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VOLUME 94, NUMBER 26
THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1981
KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA
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Rev. Smith Heads
Local Dry Forces
Rev. Jerry Smith, pastor of
the Church of God and chair
man of the “dry” forces in Kings
Mountain, said he will present a
proposal to the Kings Mountain
Ministerial Association April 13
asking citizens not to support an
ABC petition which is currently
being circulated.
Smith is chairman of the
Funeral Services Today
For Emma Cornwell Austelle
Mrs. Emma Cornwell
Austelle, 93, Kings Mountain
native and a former Kings
Mountain high school teacher,
died Monday in Granville
Hospital at Oxford after declin
ing health.
Because of sanctuary renova
tion, the funeral services will be
held Thursday morning at II
o’clock in the Fellowship Hall of
Kings Mountain Baptist Church
of which she is a member. Rev.
J.C. Goare will officiate and in
terment will be in Mountain
Rest Cemetery.
The family is at the home of a
niece, Mrs. W. Lawrence Logan,
619 E. King St.
In lieu of flowers memorials
have been designated to
Limestone College, Kings Moun
tain Baptist Church and Oxfort
Baptist Church.
A member of a Kings Moun
tain pioneer family, Mrs.
Austelle was daughter of the late
George W. and Frances Lucinda
Smith Cornwell. Her mother
was the founder of Kings Moun
tain Baptist Church. Mrs.
Austelle is a former member of
Oxford Baptist Church, was ac
tive in the Order of Eastern Star,
Daughters of American Revolu
tion, North Carolina Education,
Association, and a teacher in the
public schools of North and
South Carolina for 40 years. In
1968 she was awarded a citation
of merit by Limestone College of
Gaffney, S.C., from which she
was graduated in 1910, for secur
ing substantial donations to the
college from B.N. Duke in 1926.
Surviving are her daughter,
Mrs. E.G. McSwain of Oxford,
one granddaughter, and three
great-grandchildren. Also surviv
ing are five nieces, Mrs. W.
Lawrence Logan and Mrs. J.M.
McGinnis, both of Kings Moun
tain, Mrs. L.A. Saunders of
Stanley, Mrs. Charles T.
Mulwee of Memphis, Tenn. and
Mrs. Dollie Whitener Thomas of
Asheville.
Funeral Services Held
For Walter Greene, 78
Graveside services for Walter
D. Greene, 78, of Kings Moun
tain Convalescent Center, were
conducted Monday at 2 pan.
from Mountain Rest Cemetery
by Rev. Mitchell Pruitt, Rev.
William McGinnis and Rev.
Tom Patterson.
Mr. Greene died March 27th
in the Kings Mountain Hospital.
Surviving are one son, W.D.
Greene Jr. of Shelby; seven
daughters, Mrs. Homer (Bobbie)
Harrill of Jessup, Ga., Mrs. Bill
(Shirley) King, Mrs. Betty Put
nam, all of Kings Mountain,
Mrs. Patrick (Hazel) Davis of
Panama City, Panama, Mrs.
Thelma (Frances) Phillips of
Gaffney, S.C., Mrs. Donald
(Elizabeth) Williamson of
Shelby, Mrs. Carl (Mary Helen)
Mills of Greenville, N.C.; two
sisters, Mrs. Minnie Goforth of
Kings Mountain Convalescent
Center, Mrs. Mattie McGinnis
of Deland, Fla.; 18 grand
children and 10 great
grandchildren.
WALTER D. GREENE
Memorials may be made to
Macedonia Baptist Church,
where he was a member, for the
Bell Tower.
Harris Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Ministerial Association commit
tee task force.
Although there are no official
campaigns by “wet” and “dry”
forces announced, this is
rumored to be the election year
when Kings Mountain citizens
will decide whether or not to ap
prove the sale of wine and be«
for of^remises consumption.
‘The wet forces are moving
very quietly to obtain names on
petitions in the Kings Mountain
area,” said Smith, who will pro
pose at the Ministers Meeting
that “we go ahead with a plan to
recommend to Kings Mountain
citizens that they do not support
this effort and if sufficient names
are required to call for an elec
tion on the matter to vote “no.”
Smith said that he feels that a
majority of members of the
Kings Mountain Ministerial
Association will vote against
“ABC Stores” while some will be
in favor. “It will not be a
unanimous decision,” he said.
Scott Cloninger, local at
torney who drew up the petition
for leaders of the “wet” forces,
said that 2,000 names are re
quired to call an election on the
matter. Cloninger acknowledged
that petitions are being cir
culated in the area but declined
to name leaders of the effort. He
could not be reached for com
ment Wednesday.
“Nobody on the “wet” side of
this issue will confirm or deny
their stand,” said the minister.
“What are they afraid of? I think
we think we need to go about
this fairly and 41 the dfys lose,
we’ll have to live with it.”
“If Kings Mountain citizens
approve an ABC store we are
asidng for problems because of
the availability of liquor in the
immediate area.”
Proponents are saying that the
city needs the revenue, that an
A^ store in the city will curtail
and regulate the drinking pro
blem. Smith disagrees and sug
gests that Kings Mountain peo
ple not be afraid to take a stand
on the matter.
Shootiiig Shocks
Area Citizens
Kings Mountain people
reacted with a mixture of shock,
sorrow and anger at the news of
the shooting and wounding of
President Ronald Reagan Mon
day.
The incident Monday, in
which the President, a secret ser
viceman, a policeman and
Reagan’s press secretary were in
jured, reminded local folk of the
tragic day in November 1963
when President John F. Ken
nedy was killed by an assassin.
Patterson Spelling Champ
Leah Patterson, Kings Moun
tain Junior High eighth grader,
correctly spelled “reiterate” and
became the winner of the Kings
Mountain spelling bee in which
36 students participated
Wednesday from seven schools.
Jennifer Bradley, seventh
grader at Central, was first run
ner up and was eliminated when
she misspelled “scalpel.” Second
runner-up Jeri Hildreth, eighth
grader, was seated on the word
“posthumous”.
Among some of the
"Stumpers” the finalists spelled
correctly were: jabot, raisin,
spherical, lacquer, palatial, and
vociferous.
Mrs. Charles (Lynne) Mauney
was the pronouncer. Judges
were Connie Allison, Mrs. Sara
Griffin and Mrs. Jackie
Lavender.
Miss Patterson, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Patterson, will
represent Kings Mountain
District Schools in the 27th an
nual Charlotte Observer
Regional Spelling Bee to be held
April 17th. The winner of the
contest will receive an all-
LEAH PATTERSON
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expense paid trip for two to
Washington, D.C. to compete in
the National spelling Bee and a
30-volume set of Britannica 3 en
cyclopedias.
MisS' Bradley is daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bradley.
Miss Hildreth is daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hildreth.
Representing their schools in
the local spelling bee were:
Bethware-Karen Armstrong,
Jenny Reid, Alicia Whisnant,
Gwen Hicks, Mary Elizabeth
Gibson, and Jonathon
Carpenter; Central-Lisa
Buchanan, Karen Biddix, Edwin
Sherer, Jennifer Bradley, and
Jimmy Hensley; East-Amy
Robbs, Lynn Seders, James
Carrigan and Bryan Ramsey;
Grover-Justine Sherer, Tracy
Stewart, Dale Bowen, Anthony
Jackson and Kim Thompson;
Kings Mountain Junior High-
Kevin Ingram, Leah Pattenon,
Jeri Hildreth, Chris HoUifield,
and Beverly Lahrmer; North-
Suzanne Lee, Anissa Jones,
David Shaw, Bill Carpenter, and
Lowell Mills; West-Russell
Kiser, Hank Cathey, Brent Joye,
Gayla Jones and Kenny Potter.
Local schools’s top spellers
who were winners in local
“Bees” included Karen Ann-
strong from Bethware, Amy
Robbs from East, Kevin Ingram
from KMJH, Russell Kiser from
West, Suzanne Lee from North,
Lisa Buchanan from Central and
Margaret Sherer from Grover.
The finals were held at the
New City Hall.
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Photo by Garf Stowort
BLACK SHEEP—Olin Yarboro looks on as
some of his sheep eat ot his form in Waco. In
the middle of the hungry lambs is his prised
black sheep, which is only the second ho's
raised in over 30 yeors as a "shepherd.”
The Black Sheep
Of The Family
Pardon the play on words, but
CXm Yarboro has a black sheep
lii*.his family.
Yarboro, a retired farmer who
now raises sheep as a hobby,
calls it a rarity.
And, it must be, because in
over 30 years of raising sheep, he
has raised only two black sheep.
His first one, now over a year
old, eventually turned red. That
one, a ram, could be the father of
his three-month-old female
which he predicts will remain
black.
Yarboro currently has 22
sheep on his farm in nearby
Waco. His only income from
them comes from shearing them
once a year and'selling the wool
to a wool mill in Virginia. He
gets his greatest joy, though.
from loving them.
All 22 of his sheep are pets
and having a pet sheep is alwut
as rare as having a black one, ac
cording to Yarboro.
“1 bet you can’t go to another
fellow that has sheep, and put
your hands on them,” Yarboro
said as he petted one on the
head.
“I can back my truck up to the
bam door, and crack a whip and
they 11 all get right in the back of
the truck,” he said. He can turn
them out in a fenceless field, and
after they graze for awhile, he
can yell “shimmy” and they 11
come right back to him.
“A lot of people want to know
where my sheepdog is,” he
chuckled. “I tell them I’m the
dog. You know what I’d do if
I’d see a dog in my pasture? I’d
kill it.
“Everybody I’ve ever known
that had a dog, it killed some of
the sheep,” he said.
Y arboro keeps his sheep in the
barn during cold weather and
usually turns them out to
pasture around the first of May.
“A sheep is a lot like a goat,”
he says. “If theyYe out in the
cold weather, they catch cold.
I’ve always heard there are two
things you can’t drench...a sheep
and a hog.
“Oh, 1 guess it wouldn’t hurt
them,” he added. “But I think it’s
better to have them in the warm.
Y ou just have to give them a lot
of attention.”
Collective Bargaining
KM Teachers Vote No
Kings Mountain teacher
members of the KM Unit of the
NCAE voted overwhelmingly
against “bargaining” but only
half of the members cast ballots.
Kings Mountain Unit Presi
dent John Pettus said the vote
count was 82 against and 24 for
with this school by school report:
Central, 18 against; Grover, 8
against and 6 for; KMSHS 18
against and 10 for; North, 11
against and two for; KMJH, 11
against and one for; and East, 16
against and five for. A total of
106 of 207 members, including
the 173 member ACT in Kings
Mountain, cast votes at the
several schools this week.
President Pettus said that
Kings Mountain’s 10 delegates
to the NCAE and ACT conven
tions in Asheville this weekend
will vote against bargaining.
The ballot issued to teaachers
this week asked: Do you favor
collective bargaining for public
school employees? Do you want
NCAE to pursue the passage of
collective bargaining legislation
for public school employees? and
If the pursuit of collective
bargaining endangers other
priorities such as salary increases
CHICKEN SUPPER
Bethlehem Volunteer Fire
Department will sponsor a
barbecue chicken supper Sat.,
April 11th, with serving beginn
ing at 5 p.m. Call 739-6206 for
takeout orders. Citizens may
also eat in the dining hall of the
Bethlehem Fire Department.
and fringe benefits, do you want*
NCAE to continue its efforts on
behald of collective bargaining?
“Bargaining” has been termed
in some areas as “unionizing”
and in some areas of the state
there have been reports of these
attempts.
Delegates to the NCAE con
vention this weekend are Pettus,
Willie Marable, president of the
ACT unit, Connie Phifer,
president-elect of Kings Moun
tain NCAE, Jackie Blanton,
Janet Sims, Central Principal
Glenda O’Shields, Pattie
Weathers, Carol Parker, Steve
Wells and George Lublaneeski.
Delegates to the ACT conven
tion are Jean Cornett, Armette
Parker, Sophronia Campbell,
Treda Berry-Shaft, Dean
Westmoreland and Betsy Wells.
Revival Begins Monday
Revival services will begin at
the Kings Mountain First
Wesleyan Church Monday,
April 6. The services will begin
each evening at 7 pjn. The ser
vices will end on Sunday, April
12, at the evening service.
The speaker is Dr. B.H.
Phaup, Pastor of the
Thomasville, N.C. Central
Wesleyan Church. He is a
former general superintendent of
the Wesleyan denomination. Dr.
Phaup is a noted camp-meeting
evangelist, having preahced in
many places around the world.
Special singing will be
presented each evening, and a
nursery will be provided for
small children.
Pastor D.H. Edwards, Jr., in
vites the public to attend this
revival and to hear “this
dynamic, refreshing man of God
as he brings God’s message.”
Housing Units For Grover?
The Town of Grover may be
allotted 32 units of public hous
ing this year through Region C’s
Housing Assistance Program but
the town may not be able to
meet the criteria to get the hous
ing.
Mayor W.W. McCarter con
firmed this week that developers
from as far distant as Greenville
and from Shelby were looking at
sites in Grover with an eye to
building new construction.
R.E. (Bob) Hambright, a
Grover businessman, said that
Grover may not meet the criteria
because the construction will re
quire “a large piece of property
and must be located on a sewer
line.”
Grover Town Board will meet
in regular session Monday night
at 7 p.m. Mayor McCarter did
not indicate if the housing pro
posal will be on the agenda.