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Zk e journal The Hoke County Journal - Established 1905 The Hoke County News - Established 1928 VOLUME LVIII NUMBER 24 RAEEORD, HOKE COUNTY, NORTH CA ROLINA H PAGES DRUNK DRIVING CASE Headache Powder Plea Fails MY GOODNESS — Mrs. Oscar Maxwell got die surprise of her life last week when she visited her daughter. Mrs. Hal Gore, on Dickson Street. Stopping her outside. Mrs. Maxwell went into her daughter’s house. Moments later they heard a crash. It was Mrs. Maxwell’s car which somehow had gotten into gear, rap across a vacant lot, and crashed into I. W, Kinlaw’s screened back porch. Klnlaw Is shown abo)« surveying the damage. Moose Lodge Takes Over Fire Truck The Hoke County fire truck will no longer sit idle due to lack of funds to operate it. Raeford Moose Lodge has adopted its operation as a pro ject. Ralph Plummer, governor of 4 the lodge', said hU cluo .das voted to keep the vehicle in operation rather than see it sit idle for lack of gasoline. — He said the' club will not only see that die truck is kept in good * state of repair, but also wlU see that personnel to operate it Is ready and waiting at all times. Baker Boyles and Ed McNeil will serve as county fire chiefs on a co-chairman basis. "yie are taking this as a public service project.” the governor said, ’’and we expect to purchase more equipment as soon as possible.” He pointed out diat in case of fire the police department should be called. Revival Set Revival services will be held at Community Chapel Methodist Church near Five Points next week, the Rev. J. W. Scott, pastor, announced. A guest speaker will bring the message each night begin ning at 7:30 o’clock. Special music will also be offered night ly- REV, J. M. GLENN J. M. Glenn Moderator Of Baptists Robeson Baptist Association held its eighty-first session here last week wldi about 250 Baptists attending. At the close of the session, the group re-elected the Rev. J. M. Glenn moderator and named the Rev. Lawrence Knott vice moderator, succeeding David M, Britt. Other officers. all re elected, are the Rev. Robert D, Davis, clerk: the Rev. J, C. Halliburton, assistant clerk; the Rev. Nash A. Odom, histor ian; John S. Gardner, treasur- See GLENN. Page 9 Cy Israel Commended In Testing Cyrus Israel, a local high school senior, has just received a letter of commendation from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation for his outstand ing performance on the NMSC qualifying test. ‘ The.honor places him in tfie tipper 2 per cent of all the high school seniors throughout the country who took the laoa-M merit program test. It also signifies noteworthy accom plishment. The letter of commendation provides tangible recognition of his ability. The Merit Cor poration sends the names, home addresses, and test scores of all the commended students to the two colleges they indicated as their preferred choices at the time of the test. Other special services are also performed by the NMSC in an effort to increase the scholarship opportunities of these high bracket students. The test is a three-hour ex amination that covers five sepa rate areas of educational deve lopment. Each commended stu dent is considered for certain scholarships that are offered through the facilities of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. A plea that he had swallowed nothing but headache powders and pills failed Tuesday to free a Raeford man of drunk driving charges. John Willie Smith, Negro, told Judge J. M, Andrews that he had not been drinking when he crashed a “borrowed” truck in to a Raeford Oil and Fertilizer Co. truck on the afternoon of October 23. ”I had took several BCs and Goody powders and some pills my doctor give me,” he said. "I have been bothered with high blood.” he explained. Smith admitted that Robert Lee Grace, Raeford Negro, had come by his house with a pint of whisky and offered him a drink. He said that after several invitations to drink he finally “touched it to my tongue.” Smith was given six months suspended, fined $120 and costs, and placed on good behavior for two years on the drunk driving Airport Rai ses $9,534 Only $80 was added to Rae- ford’s airport fund last week, leaving the campaign $466 short of its $10,000 goal. To date, a total of $9,534 has been raised. Of that amount, $5,000 was contributed by Hoke County and $3,000 by Pacific Mills. The additional $2,000 is being raised by public subscrip tion. When the $10,000 is raised, another $10,000 in federal funds will become available to build the 3.000 - foot landing strip four miles north of town on the Doc Brown farm. The Airport Commission already has made arrangements to purchase the property. T^e commission pointed out, however, that the money must be raised, plans drawn, and work ready to begin by January 2 for the town to be eligible for die federal grant. Federal money for the project already has been set aside. Proponents of the airport point out that the strip is being built for benefit of the town and the county. Airport facilities are now needed and are vital to future grovrth, they say. “The new airport is not for local plane owners,” a spokes man said. “They already have landing facilities. Actually, it will cost them to move to the new airporL” When completed, Raeford’s airport will be put on aeronaut- See AIRPORT, Page 9 charge and for driving without a license. He was found not guilty of temporary larceny of an auto mobile -- a charge filed against Grace, who left his pickup truck in Smith’s yard and went home by taxicab on the afternoon in question. Testimony indicated that Smith later drove the truck away from the premises to haul a load of wood. It was then that he be came involved in the accident with the oil truck. Grace, the prosecuting wit ness, was taxed with court costs, and was ordered to pay $99 in damages to Hoke Oil or , serve 30 days on the roads. Other decisions handed down by Judge Andrews during Tues day’s session included: Shermaji Breeden, Red Springs, exceeding speed limit that was safe under existing conditions, $60 days suspend ed. $10 and costs, $15.50 in damages to Aberdeen and Rock- fish Railroad, and pay $25 am bulance fee to Grumpier Fun eral Home. Joe Strong, Shannon Rt. 1. possessing distillery outfit, six months suspended, $50 and costs and still fee. good be havior for 12 months. Jakie Cummings. Raeford Rt. 2. possession of a complete dis tillery outfit. 12 months sus pended. $200 and costs and still fee. good behavior for two years. Leroy Gillispie. Red Springs Rt. 1, non-support, six months suspended, buy groceries for his family not less than $10 per week in amount and make other contributions necessary for the support and welfare of family according to his ability to do so, good behavior for 12 months. David Jones. Montrose, as sault. 30 days suspended, $10 and cost, good behavior for 12 months. Robert Junior Grace, Raeford Rt. 1 drunk and disorderly, 30 days suspended. $10 and costs good behavior for 12 months. Anthony Plascencia. public drunkenness. 30 days suspend ed. costs. Willie E. Graham. Raeford, Rt. 3. improper brakes and il legal parking. 90 days suspend ed. $10 and costs, pay to clerk of Superior Court sufficient amount ;o reimburse Garland Little for damages to his auto, good behavior for 12 months. Bond forfeitures Included: Thomas Everette Person. Cameron, speeding $20. Pauline McDowell Waters, Fayetteville, overtaking and passing at a marked intersect ion, $20. f Ruth Sizemore McMillan, Fayetteville, overtaking and passing at a marked intersect ion, $20. Gail Tucker Boyles.Shannon, FLORIST FIRE -- Fire caused extensive damage Thursday to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon H. Fulmer. 803 Fulton Street, but left undamaged their florist business in back of the residence. Firemen are shown above battling the blaze, which all but destroyed die frame dwelling. High School Pay Raise Granted Career Day Is Scheduled At Raeford Worsted NEW OFFICERS — Shovm here tre new officers of Hoke Community Development Association, elected last Wednes day night at the association's annual meeting. They are. left to right: Mrs. O. B. Isreal, vice president; D. J, Dalton, president; Mrs. Willa McLauchlln, secretary- treasurer, and Mrs. Dave Hendricks, publicity chairman. Edward K. Crothers Jr., southern director of personnel for Burlington Industries, will be keynote speaker at the Hoke County High School Career Day in Raeford November 5. Crothers is a native of Phi ladelphia and a graduate of Cor nell University. He joined James Lees and Sons Company, a division of Burlington Indust ries. in 1951. After serving in manufact uring and staff positions. Cro thers was named Director of Manufacturing for the Lees or ganization in 1956. He served as Director of industrial Relat ions, Product Service and Tra ffic, for Lees from 1958 through early 1962 when heassumedhis present responsibilites and transferred from the Lees offices in Bridgeport, Pa., to Burlington’s Executive Offices in Greensboro. N. C. Crothers is married to the former Miss Jane Littlewood of Philadelphia and they have two children. Bank Names Local Board Southern National Bank has named a board of local man agers for the branch bank which will open here November 21. The board Includes John Bal four, R. L. Carter Jr., Charles Hostetler, Walter L. Gibson. Harold L. Glllls, Riley M. Jor dan, Clarence P. Klnlaw , Ken neth McNeill and Joel E. Davis. Additional members will be named at a later date, bank ofe ficials said. Wage employes of the Rae ford Worsted Plant will be given a pay increase effective Nov ember 4, 1963. according to Marvin Pinson, plant manager. He said the increase will aver age approximately 5 per cent. Confirmation that the local plant will make an increase followed a statement by Bur lington Industries President Charles F. Myel^s Jr. that many divisions of the company would make such increases within a few weeks. Myers said at the time that amounts and effective dates would be established by man agement of Burlington’s de centralized divisions in keep ing with the particular business situation in each type of opera tion. Pinson pointed out that eli gible wage employes at the local plant were also partici pating in a new profit sharing retirement plan which was an nounced earlier this year by Burlington- He said diat entire cost of the plan is paid by the company, and that for the fiscal year ended September 28.1963. the company contribution to the plan totaled approximately $4.- 300,000. The amount to be credited to accounts of indi vidual employe members of the plant is equivalent to approxi mately 3 1/2 per cent of their annual wages. Meanwhile, a total of 10 tex tile plants in North and South Carolina announced wage in creases, triggered by Burling ton’s announcement last Friday. They include Spring Cotton Mills at Laurel Hill and Scot land Mills of Laurinburg. "We believe tfiat conditions justify wage advances in many areas of our operations, and have asked our division mana gers to work out appropriate rate increases on the basis of studies now being made, “Mr. Myers stated. speeding. $20. William Louis Wetzcll Jr.. Gastonia, speeding. $20. Freddie Revels. Raeford. speeding. 120. Jerry Mitchell Cumber. Rae ford. speeding. $20. Albert Derwood, ColluB. Greensboro, speeding, $20. George Washington Grove. McCain, speeding. $40. David Michael Raider. Lake Mohcgan, N.Y., speeding $30. Joseph Miles Robinson Jr.. Carriage, speeding. $20. Dosh Junior Long. Lumber- ton. speeding. $20. James Mathew Cameron. Wilmington, speeding. 120. Fred Arlo Lane. Louisville. Ky.. speeding. $30. Young Hawkins Allen Jr., Lumberton. speedir^. $20. Nunice Parnell. Scotland County, no operator’s license, $50. Eliot Donald Smith. Rae- for. speeding, $20. UF Drive Is Near Halfway Hoke United Fund neared the halfway point in its drive for $18,950 diis week, with total collections and pledges stand ing at $7,307.85. Volunteer workers were asked to complete their canvass by Friday. The drive already has gone a week beyond the two-week limit set when the campaign began. Public ert^oyes head the list of donors to date, having passed their goal by a few dollars. Goal for that division was $2,- ■ 675.85. It has raised $2,686.66, with reports all but complete. The industrial division also was past the $2,000 mark, with $2,432.19 reported as of Wed nesday. That amount included cash collected at Pacific Mills, but not pledges from the Rae ford textile plant- Pacific pledges and proceeds from Rae ford Turkey Farms and Raeford Lumber Company were expect ed to put die industrial division beyond its $9,475.48 goaL A total of $1,624.50 had been raised as of Wednesday in the commercial division, whose goal is $3,623.42. The professional and indi viduals division had reported only $360 of a goal of $1.- 783.28. County areas also was lagging behind, with only $204.50 toward a $1.392.90 goaL Drive officials said they are confident the fund will attain its goal “if everybody works as we have in past years.” They attributed the low figures to “slow reporting.” A total of 22 agencies will share in proceeds of the drive. If the fund does not reach its goal, they will share proceeds on a pro rate basis. Only once in its more than 10-year history has the fund failed to reach its campaign goaL Meetings Set For Monday Governing boards for the county, schools and town will hold their monthly meetings Monday. County Commissioners will meet at die Courdiouse Annex at 9* a. m. The Board of Town Commissioners will meet at the town hall at 7:30 p. m. and the Board of Education will meet at 7:45. SHOTGUN BATTLE Negro, Stepson Are Wounded A Hoke County Negro and his stepson were wounded in a gun battle at their home near Rock- fish F riday night. Robert Martin, 55. and Fred Alton Currie. 29, of Raeford Rt. 2 were taken to Cape Fear Valley Hospital in Fayetteville. Currie was transferred to N, C. Memorial Hospital in Cha pel Hill Saturday morning, where at last reports his con dition was serious. Currie’s step-father. Martin, was not seriously hurt, A phy sician removed 10 shotgun pell ets from his thigh, arm and face. The shooting was reported to Sheriff Dave BaxrlnfCon’s of ficers by Cumberland County officers, who discovered the shooting through hospital auth orities. When they learned d» incident occurred in Hoke County, they called in Hoke officers. Martin told officers diat he and his stepson had a disagree ment because Currie had re turned home late in Martin’s car. Martin said he took his diot- gun from another car when Cur rie walked behind the hoese to pick up ao am, Martbi Maid Currie went next door to a re lative’s home to borrow ashob* gun. Martin told deputiea that Cur* rle fired once in the air and then leveled the sha^gmi athlm and puUed the trigm. Real- Ixing he was wounoed. Klartie said, he shot Currie in dtsBipec leg. Martin’s wife ttas took hoii( mail to tha hoaipitaL k I 4 >
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