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MIDDLE SCHOOL PLANNING-Jane King, left, Director of
Instruction, welcomes Nancy Farmer of Raleigh to a planning meeting
on program for the proposed Middle School. Mrs. Farmer is a consul-
tant with the State Department of Public Instruction.
Schools
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Middle School is a different ap-
proach to teaching and you have to
give it all you've got, she said.
Two, three, or four teacher teams
will share a small group of students
in the new concept to give individ-
ual attention to students. Teacher-
based guidance is also a part of the
program. Flexible scheduling will
also be a big part of the program.
More classrooms will be built at
the Junior High plant to accommo-
date the Middle School of grades
6, 7, and 8 . Ninth graders will
move to the Senior High School.
Farmer compared the middle
school concept to a one-room
schoolhouse but unique and build-
ing a bridge from one program to
another. "Middle School can't cure
all ills but it can help kids at a time
in their lives when they need it."
Kindergarten Orientation
Slated In Local Schools
Orientation for incoming kinder-
garten students will be held at all
elementary schools on Friday, May
12. Children who will be five years
old on or before October 16 are eli-
gible to attend.
Parents are to take their children
at 8;15 a.m. and remain for an ori-
entation session with the principal,
which will last approximately one
hour. Children will experience a
typical kindergarten day culminat-
ing with lunch in the school cafete-
ria as guests of the system. Parents
are to pick up their children at
11:30. Regular kindergarten chil-
dren will not attend school on this
day.
Applications and Kindergarten
Demo's Executive Committee
Health Assessment forms are avail-
able at all elementary schools. The
application should be completed
and returned to the school as soon
as possible. The Health
Assessment for, to be completed by
the child's physician or the Health
Department, is due on or before
October 9, 1989.
Parents are to take the child's le-
gal birth certificate (not hospital
copy) to the school on Orientation
Day. No student can be enrolled
without this official document.
Questions relative to kinder-
garten can be answered by calling
the school's administrative office,
739-4589.
To Discuss Josh's Successor
The executive committee of the
county Democratic Party will tack-
le the
question Thursday, April
27, at 7:30 p.m. in Cleveland
County Law Enforcement Center
on the identity of the late L. E.
~ Hinnant's seat on the county board
of commissioners.
Since the retired banker and
county commission chairman died
last week speculation as to his suc-
cessor has grown and a list of can-
didates for his board seat continues
to mount.
A state statute that applies to
Cleveland County stipulates that if
the committee recommends a
name, the county commission is
obliged to approve it. Hinnant had
over a year left of his four-year
term to serve. At his death he was
county chairman.
Mentioned as possible con-
tenders from Hinnant's hometown
of Kings Mountain are former
board vice chairman Joyce Falls
Cashion, former mayor and pub-
lisher John Henry Moss and insur-
anceman-realtor Larry Hamrick Sr.
Ralph Gilbert of Fallston is still
optimistic about his chances for ap-
pointment. In last fall's general
election, he was the third top vote-
getter among the Democratic can-
didates for commissioner.
At least one black candidate is in
the race-the Rev. R. E. Devoe, pas-
tor of Shiloh Baptist Church in
Shelby.
Other names on the growing list
of potential candidates are Bobby
Rogers, Democratic party district
chairman and a member of the lo-
cal executive committee, and
Charlie Greene and Gene LeGrand,
former county commissioners, all
of Shelby.
Hamrick Boss Of Year
Larry D. Hamrick Sr. was cho-
sen Boss/Associate of the Year by
the Gaston-Cleveland Association
of Insurance Women April 11 at
the orgdnization's annual Bosses
Night banquet at Public Service
Building in Gastonia.
Hamrick is co-owner of Warlick
and Hamrick Associates in Kings
Mountain.
The well-known Kings
Mountain businessman is a long-
time member of the Kings
Mountain Rotary Club of which he
served as president. He is a mem-
Greason
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two vehicles were estimated at
$2700. The Wood car was struck in
the passenger side.
" Our investigation is continu-
ing," said Cleveland County
Medical Examiner Ralph Mitchem
who said Greason died while he
was being taken to an operating
room at Kings Mountain Hospital.
Mitchem said Greason suffered
broken ribs and possible internal
ber of the Board of Directors of
Cleveland County Chapter
American Red Cross. He is a long-
time, active member of Central
United Methodist Church and has
served as chairman of the adminis-
trative board and a member of the
pastor and church renovation com-
mittees. He is active in Kings
Mountain United Way and has held
several leadership positions. Active
in Scouting for 20 years, he re-
ceived scouting's highest honor re-
cently.
He is married and has two sons.
injuries and that Greason's heart
stopped once in the emergency
room where he was revived and
again while he was being taken in-
to an operating room. He was not
revived a second time. "I under-
stand he may have had some heart
problems but we won't know the
cause of death until the results of
an autopsy which has been con-
ducted," he said.
Greason was a watchman in a
textile plant and a member of
Cherokee Street Baptist Church
where funeral services will be held
Thursday at 2 p.m.
Demos
Select
Holland
Cleveland County Democrats
elected Tommy Holland of Boiling
Springs their new party chairman
Saturday.
Other new officers are Karen
Bennett of Kings Mountain, first
vice chairman, Harold Ramseur of
Mooresboro, second vice chair-
man, Reggie Pruitt, secretary,
Linda Thrift, treasurer, and Tommy
Holland, Clarence Brantley, Betty
Burton and Donna McKinney, state
executive committee members.
State = Democratic Party
Chairman Lawrence Davis of |
Raleigh, the convention's keynote
speaker, said the 1990 elections
would be critical and the delegates
to the convention pledged party
unity.
Holland, who had been the top
contender for the top post for sev-
eral months, defeated 10th district
chairman and former party chair-
man Bobby Rogers who said he
had been contacted on Friday about
running for the position.
Holland is a Boiling Springs real
estate agent, Burns High School
guidance counselor and former
newspaper publisher. He called for
precinct rebuilding, citing the need
for workshops, a monthly newslet-
ter and more frequent meetings of
the executive committee. He also
called for a permanent headquar-
ters building.
Bennett, wife of Jim Bennett, is
employed by Gaston County
Department of Social Services.
Senator J. Ollie Harris presented
the speaker.
The convention delegates adopt-
ed a resolution honoring the ser-
vice of the late County
Commissioner L.E. (Josh) Hinnant
of Kings Mountain.
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Wednesday, April 26, 1989-THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD-Page 11A
PRESENTATION TO INDUSTRY-Commercial Intertech officials, above, receive a QI Preferred
Quality plaque and flag from Ford New Holland, Inc. at a plant barbecue Thursday. Richard E. Sari, local
plant manager, center, accepts the awards as John Gilchrist, Vice President of the Hydraulic Pump
Division, left, and Sam Langfill, Group Vice President, Hydraulic Products, right, offer congratulations to
cmployees.
Commercial H
Commercial Intertech Corp. has
been presented the Ford New
Holland, Inc. "QI Preferred Quality
Award" for continued excellent
quality performance in providing
parts.
Commercial Intertech produces
hydraulic pumps at its Kings
Mountain plant for Ford New
Holland, a subsidiary of Ford
Motor Company and the world's
third largest manufacturer of agri-
cultural and industrial equipment.
The 220 local employees cele-
brated the occasion Thursday with
a plant barbecue at which Plant
Manager Rich Sari exhibited the
Q1 plaque and a "Flag of
Distinction" to fly at the local
plant. At a ceremony in New
Holland, Pa., Paul Powers, chair-
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man, president and CEO, and Rich
Sari had been presented the awards
by Ford New Holland president
Robert M. Gerrity. Officials of the
companies were also present for
the local celebration ceremonies
Thursday.
In recognizing Commercial
Intertech among 15 award-winning
companies, Gerrity said, "We are
committed to a concept we call
‘continuous quality improvement’.
eceives Award
So the Q1 program is an important
way for us and our suppliers to
work together to make sure Ford
New Holland really satisfies its
customers in the nearly 120 coun-
tries in which its products are
sold."
Gerrity noted that as a Ql pre-
ferred quality supplier,
Commercial Intertech will be given
preferential status as a source of
additional work.
Dance Classes Offered
Due to overwhelming response
to the Gastonia Recreation
Department's shag dance classes,
summer students may choose to
take classes on Monday or
Wednesday nights. Monday classes
will begin on June 12 and
Wednesday classes on June 14.
Classes meet eight weeks, 7-9 p.m.
Pre-registration is required by call-
ing Cynthia Simpson at 866-6842
for more information.