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VOLUME XLVI; NUMBER 38
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14,1952
RAEFORD, N. C.
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[SCHOOL news!
By K. A. MacDonald
The school phase of the “March
• of Dimes” has come to an en^.
We never, saw so many dimes in
our life. We are sure the Bank of
Raeford won’t need dimes for a
long time.
We are extremely proud of the,
Showing the schools made. They
taised $1705j13. A goal of one fifty
■cent card per child in member
ship was adopted. This was reach
ed.
A prize was offered for the child
in the county filling the most
cards. This was won toy Dixon
Hall of the 8th grade at Hoke
Hi^. Dixon got 60 cards filled.
He brought in a total of $30.07.
Others deserving honorable men
tion are Nancy Cloer of Ashemont
with 32 cards, Patsey Irion of Mil-
douson with 21 cards, Gertrude
Gilchrist of Dowmore with 20
cards, Jimmy Byrd of Raeford
Graded with 19 cards, and Clin
ton McLauchlin of Burlington
with 12 cards. We congratulate
these young people on the splen
did work they did fdr this worthy
cause.
The list of schools,.and amounts
raised follows: Ashemont $83.25,
Hoke High $2M.90, Mildouson
$3^.70, Rahford Graded $420.01,
Rockfish $23.79, Antioch $8.57,
Macedonia $7.25, Bowmore $100,
Buffalo $14.32, Burlington $206.43,
Freedom $25.00, Friendship $15.00
Frye’s Mission $28.10, Laurel Hill
: $100.00, McFarland $9.08, New
Ho^ $19.00, Peachmont $11.46,
^2Rcjdkfish Ool. $8.10, Shady Grove
'*$jfe.50,^. Timitoerland $7.85^; Up-
' 'Oafc $»X)5..
fWe think this is a wonderful re
cord and we 7 congratulate the
schools and the pupils in their
splendid effort.
Felix .S. Barker, Director of
Special Education, State Depart
ment of. Public Instruction, was
a visitor in the county this week.
The Board of Education will
meet at 7:30 p. m. on February 15.
Building problems will '^be the
main subjects for discussion.
Hoke High has done lots of
work on the “pasture” this week.
Trees were removed and the land
leveled. A splendid playground
is in process of being made. The
town is assisting the school with
the drainage and leveling. This
help is greatly appreciated.
Arrest Made In
Car Stealing,
Looting Cases
i^bert McLeod, colored, may
have tried to loot or steal one car
too many here last Saturday night,
if he is the man who has been
giving car owners the jitters a-
round here for the past week or
two as officers think he well may
be. ^
On Saturday 'night Raeford po
licemen say he was caught about
an hour after dark entering the
car of Ray Privette, who lives in
the Bank of Raeford building and
operates the cafe at Allen Truck
terminal one mile east of Raeford.
It is said that Privette, returning
to his car in the ally back of
Wood’s Furniture store, surprised
McLeod in the act of using a beer
opener on his glove compartment.
McLeod ran and Privette caught
him and gave him a fair going
over by the time officer C. J.
McNeill of the police force ar
rived.
McLeod was charged with steal
ing the car of William Lamont,
Jr. in recorder’s court Tuesday,
as well as with breaking and en
tering two others. Probable
cause was found and defendant
posted $500 bond for his appear
ance in Superior court.
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Last Friday night the Ashemont
school and lunchroom gave a bar
becue in honor of the P®A.. The
supper and program was enjoyed
by a large number of parents.
Several new members were se
cured for the PTA.
Last Wednesday evening the
Mildouson PTA held what, was
considered by many the best and
best attended meeting of their
PTA in the history of the school.
We are glad that this organiza
tion is in such excellent shape.
Dr. Cherry, Dentist with the
Division of Oral Hygiene, State
Board of Health, is in the county
for five weeks work in the color
ed schools.
We are expecting the white
dentist at an early date.
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COUNTY COTTON REPORT
OVER TWICE LAST YEAR
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Census report shows that 14,252
bales of cotton were giiined in
Hoke County from the crop of
1951 prior to January 16, 1952, as,
compared with 5,536 from, the
crop of 1950. For the State 522,-
469 bales were grown in 1951 as
compared with 188,997 in 1950j
Hoke County ranked 13th in pro
duction among the 40 cotton-
growing counties of the State.
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M!rs. W. B. McLauchlin, yrtio has
been a patient at Moore County
hospital for the past two weeks^
is not well enough to come home.
Hoke Girls Get
IGtli Win Tuesday
As Boys Lose
By Bruce Phillips
The Hoke Cour^ty High_ school
basketball teams'took two games
out of three against Central of
Cumberland County here Tuesday
night in their last regularly sche
duled appearance of the season.
The Hoke girls team raised their
season record to an impressive 16
to one in regular play by winning,
and the junior boys also won. The
varsity boys went down by a 56
to 48 score. ,
The girls from Hoke took over
■the Central girls with compara
tive ease, 45 to 28. Sarah Cole
dumped in a total of 19 point,! to
take scoring honors for the victors.
Lydia Williams . was runner-up
with 16 to her credit. Ina Scull
and Ellen Kate Koonce, the “dam
per twins,” collaborated in a fine
floor game for the “Does”.
The Central boys varsity fought
off a Hoke High rally in the final
quarter and came out victorious,
56 to 48, in the nightcap. The
“Bucks’’ scored a total of 33 points
in the second half to Central’s 21,
but couldn’t overcame the terrific
lead they were facing.
John McLauchlin and Bobby
Lundy, performing valiantly fpr
the losers, poured in 17 and 11
points, respectively. Jimmy White
ai^d Johnny McPhaul were the
local defensive standouts. Both
turned in splendid floor games.
Central’s Shorty Jernigan and
Elmond Bullard racked up 12
points apiece with Robert Cooper
performing well on the defensive
side.
Hoke High winds up regular
season play at Red 'Springs to
morrow night. Next week they
will participate in the Cumbep-
land County tournament to be
held at Massey Hill gymnasium
Feb. 26 to 2'6. Boys, girls and jun
ior boys teams will participate.
Local Man’s Mother
Buried In Dunn McAi.
Mrs. Letha S. Porter, 54, of
Dunn RFD 3, died Saturday night
en route to the Dunn hospital.
She suffered a heart attack at her
home and died while being rush
ed to the hospital. Funeral ser
vices were held in Dunn Monday
afternoon and burial was in
Greenwood cemetery there.
Surviving are' her’husband, her
mother, six sons including James
Porter of Raeford. two daughters,
six brothers, two sisters and nine
, grandchildren.
PERSONALS
Mr. and Mrs, I. Mann and fam
ily spent Sunday in Elizabeth
town.
Mr. amd Mrs. Joe Gulledge and
Mr. and Mrs. C: J. Williamson of
Fayetteville spent Sunday in
Greensboro with Mr. and Mrs.
Dick Paschal. Miss Sue Gulledge,
who had been visiting in Greens
boro returned to Raeford with
them.
Mrs. Frances Falk, has returned
home after having been a patient
at Pittman’s hospital, Fayetteville
for three weeks.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Hinson Wal
ters were patients at Moore Coun
ty Hospital last week. She has
returned to her home, but he re
mained in the hospital. However,
his condition shows improvement.
Mrs. M. D. Gentry, Mrs. Bill
Garrett and children, and Bob
by Gentry of Roxboro, were guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Carlton Niven
from Thursday until Sunday. .
Miss Margaret Gainey has ac
cepted a clerical position with the
Hoke Oil and Fertilizer Company.
Mrs. James Currie, who was
.with the REA for several, years
has accepted a position in the of
fice of Robbins Mill. Her sister.
Miss Aime Carter, formerly with
the Bank of Raeford has accepted
a clerical position at Robbins.
Miss Bonmie Kate Blue left
Thursday of last week for Lock-
port, N. Y. On Saturday atfernoon
she was a bridesmaid at the w;ed-
ding of her friend. Miss Beth Al-
meda Dobbins to Lt. Monroe Win-
sor Ramage III. The wedding took
place in the Emanuel Methodist
Church, Lockport. The bride is
a graduate of Queens College, and
has often visited Bewmie Kate in
Raeford.
Miss Katherine MacDonald at
tended the Hospitality Week End
at Queens College, February 8-10.
Mr. and Mrs. Kerr Stevens^ re
turned last week from a visit to
Yeardon) Pa. where they visited
Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Purcell. Mrs.
Ihircell is Mr. Steven’s sister.
W. C. Phillips, local OPS chair
man, and Younger Snead of the
local committee attended a meet
ing at the Raleigh OPS office last
week. ,
Miss Lettie McMillan under
went a major operation at Moore
County hospital on Tuesday.
• Mr. and Mrs. Earl Deering and
daughter, Carol of Washington
Courthouse, Ohio, spent most of
last week with Mr. and Mrs. Neil
Senter. The Deerings and Senters
became friends while they were
in the Army.
A. R. Fiztsimmons, who is a
patient at Veterans Hospital visit
ed his wife and children at the
home of Mrs., Fiztsimmon’s mo
ther, Mrs. Ryan McBryde the past
week end.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Peele and
son of Harri^rg, N. C. visited
Mr. Ed Peele and family Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Koonce
had as their guests Sunday, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Turlington and
three children, a brother. Wood-
row Turington, Mr. and, Mrs,
James Tew and children of Sal-
emburg, Mr. and Mks. Furman
Martin of Fayetteville, and Mr,
and Mrs. Harper Coydell of Clin
ton. ' ,
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Morrison
and daughter are spending a two
week vacation in Florida.
Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Newsome
and little daughter, Ruth, of Ra
leigh, and Mrs. Hugh Odom bf
Ahoskie were guests in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. MdDuffie
Sunday.
Edison McGirt is a patient at
Scotland Memorial Hospital. He
underwent an operation Saturday
morning.
Cpl. Neill B. Cox is home on
furlough from Korea.
Mrs. B. L. Cox has been quite
sick for several days.
Mrs. Richard L. Burkhart of
Seymour, Indiana arrived in Fay-
etfeyille by plane last week. She
came especially to see her father,
W. J. McNeill, who recently re
turned from a Fayetteville hos
pital, after having had a severe
.heart attack.
Lucius A. Biggs
Dies Monday A. M.;
Buried At Antioch
Lucius Angus Biggs, 59-year-
old resident of Shannon, Route 1,
died Mpnday' morning in a Fay
etteville hospital after a brief ill
ness.
He was a son of Jane Huckabee
Biggs and the late David Biggs of
the Antioch section, of which he
was a native.
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Funeral services were conduct
ed at three o’clock yesterday af
ternoon at Antioch Presbyterian
church by the pastor, the Rev.
Gower Crosswell. Burial was in
the church cemetery.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Rnby Broom; a son, Sgt.
Lucius A. Biggs, Jr., in Korea;
five daughters, Mrs. Clyde Pitt
man of Raeford, Mrs. Woodrow
Conzens of Trinity, Mrs. William
Penny of Fort Bragg. Mrs. Wil
liam Melton of Shannon and Mrs.
Hector King of Miami, Fla.; two
sisters, Mrs. Hugh Thompson of
Johnson City, Tenn., and Mrs.
Ruria Shelton of Antioch, a tea.c’h-
er in the Raeford Elementary
school; his mother, Mrs. Jane
Biggs of Antioch; and eight grai^d-
children.
County Exceeds
Dimes Quota By
More Than $2000
Report this week on the March
of Dimes in the county was sup
posed to have been final, but
Chairman H. D. Harrison, Jr.
said yesterday that he knew of
more money still to come in, so
the report which follows is, still
not complete. It is, however, just
about the whole story.
The county as a whole exceed
ed its quota of $5,000 by $2,245,
taking in a total of $7,245. The
receipts by townships in the drive
are as follows: Allendale $423.24,
quota $350; Antioch $624.73, quota
$500;
$350;
$300;
$750;
$500;
$750;
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Hcye In April By Recolwr Ul
The Hoke County Council of j
Home Demonstration CT-ubs met i
on Tuesday afternoon in the Lions |
Club room in Raeford -ivith 29 :
officers and leaders present. Mrs. 1
Tom Sinclair, County . Council i
President, presided. The meeting
began with the singing' of “Hail
Club Women, Crowned Thru Ser
vice” in the new Club song book.
Plan Meeting To
Organize Jaycees
It was announced this week
that meeting would be held in the
library at the High school at seven
o’clock next Tuesday night, Feb
ruary 19, for the purpose of or
ganizing a I^fbrd Junior Cham
ber of Comnibr^. If formed, the
local chapter Is to be sponsored
by the Fayettwille Junior cham-
ber. ^ *
Harry Stewl*;* N.- C. Jaycee
president, will be present along
with Jerry Stoekard, state secre
tary, also of Raleigh. Local, men
aged 21 to 36 are invited to attend
the meeting, which will last not
over one hour.
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Next Legion Meeting
Set For March 7th
Blue Springs $580.83, quota
Little River $541.64, quota
McLauchlin $515..40, quota
Stonewall $946.27, quota
Quewhiffle $71624, quota
Raeford $2896.65, quota
$2500. Anyone adding the quotas
will note that they total $6000 in
stead of five. This was done on
purpose by the committee in order
to be a little more certain of
reaching the actual quota for the
county as a whole.
Figures for the schools of the
county may be found in the school
news column.
Expenses of the drive paid so
far are as follows; Miss North Car
olina, $50; Hal Gore for orchestra
$18; J. W. Best for supper for
Miss North Carolina and party
$15; Sarah Lytch for expenses for
Miss North Carolina $5; Fred
Fletcher for expenses $5. The
chairman said there were still
several small expense items yet
to be paid also.
Court Tuesday
Five Drunks Pay Costs
■ Three defendants were sent to
the roads by Judge Henry Mc-
Diarmid in recorder’s court Tues
day, two for stealing and one fw
driving after his license has been
Mrs. Bernice Williamson, secre- i revoked,
tary and treasurer, read the min- ! James Blue, colored, pleaded
utes of the last meeting, called i guilty of assault and the larceny
the roll of clubs and gave the I o' some gasoline. He went away
treasurer’s report. i for a total of seven months. Chat-
The items of business discussed ; ntan Covington, colored, also got
were as follows; Federation plans ' ^ total of seven months. He plead-
for the new Home Demonstration ed guilty of stealing some pants,
building on the State College and a pair of hair clippers and
campus, the Federation cookbook jumping a taxi bill in three cases,
which is to contain southern co-i The third to get a road sentence
lonial recipes, the Homemaker's i Tho.mas Lee VThitley, colored.
Creed contests, the good reading ’ got six months, to be suspend-
project, and the county budget, i ed on payment of 5200 and the
The district meeting to be held j costs for driving after his license
on April 9, at the klethodist ; dad been revoked, but didn’t have
church in Raeford was discussed -de money-.
and committees appointed to as- i John McDiarmid McNeill, white,
The monthly meeting of ^ the
Ellis Williamson American Legion
post will be held Friday night,
March 7, at seven o’clock in the
■Hoke High school cafeteria. Due
to conflicting dates the mee;ting
scheduled for this month had to
be postponed.
All members and prospective
members are urged by Command
er R. B. Lewis to attend the meet
ing, as there are several matters
of importance to be discussed. A
turkey dinner will be served. He
said that about' 65 veterans were
members of the post and urged
others to join.
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Lions, B & PW Clubs
Giving Ministrel
Raeford ijons club, and the
Raeford Business and Profession
al Woman’s club are working to
gether and have 'been for some
time getting ready for the two-
night run of th^r ministrel show
at the county high school 'tomor
row and Saturday ni^ts.
The affair is being staged with
top local talent and proceeds will
be used in work by the clubs with
blind and underprivileged child
ren.
TOWN TAG DEADLINE
Mayor W. L. Poole said this
week that the i)olice force would
not take Raeford residents to court
for not having town tags on their
cars before February 29. A'fter
that date they will have to pay
mayor’s court costs as well as the
cost of the tag if found guilty, he
said.
GO TO SCOUT MEETING
Dr, R. L. Murray, Israel Mann
and Younger Snead attended a
meeting of the Cape Fear Area
Council, Boy Scouts of America,
in Bladenboro Monday night.
Red Cross Chapter ~
Holds Two Meetings
Meetings of' the Soke County
American Red Cross were held in
the Red Cross office here on Feb
ruary first and eighth. A special
district representative was pres-^
ent and assisted at both meetings,
•which were held for the purpose
of reorganizing the chapter.
The chapter accepted the re
signation of Dr. R. L. Murray as
chairman with regret, and it was
pointed out that he had served
the chapter as chairman since
1928, giving much time and effort
to the Red Cross during these
years.
Charles Hostetler was chosen b'y
the chapter to succeed Dr. Murray
and other officers' picked were
W. T. Jones vice-chairman, Mrs.
John McGoogan home service
chairman, Tom McLauchlin chap
ter treasurer and' Mrs. W. R. Bar
rington home service secretary.
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County Board Raises
Jurors Pay To $5.00
At their February meeting the
county commissioners voted to
raise the pay for jury service in
the county to $5 a day in the fu
ture. The rate had been $3 a day
for many year^and the fact was
called to the board’s attention By
the Grand jury at the last term
of Superior court.
The board also received $129,-
000 of the school building funds
from the sale of anticipation notes
and voted to deposit tiiis money
to the credit of the board of edu
cation as soon as this body posts
acceptable security.
Possibilities for a replacement
for E. M. StaUings as county a-
gent were discussed by the board
and two men were to be contacted
about the position.
Two road improvement delega
tions from the county were heard
by the board and both requests
were to . be discussed with the
State Highway commission.
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SQUARE DANCE FRIDAY
to as
sist with the preparations. The
Mildouson club was asked to make
corsages for the- guests. The An
tioch club hfienibers were asked
to have charge of the flowers for
the meeting, and the Ashemont
club was picked 'to servm on the
clean-up committee.
Mrs. Sinclair urged the Council
members to participate in the
“iBetter Rural Mail Box Drive”
being sponsored by the clubs in
the county.
- Mrs. Mary L.. McAllister, Dis
trict Agent of Raleigh, spoke to
the group on the statewide music
program which Home Demonstra
tion clubs are sponsoring in every
county in the state.
Miss Josephine HaU, Hoke
County Home Agent, announced
that Mrs. Gower CrossweU, the
wife of the new Presbyterian
minister of Antioch, had been se
cured to direct a county-wide
community chorus. Miss Hall re
ported' that Mrs. Crossweli said
she would like to have both men
and women join the chorus which
is to be organized in the near fu
ture.
Miss Hall also announced that
several women from the county
would attend the meeting on
“Briefing of World Affairs” to be
held at Chapel Hill on Thursday,
February 14th.
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Native Returns To
Join Police Force
was charged with driving drunk.
The State accepted a plea of .guil
ty of careless and reckless driv
ing and Judge McDiarmid fined,
him $25 and the court costs.
Mack Jones, colored, got five
months suspended bn payment of.
S125 and the costs driving
drunk and without license.
Payin-g the costs for being drunk
and disorderly were Jones McRae,
Curtis Gilchrist, .Albert Galbraith
and Ida Barrett, colored, and
Wade S. Fields, white.
Alex Campbell and Clarence
Williams, both . colored, got three
1 months each in separate cases for
violating the prohibition laws by
having stills, etc. Each sentence
was suspended on payment of $25
and the costs.
Willie Edward Barton, white,
paid $25 and the costs for having
no driver’s license.
Thelma C. Harris, white, paid
the costs for failing to stop at a
stop sign.
Robert Washington, colored,
paid the costs and repaired
damages to a tobacco barn for
careless and reckless driving and
damage to property.
John and Ella McAm, colored,
paid $10 and the costs each for
violating the prohibition laws.
Joe Elmo Swan, white, was
found guilty of escaping from the
prison division of the Sanatorium.
He was sent back with not less
than six nor more than 18 months
to be adled to his sentence.
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C. Ervin Morrison, Raeford na
tive who has 'been living else
where for the past 25 years or so,
this week returned as a member
of the ixolice force. He is presently
on the night shift.
Morrison, 37, lived as a child
with his family at 206 West Fifth
Avfenue in the house more re-
bently occupied by Carson Davis
and family. At that time his father" ^
Town Board Plans To
Slow Down Speeders
At the regular monthly meeting
of the board of commissioners of
the town of Raeford on Monday
February 4, an ordinance was un
animously passed regarding speeds
worthed with the Page Ford Co.,
located in the building now oc
cupied by The Johnson Company.
After leaving here he grew up
in Southern Pines, joining the po
lice force there as soon as he was
old enough and serving for about
14 years 'before lea-ving for an
other job. More recently he has
been a policeman at Mt. Olive, N.
C. and comes here from there.
His wife and tHfeir two daughters
and one son live in Southern Pines
where one daughter will finish
high school this year.
He was elected to the job, by the
town board at their meeting Feb
ruary 4.
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POST OFFICE MOVES
There will be a square dance
tomorrow night at Hendrix. Grill
for the benefit of the Mildouson
school, sponsored by the school’s
PTA.
Don’t look for the Raeford. Post
Office next to the Bank of Rae
ford any more. It can now be
found in the new building next to
the town haU, on the west side of
North Main street, just across the
street from the courthouse. Move
ment was completed Tuesday af
ternoon and early yesterday and
some way or other business as
usual went on during most of the
regular business hours involved.
Address is 311 North Maiii street.
on the streets of Raeford.
The ordinance reads: “That any
person, firm or corporation who
shall drive an automobile, trude
or motorcycle-at a rate of
greater than 20 miles per hour
in the business sectian or SS oa
any street in Raeford after the en
actment of this ordinance and
shall plead guilty or be found guil
ty thereof, shall be liable to a
fine of not to exceed $50 and costs
of the case or be imprisoned for
a period of 30 days.”
Ever see a corporation drive a
car??
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Mrs. Elsie Keimeciy
Buried Here Saturday
Mrs. Elsie Mae Kennedy, wife
of C. C. Kennedy, of Fayetteville,
route 3, died last Thursday after
noon after sWeral months of'cle?^
dining health. Funeral semlft#!''^,
was conducted in Fayetteville Sajk-
urday morning by the Rev..ltr»
Heyward, pastor of the
Presbyterian church, and.
was in Raeford cemetery. ■
Surviving in addHtua te :%gt
husband are bar moRMf, « sistar
and a brother.