From Regular Job In Department Store Ansley Writes Songs In Spare Time | Peter Ansley works at B.C. Moore's in Raeford regularly. He also writes songs regularly, and for much longer than he's been employed in private business. Ansley is 25 now. Writing in his spare time, he has sold 27 songs to music publishers (for publication, not recordings) since 1975 and has sold rights of publication to three others. fc Ansley also was asked to write a ' song for the historical drama of the Robeson Historical Society, "Strike at the Wind." The latter type of song fits his regular artistry. "1 write the 'popular' style," he said during an interview at The News Journal last week, "classical rock, and folk." Ansley arrived at the newspaper office accompanied by his sister. Caroline, who finished her junior | year at Hoke County High School * recently. They are the children of the Rev. and Mrs. Charles Ansley of Antioch. Their father is pastor of Antioch Presbyterian Church. Peter Ansley quoted some of his recent titles -- "Another Time," "If Ever I Love You," besides "Strike at the Wind." You could say he started prepar ting for his song-writing career while ^he was just in the Second Grade: that's when he started writing poetry, and that was nine years ago. He graduated from South View High School in Cumberland County in 1975, then studied two years at St. Andrews Presbyterian College in Laurinburg. Meanwhile, in his school days before and during college he learned to play the guitar, including bass guitar. |and keyboard instruments -- the "harpsichord, piano, and organ - "No," he said with a laugh replying to another question, "not the accordion." After college, he. Johnny Hen dren and Tim Terriers played as a combo together, and in 1977 they were ottered a recording contract in Nashville. Tenn.. music-country capital of the world, a niecca for composers. This first big "break" was an expensive education. "It cost us $2,100," Peter recalled. "$600 just to meet them. We went home broke. Nothing come out of it." Of course, the education in a hard side of the music world did, albeit it was an expensive one. "We started recording ourselves in 1978," he said. Opportunities looked good in Florida, and they decided to write music instead of performing. "We each started writing our own," Ansley continued. "We get together every summer -- play what we have written, go to the studio and cut records." He came back to Hoke County about three months ago to join the department store staff. In Miami, he worked in opera tions for a trucking company from 1977 till last year, fulltime, writing music, as usual, in his spare time. Though the three do cooperate to a considerable extent, writing music -- like writing anything else ? is something "you have to do yourself," he said. In 1979, he sold his first song, "I Fall Too Easily," to Warner Re prise. In another month, he and his fellow writers will go to Marion, N.C., cut their latest tape, "at Country Roads Recording Studio." So far, he figures, he's written over 1,000 poems and more than 150 songs. "It's very difficult to make money at it (song-writing) Ansley said. "A little '45' makes a million dollars, the writer gets only about $8,000." Then he said. "It took a lot of years of putting it together," for his composing. But on the other hand, the fact emerges from his talking that he isn't writing songs just to make money. He's writing songs because he loves writing songs. RE-ELECT SAM R. NOBLE . FOR STATE SENATE Working For You In Raleigh Paid for by Sam Noblt Reelection Committer Gant Ballard, Chairman Peter Ansley with sister Caroline. UDC Holds Luncheon The Jefferson Davis Luncheon of the Raeford United Daughters of the Confederacy Chapter was held June 11 in the Lester Building. Covers were laid for 16. The head table was centered with a tray of fresh vegetables beautifully ar ranged by Mrs. Aline Wright. The chapter has two daughters of Confederate veterans -- Mrs. Almena McKeithan and Mrs. Katie Stevens. Mrs. McKeithan was present and was presented a corsage. After lunch a short business session was held. An account of the life of Jefferson Davis was read by Mrs. Isabel McFadyen. A scrap book containing Civil War infor mation that was found between the walls of an old school house in Montgomery County was on dis play. It was voted to have a copy made of the articles for the chapter's files. Miss Josephine Hall reported THE RECORD SPEAKS FOR ITSELF 1963 through 1981 76 Murders ? 71 Solved (93% solved) Reported Rapes: 96% Solved 4,412 Breaking &? Enterings & Larcenies ? 1,332 Solved (30% Solved) (The National average is 20% solved) 7,681 Investigations conducted 27,735 calls answered 4,063,274 miles travelled while patrolling Hoke County. 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