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Kings Mountain's Laura Moss to play Amanda Cory on TV soap opera
Kings Mountain's Laura
Moss is literally living in
"Another World" in New York
City.
The daughter of Linda and
Larry Moss and recent graduate
of the University at N.C. School
of the Arts yesterday signed a
three-year contract to play the
part of Amanda Cory on the TV
soap opera "Another World."
"We have always known that
Laura was gifted," said her ex-
cited parents, who are life-long
Kings Mountain residents and
owners of Center Service, Inc.
"Even as a child she was dedi-
cated and focused."
That dedication and hard
work which began at an early
age in Kings Mountain dance
recitals, beauty pageants, mod-
eling and school plays paid off
when Moss was chosen from
eight women who were screen
tested for the part. Over 150
women from all over the coun-
try auditioned.
1. "I'm very excited to be so
| wonderfully employed so early
out of school," said Moss from
her apartment in Manhattan.
"This is a wonderful opportuni-
ty and will give me a lot of ex-
perience on camera. It's a won-
derful first opportunity. I
couldn't have asked for any-
thing better.”
eight women who earned a
screen test, said she went into
the test with the attitude that
she would learn from the expe-
rience.
"I feel very lucky and fortu-
nate to be a part of a screen test
so early in my career," she said.
youngest of the:
"I went in with the mind set
that I was going to learn a lot,
and I did." :
For the next several weeks,
which will be hectic, Moss said
she will be purchasing clothes
and doing promotional work
for the show. She expects to
start shooting in early
December and expects to ap-
pear on the soap for the first
time around Christmas.
Moss admits she has never
been a big soap watcher - with
her busy schedule she's never
had the time - but from talking
with her grandmother Guynelle
Oliver and others she has
learned that the character
Amanda Cory is a divorced
mother with a child and has
been on a trip to Europe for
some time.
“I'll have to start watching it
now so I can figure out her his-
tory," she said. "I expect she will
be coming back around
Christmas time, and she will be
me."
Moss reflected on her child-
hood in Kings Mountain, where
she began dance instruction at
the age of three and continued
for 14 years under Jane
Campbell, Jane McClure, Patsy
Wall and Evette Burton. She
said her first acting part was the
"Tooth" in the first grade's pro- [8
~‘duetion of "Tillie the Tooth” at
St. Michael's School in Gastonia.
She recalled showing horses
at a young age with Audrey
and Libby Falls and Trent Rhea
of Kings Mountain, then going
into pageantry and winning
Little Miss Kings Mountain. She’
later pursued a successful mod-
WORLD
LAURA MOSS
eling career with Joan Baker ' She attended junior high and
School of Modeling, winning a high school in Kings Mountain
competition in the Runway and in the summer of 1987 at-
Division on the national level in
Orlando, Fla. See Moss, 10-A
Mt. Zion to celebrate anniversary
This year Mount Zion C.A. Feemster came to the
we
McIntosh wins
county election
Shelby police officer Willie
McIntosh made history Tuesday
when he became the first Black
to be elected to the Cleveland
County Board of
Commissioners.
McIntosh led the voting in a
six-person race for three seats.
In unofficial results, he received
14,478 votes, over 1,000 more
than his closest competitor, for-
mer Commissioner Joe
Cabaniss with 13,000. Ray
Thomas won the third seat with
12,014 votes.
Kings Mountain realtor Ruby
Alexander finished fourth with
11,440 votes, followed by Jack
Spangler with 11,415 and John
McBrayer with 11,229.
McIntosh, who also led the
voting in the May Democratic
Primary, becomes the third
African-American member of
the Board. Earlier, Bobby
Malloy and Mary Accor were
appointed after a federal judge
ruled on an NAACP law suit
against the county.
In the only upset of the day
locally, Walter Dalton of
Rutherford County edged in-
cumbent Dennis Davis for the
37th District N.C. Senate seat,
but Davis said he will probably
call for a recount of votes.
Unofficially, Dalton had 21,065
votes to 20,736 for Davis.
Incumbent David Hoyle easi-
ly won the 25th House District
race with 13,578 votes to 7,502
EXERCISING HIS RIGHT -
Oscar Jones votes in
Tuesday's election at
Grover Town Hall.
for challenger Ray Hoyle.
Incumbent Republicans
Debbie Clary and John
Weatherly of Cleveland County
easily won reelection in the
N.C. 48th District House race.
They will be joined in Raleigh
by Democrat Andy Dedmon.
Incumbent Jack Hunt did fob. LA
seek reelaction.
Clary led the voting with
13,679 and Weatherly was close
behind with 13,545. Dedmon re-
ceived 13,256. Aileen Ford of
Shelby was fourth with 12,139,
followed by Doug Pearson and
Dean Allen of Rutherford
See Election, 10-A
Baptist church is celebrating its
116th anniversary.
The first Mount Zion build-
ing was located on Piedmont
Avenue across from the old
Kings Mountain Herald build-
ing. The first Pastor was the
late Rev. R.L. Veal.
In 1916 the church relocated
to King Street. The building
was renovated in the same loca-
tion three times.
After Davidson School was
demolished, the land on which
the church now stands was pur-
chased. Groundbreaking ser-
vices were held for the present
building on October 7, 1973,
with the Rev. J.S. Norris as
Pastor.
church as Interim Pastor. In
May 1987 installation services
were held for Pastor Feemster
and in October 1990, Pastor .
Feemster became the first full-
time Pastor.
Rev. Feemster and his wife
Melicent have two children;
Justin and Maya.
The future of Mount Zion
Baptist Church is bright.
Membership has reached 539
and continues to grow.
Future plans include build-
ing a gymnasium on the land
beside the church that can be
used by the entire community.
"Our aim is to be a presence in
the community, and one way to
GREETING VOTERS - U.S. Rep. Sue Myrick, left, greets Sarah
Jones as she arrives to vote Tuesday at the Kings Mountain
In January of 1987 Pastor See Mt. Zion, 3-A
West Precinct at the National Guard Armory.
NEW PASTOR - Rev. Roger Woodard is the new pastor at Kings Mountain Family Worship Center
Church of God.
The new pastor of Family
Worship Center Church of God,
Rev. Roger Woodard, believes
revival is the answer to drugs
which he says are just as preva-
lent in the Bible Belt as in the
West.
Religiosity bothers Woodard.
He says Westerners in Los
Angeles and Chicago, for in-
stance, admit to paganism but
in some areas of the Bible Belt
folks shy away from revival be-
cause they feel they don't need
it.
Woodard, 47, comes to Kings
Mountain from Abundant Life
Church of God in Torrance,
California where he served 9
1/2 years. He preached his first
{| sermon here Oct. 13.
} But he actually started
i preaching in his uncle's back-
yard at age 11.
His father, Rev. John R.
Woodard, was a Church of God
preacher and young Woodard
Pastor: Revival answer to drugs
answered God's call at age 8
during an open air prayer meet-
ing.
Woodard started his first con-
gregation at age 12 with two
older teenagers in Montford,
Alabama and at the age of 18
pioneered his second church.
Preaching Jesus has been
Woodard's life. He and his
whole family have used what
he called their God-given tal-
ents to incorporate music in
their ministry, writing songs,
playing musical instruments
and singing.
On a recent Sunday Bluegrass
music was featured in the local
worship service by his multi-
talented son-in-law Robert
Wright who presented a spirit-
ed version of "Ill Fly Away" and
"Keep On The Firing Line." The
congregation loved it.
His office stereo system at the
beautiful church on Shelby
Road is usually turning out soft
gospel sounds. Two daughters
love music too. Veronica Wright
has one album in production.
Malora Kellstrom is in full time
music ministry and is a singer
and composer who travels coast
to coast. His wife, Margaret
Bales Woodard, started playing
piano in church at age 11. A
singer, composer and musician,
she was part of the Bales fami-
ly, a popular singing group in
Alabama.
The preacher's older brother
had songs in the Top 10 charts
in the 1960's. A sister was in a
popular gospel quartet. His
mother continues to write songs
and plays and sings gospel mu-
sic. He has recorded two al-
bums.
"We like to serve God," said
Woodard who is the author of
two books and numerous arti-
cles and has evangelized coast
to coast and internationally,
See Pastor, 3-A