Tuertduy, March *7, 1978-MIRROR-HERALD-Page S
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By TOM McINTVRE
Editor, Mirror-Herald
& A What exactly la the
Secret Service?
James Bond Is portrayed
as a member of Her
Majesty’s Secret Service.
Now we all know 007 Is a
guy with an unlimited.
^ (expense account, ex-’
’. ( pensive clothes, travels all
over the world, meets
danger dozens of times a
day and winds up with a
beautiful woman In his
bed.
y "It’s the same with me,”
said Dennis Schllndweln,
who works out of the
Charlotte office of the U.S.
Secret Service. Of course
the young agent was joking
before launching Into an
Informational talk to the
Kings Mountain Rotary
Club Thursday.
"My greatest foes are
cockroaches, bank
presidents and the privacy
act,” Schllndweln said.
’The agent said a great
many adults and children
have no Idea what the
Secret Service really Is
because the Image and the
Importance of the office
have been distorted by
movies and ’TV.
’The Secret Service Is
actually a branch of the
U.S. Treasury Depart-
' ment, "Even though we
are listed In the phone
I directory under the FBI,”
I Schllndweln said. "The
i 'Secret Service was started
In 1966 • long before anyone
I ever thought of
I establishing the Federal
Bureau of Investigation or
3 # the Central Intelligence
Agency.”
The SS was the very first
federal enforcement
agency ever established.
The agency was created to
combat counterfeiters,
which were suid still are
great threats to the
economy. "During the
Civil War about one-third
of the money In circulation
was counterfeit,”
Schllndweln said. “And
counterfeiters, caught and
convicted, were the first
people In the United States
to be executed for their
crimes.”
Schllndweln said this Is
still considered a terrible
crime because nearly
everyone gets stuck.
Counterfeiters will pass
the bogus bills to anyone
today, according to the
agent. He said the average
counterfeiter Is middle-
class, fairly well educated
with a knowledge of
photography and printing
or chemical processing.
"A great many of these
people try It just to see If
they can get away with It.
Some do, but more do not.
Last Wednesday,
Schllndweln arrested such
a counterfeiter In
Greensboro. He said this
man had taken one dollar
bills and had bleached out
the color, but retaining the
numbers and seals. He had
then contacted a printer
who reprinted the bills
with $100 denominations
and correct portrait.
"He tried to sell a batch
of them to another agent,”
Schllndweln said, "and
that’s when we arrested
him.”
The agent passed
several bogus fives, tens,
20s, eOs and 100s around to
Rotarlans for examination
and explained a couple of
ways they can be tested for
phonies: the slick or
smooth feel of the paper;
the one-dlmenslonal ap
pearance of the portrait;
the broken or blunted
points on the ’Treasury
seal; and either the ab
sence of red and blue fibers
appearing In the white
edges or the overly clear
appearance of the fibers.
"The overly clear ap
pearance comes from the
counterfeiter using red ana
blue pens to actually draw
the lines In,” Schllndweln
said. “In real bills these
fibers are actually In the
paper Itself.” and the theft, forgery and
Although Investigating negotiation of federal
counterfeiting operations checks (Social Security,
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Photo by Tom McIntyre
..SHOWING BOGUS BILL-Secret Service agent
Dennis Schllndweln, who spoke on counterfeiting and
dignitary protection at the Kings Mountain Rotary
Club, displays one of counterfeit $190 bills he brought
along to demonstrate.
etc.), the Secret Service Is
also charged with
providing protection for
The President of the
United States, the first
lady, children and grand
children.
Schllndweln will soon be
transferred to Georgia
where he will be charged
with protecting James
Earl Carter III - The
President’s grandson.
"Each morning I will
say goodbye to my wife,
then I will spend the day In
nursery school with
Master Carter,” Schllnd-
wein said.
’The Secret Service also
provides protection for the
Vice President; President
and Vice-President - elect;
former Presidents; the
wives of former
Presidents, until they die
or are remarried; sind
children of former
Presidents, until they
reach age 16.
Protection is also ex
tended, during election
years, to all Presidential
candidates no matter what
party affiliation. And to
visiting heads of state or
their emissaries.
Protection of Presidents
began alter the
assassination of President
WlUlam McKlney In 1901,
but It wasn’t until after
President John Kennedy
was assassinated In 1963
that the Secret Service’s
protection was expanded
to cover previously
mentioned dignitaries.
"The Secret Service
protection not only In
volves making the rounds
with the dignitary, but also
spending a lot of manhours
checking out areas and
people where the dignitary
Is to make an ap
pearance,” Schllndweln
said.
An example Is President
Carter’s visit to Winston-
Salem last year. He was
there for half an hour to
an hour, but prior to that 20
agents spent 1,200
marihours checking out all
potential threats or
dangers to The President
before he made an ap
pearance.
”We always have the
complete cooperation of
local law enforcement
agencies In cases like
this,” Schllndweln said.
“It would be Impossible
without that assistance.”
Bank Opens Today
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Bus Driver
* Oass Set
TTie School Bus Drivers
Class has been changed
from April 10 and 12, to
. April 0 and 6.
* Interested adults and
students are encouraged to
contact Mr. Blaine
Froneberger at 730-6401 for
registration.
The current rate of pay
^ Is $3 per hour for all bus
* drivers.
Sgt. Fite
* Reenlists
Sgt. 1st. Class Donald A.
Fite of Kings Mountain,
recently reenllsted In the
Army for three years while
^ serving as a motor pool
* sergeant with the 72nd
Signal Battalion In
Karlsruhe, Germany.
The sergeant’s wife,
Jonanna, Is with him In
Germany.
ELmploye
Honored
^ Susan H. Stewart of
Flrst-Cltlzens Bank A
’Trust Company In Kings
Mountain will be
recognized this week for
her long service to the
^ bank and Its customers.
She will receive a
jeweled ten year service
pin and a speclsd letter of
commendation from Lewis
R. Holding, president of
Flrst-Cltlzens Bank.
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unfurling of the banner, said Aln-
worth.
"visitors will be Invited to tour the
^aclous facility and to enjoy cold
apple cider from old-fashioned
souvenir mugs, cheese and
Moravian sugar cookies while they
enjoy tunes on the dulcimer. Free
coloring books will be distributed to
children and visitors will be Invited
to register for free door prizes In
cluding a Polaroid Polavlslon
system-camera, projector and
cassettes.
Independence National Bank will
open Its 28th branch bank at 410 East
King St. for full customer service
Wednesday morning at 9 a.m. Mrs.
Jackie Mauney, manager, said the
bank will be open Monday througl\
’Thursdays from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m.
and on Fridays from 9 a.m. until 6
p.m. Night deposit facilities and
drlve-ln windows are available for
customer conveniences, she said.
The branch bank will also employ
three tellers and two customer
service employes offering consumer
and commercial loans, checking and
savings accounts and full services
throughout the day, said Mrs.
Mauney.
’The Kings Mountain branch will
be a link between Gaston and
Cleveland Counties, said Ainsworth,
who said that Independence
National, which merged with Union
Trust (3o. of Shelby and Citizens
National Bank of Gastonia on June 1,
1976, has assets at $254 million.
Independence National’s new
brtuich bank here Is completely
renovated In the former Hermle’s
building on East King Street In an
attractive brown and gold-toned
decor with drlve-ln windows and
customer parking facilities.
The bank’s manager, Mrs. Jackie
Mauney of Kings Mountain, native
of Gastonia, is a veteran of 24 years
In the banking business. Other
staffers are Joan Grady, Thelma
Queen, Phil Stewart, Jane Gordon
and Denise Falls, all of the Kings
Mountain area.
“We're quite proud to be opening
in Kings Mountain”, said Ainsworth,
he added, "We feel that this
progressive community can be
served by a third bank and believe
we can make a contribution to the
area.
One philosophy of the bank’s
management derives from Its long
time objective of genuine "frien
dliness In banking”, said Ainsworth,
of “giving our customers highest
quality banking In a warm personal
manner, which we expect to con
tinue In our association with Kings
Mountain people.”
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STAFF OF NEW BRANCH BANK-Pictured are
members at the staff of Independence Natlolnal Bank’s
Kings Mountain office which holds grand opening
Tuesday (tonight) and opens for business Wednesday.
From left, Joan Grady, Thelma 4)ueen, Phil Stewart,
Jane Gordon, Denise Falls, and at center, Jackie
Mauney, manager.
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