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The Kings Mountain Herald
We all need a porch
and a listening ear
DR. JEFF HENSLEY
Philip Gulley writes sto-
ries about
simple liv-
ing. Some
of his sto-
ries involve
a Quaker
minister
named
Sam, and
one reason
I enjoy Jeff Hensley
them is Meditation
because they seem so true to
life, even though they're fic-
tion. But Gulley also writes
‘what seem to be autobio-
graphical stories. Whether
or not they actually hap-
pened I don’t know, but I do
know that they remind me
of the kind of truth that
helps make life worth living.
One story Gulley titled
“The Front Porch
Classroom.” It’s a tale about
a boy who had a job deliver-
ing papers. The job didn’t
pay much, but the lad knew
that having it would help
him build character. His first
character lesson came to him
on the first day he had the
job. One of his customers
was paying his bill when he
asked the young man if he
wanted a tip. “Sure,” the
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Meeting
Kings Mountain
Ministerial Association will
meet Wednesday, May 4 at
11:45 a.m. at Summit Place.
Service
Family Worship Center,
1818 Shelby Road, Kings
Mountain, Power and Praise
services Tuesday-Friday, 7
p.m. Evangelist Kevin
White. For more informa-
tion call 739-7206.
Concert
Chapel Grove Baptist
Church, 716 Camp Rotary
Road, Gastonia, will host
the “Salute to Mothers” con-
cert Saturday, May 7 at 7
p.m. Featured singers are
the Songsters, the Chapel
Grove Quartet, and gospel
~ pianist Rex Smith. For more
information call 864-6134,
864-9185 or 865-9680.
Midview Baptist Church,
703 Margrace Road, will
host The Praisemasters from
Shelby and The Southerners
from Gastonia Saturday,
May 14 at 7 p.m. For more
information call Rev. Bob
Hope at 739-1290 or Toney
King at 739-7051.
Solid Rock Baptist
Church, 1908 Shelby Road,
will host The Pine Ridge
Boys in concert May 14 at 7
p.m. Admission is free. A
love offering will be accept-
ed. For more information
call 739-4186.
Fund raisers
St. Peter Baptist Church,
boy replied, and with a
sparkle in his eye the old
man said, “Stay away from
wild women,” I guess that’s
good advice for any young
man. ;
However, it wasn’t the
sort of advice that applied to
most of the customers this
fourth-grade paper boy had
to deal with. One such cus-
tomer was named Mrs.
Stanley and her kindness
drew the lad’s attention. She
would watch each day for
him to pedal down her
street, and by the time he
arrived she would have a
cold, slushy bottle of pop
waiting for him. And as he
would sit on her front porch
and drink his pop, Mrs.
Stanley would talk.
When the boy told his
father about his visits with
Mrs. Stanley, his dad sug-
gested that she was proba-
bly lonely and that maybe
he ought to just sit, nod his
head from time to time, and
smile a lot so that she could
get it all out of her system.
So that’s what the young -
boy did. Apparently the
father was right, for after a
few summers of chatting on
the front porch with her
paper boy Mrs. Stanley
reached a point where she
Gl
CHURCH BRIEFS
Grover, will host a musical
fund raiser for Tyus Gibbs
Saturday, April 30 at 5 p.m
Special guest will be Christ
Dynasty. For more informa-
tion call 937-9136.
Bethlehem Baptist
Church, 1017 Bethlehem
Road, Kings Mountain, will
have a yard sale Saturday
from 7-11 a.m. Proceeds will
support Alaska mission trip.
For more information call
739-7487.
Meals
Dixon Presbyterian
Church, 602 Dixon School
Road, Kings Mountain, fam-
ily night Saturday at 6 p.m.
Covered dish meal. All per-
sons are asked to bring a
can of food for the needy.
Family Worship Center,
1818 Shelby Road, will host
third annual Kings
Mountain mayor's and
Pastor’s Prayer Circle
prayer breakfast May 5 at 8
a.m. at Youth Center.
Speaker The Honorable
Patrick Gannon, mayor pro
tem of Charlotte. Special .
music by Steve Ferguson,
formerly of The Imperials.
Call Roger Woodard at 739-
4520 for more information.
The Herald welcomes
your church news. The
deadline is 12 noon
Monday. Bring church
news to the Herald at 824-1
E. King St., mail to The
Herald, P.O. Box 769, Kings
Mountain, NC 28086, call
704 739-7496, fax 704 739-
0611 or e-mail
gstewart@kingsmountain-
herald.com
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“We're Not Comfortable Until You Are”
was able to let go of the hurt
she felt over losing her hus-
band.
“Nowadays,” says Gulley,
“we’d send Mrs. Stanley to a
psychiatrist. But all she had
back then was a front porch
rocker and her paper boy’s
ear, which turned out to be
enough.” ;
The Bible says that we
ought to “hold unfailing our
love for one another” and
“practice hospitality
ungrudgingly to one anoth-
er.” Such qualities seem few
and far between in a culture
that causes people to feel
increasingly isolated and
lonely.
Yet, I'm convinced that
one reason God gave believ-
ers the church is because
God knew that we would
need each other. Trying to
practice our faith all by our-
selves deprives us of
encouragement and
accountability. And if we're
honest, I suspect that deep
down inside all of us are
like Mrs. Stanley once in a
while. We, too, occasionally
need a front porch and
someone who is willing to
lend an ear.
Rev. Jeff Hensley is pas-
tor of Kings Mountain
Baptist Church.
GE
OR
MEETINGS
Thursday
12.noon - Kings Mountain
Rotary Club, H. Lawrence
Patrick Senior Life and
Conference Center, 909 E.
King St.
6:30 p.m. - Kings
Mountain Kiwanis Club,
Central United Methodist
Church.
7 p.m. - Kings Mountain
Little Theatre Board, first
Thursday, Joy Performance
Center.
7 p.m. - Grover Woman's
Club, first Thursday, at
Grover Town Hall.
Monday
7 p.m. - Grover Town
Council, first Monday of
month, Town Hall, 207
Mulberry Road, Grover.
Tuesday
6 p.m. - Moss Lake
Commission, first Tuesday
of month, City Hall Council
Chambers, East Gold St.
6 p.m. - Cleveland
County Board of
Commissioners, first and
third Tuesday, Cleveland
County Administrative
Building, Shelby.
7 p.m. - Southern Arts
Society, first Tuesday of
month, Kings Mountain
Arts Center, 301 N.
Piedmont Avenue. Social
hour begins at 6:30.
7 p.m. - Cleveland
County Sanitary District,
second Tuesday at Sanitary
District, Lawndale. Call
538-9033.
A Shelby man died in a
one-car accident in Kings
Mountain Sunday morning.
O. Max Gardner IV was
killed when the 1975
Porsche he was riding in
wrecked at the intersection
of Oak Grove Road and U.S.
74.
Gardner was a Shelby
attorney and the great-
grandson of the late
Governor O. Max Gardner.
According to a press
release from the Kings
Mountain Police
Department, primary
reports indicate the suspect-
ed driver of the vehicle was
Charles Leabron Rogers Jr.,
33, of 212 Country Club
Road, Shelby.
An investigation is under-
way. As of press time, no
charges had been filed.
ARRESTS
Richard Flowers, 46, 102 A
E. King St., DWI, $500 unse-
cured bond.
Michael Barry, 300-1 E.
Gold St., DV assault on
female, DV communicating
threats, no bond.
Michele Sarvis, 42,
Gastonia, felony larceny,
injury to real property,
$5,000 secured bond.
Shannon Gamel, 35, 209 E.
Parker St., failure to comply
(larceny), $130 bond.
David Roberts, 25,
Gastonia, failure to comply
(driving while license
revoked), $435 bond.
Dennis Hogue, 27, 714
Bridges Dr., driving while
license revoked, criminal
summons for assault on
female, $300 unsecured
bond.
Antwian Brooks, 3,
Shelby, simple possession of:
marijuana, $300 unsecured
bond.
Richard Ross, 46, Shelby,
speeding, fictitious informa-
tion, driving while license
revoked, $1,000 unsecured
bond.
Susane Ransom, 39, 211
Stowe Acres, two counts
contributing to delinquency
and neglect, misdemeanor
child abuse, $10,000 secured
bond.
Donald Bartlett, 32, 211
Stowe Acres, two counts
contributing to delinquency
of minor, $5,000 secured
bond.
Kimberly Norman, 40,
Blacksburg, SC, felony pos-
session of cocaine, posses-
sion of drug paraphernalia,
$5,000 secured bond.
CITATIONS
Shannon Gamel, 209 E.
Parker St., driving while
license revoked, displaying
suspended driver's license.
Shannon Gamel, 209 E.
Parker St., expired registra-
tion plate.
Jeremy Huffman, 124 S.
Cherokee St., no operator's
license
Ana Aguilera, 717
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Shelby main dies
in wreck near KM
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Landing St., larceny.
Jerry McCleave, 1
Kingswood Apt. E, failure to
register vehicle.
Michelle Parker, 328
Ebenezer Rd., speeding 77 in
65 zone.
Bruce Gooley, 731 Ray St.,
speeding 49 in 35 zone, fail-
ing to carry registration
card.
Jerry Withers Jr., 7010
Richmond Dr., speeding 51
in 35 zone.
Antionette Adams, 210
Orr Terrace, failing to stop at
stop sign.
INCIDENTS
McDonald's, 725 York Rd.,
reported larceny by an
employee.
Theodore Smith, 1302
‘Northwoods Dr., reported
that shingles fell off a build-
ing and did $2,000 Jomage
to his truck.
Karen Burris, 737
Canterbury Rd., reported
being assaulted.
Diversified Textiles.
Machinery, 133 Kings Rd.,
reported larceny of wood
poles and fencing.
Shannon Bradley, 128
Lanfield Dr. Lot 9, reported
break-in of her vehicle and
larceny of money.
Kings Mountain Office
Supply, 238 S. Cherokee St.,
reported that someone shot
out a window with a BB
gun.
Everette Bynum, 202
Thornburg Dr., pepoen
being assaulted.
Ryan Alexander, 102 S.
Watterson St., reported lar-
ceny of a 1988 Mazda val-
ued at $3,500.
Heather Roper, 204 Phifer
Circle, and Beth Baity, 300-1
E. Gold St., reported being
assaulted and threatened.
Krystal Williams, 824
Grace St., reported larceny
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of a rental TV valued at
$1,800.
Amanda Coble, 303 Bell
Rd., reported larceny of a :
phone and charger valued at =
$319.
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WRECKS
Dennis Gillikin of
Carrollton, VA told police he
swerved to miss a vehicle
that cut in front of him,
causing him to hit a guard
rail on I-85 north. Damage
to the vehicle was $2,000.
A vehicle driven by Vicky
Barber of Lynchburg, VA left
the roadway, over-corrected
and hit median barriers at -
the construction zone at I-85
at exit 8. Damage to the
vehicle, owned by Hertz Te
Rental Cars of Atlanta, GA, .»
was $10,000.
Vehicles driven by
Waynesia Adams of Grover :
and Samuel Garrison of Fort a
Mill, SC struck on US 74 B at
Cansler St. Damage to each
vehicle was $1,500.
Man reported
missing found
in New York
2 yx
2 Vesa
A Grover man reported 3
missing last week was locat-
ed in New York, according
to his family.
Quint McCoy Jr. went
missing April 2. He had
been seen last hitchhiking
on Interstate 85 northbound.
He was located unharmed
April 20.
The Cleveland County
Sheriff's Department led the
missing persons investiga-
tion.
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