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Norlina Class Of 1962
Holds Second Reunion
The Norlina High
School Class of 1962 held
its 20th reunion on
Saturday at the Norlina
Woman's Club.
Twenty class
members attended,
coming from Maryland,
Virginia, and Tennes
see, as well as North
Carolina.
After a buffet supper,
each student was given
the opportunity to speak
tp the group and the
Last Will and Testament
and the Class Prophecy
were read.
The following awards
were presented to class
members: Traveling
the farthest to attend the
reunion, Virginia Hicks
Brooks; having the most
children, Alice Rooker
King and Stewart
Rooker; the newest
grandparents, Jimmy
Burton and Phyllis
Vaughan Thompson;
having changed the
most, Alice Paschall
IVrenn and Jimmy
Burton; having changed
Demand Far Outstripping
Supply Of Grant Funds
In a classic case of the
demand far outstripping
the supply, North Caro
lina cities and counties
have applied for over
$155 million in federal
community develop
ment block grant funds
while only $46 million is
available for the 1962-83
fiscal year.
Among the 257 local
governments applying
for the Small Cities
Community Develop
ment Block Grant
program funds are two
in Warren County. They
are a $531,000 commun
ity revitalization grant
sought by Warren
County and a $521,600
community revitaliza
tion grant sought by the
Town of Warrenton.
Joseph W. Grimsley,
secretary of the state
Department of Natural
Resources and Com
munity Development,
administrator of the
block grant program,
said that the large
number of applications
for the federal funds
points out the "great
needs our municipalities
and counties have to
make improvements in
their communities.''
"Despite the fact that
we have the largest
state small cities
program in the nation,
the amount of available
funds will not come
close to meeting the
needs identified by the
local governments,"
Grimsley added.
Grimsley said his
department will now
begin the process of
reviewing the
applications based on
established criteria to
determine which
projects will be funded,
and at what level.
"We have developed a
competitive rating
system for all
applications which
includes consideration
of the percentage of
benefits to low and
moderate-income peo
ple, the severity and
proposed treatment of
identified community
needs, the project's
financial design and the
utilization of other
public and private funds
for project activities,"
the secretary noted.
The block grant
program was designed
in cooperation with local
government leaders and
was approved by the
North Carolina General
Assembly in June.
Changes in federal
legislation enacted by
the 1961 Congress gave
North Carolina the
option of assuming
administration of the
program from the
Department of Housing
and Urban Develop
All local govern
ments, with the excep
tion of the state's 19
largest cities, were
eligible to apply for a
maximum of $750,000 in
the four program
categories of com
munity revitalization,
economic development,
development planning
and urgent needs.
The development
planning category is a
new concept and
Grimsley sees it as an
innovation which will
especially benefit small
communities with no
previous experience in
applying for federal
funds.
"Small towns with
high needs and limited
previous exposure to the
community develop
ment program may
request up to $20,000 to
secure the assistance
they need in order to
develop viable
community develop-;
ment plans and project"
applications," he stated.
Grimsley also said that
unique development
planning proposals,
such as local energy
production programs,
are eligible for funding.
Interest in the
community develop
ment block grant
program has increased
significantly this year
due to reductions in
other federal funding
programs. "Substantial
reductions in the
amount of money
available from the
Economic Development
Administration, Farm
ers Home Administra
tion, the Appalachian
Regional Commission
and other federal agen
cies have meant that
many traditional
sources of funds are
gone," Grimsley noted.
The federal govern
ment last year received
167 applications for
about $100 million, in
£qgUnyi$!K with the 257
applications for over
$155 million for this
fiscal year.
Grant awards will be
announced by Governor
Jim Hunt in October.
In Memoriam
In loving memory of
our son ^ brother
Walter Stevenson, who
P*»ed away July 21,
15*82.
Safely Home
am home in heaven
dear ones;
°h, so happy ^
bright!
There is perfect joy and
beauty
In this everlasting light.
All the pain and grief is
over
Every restless tossing
passed;
I am now at peace for
ever,
Safely home in heaven
at last
°id you wonder I so
calmly
Trod the valley of the
shade?
Oh! but Jesus' love il
lumined
Evfy dark and fearful
glade.
And He came Himself to
meet me
In that way so hard to
tread;
And with Jesus' arm to
lean on,
Could I have one doubt
or dread?
Then you must not
grieve so aorety.
For I love you fearlv
still; y
Try to look beyond
earth's shadows,
Pray to trust our Fath
er's will. mi
T!"** is work still wait
ingforyou,
So you must not idly
stand;
°° « now, while life re
maineth
You Stan rest In Jew,
land.
When the work is all
completed,
He will gently call you
home;
Oh, the rapture of that
meeting,
Oh! the joy to see you
come!
WHEELER, JUNE,
ALICE, KAREN
AND BETSY
r>»o longer forward nor
behind I look in hope or
fear; But, grateful, take
the good I find, the best
of now and here.
—John Qreenleaf Whittier
UKIINK or LIFE...A
cMM at the Las Dlmre refugee
camp ta Northwest Somalia
pa nan after a drink ahtm
of aoy, commeai and pow
dered milk provided by
World Vision's relief pro
the least, Hazel
Schuster Lloyd and
Stewart Rooker; having
lost the most hair,
Robert Burnette and
William Perkinson.
Margaret Paschall
Brame was presented a
dish garden by Alice
Rooker King from the
class for her efforts in
coordinating the
reunion.
Thirty-six class
members and their
families enjoyed a
picnic at the J. R.
Paschall cabin on Kerr
Lake on Sunday.
The event was the
second reunion for the
class, which also met in
1972 for a 10-year
reunion.
CLASS REUNION HELD — Members of the
Norlina High School Class of 1962 who held a reunion
last weekend were, seated, left to right, Alice
(Paschall) Wrenn, Gertrude (Floyd) Hundley,
Hazel (Schuster) Lloyd, Marie (Harris) Dickerson
and Phyllis (Vaughan) Thompson. Standing, left to
right, were Stewart Hooker, Janet (Moody) Joyner,
Jimmy Burton, Virginia (Hicks) Brooks, William •
Perkinson, Margaret (Paschall) Brame, Johnny
Brauer, Peggy (Felts) Mulchi, Arthur Holt King,
Billy Fuller, Alice (Hooker) King, Jimmy Hundley,
Cliff Moseley and Robert Burnette. Not shown is
Claude Jordan. (Staff Photo)