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Mini-Marathon
Is Set Dec. 2
CLAREMONT, N.C. - The
second annual Old Milwaukee
Mlnl-Marathon will be con
ducted Sunday, December 2 In
Claremont. The town Is located
nine miles west of Statesville
and 16 miles east of Hickory.
Because of the accuracy of the
18.1 and 6.2 mile course, many
area runners will use the Old
Milwaukee Mlnl-Marathon In
preparation for the Charlotte
Observer Marathon events
January 5, 1980.
“Our event will have every
possible aid for the serious
runner," reports Nicky Setzer,
race director for the sponsoring
Claremont Jaycees. “We have
doubled the number of aid
Wright
Completes
Training
FORT BENNING, Ga. — Pvt.
Clayton L. Wright, son of Mrs.
B.K. Wright, 608 Meadowbrook
Road, Kings Mountain, N.C.,
recently completed One Station
Unit training (OSUT) at Fort
Benning, Ga.
OSUT is a 12-week period
which combines basic combat
training and advanced In
dividual training.
The training Included
‘weapons qualifications, squad
tactics, patrolling, landmine
warfare, field communications
and combat operations. This
qualifies the soldier as a light-
weapons infantryman and as an
indirect fire crewman.
Soldiers were taught to per
form any of the duties In a rifle
or mortar squad.
His father, Clayton L. Wri^t,
lives in Shelby.
stations to eight; split times wiil
be given on ail courses; ac
curate mile markers will be on
all courses; and awards will go
to both male and female entries
in every category.”
“The Old Milwaukee Mini-
Marathon has other features.
Many races fall to take good
care of the families of runners
during the race,” continued
Setzer. “There Is a playground
within a block of the start-finish
line and families of runners are
Welcomed.”
Proctor Wholesale Co. of
Hickory is sponsoring the Old
Milwaukee Mlnl-Marathon. “We
could not be more pleased with
the work of the Claremont
Jaycees,” says Dean Proctor,
President of Proctor Wholesale.
“Only those who have conducted
-an event like this can appreciate
the hours of planning the
Jaycees have already
dedicated. The results of that
planning will be evident on
December 2.”
Entries are available at area
retail food outlets, or by sending
your name, address and zip to:
Claremont Jaycees, PO Box S7,
Claremont, N.C. 28610.
IN MEMORIAM
It has been said that no man Is
perfect. In my opinion we have
lost someone, who was as close
to being perfect as anyone I
have ever known. I would like to
share your sorrow because he
meant so much to me as a
friend. I only wish I had known
of his passing Please be proud,
for you were so fortunate to have
lived a part of your life with such
a magnificent man. May God be
with you during these most
unfortunate times.
IN MEMORY OF
ROBERT CHAMPION
Chicken Pickiifj
Tuesday
Tennis
Tourney
Re-Set
Wrestlers
Seeking
3rd Title
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THE SCHEDULE
DECEMBER
$ - at West McDowell
12 , East McDowell
19 • Open
JANUARY
2 - at Crest
9,' Bums
16 ■ at College Park
22 - .Shelby
26 - Conf, tourney
30 • Sullivan
, CONCERT SUNDAY-Ann Llstokin (seated) and Jane Pardue
discuss the arrangement of “God Bless America” to be presented
at the close of the multi-piano concert at Malcolm Brown
Auditorium, Shelby, on Sunday at 3:30 p.m. Mrs. Ustokln
arranged the music tor eight pianos. She is a teacher, ac
companist, and composer. Several of her compositions have been
performed for the public. She Is well-known among North Carolina
musicians as the Chairman of the annual Composers’ Symposium.
Reg. 3-piece
Combination
Dinner Box
3 pieces of chicken
potatoes-gravy
coleslaw ft roll
EAST KING STREET
PpBbNE 739-6911
1" Fried Chicken
Due to the lack of entries auid
bad weather, the Kings
Mountain Tennis Tournament
scheduled for last weekend at
the Kings Mountain High School
courts was postponed amd has
been re-scheduled for this
FYlday, Saturday and Sunday.
Action will get underway
BYlday at 6 p.m. Persons still
interested in entering may do so
before Thursday at 7 p.m. Entry
blanks may be obtained at the I
offices of Kings Mountain Junior I
High, Kings Mountain Senior
High or any of the KM District |
eiementary schools.
Play will be held in boys and I
girls 10-under, 12-under, 14-
under, 16-under, 18-under, men’s
and women’s singles and
doubles, mixed doubles and
men’s 36-and-over singles.
Entry fee is three dollars per
event auid a can of USTA-
approved balls.
Drawing for pairings will be
held ’Thursday at 9 p.m.
Weathers. “Each year the other
teams seem to get better. I look
for Shelby and Oest go give us
oUr toughest competition."
’The Patriots will wrestle all
their home matches at the
Central Gym. Matches are set
for 4 p.m. and admission is 75
cents for stpdents and $1.25 for
adults. If the Patriots win the
inference, the conference
tournament will be held at the
Kings Mountain Junior High
gym.
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