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The Hoke County Hmn - Estahliihed 1928
The Hoke County Jeunwl - EstobMied 1908
VOLUME LVJI NUMBER 49 RAEFORD, HOME COl'NTYf NORTH CAROLINA
12 PAGES
THURSDAY,APMIL 2S, tn$
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By Paul Dickuon
The response to recent »p-
peals for contributions to The
News-Journel Cemetery Fund
has been (jenerous and heart
ening, and some of die
comments received aloi^ with
the checks made me feel right
good too. We have received
a right good bit of money into
this fund and spent it ell on
die cemetery since the idea
was worked out wldi die town
and the fund started in July
of 1956. It has been several
years, though, since we let
it get down - to $30 or $40
like we did a week or two ago.
A total of $82 has come in
lately, though, and we now are
up over $100 again. This can
go fast when you get to buying
lawn mowers, tools and ferti
liser, even though the folks
here who sell such things always
give us mighty good prices
for the cemetery. Your con
tribution will still be Welcome
and usable.
For contributions, we thank
Miss Helen Dickson of High
Point, my aunt, for $25 — and
some of the other Dickson here
and there ifho get this distress
sheet could take note and do
likewise--, the J. A. Daucom
Co. for $15. G.C. Lytle for
$12. Bertha A. Tapp and Jessie
B. Ferguson for $10each, Jose
phine Hall and Mrs. W. j, Mc
Neill for $5 each. We also
got $10 for the remains of a
couple of old lawn mowers.
Charles Morrison reports
.some contributions to the Hoke
Rural Fire Department also,
for which all connected widi
diat organization are grateft^
These were: the J.A, Baucom
Co,. $15. Mrs. WJ, McNeill.
$10. and G. A. Page, $5.
Morrison also brought the
following note he received from
WJ. Carpenter, Jr., in Pine-
bluff when Carpentej* returned
his check for gas btyght for
the tire truck dtiYiv^^TToreit
fire near Pinebluw •‘Thank
you for your, prom attention
to this account f am return
ing your check as die Pine-
bluff Fire Dept has already
paid the biU. 1 would like to
add my personal thanks to all
of you for your assistance. Mav
God bless you in your unselfisn
work as Volunteer Firemen.
Many Thanks.”
The news article about the
swimming pool meeting re
ports ‘considerable op
position” to the move to charge
annual dues against stock values
of members. There was not
near the opposition at the meet
ing as there is beirig voiced
since, but maybe this will be
a lesson to some about attending
meetings when they have an
interest in what is ^irtg done.
It would not seem ^air to charge
dues against stock value of
people who joined the thing
in the first place juat to help
it go over, and who don’t care
to use it for swimming. They
are also saying that there are
local individuals who have sold
dieir stock in this pool associ
ation without moving away from
j Raeford as many stockholders
f originally understood would be
required. I don't know about
these charges, but will repeat,
maybe this will be a lesson
to go have your say next time.
1^ The business was done by about
’’ 40 people for over 200. I
understand.
Thanks for a mighty nice note
to Melvin A. Dewar, nuclear
physicist with Lockheed Air
craft Corp. in Smyrna, Georgia.
Dewar, whose wife is the former
Lois McPhail of this county,
has been a News-Journal sub
scriber for many years and
said that since I had gotten
back to doing a little writing
and editing again "‘we have
noted an indefinable diaqge in
the tone of die paper which
We appreciate, and we es
pecially enjoy the penonal
touch of your ’Addmda* column
once again. We hope you will
not be in any hurry to And
anodier editor.”
Needless to say, 1 very much
appreciate the kind wor«. bub
tIUngs being Uhe d|ey are in
making a living, I can make
^ no promiaes.
Culbreth League Floyd Wilson
Elected ^
A NARrtOW FIELD OF CANDIDATES for the municipal election on May 7 got togethisr Monday
morning at Town Hall to have their picture,taken. Only one man will lose in the race for com
missioner and the odds that the mayor, who has no opposition, will win are pretty high. The
candidates, left to right, are Fred M. Culbreth, J. K. McNeill Jr., C. P. Kinlaw, J. D. McMillian,
W. L. Alexander. V. Leonard (Zeke) Wiggins (the only new candidate), and Mayor H. R. McLean.
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Rtgittrar Walts For Now Vottrs
By PTA
Fred Culbreth was elected
president of the Raeford
Parent-Teachers Association
Monday night to succeed John
ManueL He will be installed
at the May meeting.
Other officers on a slate
presented by Dr. Clifton Daven
port were elected as follows:
Mrs. Pat Satterwhite, vice
president; Miss Nancy Thorn-
berg, secretary; Mrs. Brown
Hendrix, treasurer.
Manuel presided over the
business session during which
he passed out a questionaire
in an effort to determine
whether or not it is the desire
of the members to split the
present PTA into three sepa
rate units (one for each school)
or to let it remain a s is.
Mrs. Fred Culbreth invited
everyone to go to Kiwanis Hall
Thursday night and hear Walter
Spearman of the University of
North Carolina School of
Journalism. She also invited
the public to visit the down
town library to see anerftibit
of arts and crafts being
sponsored by the Woman's Club.
The program for the night was
based on physical education in
die school curriculum.
Lonnie Bledsoe, principal of
John W. McLauchlin School,
talked on the importance of
physical education in the early
grades. He said that 30 min
utes a day was required by the
state department. He discussed
the different types of games
recommended for each grade.
I* J.W. Turlington, principal of
' die Raeford Elementary School,
presented John Walker, Eighth
grade health and physical edu
cation teacher, who demon-
I strated exercises with a group
of students. He said that the
I (See Culbreth, Page 12)
Are Needed Qut As CoHCh
Coach George Wood issued a
call for volunteer managers
and assistant managers as 64
boys and one girl turned out to
sign up for Little League and
Midget baseball Saturday at the
Elementary School playground.
The coach signed the young
sters up and predicted that
there would be more coming
into the leagues as time pro
gresses. Last year there were
a total of 120 ^ys playing and
two girls.
The only female to sign up
this year was little Anne Howell
who has the reputation of being
able to hold her own in base
ball.
There was no practice last
Saturday morning but the coach
instructed al 1 of the young
sters interested in pitching or
catching to report for tryouts
this Saturday morning > at
9 o’clock. He invited those
wanting to try out for other
positions to come along also
if they wanted to.
After a few practice sessions
the boys will be divided up into
teams and league play is sche
duled to start in the laner part
of May for the Little Leaguers
from 10 to 13 in age.
The Midget League for boys
from 7 to 10 will not begin
until June.
Auto Co. Honored
The Raeford Auto Co., has
been selected as one of the
nation's outstanding Ford
dealerships.
The local firm was presented
the Ford Motor Company’s Dis
tinguished Award on April 16
at a luncheon meeting in
Charlotte. Bernard Bray has
been a Ford dealer in Rae
ford since 1946.
By PAUL DICKSON
Floyd Wilson, football coach
and athletic dlreaor at Hoke
County High Sdiool since 1955,
left 3ie school’s employ last
week when his resignation was
accepted widi immediate effect
by the county board of education.
Wilson had also been an
instructor of physical education
and coached track.
Wilson’s resignation had been
requested by the county board
following a lengthy investigation
into what the board considered
to have been improper activi
ties by the coach and teacher,
and which were considered to
have also involved a high school
student.
The handling of diis matter.
normally a duty of the (^strict
prlncip^ and school conunltMe.
apparently was assumed by te
county superintendent ana the
county bo^d of education doe
to the nature of the case and
its gravity, and to Wilson's
popularity and stature in the
community.
Wilson was a hard driving
football coach, and his teams
had impressive records during
the eight years he coached here.
He was a perfectionist at the
sport and demanded the best
performance of which his
players were capable. He came
here in 1955 from Concord, is
married and has four children.
He is reported to have joined
the staff of a sporting goods
firm.
Swimming Assn. To Deduct
Dues From Stock Holdings
The Hoke 'County Swimming
Association, owner of the pool
near the Hoke County High
School. Tuesday night voted to
deduct unpaid dues from stock
holdings.
The action met considerable
opposition but passed by a vote
of 28 to 17.
At present the association
charges $150 membership and
$25 a year for dues which take
care of operating expenses.
The association now has a
membership of 274 but. ac
cording to a report, only 180
paid their dues this year.
Thus the action to deduct
the $25 from the value of the
membership stock. The amount
realized through this action
would be applied to capital in
debtedness.
Those opposing the move
pointed but that many residents
had purchased membership in
the association merely to bring
the pool to Raeford and without
the intention of using it.
The pool, which is regula
tion Olympic size, is valued
at around $45,000. The mem
berships, open to white fami
lies in Hoke County, are limit
ed by the by-laws to 300. The
by-laws also state that a mem
bership cannot be sold unless
the holder is moving out of the
county.
The association also elected
directors who are;
Clyde Upchurch, Julius Jor
dan. Sam Hiser. Pearl Avery,
Milo Postel. Dusty Rhodes. An
Hostetler. Jake Austin and
Harold Giilis.
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'Candidates Off, Running;
New Man In Field
•At Tha Second B€|>tiet Homeeomlng, The Rov. E. C. Taylor In Hal
.ElRphome Arrive In Roolard
\
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Fountain
and diildran of Rocky Mount
spent die week en3 widi her
pareiRs. Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
.Polrolman Dewey
And Fred Culbreth Jr. Examine Damogti
Well, they’re off and running
but it’s a small field consist
ing mostly of those who have
worn the colors before.
This is to say that the entire
town board and the mayor have
filed for reelection but there
is only one new candidate in
die race scheduled to take place
on May 7. He is V. Leonard
(Zeke) Wiggins.
Despite rumors that there
would be opposition to Mayor
HJR. McLean and to others
on the board, when the 12 noon
filing deadline rolled around
Deer Hunting
With Rifles Out
Hoke County hunters can no
longer hunt, deer with rifle
effective this falL
A bill was introduced some
weeks ago by Representative
Neill McFadyen was passed last
week by the Senate, making the
propos^ a law.
The law "prohibits the use of
rifles in deer hunting in Hoke
County" which means that from
now on the required weapon for
the sport will be a shot gun.
Hoke County requested the
action, McFadyen said, in order
to protect others hunting game
area as the deer hunter from
the long range rifle shot.
Charge Filed
In Car Wreck
A two car collision at 3:30
p.m. Friday at N. Magnolia
5(1. and W. Prospect Ave. re
sulted in a traffic charge, $300
car damage, but no injuries.
Charged with failing to stop
for a red light was vvilliam
Lawrenci^Stlles. 5!. of Lumber
Bridge, a salesman.
He was accused of going
through the light and hitting a
car driven by high school stu
dent Fred Malcolm Culbreth
D. 17. of Raeford.
According to investigating
city patrolman Dewey Inman,
die damage to the front end
of Stiles' vehicle was $300 and
to the side of Culbreth’s $500.
Stiles was driving a Nash
Station wagon and traveling west
on W. Prospect Ave. Culbredi,
driving a Rambler, was tra
veling north on Magnolia St.
Saturday no new candidates had
appeared to file.
Surprisingly, the mayor and
practically all other members
of the board expressed
dissapointment that such little
interest is being shpwn in the
election and that there are only
seven candidates.
Several of the incumbent
candidates said the fact that
no other candidates were filing
had a strong bearing on theif
decision to declare for election.
The issues in this election
are vague. The incumbent board
of course is standing on its
record over the past two years.
Zeke Wiggins, the only new
candidate, says that he has
no argument with the policies
of the board but that he feels
the younger people of die com
munity should have representar
tion. He is 24. unmarried
and living with his father,
Charlie Vance Wiggins,
superintendent of streets.
J. D. McMillian, commis
sioner of die cemetery and
maintenance of equipment, who
is seeking his third term, did
inject a new idea into the cam
paign.
He said diat if Charles Mor
rison. town clerk, resigns to
take a job as Raeford post
master! and diis is considered
both an imminent and definite
possibility) diat he (McMillian)
will propose the town adopt the
city manager form of govern
ment.
McMillian estimated that die
town might be able to hire a
qualified manager and one who
is beginning his career at
possibly $7,(XX) a year.
There seenns to be very little
going on in die way of cam
paigning. No speeches or
political rallies but then there
is no organized opposition to
the present board.
Wiggins is conducting a card
passing, hand-shaking cam-
(See Candidates. Page 12)
Crime Against Nature,
Incest Will Be Tried
A case accusing an area In
dian of a vicious crime against
nature is the most serious one
on the docket of Hoke County
Superior Court which begins
a mixed term Monday.
There is some doubt,
however, that the case will be
tried since the Indian, Ardell
Sturdivant, 23, of Red Springs
Rt. 1. has reportedly escaped
from the Robwon County Pri
son Camp for Indians. He
was scheduled to appear Mon
day before the grand jury.
The second most serious of
fense to be tried is an incest
case involving a Raeford man.
The trials will be conducted
by Judge Raymond B. Mallard
of Tabor City.
In the crime against nature
case Sturdivant has been ac
cused of forcing Samuel Lock
lear. Indian, 72. also of Red
Springs Rt. 1. to commit an
unnatural sex act.
Sturdivant was convicted of
assualting the elderly man on
Jan. 24, in Recorder’s Court.
He was sentenced to two years.
He admitted the assault in
a statement given to Sheriff
Dave Barrington but has denied
the crime against nature
charge.
Barrington said that his re
port that Sturdivant has es
caped is unofficiaL He (Stur
divant) did, however, escape
once before but
a few days later.
was caught
The punishment for such a
crime is not less tfian five
nor more than 60 years in
prison.
James M. Hall. 42. of High
land St., Raeford, is accused
of incest with his *16-year-old
daughter.
He was arrested Dec. 5,
1962. by Police ChiefLawrence
Stanton and Patrolman Harvey
Young. He was bound over to
Superior Court after a hearing
in Recorder’s Court.
The punishment for incest
is up to 15 years in prison.
Cases for the grand jury are:
Albert G. Buckner, driving
car after license revoked and
driving car drunk, second of
fense.
Nathan G. Campbell, as
sault with a deadly weapon with
intent to kilL
Marshall Hearn, felonious,
secret assault
Floyd Ratley. forgery.
Bobby Lee Edwards, carnal
knowledge of a minor.
Willie Graham, assault witii
a deadly weapon witii Intent to
kilL
The trial docket for Monday
is:
Henry Wood, malicious da
mage to personal property.
Robert Lee Grace, driving
while drunk.
Qarence B. McBryde. drill
ing while drunk.
Wiley Jones, carrying a con
cealed weapon.
Nadian Junior Campbell, as
sault with a deadly weapon.
Albert G. Guckner, driving
after license revoked and driv
ing while drunk.
James Thomas Barefoot,
careless and reckless driving
resulting in an accident
Edmon Ellis Monsour, speed
ing.
Dennis Eugene Davis, driv
ing car while drunk resulting
in an accident
Bobby Lee Edwards, recei^
ing stolen property valued at
$15a
For Tuesday;
Katie Rogers, violating pro
hibition laws.
Howard Locklear, vlolatlqg
prohibition laws, two couna.
Clemmie MiUer. violatiff.
prohibition laws, six counts.
Massey Hope, violatfqg pro
hibition laws, two counts.
Marion D. HoUingswonh.
violating prohibition Iws. four
counts.
Joseph ArmstroQg. mas-
slaughier.
Sara Lisa McMlUao. break
ing and emerlqi and recall^
log.