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One of the more prolific letter writers to the View is our reader
MaynardPhilbeck.Throughout autumn I would open my mailbox to
what appeared a windfall of Philbeck letters. Like apples, I
discovered, there are two types of Philbeck letters: sweet and
sour. Printed below are two of the type from Philbeck’s letter-
orchard:
Dear Mr. Robertson,
I lament the passing of Tom Anderson in the pages of the
Foothills View. I lament even more your choice of a replacement,
that is to say William F. Buckley. Buckley always struck me as a
poor little inscrutable rich kid, always trying to protect his
allowance from the left wingers of the world Even in this day
of Ronald Reagan, when Buckley should be having his own way at
Burger King, he feels constrained to mouth platitudes of
brotherhood at the same influences which run the New York
Times, Philadelphia Enquirer, and Washington Post Buckley
Is accomplishing nothing. Worse, we find he is accomplishing
nothing for the right wing. But he will undoubtedly become rich,
and you are helping him. I say unto you zilch, zilch, zilch.
Maynard Philbeck
Dear Mr. Robertson,
It is time I had something positive to say for a change, and I
elect to compliment you on the October 29 issue, with “A Man’s
Fall”. No one gloats over the nitty-gritty contained in such a
story, but a reai newspaperman wili search out that which affects
such a great percentage of the popuiation in his area, and in this
case, it is keeping financed in such difficult tinies. Farmers have
always been in financiai trouble, but never to the extent of today.
In 1948, Secretary of Agriculture Brannan said ‘‘Get big, or get
out.” Millions left agriculture. Now even the big boys can’t make
it, because they are deaiing with a society which despises the
farmer, wants to enslave him to corporate debt, and to use his
sweat to provide cheap goods for a mongrel rabble who trades off
their votes at election time. It wiii not be too iong before even the
part-time farmer, such as Hamrick, vanishes.
Anyway, you are on the right track, and I no doubt among many,
appreciate what you are doing. Just keep up the feeiing!
Maynard Philbeck
There are other changes in the View on which, like Mr.
Philbeck, you may have thoughtful feelings. The most notabie is
on the back of this page, the religious news on page eight. Here
we’ve added the ‘‘History of Hymns” by Dr. William J.
Reynolds. What an editorial delight! When I first opened
Reynold’s sample column, I expected much learning, iittie styie.
instead was an easy eioquence that turns each hymn into a human
interest story . Reynolds is, simpiy, one of the best writers I’ve
found: he’s here for you to enjoy.
Also on the religion page we are printing, whenever availabie,
the Gallup Poll’s surveys of religion in America. How many
Americans beiong to cuits? How many say religion is very
important?. How many pray? How often? The answers to these
and other fascinating questions will be summarized in the View
each week as the polls are returned to the Princeton Reiigion
Research Center. The poiis analyze what we feel but cannot see:
the pulse of America’s spirituai iife.
What do you think? Do you like
what you read in the View? Or,
like Mr. Philbeck, do you find it
sweet and sour? Write us at Editor,
Box 982, Boiling Springs, NC 28017.
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'Kays Gary Day
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-Kays Gary
Judges, police reporters, novelists, busi
nessmen, and ‘‘just folks” from Cleveland
County ail had one reason for gathering
together last Thursday night at a downtown
Charlotte restaurant: all are friends of Kays
Gary.
Gary, Cleveland County native and
newspaper columnist, was honored by the
city of Charlotte and his friends at a dinner
iast Thursday with a city-proclaimed “Kays
Gary Day.”
“He has continually shown sensitivity to
those around him,” j;ead the prociamation,
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noting his work with handicapped children
and his generosity to needy adults.
The gathering aiso occasioned the
publication of a book of selected Gary
columns, and was a time for memories by
Cleveland Countians:
‘‘I want to thank all the people from
home,” Gary told his audience at the
banquet. ‘‘By which 1 mean,” he turned,
facing tables at his right, ‘‘Shelby, Fallston,
and Casar.”
Proceeds for the sale of tickets to the dinner
honoring Gary were donated to charity.
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Honoring Kays Gary were Pete McKnight [at right] Society of Newspaper Editors. McKnight talks with
Cleveland native who formerly reported for the Judge James McMillan [at left]. Center is Jim Babb,
Shelby Star and served as president of the American executive vice president of Jefferson rilot
Broadcasting Corp.
Gun Mishap Kills One
A freakish shotgun accident ciaimed the
life of a 35-year-old Shelby man Monday
night on Scruggs Road outside Boiling
Springs.
Bobby Dean Humphries died instantly
shot in the throat by the 12-guage shotgun
he was removing from his parked pickup
truck, according to police reports. An
assistant coroner ruled the death accidental.
The gun’s trigger apparently caught on
the end of the rack as Humphries pulled.
Humphries was hoiding the gun by its
barrel.
A police officer on the scene described the
wound:
“Here,” he said, touching his neck,
‘‘there was nothing left.”
In other reports:
Fires kept both city and rural fire
departments busy this week, with city
fighting a house fire two hours Sunday, and
rural responding to a fire Monday at the
Roundup Store in Mooresboro that officials
call arson.
A defective chimney at the home of
Wiliiam Sutherland on East Branch sta.ted
a fire Sunday that caused an estimated
$10,000 damage, according to fireman Don
McSwain. Firemen from the city depart
ment began fighting the blaze at 7:05 p.m.
and succeeded in putting out the last of the
smoking embers about two h later, he
said.
Please turn to page 8
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