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Editorials & opinions Page 4A Thursday, January 23, 1975 New look just around corner Kings Mountians have been hearing for years there was going to be wholesale demolition someday under the redevelop ment commission auspices. Bless Pete, if it isn’t just around the corner. Contracts were awarded Bradley-Jenkins of Gastonia last week and now HUD of Atlanta is smoking over the contracts. All it takes for the 30 structures in the downtown business district to come down is final approval from HUD. In actuality the downtown redevelopment began as a private venture among business- mpn nrior to the arrival of the city’s redevelopment com mission. It is not known whether the plans would have been im plemented any swifter under the businessmen than it has under the commission, but at this point it is a moot question. No one appears to be any hanoier with the latest turn of events than commission director Gene White. For years now White and his staff have been taking a ribbing, good-natured and otherwise, about toe hold up in removals and rebuilding. But, for the most part, it is felt the majority of people realized the bureaucratic red tape involved in any federal program. That coupled with toe problems of actual acquisitions of properties and structures in some cases has made the job very difficult. HopefuDy, the major portion of redevelopment problems are behind us and at long last the city wiU begin to take a new look in place of “the-London-after-the- blitz” picture we’ve looked at for so long. Authority takes a positive step Last week toe Kings Mountain Lake Authority took a positive step, which the city commis sioners we trust will complete. The positive step was hiring toe firm of Gardner Gidley and Associates to plan the recreational areas around John Moss Lake. Gidley was the original planner on that area west of the city before it became toe mammoth reservoir it is today. First and most important is that citizen attitude always regard the lake as a source of water for personal and commer cial consumption. Secondly, but also important, is solid planning for lake recreation usage and toe development of guidelines that win insure toe first consideration is never forgotten. KMer’s poured a ton of money initially into toe project and with Let’s hope for action Another promise is coming true. Several months ago citizens were promised all efforts would be made to organize an arts council for Kings Mountain to give toe myriad talents residing here a shot at development. Last week, with the kind consideration of the North Caro lina Arts Council through a $5,000 grant (and earlier demon stration of the city to match those funds), toe wheels were set in motion. Althou^ there have been a few pockets of artistic and cultural development in the city, the big picture nestled inside KMs borders than anyone could imagine. During the investigative period prior to applying for the state funds and receiving them it was determined there is a »eat deal of interest at all age, educa tional and social levels. Well, the interest is here and toe cash to sponsor p'ojects to fit those interests is promised. Let’s hope KMers can see some positive results in the coming weeks. Good news Newspapers are accused at times of laramounting only the bad news rather han the good. Sometimes that’s the way events »reak. But last week’s Mirror-Herald detailed i good dose of good news events, includ- Announcement that applications are eing received at City Hall for the layer’s Job Corps, the sixth year that oung people can receive summer em- iloyment via this program. Report that a recreation facility ilanner has been hired for Moss Lake. Beginning rf Senior Citizens Week, first in a long-range program designed to benefit KM Senior citizens. Announcement that Kings Mountain now has an arts council. Dr. Jerry E. Patterson received his Doctor of Medicine Degree and a large numba- of area young people are graduating from hi^ schools and schools for post hi^ school training. Along list of Good Citizens of the Year. It’s an imposing list and the kind the Mirror-Herald likes and prefers to report. Our congratulations. TOM McINTYRE Editor ■ DARRELL AUSTIN Gen. Mgr. ELIZABETH STEWART , , Woman’s Editor ■GARLA^hATRlNS' Publisher ■ GARYSTEVl/i^ART S^rtsEdiioV; ADV.DIR. MEMBER OF NORTH CAROLINA PRESS ASSOCIATION Kings Mountain Mirror-Herald is published each Thursday by General Publishing Co., P. O. Box 6, Kings Mountain, N. C., 28086. Offices are located downtown at 204 S. Piedmont Ave. Phone 739-7496. Single copy 15 cents. Subscription rates: in N. C., yearly, J5.20; Out-Of-State, yearly, »6.24. Second class postage paid at Kings Mountain, N. C. U A new look will have to be around the corner^ ’cause I just tore the corner down toe return of their taxes through federal and state grants the lake has become a reality. The lake authority’s opinion that the facility should never become a further drain on toe taxpayer is sound. And that’s where proper and professional recreational planning comes in. Water-based recreation is America’s number one choice of all relaxation offerings and in toe seasons to come toe JHM Lake will prove to be a strong magnet drawing boaters, skiers, swimmers, fishermen and campers from long distances. Through a fair fee system and top-notch recreational facilities at the lake a break-even (and possibly profitable) operation is assured. And that will further assure local residents their city government will not tap them at regular intervals for a few more tax dollars to pour into the lake. Wade’s gonna he a star It’s been there for months, but most people are still not fully aware of it. I’m talking about the public parking area off Cherokee St behind the pinball palace. Central Barber Shop, Griffin Drug and Grayson’s Jewelery. If you find the public parking spaces on W. Mountain all filled up, then whip down Cherokee and, voila, you will find "beaucoup space. journal by tom m^intyro -oOo- Did you know Wade Tyner is gonna be in the movies? He surely is. EO Productions (Challenge and Frank Challenge: Manhunter) is currently filming a thrill show movie and that, na turally, involves a few autos. That’s where Wade comes ia The Ford man donated a ’70 model job to the production and will be in a scene in the film (now titled The Death Driver) where he presents the car to the Hero. When I asked Wade about becoming a movie star, he said, “I just hope I don’t have any lines to say.” -oOo- day with a cartoon.” Take today’s cartoon of Gene White, director of the KM Redevelopment Commissioa Not so much Gene, but the situation of the process of redeveloping the downtown area taking so dad-burn long, is what lent itself to cartoonery. Well, since folks seem to like the car toons so much, the powers that be here at the Mirror-Herald have held a discussion and seem to think that it might be a good idea to once each year run a contest of sorts to ask the public to vote on their favorite cartoon of the year. The one re ceiving the most accolades would be emblazoned on a plaque and cere moniously presented to the cartoon sub- -oOo- During the past year our dear readers have been flattering to the pdnt of em barrassment about the Mirror-Herald editorial page cartoons. We kinda like ’em, too. It’s something different. Itgivesus a chance to interject a bit of levity into the proceedings. For the benefit of you collie graduates that means we get to make fun of local situations. Jim Dickey, the ex-commissioner, told me once that he loves the cartoons, but even more than that he loves the fact he got off the city board before the cartoons started appearing in the paper. He said, “With my physique I’m sure you fellas at the paper would have a field ject. We have taken the liberty of personally contacting people around town for their reaction, rather than blast the idea in the news columns this time. The thinking there is we might think it’s important, but readers might not necessarily find it so. One cartoon in particular from the past seems to be the odds on favorite so far and I wouldn’t be surprised if that person isn’t presented the first annual Her-Mi award (that’s short and reversed for Mirror-Herald) in the near future. How about Monday’s “We Love You, West School Day?” I don’t know about anyone else, but things like that impress me. I think it’s great. In a time when just about everything held sacred is putdown by cxie faction or another, it’s refreshing to see enough adults with enough grit to unashamedly create and sponsor something like this. We ought to give Hallie Blanton and her Parent-Teachers Association at West School threegold stars for tha t day of fun and good old-fashioned outspoken feelings of pride in their school students, administration and faculty. -oOo- Possibly during the activities at the Community Center on May 29, which is being set aside as Kings Mountain Senior Citizens Day. By the way. If you feel this week’s Mirror-Herald is one of the more out standing issues, tell Lib Stewart and her brother, Gary ’cause they’ve been in charge all week while your’s truly has been slapping paint in his livingroom. P. S. Don’t tell me if you think it’s out standing, not unless you dig seeing a grown man cry. Other Editors Speak ‘“That we will have another wave of inflatiwi by 1977 is the most common of forecasts.” This sobering' statement was twinned by economist Herbert Stein with the provocative proposal that the country hold another Summit Caiference on Inflation this September. Last September’s inflation summit, Mr. Stein points out, came whan the 1973- 74 inflation cycle had already peaked. 'There is still time to head off a new in flationary cycle. But if the opportunity is not seized, he warns, then “government policy, responding to the recession ... is going to become strongly e5q)ansive — sufficiently expansive ... to speed up price and wage increases.” Another summit might not be the right vehicle for reaching a fundamental agreement between White House, Congress, business, and labor on a mode rate growth pace for the country. But there does have to be some alternative to the habitual pattern of responding to immediate crises. The risk must be reduced “that we will respond to the next wave of inflation by another spasm of controls or another spasm d recession.” Sen. Edmund Muskie, chairman d the Senate Budget (Committee, has openly accepted the need for Congress and the President to agree on a “clear, overall view” of spending priorities to avoid an inflation-generating deficit. Such an opening could be seized by the White House to start a realistic dialogue with Congress and to lessen the economic dangers of maneuvering for next year’s elections. The common forecast for another wave of inflation in 1977 is based on the assumption that government will not have learned the lessons of the recent past, but will accept a November, 1976, deadline for getting the economy hum ming. Mr. Stein is right. Now is the time to stop keying the business cycle to the political cycle and to look ahead to 1977. Christian Science Monitor sight, the expense was no mean item. So, is this just a passing fancy cr might somebody decide that this unisex business is passe? —The High Point Enterprise Because of lack of interest, an industry association recently called off a seminar it had planned on “What Specific Actions Need to be Taken to Promote and Utilize Effective Competition to Improve Government Procurement.” FADS & PAPA’S WALLET — Parents of college students must have suffered a case of the shudders — or mixed emotions at the least — upon learning that the newest fad on campus is dressing up. Students at Montreat-Anderson Junior College in the North Carolina hills were reported pleased with themselves and each other after observing a one-day dress-i5) that included suits, neckties, dresses, high heels and hose. In these days of soaring tuition and campus subsistence costs, the one bright spot has been the clothing budget. A couple of pairs of jeans, sneakers, work- shirts and something to keep warm has been the extent of most undergrad ward robes in recent years. While we may have recoiled from the We think they meant “How to Get More Government Business.” But who knows? At least they speak the language of the people in Washington. The Charlotte Observer JOURNAUSTIC PROSE — 'These days, our writers have forsaken exact English and gone in for such things as ordairs for hors d’ouevres, jarneers for jardinieres conscious for conscience, fonctiai for function, convolutions for convulsions, and scores of other examples of bad English . . . Question is whether En^ish is to be language or “slanguage.” . : . The Sanford (N. C.) Herald Reader dial For Poll (Ed. Note- Mrs. Bilf Moss following devotional from Bread” to be used in the Columns this week.) “^^'1 Dear Editor: In talking with Christians i v come to the conclusion that oni; i® percentage of God’s children il n, pray for o^ national leaders, £' fewer number intercede for those 1 are lower on the ladder of author! J almost no one upholds policemen Ij the Lord. It seems that the only law cers remembered in prayer are 1 who have Christian relative and frfi Thisshouldnotbe.TheBibleinshS to give thanks for “all that a authority.” This includes our Pres I the members of Congress, gove™I judges, mayors and city commission And don’t forget pohcemen, They oc a very important position, for thevm apprehend and arrest wrongdoers The law officer needs our prayer many cases, his salary is relatively ij and his job is dangerous. He is especial open to the temptation of acceptii bribes. Often he must make splitsecj decisions about giving chase to someo or using force. If he shoots a suspect* appears to be armai, he is quicWyc( demned by people who sit in soft cliai and have plenty of time to think overt situation. If he lets a man get awayfn the scene of a crime, he is consider incompetent; bqt if he tackles and a dues the offender, he is charged* police brutality. “ God’s Word admonishes us not only pray for these public servants but also give thanks for them. The next time) • see a policeman doing his job, brealhi prayer of gratitude. Yes, even when) are driving, and he points his rai detector to You. Betty Moss Kings Mountain Thank You Dear Editor: Of course I’m not going to divulge the identity of the cartoon subject. It wouldn’t be a surprise if I did. On behalf of the Catawba ValleyLia Association, I would like to thank you ai the staff of the Kings Mountain Mirri for the publicity you have given ij association. We appreciate your cj tributions of time, interest, and spaa Enclosed is a Certificate of Appn ciation for your services to oi association this year. Again, I wish to express our sin»i appreciation for your support of m association and our goal “Prevention« Control of Lung Diseases.” If atanylini we can be of service to you or your stall please feel free to contact your lota Christmas Seal agency. Thank you. We are looking forwiil working with you. DONNA CORNELIUS Executive Director Newton, N. C. (From the 1965 files of Kings Momtali Herald) Kings Mountain citizens return to tl# polls next Tuesday to complete selecW of the board of city commissioners. Tti( contests are between Gene Goforth,» the past four years Ward 11 C® missioner, and W. S. Biddix, J chaUenger, the two finishing in a« heat at 863 votes each in the May« voting, while Thomas B. Eubankstra« at 107. , The other race finds J. E. Rhea, a four year commissioner, from War , chaUenged by 0. 0. Walker, teifflde marriage. Mr. Rhea led the My balloting by 172 votes as ” Brown poll^ 295 votes. Kings Mountain citizens I toll free calls to Gastonia and 1 12:01 Wednesday, dialing their numbers and without the ^ calling the long distance ope using direct distance dialing. George H. Mauney, Chairman of the Board succeeds J. E. Herndon. H. 0. vice-chairman. Social and Personal Linda Diane Oliver and Unj J Moss were married Saturday at P Piedmont Baptist Church. j[ Mr. and Mrs. Grover Road announce the ai son, Jeffrey Dale, May 18, tain hospital. Bible Verse And we know that all work ..w — ,1. ]/)Vg together for good to them tn Lord. Romans 8:28.
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