SPa B V Page 2—MIRROR-HERALD—Tuesday, May 9, 1978 Raleigh’s fourth expedition to America was to he known as ‘The Lost Colony’ i;:jk €D SMITH White. An earlier expedition, 108 men under Ralph Lane, had given up and relumed to Bn^nd with Sir Francla Drake a year earlier. In August, after seeing his new colony establlfihed, Thomas White returned to En^nd with the eiqiedltlon’s ships to secure additional supplies. The outbreak ot war with Spain delayed Ids return for several years. When White finally reached Roanoke Island (or “Hatorast” as they called It) he found the settlement abandoned and no clue to the fates of the colonists ex cept for the word “Croatoan” carved on a post. also -oOo- Several famous Tar Heels are associated with this week In history. Willie Person Mangum Is Uttle known today, yet he occupied the highest national political office ever held by a citizen of this state. As President of the U. S. Senate from 1» 46, Mangum also served as Acting VI President (under the old President! Succession formula) when Vice Presld* John Tyler succeeded to the top spot up the death of President William Her Harrison. As the number two man In t Senate (who then presided when the V I>resldent was absent) Mangum moved u( become Acting Vice President lor ' remainder of that term. One of the most famous events In North Carolina history la associated with this week. sir Walter Raleigh's fourth eiqpedltlon to America — fated to become known as "The Lost Colony” - set sail from Plymouth, England In three small vessels on May 8, 1887. There were 180 settlers, men, women and children, under the command of Thomas Color photos give us big problems Though men born In this state have ser as both President and Vice President, all so after leaving North Carolina. Mangun long-time U. S. Senator, was thus highest office-holder while stlU a Nt Carolina citizen. Mangum, a Whig, was bom In Durl Cbunty on May 10, 1792. -oOo- GDITORIM opimofi The people remained quiet on election day At a time when the people should speak they are remaining uncomfortably quiet. ‘ We refer to the very light turnout at the polls on May 2 for the Democratic Rimary election. Only about 30 percent of the registered Democrats In the I^gs Mountain precincts bothered going to the polls May 2. The light turnout, however, was Indicated earlier during the Individual campaigns through the lack of Interest among the citizens. It was difficult to even get a good argument going on the pros and cons of the candidates. The Irony of It Is that this time out there were numerous well-qualified can didates stumping for votes. When the candidate Interest Is high the voter Interest should also be high. With such poor response to so much effort by men and women willing to serve, there could come a time when that candidate Interest will become as apathetlcal as the Interest of the voters. When that happens we are going to be In deep trouble. Congratulations are In order to bikers Wonder what would happen If we an nounced to the public that color photos are no longer acceptable to run In connection with news and social stories, birthdays and ad vertising announcements? Would the public understand? We realize that the majority of photos made for family use are made In color. Only the newspapers, news magazines and amateur snapshooters use black and white- film much these days. The reason we have discussed cutting out the acceptance of color photos Is simple. All of our half-tone reproduction woiic Is done In black and white. Reproducing a black and white photo presents very Uttle problem, but reproducing a color photo Into a black and white halftone, sometimes, is the biggest headache you ever saw. There are three primary colors used to reproduce color In a photo: red, yeUow and blue. When the photo hsts a heavy red tint, then reproducing It Into black and white causes the red to come up black. Remember the old black and white cowboy movies when the vUllan was shot? His blood looked black, didn’t It? The same thing applies when we reproduce a red tinted photo In our news columns nine times out of 10 the person’s rosy cheeks look like inky smears. The more red tint, the inkier the reproduced photo looks. There are exceptions to the color photo rule and those are the ones with a blue tint or yeUow tint. These colors are Ught enough to allow pretty good reproduction In black and .white. It’s for this reason that we have not made it a blanket poUcy not to accept color photos for publication. If the person with the news Item or birthday announcement or whatever calls us first to ask about using color photos we always explain the difference between the red tint and the others. In any case we will always look the photos over and give you an on the spot opinion on the merits of using the color photos. More often than not people wUl say, "WeU, go ahead and use It anyway.” We try to oblige, but cannot accept the responsibility of the outcome because of the aforemen tioned resisons. We don’t want to be hard to get along with because we are, after all, here to serve the public. We have on several occasions told people, “Sorry, we cannot use this photo.” George Edmond Badger Is also alnr. forgotten today, since North (Carolina hist has become such a badly-neglected sub] In our schools. Yet as late as 1900, he v regarded by historians as... ’’one of the f most outstanding North Carolinians of time.” 1886. Badger died on May 11, Bsteger enjoyed a national reputation i brilliance, scholarship and versatility at time when few citizens of this state we achieving national notice. As a lawyer frequently appeared before the Supren Court. TOM MclMTYRG Poet’s Corner A ROBIN PUT ME TO SHAME A Robin looked In my window He wondered, what kind of bird Is that, Frowning Instead of singing And pouring milk for a cat. tKMers should be proud of the fact that a bunch of bike riders have made sure research to find cures for killer diseases of children can continue for awhile longer. During the Apr. 16 St. Jude Children’s Hospital Blke-A-Thon citizens from 8- years of age on up raised over $4,(X)0 for the hospital’s research program. ’They did it by riding bicycles over a 21-mile course, then collecting per mile pledges tmm local individuals, business firms and Industries. :There Is still a little over 8300 to be collected from the community pledges. It doesn’t sound like much, but In research every dollar counts. We feel sure the (ledgers will come through and the funds can be forwarded. :It took a great many people to bring off the event here on Apr. 16 and they did It beautifully under the chairmanship of Robert Dodge. To Dodge and to all of you wfio helped make the blke-a-thon a success, the Mirror-Herald offers congratulations. Rei\D€R DIMOGUG In praise of scout leaders The robin caught me In dlstrese 3o obvious that I was fretting. About the things I would like to claim And the undeserving were getting. He could see the larder was filled Filled to overflowing. But he must go and search tor a worm Wherever the trees were growing. To the editor, I would like for you to print this about my three great scout leaders. They do not get paid for their job. They do It voluntarily. My scout leaders spend hours and days planning for our meetings and special events, such as camping trips, outings, parties, yard sedes and our trip to Washington. They take time for small details and they are always careful to see that every girl Is Included. These wonderful people are Sheila Bolin, Linda Davis and ^ella Brown. If there Is a badge for great scout leaders, one should be given to each of these three leaders. \ BEOi las sta Ungs I ‘veninf Presen Sulldln A Whig — as were most of the state outstanding men of that period — Badg served as a judge at the age of 21, smd wi appointed Secretary of the Navy during tl Harrison Administration. A contemporary Mangum’s, he served In the U. S. Sena from 1848-66. Badger generally support! southern rights, but as a firm Unionist 1 This Is when the photo brought In Is opposed secession and was only a lukewan hazy, dark or out of focus. In these cases supporter of the state’s role In the Civil Wa there Is nothing we csm do to Improve the quality. We have a color photo lying on the copy table right now of some Brownies that fits Into this category. It has a group of fuzzy faces partially obscured by light streaks. We wlU not use this photo or any like it. In the first place. It does nothing for the people In the picture and even less for the reader and In the second place, we screw up enough on our own without consciously running something we know Is wrong. And we haven’t even mentioned color Polaroid shots. The instant photo, even In black and white, was a tremendous advsince in technology and when color was added, look out. These Instant shots are great to paste into the family album, but lousy for reproduction In a newspaper. We cringe everybme someone brings In an Instant photo, color or black and white. But, times being what they are and The Mirror-Herald not being a blg-tlme dally with hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of photographic equipment, nor the man power to cover all situations, our policy will remain to take a look at what you got and If we can possibly use we will. However, If It Is all possible for the public to submit sharp black and white pictures for use we sure would be eternally grateful. J.M iFune \mes ^ W :: owai 8UK>I n £( A robin looked In my window. He was singing and seeing the world In pink, He saw all the water there flowing But wondered where he would drink. VIVIAN STEWART BILTCLIFFl LIZA BLANTON Troop 166 Kings Mountain Quality senior citizens looks better Itaprovlng the quality of life of senior citizens Is the top concern of the Division of Aging of the North Carolina Department of Hifnan Resources, headed by Nathan Yelton. Fewer than one-third of the 100,000 North Carolinians responding to a statewide "NZrth Carolina Tomorrow” survey In dicated they were satisfied with programs forisenlor citizens. Ijslton Is trying to ease the problem through development of a state policy on aging. The policy provides our elderly citizens choices about how they want to live as well as enabling them to stay In their own homes. nrtlclpatlon Is the key In the decisions that will affect senior citizens. As a result of seventeen "speak out" sessions scheduled across North Carolina last spring, par ticipants came up with 116 recom- mefldatlons. Already 40 of these recom mendations are being Implemented. According to John Tanner, head of the Individual and Family Support Services for the Division of Social Services, "We need to expand our services to keep elderly out of our Institutions. We can do this by use of homemaker services, chore services, adult day-care services, and housing and Im provement services.” "There are approximately 86,400 elderly people In North Carolina who are not getting the necessary care services,” added Tanner, In North Carolina, nearly 18 percent of our people are 60 years or older. One-third of those live In poverty. One out of five live alone. Many of them are without even a telephone. Some live In their own homes even when they can no longer repair the broken steps or pay the utility bills. Because most of them live Mi fixed Incomes, they are vulnerable to rising prices resulting In Inadequate energy supplies, poor nutrition and bad housing conditions. Currently, 70 county social services departments provide homemaker services for the elderly, 90 counties provide chore services, 16 counties provide day care services, and 80 counties provide housing and home Improvement services. "Our goal Is to make all these services available In all 100 counties,” said Tanner. But the task Is not easy. "Right now, there Just Isn’t enough money. We’re looking to the General Assembly to provide more money to this program In order to make sure every senior citizen In North Carolina gets the proper care,” continued Tanner. It Is estimated that from one-third to one- half of the health problems of the elderly are directly related to nutrition. Nearly 28 million Americana over 66 years of age, 86 percent, report the presence of at least one chronic health condition. Although poverty Imposes nutritional limitations on ap proximately 20 percent of older Americana, over eating appears to play a major role In the nutrition related health problems of the remainder. Steps have already been Implemented to reduce the problem of poor nutrition for the elderly. Strategically located centers such as schools, churches, community centers, and other public or private facilities provide low cost nutritionally sound meals and other social and rehabllative services. Lack of funds does not permit expansion. What can be done to provide our elderly with a choice of how they want to live? It requires two things: active Involvement ot our older adults and the development of procedures within state government to Implement what our older citizens want. Altogether our society has treated older people as though they don’t exist, economically, physically or psychologically. "However,senior citizens are still members ot our society, and they can be productive citizens If given the op portunity,” said Yelton. "The best leaders In this effort are the senior citizens themselves. Our North Osrollna elderly comprise about 80 percent of the voting population,” added Yelton. 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