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THURSDAY. DECEMBER 22, 1983
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KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA
McGill
Sertoma
Winner
John Knox McGill was nam-
ed winner of the Kings Moun-
tain Sertoma Club’s Service to
Mankind Award at the third an-
nual Service to Mankind Awards
Dinner Thursday night at
Hank's Steak House.
Dr. Harris Blair, retired
A.R.P. minister, and Phil
Witherspoon, Sertoma president,
made the presentation. Guest
speaker was Rev. Bill Tyson,
pastor of Boyce Memorial
A.R.P. Church.
McGill was cited for his work
with the Sertoma Club’s Ten
Treasures Attic Sale which rais-
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Photo by Gary Stewart
AWARD WINNER - John McGill, left, accepts the Sertoma
Club’s Service to Mankind Award from club president Phil
Witherspoon at Thursday's third annual awards banquet at
Hank's Steak House.
sued for more than $2.6 million
by John Phillip Harry of Grover,
whose nine-year-old daughter
Kelli was seriously injured when
struck by a car in front of the -
school on December 18, 1980.
Kelli was leaving school for
‘Miss Harry, who was given
CPR and revived by Kings
Mountain Park Ranger John
Cissell, was in a coma for 13
weeks at a Charlotte hospital.
The school board members
mentioned in the suit are June C.
Special Church Services
Scheduled This Weekend
Special Christmas season ser-
vices at the community churches
began over the weekend and will
continue through Christmas Eve
and Christmas Day.
Traditional 11 p.m. Christmas
Eve services are planned at three
local churches.
The 11 p.m. Christmas Eve
candlelight service will be held at
First Presbyterian Church with
special music by the choir under
the direction of Mrs. Darrell
Austin. Chrismon ‘trees decorate
the sanctuary.
“Resurrection Lutheran
Church will hold the 11 p.m.
Robinson Given
40-Year Sentence
A 33-year-old Kings Moun-
tain man charged with killing a
15-year-old youth was given a
40-year prison sentence Friday
after being found guilty in
Cleveland County Superior
Court.
Thomas Edgar Robinson of
Pine Manor Apartments was
charged with the August 16 stab-
bing death of T.C. Bowden II in
the Pine Manor parking lot.
A jury of six men and six
women deliberated for seven
hours before returning the ver-
dict. The jury had returned to
the courtroom late Thursday
afternoon and told Judge Chase
Saunders that the members were
unable to break a deadlock. The
judge then instructed the
members that it was their duty
to consult and reach a
unanimous decision, provided
that no member.surrendered an
honest conviction. The jury
returned an hour later and an-
nounced its guilty verdict.
A notice of appeal was given
by Robinson’ attorney, Jack
White.
Candlelight service with special
music by the choirs under the
direction of Donald Deal and
Mrs. Aubrey Mauney as
organist. Chrismon trees and
poinsettias decorate the sanc-
tuary.
The 11 p.m. Christmas Eve
candlelight service at St. Mat-
thew’s Lutheran Church will
feature a first performance by
the new 10-member Hand Bell
Choir of high school students.
The new choir is directed by
Mrs. Jeff Mauney. The Adult
Choir will also sing special music
under the direction of Mrs. Dick
McGinnis with Mrs. L.E. Hin-
nant at the organ. The Hand Bell
Choir will also present special
music at the 11 a.m. Christmas
Day service. Rev. Harwood T.
Smith, pastor, will lead both ser-
vices of worship. The Chancel of
the church will be decorated on
Christmas Eve with two
Chrismon trees, the ornaments
made by members of the con-
gregation. The Christmas Eve
service will feature congrega-
tional singing and members will
see the lighted trees for the first
“time this Christmas Season.
The Choir and members of
East Side Baptist Church on
York Road will present “The
Christmas Story” in scripture
and song on Christmas Eve
night beginning at 6:45 p.m. The
Choir is under the direction of
Eric Wright and the community
is invited to attend.
A Christmas play, the singing
of carols and the celebration of
Holy Communion will feature
the 10 a.m. worship service on
Christmas Day at Central
United Methodist Church.
Boyce Memorial ARP Church
will hold a Candlelight service
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“The suit asks for $191,977.6
for hospital bills; $200,000 for
future medical and rehabilitation
bills; $750,000 for pain and suf-
fering; $750,000 for serious scar-
ring and disfigurement; and
$750,000 for permanent injuries.
Preparin
For Christmas
Kings Mountain area citizens
were busily preparing for the
Christmas holidays this week.
For most, the holidays will
begin Thursday with textile
firms suspending operations for
two days and up. And most
employees are receiving holidays
with pay while others are receiv-
ing gifts and are also being enter-
tamed at yule parties.
Shortest holidays will be taken
by employees of Parkdale Mills
and Cinderella Knitting Mills.
Parkdale will be closed for two
days, on Saturday and Sunday.
The firm is giving Christmas
bonuses to employees and enter-
tained children of employees at a
Kids Christmas Party Dec. 10th
at Kings Mountain Depot.
ristmas vacation ig
claims she went into another
classroom building and exited
through a side door facing
Carolina Avenue. It says while
crossing the street, she was
struck by a vehicle. The suit says
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SHRINE CLUB INSTALLATION Illustrious Potentate J. Warren
Jeffries, left, installs new officers of the White Plains Shrine
Club. Beside Jeffries. new president Tom Tindall, secretary,
Shriners Raise $12,925
The 72 Shriners in the one-
year-old White Plains = Shrine
Club gave a total of $12,925.00
to the Crippled Children’s
Hospital for Burned Children in
Greenville, S.C. this year.
Retiring President Paul Falls
made the report during the ladies
night holiday banquet Thursday
night of the Shrine Club at the
American Legion Building in
which wives of members were
special guests for a dinner-dance.
Thomas D. Tindall, retired
Kings Mountain insuranceman
and former president of Pied-
mong Shrine Club, was installed
as the new president by IlI-
KM Citizens Generous
Santa Has Many Helpers
Santa Claus will have
numerous helping hands in
Kings Mountain this year to
assure the holidays will be
brighter for the underprivileged.
The Kings Mountain Fire
Department is distributing this
week toys to approximately 500
area children in the area and are
aided by many individuals and
civic clubs. Kings Mountain
Hospital employees trimmed a
tree for the needy, taking names
of underprivileged and purchas-
ing toys for them for firemen to
distribute this week. Kings
Mountain Jaycees donated
funds toward the Toys For Tots
project.
The Helping Hand Fund
Cinderella Knitting Co. will be
closed Friday and Monday and
employees will receive the se-
cond week of vacation pay at the
close of work Thursday.
Cinderella K nit will also close on
Jan. 2 for New Year’s Day holi-
day. The plant party will be held
on Wednesday.
Mauney Hosiery Mills,
Cleveland Hosiery, Can-Do
Mills and Lyntex Mills will close
at the end of the working day
HERALD HOLIDAY
The Kings Mountain Herald
at Canterbury and King Streets
will be closed Thursday and Fri-
day, reopening on Monday mor-
ning at 8:30.
extreme traffic conge
dangerous condition for
children. It says the principal
failed to insure the safety of
children and that the superinten-
dent had failed to remedy the un-
lustrious Potentate J. Warren
Jeffries, Potentate of the Oasis
Temple of Charlotte. Other new
officers are Bobby L.
Tumbleson, vice president; 1.C.
Davis, secretary; Thomas A.
Tate, treasurer; and Tommie G.
Vaden, Desert Dust Recorder.
Members of the Board of Direc-
sponsored by the Kings Moun-
tain Ministerial Association will
provide fuel and staple food
items at Christmas and all year
to area needy. Ministers of the
community will continue ringing
bells in the business district
through Saturday.
The Kings Mountain Lions
Club are distributing fruit
safe conditions.
PHOTO BY LIB STEWART
Thursday and reopen on Jan. 3.
Bonuses will be paid employees
based on length of service.
Sadie Cotton Mills will close
at 6 p.m. Friday and reopen at 6
a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 27th.
Bonuses will be presented to
employees and a plant turkey
dinner will be served on all three
shifts Wednesday.
Kinmont Industries will close
Saturday, Sunday and Monday
for the holidays. Employees and
their wives or husbands were
entertained at a holiday dinner-
dance Saturday night at the Elks
Lodge in Shelby.
Eaton Corporation employees
will take a holiday from Friday
through Tuesday, Tuesday, Jan.
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Memorial Hospi ha Ny
December 18, 1980, Kelli “has
constantly suffered great pain
which has caused her to alter her
lifestyle.”
I.C. Davis, treasurer, Tom Tate, outgoing president Paul Falls,
and recorder Calvin Gaddy. Absent was Bobby Tumbleson,
vice president.
tors are Dwight Chapman,
Floyd O. Caveny, Marvin Bid-
dix, and Carl W. Champion.
The club also crowned the
1984 Shrine Club Queen. She is
Miss Anne Hord, daughter of
Mrs. Eoline K. Hord of Kings
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baskets to the blind this week as
an annual project.
The Kings Mountain Fire
Department will be distributing
fruit baskets to senior citizens at
the Depot Center Wednesday.
Most churches in the area are
giving to underprivileged with
special “poundings” and gifts
this Christmas.
The suit states that since
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