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le SR OY Pe f KM Model Makes It Big Page 13-A Deborah Hayes Simulated Disaster Prepares Rescuers 2SE001 AxexqTT TeTIOowWaW Asunep ‘uj sbuty 9808¢ *9AY IUOWPDTJ VOL. 96 NUMBER 34 THURSDAY, August 18, 1983 KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA rie { HRC Page 1-B _. -* £0 7 ax & Sow YS a Pi $ & = E25. En StF STE an ey © SEs Eee dS STS s 14 I ROI ALE 9] 5 LS | a | | & Le Kristal Huffstetler, daughter of Clyde and Dot Huffstetler of Kings Mountain, was crowned Miss Gastonia Saturday at Ashbrook High School. She won the title over 14 con- testants. She will represent Gastonia in the Miss North Carolina Pageant next June in Raleigh, where shell be in the running for college scholarships and other prizes. Robin Kiser of Cherryville was first runner-up. Second runner-up was Karen Gibbs of Gastonia. Kings Mountain’s Debbie Benoy was third runner- up and Dana Gulledge of Clover, S.C. was fourth runner- up. Contestants were judged on talent, interviews, and swimsuit Love This Way Aain. Lora Lovin of Gastonia was judged the most talented non- finalist. Miss Huffstetler will make her first appearance as Miss Gastonia Saturday at the Miss Mount Holly Pageant. She will entertain next weekend at the Cleveland County Junior Miss Pageant in Shelby, and will make numerous other ap- pearances in pageants, parades and other activities during the coming year. “I was just overwhelmed,” Miss Huffstetler said on winning the pageant. “It caught me by surprise. When they called my name, I almost looked down at my number to make sure that it was me.” Miss -Huffstetler was first runner-up in the Miss Gastonia Pageant which was held last March. “Gastonia almost lost its fran- chise,” she recalled, “and the en atzens or volved and pick. ed it back up and Beth Smith, who won the pageant in March, represented Gastonia very well in this year’s Miss North Carolina Pageant. I would really Beauty Queen! KM Girl Crowned Miss Gastonia.... like to get involved in the com- munity so it will make the people of Gastonia feel proud.” Kristal is a 1981 graduate of Kings Mountain High School and is currently a student at Cleveland Tech. She plans to transfer to UNC-Charlotte after Christmas. She is a member of the New Arts Studio in Gastonia, per- forms with a dance troupe which travels all over the southeast, and works at Carowinds in the live show department. She danc- ed at the Miss Georgia Pageant in Columbus in June and enter- tained at the National Elks Home in Bedford, Va., recently. She is a member of Resurrec- tion Lutheran Church. wh “To be prepared North Carolina Pageant, I feel like I need to know everything about the state that I can,” she said. ty # Miss Huffstetler plans to travel t aleigh in fhe set two A de nt Toi the Miss Pheto by Gary Stewart MISS ‘GASTONIA - Kristal Huffstetler of Kings Mountain, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Huffstetler, was crowned Miss Gastonia Saturday night at Ashbrook High School. She will compete for the Miss North Carolina title next June in Raleigh. ED GUY Ed Guy Promoted By Schools Ed Guy, drafting teacher at Kings Mountain High School since 1970, has been named assistant principal at Kings Mountain Junior High School. Guy received the promotion last week and began his new duties Monday. He replaces Jerry Hoyle, who was recently elevated to the principal’s posi- tion. 5 Guy is a native of Catawba County and a graduate of Ap- palachian State University. He and his wife, the former Judy Beard, have two sons, Jeff, 12, and Anthony, 9. Guy served four years in the U.S. Marines, earning the rank of sergeant. He worked in air- craft and electrical maintenance. He has served as head boys and girls tennis coach at the high school since 1970 and coached Kings Mountain’s only state championship boys tennis team five years ago. He plans to con- tinue coaching tennis until a replacement is found, but will eventually phase out his coaching career. Man Charged In Death A Kings Mountain man has been charged with murder in the Tuesday night stabbing death of a 15-year-old youth. Detective Sergeant Richard Reynolds of the Kings Mountain Police Department said T.C. Bowden III, died following the incident at Pine Manor Apart- ments. Arrested was Thomas Edgar Robinson, 33, of 28 Pine Manor Apartment. Police allege that Robinson stabbed Bowden, who lived at 38 Pine Manor, during an argu- ment between the two. Investigation is continuing by the Kings Mountain Police and State Bureau of Investigation. Bowden was the son of Joan Bowden of 38 Pine Manor and T.C. Bowden Jr. of Troy, N.C. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Enloe Mortuary of Shelby. City police investigated numerous larcenies and other acts of vandalism during the past week. Little Moo on York Road reported that someone stole a neon sign valued at $35. Twelve kerosene lanterns were also stolen. Korner Panty on East King Street reported 60 to 70 letters stolen from a sign. Value was $30. Mark West of 305 Fulton Street reported the theft of a $200 weed eater. Lilly Hall of 65 Pine Manor reported that someone tried to break into her apartment. Entry was not made. Phillip Sanders of 102 Wateroak Street reported the theft of a fiberglass canoe, valued at $600. Sherry Weaver of Route 2 reported the theft of a bicycle at 206 North Dilling Street. Value was $75. Brent Leigh of Route 2 reported a radio taken from his vehicle while he was fighting a fire for the Bethlehem Fire Department. Value was $175. James Guyton of 707 Groves Street reported the theft of a Campbell To Run For City Council REV. M.L. CAMPBELL / Rev. M.L. Campbell announc- ed today that he will run for the District Four commissioner’s seat in the October city elections. Filing begins Friday at 12 noon and continues through September 9 at 12 noon. All can- didates must file with City Elec- tions Board Chairman Luther Bennett. Rev. Campbell is the second person to announce for the District Four seat currently held by Norman King. Harry “Dutch” Wilson, a former city employee, announced several weeks ago. Turn To Page 4-A $450 set of hubcaps. _ Eastside Baptist Church, Y ork Road, reported that someone broke into a storage building and stole a weedeater, riding lawnmower, push mower, elec- tric hedge clippers and a 100-foot drop cord. Total value was $1.727.35. Louis England of 209 Blanton Street reported the theft of a 1979 Mercury. $4,000. H.C. Hinson of 604 West Mountain Street reported that someone tried to steal a newspaper from his yard. Cooper Furniture, 210 Railroad Avenue, reported that someone punctured four tires on a furniture truck. Value was $240. Value was 25°¢ School Begins Monday School bells will ring for about 4,200 Kings Mountain students Monday morning. That projected enrollment figure is about 120 less than last year’s, Superintendent William Davis said. : “We kind of expected it to be = down unless we have an influx: of folks who didn’t attend pre- school screening this spring,” he said. “Sometimes you have some people move in during the sum- mer whose children didn’t attend pre-school screening, but not many.” Most of the 120-student drop will be in the kindergarten grades. Davis expects a good year, despite the fact that some teachers have been transferred ~ to other schools because of a of teachers. All positions ve been filled excepy for a ¥: French teacher at | thej junior high school and Davis plans to fill that position before Monday. Every elementary school ex- cept East lost a kindergarten class. “That’s one of the things that’s making transfers so tough,” Davis said. The only program dropped was the woodworking class at Kings Mountain High School. Davis said that program has been absorbed by the agriculture program. i Davis said the Extended Day School at Kings Mountain High will be expanded, thanks to more funds received from the state for such programs. That program, which operates five days a week, is geared toward helping drop- Turn To Page 4-A Re BLIMP COMES TO KM - The Goodyear blimp, seen on televison at almost every sporting event in the United States, came through Kings Mountain last Friday. The blimp hovered around the trees and downtown for several minutes, then headed south for the big Atlanta Braves-Los Angeles Dodgers three-game weekend series at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. A
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