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VOLVME 90 - MJMHER 94 - THVRSUAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1979
Community Schools Program
• Assessing The Needs
A survey Is currently un
derway In the city to develop
Interest and enrollment In the
District Schools Community
Schools program, according to
William H. Hager, co-ordlnator.
Mr. Hager said the survey Is
being conducted to help the
Community Schools advisory
councils assess the needs of
their respective communities.
Questionnaires are going out
to all residents. Inviting their
opinions on major needs of at
tention In the community, such
as housing, traffic, crime,
transportation, vandalism, fire
hazards, recreation, etc. and
asking If citizens are aware that
community school facilities are
available for club meetings and
other community groups.
Families surveyed are invited to
check their preference for
recreation and sports activities,
such as arts and crafts for
children, camping, guitar,
hiking, bridge, soccer, etc. and
"do It yourself” classes In which
they would be Interested, such
as ceramics. Interior
decorating, microwave cooking,
bricklaying, etc. Farm training
courses will also get attention,
as well as enrichment courses
for fun and self-improvement,
medical education and human
relations seminars and job
Improvement courses. Including
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Photo by Katrena McOa.*
SPEAKER—Dr. CUff Belcher, director of Hambright, director uf the KM District Schools
Vocational Education for the State Department of vocational education program, and Schools Supt.
Public Instruction, center, chats with Myers William Davis, right, in Kings Mountain Monday.
/t’s Growing In N.C.
Vocational Education
Fifteen years ago the
predominant subjects In
vocational education were
agriculture and home
economics. Today, 6,300
teachers in the state teach a
variety of subjects, from
business and office machines to
cosmetology and auto
mechanics.
The statistics were given by
Dr. Oiff Belcher of Raleigh,
executive director of vocational
education for the N.C. Depart
ment of Public Instruction as he
addressed the local schools
advisory council Monday.
Dr. Belcher, who paid his first
visit to Kings Mountain In 196S at
the Central plant, commended
the KM Schools System for their
positive approach to vocational
education and said the program
Is growing all over the state "by
leaps and bounds.”
The vocational education
program, he said, served 60,000
students In 1068. Today, more
than 300,000 students In grades 7-
13 are enrolled In a vocational
education program,
representing half the
population. L,ast year 36,000
students were enrolled In a co-
(^ratlve program, working 16.7
million hours at approximately
83.16 per hour and earning 40
million dollars. These same
students, he said, paid taxes,
thereby paving the way for
76,000 more to get similar
training.
Fifty-five percent of today’s
high school graduates stay In the
labor market and advance In the
jobs they hold while going to
school, a positive "selling
point,” said Dr. Belcher, for the
progrsun.
Students from vocational
education classes advance In
ttielr jobs and get higher wages,
bridging the gap between school
and the world of work.
‘"nie success story Is here,”
said the speaker, who said that a
public relations job Is needed to
educate the public on the
positive aspects of such a
progrsim, now mandated by
state and federal legislation.
‘"ITiese students require the
same academic skills to ad
vance In their chosen fields,”
continued the speaker, who
challenged the group that “our
high school kids can only be as
good as the academic program
we give them.”
Advisory Council President
M.L. Campbell presided over
the luncheon meeting In the
KMHS Home Economics
Department.
Burns Death Suicide
The death of a 13-year-old
Central school student has been
ruled suicide after a
preliminary Investigation by
Assistant Coroner Jim Gold.
The body of Debra Ann Bums,
of 1001 Kelly Dr. in Shelby, was
found In a wooded area near her
home Monday morning with a
gunshot wound in the chest. A .38
caliber revolver was found near
her body.
A native of Charleston, S.C.,
she was daughter of Garnet
Bums of Hamlet and Sallie
Winslow Bums of Orlando, Fla.
Until two weeks, she had resided
In Kings Mountain but had
moved with her half-brother and
family to Shelby.
Also surviving are one
brother, Keith Bums of Hamlet;
and two half-brothers, Robert
Edward Llnkenhoger of
Opening Saturday Morning
Jaycees Selling Trees
Christmas trees will go on sale
Saturday morning on the Jaycee
Christmas Tree Lot at 386 South
Battleground Ave., adjacent to
McGinnis Depsulment Store.
Project Chairman Pat
Cheshire said that Frazier furs,
balsam and white pines will be
available at a price range of 812
and up and live trees for plan
ting will also be available. Some
of the trees come from the
Appalachian area while others
are from the Immediate area.
Jaycees will mann the lot
dally and until 10 p.m. evenings
Interest In shorthand, typing,
cosmetology skills, etc.
Citizens are also Invited to
check any areas and the days In
vriilch they would volunteer
their services In reading to
children, grading papers,
tutoring, any sports skills, etc.
and to check any activity In
vriilch they would be willing to
volunteer a time for service with
the P-TA, Girl Scouts, Senior
Citizens, etc.
Augusta, Ga. and William P.
Tyson of Shelby.
Funeral services were con
ducted Wednesday afternoon
from Kings Mountain's
Macedonia Baptist Church by
Rev. Tom Patterson, Interment
following in Mountain Rest
Cemetery.
Clay-Bamette Funeral Home
was In charge of arrangements.
until Christmas.
The Jaycee Tree Project Is a
major fund-raising project of
the civic club for benefit of
community projects.
' ‘Buy a tree from a Jaycee and
help your community,” said
Cheshire.
Grover
Parade
Dec. 6
The annual Grover Christmas
Parade, sponsored by the Lions
Club, Is scheduled for Thurs.,
Dec. 6, at 4 p.m.
Thus far, 76 units are entered
in the parade. Any other units
Interested in participating may
call the Grover Town Hall, 937-
9986.
H.A. Thompson, disc jockey at
WBT in Charlotte, will serve as
grand marshall. Several area
bands will be marching, in
cluding Kings Mountain High
School, Chesnee High School,
Crest High, The Rambling
Rebels of Gastonia, Blacksburg
Ifigh, Clover Junior High and
Ashbrook High.
The parade will begin on
Iflghway 216 at Bethany Baptist
Church and proceed to Main
Street, then to Laurel Avenue
and disband at the Grover
Medical Clinic.
The Grover PTO will be
selling doughnuts along the
parade route and will sponsor a
hamburger and hot dog supper
at the school cafeteria im
mediately following the parade.
Bridge
Benefit
Tonight
We goofed! The bridge benefit
at the new Governmental
Facilities Building Is tonight
(Thursday) at 7:30 p.m.
The Herald Inadvertently
stated the Incorrect date In
Tuesday’s edition.
All proceeds from the card
games, to which the public Is
Invited, will be applied to the
grounds beautification project
at the new City Hall and to N.C.
Zoo.
The benefit Is sponsored by
Town and Country Garden Club
who are asking that bridge
players make up their own
tables for the event. Admission
Is 83, which also Includes the
cost of light refreshments.
Total cost of the beautification
project, which will include
extensive plantings of shrubs
and trees. Is estimated to cost
810,000. Memorials are invited
from the public.
PEANUT SAI,E
Kings Mountain Kiwanians
will conduct the annual peanut
sale Saturday on downtown
streets to earn money for
community projects. All
members of the club will be on
downtown streets until 6 p.m.
KIWANI8CLUB
"Singing Teachers" will
present the progrsun at Thur'
sday night’s meeting of the
Kings Mountain Klwanls Club at
6:46 p.m. at the Woman’s club.
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Falling Leaves
No Big Deal
For Ira Mills
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Photo by Gary Stewart
Leaf raking is no big deal for Ira Mills of 212 Walker Street.
While his neighbors spend the biggest part of a day raking with
an old store-bought back-breaker, Mills is gathering his leaves
with a circular fan attached to the front end of a wheelbarrow.
In an hour’s time. Mills and his wife Edith had cleaned all
the leaves from their front lawn and most from the back and
sides. With a rake, they figure It would have taken a good day’s
work.
"I saw the fan and the Idea just struck me,” said Mills. "It
would work even better If It wasn’t for the wheelbarrow
knocking the air off of it. I have an old Iron wheel that I’m
going to try to rig up for next year.”
Mr. and Mrs. Mills hadn’t even worked up a sweat with the
new method. After Mills’ leaf-blowing Invention blew the
leaves into a huge pile, Mrs. Mills would come along and put
them Into boxes and place them along the street for the gar
bage men to pick up.
Several neighbors and family members came up to see what
was going on when they spotted the Herald photographer
snapping away.
"What In the world are you doing?”, one asked.
“I’ve got me a fortune started,” said Mills.
MFP? Who Else
But Kevin Mack!
Photo by Gary Stewart
..Clemson football coach Danny Ford, left, congratulates
KMHS running back Kevin Mack Tuesday after Mack was
named most valuable player for the 1979 KMHS eleven. Mack,
who is being recruited heavily by Clemson and several other
major colleges, and 10 of his teammates won trophies. Pic
tores and details are on page 4-A.