Pag* 2A-KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD-Wadnesday. November 26. 1980
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We Should Be Thankful
Thursday (tomorrow) will be Thanksgiving, and
years after the holiday was first observed, the pieo-
ple of the United States have much for which to be
thankful.
There is much to decry; a sluggish economy, the
holding of Americans as hostages in a foreign coun
try, inflation, taxes are mighty high, groceries are
mighty high and payments on the car and television
sets are hard to make.
But, has it not always been true in some respects?
On Thanksgiving Day 1980, some cynics may
ask, “What do we have to be thankful for? Infla
tionary prices that crimp our budgets? An energy
situation in which we drive fewer miles for more
money?”
But whether they believe they have reason to be
thankful, they’ll gladly use tomorrow as a break in
their labors, to watch football games on television in
their warm living rooms, and then sleep to digest the
traditional Thanksgiving feast.
The Pilgrim fathers had much to face too.
There were hostile Indians, a wilderness to be
carved out, there was no means of fast communica
tion.
But the Pilgrim fathers were thankful, for they
had made a bountiful crop and they were free.
The more perceptive Americans look beyond the
current crisis our country finds itself in this
Thanksgiving Day and still finds many blessings to
count.
One of the most important features of the
Thanksgiving Day observance is a switching of em
phasis from the wants and seeming needs to the
blessings we have.
And most of us are pretty well blessed.
Thanksgiving is a time to give spiritual thanks to
God for these blessings.
Trees Nice Addition
One of the nicest things to happen in Kings
Mountain in recent years has been a planting of
Savannah Holly trees in the downtown area.
The citizens owe a big thank you to all the
Garden Clubs of the city for this project.
They raised the funds to purchase the 43 trees
which now grace Battleground Avenue and Moun
tain Street, and they contracted Joe Champion to
plant them.
The trees will give lasting beauty to the
downtown area as the years go by, and will have
special meaning during this time of year when we
turn our thoughts toward the Holiday Season.
The community is proud of the trees, and its
many citizens who labored long to bring this project
to reality.
Well Miss These Three
The death of Franklin Harry removed from the
'Grover Community a man, who quietly and
unassumingly, left a considerable imprint on the
town in which he was an active industrial and
humanitarian and mayor for 30 years from
1945-75.
it was well known to all that Franklin Harry lov
ed Grover and Grover returned his high affection.
The Grover community mounrs the passing of a
good friend.
The Herald joins with the many friends of both
families in expressing sincere sympathy to Mrs. J.N.
McClure, at the death of her husband, “Joe,” and to
Mrs. Marcia Moore Putnam at the death of hus
band, “Bill.” *
Both men were highly respected in the communi
ty.
Mr. McClure, 78, was a retired mining engineer
at Lithium Corporation of America and long active
in Central United Methodist Church.
Mr. Putnam, 44, died after a long hard fight
against cancer which forced him to resign from his
contracting business almost two years ago. He was
active in Patterson Grove Baptist Church.
The community will miss these gentlemen.
Call For A Recount
The Herald hopes that the state board of elec
tions will disagree with the recent findings of the
Cleveland County elections board and call for a re
count of the votes in the Nov. 4 county commis
sioners’ election. Transcripts from the recent hear
ing on the matter by the county elections board are
now in the hands of Raleigh officials. We believe
that a recount of the votes will remove a lot of ques
tions in the minds of voters and make it a lot easier
for the commission as a whole to seive the citizens
they represent.
Hearty congratulations to leaders of the 1981
United way Campaign and to Kings Mountain
citizens who again surpassed their goal of giving to
numerous good causes. Kings Mountain is a caring
community and has proved this factor time and
time again.
It hardly seems possible but Christmas is just
around the corner.
Santa Claus comes to town Sunday in the KM
Fire Department and KM Merchants Association
annual Y ule parade and the activities start at 3 p.m.
City firemen and merchants have been busy get
ting ready for the annual event which officially
opens the Christmas shopping season.
Don’t miss the Christmas parade!
Congratulations to North School P-TA which
raised $5,300 in a Community Festival last Satur
day in spite of rainy weather which failed to
dampen the enthusiasm of the large crowds. By mid-
afternoon 1500 hot dogs had been consumed and
many of the entertainment rooms were iposting
“closed” signs since all gift items had been
distributed.
Jackie Seism, chairman, and Sarah Shaw and
Eleanor Seism, co<hairmen, deserve praise for their
leadership of the fundraiser which will provide the
money for new playground equipment. The young
people providing free entertainment during the
afternoon deserve high marks too for their profes
sional performances.
Frank Cox Always
Took Time To Explain
Serving as Circulation Manager of The Herald
for a number of years brought me in constant touch
with the late B. Frank Cox. The Herald was then
located within sight of the U.S. Postoffice
downtown and Mr. Cox was the assistant
postmaster, retiring in 1973 after a 34 year tenure.
Mr. Cox always took the time to answer any
questions concerning all the “red tape” involved in
filling out numerous postoffice forms required to
distribute the newspaper through the mail to our
readers. The forms were always changing, not to
mention addresses and expiration dates of subscrip
tions. Back then, we had to do a zone count of the
mailing list perioidically, not only for the postal ser
vice but for the Audit Bureau of Circulation, which
audited the paid circulation of the paper, and we
were not into stencils then in the much more
modern process we use today. The mailing list was
galleys and galleys of type printed on pages and
pages of newsprint. I inherited the circulation duties
when Charlie Carpenter resigned as sports editor
and circulation manager to get into a new business.
Just about everyone on the postoffice staff, at
one time or another, helped me with the mailing
lists and oftentimes Mr. Cox, Postmaster Charles
Alexander, Fred Weaver, Howard Smith or Don
Crawford had to open up at night to get us the
mailbags that one of our people had forgotten to
pick up when the postoffice closed its doors at 5
o’clock. Sometimes the pressmen didn’t tell me the
mailbags were missing until long after Mr. Cox had
departed from Wednesday night prayer meeting at
Lib
Stewart
Kings Mountain Baptist Church.
It was that kind of kindness that Mr. Cox gave to
all his customers over the years and most of them
didn’t awaken him late at night to pick up
newspaper mailbags.
Frank Cox was a very efficient postal servant
who began as a clerk and graduated to assistant
postmaster. He was no “legal eagle.” In fact, he
leaned to the other side as he sought to pare red tape
along the route of the basic job of getting mail to
the addressee with all possible haste. We all missed ^
this down-to-earth go^ man when he retired to
stay at home and enjoy his grandchildren.
Mr. Cox was a family man who was devoted to
his wife, Mildred, their son. Bob, now of Reidsville,
their daughters, Sarah Shaw of Kings Mountain
and Martha Poteat of McLean, Va. and their nine
grandchildren. His family and his church came first
but, even in those early years of my growing up on
the Herald when I met him at the Postoffice, I could
tell that the post office was also his life and he loved ^
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Short cuts from the world of sports;
Kings Mountain will host an Atlantic Coast Con
ference wrestling match on February 7 at 7:30 p.m.
in the KMHS gym. The Clemson Tigers will host
the University of Nonh Carolina in a match whicii
will pit two of the ACC’s top outfits.
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Records, they say, were made to be broken. But,
the passing marks set by Kings Mountain’s Pat
Murphy at Appalachian in the late sixties are
holding up. Murphy, a Hall of Famer at ASU, still
holds seven career and eight g<une or season
records. He threw for 5,128 yards in his four-year
career, 46 touchdown passes and chalked up 5,140
yards total offense.
Dennis Byrd, former Lincointon High and N.C.
State All-American, has resigned his post as head
football coach at West Lincoln after eight years on
the job. Byrd never built a championship team there
but he knocked off perennial 2-A power Maiden
twice.
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Jim Wright, who quarterbacked his sophomore
year at Cherryville High School, quarterbacked
Myrtle Beach High to its conference title and a trip
to the South Carolina State Playoffs this fall.
***
Mike Ware, former Kings Mountain High
lineman, continues to turn out winners at
Newberry, S.C. After a rare absence from the title
picture last year. Ware’s charges won their con
ference title again this fall and made it to the State
Playoffs.
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Scott Wells, former football player at Kings
Mountain High, used some of the strategy he learn
ed under coaches Bob Jones and Dan Brooks to
coach his Elizabeth Bulldogs midgets to an
undefeated, unscored on season in the Cleveland
County League this year.
The Bulldogs blanked their closest competitor,
Lawndale-Fallston 8-0 in the final regular season
game a couple Saturdays ago.
Elizabeth finished with an 84) record. The league
is now having its annual tournament.
Reader
Dialogue
Parents Invited To Enroll Children In Choir
To the Parents of Children in the Kings Moun
tain area;
I would like to invite you to enroll your children
in the Community Youth Choir. This Choir is a
community youth choir and children of all races
and faiths are invited to attend.
This is not a church choir nor is it intended for
one certain group.
Its purpose is not to take away from the church
nor our school systems, as some would have you
believe, but to offer added spiritual strength to the
youth of our community.
Y our children are an asset to our community and
our community owes it to them to give them the
best in life.
Do you care enough for your children to enroll
them in the CYC? Sure you do.
So please call one of these numbers: The Com
munity Building, Monday through Friday,
739-3549 or the director of the choir, Mrs. Pauline
Wright, at 739-8931. The Chmr meets on Tuesday
afternoon from 3:15 until 4:15 p.m.
Someone will pick your child up at school and
deliver them home after rehearsal.
Please enroll them now as we are working on our
Christmas programs. If there is enough interest
shown, we will form two choirs. Younger choir is
composed of children 8-11; older choir, 12-18.
PAULINE S. WRIGHT
KINGS MOUNTAIN
Thanks
Dear Editors:
The Historic Iredell Foundation wishes to extend
to you its appreciation for your cooperation in run
ning the news article about our tour of historic
structures on October 26. Without publicity from
you, the tour would not be possible, ^cause of you
the success of the tour has provided funds that bring
the Lowenstein-Henkel house closer to preservation
for future generations.
THE HISTORIC IREDELL FOUNDATION. INC.
StaiMvill*. N.C.
Crystal larman. Publicity Coordinator
Good To
Be Citizens
To Th* Editor:
It is a pleasure to be a United States Citizen.
Even though we are frustrated by Bureaucracy,
and the citizens are exasperated by inflation, hard
ship and government originated misfortune, we can
look forward to future elections to replace the peo
ple in office in hopes that situations will improve.
Thi syear, the voters showed their need and con
cern, by their spirited attmdance at the polls.
However, the referendunf* concerning judges re
quirements, whether to, or not to be lawyers, was of
importance enough to be placed on the ballot, but
no emphasis was exercised to make the voter aware
of how critical the outcome might become. The
need for better government was their prime con
cern, and the referendum was a strong unrecogniz
ed part of it.
The State of North Carolina has removed
another one of the “People’s Rights” by mixing it in
to a panel of confusing final decisions. The voters
have been misled by a co-incidental “side effect” of
the election process.
Justice administered by professional patterns
leaves little chance for the unfairly accused. Profes
sional people are, usually, educated machines, not
necessarily accustomed to mercifully dealing with
the compassionate phase of true Justice.
Attorneys have led the people to believe every
judge had to be, first, a lawyer. This misconception
kept the lawyers and judges in the same syndicate.
The State’s judges become judge and jury and
they are almost untouchable, not subject to repri
mand for misconduct, miscarriage of justice or
anything else.
If a judge should overstep the sphere of respon
sibility to society, the possibility of his being replac
ed by someone who would exercise less mechanical
prejudice, and more thoughtful sensibility, would
bring the court system much closer to true justice
than it may approach now.
BUI Brooka
IN EVERYTHING
The singing birds bring god so near
flowers speak of His glory,
the breeze whispers of His goodness and mercy
we are here to tell “the story’.
Through His creation God is speaking
every moment of the day.
His likeness is easy to discern
in every colorful display.
The grandeur of the flowering earth
the glories of the heavens above.
Bearing a message of blessed hope
God’s message of dearest love.
The singing birds bring God so new
whatever the day may bring.
Blessed is the one who can see
God’s hand in everything.
Vivians. BiltcliHe
LOQKIMG
From Tho Thurs., Nov. 29. 1951 odition of
Tho Kings Mountain Herald
Record crowds are expected to invade Kings
Mountain Thursday afternoon for the annual
Christmas parade officially opening the holiday
shopping season here.
A “practical” cease fire in Korea was reported
Wednesday by an American war correspondent.
Social and Personal
Miss Peggy Arthur, student at WCUNC, arrived
this week to spend the holidays with her parents.
The Margrace Woman’s Club held its regular
meeting Friday night at the Margrace clubhouse.
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