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VOLUME 90 ■ NUMBER 83 - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1979 - KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA
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HOMEOOMINO FINALISTS - One of these five lovely
young ladles will be crowned Kings Mountain High
homecoming queen Friday at halftime of the KM-South
Photo by Gary Stewart
Point football game. Tbe five finalists, left to right, are
Wendy Strlngfellow, Gathy McDaniel, Tina Ware, Julie
Owens and Donna Myers.
NEWS BRIEFS
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BAPTIST PULPIT
Rev. Terry E. Pleasant,
sophomore ministerial student at
Gardner Webb College and licensed
In 1977 by the Bethlehem Baptist
Church In the Spartanburg
Association, will nil the pulpit
•* ijf.oriUAg at 11 a‘,
B( thlehem Baptist Church in Kings
Mountain.
SPECIAL PROGRAM
Pathway Baptist Church on Park-
dale Circle will sponsor a special
singing Sat., Oct. 20th. at 7 p.m.
featuring The Chapelettes of Gaff
ney, S.C., the Sonsmen and Elaine of
Gastonia and other singers. Rev.
James Hamrick, pastor. Invites the
comm-mU ■ ■> attend.
CHICKEN SUPPER
Bethlehem Volunteer Fire Dept,
will have a barbecued chicken
supper Saturday from B-8 p.m. at the
Sre station. The menu will include
barbecued chicken, barbecued slaw,
rolls, tea or coffee and homemade
cake. Plates are $3 each and ail
proceeds will go to the firemen’s
fund.
GOSPEL SINGING
A gospel singing will be held at the
Holiness Christian Mission at 21B
Blanton Street Saturday at 7 p.m.
Featured group will be “Jan and the
Starllghters" of Channel 16,
Greenville, S. C. Other groups will
also sing. The public Is Invited.
LEGAL PROGRAM
A legal services program for the
benefit of persons age 60 and above
will be held at Shelby Presbyterian
Church on Sat., Nov. 3 from 10 a.m.
until noon.
REVIVAL
New Camp Creek Baptist Oiurch
will hold a revival October 21-28. The
public is Invited to attend.
KIWANIS PROGRAM
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Jolley will
show slides of North Carolina at the
KJwanls Club meeting tonight at the
Womain's Club. The Jolleys have
photographed Interesting plaecs in
all 100 counties.
OLDTIMERSGAME
Any former Kings Mountain High
football players Interested In
playing In the second annual
Booster’s Club oldtlmers game are
urged to meet Sunday at 8 p.m. at
the John Gamble Stadium
fleldhouse.
TOYSFORTOTS
Kings Mountain Fire Department
Is again sponsoring Its Toys For ’Tots
Christmas project. Any persons with
good, repairable toys are urged to
bring them to the fire station as
quickly as possible. The firemen
request that you do not bring
’tfothlng.
Homecoming
Parade Friday
Kings Mountain High’s week-long
homecoming festivities will come to
*d c-nmajc Friday ;-lght when tho
Mountaineers host South Point In. a
big Southwestern 3-A Conference
game at Gamble Stadium.
Students have participated In
spirit activities throughout the
week.
On tap for Friday afternoon Is a
public pep rally at 1 p.m. at the
stadium, at which time students will
compete against teachers In tricycle
races and beard-growing contests,
and the annual homecoming parade
at 4 p.m. downtown.
The parade, which features the
five homecoming queen finalists,
will begin on West Gold Street. From
there It will proceed east to Railroad
Avenue, north to West Mountain
(Joy ’Theatre) and turn right and
cross the railroad tracks. It will then
turn south down Battleground
Avenue and take a left turn onto
Christmas Parade
Entries Needed
The annual Kings Mountain
Christmas Parade Is scheduled for
November 28 at 4 p.m.
Anyone Interested In entering a
float or unit should call Johnnie
Caldwell at 739-8226, Charles
Peterson at 739-6088 or the fire
department, 739-2662.
All entries must be finalized by
November 21 at 6 p.m.
Bast Gold Street, left again at
Cherokee Street and right on West
- r. at Fultor. ir^upai*tir.ent
''Stoi' From there It will go east to
Gaston Street where It will disband.
’The queen will be crowned at
halftime of tb3 football game by
Mike Spears, SPO president. Sallee
Durham, last year’s queen, will hold
the crown and KMHS Principal
Robert McRae will carry the
flower.i.
Homecoming q 'een finalists are
Donna Myers, ,T , ’ Owens. ’Tina
Ware, Wendy Strlngfellow and
Cathy McDaniel.
Sponsors for the senior football
players Include Laura McGinnis,
John Estes; Leslie Sherrer, Carl
Burton; Debbie Putnam, Mike
Chambers; Latricla Griffin, Avery
Smith; Lynn Peeler, Mark Howell;
Wanda Sto've, Kevin Mack; Lynn
Cole, Mlrloii White; Sherry Guyton,
Johnny Ross; Ruth Hullender, Jeff
Clonlnger; Pam Bridges, Mark
Schuman; Laura Herndon, ’Tim
Leach; Allison Champion, Danny
Williams; Lisa Hampton, Scott
Crawford; Sonya Pressley, Lenny
Thompson; Wendy Strlngfellow,
Dick Styers; Jennifer Pruitt, Glenn
Carroll; Dana Jackson, Chris
Odoms; Kim Dixon, Ricky Chap
man; Jolean McHome, Tony Put
nam; Tammy Bolton, Keith Blan
ton; Dawn Hambrlght, Robert
Bradley; Angela Bell, Maurice
Jamerson; and Cheryl Goode,
Henry Hager.
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Board Issues Notes
In a brief meeting Monday night,
the Kings Mountain Board of
Commissioners Issued $120,000 In
bond anticipation notes to cover part
of the cost of building a sludge
treatment facility at Ellison Water
Plant.
Bonds will be dated October 24 and
mature on January 9, 1980. The
Interest rate will be 6.26 percent per
year.
In other action Monday, the
board:
-(-Approved changing the
minimum standards for police
department applicants. In the past,
applicants were required to have a
high school diploma. In the future,
the city will recognize GED high
school equivalency testing.
^-(-Approved a resolution of
sympathy to Commissioner Humes
Houston and his family following the
death of Houston’s mother, Mrs.
Ella Mae Kidd Houston.
-(-Appointed Mayor John Henry
Moss to represent the city as a
voting delegate at the N.C. League
of Municipalities Conference In
Winston-Salem. Moss will appoint an
eiltemate.
-(-Approved A.M. Pullen Co. to
audit the city’s Community
Development Block Grant funds for
the year ending September 30. The
cost will be $16.60 per hour plus out
of pocket expenses.
-(-Discussed a recent newspaper
article concerning rebates from
’Transco and was asked by Com
missioner Jim Childers If local
customers would receive any.
Mayor Moss and City Clerk Joe
McDaniel bi th rep^irted they hao
received no information from
’Transco concerning a rebate.
Bloodmobile
Returning
Here Friday
’The Red Cross Bloodmobile will
return to Kings Mountain tomorrow
(Friday) lor a one-day visit at the
atlzens Service Building on N.
Piedmont Ave., near the city water
tank.
Donors will be processed from 10
a.m. until 4:30 p. m. and goal of the
collection is 126 pints of blood.
"Almost six million times last
year Americans walked through
doorways of community centers,
offices, factories, churches and
schools and once Inside rolled up
their sleeves and engaged In a fight
for life. And the recruits—either
confident or timid but always
generous —were the volunteer
donors who shared their blood
through the Red Cross," said a
spokesman. "We are confident that
Kings Mountain citizens will again
be generous.”
Photo by Gary Stewart
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ADVISORY GROUP OFFICERS-Rev. M.L. CampbeU, left, was In
stalled as the new president of he Vocational Advisory Council of KM
District Schools and Mrs. Douglas Eubanks was re-elected secretary.
Pictured with the officers Is Vocational Director Myers T. Hambrlght.
Advisory Council
Officers Selected
Rev. M.L. Campbell, retired
Kings Mountain agriculture teacher
and pastor, was elected chairman of
the Kings Mountain District .Schools
VocaUonal Educ- tl';n Advisor,>
Council Monday at a luncheon
meeting In the KMSHS Home
Economics Building.
Other new officers are David
Harrison, vice-chairman, and Mrs.
Douglas Eubanks, who was re
elected to serve another term as
secretary.
Vocational Director Myers
Hambrlght reported that a total of
1,648 local students are participating
In vocational education programs at
Central, the Junior High and Senior
High plants, as compared with 1,497
for the last school term. In addition,
the program this year has added a
resource specialist for disad
vantaged and handicapped children
In the person of Anne Brant, who
reported that these students report
to lab sessions regularly so that they
may participate In the regular
classroom activities.
Mrs. Anita Campbell, youth op
portunities specialist, also reported
a much larger class of students this
school term and Gerald Grlgg, of the
Employment Security Commission,
outlined what the (JETA Manpower
Program Is able to do at KMHS ir.
helping provide suitable em
ployment for the handicapped.
Mr. Hambrlght said that a
vocational evaluation study Is un
derway by teachers, administrators
and the vocational committee and
that date for ninth grade orientation
day is Jan. 21,1980. a program which
was highly successful last year, he
said, and gives incoming lOth
graders a look at the whole
vocational and academic program
at the senior high school. Hambrlght
also announced that Dr. Clifton
Belcher director of the division of
vocational edu atlon, will address
the local advisory council on Nov. 26
and meet with teachers.
Chairman Roy Pearson In
troduced Bob McRae, the new
principal of Kings Mountain Senior
High, who commended the Advisory
group for their assistance and Supt.
William Davis who said the program
"Is getting Its second wind now
because of dedication of staff and
excellent leadership. It’s
exhlllrating, he said, to see the new
facets in this program which are
provided for the handicapped and
new life In old programs such as
auto mechanics.
Hambrlght broke down the
enrollment in the program for the
current school year as follows:
(Central School, 133; KM Junior
High, 410; KM Senior High,
Agriculture, 80; Business and Office
Practice, 371; Distributive
Education, 106; Home Economics,
146; Industrial Arts, 48; Auto
Mechanics, 71; Cosmetology, 40;
Drafting, 91; Industrial Cooperative
’Training, 69; Welding, 66; Crafts, 32.
A total of 1,089 KMSHS students are
enrolled In these specialized cour
ses, he said, as compared to 1,000
last year.
Mrs. Jim Dickey was chairman of
the nominating committee.
Outgoing Chairman Pearson
expressed his appreciation to all
members of the committee for their
service and said he was quite
pleased with the Increase In the
number of students Interested in
vocational education.
Morehead Scholarship
Leslie Is Finalist
SCHOOL LUNCH WEEK - ’This Is School Lunch Week
in the Kings Mountain District Schools. Elementary
schools are observing It by Inviting parento to eat lunch
one day with their children. The above photo shows
students and their parents going through the serving
line at Grover School.
Leslie Jean Hambrlght, senior
student at Kings Mountain Senior
High School, Is KM’s nominee for a
Morehead Scholarship to the
University of North Carolina.
Miss Hambrlght will compete with
seniors from all Cleveland County
high schools and the county winner
will go on to district competition.
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Hambrlght of Grover, Miss Ham
brlght Is a member of the Science
Club and SAE, president of the
National Honor Society, vice-
president of the Science club,
yearbook co-editor, vice president of
the Senior class, attended Girls
State as a representative of the
American Legion Auxiliary 16s,
attended the Presidential Classroom
In Washington. D.C. and served as
chief Junior marshal for I9i9 KM
SHS graduation. She was voted
"most likely to succeed” among
seniors and Is listed In the national
publication of "Outstanding Names
and Faces. ”
LESUE HAMBRlGHT