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Special
Services
Slated
Many area churches will
have Thanksgiving Eve
and Thanksgiving Day
services this week.
The annual community-
wide Thanksgiving service
sponsored by the Kings
Mountain Ministerial
Association will be held
Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at
St. - ‘Paul’s ' United
Methodist Church.
Rev. Gene Land, pastor
of Second Baptist Church,
will deliver the sermon. A
combined choir from dif-
ferent churches will be
present special music
under the direction of Mrs.
Linda Dixon.
Rev. Dewey Smith,
pastor of the host church,
will give the welcome and
other ministers from the
Ministerial Association
will take part.
Dr. Eric Faust, presi-
dent of the association,
said a special offering will
be taken for the Helping
Hand Fund, which pro-
vides food for needy
families in the greater
Kings Mountain area.
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Dixon Presbyterian,
| Love Valley Baptist and
Victory Baptist churches
will have a joint
Thanksgiving service
Wednesday at 7 p.m. at
Victory Baptist Church
near Grover.
Rev. Allan Sinclair,
pastor of the Dixon
church, will preach.
The public is invited.
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Grover area churches
will have a joint
Thanksgiving service
Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the
Grover Church of God.
Participating churches
include the Church of God,
First Baptist, Shiloh
Presbyterian, Bethany
Baptist and Bible Holiness
Church.
Rev. Joyce McIntyre,
pastor of Bible Holiness,
will preach.
Following the service,
refreshments will be serv-
ed in the fellowship hall of
First Baptist.
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Thanksgiving day ser-
vices will be held Thurs-
day at 10 a.m. at Trinity
Episcopal Church in Kings
Mountain.
Rev. Thomas Hudson
will conduct the tradi-
tional Episcopal service
and members of the con-
gregation will be gather-
ing canned goods for the
Helping Hand Fund.
The public is invited.
St. Matthew’s Lutheran
Church will have its an-
nual Thanksgiving service
Thursday at 10 a.m.
The public is invited.
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Thanksgiving
breakfasts will be served
at two Kings Mountain
churches Thursday morn-
ing.
Sen of the Church of
First Presbyterian will
prepare and serve
breakfast from 7-9 a.m. in
the fellowship hall. ]
A 7:30 a.m. Thanksgiv-
ing service will be held at
Boyce Memorial A.R.P.
Church and men of the
church will prepare and
serve breakfast at 8 a.m.
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PHOTO BY DARRIN GRIGG
POST OFFICE REPAIRS—Arthur Porter, of Concrete Supply of Shelby, repair a ce-
ment walkway at the new Post Office while workmen inside the new facility take up the
old vinyl floor and put a terraze, a slate block, floor covering which will be easier'to
maintain, said Postmaster Ered Weaver. oa
Mary Fulton McGill
Dead At Age Of 88
Memorial services for Mrs. retired music teacher and
Mary Fulton McGill, 88, of her late husband owned and
705 West Mountain Street, operated the family business,
widow of N.F. McGill, Sr., N.F. McGill and Son Exxon.
were conducted Saturday Surviving areher son and
morning at 11 a.m. from daughter-in-law, Mr. and
Boyce Memorial ARP Mrs. N.F. McGill, Jr.; two
Church of which she was a grandsons, William D.
member and former organist McGill and Norman F.
for many years. McGill, III, all of Kings
Dr. William Tyson of- Mountain.
ficiated at the rites and inter- Active pallbearers were
ment was in the Mountain Paul Ham, Hoyle Mabry,
Rest Cemetery. Menzell Phifer, James
Mrs. McGill died Thursday Crawford, Bill Brady,
morning at 10:59 a.m. in the Franklin Ware, Lyn Cheshire
Kings Mountain Hospital and John Cheshire. Elders of
after several month’s illness. the church were honorary
She was a native of Cleveland pallbearers.
County, daughter of the late
State Senator H. Tom Fulton Memorials may be made to
and Sarah Salens Baker Boyce Memorial ARP
Fulton. The Fultons owned Church building fund or to
and operated Fulton Mor- Camp Joy, in care of the
tuary in the city for many church, Edgemont Drive,
years. Mrs. McGill was a Kings Mountain 28086.
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Students from Grover, East
and Bethware Schools wrote
about why they are thankful
for today’s: edition of the
Herald. For some very sincere
reasons why we should be
thankful, see Page 1-C.
The People That Love
Center on Piedmont Avenue
will serve Thanksgiving Din-
ner for the needy Thursday.
See Page 5-A. :
C.T. Carpenter of Kings
Mountain has been appointed
by Lt. Governor Bob Jordan to
serve on the State Veterans
Memorial Commission. See
Page 2-A.
40
Pages Today
Yule Parade
Slated Sunday
A 104-unit Christmas
Parade Sunday afternoon at 2
p.m. will Kickoff the
Christmas holiday season in
Kings Mountain.
Santa Claus, of course, will
be the star of the show and
Parade Grand Marshal will
be former city recreation
director and life-long resi-
dent Roy Pearson.
Kings Mountain firemen
are gearing up this week for
the biggest holiday spectacle
ever and Fire Chief Gene
Tignor said more entries are
invited, including more horse
riders and more clowns. Call
734-0556 by Nov. 25 to sign up
your entry in the parade.
Chief Tignor said firemen
selected Roy Pearson as
grand marshal this year
because of his 40 year dedica-
tion to recreation and
organization of Tee League,
Babe Ruth and Little League
ball programs for the young.
During his last year with the
dity in 1972 Pearson reported
approximately 1,400
youngsters participated in
the recreation program and
2,000 people passed through
the doors of the Community
Center each week. Pearson
“has also encouraged competi-
tions which have sent teams
as far away as Wisconsin
Hershey, Pa. and Florida in
sports competitions over the
years. He was Young Man of
the Year in 1976, an honor
voted by KM Jaycees, and
was nominated for outstan-
ding former Jaycee in 1980.
He and his wife, Elvia, reside
at 803 Katherine Avenue and
are parents of two children,
Linda King Pearson and Roy
(Butch) Pearson.
The Parade will start at
First Presbyterian Church on
East King Street with Units
forming along East King in
the area of Hardee’s and pro-
ceed down East King, turning
left on Battleground Avenue
and left on East Gold at KM
Farm Center, disbanding on
Lake Street just past the
Governmental Facilities
Building. It is the same route
as last year.
City firemen were putting
up Christmas decorations
this week. The parade lineup:
Carolina Harley-Davidson,
Kings Mtn. Fire Dept. Color
Guard, N.C. State Highway
Patrol, Cleveland County
Sheriff Dept., Kings Mtn.
Police Dept., Kings Mtn. Fire
Dept., Mayor Moss, City
Kings Mountain Hospice
volunteers, knocking on
doors this week to seek
pledges in a two-month
$500,000 Endowment drive,
welcome more citizen in-
volvement in caring for the
terminally ill and their
families.
The 168 volunteers in the
county who gave 17,000 hours
last year to patients 23 and
older are distributing
Hospice pamphlets and other
materials along with pledge
cards which they hope will be
paid off in a three-year period
with the cash invested and us-
£ ed to carry on the total pro-
| gram which enables ter-
minally ill people in the coun-
ty to live at home. Twenty-
eight percent of Hospice pa-
tients are from the Kings
HOSPICE DRIVE UNDERWAY—A $500,000 Endowment fund drive ior Cleveland County Mountain area.
Hospice was kicked off here Wednesday and local people working on various phases of the Dyring its two years of
campaign, above, meet with County Chairman Dick Kelly of Shelby and KM Chairman Evelyn gseration Hospice has served
Hamrick of Kings Mountain. From left, Ronnie Hawkins, Blenda Colburn,
Caveny, Debbie Mauney, Mrs. Hamrick, Priscilla Mauney and Carolyn Finger.
Kelly, Frances 163 patient families, over 1200
people, and the patient load
ROY PEARSON
Commissioners, State
Senator Olli Harris, Mayor
Elect Kyle Smith, City
Comm. Elect, High School
Cheerleaders, Kings Mtn.
High School Band, Grand
Marshal Roy Pearson, First
Union Float (40) Jaon Parker
Models, W.S.0.C. Channel 9,
Vickie Arrowood Dancers,
Cub Scouts (Al Meritz) Car-
rying Flags, Dance Reflec-
tions, Jane Campbell
Dancers, Smokey Bear,
Sparky Fire Dog (Donnie
Pearson), Kings Mtn. Moun-
tainettes, Kimberly Broad-
way Dancers, McDonalds,
Miss Asheville Yng Carolina
Princess, Gaston College,
Miss Bessemer City Jr. High,
Tri County Jr. Miss,
Clevelend Co. Officials,
North-West Cloggers, Kings
Mtn. Florist, Piedmont
Pistons, H.C. Lankford,
Junior Short, Mike Bumgard-
ner, Red Cross, Parker D.
Fence, Mr. Ledford, Tex-
Tyler, Gaston County Textile
Queen, Honda of Gastonia, I
Love America Club, Career
Club, Just Say No Club, Kings
Mtn. Dixie Youth Ball, Kings
Mtn. Dixie Youth Ball Team,
City of Kings Mtn., W.O.H.S. |
of Shelby, Honda of Shelby,
Boy Scouts (Troop 91), Cub
Scouts (Pack 92) Miss
Bethware Queen, Little Miss
Glamour USA National, Lit-
tle Miss Glamour USA, Little
Miss Kings Mountain, Home
Coming Queen, Carrousel
Princess, Kim Thompson,
Lisa Cloninger, Talie Turner,
Kim Hord, Vica Welding,
Tamarice Alston, Audra
Barber, Karen Payne,
Sharon Greene, FHA Club,
Meliss Rikark, Gwen Kicks,
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Hospice Volunteers Begin
$500,000 Endowment Drive
runs between 20 and 27 with
18 patient families being
served at the present time.
Hospice patients are between
ages 23 and 95. During the
first year of operation the
budget was $37,000. The 1988
budget is $130,000.
A volunteer nurse and two
volunteers work with each
family after assigned by a
nurse coordinator and social
worker. After training, a
volunteer spends two hours a
week in home visits.
“We don’t have time to
volunteer is one of the
answers we hear from peo-
ple,” said drive chairman
Evelyn Hamrick. ‘“We have
found that two hours a week
is the maximum time re-
quired to make visits in the
homes and then follow up
with telephone calls’, she
said. A volunteer nurse visits
often and nurses go in the
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