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Volume 91, Number 62
Tuesday, Au^st 19, 1980
Kings Mountain, North Carolina
200th Anniversary
Events Are Scheduled
A two-week series of events
involving five states is being
planned for the 200th anniver
sary of the Revolutionary War
Battle of Kings Mountain. One
of the events could be an ap
pearance by a major political
figure.
Beginning Sept. 23 and con
cluding Oct. 7, the anniversary
date of the battle many
historians believe was the turn
ing point of the Revolution,
there will be a daily list of hap
penings of those who wish to
celebrate the American victory
of two centuries ago.
And that daily list seems to be
growing almost daily, according
to John Henry Moss, Mayor of
the City of Kings Mountain and
General Chairman of the com
mittee planning the celebration
of the battle and the events
leading to it.
“It seems that more and more
groups and individuals are
becoming interested in the 200th
anniversary events and are ex
pressing a wish to become in
volved. We welcome this in
terest, for it shows a growing
awareness of the significance of
the battle,” said Mayor Moss.
The battle took place on the
afternoon of Oct. 7, 1780, on a
small mountain in South
Carolina, only a few miles south
of this North Carolina communi
ty with the same name.
Frontiersmen from the moun
tains of what today are Western
North Carolina, Eastern Ten-
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Virginia, with strong support
from troops from South
Carolina, Georgia and Piedmont
North Carolia, surrounded and
soundly defeated a British force
that had made a stand on the
mountain top.
The triumph lifted sagging
American spirits and, say many
authorities on the Revolution,
led to the surrender at
Yorktown, Va., of the major
British force in American almost
exactly one year later.
The battle site today is in
public ownership and is part of
Kings Mountain National
Military Park, managed by the
National Park Service.
One of the major events of the
200th anniversary celebration
will be a reenactment of the
march made by the “Overmoun
tain Men,” as they were known
to the British, from Abingdon,
Va., to Kings Mountain.
The exact route and timing of
the march will be followed by
Grand Marshal Dennis “Stump”
Kiline of Rogersville, Tenn., and
others in period dress and
paraphernalia. Judging from ex
pressions of early inters!, as
many as 1,000 can be expected
to participate in some segments
of the 219-mile march. Mayor
Moss said.
The committee chairman
revealed that President Jimmy
Carter has been invited to attend
the celebration and to speak dur
ing festivities on Oct. 7.
“1 believe there is a good
chance that President Carter, or
possibly Vice President Walter
Mondale, will. be here,” the
mayor said.
Aside from the possibility of
Hospital Seeks
Additional Funds
Grady K. Howard, Ad
ministrator of Kings Mountain
Hospital, filed notice last week
of intent to incur a capital expen
diture for the purpose of to seek
approval for a cost overrun on a
previously approved project to
renovate and modernize the ex
isting Kings Mountain Hospital
facility.
The project proposal has been
submitted to the Certificate of
Need Section, Division of Facili
ty Services, North Carolina
Department of Human
Resources, for review by plann
ing agencies under provisions of
the Social Security Amendments
of 1972 and Chapter 131, Arti
cle 18, of the General Statutes of
North Carolina.
The planning agencies, in ex
amining the proposal, will seek
to determine whether the project
is needed, if it can be adequately
staffed and operated, whether it
is economically feasible within
prevailing rate structures, and if
it proposes specific cost-
containment features.
A copy of the proposal has
been referred to the Western
North Carolina Health Systems
Agency, Inc. for review as re
quired by federal and state law.
In its role as coordinator of
project reviews under Section
1122 of the Social Security Act
and the Certificate of Need Pro
gram, the Certificate of Need
Section will receive the advice of
the regional agency about the
conformity of the project to
their standards and criteria.
The Department will then
decide on the recommendation
to be made to the United States
Department of Health and
Human Services concerning Sec
tion 1122. The Department of
Human Resources is the final
authority with respect to deci
sions made under Chapter 131,
Article 18, of the General
Statutes of North Carolina.
some political excitement, those
interested in participating in the
celebration will have plenty from
which to choose.
Major events involving the
Overmountain Men will be held
at Abingdon, Va., on Sept. 24;at
Wycamore Shoals near
Eliubethton Tenn., on Sept. 26;
at Quaker Meadows near
Morganton, N.C., on Sept. 30;
and at Cowpens Nation^ Bat
tlefield near Chesnee, S.C. on
Oct. 6.
Former U.S. Senator Sam Er
vin of North Carolina is schedul
ed to speak to those who gather
at Quaker Meadows on Sept. 30.
Then Conquer We Must,” a
drama about the battle written
by the late Robert Osborne of
Kings Mountain, will be
presented, on the evening of
Sept. 26-28 and Oct. 3-7. All per
formances will be at the SOO-seat
ampitheater at Kings Mountain
National Military Park.
On Oct. 4, the Kings Moun
tain Rotary Giib will sponsor a
“Bicentennial Run” with
graduated distance categories in
order to give more participants
-male and female - an opportuni
ty to win awards.
Displays and demonstrations
of military life during the
Revolution and more recently
will take place adjacent to the
Kings Mountain Governmental
Services Facilities Center from
Oct. 4 through Oct. 7, while a
“Patriots Ball” has been schedul
ed fw the evening of Oct. 6 at
the National Guard Anwaju in...
Kings Mountain.
The Oct. 7 anniversary date of
the battle features a full slate of
activities.
Following a “Prayer
Breakfast,” the governors of
North Carolina and South
Carolina have been invited to
meet at the state line near Kings
Mountain National Military
Park to exchange handshakes
and greetings. From there, the
governors would join other
dignitaries at B.N. Barnes
Auditorium at Kings Mountain
Senior High School for first-day
cancellation ceremonies of a
postcard commemorating the
battle.
A “Bicentennial Luncheon”
will be held at noon at Kings
Mountain Senior High School
and at 1 p.m., there will be a
200-unit parade, including a
number of Revolutionary and
modern military units, high
school bands and others.
The Overmountain Men wiU
arrive at Kings Mountain Na
tional Military Park at 3 p.m.
with appropriate ceremonies, in
cluding, possibly, an address by
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Portraits
To Be Made
School Calendar
For 1980-81
KINGS MOUNTAIN SCHOOL CALENDAR 1980-81
Annual leave for Teachers Aug. 13-14
Teacher Work Days Aug. 15-22
First Day For Students (Full Day) Aug. 25
Labor Day Sept. 1
District NCAE Meeting/Teacher Work Day Sept. 16
End of First Nine Weeks Oct. 28
Teacher Work Days Oct. 30-31
Teacher Work DayA'eterans Day Nov. 11
Thanksgiving Nov. 27-28
Christmas Vacation, begin end of day Dec. 19 classes resume... Jan. 5
End of Second Nine Weeks Jan. 20
Teacher Work Days Mid-Term Jan. 22-23
Spring Break Mar. 26-27
End of Third Nine Weeks Mar. 30
Easter Apr. 17-21
179th Day for Students June 3
Teacher Work Day June 4
Last Day for Students June 5
Teacher Work Day June 8
Vi Work Day for Teachers, Vi Day Annual Leave June.9
Annual Leave and Holidays for Teachers June 10-12
Portraits for Kings Mountain
High School seniors will be made
on Wed., Aug. 20 and Thun.,
Aug. 21 at B.N. Barnes
Auditorium.
Seniors with last names A
through Ford should report
Wednesday morning and
students with last names beginn
ing Fort-Le should report on
Wednesday afternoon. Students
with last names beginning Leo-
Se should report on Thursday
morning and students with last
names beginning Sh-W should
report Thursday aflemoon.
If there is a conflict, students
should report at the earliest con
venience. A participation fee of
$3 will be charged to help defer
the cost of proofs, film and mail
ing.
Ladies are encouraged to wear
a Sunday dress. All young men
wishing to use tuxedos that will
be furnished must oring a white
shirt. All other men are re
quested to wear a (^t and tie.
RECEIVES AWARD — lohn Gamble, center, is
pictured here receiving an award of recogni
tion from Ray Hurley of the City Porks ond
Recreation Department for his work with the
Photo by Geary Stewart
internship work experience progrcun this sum
mer. Looking on ot left is Mike Nappi. Super
visor of the recreation department.
Gamble Receives Award
For Summer Internship
Johnny Gamble was honored
with a certificate Friday for his
participation this summer in the
internship work experience pro
gram sponsored by the Universi
ty of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill and the Kings Mountain
Parks and Recreation Depart
ment.
The award was presented by
Ray Hurley, acting director of
the Kings Mountain
Neighborhood Facilities Center,
and Mike Nappi, Supervisor of
the Parks and Recreation'
Department.
Gamble, a rising senior and
recreation major at UNCC,
coordinated the recently
renovated games room program
at the Neighborhood Center
under the leadership of Hurley.
Gamble also coordinated:
various athletic events during
the summer to balance out his
summer curriculum of work ex
perience.
The internship program is
designed to give the student a
realistic experience of working in
his chosen field of professional
endeavor.
“As directors of the Parks and
Recreation Department, Mr.
Hurlejy and myself sincerely ap-
prKiate UNC and its Recreation
Curriculum Department on the
effective preparation being
taught their future recreation
professionals,” Nappi said.
“John Gamble is a prime exam
ple of his learning experience.
We wish him the very best in
educational experience and can
truly say he will benefit the
recreation profession wherever
he settles.”
Nappi said this was the first
year the Recreation Department
had participated in an intern pro
gram.
“It's greatly needed in recrea
tion,” he said. “It not only gives
the student the opportunity for
practical experience and a
realistic imroach to. problems
and the real world of recreation,
but also gives the recreation
department a knowledgeable,
energetic individual who is 95
percent of the time going to im
prove a summer program.
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SCOUT LEADERS — Aroa scout loadors gathsr
to discuss plons to toko 90 Boy Scouts to tho
1981 National Scout lomboroo in Virginia. Loft
to right oro Roland Kunkol of Donvor. Gary
Gragg of Sholby. Tommy King of Kings Moun
tain and Bob lonkins of Sholby.
King Selected Leader
For Scout Jamboree
Three Cleveland County
Scouters have been selected to
serve as troop leaders for the
1981 National Scout Jamboree.
Tommy King of Kings Moun
tain, and Bob Jenkins and Gary
Gragg, both of Shelby, will help
lead the 90-boy contingent from
the Piedmont Council, BSA.
The Boy Scouts from the Pied
mont Council will join over
20,000 other Scouts at Fort A.P.
Hill, near Fredericksburg,
Virginia in the summer of 1981,
according to Roland Kunkel,
Council High Adventure Chair
man. National Jamborees occur
every four years, the last one be
ing in 1977.
The Piedmont Council con
tingent will leave Gastonia on
the morning of July 27, 1981
and return to Gastonia on the
night of August 5,1981. A pre-
Jamboree training weekend is set
for June, 1981.
A total fee for the 1981 Na
tional Scout Jamboree is S495.
This fee includes all registration
fees, transportation, tents, equip
ment, training weekend, fo^
and insurance.
To register a Scout should
send a $10 “Hold-A-Space”
reservation to the Piectoont
Council, P.O. Box 1059,
Gastonia, N.C. 28052. The
reservation fee is non-refundable
and holds a Scout’s place until
the first part of the total fee is
due. The deadline for registering
is October 1, 1980.
King will be the Scoutmaster
of Troop 2 of the Piedmont
Council’s two and one-half
troops. He currently is the Scout
master of Troop 91 chartered to
St. Matthews Lutheran Church
in Kings Mountain. He is
employed by Fiber Industries.
Jenkins was selected to be the
first assistant Scoutmaster of
Troop 2. He now serves as
Scoutmaster of Troop 104 at
Central United Methodist
Church in Shelby. He works for
the State Highway Commission.
Gragg will be the second assis
tant Scoutmaster for Troop 2.
Currently he serves as Scout
master of Troop 118 at Zion
Baptist Church in Shelby. He is a
CPA.