Hoke County DSS Joins
. State F ood Stamp Campaign
The Hoke County Dept. of Social
.Services will join a statewide effort
this month to inform area senior
citizens about the federal food
stamp program.
Gov. James B. Hunt, Jr. has
proclaimed Sunday, Nov. 20, as
'Food Stamp Awareness Day for
Senior Citizens."
In issuing this proclamation, the
Governor is focusing attention on a
concerted effort underway to en
sure that senior citizens understand
the food stamp program and how it
can help them satisfy their nutri
tional needs.
The program is aimed at low
income people and allows partici
pants to buy, at a fraction of their
face value, stamps which can be
redeemed for food at area grocery
stores. Annual income is consid
ered in computing the percentage
of the face value that a participant
must pay.
The statewide campaign is being
implemented to improve the diets
and health of individuals over 60.
Hoke County Food Stamp
Supervisor Delores McLeod said
that her department is currently
working with elderly people here to
see that they get nutritional diets.
"Many senior citizens will ill
nesses are so concerned with stick
LAW FOR UVINB
By Professor Howard
Oleck, Wake Forest
Univ. School of Law
(Distributed by the N.C. Academy of
Trial Lawyers as a public service)
Husband Docs Not Own Wife
Women's lib laws today tend to
treat married women as inde
pendent persons, not as slaves of
their husbands. This is a change
from the ancient view of women as
basically being in the same status
as a man's horse or his dog.
But the old common law
principle was, and in many places
still is, that a married woman
normally is dominated by her
husband. North Carolina, for
example, had declared that to be
the law since 1871. In the case of
State v. Williams, 65 N.C. 398, a
wife was freed from a charge of
committing assault and battery,
because the trial judge had not
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Dinner Here
The Hoke Music Booster Club
will sponsor a bazaar and turkey
dinner Nov. 18.
Dinner will be served from 5
p.m. until 8 p.m. in the Gibson
Cafeteria at Hoke County High
School. Tickets will be $2.50 and
may be obtained by calling Joyce
Jameson at 875-4528 or 875-4509.
A limited number of tickets will be
available at the door.
Music groups will perform dur
ing the evening in the courtyard.
The Upchurch eighth grade band,
directed by Jimmy James, will
perform at 5:45 p.m.; the high
school choral group, directed by
Mary Archie McNeill, will perform
at 6:15 p.m.: and the Upchurch
choral group, directed by Linda
Huff, will perform at 7 p.m.
At 7:30 p.m. the Hoke County
High School band will be on the
athletic field with the performance
they use in competition.
instructed the jury that a wife was
resumed to have acted under her
usband's coercion in committing
that crime. It was the duty of the
prosecutor to prove that she had
not been coerced by her husband, if
her husband was present when she
committed the crime.
A 1977 North Carolina Court of
Appeals may have changed the old
rule. State v. Smith, 33 N.C. App.
511, discussed the rule, and said
that the old rule had been changed
in a 1911 case; not that it was rare
of that. This sort of waffling is
called dictum (plural, dicta) by
lawyers, and may be rejected by
other judges or courts.
Blackstone's Commentaries, a
famous summary of English law,
said that the old presumption of
subservience of wives was at least
1,000 years old. This was because
the legal existence of a woman was
deemed to be suspended,' and
merged into her husband's, during
marriage. Husband took over her
property, and she could not legally
sue or be sued without him, nor
enter a contract or convey her
property without his consent. In
fact, he had the right to beat her, as
long as he did not inflict permanent
injury, according to North Carolina
law in 1864 (State v. Black, 60 N.C.
262).
Today, some states have abol
ished these brutal old laws by
statutes, and some have abolished
them by court case decisions.
The North Carolina court, in the
1977 decision, said that our
modern social order no longer
accepts the view that a woman
usually is so subservient to her
husband that she merely is his
instrument in a crime. The fact
that she commits a crime in his
presence no longer should raise a
presumption that she acted under
his coercion.
Of course it may be proved, if
true, that she did act under his
coercion in a particular case, if she
did in fact. But the old pre
sumption no longer should be
assumed in cases such as these.
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c campus ??UQrl s in Radford J^131t,
ing to the diet prescribed by their
doctors that they neglect their
nutritional needs," she said. "We
are showing them that they can
maintain these diets and still eat
balanced meals. The food stamp
program can help."
Local Director of Social Services
Ben. O. Niblock said his depart
ment encourages, not only the
elderly, but all persons who feel
they might be eligible for the food
stamp program to apply.
In regard to the elderly, he said
that often their families are not
financially able to provide for them
adequately. Many do not live at
home with their children, he said.
"We want to make available to
our senior citizens the services they
need to enable them to maintain
good health and live comfortably in
their own homes as long as
possible." Niblock said.
The Dept. of Social Services is
planning to work with local
churches to inform people about
the food stamp program, he said.
New eligibility requirements for
food stamps will take effect Jan. 1,
Niblock said.
According to the present require
ments, a family not on public
assistance can have only so much
income a month and be eligible for
the program. An individual can
earn no more than $262 a month
(net). A couple can earn no more
than S344 a month.
The new requirements raise the
limit on a family of three from $447
per month to $460; for a family of
four, from $567 ro $580; for a
family of five, from $673 to $687;
for a family of six, from $807 to
$827; for a family of seven, $893 to
$913; for a family of eight, from
$1,020 to $1,047.
| Farm Items |
S By W.S. Young, Agri. Ent. Chr.
I &
Freddie O'Neal
Aaat. Agri. Agent
Some progress is being made in
the control of witchweed in Hoke
County, according to Mr. Ronald
Baxley, the APHIS representative
here. This is a parasite that lives off
the roots of corn and many of the
grass crops. Six farms consisting of
198 acres have been released from
the quarantine this year. Thirteen
others were released last year.
Farmers are encouraged to co
operate with this agency by re
porting any plants that they might
see growing on their farms.
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This is the season to make a
compost pile to be used around the
home. Leaves, grass clippings and
other garden refuse are ideal
materials. A layer of the material, a
layer of soil and the addition of
nitrogen fertilizer, continued for
several layers, can make up the
pile. After it has rotted it can be
used as a topdressing for lawns, as
a growing medium for house plants
or for starting seedlings. The pile
must be kept moist and will decay
taster if it is turned over periodi
cally.
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A farm accident survey will be
conducted in Hoke County and in
counties across the country during
the 1978 year. About 10 farms in
the county will be selected, and
detailed information will be se
cured from the operator. Then
other visits will be made during the
year to find out the number of
accidents that have occurred. Since
farmers are in the high risk group,
as lar as accidents are concerned,
this should provide some ideas for
better safety programs.
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J CHRISTMAN SEAL CHAIRMAN ?- Mrs. Richard Neeley is serving as
j Hoke County 's 1977 Christmas Seal Chairman. She is shown above on the
! left with Dr. H.D. Ireland [center), president of the Mid-State Lung
Association, the local Christmas Seal agency: and H. Clifton Blue of
Aberdeen, who has been appointed the 12-County Area-Wide Christmas
Seal Chairman for the Mid-State Lung Association. The appointments were
announced at the association s fall board of director s meeting held Nov. 2
at Mid Pines Club in Southern Pines.
Hoke Christmas Seal
Chairman Announced
Mrs. Richard Neeley of Raeford
has been named Hoke County's
Honorary Chairman for the 1977
Christmas Seal Campaign. Mrs.
Neeley's appointment was an
nounced at the Fall Board of
Directors meeting of the Mid-State
Lung Association held Nov. 2 in
Southern Pines.
The Mid-State Lung Associa
tion. which serves a total of 12
counties, including Hoke County,
also has an Area - Wide Christmas
Seal Chairman. H. Clifton Blue of
Aberdeen.
Dr. H.D. Ireland of McCain
Hospital is currently serving as the
President of the Mid - State Lung
Association. Those in attendance at
the fall board meeting representing
Hoke County were: Mrs. Richard
Neeley and Ralph Huff.
Since 1907 Americans have been
giving to Christmas Seals to fight
lung diseases, first tuberculosis,
and in more recent years, asthma,
chronic bronchitis, emphysema, air
pollution and smoking.
The 1977 Christmas Seal Cam
paign officially began Nov. 1 and
will continue through the Christ
mas holiday season. Christmas
seals have been mailed out to
thousands of residents of North
Carolina.
Contributions are sent to the
State Christmas -Seal Association
office in Raleigh (The North
Carolina Lung Association), where
they are recorded. The funds are
then forwarded to the area Lung
Association office serving the local
community to be used in the
program of work such a patient
service needs, community service
projects, health education pro
grams in local schools and com
munity organizations, and medical
research being conducted in North
Carolina medical centers.
This centralized mailing and
receiving center for the Christmas
Seal campaign cuts down the cost
of the yearly fund - raising cam
paign and enables area staff
members to devote maximum time
to the local program of work.
Out of every dollar contributed.
90 percent remains in North Caro
lina. with the remaining 10 percent
used by the American Lung
Association for the national pro
gram of work, including health
educaton and medical research.
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Richmond based home furnishings
chain, announced the declaration
of its semi - annual dividend. The
dividend of 12 cents per share is
payable on Nov. 30. 1977 to
stockholders of record on No
vember 21 . 1977.
Hyman Meyers. President, also
announced the Grand Opening of a
completely remodelled store in
Marion. N.C. The 14.000 square
foot facility is the 63rd store
operated by Heilig ? Meyers and is
the 5th store opened in this fiscal
year.
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