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YOUR
OPINION
Thanks for
supporting
KM Shriners
Summer camp can be
lot of fun, hard work
One of the most memorable experiences a child can have is a week
or so at summer camp. With school days coming to a close in just
over a month, many parents will begin thinking about just where to
pack the chaps off to for some rustic rest and :
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& The White Plains Shrine Helton was a Navy Seabee. One summer he and i
"E Club would like to thank the some of his fellow Construction Battalion col-
£ people of Kings Mountain leagues worked building docks at a local sum- |
who came out and supported
g our barbecue Saturday, April
£21. As most of you know the
Fire Department also held
their Barbecue Cook-Off the
same day. Some of you ques-
tioned us as to why we held -
our sale the same day. The
Shrine Barbecue has been
held the third weekend in
April for some years. I am
happy to tell you that due to
the great people of Kings
Mountain our barbecue was
one of our most successful ev-
er, and I hope that the fire de-
partment can say the same.
mer camp. As a reward, I got to go to this camp on
for a week, free of charge. It was an experience YX.
I'll never forget.
Being 12-years-old, I was put in an elite cadre Alan Hodge
called “Senior Campers.” I should have smelled
a rat right away when we were issued sling Guest Column
blades and hoes. It turned out that one of the privileges of being a
Senior Camper was to clear underbrush for new cabin sites.
After a few days of Senior Camping, two twin brothers'in my cab-
in decided they had enough fun and poison oak, so they slipped
across the river at night to a local alehouse in the middle of the night
and called their parents to come get them.
Don’t get me wrong, summer camp had some great moments as
well. One activity that was a real hit involved loading five or six ca-
noes full of campers, taking to the river, and having Viking war
games. Believe me, those aluminum canoes were pretty dented up
by the time that was over.
These three Kings Mountain High basketball players were recognized as most valuable play-
ers at the Kiwanis Club banquet in April 1971. Left to right are Carolyn Mitchem, Geeper
Howard and Deborah Crockett. Mitchem made the All-Conference team and Howard and
I would also like to thank
Another fun activity at camp was the Indian ceremony. One such !
you for your support of our
ceremony was held at night on the riverbank. The “Chief” was to
paper sale, which will be'held
May 3, 4 and 5. As some of
you know all proceeds from
the paper sale and the barbe-
cue goes to our children hos-
pitals. There are many of
these hospitals across the
U.S.A. which serve the crip-
ipled and burned children.
The families of these children
have never had to pay any-
thing for some of the best care
anywhere. Please take one of
the papers and read it, and
you will see just what the
Shriners are all about. We take
donations for the papers, but
if you cannot donate we un-
derstand.
Crockett led the KM teams in scoring.
The way we were
on April 22, 1971
Excerpts from the Thursday, April 22, 1971
Kings Mountain Herald:
- Douglas Sincox, fifth grader at East School,
won the Kings Mountain District Schools Spelling
Bee.
- Chris Holmes, son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
Holmes, and Doug Sincox, son of Dr. and Mrs.
Frank Sincox, were invited to attend the program
for gifted children at Western Carolina University.
No way the Stewarts
would turn off the TV
This is National TV-Turnoff Week.
No doubt, a lot of schools across the country
will be encouraging par-
ents to turn off their tele-
visions and read with
their children, or do some
other kind of family activ-
ity that will be more re-
warding to kids than
watching TV or playing
video games on it.
make a grand entrance standing up in a canoe with a railroad flare
burning in a bucket at this feet. A passing cabin cruiser turned the
canoe over and spilled “Chief” into the mighty Catawba, headdress
and all. I'll bet folks a mile away heard the screams of laughter from
us boys.
For those of you who are thinking about dropping your kids off at
a summer camp, don’t worry, most activities are closely monitored
these days for safety and educational value. Don’t think however,
that the kids will be little angels the whole time they are there. Not
only will a stint at summer camp entertain the kids for a week, it
might give them memories that will last a lifetime.
Musicians, journalists share
the do-it-yourself mentality
I would never partici-
pate in a TV-Turnoff
Week. I've been addicted ;
to it since we got our first Editor
He associated with people who would wear torn shirts, spiked
hair, and enough metal to set off an airport
metal detector.
The music they listen to can be described as
loud, obnoxious, along with other words.
These people have been most commonly
known as punks, but most have also been
artists, film'afficionados and political activists.
+ Oné person that'comes to mind, is ‘the late
>Jeffrey Hyman, better knowrt'as Joey Ramone.
He was the lead singer of the Ramones, a
band well known for short, two-minute songs.
The band, which started in New York City,
existed on a do-it-yourself mentality, which
still influences bands today such as Green Day Staff Writer
and the Offspring. 1
The idea behind the do-it-yourself mentality , especially for musi-
cians, was to avoid record labels, and well, do it yourself.
Instead of a flyer on a utility pole, stapled neatly, with computer-
generated text and images from an agency, the band would hand
write the flyers, and paste them wherever it could.
This was the idea that helped spawn The Ramones.
2 In 1976, the band recorded it’s first debut album off $6,000 in two
ays.
Most of the bands’ albums would go directly from one song to the
next, with maybe a second between them.
Although I have never seen them in concert, I heard the set is the
same way, quick and to the point. :
No talking about what crisis was going on when a song was writ-
ten.
Not many bands can say that, especially today.
I never got a chance to see the Ramones, but I have seen their in-
fluences everywhere. :
But the do-it-yourself mentality is not confined just to muscians.
raoumlisss are also ones who have a raging independent spirit in
them.
Walter Winchell was one who practiced it a lot.
Although he was employed by the New York Mirror and did his
own radio show, he did like no other in presenting news of celebri-
ties and gossip.
Winchell predecessor to Matt Drudge, who runs his own website,
complete with links to different wire services and newspapers
around the world.
He also has a news report of things he has found out from
different sources, . os
Some have led to big stories, such as the story between a little-
known White House intern named Monica Lewinsky while some
have been lesser.
If you know of a child who
needs our help contact any
Shriner and he will see that he
or she can be taken to one of
our hospitals. Our hospital
representative is Bruce Ward
who lives in Grover.
|| Personally, I am humbled
very time I help with a pro-
ject, and due to the best peo-
ple in the world our projects
are successful. Thank you to
everyone who contributes by
giving your time or money,
and I hope that you receive as
much of a blessing as I when
you help the children in any
way.
i+ One more thing would
like to say is, you don’t have
to be a Shriner to help with
any of our projects. Just come
on out and pitch in and we
will gladly let you help us.
- Ptl. M.M. Hunter was the Kings Mountain Gary Stewart
Woman's Club City Policeman of the Month. Gn Hh
- The men of the Kings Mountain Board of
Education honored their lone female member, old black and white in the early fifties. It's usu-
Mrs. Lena Ware McGill, at a dinner at Royal Villa ally the second thing I turn on after I enter the
Motor Inn. Mrs. McGill was retiring after serving house - the first being the lights.
12 years on the board as the inside-city resident. There are some things on TV that are dis-
- Mrs. Pattie Jo Wylie, 31, delivered a 14 pound, gusting and not worth watching, but there are,
13-ounce son at Kings Mountain Hospital. Dr. some good things to be said about the tube too.
Charles Adams was attending physician. I often tell folks that “if it’s not sports or fun-
- Bobby Scoggins, Jake Sipe and J R. “Bob” ny, I don’t watch it.” To be honest, I find it diffi-
Smith filed for City Council. Others who filed cult to watch an entire ball game anymore un-
earlier were Ray Cline, Siemore Biddix, T.]. less it is a very good one. I do try to watch the
Ellison, Wilburn Hamrick, Norman King, Ken Braves every time Kevin Millwood pitches. It
Roberts, Kelly Dixon, Howard Shipp, Jonas never ceases to amaze me how well he pitches
Bridges, Charles W. Parker, and James J. Dickey. for six or seven innings, only to have the
Joe A. Neisler Jr. and Tommy Bridges filed for the bullpen blow the game for him in the late in-
inside city seat on the School Board, and P.A. nings.
Francis of Grover filed for the outside-city seat. I usually don’t watch an entire movie unless
- Miss Kings Mountain Linda Falls, daughter of | ig 5 funny one, but if it’s a Chevy Chase
Mr. and Mrs./Otis Falls Jr., was set to provide spe- | cui cwald movie I can watch it over and over.
cial entertainment and crown the new queen at To me, the best TV shows are the old ones.
the Saturday night Jaycee-sponsored Miss Kings I'm such an Andy Griffith nut that I know most
Mountain pageant. WBTV personality Ty Boyd of the lines by heart.
was slated to be the master of ceremonies. One of the best channels on TV today is TV
- A six-run fourth inning, highlighted by Keith Land, especially on the weekends when they
Parker’s home run, sparked Kings Mountain's have a marathon of some of the old half-hour
Mountaineers to an 8-5 Southwestern Conference shows like the Beverly Hillbillies, All in the
baseball win over Belmont. Family, Andy Griffith, and the Honeymooners.
- Mrs. Frank B. Glass was elected president of I would never encourage school kids not to
Frank B. Glass Post 9811, Veterans of Foreign read books or play educational games, but I
Wars. ; would think they could get a lot of good out of
- Gardner-Webb basketball coach Eddie TV if they'd turn off the video games and some
Holbrook was the speaker for the Kings of today’s cartoons and tune in to the exploits
Mountain Kiwanis Club basketball / wrestling of Andy and Barney, Ralph and Norton, and
banquet. Special guest was KM native and GW some of the others.
All-American George Adams. I've read that Andy Griffith is such a whole-
- Fur.eral rites for Samuel Ralph “Pop” some show that many of the mainline churches
Davidson, 74, who served as Chief of Police two now use it a the basis for Bible study. I believe
years during the Garland Still administration, such as study would be much more interesting
were held at Temple Baptist Church. than the one we're currently using in Sunday
- Kings Mountain's population was 8,465 in the | School at our church. I wouldn't even mind
city limits and 21,914 in Greater Kings Mountain. | hearing the choir try to sing good old 14A.
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