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<~Ylew6 The Hoke County News - Established 1928 VOLUME LXXII NUMBER 38 RAEFORD, HOKE COUNTY. NORTH CAROLINA Federal Agency Reports - journal The Hoke County Journal - Established 1905 S8PKR YEAR THURSDAY. JANUARY 15. 19KI Armory Building Funds Available Soon Around Town BY SAW C. MORRIS Robert Gatlin called Monday morning and stated that the low for Sunday night was eight degrees. Now this is the second morning in a row with the thermometer getting down to around 10 degrees. I don't believe that is has been above freezing tor the past two days. The wind was blowing Monday and the chill factor must have been below zero most of the day. Anyway the forecast is for warm er weather tor the latter part of the week. I hope so anyway. * ? ? BaS pastor of the Fi"t Baptist Church, was by the office ast week and was asking me about the cold weather mentioned in this column last week. He went on to say that he and Bill Lancaster played golf on Monday, January 5 and even though it was only 26 egrees it wasn't bad because the wind wasn t blowing. He wanted to know what I had to say about that My reply was that Dr. John Kopp. pastor of the Raeford Pres byterian Church, had told me he and his two sons had played golf the day after Christmas when the temperature was about 20 decrees and that 1 was ashamed to let anyone know that 1 was an elder in that preacher's church. So all 1 could do for him was put him in the same boat as the good doctor Air joking aside, ir seems from taking to the two preachers that they had a wonderful time and dn t mind the below freezing weather. 6 ? ? * Carson Dam. Jr. brought me an oM telephone directory for the year 1936 tor Raetod and it will bring forth these comments: There were 166 phones in Rae tord in 1936 and it took only two pages in the directory. The book today has approximately 3000 phones listed in the City of Rae tord. The names take up 14 pages and are listed three columns to the page. Only two columns were listed on the two pages in 1936 Under the letter M there are over 400 names. t-)cr>C pr'Ce 'or P^ne was >2.50 per month. 1 belive that the cost today is around $5.75 per month. Not too much of an increase compared to other items The sheriff and clerk of court must have been paying for their phones because they are listed in lhc. ^*,k a* D.H. Hodgen office and Edgar Hall office. Most of the numbers were three digits with an occasional four-digit number. With the population of the town increasing from about 1500 to 3500 in the 45 years, it would make the increase in telephones almost un believable. Thanks Carson, the book is verv interesting. The Col. Patterson, whose pic ture was in last week's paper, is a brother of Mrs. John Pecora. He is the CO ot a Wing at Pope AFB and was selected by President Carter lor promotion to brigadier general. ? ? ? The following letter is self f t explanatory. ? Dear Sam, As a former Director and Sup porter of the Hoke County Chapter of the North Carolina Symphony you know how hard individuals work to bring the Symphony to this Community. Without the Dona tions from Citizens. Business's and the School contribution it would be impossible through just the Season Ticket Sale. The cost for the ~ program selected for this year is v? S7.S00.00. As a part of this program the Brass Quintet will be in the schools this week teaching and working with the children on a one to one basis. On Thursday. January 15th at 8:00 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall of the Raeford Presbyterian Church there will be a Brass Concert and Reception in Honor of all Donors t ' (Sec AROUND TOWN, page II) r At Chamber Board Meeting Airport Steering Committee Named A five-member Airport Steering Committee was appointed Tuesday morning at a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Raeford-Hoke County Chamber of Commerce. The board established the com mittee to support and coordinate a joint meeting of Raeford city and Hoke County officials to determine present and future growth patterns at the Raeford Municipal Airport. The move was part of the over-all effort to develop Hoke County's economy further. Named to the committee by the Rev. Billy Beaver, the chamber's president, were Cecil Bond, chosen chairman, and Harold Brock, L.S. Brock, Tom Howell, Bill Moses, and Earl Fowler, the chamber's manager. The county has applied for a federal grant of $24,000 to finance a County Industrial Feasibility. The county will add $8,000 "in kind," in lieu of ash. The applica tion has been filed and is being considered by the federal Economic Development Administration. The purpose of the project is to prepare a study to determine the location of sites develop them for industrial and commercial expan sion. Fowler said one of the potential sites which will be studied is the airport area. The effort to get the feasibility study also is part of the general economic development campaign. Boards To Meet Monday The Hoke County Boards of Health, Education, and County Commissioners will meet jointly at 7 p.m. Monday in the Courthouse Annex to discuss Hoke County Alcoholic Beverages Control Board matters. Following the joint meeting, the county commissioners will hold their regular mid-month session tor January, and the health board will meet brietly in the County Health Department. Another is the proposed improve ment of the city's waste-water treatment system. The Economic Development Administration last October 14 approved a S720.000 grant to help pay the S900.000 estimated cost of the planned improvements. The city has bud geted $25,000 city bonds are to be sold through the U.S. Farmers Home Administration to obtain S65.000 more; and 590,000 will be Fowler has said the project also would mean job-retention and availability of jobs for lower and middle-income people. Fowler last fall told the City Council that the airport is impor tant for the industrial development of Hoke Countv. The city is seeking county gov ernment participation in the air port's operation. sought from state Clean Water Bond funds. City Manager Ron Matthews and Fowler personally delivered to the U.S. Department of Urban and Housing Development office in Greensboro on Monday the city's pre-application for S500.000 to help finance the revitalization of downtown Raeford. The project aims to improve the downtown area to attract more shoppers. Invited By Education Board ; At $1.25 Per Lunch Senior Citizens Eligible For School Lunches Hoke County senior citizens starting Monday will be allowed to have lunch in the cafeterias of three of the county schools, at the invitation of the County Board of Education and with the "full sup port of local restaurant owners". This was announced Friday by County Schools Supt. Raz Autry. The announcement says the senior citizens will pay $1.25 for a lunch, the same price teachers and other adults on the school staffs. The invitation is open to people over age 60. The lunches will be the same as those served the students, the announcement added. The menus are published weekly in The News- Journal. The lunches will be served at J . W . Turlington, J.W. McLaughlin and Scurlock schools, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. each day students are in class. Autry was unavailable for ques tioning for further details before press time, since he was in Winston-Salem attending the winter conference of the state's county school superintendents. Mrs. Clara Pope, county schools food services director, said, however, replying to a reporter's questions Monday afternoon that the $1.25 per person charged allows the school lunchrooms to break even, but not make a profit. She said it covers the rate of costs of food, labor, and utilities used. Soil , Water Conservation District Huff Named State President D.R. Huff. Jr., of Hoke County, has been elected 1981 president of the North Carolina Association of Soil and Water Conservation Dis tricts. He was installed at the group's 38th annual convention at Asheville. last week. The association is made up of 93 local Soil and Water Conservation Districts which serve all 100 coun ties of North Carolina, providing leadership and assistance in pro grams to retain and enhance soil and water resources. Each local district is governed by a board of elected or appointed officials, the district supervisors, who serve with out salary. The new president is himselt chairman of the Hoke Soil and Water Conservation District, and has 20 years of service as a supervisor. He operates a 175-acre farm in western Hoke County, growing Coastal Bermuda grass which is sold for hay. He also runs a country store and fertilizer service. Born in Guilford County, the new president attended North Carolina State University, receiving the B.S. degree in pouitry science in 1950. He married Emogene Sinclair of Hoke County, and they have live sons: Ralph. Ronnie. Randy. Ricky. And Rusty. The association also elected two other high officials. Fernie Laugh inghouse of Pantego was elevated to first vice-president, having serv ed as vice-president: and Charles R. Patton of Asheville was elected second vice-president tor 1981. More than 400 people from every county in North Carolina attended the convention. Wade Carrijjan of Iredell Coun ty, who headed the association during 1980. was in charge of the meeting. D.R. Hu ff. Jr. She said that exactly how many senior citizens would accept the in vitation to lunch at the schools is not known now but indicated an average number would be known after the first meals are served. The serving of school lunches to senior citizens is done in several neighboring counties. A spokesman of The Children's Nutrition Program of the State Department of Public Instruction advised the county administration that the Hoke schools could serve the "outside" senior citizens as long as the program paid for itself and did not get into competition with restaurants. No special meals would be ar ranged for the visiting people, Mrs. Pope said. Senior citizens approached the school administration with the idea before Christmas after discussing it, and Don Steed, coordinator of school-community services for the county school system, and Mrs. Pope made the arrangements after Autry decided the idea should be tried out. One of the senior citizens involv ed in the proposal was Miss Josephine Hall, who served as county coordinator of senior citizens' programs till she retired last fall. The schools participating in the new program are within walking distance of many senior citizens. Mrs. Pope said the program can be extended to other county schools if necessary. Students receive regular lunches free of charge, except at the Hoke County High School sandwich line. They pay for sandwiches, drinks, crackers, and pastries on the special line if they want them. Autry's announcement says senior citizens need not notify the schools they are coming for lunch; "just go to the school of their choice during these designated hours"; and "no one at the school will ask for identification. Their presence is all that is necessary". Charges Against Clyde Leach Dismissed Voluntary dismissals of prohibi tion law violations charges against Clyde Alvin Leach. Rt. 2. Raeford. were taken December 3 1 by Assist ant District Attorney Jean Powell. The statements of dismissals give lack of sufficient evidence to war rant prosecution as the reason for the dismissals. Leach had appealed to Hoke County Superior Court from District Court judgments finding him guilty September 19 of posses sion of a distillery t:> manufacture liquor and distilling spirituous liquor. Judge Lacy Hair fined him SI50 and ordered him to pay court costs. The still, of 10 gallons capacity, was exhibited at the trial. Leach's brother. Alfred, was found not guilty and Gordon Ragsdale. guilty, of the same charges. Rags dale paid the court costs and SI 50 fine imposed on him by Judge Hair. The notices of the dismissals of the charges against Clyde Leach were filed in Superior Court. Brass Quintet Concert Thurs. The Brass Quintet of the North Carolina Symphony will give a concert at 8 p.m. Thursday in Raeford Presbyterian Church Fel lowship Hall. It is open to the public. The concert is being sponsored by the Chaminade Music Club of Raeford and the Hoke County Chapter of the North Carolina Symphony. Honor guests will be the Hoke County people who have donated the past year to the county's campaign ior funds for the sym phony. Mrs. Iris Davis and Mrs. Mary Archie McNeill, county schools music supervisor, are the coordina tors for the concert. The Brass Quintet has been in the county this week giving in structional Discovery Programs in the county schools. The last programs will be given Friday morning in Scurlock School for the school's students in the kindergarten and first three grades. Federal funds to help finance cons, ?n ofa new PNation? area wiMhT0^ ,n ,he Raeford fn in h Je ava,lab'e wiih ,n 30 days, the Hoke County government administration was advised Monday. othAer'ein?r Comainin8 this and other information and written Thursday by Lt. Col. Elbert McPhaul. Jr.. of the state adjutant general's office in Ra teigh was forwarded to County rant" flfT" mfS Mar,in ^ Wa' f?JC; J"se ^nes of the of Headquarters and Headquarters Company 2nd Battalion 252nd Armor, at the present National Guard Armory The letter, addressed to the commandmg officer of battalion headquarters, says the state le?ph0lhaI ^Uafd ?,ltlce in Ra" eigh has been advised by the National Guard Bureau in Washington that federal funds to support the cost of construc tion i of the new armory will be available within 30 days. McPhaul also wrote that the drawings and specifications for the armory, designed to accom modate 100 troops, have been reviewed and approved by "ap plicable agencies" and that advert'sing for construction bids will be issued soon as notice of the availability of funds is received. He added that the local share of the construction ??SI be on deposit with the state treasurer before con tracts can be awarded . McPhaul is chief of engineer rl8,-3! tac,,!,les '"or the North Carolina National Guard. Martin said the information woI m"^ ln. McPhaul's letter would be given the county commissioners Monday night at their regular mid-month meet ing for January. He said this will be exactly five years from the date (January 19) that McPhaul appearing at a special meeting of the commissioners first dis cussed the new armory. Martin said the "county's share of the cost is 12'/: percent the and that Jones "formed him he understands tnat some state money will be contributed. ?Vost ?J the construction was estimated in 1976 at S464 000. and the county's share. !u es,,niate- would be But Martin sa d tha, In ?f therate nflat.onthat has occurred since hen. he doesn', know how valid that figure is today. The county commissioners appropriated S70.000 as the county's share of the total cost last June 30 for the new fiscal >ear but this may not be enough, in view ?f inflation, Martin noted. The armory construction site is a tract of about five acres laying on the west side of Teal rive just west of the U.S. 401 overpass and just north of the Raeford Motor Co. lot. Roughly it lies between N.C. 211 west and the U.S. 401 south bypass. I he present armory is on ^ ?V,-Ue between Adams and McDuffie streets. Correction Burlington Industries made no verbal offer to donate land to Hoke County tor reereation as was re ported in .a news story published last week. W K. Morgan, chair man of the Hoke County Parks and recreation Commission, advised / /??? Ni'w.s Journal Friday. He said the commission initiated the effort to obtain the property as a donation. The tract consists of to. 7 acres of land at the U.S. 401 bypass. West Prospect Avenue, and Dickson Street. The Hoke County commissioners formally pledged at their January 5 meeting support to the recreation commission to pursue the dona tion.
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