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The Republican sweep
With few exceptions, the Republican Party
posted a landslide victory in last week’s general elec
tion.
While much of the victory can be credited to the
disenchantment of both Democrats and
Republicans with the Carter Administration, the
large GOP landslide can also be credited to the
political acumen and popularity of President-Elect
Ronald Reagan. The country is ready for a change
and let it be known at polling places nationwide, in
cluding Kings Mountain, where three newcomers to
politics came very close to unseating three incum
bent county commissioners in a well-planned write-
in campaign initiated by a tax protest group, the
Cleveland County Association of Taxpayers. It is
very likely that had all the ballots been marked pro
perly at the various polling places in the county and
not thrown out for improper markings, the results
would have been quite different. Write-in can
didates led in almost all precincts.
Reader Dialogue
The leaders of the write-in movement should be
commended for their leadership and it is hoped that
the county board of commissioners will see in this
wide-spread protest by voters that citizens are ready
to speak out on the issues and expect the people
they elect to respond with some hope for im
provements.
North Carolina and South Carolina, in contrast
to some predictions, went for Reagan and Carter’s
Georgia was the only Southern state he could claim
in his re-election bid, which voters soundly
defeated.
Senator J. Ollie Harris of Kings Mountain led the
voting in the 25th Seanatorial District and reflects
Mr. Harris’ growing popularity in his district, his at
tention to the personal services his constituents re
quire and his voting record.
President-Elect Reagan and Vice-President Elect
George Bush have a clear mandate from the people
to effect the |x>licies they espouse.
Teacher aides earn pay
Dear Editors,
In response to “Teacher Aides Get Mbced
Reviews” (Daily News-Record, Aug. 31), I’d like to
say, “hallelujah!”
In my capacity as kindergarten aide at Oak Ridge
Elementary School, a position I have held for six
years, I feel important and useful to my school.
When I applied for an aide job I had 12 years’ ex
perience working with four and five-year-olds.
As a professional artist, I have been able to use
my talents in my work; not just in the area of
kindergarten but in the whole school program.
1 feel the teacher aide pay scale is unfair. Aides
should be paid according to experience, qualifica
tions and abilities. Many of the aides I know feel
there is little chance to advance on the salary scale.
One year ago we were warned that if we con
tinued to lobby for more pay or complained because
of small salaries, some of us would be dismissed in
order to raise the salaries of some of the aides.
Many of our duties are the same as the teachers’.
We are assigned bus and car duty. One important
aspect of an aide’s job is to provide one-toone or
small group concentrated and intensive teaching,
especially for slower children who cannot work in a
large group. In the event the teacher is out and a
substitute arrives, the aide usually assumes the
teacher role; yet the substitute draws more pay.
In our school, I know of no single aide who does
not give her all and more to her job. Those who
think teacher aides are unimportant need to take a
second look.
To I. Beverly Lake, who seems to oppose the aide
program, I say: Last year my take-home pay was
$435 a month. For all the little children I hope I
have helped in the last six years, Mr. Lake, the state
of North Carolina has bought a bargain!
HELEN F. LEDFORD
OAK RIDGE
Thanks for support
Dear Editors,
We wish to express our appreciation for the con
tributions of the following individuals and business
firms for the support of our Halloween Carnival.
They are: First Citizens National Bank,
American Legion, VFW Post 9811, Hank Fink,
Inc., Holiday Inn, Kings Mountain Herald, Bridges
Hardware, Phifer Hardware, Western Auto, Farm
Center, Pizza Inn of Shelby, Otis Falls Exxon Ser
vice Station, TG&Y, Masters Funeral Home, Clark
Tire Co., Tom Trott Insurance Agency, Home Sav
ings & Loan Association, Falls Superette, Harris
Funeral Home, Kings Mountain Office Supply,
Wade Ford, Inc., Sample Yardage, Peggy’s
Restaurant, One Hour Martinizing, Sterchi’s,
Qx)k’s Department Store of Gastonia, First Na
tional Bank of Shelby, Gilliland’s Greenhouses,
Ware’s Orchards, Oak Grove Beauty Shop, Love’s
Fish Box, Bost Bread, Milova Knit, Plonk’s Depart
ment Store, Kentucky Fried Chicken, McDonald’s,
Patterson OU Co., Benard Food Co., Mauney
Hosiery Co., Fulton’s Department Store, Allen’s
Florist, Cooper Furniture, Timms Furniture,
Adams Cleaners, Waco Grocery Store, IFH Food
Service, Foote Mineral Co., Eckerd’s, McGinnis
Department Store and Dellinger’s.
We also wish to thank the many who furnished
items for our bake sale and contributed their time as
volunteers and to the judges, C.J. Gault, Rev. Kelly
Dixon and Hilliard Black who awarded prizes for
the best costumes.
ACTIVITY AND SOCIAL DEPARTMENT
KINGS MOUNTAIN CONVALESCENT CENTER
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Clemson University
a different world
Ride south on 1-85 just about any Saturday mor
ning this time of year and you’ll likely see a lot of
strange looking cars.
If you’re a Clemson football fan, you’ll recognize
them right away. If not, you may wonder why peo
ple drive around with Tiger tails hanging out their
gas tanks. Tiger paws painted all over their cars, and
Tiger ra^ hanging out the windows.
And, if you exit off 85 at the Clemson exit, you
may also wonder why Tiger paws are printed all
over the highway.
As you drive closer to the campus, and into the
poking lots, you’ll see people picnicking on the
tailgates of their station wagons, the hoods of their
cars, on the grass and at picnic tables ... even in
huge motor homes and campers.
As you walk into Memorial Stadium (or Frank
Howard Field, or Death Valley, depending on what
you’d rather call it) you’ll see a sea of orange,
everything from orange hats and overalls to orange
Tiger paws painted on the faces of the fans.
Clemson University on a football Saturday is a
world of its own.
Opposing teams hate the place. Opposing players
don^ play up to their capabilities there. Some of the
nation’s best football teams have been embarrassed
there or escaped by the skin of their teeth.
On a key play, it’s almost useless for an opposing
quarterback to try to bark the signals. From the
time the enemies break the huddle, the crowd of
60,000 Tiger partisans roar in unison. On the other
hand, if it’s a key play for the Tigers, all the Clem
son quarterback has to do is raise his arms and call
for silence and you can hear a pin drop.
The fans have entered into the outcome of many
a game at Death Valley. No better example was an
earlier season game when the noise of the crowd
drowned out the command of Virginia Tech
quarterback Steve Casey on the goalline as the
Hokies were trying to score the winning
touchdown. The noise resulted in a V PI guard jum
ping the gun on the snap. VPl was penalized five
yards back to the six yard line and had to settle for a
field goal and a narrow 17-14 defeat.
The opposition calls it poor sportsmanship. Clem
son should be penalized for it, they say. But, the
fans call it spirit.
It almost helped the Tigers come from behind
Saturday to defeat nationally-ranked North'
Carolina. The upset atmosphere and the Death
Valley bounces of loose football were there. The
Tigers just didn’t have the offensive punch needed
to break a bending Tar Heel defense.
Carolina built up a 24-6 lead behind its Famous
Amos Lawrence, superior offensive line play, and
good, hard-hitting defense.
Even one vote counts
“What good is one vote?” said a lady friend of
mine Tuesday as she decided not to go to the polls
because she didn’t know who she wanted to vote for
in the presidential race.
In 1645, one vote gave Olivef Cromwell control
of England.
In 1649, one vote caused Charles I of England to
be executed.
In 1776, one vote gave Americans the English
language instead of German.
In 1845, one vote brought Texas into the Union.
In 1868, one vote saved President Andrew
Johnson from impeachment.
In 1876, one vote changed France from a Monar
chy to a Republic.
In 1876, one vote gave Rutherford B. Hayes the
Presidency of the United States.
And in 1941 one vote saved Selective Service just
12 weeks before Pearl Harbor.
Presidential elections provide the nation with the
unusual opportunity to take stock of itself, and the
political rhetoric of 1980 has certainly provided the
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electorate with an interesting diversion this autumn.
We have been entertained, amused, befuddled and
assaulted by the interpretations presented by the
three candidates for president. The kids got into the
act too and at most schools the young folk agreed
with voters all over the country that a change is
needed and marked the ballot for Ronald Reagan.
Whatever you think about all of this electoral
hoopla, it was an American as autumn’s falling
leaves and football games and almost as much fun
to watch.
“We’re not looking for nuts, but we do want to get a cross-section
of view s on events that matter to people. This is TV’s only arena for
the man on the street.”
Talking is George Schlatter, producer of “Speak Up, America” on
NK and WRET-TV (36). Schlatter also produces the “Real Peo
ple show and created the “Laugh-In” series a few years ago.
“We can talk to people about Social Security, problems of textile
workers and a few things more important than how to boil an egg,”
he says. “If we’re good we’ll stay. If not we won’t.”
Schlatter seems to be having some problems with the show, and
Rhonda Bates may be a big one. That giant of an Alabama lady
(she’s six feet two) may be a size too large for viewers and with that
heavy Southern accent is coming on a bit thick. And may 1 slap
Schlatter’s wrist and say SUA isn’t the only place on TV where the
man on the street can speak his mind. WBTV’s Doug Mayes has
been doing it on his “On the Square” news segment for years.
But Schlatter’s a smart one and knows how to get people to react.
The one-armed gymnast he introduced on “Real People,” for in
stance, drew 40,000 letters from viewers.
“We’re surprised at the response we’ve been getting to “Speak
Up, he said. “But we’re not presenting news just to get people’s
reaction to it.”
SCHLATTER'S FRONT people, the ones who talk to the public,
include Jayne Kennedy, formerly on the “NFL Today” show. Miss
Bates and former evangelist-turned-actor, Marjoe Gortner.
“We hired Marjoe because he’s intelligent, well read and
exciting, said Schlatter. “No matter what he talks about, be it
religion, music or Social Security, he excites people.”
Gortner is a fascinating character. In case you’re not up on his
background, he was literally born into the evangelistic world and
assisted his parents at revivals and camp meetings. Early in his life
they would dress him in a new suit of clothes and send him toddling
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into the crowds carrying a collection plate. Needless to say, it was
filled at every meeting.
“1 believe in God but not organized religion,” says Gortner.
“Some of these guys on electronic religion (televised church .ser
vices) are getting very political and that’s dangerous. If people want
the electronic church that’s fine, but I don’t think it’s right. They
should be taxed like other businesses.”
Gonner split with his parents years ago. He hasn’t seen them for
years but is still friendly with them.
“My parents were sincere,” he said. “But then so was Hitler. So
many of these people (in organized religion) are so caught up in
their work they think they have to beat last year’s figures.”
A few weeks ago Gortner interviewed Dennis O’Hair, son of
atheist Madlyn O’Hair. He also split with his mother and is leading
his own life,
“He’s a little confused about what he believes and doesn’t
believe,” says Gortner. “He’s not a Christian yet. He doesn't know
what he is.
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"I CAN identify with him but 1 wasn’t like him. I was taught to
like people and 1 had to learn my lines. Our backgrounds are entire
ly different. 1 was with my mother all the time. He didn’t even
know who his mother was until he was nine. He called her
Madlyn.”
Still, it does seem young O’Hair and Gortner share a strange kin
ship. But Gortner doesn’t see it.
You’ll be seeing more of him in the movies, by the way. Hell star
in a big one now entitled “American Gospel.”
“It’s a multi-million dollar thing,” he says. “Itll be to religion
what ‘Network’ was to television.”
BEVERLEE McKENZlE was spun off NBC’s “Another World”
soap opera to go into the new afternoon drama “Texas” (WRET-
TV 3:00 p.m. Mondays-Fridays.)
“I’m still Iris Bancroft, but I’m not as mean and nasty as 1 was in
the other show,” says Beverlee. “But I’ll still be as bad. 1 don’t mess
with success.”
Here’s a gal who says she’s 40 with a son 25, telling us she’s fed
up with the soaps and ‘Getting up at 4 every morning to be
gorgeous five days a week.” So why in the name of Heaven did she
sign up for the new show that keeps her nose to the grindstone?
“Because they made me an offer I couldnt’ refuse,” she says.
“They said 1 can leave the show in 18 months. Then I’ll star in two
prime time movies which is what I want to do anway.
“As for ‘Texas’ we’re not trying to be different from ‘Dallas.’
Why should we be? That’s just high class trash. Women with
smashing bodies and few clothes.
“Who can take all this stuff seriously? 1 don’t read our scripts and
don’t watch the shows. 1 wanted out of daytime TV and if this thing
bombs I won’t be back on ‘Another World’.”
But a decision to go for a fourth and less than a
yard deep in its own territory backfired on UNC,
and set up one Clemson TD, and a controversial
fumbled punt set up another, and all of a sudden it
was 24-19 with just minutes remaining.
Y et another fumbled punt gave the Tigers a final
chance and they drove to the Carolina one with less
than a minute to play. The Tar Heel defense rose to
the occasion and barely held on to keep its national
ranking intact ... and was glad to get out of that
place.
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Bernice Roseboro of Kings Mountain thought
she was dreaming the other night when she was
driving through town and saw what she declares
was a deer at the comer of Tracy and Childers
streets.
At first, she thought it was one of the biggest dogs
she’d ever seen.
“I didn’t realize it was a deer until it turned and
ran, and I saw it’s white tail,” she said. “I thought it
was very strange to see a deer in town.”
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(From th« Thursday, Nov. 12, 1964 sdltion oi
Ths Kings Mountoin Hsrald)
Petitions seeking an election to determine
whether the Kings Mountain area wishes to secede
from Cleveland County to join Gaston County
have thus far met with only modest support, a spot
check indicated Wednesday.
George B. Thomasson, Kings Mountain lawyer,
has been elected president of the Cleveland County
Bar Association for the coming year. He will suc
ceed Joe Mull of Shelby.
Social and Psrsonal
Mr. and Mrs. Haywood E. Lynch marked their
36th wedding anniversary Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. L.T. Voet of Wilmington announce
the arrival of their first child, a boy; Nov. 5. Tht
baby was named for his materntd ^andfather and
will be called Jeffrey Craig Voet. Mrs. Voet is the
former Fayelene Falls.
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