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Zk % I ‘-'• Page 2 ... EstobUsW 1889 The Eing$ MeiAt^ Heirdd — -rv«. **' ' ' 306 South Plodaoiit A««. Klaga l^uhtciiiii IT. C. S^OOB A wiMUy new8p8,per devoted to the promotion of 'the geharal weliate and puhliriied tor the enlightenment,, entertalnmnt and benefit cf the citizens of. Kinga Mountain and Its, vicinity, publlshed'eVeiy, Thursday by die Herald Puhllshing House. Entered as second class matter at-d:e.*poat offive ot Itlnpu Mountain, N. C., 281X16 under Act of Congress’of Mkrch 3, 1373. EDITOlUAL DEPAHTMENT Martin Harman Editor-Jhihllsher Mi-ss Elizabeth Stewart ; Ctrrulatior. Mansgtr and duciety Editor Gary Stewait S{p<iirl)| Edltori News MUs Dohbte Thorrtburg Boouteeper THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD. KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C. ^ednesclay, December 20, T9^ Rocky Martin MECOAMICAL OEPANTMENT AUsii Mywa Roger Brcnm Raul lackson Harhen M. Hunter KAII. SUBSCRIPTrON RATOS IVIYA&E IN ADVAHC^ ta Ko^ CearoUnn cdsd S%aMi Camllas One year 941 ala moi^ fUSt tnrqie montha fl JO: arhool ytar 93. (Subscrlptton la ?iK>rth GtuoUiia subjjiKt to'three percent aa&i taa-i tfei’ AU Other 8totes One year 93; aljjfmanths 93: thrp6.in«>d>* Sl-W: school yea< 93.76. . P|,uai«c«m» CARGMIfA SAlsES* TIAX TELEPHONE number — 739>S44l TODAY'S BULE VERSE For he (Pilate) kn-fnv that for encj/ theif had delivered Him. St. Matthew S7:1S. Christmas 19^ The Middle East situation between Israel and Egypt, another "holy war" (as usual with economic overtones) has cooled, but remains a tinder box. There have been overtones of po tential trouble in South America and President Marcos has established a vir tual dictatorship in the Philippines. There is, though, an optimistic side. It has been more than 35 years since Hitler’s whermacht invaded Po land and shortly conquering Holland, Belgium and France, thereby plunging a great portion of the globe into World War n. County and Water The county commission struck its water policies from the books Monday, the commission presumably planning a refurbishing of the groURa rules rather than attempting to get out qf the water business. Indeed, County Manager Joe Hen drick voiced the opinion tjiat the county may find itself needing t6 go fuR-scaje into the wiater business in the forest able future. That’s a possibility. It has now been sevetal ye^.^ijbe J. N. Pease qnd as9eciate9, eiQ^teiBi^, told the county plfnnlng. boaiw service was not tben ecbnoinIbaWy ble. The county hgs obviously * groKVn and is continuing to grow, The county government’s first in road into water and sewer service was in supplying these services to the Pitts burgh Plate Glass (now PPG Industries) plant at Washburn’s Switch, the funds voted by the citizens via a $415,OCX) bond issue, an investment that has paid hand somely—directly from Pittsburg'h via annual tax bills, indirectly by the taxes Pittsburgh’s growing number of em ployees pay. A mistake was made by the county in not requiring the water seller, In ^Is instance the City of Shelby, to pixivlde line maintenance. After this incursion into water serv ice, there were a few others, including two In Kings Mountain, before a subse quent county commission sought to for- — 1.. ..... .. sake water service participanon. The effort proved abortive as was expected. Once in, the county Was in. The Herald pointed out when the PPG proposal was made that fact. It’s immoral to provide services one zen and deny It to anothrfl*. , • News llaekoufs The world enters the Christmas season with some expectancy that Unit ed States involvement in the Viet Nam family fight is soon to end—though the expectancy is hardly as great as it was a month ago. The reason is not completely appar- rent, but seems to lie on one or all of these areas: North Viet Nam intransi gence, road-blocking by tthe South Viet Nam allies, and/or wishful thinking on the part of the United States negotia tors. It is tragic that celebration of the birth of the Prince of Peace is marked by warfare. Viet Nam is not the only trouble spot. The strife in Ireland’s internal “holy war” continues. It’s not unusual fof government offi cials to .be wary of ^e press, be the product go to Ae public on newsprint or vocally. In turn, many newsmen are equally wary of office-holder^, whether elected officials or hired emwoyees. Undoubtedly, both sides have some cause for complalht. The stock in trade of the press corps is the “pubUc's right to know” and most particultejv about public busi ness where the pulDlic'a money is ex pended, sometimes judiciously, some times rashly. *• Sometimes the press folk get a bit rough, these timbs always occuring if the officials are found not to have play ed it straight—in short, told the truth. That part’s propel*, the officials hav ing pHloried themselves. But some news gatherers some times fall into a torap which is very easy to fall into. They begin to feel they know more about the guy’s job than he knows himself. That part is improper. But Governor-elect Jim Holshous- er’s dictum to his staff to keep their mouths shut is a bit off-base, antithesis of Mr. Holshouser’s campaign state ments about airing out state govern ment. If nobody’s talking, there’ll be little airing. Groiiii^iig Vote The total was small, but the result was gratifying. Saturday’s school bond election for Satur Kings Mountain district schools was 'ip- proved by better than 2 to 1. The btmd election campaign passed for these rdasona; 1) The campaigij was well-organiz ed, the school follif doing their home work and getting the facts to the clth zena. 2) The voters could see the growth of the afea and realized the Steady 6Vef-crowded conditions at the school plants. 'Thie hi^ sohool, built for 1(X)0 students, houses 1200. West school em ploys two mobile homes for classroom ^ace. Neither West nor East have au ditorium space, long-since split for class rooms. “Ihib jfesUit .can also he interpreted aa>a vote of conf^idencd for .the board of school iadmlhl^rators and ti [’are; ynhappy with I’aabns, the sapie citi- * t^j^st”: It Pop Jones estimates ... should W adequ8^’;^ce for.ten years, fjbrnerstonft- of the building pro gram is a junior high school on property already acquired, which will relieve the high school. But additions and renova tions are included for all existing ele mentary plants. in .. - .inp IdlW^to .v^ Si^^rtntend the oiiinent biijli ppo\ ■ Welcome Center The Interstate 85 Welcome Center near the state line, dedicated last week, has been on the drawing boards for sev eral years and is now a happy fact for North Carolina Variety Vacationland. The Kings Mountain-Grover center is thd state’s fourth. Four more are currently planned. Their use; The three then-existing centers logged in 911,811 visitors in 1971, Already more than one million Have visited thh centers this year. Hostesses at the center can provide the trjkvelbr with infoiTnation qn fOutes, attractions and tiny other qUdstipns that might arise in Connection ylth thdir visit. The centers also provide literate on general travel as well as individual attractions, Last year, 911,811 visitors checked in at. North CzrcOina’s theft Existing three centers. Vfsltatlbhs h^e alpe^^ MARTIN’S MEDICINE By MARTIN HARMON Christmas comes but once year. Ah, ye.s.... Viewpoints of Other Editors :at: AS WE ITI EDUCATli^: IT IS EOT liacirr think us is a report called '‘Inequality: A reassessment ol the Effects of Family and Schooling in Ampr- iett,’’ usually referred to tis the II there Is one thing that all jencks report. Americans of whatever political ! or ideological bent have shared The report is the result of a in common. It is the telief that fpitf-year review and analysis of the road to personal success ahd data from various studies on the m.ia ! social equality is through educa-: effects of schooling by a team 1 tion. 1 headed by Harvard professor It is a season of joy, for the: : Christopher Jencks. Among il^ most part, though sometimes I Up to now it has seemed to i surprising conclusions: markhd by tragedy, too. in a ^ work. The good life being lived by i Eliminating the difference be- daetk Iji Delaware united States , the children and grandchildren ' tween elementaiy schols would Sendtoi'-eleCt Biden, at 30, young- of poor, unekllled Immigrants can reduce the range of test srores est min to be elected to the sen- surely be cited as proof of the anmjjg si.xth-graders by les-s'than ate in this century, lost his wife! value of education. It Is obvious thr^ p^r cent. . ahd ISmonth oid daughter, and‘that an employer, given a choice Economic success seems to l)e his two sons were injured. In a between a high school dropout '■ jjs dependent upon such slippery Tuesday afternoon fire, the Rosa I and a person with a diploma will factors as luck, timing and per- Bess family lost all their belong-, hire the latter. j sonallty ;us on I.Q., heredity, fam- ings excepting the clothes on I Where it ha,sn't worked, the an-1 Hy background and the cognitive their back.s. The Haibcrt Webbs |swer has been more and “bet- skills measure.i by standardized lost their dog to a car's turning' ter*’ education. Educators conlin- whcels. ually come up with innovations tests. rfrom the New Math to "c'ass-1 In sum, the way to attack pov- m-m I rooms without wail's to program- et'ty “"d ine<iualily, says the au ' mod instruction to e lueational ‘hors, is not through educaUonal LAND IN THE CEN^rAl BUSINESS DiStiK^f 6f kings moqIniaIIn, n. c. ONE PARCEL 36,643 Square Foot Cleared and ready for Redevelopment I'. Access to 3 Streets IDEAL LOCATION FOR: Bank, Retail Business Establishments, Offices or other permitted uses. Bids to be opened February 12, 1973 at 2:00 P.M. at the Redevelopment Commission Office. Prices aren’t too joyful. A two- j vouchers- ip pursu t of the goal instituUons but through economic; s'‘lk"ne and °th?S9“to"$lVa"mer i institutions- by means of what s.lK tie ana tt\e S3 to SW a mer . called socialism. The chant is adverthsli^ on shirts ^ . ; primary basis for judging an edu- would have , bought a silk shirt. j. j snend a rec-' national system should not bo (DO they make’em anymore?) j J'^59o.5\n'!ior on ; hovv many employable adults it m-m I and instruction for 60.4 million; ‘urns out. but whether stiiderrts I students. Public schools will em-1 teachers find it u satisfying Already th^r have been some | p|gy 20.OOO more teachers than pu'qilc gifts. The citizens of Kings j they did last year. their. •Mountain school district gave their school children $2.3 million Saturday for plant expansion. ■PrevTously, the city had given | motorist, at least for a three- montij trial period, free business district parking, removing those | gluttbnous meter heads. In spite j of being one of the best over-1 parking customers the city had, I confess to wondering if the de- ■ cision were wise. After all, the | point of meters is to keep traffic I moving, not revenue, which in j the city’s instance went in totoj to the recreation program. It. was thus a total loss charge to I the police department budget, ad ditionally, after 24 years of ser vice for most of the meters, many were In bad repair. I confess to haibit as I sometimes still reach in my pocket for a coin when parking downtown, but it’s quite a pleasure not having to worry about being armed with pennies and nickels when headed down town. But belief In the ideal has re ceived some bruising blows of iate. One of the most devastating KINGS MOUNTAIN Hospital Log visrnNa rodrs Dally 10:30 *9 11:90 AJl 3 to 4 tM. and 7 to 8 ML 0^9 Another community gift will be provided by Stewart & Everett, owners of Joy Theatre, shortly after Christmas, with a comp’ete renovation of the plant, including new seats and carpeting. The year 1972 marks a new re cord for construction of resi dences in Kings 'Mountain, and home-ibuUding has also been hea vy in areas adjacent to the dty. And these residences are being occupied about as fast as they are completed. m-m Out in Kentucky a couple of 'brothers had a grocery store and developed the proper formula for curing country hams. They sold the store ten years ago and their successor asked them to contin ue curing hams for him, which they did. They still supply him, but have increased their capacity to 600-700 per year, selling some privately, but selling only in the Christmas season. “Everybody knows what ingredients to use in curing hams,’’ one commented. “The secret is in knowing how much of each ingredient." Most of the hams, on which the bro thers start the curing process in January, are marked the first year .'They save a few for spe cial customers who like older hams and buy them the second Christmas, I write it every, year, but the Christmas cards do get prettier, if seems, with eat^ passing year. OHR One of my interesting gifts to date comes from EJdward H. Smith, a diploma from the State of North Carolina Electoral Col lege, where Eddie, an elector for the second time, cast his vote for President Nixon and Vice-Presi dent Agnew. It’s a spoof Ed dreamed up to promote attention to some ills in the electoral col lege system, such as the guy from Charlottesville, Va., a Nl- xon-Agnew elector, cat his ticket, voting for a guy nob^y ever heard of. For the last few elec tions there has been one defec tor, One time It was an Alabam- iam, another time on Oklahoman. The Inscription reads "Be it known that Martin Luther Har mon has steadfastly and dutiful ly served as official journalist during this state's official voting for Richard M. Nixon for Presi dent and Spiro T. Agnew for Vlce-iPresldent of the United States. Having thus completed the required course of action, the officers and trustees of this hon orable but outmoded and unne cessary assemblage are pleased to confer on him the honorary Utle of DCXTTQR USELESS DE- ORipS (DiUD), MAGNA CUM LOYAL." a-tt Amin antj MMTy Christmas! Edna Lou Barrett Mrs. Sarah M. Boheler Mrs. Pearl E. Bridges James Clyde Brown Sammle Bryant Rochel Lee Conner Moses Crank Mrs. Annie K. Dulin Mrs. Shirley D. Qalney Mrs. Thomas W. Gibson Mrs. J. J. Hicks Mrs. Ebnma H. Homesiey 'Mrs. Lottie B. Jackson Mrs. Verdie C. Kale Haywood M. Mackey Walter M. Moorhead George EMwin Peck Mres. Marie H. Ramsey Mrs. Lesley Sprouse Jessie Taylor 'Leroy Glenn Whiting Mrs. Grady W. Wylie Jedeth R. Davis Mrs. Henderson W. Herndon Mrs. Hunter G. Wylie Mrs. Willie O. Caldwell Mrs. Martha Rhea Drese >Jrs. Carrie R. Lutz Mrs. Frank E. Self Robert D. Smith Shelly Marie Woodard Keith Richard Allen Mrs. Pearl S. Carroll 'Johnny Marion Jackson Mrs. Dennis Elizabeth McCurry AOMITTEQ THURSDAY James W. Jones, 319 E. Georgia Ave.,. Bessemer C.ty. Mrs. Mamie S. Kennedy, 303 N. Watterson St., City Robert G. .Metcalf, 314 North Weldon Street, Gastuiita Mrs. Ethel MdMillan, Bessemer City. Luther Edward Shearer, 817 Wilmington Street, Gastonia ADMITTED FRIDAY Mrs. Hary F. Cook, 103 Mint Street, Clover James Jerome Seagle, Route 1, Box 42&B, City Johnny William Whetstone, Rt. 2, Box 35, City ADMITTED SATURDAY Mrs. Manatosh Dey, 103 East Airline Ave., Gastonia. Mrs. iBroadus England, 904 Church SL, aty Mrs. Robert L. Grihdstaff, Rt. 1, Box 8, Clover. Mrs. Richard A. Hildreth, Gen eral Delivery, Bessemer City. Mrs. Lawrence D. Styers, 106 East Gold St., City. Eunice R. Warllck, Route 3, Box 202, Citiy Roger Lee Wood, 1000 First Street, City Donald W. Blanton, P. O. Box 787, aty Mrs. Rhea K. Lewis, 116 East Georgia AVe.,. Bessemer Oty. ADMITTED SUNDAT Thomas Frank Ballard, 70S Lin- wood Road, City. 'Mrs. Manda R. Barber, 107 Water Oak Street, aty 'James Steven Crocker, 403 aocker Road, City Mrs. Ray B. Herndon, Route 2, aty WllUam H. Morgan. 1616 Shel-1 by Road, Oty. 'Mrs. David Phillips Jr., 1700; Oak Valley Drive, Gastonia j Mrs. William Stewart, 609 Can- sler Street, Oty 'Lowell B. Turpin Jr., 509 South Uth Street, Bessemer City iWUlls B. Bagwell, 813 North 3rd Street, aty . Randy Michael Emory, 1010 E. 'Park Avenue, Gastonia George W. Sellers, KM Water- oak Street, City ADMITTED MONDAY' Mrs. lErenda E. Barber, Bes semer aty Trailer Park. Virgil G. Campbell, 832 First Street, aty Barry Randal! Dellinger, 606 iBridges Drive, City Mrs. Janies H- Jenkins, Route 1, Kings Creek, S, C. Sarah France^ Smith, Route 1, Box 178, Qrover . . , 3Uiy M iak^nell, MMplnes Trail# P^, place to be and whether lives are enriched. I While the word “socialism” is: guaranteed to turn off honeduca-1 tors as much as its other find ings have offended professionals, the Jencks report does not pro vide strong evidence that we may have expected too much from education in one sense and too little in another. "I suggest that the purpose of education Is not to improve com petence but to improve desirable human characteristics usually as sociate with the word, “civiliza tion,” says Cleveland newspaper published Thomas Vail. ■'Ethics, integrity, kindness, tol erance, human dignity, respect for others. These are the things, it seenis to me, that education is driving at . . . Education is a step towaixl tolerance and under standing, and that is what civil ization is all about.’ For further information contact The Kings Mountain Redevelopment Commission 112 S. Piedmont Avenue (704 ) 739-200.3 Kings Mountain, North Carolina 28086 12:14-1:4 1 I’ Keep Your Radio Dial Set At But to drive at these goals, education has to start somewhere. Thus an even more primary pur pose of education would seem to be to inquire into how civiliza tion got where it is, to acquaint each new generation with the accumulated wisdom as well as the accumulated follies of man kind and to impart at least a basic understanding of the struc ture of the physical universe in which the human species has its existence. i 'For most of us, the grade i school and high school years are the only exposure to “what civil ization is all about.” — The Gas tonia Gazette. 1220 WKMT KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C. News & Weather every hour on the hour. Weather every hour on the helf hour. Rne entertainment In between O c^oream. >('■ €> city This time you’re absolutely going tb saveaom6thihg out of your pay- chftdi:. Btitv theft, you realv do nera ihirt pafttrat. a new coat and, of xtotbrse, dukt perfume Eric likes so mui^ B^ore jfou kftow it, the money’s gone.. . and all you’ve gbt saved areyour dreams. ■ Tnat’s why ^e Payroll Savinra Plan iasuch a good idea for a single gid. Whdn'youMin, aft amount you ftpedl^ i8 s^ ande from your check an^ UBid' to bify U.S.,Savings Bondsl AnS, in afi ikitie before you Net yiDuY check—so yod can't help but save. U.S. Savings Bonds. To help you save more than dreams. ^ 1 Now E Bondi |wy intortit wUn held (o niaturitY of & yean. 10 inonihi (4% thi first yesrL Bondi «ri repliced if loit, itiUn. or ^ desiroyid. When neofiKt they cin bo cashed ^ It your bsnk. Intrmt ii tmI subfert to itsU or l^cil iocome Uxw, ind frderol Uxim^ be dcfirred Diitil ndemption. l^ake s1d(& in America. Riikih nldture in loss than six veaii).
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