Church
women
planning
dinner
BY ABIGAIL WOLFORD
Staff Writer
The Kings Mountain
Council of Church Women
began planning their annual
dinner on Tuesday evening.
The dinner will take place
on May 1, at 6 p.m. All area
women are invited.
The dinner will be hosted
by First Presbyterian
Church. Seven churches are
involved in the planning
process, including,
Resurrection Lutheran,
Kings Mountain Baptist, St.
Matthew's Lutheran,
Central United Methodist,
Grace United Methodist,
Boyce Memorial ARP, and
First Presbyterian.
Tickets are $6 each and
are available at each of the
seven churches. The event
will include dinner, music,
and a speaker.
The speaker will be
Jennifer Thomas Stultz,
Mayor of Gastonia. Stultz is
a national trainer for Keep
America Beautiful, Inc., and
executive director of the
Gaston County Educational
Foundation. During her
time in office, she has estab-
lished the first Task Force on
Homeless for Gastonia,
which reduced homeless-
ness by 20% in two years.
She received the 2002
Alliance for Children and
Youth “Caring Hands”
award and the 2000 Gaston
Chamber “Athena Award.”
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BEVERLY HOLT
BESSEMER CITY -
Beverly Cates Holt, 41, 607
North 10th Street, died
March 9, 2003 at Lake
Norman Regional Hospital.
She was a native of
Gaston County and a mem-
. ber of-Forest. Pointe...
. Community Church in
"Belmont. She graduated
from Hunter Huss High
School.
She is survived by her
father, Charles Cates and
wife Marcia of Belmont;
“ mother, Brenda S. Nelson
and husband JR of
Charleston, SC; husband
Terry B. Holt of the home;
children, Jeffrey W. Bradley
and daughter-in-law Angela
of Kings Mountain; in-laws,
Robert Holt and Maxine of
Bessemer City; step chil-
dren, Stephanie Gee and
Chad, and Fraleane Holt of
Bessemer City; sisters,
Susan Guynn of Charlotte
and Pam Dixon of Bessemer
City; grandchildren,
Makayla Bradley and
Dakota Gee; three nieces
and one nephew; and spe-
cial friends Bonnie, Wanda
and Lori.
The funeral will be con-
ducted by the Revs. Jerry
Millwood and Ray Hardee
at 4 p.m. Thursday at
Greene Funeral Service -
West Chapel. Burial will be
in Gaston Memorial Park.
Greene Funeral Service -
West Chapel, Gastonia, is in
charge of arrangements.
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Morrison was
Easter Seal
Child in 1967
From the March 9, 1967
edition of the Kings
Mountain Herald:
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PLANS
Walter D. “Butch”
‘Morrison Jr., 14-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. W.D.
“Red” Morrison, is
Cleveland County Easter
Seal Child for 1967.
Jerry “Reece” Cloninger,
Kings Mountain native,
graduated recently from
East Carolina College.
Kings Mountain's pre-
liminary inquiry for a
water project grant has
been approved and the
regional officials of Water
and Sewer Facilities Grant
Program, Department of
Housing and Urban
Development, say next
step toward a federal grant
is the final application.
Richard E. “Dick”
Shaney, former state high-
way patrolman and now in
the personnel department
of Carolina Throwing Co.,
will challenge
Commissioner O.0O. Walker
in the 1967 municipal elec-
tion.
Marion Dixon has been
appointed National Aide-
de-Camp in the VEW. He
is a past commander of
Frank B. Glass Post 9811.
Kings Mountain High
School's win streak was
snapped at 20 games
Saturday night at Lenoir-
Rhyne College in Hickory
as Marion claimed a 61-46
victory in the opening
zound of the.annual
Nopthwisist-Southyvest | |
‘Conference basketball tour-
nament. George Adams
scored 20 points and Ken
Mitchem 12 for the
Mountaineers.
Sharon Gold, George
Adams and Ken Mitchem
were named to the 1967
All-Southwest Conference
basketball teams. Gold,
All-Conference performer
for the past two seasons,
led the SWC in scoring for
the second straight season
with 303 points and a 15.1
average. Adams finished
with 427 points in 21
games for 20.3 average.
Mitchem scored 229 points
for a 10.9 average.
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ABIGAIL WOLFORD / HERALD
i Members of the Kings Mountain Council of Church Women plan for their annual dinner, which will take place on May 1,
at 6 p.m.
I About human
shields and a shill
with a limp biskit
Patriotism is
expressed in many
different ways
Now we come to the subject of human JIM HEFFNER
shields. Columnist
The news this morning informs us —
there's a group of American and Spaniards walling for
visas to enter Iraq, where they will act as human shields
in case of an attack by Americans... | L_... iow
I think that’ Ss just a ‘marvelous idea. As long as, those. 5 >
people are over there, they can’t be disrupting people's *
lives over here, and maybe never will again.
They are from some organization called “Voices in the
Wilderness.” Now that’s a high sounding name isn’t it?
The human shields plan to go over and live with Iraqi
families, but what would you bet Saddam Hussein puts
them inside, or in front of, buildings with signs that say:
“Hospital,” “Milk Factory” and such, buildings that actu-
ally house stores of mustard gas and other chemical and
bacterial weapons.
But that’s not the point. The point is these imbeciles
want to feel noble, and if getting their heads blown off
makes them feel noble, so be it.
I would like to appoint a few humans shields to go over
there and be noble. Here's my partial list: Susan
Sarandon, George Clooney, Sean Penn, Martin Sheen,
Mike Farrell, Kevin Bacon, Ed Harris, Matt Damon, Janine
Garafolo, Phil Donohue, Ed Asner and Jane Fonda. That
will do for a start, although I wouldn't mind if Jimmy
Carter tagged along. There are also a few so-called poets
and writers I would send if they aren’t too busy sitting
around being sensitive.
All the kooks come out of the woodwork when there is
a threat of war anywhere on the map. Thousands of
Americans went to Spain in the late 30s to fight Franco,
but it didn’t matter. Franco won the war, and Spain didn’t
do so badly under his reign. I don’t know enough about
that conflict to know which side was which, but I know
the same type of crowd that went to Spain now wants to
go protect those poor Iraquis.
That's all I'm going to write about the Iraqui situation.
Fred Durst? — This guy is a member of a noisemaking
group called “Limp Biskit.” He obviously lived in
Gastonia for about 30 minutes.
At the Grammy Awards Show a couple of weeks ago,
See Jim, 5A
On Saturday, I attended a Psalm 120 Abigail Wolford
peace rally in ‘Shelby, along with dozens staff Writer
of other people from the area. Although uu
those who stood on the lawn of the Cleveland County
Historical Museum were silent, a couple of men came to
his truck across the street and’ played patriotic “music,”
while the other circled the block with signs reading,
“Support Our Troops,” on his truck.
As I watched and listened to these men, I thought about
' what it means to be patriotic. According to the Merriam-
Webster online dictionary, patriotism means “love for or
devotion to one’s country.” Nowhere in that definition
does it say that patriotic people have to support all of the
decisions made by the government at all times. It says
only that the patriotic have to love and be devoted to their
country.
Since when is it not patriotic to care what your govern-
ment does? Since when does supporting peace mean not
supporting those who fight for it in times of war? Many
pacifists I know have relatives in the armed forces. Both
of my grandfathers fought in World War II, and I had
three uncles who served in Vietnam.
Patriotism is expressed in different ways by different
people. The men who played patriotic music and circled
the block certainly showed patriotism on Saturday. They
were aware of their responsibilities as citizens to support
the troops and love the country of which they are a part.
Those of us who stood on the lawn also showed patriot-
ism. We were aware of our rights and responsibilities as
citizens. We were aware of the situation in the world and
were conscious of our duties as citizens to speak out.
Lately, many people who do not side with the President
have been blasted for being unpatriotic. In Albany, New
York, a man was even arrested for daring to wear a peace
sign on his shirt at a mall.' He may spend a year in jail for
his “lack of patriotism.” He was not leading a protest at
the mall. He was eating in the food court.
While I typically do not care about what goes on in
Hollywood, I recently came across a link to an article in
People magazine while checking CNN.com. The article
was about different actors and actresses who have spoken
See Abigail, 5A
New KMHS baseball
coach Bobby Hussey wel-
comed 44 players on the
first day of practice.
Grand Ole Opry stars
Lester Flatt and Earl
Scruggs will appear in per-
son at Grover School
Friday night.
Jimmy Pruitt and Gary
Howze copped top honors
in the annual Pinewood
Derby held by Cub Scouts
of Boyce Memorial ARP
Church last week.
SIDEWALK
SURVEY
BY ABIGAIL WOLFORD
THE HERALD
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How are you
coping with the
high price of gas?
“It’s killing the economy. “I don’t like it.” “It’s rough. Itain’tjust “It’s bad. I'm coping, but “The cheapest place you
This really hurts.” the gas. It’s the fuel and it’s bad.” can go is across the border
Gilbert Hamrick everything else.” to South Carolina. You
Freddy Montgomery Kings Mountain Mia Lyons better walk everywhere
Gary Roberts
Kings Mountain
Kings Mountain Kings Mountain you need to go because
it’s too high even to go to
the grocery store.”
Bridgitt Adams
Kings Mountain