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Hundleys Felt
Hand Of God
By ELIZABETH STEWART
Co-Editor
Steve and Elaine Hundley, the
new assistant pastor and his wife
at First Presbyterian Church,
say they felt the hand of God
during their courtship and
throughout the calling of the
young man into the ministry.
“We continue to feel His
leading during our ministry
here,” said Elaine.
Growing up in the mountains
of Eagle Rock, Va., Steve admits
that he thought preachers were
“sissy” and never felt the inner
call to become a minister until
his senior year in high school
when he received a brochure
about Montreat-Anderson Col
lege near Asheville and its
church-oriented curriculum.
After graduating from the two
year college, he enrolled at Men-
nonite College in Harrisburg,
Va. and is a senior at Union
Seminary in Richmond, Va. He
heard alx)ut the Kings Mountain
church from several former
classmates who had served the
church here, including David
Smith, Pam Daniels and David
Lee.
Being affirmed by the con
gregations he has served during
his seminary years represents
what the young man terms an
“outer calling” to the ministry.
Elaine Harris Hundley, who
was an “Air Force brat” and
traveled constantly while her
father. Ret. M/Sgt. Robert Har
ris, was with the military, met
her husband at Smith Mountain
Lake, a 4-H Camp in Rocky
Mount, Va., where both were
counselors. Elaine was born in
Austria and attended schools in
Germany and Texas before the
family settled down in Hampton,
V a. She graduated from Radford
College and was active in the
Catholic church. “Marriage to a
minister was the last thing on my
mind and it was a tough decision
when Steve and 1 started dating.
When the Lord said “hey, this is
the one’ 1 knew that everything
was in accordance with His
will.”
Steve uses some of his growing
up experiences to relate
children's sermons during the
workshop services at First
Presbyterian Church and he
plays his guitar to illustrate the
gospel message through folk
songs. Both young people assist
in the full program of the church
and lead a young adult class.
Both say they have already ex
perienced “so many blessings by
being in the community” a short
time.
Elaine and Steve have moved
eight times since their marriage
nearly three years ago and will
be moving a couple more times
before officially settling down on
whatever church the Lord
directs them. Steve will be retur
ning to Richmond to complete
his seminary work after this
year’s internship in Kings Moun
tain.
Starting a “house church” in
the local congregation is one of
the aims of the young minister
who saw the idea work in a
marvelous way at Trinity
Presbyterian Church in Har
risburg, Va., a 150 member
church which meets in a ma
jestic antebellum home which
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The cost-cutting measures
mentioned by President Reagan
in his message to the nation
Wednesday night will not
drastically affect Kings Moun
tain, local officials feel.
Mayor John Henry Moss and
Schools Supt. William Davis,
whose employers are the biggest
recipients of federal programs in
the city, do not see any program
cuts.
However, Reagan’s hint that
CETA funds will be discon
tinued will affect two employees
of the city and four teacher aides
in the schools.
“He is talking about the 1982
budget, which takes effect after
September 30,” said Moss. “Our
CETA program is funded
through June 30, so that won’t
affect us.”
“They cut CETA funds
drastically a couple of years
ago,” says Davis. “Prior to that
we had a large number of CETA
employees. But we’ve already
bitten the bullet on that and ad
justed to it.”
Otherwise, both Moss and
Davis were impressed with
Reagan’s proposals.
Banquet
Tonight
Dr. Stan Hardin, of Shelb^rTa
singer, impressionist, guitarist
and actor, will provide the enter
tainment at Tuesday night’s an
nual banquet of the Kings
Mountain Chamber of Com
merce and Merchants Associa
tion.
Dinner will be served at 7 p.m.
at Holiday Inn.
Dr. Hardin has performed
with stars such as Carl Perkins,
George Hamilton IV, Jerry Lee
Lewis, Conway Twitty, Jerry
Van Dyke, Robert Fuller, Don
na Douglas, Mamie Vtm Doren,
Tommy Noonan, Johnny Cash,
David Allen Coe, Don Red
Barry, and the late Elvis
Presley’s fiance. Ginger Atden.
New officers of the associa
tion will be installed at the
meeting.
“1 feel that the time has come
when we must re-evaluate and
consider new directions,” said
Moss. “1 favor his approach to
the matter of reducing inflation
and I certainly favor the tax
cut.”
Moss feels federal funds the ci
ty has been receiving for a
number of programs will con
tinue.
“He talked as if categorical
grants would all be pulled
together and put under com
prehensive block grants,” Moss
said. “With that statement 1 en
vision that being the case in view
of the amounts that were con
sidered for the respective depart
ments through which we have
been seeking funding.”
Davis added, “1 was generally
pleased by his comments. I didn’t
see very much that would
adversely affect public educa
tion. If we’re going to get things
in hand, it may be necessary for
us all to make sacrifices. If we
have to make them in education,
so be it.”
Meter Classes To Begin
The first two meter reading
classes for citizens concerned
with lowering their utility bills
are set for today at the Govern
mental Services Facilities
Center.
Classes covering how to read
water, electric and gas meters
will be held from 1:30 until 5
p.m. and from 7:30 until 9 p.m.
Classes will be held at the same
hours on Thursday.
Walt Ollis, section supervisor
for the City Public Works
Department, Mayor John Henry
Moss and members of the City
Board of Commissioners will
lead the classes.
The classes have been schedul
ed due to the ever-increasing
costs of utilities.
Mayor Moss said he has got
ten a good response from the
public.
“We encourage the people to
come because we genuinely
believe that if we all watch our
meters closely well see a great
savings in our utility bills. Our
best savings are on unused
utilities.”
One of the main purposes of
the classes is to urge citizens to
keep a constant check on their
meters, adjust their usage habits
and conserve energy.
“We are very concerned with
the cost of energy and recognize
that for people on fixed incomes
it is very difficult,” said Mayor
Moss. “We want to work in
every way possible to assist
citizens in keeping the cost of
utilities as low as possible.”
The city plans to conduct
similar classes in different areas
of the city, if there is enough in
terest.
“We hope these classes will be
well attended,” Moss said. “We
are willing to conduct them as
long as the citizens want them.”
Porter To Speak Here
Brigadier General Bobby B.
Porter, Assistant Division
Commander-Support of the
82nd Airborne Division at Ft.
Bragg, will address members of
the Kings Mountain Rotary
Club at its luncheon on Thurs
day, at the Kings Mountain
Country Club.
The general will land his
UHIH helicopter in a grassy
area near the Kings Mountain
High School, where his pilot will
have the aircraft on display for
students of the school to view
during the time the general is in
the area, from 11:30 a.m. until 2
p.m.
Aiding the pilot. Warrant Of
ficer Doug Aslett, in locating the
landing site, the area’s Army
recruiter. Staff Sergeant James
Rowlett will be setting off a
smoke grenade device for wind
direction information. He will re
main at the scene to answer any
questions the students may have
concerning Army enlistment in
to the Army’s aviation field,
while Aslett will answer ques
tions concerning the aircraft.
Mauney To Address Legion Group
N.C. Highway District
Engineer Ken Mauney of Shelby
will present a film on transporta
tion needs on the topic, “Where
Your Money Goes,” for the an
nual birthday party Tues., Mar.
3, of American Legion Post 155.
The 16 minute film is arrang
ed by the Kings Mountain Office
of Economic Development and
features the Governor’s blue rib
bon committee from the Depart
ment of Transportation.
A covered dish supper will be
served at 7 p.m. and all members
of the American Legion and
Auxiliary are invited to attend.
$3,001 Raised For Kelli
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Marla Horry during a ipoelal coromony
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critically Injurod whon hit by a pickup truck
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Concerned citizens of the
Grover area presented checks
totalling $3,001 to Phil and
Maria Harry Wednesday night
at the Grover School Library.
The checks represented
money raised during the “Kelli
Harry Benefit” bluegrass and
gospel music show recently at
the Grover Gym.
Charlie Harry, an officer in
Grover Industries and relative of
Phil Harry, presented the checks
to be used toward hospital bills
and transportation to and from
Charlotte.
Mrs. Harry has literally lived
at Charlotte Memorial Hospital
since Dec. 17, when her
daughter Kelli was critically in
jured when hit by a pickup truck
in front of Grover School. Mr.
Harry continues to hold down
his job at Minette Mills and care
for the couple's other three
children. He stays with Kelli on
weekends while Mrs. Harry
returns to Grover to take care of
shopping and other household
duties.
Kelli, a fourth grader at
Grover, remains in a coma but
has shown encouraging signs in
recent weeks. She sometimes
squeezes her mother’s hand,
sticks her tongue out and gives
other signs which lead her
parents to believe she is aware of
their presence.
Some of the members of the
community who helped organize
the successful benefit were on
hand Wednesday for the check
presentation ceremonies.
Steve Pennington, a co
worker of Harry’s at Minette,
ramrodded the show with the
cooperation of Grover Principal
Jim Scruggs, and other citizens.
“We couldn’t have done it
without the support of the entire
community,” said Pennington.
“Several individuals and mer
chants donated food and other
items and the particiapting
bands and two professional
emcees, Jeff Champion of Radio
Station WOHS and Bruce Jones
of the Jones Brothers bluegrass
band, donated their time."
Nelson Young, leader of the
Nelson Young bluegrass band,
lined up the four bands and
handled most of the publicity
duties.
“1 just want to thank
everybody involved,” said
Young. “Everybody worked so
good with us. The show wu suc
cessful. We did what we wanted
to do ... to raise money for Phil
and Maria.”
Charlie Harry praised the en
tire town, saying, “if you’re go
ing to come upon hard times,
there’s no better place to do it
than in Grover.
“1 remember the early fifties
when Cleveland County was
hard hit by polio,” said Harry,
himself a polio victim. “It was
not uncommon to go through
the mill and collect a thousand
dollars with one pass. People
give when the need arises. The
people in this area are the best.”
Maria Harry echoed those
words.
“The response has been over-
whelming,”she said. “I am a
native of Germany and this
would not have happened there.
In the big cities, you don’t even
know your next door neighbor.
This really makes you appreciate
living in a small town.”
Phil Harry added, “We’d like
to thank everyone. There are
just not enough words to say
how we really feel.”
Meanwhile, area citizens con
tinue to hold Kelli and her fami
ly in their prayers, and continue
their concern for their needs.
The latest group to get eagerly
involved in helping Kelli are her
school friends at Grover. They
daily bring their pennies to a
huge jar that sits on a table in
the library with a sign stating
“Pennies For Kelli.”