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page 8, KINGS MOUNTAIN MIRROR, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER tt, 1972
KMHS News
liy John MrGill
KINGS
MOUNTAIN
BIRTHS
Mr. i Mrs. Paul Frizzell
21 Walker Street
Kings Mountain, N.C.
Son, November 18, 1972
Mr. & Mrs. William Thomas
303 E. Virginia Avenue
Bessemer City, N.C.
Son, November 18, 1972
Mr. & Ml's. Buddy E. Branch
111 Inman Avenue
Bessemer City, N.C.
Daughter, November 18,1972
Mr
i Mrs. Wayne Goode
West Georgia Avenue
Bessemer City, N.C.
Daughter, November 19, 1972
Mr. A Mrs. David Southard
Route 4, Starling Su b Div.
Gastonia, N.C.
Daughter, November 20, 1972
Mr. ^ Mrs. Ronnie Biddix
Route 2, Edgewood Acres
Bessemer City, N.C.
Son, November 20, 1972
Mr. A Mrs. Dennis McAbee
470C Stinnett Acres
Bessemer City, N.C.
Daughter, November 20,1972
Clay
Mr. A Mrs. Ezekiel
Route 2, Box 919 G
Bessemer City, N.C.
Daughter, November 20,1972
Mr. & Mrs. Bobby Lee Scalf
105 Falls Street
Kings Mountain, N.C.
Son, November 21, 1972
Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Scales
Bessemer City, N.C.
Son, November 21, 1972
Vi
President Richard M. Nix
on won an overwhelming ma
jority of the votes in a mock
presidential election held by
the Kings Mountain “Moun
taineer,” the high school pa
per . The results, published
in the Thanksgiving edition
of the “Mountaineer” which
was sold last Friday, show
Nixon receiving 700 of the
949 votes cast, with McGov
ern polling 190 votes, and 59
write-in votes were cast.
Nixon pulled in 73.7 per cent
and McGovern 20 per cent
of the votes cast in the
mock election in contrast
with the 64 per cent and 35
per cent respectively that
they received in the nation
wide contest. The American
Party’s candidate, John Sch-
midtz, whose name appeared
on the ballot, received less
votes than Governor George
Wallace of Alabama, whose
name did not even appear on
the ballot. Wallace led the
write-in campaign with
thirteen votes, while the leg
endary Alice Cooper was
close behind with nine votes.
Hometown candidate Jake
Sipes followed with seven
write-in votes.
The French Club held a
meeting, November 14, from
7:30-8:30 p.m. 45 students
from Kings Mountain High
School, chaperoned by
French teacher, Mrs. Ca
rol Peeler, traveled to Gar
dner-Webb College for a
program on France. The
group saw films on Paris and
the French Riviera shown by
a represenatlve of Deems
Travel Service from Shelby.
Two of the group, Clyde
Kerns and Sereta Ayers, won
door prizes. The represen-
ative of Deems Travel Ser
vice gave out pamplets on
tours available to students
and buying guides from
France. The program was
held in the Dover Chapel at
Gardner-Webb.
The Powder-Puff football,
game scheduled for Thurs
day, November 16, at 7:30 p.
m. was postponed due to in
clement weather. The game
was rescheduled for Tues
day, November 21, in the
City Stadium. The game is
sponsored by the Monogram
Club. Tickets are fifty cents
for adults, and twenty-five
cents for students, and will
be sold at the game.
Mrs. Vicki Jackson, an
employee of the New York
Narcotics Commission, and
an ex-heroin addict, spoke
breifly at Kings Mountain
High School Thursday. She
wished to speak to small
groups only because of the
lack of communication she
encountered with large
groups, so no assembly was
held for the entire student
body. Instead, Mrs. Jack-
son spoke to a group com-
The class of 1973 was mea
sured for caps and gowns by
the Herff Jones Company,
Friday, November 17. The
Seniors were also able to
order graduation announce
ments, personal cards, and
accessories. A five dollar
deposit was required.
The House of Representa
tives of the S. P. 0. met
Monday. Acting on a sugg
estion from the Human Re
lations Council, the students
voted to have a clean-up
campaign in the school,
sponsored by the clubs. In
other action, a Citizenship
Committee was formed to
select Good Cltizens-of-the-
Month in cooperation with the
Citizenship Committee of the
Senate portion of the S.P.G.
and to revise the student
handbook, if necessary.
Members of the committee
are: Mike Thombs, Chair
man, Karen Ledford, Karen
Cole, Mark Floyd, and Gail
Hightower.
In the assembly period held
Thursday for the club meet
ings, the following clubs and
organizations met: Key Club,
Bible Club, Future Home
makers of America (officers
only), guidance aides. Bus
Drivers and the Program
Committee of the S.P.O.
Students will attend school
only three days this week.
Thanksgiving holidays begin
as school ends Wednesday
(today) and end as school re
sumes Monday.
Gospel
Sing
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel T.
Route 4
Shelby, N.C.
Son, November 7, 1972
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Lewis
Route 1, Box 390
Kings Mountain, N.C.
Son, November 8, 1972
Mr. A Mrs. James Ledford
Route 1
Bessemer City, N.C.
Son, November 10, 1972
Mr. A Mrs. Morris Timms
Route 2
Kings Mountain, N.C.
Son, November 12, 1972
Mr. A Mrs. Floyd Sanders
2100 Parkdale Circle
Kings Mountain, N.C.
Daughter, November 14, 1972
Mr. A Mrs. John Revels, Jr.
317 Mountainview Street
Gastonia, N.C.
Daughter, November 16, 1972
Mr. A Mrs. Larry D. Wright
Box 304
Blacksburg, S.C.
Daughter, November 15,1972
Mr. A Mrs. Ronald Walker
1714 Pope Avenue
Gastonia, N.C.
Son, November 16, 1972
life SAVeT
posed of faculty members,
members of the administra
tion, and guidance aides, to
three individual classes, and
to the ninth grade health
class at 10:00 p.m. Mr.
Bill Bates was coordinator
for the program and intro
duced Mrs. Jackson.
The Kings Mountain High
School varsity basketball
team began its season Fri
day with a scrimmage
against West Lincoln there.
The Mounties meet North
Gaston for a non-conference
game there Monday night,
November 20. That will be
the last action for the
twelve-man squad until they
meet Burns in the opening
round of the Tip-Off Tour
nament held at Crest.
The Annual Staff held an
emergency meeting Wednes
day to assign advertise
ments to members. The ad
vertisement campaign wUl
run for about three weeks.
Approximately two hundred
and ninety firms, individuals,
and businesses have been
contacted through letters for
the campaign.
Central News
hv (Ihrib Holmes
♦ >
Students at Central Junior High line up at the Buncombe Coun
ty Drug Information Van parked at the school last week. The
bus was on loan to Kings Mountain and was manned by Ptl. Tom
my King who stationed the "Life Saver” center at Central
School and downtown in front of Belk’s later in the day. The
drug displays inside were the “real McCoy” and were taken
in drug raids in and around Buncombe County.
Drug Education On Wheels
Shows Whole “Dope Scene
99
Spiro Agnew. Vice Presi
dent;
“The accomplishments of
his (President Nixon) first
term amply demonstrate what
we can confidently expect
fnom his second.”
On November 16 Kay-geo
Drugs came to Central.
They gave a talk on drugs
and their effects. Then stu
dents were shown through a
van where showcases of
drugs were on exhibit. The
drugs were labeled and
grouped into classifications.
On Friday November 17, 52
senior citizens came to Cen
tral for a tour. Guides show
ed them through the school
and vocational departments.
The guides were J. Gamble,
K, Crawford, K, Wright, M.
Bumgarner and J, Turner.
After touring the school the
senior citizens ate lunch in
Central’s cafeteria. Then
they met in the auditorium
for a general discussion of
the school.
I have been able to get a
little more information
about Central’s football
season statistics. Central
scored a total of 168 points
nils season, tiiey averaged
24 points a game. The Pa
triots defense allowed only
40 points, an average of 5.7
points a game. In the pass
ing department Mike Bum
garner attempted 35 passes
and completed 20 of them
with only one interception.
He completed 57.1 per cent
for a total of 299 yards.
Chris Bell attempted 12
passes and completed seven
and had none of them inter
cepted. He passed tor 157
yards all together for a 58.3
per cent completion record.
In pass receiving, William
Thompson lead the way.
Thirty-one passes were
thrown to him and he caught
21 of them for 388 yards
and 9 touchdowns. Spicer
had 5 thrown to him of which
he caught I for 8 yards and
a TD . A1 Eddins came next
with 4 passes that came his
way. He caught 3 for
2 yards. Peter Brown had
3 passes thrown to him but
he failed to catch any of
them. Bell was thrown 2
passes and he caught one for
45 yards. Putnam was 1 for
1 in pass receiving for 13
yards. Finally in this cata-
gory Richard Ross had a
disappointing season catch
ing none of the passes thrown
to him which in number
was one. Next week I will
have the last of the statis
tics in my column.
Students will receive
Thursday and Friday of this
week ott for Thanksgiving.
Regular classes will re
sume next Monday.
On Friday night November
17 a dance was held in the
Central gym. The Gastonia
Jackson Five were there to
produce the music for dan
cing. The cost of admission
was $1.50. The Gastonia
Jackson agreed to come
back for another dance to be
held Friday, December 8.
There were lots of kids
running around the play area
of Central Junior High toss
ing footballs and chasing one
another. It was as typical as
a school day can go except
for one important event...
thousands of dollars worth
of drugs were present. In
fact there were so many
types of drugs on the lot
that the school kids had to
line up to view the wares.
Even teachers lined up. The
pungent ropy odor of mari
juana hung heavy in the air
eliciting a few coughs from
the children. And over to
one side one man sat watch
ing the line filter through
the mass of pills, weed and
heroin.
Such a scene as described
above really did occur in
Kings Mountain Thursday
morning. But there is no
cause for alarm, because
the man in the corner was
Tommy King of the Kings
Mountain Police Depart
ment and the drugs were on
exhibit in sealed glass dis
play cases.
Drugs of all kinds were
ithere for viewing. Inhal
ants, stimulants, marijua
na, depressants and tran
quilizers, the whole, “drug
scene.”
A gospel sing will be held
Saturday, November 25 at
the Westover Baptist Chur
ch on the Shelby Road. The
sing will begin at 7:30 p.m.
Featured groups at the sing
will be The Mauldin Family
from Greenville and The
Happy Echoes of Swannanoa,
N.C, The public is welcome.
The drugs were on display
in Buncombe County’s Drug
Information Van. Through
the courtesy of Buncombe’s
Sheriff’s Department, the
van was on loan to Cleve
land County for this week
and Thursday was Kings
Mountain’s day. The var
ious types of drugs one
could see were all real.
They were the result of
many drug raids in Bun
combe County. As Tommy
Mr. A Mrs. Steve L. Evans
2557 Melton Street
Gastonia, N.C.
Daughter, November 7, 1972
Hyde
Mr. A Mrs. Miles J. Grant
307 E. Parker Street
Kings Mountain, N.C.
Daughter, November 8, 1972
Mr. A Mrs. Billy Sanders
911 Church Street
Kings Mountain, N.C.
Daughter, November 8, 1972
King noted, “The contents of
this van may well be worth
more than the van Itself.”
The school children lined
up during the early morning
hours to take a look at drugs
they had always heard of and
may never had seen before.
Sadly enough, however, many
who saw that exhibit have
probably sampled.
Patrolman King was around
for questions about the drugs
and explained as much as
possible about consequences
and risks Involved in narco
tic usage. He also kept mar
ijuana burning in a nearby
ashtray so those inside could
learn to recognize the smell.
Throughout the van hung
charts and pictures pertain
ing to drugs. One chart in
particular stressed the mon
ey involved in one shipment
of heroin. It traced the route
of heroin from a kilo of un
cut material to the addict who
receives the final product
■’diluted” several times ov
er. The “typical” addict,
as explained by the chart has
a habit costing $75 to $100
daily. Such a high cost to
feed the habit can lead to
only one avenue...stealing.
The program presented at
the school was most impres
sive and educational, but as
one bystander remarked, "I
hope it makes the kids see
what dangers are involved
and not make them curious
to experiment.”
A kid with his head in the
right place will learn from
the exhibit. It’s the ones who
think they know what’s happ
ening that need to be reached.
Only time will tell.
Few people have the cour
age to re.sist the crowd, even
when they know the crowd
is off base.
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