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TuMday. April 21, 1981-KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD-Pag* 3
Mr. and Mrs. Janies Crenshaw
Crenshaws Honored
On 50th Anniversary
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KIDS UKE FRISBEES - Kings Mountoin
district school pupils in K-5 grados will snioy
a varlsty oi iiold events during the April 25th
Youth Day beginning at 10 a.m. at Irhn Gam
ble Football Stadium. Left in picture. Marie
Mayse, Jason Little. Chris Henson. Right,
Wesley Bridges, iront, Sidney Bridges, Susan
Ware and Billy King.
Can Do Run Slated
First Citizens Bank and the
West Sehool Parent-Teaeher
Organi/ation will eo-sponsor a
youth day Saturday at the Kings
Mountain Senior High Stadium,
500 Phifer Road.
Slated as ‘Can Do Youth
Day', the aetivitics will melude
races and a variety of field
events. All children aged
kindergrten through Pifth grade
are invited to participate.
Events start promptly
a.m.
at 10
Tee shirts will be given to all
participants and awards will be
presented for first, second, and
third place in all events.
Hot dogs, popcorn, potato
chips, and soft drinks will be
available and drawings for prizes
donated by local merchants w ill
also be held.
The registration fee is $2.00
and qualifies the entrant to par
ticipate in all events. Registra
tion forms are available in First
Citizens offices in Kings Moun
tain, Polkville, Shelby, Bessemer
City, Gastonia, Lincolnton, Clif-
fside. Forest City, Hickory and
Morganton.
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MRS. GLAn-fa SELLERS
Funeral services for Mrs.
Gladys Adams Sellers, 71, who
died Sunday in the Kings Moun
tain Hospital, will be conducted
Tuesday afternoon at 4 p.m.
from Macedonia'Baptist i
of which she was a meniBer.
Rev. Tom Patterson will of
ficiate at the rites, and interment
will be in Mountain Rest
Cemetery. '
Mrs. Sellers was a native of
Cleveland County and a retired
textile employee. She was the
widow of George Henry Sellers
and daughter of the late David
W. and Cynthia Delcvic Adams.
Surviving are her son, William
E. Sellers of Kings Mountain;
her daughter, Mrs. Jack (Juanita)
Rhea of Kings Mountain; a
brother, Herbert Adams of
Kings Mountain; a sister, Mrs.
N.U. Tindall of Durham; eight
grandchildren and nine great
grandchildren.
Harris Funeral Home is in
charge of arrangements.
W.A. THOMPSON
Funeral services for William
Alfred Thompson, 67, of 120
Bridges St., who died Friday in
Kings Mountain Hospital, were
conducted Sunday at 3 p.m.
from Cherryville Church of God
by Rev. Leon Worley, interment
ving in Cleveland Memorial
Park at Shelby.
Mr. Thompson was a native
of Greenville, S.C., son of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Thomp
son.
He was a retired textile
worker and a veteran of World
War II.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Essie Phillips Thompson; a
brother. Tommy Thompson of
Greenville, S.C., and a sister,
Mrs. Bobby Burns of Greenville,
S.C.
MRS. LAURA THOMPSON
Funeral services for Mrs.
Laura Patterson Thompson, 97,
of Route 4, were conducted Sun
day morning at 11 o’clock from
Long Branch Baptist Church of
Grover of which she was a
member.
Rev. Dwight Costner of
ficiated at the rites and inter
ment was in the church
cemetery.
Mrs. Thompson died Friday
in the Kings Mountain Hospital.
She was a native of Cleveland
County, daughter of the late
George Washington and
Sophronia Fulton Patterson.
Surviving are a number of
nieces and nephews.
Mr. and Mrs. James Carlton
Crenshaw of Graham were
honored Sunday, March 29th,
on their 50th wedding anniver
sary.
Mrs. Crenshaw, a Kings
Mountain native,, is the former
Cleo Parrish, daughter of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Robert Parrish
of Dilling St. The Crenshaws
were married Mar. 29, 1931 in
South Carolina. They are
parents of three children and
eight grandchildren.
The reception was held from 2
until 4 p.m. at Mount Pleasant
Methodist Church in
McLeansville. Hosts for the oc
casion were their daughters and
sons-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Livingood and Mr. and Mrs. J.
Winburn l.owdermilk of
Greensboro. A son, Dougis
Crenshaw, of Columbia, S. C.,
was unable to attend.
Guests were greeted by the
honored couple. Mrs. Louise
Crenshaw, sister-in-law, presided
at the register and presented
each guest with a scroll secured
by a gold ring, in the form of a
thank you note printed in gold.
Mrs. Crenshaw was presented
a white orchid to complement
her shrimp colored silk georgette
dress. She wore a single strand of
pearls and a heart-shaped
necklace, gift of her husband.
The refreshment table was
covered with a white floor-
length lace cloth decorated with
gold bows and white wedding
bells. Gold candles surrounded
by snapdragons, daisies and gold
and w hite pompons were used as
the central arrangement. Win
dows were decorated with but
tercups and summer greenery.
Large plants were placed at in
tervals to enhance the setting.
Soft music was played in the
background.
Gifts were opened and
displayed by Misses April and
Janeen Strickland of Raleigh,
granddaughters of the honored
couple. Mrs. Nelline Parrish of
Burlington, sister of Mrs. Cren
shaw, presided at the punch
bowl.
A round table held the five-
tier anniversary cake surrounded
by flowers and entwined with
Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Crenshaw
...Note Golden Wedding Day
ivy. After the couple cut and
served the first piece of cake to
each other it w.. ,erved to
guests.
Mrs. Don Swain assisted in
serving ham biscuits, nuts.
mints, and cheese hearts to
guests.
Goodbyes were said by
Richard, Eric, and David
Lowdermilk, grandsons of the
couple.
Memorial Day Slated
Oak Grove Baptist Church,
Route 3, Kings Mountain, will
celebrate Memorial Day May
24.
The event is being held the
fourth Sunday of May this year
instead of the third, which has
been the past tradition.
A covered dish dinner will be
held in the fellowship hall
following the regular morning
w orship hour.
The church will provide tea,
coffee and utensils.
Rev. Mike Goudelock, pastor,
and the congregation invite the
public to attend.
A Plan To Pay Burial Expenses. All Ages, $5(X) to $5000. Mail To
Sisk Funeral Home, Bessemer City, N.C.
Name
Address.
City
Phone
Cancer Group On TV Show
Cleveland County Unit of the
American Red Cross Chapter
will be featured on WSPA Chan
nel 7 Nancy Welch program at
nixvn Thursday.
Volunteers Sandy Alexander
and Chaplain Len Byers will
discuss the needs for and benefits
of support groups for cancer pa
tients, their families and friends
as experienced through their
pilot group, ‘Together We Cope’
in Shelby.
Mrs. Alexander, a recovered
cancer patient, and Chaplain
Byers, moderator for the Group,
hope to inspire others to seek
and find their own methods of
forming such groups to lend
understanding as a means of
sharing and therapy to anyone
whose life has been touched by
cancer.
Choir Anniversary Set
The Long Branch Gospel
Choir will celebrate its ninth an
niversary Saturday and Sunday.
Rev. Legusta Jackson will
speak at the Saturday evening
program at 7 p.m. and at the
Sunday afternoon program at 2
p.m.
Choirs from North'and South
Carolina will participate in the
event.
Rev. B.F. Brewer is pastor,
Victoria Bess is president, Joe
Bell is vice president, and Mary
Tate and Lucille Elliott are choir
directors.
KM Rescue Squad Logs
2,300 Miles In March
Kings Mountain Rescue
Squad made 97 trips and travel
ed 2,300 miles during the month
of March, Lt. Roy Hammett,
chairman of the newspaper com
mittee pointed out in his March
monthly report.
Rescuers put in 316 volunteer
man hours.
The squad made 48 house
calls, five blood runs, 22
transports, 49 emergencies, 15
wrecks (including eight injuries),
two dead on arrival, eight
assistances and three false calls.
Hospital trips included 39 to
Kings Mountain Hospital, two
to Kings Mountain Convales
cent Center, nine to Cleveland
Memorial, three to Gaston
Memorial, three to Charlotte
Memorial, one to Oteen, one to
Mercy, one to Charlotte Or-
thapedic, one to Forsyth County
Memorial in Winston-Salem,
one to Wesley Nursing Home in
Charlotte, two to medical clinics
in Kings Mountain and four to
medical clinics out of town.
Prices Good At All Family Dollar Stores Through
This Weekend No Sales To Dealers Quantities
LTnnied On Some Merchandise
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