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day night.
W. Kemp Mauney is Kings
Mountain’s Young Man of
1987 chosen by the Kings
Mountain Jaycees.
Mauney, 35, received the
coveted Distinguished Ser-
vice Award from the civic
club Tuesday evening at the
annual DSA banquet at Cen-
tral United Methodist Church
Fellowship Hall.
Receiving other top awards
were George Ware, of
Charlotte, Former Jaycee of
the Year Award; Richard D.
Laws of Gastonia; Jaycee
Boss of the Year; Gail H..
Baber, Young Educator of
the Year; and Daniel Bruce
Hamrick, Kings Mountain
Teenager of the Year.
Special Presidential
awards went to Joe R. Smith,
Mrs. Larry Hamrick, Sr.,
Rev. George Auman and
Mrs. Joe R. Smith and were
presented by Jaycee Larry
Hamrick, Jr.
Jaycee President Claude
| Suber presented the coveted
plaque to Mauney, the
highest award presented by
the 41-year-old Kings Moun-
tain Jaycees. Mauney is an
executive of Cleveland
Hosiery Mills, former Jaycee
Of The Year. i,
George Ware, former resi-
dent, charter president of the
club in 1946, reminisced of the
A former Kings Mountain
man, Kenneth Bryan
Plumley, 37, of 710 N.
Lafayette St., Shelby, died of
third degree burns Saturday
in N. C. Baptist Hospital at
Winston Salem.
Funeral services were held
Monday morning at 11
o’clock from Temple Baptist
Church of which he was a
member. Rev. W. F. Monroe
and Rev. Ansel Center of-
ficiated at the rites and inter-
ment was in Mountain Rest
Cemetery.
Plumley, who apparently
set himself on fire in the
parking lot of a convenience
store in Shelby Thursday,
was being treated for burns
over more than 70 percent of
his body.
According to witnesses,
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JAYCEE MAN OF THE YEAR—Kemp Mauney, left, is con-
gratulated by Jaycee President Claude Suber as Young Man .
of the Year 1987. The coveted award was presented to Fs
Mauney at the annual Distinguished Award Banquet Thurs- [¥
W. Kemp Mauney Selected
KM’s Young Man Of Year
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early history of the club. He
said that 1946 state president
Clayton Frost presented the
gavel to him and going home
from Kings Mountain the
Raleigh man died in an acci-
dent in Mooresville. The
Clayton Frost award was
established to honor outstan-
ding Jaycees. Former Jaycee
President Brad Tate said the
award is always won by a
special Jaycee and cited
Ware for long and good ser-
vice to Jaycees. Ware com-
mended the club for opening
doors to women members
and for leadership roles in the
local community for 41 years.
The crowd attending the
awards banquet gave stan-
ding ovations to Ware and to
Young Man of the Year
Mauney.
In making the presentation
to Mauney, son of former
Senator W.K. Mauney, Jr.
and Mrs. Mauney, Suber call-
ed him a ‘‘good friend’ and
cited him for outstanding ser-
vice, not only to Jaycees but
to the community, rioting that
Mauney is J-C-I Senator, was
President of the Jaycees in
1974, is first vice president of
Kings Mountain Chamber of
Commerce, a member of the
Kings Mountain Lions Club
and St. Matthew’s Lutheran
Church and a board member
Ken Plumley, 37, Dies
Of Third Degree Burns
Plumley bought two gallons
of gasoline at The Pantry
store on South DeKalb Street
in Shelby just before 9 a.m.
Thursday and returned to his
car. Minutes later, according
to witnesses, both Plumley
and the car were on fire.
A native of Richland Coun-
ty,S.C., he was formerly
employed by Foote Mineral
Company. He was the son of
Bryan and Joyce Bridges
Plumley of Kings Mountain
who survive.
Also surviving are two
brothers, Rick Plumley of
Goldsboro and Captain Mark
Plumley of Guam; one sister,
Mrs. Deborah Shirley of Fort
Worth, Texas; and his grand-
parents, Mr.and Mrs. Golden
Bridges and Mrs. Maggie
Phillips Plumley, all of Kings
Mountain.
WINNERS ALL—These citizens won top awards at the Distinguished Service Awar
night of Kings Mountain Jaycees. From left,
Charlotte; charter president of Kings Mountain
Laws of Gastonia; Educator of the Year Gail Hig
Daniel Bruce Hamrick, Jr.
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BLOOD,
PLEASE.
of blood.
Johanna Gillespie.
Ms. Gillespie, Director of Blood Services for the Cleveland County America
Cross Chapter, said that all cancellations had put blood supply in a tight vit =
To be eligible to donate, a person must be between the ages of 17 and 70 and be §
health. Anyone wanting additional information can call the Red Cross Office at 4§
Thursday, March 5, in the Fellowship Hall of First Baptist Church.
Kings Mountain Hospital will sponsor an American Red Cross Bloodmobile visit on |
Donors will be processed from 12:30 until 6 p.m. Goal for the one day visit is 125 mintc
Due to the severe weather the past week many bloodmobiles throughout the Car ie
Region had to cance or postpone visits.
“We really need scheduled visits the next few weeks to come in at goal,” rd a
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Mauney was educated at
Asheville School for Boys and
N.C. State University. He
was co-chairman with Claude
Suber of the successful drive
by Alcohol Beverage Control |
forces in Kings Mountain in
the recent vote to approve
legal sales. Mrs. Mauney is
the former Debbie Sprouse
and they have two children,
Will and Ame’.
Nominees for Young
Teenager of the Year were
recognized and they included
Paris Floyd, Candice
Wellmon, Steven A. Mauney,
Linda Hambright and Robert
Keith Duncan. This award is
presented to the teenager
who has exhibited outstan-
ding service to school, com-
munity and nation and who
has exhibited leadership, en-
thusiasm and dedication to
all around them. Kemp
Mauney presented the award
to Daniel Bruce Hamrick,
Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs.
Bruce Hamrick. Hamrick is
an all Conference Senior foot-
bail player and wrestler,
Lou Sabetti, in presenting
the Boss of the Year Award,
said the award goes to the
Jaycee employer who gives
meritorious service to his
community, church and
state, as well as his profes-
sion, and recognized Richard
Laws, a past president of the
Gastonia Civitan Club, active
in Piedmont Boy Scout Coun-
cil and active in East
Gastonia Baptist Church.
Brad Tate, in presenting
the Outstanding Educator
Award, said that all
nominees are winners and
recognized Suzanne
Holtzclaw, Dennis Martin,
Nancy Hughes, Gail
Hightower Baber and Donna
McDonald. He said the win-
ner exhibited leadership, en-
thusiasm and sacrifices as a
Kings Mountain teacher.
Keynote speaker for the
event was former Jaycee
State President Jerry L.
Wall, who won the Clayton
Frost award as one of the five
top state presidents in the na-
tion. He was 49th President of
N.C. Jaycees in 1985-86. He
commended all Jaycees and
former Jaycees as winners
because of the service they
render in loca communities.
Former Jaycee of the Year George Ware of George Ware, :
Jaycees in 1946; Boss of the Year Richard D. Wall, right, looks on. W
d Tuesday JAYCEE BANQUE : ¢ :
charter president of Kings Mountain Jaycees, as former State President Jerry
are received the Former Jaycee of the Year Award Tuesday night from
htower Baber; and Teenager of the Year Kings Mountain Jaycees. ;
KICKOFF DINNER FOR LIBRARY FUND—Mauney Memorial Library kicked off a
fund drive for $200,000 with a dinner Monday evening. Pictured from left are Grady
Howard, chairman of the library’s board of trustees; Mrs. George Houser, honorary
chairman; Bill Davis, campaign chairman; John Welch, guest speaker, and Rose
Turner, librarian.
Library Fund Drive Begins
; A $206.000 fund drive for ex-
pansion’ of Jacob S. Mauaey
Memorial Library was kick-
ed off by 100 citizens Monday
night who heard the an-
nouncement that pledges of
$59,000 are already ‘‘in’’from
trustees and prominent
families long active in the
library.
William (Bill) Davis, chair-
man,said the early pledges
represent 29 and one half per-
cent of the goal and would
sponsor areas of the expan-
sion program to memorialize
or honor individuals, in-
cluding the vestibule and lob-
by area in memory of Dr. and
Mrs. Edgar Cooper by their
children, Dr. and Mrs.
George Plonk, Mrs. Eleanor
Scharf, and?Rev. and Mrs.
Edgar Cooper; the vestibule
area in memory of Mr.and
Mrs. L. L. Mauney by their
family, Mr.and Mrs. G. E.
Still, Dr. and Mrs. Jack Still,
Grace Christine Still and
Elizabeth. W. Mauney and
family; the stage of the
assembly room by Mr.and
Mrs. Irvin M. Allen and
Mr.and Mrs. Lee McIntyre
and their father, George
Houser, in honor of Mrs.
Laura Mauney Houser,
honorary chairman of the
library fund drive; the
Carolina Rooun in memory of
Carl F. Mauney by his wife,
Mrs. Mauney, and their
children, Mr.and Mrs. C.
Herman Mauney, Mr.and
Mrs. Charles F. Mauney and
Mr.and Mrs. W. 'T.
Berkeley’; the office area in
memory of Gus and Anna
Mauney by their family,
Mr.and Mrs. H. B. Wolfe,
KM ABC Board To Meet
With State Officials Wednesday
Kings Mountain’s newly-
appointed ABC Board, charg-
ed with picking a site for an
ABC store, hiring a store
manager and contracting for
policing by an ABC officer,
will hold its first meeting
with state officials March 4 in
Raleigh.
Chairman Andy Neisler,
Kings Mountain lawyer, said
he and board members Van
Birmingham and Roosevelt y
Ingram, have an appoint-
ment with Bill Hester, ad-
ministrator of the Alcohol
Beverage Control Commis-
sion. Hester has told Neisler
the sessions will be‘‘like go-
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Mrs. Aubrey Mauney,
Mr.and Mrs. Gene Mauney,
Mr.and Mrs. B. N. Barnes
and family, Mrs. L. L. Lohr
and family and Rev. and Mrs.
C. P. Fisher and family. Re-
maining rooms without spon-
sors include the $25,000 multi-
purpose room, the $20,000
stack room, the $15,000
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ing back to school.”
Neisler said that the new
board met in his office last
week and talked by telephone
with state officials about a
first meeting in Raleigh.
Last Tuesday the city
board of commissioners, in a
split vote with Mayor John
Moss breaking the tie, chose
Birmingham to a two year
term and Ingram to a one
ear term on the new board.
The board voted unanimously
on choice of the chairman.
Also nominated for the other
two slots on the board were
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T—Claude Suber, president of Kings Mountain Jaycees, congratulates
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