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MNeS mountain HaC^'KINSS MOUNTAIN, N..C. Thursday, February 24, 1966 6 . TM Established 1889 fl^ Kings Moimtain Het^d A ^re^>v newsnaDPif (Jevoted to the promotion of the general welfare and publi'^h‘-*d foi'^iw e'ntightenmciit, entertainment and benefit of the citizens ot fiirtgs 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., 2Sl136 under Act of Cbngress of March 3, 1873. CPITOBIAL DEPARTMENT Maitln Harmon Editor-Publisher Gary Stewart Sports Editor Miss Elizabeth Stewart Circulation Manager and Society Editor Bobby Bolin MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT Dave Weathers Paul JacKson Allen Myers MARTIN’S MEDICINE 9/ fngracnmita; bifa jpiadom, humor, aH4commdnt* l>irmetion$: Tdht lutK/cit/, ^ •postible, tut avoid ^ Ferocious when they grow up. By MARTIN HARMON I One of the more delightful' an- 1 nual occasions to which I have been invited regularly is the an nual luncheon of Pittsburgh Plate i-Glass Company, 'honoring the county’s nominees for the Na tional Merit Scholarship, which NAW, HF WON’T BITE/ so THIS IS NEW YOBK By NORTH CALLAHAN Pittsburgh inaugurated in^l962. ns-m If'® Steve Ramsey SUBSCRIPTIONS RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE — BY MAIL ANYWHERE ONE YEAR .. $3:50 SIX MONTHS .. $2.00 THREE MONTHS .'. $1.25 PLUS NORTH CAROLINA SALES TAX ’ TELEPHONE NUbtBER 739-5441 It was the fifth such luncheon held February 16 at Shelby’s North Lake Country Clu'o. m-m TODArS BIBLE VERSE . Put atony from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. Proverbs I Top tali and funny tale of fes tivities came from Elbert jG. Witherspoon, admissions dean of a couple of branches of Duke University, who like Edwin White, of Davidson, and Dr. Joyce Shealy, of Queen, had serv ed as last year’s selection panel. Head-In-Sand This newspaper has been much accused of many sins through its long history, but only last week of kinship to the ostritch, which reputedly puts his head in the sand when something un pleasant appears on the horizon. Replying to a Herald editorial con-, cerning the Shelby Star’s ideas on hos- . pital services development in the coup- the star a^c^sed the Herald of head- in-the-sandisn^ charging unwillingness to support a county-wide survey of hos pital facilities designed to produce rec ommendations for future expansion. ’Tain’t so. There undoubtedly are areas of hospital service, used in only a paucity of illnesses, where duplication would be fool-hardy and wasteful. But that pau city doek not apply to the many much- used services and hospital bed space. There’s no objection here to a coun ty-wide ^rvey by conmetent appraisers, but there would be great objection to any survey w’here the appraisers were attenipting to prove foregone ideas, con- delusions and desires. If there is no rest for the weary, certainly U. S. Congresspian Basil L. Whitener jias cause to be weary of re districting. Elected in 1956 in the Old 11th district, he was re-eject^ ih 1962 in the hew tenth. This year he mgst be re-elected in the new, new tenth. If ■Ij.e offers ih 1968, it most likely will be the new, new, new tenth, on basis of the federal court panel's ruling that the re- diiftricting effort of the recent General Assembly special session will be opera tive only until July ISfeT. Voluntary Bfodicane Bcngcon Extended medicare benefits under the volunteer program, available to those 65 and older fop three dollars per month, is quite a bargain. A “policy” of this kind not only provides 80 percent of niedical service over $50 in a calendar year, but pays the bill for many services not covered in the regular medicare service, nor in much more expensive policies (when they can be obtained) 'from private companies. The Kings Mountain Hospital medi- ^oc ■ cal staff is rendering a ^ood and prop- _ Pi er service m their efforts to acquaint eligible citizens' with jhe many extend ed benefits under the voluntary plan and to assist those who want and need it in aid in preparing apblicatjohs. Deadline for the sign-up is Mapeh 31 for benefits beginning July 1. Those who do not buy the extra service — either through p %clal securi ty payment deduction pp by paying the ^6 per year — will nqt be aWe to ob tain the extra benefits for fwb years. Wynne Winnef Neale Patrick, former Herald sports editor now with the Ga^timiR Gazette, has been named winner of the Will Wynne award for baseball spppts cpver- age and writing in NPrth Carolina for 1965. This is A considerable honor ^and, of course, most pleasing tp his fpTends Hfflpe, as well as' in Gastonia ana else where. The honor could not have been ac- "^ordedtrufcer gentleman nor to anyone more dedicated to basebalT." He is equally an able writer. When " Hei Mr. Patrick joined the Herald'Steff, the late Ernest Hunter, then an executive with the Charlotte Observer, wrote the -Sm Pa^ck to th'B Observer st^rffhaS Prow-«ar-crosiih0 py ppe situation or WPW. infixing Wp. Patpjpk’s Wopld War IJ naval service. to Ho'wprd Lut?, phanjMicist recently of the pouhty pbarbi- A Metomorphosis Predicating his story, concern ing two Negro boys, Dean With erspoon told his audience the tale was not intended, and didn’t have any implied racial overtones. The two lucky lads, the Dean re late, had won a trip to Rome, Italy, and wcie walking through the city, one of the boys armed with a guidebook Coming upon a rather large establishment near Rome’s center, one asked, ‘What’s that.” Theether checked the map in the guidebook and replied, ‘Why, that’s the Vati can.” • “Sure, ’nuf? Who runs that?” the fi>^^ continued the ques- Under its permissive powers enact ed by the 1965 General Assembly, Cleveland County’s board of commis sioners Monday scrapped the district system of Dominating county commis sioners and returned to the old at-large system in vogue prior to 1931. The commissioners acted, as did the Assembly, in response to the one- man-one-vote decisions of federal Su preme Court and of lesser federal courts in other cases. Whether the commissioner system of geographical requirements for can-ltioning. The geddebook reveal^ didacy was suspect is a moot question, j the big boss as ‘a fellow they as, under the county system, all voters Pope.” Other questions had opportunity to vote for all candi-l®’^*^ comments followed rapidly: dates, whjeh many,^ including federal: m-m officials, interpret as"^one-man-one vote.I „ Do tell. He must be a pretty In returning to the at-large ar- important fellow. How does he rangement, the county commissioners his job? is he appointed or avoided the difficult chore of parceling guidebook report: 4.1. 4. • 4. J,- 4 ■ 4 ' t - "Elected.” the county into districts equal in popu- i . lation. On basis of the new (though yeti unofficial) population figures just com piled by the Bureau of the Census, Dis trict n, comprised by Townships 4 and 5 was about correct ij^vith one cbmmis-j sioner. District I would have qualified' for one-plus commissioner. Republicans hereabouts are en couraged by the victory of their young Congressional candidate in New York’s! silk stocking district, but many conservatives think both opponents were liberal. ’ it was interesting that Senator Robert Kenney backed the los er. Even so, local Republicans are hard' put to find a candidate with promising prospects for the Presidency, despite the hard working and ubiquitious Richard Nixon, late comer to New York, as is Ro'.;ert Kennedy. There are those' who think that if he had more youth and stamina that Senator Everett Dirksen would be theTiest man. He is a tuba voiced statesman, much liked by members of the press, who does seem to get some things done on a national scale. And that is a distinction nowadays for anyone regardless of party. Viewpoints of Other Editors This is of course the ^son of the year when resorts laavertiso but I was surprised to receive in the mail ,a circular from Cuer navaca, Mexico ^tting forth the merits of a vegetation villa. In stead of describing the lure of tropical bars and bongo drums, it says "there will be pure drink ing water and an abundance of safe-to-eat tropical fruits and vegetables. . .Rates will be reas onable. However, guests who smoke to'fcacco on the premises will be charged $25.00 a week ex tra for polutting and contaminat ing the pure fresh air.” COLLEGE AT SAN QUENTIN ONE ■ UPMANSHIP- PASTE-POT LAW The University of California’s School of Criminology has an nounced- plans to establish a col lege at ;^n Quentin for selected inmates of California^ state pris ons. While not the first higher educational facility in the history of American penology, it pro mises to be one of the most sig nificant efforts to rehabilitate prisoners through education. “Elected by who.Ti?” Theiguide- sook again: “Why, by the Car dinals.” The at-large method w’as certainly simpler tp contrive. Then, too, general election votiVig has remained through the 15-year in- ^terlm of the district nominating ar rangement an at-large Sweepstakes, which could hardly have been advanc ed as a gem of consistency or simplicity. For Commissioners David Beam and B- E, (Pop) Simmons, with-terms expiring, it means they are immediately inviting opposition from any Cleveland neighbor, rather than only those in the comparatively narrow confines of their recent districts. And the cogent youth’s follow up determination: “Sho ’nuff! You know, them Giants ougljta build somethin’ like that for WU- be (Inmates in many prisons have long been able to earn junior high and high school degrees and to acquire skills through voca tional training. Some inmates have obtained college degrees by correspondence or through en rollment in special television in struction courses. Some through their study and research have become highly competent special ists in their chosen field. How much maturer the Rus- i It has come as a surprise to a sians would have been had they j good many elderly persons eligi- congratulated and not abused the | ble to apply for m^cal benefits British ’^for scooping them with i under the Medicare program that the pict-u)^ of the moon taken- j they will be asked a question a- by Luna 9! And it should have j bout Communist affiliation. And, been ea^for them to do. After ■ indeed, this provision in the new all, iP^eople here or there insist law comes as a surprise to Con- oVseeing getting to the moon as gressmen who voted for it, in- a moon race, Britain simply is a | eluding Senator Jacob Javits, one non-starter. The British these i of Medicare’s sponsors, days are properly inclined to cut i their coats according to their i that anyone not cloth.. Consequently, they are ^ecunty or willing to lekve the race to the i f retir^ent insurance is Americans and thk Russians i ineligible for hospital and nurs- I ing home benefits if he is a mem- Yet there was a touch of that j ber of an organization required to Dean Witherspoon’s point was that PPG and other industries throughout the nation are doing for bright, hard-working students what the Giants “oughta be do ing for Willie Mayes”. A pioneer in higher education for inmates is Leavenworqi Pris on Junior College. Some of its graduates have, upon release, gorte on to complete their college education. And so.Tie, on the ba sis of their academic record, have even received scholarships 'for advanced work. Only untoward event of the day was the nasty weather which had threatened to make Panelist White late. Indeed his plane hipd landed at Spartanburg, rather The changeiias the particular bene-1 Charlotte. Dean wither- fit of insuring the absence of any litiga-1 had a bad weather tion seeking a change of format in i Durham, his pldne Education is one of the most effective means of preparing prisoners for useful employment and responsible citizenship. Giv en society’s need to check the mounting crime rate, we trust that San Quentin’s new college will prove a resounding success. unflap'able and unquenchable British finesse (alias one-upman ship) in the way in which Sir Bernard Lovell picked up the beeps and dots and dashes from Luna 9’s cameras, fed the-n through a relatively elementary machine, and thus gave ^Britain a \n^barious first ih at least one as^iect of securing the most sen sational pictures ever taken of the moon. We congratulate Sir Bernard and all those working with him at Jodrell Bank. And we do this now not to lessen the warmth of our earlier congratulations to the Russians but to place on record our recognition that the British have lost none of the inventive ness, intelligence and flair which were always theirs.^ Christian Science Monitor fegister with the subversive Ac tivities Control Board. To enforce the provision, the Health Educa tion and Welfare Department is asking many of the elderly the following questions; ‘‘Are you now or hav^e you during the last 12 months been a member of any organization which is r^uired to register under the ^ Internal Se curity Act of 1950'as a Commu nist action orgahizaTRRfr^'TGom- munist front organization, or a Comirrunist infiltrated organiza tion?” Gleveland County. Census Report The unofficial interim census re port of the U. S. Bureau of the Census, filed Saturday, surprised many. Most Kings Mountain folk guessed the city census had increased more than 249 persons during the past six years. I had landed at Kingsport, 'fenn., and promptly had been Weather ed in. After a three-hour delky, the plane was cleared to conSn- ue, landings being scheduled for Marion, Va., Winston - Salem, Greensboro, and Durham. The Christian Science Monitor ROTARY MARES A MILESTONE More surprising was the Shelby re port, showing a census drop in excess of 600. Why? Best answers are only educated guesses. ^ Some of them are: 1) Growing agq of older sections of tbft.JS.itieSyj’emqxaljof rtese dwellings for business, and a concurrerit frend'TbwiaVd moving to suburbs closely adjacent to, but not within the city limits. 2) Automation^ the growing de pendence on industry on high - speed maehliies requiring less employees to operate them. 3) Increased college enrollment and number of graduates who migrate else where fpr employment. ' The unofficial figure of 69,464 for Cleveland County, a gain of 5.17 per cent during the six years ovm* 1960’s 66J)48, bears out the guesses on “why” ahd-Dlsa reverses the trend during ihe 1950 dpdade, wileh Kings Mountain and SfiMby showed gains in population while th^ total county population was losing slightly. Kings Mountain’s Increase of slight ly more than percent is at tee rate pf a half pf oi>B percent per year. Only Boiling Springs, home of bur- geopijm GardhCT->^OTb College, shotted a perppot^e jhe county $ seven incorporated dties qnd towns. m-m “Hardly had we got airborne,” the Dean recalled, “until the pretty stewardess announced no landing would be made at Mar ion, since there were no land^s or departeea awaiting. A little later she announced ceiling was too low to land at either' Wins ton-Salem or Greensboro. TIm, as she passed my seat, she tap ped me on the sleeve and whis pered, “Goodness knows what we’ll do if we can’t land at Dur- ha.-n’.” Rotarians of this city are to day (this week) observing the 61st anniversary of t)ie founding of the first Rotary club. Within the next few days, more than 581,500 Rotarians who belong to 1|?,000 clubs in 131 ‘coiuitries will have celebrated this occasion. n-m *T’d' muett rather she hatJn|t told rne,” Dean Witherspocm .r^ membered. A best )lx)w to pew EAi[le Scout Easley, Jr. Attainment of |he at a^ IS !$ quite an aqobm- I sat between Jim Allen, th® Shelby editor, and Ben H. Go forth, the ex-Kings Mountaineer who is in personnel with PPG. Ben was a navigator on navy pa trol planes during World War^H, has remained in the reserve, tuid reported he is a candidate foir promotion to commander. He added, “You know, that’s tee great promotion dividifig llnf, Don’t know whether PU make it,’’ I knew quite well from aoiir-per- sonaMtied pass^eiB of years a- go. One hni) refuted my neqqest for moequlto netting for my ohd-floor bunk with tee decli tlon, “Moequltoes can’t fljr high.’’ But a view of my swollen arm won the netting. Ben then aaid the SHcipper at a recent inepection had said pt firm tone, 'XSoforth, you need new shoes, a new hat cover a^ yot^ braid is ttumMied.*- Sn aupsequeidiy' proceeded, due to poor light or Ms lack of specta- cles, tp rtt the savings Jtwnd to tee serKMsh^p hommees in some wrong hands. I teant^, *t|^T per wasn’t have t im Rotary began in Chicago on February 23, 1905, when four business associates came togeth er to jessen the loneliness in their lives and to test the founder’s be lief that business relations could —and should—foster friendly re lations. Business practices, thought the founder, need not be a barrier to friendship. • Since those early days. Rotary has become a prime mover in contimunity - betterment work, youth activities, helping the crippled and the handicapped, raising the standards of business and professional practices, and in forming friendly personal ties among men that have contribut ed to better international under standing. It has long been our observa tion teat Rotarians believe in practicing rather than preaching, ITiey are more coricenied wite finding new opportunities for service than jattlng: selves on the back ior past a- televements. nie Rotary club ^ this com munity, as do other Rotaiy clubs ia their communities, helps in many ways to make Kings Moun tain a better piaoe to live an4 to work and to raise happy, healthy fmniliea. ' Our congratuktUons to Rotar- laM of teis ^(MDfniuni^ on this an^vensary. We wite for the Ro tary <dubs of tee world continu ed subcessln rendering the kind of fnatiVp The most logical explanation for this situation seems to be, as Cornelius Ryan, author of the popular book and motion picture, “The Longest n Day,” took off with his wife\for the Dorado Hilton and Country Club in Puer to Rico but even during such pleasant vacation, he was mak ing plans for his next literary venture. It will be another book entitled “Thd Last Battle” and is due in April. This will recon struct the siege of Berlin in World War II and Ryan claims to be the only American to whom the Russian generals talked fully about their findings on entering Berlin and Hitler’s lair. Like his previous volume, this one will be made into a movie, the produc tion of which will soon take the author away from his balmy re sqrt^nd back to work. Jean Crawford reminds me that the C^ape Fear River is the onily one whose entire length, from its^ sources above Greens boro to the mouth below Wil mington, lies within the state of North Carolina She should know for as associate editor of the distinguished Rivers of America Series of books, she has made a study of the principal American streams. Latest in this category is titled simply “The Cape Fear” WHAT A DAY Aji out-of-season day, when it comes, is a delicious surprise. When such a day comes in sum mer, it is cool and steel blue and slices through the parched earth and humid skies. When' it comes in winter it is warm and lilting, and makes one hunger for spring nights with curtains fluttering O'Ut of open windows. ^ An out-of-season day is a fan tasy, an impossibility. But it springs out suddenly like a stub born crocus blooming through concrete, and surprises even the most taciturn of people. There is something irresistable about a June-in-January sun slyly melt ing the snow that was laid by the winter’s wrath; or, converse ly, IceJblue glouds and air filter ing through sumnier’s flowers. Thus Nature flirts with the earth, taunting her with promises to dome, with-mwnorties- of seasons gone by. Hartford Courant Mr. Javits suggests, that the i^'^'^ published by Holt, Rine- Communist - inquiry clause was included when .:its and pieces of earlier medical care proposals were hastily tacked together in paste-pot fashion to makg up the final draft The New York Sena tor adds that since Congress nev er intended to make the elderly sign any such disclaimer he will move for the clause’s repeal at the ne.\t session. All the confusion may seem a- musing. What isn’t; at all funny is that such sweeping social le gislation could be pieced to.gelh- er and passed withdut the legis lators even knowing what it said. Wall Street Journal 10 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK Items of Mountain news area &oents taken from files of.the Kings Herald. <Aout King people am the 196 Mountain Jack White, Kings Mountain attomiw, will manage the 11th cl < Dislrict campaign Viteitener. of Basil L. Pride Ratterree, Kings Moun- tsAn native and Wake Forest line coach, wllLbe an assistant foot ball coach at Davidson College next year. The Kings Mountain Woman’* club will handle a imail sollciU- tion for oontributions to the King* Mountain Heart Fun4 in this area. Mrs. Paul E. Hendricks will serve as chairman SOCIAL AND PERSONAL The Kings Mountain Jqnior Woman’s dub jiegan work M<m- Mnirie M hunmaltv V “ pegan worx ^ to be uaad to If jwing of I^gsMouiifidn^ Pity The Poor Pioneers You don’t fully realize the hardships endured by our pio neers until you* consider that day after day they plodded their westward way without benefit of sunglasses. hart and Winston, As the volume interestingly relates, residents a- long this river influenced events there and elsewhere. Here Tory fought patriot in the Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge. During the Civil War, blockaderunning boats plied the stream; and even now, the sturdy people of the re gion are so prosperous that they have little time to think of fear —except the river, that is. —3— ^ Here and There; Bob Hopa re cently received the degree - of Doctor of Humane Letters at Pennsylvania Military College in Chester, Pennsylvania...the pop ular William Sloane House 'YMC A now welcomes young women as well as men from here and a broad... on a recent train ride, I was treated so courteously by a dining car waiter named G. S Beckford that I wrote the rail road and complimented him. A J. Greenough, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad replied thanking me.. !o A If I'l KEDfoofUDioDuisaSTn 1220 W K M T Kings Mountain. N. C. News & Weather every hour on the hour. Weather every hour on the hall hour. Fii^e enteytaiDment in between bn ;IK <1 llS at. •n; ■Ji rti' to Mfli iff; to 1K lU qo DI- I'l'jr 15 : 1 »i - ei . Hi. A ->n ■ b*'