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fONdS MOUNTAtN HERKUD. KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C.
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EstcAlished 1S69
The Kings Mountain HeiaM
A weekly newspaper devoted to the promotion of the general welfare and published
for the enlightennient, entertainment and benefit of the citizens of Kings Mountain
and its vicinity, published every Thursday by the Herald Publishing House.
i!nteted us second class matter at the post office at Kings Mountain, N. C., 28086
under Act of Congress of March 3,1873.
EDlTOniAL OEPAnTMENT
Martin Harmon IMitor-Publlsher
Miss Elizabeth Stewart Circulation Manager and Society Editor
Miss Debbie Thornburg Clerk, Bookkeeper
Dave Weathers, Supt.
MECHANICAL DEPAATMENT
Allen Myers Paul Jackson
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TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE
And wr know that all things work together tor good to them that lovcthclord.
'itomans 8;,?S.
Moss Adminisirottloii
Two years ago was the ffr.st time in
modern city political history that a Kings
Mountain mayor was returnt*d to office
without opposition.
1969.
It has applied al.so this election year
Also unopposed besides Mayor John
Moss are Ward 1 City Commissioner Ray
Cline and School Board Trustees James
E. Herndon, Jr. and George H. Mauney.
None can fairly assess the fact of
minimal political activity this year, with
out crediting the energy, imagination,
hard work and dcdicatio n ot Mayor
John H. Moss, the city’s chief executive
officer. That he fares well with Kings
Mountain citizens was attested again
Tuesday night when citizens flocked into
the courtroom to stand by the city board
on its decision on Buffalo Creek.
Also “home free” are the two school
men and Commissioner Cline, ail vet
erans in their respective positions, and
all of whom can be credited with good
performances.
A few items of evidence of the city’s
progress was detailed in a lengthy fil
ing statement of the mayor two weeks
ago. Among them: launching of a long
term water program which will benefit
the whole area, and for water. Eastern
Cleveland County particularly; expan
sion of the city recreation program with
a long-needed community center sched
uled for completion this summer; McGill
and Pilot Creek Waste treatment plants
scheduled for completion in early May;
a downtown urban renewal project de
signed to upgrade downtown; seven new
industrial plants have located here, a-
long with four service industries; atten
tion to low-rent housing for the poor who
qualify; a summer youth employment
agency which produced jobs for 330
young people last summer; meantime the
normal work of the city—from fire pro
tection to garbage pick-ups—which was
continued on full measure.
Most folk know when they’re doing
a good job but the members of Moss Ad
ministration II will be pardoned if they
grin a little that their neighbors know it.
Performance pays.
Last Regisfre^n Ddy
Saturday is the last day to regisrter
for the May 13th municipal election.
Registration activity has not been
great. Most activity has been recorded
by Mrs. Donald Jones at Wal’d 6, the
newly-created ward. Mrs. Jones report
ed that 25 names were logged the past
Saturday which brings to 90 the names
of new citizens added in that precinct at
Kings Mountain high school.
Other registrars reported cOnsidwa-
ble ‘‘checking’' by citizens. Mrs. Ruth
Bowers in Ward III has reported a total
of 12 “news” with several transfers to
other wards.
The voters choose on May 13th
whether to return four incumbent city
commissioners or elect chaflem^ers to
City Hall positions and determine the
new face on the board in the person of
■Ward® city commissioner from the new
ly-created area.
He who is not registered cannot vote.
Hbtlfice Refoding
1968 was an ugly year for Ameri
cans. Tragedy of spectacular magnitude
became a frequent front page occurrence.
But a quieter national calamity took its
dreadful toll on all the days before, dur
ing and after the Tet offensive in Viet
nam, the riots, the assassinations.
It was "quiet” only because it was
not concentrated in a single place at a
single time. There was no tocus to put
this misery on the front pages. To the
families and friends of 55,300 men, wom
en and children killed in auto accident.?,
however, it was the ultimate calamity.
To the 4,400,000 victims of injury, it was
hard core agony. The economic loss, a-
bout 13.5 billion dollars, was an appall
ing waste.
This view of 1968 is contained in the
annual booklet of highway accident sta
tistics from The Travelers Insurance
Companies. Statistics in the booklet
were compiled from records of motor ve
hicle departments throughout the coun
try.
The 1968 highway toll followed a
year that saw a leveling off in the num
ber of highway deaths and injuries. In
1967 approximately 53,000 lives were lost
in motor vehicle mishaps — 4,200,000
persons were injured.
■ Why the increase? Wks it because
Americans were lulled by the “improve
ment” of the proceeding yekr?
Whatever the reasons, the tragedy
as there are people to voice opinions.
There are, perhaps, as tnany reasons
remains. More than 55,300 persons were
killed and 4,400,000 injured.
Mr. Driver, it’s up to
make 1969 beautiful!
yoti to help
Ever try a mini-vacation?
We were interest^ in an article in
the latest edition of “Petroleum Today,”
a magazine published by the American
Petroleum Institute, describing mini-va
cationing — a brief two or three-day
trip to a not-too-far-away place of inter
est — as an easy and inexpensive meth
od of getting away from it all.
The article stated that already very
popular, mini-vacationing promises to
become 'even more so when 'hew federal
and state laws establishing four addi
tional weekend holidays become effect
ive in 1971.
At that tinrte, federal employees and
District of Columbia residents will cele
brate Washington’s Birthday on the
third Monday Of each Februarl, Memor
ial Day on the last Morndky tn May, Co
lumbus Day on the second Monday in
October, and Veteran’s Day on the fourth
Mondky in October. Several states al
ready have voted to follow Congress’
lead, and by 1971 the extended weekends
are expected to be effective nationwide.
Schtfol Registrertimi
Registration books opened for the
May 24th schools referendum on issuing
of a 50-cent county-wide supplemental
tax Saturday.
The books will be open kgain Satur
day, April 26th; Saturdky, May 3; and
Saturday, May i(h!h.
Polling places here kte: Bdth'Cvkre "kt
•feethwarh school; East Kings Mountain
Fh “
at Kings Mountain Fire Department;
West Kings Mountain at the Armory;
and Grover at the Grover Rescue
Squad.
Congratulations to Sheila Green arid
Carolyn Wright, top winners in the West
ern N. C. High School 1969 Forensic con
tests, to Girl State delegates Diane Tria
and Debbie Timms; to Charles Mauney,
elected president of the Catawba Valley
Hosiery club; and to the Senior Band of
Kings Mountain high school, accorded
rating of superior in state band contests
recently.
No new registration is required. If
you voted in the general election you are
eligible to vote. New citizens who have
been residents of the state 12 months
and residents of the county three months
should register.
Of the 50 cent supplemental tax,
only 40 cents will be levied.
You must be reiisterW tb •VOtB.
Letter To Editot
Dear Sir:
I would like to express my per
sonal thanks and apprecia'‘lon to
you and the Kings Mountain
lleraid lor your generous ami
loyal support of our Police De
partment and our Kings Moun
tain 3r. Police Organization.
I would also like to congratu
late each of our Policemen 'for
their unique appearance and
devotion to duty. VVe have travel
ed and lived in many states and
cities of the United States, and
of course our interest In Law EM-
forcement has always drawn our
attention to Law Enforcement
officers. And it is with great
pride that I say our officers are
"tops”.
It is the responsibility of each
citizen of a community, the kind
of Police Department the^- haVe.
The support and backing of tb-
cal businessmen is a gfMt con
tributing factor to a good Police
Department.
July 1, 1968, the Kings Moun
tain Jr. Police Oi'ganization was
formed with 22 members. Today
the membership is 112 boys, ag
ing from 10 to 16 years. At pres
ent there are three members of
our City’s Police Department su
pervising these young men. Some
Of these young men’s problems
are great and the need for local
support and help with these tioys
is even greater. There has been
help, financially, from a local
church, the Optimist Clitb, some
businessmen, and a very few in
dividuals. The Jr. Police are sell
ing oar tags to raise money for
their badges and uniforms. But
we still see too manO’ cars in our
city not bearing the tags of our
Jr. Police Department. These
young men are the leaders of to
morrow and they need the help
of the leade rs of today. It seems
the interest of this organiaatlon:
is greater outside our city. Calls i
have been received from Char-
Giving Him A Helping Hand
Ten Years Ago |\
Items of interest which occur-1
?d approximately ten years agol
Rev. Marion DuBose, Jr., pa.^
tor ol Rowletts Baptist church in
Howlclts, Ky., will become pastor
of Kings .Moun’ain Baptist churrh
June 7th.
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Viewpoints of Other Editors
Stl
POR WAY TO SUPPORT
MEDICAL SCHOOLS
SUPPOSE..
North Carolina’s two private
|lotte, Asheville, Tenn., Kentucky,; medical schools that have made
and other places, reques'ingmore a bid for atate financial support
information about oUr Jr. Police,! that makes economic sense, but it
while our local citizens seem to i may have a tough time politlcal-
be avoiding or uninterested in, W,
these young men. They meet once!
a month. One month ;s a business ’The dranS Of me Wake Forest
meeting and discussion of their ®i^d Duke University medical
More and more, people aie
realizing lhat you just can’t com
partmentalize children’s minds
into 45 minutes of English, fol
lowed by 45 minutes of biology,
followed by 45 minutes of his
tory, followed by 45 minutes of
typing, followed by 45 minutes of
it’s all Greek to mo. And please
do not shove in the hall. . . .
And educators are beginning to
problems, usually held at City , sdhools propose that North Caro- see environmental education as
month a dinner is Una subsidize the tuition of their
medical students. They want the
s!*te to bridge the gap t$3,6^)
between a flOO-per-student tuition
alid the estimated $4,328-a-year
od medical education for students
from North Carolina. They also
Want the state to
Hall. The nex'
served at the Kings Mountain
Police Club. Any citizen interest
ed in giving assistance or attend
ing these meetings is most wel
come.
help.
Sincerdy,
Mrs. Jean MriDevitt
Dear Sir:
the focal poin' which can unify
the different disciplines and take
them out of their time-honored
artificial niches.
Suppose you have a scientific
problem in the field of conserva
tion. For example, effluents from
contriqtite;a certain papqs mill create wa*er
“ certain river. . .
you clean it up?
Yoiu can determine a scientific
the social sciences. Economies . .
people’s jorbs' depend upon that
paper mill which is making the
water so dirty. Politics. . . one
faction just wants
Thanks aigain to the Kings' T,
Mountain Herald for your T‘".f '
port and help. ^ ' ' out-tff s|j1^4 So. how do
students.
economic dense, it proposes that
■Nbrth Carolina ease the corros
ive fiscal problems of two irre
placeable units in the state med-
Icaj flfeld. This state clearly has
an interest ih promoting the eco
nomic.health of two quality med
ical education and.research cen-
As a citizen and tax payer of teys. Their value to North Carb-
Kings Mountain for the past coudn’t be duplicated even if
thirty-Tive years its always been state added a Second medical
Shelby this and Shelby that. school br its own.
It’s got real sickening the way of ‘te present
the citizens of Kings Mountain
lay down and get walked on by
YANKEE DOLLAR.
DON'T GO HOME
J. T. McGinnis, Jr., Phmk
.Motor Company salesman, wa.s
elected commander 6f Otis D.
Green Post 153, the Ameritan
Legion, Friday night.
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
Double-ring vows pledged Sat
urday at 5 p.m. in First Baptis’
church united Miss Marcia Leigh
Yarbrough of Kings Mountain
and William Franklin Crag, Ji-.
of Charlotte.
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Osbafi,
announce the engagement
their daughter, Norma Jane,
William Hoyle Burton, son
Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Burton.
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WOMEN DRIVERS
The World Health Organip
tion has surveyed a panel of
perts who testified tha’ womj
drive automobiles as well as m|
do and probably better.
No less an authority than GB
ham ' Hill, a iworld Grand pS
racing champion, said sox hk ■
nothing to do with driving abi^
ity. "There are good drivers ar^P |
bad drivers, tha‘’s all,” ho ooi
eluded. .
The panel decided women uA
ally are more prudent than mS
when behind the wheel of an a
tomobile. They are involved B
fewer serious accidents. . .
Look at it this vyay; Withq^
the woman driver myth h(i
would people such as Hen
Youngman, Alan King and
ton Berle make a living?
The Plain DeuH
LANGUAGE PROBLEM
The Cherokeos are somewh|
more American than apple pi
but their native tongue has be
classified as a foreign languagi
and in the circumstances we ||
It seems like only yesterday
that Europeans v/ere complain
ing of an American "takeover.”
as U. S. businessmen and invest
ors poured dollars into the Conti
nent. Now that high U. S. interest Sree that this is proper. f-
rates are drawing dollars out of The Office of Education dii
Europe, though, European otfi- classifying because
cials are anything but happy to; *he only way it could make fo(M
see them go. ' funds available to teach En*!
I glish to Cherokee children. Th
In monetary matters timing
and perspective can make all the
difference. Until recently Euro
pean nations, most of which were
doing a good job of controlling
Inflation, were urging the U. S.
to do something about its own
price pressures. If the U. S. had
acted on that advice sooner, rath
er ‘han later, the U. p. might be
lighter.
What worries Europe is that
the outflow of dollars wUl be ex
cessively deflationary for its
economy. That may be a reason
for concern, but even greater
, problems would result it Europe
to keep the: jpjgj counter the outflohv with
the people across the cepek. The
lake now In progress being'mid
for by the citizens of Kings Moun
tain and Shelby wants to take
it away before its paid for.
happy in fown- • • • j Excessively inflationary domestic
And a new factor, public rela i
tions. . .writing material to bei
sent to townspeople, writing le‘- In any case it would be foolish
ters to key citizens, photograph-! for the U. S. to curt) the dollar
what the river might look like, | flow with new controls, Of the
ing the river, drawing pictures of I sort that some Europeans have
if only it were cleaned up. And | Indicated they favor. Experience
may?)e reaching up to the nation- surely has shown that controls
the tiwo schools is, relatively I level, to influence congress-'merely distort capital movements
_ $474;o32 for Wpke For- "icu- Maybe figuring out a way!Without doing anything to solve
Bothnan-Grey and .$474,656, gel a federal grant to help the the basic difficulties.
Medical paper mill with its clean up
chores.
So, suppose ybu as a teacher
in the local high school give the
lOr the Duke University;
3ohoal., 'Phg, two schools make
their requests reluc'santly because
Of rising oqats and decreasing
IMeral outUys.
Now take into consideration
what has Shelby paid on thisj -Here is the, supreme irony. At
lake? Why should the county wheq medical education
zone it? ! Wqt44 Pf greatest concern at
..... I wie iftdeiwr level, support is fall-
The Oty Commissioners of ,
Kings Mountain, all spoke in be:
half of the citizens at ’a meeting
April 28 at City Hall. They shonla
be congratulated.
iodait Rltd sensible though
S‘ephen E. Rathbone
Dear Editor;
Mo
their pjopoMl ntay be, the politi-
iWlew
li(|l
law says they can be financed ii$j
the study of a foreign language.^'
If theirs is a foreign language. L
then English is a foreign lang I*
uage to them. ||
Well, since they speak a for U
eign language perhaps they can s
also be reclassified as a foreign
na’lon. That would make them 'i
eligible for foreign aid and maybe
we could do more to impro|4^B
their miserable living condition^^
Chicago Daily News
You And
Social Seoiiity
Q—:i have several doctor bills
and I wish to file a claim for
payment from Medicare. How
should r file my first claim?
assignnnent. They’fl learn enough
about science, social sciences, hu
manities, and life to make them
understand a part of the com
plexities that make up the mod
ern world.
Maybe the problem will even
. give the kids something construc-
tive to protest about."
problem of the paper mill and | spect for its own currencies, may-
the river ‘.o your stiudents as an | dollars, pounds, francs, marks
..co.n............. , once again feel
at home anywhere.
The Wall Street Journal
A—Since you have never filed
a claim before, it would be a
good idea for the social securi-’y
office to help you with your first
claim. Bring all your itemized
bills and your Medicare card. It
The current trouble jtolnts up- is not necessary for the bills to
once again how tightly the West-jbe paid to file a claim,
em economies are interrelated. If Q—My husband left me many
each country shows proper re-! years ago. We did not get a di
vorce, and neither of us has re-
I -would like to clarify some
untrue statements in last weeks
Kings Mountain .Herald made by
Alfred Tucker about a trailer
Home fire ou'‘side Kings Moun
tain City Limits. We did not have
outside insurance on this trailer
home, the person owning the
property on which ‘.he trailer
home was located had coverage
on his home, but not on the trail
er located one tenth mile from
bis home. Tucker staged we
shoold have gone to this lire al
so. He j-tated the Fire Department
could riot find this person's card
in our file and ‘iiis person came
to the Fire Department and
found his card and showed it to
a flremStn. This person did come
by and ’asked to see his card, I
showdd it to him toid o^lained
to him <1^ dW not have a xairff
bn the trailer home. If his home
had been endangered by this fire
We could have gone. We cheeked
With the company that has the
property owners insurance and
‘Hey s4at&d they would not Imve
paid for the call if we had an
swered the call. 'AM Statements
made by Tucker concerning this
lire are untrue.
no question about the value of
the two schools to North Caro-
Ulfa, tmt there is a worrisome
auestion abatrt the future useful
ness to the state of the specific
(jbotori - to • :be whose education
would thus be subsidized. This is
a particularly true of the out-of-
state students who make up a
Massachusetts Audubon Society
MAKING IT OFFICIAL
Every state has designated as
official certain of its character
istics, flora and fauna. New
Hampshire, for example, has a
state motto, “Live Free or Die.”
majority of •iie 565 students at ^ Missouri has an official nickname
the two schools.
C..D. Ware
Wty Yltitman
At was proven beyond tny
question during debate over the
proposed second state-supported
medioal school for Elast Carolina
University, there is no assurance
that hratninig a furhire doctor in
a region or a state will, in fact,
leOd to his settling there. So the
DkiteArake Forest Wd can’t very
well be sold on a basis of over
coming North Carolina’s short-
Ojfi of nniedlcai proc'itioners,
though we are abriost -certatn to
iWtam sonie who get their train-
big here.
'UMets the sjiHOtHs isie Willing
to tie their atiMiihts to a poat^e-
pnfetMe «rrriritg|hMerit, udtlch
Metther the BjiftoWa iipr their stu-
oents figure to welcome, a subsi
dy Us propwed by the "Wo deans
Mbrns to encounter bppo-
aiHon. But IT for poiltical reasons
North CMoHMa can’t go along
(with the dean's plan, its stsdte tn
the future a* .the DtMe and Bow-
fnanUTIWy operations demands
Utat the new Soott administration
WId tll& iteOit General Assentbiy
look for a-ltamate aid arrange-
moirts.
TkB-C^mrlotte OheorObr
as the “Show Me Sta*e.'
Tennessee's state song Is the
‘Tennessee Waltz.” Louisiana’s
state tree is the bald cypress. Oy-
lahoma’s state bird is thescisor-
tailed flycatcher. And Nebraska’s
state flower...is the goldenrod.
A few states have added spe
cial designations. Kansas, for il
lustration, has named a state
animal, the buffalo. Oregon has
named a state fish, the Chinook
salmon. And Idaho has named a
state gem, the star garne‘.
Obvlou^, tf state lawmakers
do not restrain themselves in
making things official, the list
could get longer and rather ri
dtculous. The Minnesota Legisla
*nre, for example, is weighing a
bill that would designate the
Lake Superior agate as the state
roCk. Virginia has considered le
gislation that Would make the
foxhound the state dog. And las*
year the Massachusetts senate
debated a bill that would Have
made cranheny juice the state
beverage.
Me suopose proposals for new
designations will recur,_but ‘he
people would be better served if
state lawonakcrs adhered to af
fairs of state before they eild up
debating suggestions for a state
bush or-a sta‘e bpg.
Vost’on Hbroli-Trvivitiir*
CANCER DRIVE GfPTS
Gifts to the Kings Mountain
Cancer Fund, if in check form,
should be made payable to the
American Cancer Society, says
Mrs. Aubrey Mauney, chairman.
'TreasuTer of memorial gifts for
the drive Is Mrs. J. 'E. Hemdon,
Jr., 119 N. Piedmont Avenue.
married. He is now receiving so
cial securi’y checks. Since I am
also past age 62, I was wonder
ing if I could receive anything as
his wife.
A—^11 you have never been di
vorced, you are still his legal
Wdfe. Therefore, you are eligible
to receive a wife's monthly bene-*--,
fit on his social security account.
You should get in touch With the
nearest social security office im-
media'ely to discuss the specifics
of your case. .
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