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May 1993
Sharon Perko, right, talks with Siobhan Classen.
Sara Hamrick, left, and Natasha Rice share a light moment
during get acquainted session.
Buddy Program Inspires, Challenges
Making some new young recent weeks. They are par-
friends has become a routine ticipating in the “buddy pro-
for about 30 Adams-Millis in gram” with Northeast Middle
Martha Parnell, lelt, makes notes about her buddy, Kiki
McFadden.
McLean Returns
Help Through
Buddy Program
When Mary McLean heard
about Adams-Millis’ “buddy”
program at Northeast Middle
School in High Point, she was
eager to become part of it.
“A program like this really
was a help to my children when
they were students at High
Point Central,” said McLean,
who works in quality control
at Adams-Millis High Point
Knitting & Finishing Plant.
“My son really benefitted from
the program. His buddy even
helped him get a job later on.”
Her son, Bobby, worked in
a bank during the summer. He
now is a freshman at the Uni
versity of North Carolina at
Charlotte where he is major
ing in accounting.
“When I heard about this
program here, I thought it
would be a good way for me to
give something back since it
was such a help to Bobby,”
McLean said. “I hope I can be
a help too.”
Sixth grader Allison Lain
said McLean already has been.
“She’s already been a great
School in High Point.
“It really is a good program,”
said Linda Jones, who works
at Silver Knit. “Many students
today are begging for some
one to talk to and we can be
good listeners and help them
to handle some of their prob
lems.”
Jones said her buddy has
become much more talkative
as the two have gotten to know
each other better.
“She’s really appreciative
of whatever I do for her,” Jones
added. “I hope I’m helping
her. She knows she can call on
me if she needs me.”
Martha Parnell said she’s
helping her buddy to adjust to
a new location. The sixth grader
moved here from Rhode Is
land.
“I’m a friend for her and a
personal counselor too,” she
said. “I want to make a differ
ent in her life. If I can help her
it will be an inspiration to me.”
Nancy Johnson said her
buddy is teaching her some
thing about computers.
“He loves computers, loves
to read and likes basketball,”
she explained. “He’s a happy
young man who likes to learn
new things.”
Johnson said she has been
a buddy rather than a tutor
during their weekly visits.
“This really has been a
rewarding thing for me,” said
Debby Dudzinski. “ It’s a won
derful thing that Adams-Mil
lis allows us the time to do
this. Young people today don’t
always have the attention they
need but this program lets us
give them some attention.”
Dudzinski said she has
encouraged her buddy to study
hard and make good grades
and he can do whatever he'
wants. He plans to become a
police officer.
Candy Briles, who wanted
to become a school teacher
earlier in her life, assists a sixth
grade teacher and her students
as her part of the buddy pro
gram.
“I think it’s a good influ- j
ence for me to be there,” she
said. “It’s great of Adams-Millis
to give us the opportunity to
do this.”
Treva Palmer also is work-
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Patti Warner, left, Crystal Collins find out about each other.
help to me,” Lain said. “She
helped me to work out a prob
lem that I had.”
Although the two have
talked with each other only a
few times, their friendship is
growing quickly and is expected
to continue in their twice a
week meetings.
“She seems like she is a
very good mother - a good
disciplinarian,” Lain said of
McLean at a recent meeting.
“I know she’s going to be a big
help to me.”
Describing what she had
learned about her “buddy,”
McLean said of Lain, “She’s a
very determined young lady
who knows what she wants to
do with her life.”
Lain, a Florida native who
moved to High Point while
still an infant, wants to attend
Florida State University and
play basketball there while
studying to be a movie script
writer. “I love to write sto
ries,” said Lain, who began
writing stories three years ago
when she was nine.
Mary McLean, left, Allison Lain talk during a recent meeting in the school library.
How Peace Came To Be
By ALLISON LAIN
Once upon a time in the
wonderful world of Pillow Puffe
there lived a big family. Their
names were Papa Pillow,
Mama Pinky, Big Brother
Punk, Big Sister Pushy and
Litte Brother Peace.
Papa Pillow worked for the
Pillow Industries. Mama Pinky
worked for the Painting In
dustries; and as for the kids,
they all attended Pillow Puff
Middle School where Pushy
was a cheerleader and Punk
was a well-known pillowball
player. But as for Peace he
was not well known for any
thing but, well, nothing.
All of the kids had fun, all
them but Peace.
One day while Peace was
watching TV, he decided to
go to the library to check out a
book on names. When he
found his name, it said hapi-
ness.
Peace ran all the way home
to tell his family and when he
did the word got all around
town and became the national
word of the land.