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Don't Foul Lake Gaston
It seems beyond compre en
sion that as the states of Virgi -
and North Carolina argue ovei
rights to the relatively pure
water of Lake Gaston that the
federal government is con
sidering putting a nuclear waste
dump near the lake's edge.
Yet that is exactly what is
happening. At the same time the
City of Virginia Beach was mak
ing formal application to run a
pipeline to I^ake Gaston and
withdraw millions of gallons of
drinking water daily, a branch of
the federal government was
reporting that it was selecting a
site near the Warren County
community of Wise as a poten
tial dumping ground for nuclear
waste.
Lake Gaston is attractive, both
to persons who enjoy the recre
ational opportunities it affords
and to those who see it as a long
term solution to growing
municipal water needs. The lake
is known far and wide for the
purity of its water. Now an ad
ministrative arm of the federal
government threatens its poten
tial as a recreational area and its
potential as a drinking water
supply by prospecting about its
shores for a site for the storage
of the most hazardous wastes
known to man.
It is time, we believe, for
Warren County citizens to insist
that Lake Gaston is too valuable
to be risked by the location of a
nuclear dump in its watershed.
We feel that local protests will be
joined by many from North
Carolina and Virginia who have
residential and recreational in
vestments in the lake, and we
suspect that residents of Wise
will receive a full measure of
support from hundreds of thou
sands of residents of Tidewater
Virginia who are looking to Lake
Gaston for their daily water
ration.
Richard R. Davis
Warren County can ill afford
the death of such a man as
Richard Randol Davis who died
Monday morning in Duke
"Medical Center.
The first duty of a man is to
provide for his household, ac
cording to Edward Bok, whose
autobiography this writer is now
reading. Richard Davis cer
tainly did this through hard work
and imagination. Bok also says
that a man should make of his
community a better place in
which to live. Richard Davis cer
tainly did, through the gift of his
time in public service, and in the
investment of his time and
money in promoting the business
life of the county.
Richard loved people, as was
evidenced by his participation in
fraternal and civic programs,
and in the entertainment of his
friends, and in many acts of
kindness and consideration per
formed without ostentation when
need was apparent. He was an
active and faithful member of
his church.
We first began to know and
admire Richard Davis during
the many years he served as
Warren County commissioner.
We were impressed by his grasp
of the problems submitted at the
board meetings, the fairness of
his action and the imagination of
his solutions.
Commenting on Richard's ac
tion as commissioner while he
was serving as sheriff of Warren
County, Register of Deeds Jim
Hundley said Monday afternoon,
"He was always forward looking
in his action, and he was the first
to propose that automobiles be
provided for the Sheriff's De
partment, and as a result of his
efforts two used Highway Patrol
automobiles were provided for
the use of the sheriff and his
deputies." Later he was the first
to advocate the use of uniforms
for members of the Sheriff's De
partment.
On that same afternoon Leland
Gottschalk came into our office
with a request that in the notice
of Richard's death we be sure to
include the fact that he was a
promoter, charter member and
first president of the Afton
Elberon Ruritan Club, and
stayed to speak of the good
qualities of the man.
Two of the many fine qualities
of the man that we admired were
his refusal to harbor political
grudges and his refusal to speak
ill of his fellowman.
After his service on the county
board was completed, we would
only see him occasionally at
some public gathering or in a
Warrenton store, but his
greetings were always warm
and extended with a smile. We
shall miss these encounters.
Richard, an unusually decent
man, loved and was loved by
hundreds of Warren County
citizens who will greatly miss
him.
Matter Of 'Humane' Killing
From The Southern Pines Pilot
Is it more "humane" to kill people
with a hypodermic needle than with
cyanide pellets in a gas chamber?
The question was debated in the
state legislature and its members
reached the decision that it was.
In a recent editorial, however, the
Smithfield Herald addresses the
issue and makes a very strong point
when it says:
. "By approving a bill to allow
capital punishment by lethal injec
tion in this state, North Carolina's
legislators may feel they have adop
ted a more 'humane' approach in
dealing with a sensitive public issue.
"But the fact remains that captial
punishment is captial punishment —
whether it's done bv a firing souad or
a relatively painless dose of sodium
pentothal injected through a needle.
"Whatever the method used,
capital punishment is publicly con
doned taking of a life in retribution
for the taking of another. And it will
continue to burden the consciences
, of many citizens regardless of the
'humaneness' of the state's death
act.
"Life imprisonment without
parole remains a more acceptable —
and perhaps even more effective —
punishment for the crime of murder.
For it avoids the moral pitfalls of
capital punishment; and it would
appear to be a fate worse than death
for condemned murderers faced
with spending the rest of their lives
behind bars where they would be
reminded day after day of the wrong
they had done."
Mostly Personal
Forecasting The Future
By SIGN ALL JONES
Several times I have
repeated the text of a
sermon used by my
father-in-law, the late
Rev. B.. N. deFoe
Wagner: "I have heard
nothing but decay and
seen nothing of
progress." It again oc
curred to me in the face
of many prophets of
doom, the latest being
that our young people
are soft on account of
food thev have eaten
and the lack of exercize
because of a decrease in
manual labor. I had
heard this before in con
nection with expression
of fear before World
War II that our boys
would be too soft to
make good soldiers. I
have also seen it refuted
by the number of our
people, not only teen
agers, but adults,
jogging, bicycling,
walking and swimming.
Prophesying the
future in this world is
rather risky business,
not only for the prophets
of doom, but those who
prophesy the marvelous
wonders of 25 years
ahead. This is borne out
by a recent column in
The Wake Forest
Weekly, which I have
been saving until I com
pleted a series of
columns on a visit to
Delaware. Carol Pelosi
in her column, "Back
Room Notes," wrote as
follows under the head
ing, "Forecasters Need
Spectacles:"
One reason Pauline
Harding is such a won
derful person is because
of her curiosity about
the world. And she also
has a sense of history.
Last week, while I was
supposed to be inter
viewing her, she showed
me a pamphlet from
"Changing Times," the
Kiplinger Magazine,
published in 1957. It was
a forecast of the
changes to take place in
the next 25 years in all
sorts of areas from play
to travel.
The magazine had
asked all sorts of ex
perts to make predic
tions, sort of Jeanne
Dixon without the
gossip. Well, 25 years
later, we can safely say
foresight isn't all its
cracked up to be.
"A morning in 1982.
You may wake up in a
bedroom that is round
instead of square. If it's
summer, you'll use a
blanket that keeps you
cool. If it's winter, you'll
use no blanket at all — a
dome over the bed will
emit warming rays.
Breakfast will consist of
bacon and eggs that
you've kept around the
house for weeks (fresh
as ever, thanks to
atomic sterilization).
Your morning paper
may be at the door, or it
may roll out of your own
facsimile machine. It
will be as colorful as a
slick magazine.
"A whish of air will
clean and dry the dishes
in three minutes. It will
also do the laundry.
Supersonic dishwashers
and washing machines
will replace today's
mechanical gadgets.
"House cleaning will
be a snap. Electrostatic
dust gathers will keep
the house shiny. Self
operated polishers,
vacuum cleaners and
floor scrubbers will do
the dirty work. A serious
question is posed by
psychologists: Will all
this produce feelings of
absolute frustration in
housewives, making
them fear that no one
needs them now?"
What I want to know
is: Just where is thL
future when I need it?
All those expeits
didn't have a clue about
some tilings that have
happened — working
wives, for instance — or
the oil crunch. Listen to
their description of the
cars we're supposed to
have: "Only poor
relations will get along
with one car, come 1982.
Detroit plans for three
cars in every garage —
one long, low and wide
highway cruiser for
long-distance travel; a
smaller, lighter ur
banite job for around
town; a slick sports
model for commuters.
"The motor may be a
fuel-injection type using
no carburetor or a tur
bo-electric or a direct
coupled turbine, it will
have about 25 percent
more horsepower than
today's car, and it may
even be powerful
enough to drive a hydro
dynamic torque conver
ter, thus eliminating the
transmission com
pletely. (Is that what
DeLorean was plan
ning?) All makes will
have air-cushion
springs. Cars will never
have to be repainted."
Some of the other ideas
they had would never fly
in Detroit, like tires that
would outlast the car
and stopping devices to
prevent accidents. Oh,
and they predicted in
ters tate-highway speeds
at 70 to 80.
And while they
predicted great advan
ces in everything from
curing cancer to chasing
dirt, they were very
cautious about the great
adventure of space.
"To the moon?
Maybe. In 25 years the
rockets will be ready.
Daring scientists will
have ridden in them.
The moon will be their
destination. In some
town (maybe yours) live
today the boys with the
courage of Magellan
and the dreams of Lind
bergh who, in a short
quarter-century, will be
the first to make the
try." I guess we better
tell Sally Ride she's way
ahead of her time.
Dateline: Washington
By REP. TIM VALENTINE
Small businesses make up one of the most in
novative sectors of our economy. Avoiding the
sometimes stifling effects of large corporate
bureaucracy and overhead, small businesses
reflect the creative energy of their entrepreneurs.
Unfortunately that creativity is all too often cur
tailed by limited resources. It is often said that it
takes money to make money, especially if you are
in business for yourself.
ortunately there is more than one alternative for
a iistance. The U. S. Small Business Administra
tion (SBA) has funds available through September
for direct loans to credit-worthy small businesses.
SBA is emphasizing making "quality" loans to
businesses that can show a reasonable assurance of
repayment, but who are unable to obtain financing
locally.
In addition, the agency has funds earmarked for
veterans loans with emphasis on disabled and/or
Vietnam veterans.
If you feel your business qualifies, you may con
tact SBA through your local bank, or directly at:
Northwestern Bank Building, Suite 700, 230 South
Tryon Street, Charlotte, N. C. 28202, phone number
(704) 371-6566; or, 215 South Evans Street, Green
ville, N. C. 27834, phone number (919) 752-3798.
News Of 10, 25. 40 Yeors Ago
Looking Back
Into The Record
July a, 1943
A radio address by
Congressman John
Kerr, Sr., and a
statement by Harry
Caldwell, master of the
State Grange, were
yesterday's addition to
the ever-mounting list of
expressions of approval
given tobacco
marketing quotas.
The marriage of Miss
Viva Louise King and
Cpl. Richard Edward
Hunter was solomnized
in a double-ring cere
mony on Wednesday,
June 30, in the historic
old post chapel at Fort
Sill, Oklahoma, with Lt.
Curry M. Spidell,
chaplain of the bride
groom, officiating.
Mrs. Claude T.
Bowers has been select
ed as Chairman of the
American Legion
Auxiliary Committee to
assist in the national
drive being made for
women recruits of the U.
S. Marine Corps.
July 18,1958
William K. Lanier was
elected president of the
Warrenton Railroad
Company at a stockhold
ers meeting held here on
Tuesday night. He suc
ceeds Pett B. Boyd, who
asked that he not be re
elected to the position.
A Warrenton man,
Alban C. Fair, has been
awarded a special
plaque in recognition of
having been selected as
Outstanding Reserve
Airman in Eastern
North Carolina, it was
announced this week by
Lt. Col. John M.
Stockton, commander of
the Raleigh headquar
ters of the Air Force
Reserve.
The tax rate for
Warrenton will remain
at $1.15 on the $100
valuation under the
budget adopted by the
board of town com
missioners at their
regular meeting here on
Monday night.
July 19,1973
Warren County has
the edge in voter
registration for a
referendum that will
determine whether or
not Littleton will remain
split by Halifax and
Warren counties or be
located wholly in one of
the two counties.
The Town of Norlina
has completed
negotiations with the
Seaboard Coast Line
Railroad for the pur
chase of a multi-acre
pond to boost the town's
water supply.
Temporary entry
permits for workers
going to Canada to
assist with the harvest
of the Dominion flue
cured tobacco crop for
this season are now
available at the Hender
son office of the employ
ment Security Com
mission.
Courthous* Squares
THE AVERAGE TAXPAYER
DOESN'T THINK CONGRESS
WILL LET HIM DOWN. HE
JUST HOPES CONGRESS L
WILL LET HIM UP!