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Thursday, October 22, 1970 THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD, KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C. Page 5 Sei , sor r 101 tain. wltli »tlon shod X as ir at oero- vliss.. tho jport nJng I'Ing, naln- nnel. tuato hool. aska tmi. tho dncH' t St., stat< idson igh. tislun id at » • ;e » • MORE ABOUT Housing Lecture (Continued From Page One) ling Mill”, Mrs. Mills last Job was with the Mauney Mill, run ning combers in the card rix>m. When Mrs. Mills ibccame un able to work and was left alone by the death of her husband, she stored her furniture at the home of one oif her two sons and with persuasion fr<jm them, divided her time between iKenneth in Jaokswn, Ttenn. and Earl in Eas ley, S. C. still longing to got back to Kings Mountain and have a place of her own. When the Housing AiLthorlty oegan pilans and construotion in Kings Mountain, she was the first to sign up ijor an apart ment 'and the lirst to move into McGill Court, even though her furtiltuie Was in storage in Ten nessee, .she bought a sdfa, which doubled for a and made out famously until her furniture could be delivered at a later date. She is oompletoly happy now, with her own home to care tor and since eveything Is so con venient, housekeeping is a Joy for a homebody, such as she. Mrs Mills loves everything about her new apaitment and is espec ially proud for her sons and their families to come for a vis it. A member of Chestnut Ridge Baptist church, she attends whenever possible with a fellow member picking her up on Sun day momlngis. Mrs. Frank Smith is 73 year# young, lives at 211 McGUl Court and happiness l.s very much the under.statemcnt when referring to the way she feels about her a- parfment. Smith, as she would have all her friends call her, has lived around Kings Mountain ap proximately 55 years, with many of these years .spent in Uie Mar- grace community. At one time she worked as a spinner for the Margrace Mill. Aside from a daughter in Cal ifornia and a son in Germany, the rest of her children live in and around Kings Mountain and aUhai'gh she loves her family dearly, she loves the feeling of independence it gives her to have a place of her own. When asked what she liked most abput her new apartment, «he summed it up 'very nicely. She said, “It’s the nicest place I have ever 11%'eJ. When I awake every morning, I look around the loom and think, what a bea utiful room and I give thanks. Then going Into my nice bath-1 room and I Just know It's the | prettiest anywhere and I give i thanks again, not only for It’s' beauty but to think that I wont ; have to suffer in a cold bath-1 room this winter, from there I, go through the living room, but ; not so fast that I don't stop and ! look around and think, how com- j fortable and cozy, and again I | give thanks, it’s Just a step from | there Into the most convenient kitclien in the world. It's Just big enouffh and yet not too big. 'Tlie entire ai«rtmont is easllv kept, I can get up when I please, go to b^ when I please. If I want to watch TV until ele ven o'clock, then 1 watch It. I loft-e every Utile Inch Pf my «- partroent and am so grateful for It I never dreamed I’d have any thing I'.ke this in my lifetime.” The house that .Mrs. Smith liv ed prior to MaQill Court was cold in the winter and very hard to heat. The bathroom was on the back porch and loo small for a bathroom heater, so it was drea fully cold In the winter. WlUle and Janie Young live a- cross the way from Mrs. Smith, in another complex. They moved here from New Town St., just off Childers St., said Janie, There’s Just no comparison be tween this home and the one we moved from. The place where we did live was run down, damp and when it rained, the water blew in under the door and windows. There was no respect for >x>ur property over there and although We have many friends in that section of town, we are so thank ful for our apartment and since we have been living here I can get around the house without the ■aid of my crutches, guess it’s because ever>'thlng Is so conven ient.” There was the nicest breeze blowirv^ through the window of the attractive living room as i they told me of Willie's son in New Jersey and Janie’s son in 11S68 and her mother. In Janua- Shelby. WUIle and Janie are 70 and 71 years of age, members of the St. Paul Unitc*d MethoUst churcli, ry. lOTO, a 91 year old for whom she had cared constantly a num ber of years, was at loose ends so to speak, but now to express Lena Morrison lives across the ' her love for her new home Court In an ej.iclency apart-1 would take more words than are ment She :s 72 years old, a dla- In the dictionary. No one loves ibetic and terribly disabled but | home more than she and this a- Ahe, dike the rest of these resl- denUi, Is Just as happy as she oan be with her apartment. She says, 'T feel more secure here than where I did live although I 'haiJ lived in the same house, be low Alkm’s Flower Shop, for a- bout 20 years. I couldn't get in toiLich with anyone wtien I was alck and here, well, we all look after each other.” 'Her face beamed as she tuM me of her son, a retired Army man living In Columbia, S. C. and as she told me how grate ful she is for her new Igane and htAV It makes life easier for her. Another remarkable person In McGill Count is Liza Ann Wil liams. She told fjve that she wiaa “bonded”, out to some white peo ple when she was five years odd She doesn’t remember her age at all but figures to be around 89 or 90 jears old, though she doesn’t look it. The people she livod with were very good to her but it Was not specified by her mother, for her to get schooling so she never had the opportunity of going to school. She lived with this family until the elderly lady- passed away and .since she had been Liza’s very own charge, she was no Ifjinger needed. Liza had lived on E. Ridge St for many years, has worked hard partment hae fillatl her needs ex- plluitely. Her neighbors are not Just neighbors, they are dear friends, and g« t together oach day to talk or have a Wte to eat togellier. In the cool of the evening af ter a hot, summer day, you will find tlu'ce or four of these friends sitting on the shady side of the house, talking over times long past or even making plans for the future. Those apartments wore built with ageing In mind, tliey are arranged so that occupants with arthritis or ageing mvaeJes will not haw to bend down to find wall outlets, the bathrooms In all of these apartments have skid-} pBoof tubs and showers at a con venient height overhead, fur! tliose disaoled to the extent that I they are not able to take a tub j bath. There is also a oonvenient pack to hold to while getting in | and out of the tub Looking ov-1 erhead, yiou see two heat lamps I to give extra warmth during and aftur a bath. This in Itself is one of the nicest features about the apartments. The bedrooms are ample with large closets. Closet space is also provided in the small hallway- The kitchens are ail arranged so that the occupant need not Another day and another i iworking at the Medical Center fih'oup of oiur tetfi/Sic. Senior Clti- In C-astonla and a son that Us a zens to visit. Those hapipen to‘chief Warrant Officer for the reside In the lovely complex lo- Army in Greece. Dated on E. fUdge St. | liueinda Surratt lives at 4.10 K. Since time was limited this j fudge Stiret and hapiM'm-d to be day, I decJdc"d to call on about i sitting on her frf>iu porch, wait- three occupants and get an over- j ing for her dai.gliter and g; .ind- all view or opinion as lo their' idaughter to arrive from Now feedings about the new houslnli. York. Lucinda’s front porch, like My first stop was at the home ':Mrs. Wright’s is graced with of Janies II. Cobb of 402 E. i floweirs q' different varkty. iyic Ridge .St. Mr. Cobb is 67 years | told me that she has lived in old, a bachelor, a vetenan «f; Kings Mountain most of her life World War IL a former Civil I and Is very happy with her new Service emiUoyee and worked in ! home, .She says that she has the Electrical Depit. of the Mar-i g<x>d ne3;libops there on E. ■ne Air Station at Cherry Point, Ridge St., ”it’s quiet and wry N. C. ; convenient. It's hard lo kcx'p One would never guess Uiat he i ""Ortn in the winter and I am is a bachelor by looking at his i 'ooWng forward to the gas heat,” apartment for it U Immaculate' ^ Lucirxla’s daughter and grand- and decorated in such good daughter came as I was prepar- taste, comfortable, yet with e big to take a picture of her on nough trimming to make it es-' b*-*'' porch, .so I walled a pecially attractive. i minutes and took the pictute Born and raisei.i very near his gran.moUier present home, he lived for 44, **^1 her beautiful Uule grand- yeare In the same house, known ; da'iS'ltter. as the W. P. Cobb homeplaoe, i The liour was growing late and injured in an accident in 19.>I, ho.spltaIiz<'d for 34 months in Gastonia, he was eventually fit- tel with an artificial leg and is now al>l<.* to walk with tiie aid of an elbow crutch, i I II(t docs all of his tiou-sework I except a lew odd jolis that his daughter helps him with when she comes by. He loves his a- i partment most because of the shower, ”it’s easier to lake a bath In a shower when you de- , pend wholly on one leg for sup port.’ Alsf> he says, “its easier to get out in tJie front yard, theres no sleiKS to g() down, it’s quiet, ' restful, con\ei>ient ani last but ' not lea.st, gexid neighbors." ' I was shown some of tlie most b’autiiul billfolds, that he had made, all hand tooled and laced, real beauties. Men and women's billfol's, delicately de.s!gred. Ho also makes Ladies’ handbags, exquisite work. arid signed up for an apartment as soon as the housing authority started construction on the E- Ridge development. He likes ev erything about his new home. The ccmvenience of the apart ment and the fact that It is eas all her life. Winter was made ee-1 reach too high or* bend too low. pecially hard in that she had to. Ample caWnet space is provided cut wood to keep warm, though j for most any good oook and- as she says she dUin’t mind it. Now | an extension ito the kitchen, a she wiU get to enjoy thb gas ; small utility pantry or closet Is heat provided in these apart- j provided, room for a washer and ments. She does not realize yet' household edeaners, etc. that heat, lights, water and up- i All the wlndoiws' are nice and keep are all Includol Jn the | large, and easy to lock, easy to small amo.int of rent charged each month and it will probably be this winter 'before she fully realizes just how convenient the gas heat is. Liza saj-B that -she I loves her neighbor ajid hen »■ partment. open and close. The doors have the best locks avaUaihle and one feels secure when night time comes and they are alone. AU apartments have a fronl and hack porch large enough to be comfortable and the apart I was preparing to k-av-e E. Ridge when a nice gentleman Calltid to me from his front porch, next door It was Mr. Piercte Rhinehart and it seems that he had been wanting some one to take a picture of his a- Now all your ll.S.Saviiigs Bonck pay higher interesi; No’w it’s official. Now one of the safest investments in the world brings you new and higher returns. Now your U.S. Savings Bonds pay the highest interest in history: a full 5 per cent when held to maturity of 5 years and 10 months. (4% the first year; 5.20% thereafter to maturity.) Previously, these Bonds earned you only 4^/4% if you held them for seven years. The new interest began June 1, 1969. So all of the Bonds you own, no matter when you bought them, have been collecting higher interest since that time. Those Bonds are still replaced if lost, stolen or burned. You can still buy them ihroi jh Payroll Savings or the Bond-a-Month plan. Regardless of your other invest ments, can you think of any easier, better, or safer way to build a nest egg for yourself? It’s nice to know that you are doing a little something for Uncle Sam, too. The $52 billion in U.S. Savings Bonds now outstanding in the hands' of millions of Americans go a long way toward keeping your country financially strong. There never was a better time to take stock in America. There’s a man at the place where ^ you work who can start you on the Payroll Sav ings Plan right now, Bonds are safe. If lost, stolen, or destroyed, vye replace them. When needed, they can be cr.shed at your bank. Tax may be deferred until redemption. And always remember. Bonds are a proud way to save. Take stock in America. With higher paying US Savings Bonds. IJy kept appcalii to him very partmen.! for some time so that much aLo i might sen! copies of each Leaving 'the home of Mr. Cebb, f*''® chUdren. I visited with the la/dy occupying I ^ happy to oblige him and the comer apartment. Mrs Rosa | ® interesiinj chat Wright of 400 E. Ridge St. and while I photographed direrent the flowers that adorn her pordi I apartment, and yard are a sight to behold. Mr. Rhinehart came to Kings The yards of all the apartments ; Mountain In 1942 but wa.9 badly are attractive and neatly kept Mrs. Irene Melton lives at 312 ments are kept In repair by the MdGiil Court, left alone by ^ihouaing authority with no more death of her husband; in Pjc. ■ effflort than a phone call. but I notleei that in Mrs. Wtrlght’s yard, even the Bird Bath was fiillod. Mrs. Wrii -ht Is disabled as are most of the otlier residents but as you sit there talking to her on tlie front porch, there is a comfortable, homey feeling. This home is very different from her previous one. In that she haJ no hot water, she lived in a basement apartment which '.vas damp at times and hard to 'teep. Now she Is thoroughly en- oying her new home and it shows, everywhere you look, i 'vlthout woi^, you oan see Just j 'lOw much her home means lo j her. Living around Kings Moun tain for the past 50 years, she is a member of Chestnut Ridge | Baptist church and attends when ev-er her health permits. She has a daughter that is an R. N.. Farley Rites Are Conducted Graveside scr\-ice.s for Robert Farley, G8. of Covington, Va., for merly of King.s Mountain were . conducted Tue.sday afternoon at I 2 p.m. from .\Iountaln Rest ceme- i tery. j ! Dr. Paul Ausley, pastor of First Presby-terlan church, and Dr. Eu gene Poston, pre.sldent of Gardner VVehb college, off’f lated at the services. COMPLETES TRAINING — Pvt. ferry P. Mcmning completed Army basic training and four weeks' advanced training at Fort Jacluon. S. C September 10th. He U being transferred to Fort Cordon. Augusta. Go. for training in communications. He is a 1969 graduate of Kings Mountain high school and sen of Mrs. Eulala Doby of Sims street ELECT TEACHER The city board of education Monday nigh* accepted the ree- ignation of G-.vendolyn Falls at L ‘'ementary school and tf i m of .Mrs. Jessie Greene . . ial educa tion teacher for BcUiware and Grover schools. "St-r.ing P»cr 2C.000 SatiitiecJ Client* for Over 10 Years- f wmj^om KINGS MOUNTAIN Custom Designer. Mr. K. .N'anik, ci Hong K.jng will hi In Charlotte for 5 days. Cat. 2>"1h. 27'1’ 99.li 3.'>ih DON'T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY! Get custom measured for your tailored Men's Suits, Sport Coals, Shins—Ladies Suits, Dresses, Fornialwear, Coats. snecT FROM OVER 7,000 IMPORTED SAMPLES See display of Hong Kong Beaded Sweaters, Beaded Blouses, Beaded Hand Bags, Beaded Gloves, and many other beaded items. 700% SATISFACTION GUARANTEED I.adics Silk Suits . . S45.00 Men's Silk-Wool Suits l adies Cashmere Topcoat $58.50 Beaded Sweaters $10.00 Beaded Gloves $ 1.50 . $46.50 Cashmere Sport Coats $35.00 Cashmere Overcoats $58.50 Shirts tMonogrammed) $ 3.50 EXCLUDING CUSTOM DUTY For appointment, call Mr. Downto-.vn. 900 N. Trv in St Nanik at the Holid.ty Inn, Send aletter 'to North Vietnam. Right now hundreds of Americans are being held captive in North Vietnam. A few prisoners have made it back. They talk about bamboo cages. Vicious beatings. Malnutrition. Humiliation. But the North Vietnamese will tell us nothing. And it’s this silence that makes our appeal more urgent. For the families at home, there is no word on who’s alive. Who’s dead. Or even who’s being held. There is nothing. Except the anguish of not knowing. Maybe you can change this. By writing to the one man who can change it: The Presi dent of North Vietnam. Ask him to release the names of prison ers, allow them to write to their families, and let the Red Cross inspect the prisons to insure proper medical treatment and living conditions. Remind him that he is bound by the 1949 Geneva Convention which his country signed. And by the Istanbul resolution. North Vietnamese leaders do care about American public opinion. .And if they think they can gain something by bowing to it, they will. But one letter won’t do it. Or a thousand. Maybe it will take millions. So we’ve got to write now. All of us. And often. Write a letter tonight. And send it tO: Office of the President, Democratic Repub lic of Vietnam, Hanoi, North Vietnam. It’ll cost you a quarter. But it miglit save a life. THE AMERICAN RED CROSS Maybe th^l open it ' J ' i- . T f 11* . V.
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