Pag* 4B-KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD-Thunday, Jum IB. 1981 bimTS KM MAN PROMOTED-CDR James C. Blanton, USN. Comman ding Officer, U.S. Naval School, Explosive Ordnance Disposal addresses the audience upon his assumption of duties as Com manding Officer during the Change of Command Ceremony on June 5, 1981 at Indian Head, Maryland. CAPT J,T, Kennedy, USN, outgoing Commanding Officer listens to CDR Blanton's Address. CAPT Kennedy is being assigned as Commanding Officer, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group Two, Fort Story, Virginia. Commander Blanton Assumes New Duties Commander James C. Blan ton, a native of Kings Mountain, and son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles DeWitt Blanton, assumed the duties as Commanding Officer, Naval School, Explosive Ord nance Disposal on June 5. CDR Blanton graduated from East Carolina University in February 1965, receiving his commission as Ensign on 2 July 1965 from Officer Candidate School, Newport, Rhode Island. CDR Blanton served aboard the USS Tidewater (AD-31) the Damage Control Assistant and later as the Engineering Officer. In September 1968, CDR Blan ton commenced EOD training at Key West, Florida and graduated from Naval School Esplosive Ordnance Disposal, In dian Head, Maryland in June 1969. His first EOD assignment was the EOD Shipboard Unit Pacific at Pearl Harbor, where he served from July 1969 to August 1971 as Operations Of ficer and Assistant this time as Officer in Charge of EOD Mobile Team in Saigon and again as Senior EOD Advisor to the Vietnamese Navy. He was transferred to the Naval Ocean Systems Center, Kanoehe, Hawaii as Officer in charge. Military Detachment and Depu ty Technical Officer. CDR Blan ton assumed command of Ex plosive Ordnance Disposal Training and Evaluation Unit One on 21 February 1974. Dur ing the period October 1977 to July 1979, he served at the Bureau of Naval Personnel and the Naval Military Personnel Command as the assignment of ficer for the recently established Special Operation Officer com munity. Prio to assuming duties at the Naval School Explosive Ordnance Disposal, CDR Blan ton completed a tour in the Of fice of the Chief of Naval Opera tions (Surface Warfare) where he served as the program sponsor for Naval Explosive Ordnance Disposal. CDR Blanton is married to the former Ann Marguerite Gildea of San Diego, California. They have four sons, James Brett, Brian Everett, Darian Justin and Damon Chatt. Sylvia Holmes Attending Girl Scout Seminar Sylvia L. Holmes of Kings Mountain, Executive Director, at Pioneer Girl Scout Council in Gastonia is attending a 12-day seminar in corporate manage ment designed for chief ex ecutive officers of Girl Scout councils which began June 7 in Wakefield, Mass. In addition to executive direc tors of 62 Girl Scout councils, Mrs. Holmes is joining 19 members of the national Girl Scout Staff from various areas within the organization, and nine potential candidates for ex ecutive directors; jobs who will participate as part of Girl Scouts of the U.S.S. “pipline project.” The seminar is the third in a series sponsored by Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. and conducted by management experts from Har vard University. The team is headed by Dr. Regina Herzl- inge', professor of business ad ministration and co-author of “Management Control of Non profit Organizations.” DIVIDEND The Board of Directors of Foote Mineral Company this week declared a dividend of 15 cents per share on the company’s common stock payable June 30th to shareholders of record at the close of business on June 16. Foote paid a year-end dividend on the common stock in the amount of 20 cents per share in 1980. A dividend of 10 cents per share was paid in June 1980. The training is designed to provide knowledge of the most recent developments in such areas as finance, marketing, per sonnel and production manage ment, organizational and nterpersonal behavior, and policies and tactics. All par ticipants are engaging in ac tivities which stimulate the development of additional management skills and techni ques. Most Girl Scout chief ex ecutive officers are women, many of whom have had years of practical experience. In many ways, their tasks are more dif ficult than those of counterparts in private industry. Chief ex ecutive officers of Girl Scout councils must first deliberate about changes in values, in demography and in the economy; they must be thoroughly familiar with the laws, orders and regulations governing a changing work force, and they must combine sound business practices with their task of meeting the needs of ;{irls. This seminar for which par ticipants will receive 4.5 continu ing education units (CEUs) is part of the Girl Scout’s overall training program for volunteers and professional staff members totting 570,000 nationwide. Training that the organization provides for troop leaders and other volunteers constitutes one of the world’s largest adult educational programs. Junior High Awards Day Held mmmmmmmtm mmram A large number of Kings Mountain Junior High School students won awards during the recent Awards Day. They included; Science:Shane Barnes, highest academic average; Kevin In gram, academic excellence; Can dy Hunter and LaShay Ross, most improved; Grade 9 Poster contest winner James Ellison; Most dedicated, Pam Morrow and Joy Queen; Most improved, Tim Hamrick, Brian Curry, Cin dy Green and Donna Blackburn; highest academic average, Ron nie Wright, Shawn Gibby, Tracy Bolin and Tracy Seism. Social Studies: Daughters of American Revolution, 9th Grade- Shawn Gibby and Susie Biggers; Eighth Grade- April Hoyle and Lisa House; Academic Achievement, Laura Mathis, Brenda Young; 9th Grade Academic Achievement, Tina Gregory and Ralph Lugo; Citation of Excellence .\MVETS essay on Americanism, Susie Biggers; Par ticipation in the essay contest, Cathy Pace, Susie Biggers, Joy Queen and Denise Greene; Par ticipation in History Day, LaDonna White, Dedia Parkr and Sonia Ross; Participation in District, State History Day, Caroline Harper and Angel Allen. Eighth Grade American History Essay Contest Winner Julia Clore; Participants, Liza Blanton, Toni Goforth, Lisa House, Brenda Greene, April Hoyle, Kevin Ingram, Rocky Lutz, Jimmy Moretz, Steve Plonk, Charlene Reese, Robin Warlick and Brenda Weaver. Eighth Grade English Awards; Academic Excellence, Paige Mauney and Toni Goforth; Academic Achieve ment, Angie Blackwell, Tina Harry, Stephanie Moss, Leigh Ann Odell, Julie Yarboro, Susan Deal, Wendy Smith, Sandi Wat- terson, David Pervine, Melanie Herndon, Kelly Stewart and Amy Crawford: Academic In dustriousness, Julie Melton and Mike Reynolds; Academic Im provements in English, Lisa McNeely and Jerry Tucker; AT Highest Average, April Hoyle and Kevin Ingram. Ninth Grade; Highest Academic Average, Lisa Bir- skovich, Susie Biggers, Lisa HuUender and Laura Wright; Most Imroved, Barbara Burgess and LaDonna White; AT Highest Average, Tracy Seism and Tracy Bolin. Students On Erskine Dean's List DUE WEST, S.C.-Students from Kings Mountain earned places on the spring term dean’s list at Erskine College by attain ing “A” averages (3.75 or better) for the term, ERskine Dean Jj\. Knight has announced. They were William McGill, son of Mr. and Mrs. N.F. McGill, Jr., 606 W. Mountain St., Kings Mountain, and Dora Padgett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C.B. Padgett, Rt. 3, Kings Mountain. McGill, a graduate of Kings Mountain High School, is a ris ing sc^homore at Erskine, where he holds an academic scholar ship, a Blair Scholarship, and a Boyce Memorial A.R. Presbyterian Scholarship. Miss Padgett, a graduate of Shelby High School, is a rising junior chemistry nuyor at Er skine, where she is amember of the staff of The Arrow, college yearbook. Eighth Grade Math Awards; Highest Academic Achieve ment, Liza Blanton, April Hoyle, Bren^ Weaver, Amy Edmond son, Jimmy Moretz, Davie Lovelace and Shane Barnes; Most Improved, Barry Powell; Most Industrious, Mike Reynolds and Chris Diggs. Ninth Grade; Best Math Stu dent, Sangounesay Silaphet; Most Improved, Deborah Mc Clain; fliest Algebrae, Tracy Bolin and Shawn Gibby. Spelling Bee; School winner, Kevin Ingram. School District Participants in Spelling Bee, Kevin Ingram, Chris Hollifield, Jeri Hildreth, Beverly Larhmer and Leah Patterson. School District winner, Leah Patterson. French; Academic Excellence, Tracy Bolin, Carolyn Smith and Kevin Ingram. DAR American History Awards, 9th Grade, Shawn Gib by and Susie Biggers;Eighth Grade, April Hoyle and Lisa House; 8th Grade DAR American History Contest win ner, Julia Clore. Contest Par ticipants, Liza Blanton, Toni Goforth, Brenda Green, Lisa House, April Hoyle, Kevin In gram, Rocky Lutz, Jimmy Moretz, Steve Plonk, Charlene Reese, Robin Warlick and Bren da Weaver. American History Awards: Brenda Weaver, Toni Goforth, Lin Putnam, Liza Blanton, Renee Ward; Certificate of Achievement for participation in District and State History Day, April Hoyle; Certificate of Academic Achievement, LauraMathis and Brenda Young. Citation of Excellence, Susie Biggers. Special Achievements: highest math average, Timm Caveny; Special Achievement, Karen Kight, John Bishop, Laura Mathis, Brenda Young and Ken neth Ross. Talent Show Winners: Jeff Chapman, Jeff Wilson, Johnny Yarbro, Deia Parker, Pandora Leach, Toni Goforth, Karen Walls, Anita Ware, Amy Mayes, Audrey Bell, Sandy Wells, Bar bara Gass, 'Tracy Smith, Angel Allen, Kevin Echols, Lisa Vaughan, Julia Clore, Valerie Godwin, Lisa House, Sherry Bridges, Marsha Green, April Hoyle, Betty Houck, Christie Justice^ammy Godwin, Sonya McClain, Spring Young, Kenny Tilley and Tracy Seism. most School Spirited, Kim Hawkins. Special Stick To If Award to Lisa Austin. GE CARLOAD SALE YOU DON’T HAVE TO i MAKE SPACE FOR ASI^CEMAKER MKROWAVEOVEN. G.E. RANGE 2-ov«n racks broiler pan storage drawer jvueoA On Sale- NOW! WEINSTAU This OE microwave oven replaces your range hood where it is out of 3rour way... hut easy to use. GE Economy Priced Refrigerator 13.6 Cu. Ft. 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Kings Mountain Natural Gas Department 739-8139 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Kings Mountain Police Department 739-3636 24 hours Kings Mountain Fire Department 739-2551 24 hours Soction 192-61 S(d) EMERGENCY PLANS D.O.T. Subpart L-op«ralions 6/7/81 City of King* Mountain Natural Goa Daportmont, Jimmy Manoy Suporintondont ,V

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