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TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE
Look on rt rn/ one that ^ j/roiid, and bring him tmv; and tread dmen the tei eked in their place.
Job 40:12.
Wednesday was a great day for the
City of Kings Mountain.
As Mayor John Henry Moss com
mented after final tabulations of the
bids, “We’ve a project. It’.s on the road.”
The engineer was pleased with the
bids, the HUD engineer was pleased with
the bids, and so were the Mayor and city
board.
For the consulting engineer, Col. W.
K. Dickson, for Commissioner T. J. Elli
son and some others, Wednesday’s bid
taking culminated 15 years of the Buffa
lo dream — obtaining water where a
large quantity of water with large sup
porting watershed is.
Col. Dickson recommended the pipe
line trek to Buffalo in 1954. Then, as
now. City Commissioner Ellison support
ed the Colonel’s recommendations, which
also had the hearty endorsement of the
State Board of Health. But the commis
sion majority elected the short - term
route of Davidson Lake.
Then, or now, it still had to be. Buf
falo Creek is Kings Mountain’s'mearest
source of water in quantity.
Kings Mountain, of course, will not
be out of the water woods until potable
water begins flowing the seven plus miles
on U. S. 74 and into old and new city
mains. Pressure on the present over-tax
ed w'ater system continues to mount.
But the end of the rainbow is in
sight.
It has required considerable imagin
ation to keep Kings Mountain’s water
supply up to demand, including the in
terim measure whereby five miles of The
army’s pipe was used to tap auxiliary
sources.
It has been 30 months since the Buf
falo Creek project was launched official
ly.
Its fruition will transform the land
scape in this area, industrially, commer
cially, recreationally and residentially.
Fund Dfhre
When bids were received for the
neighborhood facilities building, now un
der construction, the totals were over
$600,000, far above the means of the
city to finance immediately.
The sewage system project was
underway with a million in borrowed
money and the water system was upcom
ing at three million in borrowed money.
It was no time (assuming approval could
be obtained) to consider more long-ternj
debt.
There were two alternatives: 1) pare
the plans or 2) forget the project and
the $302,000 federal grant in hand.
First alternative was chosen.
Some of the paring was in construc
tion design. The remainder was for
equipment (bleacher seats, kitchen
equipment, related items) which could
be added later without problem.
Except cash.
The amount of equipment needs has
been pegged at $79,000 and the city com
mission, in the interest of utilizing fully
and as quickly as possible this fine facil
ity, has decided to ask citizens to dig in
to their jeans for equipment money.
It’s a logical approach and the ap
peal should be honored.
Mrs. Foye W«bb Gardner
The death last week of Mrs. Faye
Wefbb Gardner removed from Cleveland
County one of its leading citizens, a lady
of vibrant personality who continually
maintained the positive approach to the
business of living.
With its many successes, Mrs. Gard
ner also knew personal disappointment
and tragedy but kept 'her chin up.
Her eldest son died tragically, and
her youngest, on the verge of beginning
a career that many predicted wcnild
match that bf his illustrious fatehr, suf
fered a crippling incurable disease which
took him 11 years later. During the past
year, Mrs. Sarah Mull Gardner, to whom
her mother-in-law was very close, died of
cancer. O. Max Gardner, Sr., on eve of
his sailing to Europe as ambassador to
the ([jourt of St. James, was victim of a
heart attack.
It would have been too much for
many.
The accomlJlishments of Mrs. Faye
Webb Gardner are both legend and mul
tiple.
On an occasion at Gardner-Webb
college, Mrs. Gardner presented the
speaker. Many were heard to remark
that her presentation equalled the main
event.
In effect, Mrs. Gardner never out
grew her rearing. Though the wife of a
governor, undersecretary of the treasury
and ambassador, she remained Cleveland
County to the core.
Your Lead
As it worked out, from the stand
point of the Kings Mountain board of
education, it was our lead.
The board of education Monday rec
ommended a referendum on question of
a county-wide supplemental school tax
of 50 cents per $1()0 ad valorem tax valu
ation.
Currently, Shelby district patrons
have authorized a supplemental school
levy up to 40 cents per $100, while Kings
Mountain district patrons have author
ized a supplemental school levy of 20
cents per $100.
The county district levies nothing,
these citizens having declined to approve
a proposed supplement several years a-
go.
Kings Mountain’s board acted after
representatives of the several schools
had conferred with the assistant attor
ney general (Ralph Moody), and on bis
recommendation.
Under the terms of the referendum,
the 50-cent supplement, if approved,
would eliminate the special district tax
es now levied by Shelby and Kings
Mountain districts.
Kings Mountain’s board was acting
in what it considered enlightened self-
interest. Competition for teaching per
sonnel is keen, need for more classrooms
apparent.
Should the county district go it a-
lone at, say, 40 or 50 cents. Kings Moun
tain district with its 20 cents supple
ment, would be left at the post.
There Is a considerable movement
within North Carolina to consolidate dis
trict systems into single county systems
and Craig Phillips, new superintendent
of public instruction, espouses the con
solidations.
While consolidation of the three is
not the momentary matter at hand, it
is fact, as the Herald has pointed out on
each occasion the proposaTwas mention
ed, that equalization of tax supplement
is first preliminary to consideration.
Charlie Dixon, "the walking
man's friend”, favored me with
a clipping, datelined Atlanta and
credited to United Piiess Interna
tional.”
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concerned a lemon.
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I subsequently sho^ved the
dipping to Alfretd Craiwford, my
barb<»r friend. Alfred’s mouth
opened, wide and his complexion
whitened. “Don’t,” he pleaded,
"put THAT in the paper. I’ll never
live it down.”
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It happened that the lemon
wfts actually a 1967 Ford Galaxie.
Concurrently, it is a well-advir-
tised fact that A1 Craiwford 1) is
a car racing fan tind 2) a Ford
devotee.
One Virgil Motes, the UPI ac
count relates, paM a bulldozer
operator $25 per hour for himself
and rig to appear at his residence
at precisely 2 pim. on New Tear’s
Day to dig a grave in his front
yaixl. The bulldozer arrived on
the hour and began his funeral
work. Meantime, there had gath
ered some 50 curious sidewalk
engineers, some of whom wonder
ed whether Motes had diseovered
Viewpoints of Other Editors
WHAT. NO TV?
It would seem the North Caro-;
lina Department of Public Wei-
gold wVhetherhe'was^crn'dida't^
for a booby hatch. The forwamed . standai^s estab-
included press and television peo- -shed by the department are m^
. r . . . _ in Mooresville and elsewhere
pie and two grim-ifaeed Ford olf-
licials.
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prisoners will fare better in jail
than out of it.
Ten Years Ago
Items of interest •which oecur-
?d approximately ten years ago
I 'Where but in North Carolina
j . i jails can a person be guaranteed
f ! ihree balanced meals a day, con-
for \totes' 1967 GMaxie Motes vegetables,
clamed bed just tougM a new jg
motor for same at $688, latest
expense in what he contended
was already $1,000 for out-go he
had expended to keep the car on
the road. The grave was dug
eightdeet wide, 20 feet long and
“ear-deep”, slightly larger than
Mountain Rest cemetery’s con
ventional 30” X 90” or 35” by
95” (ivault). Motes himself back-
fresh fruit and fi-uit juices—and
all served in a clean room in
Which the temperature never
drops below 68 degrres or ex
ceeds 72 degrees?
Mooresville’s lockup in the mu
nicipal building is kept warm and
clean. It is for short-term guests.
There is no kitchen in which food
RELEVANCE OF FUN
Thursday, January 23, 1969
HOSmAL I
LOG
Miss Odessa Black
Mrs. Mae Brymer
Mrs. Millie Caldwell
Mr. William Coy<lell
Mrs. Mamie Gill
uMis. Thomas Grier
Mr. Anthony Holden
Mrs. .Mattie Melton
Mr. Bracy Moore
Mrs. J. O. Panther
Ml'. Oscar Patterson
Mr. William Peterson
Mrs. Campbell Phifer
Mr. Robert Ponder
Mr. Dewey Rathbone
Mrs. Oscar Tharrlngton
Mrs. Grace Upehureh
Adrian Abbott
Mr. Lorn Barkley
Sli'afon Byers.
Dovie Reno Croxdale
Mrs. Kelly Dixon
Mr. Dan Falls
•Mrs. Lena Goforth
Mr. Thomas Gordon
Mr. M. L. Harmon, Sr.
Mrs Earl Hreks
Mr. J. D. HoPd
Mr. William Houser
Mrs, Sidney Huffstotler
Mrs. Maek Jordan
Mr. Walter Manley
Mr. Garnet Moore
Mrs. William Morgan
Mr. Glenn McDaniel ^
Mrs. Paul Sanders H
Mrs. Ida Smith ^
Mr. James Staley
Mr. Harey Taylor
-Mrs. Clara Wright
Mr. Marshall Patterson
Mr. John Howell
ADMITTED THURSDAY
Mr. Claude Palmer Camp
Mrs. Julia Norman
Mr. Lonnie Peeler, Rt. 9, Shell>y
Mrs, Jimmy Ourry, Rt. 2, City
ADMITTED FRIDAY
Mrs. Lula Lovelace, Rt. 1,
ver
Anthony Wack, 410 Waco Rd.,
City
Mr. Lee Adams, Rt. 2, Cherry-
villo
Arie Patterson, Rt. 2, Bessi*-
804 W.
drop in youth’s ability to have
fun. Today’s generation tends to
bo overserious, writes psycholo-
B. F. Manor, Kings Mountain
insuranceman, is “Young Man of
the Year” for 1958. Presentation
of the distinguished service a-
ward to Mr. Manor was a high- . . _ ,
light of the Bosses’ Night Ban-
quet Tuesday of the Junior
Cliamber of Commerce.
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
Mrs. J. H. Medlin was hostess
Friday night to the regular meet
ing of the Margrave Woman’s
club.
Fun has value. It lightens the|
heart, and releases energies that|'^‘'t ,
otherwise might be absorbed into; _ Moore,
apathy or, frustration. j Caroline Av-e., Bessemer City
.Some watchers of what might, William Alfred Alluson, Rl. 2,
be called the younger popula-1
lion's levity index have noted a i ADMITTED SATURDAY
Miss Alda Phifer, 211 W. Wash
ington Ave., Bessemer City
Mrs. Elvin Brown, 608 Landing
St., City
Mrs. Elmer Martin, 103 S. Go
forth St., City
Mrs. Baxter Payseur, 627 Mea-
SUPER SPORT?
Football’s bullying of the week-|
ford College in Pennsylvania. It
seems not to have learned to play
with abandon. Today’s students
are self - absorbed, preoccupied .
with their own intellects. And * <So'''brook, City
they don’t .seem to feel close loy-; ADMITTED SUNDAY
i Mr. Hubert Grigg, 916 Seconi
Though Mr. Heath s study was | gj. j
directed at incoming Haverfordj ’ Wilson, Rt. 3. City'
freshmen over a two-deeade per
ed the bier into its final resting for the guests maiy be prepared
pla'ce. His chie'f gripe was that from the choiciest products of the
Ford didn’t honor the warranty grocer’s art.
on the first motor, declined to
give one on th.e second. He con
ducted the funeral, he said, in the
name of safety.
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As a result, in order to meet
feeding standards. Mooresville
policemen now serve TV dinners
to their involuntary guests.
League — just in time to gain
maximum returns from the two
leagues’ further merger plans to
be decided in March.
If people Who get locked up in , vers what
our are euiltv of a transerTP,.! Super Bowl really underscor-
Sehamerhom. regional; sio„^against us, those TV dinners'
I Michael Howard, 414 W. Kin';
. . r .1 . —■ h appears to apply, more
end airwaves mercifully is about pressures of oversiz-!
' ed schools and campuses, the ra-
The Super Bowl has supposedly
shown that the junior American
Football League has caught up
pidnoss of materialistic ambi
tions, the impersomlism of the
mo.lern technocraej, the tragic
I obsession with sex as an adhesive
in personal relationships, and the
tendency to rush youngsters, into
the world of adults before they’re
ready these have iniiibited the
young from all-out funhaving.
John
public relations representative
lor Ford, was quoted as
Motes hadn’t done his part heaven forbid
providing routine maintenance. *
serve'em right. But that’s no pun-:^^ ^ u
fri miishment for an occasional di' nkl^ si’jPPo^dly wateh-
’art „„ ,i ed the game Sunday. That’s most
of the young-adult and adult men
' dominate American sports. Some
an innocent!
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K. E. (Red) Morrison, also fav-|
ored with the clipping, had an-j
other lemon tale. At Loris, S. INNOCT3NT BYSTANDERS,
en route M>Ttle Beach, Red no- ‘
Congratulations to John McGinnis,
newly elected president of the Kings
Mountain Merchants association.
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Congratulations to S. R. (Bob) Su-
ber, Jr., newly elected president Lake
Montonia Club. p
A best bow to Peter Hauser, recent
inductee into N. C. State’s Phi Kappa Phi
chapter of the riational honor society.
Heed a gray 1953 Buick parked
at a service station. On the side
was painted a large-sized yellow
lemon. Red inquireiii. The owner
said, "That car’s given trouble
ever since I’ve had it.”
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Several years ago a Wall
Street Journal reporter, his true
occupation unknown to the manu
facturer, obtained an assembly
line job. One week was enough.
That slow-moving assembly line
isn’t slow—if you’re the guy who
has to put on the side fender or
4crew on the dash panel. His
twin judgments: 1) it’s a wonder
as many cars get out without
more complaints and 2) the
highpaid auto worker ain’t over-
-taid at all.
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A1 Crawifopd mentioned an in-
Uan'ce of a car with a six-month
■attic which, when finally dis-
’overed, proved to be a sdft
'rink bottle behind the upholstery
af a door.
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Wink Russell had an added di-
■nension to the Crawford story:
vhen the bottle was finally dis-
x>vered there was a note enclos
'd. It read: “Bet you had a
helluva time findinig the rattle! ’
Unless Chevrolet Charlie c+ior
le too much, I can report pic-
liase of a ’69 Malibu on Satur-
'ay. It was In the shoip Monday
thpv’re closed Sundays). No
drain, just a sticking up-the
‘own headlight foot button. IX
’roit Chevy boys had failed to
■ut a groove in a panel and there
wasn’t enough clearance to a!
'ow the spring to function.
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Who’s for orange juice?
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Mooresi ille Tribune] >" J'he nation. Basketball on the
I high school and college level may
I draw more fans than football.
I And baseball, somewhat like the
I Saturday Evening Post, which
will stop publishing next month,
may be more endearing to many
as a declining part of Americans.
Yet football still is on the as-
The most profound words spok
en by Dr. S. I. Hayakawa during
his face to face confrontation I Combative, joining the pag-
with anarchists at San Francisco^ battlefield war games
strategy of business
students.
Shouting at good students
watching a conlfrontation, the
diminutive acting president de-
clarelJ: “'Move on to your classes.
There are no more innocent by
standers.”
comipetition, it appwrs to suit an
American a/»grcssiveness and
drive for the big time. TV, its
symbiotic promoter, knows and
exploits this.
Not that we’re thumbs down on ^hemrelves “for 'it's'own ‘financial
the sport. It’s that the big time,i inequity of that is
Although they disagreed with, big prize money, big name as- pvHent without recourse to la-
Mrs. Jennings Bryant Johnson.
Jr., 1091 Brookwood, City
■Mr. Samuel Stewart, Jr. 916
W. Holder St., Gastonia
Mrs. Horace Roper, 212 Fair-
view St.. City
Mrs. Lee Nichols, 927 Baker
St., City
Mr. Harold Dean Smith, 205
Crawfor.-l Drive, City
„ I Mrs. Jesse Graves, Rt. 4, Shel-
To the degree that this is trueij^y
it is too bad. Surely times are
never so hard certainly not' ADMI’TTED MONDAY
this moment of unheard of afflu
ence - that a preeminent quality
of youth should not be its joy.
Perhaps the absence of challenge
- having to earn a living or fight
a war they don’t identify with
leaves little for youth’s humor to
spark against.
In any event, while we would
encourage the younger genera
tion to look soberly at whatever
hypocrisy or hardness of heart
the adult world lives by, and ex
pose it, we would also suggest
they not overlook an enemy with
in - humorlessness.
Clwidtian Science Monitor
business - because Government is
asking private citizens to punish
the anarohists, the good students
by their very physical presence
were obstructing police and lend
ing the weight of nuntbers to the
demands of the revolutionaries.
The crisis in the United States
pects of the game are wearing
mighty thin. 'The pro team mag
nates might think about this in
March — whether they’re moving'
too far from sports into show biz.i
Christian Science MotiitoTj
bored mathematics.
Wall Street Journal
Terry Lynn Ledford, 1307 Gro
ver Rd., City
Mr. Robert Woods, Rt. 1, City
Mrs, Boyce Pope, Rt. 2, Besse
mer City
Mrs. Jay Harris, 510 Mill St.,
City
Mrs. Lona Deaton, 1402 .Shelby
Rd., City
ADMI’TTED TOESDAY
Mr. Virgil Campbell, 8.32 Forst
St., City
Mrs. Robert Mills, Box 3.3.5
Cherryviile
Mrs, Bobby Wilson, Box 381,
City
Alice Varnadore, 120 E. Wash
ington Ave., Bessemer Citly
Drinking three cocktails con
taining two ounces of aleohc ^
each will increase a motorist
chances of having an accident b>
seven times.
of America today is of such great, LABORED MAIHEMATICS .. . |
magnitude that there are no more'
innocent bystanders anywhere to
day, not on the campus, not in
the churches, not in government
or governing boards of our insti
tutions, not in the neighborhoods,
not at the polls and not at work.
A per-son who fails to raise his
voire or give his support to the
enforcement rtf tbe law is not an
innocent bystander.
A person who docs not stand
n bark of his city cci-,neil when
it is taking proper if sometimes
unpopular action is not an inno
A union official says the Presi-;
dential committee’s proposed new |
wage^price guidelines are unfair
to labor, and he’s absolutely right.'
The reason, however, is not thej
one'he offers. ;
William Bywater of the Inter-1
national Union of Electrical i
Workers notes that the commit
tee suggests that unions limit j
their pay demands to about 5%.|
“Oj.rrent contracts show an av-j
erage wake hike of over he’
says, ‘'which means that we are
cent bystander. Nor is a person; being asked to reduce our wage
who does not tell the council! improvement by one-third. i
when it is wrong. I "But under the committee’s'
Nor is a person who appeaseslrecommendations business is ask-j
ivrong because it is the easiest: ed to absorb, without raising
hing to do an Innocent bystand
er.
There can be no innocent by
standers when anarthy is sear
ing the land and overt sedition is
■aitipant everywhere.
Those who commit anarchy are
-aillfy of subversion in the first
prices, a mere 1% of any higher
costs from labor, materials or
other factors.”
Now it's true that 2''4- is more
than l'7r. But Mr. Bywater over
looks the fact that the unions
are asked to accept a smalle? in
crease in future wages while
degree. Those who look without, business !s asked to agree to a
speaking or acting are accom-! decrease in its current level of
pi lees.
profits. The unions, in other
As a revolutionary would say,'words, would pluck fewer birds
“Yhu are either a part of the so-j from the bu.Shes while companies
liRion or you are a part of the; gave up some of the birds they
problem.” i already have,
i It is time to make a stand. The wage-price guidelines, old
ft The San Diego tfCnlif.) l/nfcm'or new, are unfair to labor—and
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Kings Menniain, N. C.
lYe-ws & Weather every hour on the
hour. Weather every hour on the
half hour.
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