Page 2A-KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD-Thursday, March 22, 1984
PHOTO BY LIB STEWART
THAT'S INCREDIBLE—Susan Maxson, French teacher at
Kings Mountain Junior High, demonstrates a hair-raising trick
for Bob Brown, left, and students at KMJH who attended a
Science Fair last week.
Lib
Stewart
Bob Brown’s Hair
Gadget Is Incredible
Bob Brown’s electric hair gadget was demonstrated in Hollywood
~ on “That’s Incredible” and last week Kings Mountain Junior High
“students saw some of the Asheville author of: science books for
children do some of the same thrilling exhibitions at the annual
Science Fair.
Mr. Brown delighted the Junior High students with science tricks,
many of them he said they could copy in their own homes. He let me
hold a pound of uranium in my hand but I didn’t volunteer for the hair
raising trick.
Brown explained that a certain texture of hair is required before it
will actually stand up and French teacher Susan Maxson made the
perfect model.
Brown, who is a syndicated columnist and author of science books
for children, said he got lost four times in the big Hollywood studio
when he took his hair-raising Electric Hair trick to perform on “That’s
Incredible.” Brown said he found himself in Katherine Crosby’s dress-
ing room but unfortunately the star was away at the time. “Finally”,
he said, “someone found him and took him to the right place.”
Brown used numerous students to help him with the varied
demonstrations. The hair raising trick was climax of his popular show.
More About Ruey’s Pound Cakes
Ruey (Mrs. Y.F.) Thorneburg’s penchant for pound cakes got her
some free advertising in the April issue of “Guide Posts”.
The article reported that “Ruey had been baking pound cakes and
collecting recipes for them all her life and last year this lively widow
got the bright idea of doing something special with her specialties and
published a book. “Treasured Pound Recipes”, 147 of them and 17
frostings. And at $4.95 Ruey’s books is selling like pound cakes...”
com MUNITY
CALENDAR
THURSDAY:
12:00 - Kings Mountain Rotary Club at the Holiday Inn.
6:45 p.m. - Kings Mountain Kiwanis Club at the Holiday Inn.
7:00-9 p.m. - Macedonia Baptist Church Planning meeting for Vaca-
tion Bible School in the various Department sof the Church.
MONDAY:
7:30 - City Board of Commissioners at City Hall Council Chambers.
7:45 - Regular meeting of Kings Mountain Woman’s Club at the
Woman’s Club, East Mountain Street.
TUESDAY:
8 a.m. - Kings Mountain Cemetery Committee at Mayor’s Office in
City Hall.
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-OBITURRIES
JAMES C. BLACK
Funeral services for James C.
Black, of Wingate, son of Mrs.
Annie Perry Black of Kings
Mountain, were conducted
Saturday afternoon from
Wingate Baptist Church, inter-
ment following in Pleasant
Plains Baptist Church Cemetery
in Mecklenburg County.
Mr. Black died suddenly of a
heart attack last Wednesday
afternoon. He was also son of
the late Carl Black and a native
of Wingate.
Dr. Roy Ford, Jr., pastor of
Wingate Baptist Church which
Black joined as a child, read the
opening scripture and led in
rayer. Assisting in the service
were the pastor of his Seventh
Day Advent Church in
Charlotte, several lay people of
the church and Dr. Joel Jenkins,
pastor of First Baptist Church of
Kings Mountain.
Mr. Black is survived, in addi-
tion to his mother, by one son,
Jimmy Black of Charleston,
S.C., two sisters, Mrs. Broadus
(Ellen) Elam of Kings Mountain
and Mrs. David Merritt (Annie
March) of Birmingham, Ala. and
two brothers, Jerry Black of
Charleston, S.C. and Lane Black
of Wing-te.
STACY HUFFSTICKLER
Funeral services for Stacy
- Reed Huffstickler, 87, of 1613
Shelby Road, who died Thurs-
day afternoon in the Veterans
Administration Hospital at Col-
umbia, S.C., were conducted
Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m.
from the Chapel of Harris
Funeral Home. .
Rev. Winfred Bagwell of-
ficiated at the rites and inter-
ment was in Mountain Rest
Cemetery.
Mr. Huffstickler was a native
of Cleveland County, son of the
late Mr. and Mrs. A.J. Huff-
stickler. He was a retired textile
employee and a veteran of
World War I service.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Bryte Bridges Huffstickler; one
son, Billy Huffstickler of
Bessemer City; brother, Bill Huf-
fstickler of Wilmington; two
sisters, Mrs. Thelma Voelkel of
Danville, Ind., and Mrs. Ray
Cline of Kings Mountain; and
six grandchildren.
IE BORD
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Funeral ‘setvices for Baril nt
Andrell Borders, 75, of
Blacksburg Road, Grover, were
conducted Tuesday afternoon at
4 p.m. from the Chapel of Harris
Funeral Home by Rev. R.N.
Lemmons and Rev. Russell
Fitts, interment following in Cl-
ingham Memorial Park in
Blacksburg, S.C.
Mr. Borders died Sunday mor-
ning in Cleveland Memorial
Hospital after several year’s il-
Iness.
He was a native of Cleveland
County, son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Charles J. Borders and a
retired security guard. He was a
member of Bethlehem Baptist
Church.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Dorcas Proctor Borders; three
sons, J.B. (Jack) Borders of
Blacksburg, S.C., and Charles
and Jerry Borders, both of
Grover; four daughters, Mrs.
Betty Jo McBee of Blacksburg,
S.C., Mrs. Joel (Doris) Whisnant
of Kings Mountain, and Mrs.
Nevils (Sue) Hames and Mrs.
Jerry (Mary) Morgan, both of
Grover; six sisters, Mrs. Lamar
Davis of Earl, Mrs. Clarence
Nolan, Mrs. Grady Poston, Mrs.
Tilden Queen, all of Shelby, Mrs.
Gordon McSwain of Prince
George, Va., and Mrs. Frank
Carver of Kannapolis. Also sur-
viving are 19 grandchildren and
19 great-grandchildren.
CLARENCE C. OLLIS
Funeral services for Clarence
C. Ollis, 72, of 614 Landing
Street, who died Wednesday
morning in Gaston Memorial
Hospital, were conducted Satur-
day afternoon at 2 p.m. from
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in
Frank, N.C., interment follow-
ing in the church cemetery. Rev.
Harry Lee Turbyfill, Rev. Ken-
neth Lance and Rev. Gene Land
officiated at the rites.
Mr. Ollis was a native of
Avery County, son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Ollis. He was
a retired sergeant in the U.S. Ar-
my.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Hazel Buchanan Ollis; one son,
Walter C. Ollis of Kings Moun-
tain; one daughter, Mrs. Wanda
Reese of Big Spring, Texas; his
brother, Howard Ollis of
Newland; and six grandchildren.
THOMAS WHITE
Funeral services for Thomas
White, 85, of Route 1, who died
Thursday afternoon in Kings
Mountain Hospital, were con-
ducted Monday afternoon at 3
p.m. from Shady Grove Baptist
Church: of which he was a
member.
Rev. Eddie Ponder officiated
at the rites and interment was in
the church cemetery.
Mr. White was a native of
York County, S.C., son of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Will White
and a member of the Friendly
Aid Society.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Nellie (Sweet) McCluney
White; three sons, Haskell White
and Willie White, both of Kings
Mountain, and W.L. White of
Bessemer City; three daughters,
the Rev. Ethel Boyd and Lizzie
Montgomery of Philadelphia,
Pa., and Leola Farris of
Gastonia; one sister, Mary
Greggy of Hickory Grove, S.C.
13 grandchildren and six great-
grandchildren.
JW. Gill and Sons Funeral
a
rangements.
JONATHAN HOPE
Graveside services for
Jonathan Matthew Hope, infant
son of George Reid and Debora
Hoyle Hope, were conducted
Monday afternoon at 4 p.m.
from Goode Grove Baptist
Church Cemetery by Rev.
Lawrence Toney.
The child died Saturday at
Crawley Memorial Hospital in
Boiling Springs.
In addition to his parents, he is
survived by his grandparents,
Julius and Patsy Hoyle of Boil-
ing Springs and A.V. and Sarah
Lowrance of Kings Mountain;
his greatgrandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Hoyle of Fallston and
Mrs. Kate Holland of Boiling
Springs; - two half brothers,
Thaniel Reid Hope of Kings
Mountain and Charlie Heiman
Hope of Boiling Springs; and a
half sister, Peggy Annette Hope
of Kings Mountain.
CDITORIAL OPINION
Injury Fatal To Lowery;
Rites Held Wednesday
Funeral services for William
Hill Lowery, 69, of El Bethel
Road, were conducted Wednes-
day morning at 11 o’clock from
Bethlehem Baptist Church of
which he was a member.
Rev. Russell Fitts officiated at
the rites and interment was in
the church cemetery.
Mr. Lowery died Monday in
. Mission Memorial Hospital at
Asheville of injuries sustained in
a fall from a scaffold Saturday in
Edneyville, where he was help-
ing construct a house. A native
of Cleveland County, he was a
retired construction worker and
a veteran of World War II ser-
vives. He was a former trustee of
Kings Mountain Hospital.
Also surviving are his wife,
Mrs. Nell R. Lowery of the
home; one son, Seerley Lowery
of Kings Mountain; two
daughters, Mrs. Richard (Susan)
White and Mrs. Danny (Hilda)
Kiser of Kings Mountain; two
brothers, Wells Lowery and
Mike Lowery, both of Shelby;
one sister, Miss Fannie Mae
Lowery of Grover; three grand-
children, John Lowery, Olivia
Lowery and Russell Kiser, all of
Kings Mountain.
The family has designated
memorials to Kings Mountain
Hospital, West King Street,
Kings Mountain, N.C. 28086.
Harris Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
KMHS
Corner
‘BY RAINEY HAIGLER
vice. He was son of the late
Clara Frances Lowery of Kings
Mountain and Thomas Hill
Lowery of Grover, who sur-
Students Help Save
Statue Of Liberty
Kings Mountain Senior High School was honored Tuesday to have
Governor Jim Hunt with us. Governor Hunt helped us to celebrate
America Day. An outstanding program of music was performed by the
chorus and band for the Governor and student body. In preparation -
for the Governor's visit, lockers were decorated and an essay contest
held. An added feature was voter registration of any student who will
be 18 years old by November 6th, 1984. :
There is a nation-wide request for help in doing some extensive
repair on the Statue of Liberty in New York. The students in their
homerooms held a fund raising contest and raised $519. Nice going
students!
Congratulations are in order to the chorus as they received a
superior rating at a r i i a RT
. Mar ale ; ning i
band will travel to Charlotte for a big contest Friday. We have high.
hopes of equaling the superior rating received by the chorus. 2
Mrs. Marquirette Johnson, student adviser at Kings Mountain -
Senior High School for many years has retired. D.B. Blalock will
assume her duties for the remainder of the year.
FTA Teacher-of-the-Month is Mrs. Peggy Baird, home economics
teacher. Congratulations to Mrs. Baird for this honor by the students.
[OOKING BRCK
From the Thursday, March 20, 1952 edition of The Kings
Mountain Herald :
Construction on installation of an industrial-type wire fence at City
Stadium is expected to begin March 31, city officials have been
notified.
Ben Ballard was elected president of the Junior Chamber of Com-
merce at the regular semi-monthly meeting of the organization held at
Masonic dining hall Tuesday night.
The Kings Mountain Little Theatre, Inc. will present a new
historical drama commemorating “The Battle of Kings Mountain” this
summer.
The Double Deck Bridge club met Thursday with Mrs. W.M.
Morehead as hostess at her home.
TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE
And the chief priest and all the council sought for witness against
Jesus to put Him to death; and found none. St. Mark 14:55
Yearning To Be Free
On the Statue of Liberty on Bedloe’s Island in the harbor of New
York City are inscribed the words of Emma Lazarus’ poem, “Give me
your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to be free..”
These words are brought to mind after attending the impressive
patriotic “Celebrate America Day” held by Kings Mountain High
students Tuesday and learning that students raised over $500 to help
repair the monument.
These words are also brought to mind after hearing the beautiful
winning essays of students who gave their reasons for being proud to
be an American. One of the most poignant was that of a young man
who was not born in this country. America and Kings Mountain open-
ed their doors to his family.
People yearning to be free are coming to a land of freedom and this
does not happen in many lands. We do not read or hear about people
fleeing into Cuba or Russia. We do not hear of them fleeing into other
countries in South America, Asia, Africa or over which dictators
preside.
The contrast is not lost upon other people and should not be lost
with Americans.
As long as Americans hold aloft that torch of freedom we do not
have to fear.
“What America Means To Nirandone Ouaneondone, a KMHS stu-
dent, follows:
“America” that’s what peoples around the world are talking about. I
remember, when my friends and I talked about America. How big,
how modern, how beautiful it is. From that day, I said to myself, “I am
going to America one of these days.”
“On December, 1980, I left my homeland. I was on the way to
U.S.A. to start-a new life, hoping for the best. And all the best is here;
the houses, the traffic, the parks, the public, but the best of all is the
schools. They are very big, modern, and give the best education.
“I remember when the first time, I walked into the school. I felt that
the students were very friendly, the teachers were very nice and
helpful, and always were there when help was needed, the school
system is very good.
“I want to learn, and study more from this school and from the
peoples around me. This means a lot to me.
“I remember too the day, I walked into the church. People were
very nice to me. Some people came by and shook hands with me, and
asked how am I doing. They told me to come back to their church,
next week. Later I want to a picnic with a church group at a big park.
We cooked, ate, and played. Everyone had a good time, especially me,
because I like picnics. All the things that they do are very nice and fun.
They do things together like brothers, and sisters. I hope to spend more
time in and outside the church with them.
“I want to thank you all the friendly people, fellow students, and the
Government of the United States of America for helping me through.
Y ou have made me feel welcome and important. You have given me a
chance to live - and to live in freedom.”