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Thursday, October 16, 1975—MIRROR-HERALD—Page 3A
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I give us an answer. It looks like
waiting for us to announce The
is not coming to let them off
Ibout 1:30 p. m. Don Wilson called
„ Drovhill’s Washington office, “The
Sent has cancelled. They didn’t give
Teason. And the chances of getting the
Jjje President are about a million to
'wilson went on to say “The boss is
about this. You have no idea of the
lunt of fressure that’s been applied
lin Washington to urge The President
Ijfill his Kings Mountain commitment. .
II
' Jack in the meeting plans went ahead
iibave a parade and to leave the invita-
f n open to whoever wants to come to be
fere and they would be welcomed
Ve decorations were cancelled the
jvnensive speaker system, half of the
Jrtiohns, the folding chairs were cut
itm 5,000 to 2,500 and King had to call
ud cancel the reservation for 20 to 25
wms, two offices and a suite being held
It The Royal Villa.
The mayor got on the horn and began
ailing possible replacements. Sen. Jdin
'lenn former Secretary of Treasury
John annelly, Sen. “Scoop” Jackson,
Dr. Billy Graham and Dr. Norman Vin
cent Peale.
Glenn was the only probable.
Then about 4 p. m. Don Wilson called
The Mirror-Herald office.
Tom. I can’t get through to the
mayor’s office . . .” Don said
“I know. He’s talking to John Glenn,”
answered I.
“Well, The White House just confirmed
It. VicePresidentNelson Rockefeller will
come to Kings Mountain on Oct. 7. The
same scheciule as The President had. We
were working on it, but I didn’t want to
get your hopes iqi . . .”
I called the mayor’s office and told his
secretary to tell him to hang up so Wilson
could caU him. I said Rocky’s coming in
Ford’s place.
My God! Here we go agaia
So, the committee was called up and all
of the original plans were back into
operation. I was haj^y. Atlast. I’d gotten
two news stories and would be able to
print both of them within hours of their
happening. So far in this road race our
weekly publication was being outflanked
left and right on the news of The Presi
dent’s visit.
ThenSun., Oct. 6 King called to say the
Secret Service would not allow Rocke
feller to ride in the parade downtown. In
stead, he would be helicoptered to
Gamble Stadium in time to see the
parade from the reviewing stand and
deliver his speech.
With that announcement the need to
have the Bomb Squad come in to check
every window, door, trashcan and man
hole along the parade route was gone. It
also wiped out a large number of people
expected in the downtown area to view
the parade.
Mon., Oct. 61 was having breakfast at
a local cafe when I read in a Charlotte
paper about the Ashbrook Senior High
band being miffed about being disinvited
to be in the parade. The band members
claimed it was because they had no
uniforms and would wear blue jeans, T-
shirts and green and white sneakers.
From that moment on newspapers all
across the country picked up the story,
then the editorial cartoonists went to
work. Following that were letters from
concerned Americans (We got one from
Kansas) issuing protest of the action.
In all of the huUabaUoo it seems no one
stopped to ask why the story about Ash-
brook’s band not being in the parade
appeared on Mon., Oct. 6 when the band
fUCT
HUMMS
HOUSTON
DfSnifCT 2
COMMISSIOMER
TUESDAY,
NOVEMBER 4th
(fflZENS OF KINGS MOUNTAIN:
I am deeply honored for your vote of confidence and support in the
election of October 7th.
■ 'Ifoiffd fike to tbahk evo-yone for their help and vote and I am asking
for the same support again in the run-off election on November 4th.
I will support all programs that will accomplish the mission of growth
and progress for our city. I will continue the search for new industries and
level ^ budget plan that wiU keep our taxes at the lowest possible
Ihave a lot of faith in our city and our citizens and if your concern is the
sameas mine, getout the SECOND TIME and VOTE.
Sincerely,
HUMES HOUSTON
CANDIDATE FOR COMMISSIONER
DISTRICT 11
I will Appreciate Your Vote and Support
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and the entire school had known about it
for two weeks.
Gaston County school officials here
Oct. 7 chuckled about it and said they
hadn’t thought about it one way or the
other.
If the eleventh hour hue and cry is in
fact a big sympathy play to get new
uniforms for the Ashbrook band, then it’s
a good one.
Personally, I think they should have
been allow^ to come and play if they
wished to even if they were wearing gym
suits. But, I wasn’t on the parade com
mittee and, fortunately, I was not faced
with having to draw the line at which
band would come and which would not.
Tues., Oct. 7. The day The President
didn’t come to town . . .
. . . Four choppers of varying size
swooped over the trees and setdown on
the Kings Mountain Senior High practice
field. The mayor. Gov. Holshouser,
Congressman Broyhill and Jerry King
went out to greet Nelson Rockefeller as
he stepped off his chopper.
From that point on all of that tight
security was shot to hades.
“The Vice President trotted away from
his protection the minute he spotted
peoplelining thefence,” Jerry King said.
“The Secret Service almost went
bananas. They yelled fir him to come
back as they ran after him. He got to the
fence before they did.”
Then coming down the steps into the
stadium Rocl^r waded into the crowd
shaking hands, grinning, chatting. He
could easily have shaken a thousand
hands before he worked Ms way half way
to the speaker’s platform.
'The rest of the story from that after
noon most of you know.
That evening I got a call from^ a man
who would not identify himself sa^ng the
police officers from Winston-Salem and
the drill team from Fort Bragg had been
turned away from the junior and senior
high cafeterias following the festivities.
Martha Wright, who was in charge of
the junior high cafeteria, said, “We fed
the local police officers after Rockefeller
was gone. They were the only ones who
showed up. There were no soldiers
coming in after the festivities.”
Joyce Hord, in charge of the senior
high cafeteria, said, “We were told to
prepare to feed about 100 police officers
after the celebration. We fed over 200
policemen and about a dozen soldiers. No
one was turned away.”
Bill Bates, of the local school adminis-
tra tion, said there was very little damage
to the school property from so many
people and that about 10 hours worth of
work made the stadium look as if no one
had been there.
Now, it’s time to evaluate just what
was accomplished by all of the furor.
First, Jerry King got a marble paper
weight with the Vice Presidential Seal in
side, cufflinks with the VPs seal and a
pen autographed by Rocky. He also got
the experience of his life which will
probably ruin him for life as far as volun
teering his services as a coordinator for
anything.
Second, Ashbrook High’s band got
needed publicity to bring to the fore the
fact they need uniforms and the city re
ceived an apology from Ashbrook Band
Director John Culp. “I don’t know who
contacted the newspapers and gave them
the story in the first place. Sure, we were
disappointed, but that was the end of it as
far as I was concerned. The publicity will
certainly make it easier to get new uni
forms, but I hate it was done by embar
rassing an entire community. That would
be the last thing I would want to happea I
don’t think the band members wanted
that, either.”
Third, the community has received a
political brand because only the GOPers
were recognized even thou^ there were
plenty of elected Democrats on the
premises.
Fourth, half a dozen students from
Appalachian got to hold up their anti-
Rockefeller posters and handout leaflets
expressing Uieir btand.
Fifth, a wet-behind-the-ears reporter
from a big daily paper found out quickly
that he had permission to leave the city
immediately if he found it so trying for
him to ever be in Kings Mountain (that
permission was granted by the local
press reporters and photographers).
Sixth Rockefeller walked away with a
two hundred year old hunting horn and
Bible, presented by the Ovo’mountain
Marchers, Bicen commemorative coins
from the city and state and the impres
sion that Howard Jackson’s name is
Howard Johnson.
And, possibly seventh — represen
tatives from other communities might
read this and immediately cancel any
plans they have for inviting The Presi
dent of The United States to visit with
them.
And to anyone harboring such thoughts
in other communities — suffice it to say
the citizens of Kings Mountain now have
some idea of how the French must have
felt when Hitler’s troops invaded and told
him how to act in their own country.
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The State Highway Patrol
reports a total of 24 accidents
in Cleveland County from un
safe vehicle movement re
sulting in five injuries during
the week of Oct. 6-12.
Since Jaa 1,1975 15 persais
have died in Cleveland County
traffic accidents.
DID YOU KNOW: “Every
motorcycle shall be equipped
with at least one and not more
than two headlamps . . . The
headlamps on a motorcycle
shall be lighted at all times
while the motorcycle is in
operation on highways or
public vehicular areas.” GS
20-129 (c).
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Mrs. Cynthia Grice Wray
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Anne, of Shelby, spent last
Tliesday with Mr. and Mrs. C.
J. Holtschulte, coming espe
cially to attend the Bi-Centen-
nial Parade. Mrs. Wray is
niece of Mrs. Holtschulte.
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DISTRKT I
€OMhUSSIOMHt
lUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4fh
It is with heart felt appreciation and deep sense of humbleness that I say thank
you to those of you wi
ppreciation
’ho worked,
support^ and voted for me on October 7,1975.
I deeply appreciate the confidence and trust that you the 838 voters placed in me
on October 7,1975, and this is the reason that I called for a run off election on
November 4, 1975.
I will continue to need your support and vote on November 4,1975.
I renew my pledge to you the voters, if elected by you as your District 1 Com
missioner, I will, with the support of you the voter, and with the help of the Lord,
serve you to the best of my ability.
Thank you again.
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