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Dr. Adams Heads Medical Staff
Dr. Charles H. Adams,
Kings Mountain family prac-
tice physician, has been
elected president of the Kings
Mountain Hospital Medical
Staff. His term will expire
September 30, 1987. Dr.
Joseph Lee, III, also a Kings
Mountain family practice
physician, is the new presi-
dent elect. Dr. S.L. Robinson,
Kings Mountain general and
thoracic surgeon, is im-
mediate past president of the
medical staff; Dr. J.B. Gen-
try, Kings Mountain Hospital
pathologist and laboratory
director, is
secretary/treasurer; Dr.
T.G. Durham and Dr. F.J.
Sincox, Kings Mountain fami-
ly practice physicians, are on
the Medical Staff Executive
Committee and Huitt Reep,
hospital administrator, is an
ex officio member.
A native of Spencer, West
Virginia, Dr. Adams received
a bachelor of arts degree
froms Glenville State in West
Virginia and his masters
degree from West Virginia
University. He received his
doctor of medicine degree
from the University of
Virginia Medical School and
interned at Moses H. Cone
Hospital, Greensboro, North
Carolina. He has been prac-
ticing in Kings Mountain
since 1962.
In addition to being presi-
dent of the Kings Mountain
Hospital Medical Staff, Dr.
Adams is a member of the
American Board of Family
Practice, the American
Academy of Family Practice
and is chariman of the
Medical Staff Quality
Assurance Committee. He is
married, has three grown
children and is associated
with the McGill Family Prac-
tice Clinic in Kings Mountain.
Dr. Lee is a native of Lan-
drum, South Carolina and has
degrees from Clemson
University and the Medical
University of South Carolina.’
He interned at Greenville
General in Greenville, South
Carolina. Associated in fami-
ly practice with Dr. T.G.
Durham and Dr. R.V.
Crowley, Dr. Lee is also
Medical Director of the Kings
Mountain Convalescent
Center. He is a member of the
North Carolina Medical
Society, the American
Academy of Family Prac-
tice, the North Carolina
Society of Nursing Home
Directors and is the Kings
Mountain Hospital Chief of
Emergency Medicine.
Dr. Lee has been in Kings
Mountain since 1964. He is
married and has four
children,
nessee. :
There are 26 physicians,
covering all major
specialties, on the Kings
Mountain Hospital active
medical staff. The modernd,
102-bed, acute care hospital is
owned by Cleveland County
and governed by a Board of
Trustees.
“We are indeed fortunate
to have so many fine physi-
cians on our medical staff,”
said Board President
Marilyn Neisler, “and we
congratulate the new of-
ficers.”
A not-for-profit institution,
Kings Mountain Hospital is
accredited by the Joint Com-
mission on Accreditation of
Hospitals and licensed by the
North Carolina Medical Care
Commission. An accredita-
tion seal gives assurance that
every patient is entrusted to
competent, dedicated and
professional personnel.
living in Kings |
Mountain, Georgia and Ten-
DR. CHARLES H. ADAMS
DR. JOSEPH LEE, III
Democrats Mop Up At Polls
From Page 1-A
Also re-elected handily were
incumbents Marshall Rauch
of Gastonia and Helen Rhyne
Marvin of Gastonia. Gene
Spicer of Cramerton was the
Republican challenger.
In the N.C. 48th House
District, for three seats, in-
cumbent Democrats moved
far ahead of their Republican
opposition. Democrats Edith
Lutz of Lawndale, Jack Hunt
of Lattimore and Charles
Owens easily won re-election
over challengers Jim Bishop
and Merritt Wheeler.
Democrat William Young
of Shelby defeated incumbent
District Attorney Marty
B, which includes
Cleveiand and Lincoln Coun-
ties.
In neighboring Gaston
County three Republicans
won House seats, including
Jonathan Rhyne of Lin-
colnton, Walt Windley of
Gastonia and newcomer Ver-
non Abernethy of Belmont.
Also re-elected was incum-
bent Democrat Dave
Bumgardner of Belmont who
led the ticket with 28,135
votes. Defeated in the 44th
- House District, which in-
cludes Gaston-Lincoln coun-
ties, was Cherryville
Democrat Sam Beam and
. Gloria Musard of Gastonia
and Billy Joye of Belmont,
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also Democratic candidates.
In neighboring Gaston
County incumbent Sheriff
Leroy Russell won re-election
over his opponent, former
sheriff C.L. (Sarge) Waldrep.
In official results, former
Congressman and Senator
Jim Broyhill, led Sanford in
the county.
High voter turnout slowed
returns in the county and all
Shuford for District Attorney
ANNE
HELEN MARVIN
COLEMAN GOFORTH
over the state. Lines were
long at the two Kings Moun-
tain precincts, West Kings
Mountain at the Armory and
East Kings Mountain at the
Community Center. Voting
machines malfunctioned and
the ballots had to be hand
counted. Election officials
were stildl at the polls at 3:30
a.m. this morning (Wednes-
day) and election officials at
the Cleveland County Board f
of Elections said they would
not have any figures
availble until noon Wednes-
ay.
VOTING DAY - These Grover citizens, Lena Goforth, fac-
ing camery, and Mabel Byers are pictured casting their
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ballots in the Grover precinct Election Day Tuesday.
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FALL COLOR—Lucy Chaney’s yard is ablaze with color this autumn season. Mrs. Chaney,
above, has planted impatients in colors of red, white, pink, and purple in window boxes in
flower beds outside her apartment.
Spanish Exchange Student
Loves Kings Mountain High
From Page 1-A
she answers the roll to Laura
Ramos-Ortiz. In Spain both
her father and mothers’
names are used. Laura is the
daughter of Fernando and
Conchita Ortiz Ramos. She
has two brothers and three
sisters and Madrid is much,
much larger than Kings
Mountain, North Carolina.
Laura said she had visited
the United States three times,
spending some time
previously in New Jersey,
New York, and Minnesota.
She loves the South and finds
Kings Mountain and the
school system “much more
friendly than any place I
have been.”
Upon her arrival at KMSHS
this year she said she was
nervous on the first day of
school. But her fears were un-
founded, she said, as
teachers and students made
her feel welcome. She has
made friends quickly and has
enjoyed football games and is
looking forward to basketball
games. Playing basketball
and swimming are hobbies,
although she said she didn’t
plan to go out for basketball
this Fall. Her favorite
American foods are corn on
the cob and hamburgers.
Laura wears her hair long,
likes to dress casually in
jeans and shirts, and wears
ig gold earrings to enhance
her beauty.
City Of KM May Purchase
Old U.S. Post Office
The United States Postal
Service has notified Mayor
John H. Moss that the old post
office building on East Moun-
tain Street is available for
sale to the city.
The Mayor said that he is
awaiting notification by the
Postal Service on procedures
to follow in acquisition of the
building, which fronts 119 feet
on East Mountain with 170
feet depth along Piedmont,
and will then prepare a
report for consideration by
the board of city commis-
sioners. The Mayor said that
a price tag for the property
has not yet been determined.
The new post office is
almost ready for occupancy,
according to Postmaster
Fred Weaver, and moving
day will be sometime the lat-
ter part of this month, accor-
ding to Weaver, although
open house to the public will
not be held until after
January 1.
Moss said that the board of
commissioners is considering
using the old post office to
house the city police depart-
ment.
Call 734-0333,
That’s 734-0333!
Citizens calling 739-0333
to have their gas turned on
and their garbage -col-
lected are calling the
wrong numbers. Just ask
Bob Bridges and John
Smith of Printing Press.
Both say their phones are
rining off the hook now
with cooler weather.
“We get calls for the city
all the time,” both say.
The correct number to
call the City of Kings
Mountain to have your gas
turned on or your garbage
collected, etc. and ete. is
734-0333 not 739-0333.
In case you have forgot-
ten the new telephone
numbers for city offices,
they are: City Hall,
734-0333; Police 734-0444;
Fire, 734-0555; Aging
734-0447; Cemetery
Department, 734-0448; and
Community Center,
734-0449.
Kings Mountain Hospital Inc.
AIDS
AIDS or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome is an
illness caused by a virus called HTLV-III or human T-cell
lymphocyte virus, type III. We hear these terms all the
time and the subject is brought up almost daily in the
Press and on radio and TV. This is a disease first describ-
d now almost ten years ago when otherwise healthy
tunistic type infections, sometime leukemia, and
sometimes a rare form of a skin cancer called Kaposi’s
Sarcoma; the combination of which usually resulted in a
progressive downhill course and eventually death. Since
that time, we have had approximately 20,000 deaths from
AIDS with another 40,000 now diagnosed with the disease
in this country. Estimates as to the number exposed to
the virus number close to 5 million nationwide. The virus
now appears to have originated in Africa where it is quite
commonplace in some areas without regard to risk
groups, but in this country is apparently more prevalent
in homosexual and bisexual populations, IV drug-
abusers, people with direct African roots, and in persons
receiving multiple transfusions of blood and blood pro-
ducts such as hemophiliacs.
The disease apparently is transmitted by the virus in
blood and body secretions such as saliva and semen and
can infect those who have multiple or high dosage in-
noculations with these fluids. One is apparently at low
risk to no risk in catching the virus with occasional
casual exposure. Thus, it is not caught by toilet seats,
touching, sneezing and other indirect contact. The virus
may do one of several things when it enters a person’s
body for the first time. The body may form effective an-
tibodies to the HTLV-III and never be heard from again,
or else directly infect the T-cell lymphocytes (type of
white cell in the blood), and cause the full blown disease,
or it may remain dormant for some time and then attack
these white cells. It is these antibodies that are tested for
in the AIDS test, and so it is currently not known how
many of these people will go on to eventually have the
disease.
There is no cure at this time for the disease itself, but
advances have been made in treating the complications
of the disease such as the strange type of pneumonia
caused by a protozoan called Pneumocystis carinii allow-
ing these people to live longer after diagnosis. There is
active research to find a vaccine for the virus, so that the
body will recognize and destroy the virus if one is ever
exposed. There is great fear that if unchecked, the illness
will progress throughout our society and eventually be a
major cause of death in this country. Already, it is the
leading cause of death of men aged 25-40 years in New
York City, surpassing trauma. This is a legitimate fear,
but with increased awareness causing more precautions
in blood transfusions and unsafe practices leading to the
treating and preventing the disease (thru a possible vac-
cination), we probably will be able to slow down and
eventually stop its progression.
The average person should thus avoid drug abuse using
needles, promiscuous sexual activity, and should be con-
cerned about blood and: blood product transfusions.
There is absolutely no danger in donating blood, and
there is increasing interest in autologous blood transfu-
sions (or giving oneself one’s own blood by advance dona-
tion in the case of elective, planned surgery). The
average citizen thus should have no worry of contracting
the disease unless he or she is in one of the high risk
groups.
I hope this will help in clearing some of the confusion
and fear that most people have about this disease. Surely
this is yet another reason to live cleanly and live a
healthy life. ‘
Please refer any questions or comments regarding this
article or any suggestions for future articles to Dr.
Jarwrence Leake, Kings Mountain Hospital Emergency
oom.
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