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Thursday
Volume 91, Number 63
Thursday, August 21,1980
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Kings Mountain, North Carolina
Meet Kings Mountain’s
First Woman Firefighter
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By Elisabeth Stewart
Elaine HuUender, 21, is the
Ijj: Kings Mountain area’s first
female firefighter and she fights
with the same dedication as her
■;;:32 male counterparts in
Bethlehem Fire Department.
Miss HuUender, whose father.
Bob, fiance Jeff Dixon, and her
ix 15-year-old brother, Trent, are
j; aU volunteer firemen, became a
volunteer because she wants to
help her feUow man. She brings
X the same type dedication to her
'I'job in the Radiology Depart-
xment at Kings Mountain
Hospital where she has worked
lijthe past year since graduation
from Presbyterian Hospital
x: School of Ra^ology.
ijl Elaine, an attractive young
i|: women, incurred some opposi-
i^tion from the men in the fire
■■■department when she first ap-
ij; plied as a volunteer. She alw
•^received some opposition from
her parents. Bob and Guyanne
HuUender, who were skeptical of
their daughter in this volunteer
role which has primarily belong-
i-:ed to men. The firemen soon
found that Elaine could puU her
own weight and welcomed her as
i:;a new volunteer two months
ago.
•ij Admitting that she had “but-
liUerflies” the first time the fire
tj: alarm sounded at night for a
Ij: practice “bum” and she threw
ij; on her fire-fighting gear, jumped
■:; in a truck and headed for a fire
in the Compact Conununity,
Elaine said after the initial
shock, she was unafraid and the
numerous times since then have
been easy.
Fire ^ief Don Graham is
proud of his newest volunteer
and said his men admit that
Elaine has “a lot of spunk and
does a super job.” “Sure there
were some negative feelings at
first but this young lady means
business and she does a good job
and is very dedicated,” said the
Chief.
Elaine got her start on her
Dad’s crew. No. 1, of which he is
Captain and is now on Crew
Five with Lt. Joe Speight. Other
members of her crew are Paul
Farris, Don SeUers, BiU Ware
and Larry Tignor. She takes her
turn with the menfolk for Sun
day duty once every six weeks,
helps clean the trucks, attends
business meetings and training .
sessions monthly, and has learn
ed to maneuver a big fire truck
just like the men. She has had
first aid training and pump train
ing on all the trucks and from
Aug. 26 through Nov. 20th has
signed up along with about SO
others from the community for
EMT training to be conducted at
Bethlehem Fire Department.
She will also assist her co
workers in hosting the annual
meeting at the Cleveland Coun
ty Firemen’s Association at
tethlehem Oct. 30th. Like all
the other volunteers, she will be
attending 36 hours of training
classes during the year, a state re
quirement for volunteer firemen.
Elaine has always wanted to
be a fireman even before her
family moved to the Bethlehem
Community 10 years ago and
her father became active in the
Bethlehem Fire Department.
The fire alarm sounded one
afternoon and 1 was listening to
the scanner and heard our
fireman calling for someone to
bring the light truck and
generator. It was during the
daytime and I was off from work
and there didn’t appear to be
anyone available to take the
truck out. We needed the truck
to get roping and keep out signs
to use at a house fire and since so
many of our volunteers work
during the day we were short
handed. If only 1 had been a
member of the Fire Department
1 could have taken that truck out
when they needed it,” said
Elaine.
“I decided then and there that
1 would pursue my desire to
become a fireman,” said Elaine.
Miss HuUender’s persistence
paid off and two months ago she
officially became a fireman, and
the only female.
When Elaine applied for
membership in the Bethlehem
Fire Department she promised
to abide by all rules and regula
tions and to accept as the law of
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Photos By Gory Stowort
Bethlehem Fire woman Elaine HuUender ...
• KM School Bells To Ring On Monday
It’ll be back to school Monday
for an estimated 4^00 students
in the Kings Mountain School
District.
Students in grades K-12 will
report for a full day’s schedule,
unlike previous years when the
system operated on a half-day
orientation.
Superintendent William Davis
said he expects a “routine open
ing and a good school year.”
A number of new programs
wiU be added, including the Burl
ington Reading Program in
grades one through three, which
Davis says is the “most crucial
thing we’ve done in the past
several years.”
Three teachers from the Burl
ington system were in Kings
Mountain Monday through
Wednesday conducting a staff
development program.
“The attitude and spirit of the
teachers in the workshop is ex
cellent,” says Davis. ‘They’re
thrilled with it and we’re going
to make it be successful. There is
a spirit of dedication to do exact
ly that.”
Features of the new system
will include use of placement
tests to determine the correct
texts and materials for students
and a management system for
data that is involved for each
student during progress in the
program. A key part of the pro
gram will be the use of a
tacheomatic machine which
Davis says “almost forces the
student to be attentive. One of
the main points is that it does
capture the attention of the kid,”
Davis said. "The near total in
volvement of the youngster is
the big difference.”
Elementary Students Will
Be Dismissed At 10’Clock
All alemantary school childron (gradoa kindorgarton
through fifth grodo) will bo dlimlaiod from school ot 1 p.m.
ovory day noxt wook, Supt. William Davis said this morning.
Dovis soid tho docision was mado bocauso most of the
elementary classrooms ore not air-conditioned and the
temperatures ore expected to be in the 90s next week.
Students at Central School, Kings Mountoin lunior High and
Kings Mountain Senior High will be on a regular full-day
schedule next week.
Supt. Davis said the elementry schools will operate on a full
schedule after Labor Day.
A new course being added at
the senior high school is micro
computer instruction. An
estimated 100 business students
will be involved in the program.
taught by Sheila Sisk, Kathy
Goforth and Jaquitha Reid.
Michael Hilton, represen
tative from Radio Shack, which
markets theTSR-80 computer.
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COMPUTER WORKSHOP - Kings Mountain High teachers ore
shown at a microcomputer workshop Tuesdoy ot the KMHS
cafeteria. Use of the computer will be port of business courses
at the high school this year. Standing behind mochine is
Photo by Gary Stewart
Michoel Hilton, representative of Radio Shack, who conducted
the workshop. Left to right are Myers Hambright, vocational
director; business teachers loquitha Reid ond Kathy Goforth,
ond Beth Eubanks of the central office stoff.
led a workshop Tuesday morn
ing at the school cafeteria.
Teachers from Crest and Burns
High Schools also participated.
KMHS will use the computer
in its accounting and cooperative
occupation program, vocational
director Myers Hambright said.
Many other new programs
have also been added, including
an in-school suspension program
at Central School which is aimed
at eliminating out-of-school
suspensions.
The administration of each
school in the KM District is the
same as last year, except at Cen
tral, where Glenda O’Shields is
acting principal while Richard
Greene takes a year’s leave of
absence. Other principials incldue
Bob McRae, senior high; Fred
Withers, junior high; Ronald
Nanney, ^thware; Joe Hedden,
West; C.A. Allison, North;
Cozell Vance, East; and James
Scruggs, Grover.
Supt. Davis feels the only
thing that can make the opening
of school unhappy is the
weather, which has been in the
90s and at times 100s for several
weeks.
Davis is not ruling out the
possibility of abbreviated
schedules at some of the elemen
tary schools that do not have air
conditioned classrooms.
“We’re hoping for a break in
the weather,” he said. “I’m not
saying we won’t dismiss K-5
schools should we have a con
tinuation of the hot weather, but
we’re not going to cross that
bridge until we get to it.
“Some of our neighbors are
planning to run on an ab
breviated schedule on hot days,”
he went on. “We might do the
same.”
Davis said Central, the junior
high and senior high are air con-
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li Central School
Bus Schedules
The administration of Central
School calls attention of bus
routes to its students.
The routes are almost the
same as last year’s, but there are
some differences.
The routes include:
Bus 132 - Ebenezer Village,
roads 2018, 2013, 2015 and
2008, Cherryville Highway,
Center Street, Second Street, and
Katherine Street.
Bus 30 - Oak Grove Fire
Department, road 2141, Oak
Grove Road, number 2033;
roads 2017, 2015, 2013, 2014,
Oak Grove Church, Wood-
bridge, Oak Grove Road,
number 2045; road 1001, and
Oak Grove Road to Bethware
School.
Bus 52 - Hugh’s Store, road
2039; Oak Grove Road, number
2033; Patterson Grove Church,
road 2035; Seism’s Store, road
2032; Spectrum, roads 2034,
2036, Waco Road, Watterson
Street and Parker Street.
Bus 142 - Hawthorne Road,
Marion Street, Sims Street,
Highway 74 West, road 2042,
Long Branch Road, road 2238;
road 2242, Highway 74 East,
North Roxford Road, Downing
Avenue, Allison Court, Wales
Road, Central Street, Sherwood
Lane, Country Club Road.
Bus 183 - Compact area, Dix
on School Roaa,' Love Valley,
roads 2295,2288, Stewart Road,
number 2286; Wells Road,
number 2285; Highway 216,
Chesterfield Court.
Bus 200 - Crocker Road,
number 2259; (^ail Run, road
2256, Bethlehem Road, number
2245; roads 2263, 2274, 2238,
Midpines and Foote Mineral
Road.
Bus 51 - Road 2279, Spring
Acres, Highway 226, roads
2228, 2226, 2230, 2229 and
2231.
Bus 68 - Cleveland Avenue,
Groves Street, Northwoods, Bat
tleground Road, Cloninger
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