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Trott Honored By KM Rotary Club
Tom Trott, honored by the Kings Mountain Rotary
Club recently for 30 years of perfect attendance, never
meets a stranger.
He's the first to greet members and guests attending
the weekly civic club meeting at the Country Club and
his pleasing personality has endeared him to friends
not only in his church and civic club but in his profes-
sion.
When he opened Tom Trott Agency in 1957 he used
the advertising slogan, "Trot To Trott for Insurance”
and the slogan stuck. Trott operates his business with
the same enthusiasm he organized the Kings Mountain
Rotary Club back in 1958. He and Wilson Griffin are
the only two living charter members of the club.
Organized with 20 members in 1958, the Kings
Mountain Rotary Club now has a membership of 45.
Tom and Selena Parton Trott were married in
November 1943. They have two daughters, Libby
Blanton, who is employed by Home Federal Savings
& Loan of Kings Mountain, and Anne Pressley of
Cary who is employed by the N. C. Department of
Corrections in Raleigh. There are two grandchildren,
Mollie and Adam Blanton.
The family is active in St. Matthew's Lutheran
Church.
A proud moment for Tom was seeing his son-in-law,
Both Trott and his wife, Selena Parton Trott, Kings
Mountain native, are Paul Harris Fellows, a high honor
that the club bestows.
A Rotarian since 1944, Trott served as president of
the Bennettsville, S.C. Rotary Club in 1948. He has
held virtually every office and committee assignment
in the local Rotary Club and enjoys every minute of
his responsibilities.
A graduate of Patterson Episcopal School for Boys
in Lenoir and Lenoir Rhyne College in Hickory, Trott
.organized the Junior Chamber of Commerce in
Kannapolis. He moved to Kings Mountain in 1952
from Statesville where he was in the insurance busi-
ness and before that was manager of Carolina Theatre
of Bennettsville, S. C. for eight years. A native of
Salisbury he grew up in Kannapolis.
Jerry Blanton and Jerry and Libby's Mollie perform in
"The Sound of Music", the current Kings Mountain
Little Theatre production.
Tom Trott loves to talk about Rotary and the good
work that Rotary does locally and nation-wide. "I'm
very proud of our Kings Mountain club which contin-
ues to grow each week," he said.
At most every Rotary meeting the guest speaker re-
ceives a "buckeye" from Trott who then in his good
humored-style tells him,"This in the only honor I can
give you." Just about everyone in town has received
one of Trott's trademarks.
The American Legion, the na-
tion's largest veterans organization,
celebrates its 70th anniversary
March 15-17.
Unit 155 Auxiliary of Kings
Mountain will honor the local Post
155 at a birthday supper on
Thursday, March 14, at 7 p.m. at
the Post Home on York Road. A
covered dish supper will be served
and a blue and gold birthday cake
will be cut for dessert.
Arlene Barrett is chairman of the
program for the evening. All mem-
bers of the Post and Auxiliary are
invited to attend.
"The men who founded the
American Legion following World
War I had a vision of an organiza-
tion providing assistance to fellow
veterans, their widows and chil-
dren. In the past 70 years
Legionnaires have met that need
and expanded programs touching
millions of Americans each year,"
said Mrs. Barrett. The American
Legion was responsible for the cre-
ation of the GI Bill of Rights, used
by millions of veterans seeking as-
sistance for education and housing.
KM Senior Center Notes
Food Distribution Is March 30
The Kings Mountain Senior
Center will once again be assisting
Cleveland County Department of
Social Services with their
Commodity program. Distribution
for the senior citizens in Kings
Mountain is scheduled for
Thursday, March 30, at the
National Guard Armory at 300
Phifer Road. Distribution will be-
gin at 9 a.m., and will continue un-
til all commodities have been given
out.
Several new items will be of-
fered this time. Cheese, however,
will not be available. The new
products include peanut butter, dry
beans, raisins, canned pork and egg
mix. Previously distributed items,
, [such as butter, cornmeal, flour,
‘and honey, will also be available. .
Seniors applying for commodi-
ties must meet all of the following
requirements before receiving
commodities.
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Applicants must meet income
guidelines or be a food stamp re-
cipient.
Applicants must be at least 60
years of age or older and should
have a Senior Tar Heel Card if they
are a first time applicant.
The applicant must be a resident
of Cleveland County.
Persons wishing to apply for a
relative or friend must have the ap-
plicant’s written permission in or-
der to receive commodities.
Food stamp recipients who re-
ceive a white application card in
the mail prior to the distribution
must bring that card along with
their green identification card on
the 30th.
The commodities will be dis-
tributed on a first come, first
served basis. All applicants are re-
‘minded to bring their own bags to
transport commodities.
Eligible persons under age 60
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American Legion Auxiliary To
In the past 12 months the
American Legion, along with the
nation's veterans, welcomed legis-
lation establishing a Department of
Veterans Affairs. For Legionnaires
it was the end of a 22 year cam-
paign. The 70th year of the Legion
also was marked by passage of the
Veterans Reassurance Act provid-
ing new protection for veterans
claims procedures.
A important element in the phi-
losophy of The American Legion
and Auxiliary has always been car-
ing for those in need. Legionnaires
will be served after 10 a.m., if
commodities oddities are still
available.
SENIOR CENTER TRAVELS
The travels of the seniors of
Kings Mountain are about to be-
gin! The Senior Center is sponsor-
ing two trips in the next two
months, so everyone has lots of op-
portunity to get out and go.
March 16th: Senior citizens will
be traveling to Asheboro to visit
the NC Zoological Park. This trip
will last one day, departing from
the Senior Center at 9 a.m. and re-
turning around 5 p.m. The cost of
the trip is $12. This includes bus
fare (they will be chartering a
bus), trip interruption insurance,
admission into the park and a tram
ticket at the park. Each person is
responsible for packing their own
bag lunch.
Celebrate 70th Anniversary
and Auxiliary members donate
millions of hours to volunteer ser-
vice in veterans and community
hospitals, thousands of pints of
blood in local hospitals and blood
centers, and millions of dollars in
educational assistance.
The membership of the Legion
and Auxiliary nationwide numbers
nearly four million members.
DAR MEETS
Dr. Harris Blair, retired
Associate Reformed Presbyterian
minister, was guest speaker at the
April 13th and 14th: Seniors will
be taking a chartered bus to
Raleigh for a two-day tour of the
capital city. While in Raleigh, they
will tour the Legislative building,
' the NC Museum of Art, the NC
Museum of History, the Capitol
Building, and the Governor's
Mansion. They will spend the night
at the Comfort Inn at Crabtree
Valley Mall. The cost of this trip is
$43, which include bus fare, trip
interruption insurance, the hotel ac-
commodations (double occupancy)
and a continental breakfast at the
hotel on Friday. The cost of this
trip will be adjected for seniors
helping with fundraisers.
The zoo trip has a number of va-
cancies, but the Raleigh trip is al-
most completely filled. Names can
be put on a waiting list once the
trips are full.
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* welcomed as a visitor. During the
business meeting members voted:
March meeting of Colonel
Frederick Hambright Chapter
Daughters of American
Revolution.
Members met at Josephine E.
Weir Auditorium at Mauney
Memorial Library.
As guests arrived Vera Hardin
and Margie Field served refresh-
ments. ;
Dr. Blair presented a humorous
program on "Family History", in-
terspersing his remarks in a more
serious tone with the Biblical pas-
sage on love from I Corinthians 13
in which he pointed out that God
will seek us out if we don't show
our face to him, using the example
of Cain and Able.
Regent Hilda Goforth an-
nounced that the District II meeting
will be held at Central United
Methodist Church on May 16 and
Mrs. Larry Hamrick Sr. will head
the hostess committee. She invited
all members to attend the meeting.
Mrs. Goforth also invited all
women over age 55 to join the
Woman's Club for a Senior
Citizens lunch at 12 noon the first
Friday of each month.
Mrs. Goforth said that the April
meeting of the DAR will feature an
informal program with all mem-
bers presenting old things of value
such as sentimental rings and pic-
tures and talking about their history
in a "show and tell" program.
Mrs. Elizabeth S. Lynch was
to receive Mrs. Lynch as a new
member. She will be inducted at
the April meeting.
Colonel Frederick Hambright
Chapter DAR meets first
Wednesdays at Mauney Memorial
Library at 3 p.m.
WOMAN'S CLUB
Kings Mountain Woman's
Clubbers are conducting the annual
Heart Sunday appeal for funds for
the American Heart Association,
Members of the club are can-
vassing the community every
Sunday this month inviting the
community to make a contribution
to the funds for research of heart
disease.
Mrs. Paula Goforth is chairman
of Home Life Department of the
club which is sponsoring the drive.
SHOWS SLIDES
North School Fifth grade teacher
Barbara Turner, a Fulbright
Scholar, showed slides of England
as the program for Monday night's
Woman's Club meeting.
Mrs. Turner is serving as an €x-
change teacher this year from
England under the Fulbright pro-
gram. She exchanged classrooms
with Connie Phifer, who is teach-
ing Turner's former students this
year in England.
Mrs. Turner compared the two
educational systems with slides.
Mrs. Hilda Dixon was chairman
of the hostess committee which
served refreshments.
Club President Betty Gamble
conducted the meeting:
"The &lub’ meets: fourth Monday
nights at 7:45 p.m. The club is
open to all interested women in the
area.
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