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^VOLUME XLVI; NUMBER 36
THURSDAY, JANUARY 31,1952
RAEFORD, N. C.
TEN CENTS PER COPY
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YOUR
ISCHOOL NEWS
By K. A. MacDonald
. We are proud of Coach Fair-
cloth’s girls gettmg a hid to play
at the coliseum next Wednesday.
We understand arrangements are
being made for taransportation for
all students who wish to attend
the game.
We are glad to report that the
recently allotted teacher for the
Raeford Graded School has been
secured and started work y^ter-
day. Mrs. Elizabeth Jarrett, a
graduate of Alhion College, Mich.,
is taking the work and has been
assigned to the 5th grade. A sec
tion of one of the upper grades
will have to be transferred to the
high school building as no room
is available at the Graded school.
A decision as to which section will
be transferred has not yet been
made.
, We are glad to report an ex
cellent sale of the $120,000.00
. Bond Anticipation Note offered
by the Board ofl Education thru
the local government commission.
The note was sold to the Scottish
Bank at 1.65% plus a $5 premium.
The note is made by the Board
of Commissioners for the Board
of Education, the commissioners
being the county fisc&l officers.
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The 23 members of the Hoke
High Key Club have received their
pins. The Key Club is a protege
' p| the JKiwanis Club and in^a way
f pr^piior I^.w^this C1^..0ut^ond-
ing male ^udentsr 'ot the high
school are chosen for the Key
Club memfbership. In the past the
club has been outstanding in its
service to the high school. We feel
sure that the club this year will
live up to the record already
made.
YounE People Invited
To Heap "Call” At
Presbyterian Churoh
At a community-wide worship
service which will be led by young
people from various churches in
town Sunday, February 3, Raeford
youth will be given the opportun
ity to cooperate in a nation-wide
program of united action. The ser
vice will begin at 6:30 p. m. and
will be held,in the basement of
the Presbyterian Church. At that
time “The Call to United Christ
ian Action” will be presented to
youth and adult representatives
of Raeford churches.
By responding to “The Call”
the Christian youth will commit
themselves to a united program of
community. action. Also each
young person may share in a ser
ies of nation and world projects
by contributing one dollar, which
will go for such things as sustain
ing nation-wide radio program,
a ministry to youth in the armed
services, and suppoicting Christian
youth work in countries around
the world.
“Ibe Call” has been issued and
promoted by the United Christian
Youth Movement which repre
sents 38 denominations in an ef
fort to enlist one million Christ
ian young people and their adult
leaders. Young people from every
church in the town and commun
ity are invited to attend this ser
vice. -
All schools in the county are
working hard on the March of
Dimes drive. Only one has repoi’t..
ed so far. The goal adopted by the
scljools was one dime card filled
pbr child in membership. If this
goal is. reached the schools and
their pupils will have done an
outstanding job.
Members of the legislative and
public relations committees of the
Hoke County Unit of NOEA are
planning to attend a statewide
meeting of these committees in
Raleigh on Saturday.
The Ashemont faculty plans to
go to Raleigh on Saturday to se
lect books for the school library.
T. C. Jones, principal of the
Rockfish school, spent Sunday
through Tuesday in Asheville at
tending the National Convention
of Ruritah clubs. He represented
the. newly created third division
of Ruritan National. Mrs. Mary
Alma Gillis substituted for him.
Miss Tatum, Elementary Super
visor, Mrs.. E. B. Campbell, Sen
ior Health Nurse, and Mrs. Robert
Gatlin, president of the Hoke-
Raefoord PTA, went to Macedonia
last Friday night to help with the
organization of a PTA for the
school. > " ,
Mrs. Campbell showed a film
on good health practices and Mrs.
Gatlin made a talk on “The Value
of PTA”. The organization took
plice and the newly organized
group took as their first project,
“Good School Attendance”. We
appreciate the efforts of these
ladies to help the schools.
Fllis Williamson Post
Of American Legion
Is Reorganized Here
t
Last Friday night ZQf ex-serv-
i^e nfen' v^ho wer'? formbt mem
bers of the Ellis Williamson post
here met at the office of Col. W.
L. Poole and had supper. After
eating they held a business meet
ing and decided to , organize the
local post again .before it lost its
charter. Officers for the post were
elected last July, but the post has
been inactive since that time.
Officers w§re elected at the
meeting to hold office until July
of this year. These are R. B.
Lewis, commander, Charles Hos
tetler, first vice commander, John
D. McNeill, second vice command
er, A. W. Wood, Jr., adjutant, Is
rael Mann, finance officer, W. L.
Poole service officer. Younger
Snead, Chaplain and A. L. Smith,
sergeant-at-arms.
The Post voted to sponsor the
annual basketball tournament this
year and committee to handle this
was appointed as follows, W. L.
Poole, C. E. Upchurch, Jr., J. H.
Blue, Alfred Cole and John D.
McNeill.
H. A. Greene, Alfred Cole and
J. H. Blue were appointed to work
out details of bringing Class D
baseball teams here for . spring
training.
In explaining the meeting R'.
B. Lewis, commander, said, “The
■Legion is a vital organization in
upholding the American way or
life, watching out for the welfare
of veterans, helping the families
of deceased veterans, standing up
for what is good in the commun
ity and helping to crush what is
not. A cordial invitation is issued
to all white veterans to join this
post and any officer will be glad
to accept new memberships.”
It was decided to hold the next
meeting on Monday night, Feb
ruary I'S, at 7:60 o’clock in the
High school lunchroom.
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WEATHER IS VARIABLE
DURING PAST WEEK
Hoke Beats Red
Springs 3 Hero
Tuesday Night .
Hoke High’s varsity boys and
girls and the boys junior varsity
all won their games against Red
Springs High school here Tuesday
night.
The varsity girls took their
fourteenth straight victory by a
score of 48 to 45. Lydia Williams
and Claudine Hodgin sparked the
locals with tallies of 19 and 15
points respectively and with El
len Kate Koonce and Mary Guin
doing stellar work at guard.
Sally MacArthur was high
scorer for the visitors with 24
points and Betty Lindsay was
outstanding defensively.
The boys varsity took their
bout with the Red Springs boys
by a fairly easy IB-point margin,
63-41. • John McLauchlin sank a
total of 15 points to lead the lo
cals and Jimmy White was run
ner-up with 11. Joe Culbreth per
formed outstandingly on defense
for the victors.
In the preliminary contest Fred.
Garrett and Roger Dixon led the
local junior varsity boys to a 28
to 18 victory with seven and six
points respectively.
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Business Women’s
Club Meets Tuesday
The Raeford Business and Pro
fessional Women’s club met on
Tuesday eevning of this week at
the Elk Restaurant for a steak
supper, after which they adjourn
ed to tjbie- -.Li^s Den for. ^j_their
meeting. ^ ~
Mrs. W. E.» Marlar, president,
presided. The club voted to give
books, cards and games to sold
iers going an maneuvers in Texas
in February for use en route to
and from Texas on the trdin. Tic
kets for the ministrel, to be given
by the B&PW club and the Lions
club on the evenings of February
15 and 16 at the High School
Auditorium, were distributed to
be sold.
Miss Hattie Kate Aiken of Lum-
berton, who has been a member
of the B&PW club for the past 26
years, was guest speaker. She
made a very interesting talk on
“Civil Defense”, and stressed the
fact that women could help the
government by casting their votes.
Guests other than Miss Aiken
were. Miss Suzanne Uhl and Miss
Sophia Redman, also of Lumber-
ton, Mrs. Thelma McFarland of
Aberdeen and Mrs. Lois Maultsby.
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STALLINGS LEAVES 1ST
County Agent E. M. Stallings,
who has resigned his position with
this county effective March 1, will
not be on the job after tomorrow.
This is due to the fact that he
has a month of leave accumulated.
The county commissioners have'
taken no action so far as to his
successor.
Famous Musicians To
Appear At FMC
Next Thursday
The famed Loewenguth Quartet
of Paris, a group of the World’s
great interpreters of chamber mu
sic, with the Argentine pianist,
Marisa Regules, who will appear
at Flora Macdonald college on
Thursday evening, February 7, at
8.T5, have combined their out
standing talents during the 1951-
53 season to bring to music lov
ers across the continent a varied
program of piano solos, string-
piano duos, and complete string
quartets, chosen from the best
loved masterpieces of musical lit
erature.
^ The Loewenguth quartet evol
ve from a ^group of students at
the Paris Conservatory who used
to practice together, and have now
established themselves as one of
the outstanding ensembles in Eu
rope. Their extensive tours in the
United Kingdom and the Contin
ent were highlighted by appear
ances at the Bordeaux, Borin and
Edinburgh Festivals.
All four instruments played by
the Loewenguths were made by
the famous seventeenth-century
master,' Nicolo Amati of Cermona,
and is the only cornplete quartet
of Amati instruments in exist
ence. The violin played by Alfred
Loewenguth^ is dated 1656 and is
known to have been in the pos
session of King Louis XIV of
France. It is inlaid with fleurs-
de-lis and scrollwork, and the
corners are set with rubies, and
emeralds.
Miss Regules has achieved a
reputation of international stand
ing since' her professional debut
-in MadSSir.^n this country, her
musCal activities have . included
solo performances with the New
York Philharmonic Orchestra, the
National Symphony, and other
orchestras.
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Scout Troop Wins
In Rally Saturday
Scoutmaster Tom McLauchlin
took six members of the Raeford
Boy Scout troop out to the Arm
ory Saturday night and took first
prize in a rally in which six troops
of the Western District of Scot
land and Ribeson counties partici
pated.
There were contests in knot-
tying, fire building, first aid, re
lay races and other activities. Lo
cal boys taking part were Bobby
Davis, Gerald Wright, Neill Mc-
Fadyen, Joe McLeod, Leon Cam
eron and David McDonald.
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At ILLINOIS AIR BASE
Hoke High Girls
Play hJ^leigh
Next Wednes^y
The Hoke County High School
girls basketball team, with an im
pressive record for the season of
14 victories and no defeats, will
participate in the third Annual
All-Girl Basketball Revue in the
William Neal Reynolds Coliseum
at State College in Raleigh next
Wednesday, February 6, it was an
nounced Tuesday by William Z
Betts, director of the Coliseum.
The local girls, coached by Hay
wood Faircloth, will participate
in a day of play that will feature
eight of the finest girls high school
basketball teams in the state.
Only two of the other seven teams
boast perfect records for the sea
son, however. The Hoke girls will
open the four-game session at
4:30 when they meet the Clayton
High school girls, who have a
record of 12 victories and three
defeats.
Other teams chosen for the
event and their records are as'
follows: Pamlico County Consoii-'
dated High School at Bayboro,
33-1; Richland, H-O; Selma, 12-3;
Apex, 13-1; Eureka in Wayne
County, 17-2; Aberdeen, 12-0.
The Eureka team will feature
the play of Ann Sauls, who is
averaging 30 points per game for
the season’s 19 games. The Aber
deen team carries quite an im
pressive record of 157 victories
and seven defeats in the past six
years.
Pamlico County and Richland
will follow Hoke High and Clay
ton in the afternoon and night
games will start at seven o’clock
with Selma meeting Apex and at
8:30 Eureka will play Aberdeen.
Transportation arrangements
have been made to carry all stu.-
dents of Hoke High who wish to
go to Raleigh for the game next
Wednesday.
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March Of Dimes
Nears Conclusion;
Dance Tomorrow
J. L McNeiU.
Kiwanis Club s
“Man Of Year”
v-
J. W. Turlington spent the week
end in Fremont with home folks
Miss Cynthia, Rinehart of Fay
etteville was a week end guest of
Mrs. Dean Matheson Huggins.
Serving at the Chanute Air
Force Base, Rantoul, Ill., is Pfc.
Elton J. Sandy, USAF, son of Mr.
and Mrs. L. A. Sandy of Route 2.
Raeford. Sandy entered, the Air
Force Septemiber 11, 1951.
Chanute Field is one of the Air
Force’s principal technical train
ing cen^ters. Here officers and men
are trained in 52 specialties in the
field of aerpnautics from weather
forecasting to the jet engine.
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MURRAY HOME DAMAGED
Tommie Upchurch left Charlotte
Sunday by plane for New Orleans
to attend the National Cotton
Council the first of the week. He
returned to Raeford yesterday.
A “March of Time” film was
shown at Ho'ke High School Wed
nesday at Assembly.
Fresh apples for all schools in
the county were received at the
siirplus commodity store room on
Wednesday. It is hoped that each
, school will call for their allot
ment this afternoon.
Processed cheese, peanut but
ter, canned peaches, and canned
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Last week end was warm and
sunny, with temperatures-.in the
seventies at times. Monday morn
ing was still warm, but it began
raining and rained most of the
day and the temperature had
dropped to near freezing by night
fall. Tuesday morning the tem
perature was a few degrees above
freezing and it snowed in most
of the county for over and hour
during the day. ITie mercury fell
and the weather cleared by night
and by 'Wednesday morning the
temperature was down to 15 de
greed. Wednesday was clear and
-cold.
Miss Sarah Neal Stephens is
out again this week after being
confined to her home last week
with pneumonia.
Friends of Miss Flora Boyce
are deeply concerned over her
illness. She has had a recent heart
attack and is confined to her bed
at the Confederate Woman’s Home
in Fayetteville.
The home of Dr. and Mrs. R.
L. Murray here was considerably
damaged by fire and water Sun
day morning. The fire started
from a leaking gas line which had
accumulated some gas before the
heater was lit. Mrs. Murray suf
fered bums on her hands and her
mother, Mrs. C. M. Pritchett, suf
fered burns on the legs when her
bed caught fire.
'The blaze was extinguished by
the Raeford Fire Department.
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LEWIS UPCHURCH IS
IMPROVING SLOWLY
March of Dimes Chairman H.
D. Harrison, Jr. said this week that
figures for the whole county had
not been arranged for publication
and that all contributions had not
been turned in yet. Little River
township’s funds were brought in
Saturday by J. F. Smith and a-
mounted to $413.24. The to-wn-
ship’s quota in the drive was $300.
Benefits for the drive have been
held all over the county with only
two more reported as still to be
held. Both these are tomorrow
night.
There will be abrunswick stew
at Ashemont school for the bene
fit of the drive tomorrow, Feb
ruary 1, from. 5:30 to 8:00 p. m.
Admission will be by donation at
the door.
Tomorrow night also there will
be a dance at the Raeford arm
ory for the drive. Music will be
furnished by Hal Gore and his
nine-piece orchestra and danc
ing will be from nine until one.
Chaperones for this affair will 'be
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. McNeill, Mr.
and Mrs. C. L. Thomas, Mr. and
Mrs. W. T. Gibson, Mr. and Mrs.
W. L. Poole and Mr. and Mrs. R.
B. Lewis.
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HUNTING SEASON ENDS
J. LAWRENCE McNEILL
The third annual presentation
of the Raeford Kiwanis Club’s
“Man of The Year” award to the ;
man of the community consider- |
ed most outstanding was made to j
J. Lawrence McNeill for the year
1951 at the Kiwanis Club’s “Lad
ies Night” last Thursday. Previous
recipients of the cup are C. L.
Thomas and L. M. Upchurch.
The presentation was made by
W. T. Gibson, Jr., 1951 president
of the club, who described the
outstanding .activities considered
by the committee in selecting Mc
Neill for the award. He described
McNeill’s activities in bringing
the Robbins Mills to Raeford and
in the promotion of the Robbins
Heights development; his activi
ties as a-deacon of the Raeford
■Presbyterian church, a director of
the Raeford Chamber of Com
merce and other corporations, with
boys and girls through the Boy
Scouts and through spopts, and
his activities' generally in being
a leading citizen of the commun
ity.
About 125 members, ladies and
other guests were present at the
affair, an annual event in the
club. It was held in the High
school cafeteria and a delicicas
dinner was served by Mrs. Lucy
Smith and her assistants.
The president, Marion Gatlin,
presided and, turned the meeting
over to Younger Snead, who ser
ved as toastmaster. He welcomed
the Ladies and told a rather
pointed joke on a local insurance
agent.
Attendance awards were . pre
sented by J. 'W'. Canaday for per
fect attendance as follows; M. H.
Gatlin, eight years; A. H. Mc-
Phaul, six years; Dr. Julius Jor
dan, three years; Tom McLauch
lin, two years; and W. T. Gibson,
Jr. and E. B. Sattenvhite, one
year.
A. H. McPhaul presented a gift |
from the club to Mrs. Srr.ith and |
then the award for the best pro- |
gram of the year, to T. 0. Moses, i
Entertainment was furnished by
soldiers of the Special Service of
fice at Fort Bragg and was great
ly enjoyed. The program was ar
ranged by Israel Mann and Youn
ger Snead.
Recorder Hears
Variom Cases h
Court Tuesday
A sizeable accumulation of cases
faced Judge Henry McDiannid in
recorder’s court Tuesday after
having no court last week due to
Superior court being held. Some
2fl of these were disposed of and
several were continued for later
trial.
J. T. MauJt^y, white, was called
for trial on a charge of beiNg
drunk and disorderly. He failed
to appear' and the judge ordered
his bond forfeit and a capias is
sued for him to be brought in.
Maultsby had appealed the case
from mayor’s court where he had
been convicted 'and sentenced to
the roads for 30 days without the
privilege of paying out.
Floyd Bean, white, pleaded guil
ty of violating the game laws.
Sentence of sLx months was su
spended on payment of $50 and
the, costs.
Clyde Alvin Benfield, white, and*
Parry Thomas and Jacqueline
Young, colored ^1.'omen. paid the
costs for being drunk and disor
derly.
Willie Frank Poe, colored truck
driver who lost several bales of
cotton at the corner of Main St.
and Central avenue, paid the costs
for not having it securely tied on.
John Lee McNeili. colored, paid
$10 and the costs for driving an
overloaded truck.
Forest C. Biake, white, paid
the costs for failing to stop at a
stop sign.
Walter P. Powell, colored, got
four months suspended on pay
ment of $125 and the costs for
driving drunk and speeding. Wiley
Perkins, colored, got three months
suspended on payment of $100 and
the costs for driving drunk.
Wilbert Stanton, white, paid the
costs and settled damages in a
case in which he was charged with
careless and reckless driving and
damage to perosnai property. Fred
Daniel Bandy, colored, p>aid costs
for the same offense and made
good damages as did Charles Ed
gar Sheppard, white.
Cleo Barton, Indian, and Ed
ward L. Batchelor, white, were
each charged with careless and
reckless driving as a result of a
wreck. Barton was found guilty
given 90 days to be suspended on
payment of court costs and $50
to Batchelor. He appealed and
posted $250 bond. Batchelor -was
found not guilty.
Calvin Jones,' Indian, padd $25
and the costs for driving without
driver’s license.
Speeders paying $10 and the
costs or leaving $25 bonds were
Lovell D. Tice. Gerald S. Wise,
Ward D. Davis and Willia.Ti Fred
Hendrix, ali white. John Thomas
McPhatter, colored, paid $10 and
the costs for driving wit’n impro
per brakes.
RENT STABILIZERS TO
BE HERE TOMORROW
Mrs. Riley Jordan and young
son spent Friday in Raeford.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Thomas spent
■Wednesday and Thursday of last
week in Charlotte.
Lewis Upchurch, who is ill at
his home after having been for
some time in a Fayetteville hos
pital with heart trouble, is im
proving slowly. He is still unable
to receive visitors, however.
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Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Carter
spent Sunday in Winston-Salem.
District Wildlife Protector H.
R. McLean this week reminded all
hunters of the fact that the hunt
ing season ends today, January 31.
Exceptions to this are that opos
sums and raccoons may be hunted
with dogs only through February
15. Trapping season ends today
also. Foxes may be hunted with
dogs only through March 2.
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QUITS TRAVELING JOB
Mrs. H. C. McLauchlin, who
has been field representative, lor
Flora Macdonald college since
last summer, has resigned this
position and will resume her piano
classes at her home.
John Perry, Jr. Area Rent Di
rector of the Ciimberland-Hoke
county . Defense Rental Area has
announced that Representatives
of the Office of Rent Stabilization
will be in Raeford, Friday, Feb.
1, 1952 in the Jxiry Room, of the
county Court House for the pur
pose of assisting landlords in the
filing of Registration statements.
These representatives will be in
the Jury Room from 10 a. m. to
4 p. m. Registration statements
and instructions will be available
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W. J. McNEILL HAS
ANOTHER ATTACK
W. J. McNeill, at his home re
cuperating from several serious,
heart attacks, suffered another
over the week end. At last report
he was resting better.
Daltons Lose Home
In Fire Monday P.M.
Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Dalton lost
their honae about two lE^es south
of Raeford on the Laurinburg road
by fire of undetermined origin on
Monday night. They lost most of
their household effects amd per
sonal possessions and Mr. and Mrs.
J. C. McKenzie, who had an a-
partment upstairs in the houses
lost all their personal effects.
Mr. Dalton and his family were
at home at the time and he dis
covered the fire at about nine o'
clock after it had apparently been
burning for" ten minutes or raor
TTie telephone was not wort
so Mrs. Dalton came to Raefo
for help. By the time a
from the Raeford Fire Depart
arrived the house was
smoke and was afire beyontT
pmg.
About aU the Daltons
to save were some kite
ment,’a piano and
from the lifing roo$pt
was parUalty coTer«|[^ hr t
surance.