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THURSDAY. OCTOBER I. 1981
County picks up another cut
The Hoke County commissioners last week ran into another
situation in which they were asked to use money from the already
strained and modest county treasury provided by the county's
taxpayers to pick up a program which was losing the support of
federal funds provided by the nation's taxpayers.
This is the County Parks and Recreation Commission student
work program which has been providing a mutual benefit though for
just a few students (two to four a year). The commission has been
getting the parttime school year help it needs to run its athletics
programs for children, and the two to four students employed for the
jobs ? at the state minimum. $2.90 per hours ? have been
getting working experience in recreation that will be valuable to
them later in life, and earning some money they need, as well.
The amount the commissioners decided to provide is little
compared with other expenses of public services ? $3,621 for
October 1 through next June 30. It will come from the contingency
fund, since nothing was provided last spring in the 1981-82 regular
budget, though what county pot it comes from doesn't matter to the
county taxpayer, since he and she contribute to all the county pots,
as well as the state and federal pots.
There seems to be a chance that the state will contribute most of
the cost of the program.
On the next round, however, the commissioners and the state staff
will have to decide whether the money should be used to continue the
program or whether a more valuable use exists for it.
Though this layout is small, so was each of the straws that finally
broke the camel's back. Another straw was larger -- $5,000 for the
Hoke Reading/ Literacy Council, to continue its valuable job of
teaching Hoke adults with little education how to read and write.
That layout became necessary when the federal funds were cut.
Then, as with the recreation student-work program, it was up to the
county - and the City of Raeford, in this case -- either to fill the gap
or see the program die.
As things are going with the budget-cutting process itr*
Washington, the commissioners can expect to be asked to take up
the loads the federal and/or state governments will drop, leaving
other programs to sink, if the county can't give them a life jacket to
swim in.
The commissioners will, of course, have to decide whether each
jeopardized program is valuable enough to the people to save. But
they also will have to decide whether the county treasury has the
money to support each that is considered worth saving.
This brings us to the point that the federal budget cutting,
followed by state budget-cutting of cost-sharing programs, is leading
back to the days before the federal aid programs were bom in 1930s.
The pot to finance these programs contained money contributed
by the affluent as well as the lowest taxable income people and
institutions. Consequently, the poor, rural, unindustrialized.
high-unemployment -- and consequently low public revenue --
counties and towns could get the programs their people needed.
These, of course, were the communities that needed them worst -
the federal work and education programs, for examples.
The federal and the state government people have the
responsibility of informing themselves what the programs nominated
for cutting are doing for people and for how many, and what
longrange as well as shortrange effects eliminating them will have.
They also have the responsibility of analyzing, even briefly, the
validity of the arguments thrown up for cutting a program by
opponents of the program.
--BL
Puppy Creek Philosopher
Dear editor:
It used to be that anybody who
could come up with an idea for a
new source of revenue for the
government was welcomed with
open arms in Washington, but now
just the opposit is in style. Anybody
who can figure out where to cut
spending and stay elected is in
demand.
The Pentagon has tried it. For
example, it has cut the price of
meals served officers in the build
ing's private dining rooms. They
can get a good meal there for about
half what they'd have to pay
elsewhere. Who says military
spending can't be cut?
Another department wants to cut
the amount of milk served in school
lunches.
If the situations gets desperate
enough, somebody may even sug
gest cutting the amount of bourbon
in a Congressman's mixed drink.
His welcome in Washington won't
be open-armed, but the budget has
got to be balanced even if Congress
isn't.
('Share ?r\
ride with)
ka friend./
There's another suggestion that
shows more ingenuity. Seeing that
a balanced meal for school kids call
for at least two vegetables, some
body has suggested that if you
analyze it catsup is essentially a
vegetable, so french fries and
catsup meets that requirement.
This line of thought contains the
germ of an idea for balancing the
budget. Everybody knows a dollar
coming in is more appreciated and
therefore more valuable than a
dollar going out. So. the way to
show a balanced budget is to
declare one tax dollar collected is
worth two spent. There you have it.
When people talk about cutting
spending they refer mostly to
government spending, but cutting
in the private sector ought to count
too. For example. I read just last
night that Americans spend one
and a half billion dollars a year on
cat food. I don't know what the
figures are for dog food or food for
canaries, parrots and pet coons,
but there are all sorts of opportu
nity there for betl-tightening. or
would be if manufacturers would
stop making belt-less pants with
stretch waistbands. Tightening
your belt in that gear is like trying
to pull yourself up by your boot
straps when you're barefooted.
1 have a notion I ought to leave
budget -cutting to somebody else.
Yours faithfully.
J. A.
'Who's that knockin' at our door?'
Bus driver's age
Anybody who calls for replacing student school bus drivers with
people considerably beyond high school age on the belief that
teenagers' judgment and emotional stability is inferior to adults'
should consider the car-school bus accident of September 22.
Fortunately, the worst that resulted was five students suffered minor
soreness.
The investigating officer. State Trooper K.W. Weston, praised
the school bus driver for his maintaining order among his 60 young
passengers following the collision. He also said the bus driver was
"in no way in error in driving.*'
The school bus driver in this case was Kenneth Marvin Purcell.
Purcell is a student and is 17 years old.
The evidence shows a 37-year-old or a 57-year-old could have done
no better.
In choosing school bus drivers, age should count for little, if
anything, if the prospect's traffic record is clean.
To paraphrase an old proverb: It's not whether you're elder or
'teen, "it's the way vou play the game."
-BL
CLIFF BLUE . . .
People & Issues
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STATESMEN - We haw often
heard it said that "Statesmen are
dead politicians." because they
follow their conscience and not the
clamor of the crowd. This is often
true. U.S. Senator. Furnifold M.
Simmons did that in 1928. and two
years later was defeated by Josiah
W. Bailey. Simmons, a U.S.
Senator for 30 years, dared to
oppose A1 Smith for President that
year and went down to defeat in
1930. Bailey, if we remember
correctly, did just about the same
thing as did Simmons, oppose his
President -- Franklin D. Roosevelt
in his "court packing plan." Some
elected officials are strong enough
to vote their convictions against the
will of the people and still get
elected. However, not many are
willing to trv it.
HAVE LOCK PROGRESS -
Eugene P. Smith, publisher of the
Hawittck Progress for 28 years,
lacking one month, appears to be
turning the editorial duties to
Eddie Ellis, new managing editor
of The Hawlock Progress, which
was established in 1951. In turning
over the duties to Ellis. Smith, a
native of Hoke County says: "It will
be a tough transition, but we think
it will be in the best, long range
interest of the new progress we are
trying to give to the community."
Smith will resurrect his "Personally
Speaking'* column "which will
return to the pages of The Progress
on a weekly basis for his volcanic
commentary."
REAGAN'S SPEECH -- I
listened to President Reagan's
speech to the nation last Thursdav
night. I thought it was a good, solid
speech, just what the nation needed
to hear and follow. We have to get
back to a balanced budget and he
leads in a most practical way. We
hope that Congress follows his
suggestions. He asked that six from
the Senate, six from the House and
six appointed by himself be named
to come up with a solution to save
the Social Security, which is now
going into the red each dav.
DAVID FUNDERBURK ~ Da
vid Funderburk. 37. a native of my
home town. Aberdeen, a Fine
citizen, and a professor at Camp
bell College, acquitted himself well
before the Senate Committee in
Washington last week. I believe he
will serve with distinction as
Ambassador to Romania, and will
distinguish himself along with
Walter Hines Page, a former
ambassador to Great Britian who is
buried in Old Bethesda Cemetery
one mile from Aberdeen; and
Josephus Daniels, who served as
Ambassador to Mexico under
President Roosevelt, and Capus
Waynick who served as Ambas
sador to Nicaragua under President
Truman.
Dr. Funderburk has the back
ground and education to serve well
as Ambassador to Romania.
PARIS TRAIN -- I have been
reading in the newspapers about a
new train in France. It runs 160
miles per hour. It serves the
principal cities of France; Paris.
Lyon. Geneva and the major cities
in between. Work on the train was
started in 1976. It runs 30 miles per
hour faster than Japan's Bullet.
REDOXX ENERGY - The Red
oxx Energy Coporation of San
ford. N.C. appears to be well along
the way towards providing a battery
to power electric vehicles. In these
categories:
a. In 19&5. l.b million electric
automobiles and 85.000 electric
vans per year.
b. 1990. 1.7 million electric
automobiles and 90.000 electric
vans per year; and
c. In 2000. 1.9 million electric
automobiles and 104.000 electric
vans per year.
It would appear that Redoxx
Energy Corporation would be a
good one to keep your eye on.
O'CONNER ? Well, our First
lady has been appointed and
approved by the U.S. Senate to the
U.S. Supreme Court. We hope and
believe that she will serve well as
the First lady on the U.S. Supreme
Court.
DEMOCRATS -- Gov. Jim Hunt
heads a Democratic committee to
limit precinct caucuses and pri
maries to some three months, but
Democrats as usual, seem not to
agree, which is typical of the party.
Was it Will Rogers who said: I am
not of any party. Fm just a
Democrat?
I was informed the other day that
JefT s in Chapel Hill, on Franklin
Street, the main drag, still serves
Cokes the old way -- mixed by
hand: syrup and the accessory soda
poured into a glass. Presumably
you can still get lemon, vanilla,
orange, or ammonia in your coke,
if you w ant one or the other, or all
of them.
A vanilla coke, incidentally, was
considered a "ladv's" drink back in
the 1930s.
One Sunday this past summer, 1
noticed JefT s looked just the same
as I remembered it in the mid-'30s
-- a narrow, one-man aisle between
the serving counter, or "soda
fountain," on the left, and the
magazine racks.
A man who worked there nights,
and may still do. would cheerfully
take on anyone in a game of chess
on the asking.
Another place I recommend is
the Sub. a sandwhich shop across
the street from Jeffs. It serves huge
sandwiches of thousands of varie
ties. including exotic ones, but to
be taken away. It has no tables, just
a serving counter, with no chairs.
In a way the Sub reminds of me
the old Harry's which was on the
same side of the street but a little
farther west. Harry's served all
kinds of sandwiches, too -- Yankee
as well as Southern favorites. It also
served all kinds of beer and ale.
including foreign-made.
Harry's moved east and across
the street sometime after the '30s.
near the post office, into swankier
surroundings, but 1 couldn't find it
when I was there last summer.
Harry's wasn't just a place to eat.
It was a place to eat and to have
bull sessions in which students
offered and discussed solutions to
the world's social and economic
problems.
Maybe that's why we still have
social and economic problems in
the world?Harry's is gone.
It's a Small W orld
by Bill Lindau
They weren't solved while
Ham's was still open.
But 1 think we were getting close."}
Definition: Holy Holler-preach- '
er in a crap game.
Headline in the Fuvelieville Ob
server Times September 20: Find
ing Petite Shoes No Small Feat.
There once was a group of
singers who called themselves The^
Uppa Trio. O
Here are some excuses offered to
policemen by drivers they stopped
for traffic irregularities.
One had been weaving his car
from side to side. "I just had a little
gas left in may tank." the offender
explained." and 1 was sloshing it
around to make it last till 1 got to a
gas pump."
Another gave the same purpose
as the reason of speeding. He waw
driving fast to get to a servic^P
station before he ran out of gas.
A woman gave this explanation
to an Asheville judge. She tried to
stop a car from passing her because
the street was wet and muddy, and
the car had just been washed, so
her husband had told her not to let
anybody pass so the car wouldn't
get spattered with mud. The car
she tried to prevent from passing
was a State Highway Patrol cruiser ^
? * *
There are some people who still
would rather read a book than
watch television. Now I know two
personally. Wife Betsy is one. and
this I have known since we got our
first TV set about 25 years ago. The
other I discovered only last week:
Alice Lancaster. Hoke County 4-H
agent. The revelation came b^
accident, when 1 asked her if she
watches channel 4, and she said no.
that she hardly ever watches televi
sion, because she prefers to read.
She says reading relaxes her.
Letter To The Editor
Editor. The News-Journal
Dear Citizen.
I recently sat on jury duty for the
first time.
Due to my own ignorance. I
knew practically nothing about the
law and courtroom procedure.
As 1 left the courtroom, I was
embarrassed and very disappointed
in myself as a citizen and a person.
I made the wrong decision. 1 did
not do justice. I am guilty.
As a juror you hear what is
presented in the courtroom only
and you make judgment on this. In
many cases every juror is not going
to agree. If this happens this is
called a hung jury and can be
retried.
Not knowing this I gave in to the
majority, and a guilty person was
found not guilty.
The reason for this letter is so?
that other citizens will understand
that they need to learn more about
the law before they enter a court
room as a juror.
I look forward to being called
again sometime as a juror and
think everyone possible should have
this opportunity.
As a citizen you have the right to
go and sit in the courtroom and
observe what takes place. I urge ^
you to take advantage of this so you ?
will know how our court of law is
run.
See you in court.
Experienced or
Knows Better Now
Wanda Monroe
[Browsing in th? files
of The News-journw
25 years ago
Thursday, September 27, 1956
At a meeting of the Hoke County
board of education Thursday night
Charles Hostetler, Democratic no
minee for representative from Hoke
County in the next General As
sembly, told the board of a meeting
he had attended at the Little River
community house on Wednesday
night at which there was much talk
of this township being annexed by
Moore County.
* * *
The board of directors of the
United Fund of Hoke County met
Tuesday with the budget and
admissions committee of the fund
and approved a budget of S7844.87
for the 19S6 fund drive, to take
place October 9 through 13.
* * *
W.J. McQuage submitted his
resignation as chief of the Raeford
police force last week because of ill
health. The town has since em
ployed L.W. Stanton, now a mem
ber of the county rural police force
to become chief on October 1 .
? * *
J D McMillian. associated for
some time with Raeford Cleaners
and Laundry Service and more
recently employed by Raeford Oil
Co., announced in an advertise
ment this week that he will open a
new cleaning and laundry business
in Raeford.
* * *
Hoke High school footbll? team
took the field at Armory Park
Friday night against Sanford High
with each team seeking their first
victory in three games of South
eastern Conference play. The San
ford team decisively whipped the
Hoke outfit 26-6.
15 years ago
Thursday, September 29, 1966
A public meeting of civic busi
ness and industrial leaders will be
held here tonight to discuss "Total
Community Development."
* ? ?
Clyde Upchurch Jr., Raeford
businessman, was elected lieuten
ant governor of Division 4, Carolina
Kiwanis International, at the dis
trict's 46th annual convention in
Asheville this week.
Upchurch High School's Eagles
scored a 12-0 victory over Mt. Olive
here Friday night with touchdowns
in the second and third quarter.
? ? ?
Committees for Quewhiffle Com
munity Fair, which will be held
Saturday. October 6, at Ashley |
Heights Community house, were
named last week by the general
chairman. Mrs. L.R. Cothran.
* * *
Army Private William T. Coxe,
21. whose parents. Mr. and Mrs.
B.L. Coxe. and wife. Annette, live
on Route 2, Raeford. completed a
light vehicle course at Fort |
Jackson. Sept. 16.
* ? ?
Awards for community service .
projects will be presented to 99 S
local Granger in the state, includ
ing Wayside and Ashemont granter ?
of Hoke County, at the 38th annual
Grange convention October 14 in >
Winston-Salem. I