VOL. 98 NUMBER 25
Dr. Joel Jenkins, pastor
of First Baptist Church,
will deliver the bac-
calaureate sermon for 280
graduating seniors Sunday
night at 7 p.m. in John
Gamble Memorial Football
Stadium.
Diplomas will be
presented to the graduates
on Tuesday night at 7 p.m.
in John Gamble Memorial
Football Stadium. :
No tickets will be re-
quired to attend unless it
rains and in case of rain the
programs will be moved in-
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A $13,694,000 city budget for
1985-86 will be proposed by
Mayor John Henry Moss in a
preliminary presentation of
the budget before the city
commissioners Friday at
noon at City Hall.
" The investigation of the ci-
ty cemetery in its seventh
week appeared to be no
closer to completion Tuesday
as members of the committee
met with agents of the State
Bureau of Investigation
behind closed doors at City
Hall.
After the meeting Chair-
THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1985
side B.N.
Auditorium.
Other ministers who will
participate in Sunday’s
baccalaureate service will
be Rev. Harwood T. Smith,
Jr., pastor of St. Matthew’s
Lutheran church who will
give the invocation; Rev.
Lyn Sorrells, pastor of El
Bethel United Methodist
Church who will read the
scriptures; Dr. Eric Faust,
pastor of First
Presbyterian Church who
will introduce the speaker;
and Rev. Nancy Brown,
Barnes
Baccalaureate Sunday, Graduation Tuesday
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pastor of Adams Chapel
AME Zion Church who will
pronounce the benediction.
The congregation will join
-in the singing of “Joyful,
Joyful We Adore Thee.”
Special music will be
presented by the Choral
Union of KMSHS who will
sing ‘For The Beauty of the
Earth’’ and “The Lord
Bless You and Keep You.”
Graduation exercises on
Tuesday will be led by of-
ficers of the Class of 1985.
The invocation will be given
by Stephanie Regina Moss.
Kings Mountain High Class Of 1985
/ The budget is $55,743.00
lower than 1984-85 and will
provide the same 50 cent tax
rate that has applied for 20
years. Mayor Moss said there
will be no increase in taxes.
The Mayor will be presenting
man Irvin M. Allen, Jr., city
commissioner from District
1, issued the following stat-
ment on behalf of the com-
mittee which also includes
Commissioner Corbet
Nicholson from District 3 and
Commissioner Curt Gaffney
from District 5.
“The District Attorney’s
his 21st budget address,
observing at last month’s
meeting his 20th year ‘as
Mayor of Kings Mountain.
Biggest item in capital
outlay in the proposed budget
is a half million dollars for ci-
Office is handling the in-
‘vestigation of complaints of
the Cemetery Department
through the S.B.1. :
“The S.B.I. agents have
been in town conducting the
investigation, and, because of
the large amount of paper
work involved in an in-
The welcome will be given
by Student Participation
Organization President
Richard Sherrill Gold, Jr.
Eric Bradley Jones, presi-
dent of the Class of 1985,
will present the class and
Toni’ Lynn Goforth, class
secretary, will recognize
honor graduates. Principal
Ronnie Wilson will make
remarks congratulating the
graduates and present the
diplomas, assisted by
Schools Supt. Bill Davis.
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ty streets improvements,
which the Mayor sees as the
number one priority for the
new year. He said the budget
will also provide for a new
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Investigation In 7th Week
vestigation of this type, it
becomes very time-
consuming.
“The S.B.I. is -continuing
the investigation, and, when
the investigation is conclud- =
ed, a report will be made to
the District Attorney."
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The Town of Grover will
celebrate its 100th birthday
Sunday.
A community-wide wor-
ship service at First Baptist
Church will mark the
centennial ‘and a catered
barbecue lunch will follow
the 11 a.m. worship.
Les Roark, native of
Grover and former Shelby
mayor who is now an aide
to Attorney General Lacy
Thornburg, will make the
featured address, «ole
The Town of (Grover's
100th birthday was actually
Feb. 13th but the centennial.
celebration committee
decided to postpone the
special activities until sum-
mertime so that more peo-
ple could attend the
celebration.
The events will coincide
ROB BRIDGES
niversary
unday
with the Roark Family
Reunion which will also br-
ing a number of former
residents to Grover for the
centennial events.
Mayor Bill McCarter said
the Town of Grover has
grown from 125 at its
original incorporation in
1885 to 615 residents today
and from an original 305
acres to 585 acres today.
Grover was first called
Whitaker but because there
was a ost office in
0 Tagecomb County with the
same name, residents of
the area decided to name
the town Grover after the
late president Grover
Cleveland.
“We invite everyone in
the area to celebrate our
100 years with us’, said
Mayor McCarter.
Bridges
Promoted
Rob Bridges of Kings
Mountain: has been named
general manager of Jones In-
tercable in Kings Mountain,
Cherryville and Gaston Coun-
ty.
Jones supplies over 400
miles of cable television to
customers in Kings Mountain
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Graduating is a special time for every boy
and girl but for Tom Stringfellow, 20, it
represents 15 years of hard work and over-
coming his handicap of deafness.
The Kings Mountain student was one of 55
very special students who graduated from
high school this year, special because they
overcame their handicap and completed re-
quirements for graduation at North
Carolina School for the Deaf in Morganton.
Str- 5
ingfellow, who
headed for the
beach with his
family this
weekend, is
going back to
school this
Fall at Cen-
tral Piedmont
Community
College in
Charlotte,
where he
plans to pur-
sue a two year
course in = :
either com- OM STRINGFELLOW
puter science «
or photography. And, in preparation for his
college career, Tom was licensed to drive a
car last year and will drive his 1975 blue
Maverick to Charlotte and rent an apart-
ment near the campus.
Tom likes to work with his hands and
keeps his car clean as a pin, washing, wax-
ing and servicing the car himself. He adores
video ; :
games and recently got interested in com-
puters and electronics as a student at the
School for the Deaf where he has lived in the
dormitory, returning home for weekends
with his family in Kings Mountain. His
parents are Sybil and Bobby Stringfellow
and he has two sisters, Lynn (Mrs. Todd)
Johnson, a nurse at Cone Hospital in
Greensboro, and Wendy Stringfellow, a
junior student at UNC in Chapel Hill. His
grandmothers are Mrs. Bonnie Blanton and
Mrs: Mae Stringfellow, both of Kings Moun-
tain.
He also likes to build model cars and
model rockets and swim. He is active ir the
Ministry to Deaf Program at Shelby’s First
Baptist Church. :
One of the proudest moments for his
parents last year was when Tom passed the
state competency tests on the first ‘‘try”. If
a deaf student fails the test his junior year
he is given a second chance his senior year.
Some of the students required an inter-
preter to read the questions but that was the
only extra assistance they received. ‘It was
the same test given all over the state”, said
Tom’s mother. The school makes no excep-
tion for deaf students.
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Graduation Extra Special For Tom Stringfellow
The proudest moment for the whole fami-
ly was on May 24th when Tom marched
down the aisle with his fellow graduates and
received his high school diploma. Rev. Bob
D. Shepherd of Morganton delivered the
baccalaureate sermon at the N.C. School
for the Deaf Chapel and commencement ex-
ercises were held on the school athletic
field.
Mrs. Bonnie Fairchild, past president of
the International Association of Parents of
the Deaf, delivered the address. Mrs. Fair-
child serves on the Board of Directors of the
American Society for Deaf Children and has
been active in conferences and workshops
advocating support for deaf children.
Dr. Rance Henderson, Kings Mountain
native and superintendent of the school,
presented Tom’s diploma to him.
Of the 55 graduates, 23 plan to seek
employment. These students have had
training in auto body work, roofing, health
care, recreation, textiles, furniture, auto
mechanics, data processing, food service,
masonry, and printing. The remaining
seniors plan to attend post-secondary
educational programs for the deaf. Seven
students have passed the very strenuous ex-
amination for Gallaudet College for the
Deaf, the only liberal arts college in the
world exclusively for the deaf. Four seniors
have met the admission requirements for
the National Technical School for the Deaf.
The remaining seniors will enter area coms |
munity colleges, Western Piedmont Com-\
munity College, Central Piedmont Com:
munity College and Guilford Technic)
Community College. Zl
Thomas William Stringfellow was hor
deaf and entered the N.C. School for/th
Deal at age five. His mother had german
measles when she was eight months preg-\
nant with Tom and Sybil Stringfellow said
her doctors told her that the baby could
have suffered a more severe handicap than
deafness.
The Stringfellows reside on Moss Lake.
Tom Stringfellow is excited to be home for
the summer to enjoy the lake setting, where
he brings his Sunday S¢hool class for
regular outings.
‘Because CPCC has an excellent program
for hearing impairet, Tom is excited about
returning to school in September. Special
interpreters apd note takers in the
classroom. are, 4 must for non-speaking
students. like fom Who depend on sign
language for communication. J
’ dicap hasn’t kept him from
a interests and his skills. He
and his frends attend concerts and he
drives to Charlotte and Greensboro fre-
quently 0 Visit new friends while taking an
active role/in church and Sunday School.
cpye Sky's The Limit” is Tom’s motto.
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