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Page 2 THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD. KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C. Thursday. December 31. 19701 As ly o roun( ing I t he V ward In Chris Established 1889 The Kings Mountain Herald ^ 206 South Piedmont Ave. Kln^s Mountain, N. C. 28086 A weekly newspaper devoted to the promotion ol the general welfare and publlsihcd for the enlightenment, entertalnmnt and benefit of the citizens of Kings Mountain and its vicinity, published every Thursday by the Herald Publishing House. Entered a.s second class matter at the post office at Kings Mountain, N. C., 26086 under Act of Congress of March 3, 1873. EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Martin Harmon Editor-Publishor Miss Elizabeth Stewart Circulation Manager and Society Editor Miss Debbie Thornburg Clerk, Bookkeeper Frank Etlwaids 'Rocky Martin Chad Ledford MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT Allen Myer.s Roger Brown ' On Leave With The United States Army Paul Jackson ■Ray Parker Joel Llghtsey MAIL SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYAIBLE IN ADVANCE In North CoordUna and South Carolina One year S-l; six month.s $2.25; ttirec months $1.50; school year $3. (Subscription in Nortli Carolina sirl>iect to three percent sides tax.) In All Other States One year $5; six months $3; three montlts $1.75; school year $3.75. PLUS NORTH C.VROLINA SALES TAX TELEPHONE NUMBER — 739-5441 TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE It is a good thing to ghe thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High. Psalm 91:1 L. Mendel Rivers South Carolina’s U. S. Representa tive L. Mendel Rivers, who died this W'eek, was one of the strong men of the House. Some revered him and others damn ed him, which is not unusual when a man is strong. On the war in Vietnam, Mr. Rivers was a hawk. As chairman of the House Armed Forces committee, Mr. Rivers took care of his own by seeing that Charleston, South Carolina’s naval establishment, which was in his district was not short ed. While this Rivers policy caused jealousy from others seeking military establishments and appropriations, it is the prerogative and duty of a Congress man to look after his district and its constituents. Via the seniority system in the House, a member with longevity grad uates up the ladder to a committee chainnanship. Mayor John Henry Moss recalls a new industry effort to obtain a jet pro pulsion factory for Kings Mountain. When Mr. Rivers remarked that Charles ton's unemployment factor was high, that’s where the factory went. On the other hand, Mr. Rivers was helpful to Kings Mountain, assigning the secretary of the army and secretary of the navy to speak at the two Kings Mountain Battle celebrations and prof fering the services of the secretary of the air forces for the subsequent year, if Kings Mountain so desired. Invited to attend, Mr. Rivers de clined with regret. ‘‘Were I not leaving for Vietnam,” he said, “I’d be there.” Mr. Rivers believed that the surest means of avoiding war was to maintain a sti'png military force and he made heavy contributions to this nation’s military strength. Not For Everyone? Vermont Royster, the Raleigh na tive who is editor of the Wall Street Journal, commented exhaustively re cently on the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education, suggested that (X)l- lege education and pursuit of doctorates is not necessary for everyone. Also among the more revolutionary proposals was to slice a year off the time required to educate a medical doc tor. It was also recommended that the doctor of philosophy degree be awarded to researchers and that a new degree doctor of arts be awarded to those not research minded. Also recommended was that able students be offered college level courses in high school and that graduates of two-year community colleges be awaixJ- ed a';=:ociate of arts degrees. Editor Royster continues: “In shori, educa'ion does not have to be an everything or nothing process. Not everybody wants, or needs, the same kind of cducarion or in the same Quan tity; moreover, people’s educational needs change as they change. Nor does every educational institution of ‘higher learning’ have to be cut from the same pattern. “A rather obvious thought, per haps. But since we have so long accept ed it as obvious that everybody ought to have a college education, and the more massive the dose the better, it’s refreshing to hear voices saying it ain’t necessarily so.” Members of the committee are quite prestigious, including Clark Kerr, for mer chancellor at Berkeley, California, college presidents David Henry of Illi nois and Thomas Hesburgh of Notre Dame, and businessmen Nortoh Simon and Ralph Besse. A Kings Mountain businessman once expressed the idea in more down-to- earth language: “we’ve got to have somebody to dig ditches.” Congratulations to Kemp Mauney on the scholastic honor he has been ac corded at North Carolina State Univers ity. Bite On City The city board of commissioners will consider at their January 12th meeting how much it must raise power rates and perhaps natural gas rates to keep its budget in kilter. Duke Power Company has been granted a temporary rate increase of 22 percent, as it affects its Kings Mountain customer, and Trans continental Gas Pipeline Company a temporary increase of 2.3 cents per thousand cubic feet of gas. The commission has already decid ed informally it cannot absorb the esti mated $76,000 additional bite of Duke and is still weighing the impact of the Tran.sco boost. The alternative to raising rates would be an increase in ad valorem property taxes which the commission does not want tQ do. It is another sample of the increased cost of living, which effects companies and individuals alike. On power, the city commission has pledged to make the increase break even one. Dogs a Nuisance? The report of a Baltimore research er that dogs are becoming public health nuisances will not set well with dog lovers the nation over—and there are a lot of them. The researcher contends there were 611,000 dog bites in the United States last year, that there have been three at tacks by dog packs in Baltimore and that dogs, touted as enemies of rats, are sometimes their best friends—^when the dogs turn over garbage cans. He further says that dogs can con tract rabies from foxes. The researcher's report will make no difference to dog fanciers, who in deed regard the dog as man’s best friend. It’s time, again, to list properties for taxes, beginning Monday. A Big Year As 1970 wanes to its Thursday mid night demise Kings Mountain can look back on a 'very important year. Two of the reasons are the Buffalo Creek water project and the opening of 150 units of low-rent housing. Water has been Kings Mountain’s crying n^ed periodically for many years and only now does Kings Mountain have a major source that should serve the community for a long time. Engineering estimates are that Buffalo Creek will supply up to 20 million gallons of water daily. As a comparison Charlotte’s con sumption averages using 35 million per day. This project was Kings Mountain’s missing link. When a new industry re quiring large amounts of water knocked on the door, it had to be denied entrance. Now the utilities list is complete — water, sewer, power, and natural gas, all boons to expanding growth and pro gress of the community. The low-rent housing has provided tip-top quarters for many citizens with low income, who, before, knew only very mean homes. Another 50 units are now being built and that will not satisfy the demand of qualified applicants. The Cansler street imnrovement will provide another and badly needed avenue for ingress and egress from the city and the impending urban renewal project in the 147-acres bounded on the east by Cansler will remove much sub standard housing that ought to be re moved. Officials of Homes of Care said Wednesday they hope to launch con struction of a 85 to 100-bed nursing con valescent center by February 1. It is a much-nc'eded facility. One medical doc tor said over a year ago he had twenty patients who needed the services of such a facility. While other homes are avail able in other cities, there is much wear- and-tear on families to visit these pa tients, who cannot help but receive more attention from an establishment at home. MARTIN'S MEDICINE By MARTIN HARMON My wife and J, too belatodly, paid call Chri.«jttas Eve on our aoross-the.Bti'eet neighbors, the Troy Bennett family and had a most deligh Jul evening. The Benneits are on sabbatical from their third tour of duty as Baptist missionaries to East Pak istan. Troy a-sked if there were anv Steve, .18, a fi'eshman at Mars Hill, Deibble, 15, and Sandra <19 The missionaries spend three years in tile field are one on fur lough. Trv has ‘been in 'consld- eraible demand for church servi ces and just may i.e working as hard on leave as he was In East Pakistan. On their return this time, the Bennetts flew by jet, for a much shorter trip than on their first pass-Hge home by fieighter. Tooy asked if there were any restrictions on what the Hcral'i tor any other American news paper) can print. I replied there is not except for the lestrictions dictated by libel law and good taste. It’s not that way in East Pakistan Happy New Year m-in Ever heai-d of a gerbil? It’s a member of the rodent family, small like a liamster but with a furry coat. Anne Pauohak ithrlll- od the Bennett girls by a Christ mas present of two gerbils, m-ale and femialo, complete with cage, and an instruction book on how to care for them. How to pick • them up: by the tail, it says in ' the book NOW YOU REALLY CAN'T GET 'EM UP Viewpoints of Other Editors COMELY AS JERUSALEM' So the Army has dropped rev- STOCKPILES OF DOOM Nuclear stockpiles possessed by the United States and Russia are sufficient to blast each person In eille anid other military traditions | the world with the equivalent of I got a kick from Presil.fent Truman’s quoted advice to Sena tor Edward M. Mtskie. When the President told Muskie to teU the truth, Muskie, replied he does and would but added the truth might not come out in the plain- spoken manner Mr. Truman em ploys. The P]-esident grinned and then advised, "Be yourself.” ■In Asheville on Christmas day. I called Senator-elect Lamar Gudger to congratulate him on his election success. He reporte! it as a Democratic sweep, and a-1 mong the losers was Senator TV’d Dent of Spruce Pine, in hopes of making service life moic attractive to today’s 'gener ation of young men. Those of us who serv-ed in the Old Army (sometimes remem bered as “the brown shoe Ar my”) can look upon this chuck ing of tradition with mixed feel ing. Yes, we’ve shivered in the cold of a winter’s morning, fresh (from the vv'arm bed, clad Only In sldv- vies, shoes and a huge Army ov ercoat, muttering curses while some phonograph souniJed a scr- atchey version of reveille. Yes, we thought at the time that it was a ridiculous ceremo ny, uncivdi, undignified, unbecom ing to our self-identity, am impos ition upon our comfort, a lousy way to start a new day, etc. 'But we lived through it, and having lived through it we now take a kind of sentimental pride in having survived even that or deal of Army life. It reminded of my meellng Dent three yeai-s ago when the '966 election hald b^n a virtua' Republican sweep. “How,” I ask ed Dent, did Representatives TIerschel Harkins and Gordon Greenwood get back to the House?” Ted laughed. ‘ISeeaiuse he Republicans idn’t run any- 'ody against them.’- Gudger is a lawyer who lived ■cross the hall from me at Cha- ■el Hill. He attended and his vlfe Jeanie graduated from my vunts school in Asheville. It’s a- mazing how time flie.s. I hadn’t een the Gudgers since the wed ding of the Jim Taylors in Shel by. Mayor John Henry Moss had a uncheon appointment in Gas- 'onla Tuesday with Hugh Johns on, but he didn’t make it. Driv ing through the snow down Gam ble hill on US 74. the .Mayor’s ■ar skidded off the road. There vas no damage but the Mayor lecided prudence dictated he orego the lunch and u.se the elephone. Po.st-Christmas mail arrival in luded a note from Linda Blan on Hamrick, the Rush Hamrick’.- lew daughter-in-law, who is witt he navy lieutenant based on Yaples, Italy. The Hamrick’s al- ■vays unique, original Christmas treeting, pictured the members >f the family as balls on a 'hristmas tree. The new Mrs lamrick was accorded top posi tion. Yet wo realize that today’s young man probably wouldn’t stand for it — not as volunteers at least. They like long hair (no GI cuts, please), beer with their .neals (they should try Army coffee!), rock music in Day Rooms (we thought Day Rooms were only for dusting on the night before inspection) and per mission to wear mod clothes, ra ther than govemmeni issiie after hours. It’s prdbably all for the go(Xi of the service, but the Army’s problem is going to be where to draw the bne. -The Charlotte Obsen'cr LONDON'S BELL CAPER Consumerism finally caught ujp last week with the venerable Whitechapel Bell Foundry in Lon don, or so it was made to appear. A group of American demon strators marched on the foundry to compJain about a product de fect. In 1752, Whitechapel had ?ast what later became Philadel phia’s Liberty Bell. The bell rang out for independence in 1776 but finally crarfted in the middle of a peal in 1835. 'The demonstrat ors were claiming, somewhat be latedly, that it had failed to meet accepted perfonmance standards. 15 tons of TNT, according to a global military survey published (recently). Among the sensible recom mendations listed, by the Stock holm International Peace Re search Institute, compilers of this survey, are suggestions for a freeze on nuclear weapons devel opment, the only alternative be ing the kind erf freezing horror the institute’s estimate of destruc tive capacity arouses. The survey came out as the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks resulmed in Hel sinki; few arguments for a S.4LT success arc as eloquent as tills description of the monstrous ar senals assembled by AVashington and Moscow, in a manner as fev- enish as it has been furtive, tor the “defense” of human beings who are mortally imiieriled by every addition to the stockpiles of doom. New York Post LOG HOSPITAL Mrs. Warnen G. Hoyle Wm. Banks Barber Mrs. Ella B. Beam Jo(hn R. Bell Mn>. Lucille S. Blanton Wm. .M. Clack Mrs. Joyce A. Cole Hugh Farris .Mrs. .Mamie Forsythe Lawrence Guy Mrs. Hal D. Hicks .Mr.s. Lcla B. Houser .Marion Jacikson Mrs. Magnolia H. Jacloton Mrs. Marnit- S. Kennedy Mr.s. Homer Kilgore Mrs, Bobby G. Loekridge Emma Pursley James C. Roberts Samuel W. Robinson Mrs. Alenin Schuler Rob B. Spenicer Manuel C. .Sprou.si- .■Mrs. Claire P. Williams Martin L. Wilson, Sr. Mrs. Child C. Woods 'Clifford Lively Mr.s. Ansel Center. Jr. Jame.s A. Belt ADMITTED THURSDAY June C. Nance, 937 Grais. St., City Mrs. Herbert Welch, 2762 Mary Ave., Gastonia ADMITTED FRIDAY .Sally Jo Bratton, R(. 1 Kln^s | Creek, 3. C. Mrs. Virgie Nf Cole, 908 (Ira St., City Forest Lail, Rt. 1 Box 28K Girover ADMITTED SATURDAY Mrs. Worth E. Huntsinger, No. 5 Seabrook Rd., Middletown. I Conn. Mrs. .Mary C. Clemimer, Box ."iSl, City Shirley J. Smith, 201 Knox St., Clover, 3. C. John D. Jones, 1260 W(>stuvcr, SETBCK FOR HEADSTART A much-praised and demonstra bly successful federal program offering schooling, day care and medical services to pre-school i „ , children in the slums is once a- I Of no other city have so won derful words been .spoken as ■those which the Psalmist ad dressed to Jerusalem: “Beautiful tor situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.” Although the following line, “God is known in her palaces for a refuge,” Indicates that David more than the material city in mind, it is true that, in sheer physical beauty. Jerusalem is hardly matched. It is thus heart ening and reassuring to learn that ve'ry sharp criticism has a- i risen of Israeli plans which would | reportedly turn Jerusalem into a m(xlem urban complex. | Jerusalem belongs not only to I the ages but to alT men. .Although religion Is more than place, none-1 theless it is only right and un-1 derstandable that mankind feels | a special affection for scenes: which witnessed so much of hu-1 manity’s spiritual and moral de velopment. Thus In a very real I sense, all whose lives have been | deepened and enriched by the three great monotheistic reli gions (Judaism, Christianity, and . Lslam) which call Jerusalem “the have an emotional in-' 4 Whitechapel replied that the lell’s warranty, if there ever was one, had expirerl. Out ol postwar gratitude to America, the foun dry had offered to recall and re cast the (bell in 1945 but 'Phila delphians had declined to tamper with .such a hallowed symbol. i asked my missionary neighbor how he happened to be a-ssigned to East Pakistan. When he had finished schooling, he was asked by the mission board what field he preferred. He replied that he was un-schooled-as to that deci- .sion and told the board to assign him where he thought he would •suit better. m-m Hjqopy Now Y#«r! We would have to suspect that iome droll English tourism pro moter was behind the White- ’bopel confrontation but these s you can’t be sure. With so .iiany people taking to the streets to make ringing proclamatiorus, it is getting harder and harded to distinguish the occasional faint peal of truth. Wall Street Journal ME’TER RECEIPTS Parking meter receipts for the week ending Tuesday total* ed $164.06, with $142.15 tram on-street meters and $21.90 from off-(strf«t gain under the budgetary axe—a condition so chrome that the pro gram might almost be renamed “Broject Beheadstart.” The latest notice from Wash ington is that New York State’s Headstart funds arc being cut back almost $3 million, meaning that the city will lose nearly $1.8 million in aid. The reductions are part of a general federal retrench ment in Headstart funding in which Washington proposes to slash all programs over $350,000 by 13.5 per cent. City Headstart offici-als propose to fight and they are entitled to demand the united support of the New York Congresional delega tion. An obvious line of inquiry, leading directly to the White House, is to ask how the Nixon Administration can talk on one hand about productive employ ment of women on welfare and propose on the other that a pro gram offering day care for their children be sharply cut back. Tiierc is plenty of time to take up the matter in the special fall session of Congress—and to deal with it justly before the next school .semester begins. New York Post STUDIES PRODUCE STUDIES Hardly a day goes by that an nouncement isn’t made by soime governmfent agency or fat foun dation that a “study” of some kind Is to be made. While “study ing” is a constant need and while learning ig a constant pro cess, don’t you sometimes won der about the value of some of these studies. At the present time tliere are lust about as many studies under way es there are cow.s in Texas (and. undoubtedly, cows In Texas are the subjects of many studies, too), but isn’t it a bit frustrat ing that we don’t hear much a- bout the studies after the studies are made? But the Knoxville News-Sentinel discovered that an expensive study had given birth to a report. Public schools -are "oppressive, grim and joyless,” U. S. experts have cxmrtudcd after a miee- year, $300,000 study. “This con firms,” the newspaper said, "a previous study by second gntd- era” Class In studies is dismissed. Jockaen (Mtap.) Claria»Ud0w terest in preserving its special I aura and atmosphere. Those in whose hands great beauty has been pJaced or has fallen, have a particular obligation to pre serve it The Christian Science Monitor USING LONG HAIR Becchom, Inc., Is in the market for hair and is paying $200 a pound for it. The hair Is needed to test hair gixxrming products the company makes. A good loing-haired male or fe male the company says, can col lect about $400 at a single cli(p ping. That means, says the com pany, that “a youngster starting high school this year could grow himself a trip to Europe by the time he graduates.” That’s offering the best of both worlds—being a hippie type but 1 working within the system. Milwaukee Journal I Tr City Hugli L, .Mauney, P.O. Box .54.1, Bessemer City Mabel Davis, 112 N. Watterson St., City Robt. S. Williams, Sr., 101 \V. Ga. Ave., Bes.semer City ADMITTED SUNDAY Charles D. Ma.son, Rt. 1, Bc.s.‘;(> mer City Mrs. Emma A. Wright, Shady Grove, City Mrs. U'e Sellers, Rt. 2. Cherry- ville Mrs. tTIegg A. Holland, P.O. Box 9060, B(‘ssemer City Joy Calhoun, Rt. 5. Rutherford- ton Mrs. Harry L. Stewart, Rt. 3 Bix 363, City Mrs. David K. Herndon, 1700 Shelby Rd., City ADMITTED MONDAY Mlrs. Hugh Ormond, 801 VV. King St., City Mrs. Guy Scholield, 116 E. Wa.sh ington Ave., Bessemer City (Aaron E. Conner, 818 W. Cj St., City Sandra Cash, 4200 .Midpincs, City Mrs. Chas. Dover, Rt. 2, Box .'ja) City Arthur H. Allen, Rt. 3 B<jx .33.0, City Arthur Cooper, .320 Central .■tt., Belmont Mrs. Jaspphine M. Tale, Rt. t, Woodard Heights. Ga.stonia Kenneth J. Smith. Rt. 1 Box 40(1 Grover Mis. Samuel B. Teseniar. 313 ■""Irvlew^t., City Geo. E. Barrelt, 1215 E l-bes Rd., Gastonia bvSve Hannon, 211 W. Mtn St., City Richie Adams, 6080 Midpine;, City Mrs. Chas. Oxford, Rt. I, York, S. C. ADMITTED TUESDAY Mrs. Douglas Kenneth Pruilt, Rt. 3 Box 30, City Angela McAbee, 825 2nd St, City Mrs. Josephine M. Davis, 812 W. Mtn. St., City Mrs. Percy S. Holland, Rt. 1 Box 406, City Leigh Ann Taylor, 1417 Shelby Dr., City Jackie C. Clayton, Rt. 2 Box 32.7 Darrell Goins, 501 Wilson St., Mrs. Norville Johnson, Rt. 1 209, City J. Stokes Gladden, 320 Wils/HJIl for thi Terrace, City Keep Your Radio Dial Set At 1220 WKMT Kings Mountain. N. C. News & Weather every hour ob the hour. 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