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Around The Old Well
By Lou Bonds
CHAPEL HILL They are
the people who live on the
streets, address unknown, all
their worldly possessions on
their backs or in bags they
carry with them.
They are known variously as
“street people,” “bums,”
“tramps" and “bag ladies."
Some beg; sone don’t. You see
them in bus station depots in
Atlanta, in the lobbies of run
down hotels in Chicago and
sleeping on park benches in
Washington, D.C. Some, when
offered help to change their
lives, turn away.
Charles Dickens wrote about
them more than a century ago,
but as Dr. Laurel Archer Copp,
dean of the nursing school at the
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, points out:
“It didn’t end with Charles
Dickens.
“We tend to think that these
people are a phenomenon of the
1800 s, that they don’t exist
anymore,” Copp says, “but we
still see them today in London
and Edinburgh, and we see
them here in our own com
munity. As the economy which
finances public services erodes,
we may see more.”
Copp has been curious about
the psychology of street people
since her employment at St.
Elizabeth's Hospital in
Washington, D.C., when it was
the largest federally supported
mental hospital in the nation.
Today she sees ex-patients in
Lafayette Park across from the
White House. Some have scraps
of food in their bags; others
carry heavy loads of old
newspapers.
Copp studied these people and
eventually came to the same
question that many ask, many
more avoid and few can an
swer: Why do they behave the
way they do, why do we react to
them as we do and what can be
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done for them?
A lot of these people, Copp
knows, came out of institutions
designed to help them. In the
19505, mental institutions un
derwent massive reform,
largely because the public could
no longer accept the practice of
physically restraining and
locking up mental patients for
long periods of time-years, in
fact.
But, when emancipation
came and large numbers of
patients were released, there
was little waiting for them on
the outside, Copp says. Their
family ties had been broken, no
shelter was waiting and they
were forced to deal with the
outside world on their own
terms.
“The revision of the mental
health laws that unfettered and
unlocked patients was an im
portant landmark in medical
and psychiatric care that can’t
be praised enough,” Copp says.
“But, like many other large
movements that come about so
abruptly, there was no plan
ning. Many patients literally
were dumped on the com
munities that had no plans or
place for them. Twenty years
later, we are still dealing with
these patients.”
Copp acknowledges, however,
that though plans for
discharging patients have
improved immensely, more and
younger street people still
appear every day. As a group,
she believes, they seem to have
“slipped through the cracks”
between agencies designed to
help them. As individuals, she
says, they are dealing with a
world full of stress to the best of
their ability.
“There is a wide variety of
abilities that people have to
copy with life’s difficulties,”
Copp says. “Some people can
cope with a great amount of
stress, pressure, crisis and
broken relationships. Others
can’t.
“I’ve seen in many of these
people a great effort to try and
cope. They may not be suc
cessful, but they are trying.”
That effort may explain why
many street people reject offers
of assistance or a better life,
Copp says. It could explain why
the man she once saw sleeping
on a grating, steam rising
through the iron bars, told those
who stopped to leave him alone.
He insisted on living and dying
on his own terms. He is like
many who claim their right not
to be treated.
“Some of the behaviors I see
all the time in these people is
that of being non-verbal, un
communicative and with
drawn,” Copp says. “At the
same time, they are especially
vulnerable to crime and rob
bery which is the cause of a lot
of their injuries.”
The real enigma, though, is
trying to determine what, if
anything, can be done for the
street people, Copp says. In that
respect, even health
professionals often are
befuddled because the person
on a park bench could be af
fected by mental illness, drugs,
alcohol or a combination of all
three.
Copp says the answer may lie
in “continuity of care,” of,
simply, agencies working
together to be sure that one
picks up where the other leaves
off. It means community health
centers working with hospitals
more closely; housing
authorities working with the
community health centers; and
so on.
Laws could be passed to help
the agencies work together on
food, shelter and medical needs
of their patients and clients,
Copp says. Plans for what
happens to an individual after
he or she leaves an institution
can be more specific. This
placement has become an
obligation of accredited
hospitals.
“I’m not suggesting there are
easy answers, or, perhaps,
anything at all that can be done
for the street people of today,”
Copp says, “but our track
record with these people has not
been very good. More and more,
all of us in today’s high
technology society are going to
have our coping resources
tested. Many more of us will fail
the test of stress on a year after
year basis.
“Who’s to say that when we
look at a newborn baby that we
aren’t looking at another
potential street person?”
Cox Wins Top
4-H Honors
John Cox, age 13, of the
Pembroke 4-H Club won top
honors in the Beef-Char-
Grill Contest. HiS special
Souper-Burgers and
demonstration techniques
gained him the State Title
and a SSO Savings Bond. This
was John’s second year in
the Beef-Char-Grill
demonstration.
He received a red ribbon
in the district contest in
1979. With hard work,
determination and lots of
practice John improved
enough to win the state title
at 4-H Congress last week.
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MEETS SECRETARY—Sec. of Agriculture Bob Bergland greets Diana Joy Spruill, vice
president of the North Carolina FFA Association during the recent Future Fanners of
America State Presidents’ Conference in Washington. D.C., sponsored by General Motors
Corporation. Diana Joy is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Edward Spruill of Pea
Ridge.
Miss Spruill Attends FFA Conference;
Meets With President Carter
WASHINGTON, D.C. -
Diana Joy Spruill, vice
president of the N. C.
Association of the Future
Farmers of America (FFA)
was one of 100 state FFA
Officers who met Thursday
morning with President
Jimmy Carter.
The meeting at the White
House was a highlight of a
week-long State FFA
Presidents’ Conference in
the Nation’s Capital. The
conference, sponsored by
General Motors Corporation
through the National FFA
Foundation, Inc., is
designed to help new state
officers lead more ef
fectively by expanding their
knowledge oftheFFAandthe
nation.
Diana Joy is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. William
Edward Spruill of Pea
Ridge. She was elected vice
president of the N. C. FFA
Association at the State
FFA Convention on June 13,
1980.
The highlight of the visit
came when Carter
presented the Alamosa,
Colo., FFA Chapter the first
place award in “The
President’s Challenge.”
“This is one award where
the recognition’s important
but where every person in
our country benefits and
where the greatest nation on
earth becomes even greater
because of your efforts.”
The chapter organized
community workshops,
conducted a comprehensive
energy audit, and built solar
panels, a greenhouse, food
dryers and a model
distillery for fuel alcohol as
part of their energy con
servation project.
A breakfast with
Congressmen preceded the
White House visit. More
than 100 Senators and
Representatives or their
assistants attended to visit
with the State Presidents
about national issues.
Speaking at the breakfast,
Secretary of the Depart
ment of Education Shirley
M. Hufstedler said, “It is
always a pleasure to ad
dress the future-minded
because, after all, the
present become the future
each and every day.”
She said farming is “no
longer the kind of ‘in
dependence’ that it once
was. Every single one of us in
every city in America ab
solutely depends upon the
products of agriculture for
our very survival.”
Robert D. Lund, vice
president, of General
Motors and former chair
man of the National FFA
Foundation Sponsoring
Committee, spoke at the
breakfast and said he had a
name for the product FFA
members exhibit--
“gumption.”
“Despite the turmoil,
despite the short term ups
and downs that we face
every day, I’m confident
you ladies and you young
gentlemen will find away to
conquer the challenges that
are facing you because
you’re not only among the
best and the brightest of
young America, but more
importantly I’m confident
and I know from my per
sonal experience you have
what it takes to win. So if
you use those God-given
talents, if you apply those
leadership abilities which
you have in such abundance
and you continue to accept
the challenges of the times
with the gumption that got
you this far, then certainly
the best years are still
ahead.”
Speaking on behalf of the
Congressmen, Rep. Tom
Foley of Washington, said,
“Government has always
seen the advancement of
agriculture as very basic for
the progress of the future of
the country. What we’ve
achieved in agriculture is an
example of what we can do
in any field.”
Sec. of- Agriculture Bob
Bergland held a question
and answer session with the
state officers Tuesday. They
discussed the Soviet grain
embargo, crop price sup
ports, livestock health and
energy for agriculture.
To fulfill the FFA’s
purpose of developing
citizenship, the state of
ficers placed wreaths at the
Tomb of the Unknown
Soldiers in Arlington
Sawyer Joins
Tarheel Staff
GATESVILLE Ronnie
L. Sawyer of Edenton has
joined the staff of Tarheel
Bank & Trust Co. as auditor
effective July 1, according
to a recent announcement
by Robert E. Lee, executive
vice president and chief
executive officer.
Lee stated that “coupled
with the excellent growth
patterns that the bank has
experienced over the past
several years, and our own
projections for future
growth and expansion, the
addition of a full-time, in
house auditor, is not only
highly desirable, but ab
solutely essential. We are
pleased to have someone
with Ronnie’s expertise in
the accounting field join our
staff.”
Sawyer is a 1964 graduate
of John A. Holmes High
School in Edenton. He is a
graduate of the College of
The Albemarle in Elizabeth
City, where he received his
AAS degree in business
administration. He plans to
receive his B.S. degree in
accounting from Elizabeth
City State University in the
nfear future.
Sawyer has had con
siderable experience in
accounting. He started his
career as a Cost Department
clerk with the Chris-Craft
Corporation in Edenton. He
then became a cost ac
countant for Carters Ink
Company, also in Edenton.
He then advanced to ac
countant for Edenton
Marina, Inc., and most
recently was the accountant
for Albemarle Family
Health Services, Inc.
Sawyer and his wife, the
former Harriet Barrow of
Edenton, have two children,
girls Rhonda, age nine and
National Cemetery and at
Mount Vernon, attended the
Torchlight Tattoo program,
visited the Smithsonian
Institution, toured the
Capitol and met their
Congressmen. Represen
tative Wes Watkins,
Oklahoma, and Dr. Lynn
Daft of the White House
Domestic Policy Staff spoke
to the group.
Die state officers were on
hand at the National FFA
Center for the dedication of
the Hall of Achievement
Gallery Exhibits. The
National FFA Staff mem
bers and program chairmen
explained each of the
organization’s divisions.
The group attended a play
at the Kennedy Center for
Performing Arts, and
concluded the week with the
annual Conference Banquet
held at the Lazy Susan
Dinner Theater in Wood
bridge, Va.
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Resolution Honoring j
Lester Copeland
The Chowan County
Democratic Executive
Committee adopted a
resolution July 28 of
“gratitude and respect” to
the late Lester Copeland.
The text, signed by N. J.
George, chairman, follows:'
Lester Copeland, citizen
of Chowan County, died July
14, 1980.
The Executive Committee
of the Democratic Party of
Chowan County meeting in
open forum Monday, July
28, 1980, hereby adopts the
following resolution:
That whereas Lester
Copeland served Chowan
County well as County
Commissioner, and
Whereas Lester Copeland
was renominated without
opposition to a second term
as county commissioner,
and
Whereas Lester Copeland
possessed high standards of
personal integrity and moral
courage and exemplified the
same in his public life, and
Whereas Lester Copeland
believed in and worked for
equitable representation of
all sectors of the public in
government, and
Whereas Lester Copeland
cared deeply for the
children of Chowan County
and actively encouraged the
consolidation and im
provement of public schools,
and
Whereas Lester Copeland
served this county diligently
even to the point of sacrifice
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Thursday, August 7, 1980 -
on his personal business,
and
Whereas Lester Copeland ~ r
as father and churchman *(
led an exemplary life
welcoming refugees from
Vietnam into his employ and
fellowship,
BE IT HEREBY : - :
RESOLVED by the
Executive Committee for
the Democratic Party of '
Chowan County that
ARTICLE I: Our
gratitude for Lester I
Copeland’s devotion to
public service be spread ”■
upon the minutes of this
meeting, and
ARTICLE II: Our ap
preciation for Lester
Copeland be extended to his •-
good wife, three fine sons r.
and their families as well as
our bereavement over our "
common loss, and i
ARTICLE III: Our L
determination be hereby set ....
forth to commend to all men j
and women the outstanding
example of public service ■
rendered by Lester j
Copeland.
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