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J ail-A-Thon
Thursday
And Friday
The long-awaited Jail-A-Thon for the American Cancer Society will
be held Thursday and Friday at the old bank building at the corner of
Mountain Street and Battleground Avenue.
Between the hours of 10 a.m. and 6 p.m, citizens of the area can
have their bosses, husbands, wives, friends, and anyone else arrested
for a $25 donation to the Cancer Society.
That $25 will stretch a long way. After the outlaws are brought
before the judge and bail is set, they'll have to get on the telephone and
raise pledges totaling their amount of bail before being allowed back
The Cancer Society has rounded up some of the meanest judges
around. They include Bad Bill Hager, a 6-feet-6 terror who won’t take
any backtalk from anyone; Myers Hambright the Hanging Judge; Jake
“Chain Gang” Dixon, and Gary “Electric Chair” Stewart.
Persons wanting to have someone arrested may remain anonymous,
if they wish. To make arrangements for an arrest, call 739-8219 or
An off-duty Kings Mountain policeman will round up the outlaws
‘and read them their charges and rights.
~The public is invited to come to the bank building and join in the
| fun. A concession stand will be in operation, selling such items as pop-
‘and drinks. Cancer Society T-shirts and the very
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THE HANGING JUDGES - Here are the two toughest judges i in
Cleveland County, and they'll be on the bench Thursday and:
Friday at the Cancer Society Jail-A- Thon ‘at the old bank
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out extra punishment for anyone who walks in the door with
; cigarettes on their possession. On the right is William Hager,
who says he'll dish out extra punishment for anyone who
Friendship Applications
Are Being Received
Applications for the Friend-
ship Force exchange between
Gastonia/Kings Mountain and
an unannounced city in another
country will be received during
the weeks of March 24 through
April 9, according to a schedule
released today by Lee Crosby,
Exchange Director for the pro-
gram.
Mrs. Crosby has announced
that two locations will be used to
enroll participants in the pro-
‘gram designed to promote world
peace and understanding
through the mutual exchange of
40 citizens representing a cross
section of each community.
Applicants are sought from all
occupational categories. All
those wishing to particpate,
‘whether as an Ambassador
traveling to the other nation or
as a host remaining at home to
welcome Ambassadors from that
‘nation, are asked to attend one
of the interview sessions planned
.by the Friendship Force Ex-
change Committee.’
© At each session interviews will
be conducted and application
forms completed. There will be a .
discussion on the Friendship
Force program with a chance for
all applicants to receive answers
to their questions.
Induction fees for those par-
ticipating as ambassadors will be
approximately $800 per Am-
bassador, which includes airfare
and departure taxes. There is no
Induction fee for host applicants,
whose contribution to the pro-
gram will be to offer their home
and meals to the visiting Am-
bassador.
The schedule for the interview
and application sessions is as
follows:
March 24, 6-8 p.m at First
United Methodist Church 190.
East Franklin Boulevard,
Gastonia.
March 26, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. at
First United Methodist Church,
Gastonia.
March 28, 6-8 p.m. at First
Presbyterian Church, 111 East
King Street, Kings Mountain.
April 9, 10 am. - 1 p.m. at
First United Methodist Church,
Gastonia.
Interested person are invited
to phone Mrs. Lee Crosby at
739-1120.
Kiwanis Travelogue
Program Set Monday
The Kings Mountain Kiwanis
Club will sponsor a travelogue
program Monday at 7:30 p.m. at
B.N. Barnes Auditorium.
_ Admission at the door is $3.50
for adults and $2.50 for students.
LENTEN SERVICE
A mid-week Lenten Service
“will be held Wednesday from
12:05 until 1 p.m. in the sanc-
tuary of Central
Methodist Church.
The worship leader will be the
Rev. William Tyson of Boyce
Memorial A.R.P. Church and
the message will be given by the
Rev. Ivan Stephans, pastor of
Central ' United Methodist
Church.
A light lunch will be served at
12:30 p.m. A minimum one
‘dollar donation is asked for the
lunch.
United
A ticket for all three upcoming
travelogue programs is $7.50 for
adults and $4.50 for students.
Monday’s program will be
“Trails of the Mountain West”
by Dennis Cooper. Those atten-
ding will follow Coronado’s trail
as he came north into New Mex-
ico searching for the “Seven
Cities of Gold” and retrace the
historic mountain trails used by
the men who first conquered and
others who later explored and
settled the great mountain west.
The theatre is the entire Con-
tinental Divide from New Mex-
ico to Alaska. National parks,
Indian cliff dwellings, an all-girl
‘rodeo, forest fires, wildlife, Mt.
McKinley and tales from the
past are all part of the fun, excit-
ment and natural beauty of the -
picture.
WEE MISS CONTESTANTS - Contestants in
Saturday's Little Wee Miss Kings Mountain
contest are pictured above. Front row, left to
right. Ann Chambers, Renee Moss, Ashlee
Byers, Cassie Dowda, Lynn Adams and
Christina Lutz. Second row. Kelli Grigg, Cindy
LITTLE MISS CONTESTANTS - Contestants
in Saturday's Little Miss Kings Mountain con-
test are pictured above. Front row, left to right,
Wendi Ross, Tonya Hall, Dawn Jones,
‘Elizabeth Lutz, Kellie Holder and Jada Brown.
- Second row. Kim Dellinger, Jennifer Payseur,
Taylor; Holly Parker,
Ann McCallum, Lora
Goins and Audrey Ford. Third row, Elizabeth
Carroll, Angie Mullinax, Erin Lovelace, Misty
Smith, Dawn Small, Melissa Mitchell, Delynn
Anthony. Fourth row, Wendy Carroll, Tasha
Bolinger, Wendy Wright and Jennifer Yarbro.
Photos by Shirley Harry
Kristi Johnson, Allison Kiser, Ginger Moss and
Kelly Hagans. Third row, Tasha Tate, Bridget
Lavvorn, Lynn Rosebor, Sissy Barber and Mis-
ty Whetstine. Back row. Denise Small, Venia
Elliott, Sheila Fowler, Amy Carrigan, Tina
Barker and Heather Melton.
Hearing
Turnout
Is Light
By GARY STEWART
Editor
Mayor John Henry Moss was
the only citizen to show up Mon-
day at the Governmental Ser-
vices Facilities Center for a
public hearing on Greyhound
Bus Lines’ request to discontinue
local service to and from Kings
Mountain.
Greyhound has filed a petition
with the State Utilities Commis-
sion to abandon pratically all
intra-state ‘routes in the state.
Public hearings are being held in
various cities to give the public
an opportunity to testify.
- According to W.B. Partin,
Hearing Officer for Greyhound,
the turnouts have been light.
Greyhound will go before the
Utilities Commision next Tues-
day in Raleigh to state its case.
Mayor Moss. presented a
resolution adopted by the City
Board of Commissioners asking
that the bus service be con-
tinued.
The petition stated that
“discontinuance of Greyhound’s
passenger ‘service would work
undue hardship on Kings Moun-
tain residents who do not have
other means of transportation
available.”
If service to and from Kings
Mountain is discontinued,
citizens of the Kings Mountain
area would have to go to
Gastonia or Shelby for service.
“The necessity of traveling to
Gastonia, Shelby or other loca-
tions to obtain passenger bus ser-
vice would cause extreme and
undue hardship on those citizens
who do not have automobiles,”
the petition said.
According to Partin, “it is no
longer cost-justified for
Greyhound to provide local
North Carolina service.”
Interstate service would not
be effected by the request; he
said. Greyhound buses would
continue to operate long
distance and would come
through Kings Mountain on In-
terstate 85. But Greyhound
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