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THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD. KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C.
Wednesday, December 22, I97r
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ASHBROOK PARK
Ashbrook Park is the prettiest part
of town. Space. Comfort. Large,
prety lot. They’re all yours in Ash
brook Park...a very special place
to live.
Waco Road, Just Beyond Temple
Pork—Turn Right on Sterling Drive
You don't need much money. There's
nothing like a National home for living
space . . . beauty .. . quality. All
priced to meet practically any budget.^
It's better than paying rent *,
Timber-Lake Builders. Inc.
sterling Drive
Kings Mountain, N. C.
Telephone 739-4906
Buildtrt pf
HOMIS'
SI Yeert ef LeedtrsMs
MORE FAMILIES LIVE IN A NATIONAL HOME THAN ANY OTHER HOME IN THE WORLD
The Gastonia Social Security
Offite. aloru: with s(K:ial security
offices in 850 oomrmunitics around
rile country, has been appointed
by Secretary of lleaith, EJacation,
and Welfare, Elliolt L. Richard
son to serve as a local center to
receive complaints at»ut sub-
rtandard conditions in nursing
lomes. Poisons who have infor-
."nation about instances of poor
quality care, neglect, unsanitary,
or unsafe conditions in a nursing
home may give that information
to the nearest social security of
fice in person, or by letter or
phone. If desired, the name od
the person making the coertplaint
and the name od the nursing
home patient wlH be kept confi
dential, Lex G. Barkley, So/cial
Seouritiy District Manager in Gas
tonia, noted.
The social security offioe will
see that the complaint gets to
the proper Federal, State, or lo
cal authority for investigation.
The designation of the Nation’s
social security offices as “nursing
home listening posts” is preliiru-
nary to a plan announced by Sec-
retaryRichardso n for the estab-
li.sliment cf a spteial grievance
committee in the States. This
ocmmiittec would take camplaints
and suggestions about nursing
home care and make sure they
get to the right people. They
would also find out what nursing
hcl.-ne patients Itiink — not only
about the facilities where they
live, but also about alternatives
to nursing home care — ways in
Which older people may be en
abled to stay in familiar sur
roundings instead of being insti
tutionalized.
Among steps already taken by
the Department of Health, Edu
cation, and Welfare'to guarantee
a decent environment for the old
er person who is a nursing home
patient, Barkley cited Medicare
enforcement activities under
wihich more than 100 extended
care facilities have had their ap
proval terminated because they
failed to meet health and sa.'<.ty
standards.
As of last week, he said, an
other 43 facilities are on notice
that unless they meet the stand
ards they will be cut Off from
Medicare funds.
On the positive side, more than
4,000 Medicare surveys in the
past year have 1^ to the correc
tion of deficiencTes and the up
grading of care — not just for
Medicare patients, but for all pa-
m
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IN THE TRUE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT.
WE JOIN ALL MEN OF GOOD WILL
IN PRAYERS FOR LASTING PEACE.
GRATEFULLY. WE THANK EVERYONE
FOR THE TRUST AND CONFIDENCE
THAT HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO 0..
Traffic Deaths
Are Mounting
During this Christmas .holiday,
peace on the highways and good
will toward other tirivers will
help keep you out of the 1,400
traffic accidents which the N. C.
State 'Motor Club estimatse may
take 26 lives and injure 800 other
persons on North Carolina’s
streest and highways over the
long we^end.
The state will count its holi
day highway toll from 6 p. m.
Thursday, Dec. 23, through mid
night Sunday, Dec. 26. for a per
iod of 78 hours. In a similar span
last year, the casualy count
came to 31 killed ILS on Christ
mas Dayl and 656 injured in 1,-
145 accidents.
(Leading causes of accidents
were speeding, driving left of cen
ter, failure to j'ield and dliving
under the influence.
"Out uruffie deuLiis livls yeui
are nmnirifj' well ahead of .1970,”
said Thomas B. Watkins, presi
dent Of the motor club and the
National Automobile Association.
‘Tt will take a near miracle in
the short remaining to prevent
an Increase in highway fatali
ties for the first time in three
years—but it can be done!
"The Highway Patrol will be
out CO curt) speeders and drunken
drivers. The traditional holiday
parties will bring out the real
menace — the social drinkers
whose vision, reflexes and cau
tion are Impaired by just a small
amount of alcohol. (Have a (Merry
Christmas, bud if you drink at
all, let someone yho doesn’t do
the driving for you!”
TheVeteians
Comet
iBdltor’s Note: Be!"w are au-
swers by the Veterans Adminis
tration to some of the mai y
current questions from (former
servicemen and their families,
further information on veterans
benefits may be obtained at any
VA office or your looal service
organization lepresentatiive.
Q.—My husband, a World War
n veteran, passed away recently.
Is he eligible for a headstone?
A.—Yes. Any deceased veteran
of wartime or peacetime service
whose last period of service was
terminated honorably is eligible
for this benefit.
Q. I draw VA oontpensation,
and would like to know whether
I can have pajments on my VA
insurance loan deducted from this
j compensation?
A.—Yes. If you wisli to use llii.'''
method of repaying youi' insur
ance loan, get VA Eoim 29-8SS
j from your nearest VA office, com
plete It, and forward it to the VA
I office to which you pay your in
surance premiums.
Q.—J am a Vietnam veteran
interested In training under the
GI hill, but am not sure what
courses I shoud take. Can VA as
sist me?
A. Yes. If you are eligible for
training under the GI bill, you
may lereive vocational counsel
ing, without cost, at your nearest
VA office. A counselor will help
you to better understand your in
terests, aptitudes, and abilities,
and piovlde information on occu
pations you might want to con
sider.
I
tients in the institution.
Actions are also being taken to
obtain State enforcemen of Med
icaid sandards. Since the Federal
Government pays only a portion
of the cost of nursing home care
under Medicaid, the Federal Gpv-
ernment does not have direct en
forcement authority.
Fred Jackson's
Bites Conducted
'Funeral services for Fred
Jackson, ot Bay St. Louis, Miss.,
formerly of Kings Mountain,
were he'd Saturday afternoon
from Sisk Blast Chapel in .Bes
semer CSty, interment following
in Bessemer CSty Memorial ce-1
metery. • j
A native of Kings (Mountain, |
he died Thursday morning in a:
New Orleans, La. hospital. He
was son of the late Ed and Lou-
ella Smith Jackson of Kings
Mountsdn.
Survlvlntg are his wife, Mrs.
Peggy Gillespie Jackson; one
daughter, Mrs. Yates (Huntslnger
of Dallas; one son, Carl Jackson
Of Mississippi; one sister, Mrs.
Mildred Bagwell of (Gastonia;
one brother, Woodrow Jackson
of Mississippi; and four grand
children.
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!0ere's hoping that you tune
in on a happy and healthy Christmas season.
We’re grateful for your many
IBVIUMIN TV & MUSIC
RADIO-T.V. SALES-SERVICE
^Ibday you’re using
K) times as much electricity
os you did 30 years ago.
iW WyTyou^p^
0^10,232 kwli,
Ctwt! LfiW/kwh
(I2m^ .ndkig
Aug. 31, JSJif:
Ilf .1960 you
Cp»f: l.W/liiMf i
tyotf I
But you’re only payirra Sfti
as much per kilowatffiouK
Although the cost of things you
buy has been climbing, the unit
cost of electricity has dropped—
until lately.
Todoy—even with the recent
rote increases—the overage
Duke Power residential customer
pays less per unit than he did 10
years ago or anytime before.
Then why is your electric bill
higher? As you see in the above
illustration, our average residen
tial customer uses about twice
os much electricity per yeor now
os he did only ten years ago, and
ten times as much os in 1940.
* Yjur •iKtric Mi i« bu«d ON Hw Mxnbir ef kilewoH-
Nxn (kwli) you iM*. Ont kHewottNowr in the emownt
oi •lecirktty fquirnd te ligM ten 100 »i»ti lenyi
onehowf. ofene 100 lOtt fony tef ttnhewri.
Most of this increase results
from the many necessities we
now take for granted. Water
heating, for exomple. Refriger
ation. Cooking. Hooting and air
conditioning.
Also color TV and the more
than 100 other electricol products
contribute to increased usage
ond our high standard of living.
To meet the ever-increasing
demand for electricity, we’re
constructing still more generat
ing plants. It's very expensive,
but absolutely essential.
We intend to continue to pro
vide all the electricity you need
at the lowest possible cost.
Corl Horn, Jr.
Prosid.nt