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HOKF rOt'NTTS BEST AIIVI.KTISINTi MEDIUM IIOKK COi NTVS ONLY NEAVSPI'ER jew The Hoke County New The Hoke County Journal VOLUME XL NO. 17 KAhrOKI). M. C. THIHSDAV. SEPT. 27th. 1913 J2.00 PER YEAH NEWS OIF OUR JgS1 M EN w WOMEN IN UMirORM Home From Five Years Service Many of the Hoke county boys who have been in service for a num ber of years were returned to the States last week and are now await ing discharge at Fart Bregg. They were members of the National Guard and entered service in September, 19411, serving in Curacao and Trini dad, and more recently in Italy. They are: Cpl. Joseph M. Pickler, Sgt. Ebb Earrington, T-5 Tom Conoly. Cpl. Chalmers Davis. Cpl. James T. Blue, Pfc. J. T. Yarborough, T-5 Alvin Robinson, 1st Sgt. Graham Clark, S-Sgt. Luther W. Clark, Sgt. Buck Lassiter, T-5 J. C. McKenzie, Cpl. Carlton E. Niven, Sgt. Hector B. McNeill, T-5 John H. McNeill, Cpl. William E. Blue. Sgt. William Harris and Sgt. Jack Pope. W. L. Alexander On First Ship Entering Tokyo Bay ON THE USS SOUTHERLAND IN TOKYO BAY, Aug. 28. William L. Alexander, signalman, third class, USNR, Rieford, N. C, is serving on this destroyer, which today was the first United Sta'es warship to enter Tokyo Bay. At 11 a. .v.., the Souther land Ud three minesweepers into the channel, all at general quarters ready to repulse any attack. The destroyer led the group through the channel without trouble, chopping anchor five m'les off the Yokosuka naval ba-e nt 1:27 p. m. Ci. wmen topside saw the battered lu"tV-h:p Nagato a' . nch'-r, ivcrrbc: sh'ps and a de stroyer beached or surtlt and jnnl! Uun& forts blai-trd by previous bomb ings. Was SiUing On 'Powder Keg" SOMEWHERE IN THE PACIFIC Ernest L. Elliott, fireman, first c'.ass, Route 1. Raeford. serving aboard the USS NITRO, ammunition ship of the Pacific Fleet service f)rce, liter .Hj' sat on a "powder keg" before Japan's capitulation. The Nitro carried shells and bombs "or warships and planes which hit enemy ships aid shir? installations I in the Philippir.es. at Forro.-a. I-vo ' Jin-.a and Okinawa. During the fiivt . stage? ef the war. her lew worked day and 'night pastrts rmmunition to be dumped on targets in the Japa nese homo islands. The 25-year-old ship was at Normandy on D-Day and in the Mediterranean d tiring the in vasion of Southern France. Aboard Carrier Bon Homme Richard GUAM, Aug. 16. (Delayed) Eu gene L. Bullard. seaman. 1st class, USNR. serves aboard the USS BON HOMME Richard, one of 20 aircraft carriers in an armada of 133 combat ships that aided in forcing the sur render of Japan. The BON HOMME RICHARD, identified by Fleet Ad miral Chester W. Nimitz. comirander-in-charge, as one of the ships of the line under Admiral William F. Hal sey, commander 3rvi fleet, sent waves of planes from her flight deck to bombard Jap cities, factories and air fields in the final days of the war. The victory was made possible through the courage of men like those on this carrier. The morning of the I first attack on the Tokyo area, the ( men sat down at i A. .vi. lor oreak fast. The radio blared out with an electrical transcription of "I'm Dream, ing of a White Christmas." Eyes .irifted off with each individual dream memory of a happy Christmas. Let's go in ana get this damned business over with," somebody snapped. The men emptied their tr.ys.and went off I ta their battle stations. Five Battle Stars Sgt. Henry H. Pickler, who has just returned from two years ser vice overseas with the 8th Division artillery, arrived at Fort Bragg last week .ami wes given a discharge Sat urday under the point system. He has been in service five years and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Pickler of Ashley Heights. He has been awarded the ETO ribbon with five battle stars. Gillis Brothers Meet Cpl. Allie Gillis and Pfc. Lloyd Gil lis, members of separate artillery units, met near Wallenrod, Germany recently, and it was the first time either had seen the other in over a year. The boys are sons of Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Gillis of Route 1, Red Springs. Archie Franklin Bristow has been discharged from the Philadelphia na val hospital. Education Board Rejects General Contract Bids Low Tolal Bids For Construction Unchurch School Is 79,010 For 13 Classrooms. Ail general contract bids for the erection of the 15 room classroom building for the Upchurch High school were rejected Monday fty the Hoke County Board of Education, following a complete canvass of all bids, including those for plumbing, heating and electrical work. Bids for the plumbing, heating, and electrical work were considered rea sonable, it was stated, but it was thought that all the general con tractors' bids were excessively high. Lowest of these was $68,300 and the highest was $79,895, and the lowest total bid for all work was $79,010. Bids for the services are being held for thirty days pending further study by the board. Other building ar rangements are expected to be con sidered thoroughly within that time with the expectation that construc tion may be started by the first of the year. The building is to replace two buildings oestroyed by fire early last Spring, which housed the gram mar school for the Raeford area and the only negro high school in the county. Church buildings near the school site are to be used until the new building is ready. -o- I Meadows Abandons i Appeal And Enters I State's Prison Leon R. Mea'dow. dropping plans for an apjv.a! to the Suprere Court. T.:e.-:'ay r.oard 'he clar.i; of the heavy :oors of S ate's Prison closing be- n.m r..:r., as ne entered tr.e grey sto buildir.g for a term of three yea to end his fight for freedom which has became one of '.Tie most famous criminal procedures of recent years. Dr. Meadows, a native of Louisi ana, is 62 years old. He was con victed of embezzlement ar.d f. !se pre tense in tite handling of funds of the E-j'err. Carolina Teachers College. t Grcerevi'.'e last mQr.th. is a sec ond trial of th.-. r.urr.e"ou? charges which la.'ed twelve weeks. Three hours after the detdlir.e at which he might have filed first pa ne's, for the Saprere court rview, Dr. Mere ows and Sheriff Rue! Tyson of P.tt County appeared at the prison, where tite onetime educator donned the b-own work c.othes of mrr.s'es and became kr.o.vn as prisoner No. 442S2. CPL. CHARLES E. ODOM. who expects to leave a staging area in Fiance in late October and to ar rive home close to the end of the month after going overseas on Nov ember 12, 1943. Cpl. Odom was incucted in April 1943. and was trained at Fort Bragg, the Atlanta Ordnance Depot and Camp Forrest, Tenn. He was assigned to the 334th. Ordnance outfit and attached to the First Army. He is entitled to wear five battle stars and the presidential unit citation. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Odom of Raeford. Indian And Negro Schools To Open Monday, Oct. 8 The indian and negro schools of the county will open on Monday morning, October 8, it was stated yesterday by K. A. MacDonald, county superintendent. A meeting of all the teachers of the negro schools will be held in fhe courtroom of the county courthouse on Friday, OctoDer a. 74,. s I Nation Goes Back On Standard Time 2 A. M. Sunday If you don't remember to set b.irk your clock after putting out the cat I Saturday night, you are liable to ar- 'rive at church Sunday morning about So minutes early that is, ot course, if you are one of those good folks who arrive ten minutes late" for .morning worship services. 1 War Time, Peace Time, Daylight Savings Time or Roosevelt's Tine, go "into discard at 2 a. m. Sunday, September 3nth, and clocks will a gain be on sun)ime after that hour, ; ncl 12 o'clock midday, will again i be high-noon for wed ings and other ! event?. District P. T. A. To Meet At Hamlet The Hamlet Parent-Tccher as sociations will be hostesses to the annual meeting of District No. 5 of the North Carolina Congress of Pa rents and Teachers at the High school on Thursday, October 4. Registration will begin at 9:30 A. M. and the meeting will open at 10 A. M. An interesting program has been planned featuring well known P. T. A. work ers including Mrs. E. N. Howell of Swannanoa, State president, Mrs. ,T. S . Blair, state field worker, C. W. Phillips, vice president of the Na tional Congress of Parents and Teach ers, and Mrs. J. W. Burke, State treasurer. Mrs. W. W. Weant of Salisbury will preside. Lunch will be served in the gym at one o'clock. A'! who are interested in P. T. A. work are invi f;d to attend. , HoJce County P. T. A. 'To Hold Meeting ; Tuesday Evening j Tite Hoke County P-T. A. is sch: ;.Ju!cd for its first meeting Ttie-day "veiling, at 8:00 tit 2 high school ri'ditoiium according to Mrs. B B. C.jlc. i) esident. Mrs. Arthur D. G.Te has charge of the program. All pa ir.:? are urged to come. Ingathering At Parkers Parker's Methodist church will have their ingathering Friday October 12. There will be a devotion.:! service in the church at 4:00 o'clock P. M. The sale will start at 4:30. A barbecue sur.ner will be served beginr.'ng at 5:30. Proceeds will go on Church Buiidir.g fund. i October 2nd Opening : Day For Deer H. R. McLean, game protector, advises that the deer season opens in Hoke County Tuesday, Ortobe: 1 2. ar.d not on Oct 1. as in other 'counties. Hoke has Tuesdays and i Saturdays for hunting 'eer until 'January 1. McLean further adds jthat those found hunting except or. I open dates will be prosecuted. It I will also be a violation to allow dogs to chase deer cturhig the closed sea son. Dogs will be apprehended and the iowne s prosecuted. n Charles M. Miller Under Bond On Hit-Run Charges Charles M. Miller, white man of the county, is free under bond of S350 following a double wreck Sat- Jurday night when it was said th.it his car sideswiped the car of Willa McFadyen and then the car of San Ifor;'. Locklear. on the Wagram road, j Hearing of the charges will l)cj held i October 2nd. All cars were slightly damaged, but no one was injur. d. Library News Schcduie: Monday through Satur day, 10:30 to 6:00, ctosed from 12 tol for lunch. " Col. Robert L. Scott, author of "God is My Co-Pilot," has written a new book, "Runway to the Sun," which is the story of his life. Bellamy Partridge, whose books. "Country Lawyer," TJig Family," and "Excuse My Dust," were so popular, is the author of a novel "January Thaw." Other new titles in the libnry are: "Broad Margins," Beverly-Giddings: The White Tower, Ullman; Flight from China, Booker; The Red Pony, Steinbeck: Barington, Wallace: The Ballad and the Source, Lehmann: A. Woollcott, Adams; Constancia Her self, Widimer; Home to India, San tha Rama Rau. The Library board acknowledges with thanks a copy of the American Guidebook, presented to the library by the Raeford Woman's club. MUSIC MINISTER Miss Rachel Hasseil of Hendersonville, who will become director of music and young people's activities of the Raeford Presbyterian church on October IsTT j Miss Hasseil will share nonors at a reception on Mon.'ay evening with i Miss Alice Longenecker, who will ! soon return to the Belgian Congo ; mission field as a representative of the Re.eford church. Raeford Methodist To Hold Ingathering Nov. 1 Raefori Methodist church will have their ingathering on Thursday, Nov ember 1. Details will be given la ter. PI. n to be there. Five Interesting Prc?rarfiS For Concert Course Fi M.-.-c'on:.i;! Colieae his a:t ::our.oo"i lite following outstanding r.urtb.rs for the sen i-cer.tenr.ial col lege year, 1943-4S. Opening the series on Monday eve ning October 29. Claudio Arrati. ce'.e brsted Chilean pianist, will be pre sented: on December 3. Jeanne Weity. pop ai. r ntor.e-dramatist. will bring an evening of delightful entertain ment. nn: the r.etv year or. Jar.:: ary 23, Kumar Goshal. lerturer. and fvvou authority on the history, re lig' nt. economics and politics of In. ,v.i. w:ll talk of his n-ti''e land, now of sn h v.'orl '. wioe interest. On. Fe'orti-iy 4. .T iseph Szlgeto native ot" that land rfinusie, Hungary, and one of 'he world's greatest violinists, will be presented, and on April 8, the series will be brought to a close with a concert by Winifred He'dt, contral to, of .the Metropolitan opera. -0- Broadcast To Open UWF Campaign Marking the formal op ring of National W.r Fund campaigns for sunport of the USO, United Sea men's Service ar.d war-related for eign relief agencies, the Danny Kaye show will broadcast Friday night. Sept. 28 from Chicago over the nation wide chain of CBS stations, starting at 11:30 o'clock P. M. (EVT) it is an nounced by John McGoogan, Hoke UWF chairman. Devoted to the National War Fund and the community war funds whose campaigns will be conducted during October in some in. 000 communities throughout the United States, the program has been contributed by the sponsors. In addition ti making this spvia! b'-oadcas- for the National War Fun '. D nr.v Kaye will leave shortly with - USO-Camp show unit, a particlpa :ng service of 'he Nation: 1 War Fund for an extended tour of ihe Pacific v'-.ere he will entertain occupation ccs sn mat area. I Ephesus Baptist Have Ingathering Oct. 4 The annual ingathering of the Ephe sus Baptist Church at Araoia will be held on Thursday. Octooer 4th, with a barbecue dinner to be served at noon prior to the sale of produce, cakes and handiwork. Ingatherings Ar.tioeh Presbyterian Church Oc tober 13. j Parkers Methodist Church Octo- ber 12. Raeford Methodist Church Nov ember 1. Ephesus Baptist Church October I4' October 10. Total holdings of shell eggs on September amounted to 4.721,00 cises as compared with 7,653,00 last year. Elizabethtown To Open Grid Season Here Tuesday Hoke High will meet Elizabethtown n the Raeford Arrory park Tues-j afternoon in the opening foot- ball game of the season. Hoke's men. a squad of thirty, are working out, regularly under the dir ction of Law- , ence McNeill, an' tomorrow will have a thirty-minute g-tr.e to top off i a three week's training program wn:cn nas cnangea a nuni-u ui yiexu oung.-ters into a pretty ruf for a student body of lic 1 ir.rnt. d team o'.l- C. H. McGregor, princ:. that games have been sche followst Elizabethtown Oct. etteville (there) Oct. 11; Troy r net i it -Nr..,. Ol 3rr additional games are expected to VV , H 5 u'e , , ..laved with an additional game wu ?s ' funded upon payment of Elizabethtown later in the season to " cs- notice of be scheduled next Tuesday. o School Trustees Are Guests Of Educo Club The Educo Club of Hoke County entertained memoers 01 me county board of education and trustees of the j several school districts of the county I at a dinner last night, when plans for the establishment of courses for. returning veterans were presented. W. B. Harrill of the Veterans Ad- ministration of rayettevm$. ana for mer principal of the Fayetteville High schools, was the speaker and he out lined suggested courses in which Vet je raits have shown considerable in terest, which woul; aid them in er.- , ten: c.v; occu nati Tfte d: it 's of the '"It.CS C.l.s; School Buses On Regular Runs scl: bu'es wi'.i '.-.tvc reuitred ivsti'.ar run? thi- n-orriitg. after ,' wee ;s inerrupt:or. otic- to tiooot.ai except the ore operating over I the Raefora Rockf.sr. n.gn.way This 'road was badly washed in sever.il ! places and will not be usable fa several davs yet. i; was stated. Lt. Ben Currie Gets Discharge From Navy Bick home after two periods of service in the Paeif.e. Lt. Ben F. Currie. was discharged last week ,t -ho r..--,t T.nk-ps nava! station and arrived in Raeford to spend a termi nal leave with his family here before oeginmr.g plans tor .. civilian l ie which includes ''fanning, commer eial flying and raising boys." Lt Cu-rie has thrte Jap planes to his credit ar.d is also accredited :n -.ss.si nn nothe". He fought wiH -hd i-.r.vv as an ensign in land- l:t;s on Gnadalconai aboard the Sa- T,-"i evos 1-,'p.- based at 'Canal where lie was promoted to lieutenant ; junior grade. He a as in the battles of S'tiarts patrol flii I-lands. Midway and did hts from October. 1942 ' ; r . " '- ' i until Xovemoer, 43. wane i. true-; .uiuiiiouni .: 1 .Mtva.i., ting at Cecil and Lee fields in - ri- chalrm n. Mis Eula Rackley, Miss da in late '43 he was promoted to Katie McCorkle. R. A. Jones, John senior grade. In 1944 he again went McKay. ttto combat and was executive of-1 Montrose Carl Riley, chairman, ficer of the USS Petrof Bay which, Miss Addie McFadyen, W. L. Thorn participated in the Battle of the Phili- burg, Mrs. C. J. Seaford. ppines. Here Lt. Currie crashed in Stonewall Donald Yates, chair a carrier landing due to extremely man. Mrs. Jesse Gibson. Mrs. Archie htavy seas, anj his combat activi-. Howard. Mrs. Stanly Crawley, J. !. ties "ended. He was hospitalized on MrOougan. the islands for three months, and ! Raeford Township Robert Gatiin, brought to the States for two months chair - an. County PNtrict. Mrs. Lu more treatment i t San Francisco and ciile McLcod. Mrs. Foster McBryde. Jacksonville, then was assigned to Mrs. J. F. Jordan. Mrs. W. M. Thorn Norfolk and Detroit bases before be- as: Business District. W. L. Poole, C. ing discharged at Great Lakes NTS. X. Thomas; K. A. MacDonald; Resl- He is entitled to wear the Presi- dential District, Mrs. Tatter BaVer, dential citation, and air medal with Mrs. R. A. Matheson. Mrs. H. C. Mc go'.d star. He saw four years and . Lauchlin. Miss Agnes Mae Johnson; eight months service. Special Chairmen. White schools While in Florida he was married .Prof. C. H. McGregor. Colored schools to Miss Violet Wells of Sanford. Fla.. Prof. A. S. Gaston, Indian schools on June 9. 1944, and twin sons, B. F., Supt .K. A. MacDonald, Cotton mill II. and John Scott, were born June M. T. Poovey. 25 of this year. . . 0 Farrell Convicted Reckless Driving !n Seals Wreck jhree Drunken Drivers Lose !,iCenses 111 Countv Court Tucs- Jay '' D()!,n;L, Far:.t.:l, ncgro wa, found ..Ay (j (.al.eIe.s r!Jd ,eck.c,s driv. Toe-ooy of an in- d.ctircnt growlr.g out of the car wreck two weeks ago in which Mrs. Fi iyd 'Seals and tier infant child were in e'ji:red. The wreck happened at the j Buckhum farm ero.-sroad in upper O 'Quewhiftle township. n v. Farrell was sentenced tn ;pn'p thrp j-, nu uur.a was sci ai stjj. Tillman, John W. McCalium an. .: Gorge Morrison each was con victed of driving drunk, lost drivers licenses tor a year, anet each paid $30 and costs in lieu of 60 days on the roads. Robert Ross paid costs for impro- i,rait nrl .,;. a x day 5entence on the roadi w-:i3 Gladvs Roberson drew 30 dayj in diI on conviction of fornification and aduiterv Fred Mt.Rae and NaPjer Luteher each Daid costs fo- Dos.ses- : f r,enrP Morrison i paid S50 and costs for carrying a concealed weapon. Bill Shaw pail costs in two cases for assault on Augusta McDonald and Lena Bell Scr:"en. Hoke County War Fund Committees Named Monday Two Week's Drive Seeks To Raise S 4.(120 By October 13. .. . seeKir.g to raise 54. (Ci between , October 1st and 15th, the Unitei War iFtmd Drive of Hoke County will jget under ir-y on next Monday, it I was decided at the meeting of cam j mitteemen of the campaign held Mon Iriay evening with Chairman John A. McGoogan presiding. ! Town-hip ar.d a'ca committeemen ' were sLi;. t-ted r.r.d ouotas for each .dlvi-oot a-;igned. Literature was j ::ls:r.b'jc.i an..' a brief cla;s held j dealing with instructions ti soiici- to:; Each township chairman will con i duct the drive in his community m I hi; own manner, with the aid of from two to five assistants, with the ex ception of Raeford where special groups have been assigned areas j under the direction (f Robert Gat- l:n. townsr.:p cha:rman. The executive committee is coni nosed of Mr. 'McGoogan. ch:.ir.r3n; Robert E. Gatiin. UWF !tmard mem- ber: Wilmer A. McDonald, treasurer; jDougald Coxe. publicity; K. A. Mac ! Donald, Donald Davis. Ryan Kc- Bryde, Tommie Upchurch, N. H. G. Balfour, ano. Mrs. Paul P. McCain. Committee members are. Allendale Mrs. Arch McEachern, chairman, Mrs. Bell Currie and Ar chie McGugan. Ar.tioeh I. L. Newton, chairman. G- C. Lytle. Mrs. W. C. Hodgin, Knox i Watson. Mrs. Dorothy Burroughs. Blue Springs Mrs. J. W. McBryde, ; chairman. Mrs. Evan WrigM, Mrs. D. I a. uanon, j. r. ni;noim, j. iu. ior . ton. Little River Alberta Grant, chair- .man. L. 15. B-ooks. bam Comer. Vrs. Arch McLaurhlin. I ays.cie jonn rarKer. ca;rman, Mrs. Henry Plurr.rr.er. Mrs. Marshtl Newton. Ca:r Stevens. 1 Rockfi-h Mrs. Mc- it Gibon, rl-airman Alton Pi. M: Pi-cy English, Mrs. or. A. W. Wood. Ashler He'ghts N. F. S'ncla'r, citairir-n. Mrs. D. II. Johnson. Mrs. fc. K. 1'ickl r. Mrs. nop i'arks. airs, Reuben Cothran.