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Page 2—MIRROR-HERALD—Tuesday. October 26, 1977 GDITORIM opinion KM needs another hustler like Billings Larry BilUnga has been gone from the scene for a couple of months now and. still the job of downtown business development director Is not filled. Itmay sound like we’ve become Johnny-One Note on the subject of the central business district, tiiit It cannot be stressed too often that the heart of the clfy’s business community la breaking. Billings had several hot prospects on the line to settle In the CBD before he left* for greener pastures. What’s happened to those prospects since? To our* knowledge they have not been followed up on. We realize there are other Important deals being handled In the community, but It Is hlgji time the Importance of the salvation of the downtown business community Is recognized and something constructive is done about It. Lip service Is never an adequate substitute for positive action. ’Ihere are empty buildings that need filling and there are vacant lots that need new con struction and more diversification throughout. Historically, Kings Mountain has adways been a growing community, a bustling community. Is It now to become a large bedroom surrounded by large Industry? ’There Is efforts made on behalf the citizens and efforts made on behalf of Industry. Is It too much to ask that some efforts now be made on behalf of the local retail business community? We are looking to local government for the answers. Somewhere here or out there surely there Is another hustler like Billings. Meet the candidates at forum Wednesday Visit Jaycees’ haunted house if you need a good scare ’Ibmorraw night tha Ipcia school board and city board candidates will gather at thecommunlty canter fora torummaetliig with the voters. .. Like 'ol fashion stumpin’, the candidates will get to make brief speeches. Unlike stumpin’, the voters will gat their turn to quia the candidates. Meetings such as this can be vltalto a community and should be attended by all concerned dtlzena. After all, we have a group of men asking us to trust them with (a) the education o< our children, and (b) the handling of our fates as KM citizens. ’The forum Is being sponsored by the Cleveland County Voters Reglstratlcn Association, an organization which has been In existence a Uttle over a year, but one which has the promise of becoming a viable community force as far as creating Interest In the election process. Do yourself a favor and attend Wednesday nl^t’s meeting with the can didates. Other voices...... Well, folks, it looks Ulrs the ‘ol com cob will make a come back this year as Sears has started charging |3 for their catalogs: And the Government Is sending out memos to all departmente telling them to cut down on the amount of paper they use each day In their work. Oh, yeah, the memo was 13,000 pages long .... Bellwood ’Trading paper Have you taken the youngsters to see the Jaycees’ Haunted House yet? No? Then schedule It. You’ll have a ball. The former RosesStore on S. Battleground Ave. has been transfonned into a chamber of horrors by the Industrious KM Jaycees and they only ask a buck and a quarter to see the sights. I went through It the other evening sind even these old eyeballs that have seen every horror picture that ever came down the pike were a bit wide by the time I escaped from the ‘"Tlmborwolfa Lair.” The jaycees have donated their free time evenings to creating the masterpiece, which features a ghost train, Dracula, Frsmkesteln's lab, gUnt spiders, flying spooks and a lot of weird sounds. The Haunted House continues tours tomght through Oct. 81 — Hsdloween uid the tour Is well w(»th the money. For the bargsdn hunters there are dUcount coupons avsiUable at various places In town. -oOo- And speaking of Hsdloween, the N. C. Insurance Service has gotten Into the act Issuing safety precautions to be exercised on goblin night. They warn motorists to be alert for the little "spooks” wandering suound nelgh- borhhoods "trick or treating," smd even suggest Halloween costumes be of materlsd or applications of highly visible materials. Makeup Is even more preferable to bulky masks that may restrict vision. Cardboard swords, broomsticks or magic wands would be safer than the real McCoy, both for the youngster who handles the object and the other youngsters who may come In contact with them. For those youngsters who plan to go out trick or treating. It Is always wise to have parental supervision, or . reqionslble adults tagging along. Youngsters should also remain In their own neighborhoods where they are familiar with people and all trick or trick loot should be examined carefully before being turned over to the children. These are Just a few precautioiu and It never hurts to be on the safe side. Not In this day and time with all the dingbats on the loose. -oOo- Tliers cornea a time In the life of every parent when tha ultimate queatlcn la asked and must be answered with honesty and BtmpUclty. Many parents dread this moment, have nall-chewlng shakes thinking about It "What wlU I say?” "How can I answer that?” What’s the question? "Where do babies come from?" It happmed to a local couple last week. Their small daughter had decided she had the answer to this question. She Informed her mother she knew babies came from their mama’s stomachs, "so tell me how the baby got In there In tha first place?” It took awhile, but the natural process of conception was expUlned fully. The young lady thought It over, carefully digesting all of the information, then the Uttle wheels began to turn In other directions and she excitedly announced to her mama, "The (family friends) have dona It five times! And the (more family friends) have dona It four! But you and daddy have only done It two times!" Out of the mouths of babes .... TOM MclMTYRG ■oOo- The eat came back . . . It happened to DarreU and Shirley Austin. They took their ancient cat out Into the country to stsqr with a family that Uksd cats. DarreU ssUd a confusing, criss-crossing route was taken to disorient the feline. Bright and early Sunday morning there was a scratching at the Austin’s backdoor. The cat sat there grinning. -oOo- The boss la writing a book on Horace Albert "Bones" McKinney, one of the most colorful baskstbaU coaches of our Urns. Garland Atkins has spent weeks and weeks interviewing Bones and people who knew him when. He’s qient more weeks plowing through tons of press cUpplnga and game write-ups to flesh out the story. WhUe Bones was a rounifoaU standout, ha claims his real ambition wste to be a blgtlms footbaU player. He reasons that professional footbaU players get all the girls and all the big money tor TV commercials. At the same time he does realise he wouldn’t look as good In panty hose as Joe Namath. Aixl since this Is footbsdl season, 1st ms relate one of Bones’ footbaU stories to you ... Waks Forsst eras playing the Tar Hsels one year at Chapel HUl. The Deacons were trailing and there wgrq. only.a poupis of, minutes left In the game. Bones 'Uows as how It ain’t safe to beat the ’Tar Heels in Chapel HUl, but despite that the Deacon coach decided to play a longshot. He sent In a lineman, a beefy mental midget, to teU quarterback to kick a field goal. ’Ths big lad raced onto the field, but had to make a dive for the sidelines because he couldn’t make It before the play wste caUed. Out on the field the Deacons suddenly caught fire and drove that baU to a first and gosU to go situation. Then the beefy lineman charged Into the Deacon huddle snd told the qusu’terback, "Coach says kick afield goal!” "A field goal? He must be crasy! We’re right on the gosil. We’re going for a touch down!" the quarterback answered. ’The beefy lineman grabbed the QB by the shoulder pads and Ufted him off the ground and growled Into his face, "Damnlt! Coach says kick a field goal! ’* So, with the game coming to a close and the Deacons on the gold with four downs, they kicked a field goal. The Deacons won and later In the dressing room the reporters asked the beefy Uiwman why they kicked a field goal and he an swered, "Awww .. . If we didn’t make It, I knew we had three more chances.” FoeVs Corner WHAT IS A FIREMAN? He’s the guy next door. ^ He’s a man’s man with the sharp memory Of a little boy who never got over the , Excitement of engines and sirens and Smoke and danger. He’s a guy like you and me with warts And worries and unfulfUled dreams. Yet he stands taller than most of us. ' He’s a fireman. (' A fireman Is at once the most fortunate And the least fortunate of men. He’s a man who savors life because he has Seen too much death. He’s a gentle man Because he has seen too much of the Awesome powerofvlolent forces out of f, control. He’s a man responsive to a child’s laughter because his arms have held too msinysmallbodlesthatwlllneverlaughagaln. ^ He’s a man who appreciates the simple pleasures of life... hot coffee held in r numbed, unbending fingers... the flush ^ of fresh air pumping through smoke and ' t fire convulsed lungs... a warm bed for J bone and muscle compelled beyond feeling... the comraderle of brave men ... the divine peace of selfless service and , a job well done In the name of all men. I ^ii He doesn’t weeu* buttons or wave flags or shout obscenities and when he marches. It * Is to honor a fallen comrade. He doesn’t preach the brotherhood of man. ^ He lives It. .. ^ AUTHOR UNKNOWN « GD ^MITH i-m The Edenton Tea Party was the first recorded political activity by women toi the history of the United States. It remains one of the most famous evente In North Carolina history. The Tea Party took place In Edenton on October 36. 1774, as a protest against "un just" British taxation of tha colonies. The mors famous Boston ’Tea Party had taken place about a year earlier. The Boston protest was much more violent. It Involved the dumping of a shipload of tea Into the harbor at groat financial loss to the East India Company, and caused the British government to close the port of Boston In retallaUon. In Edenton a group of 63 ladles (the figure Is often mlstaksnly reported as 61) metin the home of Mrs. Elisabeth King and drank a subsUtute beverage brewed horn youpon loaves. Than they signed a proclamation swearing to "Indulge no longer In the per nicious habit of drinking tea" with tha hated BrlUsh tax Women became poiiticaiiy active at Edenton Tea Party The group, led by Mrs. Penelope Barker, also affirmed Its support of the colonies’ decision to resist oppressive British policies by purchasing no Brltlsh-made products. The event, being an early protest and won by women, received much publicity, both In America and England. Ironically, ths actual taxes they protested wore far smaller than we pay our own government today. The resentment was more against "taxatlmi without representation" than against taxation Itself. -oOo- Tho Confederate ram "Albeinarle" was sunk In Plymouth harbor on October 37,1864, In a daring, nighttime raid by union farces. Nowhere during ths Civil War was the naval struggle lor control of the South’s casLstUns fought more bitterly than In the Albemarle Sound. The Southern decision had been to attempt breaking ths Noitham strangelhold by attacking the blockading Union navy with Iron-clad rams. The "Albemarle” required two years for building and did not get Into action until late -K'f® 1864. It led the successful Southern attempt to recapture Plymouth, sinking several Northern ships In the process. It was com manded by Captain James W. Cooke. Lieutenant William B. Cushing, a Nor thern officer, received one of the first Oongresslonal Medals of Honor for "per forming the daring feat of destroying tha ‘Albemarle’ with a torpedo. CUshlng commanded a small steam launch with a five hundred pound torpedo attached to the end of a fourteen foot spar, a weapon nearly as dangerous to users ste to victims. To make It work the attackers had to line up beside their target, lower their mine beneath It and detonate It by pulling a lanyard — sdl under Ore! Somehow the suicidal mission was accomplished, sinking both vessels, cushion was one of the two Union volunteers who survived. TtM loos of the dreaded "Albemarle" cost the Southern forces control of the harbor and aUowed the Northern forces to recapture Plymouth. mimwMD PUtLItHIOBACN TUjltDAY ANDTMUKSOAV TOM MclHTVAi ■Mt*r WtMSii'f IMftr OAAVITIWAAT tMfti lAlltr OtAtrtiMaMftr CLYDOHItL Aivtflltiiit OIrtefM ^•■IIAItOCIATIOM Th« Mirror HorolO It evSIlltioS So Oonorol Vueilililnt Comoinr. P o Ortwor m. 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