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VOLUME XLVI; NUMBER 29
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1951
RAEFORD, N. C.
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SCHOOL news!
By K. A. MacDonald
Tonight at 8 oclock the Hoke
High Glee Club and the Hoke
High Band will give their annual
pre-Christmas Concert. Both the
I band and glee club have been
practicing on their Christmas
Music and a good program has
been prepared. Everyone is cor
dially invited.
Hoke Higl.l!? basketball teams
put Hope Mills in the bag Tues
day night. We especially request
that they put Massey Hill in on
top of them when the tinaeLXiomes.
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We are glad to report that Mrs.
Geofge Wilcox of the Raeford
Graded faculty is improved
enough to be home from the hos
pital. Mrs. W. J. Coates has been
substituting for her.
The Raeford seventh grade is
making a special study of Hoke
County ■ - its geography, top(»gra-
phy, history, economic condition,
agriculture, wild life, etc. They
are making a composite map
sl^owing the above mentioned
things. They hope to be able to
put this map on display in the
near future. ■
In making this study the class
is making ss many field trips as
possible. This week they visited
the Hoke ■(^il and Fertilizer and
Concrete and the Para-Thread
plants.. They appreciate the court-
shown them by officials of the
comp.’.,iB!f3S'''^36[ ^wl^^yery much
impressed by w'hat they learned
and saw. They hope to visit many
other places of interest in the
county.
The first eye clinic of the year
was held yesterday and today by
the Health and Welfare Depart
ments, under the auspices of the
school, health fund and State
Blind Commission.
Dr, Dan Currie of Fayetteville
is the physician in charge, as-
■■ sisted by Miss Helen Trexler of
the State Blind Commission and
,H. E. Trogden of the City Opti
cal Co., Fayetteville. The staffs of
the Health and Welfare Depart-
• ments also assisted.
, These two departments except
to put on at least one more, eye
clinic as only about one half of
the pupils needing attention could
I be examined during these two
days. The pupils having the Worst
I eye trouble were the ones chosen
for this clinic. The Welfare and
Health Departments are hoping to
, be able to work out an ear clinic
; either in .January or February
We are glad to report, however,
that not nearly as many pupiLs
suffer from hearing defects as
do fro.m eye troubles:
We feei that the schools are
. exceedingly- fortunate in having
these interested allies to work
through and with the school heal
th program for. the betterment of
the children of the county. We ap
preciate their untiring work and
cooperation.
Santa Claus Makes Gala Entry Into
Town Yesterday; Gets Big Wdcome
Turning on of the Christmas
lights on Main Street Tuesday
night considered a sure sign-
by old heads who know that Santa
Claus was not far away, and sure
enough, he rolled in in a blaze of
glory at four o’clock yesterday
afternoon, being preceded down
the main street by a mammouth
parade the likes of which this
town has- seldom, if ever, seen.
The affair was staged by the
Raeford Chamber of Commerce
with the cooperation of the whole
community and the streets were
lined with kids and grownups
from far and near and some 2800
or more gifts were given away
to the kids. The proceedings were
broadcast over Statipn W>EWO in
Laurinburg. Chairman of the com
mittee making arrangements was
Chamber Director J. I. Hubbard.
Police began clearing the street
of cars shortly after noon and
before three o’clock there was not
one between the courthouse and
the railroad.
The parade began at a few
minutes to four and came south
down Main street, Santa having
arrived by air. Leading was State
Highway Pfitroiman D. G. Sur
ratt, follow^ immediately by a
car carrying Mayor W. L. Poole
and members of the town board.
Floats were entered in the pa
rade by Wayside Community,
Business and Professional Wo
men’s club, Kiwanis club, Lio.ns
club and Raeford Woman’s club.
All were homemade and all were
excellent. Float of the Raeford
Lions club was picked as best In
the parade.
Colors were carried by members
of the National Guard unit, and
heavy weapons and vehicles of
the battery were in the parade.
The Hoke High Homecoming
queen, and the Kin-gs and Queens
from the High, Graded and Pri
mary schools in the Fall Festival
all were there in convertibles. The
Raeford Boy Scouttroop with Cubs
in the rear came by, and the Ne
gro troop with colors in front and
drums in the rear was quite snap
py
Bringing up the rear, of course,
was the key man in the whole
thing. Old Santa himself, riding
in a fire truck. He arrived at the
platform in front of the Bank and
was properly greeted. -He then
spent a few minutes circulating in
the crowd talking to his young
friends, while his helpers were
handing out gifts.
PERSONAL ITEMS
Mrs. Hurd Bradford and dau^-
ter will drive to Raeford next
Wednesday with Bob Murray and
Lauchlin MacDonald, who are
-coming form D&vidson for the
holidays. She will spend several
days with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Roland Covington while her
husband is in Chicago on business.
Mr. and Mrs. Covington expect to
return to Huntersville with Mrs.
Bradford to spend the holidays
with the Bradfords in their new
home on Alexandriana Road.
Mrs. Clyde Upchurch and Mrs.
Clyde Upchurch, Jr. spent the
first of the week in Winston-
Salem in the home of Mrs. R. S.
McCleskey, while their husbands
Were in Currituck duck hunting.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Cole spent
I last Wednesday in Winston-’Salem.
Miss Kathleen Dew of Charlotte
was here for the week end with
her mother, Mrs. M. W. Dew'.
Pfc. Clifford J. McNeill. Jr.,
son of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. McNeill,
was recently promoted to- corpora!
while serving -ivith the messa-re
center platoon. 7th Signal Comp
any, 7th Infantry Division in Ko
rea. He has bec-n in Korea for the
past seven months. ,
Mr. and Mrs. John MoGoogan
went to Morehead City Thursday
of last week. They spent the night
f t the Upchurch cottage at Bogue
ound, and returned to Raeford
Friday.
Pfc. Johnny Walker and hik
father, who has been employed
on a project at Oak Ridge, Tenn.
arrived in Raeford Saturday.
Johnny spent: “the week end with
his mother and returned to Ft.
Knox, Kentucky, Sunday. John
Walker, who is recuperating from
an attack of flu, will bt at home
until after, Christmas.
Miss Anne Spoon and Mrs.
Thurman Bulla' of Asheboro, spent
the week end with Mr. and Mrs.
J. M. Baker. Mrs. Bull^ will be
leaying for Wichita Falls, Texas,
on the r8th_of December, where
she and Cpl. Bulla will make their
home.
Mrs. Luke Bethune, Miss Peggy
Bethune and D. S. Poole spent
the week end in Charlotte in the
home,of Mr. and Mrs.-Hugh Lowe.
Mrs. Leon McKay of Dunn was
here for the week end with her
mother, Mrs. A. K. Currie.
Mies Lora 'Mae McKenzie of
the Board of Edpeation staff was
confined to her home by illness
the first of this week. She is back
-now at her post much improved.
We hgv'e been advised by -the
architects that quite~alTamber of
firms will be present on the 18th
of this month to bid on the two
projects advertised by the Board.
We hope that bids will be low
enough to enable the Board to
award the cdntracts that day.
The schools cooperating in the
T.B. Seal Sale have not reported
as yet. We hope, to be able to give
the results of this sale in the near
future. We are sure that the
schools will measure up to their
usual high standards of coopera
tion.
, Monday night the Junior Cl^Orus
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Pfc. Connie Mae'Fulk has-com
pleted her basic training at Lack-
land Air Force Base, San Antonio,
Texas, and is now stationed at
Tempe, Arizona, where she is
taking a stenographers course in
Arizona State College.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Dezerne
spent the week end in Charlotte
wdth Mrs. Dezerne’s sister, Mrs.
Earl -Charles.
Mrs. Lawrence Stanton and
Peggy, Mrs. W. A. Wright and
Mrs. Will Frank Wright spent
the week end in Charlotte -with
Mrs. Leroy Stanton and Mr. and
Mrs. Leroy Wright. They heard
Billy Graham preach oh’ Friday
night. - . '
•Miss Elizabeth Parker of Kenly
spent the week end with her parr’!
ents, Mr. and Mrs. D. K. Parker.
Mrs. Parker had as her guest,
Miss Doris Hovis, ‘of Wilmiagton.
Mrs. and Mrs. Harry W. Col
lins and sons of Wilmington, were
overnight guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Daniel J. Ray recently. Mrs. Col
lins, nee Mary I.' Ray, has com
pletely recovered form a major
operation she recently underwent.
Miss Louise Blue, PMA, secre
tary, W. L. .Smith and J. H. Blythe
FMA Committeemen, attended a
business meeting .of the Production
and Marketing Administration in
Raleigh Monday.
Mrs. Je-\vel Klouse spent Sunday
and Monday in Chapel Hill with
her daughter, Mrs. Andy Wood,
Mr. Wood and their son^-Drew.
Mir. and Mrs. Wood and son left
Chapel -Hill Tuesday night for
New York, City where they will
spend Christmas with friends and
relatives. While gone they will
also visit Mr. Wood’s mother, Mrs.
Andrew Wood, and his sister, Mrs.
Gene Clark and family in -New
London, Conn.
Mr. and Mrs. Mclver Feather-
stone and daughter, Susan, of Rox-
boro arrived Sunday and spent
several days this week with Mr.
and Mrs. Jeff Harris and son. -
Kobert Muir of Portland, Ore.
who is stationed at Ft. Jackson,
sang at the Presbyterian church
Sunday morning, accompanied by
Thomas McFadyen. The boys
were guests of Mrs. Julian John
son while in Raeford. Pfc. Muir
has delighted Raeford people with
his beautiful voice, having sung
in both the Methodist and Bap
tist churches recently.
Recorder Hears
25 Cases In Long
Session Tuesday
Sanatorium Escapee Gets
More Time To Serve;
Several Sent Away
,Twenty-flve cases went through
recorder’s court before Judge
Henry MoDiarmid Tuesday. Sev
eral of them were contested cases
and a good part of the day was
spent in trying them.
Pittman Bullard, Indian, was
charged with breaking and enter
ing the home of Pash Locklear
and with damage to personal
property. Probable cause was
found and bond until Superior
Court was continued at $500.
As a result of the wreck and
fire on the Laurinburg road a few
weeks ago Walter Parker, colored
truck driver, and W. H. Finley,
white, were each charged with
driving on the wrong side of the
road. Parker was found not guilty
and Finley found guilty and
ordered t>V“y*the costs. Case was
left open for appeal.
Alex Brigman, white man al
ready under a suspended sentence,
was found guilty of driving drunk
with no driver’s license and re
sisting arrest. The judge gave him
two years, to include the suspend
ed sentence. He appealed and
posted a $50 bond.
Malcolm, Willie, Taffie and Wil
bur Hines, all colored, were char
ged with being drunk and disord
erly and assaulting Ed MdRae and
Ralph Ellerbe. They wgre found
not guilty. ^
James Edwards, colored, was
charged by his wife with assault.
By the time of trial she wanted
to take up the papers, so the judge
let her do so by paying the costs
in the case.
James Lewis McLeam colored,
was sent to the roam^for two
years for forcible trespass. ,
James Lowry, Indian, paid the
costs for hunting without a license.
George Morris, colored, got six
months to be suspended on pay
ment of $125 and the costs for
driving drunk and with no license.
He^went to the roads. Samuel Al
ford, colored, got six months su
spended on payment of the costs
for driving drunk.
Speeders leaving $2i5 each wCre
William P. Arnold, P. H. Ghou-
hasian, Vainard Brooks, A. J.
Lebato and A. C. Brooks, all white.
Brooks James, colored, got six
months suspended on payment of
costs and damages to Jim Howard
for careless and reckless driving
resulting in damage to Howard’s
car. Alphonso Johnson, colored,
and Dalton Ivey, white, each paid
$10 and the costs for careless and
reckless driving. Johnnie Benja
min Hollingsworth, colored, had
,lo: pay the costs for the same of
fense.
James Peterson, colored, paid
$10 and the costs for .having im
proper brakes.
Willie Vann Smith, colored, paid
$2'5 and the costs for driving
without a license.
Roland Cole, white, was found
■ gttllty of escaping from the prison
ward at the Sanatorium. He was
sentenced to serve not less than
six nor more than 1-8 months at
the expiration of his present sen
tence. •
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Woman’s Club Asks
Help For Koreans
“Irs. W. B. Heyward, president
of the Raeford Woman’s club,
said this week that the club had
been running a campaign c-alled
“Care For Korea” within the club
for the purpose of raising funds
to he.lp feed and clothe the Korean
civilians made homeless by tife
war. -
Mrs. Heyward said that this
campaign would close the first of
next week and that anyone Who
wished to contribute along with
the Woman’s club might send
their gift to Mrs. J. L. McNeill,
treasurer.
Presbyterians Plan
Christmas Musical
Program For Sunday
The Chancel and Chapel Choirs
of the Raeford Presbyterian church
will present the cantata “The
Shepherds’ Christmas” by Mor
ten Luvaas and Everett Hendricks
on Sunday, December 16 at 7 p.
m. The Chapel Choir, which is
composed of Junior and Inter
mediates girls, will sing the part of
the angels as well as several of the
solo numbers.
The pageant, “Thou Shalt Call
His Name Jesus,” will be present
ed on December 23 at 7 p. m. The
public is cordially invited to both
programs.
McDonald 1952
Chamber Head
Hoke Man Gets
Badge For Combat
Pfd. Wilbert* Malloy, McCain,
has been -awarded the Combat
Infantryman Badge, a symbol of
close-quarter fighting with the
enemy, while serving with the 2l5th
Infantry Division in Korea.
The badge, consisting of a min
iature replica of a Revolutionary
War flintlock mounted on a blue
background and superimposed on
a silver wreath, distinguishes the
actual fighting men from rear
area and service troops.
Malloy is a member of the 27th
Infantry Regiment.
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B. B. COLE, JR. HONORED
B. B. Cole, Jr., senior student
at The Citadel, Charleston, South
Carolina, has been selected to ap
pear in “Who’s Who In American
Colleges and^^iversities”. Stud
ents who wii^^is honor are se
lected by a committee of faculty
members on the basis of scholar
ship, leadership, ability and the
pt-obabiiity of future success.
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PERSONALS
Jimmie McBryde, son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. F. McBryde, has re
turned to his home from Scotland
County Memorial hospital, where
he was a patient for about eight
weeks suffering injuries he re
ceived when run over by an auto
mobile. He is improving.
Mr. and Mrs. I. Mann and dau
ghters attended the Jewish Wel
fare Board at the Center in Fay
etteville Sunday.
Mrs. Kate McPhaul and Johnny
visited Lt. and Mrs. Bliss Croft
in Fort Bragg Sunday.
Miss Peggy Thomas of High
Point and Miss Sue Gulledge spent
the week end in Raleigh with
friends. They attendee! the Christ
mas party of the Alpha Gamm.a
Rho fraternity at State College
Saturday' evening.
Billy Lester of East Carolina
College spent the week end with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. M.
Lester.
NEILL A. McDonald
Neill .A. ^cD'onald was elected
president of the Raeford Cham
ber of Commerce. Inc., for 1852,
by t.he chamber's board of direc
tors at their organization meeting
after the annual meeting of the
membership was held at the
courtouse last Thursday night.
About members were present
for the meeting and heard H. L.
Gatlin, Jr., retiring president, re
port on the activities fordhis year
and urge business people to con
tinue to support the body in its
activities.
Other officers chosen were Har
vey Gobeille vice presideht, W. C.
Phillips, treasurer, and Paul
Dickson, secretary. New directors
chosen by the membership for
three-year terms are J. L. Mc
Neill, J. I. Hubbard, Harvey Go
beille and W. C. Phillips.
McDonald, .-the new president
has been a member of the board
of directors since the beginning
and was active in organizing the
chamber in 1947,
Ephesus B. T. U.
Wins Banner At
Lumberton Meeting
Mrs. W. S. Crawley, director of
the BTU at Ephesus Baptist
Church, and 22 members of the
BTU attended the “Mobilization
Night,” held at the First Baptist
Church in Lumberton on Monday
night.
Harry Scheidermann, Jr. was
the guest speaker and his topic
was, “A Map and A Message”.
A filmstrip, “Christ Speaks to. His
Churches”, was shown.
One of the attendance banners
was awarded the Ephesus group
for having • the largest training
union attendance on the basis of
percentage of enroiim.ent.
Negro Yondi IKes
Of Knife Wonn^
Friday Night
Coroner Holds Another
Under S15,000 Bond
After Hearing Wednesday
T’.vo 17-y ear-old negro boys
go: into an argument about a cig-
a.-et:e near the' Hector McNeiH
homic m Eiue Springs township
shortly after midnight last Friday
morning and one of them was
stabbed to death. Coroner .James
C. Lentz, after a hearing yesterday
afte.m.ooh, ordered Curtis Bandy
held under a bond of $15,800 for
action o' the grand jury for the
death of James Edward Breeden.
Danny Dupree, also about 17, said
he was present when the stabbing
took blace at the road in front of
the McNeill home.
The story as the coroner got it
from Dupree is that Ehipree and
Breeden were sitting by the road
when Bandy came up and asked
Breeden .for a cigarette which
Breeden' refused to .give him. say
ing he had only three.
Dupree said that the two began
scuffling and shoving each other
around and passing blows and
that finally Breeden landed a hard
one one Bandy. At this Dupree
said that Bandy got out his knife,
and Breeden was stuck one time
and died right away.
Bandy came to Raeford and
gave himself up to Sheriff D. H.
Hodgin the next day.
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Glee Club, Band,
Will Perforin Tonight
This is the night for the annual
Glee Club and Band Concert,
which will be held in the Hoke
High School auditorium' again
this year. The joint recital, -with
the Glee Club under the direction
of ■ Miss Doris Bradley and the
Band under the baton of J. B.
Renn, wilj' have as its theme,
"The Christmas Spirit.”
Special arrangements will fea
ture the first part of the program
as the Glee Club performs. A
quartet and a special chorus group
will be heard.
Mr. Renn’s assembly then takes
the stage to present Christmas
band music. Several new num
bers have been learned by the
band, and the concert is e.^ected
to be a success.
The program will start at eight
o’clock.
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Joint Meeting Of
Men Of Cburches
Tomorrow Nigbt
Mr. and Mrs. George Wood of
Vanceboro spent the week end
here with Mrs. Wood’s parents,
■Mr. and -Mrs, Jessie Gulledge
Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Harrison,
Jr. and son, David, returned Sun
day after spending several days
in Baltimore, Maryland, with
friends and relatives.
Mrs. Richard Whitaker of Syl
vester, Ga. spent several days
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. H. Blue. She spent the first
of this week at Duke Universip"
doing oral work on her thesis,
towards her master’s degree.
Among Raeford people seen in
Charlotte last week were: Mr. and
Mrs. J. B, Thomas, Mr. and Mrs.
R. B. Lewis, Mrs. Julian Johnson,
Mrs. Paul Dickson, Sr. and Mr.
and Mrs. Tommie Upchurch.
George Aiken of Gastonia has
accepted a position with the News-
Journal. He is rooming at Mrs. H.
A. Cameron’s.
There will be a joint meeting
of the men of the Raeford Baptist,
Methodist and Presbyterian
churches at the Methodist church
tomorrow night. Supper will ’oe
served at seven o’clock and the
Baptists will be hosts.
Speaker for the occasion will ’oe
Dr. Hubert Poteat, professor of
La t i n' aT“Wa ke Fores t Co liege ~an d
former Imperial Grand Potentate
of the- Shriners of America.
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Christmas Music At
Baptist Cburcb Sun.
There will be a special Christ
mas Musical program at the Rae
ford Baptist Church Sundaw night,
December 16, at 7:30. The pro
gram will be presented by the
Junior and Youth Choirs of the
church. Each choir will present
several numbers and they will
combine to sing "Away in a Man-,
ger” and “O Night of Holy Mem
ory.”
The soloists will be Betsy Ross
Gatlin and C. J. Benner, Jr. The
program will be directed by Miss
Martha Pittman and Mrs. Aifah
Stuart will be oragnist.
Everyone is cordially invited to
attend.
Rear Parking Is
Suggested Again
Mayor W. L. Poole this week
caked the attention of the Raeford
merchants to the fact tha-t business
was helped last year 'ey all cars
owned by people working on the
Main street being parked else
where for the last two weeks be
fore Christmas, allowing custo
mers to use the parking places.
The mayor urged that everyone
on the street start this practice'
today—next time they move their
cars, and continue it until Christ
mas. -Nothing,, but common court
esy, in addition to good business,
he says.
Apology
Due to mechanical difficulties
apparently beyond our control
we found it physically impossi
ble to get out enough pages this
week to take care of all the
news and advertising.
We are leaving out news that
should be run and ads as \vell,
and there are several of our
good advertisers we didn’t ^ven,
call on. We e.xpress our regret
to all of the§e, and to our sub
scribers, and we will do all we
can to get it all in next week
So, if something that should be
in the paper isn’t, don't blaine
us, please. Just call it to our at
tention £ind we’ll have it in
there next Thursday,