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THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD. KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C.
Established 1889
The Kings Mountain Herald «*^^***'-
' 206 South Piedmont Ave. Kings Mountcdn. N. C. 28088
A wwkly newsps.per devoted to the promotion of the general welfare and published
for tha enlightenment, entertainmnt and benefit of the citizens of Kings Mountain
and its vicinity, published every Thursday by the Herald Publishing House.
Eritered as second class matter at the post office at Kings Mountain, N. C., 28086
under Act of Congress of March 3, 1873.
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT
Martin Harmon Editor-Publisher
Miss Elizabeth Stewart Circulation Manager and Society Editor
Gary Stewait Sports Editor, News
Miss Deboie Thornburg Clerk, Bookkeeper
Rocky Martin
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TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE
A9icI be renewed in the Hinrit of your mind. Ephesians i:2S.
Veterans Day 1972
Veterans Day was formerly cele
brated on November 11th commemorat
ing the World War I Armistice. The 1968
Congress, however, changed it to the
loLU'th Monday in October to honor all
veterans, the living and dead of all wars
in which this Nation has fought.
Kings Mountain’s first large-scale
observance will be held Monday at 5
p.m. in Veterans l ark of Mountain Kest
cemetery.
'I'he theme for this year’s Veterans
Week observance i.s "Kemember POvV-
MIAS and Veterans.” The POW-MIAS
are the prisoners of war and those miss
ing in action in Southeast Asia.
In honoring our Nation's veterans,
we pay homage to all men and women
who have served in the armed forces of
the United States and their families.
Their many sacrifices have made the
United States ot America the longest
lived Constitutional Republic in the his
tory of men.
In less than four years this Nation
will celebrate its Bicentennial.
Veterans Day 1972 provides us with
the opportunity to reflect upon the his
tory ot our great land and the sacrifices
made by her citizens that have allowed
this country to remain a free and in
dependent Nation.
It is estimated that more than
76,000 Vietnam veterans have returned
to North Carolina. In an effort to help
, these veterans obtain employment, many
agencies ot State Government are par
ticipating in Job Pairs for veterans
throughout the State. A Job Fair was
held at Camp Lejeune in July and fairs
are being scheduled at Seymour Johnson
Air Force Base and P'ort Bragg later
this year.
It is most fitting that we pause to
say with gratitude, thank you for his
precious gift of freedom.
Newspaper Week
This time each year newspapers of
the United States, big, little and in-be
tween, observe National Newspaper
Week, an official time for tooting of
thine own horn else the same shall not
be tooted.
That’s not necessarily the way it
is. Newspaper circulations continue to
increase and we're proud to relate that
our kind readers, as contained in a legal
notice appearing in the Herald last
week and as reported to the Post Office
Department and via the Audit Bureau
of Circulations, have boosted our circu-''
iation.
Bulk of the Herald circulation is
right here at home, about 75 percent
thi\/jgh 25 dealers here and in Grover.
Some papers go to servicemen in
Vietnam, Germany and other place.s
where American men are on duty.
A newspaper’s principal business is
reporting the facts. Though his adver
tisers sustain him with bread and meat,
a newspaper’s first duty is to his read
ers.
This the Herald attempts to follow,
a.s it will continue to dp.
Lets Make It
This week’s United Fund campaign
is the best in recent weeks, though
there is still considei’able work in store
for campaign workers if the $33,450.
quota can be attained.
There is every reason to believe
this year’s campaign can be brought to
a successful conclusion.
Let’s make it!
REMINDER
DOG STORIES FROM HITHER
AND YONDER
Chapel Hill dog fancier reports on
a lady taking her pet to the vet’s to be
mated.
“Is she registered?” she was asked.
"No,” was the reply. “I’m bringing
her here to breed. Not to vote.”
If you’re not a registered voter, you
can still cast your ballot for president
and vice president even though it’s too
iate to register.
That’s right—you don’t have to be
a registered voter to vote for the na
tion’s two highest offices.
Anyone 18 and above who has lived
in his or her precinct for at least 30
days can cast an absentee presidential
hallo thwhich includes the vice presiden
tial candidates.
All you have to do to get such a
ballot is request it in W'riting. The re
quest should be sent to the Cleveland
County Flections Board, Shelby, N. C.
28150, asking for a P.R. !^llot under the
provisions ot section 202 (f) of the vot
ing rights amendments of 1970.
Brenda Hamilton, clerk to the
board, says deadlines for returning the
ballots—by mail or in person—^to the
county elections office at the court
house is 7:30 p.m. November 7th, Elec
tion Day.
The pet world and everything there
in comes home to the fancier, he related.
P'or instance, at one evening meal he re
marked that “this food tastes like Alpo.”
And his wife is quoted as e.xclaim-
ing as they do on TV, “Doesn’t my hus
band deserve Alpo!”
Durham radioman observes, “What
with all the shootouts hereabouts lately
the old adage seems now to read ‘If at
first you don’t succeed, try, try a gun.’ ”
Overhead at Rotary:
“The preposterous American pre
occupation with bosoms is the dominant
theme in our culture, in literature, ad
vertising and everything else. If all
American women stoy wearing bras the
national economy might collapse over
night."
Congratulations to Dixon Commun
ity club and Kings Mountain high
school P'FA'ers and the Ecology class
tor their top awards at the county fair.
The FFA’ers took home S3!50 in ca.sh
prizes w'hile the 4-H’ers $100 prize was
added to the 4-H development fund for
camping projects.
Hats off to members of the Wom
an’s club who staged another successful
Community Festival Wednesday, No. 69.
The city is rendering a service in
offering rat poison free to citizens and
will collect leaves on call. Telephone the
Mayor’s office, 739-2563, or Supt. Roscoe
Wooten, 739-2561.
Support the White Cane and help
the blind.
Woman in our store was carrying
what looked like a piece of kraft wrap
ping paper about a yard long and 24
inches wide on which there were big
black scrawled markings. She moved up
and down the aisles with her shopping
cart, finally an ived at the checkout. As
she put the paints, papers, _^and some
blocks on the counter, she took a felt
marker from her purse and crossed out
the items on the big sheet of paper. She
must have sensed I was curious, because
she explained: “This is my shopping list.
Whenever I use little pieces of paper, I
either can’t find them in my purse or 1
put them down someplace and then can
not relocate them. So I’m now using as
big a piece of paper as I can find. I can’t
lose it, because everybody notices it and
it’s easily seen when I do pul it down
someplace. And besides with my eye
sight it’s easier to read the big markings
than the small writing I used to put on
my lists.”
—^Billy Arthur
(The Chapel Hill Weekly)
“Building Permit Purchased For 60
Bed Nursing Home” good news for all.
Hearty welcome to the community
to Rev. and Mrs. Paul Riggs and family.
Rev. Mr. Riggs is the new pastor of
First Baptist church.
Viewpoint? of Other Editors
OLD FOLKS AT HOME
Sports may be a young man’s
PENNILESS PUBLIC
HOUSING
game, but a lot ot old dufters are | There is a certain lack of log
having the time of their lives on ^ ic m the Nixon administration’s
the nations playing fields theseiapparent reluctance to pump
fal! afternoons. I badly needed operating funds into
On Sunday, the New York Jets I*’*' nation’s near-bankrupt public-
Joe Namath -despite his swing- i housing authori^.
Ing lifestyle, only eight months many as ^ of these agen-
away from that mystical age of ^ destitute by the end
30--set the football world on itsi**
ear with his scintillating perfor-|^*i^ , franur
mance against the Baltimore ^ many shrdleut.tBRDbfwm
Colts: sixTDs, 15 completions forl„ the administration retus^
498 yards, 1 to fund $44 nullion in requests
last year and budgeted only $170
But equally brilliant was the! million in operating subsidies for
performance of Johnny Unltas,! the current fiscal year - about
39, the crewcut quarterback of} half of vyhat the cities say they
the Colts who doesn’t realize he | need to keep their public-housing
should have been watching the programs solvent,
game in a rocking chair. Despite! The situation is so serious that
a depleted corps of runners and housing authorities in Virginia,
receivers. Johnny U merely | New Jersey and Oklahoma have
threw 26 completions for 376 filed suit against the federal
yards and two TDs.
Then there is always George
Blanda, the ageless wonder of
the Oakland Raiders, who, al
though in his mld-40s, has already
thrown one TD pass this year
and kicked several field goals.
Blanda is so square that, disdain
ing pep-pills and ohter artificial
stimulants, he says he can get
high on kielbaza and from hear
ing the national anthem before
the kickoff.
Finally, there is the Boston Red
Sox’s pot-bellied, cigar-smoking
Louis Tiant, who since Aug. 1
has won 19 of ill games, saved
another, tossed six shutouts,
and has an ERA of 1.02. Not bad
for a pitcher whose claim to be
only 31 is thought to be in the
same league with Jack Benny’s
claim to be 39.
The latest public opinion polls
indicate that the kids aren’t about
to take over the politicaj world,
as was widely predicted only a
few months ago. Now, It seems,
they have their work cut out for
them even to hold their own
against the refugees from ath
letics' geriatrics ward.
KINGS MOUNTAIN
Hospifal Log
VIStTlNG HOURS
DaUy 10:30 to 11:30 AM.
3 to 4 PM. and 7 to 8 9M
Rt. 1, Gas-
-Wall Street Journal
IN THE BRIAR PATCH
With friends like the doctors
w'ho endorsed the "Where Was
Nick?’’ ad In the papers last
week, Jesse Helms doesn’t need
any enemies.
government, and agencies in a
half-dozen other states are con- \
sidering similar action. j
What makes this- penny-pinch-1
ing so questionable is that con-:
gress passed a law i(the Brooke}
amendment) three years ago
prohibiting a housing authority
from charging rent higher than
25 per cent of a tenent’s income.
TTiis means any public housing
project with a high percentage
of welfare families is likely to
go bankrupt without substantial
federal aid.
It Is all very well to condemn
the public housing program as an
expensive failure, but the fact is
that four million Americans live
in these low-rent homes. Half are
on welfare, one-third elderly, 70
per cent .black. Alowlng their
communities to deteriorate is
hardly a constructive pproach.
There are things that can be
done about public housing. One Is
to stop packing hundreds of mul
tiple - i^oblem families with
small chidren into beak high-rise
li the iPruitt-Igoe complex in St.
Louis. Another is to provide de
cent police protection, especially
in projects for the elderly.
But the tactic of forcing hous
ing authorities into bankruptcy
I for the sake of a cost-cutting pro-
' gram In Washington, badly as
that is needed, is self-defeating.
For at some point the govern
ment will find itself saddled with
a string of broken-down housing
projects and a batch of unpaid
‘ bills.—'Httsburgh Press.
James B. Bowen
Alvin W. Causby
Mrs. Garland Detter
Guy Robert Parr
Roger Dale Hayes
Mrs. Novella R. Herndon
Mrs. Verdie Mae Kale
Jessie Guy Ledford
Mrs. Ara B. Mairshail
Waiter M. Moorhead
Paul Phillip MeUleary
William Ray Neely
Mr.s. LiiUle E. 'Reynolds
Max .Forest Roberts
Luvenia Jamie Rohm
Mrs. J. iH. Thomson i
Jim Williams
Martin Luther WUsom, Jr.
Mrs. Mairvin Wright
Mack Lee Conner
Mrs. Hattie H. Gamble
Della Mae Jaggers
Mrs. Fred J. (Bridges
Daniel Green
Mlrs. Kenneth W. Hodge
Max Daniel Ingle
Stella H. Jackson
Mrs. WUlle M. McCarter
Boyce Street, City
ADMITTED SUNDAY
Mrs. Andy Rector,
tonia
Richard Wayne Bateson, 301 E.
Lay Street, Dallas
Mrs. Essie L. Brooks, Rtt. 1, City
Mis. Lawton W. London, 615
Meadowbrook, City
Haywo.id W. Mackey, 509 S.
Mulberry Street, Gherryville
Horace Odell Miullina, 103 N.
Inman St., Besseimer Oity
Kathy Ann Prioe, 1280 2n'd St.
Ext., City
Otis A. Moss, Rt. 1, York, S. C.
Mrs. Eva Mae Robertson, 518
Harmon Court, City
Thursday, October 19, 1972
Krih i
Aimouncements
ADMITTED MONDAY
DiDna Lynn Hinson, Rt. 2, Bes
semer City
Mrs. Dennis Butler, 207 Ka'th
erlne St., City
Clarice (Marie Carder, P.O. Box
57, Oaroleen
Thomas Eugene Dills, P.O. Box
447-D, Besaemeir City
Mrs. Wray D. Parris, 121 E. Sbs-
ton Avenue, Bessemer City
iMrs. Pete HoHifield, 802 3rd
St., City
Mrs. George Kormish, Suburban
Mobile Home Park, Rt. 1, Gastonia
John Albert Maddox, Rt. 1, Yoo-k
Rd., City
Mr. an:l -Mrs. Jethro Lee Tea.d-
er, 113 .Soutii Giuston Street, an
nounce the birtli of a son, Tue.s-
day, October 10. Kings Mountain
} hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Pre-is-
ley, iOO Wells Street, annoume
the birth of a daughtw, Friday.
Octc.icf 13, King.s Mountain hosj
pital. ‘
Mr. and Mrs. Claude L. Mathis
316 Walnut Street, ann-ounce t';i
birth of a daughter, Saturday,
October 14, Kings .Mountain ho.-!.
pital.
Mr. and -Mrs. Pete Hollifielil,
802 3rd Street, announce the birth
of a daughter, Tuesday, October
17, Kings Mountain ho.-vpital.
WATER WEI6HT
PROBLEM?
E-LIIM
Mrs. Paul W. Owens, 200 Ful-
AOMITTBO THURSDAY | ton Dr., City
1. . r. u. r- T. Page, Rt. 1, Dallas
Miohael Bay Bingham, 920 E. jerry Lee Paysour, KM-Besse
mer City Trailer Park, No. 22.
402 Kings
Puett, Dallas
Mrs. C. B. Stokes,
Mtn. St., Clover
Robert Edward Thompson, 117
W. Alabama Avenue, Bessemer
City
Excess water in the body can be un
comfortable. E-LIM will help you lose
excess water weight We at i ■ ■
D'uf Store
recommend iti
Mrs. AJma B. Sessoms, 514
Broad St., City
Mrs. liUle IBeU WaWre, 304 E.
King St., City
Only $1aBO
Kings Mtn. Drug Co.
10:3-26
'H
AOMUTEO FRIDAY
Mrs. Annie Blaloick, Rt. 2, City
Mrs. Jasper N. Philbeck, RL 3,
City
Mrs. Rosa Lee Wilder. 204 Par
rish Dr., City
Mrs. Nelson G. Toney, 1006
CTeveland Ave., City
Keep Your Radio Dial Set At
ADMITTED SATURDAY
1220
Arthur Sprouse, Rt. 3, City
TluMna^ Kermeth Green, 5180
Midpines, City
'Mrs. Virginia Marie Gragg, 905
(SUOnS OLD AND NEW
Love is like measles you can
get it only once, and the later in
life it occurs the tougher its.—
Josh Billings.
WKMT
Nick Gaiifianakis must be grin
ning through his tears of embar
rassment and -begging the good
medicos not to throw him in the
briar patch. Certainly, they could-
GROUND COVER
KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C.
BY ANY OTHER NAME
A new breed of woman em-
n’t have le^ more to his strength
if they had claimed Gaiifianakis
nationals.
■At first glance, the ad was a
clever turn to it. It doesn’t, for
example, mention that Republi
can Jesse Heims and Democrat
Gaiifianakis are competing for
She comes to take the place
of such vanished species as the
“chaisiere" — the chair lady who
used to demand payment for the
chairs in Paris parks but was
ordered out of official existence
earlier this year, and the poin-
conneuse — the ticket punchers
One of the ground covers you
may want to consider pltmting is!
cottoneaster (Rocky Spray). This
is a woody deciduous shrub well -
adapted to use in hot, dry situa-1
tions as on slopes exposed to the |
wind. Red berries appear in late i
fall. Dwarf cottoneaster grows |
about two feet high and is espec-!
lally effective under dry condl-1
tions. according to North Caro- i
lina State University specialists. |
News & Weather every hour on the hour.
Weather every hour on the hc'lf hour.
Fine entertainment in between
election to the Senate. The ad j who are being rapidly phased
doesn’t have Helms name on it.
But the point is obvious: If -Nick
isn’t fit to be a senator, we ought
to go with someone else.
out as the Paris 'Metro (subway)
becomes automatized.
But effectiveness of this stop-
.Nick gambit begins and ends
We hope Parisians will forgive ■
us if we have always thought
that the polnconneuse, the chai
siere and, of course, the concierge ;
there. The doctors simply are tilt- i were in the direct line of succes
ing at the wrong windmill. They ! sion to the tricoteusea of the
equate Gaiifianakis' "100 per cent French Revolution: women whose
absentee record” on four pieces Job® have been of a kind to allow
of drug abuse legUlation with a} them to keep a piquant eye on
do-nothing, or, at best, soft posi-1 the world they watch go by.
oroVm The newcomer certainly fits in-
GaliflAnakls couldn’t ask for a ' category. Her office in
GP.
better opportunity to invite pub
lic scrutiny of his fight against
drug abuse. He has the advantage
of appearing on the defensive,
while in truth the congressman
welcomes the examination. His
effort in legislative war against
illegal drug traffic and use is an
area of his congressional service
of which he is justifiably proud.
As a matter of fact, we have
wondered why Gaiifianakis has
n’t used his work in this area as
a campaign plus. Few leaders in
public office have taken as clear
and strong a stand against drug
abuse as Gaiifianakis. He has
co-sponsored legislation to cut off
foreign aid to countries that re
fuse to try to halt drug exports
to the United States. He has ad
vocated stiffer penalties for con
victed pushers. Long before he
entered the Senate race, he was
working to modify criminal laws
so that drug users would be of
fered treatment and guidance in
stead of prison. He has sponsored
bills that provide funds for re
search Into heroin addiction. He
has discussed the drug menace
wdth countless law enforcement
groups. He has been commended
tjy fellow congressmen for his
work in this area.
In sum, the Doctors Against
Drug Abuse did Gaiifianakis a
favor with their “Where Was
Nick?” foray. Where is he? He's
in the briar patch.
category
Itself is no novelty for she Is none
other than a meter maid. But
she was late hi coming to France
because Paris only took to park
ing meters comparatively recent
ly. And, as you might expect, tte
Parisian meter maid is distinc
tive because of the uniform she
wears and particularly because
of its color.
American
It happens to be a deep plum
or purple. And Parisians lost no
flme in finding their own name !
for those "maidens.” ,
Perhaps you’ve guessed.
They are: Les Aubergines.
Dream
—Christian Science Monitor
THE WORLD'S GREATEST |
GRAPEFRUIT SQUEEZER
Madiine.
The strong man at the circus i
picked up a grapefruit and, grip
ping it with his powerful hand,
he managed to squeeze a pint of -
juice out of it. He waited until
the applause died down and then,
holding up the bashed-in blob of!
yellow pulp, he said: “If anyone
can get another drop of juice'
from this grapefruit, I will pay!
him $1,000. Is there anyone who ■
would like to try?’’ ,
\
-Mooresville Tribune
ONE-ARMED SCULPTOR
An oldie came back to me the
other day when a man was a^-
ing for some sculpture tools. It
goes like this:
First man:
the sculptor
arm.
Did you hear about
who Ivad only one
A frail, .skinny, meek little fel-1
low came up, took what was left |
of the grapefruit rind and he I
squeezed. Miraculously, another 1
glass of juice came out the grape-1
fruit. 1
“TTtat’s remarkable sir," said
the flustered circus star. "Are}
■you a strong man, too?”
"No,” the little man said, “I’m |
a fund raiser for the United'
Fund.”
—Pete Ivey in
Chape) Hill Newspaper
Second man: No, how did he
sculpt? ,
First man: He held the chisel
in his teeth amd hit himseU in
the hack of the head with the
malleL
Billy Axthur in
Chapel Hill Newspaper
The water used by 90 per cent
of the population In the develop
ing world is either unsafe or in
adequate, or both. UNICEF proj- j
ects help provide abundant, un
polluted water supplies.
With UNICEFs help, the death
rata from (Malaria among chil
dren has 'been lowered from 3:5
million in the 1950’8 to lesg than
one million last year.
America is the place that is made
out of dreams. And, U.S. Savings
Bonds have been helping to make
hanpy dreams come true fur years.
Now, Bonds mature in less than
six years. That means your dreams
can come true faster than ever before.
You can buy shares in your parti
cular dream by joining the Payroll
Savings Plan where you work, or the
Bond-a-Month plan where you bank.
Before you know it, your American
t-r;am wUl be a reality.
f
Take stodc in America.
Now Boixis mature in lew ih.n six yeyvs
Nuw C BuiuIr pay 5'*% iiitairal wh«n held t.
nialiirity rif 5 yeurrt, 10 inunlhs (4*( the tint
year;. buiKiK ara I'fpluti'd if lost. 8101011. or ^
<i(**tn)yt*d.Wh**n iirvHstJ they can lie t sslwd ♦
ai yout* bonk. InlrrvHt ih not nubjoi't to state \
or .ocai income Uxt'S, and fitieral tax may
K* de'tVtrtU until nxlumptioiu
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