MRS. W.K. DURHAM
Funeral services for Mrs.
Lorena Cloninger Durham, 1974
^ South Carolina Mother of the
Year and retired Landrum, S.C.
postmaster and mother of Dr.
Thomas G. Durham of Kings
Mountain, were conducted
Wednesday morning at 11
o’clock from Landrum United
Methodist Church by Rev. Phil
Lavender, interment following
in Landrum Cemetery.
• Mrs. Durham, widow of
Wood K rider Durham, died
Monday afternoon in Kings
Mountain Hospital after a brief
illness.
She was the daughter of the
late Thomas and Minnie Sigmon
Cloninger of Claremont and was
educated at Start own Academy
and Lenoir Rhyne College.
Before her marriage she taught
_ school in Claremont.
9 After her marriage and mov
ing to Landrum, Mrs. Durham
was involved in the development
and management of the family
orchards. At her husband’s
death, she was appointed
postmaster of Landrum and later
served as head teller in the Lan
drum Branch of the First Na
tional Bank of South Carolina,
9 retiring from that position in
1969.
Mrs. Durham was active in
the Landrum United Methodist
Church, having been an ap
pointed ex officio member of the
Administrative Board for more
than 40 years, the chairman of
various commissions, a Sunday
School teacher and several times
a delegate to the South Carolina
A Conference.
Her religious convictions in
spired Mrs. Durham to improve
the condition of the helpless and
infirm. She was a fundraiser for
Children Unlimited, Inc.,
Friends of Children, the Heart
Fund, the United Way, and St.
Luke’s Hospital in Tryon, North
Carolina. She also served as a
^ member of the Board of Direc
tors of the St. Luke’s Hospital
Auxiliary and the Spartanburg
County Council on Aging. She
further served as an officer in the
Landrum Civic League and the
Weeders Garden Club.
Up^ading educational oppor
tunities in the community was
another goal achieved by Mrs.
Durham. She was a founding
member of the Friends of the
Landrum Library and served for
ten years on the executive board
and as treasurer of that organiza
tion. In addition, she worked
with the South Carolina Arts
Commission to bring a series of
programs to the local schools
which provided a greater
awareness of arts and crafts.
Mrs. Durham was also an ac
tive historic preservationist.
After purchasing “Ingleside," the
19th century home of Dr. J.B.O.
Landrum, physician and author,
she worked to restore this impor
tant structure. In 1973 the
Secretary of the Interior entered
her residence on the National
Register of Historic Places.
When Mrs. Durham was
selected as Mother of the Year,
the South Carolina General
Assembly passed a Joint Resolu
tion citing her exemplary life and
her achievements in civic,
cultural, educational, and
humanitarian causes.
Mrs. Durham is survived by
two daughters, Julia Carolyn
Durham Miller of Landrum and
Martha Wood Durham Stewart
of Savannah, Georgia; two sons,
Thomas Garrison Durham,
M.D., of Kings Mountain,
North Carolina and Dixon
Krider Durham of Columbia,
South Carolina; and twelve
grandchildren.
Also surviving are two sisters,
Mrs. Brice Phifer and Mrs. Lane
Miller, and one brother, Ran
dolph Ooninger, all of Clare
mont.
Active pallbearers were grand
sons Garrison Casey Durham of
Kings Mountain, James
34,000 Register To Vote
y total of 34JXX) citizens, a
■ record number, ore registered to
vote in the Nov. 4 general elec
tion in Cleveland County.
Although Democrats main-
tain the major share of voters,
W Republicans and Independents
made gains during the registra
tion period since the primary.
There were 67 persons stan
ding in line to register as
Registrar Cay Champion started
to close her office Oct. 6. Mrs.
Champion said the persons in
line were allowed to register.
Mrs. Champion reported that
CAR WASH JUfD
HOT DOG SALE
There will be a car wash and
hot dog sale on Saturday, Oct.
18, at 11 a.m. at Chestnut Ridge
Baptist Church off Cherryville
Highway. For call in orders for
hot dogs, call 739-SSSl.
registration has been brisk,
noting that new registrations
totaled 1,782 and there were 400
transfers.
During the general election in
1976 about 31,000 persons were
registered to vote in Qeveland
County, said Mrs. Champion.
Loc^ interest attends the
county commission race, where
three candidates sponsored by
the Association of Cleveland
County Taxpayers, are write-in
candidates seeldng to unseat the
three incumbents. Duran
Johnson, Bobby Crawford and
John Caveny, Jr. are endorsed
by the association and are asking
voters to write their names on
the ballots opposing Jack
Painter, Jr., Coleman Goforth
and Hugh Dover. A “Meet the
Candidate” forum was held in
Shelby Monday night and the
Taxpayer protest group was ask
ing citizens to attend and talk
with their candidates.
Franklin Miller Jr., Mark
Durham Miller, Frazier Jackson,
Mike Greku and Jim Hockman.
Memorials may be made to
the Landrum United Methodist
Church Refugee Fund or to a
favorite charity.
ALEX CRCXnCETT
Funeral services for Alex
Crockett, 61, of 1138 Grady St.,
Salisbury, native of Kings
Mountain, will be conducted
Thursday at 1 p.m. from Mit
chell Funeral Home by Rev.
Robert McDowell of Shelby, in
terment following in Salisbury
Gardens.
Mr. Crockett died Monday at
3:23 a.m. in Rowan Memorial
Hospital at Salisbury after illness
of one month. He attended the
Kings Mountain public schools
and was employed as a
mechanic. He was son of Glenn
Crockett of Salisbury and the
late Mrs. Mary Crockett.
Surviving, in addition to his
father, are his daughter, Mrs.
Maxine Adams of Cherryville;
two brothers, Carl Crockett of
Kings Mountain and Herman
Crockett of Salisbury; three
grandchildren, Ms. Clydenia
Charisse Adams of Charlotte,
Mrs. LTanya Vanessa Pharr of
Matthews and Mrs. Madeline
Watkins of Kings Mountain;
and two great-grandchildren,
Scott Pharr of Matthews and
Shermetta Watkins of Kings
Mountain.
Mitchell and Fair Funeral Ser
vice was in charge of ar
rangements.
CLYDE DURHAM BLANTON
CharryTilU - Clyde Durham
Blanton, age 67, of 203 South
Depot Street, died Tuesday in
Lincolnton Hospital. He was a
native of Qeveland County, a
retired merchant, and a veteran
of the US Navy, World War 11.
Surviving are his wife, Ruth
HufTstetler Blanton of the home;
his father, Paul D. Blanton of
Kings Mountain; three sons,
Michael Blanton of Cherryville,
Danny Blanton of Kings Moun
tain, Clyde Blanton Jr. of New
York; three daughters, Mrs.
Sarah Weaver, Mrs. Gail
Graham, both of Kings Moun
tain, and Mrs. Clydene Cannady
of Portage, Wisconsin; two
brothers, Charlie Blanton, Bur
rell Blanton, both of Baltimore,
Maryland; five sisters, Mrs.
WA. Wells Jr., Mrs. Frank
Peele, Mrs. Lucille Bullard, Mrs.
JA. Lutz, all of Bessemer City,
and Mrs. Clarence Bobbitt of
Statesville; and eight grand
children.
Funeral services will be at 3
p.m. Friday at Shady Grove
Baptist Church with the Rev.
Dan Silver and the Rev.
Clarence Bobbitt officiating. The
body will lie in state at the
church from 2:30 til 3 pjn.
Burial will be at Oak Grove Bap
tist Church Cemetery in Kings
Mountain. The family will
receive friends Thursday night
from 7 till 9 pm. at Carpenter’s
Funeral Home.
PkliPoyShoosO
HONORED FOR SERVICE — Pictured is David Chapman
(right), employe* of Spectrum Fibers. Inc. in the Packoge Dye
Department, reveiving his Five Year Service Award during the
month of September. Presenting the award is Harold Butler
-Package Dye Supervisor.
D AR Held October Meeting
At Hardin Home
The October meeting of the
Colonel Frederick Hambright
Chapter DAR met at the home
of Miss Vera Hardin. The
hostess served delicious
refreshments to the 13 members
and one guest upon arrival.
Mrs. H.A. Goforth, Regent,
presided. Following the Ritual,
she read the President General’s
message.
Mrs. Eugene Roberts
presented Andrew M. Loveless,
Superintendent of Kings Moun
tain National Military Park. He
told the members of the plans for
the Battleground Celebration.
Miss Vera Hardin gave an in
teresting report on “A Visit To
Our Ancestor’s Home,” in
cluding material on relatives
who were signers of the Declara
tion of Independence, a framer
of the Constitution of the United
trustees of the Supreme Court
appointed by General
Washington. This was used as
National Defense News.
Mrs. C.L. Lindsay read the
minutes of the last meeting.
Resolutions adopted by the 89th
Continental Congress NSDAR
were read during the business
session. Reports were given by
officers of the different commit
tees. Seven memers attended the
district meeting in Boiling Spr
ings. Discussion about ordering
materials from Lincoln House
for a money making project was
approved. Catalogs were
distributed and members were
asked to return orders in
November.
A report on the involvement
of all DAR members in the
Celebration program was given.
Mrs. C.D. Blanton, treasurer,
asked for dues to be paid before
Flower Garden
Praised By
Visitor
Lillian (Mrs. John) Mitchem
has always had a “green thumb”
and nowhere is this fact more
evident than in her always grow
ing flower gardens on King
Street, across from the overhead
bridge as you come into Kings
Mountain.
Visitors to Kings Mountain
stop occasionally to admire
Lillian’s flowers, in bloom at all
seasons of the year. On a recent
Sunday a passerby pinned a
thank you note to her front
door.
‘To whom it may concern: I
am a traveler from the East to
Asheville. You don’t know me
and I don’t know you. But when
I passed your flower garden this
Sunday morning it was so
beautiful it meant so much to me
and my travels I just had to stop
and tell you thank you. ‘Th2uik
you” for taking the time to grow
such beautiful flowers for all of
us to see and enjoy, particularly
those of us who never seem to
have the time to smell them, let
alone grow them. You are very-
appreciated. 1 know this note is
rather weired but 1 just had to
tell you. So many times we don’t
say the things we mean to.” The
note was signed, “A Friend.”
KIWANIS CLUB
Andrew Milewski, owner of
Milova Knits, will be the speaker
at Thursday’s meeting of the
Kings Mountain Kiwanis Club
at 6:45 p.m. at the Woman’s
Club.
VOTE DEMOCRATIC
Senator Helen Marvin Senator Ollie Harris
STATE SENATE
25th District
Cleveland Gaston Lincoln Rutherford •
GENERAL ELECTION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4,1980
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