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"There were two men who :ame off the trail here," he (aid. "It had been raining for lays. They were backpacking ind soaking wet. Now, I Knew they were not poor - poor people don’t go backpacking - but they were :emporaily in need and I gave them a meal and lodging. Later I found out that they >rdered a beer at the restaurant and paid for it with a twenty-dollar bill.” While this kind of abuse makes Hawks mad, he says that he will continue to offer help on an informal basis. ‘We check as thoroughly as we can," he said. "But it’s not our policy to have a lot of delay and paperwork.” Hawks said that for many vith problems that can’t be pigeonholed by a government agency or for those who have catastrophic, immediate problems, the Salvation Army otters a last -esort, a responsibility he feels heavily. "If we can’t do anything," he says, “where else can I send them?” Right now Hajvks is worried about the coming of cold weather and the administration of his fund for fuel. The Front Royal-based Salvation Army received S2200 from the wishing well at Skyline Caverns, and Hawks wants to use the money to provide warmth for poor families. Rising oil prices have created a problem. “Oil companies now won’t deliver less than 100 gallons," he said. "These days that’s a hundred dollars. If we spend at that rate we won’t be able to help enough people.” Sharing at Chrttmaa Although active in the background year-round, at Christmastime the Army rallies all its forces and Charges, at full tilt to battle poverty and despair. The Christmas kettles have been a Salvation Army tradition for 89 years. They were first used in San Francisco to provide a Christmas dinner for a thousand poor people. AShhough active in the background year-round, at Christmastime the Army rallies all its forces and charges at foil tih to battle ' povery and despair. The , Christmas kettles have been a Salvation Army tradition for 89 years They were fires) used in San Francisco to provide a Christmas dinner for a thousand poor people. . The Front Royal kettles have raised enough money to pack over ISO baskets with food for families from Warren, Shenandoah and Rappahannock counties and to provide toys for the 3 children of those families. Lt Hawks’ menu this year is chicken, green beans, sweet potatoes, white potatoes, fruit cocktail, soup, cranberry sauce, hard candy and fruit. He has a bonus this year of"' hundreds of packages of English muffins donated by

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