UNITED WAY KICKOFF—Five division leaders in the 1987 Kings Mountain United
Way campaign for $105,000 are pictured at a campaign kickoff luncheon Friday. From
left, Mrs, Grady Howard, Mayor John Moss, Glee E. Bridges, Bernard Harvey and Ron
Bagwell.
Petitions Have
1,100 Signatures
More than 1100
signatures have been ob-
tained on an ABC petition
being circulated by “Wet”
forces in the community
during the past several
weeks.
Co-chairman Claude
Suber said that “Wet”
forces are hoping to obtain
as many as 1500 signatures
even though only 1100
signatures are required to
call for an election on the
ABC issue in the city.
Suber estimated he has
at least 900 signatures
which are ‘valid’ because
they represent registered
voters of the City of Kings
Mountain.
Co-chairman of the ef-
fort for Alcohol Beverage
Control is Kemp Mauney.
Chairman of the “Dry”
forces is Rev. Eugene
Land, pastor of Second
Baptist Church.
“Drys’’ met recently at
Second Baptist Church to
organize to fight the issue,
which was voted down
three years ago by a slight
margin.
Wednesday, September 10, 1986-KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD-Page 5A
Mrs. Smith Walking Again
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' said Mrs. Smith, thanks to all the Kings
Mountain people who have ‘‘stood by us”
during the tragedy.
“Larry and the children and I had always
done everything together and we were a
sports family, always attending ball games,
and Larry coached little league teams,’ she
said. Coincidentally, the Smiths had attend-
ed a ball game that weekend and
belinlayers were in the truck which struck
the Smith car.
Mrs. Smith started therapy five weeks
ago but won’t be released from the hospital
until she’s able to get out of her wheelchair
by herself. “I don’t think that will be long”
she says. The children can hardly wait.
Their grandmother brings them to the
hospital every day to report their school ac-
tivities and to take a look at their mother’s
latest tolework which she is making as
Christmas presents. Mrs. Smith will be
under a doctor’s care for at least 18 months
after she leaves the hospital and she doesn’t
know when she’ll be able to return to work
at Spectrum. ‘I just take one day at a time
but I am so thankful my children are fine
a that God is letting me walk again,” she
said.
“My family has been so supportive of us,
my mother, my father, William Leigh of
Shelby, my brother Tony Leigh, of
Apeville: and my church family,” she
said.
Both sons had their cast removed from
their legs but on the first day of school the
older son broke his leg pgain and is now on
“crutches.
Mrs. Smith lost 36 pounds during her
hospitalization and plans to stay on a diet.
am really proud of the weight loss’’, she
said.
Linda Smith said she especially wants to
praise the rescue teams, fire department,
and hospital staff, including Dr. Zucker and
nurses on East Station, and asks that her
friends continue to pray for her family.
“God still works miracles. Look at me”’,
she beams.
*105,000 United Way Campaign Is Underway
Kings Mountain United
Way officers and directors
kicked off its $105,000 goal, a 5
percent increase over last
year—at a luncheon meeting
Friday at Holiday Inn.
Campaign Co-chairman
Lavon Strickland pointed out
that the organization’s goals
have risen from $50,000 in
1980 to $105,000, more than
doubling its campaign goals
over the past seven years.
‘We think we can do it”,
said President Ted Kostek.
Guest speakers at the
kickoff luncheon were two
representatives of United
Way agencies—Bill Mec-
Cullough of CODAP and Mar-
tha Scruggs of the American
Red Cross.
McCullough told the group
that polls reveal the public
looks at drug abuse as the
mojop problem in the schools
and in the nation today, and
he said he personally feels
the drug issue is more signifi-
cant than arms control and
the economy. He said drug
abuse affects one in every
four families. Community
Organization for Drug Abuse
Prevention asks $5,000 in this
year’s United Way cam-
paign.
Mrs. Scruggs took the occa-
sion to thank volunteers who
staff the bloodmobile visits in
the area and other Red Cross
volunteers as she discussed
the various programs of the
local and national Red Cross.
American Red Cross is
budgeted to receive $18,000
from this year’s fund cam-
paign.
Other local, state and na-
tional agencies and their
allotments for 1987 are
Ministerial Association Hel
ing Hand Fund and Chaplain
Service, $12,550; Girl Scouts,
Pioneer Council, $8,000; Bo
Scouts, Piedmont Council,
$7,500; Kings Mountain
Rescue Squad, $6,800;
Cleveland County Shelter
Home, $6,975; Kings Moun-
Firemen Preparing For Big
City firemen are gearing
up for the ‘biggest and best
ever’ Mountaineer Days.
Mountaineer Days Oct. 3-4
in downtown Kings Mountain
will feature a number of on-
stage activities, beginning at
10 a.m. on Battleground and
Railroad Avenue, plus a big
craft fair at City Hall.
Fire Chief Gene Tignor,
chairman of the annual
festivities sponsored by the
Kings Mountain Fire Dep
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ment on the 206th anniver-
sary of the Battle of Kings
Mountain, said that the Sw-
inging Mountaineer Band will
kick off the festivities at 10
a.m. following by music by
the Kings Mountain Senior
tain Boys Club, "$7,700;
Grover Rescue Squad, $6,800;
Salvation Army, $3,000;
Cleveland County Mental
Health Association, $1,300;
Hospice, $1,500; Child Abuse
Prevention Services, $2,000;
Cleveland County Vocational
Industries, $5,000; Toys for
Tots, $1,000; N.C. United
Agencies, $6,634, plus $2,500
budgeted for administration.
Mrs. Strickland and Bill
Davis are serving as cam-
paign co-chairmen this year
and Marvin Chappell is
secretary-treasurer.
Division chairmen are Mrs.
Grady Howard, advance gifts
and correspondence; Mayor
John H. Moss, City of Kings
Mountain; Glee E. Bridges,
commercial; Ron Bagwell,
hospital; Bernard Harvey,
industrial; Rev. George
Auman, ministeral; Dr. Joe
Zucker, professional; Dr.
Larry Allen, schools; and Lib
Stewart, publicity.
Directors are Huitt Reep,
Ted Kostek, Jim Harry, Dr.
Martin Stallings, Glee E.
Bridges, Grady Howard,
Ernest Rome, Odus Smith,
Dr. Joel Jenkins, Mayor John
H. Moss, Ron Bagwell and
Dr. Joseph Zucker.
Mountaineer Days
High Band from 10:30 until 11
a.m. An opening ceremony is
slated for 11 a.m. followed by
a costume contest at 11:30
and a fashion show by models
from Joan Baker Studio from
11:40 until 12:10.
Other on-stage activities
will include Patsy Parker
and exercisers; Kings Moun-
tain City Employees Band;
Faithful Gospel Singers;
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