With
Darrell Austin
(Ingredient*: lliere will be bit* of
new*, very little wl*dom, *ome
humor and comment*, *ome view*
from other editor*. Direction*: Take
weekly, If poaalble, but pleaae avoid
an overdoee.)
Wy (lOOFEDt In Thursday’s
edition of the Herald we had Dan
Finger of Hoke Electric Identified a*
Dan Dinger. Sorry 'bout that,
Dan...we Just got our wires crossed.
WAYNE WORCESTER
JIM CHILDERS
JERRY MULXJNAX
GILBERT HAMRICK
LAWRENCE BAITY
Childers Unopposed^ Mayor Has A Race
Next time you see Joe Hedden, the
personable principal of West School,
ask him about the young man he
kicked out of the band when he was
band director at Kings Mountain
Iflgh. It was one day on the practice
field when the band was going
through Its usual marching drills. A
young smart alec who marched on
die front row and played the
trombone kept hitting a cute
majorette In the rear with the slide
of his trombone. 'Ole Joe walked
over a* mad as a hornet and said,
"Young man. If you can’t do any
better than that, you can just go to
study hall." The smart alec looked
at Joe, then at the majorette, and
said, "Mr. Hedden, I just don’t think
I can do any better than that!"
Needless to say, I ended up In study
haU.
"D”
Mr*. Lawrence (Helen) Logan
called and told me that when she
picked up last Tuesday’s Herald and
saw the old mast head back on the
top of the page. It just felt different.
Thanks, Mrs. Logan, It felt that way
to me too.
••D”
Have you ever felt stupid? When
Luther Hodges Jr. was In town
several years ago campaigning (or
Oovemor against Oov. Hunt, he
went to the country club to speak to
the Rotary Club. After lunch, Tom
McIntyre was to have an Interview
with him. I tagged along just for the
conversation and got there a few
minutes before Tom. Mr. Hodge*
was standing In the club room and
looking out over the golf course. He
said, "how often do you come out?"
and my reply vas "about every
day." He said, "no, no, not how often
do you come out to the club. How
often does your paper come out?" I
did feel a little stupid but I didn’t
have to look for another job.
•■D”
F'rom Gary Bryant, pastor of Flrfet
Presbyterian Church: “If you ever
feel like you’re going to be nm out of
town, get far out In front of the pack
and then It will look like a parade
and you’re leading It.”
••D”
American Legion members: If
you haven’t been to the Legion on
Wednesday afternoon at B p.m.,
)rou’re missing a real treat. They put
on a feed that you would really
epjoy. Foley Oobb, the legion chef,
puts out baked beans smothered In
peppers and onions, chicken salad,
potato salad,ham, sardine*,
crackers, olives, pickles and much
more. And the best part...It’s all
free.
“D”
(To comment In this colunm, write
Roamin’ Around Town, P.O. Box
752, or give me a i»ll at 78B-T4M.)
Kings Mountain voters will have a
choice In the mayor’s and two
commissioner races In the October 9
election but District One com
missioner Jim CThllders Is unopposed
and assured of his second term.
The filing deadline for candidates
ended Friday and no one came out
against Ciillders, but there was
some last-minute activity. Two
citizens died to run against Mayor
John Moss and two more threw their
hat in the ring for the District Three
seat.
Gilbert (Pee Wee) Hamrick, an
unsuccessful candidate In the last
mayor’s race, and Jerry M.
Mulllnax, filed (or mayor. Lawrence
Baity and Wayne Worcester died for
the District Three seat, making it a
four-man race. Incumbent Corbet
Nicholson and former commissioner
Tommy Ellison are the other two
candidates.
The other race Is In District Four,
where Harry (Dutch) Wilson, for
mer superintendent of the city
electrical department, Is running
Sisk Contest Winnra*
Kevin Sisk of 802 Gantt Street Is
the first winner in the Herald’s
“Pick the Winner” football contest.
Sisk came within an eyelash of
turning In a perfect card. His only
miss was Shelby’s 8-7 loss to Hunter
Huss.
Sisk had little competition as
no other contestant could do any
better than three misses.
The results of last week’s games
Included Catholic over CherryvlUe,
Burns over Kings Mountain. Crest
over West Caldwell, Huss over
Shelby, South Point over Ashbrook,
Blast Lincoln over East Gaston,
Clemson over Furman, North
Carolina over South Carolina,
Maryland over Vlllanova, Virginia
over Richmond, Alabama over
Georgia Tech, N.C. State over East
Carolina, Wsdce Forest over Ap
palachian, Virginia Tech over
Louisville, Lenoir Rhyne over
Joihnson C. Smith, Davidson over
Catawba and Presbyterian over The
Citadel. The Mars Hlll-Llberty
Baptist game ended In a 21-21 tie.
The second contest Is Inside
today’s Herald. Entries must be
received by Friday noon. You may
mall them to Football Contest, P.O.
Box 762, Kings Mountain 28086; or
bring them by our office at 431 North
Piedmont.
against Incumbent Norman King.
Wilson filed last week and King two
weeks ago.
Baity, 59, Is a retired truck driver
and lives at 504 Llnwood Road. He
and his wife, Lois, have three
children Including John Larry and
Steven Henry Baity and Diane
Caldwell.
Baity Is a native of Kings Moun
tain and lived In Florida for 10 years.
He moved back here In 1969. He’s a
veteran of World War II.
"I want to work for honesty In
government,” he said when an
nouncing his candidacy. “I want to
try to change some things In Ward
'n»nie. Gut are not being done.”
Baity said some of his main
concerns. If elected, would be to call
for an audit of the city books and
make the report known to the
people; construct a shopping mall
downtown; and lower taxes.
"Downtown Is being tom down
and destroyed,” he said. "Prices
that are being paid for construction
are far too high. I want to find out
what surplus money is In the Kings
Mountain fund. There should be an
audit made, which hasn’t been done
In years.
"I feel we should have honesty and
truth In government,” he added. "I
don’t think we have It now. Being
retired, I could be a full-time ob
server. I don’t belong to any
organlzaUons and would not have
anything to Interfere In my work. I
feel I have some good opponents. I’ll
have a job, but if elected, I Intend to
try to serve the people In every ef
fort. so they’ll benefit more.”
Worcester has been a resident of
Kings Mountain since 1960 and is
married to the former Pat Mace. He
is a veteran of the Korean Conflict
and active on the deacon’s board of
liberty Baptist Church. The Wor
cesters have three children and one
grandchild.
In his filing statement, Worcester
said, “I wlllnot make a number of
campaign promises I may not be
able to keep. But. I will say that If I
am elected I will do all I can to help
my friends In Ward Three. So, If you
want a change, get out and vote for a
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32nd Running
Bethware Fair Opens
Gates to the 1979 Bethware Fair
open tomorrow at 6 p.m. on the
grounds of Bethware School.
The fair continues through mid
night Saturday and features fun and
games for children, concessions,
midway events, and exhibition halls
which are bulging with the latest In
home-grown and handmade
products of farmers of the area.
A larger-than-ever number of
exhibitors are expected to register
their exhibits today with Mrs. Betty
White, Stokes Wrl^t and John
Grant. One of the newest Items at
this year’s 32nd annual Community
Fair Is the exhibit of antique cars
which will be on display In the
agriculture building. Handmade
Items and crafts are on display In
the cafeteria area.
Children’s Day Is Thursday with
reduced-price rides until 6 p.m
TTiursday Is also judging day and
exhibitors will be able to take home
cash prizes on Friday, which
amount to more this year than any
year In the history of the fair.
Drawing for prizes will be held
nightly.
The Fair opens at 1 p.m. Thur
sday, at 3 p.m. Friday and at 1 p.m.
Saturday.
Charles Seism, president of the
^onsorlng Bethware Progressive
Club, said that this year’s Fair
"reflects the changes and Im
provements In our ever-advancing
sigrlcultural, commercial and In
dustrial fields.”
This Is the 25th year the Fair has
offered cash prizes to exhibitors
Expects Same Of Students
Bob McRae Likes Work
BOB McRAE...
New KMIIS Principal believes in working hard
By GARY STEWART
Co-Editor
The young, new face walking the
halls of Kings Mountain High could
be mistaken as a student, or a new
teacher fresh out of college. But 32-
year-old Robert R. McRae Jr., Is the
new principal.
It took a lot of hard work for
McRae to advance so rapidly that
he’s beginning his fourth year as a
senior high principal.
But as McRae says, "you don’t get
anything worth a flip without
working hard lor It." He feels that
philosophy applies not only to
teachers, but students as well.
In an assembly speech to the
student body the first day of school,
McRae pointed out that three things
would be expected of them...hard
work, courtesy and respect for their
teachers and fellow students.
“It’s not good enough to be less
than you can be," says McRae, an
Anson County native and Wake
Forest University graduate. "You
just don't succeed In anything unless
you work hard.
“But," he added. "I believe you
esm work hard and still enjoy what
you’re doing. I want our students,
when they finish high school, to be
able to say 'I'm proud I went to
Kings Mountain Senior High
School.’ ’’
McRae, who spent the last three
years as principal of Piedmont High
School In Union County and before
that spent two years as an assistant
principal and one as a middle school
principal, said he’s had a good
feeling about Kings Mountain ever
since he heard the principal’s job
was open.
"Even before I got the job, when 1
was just visiting here and talking
with Supt. (BUD Davis, I had a good
feeling about the school," he said.
"It’s a very good situation here. I
haven’t seen anything to make me
feel any different. We have a good
faculty, administration, student
body and community. Everybody's
real energeUc and eager to pitch in
and help."
McRae doesn’t plan any drastic
changes for KMHS.
"We’ve made a few minor
changes," he said, "but my basic
phUosophy Is that when you have a
staff of 66 or so and a student body of
900 or so, you don’t need to change If
everything’s going okay.
"One area we want to work on,"
he added. "Is to get things down In
writing. We probably have some
policies that might have been
practiced In the past but were not
put Into writing. We can’t afford to
not be consistent. We should make
every effort to treat everyone the
same."
Another area KMHS is putting a
lot of emphasis on Is remedial
education for students who failed
last year’s competency tests.
“We have some seniors who have
not passed the test," he said. "They
have two more chances. We w'ant to
do everything possible to help them
be successful.
“The competency test is very-
real,’’ he added. "There's no
question but that if they don’t pass,
they won’t get a diploma. I would
hate to have to say If they don't
graduate we didn’t do all we could to
help them.”
McRae believes In a well-rounded
education.
"The most Important thing Is what
goes on In the classroom," he said
"But other things supplement that
If a school doesn't provide things
like athletics and band, some
students never get a chance to
participate. Extra-curricular ac
tivities are Important ”
McRae also believes school-
community cooperation Is
necessary, and feels confident he’ll
have It In Kings Mountain.
"Kings Mountain's been a very
good place for our famll.v to move
to,” he said, adding that his wife,
Jackie, and daughters Juli and
Molly are happy here too. “The
people have been super-nice, and
couldn’t have made us feel more
welcome. We're pleased to be a part
of the community.”