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ft Ukes a good bit of negve to stand up in front of a group
of people and say your thinking, especially if your ideas
oppose the flow of the meeting. No one wants to be'booed I"
or heckled, but to be sincere to ones thoughts^ is to be
praised, not to just join along with the crowd to be
popular. Thus 1 think Gerald Bell of Beautancus and Kuby
Ramsey of Teachey are two special people. .. .They got up
and spoke their thinking even though it was against the
seemingly flow of the meeting. Whether 1 agree with their
thinking or not is not important. What is important. 1
believe, is they had the guts to stand up and oppose an
organized crowd. There were no boos nor were there any
outbreaks of applause. Bell and Ramsey were the
opposition at the half-cent sales tax public hearing held
last month. Bell opposed the tax unless the tax was used
strictly in the proposed budget iust passed bv the countv
commissioners. Mrs. Ramsey's opposition was to letting
the schools have all the money. The municipalities are in
need also, says Mrs. Ramsey. If I had some type of an
award, I would certainly present those two with one for
being so sincere to their thoughts and saying what they
thought....
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There was one error in the Son-of-a-Gun story about the
lijeral vehicle use policy for the town-owned vehicles in
Warsaw. There was a comma left out. . .One should have
been placed after Wilmington. The sentence should
have read.. ."The town clerk has the use of a town-owned
auto, not so much to drive home and to work, as he lives
within the city limits. . but he is also allowed to drive it to
Wilmington, to the golf course each Wednesday afternoon
when the town offices are closed, and where ever else he
so desires."...
*****
As we look around the countryside, we see things we
once thought very important to life disappearing. The tall,
wood-fired tobacco barns used to dot the country side. This
time of year they were smoking and smelling of tobacco. .
.Mules, one time the staple of the farm, has all but
vanished. . .There are a few still around, but they are now
a curiosity. . .The pack house. . .At one time it was
probably the most sound building on the farm ? more
sound than the house. This building housed the corn crop,
the tobacco crop, the hay, the cotton, the mules, the cow,
the farm plows and disc, and the harness. The pack houses
are about gone. . .All these things were very important
when I was young, but the changing way of life has caused
most to be filed under "No Longer Needed," or "Not .
Important." The thing I haven't mentioned yet that seems
to be diminishing but is still important in my opinion is the
family get-togethers. . . .the family dinners, or reunions . .
.or whatever you may call them. Once a year my wife's
families get together and eat and reminisce apd meet the
newborn and the new-wed. The husband's families did the
same thing. However, it has gotten to be too much trouble
anymore. . .Why, there are football games on TV ? There
is a party at the beach ? too lazy or too tired. . .There are
plenty of excuses for not going, and only one for going. ,
.That excuse is it's family and you should keep in touch.
One day in the future, it wouldn't surprise me if we will
not know who our first cousins are. ...
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1 wish 1 knew all the facts about the shooting down of the
Korean airliner. 1 doubt if we will ever know all the facts
from Russia, the U.S.A.. Korea or Japan. I also doubt if
there is sufficient facts from anyone to convince me the
killing of innocent civilians is justified. How can anv nation
put a value on life? That is an individual responsibility or
choice. . . .
******
1 overheard a lady say, "It was so cold in that fast food
joint, 1 didn't even have to chew my food. . .Just stuck it in
my mouth as my teeth were chattering so.". .
.Son-of-a-Gun
CLARKE SERVES AS PAGE
Donna Clarke of Beula
ville, daughter of Bertha B.
Whaley, served as a page in
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Governor Hunt's offices in
Kaleigh during the week of
Aug. 29 - Sept. 2. Donna is a
senior at East Duplin High
School.
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