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Jobs!
Youth Job Program
Taking Applications
Young people in the area
seeking summer employment
may get some help from the
Mayor’s Summer Youth Pro
gram.
The program, entering its
14th year, is designed to aid
high school and college
students in gaining summer
employment to help finance
their education or supplement
their family income.
Mayor John Moss has nam
ed a nine-person committee,
which will begin accepting ap
plications and interviewing
students Friday at the Govern
mental Services Facilities
Center (new city hall).
Applications may be obtain
ed, and interviews scheduled,
between 1 -5 p.m. Friday; 8 a.m.
until 12 noon Saturday, and
from 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. next
Monday and Tuesday.
Franklin Ware and Rev.
M.L. Campbell will serve as co-
chairmen of the committee.
Other members are Mayor
Moss, Mrs. Margaret Mc
Carter, Mrs. Joel Marable, Mrs.
Ruby Alexander, Jerry King,
Mrs. Martha Edwards, and
Gerald Grigg.
‘This has been a most suc
cessful program, because of the
cooperation of industries and
businesses in the area,” Mayor
Moss said. “This is a particular
ly important year in view of the
national economic effect on our
area, and we will be working
closely with all prospective
employers and the youth so as
to develop as many job oppor
tunities as possible.
‘The committee urges all
youngsters interested to come
and register as early as
possible,” he added.
Baccalaureate Service,
Graduation Scheduled
Baccaulaureate service and
graduation exercises for the
Kings Mountain High Sichool
Class of 1982 have been schedul
ed.
The baccaulaureate service
will be held at 8 p.m.. Sun., May
30 at B.N. Barnes Auditorium.
The Rev. William Tyson, pastor
of Boyce Memorial A.R.P.
Church, will deliver the sermon.
Graduation is scheduled for
Tues., June I at 8 p.m. at John
Gamble Stadium.
Area ministers will be in
charge of the baccaulaureate ser
vice. Special music will be
presented by the Kings Muntain
High School Chorale and
Ensemble, under the direction of
Eugene Bumgardner, director of
the high school choirs. Pianist
will be Jerri Patterson.
The traditional “Pomp and
Circum.stance” will be used for
the processional and recessional.
Dr. T.A. Powell, pastor of
Galilee and St. Paul United
Methodist Churches of Kings
Mountain, will give the invoca
tion. The Rev. Paul T. Baliles,
pastor of First Assembly of God
of Kings Mountain, will read the
REV. WILLIAM TYSON
scripture. Rev. Eugene W. Land,
pastor of Second Baptist Church,
will introduce the speaker, and
the Rev. Kenneth Ray Looney,
pastor of the Kings Mountain
Church of God, will give the
benediction.
The congregation will sing
‘This Is My Father’s World”
and the choral groups will sing
“Immortal Love’’ and “O
Magnum Mysterium”.
The Kings Mountain Junior
High School Ninth Grade Band,
under the direction of
Christopher Cole, will play
“Pomp And Circumstance” for
the processional at graduation.
There will be no recessional.
The KMHS Chorale and
Ensemble will sing “Flying Free”
and “Go Ye Now In Peace.”
Senior class officers will lead
the program and will share the
stage with school board officials
and school administrators.
Robert R. McRae Jr., prin
cipal, and William F. Davis,
superintendent, will present the
diplomas, assisted by Joan Lois
Finger, Chief Marshal of the
Junior Class.
Kristin Anne Gatts, vice presi
dent of the Senior Class, will give
the invocation, and Robert Lee
Smith 111, president of the Stu
dent Participation Organization,
will welcome the guests.
Lee Sommers Neisler, presi
dent of the Senior Class, will pre
sent the Class of 1982, and
Claude Russell Morrison Jr.,
secretary of the Senior Class, will
recognize all honor graduates.
Leigh Anne Baliles, class
treasurer, will present to class
gift to June C. Lee, chairman of
the Kings Mountain District
Schools Board of Education.
Terry Leonard Feaster will give
the ^nediction.
Junior Marshals include Joan
Lois Finger, Chief; Daniel Clif
ton Ayscue, Susanna Lynn
Bolin, Bryon Mark Cloninger,
Sharon Allison Dilling, Kevin
Darryl Dixon, Kelly Ann Good-
son, Roger Dean Grant, Joanie
Lynne Hamrick, James William
Lackey, Clayton Lloyd Ollis and
Lisa Rae Smith.
Senior sponsors are Mrs.
Adelaide Allison, Mrs. Peggy
Baird, Mrs. Linda Dixon, Mrs.
Brenda Neal, Miss Annette
Parker, Mrs. Jacquitha Reid,
Ms. Sheila Sisk. Mrs. Mary
Taylor, Mrs. Angel Teer and
Defui Westmoreland.
The senior class motto is “If
no one else believes in us, we
have to remember to believe in
ou reives.”
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City Paying Consultant Up To $60 Per Hour
The City of Kings Mountain
is paying up to S60 per hour for
a penonnel consultant to advise
Mayor John Henry Moss and
the Cost-Efficiency Committee
on equal employment matters.
The City Board of Commis
sioners last week, by a 4-2 vote,
authorized the Mayor to take
whatever actions he deemed
necessary to cut the cost of city
services. /
Commissioner^ Jim Childers
and Norman King voted against
a recommendation by the Cost-
Efficiency Committee, which is
comprised of Commissioners Jim
Dickey, Humes Houston, Corbet
Sam |)ouston Earns
Education Doctorate
Sgm Houston, formerly of
Kings Mountain, received a
Doctor of Education Ad
ministration degree in com
mencement exercises May 16 at
UNC-Greensboro.
Son of Humes Houston of
Kings Mountain and the late
Debbie Houston, he is employed
as assistant superintendent for
auxiliary services of Davidson
County Schools, the 10th largest
school system in North Carolina.
He is married to the former
Diane Roberts of Kings Moun
tain. He served as principal at
Ledford Junior High School and
North Davidson Senior High
School before being named direc
tor of auxiliary services last year.
He was named assistant
superintendent last summer.
Houston earned his bachelor’s
degree at Appalachian State
Teacher’s College and his
master’s at Appalachian State
University. He earned an educa
tion specialist degree at East
Carolina University. He has also
studied at N.C. State University
and the Univesity of North
Carolina.
He formerly taught and
coached football on the elemen
tary and junior high level and is
a former coordinator of evening
programs at Fayetteville
Technical Institute and adjunct
professor at Appalachian State
University.
SAM HOUSTON
He has served as a consultant
to several educational organiza
tions, including the North
Carolina State Department of
Education, the Laurinburg-
Scotland County Schools,
Robeson County Technical In
stitute, Commission on
Alcoholism and Drug Abuse,
Alcohol and Drug Prevention
and Control Program, Raleigh
City Schools and Harnett Coun
ty Schools.
Attending graduation
ceremonies from Kings Moun
tain were Mr. and Mrs. Gene
Roberts, Miss Annie Roberts
and Mr. and Mrs. Humes
Houston.
City Firemen Battle
Five Fires Last Week
Kings Mountain firemen
reported five fires last week.
At 1:30 ajn. Thursday, they
extinguished a fire at a vacant
house on Parkdale Circle. The
house was owned by Phillip Boll
inger.
Later Thursday, they were
called to the Phillips 66 Station
on East King to water down
leaking gas. No damage was
Nicholson and Moss.
The committee, without
authorization of the full board,
had earlier hired Employers E.O.
Services Inc. of Charlotte and
Winston-Salem, si^ialists in
equ^* opportunity compIiancS
management, to advise the city
on how it could dismiss
reported.
At 4:37 a.m. Friday, they ex
tinguished a woods fire on Brice
Street and at 11:4S a.m. Friday,
they doused a grass and woods
fire on Brice Street.
On Saturday, they put out a
car fire at 618 Fast Gold Street.
The 1973 Chevrolet, owned by
Ronnie Philbeck, was declared a
total loss.
employees without danger of
having the termination appealed
to the Equal Employment Op
portunity Commission.
E.O. is charging the city $60
per hour, pi|is 25 cents per mile
travel, for professional legal ser
vices, For technical assistance,
its fee is $20 per hour plus 25
cents per mile travel.
The city employs three other
consultants. W.K. Dickson and
Company serves as the city’s
water and sewer and street con
struction and maintenance con
sultants, Southeastern Con
sulting Engineers Inc. is the
city’s electrical services consul
tant, knd Heath and Associates
is the ^ service consultants.
Heath charges $250 per day,
plus ^2 cents per mile;
SoutheWern’s fees range from
$360 to $314 per day; and
Dickson’S fees a^ $40.95 to
$21.42 ^r hour, phis 17 cents
per mile travel.
Briefly
KIWANIS CLUB
Joyce Lee, Cleveland County
Probation Officer, will be the
guest speaker at the weekly
meeting of the Kings Mountain
Kiwanis Club Thursday night.
The Kiwanians will have their
annual Ladies Night Banquet on
Thurs., May 27. Reservations
must be made by Mon., May 24,
by calling Kyle Smith at
864-3201.
BEAUTY(?) CONTEST
The Dixie Youth and Babe
Ruth baseball leagues of Grover
will sponsor a womtmless beauty
contest Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at
the Grover School Auditorium.
Admission is $2 for adults and
$1 for children 12 and under.
Contestants will be members of
the coaching staffs.
SPAGHETTI SUPPER
Grover Rescue Squad will
sponsor a spaghetti supper Sat.,
May 22 beginning at 5 p.m. All
you can eat plates will be served
for $2.50 for adults and $1.50
for children. Children under 12
may eat free. For carry out
orders and information, call
937-7632.
SIERRA CLUB
The first meeting of the
newly-organized Cleveland
County group of the Sierra Club
will be held May 25 at 7:30 p.m.
upstmrs at the Cleveland County
Historical Museum. All prospec
tive members are urged to at
tend.
NEW LOCATION
The Kings Mountain
Chamber of Commerce and
Credit Bureau has moved to 115
West Mountain Street at the
rear entrance beside Fulton’s
Department Store.
CORRECTION
The Kings Mountain Herald
inadvertently printed the name
of Andrea Reason in the
Cleveland County delinquent
tax listings printed in last weeks
edition.
KMCC WEEK - ThU U Kings Mountain Con-
valMcont Cantor Woak, and rosldonts of tb*
cantor horo axporioncod a numbor of troats.
Carolyn Boll. loft, an omployoo of KMCC, is
plcturod obovo sorving Ico croam to tbroo
rosidonts Tuosdoy. Loft to right atm Mrs. Vada
Pboto by Ga^ Stowort
Horndon. Ella Harrolson and Bortba Blanton.
Tbo rosidonts woro also troatod to a music pro
gram by tbo Kings Mountain Higb pop bond.
Moro activitios oro scbodulod tbrougb Satur
day, onding with on old timoy family rounion
day.
This Is KMCC Week
Kings Mountain Convales
cent Center has been observing
Kings Mountain Convalescent
Center Week all this week.
Activities will continue
through Saturday.
The schedule for the re
mainder of the week includes a
cookout from II a.m. until 1:30
p.m. Thursday, Country-
Western Day Friday from 24
p.m. and an Ole Time Family
Reunion Day Saturday from 2-5
p.m.
Lillian Mitchem will play a
clown and special singing will be
held during Friday’s Country-
Western Day. Featured per
formers include the Rev. Allen
Jolly, the Swinging Moun
taineers, banjo picker Arnold
Clayton and guitarist Tom Dell
inger.
Delores White and the
Macedonia Baptist Church
Choir will sing Saturday at 2:30
p.m., Louise Cole and the Mt.
Zion Baptist Church Inspira
tions will sing Saturday at 3 p.m.
and Nelson and Jane Fletcher
and other singers will perform
from 4 until 5 p.m. Saturday.
Fun Day was held Monday
with entertainment furnished by
a clown from the Pizza Hut. A
pie-throwing contest was also
held.
Tuesday’s activities featurd an
ice cream social. The Kings
Mountain High Pep Band, under
the direction of Donald Deal,
performed along with Allen
Davis, who did a juggling act.
Wednesday’s activities
featured a birthday party given
by Oak Grove Baptist Church.
Shirley Austin, elementary
music teacher for Kings Moun
tain District Schools, and 100
students gave a musical salute to
North Carolina.
School Bands Spring
Concert Set Thursday
The Kings Mountain District
School Bands will present the
Annual Spring Concert on
Thursday, May 20 at 800 p.m.
in the Barnes Auditorium.
The Concert will be presented
by the Central School Seventh
Grade Band, the Kings Moun
tain Junior High School Eighth
Grade Band, the Kings Moun
tain Junior High School Ninth
Grade Band, and the Kings
Mountain Senior High School
Band.
The Program will,consist of a
variety of music. Admission is
free. The public is invited to '
tend.