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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.
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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. Is his widow entitled to
receive and negotiate the check
received on the first of the following
month?
A -- No. The check should be
returned. In order to establish
entitlement, the veteran must be
alive for the complete month. The
widow may be entitled to death
benefits and any accrued amount
due a deceased beneficiary.
0 ?? How is educational entitle
ment charged for flight training?
A -- One month of entitlement is
charged for each S270 paid to the
veteran.
0 -- 1 have a 510,000 National
Service Life Insurance policy. It is a
term contract and the premium
escalates every five years. The cost
is becoming prohibitive and 1
would like to know if there are any
options available to me?
A -- You may convert your term
policy to a permanent contract. In
addition to a stabilized premium,
your policy will accrue a cash value.
0 -? Are veterans with a service
connected disability requiring a
prosthetic device entitled to a VA
clothing allowance?
A -? Yes. 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.
RaeJ'ord, clean her yard. But the large, neat piles soon proved too tempting
and the girls took a quick romp through the brown leaves. | Photo by S.H.
A plin )
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