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Donald
Resolution
Last year he had a New Year' s
Resolution and he stuck to it.
This year, because of that re
solution, some of his friends
have trouble recognizing him.
On January 1, 1971, Donald
Home looked in the mirror and
the image which was reflected
made himwishthathewere see
ing double - because the man
In the mirror was large enough
to be two men.
That's when Donald decided
on his New Year's Resolution -to
lose 80 pounds by June 30th.
"I weighed 278 pounds when
I started my diet," hereflected.
"I couldn't even walk around the
block without gasping for
breath."
"Now I can run a mile and
play ball with my son," he
added.
During the past year Donald
has been following a rigid sch
edule which he set up for him
self. For five days during the
week he ate only one meal a day,
a steak at supper time. On the
weekends he had his steak with
all the trimmings on Saturday
night and a dinner at his mothers
on Sunday,
Every night he followed an
eleven minute exercise pro
gram as outlined in his army
manual. The 5BX plan of ex
ercise includes; two-minutes
of 30 toe touching; one minute
of 40 back lifts; one minute
of 25 push ups; one minute of
25 sit ups; and six minutes of
running in place. He perfor
med this routine every night
before retiring.
During the day he would bi
cycle for three and one-half
miles on a course mapped out
around his home, and he would
religiously run a mile each day,
rain or shine.
Wiule dieting for the six
months period he weighed him
self each morning, instead of
weekly as diet books had ad
vised. "If I didn't lose any weight
I would rather be discouraged
daily than diet for an entire
week without seeing any re
sults." When Donald began his high
protein diet he had to buy a new
set of scales that would weigh
300 pounds. His old scales
would only weigh 250 pounds
and by the time he started his
diet his weight was well above
that.
He had set a goal on New
Alcoholism Directors
Meet In Regular Session
The Board of Directors of
the Catawba County Council on
Alcoholism met at the Cataw
ba Memorial Hospital in the Ex
ecutive Conference Room re
cently with Dr. Harry M. A rndt,
President, in charge.
Several Important reports
were made. Sam Rowe, Sr. re
ported that the opening of the
Council's other office in New
ton had been delayed since re
modeling was being done on the
third floor of the County Build
ing, formerly the old Catawba
General Hospital.
Melds DeVere, Associate
Counselor, reported on the
Council's School Program. He
stated that he had made 41
school talks toftthandl2thgrade
students. Schools visited were
Newton - Conover High School,
Fred T. Foard High School,
St, Stephens High School,
Maiden High School and Ban
dys High School. A total of 45
classes and 1,500 students heard
talks on alcoholism. Literature
distributed totaled 2,011 book
lets and pamphlets.
Director Grady Buff reported
on Council activities, stating
that November had been an un
usually good month, both in the
of ice and in outside activities.
An Interesting discussion fol
lowed on attitudes of alcoholics
regarding treatment. Another
subject discussed was alcoho
lism in industry and Mr. Buff
stated thai 50 percent of all
alcoholics are to be found in
industry. Starting around the
first of the year he plans to vis
it Personnel Managers in the
various industries In the county.
Other Board Members ! re
sent indudcd Ralph A drork,
William Brockhoff, T. Dale
Johnson, James It. Mitchell,
Lod Mullinax, Banks Taylor
and the Rev. Richard W. Turk
el son.
The nevt meeting of the Beard
of Directors will be Monday
He Was Glad To Pay
Rome's New Wars
Cost Him 107 Pounds
1 1 liV
PAIR OF 48's -year
this time,
were tight.
Year's Day of a weight loss
of 80 pounds by June 30th. By
sticking to his diet and exer
cise routine he achieved his
goal by June 20th - and "prom
ptly quit dieting." Since June
20th he has continued to lose
weight and has lost a total of
107 pounds in a year.
Before his diet, ttie "Fat
Donald" wore a size 4fi pants,
48 stout coat and 18 12 shirt.
His biggest problem when he
weighed 278 pounds was finding
clothes to fit. He had to order
them from a special comi any
and he says, "I couldn't have
much choice of colors. All I
could get in my size were dark
blue, black or battleship gray."
"Now I've gone wild," he
mused. "I have even thought
of buying some pink stripped
bell bottoms."
Although Donald began his
diet without a doctor's advice ho
wouldn't encourage others to
undertake a weight loss I ro-
gram without consulting a doc
tor. Diet pills didn't seemtowork
for him because after losing 10
night, March 27, at the Cataw
ba County Department of Social
Services building.
Maiden Youth
Killed In
Auto Accident
Danny Lee Woody, 20, of
Maiden was killed Sunday mern
ing when the 10CG Oldsmublle
which he was driving went out
of control on Rural Road 2903,
the Glen Oaks Golf Course Road
South of Maiden.
Highway Patrolmen Butler
and Dillard, assisted by the
Maiden Police Department, in
vestigated the accident and na
med high speed as Hie cause of
the death of Woody and injury of
a passenger.
The vehicle, travellin? South
of Maiden, ran off the rrd on
a nirve, crossed the road and
struck the shoulder of the road
and ow e again crossed the road
hitting a culvert and then over
turned, throwing Woody from
the automobile. A passenger,
Mackey Eugene Lewis, 16, of
Route 5, Linrnlnton, was taken
to an area hospital for treat
ment. Town Tags On Sale
The 1572 Maiden Town Tags
went on sale Monday, January
3, at the Town Hall.
I-very individual living wi'hin
the City Limits of Maid'-n own
ing a vehicle must purchase awl
display a lo2 tac.
A crording t..Cit j Clerk, Ron
nie Baticom, the tas may be
purchased for $l.ftfj as hast cm
the price n the past.
Town ta?s must b- !is laed
no later than r et. mar I", T72.
Donald Rome, weighing 107 pounds less than last
displays a pair of pants, size 48, which he says
pounds with the pill he would
promptly gain 20 pounds when
he wen! of them.
"The only way to lose weight
is to quit eating." Donald be
lieved it, he tried it and it
worked,
"When I began my diet I
told everyone I knew about my
decision, this way if I didn't
stick to it I would have alot of
explaining to do," he said.
Although his weight was al
most halved, he doesn't feel like
half a man and, he said, that
he Tiasn't noticed anv kinc of
personality change, "I am a lot
more active now" he added.
Asa reminder of the shape
he was once in, Donald keeps
a pair of his 48's around to
help him realize exactly what he
has accomplished. Donald
would make a great "before"
and "after" ad for a diet com
pany, but he isn't interested.
He lost his weight by sheerwill
power and determination and
Is a "bigger" man for it today.
United Fund
Drive Over
Fred Williams, president of
hp Kastern Catawba County
Umted Fund, announced tcday
the successful completionof the
1072 campaign. As of Decem
ber 30, I ." 71, the solicitations
totaled $71,520.02 or 102 percent
of the campaign goal of $70,000.
Williams commented; "This
is an important and happy day
for the Kastern Catawba County
United Fund and especially for
all the United Fundagencieswho
depend upon our financial sup
port to provide their services.
I want to express my sincere
api reciation to all those cam
paign chairmen, solicitors, and
contributors who made the 1972
campaign a sue ess."
The Educational Division un
der the rn-chairmanshtp of Dr.
Harry M. A rndt and N. Sherr
111 Cranford, superintendents of
the two school s stems in East
ern Catawba County, was cited
for two awards. This division
reached its goal first and, se
condly, exceeded its goal by a
higher percentage than any
other division. The Fducational
Division's campaign goal was
$3,127. It raised $3,855.25
or 121 percent of its goal.
The Industrial Division ender
the co-i lia.rit.anship of Murray
Chism, Jr. and C. Hugh Mor
etz also surpassed ;ts campaign
goal of $-!8,3h6 with a total oi
$40,740.47 or 102 percent of its
goal.
Williams esjeciall;. praised
the work of these f.:ur chair
men: A rndt, Craniord, Chism
and Moretz. Othe- Divtsl onCh
airmen recornlzed for their ef
forst were; John O. Colenn,
Commercial Division; J. Mich
ael beriH-th, Governmental
Division; Rev. Donald F. Gero
Divlslon; Rev. Imnald F.
George, Residential andOrgan
Izational Division; and Steve
C. Laws, I rofessional Di
vision, dditional firms making the
I'iO percent roll were listed as
follows: Newton - Rhyne Hard
ware, Sall's, I-U;nger's De
partment Store, Durham l ife
Town
Project
New Cemetery Section
Plans Made By Board
For Decorations
Maiden will have Christmas
decorations next year - that is
if the merchants, citizens, and
industries in Maiden are willing
to do something about securing
decorations.
Alderman Mark Hoyle was
appointed Chairman of the
Christmas Decorations at the
regular Town Board meeting on
Monday night. A lderman Hoyle
will secure persons in town to
help solicit the money needed
to purchase decorations.
When you talk about Christ
mas Decorations you are not
talking about a couple hundred
dollars. You are talking in
terms ol a couple thousand
dollars. This is the very rea
son Maiden waswlthout decora
tions this year. Approximately
$4,000 is needed just to
rent decorations. But with all
the merchants, citizens and in
dustry in Maiden, there should
be no great problem in secur
ing the funds needed to pur
chase decorations. ,
What most people in Maiden y
do not realize is that the Town
of Maiden, meaning using the
Town's people's money, cannot
buy Christmas Decorations.
There is no such money set
aside in the Town Budget for
such decorations. Therefore It
is left up to some organiza
tion or the merchants or
the entire population of Mai
den to raise the money.
Now Is the time to start
making contacts and donations
for next Christmas. This is
Campaign
The Top
Insurance Co., Newton uto
Parts and Architectural De
sign; Conover - County Wide
Insurance Agency; andCataw
ba - Edith's Beauty Shop and
Holly f arm Hatcheries.
The Victory Dinner and Aw
ards Banquet has been tentati
vely scheduled for February.
The three banks of EasternCa-
tawha Count) - First National
Bank of Catawba County in New
ton and Conover, Northwestern
Bank and Peoples Bank - will
jointly share the cost of the
Banquet.
Douglas Murray
On Tour
Douglas Murray will leave
Wednesday, January 5, with the
Pfeifier Concert Choir on an
annual tour of several States
during the w inter holidays.
This year the Tirst concert
will be at Grace United Metho
dist Church n f sh.-vllle. From
there they wi;i go toCincinnatl,
Ohio; Port Huron, Michigan;
North Manchester, Indiana;
Lexington, Kentucky; Emory,
Chathom and Danville, Virginia.
The choir will perform ten
concerts on their t"ur. The
home concert will be January
18 at He.flei Collere ;n the
Henry I tell er Chapel.
Card Of Thanks
Our deepest applanation is
extended to all the Irtends who
showed ats of kindness 'lircuc.h
flowers, lood and i oiitnh'i'ioiis
to various iranlzutions, during
the recent loss ol our mother,
Mrs. I. F. R se.
1 lie Rose Family
Accepts Water-Sewer
App
not something that can wait un
til the first day of December.
In order to have decorations,
a contract must be entered into
with a company before the end of
July, 1072.
Someone will be contacting
each individual and every mer
chant and place oi business in
the near future for a contribu
tion. Remember how Maiden
looked just a few weeks ago
with no Christmas decorations?
Let's not let another year pass
by being the only Town around
without decorations.
RAYMOND M BOST
Bost Elected
To
Board
Directors of North Carolina
National Bank have elected Ray
mond M. Bost, president of Le
noir Rhyne College, a member
of the bank's Hickory City
Board. The announcement was made
today by Jerry L. Cole, NCNB's
city executive in Hickory.
Dr. Bost becomes the 12th
member of the local bank board,
under the chairmanship of
James G. Peden, manager of
the Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of
Hickory.
Dr. Bost, a native of Maiden,
is a graduate of Lenoir Rhyne
and the Lutheran Theological
Southern Seminary inColuu.bia,
S. C., and served as pastor of
churches In Spartanburg, S.C.,
and Raleigh. He earned his Mas
ters and Doctoral degrees at
Yale University.
He was professor of church
history and director of field
work for the Lutheran Theolo
gical Southern Seminary for six
years and became the seventh
president of Lenoir Rhyne on
March 1, lCie.
Dr. Bost is a member o!
the Standing Committee on Ap
proaches tc Unity for the Lu
theran Church in A rr. erica and
a member of the Examining
Committee of the N. C. synod
of the Lutheran Church of A m
erlca. He is on the Fxecutive Com
mittee of the N. C. A ssociatlon
of Independent Colleges and
Universities, secretary of the
N. C. Foundation of Church
Related Colleges, a trustee of
the Lutheran Theological :outh
ern :eminary and se retary
and director of the 1 ledmont
University Center of N. C.
He ws named to "Who's
A ho in .- merit a" in 1070.
Dr. Bot is marri-d to the
former Margaret Vedder of
Connecticut and they have four
children.
J
ft fa
roves
The Town Board of Alder
men met Monday night in the
first meeting ol 1072 andaccep
ted the Water and Sewer pro
jects, voted to open the East
side of the new section at the
Maiden City Cemetery and dis
cussed unpaid property ta:;es.
Representatives oi the En
gineering Firm were presentat
the meeting and reported that
for all practical purposes the
water and sewer projects are
complete. There are still a few
things tliat will be watched but
the Town Board accepted the
work and instructed Town
Clerk, Ronnie Baucom to pay
the remainder of the invoices.
The new section of the Maiden
City Cemetery is near comple
tion and the plots will be ready
for sale in the near future. The
East side of the Cemetery will
be opened first and after all the
plots on that side are sold the
West side will be opened.
The new section consists of
approximately 540 grave sites
and the sites are laid oi in
plots of four graves, 10' x 20'
in measurement. These grave
sites will be sold in plots of
four or two at $50.00 per grave.
There will be no monuments
standing above the ground in the
new section. All graves will be
marked by foot markers. The
action to use toot markers was
taken for the appearance of the
cemetery and to make the up
keep of the grounds easier.
The Board of Aldermen re
quests that all grave sites, in
the old and new sections, be
cleared of all flowers within a
week of the funeral. A fter a
week, if the grave sites have not
been cleared, the Town will
clear awav the flowers.
Town Attorney Lewis Wad
dell was authorized to notify
each individual who lias not iaid
his 1071 property taxes that this
property will be advertised for
sale. During the course of the
advertisement, the owner of the
property may pay this tax and
his property will not be sold.
Clyde Finger, Chief of the
Maiden Volunteer Fire Depart
ment, appeared before the
Board and reported that 30 City
calls were answered during the
year; 22 County Calls; three
assists to other department
and one lalse alarm was turned
in during 1071.
Mrs. Jutie Arndt
Honored Sunday
With Dinner
The children of Mrs. Jurie
Ji rndt honored her with a family
gathering in the Fellowship Hall
of the First United Methodist
Church, Sunday, January 2. Flo
wers were placed in theChurrh
in her honor and In honor of her
birthday.
Family members present
were; Mr. and Mrs. John( ra)
McRee, Richard and Billy; Mr.
and Mrs. Giles f rndt, Teresa,
lice and Jerry; Mr. Bill Car
ter, all of Gastonia; Rev. and
Mrs. Dwight (Hilda Pyatt, Jim,
Tim and ndy of Lake Juna
luska; Mr. and Mrs. Roger
(Jean) Williams, Mr. and Mrs.
Charlie (Marv Lee) Murray and
Douelas, Mr. Leonard A rndt and
Debra, all ol Maiden.
Others p resent were Mrs.
Vera Lawina, a sister of Mrs.
i nidi's o Charlotte; Mr. Earl
Mull, a brother liom Gaston
ia; Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Will
iams, Mrs. Jimmy Maletta, Mr.
and Mrs. William G, Rose,
Billy, Linda and Chris and Rev,
and Mrs. William Bobbin and
; on, all oi Maiden.
Spaghetti Supper
The Senior UMY ol the First
Imtut Methodist Church will
sponsor a Sparhetii Supper in
the Church lellowship hall on
.Saturday, January 15.
The supper will begin at
5 P.m. and continue until 8p.m,
1 lat's will be 51.25 lor adults
.iii.l io lor chiPireu,
Openin
Fire District Meeting
Set For January 13
Evans Propst, Chairman of
the Maiden Fire District Char
ter Committee, announces that
there will be a District-wide
meeting at the Maiden Elem
entary School auditorium on
Thursday, January 13 at ":30
P.m.
The purpose of this meeting
is to report to residents of the
Maiden Fire District the pro
gress which has been made
since the last public meeting on
November 4, 1071. A mong some
of the issues which will be dis
cussed are: (1) The entering
into of a contract with the Town
MR RICHARD M i l
Lions Club To
Hear Richard Null
The Maiden Lions Club will
have Mr. Richard Null, the in
structional Chairman of S ec
ial Educ ation in Catawba County
as guest speaker at its meet
ing on Thursday, January 7, at
7 p.m. The meetine w'll tie held
a: the Shady 1 ark Recreational
Center in East Maiden.
The induction of at least one
new member is anticipated.
1 here will bea Directors meet
ing following the program.
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LIONS DONATE CHAIR - The Maiden Lions Club donated a wheel
chair to Mrs. J. Steele Greer, of the Hill Dale Nursing Home on
Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Greer, a retired Hickory High School
Entllsh instructor has been at the home lor twa y ears. She is almost
totally blind in both eyes from explosive Glacoma, which was first
detected In 1050. Because ol her blindness she can't distinguish
faces or read print and is not allowed tt go out by herself. In
addition to her blindness, her right leg has been amputated above
the knee. The operation was performed to correct a circulation
problem. Despite her ap arcnt problems, Mrs. or r is a Joy to
behold, and an Inspiration to all who meet her. When Mr. H. S.
Shepherd presented her the chair she said that betore long she
would be rat tnp up and down the halls In I t self. 1 he chair was
presented as art of the work ol the I ions ,'l. the In. id.
of Maiden and the Maiden Fire
Department to continue to ser
ve the District; (2) Ways and
means of financing the appli
cation for a Charter for the Dis
trict and, in addition, a Tax
Referendum for the Funding of
the yearly financing of equip
ment purchased by the District
to be used by the Maiden Fire
Department for fighting fires in
the District.
This is a very important
meeting and all residents of the
Fire District are urged to bo
present.
Mrs. McRee
Woman Of Year
During the morning worship
service at May's Chapel United
Methodist Church Sunday, Jan
uary 2( the Pastor, Rev. Donald
Rollins announced Mrs. Thomas
(Betty) McRee had been selected
as Woman of the Year. Mrs.
McRee was presented with a pin
denoting special membership
in the Woman's Society of
Christian Service of the Metho
dist Church and to which a do
nation of $25.00 liad been
made in her honor by the local
Society.
Secret balloting had been held
at the annual covered dish sup
per of the Society on December
6, 19 "1 and announcement of the
honoree was made Sunday.
Mrs. McRee has long been
active in the work of the church
and has at various times ser
ved as U. M.Y. Counselor, suit
district counselor, treasurer
and president of the Society,
member of the choir, Sunday
School teacher, church libra
rian, as well as having served
on many committees of the
church.
Card Of Thanks
We wish to express our s Ul
cere appreciation for the many
cards, flowers and other acts
of kindness shown during the
recent loss of our mother, Mrs,
Myrtle Carter.
The Carter Family
LiL