Petge !2 * THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD. KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C. Thursday, June 29, 1972 Established 1889 I The Kings Mountain Herald ' 206 South Piedmont Ave. Kings Mountain, N. C. 28088 K w'(»<»kly newspa.per devoted lo the promotion of the general welfare and published for th* enlightenment, entertalnmnt and benefit cf the citizens of Kings Mountain tnd its vicinity, published every Thursday by the Herald Publishing House. Sntered as second class matter at the post office at Kings Mountain, N. C., 28086 under Act of Congress erf March 3. 1873. EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Martin Hannon Kdltor Publisher Miss EUizabeth .Stewart Circulation Manager and Society Editor Gary Stewart Sports Editor, Nevs Miss Deboie Thornburg Clerk, Bookkeeper Ray Paiicer Rodty Martin MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT AUen Myeri Roger 3tawn Paul Jackson Herbert M. Hurtter MAH SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE I.N ADVANCE In North Carolino and South Carolina One year $4, six months $2J5; Ihroe months $1,50; school year $3. (Subscription in North Carolina subject to three percent sates tax.i In All Other States One year $5; six months $3; three months $1.73; school year $3.75. PLUS NORTH CAROLINA aALES TAX TELEPHONE NUMBER — 739-5441 MARTIN'S Viewpoints of Other Editors MEDICINE PLAY ON WORDS In the light of the generally ac epted dictionary definition of voluntaij, one observer com- Bv MARTIN HARMON ments, " it is diffituit to un- der.stand the price and wage con- •A couple of Saturdays ago, I tral administrators insisting that joined .-ny wife for a trip to her the success of the program de- hame in Woodruil, 3. C.. to at- pends on vcluntary cooperation, tend her high school class re- 'Ihe iUtornati\e to ‘voluntary’ ac- Driver Escapes, Truck Overturns KINGS MOUNTAIN Hospital Log VISITING HOURS DaUy 10:30 to 11:30 AM. 3 to 4 PJd. and 7 to 8 P JL m-m She mentioned the affair elude the number to friends and Marion Patterson averred. “Anne, you don’t need to mention which one.’’ (It was Number 30.) tion is -a visit by the Internation al Revenue Ser\’ice arui a possible fineor jail sentence. On the lace ol cur 1971 tederal income fa.x forms appears the statement: “Each year American taxpayers vcluntarily file their tax returns and make a special effort to pay the taxes they owe.’ Voluntarily, my foot! The reason we file our Tliough I pribrly knew only one returns is that we know if we of her cla-ssmates, cAjine’s first don’t we ll land in court and cousin and backyard neighooi maybe the hoosgow. And the Nell Irby (who helped my wife reason we don’t cheat is because and I get married a few seasons we don’t . think W’e’re smart ago), I had cjuite an interesting enough to get away with it." evening meeting and chatting A flat-bed truck loaJeTl with the flooring .system for a new home overturned today in the Woodbridge community near Oak Grove but the driver escaped in jury. m-m lEcbby Herndon oi . J5’’cttev;ile said he pulled the truck on the side of the road about 5 a.m. and had been s’.cppta for ’ about a minute whev I fdt the load shift and then it turnej’over.” Herndon said he scxamibleil out the door on the passenger side. with many whom I knew before only by reputation While my wife had accompan ied me on several reunion occa- Paying taxes is volunt.aiy only tc the degree that U. S. citizen.-- vcluntarily support the .American si’stem df governiment. When they cease to do that they are com mitted to revolutioo. Stretching the word voluntary to include the When a w-recker arrived on the scene to puU tire cab upright tlie motor caught on fire. The Oak Grove Volunteer Fire Department a.-iived on the scene and quickly extinguished the blaze with only ■minor damage resulting. TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE But notv, O LoTd, thou axt out Jiather; ive urethe clay^ wyvd thou our potter; uyxd tve all are vsrrk of thy hand. Isaiah 64:8. , sions both liere and at .Chapel day-to-day transactions between Hill, I ’had missed several of government and its citizens is a hers, both at Woodruff uni at hiTsocrltical play on words. Winthrop-^ollege. The loaded railer came to rest in a ditch with the .side against an emoankmerd. Workers were contemplating unloading the trailer before tiy’ing to pufi it out c. the ditch. Clarence L. Black Louise Blackmer Rooert C. Brevard Mack Lee Conner Mamie H. Gwoons Clarence .G. Hardin -Annie H. Heavner 'Mis. Jarvis Messer Waller M. Moorhead Bertie Murphy Maiy Etta .VkSwain ivey B. Payne' " Ehie -Mae Peterson Missouri Price Mrs. Raymond Purvis Buren itussell Putnam Janie Ritter Lonnie Mae Rosa Eugene Frank Stapp Mrs. J. H. Thomson Joe H. Thomson Joyce Ann Weast* Mrs. Earl E. Buchanan Ivan N. Davis Mrs. Walter D. Myers Dehna Diane Prope.s Mrs. G. Luther Ander.sbn Gussie N. Raj-field Jessie i~ Wright Mrs. Thoma.s C. GoddiTfd Mrs. Obedlah ^’ce, Rt. 2, Box 3.tC, Bessemer City Donald R. C.irpenter, 210 E^ Washington .Avenue, Be.ssemii'" City Norman L, Pittman, 1732 Max- ton Avenue, Ga-stonia' Ander.son F’. WebBer, Route 1, Shelby _ .Mr.s. Coyt Baiiles. 1504 Selgle Avenue, Gastonia Mr.-i. Wayne Steve Black, 121-1 W. -Miiunej Street, Gastonia Charli>s.H. Merrinnis, 205 Faulk- nt-r St., Clover, S. C. Mary l.ee Williams, Route J, City Kenneth .Neil Biish, 1719 Salem Road, Goldsbor.), N. C. .Mrs. Roy Blown, 201 North Cansler Street, City Haskei F. Bumgardner, Rf. 2, Box 678, City THur Birth Aimouncements ADMITTED THURSDAY the m-m TransylvoDio Times School Bond Proposal (The 1971 General Assembly ruled out district tinancing after July 1, 197,3). 2) CuiT’ent district bonded debt of 3600,CKX) now requires only si.\ cents per •3100, also thanks to the broadened tax base and a fast amortizationn schedule. (This is the balance on the original 31-3 million issue which pi’ovided funds to build the high school plant.) Another plus is the fact that the board of education which initially pur chased the high school plant property bought “too much”—but wisely in an ticipation of eventual construction of a junior high school on the site. The S2.5 million is expected to buy: 1) A new S2 million junior high school. 2) Additions to East and West ele mentary schools. 3) Tht high school auditorium, lop ped off the initial plans because bids exceeded funds available at the time. 4) Refurbishing of other plants in the system. A side and considerable benefit is that the new plant and additions will tree present space for a “total” kinder garten program. Another indicated benefit is con solidation of the district busing situa tion, with arrival and departure points for the top seven grades at the same locale. Operational cost savings are an ticipated. The plans are realistic, properly anticipatory of growin,g enrollments, and within the means of citizens of Kings Mountain .school district. Good Scholarship Last week’s issue of the Kings Mountain Herald had a spate of news reports of good scholarship. At Gaston College alone, no less than 17 Kings Mountain area students qualified for the dean’s list. There were numerous others from colleges and universities throughout the state. Special mention is deserved by Mrs. Gladys Jones, wife of Schools Superin tendent Donald D. Jones. Mrs. Jones not only protected the honor of her schoolman husband in her performance at Gardner-Webb college, but did it in topmost grade 4.0 fashion. The Herald hasn’t asked, but would make a modest wager that Superintend ent Jones has yet to log for himself a 4.0. A best bow to all the good scholars, which, after all, is the prii^cipal point of schooling to start with-^r should be, soi^l events, athletics and other worth- w4iQe sideline activities notwithstand ing- In effect, the board of education is saying, “We’re crow'ded now and we’d better get more pupil space. We can hai'dly expect our youngsters to hang from the chandeliers. ” The board projects what will be the last district bond issue and on advice of bond attorneys, who feel that the fact the Kings Mountain district not on ly embraces virtually all of Number 4 Township but also spills over into Num ber 5 to considerable degree will make ta.x assessments more administratively feasible. Happily, the district is in top finan cial condition, due to two reasons: Federal Bill Feared The $7 million increase in City of Kings Mountain tax valuation, much of it in residential construction, points to the prescience ol the Kings Mountain district board of education in projecting a $2.5 million bond issue election for December 9. 1) Heavy industrial and residential growth of the district has broadened the tax base with first ta.x cost estimated at only 32 cents per $100 value, a I’ate that will drop as bonds are amortized. The prospect that a federal plan of “no fault” automobile liability insur ance will be enacted by the Congress has the insurance industry underwriting in this field alarmed. Puerto Rico pioneered “no fault’’ with thus far most happy results. Massa chusetts followed, also with happy re sults. On January 1, another four states went under legislated “no fault” plans. The insurance industry itself, for the most part, is endorsing “no fault”, but on a state-by-state basis—at least until time has tested the several plans and it has been determined which and what the most wise plans—fair to all concerned, the motorist and the insur ance eari’iers. A spokesman for the trade indus try’s mutual insurance auto liability car riers .says “no fault” is working well, not only intra-state, but inter-state — even when “no fault” motorists are in volved in non no-fault states. The plea makes sense. North Carolina has a special com mission studying “no fault” with instruc tions to file its report prior to the con vening of the 19’73 General Assembly and Hargrove (Skipper) Bowles, Demo cratic nominee for Governor, himself with an insurance background, was first of the gubernatorial candidates to promote the “no lault” concept. But the fear of the companies of a too-early federal “no fault” law is valid. “Experience rating” is part and par cel of all insurance operations, whether casualty or life unden\Titing. It is quite likely that a federal “no fault law is the eventual liklihood which would apply uniformity to the program throughout the 50 states and territories. But almo.st all will agree with the industry’s plea prior to a federal “no fault” program”. “Experience rating” should be gleaned first. Locked Up Senator George McGovern found himself just slightly premature, by his count, in claiming a “lock-up” on the Democratic nomination for President. As is not unusual. Senator McGov ern, a liberal South Dakotan, is hardly the darling of the South, where his pro posals are considered “way out” by cus tomarily more conservative citizens of the old Confederate States of America. Time, of course, tends to conserva- tize. Only the more—and they were few and far between—“way out ” Southern ers had the temerity to ei/dorse, let alone defend, a certain wild-eyed, brash Senator Hubert Horatio Humphrey, pro moter of the Democrats’ 19-18 civil rights plank. Barring nomination of a good mod erate Southerner like North Carolina’s Terry Sanford, the delegates of the South and Southwest would hug happily one Senator Hubert Horatio Humphrey to their collective bosoms, as would the rank-and-file voter. Senator Humphrey, of course, via years and years of experience, is not the brash, young Senator of 1948. After a time of the frost treatment in the famed Senate club. Senator Hum phrey, a gregarious man innately, ap proached his elders and asked how he could “get right”. His chief mentor: the late Senator Walter George, of Gawga, suh. Congratulations to Billy Gene Mc Carter, fifth grader, winner of the an nual American history essay award giv’- en by Colonel Frederick HambrigFft chapter. Daughters of the American Revolution, on the dictated subject: “How did the State of North Carolina Get Its Name?” Memory recalls the Lords Proprietors, but: How did North Carolina get her name? Young McCarter and his fellow competitors in the essay contest, via their research, know what the vast majority of North CaroMnians don't. One of the many interesting personalities was a gentleman nicknamed “Radio” Lanford. He captured the prize for being the ■most distant from his present home. .Mr. Lanford lives in Texas and is the chief of the right-of ■way section of the Te.xas 'High- wav Commission. HIGHER EDUCATION Among the problems in higher education today there are some that were never dreamt of. KMChaptei Earns $300 Take the dilemma recently faced by the faculty admissions committee of the Law School at Chapel Hill. Here was a graduate of David- Etoligv- and its protection is _ » ,, fine up"^to a pointy Mr. Lanford cplnes, but it can be a thorn in the flesh ol highw’ay planning engineers, adding another prob lem where the engineers and right-of-way department have fncugh thorns alreadv. me.nt in the Law School here. The young man had achieved a grade point average of 4.122, roughly the s.ame as an A-plu.s. DUE WEST, S. C. — Tlio Kings M-untain Chapter of the Erskine Ccllege Alumna As.sOciation had 97 percent participation in the 1971-1972 Erskine College Living Endowment Campaign and earn ed $300 in challenge gifts for the campaign through its outstand ing participation. m-m “We can't admit him,” one of the admissions committee mem bers stated flatly. "Obviously,” he went on, “there's no one on our faculty who could tea’ch him any thing." The Chapel Hill Weekly COUNTY BUDGET ADOPTED IN A PECULIAR FASHION The Cleveland County Board of about fiscal ’’.-Vfter all,” Mr. Lanford com- mented, “the auillmobUe*’pcpula- tion continues to grow by leaps and bounds and there have got to be .some decent roads for the cars and people to navigate.” He noted that statistics show that the safety factor on the median- split Interstates is five iXTcent Commissioners iias gone better than on conventional two- adopting the budget for laners. year 1972-73 in a peculiar fash- m-m lau, cr at lea.st that’s the way it locks on the face of it. The board earned $100 each for this. Shelby A lady classmate w’as ^s. met in special session Wednes- had 100 per cent participation. poi.s McKee BoU, wife o, a 'Bap- day night and apparently adopt- po^vn chairmen in the chaoter tist minister and mother of four, ed a tentative budget, but were Dr. and Mrs. McGiU in Kings A rias=>mate named Huckaby WM strangely enough neither the Mountain and Mr.s. Bobby Bidge- nct acquainted with seme friends chairman, B. E. (Pop) Simmons, way in Shelby. cf mine vvlio spell their sur- nor county finance officer, Joe na.-nes Huckabee, but Tib sus- Davison, knew the final total on pected they could be distant kin. Thursday morning when asked by "Let Ci u.s about,” he .said with a Daily Star reporter, a laugh. Yet the budget was to go on mm the tabic for public in.spection be The 1971-1972 Erskine Living Endowment received pledges ol $194,363, almost $10,000 more than any previous Living Endo'vV ment. The Erskine Livuig Endow ment has rec-eived eight nation al awards in alumni-giving. Under the chapter chaiiman- ship ol Dr. and Airs. John C. Mc Gill -cf Kings Mountain 36 of the 37 members of the chapter con tributed a toal of $1,1^ to the campaign. The 97 per cent par ticipation earned a $100 chal lenge gift for the Living EndcAV- ment. In addition, the towns of Kings Mountain and Shelby e.xceeded 93 per cent participation and Mrs. Michael B. Arrowo;xl, 777 Spitingdale La., Gastonia Mrs. James R. .McL'urry, Rt. 2. City Mrs. Roger H. Green, 106 81 h Avenue, Pass-A-Grllle, Florida Mrs. Samuel W. 'Jimson, 19 Chesterfield Ct., Cltv Jack H. WhtTe, 218 Hiigemonl Drive, City ADMITTED FRIDAY Mrs. Wayne Kirk, Rt. r'City Marion Clay Poston, 3o7 Waco Road, City Mrs. 'Herman M. Wriglit, 701 Church St., City ADMITTED SATURDAY Mattie Stowe, 325 North Pied mont -Ave., City Annie I^e 'Date, Rt. 2, Besse mer City Mrs. Michael C. Toney. 5170 Midptne.s, City John Vernon MitchUm, Higii- way 161, Bessemer City ADMITTED SUNDAY George Lee Abslier, 118 Ala bama .Avenue, Bes-semer City Mrs. J. D. Caveny, St. 1, Grover Mrs. Henderson ifcrrulon, 1311 Grover RcL, City -James W. High, Rt. 1, Gaffney Mrs. John O. Tatterikiii, Rt. 3, City Johnny W. Tliompson, 508 Har mon St.. CMty Mrs. Kenneth R. Wilson, 1401 Shelby Road. Citv ADMITTED MONDAY ■Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Goode, Rt 2, Kings .Mountain, announce the birth of a son, June 22, Kings .M.unlaiii ho.spHai. Mr. and -Mrs. James Le<> McKee. Route 2, Bo-«emer City, announce the birth of a daughter, Jane 22, Kings .Mountain hospital. Air. and .Mr,-;. Richari* N. Qwtens, 313 Soulli .Myrtle School Road, Ga.slonia, aiuiounce the birth of a daughter. June 23, Kings Moun tain hospital. ^ .Mr. and .Mr.s. J. D. Caveny, Jifl 1, Grover, announce the birth a daughter. June 25, Kings Moun tain ho.spital, Air. and Mrs. Kenneth R. Wil- .son, 1401 Shelby Ro«d', King.-; .Mountain, announce ’the birth U a daughter, June 26, Kings .Moun tain ho.spital. WORLD M'.AR II veterans can use dividends from thSir “V” National Service Life Insurance to buy additional coverage start ing in July. i My wife, happily, didn’t have ginning today, 'meaning appar- Board Studies New Power Rate tlie e.xperience I had had at one cntly, that commi.'isioners gave , „ .. . their te.ntative approval without knowing hew much they were ai>proving. To make tilings even friend, initially from Alooresville new: cf Spartanburg had greeted with especial warmth. Said Char lie Alcore. "I sure am glad to .see ycu. Martin!’’ I was quite glad to .see Charlie, too. Then he ex plained the especial warmth, "1 heard two years ago j’ou weie dead!" .Makes one leel rather strange. Amazingly, I had a similar ex- more .strange, the ta-X rate, which Is a vital figure in computing any gove.-nmental budget, w-asn't even dLscassed at VVednestlay’s meet ing, according to Simmon.s. That raises the question of whether rho budget will go on display witiiGut a ta.x rate attached, and if the tax rate is included, who set the figure and when? An even more serious question is raised about the legality of the pcrience the following day. "Some- ccmmlssioners’ action in adopting whore in my memory box I re- the tentative budget. A Daily Star called reading in the alumni pub- reporter attended the meeting but licaticn that a friend of Greek left aftr.- the board voted unani- extraction from Hendersonville mcusly to go into executive (clos- was a World War II casualty. Not ed) session for the e.xpress pur- so. At a ^»cond-d'ay lunclieon ’pose of discussing personnel and function, Nick Gianakos sl-'rode salaries. Yet, action was taken to in, quite hale and hearty. Ho had adopt the budget tentativel>, and flown in frem Rochester, N. Y., under state law', no a'ction is to fer the occasion, and wa.s inter* be taken by a governmental national sales manager for Royal board in a closed meeting. The A four-man committee headed by .Mayor John Henry Moss Is studying the possibility of a flat- rate schedule for persons with electrically heated home.s. City couneilmcn Jonas Bridges and Ray Cline and city clerk Jo<‘ AfcDanicl are serving on tlie committee with Mayor Aloss. Moss commented: “We felt that with the increasing number of electric homes being built, par ticularly in the sub-divisions, that this type of rate schedules would be of considerable service to the citizens and the cify.” Moss pointed out that there are many homes in the Northvvoods, Ashbrook, Pine Manor and South- wood devclopmen-ts that are elec trically heated. “In view of the natural gas quotas and the possibility of nat- ui-al gas quota reduction, the city should make efforts to work a.s closely to the citizens as possi ble to provide the best of utility services." ._PUT YOUR FOOT DOWN ON ATHLETE’S FOOT DISCOMFORTS wm -pexalL FUNGI-REX Don’t suffer another day of painful itching!. And don't chance spreading it around. Visit today and ask the Pharmacist for the FUNGI-REX . product best-suited to your needs! Many convenient.forms ALL fight fungus infection ... relieve itching and help prevent recurrence! Step up your summer foot care today with Rexall FUNGI-REX' • Aerosol Spray $1,49 • Greaseless Ointment $1.29 • Liquid or Lotion $1.$$ • Powder $L29 SOOT Du.ch Pttrcleum. I greeted Nick beard took the further action, ap- qu.te warmly, but I didn’t tell parently also in closed se.-aic.-i, of him what Charlie Moore had told me. m-m Those, cf cour.se, are the brand of surprises one relishes. m-m authorizing the advertisement of the fact that the budgtt would go on public display in the office of the cle.-k to the board. We feel that the proper proce dure for adopting a tentative fig- Rcunions are great fun. Time ure to be 'F'laced before commis- changes folk’s appearances, one sioners before a vote is taken. Al- way or anotlier, via increased so, tlie tax rate should bo arriv- weight, expanded bald spots, and ed at beiorehand and made an otherwise. Some, on the other integral part of the budget and hand, look very much_as they did adopted at the saime t'ime as the a quarter century before. I was budge itself. Perhaps the board one of tliem, weighing in at the has an explanation for the pro same mark I had as a school boy. cedure foliewed this year, and A doctor friend put it this way we, along with the citizens of to me, ’'Alartin, _you look just a- Cleveland County, would be glad bout like you did twenty-five to hea'r it. TheVeteians Comer KING5IOTTO tS9^| VlOCrPK S' years ago.” .As I smiled broadly, Dr. Ted Blount also tossed a clink er. He continued, . .except your liair is whiter and your teeth are grayer.” 'Twarn’t no argument there. m-m Among Anne’s high was The Shelby Doily Star Q What must a veteran or serviceman do to get a VA mo bile home loan? A - Four things. Get a Certi ficate of Eligibility from the nearest VA regional office. Find a mobile home he likes which meets VA standards. Arrange for rental or purchase of a mo bile home lot. Apply to a pri vate lender for a loan, Q — I’m in school under the GI Bill. Am I allowed to change my program of studies? A — Yes. VA allows each vet eran one change of program. One additional change may be approved if it is found through veteran’s aptitudes, interest and A FRESH OPTION When We queue up at airlines check-in desks 'X’e often note how- many pas.sengers eagerly say yes if asked if they prefer the no school .smoking section. We ourselves . . - teachers present was William like to take advantage of this more suitable to the Hickman, who had forsaken option. And we’d' like to suggest counseling that the proposed teaching for variety .store busi- another option for travelers: ho- ^‘’***tles. ness. .Mr. Hickman wa.s particu- tel rooms re.served for nonsmok- ** — 'What can I do about my larly interested in the wherea- ers and nondrinkers. compensation check since I plan bouts of some Kings Mounitain Many a traveler’s stay at an travel this summer and will Erskine College confreres, Jim otherwise worthy hotel is ruined ® forwarding address? Anthony, Billy Caveny (now in because his room reeks of tobac- ^ check Florida I’ve since learned), and co and liquor. In Europe there bank for deposit if you Jimmy Hord, .Miami domiciled are so-called alcohol-free hotels. ® YA change of address and still playing the airlines for w'hfch prosper. Surely moSt ho- ® letter over your sig- Eastefn Airlines. “Yes,” Mr. Hldt- tels could at least set a^de a "®ture. You should also obtain man mused, *he married Bess portion of their rooms for guests pewer of attorney forms Jones. She was the prettiest girl who like fresh accommodations, YA One should be given to at Frskine when we ware in They might just find as eager a as evidence of its Bohoo'L’* response as airlines find with t’ight to receive and deposit the *»•»» their non-smoking sections. checks to your account, and the Reunions are fun. The Christian Science Monitor other should be retained by you. Keep Your Radio Dial Set At 1220 WKMT KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C. News & Weather every hour on the hour. Weather every hour ion the half hour. Rne entertamment in between O