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KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD, KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C.
Thursday, July 7, 1966
CstobUahed 1889
The Kings Mdiuitain Hetaid
A wschlv devoted to the promotion of the general welfare and published
for tne eniightf'nnic.t, 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, 2S086
under Act of Congress of March 3, 1873.
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TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE
The Lord also icUl be a refuge to the oppressed, a refuge in time of trouble^
Psalm 9:9,
City Employee Pay
Time was when city employees
were among the lowest paid citizens.
B. D. Ratterree remembers his
work as city clerk, treasurer, tax col
lector and even tax lister for the muni-
cifent sum of $50 per month.
The late H. L. Burdette, who served
longest as Kings Mountain city man
ager, was paid $300 per month, Succe^
sors to what compared to the same job
(it being found Kings Mountain had
never legally adopted the manager sys
tem) were paid considerably more.
With improving city finances, there
has been a gradual trend toward im
proving the financial lot of all employ
ees, whether they be unskilled w’ork-
man, electrical lineman, or department
superintendent. j
This is as it should be, for the Good
Book says that prosperity should be
shared. . . _
The Moss Administration, in its ac
tion of last week, has granted larger
pay increases to all employees than any
previous administration.
The 1966-67 budget, adopted tenta
tively Tuesday night, shows the city
can afford the increases, which will be
repaid by less personnel turnover and
thereby by increased efficiency of op
eration. ^ ^ ,
The Shelby Daily Star commented
earlier this week that the commission
ers made one glaring omission: they
failed to increase the stipend of the
Mayor, chief administrative officer, who
hasn’t been acquainted with the five-
day week, nor eight-hour day since he
was sworn as Mayor, and won’t.
Raises of $1040 per year were the
order of the day for department chiefs.
The mayoral stipend is $5400 per
year, plus $^ for expense in operating
his personal car, a figure which will not
cover the depreciation, much less the
cost of operation.
This is an omission which should
be corrected when the commission con
siders the budget for final adoption late
this month.
War Escalation
Much to-do was caused by the air
raids on the North Vietnamese oil
dumps.
The action turned on peace-at-any-
price, peace - for - peace’s - sake demon
strations here and abroad.
However, the demonstrators repre
sent a minority of Fi'ee World thinking,
however loudly vocal.
Better assessment of the situation
in this nation was the collective think
ing of the nation’s 50 governors. Most
endorsed, regardless of political faith,
though several Republican governors,
perhaps properly, asked, “Why not
months ago?”
Barry Goldwater, the GOP stand-,
ard bearer in 1964, addressed some
demonstrators in front of his Arizona
residence, telling them he could not ac
cept their contentions and stands four
square behind the policies of the John
son administration.
A shooting war is a shooting war,
and the participants are not using pop
guns.
It is elemental military science that,
if the enemy has a gun, his antagonist
seeks to disarm him.
In modern warfare, oil is equally
important as the gun. An enemy’s lack
of it prevents or slows his locomotion.
The late General Douglas Mac-
Arthur’s famous dictum was, “There is
no substitute for victory.”
It is even more true when dealing
with peoples who have no respect for
life itself.
Good Service
George W. Mauney retired as a
member of the board of directors of
Kings Mountain Hospital, Inc., last
week, after ten years of service.
During the nine years he held the
important position of president and
thereby chairman of the executive com
mittee.
Some years ago, the Wall Street
Journal, in its customary “in depth” re
porting, detailed the financial trials and
tribulations of the nation’s hospitals. A
large New York institution of 800 beds
was blessed with a most outstanding
board of directors, which included
presidents of some of the nation’s larg
est and most successful corporations.
But the hospital was ^ntinuaHy writ
ing its ledgers in deficit red.
Kings Mountain Hospital has con
sistently used only profit black, or at
least break-even black, in most years
of its 15-year operation, a tribute to its
management, its trustees and directors,
the medical and hospital staffs.
As an integral part of the hospital’s
administration during two-thirds of its
existence, George W. Mauney deserves
commendation for both his willingness
to serve and for his able service.
Meantime, congratulations and best
wishes go to George H. Mauney, newly-
elMtdd president, and to William Law
rence JPlonk, who joins the board for a
five-year term.
MARTIN'S
MEDICINE
ingradUmtt: WC* aeut
toiaiom, hrnntr, «inI commmU
DireoHontj Taka waakli/,
poatHbla, but avoid
Cowbell
Bt martin HARMON
Dudley Hughes, a twostripe
enlisted man in the Shelby navdl
reserve unit, has returned from'
a two-week tour of active duty
this first) at Great Lakes Naval
Training station near Chicag.x
m-ai
Prior to his departirre he nat
urally questioned veterans of
the unit as to what he might ex
pect Tlie answers ranged from
“you’ll ha\e a good time’’ to “it
won’t tee so bad”.
It wasn’t bad at all until his
plane sat down at O’Hare Air
port, which Dudley says mi>t9t
cover as ..T.uch area as Gastonia. J
In the dim distance could be
sp.>ttcd the navy bus, already
arrived to transport the navy
men to Great Lakes. Baggage
claimed, the men started bus-
ward. “It must have been four
miles,” Dudic}' says.
Somehow the Great Lakes
operators failed to recognize the
advanced status of the reservists,
labeling them recruits (boots)
and treating them accordingly.
“We marched everywhere we
went, to eat, to work, to every
where. We stx>od in line to eat, to
get into the lounge, to smoke, to
the head. When we finally got
there, it was ‘hurry up, get
through, let somebody else in,"
///ccaA/n' .
The navy tradition of cleanli
ness still applies. The recruits
washed their clothes nightly, but
at 3:30 a.m. reveille (lights
didn’t bum until 4:30) the night’s
wash was still damp. Change of
dress wouldn’t work, for clothes
left on the lines or in lockers
were confiscated by the officer
of the day, a sure ticket lor ex
tra duty of the worse sort.
Viewpoints of Other Editors
GOOD ADVICE
Half a decade ago Pres. Pusey
of Harvard issued’ ai warning to
American universities against
becoming dverdependent upon
Federal subsisidies. That pfac-
■tice, he pointed, out, might well
jeopardize their essential intel
lectual independence as centers
of education and lesuriing.
FRENCH COWBOYS
DERBIES
Several of Dudley’s entourage
went to sick bay with food poi
soning. For the days in sick bay,
these stayed that much longer.
Duke power Company gave Shelby
a flat luMWiorwh on Shelby’s proposal
to l^y its ftlWWir (Jistributlon lines in an
the Qf
taklni
gift
le in:
iflent
want annexed to the
itage of the power car-
General, Assembly
Governor Dan Moore.
Horton says Duke
had the “gall”
g thehLconference,
• the “REA bill”,
to REA officials
ey were shaft-
iS^t-gelling efties.
Fullerton. Medicare Here
Columbia Broadcasting System
television news featured recently the
decision of a* Fullerton, California, hos
pital to decline application for approval
as a “medicare” hospital.
On last Thursday, eve of effective
date of the federal hospital insurance
system for persons 65 and older, ambu
lances were rolling to the Fullerton hos
pital door to remove eligible patients to
other hospitals.
In contrast. Kings Mountain hos
pital numbered 16 patients last Thurs
day who, on the morrow, would become
eligible for medicare benefits.
Next day, they were still receiving
treatment at the same place.
The administrator of the Fullerton
hospital acknowledged his own and Ful
lerton's upper - middle - class conserva
tism, as well as the hospital’s medical
staH.
It ivas"back-in^948-that then-Presi-
dent Harry Truman advanced a propo
sal for national health insurance for the
aged. The American Medical Associa
tion, the health - hospital insurance
writing companies, and many individ
ual citizens waged a valiant but losing
battle.
The loss makes it appear these war
riors, if right in principle, were certain
ly wrong on strategy and tactics.
The federal Kerr-Mills legislation
sought to keep free-care of patients on
a welfare basis. Even today all states
have not done their share of implement
ing Kerr-Mills. North Carolina was
sufficiently slow in implementing.
Finally, the insurance companies
moved to provide coverage at payable
rates fot senior citizens.
It was too late, as enactment of
medicare proved.
At least the South, which kept
fighting the civil war long after firing
had ceased, is not alone.
Fullerton, California, does not rec
ognize the facts of life. V
The more prudent, once the issue
is settled, accepts and bends their ener-
gie^to^wi Dfofitahle pursuits.
Pres^ James A. Perkins of Cor
nell (recently) enlarged upon
that cautionary advice. Speaking
before a commencement audience
at (Columbia, h^ urged our higher
institutions of Iwurning to exer
cise great care lest involvements
abroad in the fields of American
Dudley was lucky. He merely j foreign policy bring them em-
caught a cold, still labors under . ^arrassmenL He cited the trou-
it, and declares his $20 net pay .
for the two iweks has cost him “e preapiUted for Michigan
$60 in
bills.
medicine and medical
m-oi
He returns soon for two weeks
aboard ship. His SheJ.y unit
mates assure him, “Oh, you’ll
enjoy that!” No wonder he views I
them with juandiced eye.
m-m
Wilton Garrison, the Observer
sports columnist, had a story on
Jess Neely and Frank Howard
recently and their passage
through Kings Mountain. En
route Durheim^ Neely, then Clem-
son head football coach, was
heavy-footed on the accelerator.
Assistant Coach Howard warned
him to drop speed, as they ap
proached Kings Mountain.
■They’ll get you in this ioWn,”
Frank warned. ‘T know they got
me.” Neely psiid no- attention,
and within a half-mile the siren
blew.
“You’re driving too fast,” the
officer said. “It’s dangerous.
You’ll kill yourself and somebody
else, boo.” Neely protested and
turned to Frank for corrobora
tion.
State University - because of its
tieup wit hthe CIA in Viet Nam.
The foresight of presidents
Pusey and Peritins is warranttd.
Other college administrations
would do well to heed it.
r/ie Boston Olobe
From sophisticated French- j We do our best to keep our
imen, America has frequently re- readers up to date—particularly
ceived scorn as being nothing but | on the most earth-shaking issues
a land of cowboys and illiterate i of our time. Perhaps hose who
Indians swaggering across the take the time to read this page
West. It comes as a shock, there- remember our having called at-
fore to learn that cowboy lore 1 tention recently to an outraged
is the latest fad in France. | pair of British businessmen who
wrote angrily to the Manchester
so THIS IS
NEW YOBK
By NORTH CALLAHAN
James Reston told me that he
has hope for this world. That
he is even optimistic about the
future of our young people. So
when the irran who is regarded
by many as the top Jiewspaper |
w'riter in the country takes such I
a bright view, it is enough to h
make even another newsman f
perk up and try on a smile. And -
“Scotty” Reston, as he is known ■ ■
to friends, should know pretty .•
well what he is talking about. -
He summed up his remarks with . ;
this statement: “I think it is a'"'
wonderful, glorious time, but
then all journalists are a little
crazy and romantic.” Of course
everyone is not so successful us
Scotty; but then even the more i
successful ones are not usually
very optLmistic. Thank you, Mr. ^
Reston!
3^
' This famous, hard - hitting!
jioumalist got his nickname from
his birthplace in the Highlands
of Scotland, from whence many
a noted personage has derived.
But he came to the United States|
at such an early age that he doesi
no even retain his Scotch burr in|
speech or looks. He has joined ^
that great conglomeration of hu '
mans known in a loosely general
way as Americans. Like West
brook Peglar and Paul Galileo,
Scotty was first a sports w'riter,
evidently a good background for*
i becoming a more serious scribe ^
later on. He is an avid baseball
fcui and gets inr.ore enjoyment
out of that spoi't than many of
the national and . international
squabbles he comes in contact
with in his exciting work. Scotty
has won many prizes' and has
■been awarded several honorary
degrees by institutions of higher
learning.
One thing for w'hich Reston is |
respected by virtually all who
read his articles, is his detached
viewpoint which seems to *be as)
fair as he can make it. In read
ing his material, one gets thol
According to the Wall Street ^bout the un- Sfiing that here
Journal Frenchmen have been | j^^.^^.^ble impression made 3. i tnat nere
inare-sted in the W«t for years I broad by “bowler-hatted city ,^bat he thinks Actually
But not until recently, because of j . .rvoncr to boost Britain’s ■ tmnKs. Actua...v,^
Prance’s boomintr er-onomv have ° uruain s be is a rather serious person butf*
hTances^ timing economy, nave I ^ have always kp makea hanov atatemen
Which bSs 0^0 fsrj
buffs have formed a Western
Club where they shuffle the Big
Howdy square dance. Opening
soon will be'La Valleedes Peaux-
Rouges (The Valley of the Red
skins), a replica of a western
town featuring several Indian
villages and the Crazy Horse Sa
loon.
Promoters of the western vil
lage expect 400,000 paying cus
tomers this year, suggesting that
Gallic merchants have discover
ed, as 19th Century .4merican
speculators did that “Thar’s .gold
in them thar hills!” Other French
clubs, newly organized, are find
DIVING IN
angle on the right shape of head,
we quietly deplored this blanket
scoffing at what many think is
British national costume.
But vve seem to have miscalcu
lated. Other Britons have written
in to the Manchester Guardian
Weekly. Robert Rodwell has
this to say: “No other nation’s
salesmen, I submit, vitiate their
export journeys before they be
gin by donning a garment which,
in an instant, makes an intelli
gent man look inane or, at worst,
moronic, and a strong men weak.
Away from the City, its effect is
disastrous. No Englishman who
Twice within two monthsi<iian motif are beginning to ap
Charles Isles dove from the 1
same New York Qty wharf to
save a fellow human being from
drownihg. A coincidence? Per
haps. But, also, perhaps not.
ing It fun to listen to western has worked elsewhere in Europe,
music, taking ari occasional j as I have, and had to meet visit-
break for a lasso contest In the | Britons ari'iving with ‘idiot
retail market, outfits with an In-'
Most of m are fortunate
sion, not mine) perched upon
their heads (or sitting upon out-
This development, no doubt, I turned ears) can be unaware of
should startle American tourists i the harm the bowler does to
this summer when they see • Britain.”
French cowboys strutting down
the Champs-Elysees, humming
enough to know Home individual: «ome ditty about the little dogie
like Charles Isles. He is the per- P” tbe lone prarie. Once so.-re
who often just happens to j^^^ed States tourists have long
considered Paris to be scalping
country, the shock may not be
“You were doing 60, and 1 told
you they’d get you in this town."
Needless to say, the officer start
ed writing Neely’s ticket.
The Garrison story tends to
confirm the piece of folklore as
to reason Jess Neely, who did
the honors at the first Lions dub
footbal^ tMinquet in 1940, is the
first and last Clemson headman
to do the speaking chore, How
ard having succeeded Neely that
year.
After Howard’s bout for heavy-
footedneM wHh the Kings Moun
tain constabulary, he im supposed
to have declared, “I’ll never go
to that town again!”
son WnO OILCH JU»I. III I
be on the spot w^n someone
needs a hand. 0(r does he just
happen to be there? Is it not
likelier, that -th^e things hap
pen to be there? Is U not likelier
that these thinj^ happen to such
persons because they have a
heightened awareness of other
people’s needs and a greater
willingnesH to meet those neds
even at serious personal risk and
inconvenience?
We recall a woman we know.
Years ago she moved Inta a typ
ical suburban town, an area
•where on the surface people
seemed to have few serious wor
ries «r pwleme. Cut over the
years there was hardly a family
In a Wide neigrtborhood which
she did hot ndnister to in some
way. She did not butt in where
she was not wanted, she was
neither officious nor nosy. But
she had a love and compaseion
for humanity which gave her a
more than ordinary ability to
tell whore help, comfort or en-
cdutagement wao needed, im
pelled and guided by an earnest
rellgiouB faith, she sensed where
that need lay and did not hesi-
tats ts land hand, head, and
heart. ’The little wdrl around her
was a happier and healthier
fHaoe. What mos^jif us need is
not to wish tO'-!4proh the spot
where hlngft happen, but merely
to lo^ about us.
ChriatUm Scimee Monitor
too great. For that matter com
mon ground may have been
found at last. Now Americans j
can feel free to don berets and
sit at 'boulevard cafes next to
Frenchmen in 10-gallon hats.
Smoking peace pipes, of course.
The Hartford Can rant
10
’That supposedly i« the reason
Frank Howard has n^er accept
ed the many invitations to speadc
at the Lions club football ban
quet during the Intervening 26
yearn.
And thoi* ixtoidentf would
hqvp baea before wMWnitfy
LEGIOlr DANCI
dance fad Le^onnalres,
tbi^ wives and giiests win be
held Saturday from 9 p-m. un
til 1$ pjn. at the American
Legion bulIdlBg. Muidc will be
by Donald DeM A
lestnu Admiwlbh Is
TEARS AGO
THIS WEEK
Items of news about King
Mountain area paopla am
eventa taken from the 19B
fOea of the Kings Uountan
tferaid.
The city board of commission
ers tentatively has set the 1956-
57 tax rate at $1.70 per $100 val
uation, same rate prevailing last
year—though its tent^yely a-
doped budget of $557,721-50 is
itearly $50,000 more than last
year’s.
The Kings Mountain Herald
wiU hold open houee In its new
building at 206 S. Piedmont Ave
nue Friday evening froni 7 to 9
o4dock.
Howard B. Jackson of Kings
Mountain was appointed to the
Cletveland County Board of Hos
pital Trustees this week, succeed
ing W. L. Plonk, whose three-
year term has expired.
SOCIAL and personal
Miss MatUda Dedmon enter
tained Sunday at a family dinner
at Her apartment on North Pied
mont Avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Kerns
were hosts Monday night to the
tsfUlar meeting of the King and
Mr. Rodwell, we are still not
persniaded. Your compatriot, Ba
sil Curtis, came up with the kind
of comment we would have
made. “Really,” he said, “I think
it is a bit much for Mr. Rodwell
to suggest that the bowler hat
is responsible for our balance of
payments deficit. Certainly so.Tie
men do look pretty stupid in
‘bowlers,’ but then so do many
others in other forms of head-
wear.”
Christian Science Monitor
world, even as he analyzes trou^
ble spots and knotty problems
“The happiest people I know,
he says, “are the people wild
deal with life as it is; the uni
happiest people are those who rq
bel against the facts of life :as il
is and long wistfully for a worltf
that has gone. There are o|
course geniuses who can chang
the spirit of the age, but eveii
Lyndon Johnson find^ that the\i
are in short supply.” Scotty w-enf
on to say that he believed Thom-j
as Jefferson was a im'cre con-)
benial character than Lyndor
Johnson, something with whichl
I have to disagree. A close study!
of the life of Jefferson who was!
a great man but not a great!
President, shows that he w'asl
suspicious and narrow about
number of things.
“I wish my boy had stayed in j
Chapel Hill but he volunteered’
for Saigon,” said Scotty Reston,
commenting on the war in Viet
nam He also pointed out that
the allies in Europe plead with
us to help them defend their con
tinent, feut are now leaving the
job primarily to us. We created
an alliance to deal with aggres
sion in Southeast Asia, but they
have put few men into the bat
tle. All we can say with assur
ance is that the United States is
still the major hope of any de
cent order in the world, and that
the situation would be much
worse if we got tired of the bur
den.” 'Thus the Reston viewpoint
is bright but realistic. We can
win butonly with great effort.
There is nothing worthwhile that
is easy.
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