RR ———————— LL Mounties Take Over First Place Page 5-8 VOL. 102 NO. 18 KM 'Hall' Tickets On Sale Tickets for the third annual Kings Mountain Chamber of Commerce Sports Hall of Fame banquet are on sale at several locations in downtown Kings Mountain. The banquet is scheduled for Thursday night, May 27, at 7 p.m. at the Kings Mountain Community Center. Tickets, which include a meal and the induc- tion ceremonies, are $10 each and may be purchased at McGinnis Department Store, Plonk Brothers, Sagesport, Western Auto, Kings Mountain Herald, C&S Mart and the Kings Mountain Chamber of Commerce; and from Perry Champion, John McGinnis, Carl Champion, Mearl Valentine, Gary Stewart, Dr. John McGill, Chuck Gordon and Denny Hicks. Don Parker, who coached basketball at KMHS for 24 years; Charlie Ballard, a standout on KM's champi- onship baseball team of 1941 and a former star at Lenoir-Rhyne College and in the pro ranks; and George Harris, Kings Mountain High's first All- American football player, will be inducted. (A series of feature articles on the three inductees will begin in next week's Herald). Previous inductees were the late Jake Early, Kevin Mack, George Adams and John Henry Moss in 1988; and Jim Dickey, Pat Murphy, Marge Crisp and the 1964 KMHS football team in 1989. In addition, the state championship KMHS baseball team of 1989 will receive the Special Recognition Award which goes each year to an individual or team who had an exceptional year in sports during the previ- ous calendar year. There will not be a keynote speaker as was the case in the first two years of the Hall of Fame. This year, ‘the Hall of Fame Committee has invited a number of special gugsts who will share time on the podium. One that Kings Mountain fans will be eager to see and hear is Shu Carlton, former head football coach at KMHS. He will talk about Kings Mountain's glory years of the 1950's, including the back-to-back cham- pionship teams of 1955 and '56, and will also induct George Harris, the quarterback of KM's first-ever Southwestern Conference football championship team in 1955. Carlton came to Kings Mountain in 1948. In the ear- ly fifties, he was called into service during the Korean War. After the war, he returned to KMHS and built the football program into one of the best in Western North Carolina. His 1956 team won the Western N.C. High School Activities Association title with a perfect record. Carlton left KMHS after the 1956-57 school year to become head football coach at athletic director at Ashley High School (now Ashbrook). Carlton, now retired, is a member of the Gastonia Chamber of Commerce Hall of Fame. See Hall Of Fame, 9-A TOP SCHOLARS-KMSHS Principal Jackie Lavender, left, niaralaiee & the four top students who lead academic scholars this year. From left, Lavender, senior Elizabeth Adams McIntyre, junior Michael Lee Jordan, and sophomores Michael Jason Rayfield and Kimberly Ann Hoyle. All 60 students received plaque awards and the four top students received plaques and gifts at the annual awards banquet Monday Jones Intercable Plans High School Courses Page 12- B Thursday, May 3, 1990 TM TRS ST a PFA i : Gok Little Theatre To 28g | Present ‘Miracle Worker" oR Page 9-A oo mR — Zo OO a - OX =A en = oA ——y § ke oH = a1 of Rs E Te 2 KINGS MOUNTA Jack Lail knew something was wrong when he heard his cows bawling. He looked out a back window of his home to see the cattle scurrying all over the pasture. Then he saw the trees swaying in the strong wind and noticed a dark, black cloud which appeared Feeling it could be a iornadd, he turned to tell his family members to take cover in the hall and bath- room. At about the same time his wife, Frances, looked out the den door to see Lail's workshop flying by. to be "10 to 12 feet" off the ground, Jack Lail's storage shed leveled Moments later, the ferocious winds were gone, although the rain, thunder and lightning from Saturday afternoon's storm lingered for hours. Across the road from the Lail home, a new cattle trailer recently purchased by neighbor, Jack Hewitt, was rolled end over end "like atin can” for Some 100, feet. About a halt “pie father, the mo- bile home oi Dotty Yarbro on Bethlehem Koad was completely destroyed. The storm which came through the Bethlehem area of Kings Mountain around 7 o'clock Tornado Rips Bethlehem Saturday night is not being official- ly called a tornado by the National Weather Service. But residents of the area are convinced it was. "I didn't see a funnel, but Charles Herndon (a neighbor) said from his house he looked over this way and saw it. He said he saw the funnel cloud when it touched down and went back up." Tails 23 x 70 foot wood and tin | building, which he used as a work; shop and storage building for his farm equipment, was completely destroyed. Lumber, tin and tools were strewn up to 200 feet in a See Tornado, 3-A Primary Election Tuesday Four local people will be on the ballot for county and statewide offices in Tuesday's primaries. In Cleveland County, 37,115 voters are registered. The polls open at 6:30 a.m. and close at 7:30 p.m. Polling places are East Kings Mountain at the Community Center; West Kings Mountain at the Armory; Bethware at David Baptist Church; and Grover at Grover Rescue Squad Building. Although there has been little outward political activity, local people are interested in several races in which Kings Mountain people are candidates. Local people on the ballot include veteran Senator Ollie Harris, who is seeking reelection to his 10th term, Bruce Scism, who is seeking one of the three seats up for grabs in the 25th Senatorial District of which Harris, Marshall Rauch and Helen Marvin are incumbents, incumbent county commissioner Joyce Cashion and local lawyer Scott Cloninger, who is mak- ing his first bid for political office in the race with Calvin Smith of Lincolnton for the 27-B District Judgeship. Friday 5 p.m. is deadline for absentee voting. Absentee ballots mailed to the Cleveland County Board of Elections is Shelby must be in the office by Monday. Nine Democrats are running for two seats on the county board of commissioners. If a runoff is neces- sary, it will be held June 5. The Democrats face GOP opposition from Dennis Bingham and Bill Claytor in November. The commissioner candidates include the two incumbents Joyce Cashion and Coleman Goforth, Ralph Gilbert, Truman Davis Jr., R. E. Devoe, Sam Gold, Dick Kelly, Gail . Kirk and Melvin Morris. Running on the GOP ticket in Tuesday's Primary for three seats in the 25th Senatorial District are John Carter, Mary Lou Craig, James Forrester, John Hodge Sr. and David Ward Jr. Local citizens will also vote for their choice for nominee for U. S. Congressman and U. S. Senator. On the GOP ticket, incumbent Cass Ballenger has opposi- See Election, 3-A Orchestras Mozart. Symphony Set Thursday At High School When the Charlotte Symphony comes to Thursday for a children's concert at 10 a.m. and a public concert at 8 p.m. in Barnes Auditorium, con- cert-goers will be treated to a trib- ute to the late great composer The Mozart selections are being featured by Darryl One, associate conductor, who said the program will be versatile and also feature selections from "Showboat" and fa- miliar waltzes. One has accepted a position as Affiliate Artist Resident Conductor town Senior Betsy McIntyre, junior Michael Jordan and sophomores Kimberly Hoyle and Jason Rayfield are the top academic scholars at Kings Mountain Senior High School. To qualify for the honor, the four led 18 seniors, 19 juniors and 23 sophomore students in maintaining a cumulative average of 3.75 or above. . The four top students with the highest grade averages also re- ceived gifts at the annual academic awards banquet Monday night at KMSHS Cafeteria. Seniors honored, in addition to Mcintyre, were Karin Elizabeth Bush, Ashley Rae Champion, of the = Rochester, 'N.: Y. Philharmonic and will remain with the Charlotte Symphony through this summer. The two concerts here will probably be his last in this area for some time. In Rochester, One's major responsibilities will include conducting for the educational, Paul Dover, Jennifer Lynn Gunter, Lori McDaniel Hall, Charlene Lee Hardin, John Edward Heath Jr., Katherine Lynn Jenkins, Nancy Janelle McCoy, Juliet Caudle McRae, Niroubonh Quaneoudone, Cristi Glennette Putnam, Michael Shane Sessoms, Joseph Rivers Smith, Angela Marie Subler and Amy Elizabeth Turner. Juniors honored, in addition to Jordan, were Brian Charles Barrett, Charles Everette Bridges, Matthew Frederick Bunch, Heather Ruth Caveny, Christina Elizabeth Dixon, Susie Leila Hardin, Phillip Eugene Heavner, Susan Crosland Hendricks, Kelly Marie Herndon, pops, youth symphony, Finger Lakes summer concerts and sub- scription programs for the Rochester Philharmonic, which has an annual budget of $7 million, twice the size of Charlotte. The po- sition is a joint appointment with See Symphony, 3-A KMHS Scholars Honored Elaine Horton, Charity Nicole Jackson, Adella Marie Robertson, Mary Elizabeth Thompson, Vincent Avery Walker, Angela Yvonne Whitaker, Derick Javon Williams and Robbie Thomas Wilson. Sophomores honored, in addi- tion to Hoyle and Rayfield,were Aaron Durant Allen, Kevin Avery Blalock, Kelly Kathryn Broome, Emily Meredith Campbell, Jennifer Lee Carroll, William Richard Cathey, Susan Michele Corn, James Jeffery Downey, Freida Gail Hardin, Karen Dawn Hardin, Holly Susan Harmon, Angela Renae night. 'Urgent’ Need For Blood At Friday's Bloodmobile The Cleveland County Chapter of the American Red Cross has is- sued an urgent request for type O . negative blood. Supplies of this universal donor blood type have dropped to a low level over the past few weeks, according to Sandi Shockley, Cleveland County Blood Services Director. "Anytime after a major holiday supplies tend to run lower than usual,” Shockley said. Also in demand, although not as low, are blood types A Negative, B Negative, and AB Negative. These types are also in low supply. Although the negative blood types are currently at a lower level, all blood types are needed, Shockley said. "No type is too common or too rare to be needed. The most com- mon blood type is O, yet O is often the most needed type," she said. In some emergency situations, when necessary, type O Negative blood can be given in place of oth- er blood types. Large quantities of type O Negative may be needed by acci- dent victims who experience se- vere bleeding or shock. It is rou- tinely used for treating premature infants with anemia. Shockley urges everyone who is eligible to donate blood in the bloodmobile at First Baptist Church in Kings Mountain Friday, May 4, from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. For more information or to find out if you are eligible to give, call 487- 8594. Joseph Thomas Champion Astley I, a [ Kings | Mountain People Michael Andrew Hollifield, Sharon See Scholars, 12-A ER a, ~ He 1 Sloorte the pil as oe coffee at oo 8 Drug Store with longtime friend Johnny McGill, 84, : || and new friends, retired prechers Willi Dick Bolls. iad their clocks by them. : And, no they don't solve the prions of the world at their morning friendship meetings but they go have. fin. Huffstetler retired after 55 years in the tile mills. McGill retired after many years at Kings Mountain Drug Company, The two started playing golf together and drinking coffee together about a quarter century ago and haven't stopped. Thoy also cut their yerds | to- : gether and garden. MARVIN HUFFSTETLER ) Springs Orphanage and attended school there before ! that Kings Mountain would be home. He and Lib | "When Doc Blair and Dick Bolls retired and settled inKings Mountain they joined our coffee club,” laughed Huffstetler. Huffstetler is one of three children of the late Mr. and Mrs. Edward Lee Huffstetler who died in the flu epidemic in 1918 when Slim was a boy. He recalled that the three children spent their early years at Barium | moving back to the homeplace on Union Road when he was a teenager. He was baptized as a a small boy in Armstrong Memorial Presbyterian Church and has been a life-long Presbyterian, joining Dixon Presbyterian Church in Kings Mountain. In 1935, he moved to Kings Mountain to help his uncle out on the farm and to go to work at the Margrace Mill. After he met and courted Elizabeth McMurray, they decided _ See Hutfstetier, 9-A Sa
