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PEE BB I TL A EIB NAB HIE SESE m Sm ag ang December 5, 1996 ~~ Thanksgiving is every day at the home of Allen and Brenda Hastings where they count their blessings for all their children and especially their miracle child. Melissa Hastings, 12 on Tuesday, is a normal, typical teenager who loves her family, - the fifth grade at East School, her teacher Marie Beasley and adores her "second mother" African American Doris Mintz Degbeth. The story of the friendship between Melissa ‘and ‘her nurse is unique. Theirs is a love story the family like to share. Mrs. Degbeth was on the res- piratory staff of Kings Mountain Hospital when the six pound baby weighed in with a birth defect that required hospitalization for nearly three years. - Born without a roof in her mouth, she required surgery after surgery. "Every time I became scared when the baby was sick I beeped Doris and she came running and has helped look af- ter Melissa ever since," said Mrs. Hastings, who is also the moth- er of Jeff, 18, Jason, 15, and Katie Hastings, 6. "I made many house calls THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD “Every day Thanksgiving for Melissa during the early years of that child's life," said Doris. Now Melissa doesn't use a beeper but the telephone to call her longtime friend now and they enjoy looking at pictures, playing on the computer and shopping for school clothes. Melissa is the granddaughter of Margaret Patterson of Kings Mountain and Martha Hastings of Forest City. Sunday the family will cele- brate her birthday with a party at home. Doris will cut the birthday cake. Essie Carroll celebrates 89th birthday Her large Kings Mountain family consider Essie Carroll, 89, a Thanksgiving blessing all year round. Thursday the Carrolls gath- ered at a bountiful Thanksgiving table at the home of Jo and Evans Carroll on Katherine Street and counted their blessings. Mors. Carroll, born November 28, 1907, was celebrating her birthday and there was plenty of food and plenty of hugs all around from the 45 people who attended, including her four children and their families. "Some members of our family were working but by the end of the day they will be here to cel- ebrate with Granny,'said Jo Carroll, who along with her husband hosts the holiday birthday party every year. Family has always been her life and greatest joy, according to Granny . Carroll whose spry- ness and good humor belie her age. "I am blessed with good health and just recently re- newed my driver's license for five more years," says Mrs. Carroll, who pedals Avon and Stanley Products all over town and is active in East Side Baptist Church and Senior Citizens groups at the Depot Center. She admits that she is usually the life of any party. Her family cites her indepen- dent spirit for her longevity, saying that Granny's middle name should be "go." "Granny is at Hardee's or McDonald's most every morn- ing with seniors her age and if we don't find her there she is visiting someone at the nursing home or hospital or taking a group of her friends out for breakfast or lunch," says daugh- ter Ethel Mauney. She is the widow of E. O. "Doc" Carroll. Her sons are James, Evans and Gene Carroll, all of Kings Mountain. "I'm just glad to be alive and blessed with so much love from family and friends," said Mrs. Carroll. She's planning on celebrating » her 100th birthday and driving herself to the party. Stroupe takes Lander baseball coaching job Brevard College head base- ball coach Rusty Stroupe an- nounced today that he will be leaving the Brevard College program to head up the base- ball squad at Lander University in Greenwood, SC. Stroupe will make the jump from Brevard College's NJCAA (National Junior College Athletic Association) ranks to head up Lander University's first four- year baseball program in the NCAA Division II Peach Belt Conference. Stroupe is the grandson of the late Dorothy Hart Houston and the step-grandson of for- mer Kings Mountain Commissioner Humes Houston. "Brevard College has provid- ed me with one of the greatest opportunities in my life," said Stroupe. "It is with mixed emo- tions that I accept the head baseball coaching position at Lander University. The Brevard College experience is one that will have a lasting impact on my life; the administration has been tremendously supportive of me personally and concerned with the welfare of the baseball program. I will greatly miss the people of Brevard including my faculty colleagues, staff work- ers, fellow coaches and mem- bers of the community who have provided so much support to my family and my baseball teams. My hope is that in some small way I have been able to return the favor to the Brevard community for all of the warmth I have felt over the past five years." MELISSA HASTINGS ESSIE CARROLL Scissor Sharpening o Kitchen o Utility » Pinkers o Embroidery o Barber's AND HOME CENTER 100 S. Canster Star at East King St. 739-5461 BRIDGES HARDWARE apy N ovember Pre- PR J ANE Paty DA ® DE Video Poker Mike’s Food Store”! Exit 106 I-85. Grover 10 Machines!’ 0,000.00 Jackpot! | Big Variety Of Games To Play- Joker, Poker, Keno, Bingo, Black Gold 21, Jacks Or Better Many More To Choose From! S outh Carol iN a L. egal Christmes Irees $25 & up Frasier Fir, Frasier Fir Garland, White Pine Garland, Colorado Blue Spruce, Wreaths, Tree stands (installed) Shelby Rd. Across from Food Lion, Kings Mtn. § 739-3194 i y Glamour Masters Photo og New 1 cation Yellow brick hou , | South of Ashbrook h Miop School BAD CREDIT? NO PROBLEM! *Foreclosures sBankruptcy *Slow Pays si ~*No Credit *Blemished Credit Blanton Cars 101 Boulevard Interchange in Shel by {Across from Wendy's) 484.2271 - 4864 CARS ~~ Paae 11A i SRR ER Christ X-mas EH 011] 367- 3300 Exxon Gas Reg Plus $1.1 Prem $1.259
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