Judge Suzie Sharpe: This Date in History

  • Thread starter Thread starter donbosco
  • Start date Start date
  • Replies: 1K
  • Views: 283K
  • Off-Topic 
Icky Mettle said:
. . ., and one went to law school in North Carolina (Nixon at Duke).
Click to expand...
My father was a life-long Democrat. He was the country chairman for JFK in 1960 and for McGovern in 1972. The former because he was very excited about getting someone from his generation in the Oval Office, the latter because no one else wanted to be associated with what they believed (and my father knew) would be a catastrophe. But surprisingly on some level, he admired Nixon. Not just because Nixon was of his generation, but from a one-off encounter with Nixon. When Nixon was at Duke Law School, my Dad was an undergraduate at Duke, until he dropped out to join the Marines. But while at Duke, he worked as a busboy in the student cafeteria. And he worked as a busboy in the section used by law students because no one else would because law students were so rude. Dad said the law students, all male B/T/W, would yell at him, "Hey boy, get me a cup of coffee." Whereas Nixon would politely say, "[My father's first name], when you get a chance may I have a refill on my coffee?" Dad said what amazed him the most was not Nixon's politeness, but that Nixon knew his name.
 
IMG_2719.jpeg

#OTD in 1996 NC became the last state to provide for a gubernatorial veto. A statewide vote had called for this constitutional amendment in November, 1995. Harsh acts by colonial governors led to the original prohibition which kept the state’s executive one of the nation’s weakest. Feckless General Assemblies in the years since have made this change something to be thankful for. https://www.ncdcr.gov/blog/2016/01/01/gubernatorial-veto-instituted-1996
 
Saw where Jerry Bledsoe died on December 31st. I post this in part because he wrote a book about Justice Sharpe’s niece and her tragic life. In the early 80’s he wrote a series of articles for the Greensboro N&R about highway 64. He started on the coast and followed it all the way to Murphy. He would stop along the way in some small community and write an article about say a couple that had run a country store there for 40 years. He was a good writer.
 
Patb78 said:
Saw where Jerry Bledsoe died on December 31st. I post this in part because he wrote a book about Justice Sharpe’s niece and her tragic life. In the early 80’s he wrote a series of articles for the Greensboro N&R about highway 64. He started on the coast and followed it all the way to Murphy. He would stop along the way in some small community and write an article about say a couple that had run a country store there for 40 years. He was a good writer.
Click to expand...
Back when newspapers were good.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top