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^«ge 2 KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD. KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C. Thursday, January 15. 1971 Page. 111 \f i Established 1889 The Kings Mountain Heiald ..JiCtroliiM 1 Is ASSOC UTK A Weekly newspaper devoted to the promotion of the general welfare and published tot the enllghtenn.ent, entertainment and benefit of the citizens of Kings Mountain and Its vicinity, published every Thursday by the Herald Publishing House. Entered as second c)ass matter at the post office at Kings Mountain, N. C., 2806B under Act of Congress of March 3, 1873. EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT iiiatUn HArmon Editor-Publisher Mlsa Elizabeth Stewart Circulation Manager and Society Editor Mba Dfbble Tltornburg Clerk, Bookkeeper MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT ^ank Edwards Allen Myers *Rocky Martin Frank Barber David Myers • On Leave With The United States Army Paul Jackson Ray Parker SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE — BY MAIL ANYWHERE ONE YEAR... .18.30 SIX MONTHS... .$2.00 THREE MONTHS... .$1^5 PLUS NORTH CAROUNA SALES TAX TELEPHONE NUMBER — 739-5441 TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE He that Jilath cars ita ihear, let him hear. St. Matthew 11:15. Polluilon Battle Battle or war? State health departments and the federal government have been slowly, but surely, closing the door on problems of stream and river pollution. There re mains a long way to go. In the instance of North Carolina, however, the vise has tightened on in dustries khd HiUhiclhalities to clean up. It reijillhes I'diig years of selling before IdwS With t^tn were adopted. Kings MouHtdlh’s obt-mbded system was con demned time and time again. But when the citizens voted the money to modern ize the system, Kings Mountain was under the gun. In the thirties, however, Smithfield, 30 miles downstream, was using the samS river for drinking water Raleigh was polluting with sewage. Smithfield went to court and Raleigh was ordered to cease and desist. In good faith, Ra leigh’s city fathers went to the people to get the mohey to do the job. But the voters said “nay " resoundingly. It was some years later before Raleigh got the wherewithal to clean up. I Industrial waste, say the experts, is much more unmanageable than human Waste. The new war gaining popularity is against air pollution. Los Angeles smog is perhaps the nation’s more glaring example, but the larger and more popu lated the city the greater the problem. A North Carolina “anti-smoke” ordi- hanbe becomes effective July 1. Details Tepbrted in the press make this ordinance appear a bit complicated. Old dirty black khioke won’t pass, but gray smoke will get by. And there are dispensatory pro visions for late firms and in.stitutions showing good faith toward compliance. If the navy was right in World \Var tl, the new air pbllution law might be a boon to those forced to comply. When a ship’s stacks were bellowing forth smoke, there Was a prompt signal froin .fhe convby eothmodore to correct It. 'iianslated, the SlgnRl said, "You’re wasting fuel and attracting enemy sub marines.” Kill two bltda with one stone: list your property for taxes and buy a city auto tag. The auto tags are bigger this time, easy to identify, still cost a dollar. A Long Session Ollie Harris, Clyde Nolan and Bud Spangler represented Cleveland County Democrats at the Tue.sday session in which recommendations were adopted for revitalizing the party .which some think have grown a bit fat through long years of success. Aim of the special body named by the Governor and other party leaders was to broaden the party’s base by at tracting youthful voters and ethnic groups. Mr. Harris reports the .session began at 10 a.m., lasted until .5 p.m. There were two principal areas of difference: the question of whether pre cinct chairmen and county chairmen would be limited to two terms of two years each. Precinct chairmen were not limited, the Cleveland delegation voting with the majority (of nine). The county chair men are limited (Cleveland in minority) both presuming the recommendations are ratified. On the touchy question of party loyalty, the recommendation was to set up a grievance committee at the state level. The voting question for youths un der the legal majority age of 21 was not resolved. The Governor, new party chairman and retiring chairman differed on wheth er the voting age should be 20, 19 or 18. In this instance it would appear that, whatever age is decided upon, it should change the age of majority—if he can vote at 18 or 20 he should be able to own an auto or manage a piece of real estate. The Talc Ydrdslick North Carolina believes its tax yard- MickA should be fair, whether for ad yHloreih taxes at the local level or other wise. The Supreme Court long ago ruled free taxes at the local level, as an en- ticethent td new Industry, illegal, simple and Id^cal grounds being older indus trial citii^ns would thereby be penalized. Sotile statbs, among them neighbor ing South Carolina, permits free taxes on dl^cision of local goverriing bodies. South C rrollha allows up to ten years. There ciirrchtly is a bit of a hassle in neighboring York County between Bowater Paper Company and the coun ty on the matter of property revaluation. Bowater says York County can’t up Bo- water's valuation and has sought relief in the courts. It can bo guessed that South Caro lina is moving in the direction of North Carolina where counties are now re quired to revalue property for ad va lorem property purposes at eight year intervals. The point, of course, is the yard stick, which must not be 3fe inches for one and 30 (or 42) for another. Cleveland CoUftty, vVhich embarked on a regular revaluation plan lon^ be fore the mandatory provision, has beSh wise in employing firms which are spec ialists in the field Of property valuations. If York County’s yardstick is a solid 36 inches, ^water likely has a weak case. Sylvanus Arihur Crouse Arthur Crouse was among Kings Mountain’s favorite folk. Mild of manner and friendly in dispo sition, Mr. Crouse, at 82, had lived for many years here and had rendered his community and his county much service. His active service in government in cluded tenures as deputy register of deeds and as Kings Mountain city clerk. In private work, he was a very effective life insurance salesman, His low-pitch sales dictum was that, for most people, a consistent program Of life insurance purchase would, in the latter years, find the insurance inve.stor in much better financial condition than his neighbor who sought to build an estate by his own devices. His customers with graying hair and aging policies know Mr. Crouse spoke the truth. Mr. Crouse was a loyalist — to his family, his friends, the Lutheran church and the Democratic party. Some Misimpressions Thomas W. Harper, executive director of the low-rent housing project, says he is finding some misimpressions about the upcoming rental of 150 units now being constructed. Sample items: 1) One man hadn’t applied because he thought his family of eight too big to qualify. 2) One man with his family of four applied. At $5300 annual income he rnakes too much to qualify. 3) A lady with five children applied ^vbn though she understood the law re- quiried that every other dwelling be oc cupied by a white family and the neigh boring dwelling by a Negro. Among the 150 units there are every thing from so-called no-bedroom units to five-bedroom units. As was remarked at Tuesday night’s director’s meeting, assignments, to be made on a formula based on size of fam ily versus income, will be made to quali fied applicants on basis of what (size of residence required) is where. MARTIN'S MEDICINE Breathing Down Our Necks Though not quite? complete, the nciighborhootl facilities build- is already being -used — as a school for police officers and file fighteis. m-in Thirty.five men from Kings' Mountain, Shelby and Lincoln County began two weeks ago a 36-hour course in advanced criminal investigation with John Boyd, former SBI officer and now in the department of com munity colleges. Western Pied mont college as instructor. | m-m ^ Tuesday night the full Kings Mounta.n fire-fighting squad of 21 men, began a fire-fighting course under the tutelage of Lt. T. E. Gardner, of the Charlotte fire department. F' m-m And the brass are at their stu- [ dies, too. Chief oif Police Tom McDevitt, and Sergeants Bob Hayes, Jackie Barrett and David Corn, are doing an 120-1101^ stint in police supervision and man agement at Gaston Colloge — a course worth a quarter of college credits. T "T^RSTMsnnTAint* Hosbiial Log j. VISITING aptlRS i td 4 pja. dild 7 to • pjyLk DoUt . dild ' i0:30 T« lllSO ^ ■ \ 1/ m-m Only problem at the neighbor hood facilities building is that -it’s been a little m.i.d.,. With the " 's-„ at melting snow the students have literally been wading to class. m-m Kings Mountain Public Hous ing Authority this week made a contribution in excess of $43,000 to the city for the neighborhood facilities budding. All low-rent housing piojccts carry a provi sion for a community center AWAY TO SMOG CONTROL ^2. building. In Atlanta over the two Bully for California. It is keep- vbW things stirred up in the smog i control Held. Gov. Ronald Rea- de.sirab e to obtain additional divert some ^ rri’s” Sr* P r 1V ate h,,-,,hwav funds in his 1970-71 btid- sourccs if possible to provide Viewpoints of Other Editors Letter To Editor CALLING POLICE m-m Ne".v York's introduction of a| well piillicized emergency num ber for calling a patrol car has,| according to a police spokesman' - • . , n-u f ■„ there, “ iestio-cd the knowledge get to smog control. These funas, destroyed what, been saciedly segregated called the inhibition bar- rie?.” The public has learned how j over, Germany,' noted chemist 10 reach peliue, but in so doing! 1‘st^d in Who;s_ Who in Science has forgotten I if ever it knew) the emergency niimber should be used only in cmei gen- more commodious quarters with 5 r^ttym facilities. Or, saiJ eonstruction and rncmtenance: there and in most IT. iLLr T, 1 <'”"f‘'“’ate other states, including Wisconsin, to a larger facil:y providing de- o,.a„an told a conference on sired services. When the neigh- ? - conieiencr on j^igt . nciK'i the changing environment that mnHo thn ^ffatit "IV a s tnotor vehicles pump tons of hy- obvious ^ course became drocarbons and carbon monoxide : into tile envirement, so why 'should not part of the motor ve hicle taxes be used to conquer This facility will be THE FLUORULAHON FRONT- CITIZENS SPEAR OUT By Mrs. MOFFATT WARE, Sr. Dr. H. A. Schi'vveigart, of Han- This spokesman is not com plaining. “A police department has to think about sev:ng people rather than its own convenience,” in Europe, 1967, presents a pic ture of forms of illness linked in fluoridated water. Ho says: "Apart from progressive fluor osis, the exact diagnosis of dam age introduced by ifluoride, is very difficult to make because the effects of the damage are mostly uncharacteristic, for ex ample, ‘recurrent headache; stiff Mrs. Mary T. Baker Jake Monroe Black Mrs. Pearl W. Blanton Mrs. Docla C. Case Mrs. Flossie S. Cloninger Ferric Gordon \Jrs. Floyd F. Herndon .Mr.s. James A. Hill Arthur W. Huff.stetler Roger Lewis Mrs. Grace T. Phllbeek ' Mrs. Etta B. Bennett Mrs. Frank Lee Blanton Mrs. Hurley W. Brooks Ora Grayson Brown ' Mrs. Johephlnb M. Davis Mrs. Mollie M. Goforth Mrs. George Gordon Mrs. David Hannah Mr.s. John O. Hill Sidney Dulln Huffstetler % William KeltR-Huffstetler,'5^r. Mrs. Margaret L. Humphrli Elliott M. Johnson Mrs. Coral H. Laughter Robert L. Mills Robert Smith Clarence Warren Martin Luther Wilson, Sr. Admltteidl Pridor Mrs. Vernon O. Grant Henderson W. Herndon Mrs. Thomas W. Smith Mrs. William G. Waldrop Mrs. Warren H. Chastain Admlttad Saturday Clarence Bratton Bruman Coley Bryant Mrs. Cleve Moore Admitted Sunday Hubert G. Clemmons ' Mrs. Hazel P. Chandler Samuel H. Houston Mrs. Hunter Cobb Samuel O. Jimson Mr.s. Thelma H. Morgan John Lee Philbeck Mrs. Thomas Proctor one of smog. Why not, indeeed? Kings Mountain’s best construct- The auto industry and its bod- he says. True enough, but it is ed buildings and ifrom the size of fellow, t the steel I saw for reintorcin^ industry, the concrete slab on the .sccfind sion of ^ „ floor, i.s undoubtcdl,, Kings freeways for more cars. But tlie|enongh heal”l and hy irrelevant, dryness of the throat with Mountain’s surest bomb shelters, burden would ho light compared; calls I'dlow can I get a div--excessive thirst; minor injuries in -to one that Califoi-nia almost vo-jorce?‘), or to have taxpayers, mucous tissues; various man- tecl last summer, to ban all inter-| paying the salaries of thousands! jfggtations of the skin; irritation Sometime ago the late Mr. Ar- nal combustion enijine.s in cars-of policemen to cope with the ,},e bladder; loss of memory )w, the highway construction' no .service to the people to have f,ggg pgjj, jg lower ver- istry, won’t like such diver J emergency phone lines clogged! {p|,[al column- severe fatigue- of fund.s. preferring .iMip.'by trivial vaUs '“We don’t have, stomach and intestinal disturb- hy 1975. This passed the senate, consequences of the collapse of i/, t failed in an assembly com-'"the inhibition barrier.” "'(4‘hfornia's antismog laws are!New York police are no|w pub- h(‘ toughest in the nation, and;''™'"^ non-emergency Kings Mountaui area in 19Ui 'i ul ’'-'’-o led t!ie way to smog control P*’one numhcis, a sensible and ■ de-.-iers on ears, now also requir- ^‘-fense. They .shouk also try to teach a public that has learned how to reach the police fast not to Invoke frivolously the attentions of a police system that Incurs heavy expenses just telling people thousands of times a day that they have called a wrong niimber. - Chit-ugo Tribune. thur Crouse and I were lalkin about the fact of too many uni ties in North Carolina wilh the relegation of the horse to me show ting. He reralltV, that tiic Kings Mou the opportunity of carving iiseii into a county, but the aiea lead- <‘1 fe erally. Bu.smess Weew re- ership didn’t want it. m-m I was particularly interested in last week's story listing the 32 Kings Mountain mayors who have guided the community for nigh unto 96 years. 1 had never known that m> great-grandfath- ei, A. V. Falls, was a Kings .Mountain mayor. lie served Iwiw in the eighties, lived in what is now the Catholic church manse which, at that time stood on the corner where the ciiurch, erected in 1898, now stands. I mentioned' that fact to the late Father Hill shortly alter he came here on a particularly cold day. The priest quipped, "I wish he had it back.’’ The high- l).n. t . Ural Californians want auto p.dlu'.anls cut to zero, but the tii.iin.; depcids on re.seareh being done on .antipollution devices. N^w standards could cost Detroit — and car buyers—more money. The auto industry must ac-cept more lesponsibil-.ty for cleaner air. Lee facocca, a president of Ford .Motor Co., recently conced ed that automakers are “playing under ndvv rules,” He was leal istlc when he added the first time the rules are being written to a large extent out side the industry.” —Milwaukee Journal. BRING BACK JOY Could it be that there is some And for in the moon’s enviionmeht that causes happinc.ss? It does seem so, judging by the behavior of astronauts Peter Con rad and Alan Bean. They sounded exuberant as they went about their work during their first ex cursion info the most hostile sur NYEWN NYEWS By now we all know that when we hear a radio or television an-'roundings, ceilinged houses get a bit aiidsh nouncer refer to nyews, l,e’s talk-' in winter. j *^8 about news noos, as those of us who constitute the mass of m-m ’ j the untrained public call it. We have no objection to nyews. We’re willing to concede that the somewhat uppity pronuncia tion is probably correct, and as sume that tlvat’s the way it’s the good spirits of Conrad and taught in the announcer schools. 1 Bean. Instead, while this world ,VVe still bristle a- bil, however,! listened, they continued to chat- Mr. Allison was in and out of when ve hear the 12 o’clock; ter, vvliistle and sing as they went Nor did I know a great unde,' R. S. Plonk was twice mayor. Nor that the Editor H. P. Alli son was a mayoi. m-m The dangers they are exposed to were brought home when the television camera vvas knocked out by one brief, inadvertent ex posure to the direct rays of the sun. But tills did nothing to daunt tuibances caused by changes of and mental acuity; visual dis- the retina; damage of the kid- nejs; variety of allengic react ions; hypoplasia of the dental en amel (irreversible damage of the enamel).’ ” As a physician, I strongly op pose addition of fluoride to our water supply. Ralph F. Merkle, M. D. A POTENTIAL VICTIM Since the ’’health” aspect of water fluoridation is quite fre quently bantered about, I would like to offer a report on the ad vice of my doctors two Lehigh Valley urologists. Because of a kidney condition of mine which was initially dla^- no.sod in November of 1965, they have told me on several occasions that if my drinking water supply becomes municipally fluoridated, I shall have to drink bottled wa ter exclusively or investigate the feasibility of installing some de vice, at my own expense, which would neutralize tihe sodium fluoride in the water as it enters my home. A. G. Martin Admitted ktenday Mrs. James A. Hill Mrs. Mary Jane Prldmdre Mrs. George N. Carroll, Jr. Ms. Jimmy P. Curry Paul Preston Hdrtsoe Eugene David Hill Mrs. Edrl Mcray Mrs. Harold D. Peterson Adniitted Tuesday Terry Keith Camp Gloria M. Meeks James Andrew Moss Samuel Brice Spencer (fi --Ml'*-’"’ ■Vi tire Chassis Bids Received . t ' Alward of contract for a firqt. apparatus chassis was delaywL, by the city coi;pmission Tuesd^.,,, until bids cocld be fbvleti'bd bS„i Sherman Picltard of the N. Cu League of Municipalities wtto pre|fared the specifications the chds.s’.s. The board received bids fromni Dixon Chevrolet, Inc. which bhl-|. $12,120. and Southwell Motdri-. Co. which bid $13,.520. rdi. In other action, the board ««■•) thorized the adverti.setrent fat public hearing for adoption ot, assessment rolls for ImprOVe-f ments on Ford street, Woodlawn avenue, Gaston street, Nortti^ Tracy street, Waco road ancl Wootlslde Drive. u Good Home Wanted’ f or Th^se Piippios ' Folks at Elmer Lumber Coni- pany are seeking a good hon for a litter of puppies. It you qualify, visit the and pick up -your choice. The pets are free on first ( first served, basis. Kings .Mountain newspapers for , broadcast referred a peri(xi spanning about 15 to 16 nyewn nyews. ! years and Mr. Plonk founded in' I 1900 the Kings Mountain Demo- I crat. It being axiomatic that I newspapermen candidates run third of three or fourth of four, depending on number of candi- lo as the —Minneapolis Star. about the business of making man’s second e.xploration of the moon. Making their cheerfulness all the more impressive to the earth- bound is, one suddenly realizes, that it is so unusual. There is, or THE FIFTH COLUMN DONS A BEARD Evangelist Billy Gt.iham made a,. . u ij “ 20-minute talk at Ihc Mami-|at least seems to be, relatively dates, It should be o.\plaine,i per I jioiiy^vood Rock Festival la.st li'Ue smiling, let alone audible haps that both .Mr. Allison and ; gg,, .ghmittrd to newsmen'‘'xpt< ssions ot joy, In the worka- ^.c’amers sometimes attends such gath- day world. Even at play, adults, pteceded their journalistic ones, erings in a fal.se mustactie and a; if not chiLren, seem beset by a beard so he can get a better idea bitterness, of what’s going on. j These are, to be sure, serious It’s a picture we’d like to see, limes. But the world could use I was telling .Malcolm Brown, ihe Shelby School superintendent, because .somehow we just can’t. Billy in a beard? But tlic idea Is interesting. If the Reverend Dr. Graham is out ' -e among the hippe-i-up hip- -is and the turned-on teenybop- abort the county board of edu cation’s proud 1911 plant report, all $29,000 worth and only one log building still in me. He countered wltli a repo o.! reraiAs ;3hci-y school|pers with his fake facial foliage buiget ioi salaries in 1906. It iso he can get their me.ssage be- figured to $2200. The teachers j fore giving them his, wh.nt can averaged $23 per month, the we look for next? superintendent a princely $.50, BROADCAST some of the spirit ot joy that Con rad and Bean display^ at work on t)ie moon. —Mihvaukee Sentinel. KlWjlNlS RROCRAm Gary Adamson, Kinder Man ufacturing Company general manager, will address members of the Kiwanis club at Thurs- All the young levolutionaries day ni/it’s‘meeting at 6:30 at ought to be vv.irnetl. The Estah- tlie Woman's Club. lishement is working from within.' - Asherillc Cifhrn.\ LUTllERAN TOPIC — — I Rev. Charles Easley will use Be particularly alert to pedes-'the sermon topic, ”A Spirit, A during winter twilight Mission, A Ministry”, at Sunday Sunday morning worship ser vices during the month of Janu- trians ary are being broadcast via Radio hours. Often Hiey are hard to see, morning worship services at ,11 Station WKMT from First Pres- especially on dark streets and o’clock at St. Matthew’s Luther- byterian church. roadways. ^an church. Keep Toot Radio Dial Set hi 1220 WKMT Kings Motmtaini N. C. iVews & Weather every hour on hour. Weather every hour on the half hour. Fine entertainihSht iii bhiWSeh
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