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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1964
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(Editor's Note: The fol
lowing item was written by
Mrs. Eloise P. Adcox of
Pinebluff, ^escribing inci
dents taking place in that
small town, three miles
south of Aberdeen, on Hal
loween, including the setting*
of large fires and the throw
ing of "cherry bombs," high-
powered firecrackers capable
of causing injury and start
ing firesi)
There are few adults who do
not enjoy seeing the children
coming to their doors on Hallo
ween for “'Trick or Treat.” The
majority of us buy with pleasure
those treats to have in readiness,
and feign fear or horror at the
small ghosts and witches, weS
goblins and any other characters
that are conjured up in young
minds. We love their shy words
of thanks and we act surprised
when the masks are lifted blow
ing the young visitors are the
children next door or down the
street.
What one does not enjoy con
templating is the danger that
these young visitors face in their
once-a-year foray for treats. This
Halloween, from my front door,
in the heart of the village, I saw
“cherry bombs” tossed into a
group of small children, who
were accompanied by a local
girl. Two of the boys—there was
a carload of them—were recog
nized by the girl as coming
from a neighboring town. The
frightened children ran for safety,
barely being missed by the
bombs. 'The bombs started a fire
which had to be extinguished.
As the evening wore on, many
more groups of children came to
my door, frightened and trem
bling from like occurrences.
The blast of fireworks had be
gun in the village by dusk and
continued all through the eve
ning At 3 am, the noise was still
deafening and continuous, ai^
one could well imagine being
near the front of battle lines.
Many fires were started by the
fireworks, and some fires were
deliberately set by large piles of
pine straw being hastily raked
together, the flames leaping into
the night sky as high as the tops
of the trees. To those of us who
lived through the horror of the
:“big fire” of April 4, 1963, the
sight of the fires brought terror
again to our hearts.
Citizens who had worked hard
KEEP UP WITH LATE VALUES IN PILOT ADS all day and looked forward to the
SAVE AT THE CITIZENS BANK
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Pt.
APPEAL MADE TO PARENTS
‘Night Of Terror’ In Pinebluff On
Halloween Described By Resident
a decent hour.
Let us make an appeal to the
parents of the youth in the
neighboring towns not to turn
their young people loose to come
to our village and do things for
which they would be arrested at
home. This is a sure way to en
courage lawlessness in young
minds and could grow into some
thing that would bring tragedy
and heartache to many. Let us
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stop long enough to ponder the
Golden Rule, to consider our
neighbor, and to have a safe Hali'
loween, and one not spoiled for
our children. 'Halloween really
belongs to them.
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rest and relaxation that Saturday
night brings, and Who had re
sponsible church duties the fol
lowing morning, were still
awake tired and weary at 4 am.
Pinebluff has become as law
less on Halloween as any town
of the old West that was “wide
open.”
There can be a solution to this
if our citizens will band together
in unity when Halloween comes
again. Our local firemen and po
licemen have done all that they
could to keep order, unselfishly
staying awake all night and an
swering distress calls. If we had
only our own youth—^their par
ents will cooperate— this could
be handled within our own com
munity.
What we do not have the force
to handle is the horde of young
vandals from neighboring towns,
whose parents do not know
where they are and what they
are doing, some of whom appar
ently do not care. We are en
titled, as taxpayers, to have pro
tection for our homes and our
children. There is a way to han
dle this, but it would bring ex
pense and embarrassment to the
culprits involved. This has
shamefully gone on each year in
Pinebluff, and it is time to put
an end to it.
Added to these burdens is the
increasing number of carloads of
children brought in from other
towns for treats, some this year
from as far away as Raeford, Let
us ask the parents of these chil
dren to keep them within their
own boundaries so that our store
of treats will not be depleted be
fore we have the chance to treat
our own children. This is taking
an innocent pastime to the ex
treme.
Let the citizens of Pinebluff
begin to make plans that Hallo
ween, next year, will not be a
night of terror to innocent peo
ple, many of whom are aged, ill,
or both and shut-ins who have
to sit and endure. What must it
be for them, when the able-bod
ied have come to dread this
night and dare not leave their
homes unguarded? Let us try to
make sure that our own young
people are properly disciplined
and accounted for, and home at_
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