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704-484-1047 www.shelbyinfo.com Our 40th Year • Issue No. 41 • October 12, 2023 "In GOD We Trust" SEE US FOR ALL YOUR TIRE SEE US FOR ALL YOUR TIRE & & AUTO SERVICE NEEDS AUTO SERVICE NEEDS • FULL SERVICE REPAIRS • TIRES & ALIGNMENTS • NC INSPECTIONS • CERTIFIED MECHANICS • FLEET RATES AVAILABLE • FRIENDLY SERVICE 404 E. King St., Kings Mountain, NC (Across From KFC) Monday-Friday 8:30-5:00 • 704-750-4645 LIKE US ON FACEBOOK Aldersgate UMC's Apple Butter Festival is back for Saturday, October 21 Times for the event are 9 a.m., until 3 p.m. by MICHAEL E. POWELL CF Media michael@cfmedia.info The United Methodist Women of Aldersgate United Methodist Church of Shelby will host their annual Apple Butter Festival on Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023 from 9 a.m., until 3 pm. The church is located at 1207 W. Dixon Blvd., Shelby. According to information from church officials, the festi- val originally began in October 2015 and was a resounding success, selling out by 10:30 the morning of the very first event. Said one church of- ficial affiliated with the event, "Its purpose has always been to b u i l d c o m m u n i t y within the church as well as outside of the church, and to raise funds for community needs and global mis- sions." She also noted the first event was accidentally planned the same day of the Liver Mush Festival, but the Aldersgate United Methodist Women decided to continue to have the Festival on the same day as a piggyback event. "Each year the festival is slightly different but the qual- ity of the apple butter remains the same and sales have con- tinued to grow each year," she said, adding, "This year there will be music, a car show, many vendors, and a visit from Santa Claus." Event coordinator, Joan Fogle, noted, "We will cook Monday through Thursday, from 8-3, next week," add- ing this was the eighth year for the festival. "Join us for food, fun and fellowship," she said. "Food vendors will be serving breakfast, lunch, baked goods, ice cream and of course Apple Butter! We will also have live bands per- forming all day, a classic car cruise- in, and activities for children of all ages. All pro- ceeds benefit community needs, and global missions." See FESTIVAL, Page 3 A scene from a past year's Apple Butter Festival showing one of the vendor's tent. (photos from Facebook or provided) These helpful young ladies volunteered to work at a past years' Apple Butter Festival. Some of the cooks working on the apple filling for the fried pies and other items they created for last year's Apple Butter Festival. Left to right are: Martha Winn, Charlotte Jackson, and Martha Hester. A sample of the apple butter made by the great cooks and volunteers of the United Meth- odist of Women of Aldersgate United Methodist Church of Shelby slathered on a deli- cious-looking biscuit. Some examples of the apple treats and pies made and sold at last year's Alder- sgate UMC's Apple Butter Festival. See Pages 12 & 13 See Pages 12 & 13