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N IT HOKE COUNTY'S BEST ADVERTISING MEDIC M ews-j oil ir mail HOKE COUNTY'S ONLY NEWSPAPER The Hoke County News The Hoke County Journal VOLUME XXXIX NO. 50 KfcHKI. iv c. THURSDAY, MAY 17th, 194." $2.00 PER YEAR HPT! Jl lie news or OUR MCNwWOMCN IN UNIFORM Lt. Crawley Aboard New Cruiser Now ABOARD A NEW U.S. CRUISER IN THE PACIFIC, March 18 de- layeci). Lt. (jg) W. K. Crawley, who.se wife, Mrs. Jeanette Craw ley, Jives in Raeford. helped take this pew ship into battle for the first time tcday agains the Japanese. Her guns sent two Jap bombers cras hing nto the sea not far from Japan, and the carriers she defended so well are fiee to launch their planes. Yesterday, '"business as usual" was the pirn of the day, and outwardly the otfieei-s and men carried on as if they had no notion of the imminence of battle. But they all knew that just over the horizon lay the irainland of Japan. Within each officer and man there was a mounting tension that made itse'f known in little things. A few Bib';(i appeared, some new, some dog eared and worn; there was louder laughter than usual, more zealous attempts at horse play. A quiet checking of battle gear, or the studied writing of letters gave evidence of aeriot. thought. Men asked each ther what difference there was be tween a Jap plane and the hundred? of targets they had so efficiently knocked from the skies. Today, shortly after dawn, when the first Jap "Betty" stol through a curtain of aek-aek and let loose bombs, the men know there was a Vf"rence. t The next plane did not get through; M dissolved in the fdcal fire of a fcarroe from the ships of the task force. A third one, intent on sow ing destruction on the deck of a car; rier. broke through, but it was rid dled with Hack and diverted. Other planes come in to the meet the fierce anti-aircraft fire of this cruiser and other shps of the force, but they were repcikd. The carriers moved on to ward their goal. This evening the captain of this newiy-baptized cruiser spoke from Ms station On the bridge to the men at their battle stations. The planes of miming U. S. air.ren speckled May 26 Poppy Day Honors Wounded Vets Of All Wars Fo7iF:U jName Tom Cameron Separation Center i President Countv A radio is needed for the recrea tion room in the separation center at Fort Bragg, according to Richard Wounded veterans of both World I "a"' "e'a rior .-.- Wars will be aided in the purchase i Iorl- ,lne P'" cemer is w.e of the poppies which will be on sale:?01"1 from whlcn umen returning in Raeford ani elsewhere throughout ''T vrsea be'"g .d'hf g the United States Saturday, May 26. and Red Cross requests that any The sales are sponsored and handled Persons having a playing radio wh.ch hv th woman auviliarv nf th A- I mey wuuia give or sen ai a reason merican Legion. Representing the poppies of Flan ders Field in France-Belgium the pa per poppies are made by the veterans in the veterans hospitals. The money which you pay goes entirely to the welfare organizations of the Legion and Auxiliary to aii the families of dsab'ed veterans 3nd the veterans themselves. There is no jet price for the pop py, and in making your purchase the women of the Auxiliary ask you to pay Whatever you think you are able to give lo a:d this relief work, and assure you that every con? will be used f ir the welfare of veterans' it costs no more 'o have a colorful, Freezer-Locker m-fa Permit Issued Hoke Concrete Co. . In&lil New Block-Making Machinery Quotas For Farm Plans For Operation New Plant Butchers BeinfiT t i. : .. cn. i , : , , i . i run, iirirt'i'iors cii'ciea At Meeting Tuesday. Stockholders of the proposed freezer-locker and storage plant to be able price to see Miss Josephine Hall -.." r-ij( , '.,: u u of the home agents office in Rae-, at lhe c(nlrthou5e on TlId eveninK rfs4 en th?l Yia m9rr.ina nn r ha cant - J Construction Of New Building And Other Facilities Under Way. Plant To Have Capacity Of 12,000 Block Per Dav. With tripled production (ri'i new machinery expected to be installed i.i June and July, the Hoke Concrete Works will have a maximum capa- ford so that the machine can be sent to Bragg. o Hoke Narrative Report For April of this week. Crawford Thomas was named vice-president and J. Benton Thomas was elected secretary-treasurer. Directors of the co-pora'i in are: Marshall Newton, N. H. G. Balfour. M. C. Dow. Tommip Unchurch nnrl ! the above named officers. 1 I Plans for the erection of a plant Twelve Home Demonstration clubs jhere call for the study of several met in Hoke County in April. 143 plants now operating in this vicinity Assigned By OPA The ration boards are now assign ing quotas to farm slaughterers which equal each quarter the amount. siaugmerea awing tr.e lour quaru rs. city of 12,000 concrete and cinder of last year. Statements must be blocks per dav from new machinery filed with the local OPA concerning. for which a War Production Boj-d poundage and ration points collected j permit has been received this week, last year and permits will be issued, it was stated bv Lewis M. Unchurch. engineer and manager of the concern. The new machinery, made by the Besser Manufacturing covrn-anv, w considered the most modern block making equipment on the market ti- On Friday, May 11. Hoke HiVsfhe present-pro;uction of ,th'e ,t Hoke High News Baseball and their families. -0- Cary Peterkin Has Some Early Crops Watermelon vines 12 to 13 inches long, cotton with five and six leaves, 1000 heads of cabbage ready lor the market, 5 acres of early corn tas seling out, that's the kind of crops Cary Peterkin is bragging on this season. Cary says his cotton, all seventeen acres, is now five to six inches tall and his waterxelons should be ready for the market be- udscuitu ictim scui eu a win Ol ll-u,;, . , j club woven attended the meetings. I before the selection and approval nfjjvpr farenms nine, w arner pilcned : A speejaI concrete unloading trej The demonstration for the month was j eouipTent for the plant. Quick- i r"r Hoke and Plummer starred at 'bat, tje 200 feet in length, is rearing Color in the Home." The idea that . freeze of meats, fruits and vegetables rl',",'fc ' , , , , ! completion. Here a nurber of freight win Be one of the features of the j '"s sm" ": plant, and there will be a minimum i tne Laurel Hill team Friday. May uninteresting one was stressed. Theiof 30(1 private storage lockers when I1"- at Lrfl,lrcl Ml" color wheel was studied and a discus attractive home than a dull, rirerry. fore July 4th own nearby his home which is ted on the Dardner Newton farm in 71st township, but he claims to be a Hoke countian even if his house is on Fayetteville, Rt. 3. U sion of how to combine colors was given. A number of drapery, cur tain, and slip cover materials were shown along with wall boards pain ted in light, soft and well neutra l zed colors. These were combined to show pleasing color schemes. Miss Virgina Wilson, assistant ex tension nutritionist, spent April 10 and 11 in the county. On the after noon of April 10 a foods demons'ra tion was given to a group of 4-H neighborhood leaders in the Rockfish school These leaders, chosen by the , t-n tiuu lu wicn IICHHU..I-loca-' it irnnn nouus were imis. ncundii iwum-c, I Mrs. Anna Bell Wood, Mrs. Joe Lo- vitt and Mis. M. H. Grooms. On the I next afternoon visits were made by Miss Wilson, Mrs. Wood and the home agent to the homes of girls in Mrs. Wood's group. The Blue Springs club sponsored Three Awards Earned In Five Campaigns at one time and the storage basin toe- the plant opens, it was said, btorage i "" 1 carloads of cinders. Beneath the in capacity of the plant will also in-1 . " Friday evening May 1! the der pile has been built a tunnel som elude space for several hundred ad-'''ls and boys glee clubs and the folr feet ,quare and 270 feet lo, ditional lockers as the business de- hand were presented in a concert at ,hou wnicn wil, be ,,d mands it. he Hoke H!gh school auditorium. cortvevor bcIt which can delive;. 33 Yearly locker rentals have already, excellent program of songs and,ons of cinders ,n tke crushir, ma. been paid bv a large number of pro-!mus'C 'as well received by the an-lcninery per hour spective customers ani approval of,dlcnce- M,ss Bllena Baldwin is rii- Tne c,.u,ning machinerv w-',l b the priority hy the War Production, " '" ' VUJ ,c; Ideated under the three-stow stores uann. ann ivirs. u. r. nyres is at-1 ,.. ...i , ture and density of the several types of blocks to be marie will be a'lto- Bnard for the necessary freezing : c,an". ann Mrs. D. P. Ayres is di equipment is assured. , rector nf the boys' glee club. The nlant will have meat dressing Piano Recitals prd processing departments and plans! Mrs. Aran Stuart will present her,maticaIIy ctmtrollcd by the mixing tor tne operation ol a meat market m un 0pPrat,ir connection with the business are ning at 8:13 in the Hoke High school. The tower will also house a ma- to be considered, prior to the erection "ditn-ium. On Tuesday evening, nrtie ex1ractor w'hich wjj of the building, so that if it is con- May 22. the pupils of Mrs. H. C. Mrs. Eruce January will be interest ei in the following article which recently appeared in an Oklahoma newspaper. The Januarys came to Bragg when the Ninth Division was ,vm..... . , I activated 3n dlived i: Raeford about ,,ry iT. .;"" .. ZIj "...:.! I IS months, leaving wli sidercd feasible a n cda'n market McLaucnim will De presented in re will be available for retail customers. clta'. Thls Program will also be g'.v- and it will provide a local outlet pn Ine nisn school aumtonum. for home-grown meats and farm pro-The public is cordially invited to both duce. I of thee programs. F.stimated cost of the nlant is S35.-! F''d Day non. ani t s exoectefl tnat it will l 1 Mr " I'lsnai r. ueauim, . j ,,j u ,u ., the Tar Heel Farm Journal program ibe in operation by early fall. Local ur ?lr;. " "r ,": -onK' pletelv equipped concrete plants in entertainers at the Hoke High school ! capital has been subscribed for its j -u minated in Field day wluch was ; South InstaUation ol the nmr ..J : u .J' machinery and the enlargement nf remove iron and steel and othpr iretallic substances from the mixture before entering the mixing machine. Mr Unchurch stated that the con cern will continue to manufac'ur or namental tile, drainage and building tile, and other building materials The many friends of Major and on the evening of April 12. Fifteen , erection. percent of the proceeds which a-1 o mounted to $1.00, went into the: Mental Diseases cub's treasury. , j The home agent attended a lunch- Caused Many Army eon for 7th War Loan drive work- , R f 1 went overseas proud: "Objective realized-losses of j MAJOR E BRUCE JANUARY. 27 task force aircraft light-damage WiyearoM i0n of Mr and Mr3 Mel. tne enemy severe. For this ship,..in januarv. f Norman, has been ers which was held at the country club in Southern Pines on April 24. Mrs. P. P. McCain, district chairman was hostess The the buildings to house it will cost ap proximately $80,000. Mental disease and mental defici- j Warner second, and Craig Wood er.cy head the list of the 10 leading . third. agent as a member of the,"-?"" '"""n " "-- i1"" '"" romTlittee as- ' ii--"'""is io siuuj ui ouicv-iuie gnis jw-vaiu aasn, wan seconu held Many events and contests were held. Jimmy Warner and Alice Sutton ,.iU,.... -r.c V"e,.-"u The Concrete Works 's owne. by queen of hea th, wile Bobby Mur- (he Hoke Qi, and FertiHzer cnrnanr ray and Beatrice Haire were nm-of which T B Upenurch is pre3ident ""Uf s ,In ,th.e, r"nnin high ,ump , and j 3 TnomaSi secretary and Aiireu oie nem nrst p.ace. j mm ; treasurer. L. M. Unchurch is general manager of the concrete plant and two Jap planes; one probable. For.!awarded tne' Bronze star' to add to j sistei with the rationing of canning I 'ive reports issued today by and third places going o France. and Purple you of the crew, well done, ship- his Legion of Merit mate!" Heart. Th? Jao, is aware that a new ship! 'Major January, a graduate of the has joined "Uncle Sam's first team. University of Oklaho.ra, has been in service since 1940. He participated r 1 J in campaigns in Africa. Sicily, Nor- IViajOr urne waraeaimandy, Belgium and Germany, and I sta'ion by the agent. fliicf (r Tn Rrnn7 tar lis w-th t!e artillery section head- The Mt. Pleasant club sponsored a w,uslcr luuiuiucjitti j quarters of the First army. He was square dance at the Little River en r- munity nouse on -.ne evening oi npru 20. Looper clips were carried to men-. c 1 1 in in thraa f r rf rr nnitinc in th v H;in .ho monfh ! Society of which Mrs. E. B. Hunter of ih mmhr mmf.,t,H : Charlotte is president. uuc uijii;. i ijjl uul ill n ,y mill .... , , , woun-ed in Sicily m an enemy bomb News has been received here of . . . . , in,o , t , ,...,... .., mg raid in August, 1943. u.r - wa.u i,, we. tai lu L Court H. Hodges. COm- BI;ef?Vll J-U"r landing general of the First army. V' . 7 i presented Major January with his connection with military operatons against the enemy." Major Currie is with the 1st Army in Germany. He is the son of Mrs. J. W. Currie of Raeford. Sgt. W. E. Webb Gets Bronze Star January i3 married and h: wife lives in Norman. Silver Star Given Lt. . A. McKethan WITH THE 95th INFANTRY DI VISION, Germany. Sgt. Walter E. Wpftfti son nf Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Webb of Raeford, has been awarded I leadership and coolness under over h Rrnno sir MpHil for heroic whelming odds" in action near Bos- Lt. Kenneth A. McKethan, a pla toon leader of Co. "H" M the 67th Armored .Regiment of the 2nd Ar mored division, was awarded thi Sil ver Star medal recently for "bravery, achievement during the 95th 'Victory' division's drive through Metz into the Siegfried line. A me;rber of com pany A 378th Infantry Regiment, Sgt. Webb distinguished himself in the ricinity of Spurk, Germany. At the doorway of a house in the enemy- held town, Webb, whose patrol was seeding the capture of German sol dieis for military intelligence, was challenged by a hostile sentry. Webb boldly replied, ordering the German to surrender. Overcome by Sgt. WeWs aggressive insistence, the f le my sentry gave himself up. A for mer student at Hoke County High school, Webb entered military ser vice'April 23, 1939. One brother, Lt. Pett-r A. Webb, Jr., is in the Ma rine corps. With Field Artillery Group Pfc. Charles E. Davis of Raeford is now eerving as a driver with the 14th Field Artillery group. He land ed in France on D-Day plus 5 in Normandy with the 79th Infantry Division and was wounded in June 1944. Pfc. Davi is entitled to wear the Purple Heart, the Combat Infan try Badge and the EAME ribbon with 2 bronze service stars. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Davis live in Rae ford. O Protect Vital Information! inghoven, Germany. The recommendation for the medal stated that Lt. McKethan's platoon was advancing as a task force on a dangerous mission, when caught in a very heavy crossfire of artillery and anti-tank guns. Two tank command ers were killed and another tank was hit and set ablaze. Lt Mc Kethan could have fallen back, ac cording to the citation, but he would have endangered wounded comrades to capture and possible death. He manuevered his column to form a line .which was held for three hours and enabled the rrtec'ics to evacuate the wounded, and then reinforce ments arrived and organized an attack which led to the securing of a bridgehead on the east bank of the Rhine and the capture of the Adolph Hitler bridge. "At all times," the citation reads, "during the heavy fighting, Lt. Mc Kethan kept valuable information coming to the rear," antf he kept his platoon under control, as well as the infantryiren who were riding the back of his tanks, and undoubtedly kept them from loosing very valuable ground and also from suffering more casualties. Lt. McKethan, a native of Cumber land county is the husband of the former Miss Elisabeth Trawick, who Is making her home in Raeford with her mother, Mrs. W". F. Trawick. ments were brought to club meetings 1 w:13 rejected for these causes dur and were brought to the collection'" ,he Pe,r' April 1942 through Lwe-iiiue'r I3tj, i.'ie Ifpuil anuw eel. During the latter par of this period. April 1943 through December 1943, nearly one-third of all rejections was due to these causes. the North Carolina Mental Hygiene j Bowling and Ann Gore resoectively. In the boys' 75-yatd dash fjrst. sec ond and thirj places wer heM in that order by Malcolm McKeithan, Charles Str.Uier, and Craig Wood. First, second, and third honors in bers of the Lii't.e cluo ana tne Rockfish 4-H club. These will be looped together and returned to Raeford where they will be "made into rugs. Miss V'erna Stanton, district home Sidedress Corn With Ample Nitrogen Farmers should apply nitrogen to their corn during the next few weeks. agent of Raleigh spent the morning , It is important that this be done when of April 30 in the home agent's office. Seven pressure cookers were placed m Hoke county hares in April. Three dozen jar lifters were dis tributed at club meetings curing the month. A handkerchief 'shower was given to Mrs. James Gillis, former presi dent of the Wayside club who is leaving to make her home in Alexan dria. Va. The Wayside club also gave a j the corn is 1 1-z to z feet hign, ac cording to A. S. Knowles, county agent. It was found from experiments con ducted last year in Hoke County that heavy applications of nitrogen was necessary to produce large, eco nomical yields. The experiment sta tion recommends from 300' to 500 pounds of nitrate of soda or the equi valent per acre when the corn is 3bnut 2 feet high. Several shallow Archie Howard is assistant manager and sales superintendent. O New Requirements On Cotton Sampling A new requirement f ir ot'on sampling under the terms of the Smith-Doxey Act is that the gai ners who submit samples irust b boneied and the samples taken muot be cut from the bale. Dan F. Holler. Ex.ens:o". cot4 an marketing specialist at State Col- mer.t was won bv Daniel Baker and leSe- says mat tne tree c.ass:t:cat:oti Ted Clark of the FAA team. ,"f co,Um bJ' the Government office Other events of the dav were ex-' at Raleigh, giving the farmer the hibitions of girls' calesthenics led bv:rade and s,a)le ot h-3 c""-orl and Kathleen Cothran, Dalcroze team, , also tne loan value 011 :he coV-''in and girls' drill team. t ( has been of great sei-vice ,n helpuig Play Presented At Sanatorium. lne grower market his cotton. The seniors presenter their nlav. "e suggests mat growers consuu Brother Uoose, 1 uesday evening the running broai jump were won by C. J. McNeill, Jack Campbell, and Jimmy Warner. The boys' shuttle relay race, which was run between the FFA boys and a competitive team chosen from the re:ra:ning high school bays, was won by the compe titive team. The horsesho- tourna- their county agents in eas wher1 at the Sanatorium for the'benefit of i they have not been getting this free the patients. shower of canned foods to a family i cultivations wnue tne corn is smaii i thir rrmmnnitv Memhrs of ! is also recommended in order to con- , the family had been ill for some i trol weeds and avoiei breaking roots. I yields in North Carolina are b a.: ' i . ed.tv tu int luiiuc mil" i ipnicn v a nrnp n imipr ri ctv.iv u:i v. t . '.. . . . i " " The Pine Forest club made plans community nppnen aw pounas oi ni trate or soaa to nis corn ias; yi-ai and about doubled his corn yield. WUhTn7 Army People Corporal and Mrs. Ayres, who have lived with Mr. anj Mrs. Whiihant at the Baptist pastorium all winter, now have an apartment with Mrs. I. H Shankle. to paint their community building soon. 36 library books were checked to club members at meetings. 0 Coastal Dimout Thing Of Past ATLANTA, GA., May 16. Coastal dimout and air raid protection regula tions alfecting the seven southeastern states have been rescinded, Major General Frederick E. Uhl, Command ing General, Fourth Service Com mand, announced today in telegrams sent to the governors of Alabama. Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Ten nessee. 0 Ration Office To Be Closed Monday The local War Price and Ratios Int Board will be clonrd all day Monday, May tl. In order to mail out sarar coupons for home eaa-ninf. classification service and arrange to make application for it. "Cotton ginners have shown a f.ne spirit of cooperation in making tnu excellent service available t the cotton growers in their sectuns art they should make arrange vent. to submit cut samples, where th.s has not been done before, an; also oVr bonding," Holler says. "This free mber of growers' or r. : v r ,,.; : uiiis aim iiitr it-"c ui iaj t;r Jt Nitrogen Produces Large Corn Yields Now methods for increasing corn teing The Officers' Wives club met last Thursday with Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Seashore. After lunch three tables of bridge were enjoyed. Mrs. Lyons won high score and Mrs. May Prae torious was winner of low. The club will meet Thursday, May 24, with Mrs. Betty Nash ani Mrs. Margaret Dickson. The club voted to have a dessert bridge. Lt. and Mrs. Edlwin J. Rooks and son have an apartment at the home of Mrs. J. W. Currie. With them is Mrs. Rook's sister, Miss Barbara Tice. 1 , mounts of nitrogen per arre. when the corn is about knee high, is one of the most important points in the plan. State College agronomists of both the Agricultural Experiment Sta tion and Extension Service call special attention to the five steps in increasing corn yields. These five i steps are the use of a proven local variety or an adapted hybrid; adap ting the fertilizer to suit the soil conditions; providing enough plants to produce desired yields; avoiding late, deep cultivation, where possible; and varying the topdresser with soil fertility arm expected yield in creases. For yields up to 50 bushels per acre, 6,000 plants per acre are need ed; for 50 to 75 bushels, 7,200 plants; and for 75 to 100 bushels, about 9,400 plants Tests have shown that where land produces from 15 to 35 bushels per acre with little or no nitrogen top dressing, the following increases per acre may be obtained, if all practices as to plants and cultivation are fol lowed: 20 pounds of nitrogen per acre, 10 to 12 bushels; 30 pounds of for us to take a backwa'd step. "There is an increase in the num ber of samples submitted for classi fication every year. In 1944 th number of bales sampled increased by about 50,010 ind we hope that in Ur? near future all cotton growers in North Carolina will take advantage of this service." 0 As of April 25, a total of 66.700 applications had been written for in surance on the 1945 cotton crop of the South. Uncle Sam asks that 900,000 mors sows be bred to farrow this fall than last year. The national fall pig production is 37 million. N, 15 to 18; 40 pounds at N. 15 to 25: 60 pounds of N, 25 to 35; 80 pounds of N, 30 to 45; and 100 pounds of N, 30 to 50 bushels of corn Fertilization recommended at plan ting for corn in rotation with heavily fertilized crops is 200 to 300 pounds of 6-8-6 or 5-7-5 and in rotation, with legumes for seed and small grains, 300 to 500 pounds per acre. In rotation with peanuts ami le gumes, the recommendation is 300 to 50 pounds of 4-8-8 per acre.