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Foster care volunteers
still being sought
To the Editor:
The Hoke County Department
of Social Services would like to ex
press their appreciation to those
persons who have responded to
our need for Foster Homes.
We had two persons to attend
our first training session and
several persons have called to ex
press their interest in helping the
children-of Hoke County by pro
yiding them with a home when it is
impossible for them to remain in
their own homes.
We will be holding another
training session on Thursday,
December 13, 1984 from 7 to 8
p.m. in the conference room of the
T.B. Lester, Jr. County Office
Building located on South
Magnolia Street.
Those of you who did not attend
the first session who have had con
tact with us either by a visit to the
agency or a telephone call will
receive a packet of information to
complete and bring with you to the
training session on December 13.
Anyone who is interested in
becoming a foster parent who has
not contacted the Department of
Social Services may do so and then
will receive a packet of informa
tion to complete and bring with
them to the training session on
December 13.
Sincerely,
Susan R. Moss
Hoke County DSS
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Republican victories run deep
The striking Republican vic
tories on November 6 go deeper
than the surface.
Republicans have a chance to
concentrate on their major op
ponents in the U.S. House. They
will probably go again after such
obstructionist as Cong. Peter
Rodino of New York. Tip O'Neill
says he is retiring after this two
year term, but he may change his
mind!
In years when the president isn't
running, the party traditionally has
trouble in congressional races. If
the trend in the nation is, as some
suspect, conservative, that may not
hold true in 1986 ? if the economy
is strong.
As to 1988, obviously Vice
President George Busch is well
positioned for the G.O.P.
Democrats will be forced to face
the fact that they have little chance
without the South.
CANCER DEATHS. ..The
cancer death rate continues its
historic climb. According to latest
reports, there were about 1 in 7 life
insurance policyholder deaths in
People and Issues
1943, rising steadily to nearly 1 in 4
in 1982. However, more cancer pa
tients are living longer. In the
1940's one in four patients lived at
least five years after diagnosis; to
day three in eight are expected to
live that long.
THANKSGIVING.. .We have
just celebrated another Thanksgiv
ing Day on November 22.
With Indians as guests about
tables loaded with game and fish,
wild fruits from the forest, and
cornbread and vegetables from
their gardens, the early Pilgrim
Fathers celebrated their first
American harvest festival in Oc
tober 1621, the first autumn of the
exiles in their new home.
A quaint old account describes
the occasion: "Our harvest being
gotten, our Governor sent four
men on fowling, so that we might
after a more special manner rejoice
together after we had gathered the
fruit of our labours."
Many of the Indians, among
them Chief Massassoi, the
Pilgrims' friend and ally, joined in
the three days feasting.
There was plenty of roast
turkey, for the fowlers found
"great store" of the now famous
Thanksgiving bird in the
neighborhood of Plymouth. But in
this old account there is no record
to show that this was a day set
apart for giving thanks.
The year following the harvest
festival was filled with misfortune
and the colonists held no autumn
feast.
In the first year of his office,
President Washington issued a
proclamation recommending that
Nov. 26, 1789, be kept as a day of
"national thanksgiving" for the
establishment of a form of govern
ment that made for safety and hap
piness.
Americans healthier than before
By John Sledge
N.C. Farm Bureau Federation
In spite of all the bad news we're
almost continuously bombarded
with about new threats to our
health, Americans are doing quite
well.
In fact, the American Council
on Science and Health gathered
statistics that show just how well
we are doing, and the stats show
Americans are healthier than ever
before in our history.
An American born today should
live 27 years longer than an
American born at the turn of the
century. In fact, 10% of the in
fants born in 1900 didn't live until
their first birthday, compared to a
death rate of 12 out of every 1,000
infants born today, 1.2*70.
Yes, medicines and drugs are
helping us survive infectious
diseases that were responsible for
many deaths before this century,
but we're doing much better on
other health fronts, too.
Death rates from heart disease
and stroke have declined
significantly in the past 30 years,
and age adjusted death rates for
most forms of cancer have been
declining gradually since the 1930's
according to the Council on
Science and Health.
Many Americans feel the public
health is declining due to poor
dietary habits, food additives,
pesticides and pollutants, but the
statistics don't substantiate the
fears.
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