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THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD. KINGS ; MOUNTAIN, . N. C.
I Washington Report
SEN/ B. EVERETT JORDAN
SWIASHLNGTON—A lew states
cratic language what is available
for tui'm credit, fishing, airports.
Ijave more counties than North
lOarolina, but I can’t think of one
i& which such a large propor-
flon of its population lives in
ynall towns, rural communities
' ,#■ on faiTns.
• ;As a matter ot fact—and I
doubt if many non^North Caro-
l^ans are aware of this— our
4ate ranks 12th among the 50
18 population. One factor is the
rge number of rural Tar Heels.
. ho.spitals, sewers, clean air, and
planning, to name only a hand
ful of the many entries. It tells
what department or agency ad
ministers the program and, best
of all, it gives the name and
address of the person in the fed
eral government who is the one
to write or telephone for infor
mation or assistance.
By M. E. GARDNER
N. C. State University
To my mind, this gcide fill-,
a definite need. The commission-
t a profes-
his leisure,
rograms or
,t to just to
is available,
rth Carolina
r.
Roses! Roses! Which varieties
shouid I plant? There are so
'"any line varieties available that
the uuestion boils down to one
of personal coice.
I re(iuosted two of my friends,
ilx)th retired and avid rosarians,
to give me a list of the varieties
Angel Face. This is a florl-
bunda with lavender flowers and
very fragrant.
Comanche, a grandiflora. The
flowers brilliant scarlet with
Ing, strong stems.
Golden Prince, a hybrid tea
with great color; a solid non
fading bright yellow.
Colorama. Another hybrid tea
with gaily decorated flowers of
Heritage Week
Is April 24-30
Forrest Dover. Ir.
At Fort Hood. Texas
Several major events have
been planned for the celebration
of North Carolina Heritage
Week, April 2d-30. Heritage
Week is spon.sored by the Cult
ural Arts Division of the North
Carolina Department of Public
Instruction.
they like best. I think It signifi-; red and yellow tons.
Iniow that thav
"The Senate Agriculture Com-
l^ittee, of which I am a member
jas Just published a 576-page
lS»k whic^ was designed to help
p people know what is aMailable
worn the federal government for
lural development.
JThe book, "Guide to Federal
Ingrams for Rural Develop
ment,” tells In simple non-bureau-
C. 20510).
have a copy
all of North
'mmissioners
yors. If you
ch a guide,
for a copy.
:29 Senate
ashington, D.
iFor the first time since the
early 1960's, the 1971 labor force
participation rate of married
women accounted for only 16 r>'' ■
cent of the overall civilian lab
or force increase for the 12
month period ending March
1971, compared to 30 to 45 per
cent in recent years.
cant to note that only one va
riety, Tro|)icana, was preferred
by both. This gives credanee to
the personal choice assumption. ^
Friend Number One: Mr.
Lincoln (dark red); Garden
Party (white); American Herit
age pink); Tropicana (orange);
Helen Traubel (pink); and John
S. Armstrong (red).
Friend Number,»-Two: Tiffany
(pink); Crimson Glory (red);
Tropicana (orange); Queen Eliz
abeth (pink); and P‘Par-
I fait.
Along w"*'- e varieties he
likes 1 ...oers: New Dawn
( • ' , and Blaze (red). He tells
...L- that New Dawn is a prolific
bloomer and aboiut as free of in
sect and disease troubles as any
variety he grows. “The blooms
are almost as large as hybrid
teas but the stems are not as
lonlg.”
Another piece of information
he gave me was this: “I never
prune my plants until all dan
ger of freezing has passed and
bud growth is initiated n the
stems. This permits me to prune
more intelligently because I can
see which buds are going to func
tion.”
This is a good idea. If you fol
low his procedure, more care
■will be necessary when pruning
so that the tender growth will
Comanche and
were All-America
ners in 1969.
Angel
award
Face
not be injured when removmg
old stems.
I am listing four of he newer
r .-'e varieties which may be of
interest.
Taylor Trailers
Are On ”Go'
One of the highlights of the
week will be the Southeastern
North Carolina Heritage Festi
val at Lake Waccamaw, April
29 and ’30. The celebration will
include displays of North Caro-
i lina arts and crafts from 16
counties. Mrs. Robert W. Scott,
■who is chairman of Heritage
Week, will preside at a ribbon
cutting ceremony opening the
event at noon on April 29. The
ceremony will be conducted on
the campus of (Boys Home at
Lake Waccamaw.
ft
A tour titled “Thb North Car
olina Story” will be offered by
. I the State Museum of art as part
Three "Taylor Trailers” will be Heritage Week. The museum
rolling down the state’s high-lto;r will emphasize the
heritage of North
FT. H(X>D, Tex.—
geant Forrest Dover Jr., 27, son
of Mrs. Pearl IM. Dover, 53000
Parkdale Circle, Kings Moun
tain, N. C, recently was assigned
to the 2nd Armored Division at
It. Hood, Tex.
Itariiwntan
2',
Thursday, April 27, 1972
TeacheiOIYeai
Sgt. Dover is serving with
Company E of the Division’s 17t}j
Engineer Sattalion.
He entered the airoy in March
1970, completed basic training at
Ft. Jackson, S. C., and was last
stationed in Germany.
He is a 1963 graduate fo Kings
jRiuntain high school.
WASeiNIGTaN.—James (Jay)
M. Rogers Jr., a teacher of
American history and black
studies at Durham (N. C.) high
school, was named the 1972 Na
tional Teacher of the Year by
Mrs. Richlard M. Nixon at a cere
mony in the White House.
Mr. Rogers, or "Jay,” as he
prefers to be called, is the first
black scholar to be named the
National Teacher of the Year.
ing to young people. You’ve goi
to be aware of the feeling and
temper of the young people y^
teach.”
J'
The Teacher of the Yel
awards, the oldest ongoing pro
gram honoring the nation’s out
standing classroom teachers, is
sponsored b y Ertcylclopa^ia
Brltannica, the Council of Chief
State School Officers and ladies’
Home Journal.
"It was totally unexpected,”
Rogers said upon learning of his
R. W. Lovelace
Aboard Destroyer
selection as 1972 Teacher of the
year. “I htope It Is ibecause I am
ways this week, on their way to
technical institutes, communiy
coIIc'^Gc, ccllcsos nnd
On board will be memlhers of
the Pat Taylor for Governor
youth organization. The young
people will visit the various
campuses to distribute campaign
material and provide informat
ion about Lieutenant Governor
Taylor.
Taylor Trailer no. 1 will visit
the western third of the state,
taking in an area over to Win-
stonSalem. The second trailer
will operate within a thirty-mile
radius of Greensboro. Trailer
no. 3 will cover the eastern third
of the state.
The three trailers are motor-
camfcrs, providing plenty of
room to carry campaign mater
ials. The trailers will be on the
roads the week of April 24 - 28.
The Friday schedule will in
clude a 2 p. m. stop at Gaston
College; 3.45 stop at Cleveland
Technical Institute in Shelby; and
4:30 at Gardner Webb college
in Boiling Springs.
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SPEoIAi. MUSIC NIGHTLY
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Nightly Through May 3
7:30 EACH EVENING
Kings Mountain Community Center
CLEVELAND AVENUE
Welcome home this dynamic pieachei and attend this Gieatei
Kings Mountain Ciusade foi Christ April 23 - May X
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history
and heritage of North Carolina
i as depicted in paintings and
I fjtlic-i uit The tour iu dc
I signed especially for school
children.
Also during Heritage Week,
7 History and music majors from
Mars Hill College will be work
ing as interns in Bucombe and
Mitchell county schools, helping
students develop cultural pro
jects that are regional in nature.
Other highlights include a cel
ebration at the Albert Bangert
Elementary School in New Bern
which feature the culture of
North Carolina and the New
Bern area in partioiiar, and a
festival featuring crafts, music
and dance at the John C. Camp-
’'.ell Folk School in Brasstown.
That week-long event will con
clude with a Danish week-end
April 28-30, featuring folk danc
ing and gymnastics of Danish
tradition.
In addition, h)undreds of
schools throughout North Caro
lina will be participating in Her
itage Week with projects 'con
cerning North Carolina history
and culture.
The Department cf Public In
struction also is participating
with the Governor’s Office and
the Department of Art, Culture
and History in sponsoring a
series of weekday mu.'ical per-
.'’ormances on the grounds of the
Archives and History Buildin|g
in Raleigh. Several thousand
students from accross the state
are expected to participate in the
USS CARPENTER. — When
the ApoHo 16 spacecraft splashes
down in the Pacific, 1,000 miles
south of Honolulu this week.
Navy Petty Officer First Class
Ronald W. Lovelaice, son of Mr.
and Mrs. E. G. Lovelace of Route
3, Kings Mountain, N. C., will
be there aboard the destroyer
ITSS Carpenter.
'Lovelace is a 1959 graduate of
Mountain.
will
series of concerts, which
continue through May 12.
Officials estimate thlat at
least 200,0(X) people were active
ly involved in last year’s Heri
tage Week activities, with many
thousands more indirectly af
fected.
“ Heritage Week is designed
to provide intensive focus on the
ftistory and culture of N-rth Cai^
oldna,” according to Dr. -Melvin
Good of the Department of Pu
blic Instruction. “It is directed
toward all aspects of the state’s
social order, school, business and
home, with special recognition
given the historical and cultural
heritage of major recial and
ethnic graups,’’ he added.
The Department of Public In
struction is encouraging all
schools and colleges and col
leges to cooperate in the pro
ject by giving emphasis to the
study of North Carolina history
and culture. Business and indus
tries th'roughout the state will
■offer special promotions of
North Carolina products, dis
play arts and crafts in shop
windows and sponsor cultural
events.
an ^ucator and not that I just
happen to be black.”
-Rogers -went on to say that he
hoped his selection was an en
dorsement of “my idea of listen-
In a surprise gesture of the
sponsors, Mrs. Nixon -was named
“Honorary 11972 Teacher of the
Year” as a former teacher and in
recognition of her continuing in
terest in schools. This was the
first “honorary” award ever pre
sented, Mr. Rogers presented an
engraved gold ibrooch to her to
syTrtbollze the award.
A festival is held every year
at Malvern, England, as a tri
bute to George Bernard Shaw.
WHAT WAS
•A THERIAC OF
MATTHIOLU"
Baidc in the 16th century, persons afflicted
with the plague were frequently given a
catfon that consUted of 130 Ingredients which
when mixed and ready for the patient weighed
13 poui^. Not onl'y was it ol dubious value,
but the time involved in the preparation (sever
al days) and the cost mode it almost prohibl-
ive to the overage patient
Today we have come a long way from the
Theriac of Matthiolu, but there are still some
prescriptions that have to be compounded ol
more than one ingredient. We welcome pre
scriptions like this that give us a chance to
show our professional skill.
YOU OR YOUR DOCTOR CAN PHONE OS
when YOU need a delivery. We will deliver
promptly without extra chorge. A great mimy
people rely on us ior their health needs. We
welcome requests for delivery service and
charge accounts.
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KINGS nOUNTATN
COMPANY
fHE CITY'S MOOFRN STOPt
BHONE 739.2571
For County Commissioner
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Josh Hinnant
Industry-Seeking
Go-Getter
il In April 1967, L. E. (Josh) Hinnant
I was appointed co-chairman of Kings
Mountain Mayor John Henry Moss' in-
[ dustrial committee.
S His service since has been of great
j benefit to Kings Mountain, to Cleveland
■ County and to Cleveland County citi-
ROUND FIGURE GAIN: $15,500,000
zes.
Tax base gain for Cleveland Coun
ty was greater, as two of the ten new
industrial citizens. Concept Furniture
and Spectrum Textured Fibres, are l|c
cated outside the Kings Mountain ci*
limits.
First of ten new industrial citizens
^ to begin operations in the Kings Moun
tain area of Cleveland County since the
county commission candidate went to
work at his new (non-paying) job, was
a branch of Alcan Aluminum Company
(the world's largest). Alcan decided to
locate in Kings Mountain in June of that
year and began operations in Decem
ber. ‘
Take a look at the growth in the
Kings Mountain tax base:
1966 $23,116,466
1971 $38,624,120
An expanding tax base is a means
of keeping tax bills lower.
More important to the individual is
JOB. These new industries employ 1800
persons.
Josh Hinnant, a banker, is as inter
ested in maintaining lowest possible
tax bills as anyone and perhaps more
than most. He is keenly aware of the
large increase in the taxable value of
your real estate, effective with upcom
ing tax bills, and of your fear of further
increases in your county tax bill.
SATURDAY, MAY 6 DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY
X L E. Uosh’ Hinnant
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER
(Political Advertisement Paid For By Friends of Josh Hinnant)
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