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Bethware High School Class of 1961
The Kings Mountain Herald | www.kmherald.net
July 25,2012
Pictured are 15 nia of the 1961 Junior Class of Bethware High School who attended a July 13 reunion at Satterfield's. Barbecue dinner was catered by Cherokee Street/Big E's
Restaurant. Class members held a memorial for seven deceased members. Front row, left to right, Jean Leigh Peterson, Geraldine Hicks Packard, Barbara White Smiley, Shirley Scism
Ware, Brenda McSwain Haney and Earleen Lemons Camp; second row, from left, Mitchel Queen, Robert Ledford, Tommy Barrett, Stan Queen and Bruce Scism; and back row, from left,
Steve Queen, Billy Wease, Mitchel Cobb and Keith Anthony.
Eagle Scout project at Kings Mountain
park garners high accolades for Myers
Eagle Scout Tyler Myers
of Troop 101 First Baptist
Church in Shelby was
awarded the Piedmont
Council Eagle Scout Project
of the Year Award and The
Glenn A. and Melinda W.
Adams National Eagle Scout
Service Project of the Year
Award for the Southern Re-
gion of the Boy Scouts of
America.
i
The awards were pre-
sented by Camp Bud Schiele
project that benefited his
community and inspired
Assistant Camp Director , younger Scouts. Along with
Paul Odom during the clos-
ing campfire ceremony on
Friday June 29. Odom read a
letter from C. William
Steele, Director of Alumni
Relations and the National
Eagle Scout Association;
thanking Myers for submit-
ting an inspiring Eagle Scout
two framed certificates and a
gold device to wear on his
Eagle Scout square knot,
Myers received a $500
check for future educational
purposes or an international
or national Scouting event or
facility.
Myers placed first in his
council out of 174 Eagle
Scouts from 9 districts and
11 counties with a service
project at Kings Mountain
State Park. His project en-
tailed constructing two stair-
ways, a stone creek crossing,
three bridges, and ene-half
mile of lakeside trail leading
to a split-rail fenced over-
look with two benches. The
project required 1,376 hours
of labor from 51 volunteers
and cost over $7,500 from
124 sponsors.
As a recipient of the
Southern Region = award, -
Myers placed first out of
every council nomination in
11 states and advanced to the
top four Eagle Scout Service
Projects in the nation.
“I wasn’t considering any
accolades when I planned
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this project,” Myers pointed
out, “I just wanted my Eagle
award to be significant to me
and reflect the value of the
rank.”
Myers plans to use the
scholarship for an upcoming
backpacking . trek to
Philmont Scout Ranch in
Cimarron, New Mexico this
August.
ARC to
hold
blood
drives in
August
The American Red Cross
will be holding the following
blood drives, open to the pub-
lic, in Kings Mountain and in
Grover in August:
Monday, Aug. 13, 2-6 p:m.
at Second Baptist Church, 120
Linwood Road. :
Tuesday, Aug. 14, 3-7:30
p.m. at First Baptist Church,
403 Cleveland Avenue, Grover.
+ The public is encouraged to
donate blood that oil help
save lives.