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V. T N he ew: ourna GUAJUMAM OF UBIWV void or MUDOM Of l!6tM The Hoke County News The Hoke County Journal VOLUME XL VII; NUMBER 48 THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1953 RAEFORD, N. C. TEN CENTS PER COPY $3.00 PER YEAR OF 7 Mr it 'm1 Eli . IJ ' ""'T I 6sa aci lull By the Editor Well, the town will go through the formality of an election Mon day with only one set of candi dates. Alfred Cole is running for mayor, and Marion Gatlin, A. V. Sanders, Truman Austin, Tom Cameron and J. K. McNeill, Jr., are running for the five seats on the town board. Gatlin and San ders are members of the present board. They can just about roll up the streets here on Wednesday afternoons starting next Wednes day. Most of the stores are al ready closing; next Wednesday McLauchlin Co., Raeford Hard ware Co., The Johnson Co., Hoke Exchange Co., and Farmer's Fur nishing Co., will start the practice. Mrs. H. S. Barrington will also close her office as justice of the peace and Red Cross representa tive. From all I hear, the public is pretty well satisfied with the appointment of D. C. Cox as act ing postmaster. Of course, Charles Morrison was all right, too, but being a Democrat he had to go and knew it all the time. I think he did rather expect to stay on the job until a permanent ap pointment was made, but the Re publicans didn't let any grass grow under their feet. They only got organized in the county when they met on March 28, but got into production in short order. Morrison ratains his Civil Service rating as a clerk in the post office and will remain in the office in that capacity, probably. In case you hadn't noticed, the contractors are really intending to have children going to school in the new primary building here when school opens next fall. At the rate they are going, I would guess they finish it with time to spare if they keep it up. The Hoke County Bar Associa tion spoke the minds of many citizens of the county last week when they praised and commend ed Judge Leo Carr of Burlington at the conclusion of the April term of Superior Court. They pointed to his high sense of jus tice and his consistently balanced scrutiny of the evidence in cases appearing before him, and ex pressed the hope and belief that he will go even higher in the le gal profession. I have the docu ment before me as I write, and it is such a classic example of what is commonly known as le gal phraseology by us ordinary mortals that I believe all should see it. It follows. "The Bar of Hoke County, among the numerous things it constantly omits and the many times it neglects its duty to speak while its promptings are high and its impulses are lofty and meritorious, this once is de termined to express itself in well deserved commendation of the Honorable Leo Carr who these last two terms of our court has served so exemplary with judi cial temperament and grace. "This Bar may have oft been remiss to excercise the refine ments of being considerate of its superiors and the problems they encounter, but now it finds itself without an excuse and equally filled with impulses to convey to Judge Carr its pleasure at the liberty of entrusting clients to His Honor's sense of justice and balanced scrutiny of the evidence. "It would be the highest of causes for each member of this B;ir for self-congratulations to discover how its private apprai ll of Hi, Honor's usefulness to .irth Carolina was timely pre-j aged, if some morning not too Ions hence the papers said he had received a commission elevating him to higher and more challeng ing public position. "This April 23, 1953. f signed) H. W. B. Whitley, G. B. Rowland, J. M. Andrews, Arthur D. Gore, H. D. H.irrison. Jr., T. O. Moses. Wake Forest Team Leads Youth Revival A week-end youth revival, led by six Wake' Forest students, cli maxed Youth Week at the Rae ford Baptist church. The six Wake Forest students who led the revival are: Don Phlegar, junior of Portsmouth, Va., who preached on Saturday night and led the singing at all the services; Archie Jones, junior of Mocksville, who preached on Sunday night; Ann Fuller, junior of Louisburg; Sue Tillman, jun ior of Newport News, Va., Bar bara Beals, junior of Newton; Jim Stines, junior of Asheville. Jim was captain and consid ered most capable by members of the church. He is extension dir ector of evangelism at the college. He preached on Sunday morning and couducted a service at Wa gram prison on Sunday afternoon. Each of these young people filled places of leadership in the Sunday school and Training Un ion. On Saturday night a fellow ship hour was held in the base ment following the services. YOUR SCHOOL NEWS By K. A. MacDonald On next Monday, May 4, when the present Board of Education holds its last meeting prior to the organization of the new board, Carl Riley retires from the board. He did not stand for re-nomination in the last pri mary. With 18 years of service, so far as the writer knows he is only exceeded in length of ser vice to the county by John Mc Googan and Dave Hodgin. Mr. Riley was sworn in as a board member at the organization meeting in April 1935 and has served continuously since then. He has given generously of his time and talents to the county. His worth to the board and to the county were officially recog nized in 1945 when he was made chairman. He served with dis tinction as chairman for three terms and retired from the chair manship at his request, being then succeeded by the present chairman, R. H. Gatlin. The board and the schools will miss Mr. Riley, but we realize that he has earned his retirement and we wish to thank him for all he has done and meant to the schools of Hoke County. Turkeys will toe available for all schools with lunchrooms on next Monday. Butter will also be available. J. A. Baucom gave U. S. maps to the fifth and seventh grades of the Raeford Elementary school. At the same time he offered $2 prizes to the student in each room drawing the best map. Those winning these prizes were Car ole Baggett Mrs. Amos' room; Duncan Baxley Mrs. Stephens' room; and Jeanette Watson-Mrs. Turlington's room. Last Friday the sixth and sev enth grades from Rockfish and the fifth, sixth, and seventh grades from Mildouson got together and made a bus trip to Raleigh. They took in a joint session of the House of Representatives and Senate, visited the Hall of His tory, Department of Archives Coliseum and various other places of interest. They returned tired, but happy, late that after noon. The Hoke County Unit of NC EA held its annual banquet in the Raeford Elementary lunch room last Monday night. A delici ous fried chicken dinner was ser ved by the ladies who operate the lunchroom. The only business of the even ing was the election of officers for 1953-54, Mrs. Ruria Shclton was elected president; Mrs. Janie T. Monroe, vice-president and Mrs. Frances H. McLean, secretary-treasurer. The only visitors were a few husbands andor wives of the teachers. There was (Continued On Page 4) 25 Cases Deal With Drinking, Fighting, Cars Court Takes Entire Day Judge T. O. Moses faced a full docket in Hoke County re corder's court Tuesday, as no court was held last week during Superior Court. In a full day 25 cases were heard and disposed of at the session. Speeders included G. W. Gaines, Hobart G. Woodham and Hubert T. Hine, Jr., all white, each of whom left a $25 bond. Hazel D. Vasset, white, paid $15 and costs for the same offense. Jesse Boone McArthur, white, pled guilty to driving drunk and violating the prohibition laws. He paid $100 and costs for the first and $25 and costs for the second. He was also found guilty of carrying a concealed weapon and had to pay $25 and costs for this. Ervin Davis, colored, was found guilty of non-support. He got two years to be suspended on payment of $15 weekly toward the support of his five children. Tom Smith, colored, was charg ed with assaulting his wife with a knife, but by the time of trial she did not wish to prosecute Judge Moses let her pay court costs for violating the prohibi tion laws. Sanford Mayner, In dian, got 60 days suspended on payment of $25 and costs on the same charge. Solomon Allen, colored, pled guilty of giving J. H. Wright a bad check for $100. Sentence was 90 days to be suspended on pay ment pf costs and check. He was about to go on the roads yester day. James Edwards, colored, for trespass, got 30 days suspended on payment of $10 and costs and on condition that he not molest Charlotte Bridges and family. Clifton McDougald and John McLean, both colored, each paid $10 and costs for public drunken ness. Melvin C. Hickman and Walter Carr each paid $10 and costs and Joseph F. Sexton paid costs, all for not having driver's license. Careless and reckless drivers included Morrell D. Luttrell, white, $25 and costs; James Mc Neill, colored, got 30 days sus pended on payment of $50 and costs and two years good behav ior; Lewis E. Cagle, colored, $10 and costs; James E. McKay, col ored, four months suspended on payment of $25 and costs and da mages and case was left open for collection of other damages. Flo ra Jane Johnson, colored, was found not guilty of careless and reckless driving. W. J. Rivers, white, paid $10 and costs for a traffic violation. Daniel Roscoe McMillan, colored, was tagged $20 and costs for hav ing no brakes, not the first of fense, and judgment was sus pended on condition that he have brakes for the next two years if he drives. Daniel Pat McNeill, colored, paid $10 and costs for having no brakes, and Harvey Parker, col ored, paid costs for having im proper equipment on his car. 0 Hoke Man Joins Division In Korea WITH THE 25th INFANTRY DIVISION IN KOREA Pvt. Cur tis M. Jackson, whose wife, Myr tle, lives at 401 Chatham St., Fayetteville, N. C, recently join ed the 25th Infantry Division. The 25th has been in Korea longer than any other American division. It entered the fighting in July 1950 shortly after the Communist attack on South Ko rea. Jackson, a light artillery re pairman in the 25th Replacement Company, entered the Army in April 1952 and recently arrived in Korea. Prior to entering the Army, Private Jackson was employed as a weaver by Robbins Mills, Red Springs, N. C. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Jackson, live on Route 3, Raeford. FMC To Hold May Day Celebration First Tuesday In May The "First Tuesday in May" is almost here, and with it of course comes May Day at Flora Macdon ald. This year, the first Tuesday will fall on the 5th, and the fes tivities on the front campus will begin at four o'clock in the af ternoon, as announced by Miss Ethel Batcman, director. Preceding the entrance of the May Court, the program will open with "Marching Tactics" by the freshman class, a mass drill by the sophomores, (Peggy Callahan of Whiteville, leader) and Highland dances by the ju niors. Court attendants who will herald the entrance of the Queen, are, from the senior class, Vir ginia Gray of Arlington, Virginia, Joyce Sweat of Talladega, Ala bama, and Jean Underwood of Chadbourn; Juniors, Mar lene Jones of Lansing, Saradee Davis of Quincy, Florida, and Mary Elizabeth Pierce of Raleigh, so phomores, Lucy Fleming of Me bane and Marie Sellars of White ville; and freshmen, Laura Lisk of Mt. Gilead and Janice Gar rett of Wilmington. The Maid of Honor, Virginia Buhler of Gra ham will immediately precede and will crown the May Queen, Marie Essy of Maxton. Her train bearers will be Lura and Rachel McLean, little twin daughters of Mr. and Mrs. William McLean of Red Springs. Both the mother and the grandmother of the train bearers are FMC alumnae. The crown bearer will be Jimmy Mc Donald, little son .of Mr. and Mrs. Jamas N. McDonald of Red Springs. The theme of the pageant, "The Nutcracker" was taken from the Nutcracker Suite, and will feature many beautiful and colorful dan ces, including the dance of the "Tin Soldiers", Chinese, Arabian, and Russian dances, dances of the Silver Flutes, the beautiful bal let, "Sugar Plum Fairies", the Dance of Dolls and Toys, and the Ballet of Flowers. A bevy of lit tle first graders from Red Springs school will take the part of the mice in their battle against the ginger cakes and the tin soldiers. Linda Ashford of Red Springs will be featured as a solo doll dancer. Solo dancers will inculde Syl via Abernathy of Mt. Holly as the 'Nutcracker'; Peggy Hammet of Durham as "Marie"; Charlotte Calhoun of Wilmington and Joan Drummond of Graham as the 'Sugar Plum Fairies'; Billiegene Addor of Addor as flower queen in the 'Waltz of the Flowers'. Faye Buck of Wilmington will take the part of the clown. F.M.C. Launches Program To Raise $500,000 Dr. Marshall Scott Woodson, president of Flora Macdonald col lege, announced at the Saturday afternoon session of "Convocation Weekend" that the Trustees had voted to launch a program to raise $500,000 before the end of the year. The sum of $105,000, he said, has already been pledged from four donors, and an active pro gram will take place in the com ing months to secure subscrip tions for the remaining amount. Dr. Woodson stated that the high priorty needs to which the gifts would be devoted included a new academic building, endow ment and scholarship funds, and a program of modernization and improvement to the present plant. 'Flora Macdonald College," he said, "has made an includable contribution to the homes, the schools, the churches, and the communities of this state and be yond; the Sixtieth Anniversary fund will insure that this college's service will go on in undiminish ed strength in coming decade?."' Dr. and Mrs. R. A. Matheson attended the dedication ceremo nies for the N. C. Memorial Hos pital at Chapel Hill last Thurs day and Friday. Dr. R. L. Mur ray attended on Thursday. Beauty Pageant Set For June 12 By Local Jaycees Dance Follows At Armory Friday, June 12 will be the date for the second Miss Hoke County beauty pageant and dance it was announced this week by George Willcox, chairman of the event, to be sponsored by the Raeford Junior Chamber of Com merce. Plans outlined by the Jaycees indicate that this year's pageant will be bigger and better than the one which was held last year At the" beauty pageant, which will be held at the Hoke High School auditorium, an added at traction will be the awarding of a television set which will be given by the Jaycees to the hold er of the lucky ticket. Miss Hoke County II will be crowned at the pageant by Miss Mary Sue Upchurch, Miss Hoke County I, and will reign over the Cotton Choppers Ball which will begin at 9 p. m. in the Armory. At the dance a radio will be given away by the club as a door prize. In addition to the other prizes that the queen will receive is an expense paid trip to the state pageant to be held in Morehead City late in July. Mary Sue, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Upchurch, represented Hoke County in the state pageant last year and was third runner up to Miss North Carolina. Contestants desiring to enter the pageant may contact George Willcox, Dr. Riley Jordan, Ever rett Farrell or Charlie Daramus. Firms desiring to sponsor en trants may also contact those named or any Jaycee. To be eligible, a contestant must be eighteen years of age by Sep tember, a graduate of high school, unmarried and a resident of Hoke County. 0 Hoke High Wins Two More Games In Past Week Beat S. Pines, Gibson The local high school baseball agregation won two more games in last week's play and each time they scored more runs than they made hits. Gibson, 13-4, and Southern Pines, 16-4, were the vic tims. Both games were played at the local park. Against Gibson last Wednes day, the Bucks jumped into a lead quickly as they scored three runs in the first inning with the aid of Gerald Sappenficld's in-side-the-park home run. They continued to build their lead scoring two runs in the third, three in the fourth, one in the fifth and four in the sixth. Gibson's only good Inning was the seventh when they scored their four runs. Hardin pitched for Raeford and won his second game of the sea son as against three losses. The locals got eleven hits with Sap penfield, Thomas, McLeod and Hardin each getting two. In their second game of the Pines the Bucks could only get five hits as they scored their 16 runs. But they were aided by the wildness of the three Southern Pines pitchers who gave up 10 walks and the lack of fielding on the visiting team's part. They made a total of eight errors. The Bucks scored their runs in four innings, five In the first, four in the second, three in the third and four in the sixth. Southern Pines scored three in the fifth and one in the seventh. McPhaul started on the mound and gave way later in the game to Hardin but still received cre dit for the win. Their combined as they gave up but five hits, struck out twelve and walked only three. Paul Pryor, Coach of the Cib ( Continued on Paf 4) Annual Senior Play Set For May 8 Friday night, May 8, at 8 o'clock at the Hoke High school auditorium, the senior class will present "Love Is In the Air", a three act comedy by Frank and Doris Hursley. The cast includes, C. J. Ben ner, Jean Sherill, Helen McDou gald, Leroy Freeman, Bobby Mc Coll, Shirley Mann, Dick Bag gett, Katherine McDonald, L. S. Brock, Pat Lamont, Joe Culbreth, June Connell, Edith McNeill, and Eloise Dean. The proceeds will be used to help purchase an ath letic bus for the High school. 0 Farm Bureau To Oppose Expansion Of Bragg In Hoke Greensboro, April 28 Farm Bu reau Executive Vice-President R. Flake Shaw announced here to day that the American Farm Bu reau Federation will oppose the proposed expansion of the Fort Bragg Military Reservation in Hoke County. Shaw, who is a member of the National Farm Bureau Board, said the organization has filed a formal protest before the Army Subcommittee of the Senate Ap propriations Committee on be half of the entire membership. He pointed out that the Fort Bragg expansion program would deprive Hoke's people of some 44,370 acres, or about one-half of the land area in the county. "Our interest in thie project is based on the 1953 American Farm Bureau Federation resolution re garding Land Ownership," he said. The resolution states, " . . .In many cases, federal agencies have acquired fertile agricultural land when adequate acreages of poor quality of land, frequently al ready owned by the federal gov ernment, are available. Land re quisitioning by the federal gov ernment has been unnecessarily arbitrary and without adequate consideration of the interests of local people in such land and its water supply. We are opposed to such arbitrary and wasteful ac tion. The right to appeal from such action should be provided." Shaw said that many of the land owners now living in the dis puted area of Hoke were displac ed in 1918, when the government requisitioned some 92,000 acres in the county for Fort Bragg. "The proposed expansion of the military reservation would again cause these people to be displac ed," he declared. The Farm Bureau official made it clear that his organization re cognizes the necessity for ade quate training facilities for the Armed Forces. "We believe, how ever, that suitable areas can be found for the expansion of the Fort Bragg Military Reservation without disrupting the entire ec onomy of Hoke County and dis placing the people in this pros perous rural community," he added. Galatia Men Meet At Church Tuesday The men of Galatia met Tues day evening at the church. They had a steak supper with pie for dessert. The president, Herman Koonce, presided and first re cognized those serving in some cute remaks about them as their women. First, the cooks, Pvt. Johny Gillis of Fort Bragg and Ernest Cook and Bundy Culbreth did a fine job with the steak and accessories. Charlie Baker added another woman's touch with a very nice arrangement of flow ers for the tables. Thomas McLauchlin of Rae ford was the guest speaker for the occasion. The men enjoyed his talk and altogether they had a very fine meeting. Mr. and Mrs. Eb Barrington and children of Fuquay spent Sun day with Mrs. W. R. Barrington. D. C. Cox Replace Morrison At Post Office Examination Announced The Post Office Department last week announced that it was replacing Charles Morrison as acting postmaster here. This was followed this week by the an nouncement that applications may be made until May 26 fur civil service examination for perman ent appointment to the position. Morrison's notification came from the Assistant Postmaster General in Washington, and was signed by the Post Office In spector. It follows: "The following named person has been designated acting post master at your office for reason cited below. "A post office inspector will communicate with the newly de signated acting postmaster and arrange a satisfactory date for transfer of the office. The trans fer should not be made until the inspector calls." Name cited below was D. C. Cox and was followed by "Rea son: Your Replacement." The Inspector had not arrived yesterday to make the transfer. Cox, a life-long Republican, has been spoken of as in line for the job since the Republican admin istration went in. Morrison was named acting postmaster Decem ber 18 following the death of Lacy Clark in November. The announcement this week said that the first examination for the job, paying $4870 a year, under new, more exacting eligi bility requirements recently a greed upon by the U. S. Civil Service Commission and the Post Office Department will be open for receipt of applications until May 26. It said that the higher standards would be applied to the filling of the more than 1,700 vacant positions throughout the country. Competitors for the Raeford postmaster vacancy must meet certain requirements as to ex perience and ability to deal with the public as well as take a writ ten test. They must be between the ages of 25 and 63 and have been a resident of the community for at least one year. Complete information and fil ing requirements may be obtain ed at the post office. Application forms must be received in the U. S. Civil Service Commission, Washington 25, D. C. not later than May 26. o Sergeant From Hoke In Atomic Maneuver CAMP DESERT ROCK, NEV. Army MSgt. James L. Bax ley, whose wife, Leona, lives on Route 2, Sillers Circle, Columbus, Ga., was at Camp Desert Rock, Nov., for the second in the cur rent series of atomic tests. The manuever, "Desert Rock V," was designed to demonstrate the effectiveness of atomic wea pons in support of ground action. Taking part were men from Army posts throughout the coun try. They have formed Into composite battalion-sized combat teams for the manuever in the desert wasteland of central Nev ada. Master Sergeant Baxley, is chief clerk in Company C of the Infantry School at Fort Benning, Ga. He has been in the Army since September 1940. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Baxley, live on Route 2, Fed Springs, N. C. 0 MAY DAY DANCE AT HOKE HIGH GYM FRIDAY The student body of Hoke Coun ty High school will hold its an nual May Day celebration and dance at the gymnasium Friday night. They invite all students and former students of the school to attend to see the crowning of the May Queen and to enjoy the semi-formal dance. There will be a small admission.
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