Area Incidents
Batteries , T ape Player
Stolen From Vehicles
The following were reported to
the Raeford Police Department
recently. Police Chief Leonard
Wiggins said Tuesday.
On April I. Ora Dukes, Rt. 2,
Box 76, Raeford, reported someone
entered his car while it was parked
at 504 E. Sixth Ave. and stole his
Southern National Bank check
book.
On April 1 . James O. Miller of
Miller's Garage reported someone
stole a $55 battery from a truck
parked at the garage. The truck is
owned by Clyde C. Stocks, Box
345, Raeford,
On April 2. James Purcell, Rt. 3,
Box 254, Raeford, reported some
one stole a digital clock, tape
player, speaker and tapes, valued
at a total of $547 from his car while
The Rev. J. Douglas Mark ?
Hoke Stadium - Easter Sunrise
Speaker.
Anybody
Seen A
Gumberoo
Lately?
National Geographic News Service
If you spot a Bigfoot these days,
you might want to call the Bigfoot
Hotline at (20b) 382-5656. But he
advised that people have been
reporting odd creatures for a long
time, and sometimes the telling is
more fanciful than the creature.
Folklorists have been delighted
for years by the tall tales told bv the
American lumberjack, for ex
ample. back in the days when
woodsmen had to amuse them
selves without a TV set or portable
stereo.
In 1910 William T. Cox. who was
Minnesota's first state forester and
later its first conservation commis
sioner. collected the tales of the
lumberjacks in a tongue-in-cheek
volume entitled "Fearsome Crea
tures of the Lumberwoods."
Walker D. Wyman. a historian
at the University of Wisconsin.
River Falls, reprinted Cox's book
as an appendix to his own book.
"Mythical Creatures of the North
Country." published in 1969.
Among Cox's army were:
--The agropelter. which lives in a
hollow tree, snaps off dead
branches and hurls them with
unerring accuracy at any unfortu
nate lumberjack who happens to
pass by.
- The tripodero. which has two
telescoping legs and a tail like a
kangaroo; it can elevate itself to see
over the brush and spot a potential
meal 10 rods away.
?The gumberoo. a hungry crea
ture that can devour a horse at one
sitting, and which has a hide so
impervious that any bullet striking
it will bounce back and kill the
hunter.
--The hodag. a slow, hairless,
and intelligent creature whose
natural food is the porcupine,
which it traps by uprooting a tree
and letting it fall on him.
it was parked at 606 Forrest St.
Louise B. Snelgrove, 203 N.
Wright St., reported April 2 that
she accidentally left her purse in
Hardee's when she finished eating
but that it was missing when she
returned from home to get it after
she realized she'd left it. The purse
and its contents were valued at
$518.41.
Sabrina DeBright Livingston of
204 Adams St. suffered a mouth
injury when the 1971 Chevrolet she
was driving hit the rear of a 1978
Toyota parked on Harris Avenue
between South Main Street and
South Magnolia Avenue about 1:55
p.m. Monday while the Toyota's
driver, Roosevelt McPherson, Rt.
3. Box 363, Raeford, was talking
with another person.
The damages were about $2,000
to the Chevrolet and about $250 to
the Toyota. Sabrina Livingston was
charged in a citation with making
an unsafe movement, and McPher
son with improper parking.
The following were reported to
the Hoke County Sheriff s Depart
ment.
Gale Spangler. Rt. 2. Raeford.
reported March 29 a man had
knocked down 70 of her fence posts
valued at $140 and fence wire.
$280, on purpose.
A 1975 Chevrolet truck reported
stolen from its owner. Columbus
Trading Co. of Chadbourn March
25 in Columbus County was found
in a field off N.C. 20 near Raeford
March 29.
9 Miles North Of Raeford
Crash Kills Man
A Fayetteville man was injured
fatally about 1:45 a.m. Monday
when his car, traveling at a high
rate of speed, left U.S. 401 on the
left side and struck a tree about
nine miles north of Raeford,
Trooper Bill Bowden of the State
Highway Patrol, reported.
The officer said the victim was
James Earl Judd. 23. of 108 Tine
Rd.
He said both the Hoke Ambu
lance Service and Hoke Rescue
Squad made "a tine ettort" to save
Judd but the victim was pro
nounced dead on arrival by officials
at Cape Fear Valley Hospital in
Fayetteville.
Judd was still alive when he was
freed from the wreckage of his car
by the Rescue Squad but appar
ently died en route to the hospital
as ambulance attendants were
working continuously to keep him
alive.
Environmental
Awareness Week
"The awareness of our environ
ment will be the central thought for
the 1982 North Carolina Environ
mental Awareness Week," stated
D.R. Huff, Jr., chairman of the
Hoke Soil and Water Conservation
District, the local sponsor for this
statewide observance April 4-10.
"Just as we vitally depend upon
our soil, water and other renewable
resources, we have a greater re
sponsibility to use them wisely and
with an eye to the future," said
Huff. "Educating our children in
conservation should be an impor
tant part of any effort to provide for
a healthy resource base. '
The Hoke Soil and Water Con
servation District, which includes
all of Hoke County, joins North
Carolina's 93 other Soil and Water
Conservation Districts in observing
Environmental Awareness Week.
The Week is sponsored by the
North Carolina Association of Soil
and Water Conservation Districts.
PROCLAMATION
Whereas, the well being of our
people depends upon our environ
ment; and
Whereas, the quality of our
environment depends upon the
conservation and the wise and
proper management of all our
natural resources; and
Whereas, the people of North
Carolina have a mutual and vital
interest in protecting our environ
ment; and
Whereas Soil and Water Conser
vation Districts are developing
environmental conservation educa
tion programs to reach our young
people and adults; and
Whereas, special emphasis
should be placed on environmental
quality by Soil and Water Conser
vation Districts and other groups,
agencies, and individuals;
Therefore, I, James B. Hunt, Jr.,
Governor of the State of North
Carolina, in full appreciation of the
value of having one special week to
call attention to our environment
through conservation education
programs, do hereby proclaim
April 4-10. 1982. as
Environmental Awareness Week
in North Carolina, and commend
this observance to our citizens.
By the Governor.
James B. Hunt, Jr.
CAST ?? The children of Mar\< K. Thomas's and Thanie Gillis's kindergarten class at West Hoke School gave an
Easter program Thursday at the school assembly. The students participating included Tomieka McLaughlin.
Teresa Shaw. Christina Henderson. Bryan Manning. Brian Douglas. Charles Wall, Tony Davis. Chris Mitchell
Andre Bratcher. Freddie McLaughlin. Ernest J. Pratt. Deondra Hamilton. Bobby Locklear. Jeremiah baker.
Jason Cummings. Wehon Locklear. June Chasvis. Ratasha Davis. Sahrina Jones. Sonja Morrisey. Kim Morrison.
Katina McDougald. and Lashonda Riggins. This picture of the participating students was taken shortly after the
program started. Betsy Floyd played the piano accompaniment. [Staff photo].
At West Hoke School
Kindergarteners Give
'Reflections,' Play
West Hoke School students in
Mrs. Mary K. Thomas's kindergar
ten class assisted by Mrs. Thanie
Gillis and Betsy Floyd, musician,
presented an assembly program on
April 1.
The presentation was given in
two parts. Part One consisted of
"Reflections of Life" in which the
kindergarteners projected their
knowledge of love. Some of the
reflections were: "Love is -? count
ing by fives; Love is repeating the
vowels: Love is telling the Easter
story of Love; Love is saying the
months of the year, days of the
week and seasons of the year."
In Part Two, the kindergarteners
presented a play titled "The Com
munity Easter Parade," which
ended with "The Bunny Hop." For
the play, the Easter girls were
beautifully attired in frilly dresses
and Easter bonnets. The boys'
portraying community helper, were
appropriately attired also.
Along with the entire student
body, parents, grandparents, and
great-grandparents along with
other guests crowded the beauti
fully decorated cafetorium. The
number of 30 or more guests
greatly evidenced the need for an
auditorium. The guests expressed
their amazement in seeing 5-year
olds memorize and perform in a
manner that strongly supports Mrs.
Thomas's theory, "that children
can learn anything they are taught"
and that "anything worth doing at
all is worth doing well.
Following the program, the
guests were invited to the classroom
for refreshments. It was there the
tide was turned. As the students
circled the carpet, parents and
grandparents alike performed by
doing "The Bunny Hop." It was *
truly a great occasion for the
students, parents and teachers. It
really showed that three and four
generations are still able to get
together in meaningful sharing and
learning experiences.
Mrs. Thomas confessed that
Hoke County is truly a garden spot
of the world. The parents and
grandparents shared so many posi
tive compliments and also ottered .
for the future monetary and "
manual contributions for the
fostering and supplementing of
continual learning process. All of
these serve as positive reinforcers to
strengthen hard working teachers'
faith in our society.
Magistrate's Court
The following Hoke County
magistrates' judgments were issued
last week.
James Douglas Judd, Fayette
ville, driving under the influence,
no probable cause (Breathalyzer
reading .01); carrying a concealed
weapon, voluntary dismissal by the
prosecutor.
Cheryl Driggers, Box %5. Rae
ford, worthless check, $20 restitu
tion to McCormick's Grocery and
costs.
Bertha L. McNeill Bass. Rt. 3.
Box 340. Raeford, worthless check.
$19.87 restitution to Macks Stores,
and costs.
Dorothy Monroe Blue. Rt. 1.
Box 469, Raeford. 215 Clay St..
Raeford, no operator's license, S25
and costs.
Loureva Daniels, Rt. 1, Box
310-B, Shannon, worthless check,
S45.30 restitution to Electrolux,
and costs.
Dorothy J. Lamb. Box 513,
Raeford, worthless check, S20 res
titution to Tucker's Grocery, $20
restitution to Economy Food Cen
ter and costs.
Dorothy J. Lamb, 1525 Morris
St., Raeford, worthless check, $20
restitution to George E. Brown,
and costs.
Daniel L. Dloniak, Ft. Bragg,
passing at an intersection, $10 and
costs.
Donna Lyda Starling, Rt. 2, Box
%, Hendersonville, speeding 69 in
a 55 zone. S10 and costs.
Lenon Scriven David Ray, Rt. 1.
Box 254-A, Lumber Bridge, per
mitting an unlicensed person to
drive, $25 and costs.
Samuel Dan Long, Rt. 2, Box
478C-1 . Raeford, no operator's
license. $25 and costs.
Curtis Bell. 202 B. Wilkes Rd.,
Fayetteville, speeding 50 in a 35
zone, S10 and costs.
Montana Ritter Furr. Rt. 1. Box
326. Aberdeen, expired registration
plate, costs.
Albert Lee Hollis, Rt. 3. Heflin.
Ala., speeding 65 in a 55 zone. $5
and costs.
Russell Welton Lowery, Jr., Rt.
1. Box 39. Pembroke. S5 and costs.
John Harrison McCarn, Rt. 1,
Box 321-C, Shannon, speeding 48
in a 35 zone. $10 and costs.
Sebastian Todd McKcithan,
Fayetteville. speeding 67 in a 55
zone, $10 and costs.
Lide Cicero Rogers, Jr., Rt. 2.
Box 431-1. Raeford. expired opera
tor's license. $25 and costs.
Myrtle Faye Hammonds (or
Oxendine), 1813 Silver Citv St..
Raeford. no operator's license. $25
and costs.
Leavy D. Baker. P.O. Box 101,
McCain, worthless check. $7 resti
tution to Quewhiffle Store, and
costs.
Queen Esther McRae, Rt. 1, Box
558, Raeford. worthless check, S3
restitution to Parks Grocery and
costs.
Patrick S. Monroe. Box 182,
McCain, worthless check, $3.66
restitution to Quewhiffle Store and
costs.
Carl Jason Walker, Box 441 (SR
1 1 16 East), Raeford, speeding 48 in
a 35 zone, S10 and costs. S ?
Robert Hamitton Persons, Fay- ?
etteville, vehicle unregistered, no
inspection certificate displayed,
costs.
William Malcolm McPhail, Jr.,
Rt. 2, Box 411, Raeford, expired
inspection certificate, costs.
Oscar B. McNeill, Robertson
St., Fayetteville, failing to reduce
speed to avoid a collision.
Brenda Faye Dudley. 502 Grant
Ave. Raeford, speeding 46 in a 35
zone, S10 and costs. w
John Thomas Stewart, Box 116,
Raeford, exceeding a safe speed,
costs.
Mark Car Batteries,
Record Serial Numbers
Many thefts of car and truck
batteries and AM-FM converters,
tape recorders, cassettes, speakers
and tapes from vehicles are being
reported regularly to the Raeford
Police Department.
So Raeford Police Chief Leonard
Wiggins is advising people to put
an identifying mark on their
batteries and make written records
of their musical equipments' serial
numbers.
The property then can be identi
fied and returned to the owners
when it is recovered. Many stolen
goods are found but cannot be
returned to the owners if they bear
no identification.
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