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The Kings Mountain Herald Established 1889 tot the enlightenment, ?ntert^nmlnV^i^"^. e genenii welfare end pubHah^d *"d ?. vkta^. ?*wS s* esse G., under Act EDITORIAL DXVABTMENT Martin Harmon Editor-Publish e* Charles T. Carpenter, Jr. Sports, Circulation, News Mrs. P. D. Herndon ^. Society MECHANICAL Etewr ? Eugene Matthews Horace Walker \\ PAltTMENT Ronald Moore Charles Odema Ivan Weaver* ( ?Member of Armed Forces) ONE YEAH-^2.50SUBSCR,PTIs? by mail ANYWHERE MONTHS-75C :.v TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE Let no corrupt comiflunication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. Ephesians 4: 29. Work For The Mayor As this is written, it would appear that Mayor Garland E. Still, first full-time mayor in the city's history, is devoting a major portion of his time to superin tending the work of the city police de partment. -V ' Few will deny that this superinten dence, perhaps, is needed, but many ci tizens are hopeful that the mayor will soon be able to devote some attention to other, categories of city affairs. One matter in which Mayor Still would have 100 percent public support, and in which he would be rendering a considerable public service, would be in applying whatever pressures available to Queen City Coach Company to follow through on the building of a bus station. Though Queen City has taken the Initial required step of purchasing property for the erection of a station, it seems to be following through on the construction of it in a very slow manner. Though Queen City owns a lot, the Kings Moun tain bus station still stretches from the city limits to city limits. If the regylar channels of mayoral influence don't get results, the Herald would almost be tempted to Suggest that Mr. Still direct his circular-writing abilities at the bus companies for a time. Naturally, there are many other mat- * ters which require, first, study and de cision, then work. The Herald and commercial interests are in accord with the Mayor's platform plank to endeavor to bring new industry here. North Carolina does not allow tax rebates nor tax-free provisions, but Kings Mountain does have certain na tural advantages which should be able to attract industry. Transportation fa cilities are excellent and the price of land, at least that desirable for plant sites, is not too high. First needs, of course, from vhe city's standpoint are sewage disposal and wa ter line extension. Many wish to see the city embark on a public recreation pro gram, and the City Stadium remains a disgrace to a community of Kings Moun tain's size. All these are tasks to which the mayor and his board of commissioners need to devote their energies and attention. Our sympathies to the family of Mrs. R.. L. Mauney, who died suddenly last Saturday. Though her health had not been of the best in recent months, she had continued to be active in her family duties, in her church and in social af fairs, and her death came as a shock, not only to her family, but to the com munity. Mrs. Mauney was a woman of grace and charm and made Kings Moun tain a good citizen for the more than 50 years she lived here. An official welcome to Dr. William P. Gerberding, new pastor of St. Matthew's Lutheran church. The church has been without a regular pastor for about a year, and enurch members who have had similar experience are well aware that the lack of a minister leaves many gaps in the spiritual services of a church. Pay your city taxes before July 1 and get a two percent discount. Attend the Legion Junior baseball games. There's no better sport, from the spectator's viewpoint. Our best bow to Mrs. Helen Neal who has been chosen to participate in "The Free-World Workshop" to be held at Chapel Hill in July. litter Phone Service Announcement last week by Ernest Orr, Jr., district manager for Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company, of scheduled dates for service improve ments in the between-city category, comes under the designation of good news. On August 24, Southern Bell expects to come through on its promise of last year to provide free service between Kings Mountain and Bessemer City both ways (now free from Bessemer to Kings Mountain, but not vice versa). Probably even better news was the announcement of line additions between Kings Mountain and Shelby and between Kings Mountain and Grover. Shelby Kings Mountain traffic is quite heavy, and, since free service was granted to residential phones as it had been to bus iness phones, it is not unusual to ring ? Shelby and get a lines-tied-up report. Kings Mountain, of course, will not be completely satisfied with its telephone service until Southern Bell installs dial equipment. There are several reasons for tnis feeling. Some feel that only dial systems gives best service, thpugh tech nical men say this is a moot point. Oth ers get irked if the busy operators can't get to their signal in less than 30 sec onds. They feel dial service would eli minate this factor. But the big majority, knowing that most other cities of larger and smaller size have dial service, want to be up-to-date too. The additional lines are going to help a lot, and dial service will come eventu ally. It would be hard going to live without telephone service. , Question Of Size? How small is too small? And how big is too big? These are always arguable questions and their answers vary for different in stitutions, and for different business and commercial concerns. It is generally agreed by many citizens today, for in stance, that government is too big. They speak principally about federal govern ment, but they think the state govern ment might be in the same danger. In a church matter, delegates to the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church answered the size question by a two to one vote last week. The delegates said that church of 30,000 members is not too small to attend to the spiritual needs of its parishioners and to propa gate its teachings and beliefs. News of the decision, finally settling for the moment a question that had been on the books for several years, came as good news to the majority of Kings Mountain members of the A. R. P. church. They wanted to stay as they were. The Herald is in agreement with the feeling, on the basic premif* that churches, civic clubs, and other religious and service organizations get more done than do similar groups which get too large. An over-sized church or civic club is certain to miss the individual and per sonal attention to its members on which the work is built, and on which it is de pendent. Don Whitehead, of the Associated ? Press, speculates that General MacAr thur's Texas trip may be the first round of a grass-roots campaign to sell his K<* rean war program to the American peo ple. It could also be the first round in a grassroots campaign to win the Repub lican presidential nomination in 1952. The MacArthur utterances will be most interesting to follow. This time, at least, . he will not be contravening military or ders when he talks. i YEARS AGO Items of ? w ? THIS WEEK Kings Mountain taken from tho 1941 flies of the The graduation exercises of Central High school was held Friday night at 8 o'clock in the High School auditorium where 70 seniors were presented their diplomas by Principal D. M. Bridges. Kings Mountain will receive a boost as ? shopping center Saturday morning when Roses 5c and 10c Store opens tor business here on Battleground Ave. Social and Nnoad Paul Ncfafler, Jr. is entertain lng a group of friends at ? house party this week at Lake Wacca maw and Crystal Beach. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hoyle of Burlington are chaperoning the party. Mrs. J, M. Patterson was host- 1 ess t& the Thursday Afternoon] Book Club and invited guests en tertaining at her home on West Mountain Street Earle Myers is visiting BiHy Boyce In Chariotte. Mr. and Mrs. Jo* Houser of California have ? been visiting JJ^Houser's mother, lA^jfpg Mr. and Mrs. J. e. Mauney'jw on an extended trip to the Pa cific Coast Beam has accept Myers Depart ment Store. sJF18" Woirtt is kesgjfnd hou* JM| week for Mrs. Clar- 1 Jp,0nk who is sway on ? ? hw <iWN*tar, Mrs. Car iyie Wey in Bui?nfjtem?3?pg martin's medicine obtaining bits ol^M So taken London Newspapers I am ladtMtd to Dr. O. P. Lewis for npiM of the April l*th editions of two British newspapers, th? conservative Daily Express and the loss con servative Daily Mirror. A war. time friend oi Col. Lewis sen tin him copies frequently, he says, and they are very mteie->tui<f to compare to the big papers familiar to American news, paper readers. 1-n Due to government restric tions on the purchase of print, those London papers are restricted in sixe to six pages, regular Herald sire, or 12 pag es tabloid sixsesl This is a far cry from what an American expects for his nickle's worth in the purchase of a paper. the Daily Express, Lord Beav erbrook paper, has a. circula tio of more than four million. With limited space, it is a m axing to see how much news, even detailed news, gets pack ed into these thin papers, ft is a tribut? to the editorial gen ius of the reporters and the news editors. Obviously, there is no such thing as printing the text of . General MacArthur's address (which the New York Times did), nor of printing texts of statements from Kings Mountain office-holders (as the Herald has done). But the London papers do a good Job of it in getting the salient news in print. 1-n Big news of the day in Britain on April 17 was the warning by the president of the Board of Trade that a crisis in indus try impended unless more sul phur could be obtained from the United States. Both papers mae it the lead of the day. and the Daily Express took the oc casion to tell its readers-, again ? that the one way to relleve all the recurring cri ses was to throw out the Atlee government and put the Tories back in power. , . S v . . There was no such thing as. full-page advertisements in the London papers, and, in bofj papers, American prod ucts got a play in the advertis ing lineage. Lifebuoy, which "really stops B. O." got IB la ches of front-page space in % Daily Express, and Lustre Creme Shampoo had 10 inches of front-page space la the Dai ly Mirror. The feaared mat tress war not the Beauty Best, but the Slumberland. who not ed in the advertisement that Slumberland. Ltd*, is bedding manufacturer for the King. Products familiar to local folk which were advertised were Milk pf Magnesia tablets, Quaker macaroni, Gillette blue blades, and Parker "51" foun tain pens. Men who expect to look good to Britain are sup posed to wear DAKS suits, ra ther than Griffon or Curiae or Hlckey- Freeman. The DAKS folk had the biggest advertise ment of alL a half-page in the Daily Express. CO To say that the papers are unhoppr about th? shortage of newsprint is a mild understate ment and the Becnrerbrook pa per mentioned it editorial It in the April 17th edition as fal lows: "The raw material fa> mine is not confined tel. sul phur. The aids Is even mere acute in newsprint? another commodity in which the Gov ernment interfered by cancel ling contracts anode by the newspapers. Unparaled disas ter does not face British news papers. It is already with them." 1-n Not only Is a great amount of news preeented in the many one-paragraph news stories, but a great amount of feature material Is also written. Here are a few Interesting samples: Under the head "Pyjamas on fire"i "James Stewart, aged fen.-, was taken to boepltal last night after being burned at his home in Wharf dais- road .Corby, Northern t&. when his pyj amies caught fire.'* !*? . . ? i Under the headline "Sausage An Lair: - "Six parts of milk powder count as tan parts of meat in a beef sausaqe. said Mr. Webb foetesday. Six percent of ad ded powder would mean the meat content might be cut by ten percent. Captain Crook shank ^Tory. Gainsborough) | CROSSWORD N Thit and That JT? PrelU signifying twofold 31 ? Roman Orders (?Men.) 39 ? Military organltations 40? Borne or produced by thewind 41? Invisible w?v< r 4 J ? Australian bird* 46 ? Greek goddess of dai?r. 4 7? Latin prefix denoting' "ol the nature of" 4 ??To cheek, or stanch again SO.? An inn DOWN 1 ? Poll ol the populace 2 ? Class of vertebrate! consisting of bird* 3 ? Modern 4? Conceived of a* possible *5? Perform 6? Pirfi* denoting "again" 7 ? Tropical fruit ? ? Period of time . ? 9 ? Combining form signifying "air" ACROSS 1 ? Impartial 6? To emit, a* light, again II ? Always 1 2 ? Be indebttd I 4 ? Extent of surface , . ': j I J ? Stairway pott 1 7? To entangle 18 ? Ocean going vessel fabbrev) 19 ? Well known American . organization of motorists fabbrev ) JO ? Greek letter II ? The kind of benefits everyone teems to be seeking these days fabbrev.) II ? The quantity fabbrev ) 14 ? One (dial ) 26? In an emotional Y manner 31? Advance 32? Indian dwelling 33? United India fabbrev ) 34 ? To act jointly 3J? Crrsts ol mountain ranges 10 ? Disease of the body 13? Personal pronoun It? Freedom from narrow limits (plural) 1 7 ? Living space on a ship 22? Bearing no name 23 ? Corded fabric 25? To purify by washing and straining 27? The aelf M? In botany, embryonic or undifferentiated tissue 29 ? Term applied to the Balkan States * (two words) 30 ? To rest ? 34 ? One who encloses in boaes 36 ? Popular summer shade of sk'm (two words) 42 ? European Order* fabbrev ) 44 ? Personal pronoun 4 S ? Thoroughfare (abbrev.) 4 7 ? Ad Valorem (abbrev.) 4t? Public means ol travel (abbrev.) Other Editor's | HOW TO EDUCATE YOURSELF (Lincoln Times Lincolnton, N. C.) This editorial is addressed to middleaged individuals, who feel [that their educational oportunl I ties have not been as complete as I they would have Ittped. I Conscious of this lack of train I ing, some people bemoan the lost days and sink into a state semi -Ignorance, without making any effort to become better in formed. We call their attention to the fact that there are oiriy two requisites to a gctod education reading and thinking. There to no person In Lincoln County, of any age, who cannot become well-informed In a year or twd of intelligent reading, supplimented by a Httle think ing. Stop the habit Of taking opinions from any and every body and begin trying to study some problems for the purpose of making up your own mind. To the r dividual who does not know w 3 to start, we ?ouW suggest beginning on a subject I In whWh you are interested. II it is the general rfate of the world, involving the contest be tween Communism and the free nations, read about it and then read some more. If it is a^ tech nical subject wblrti *ntr"1*?s your imagination, ask advice I from some pefrson who knows something about It. Get a book on the subject and. If It takes si* months, read It until you under stand it. There is really little excuse for a man or woman going Into old age without making the effort to become more Intel n gent. Even if you have only a half hour a day, take advantage of It and begin to acquire new information. Never Laind about the better educated; j make it your buslnesi to improve your own mental outlook. We know many excellent In dividuals who have failed to take advantage of their own leisure 1 time to read and leam but who constantly lament that- they are not as well "educated" as some body else. The matter at becorp I ing well-informed does not hinge J I upon a college degree; It is mat- 1 ter of reading and thinking. This Is a matter for your de-1 cislon and determination. I I _ ?" i - I FOOD FO* THE fAVtE (Stanley News and Press I Albemarle, N. O If 500 families in Albemarle I were to "move to the country, 'during the next four or five years, an economist would have a fertile fl* W in which to work, for we are certain that It ? would reveal some facts that need to be known by those **o ar* con cerned with the economic future of tlte nation. | By" moving to the country", we mean for these families to go into the business mo^^ ttielr own would Involve the tendta* <*} a earden in which would be P?H J?d such staples as .weet and Irish fKrtatow, corn, beans, W other vegetables that lend them selves to canning. There ahouw also be at least one cow, af H** j of chickens, and a sufflcientj numha# of hogs to family with its ***** in haml meat, -tatbadi, sausage, and other pork delicacies. The food -producing"" work! would be done by members of j I the family during the hours when they are not &t work in the factory, store, or office. No criticism can be offered of any daily memis that afford milk, vegetables, eggs, pork, and chicken, and yet if you buy these items at the food store, along with other needed food Items, the budget takes a terrific wal lop. " What we want to point out > that this business of security can jh# ' obtained by other methods than the payment of money into the treasury of the United States, and one of the ways for many families to do it is to "move to the country"*. In North Carolina, we consume an average of 228 quarts of milk, or Its equivalent in dairy pro ducts, per person annually. Nu tritionists recommend 301 'quarts i annually. ! Plonk School Of Creatitf Arts. By CHARLOTTE BACHMAN ASHEVILLE ? The only school of its kind In the South ? The Plonk School of Creative Arts ? opens Its doors to summer stu dents on Wednesday, June 37. Of six weeks' duration, classes for adults and junior* ? will continue through August 8. Enrollment is now open. , % Plonk .School training is de signed to equip the Individual to live a richer fuller life. Courses in speech, dramn, music and cre ative living will he given for high school and college students and graduates, teachers, minis ters, and other profeoslonal men and women. Tutoring in English, reading, French, and^all high school sub jects is also available to students taking the six weeks' course. Credit toward a diploma from the school is given for summer session courses. Veterans registering under the G. K Bill of Rights should make application, immediately. Among faculty members will be Mrs. Anna Lee Styles, widely known for her stage work and in terpretation t$f literature; Miss Laura. Plonk, D.A.O., director of the school, and Miss - Lillian Plonk, * D.7k.O., assistant director. Two "5i graduates, the Misses Betty Edwards ami Nancy Plonk, will assist the teaching staff dur ing the summer season. The ideal of creative education as conceived at the Plonk School is to awaken within each indi vidual discovery off himself, that he may become more fully aware of his own powers of mind, body voice, and spirit. To this end are taught litera ture and interpretation, vocal modulation, dlctfon, public speaking, music, Bible, and splr t.%.WAR LlCMi ltual training. . In the process, the student is tifcUght how itr concentrate and discriminate, and to turn, how to give expression to his knowledge through correct Use of h|* vote. "Creative speech educat' .a.," according to Mtss Laura Plonk, ' "introduces ? child* a man. oi ra woman to a new express la^ffif mfaf. i' rightful, confidence. Speech training Is fundamental to all education and to all balanced ?living." ^ 3 m I*. DID YOU KNOW? that there are' about 200 varieties of i$? cream produced in ttfe United nntniiivr "Y"* ? Hi - ?Its HtLPfULTD GUARD m AGMMST BURGWRSL BUT BURGLARY INSURANCE IS SO EASY TD INVEST IN. NOW IS THE TIME TO PROTECT Tour best safeguard against burglars Is a Burglary Insur ance Policy from our agency We can't "hammer" this in formation home often enough. MuAatitie PHONE 9AN6 271 Br TEACHER'S PET At Dabascus, Ark., a 12-year-old boy played hookey to fttfh, but allowed up before school was out with a 4 pound catfish Cor Ms teacher. M your youngster -wants to take something nice to hts teach er, just put an extra HOLSUM BREAD sandwich lor her in his school Junc*h. Jk&um BRE? IF TOU RAD A MILLION DOLLARS V TOU OOULDNT BUT BETTER BREAD - The Herald $2.50 Per Year - Before you decide bargains no -Jongejfl exist, take a close look at yoor' telephone service. The telephone in your home it on duty day and night at an average charge in North Carolina of leu than one-half cent an hour. J -f-' Y:J ? ? -V. . . Regardless of the time, if somebody needs to get' in touch with you ? from acroaa the street, ^ cross town or acroaa the nation your telephony can be ring* ing in a matter of seconds. > Then there axe the calk you malt* ? to the drug store, the doctor, the hairdresser, to relative and friends across town? calls that save yon tlreaome and expensive er rands, calls that bring Joy and good time*, that help keep family tie* and friendship* alive. 1 ' ' V * v r' . To these every-day calls you make and Pf-I? ' r?? Growing Bargain The price of telephone service has gone up far leas than moat things you buy. At the same time the number of telephones you can call at your local rate baa nearly tripled in the past ten SOUTHERN BELL TELIPH<jS|
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