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|^(te ^7"2euj<J - journal w# ? amm. ^*i5AL^.VVSPAPen association fanotouA S S i ation _ ^ t<to Th,.n*U> ?t N t 2W* *?"*** W-ood A***"* ^riprto- W Ptr^r-H.00 ? M-.te-V4.Z5 p?MblKf? M??o? (l{lKrtl M???" SAM C. tdiiof BILLLINOAl Soctrt> F.4tio? mrs.pmlukkso> tt SPS - Thursday. November u. w?i About half voted helpedchoose ????X5? ?? ? 35s3s 'Ess&s.-*** The count was 357 to 355. ___?i choice won or lost, the J^c1n? ?? to"* ?E wU. of the majority of the ctty s citizens. This is as it should be. --BL Hoke Halloween Halloween has become a big hoUday Rids and Never have the local ^^.^chcs. heroes, heroine, grownups cos, or^ as gobto. Drac^ ^ ,he K and monsters. These special V trick.or.treat excursions. parties in homes and the tradition Rational Reading Is Halloween also was in J? schools, with the teacher in -sasss? ma?" ? chi,dre- a,s? children, in schools. At Hoke H.gh the M?^dCTB o{ ^ held every year in rece ni 1 chaptcr and their teachers, for the rrrn'of h?d children, as has heen the party gtven Parent and Volunteer c?mmiW * ^ a benefit that '"SET? .? ^another. County, helping the world s povert> sin Scounty. in factnhas ^ ^pS^g^hUoutofltasthech,^ browsing in the files I of The News-Journal 25 years ago Thursday, November 8, 1956 Hoke County voters gave Adlai Stevenson a far greater percentage of their votes Tuesday than he got in other North Carolina counties in carrying the state, and a greater percentage than he received here in 1952. ? * ? The Hoke County board of commissioners at their regular monthly meeting Monday entered into a contract with the Southern Appraisal Company of.Greencboro to assist and advise the county and its representatives in revaluing real property in all townships of the county except Little River at a price of $26,500. * ? * Coach Ray Shelton's Wadesboro Tigers sewed up their third place in the Southeastern AA standings here Friday night when they handed Coach Floyd Wilson's Hoke High Bucks a 14-0 whipping in the Bucks' last home game of the season. Newly-elected Representative Alton Lennon of the Seventh District said in Lumberton Wednesday he "is apprehensive about the future of the REA movement." * ? ? t.-si A "Out of This World," a three-act comedy packed with light-hearted fun, will be presented in the High School auditorium by the members of the Junior Class Friday evening. Mrs. B.B. Cole is directing the production. 15 years ago Thursday, November 10, 1966 Hoke County commissioners this week gave the go-ahead to es tablishment of a planning and development office here by ap proximately S3. 000 for the project. * * ? An estimated S4 million worth of horseflesh was shown here Friday, but it was largely a matter of owners admiring the animals among themselves. * * ? Raeford played well enough to win. but when the ball bounced up often in Pine Forest's favor, the visitors came up with a 7-0 victory over the winless Bucks here Friday night. ? ? ? Friday is Career Day at Hoke High School, and throughout the day students will hear a variety of specialists in all skills, trades and professions, plus representatives from about 30 colleges. * * ? From Rockfish News: It seems strange that there is no cotton being ginned at Rockfish this fall, but they are buying beans there now. starting last Monday. ? * * State Highway Patrolmen J.D. Robinson and E.M. Roberts had a morning off Tuesday. They went hunting and came home with a nine-point buck, which weighed an estimated 150 pounds. ? ? ? An advertisement by A&P listed Boneless, top round steak at 79 cents per pound. It's a Small W orld bv Bill Lindau 1 got a compliment the other day 1 never heard of before, but I shall use it for comfort for the rest of my days, as the occasions arise. A nurse told me 1 had great blood pressure (or words to that effect). She also asked me if 1 took medication for it. and I replied I didn't. She seemed to be mildly astonished. Nobody ever complimented me on the state of my blood pressure before. 1 never heard of anyone else being told he or she had great blood pressure, though 1 assume some body has been told that. So from now on. whenever I'm feeling real low and everything looks terrible. I'll just recall that bit of praise and say. "Well, at least 1 get great blood pressure." Even after time has passed. 1 can still use it. I'll just change it and say. "Well, at least 1 once had great blood pressure." ? * ? Speaking of medical matters. 1 learned later the same day (No vember 4) that a Moore Memorial Hospital cook book is being pub lished. Many jokes about the hospital food served to patients have been told, but 1 can't com plain abot MMH's. During the 10 days or so I was there in 1980 1 got good meals. ? ? ? There seems to be a misunder standing about the right to vote in a Raeford municipal election. One citizen asked on election day (November 3) whether she could vote. She was afraid she couldn't, because she's registered as a Re publican. She was informed that it didn't matter what party she was regis tered in: she could vote in the city election because the candidates don't run on party membership as in a primary and a general election. ? ? * No newspaper in its right mind deliberately lays out a page that will cause embarrassment to somebody, but sometimes a layout happens that way by accident. For example, at the end of an obituary- column in the Ashe\-ille Citizen years ago. a classified ad was tossed in by a printer to fill up a blank space. The ad read, "We buy carcasses." It had been bought by a local meat packer. Then one in the Ashex-ille Times had a mixup in lines of type. They were under a picture of a newly elected PTA president. The caption gave her name and address. Then it referred to "her" production re cord. Those latter lines, however, had come from a caption intended for the picture of a prize-winning Holstein. "Her" meant the cow. not the human. These are some of the things that give editors and publishers night mares. One city editor, also in Asheville, after reading a front page proof for the third time, had second thoughts about a caption after the presses started to roll. He hollered "Stop the press." just like in the movies (or some similar request). So they stopped the press, and the editor sent a note down. The pressman read the note, then had an assistant chisel part of the caption off. The assistant had to chisel just one word out. I've forgotten what the word was. but the city editor had feared it might lead to a false impression. Letters T o The Editor Editor. The Sens-Journal. For several years I've resisted the inipluse to write this letter con cerning our "little small town newspaper". I've been reading it for more years than I aim to make public. It has progressed quite a lot ? but thank goodness. it's basically the same. I'm getting old enough to admit I'm in favor of progress -- it's the change 1 don't like. Yes. I do read other newspapers ? and they are my reason for hanging on to my News-Journal. When John Doe and his wife have a new baby I k?ve to know who the mother was before she was married. When our local girls become brides I'm very interested in the whole affair - even to what the mother of the bride was wearing. I always search the pictures for the Kindergarten parties to see if I know any of them ? also the school parties or activities. "Browsing In The Files" is always fun. especially when you remember most of the incidents. The coverage you give on the Children's Center ana the Hoke County Association for the Re tarded is fieart-warming. I'll admit that 1 always read Sam's "Around Town" first - there's a special reason for that. I knew Sam when he was learning to write. I hope this will make you feel good enough to tdl me who "The Puppy Creek Philosopher" is. I've been guessing lor years. Thank you for a great news paper. Sincere Appreciation Anna Mae Hendrix To the Editor. Thr Xrws Journal 1 have worked in the Register of Deeds office since July 1$73 and was elected Register of Deeds in 19?6. The Registers of Deeds before me - Mr. Joe Gulledge. Mrs. Martha Clark & Mr. Roger W. Dixon - always closed the office on election day be it City. County. State or National. Mr. E.E. Smith Clerk of Court also closed on these days. Recently there has been some controversy as to whether the Register of Deeds office and Clerk of Court office should be closed. The Clerk ck>ses sometimes if there is going to be a big turn out. 1 have always felt that an election was an election be it a large turn out or a small. Mrs. Juanita Edmunds. Clerk of Court, didn't close this last election but stated she would be closed the next. 1 talked to Mrs. Rose Sturgeon of the Hoke County Board of Elec tions. and she stated we should be closed. I am willing to abide by the law and do hope in the future the controversy will be cleared up. I felt I owed the people of Hoke County an explanation of why I was closed Nov. 3 and the Clerk of Court was open. Sincerely. Delia Maynor Register of Deeds Hoke County CLIFF BLUE . . . People & Issues EVERY VOTE COUNTS -- Every ?>te counts and that was demonstrated in my home town ot Aberdeen in the Tuesday. Nov. 3rd election. Commissioner Hugh M. St vers. a 12 year veteran Town Commis sioner in Aberdeen lost by one vote to Mrs. Betsy Mofield. The vote was Betsy Mofield. 209 and Com missioner St vers. 208. This proves that in close elec tions. every vote counts, and in many contests you never know how close the race will be. In Hope Mills in Cumberland County - a county adjoining Moore. Mayor Edward Herring Km by one vote. 4<v3 to 4t?4 for his opponent. R.E. "Ed" Angline. Re-counts may be called in both instances. These contests simply show how "one vote" can often be decisive, and quite important. VIRGINIA -- Lt. Governor Charles S. Robb, a conservative Democrat, won the election for Governor over the Republican Attorney General. That race was watched by politicians over the nation. His wife is the daughter of the late Lyndon B. Johnson. Robb ran as a conservative, whereas his lather - in ? law. was an out and out liberal, leading for liberal pro grams established throughout the LBJ administration. TOBACCO - With one tobacco battle won in Congress, it looks as if another one is brewing - which may be just as hard to stop if not harder than the first one. This is the proposed lt> cent increase on a pack of cigarettes. Such an in crease. doubling the present Fed eral tax. DRUGS ? It appears today that drug traffic is one of the major offenders of the law. just as was the liquor traffic a potent part of lawlessness during the days of the 18th Amendment which outlawed "the manufacture, sale, or trans portation of intoxicating liquors within the importation thereof, into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby forbidden." The 1 8th amendment concluded: "The t (.wijta-vi and the several states I shall have concurrrni power to 1 enforce this article by appropriate j legislation." WOMEN - In Aberdeen. - which adjoins Southern Pines, the ; w omen have moved ahead of the ? men in the Southern Pines city J government, where they have a j majority - three women and two men. The Mayor, before the eleV l lion was a woman. Mrs. Hope j BrvHjden. Oik* ot the men is former Mayor Emanuel Cfcuiglas. a black. I He may be tapped lor mayor again j as Southern Pines generally elects I the high vote-getter mayor, and 1 Douglas was the high vote- getter. ' leading the incumbent. Mayor Hope Broaden. bv I0tv5 to **>0. FALWELL - Rev. Jerry Fa I well, pastor ol' the 18.000 membm Thomas Road Baptist Church * Lynchburg. Virginia, and Presi dent of Moral Majority Inc.. will appear in person at a "Look. Up America" rally with Don Norman and 14 Liberty Baptist College Singers at the Cumberland Memo rial Auditorium in Fayetteville on < Thursday. November I1* at 7:30 p.m. BILL FRIDAY -- Dr. William Friday will likely resign as UNji President in l*W2 according m reports. Friends say that Dr. Friday i may then, give serious thought to I running lor governor. Two new names have been mentioned this week for State offices. Lauch Faircloth for gov- ? crnor: ami Former Governor and Lieut. Governor Bob Scott for i Lieutenant Governor! SCHOOL MEALS - An in teresting column in the NovembjJ issue of The Roumtkr tfriicoii | concerned School Lunches for chil dren. From the news article, it appears that the children are not finding the food bad at all. "Thev ; eat everything on the table." sakl Mrs. Ann Taft who manages the j cafeteria at the Washington Street Elementary School. HARNETT -- Here is the way Hoover T aft . publisher of the Dunn I "Daily RecttrJ" hcadlin^ Harnett's results of the election: "Coats Election Cleans House: Brown Defeats Lillington Mayor." Puppy Creek Philosopher Dear editor: The loudest environmentalists, I've noticed, live in cities. It's only natural. Like ivory tower economists who advise business men although they themselves have never been in business, city environmentalists never take bold stands on environ mental matters although they never experience much environment themselves. If they live in high-rise apartment buildings and work in high-rise office buildings, they can go for days without running into any. Now country peopel, they're surrounded with environment. Theres's a mass of it everyway they look. Step out the back door and there it is. This brings up the subject of coyotes. City environmentalists are in favor of them. They don't even warn a rancher to bother one when it's after a lamb or a baby calf. Oh. it's ail ngnt to cnase it a* ay but don't hurt it. Therefore I was as astonished as I would be it I heard an economist say he didn't know what he w;? talking about when 1 read that people in Los Angeles are up in arms over coyotes. The animals, findipg tew lambs and baby calves in pastures that have been paved over for shopping malls and parking lots have turned to garbage cans and table scraps inside the city. They've even at tacked children. "At thai point, the romantic yawping of a pack of coyotes rin? ing out across the land in the stillness of the night has been found to be no longer environmen tally desirable. Those city people want the blamed cut-throats shot on sight. At this point, no further com ment is necessary. Yours faithfully, J. A. ? "Things That Matter" by Lucien Coleman A THOUGHT FOR INDEPENDENCE DAY Funny, isn't it, that nobody worries much about "the true meaning of Independence Day"? Now, Christmas, that's dif ferent. Just start decking the halls with boughs of holly, and you'll begin to hear all sorts of pro nouncements about the "true meaning" of Christmas. Seems we worry about that a lot. But not on the Fourth of July. As everyone knows, that's the time of charcoaling, sunburning, booz ing, ball-playing, and, in our more reverent patriotic moments, watch ing red. white, and blue fireworks burst in the air. To raise sober questions like, "What's the true meaning of In dependence Day?" would be-well, sort of un-American. Maybe it wouldn't be a bad idea, though, as we ice-down the six packs. or squirt mustard on the hot dog buns, to spend a few moments pondering the revolu tionary ideas that created the spirit of 1776. The idea which led, more than any other, to the shaping of American independence was republicanism (not spelled, please note, with a capital "R">. The basic creed of American republi canism was the belief that must be free to enjoy "Life. Liberty and pursuit of Happiness." Govern ment. therefore, must be based on laws designed to protect these rights, not on therbitrary whim and personal impulses of absolurc rulers. It's an easy creed to believe in. so long as you're talking about my rights and yours. But some folks in our society have a little trouble swallowing those words, "all per sons" have natural rights." especially where they apply to racial minorities, women, Asian refugees, the poor, the elderly, tl* handicapped. A second idea uppermost in the minds of our nation's founding fathers and mothers was the con viction that America was a land chosen of God to foster human freedom. No. they didn't all subscribe to the same theology. Some were Deists, some Puritans. Some were Anglicans; others were Baptists, Methodists, anC Quakers. But all were sure that divine providence was shaping America's destiny. As Independence Day rolls around again, it might be worth while to mention these ideas to the family, while they open the potato chips and spread the mayonnaise. Without them, the fourth of July would be just another day. (ft
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