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VOLUME XLVII; NUMBER 1
THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1952
RAEFORD, N. C.
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By the Editor
H. W. B, Whitley, of the local
bar, was telling me this week that
' he had suggested to the county
commissioners that they try both
candidates for judge of the re
corder’s court on the bench
for a week or two before
the primary so th^ people could
see them in action before voting
on them. He said it wouldn’t make
any difference to Judge Greene,
as he’s- not seeking the office any
way. At first this sounded like a
pretty good notion to me, but on
thinking it over I am inclined to
agree with the commissioners who
did not do it. I’m not thinking
about I the spot Mr. Roper and Mr.
Moses would be on, but the one
the defendants during those few
weeks of “tryout judging” would
find themselves on. Some might
feel, and rightly, that they were
being dealt with a little more se
verely in order for the “judge"
to properly impress those ; who
like a hard judge. It might be
said of others that they got out
light so their family and friends
would vote right. I think both
mSn would have done the job
honestly under; these circ^-
-stances, but tliege things still
could and would have been said.
Judging in a criminal court is a
serious thin}, and qvute “fby
keeps.” The people can pick th^
one .they want to do it for them-
in the primary Saturday, and then
he cati do it seriously and, with ho
Raefo^d Wins
Little League
Opening Game
Large Crowd Attends;
Regular Games To Start
Here Next Monday
HONOR STUDENTS AT HOKE HIGH
lets' ^
.thought of polities.
Tl wonder if anyone efee ev®
a full about-to-cry-for-no-good-
reason feeling when they hear
The Star Spangled Banner being
played and wgtch the Stars and
Stripes rise in the breeze? Same
way you feel when you see a boy
who has practically nothing offer
if all to a friend he thinks needs
it more ... or When you are in
trouble and your friends come to
you?
I see by the “Rockfish News”
that Hubert Olive, Sam McGougan
and Knox Watson were Rockfish
visitors Tuesday. I hear they were
in Raeford the same day. They
didn’t come by to see us here at
the paper, but then I’m for Um-
stead anyway, and yve wouldn’t
have had much to talk about.
A meeting was held at the coun
ty office building Monday after
noon on the program, “North Car
olina Accepts the Challenge,” a
concerted effort to improve the
per capita income of farmers in
North Carolina and thus . their
standard of living. The County
Farm and Home agents invited re-
pre.sentatives of civic clubs and
institutions in the county to attend,
as being vitally interested in such
a program. The response of- these
organizations and individuals was
mdst disappointing, the Ruritans
being about the only ones to par
ticipate.
In 1944 a Frenchman was get
ting ready to go to the liberation
celebration his village was hold
ing,' and his conscience was hurt
ing him only the tiniest bit. You
see, there was a big wine barrel
in the village square into which
everyone was to pour a bottle of
wine to be used by all at. the fes
tive occasion. The war had not
left our particular Frenchman
much, and he knew no one could
possibly know that he had slip
ped a bottle of plain water in for
his share. And what difference
would one bottle of water make in
a whole barrel of wine? Imagine
the surprise of the whole com
munity when they came to draw
wine and found the barrel full of
water.
To quote somebody, "If you
don’t vote, dammit, you deserve
what you get.” . . . And it may
be plain water. (Now don’t any o
my teetotaling readers get the
notion Fm belittling good old
clear cold water. ThaFs just the
way I heard this parable . . . •
and parable It is.)
A crowd of from 400 to 500
people from Raeford and Aber
deen attended the opening game
of the Aberdeen-Raeford Little
Baseball League at the Little Lea
gue park in Robbins Heights here
on 'Wednesday of last week and
saw the Raeford Tigers, managed
and coached by Alfred Cole, Law
rence Poole and Willie Hodgin
best the Aberdeen Cubs by-a score
of eight to four. '
First game in Aberdeen wa.^;
scheduled for yesterday afternoon
with the Raefoi;d Indians imder
Rowe Chapman meeting the A’o-
erdeen Cards.
Regularly scheduled play will
get under way next Monday when
the Raeford Tigers will play the
Raeford Indians here. On Wednes
day of next week the Tigers will
play the Aberdeen Cards here.
Games thereafter will be played
on Mondays and Wednesdays
through the months of June and
July. Monday games rained out
will be played the following Satur
day and Wednesday games rained
out will be played the following
Thursday. There will be a home
game here each Monday ahd Wed
nesday starting next week with
the exception that there will not
be a game here July 2, but it will
be played hpe on July 4 instead.
Jtll games start at 5:30 p. m,
iSSTemonies at the opening
game included music Tty the Hoke
County High school band under
the direction of J. B. Renn, fol
lowed by a few words of welcome
by Younger Snead and a short
talk by J. Pat Bell, president of
the Aberdeen-Raeford Little Lea
gue. This was followed by the
playing of the National Anthem
by the band and the raising of the
flag on the new pole in center
field by members of the local Boy
Scout troop. Following a very short
exhibition by Make McKcithan,
Lawrence Poole and Lawrence
McNeill play was turned over to
the youngsters and the gime got
under way. Umpires were Law
rence McNeill, W. T. Gibson and
Julius Jordan.
The visitors went right to work
and scored two runs in the first
innin on Indian pitcher Bill Hod-
gin. but the locals came back with
four big ones in their half of the
first and were never behind again,
although the score was tied 4-4
in teh fourth. H. McCaskill re
lieved Hodgin on the mound in
the fourth and was the winning
pitcher. He was also the leading
hitter, getting a two-run homer in
the first and one with two aboard
in' the fifth. Six-inning games are
played in Little League baseball.
Lineup for the Raeford Indians
was Hodgin, pitcher and Srd base;
'White, right field; Human, 1st
base; Kelly, center field; Peek,
catcher; H. McCaskill, 3rd base
and. pitcher; Snead, shortstop; G.
A. McCaskill, 2nd base; Snipes,
left field.
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JOBiN McLAUCHLIN
ANNIE BLUE CAMERON
John McLauchlin was valedictorian and Annie Blue Camer
on salutatorian of the 1952 graduating class at |loke County
High School. They delivered their addresses at graduation
exercises at the school Tuesday night. John is the son of
Mrs. H. C. McLauchlin and Annie Blue is the daughter of
Mrs. Leon Cameron. . 7'
Kiwanians Entertain
High School Athletes
The Raeford Kiwanis club had
as its guest at a fried chicken sup
per at ,the Upchurch airport last
Thursday night all members of the
basketball, baseball and football
teams at Hoke High school and
their coaches. About 70 guests
were present.
Speaker for the occasion was
Head Football Coach Horace Hen
drickson of N. C. State College.
He was presented to the group by
Aliimnu^,Clyde Upchurcbi Jr., .and
made a most interesting talk of
particular application to young
people about to finish high school
and to enter college.
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National Guard Unit
To Close Enlistments
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Jaycees Cpfnplete
Plans To Sjliect
Hoke Beau^ Queen
INSECTS GET SMART
J. A. Baucom, local bird and
flower fancier, brought a canna
into the office this week which
would appear to indicate that he
has some pretty smart insects in
his flower garden. This canna had
been sewed up so that it could
not unfurl as cannas do, and the
young worm was inside, well pro
tected, eating at his leisure. The
mama had apparently sewed it
up when she laid the egg. It was
new to Baucom and to the printers
to whom hg showed it.
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CHOIRS TO SING
1st Lt. Edwin D. Newton, com
mander of the local National
Guard battery, said this week that
the batfery would be unable to
accept enlistments after next Mon
day night, June 2, imtil after the
battery returns from Camp Ste
wart, Ga., on June 29.
The unit now has a strength of
about 100 men and officers and
the step is being taken due to the
administrative work necessary to
get a man enlisted and equipped
and that the unit leaves for Camp
Stewart on June 15.
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Lumbee River REA
Gets $670,000 Loan
The State REA board of direc
tors last Thursday approved loan
requests totaling $1,468,823.71 for
several REA cooperatives in the
state. Among those listed was
Lumbee River Electric Member
ship Corporation of Red Springs.
Lumbee River applied for $570,-
000 fcff system improvements and
new lines to serve new members,
and $100,000 to reloan to their
members ,for installation, wiring
and plumliing fixtures and equip-
^ment.
Lumbee River serves approxi
mately 7,000 members in the
counties of Hoke, Robeson, Cum
berland and Scotland.
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G. Y. NEWTON HERE
The four children’s choirs of
^ the Raeford Presbyterian church
'Will present a musical program at
the church Sunday evening at 7:00
o’clock. This wiU close the choir
season for the children, and they
will resume practice In the fall.
Giles Y. Newton of Gibson, can
didate for Congress from the 8th
District, was a Raeford visitor yes
terday. He wanted to get an ad in
the News-Journal saying “Newton
for Congress,” but was too iate.
He is seeking the democratic no
mination to the seat held by C. B.
Deane of Rockingham.
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Mrs. Paul Dickson, Sr. attended
the (?) reimion of her class at
Converse CoUege, Spartanburg,
and also attended commencement
last week. She will visit Mrs. Har
ry Lindeman for a week before
she and Mm. Lindeman leave for
Charleston, S. C. to visit Dr. and
Mrs. A. B. Dickson.
The Raeford ^^ior Chamber
of Commerce in m semi-monthly
meeting Tuesday^ght completed
plans for the "lil^Hoke County”
beauty pageant'i;«id allied festi
vities which th^l^e to promote
during the mon^iof June.
Plans are for Ihe affair to be
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held in the Acnibiy on June 27.
A dinner will l^'^efved by the
Raeford WomanJ^laJ?. This will
be fiSllow^pegetoF
and talent show and selection of
“Miss Hoke County,” who will
represent the county in the state
contest for “Miss North Carolina ’
to be held,in Winston-Salem in
July. The evening will wind up
with a dance to the mtisic of a
popular archestra of this section.
Rules for entrants in the con
tests state that they must be not
less than 18 years of age on Sep
tember 1, 1952, and she be un
married and never married. She
must, of course, be a resident of
Hoke County.
The Jaycees are preparing a
program for the affair which will
contain the pictures of the en
trants and facts about the pageant
and the community. They are also
arranging, an- array of gifts for the
winner and for her participation
in the “Miss North Carolina” con
test.
Hoke Mad Will Gel
Degree From Duke
Zane Grey Norton, son of Mrs.
J. M. Norton and the late Mr.
Norton of this county will be
among the more than 1100 who
will receive degrees at the 100th
commencement of Duke Univers
ity on Monday, June 2. He will
receive the degree of Bachelor of
Divinity.
He is a graduate of Hoke High
school and a World War II vete
ran and received his B. A. degree
in 1949. He will leave on June 3
for Shelby where he will become
pastor of the Hoyle Memorial
Methodist church. He will preach
his first sermon in his new church
on June 8.
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Raeford Men Go To
Kiwanis Banquet
Marion Gatlin, J. B. Thomas, J.
H. Blue and Charles Hostetler re
presented the Raeford Kiwanis
club at a testimonial dinner given
at the Sir Walter Hotel in Ra
leigh last Thursday night for Ki-
w a n i s International President
Claude Heilman of Baltimore.
About 400 Kiwanians from four
divisions of the Carolinas Kiwanis
district were present.
"Various gifts were carried the
honor guest from the communi
ties represented. Including pea
nuts from down east, a mattress
from Mebane and enon^ RobblM
fabrics by the local men to make
him a suit.
Campaign Closing;
Primary Saturday
With the campaign for Governor
between William B. Umstead and
Hubert Olive being the only hot
state-wide contest and with the
only two-way local contest being
that between T. O. Moses and W.
L. Roper for recorder, a light vote
is rather dismally expected by
some of the political wise men.
A factor not being considered
which may make quite a difference
is that there have been many new
people moving to the coimty re
cently and several huryired new
names have been added to the reg-
istartion books. The responsibili
ties of citizens to vote has been
forcefully brought to the cons
ciousness of the voters this year
by it being the first time in many
a year that the presidential nomi
nee is not a foregone conclusion.
For County commissioner Mar
shall Newton, N. H. G. Balfour,
W. M. Thomas and Fulford Mc
Millan of the old board are run
ning along with Douglas McPhaul
and William Stanley Crawley,
j: Five will be nominated in the vot
ing Saturday.
For the county boaVd of educa
tion N. L. McFadyen, Richard 1^.
Neeley, David F. Lindsay and
Robert H. Gatlin of the old board
are running along with Joel D.
Royal, D. R. Huff, Jr., and Alfred
Long, Jr.
There are state contests for the
supreme court, lieutenant govern
or, and insurance commissioner.
The day for voting is Saturday,
May 31.
57 SENIORS GEl DIPLOMAS AT
HOKE HIGH ON lUESDAY NIGHT
Dr. Mark Depp Speaks;
Varioos Awards Made
Reewder Hears
Light Session
Only a dozen cases were dispos-
of in Hoke County recorder’s court
Tuesday before Judge Harry
Greene, several being continued
luitil next week.
Four colored men entered pleas
of guilty of violating the prohibi
tion laws by possessing non-tax-
paid liquor. They were T. C. Artis,
Edgar Watkins, Vander Smith
and Frank Smith. Each had to pay
$10 and the costs. On the same
charge Sylvester Richardson was
found not guilty.
Jimmy Jackson, white, was
fbxmd guilty of careless ahd reck
less driving. Sentence was 60 day.':
to be suspended on payment of
$25 and the costs and 12 months
good behavior. Jackson appealed
and posted $250 bond.
Grantham Clark, Indian, paid'
$25 and the costs for driving with
out a license and was found not
guilty of parking on the highway. [ Lament, was presented by Charles
The State dropped the cases in
which Frances McNeill and Ger
trude Ferguson were charged v/ith
The annual commencement ex
ercises for Hoke County Hi^
School were held Tuesday even
ing May 27 in the hi^ school
auditorium with the Reverend
Dr. Mark Depp of Centenary
Methodist Church of Winston-
Salem making the address. The
Rev. S. A. Ewart gave the invo
cation after which Annie Blue
Cameron delivered the salutatory.
The High School Girls Sextet, ac
companied by Miss Bradley, sang
“Think on Me.” The Rev. P. O.
Lee of Raeford Methodist Church
introduced Dr. Depp, speaker of
the evening. Dr. Depp’s address,
interspersed with humor and wit,
was informative as well as inter
esting.
W. J. Coates, representing the
Farm Bureau, presented prizes to
Wagland Fulk and James Blue
: who tied for higher average in
I .Agricultural Classes.
1 The Peace award, won by Pat
Hostetler of the local bar associa
tion.
Harold Gillis of the Lions Club
giving bad checks to Mrs. F. B. made awards for being best citi
Churches Plan Bible
SchobrS" Na^t^Week
starting next Monday morning
vacation Bible schools will be
held in the Raeford Baptist, Meth
odist and Presbyterian churches
for periods varying from one to
two weeks.
The school at the Raeford Pres
byterian church will start at 9:00
a. m. Monday and will last two
weeks, the final day being Friday,
June 13. Classes will be held from
nine to twelve each morning with
varied activities. Misses Jean Sea-
grove and Betty Wardlaw, stu
dents at Assembly’s Training
School, will be the directors and
all children aged from four to 12
are invi^d.
The Raeford Methodist church
will hold its school next week,
meeting each morning from nine
until 11:30. All children between
the ages of four and 15 are in
vited to come for mornings of
music, worship, study, recreation
and refreshments. Classes will be
held in the Sunday School de
partment of the church.
The Raeford Baptist church will
hold “Preparation Day” for. its
school tomorrow afternoon be-
t\vecn two and four o’clock. Dur
ing this time the children will pa
rade through the business district.
The Bible school will be held next
week from Monday through Fri
day with classes daily from 3:30
to 11:30. Children aged from three
to 16 are invited. 'The pastor will
conduct the school, assisted by
Miss Martha Pittman, educational
director.
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Army Is Rotating
Teals To Korea
Cpl. Samuel. E. Teal, son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. L. Teal of Raeford, is
now serving on the mud-bogged
eastern front in Korea with the
25th Infantry Division, a release
from Korea said this week.
His unit, with its attached Tur
kish brigade, has been holding
down a battle line northwest of
the Punchbowl.
Corporal Teal, a member of the
14th Infantry Regiment’s Head
quarters company, arrived in Ko
rea last month. He entered the
Army in June, 1951.
His brother. Cedi L. Teal, has
been at home for the past few
wedes, having just returned ftorn
a year of service witti the Third
Infantry Division In Korea.
Harris.
James Johnson, colored, got 60
days suspended on payment of $10
and the costs and 12 months good
behavior for being drunk and dis
orderly. Aubrey Thad Fussell,
white, paid S5 and the costs fer
being (Jrunk, and disorderly.
‘•wmife MdLaudilin, colored,
pleaded guilty of careless and
reckless driving. He got six months
suspended on payment of $50 da
mages and court costs and on con
dition of 12 months good behavior
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Raeford Rebels
Ready To Play
The Raeford Rebels, those an
nual baseball enthusiasts, have
been formed again and are going
all out in an effort to give Raeford
a winning baseball team this year.
Approximately twenty players,
former high school, college, and
minor league men have been
practicing for the last few weeks
in an effort to weld together a
strong team.
One of the main obstructions in
the reorganization so far is the
problem of lighting the ball park.
At last count close to one hrmdred
bulbs' and reflectors needed re
placing due to either blowing of
their owm accord or to the vanda
lism of persons known and un-.
known.
The Rebels plan to raise enough
money through contributions of
interested persons and firms to
replace the lights, reflectors and
also to pay a delinquent light bill.
The ball park will be leased from
the .American Legion and after
the Rebels season is completed it
will be turned over to the High
School for ni.gh'i football and base
ball games.
A practice game was played
yesterday afternoon with Lake-
dale with no report on the out
come available before press time.
AIT interested persons who desire
to play with the Rebels may come
out and practice with the team
any afternoon at 6-00.
A list-of those contributing to
the repairing of the fixhires and
alsdt a complete schedule wall be
published later.
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POPPY DAY SATURDAY
Officials of the American Ler
gioh Auxiliary have announced
that Saturday is ' “Poppy Day.”
Ladies of the auxiliaiy will sell
poppies on the streets that day
and proceeds will be used for the
Legion’s work with disabled vete
rans:
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J. P. T. B. Phinips and U.
D. Yatea the wade end at
Southport.
zens in high school, grammar
school, and primary grades to
Mary McLean. Larry Upchurcu,
and Gerry Guyer, respectively.
The "Woman’s Club awards from
the Literary Department were pre
sented by Mrs. Hubert Cameron
to Gerry Guyer, Shirley Leslie,
Beftie'McKeirie and Hazel
Lean for the best creative writS^
and to Betty Jane Ashbum for the
best reading presentation. Hazel
McLean received an award for, the
highest average in Homemaking
classes and outstanding work in
the Future Homemakers club.
Mrs. Arthur D. Gore, repre
senting the Education Department
of Raeford Woman’s Club, pre
sented the valedictory medal to
John McLauchlin.
The American Legion pri*s for
outstanding citizenship, ptesert-
ed by Clyde Upchirrch, Jr., were
received by Betty Jane Ashbum
and John McLauchlin.
The Kiwanis awards for best
all around students were present
ed by Marion Gatlin to Joan Sin
clair. Suzanne Cameron and Larry
Upchurch.
K. A. MacDonald, superintend
ent of public instniction. present
ed certificates to the bus drivers
for outstanding performance and
safety records for the year.
W. T. Gibson, Jr., princiyai of
the high school, made a short talk
to the seniors and presented di
plomas' to: Gordon Adams, Bobby
Alexander, Betty Jane Ash’oum,
Jean Baxley, Margaret Beckwith,
Frances Bobbitt, Bobby Bostic,
Lewis Brock, Annie Blue Camewn,
Betty Jean Clark. Herbert Clark,
Tommy Clark, Ruby Cole, SarsUi
Jane Cole, Sylvia Collins, Earl
Conoley, Joyce Conoley, Marie
Cothran, Betty Culbrettt, Carleen
Davis, Eloise Daws, Doi^lass
Dixon, James Edge, Venetia Fulk,
Betty Garrison, Herman Gillis,
Janet Hodgin, Eva Mae Jackson,
Neil A. Jadtson, Betty Ellen
Jones, W. R. King, Irene Lane,
Betty Jo Lovette, George Lowney
Billy McCormick, Betty McCrim-.
mon, Carolyn McKenzie, John Me- ,
Lauchlin, Mary McLean, Bryan
MiUer* Harold Monroe, Edwin
Newton, Elizabeth Odom, Bruce
Phillips, Jerome Pickier, Pat Rit
ter, David Scull, John Scull, Char
les Sessoms, Bobby Setjwr, Jane
Sinclair, Joan Sinclair, June Stan
ley, Betty Strother. Jlmnqr Webhk
Lyda Williams, Robert WntA
John McLauchlin delivered ft*
Valedictory and die Bev,' tV
Lee gave the Benedicth®.
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of Macon, Ga., vr
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