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<~Ylewa - journal NATIONAL NEWSPAPER iUWCUTIM U ?T ?ii? ? U a: NNt SVSTIINHK MEMIER - 1173 Ca/toS?tut ~S S ATIOIM Published Every Thursday at Racford, N. C. 28376 119 W. hi wood Avenue Subscription Rates in Advance Per Year - *5.00 6 Months - S2.75 3 Months - SI.50 PAUL DICKSON PuMiaher-Editot SAM C. MORRIS General Manager LAURIE TELFAIR Associate Editor MRS. PAUL DICKSON Society Editor MARTY VEGA Reporter Second Class Postage at Raeford, N. C. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 6. 1975 As We See It. by Laurie Telfair The Friday furor that exploded over the building of the parking lot at the corner of Elwood and Stewart called attention to some of the things Raeford has and also some of the things it needs. One of the things the city does have is an explicit zoning ordinance, with a zoning administrator and board of adjustments to go with it. However, it won't do the city much good to have the apparatus with which to control growth, if it isn't used. Much of the excitement over locating the driveways at the bank's parking lot came from a breakdown in implementation of the existing ordinance. According to the city manager. bat\k authorities obtained a building permit to remove an old house and clear the land to build a parking lot on the corner. However, they did not include the plans for the lot construction, with the driveways opening from Elwood and Stewart Street. According to the ordinance (section 11.5), any altered use of an existing premises must be authorized by a building permit. Furthermore, the application for the permit must be accompanied by plans detailing the change or use. Since this was not done, it came as somewhat of a surprise to city officials when a workman proceeded to knock out two sections of the street Friday morning. Complaints from the day school proprietor across the street, who, seeing parking spaces for the parents of her students disappearing, brought city and zoning officials on the run. And so began a quick study of the zoning laws. Perhaps, following this episode, more citizens will be aware that the city has a right and a duty to control growth within it. What one does on the property one owns does indeed affect the rest of the community. City government, through its ordinances, attempts to "lessen congestion in the streets: to secure safety from fire, panic and other dangers, to promote health and the general welfare: to provide adequate light and air: to prevent the overcrowding of the land: to avoid undue concentration of population; and to facilitate the adequate provisions of transportation, water, sewage, schools, parks and other public requirements." One of the things this incident has shown the city lacks is a consistent policy of enforcement of its ordinances. Presumably, if there had been no complaints, the city would have let the lot be constructed without inquiring into the plans for it or in what way it would have changed the traffic pattern of the streets bordering it. These are legitimate concerns of city government; to fail to regulate growth is to fail to safeguard the interests of the citizens. Browsing in the of The News-Journal 25 years ago Thursday,February 2, 1950 Crawford Thomas received the first annual Citizenship Award presented by the Raeford Kiwanis Club to the outstanding citizen of the community each year. Ernest M. Stallings of Johnston County assumed his duties here this week as county farm agent succeeding Herman E. Vinson who resigned the position to manage the farming interests of the estate of his father ? in ? law. Robbins Cloth Mills, Inc. of Robbins, N.C., this week acquired title to the real and personal property of the old White - Tex mill here, Raeford Chamber of Commerce officials have announced. Fire last Thursday night destroyed the garage of Dave Hannon at his home just west of Raeford on the Aberdeen Road. Two hundred and twenty - five Hoke County citizens met in the Courthouse on Monday evening, January 30, in the interest of securing more rural telephones in the county. From Poole's Medley: Singing is the highest grade music known to humanity, especially when it originates in the human soul. And it should be good music, for it had the greatest Maker. The sheriff's department and one Raeford policeman raided Lackey's Truck Terminal on the Fayetteville road Tuesday and report that they found about two cases of government whiskey. 15 years ago Thursday, February 4, I960 The flu has had it. From a 24 - hour - a ? day preoccupation with many patients it has become only a Till - in for conversation. The theme of the first college Career Day in Hoke High School is "Knowledge for What" and is a long ? overdue recognition of the students' right to know why they are going to school and what they may expect to find in the work - a ? day world. State Orange Master Harry B. Caldwell of Greensboro, was guest speaker at the anniversary ceremony of the Ashemont Grange of Quewhiffle township, Hoke County, which was held at the Ashemont School on Sunday afternoon. 'Henry, you haven't brouQht home any more stray, beat-up cats have you?' by Marty Vega The Christian Science Monitor A Car Hater Confesses While watching a program about the unfavorable foreign trade balance on my Japanese ? made TV set, another of the seemingly endless car commercials came on to assault my cars. Frankly. I've liecome a confirmed car hater, being a car hater is had. hut it's not like being a Communist or a pornographer. If (lod had intended women to own cars, the sideview mirror would he a (Tairol "true to life" mirror. The only thing a ear is good for is to go to a drive - in movie. Or when you reach behind the seat for the belt and you find some change. (Sometimes you can find change like this after a trip (b the drive ? in, hee. hee.hcc.) Okay, my gripe is nothing new , hut J think it needs restating. Frequently. Why can't Detroit make a car that works reasonably well? At least for the length of the loan, please. My hatred for cars did not develop overnight. It was nurtured by a heater that quit on the coldest day of the year on a cross ? country trip. 70 miles from the nearest dealership: an ominous popping sound in the clutch which was finally traced to a missing /.irt after a live ? and - a ? hall hour wait: a glove compart men I that Hew open every time a corner was turned. All this under the warranty. Since that time. I have shelled out my hard - earned money to replace a faulty alternatoi (13.000 miles) and a new clutch. SI.S2.07 at I'1,000miles. And, I have paid for the more costly tuneups from the ear dealers because the cheaper places declined to fool with the emission control system because of its complexity. I've done my part. I've treated the car with caie. followed all instructions and I'm even a very good driver. The only mishap was when a tree pulled out suddenly ji an intersection and I couldn't avoid him. luckily, there was only minor damage. Piobably been drinking. Uninsured tree. Beloie the gas cusis, the sociologists said we were all supposed to be having love affairs with our automobiles. Well, I was frigid. It Detioit wants only happy owners, why then does this owner eye the car suspiciously every morning and crank the engine warily, wondering what new thump, squeak or rattle will develop. When this cai quits on me. I will either move to a remote mountaintop in Colorado and buy a hoise or go to a city like Chicago with a decent mass tiansit system. Right now . I'm leaning to the former. Puppy Creek Philospher Deai editor: I never have understood how the government economists can figure out down to the last decimal point what the cost of living index was last month. You know, say it went up 8.1 pci cent, compared with 7.0.t per cent the month before. Things like that I suppose the figures are gotten up by school teachers who can tell you that the top student's knowledge after lour years of high school stands at 04.5 compared with the next in line or salutalorian's at 04.4. It's an exact science and leave it at that. Don't be checking up to sec how things turned out ten years alter graduation. Anyway, those are statistics you can take or leave but there's another batch that has me puzzled. Government statisticians have just announced that productivity by the country's whole work force declined 5.1 per cent during the last three months of 1074. How did the government get those figures? You talk about the ('.I.A. snooping on private citizens, you mean to say somebody has been checking up on me and can tell you what my production level was during Octobei. November and December of last year' Furthermore, how many people in Raeford do you think would like it known how much they really produced last year or yesterday for that matter'1 And how can the government tell whether you're producing or not? It might look like an editor for example was just sitting in a cafe drinking coffee when all the time his mind is racing, although I don't suppose the statisticians have figured out a gadget to tell actually how fast it's racing People's minds, like windmills, turn at different rates of speed, depending, sometimes of course, on which way the wind is blowing. Now I know that some people arc saying Congress is spending too much time investigating the CM.A., the F.B.I.. etc.. but I'd like to see it look into how somebody found out how hard I worked last year. I believe Congress will be willing to do it. After all. if I was faced with solving the economic crisis I'd find something else to-do too. Yours faithfully, J.A. Road I Corinthians 15:51-58 () death, where is thy sting (I Corinthians 15:55) One day a child and his father were riding in thcii automobile when a honeybee flew in through the window. The child had gone into convulsions when stung before. The next sting might resuli in the child's death. He became hysterical because he knew the present danger. His father said calmly, "Don't worry,son. I'll take care of it." He brought the car to halt at the side of the road, and caught the honeybee in his hand. The child relaxed momentarily but again became frantic when the father opened his hand and released the honeybee which began to fly about in the ear. The father said. "Son, you don't need to be afraid." turning his palm toward the lad. "See. the barb of the stinger is imbedded here in my palm. I have taken the sting out of that insect, and it can't harm you." Is not this what Christ has done for us? By His death and resurrection. He has taken the sting out of death! PRAYER Heavenly Father, thanks for what Your Son has done for us through His death and resurrection. Praised by His name forever. Amen. THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Why fear dealh? Through Christ it has lost its power. -copyright-THE UPPER ROOM -Claude A. Frazier. North Carolina Rural Fires 875-4242 Bicentennial Notes Those Were The Days . . (Part II of five) By Pauline McFadyen 1 believe it was the year I was in the second grade that I had such a good time. I had a pretty young teacher who was going with Dr. Wilkins, a new doctor in town. Our school at that time was near where Raeford Savings and Loan is now. The campus extended from Edin borough Street down to the Baptist Church. The entire campus was fenced in with a strong wire fence topped by a wide railing. There was an opening near where the Fords are now parked and another near the Presbyterian Church. In the center of the lot was a large rectangular white wooden school. Downstairs was a wide hall with large square rooms on cither side. Upstairs was the auditorium with a gpod size stage. Back of this stage were the dressing rooms where we crowded when giving a pageant or a play. During the day one of those dressing rooms was used for piano. The school rope for the bell was at the head of the stairs. T lie re was a small room at the head of each flight of steps. When I was in the first grade Miss Spratt taught art in one of them. To the left of this building was a little one room office used by the principal. Here a teacher might send a pupil to be dealt with, or she might send to find out the time. To the right of the school was a large frame house where the principal, his wife and twelve children lived. The pump for the girls was on this side, also the huge wood pile. To the back of the campus was a long building where 1 went to the second and third grades. The girls large wooden toilet was directly behind this building. 1 know little about the boys side of the campus, for we were entirely separated during recess and lunch. There was no shrubbery on the campus and the ground around the building was hard as a rock from being trampled. The girl's side was covered with rusting hair pins, for the big girls pinned their hair up with rats and cootie gangs too. In each room there were double desks with an inkwell on each side. When the first bell would ring my sisters and I would begin looking for pencils, books or a lost toboggan. We just had to rush for it was inexcusable to be late. We never dreamed of such a thing. I remember my Father's sister lived with us and went to school when I was in the first grade. I went home with her a few days during Christmas. It was only fifty - six miles, but we had to go to Aberdeen and spend the night and catch a train next morning. We did the same coming back. We were supposed to be in ? Raeford before school time. I was getting very worried and I kept asking a man on the train what time it was. He told me 8:60 and 1 thought surely 1 could make it on time for I must be there at nine. 1 knew we had to line up to march in and*out of our rooms each time except in the morning. Mr. Hassell had Graham Dickson beat the drums for us to march in after he had inspected the lines. We marched to our rooms and stood until our teacher walked to her desk and nodded. We put our books in the desk and began working. We studied reading or arithmetic until the bell rang. Then we would have chapel. Each teacher took her pupils up one set of those stairs. Then we sat in an assigned place and the teachers walked up on the stage and sat. The principal read from the Bible, had prayer and made announcements. Then Miss Liles walked over to the piano. How then young boys could sing "We're Tenting Tonight on the Old Campground." After singing a couple of songs we marched to our rooms and worked until , recess. Again the entire school lined up and marched out. As soon as we were dismissed it seemed everyone ran for the pump. We little ones could hardly get a drink for the big girls pumped for the big girls. Too, sometime I would leave my collapsible cup in my book sack, but a friend would lend me hers. The long wood pile on the girl's side just seemed a wonderful place to play. Several of my friends and 1 climbed to the lop of that huge mountain of wood and for several days threw off pieces until we had a large opening in the center of the pile. We made a wonderful playhouse there. Why, we didn't have time to get a drink of water. We made tables and chairs of the small loop and played until the bell rang again. Finally lunch time would come and again we flew to the playhouse. We even ate there. But a teacher saw us one day and told us it was dangerous to play there. So we would take our dinner lunch bags and spread them on the ground and have a "spread". Now a spread is putting lunches together. Two or three of us would decide at recess to spread at lunch. It really was hard to spread when you had fried chicken and chocolate cake and your friend had sweet potato and jelly biscuit. Of course there were no sandwiches then. By the time we had eaten the crowd around the pump would be thinning and we smaller ones could get a drink before playing pop ? the - whip and stiff - starch. If anyone was lucky enough to have a rope to bring we would line up and jump by running in. Then some of the big girls would come over and want us to turn hot peas for them. (Continued next week) CLIFF BLUE ... People & Issues IN THE WHITE HOUSE?-Remember the 1072 presidential campaign when George McGovern was talking about giving everyone a thousand dollars! Well, from statements finding their way out of the White House it sounds as if McGovern might be president and not the former conservative leader of the GOP in the House. JFK-John F. Kennedy, in his inaugural address on January 20. 1961 said: "And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you: ask wltal you can do for your country." Well, it seems thai most everybody must have misunderstood the young statesman. Instead of doing for our country and ourselves, it seems that from that day on more and more people have been calling on the government to do things that we should do for ourselves. EMPLOYMENT-The unemployed compensation program comes in mighty good when people are out of work. To strengthen the program would it not he good when the compensation reaches 1.1 weeks to let the person work three days each week during the next 13 weeks in some type of public work? We have many projects that go undone due to the lack of funds and this would be an opportunity to give part-time work on deserving projects. The work provided should be as near as possible in the realm of the type work performed before they were laid off, but certainly not mandatory. CHURCHILL-ln World War II Winston Churchill called for "blood, sweat and tears." Now the call might be "Hard work, Ingenuity, produce more and keep your chin up." SALES TAX-Talking with a veteran State House member who is chairman of one of the top committees a few days ago about Governor Holshouaer's proposal to repeal the Sales tax on food, effective July I. 1976, the gentleman said the tax would not be repealed. If it needed to be repealed the legislator said, it rfiould be repealed effective July I. 1975 and not 17 months from now! FCU MM) SCHOOL-We attended a meeting of the F.CU Medical School Advisory Board in Raleigh a night last week. It was nice to see Bill Friday and leo Jenkins in one accord to move forward in unison to huild a four-year medical school at Fast Carolina University. When an idea's lime has come, all the king's horses and all the king's men can only slow the pace. Now i& heartening to sec Bill Friday, a great educator and a great citizen, and the board of governors of higher education marching one way with Leo Jenkins and the HCU Trustees. SHBRIFF STAHL-The conviction of Sheriff Stahl of Mecklenburg County last week of voter intimidation will make sheriffs and other elected officials more discreet in firing employees who do not support them when they are up for reelection. The law is well-intended but is really a farce in some instances. No person who is qualified to he sheriff will long keep a deputy on his staff who votes against him at the polls. If a sheriff or any other public official is to be able to do a good job he needs and deserves loyalty so long as he is honest #d trying to do what is right. When the time comes that a deputy or some other employee cannot support the boss in his work it is time to move out-and if the boss is dishonest or not competent, then is the time to blow the whistle! Many sheriffs ha<c dismissed a deputy for disloyalty, and such will continue to be the case, by whatever camouflage is necessary. INTKRF.ST RATES-lf interest rates could be held down to a reasonable rate we suspect it would do more to bring both recession and inflation in line than all the other costly methods being promoted by President Ford and the Congressmen and U.S. Senators. WISDOM--Sena lor Jesse Helms, speaking In the U.S. Senate last year said: "Superior wisdom does not reside in Washington. If it did we would not be in the economic fiasco that is gripping the country."
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