Page 2A-KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD-Thursday, March 29, 1984
Lib
Stewart
For My Money, Spring
Is Nature’s Nicest Smile
When Spring arrived last week, the weather cooperated beautifully.
There’s nothing more pleasant than to contemplate the shedding of
coats, the surcease from fuel bills and the decline of the power bill.
Undoubtedly, there will be cold weather yet, but, with Spring of-
ficially arrived, balmy temperatures on a regular basis can’t be far
away.
Some of our neighbors have already started breaking ground for
gardens and a couple of them planted potatoes during the recent
weekend. That’s a sure sign of spring!
All of us at our house have already had spring fever for a couple
weeks now and have been taking much-needed walks (for exercise) to
the creek and back, about a half mile distance from our farm in the
Dixon Community. On Saturday, our entire Dixon Presbyterian con-
gregation plans to walk the five miles from the church to the Kings
Mountain Battleground. We probably won’t walk back (I hope). The
young people in the church are busy this week signing up sponsors for
the hike, as all proceeds go to missions.
After we walk the five miles, a picnic supper of hotdogs is promised.
What this country needs is more family and church/fommunity pic-
nics. :
Senate investigating committees and criminologists worry about the
extent of crime, violence and juvenile delinquency in America.
Sociologists worry about the break up of family as an institution and
the lessening influence of the home in American life. Even parents
sometimes worry about what their children may be doing.
It may be that one of the solutions to all these worries is the old-
fashioned family or community picnic. Have you tried one this spring?
When the sun is shining bright, as it has been recently, and the leaves
are breaking out on all the trees, take plenty of sandwiches and fruit
and cold drinks along and head for a country road, a hilltop or a
stream. Or, take the kids fishing. Or, walk to the creek and back a cou-
ple times. It’s ideal for shoothing the over-stimulated modern nerves
too accustomed to television and radio and noise.
At the moment, Kings Mountain and the Piedmont section is
witnessing the smile of Spring. The leaves open up, the birds chirp and
most people exhibit an extra portion of gaiety. For my money, Spring
is nature’s nicest smile!
EDITORIAL
OPINION
We're Proud Of Band
Kings Mountain for many years has had a good name for the quali-
ty of musicians it produced.
New laurels have been added this week by the Kings Mountain
Senior High School Blazer Band who have received the highest ratings
attainable in District contests—and for the eighth straight year.
Congratulations are in order to all members of the KMSHS Blazer.
Band, 100 members strong - and to their hard-working and dedicated
band leader, Donald Deal.
By attaining a unanimous superior rating in the difficult grade six at
the district competition in Charlotte, the local musicians brought
honor to themselves and to the community and school they
represented.
Our hats are off to them!
{(comMmuNITY
CALENDAR
THURSDAY:
12:00 - Kings Mountain Rotary Club at Holiday Inn. 6:45 p.m.
-Kings Mountain Kiwanis Club at Holiday Inn.
SATURDAY:
5:30-8:30 - Grace United Methodist Church is sponsoring old
fashioned steak dinner and bake sale in the church fellowship
building. :
7:30 p.m. - Creative Drama Class and Drama Club of KMSHS
is presenting a Dessert Theatre, “Miracle Worker”, in the
KMSHS Cafeteria.
SUNDAY:
3 p.m. - Matinee performance of Dessert Theatre, “Miracle
Worker”, in KMSHS Cafeteria.
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OBITURRIES
WALLACE CAPPS
Funeral services for Wallace
Eugene Capps, 79, of Route 1,
Bessemer City, who died Tues-
day in Gaston Memorial
Hospital, will be conducted
Thursday afternoon at 3 p.m.
from Holland Memorial Baptist
Church in Bessemer City.
Rev. Kenneth Anthony, Rev.
Robert Bodenhammer and Rev.
Lyle Giest will officiate at the
rites, and interment will be in
Mountain Rest Cemetery.
Mr. Capps was a retired
farmer, son of the late Meek
William and Annie Janette Cop-
per Capps. He was married to
the late Callie Mae Bells Capps.
Surviving are four sons, Gene
Capps of Lowell, William Capps
of Mount Holly, George Capps
of Columbia, S.C. and Harry Lee
Capps of Rock Hill, S.C. five
daughters, Mrs. Ruth Burton of
Kings Mountain, Mrs. Marjorie
Horne of Roanoke Rapids, N.C.,
Mrs. Peggy Allen of Gastonia,
Mrs. Dorothy Cook of Bessemer
City and Mrs. Joyce Gsellman of
Kings Mountain; 25 grand-
children and 27 great-
grandchildren.
The family was to receive
friends Wednesday night from 7
to 9 p.m. at Harris Funeral
Home.
Harris Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
BENJAMIN F. GOFORTH
Gastonia - Benjamin Franklin
Goforth, 64, 601 S. Dalton St.,
died Monday in Gaston
Memorial Hospital.
A son of the late Franlin
Lafayette and Louvenia Turner
Goforth, he was employed by
Foote Mineral Corporation;
Kings Mountain, was a World
War 11 veteran, and member of
Linwood Church of God.
Survivors include his wife,
Mary Pryor Goforth; two
daughters, Frances Hambright
and Peggy Ann Goforth, both of
Gastonia; son, Richard Wayne
Goforth of Gastonia; two sisters,
Vera Ledford of Shelby and
Lucy Mode of High Shoals;
three brothers, Bevard Goforth
of Ridgecrest, Calif.,, Dennis
Goforth of Shelby and Gene
Goforth of Kings Mountain; and
five grandchildren.
Funeral services were con-
ducted by the Rev. Walter
Mauldin at 2 p.m. Wednesday at
Linwood Church of God. Burial
was at Gaston Memorial Park.
THELMA SUMMITT
Funeral services for Thelma
Mae Summitt, 67, of 109 S. Wat-
terson St., who died Friday in
Kings Mountain Hospital, were
conducted Sunday afternoon at
3 p.m. from First Church of the
Nazarene of which she was a
member.
Rev. L.K. Fannin and Rev.
C.A. Bost officiated at the rites,
and interment was in Mountain
Rest Cemetery.
Miss Summitt was daughter of
the late Andrell and Laura Mae
Summitt.
Surviving are two brothers,
J.D. Summitt of Kings Moun-
tain and A.B. Summitt, Jr. of
Bowie, Md. and two sisters,
Sarah Parker and Pauline Terris
of Kings Mountain.
BUD LEGAN
Funeral services for Matron
Odell (Bud) Legan, 51, of 3100
Midpines, who died Sunday in
Kings Mountain Hospital after
several month’s illness, were con-
ducted Tuesday afternoon at 4
p.m. from the Chapel of Harris
Funeral Home by Rev. Bob
Hope, interment following in
Mountain Rest Cemetery.
Mr. Legan was a native of
Cleveland Coundy and had
retired with the U.S. Navy. He
was son of the late Gurney Wat-
son and Mary Clack Legan.
‘Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Joan Ryan Legan of New York
City; one daughter, Jean Marie
Legan of Guam; two sisters, mrs.
Beulah Anderson of Kings
Mountain and Mrs. Betty Welch
of Newton; and four grand-
children.
DAISY BEAM
Funeral services for Daisy
Mae Beam, 35, of 410 Judy
Street, Shelby, sister of Charles
Banks of Kings Mountain, were
conducted Tuesday afternoon
from Brooks Chapel by Rev.
Ralph Brooks, interment follow-
ing in Brooks Chapel Church
Cemetery.
Mrs. Beam, wife of Johnny
Ambrose Beam, died Friday.
Surviving, in addition to her
husband and her brother, are
two sons, Anthony and William
. Anthony Beam of Shelby;
brothers, Eugene Banks, Bobby
Banks, Jimmy Banks, Roger
Banks, Leroy Banks, and James
Wilson, all of Shelby, James
Ramseur, Jr. of Hickory; four
sisters, Lucille Brooks and Alline
Williams of Shelby, Alberta
Glenns of High Shoals and Hat-
tie Thurman of Lattimore.
CLARENCE BURRIS
Clarence Burris, 89, of 420
Wilson Street, died Saturday at
Kings Mountain Hospital.
. He was a native of York
County, S.C., son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Burris. He was a
member of Mount Olive Baptist
Church where he served as a
deacon and also a member of the
Friendly Aid Society and Burial
Team Society.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Lucy Robinson Burris; a step-
son, Forest Jackson of Kings
Mountain; four stepdaughters,
Lula Burris and Hazel Ellison,
both of Gastonia, Lucille Dye of
High Point and Minnie Austin
of Baltimore, Md.
JW. Gill and Sons Funeral
Home was in charge of ar-
rangements.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday at 3 p.m. from
Mount Olive Baptist Church by
Rev. W.A. Maddox. Interment
was in Mount Olive Memorial
Park.
MRS. QUINN WELLS
Funeral services for Mrs.
Vienna Cooper Wells, 83, of
Greenville, S.C., formerly of the
Dixon Community, were held
Sunday afternoon at 4:30 p.m.
from McAbee Funeral Home
Chapel in Greenville, S.C., inter-
ment following in Greenville
cemetery.
Mrs. Wells died Friday at her
home in Greenville after declin-
ing health. She was a member of
Dixon Presbyterian Church. She
was widow of Quinn Wells of
the Dixon Community. She was
born July 4, 1901. Before mov-
ing to Greenville a year ago, she
resided in Gastonia.
Surviving are her daughter,
Mrs. Floyd (Frances) Carver of
Greenville; her son-in-law; two
grandsons, Richard and Ronnie
Carver, both of Greenville, S.C.,
five great-grandchildren, all of
Greenville, her sister, Mrs. Billie
Scism of Georgia and two step-
sons, Harold Wells of Kings
Mountain and Lee Wells of
California.
Local people going to Green-
ville to be with the family were
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Wells; Mrs.
George Stewart, and Mr. and
Mrs. Gary Stewart and children,
Leigh Anne and Dee, all of the
Dixon Community.
DAISY HUNT
Funeral services for Mrs.
Dairy Harrison Hunt, 94, of
Forest City, mother of Mrs. Ora
Murray of Kings Mountain,
were conducted Sunday at 2:30
p.m. from Missionary Methodist
Church in Forest City by Rev.
Kenneth Howell, Rev. Graham
Brooks and Rev. Richard Plyler,
interment following in First
Broad Baptist Church Cemetery.
Mrs. Hunt died Friday in the
Rutherford Hospital.
A Rutherford County native,
she was the daughter of the late
Samuel and Billie Harrison and
was married to the late Edley
Hunt. She was a member of First
Broad Baptist Church in Golden
Valley. 7
She is also survived by two
daughters, Lois Hardin and Myr-
‘tle Freeman, both of Forest Ci-
ty, one brother, John Harrison
of Sunshine; five grandchildren;
nine great-grandchildren and
two great-great-grandchildren.
Padgett and King Funeral
Home was in charge of ar-
rangements. -
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From the March 27, 1983 edition of The Kings Mountain Herald
Kings Mountain Hospital will observe its first anniversary next
- Tuesday. Through Wednesday noon it had admitted 941 patients and
had discharged 1,177, indicating that more than 236 children had first
seen the light of day at Kings Mountain Hospital.
Cornelia Ware, Ann McKelvie, Joyce Biser, Delores Davidson and
Gilbert McKelvie were inducted into the Kings Mountain Chapter of
the National Honor Society Wednesday night in the induction pro-
gram held in the high school auditorium.
Mrs. Louise Hughes Martin will be installed as Worthy Matron and
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ii Peeps Into The Past
J.C. Bridges will be installed as Worthy Patron of Kings Mountain
Chapter 123, Order of the Eastern Star, Friday night in ceremonies at
Masonic Hall.
Members of the La Fete Rook Club met Thursday night at the.
home of Mrs. Bun Goforth.
Mrs. Clyde Kerns entertained members of the Entre Nouse Bridge
Club at her home Tuesday night. Mrs. Wilson Crawford was a guest.
Mr. and Mrs. F.O. Morris announce the birth of their daughter,
Sylvia, Saturday, March 22, Kings Mountain Hospital.
TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE
Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. St. Matthew 13:9
, Letters To The Editor
Thanks To Those Who Cared
To the Editor:
The Kings Mountain Physical Fitness Program at the
Neighborhood Facility Center has been named the most ‘successful
Shape-Up Exercise-A-Thon for cystic fibrosis in the state of North
Carolina. This is the second year that this group has earned this
distinction. During the past two years the ladies have earned over
$8,000 for the cystic fibrosis association.
I would like to thank all of the participants and their sponsors for
their support. Without them, the fund-raising event held annually at
Cleveland Mall in Shelby would not have been so successful.
The Exercise-A-Thon of 1983 was dedicated to the memory of
Jeremy Wray Brown of Kings Mountain. Miss Angela Wright, a vic-
tim of this disease, was the one to whom this event was dedicated this
year. Miss Wright was able to take part in the event with the Kings
Mountain ladies.
We all hope that the people of Cleveland County know that this is
our way of showing that we care.
Mrs. Patsy Parker,
Instructor
Thank You, Firemen
Dear Editor:
This letter is written to publicly thank members of the Kings Moun-
tain Fire Department who came out Canterbury Road Friday and ex-
tinguished a brush fire which could easily have destroyed a shop and
barn and spread to a nearby mobile home.
Local firemen, in addition to Bessemer City Fire Department, and
representatives of the N.C. Forestry Department, stood by for some
time Friday afternoon after the brush fire ignited about 3:30 p.m. and
was extinguished.
We do appreciate the efforts of local and area firemen.
MR. AND MRS. WAYNE THOMAS
MR. AND MRS. RUFUS THOMAS
Canterbury Road
Kings Mountain
My Thanks
To all who helped make my project the publishing of my book,
“Treasured Pound Cake Recipes” a complete success, I am indeed
grateful.
Here’s hoping you will enjoy it for a long time.
Many thanks to Herald Publishing House for their support and the
beautiful job they did.
RUEY THRONEBURG
Kings Mountain