LIFESTYLES
Senior Trivia
Rutherford team wins first annual quiz bowl at Patrick Center
By BEN LEDBETTER
Staff Writer
What started as an idea
from a local student
spawned into a trivia event
for senior citizens Monday
at the Patrick Center.
The first annual Senior
Trivia consisted of six
rounds and had questions
from the areas of classic tele-
vision and movies, World
War II, U.S. Presidents, a
faces identification, and
questions from the 1950's
and 1960's.
Several teams competed,
and five points separated
the winning team from sec-
ond place.
Winning with 605 points
was “AAA,” the Area
Agency on Aging from
Rutherford County.
Organizer Alex Queen, a
rising junior at Charlotte
Catholic High
School, was pleased with the
turnout.
“I think it went well,” he
said. “I hope people come
back next year.” :
He wants to make it an
annual event.
The event met his expecta-
tions and a little more.
“More people came then I
thought would,” he said. “I
was very pleased.”
The competing teams and
people helping were not the
only ones at the event.
Senior Center staff and
other spectators watched
and at times answered ques-
tions among themselves.
Queen got the idea for the
event was at a quiz bowl
Mrs. Arthur notes
her 98th birthday
Mrs. Elizabeth Groome
Arthur celebrated her 98th
birthday Saturday, August 3
at a cookout at her home.
Family and friends attend-
ed.
She was joined by her
daughters, Marion A.
Thomasson and son-in-law
George B. Thomasson,
Peggy A. Miller and son-in-
law Winston D. Miller of
Burlington, and Jean A.
Harris of Pasadena, TX.
Unable to attend were
Shirley A. Kinneman and
son-in-law Dr. Robert
Kinneman of Culpeper, VA.
Mrs. Arthur was also
joined by her grandchildren,
Dr. Art Miller of Burlington,
“David Miller of New Bern,
Carol Kinneman of
Hollywood, FL, Johnny and
Ashley Harris of Kings
Mountain, Elizabeth Harris
of Pasadena, TX, and Ann
and Paul Parker of Marietta,
GA. Robert Kinneman of
Charleston, SC was unable
to attend.
All seven of Mrs. Arthur's
great-grandchildren, ranging
in age from 17 years to 5
months, helped her cele-
brate. They are Jeff and
Ryan Miller of Burlington,
Elizabeth and George Parker
of Marietta, GA, and John,
Layla and Abbie Harris of
Kings Mountain.
On Sunday, August 4,
Mrs. Harris and other family
members attended the bap-
tism of Layla Anne and
Abbie Downs Harris, twin
daughters of Johnny and
. Ashley Harris, at Central
United Methodist Church in
Kings Mountain. Following
the service, family and
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Lib Arthur's great-grandchildren helped her celebrate her
98th birthday recently. She is pictured holding twins Abbie
and Layla Harris. Others on the front row are George
Parker, left, and Elizabeth Parker. Back, left to right, are
Jeff Miller holding John Harris, and Ryan Miller.
friends were invited to a
luncheon hosted by Johnny
and Ashley Harris in the
new Family Life Center of
the Methodist Church.
Mrs. Arthur was born
August 12, 1904 in High
Point. This August 12, she
traveled to Holden Beach for
a week long vacation with
her family.
tournament he recently par-
ticipated in.
During the six rounds
each team was given an
answer sheet and team
members conferred and
before writing the answers.
The object of the game
was to score the most points
by answering the most ques-
tions correctly.
After the game, Queen
gave a brief explanation
about why he organized the
game and thought his way
would be good.
“I thought that was a
good way to have a trivia
contest,” he said.
But the actual event was
only part of what Queen's
involvement.
First, Queen had to talk
with Kings Mountain Aging
Director Monty Thornburg
and once he received his
permission for the center's.
use, he went ahead and
made fliers.
Sheriff’ Office.
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Alex Queen, above, calls out questions at Monday's
Senior Trivia event at the Patrick Center. Left, KM Aging
Director Monty Thornburg and Carolyn Bell study ques-
tions.
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