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ew^ journal The Hoke County News- Established 1928 The Hoke County J ournal - Established 1905 VOLUME UX NUMBER S2 RAEtVHD, HOKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA $4 PER YEAR 10' PER COPY THURSDAY, MAY 13, 19&S 60 Hoke Negroes Ask For School Transfers V' y UP AND OVER — This yout^ rider from Vardell Hall in Red Springs puts her mount over a fence jump in the hunter competition at the first annual Woman’s Club Horse Show, staged here Friday and Saturday. The show was termed a success, despite rain and Areatening weaAer which kept down Ae size of Ae Saturday night crowd. First Horse Show Success; May B ecome A nnual Ev ent Raeford’s first horse show, held Friday and Saturday, has been termed successful and early indications are Aatitwlll be held again next year. Raeford’s Woman’s Club, spMdksof Ae e'knK, had Just begun ched^ up Monday morning, but' Mrs. Walter N. Coley, show chairman, pre dicted AatAe club would ’’make a little money.” An estimated 1,000 spectators turned out for Ae four-per formance show, staged at Ae Jaycee fairgrounds. Th #• :8n- Ing weaAer was belleveti tohave held down Ae SaArday night Water Nets Half Of Town Income Almost half of Ae town’s ' Acome comes from Ae sale of water and sewer services, according to facA released last week. A user, complaining about high water bills, seldom stops to realize Aat 48 per cent of Ae town’s operational ex penses are paid Arough Als medium of collecting funds. It is true Aat there was a time when all Ae water a family wanted to use could be pur chased from Ae town for less Aan $1.50 a monA, but from time to time, greater demands upon Ae municipality has caused Ae town board to seek a greater income. Now, Ae minimum water bill is $3.24 for 3,000 gallons of water. Compared wlA oAer towns, this is not above average. In fact, one nearby town has a minimum of $5,45. Town Manager Ed Williams said that by collecting revenue Arough rendered services, every householder head helps to carry Ae load wheAer a renter or a property owner. Property taxes provide for 38 per cent of Ae town’s spend'*' Ing money and Ae remaining 14 per cent comes from the sale of licenses, permlu, state- Hoke Gets OEA Funds Hoke County^has been award ed $17,000 In Economic Op- porAnity Act funds to conduct a basic adult education prog ram here as part of President John son’s anti-poverty program. The funds, appropriated by Congress and made available Arough Ae Office of Economic OpporAAty, will be ad- mlAstared by Sandhills Com- muAty College, which is re sponsible for the program con text here. G. A. Page, principal of Upchurch High School, will di rect Ae program InHoke County and will be responsible to Sand hills CommuAty College and Hoke CommuAty Action Pro gram, Inc., which formulated anti-poverty plans for the county. See OEA FUNDS, Page 8 shared taxes and miscellaneous items. In Arn, 24 per cent of Ae town’s Income is spent A operating Ae water department. Coming in second wlA big de mands on Ae treasury is iA bonded indebtedness. Last year a total of $56,000 was paid on bonds and Interest The town owes $679,000, or $222 for every man, woman and child living here. TArteen per cent of Ae town’s money goes forgeneral government expenses. Trie Pol ice Department gete 9 percent; the street department 17 per ceA; Ae fire department 5 per cent; Ae saAtationdepartmeA 6 per cent, and 3 per ceA goes for miscellaneous items. The town manager’s office is now busy preparing a sumested budget for Ae town board’s scrutiAzatlon. It will be based on last year’s Income and ex- pendlAres. Final adoption of a budgA will be made by Ae commissioners before or during Ae July meeting. crowd. Follow The Sun, a classy Tennessee walking horse owned by Bob Stables of Mt. GUhead and shown by June Batten, took top hbnors in SaArday Aght’s walking horse stake. winner of Ae five-galted stake was High Tide, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Hal Connell of Warrenton and shown by Margaret Pittman. Peter PaAc, owned by J. D. Starling and shown by J. E. Norris, won Aewalk-trotstake. The Er»llsh pleasure horse championship went to Miss Bourbon, owned by Blue Springs Farm of Fayetteville and shown by Muff Clark, who alsowon Ae saddle seat equitation cham pionship. The western pleasure division was won by Big John of Davanna, owned by Davanna Stables and shown by Linda LambeA. Whltty Duster, a quarter horse ridden by Roger Allen of Neuse, dominated Ae western games, wlnAng SaArday Aght’s barrel race and pole bending, as well as SaArday afternoon’s open barrel race. Grand champion stallion in Ae American Quarter Horse Association show, held SaAr day morning and afternoon, was Bill Royal, owned by J. A. Jones Jr. of SmlAfleld. Jones also showed Ae grand champion mare, Miss Tablsco Bar. Sir Lad, owned byDeepRlver Farms, High Point, won Ae regular working hunter cham pionship. Priscilla, owned by Goffolly Farm, SouAern Pines, was reserve champion. Champion of Ae working pony hunter division was Velvet, See HORSE SHOW, J-age 9 Deadline To Apply Is F riday A total of 54 Negro sAdenK have applied for admission to previously all-white schools, except one school, and six oAers have asked for assign ment to Hawk Eye School, Ae county’s school for Indians. The requests for assignment came as a result of inqAries made by Ae board of education, wWch Ws year adopted a "free dom ofchoice” policy In as Agn- Ag SAdents to all county S(Aools. Cards were mailed to parents of every school-age cWld inAe county asking Aem to indicate wWch schools Aey preferred Aeir children to attend. W, T. Gibson, superintendent of schools, said at least 95 per cent of the cards have been reArned. Tomorrow is Ae deadline for Indicating a prefer ence, he said, after which chil dren who have Indicated no preference are supposed to be assigned to the school nearest Aeir home. Gibson sAd 30 sAdents at Upchurch High School have asked to be transferred to pre viously all-white Hoke County High SchooL AnoAer Ane Ne gro SAdents gave Raeford Ele mentary School as Aeir first choice and 15 Negro SAdents applied for admission toj. Wi McLauchlln School, which last year had one Negro sAdent. Several oAer sAdents who at first Indcated Aey wished to be, transferred to previously all-white schools changed Aeir minds and chose to remAn in all-Negro schools, Gibson said. Three of the sAdents were from Upchurch High SchooL Assignment of all sAdents in Ae county is made by Ae county board of education, which is expected to hold a speclA session next week to make as signments. ’’Assignment will have to be made before Ae end of Ae cur rent school year,” Gibsons Ad, ’’because we inAcate on Ae s Adent’s report card Ae school he is to attend next year.” The board of education adopted Ae ’’freedom of choice” policy to bring Ae county Ato compliance wlA Ae Civil Rights Act. School units which do not comply wlA Ae laws regarding desegregation are liable to lose feder A funds. FederA money was not Ae prime consideration, however, according to school officials here. Schools are compelled to comply wlA Ae Civil Rights Act even if Aey choose not to accept federA funds. The local plan for desegre gation, published in its entlrity in last week’s News-Journal, stipulates Aat sAdents will be See DEADUNE, Fage 3 A* ^ . NT s i* \ SEEK CROWN — These four young ladies, A1 sAdents at Hoke High School, will vie for Ae May Queen title SaArday night at Ae school’s annuA May Dance, to be held in Ae high school gym. They are, left to right, Mary MeWhite, freshman: Margie Tyler, sophomore; Gayle Maxwell, senior, and Gwen McNeill, junior. Bonds Set Hoke Budget Shows Webster For Three $121,000 Increase 1® Leaving Who Appeal Three defendants this week appealed Aeir convictions A Hoke Recorder's Court and were placed under bond for appearance In Superior Court. They were: Ernest Wilton Barefoot, Rae ford, driving car drunk, six months suspended, $100 and costs, appealed under $200 bond. Nellie Holt Holmes, Fay etteville Rt. 3, drlvAg car drunk, six months suspended, $100 and costs, not operated a motor vehicle for one year, appealed under $200 bond. Other decisions handed.down by Judge Joseph Dupree includ ed; Joe McCormick, Red Springs Rt. 3, no operator’s license and restricted to glasses, judgement suspended upon payment of costs. Malcolm Holt, Raeford, worthless check, dismissed, Cleveland McRae, Raeford Rt. 1, Illegal possession of whisky for purpose of sAe, 12 monAs (capias and committment to Is sue at any time during Ae next two years at Ae will of Ae court), $100 and costs. Howard Locklear, no address listed, assaAt, frivolous pros ecution, Lena Mae Locklear or dered to pay court costs. Thomas CalvA Corney, Fay etteville, Rt. 1, speeding, judg ment suspend^ upon payment of costs. Eddie Arnold Locklear, Shan non Rt. 1, no operator’s lic ense, nol pros. James Clarence Slaughter, Akma, Ga., driving after li cense revoked, six months sus pended, $200 and costs. James Orr McCue, Wilson, speeding, prayer for judgment contAued upon payment of costs. Pascal Franchot Tone, Chap el Hill, speeding, judgment sus pended upon payment of costs. James Duncan McNeill, Rae ford, careless and reckless driving, failure, to heed stop sign, four monAs (capAs and committment to issue at any time during Ae next two years at the pleasure of the court), $100 and costs. Aline Arnette Thompson, See BONDS SET. lage 3 As a result of Ae revAuadon program carried on durAg Ae past year, upping Ae property valuation about w million, and Ae expected Income from Ae ABC store, Hoke County was able to rAse its budget by $121,000 for Ae coming year. A county-wide budget of $720,772.90 was formally adopted by Ae board of county commissioners at a cAled meeting Monday night. In doing so most departmen tal requests for Acreases were met totAly or in part. The biggest Incrwse was given to schools. The school board estimated Aat its needs for Ae coming year jyould be $392,790.60, or an Increase of $78,463.63 over last year. The county’s current expense is set at $245,672.84; Ae capital outlay at $74,832.76, Ae debt service at $72,228. SAary Increases Included in Ae budget were: Tax collector, $120; tax col lector’s assistant (who is Aso veteran’s service officer), $360; sheriff, $300; two veteran High School Vote Today student council elections are being conducted today at Hoke High School, where political ac tivity reixjrtedly has been brisk all week. Three boys are running for student council president. They are Richard Neeley, Mack Koonce and Wayne Wooten. Zan Monroe and Mike McAnulty are candidates for vice president. Candidates for secretary are Sarah Morris and Susan Gibson and seekAg Ae office of treas urer are Ralph Huff and DoroAy McGougan. Speeches by the candidates and their campaign managers were schedAed for Als morn ing. Results of the election will be announced Saturday night at the annua^ May dance at the high school g^ m. deputies, $100 each; two new deputies. SSOQ each; register of deeds, $300; clerk of court, $240; assistant clerk. $160; reg ister of deeds office clerk, $500. Recorder’s Court Judge, $400; solicitor, $400; justice of Ae peace, $130; civil defense director. $220; C. D. clerk. $396; county accountant, $1,600; clerks In me accountant’s of fice, $468 each. Farm agent, $60;home agent, $60; (Aese are pAd partly by Ae county and partly by Ae state) secretaries A Ae ex tension office, $120 each. Welfare director, $1,140; vet eran clerks in Ae office, $312; new clerk, $456; three case workers, $576 each. Clerk at HeAA Department, $288; sanitarian, $396; nurses. $984 each. The library budget was in creased $1,275. Out of this the library board is eligible to give Ae librarian a rAse. The library also was given an Increase by Ae town and Ae state. The county Aloted $920.15 for Ae forest fire control. This will be added to some $18,000 supplied for Ae purpose by Ae state. The Hoke Rescue S^ad, a new item on Ae county budget received, $200 and Ae National Guard $20a Some of Ae raises were made according to rules and regula tions of Ae state merit system because Ae worker Is employed partly by Ae state. Wins Awards Chamlnade Music Club of Raeford won Aree awards at Ae state convention of NorA Carolina Federation of Music Clubs, held last week in Hic kory. The club was honored for its programs at McCain Sana torium, its programs on Ameri can music, and for earnir^ more Aan 100 points on its rating sheet. Faim Office The Hoke County extension office will be short of person nel agAn soon. W. s. Young, county agrlculturA agent, re- poned tills week. Assistant agent Henry Web- steir has resigned his position as of May 31 and will leave the extension service to work wlA Ae American Breeder Service, whose home office is in Chicago. The position of assistant home agent was refilled only Aree monAs ago after being vacant for some time. Webster and his family will be stationed at Black MountAa As a promotior.A man, his territory will be in Ae west ern part of NorA Carolina and eastern Tennessee. Aside from Ae attractive offer, Webster sAd Ae type of work Avolved ”ls right down my line. It will keep me A close contact wlA livestock and Aat is my first interest,” he sAd. Webster came here two years ago. A locA firm made him an offer last year. But wiA Ae help of Ae state department, Ae county was able to retAn him. The assistant farm agent said he had gained much pleas ure from working in Hoke County wlA Ae 4-H Club boys and wiA livestock farmers. Center Sets Open House Open house wui be held Sun day afternoon from 2 to 8 o’ clock at AnAony’s Nursing Center here. The center, operated by Mr. and Mrs. Stephen A. Gibson, has been established in quarters formerly occupied by Jordan ClAlc, later moved to new quarters on Campus Avenue and called Raeford Medical Groiq:. Extensive remodeUng of the old clinic building has been completed and Ae nursing center is ready to begA opera tion. Armed Forces Day Set Here May 15 BIG GUN—This big gun, a self-propelled 155 mm howltze'r, will be among Ae weapons on dis play here Saturday during Armed Forces Day. The 16A Artillery, stationed at Fort Bragg, is in charge of the McLauchlln SchooL celebration here, which will feature displays and demonstrations at J, W, Armed Forces Day will be observed in Raeford on May 15, featurAg special dlaplays from Fort Bragg at J. W, Mc Lauchlln School. The celebration here will be In the hands of Ae 18th Artil lery, which will bring a num ber of exhibits here and give several demonstrations. Featured here again Als year will be rifle and machinegm blank firing, which last year was extremely popular among local youngsters. There also will be displays of artillery pieces. Including ISSmm towed and 155mm self- prooelled. Local citizens also will see a fire direction center (artil lery) A operation, a field kitchen in operation, a first aid station wlA ambulances, small arms displays, survey and fire control equipment, a communications display, trucks of all types, and an exhibit of Ae latest in miliury uniforms. Free Jeep rides will be given to youngsters, and on Ae school building rappelling demonstra tions will be given several times during Ae day. SpecAl motion pictures on military subjects will be shown on an outdoor screen. The 16A Artillery Is com manded by Lt. Col John F. McCarAy. Th« Fort Bragg unit will aaov* into Raeford Ae afternoon fore the celebration, which wUl last from 10 a.m. to 4 p.iB. on Armed Forces Day. Theme for this year’s cela. Oration is “Fower For Foac%** emphasizing Ae basic rnanipi that our freedom and aatloaal security depend upon Ae power which comes from taaawwfc and national unity.
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