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VOLUME 93, NUMBER 77
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1980
KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA
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Christmas Parade
Attracts Over 7,000
One of the largest crowUs
ever, an estimated 6,000 to
7,000 people, jammed Kings
Mountain Sunday for the annual
Kings Mountain Fire
Department-sponsored
Christmas parade.
The 80-90 unit parade was
held for the First time on a Sun
day afternoon and went off
without-a-hitch in beautiful
weather until the last minute
when Santa’s sleigh got in trou
ble on Gaston St.
The clutch in the fire depart
ment pick-up truck which was
pulling Santa’s reindeers and sled
“got hot,” according to Fire
Chief Gene Tignor and there
were anxious moments for many
youngsters along the route until
Santa arrived, a little late. Some-
parade watchers were leaving
the route but lloat driver Mike
1 aylor attempted to navigate the
entire route with Santa, despite
the heavy traflic of cars and peo
ple to give the thousands of
youngsters a glimpse of Santa
Claus.
Temple Baptist Church,
which sponsored a puppet float
in the parade, won the Fire
Department plaque for the best
float for the second year.
C.J. Underwood of WBTV’s
“Carolina Camera” was parade-
grand marshal and commented
after the parade that “the tur
nout was better than oqr
Charlotte parade Thanksgiving
Day and this is one of the nicest
parades I’ve attended.”
The high-stepping Kings
Mountain Senior Fligh Band and
the Rambling Rebs, American
Legion drum and bugle corps, set
the pace for the 1980 parade
which featured many children in
colorful costumes, including
beauty queens, scouts, church
groups, and dance students.
Religious floats, Clevemoni
Mills “fruits of the loom,” and
the Shriners of Oasis Temple
were highlights. Channel 9
newsmen brought their
helicopter and kids were
delighted.
Fire Chief Tignor said the Fire
Department expresses apprecia
tion to the ’’entire community
for their support and participa
tion.”
Your Blood Is Needed
Wednesday At KM High
Kings Mountain Senior High
.students will sponsor a visit of
the Red Cross bloodmobile
Wednesday (tomorrow) and
donors will be processed from 9
a.m. until 2:30 p.m. in B.N.
Barnes Auditorium.
The Student Participation
Organization is sponsoring the
visit and the community is in
vited to support the students in a
goal of 200 pints of blood.
“Since this is the holiday
season blood is badly needed,”
said Donna Wright, coordinator
for the visit, who said that Kings
Mountain Senior High students
and Shelby High students are
trying to reach a 400 pint quota
Funeral Services Held
For Lloyd V. Gaffney
Funeral services for Lloyd
Victor Gaffney, 90, retired
owner of Gaffney Barber Shop
and a Kings Mountain barber
for many years before his retire
ment, were conducted Saturday
morning at 11 o’clock from Tem
ple Baptist Church of which he
was a member.
Rev. W.F. Monroe officiated
at the rites, and interment was in
Mountain Rest Cemetery.
Mr. Gaffney died Wednesday
afternoon at 5 p.m. in Kings
Mountain Hospital after declin
ing health for several years. He
was a native of Cherokee Coun
ty, S.C., son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Samuel S. Gaffney. He was
twice married, to the late
Elizabeth Curtis Gaffney and to
the late Minnie Gordon Gaff
ney.
Surviving are one son, Curtis
V. Gaffney of Kings Mountain;
two step.sons, Yates Gordon of
Kings Mountain and Gus Gor
don of Shelby; three daughters,
Mrs. J.H. (Irene) Medlin of
Kings Mountain, .Mrs. Sam
L.V. GAFFNEY
(Beatrice) Liscandro of
Jamestown, N.Y. and Mrs.
Charles (Kathleen) Peterson of
Bethlehem, Pa.; three step
daughters, Mrs. Charles Peter
son and Mrs. Estelle Penn
ington, both of Kings Mountain,
and Mrs. Ossie Owens of Tarpon
Springs, Fla., 17 grandchildren
and 10 great-grandchildren.
Harris Funeral Home was in
:harge of arrangements.
Dewey Falls Service
Conducted On Sunday
Funeral services for Dewey
Fred Falls, 82, of402 Wilson St.,
were conducted Sunday after
noon at 1:30 p.m. from Harris
Funeral Home Chapel by Rev.
Harwood T. Smith, interment
following in Mountain Rest
Cemetery.
Mr. Falls died Friday in Kings
Mountain Hospital.
He was a retired textile
worker and a member of St.
Matthew’s Lutheran Church.
He was son of the late William
and Mattie McCarter Falls and
was twice married to Margaret
Mitcham Falls and to Cora
Barnette Falls.
Surviving are two daughters,
Mrs. Stowe (Marie) Deveney and
Mrs. Kenneth (Virginia) Hardin
of Kings Mountain; two step
daughters, Mrs. l.uther
(Dorothy) Bennett and Mrs. Sue
Wilson of Kings Mountain; two
stepsons, Richard and Tommy
DEWEY F. FAUS
Barnette of Kings Mountain;
two brothers, Clarence Falls of
Kings Mountain and Carl Falls
of Gastonia; five grandchildren
and four great-grandchildren.
Harris Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Yes, Kings Mountain,
this month at bloodmobile visits
slated at both of the schools. The
school visits will be the only
visits of the regional collecting
unit to Cleveland County during
the month of December.
“We need to meet our blood
use this month and are en
couraging Kings Mountain
citizens to come out and support
the bloodmobile,” said Miss
Wright, who said donors should
eat breakfast or lunch before
donating a pint of blood.
“There is a lot of competition
between the KMHS and Shelby
High students and, of course, w e
want to make our visit the best,"
said Miss Wright. She said all
KMSHS clubs are joining in the
competitive spirit and for some
students it will be the first time
to give a pint of blood.
Over one hundred hospitals in
the area depend on volunteer
blood donors to meet their pa
tients’ blood needs. With the
holiday season approaching,
more pieople will be on the road
visiting friends and families and
shopping for holiday needs.
They might forget how impor
tant it is to give blood. If there
are not enough people donating
blood this season - it could mean
the difference for hospitalized
patients needing blood or blood
products. Patients in 102
hospitals in the area receive their
blo^ supply through Red Cross
Blood Services, Carolinas
Region.
An average of 992 pints a day
must be donated to meet these
needs. The Red Cross provides
the means through which
volunteer donors can help.
There are many leukemia pa
tients, cancer patients and others
that rely on blood donations for
the red eells, platelets or plasma
that are used for their
treatmetns. Every single blood
donation counts and is helping
to save lives.
“Wednesday’s visit and
another at Shelby High Friday
from 9 until 2:30 will be the only
Bloodmobile visits in Cleveland
County during December. Both
have goals of 200 pints and need
the community support to meet
the goals. Anyone in the com
munity who would like to
donate should come and give the
greatest Christmas gift of all - the
gift of life,” said Mrs. Martha
Scruggs, director of the Red
Cross Bloodmobile program.
Any B and O blood donors are
encouraged to come also, she
said, since the Red Cross has an
urgent need for those blotxl
types.
There Is A Santa Claus
Some of the spectators at Sunday's Kings
Mountain Christmas Parade headed for home
when they thought Santa Claus failed to
show. But, the old man just had a reindeer to
run hot on him and after he got that
Photo by Gary Stewart
straightened out. he caught up with the pack.
An estimated 7,000 people attended the an
nual event, sponsored by the Kings Mountain
Fire Department.
Needy Projects Underway
Several projects are underway
in the Kings Mountain area to
insure that the needy and under
privileged will have happy
holidays.
Kings Mountain Ministerial
AssiKiation is continuing its
Helping Hand appeal, which is
conducted at this season of the
year but is a year-round project
which provides staple food
items, fuel and clothing to ihe
area needy at all seasons. .An of
fering was received at Wednes
day night's community
Thanksgiving service but
ministers reported that Helping
Hand funds are coming in slow er
this year and encourage citizens
to continue their gifts.
Cleveland County Mental
Health Association and the
Mental Health Center is conduc
ting Operation Santa Claus again
this year to collect gilts for area
residents in five state psychiatric
or mental retardation facilities,
as well as for kx.'al mental health
patients.
Gifts should be new and not
w rapped and can be placed in
collection boxes in the Kings
Mountain area at First Union
National Bank, at the KM
District Schools Office on Parker
Street and at Grover City Hall.
Monetary donations are also
welcome because they enable pa
tients to buy specific items they
may need. Checks should be
made payable to the .Mental
Health Center or Mental Health
■Association and mailed to Mrs.
1 ynn Young, 222 Crawford St.,
Shelby, or to Carlos Young. P.O.
Box 204, Shelby , 28150.
l or more information citizens
can call Hallitt Blanton at
7394589, Betty Potter at
739-8956, Beth McIntyre at
739-6686 or Freida McGinnis at
739-3485.
KM’s Joe McDaniel Named
To N.C. Legion Committee
Joe H. McDaniel Jr., city clerk
and treasurer, has been ap
pointed to a five-year term on
the .Administrative committee of
the North Carolina Department
of the American Legion. He w ill
represent the Fifth Division on
the five-member committee.
McDaniel’s appointment was
announced by N.C. Department
Commander Fred Corbett of
Charlotte. The Administrative
Committee is the policy-making
group which leads the 45,000
member veterans organization.
A past commander of Post
155 of Kings Mountain and a
past District 23 commander,
McDaniel served as adjutant and
finance officer for American
Legion Post 155 of Kings Moun
tain for many years. In addition
to his activities on the post and
state level, he was recently ap
pointed to the national security
lOE H. McDANlEL IR.
committee and membership
committee in the national
organization.