MEMORIES OF CHRISTMAS PAST? These photos taken last week br- looks as though santa is still there or coming, to hear children's wishes for
ing to the eye memories of the Christmas of 1982 in downtown Raeford. presents. In the other, Christmas trees left over from the Raeford Jaycees'
Santa House, set up every Christmas season in the old railroad depot, yearly sale await removal from the temporary sales lot.
Nominations Open For State Awards
Know someone you think
deserves the highest award given
by the state of North Carolina?
Nominate him or her by April 1 for
a North Carolina Award.
The N.C. Awards are the highest
awards presented by the state ? not
by a private group or individual
?to its own citizens. They
recognize outstanding ac
complishments in four categories:
science, fine arts, literature and
public service.
"The N.C. Awards are and
deserve to be the most prestigious
honors our state can bestow," ac
cording to Gov. Jim Hunt.
"They are special because they
recognize people who have devoted
their lives to excellence in their
chosen fields, and they are special
because the idea came from
citizens, nominations come from
citizens and selections come from
citizens."
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Anyone may submit a nomina
tion for N.C. Awards. Nomina
tions, including biographies,
resumes and letters of support,
should be sent to Dr. Lawrence
Wheeler, deputy secretary of the
Department of Cultural
Resources, Raleigh, 27611, by
April 1, 1983.
The N.C. Awards Committee,
made up of citizens representing
each of the four categories, reviews
nominations during the summer
and selects recipients for awards to
be present at a banquet in Raleigh
in the fall.
The committee's chairman is
former governor and N.C. Award
recipient Terry Sanford of
Durham, now president of Duke
University. Other members are
past N.C. Award recipient Doris
Betts of Chapel Hill, writer and
senior faculty member of the
University of North Carolina; Sam
Rag an of Southern Pines, writer
and former secretary of the
Department of cultural Resources;
and Elizabeth D. Koontz, former
assistant superintendent for
teacher education in the Depart
ment of Public Instruction. Also
on the committee is H.F. Robinson
of Cullowhee, chancellor of
Western Carolina University.
The General Assembly establish
ed the N.C. Awards by statute in
1961. The first N.'C. Awards went
to John N. Couch, Inglis Fletcher,
John Motley Morehead, Clarence
Poe and Francis Speight.
Since then, the list has grown to
about 80 names, including those of
outstanding figures as former U.S.
Senator Sam J. Ervin Jr.; late
writer Harry Golden; former U.S.
Secretary of Commerce Juanita
Kreps; and William C. Friday,
president of the University of
North Carolina.
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WORK COMPLETED? Lumbee River EMC linemen completed recently the connections necessary to energize
the new Scurlock substation recently. The project, which cost more than $ 500,000 , is an improvement to electric
service in rural Hoke County and will relieve loads on the Wayside and Rockfish substations.
Sunday School Usson
Background Scripture: Luke
16:1-13, 19-31.
Devotional Reading: Amos 5:6-15.
The parable of the Dishonest
Steward in Luke 16 is likely not a
very popular one in the churches.
For the most part it is simply ig
nored in the lectionaries and col
lections to sermon resources.
Those who stumble upon it are
likely to race on without a
backward glance.
The reason, of course, is self
evident: Jesus' parable is about a
crook who cheats his employer and
then is commended for it. How
embarrassing! Surely there must be
some mistake here.
TURN IN THE ACCOUNT
If we examine the parable more
closely, however, we find there is
some important teaching here for
us from Christ. The steward is
clearly dishonest ? in fact, that's
the point Jesus is trying to make. If
a dishonest steward is smart
enough to use worldly goods to
secure his future, shouldn't the
followervof Christ do even more?
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Look at the story carefully. The
steward is first in jeopardy because
charges were brought to his master
that the man is "wasting his
goods." Threatened with the loss
of his position, the dishonest
steward now begins to use the
material goods to protect his
future. Because he is a dishonest
man, he uses these goods in a
fraudulent way to insure his securi
ty. Oddly enough, when the master
learns of this skullduggery, he
shocks us by commending the
crook for his crafty strategy.
Jesus does not condone the
man's deceit, but he is telling us
that we must be no less intelligent
in our own use of material goods.
"For the ions of this world are
wiser in their own generation than
the sons of light." The choice con
fronting the followers of Jesus is
not between being moral or being
wise, but of being both. Just
because the Christian chooses to be
good is no reason for him to allow
himself to be stupid. In the parable
it it apparent that resourcefulness
is a quality that God looks for in
all his children.
THE TRUE RICHES
The parable Jesus told about the
dishonest steward is meant, not to
shock us, but to shame us. Even
the dishonest servant is a better
steward than some of Ood's honest
servants. Being honest is not
enough ? although it is a good
start - for we are also expected to
be good stewards of what God
gives us. "If the sons of this
world" do a better job in being
crooked than we do in being
honest, that is judgement upon our
stewardship. The servant who hid
his talent in the ground didn't do
something evil with it, but his
failure to do something worthwhile
made him an "unprofitable ser
vant."
Once again let us understand
what Jesus is saying in this
parable: let not the dishonest but
enterprising steward stand at the
top of the class when it comes to
using material things wisely. Let
the "children of light" be even
more enterprising in order to fulfill
their stewardship in Ood's tight.
The 1982 recipients were the late
Willie Snow Ethridge in
Literature; arts patron R. Philip
Hanes Jr. and sculptor Selma
Burke in Fine Arts; Dr. Floyd Den
ny in science; and Nancy Chase in
Public Service.
"The roster of N.C. Awards
recipients is full of people who
make a difference in our state,"
according to Cultural Resources
Secretary Sara W. Hodgkins,
whose department coordinates
presentation of the awards. "They
deserve to be recognized, and I'm
delighted North Carolina has this .
way of saying 'thank you'," r
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DnAi & F?Mrab
Raymond Clark
Raymond Blue Clark, age 73,
died Tuesday in the Open Arms
Rest Home in Raeford on January
18.
Funeral services were 1 p.m.
Wednesday afternoon at the
C rum pier Funeral Home Chapel
by Rev. Arthie Barringer.
Burial was in Raeford Cemetery.
Survivors are: his wife, Mrs.
Eula Bledsoe Clark of Fayetteville;
two sons: Raymond Clark of Hope
Mills, Robert Lee Clark of
Rockftsh; one daughter: Mrs.
Patricia Clark McClanahan of
Hope Mills; nine grandchildren.
Crumpler Funeral Home served
the family.
Mrs. Dixie R. McLeod
Mrs. Dixie Reaves McLeod, 80,
died Thursday evening.
The funeral was conducted
Saturday afternoon in Raeford
United Methodist Church by the
Rev. Arthur Winstead, the pastor,
and the Rev. Charles Ansley,
pastor of Antioch Presbyterian
Church. Burial was in Antioch
Presbyterian Church cemetery.
Surviving are her husband,
W.D. McLeod of Raeford; her
daughters, Mrs. Joan Scarborough
of Raeford, Mrs. ^Margaret
McDonald of Greensboro and
Mrs. Catherine Nickalson of
Garner; her brothers, Hallie
Reaves of Southern Pines and L.E.
Reaves of Fayetteville; and seven
grandchildren.
Crumpler Funeral Home was in
charge of the arrangements.
Baddy Williams
Buddy Williams, 45, died Mon
day.
The funeral was conducted
Tuesday afternoon in Raeford
United Methodist Church by the
Rev. Arthur Winstead, the pastor.
Burial was in Raeford Cemetery.
Surviving are his son, Keith
Williams of Wilmington; his
daughter, Kathy Williams of
Chapel Hill; his brothers, Tom
Williams of Oainesville, Fla. , Jerry
Williams of Raeford, and Bob
Williams of Wilmington; his sister.
Petty Stanley of Fayetteville;
his mother, Mrs. Trannie Williams
of Raeford; and his grandmother,
Mrs. Mattie Campbell of Raeford.
Crumpler Funeral Home was in
charge of the arrangements.
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IAW For Laypersons
When a judge decides at a full
hearing that a permanent receiver
should be appointed for a missing
person, he still may not be able to
make a decision on the evidence
presented to him as to whether the
person is still alive or whether he is
dead.
Even if the judge is not able to
find with certainty that the person
is dead or alive, the permanent
receiver may nevertheless be ap
pointed to take care of his property
and to maintain and support his
dependents.
As time passes, more informa
tion may be found out about the
missing person. For example, his
body may be discovered or the
scattered parts of his airplane may
be found, floating in the ocean,
after a violent storm has passed.
When such evidence of death is
finally made available, the missing
person's wife or any party in in
terest may apply to the judge for a
final hearing to determine that the
misssing person is dead.
The judge will then listen to the
evidence, and if he finds that the
person is in fact dead, a transcript
of the proceeding will go to the
Clerk of Superior Court, and the
probate judge will then administer
the person's estate just as if he
were in fact dead. The permanent
receiver's job is then ended
It may be, however, that no
evidence of the person's death ever
comes to light. All that may be
known is that he disappeared, and
no one knows anything more than
LEGALS
WASTEWATER
IMPROVEMENTS
SEWER LINE EXTENSION,
FULTON STREET
CITY OF RAEFORD
HOKE COUNTY
NORTH CAROLINA
Separate sealed BIDS will be
received for the construction of
Sewer Line Extension, Fulton
Street:
Work Includes:
Contract I - Sewer Line Exten
sion, Fulton Street
Consisting of approximately
1200 LF of 8" wastewater line and
8 manholes.
Informal Bids will be received by
the City of Raeford, at the City
Hall in Raeford until 3:00 p.m. on
February 2, 1983.
The Plans and specifications
may be examined at the following
locations:
City Hall, Raeford
Moore, Gardner & Associates
110 W. Walker Avenue
Asheboro, North Carolina
Copies of the Plans and
Specifications may be obtained at
the office of Moore, Gardner &
Associates, Inc., Consulting
Engineers located at 110 W.
Walker Avenue, P.O. Box 728,
Asheboro, North Carolina, 27203
upon payment of a non-refundable
$25.00 fee.
Contractors offering a proposal
on this project must be licensed to
do contracting in the State of
North Carolina in accordance with
North Carolina General Statutes.
Ronald L. Matthews,
City Manager
NOTICE OF SALE
OF LAND
UNDER DEED OF TRUST
Under and by virtue of the
power of sale contained in that cer
tain deed of trust executed on the
6th day of December, 1980, by
Charles R. Lee and wife, Betty
McN. Lee and recorded in Book
217, Page 220 in the office of the
Register of Deeds for Hoke Coun
ty, North Carolina, default having
been made in the payment of the
indebtedness secured thereby, R.
Palmer Willcox, Trustee, will at
12:00 Noon on Monday, February
7, 1983, offer for sale to the
highest bidder at public auction at
the Courthouse door in Hoke
County, North Carolina, the
following described tract or parcel
of land in Raeford Township,
Hoke County, North Carolina:
BEGINNING at an iron pipe,
said pipe being a point in the
southern right-of-way of Old Farm
Road of Thomas field Section I and
the northeasternmost corner of a
lot sold to the City of Raeford by
Thomas St Davis Corporation as
recorded in Deed Book 16S, Page
144, and continuing thence with a
curve on a radius of 300.95 in a
northeasterly direction art arc
distance of 99.83 ft. to a point;
thence S 72-42-36 E a distance of
181.38 ft. to a point; thence S
25-52-16 W a distance of 138.63 ft.
to a point in the northernihost line
of the aforementioned City of
Raeford property; thence with said
line N 64-07-44 W 163.10 ft. to the
point of BEOINN1NG and con
taining 20,287 square feet.
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that. In such a case, the North
Carolina statute provides that after
Ave years from the date of the fin
ding of disappearance, the judge
may take any further evidence
about the whereabouts of the per
son and enter a decree that all in
terests of the person have ceased
and passed on to others by reasons
of his failure to appear and make a
claim for his property.
If the judge does make such a^
finding, then the permanent
receiver's job will end.
Whether the missing person is
actually declared dead as the result
of evidence presented or the five
year period passes from the date of
the finding of diappearance, the
missing person's property will pass
just as if he were actually dead.
For example, if he left a will, it will
be admitted to probate and his^
property will pass under the will. I
If, however, he did not leave a
will, then his property must be
distributed to his heirs according
to the intestate laws of North
Carolina which provide for
distribution of a person's property
if he does not make a will.
GIRL SCOUTS
LEGALS
Said lot also subject to restric
tive covenants as recorded in Book
165, page 109, Hoke County
Registry.
This property is being sold sub
ject to outstanding taxes, if any,
and all prior liens of record as they
may appear.
The highest bidder will be re
quired to deposit in cash at the sale
an amount equal to ten (10) per
cent of the amount of his bid up to|
One Thousand ($1, 000.00) Dollars
plus five (5) percent of the excess
of said bid over SI, 000.00.
This the 10th day of January,
1983.
R. Palmer Willcox, Trustee
WILLCOX & McFADYEN
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
RAEFORD, N.C.
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA^
COUNTY OF HOKE
IN THE GENERAL COURT
OF JUSTICE
83 CVD 12
NOTICE OF SERVICE OF
PROCESS BY PUBLICATION
SAFEWAY FINANCE COR
PORATION OF NORTH
CAROLINA, Plaintiff vs.
WILLIAM CEPHES HAMIL
TON and wife, LOLA^
HAMILTON, Defendants 1
TO: William Cephes Hamilton and
wife, Lola Hamilton, the above
named defendants:
Take notice that a pleading seek
ing relief against you has been filed
in the above-entitled action,
wherein the plaintiff is seeking a
judgment against you for money
loaned.
You are required to make
defense to such pleading not later'
than the 2nd day of March, 1 983,
said date being forty days from the
date of the first publication of this
notice, at the Office of the Clerk of
Court of Hoke County, North
Carolina, in the Courliiouse in
Raeford, and upon your failure to
do so, the party seeking service and
relief against you will apply to the
Court for the relief sought.
This, the I7th day of January, tl
1983.
William L. Moses
Attorney for the Plaintiff
1 27 West Edinborough Avenue
Raeford, North Carolina 28376
Telphone: (919) 875-2137
39-41C
IN THE GENERAL COURT
OF JUSTICE
SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION'
83-E-l
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
HOKE COUNTY
EXECUTRIX NOTICE
Having qualified as Executrix of
the estate of Peter S. Sawyer of
Hoke County, North Carolina,
this is to notify all persons having^
claims against the estate of saitfl
Peter S. Sawyer to present them to
the undersigned within 6 months
from date of the publication of this
notice or same will be pleaded in
bar of their recovery. All persons
indebted to said estate please make
immediate payment.
This the 10th day of January,
1983.
Louise B. Sawyer
206 Patterson St "
Raeford, N.C. 28376
39-42C
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