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GRADY HOWARD DAY—Members of Grady Howard’s family, above, shared Grady
Howard Day planned by trustees of Kings Mountain Hospital at Kings Mountain Country
Club reception Friday night. From left, Mrs. Grady Howard, Mr. Howard, retiring ad-
ministrator of KM Hospital, their daughter, Pattie Graves, their daughter, Joan Mur-
phy and their son, Dr. Grady Howard, Jr.
Grady Howard Day Held
Friday At KM Hospital
Friday was Grady
Howard’s last day of work
after 32 years at the Kings
Mountain Hospital but it was
a second ‘‘Grady Howard
Day” for him as members of
the Hospital Board of
Trustees surprised him with
a Hawaiian vacation for
himself and his wife.
Several hundred hospital
employees honored him at an
all-day retirement party
Wednesday and another 100
friends turned out for a
reception Friday evening at
Kings Mountain Country
Club.
Mr. Howard received a
gold Longines wrist watch
from the Board of Trustees,
appropriately engraved with
May 1, 1953 to June 30, 1985; a
handsome walnut desk from
department heads; a leather
desk chair from the hospital
medical staff; a brass desk
lamp from the business office
employees at the hospital;
and as a surprise gift the en-
tire staff and Board of
Trustees presented the
veteran administrator with
‘‘his and her” Hawaiian
shirts with airline tickets for
Suzie and Grady Howard
tucked inside the shirt
pockets.
An oil portrait of Mr.
Howard, the hospital’s first
administrator, was hung at
the facility on West King
Street.
Marilyn Neisler was chair-
man of the retirement party
committee which also includ-
ed Eoline Hord, Margaret
Meeks and Dr. Jeff Mauney.
Foam green cloths and
Astamarius lilies decorated
the refreshment tables in
both the hospital lobby on
Wednesday and in the Coun-
try Club ballroom Friday
night. Magnolia blossoms,
glads and summer flowers
decorated the foyer and
reception area of the
clubhouse. Foam green
cloths overlaid the two punch
tables. Colorful rainbow col-
ored balloons with Howard’s
picture imprinted on them
created a festive celebration
Wednesday, July 3, 1985-KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD-Page 3A
Save Life This Summer
By Donating Blood To RC
During July, the American
Red Cross reminds you that
_ there’s an easy way to save a
life this summer — by
donating blood. When you
think of Red Cross in the sum-
mer, you usually think of the
many water safety programs
it offers. After all, people are
involved with swimming and
boating, and water safety tips
do save lives.
But there’s a way you can
be a lifesaver on land this Ju-
ly, and that’s by taking the
time to donate blood.
At this time of year, many
businesses operate with
reduced staffs or close for
summer vacations. And most
people are busy with outdoor
leisure activities. So, spon-
soring groups traditionally
schedule fewer bloodmobile
visits in July and many peo-
ple may forget to donate.
That causes the community
blood supply to drop.
Yet, it’s important to
remember that hospitalized
Clemente
Is Coming
Here Friday
Robert Clemente Jr., son of
the former Pittsburgh Pirate
Hall of Famer who was killed
in a plane crash several
years ago, will attend the
District Babe Ruth Prep
Tournament Friday at Lan-
caster Field in Kings Moun-
tain.
Clemente, a player in the
South Atlantic League, will
meet with Babe Ruth players
between the 6 and 8 p.m.
games and will also chat with
fans attending the event.
Tournament action is
scheduled to begin at 6 p.m.
with Mount Holly-East Lin-
coln facing Belmont. Kings
Mountain will battle Gastonia
in the 8 p.m. contest.
The winner here advances
to the State Tournament at
North Wilkesboro.
atients in our area need
lood year-round to help
restore their health. More
than 1,000 individual dona-
tions are needed daily to
meet the needs of patients in
101 hospitals in our 56-county
Blood Services Carolinas
Region.
To make sure the blood
needs of hospitalized patients
are met this time of year, the
Cleveland County Chapter of
American Red Cross en-
courages all eligible persons
to become July Lifesavers by
donating blood this month.
“The month of July, like
the winter holiday season, is
a critical period when blood
donors are especially needed
to fill the void resulting from
vacation activities,”’ said
Johanna Gillespie, a
representative of the
Cleveland County Red Cross
Chapter. ‘We want everyone
to be aware of this special
need, and to encourage all
donors — and those who have
never donated — to make this
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month.” »
To be eligible to donate,
you must be at least 17 years
old and have not reached
your 71st birthday. You must
weigh at least 100 pounds,
and be in average good
health. Certain medical con-
ditions will be evaluated by
the charge nurse at the blood
collection site. It is safe for
people to give blood every
eight weeks.
You can become a July
Lifesaver by donating a pint
of blood at these community
visits: Friday, July 12, from
3:30-9:00 at the Cleveland
Mall or Thursday, July 18
from 12:30-6:00 at Central
United Methodist Church,
Shelby.
“It’s easy to be a July
Lifesaver for hospital pa-
tients,”” Mrs. Gillespie said.
“It only takes about an hour
of your time at a blood collec-
tion site. It’s a special way to
show you care about your
community.”
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side the hospital and were
also used at the entrance to
the clubhouse.
Sharing the occasion with
Suzie and Grady Howard
were their two daughters,
Pattie Graves and Joan Mur-
phy, and Dr. Grady Howard,
Jr. and their families.
BALLOONS CELEBRATE RETIREMENT DAY—Grady
Howard, retiring after 32 years as Administrator of Kings
Mountain Hospital, is shown with several of the hospital
employees among several hundred who attended a Grady
Howard Day celebration Wednesday at the hospital.
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