Little Miss Valentine Pageant Held
The Youth Department of Free
dom Chapel AME Zion Church
held a Wee Miss Valentine Pageant
Saturday night.
The winner was little Miss Tasha
reeden, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
James Breeden.
The second-place winner was
Shantanette McDougald, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Mc
Dougald.
The third-place winner was La
Tonya Ross, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Ross.
The other contestants were
.Stephanie Monroe, Michon Fergi
?^on, Katina Cunningham, Michelle
Glenn. Arnettra Ray, Denise Ste
wart, Tamika Bease. and Angela
Thomas.
The Rev. James S. Glenn is
pastor of Freedom church. The
youth directors are Corine Cook,
Blanche Farmer. Lillie Rheames,
Onnie Dudley, Beatrice Ray, and
Willie Ray.
Tush" Brvvth'ii [right |. first ; Shamam-tie McDonald sea,,, J; ami
LaToiiya Ross (/?'//]. third.
Deaths & Funerals
Mr*. Stella Armstrong
Mrs. Stella Armstrong, 62, died
Thursday.
The funeral was to be held at 2
^.m. Wednesday in Solid Rock
l/Woliness Church by Eldress Eloise
Campbell. Burial was to be in
Mountain Grove Cemetery.
Surviving Mrs. Armstrong are
her husband, Dan Armstrong; her
daughters, Mrs. Flora Graham and
Mrs. Mary Skinner of Southern
Pines, and Mrs. Roberta McNeill
of Raeford; her sons, Donnie,
James Albert, Willie, Louis and
Robert Armstrong of the home,
and Danny Jr., Steve and Jimmy
^Armstrong of Raeford; her sisters,
Mrs. Mary Hinson of Southern
Pines, Mrs. Hester McClelland and
Mrs. Juanita Williams of Paterson,
N.J., Mrs. Sylvester Ferguson and
Mrs. Flora Prince of the Bronx,
N.Y., Mrs. Janice Byrd of Spar
tanburg. S.C., Mrs. Evelye Bethea
of Aberdeen, and Misses Frances
and Mary Gillis of Fayetteville; her
brothers, Soloman Gillis of Aber
Adeen, Willie Gillis of Raeford.
^Henry, Sammy, James and Curtis
Chambers of Aberdeen, Garland
Chambers of Raeford, Willie
Chambers of Fayetteville, and
Robert Chambers of New York;
and 18 grandchildren.
Mrs. Annie Jackson
Mrs. Annie Jackson, 58, died
Saturday.
The funeral was conducted Mon
0day afternoon in Ephesus Baptist
Church by the Rev. Clifton Canpie.
Burial was in the church cemetery.
Surviving are her husband.
Luther Jackson, Jr.; her daughters,
Mrs. Peggy Posey and Mrs. Shelia
Porter of Raeford, and Miss Mary
Margaret Jackson of Fayetteville;
her mother. Mrs. Nola Herndon;
her brothers. Laurie Herndon of
Orlando. Fla., Robert Herndon of
| Seattle. Wash., Lloyd Herndon of
Fayetteville. Billy Herndon of Red
Springs. David Herndon of Colum
bia. S.C.. and Know Herndon of
Gastonia; her sisters. Miss Dorothy
Jackson of Dunn, and Mrs. Lucy
Shelby of Dallas. Tex.; and four
grandchildren.
Crumpler Funeral Home was in
charge of the arrangements.
Henry L. Leak
I Henry L. Leak. 52. ot Raeford.
died February 8.
The funeral was conducted Fri
day afternoon at Mt. Olive Pente
costal Holiness Church by the Rev.
B.T. Whitted. Burial was in Silver
Grove Cemetery.
Surviving are his wife. Mrs. Susie
Leak; his daughter Mrs. Shirley
Manuel of Fayetteville. and Mrs.
? Juanita Campbell of Raeford; his
sons. Matthew Leak of Raeford.
and Albert Leak of Fayetteville; his
sisters, Mrs. Flora Jane Newton of
New Haven, Conn., and Mrs.
Annie Lee Gates of Raeford; his
brothers. E.W. Leak of Raeford.
John Ellay Leak of Fairmont, and
Roy Leak of Baltimore. Md.; and
13 grandchildren.
Samuel L. Glisson
Samuel L. Glisson, 76, of 811
Loop Rd. Hendersonville, a native
of Raeford. died January 30 in an
Asheville hospital.
He was a son of the late Thad
and Annie Belle Black Glisson.
Samuel Glisson lived in Hender
son County the 30 years before his
death. He retired in 1973 from
Johnson Paving Co. of Doraville,
Ga.
Mr. Glisson was a member of
First Baptist Church of East Flat
Rock.
The funeral was conducted the
morning of February 2 in Thomas
Shepherd's Church Street Chapel
by the Rev. J. Nathan Blackwell.
Burial was in Shepherd Memorial
Park, Hendersonville.
Mr. Glisson is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Annie Chason Glisson;
his sons, Malcombe Glisson of
Black Mountain, and Milton
Glisson of Danville, Va.; his
brothers. William Glisson of
Raeford. and Claude Glisson of
Myrtle Beach, S.C.; his sister Mrs.
Ruby Parnell of Lexington, Ky.;
eight grandchildren; and six great
great-grandchildren.
From the
Superintendent's Desk
by Raz Autry
Richard Lindsay
One of the saddest moments of
my life is when one of our children
meets a tragic death. In the 33
years I have been working closely
with children, I have watched many
of them meet an expected, or
unexpected, death. The most tragic
time is when a child meets death
from his or her own choosing. It is
at this time that unanswered
questions begin to multiply so
quickly the mind can't handle
them.
All of us share in the dreadful
thought that perhaps an arm
around Richard's shoulders, a
cheery word, or a pat on the head
might have meant the difference
between life and death. Many times
persons very close to us are
screaming for help but we do not
hear because we do not take the
time to listen.
We also share in the grief of Mr.
and Mrs. Lindsay. They have lost a
very precious child. A part of them
died along with Richard.
Richard was a happy youngster.
He always greeted me when I would
see him in the hallway at Upchurch
School. His sense of direction was
clear to him; unfortunately, it got
tangled in a web of confusion when
this twelve-year-old tried to figure
out who he was and why he existed.
If there is guilt to be found, it
will be found in all of us. We are
the ones who created a society in
which each individual is judged by
a standard size, a certain degree of
intelligence, .and a bubbling per
sonality. If we happen not to Fit in
this mold, we arc considered runts,
dumb, or introverts. We preach the
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philosophy that all people are
different but we simply do not
accept this preaching without a
struggle.
Children can be cruel in their
own actions without really meaning
to be. Indeed, if they are cruel, it is
learned from the adult world.
God, the creator of us all. fully
understands the makeup of that
creation and though He might be
greatly disappointed in us. He
nevertheless will look after us in our
most trying and thoughtless
moments.
Out of every tragedy comes a
lesson. If, in the future, those of us
who work closcly with children
would take time to observe them a
little closer, to love them a little
more, and to listen to what they are
saying, then perhaps this tragedy
will cause us to learn this lesson
well.
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Tiny Band
Of Greek Islanders
Weathered
Storms Of Barbarism
by Rebecca R. Klrtland
National Geographic Newt Service
WASHINGTON -- CI assical
civilization may have made its last
stand against barbarian invasions
on the barren islands off the rugged
coast of Boeotia in central Greece.
Ruins recently discovered above
ground on tiny Kouveli Island in
the Gulf of Corinth provide evi
dence that the influence of the
Roman Empire continued there
until the eighth century A.D.. and
in an altered fashioned well into the
12th century.
The evidence indicates that some
60 to 100 Kouveli inhabitants clung
to their civilization while only two
miles away the Greek mainland
was under siege by Germanic
invaders and later Slavs.
Bridging the Gap
"The material found there
bridges the gap between ancient
and medieval times." said historian
Timothy Gregory, director of the
Ohio Boeotia Expedition from
Ohio State University. Walts of
some structures on the 1 -mile-long,
'/i-mile-wide island stand over 3
feet high, and the layout and street
plan of the village are visible.
"In many places in the eastern
Mediterranean, you'll find ancient
ruins and you'll find medieval
ruins, but they are separated by a
break in civilization," Gregory
said. "Here we have a community
that seems to have survived the
collapse of the Roman Empire and
maintained continuity into the
medieval period."
Relics found on Kouveli in
dicated that a prosperous and
possibly peaceful community
thrived until the eighth century and
the advent of Arab piracy. Up un
til that period, the island was most
likely a marketplace for seagoing
trade, Gregory said.
"From the eighth to 12th cen
turies, Kouveli appears to have
become niore of a beleagurered
outpost but one that still maintain
ed trading ties with other parts of
the Mediterranean," he continued.
In addition to finding ar
rowheads and projectile points
from the Middle Ages, Gregory
found fifth and sixth century pot
tery from North Africa and 1 Oth
12th century pottery from the Con
stantinople area. "These shards
show evidence of contact with the
great centers of Roman and Byzan
tine civilization, and this pottery
would have been acquired by free
exchange and friendly means," he
said.
Ripe for Discovery
"But what is so unusual about
Kouveli is the wealth of material so
well preserved and spanning so
many periods. Here we have a site
one just does not ordinarily find
from the classical world: a whole
settlement visible from surface ex
amination, without any excava
tion."
Gregory and his team surveyed
virtually every square yard of the
island and made aerial
photographs. The project was con
ducted under the authority of the
American School of Classical
Studies and supported by [he Na
tional Geographic Society and the
National Endowment for the
Humanities.
Dating from about A.D.
100-300, during the Imperial
Roman Period, is a structure the
size of a football field made up of
small rooms. "This enormous
building would suggest con
siderable commercial activity,"
Gregory said, "and that life was
centralized into a single complex."
By the late Roman times
through A.D. 476). a period of
continued prosperity and trade on
Klulevi. the settlement sprawled
outward with more than 14 small,
separate structures.
These structures appear to have
beenin continuous use until about
the time of the Fourt Crusade
when, in A.D. 1204, western Euro
peans attacked Constantinople,
took over the Byzantine Empire,
and set up feudal states.
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"Political organization became
fragmented and Kouveli's former
trade connections would have
broken down. 1 suspect the
islanders moved to the coast where
they could better survive under the
new rule," Gregory said.
Now Deserted
Since the end of the 12th cen
tury, Kouveli has not been in
habited. This may explain why
these ruins have not been
discovered earlier.
"Also it is a true desert island, a
desolate, inhospitable place with
no water or trees," Gregory said.
An out-of-the-way region of
Greece, the Gulf of Corinth is
framed by bare and rugged,
reddish-gray, limestone mountains
that plunge directly into the water.
The area is subject to much seismic
activity: The epicenter of Greece's
large earthquake in February I9N!
was near Kouveli.
The Gulf is peppered with more
barren rocky islands that Gregorx
hopes to investigate next summer.
"If there is so much material on
this one little island." he asked,
"how much more is there on
others?"
Sweetheart Ball,
Valentine Contest
A Sweetheart Ball was held at
Upchurch Junior High School
Friday night, and a Valentine
Sweetheart and members of her
Court were chosen.
The winner was Marsha Mc
Gregor. She was escorted by Mike
Smith.
Named to the Court were, with
their escorts, Meredith Williams,
Seventh Grade first runnerup, with
Lew Upchurch; Sonya Thomas.
Seventh Grade second runnerup.
and Rodney McRae; Janice Jones,
Eighth Grade first runnerup. with
Nicky Hunt; and Teresa Dudley.
Eighth Grade second runnup with
David Jacobs.
Student Council President Laura
Sterling presented Miss McGregor
with a bouquet of roses and the
runnersup with bouquets of ear
nations.
Miss McGregor was crowned by
Darlene Capps. the 1981 Valentine
Sweetheart.
The contestants were chosen
from paired home rooms.t 1 1
representing 23 rooms.
The Sweetheart and runnersup
were chosen by majority votes in a
student election Friday morning
after the candidates had cam
paigned for a week.
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