School News
Education: Who's In Charge?
The question of who should
determine the program and fiscaf
functions of the State Department
of Public Education will be studied
this fall by a 10-member legislative
committee.
In recent years the interrelated
powers of the State Superintendent
of Public Instruction, the State
Board of Education, and the
Controller have caused problems
within the department ? enough
friction to cause the General As
sembly to enact legislation to study
the matter.
Presently, the Department of
Public Education is comprised of a
Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion elected by the people who
serves as secretary of the Board and
administrates the instructional
policies>of the Board; a State Board
of Education consisting of the
West Hoke
Chorus, Panel
Programs Set
The principal, faculty, staff and
students of West Hoke School
extend an invitation to their Open
House on Monday, September 27,
at 7 p.m.
The Fourth Grade Chorus,
under the direction of Mrs. Marian
McNeill, will present several selec
tions.
A panel discussion related to the
^?effect of Reganomics upon educa
tion will be moderated by John D.
".McAllister, associate superinten
.'dent of the Hoke County public
,schools.
Cross Stiching
lOffered At RTC
Robeson Technical College will
ffer a Cross Stitching course this
jfall beginning September 27. 1982
bn Monday nights from 7 to 10.
j The class, taught by Carol
^Holland, will be held at her new
?tore. the Craft and Frame Shop,
bn the Main Street of Red Springs.
; Although the Craft and Frame
{Shop has only been open since July
;20, 1982, Holland has been cross
Stitching for four years.
1 She first had a similar shop in
iRaeford. but the facilities there
Were too small to house all the
jgiftware, crafts, framing materials
jand candles that she handles, so
?he decided to relocate the business
Jo Red Springs.
, The course has a registration fee
bf $15.00 plus the cost of supplies
fcind is open to all adults 18 years of
!age or older. .
For additional information, call
RTC at 738-7101, extension 128.
A.A. Meetings
Wed. 8 p.m.
Nursing Home
Dining Room
Lieutenant Governor, the Treas
urer, and 11 members appointed by
the Governor; and the Controller
who is appointed by the Board and
approved by the Governor to
supervise and manage the fiscal
affairs of the Board.
The structures of other states
vary widely.
Nineteen of the states, including
the District of Columbia, elect their
boards.
Thirty of the boards are ap
pointed. One state, Wisconsin,
does not have a State Board of
Education as such. Louisiana has
three members appointed by the
Governor and eight members
elected by specified district.
The Chief State School Officer is
appointed in 32 states and the
District of Columbia and is elected
by a vote of the people in the
remaining 18 states. Of the ap
pointed Chief State School Of
ficers, 28 are appointed by the
State Board of Education and five
are appointed by the Governor.
The State Board of Education as
it exists today was established in
1943, replacing the State School
Commission.
Later, the General Assembly
enacted legislation establishing the.
Office of Controller as the fiscal
arm of the Board.
In 1971, a rewrite of the State
Constitution removed the State
Superintendent as a full member of
the Board. He remained the chief
executive officer in all areas except
fiscal affairs.
The Board is looking at other
governance models which might
provide a strong governing board
carrying out all of its legitimate
functions through a single strong
executive officer. They include:
--The State Superintendent of
Public Instruction would be chief
administrative officer and non
voting chairman of the Board. A
single administrator titled "Com
missioner of Public Schools" would
then be chosen by the Board to
serve at the pleasure of the Board.
-A strong governing Board with
a single executive officer without an
Office of the Controller.
--A strong elected Superin
tendent to administer and supervise
the public school system, assisted
by a nongoverning advisory Board
of Education appointed by the
Governor, similar to North Caro
lina's Department of Agriculture.
--A Superintendent and a non
governing advisory board ap
pointed by the Governor.
?A chief executive officer ap
pointed by the Board of Education
which would be either appointed by
the Governor or an elected body.
Under the present system, all
decisions regarding finance and
program are made by the State
Board of Education and imple
mented in part by the State
Superintendent and in part by the
Controller.
Under the alternatives being
studied, all decisions regarding
finance and program would still be
made by the State Board, but these
decisions would be implemented
directly by a single executive.
The legislative study committee
appointed to look into the structure
of the State Department of Public
Education will report its findings
and recommendations to the 1983
General Assembly.
TV News Director Teaches
Course At Pembroke State
Greta Lint, who has been a
director in television in Wilmington
for three years and is currently
directing WECT-TV's weekend
news programs, has been hired as
parttime lecturer for Pembroke
State University's "Radio and
Television Production" class.
In this class. Communicative
Arts 316. she instructs 26 students
how to operate a camera, handle
the switching equipment, edit, and
direct.
The class meets on Tuesday
afternoon for two different labora
tory sessions in the PSU television
studio from 12:30-1:45 p.m. and
2-3:15 p.m.
The class also has class lectures
on Thursdays. In charge of the
overall instruction is Dr. Matt
Morrison, director of PSU's Radio
and TV Communications Office.
Miss Lint. 25. who earned a B. A.
from UNC-Wilmington in '79 in
mass communications, was a stu
dent intern at WWAY-TV in
Wilmington while in school and
worked there part-time.
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STATE BOARD MEETING, RECORD NUMBER STUDENTS - The State Board of Community Colleges
met on campus as Sandhlls Community College opened its 1982-83 year last week. Student registration for the
fall quarter surpassed the 2,000 mark for the first time. Students and board members were welcomed during a
convocation on Thursday, September 9, the first day of classes. Speakers included Lt. Gov. James C. "Jimmy"
Green. Seated (left to right) State Rep. James Craven; William E. Simmons, Sandhills Board of Trustees
member; Max Forrest, chairman. Sandhills College Foundation. (Photo by Alice Baxter).
She Recalls Months With
Grace Kelly In New York
GRETA LINT- WECT-TY
She became a director, of
WWAY-TV (Channel 3) following
graduation and remained there two
years.
In April of 1981 she joined
W ECT-TV (Channel 6). working as
both a director and producer. She
has directed a daily live talk show
and the noon news for a full hour.
In addition to being director of the
WECT-TV's weekend news shows,
she is backup director for the 11
p.m. weeknight news. She is re
sponsible for a crew of from seven
to nine people and the daily master
control switcher.
As a producer, she is assistant to
the talk show personality, substi
tute host, research and talent
coordinator, assistant producer,
technical advisor and the director's
assistant. She is also promotional
producer, Held reporter, chief video
tape editor and camera operator,
interviewer and set designer.
She is skillful in directing com
mercials, public service announce
ments and promotional spots. She
also writes copy for promotions and
news. Her skills also include op
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Grace Kelly was a "god-sent
child," Mary McNeill, the chief
cook at Open Arms Rest Home in
Raeford, said Thursday.
Mrs. McNeill worked a year and
a half for Miss Kelly in the early
1950s in Miss Kelly's apartment in
Manhattan in New York City. Mrs.
McNeill worked parttime there, as
a cook and housekeeper. The rest
of the time she worked for the
couple who employed her as house
keeper for 21 years. H"arry and Ann
Shanholts.
It was through working for the
Shanholtses that Mrs. McNeill met
Miss Kelly. Mrs. McNeill used to
accompany Mrs. Shanholts when
her employer went shopping, and
she shopped in Brooklyn at
Lowman's sometimes. Lowman's
was popular with actors and ac
tresses because, Mary McNeill
said, that was where they could find
"what they called 'bargains'^*
It was there one day with Mrs.
Shanholts that Mrs. McNeill met
Miss Kelly. Miss Kelly at the time
was a movie actress, a few years
before she married Prince Rainier
of Monaco. Mrs. McNeill also at
Lowman's met Eva and Za Za
Gabor.
The result of meeting Miss Kelly
was she became the actress's part
time cook and housekeeper.
"She was one of the nicest,"
Mrs. McNeill said in the interview
Thursday. She answered the
reporter's questions shortly after
she finished her day's work in the
rest home's kitchen.
"She was a lovely lady," she
said. "Like a country girl."
She was smiling, "all the time,"
Mrs. McNeill recalled. But Miss
Kelly wasn't a "go-go girl," she
said. She went out on dates occa
sionally but gave few parties and
didn't have many friends. "She
lived a pretty quiet life," Mrs.
McNeill said. "She was nice.
That's all you can say about her."
Mrs. McNeill saw Miss Kelly
once more, and for the last time,
after they parted company. It was
in 1972 or 1973 in New York City
and outside Lowman's where they
had met the first time.
Miss Kelly, who had become
Princess Grace, was riding to
Lowman's with her husband to
shop when she saw Mrs. McNeill.
Princess Grace had come from
Philadelphia, Pa., where she had
been visiting her family. When she
saw Mrs. McNeill, she had the car
stop, then she "jumped out" and
ran to her, Mrs. McNeill said. But
her armed bodyguard also jumped
out. Princess Grace assured him
that Mary was an old friend. The
bodyguard was assured, but he
warned Mrs. McNeill, "Don't
touch her."
On parting, Princess Grace gave
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Mrs. McNeill a $50 bill, telling her
to buy something nice for herself.
After Mrs. McNeill heard
Princess Grace died September 14,
"I laid awake most of the night. 1
couldn't sleep." Then she decided,
"God wants the best."
She remembers little things
about her working for Miss Kelly.
Miss Kelly was particularly fond of
stuffed peppers, and she also loved
baked clams.
Working for the Shanholtses
brought Mrs. McNeill in touch
with other celebrities. For ex
amples, she met the pro baseball
stars Willie Mays and Jackie
Robinson at the Shanholtses'
apartment. Shanholts was a Cer
tified Public Accountant and the
ball players were among his clients
for accountant work and preparing
tax returns. They'd come to the
Shanholtses' apartment on Sixth
Avcniy at West SSth Street and do
theft Business there, then stay for
dinner, which Mrs. McNeill
prepared.
Working for the Shanholtses
also got her cooking parttime for
A1 Pacino, the movie star, who liv
ed across the hall. And conse
quently she met the great former
world's heavyweight boxing cham
pion, Jack Dempsey. Pacino and
Dempsey were regular fishing com
panions, and one thing Mrs.
McNeill remembers about cooking
was Pacino brought the fish home
and had them for dinner, and Mrs.
McNeill used to bake them, stuff
ed, every Friday. She said Demp
sey, who owns a restaurant in New
York City, tried to get Mrs.
McNeill to give him her recipe for
the stuffing. She said she told him.
"I won't give it to you, but I'll sell it
to you." To this he replied he
didn't have any money, which was
a joke.
She said Pacino also used to take
her out to dinner occasionally.
Mrs. McNeill had "family" in
New York City -- her sisters Mrs.
Lucy Reece and Anna Mae Perry,
who is now one of her assistant
cooks at the rest home, also work
ed as housekeepers in New York.
At one time, while Mrs. McNeill
was working for a Soviet couple
at Hewlett, Long Island, N.Y.,
outside New York City they were
was working for a Solovei couple at
Hewlett, Long Island, N.Y., out
side New York City they were
working two sisters of Mrs. Solovei
Reece is living in Brooklyn now.
Their other sisters also are living in
the North -- Mrs. Margaret Smith
in Baltimore, Md., and Mrs. Rena
Beach in Huntington, L.I.
Mrs. McNeill returned to
Raeford in 1974 and went to work
at the rest home on January 15,
1975 and Mrs. Perry returned in
1975 and went to work at the rest
home on May 3, 1976.
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Mrs. McNeil!
The women are the daughters of
John Rob Patterson of Fairmont
and the late Mrs. Annie Frances
Patterson.
They were born in Wagram but
moved to Raeford in early
childhood after their mother died.
They were raised by an aunt, Mrs.
Lillie McNeill, and her husband,
Jefferson McNeill, and attended
Freedom Elementary School.
Mrs. McNeill went to work
when she was a teenager for Mr.
and Mrs. Currie in Raeford, and it
was Mrs. Currie (Ruth) who taught
her to cook.
She went to New York City
when she was about 17 -- about 40
years ago -- with a job in Great
Neck, Long Island, waiting for
her, as a sleep-in helper for the
Kaufmans. She said, however,
Mrs. Kaufman was like a mother
to her, not allowing her to go out
alone at night, and doing other
things that a mother does for her
teenage daughter. Working for' the
Kaufmans also allowed her to open
her First bank account.
She left the Kaufmans to work
for the Soloveis and stayed with
them 7Vj years. She left them only
because they were moving to
Florida and she didn't want to go
there. That's when she went to
work for the Shanholtses, as a
kosher cook. Everything about the
home of the Shanholtses, who
were Jewish, was kosher, she said.
Her Ions association with
the couple ended when Shanholts
died.
Mrs. McNeill is the widow of
James Carroll McNeill, whose
home also was in Raeford. Their
daughter, Jacqueline, and grand
child, grandson Derwin, are liv
ing with Mrs. McNeill.
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