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And It's About Time
T.R.'s Truck
Finally Restored
You could say Tony Graham
traded trucks backwards.
| People trade ther vehicles in tor
something younger.
Graham in effect traded his 1979
Ford pickup in for a Chevrolet
pickup that's 30 years older.
You also could say that Graham
is driving a brand new 1949
pickup.
The story is that Graham bought
old timer about four years ago for
S250 from Fred Lisenby, who lives
in the Scurlock area and not far
from Graham.
Graham said the truck had been
sitting behind Lisenby's shop for a
long time.
It couldn't run as, for one thing.
the moior was "messed up," la
said.
Getting 1949 Chevrolet pickup
parts in 1978 and later was a
problem, of course.
But Graham had the truck runn
ing about two months after he
bought it. The motor is one of the
few things that isn't 1949 Chevrolet
pickup. It's a 1958 six-cylinder 235
cubic inch model but the same type
as the truck's original.
The other things that aren't '49
Chevrolet pickup are the rims,
which are wide-spoke and replaced
the original regular hubcap type;
and the AM-FM radio in the dash.
Aside from that, Graham per
sonally restored the vechicle with
'49 Chevrolet pickup parts, from
bumper to bumper, he said. It was
very difficult finding the '49 parts,
he admitted but he found some of
his friends has some, and he got
other from junk yards.
He said he worked on it three
years altogether and has probably
$2,000, including the purchase
price, invested in it.
Now his '49 is the only motor
vehicle he owns.
Besides being the only brand
new 1949 pickup in Hoke County,
and maybe even in the whole state,
its probably also the only brilliant
white pickup in the county and
also for miles around, if not in the
whole state.
Log home of the Tommy Stevens is on this year s Christmas tour.
Yule Campaign Gifts
f Needed By Dec. 16
Contributions to Share Your
Christmas 1982, a communitywide
campaign to help needy Hoke
County people in this special
season, are needed by December
16.
Clothing, food, toys and other
articles can be delivered to the
Hoke County Department of Social
Services till December 6. After that
they will be received at the Hoke
County Public Library 8 a.m. -5
p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, and
9 a.m. -noon Saturdays.
Gifts of money may be mailed
any time to December 16 to: Share
Your Christmas, c/o The News
Journal , P.O. Box 550, Raeford,
28376. The money is being used to
buy clothing and toys.
Families may, register between
December 7 and 16 on Tuesday and
Thursday afternoons and Saturday
mornings at the same times contri
butions will be received.
Families with special needs are
being referred through the schools,
the Hoke County Health Depart
ment, Social Services Department,
churches, and other organizations
and agencies.
Kay Thomas is chairman of the
project.
DSS Helps
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organized daily activities on a
weekly basis for the children.
-- Television should not be used
to entertain children. A child's
learning program, however; might
be beneficial.
? Day Care will be provided by
I the person with whom the county
has contracted to do business, ex
cept for providers designated as
emergency standby persons. Other
adults or minors living inside or
outside the Family Day Care
Home are unacceptable caretakers.
-- Equipment needs to be replac
ed as it is broken or should be
^ repaired whenever possible. Learn
I
ing materials are 10 oe provided
and replaced by the provider. This
is not a responsibility of DSS but
of the provider.
Witherspoor told the board
members that the department has
been telling the providers verbally
what the department expects of
them but that the policies subse
quently adopted were the first in
written form.
Copies would be given to all the
Day Care providers under county
contract, he said.
Board member Jean Holland
was absent. The other members of
the board are Clayton Bouyer, Neill
McPhatter, Robert Taylor, and
Mary C. Seaford.
B75-21DB or 075-8343
dim nnD communion /'
* Sun Roams r
*Room Additions
* Remodeling
* Passive and ilctive Solar
* Architectural Design
PLAN FDR NATURAL ENERGY
Graham said the iruck was dark
green when it came out of the fac
lory, when was fainted dark blue,
he said, so he painted it white.
It had been driven 3,626 miles
up to the afternoon of November
23, he said. He didn't know how
many miles it had been run before
he got it.
Graham refuses to call himself a
professional mechanic, though. He
does some mechanical work, he
said, "under my carport and a
shade treed."
You could say he's like the mail
carrier who takes a walk on his day
off. Graham's regular work is with
a retail motor-vehicle parts store in
Kaelord.
Christmas
Raeford if you enjoyed last year's
Christmas home tour, sponsored by
The Raeford Junior Woman's
Club, wait until you experience this
year's choice of homes.
Don't deny yourself a completely
enjoyable afternoon on December
5, when five lovely homes will be
open for our lucky patrons.
Join us at the Civic Center at 4
p.m. for coffee, refreshments and
maps detailing the homes on tour.
Also of interest will be crafts,
baked goods prepared by our club.
Once you've received your maps,
you'll find that the homes prepared
for your tour are among the most
beautiful in Raeford.
Beginning with the home of Mr.
and Mrs. William Archer, on Old
Farm Road, the Williamsburg
lover will find a home rich in that
style.
From wainscoting to oriental
rugs, the Williamsburg style of
architecture and furnishings will
surely please each participant.
Handcrafted reproductions from
Virginia and antiques from
Deaths & Funerals
Lawrence W. Bowden, Jr.
Lawrence W. Bowden, Jr.. 69, of
Raleigh, father of State Highway
Patrol Trooper Billy Bowden of
Raeford, died Sunday.
He was a heating and sheet
metal contractor.
Surviving Lawrence Bowden in
addition to Trooper Bowden are his
wife, Mrs. Nell J. Bowden; another
son. Tommy Bowden of Rocky
Mount; his sisters. Mrs. J.Y.
Phelps of Birmingham. Ala., and
Mrs. A.J. Genlock of College Park.
Fla.; seven grandchildren; and a
great-grandchild.
The tuneral w as conducted Tues
day afternoon in First Presbyterian
Church of Raleigh by the pastor.
Dr. Al Edwards. Burial was in
Oak wood Cemetery. Raleigh.
Brown-Wynne Funeral Home of
Raleigh was in charge of the
arrangements.
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NEW FOR OLD-- Workers in this picture are replacing old parts on a
power line on West Elwood A venue with new ones. The work was done early
Thanksgiving week.
Tony Graham with his new' 1949 pickup truck.
Tour Set For Sunday
Harrell's are among the treasurers
in this home.
In close proximity to the Archer
home is the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Younger Snead, Jr.
Decorated in rustic mode, look
tor handmade quilts, (many by
Mrs. Snead). candlewick tree orna
ments. and beautiful wall paint
ings. The farm style decor used
throughout this lovely home lends
itself gracefully to the Christmas
season.
Outside of town lies a real treat
for those taking the tour. The log
cabin home owned by Mr. and
Mrs. Tommy Stevens is truly a fine
example of this type of architec
ture. All of the coziness and
warmth associated with the words
"log cabin" becomes reality when
you enter this home with its
spacious living, dining, kitchen
areas.
Also hearking back to another
time is the next house, the home of
Mrs. Kerr Stevens. Jr. build in
1853, this graceful old home stands
as a tribute to those fine builders
trom yesteryear.
To experience the Christmas
decor in this home is bound to
make everyone nostalgic.
Arriving back in town, the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Edwards
serves as a truly beautiful end to a
truly beautiful tour.
Mrs. Edwards designed the in
terior of this home and with its
stenciled walls, interesting foyer
and library alone, it will be
recognized as a home designed and
built with an eye for beautiful
detail.
All together, these homes will be
a lovely gathering of styles, fur
nishings, and Christmas decora
tions.
Tickets are $5 and may be
purchased at the time of the tour,
or bought now at the Calico
Corner. Theresa's and The Grocery
Mart.
All club members have tickets.
Information is available at 875
4562. '
See you there on the fifth of
December at 4 p.m.!
Christmas Parade Entries
Near Final Signup Hour
Preparations tor Raeford's An
nual Merchant's Association
Christmas Parade are nearing com
pletion. "But. there's still time to
enter". General chairman of the
Parade Committee. John Howard
said.
The parade is set for Main
Street. Raeford on Saturday, De
cember 1 1 at 2 p.m. The parade
route will follow Main Street from
Prospect Avenue to the Eden
borough Center parking lot.
Anticipating a repeat of last
year's colorful review, the parade
committee asks all groups, organ
izations or clubs in the area who
have not done so but want to
participate in the parade to mail in
the following information or call
875-4334.
1982
Raeford Merchant's Association
Christmas Parade
Entry Form
ORGANIZATION NAME:
REPRESENTATIVE:
TELEPHONE NO:
ADDRESS:
TYPE OF ENTRY:
Mail To:
PARADE COMMITTEE
P.O. Drawer H
Raeford, N.C. 28376
or call
875-4334
Deadline for entries. December 4th
Holiday Greetings
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Do Your Christmas Shopping Now. Lay-a-way For Only '/? Down On All Items Until
Christmas. We Have A New Shipment Of Toys And Many Many Other Items At
Discount Prices. Hurry To Get The Best Choice! Do Your Christmas Shopping With
Us And Have Money Left Over For That Special Christmas Dinner!
Come In And Register For ' Big" Whole Ham
Drawing To Be Held Dec. 24
See You Soon At The Bargain Barn On Highway 211
q Mi. West Of Raeford