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June 24, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR CURT
FROM:
CAROL
SUBJECT:
FAITH, N.C.
Here's the scoop on what's happening in Faith, NC for their
Fourth of July celebration:
POTUS will be in Faith in the afternoon. The following
activities will be taking place in the afternoon: Little League
ballgame; ladies' softball game; watermelon eating contest;
cloggers group performance (ten.) ; carnival rides; bungee
jumping (joke potential).
The Fourth of July Celebration is sponsored by the following
civic organizations in Faith: American Legion, American Legion
Auxiliary, Jaycees, Civiten (I have no clue what this is).
I think this is the 46th annual. It started out as a family
reunion-type thing. After WWII, it became important for the
whole town to get together for Fourth of July. It is now a
fundraiser for the four civic organizations that sponsor it.
POTUS will miss the flag-raising and parade in the morning.
Last year, it was estimated that 40,000 attended last year's
parade and festivities.
The 1990 census counted 553 people living in Faith.
When asked by an AP reporter what is so special about Faith,
Caroline replied, "The people." They each take part in caring
for the community. When someone is unemployed, there is always
someone to donate food or money for medical bills, etc., they buy
uniforms for the high school band, etc.
June 24, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR SHERRIE
FROM:
CAROL AARHUS
x7750
SUBJECT:
FAITH, N.C.
Here's the scoop on what's happening in Faith, NC for their
Fourth of July celebration:
The Fourth of July Celebration is sponsored by the following
civic organizations in Faith: American Legion, American Legion
Auxiliary, Jaycees, and Civitan. This is the 46th annual. It
started out as a family reunion-type thing. After WWII, it
became important for the whole town to get together for Fourth of
July. It is now a fundraiser for the four civic organizations
that sponsor it.
POTUS will miss the flag-raising and parade in the morning.
Last year, it was estimated that 40,000 attended last year's
parade and festivities.
The 1990 census counted 553 people living in Faith.
When asked by an AP reporter what is so special about Faith,
Caroline replied, "The people.' They each take part in caring
for the community. When someone is unemployed, there is always
someone to donate food or money for medical bills, etc., they buy
uniforms for the high school band, etc.
The President will arrive at the celebration and watch
and/or participate in a softball game. He will then do a mix and
mingle/rope line with some of the crowd, walk by and enjoy the
food stands, go to the stage, speak, present the award to the
winning little league team, then leave.
For more details, call Bob Gubitosi or Brad Blakeman through
Signal in Salisbury, NC. They are the leads for this event.
Event: Faith 4/tho/July celeb.
Date: July 4, 1992
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OFFICE OF PRESIDENTIAL ADVANCE
IN-TOWN EVENT CONTACT SHEET
Name
Office
Phone Number
Presidential Advance Office
202-456-7565
Presidential Advance Fax Number
202-456-2820
John Herrick
WH-Advance
202/456-7565
Kris Goodwin
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BRADLEY A. BLAKEMAN WH ADVANCE SOLISBURY Holiony Onn 704 638-0311- 6/29
Robert K. Gubitos,
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Judy Hampton, Mayor 639-7559 -WK. 279-4910 Home
BRUCE BOWEN SECRET SERVICE 202/395-4011
Daisy Bost program ch. 4th of July 279-2679. home
JESSE Wood SECRET SERVICE
704/523-9583
Robert Doule Secial Service
Mike CURRY
704/523-9583
WH COMMUNICATIONS
(202) 757 - 5000 / 5224
MARK BARNETTE
WH COMMUNICATIONS. oirs (202)757-2440
JOHN WISSLER
MILITARY AIDES
202-395-1747
ROB CREAMER
MARINE ONE
703 640 2364
DONNIE MOOSE
4TH COMMITTEE
704-279-6695
Carolyn Rogers
4tH Committee
704-279-5053
Larry Rogers
4th Committee
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JOHN BRUCE
4th
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704-279-8346
RANDAII BARGER
4th
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704-279-4714
Engene mc Cambr 4th "
704-279.2128
Jeff Mills
4+h Committee Chairman
704-279-7002
Carol Aarhus
MARK Major
WH Speechniting
202-456-7750
GOVERNOR'S Office
(919) 733-5811
Swannette Fink Town Clerk, Faith
Community
History
GRANITE QUARRY
in 1906 when Whitney Co. initiated work
ROCKWELL
on a granite dam across the Yadkin River
The history of Granite Quarry dates back
at the town of Whitney in Stanly County.
It is thought the town was named for a
over two centuries in the migration of
The Gillespie Co., a contracting firm
rock well located at a shady camping spot
Michael Braun (Brown) to this area from
which moved to Granite Quarry for the
north of the present town limits at the old
Peter Miller farm. Travelers who stopped
Pennsylvania in 1766. He constructed the
Whitney project, began quarrying at the
Old Stone House of native hand-hewn
Rowan Quarry. This quarry had been
at the well to rest overnight marveled at the
sweet water from the rock well. Most wells
granite. The house has been restored by
purchased by E.B.C. Hambley, English
mining engineer and one of the partners in
in the area had lumber curbing instead of
the Rowan Museum Inc. and is recognized
rock curbing, and the lumber gave the
as the oldest German dwelling in the state.
the Whitney project.
The town was known as Woodville in the
The dam, which lost almost $20 million
water a certain taste, they said.
There was a post office located at the
late 1800s with the name officially changed
for the company, was built at the new
rock well and this was later moved to the
to Woodsides on March 7, 1901, by the
abandoned Whitney Station in Stanly. The
town Rockwell.
North Carolina General Assembly. The
granite structure is covered by the waters
Some historians have written that the
second name was for a family of
of Badin Lake, but when the water level is
town was earlier called Millville but the long
Woodsides who lived in the community.
lowered the dam can still be seen.
time Rockwell residents say this is
The first post office was established in
Hundreds of Italian laborers and English
incorrect. Millville was a settlement located
1891 under the name Woodsides with
stonecutters were brought to Granite
at Heiligs Pond near Lowerstone Church.
Joseph F. Wiley as the first postmaster.
Quarry to work in the granite mines.
There was also a post office at Heilig's
When the town was incorporated in
Laborers were paid 75 cents per day;
Pond which could account for the reason
1901, Jerry L. Shuping was the first mayor.
stonecutters, hoisting engineers and other
some assumed Rockwell was called Millville.
The first aldermen were William L. Lefler,
skilled workers, $3 per day.
This post office and other post offices,
L.H. Kluttz, Rufus B. Peeler, and Alfred L.
Stonecutting was an art that few people
scattered throughout the community and
Peeler. Five families lived in town.
in the country knew, making it necessary
operated from homes, were closed when
Soon after the incorporation, it was
for the company to bring in foreigners as
Rockwell Post Office opened in 1872 with
discovered there was another Woodsides
skilled workers. When the Whitney Co.
Charlie Holshouser as the first postmaster.
in North Carolina, resulting in confusion of
failed the Gillespie Co. closed its quarrying
The railroad, completed in 1890, was a
freight and mail deliveries.
operations. Nearly all the foreigners left,
boost to the town, as was the location of
As early as 1902, the Post office name
except for a few of the English
the Salisbury-Albermarle Highway (U.S.
was changed to Granite Quarry, for the
stonecutters who had little difficulty finding
52) through town in 1925.
stone quarried here, although the General
employment at other quarries.
The town was incorporated in 1911.
Assembly did not officially change the
When Whitney dam project failed, the
George Peeler served as the first mayor.
name until Feb. 5, 1905. W.S. Brown was
town was hit by a Depression, and for a
Early businesses included: The Rockwell
the first postmaster under the name
short time while, it became a ghost town. It
Furniture Co., established by a group of
Granite Quarry. Junius M. Lyerly became
was saved from an early doom in the
community residents and operated by J.W.
postmaster in 1913.
1920s when the state became a pioneer in
Peeler.
One of the first merchants who moved
the construction of public roads. The
The library opened in Rockwell in March
to Woodsides was W.S. Brown in 1891. He
demand for crushed stone for paving was
of 1945. The East branch of Rowan Public
operated a general store, coming here
tremendous.
because of the infant quarry business
This demand, when added to the normal
Library opened in 1986.
Rockwell today presents a considerably
developing along the newly completed
output for curbing, paving blocks,
changed picture. A compact, thriving town
Yadkin Railway.
ornamental stone and memorial work,
which still clusters along busy Highway 52
More and more people began moving
pushed activity to a new high. The granite
is the home for textile, furniture and mobile
into the area to work in the quarries.
output at that period ran to about three
home manufacturers and has such modern
Quarrying was begun by the eccentric J.T.
trainloads each day.
amenities as a nine-hole golf course and a
Wyatt, who was later known as a local
The quarrying industry has declined in
commercial cemetery.
newspaper columnist, Venus of Faith.
recent years because of increases in the
The town is operated by a mayor and his
Wyatt began digging at the site of the
price of labor and the more general use of
five-member council chosen in non-partisan
Balfour Quarry.
concrete in buildings and road construction.
voting.
The demand for paving stone and later,
Presently, there are over 30 businesses
for Durax blocks, a four by four piece of
in town, including restaurants, doctors'
stone laid in circles on streets, and for
offices and service stations. The Farmers
FAITH
curbing stones, kept the town full of
and Merchants Banks was organized on
workers.
April 23, 1909, at the Granite Quarry
John Thomas Wyatt called himself Venus
A five-story building was erected as
School, and the bank opened July 15,
and he called the rocky land on which he
living quarters for workers and was located
1909. Two deposits-one for $10 and the
settled Faith.
at the corner of what is now Main and
other for $200-were made.
He planned a quarry operation, and
Rowan Streets.
Town civic groups, churches and
since he lacked experience, he said he was
Durax, the stone laid in circles, can be
government and business leaders worked
going ahead "on faith." He also said he had
seen as Depot Street in Salisbury in front
together from 1968-1973 to build the Gran-
"an unbounded faith in the future of the
of the Southern Railway Station. Granite
ite Quarry Civic Park. The park is located
community."
curb stone became popular about the
adjacent to American Legion Post 448.
OI' Venus, described as an eccentric
same time as Durax, and such curb stones
The present Granite Quarry Elementary
with the temperament of a poet, proved
are found all over Salisbury and many
School was built in 1924 and served also
himself right on both counts.
other cities in various states.
as a high school until eastern Rowan
Wyatt was instrumental in the quarrying
Large scale quarrying operations began
schools were consolidated in 1960.
business in Faith, even though no quarries
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Granite Quarry, NC
Community
History
are in operation now, and the men who
was obtained from private wells before the
Carolina, was iron mining. Occasional
labored in them have had to choose other
system began operation.
reports of discoveries of gold and silver
trades.
Another show of community spirit was
appeared during the Revolutionary war,
And the small town of 500 people has
recorded when the town built a medical
but no active mining of precious metals
lasted 71 years since its incorporation in
center in 1957 to attract a family doctor to
took place until 1802, after gold was
1903. Its future seems secure.
the town. The town had been without a
discovered at the farm of John Reed in
Venus of Faith also advised a young
doctor since the death of Dr. Clarence
Cabarrus County.
Lutheran congregation to call itself Faith. "If
Brown two years earlier. Feeling it was
On a Sunday in 1799, Reed's 12 year old
so few people have enough faith to start
impossible to induce a doctor unless good
son, Conrad, found a pretty yellow rock in
church," he told them, "then call the church
facilities were provided for him, town
Little Meadow Creek and took it home to
Faith."
leaders sold stock in a corporation in order
his father. It was not until three years later
Wyatt used the name Venus as a pen
to build the medical center.
that Reed learned the yellow rock was gold
name in local newspapers. He informed the
A three-room schoolhouse was available
ore. Soon he and his family began
county of events in Faith. He also spread
for education in the 1890s, and the present
searching along the creek and quickly
the word about the gray and pink granite
elementary school building was occupied
realized a small profit for their efforts.
by shipping millstones to western North
during the spring term of December 31,
The Gold Hill marketplace attracted not
Carolina.
1928.
only merchants but a wide range of
However, it was John W. Frick, a farmer,
The three congregations in Faith-the
professionals and artisans. A report issued
who is credited with bringing the first
Lutherans, the Baptists, and the Reformed
in 1849 noted no fewer than five physicians
industry to town. He erected a wood-
(Shiloh United Church of Christ)-all came
and an attorney living in Gold Hill.
working shop which specialized in making
into being in the 1890s.
The community also included five stores,
poster beds and scythe cradles, which
a hotel, a tavern, and six blacksmith shops.
were used to harvest grain.
A carriage maker, boot and shoemaker, a
The quarrying boom began when
saddler, carpenters, and brick and stone
independent operators began making
GOLD HILL
masons found demand for their skills in the
curbstone and paving blocks. Cutting was
small industrial district.
done by hand, and a demand for stone-
The Gold Hill mining district was the site of
The geography of the mining district was
cutters brought new blood to Faith.
North Carolina's most productive gold
as important as its geology in creating this
Professionals from England and Scotland
mine and one of the most profitable in the
diversified commercial and industrial
came, and for 30 years, four or five carloads
Atlantic states during the two decades
center.
of granite were pulled out of Phillips
preceding the Civil War, before the mineral
Gold Hill was situated on the main trade
Mountain per day.
resources could be successfully exploited.
route between Salisbury and Cheraw,
Since train tracks bypassed the town,
However, the pioneer miners faced serious
South Carolina, and local farmers found an
the stone was hauled by wagon, and later
problems that limited the development of
easy outlet for home-grown produce.
truck, to railroad stations in Granite Quarry
Gold Hill for more than a decade after the
The mining district developed
or Crescent for shipment. Fifteen wagon
discovery of gold there in 1842. The
functioning cultural and political institutions
loads were required to fill a flatbed car.
formative years of this mining district after
as well as the broad outlines of commercial
Cement and asphalt for use in street and
an excellent illustration of the ingredients
and industrial activities.
road building, coupled with the Depression,
necessary for basic industrial development
The German background of the local
are said to have brought an end to the
-raw material, labor, capital, technology,
farmers assured a prominent place for the
boom, but the town still experiences a
and leadership. During the first decade of
Lutheran church. Visitors to the district
romance with pink and gray granite.
operations at Gold Hill, a few of the small
took note of the German language services
The town has been one of the most
companies that formed demonstrated
that were still observed as late as 1850.
patriotic in the area since 1946 when
some ability to manage these critical
The Reverend Joseph A. Linn became
community leaders decided to hold a
elements in a productive and profitable
the first Lutheran pastor of Gold Hill in
Fourth of July celebration. They were
manner. Not until the mid-1850s, however,
1844. Linn extended his interest in the
concerned that the nation and its
did a single company emerge that was
community beyond spiritual affairs,
communities lack patriotism.
capable of sustaining a successful
investing in gold mines, a gristmill, a
The celebration has grown from eight
enterprise over several years.
tannery, and several local businesses.
pork shoulders barbecued on a backyard
Of the several gold-bearing belts in this
Although Gold Hill did not incorporate as
pit to a week-long flurry of parade, 150
region, the most important and productive,
a town until 1859, an informal power
American flags, food, carnival and 40,000
called the "Carolina Belt," was located in
structure developed within a few years
spectators. Ray Lyerly and the POS of S
the central Piedmont. The belt runs from
after the initial settlement of the area, one
are credited with originating the cele-
the Virginia line in a southwesterly direction
dominated by the owner-operators of the
bration, which is known all over the state.
through North Carolina into northern South
gold mines.
The Faith American Legion Post, an
Carolina, where it sinks into the coastal
Colonel George Barnhardt became Gold
outgrowth of World War II, began with 73
plain and reappears in Abbeville, South
Hill's first mayor; Reuben Holmes served
charter members and was responsible for
Carolina, and Augusta, Georgia.
as its first postmaster. John Coffin and
the Faith Legion Park, where the Fourth of
In North Carolina, ten counties—
Archibald Honeycutt, operators of mining
July celebration is held.
Guilford, Randolph, Davidson, Rowan,
and ore-milling concerns, constituted the
Street lights were turned on along Main
Montgomery, Stanly, Moore, Mecklenburg,
town's Council of Public Safety.
Street on September 18, 1937, and the
Cabarrus, and Union-form the major
Merchants and wealthy mining captains
town began planning a water system in
portion of the Carolina belt.
were the few who owned property of any
1962. Financed with FHA loan, the system
Throughout the 18th century, the major
kind-houses, carriages, watches, and
was dedicated in October of 1970. Water
extractive industry in Piedmont, North
furnishings.
INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE CITY OF SALISBURY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND THE SALISBURY EVENING POST.
Granite Quarry, NC
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Thank-you notes:
Daioy
Judy
Caroline
Chuck-minister/drin
/ if of they wer get copy
run in Charlotte observer,
feature piece nat ll
d'd like one
Cookbooks $60
Sched. 7/4
air. Char. apt.
α1:40pm
heto to Faith arr
2:10
motorcade 5min. drive
arr. celebration 2:20
POTUS participation -monthan 1 hour
rides
food
then games speech
POIUS depart events 3:30
maybe East instead! Rowan
HS band
WestRowan H.S. (ten.)
(maybe same band as
at Charlotte Fund 1er)
PRE-ADVANCE/WALK-THRU QUESTIONNAIRE
EVENT: Fourth of July Celebration
Faith, NC
see reverse
DATE: 7/4/92
TIME: speech x 3:15 ish
LOCATION:
Faith, NC
(GIVE DETAILS)
Legion Park
pop. 1990: 553
(Dottie)
EXPECTED AUDIENCE: 40,000+
Gov. Mrs. Martin
(NUMBER AND COMPOSITION)
will attend
(will arr. bef. POTUS)
ten. Lt. Gov.
PRESS COVERAGE: open press
DAIS PARTICIPANTS: TBD
EXPECTED CABINET CONGRESSIONAL PARTICIPATION ADMINI BY MEMBERS STRATION: OF No PROMPTER
POTUS INTRODUCTION: TBD
PERTINENT SPEECH TOPICS:
obvious
REASON FOR EVENT: obvious
PLEASE ATTACH PRE-ADVANCE/WALK-THRU CALL SHEET
Yes FLOTUS
(will meet him in Charlotte)
possibly grandchildance
by elem. school)
1. Faith 4th of July softball game (pool coverage)
watch andparticipate
2. Drop by food booths (expanded pool)
3. Address Faith Fouth of July Celebration
4.
award presentation
to winners of Iitteleaguebaseball
Mayor Judy intro Gov.
Gov. intro POTUS
thick. Add
add mar-
ingue mix-
Welcome FAITH JULY
en Rogers
FAITH TOWN HISTORY
John Thomas Wyatt called himself Venus, and he called the rocky land on which
he settled Faith. He planned a quarry operation, and since he lacked
experience, he said he was going ahead "on faith.' He also said he had "an
minutes at
unbounded faith in the future of the community."
Bill Sifford
ol' Venus, described as an eccentric with the temperament of a poet, proved
himself right on both counts.
Wyatt was instrumental in the quarrying business in Faith, even though no
quarries are in operation now, and the men who labored in them have had to
choose other trades.
The small town of 659 people has lasted 87 years since its incorporation in
1903. Its future seems secure.
Venus of Faith also advised a young Lutheran congregation to call itself
Faith. "If so few people have enough faith to start a church," he told them,
"then call the church Faith."
Cook until
berries in
It was John W. Frick, a farmer, who is credited with bringing the first
industry to town. He erected a woodworking shop which specialized in making
sa Phelps
poster beds and scythe cradles, which were used to harvest grain.
The quarrying boom began when independent operators began making curbstone
and paving blocks. Cutting was done by hand, and a demand for stonecutters
brought new blood to Faith.
Combine
ning milk
ined fruit
wned and
ttie Lingle
Cakes, Cookies, Desserts
Professionals from England and Scotland came and for 30 years, four or five
Day 1: P
carloads of granite were pulled out of Phillips Mountain per day. Since
my cake. It last
train tracks bypassed the town, the stone was hauled by wagon, and later
ounce can) and
truck, to railroad stations in Granite Quarry or Crescent for shipment.
Fifteen wagon loads were required to fill a flatbed car. Cement and asphalt
every day for 1
for use in street and road building, coupled with the Depression, are said to
leave setting o
have brought an end to the boom.
Day 10:
The town has been one of the most patriotic in the area since 1946 when
sugar. Stir ever
community leaders decided to hold a Fourth of July Celebration. They were
concerned that the nation and its communities lacked patriotism. The
Day 20:
celebration has grown from 8 pork shoulders barbecued on a backyard pit to a
not add juice of
weeklong flurry of parade, American flags, food, carnival and 35,000
will give juice b
spectators. Ray Lyerly and the POS of A are credited with originating the
celebration, which is known all over the state. The Faith American Legion
Day 31:
Post, an outgrowth of World War II, began with 73 charter members and was
friends).
responsible for the Faith Legion Park, where the celebration is held.
3 boxes Dunca
Street lights were turned on along Main Street on September 18, 1937. The
Recipe go
town began planning a water system in 1962. The system was financed with an
FHA loan and dedicated in October of 1970. Another show of community spirit
Step 1:
was recorded when the town built a medical center in 1957 to attract a family
doctor to the town. The town had been without a doctor since the death of
1 doz. eggs
Dr. Clarence Brown two years earlier. Feeling it was impossible to induce a
3 c. raisins
doctor unless good facilities were provided for him, town leaders sold stock
3 c. pecans
in a corporation in order to build the medical center. Dr. Herbert Baker was
the last doctor to practice in the medical center. On July 14, 1986, Dr.
Step 2: F
Gary Fink began to practice medicine in the new office building he had built
oven at the san
on the property where his grandparents, the Ray Lyerlys, home had stood.
Step 3: I
A three-room schoolhouse, near where the fire department is located now, was
starter (one for
available for education in the 1890s. In 1906 a new three-room school opened
ing the new sta
near where the Baptist Church now stands. The town added 2 more rooms, and
it was used until 1928 when the present elementary school opened. Three
Step 4: I
additions have been added to that school. A modern six-room building was
cup Wesson oil
added in 1955. In 1975 a large, dome-shaped cafeteria was constructed,
notuse electric
included in the expansion program was a four-wing building providing an open
cake.
classroom setting for kindergarten and first grade. In 1986 a spacious,
modern media center including a computer lab was constructed.
For my b
nuts, 1/2 to 3/4 CI
The three congregations in Faith - the Lutherans, the Baptists and, the
Reformed (United Church of Christ) - all came into being in the 1890s.
Note: Yo
1½ c. unsifted
1/4 c. cocoa
1/2 tsp. salt
1 Tbsp. vinega
1 c. sugar
2111-90
pron. of
Frances Bavier
call Chatham Go. Lib.
(919) 742-2016
Siler City
AMA 7900
JHS Assoc.
835-1673
2:46pm
Friday
Christina- -
re: Faith
Please change the
spelling from aunt Bea
to aunt Bee.
Presidential Documents
transcribed it as Bee in a past
speech, so I thought we'd
better be consistent even
though either spelling is
acceptable. Thanks!
Caroe
FAITH
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Governor and Mrs. Martin
Congressman Coble
Mayor Judy Hampton
Daisy Bost, Fourth of July Chairman
Rick Hunsucker- - Civitan President
Robert Sifford- Jaycee President
Dales Joanne Gardner-American Legion Commander
Holschouser- - of the Auxiliary American Legion
East Rowan High School Marching Band
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Telephone: (609) 924-9600
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Consider Selves Religious Persons
Eastern Europe
in
Italy
83%
United States
81
Ireland
64
espite neally R half century of sup-
Spain
63
D
pression religious belief in Eastern
Great Britain
58
Europe has persisted at high levels.
West Germany
58
Resisting aggressive official policies
Hungary
56
and indoctrination in atheism, the
France
51
level of those I' ofessing not to believe in God has
Non-ethnic Lithuanians
50
remained small. For most measures taken in initial sur-
Ethnic Lithuanians
45
veys after the bi akup of the former Soviet
Czechoslovaks
49
there is little app arent difference in religious attitudes
Slovaks only
69
Czechs only
38
and behavior bei veen Eastern and Western Europeans
Scandinavia
46
Gallup Int: rnational conducted in
Czechoslovakia and Hun tary in late 1989 and in
Lithuania in 1990 show that from four to five persons
Attend Church at Least Weekly
in IO in each of the countries and groups surveyed
describe themsel. =s as "religious persons."
Ireland
82%
Variance ofte: is noted among ethnic groups within
United States
43
individual con tries, but as a group the Eastern
Spain
41
Europeans are ir the middle of the religious spectrum
Italy
36
in comparison to Western Europe.
West Germany
21
Weekly chur: h attendance for Eastern Europeans
Czechoslovakia
17
appears to be rei arkably high when the comparative
Ethnic Lithuanians
15
scarcity of places of worship and clergy are considered;
Non-ethnic Lithuanians
12
Great Britain
not to mention frequent official discouragement of
14
attendance in the pase.
Hungary
13
France
A high propo tion of the people of Czechoslovakia
12
Scandinavia
5
and Hungary ave been baptized. Two in three
Czechoslovaks wite baptized as Carholics and IO per
cent as Protestant :- Seven in IO Hungarians were bap
Average Ratings of Importance of God in
tized as Catholics 22 percent Reformed Church, and
percent Lutheran.
One's Life ("10" le of highest Importance)
In a 1991 survey by The George H. Gallup Institute
United States
8.2
for the Freedo: Forum, in four major Easrern
Ireland
8.0
European count ies the right to religious freedom
Northern Ireland
7.5
(including the ri ht not to practice any religion) was
Italy
6.9
rated highly. Hil hest average ratings were given in
Spain
6.4
Hungary and Pol: nd, but this freedom was rated above
Finiand
6.2
average also by C: echoslovakians and Russians.
Belgium
5.9
In a 198 Gallup Pollness than half of the
Great Britain
5.7
Americans interv wed at the time thought the events
West Germany
5.7
occurring in East in Europe were the beginning of the
Norway
5.4
end of world con munism, but three in four felt the
Netherlands
5.3
Hungary
people of Eastern Europe would enjoy greater religious
4.8
France
freedom-
4.7
Denmark
4.4
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Draft Three
June 30, 1992
FAITH
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: FOURTH OF JULY
SATURDAY, JULY 4, 1992
Thank you, Gov. Martin; Maya Hampton,
FAITH, NORTH CAROLINA
I'd liketo thank the sponsors of this event the
^ Members of Civitan, the Jaycees, the American Legion and the
American Legion Auxiliary. My fellow Americans. Let me speak
from the bottom of my heart: Barbara and I can't think of a more
special place to be on a more special American day. //
I say special place because with this being an election
year, it never hurts to have a little faith. / I say special day
because for those of us who never lose sight of America's
greatness -- every day is the Fourth of July. //
((This truly is a picture-postcard holiday. Little League.
X
Watermelon-eating. Egg toss, and wheelbarrow race. A parade
down Main Street. I was thinking of trying bungee jumping, but
Barbara didn't go for it. She said it's OK for a candidate to
throw his hat into the ring -- but not his whole body. )) //
We meet today in the State that gave birth to flight -- on
the day when the eagle soars proudest of all. We meet in small-
town America -- in many ways, the spiritual heart of all America.
Several miles up the road lies Salisbury -- home X to our friend
x
X
X
X
/
Liddy Dole X and home to x Cheerwine. / An hour X or so east of here -
X
X
- that's Siler City, where television's X Aunt X Bea is X buried. If
X
X
X
X
she were with us, I wonder if she'd be serving broccoli. //
Not every place in America is like Salisbury or Siler City.
But its values can, and should, be -- because the values you hold
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dear are the values that hold us together. / So let me talk
briefly about the values which help decency stand tall -- and
rebuff those who sell America short. /
I begin with faith in family -- and not just the immediate
but extended family. / When someone in Faith is sick, neighbors
bake casseroles and, if needed, help pay medical expenses. /
When someone in Faith loses his job, neighbors provide support
and love. You show why America would be better off if we spent
more time caring about each other and less time suing each other.
Go to the Faith Soda Shop / Hairport / or R & I Variety.
You'll see values which reinforce this generosity. One is faith
in self-reliance. You believe in equal rights for all Americans
-- not preferential treatment for some. / The next value is a
firm belief in good versus evil. Some regard principles as
disposable, like TV dinners. You know what I do: They couldn't
be more wrong. / Let others support films and TV programs which
mock small-town America. I stand with millions who support the
values of your America: We need a Nation more like "Mayberry
RFD" than "Married With Children." //
From this springs another small-town virtue: We believe
America is special because of fidelity to God. / This is a town
she
of 553 residents. ( (Mayor tells me he keeps track of who's
coming and going. )) Yet X each X Sunday, X more X than X 1,200
x
X
x
parishioners attend servíces. / Think of that. You show why
allie
X
according to the Gallup Poll, America is the most religious
Chillup
Nation on earth. //
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((Perhaps a small boy once best expressed this conviction.
"God bless mother and daddy, my brother and sister, " his prayer
began. He continued, "And, oh God, do take care of yourself --
because if anything happens to you, we're all sunk. "))
Just as faith can move mountains, the American people have
mountains of faith. That's why I am appalled by the recent
official school
Supreme Court ruling outlawing voluntary prayer at graduation
events
ceremonies -- and why I throw down the gauntlet: If the Supreme Court
won't act, I hope the Congress will. / I believe the "God who
gave us life also gave us liberty." So I call on Congress to
pass a Constitutional Amendment -- and I challenge my opponents
to support me. I will not rest until we bring the Faith of our
Fathers back to our schools. //
Religion brings us to a final small-town value: We believe
America is divinely blessed. / Some of you probably saw the
based orthe book by Bernard Malamud
movie, The Natural, where Robert Redford-said, "God, I love
baseball. Well, today, it is good to be with people who are
proud to say: "From 1776 to the Persian Gulf, God, I love the
United States of America." //
Barbara and I were talking earlier to people who live their
patriotism -- not just today but 365 days a year. We don't
apologize for the mist in our eyes when we hear the Star-Spangled
Banner. And we don't apologize for the lump in our throat when
we see "Old Glory" flapping in the breeze. /
A few feet down Gantt Main Street, the American Legion
at
Building, is a small monument with a big soul -- dedicated to the
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J'₄ veterans -- the living and the dead -- of every American war. /
In Faith memories run long -- just as principles run deep. You
know how to answer those who say our magnificent success in
annwhiter
"Operation Desert Storm" should be forgotten -- a war in which 76,000 troops
Gr.Maging
North Carolinians took part.
were deployed from North Carolina //
I don't think Saddam Hussein, who might by now have nuclear
weapons if it weren't for us, has forgotten it. / I don't think
Israel, whose brave people endured Scud missles, has forgotten
it. / I don't think Saudi Arabia, which would have been the next
country occupied by the Butcher of Baghdad, has forgotten it. /
Nor have the people of Kuwait, who rejoiced at seeing invaders
chased from their country, have forgotten it. / And I don't
think our victorious fighting forces -- the heroic men and women
of "Desert Storm" -- have forgotten it. Ours is a safer world
because America is prepared to do whatever it takes whenever
peace is on the line -- and liberty is in the balance. //
Today, liberty lives. It lives because we must, and will,
maintain a strong defense -- eternal vigilance. / It lives
because of what the poet Carl Sandburg said: "The Republic is a
dream. Nothing happens unless first a dream.' / Ask anyone:
The dreams of hope, opportunity, and freedom continue to make
America the most desired destination in human history. //
President Eisenhower often spoke of "the great and priceless
Beth
privilege of growing up in a small town." Barbara and I are
privileged to be in a small town that proves how right Ike was. /
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Ours is a Nation, yes, with faults -- but also a Nation
whose best time lies ahead of us. A Nation with faith / family /
and most of all, with dreams. May God bless you, and the most
wondrous Nation on the face of the earth: The United States of
America.
# # # #
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Citizens affairs
you. Martin's Office
(919)733-5811
76, 000 trops deployed from
the state of NC.
5 March 1992
UPDATED INFORMATION
MEMORANDUM FOR DAVE DEMAREST
SPEECHWRITERS
RESEARCHERS
FROM:
JEANNIE BUNTON
SUBJECT:
RESERVIST/GUARD PARTICIPATION IN ODS
At the height of Operation Desert Storm the following numbers of
Reservists and National Guards were called up:
ALASKA:
109 Reservists
21 National Guard
140 TOTAL
ALABAMA:
3,748 Reservists
4,268 National Guard
8,016 TOTAL
CALIFORNIA:
13,813 Reservists
1,629 National Guard
15,442 TOTAL
FLORIDA:
7,738 Reservists
1,478 National Guard
9,216 TOTAL
GEORGIA:
5,061 Reservists
4,761 National Guard
9,822 TOTAL
ILLINOIS:
5,174 Reservists
1,203 National Guard
6,377 TOTAL
LOUISIANA:
3,650 Reservists
5,947 National Guard
9,597 TOTAL
MARYLAND:
3,474 Reservists
794 National Guard
4,268 TOTAL
MISSISSIPPI: 1,853 Reservists
5,213 National Guard
7,066 TOTAL
OKLAHOMA:
2,039 Reservists
1,598 National Guard
3,637 TOTAL
S. CAROLINA:
3,871 Reservists
2,066 National Guard
5,877 TOTAL
North Carolina: North
TENNESSEE:
3,918 Reservists
2,793 National Guard
6,711 TOTAL
TEXAS:
10,835 Reservists
1,999 National Guard
12,342 TOTAL
WISCONSIN:
3,536 Reservists
1,303 National Guard
4,839 TOTAL
[The numbers may be 10-15% low; of these numbers, there is no way
to tell how many were actually "in country"]
SOURCE:
CHRISTINA FERRANDINO, SYSTEMS AND ANALYSIS DIR.
RESERVE AFFAIRS - MANPOWER AND PERSONNEL
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
703-695-7305
703-695-7307
July 1, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
DAVID F. DEMAREST
FROM:
DAN MC GROARTY
SUBJECT:
PROPOSED REMARKS TO PEOPLE OF POLAND, CASTLE
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ROCKINGHAM-ROWAN
For the Superior Court, there were 94 civil cases pending July
February 29, for grouse from October 12 to February 29 and
1, 1985 in the county, with 153 new cases filed and 146
for pheasant from November 21 to February 1. Deer hunting
disposed of during the year, leaving 101 cases pending June
season with muzzleloading firearm is from November 9 to
30, 1986. There were 182 criminal cases pending July 1, 1985
November 14 and with gun from November 16 to January
in the county, with 1,305 new cases filed and 1,276 disposed
1. MUSEUMS Reidsville: Chinqua-Penn Plantation House.
of during the year, leaving 211 pending June 30, 1986. For
THEATERS Eden: Best Friends of Rockingham County,
the District Court, there were 424 civil cases pending July 1,
Children's Theatre of Eden. Stoneville: Pendulum Players.
1985 in the county, with 1,166 new cases filed and 1,163
Reidsville: Studio Group. SPECIAL EVENTS April: North
disposed of during the year, leaving 427 cases pending June
Carolina Wildfoods Weekend, Reidsville/First National Bank
30, 1986. There were 448 nonmotor vehicle criminal cases
Farm and Home Show. (Reidsville). May: Heritage Festival
pending July 1, 1985 in the county, with 4,695 new cases filed
of Rockingham County (Reidsville).
and 4,590 disposed of during the year, leaving 553 cases
COMMUNITIES
pending on June 30, 1986. JAILS Three jails with a
combined capacity of 76. PRISONS Rockingham County
COUNTY SEAT Wentworth, County Courthouse, 27375;
Unit No. 4450 is a medium security facility with brick
Clerk to the Board's Office, (919) 349-2922. INCORPORATED
masonry and food service industries. It had a total custody
COMMUNITIES (1986 population and ZIP code)Eden
population of nine on June 30, 1987. ATTORNEYS AT
(15,590) 27288, Madison (2,970) 27025, Mayodan (2,610)
LAW 51. UTILITIES 57% of the permanent residences are
27027, Reidsville (12,300) 27320, Stoneville (1,030) 27048.
connected to a public or privately owned water system and
UNINCORPORATED COMMUNITIES (and ZIP code)
46% are connected to a public sewer system. Natural gas is
Ayersville 27027, Boulevard 27288, Draper 27288, Ellisboro
distributed to the county by North Carolina Gas Company.
27025, Harrison Cross Roads 27320, Intelligence 27025,
Electricity is distributed to the county by Duke Power
Lawsonville 27320, Leaksville 27288, Matrimony 27048,
Company, Davidson E.M.C. and Piedmont E.M.C. and is
Mayfield, Meadow Summit 27288, Midway 27320, Monroe-
primarily generated by coal. In 1986, a typical residential
town 27320, New Leaksville 27288, Oregon Hill 27326,
electric bill for 1,000 kWh was $72.76. TAXES The county
Pleasantville 27025, Powells Store 27326, Price 27048, Ruffin
has 22 units with taxing authority: five city, one county and
27326, Sadler 27320, Spray 27288, Stacey, Wentworth 27375,
Williamsburg (Thompsonville) 27320. FOR ADDITIONAL
16 special districts.
LOCAL INFORMATION Eden Chamber of Commerce,
RECREATION/ENTERTAINMENT
370 West Meadow Road, Eden, 27288, (919) 623-6828.
NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Eden:
Boone Road Historic District, Bullard-Ray House, Central
Leaksville Historic District, Dempsey-Reynolds-Taylor House,
Dr. Franklin King House-Idlewild, Leaksville Commercial
ROWAN (C18)
Historic District, Mount Sinai Baptist Church, Spray
County Location Chart p. 58
Industrial Historic District, Cascade Plantation, Lower
Sauratown Plantation, Lower Saura Town, Tanyard Shoal
THE LAND
Sluice, Three Ledges Shoal Sluice, Wide Mouth Shoal Sluice.
Located in the central part of the state, Rowan County
Madison: Academy Street Historic District, The Boxwoods,
contains the city of Salisbury and is crossed by Interstate
Alfred Moore Scales Law Office, Cross Rock Rapid Sluice,
Highway 85 and U.S. Highways 70 and 601. The county
Fewell-Reynolds House, Gravel Shoals Sluice, Jacob's Creek
covers 519 square miles, and the county seat's elevation is
Landing, Mayo River Sluice, Roberson's Fish Trap Shoal
764 feet. Rowan County is part of the Southern Piedmont
Sluice, Slink Shoal Sluice and Wing Dams. Monroeton:
land resource area and consists of gently rolling hills and
Troublesome Creek Ironworks. Reidsville: First Baptist
long, low ridges adjacent to major streams. The dominant
Church, Jennings-Baker House, North Washington Avenue
soils are gently sloping to very steep, moderately-drained soils
Workers' House, Penn House, Gov. David S. Reid House,
underlain by plastic, impermeable, clayey subsoils. The soils
Reidsville Historic District, Richardson Houses Historic
support vegetation consisting mainly of hardwood and pine
District. Wentworth: Rockingham County Courthouse,
forests, with an understory of dogwood, honeysuckle,
Wright Tavern, Dead Timber Ford Sluices, Eagle Falls Sluice,
bluestem and other grasses. CLIMATE Rowan County is
Wentworth Methodist Episcopal Church and Cemetery.
in the Central Piedmont climatic subregion. The average
Williamsburg: High Rock Farm. COUNTY/MUNICIPAL
annual temperature is 60°F with an average January high
PARKS 95 acres in county parks. These parks contain six
of 50°F and an average low of 30°F. In July the high
playgrounds, six football and soccer fields, seven baseball and
averages 90°F with an average low of The average
softball fields, 32 tennis courts and eight swimming pools.
annual precipitation is 45 inches, with an average relative
For information concerning municipal parks, please contact
humidity of 84% at 7 AM and 65% at 7 PM. Average annual
the park and recreation director at 408 Morgan, Eden 27288;
snowfall ranges from six to eight inches. The last freeze
P.O. Box 1437, Reidsville 27320; 311 E. Franklin, Rockingham
normally occurs in early April and the first freeze occurs in
28379; P.O. Box 406, Madison/Mayodan 27027. BOATING/
late October. The sun shines during the year on the average
FISHING Lakes and reservoirs: Belews (3,863 acres) and
61% of the daylight hours.
Reidsville (700 acres). Major rivers and streams: Buffalo, Dan,
Haw, Hogan, Mayo and Wolf Island. HUNTING Small
THE PEOPLE
game season for rabbit is from November 21 to February 29.
The 1986 estimated population of Rowan County was 104,900.
Special bird season for quail is from November 21 to
In 1980, the county ranked 15th in the state, and, since then,
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28% by electricity and 48% by fuel oil or kerosene.
NATURAL RESOURCES Perlite, sand and gravel, and
the population has increased by 5%. The county has
crushed stone (granite). Current production of other minerals
experienced a pattern of growth, with an increase of 10%
between 1970 and 1980 and an increase of 9% between 1960
and products includes: non-metallic minerals mining.
Commercial forest land covers 142,508 acres, with seven active
and 1970. The urban population grew by 16% between 1970
sawmills. Production in 1984 totaled 16,534 thousand board
and 1980, while the rural population grew by 6%. In 1980,
feet of pine, 8,885 thousand board feet of soft hardwood and
the total population under age 18 was 25,788, and the number
3,544 thousand board feet of hard hardwood. TOURISM
of people over age 64 was 12,894. The age group with the
Travel expenditures of $26,292,000 in 1986 (a decrease of 9%
greatest decline was ages five to nine, while ages 30 to 34
from 1985) generated 646 jobs and $9,670,000 in payroll.
increased most. In 1980, the median age was 33.0, higher than
Lodging: seven hotels, motels and tourist courts. Convention/
the state average of 29.6. The population is 83% White and
meeting facilities: Salisbury-Catawba College Theater and
16% Black. The major ancestry groups are English (17%),
Exhibit Area, Rowan County Fair Arena and Exhibit Area.
German (16%) and Irish (3%). REGISTERED VOTERS As
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES The sale of alcoholic
of October 6, 1986, there were 47,609 registered voters, or 1.5%
beverages is permitted in the county, including the sale of
of the state total. There was a 73% voter turnout for the 1984
mixed beverages in East Spencer and Salisbury. MILITARY
general election as compared to the 71% turnout in 1980. In
INSTALLATIONS Two National Guard units with 311
the 1984 state primary, 76% voted Democrat and 24% voted
personnel. FEDERAL EXPENDITURES The federal
Republican, with a total of 14,604 votes cast.
government had direct expenditures or obligations of
THE ECONOMY
$206,376,000 in the county during fiscal year 1986, including
$7,313,000 by the U.S. Department of Defense. The federal
AGRICULTURE Nursery, greenhouse, livestock and
diversified crop production area. In 1982, 39% of the land
government provided $15,456,000 in grant awards, paid
was in farms, with 16% in harvested cropland and less than
$37,770,000 in salaries and wages, made direct payments
1% irrigated. In the state in 1985, Rowan County ranked 42nd
totaling $148,016,000 to individuals, including $121,204,000 in
for agricultural receipts, of which 64% was derived from
retirement and disability payments, awarded $4,261,000 in
procurement contracts and spent $874,000 in other
livestock, dairy products and poultry. In 1986, the county
expenditures or obligations. The federal government also
ranked second in barley, fifth in oats and sixth in corn for
silage. Primary crops: soybeans, hay and wheat for grain.
provided $615,000 in direct loans and $4,790,000 in guaranteed
loans and insurance.
Primary fruits: peaches and apples. Primary livestock:
chickens, cattle, and hogs and pigs. Special crops: nursery and
COMMUNICATION
greenhouse products. Current conservation concerns include
the control of soil loss due to wind and water erosion.
Newspapers: Daily-Salisbury Evening Post, avg. eve. circ.
BUSINESS Total number of business establishments in 1985
25,197; Salisbury Sunday Post, avg. Sun. circ. 25,140. Weekly-
in the county: 1,884. Retail sales for 1986 increased 8% from
South Rowan Times (China Grove). Radio: WNDN-FM,
1985. In 1986, Rowan County ranked 17th within the state
WSAT-AM, WSTP-AM and WRDX-FM (Salisbury); WGTL-
in volume of sales. In 1980, of the employed labor force 16%
AM, WRKB-AM, WRFX-FM, WVOE-AM (Chadbourn);
WRNA-AM (China Grove). Cable television is available.
were in professional or related services, 44% in manufacturing,
17% in wholesale and retail trade and 6% in transportation,
Telephone companies: The Concord Telephone Company,
communications and other public utilities. Some 6% of the
ALLTELL Carolina Inc. and Southern Bell Telephone and
Telegraph Company.
employed labor force were self-employed, and 28% were
employed in other counties. The businesses and industries with
TRANSPORTATION
the most employment are contract construction, trucking and
warehousing, automotive dealers and service stations, food
Total public road mileage: 1,174. Highway mileage: 142.
stores, restaurants, business services, health services and the
Secondary road mileage: 1,032. In 1987, there were 90,779
wholesale trade of lumber and construction materials; as well
registered vehicles and 1,197 reported traffic accidents,
including 20 fatalities. Municipal transit system: one carrier
as the manufacture of food products, woven goods, knitted
goods, yarn, apparel, wood products, and stone, clay and glass
in Salisbury with scheduled routing. Intercity bus service: one
products. Total personal income in 1984 was $1,112,000,000.
carrier `serves the county. Motor freight service is available.
In 1980, there were 9,502 retired workers who received an
Rail: Amtrak provides passenger service in the county. Freight
average monthly Social Security payment of $322.
service is provided by two main lines, carrying over 30 million
FINANCE On June 30, 1986, there were six commercial
tons annually. Aircraft: 76 are registered in the county.
banks with 28 branches, total deposits of $454,890,000 and
Airport: Rowan County Airport in Salisbury. Fuel is available.
total assets of $390,991,000. In addition, there were four
COMMUNITY SERVICES
FSLIC-insured savings and loan associations with two
branches, total deposits of $305,690,000 and total assets of
PUBLIC EDUCATION Two local education agencies, with
$345,003,000. HOUSING Median value of homes occupied
17 elementary, two middle, four junior high and five senior
by owners in 1980: $32,100. New single-family housing units
high schools. In 1984-85, the average daily attendance was
decreased in 1986, with a total of 402 units authorized at a
15,009, with expenditures per pupil of $2,677. There are 435
construction cost of $30,738,241. Between 1970 and 1980, the
classroom teachers. A total of 61% of the 965 high school
number of housing units increased 31%. Of all the units in
graduates in 1986 planned to attend college. In 1985-86, a total
the county, 60% are air conditioned, 18% are heated by gas,
of 77% of the students were White, 23% Black, and less than
1% Hispanic, Asian and American Indian. State high school
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sports championships: 1986 Class AA Boys' Basketball, North
PRISONS Piedmont Correctional Center is a close/medium
Rowan; 1986 Class AA Boys' Cross Country, Salisbury. 1987
security facility with air conditioning and carpentry industries.
Class AA Boys' Basketball, Salisbury. NONPUBLIC
It had a total custody population of 1,773 on June 30,
EDUCATION In 1985-86, there were 879 students enrolled
1987. Rowan County Subsidiary Unit No. 4540 is a
in five nonpublic schools. HIGHER EDUCATION Catawba
minimum security facility. It had a total custody population
College is located in Salisbury. Established in 1851, it is a
of 1,710 on June 30, 1987. ATTORNEYS AT LAW 67.
private institution. Enrollment in fall 1986 was 886, with
UTILITIES 51% of the permanent residences are connected
undergraduate tuition per academic year of $5,200. The
to a public or privately owned water system and 43% are
highest degree offered: Bachelor. Livingstone College is
connected to a public-sewer system. Natural gas is distributed
located in Salisbury. Established in 1879, it is a private
to the county by Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc. The
institution. Enrollment in fall 1986 was 733, with under-
average residential gas bill in 1986 was $92.08, a decrease of
graduate tuition per academic year of $2,650. The highest
20% from 1985. Electricity is distributed to the county by
degree offered: Bachelor. Rowan Technical College is located
Duke Power Company, Union E.M.C. and Crescent E.M.C.
in Salisbury. Established in 1963, it is a state institution.
and is primarily generated by coal. In 1986, a typical
Enrollment in fall 1986 was 2,724, with in-state tuition per
residential electric bill for 1,000 kWh was $72.76. TAXES
academic year of $198. The highest degree offered: Associate.
The county has 28 units with taxing authority: 10 city, one
VOCATIONAL/TECHNICAL INSTITUTES Salisbury
county and 17 special districts.
Business College, Inc. PUBLIC LIBRARIES Rowan Public
Library (Salisbury): 120,110 volumes, two branches. China
RECREATION/ENTERTAINMENT
Grove Public Library: number of volumes unavailable. Faith
NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Bear
Public Library: number of volumes unavailable. Spencer
Poplar: Hall Family House, Wood Grove. Bostian Heights:
Public Library: 12,057 volumes. CHILD CARE 83 registered
John Stigerwalt House. China Grove: China Grove Roller Mill.
day care homes and 38 licensed day care centers in 1987.
Cleveland: Knox Farm Historic District, Third Creek
HEALTH CARE 101 physicians and 37 dentists. General
Presbyterian Church and Cemetery. Enochville: Gen. William
hospital: one with a capacity of 342 beds. Ambulance services:
Kerr House. Faith: Shuping's Mill Complex. Five Points:
seven. Nursing homes: three nursing homes have a combined
Corriher Grange Hall. Granite Quarry: Michael Braun House.
capacity of 217 skilled care, 94 intermediate care and 50
Mill Bridge: Thyatira Presbyterian Church, Cemetery and
domiciliary care beds. CHURCHES 189 churches and
Manse; Kerr Mill; Owen-Harrison House. Mount Ulla:
synagogues have an estimated combined membership of
Rankin-Sherrill House. Mount Villa: Back Creek Presbyterian
69,050. The largest denominations are Southern Baptist,
Church and Cemetery. Rockwell: George Matthias Bernhardt
Lutheran Church in America and United Methodist. SOCIAL
House, Grace Evangelical and Reformed Church, Zion
SERVICES In fiscal year 1986, a total of $2,450,681 was
Lutheran Church. Salisbury: Booklyn-South Square Historic
distributed in food stamps. Persons receiving food stamps
District, Maxwell Chambers House, Community Building,
totaled 5,229. Aid to Families with Dependent Children
Grimes Mill, Archibald Henderson Law Office, Kesler
(AFDC) totaled $1,589,539, with an average of 627 cases
Manufacturing Company-Cannon Mills Company Plant No.
receiving AFDC each month. Expenditures for medical
7 Historic District, Livingstone College Historic District,
assistance totaling $9,717,149, with 4,752 persons eligible for
McNeely-Strachan House, Mount Zion Baptist Church, North
benefits, brought the county benefit total to $13,757,369. FIRE
Long Street-Park Avenue Historic District, North Main Street
PROTECTION 989 fully paid or volunteer fire personnel
Historic District, Salisbury Historic District, Salisbury
in 28 fire departments. LAW ENFORCEMENT The Rowan
Railroad Corridor Historic District, Salisbury Southern
County Sheriff has 78 commissioned officers. Five police
Railroad Passenger Depot. South River: Henry Connor Bost
departments have a combined force of 77. CRIME 170
House. Spencer: Southern Railway Spencer Shops, Spencer
violent crimes (murder, forcible rape, robbery and aggravated
Historic District. Alexander Long House. Woodleaf: Joseph
assault) and 2,524 nonviolent crimes (burglary, larceny-theft
H. Mingus Farm, Mount Vernon, St. Andrew's Episcopal
and motor vehicle theft) were reported in 1986. JUDICIAL
Church and Cemetery. COUNTY/MUNICIPAL PARKS 557
SYSTEM Rowan County is one of two counties in Judicial
acres in county parks. These parks contain 19 playgrounds,
District 19A. The district is served by two Superior Court
six football and soccer fields, 20 baseball and softball fields,
Judges, four District Judges and 16 Magistrates. Of the
38 tennis courts and 16 swimming pools. For information
Magistrates, eight preside in the county. For the Superior
concerning municipal parks, please contact the park and
Court, there were 113 civil cases pending July 1, 1985 in the
recreation director at P.O. Box 8165, Landis 28088; P.O. Box
county, with 166 new cases filed and 146 disposed of during
4053, Salisbury 28144. BOATING/FISHING Lakes and
the year, leaving 133 cases pending June 30, 1986. There were
reservoirs: Cannon (375 acres), High Point (300 acres) and
262 criminal cases pending July 1, 1985 in the county, with
Norman (32,510 acres). Major rivers and streams. Fourth,
1,274 new cases filed and 1,281 disposed of during the year,
Town, Withrow and Yadkin. HUNTING Small game season
leaving 255 pending June 30, 1986. For the District Court,
for rabbit is from November 21 to February 29. Special bird
there were 658 civil cases pending July 1, 1985 in the county,
season for quail is from November 21 to February 29, for
with 1,517 new cases filed and 1,498 disposed of during the
grouse from October 12 to February 29 and for pheasant from
year, leaving 677 cases pending June 30, 1986. There were 372
November 21 to February 1. Deer hunting season with
nonmotor vehicle criminal cases pending July 1, 1985 in the
muzzleloading firearm is from November 9 to November 14
county, with 4,667 new cases filed and 4,464 disposed of
and with gun from November 16 to January 1. MUSEUMS
during the year, leaving 575 cases pending on June 30, 1986.
Kannapolis: The Cannon Visitor Center. Salisbury: Dan
JAILS Two jails with a combined capacity of 72.
Nicholas Park Nature Center, Rowan Museum, Inc., Salisbury
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COUNTIES
ROWAN (continued)
THE PEOPLE
Supplementary Educational Center, Waterworks Gallery.
The 1986 estimated population of Rutherford County was
Spencer: Spencer Shops State Historic Site. THEATERS
57,000. In 1980, the county ranked 38th in the state, and, since
Salisbury: The Blue Masque, Piedmont Players Theatre.
then, the population has increased by 6%. The county has
ORCHESTRAS Salisbury: Catawba Civic Band, Living-
experienced a pattern of growth, with an increase of 14%
stone College Jazz Ensemble, Salisbury-Rowan Symphony.
between 1970 and 1980 and an increase of 5% between 1960
OTHER Salisbury: Dan Nicholas Park Nature Center.
and 1970. The urban population grew by 8% between 1970
and 1980, while the rural population grew by 16%. In 1980,
COMMUNITIES
the total population under age 18 was 15,598, and the number
COUNTY SEAT Salisbury, County Courthouse, 28144;
of people over age 64 was 6,992. The age group with the
County Manager's Office, (704) 636-0361. INCORPORATED
greatest decline was those under five, while ages 30 to 34
COMMUNITIES (1986 population and ZIP code) China
increased most. In 1980, the median age was 32.5, higher than
Grove (2,220) 28023, Cleveland (680) 27013, East Spencer
the state average of 29.6. The population is 87% White, 12%
(2,380) 28039, Faith (650) 28041, Granite Quarry (1,530)
Black and 1% Hispanic. The major ancestry groups are
28072, Landis (2,160) 28088, Rockwell (1,680) 28138, Salisbury
English (21%), German (4%) and Irish (6%). REGISTERED
(24,220) 28144, Spencer (2,980) 28159. UNINCORPORATED
VOTERS As of October 6, 1986, there were 26,720 registered
COMMUNITIES (and ZIP code) Barber 27008, Bear
voters, or 0.9% of the state total. There was a 68% voter
Poplar 28125, China Grove Cotton Mill Village 28023, Correll
turnout for the 1984 general election as compared to the 68%
Park 28144, Crescent 28138, Ellis Crossroads 28144, Enochville
turnout in 1980. In the 1984 state primary, 92% voted
28023, Everhardt 28088, Franklin 28144, Gold Hill 28071,
Democrat and 8% voted Republican, with a total of 8,213
Kannapolis, Landis Northeast 28088, Liberty 28071,
votes cast.
Millbridge 28144, Miranda 28125, Morlan Park 28144, Mount
Ulla 28125, Mount Vernon 27013, Needmore 27054, Poole-
THE ECONOMY
town 28137, Rowan Mill 28144, Salisbury West, Saw 28023,
AGRICULTURE Field crop production area. In 1982, 19%
Shupings Mill 28138, South Salisbury 28144, Tradingford
of the land was in farms, with 5% in harvested cropland and
28144, Walkertown 28088, West Salisbury 28144, Westside
less than 1% irrigated. In the state in 1985, Rutherford County
28023, Woodleaf 27054, Yadkin 28144, Yadkin Junction 28144.
ranked 87th for agricultural receipts, of which 59% was
FOR ADDITIONAL LOCAL INFORMATION Kannapolis
derived from crops. Primary crops: soybeans, hay and corn
Chamber of Commerce, Inc., P.O. Box 249, Kannapolis,
for grain. Primary vegetable: sweet potatoes. Primary fruit:
28082-0249, (704) 932-4164. Salisbury-Rowan County
apples. Primary livestock: chickens, cattle, and hogs and pigs.
Chamber of Commerce, Inc., P.O. Box 559, Salisbury, 28144,
Special crops: nursery and greenhouse products. Current
(704) 633-4221.
conservation concerns include the control of soil loss due to
wind and water erosion. BUSINESS Total number of
business establishments in 1985 in the county: 1,160. Retail
sales for 1986 increased 10% from 1985. In 1986, Rutherford
RUTHERFORD (W23)
County ranked 32nd within the state in volume of sales. In
County Location Chart p. 58
1980, of the employed labor force 14% were in professional
or related services, 50% in manufacturing, 15% in wholesale
THE LAND
and retail trade and 7% in construction. Some 7% of the
Located in the western part of the state, Rutherford County
employed labor force were self-employed, and 14% were
is southeast of Asheville and is crossed by U.S. Highways
employed in other counties. The businesses and industries with
221 and 64. The county covers 568 square miles, and the
the most employment are contract construction, food stores,
county seat's elevation is 1,096 feet. Rutherford County is
automotive dealers and service stations, restaurants, health
part of the Southern Piedmont land resource area and
services, and the wholesale trade of durable goods and
consists of gently rolling hills and long, low ridges adjacent
petroleum and petroleum products; as well as the manufacture
to major streams. The dominant soils are gently sloping to
of food products, woven goods, knitted goods, apparel, wood
very steep, moderately-drained soils underlain by plastic,
products and rubber. Total personal income in 1984 was
impermeable, clayey subsoils. The soils support vegetation
$539,000,000. In 1980, there were 5,513 retired workers who
consisting mainly of hardwood and pine forests, with an
received an average monthly Social Security payment of $307.
understory of dogwood, honeysuckle, bluestem and other
FINANCE On June 30, 1986, there were three commercial
grasses. CLIMATE Rutherford County is in the South
banks with 19 branches and total deposits of $227,983,000.
Mountains climatic subregion. The average annual
In addition, there were two FSLIC-insured savings and loan
temperature is 59° F with an average January high of 51 F
associations with total deposits of $108,388,000 and total assets
and an average low of 28° F. In July the high averages 89 F
of $120,424,000. HOUSING Median value of homes
with an average low of 66°F. The average annual
occupied by owners in 1980: $27,800. New single-family
precipitation is 56 inches, with an average relative humidity
housing units decreased in 1986, with a total of 193 units
of 91% at 7 AM and 70% at 7 PM. Average annual snowfall
authorized at a construction cost of $10,270,318. Between 1970
ranges from four to eight inches. The last freeze normally
and 1980, the number of housing units increased 33%. Of
occurs in mid April and the first freeze occurs in late October.
all the units in the county, 49% are air conditioned, 12% are
The sun shines during the year on the average 61% of the
heated by gas, 25% by electricity and 51% by fuel oil or
daylight hours.
kerosene. NATURAL RESOURCES Sand and gravel.
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FLYING THE COLORS: NORTH CAROLINA FACTS JOHN CLEMENTS 1988
Three local spots in Faith
alsota Shope
name of hardware store
lawes anhus
Faith Soda Shop
Las Minimant
R& t Variety
faith Dry cleaners
Hairport (barbershop)
Beauty Shop
Faith TV and Radio Shig
(andy Griffin Sports Shop)
Baseball Sportscards
RL SANDBURG
LOUIS EDWIN THAYER
887
ving fled with its glittering
For the gladness here where the sun is
Lay me on an anvil, O God.
ses,
shining at evening on the weeds of
Beat me and hammer me into a crow-
our faith as unstable as
the river,
bar.
as's,
Our prayer of thanks.
Let me pry loose old walls.
remaining to soothe us and
Our Prayer of Thanks
Let me lift and loosen old foundations.
us is
For the laughter of children who tumble
Prayers of Steel
ory's charity, lovingly vast.
barefooted and bareheaded in the
I won't take my religion from any man
the power to sweeten and
who never works except with his
summer grass.
urize
lbid.
mouth and never cherishes any
istakes, until strengthened at
memory except the face of the
The republic is a dream.
you rise
woman on the American silver dol-
Nothing happens unless first a dream.
remorse, and can fearlessly
lar.
Washington Monument by Night
To a Contemporary Bunkshooter
your eyes
the past!
Death sends a radiogram every day:
Look out how you use proud words.
Glamour. Stanza I
When I want you I'll drop in
When you let proud words go, it is not
and then one day he comes with a
easy to call them back.
love affair, scrappy and clam-
master-key and lets himself in and
They wear long boots, hard boots.
says: We'll go now.
Look out how you use proud words.
OWS a veil iridescent and glam-
Death Snips Proud Men
Primer Lesson
S,
That sergeant at Belleau Woods,
Time is a sandpile we run our fingers in.
the sordid, revealing the
Walking into the drumfires, calling his
Hotel Girl
cous-
men,
Hog Butcher for the World,
ng the ashes but leaving the
"Come on, you
Do you want to
Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat,
ame.
live forever?"
Player with Railroads and the Nation's
Ibid. Stanza 2
Losers
Freight Handler;
The French who found the Ohio River
Stormy, husky, brawling,
CARL SANDBURG
named it
City of the Big Shoulders.
[1878-
]
La Belle Rivière, meaning a woman
Chicago
bodies high at Austerlitz and
easy to look at.
I know a Jew fish crier down on Max-
Whiffs of the Ohio River at
well Street, with a voice like a
terloo,
Cincinnati
north wind blowing over corn
hem under and let me work
the grass; I cover all.
The marvellous rebellion of man at all
stubble in January
Grass
signs reading "Keep Off."2
His face is that of a man terribly glad
comes on little cat feet.
Who Am I?
to be selling fish.
Fish Crier
Fog
When Abraham Lincoln was shoveled
Man is a long time coming,
ie mother, I am one of your
into the tombs, he forgot the cop-
Man will yet win.
S.
perheads and the assassin
in
Brother may yet line up with brother,
oved the prairie as a man with
the dust, in the cool tombs.
This old anvil laughs at many broken
eart shot full of pain over love.
Cool Tombs.
hammers
Prairie
Take any streetful of people buying
In the darkness with a great bundle of
u the past is a bucket of ashes.
clothes and groceries, cheering a
grief the people march.
Ibid.
hero or throwing confetti and blow-
The People, Yes
ace of great churches be for you,
ing tin horns
tell me if the
the players of lofty pipe organs
lovers are losers
tell me if
LOUIS EDWIN THAYER
e old lovely fragments, alone
any get more than the lovers
[1878-
For You
in the dust
in the cool tombs.
Ibid.
Here is a toast that I want to give
ace of great books be for you,
To a fellow I'll never know;
of pressed clover leaves on pages,
1 See Thomas Carlyle, page 381.
To the fellow who's going to take my
of the light of years held in
2 It was marked, in large black letters,
place
ather.
"Office of the Manager Keep Out." So
When it's time for me to go.
lbid.
Jurgen opened this door. JAMES BRANCH
3nd
CABELL: Jurgen. Chap. 44
To My Successor. Stanza I [1909]
Monument (small)
dedicated to veterans
in the
Faith legion building
National Cemetary in Salisbing
FORTY-SIXTH ANNUAL
4th of JULY CELEBRATION
AT FAITH
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JULY 4, 1992
OLD-TIME GET-TOGETHER WITH FUN FOR ALL THE FAMILY!
FAITH LEGION PARK AND FAITH SCHOOL GROUND
SATURDAY, June 27 - Kick Off Dance in Ball Park
8:00 P.M.
LEE RIDES in the park begin SAT., June 27 thru SAT., July 4 Open 6:00 P.M.
LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
Come early, stay late - Get dinner in the park each evening
PARADE PRIZES
SUNDAY, June 28 - Faith Community Chorus
6:00 P.M.
United Church of Christ - "Nifty Fifty States"
Queen
$100.00
MONDAY, June 29 - Rides & Foods
Petting Zoo
6:00 P.M. until
(MISS ROWAN COUNTY VETERAN)
TUESDAY, June 30 - Band of Oz
8:00 P.M., 9:00 P.M., 10:00 P.M.
Runner-Up
50.00
Petting Zoo
6:00 P.M. until
Amateur Built Float
100.00
All Shows Start at 8:00 P.M., 9:00 P.M. &10:00 P.M.
WEDNESDAY, July 1 - Marshall Law
Runner-Up
50.00
THURSDAY, July 2 - Breeze Band
Third
25.00
FRIDAY, July 3 - Crimson Mist
Professionally Built Float
100.00
SATURDAY, July 4 - Mile and a half parade
10:00 A.M.
Magician in Park
3 Shows
Runner-Up
50.00
Third
25.00
INDEPENDENCE DAY CEREMONIES Park Grand Stand following Parade
Commercial Float
50.00
Master of Ceremonies
Invocation
Pastor John Merck
Runner-Up
25.00
Flag Raising
Faith American Legion Post
Best Bicycle
15.00
Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag
Audience
Runner-Up
10.00
Singing of The Star Spangled Banner
Led by Eva Milsap
Mayor Judy Hampton
Third
5.00
The Welcome
Introduction of Master of Ceremonies
Kent Bernhardt
Most Unique Entry
25.00
ANNOUNCEMENT OF WINNERS AND AWARDING OF PRIZES
LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL
11:00 A.M.
DINNER
Home Cooked Food - Fresh Pit Barbecue
RACES AND CONTEST School Ball Field 1:00 P.M.
MAMMOTH
50 YARDS
BOYS AND GIRLS SEPARATE
SIX GROUPS
(Categories: Age 3-5, 6-8, 9-12, 13-15, 16-25, 26 and over)
FIREWORKS
Piggy Back Race
Watermelon Contest
Egg Toss
Sack Races
Same Age Groups
Boys and Girls
AT
Three Legged Race
Same Age Groups
Boys and Girls
10:00 P.M.
Wheel Barrow Race
Same Age Groups
Boys and Girls
Shoe Scramble
Same Age Groups
Boys and Girls
Saturday, July 4
Frog Jump
(up to 12 years of age)
Boys and Girls
Relay Races
Frog Jumping Contest
Water Balloon Toss
Girls Softball Game
3:30 P.M.
Little League Game
8:00 P.M.
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AMERICAN LEGION - LEGION AUXILIARY
CIVITAN CLUB - JAYCEES
& { And E 5. us.
(Smith/Aarhus)
Draft One
no
June 29, 1992
or
FAITH
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: FOURTH OF JULY
SATURDAY, JULY 4, 1992
FAITH, NORTH CAROLINA
Civitan
Members of the Jaycees. Members of Civate. Fellow veterans
and the A.L. Aux.
of the American Legion. My fellow Americans. I can't think of a
more special place to be on a more special American day. //
I say special place because with this being an election
year, it never hurts to have a little faith. /
I say special day because for those of us who never lose
sight of America's greatness -- every day is the Fourth of July.
We meet in a State that gave birth to flight -- on the day
when the Eagles soars proudest of all. / We meet in the crucible
of small-town America -- the spiritual heart of all America. //
Afew miles to upthe road the north of here is Salsbury -- home to my good
our & Cheerurine
few housemere
friend Liddy Dole. / Then, go a half hour more, past Pilot
Mountain -- where you'll hear Barney Fife, driving the squad car.
Barn's saying: "Let's nip pessimists in the bud. " / It's here
hourorso east
you find Mt. Airy -- Mayberry USA. / And an miles from here --
that's Siler City, where Aunt Bea now lies buried in Oakwood
Cemetery. / If she were with us, I wonder if she'd be serving
broccoli. //
Not every place in America is like Faith or or Siler City.
But its values can -- because the values you hold dear are the
values that hold us together. / I mean the values that help
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decency stand tall -- and rebuff those who sell America short. /
Aunt Bea said it best when she spoke of "home and people's
feelings and how they grew up. " //
One value of small-town America is faith to family -- and
In Faith, when someone is sick,
not just the nuclear but the extended family.
/
Think of the
Jaycees neighboors bring food. when The someone losesthe r job, neighboors donate money to helpthe-family
You show why America would be
get by.
better off if we spent more time caring about each other and less
time suing each other. // Here's another value: Faith in self-
reliance. Look at -- You believe -- as I do -- in equal
rights for all Americans -- not preferential treatment for some.
Small-town America believes, next, in right versus wrong.
$
You want a Nation closer to The Waltons than The Simpsons. /
Some believe that what matters is designer gowns, or expensive
wine, or fancy dinner parties -- the glitz and the glitter.
Small-town America replies: Don't you believe them. What counts
is loyalty to friends / fidelity to wife / generosity to
neighbors. / Let others support films and TV programs which mock
good versus evil. I stand with Faith, North Carolina. I am
proud to be called old-fashioned. // I support the timeless
WA
verities which open wide the possibilities of tomorrow. //
From this springs another small-town value: You know
America is special because of God. / Listen to these facts:
Faith, North Carolina -- population 553. Yet each Sunday more
than 1,200 parishioners attend church. Go to the Church of
Christ, Baptist, and Lutheran Churches here. Here you will see
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why according to the Gallup Poll, America is the most religious
Nation on earth. //
( (Perhaps a small boy best expressed this fidelity to faith.
He began his prayer, "God bless mother and daddy, my brother and
sister.' " Then, he continued, "And, oh God, do take care of
yourself -- because if anything happens to you, we're all
sunk. ) )
Just as faith can move mountains, the American people have
mountains of faith. While no country can claim a special place
in God's heart, we are better as a nation because He has a place
in ours. / I don't know about you, but I was repulsed by the
recent Supreme Court ruling keeping prayer out of our nation's
classrooms. Today, I throw down the gauntlet. I challenge my
opponents to repeat these words: If I am re-elected, I intend to
keep appointing as many Justices as it takes until we restore the
Faith of our Fathers back in our schools. //
We come, then, to a final value of small-town America: We
believe America is divinely blessed. / Some of you may know this
-- but I sort of like baseball. [How many Atlanta Braves fans
do we have here?] / In the movie, The Natural, Robert Redford
said, "God, I love baseball." I have been many places, and
nowhere but Carolina are people more proud to say: "From 1776 to
the Persian Gulf, God, I love the United States of America. " //
There are some of us who wear our patriotism on our sleeve,
not just today but 365 days a year. We don't apologize for the
mist in our eyes when we hear the Star-Bangled Banner. And we
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don't apologize for the lump in our throat when we see "Old
Glory" flapping in the breeze. /
Not far from here is a War statue -- and in Faith are
-
veterans -- the living and the deaf -- of every American war.
That's a great thing about small-town America: Memories run long
-- just as principles run deep. / Today, we hear the pundits say
that our magnificent success in "Operation Desert Storm" has been
forgotten -- a war in which North Carolinians took part. //
-
Well, I don't think Saddam Hussein, who might by now have
nuclear weapons if it weren't for us, has forgotten it. /
I don't think Saudi Arabia, which would have been the next
country occipied by the Butcher of Baghdad, has forgotten it. /
I don't think the people of Kuwait, who rejoiced at seeing
invaders chased from their country, have forgotten it. /
And I don't think our victorious fighting forces -- the
heroic men and women of "Desert Storm" -- have forgotten it. The
planet is a safer place because the world remembers what America
is prepared to do whenever peace is on the line -- and liberty is
in the balance. //
Today, liberty is free -- and freedom is on the rise. It's
on the rise because of the enduring power of the U.S.
Constitution: A sacrament that is sheer genius -- something that
can't be said for those who seem to think we should scrap it. /
Freedom is on the rise because we must, and will, maintain a
strong defense -- "eternal vigilance," as Jefferson put it. The
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same spirit that set us free 216 years ago, will keep us free for
all time.
Above all, freedom thrives because America remains, as
Lincoln said, "this last best hope of earth." Let doubters ask
the world's immigrants, whose dreams of hope, opportunity, and
freedom continue to make America the most desired destination in
human history. //
President
great (?)
Dwight Eisenhower often spoke of "the rare and priceless
privilege of growing up in a small town." Go to Faith, or Siler
City. You will know what Ike meant. / Travel to Mt. Airy, or
Pilot Mountain. There, you will see America's postcard of the
heart.
Here you will see a Nation, yes, with faults -- but also a
Nation with principles / values / and most of all, with dreams.
May God bless you, and -- I say this proudly without apology --
the greatest Nation on the face of the earth: The United States
of America.
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