Thursday, April 8, 1999
KINGS MOUNTAIN
REET.
SPORTS
Kings Mountain's Kendrick
Bell pulls into second base with
a stand-up double in Easter
baseball tournament at Kings
Mountain High School. 5A
Former KMHS coach
going into Hall of Fame
Former Kings
Mountain High
baseball and
basketball
coach Bobby
Hussey will be
inducted into
the Kings
Mountain
Sports Hall of
Fame Monday, April 26 at
KMHS. 5A
John H. Moss begins
40th year as SAL head
Former Kings
{ Mountain
Mayor John
Henry Moss
| will begin his
| 40th year as
President of the
South Atlantic
League tonight
when he throws
out the first
pitch to open the season in
Greensboro. 6A
SCHOOLS
Grover Elementary School
holds International Festival
Grover School students and
parents learned about cultures ~
from the four corners of the
globe at the school’s second an-
nual International Festival. 8A
CHURCHES
By
The times are changing
at Boyce Memorial ARP
The times are changing, and
so is Boyce Memorial ARP
Church, Kings Mountain.
Beginning Sunday, Sunday
School will begin at 8:45 a.m.
and worship at 10 a.m. 11A
CEEREREENNeR
DEATHS
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Frank Oates, 72 ... .... Shelby
Myrtis Plott, 94 ........... Kings Mtn.
Glennie Blackston........ Kings Mtn.
Ruthie Gunter, 65... Bessemer City
Desma Short, 87 ................ Shelby
Marvin Arrowood, 67 ..............Vale
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gram has improved tremen-
An
auction
house
wedding
Couple met at - and wed at - auction
BY ALAN HODGE
Staff Writer
Cupid was the highest bidder
when Joyce's Auction House in
Kings Mountain hosted the
wedding of Lloyd "Cowboy"
Williams and Millie Bridges.
Held on April 1, the ceremony
brought together friends and
family of the couple who share
a love of auctions.
"Cowboy and Millie had been
telling me for a year they want-
ed to get marriéd," said auction
owner Joyce Berryhill. "Since
my auction house was where
' we all get together, it seemed
like the best place for the wed-
ding."
For the occasion, the inside of
the auction house had been
spruced up. A table up front
served as altar and buffet.
Down the center aisle, a roll of
white material had been laid for
the bride to make her entrance
on. A cool breeze blew in the
open auction house door, re-
minding one of how old-time
churches used to feel before air
conditioning.
The regard that both bride
and groom had for one another
was obvious.
See Wedding, 2A
ALAN HODGE/THE HERALD
Wedding bells chimed last Thursday at Joyce's Auction House in Kings Mountain. In the top photo,
Reverend L.C. Rankin conducts the ceremony that saw Millie Bridges and Lloyd "Cowboy"
Williams become man and wife. In the bottom shot, the newlyweds get ready for their first taste of
- ‘cake together.
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By GARY STEWART there is a positive feeling that Kings Mountain leasing its a contingency fund for repairs is that we want to create
Editor of the Herald the idea could greatly enhance recreation facilities to the YM- of facilities. - something that is Kings
recreation possibilities for all CA for a three-to-five-year pe- There will probably be a Mountain owned and operat-
A move is under way to cre- ages in the Greater Kings riod. : clause in any agreement for ei- ed,” he says. “It would be a
ate a partnership between the = Mountain area. : At present, the city spends ther party to pull out at any Kings Mountain YMCA and
YMCA of Cleveland County Although city officials were about $400,000 a year toward = time. would be governed by a Kings
and the City of Kings reluctant to talk about the pos- recreation, including some But Corder, who says the Mountain Board of Directors - -
Mountain for the YMCA to sibility “on the record,” there $300,000 for running the pro- Boiling Springs recreation pro- leadership from the Greater
Kings Mountain area.”
the idea. costs. The unofficial word is dously under a similar ar- Corder is quick to point out
Cameron Corder, CEO of that Kings Mountain would rangement, feels a YMCA in that a Kings Mountain YMCA
the YMCA of Cleveland According to Corder and pay the YMCA $300,000 a year Kings Mountain would take would not be a “branch” of
County, is talking with city some city officials who prefer in 12 equal payments to run recreation to a level it’s never the Shelby YMCA.
and corporate officials in to remain anonymous at this the program, and reserve been before.
Kings Mountain, and says time, the effort could result in $100,000 for maintenance and “The most important thing See YMCA, 2A
Council
to discuss
Council
to discuss
possible site
Potential sites for a new Kings
Mountain Senior Center which
would also in-
clude one acre
of land for a
first local
Western North
Carolina
Housing sewer rate
Partnership will
be presented b
City Manager y 2 A
Jimmy Maney
Monday at 7
p.m. to a special meeting of City
Council. :
Aging Director Monty Thornburg
said the Department of Housing and
Urban Development has already ap-
proved a $450,000 grant for one
house on the site for eight bedrooms
and eight baths to accommodate
qualifying senior citizens.
Thornburg said Isothermal
Planning Commission of Rutherford
County is working with the WNC
Housing Partnership as project ad-
ministrator and will receive the ap-
plications. A Title V person may be
hired for the site to prepare meals
and take care of maintenance,
Thornburg said.
“This is a new concept in housing
for senior citizens and the first time
we have had an opportunity in this
area to take advantage of this grant,”
he said.
Shared living accommodations will
include a living room and kitchen
area in the Victorian style house.
The shared senior housing is the
first for this area and is patterned af-
ter a concept developed in Hereford
County.
Maney will present several four
acre sites for the senior center com-
plex at Monday night's special meet-
ing to which the public is invited.
Maney and Architect Glen
Stephens showed conceptual draw-
ings for the proposed $1 million mul-
ti-purpose facility to City Council last
week.
Stephens described the new senior
center as “cost effective.”
Included in the spacious 15,000
square feet layout are five offices, a
break room, nurse’s office, 9x12 re-
ception area, 14x30 lobby, gift shop,
18x30 kitchen, two 30x30 classrooms,
a 86x42 multi purpose room /audito-
rium, gym, craft room, pool room,
card room and many features attrac-
tive to senior citizens.
See Center, 2A