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June 7, 2007
SYBLE ARLENE SPROUSE MARTIN
KINGS MOUNTAIN - Syble Arlene Sprouse Martin, 70, 2058
Bethlehem Road, died May 30, 2007 at her residence.
A native of Gaffney, SC, she was the daughter of the late
Arthur Sprouse and the late Ruth Byars Sprouse and wife of
the late Herbert Loy Martin. She was also preceded in death
by son Kenneth Loy Martin, grandchild Jamie Carl Bowen,
brothers Billy Joe Sprouse and Kenneth: Edwin Sprouse, and
sisters Carolyn Virginia Turner and Thelma Sprouse Taylor.
She was a homemaker.
She is survived by sons Terry Wayne Martin and Tony Lee
Martin, both of Gaffney, SC; daughters Joy Martin Vandyke of
Kings Mountain, Sonja Martin Thornburg of Gaffney, SC,
Debbie Williams of Gaffney, SC, Anita Pennington of Gaffney,
SC, and Kim Martin Bowen of Kings Mountain; sisters Norma
Jean Childers of Gaffney, SC and Sherry Ann Walker of Shelby;
14 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
The funeral was conducted by the Revs. Paul Bowen and
Billy Bowen at 2 p.m. Saturday at Eastside Baptist Church.
Interment was in Mountain View Cemetery. Pallbearers were
Billy Lee Sprouse, Josh Foster, Crayton Bo Foster, Eric Dye and
Charles Peterson.
Gordon Mortuary, Blacksburg, SC, was in charge of arrange-
‘ments.
JACK G. "HAP’ WHETSTINE SR.
NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, SC - Jack G. “Hap” Whetstine,
-85, died Saturday, June 2, 2007 at Seacoast Medical Center.
Born on July 15, 1921 in Kings Mountain, he was the son of
the late Victor and Willie Adams Whetstine.
He was a US Army D-Day veteran and was with the 11th
‘Infantry 29th Division landing on Normandy at Omaha Beach.
He played minor league baseball in Shelby. He was a member
of King of Glory Lutheran Church, an avid fisherman and a
Jack of All Trades. His nickname “Hap” was because he was
always happy. He spent Thanksgiving Day 2001 in Bosnia
with our military troops. Hap leaves behind his favorite
Grand Doggies, Neptune, Lucky, Star, Sammy and Crissy.
He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Dorothy McGinnis
Whetstine; one son, Jack G. Whetstine Jr. (Sheena) of Vienna,
VA; one daughter, Joyce Fedrick (Jess) of Douglasville, GA;
one brother, Clyde Whetstine, and one sister, Nell Bridges,
both of Kings Mountain; and three grandchildren, Kellie
‘Langin, Brandon Fedrick and Dustin Fedrick.
Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at King of
Glory Lutheran Church. Burial with military honors was at 2
p-m at Southeastern Memorial Gardens.
Memorials may be made to King of Glory Lutheran Church,
805 11th Avenue North, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29582. ;
Lee Funeral Home & Crematory of Little River/North
Myrtle Beach is serving the family. gi
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By Kenneth Kitzmiller
May 30-June 5 Year Ago
‘Total precipitation .50 1.34
Maximum 1 day 33 (2nd) 1.10 (2nd)
Month of May 2.35 2.06
Year to date 16.99 11.23
Low: temperature 63 (30th) 51 (3rd)
High temperature ~~ 92 (31st) 92 (30th)
Avg. temperature 75.3 734
took them 12 hours to fully-
FIRE
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and so hard to get because it is so
dry. So it’s a bad loss,” she said.
“] don’t know what we're going
to do. Our hay bailer burned up
and the chemicals and corn that
we plant and calf feed, every-
thing was all destroyed.”
Her grandfather tried to go
sback in and save his lawn-
mower but she kept him out. “I
thought I was going to have to
football tackle him,” she
laughed. “He really wanted his
lawn-mower.”
Oak : Grove, Waco, and
Cleveland volunteer fire depart-
ments responded quickly to the
scene. The fully-involved fire
extinguish as they and others in
the community rushed to the
Bell’s aid. Red Cross came to
assist, bringing breakfast and
plenty of water.
“My uncle got second degree
burns pulling baby calves out.
Three of them didn’t make it,”
she said. “His hands have blis-
ters all over them where he was
trying to pull them out.”
The family’s loss is com-
pounded by the fact that their
barn and equipment was not
insured. They are also left in des-
perate need of hay to keep their
remaining 300 dairy cows alive
through the winter.
For donations, call the farm at
704-734-0480.
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Kings Mountain City Council
will hold a public. hearing on
pursuing a Community
Development Block Grant for a
sewer line for the new Ingles
Market on Shelby Road at a spe-
cial meeting Monday at 5:30 p.m.
Following the hearing, Council
will vote on adopting a resolu-
tion to submit an application for
the funds.
Also, Council will be asked to
approve an amendment of
$93,452 of additional funds for
the Marine Travel Hoist at Moss
Lake, and adopt a resolution of
support for the Clean Water Act
of 2007.
At last week’s meeting,
Council set a date of July 31, 2007
for two public hearings, one for a
request of annexation from
RARB Properties, LLC, and the
other a request of annexation
from Moore’s Market & Grill,
LLC.
Owners Robert Arey, Jr. and
Robert Burns (RARB Properties)
petitioned the city for voluntary
annexation to their property
located at 2120 Shelby Road. In a
letter they sent to the city coun-
cil, they said, “One Stop Food
Stores operates a convenience
store on the property and has
been in operation since February
1999. We believe the increased
police and fire protection from
annexation will help increase the
safety and security of our
employees and our business. We
also believe, with the recent
annexation of the property
across the street, for Ingle’s
Corporation, our business will
be at a competitive disadvantage
without annexation.”
NC Rep. Tim Moore and wife,
Julie, are also requesting volun-
tary annexation for their Moore's
Market & Grill, LLC, property at
102 Goforth Road for police and
fire protection. “We are in des-
fons Be ER
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Raymond Gregory was
To the editor:
In the May 24th Herald, you
carried the obituaries of. three
veterans. There was also a letter
detailing the service and courage
of Nelson Roper. Adjacent to the
letter was the obituary of
Raymond Gregory.
When my family moved to
Kings Mountain in 1946, my
uncle told my dad about a’ Seti,
Gregory who had ‘served with '
him in Italy during the war. My
uncle, Rev. Henry Pressly, was
the regimental chaplain for the
350th regiment of the 88th divi-
sion (the Blue Devils). I only
heard him talk of the war that
one time when he told my dad
that Sgt. Gregory was one of the
bravest men he had ever seen,
and recalled once when they
were on the top of a mountain
and out of ammunition, Sgt.
perate need of the increased
police and emergency protec-
tions due to some recent inci-
dents in our community and the
greater Cleveland County area,”
they wrote in their letter. They
said that they have had to wait in
excess of twenty to thirty min-
utes for assistance from the
Cleveland County Sheriff's
Office and since their property is
closer to KM police and fire
departments response times
would be much shorter.
The Moores also stated that
they have several plans for
future growth to their property,
including a possible laundromat,
expansion of the restaurant, and
expansion of their produce and
viticulture sales. “We have
reached a tentative agreement
with Killdeer Farms...where we
would expand our produce sales
and carry even more locally
grown produce,” they wrote.
Planning Director Steve Killian
said both parcels of land set for
Gregory led the men to roll boul-
ders down on the Germans to
prevent them from capturing his
unit. This was in the heavy fight-
ing that this regiment was
involved in during the winter of
1944-45, possibly during the
fight for Mt. Battaglia, or other
strategic high ground during
that campaign.
“I never met Raymond Gregory,
‘although I.wish Thad. If he was
public hearings are “already
served with public water and
public sewer.”
Another public hearing was
set for June 26, 2007, regarding a
rezoning request from Larry and
Bernice Chappell to change their
property at 303 S. Battleground
Avenue from General Business to
Residential R-10.
A public hearing was held dur-
ing the meeting for a rezoning
request to properties located at
210 Yarbro Road. Robert
Burdette requested that his prop-
erty be rezoned from Residential
R-10 to Residential R-20 so that
his daughter, Jacqueline Deaton,
who has been taking care of him
and his wife, be closer to home.
There were some concerns of a
mobile home park, but Deaton
told the board that she plans to
put in a brand new mobile home,
not a trailer or a park and just
wants to be closer to her parents.
The council approved the zoning
amendment.
like my uncle, and spoke little
about his service, I wanted those
who knew him to know what
one of the silver stars was
undoubtedly awarded for and of
the high regard that his fellow
soldiers had for him.
James A. Pressly
Charlotte
Bell family grateful for support during fire
To the editor:
On behalf of G.W. Bell and
Sons Dairy Farm and the Bell
family, we want to extend our
thanks to the following organiza-
tions:
Oak Grove Fire Department,
Waco Fire Department,
Cleveland Fire Department,
American Red Cross, EMS and
to all friends and family that
offered their help and support
during the barn fire of June 4th at
the Dairy.
We suffered a great loss, but it
means so much to us to know
that there are people out there
willing to extend their time and
help when things are bad.
Thank you to the fire depart-
ments for arriving at 2 a.m. and
fighting fire for 12 hours straight.
Thank you to the American Red
Cross for your support to every-
one and for supplying breakfast
and lunch and plenty to drink.
Thank you to the EMS for arriv-
ing and sticking around in case
of emergency. Thanks to Trip
Goforth for your time spent driv-
ing a tractor for hours shoveling
the burning hay out of the barn,
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