiards at the new clubhouse at Central
special trips.
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School. The club offers its members indoor
games, organized athletic competition and
Contestants Needed
Contestants are still needed
for the Revolutionary War era
costume contest to be held dur-
ing Mountaineer Days October
79 in downtown Kings Moun-
tain.
The costume contest will be
held at 7 p.m. on Thurs., Oct 7 at
the corner of Cherokee and
Mountain streets.
The contest will be open to all
age groups. To enter, contact
Fire Chief Gene Tignor, Moun-
taineer Days Chairman Ronnie
Hawkins, or Co-Chairman
Charles “Pete” Peterson at the
group which performed in May
at the World’s Fair. Judges for
the contest will be Gary Stewart
of the Kings Mountain Herald,
Jerry Bedsole of WKMT Radio,
Richard Barnette of the Mer-
chants Association, Louise
Roberts of the DAR and Mrs.
Frances Caveny from the com-
munity at large.
Friday, Oct. 8 will feature the
annual Kings Mountain High
School homecoming parade and
game that night against North
Gaston’s Wildcats.
At 12 noon Saturday, the
Cherryville Shooters will give a
demonstration of old fire power.
The Senior Citizens band will
perform from 6 until 7 p.m. and
local church choirs will sing from
7 until 9 p.m. Any church that
has not been contacted and
would like to participate should
call Ronnie Hawkins at
739-2592.
All of the activities, sponsored
by the fire department and Mer-
chants Association, will be' for
the promotion of the Toys for
Tots program, which furnishes
L . : fire department (739-2552) or Saturday’s activities will ;
other type of service to thiscom- ~~ Award. Winners of the District Church. Collection goal is 150 Mrs. Frances Caveny at feature a car show from 9 a.m. a needy children at
munity, state or nation. Award will compete for the pints. 739-4331. :
Any citizen is eligible to com-
pete for the award except
members of Sertoma or their
wives. Nominations can be made
by mail to Vance Bridges, 701
Lee Street, Kings Mountain, NC
28086, before the deadline on
October 31.
Forms for making the
nomination may be obtained at
the local banks, or if using plain
Regional Award and from the
Regbional winners, the Interna-
tional Award winner will be
selected and honored at the Ser-
toma Internation Convention.
The club’s name, Sertoma, is
derived from the words ‘Service
to Mankind’ and the club
members feel it is only fitting to
honor a citizen who fulfills their
organization’s standards.
Because of an increase in the
goal for the fiscal year, it is im-
portant that all donors who are
eligible to give blood at this visit
to attend.
“With so many layoffs at the
area industries, we want to make
a special appeal to the communi-
ty to give blood at this visit,” said
Mrs. Martha Scruggs, director of
the blood program.
The event will get underway
at 7 p.m. with the invocation by
Rev. Eric Faust, new pastor of
First Presbyterian Church.
Mayor John Moss will give a
talk on the founding of Kings
Mountain.
Entertainment during and
following the costume contest
will be provided by the “Lincoln
County Pardners”, a bluegrass
until noon at the fire depart-
ment. Registration will be from 8
a.m. until 9. To enter, contact
chairman Frank Burns or co-
chairman Robert Dodge.
There will be a $5 entry fee
and first and second place
trophies will be awarded. Win-
ners will be decided by an opi-
nion vote of the persons enter-
ing. The winners will be an-
nounced at 4 p.m.
The fire department will sell
refreshments each night and will
conduct a hot dog and ham-
burger sale on Saturday.
All activities will be held at
the corner of Cherokee and
Mountain streets. There will be
no admission charges to the
events but donations to the Toys
for Tots program will be ac-
cepted.
essentials to needy families the