A'FH' PLANNER - Lester Simpson, recently hired as county planner, goes over
a map as he began his duties Sept. 2.
Planner Studies Area,
Eyes Long-term Coals
The county's first planning
director began work last week front
his office in the courthouse annex
building and is already involved in
going over long range plans and
projects which he hopes can be acted
on.
Lester Simpson, a relative
newcomer to the county, has had 15
years of government service and
spent seven years as a management
analyst at the Camp Lejeune marine
base working on long term study and
budget problems.
"What I am is a coordinator, I
develop facts and information and
present them", he said.
Simpson's primary responsibility
will be to explore the various federal
assistance grants available for 1
development and compile the
detailed plans and objectives which
must be submitted.
"The money is here", Simpson
explained, referring to grants and aid
administered through various
agencies," if we come up with the
plans, the format. You must have a
specific plan before you can even
apply for funds, and you must have
very specific data to present".
Simpson will be working closely
with the Region N council of
governments and also the
Department of Natural and
Economic Resources and expects to
spend much of his time attending
meetings.
"I'll do a lot of the leg work", he
laughed.
Simpson has already gone over the
recreation plan for the county done
in 1974 and expects to work with
the full-time recreation director
scheduled to be hired.
"That's one of our first priorities,
getting more funds", he said. "And
the Department of Natural and
Economic Resources will be sending
someone over to do a land use study
and I'll be helping with that project".
Simpson has already attended a
meeting with the eight member
county planning board named in
June and is assisting with the task of
surveying emergency medical
services.
"We will gather data on the
ambulance service and try to
determine what the best long range
plan is for the county, to subsidize a
private service, take it over
completely, get federal assistance,
just what our choices are", he said.
He expressed concern over a
shortage of medical personnel.
"We're lacking doctors, and one
reason is because of the distance to
hospitals. I know of a doctor who
would have been interested in
locating here, but he told me he
couldn't because of the great
distances traveling to hospitals. There
are assistance programs for
developing community hospitals,
possibly I could become involved in
this, too", he said.
With his own job made possible
under a grant and guranteed funding
for only one year, Simpson hopes to
accomplish as much as he can and see
the position of planner established
on a permanent basis.
"The job is quite significant,
counties need someone who can
objectively look at the needs and not
be tied down with local problems.
T.B Lester (county manager) is
over-burdened and he can't get
around easily", he said.
"I'll be able to help out on several
projects", he said.
Rock fish News
By Mrs. A. A. Mclnnis
No news from Tabernacle Church.
The W.M.U. Groups met Monday
morning and night as it was
announced last week.
The usual services were held at
Pittman Grove Church Sunday with
very good attendance.
Among the former pastors of
Parker Church who attended funeral
services there for Joseph Edison
Lovette Saturday afternoon were,
the Rev. Berry Barbour and family
and the Rev. Clay Morgan and
family. The people of Wayside and
Rockfish communities extend
sympathy to Mrs. Lovette and
children in the death of their
husband and father who passed away
last Friday night at Veterans
Hospital, Fayetteville.
Mr. and Mrs. Furman Martin of
Fayetteville, were recent guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Koonce.
Mrs. Alma Parker of Laurinburg
spent last Saturday night and Sunday
with her sister Mrs. Louise Watson
and from there she went to Wayside.
Sunday p.m.
Mrs. A.W. Wood was a dinner
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Wilton Wood
of Raeford Sunday. Their sons, Allen
of N.C. State University, Raleigh,
and David of Elon College were at
home for the weekend.
Glenn Lane who had surgery at
Cape Fear Valley Hospital, was still a
patient there at last account.
Mrs. Herbert Phillips and daughter,
Irene, of Buie spent Saturday night
and Sunday with Mrs.W.A. Fowler.
SUNDAY BIRTHDAY
Mrs. Henry Fowler and daughter
Carol, Mrs. R:V. Tanner and Mrs.
W.A. Fowlers guests, Mrs. Phillips
and Miss Irene Phillips were dinner
guests of Mrs. Fowler as they
celebrated Carol Fowler's birthday
Sunday. The honoree received many
nice gifts and everyone, who knows
her wishes for her, many, many more
happy birthdays.
Mrs. R.V. Tanner and Mrs. Jessie
Livingston were among those from
this area who attended funeral
services for Joseph E. Lovette at
Parker Church last Saturday.
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. W.G.
Wright and family last Sunday were
Mr. and Mrs. H.T. Bundy of Raeford.
Mr. and Mrs. Leland Tillman of
Charlotte visited Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Tillman and sons, Harold and David
Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. C.S. Pickett and son Ricky of
Fayetteville were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Tillman and sons Sunday
afternoon.
Lacy Hair of Winston - Salem
visited his mother Mrs. Will Hair for a
short time last Saturday.
Mrs. Stacy Hobson is still a patient
at Moore Memorial Hospital and site
was not doing well at last account.
Mrs. P.C. Englidt entered Moore
Memorial Hospital for tests Monday.
She was losing weight, at about one
pound a day for no known cause.
Shane Sayer is in kindergarten at
Grace Baptist Church, on highway
401, Fayetteville.
Guests of Mrs. Ethel D. Gibson
last Tuesday were Mr. and Mrs. H.D.
Patterson of Wallace. Mrs. Patterson
is Mrs. Gibson's sister.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rozier, Miss
Lessie Martin and his cousn Joe
Regan of Jacksonville, Fla. were
guests of Mrs. Marshall Newton of
Puppy Creek last Wednesday.
Mrs. Marshall Newton attended
funeral services for Mrs. Alice Cain at
the Lewis McNeill Funeral Home in
St. Pauls and interment at Bladen
Union Church cemetery last
Tuesday.
Mrs. Demon! Long is a patient at
Cape Fear Valley Hospital, since
Tuesday of last week and no time is
set for her to come home yet.
Mrs. N.J. Ritters son ? in - law,
HenryEpps is at home now after
having surgery at Cape Fear Valley
Hospital. He is feeling like a teenager
he's getting along so well.
Guests of Mrs. Ethel D. Gibson
last Sunday were, Mrs. Sid Sumner,
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Freeman and
baby daughter, Stephanie, and Mr.
and Mrs. A.J. Freeman, of
Fayetteville.
William Rex Currie spent Friday
night with his grandfather, Alfred
Berry and he and Melissa Berry went
with their grandfather to take his son
Archie back to Goldsboro Saturday.
Late Saturday evening Alfred
Berry took his grandson William Rex
Currie of Blue Springs home and
spent a short time with his daughter.
Mrs. Harold Currie.
Mr. and Mrs. H.T. Bundy of
Raeford were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Daniel Berry and children Sunday
afternoon.
Mrs. Clara Everett and her
daughter, Mrs. Elsie Holt spent Labor
Day weekend in the mountains,.
They went Saturday and came back
on Monday.
Mrs. Bertha Wood of Fayetteville,
spent a few days recently, with her
sister Miss Annie Ray.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McCoil
visited her brother - in ? law, Hunter
Forbis of Lumber Bridge at Duke
Sunday where he had been having
x-rays and tests, about t^ro weeks.
County Commissioner John A.
Webb of Route 3, Raeford got home
Monday after being a patient at
Moore Memorial Hospital for two
weeks.
Mrs. Gilbert Ray and Johnny Dix
went to Pilot Mountain last Saturday
and up on the mountain as people
are allowed to go. They got into a
heavy hail storm too, that cooled the
air.
Gene Ray and Miss Patsy Hollar of
Fayetteville visited his mother, Mrs.
Gilbert Ray Sunday.
Mrs. A.A. Ray said she had no
news but she had picked enough
green peas for several meals and it is
good news to have green peas to pick
in September.
Zan Monroe of Fayetteville, was a
guest of his grandmother, Mrs. Floyd
Monroe Sunday p.m.
Mrs. Johnny Allen and daughter
Teresa attended the Love - Burns
wedding at the United Methodist
Church in Red Springs Saturday at
noon.
Sunday dinner guests of Mrs. R.H.
Gibson, were Mrs. Harry Thornton
and children Robert. Nancy and Kris
of Fayetteville. Mrs. Jessie Livingston
of Arabia, Mrs. R.V. Tanner and Mr.
and Mrs. R.H. Gibson. Mrs. Johnny
Allen and Teresa .
Among the relatives who came
from a distance for funeral services at
Parker Church for Joe Lovette last
Saturday p.m. were, Mr. and Mfs.
J.N. Hair of Greenville, S.C., Mr. and
Mrs. C.H. Bunion and Mr. and Mrs.
Christopher Pridgen of Charlotte.
Mrs. Mary Shewbridge and liej
daughter Myra returned to their
home in Florida last Sunday a.m.
after a few days with het sister Mrs.
Joe Lovette of Wayside.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith Mclnnis and
Mrs. Jim Maxwell were dinner guests
of Thomas Mclnnis and his mother
Sunday.
COMMENT
If only we had the freedom of
1776 how different a lot of things
would be. Maybe everything
wouldn't get merged.
Farm Items
W S. Young & Freddie O'Neal
County Agricultural Agents
Sweet potato harvest has begun or
some farms. Growers should handle
fbese potato roots properly. This i
mtportan, in order to avoidrots anc
problems in the curing house and ir
the storage. The potato is alive r
hea, S 'nnedMnd Cann?I 'akc bruises
heat or cold exposure. Time the
?Jigging operations so that all root
dug will be placed in the cuZ
house that day. If an early frost u
potatoes gr?WCrS mUS' pick "P 311
Discolored areas or cankers on
, c.anes ca" be Ptuned out at any
bitter f'"8 a ^ 'he SOOncr
te n n, ? ? applications should
be continued as long as die plants
continue to grow. If you s.opP this
allows the fungal foliar diseases to
build up and produce abundant
overwintering inoculum. Water your
Plants during the morning or early
b^eTgh,50 U'C
nemTrT"! "P erunular>. a new
nematicide has received EPA
wv ,1U5 received EPA
croDrfnCr USC ?" ",e Allowing
clbba.e h .PeanulS' ^^ns.
Ber,?g ' /USSCl Sprou,s and turf.
kent orass Pcde' bluegrass and
Northr Cf * 'rea?ed. Tests in
orth Carolina have shown this
material to be effective. Directions
berrolfowedSafe,y precau,ions should
The fall is a good time to take
nematode samples.
Veterans
Corner
EDITOR S NOTE: Veterans ant
their families are asking thousands oi
questions concerning the benefit
their Government provides for them
through Veterans Administration.
Below are some representative
queries. Additional information may
be obtained at any VA office.
0 - My husband is a totally and
permanently service . disabled
veteran. We have four children who
during the next five years will attend
college. Will each of them be eligible
for VA's Dependents' Educational
Assistance or is there a limit on the
number who can receive such
benefits?
A - The Dependents' Educational
Assistance program provides financial
aid for the education of all children
wives and widows (husbands and
widowers) of veterans who die or are
permanently and totally disabled at
' .r*su'f ?f a service ? connected
disability. This assistance is alsc
available for the education ol
children and wives of servicemen
missing m action, captured oi
forcibly detained or interned in lin
ol duty by a foreign power.
f Q ~ M.ay 'receive a VA guarantee,
tarm or business loan?
Of A|07X0' \hte Ve,erans Housing Ac
of 1974, effective Dec. 31, 1974
ended VA authority to guarantei
such loans.
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