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General Manager
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1980
Appropriate program
The dedication October 5 of what has been known as the New
County Office Building in honor of T.B. Lester, Jr., Hoke County's
first county manager, was appropriate in quality to the man it
honored - simple, sincere, and dignified.
The program as well as the naming of the building for Mr. Lester
was a tribute to the man who served the county with devotion for the
last 16 years of his life, first as county accountant, tax supervisor,
and purchasing agent, then as county manager.
Speakers described Mr. Lester as a person dedicated to carrying
out his responsibilities in service to the people of Hoke County, and
one with the speical talent for working with other people, and still a
man with a sense of humor, and a family man. and one with other
interests outside his professional life -- in short, a whole human
being.
The dedication program was proper for the man it honored.
--BL
Airport's future
In the near future, the Hoke County and Raeford city
governments will have to decide whether the outlook warrants joint
investing in expansion of the airport.
Raeford City Manager Ron Matthews told the City Council last
week the city needs help with the airport operation and that the
airport is a key to industrial development. The City Council then
authorized Matthews to ask the county government to participate in
the operation, making it a city-county airport.
Earlier, Herbert G. Vance of Vance Aircraft Sales, which is
leaving the airport October 31. told the council that the airport
needs to be expanded in area and another hangar added if it is to
grow. He also indicated the time to acquire the land is in the next
two years, for in two years, he predicted, it won't be available,
because it will be taken up for homes.
The decision to be made is whether to leave the airport as it is or to
expand it. Matthews said that what needs to be decided is what
direction the local governments want the airport to go. and what its
needs are. He has recommended a blue-ribbon commission be
established to work with the city and county managers to get this
information.
Besides serving private aircraft, the airport is an international
sports parachute training center, operated by Gene Thacker. Last
summer, for example, parachutists from as far off as Australia as
well as Europe, Canada and the United States trained for an
international meet held in Bulgaria.
The airport also is used regularly for practice and meets by sports
parachute clubs (including the Army's Golden Knights of Ft.
Bragg). This role of the airport is not widely known to the general
public, outside the fraternity (and sorority) of the sports
parachutists.
For commercial aircraft, a study must consider the future
possibilities. For one, could the Raeford Airport become part of a
regional air shuffle service for north-south and east-west airline
flights at the major airports, in connection with the development of a
public transportation system in the current and future fuel
situation? And will the airport be needed much more than now for
public service 10 or 20 years from now?
For another, what are its possibilities for handling air freight for
the area's businesses beyond convenient distance from the
Fayetteville and Southern Pines-Pinehurst Airports?
Then. too. of course, a study should find out how much help the
Federal Aviation Agency would give, and how much matching
money the city and county governments would have to put up to get
it. if an airport expansion is decided on?
-BL
Upper Room
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Read Exodus 20: 1-17
The dinner had been superb.
Our host and hostess were charm
ing and the conversation stimulat
ing. Our discussion had focused on
ideas and events. Then, when
someone mentioned a mutual
friend who was not present , conver
sation suddenly changed to mono
logue. One of the guests began to
repeat some ugly gossip about the
friend. The other guests remained
silent while the woman continued
the rumors she was spreading.
Then in a firm tone a lone voice
inquired whether the speaker had
verified the tales she was telling.
"No but I don't need to. Every
body knows it's true."
"But everyone doesn't know it's
true," the objector insisted. "I, for
one, know that it's not true, and I
insist that you stop making these
false accusations. You're maligning
my friend by repeating cheap,
untrue gossip."
What courage that protest took!
But what a Christian act it was. It
was just as effective a demonstra
tion of discipleship as coming to the
physical defense of a helpless
person.
We do not need to stand in a
pulpit to witness. Opportunities
come every day for us to make an
effective witness. All we have to do
is recognize them and act.
PRAYER: Lord, give me the
courage to speak when I can be a
witness. In Christ's name. Amen.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Not to challenge a lie is to be a
part of the lie.
copyright--THE UPPER ROOM
-Lynn M. Nichols (Oklahoma)
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By Bill Lindau
r . th? dedication of the new
County Office building on South
Magnoha Street October 5. to the
late T.B. Lester. Jr., Hoke s first
county manager, some people were
saying that a public building in the
county ought to be dedicated to
another conscientious county of
ficial, John McGoogan.
John Balfour, chairman of the
EE Hoke Coun,y Commis
herf h m.ent'oned ^e next day
beard th?e comments. He
pointed out that a building has
been named in Mr. Mccjgan's
Centerr"AneMH0ke C?Un,y Health
tenter. An old printed program in
the coUn,y office files shows the
dedication to Mr. McGoogan was
held May 19. 1957 K
1957.
Mr. McGoogan was Hoke
County s first superintendent of
public instruction (county schools
superintendent). serving from
mi. the year the county was
formed, till 1917.
Then he became county tax
assessor, serving the next 10 years.
July 1, 1927. when he began
service as county auditor and tax
sw ,he job tiM he
18 1884 ??gan was born July
"H** McGoogan Health Center is
H?uk?T ?f the Hoke County
Health Department and is the
building on Central Avenue just
east of the National Guard Armory .
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A headline in an October 8
newsp^r Kj| ?
ThII-.i a S- RaCC Re'a,i?ns.
headline 1?' a" right- That
headhne ranks in the class for
unnecessary statements as the one
inat said a government study has
found smoking cigarettes is habit
orming; and the one. still the
tZC w'WtnneTc rhich aPPeafed in
The Winston-Salem Journal a few
years back: "South Carolina's E
lectnc Chair Found Unsafe."
headlin?**. "?W WC CXpect ,0 a
Headline saying a million-dollar
government study has found that
swimmy8 m3keS y?Ur head
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a^Vthe.r night Proved for us
another slow one on commercial
nl ShOIV u get what was P>ay
,ng. which shows how slow it was I
fr?ddioc^nwi 4
tound a good story going about
?u?T?fd0C,0rs' effom ??
T .? can? of the aesophaeus
and their efforts to prevent it
through public education '
JITS 'nteres!ing but when they
,'?Jh win? de?*''s to treatment
out alii P'ant,ng- 1 chickened
I ake tor instance, his account
of this from his childhood. When
hts mother found him playing with
woMTW?" hhnTn'oC
it. You keeP doing that, and
ioin! ?na C?me ?Ut' *" the air is
g?'ng *? 0,0 out. and you'll flv
around on the ceiling for 3%
know who has the talent for takine
t.iIV b.ad he * confining his
ifiu W t on television now, to
jello commercials.
Incidentally. Cosby is black, but
you can't tell the race he is from his
humor, since it's not drawn from
any race but is enjoyable for all.
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Note for women: has your car
ever conked out while you were
driving alone, and you didn't know
what to do about it except call or
wait for help?
Noah Vaughn's night classes at
Hoke County High School can at
least cut out a lot of your helpless
ness. The classes are for men and
women out of school, and Vaughn
teaches tune- up. Three women are
in the class now.
The course doesn't cover major
repairs or overhauls, but anyone
who takes the education will know
how to Fix simple trouble and at '
least have a good idea -of what's
wrong if the trouble is serious.
Vaughn is also the regular
fulltime automotive teacher for
Hoke High. He teaches the tuneup
course for Sandhills Community
College.
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I forgot to mention last week in
writing about my old neighborhood
in The Bronx that, in the mid
1950's it gained the "distinction" of
being one of New York City's
highest-crime rate areas, for juve
nile delinquents. It said so, right in
The New York Times. The paper
even published a map of it.
That was about 25 years after we
moved south, into the Borough of
Manhattan, so they couldn't blame
that reputation on me.
It was in our years in The Bronx,
though, that ole dad, whom I called
Pappy, demonstrated that winning
can be a mixed blessing. There was
a tavern called the Red Mill, which
was just north of Jerome Avenue,
which was about two blocks west of
our apartment. Pappy used to go
there every now and then to slake
his thirst and socialize. He used to
play checkers there, for drinks. The
loser bought the winner a drink.
Pappy was undefeated for a long
time, and he had to retire that way.
as some days he won so many
games he had a hard time making
it home.
Just goes to show you again that
winning can be a mixed blessing.
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George Small, the ex-Hoke
County High School and North
Carolina A&T University football
star appeared on the television
screen October 5 between plays of
the New York Giants-Dallas Cow
boys football game, (the Giants
lost). When I saw him he had his
back to the camera, but 1 identified
him by his name on his jersey. 1
didn't see much of the game, so he
may have shown up on the screen
more times.
Small joined the Giants last
February for training and signed
his contract on Labor Day. He
made the 1978 Black All-America
team as a linebacker.
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CLIFF BLUE. . .
People & Issues
UNUSUAL!. ..Recently I
observed two incidents which im
pressed me very much that I shall
long remember.
First, on a Saturday evening in
September I attended a reunion of
the 1951 Vass-Lakeview High
School graduation class. While 1
am a graduate of the Vass
Lakeview High School. I was not a
member of the 1951 class, having
passed that way several years
earlier. Along with wife, Gala, I
was an invited guest at the class's
reunion. It was the class's first reu
nion since graduation over 29 years
ago.
All members were asked to tell
something about themselves as
most had not seen each other in
years.
What impressed me most about
the remarks of the several
members was the note which ran
through almost every one's
remarks telling how they had
found the "Christian" trail that all
of us need to follow. Yes, it was
almost li^e a testimonial after a
series of gospel services.
It was an inspirational meeting,
one which I shall never forget.
SECOND INCIDENT. ..Sun
day. October 5 as our family was
finishing lunch after attending
church services, a knock came at
the front door. 1 opened the door
and there stood an attractive lady
who inquired if we had a cat and if
so was it gone.
We have a cat, "Shadow" 18 or
more years old which demands our
attention when it is awake. We
looked and the cat was ok. The
lady had discovered a bleeding cat
which had been run over by a auto
on busy Highway 1 a block from
our home. Her son was with her
and had gone to other homes. She
was very much concerned about
the badly injured cat and asked for
the use of our phone to call Dr.
Currie at the animal clinic. She
located him at his home and car
ried the cat to the Animal Clinic
between Southern Pines and
Pinehurst.
My thought is that not many
people speeding along Sandhills
Boulevard Highway 1 would have
stopped to help the injured cat
which the Animal Clinic found
necessary to "put to sleep."
But for Mrs. Carolyn Grande
and son Jeffrey of 801 E. Main
Street in Aberdeen, N.C., it was a
matter that necessitated human
concern and attention.
JOHN HENRY MOORE . An '
evening last week we attended a
"roast" honoring John Henry
Moore, retired editor of the
Laurinburg Exchange in Laurin
burg where 250 people from
Laurinburg and other parts of the
state attended the fun-filled pro
gram at the Scotch Meadows
Country Club.
For some 20 years John Henry
had followed in the foot-steps of
his late father, O.L. Moore, as
editor. The stories told about John
Henry were hilarious and kept the
after dinner crowd in a roar. He is
highly regarded as attested by the
large crowd in attendance to do
honor to a native son.
The Laurinburg Exchange was
established or bought by the late
O.L. Moore about 1916 and
operated by the Moore family until
it was sold some years ago. John
remained as editor until retiring a
few months ago. Still a young cou
ple John and Mrs. Moore live in
retirement playing golf and taking
life easy.
Sponsors of the Roast included
Ralph Saunders, Jim Mason, Dick
Brown, R.F. McCoy, Thurman
Williams, Jim Graham, and
Charles Wentz.
POLITICS & RELIGION. ..We
hear people faulting church people ,
and churches which become
political.
Some have heard politicians
criticizing Jerry Falwell and his
Moral Majority for his involve
ment in the presidential election.
Then on the other hand we see
Jimmy Carter preaching politics
from Martin Luther King's church
in Atlanta.
It seems that the candidates and
the politicians think that if their
candidates receive the nod of the
church people, it's good, but if the
nod goes the other way it's bad!
Letter To The Editor
Dear editor:
I have not lived in Raeford since
1957. but when someone asks me
where I'm from, I still respond that
I'm from Raeford, N.C. I am very
proud of my hometown and quite
interested in what is going on
in Raeford and Hoke County. I
read each addition of The News
Journal from cover to cover.
As an educator, I am particularly
interested in what is going on in the
Hoke County schools. The News
Journal certainly provides Mr.
Autry, superintendent of schools,
an excellent forum for keeping the
people of Hoke County informed
regarding the school system.
I certainly sympathize with Mr.
Autry's problem of people calling
Puppy Creek
Dear editor:
A new medical theory has origi
nated in Washington that requires
a close examination.
According to a National Educa
tional Committee's report to the
Department of Health and Wel
fare, by 1990 there will be 70,000
surplus doctors in this country.
This, the committe said, will run
the cost of medical services billions
of dollars above the 200 billion a
year it now costs, because "more
doctors will be doing more things to
more people, without necessarily
improving their health."
In other words, the more doctors
there are, the more they're going to
find wrong with you. Or, the
amount of sickness increases in
proportion to the number of doc
tors around to treat it.
I don't believe doctors will agree
with this theory, but if it works, if
the more doctors the schools turn
out the more we'll have to pay for
medical services, then I'd like to see
the theory put to a wider use.
For example, apply it to ranch
ers. The more cattle they produce,
the more they get per cow or calf.
Or apply it to farming. The more
soybeans farmers produce, the
more they get for it. I don't know of
any doctors agreeing with this new
theory but farmers and ranchers
would endorse it unanimously.
Come to think of it, this theory
has already been adopted in some
areas by Congress. For instance,
the more lawyers the schools turn
out, the more laws Congress passes
to give them something to do. And
the people who make x-ray film
have discovered the theory, The
more film they produce, the more
x-rays hospitals nave to take.
him at home with school-related
concerns, as he wrote October 2.
Maybe if Mr. Autry used his
column to keep the taxpayers
informed about curriculum, in
struction, athletics, and other
school-related business, he
wouldn't have so many after-hours
calls.
Since this semester started, Mr.
Autry has written some clever and
entertaining articles, but none
about education in Hoke County.
Let's hear something from behind ?
the superintendent's desk about
what goes on in the schools.
Sincerely,
Lilmar Gatlin Taylor - Williams
4458 Airlie Way
Annandale, Va., 22003
Philosopher
For some reason, this theory '
hasn't worked with car manufac
turing.
Yours faithfully,
J.A.
This Is The Law
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So You're Going To Be A Juror!
You've survived the jury selection
process, and now you're ready to ?
perform your civic duty of being a
juror.
Here are some hints to help you
understand what is expected of
you:
Don't be late for court sessions.
Always sit in the same seat in the
jury box. This helps the judge, the
clerk and the lawyers identify you 1
more easily.
Listen carefully to every question
and every answer. You will be
expected to base your verdict on '
what was said in the court room.
Don't talk about the case during
the trial. Don't even talk about it to
another juror. Obviously, you
shouldn't let anyone talk to you
about the case.
Don't be an amateur detective.
That is, don't go visit the place
involved in the c*se to perform you
own investigation.
And finally, let the judges and
lawyers ask the questions. A juror
who starts asking questions of the
witness may find himself taking
sides.
Your local library has free
pamphlets oft this subject, furnish
ed by The Lawyers of North
Carolina.