Population
Greater Kings Mountain 21,914
City Limits 8,256
Th* ■<*»gt«r “W Mountcdn figure it derived from the
special United States Bureau of the Census report o
January 1866, and includes the U.990 population a
4 Township, and the remaining 6,124 Iron
number 5 Township, in Cleveland County and Crowder'
Mountain Township in Gaston County.
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, July 6, 1967
Pagos
Today
VOL. 78 No. 27
Established 1889
Seventy-Eignth Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
City, Legislators Seeking
Employment Office Return
Local News
Bulletins
PRESBYTERIAN
Dr. Paul Ausley’s sermon
topic at the Sunday morning
worship service at First Pres
fcyterian church will be "A
Phift of Mood”, report of the
reversal of liberal thinking to
conservative in the General As
sembly of the Presbyterian
Church actions of 1967. Dr.
Ausley attended the recent
meeting in Bristol, Tennessee.
OFFICIAL BOARD
Members of the Official
Board of Grace Methodist
church will meet Sunday night
at 7 p.m. in the church fellow
ship hall. It will be the regular
meeting of the group.
METHODIST TOPIC
Rev. D. B. Alderman’s ser
mon topic at the Sunday morn
ing worship hour at Central
Methodist church will be,
‘‘Christian’s Identification
Card.”
LODGE MEETING
Regular communication of
Fairview Lodge 339 AF&AM
will be held Monday night at
7:30 at Masonic Hall, Secretary
T. D. Tindall has announced.
• ON DEAN'S LIST
Sara Hendricks and Gary
Collins, recent graduates of
Wake Forest college, were list
ed on the spring semester
dean’s list. Miss Hendricks is
daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Paul
Hendricks. Collins is son of
Mrs. Alfred Collins of Grover.
LEGION MEETING
Thursday night’s regular
monthly meeting of Otis D.
Green Post 155, American Le
gion, will be featured by re
ports from Pat Cheshire and
Jeff Mauney on their experien
ces at Boys State. The meeting
will be convened at 7 p.m.
ANTHONY IMPROVED
Dr. J. E. Anthony, patient
at Kings Mountain Hospital, is
showing some improvement,
Dr. T. G. Durham, his physi
cian, said Wednesday.
Snelling Firm
Opens In Shelby
Snelling and Snelling, “the
world's largest personnel sys
tem,” opened their 323rd office in
|^iclby this week.
The Shelby office will be man
aged by Ron Crawford, trans
ferred from the Statesville, of
fice.
The Shelby office will be fully
staffed with these qualified and
trained employment counsellors
covering these major fields; Sec
retarial, Office, Clerical, Adminis
trative, Sales and Technical.
Local job seekers will be invit
ed to stop in and find out, with
out obligation, just how a na
tional personnel service can help
them. Companies will be urged
to list not only local openings
but also those hard to fill jobs
so that they may be circulated
to the other 322 offices in the
Snelling and Snelling system for
recommendations.
Assembly Aims
At Adjournment
The General Assembly, in Its
longest session in history, is aim
ing at adjourning sine die at 4
p.m. Thursday, Representative W.
K. Mauney, Jr. said Wednesday.
Rep. Mauney said he felt
Pure** the adjournment goal would
be met
Senator Jack White wasn’t as
sure, agreed with his colleague
on hoping the long session, which
in setting a daily new record
11, will soon be over.
ESC Branch
Was Closed
September "59
The city and Kings Mountain
General Assemblymen launched
an effort Wednesday to obtain
re-opening in Kings Mountain of
an Employment Security commis
sion office.
The Kings Mountain office was
closed September 30, 1959, after
operating since the early days of
World War II. Employment Se
curity commission officials blam
ed the closing on a cut in fed
eral appropriations for adminis
tration.
The city and individual busi
nessmen protested the closing
heavily and at times heatedly,
but to no avail.
Mayor John Henry Moss con
ferred with Representative W. K.
Mauney, Jr., and Senator Jack
White by telephone Wednesday
and the Assemblymen said they
hoped to discuss the situation
with Governor Dan K. Moore and
Col. Henry E. Kendall, chairman
of the North Carolina Employ
ment Security Commission, be
fore returning home from the As
sembly session — expected to
end at 4 p.m. Thursday afternoon.
They will point out the increas
ing needs of Kings Mountain area
business and industrial firms for
employees and the advantages to
both employers and employees of
having an employment office
close at hand.
Currently, the Shelby office
sends representatives to the Kings
Mountain . National Guard Arm
ory on Thursdays on an 8:15 to
noon schedule, Manager Buell
Baily said. In the event an em
ployer hafi as many as 20 em
ployees eligible to claim unem
ployment compensation, a repre
sentative is sent to the particular
‘spot point”.
When the Kings Mountain of
fice was closed, Manager Frank
lin L. Ware was transferred to
the Gastonia office, while Mrs.
Marion Dixon and Mrs. James
Gibson were transferred to Shel
by.
Previous to Mr. Ware’s assum
ing management, the late Mrs.
Mary B. Goforth, had managed the
cffice here.
Fourth Events
Attract Crowds
Fourth of July festivities at
the American Legion building at
tracted large crowds in the sec
>nd annual community-wide In
dependence Day event.
Receiving prizes at the day
long affair were Jerry Ross, top
golfer; Joey Wells, who climbed
the greased pole; and the teams
of David and Jackie Hughes and
Bill Hembree and “Ma” Perkins
who won prizes in horseshoe. A
list of sack race winners was not
available.
A fireworks display closed the
festivities with 'Bob Smith in
charge.
Mayor John H. Moss gave the
patriotic address. “The Floyds”;
a dance band, provided rock ’n
roll music for teenagers to danoe
and there were rides and conces
sions for young and old alike.
Flag ceremonies and the ring
ing of church bells also featured
the celebration.
IMPROVING
Rev. J. M. Wilder, pastor of
Kings Mountain Baptist church,
was transferred Tuesday from
Kings Mountain hospital to N.
C. 'Baptist hospital at Winston
Salem where he continues to
improve following a vascular
spasm he suffered June 27th.
PRESIDENT — George W. Mou
ney has been returned to the
board of directors of Kings
Mountain hospital and was
elected president.
G. W. Mauney
Hospital Head
George W. Mauney has been
appointed to a third five-year
term as a director of Kings
Mountain Hospital and been
returned to the presidency ■ by
the 10-member board.
Other new director is Rev. S. T.
Cooke, he and President Mauney
succeeding George H. Mauney and
Charles A. Neisler, ineligible for
another term by reason of two
terms of service.
The board re-elected Robert E.
Hambright, of Grover, vice-presi
dent, and R. S. Lennon, secretary
treasurer.
-Other members are; HiU Low»
ery, William Lawrence Plonk,
James Gibson, Mrs. George'ftous
er, James Harry, of Grover, and
A. A. Barrett, of Waco.
Charter Change
Bill Ratified
Future confusion in future City
of Kings Mountain elections
should be limited to selection of
candidates or decision on issues.
House Bill 1399, introduced by
Representative W. K. Mauney,
Jr., June 21, became law Friday
on passage by the senate.
It makes changes in the 1939
city charter which make city reg
istration, challenging and voting
hours conform to state sched
ules.
The changes include:
Registration hours 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. (formerly 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.)
Challenge Day hours 9 a.m. to
3 p.m. (formerly 7 a.m. to 7 p.
m.)
Voting day Hours 6:30 a.m. to
6:30 p.m. (formerly 7 a.m. to 6
p.m.)
Area Project
In Bid listing
RALEIGH — The State High
way Commission today issued a
call for bids for the July 25, 1967
highway letting. Twenty-five pro
jects in thirty counties are in
cluded, involving more than 95
miles of road construction.
All bids for the projects must
be received by the Highway Com
mission no iater than 10:00 a.m.,
Tuesday, July 25, 1967.
A list of projects includes a
Cleveland - Gaston invitation for
highway beautification on U. S.
74, consisting of planting trees
and shrubs and erecting fence to
screen seven junkyards.
Heart Attack Fatal Wednesday
Foi Kenneth Hostetler at 27
Kenneth Hustetler, 27-year-old
Kings Mountain man, died Wed
nesday morning1 at 9 o'clock in
Charlotte Presbyterian hospital
after suffering a heart attack
about 3 a.m.
Funeral rites will be held at
Harris Funeral Home Chapel
Friday morning at 10 o’clock,
with Dr. Paul Ausley and Rev.
Richard Plyyer conductingg. In
terment will be in Mountain Rest
cemetery.
Mr. Hustetler was in apparent
good health.
A native of Gaston County, he
was the son of Mrs. (Mildred Nob
litt Hustetler of Kings Mountain
and the late Coltn F. Hustetler.
A graduate of Kings Mountain
high school, he was an employee
of Wix Corporation of Gastonia.
He was a member of First Pres
byterian church.
He was married to the former
Hallie Ward of Kings Mountain.
Surviving, besides his wife and
mother, are a two-months-old
daughter, Mary Elizabeth Hus
tetler; his mother-in-law, Mrs.
Margaret Ward of Kings Moun
tain; and his brother, Harold
Hustetler of Kings Mountain.
The Hostetlers resided here
with Mrs. Hustetler*s mother at
008 West Mountain street.
S & 1 Dividends
June Quartex
Total $132,591
Quarterly dividends on savings
accounts paid by Kings Moun
tain’s two financial institutions
total $264,003.84.
The aggregate payment for
Home Savings & Loan Associa
tion was $175,061.94 (optional sav
ings totaling $116,460.45 and full
paid shares totalingg $58,601.49)
reflecting quarterly payments on
June 30th at the rate of 4.50 per
cent per year, Secretary-Treasur
er Tom Tate reported.
Kings Mountain Savings &
Loan Association paid dividends
totaling $88,941.90, optional sav
ings totaling $58,729.66 and full
paid shares totaling $30,112.24)
reflecting quarterly payments
from March 31 to June 30 at the
rate of 4.50 per cent, Secretary
Treasurer Joe Smith reported.
June 30th dividend payments
by Kings Mountain Savings &
Loan Association totaled $44,821.
June quarter dividend payments
of Home Savings and Loan As
sociation totaled $87,770.
June 30th dividend payments
by Kings Mountain Savings &
Loan Association totaled $44,821.
Dividends payments by the two
firms for the same period last
year totaled $118,590. This year’s
payments are up by $45,413.77. j
Mis. Ryan, Ervin,
Mooie Speakers
By ELIZABETH STEWART
Is the morale of our service
men overseas hurt by the antics
of draft dodgers, hippies and
draft card burning?
On the contrary, says Mrs. A.
J. Ryan, just back from a work
ing tour of the Far East. “One
serviceman from his hospital bed
told me,” Wait til we get back.
We’ll take care of them.”
The national president of the
American Legion Auxiliary made
these remarks at the 47th con
vention of the American Legion
and American Legion Auxiliary
Friday through' Sunday in Ral
eigh.
Mrs. Ryan chartered the Aux
iliary's first foreign unit in Ma
nilla and participated in the ob
servance of the 25th anniversary
of the Bataan Death March. She
visited servicemen in hospitals in
Japan, Okinawa, and military in
stallations in Honolulu, Pearl
Harbor and the Malaysia hos
pital on the edge of the jungle
where aborigines have never be
fore had medical care. The pro
jects are sponsored by the Aux
iliary, Care, and the American
Korea Foundation. She dedicated
a school in Korea and placed a
wreath on the monument of the!
USS Arizona and national ceme-|
tery in Hawaii.
U.S. Senator Sam J. Ervin of
Morganton and (North Carolina
Governor Dan K. Moore made
the keynote addresses at Friday
sessions of the two organizations.
The Governor addressed Leg
ionnaires attending the Friday
morning session while Mrs. Ryan
was speaking to Auxiliary dele
gates.
Senator Ervin’s address was de
livered to both groups at a ban- j
quet Friday night in' the ball-1
room of the Sir Walter Raleigh’
Hotel.
“In 1919 in Paris the American
Legion' was formed,” said the
Senator. The Legion has stood for
fundamentals that make Ameri
ca great. The obligations which
rest upon us today are threefold:
1) we must remember; 2) we
must face reality; 3) we must
carry on.
He continued, “We must re
member those who have died that
America might live and we must
face the stark reality that ene
mies of this land seek to destroy
these great freedoms.”
Rites Conducted
Foi Mis. George
Funeral rites for Mrs. Bertha
George, 84, of Grover, were held
Friday at 4 p.m. from Harris Fu
neral Home Chapel, interment
following in the Grover cemetery.
Mrs. George died at 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday at her home in Grov
er following several year's ill
ness.
She was the wife of the late
Robert George and was daughter
of the late Mr. and Mrs. William
Mullinax.
Surviving are one grandson and
several nieces and nephews.
She was a member of Grover
First Baptist church.
Rev. Fred Crisp officiated at
the final rites.
METER RECEIPTS
Parking meter receipts for
the week ending Wednesday
totaled $220.05, Including $126.
30 from on-street meters, $74.25
in fines and $19.60 from oil-,
street meters.
Final Plans Are Due Friday
For Buffalo Creek Project
Most Citizens
Got Holiday
For Fourth
The July Fourth week is a holi
day week for majority of Kings
Mountain textile employees.
Many firms have made vaca
tion payments.
Some firms closed only on
Tuesday or will be closed only a
day or two during the holiday
week.
Closed the week of July 1-10
are Minette Mills of Grover,
Phenix Plant of Burlington Indus
tries, Sadie Cotton Mills, Mass
Mo, Inc., Pauline Mills, K Mills,
Lambeth Rope Corporation, Mau
ney Mills, Ideal Hosiery Mill, and
Mauney Hosiery Mills.
Dry-cleaners also plan a week’s
close-down.
Retail establishments, city and
county offices, financial institu
tions, the postoffice, and barber
shops were closed on Indepen
dence Day. City barbers took a
three - day holiday Monday
through Wednesday.
Tuesday was a holiday for pu
pils enrolled in the two federal
summer school programs, the
ritle I reading program and Head
Start, but students in the sum
mer high school attended classes
as usual.
Business was brisk at the city
swimming pools and picnic areas,
at the old-fashioned Fourth cele
bration sponsored by the Ameri
can Legion, at private club gath
erings, the Country Club and Lake
Montonla Club,' family
get-togethers.
Police Report
One Accident
The Kings Mountain Police
Department investigated only one
vreck in the past week. This two
car accident occurred at 1:27 p.m.
Curtis Henry Houser of 107 S.
Battleground Ave. was charged
ivith following too closely when
be struck the rear of a car driv
en by Janie Norman Montgomery
af Highway 29, Grover. Montgo
mery was stopped at a traffic
light. j
Montgomery was slightly in
jured. Damage to the Montgo
mery car was estimated at $150
ind damage to the Houser car
*/&s estimated at $35.
Mrs. Bridges'
Rites Conducted
Funeral rites for Mrs. Ola H.
Bridges, 74, sister of Mrs. Will
Humphries of Kings Mountain,
were held Wednesday at 4 p.m.
from Zoar Baptist church, inter
ment following in the church
cemetery.
iMrs. Bridges, widow of Ruffin
Bridges, made her home with a
son, Evans Bridges, of Earl. She
died Monday night at 7:45 p.m.
in Cleveland Memorial hospital
following two month’s illness.
Other survivors include four
sons, one daughter, two brothers
and three sisters.
' CITY BOARD TO MEET
The city board of commis
sioners will hold its regular bi
monthly meeting Tuesday at
6:30 p.m. Mayor John Henry
Moss said Wednesday the agen
da is incomplete but would in
clude several housekeeping
items.
John W, Dawkins
Dies In Shooting
Ernest Hood, 25,
Is Indicted
For Murder
By ELIZABETH STEWART
Ernest Hood, 25-year old Negro
of 414 Childers street, was jailed
Tuesday night on a murder
charge following the fatal shoot
ing of John William (Buck)
Dawkins, 34, Negro, father of six.
Deputy John Leach and Deputy
Piiul Bobbitt of the County Sher
iff f Department investigated the
July 4th incident at the Grand
Prix club. They said a third
Negro man, Joe Dean Roberts, 22,
of the Galilee community, was
hospitalized and underwent sur
gery late Tuesday night for re
moval of two bullet wounds of
the abdomen and one bullet
wound of the chest.
The single shot which felled
Dawkins entered the right fore
arm and passed' through the
chest, severing the main artery
to the heart, Coroner J. Ollie Har
ris said. Harris said Dawkins died
instantly.
According to investigating offi
cers, the shooting occurred about
10 p.m. and was the result of an
argument between Heberts and
Hood inside the Grand Prix club
located three miles from Kings
Mountain off the Cherryville road
in the Ebenezer community. The
club is operated by Lester Jack
son, Negro. Deputy Leach said he
will serve a warrant charging
Jackson with illegal possession of
tax-paid liquor for beverage pur
poses.
The club was raided by county
officers two weeks ago.
Leach said Dawkins was “a by
stander and was sitting inside
the club.”
Leach said Hood has also been
charged with assault with a
deadly weapon with intent to kill
Roberts.
A spokesman at Kings Moun
tain hospital said the condition
of Roberts was “good” Wednes
day afternoon.
Dawkins, a construction work
er, is also survived by his wife;
his mother, Mrs. Mabel Dawkins,
two brothers, Theodore and David
Dawkins of Kings Mountain; and
seven sisters, Mrs. Mary Lee Park
er, Mrs. Ethel Jane Sanders, Mrs.
Dorothy White, Mrs. Shirley Reid,
Mrs. Annie Adams, Miss Alice
Dawkins and Miss Thelma Daw
kins, all of Kings Mountain.
Gill and Brown Funeral Home
is in charge of arrangements,
which are incomplete.
Youth Injured In
Firework Mishap
Paul Dunn, 17, of 402 S. Cans
ler St. was injured when a fire
cracker went off in his hand
around 6:00 Tuesday afternoon.
Dunn was taken to Kings
Mountain Hospital where he was
treated and admitted for obser
vation. Dr. George Plonk, the at
tending physician, reported Wed
nesday that Dunn’s fingers were
badly injured by the accident,
but that his general condition
was good.
Mack Crawfoids' Feline "fab"
Goes Everywhere The Crawloids Go
Tab, the five-year-old pet of
M/Sgt. and Mrs. Mack Crawford,
may win the prize as the “most
traveled” cat.
Wherever the Crawfords go, the
cat goes along.
On her first trip to Kings
Mountain the cat took her first
flight by jet, traveling from Cali
fornia to Charlotte.
The jet flight (which cost $12
cat fare) was not the tabby cat's
first airplane ride, however.
Her first plane trip brought her
from England three years ago to
Hamilton AFB in California. She
became a permanent member of
the Crawford family in England
when the children brought the
small kitten home.
“We wouldn't have left Tab
home for a month,” said Mrs.
Crawford, the former Lucy Van
Dyke of Kings Mountain. Mrs.
Crawford said the children had
nursed the cat through numerous
ailments, including a broken leg.
The Crawford family, which al
so includes 10-year old Ken and
nine-year-ojd Cindy, are visiting
Mrs. Crawford’s mother, Mrs.
Dave Van Dyke, on route two,
and Mr. Crawford's mother and
relatives in Gastonia.
The family will return to Ham
i ilton AFB on Monday and Mrs.
Crawford will return to her nurs
ing duties at a hospital nearby.
PROMOTED — Mayor Myron A.
Rhyne oi Graham, Kings Moun
tain native, has been promoted
to assistant vice-president oi
Cannon Mills Company.
Myron Rhyne
Wins Promotion
Myron A. Rhyne, Kings Moun-1
tain native and Mayor ol the city
of Graham tHe past 10 years,
has been elected to the position
of assistant vice-president of
Cannon Mills Company.
Announcement of Mr. Rhyne's
promotion was made byy Don S.
Holt of Kannapolis, president of
the company.
Mr. Rhyne is currently asso
ciated with Cannon’s Travora
Plant 14 in Graham which he
joined in 1946, serving in var
ious capacities, and, most recent
ly, that of vice-president and
general manager. The Travora
plant manufactures upholstery
and other decorative fabrics from
cotton, synthetics and blends, as
well as cotton yarns used in Can
non towel products.
Son of Mrs. C. Q. Rhyne of
Kings Mountain, Mr. Rhyne is a
graduate of N. C. State Univer
sity School of Textiles. He is
married to the former Sarah
Hambright and they have one
daughter, Janet, a student at Le
noir Rhyne college. Rhyne is an
active member in Macedonia Lu
theran church of Burlington
where he is a member of the
Church Council and teaches a
Sunday School class.
Mayor Rhyne has served in
many Graham and Alamance
County civic activities. He is a
member of the Board of Trustees
of the Technical Institute of Ala
; mance, was chairman of the
Board of Trustees of the Me
I morial Hospital of Alamance dur
: ing the building of its present
facility, and is currently serving
| as a member of its board; He is
l a member of the Board of Direc
tors of the Graham Industrial
Development Corporation, the
Alamance County Rescue Unit,
and the Alamance County Health
Department, and he has served
as chairman of the Board of
Trustees of the May Memorial Li
brary and on the board of direc
tors of the Burlington-Alamance
County Chamber of Commerce.
During World War II, Mr.
Rhyne served with the Quarter
| master Corps, and his assign
ments included duty in the Of
fice of the Quartermaster Gen
eral in Washington, D. C. He
was Port Quartermaster in Suez
and Alexandria, Egypt, and As
I sistant Theater Quarteramster
i for the Africa-Middle East The
ater of Operations, He was
awarded the Legion of Merit
and Army Commendation medals
for wartime activities. He re
cently retired from the Army
Reserve with the rank of Colonel
after 31 years of active and re
serve service.
FUNERAL SUNDAY
Funeral rites for Robert
Brown, 84, of route 1, will be
held Sunday at 2:30 p.m. from
Kelly’s Chapel Methodist church
in Bessemer City. Mr. Brown,
who died Monday, is survivied
by two daughters, seven sons
and one broUien,
State Highway
Action Lone
Step To Finish
Complete plans and specifica
tions, as well as cost estimates,
on the Buffalo Creek water pro
ject will be reviewed by Mayor
John Henry Moss Friday after
noon in a conference with Col.
W. K. Dickson, the city's engineer
and his staff.
Completion of final plans leav
es a lone step remaining before
forwarding to the Department of
Housing and Urban Development
in support of a federal funds
grant.
This step is statement by the
State Highway and Public Works
Commission concerning inunda
tion of roads in the lake area.
Mayor Moss said he understood
from Col. Dickson there would
be no more than two Inunda
tions by the 1600 to 2000-acre
lake.
Preliminary estimates for the
project was $2,800,000 to provide
a lake comparable in size to Lake
Lure, a treatment plant, plus
seven miles of water mains.
The Buffalo Creek project, has
attracted the active and express
ed interest of citizens on both
sides of Buffalo Creek and Ifi
envisioned for water service to
the entire eastern section of the
county.
The City of Kings Mountain,
on recommendation of the state
stream sanitation committee,
several years ago Waked out
Buffalo Creek as a future source
of supply.
Kings Mountain is currently
water-shy and augmenting its
two resevoirs by pumping raw
water from two streams to the
extent of 1.1 million gallons
dailyy. The capacity of its treat
ment plant is two million gallons
daily.
No Progress
On 74 Thruway
By MARTIN HARMON
Wo’ll give it a hard go as
quickly as we can."
Thus William F. Babcock,
director of the State Highway
Commission, promised after
reporting that the Kings Moun*
tain U. S. 74 throughway re
mains in the planning stage
and will until the federal funds
picture clears.
Director Babcock says the
highway commission is plagued
by rising costs of construction
up 15 to 20 percent, he estimat
ed—tbe cutback in federal road
funds, and increasing cost of
labor.
“We have five years worth
of projects backed up,” Mr.
Babcock related, adding, “at
the present we are planning no
further than six months ahead.”
Federal road monies are an
important percentage of many
road projects, ranging from 50
percent on so-called U. S. high
ways to 90 percent on U .S.
interstates.
Mayor Speaks
At Celebration
The nation must be on guard
against laxncss and indifference
if it is to prevent the misuse of
freedom, Mayor John Henery
Moss declared Tuesday night as
he spoke at the Independence Day
celebration of Otis D. Green Post
155, American Legion.
Noting that the United States
provides its citizens the great
est freedom known to mankind,
he said, “The price of freedom
has not been cheap. Remember
that when you see Old Glory fly
ing that our boys are today pay
ing the supreme sacrifice in Viet
Nam for our freedoms of the
privilege of flying Old Glory.”
He continued:
“The freedom we celebrate here
today is ours only because of the
valor of brave Americans who
were — and are now — will
ing to die for it.
“May we dedicate ourselves to
the challenge for future genera
tions that the profound truth
requires to mobilize our thoughts,
our aspirations and self discipline
for greater moral demenslons
and freedom for all peoples.
“Let us carry the torch of free
dom high, and let us thank God
that we have the opportunity to
be Americans this July 4th-”