Presidential Turkey Survives
by BUI Llndaa
That handsome turkey who
graced the front page of The
News-Journal of Thanksgiving Day
^ didn't end his career on President
Reagan's -? or anybody else's ?
table for Thanksgiving dinner.
He's still very much alive at a
petting farm at Reston, Va., near
Washington, D.C.
This intelligence comes from a
news report published the day
before Thanksgiving. The report,
filed by the Los Angeles times ?
~ Washington Post News Service,
w says, "The First Turkey made a
smooth landing Tuesday at the
White House and won high praise
from his commander-in-chief."
As last week's edition of The
News-Journal reported, the turkey,
born and reared at Tar Heel
Turkey Hatchery Farms in Hoke
County, was presented to the
president by Bill Prestage, a Tar
Heel Hatchery partner of Wyatt
^ Upchurch, president of the com
* pany. Prestage delivered it in the
tradition of the National Turkey
Federation, whose president makes
the presentation each Thanksgiving
to the president of the U.S.
Pr est age is president of Carroll's
Foods of Ginton, which gets all the
poults Tar Heel produces.
The news report describes First
Turkey as "a 50- pound broad
breasted flight turkey hailing from
Warsaw, N.C." (Warsaw is about
IS miles east of Ginton. Inci
dentally, the town between Ginton
and Warsaw is Turkey.)
The wire service reported also
that Reagan said this: N
"You know, he almost was the
national bird," referring to Benja
min Franklin's efforts to get the
turkey declared by Congress the
national bird of the United States
(The eagle won).
I think along about this season
he is a national bird," Reagan
added, resting a friendly hand
upon the velvety white back of
Tom.
Reagan praised Tom as a "very
well behaved" Turkey.-"
The First Turkey of 1981 dis
tinguished himself forever by going
"ape" in the White House Rose
Garden, and Prestage, remember
ing that near-disaster, told reporter
the National Turkey Federation
was taking no chances.
For two months, he said, he had
been preparing Tom for his
moment of glory with frequent and
heavy doses of human contact.
The turkey, however, was not, he
declared, prepared with doses of
anything stronger.
He said this after a cameraman
said the turkey "looks like he's on
'ludes. The camerman was refer
ring to quaaludes, tranquilizers
used by veterinarians on animals.
Reagan allotted 10 minutes to
the reception of the turkey, be
tween meetings of the National
Security Council and the Cabinet.
The reception also was telecast
across the country on network
television news reports the evening
of November 23.
A turkey of West Coast origin
was the main course for the
Rcagans for their Thanksgiving
dinner at their ranch in California,
an honor Tom of Hoke County
naturally didn't mind missing at
oil
Lumbee Coop Gets $5.5 Million Loan
The Lumbee Electrical Member
ship Cooperative received the green
light Monday to continue work on a
$5.3 million improvement project
which could add as many as 600
new Hoke County customers to the
system.
Funding for two-thirds of the
project was approved in Washing
ton D.C. Monday, a spokesman for
Eighth District Rep. William G.
Hefner said.
A loan of $3.7 million will be
. t made by the federal Rural Electri
f fication Management Association
(REA) to the Lumbee Coop at an
interest rate of 5%, spokesman Jim
Area Incidents
Lewis said.
The low interest REA wilt
be tied with a $1.6 million loan
from Cooperative Finance Corpora
tion at 13% interest.
A large portion of the funds will
be used to construct a new substa
tion in the Scurlock area, Coop
spokesman Jim Autry said.
That substation will improve the
electrical service to the area and
should help prevent outages which
now occur frequently, Autry said.
Another substation will also be
constructed in the Quewhiffle Dis
trict near Ashley Heights.
That facility should also improve
service and allow the Coop to add
new customers to the lines, Autry
said.
"We estimate during the next 24
month period, we will add 250 to
300 new customers in Hoke Coun
ty," the Coop spokesman said.
The Lumbee Coop serves cus
tomers in Robeson, Scotland, and
Cumberland counties in addition to
Hoke.
Construction on the Scurlock
station has begun and should be
completed within the next 12
months, Autry said, noting that
Quewhiffle will take about two
years to complete.
Chain Saw, Dog Stolen
|i The Raeford Police Department
received complaints Thanksgiving
Day of one break-in and the theft of
a chain saw. Police Chief Leonard
Wiggins reported.
Guy Hardman of the Hoke
County Ambulance Service re
ported someone tried to break into
the organization's building but
nothing was missing.
Sam A. Galbreth of 668 Dockery
K Rd., Raeford, reported the same
day that his $450 chain saw was
stolen from his pickup truck while
the truck was parked on North
Main Street in front of Raeford
Hardware.
The Hoke County Sheriff's De
partment received the following.
A tank of heating and cooking
gas was stolen from outside the
mobile home of Mrs. Nellie Black
on Rt. 3, Raeford, November 23 or
24.
The tank and gas were valued at
S100. Mrs. Black said she dis
covered the loss November 24 after
investigating to find out why her
gas flame didn't appear on her
stove after she turned the stove on.
Someone broke into the Edith
Best office building on the N.C. 211
cutoff between November 22 and 24
but nothing was missing.
The damage amounted to about
SI 50.
James Allen Elleby of Green
Street, Raeford, reported Novem
ber 22 someone stole his pet bull
dog from his yard.
A device possibly an artillery
simulator exploded outside Spencer
Morrison's home on the U.S. 401
bypass October 30. shattering the
front windows of his house.
The damage totaled about $100.
Around T own
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located where the field was at that
time.
^ In the late 20s or early 30s the
ballfield was moved to the lot now
occupied by the J.W. Turlington
School. It did not have a fence
around the field, but a part of a
fence ran along the Aberdeen
highway across from the Lewis
home.
Around 1932 or 1933 the ball
park was moved to a location on the
Laurinburg highway and was near
the spot where the Wagon Wheel
Restaurant is now located. This is
where 1 played high school ball in
1934 and 1935.
Many people will remember the
baseball series about that time
between Raeford and Rowland,
Jake May pitched in that series for
Raeford and won the game with a
home run 1-0. This series was
played in the park on the Laurin
burg highway.
Then the baseball park was
moved behind the Armory and
became known as Armory Park.
The Williamsport Grays of the
Eastern League trained here and
Time Running Out
On Energy Help
I The Hoke County Department
" of Social Services has taken 870
applications for the Low Income
Energy Assistance Program as of
Monday, November 29th.
This is 372 less than the total
that applied in 1981 .
Ken Witherspoon, Director of
Social Services, is concerned that
individuals might not realize that
December 10th is the last day ap
plications can be taken.
" Even if individuals are par
ticipating in other benefit pro
grams, a separate application must
be made for Energy.
Additional time for applying for
energy has been set for Thursday,
December 2nd until 6 p.m.; on
Saturday, December 4th from 10
a.m. until 1 p.m.; on Tuesday,
Lkxcuiuci /ih until 6 p.m., and on
Thursday, December 9th until 6
p.m.
The Low Income Energy
Assistance Program is a one-time
payment effort which is intended
only to partially assist households
with heating costs.
The head of the household or a
representative of the head of the
household should make plans im
mediately to apply if they have not
already applied.
Elderly or handicapped in
dividuals who are unable to come
to the Department to apply may
call 875-8725 and a representative
from the Department will make
plans for securing an application.
Other questions about the pro
gram may also be directed to the
same telephone number.
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used that park for two springs.
Many players that went on to
become stars in the majors passed
through that park.
Lights were installed and night
baseball and football were played
at that site. I don't know what
condition the lights or park are in
at the present time.
The baseball field that is now in
use for the city is on the high school
property. There are no lights and
only day games can be played.
The history of Raeford baseball
could fill many pages of books. It
was almost like ice cream and
watermelon around this town.
Maybe the grand old pasttime will
return and a well lighted field will
be located in town.
I am not sure if a team ever used
what was known as "The Pasture"
for a field. This location is behind
the J.W. Turlington school and is
now used for a playground.
If you can add to these locations,
please let me know.
November Rain
Here 1.7 Inches
November brought 1.7 inches of
rain to Raeford, Robert Gatlin,
Raeford observer for the National
Weather Service, reported.
The total for the same month a
year ago was .95 inch, and for
November 1980 it was 2.65,
Gatlin's records show.
FOR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT -? This digging last week was being done in preparation of a "bed " for a
gasoline tank for the sheriff s Department across the street. The cruisers will be filled at a pump when the
installation is completed.
Unemployment Drops Again
(Continued from page 1 )
Division, said, "The combination
of some increases in the number of
persons filing claims for unemploy
ment insurance benefits and the
seasonal decline in agricultural jobs
primarily produced the rise in
October rates."
Forty-eight counties recorded
double-digit rates, with Ashe
registering the highest -- 21.5%,
with 2,390 of the labor force of
11,140 unemployed.
The lowest was the 3.7 recorded
by Orange County.
In the Fayetteville Standard
Metropolitan Statistical Area,
which includes Hoke County, the
rate rose to 9.6% in October from
September's 8.2%.
Statewide, agriculture, a major
contributor to the increase, lost
16,600 jobs chiefly because the
growing and harvesting seasons
ended.
The rise came after two months
of decreases in the rate. In Sep
tember the rate was 8.7% and in
August, 9.0%. The October rate is
produced by a total of 276,300
unemployed.
Manufacturing jobs showed a net
Carbon Monoxide Gas
Kills Without Notice
Editor s Note: Recently a 20 - year -
old Raeford man was killed by
carbon monoxide gas which was
apparently caused by a faulty
heater. In the following article, a
member of the North Carolina
Academy of Family Physicians
looks at some of the warning signs.
You can count on it as sure as
you can count on anything. I am
talking about people accidentally
dying from carbon monoxide
poisoning.
Every year, on an average, the
lives of 25-30 people are snuffed out
needlessly because of faulty heating
or exhaust systems or because they
have in some way misjudged the
fact that fuel, when it is not burned
correctly and its fumes are not
allowed to escape efficiently, can
kill.
By far most of such deaths occur
in the fall and winter.
What is this silent , noxious vapor
that stalks us in some of our most
unsuspecting moments? Carbon
monoxide gas is colorless, odorless,
tasteless and deadly. It doesn't
tickle the throat or cause your eyes
to smart. It does not make its
presence known in any way.
Carbon monoxide is produced by
the incomplete combustion of fuel.
Under ordinary circumstances fuel
combines with adequate oxygen to
produce carbon dioxide -- a non -
poisonous gas.
It is when oxygen is restricted by
whatever means from getting to
burning fuel in sufficient quantities
that carbon monoxide is produced
and it is poisonous. When the gas
escapes into an enclosed area as a
result of faulty or inadequate
venting, it can kill in a matter of
minutes.
Dr. John Butts, Associate Chief
Medical Examiner for North Caro
lina, whose office investigates sus
pected carbon monoxide deaths,
tells of three people dying in an
apartment complex when birds
built a nest in the chimney pipe.
A simple protective cap over the
pipe would have solved the pro
blem. To compound the tragedy,
another person died in the same
building a year later when birds
again built a nest in the same
chimney. He also tells of needless
deaths in parked cars.
"It's winter and it's cold. A
couple parks and leaves the motor
running with the heater on -- not
knowing the exhaust system has a
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leak. In a short period both are
dead," he said.
"Then there is the person who
damps down a home heater to
conserve fuel and create more heat.
Abundant carbon monoxide is
produced and allowed to escape
inside as a result of a faulty exhaust
system -- and the same sad
ending," he said.
Butts has endless accounts of
unusual and sometimes "bizarre"
ways people have died accidentally
from carbon monoxide.
Butts sard it is possible to have a
chronic state of carbon monoxide
poisoning from small leaks or daily
exposure. He pointed out that in
mild doses it will cause headaches,
dizziness, irritability, sleepiness
and vomiting.
Acute exposure will cause short
ness of breath, convulsions, un
consciousness, coma and finally
death.
Butts explained that fatal and
near fatal exposure from carbon
monoxide poisoning are sometimes
misdiagnosed as acute alcoholism,
cardiac disease, botulism, flu and
others because symptoms are
similar.
loss of 6,100 statewide. The most
significant decrease occurred in
electrical machinery occupations.
In manufacturing general, the
ESC reports, "it would appear that
several categories chose the route of
temporary, and, in some cases,
permanent, layoffs in an effort to
continue operations."
In contrast, non-manufacturing
jobs experienced a net gain of
11,800.
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