Goals Realized
At Y outh Center
"The incarcerated resident pop
ulation at McCain's Sandhills
Youth Center during Christmas
Season '81 represent many areas of
North Carolina and other states as
well," said J. P. Smith, Sr., pro
gram director.
SYC's Staff Christmas Commit
tee. Citizen Advisory Committee
members and nearly 200 youthful
offenders combined their love,
energy, talent and outreach in ways
to accomplish sharing the joyous
spirit of Christmas with numerous
surrounding area citizens and
among themselves. A capsulated
account of SYC's Christmas Story
revealed the depth of resident
correctional experiences.
SYC's Resident Choir rendered
musical programs for elderly or
handicapped citizens at the Cam
eron Heights and South Hoke
Lunch Centers in Hoke County;
also at Camp Easter of the Pines
and the Moore County Association
for Aged.
SYC's Vocational Woodworking
Classes constructed over one hun
dred wooden toys and donated
them to Hoke and Moore County
Social Service Centers for distribu
tion to client families.
SYC's Academic resident volun
teers joined with Hoke County
Extension Services' Staff and Vol
unteers for two holiday decoration
workshops. Items produced were
donated to the patients at the
McCain Speciality Hospital.
SYC's Leathercraft Residents
joined with Hoke County Parks
Recreation Department's Staff and
Volunteers and conducted a county
wide Christmas Party for Youth.
Admission to the party was one can
of food per person. The canned
food was given to Social Services for
For New Term
Juanita Edmund filed Monday
for reelection as clerk of Hoke
County Superior Court.
She filed with the Hoke County
Board of Elections.
Mrs. Edmund is a Democrat. It
at least one more Democrat files for
the office, a party primary will be
necessary to choose the nominee to
run in the November general
election.
distribution to special love families.
SYC's Resident Explorers con
ducted a Christmas Party and
supplied gifts for all the Develop
mentally Delayed Children at the
Moore County Children's Center.
They also collected items and
donated them to a blind Moore
County couple.
SYC's I Can Motivation resi
dents and alumni combined re
sources and assisted the Raeford
Woman's Club with distribution of
Christmas Cheer to Social Service
clients throughout Hoke County.
SYC's Resident Jaycees con
ducted a Christmas Party and
provided gifts for all Develop
mentally Delayed Children at the
Hoke County Children's Center.
These residents also collected food,
clothing, fuel money and toys for
distribution to identified Hoke
County Social Service clients.
SYC's Life Skills resident volun
teers assisted the staff and TMH
students at Upchurch Junior High
School with decorating their Christ
mas Float which was part of Hoke
County's Yuletide Parade.
SYC's Garden Project resident
volunteers harvested winter crop
vegetables and donated them to the
Social Service Centers in Moore
and Hoke Counties for distribution
to client families.
"Additionally, some 15 and
other on-site holiday activities were
enjoyed by residents and citizen
volunteers alike," said Smith.
The highlight of these activities
was the Resident Christmas Party
which featured entertainment by
the South View High School Choral
Singers and SYC s own Resident
Choir.
SYC Residents also enjoyed
many party favors including home
made layer cakes provided by
concerned area citizens. Each resi
dent received gifts, courtesy of
"Friends of SYC." The gymnasium
was attractively decorated with
some handmade items and donated
poinsettias, as well.
Yes. it is true that these residents
are incarcerated because of their
past crimes committed against
society, but it may also be said that
these same residents have, through
associations with dedicated staff
and concerned citizen volunteers,
learned the true Christmas Spirit
and the art of caring for others as
for themselves.
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Surprise Retirement Party Honors Sam Morris
Staff Photos
Sam Morris was given a surprise
retirement party Thursday by the
management and employees of
The News-Journal.
He retired that day after 41 years
with the newspaper, serving since
1935 except for five years active
military duty in World War II.
His wife, who retired from the
Hoke County school system at the
end of the last school year, and
other friends from outside the
organization also attended.
The party was held in The News
Journal office, and these pictures
show him with some of the honor
and other gifts he was presented
with.
Sam Morris with gift from The
News-Journal employees.
Morris holding photo of 'Iron Mike, ' the statue at Ft. Bragg honoring the American airborne troopers who
fought in World War II. An Army sky diver who jumped on a special occasion at the memorial is in the photo
also. The picture was presented on behalf of Ft. Bragg by Capt. William Maddox, post public information of
ficer, in appreciation of Morris' work in producing The Paraglide' the Ft. Bragg weekly newspaper, for the past
many years. 'The Paraglide' is printed by The Dickson Press for the Army. Between Morris and Maddox
are Louis H. Fogleman, Jr., The News-Journal's new publisher and Pam Frederick, The News-Journal recep
tionist and a photographer for The News- Journal.
"Things That Matter"
by Lucien Coleman
PLASTIC PACKAGING
PROLIFERATES
This morning's garbage pick-up
was the first one since Christmas.
Last night I hauled two 32-gallon
garbage cans, three king-sized
plastic bags, and one cardboard
box full of trash out to the curb.
I've never understood why the
volume of wrappings from Christ
mas packages is always greater
than the contents of those pack
ages. But. every year, the result of
the gift-swapping orgy is always
the same -- a garbage collector's
nightmare.
When I finally got around to
shaving on Christmas Day, I went
three rounds with another kind of
wrapping, that virtually impene
trable plastic envelope surrounding
the disposable razor I wanted to
use.
There I stood in my underwear,
shaving lather all over my face,
trying to tear open a deceptively
thin plastic package. When it
finally became apparent that bare
fingers wouldn't do the trick. I
tried tearing it open with my teeth.
To no avail. Finally. I had to resort
to a pair of scissors.
As I scraped at my recalcitrant
whiskers. I got to wondering about
all that packaging. What purpose
did it serve, anyway? Take that
disposable razor, for instance. Why
couldn't it just be sold over the
counter out of a box. like the
pencils we used to buy at the
five-and-dime? Why uucs u nave to
be swathed in plastic?
Even sillier are the dinky little
packages of nails, screws, nuts, and
metal washers -- the things hard
ward dealers once kept in drawers
and bins. Sometimes you get the
feeling that you're paying as much
for the plastic package as the
merchandise itself costs. And you
probably are.
The Council on Environmental
Quality reports that the average
person in the United States pro
duces about 1 .300 pounds of solid
waste annually. Most of this went
to municipal landfills and dumps.
This added up to a national total of
130 million metric tons in 1976.
And. based on present trends, the
projection for 1985, is 180 million
metric tons. *
The cost of disposing of this
waste is astronomical; about $9
billion in 1977. And guess who pays
ihe bill for waste disposal? The
consumer and taxpayer, of course.
People like you and me.
The mountain of solid waste
generated in our country in 1977
included 5.3 million tons of
plastics. 14.7 million tons of glass.
13.7 million tons of metals. 3
million tons of textiles. 4.7 million
tons of wood, and -- are you ready
for this? -- 49.2 million tons of
paper.
At this rate, we'll soon have more
city dumps than parking lots.
Magistrates Court
The following Hoke County
magistrates' judgments were issued
last week.
Sherrill Leon Parsons. Rt. 2.
Ellerbe. expired inspection certifi
cate , costs.
Ricky Lee Perkins. Rt. 2. Rem
bert, S.C., speeding 70 in a 55
zone. S10 and costs.
Norman J. Edwards. Ft. Bragg,
passing at an intersection, costs.
Terence Malloy. Box 562. Rae
ford, speeding 60 in a 45 zone. S10
and costs.
Eric Eugene McGee. Raeford.
driving undeF the influence, no
probable cause (Breathalyzer read
ing .01).
James L. Murphy. Marlow
Heights. Mil., passing at an inter
section. S10 and costs.
Charles Edward Handon. Rae
ford. driving without a license. $25
and costs.
John Doe. also known as Chip
monk. address unknown, trespass,
no probable cause.
Rodalt'o Ramos. Ft. Bragg, no
operator's license, voluntary dis
missal by the prosecutor: no cur
rent inspection certificate, costs.
Nancy Ellis Ray. Fayetteville,
tailing to stop at a stop sign, costs.
Morris receiving plaque given by The Dickson Press in appreciation oj his
services. It is being presented by Louis H. Folgeman, Jr., The News
Journal's new publisher.
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business.
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from rising prices and dire pre
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California. Thev discovered they
were not immune to the ueather,
labor, market uncertainty and pest
problems that afflict all farmers.
A recent Wall Street Journal
article chronicled corporate farm
ing's failures and successes and
noted that of 25 publicly traded
nonagricultural firms involved in
farming 10 years ago. only seven
are still at it.
Companies failed at farming,
according to the article, because of ,
ignorance about farming and im
patience for profits. Corporations
still involved in farming have
accepted that farming is a risky
business and see it as a long-term
investment.
Not the least of corporate farms"
problems was Cesar Chavez's
United Farm Workers. During the
I970's, the union attempted to
organize workers at all the Cali
fornia corporate farms and drove
one company it signed a contract
with out of business. The company
"lost control" of its operation when
its union workers protested for
changes with work slowdowns and
refusals to work.
After suffering heavy losses and
having to destroy fields of as
paragus. the company withdrew
from farming.
Top management found out the
hard way that corporate tactics (
can't be applied to agriculture. One
farm manager said, "After ex
plaining the effects of drought,
bugs and frost on crops, it's tough
to explain a beautiful crop and no
market to sell it in because
everyone else produced a beauty
too."
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