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The End Is Nearing
In less than a week, Cam
paign '88 will be over. That,
in itself, is reason for every
sensitive American to
rejoice.
What next Tuesday's elec
tion will decide is which
Massachusetts-born politi
cian will ascend to the presi
dency of this nation. It is not
a prospect which is bound to
bring about anything akin to
universal approval. In fact,
either George Bush or Mike
Dukakis will go into the
White House a battered man.
Whichever man wins must
clean himself of the mud of
one of the most depressing
and distressing campaigns
we have ever witnessed
before he can hope to effec
tively govern.
One knowledgeable politi
cian thinks George Bush will
win this year's election. He is
former Texas Governor John
Connally, and what he en
visions for the winner does
not spell triumph for the vic
tor nor for the American
people.
Connally, speaking this
week on an early morning
television show, believes that
the negativism of Campaign
'88 has not gone unnoticed in
Congress and that the next
Republican president will en
joy the shortest political
honeymoon in history.
We have watched this
year's election degenerate
from a race between two
seemingly decent men into a
contest which will be deter
mined by which camp
delivered the most telling
low blows. Both the can
didates will emerge severely
scarred and our system of
government will be damaged
in the sorry process.
In the early days of this
republic, the candidate for
president who finished in
second place became the
vice president. Perhaps it is
time that we explored a
return to this option, for, if
nothing more, it might make
a candidate think twice
about trying to devastate the
character of the man with
whom he will be working
closely during the next four
years.
(It would be wonderful, in
Nqrth Carolina this year, if
the man who loses the gover
nor's race could automati
cally become the lieutenant
governor. What has tran
spired in the lieutenant
governor's race should be an
affront to every citizen, and
has served as an ugly remin
der of the type of negative
campaigning which marked
the Helms-Hunt Senate race.
North Carolinians of either
party should not have to put
up with these antics. )
Some years ago, the
federal government? sup
posedly acting in the best in
terest of the physical health
of all Americans? banned
cigarette advertising from
the airwaves. If the govern
ment can act to protect its
citizenry in that instance,
maybe it is time for it to act
again. This time, maybe the
federal government should
give thought to banning
televised political com
mercials, especially those
which seek solely to disem
bowel the opposition, simply
in the interest of this coun
try's health and well being.
Editor's Quote Book
Man alone suffers so excruci
atingly in the world that he was
compelled to invent laughter.
Nietzsche
Some people have a perfect
genius for doing nothing, and
doing it assiduously.
Haliburlon
Looking Back Into The Record
October 29, 1948
The souvenir program booklet
of the North Carolina Crossnore
edition of the Daughters of the
American Revolution News car
ried in its October edition an ar
ticle about Warrenton? "His
toric, Friendly Warrenton, Coun
ty Seat of Warren County" and
noted that the town had fur
nished the state with three gover
nors, six U.S. senators, numerous
congressmen, jurists, authors,
editors and educators.
A $33,575.20 contract for adding
material and bituminous surfac
ing to the 1.48 miles of road in
Vance County, completing the
hardsurfaced road from Warren
ton to Henderson, was awarded
Tuesday to Kiker & Yount, Inc.
by the State Highway & Public
Works Commission.
At Benton & Green Furniture
Co. : all-wool nine-foot-by-twelve
foot rugs for (29.96.
November L 19(3
Candidates for the title of
homecoming queen at John
Graham High School to be pre
sented at halftone at tonight's
game will be: Paulette Hooker,
Janet Harmon, Janet Fair,
Patricia Rivers, Gail Tucker,
Betsy Frailer, Emily Rideout
and Sherry Wilton.
In a ceremony performed Sun
day at the conclusion of morning
worship at Providence Methodist
Church in Afton, Miss Linda
Harris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J. B. Harris of Norlina, and
Harry Jackson Carter, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Carter of Afton,
were united in marriage.
Eighth-graders on the honor
roll at Norlina High School for the
first six weeks were: Marvin
Rooker, Larry Staley, Michael
Macon, Alex Ayscue, George
Perkinson, Jeanna Bobbitt, San
dra Cook, Cheryl Daniel, Janet
Lancaster and Donna Wimbrow.
November 2, 1978
Halloween ghosts appeared to
pay a premature visit to a house
between Warrenton and Norlina
last weekend, when deputies
were summoned to rid its occu
pants of the "poltergeist" in an
upstairs bedroom: a woodpecker,
trapped, but trying hard to exit
the premises.
The Town of Warrenton has re
ceived a grant from the Gov
ernor's Crime Commission and
the N.C. Division of Crime Con
trol and Public Safety to be used
for the purchase at a police vehi
cle and the employment of ? full
time policeman.
The Warren County Scene
Guarding a Warrenton residence located on Fairview Street
this week has been this pumpkin-faced sentry, who made cer
tain that no Halloween tricks were played on those who had
employed his services. (Staff Photo by Howard Jones)
As Others See It
Plastic Bags Are Exhausting
By BEN CASEY
In The Spring Hope Enterprise
I don't like to gripe all the time.
But as my good friend, The
Most Reverend Sidney Boone,
once said when I asked him about
his general well-being, "Well, I
am really fine, but if you give me
enough time, I could work up a
good gripe."
Well, like you, too, I'm sure,
I've had years to work up this
gripe.
Picture, if you will, a grown
man standing in front of a pro
duce counter at a busy super
market. Passing all around him
are attractive ladies out doing
their shopping, ladies no doubt
who might be impressed by a
man exhibiting fine domestic
skills in selecting only the finest
Rome apples or Damson plums.
Then comes the "easy-open"
plastic bag.
Am I really that ignorant or is
there some genetic problem with
my manual dexterity, or are
those bags not that easy to open?
Why did grocery stores aban
don the good old paper sack of
various sizes designed to trans
port fresh produce from market
to home?
Obviously, those "easy-open"
plastic bags must be cheaper
than the good old paper sacks.
Some might argue that the
grocery stores, being civic
minded and conscious about the
environment are concerned
about the trees that are being cut
down to make those paper sacks.
They have read that the loss of
vegetation on the planet is con
tributing to the depletion of the
ozone layer of our atmosphere,
consequently creating the green
house effect, consequently boost
ing the sales of air conditioners in
the summer.
If, in fact, that is the case, have
those civic minded grocers
Littleton
Life In '22
November 4, 1122
More than $42 was cleared for
the Ladies' Aid Society of the
Calvary M. E. Church at a Hallo
ween party on Tuesday night held
in the school house.
Heavy receipts of cotton at the
cooperative warehouse here con
tinue to keep Manager E. T. Har
rison on the move. The farmers
are expressing satisfaction at the
new marketing system.
An advertisement by the
American Tobacco Company
advertises a pack of "Ul"
cigarettes for 10 cents, with IS
cigarettes per pack.
stopped to take into account the
fact that they have switched to
plastic, a non-biodegradable
product that is causing as much
harm to the environment as the
depletion of the ozone layer?
But enough about the environ
ment.
I am presently concerned
about grown, semi-educated,
half-way intelligent men standing
in the aisles of grocery stores try
ing to pry open plastic bags while
attractive females walk by and
snicker at their clumsiness.
Do women have as much trou
ble as men in prying open those
bags?
If they do, why haven't they
created a ruckus like they did
when they wanted to right to
vote?
It would seem to me that the
easier a bag is to open, the more
fruit and vegetables might be
purchased, thereby offsetting
what might be the additional cost
of the paper sack.
Great day, by the time I get one
of those plastic things to separate
at the top, I am exhausted and
don't have enough energy left to
pick out any apples.
Either exhausted or so em
barassed that I want to get the
hell out of the store before
anybody else sees me that knows
me.
And of course, to add insult to
injury, some of those bags, once
torn off, don't really make it easy
to find the top of the bag.
Can you imagine a grown,
semi-educated, half-way intelli
gent man turning a plastic bag
round and round and round and
round trying to figure which is
the top and which is the bottom?
Can you imagine what's being
said about him by trying not to
snicker at his super prowess in
manual dexterity?
I guess I'll have to stick to
bananas. I never have bagged
them up.
Courthouse Squares
BEAUTICIANS
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SAVING DEVICES
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Mixed Grill
'Twas the month of Thanksgiving and there in the stores
Was a great deal of stuff on the shelves and the floors:
The Halloween masks were left over "on sale,"
As well as some candy that wasn't quite stale;
The Thanksgiving greetings were all out on display
Next to those that proclaimed "Merry Christmas Day";
And if you looked closely, you even could see
"Happy Hanukkah" cards for that holiday;
Turkeys, ducks and hams lined the grocery bins,
As did stuffing and mincemeat and other fattening sins;
Cornucopia-centerpieces flanked silver bells and holly,
And store-owners smiled, feeling really quite jolly.
You see, whatever your pleasure, they had it in stock
All gussied-up and pretty? your budget to rock.
With so many holidays that come back-to-back
Even with a calendar, it's hard to keep track.
And, pity those souls who have birthdays, too,
Or wedding anniversaries. (I bet they're real blue.)
In merry old England, there's a dish called "mixed grill "
It's a spicy, mish-mash of hot meats guaranteed to fill
To the brim all those who do eat
(And hike their cholesterol to a level that ain't neat! )
The temptation is there for each carnivore
To overdo it and binge on the meats they adore.
And the same fate awaits those who enter a store.
(Not cholesterol, mind you, but overspending galore.)
Food for the table, presents for the tree,
Who can resist? (O poor you and me! )
We might as well give up and accept our fate:
'Twixt now and next year, we must buy and celebrate.
So, enjoy the holidays and be of good cheer
'Cause come January 1, there'll be less than a year
Before the rat race begins all over again
And eyecatching displays our dollars do win.
But, remember: Though there's not really a devil to pay,
It'll sure feel like it on bill-collection day.
So, shop wisely now. Compare well and choose.
(It's the last-minute rush that causes budget blues. )
Here and There
Convoys Seen Here Again
During World War II, when I was a boy growing up in Warrenton,
the sight of a military convoy moving through downtown was a
common one. For some reason, the late Roy Davis, who had a radio
repair shop in the Warren Theatre building, always seemed to know
when a convoy would be coming through, and shared his information
with townspeople who inquired.
Roy wasn't around last week to let us know that elements of the
2nd Marine Expeditionary Force, operating out of Camp Lejeune
under the direction of Major Gen. O.K. Steele, would be coming to
town. And so it was something of a shock last Monday to see ar
mored units circling the newspaper office.
Later convoys of Marine vehicles rolled along Warren County
highways. Some stopped adjacent to the Warren Hills Nursing Cen
ter, one of S3 bivouac sites used by the Marines who were taking part
in Combined Arms Operation 89. The exercise was designed to test
the Corps' ability to conduct support operations over extended
distances.
Several newspapers published along the route taken Dy the Marine
Expeditionary Force have had elaborate accounts of the appearance
of convoys of Marines passing through their readership area as the
Expeditionary Force moved from Coastal Carolina to Fort Pickett,
located between South Hill and Richmond, Va.
Obviously, a lot of folks knew in advance that the Marines were
coming. The Marines sent out liaison teams earlier this fall to coor
dinate with government agencies and private citizens and to
arrange for bivouac areas and landing zones.
I should have been alerted by the presence of low-flying jets that
some kind of war games were under way. But until the advance force
of between 18,000 and 20,000 Marines moved through this area, fighting
aggressor forces as they rolled along, I had no idea that for a couple
of days the sight of military stock rolling through our county would
be so commonplace. Probably if Roy Davis were still around, listen
ing to his shortwave radios on North Main Street, I would have got
ten advance notification.
Don Ma be, president and chief executive officer of Perdue, the
giant Maryland-based poultry company which operates Norlina
Breeder Hatchery near Soul City, was in the county last week to pay
tribute to the workforce of the local hatchery which hatches an
average of 70,000 chicks per day and whose operation had been
named tops in the state for the third quarter of this year.
During his remarks at a luncheon honoring hatchery workers,
Ma be told of a recent visit by the Russian ambassador interested in
acquainting himself with a poultry operation. The visit took place in
Maryland, and we assume that the ambassador was properly im
pressed.
Ma be made the point that the Soviet Union, with 15 percent more
people than the United States, only produces 27 percent of the
chickens raised in this country. I imagine there are several reasons
why this is true, but I'll bet one of the undisclosed reasons is because
America has a whole lot more Methodist ministers than Russia.
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A Warren tonian who said she is completely fed up with all the
negative campaigning in the presidential race, couldn't wait to call
me Tuesday afternoon to relay a question heard on a television talk
show.
The question was this: "If George Bush and Dan Quayle and Mike
Dukakis and Uoyd Bentsen were all aboard a sinking ship, who would
be saved?"
The answer: "The country."
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