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MERGER
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“When we're going out talk-
ingté"parents, we're trying to
respond to the needs of the par-
ents,” she said. “We want par-
ents to understand what they
can‘do to help their children
stayin school and make them
méfe successful. But it has ab-
solutely nothing to do with the
merger. I was appalled that my
name was used in the
(Micdiebyooks) report. It almost
showed that I was in favor of
merger.”
Accor said she has already
had correspondence with peo-
plein authority objecting to the
use of her name, and she is go-
ing to make more contacts.
“The report was a little twist-
ed,” she said. “Things were tak-
en out of context.”
Accor said she has been to all
of the Close the Gap meetings,
which began in January at dif-
ferent churches in the county,
and at most of the meetings
merger hasn't even been men-
tioned.
“We have met with commis-
sioners, superintendents, school
board members and concerned
patents; she said; “and it’s
neves been related to school
merger. For the commissioners
to say they used this to merge
the schools would be ludicrous.
“In my opinion this merger
sttttation has never had any-
thing to de withthe kids. It’s
about buildings. it’s about in-
frastructure. It’s about every-
thing but kids.”
-Agcer said it’s ironic that
Close the Gap was mentioned
in the report, but neither the
commissioners (except Willie
Mcintosh) nor Middlebrooks
have attended any of the meet-
ings-She said the core planning
group for Close the Gap met
once with commissioners
Charlie Harry and Jim Crawley
at the commissioners’ request.
“They initiated that meeting,”
she said. “When they said they
were going to come we met
with’ them (at Roberts
Tabernacle in Shelby) to see
whit they were going to say.
They did more telling us why
we needed merger than listen-
ing to us. Not one time did Gil
Middlebrooks meet with our
group.”
Kings Mountain School
Board member Stella Putnam,
and Kings Mountain parent
Holly Robinson also took issue
with items in the report.
“The Close the Gap meetings
I went to were not about merg-
er,” Putnam said. “In a couple
of them it was not even men-
tioned. He (Middlebrooks) has
implied that close the gap meet-
ings were merger meetings. I
don’t think merger was on the
agenda of the Close the Gap
meetings. Their agenda was to
close the achievement gap.
“To me, he’s turned that
around and he’s also turned
around the meetings that Willie
McIntosh had over the county
for merger discussion. Most of
the comments received during
Mr. McIntosh’s meetings were
anti-merger.”
Putnam said the Close the
Gap issue, as well as the redis-
tricting issues in Middlebrooks’
report need to be rebutted by
parents.
“The fact that he put in there
that Kings Mountain refused to
redistrict and move children out
of our most overcrowded
schools doesn’t make sense,”
she said. “That would have
meant that we would have to
bus students past our schools to
go to Shelby. I thought this was
the problem all along, of people
driving past Shelby to go to
Crest. It makes no common
sense to bus our children past
Bethware and Grover to send
them to Shelby.”
Robinson said KM Board
Chairman Larry Allen hand-de-
livered merger alternatives to
the county commissioners.
“I just don’t know where he
came up with that,” she said.
“The media would have been
all over that if Kings Mountain
had not participated.”
Robinson also echoed Accor’s
and Putnam's feelings on the
Close the Gap issue.
“Close the Gap doesn’t have
anything to do with merger,”
she said. “It has everything do
with closing the achievement
gaps between black and white
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students. The Justice
Department needs to realize
that our elected officials, all
concerned citizens, and all com-
munity leaders were invited to
these meetings. They were not
meetings between the commis-
sioners and Close the Gap.”
Robinson also questioned
why some maps that were re-
quested by the Justice
Department were not furnished,
and why the names of business
leaders and other individuals
and organizations that pushed
merger were not included in the
report.
“The letter said we are not
aware of any such reports,” she
said. “But this whole thing
started with a letter from the
county commissioners that re-
ferred to a report done by the
Executive Roundtable that said
kids are not ready for the work-
force. I don’t see how that can
be overlooked. They're not go-
ing to tell the government
who's on the Executive
Roundtable, so they certainly
wouldn't tell us.”
Robinson said she has al-
ready sent three pages of infor-
mation to the Justice
Department rebutting the re-
port, and she plans to send
more
“I'm just not going to sit
around and let somebody run
over me,” she said. “If the coun-
ty commissioners had gone
through the proper channels
from the beginning we
wouldn't be able to do any-
thing. It’s their own fault that
it’s a problem at this point.”
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SELENA TROTT
KINGS MOUNTAIN- Selena
Parton Trott, 79, died August 7,
2000 at Wendover Hospice.
A native of Haywood
County, she °
was the daugh-
ter of the late
High R. and
Ethel Woody
Parton. She
grew up in
Kings
Mountain
where she re-
turned after at-
tending Lenoir Rhyne College
in Hickory and after her mar-
riage to Thomas L.Trott. She
was an active club woman. In
1999, she was named Woman
of the Year by the Kings
Mountain Woman's Club. She
belonged to Open Gate Garden
Club where she served as the
former President and chairman
of the Conservation
Department. She was also an
active member of the Thursday
Afternoon Book Club. A long-
standing member of St.
Matthew's Lutheran Church,
she was a former circle leader
and member of the Social
Committee. She was a home-
maker and was honored with
the Paul Harris Fellow Award -
by Rotary Club International.
Mrs. Trott was preceded in
death by one brother, Lynwood
Stephen Parton.
She is survived by her hus-
band Thomas L. Trott of Kings
Mountain; daughters Anne
Trott Nunnery and husband
Larry B. of Raleigh, and Libby
Trott Blanton and husband Jerry
of Kings Mountain; grandchil-
dren Molly Blanton of Chapel
Hill and Adam Blanton of
Kings Mountain; niece Lynda
Parton Rotter; sister in law
Pauline C. Parton; also a great
niece and nephew.
The funeral will be conducted
Thursday at 11 a.m. at St.
Matthew's Lutheran Church by
Rev. James Dougherty. Burial
will be in Mountain Rest
Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to
Hospice of Cleveland County,
951 Wendover Heights Road,
Shelby 28150, or St. Matthews'’s
Lutheran Church, 201 N.
Piedmont Avenue, Kings ZENS
Mountain 28086.
~ Harris Funeral Home served
the family.
J.T. CAMP
EATON RAPIDS, MI - James
T. “J.T.” Camp, 77, died August
2, 2000.
A native of Shelby, he was the
son of the late Boyd and Laura
Spake Camp. He was a veteran
of World War II and received a
Purple Heart. He was retired
from the Teamsters Local #580,
working for Granger Brothers
Construction Co. in Lansing. He
also worked as a truck driver
for Cooper Chevy /Olds in
Eaton Rapids.
He was a founding member
of th Island City Baptist
Church, a life member and Past
Noble of the I.O.O.F. Lodge
#114 , both in Eaton Rapids.
He was predeceased by his
wife, Mary, on June 3, 2000, and
a'son, Dwight, in 1958. He was
also preceded in death by a sis-
ter, Ruby Camp Ross, and two
brothers, Joe A. Camp and Bill
M. Camp.
He is survived by his chil-
dren, Laura and Vernie Miller,
Diane Oberlin, James Camp Jr.,
Brian Camp, Deborah and
David Lynch, Caroyll Camp;
sisters, Edna and Bob
Fortenberry, Jean Allen, Joann
and Charles Daves, Raye and
Aubrey Clark, Rachel and Bill
Jolley; brothers, Hoyle and
Katherine Camp, Jack and
Barbara Camp, John and
Earleen Camp, Hugh and
Carolyn Camp; sisters-in-law,
Irene and Louise Camp; 13
grandchildren, seven great-
grandchildren, two step-grand-
- children, and several nieces and
nephews.
The funeral was conducted
by the Rev. Keith Dixon at 11
a.m. Tuesday at Clay-Barnette
Chapel in Shelby. Burial was in
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church
Cemetery. .
MILDRED BUMGARNER
KINGS MOUNTAIN -
Mildred Hawkins Bumgarner,
69, 806 Hillside Drive, died
Saturday, August 5, 2000 at
Kings Mountain Hospital.
A native of Cleveland
County, she was the daughter
of the late Preston Audie and
Nettie Pearson Hawkins. She
was the wife of the late Ira
Bumgarner. She was also pre-
-ceded in death by her sister,
Ann Ruth Whitesides, and
brother, J.B. Hawkins. She was a
member of Grace United
Methodist Church, and was a
homemaker.
She is survived by her sons,
Mark Bumgarner and wife,
Debra, of Brunson, SC, and Lt.
Col. Mike Bumgarner and wife,
Sandra, of Ft. Bliss, TX; daugh-
ter, Angela “Dee” Fouss and
husband, James, of Round
Rock, TX; brother, Tommy
Hawkins of Kings Mountain;
sisters, Betty Crawford, Etha
Bumgardner, Peggy Davis,
Myra Hagans, all of Kings
Mountain, Lois Ellis of Grover
and Linda Tignor of Shelby;
and four grandchildren,
Matthew Fouss, Audrey Fouss,
Kyle Bumgarner, and Kirk
Bumgarner.
The funeral was conducted
by the Rev. Dale Swofford at 11
a.m. Tuesday at Grace United
Methodist Church. Burial was
in Mountain Rest Cemetery.
Harris Funeral Home was in
: charge of arrangements.
THOMAS POST
KINGS MOUNTAIN -
Thomas Willis Post, 70, 500
York Road, died Saturday,
August 5, 2000 at Kings
Mountain Hospital.
A native of Erie, PA, he was
the son of the late Luther Post
and Isa Hilliard Post. He at-
tended Rose of Sharon
Ministries in Gastonia. He was
a retired security guard.
He is survived by his wife,
Ruth Brown Post of the home;
sons, James Post, Norman Post,
and Ronald Simpson, all of
Western New York State, Frank
Simpson of South Carolina and
Harold Post of Pennsylvania;
daughters, Myrna Davis, Elaine
Rink and April Kelley, all of
Western New York State; step-
children, Daniel Arthur Rudd,
Debra Dowd, Dean Edward
Rudd, and Larry Chapman, all
of Kings Mountain, and Pattie
Jo White of New York; 26
grandchildren and three great-
grandchildren.
The funeral was conducted
by the Rev. Orville Hoover at 2
p-m. Tuesday at Ollie Harris
Memorial Chapel. Burial was in
August 10, 2000
Lakeside Cemetery, North East,
PA.
Harris Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
FAYE STACEY
~ KINGS MOUNTAIN - Mrs.
Faye Stacey, 73, 626 Bell Road,
died August 3, 2000 at Bowman
Gray.
A native of Cleveland County
she was the daughter of the late
Lester and Vada Champion
Canipe. She was retired as a
Nurse at Kings Mountain
Hospital. She was a member of
Oak Grove Baptist Church.
She is survived by her hus-
band, J.B. Stacey of the home;
sons and daughters-in-law,
Jerry and Marie Stacey, Larry
and Barbara Stacey, and Jeff and
Sherry Stacey, all of Kings
Mountain; brothers and sisters-
in-law, Wray and Louise Canipe
of Kings Mountain and Yates
and Betty Green of Fallston; sis-
ters and brother-in-law, Ruthie
and Arnold Bell of Lenoir, and
Hazel Canipe of Kings
~Mountain; 11 grandchildren, 14
great-grandchildren, and two
., great-great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be
conducted by the Rev. Ron
“Caulder at 5 p-m. Sunday,
August 13 at Oak Grove Baptist
Church. Visitation will be im-
mediately following the service.
Memorials may be made to
Admore Moravian Church, 203
West Academy Street, Winston-
Salem, NC 27103-3780.
MARY LANGSTON
SHELBY- Mary Lou “Lukie”
McCurry Langston, 3719 Robert
Riding Road, died August 8,
2000 at home.
‘A native of Cleveland
County, she was the daughter
of the late Robert Wilson
McCurry and Maultie Jarrett
McCurry. She was also preced-
ed in'death by sisters Eva
McDaniel, Libby Elam, Hannah
Jones, Zola Greene, Nancy
Callahan, and Ellen Towery.
Brothers Hoyt McCurry and
Dan McCurry. She was a retired
professional answering service
operator and a member of
Lafayette Street United
Methodist Church.
She is survived by her hus-
band of the home Herbert M.
Langston, Sr.; son Herb M.
Langston of Cramerton; daugh-
ter Gail Langston of Boiling
Springs; brother in law. Ralph
Callahan of Shelby; sisters in
law Frances McCurry of
Columbia, S.C. and Mary Lee L.
Martin of Jacksonville, Florida;
granddaughter Brittanie Nicole
Langston of Cramerton; also 18
nephews and 10 nieces.
The funeral will be conducted
Thursday at 4 p.m. at Lafayette
Street United Methodist Church
by the Revs. Gervase Hitch and
Bruce Bradley. Burial will be in
Cleveland Memorial Park.
Memorials may be made to
Lafayette Street United
Methodist Church, 1420 S.
Lafayette Street, Shelby, 28152,
or Hospice of Cleveland
County, 951 Wendover Heights,
Shelby 28150.
TROTT
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Award from Rotary Club
International.
“She made life so interesting
for everyone around her,” said
Blanton. “She made every day
special for friends and family
alike.”
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