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: . je 8A-KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD-Wednesday, March 30, 1988 From Page 1-A Browns, will be the featured speaker. Many other well- "known sports figures from all sports fields will be atten- ding, including Clemson University football coach Danny Ford, UNC assistant coach Dan Brooks, Davidson basketball coach Bobby Hussey, former Washington Senator great J.K. “Buddy” Lewis, former Atlanta Braves manager Bobby Bragan, now in front office work with the Texas Rangers, Sal Artiago of the National Association of Pro- fessional Baseball Leagues, Charles Eshbach, president of the Eastern League, George McDonald, president of the Florida State League, John Hopkins, president of the Carolina League, Eddie Holbrook, former head basketball coach at Gardner- Webb College, and many others from the fields of rac- ing, golf, soccer, and other sports. ; Jake Early, a major league catcher for 10 years and the American League’s all-star catcher for the 1943 all-star game in Philadelphia, Cleveland Browns running back Kevin Mackwho was the 1985 NFL Rookie of the Year, former Sugar Hill’s Big Event From Page 3-A boiling the eggs or with additions to the dye mixture that will harden shells. One long-time participant informed me that in the entire history of the event there has been only one bad moment, and that was when one hard-boiled character actually smuggled a glass egg, dyed to look like the real thing, into a fight. He was interloper at the time learned that glass canbe a pain--and he also learned the hazards of putting all of one’s eggs into a single basket. Otherwise the event, always held on Easter morning, is on-" ly a world of fun: the participants take it seriously as men in suits, kids in jeans, and women in Sunday dresses have at _ munity will come out and each other. all Of Fame Tickets On Sale pro basketball standout George Adams, who was a three-time college All- American, and South Atlantic League President John Henry Moss will be the initial inductees. The Hall of Fame, spon- sored by the Chamber of Commerce, was organized to recognize athletes and sup- porters from the Kings Mountain-Grover-Bethware area who have made signifi- cant contributions to sports on every level from amateur ‘to professional. Each reci- - pient will receive a handsome plaque which includes his pic- ture and some of his ac- complishments, and an iden- tical plaque will be displayed -at various locations downtown. They will be displayed permanently when the new Chamber of Com- merce office opens. “We feel like this is going to be a great evening, one in which we will be honoring ' * winning at every turn until someone took the glass egg and hit some of our local people who it against a very hard object and the bogus egg shattered. The have contributed to sports and also get to meet some outstanding sports figures on the college and professional level,” said Champion. “We hope everyone in the com- support the Hall of Fame. It’s In a couple of hours the crowd broke up, all eggs having ~'going to be a big event this been similarly broken or recognized as victors, and by 11 o’clock egg-fighters were as scarce as hen’s teeth. I had one final question: What poppers to the defeated eggs? And I was told that some are fed to hogs, some to dogs, ev some are eaten that morning, some become iled eggs, and dozens are taken home to be pickled and enjoyed weeks later. Two or three times the fights were interrupted when an automobile slowly eased its way down the highway, but other- wise the combat continued all over the road, in yards, and in the backs of trucks. And I actually took part in an egg fight and won four eggs that were to go into my trophy case--my wife says it’s been empty as long as she’s known me and outght fo have something symbolic in it--but Jed, my prize- winning egg dog, confiscated the prizes and left me with only a shell of memories of my first egg fight. But I'm going back. I tell my family I'm going to go early Donor Beltline Orientation Set The Cleveland County Chapter of the American Red Cross will hold a ‘donor beltline orientation’” a the Chapter House on Patton Avenue in Shelby Tuesday. ool This orientation is designed ‘$0 inform mew volunteers of the donor beltline stations and to update old volunteers in policy and procedure changes. Two sessions will be held, one at 10 a.m. and the other at 2 p.m. Any person wishing to volunteer at local blood- mobiles is asked to attend the orientation. For more infor- mation call the Red Cross of- fice at 487-8594. Sgt. Donald Day ‘On Deployment Marine Staff Sgt. Donald A. Day, son of Charles D. and Mini C. Day of Rotue 1, Grover, recently departed on a six-month deployment ‘aboard the amphibious transport dock USS trenton "| with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron-167, Marine Corps Air Station New River, Jacksonville. During the routine deploy- ment with the Joint Task Force Middle East, the squadron will serve as the Air Combat Element of Con- tingency Marine Air Ground Task Force. He joined the Marines i January 1978. : CARD OF THANKS Mr. and Mrs. 0.D. Martin wish to express their sincere appreciation to their friends: and neighbors for their kind expressions of sympathy at the death of their loved one. Family of Howard Martin CARD OF THANKS I would like to thank the doctors and staff at the Kings Mountain Hospital for such kindness and care I received during my sickness. MAMIE GRICE Le REAL ESTATE APPRAISALS (704) 739-8926 — = JERRY L. KING, APPRAISER 603 Crescent Circle P.O. Box 1162 pa Kings Mountain, N.C. 28086 = = ea 3 year and grow even bigger in the future.” EDC MEETING Kings Mountain Economic Development Commission will meet Tuesday at noon at Holiday Inn. Chairman John Moss will preside. CARD OF THANKS I would like to thank the doctors and staff at Kings Mountain Hospital for such kindness and care I received during my sickness. MAMIE GRICE KINGS MOUNTAIN CINDY WAUGH Waugh To Head Bike-A-Thon sponsor them in the upcom- The Leukemia Society of America, North Carolina chapter, has announced that the 1988 Spring Bike-A-Thon chairperson for Grover will be the Rev. Phillip Waugh, pastor of Grover’s First Bap- tist Church. The Leukemia Society of America is a national volun- tary health agency dedicated solely to seeking the cause and ‘eventual cure of leukemia and allied diseases. Proceeds from the bike-a- thon will support the North Carolina chapter’s programs fo research and patient aid. Currently, the chapter is fun- ding $1.7 million in research projects in the state at UNC- Chapel Hill, Duke University and Wake Forest University. The Leukemia Society of America is also providing financial assistance to 810 pa- tients in North Carolina. The cause of leukemia re- mains unknown. However, the effectiveness of recently developed treatment methods and steady ad- vances in research bring sus Cindy Waugh To Write Cindy Waugh, a busy minister’s wife and mother of three children, is beginning this week a weekly column on Grover area activities. Mrs. Waugh, the Herald's first Grover correspondent in many years, will be writing about news of Grover area people who are encouraged to call her at 937-9115. Rev. and Mrs. Phil Waugh came to Grover three years ago when he accepted a call to First Baptist Church. They have been active in the com- munity and Mrs. Waugh is currently serving as Grover. precinct registrar. Cindy Waugh grew up in closer every day to finding the cause or causes of leukemia and related disorders and probable cures. Leukemia causes the death of more children than any other disease and more adults than children are stricken each year. ‘ When a rider asks you to Hendersonville and graduated from Mars Hill College. : The Waughs have three children, Brandon, 5; Meredith, 4; and Justin, 4% months. Mrs. Waugh says she is ex- cited about writing Grover news for the Herald. She says she has met many Grover people through her activity at First Baptist Church and in working the polls for elec- tions, and that now she hopes to meet even more. “We welcome Grover cor- respondent Cindy Waugh and invite Grover area readers to call her,” said Publisher ‘Gary Greene. ing bike-a-thon, please remember that the funds will be used in North Carolina for the Society’s research and patient-aid programs,” said Rev. Waugh. _ Anyone needing informa- tion may call Rev. Waugh at 937-9115. GROVER NEWS BY CINDY WAUGH this Easter week. There are several activities taking place in Grover during On Friday, April 1, Shiloh Presbyterian Church will have a Tenebrae service at 7:30 p.m. First Baptist Church and Shiloh Presbyterian Church will have a joint Easter Sunrise Service at 7 a.m. Sunday morn- ing. It will be held on the front lawn of Shiloh Presbyterian Church. A light breakfast will follow in Shiloh’s fellowship hall. The musical “Behold the Empty Tomb’ will be presented by the adult choir of First Baptist Church on Easter Sunday at the 11 a.m. worship service. If anyone has information that is news worthy, please call me at 937-9115 or write to me at P.O. Box 237, Grover, N.C. 28073. SEE SPECIAL EDITION IN TODAY'S HERALD... .. SEE SPECIAL EDITION IN TODAY’S HERALD..... - - TN rp Ama Ae Wert BABAR ea TRL meen don Wadi en gs rem mer Ee 2 TE = ee eS
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