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Opinions
OUR VIEW
Cartoonitorial By D. Griggs Your Right To Say It
A Father’s Day
Remembrance
Days of remembrance, such as Father’s
Day, are all the more poignant when they fall
near the passing away of a loved one or
friend. We were recently heartened by a let-
ter from Randy Bell sharing his feelings
about the recent death of his father, Mr.
Jonas Andy Bell of Oak Grove Community.
Mr. Bell believes that his father’s legacy of
warmth and generosity are well illustrated in
a poem titled ‘A Father Is,” by an unknown
oet.
2 A Father is someone to shelter and guide
you,
To love you as only he can.
A Father is someone who’s always beside
ou
y To lend you the strength of his hand.
A Father is someone who gives
You his best and shares all his wisdom and
skill.
In everyone's heart there is a place set
apart
That only Father can fill.
We want to thank Mr. Bell for his letter and
for sharing this poem with our readers.
GENDER BENDER
Our Capital Hill informants report that
District, holds no grudge for Maureen Reagan’s
recent confusion over Ballenger’s gender.
Dear Cass:
‘“...as you know, the participation of women like
yourself is the driving force behind the continual
advancement of women in policy-making
arenas...”
Maureen Reagan
It is amusing to speculate on what Ms. Regan
would have called Congressman Ballenger if he
were a Democrat. In her position as co-
chairperson of the Republican National Commit-
tee, Ms. Reagan has undoubtedly lost sleep over
recent gender-related issues.
She and numerous other G.0.P. members must
be wrestling with the possibilities of Ms. Jean
Kirkpatrick muscling out the male opposition for
the number two spot on the ticket. And those ir-
ritating polls that suggest women prefer
Democrats to Republicans are surely causing her
to have nightmares. Under the circumstances, it is
no wonder she is confused.
One of the Congressman’s assistants, Max
Veale, reflected Ballenger’s light-hearted but two-
fisted response by suggesting that Ms. Regan
¢“...check with her father ‘Rhonda’ who knows the
Congressman well and would not make the same
Freshman Congressman Cass Ballenger, 10th |
Old-Timers
Honor Roll
1 would like to nominate the following individual
to the Kings Mountain Herald Honor Roll of Kings
Mountain old-timers:
Name: Lun heme ae
Address i vo La aaa aE
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Check one: ---My nominee is a Kings Mountain
citizen who has reached 95 years of age or older
| this calendar
----My nominee is a Kings Mountain citizen who
has worked for one professional, or one employer
(including self-employed) in Kings Mountain or
Cleveland County for 35 or more years. Give
details below:
Employer or profession:
Name: oto pee seme sii sa Lin
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Name and phone number of person making
nomination (not for publication):
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Looking Both Ways
(Ed. Note: Last week we took our cat, which
clawed our furniture to shreds, and Rusty Gates,
who gets his revenge in other ways, on a very long
trip into the mountains where we somehow lost
both of them and forgot to leave a trail of bread
crumbs. On our desk this morning was another
Rusty Gates column. The cat got back home, too.)
If big business is the backbone of the nation, then
the small store run by Nolly Grubb was surely the
nation’s back side. For years Nolly ran his com-
bination grocery store and dry cleaners at the
edge of the county, and the occasional tourist who
couldn’t find any other store open was in for a
treat-or mistreatment--when he decided to do .
business with Nolly.
When you first entered the store you thought you
were in a cave or, at best, a mine shaft. Nolly had
one tiny light bulb dangling dangerously from a
frayed cord at the back of the store. People who
couldn’t understand why he kept the store so dark
understood as soon as they saw their groceries in
broad daylight. The food was covered in cat hairs
(his huge marmalade cat slept inside the candy
counter when it wasn’t snacking in the meat
counter) and occasionally some fuzzy gray stuff
that might have been either lint or possum fur. Or
sabre-toothed germs.
Nolly’s real problem with light was his fight with -
the electric company. He once got so mad at them
that he blew a fuse and stormed into the company
office and told them that he flatly refused to pay
his bill and, what was more, he’d take his business
somewhere else. He was halfway home when he
realized that there was no other place to take his
business, and he paid a little boy a quarter to take
the money into the office and pay the bill.
Since that time he used the one tiny light bulb, so
that the store looked like a set from a Frankens-
tein movie.
Nolly sold comic books as well as groceries and
cat hair. He priced the books two for a nickel or
three for a dime. Several people tried to explain
that perhaps he ought to charge a nickel per book
or sell three for a dime, but Nolly refused to try to
understand high finances.
. And he couldn’t understand why so many kids
came in and bought two books for a nickel and
- then, a minute or so later, bought two more.
‘Kids got no common sense,” Nolly observed.
He also bought his Rube Rose snuff for ten cents
a box and sold it for seven cents. When people
again tried to explain, Nolly told them he had it
“THE REPUBLICAN PARTY:
WHERE THE MEN ARE MEN...
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ANDO THE WOMEN ARE Too...
Rusty |
Gates
figured out.
“If I sell enough snuff,” he said, ‘“I’ll make a
profit.” :
He became angry with one company and sold
Bull of the Woods chewing tobacco always at half-
price, claiming that he’d sell enough to put the
‘company out of business.
He also bought his gas from a store up the street
because the other store sold it cheaper than Nolly
did.
Nolly’s driving was as famous as his business
judgment, and his battered old car lurched and
coughed and jumped all over town, always at the
same ten miles an hour. For a while he refused to
stop at red lights or stop signs; he argued that he
was driving long before they had traffic lights.
‘I didn’t need them then and I don’t need them
now,” he said. No one tried very hard to reason
with him. He also thought that the electric com-
pany owned them, which was another reason he
refused to stop. 2
One day he was driving to him home when he
made a left turn in front of an on-coming truck.
Witnesses said that when the truck hit the car that
was the fastest they had ever seen Nolly’s vehicle
move.
When the police officers arrived Nolly, who was
not injured, was still raging mad and told the of-
ficers that the other driver was totally at fault.
“I’ve been turning left here for the past thirty-
five years,” he told him. ‘‘Everybody knows I
always turn left here. And if that feller had any
gumption he’d have known I was going to turn
there.”
No one tried to explain to Nolly that an out-of-
state driver was likely to know Nolly’s driving
habits. After all, no one had been able to explain
anything to Nolly for as long as anyone could
remember.
Congratulations
To the Editor:
Kings Mountain Schools loss is also Kings Moun-
tain Schools gain. Jane King and Ronnie Wilson
are being promoted out of their present positions
into positions of greater responsibility. Mrs. King I
know only from reputation. My children were
never under her supervision. She is a very
knowledgeable principal who treats her teachers
and students fairly and will not settle for less than
their best. Two of my children were under Ronnie
Wilson’s supervision. I know first hand his
abilities. He too, demands the best from his
teachers and students. He will settle for nothing
less. For any schools to lose two principals of this
caliber is a tragedy. But, we will also gain two
very capable persons on our district staff. I can ap-
preciate the dilemma our school board faced in
making these moves. I’m sorry to see them leave
the school but I'm glad they will still be in our
district. Congratulations to both of them.
Sincerely,
. James T. Potter
Thank You
To The Editor:
We would like to give special thanks to Kings
Mountain High School for the use of the tennis
facility; to Harris Funeral Home for the tent they
were so gracious to set up for us for the week and
McDonalds for their involvement in our tennis
camp June 7-11.
The Community support was great!
Barbara Jones,
Kathy James,
Brad Jones,
Bryan Jones.
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G
uest Column
~ Speaker’s Conduct
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- An official investigation
of Speaker Jim Wright is ‘‘an appropriate action
by the House and should be carried out as soon as
possible, ‘according to Congressman Cass
Ballenger.
Ballenger’s remarks followed an announcement
by the House Ethics Committee that it will start an
official inquiry into the financial dealings of
Wright, a Texas Democrat.
The House Committee on Standards of Official
Conduct will investigate six possible violations of
House rules by Wright. They include:
e Lobbying efforts on behalf of Richard Mon-
crief, a partner with Wright in a gas well venture.
e Wright's intervention before the Interior
Department on behalf of Texas Oil & Gas Co.
» Possible use of campaign funds in the publica-
tion of Wright's book, Reflections of a Public Man,
from which he received a 55% royalty totaling
some $55,000.
¢ Possible improperly assigning a staff aide to
work on the book.
* Rent-free use of a Fort Worth apartment own-
ed by a business partner, George Mallick.
e Possible improper use in influence with the
Federal Home Loan Bank Board on behalf of
Texas savings and loan institutions.
Ballenger said the committee, comprised of an
equal number of Democrats and Republicans,
should reconsider its failure to name a special in-
dependent council to conduct the inquiry.
“When the final report of the investigation is
made, there should be no question about its
reliability’’, the 10th District congressman said.
‘‘A special prosecutor could help provide that kind
of assurance.”
SIDEWALK SURVEY
ial
Marilyn Poole
““Father’s ‘Day
Jimmy Bradley
“Honoring the
means honoring man who
fathers or brought me into
husbands, giving this world
them a special --giving him
meal, doing thanks for all the
things he’s given
me over the
years.”
whatever
want to do.”
they
QUESTION: What Does Father’s Day Mean To You?
Rachel Pruitt
Wanda Gillilan
“Im thankful to “A time to get
still have an together with
honorable dad as
an inspiration to
me.”
your family and
father especially
when you don’t
get to spend
much time with
him.”
Debbie Patterson
Doug Pruitt
“I's a time to
spend time with
your father.”
“A special day to
think about how
special our dads
really are.”
Re a a