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VOLUME 94, NUMBER 13
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1981
KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA
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FOR KELLTS BENEFIT — Citls«ns oi Grover
and surrounding aroas tumsd out In huge
numbers Soturday night for a Bluegrass ond
Gospel music benefit program for Kelli Horry,
the Grover School fourth groder who was
criticolly injured in December when she
darted in front of o pickup truck as school
dismissed for the doy. Kelli remains in a
Charlotte hospital in a coma but has shown
some encouraging signs in recent weeks. Con
cerned citisens in the two photos above show
their love for Kelli and her family by suppor
ting the benefit. In photo at left, a packed
house in the school gym listens to the
bluegrass sound of the Leonard MeSwain
band, and in photo at right. Kelli Howell, left,
and Loretta Philbeck present the proceeds of
bake sales sponsored by the Grover Rescue
Squad and Philbeck's Shell Service to Phil
Harry. Kelli's father. The proceeds of the bake
sales, hot dog sales and tickets sold at the
door Saturday night amounted to $1,900.
Tickets purchased by Ninette Mills. Hor-Roy
Mill and Grover Industries for their
employees and families will bring the final
total to around $3,000. a spokesman for the
sponsors predicted.
Photos by Gary Stewart
Reservations Needed
Chamber Banquet Scheduled
The annual Kings Mountain
Chamber of Commerce and
Merchants Association banquet
will be held Tues., Feb. 24 at 7
p.m. at the Holiday Inn.
The banquet is open for all
members and their employees.
Tickets are $7.50 per person.
Reservations may be made
beforFTebruary OT by-calling
739-5051.
Dr. Stan Hardin of Shelby, a
popular after-dinner speaker.
will provide the entertainment.
Hardin, a South Carolina
native, sings, plays the guitar
and does impressions of famous
people. His entertainment career
dates back to his high school
days.
After high school, Hardin and
some friends started a band call
ed the “NoWes,*" which played
for school proms, private parties
and was eventually booked to
play at the Pavilion Ballroom in
Myrtle Beach.
Sometime later, when Hardin
went to Myrtle Beach on vaca
tion, he was introduced to coun
try music star Carl Perkins and
was invited by Perkins to play
with his band during the entire
engagement at the Pavilion.
Hardin has performed with a
number of other big names, in
cluding George Hamilton IV,
Jerry Lee Lewis, Conway Twit-
ty, Jerry Van Dyke, Robert
Fuller, Donna Douglas, Mamie
Van Doren, Tommy Noonan,
Johnny Cash, David Allen Coe,
Don Red Berry and the late Elvis
Presley’s fiance. Ginger Alden.
in addition to his music, he
has also appeared in motion pic
tures and local theatre produc
tions.
He alto'has a small recording-
studio in his home where he
writes songs and occasional
radio jingles for local businesses.
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WOMAN IDENTIFIED — A skaUton found In York County, S.C.,
lost Bummor has b««n idontiflod os Helen Roark of Kings
Mountain, who had been missing since 1977. A recreation oi
the head and shoulders by a sculpturess and dental records
Helen Kay Roark
were used for positive identification. Left photo above was
token of Mrs. Roork before she was reported missing. Right is a
photo oi the sculpture taken by Det. Richard Reynolds oi the
Kings Mountain Police Department.
KM Woman Identified
A skeleton found last August
in York County, S.C., has been
officially identified as that of
Helen Kay Roark, 35, of Bridges
Drive, Kings Mountain.
The identification was official
ly confirmed Thursday.
Law enforcement officials had
believed it to be Mrs. Roark for
several months, but were
awaiting the final process of
identification through dental
reconstruction and a head and
shoulder sculpture.
The skeleton was found on
August 27 by some children who
were playing along Snake Road
near Sharon. It was one of three
skeletons found recently in York
County.
Mrs. Roark had been missing
since June of 1977 and was last
heard from in Gaffney when she
called her family and told them
where she was.
Dr. Charles B. Hannah Jr. of
Spartanburg, an instructor at the
South Carolina Police Academy
in Columbia and a consultant in
forensic odontology, began den
tal reconstruction in September.
Spartanburg sculptress Lalage
Warrington measured the skull
and reconstructed facial
features.
Kings Mountain Police made
trips to Spartanburg to
photograph the different phases
of the sculpture work, and Mrs.
Roark's family went to Rock
Hill in November and made
positive identification.
Final proof came when Dr.
Hannah took photographs of
Mrs. Roark that showed her
smiling, and superimposed the
photo on the skull, matching the
teeth perfectly.
The cause of Mrs. Roark’s
death is still under investigation
by York County authorities.
Graveside funeral services for
Mrs. Roark were conducted Fri
day at 2:30 p.m. at Mountain
Rest Cemetery. Rev. Tom Pat
terson officiated.
Mrs. Roark was the daughter
of the late Jacob and Ola Mac
Dalton Sipes and the wife of
Harold Roark.
Surviving, in addition to her
hu.sband, are a son, Wayne
Roark of Kings Mountain; a
daughter, Kathv Roark of Kings
Mountain; four brothers, T.H.,
Gene and Garland Sipes, all of
Kings Mountain, and David
Sipes of Dallas; and three sisters,
Mrs. Thurman (Doris) Peterson
and Mrs. Philip (Patsy)
Carpenter of Kings Mountain
and Mrs. Albert (Judy) Warlick
of Bessemer City.
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CHARLES MAUNEY
ANDY NEISLER
Symphony Drive
Underway Here
Kings Mountain Chapter of
the North Carolina Symphony
launched this week the 1981
membership campaign to bring
the highly trained and fully pro
fessional musicians to Kings
Mountain for a concert May
12th at 8 p.m. in B.N. Barnes
Auditorium.
It will be the second season
here for the N.C. Symphony.
Local chapter President Andy
Neisler and membership chair
man Charles Mauney said that
advance ticket sales are beginn
ing and that civic clubs are again
encouraged to sponsor a group
of students or senior citizens and
purchase blocks of seats for the
event.
Tickets are $5.50 for adults,
$3.50 for students and senior
citizens and $2 for students 15
and under.
Other leaders of the drive for
memberships are Mrs. J.N. Mc
Clure, publicity chairman; Mrs.
Ray Holmes, gifts chairman;
Mrs. Jeanette Surratte, assistant
membership chairman; and Mrs.
F.J. Sincox, program chairman.
The North Carolina Sym
phony Orchestra, which received
critical acclaim for its New
York, Washington and Chicago
premieres, is the only major or
chestra between Atlanta and
Washington, D.C. Founded by
Pulitzer Prize-winning composer
Lamar Stringfield, and
developed by Dr. Benjamin
Swalin, conductor emeritus, the
73-member professional or
chestra continues today to grow
in artistic excellence under the
batons of Artistic Director and
Principal Guest Conductor,
Lawrence Leighton Smith,
Associate Conductor James Ogle
and Assistant Conductor
Jackson Parkhurst.
The Symphony will also pre
sent a children’s concert in the
KM Schools during its Kings
Mountain performance and Mrs.
Darrell Austin is chairman of the
arrangements committee for this
portion of the program.
Hit And Run
Damages High
A hit and run driver heavily
damaged a 1969 truck Monday
morning on North Piedmont
Ave.
KM PD Sgt. Bob Hayes said
that Jimmy Coleman, operating
VEHICLE FIRE
Kings Mountain Fire Depart
ment put out a vehicle fire in a
tractor-trailer rig owned by
Burns & Spangler when the
brakes overheated Friday on
North Cansler St. Firemen were
also called to KMHS on Friday
to extinguish a tree fire and
stood by at an automobile
wreck.
the pickup truck, had turned off
North Piedmont Ave. to cross
the railroad tracks when his
vehicle was rammed by a beige
colored Pontiac occupied by
three black males. The Pontiac
reportedly ran the light on Pied
mont. Damages were estimated
at $l,0(X).
Sgt. Bob Hayes is asking that
persons with any information
concerning the accident to call
the police department, 739-3636.
Hayes said that the hit and run
car is either a Tempest or
LeMans Pontiac, beige with
vinyl top.