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The Problem Of Teenage runaways, ‘Ttn going to run away!" Almoat every parent haa heard Uila threat from their cWdren. Moat often It cornea from a very angry UtUe boy or girl who, everybody knowa, will get awfully hungry in the next hour or ao, and be acared to atay away paat dark. Ihere have alwaya been older runawaya, too. In yeara paat, moat ct them aeemed to be teenage boya, edw grabbing at Indapendenee might nm away to loin the Navy or aee aunny California. During the I960'a and on Into the ifTD’a, there appeaira to have bean a dramatic In* GDITORIfM9&OmiOri9 Page 4A Wednesday. November 24,1976 Thanksgiving is time for serious reflection Thanksgiving. Through the years the event has perhaps lost a great deal of its true meaning. It was originally intended as a religious event In which the new Americans paused to thank The Almighty for his rich blessings. Today Thanksgiving Is looked upon as a commercial venture for selling turkeys. Just as Easter is for selling new clothes. These are somewhat Jaded views, admittedly, but considering all of the pain and strife we Inflict on each other all year long it would appear few of us are very thankful for anything. It must have taken an overwhelming faith on the part of those first strangers to the shores of this then wilderness. They uprooted themselves from generations at tradltian In odier countries to carve a new way of life here. When they arrived there was no travelers aide society or Ssdvatlon Army or YMCA for them to check Into and seek advice on customs and Ufeetyles. It was aU brand new. So they to<A it one day at a time and that has led us to where we are now. Maybe somewhere along the way we lost that one day at a time method. We certainly a{^ar to have misplaced that sense of culventure. That sense of ap proaching each new day as a brand new chance to make badly needed change in our lifestyles and to assist In whatever way possible others in Improving their lot In life. And there Is no maybe about It, we have lost that strength of group effort. Now we approach life with an “I'm number one and the only Important being in my life" attitude. There are even lectures based on this theory. We have psychoanalysed ourselves Into uptight and fri^tened isolationists. No one thinks the Good Lord Intended each and everyone of us to spend our entire lives on our knees, hands clasped and extended toward the Heavens. If that was true, then the world would be one huge Cathedral. But In reality it doesn't require these physical movements for a person to make a little comment in his heart. Something to the effect, "Thank you tor giving me another day and I would appreciate any guidance you may offer to help me make this day counrt, not only for myself, but for anyone else I should come in contact with.” End of eermonette. Have a Happy Thanksgiving this Thursday and everyday. Blackbeard’s reign ended in N.C. inlet Blackbeard the pirate (Edward Teach) was klUed November 22, ins In a tierce hand-to-hsnd struggle with Lt. Robert Maynard of the BrtUah Navy. In a scene as melodramatic as any you'll sse on TV, Maynard attacked Blackbeard's •hip In an tailet near Ocracoke at dawn and a savage battle ensued with the pirate crew. Blackbeard hlmaelf la reported to have suffered 28 wounds. Including five pistol balls, from slashing sabers before he died. Nine members of the 18-man crew were also killed with the remaining nine badly wounded. On the aide of the Crown there were 10 dead and 24, including Maynard, wounded before the battle ended In the hold of Blackbeard’s ship. The Adventure, another deqierate battle was being waged. Blackbeard had sent his Negro slave, Caesar, down Into the powder magaslne wtth ordere to blow the ship up If the pirate crew was overwhelmed. With their captain bleeding on the deck and their comrades falling all around thsm, two members of the pirate crew remem bered Caesar and his orders. They made a ED 9MITH MininmAii) rUSLISHSOBACN TUBiOAV ANOTHUSiOAV TOM MclNTYSa S«tt*r BLIZASSTH STBWART WwecA't seittr •ARY STBWART S»«rtt teitsr DARRBLL AUSTIN OMcral MSMtw CLVOR HILL ASvwTItliie Dirscisr MRMSRRoe NORTH CAROLINA RRRSS ASSOCIATION The Mlrrer Mtrtld Is puMIMwd by OsntrtI Rubllililne Company, P. O. Orswtr 7sa, KInps Msuntain, N.C., M4S4. Businsts and tdltvlsl off less tra Iscatdd at Ms Sautn Pladmont Ava. Phan# ;si, TSM. Sdcand Class poatapa paid at Kings Meuniain, N. C. SHisId espy IS cants. Subscription rptaa: is.N ypprty M-itsta, S4.1S tin monttiaj SS.SO yaaiiy out-ot- Mots, SS siK mantln; Student rata for nina mentna SS.M ersase In the number of Juvenile runawatys. Between 1M7 and 1*72 the FBI etatlatlce on runaways indicate an Inereaae of over TO percent. The number at lunawaye stcrose the country rqierted by all agendee In IMB was 800,000. nds number Increased to 1,000,000 In UT8. These numbers do not Include the thouesmde of young people wtao ran away and were never charged with the offense. ' According to Peggy Jebnaon, deputy admimatratar for the Intoretste Compact on Juveniles for North CaroUiw In the Dlvlalcn of Social Servloes, there la no way to actually taU how many Juvanlls runaways there are In the state, butahe eattmateslt tobe at least SJMO to 10,000 each year. The Interstate Compact Is an agreement between aU 60 states to provide eervlcee for Juveniles who have run away from their home state. "Each state provides eervlcee for the return of Juvenilee to their homee. ThU In cludes the home state paying for tran sportation back home in caaet tvfaere parents are financially unable topsy. We use only air tran^mitatlan and make anangementa tor someone In each atate for aurveiUance of the Junvelle tobe at any airport svhere the plane stops on tto way to North Carolina,” said Mia. Johneon. Sbe stated that the services of the Compact are actually Involved In only a small per centage of the total runaways. The vast majority either turn themselves in or are picked up by law enforcement authorltlee In other statee who contact their parents, or the Juveniles contact their peuants directly and the fStmlly pays for their return. During 1V75- 78 Mrs. Johnson's office esaieted 882 runaway Juveniles. Api»tndmately heilf of those were Juveniles returned to other states. A Study conducted Ust yeeo' by HEW of 2,400 runaway Juvenilee allowed that mora gIrU are running away from home than boys. The study found ti^ 00 percent were giria, almost a third were'14 years of age and under, and 77 percent are white. The study showed that among the runaways 68 percent had left hmne becauaa of problems arltbln the family, 10 percent because they wanted to be Independent, and e percent because of problems at sdiool. Only two percent reported problems with drugs, end lees than one percent, problems with alcohol, although almost five percent listed their parent’s problems with drugs and alcohol as their reason for naming away. The Increase In runaway Juvenilee and their younger ages Is snough to caust public concern. However, a aecosid factor of an especially serious nature haa compounded the iwoblems according to another study conducted for HEW last year. "The nature of contemporary social condlUona In American and eqteclaUy urban America, are such that the survival options of the young runawaya era extremely limited. Fear of dlaeovery, uirtTtAge of money, food and sbslter, unavailability of Jobe and so on, often force the young person Into sttuaUons of gross •sploltatlan or vlctlinlsatlan. Street hustles, such ea drug selling, itealliig, proetltutton, penhandUng, and exchange of sexual favor for shelter or food are described as part of the street seme. Hunger, malnutrltkm, drug alxsM, explflltatlmi and vlctlmlsattoai are now eeenae eharacteilatlc of this segment of American Ufs. The foul revalattons of the killing of 27 young traiutonU from Houston, Tsxas, in 1078-74 brought homo to many peopls the dangera to whldi such young persona ware exposed." Tbe Houston tragedy and the thoueands of «a11a coming Into the aovomor’a otSee prompted Texee Oovemor Dolph Brtacoe, to establlah a natloirwlde toU-frae boUlns for runaway Juvenilee In September 1071. This psoject la esUed Operation Peace of Mind and runaways anywhere In the country can eaU l-8OO-El-804e and know that their call will be kept confidential and their meeeage will be relayed to their parents. Many ttmss those messages are used Just to lot parents know that they are ahve and wall. In many cases, however, children are reunited with their parents through this effort. The Poet’s Corner Happy Thanksgiving... mad dash down to the powder magaslne to Mop Oeaar. They bad to overpower him to keep him from following Blaekbeard'e or ders. Following the vietory, Maynard ordered Blackbeard’s corpse beheaded and tbe severed head attached to the bowsprit of tbs British vessel. Later, Mayimrd aalled triumphantly Into Bath displaying the hand of the feared pirate. -oOo- Oi Novmnber 21,1788, the Stote of North OaroUna raUfled the United States Con stitution. Thla was the next-to-Iast of the original IS states to do so. A convention at Fayetteville ratified the document by a vote of 186-77. A year earUer, a convention In HlUaborough had rejected the Oonstttutlon by an equally wide margliL It was osily after the BUI of Rights had been Introduced, George Washington elected President and considerable economic pressure brought to bear that tbe state changed Its mind and Joined the Union. Rhode Island, the ISth atate. Joined after Noth Carolina. -oOo- Two North CbroUna governors war* bom this week In history: John W. Ellis (1888-81) was bom In Salisbury mi November 28,1820. W. W. Holden, the state’s first Republican governor (1888-71), was bom In Orangs County on November 24, 1818. What*8 your opinion? TIm Mlrror-HanUd welcomes letters from readers expreeetng your opinions on any subject you choose, or rebutting any editorial opinion we express. AU letters must be signed by writer with address tnduded. Unsigned letters will not be publlehed. Address ell oorreepondenee for this pegs to Reader Dialogue, MbTor-Herald, P. O. Drawer 762, Klnge ICounteln, N. a, aaom. LET NOT THE HEABT BE WEABT Roses bloom and will bloom again for God never ceases Hla btosalngs to sand Springtime may come and qiiingtlme may go Summer will pass then winter with mow Butred robin returns the meadow la green The budding of roses again la seen. Beautiful Is the music 'ore the lea Bright Is the sunshine that falls on thee Days lengthen with Joy as the shadows unfold Ina pool of stars ehlnea a round of gold Hesuta that have grown odd wax aam again for God never ceases His blessings to send. Love cannot die If the flame la fed Once again flouriahee roees of red Springtime, summer, winter and fell God’s love enclrclea the life to enthrall Then tbe cycle begins all over again Fm* God never ceases Hie bleaelngs to send. Vivian Stewart BUtcUffe THINK HIGH Birds think high the sky Is the limit. They claim the top of the tree Touaee Then dotted egalnat the sky. They fly iqiward still Until the heavene swallow thsm up; Where the human eye cannot follow The swallow or even the flying geese Birds think high the eky lathe limit. But then birds can fly. Vivian Eewart Blltcllffe Thank God for Rhett Butler... The long awaited telecast of "Gone With The Whnd” has come and gone. The figursa tnrtlcate It was the highest-rated TV show In the hlstwy of the media. Want to know what one of the other highest rated ehowe In TV’s history was? A modern- day horror movie for TV entitled "Tbe Night Stnlker.” Scmethliif like 120-inllllon vlewem saw “OWTW" on the Sunday night It began. The audlenee mare was altghtly lees than that on the next •vsnlng's conchislan. Tbe grtpee about breaking the movie Into two parte, I feel, were reasonable. From NBC’s vlsiwpolnt the reamne for breaking "GWTW” were vaUd. Tbe Sunday ebowlng gave them the hlgtieet raUnge of any net work for that waek. TTm Monday night omohislon gave the network the highest ratings for the next week. In TV mttngs are an that counts. Seenu etrange that a ahow viewed and enloyed by E mlUlon people, rattngs-wlee. Is not a auccsss, but that’s the way tt la. Fiona a vtewtng atanfpiXnt "GWTW” was not the spectacla it was taitmdsd to be. In the Bret place when you reduce all of that •oenery Into a moaU viewing area It loeee all the Impact you get from the big screen. Watching the film on TV I eleo got tbe taellng tt was more of a parody of Itoelf. Tbe viewers •re farced to ooncentmte on tbe cbaracters lather than the hugs canvas you see In the movie theater. Ibis rankled me because I kept expectlag to see aU those "Suthen gmUesnen" break out Into tenor-voice ■ong and ballet etepe. Tbank God for Rhett Butler. When he was on the aoene aU the other men paled in TOM MclMTVRE cenaparison. And a strange thing bappesMd In my dan, too, whm dark Gable was on the eereen. Icy taensige daughter drooled. I was m overjoyed I came close to areeplng. Imagine that. A toensige girl to this day and tone gotnt bananas over a road man. I have to admit I’ve been more than a little conoemed lately because of aU the ■AiiAnwi over toeae freak rock etais Uka Etton John end Patar Frampton. Whan I took the tamUy to ••• "GWTW” at the movls thaatar a ooupla of years ago my oldest daughter was aftsetad by Ctork GaMa. "Wowl Ha's baautlful!” shs erlsd. I hats to atonlt It, hut Bcarlstt O'Hara didn’t affset ms that way. Oh, Vtvlm Latgh was quits beautiful in that film, but ths charactor aha portmyad made ms want to •at nails and qplt buUsts. I rapidly cams to ths oonehiaton that I am glad I wamt bom and mtoad In that sra to the South. All of that pomp and pageantry and "oohlng and sailing” over thosa frilly ladles must have bean a burden not sosUy carrisd. I’m surprlasd tha Ku KIux Klan In that sm didn’t waar pink shaats. -oOo- And speaking of gypstos .... O. M. (Pets) Peterson, who labors for his dally bread at Lithium Corpomtlon, brings us this latest note on those nomads. Peterson mid he wms on a fUght from Chtcago last week and seated beside him was a man rsadtog Peter Maas' best seller, ’TOng of The Gypsies." ^ Peterson said be etnick up a cosiveraatlon with the man, telling him about the day the gypsies hit Kliigs Mouidaln and about ths “mooning’’ shot ran In ths nswqwpsr. Tbs man ton a ooupla of pages from tbs book and said. "Tbls explains what uixt mssns." Wall, fiisnds. It dosm’t mean ths same thing to ths gypalss that tt does to m. Tbs gypdss, even ths ones that travel by car Instsad of wagon, sUU eUi« to eustoms. (kis custom la eallsd "Mariinay" and tt sets down oertaln rules that rem womsn must sblds by. From Maas'book tt la sxptolned.... "...a man and his fAtinqy cen bs soads ttwtantly "unolsaa,” ooraplste oub easto In tbs gypsy auboultoro, by a woman whospltsfuay Utts her skirt, beoauss of some Night, real or Imagtasd, or mine feud, and ‘ ■ tovosss IMT ginttals 80^ see that ths gypgy woman who that ttoufspapsr Dhatameahsr dMnt do tt plsyfoUy.
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