Vol. 110 No. 37
This Week
THURSDAY
12 noon - Kings Mountain
Rotary Club meets at Ramada
Limited.
6:30 p.m. - Kings Mountain
Kiwanis Club meets at Central
United Methodist Church.
7 p.m. - Alzheimer’s Support
Group meets at Kings Mountain
Senior Center.
7:30 p.m. - Moss Lake
Commission meets at City Hall.
Haley Gingles will be cheer-
ing Kings Mountain's
Mountaineers on to victory
Friday night at Gamble
Stadium.
FRIDAY
5-7:30 p.m. - Central United
Methodist Church spaghetti
supper, Kings Mountain High
cafeteria. $5 adults, $3 under 12.
All proceeds go to needy chil-
dren.
7:30 p.m. High school football
- Charlotte Butler at Kings
Mountain.
7 pm. - Kings Mountain
Board of Education meets at the
School Administration Office
(Central School).
TUESDAY
6 p.m. - Kings Mountain
District Schools Health Council
meets at Teacher Center, 105
East Ridge Street (Central
School).
7 p.m. - Kings Mountain
Planning and Zoning Board
meets at City Hall.
Inside
Kings
Mountain
High wide
receiver
Kendrick
Bell joins
his father,
Kenny, in
the school
record
books.
Kings
Mountain
native
Calvin
Edwards
has music
in his
blood, and
is making
it big in
jazz in
Japan
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Bill Neisler,
Kings Mountain
William Neason, Jr.,
Shelby
Margaret Blanton,
Shelby
Murphy Hill,
Kings Mountain
Gladys Packard,
Kings Mountain
Jim Turner,
Kings Mountain
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Davidson
Alumni: leave
park name alone
City Manager says there's been
no discussion on name change
The rumor going around town that the City
Council plans to change the name of Davidson
Park is just that - a rumor.
Members of the Davidson School Alumni
Association, who last week attended a City
Council meeting to oppose a name change,
Tuesday night went before the Parks and
Recreation Commission to "go on record" as being
opposed to renaming the park.
But City Manager Jimmy Maney said
Wednesday morning that there has never been
any discussion on changing the name of the park.
"We're very much aware of the heritage of
Davidson Park and the city would never do any-
thing to take away from the history of that facili-
ty," Maney said.
The confusion over the name of the park appar-
ently goes back to some discussion that has taken
place about the possibility of naming all the ball
fields at both the Deal Street and Davidson Park
facilities. But, Maney said, even that is just in the
talking stage and may never come to pass.
Margaret Leach, speaking for the Davidson
Alumni Association, told the Rec Commission
Tuesday that her group wants to have "input in
naming noteworthy people for those fields" at f
Davidson. The Rec Commission assured her, and *
Maney also told The Herald Wednesday morning
that if discussion goes that far the Association
would indeed be contacted.
One Recreation Commission member - Twyla
Robinson - said she was opposed to naming
fields. Other committee members said there are
10 fields within the city and it would be hard to
pick 10 people without making hundreds mad
vianey sald work on the now. iJaviason
ch at first will include three soccer fields an
a baseball field, should begin by the end of this
week. He said the goal is to have the facility com-
pleted by winter and ready for use next spring.
See Park, 3A
changing name of school
The Kings Mountain Board of
Education will discuss chang-
ing the name of Parker Street
School back to Davidson School
at its regular monthly meeting
Monday at 7 p.m. at the Central
Office.
The Davidson Alumni
Association, headed by
Margaret Leach, appeared at
last month's board meeting to
request the change. Prior to the
integration of schools in 1966,
the facility on Parker Street was
the all-Black Davidson School.
After integration, the school
building housed the
Administrative Offices for sev-
eral years until they were
moved to Central School on
Ridge Street.
Supt. Bob McRae said the
name of Parker Street School
was chosen only because the
School System applied for a
grant to fund an alternative
school, and a name had to be
put on the grant application.
The alternative school serves
students from Kings Mountain
and Cleveland County.
"When we developed the al-
ternative school, it (Parker
Street School) just developed as
a good name for an alternative
school,” McRae said. "It didn't
occur to us that it would be
something that would be im-
portant to a certain segment of
our community."
McRae said he expects the
board to discuss the matter at
this month's meeting, and make
a decision in October.
"Since last month's meeting, |
See School, 3A
Work to resume on Davidson Park
~ Granny Grace still singing
By ELIZABETH STEWART
Of the Herald staff
At age 99, "Granny" Robinson sings
to herself and to anyone who wants to
listen, enjoys her family and phcto-
graph albums and has made a hit with
the residents of Kings Mountain Care
Center.
Robinson came to the facility 11/2
years ago after her son, Bob, and fami-
ly relocated in Lincolnton.
"Granny" uses a walker but she is in
good health, takes only one pill a day,
and friends like her roommate, Mattie
Randall, say her smile is contagious.
Robinson likes to take a nap every
day. Most of the time she can be seen
quictly sitting with other residents,
friends and family in the TV room.
The petite silver-haired great-great-
grandmother doesn't hear as well as
she used to but she loves having com-
pany from family and friends.
Talking is what she does best. A for-
mer telephone operator, she met her
late husband talking o the phone and
that's how they courted.
"I like everything about this place
but 1 don't like bath time, they'll tell
you," said Granny, referring to
Administrator Marjorie McCleary and
supervisor Audrey Webber.
Grace Elton Case Robinson was born
August 15, 1899 in Shelter Island, New
York. She has three grandchildren,
Philip, Sarah and Patti; 12 great-grand-
children, Robbie Bentley, Elizabeth
Bentley, Katic Bentley, Thomas Bentley,
Joey Bentley, Nicholas Marks, Olivia
Kings Mountain
739-4781
300 W. Mountain St.
Marks, Alexander Marks, Nicolle
Brown, and Shane, Matthew and
Jessica Robinson. There are two g
great-grandchildren, Dakoda and
Zachary Brown.
Robinson's comfortable room is dec-
orated with family pictures and mem-
orabilia.
How did she live to be nearly 1
"It was the good Lord's doing,"
laughed, but here's her secret of
longevity: "Behave yourself and sing a
lot."
Robinson used to sing with her
Jehovah Witness congregation, and her
songs are probably the loudest at
Sunday church services at Kings
Mountain Care Center.
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