https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/e12591364d992ec94cc760de4f44ddde.pdf 13304b1e18469ed93cddcf76a85c10cc PDF Text Text TJI E WEEKLY OBSERVER, Hemingway, South Carolina, Thursday, February 10, 1977 Page 7 . • R. M. ''Sonny Buck'' Cook of 1 ' SONNY BUCK COOK 0 • .Johnsonville was one of the more than 400 citizens from . the 6th District of South Carolina to attend the recent presidential inauguration. Cook, a staunch Democrat for all of his adult life, traveled to Washington by car with friends from Florence. In a interview after returning to his home here, he said he enjoyed the festivities very much and was ''proud to be a part of the large crowd of friends and supporters who went to Washington to see the first southerner take the office of President of the United · States in a mighty long time.' ' Not being much of a traveler, Cook said, ''1 haven't been nowhere much, and I really enjoyed my trip to Washington. I'm not use to city life like some of my friends. They kept me up 'till about 3 or 4 in the morning .. I told them I was not use to that life style, that I am usually in bed and asleep by 9 o'clock at night.'' However, he met many people there that he has become acquainted with over the years, and was tickled to death that he had made the trip. Cook and his wife, Leota, along with other members of his family , have been hosting a big political feast every two years, just prior to the primaries. for the past 16 years. Cook said, ''I have always wanted my suppers to get to be as big as Gallivants Ferry. Over there they don't serve much but a little bit of chicken and rice, and they charge you too, besides claiming that their rally is the biggest in the state. At Vox, where our suppers are held at ,,, the community center, we serve anything anybody could want to eat from barbecue, fried fish, fish stew and chicken and rice, with all the trimmings and we don't charge anybody anything, either. This part year a lot of my friends told me we had laid Gallivants Ferry in the shade. We invite everybody, Democrat and Republican alike, to come join us, eat, hear our politicians speak, then go home and vote like they please. We don't try to • at1on tell nobody how to vote.'' Cook declared he had never in his life seen so many people as there were at the activities sWTounding the inauguration of President Jimmy Carter. He expressed regret at not seeing more of some of those from his ''neck of the woods,'' but the activities were so numerous that one was hard pressed to make them all, and it was difficult to keep in close oontact with those from home. Meeting in most instances was strictly by chance, even for that staunch Vox Democrat, Sonny Buck. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Weekly Observer Description An account of the resource The Weekly Observer was published out of Hemingway, SC from 1973 until printing ceased in 2012. The paper continues as an e newpaper on scnow.com Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1973-2012 Subject The topic of the resource Local Newspaper covering the Johnsonville and Hemingway communities. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Weekly Observer Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource R. M. "Sonny Buck" Cook Shares Joy of Inauguration, 2-10-1977 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Weekly Observer Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2-10-1977 News Newspaper Weekly Observer