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PXtJfSiX''”" t» «; t'Or^^piJ^IWOfcrrifr^Nr A-Mfi'tiii «t ■wxnn.. PAGE TWO THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD, KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C. Thursday, September 27, 1973 Established 1889 , ^5 The Kings Mountain Herald ***- 206 SouUi nedmont Am. Kings Mountain, N. C. 28088 A wtwkly newsp^.per devoted to the promotion of the general welfare and published for th« enliglitenjnent, entertalnmnt and benefit of the citizens of Kings Mountain and Its vlcirtlty, published every Thursday by the Herald Publishing House. Ehitered as second class matter at the post office at Kings Mountain, N. C.. 28086 under Act of Congress of March 3, 1873. EOrrOHIAL DEPABTMENT Martin Harmon Editor Publisher Miss Elizabeth Stewart Circulation Manager and Society Editor Tony Tompkins Sports Editor Miss Deboie Thornburg Clerk, Bookkeeper Rocky .Martin UECHAKICAL DEPARTMENT Alien Myert Roger Brown Paul Jackson MAD. SUBSORIFITO.N RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE In North Carolina ond South Carolina One year $4; si* months $225; three months $150; school year $3. (Subscription in N>irlh Carolina subject to tliree percent sates tax.) In All 'Other States One year $5; six months $3; three months $1,75; school year $3.75. PLUS NORTH CAROLINA SALES TAX TELEPKONE NUMBER 739-5441 Major Industry In his address to the Lions club Tuesday night, Superintendent Don Jone.s classified Kings Mountain district schools as a major industry. He said the annual payroll in the district is $2,000,000. When one considers other facts of school business such as continuing new construction Mi'. Jones label is quite apt. He showed the Lions architect sketches of the new junior high school and high school auditorium, as well as floor plans for these units and addi tions tor West and Ea.st plant.s. The General Assembly heliied, and rightfully, to add some school popula tion pressure for space. The law speci fically forbids grades 1-3 from enrolling more than 26 students and a maximum ol 33 for Grades 4-8. The plight of space in the county .schools is considerable, with heaviest use ol mobile home classrooms. Six-room additions are scheduled here tor East and West plants. As does the Kings Mountain board of education, the Herald has opposed county-wide .school consolidation, large ly on the grounds ol troubles encoun tered, and still being encountered, lol- lowing consolidation in neighboring Gaston and also Mecklenbuj'g counties. Unfortunately, proposals which look good on paper aon t always woi'k out in practice, at lea.st not happily. The city and her bowlers is making progress toward providing a bowling facility. That is good. Water Policy The city, with advice from the In stitute of Government, is in process of developing a water policy in two direc tions: 1) making water available for surrounding areas of sufficient popula tion and 2) recreational use of the lake. Wafer is a basic service and, as Mayor John Henry Moss says, is the key to an area's economic growth. As for .serving outside city areas, the city is twice on record pledging to serve other areas, good business for the I ustomcr and the city as well. The big cost in providing water service is the initial investment, for which Kings Mountain is now re-paying as it discounts bonds (sewer and water) at the rate of $170,000 annually, thereby seeing the bond interest bill declining annually, too. Many folk are looking forward to recreational development of the lake for fishing, boating, .swimming, and \Mldliif. Residential development is already heavv along the fake banks. What You Go For An interesting letter to the editor appeared in W'edne.sday’s Charlotte Ob server. She had been on a trip to Russia recently and took exception to the guy on the Governor’s trade mission entour age who said he'd prefer never to re turn nor expected to. The Albemarle lady suggested one doesn’t go abroad, usually, to find the accommodations he would find at home. .She further pointed out that on her en joyable trip she found much she liked, including cleanliness. The public transit was not pock-marked with cigarette butts, for instance. The Governor’s mission apparently laid an egg. Like Uncle Joe Stalin, Mr. Church ill’s and other works relate. Uncle Joe was a mighty tough trader, and are to day’s leaders. The Russians deny they are peddl ing the cheap wheat They Dought here at inflated prices to Italy and others. Mays Bows Out As he retired from baseball, the New York Mels and 50,000 fans paid tribute to the star who had sparked the New York-San Francisco Giants to good years for more than two decades. Jake Early, the Kings Mountain catcher, was finishing his baseball ca reer as a player when Willie Mays was going up. Both were playing for Minne apolis when Minneapolis was still a AAA minor league club. “What about Mays?’’ Early asked after the season ended. was “He can’t mis.s,’’ was the Early judgment. Mays proved tlie Early judgment quite correct. Good run, good hit, good field. But as the majority of athletes learn much earlier than Mays, there comes a time when the years take their toll and the logs won’t do what the educated brain orders. Mays loved to play, so much so that he played after his Polo Grounds duties were over for the day with the kids in the neighborhood. Ho was a great money player, could make the impossible catches and get the needed hits in the clutch. But, said Mays, it isn’t fun when you are hitting only .211. Happy Golden Anniversary Burlington Industrie.s, giant of the textile industry, is celebrating its 50th birthday. A film produced by the firm depicts the life and times of this industry' in a kaleidoscope of the past and present. The late Spencer Love, founder of the firm, is quoted as saying a half-cen tury ago, to a question on what the Bur lington people thought of the fledgling’s chances in the competitive world of tex tiles, “About half of the folk here think we’re going to become a great industry. The other half think wo don’t have a chance.’’ Fifty years ago it was the times of Babe Ruth, flappers, silent movies. Burlington supported the National Recovery Act in 1934, which introduced the 25-cent minimum and reduced the work week to 40 hours, down from 12 with a half-hour lunch break at Bur lington, and pioneer in the rayon indus try. A big Burlington item today is that rediscovered long-wearing blue denim, once used largely for overalls (high- back or low-back), but today most heavily concentrated in jeans for men and women. Burlington makes home-furnishings including carpeting, spins and weaves cotton and man-made fibers. Name it, Burlington likely produces it. Burlington’s Kings Mountain plant, still referred to by older citizens as the “old Dilling’’, has been a Kings Moun tain industrial citizen since 1947, and a good one. Agnew Approach Stories from “informed sources’’ out of Washington state that Vice-Presi dent Spiro Agnew will take his case to the House of Representatives. The same sources also inform that he prefers House action to a trial in federal court. Meantime, the Vice-President de nies wrong-doing. true. This newspaper hopes the denial is Mr. Agnew appeals. When he speaks he is forthright and refreshingly enter taining. , MARTIN'S MEDICINE Viewpoints of Other Editors THE COMING OF AUTUMN spomling lo sign.-ils that have ,, . , 1 . been shiirt-rii'euitwl by e.xco.ssivc Septem :er 22 maiks ihe heyin-: , , .. ,, . . • , ”, I manipulation ol l ie leveivs oil nine of that crisp, invigorallng i ‘ I .power. V\ all .Sired .lounial. I Autumn Sea.son when the lazy ‘ i (lays of summer must sive way , vm'ie i.-nti ' - I to school, football, the carving of I I^ JFAN ^ The Ga.stonia Gazette recently justolanti'ins and, for lawn-; publushed a full-page feature on. owncr.s, the inevilahlc raking of. Since it’s our job to comment’ the WeightJWatcher organization. I'caves. Soon .swarms of little ones; Qn the ma jor Issues of the day, i If proof'of the pudding i.s in tliOjW ill he splashing Ihrough mud- we .supjiose we ought to offer our, watchin" the members pictured | anJ ehorlling o\er new-; opinion on Bobby Riggs and Bit-' ofler ineontroverlible nroot. j ly-found treasures siicli as a iiiid's ip. ,i,.an King. We think Billie ! nest or a leaf that crackles like j,,;,n ou,ght lo win. in-in ; a potato ehii) when it is crushed.: . I As we watch the innocence of " e know that this view, like The organizataon is the bram- childhood in action, we should! most of the rest of our views, child of a lady who has proixrUed try to regain some of the inquisi- hies in tlie face of ‘informed tlie idea into a million “ollars which we opinion.” But we have seen Boh- with ehapter.s spread aoout 'hel when we were young. We '-y Riggs play. And we have seen country. m-m Thuiiijh ! s/u’iAk u-th the tonguen of mt-yi mul oiigrls ond t'ovr'not lore [ am brrumr an bounding ilnixn Olid tinklivg c-jimbal. I Ciirintli'iann in:l. I must never Ix' so bu.sy that we 'cannot take the time to enjoy the 1 simple things in life, such as a I never thought I’d be_. on a colorful sunset or the teauties of weight-watching diet, as I am a hillside dres.s(xl in the brilliant a born skinny and weigh about finery of autumn leaves, the same I did at 16, But my ■ So, as we prepare Cor the fast- wife is, which puts me on it al:er tempo of tliis new .sea.son, let’s lea.st iKutially. It's o.k. In fact; i«x>p a receptive and appreciative my wife .says she's feeding nicje o out for the beauties of God. better since June when .she .start-I'piie Cherryville Eagle. ed tlie program, wdth greater S'a-| riety. There’.s a lieavy accent oippm-jrs IN PER.'sPEt'TIVE (vw’.s or calf’s liver in the pro-1 Billie Joan play. Billie Jean is: the better tennis player. ' No doubt the top 200 men I playeis eould beat any of the lop women, hut Bobby Riggs is; not among the top 20') men. He- is greatly admired, of course, fori his world ranking in showman-1 ship, and for his ability lo erect psychological barriers for his op ponent to climb. Any player at a cUil> witli a 6()-yeai’-old is well ae(|uainte(i with the witch doctor j approach to the game, at w hich gram meat line, which suits fine Sanguinity comes hard in ron-'M,-, Riggs is nnsurpas.sed. Thus i at our hou.se. We both like it templating the August leap in (,(. to liex Margaret very mu. h. Not so for .some. Anne wholesale prkos of food and r<ourt, who is also a hotter tennis a.sys some of the parishionem feeds; they went up 19.3 per cent' player. cringe at mention ct the word. , niid-.Iiily to mid-August, j rui Mi-s. King Imows some- Igiving the overall, adjusted thing about the luistle hei'.self. m-tn wholesale pi ice inde.x its largest „ , .u I i „,ijump on record. But if the in- Tuesday nigli after the Lions meeting I visited With the Georp- appear.s to lloiusers and Hugh Ormands who crease is put in some perspective have (been an aber- an accurate indicator of what housewives can expect to cope with in the supermarkets. And to a marked degree, it was an aberration cnuicod by govern ment responses to past political pressure;', to ‘‘do something.” It is bc'coming increasing evi- member loses ten dent this year that the whole- were dining al the country club, VVlicn their dinner w'as served, Laura remarked, ‘Tm having my liver dinner.” So wan Nan, Hap- pilj, it .suits their palate.s, t(x>. .S'he has been leaiiing the "wom en’s lob,” a movement for equal men’s and women’s prizes at' major tournaments. True .sexual i equality, of eours(>, would con.sist of putting all tlie money on one| pot and letting eweroyne play i for it. But Mrs. King got heri way, any this year at Forest flills the women’s prize matched ■ in-ni the men's, lhanics to a contribu tion from Virginia Slims. Chalk up another social problem solved; pounds he is put on a holding sale prices inde.x, once a vaiuahlelpy American capitalism. When a a holdin, diet, until he brings a cloctors prccur.sor of jx>tail pricxr pros- iiote that says "lo.se more . j poets, becomes increasingly iin- ! reliable in a time of start-stop Ipricx* controls. It is based heav In the area there are three ily on list prices, for (;xample, once-a-week gatherings in (ias- and o.:onomlsts noted earlier in tonla, tlirec in Cherryville, one the ye,ir that a relaxation of rig- in Belmont. Some are -at night, id price controls brouglit on ar- .some daytime. The initiation tee tificial li.st price boo.s1s liy ven i jCfipoFs Nole; Billie Jean won So we are figuring this one to be decided on the basis of tennis ability. Count one vote for Billie I Jean. A,nd never lel it 're said we! never stuck out our necks on be-. half of women's liberation.—. Wall Strc'ot Journal. ' is $10 which qualifies the mem- dors worried tliat a new wave ofl the" match with’Bohy 6-1, 6-1. 6-3. bet to attend future meetings at controls would lock them in' $2,50 per, provides a .special reci-j a;^in. | Qp KINGS MOUNTAIN pe book, and the specifics wliat; Tne -Vugust climb in food prices, | INVITATION TO BID to eat and when. There are vege-! also, appears to have lieen close-' , , n- table cla-ssifications by numbers, ly related to the government's! vfoiin and specific numbers are recom- ill-considered attempt to freeze j '’J '"1'^ .T mended for each meal. Cereals raw food prices in June. .Soinel'f'"- ^112 are on the appmved breakla.sl | meat packor.s, caught in alCcunc.'C^ list e''''a nyet We are heavy on squeeze, either shut down or made| South Piedmont Avenue, IscS^klalL but V.8. thoTuico arrangement to do "custom-«am. Nor <A seven other vegetable's beiside slaughtering” for food chains to; h'™" ,, ’ .ui',>„k the tomato oase is taboo for the'get around the rigid idlings. | weight-watcher, while plain lo-| Others disruptions occurred ‘‘'sC'I and d/bir^'oLerread mato juice is approvcxl. where in the food industry-. | ‘t low When iho government, fearful i the tollowin„. m-m lof what was hapfxming, removcdl Chemicals for use by various the freeze on food products other;‘'‘^Parlments of tlie iCity mikud- Ihatn beef Julv 19, prices imme- 'hf alummum suUate. .soda a.sli. ■ liitting a peak!hydroflurosilicia aci-i, I! potassium permanganate, acti Generally, the game plan i.s heavv on lean meaLs, baked or , , broiled fi.sh and other seafood, vegetables, salads, light on pork. just about the time tlie August .j.j vated carbon, liquid alum, and su isi led al- "tltrid caustic; celatan; weed kill stardhes and desserts. There’s a whoksale price index was recor weight-watchers milk that tastes shai p-‘'’'‘"as ^he fowl in' I liquid degrea.ser. to me very little different from '""f as shaip..., as the food m-! the real article. Sherbets are has moved back towards o.k., ice cream not too muen. I Pie-1 Fxcu.se please huyer resistance and Phase 4 " ' ' I Controls, the indioslry itself ap- m-m parently has absorbed some of IxotHii ooud oiKsopni.tt oqi .taqjoS The George H. Mauneys go to cluinj o| Huijso.iaiur si ti ‘p.oii.t one of the Cherryville meetings. costs of tlie post-freeze aber- .\t one weigh-in se.s.sion George; rations. Most early .samplying teased Barbara, bragging that he little upwards movement had lost twice as much in the [j, [(jp retail price of beef after particular week than .she had. Ho the freeze on vocf finally ended added, "I’d lust a half-pound, she w-eekond. a quait(M.” . , Because of the aberrations just I for July when the freeze was on. I with the one for August. Since Geor'^c him.self has pared forty.' the index actually declined l.-l nj.nj I points in July, compared with a Breoks Tate got rid of 40 on ' scAsonally ad justed 6.2 rise in hLs own by pasliing back from I August, averaging the two gives the table and being wary of a less shocking annual rate pro- starches, fat-s and swwil.s. He , Jt'etion for the in le.x, 29 per cent turned out to be doctoring him- '•'s. 7-1 percent. It Ls hard to see ... a,.mind forth silJ When he checked he found ' imtth lx>nefit from the freezeun-1 ty will, upon dim and, lorth MU. vvntn ni. liuckiu m luauu 'with m:ike payment to the obli- a iabf'tic threat, which tends to iteze tactic. ; h, nd if iho hiddor over-wei"ht. Had he Yet who knows, for the vvIiole-| apon said bond if the? bitldor toicl salo index itself isn’t goinfr to to oxoeute the contract in * vi'ry meaningful until the figures; accordance with the bid >ond, defoamer .-atwt'r pumps, vegetation kill er, odor ciinlrol, liquid steam cleaner, granular det-dorizer an:l disinfectant, pellet form deicer (salt or calcium chlorklei, acid powder for grease and roots, and root killer. No bid shall lie considered or accepted by the City of Kings Mountain unless al the time of, its filing the .same .shall be ac companied by <i dc'po.sit ol ca.sli or certified check on .some bank or trust comp'Uiy insured by the Fereral Deposit Insurance CorpcJ- ation in an amount e()ual to not less than live percent 15'. ) of the proixcsol. In lieu of making the cash deposit, bidder may file a bid Ixmd executol by a <Kxr- porate surety licen.siKl undc'r ithe laws of North Carolina to execute such bond.s, condilioned that the •tlirivo oa lost enough. Do. Joe him, "Lase 15 more.” m-m I--and federal economic’ polioy— I settle down into some sort of I more permanent paltern. Simi- I oould use 15 more and know larly, the wholesale indext is not where to get it by giving up of much use at this point in pre- the Chesterfields. 1 .vice I’ve done dmting the behavior of retail it and each time ’twas worth 15 price.s, which are what consum- pounds. Five pounds arrived the. ers are really concerned vvith.^ first week, and the o’Jier ten came more slowly before I rach- cd the peak. The lesson is twofold: 1. Fed and up>n failure to forthwith make payment, the surely shall pay to the obligee an amount equal to double the aimount of .said bid bond. This depohit shall be retained if the succe.ssful bid der fails to execute the'contract within ten (10) days after the award or fails to give satisfac- eral tinkering with unworkable! '“cy surety as required herein, interventionist policies do not re-i Blarus, specification.s, require- Icve political prossures, except; ments and instruclioris to bid- perhaps for a few weeks, but in-!<'<^fs. thn agreement to be exe- Weight - watchers' integrity un- o stead bring new confusion certainties and pressures. would have been tried Wevines- ' When a government follows such day at the Burlington Phenix : poltcie.s, it becomes increasingly dinner for employee-s and guests, i important for the press, the Con- The menu included fried chiCK-' gic-ss and the fuililic lo look be- any or all bis and to waive, any cuted, and forms for bonds and ; other dcx.'um(;nts may be obtain ed from tlu; undersigned upon rixiuest. Tlie City of Kings Moun- l.rin reseives the right to reject en, baked ham, roa-s-t beef, tossed ! hind single, startling statistics fori miorrnalities. salad, sweet potatoes, green a liirger pictuix' of the truth. Envelo|)es containing bids shall beans, ripe ollve.s, .stuffed green] The August wholeprice index; be markeiJl^^^foUwvs; olives, dill pickles, rolls, tea. ice jean be likened to a signal on the cream and cake. I blink. If the leading had been I accui ale, wo would really be in |trou.le. That doesn’t m<>an we 'are out of trouble with inflation.. BIDS - CHEMICALS CITY OF KINGS MOUNTAIN By: John Henry Moss, Mayor I consciou-sly "pulled back” a' But there is no point either in re- little, otherwise would have done ' little work the rest of tlie day. 9:27 •l-irei'a participate In action-j oriented programs that help toj educah* mc'mbers of their com munity on such problems as how to operate machinery and vehicles efficiently during the current' energy shoirtage. Other acti ities conducrted by the 109,CXX) 4-H dubs In the (xiuntry Include help ing to increase agricultural pro duction, combating drug abuse, and participating in community development programs, ■ K OPENING SCON 15,61)0 Sq. Ft. WANTED ASSISTANT MANAGERS We Care About Our People If we didn't, we would hire just anyone to work for us, and we would treultliem as just anyone, but we do care. We search for the best and we treat you as .such, it .s(|>et'ial Macks em- pkjyce. You might even say, “we’re doing our own thing ’, trixiting people as people, warmly, courteous, and not a.s if they were a maeliine • iilways cold and calculating. Tlie result is that Macks has an atmo.sphere that’s plea.sant to work in and whore you are apprt'clated as a fierson. Macks reputaticn as a leader in retail profe.ssionall-(m, our competitive salaries, our paid moving expense's in rc'localion, our generous benefif.s, paid vacations and sick leave, our pro fit sharing plan are already known by Store Managers and Assistant Store Mangers and they know that the company’s eontinuing explosive growth, is their grewth. But, .Macks employees are the back'oone of our company, and we want you to know our appreciative and frk'ndly "(‘mployec peofile” polioy of .Macks - The Department Store'. For A Completely Confidential Interview Write Al .Deivis Box 2010, Sanford, N. C. 27330 • Paid Vocations Excellent Benefits Equal Opportunity Employe'r 0 Group Insurance • Profit Sharing • Sick Leave • Paid Holidays • Pleasant Working Conditions IT’S YOURS "Your Guide To Monday Night Football” Read This Booh Before You See The Plays Pick Up Your Free Coj)}’ Al Our A.s.soeiation. We’re Co-Sponsoring The Monday Night Pro - Foot ball Games On ABC Television. We Know You’ll Be Watching. And Wc Know This Free Guide Will Add To Your Enjoyment Of The Games. You’ll Read Scouting Reports On All The Teams Playing, Plus An Analysis Of Key Player Maleh-Ups. Plus Much More. Gel Your Book Now z\l ^ Kings Mountain Savings & Loan Association f. O. 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