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KINSS MOUNTAIN HERALD. KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C.
Eitobliihed 1889
The Kings Mountain Herald
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A weekly newspaper devoted to the promotion of the general welfare and published
lor the enlightenn.ent, entertainment and benefit of the cit{2ens 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., 28066
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
MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT
Allen Myers Paul Jatkson
Steve Martin
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PLUS NORTH CAROUNA SALES TAX
TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be aho.
St. Luke n.-.li.
Two More Saturdays
Unregistered voters have two more
Saturdays to regi.ster for the May 13th
municipal and board of education elec
tion.
Regi,stration activity has not been
great. Several registrars report consid
erable traffic from registered citizens
who want to be sure.
In the new Ward 6, only 63 new citi
zens have registered to vote for the first
time in a city election for a mayor and
six ward commissioners and two school
trustees.
The voters choose on May 13th wheth
er to return incumbents or elect chal
lengers to City Hall and board of educa
tion posts.
He who is not registered to vote can
not vote.
More Than A Slogan
“Speed Kills” is more than a traffic
safety slogan in North Carolina. It is a
well established fact.
Figures compiled by the Driver Edu
cation and Accident Records Division of
the Department of Motor Vehicles show
that during 1968 excessive speed was the
primary cause in more than one-third of
all fatal accidents in the state.
Investigating officers listed speed as
the cause in 570 of the 1,417 fatal acci
dents in which causes could be estab
lished.
The second most prevalent cause of
fatal accidents during the past year was
driving to the left ot the center line. Of
ficers cited this violation as the primary
reason tor 339 accidents involving
deaths.
Failing to yield the right of way and
reckless driving were the next most fre
quent causes with 123 and 97 accidents
respectively.
Other leading cau.ses of deaths on
the state’s street and highways were
drunken driving, failing to stop for stop
signs, improper passing, improper turn
ing, disregarding traffic signals and fol
lowing too closely.
Motor Vehicle Department officials
point out that frequently .several driving
violations are involved in a single acci
dent and that their statistics single out
only the most obvious cause- They point
out, for example, that drinking is a con
tributing factor in improper driving,
possibly resulting from the drinking, is
recorded as the specific cause of the acci
dent.
A best bow to Superior Stone Com
pany’s two Kings Mountain Quarries for
special safety awards given by the Na
tional Crushed Stone Association (NC
SA) for operating in 1968 without disabl
ing work injury. Kings Mountain Plant
No. 2 received the “Gold Bar” in recogni
tion of nine consecutive years without a
disabling work injury. Plant No. 1 receiv
ed a “First Year’ award.
View From The Outside
A home building trend shows that
Americans are becoming more conscious
of the outdoors than ever before.
A recent Gallup Poll sampled the
public’s attitudes toward its natural sur
roundings. Most wanted to live in the
country'. More than half said they were
deeply concerned about the threats to
our environment from air and water pol
lution, erosion and wildlife destruction.
Another 35 percent were “somewhat con
cerned.”
It is interesting to note from reports
of the National Association of Home
Builders’ show in Houston, Texas, that
half the American homes being built this
year will combine outdoor with indoor
living, using a lot of sliding glass panel
doors that not only give a view ot the
patio or yard but make it easy to step
outside.
What makes the Gallup evidence
convincing is that it reflects the view of
the general public, not just nature en
thusiasts. And when it is remembered
that 70 percent ot the population live in
cities, their concern for the natural habi
tat is all the more a fact to be reckoned
with.
We are comforted by the signs of
the public’s sensitivity for the outdoors,
whether as an enhancment to their
homes or to protect the basic .setting for
civilized man-
Legislators should sec in this a man
date tor stronger measures to protect
and preseive this setting.
No Reservations
The Herald has no reservations to
Senate Bill 364 the Kings Mountain Lake
Authority Bill, pending in the General
Assembly.
Kings Mountain wants to insure
proper development of the Buffalo Creek
VVate. Project area.
The Bill spells out all the details:
provides for the establishment of a Kings
Mountain Lake Authority with seven
members from the City of Kings Moun
tain and authorizes the City of Kings
Mountain to establish a zoning commis
sion of five members, three from Kings
Mountain and two from the county, out
side Kings Mountain. The bill also pro
vides the City of Kings Mountain and
Lake Authority policing powers of the
waters.
Kings Mountain citizens are paying
for the project. It is only right that Kings
Mountain have supervi.sory authority.
True, the zoning area of 3,000 feet
is not in the city limits. The county’s
zoning process has been .elow to be im
plemented, and we agree there have been
real and good reasons why the county
has not proceeded faster with lake zon
ing.
The facts are that the Buffalo Creek
Lake must have first class protection to
rnake it a first-class facility for recrea
tion and living, something that all Cleve
land County can be proud of.
Attend Try-Outs Saturday night at
City Hall for the Little Theatre's “Curi
ous Savage” production to be staged in
June. The Kings Mountain Little Theatre
is being re-organized and leaders in this
effort are to be commended.
Congratulations to Deborah Ann
Plonk, awarded a four-year Alumnae
scholarship to Limestone college at Gaff
ney, and to John Ballew, rising senior,
tapped to attend Governor's School at
Winston Salem this summer.
A reminder to teenagers: enter the
Teen-Age Auto Roadeo being sponsored
by Kings Mountain Jaycees on May lOth-
Competition is open to both boys and
girls and application blank can be obtain
ed from an advertisement in this edition
of the Herald.
KINGS MOUNTAIN
Hospital Log
VISITING HOURS
3 to 4 pun. and 7 to 3 pja.
DaUy 10:30 To IldO mm.
"One Cause of Poverty—Over Specialization"
FATIENTS IN DNGS MOt^rrAI^
HOSPITAL AS OF NOON WSP
NESDAT:
Mrs. Dalton Alexander
.Mrs. Lyennie Camp
Mr. Arthur Cornwell
Mr. Henry Gamble
.Mr. J. X. Gamble
Mrs. Alice Harmon
.Mrs. Martha Huckabee
Mrs. Mattie Melton
Mrs. Katherine Neal
.Mrs. Sherman Oakes
Mrs. Eunice Ray
Rev. \V. H. Redmon
Miss Ethel Robei's
Mrs. Nina Wolfe
Mr. James Dellinger
.Mr. Lester Dorty
.Mrs. Maire Fewell
Mr. Curtis Floyd
Mrs. I. B. Goforth, Jr.
Mrs. George Gordon
Mr. M. L. Harmon
Eddie Horton
.Mr William Houser
Mrs. Sidney Huffstetler
Mr. Andrew Jenkins
Mrs. Mack Jordan
Mrs. Odus Lankford
Mrs. Helen Maynor
Mrs. Lottie Richards
.Mrs. Ida Smith
■Mrs. James Witson
Mrs. Nova Young
Mr. Napoleon Hoyul
ADMITTED THLTtSDAY
.Mrs. C. T. Carpenter, 312, W.
Gold St., City
Mrs. Nunnie Webb, 102, DUI-
ing S‘., City
Mrs. L.ee McDaniel, Rt. 2, City
ADMITTED FRIDAY
Mr. John Revels, Rt. 2, City
Mrs. William Cockrell, Grover
Mrs. Hillard Smith, 1020 Bar
nett Dr., City
Mrs. Carl Truelove, 910 N.
Oakland St., Gastonia
.Mr. Bobby Wells, 203 Washing
ton St., Bessemer City
Lewis Bess, Rt. 3, City
ADMITTED SATURDAY
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Viewpoints of Other Editors
THE GOOD SAMARITAN
ERA
.Mrs, Grier .McDaniel,
W. Gold S*. City
Sr. 711.
ghettos, and those laboring in
communitywide programs to re
habilitate the slums.
In America the question might; There are some pitfalls. Unions
be asked whether this period in anj professional societies worry
history should be known, not as that volunteers would offer com-
: the Ime of the New Frontier or petition to paid workers.
I the Great Society, but the volun- sometimes unprofessional
And
help
Mrs. Albert Hambright Grover, certainly the Nixon ad- pan do more harm than good. But
Michael Howard, -114 Kmg ministration has laid special the Bureau of Labor Statistics
stress on the encouragement of estimates that some 22 million
W>Iie. Rt. 9, volunteer effor's. of all types, to Americans, in a given year, havei
St., City
Mrs. William
Salisbury _ solve the nation's so-pressing so-' offered free sercice through es-,
Mr- Roy Bradshow, d13 E. OhiO| t^eUare problems. , tablished volunteer agencies—and;
Ave., Bessemer City > indeed the White House report- this excludes the Peace Corps and'
Mrs. Bobby Goodson, ISS E-ledly has given thought to lasinch- \’ISTA. Unpaid work in 195.5 was
Circle Smyre, Gastonia in, ^ nationwide campaign to estimated *o be worth over $14
Mr. Cicero Mitchem, Rt. 2 City! volunteering, with Mrs. billion.
ADMITTED SUNDAY . Richard Nixon as honorary chair- The prime value of a volunteer
So Hew!
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man. Discussing the possibilities,or call it the Good Sama-i
Mrs, Bobby Bowman,
Shelby Rd., City EMl'orial Research Reports notes tan era — would lie in its en-
Mr. Leonard Byrum, 401 Hill-: that this emphasis on volunteers couragement to Americans from
crest St., Blacksburg I could give innrpetus to the estab- eiery walk of life to enter into'
Mr. Datha McDaniel, Stone iisbrnent of a “national service'the unseifed business of helping!
S'., City I corps, either compulsory or volun- others, particularly the unfortu-
Mr. Jimmy Lovelace, Rt. 2, City ^ t€*c-r, where in all American nafe and underprivileged. Mr.
ADMITTED MONDAY youths would contribute a slice .Ni.xon argues that such action
Mrs. Hubert Welch, 2762 Mary qj -heir young years to one form would "transform the nation"
.Ave., Gastonia ; or another of national service. and “bring the races together in
Mrs. Lonnie Peeler, Rt. 9, Shel-| president Nixon has issued sev- peace."
by
' oral directives to his Cabinet un-
Mrs. Charlie Curry, Rt. t C'tv' derlining his hopes to expand the
Mr. B. A. Smith, 818 Chure.h role of those who would “con-,
Christian Scienre Monitor
St., City
Mr. Burman Bryant, ■1(X12 First
Sr.. City
Mr. George Bride, 613 W. Br.".d-
ley St., Gas'onia
Mrs. Herman Pennington, Rt.
6, Shelby
ADMITTED TUESD.AY
tribute" services. ;
Government - sponsored volun-'
tcer service is hardly new. The-
Peace Corps and the city-orien'-
ed VISTA programs were begun!
du-ing the Kennedy and Johnson
ad—inistrations. Now Mr. Nixon
■to expand services, save federal
BOX OmCE OPENS AT 6: IS
SHOW STAHTS AT 7:15
'^KINGS I^UNTAir?^
BESSEmII CITY /A
Miss Jean Hamrick, 518 E. P."'. r,inds and lap the idealism of the-
Ave.. Bes.semer City A.-nerican otkiple — is seeking to!
Mrs. Jenning, Johnson, Neal .scover hctv to systematize the
Hawkins Rd.. Gastonia
DRIVE-IN
THEATRE
, volunteer effort. Surely there are
I many federal, state, and local
I programs that would benefit. In
1 the past, volunteers have ranged
1 from teacher assistants to hospi-
i tal aide, to case workers in wel-
! fare agencies. The new fields
Mr. and Mrs. Henry James, Rt.i could include the businessmen
Birth
Announcements
1, Box 65, Bessemer City, an-j willing to train workers and
nounce the birth of a son, Wed-1 teach free-enterprise ideas in the
nesJay. April 16, Kings Mountain iT-.-j.-i
T and
Hats off to J. T McGinnis, Jr., on his
promotion to general manager of Dixon
Chevrolet, Inc.
Mrs. Albert Ham-
Mr. and Mrs. Gary HoIIifield, bright. Box 291 Grover, announce
303 Linwood Drive, Kings Moun- ibe birli of a daughter, Saturday,
tain, announce the birth of a April 19, Kings Mountain hospi-
daughter, Thursday, April 17, tal.
Kin?s Mountain hospital. ; ijr. and Mrs. Raymond Cole-
Mr. and .Mrs. Jerrv Beam, 705 man. Jr.. 66 .Alice, Belmont, an-
Reque Rd., Kings Mountain, an- nounce h'-"- a son, Wed-
nounce the birth of a son, Satur- nesday, April ZJ, Kings Mountain
day, April 19, Kings Mountain hospital.
Keep Yonr Badio Dial Set At
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Kings Mountain, N. C.
ife-ws & Weather every hour on the
hour. Weather every hour on the
half hour.
Fine entertainment in between
Always SI .50 A Carload!
TH011S.-PRL-SAT. — 3 HTTSI
— No. 1 —
"The Big Gundown" in coloi
Lee Van Cleef
— No. 2 —
Clint Eastwood in
"Coogon's Bluff' in color
— No. 3 -V
"The Long Hot Summer" coloi
Pau! Newman
Joanne Woodward
ON SAT. MOVIES RUN
IN REVERSE ORDER
HITS
SDN. thru WED. — 2
— No. 1 —
"A Lovely Way To Die" in color
Kirk Douglas • Sylva Koscina
— No. 2 —
"The Angry Breed" in color
Tan SterIing9James .Mc.Arthui
ON TOD. MOVIES RUN
IN REVERSE ORDER
Fltwer-Piwrr
PANTS
Belle bottom capri pants in
bold flower prints spell
FASHION! Topped by
knit shirts with latest collar
look ., .double turtle*. Belted
with wide shiney plastic
just like mom! Colorful
fashions to make 3 to 6X
girls really strut about!
oo
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rhur
Thursday, April \
Ten Years Ago
'terns ot interest which occJ
'd ayproximalely ten years aS
Superior Stone Company o£
Raleigh, which opera'es a mtUor
installation here, has merged
into America-Marietta Co. of (j!hi-
cage, Ill., major producer of con
.itruction products and building
.-naterials.
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
Miss Jean Arthur, whose wo'"
tiing to Ollie H.-irris, Jr. will b
an event of late summer, was
honored onday evening at dc;,
sert-bridge given by her Greens
boro college classmates.
The direct cause of rheumatic
fever is not known says the
North Carolina Heart Association,
but "strep" infection usually pre
cedes a'tacks.
McGinnis
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"INCREDIBLE lOURNET"
ELECT JERRY MULLINAX,
CANDIDATE FOR WARD 2 COMMISSIONER
I am pleased -with the progress
Kings Mountain is enjoying at the
present time; yet I, as a candidate,
think there is room for more.
I do not oppose the issues the
Mayor or his Council are striving to-
■ward today. I am very much involved
in the safety of our community. As
many of you know we have suffered
several losses of lives due to our rail
road crossings. It would be of great ex
pense to put warning signals at all
crossings I'm sure, but I think some
thing should be done at the least ex
pense.
I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR VOTE & SUPPORtI
ON MAY ISth.