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! HOKE TROOPERS.. ..K. W. Weston, R. V. Lee, Sgt. D. L. Minshew, L. B. Rector, J. E. Stanley and T. K. Tolar. I Know Your Patrolmen Sgt. Delbert L. Minshew is a #i; veteran of 24 years on the Highway ;> Patrol. As line sergeant he super ^ vises Patrol personnel in the > counties of Hoke, Scotland and Richmond and assists with office ?; duties at the district office in ?; Rockingham. Born Jan. 5, 1929 in Wayne <1 County, he was graduated from Eureka High School in Eureka in > 1945. He served in the U.S. Marine ?. Corps from 1947 to 1951, spending ?J, two years in Guam. He was discharged in November 1951 and *: joined the Greensboro Police De partment. Minshew was sworn in as a highway patrolman June 15, 1953 and was graduated from Basic Patrol School at Chapel Hill the following August. His first duty assignment was in Stoke County. He was transferred to Farmville in Pitt County on April 1, 1954 and remained there until he was promoted to sergeant on Dec. 1, 1967. He was then transferred to Jacksonville and on Jan. 1, 1971, he was transferred to Raeford. The sergeant is a graduate of the I General Law Enforcement School conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and also the Police Discipline School conducted by the V. International Association of Chiefs ? of Police. Additionally, he has completed numerous courses spon sored by the Northwestern Univer sity Traffic Institute, most recently a five - week school at Wilmington on Principles of Police Traffic Management. He completed the Breathalyzer operators school at Fayetteville Technical Institute in April 1972 and was re-certified to operate the newer model in December 1976. He is married to the former Jean Langston of Farmville and they have two children, Debbie, 17, and Tony, 14. Minshew is a member of the Stantonsburg Methodist Church ; and has been a member of the ? Farmville Masonic Lodge since ' 1955. Joe E. Stanley is a 13-year : veteran of the Highway Patrol. Born Aug. 23, 1941, he was graduated from Fair Grove High ; School in Thomasville. After grad ^ uation, he enlisted in the U.S. Air . Force and served three years. He spent two years assigned to the U.S. Consulate's Office in Izmir, .? Turkey. " He was sworn in to the Highway ; Patrol in 1964 and after completing v Basic Patrol School his first ? assignment was in Lexington with * administrative duties in that office. He was transferred to Fayetteville as a patrolman and later transferr ?; ed to Hoke County. He presently is assigned as district revocation < officer. vj Stanley is married to the former \ Mary Kinsella of Thomasville and '?) they have two children, Zane, 11, % and Daphne, two. Kenneth W. Weston is an ? eight-year veteran of the Highway j! Patrol. He currently holds the rank of master trooper. ;! Born May 20, 1947 in Jackson ville, he was graduated from Jacksonville High School and at tended Lenior County Community :> College in Kinston. He served two ^ years in the U.S. Army, attaining ? the rank of Specialist 5. b He entered Basic Patrol School at Chapel Hill in September of 1969 ?> and was assigned to Hoke County following graduation in December. He completed VASCAR training school in Ahoskie in 1973, the b Breathalyzer operators school in 2 Albemarle in 1974 and the Emer > gency Medical Technician school at ? Campbell College in 1976. Weston ahd his wife Cecelia have ? two children, Tracy, eight, and ?' Shannon, six. 1 I < Robert V. Lee is a veteran of four |4 years on the Highway Pattol. ^ A Lumberton native, the 32 ? year-old trooper is a graduate: of Littlefield High School and served four years in the U.S. Marine Corps. After his discharge, he went to work for Burlington Industries in St. Pauls and went to Lincolnton two years later when the company promoted him. He spent three years there and then resigned to join the Highway Patrol. After completing Basic Patrol School in February 1973 Lee went to Charlotte as his first duty station. While there, he attended Central Piedmont College and received an associate degree in police science. In October 1976 he was transferred to Raeford. Lee is married to the former Paula Abbott of Lumberton and they have two children, Daniel, seven, and Margie, four. He is a member of the Masonic Order #78 and is active in the work of the Royal Ambassadors, a church sponsored group of men. Louis B. Rector is the newest member of the Highway Patrol here, having completed Basic Pat rol School last March 4 and making Raeford his first duty assignment. Born June 13, 1947 in Elizabeth City, he is a graduate of Elizabeth City High School and first made application to the Highway Patrol in 1968. He was graduated from Albemarle Community College with an associate degree in design technology and went to work for the Virginia highway department in 1969. He was notified he was under consideration by the Patrol in March of 1970 but two months later he received a draft notice. He joined the U.S. Air Force in June of 1970 and received college training in electronics for one year while in Denver. He was stationed in Las Vegas, Nev., for three years. After his discharge he re-applied to the Patrol and went back to college, receiving an associate degree in auto mechanics from Surry Com munity College in Mt. Airy in 1975. He went to work as a deputy for the Guilford County Sheriff's Depart ment for one year and then was accepted by the Patrol in November 1976. Rector is married to the former Scottie Brown of Elizabeth City and they have two children, a girl, four, and a boy, six months. Terry K. Tolar is a veteran of three and one half years on the Highway Patrol. The twenty five year-old native of Rowland is a graduate of Rowland High School and attended Robeson Technical Institute. He worked at Central Prison in Raleigh for one year and joined the Patrol Jan. 7, 1974. His first duty assignment was in Plymouth and he was transferred to Raeford in April 1977. He is a certified VASCAR operator. Tolar is a bachelor. Perhaps one of the reasons that the Epistle of James has often been unpopular with some people is that he casts much of his spotlight upon the sins of the godly instead of the ungodly. His letter is concerned with the kinds of behavior to be found within the churches, rather than those without. James might have been more popular if he had concentrated on the "heathen" and the "unbelievers." Sometime I think the popular understanding of the word sin might well be defined as "the wrong thing other people do." Similarly, sometimes Christians assume that evil is what non - Christians do. Theologian Reinhold Niebuhr once remarked that much evil in the world is performed "by good people who do not know they are not good." The Apostle James lifts up for us four different sins that we may tend to ignore in our own lives. The first of these is covetousness. For many of us, the commandment, 'Thou shalt not covet." i? the hardest of the Ten Commandments to obey. "Hardest" becausc as some of the other commandments, and therefore we are less likely to take it seriously. "Hardest" also because it is more subtle than most. James' observation has a contemporary ring: "What causes wars, and what causes fightings among you?.. ..You desire and do not have; so you kill. And you covet and can not obtain; so you fight and wage war" (4: 1 , 2). A second sin for the Godly which James lists is what he labels "friendship with the world." In its earliest days, the Church was not "friends" with the world. It was regarded with suspicion. distrust, and outright hostility by the surrounding society. In much of the world today the Church is part of society. It is on the best terms with its governments, institutions, and power blocks. Although James is not counseling us to be "unfriendly," still he reminds us: "whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himielf an enemy of Cod" (4:4) "God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble" (4:6), says James, indicating yet another sin that is more likely to be found among the godly than the ungodly. The problem with being "good" is that we soon become proud of our "goodness" and thus lose it. Pride is often a destructive force within the Church. Finally, James warns the godly against the tendency to be arrogant, to act as if our lives were solely within our own hands. "Instead," says James, "you ought to say, 'If the Lord wills, we shall live and we shall do this or that' " (4:15). The problem with our arrogance as well as with our covetousness, friendship with the world and pride, is not ignorance, but willfullness. For, says James, "Whoever knows what is right to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin" (4: 17) - and that applies to the godly as well as the ungodly! Parker Center Holds Big Opening The grand opening of Parker Equipment Co.'s new Service Center on Highway 20, three miles west of Lumber Bridge, was held Sunday, May I. The new Center provides farm equipment owners in Hoke, Cumberland, and West Robeson counties with a full range of services including replacement parts and repairs, according to Gordon Parker, vice - president of the company. The results, he says, will be faster service and less down time for farm equipment owners in that area. The 6,300 square - foot Center does not stock new tractors and equipment but customers may buy the new equipment through the Center from the Laurinburg company. Among those taking part in the official opening were Peyton Gentry, manager; Earl G. Parker, president; Gordon Parker, vice - president and general sales manager; and Curt Hegg, John Deere sales manager, Atlanta, Ga. John Deere Company is the largest manufacturer of farm equipment in the world. The main deck of the Bat tleship USS North Carolina is coveredjtalueak wood. Girl Scouts Present Volunteers With Awards During Banquet More than twenty five Girl Scouting leaders received service awards May 10 during a banquet at the Freedom Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church. The leaders were given the Valuable Volunteer Patches, an award for volunteers who best reflect the spirit of the founder of Girl Scouting, Juliet Lowe, Girl Scouting is in its 65th year in the U.S. A "Thank You" certificate, one of the top awards in the Scouting organization, was presented to the Hoke County Public Library for outstanding public service. Receiv ing the award for the library was head librarian Dorothy Cameron. Also receiving a "Thank You" certificate was Ashwell Harward, E resident of the Hoke County Inited Fund, for the loyal financial support given to the Girl Scout program here. Certificates of appreciation were E resented to Mrs. Betty Russell, [oke County Girl Scout chairman; Mrs. Becky Brown, chairman of the Girl Scout program develop ment team; Freddie Williams, chairman of the Girl Scout finance committee; and Danny DeVane, chairman of the 1976 United Fund Drive. A special Pines of Carolina Girl Scout paper weight was presented to Mrs. Hattie McRae. Mrs. McRae has served in many capacit ies and is currently a service team chairman. Last year she was the recipient of a certificate of apprec iation. An official Girl Scout mug was presented to Mrs. Kay Thomas for serving as the 1977 Cookie Chair man. Sponsorship certificates were awarded to the following churches and organizations which have provided meeting facilities and financial support for the 1 1 troops here: Freedom Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church, Raeford United Methodist Church, West Hoke Fire Department, Scurlock Elementary School, Raeford Presbyterian Church, East Freedom Masonic Lodge, Golden Link Chapter Order of Eastern Star #67, McNeill's Grocery, Freedom Chapel Mission ary Department and Freedom Chapel Sunday School. Guest speaker for the banquet was Mrs. Jewel Waddell of Fayette ville, a Girl Scout volunteer for over 15 years who has served in numerous capacities. Mrs. Alice Hanrick of Fayette ville, field vice-president of the List Your Real Estate FOR SALE with Graham A. Monroe at 203 Harris Ave., Phone No. 875-2116 Pines of Carolina Council, also attended. Mrs. Onnie Dudley and Miss Corrine Cook were in charge of planning for the banquet. Musical entertainment was furnished by Brunelle F. Phillips Jr., director of music for the First Baptist Church in Lumberton. Church News The Church of God on Green Street began a revival Wednesday with the Rev. Dees of Hot Springs. Services begin each evening at 7:30 and the public is invited. ft "Roots" seekers visiting Wash ington, D.C., can take a guided, hour-long, behind-the-scenes tour of the facilities available at the National Archives. The tour in cludes visits to the document preservation lab, microfilm reading room, library, still pictures divis ion. and sound studio. RINTA ITEflfflCX* CARPET CLEANER Proven in tests to get carpets brighter in half the time New Low Rotos Raeford Cleaners Raifwd, N. C. RESOLUTION OF HOKE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS BE IT RESOLVED: THAT WHEREAS, A petition has heretofore been presented to this Board by and on behalf of the resident freeholder* of the proposed ANTIOCH VOLUNTEER FIRE DISTRICT; AND WHEREAS, the Board has inspected the petition and the names affixed to laid petition and Is of the opinion and finds as a fact that the petition has been executed by more than 15% of the resident freeholders of said proposed ANTIOCH VOLUNTEER FIRE DISTRICT. Said petition calling for a tax not to exceed 15 cents on the One Handled Valuation. IT IS NOW THEREFORE, ordered that the Hoke County Board of Elections shall bold an election in aald proposed ANTIOCH VOLUNTEER FIRE DISTRICT on the 4th day of June, 1977, the Issue to be whether a property tax within said district shall be levied for the support and maintenance of said ANTIOCH VOLUNTEER FIRE DISTRICT in an amount not to exceed 15 cents on the One Hundred Dollar valuation with the matter to be submitted to the registered voters of said ANTIOCH VOLUNTEER FIRE DISTRICT. Done this the 4th day April, 1977. HOKE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS BY: John G. Balfour, chairman ATTEST: T.B. Lester, Jr., Clerk T.B. Lester, Jr., being first duly sworn doth depose and say that he is Clerk of the Hoke County Board of Commissioners and that the foregoing resolution was introduced at the April 4, 1977 regular meeting of the Board and was duly seconded and unanimously passed. And that such action is duly recorded in Minute Book 4 at page 1138. Done this, the 4th day of April, 1977. T.B. Lester, Jr. Passed pursuant to GS 69-25.2 Forwarded to Hoke County Board of Elections on 4th day of April, 1977. Charles A. Hostetler, Atty. Received April 4, 1977 Rose Sturgen, Sec.
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