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I can't tell you her name, but it's
that time of year again when my
best friend becomes the same age
as me.
She's 9 months younger than me
and can be certain that I won't re-
veal her age. She's a very happy
wife, loving mother, conscientious
business partner and a person who
truly loves life and lives every
moment of it. I've promised I
wouldn't put her name in the paper
without her permission, (which I
did not get) so I don't guess you'll
ever know who she is.
. ; By the way, if you happen to be
5 at Wade Ford on Thursday, March
10, say Happy Birthday to Wade's
si 2, "what's her name!"
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| AVELERS IN OUR MIDST:
_ June and Sam Houlditch of
i & gi Hollow Drive recently jour-
~ “'yed to Florida and witnessed
::cord breaking temperatures.
The Houldlitch's traveled via car
down the west coast of Florida and
returned by way of Orlando and
some of the east coast.
While in the Naples and Marco
; Island area, the temperatures
reached a high of 88 degrees, set-
ting a new record. On the way
home, by way of Orlando, the tem-
| perature reached a low of 20 de-
ees, which also broke a record. (I
pose Sam packed his thermal
lies and his bikini!)
n Presbyterian Church had
a8 guest speaker for Sunday wor-
~ shipiservices Rev. Pressly Love of
Gastonia who preached in the ab-
~/%inge of Rev. Allan Sinclair who-
1ill with flu,
Nancy Hughes led the
tudy and Mrs. Letha
was hostess to Circle 1
enight at the church.
a Senior Citizens will meet
§day, March 14, at 6 p.m. at
arch to go out to eat supper.
'¢+ | The community extends sympa-
thy to Mary Jo Stewart at the death
. of her aunt, Mrs. Betty Keever, in
' Taylorsville. Gary and Mary Jo
. Stewart, Leigh Anne and Dee,
. were in Taylorsville Sunday for
Mrs. Keever's funeral. Mary Jo's
ver News
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i ‘By JACKIE ROUNTREE
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' J Maitha Fortenberry has found
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grandchild. For Martha and Ed, it's
© nine-week old Alyssa. Their son
Volunteer Of Week
Martha Br
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If You See What's Her Name, Say Happy Birthday
Some highlights of their trip in-
cluded Bush Gardens and the
Spaceport at Kennedy Space
Center. While at the Space Center
they saw the Discovery on it's
launching pad.
Some of their trip involved visit-
ing friends and one such visit was
with some ex-Woodbridge resi-
dents, Les and Marge Senet, who
now reside in Zellwood.
"We had a great time," said June.
"There were lots of bikinis," said
Sam.
VISITOR IN THE FREDER-
ICK HOME:
Randy Frederick of Zelienople,
Pennsylvania recently visited his
parents, Joann and Ralph Frederick
of Quail Hollow Drive in
Woodbridge. "Randy and his friend
Liz Mitchell and her son Cameron,
along with Bill Ringhauser and his
friend Marsha were visiting for the
weekend of February 17, during
the time that we had that terrible
ice storm," said Joann. Although
their plans to spend the weekend
fishing fizzled out, they did enjoy a
small bon fire on the beach area
behind the house. Joann, Liz and
Marsha managed a quick trip to
Hamrick's Clothing Store between
the rain, sleet and snow while little
Cameron was back at the house
slowly breaking out in chicken
POX.
¢on News By BECKIE STEWART
it Of 'Love' At Dixon
father, Howard Rogers, is now at
home from the hospital and recu-
perating from pneumonia.
Mrs. Dan Wells, a former mem-
ber of this congregation, died in
Mars Hill last week. She was re-
membered as a very dedicated lady
having served as pianist, Sunday
School teacher and circle president.
At her graveside service Saturday
at Mountain Rest Cemetery her
pastor indicated she remained dedi-
cated to Christian service in retire-
ment years at a Mars Hill church.
Senior Airman Kelly Stewart
has recently been assigned to the
343rd Maintenance Squadron,
Munitision Divison, at David
Monthan AFB, Tucson, Arizona.
Airman Stewart was previoysly
over Goes World
and his wife and Alyssa have been
in the Grover area for a few weeks
as they change from a Florida ma-
rine base to Cherry Point. Ed al-
ready has Alyssa a pink bicycle in
idges
L By JUNE BALLARD
a Retirement for Mrs. Martha Bridges by no means meant a time
for leisure activities and a non-productive life style. To the contrary, retire-
ment seems to have inspired in her the
need to redirect her energies and tal-
ents to an even more demanding way of life.
MARTHA BRIDGES
After Martha's retirement from 18
years with the Kings Mountain School
System, and husband Glee's retirement
from his family-owned hardware busi-
ness, a short time of travel was in or-
der. This trip took the Bridges to
Europe and a tour of russia.
Glee and Martha, residents of Kings
Mountain for many years are proud
parents of 3 children and 6 grandchil-
dren.
Glee Junior (Ed) is an Airline Pllot
for American West. His wife is
Andrea. Tom, is Personnel Director for
White Industries, in Kinston. His wife
is Sandra. Tom and Sandra have 3 chil-
dren - Christopher, Kellie, and
Samantha. Lynn Fulton is a former
school teacher, now homemaker.
Lynne and her husband, Carl, reside in
i |! Vendersonville, and have 3 children - Jennifer, Elizabeth, and Catherine.
h ‘Glee and Martha are members of St. Matthews Lutheran Church where
both are very active. Martha serves on St. Matthews Scholarship
i Synod Board for Christian Education,
Committee, Chairman of the Fellowship Service Committee, on N.C.
as well as many other positions. She
is currently serving as Chairman of the Kings Mountain Educational
| Foundaticn.
‘Hobbies include traveling, reading, cooking, quilting, and playing
bridge. "I love to read. I've read 11 books since January 1st," said Martha.
ah
5 Hospital Auxiliary. She found out
‘Ine
|) Apa
fall of 1988, she began helping out with the Kings Mountain
about this opportunity for service
gh some friends. "My duties include doing anything they want me to
+" "do," she said. "I work in the pharmacy, work in materials and supplies,
i work on the floor, and sometimes I'm a gopher, helping out at the nurses
station,” she advises. Her hospital work requires her attendance one time
i each week.
One volunteer duty that she seems to really enjoy is Meals on Wheels.
"It's a wonderful program,” she said.
Another area of service and volunteer work is training adults to read.
|| Martha advises that she and 4 others have been trained for this program
and are now seeking to sign up students. If you can't read, or know some-
one who can't, contact Mrs. Bridges at 739-2148 for more information.
This is a one to one program specifically designed for those who can't read
or can't read well.
i “I'm also working with a local pastor and the Kings Mountain Council of
Church Women to organize a soup kitchen for next year. This is just in the
organizing stages for now," she said.
pr
need to give something back."
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"I like to stay busy. I feel like you just owe something to society. I think
that when you've been fortunate in life and things have gone well, then you
Oak
Grove
JUNE
BALLARD
Back in Pennsylvania, in
Cranberry Township, Randy is an
EMT with the Cranberry
Ambulance Corp. and Bill is assis-
tant Fire Chief. Both men enjoyed
a trip to Shelby to see where the
Jaws of Life Rescue Tool is manu-
factured by Macomson Machine
Company, as they have used this
tool many times during their volun-
teer work with the ambulance and
fire department.
"Hopefully when they come
back for another visit, we will have
blue skies, lots of sunshine, the
lake water back up to normal and
those beautiful sunsets that we all
enjoy on Moss Lake," said Joann.
OAK GROVE NEWS:
An update on Florence White:
As of last Saturday, Florence had
received four treatments, and ac-
cording to Rush, her husband, she
feels a lot better. They don't yet
know how long she must stay in
Greece but we'll keep you advised.
Let's all continue to remember her
in our prayers.
DILLING DUCK PIN STATS:
Jo's Jokers 23-12, Ronnie's
stationed at Eilson AFB,
Fairbanks, Alaska for the past three
years. During his assignment at
Eilson AFB he was awardead sev-
eral citations including Air Force
Maintenance Munitions Technician
of the Quarter. He and his wife,
Angela, now make thier home in
Tucson, Arizona. He is the son of
Mr. and Mrs.Tony Stewart and
grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Bud
Stewart of this community and
Mrs. Myrtle Blackburn of Grover.
Mrs. L. H. Stewart visited her
sister, Mrs. James Blanton in
Boiling Springs Saturday.
Seth Bradley visited his grand-
mother, Mrs. Ellen Bradley in
Polkville Monday afternoon.
Wide
readiness. Let the lullaby of Long
Branch Road long resound.
Our cricket keeps resounding
and he is still unseen. He gets up
earlier and sounds off all day. If he
be a cricket he has to be a he. She
crickets are silent.
Mrs. Fred Cockrell has returned
home after an extended stay with
her sister, Merle Jones, in Hope
Mills. It is said that a friend stick-
eth closer than a brother. A friend
would have to be mighty adhesive
to stick closer than Merle and
Boots. Lillie Mae Rollins says she
and her sister, Letha, in Winston-
Salem had a nice and close and
closed-in visit during the recent
snow falls. Lillie Mae was in
Winston-Salem for both the snow
times and that area was more
snowed in.
Grover News has flourished in
Florida. Lena Goforth spent several
days with her son, Cobia, the envi-
ronmentalist, in West Palm Beach.
Jake Montgomery and his grand-
daughter, Lynn, visited Jake's
brother, Billy, in Maderia Beach.
Florida news flourishes in
Grover! Ray and Eloise Bradley of
Tampa stopped by to visit cousin
Margie Field and Ben after having
visited in Rock Hill and
Greenville. They were on their way
to Nashville to visit more relatives.
It was news to me to learn that
Margie had once made her home
with her uncle Bucher McSwain--
Eloise's father. It was then she met
Ben and subsequently made her
home with him here and there and
all about.
I saw an extra car in Lucille
Davis’ driveway and, thinking it
was one of her kids visiting, I
stopped by to speak. I hit a Jackie
jackpot. Lucille's daughter, Sally,
and two lovely lady friends had
just brought Lucille home from
Jacksonville, Fla., where Lucille
had been visiting. Lillie Mae
Rollins and Gladys Wright had al-
ready gotten there to welcome
them. She crickets may be silent,
but the silence ends there. Let
Cleveland Avenue's welcome long
resound!
More news to me -- I didn't even
know Sally wasn't still living in
Gaffney. She's lived in Kentucky
and already in Jacksonville for two
years since she lived in Gaffney.
Grover news gocs global! Kathy
Horton Allen and daughters,
Turn To Page 9-B
Sharpshooters 22-14, Our Guy's
17-19, Sally's Misfits 10-26.
This is so embarrassing!
"Lordy, Lordy, Wylie's Two
* Times Forty," looked back at him
from a birthday cake made by
Louise Wright and decorated by
Marty Blanton. The presentation
was made at a surprise party given
for Wylie Blanton by his wife,
Lizzie last Sunday in the Oak
Grove Baptist Church Fellowship
Building. Approximately 100 peo-
ple attended, including Wylie's
three sons and their families,
Howard and Lois Blanton from
Durham, Harold and Dixie Blanton
and their children, Mike and
Connie from Kings Mountain and
Beamouth and Bea Blanton from
Union, S.C. (Howard and Harold
are twins.) Lizzie's daughter Judy
from Durham along with her two
sons, Johnny and Jimmy were pre-
sent for the festivities also. Lizzie's
grandson, Bruce Boyles from
Mooresville, attended along with
Lizzie's great granddaughter, Nina,
and her husband, Marty King, from
Shelby. Wylie's grandson, Pete
Randall from Shelby, attended
along with grandson Mike Blanton
and Mike's wife, Janice, from
Matthews. Wylie's sister Dot and
Dot's husband Fred Weaver were
present also. ;
Wylie received many gifts in-
cluding a Poloroid camera from
Lizzie. According to Lizzie there
was a big crowd, good dinner, and
a complete surprise to Wylie.
Lizzie's birthday was last
Saturday so a lot of celebrating has
been going on this week. We don't
know how old Lillie is but we do
know Bill and Hazel Watterson
treated them to dinner at Sims Bar
B Que in Hickory last Saturday.
Willard and Melba Boyles treated
Wylie and Lizzie to a dinner at
Kentucky Fried Chicken last week-
end in celebration of their birth-
days and last Saturday night,
Wylie's sons took them to Kelly's
Steak House in Blacksburg, S.C. to
celebrate their birthdays. Happy
birthday to two real young at heart
friends, Wylie and Lizzie Blanton!
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