Water
(Continued from page 1)
Cumberland County has been
sought for years by Hoke people,
including officials. The project's
cost, estimated about a year ago,
was about SI 4.5 million for the
approximately 11 miles. Fowler
told the commissioners that Hoke
should not expect support for the
project from any surrounding
counties. Cumberland's Joint
Planning Board last year, for
example, was critical of the high
priority placed on the project at the
?time by state highway officials. In
1979 the Cumberland County com
missioners also criticized the high
priority.
Fowler brought the published
DOT report of the Highway Im
provement Program to the meeting
and quoted from it.
He attended a recent State Board
of Transportation meeting in
Raleigh.
^ PENALTY CUT DENIED
? The commissioners in other
business adopted a motion denying
a request by Willie MeCaskill to
eliminate the penalty he will have to
pay for failing to list his property
for taxes before the deadline. He
informed the commissioners that
illness in his family made him
forget to list in time. He also said
paying the penalty would cause a
financial hardship for him. County
9 Tax Supervisor Les Simpson said,
replying to a question put by
Balfour, that the penalty would
amount to about S50, based on last
year's property evaluation for
MeCaskill and the SI. 01 per S100
evaluation county property tax.
Commissioner Mabel Riley ex
pressed sympathy for McCaskill's
situation but told him that if the
commissioners dropped the penalty
against him. the commissioners
A would have to do the same for other
late-listing property owners should
they appeal. She also told him she
had illness in her family at one time
but met the deadline, and Balfour
said that he would have to pay a
Robeson County penalty for for
getting to lisrone of the two pieces
.of property he owns in Robeson.
Commissioner Danny DeVane
made the motion to deny the
* request, and Commissioner Riley
^ seconded it.
EMERGENCY OPERATING
CENTER
The commissioners agreed to
have an estimate of the costs of
making modifications in the t?ase
m?nf ofthe Courthouse to Inee^
federal Emergency Management
Administration requirements for its
use as an emergency operating
center in event of war. Niven
pointed out that an EOC must be
found 100 times safer inside than
conditions in an emergency would
be outside and that the Courthouse
basement was the only place in the
county which could meet this
requirement, with modifications.
He suggested the estimate be
, Balfour
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Board of Commissioners may have
been approached individually
about the sale of additional bonds,
the county has no record of an
"official" request from the Super
intendent or the Board of Educa
tion to sell additional school im
provement bonds.'
In addition to the $250,000
Revenue Sharing Funds appro
) priated in 1975-76. another
$640,000 has been appropriated to
the school system from Revenue
Sharing Funds, through the 1981
82 fiscal year, for construction of a
school bus garage, building re
pairs. and the purchase of school
equipment, etc.
The Board of Commissioners is
aware of many additional building
improvement needs, far more than
\ funds are available for at the
present time: however, the Board
intends to attempt to meet those
needs, as best it can, within the
financial limitations of the funds
available to the county.
John G. Balfour
Chairman
Hoke County
Board of Commissioners
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made by an architect already doing
work for the county, Martin said a
restoration specialist would be
working at the Courthouse in
connection on with getting the
building up to standards for listing
as a National Historic Site.
APPRECIATION
Mrs. Lena Mae Shaw, Hoke
County Jail cook since August 19,
1968, was presented the framed
resolution adopted by the com
missioners expressing "grateful
appreciation" ... in recognition of
her many years of faithful and
dedicated service to the citizens of
Hoke County." The occasion was
Mrs. Shaw's retirement last Jan
uary 31.
She was presented the resolution
by Balfour at the start of the
commissioners' regular meeting for
March.
RAILROAD DEFENSE FUND
The commissioners adopted a
resolution approving adding $25 to
the county's share of the legal
defense fund being raised by the
state's counties to meet legal
challenges to the county property
tax.
The counties' action was started
after major railroads in the state
filed a federal district court suit
against State Revenue Secretary
Mark Lynch and State Ad Valorem
Tax Division Director Doug
Holbrook challenging the level of
taxation of their property in 87
counties in relation to all other
property in each jurisdiction for the
1980 tax year.
The trial court ruled against the
defendants, and several counties on
two legal points. The resolution
adds that "thought the intent of the
suit was to correct an inequity in
the property tax treatment of
railroads, the effect of the decision
from the county government view
point has been to create another
inequity by placing the railroads in
an unwarranted, favored tax status
and .... other annually assessed
property tax payers are likely to
consider similar legal challenges,
and the effect could be to place an
inequitable, disproportionate tax
burden on residential real property
taxpayers..."
The resolution urges Gov. James
B. Hunt. Jr., "to use his offices to
secure greater financial resources
either to be made available to aid
the Attorney General's office in
providing a coordinated legal de
fense or pay outside legal counsel to
provide such defense both for the
appeal stage of the railroads' ...
lawsuit and for similar lawsuits
such as the railroads' 1981 tax year
lawsuit and the motor freight
carriers' 1980 and 1981 tax years'
lawsuit.
CONTAINER REPAIRS
The commissioners adopted a
motion authorizing spending
SI, 280 for repairing painting, or
repainting 13 county's roadside
trash containers.
PUBLICIZING AGENDAS
A motion made by Commissioner
Riley to have the agendas for the
commissioners' meetings published
in The News-Journal in advance of
the meeting died for lack of a
second. Mrs. Riley said the main
purpose of her motion was to "keep
the public informed" about
business the commissioners plan
ned to consider. Commissioner
DeVane, however, said that the
agenda would have only items
scheduled up to about noon Tues
day before each meeting, which is
held the following Monday. (The.
monthly meeting is held the first
Monday and the other standing
meeting is held on a Monday night
in the middle of the month.
DeVane said that "so much (for the
agenda) comes in between Tuesday
and Monday."
Balfour said also that listing of
the items would be in danger of
misinterpretation by the public,
and DeVane said that it would take
much time and space for the county
manager to outline each item. Mrs.
Riley said, however, that's not what
she meant, that people could learn
the details of the business items
when they attended the meetings.
Balfour said that the defeat of
Mrs. Riley's resolution didn't mean
it was not a good one in his opinion .
She replied, "I'm not going to give
up on it."
(Also see separate story on
Simpson's resignation.)
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Raeford women won three first
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The second-place winners were
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100 Attend Black
History Program
Approximately 100 people made
their way through Friday night's
inclement weather to Hoke County
Civic League's annual Black His
tory Program.
It was well worth the effort to
hear Dr. A.L. Bradford challenge
the community to share a deeper
love for each other, and to encour
age our youth to aspire for higher
heights.
The theme, "Economics and
Education," was discussed in a
Council
(Continued from page 1 )
years ago.
The council asked the city
manager to work with Earl Fowler,
executive vice president of the
Raeford-Hoke County Chamber of
Commerce, downtown Raeford
merchants and the State Depart
ment of Transportation to deter
mine how many parking spaces for
the disabled people should be
added and where.
Some of the merchants on the
east side of Main Street also asked
the city to mark on the areas they
have paved at the rear of their
businesses for parking spaces to get
the maximum use from the lot.
Around Town
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were at the main office of the bank
and were meeting the local people.
This was the last independent
banking institution in Hoke Coun
ty. There has been many pros and
cons about mergers, but it should
all work for the best interest for the
business community.
Only time will tell!
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snacks, please do so before Friday.
No! the snow is not on the way
again, but the ACC tournament is
starting Friday and will run
through Sunday. It will be on the
tube and you should be prepared.
Hope your team wins!
unique way as Bradford used
illustrative examples of misplaced
values and goals. Dynamically, he
challenged adults and older adoles
cents in leadership roles to help
someone, to conduct themselves
properly, and to be the type
example youths need. Dramati
cally, using analogies and effective
body language, he showed how
young people can be taught pro
ductive methods in their daily lives,
and the importance of such teach
ings. He stressed that once formal
education has been obtained to use
it wisely and to bring the benefits of
that education back to the com
munity to help someone else.
Musical arrangements, by Piney
Grove Church Choir, were sung
with zeal and enthusiasm. An
illiterate mother's concern for her
child to obtain a good education,
and thus a better life, was por
trayed by Mrs. Mary C. Owens.
The Black man's plight of never
being acknowledged as a man was
dramaticized by Walter Blue. A
reading, "Let America be America
Again," by Langston Hughes, was
delivered with hope, anticipation
and confidence by Mrs. Mary A.
Timmons.
Barbara Buie introduced Brad
ford, and League President Rev.
J.W. Gorham was master of cere
monies.
The event was held at Freedom
Chapel AME Zion Church, where
the Rev. J.L. Glenn is pastor.
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Junior
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Meet
The Nazareth Junior Missiona
ries held its monthly meeting
recently at the home of Mrs. Ann
Littlejohn.
A devotion was opened by Mrs.
Littleton, who played a hymn. Miss
Mazie Gates gave a prayer for the
sick and shutins. Scripture was
read by ^rs. Doris Gates.
Lessons were discussed by Miss
Linda Blackmon, Rev. Lacy Lide.
Mrs. Ann Littlejohn, Mrs. Ruth
McEachin. Mrs. Beulah Mc
- Phatter. and Mrs. Evelyn Quick.
Hospitality chairman Mrs.
Evelyn Quick and program chair
man Mrs. Evelyn Thomas gave
reports on the sick and on up
coming programs.
Miss Ma/ie Gates, Mrs. Ann
Littlejohn and Miss Harriet Mason
received birthday gifts from the
members.
A variety of finger sandwiches, a
relish tray. cake, chips, and punch
were served by Mrs. Littlejohn.
The hostess for the March
meeting is Mrs. Beulah McPhatter.
Migrant Staff
To Attend
N.Y. Meeting r
The migrant-education staff of
Hoke County will attend the 13th
annual Eastern Stream Conference
in Rochester, N.Y.. March 7-10.
The members of the staff are
J.D. McAllister, county schools
associate superintendent: Ralene
McCall, migrant recruiter/aide;
and Loria White and Ginger
Johnson, migrant mathematics
teachers.
The goal of the conference is to
advance the education of the
migrant through parental involve
ment. the dissemination of success
ful programs, and the exploration
of strategies for the future.
Deaths
And Funerals
Douglas B. Nixon
Douglas Bryan Nixon, 56, died
Monday. He was the owner of
Nixon Gulf Service Station down
town Raeford, at South Main
Street and East Central Avenue.
The funeral will be conducted at
2 p.m. Thursday at Shiloh Presby
terian Church by the Rev. Kemper
Fitch. Burial will be in the church
cemetery.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Minnie Nixon; his sons. John and
Berry Nixon of Raeford; his
mother, Mrs. 011a Calloway of
Raeford; his brothers, James Nixon
of Aberdeen and H.B. Nixon of
Raeford; his sisters, Mrs. Lucille
Pendergrass of Raeford and Mrs.
Betty Beaverman of Miami, Fla.;
and two grandchildren.
Crumpler Funeral Home was in
charge of the arrangements.
Edgar Pittman
The funeral for Edgar T. Pitt
man, 71, who died February 23,
were conducted Thursday after
noon at Pittman Grove Church by
the Rev. Mark Musselwhite. Burial
was in the church cemetery.
Crumpler Funeral Home was in
charge of the arrangements.
Mrs. Mary K. McKenzie
Mrs. Mat7 King McKenzie, 95,
died Monday.
The funeral was scheduled for 1 1
a.m. Wednesday at Antioch Pres
byterian Church with the Rev.
Charles Ashley officiating and
burial in the church cemetery.
Survivors include six grandchil
dren; and five great-grandchildren.
Crumpler Funeral Home was in
charge of the arrangements.
Mrs. Ethel Mclver
Mrs. Ethel Mclver of Raeford
died Monday.
Arrangements were being made
by Buie Funeral Home.
FmHA Properties
The Farmers Home Administra
tion has for sale, from time to time,
farm, residential, business, recrea
tion and/or other properties.
Any licensed real estate broker
interested in listing these properties
should contact the Farmers Home
Administration at 502 E. Edin
borough Ave., Raeford. on Wed
nesday. March 24. at 10 a.m. The
telephone number is 875-4026.
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