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VOL. 98 NUMBER 41
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1985
KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA
An investigation into the
drowning death last Wednes-
day evening of a Shelby
woman in Moss Lake is conti-
nuing.
Meanwhile, an autopsy has
determined that Pauline
Smith Decker, 47, died from
drowning when she drove her
car off the Moss Lake public
boat landing and it landed 30
feet from the shore and sank
in about 15 feet of water last
Wednesday night at 6:45 p.m.
Cleveland County Coroner
FAIN HAMBRIGHT
The Kings Mountain Indoor
Pool Foundation has ‘an-
nounced that fund raising ef-
forts for a community indoor
Summing pool have now
eclipsed 50,000.00 mark.
Fund raising efforts have
been underway for the pro-
posed complex since April 1.
The final phase of the cam-
Ralph Mitchem said he ex-
pects to receive within two
weeks a toxicology report
which will show if the woman
had any drugs or alcohol in
her system at the time of her
death.
Kings Mountain Police
Chief J.D. Barrett said a
thorough examination of
Mrs. Decker’s car, which was
recovered from the lake last
Wednesday, showed that the
brakes were in working con-
dition. No notes or medica-
tion of any kind were found in
the car.
Mitchem has said he would
not make a determination on
the circumstances surroun-
ding Mrs. Decker’s death un-
til the investigation is com-
pleted.
According to witnesses,
Mrs. Decker’s car crashed
through a thick wooden guar-
drail to the right of the public
boat ramp, landed on the
water about 30 feet or more
from the shore, floated
momentarily and then sank
in about 15 feet of water. Sgt.
Danny Gordon of the
Cleveland County Sheriff’s
Department and Terry and
Sandy Stefanick, of Moss
Lake, witnessed the incident.
Gordon, who was riding
through the parking lot at the
boat landing when the car
went through the lot, said the
vehicle was traveling twice
as fast as a car would nor-
mally drive through a park-
ing lot and bounced when it
Department,
hit a speed bump.
Mrs. Stefanick, who was in
a boat with her family on the
other side of the lake, also
saw the car plunge into the
water. Gordon dove into the
water and Stefanick also
rushed to the scene in an at-
tempt to rescue the woman.
Rescue workers from Kings
Mountain Police Depart-
ment, Kings Mountain and
Shelby Rescue Squads, Oak
Grove Volunteer Fire
the Highway
Hambright Heads US Postmasters
--R. Fain Hambright,
Postmaster at Grover, North
Carolina, has been reelected
for a fourth term to the office
of National President of the
National League of
Postmasters. Hambright
turned back his opponent
with a nearly 80 percent
share of the vote. The
League, whose Headquarters
is in Alexandria, VA, was
founded in 1904 and is the
oldest organization represen-
ting postal managers in the
Swimming Pool Pledges
Eclipses $450,000 Mark
a 12,000 square foot facility to
occupy a site on the campus
of Kings Mountain High
School. The structure itself
will house a six lane indoor
I which will have very
road community uses as
well as numerous uses within
the school system both for
teaching and for competitive
swimming purposes.
paign, which involves
primarily community gifts, is
now underway and 1S ex-
pected to last another three to
six weeks.
According to Campaign
Chairman Grady Howard,
the response of the communi-
ty goal of $750,000.00 is within
reach. He notes that the com-
munity gift division, which is
now beginning, is by far the
largest of the divisions in-
volved with the campaign.
Howard stresses that it will
be extremely important for
each of the campaign
workers in this division to
perform well in order to meet
the projected goal. The Com-
munity Gifts Division will
essentially allow nearly
every citizen in Kings Moun-
tain an opportunity to
become a part of this effort
for what we all fell is a very
worthwhile cause and
something that will serve our
| community and school
system for many, many
years to come.
Plans for an indoor swimm-
ing complex have been
underway now for approx-
imately the last three to four
Dedication
Service Set
First Baptist Church of
Kings Mountain an-
nounces inaugeral and
dedication services for
its new worship center
for Sunday, September
22, at 10:30 a.m.
This new facility con-
tains sanctuary seating
for . approximately 750
persons. The building
also houses an office
suite, music suite,
church parlor and senior
adult educational wing
with total space of
around 20,000 square
feet.
Sunday’s activities
also include an open
house and program at
2:00 p.m. The building
committee, pastor and
staff, as well as the
membership of First
Baptist, cordially invite
the public to attend these
special services.
years. Initial plans called for
Mountaineer D
Scheduled For
Plans are underway by
Kings Mountain Fire Depart-
ment for annual Mountaineer
Days Oct. 4 and 5 with a
variety of events slated for
all ages.
Fire Chief Gene Tignor
said the two-day celebration
of the 206th anniversary of
the Revolutionary War Battle
of Kings Mountain will kick
off at 3:30 p.m. on Friday,
ays Events
October 4-5
Oct. 4th, with a big parade on
downtown streets. Tignor
said that entries are now be-
ing accepted and he urges all
citizens interested in pro-
viding a float or unit in the
parade to contact any
member of the Fire Depart-
ment.
Other major attractions of
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nation.
Hambright served on the
organization’s National Ex-
ecutive Board for a number
of years prior to becoming
the organizations top officer.
As President, he oversees
and directs the daily opera-
tion of the association which
deals with Congress, the Ad-
ministration and the U.S.
Postal Service. He manages
a budget of more than 150
million dollars and a staff of
200 employees.
His reelection took place at
the League’s 82nd Annual Na-
tional Convention in
Honolulu, Hawaii where such
national figures as
Postmaster General Paul N.
Carlin, Deputy Postmaster
General Jackie A. Strange,
Congressmen William Ford
(D-MI) and Dan Burton
(R-IN) joined with others in
exalting his leadership.
Hambright, a postmaster
of 28 years is granted a Leave
of Absence by the U.S. Postal
Service to fulfill his duties as
a resident officer of the near-
ly 70,000 strong management
association.
President Reagan dispat-
ched a letter of well-wishes to
Hambright and the
postmasters organization ex-
pressing his regrets on not
ing able to personally at-
tend, while saluting
postmasters on their extraor-
dinary service to the Nation.
BOYS CLUB BENEFIT SATURDAY - An auction, yard sale and bake sale Saturday
beginning at
7 a.m. in the old Roses Building in downtown Kings Mountain will benefit the
Kings Mountain Boy’s Club. Bob Maner, left, and Paul Hendricks show off some of the new
furniture to be auctioned along with many other items at the benefit.
Boys Club Auction Saturday
A Saturday auction, yard
sale and bake sale will
benefit the Kings Mountain
Boys Club.
The big yard sale gets
underway at 7 a.m. sharp in
the old Roses Store Building
in downtown Kings Mountain.
Promoters of the benefit say
the yard sale will be ‘‘the big-
gest ever” and invite yard-
sale-goers to come early for
best selections of ‘‘almost
every imaginable product.’
Joyce Dixon will sound the
avel at 8 a.m. which will
gin an auction of odds-n-
ends and new furniture, in-
cluding two sofas and mat-
ching chairs, and a wide
variety of new and used
items.
Citizens having items to
donate to the yard sale, bake
sale or auction are invited to
call Bob Maner, 739-6411;
Paul Hendricks, 739-7588; or
Tommy Bennett, 739-3666.
Contributions are also en-
couraged and all contribu-
tions are tax-deductible.
“We want to make this the
biggest fund-raising project
ever,’ said Hendricks, who
said the local Boys Club Bojps
over 200 youngsters in the
Kings Mountain area.
Woman Drowns When Car Plunges Into Lake
Patrol and Shelby Skin Div-
ing Club, led in the search by
Assistant KMPD Police Chief
Bob Hayes, searched for the
woman whose body was
recovered at 7:30 p.m.
Rescue workers filled Moss
Lake Patrol and KM Rescue
Squad boats and as many as
10 people dove into the water
in an attempt to reach the
trapped woman.
Mrs. Decker was a private
duty nurse. The daughter of
Floyd L. and Mary Jenkins
Smith of Gaffney, S.C., she
resided at 1307 Briarcliff
Road in Shelby. She was a
member of Calvary Baptist:
Church of Gaffney.
Surviving, in addition to
her parents, are three
daughters, Rita Decker of
Gaffney, Sharon D. Bailey of
Salisbury and Michele
Decker of Shelby; three
brothers, Floyd L. Smith, Jr.
of Cowpens, Robert Smith of
Shelby and Thomas Smith of
Gaffney; three sisters,
Evelyn Blanton, Sue Hughey
and Inez Byers, all of Gaff-
ney, and one grandchild.
Funeral services were held
Saturday afternoon from
Clay Barnette Funeral Home|
in Shelby, interment follow-
ing in Shelby’s Sunset
Cemetery. )
Man Drowns
While Fishing
A 42-year-old Grover man
drowned Saturday while
fishing near Dravo Dam in
South Carolina.
Clyde Davis was fishing on
a private pond about 6:10
.m., when the aluminum
oat he was in overturned.
The person in the boat with
Davis said Davis went under
and was not seen again.
Davis’ body, which was
tangled in nylon fishing cord,
was recovered around 7 gn
by members of the Gaffney
Rescue Squad and the
Cherokee Ambulance
Association.
A Gaffney, S.C. native,
Davis was the son of Novella
T. Davis and the late Felix
Davis.
In addition to his mother,
he is survived by his wife,
Elizabeth A. Davis, of the
home; three sons, Thomas
Lee, Clyde Eric and Timothy
Davis of Grover; a daughter,
Lena Elizabeth Davis of
Grover; three brothers,
George and John Davis of
Gastonia and James L. Davis
of Charlotte; three sisters,
Ola Mae Posey of Gaffney,
S.C., Linnie Reinhart of
Charlotte and Cora D.
Culberth of Grover; and four
grandchildren.
He was employed as a
custodian at Stouffer’s Incor-
porated and was a member of
First Baptist Church of Earl.
Funeral services were con-
ducted Wednesday afternoon
from First Baptist Church of
Earl by Rev. D. Whittenburg,
interment following in the
church cemetery.
Tracy Sullens of 309 Somerset Drive,
Kings Mountain, edged out Wayne Bridges
Tracy Sullens Wins Herald Football Contest
Several other contestants missed just two
games.
of Route 3, Box 861, Kings Mountain on the
tie-breaker to win the $100 prize in last
week’s Pick the Winners football contest.
Both contestants missed just one of the 20
area high school and college games. Sullens
picked 45 points on the
(Maryland 31, Boston College 13) while
Bridges predicted 37 points.
Sullens’ only miss was West Virginia’s
victory over Duke and Bridges’ only miss
was Ohio State over Pittsburgh.
tie-breaker
The third of 10 weekly contests is inside
today’s Herald. Pick the most winners and
get us your entry by 4 p.m. Friday and
you’ll join Sullens and Robert Murphree in
the winners’ circle. Mail your entry to Foot-
ball Contest, P.O. Box 752, Kings Mountain,
28086, or bring it by our office on Canter-
bury Road. Remember, whether you mail
your entry or bring it to us, we must have it
no later than 4 p.m: Friday.