Friday and more football. NCHSAA playoffs begin this evening. West Bladen travels to Kinston and East will host Graham. We wish both teams the best. At this level, lose and the season is over. The Bladen Sports Network, broadcasting over WODR, Cool 105.3 will cover the East Bladen game and provide updates on the West Bladen game.
Temps are expected to dip to the upper 40s by 10 p.m. tonight…dress with that in mind.
West Bladen’s annual reverse raffle will be held tomorrow evening. For more info including tickets, contact Jimmy Schultz at 549-0968.
While I was researching Broadus Hester info for yesterday’s edition of ‘Thoughts’, I learned that in the ’30s the salary for sheriff was $200 a month, the sheriff had to provide his own vehicle and pay for his clerical help. Later, when the first deputy was hired he also had to provide his own vehicle. The Sheriff was also the Tax Collector.
I discovered that the first highway patrolman arrived during that time frame, he covered 7 counties and his primary responsibilities were to inspect school buses. A little later, the first game warden was assigned to the area and eventually there was a police officer in Elizabethown.
Later, Blue Richardson was assigned to Bladen as a highway patrolman and my source said he issued many local residents there first traffic citation.
There is much history related to the early days of Bladen.
BladenOnline is now making history. The staff covers the county like the ‘dew’ and their daily publication is available ‘free of charge’. NO ONE covers Bladen better, and The Best Is Yet To Come. Google Analytics provides weekly stats and they continue to increase. Look for them over the latest edition over the weekend.
A reminder to Star Communication subscribers, the annual meeting of the cooperative is tomorrow (Saturday) beginning at 10 a.m. at the Sampson County Agri-Exposition Center, 414 Warsaw Road in Clinton. Registration begins at 8 a.m., and all are invited.
A sharp tongue can cut your own throat.
It is never to late to become what you might have been.
One thing you can’t recycle is wasted time.
robert g hester
rgh4612@gmail.com
910-876-2322
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