TOP PRINCIPAL—-Dr. George McSwain (right),
Superintendent of Gaston County Schools,
presents Jake Hord with a plaque honoring
Jake Hord Selected
Principal Of Year
By a vote of his peers, Gard-
ner Park Elementary School
Principal Jake Hord has been
named Principal of the Year in
Gaston County for the Gaston
County Principals’ Division. of
the NCAE (North Carolina
Association of Educators). Hord
was chosen from a field of sixty
four people.
A Kings Mountain native,
Jacob Hord began his teaching
career at Wilson Elementary
School in the 5th Grade in 1955.
He also taught at Wray Junior
High School grades seven and
eight and fifth and sixth grades
at East Elementary School.
Hord was principal at East
and Peedin Elementary before
being assigned the principalship
at Gardner Park Elementary
where he has been for the past
seventeen years.
“I feel highly honored”, said
Hord, son of Mrs. Mary Edna
and the late Jacob George Hord,
Sr. of Kings Mountain. He and
wife Mary Lou have two
children. Jamie is a recent bride
who is now teaching Special
Education in Greensboro, "and
son Tripp, who is a tennis en-
thusiast, is a student at Hunter
Huss High School. During the
1982-83 school year, the Hord
family “adopted” a foreign ex-
change student. Chris Bonah,
from Coblenz, West Germany,
became very close to his
American family. It was a sad
day when Jake and Mary Lou
bid him farewell as he left to
return to Germany.
Hord is a graduate of Kings
Mountain High School. He
received his BS, MA, Ed.S
Degrees from Appalachian State
Teachers College. The Educa-
tional Specialist Degree is a sixth
year degree.
Jake has taken a leadership
role in his professional organiza-
tion having served in numerous
leaderhips capacities. He was
President of the Gastonia City
Schools NCAE in 1962-63; Vice
President of Gaston County
Principals 1968-69; Legislative
Chairperson and PACE
Chairperson for Gaston County;
Vice President of District No. 2
Division of Principals NCAE
1980-83.
Special awards Hord had
received are The Honor Award
for Service in NCAE; Oratorical
Coach for Gastonia Evening Op-
timist Club; YMCA Indian
‘Guide Chief Award; and now
Gaston County Principal of the
Year 1982-83.
Jake is a civic-minded person.
He has held several committee
chairmanships in both the Noon
and Evening Optimist Clubs;
served as Editor of the Evening
Bulletin, and was on the Board
Thanks For Support
Dear Editor:
On behalf of the Cleveland County Fair, I would like to express our
sincere appreciation to you and your staff for all you did in helping to
publicize the 1983 Cleveland County Fair.
The 1983 fair was the most successful fair in recent years—we had an
increase in the number of exhibitors, exhibits, and attendance.
Your fine coverage of the fair was a tremendous help in making the
fair a success.
Thank you again for your assistance and cooperation.
Sincerely.
Joe A. Goforth
General Manager
him as Principal of the Year for the school
year 1982-83 in Gaston County.
of Directors.
He has worked with the
Gaston County YMCA, served
on the Board of Directors for the
Gaston Community Concert,
and coached for the Salvation
Army Boys Club.
Jake and his family are
members of Bradley Memorial
Methodist Church where he has
served as Chairperson of the Ad-
ministrative Board, Trustees,
Council of Ministry, Committee
on Education and Commission
on Worship. He was Superinten-
dent of Church School, and has
taught classes of children, youth
and adults; and served as Vice
Chairman of the Church
Building Committee.
Hord has been employed in
the Gaston County School
System since 1955. He has many
friends among educators,
parents and students. In his
school, he administers with pa-
tience, love and concern. He is a
personable individual and is
respected by those who work for
and with him.
As Loretta Martin, 1983
President of the NCAE, said,
“The honor of being named
Principal of the Year should be
reserved for those individuals
who possess and demonstrate
the ability to inspire their
faculties to provide maximum
learning opportunities for
students. Jake Hord is this kind
of individual.”
DINNER-DANCE
There will be a dinner-dance
at American Legion Post 155
November 12 from 7:30 p.m. un-
til 1 a.m. Prime rib will be sold
for $22 per couple. The dance
will cost $10 per couple. There
are a limited number of tickets
available for the dinner, so
members should make their
reservations early. For more in-
formation, see Butch Broome or
Charlie Hampton.
‘in’ 1966.
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Dr. Littlejohn Wins
Teaching Excellence Award
Dr. Michael A. Littlejohn,
professor of electrical and com-
puter engineering at North
Carolina State University, will
receive an award and deliver a
lecture Thursday as third reci-
peint of the engineering schools
annual R.J. Reynolds Industries
Inc. Award for Excellence in
Teaching, Research and Exten-
sion.
The lecture and awards event
will begin at 3 p.m. in Truitt
Auditorium, (Room 1402) in
Broughton Hall. A reception will
immediately follow the program.
Dr. Larry K. Monteith, dean
of the NCSW School of
Engineering, will present the
award established to recognize
scientific and educational
achievement in fields of
engineering. The awards pro-
gram is sponosored annually by
R.J. Reynolds Industries Inc.
through the North Carolina
Engineering Foundation Inc.
Following the presentation,
Littlejohn, an authority in solid
state electronics, will speak on
“Materials and Devices for Op-
tical Fiber Communications.”
His lecture will be published
as part of the annual R. J.
Reynolds Industries Inc. Award
Distinguished Lecture Series.
The NCSU electrical engineer
was selected for the honor in
recognition of his contributions
to education through teaching
excellence, of his scholarly ac-
tivities in rearch and develop-
ment and his many extension
and public service activities.
A native of Kings Mountain
and a long-time resident of Burl-
ington, he earned his degrees at
North Carolina State University
in electrical engineering with em-
phasis on solid state electronics
and mathematics.
He joined the NCSU faculty
In addition to his
teaching, research, and exten-
sion responsibilities, he is
presently director of Microelec-
tronics Programs in the School
of Engineering.
Within the last five years, his
research related to semi conduc-
tors and the behavior of elec-
tronic materials and devices has
been supported by 17 research
grants and contracts with a total
value of more than $2.5 million.
He has been instrumental in
the acquisition of major
analytical research facilities in
the engineering school.
Littlejohn has received many
other awards, including two
NCSU Outstanding Teacher
Awards, the Western Electric-
ASEE Fund Award for Ex-
cellence in Teaching and
Research, and the 1983 Alcoa
Foundation Distinguished
Research Award.
Littlejohn has published 57
technical papers and written two
invited book chapters. He has
also presented invited lectures
throughout the country.
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