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#age 2 I— KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD. KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C. Established 1889 The Kings Mountain Herald .^rih C«rolin^^ ^AiSOClATHT A weekly newspaper devoted to the promotion of the general welfare and published for the enlightenniont, entertainment and benefit of the citizens of Kings Mountain and its vicinity, puhiished 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 Marcli 3, 1873. EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Martin Harmon Editor-Publisher Ml.ss Elizabeth Stewart Circulation Manager and Society Editor Miss D(.‘bbio Tiiornburg Clerk, Bookkeeper D;iV(> Weatliers, Siipt. Douglas Weathers MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT Allen Myers David My(!rs Paul Jackson SUB.SCRiPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE — BY MAIL ANYWHERE ONE YEAR... .$3.50 SIX MONTHS... .$2.00 THREE MONTHS... .$1.25 PLUS NORTH CAROLINA SALES TAX TELEPHONE NUMBEH _ 739-5441 TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE The Loril v'iU Klrnirith „nto /,is jimpir; tlir I.onI <inU hlrsn hh )>€oplPUdth Jjporc. Psalm 29:11. Manager Question The .Shollry Daily Star’.s Jack Cicct li dcycloppti t) news sloiy in Wcfincsday s edition on the .suitjeci of llie county nian- agor. Former County Auditor Max Ham rick, a quite knowledgcaltle veterttn of county government, was brought out of scmi-rcliremenl to servt' as acting m:in- ager after the resignation of Joe Hen drick, the county’s fii'st, who v\ent to Lumberton as city manager. Whether or not inspired to his woi-k by the editorial deirartment (the Star favoring the county manager system), Mr. Creech’s gleanings indicate the dif ficulty of obtaining tlie services of an able government administrator for a permanent position, whereliy the man hopes to live in relative peace, cat, fec.l his youngsters, and do a eroditablo jol) of management. The county commission is split .’1 to 2, or was at last vole, on the ((uostion of ttie manage)- sy.ctem it.solf. It is said of the executive corps of many large corpoi-alions: It’s cither up or out. In other words, a man won’t stav long in one slot. He’ll either be promot ed 01', get the axe. It is much tile same in the govern mental management league. Duke Kug- land, late of Gaston, must hold .som(’- thing like a world’s recoi-d, with 11 years in the same managerial spot be fore the powci's that be .saw fit to seek new blood. Commi.ssioner Fritz Morchead, n- gainst the manager system, continues to advance the thesis that the citizens should decide the question of whether to employ, or not to employ, the county manager form of government. Cliaii-maa B. E. (Pop) Simmons, who favors the system, if unintentionally, furnishc.s sup- poi’t to Mr. Moreliead’s contention by de lineating frankly the division in think ing on the .subject, not only within the commission, t)ut throughout the coun ty. The Herald has staled in print, many times, that Cleveland County might best be served l)y the govornmenf- al system employed by Kings Mountain. In other words, the chief executive of ficer of the county would be a paid full time chairman of the commission, eleci- ed by the peoi)le. In such a system, there is no passing of the buck and the executive officer must obtain periodically ratification ol his work from the electorate. In view, of the divided thinking ,a- mong Cleveland’s estimated 35,000 frec- white-and-eligibie-t.o-vote adults, Mr. Morehead’s referendum idea seems apro pos. In turn, the Herald would very much like to see the paid chairman plan on the s;.:.:. ballot. lames C!aude Gibson The community was as shocked and saddened at the illness and death of James C. Gibson as any young person in recent memorv. He was 47. Mr. Gib.son, a stellar athlete in fool- ball and baseball in his youth, he con tinued his athletic prowess on the golf course. All who knew him know liim as a “right guy”. He did it right on the athletic field, did it right as an army man in World War II, lived cleanly, dealt honestly, worked hai-d, and served his communify and his church with quiet competence. He was the kind of man many less worthies wish it were possible to emu- I late. It has b('en said the good die young undoubtedly of questionable truth. But the statement applies in the instance of the passing of James Claude Gibson. Facts vs. Emotion The Charlotte Observer editorialized a couple of yeai’s ago alioul the law busi ness and averred that a lawyer who has a c.isc fights with the bedrock solid facts, while a l;ivvycr who does not have the facts figlits with emotion, fru-fru, and the kitchen sink. TIk' Herald was reminded of the Ob- ■server’s comments on legal bom-bastics when perusing accounts of the recent hearing before Clerk of .Superior Court Paul Wilson on the city's condemnation action to acquire a tract from Buford D. Cline for the Buffalo Creek reservoir dam site. Ernest Delaney, the Charlotte law yer retnesenting defendant, was quoted as questioning “little” Kings Mountain’s need for “all that water”, Kings Moun tain’s ability to pay the .S3.00(),000 tab, Kings Mountain’s intent to take the pi-o- je. t to fi-uition, among other impugna- tions of chai-acter and vei-acity. 'I’he city’s engineers, in testifying, wisely declined to gel into the ti-ap of pro|)hes.\ ing, mei'cly stuck to history of the past 100 years ;is a chart for inci-eas- iiig wati'i- consumption. As to Kings Mountain's ability to pay the tab. Kings Mountain is already paying via a 90 percent water sui’charge imposed (as promised prior to the bond election) nearly a year ago. Mr. Delaney, from big Charlotte, would not be sup posed to know' that little Kings Mouii- t)iin’s peak bonded debt requirements is in the current fiscal year ending next Junr'. His histrionics on “intent”, of course, is the mhst ludicrous, unless Mr. Delaney, eni-oute the hearing grounds at tlie county courthouse in Shelby, took one of the two long ways ’round to navi gate the route between Charlottetown and Shelby town, i.e., via Gaffney or Cherryville. If he motored as the crow' flies, who could not have failed to see those many sections of 24-inch steel pipe strewn a- long U. S. 74 west fi'om Kings Mountain. The big pipe, incidentally, supplied by -Armco Steel, vends for slightly more than S9 per lineal foot. Charlotte’s Mayor Belk undoubtedly wishes the fiscal picture of his and Mr. Delaney’s eitv were in comparable posi tion lo little Kings Mountain’s. The Bus Edict The legal dictum whereby inequita- bility law is quite a new twist from the moot question of busing (blue-back spell er correct h’v.ssing still means kissing) students acrosslown to accomplish de- segi-egation. As occui-i-ed here, out-of-city areas i nthe school district, subsequently an nexed. did not change the status of stu dents in the new in-city area as quali fied for school bus transportation if 1.5 miles from the school attended. Discriminatory, ruled the court. Mottling was said about the incity student living 1.5 miles from the school he attends. He’s still in the foot-power league, unless his parents transport him, either in person, or via public convey ance, or via business with an auto sales man. William Lindsay McMackin The fatal cerebral hemorrhage suf fered by William Lindsay McMackin was no less shocking to his many friends than that of the 14 years younger James Ckiude Gibson. Indeed there were many other paral lels beiu’een them. Both had owned and operated serv ice stations, l)oth were loyal to church, family, and friends. Both were, diligent workmen. Both were kind in both man ner and deed. A native of York County, Mr. Mc Mackin had spent the major portion of his adult life in Kings Mountain, where he contributed without ostentation to the welfare of his community in many and varied directions. It won’t seem right without friendly Lindsay McMackin. MARTIN'S MEDICINE Thursday, August 28, 19^ Ingredients: Bits of humor, vHsdoin, humor and com ments. Directions: Take weekly, if possible, but a- void overdosage. By MARTIN HARMON I had a visiting weekend. m-m Tom Harper had been ailing early in the week. On .Saturday afternoon, I stopped by his resi dence to be welcomed by his wife and my kinswoman Maude u’ho cordially welcomed me to come in. As I started to sit down, I told her my mission was to check on Tom. "He’s not here,” she replied. "He's in the hospital, had an op eration yesterday.” Hands Across The Nation *»•* .j V ' 'V* ■f-.rJr m-m I After a visit with Maude I saw Tom at KM Hospital Room 34. I Ho observed it was the first time I he could recall being at the hos pital without findintt patients in ] the passagQways. It was the first time for me, too, in several years. Tom exited Sunday but still isn’t up to football. m-m I At the instance of Mrs. Fred j Neal, happily back to duty from 1 Clrover, I chatted with Mrs. Ben I Williford, in turn happy that dur- y ing her son’s year sabbatical i from Bucknell, he will be visiting I professor of chemistry at UNC- Chapel Hill. KINGS MOUNTAIN Hospital Log VISITING HOUkS 3 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 8 pjn. DoUy 10:30 To 11:30 ojm. PATIENTS IN KINGS MOUNTAIN HOSPITAL AS OF NOON WSO- NESDAYl 'o/ff-h m-m Next port of call was the Gold en Wedding anniversary of Mr, and Mrs. Clarence Black. The Blacks were beaming, as well they should, with their three sons, Ray, Barney and Houston (chron ologically descending order), their wives and children present. •THE THEME OF AUGUST AS the anniversary of the Rus Items of interest which occur- ?d approximately ten years ago The Black boys are geographi cally spread out. Ray is a Florid- iai,, in transportation, after mak.'sian invasion and occupation of ing 20 in Uncle Sam’s army Czechoslovakia a year ago draws which he entered prior to World I nigh, it is clear that the book is War II. Ray and I are the same! far from closed Public .opinion in age and both of us, three pluslihe West may have reverted to decades ago, were supplying the same rather lethargic accept- eopy on school events to the Her-'anceof Eastern and Central Eu- ald. .My newspapering has never, mpe as a Russian sphere of in- supplied me a nickname (though fluenoe which was its attitude plenty of calumniatory sobri-’ before the stirring events ‘n| school (luets) but Ray became "Article” Cz,echoslovakia last year. And' Viewpoints of Other Editors Social Security Ten Years Ago Robert Howard Bryant, principal at North school, family moved into their home at 805 Groves street Q—I will be 62 in 3 months. I do not have a birth certificate, but I have secured some docu- ^^jOt^tits showing my age and am and I attempting to get more. Should I new wait until I have all my records two|before I apply for benefits? Annie Mae Adams Amanda C- Blanton Sarah P. Boheler Jasper H. Biadley Karris Bridges Lela G. Carpenter Mark D. Detter W. Q. Dover Marie Fewell Leola B. Gillmore Jay Greene Arthur Hamrick Gertrude Hamrick Alice Harmon J. B. Hawkins Earl D. Hicks Wm. F. Houser Sidney D. Huffstetler Timothy Johnson Florence Kilgore Cora Laughter Myers Lee ■Wm. Mauney Beulah Moss Mary E. Peeler Ida Smith John Ware Ammie Goodson Patricia C. Smith AD.MITTED THURSDAY Judson T. Boyd, Rt. 1, Bes.se- mer City Vera C. Dilling, 100 N. Pied mont, City Martha D. Murray, 506 E. Penn. Ave. Bessemer City ADMITTED FRIDAY Bessie Dellinger, 809 2nd St., City Clara M. Rhea, 410 Fulton Rd., weeks ago. Mr. Bryant comes Kings Mountain from Allensville A—No. You should apply now. ot pe, son I The people at your social security Black. County in Roxboro. Office will tell you if you have will enough evidence of your age. If I once Alexander Dubcek had been* Labor Dav Monday mm jforc^ out to make way for Gus-y a holiday‘Hfor majority"of>°re is needed, they will help itav Husak, Western pu-b ie opm-1 Mountain retail firms.! you get the additional evidence. Bainey can supply the low-|l^ have assum^ that the j ^ 1 „ . down on the Green Ly Packers.themselves would, Mountain Merchants Asso-'„,?rJ r even if the practice sessions are -.'“‘'‘■ioiation. said the holiday is one of I.''® been receiving secret. From his office with the . “ '. basically alien Ogpres- several annual holidays the re- 1 I Sion which has so often been the.r| merchants will enjoy. paper company (Aurora brand, , , „ , : ,.u division of continental Can ^ ,pany), Barney can look down onand pernaps even Mr. The Green B^y stadium. Barney^^^^t tt has not j and his cousin, Peggy Black Jack-1 ' son, who lives in Chicago, use' The best evidence of this is the the telephone to swap news of, family and friend in Kings Moiin- jitteriness of both the Russians tain, visit each others families sud the Czechoslovak leaders at when the leave time is short. tbc approach of August 21. The Russians had startlinig indication m-m I of ,vhat might he brewing when, last Tuesday week, V. V. Grishin, a visiting Muscow bigwig, was stoned instead of cheered by work. Houston, the athlete of the family (Catai.vba) is a veteran Social and Personal Miss Patsy Ann Dover and Charles Preston Herndon pledg ed marriage vows Friday at 7 p.m. at the home of the bride groom’s sister, Mrs. W. T. Led ford and Mr. Ledfoixi. TOWARD FAMILY INDEPENDENCE One of the myths about wel fare is that many of the nine mil- employee Of Carolina Power & ^^g ^-yia factory in the su- Setting aid could earn their own way. Actually, of this num ber only 10 or 12 percent could be thought of as breadwinners—in cluding mothers with dependent children, many of whom already work. The rest are the children themselves, the disabled and aged. Light Company, and now checte .p^ ,g g ,vonder- Jn I^^Ieigrwhere a y^rfag^ Russians-that they should in Raleigh, where a ago anno.. nced joint Soviet- fnend of mine Sharon Hams, Cr,echoslovak military maneuvers holds sway as CP & L president, covering the anni- I versary period. Perhaps even jmore si.gnificant was the sudden On Sunday afternon, it was an-1 departure of President Svoboda other Golden Weddirjg reception, and Mr. Husak for the Crimea - for Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Griffin.’officially for a vacation. Since the. Gurney and Ruth Grantham, just j Soviet leaders are in the Crimea,! —"'‘^*1 greater number returned from a trip abroad,! too, it can be assumed that there welfare but who must greeted guests as they entered., has been more earnest discussionj help support their The 24th is also the w'edding an- than just lying in the sun together' household to have day-care nivorsary of the Granthams (No. on the beach at Sochi ; centers available for their pre- 45) and of the C. A. Butterworth’sl j school youngsters. Right now, the (No. ,55). And did Harry Papj ^^at it boils down to is that* e'C-emmfnt ‘hoTh"in say he and Grace celebrated thehrave and innir snfferirnj ' ^ ‘ same or one day removed? ( Anne 'pggp,g J^.g Congress and the Children’s Bu- and I logged 21 on August 21, (g jjg gowed. Things are not as open as they were six or nine months '■.'to- an;i for that reason, they are perhp^t a!! the more dangerous for both the Kremlin It was before we even entered | and Mr. Husak. For a while after that we learned Mr. E. W. was;he took over, Mr. Husak was 36 before risking the aisle trek,'given the benefit of the doubt by a bit of propaganda I must charge I many of his countrvmen. There to Miss Mabel, practically a child^was relative calm. But now tho.sei^^g ^ .days are over. Aitd m addition to tg„ ,g gomote money-hungri- m.m ("dignities visited uoon .M”J ^g, gf,gg motive for some Grishin the other day described working, isn’t desirable. Wilson, the yourjger is follow-''" Rude Pravo as the monstrous ing in his father’s footsteps, as) wickedness of several pig-headed is well known. Jeanne, npw Mrs.'P^npl^ ”- B’*’. authorities are Bargar is the wife of a James- panicky (Tver an ap- town, N- Y., wholesale grocer—|Pa''P';'tly. well-organized network friend of 19 years ■ standing of distributing leaflets on “t h e Ma;or John Henrv Moss, then theme of Au ust.” as the official news agency euphemistically calls it. disability benefits based on my own wor kunder social Security. Since my husband did recently. I’m wondering if I’m eligible for disabled widow’s benefits also. A—You may be. It is possible to be elegible for benefits as a dis abled worker and as a disabled widow at the same time. How ever, you cannot be paid both benefits. You would be paid the higher of the two benefits. Keep in mind that the social se curity definition of disability for widows is somewhat dfferent than that for workers. For this reason you may not be able to get bene fits as a disabled widow even though you are eligible as a dis abled worker. Get in touch with your social security office for spe cific information about your case. Yet it would be a tremendous^ There was a like touch of politi- help to those mothers on welfare! cal provincialism in Congress’s speeffying that only the Ameri- which means we should now be old enough to vote.) m-m reau at the Health, Education, •and Welfare department — is weighin gram can flag — not even the United Nations flag, stepped lower — could be implanted on the moon. President Nixon was right when he said, "There is no national boundary to courage.” There is likewise no national or boundary to credit. From early Oriental mathematieians to the' tremendously speeded scientific a larger day care pro-^ flowering in today’s West, man has been readying himself for Legionnaires At Convention 'The drawbacks of such centers! this test. The glory is sufficient are obvious. Harvard professor! to embrace all mankind. Jerome Kagan has warned thatj seperating a very young child Otis D. Green Post 155, Ameri- tlme.can Legion, had a good delega-’ tion at the national convention in Atlanta. Among those attending were Bob Smith, J. H. McDaniel, Jr., Ray Cline, Carl Wilson, George Hull, John Gladden, Dave Dele- vie. Car] Wie.sener, and Mr. and Christian’iScience Monitori Mrs. Hubert Aderholdt. Thund*) nOLBERI lakes hot lag to im laer City. City Elizabeth T. Willeford ADMITTED SATURDAY Brigitte Irvin, Rt. 2, City Lonnie G- Brown, 406 Clinton Dr., City Mills H. Camp, Box 264, Grover John A. Cheshire, Sr., 107 Country Club Rd., City Admiral D. Cochran, Rt. 1, Grover Elizabeth R. Harmon, Rt. 1, Bessemer City admitted SUNDAY Wilma L. Howard, 414 W. King St., City Ruby P. Hurlbutt, 600 McFar land, Gastonia Linda M. Lovelace, 106 Fulton Dr., City Jennie S. Yelton, 210 N. Car penter St., City ADMITTED MONDAY Vera L. Breedlove, Rt. 1, Gas tonia I Andy Dill, Box 532, Lowell 1 Mollie C. Golorth, Rt. 3, City , Rufus Johnson, Rt. 3, Shelby V Haj wood D. Oliver, 213 Lackey'. St., City . , Barbara J. Price, 801 3rd, City Juanita H. Pruette. 'Box 54, Grover Mary R. Rush. 322 Waco Rd., City Mary V. Starns, Rt. 1, Gastonia David W. Strickland, 104 W. Gold, City Wm. P. Sweezy, Rt. 3, City AD.MITTED TUESDAY Stanley Adams, 308 58th St., Bessemer City Ethel B. Burton, 200 York R4., City Ted J. Ford, 301 Fairview, City Eunice P. Harmon, 107 W. King St., City Betty L. Reid, Canterbury Rd., City Sarah A. Seism, Rt. 1, City Brenda C. Thomas, Rt. 1, Grov er. Rhonda T. Thompson, 104 E. Hartford, Bessemer City Martin L. Wilson, Jr., 514 Phe- nlx St., City from his mother might deprive him of the special attention he business manager of the J-ames- town ha.seball team, a Tiger farm. Walter .married in Cherryville, lives in High Point, and is a chemical products salesman. Com Yet, for many mothens — even fathers — the lack of adequate day care for their offspring! makes it awkward for them to take needed work. A Gallup Poll this week showed a majority odj Americans would support govern-: mont action in this area. Hope-l fully, the President will allow for! this need in his forthcoming wel August has always been a fate, fare reform proposals. | ful month for Europe. August, pariitr Walt and his young son,11914, and August. 1939, are fragicj I decided here, indeed, is the im-1 milestones in the continent’s ro-‘ age. Then, whe-i I .saw Mr. Grit- cent history. August, 1968, is a fin's wedding picture of 1919, 11 milestone every bit as tragic in realized that Walt is an image, 1 the post-war history of Czechos- too. : lovakia. Then the eager hopes I which had blossomed over many ' iw -th ; were cruelly crushed. I h^vr ■■’•cv ’rt’ ac I 111.1 vVhat is happening now (suggests ories Of .. ...iidn family‘but' ‘hat crushed they may have been, two stand out: One was the extinguished. If the licious Sunday mornings around.‘-^(^hoslovaks made some dra- the pot-bellied stove in the backinn^Bo gesture of protest against of the drug store, where my Fath- ‘h®'" jailers on August 21, er and other men gathered for ‘n* response might well be a heady talk before the trek to """‘o' crack of the whip — and Sunday School. ! certainly no immediate opening j of the prison door. Yet something m-m ! tells us that August 21 cannot .-x .1 and will not be eonstmed to the The other was a May Day party,,imbo of historj’. The Czechoelo- Mrs. Griffin gave. I was an themselves will ptwetit it. ly-day wrong-way Corngan and fouled the maypole dance. |, The Christian Science Monitor Christian Science Monitor SUFFICIENT GLORY It is always welcome when the warmth of the human touches the political anj historic. This was true of the decision to bearj to the moon the medals of the! two Soviet cosmonauts and threie; American astronauts who werej casualties of the earthlings’ spacei conquest. The Soviet medals were given to Apollo a Commander Frank 'Borman by the cosmonauts’ wi dows when Colonel Borman visit, ed Moscow earlier this month. In ■a sense, inclusion of the medals among the memorabilia to be de posited on the moon offset a cer ! tain official coolness before the! flight. For their part, the Soviets j (along with France) had declined to send A good-will message.! Keep Yoni Radio Dial Set At 1220 WKMT Kings Monniain, N. . News & Weather every hour on the hour. Weather every hour on the half hour. Fine entertainment in between Foot! Ifh Sch Thou week a uthwea Is on ti One ( a non- at one. King •Bsemei est Lin flday if The ir the S !M fans in. The good s lhase ai ilneers. Pre- onferen I, Most op play election Cha Vataugi ina pla] fent on She] 11 a regi She: ieason a lot neai luper-sti hg star lalfback 'ear age Kim ial£bacl( ield, ha l-S Cen Bell t'hich 8' tent la jlilors. 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