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Associated Press
A.J. Lanier walks through flood
waters in Windsor on Sunday.
FLOODING IN NORTH CAROLINA
(AP) — The Carolinas were drenched last
week by a storm that crept up the East
Coast, dropping record amounts of precipitation
in some places and being blamed for multiple
deaths in traffic accidents on rain-slick roads.
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Monday, October 4, 2010

Brothers honored by Gaston Country Club

By Gabe Whisnant
gwhisnant @ gastongazette.com
“
F rom playing in The Masters
with the likes of Ben Hogan
and Byron Nelson, competing
To see my memorabilia,
it’s a nice, warm feeling.
As you progress in age
on the same Walker Cup team
as Jack Nicklaus and winning the and get out of the game
North-South and Southern Ama- as I have, it’s really nice
teur tournaments in 1960, Charlie to be remembered.
Smith’s list of accomplishments
are lengthy and prestigious. Charlie Smith
Now, future generations will be Retired pro golfer

”
able to remember and appreciate
the careers of Smith and his de-
ceased brother, David, when they
walk through Gaston Country
Club.
Thanks to a group effort at the MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS
club, a case full of the Smith broth- OF THE SMITH BROTHERS
ers’ memorabilia is now on display
Charlie — Championships: Gaston
in the Gray Dining Room. Country Club 1960, 62, 64; North-
“It means a lot to me and my South 60; Southern Amateur 60;
family and, of course, my brother,” Eastern Amateur 63; Carolinas
said the 79-year-old Smith. “Gas- Open 62; Carolinas Amateur 63;
ton Country Club has been very Azalea Amateur 58, 64. Other:
Masters 62-65; U.S. Open 62, 63;
good to me. In the early 1970s, Six U.S. Amateurs; Walker Cup 61,
they made me an honorary mem- Gazette photos by John Clark
63; Gaston County Sports Hall of
ber, and I have been ever since. To Fame; Carolinas Golf Association Charlie Smith stands in front of the display in his honor
see my memorabilia, it’s a nice, Hall of Fame; Citadel Hall of Fame inside Gray Dining Hall at the Gaston Country Club.
warm feeling. As you progress in
age and get out of the game as I
have, it’s really nice to
be remembered.”
Some of the major
items of Charlie’s in-
clude: his Walker Cup
jacket; one of his Mas-
ters pairings’ sheets and
his Carolinas Golfer of the Year
trophies from 1961 and ’63. Da- David — Gaston Country Club
vid’s ’55 Carolina’s Amateur and 59, 61, 63; Dixie Amateur 64; The 1962 Masters
’61 Dunes National 4-Ball trophies Azalea Amateur 59, 62; Carolinas pairing sheet and
Amateur 55; N.C. Amateur 63, 65; starting times
are among his memorabilia on Dunes Club 4-Ball 62, 64; Myers showing Charlie
display. Park 54, 56; Linville Four Ball 52, Smith paired with
“My brother would be very hap- 53. Other: U.S. Open 58; 14 U.S.
Byron Nelson is
py,” Smith said. “Dave and I had a Amateurs; Gaston County Sports
Hall of Fame on display inside
good life together.” Gray Dining Hall
at the Gaston
>> See SMITH/Page 2B Country Club.

GASTON LOOKBACK
A GLANCE AT NOTABLE NEWS OF THE PAST WEEK
10.01.10
Lincoln County IN STANLEY II
Two-day Stanleyfest began
Friday with music, rides and
09.29.10 food. It was one of several
IN DALLAS II celebrations kicking off the fall
Gov. Bev Perdue taps longtime festival season.
Gaston County Sen. David
Hoyle of Dallas to be the state’s
new revenue secretary. The
Democrat chose not to seek re-
election to the N.C. Senate.
09.27.10
IN DALLAS II
Cleveland County

Gaston College trustees vote to

give employees a pay raise for
nty

the first time in two years.

burg Cou

09.28.10
Mecklen

IN GASTONIA II
10.01.10
09.28.10 Police investigate the theft of 15
chickens from David Calvert, IN CRAMERTON II
IN GASTONIA II who could not offer investigators Teresa Schiavoni had a big sur-
Ashbrook girls and Forestview a way to identify his chickens. prise when a deer jumped through
boys ran away with the Gaston the front windshield of her 1986
N cross-country championships
held at Forestview High School.
Chevrolet pickup truck and land-

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ed in her lap. She was returning
home after dropping her son off at

South Carolina
New Hope Elementary.

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