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"It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness"
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1970
An example and challenge
The news that employees of
Burlington Industries here had again
met their United Fund quota will not
come as a surprise to many - unless
they stop to think about it, that is, for
these members of the community have a
habit of doing their part in this annual
drive.
Last year the two plants here raised a
total of something over 512,500, and
when the United Fund campaign leaders
were working out the quotas this year
their was set at SI0,000. Acutally,
considering that fewer people are
working in the plants now than were a
year ago, and that many, if not most, of
these are working a four - day week
mostly instead of the six days they were
working, something like S7.000 would
have looked like a more realistic quota.
Anyway, it was set at $10,000, a
little more than half the total budget,
and with good organization and
leadership and above all with a fine
display of community spirit and feeling
for their fellow man, this week total
pledges slightly more than SI0,000 were
announced from the employees of
Raeford Worsted Plant and Raeford Dye
Plant of Burlington Industries.
This fine act of good citizenship on
the part of so many must serve to enjoin
all of us in other pursuits hereabouts
not to let the grass grow, but to go forth
and do likewise, and right away.
We owe them no less.
Tiny effort?biff result
In his retirement interview in Life
magazine, Chet Huntley said, "I don't
know what I believe anymore. I thought I
was the classic liberal . . . but I'm cer
tainly not an economic one anymore. Back
in *37 or '38,1 felt the government was the
answer to all our problems. But the fed
eral government, I've concluded, is now
an insufferable jungle of self-serving bu
reaucracies."
We found this a thought-provoking
statement from a newsman who for sev
_eral decades held one of the most influ
ential positions in his craft. Its interest
lies in the degree to which it expresses
the questioning, the doubt, the searching
which so many Americans feel as to the
most effective means of meeting today's
immense problems.
We are certain that Mr. Huntley would
not question the necessity of a govern
ment role in vast areas of American life.
There are problems too great for any
single regional division to handle. Trans
portation, pollution, welfare are but three
relatively new areas in which national
planning and supervision have a role to
play.
But it is equally clear that, as Mr. Hunt
ley so plainly stated, the federal govern
ment has not shown itself, even with its
much increased powers and its astro
nomically increased budget, able to solve
many of the nation's severest challenges.
Distance from the scene, bureaucratic
complexity, political logrolling, a fre
quently too theoretical approach, these
have been some of the handmaidens of
federal action which have prevented the
latter from doing what most liberals and
even many nonjiberals hoped for.
This all too frequent failure of federal
programs does not, of course, mean that
nothing can be done. Indeed, these very
failures have increased the necessity for
effective action, because they have raised
expectations which will not be gagged.
But it does mean that more reliance must
be placed on a much-neglected area of
action. This latter is the mobilization and
ultilization of both individual and local
initiative.
We remain convinced that the greatest
force for progressive change lies in the
ability of men as individuals or as mem
bers of groups small enough to be inti
mately familiar with specific problems
to think through answers which will go
to the heart of these challenges. Some
years ago we suggested that either politi
cal party in the United States could cut
itself out a powerful issue if it made itself
the champion of effective, organized local
and individual initiative. We believe that
this opportunity is growing all the time.
GLASFORD. ILL. GAZHTTH:
"What may transpire in the coming
years we cannot predict. Quite
ob\iously a worldwide effort will have
to be made to halt the poisoning of our
air and water. We will have to find ways
to live and work together, still
maintaining the essential freedom to be
one's own man. We will need leaders
with goals considerably more worthy
than two cars in every garage."
Browsing in the files
of Tht N?ws-Journal
25 years ago
Thursday, December 6, 1945
A representative of the
Carolina Telephone and
Telegraph Company of
Tarboro stated that the
exchange here would be
completely renovated.
In a program handled by the
Underprivileged Child
Committee of the Raeford
Kiwanis Club, Dr. Ellen Black
Winston of Raleigh. North
Carolina State Commissioner
of Public Welfare, addressed
the club and many guests who
were present.
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J.W. Turlington, who has
just been discharged from the
army, was a visitor in town
Tuesday.
Colonel and Mrs. R.B.
Lewis, accompanied by their
daughters, Mary and Marian,
arrived Monday from Trinidad,
where Colonel Lewis has been
stationed sincc May, 1942.
T-5 Julian 3. McKeithan
arrived in Raeford Tuesday
night and expects his discharge
the latter part of the week. He
?arvad in the South Pacific two
y?ars.
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Corporal John Howard Clark
returned from the Pacific
Theatre of operations last week
and expects to be discharged
this week.
Lt . Colonel Robert
Covington, who has been in
England for over three and
one-half years, returned to the
United States this week.
Truman and Jake Austin
went by army plane from Pope
field to Philadelphia last
Saturday and attended the
army-navy football game.
Joe Upchurch, USNR, is
spending a leave with his
parents.
Pfc. Neill Senter arrived in
Raeford Sunday, just home
from overseas.
15 years ago
Thunday, December I, I9S5
K .A. Mac Donald, Hoke
County superintendent of
public instructions, said this
week that free vaccinations
against infantile paralysis
would be given all school
children up to nine-years of
age.
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Forty-seven speeding eases
were cleared in Hoke County
recorder's court Tuesday
before Judge T.O. Moses, and
19 other cases for a total of 66.
William L. Moses, son of
Judge and Mrs. T.O. Moses of
this county, last week
announced the opening of an
office in The Bank of Raeford
building for the practice of
law.
William Hubert Warwick,
33-year-old resident of R-2,
Raeford died early Friday
morning from injuries received
in an auto accident.
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Sheriff D.H. Hodgin said
today that no indication of
how Charlie Shipman met hi*
death had been discovered.
The Hoke High Junior class
play, "Joe's Boys" will be
presented in the school
auditorium Friday night. The
cast includes: Virginia McNeill,
Lilmar Sue Gatlin, Ruby Mae
Clark, Jean Linthicum,
Suzanne Cameron, Betty
Kinlaw, Virginia Gibson,
Elizabeth Graham, Elizabeth
Overton, Ed Langston, Jimmy
Pe?k, Homer Tuttle, Fred Dew.
Pat Kelly and Walter
Thornburg.
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mmmmmm By LAURIE TELFAIR rmsm
[Thanks Are Given
|For Little Things
Although Thanksgiving Day
has passed, here is a prayer of
thanks that is appropriate
throughout the year. It is
especially fitting to remember
during the holiday season.
Mrs. Ellen Willis, extension
home agent, shared this prayer
with me. It was written by
Michel Quoist and given, with
adaptations, at the 1970
Extension Homemakers's
Achievement Day in Stanly
County.
"Thank you. Lord, thartk you.
"Thank you for all the gifts
that you have given me today.
"Thank you for all I have
seen, heard, received.
"Thank you for the water
that woke me up, the soup that
smells good, the toothpaste
that refreshes.
"Thank you tor the clothes
that protect me, for their color
and their cut.
"Thank you for the
newspaper so faithfully there,
for the comics (my morning
smile), for the report of useful
meetings, for justice done and
big games won.
"Thank you for the street ?
cleaning truck and the men
who run it, for their mornina
shouts and all the early noises.
"Thank you for my work,
my home, my efforts.
"Thank you for the dish
cloth in my hands, for the
bubbling of the pot of stew on
the stove, for the satisfied look
of my family when they finish
a good meal.
"Thank you for Jane who
loaned me her best pocketbuok
last week when I had to
represent my church at a
district meeting, for my next
door neighbor who doesn't act
superior when I run out of
sugar and need to borrow a
cup, for Susan who picked up
my children at school last week
when I was out of town
"Thank you for the food
that sustained me, for the cup
of coffee that refreshed in my
neighbor's kitchen.
"Thank you tor ihe car that
meekly took me where I
wanted to be, lor the gas that
made it go, tor the wind that
caressed my face and for the
trees that nodded 10 me on the
way.
"Thank you lor the boy 1
watched playing on the
sidewalk opposite,
"Thank you for his roller ?
skates and for his comical face
when he fell.
"Thank you for the morning
greetings I received, and for all
the smiles.
"Thank >ou for the roof
that shelters me. tor the lamp
that lights me, tor the radio
that plays, for the news, for
music and singing.
"Thank you for the bund
of (lowers, so pretty on ni)
table.
"Thank yuu for the tranqui
night.
"Thank you for the stars.
"Thank you for the silence
"Thank you for the tim<
you have given me.
"Thank you for life.
"Thank you for grace.
"Thank you for being there
Lord.
"Thank you for listening to
me. lor taking me seriously, for
gathering my gifts in your
hands to offer them to your
Father.
"Thank you. Lord.
"Thank you."
STORIES
BEHIND
WORDS
by
C DA..r:.u
BAZOOKA
In pre-World War II days Bob Burns, the America radio
comedian, popularized a toy musical instrument. It was made of
two pipes, one inside the other, and a funnel. Sliding the inside
pipe up and down, much like a trombone, and blowing into the
instrument prod -ced fuzz> musical notes.
Burns called his instrument a "bazooka," a name that he
coined from "bazoo," a colloquialism in his native state of
Arkansas that meant loud-mouthed or windy.
When a rocket gun, used chiefly as an anti-tank weapon, was
perfected in World War Two, its resemblance to Burns'
"bazooka" was noted and the name was transferred to the
weapon.
CROSSING ONE'S FINGERS
When someone says that he has his "fingers crossed," he
generally uses the expression figuratively. Sometimes a person
literally crosses his fingers.
The Cross is one of the sacred symbols of Christianity, for that
was the instrument on wluch Christ was crucified.
Centuries ago it was believed that to make such a sacred
symbol gave one protection from evil. By extension it was
deduced by many that making the sign of the cross - in this case
by crossing the fingers - insured good luck in an enterprise.
Now the expression or the act is used in the sense of hoping
Puppy philosopher
Dear editar:
My television set wouldn't
work, a tube was out in my
radio, another light bulb has
just burned out, the washing
machine went haywire and put
six inches of water on the
floor, and my car wouldn't
start, so I shut myself up in the
living room and started reading
a newspaper I'd been saving to
wrap around an exposed
hydrant.
1 hadn't gotten far when I
ran across an article that said
there are now over 45.000
scientists and engineers
unemployed in this country,
due to cut ? back* in the space
program and other reasons
nobody is certain about
Now what really caught my
attention was the answer to
this problem, suggested by a
Washington expert. He wants a
sort of new "WPA" for these
unemployed scientists, wants a
government ? financed program
going to keep them busy so
their minds won't get rusty.
"There are plenty of new ideas
and things needing
developing,-' he said.
1 got to thinking. No, I told
myself. I've got a better idea.
Don't put them to work on
something new, put them to
work on what we've already
got.
Put those 45,000 scientists
and engineers to work on a tail
pipe that'll last longer than one
year, a washing machine that's
guaranteed for 10 years or
50,000 diapers, whichever
comes first, a television tube
that'll last through the last
bowl game, an air conditioner
that'll last as long as an old ?
style electric fan, a lawr
mower that starts every time,)
plumbing system you can hanc
down from one generation tc
the next, a paved street thaiT
last longer than the tax bond!
it took to pay for it. an autc
fender that snaps back intc
place when dented, and. well I
could go on but you gel the
idea. You probably have youi
own list.
Let those 45,000 scientist!
hold up, turn around and start
perfecting what they've already
turned loose on us.
For a while there it took i
life - time of work to buy al
the gadgets a man thinks h<
needs, but now it takes thai
plus a life ? time ol
moonlighting to keep then
going. ,
Yours faithfully
I A
Just One Thing
After Another
By Carl Gocrch
An odd fact run across at
random, though doubtless
known to all students of
music: Handel was stricken
blind while composing "Total
Eclipse," based upon blind
Milton's story of blind Samson.
? ? ?
This little incident happened
a number of years ago when
the late Judge Allen Cwyn was
running for superior court
judge.
Charles S. Edwards and Dan
Jones were good friends who
lived in Farmville. Dan is a
lawyer and during the
campaign had planned to
support the candidacy of Judge
Gwyn.
A few days before the
primary Charles went to see
Dan about a little matter and
found him out. Law books
were piled about in chaiis and
on the floor, a stack of old
newspapers was in one corner
of the room and the big desk
was completely cluttered with
papers, magazines, etc.
Charles happened to see a
stack of brochures that Judge
Gwyn had sent him. He took
one and wrote across the top:
"Sorry I missed you. Be back
in aboui an hour. Allen
Gwyn."
Then he left the office. In
about half an hour he returned
and a tremendous change was
taking place. A colored man
was scrubbing the floor; the
books had all been straightened
up; and Dan was standing in a
chair, dusting off the
bookcases.
"What's up?" inquired
Charles.
"Judge Gwyn will be here in
a few minutes," announced
Dan. "Help me get this place
straightened up."
Charles snickered. Dan
slowly turned around and
stared at him. Then it dawned
on him what had happened,
and of all the berating and
cussing you've ever heard in all
your lite, it took place right
then and there.
? ? ?
Judge Luther Hamilton of
Moiehead City told me this
story some time ago.
A young lady, who had been
married only two or three
weeks, was suing her husband
lor divorce on the ground that
he was not mentally
competent.
"Was there anything wrong
with your husband before he
married you'.'" inquired a
lawyer.
"I didn't notice anything,"
she replied.
"How long did he court
you?"
"About a ycat and a half."
"And you didn't notice
anything wrong with him
during all that time?"
"Well, maybe there was. but
I didn't pay any attention to it
because while they're courtin'
you, most men act sort of
crazy anyway."
? ? ?
There may be others, but
here are thiee North Carolina
towns that have four "a's" in
then names: Altamahaw.
Nantahala and Saxapahaw.
Thery are several others - like
Lake Waccamaw - that have
four "a's" in the two words
that make up their names.
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It was a brief and rather curt
note that the circulation
department of our magazine
sent to a gentleman in
Greensboro giving notice of the
fact that his subscription had
expired. In a week the letter
came back with the following
nutation at the bottom:
"So has the subscriber."
CLIFF BLUE...
People & Issues',
INSURANCE...People are
very much concerned about
the increasong rates of
automobile liability and
hospital and health insurance,
and rightly so. But. the
increasing insurance rates is
simply a part of the price tag
which must be paid for the
inflation spiral which appears
to be going up, up and up all
the time.
We are interested in an item
out of Winston Salem last week
which said that Forsyth
County officials were studying
the possibility of a group
medical insurance program for
any county resident who is
willing to pay for it. "Hie
medical insurance plan would
be similar to plans provided by
large employers for their
workers. A major benefit. of
such plans is thai the cost of
the insured is cheaper than
individual policies.
But the big question is:
Could the people needing the
insurance pay the premium
which would be necessary for a
sound and comprehensive
hospital and health insurance
policy?
GOVERNORS...Governor
Bob Scott and his assistants did
a good job in entertaining and
spreading Tar Heel hospitality
to the some two dozen
governors and governors - elect
who gathered in Raleigh and in
Southern Pines last Friday,
Saturday and Sunday. Scott is
chairman of the national
Democratic Governor caucus
and has made the position
more than just an ordinary
assignment.
Bob Scott has been
mentioned as a possible
Democratic nominee for vice
president in 1972 and the
North Carolina meeting gave
him an excellent chance to
become acquainted with the
top political leaders in
approximately half of the
states.
MUNICIPAL ELEC
TIONS...We are inclined to
favor the suggestion of the
Local Government Study
Commission that would bring
municipal elections under the
supervision of the State Board
of Elections and make a single
registration sufficient for all
elections for which a voter is
eligible; and that the municipal
elections be held in November
of the odd numbered years
instead of in the springtime as
is now the cusiom in most Tar
Heel municipalities.
SALARIES...We are not sure
who the highest salaried person
is in the United States
government but we presume it
ii the President who receives
$200,000 a year and many
other fringe benefits like a
home at 1600 Pennsylvania
Avenue in Washington and all
kinds of transportation and
living expenses.
But here in North Carolina
the Governor is not the highest
salaried state official.
President William C. Friday
of the University of North
Carolina is the highest paid
state official, receiving S42.000
per year. Next in high income
from the state comes Dr.
Arden Miller, vicc chancellor
for health affairs at the UNC,
Chapel Hill with a salary of
S39.000. Then comes Dr. J.
Carlyle Sitterson, chancellor of
UNC at Chapel Hill who
receives S38.120. and Dr.
Flugene Hargrove, state
commissioner of mental health,
and Dr. Jacob Komen, state
health officer, both receiving
S38.115 each. Five other UNC
officials also rate ahead of the
governor in salary. They are.
Dr. William Wells, vice
president for acedemic affairs,
consolidated UNC, 536,980;
Dr. John T. Caldwell,
chancellor of N.C. State
University, S3 6,850; N.
Ferebee Taylor, vice president
for administration,
consolidated UNC, S36.180;
Dr. Dean W. Colvard,
chancellor of UNC at
Charlotte, and Dr. James S.
Ferguson, chancellor UNC at
Greensboro, both S3 5,160.
Two other officials, Dr. Cam
West, director of the State
Board of Higher Education,
and Dr. Brooks James, vice
president of consolidated UNC
for research and public service
programs receive salaries of
S35,000 each ? the same as the
governor.
W'e guess one pretty good
reason that the governor's
salary is not at the top of the
pole is because salary has but
little to do with attracting men
to seek the office but for these
other top paying jobs salary
has right much to do in getting
t,\e desired man in many
instances.
BOLD VENTURE...Some
people have been critical of the
Army's attempt to rescue
American prisoners of war in
North Vietnam which resulted
in a "waterhaul" to uk the
language of disappointed
fishermen in some areas.
However, to our way of
thinking the project was
laudable, and 'o a greater
extent than our overall and
prolonged participation in the