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KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD. KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C.
Thursday, March 20, 1969
Estobliihed 1880
The Kings Mountain Herald
A weekly newspaper devoted to the promotion of the general welfare and published
lor the enlightennicnt, entertainment ahd 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, 1873.
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT
Martin Harmon Editor-Publisher
Miss Elizabeth Stewart Circulation Manager and Society Editor
Miss Debbie Thornburg Clerk, Bookkeeper
Dave Weathers, Supt.
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Allen Myers Paul Jackson
Steve Martin
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TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE
Ftp the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his month t'ometh knowledge and understanding. Proverbs 2:6.
'Cats" Clear Quickly
The big machines began work on the
Buffalo Creek area clearing job Wednes
day morning and by mid-afternoon the
work was attracting many visitors.
One must visit the project to under
stand its magnitude.
The big “Cats” have no problems
with trees of as much as 12 inches diam-
etei, pushing them over as if they were
straw.
“As of March 19, Buffalo Creek area
will never be the same,” Mayor John
Henry Moss remarked when visiting the
project Wednesday afternoon.
Initiated in July 1966, it has requir
ed nearly three years to translate draw
ing board plans to actual site.
Water in quantity has been Kings
Mountain’s chief missing link tor many
years, from standpoint of attracting wat
er-using industry. In the early fifties, a
large textile firm was interested in locat
ing in Kings Mountain. “What about
water?” the firm’s representative asked.
How much water? Two million gallons
per day. With Kings Mountain’s capacity
at the time only a million gallons of treat
ed water per day, city officials could on
ly answer, “We’re sorry.” The particular
firm built in Hendersonville.
A major side benefit to the life-giv
ing water supply (initially four million
gallons daily) are the potentials for pub
lic and private recreation. The state de
partment of conservation and develop
ment estimate by the third year of the
lake’s existence it will attract 750,000
visitors annually for swimming, boating,
fishing, water skiing and the other acti
vities attendant to a lake the size of
Buh'alo.
Wedne.sday was a red-letter day in
Kings Mountain’s 95-year history.
Future genei'ations will be thankt'il
for the work and foresight which the
Moss Administration has evidenced in
bringing to fruition the Buffalo Creek
project.
Telling The Story
Representatives of several textile
firms recently presented a program at
Kings Mountain high school designed to
acquaint the students with job oppor
tunities here at home.
It is wise that all firms tell their
stories.
Too long there has been an impres
sion here that one must go to some oth
er city for employment and the migra
tion out has been considerable and to
the city’s detriment.
A public relations specialist, in an
address here some years ago, described
the inexact science of good public rela
tions as “putting one’s best foot forward”.
By detailing job opportunities, the
Kings Mountain firms are doing that.
Nursing Home Need
Squeakers
Everybody, except perhaps the
coaches and players involved, enjoy a
close contest.
Basketball fans were treated to that
in full measure on the recent weekend
when Carolina's Tar Heels won two
cliff-hangers, one from Duquesne, the
other from Davidson’s Wildcats.
Both were tough on the losers, the
deciding points coming in the final few
seconds of the game.
For the Tar Heels, the key figure
was Charlie Scott, equally adept at
shooting and ball-handling.
It is hard to see how the sports writ
ers failed to honor him as Atlantic Coast
Conference player of the year, though
Dick Herbert, Raleigh sports writer,
pointed out that the selections were
made prior to the ACC and subsequent
tournaments. And, of course, John
Roche, so honored, is quite a talented
performer, too.
It is unfortunate Scott gave public
airing to his natural disappointment.
Honors are fine and nice to attain, but
the point is performance and every bas
ketball fan knows Scott is among the
best in the nation.
Clean Movies
R. L. Baker, owner of two Gastonia
motion picture theaters, announces a
noble experiment in entertainment.
For 60 days, he stated, his theaters
will offer nothing but “G” hlms, labeled
good viewing for the whole family, from
youngsters to grandparents.
In a way, he is challenging the
moviegoers to support this policy and
hopes they will. He himself dislikes mov
ies of crime and violence and sex. His
record books show, however, that some
of the family films have cost his dearly,
while the more distastful have received
good boxoffice support.
The Herald agrees with the philos-
phy of a former Kings Mountain pastor
who remarked that he wanted to see
only “happy” films. He averred there is
sufficient troubles related in each day’s
newspaper.
Mr. Baker deserves a bow for hi.s no
ble experiment.
Pranks and Vandalism
A good joke is one item, but when
the joke causes a person pain or proper
ty the laughing ceases.
Thus the several incidents of larce
ny, breaking and entering, and malicious
vandalism are cause for alarm.
The two youths who recently I’ob-
bed the Barrett service station pose a
sad story, according to Chief of Police
Tom McDevitt. One youth, age 16, is al
ready awaiting trial on a charge of mur
der. The other, 17, awaits trial on yet
another charge of armed robbery.
The Herald senses more community
interest in the proposed nui-sing home
and convalescent home than in any re
cent community project, including the
hospital for which citizens have pledged
nearly $250,000 in gifts, and the Buffalo
Creek water project for which they are
paying, willingly for the most part, a 90
percent surcharge on their monthly wa
ter bill.
What happened to put quirks in
these boys’ thinking?
The Chief asked that question.
One youth replied that his parents
had been too lenient and indulgent. Ho
advised the Chief his parents should
have thrashed him about once a week
and he believed he would have avoided
the real trouble in which he now finds
himself.
It is the Herald’s understanding that
some $75,000 in stock sales is required
to get this needed facility underway.
The Biblical dictum is “spare the
rod and spoil the child”.
All citizens wish the officials of the
nursing home Godspeed.
A best bow to Reg Alexander, nam
ed to "Who’s Who, in American Junior
Colleges”.
MARTIN'S
MEDICINE
The Strong Man
By ELIZABETH STEWART
I A horse trailer carrying a cow
passed by Otis Ealls’ .seiViee sta-
j tion Wednesday prompting Otis
I ‘0 remark he had learned from
' John Caveny a cow, unless some
one brought it food, would starve
I to death on a snowy range. A
coi*’ won’t forage. In contrast a
horse will paw throiugh the snow
I and find '.he grass underneath.
KINGS MOUNTAIN
Hospital Log
VrSITINO HOURS
3 to 4 p.in. and 7 to 8 p.ni. \
Dally 10:30 To 11:30
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Otis’ comment brought on a
"horse" discussion.
j A few weeks ago a man named
Ray Newell visited the American
Legion. We fell into conversation
and the man said he had been a
fraternity brother at Wake For
est college of Senator Jack White,
, and was in town on business with
Bill Neisler who grows quarter
horses, as does Newell.
Next time I saw Jack I men-
•ioned having met his friend.
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Jack started laug:hirtg and re-
mem'bered the last time he’d seen
Newell. The Whites, Scarr Morri
sons and another couple (I be
lieve the John Cheshires) were
en route Raleigh for some func
tion. Scarr was in'erested in
buying a horse and they stopped
at Tiara Farms in Chatham
County for a looksee. Jack said
the owner was wearing a slouch
Tiai
Viewpoints of Other Editors
BEARDS AND BUSES
ROOF FOR WINNIPEG
Mrs. Renner Abernathy
Mrs. John Cloninger
Mr. Henry Oamble
Mrs. Leolo Giilmore
Mrs. Alice Harmon
Mr.s. William Hunter
Mr. George King
Mrs. Maltie Melton
Mr. Bracey Moore
Mrs. Stanley MeEntyre
Mr Boyce Patterson
Mr! Roddy Starr
Mrs. Bessie Wil.son
Mr. Seth Wilson
Mr. John.son Br)helor
Mrs. Charles Bolin
Mrs. Edgar Connor
Mrs. Adam Carpenter
Miss Be.ssie Champion
.Mrs. Thomas Gantt
Mrs. John Gordon
Mrs. George Gordon
Mr. Jacob Hamrick
Mr. M. L. Harmon
Mr. J. D. Hord
Mr. William Hoaser
Mr. Theodore Huffstetler
Mrs. Sidney Huff.stetlec
Mrs! Mack Jordan
Mr. Robert Lee
Mrs. Ido Smith
Mrs. L. B. Sprouse
Mr. Earl Stroup:*
Mrs. Jackie Dean White
Mr.s. Claro Wright
ADMITTED THURSDAY
Mrs. Victor Garrett, Rt. 1. C
Mrs. Odus Lankford, 112 W
Cherry St., Cherryville.
Mr. Harold Bradley. 310 X,
Morris St., Gastonia.
ADMITTED FRIDAY
Mr. Dalton Alexander, 400 \V.
Parker St.. City.
Mr. Earl Carpenter.
Mr. Nathaniel Alexander. Ill
Belvedere Circle, City.
ADMITTED SATURDAY
Mrs. Everette Brackett, P,l. I.
Grover.
Rev. Lonze Lovelace, Jr., Rl. 1.
York, S. C.
Mrs. Lawrence Stewart, Rt 2.
Our favdrite busdriver remains;
hat, wore a several days growth Jackie Gleason in his role of
of beard. As Jack put i‘, ‘T kept Ralph Kramden, the bombastic,
eyeing him and everytime he told irascible driver for New York
Scarr another lie about the horse City’s Madison Avenue line. His
he w'ould eye me." Finally, Jack life is full of tiroublo, turbulence,
asked, "Haven’t I seen you some and tantrums. He leaves us in
place before?" When he gave his no doub* that a busdriver's life
name, it of course, was Newell, is one of second-by-second chal-
ienge.
Just how well Ralph could
' handle his bus, were he also en-
^ cumbered by a flowing beard, is
About the horse: he was .he ^ question which boggles the im-
finest and had been trwted like ggiuajion. Yet it arises spontan-
royalty from the time he was a gqusly with word tha'. a busline
colt, had been fed nothing bu. qp^i-atiug qut of New York has
the finest food, had lived in a rei'.;sed to take on a bearded
heated stall which was kept spot- reason the company
lessly clean. Could he be ridden,
are a safety
Scarr wanted to knovv. Newell hazard- they may get caught in
‘old the lad who worked for him machinery,
to saddle up and demonstrate. It -phis seems sensible, but the
was a beautiful performance with p^oyem is not that simple. Fcg
all the gaits. Scarr bought the religious question enters. The
*rorse. man turned down is a Black Mus
lim and ho says that, since the
m-m beard has a religious significance
for him, his turndown amounts
Once delivered and instured to religious discrimination. This
here, however, riding liii.s f; .e is a hard nut to crack. But may
Winnipeg is even more imagi-j City,
na'ive than Portland, Seattle and' Mr*:- Bro^s^ Rt. 1, Cit>^
other cities which have plans for William F. .stone, . r, Bo\
extensive improvements. Accord-, 43, C’ity'.
ing to its mayor, Stephen Juba, ^
• . WinniDCP is soirvGT to out fl rool ADMIT^XT SUNDAY
Batio Meek Ormand ‘‘Captain ?even downtown blocks.] Mrs. William Crrx-ker. Ri. 1.
.Mc-ek’ to Kings Mountain folk, hy, Grover.
Ten Years Ago
Items of interest which occur-
:d api/roximutely ten years ago
celebra ed his 9()th birthdayMr. William F. B.-nnett, 2721
Wednesday, entering the ranks of 'Abides and an epper level um
be built for pedestrians.
Puritan St., Gastonia.
the Kings Mountain nonogenar-^ ""under the I'^^f of concrete and' 'Irs, Donald Foster. 107 Cooper
glass, temperatui'e will be 72 dc-i
■Boyce -Memorial AllP church Mrs. Philip Humphries. 142 N
mniversary « Jr blizzards I Oakwood St., Gastonia,
year Sunday with a twoservicc; b _ Wh Johnson, Jr.. 411 Battle
celebrated its 60lh anniversary
program and picnic dinner. I ^he^mercury^ s'ini^* to'^'-IO* or* so'-
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL J X^te'^pedestrians can Xalk' Mauney. Box 543. Be
Announcement is ma-.e of he shirtsleeves on VVinni-; -
engagement of Miss Rachel Jean "skvway” Presumably they' Li'bian Mitcham. 400 W.
Jolly of Kings Mountain M^aUy c^orTable when Mountain St., City.
Raleigh and Janis Z Caune “f^^m ^^^^r Ln t“wn on y.,'*’--
Washington, N. C. and Riga, Lat-, | Clover, S. C.
via.,The wedding will take place; ’"L p news storv nuotinr -he'ADMfTTED MONDAY ^
here bn June 2Sth. ! l^horCWer"; ,
ed area would be heated or cool-j ^
THE BDS
1 ed. It did quote Mr. Juba as say-
-Mr. George Champion, 403 Wa
One of the gentler visions of i ing 'he taxpayers wouldn’t have; Matthews. Box .>i
1 . j_ --‘tx. • r*av? n fnr iPtion •'
: City.
animal proved next to in..)'ss.
be some clue can be drawn from
Scarr (luile na urally wa.) bJu.- Britain’s lengthy experience with
- .. , i. would take the entire industri-
; ered and called Newell to cim- the Sikhs of India. al-military - government complex
plain. Netwell came up a few beanded and 10"S-hairecl .s •
Idays later and when he {ou.i . vv rvts lon.g serv^ the I project is the private homestead-
ithe horse in the pasture ej-'j, - admirably as public servant's. <>f; ^^’5 affair. He simply cuts up a
, lated, "No wonder you can’t r.de c'urse tediy m the British ci^', 4g.inch-long. onc-by-six inch pine
,the horse. I told you the hor. e [l Wolverhampton Sikhg are be-,
I had been practically spoonfed lenigths, nail them together, and
since he was a colt, lived in a less hey doff their ^bans and .j,
I heated stall which was spotless- don regulation caps, but this d'S'; jq^g g^ass fields nearby for the
lly clean. Here you have him in agreement will doubtless be, (The Massa-
a pas'ure. Worse than that there chusetts Audiubon Society, South
have been cows in this pasture, ed Blae^ Muslims m New York. J Road, Lincoln, Mass. 01773,
The horse is fastidious. He has Chnstian Scie^u-e Mmitor
to pick his way along to avoid
stepping in cow manure."
birds the bid ing of a networki Owners of buildings affmc^i Edward Mullinax, Rt. 1.
of nesting bo.xes to help bring would meet the estimated $o00.-'p.j
back the dl.vindling species. : ^•per-block cost. But as any ^i.sa Pay.sour, 1410 Momlight .8t.,
Unlike tlie mind-bogging aEM'bouseholder knows, even in areas
system, so costly and huge that where temperatures never fall as Roosevelt Rainey, 4,30 N.
■ low in Winnipeg, the heating bill
IS no joke. | Jesse Ram.sey, 114 La. kcv
In any event, Winnipeg is one gj j-jj
up on cities which plan to cover/ ’^^8. Philip Shou.se, Box 20(1.
athletic stadiums. A roofed down-, (-jover SC
town area sounds ever so much! Mr ’ Oscar Tharrington, SOU
more use.ul. | first st., City.
The Oregonian Mr. John B. M’are, Rt. 3, Cliy.
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SCHOOLS WITHOUT
WALLS
TAX FOR NOTHING ! >bat. At all levels of government
I ‘he tax-takers are taxing fero-
The ad depicts “The April 15th ciously and desperately seekin'd
Nightmare”: The frazzled tax-! more. They can't seem to gel
will orovide house plans i: they menaced by the monstrous'enough for their multifarious un-
are sent a self-addressed stamp ®*'®'®,(*®’'mkings, including a great
ed envelope ) ' |Taxes (yellow), and Federal Tax- deal of wasteful and unnecessary
Now a^^BDS (bluebird defense/® (green). The message: Instead, ac'ivity.
system) mav not be the whole I the drt>ads. get an m- With population and the wel-
answer to what Interior Secre-j Such-and-j fare rolls - and pi-actically ev-
Hank. leryfhing else grow)ng. it looks
A new kind of extension edu- ^elcomely, circumstances the ad re
According to Jack, Scarr still qgtiqq^ including one projee* for Jailed for last week — a program 1 „ ' "
has the horse. „ “school without walls.’’ is being . . j,. and near^ou"r ur-l^®'^® pre’ty distasteful all
I tried under grants from the Ford ^^n^'c^lmeTs “7^"^"^ of
m-n> Fouwdation. 1 the nation’s people live a varietyl g'^.tting steadily worse.
I The "no walls” e.xperiment willnature -^nhan<*er.s’ such asl ,^,"'®b that banks did no^eel
Otis was riding with .lis young- moan no schoolhnuse^at a^U in ^ green-belts and hiking paths. But J* ^eht tn
sters recently and suffered a traditio.iu. cc..... insu-au, it would bring a certain measure
fall. He was oanterirfg on the Philadelphia volunteer stud s ^ households as
Boy Scout camp road, rounded a Irom grades 9 lo 12 wll use sucn| hluebirds come back in great-
bend and met a speeding Honda, "classrooms as the Franklin in- numbers with each sncceedinB
The horse shied and Otis went s'itute, a scientific Jb')
overboard. Unfortuna'ely he had Academy of Natural Seienses, in-
1 p,a^ Of pliers in his hip poc- surance and other businesses and
ket said he collecteti a nasty manufacturing plants
bruise aft.
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Students will be picked at ran
dom, so there should be a good
representa‘ion from all income
levels. The study groups will ac
er numbers with each succeeding
spring.
The Christian Science Monitor
go into debt to pay their taxes.
like still stiffer levies in the
years ahead. A‘ what point docs
the load become too big for in
centive and vigorous economic
activity to be sustained?
Oh wvll, let’s not ge‘ the blues
as we get on with the reums.
but the .sad part obviously istha‘.‘ Happy "Taxgiving Day, everyone
so many people have o do just Wall Street Jo'uri^
THE HANDYMAN
Remember Mr. Fixit, ‘he pro
fessional handyman, jack of all!
trades, who used to be happily
quire basic skills of language and rife in the land? His virtual dis-;
mathematics, with the institu- appearance is more than nostal
tions and businesses siupplying
exper's for courses in their areas.
gic to contemplate; it is a cos‘ly
casualty, part of the inherent
Falling off a pony when I was
a lad of seven cost me the pony.
1 was proudly astride this beau-
liful pony Dad was buying for insurance company, for in- waste in an affluent society
, me from Cap‘ain Meek Ormand. ^^rjn teach statistics, lhe[ Even if ‘he typical homeowner
it was w'intertime and dark and qatm-al .sciences academy ajtotiay had the knowhow to fix!
loint cf destination was Uncle jp evolution. | his own defective plimbing or
,'larence Plonk's barn, now the
lome of Dixon Chevrolet's body York children into the streets, to'tecs or other balky mechanisms,!
diop. The pony’s name was Bob. gjjjqqjqjq' in‘erest in heir! he would have to equip, himself
environment. In Portland, Ore., at retail wPh all the proper tools
the Willamette river will becomej and materials. It doesn t pay
an outdoor labora‘ory, to pro- most licensed plumbers and eiec-
vide early science education. Initriclans and other tradesmen to
Boston, the Massachusetts Audu- take ‘rivial fixit jobs anymore,
Bob had ideas other than mine.
He suddenly s'arted running in
he general direction of the old
brickyard. I couldn’t rein him in
ind exited from Bob's back in
Uncle John Plonk’s front yard.
More parental discipline would cut
the increasing incidence of crime and
vandalism.
Later Bob showed up back
home at Captain Meek’s barn.
The deal was off, my Mother ex
ercising her rigti‘ to petticoat
veto. It was a major disappoint
ment of my young life.
A best bow to Joe R. Smith, newiy
elected president of the Kings Mountain
Chamber of Commerce.
Grier Plonk later bought Bob
and I rode him on visits with
1 Harold and R. G. Plonk.
bon society will bring environ
mental education ‘0 heavily Ne
gro schools, using a guldelwok to
natural and man made features
of the city as a text.
Such experimen‘s go beyond
and when they do it may cost
the houscliolder .$7 or $8 just to
see them walk in the door.
In this parlous stale of affairs,
what would you say to the revi
val of the handyman profession?
A diversified service company
the traditional field trip, more, based in Atlanta plans tq try to
often a welcome lark than a set ‘he example. They would em-
learninig experience. Wisconsin ploy retired maintenance people
educators, who have seen thous-jto perform from a single local
ands of youngsters head for ‘he’ source almost any kind of house-
Trees for Tomorrow camp, and. hold tinkering. They promise not
who have pioneered in conserva-j so much cheapness as dependa-
tion education, will be watching j bly getting the job done when
results of the new ventures Into nefxled. More power to ‘hem.
environmental awareness# Milwaukee Jmimal
Keep Yoni Radio Dial Set At
1220
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Kings Mountain, N. C.
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