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GROVER OFFICERS - Pictured above are the
newly-elected officers of the Grover Rescue
Squad for 1981. Front row, left to right, Jackie
McCurry, captain; Derek Johnson, first lieute-
nont: Troy McCurry, second lieutenant; and
Steve Mullinax, first sergeant. Back row, Jeff
Cash, second sergeant; Debbie Melton,
secretary; and Dennis McDaniel, treasurer.
Photo by Cory Stewart
Troy McCurry Named
Grover’s Top Rescuer
Troy McCurry has been nam
ed Rescue Squad Member of the
Year by the Grover Rescue
Squad.
McCurry has been with the
squad for one year. He served as
a First Sergeant last year and is
presently Second Lieutenant.
He served 300'/: hours in the
ambulance last year and was on
standby over 600 hours.
He is a certified EMT, and ad
ministered CPR to three persons
during the past year. One was a
heart attack victim and on
another occasion he ad
ministered CPR to a wreck vic
tim who suffered a broken neck.
Officers for the coming year
are Jackie McCurry, captaiirs
Derek Johnson, first lieutenant;
Troy McCurry, second lieute
nant; Steve Mullinax, first
sergeant; Jeff Cash, second
sergeant; Debbie Melton,
secretary; and Dennis McDaniel,
treasurer.
Outgoing officers are Jim
Beam, captain; Buren Randall,
first lieutenant; Derek Johnson,
second lieutenant; Troy Mc
Curry, first sergeant; Debbie
Melton, secretary; and Jackie
McCurry, treasurer.
The squad traveled 16,232
miles last year and gave 9,779
hours of service to the Grover
Community. It responded to 192
house calls, made 152 transports,
had three maternity cases and
was on the scene at one drown
ing, 34 accidents and seven fires.
Buren Randall received a
special award for attending the
Rescue College for the 20th year
in a row, the squad sponsored a
bike-a-thon and carnival and
purchased one new and one used
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Photo by Gory Stewart
RESCUER OF YEAR - Troy McCurry has been selected by his
fellow members as Grover's Rescue Squad Member of the
Year. He volunteered over 300 hours of ambulance work and
over 600 standby hours last year.
ambulance.
The squad has 21 members, of
which eight are certified EMTs
and four are females.
From Poge 1-A
near Bethwarq School.
The State Board of Elections
ruled that votes cast for the
county commissioner elections
during the November general
election be re-counted. They
were re-counted, and in
cumbents Hugh Dover, Col
eman Goforth and Jack Palmer’s
election stood over write4n can
didates Duran Johnson, Bobby
Crawford and John Caveny Jr.,
but their margin of victory was
much less than announced
following the initial count. The
case is currently in limbo as it
awaits Crawford’s appeal to the
N.C. State Court of Appeals.
The City Board raised the
price of natural gas six cents per
dekatherm, retroactive to
January 1.
Rhonda Bolton, directing the
largest club of medical explorers
in a 10 county area, was honored
as Advisor of the Year for the
Eastern Piedmont Region.
Kings Mountain’s Doug
Burch was selected as one of the
five outstanding Jaycees in
North Carolina at the Jaycees
Mid-Year Convention at
Greensboro.
Senator Jesse Helms announc
ed the appointment of Charles
Russell Baumgardner to the U.S.
Merchant Marine Academy.
Rev. Kenneth George, direc
tor of the Kings Mountain Ag
ing Program since its inception,
resigned his position because of
what he called interference from
Mayor John Henry Moss.
The Kings Mountain Board of
Education agreed to install two
flashing lights at Grover School
as part of improved safety
measures for students walking to
school. The lights were paid for
from funds received from ren
ting the former home of Prin
cipal Jim Scruggs.
W.S. (Corky) Fulton 111 was
honored as Young Man of the
Year at the Kings Mountain
Jaycees annual DSA banquet.
Grover Town Board hired a
second school crossing guard
and by a vote of 3-2 agreed to
construct a water line to serve an
undeveloped area of Spring
Acres.
Mrs. Frances Pressley
Hamilton, 83, of Statesville,
mother of Mrs. John C. McGill
of Kings Mountain, died.
John Ingram, N.C. Commis
sioner of Insurance, was guest
Bloodmobile
There will be a holdiay
miracle bloodmobile visit to
Dover Yarn Clubhouse in
Shelby Monday fron noon until
5:30 p.m.
All area residents are urged to
give.
Mrs. Martha Scruggs, director
of the bloodmobile program, said
the special visit was scheduled to
provide blood for hospital pa
tients over the holiday period.
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Beginning January 1, all apv
3; plications for vehicle registration
^.and vehicle registration renewal
>:must contain a certification
Certification is Required
statement, according to Division
of Motor Vehicles (DMV) of
ficials. A specific place on the
vehicle registration application
form for these certification
statements will be provided.
The vehicle owner must cer
tify that he holds liability in
surance coverage by listing the
name of the insurance company
and policy number. He must also
certify that there are no ad
valorem (property) taxes owed
on the vehicle. Finally the owner
must certify that he was the legal
owner on January 1 of the year
of the title registration by nam
ing the county in which the vehi
cle is registered for property
taxes and also the month and the
year that this vehicle is listed for
tax purfxtses.
‘The listing of the county,
month, and year is a partnership
effort with the counties so each
county can be assured its taxes
will be collected in a timely
fashion,” remarked J.M. “Bill”
Penny, Acting Commissioner of
Motor Vehicles.
DMV officials encourage
vehicle owners to complete these
certification requirements on the
application in order to avoid un
necessary delays. “Since our aim
is to provide prompt, efficient
service, we’re asking that the
owner pay careful attention to
the requested information on the
application. However, should he
inadvertently forget to supply
the proper information, the title
will be rcturrted with a request
that these certified statements be
sent to us,” commented “Bill”
Penny.
“Furthermore”, continued
Penny, “any applicant who gives
incorrect statements as to liabili
ty coverage and ad valorem
taxes is guilty of a misdemeanor,
and if convicted the applicant is
subject to a fine up to $100 or
imprisonment up to six months
or both a fine and
imprisonment.”
KM’S Mack To Play
In Orange Bowl Friday
Photo by Dick Haldomon
RECEIVES AWARD • Mrs. F.M. Huffman of Brighton. Tsnn.,
^kscsiTsd tbs Alumni Distinguishsd Ssrvics Award from Er-
^ skins Collsgs during Homscoming actisritiss Sat.. Dsc. 5. Mok-
; )ng ths prsssntation is Dr. Charlss Blair of Kings Mountain,
prsidsnt of ths Erskins Alumni Association.
Kings Mountain fans will
have an opportunity to see a
hometown product perform on
nationwide television Friday
night when Clemson’s Tigers
battle Nebraska in the 1982
Orange Bowl game in Miami.
Kevin Mack, a sophomore,
will be playing the fullback posi
tion for the top-ranked Tigers,
who will be trying to nail down
speaker at the meeting of the
Kiwanis Gub.
Ted Huffman, supervisor of
the Gty Fhiblic Works Depart
ment, was denied a request to air
grievances against the Mayor
and two city commissioners in
an opening board meeting, but
foUowing a two-hour executive
session was given a unanimous
vote of support from the board.
Huffman wanted to answer
charges that he had used city
equipment and city employees
while constructing a new home.
Qeveland County deputies,
acting on a court order, evicted
from Pine Manor Apartments
Deannier Epps, who claimed her
rent was paid up through
January, but to a former
manager who is no longer
employed by U.S. Shelter of
Greenville, S.C., which manages
the 100 unit complex.
FEBRUARY
Myers T. Hambright, Voca-
tionsd Education Director of
Kings Mountain District
Schools, announced his retire
ment after a 44 year tenure with
the school system.
A heart attack was fatal to
Jack Amette, 68, retired pur
chasing agent at Margrace Mill.
He died while on a vacation trip
to Calloway Gardens in Georgia.
Kings Mountain Board of
Commissioners approved rezon
ing of 10 acres of property on
Canterbury Road for construc
tion of multi-family luxury
apartments by Hunter Real
Estate of Greenville, S.C.
Jack E. Hullender, 81, was
honored for 55 years of service
to Boy Scouts of America during
a special program at Kings
Mountain Baptist Church.
Ellis Harmon King, 65, died.
He was on the Kings Mountain
Police force for over 20 years
before his retirement In 1977.
Rev. Jack G. Flintom was
called as pastor of Trinity
Episcopal Church of Kings
Mountain and St. Andrew’s
Episcopal Church of Bessemer
City.
MARCH
Jimmy Moretz, an eighth
grader, won first place in the an
nual Foote Mineral Science Fair
at Kings Mountain Junior High
School.
Harold (Bubba) Darnell of
Shelby was charged with break
ing into McGill Clinic.
Jim Davis was named as the
new vice president of manufac
turing at Spectrum Fibers.
Jerry King was selected to ap
pear in the 22nd edition of
Who’s Who in Finance and In
dustry.
A committee to assist Viet
nam veterans obtain employ
ment in the Kings Mountain
area was formed by Mayor John
Moss.
Kings Mountain’s population
was announced as 8,523, com
pared to 8,436 10 years ago.
Henry Boone, 33, of Forest
City, was found guilty of volun
tary manslaughter in the death
last July of Ernestine Mauney,
21, of Kings Mountain. Miss
Mauney was killed during a
shooting incident at Chesterfield
Court Apartments on Margrace
road in which several other per
sons were injured, including
Kings Mountain Policeman
Johnny Belk.
Turn To Pago S-A
Franks And Cissell
Jaycee DSA Nominees
the national championship.
Mack started the last two
games of the regular season
against Maryland and South
Carolina after alternating with
Jeff McCall through the first
nine games. McCall sat out the
last two games with an injury
but is expected to be back in ac
tion Friday.
From Pago 1-A
received numerous awards and
commendations, including the
Red Cross Certificate of Merit,
for his efforts in saving the life of
Kelli Harry, a Grover School
student who was struck by a car
in . front of the school last
December. He is involved in the
Sierra Club and the American
Red Cross and is active in
Grover First Baptist Church and
the Antioch Volunteer Fire
Department.
Nominees for the other Jaycee
awards include;
OUTSTANDING
YOUNG EDUCATOR
Mary Anne Gibson, a
kindergarten teacher at
Bethware School. She holds a
BA. in Early Childhood Educa
tion from Lenoir Rhyne College
and a M A. in Reading from Ap
palachian State University. She
is active in the NCAE and ACT
and is a member of Resurrection
Lutheran Church.
Debra Pait, a sixth grade
teacher at Central School. She is
a 1974 graduate of Jefferson
ville, Ind., High School and a
1977 graduate of Indiana
University. She teaches Sunday
School at First Association
Reformed Presbyterian Church
in Gastonia.
Annette Parker, English
teacher at Kings Mountain High
School. She earned her B.S.
degree from Appalachian State
in 1970 and her masters from
ASU in 1981. She is active in the
Heart Fund, Cleveland County
Girls Home and First Baptist
Church of Shelby.
Karen Burton, a fifth grade'
teacher at West Elementary
School. She is a 1977 graduate of
UNC-Charlotte and is active in
Children’s Church and Sunday
School.
Carol A. Parker, fourth grade
teacher at North Elementary
School. She holds a B.S.B. degree
in Early Childhood Education
from Appalachian and a M.A. in
Reading from Appalachian. She
was a Dean’s List student and
graduated Cum Laude, is a
member of Kappa Delta Pi na
tional honorary society and
Apha Chi national college
scholarship honor society. She
has held offices in NCAE, ACT,
NEA, International Read
Assocation, Delta Kappa Gam
ma teacher sorority and is a
member of Patterson Grove
Baptist Church.
Kaye Jolly, first grade teacher
at East Elementary School. She
holds a B.S. in Primary Educa
tion and a M A. in Reading from
Appalachian, where she
graduated Cum Laude. She won
class honors at Mitchell College
in 1967 and 1968 and was a
Dean’s List student at both Mit
chell and Appalachian. She is a
member of Phi Theta Kappa
honorary fraternity at Mitchell
Junior College, and has served as
secretary of the NCAE, NEA
and ACT, Slje is a, member of
^ ^ ‘ Ba p(j 5J(
Church.
Mike Thompson, English
teacher at Kings Mountain High
School. He holds a B.A. degree
in philosophy/hnthropology
from Washington and Lee
University, where he was a
Dean’s List and Honor Roll stu
dent. He was a National Endow-
ment for Humanities
Youthgrants panelist in 1974
and is a member of the Ruther
ford County Human Relations
Council.
Lynda Hardin Stewart, fourth
and fifth grade teacher at Grover
Elementary School. She
graduated Summa Cum Laude
at Gardner-Webb College in
1980 and is currently working
on a master’s degree in Middle
Grade Education at Western
Carolina University.
OUTSTANDING
YOUNG FARMER
Jerry Bell, 29, an Oak Grove
dairy and soybean farmer for
eight years. He operates a dairy
with his two brothers and father
and currently has 110 cows and
farms 352 acres of land.
Johnny Wayne Yarbro, a
Bethlehem community beef cat
tle and farmer. He manages 75
Charlais cows and 100 acres of
land. He operates the farm with
his grandfather, father and un
cle.
OUTSTANDING
YOUNG FIREMAN
Johnnie Caldwell, a lieutenant
and volunteer in the Kings
Mountain Fire Department. He
has been a member of the depart-
;meqt for nine years. He is
employed by the U.S. Postal Ser
vice. He is a certified Emergency
Medical Technician and has
served as an ambulance atten
dant with the Kings Mountain
Rescue Squad. He has received
the Governor’s Award and the
Golden Fire Truck Award.
Patrick A. Witherspoon, a
full-time employee of the Kings
Mountain Fire Department. He
joined the department in
September of 1981 and is a
qualified pump operator. He is
attending Charlotte Fire
Academy.
^bby Lewis King, a member
of the Kings Mountain Fire
Department for six years. He
holds the rank of captain.