Pag* 2JI-XIMOS MOUMTAIN HERALD-Thiinday. Fabruary 18. 1982
Deaths
ELBERT HICKS
BLACKSBURG. S.C. - Elbert
Melvin Hicks, 76, of Route 1,
died Saturday at Cherokee
County Memorial Hospital after
a long illness.
He was a native of Mitchell
County and the son of the late
James and Martha Wise Hicks.
He was a retired textile
employee and a member of Buf
falo Baptist Church.
Surviving are his wife, Mary
Louise Hunsinger Hicks; four
sons, James M. Hicks of Gaff
ney, Joseph M. Hicks of Spar
tanburg, Steve Hicks of Shelby
and Elbert M. Hicks Jr. of Mint
Hill; one daughter, Mrs. Martha
' Byers of Grover; three brothers,
Dewey Hicks of Johnson City,
Tenn., Dave Hicks of Unicoi,
' Tenn., and Carroll Hicks of
; Stanley; three sisters, Mrs. Betie
I Harris of Ervin, Tenn., Mrs.
: Pansy Watts of Johnson City,
; Tenn., and Mrs. Vergie Mauney
: of Shelby; a half brother, Jess
Hicks of Johnson City, Tenn.;
’ and seven grandchildren.
Funeral services were con-
; ducted Monday at 3 p.m. at
: Shuford-Hatcher Chapel by the
: Rev. Jeff Jones and the Rev.
: Harold Johnson. Burial was in
, Oakland Cemetery.
Surviving are her husbnd,
E.C. McClain; three daughters,
Mrs. Garrison (Rachel) Goforth
of Kings Mountain, Mrs.
Eugene (Marty) Mathis of
Greenville, S.C., and Mrs. Fred
R. (Jean) Mauney of Shelby; a
brother, Marvin Dunson of Toc-
coa, Ga.; two sisters, Mrs. Ina
Whitmire and Mrs. Tom Eaton
of Gainesville, Ga.; nine grand
children and four great
grandchildren.
Funeral services were con
ducted Tuesday at Elizabeth
Baptist Church by the Rev. Fred
A. Mauney and the Rev. Cline
Borders. Burial was in the
church cemetery.
MRS. BLANTON
Mrs. Qullia Bell Blanton, 73,
of 801 West Mountain Street,
died Saturday at Kings Moun
tain Hospital.
A native of Kings Mountain,
she was the daughter of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Tillman R. Bell.
She was a member of First Bap
tist Church.
Surviving are her husband, J.
Wiley Blanton of the home;
three sons, the Rev. Demauth
Blanton of Union, S.C., Howard
Blanton of Durham and Harold
Blanton of Kings Mountain; a
brother, Dorse Bell of Shelby;
three sisters, Arcie Lovelace of
Kings Mountain and Vassie
Watterson and Madge Parker,
both of Shelby; nine grand
children and four great
grandchildren.
Funeral services were con
ducted Sunday at 3:30 p.m. at
First Baptist Church by the Rev.
Clyde harden. Burial was in
Mountain Rest Cemetery.
MRS. ABSHER
Mamie C. Absher, 88, of
Route 3, Kings Mountain, died
Saturday at her home.
A native of Gaston County,
she was the daughter of the late
Michael and Margaret Clark
Bess. She was a housewife and a
member of Concord United
Methodist Church of Bessemer
City.
Funeral services were con
ducted at 3 p.m. Monday at
Concord United Meth^ist
Church by the Rev. Harry
Queen. Burial was in the church
cemetery.
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Vocational Ed Future Not So Gloomy
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MRS. McCLAIN
SHELBY - Mrs. Nettie Dunson
McClain, 80, of Route 9, Shelby,
died Sunday at Shelby Convales
cent Center.
A Jackson County, Ga.,
native, she was the daughter of
the late William Jackson and
Rilla Rice Dunson. She was a
member of the WMU and
Eunice Sunday School Class of
Elizabeth Baptist Church, where
she served as the church
librarian and in the Cradle Roll
Department for many years.
Survivors include her hus
band, Charlie C. Absher of the
home; two sons, Evan S. Absher
of Bessemer City and Robert Lee
Absher of Kings Mountain; one
daughter, Mrs. Margaret A.
Wilson of Kings Mountain; nine
grandchildren and IS great
grandchildren.
McWhirtcr, guidance counselor
at Kings Mountain High, who
spoke on resources of public
education.
Smith said he has hired over
1,600 Kings Mountain students
over the years, and one time
hired an entire vocational class
of 60 students, and has never
been disappointed with a KM
student.
“I’ve found all of them to be
well-prepared and they have
taken pride in their work, which
is one thing I demand,” he said.
Smith said it should be the
schools’ responsibilities to teach
citizenship skills, the basics
(reading, writing and
arithemetic), work ethics, pro
vide job entry skills, prepare
students to enter technical
schools skills programs, teach ap
prenticeship programs, provide
skills for advanced and expan
ding industries, and prepare
students for four-year college
programs.
on time and having a good at
titude toward work...that is, giv
ing a good day’s work for a day’s
pay,” she said. “Most of them
said that if two people with the
same amount of skill apply, and
one has experience, he would be
selected. That’s not a plus for
vocational education, but it’s
something we need to unders
tand.”
Asst. Supt. Bryant said
schools begin training students
for the work force as early as
kindergarten through the basic
skills.
Federal money, staff develop
ment, additions of courses such
as eighth grade algebra, and ad
dition of programs such as in
school suspension and the Ex
tended Day School play key
roles in the overall success of the
vocational education programs,
he said.
“1 constantly ask myself if we
are spending too much money in
vocational education,” Bryant
said. “But then 1 look at it and
see we’re sending 7J percent of
our students into the work
force.”
Mrs. MeWhirter said the
schools offer testing programs,
placement programs, guidance,
andwork with the Employment
Security Commission and col
leges and technical schools to
match students with careers that
interest them.
The high school, she said,
works closely with the junior
high in placing upcoming
sophomores in vocational classes
that interest them.
“Students are very interested
in their future,” she said. “We’re
holding the progrms out to them
and all they have to do is reach
out and do something with it.”
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IN STATE BAND - Mark Sanders, right, oi Kings Mountain, is
a member oi the N.C. State University Symphonic Band, which
is going on tour of high schools. He is also a member oi the N.C.
State Stage Band, which ploys at the Wolipack basketball
games. Mark is the son of Mr. cmd Mrs. Bill Sanders oi Kings
Mountain ond is a senior engineering student at State. He is a
1978 graduate of Kings Mountain High School.
Mrs. Gamble said a student
recently did a study asking
businesses and industries what
they looked for in an employee
and only one or two out of 200
industries mentioned a skill.
“Ninety percent of them
stressed the importance of being
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