SECTION II
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1982
Homecoming Parade
Kicks Off Weekend
Large Crowd Crams Main Street
To Watch The Events Pass
)T Members of the Vikings Midget football team and their cheerleaders
marched during the parade.
Hoke County High School's
Homecoming Parade late Friday
afternoon was seen and cheered by
thousands who lined Main Streets.
There were no floats this time,
but nevertheless the parade had its
excitement. >
There were cars and trucks car
rying pretty girls, including
Homecoming Queen Velyn
Graham and cheerleaders.
The parade also offered the
Beast as well as Beauty, as Hallo
ween was only two nights away.
The "monsters" plodded beside a
vehicle and did their best to
frighten the youngsters in the
crowd, but managed to create
laughter instead of shrieks of hor
ror. The Hoke High Band with the
Rifles and Flags provided the
music and much of the color of the
procession. Another entry was a
conga line of several students
wearing a cover that represented a
bull's hide. The line danced behind
a banner carried by two other
students. The banner commented
on the pending Homecoming game
between the Hoke High Buck's
and the E.E. Smith Golden Bulls.
The parade included class
queens, Midget League football
players with their cheerleaders,
and formations and displays
representing Hoke High's student
organizations, such as the Health
Occupations vocational students,
and Spanish Club.
Smith won the game that night,
but the Bucks made it close (14-6),
and the end result did dampen the
spirits of the Hoke High fans,
naturally.
But the spirit of the participants
and the spectators at the parade
didn't indicate that the depression
would last very long or run very
deep.
These three youngsters are wiling away the time, waiting for the parade to
start, with some interesting conversation.
Part of the Hoke High band in the parade.
The Midget League Cowboys with Coach Banks Wannamaker marching near the end of the procession.
Halloween Comes
And Goes Without Trouble
The special Halloween programs
and events of last weekend were
0 highly successful, according to
reports received by The News
Journal.
The Second annual Halloween
Carnival, a benefit for the
Trainable Multihandicapped
students of Hoke County Schools,
was termed a success.
The program, held at Upchurch
Junior High School Saturday night.
? raised almost double the amount
the Carnival of 1981 raised for the
TMH program.
The Raeford Jaycees hosted
their Haunted House Thursday
through Sunday nights in the old
house at Edinborough Avenue and
Steward Street across the street
from the Sheriffs Department.
Though the Carnival was held
Saturday, Halloween was
celebrated Sunday night, the tradi
tional time, the last night of Oc
tober.
Law enforcement officers
reported no accidents or criminal
behavior related to Halloween ac
tivities occurred.
Raeford Police Chief Leonard
Wiggins reported Halloween of
1982 was one of the quietest
Raeford has ever had.
"All went off smoothly," he
said.
The Carnival was sponsored by
the Parent and Volunteers Com
mittee for the TMH Students of
the county school system in
cooperation with the Raeford
Kiwanis Club.
Church, civic, and youth
organizations and business of
Hoke County also supported the
program.
The Carnival offered the tradi
tional games, a Haunted House,
costume judging, a Cake Walk and
pumpkin-judging were among
other attractions.
Part of the cleanup crew working Sunday to get Upchurch School back in order after Saturday 's carnival.
<HALLQWI2N AT SCURLOCK ? These Scurhck School teachers and teacher aides are pictured in their
| Halloween costumes Friday during the lunch period at school. Many of the children also wore costumes at school
ail day.
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The Witch \playtd by Rhenda Cameron ) with Second Graders at
McLauchlin s RIF party.
Kiwanis Carnival Coordinator John
Howard works with others to tort
out after-t he-event debris.