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The Wings Mountain Herald
June 20, 2002
Father motivates Royster
during Miss N.C. pageant
By TODD HAGANS
Special to The Herald
one standing at the end of
the pageant late Saturday
night, the 24-year-old
With the finals of the Miss ~~ Royster will find herself in
North Carolina pageant set
for Saturday night, Lesley
Royster says her father pro-
vides the needed motivation
for her to win the state’s top
beauty title.
The current Miss Gastonia
left for Raleigh over the
weekend to prepare for the
competition that runs
Wednesday through
for Miss America.
Now participating in
rehearsals and other pag-
eant-related activities,
Royster doesn’t know if her
dad will be sitting in the
audience as she represents
Gaston, Cleveland and
Lincoln counties in the state
contest. Her father, Scott,
Saturday. If she’s the last suffered a heart attack early
last month and underwent
Fila So uadruple by-pass surgery.
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been slow, and just last
week, his doctor put him
back in the hospital to cor-
rect an irregular heartbeat.
He was released Saturday
just as his daughter ven-
tured on her quest to
become the next Miss North
Carolina.
“He has always been the
person that pushed me to go
that extra mile when I want-
ed to give up,” said Royster,
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Royster will compete
against 33 other contestants
this week. The on-stage
competition begins
Wednesday when Royster
participates in evening wear.
Thursday she models her
swimsuit and Friday is tal-
ent night when Royster per-
forms the powerful tune,
‘It’s Time’ by Linda Eder.
An accomplished vocalist,
who has recorded a CD of
her favorite songs, Royster
has already completed a
12-minute interview with
the panel of judges.
The contestants with the
top scores from the three
nights of preliminary com-
petitions become the top ten
finalists on Saturday night.
The pageant, complete with
a disco theme, features Miss
North Carolina 2001 Ashley
House of Dallas. The show
will not be televised.
“I can assure you that I
can be Miss North
Carolina,” said Royster, a
graduate of Pfeiffer
University with a degree rn
communications. “If you,
are looking for someone }
promote their platform, I Am
your woman. If you are
looking for someone to pro-
mote the (Miss North
Carolina) organization, [am
your woman.”
After college graduation,
Royster worked in human
resources and in radio at the
Piedmont Superstations in
Cherryville. She currently
works as a regional sales
and marketing representa-
tive, selling tractors and |,
farm equipment for New |
Holland North America.
She said her employment |
has taught her how to inter-
act with people, manage a
hectic schedule and travel
across the state, which are
situations Miss North
Carolina will experience
during her year of service.
“I am qualified to be Miss
North Carolina because I'm
outtfere in the real world)” *
sha paidy,dknaw how to, 4.
handle the pressure.”
Being Miss North Carolina
would also give her the
chance to share her commu-
nity service issue with a
statewide audience. :
As Miss Gastonia, Royster
championed increasing
awareness of organ dona-
tion. In March, she imple-
mented a media campaign
Above, Miss Gastonia -
Lesley Royster models
an evening gown she will
wear during this week's
Miss North Carolina pag-
eant in Raleigh.
Easley has brought it to the
table and now he needs
advocates. [ want to take
advantage of the opportuni-
While most contestants are
nervous about competing
this week in the state con-
test, Royster said it actually
seems like a summer vaca-
tion, comparing the trip t
camp. ns
“This is a vacation for me
from work and everyday
life,” she said. “This is a
dream for so many people
of it.”
If Royster, who became
interested in the Miss
Gastonia program to earn
scholarship money, takes the
state crown, she will contin-
ue her time as a “beauty
queen” through next June.
Otherwise, she'll come home
to crown her successor on
July 20 during the pageant
at Gaston College.
and I;want to make the best;
that used newspapers, cable
television, radio and the
Internet to present her organ
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Want to be the next
Miss Gastonia? Young
women ages 17-24 who
reside, attend college
full-time or work full-time
in Gaston, Cleveland or
Lincoln counties are
eligible to participate in
next month's Miss
Gastonia pageant.
The winner gets a
$1,500 scholarship and
all contestants receive a
minimum $100 scholarship.
For entry information, call
(704) 827-7277. Deadline
to enter is June 27.
the campaign worked and
estimates that it reached as
many as 15,000 people in the
three-county area.
If she wins the state title,
she plans to join forces with
Gov. Mike Easley, who just
several months ago called
for North Carolina to estab-
lish a state registry for organ
donation and asked for Tar
Heel residents to take an
active role in raising aware-
ness of the issue.
“My platform needs recog-
nition,” she said. “Gow.
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EDITH P. WARLICK
ELLENBORO - Edith
Perry Warlick, 78, 1540
Walls Church Road, died
Saturday, June 15, 2002 at
White Oak Manor of
Rutherfordton.
She attended Hopewell
Methodist Church and was
a homemaker.
She was preceded in
death by her father, William
Samuel Perry, mother,
Minnie Poole Perry and
spouse, Arthur Hazel
Warlick, Sr.
She is survived by daugh-
ter and her husband, Phyllis
Warlick and Ike Smith,
Charlotte, son and his wife,
Dean and Marguerite
Warlick, Hixson, Tenn., son,
Kenneth Warlick, Lexington,
Ky., son and his wife,
Arthur Warlick Jr. and
Teresa, Boiling Springs,
grandchildren, Jennifer
Warlick and Bryan Powell
and brothers Dwight Perry,
William Perry Jr., both of
Double Shoals.
The funeral was held
Tuesday at Cleveland
Funeral Services Chapel in
Shelby with the Rev. Kelly
Ottinger officiating. Burial
was at Cleveland Memorial
Park.
Memorials may be made
to Hospice of Rutherford
County, P.O. Box 336, 374
Hudlow Road, Forest City,
N.C. 28043.
Cleveland Funeral
Services is in charge of
arrangements.
ALSIE SCISM
SHELBY - Alsie Scism, 87,
White Oak Manor of Shelby,
died Friday, June 14 at the
assisted living facility.
A native of Cleveland
County, she was a retired
textile worker.
was et TOF of Iw fa late
* Carrie Carpenter Sipe.
the late Joe Lankford and
Lizzie Moss Lankford:
She is survived by her
spouse, the late Charles
Scism, daughter Muriel
Denton of Grover, sister
Lillian Putnam of Shelby,"
grandchildren, Larry and
Pam Denton, Eddie and
Deborah Denton, Teresa and
Gary Queen, Barry Denton,
a number of nieces and
nephews and four grand-
children and 12 great grand-
children.
She was preceded in
death by her spouse,
Charles Scism and her par-
ents, the late Joe Lankford
and Lizzie Moss Lankford,
daughter, Jo Ann Lane,
granddaughter, Kathy Jane
Ingle and nine brothers and
sisters.
Memorials may be made
to Hospice of Cleveland
County, 951 Wendover
Heights Drive, Shelby, N.C.
28150.
MARY CONNER
BLACKSBURG, S.C. -
Mary Reed Norman Conner,
72, 119 Lakeview Drive,
died Monday, June 17, 2002
at Carolinas Medical Center
in Charlotte.
A native of Cherokee
County and daughter of the
people all over the world.
The public is invited. For
more information call 480-
0050 or 462-4910.
KM Class of ‘52
planning reunion
The Kings Mountain High
School Class of 1952 will
hold its golden reunion
Saturday, September 28 at 6
p.m. at the Joy Performance
Center.
Invitations will be going
late James Robert and Julia
Morris Norman. She was
owner/operator of Reeds
Beauty Shop for 50 years.
She was also preceded in
death by brothers Max, Roy
and Lester Norman. She
‘was a member of Antioch
Baptist Church.
She is survived by her
husband, Eugene Conner,
Blacksburg, sons, Kenneth
Eugene Conner and wife
Mary Wray of Greenville,
daughters Julia ann Conner
Cagle and husband Terry,
Boiling Springs, Joan
Conner Breazeale and hus- |
band Hal, Taylors, brothers,
Summie Norman, Kings
Mountain, James E.
Norman, Blacksburg, sisters
Pauline Watterson,
Blacksburg, Margaret Smith
Kings Mountain, Ruby
Huskey, Henrietta, grand- |
children, Julia Lynn Cagle, |
Christopher Terry Cagle, !
Benjamin Conner Cagle,
Rush Wray Conner, Pavic
Norman Conner, Alexand
Kenneth Conner and
Conner Austin Breazeale.
The funeral was held |
Wednesday with the Revs.
C. Vernon Craig and Terry
Dee Cagle officiating. She
will be interred at the
Antioch Baptist Church
Cemetery.
Memorials may be m te
to Antioch Baptist Chin
839 Antioch Road,
Blacksburg, S.C. 29702. ,
Harris Funeral Homejis in
charge of arrangements
HAROLD JACK SIPE
CHERRYVILLE - Harold
Jack Sipe, 79, 204 Harrelson
Road, died Sunday June 16,
2002 at Cleveland Regional
Medical Center.
a native of Gaston
he was the s
1arlie le
He was the retired
owner/operator of Peoples
Cleaner, a member of the
Community Pentecostal
Haliness Church i in Stanley,
_veteran of the U.S. Army,
having served-in.the 29th +
division during World War
IT and received the Purple
Heart for injuries received
in Germany.
He is survived by his
wife of 61 years, Margarie
Ballard Sipe, son and
daughter-in-law Larry and
Brenda Sipe, Kings
Mountain, two grandchil-
dren, Carrie Sipe Edwards
and husband Gordon,
Chapel Hill and Casey Blair
Sipe, Cherryville, brother
Maurice Sipe, Los Angeles,
Calif. and a sister, Betty
Ruth Cornwell and husband
Charles, Cherryville.
A graveside funeral serv-
ice was held Wednesday
with the Revs. Eddie
McGinnis and Raymond
Thomas officiating.
Memorials may be made
to the Community
Pentecostal Center, 320
Ralph Handsel Blvd,
Stanley, N.C. 28164.
Carpenter’s Funeral
Home is in charge of
arrangements.
out soon for a social on
Friday evening, when the
group will enjoy a steak
cookout at Lake Montonia
and the KMHS homecoming
football game; and Saturday,
when the official 50th year
reunion is held at the old Joy
Theatre.
There will be hors e’oeu-
vre, entertainment of musi-
cal selections presented by
Kings Mountain Little
Theatre, old movies from
school days, and a class pic-
ture taken in front of the Joy
CHICKEN PIE LUNCH
- & YARD SALE
ATURDAY, JUNE 22, 2002
BOYCE MEMORIAL ARP CHURCH
Edgemont Drive, Kings Mountain, NC
1)
Yard Sale Begins at 7am
Chicken Lunch Served iiam-Zpim
Tickets $8 per person
Available at ARP Church
Benefit Fund Raiser for Don Phifer
who is in need of a liver transplant.
If you have any items to be donated
for the yard sale, please call Freida
Hardin (704-739-7754) or Paul Ham
(704-739-2112 or 704-739-4917).