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Wednesday, November 6, 2013 Page 3A The Kings Mountain Herald | www.kmherald.net Schedule of Events Prelude - Loch Norman Pipe Band Welcome - Mayor Rick Murphrey : Posting of Colors —VFW Post 9488 Color Guard 82 Invocation —-KMPD Chief Melvin Proctor : : Pledge of Allegiance — Boy Scout Troop 193, Central United Methodist Church “National Anthem” — Sophia Kellstrom, c Jr. Teen Miss North Carolina ; an Introduction of Special Guests and Opening Revarlsn Mayor Rick Murphrey SPOT Veteran’s Day Address — John F. Gwizdak, Past iio National VFW Commander, Veterans of IF Foreisn Wars: THA Lantana Hinz Unveiling of Monument les Presentation of White Roses— ~~ or Kings Mountain Vietnam Veterans Ya ha ~ “God Bless America” — Molora 7 | Moment of Silence — Mayor Rick Murphrey “Amazing Grace” - Loch Norman Pipe Band ~~ *""’ : — i 21 Gun Salute — VFW Post 9488 Color Guard ~~ VETERANS’: observance set for November 11 Wreath Presentation - Goris Mayor Rick Murphrey, John Giada Lr From page 1A local heroes who gave their ticipants are encouraged to events for veterans and their “Taps” - Paul Fulton air lives in battle to preserve our bring portable chairs. Park- families following the 11 Retrieval of Colors — VEW Post 9488 Color Guard © “The City was originally freedoms. We found a de- ing will be available at the a.m. Veterans Day serviceat Closing Comments-Mayor Rick Murphrey pets approached over a year ago sign where we could incor- = park. In the event of rain, Patriots Park. : Postlude - Loch Norman Pipe Band Bug | by an informal group of porate the names all the the program will be moved The American Legion dit i local Vietnam veterans who heroes in a memorial, the inside to the Joy Perform- will serve hotdogs and ham- Ne | wanted to have a memorial Patriots’ Memorial.” Said ance Center. burgers with all the trim- The National Anthem and Veterans of Foreign Wars ? dedicated to those soldiers Mayor Rick Murphrey. Two veterans groups — mings at the Post. The Kings Mayor Rick Murphrey will Post 9811 will serve : from Kings Mountain who All veterans are invited Otis D. Green American Le- Mountain Police Color be guest speaker. Patriotic spaghetti with all the trim- j were killed in action in Viet- to be.part of the observance. gion Post 155 and Kings Guard will present the col- music and flags and fall mings from noon until 3 I nam. We realized there was There will be limited seating Mountain Veterans of For- ors. “Southern Experience” flowers will decorate the p.m. Kenny Cordle is chef no memorial for any of our in front of the stage and par- eign Post 9811 — will host will play for the singing of ballroom. for the event. nit Veteran looks back on POWs, life as an MP | Gatewa y Trai l DAVE BLANTON ° ) dave.kmherald@gmail.com a n n l V er S a ry The draft letter that ar- : : . H rived in the mail in the ® i 7 A spring of 1942 suited J.B. th LS weekend Stacey just fine. ft “I was excited,” he said, ve referring to the prospect of Live music, golf-cart rides available for those who'thay becoming a soldier. 1 was and good.food are all part of be unable to make the steep i tin oo 1t was a party Saturday celebrating climb. fhe i all about. I wanted 1o Join the popular and growing Kings Mountain Gateway the Navy but they said 10; Kings Mountain Gateway Trail director Shirley Brutko the army’s got you now. Trail. helped spearhead the con- At Fort Ord in Monterey, The festivities start at 11 struction and the funding of California, the 26-year-old a.m., when visitors are free to the trail, which is designed to Gaston County native explore the park and trails eventually connect the City learned to be a military po- and join in a dedication at the of Kings Mountain to Crow- 3 lice officer, along with the trailhead for having just be- ders Mountain State Park, ey HE) nis oop come a National Recreation Kings Mountain State Park, fr the specialized educa- J.B. Stacey holds up a 1942 group photograph of the men he served with in basic training. Tl > on ew 101. ak na Al “Back then with the war treated them like they was other posts during his four- and thrived at. “I sold used o ay Fh id or i A ! od on, the little guys like me human beings,” Stacey said. year stint in the Army. He cars,” he said “I did pretty | |. in North Carolina to trail is open from daw to didn’t get shipped out to the ‘There was no harsh treat- gave up his car years ago good —I kept ‘em going.” enjoy that distinction. dusk and is part of the Car- war,” said Stacey from his ment, and they didn’t cause ("too expensive — I don’t By the early 1950s, with Adam Satterfield will be olina Thread Trail, the Rails comfortable room at Sum- any trouble.” miss it one bit”), but holds a wife and a child and two performing on keyboard to Trails for N.C. and a Na- | mit Place, an assisted living Regular. soldiers were onto an extreme wide-angle more coming, Stacey de- | go 11 am. to noon. The tional Recreation Trail for the facility on Phifer Rd. They sometimes a different mat- photograph of his basic cided it was time for a | |;.a1 band Harvestisthenset U.S. a bs trained us to become MPs. It ter. training company. change and took a job at the | play from noon to 1 p.m. “Over the years, we've re- I was the big ones they “Oh, shoot, you ought to Stacey got a taste for po- Margrace Mill in Kings After a hot dog and ham- ceived over a axillion dollars | trained for combat.” seen ‘em,” he said, with a lice work in the Army and Mountain. He worked there burger lunch, organizers will * in grants,” Brutko said. “And In fact, Stacey’s destiny laugh. “They’d be dog said he intended to join a for nearly three decades, | peor Visitors to the top of the we have altnost aaillion dol- ! was to stay on U.S. soil for drunk. We’d have to round local police force and make working his way up to the | 41 #002 dedication of Ham- lars worth of land so far.” ; the duration of the long war = ‘em up and get ‘em into bed. a career out of it upon leav- topjob in the sewing depart- | <1 Overlook. which fea- For more information that saw more than 400,000 They were just boys, I ing the military. But when ment. tutes. a bench Built in honor about. the. frail. “sit Americans killed by its end = guess. But that was a big he was discharged in 1946, During this time, Stacey | .¢ donors Evelyn and Larry http:/ Jwww.kmgateway- in 1945. During most of his part of my job in the service he had an abrupt change of recalls his and his late wife’s Hamrick, St. Golf carts are trails.org/Home.aspx. time in the service, he worked as an MP on bases in Illinois, Texas and Califor- nia where he helped guard Axis POWs and at other times helped keep the Amer- ican men on the bases in order, meting out discipline when necessary, processing court-martials and chasing keeping those streets clean on the bases where the men trained.” Stacey, who has bright, animated eyes and wears a thinning shock of reddish hair, turned 93 this year. He says Veterans’ Day always brings back a lot of memo- ries of those days in basic heart. “It felt so good to not be doing it, I just said I won’t do it.” Casting about for a job for a few weeks after leav- ing the Army, he quickly found one that he both loved love of traveling. “We would get in the car and drive all night,” to Florida, to Ohio and Kentucky. “We had fun. We loved to just go. I may have gotten that from the Army. They were always shipping me all over.” Interlude-Loch Norman Pipe Band Dedication of Kings Mountain Patriots’ Memorial ATTY Wied and WWI Wall - Mayor Murphrey | We owe it all to you. down AWOLs. training (“It wasn’t too = TEE an. °p hi = Thank you for making us the #1 auto insurance provider As far as the POWs went, awful bad”) and the lifelong €> . 4 2 North Gan one for over 20 years’, Wo couldn ene he doesn’t recall getting to friends he made there and at > Cele b yatl ng . one witout you. ; ; : know anv of them ve ; B a If you need a quote on auto, home, life or business, call | Y Vie Ty ot . Be us today so we can protect the things that are most ! ; - much, bt Hid ondion q the opening of od important to you. j : were good for them. “We «N ; =y i Lele Hounds Grill LLC <= Transfer Tour RET ER TET Eh] : : : pd Jon re in Kings Mountain. : , Range Special: Buy 1 bucket E Check out our varied menu of sandwiches, salads, and more! 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