?'?JH COMPUTERS - A Mobile Computer Awareness Laboratory visited Hoke High last week to show students the latest in computing equipment and instructional materials and to give them a "hands on " experience with the computer. Sponsored by N.C. State University's Computer Science Department and the Department of Public Instruction's Divisions of Mathematics and Educational Media, the lab computers could be programmed to play games with the students or to compute the waste in rivers. NAACP Meets Dec. 5 The Hoke County N.A.A.C.P. chapter will hold its annual busi ness meeting Sunday, Dec. 5 at 3:30 p.m. in Scurlock Elementary School, chapter president Jimmy Morrisey announced. All members are urged to attend. New members are welcome. ? ? * An 820-bed replacement Veterans ed for completion in Los Angeles Administration hospital is schedul- this month. rihfc 'ntroducing a New cn from Frigidaire En^gy HE FCD-170T Saver1 ?^tonly 76kWh/ m?nth, uses less energy than an 16 0 ou-ft Or larger re'rlSerator-freezer ?4 44 cu-ft freezer compartment ?Automatic defrost in Twin Vegetable Hydrators J|&: f ??? 1 terms I Cj 2S1K3fi?g??? w?i?' WC/DEC ? Rugged heavy dutv component inwJher ? Flexible 1-18 lb r capacity ? ^nits/Permanent cycfes RegUlar Wastl ? Matching 18-ib dryer ? Gentle Flowing Heat plus Knits and Per manent Press setting ApplianceMnd fculefeem?'* F?r Sn,a" SrSsS-s; ? c.. eu74 - journal Reporting Since 1945 Rockfish Writer 'Not Ready To Ouit' By Suzanne H. Aplin "I'm not going to quit writing. I'll just spend my Mondays writing poetry now instead of working on the Rockfish News," said Mrs. A. A. Mclnnis Friday in an interview at her home. "I got to do what 1 wanted to do," she said commenting on her 30 years as an area correspondent for The News-Journal. "My Aunt Becky wrote for the Maxton paper and I just always thought that would be something I'd like to do. So when Mr. Dickson asked me to write the Rockfish News I said 'yes.' " Mrs. Mclnnis continued. For 30 years Mary S. Mclnnis has collected local news, written it out in long-hand and mailed it to Raeford for each issue of The News-Journal. Now that she has celebrated her ninety-first birthday she said that gathering the information each week has become a little tiresome. "I've had a lot of pleasure from writing the column, but my eyesight has gotten bad," she said. Mrs. Mclnnis noted that she always collected her informa tion from each family that she mentioned each week. She would not accept second - hand infor mation. "I've had no complaints on the column," she said. "And, I'm always pleased to find out that someone who has lived here and moved away takes the paper so they can find out what goes on in Rockfish. Sitting in the parlor in front of a dying fire, Mrs. Mclnnis and her sister Mrs. T.J. Russell of Rocky Mount talked about the changes in Rockfish since Mrs. Mclnnis began writing Aug. 15, 1946. "This isn't the old Mclnnis home you know," she said. "This is really my son Thomas's place. He's been a real help to me. He gets information for me and mails the column every week," Mrs. Mclnnis explained. She continued, "The old home place is gone now, burned." In fact, a lot of things are gone from Rockfish now. Years ago we had a RETIRING -- Mrs. A.A. Mclnnis of Rockfish has announced her retirement as the Rockfish area correspondent for The News Journal. Mrs. Mclnnis contributed personal items in the form of a column titled "Rockfish News" for 30 years. ( Photo by S.H. Aplin] post office, a depot and a drug store." "Don't forget there used to be a gin here, too," said her white haired sister. "Yes, but you know it's still a real nice place to live. Rockfish," Mrs. Mclnnis said. "I wouldn't want to be any place else." Mrs. Russell is one of six surviving sisters in Mrs. Mclnnis's family. "They've nearly all reached ninety." she said of the original seven sisters and two brothers. "I guess we live so long because we live right, and we always honored our parents." Born in what was Richmond County, Mrs. Mclnnis moved to Rockfish to teach school. She then married and began to raise a family of six children: Thomas, Dan and Smith of Raeford, Angus of Wagram, James Edwin of Fay etteville and Mrs. Earl J. Hare of Charlotte. The fire place mantel Veterans Corner EDITOR'S NOTE: Following are representative questions answered daily by VA counselors. Full infor mation is available at any VA office. 0 -- A veteran in receipt of pension dies on the last day of the month. 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The annual $190 allowance is paid Sept. 1. and walls of the paneled living room hold a multitude of old photographs of her family. She also has 13 grandchildren and 12 great - grandchildren. Mrs. Mclnnis and Mrs. Russell were both quick to point out that Mrs. Mclnnis would continue to write. As Mrs. Russell brought out a booklet of poems written by her sister, her granddaughter entered and grinning explaining that she had entered one of her great ? aunt's poems. "Ode to the Old Dishpan" in a collection of poetry that she had turned in for her teacher at school. The teacher was amused by the poem and com mented that she liked it. but had never heard of the author. With all this iamily support, it looks like Mrs. Mclnnis may be oft and running toward a new artistic vocation. Move over Grandma Moses, here comes Mary Mclnnis. HELPING ? Molly Sinclair, 12. and sister Torrey. 8, of Favetteville started out helping their grandmother. Mrs. N.B. Sinclair. 116 Magnolia. 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