The Kings Mountain Herald
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Bethlehem Fire Department Chief Jeff Cloninger, right, congratulates firefighter of the year John McDaniel. Jeffery
Scott Dixon was also named firefighter of the year. He was not able to attend the annual dinner Saturday.
Bethlehem VFD notes anniversary
Bethlehem Fire
Department celebrated its
40th anniversary Saturday
night with a dinner and
Christmas program.
Honored guests included
the original board of direc-
tors members Bill Babb,
Sidney Dixon, Dwight
Ledbetter, Fred Tate and
John Tria.
John McDaniel and
Jeffery Scott Dixon were
named 2004 firefighters of
the year.
The department received
287 calls totalling 831,448
hours.
Dixon, McDaniel, Mason
Dixon and Todd Hullender
were recognized for achiev-
ing either fire fighter I or
fire fighter II certification.
Eight members of the
department are now certi-
fied. Six of the members
are EMTs and one is on the
Hazmat team. °
The 21-member depart-
ment put in 1,989 hours of
training this year.
“They're not getting
paid. This is something
they are doing on their
own,” Hullender said.
Members talked about
the department's first
trucks, a three-quarter ton
weapons carrier and a 6x6
troop carrier. The depart-
ment purchased its first
real fire truck, a 1933
LaFrance, from the Kings
Mountain Fire Department,
for $1.
“We had a humble
beginning. We had fun. We
depended on each other
like you do now,” said for-
mer chief Fred Tate.
The current chief is Jeff
Cloninger; assistant chief
Daryl Philbeck; training
officer, Todd Hullender;
captains, Randy Lail and
John McDaniel; lieutenants,
Mike Jenkins, Mark Butler,
David McDaniel and Eric
Roper; treasurer, Doug
Sutton and assistant treas-
urer, John McDaniel.
Other members include
Randy Conner, Marty
Lockridge, Bob Hullender,
Jessie Saucier, Scott
Hawkins, Ryan
Pennington, Dennis
Morrow, Chip Parker,
Mason Dixon, David
Ayscue, Jeff S. Dixon,
Avery Turbyfill and Mark
Butler.
Reserve firefighters
include Larry McDaniel,
Jeff A. Dixon, Keith Dixon,
Junior Sellers, Harold
Farris and Willard
Yarborough Jr.
Chaplain Bob Hullender
and Guyann Hullender
organized the dinner which
was held at Bethlehem
Baptist Church.
Other original board of
director members include
Andrew Brown, Boyd
Howell, Jerry Morris,
David Smith and James
Spake. Deceased board
members include Charles
E. Blalock, Herman
Blalock, Jake Crocker,
Marion Dixon, Paul
Lancaster, Floyd McDaniel,
Hal Morris, Charles
Spearman, Jim Yarbro and
David Wise.
Some of the other hon-
ored guests included
Cleveland County Fire
JOSEPH BRYMER / HERALD
Bethlehem Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary past
presidents include Betty Benton, left, Frances Lail,
Colleen Tate, Flora Lee Yarbro and Gladys Ledbetter.
Some of Bethlehem Fire Department’s original board
members attended a 40th anniversary celebration
Saturday night including John Tria, left, Dwight
Ledbetter, Fred Tate, Bill Babb and Sidney Dixon. LoVe
or
Past auxiliary presidents
attending were Betty eeii-
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Marshall Dewey Cook,
Kings Mountain Fire Chief
Frank Burns, Sheriff
Raymond Hamrick and
Highway Patrol Sgt. David
Allen.
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Conley ‘caught’
being good citizen
Stevenson Conley, a 10th
grade student at Kings
Mountain High School, was
“Caught in the Act” of
showing the November
character trait of good citi-
zenship at Kings Mountain
16 High School.
Conley was nominated by
English teacher Conrad
Martin for picking up
“michey unknowingly
dropped in the hallway by
another’ student and return-
6 aay to them. Conley did
thi
atthe risk of being
tardy to class.
- "WTracey Walker, an 11th
“grade student, was runner-
up for the award. She was
nominated by Mrs. Jamey
Croft, her Algebra II teacher,
for staying after during
lunch to pick up books off
the floor so custodians
could sweep the classroom.
Other KMHS students
nominated during the
month of November were
Aldric Whitesides, Charles
Christenbury, Keshia
Womic, Jennifer Baxley and
TJ Summitt.
The character trait for
December is “Service to
Others.”
Chorus/art program
at KM Intermediate
The PTO of Kings
Mountain Intermediate
School will host a program
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p.m. in the gymnasium.
After a brief program by
the PTO officers, the chorus
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There are many scholar-
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