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ew^ ournal Th« Hoke County News- Established 1928 The Hoke County Journal - Established 1905 yOL VME LVni NIMBER 46 RAEWKD, HOKE CmyTY, SORTH CAROL ISA 84 PER ^EAR /O'’ PER COPY Tilt RSI) I). APRIL 2, mu ‘LOT OF LUCK’ Officers Save Woman From Blazing Building Three loctl policemen and '*• lot of luck" were credited fi with saving the life of a Rae* ford woihan whose home wu badly damaged by fire Friday nlghu Mrs. Paul Dezerne. a widow of 606 North Main Street, was ^ found overcome by smoke In a bedroom of the home and wu carried to safety by Officer J. C. Barrington. Barrington battled Into the burning house on his hands and kneu after smoke and Hamu had driven officers back In a previous attempt to reach the stricken woman by another en trance. Officers Sam Motley and Har vey Young meanwhile were at tempting to reach the woniian by another route. Mrs. Dezerne carrieduncon- clous from the residence. She was rushed to Moore Memorial Hospital, where she reportedly was still undergoing treatment Wednesday. She was reported "gettlrtg along fine" by acquaintances. She reportedly wu injured by the Inhalation of smoke andwas only slightly burned. Her sister, Mrs. Mae Char les of Charlotte, who was visit ing In the home, escaped with out Injury. She. too, was almost overcome by smoke. It was Mrs. Charles' faint screams that attracted officers to the scene at about lOiSO p. m. All three were riding In a .1 sunrise service - The combined choirs of Raeford Pres byterian Church are shown here singing at Sunday's sunrise service In the observance of Euter. A sizeable crowd was on hand for the early-morning service. E.G. Inman School Brmk’InS Alcoholics Seeks Seat On Board E. G. Inman, former state highway patrolnnan, this week became a candidate for the county board of commissioners. Inman, who served several years as a patrolman In Hoke County, resigned last fall to enter private business. He since has become an Insurance salesman. He Is the third Hoke Coun- tlan to file for the board of ^''commissioners. Previously, Incumbents Ell Shankle and J. A. Wabb paid their filing fees. Incumbent Smith Mclnnls has announced that he will not seek re-election. Harold 01111s and * j. H. Blue have given no Indi cation as to their plans. Two Incumbent members of the board of education also filed this week. They are D. R. Huff, Jr. and Robert Olbson. Other Incumbent members of the board are Dr. R. M. Jordan, Robert Oatlln and Wilton Wood. J. E. Oulledge, Incumbent register of deeds, Is the only other county officer to have paid his filing fee. McFadyen Rites Today Funeral servlcu will beheld this afternoon at 3 o'clock for John Alexander McFadyen. 76, who died Tuuday. Rites will be held at Parker's Methodist Church by the Rev. H. W. Gecepter and the Rev. P, O* Lee. Burial will be in ythe church cemetery. Survivors Include two daugh ters. Mrs. Ralph Plummber of Raeford and Mrs. Ken Speaker of Fort Worth, Tex.i four sots, ^John W. of Fort Worth, tex., Clyde of Russellville, Kv.,Tom and Fred McFadyen, Doth of Fayetteville; one sister, Mrs. Christian Sneed of Chester, & C.; one brother, W, M. Mc Fadyen of Laurlnburg. and 30 grandchlldreh. Puzzle Policemen A series of break-ins at Hoke County schools continued to plague officers this week. Latest of the break-ins took place Monday night at Upchurch High School, where thieves carted off a filing cabinet and safe after entering the building by cutting out a wlndowpene. The cabinet was found Wed nesday morning In woods 180 yards from the school by chil dren. Thieves had been un successful In their attempt to break open the cabinet with an axe, the sheriff’s department said. Sheriff Dave Barrington ex pressed the opinion that the burglary was the work of ama teurs, possibly teenagers. However, a break-ln Friday at West Hoke School was termed a "Job by adults." Missing In the West Hoke break-ln were an adding ma chine and a typewriter. Thieves pried open a door to gain en trance to the building. Sheriff Barrington said he has the serial numbers of both machines and will attempt to trace them to possible places of dlsposaL Upchurch High School had been entered twice before this year. Thieves raided the school January 27 and made off with about $40 In cash, leaving a similar amount of damage. Nothing was missing In a March 5 raid In which culprits attempt ed to break open the same filing cabinet that was stolen Monday night. » - 1. *.v 'nr- 41 patrol car and had Just decided to "make one more round" of the town before Officer Young, who was driving, went off duty at 11 p. m. "I had the window cracked," said Young, "and as I passed the Dezerne house, I thought I heard a noise. Motley and Barrington said they thought It was a cat. but I didn't, so we turned around at the stop-, light (two houses from the De zerne residence) and went back." There they found Mrs. Char les on a side porch, fatigued and weakly screaming for help. She told them Mrs. Dezerne was still Inside the building. The three officers attempted to enter the house through a door opening onto the porch. I (V [■' ^ ' . % RESCUERS — Officer J, C. Barrington, right, carried Mrs. Paul Dezerne from her flaming home last Friday night while Policemen Sam Motley, left, and Harvey searched other rooms In the house. Lake Leaders Selected For Precincts Will Meet At Center An Intergroup meeting of Al coholics Anonymous will be held in Raeford at 6:30 p. m. Sun day with about 200persons from groups In the Sandhills partici pating. The supper meeting will be held at Hoke Civic Center. The principal speaker will be from Richmond, Va., and has never been heart before In the Sand hills. The meeting Is open to the public. A charge of $1.50 per person will be made for the supper. The local group of Alcohol ics Anonymous will be. host to the meeting. Visitors do not have to be a member of the organization ROAD SIGN — This sign on Aberdeen Road ts Identical to those being erected on all major en trances to Raeford by ttw Chamber of Commerce. Space Is available on the signs for civic, fra ternal and service club emblems. Precinct chairmen for the Lake for Governor campaign were named here this week by J, D. McMllllan, Hoke County chairman of the campaign. McMllllan, whose appoint ment only last week, also dis closed plans for a visit to the count, next week by Dr. I. Beverly Lake, who Is seeking the Democratic gubernatorial nomination In the May 30 pri mary. Named chairmen of the pre cinct committees were Julian Barnes of Rockflsh, Hallle Blythe of Raeford No. 3, Bill Rumfelt, J, D. Pickier and Albert Kelly of Buchan, G. B. Rowland of Raeford No. 1, Wil liam Harris of Stonewall, and Carlton Gainey of Blue Springs. Listed as other Lake suppor ters actively engaged In the campaign were D. H. Hodgln, J. B. Cameron, W. J. Holt, Lacy McFayden, Harold Cur rie, Rex Currie, Charlie Branch, M. A. Overcash and Evander Glllis. Julian McKelthan will head' Veterans for Lake In the county. Dr, Lake will visit the county Thursday, April 9, while touring several counties In this area next week. His Itinerary calls for him Foiu‘-G)unty Meeting Set At Antioch Housewives of four counties will come together next Wednesday for a district meet ing a home demonstration clubs at Antioch Presbyterian Church near here. .Miss Lorna Langley, former home agent of Hoke County and now Southwestern district agent, will be principal speaker. Also Invited to take part on the program are two Koreans from Fort Bragg. Each of the speakers will base their talks on the day’s theme, "Inter national Relations." Musical selections will be given by Mrs. Archie Howard and Preston Phillips, both of Hoke County. Mrs. R. E. Neeley of Hoke County (Wayside Community), district chairman, will open the meeting following a 10 to 10i30 a.m, registration period. A devotional will be offered by the Rev. B, F. Ferwson, pastor of the church, and wel comes will be given by Mrs, Harry DatUela, president of Hoke County Council and J. E. Shankle, chairman of the board of county commissioners. Mrs. Eddie Powers of Marston will respond. Officers will be elected by the delegation and Installed by Mrs. Myrle Swlcegood, Southeastern District Home Economics Agent. A 12 o’clock lunch will be served by the women' of the Antioch Church. to be In Buchan at 9 a.m.; at the courthouse at 10:30; visit ing on the east side on Main Street from 11 to 12 a.m.; on the west side on Main Street from 2 to 3 p.m.; at U.S, Rubber at 3 ^um.; at Raeford Turkey Farms plant at 3:30; In Rockflsh at 4 p.m.; at Pacific Mills at 4:45; at Hoke Civic Center at 6; 30. He will make a public address at the courthouse at 8 p.m. DR. L BEVERLY LAKE Preyer Campaign Said i^ir^ Well ’ The People for Preyer guber natorial campaign “looks good" In Hoke County, according to Blon Brewer, co-manager of the Campaign here. Brewer, who has been con fined to his home two weeks with mumps, returned to his Job and the political wars Wed nesday. "Although I have been off the streets for the past two weeks, J have kept In touch with the political situation," Brewer said. "My estimate Is that Preyer Is gaining ground In Hoke County every day and will continue to grow stronger as the May 30 primary approaches." A good deal of work has been done at precinct level by Alfred K. Leach, also a co-manager In the campaign, Brewer said. "We will announce some de finite activities In the near future," he said. "Preyer’s tour of the state’s 100 counties. Including Hoke, has established a definite Image of our candidate," Brewer said. "His continuing: campaign on radio and television and In the newspapers Is adding dally to that Image." "Locally, the campaign has been quiet up to date, but there will be some bristling activity between now and May 30. Up to now, supporters of each of the thr^ major candidates have worked largely behind the scenes, but before long they’ll bring the campaign out Into the open,’’ Brewer declared. Late Winter Blast Chills Peach Crop A late winter storm swept through the Sandhills early this week, wiping out North Caro lina’s $2.7 million peach crop. In Hoke County, on the fringe of the state’s peach-producing area, the chilling temperatures and high winds destroyed an estimated 400-acre crop In or chards which last year pro duced $120,000 worth of peaches. Largest producers In the county are Hawley Poole of Moore County, whose orchard Is on the Raeford-Aberteen highway, and G, C. Lytle of Antioch. Neither could be reached for comihent Wednes day. Tsmperatures plunged to be low freezing here Sunday night and were In the low twenties Monday night. The chill was accompanied by winds esti mated up to 40 miles par hour. Any fruit that survived Sun day night's freete was finished off by Monday’s chill blast. There also weiw reports of possible damage to rye In Hoke County, which grows 1,500 acres of the grain. Several farmers expressed fear that rye, which Is In the "jointed" stage, was damaged by moisture freezing on the stalks and breaking the Joints. • 'We won’t know until the sun has shone on rye for several days and the tops turn white," one farmer said. Officials at the county farm agent’s office are In Raleigh for a meeting this week and were not available for an as sessment of damage here. Reports from North and South Carolina Indicated, however, that the peach crop In the two states was virtually wiped out. The two-state crop was valued at $22 million. Farther east. It was esti mated that North Carolina’s blueberry crop was damaged 60 per cent. Strawberries also were hard hit. Soma damage was expected to the state’s apple crop. There appeared to be little damage to peach trees In the Sandhills, although It was hard to find a live peach among the blossoms which were Just form ing fruit. The last complete kill of the peach ert^ occurred In March, 1985. That year, even the fbllage was killed. In 1943 there was an almost complete kill and 1950 there was another almost total loss- Damage to flowering anrubs, particularly azaleas, also was reported hero. Teachers Will Plav ¥ PTA Teams Two undefeated basketball squads will square off at the Hoke High Gym Friday night as the PTA men’s team tangles with the faculty. Neither team has lost a game In the past two years. The only blemish o'' the record of each Is a 32-32 tie recorded when the two squads met last year. Coach John Pecora of the faculty has been holding "secret" drills and rumor has It that he Is developing a new offense which has never been used on a basketball court before. Expected to lead the "Schoolboys" will be veterans Lonnie Bledsoe, George Wood and Vernon Crumpler. PTA president, Fred Cul- breth, has appointed John Man uel as coach of the "Dads." Manuel first sl^ed druggist Bill Howell as trainer, making certain that plenty of Unament and band-aids were available. Expected to return to action for the Dads will be CharUe Hottel, R. B. Stone, and Big Bob Seitz. In the opening game start ing at 7 p.m., the faculty "Schoolmarms" will attempt to even the score with the "Moms" The faculty squad will be led by Judy Keever and Ann Miller, while Lina Mae Prince and Lyda Soles are expected to lead the parents. Last year the Moms won by a close 32 to 28 score. Single Case Is Heard In Court David Bennen Martin of Laurel HIU was given 60 days suspended and fined $60 and costs In Recorder’s Court In the only case heard during the Tuesday session. The weekly traffic session was canceled Monday becauM ot the Easter holidays, during which courthouse offices were closed. The court took the oppor tunity Tuesday to review several cases of long standing and ordered ool pros with leave In most of them. Franklin D. Thompson of Ft. Bragg, charged with speeding 75 miles per hour In a 80 mile per hour zone, failed to appear and forfeited a 130 bond. Five old cases, all Involving speeding charges, were nd pressed with leave after the defendants could not be located. They were: Louis F. Burruezo. Ft. Bragg; Herman Verrand Dan iels. Q^on Roland Clement Payne. Charlotte; Jesse Char les Wiggins, Jacksonville, and Rodger Eugene Bain, Cherry Point. Nol pros with leave also was taken In a case against Larry Harvey, of Leonard Tralntqg School, charged with breaking and entering and laroeoy (x goods. The warrant agatnK the IS-year-pld youth was Is sued last June 13.
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