The Kings Mountain Herald
A weekly newspaper devoted to the promotion of the general welfare and published
for the enlightenment, entertainment and benefit of the citizens of Kings Mountain
and its vicinity, published every Thursday by the Herald Publishing House.
Entered as second class matter at the post office at Kings Mountain, N. C., 28086
under Act of Congress of March 3, 1873.
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Miss Elizabeth Stewart Circulation Manager and Society Editor
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TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE
Honour tlio iMid with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase.
Proverbs
LBI Soys MOVE!
Kings Mountain school officials,
along with majority of others in North
and South Carolina (188 school di.s-
tricts) must have been pleased, as well
as relieved, with President Lyndon
Johnson’s instructions on Monday to the
Office of Education.
Evidently someone finally got up
stairs to the President to inform him of
the "maybe yes, maybe no” dilatory op
erations'of the federal office of educa
tion on the business of approving pupil
assignment plans designed to meet both
letter and spirit of the 1964 civil rights
act which provided that federal funds be
withheld from school districts not com
plying with the act.
Kings Mountain school district nev
er had any intention other than to com
ply with the act, but surmounting the
bureaucratic red tape thus far has prov
ed insurmountable.
Sample is the Office of Education’s
initial action, informing the Kings
Mountain board its plan was “not ap
proved”. Telephonic inquiry brought the
dipsy-doodle reply that the communique
did not mean the plan was disapproved,
merely not approved. What did that
mean?
More telephone calls failed to pro
duce any definitive reason Kings Moun
tain plan, modeled after the approved
Craven County plan was not kosher.
There followed trips to Raleigh, more
telephone calls, and, from the Washing
ton folk, more suggestions “that might
or might not make the plan acceptable”.
The Herald, in an effort to convey the
news of the situation to its readers, also
used the telephone lines to Washington,
only to receive the same frustrating and
angering run-around.
If the umpiring Office of Education
couldn’t call the signals, who could?
The news account of President
Johnson’s plain memo related that the
Office of Education had been working
seven-day weeks, which appears from
results to be a clear waste of overtime
pay.
It is anticipated some clerk in the
Office of Education will now dust off
the “APPROVED” stamp, get a fresh ink
pad, and start stamping, as he should
have when majority of the assignment
plans first reached Washington weeks
ago.
Like Father....
Though an election is held annual
ly, the North Carolina Pharmaceutical
Association, like many other organiza
tions, starts its future presidents up the
ladder at the point of lower echelon
vice-presidencies.
A few seasons ago, when he was
nominated for one of these lower eche
lon positions, Charles D. Blanton, Jr.,
deprecated, “I believe I’m the guy who’s
supposed to lose.”
Lose he did not.
In the natural course of subsequent
events, the Kings Mountain pharmacist
has been voted by his fellow pharmacists
of the state president-elect of the state
association for 1966-67.
As a top student in the University
of North Carolina School of Pharmacy,
topman on the state board examina
tions, and, perhaps more important, a
progressive pharmacist and pharmaceu
tical merchant, Charles D. Blanton, Jr.,
has the background and qualities to
serve well his state as.sociation.
It must be particularly pleasing to
him that he will be following in the foot
steps of his late father as president,
North Carolina Pharmaceutical Asso
ciation.
By MARTIN HARMON
Kings Mountain, noted at least
by the homefolk as a conii.nunity
of "eharactei's", acquired anoth
er in mid-summer 1951 when Dr.
William P. Gerberding arrived
to assume the ministry of St.
Matthew’s Lutheran church.
Kings Mountain’s oldest, dating
from 1875.
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A native North Dakotan, son
of a Lutheran minister, this
gray-headed but youthful and
pixieish man of the cloth had
long pastoral experience, largely
in the Mid-West and his thinking
was, at times, different and
therefore at variance with that
of his parishioners and other
neighbors.
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Though not my pastor, he be
came quickly one of my best
friends, which could be said, and
has been, by his many friends of
other denominations.
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Dr. Gerberding was a sports
merits for the physical facilities indus- j
try requires (water, power, gas, raii andi . . ,
high,™, needs), will take .he guesswork 1 S
out of the area s industi y-seekirig effort., gj,g,.gy heped his age. Furniture-
Vice-presidents and engineers who make | Hutoert McGinnis remarks,
location tours are in a hurry. They have
little time to spend at any one prospec
tive site. Where the questions of site,
water service, etc., are “iffy” and “may
be”, the location engineers, if their 1 Braves and mid-Western college
"He could walk you to death on
the golf course.”
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He adored the Milwaukee
firms are not of the fly-by-night variety,
pass on, meantime crossing the “iffy”
site off the prospect list.
Other side of the coin is formation
of a mayorai industry-seeking commit-
football, Minnesota being a par
ticular favorite.
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One of my most pleasant mem
ories is a football jaunt to Cha
pel Hill in 1906, with Dr. Ger--
tee, headed by Harold Phillips, with this j ®Ilie Harris, Jr., and I
’ . ao criiottfc nf Ollio tViik olHnt* trt
committee’s principal assignment ob
taining of prospects.
Mr. Phillips is ideally equipped for
the chairman’s role. A former city com
missioner (1953-55), he is knowledge
able of government, progressive in
spirit. His role as a salesman carries
him to many places and thereby pro
vides many contacts with firms interest
ed in expansion.
Owners of the Industrial park have
as guests of Dllie, the elder, to
see the Notre Daime-UNC game.
The conversation was bright.
The World Series was underway,
too, and Dr. Gerberding was
heartily and heavily partisan to
the National League’s Pittsburgh
champions as next best to Mil
waukee and he was counting on
the Pirates to knock off his hat
ed Yankees But that day wasn’t
a good one for Dr. Gerberding.
Whitey Ford was in process of
breaking Babe Ruth’s World
provided a non-profit corporation a five- ! Series consecutive scoreless in
year option on a 400-acre tract and J. E.
Herndon Company, rebuilding after a
fire, will be the tract’s first industrial
resident.
With several prospects already in
terested in locating here, it is reasonable
to assume that the Herndon Company
will acquire neighbors in the not-too-
distant future.
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Shave and Haircut
.Several folk sought to enter a local
barber shop Wednesday morning but
found the door locked.
A sign read, “Closed All Day Wed
nesday”.
The decision of the barbers to join
the five-day week brigade (withal not
two off-days together) followed by only
a fortnight decision of the barbers to
increase their tariffs — an action in it
self that always brings the barbers in
for scathing criticism from their patrons
who vow they’ll stretch the days be
tween tonsorial treatments. Some even
threaten to purchase clippers, get a I
bowl, and put barbering in the do-it-
yourself category.
In 99.9 percent of the instances, the
threats never materialize as getting the
complaints off the chest by bombast
prove sufficient.
But the maies are loud in their com-
piaints on the all-day closings, indicat
ing they feel the barbers are adding in
sult to injury through the juxta-position
of upping prices then rendering less
service.
One irate male charged, “The bar
ber’s union has gone too far!”
Though no check has been made, it
is a safe guess that barbers per 1,000
popuiation today are iess numerous
than in the Great Depression. With the
NRA, barbers failed to stagger schedules
and sent the shaving business to Gillette
and Remington. The bootblack’s chair
in majority of local barber shops is
either non existent or an unu.sed heir
loom. Never have the local barbers pro
vided tired maies a petite blonde mani
curist.
And, of course, with 6 p.m. Saturday
closing hours, the barber shop quartet
can be heard only occasionally and then '
via the video boob tube in the confining
confines of home living room.
Sweet Ad-o-line, wherefore art thou!
ning record and Mickey Mantle
and company were unloading on
the Pirates to the tune of about
10-0, if my memoiy is right. But
the Pirates came through for
him before it ended in the sev
enth game.
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In contrast to the traditional
Southerner, Dr. Geriberding was
a Republican and proud of it, and
the banter between us during
political seasons, if friendly, was
intense and direct.
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During the I960 campaign, my
wife had a small-scale crisis. She
had arranged a program for her
book club several weeks in ad
vance of the date. About five
hours before meeting time, the
speaker’s wife called to .say her
husband had gone to New York
on business and that she had just
leaimed he couldn’t complete it
in time to fill that afternoon’s
3:30 speaking engagement. What
could my wife do? I suggested
I that she ask Dr. Gerberding to
' pinCh-hit, with full confidence
that he. as well as any and much
better than most, could fill the
bill on short notice.
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Anne called. Dr. Gerberding
said he would be glad to accom
modate her. Then he warned:
“You being a good Democrat, you
might not like what I say, I ra
ther suspect I’ll talk on politics.”
Greatly relieved, Anne laughed,
"Don’t you dare!”
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Doc did dare, Just short of
telling the good ladies to drop in
a ballot for Dick Nixon and
Henry Cabot Lodge, Dr. Gerber
ding delivered a slam-bang Re
publican campaign speech and in
addition brought along several
books concerning the subject
which he invited the book club
members to carry home for per
usal.
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His friendships transcended all
ages, whether his own, like his
friend Fuller McGill, William
Plonk, Moffatt Ware and Glenn
While, or teen-agers.
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As most strong-minded per-
■sons are. Dr. Gerberding was
Industrial Development
Kings Mountain and the surround
ing area has been in the industry-want
ing section for many, many years. Since
1957, it has been actively in the indus
try-seeking division, if on relatively
small scale, and has recorded some suc
cess through the activities and hard
work of Kings Mountain Business De
velopment, Inc., and the Kings Mountain
Chamber of Commerce.
■With last week’s developments, the
Kings Mountain area moved to a higher
classification in the industry-seeking
league.
Formation of an industrial park,
WiUi stated prices for s^es and arrange*
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Battle Celebration
After years of community comment
that Kings Mountain should “do some
thing” about annually celebrating the
Battle of Kings Mountain, Kings Moun
tain Little Theatre produced a battle
drama. Out of the resort district. Kings
Mountain could not afford a paid cast
and, eventually, the volunteer
found the demands of a summer’s acting
too much to continue.
In 1963, the Merchants Association
launched Mountaineer Days, relating
the promotion to the battle anniversary.
This year, the city joins the fray,
with plans to resume the patterns of by-
Viewpoints of Other Editors
.sometimes paradoxical. Most
ecumenical in his personal rela
tionships, he was a ritualist in
his diurch. He demanded that
weddings be conducted in accord
with church tenets and ho dis
favored the teaching of Bible in
the public schools, largely on
grounds some teachers tended to
transcend the missionary field in
behalf of the teachers’ particu
lar denominational faiths. He
was a minority of one in the min
isterial association on the ques-
netnrsUkxi of operating movie houses
‘ ' on Sunday, later took leave of
absence from that body when a
fellow member got through a
motion to outlaw smoking at
mini.steiial association meetings.
"It was aimed at me,” he re
mark. “The others don’t smoke.”
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All men of the cloth are not
gone years in bringing to Kings Moun-1 . „ ., * ^ • u ...
tain a national personage. The invitee:!“'’I®
Whether or not Mr. Humphrey accepts! mmmunlly .nd I never
(we nave high hopes he docs), a visitor I beard him from the platform,
Oi nation-wide prominence is promiseda ' wbetber senuMiv alter • tunnar
MUST MERCY WAIT? I
The public should inquire why |
hearings are so long delayed on
identical bills S. 1071 and H.R.
5647. These bills, aimed at se
curing more humane treatment
for laboratory animals, have
languished in committee ever
since their introduction early
this year. Introduced by Sen.
Joseph S. Clark and Rep. James
C. Cleveland, they are now the
only adequate bills of their kind
in committee. Rep. Claude Pep
per having withdrawn his for
mer adequate bill and having
transferred his sponsorship to a
weak one.
No bill on this subject can
considered adequate unless it
provides for til unannounced in
spection, 12) individual licensing,
(3) pain limitation, (4) humane,
care and housing, (5) restrictions
on student work as distinct from
work by qualified scientists, (6)
obligatopr record-keeping. Hu-
manitau-ians should not allow
themselves to be misled by the
spate of weak bills now flooding
Congress.
Sen. Lister Hill or Rep. Oren
Harris, chairmen of the com
mittees involved, could at any
time institute hearings on S. 1071
or H.R. 5647. Why the delay?
Also, recent proven cases of
traffic in stolen pets have given
rise to two more bills, H. R. 9743
and S. 2322, which would require
all dog and cat dealers and labor
atories purchasing from them to
be licensed by the Department of
Agriculture. Both theft and mis
treatment of these animals would
be a federal offense. Hearings on
these bills also should be called
at once by the chairmen of the
committees involved. Rep. Har
old Cooley and Sen. Warren G.
Magnuson.
The cause of mercy has al
ready waited too long.
The Christian Science Monitor
. . . AND THREE
BABY PLOVERS
For a ibrigh'“r, cheerier note
in the day’s news, we think we’ve
found just the thing. We have no
hesitation in recommending a
news exclusive known as the
Voice of Audubon. One doesn’t
flip on ra<to or television; he
just reaches for the nearest tele
phone.
One discovers that here is a
newscast which takes him be
yond the tedious talk of hawks
and doves encountered in other
news summaries. It introduces a
wide range of ornithological co
lor.
Today we learned, for example,
that one laughing gull and one
glossy ibis were sighted at Nau-
set Lighthouse on Cape Cod.
Spotted at Plum Island were two
short-billed marsh wrens and an
adult little blue heron. At Ply
mouth over 1,000 sanderlings
were reported.
Seen at Annisquam were two
rough - winged swallows, one
black-billed cuckoo, one red-
breasted nuthatch, and eight stilt
sandpipers. Moreover, the barn
swallows are beginning to flock.
And at Marlborough and Here
ford Streets in Boston the spar
rows are still singing.
Since all of us cannot always
do our own reporting, it is good
to know that an able, alert, bi-
nocular-equipped field army is
continually sending back to Au
dubon headquarters the latest
reports from the front. We clilr-
rup our delight.
The Christian Scirnre Monitor
TOMATOES IN IRAQ I
The self-help style of giving
featured by CARE has introduc
ed vegetable gardening to the
children of Iraq. Seed packets
tools and know-how are being
circulated through the schools in
that country to supplement a
lunch program dependent osi sur
plus foods from the Uniteii
States.
The CARE organization faced
an unusual problem in estai’olish-
ing the garden project. Growing
vegetables is considered beneath
the dignity of the proud Iraq
farmer, who concentrates his ef
forts on grain. It took a little
school peisuasion and the sight
of enormous tomatoes, cucum
bers, and the like to convert the
children into enthusiastic garden
ers.
Some of the produce is eaten
at school. The rest the children
take home to share with their
families. Many of the vegetable
gardens grow in a desert region.
In these instances the children
dig irrigation ditches and in
some cases, carry water two or
three miles to fill them. There
are two plantings a year. Since
there are also three school ses
sions a day, the need tor the
food program is great.
The CARE project is commend
able. An imaginative program
which results in better nutrition
and offers the satisfactions of
creativity and self-help to a
proud but needy people is hard
to beat. Let’s hope there .will be
many more like it-
Turlock (Calif.) Daily Journal
WHO WRITES TO
THE EDITOR?
W. R. Tarrant analyzed some
characteristics of persons wlio
wrote letters to the Eugene
tOre.) Register-Guard during a
six-month period in 1956.
He found that few of these
persons were crackpots. To the
contrary, they were above aver
age in education, economic sta
tus and church attendance.
The most frequent lelttm writ
ers were older than average; had
more children than average; had
written letters to their Congress
man (66 per cent had done so);
belonged to the Republican Par
ty and were readers of books.
There are also cranks who
write letters.
Three psychologists, for exam
ple, analyzed the 51 letters ami
documents which were sent to
the Bend (Ore.) Bulletin over an
eight-week periotl in 19:59 in reac
tion to an obituary cxlitorial
which conumentcd adversely on
the career of an extremist.
The analysis showed there was
a communication network which
conn(?cted certain kinds of ex
tremists: in this case, a bi-month-
AID FOR THE VICTIM
California has recently come
up with a couple of laws that
make a start toward righting
some of the tragic injustices that
so often result from crime.
One- the fir.st of its kind in
the United States - makes public
funds available to help innocent
victims of violence. The amount
provided is simall (a total of
$100,000 a year to cover all
claims, with need a key factor),
but at least it establishes the
principle of community assist
ance. The other law provides in
demnities for private citizens in
jured while trying to help catch
criminals or prevent crimes.
The contagious spread of vio
lence calls for imagination not
only in thwarting the violent but
also in helping the victim. Keep
ing the public peace is, after all,
a community responsibility.
New York Herald Tribune
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speech, funeral tribute, or toast-
maste)), that he didn’t have
“some|hing extra”.
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^rbenUng was both.
YEARS AGO
THIS WEEK
Items of news about King
Mountain area people am
events taken from the 19S
files of the Kings liountsM
Herald.
Lambeth Rope Corporation an
nounced this week It was raising
wages of all hourly-rated em
ployees -by five cents per hour.
Everette L. Carlton, Kings
Mountain high football coach,
was awarded a master of arts
degree in education at exercises
at Boone last Thursday night.
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
i Martha Louise Weiss, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Weiss,
observed her first birthday last
week.
Larry Bumgardner, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Gene Bumgardner, ob
served his seventh birtliday Fri
day and was honored at a party
at bis boms oo York road.
RALEIGH. Aug. 18 — ’Fotal
non-farm employment increased
2,800 in Nortli Carolina during
July and topped the State’s year-
.ago job figure by .52,100, the
Stale Department of Labor re
ported today.
Labor Commissioner Frank
Crane said job gains of 2,.500 in
the construction industry, 9(X) in
service trades, 800 in wholesale
trade establishments, -100 in food
processing, .500 in public utilities,
and 300 each in tobacco stemmer-
ics atid machinery manufactur
ing were the largest increases
reported during the month. Oth
er gains included about 100 each
in stone, clay amt glass products,
primary metals, electrical ma
chinery, paper protlucts, print
ing, mining, and finance, insur
ance and real estate, Crane said.
Non-fai’m jobs totaling 1,379,- ^
f)00 in July were 2,.S00 higher
than in June and 52,1(K) higher
than in July, 1964, Crane staterl.
Factoiy o.mployment totaled
371,700 in July up 500 from
I June and 24,000 above July, 196-1.
j Non-manufacturing jobs totaling
808,200 in July were up 2,300
from June ami were 28,100 above
, the July, 196-1 level,
j The July increases in 11 em
ployment groups were partly
offset by mostly sea.amal di“-
■ creasi-s in ten ()th(*r industries,
1 Crane repoiied. July dtxreases
!imludLd: iumher 2iX), furnituie
4'X). apparel KX). transportation
'8(K), retail trade 8(X), Federal
I government 8tK), and a drop of
I about 100 eai h in fabricated
i metals, textiles, .sehools, and
; State and ItK-al government agen-
! cies.
! Hourly <'arnings of the Slate’s
571.7(H) laeioiy production work
ers gained a penny in .Iiuly, ris
ing to an average of $1.,S2. The
workwi-ek was down by 36 min
utes to an average of 40.7 bout s.
The decieased average working
! time brought average weekly
^ earning.s clown 6.8 cents below
June lewis to a July average of
; $74.07, Commissioner Crane said.
|ly entitled "Common Sen.se.’’ The
; letters came from .37 comimuni-
!lies in 20 different stales.
I The i)syehologists concluded
I that the chief motive of the
I writc'rs who reliuked the erlitor
•was to tell him they hated him
\ because he did not hate the
j groups the writers hated, viz.,
! NegrcM'S, Jc'ws and Communists.
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