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Drunk Drivers Beware
A television newsman re
ported Tuesday morning that
legislation suggesting that
North Carolina is soft on
drunk drivers is being kicked
around by the State Legis
lature. We need no change in
the law which would lessen
the penalty for those who are
caught drinking and driving
on our state's roadways, and
we think the statistics bear
us out.
The fact of the matter is
that the honorables in
Raleigh would be well ad
vised to consider how the
drink driver fares in other
parts of the world before
making it easier to drink and
drive in North Carolina.
According to a survey
furnished us by The Wake
Weekly?of how drunk
drivers are dealt with in a
dozen other countries, this is
what you might contend with
if you drive in less than a
sober condition on foreign
soil:
AUSTRALIA?The names
of convicted drink drivers
are published in the local
newspapers under the
heading: "Drunk and in
Jail."
SOUTH AFRICA?A drunk
driver is given a 10-year
prison term, a fine of $10,000
or both, depending on the cir
cumstances.
TURKEY?Drunk drivers
are taken 20 miles out of town
by the police and forced to
walk back under escort.
MALAYA-The drunk
driver is jailed. If he is
married, his wife is jailed,
too.
NORWAY-Three weeks
in jail at hard labor and the
drunk driver loses his license
for one year. A second of
fense within five years and
the driving license is revoked
permanently.
FINLAND" and SWEDEN
?Automatic jail sentence for
one year at hard labor.
ENGLAND?One year in
jail, one year suspension of
driver's license and a fine of
$250.
RUSSIA?Driver's license
is revoked for life.
FRANCE?One year in
jail, the loss of license for
three years and a fine of
$1,000.
BULGARIA?A second
conviction of drunk driving is
the last. The punishment is
execution.
EL SALVADOR-Drunk
drivers (first offense) are
executed by a firing squad.
Sign Letters
We received this week a
batch of letters to the editor,
all commenting on a timely
topic, and each of which
failed to meet our guidelines
for publication.
We would have written the
writers of the letters, point
ing this out, but unfortunate
ly only one of the letters con
tained a full address. More to
the point, none contained a
telephone number which
might aid in verification and
none contained the signed
name of the letter writer.
It is with regret that we
can not publish these letters,
as we know the writers spent
considerable time and effort
in getting them to us.
We think our readers look
forward to reading letters to
the editor in these columns.
We hope the letters continue
to come in. But they must be
signed, carry a full address
(and preferably a telephone
number), be free from libel
and be in good taste.
Deadly Dunes
Over the past 13 years, nearly
70 people have been killed on
California's Imperial Sand
Dunes, most in accidents involv
ing recreational vehicles, says
National Geographic.
Looking Back Into The Record
May 2, 1947
Plans for a 50-bed hospital for
Warren County were endorsed
unanimously on Wednesday night
by the sub-committee on hospital
planning. Warren County's part
of building and equipping the
facility would be approximately
$117,000. The other two-thirds
would be borne by state and fed
eral sources.
A weather recording instru
ment, with instructions for the
finder to mail it to Jollette, Ind.,
was discovered recently on the
farm of Will Allen Connell. The
device, which was sent up at
Greensboro on April 15, ap
parently suffered no damage as
it floated to the ground via
parachute.
Ms. Ann Rodwell of Warrenton
will be one of four soloists in a
student recital to be held at
Peace College on Friday night.
May 4, 1982
Warrenton moved a step closer
to the installation of a sewage
disposal plant on Monday night
when the town commissioners
authorized the water commission
to interview several engineering
firms so that an engineer for the
^ project might be selected.
Mrs. C. M. Haithcock of the
Churchill Home Demonstration
Club was installed as vice chair
man of the 15th district organiza
tion at the annual meeting in Ox
ford on Wednesday.
Hunter Drug Company's sug
gestions for Mother's Day gifts:
Pangburn's Western-style Choc
olates, Hollingsworth's Unusual
Candies, alarm clocks, station
ery, dresser sets and cameras.
May 5, 1977
A low cost housing project, a
$35,000 water expansion project,
a municipal building, a mini-park
and the employment of an assis
tant manager were some of the
projects occupying the attention
of the Norlina Board of Commis
sioners on Monday night.
The Town of Warrenton Mon
day night signed a contract with
the engineering firm of Person
and Whitman, Inc. of Raleigh,
which immediately began pre
liminary work on the town's
water and sewage system.
A hacksaw was used to saw a
chain on a cell door at the War
ren County Jail Tuesday, result
ing in the escape of a prisoner.
"Hie man was recaptured on Wed
nesday afternoon.
The Warren County Scene
What may appear an ethereal climb is undertaken for the
more mundane matter of roof repair at Emmanuel Episcopal
Church. (Staff Photo by Dianne T. Rodwell)
Carolina Commentary
Jay
Jenkins
Taming The Roanoke
SCOTLAND NECK-As a
steady rain pelted the azaleas
around his big frame house, Eric
W. Rodgers noted that recent
deluges had caused extensive
flood damage along the Neuse,
Tar, Lumber and other rivers
and streams in North Carolina.
"But it didn't happen on the
Roanoke River," he said. And he
added that his role in helping
tame the once rambunctuous
Roanoke was the most satisfying
experience of his long life as a
weekly newspaper editor.
He is 89, clear eyed and alert,
and in the 50th anniversary year
of his purchase of the Scotland
Neck Commonwealth still
cranking out all the editorials.
He has been editor emeritus
since selling a majority of his
newspaper's stock to Joe Parker
of Ahoskie in 1970.
A disastrous flood on the
Roanoke in 1940 fired his interest
in conservation, and his work in
that field led to a membership on
the State Board of Conservation
and Development for more than
14 years under four governors,
starting with Gregg Cherry
(1945-49).
That '40 flood, Rodgers
recalled, was a monster. An en
tire paper mill in Roanoke
Rapids was carried away, water
stood near the tops of electric
poles in Weldon, and farm losses
were counted in the millions of
dollars.
The next year, residents of the
Roanoke basin, led by Rodgers
and the late Superior Court
Judge W. H. S. Brugwyn, went to
Washington and began their bat
tle to secure federal dams. For
mer Governor O. Max Gardner,
then an influential Washington
lawyer, rendered valuable
assistance.
Paying their own expenses,
the Tar Heels buttonholed key
congressmen. Rodgers, who had
taken engineering courses at the
College of Charleston, S.C. in his
hometown, appeared before
numerous committees. He
remembers that U.S. Senator
Harry Flood Byrd, the tight
fisted Virginian whose state
would be a beneficiary of the
project, voted "present" when
the dams were approved.
Success came in 1952, when
the John H. Kerr Dam was com
pleted. The Eric W. Rodgers
Ampitheater at the Buggs Island
reservoir honors the doughty
weekly editor who served as
secretary of the Roanoke River
Basin Association from 1941 to
1961.
Rodgers began his newspaper
career on the Charleston, S.C.,
News and Courier in 1919. He
joined the Associated Press in
Charlotte in 1922 and was trans
ferred to Raleigh for a four-year
AP hitch in 1923. For several
years, he worked on Greensboro
newspapers, including a stint as
editor of the Greensboro Record.
As a reporter, Rodgers gave
high marks to Governors
Cameron Morrison (1921-25),
Angus W. McLean (1925-29), and
the governors who had to cope
with the Great Depression, O.
Max Gardner (1929-33) and J. C.
B. Ehringhaus (1933-37).
"Some folks thought Morrison
was too talkative and too hot
headed," he says, "but he got
the people to approve the first
statewide road bond issue and he
linked the county seats of all the
counties."
"They said McLean was a
wealthy, stiff-necked aristocrat
from Robeson County," Rodgers
added. "But he was the man who
put state and county government
on a businesslike basis."
A Democrat, Rodgers is skep
tical about the "Super Tuesday
Primary" next March when
southern states are coming to
gether in an effort to gain more
heft in presidential primaries.
"I'm not sure that the old
'smoke-filled room' wouldn'1
make a better choice," he said.
Editor's Quote Book
One man's word is no man's
word; we should quietly hear both
sides.
Goethe
Courthouse Squares
^HE'S SO OPEN-MINDED J
THAT LAWS PASS
RIGHT THROUGH IT.
Thurietta
Brown
Hug A Teacher Today
Have you hugged a teacher today? If not, think about it.
This is Teacher Appreciation Week. The National P.T.A has set
aside the week of May 3-9 as a time to honor school teachers. Celebra
tions of Teacher Appreciation Week liave been planned throughout
the nation. Although this is only the fourth time that an actual week
has been staged on the national level, the North Carolina P.T.A., with
its 788 P.T.A. groups, has recognized the need to honor teachers for
the past 15-20 years.
But, just like for so many other "causes," everyone forgets after
the "hoopla" is over.
Teachers represent an undervalued but overworked commodity.
Many of them become frustrated and opt to leave the profession.
Many college students view teaching as a last resort?something to
be considered only if medical, law or business school dreams do not
pan out. They opt instead for more lucrative careers?careers that
command more respect and recognition. This should not be the case.
What can be done? Concerned individuals have fought for salary
increases for educators. The idea of merit increases has been ban
died about for a very long time.
State school systems have implemented intensive recruitment ef
forts to encourage the "brightest and best" of the college studentf
to consider teaching as a viable career alternative.
Let's hope this will not be a case of "too little, too late."
Our children are our future. Our future depends on the existence
of quality teachers?with access to quality supplies.
So, go out there and hug a teacher. Let them know how much yoi
value their services. Show them that they are appreciated.
If you happen to be shy, though, at least walk up and say "thanks.'
Kay
Horner
Neighbor Joinville
She became our neighbor in 1951, when we moved into the hous
across the street from hers.
Her name was Theresa Reid Joinville, and for awhile my famil;
must have called her by her given name, but by the time I took notic
of such things, she was simply "Neighbor."
No one else in our community called her that, yet everyone kne\
to whom we referred when we called her that.
Neighbor, a gentle, softspoken homemaker, was married to Jack
a welder and pipefitter given to earthy debate.
Looking back, they seem a strange match, but as a child I gav
the matter no thought at all, for I knew all I needed to know?tha
their door was always open.
Neighbor's kitchen table comfortably seated two, but there wa
always a third chair at the table. At some point, I began to assum
it was mine, for many is the night I put my foot in the path fo
Neighbor's house after sampling the fare at my own house an
deciding it was not to my liking.
To my way of thinking, Neighbor and Jack enjoyed the good lif<
For one thing, there were a lot of Maraschino cherries served in thei
house, and they were a delicacy I craved but seldom had at hom<
At Neighbor's, they topped the fruit salad, they garnished th
homemade lemonade we sipped on the front porch on summer night'
and every now and then I was given one to eat all by itself.
It was Neighbor who introduced me to the world of royal wedding:
Together we watched the broadcast of the marriage of Britain'
Princess Margaret to Anthony Armstrong-Jones. In keeping wit
tradition, we sipped hot tea on Neighbor's finest china and munche
a Virginia version of crumpets while this lover of all things relatin
to brides watched in wide-eyed wonder the grandest nuptials she ha
ever seen.
It was Neighbor who made all my clothes, patiently enduring fi
ting sessions in which I would warn after two minutes of standin
still that I was near fainting. The year that Santa left me a Tiny Teai
doll, Neighbor presented me with a trunk of doll clothes as perfect!
sewn as if they were for Madame Alexander herself.
And many were the Saturday nights that Neighbor painted my rai
ged little fingernails bright red while I promised, each time in vail
not to bite them anymore.
I think of Neighbor each Mother's Day. She died several years agi
having brought no children into this world. But she surely left or
here.
My own Mother will mind not at all that a portion of my Mother
Day thoughts are of Neighbor Joinville. For even as a child, I sense
that I was not the only one being mothered by Neighbor. She mother*
our whole family and for her and for others like her who mak
"children" of their neighbors, we can be truly grateful this Sunda;
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