Newspapers / The Kings Mountain Herald … / June 1, 1961, edition 1 / Page 2
Part of The Kings Mountain Herald (Kings Mountain, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
S; The Kings Mountain Herald w ’ Established 1889 A weekly newspaper devoted to the promotion of the general welfare and published toe the enlightenment, entertainment and benefit of the citizens of Kings Mountain and Its vicinity, published every Thursday by the Herald Publishing House. Cntored as second class matter at the poetofflce at Kings Mountain, N. C-, under Act of Congress of March 3,1873 EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Martin Harmon . Bdltor »*llahe* David Baity.Advertising Salesman and Bookeeper Mias Elizabeth Stewart.Circulation Manager and Society Editor Neale Patrick..Sports Editor MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT Eugene Matthews Horace Walker Wade Hartsoe, Jr. Paul Jackson Monte Hunter TELEPHONE NUMBER — 739-5441 8UB8CKXP1TON BATHS PAYABLE Df ADVANCE ONE YEAR—|330 SIX MONTHS—82.08 THREE MONTHS-flJS BY MAH, ANYWHERE TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE for as many <*s are ted by the Spirit of Qod, they are tons of God. Romans 8:1k. The Mew Administration The new city administration of Mayor Kelly Dixon begins its work with a great amount of good Will and good wishes, much greater, in fact, than the 116-vote margin by which the Mayor edged vet eran Glee A. fridges. The Herald has heard numerous citi zens comment that, while they cast at least some of their votes for losers, they nevertheless feel that Mayor Dixon will work hard to overcome whatever handi caps he may have due to inexperience and that the commission, as constituted will exhibit a greater measure of give and-take independence than has been witnessed in recent years. The new administration inherits a quite solvent legacy, as far as city gov ernment is concerned. Bridges Administrations III and IV, particularly, have clone an excellent over-all job in giving the taxpayers the maximum for their dollars. Operational costs have been held to a minimum, with as much as possible squeezed into street improvements, water lines, in creased fire-fighting equipment and other long-term capital improvements. This has been done while paring the tax rate and reducing bonded indebtedness. It is to be anticipated, the Herald would guess, that, with five new faces, Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company will ask the new administration for what it considers unfair treatment on water rates. Campaign statements var ied from the gouging charge on the one hand and that the city is losing money on it’s water service on the other. There is some question in the mind of the Herald that Kings Mountain’s w'ater cost, has been analyzed. The extremists likely want their position (hip-pocket) served, rather than otherwise. The Herald rejects the Mohair com pany's plea that this company means “so much” to the community’s economic welfare, which it does, but then the company is here to make cash for it’s stockholders. The city has a million gallons per day spare capacity, which means that the capital obligations are incurred and must be paid, just as the taxpayers are still paying for the 1928 expenditures, and will be until 1967. On the other side of the fence is 'the fact that these capi tal expenditures have been made, and that operational costs of water are very puny, involving electricity and chemi cals. Water charges to outside industry are, at least, an argumentative matter _ in the matter of cost analysis. \ The commission looks quite solid: Ray W. Cline is a newcomer who will want to do what he knows to be cor rect. Eugene M. Goforth is another new comer who won on one issue _ the smoke-filled room (or grocery) caucus. T. J. (Tommy) Ellison is a veteran of the political wars, having been in action eight times since 1947, and a winner for the fifth tune in this “switch” ward. Ben H. Bridges, strongman of the commission for the past four years, won while all his confreres were losing or quitting at the three-quarter turn. While his political arrangements were as com plete as one can have in a contested situation, the principal fact of his win ning derives from four years of basically good performance. His mistakes were largely, on his own admission, in public relations and personality matters, ra ther than policy ones. J. E. (Zip) Rhea acknowledges he paid his filing fee w-ith little knowledge of the intricacies of vote-getting or of citv governmental operation. His testi mony is sufficient to the experienced, “I’m learning mighty fasit.” There is no question but that the new administration will make mistakes, as all do. The Herald’s guess is that the bulk of them will be beginners’ mistakes and therefore excusable. With a solvent legacy and honest in tent, this administration should be able to move Kings Mountain further toward the high road of economic, political, so cial and-yea, even spiritual — success and prosperity. The Season W Maytime is the season for romance, diplomas, and holidays. It’s the growing season when nature renews and pro mises replenishment to the depleted granaries. It’s the annual season for reminding the high schol graduates that it’s a day of specialization and that they should give serious thought to making arrange ments for getting some more formal schooling. Parents should be reminded, too, that not only should they plan special effort at belt-tightening, always necessary, but that some imagination might uncover some financial education aid that they didn’t know existed. Most colleges are like local govern ments. The accountants hold a tight hand and demand that monies appropri ated for particular purposes be used for those particular purposes. A college professor suggested some years ago. “We’re scholarship rich.” In fact, the bigger ones have printed di gests of scholarships available to quali fying students. xt explains the new con cept in high school faculty arrange ments, where people are being employ ed to marry the smart student to the a vailable scholarship. In other words, the doctrine of “I can’t afford it,’’ doesn’t necessarily hold true. Parents who have bright young sters, look around a little and write a few inquiring letters can find help to provide their youngsters an education. Performance Pays A successful home-towner came home last weekend to offer a few words of ad vice to the Wingate College graduating class. Said John Bowles, president of Rexall Drug Company, to the graduates: do your job, and forget about the cash re turn, and that will take care of itself. Mr. Bowles merely speaks from per sonal history of another American suc cess story. His is newspaper carrier to company president. Some folk think that the age-old adages, “Nothing suc ceeds like success and “performance pays” are over-used and eroded. Anybody can make the avenue in A merica. Harry Truman, who didn’t get the benefit of college training, became presi dent. Two Roosevelts, both physically infirm became presidents. Abe Lincoln a poor Illinois farm boy became presi dent. Jack Kennedy, post-generation scion of a shanty-Irish Catholic became president. Yes, anybody can make the avenue in America, if he’s willing to give full mea sure to take. Very little is black or white, but death, as far as this life is concerned, is final. It is hard to lose loved ones, par ticularly those who are merely on the threshold of living. Douglas Marion Mc Elwee was a bright, sweet, pretty high school youngster of 17, and her acciden tal death is both a personal and generic tragedy. The Herald suggested last week that a major plus in the success of the opera tion of Kings Mountain hospital is the fact that the community is proud of this community service facility. The fact that more than 500 persons inspected these facilities on Sunday rather proves the point. Beginning mistakes shouldn’t be re membered too long, but, for the record, Comms Ben Bridges, Ray Cline and Tommy Ellison appeared a bit anxious in their acceptance of retiring-Mayor Glee Bridges’ city manager election sug gestion. The veteran Mayor was off base in suggesting it, after six years of full-time duty, and the three members of the new administration opened them selves to the charge of rank discourtesy by taking action before their three con tempories were sworn. MARTIN’S MEDICINE By Martin BanaMS Ingredients: bit* ef new, wisdom, burner, and comment. Directions: Take weekly, if possible, but avoid Mrs. Hilda Black Goforth was scared out of her wits a toout 4:15 the other morning by a ringing telephone. A telephone ring in the middle of the night always has the same effect, she said, but this time it wasn’t any news of tragedy or disaster, merely a long distance call from her son, (Herman Go jLrth, Jr., on navy dirty aboard the USS Ooral Sea, who was calling from the Philippine Is lands. Hilda was stuttering and idl ing, when her practically-mind ed husband told her, “You’d better do same talking; it’s costing $15 per minute.” After family (business was completed, Mrs. Goforth, long time Democrat, told her son the results of the Tuesday city election. “I want to talk to Martin Harmon,” Herman, Jr., told his (Mother. "He’s always writing about Bethware going Repub lican. What’s he going to say now?” m-m "I can’t say anything,” I told Hilda, “I stand guilty as char ged.” m-m Local reactions to the may oral result in Mings Mountain were reported in last week’s column on run-off election sidelights. These reactions were echoed state-wide, particularly in Raleigh, where Senator Ro bert Morgan and Representa tive Jack Palmer had never let their legislative confreres for get that, in last November’s general election, Cleveland County was a Democratic oasis in a widely Republican Pied mont desert. m-m * Rep. Palmer reports what happened to him. He’d gone down to the dining room for breakfast Wednesday morning, when Rep. C. E. Leatherman, of Lincoln, chided 'him about Cle veland being strongly Democra tic. m-m “How is it,” asked the Lin coln legislator, “that such a strong Democratic county can let one of it’s cities elect a Re publican Mayor?” m-m “Couldn’t be,” Jack pooh poohed. “You’re kidding.” m-m Rep. Leatherman excused himself to make a purchase, bought a morning newspaper, opened it to the proper page and said to Jack, “Read!” m-m In yet another spot in Ral eigh, the news brought this re action: Bruce McDaniel was having breakfast in a Raleigh restaurant. He was reading the news and sipping coffee at the same time, when his eye hit the Kings Mountain election report. m-m “I spilled that coffee all ov er nte,” OBruee reports. m-m Charles Blanton, the drug gist, was sufficiently impress ed with Senator Sam Edvin’s statement on^the freedom rider business to wire the Senator congratulations. The Senator replied with a two-page treat ise, a forthright and model statement for moderation. The CORE group, said the Senator, expected their chip-on-shoulder to be knocked off. The extrem ists who knocked it off, he said, simply played into the hands of the CORE group. m-m Will Mayor Kelly Dixon take on Congressman Basil White ner again for the 11th district Congressional seat? m-m Mr. Dixon’s reply, “I suspect I better try to handle the job to Which I’ve been elected.” m-m In line with his statement, Mayor Dixon said he plans to pass up an upcoming GOP party gathering in Washington. m-m Best bet, of course, is* that Mr. Dixon will be a candidate, on heavy demand of GOP par ty leaders. He has on record a Republican success in a norm ally Democratic county. The GOP managers can’t help but reason that with the 1960 ex perience, the Kings Mountain Mayor is their best bet to win a Congressional seat. Shopping Around By Xolfe *WEAT Vl BAT • n/wef*. s ^ ol I INSTANT COFFEE "When it comes to groceries things sure arc turned around! My wife spends an hour looking for em and an instant cooking ’em!” Viewpoints of Other Editors SACRIFICES _ HITS AND MISSES On the whole we think Presi dent Kennedy has now done well in furnishing specifications foi his much-questioned demand foi sacrifices. In his reply to Alicia Patterson, publisher of Newsday, he hits several targets squarely, He offers a list of specific re quests which require sacrifices from one or more segments of A merican society _ and the re sistances he has encountered. Certainly he scores in his refer ence to cutbacks in unneeded de fense projects. Also on pay-as you-go policies on highway -pro grams and postal services. Like wise on the unwillingness of some Americans to enter public service. We should say -that sacrifices of prejudice or money required to uphold the hation’s position abroad — as ’in an effective for eign aid -program _ have also been reasonably presented by the President. In somewhat diff erent category come administra tion programs which require sacrifice by one section of Amer icans for the benefit of another. These — such ais minimum wage and welfare measures _ are described by Mr. Kennedy as emasures to strengthen the e conomy, ibut many citizens ques tion their wisdom or effective ness. We can warmly agree that the times demand a “higher stand ard of excellence from every in dividual in his ’private life.” But we cannot agree that the “thrust of this administration” is whodly in that direction. Mr. Kennedy mentions farm legislation. But the emphasis here has been on giving farmers a larger income. He mentions aid to education. But the adminstration has re jected plans which would stress local effort and limit aid to the poorer states. Instead it propos es to make all states think they are getting a gift from “Uncle Sam.” The President speaks of ask ing labor and management to hold down wages and prices. But his minimum wage law can give impetus to wage increases fair beyond the number covered in the legislation. We have not no ticed any sharp administration action ito head off 'another round of wage rises, already started. And the major moves against price-fixing have been taken by Attorney General Rogers 4nd by the Kefauvetr committee. Mr. Kennedy rightly demands an end to outrageous feather bedding on missile jobs. But it is not clear that means now adapt ed wil stop dangerous delay and waste. And this demand far “sa crifice” of jurisdictional strikes comes only after Senator McCle llan’s spotlight nudged the White House into action. We hope Ithe President will in crease his score on specifics. We hope he will do more to empha size the basic necessity for indi vidual excellence But whether because of the unprecendented promises of the Democratic plat form of because the Kennedy ad ministration is sinceretly convin ced that the federal government must do a great many .things far a great many people there is a deep conflict between its de-' mands far responsibility, grow th, and sacrifice from the indi-j vidua] and its offers of paberna-1 listie government aid to the con trol of individual. _ Christian Science Monitor. FOR LOVE AND MONEY The Indian Parliament has pas sed a bill outlawing the old Hin du custom of giving and accept-1 ing dowries. From now on it will be illegal for an Indian lass to try to entice her friend into a long-term alliance with anything but ’her own sweet self. The gov ernment apparently feels that if the parties are attracted to each other by mutual interests and ba sic amiability, it isn’t necessary to throw in cash or goods to seal the bargain. We suppose this is a progres sive step. Maybe it will make Un de Sam think about Mi own foe THE MOISTER OYSTER "l weep for you, the Walrus said, “I deeply sympathize.” With sobs and tears he sorted out ..Those of the largest size. The time had come, the Wal rus said, to talk of other things, and so a line of verse was writ that down <jur ages rings. And whene’er strikers go on strike, as strikers often do, they should remember what he said, to whom, regarding who. It was the sunny month of May in London - on-the-Thames, with striking dockhands all a, round, calling employers names. And meanwhile deep within the hold of one heleagured ship five hundred thousand thirsty oysters hadn’t had a sip; not for a week, for seven days, and now ’twas {*oing on eight, and since they’d rung for aitch-two-oh they did not like to wait. IBut on the wharves the dock ers strove in labored argument, and might 'be chatting tWuswise still, weren’t not for sentiment. Ah, sentiment! more powerful i than mafriy union chiefs, amelio rates five hundred thousand oys terettish griefs. 'An oyster farmer, Suffolk-tau ght, addressed the strikers glum, with "half a .million tiny lives are in the balance, chum.” And then their stubbomess did yield, and hiding tearful faces (if any), they .within a nonce were going through! their paces. . They brought the oysters up alive (no need for Walrus tears). Twere more appropriate to jive along the hist’ried piers! The oysters must have been so glad, their eyes you could see stars in. For now they only have to wait until the months with R’s in. — The Christian Science Monitor. DEAR OCCUPANT' Many mornings the principal difference between the mail box and the town dump is size. Fer reting out genuine letters among the avalanche of eome-ons, con memos and spurious charities is as formidable as finding a black berry in an acre of wooden nut megs. Amost daily you, and 90,000, 000 others, get inside tips to get rich! schemes that were hoary when the Brooklyn Bridges was a ferry run by poles. Each house hold and box-holders gets enough oddments in a week to open a mammoth museum to monumen tal unimportance. “Occupant” implies the huck ster thinks you are immobile and can’t dodge his drivel. “Occu pant” makes you feel the pitch man thinks you are a conquered province. But there is one conso lation in all this mountain of gar bage. If a town had a place big enough to store it all, there would be no worry about future fuel' shortage. The annual intake put to a match would supply the biennial fuel needs of any town. — Ralei gh News & Observer. eign-aid dowry — especially when the wooed one, after taking the money, asks for more, winks at tHe rival, and won’t even hold hands. The Wall Street Journal. *1 /\ YEARS AGO J. V/ THIS WEEK Items of news about King« Mountain area people and events taken from the 1951 files of the Kings Mountain Herald. Commencement exercises for 65 seniors begin Sunday evening at Kings Mountain high school. Joyce Biser, tenth grade stu dent at Kings (Mountain high school, and Hazel Wright, eighth grade student of Central elemen tary school are the winners of Che First National Bank's city schools spelling contest for 1961. Social and Personal With club members present, Mrs. Charles railing entertained the Tuesday Bridge dub this week at her home on East King street DR. K. G. KELLOUGH Chiropractor 306 E. King Phone 739-3811 Tues. & Thurs. 11-1, 2-5 Sat. 8-10 a.m. Mon. Wed. Fri. - 2005 S. York St, Gastonia I Backs, headaches, asthma, nerves, necks, shoulders, and high blood—respond best to Chiropractic! Protect your home..* and all that's In it! C. E. WARUCK INSURANCE AGENCY PHONE 739-3611 203 W. MOUNTAIN KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C. t>rtlSK heer ‘Sau (X c<X>ito<d to DON'T RUN OUTI Get More SUNRISE AIL STAR MILK for the weekend! Sunrise Dairy UN-7 6354 KEEP YOUR RADIO DIAL SET AT 1220 WKMT Kings Mountain. N.C. News & Weather every hour on the hour. Weather every hour on the half hour. Fine entertainment in between Subscribe To The Herald—$3.50 Per Year
The Kings Mountain Herald (Kings Mountain, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
June 1, 1961, edition 1
2
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75