Book n-i i„o. Westmoreland Selected As Honorary Chairman For Battle Celebration The “Screaming Eagles” general, General William C. Westmoreland, U. S. Army Retired, will serve as honorary chairman of the 200th anniver sary celebration of the Battle of Kings Mountain. Mayor John Henry Moss, Celebration Chairman, said the former Commander of the United States forces in Vietnam, Chief Staff of the Army; and a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, confirmed this week that he will be a guest of the Oct. 7th celebration which the Mayor said is shaping up to be the most historical commemorative celebration in the history of Western North Carolina beginn ing on Sept. 23 at Abington, Va. and culminating through Oct. 7th in Kings Mountain. Westmoreland is a native South Carolinian and attended The Citadel for one year before receiving an appointment to the U.S. Military Academy, West Point. He graduated there in 1936 and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Army. Westmoreland served with distinction in World War II and the Korean Conflict, winning promotion to brigadier general during the latter. He was 38 years old at the time. Following service on the Ar my Staff in Washington, D. C., from 1953-58, the general com manded the 101st Airborne Divi sion at Fort Campbell, Ky. and developed the division into the most ready division of the U. S. Army stationed in the United States. He also commanded the XVIII Airborne Corps at Fort Bragg. He was also Superinten dent of West Point for three years. In January, 1964, Westmoreland reported for duty in Saigon, South Vietnam. A few months later he was promoted to full general and appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson as Commander of the U. S. Armed Forces and Military Advisor to the Republic of Vietnam. On July 3, 1968, the general was sworn in as Chief of Staff, the highest position in the Army. Westmoreland holds five honorary degrees from colleges and universities and is recipient of 19 U. S. military decorations and has been decorated by 16 foreign countries with 29 awards. He retired in 1972 following 36 years of federal ser vice. Since that time he has serv ed in several leadership positions in his native South Carolina, as well as traveling extensively on the lecture circuit. In addition to his military decorations, Westmoreland has received numerous civilian awards, including selection as “Man of the Year” for 1966 by ‘Time” magazine. GEN. WESTMORELAND Susan Goforth Wins Football Contest See Page 3 Tuesday 20* VOLUME 91 - NUMBER 68 - TUESDA Y, SEPTEMBER 9,1980 - KINGS MOUNTAIN, NOR TH CAROLINA Local Committee Named To Head Special Events <1 Plans for the 200th anniver sary celebration of the Battle of Kings Mountain continue to shape as more spiecial events are ■OMgf I 1/ X OMTU ^ Photo by Gary Stowart JA. MODEL T-SHIRTS - Four Kings Mountain High studsnts or* ^ pictursd horo wsaring T-shirts promoting th* 200th onnivor- scoy of th* Battl* of Kings Mountain. Studsnts includ* Mary Ann McClain, front and back row, l*ft to right, Markus Hag*r. Bridgst GIcms and Boo Robinson. Grover Residents To Vote In November For Beer, Wine Grover voters will go to the polls for the first time in history Nov. 4 to decide whether they will allow the off-premises sale of ir- beer and4>r unfortified wine. ^ A total of 92 names appear on • petition which has been turned In to the Town Board of Elec- i^ons and necessary to call for gjthe vote. Only 49 names, or 20 ercent of the 242 registered _,„Fvoters were required for the I election. Although neither beer or wine is legally sold in Grover town nits, tx>th are available to the sblic just across the South rolina line at Fast Fare. 'Hugh Wester has served as nan of the Wet forces in ver and there has been no vard opposition from Dry forces. Mr. Wester, a Grover merchant, said that he he could throw a rock from his store and hit Fast Fare, indicating the closeness of the South Carolina store to other merchants and residents within the city limits. Petitions are being circulated in Kings Mountain requesting that the city call for an election to establish an ABC store but Scott Cloninger, an who drew up the petition at the request of several citizens, ^d that the group has no plans for the Nov. 4th general election but is expec ting to have petitions in order to call for a special election on the issue in either January or February. Voters turned down the issue here five years ago. planned each day. Mayor John Moss today an nounced a 23-member special events committee, which will be in charge of coordinating the many special activities of the week-long celebration which climaxes Tues., Oct. 7. President Jimmy Carter has been invited to speak at the Oct. 7 finale, and Mayor Moss said the prospect of his coming is good. A number of other . dignataries, including Republican Presidential Can didate Ronald Reagan, have also been invited. The special events committee includes Schools Superintendent William Davis, chairman; Senator J. Ollie Flarris, Charles Mauney, Wade Tyner, Jim Tate, Sarah Faunce, Robert McRea, Jerry Nations, Jonas Bridges, Nancy Smith, Rev. Clyde Bearden, Kyle Smith, William Hager, Gary Shields, Rev. Roben E. Boggan Jr., Scott Cloninger, Tom Franklin, Dr. William Briggs, James Petty, Darrell Austin, Rev. M-L- , Campbell, Mike Loveless, Allan Propst and Hilda Goforth. A number of special events are already planned, including a British-American encampment on the grounds of the Govern mental Services Facilities Center on Sat., Oct. 4 through Mon., Oct. 6. British forces will set up camps on one end of the huge lawn and American forces will camp on the other end. There will be various di.splays of how life was in 1780. The encampment will be coor dinated through the National Park Service. Mike Loveless, superintendent of Kings Moun tain National Military Park, said over 140 people from as far away as New Hampshire have already indicated theyll par ticipate. Similar encampments are set up each weekend during the summer at the Military Park. A traditional drinking of spr ing water by Governor Jim Hunt of North Carolina and Governor Jim Riley of South Carolina will take place on the morning of Oct. 7 at the North and South Carolina state line. The gover nors will use hand-hewn sour- wood mugs which are replicas of mugs used by battle participants 200 years ago. Other special events will be announced in the coming weeks, leading up to the big announce ment of the featured speaker on Oct. 7, which celebration of ficials hope will be that the Presi dent is coming. FINAL PLANS - Kings Mountain Mayor John Henry Moss, seated, and government employees discuss final plans for a postage stamp commomorating th* 200th anniversary of the Battle of Kings Mountain. Standing, left Photo by Gory Stewort to right, or* Kings Mountoin Postmoster Fred Weaver, Notion^ Pork Superintendent Mike Loveless, and Willi* Stratford, representative of th* U.S. Posted Service in Charlotte. Principal McRae To Head Bike-A ^ Than Bob McRae, Kings Mountain Senior High Principal, has volunteered to lead local residents in organizing a Bike-A- Thon to be held on October 18, in Kings Mountain for benefit of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Cystic fibrosis, the most serious lung-damaging disease, is incurable. One in every 1,600 American children inherits this devastating disease when they receive a gene for it from each of their pvents. It is estimated that 10 million Americans are symp tomless and unknowing carriers of the gene which can cause CF in their child. Through research funded by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, a test to identify carriers is being sought and scientists are pursuing a cure or control for cystic fibrosis. The bike-a-thon will help sup port these research programs and medical care to lengthen the lives of all lung-damaged children through over 120 Cystic Fibrosis Centers in the United States. These CF Centers specialize in the diagnosis and care of children with cystic fibrosis and other lung-damaging diseases like chronic bronchitis, bronchiectasis, severe asthma and recurrent pneumonia. Participants in the bike-a-thon who raise $25.00 or more will win a T-shirt from the CF Foun dation. For further information, contact McRae at 739-5401 or 739-5402. The bike-a-thon will originate at Kings Mountain Senior High School at 9KX) a.m. Pledge forms are availaUe in all local schools. M '^V •••• Photo by Gory Stewart SOURWOOD MUGS - lim Ryon. left, publicity chairman for th* Bottle of Kings Mountain celebration, and Mike LoveloM. superintendent of Kings Mountedn Notionol Military Park, show off th* sourwood mugs which Carolinas governors Jim Hunt cmd lim Riley will us* for th* traditional drinking of spr ing water on th* North and South Carolina line on October 7. Th* hand-corved mugs or* replicas of mugs used in th* Revolutionary War period.

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