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Rehearsing For Senior Play
Senior Class Play
Opens On Thursday
“Up the Down Staircase”, by
Bel Kaufman an humorous and
entertaining play, will be
presented by the Senior Class of
Kings Mountain Senior High
School on November 17 at 7:30
p.m. on November 19 at 7:30
p.m. and on November 20 at
2:30 p.m.
The play is under the direction
of Mrs. Betsy Wells, drama and
English teacher at Kings Moun-
tain Senior High.
The students have been work-
ing very hard in rehearsing the
play. The play evolves around
Sylvia Barrett, played by Joy
McCoy, a pretty, young, new
school teacher. The play can be
very dramatic as young Alice
Blake, played by Carla Adams,
falls in love with her school
teacher. Paul Barringer, played
by Steven Fain. The play is also
very humorous at times in the
scenes with the school students.
To add to the entertainment
there will be several dance
numbers and songs.
The remaining cast, includes:
Dr. Maxwell Clarke, played by
Kevin Echols; Beatrice Scharhler
by Lisa Nation; J.J. McHabe by
“Ricky WHité; ‘Ella’ Friedenberg *
by Sonia Ross; Frances Egan by
Lisa Wright; Charlotte Wolf by
Rainey Haigler; Samuel Bester
by Tracy Bolin; Sadie Finch by
Cathy Clore; School students are
Micheal Lee, Mark Herndon,
Joella Hamrick, Tippi Curry,
Jeff Lynn, Holly Dellinger,
Naldo Lugo, Cathy Pace, Shawn
Gibby, Lori Thrift, Charlene
Gamble, Sandie Watterson,
Michael Bowles, Ronnie Wright,
Tracy Scism, Laura Duncan,
Kim Hawkins, Linda McDaniel,
and Deie Parker. The insurance
saleman is Jamie Black and the
woman is Litza Harry.
Music will be provided by
Amy Mayes and Angel Allen.
Singers will be Sandy Wells and
Angela Lyon. The
choreographer is Sonia Ross,
and the dancers are: Holly Dell-
inger, Carla Adams, Robin
Lovelace, Deia Parker, Sonia
Ross, Jon Moore, Shane Absher,
Rodney Ross, Gordon Small,
Tracy Scism, Mike Silver, Mike
Stroupe, Jeff Barnett, Becky
Bolt, Becky Smith, Charlene
Gamble, and Teresa Grigg. The
announcer is Jeff Chapman. Lee
Ann Lineberger is chairman of
the ticket committee. Publicity is
being handled by Joy Queen and
Carolyn Smith. Angela Lynn
chairs the make-up committee
Litza Harry is the chairman of
the costuming committee.
Johnny Yarboro is the stage
manager; Gordon Small handles
left stage with Jerry Laws in
‘charge of right stage. The pro-
mpter is Lisa Raby. Tippi Curry,
Becky Bolt, and Thomas Put-
nam organized the painting of
the set. Rainey Haigler wrote the
article for the Herald: Angela
Lyon, for the Shelby Daily
Star. The typist is Dawn
Reeves.
Fellow | students inculde
MR. AND MRS. FRED BOWEN
(Note 50th Anniversary)
Bowens Note
50th Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bowen of
Kings Mountain celebrated their
50th wedding anniversary at a
reception Sun., Oct. 30 at the
fellowship hall of Chestnut
Ridge Baptist Church.
The event was hosted by their
four children, George and Win-
fred Bowen, Betty Fite and
Brenda Dover. Guests called bet-
ween 2 and 4 p.m.
The couple’s granddaughter,
Teresa Dowda, and her husband,
Bobby, greeted guests and said
goodbyes. Their grandcon_ Keith
Fite, opened and displayed gifts
and their granddaughter, Leslie
Dover, attended the guest
register.
A four-tiered cake topped by
the numerals “50” was cut and
served by granddaughters Dawn
Bowen, Melissa Bowen and Pam
Dover. A gold and yellow floral
arrangement centered the table.
Fred Bowen and Verda Smart
were married October 22, 1933
in Gaffney, S.C. They reside at
711 Linwood Road.
RE NET Tyr
ern RS Re i ld E
nom Seer St ms rd A tn a Sl. in Ag
Johnny Yarboro, Rodney Ross,
Mike Silver, Tony Horn, Jeff
Barnette, Jon Moore, Gordon
Small, Denise Edwards, Bobbie
Causby, Donna Stroupe, Litza
Harry, Mike Stroupe, Jerry
Laws, Gay Sipes, Denise
Greene, Janelle Parkear, Jet
Parker, Donna Parrish, Bobbie
Biddix, Beth Wilson, Janet
Lovelace, Cindy Wright, JoAnn
Williams, Peggy Cook, Pat
Daves, Janelle Parker.
The staging committee in-
cludes: John Etters, John Flem-
ing, Morris Harmirck, Teresa
Champion, Juella Hamrick, Bee
Bee Stafford, Randy Whitaker,
Wayne - Ivester, Scott Hum-
phries, Jeff Lynn, Tracy Scism,
David Moore, Shawn Gibby,
Tony Horn, Tim Wright, Bobby
Necessary, Nelson Young,
Cathy Clore, Michael Lee, Deia
Parker, Angela Lyon, Tippi
Curry, Todd Cloninger, Donna
Stroupe, Eddie Parker.
The painting of the set has
been done by Johnny Yarbro,
Shane Absher, Tippi Curry,
Thomas Putnam, Mike Stroupe,
Becky Bolt, Cindy Wright, Scott
Humphries, Michael Lee, Donna
Stroupe; Nelson Yong; Gordon
Small, Cathy Pace.
Publicity workers include
Shane Burton, Leslie Yarbor,
Shandy Wells, Tina Gregory,
Bobbie Causby, Kevin Spencer,
Scott Johnson, Donna Stroupe,
Tippi Curry, Steve Courturight,
Bee Bee Stafford, Todd Page,
Donna Blackburn, Marva
Johnson, Regina Croom, Wayne
Ivester, Beth Yarbro, Penny
Gaddy, Kim Hawkins, Holly
Dellinger, Joella Hamrick, Pam
Bollinger .
The program was compiled by
Cathy Clore, Tippi Curry, and
Dawn Reeves.
The usher and students who
willtake up money at the door
are Michael Smith, * Derick
Spann, David Parker, Lewis
Huskey, Brian Crocker, LaVon
Crocker, Larry Crocker, Kevin
Spencer, Joe Tesseneer, Melinda
Roberts, John Williams, Morris
Hamrick, Brian Curry, Kenny
Ollemi, Jeff Hale, Barbara
Lovelace, Amy White, Brad
Reynolds, Melanie Bowen, Allen
Yarbro, Kim Goodson, Brian
Crocker, Sonya McClain, Marva
Johnson, Tammy Van Dyke,
Debra Williams, Dawn Reeves,
Susan Dyer, and Sandy Shep-
pard.
Those selling tickets include
the cast members, Donna Saldo,
Bobbie Biddix, Donna Parrish,
Jimmy Barrett, Beth Yarbro,
Tim Rogers, Julia Ross, Kim
Goodson, Donna Blackburn,
and Eddie Greene.
The costume committee is
composed of Litza Harry, JoAnn
Williams, Cindy Wright, Angela
Lyon, Brian Curry and Jamie
Black.
The lighting will be done by
Tammy Roper, Mike Stroupe,
Shane Absher, Tracy Scism,
David Moore, Jeff Chapman,
and Todd Gossett.
The make-up will be done by
Angela Lyon, Melissa Morrison,
Penny Gaddy, Lori Thrift, Don-
na Blackburn, Donna Stroupe,
Marissa Dixon, Chris Parton,
Nessie Taylor, Jill Plonk and
Leslie Sellers.
The Music will include “Far
From Over”, “Hot Lunch Jam,”
“Beat It,” and “I Know Ill
Never Love This Way Again.”
“Up the Down Staircase,” will
be presented Nobvember 17, at
7:30 p.m.; November 19, R :30
p.m.; and November 20, at 2:30
p.fii. ‘at Barnes Auditorium. Ad-
mission will be $3 for adults and
$2 for students and children.
Thursday, November 17, 1983-KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD-Page SA
OBITURRIES
BOBBY SCRUGGS
Bobby Dean Scruggs, 49, of
121 McGinnis Street, died
Thursday at Kings Mountain
Hospital.
He was the son of the late
Paul and Marvalee Scruggs and
was employed by Fredrickson
Trucking Company.
He is survived by his wife,
Virginia Poole Scruggs; his step-
mother, Valerie Scruggs of
Georgia; three sons, Rodney
Lee, Richard Scott and Bruce
Wayne Scruggs of Kings Moun-
tain; four daughters, Vickie
Carter and Lorie Scruggs of
Kings Mountain, Sheila Ware of
Charlotte and Myra Safrit of
Mount Holly; a brother, Charles
Scruggs of Crawfordsville, Ind.;
three sisters, Ollie Carroll of
Wallingford, Conn., Jeanette
Revels of Kings Mountain and
Marcia Baldwin of Gastonia;
and nine grandchildren.
Services were conducted Sun-
day at 3 p.m. at Masters Funeral
Home by the Rev. Gene Land.
Burial was in Mountain Rest
Cemetery.
JOHNNIE HAMPTON
BLACKSBURG, S. C. - John
D. “Johnnie” Hampton, 60, of
406 Cherokee Street, died Tues-
day at 3:45 p.m. at Cherokee
County Memorial Hospital
following a lengthy illness.
A Cherokee County native, he
ws the son of the late John W.
and Lula Moss Hampton. He
was a mail carrier and charter
member of the board of directors
of Cherokee National Golf and
Recreational Club and was a
member of Eastside Baptist
Church, He delivered the Gaff-
ney Ledger, Spartanburg Herald-
Journal and Charlotte Observer.
He is survived by his wife,
Margie Collins Hampton; one
son, Wayne Hampton of
Blacksburg; four daughters, Mrs.
Judy Ellis, Mrs. Jolene Parker,
Mrs. Gail Goode and Mrs.
Karen Martin, all of Blacksburg;
four brothers, Jack, Paul, Avon
and Rev. M.P. Hampton, all of
Blacksburg; three sisters, Mrs.
Genelle Holmes and Mrs. L.A.
Lawing, both of Blacksburg, and
Mrs. Betty Champion of Kings
Mountain; nine grandchildren
and one great-grandchild.
Services were conducted
Thursday at 3 p.m. at Eastside
Baptist Church by the Rev. M.P.
Hampton, Rev. Alister McKin-
ney, Rev. Don Horton and Rev.
Bobby Earls. Burial was in Cl-
ingman Memorial Gardens.
Pallbearers werel Virgil, Don-
nie, Dennis, Danny and Randy
Hampton, and Donnie Wilson.
Honorary pallbearers were Bill
Blanton, Terry Addis, R.B.
Sanders, Dean Vassey, George
Ruppe, Cobb Barnhill, Morgan
McCraw, Ray Jones, Dever
Davis, Henry Transou, Joe Dean
Hambright, Jerry Hollifield,
Lester Skinner, Ben Elliott, Ross
Robbs, Dan Gold, J.B. Phillips,
Grady Phillips, Louis Sossamon
and Jack Rice.
MRS. HERNDON
Mrs. Mozelle Wells Herndon,
74, of 1309 Grover Road, Kings
Mountain, died Monday at
Kings Mountain Hospital.
A Cleveland County native,
she was the daughter of the late
Morris Gaines and Sarah
Elizabeth Dillingham Wells and
a retired textile worker. She was
a member of Bethlehem Baptist
Church.
She is survived by her hus-
band, Fred Herndon; one son,
James Bobby Herndon of Kings
Mountain; one daughter, Justina
Herndon of Kings Mountain;
one sister, Mrs. J.D. Gibbons of
Blacksburg, S.C.; three grand-
children; and one great-
grandchild.
Services were conducted
Wednesday at 3 p.m. at
Bethlehem Baptist Church by
the Rev. Sam Murphy. Burial
was in Mountain Rest
Cemetery.
MORRIS CHALK
BESSEMER CITY - Morris
Chalk, 42, of 315 Pinchback
Avenue, died Monday at Gaston
Memorial Hospital from injuries
received in an automobile acci-
dent.
He is survived by his father,
Bubba Chalk of Bessemer City;
two brothers, George Chalk and
Odell Chalk of Bessemer City;
five sisters, Mrs. Esther Wingo
of Kings Mountain, Mrs. Mary
Ross of Bessemer City, Miss
Dora Chalk of Gastonia, and
Mrs. Margie Land and Mrs.
Joan Willie Thompson, both of
Shelby.
Services will be conducted
Thursday at 4 p.m. at St. James
Batpist Church by the Rev.
Eugene Land, the Rev. L.C.
Knuckles and the Rev. D.C.
Wilson. Burial will be in the
Community Cemetery.
HILDA GROSS
SHELBY - Hilda Mae Smith
Gross, 81, of Route 2, died Mon-
day at Catawba Memorial
Hospital.
A Cleveland County native,
she was the daughter of the late
Alfred and Callie Cox Smith and
the wife of the late Walter Lee
Gross.
She is survived by two
daughters, Mrs. William D. Fri-
day of Newton and Mrs. Glenn
Goode of Shelby; two brothers,
J.D. Smith of Shelby and Palmer
Smith of Kings Mountain; a
sister, Mrs. Weldon White of
Shelby; three grandchildren; and
one great-grandchild.
Services were conducted
Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Lutz-
Austell Chapel by the Rev.
Charles Horn. Burial was in the
Trinity Baptist Church
Cemetery.
JAMES LESTER HYDE
SHELBY - James Lester Hyde,
78, of 1322 S. Post Road, died
Tuesday at Kings Mountain
Hospital.
He was retired as shop
manager of Pilot Trucking Com-
pany.
Surviving are his wife, Clarise
Frye Hyde; one daughter, Mrs.
Marie Mann of Cullman, Ala;
one step-daughter, mrs. Reba
Bresherse of * Portland, Ore;
. ANNIVERSARY
: OPEN HOUSE
Monday, November 14 Thru |
Saturday, November 19 |
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Antiques, Collectibles,
Baked Goods, Handcrafts §
Including Quilt Bears
And Stockings, 1
Vine Wreaths, Baskets,
Hand-Painted Santas And
Bears And Other
Country Collectibles
UNIQUE TREASURES
W. Warren St. - Shelby
three brothers, Harley Hyde of
Shelby, Homer Hyde of Lat-
timore and Sherman Hyde of
Charlotte; three sisters, Mrs.
Louise Stallings of Monroe, Mrs.
Ada Moore of Charlotte and
Mrs. Izola Faulkenberry of
Gastonia; and eight grand-
children.
Services will be conducted
Thursday at 2 p.m. at Masters
Funeral Home Chapel by the
Rev. Dale Matheson. Burial will
be in Gaston Memorial Park.
WHITEY BOWEN
Charles Ervin “Whitey”
Bowen, 60, of West Gold Street,
Kings Mountain, died Thursday
at Kings Mountain Hospital.
He was the son of the late
William and Ollie Curtis Bowen
and was formerly employed by
Dixon Chevrolet and Carter
Chevrolet. He was a veteran of
World War II and a member of
the ' American Legion and VFW.
He is survived by three sons,
Michael Bowen, Johnny Bowen
and Donnie Bowen, all of Kings
Mountain; two daughters, Mrs.
Steve Bess and Mrs. Steve Lem-
mons of Kings Mountain; a
brother, Fred Bowen of Kings
Mountain; three sisters, Myrtis
Simpson and Hattie Mae Harris
of Forest City and Evie Harris of
Drexel; and four grandchildren.
Services were conducted
Saturday at 3 p.m. at Masters
Funeral Home by the Rev. Mit-
chell Pruitt and the Rev.
Rudolph Lemmons. Burial was
in Mountain Rest Cemetery.
For every 100 marriages
in North Carolina, there
were 60 divorces in 1980,
compared with 29 divorces
in 1970.
PROPHECY
Don Kistler will teach pro-
phecy in its original language
(Hebrew and Greek) at Hank’s
Steak House Tuesday at 7 p.m.
and every second and fourth
Tuesday of each month
thereafter. There is no charge.
For more information, call
Positive People Worldwide,
739-7986.
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