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VOLUME 91. NUMBER 55 ■ THURSO A Y, JUL Y 24,1980 - KINGS MOUNTAIN, NOR TH CAROLINA
Relief For Elderly
Operation Cool Off
Underway In County
itself
If-
v.i-
rt:.
Operation Cool Off is under
way in Cleveland County, and
Kings Mountain Senior Center
at the Depot will be the focal
point of relief for elderly and
disabled citizens who want to
stay where it’s cool during the
extreme heat.
Rev. Kenneth George, Direc
tor of the Center, said that free
transportation will be available
to bring citizens into the Center
where they can remain during
the hot part of the day. If
necessary. Rev. George said the
facility will be opened during the
weekends. He said that local
churches are asked to provide
their air-conditioned fellowship
halls for those who do not have a
fan or cooling units during the
extreme heat and that par
ticipating churches are also in
vited to provide coid water and
soft drinks and “just a cool spot
to relax from the weather.”
Various Cleveiand County
agencies sent representatives to
John Knox Presbyterian Church
in Shelby Tuesday morning for a
9 •
John W. Gladden
Died Wednesday
John W. Gladden, Sr., 84, of
213 E. Parker St., died Wednes
day morning at 10:35 ajn. in
Veterans Administration
Hospital at Oteen after several
years illness.
Funeral arrangements, which
are incomplete, will be announc
ed by Harris Funeral Home.
Mr. Gladden was a World
War 1 veteran and retired Kings
Mountain salesman who was ac-
tive in Second Baptist Church.
hU was a‘ native of Geveland
County, son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Rufus Gladden, and he and
his wife, Annie Mauney Glad
den had celebrated their 60th
wedding anniversary.
An active Legionnaire follow
ing active duty in World War 1,
Mr. Gladden was accorded the
honor of “Mr. Legionnaire” at
Otis D. Green Post 155 of which
he was a former three-term com
mander and a life member. He
was a Legion Go-Getter for
many years and had enrolled
many members for the local Post
over the years.
Surviving, in addition to his
wife, are three sons, John W.
Gladden, Jr. of Plymouth,
JOHN W. GLADDEN. SR.
Michigan. Tim Gladden of
Kings Mountain and Carl Glad
den of Fredericksburg, Md., six
daughters, Mrs. Sam (Irene)
McAbee of Grand Blanc,
Michigan, Mrs. M.C. (Lucille)
Falls of Glen Bumie, Mid., Mrs.
R.M. (Ozelle) Dixon of
Charlotte, Mrs. Gary (Louise)
Fisher of Raleigh, Mrs. Ed
(Joyce) Dumas of Knoxville,
Tenn., Mrs. Morris (Janice) Jer-
nigan of Mint Hill; one sister,
Mrs. Lizzie Hart of Mooresville;
23 grandchildren and eight
great-grandchildren.
planning meeting on how to help
the disabled and elderly during
this extreme heat and urged
good judgment about par
ticipating in strenuous activities
during the hot weather, especial
ly the elderly, persons who
^ready have health problems
such as heart conditions and
very young children.
‘Thus far, we have not receiv
ed any information from local
health departments about deaths
or other health problems caused
directly by the hot weather,”
said Rev. George but this
county-wide program is a
preventive measure.” Rev.
George said efforts will be made
to identify the bedridden pa
tients of the area and to provide
fans for these homes, if the
residents do not own some form
of cooling unit. Rev. George said
that he would appreciate local
merchants assisting in this pro
ject by donating, in some ctises,
fans for these citizens.
The Aging Program will pro
vide transportation to the Depot
Center for citizens of Grover,
Bethware, Compact, and
Ebenezer communities, in addi
tion to the Kings Mountain city
area, said Rev. George. Call
7394511.
Dr. J.N. MacCormack, of the
Division of Health Services of
the N.C. Department of Human
Resources, warns that “people
should slow down whin it’s fi^ '
hot. Your body can’t do its best
in high temperatures and could
do its worst. The problems caus
ed by real hot weather tend to be
more severe with age. People
with ailing or weak hearts should
take it easy and stay where it’s
cool during hot spells.”
Dr. MacCormack offers the
following suggestions for preven
ting heat related health problems
and even death:
•When your body warns you
that the heat is too much and
you feel faint or exhausted,
reduce your level of activity im
mediately and get into a cooler
place.
•Dress in lightweight, light-
colored clothing.
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DRJkFT REGISTRATION UNDERWAY - ThU is
THE WMk and local young mon are register
ing lor the draft at the local poet office. Sam
my Bell, 19, of 225 N. City St., Charles Jenkins
of 223 N. Wotterson St. and Jerry Bess, 20, of
Photo by Lib Stewart
112 Cansler St., left to right, sign up above.
Bess was No. 28, Bell was No, 29 and Jenkins
was No. 30 Mondcry morning. Postal clerk Bud
Medlin assists.
Draft Registration
Underway At Post Office
Draft registration got under
way at the local post office and
at post offices across the country
Monday.
By noon time Monday on the
first day of two weeks of draft
sign-up a total of 30 KM men
ages 19 and 20 had complied
with a bill .signed by President
Carter July 2 requiring all male
American citizens and resident
aliens bom in I960 and 1961 to
register at a post office starting
Monday. Failure to register can
bring fines of $10,000 and five
years in jail.
Men born in 1960 are slated
to register this week and those
bom in 1SI61 will register next
week.
The only men exempted are
those on active duty with the
armed forces or in service
academies, those in prisons or
mental institutions and nonresi
dent aliens.
Postmaster Fred Weaver said
each registrant is asked to write
his name, address, birth date,
social security number and
telephone number on a printed
form.
Pulmonary Education Day
Thursday At KM Hospital
Pulmonary Education Day
gets underway this morning at
9:30 at Kings Mountain
Hospital Conference Room
where between 40 and 60 people
in the medically related field are
hearing lectures from specialists
until 2:45 p.m.
Luncheon and the afternoon
workshop will be held in the
Fellowship Hall of Boyce
‘Let Our People Go’
Two Cleveland County
veterans - Noah Canipe and
Milton Harden, departed from
Shelby Monday morning at II
a.m. in a red pickup truck bound
for Washington, D.C. seeking
one million signatures on a peti
tion to Ayatoliah R. Khomeini
to “Let Our People Go.”
The red track bears the gift of
a monument which is to be ship
ped from Charleston, S.C. to
Iran with the petitions and the
letters of protest which the
former servicemen are collecting
all over the country.
Neither Harden, a U.S. Army
veteran, and Canipe, a U.S.
AYATOLLAH R.\
KHOMEINI ^
MAY YOU NFVFD REST IN PEACE
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LET OUR PEOPLE GO - MUton Hardan, Uft.
and Noah Canlpo or* Making ono million
oignatuTM on o potition which thoy plan to
Photo by JomM Edwarda
■hip to Iron olong with o imiquo proMnt.
abovw, a monumont. Tho monumont it drapod
with an Amorican flag.
Navy veteran, think the
Ayatollah will appreciate their
sentiments.
The monument bears the in
scription Ayatollah R. Khomeini
- May You Never Rest In Peace.
The back of the track is draped
with an American flag and the
monument is topped with dead
flowers which were collected in
the woods near Jordan Monu
ment Co., which provided the
monument free of charge and is
the duplicate of a monument
which the company displayed in
December to protest the captivi
ty of Americans in Iran. The
combined weight of stone and
base is 800 pounds.
Mrs. Elizabeth Burden, of the
Jordan Monument Company,
said that the patriotic young
men, both active in the Shelby
Disabled American Veterans
Organization, are hoping to be
received well and expect to ob
tain more than one million
signatures for petitions. “It’s
something we are giving to our
country and we want to do it,”
they said before leaving Shelby
Monday morning. Mrs. Burden
said the pair are using Jordan
Monument Co. as headquarters
and will report to them on the
success of their venture.
Meantime, local citizens can
obtain a copy of the petition and
sign it in the offices of the Jor
dan Monument Company on
East Marion Street in Shelby.
Memorial ARP Church, across
the street from the hospital.
Visiting lecturer is Dr. Irvin
A. Buchwald, Chief of
Pulmonary Medicine at St.
John’s Hospital in Lowell, Mass.
He will discuss actual case
records in a 10:45 a.m. presenta
tion and will conduct the after
noon session which will be
moderated by Dr. John Brooks,
program chairman of the Conti
nuing Medical Education pro
gram in progress for several
months at the local hospital.
Also assisting in the lectures will
be Robert Taylor, Director of
Respiratory Therapy at the local
hospital.
The lectures are open to all in
the medically related field and
are expected to attract rescue
squad personnel from the
Greater Kings Mountain area
and police and law enforcement
representatives. Registration will
be conducted in the hospital con
ference room at $3.50 for a
single reservation or $3 each for
five or more.
Photo by Darroll Austin
HELP NEEDY FAMILIES - Mrs. Mlckay B«U. aboM. prsMnts a
chock from tho Good Earth Gordon Club to Rot. Bob Boggan.
prosidont of tho KM Ministorial Association, to aid noody
fomilios of tho oroa. Procoods from tho club's rocont Spring Art
Auction woro usod for tho Ministors' Spocial Fund, Spocial
Olympics, KM Schools Clothing CloMt, cmd to Mnd o Scout to
cennp and throo students to summor school.