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KINGS mountain HERALD, KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C.
Thursday, Januafy 2, I9<J
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Established 1889
The Kings Moimtain Heiald
A weekly newspaper devoted to the promotion Of the general welfare and published
for the enlightenment, entertainment and benefit of the citizens of Kings Mountain
and Its vicinity, published every Thursday by the Herald Publishing House.
Entered as second class matter at the post office at Kings Mountain, N. C., 28086
under Act of Congress of March 3,1^3.
EDITOMAL DEPARTMENT
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TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE
When they ftaw the '^tar, they Rejoiced tcitft exceeding great jay. j
'St. Matthew 3;10.
Christmas Present
Thirty months of hard and diligent
work on the part of many came to a .suc
cessful result about 3 p.m. Christmas
Eve, when the city received final clear
ance on the Buffalo Creek water project.
This final approval made a hand-
.some Christmas gift to water-short Kings
Mountain and to the whole eastern por
tion of Cleveland County.
It does not mean that Kings Moun
tain is out of the water woods yet, but,
with bids being invited for January 22,
e.xtrication from the dry forest is fore
seeable. W. K. Dickson, city consulting
engineer, gave a March 31,1970, comple
tion date — and is buttressed by a 360-
day construction specification in the pro
posed contracts.
Commissioner T. J. Ellison had the
pleasure of making the motion to invite
bids, something he wanted to do back in
1954, when the city commission of that
day took the short term route to what
became Davidson Lake, rather than ac
cept the recommendations of the State
Board of Health and Engineer Dixon to
tap water where water was — Buffalo
Creek.
Arguments are unresolvaSIe as to
whether the majority decision of 1954
was correct or incorrect. The community
eked by with Davidson for a dozen years
at comparatively small cash outgo. It
will J^lso be remembered that the city
budget of that day was in the $400,000
annual range. Conversely, from the
standpoint of a growing or non-growing
city, Kings Mountain did not have large
quantities of water to entice large water
using industry, and construction costs
undoubtedly have doubled.
It does not matter.
Tomorrow there will be water, pota
ble water, in large quantity, the missing
link in the industrial growth chain, and
one of God’s basic gifts which few ap
preciate until it is in short supply.
Happy Wind-Up
Harry Reasoner, the Columbia
Broadcasting System commentator, did
not appear to be talking with tongue in
cheek when he suggested few would be
sorry to see waning 1968 expire as the
clock stroked midnight Tuesday.
Perhaps all years are rough and 1968
had its very bad moments, paramounted
by the assasinations of Senator Robert
Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King,
rioting and vandalism of mass propor
tions, and the Vietnam war frustrations,
and Resui’rection City.
But 1968 was hardly as bad as Mr.
Reasoner inferred.
Americaps, at least, lived better, ate
better than they’d ever lived before.
The Detroit Tigers won a pennant
and World Series for the first time in 23
years.
More important, perhaps, were the
year-end accomplishments.
The crew of the USS Pueblo got
home for Christmas.
And the astronauts returned home
safely after journeying 240,000 miles in
to space and orbiting the moon.
It’s seldom all bad for everybody.
How To Figure
A news story appearing this week
under a byline of a workman for United
Press International, coincidentally or
not, was closely placed to the report of
retiring Governor Dan Moore’s summa
tion of his rapidly ending four years as
the .state’s Chief Executive.
Governor Moore made particular
point of the fact his administration has
seen improvement and expansion of
services in all ar^as, with none shorted
at the expense of another, but one of his
particular prides was the Moore Admin
istration’s treatment of education—best
and most ih the state’s history, said the
Governor.
The other account, based partially
on per capita pupil expenditure on sec
ondary education, in effect, begged to
differ. Particularly was the writer com
plaining that under both Governors San
ford and Moore this area of school fund
ing, while providing millions of more dol
lars, nevertheless provided a dwindling
percentage of the general fund budget.
It is to be expected that harried
school administrators are considerably
more interested in dollars per se than in
percentages, especially when the dollar
totals are rising.
Meantime, it might be suggested
that a system of fixed percentages would
produce a rigid system incapable of delv
ing into any new service which might be
come necessaiY or even mandatory.
The saying’s an old one: figures don't
lie, but liars can figure.
The Moore version is to be preferred.
industried Yeof
The year 1968 is recorded in history
as the year of the Kings Mountain area’s
greatest industrial growth.
Six new firms have or are building,
and another four have expanded or are
in process of expanding.
The new industrial citizens are Ox
ford Industries, with its mammoth five-
acres-under-one-roof plant going up on
York Road, Kinder Manufacturing com
pany and a distributing and warehousing
firm underway in Kings Mountain Indus
trial Park, Carpet Industries, Waco Road,
Dependable Knit, Inc., on South Cansler,
and Concept Furniture, Inc., on the Gro
ver road.
Expanded, or in process, are Kings
Mountain Knit Fabrics, King Mills, Lith
ium Corporation, and Carolina Throwing
Company, which had not completed an
expansion underway until it was ready
ing another of even larger proportion.
Heady reading, it makes, for all
Kings Mountain citizens, spelling eco
nomic growth for businessmen and job
opportunities for citizens.
Ahead.. .at Home
Congratulations to Hoyle D.
(Snooks) McDaniel, newly chaired presi
dent of Kings Mountain Kiwanis club.
Mr. McDaniel’s prior record of work and
leadership in civic activity indicate an
other good year for Kings Mountain Ki-
wanians.
On the drawing boards for 1969 are
two important projects, which, in a way
are conjunctive.
Kings Mountain Hospital expects to
seek bids early in the year on a major
and needed addition.
Kings Mountain Convalescent and
Nursing Center, Inc., is awaiting final
plans for a 50-bed center.
Another project should be given all
the heft it can be and that is the U. S. 74
by-pass. To date plans for this needed 7.3
mile strip of road, approved in 1965, are
on the shelf gathering dust, victim of
federal funds cut-backs in turn dictated
by the Vietnam war, highway officials
are told. But periodic traffic counts con
tinue to reveal what local motorists and
travelers know at first hand: the King
street link of U. S. 74 gets more clogged
and difficult to navigate as the days,
months and years pass.
Housing, as the mayor has pointed
out, is a major need. Again on the draw
ing boards and foreseeable in the near
future is a start on 150 low-rent housing
units, 30 of them specifically designed for
the elderly. But there is a paucity for
middle income bousing.
There $re more needs, of c«ur$e, hut
tbese are oBRiar mn$*
MABTIN'S
MEDICINE
BT martin HARMON
Captain B. M. Ormand told the
Mayor last week a rather jfraph-
ic tale about industry and water.
Many years ax** be stopped his
train In the Arohdale area for
.some visiting Industrialists to
look over the terrain as a plant
site. AH ter they entrained again
the Captain overtieard one of
them' remark, ‘‘We can forget
this place.'There’s not enough
water to wet a duck’s ba»k."
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And Jean .‘?chenck provkled an
interesting analogy. A friend had
recently supplied him a yellow
ed and aged copy of a Shelby
newspaper detailing the buggy
trip of his mother with his aunt
and others to Bla'ck Station (now
Blacksburg) where his aunt was
ehtraining for her home in Tex
as. Afterwards, the personal men
tloh Item' continued, the group
returned by Kings Mountain' in
order to see «he first electric
lights in the county. Kings Moun-
(ain had always been progres
sive, Mr. Schenck had begun. To
night it is water, he concluded,
“and I’m here tonight.’’
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New Year’s EX’o seemed teas
ona-bly quiet though a few neigh
bors broke the anti-'fire-cracker
law, but it was a particular plea
sant one.
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The Norman MdOills called a-
bout 10:30 and invited us around
to watch the N^ Year arrive.
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"What Happened Jo Jhe Season To Be Jolly?",
^eVtten
Gomel
EDITOR’S NOTE: Below
authoritative answers by the I
erans Administration to somj
the many current .luestions
former servicemen and
families. Further informatioH
veterans benefits may ije ob^
ed at any VA offi:^.
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THE COST OF SUBSIDIES
Anne and I were greeted with
a toy Aunt Emma, over in Albe
marle, had sent the boys. It was
a replica of the human body and
a real study In physiology. There iWhen the nations of Europe
was the wi^bone, the funny-1 years ago set out to subsidize!
bone, the breadbasket, etc. Each 'farms, their aim was perhaps un-
part was in miniature and drop-' derstandable: To assure an ade-
ped info slots in the proper area., quate food supply by providing
Tweezers attached to a battery i fai-mers with reasonable In-
were provided. The key to the comes. Along thew ay, however,
learning process was to extract j the subsidies have proved to have
the part without causing the red (a number of unexpected costs.
Viewpoints of Other Editors
Q I am a Workl War II ]
eran with a 20-year G.I. insui-:
endowment policy that will
turo in a few months. Do I
to take the f.tee value of the i
cy or can I convert this to an|
or l)po of insurance?
Ten Years Ago
fterns of interest which oecur-
id apyroximateiy ten years ago
CHANGE IN THE HOUSE?
A—You may exchange it fi
policy of lesser cash value if
present evidence of good he;
However, this must be done
fore the policy matures,
Q -I was recently separa'
from service. During servii
was treated for a condition t!
has now flared up again. Cai
get treatment from VA.
A- In all proMPbility you
You should apply to the Veter!
Administration for an exam
tion and determination that y
condition Is service - connev
Once this has been accompi]
you should have no troubi
ting treatment from VA.
Q-I am a veteran with
ice connected condition, ri
ed by VA as 60 per cent
ing. Does this degree of __
ity entitle my children tp
type of educational assistai
A—No. Only children wh
parent is rated by VA as 100
cent service connected disabl
and who is permanently disabl
are entitled to assistance. Si
children - and children of
erans who died in service
from service connected eausi
cats
rank:
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button on the head to light and
a buzzer to sound. Success meant
play money in varying amounts.
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Norman proved of quite steadiy
nerve and Anne extricated one
part. But Nancy and I flunked.
When the W-aMorf Astoria par
ty appeared on tbe television
tube, there were Guy Lombardo
(Norman calls him guy “lAmiba-
go") and his Royal Canadians,!
In the negotiations toward set
ting up the Common Market, for
example, the varying subsidies of
the six member nations for a
long time impeded agreement.
Later on, in the Kennedy Round
-tarRf talks, arttfilcialliiy support
ed farm prices threatened for a
while to prevent any significant
reduction of trade barriers.
Meanwhile, the subsidies gen
erally have been large enoi^'to
keep the farmers on their land
but small enough to keep them
including “and here’s carmen”’i‘«ssa“^?^’« rur^
not the most feaured vocalist any - ^
longer but still quite capable of:
rendering “'Boo Hoo", that fav
orite of yesteryear, in true Car
men Lombardo fashion.
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efficiency; two-thirds of the Com
mon Market farms are less than
25 acres in size, much to small to
make prodructive use of modem
farm equipment.
George H. Mauney is the new
president of the Kings Mountain
Kiwanis club. He will be install
ed at the club’s Thursday night
meeting.
observers doubt 1 “te eligible for War Orphans I
Udall of Arizona!Assistance benefits,
Diivei Chaigt
Following Wn
The proud parents of this area's
first 1959 arrival were contend
ers in the 1958 Baby Derby, too.
Guy Warren Moore, bom Friday,
January 2, at 10:20 a.m. to Mr.
and Mrs. Caiyle Moore, has a
young sister, bom just nine days
after the Neaw Year of 1958.
Washington
that Morris K,
will succeed in supplanting John
W. McCormack of Massachusetts
as Speaker of the House of Rep
resentatives in the new American
Congress. Seniority, entrenched
-custom, the power of the con
servative bloc and the strategies
of the Southern membership —
these factors all militate against following too
a young man with eight years of coti
House service ousting a long-term fob°wing an a^den
veteran I >"om‘ng at the U. S. 74
I street intersection with N.
But it is useful for Representa- at York road.
John Edward 'Louallen,
route 1, Pagcland, S. C., |
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
Connie Padgett, high school
student, was crowned Sweetheart
of Demolay at the Kings Moun-
tain organization’s Christmas
dance.
WISE AMERICAN MOVE
live UdaU, brother of Interiori injuries were reported!
1
, , , , The presence of foreign troops
The situation is so bad, in fact,, nation’s soil nearly
For older folk. Guy Lombardo “-v - —•
would stir memories. He and the that tlte Common Market f:na**yi q^^irter of a century after the
Canadians were the music-mak-1 is considerinig drastic steps to Im- jg Nor
ers at the first big dance I ever i prove it. Among other things, It
can all of Japan’s unhappiness
attended. It was at the old Char-* U thinking of special bonuses andAmerican bases in that land
lotte Armory in the summer of'Other payments to indi^ small
1936 and fellow hoofers were, prodticers to leave their farm^
Hubert Aderholdt and Snooks j whidh then could be combined
McDaniel, The guy she was danc- j with others into eJlldent, larger
inj with didn’t appreciate my j units.
ss s.isn'xss!»>»•
Mnmip .nd nrll, wa. avoided. raSpe-a
fanners, with a significant a-
mount of social ■ dislocation and
Norman got into the memory 1 other problems, including heavy
music game, too. When I tooted goYemmental costs. The whole
clarinet in a n'ayy band, I fait
much benetKtted on long parades
and dress inspevtlons to be car
rying a clarinet instead of a
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But even though Norman play
ed the light-weight flute and pic
colo for an army band at Fort
McClellan, he failed to find the
duty easy. The bandmaster was
a 32-year veteran who believed
in playing for all occasions, which
Included meeting constantly ar
riving troop trains,
guard and reserve groups down
for training in the sunamer, visit
ing dignitaries, plus regular con
certs. On one occasion in Birming
ham, the band played four con
secutive concerts without pause
between numbers.
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tcansitton could of course have
been aodompHshed much less
pairtfully if over a period of
decades the! ree market had been
allowed to graduaUiy upgrade Eu
ropean agrkjulliure.
"in the future, unfortunately,
the European proposal calls for
continued saibsidlea, with pay
ments restricted to large efficient
farms. T he Common Market
planners might want to note that
the US., more by accident than
'design, has for years been subsi-
dizlng mainly its big, producers,
national And som<»io>w the costly surplus-
' es and other waste go on piling
up.
The Europeans, in other words,
make have found a way to ease
their farm prctolem. But they
haven’t yet hit on the one step
that would eliminate all of those
hidden subsidy costs.
Wall iSfreet Journal
One January - February the
regular duty performances slowed,
but there was no rest for the
weary. ’The two months were
.spent in study of musical theory.
Relates Norman, “Including me
A NOTABLE FIRST
What city has the most elec
trically - heated homes among
all the cities of the world? New
York? London? 'Tokyo? Los An
be set down wholly to Commun
ist and left-wing Socialist prop
aganda. As a member of a proud
and self-conscious race, any Jap
anese cannot but feel uncomfor
table ats uch a long stay.
Secretary Stewart L. Udall, tOj'two ears involved were dai
make .his piteh. There is ^wide- ^ $225, police
spread dissatisfaction with the!
House leadership, indeed-with the! According to police
general "image” of Congress ini Jessy Boyd Nicholson,
the modern world, and this con-j route 1, Dallas, had st(
cern should receive intelligent! the lane of tra'ffic for a
and informed discussion. tront of him to turn.
approa'ching from the
No one will fault Congressman struck the Nidholson car.
McCormack for devotion to duty,!
lor hard work in the House’s in-t Poh<* clarified two
ner sanctums, and for willing- wreck reports reported
j ness to embraice progressive cams-
jes. Nor will anyone fault Mr. U-
' dall for the gentlemanliness of
his effort, an':l for his desire failure to yield right-of-way|
mainly to open up the leadershlpj er his car collided with ane
lists. Majority Leader Carl Al-jcar operated by Allen WJ
bert al Oklahoma In another oft-l Manns of Dallas at the intei
discussed candidate for the House! tion of East Ridge and Clevol
Speakership, as have been Wil-' avenues.
the I
title.
’This applies even to those Jap
anese who, like Premier Eisaku
Sato, are aware o(f the advan
tages which the American mili
tary presence bring Japan. In
deed, given Japan’s hostorioal,
cultural, raicial, and psychologi
cal circumstances, many might
think that it is surprising that
there has not been even greater
Japanese unrest over the Ameri
can military presence.
week’s Herald.
Jerry Wayne Crocker Of'
tanburg, S. C. was charged
bur Mills of Arkansas and Rich
ard Bolling of Missouri.
What is generally agreed is
that the House leadership needs
to move with the times. Congress
has often loomed lately as a
creaky, old-fashioned, insular in
stitution. Its leaders need to ap
pear effectively on television, to
be persuasive spokesmen on pub
lic panels.-
Thus there 's much good sense
in the reported United States
plan to cut back on its bases in
Japan. It is said that, of the 1481
such bases, 50 b® either hand
ed over to Japan, switched to
joint AmerioansJapanese use, or
moved elsewhere in the country.
The latter move would be to take
them away from crowded areas;
where their presence has arous
ed particular unhappiness.
Also there is the need, as Rep
resentative Udall has emphasized,
for more effort to bring forward
the newer and more marginal
membes of Congress, to give
them opportunities for service
and stature. And to improve com
munications between leadership
and rank and file, to modernize
work sfchedules and to subject
committee chairmen to the disci-
Cars driven by Randolph
non King of Rock Hill, S. C. I
Martha Patricia Blanton of|
Ramseur street were involvcl
an accident. Miss Blanton, f
tempting a right turn on
road, was hit by the King veH
as he attempted to pass hen
the right side. Neither driver |
chaig«d. Damage to the
car was listed at $75 and to|
Blanton vehicle at $30.
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plines of majority rule, m
instances the Republicans
to have evolved more alert,
democratic attitudes in the H<j
than havg the Democrats.
These are the points at 1^
as Representative Udall
his bid at the Democratic Ho
caucus. They need airing.
Christian Science
son (
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best
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year
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there wore only four guys in the. geles? None oif them or ©there
band who didn’t hold master’s de
grees in music.
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The musical talk reminded Nor
man of ex-Bandmaster Joe Hod
den’s quite serious comments at
a recent P-TA meeting concern
ing the need for more pupils .in
the Kings Mountain band.
A lady member of the organi
zation, just as seriously, remaik-
ed, “Don’t look at me!”
Happy Now Yqarl
oif the very largest cities. It is
Nashville, ’Tenn., with a popula
tion of 170JX)0.
’Pwonty-two year* ago Naoh-
vlUe hod only BB electrically-
heateri homos- Today it has 75,-
000. The reason: low«ost elec
tricity supplied wholesale by the
Tennessee Valleiy Authority and
promoted vigorously by the city’s
distribution system. No smoke, no
soot. No reslduos.
In most of the world’s cities
electricity is too costly for heat
ing, except, for a favored few. In
Nashville it is economical. And
heating provides a ■winter use for
peak capaldtiet demanded in
sumnrer for tlrwmaittenlng-
0f. Lgiwp rottpii^h
Thep resent Japanese Govern
ment based its latest campaign
upon its readiness to cooperate
with the United States lor the
peace of Asia. The electorate ac
cepted that platform. Further
more, there is not today as great
a popular pressure against the
American preoence as has been
shown in the past. One need but
think back to the riots which
prevented President Eisenhow
er’s visit to Japan to see evidence
of a change.
Yet America’s relations with
Japan will always remain tricky
and tidlUish $o long as Amerioans
sit on Japanese s^l, Whether on
the mainland or on Okinawa.
Eventually such troops must
leave. While that period is not
yet visible on the diplomatic hori
zon, nonetheless, Washington is
Iwise to demonstrate its willing
ness to lessen its presence in Ja
pan. 'This should enable ’Tokyo
and Washington to continue their
present necessary close relation
ship.
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