Explains agreement
CPAL District Manager A.J. Wooddy explains the details of the city's
franchise agreement with his firm during Monday's Raeford Council
meeting as Councilman Joe Upchurch (right) looks on.
. . . Moratorium Lifted
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sultant Hiram J. Marziano said
during Monday's meeting.
Marziano's firm Moore Gardner
& Associates of Asheboro have
been overseeing the improvements
| at the treatment plant.
Cablevision approved
In other business during the
regular monthly meeting, council
members approved without debate
a measure which will open the door
for the purchase of the city's pre
sent cable television franchise.
After noting that no public ob
jection had been voiced, council
^ members gave unanimous ap
v proval to the second and final ?
reading of an ordinance which
allows the purchase of Jones Inter
cable by Alert Cablevision Inc.
Alert is planning to upgrade the
system within three to six months.
The system serves five other
municipalities in addition to
Raeford.
The move means cable service
could be upgraded to 22 channels
)from the present 12-channel
system. Costs of service are also
expected to increase.
Power check OK'd
In still further business, council
members OK'd a study of the pre
sent electric utility use at the sewer
nlnht
Utility bills at the plant have
been running around $11,600 per
month. The city had lowered the
charges to about $8,800, but the
bills increased about $3,000 per
month in October.
Moore Gardner will be conduct
ing the study, and Marziano said
ways to reduce useage of power at
the plant will be determined.
CP&L on hold
Council members decided to
take no action on the renewal of
the city franchise agreement with
Carolina Power and Light
(CP&L).
The 60-year-old franchise ex
pires in June, and CP&L District
Manager A.J. Wooddy said his
firm would like to renew the agree
ment for another 60-year term.
Under the agreement, the city
has no right to negotiate rates, gets
no revenue from the utility and
allows CP&L to use municipal
rights of way for lines and poles.
Council members deferred ac
tion on the matter until McNeill,
who is hospitalized and could not
attend the meeting, can look over
the agreement.
"There is not a whole lot of
room for negotiation," City At
torney Palmer Willcox said.
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I 15- Year-Old Charged For Box Break-in
A 15-year-old Raeford youth
was arrested last Thursday in con
nection with the vandalism of three
newspaper machines, Raeford
Police Chief Leonard Wiggins said
Monday.
Wiggins said the youth was
"picked up" shortly after two
local police officers responded to
"loud noises they heard near the
Edenborough Shopping Center."
The officers found three
newspaper machines had been
broken into, Wiggins said.
Wiggins also said that the
youngster "might be involved with
some other recent crimes in the
area."
"We are just checking right
now," Wiggins said.
In an unrelated matter, a 1984
Chevrolet Camaro was recovered
last Monday after being reported
stolen from Hoke Auto Company
on January 23, sheriff's reports
show.
The $11,457 car was apparently
driven off the Hoke Auto lot dur
ing the night, reports show.
No sign of broken glass was
reported at the scene.
The car was found by sheriff's
deputies in a wooded area of Hoke
County.
No apparent damage was don^
to the vehicle although 17 miles
were registered on the
speedometer, reports show.
The car was returned to Hoke
Auto, according to the report.
Also last Monday, a local
restaurant, which was up for sale,
was stripped of its property, ac
cording to the report filed by
United Carolina Bank Manager
Bobby Conoly.
According to the report, bank
officials found the Pig and
Chicken Restaurant, located on
Highway 401, completely vacated
with all the equipment missing.
Estimated costs of repairing the
building was estimated at 535,000,
the report shows.
Witnesses found the restaurant
equipment removed from the
building, doors were off the walk
in cooler and all the refrigerator
components had been removed.
The report also shows that the
plastic drain pipes had been sawed
in half and the wires clipped.
An investigation is still pending,
reports show.
Ricky Carroll Smith of Smith
Beverage Company reported that
two black males apparently took
two cases of Miller Lite beer from
his truck while he was in the Com
munity Grocery near Five Points.
According to the report. Smith
was inside the store taking an order
when he noticed a car pull up on
the other side of his beer truck.
When Smith returned to the
truck, he found that the back com
partment of his truck had been
opened and two cases of beer were
missing.
The beer was estimated at $20,
reports show.
In other crime last week, Wig
gins reported that someone had
broken into the back window of
Morrison's Grocery on Harris
Avenue last Thursday.
The store has remained closed
since owner William Daniel Mor
rison was found shot to death in
December, the chief said.
"I do not think this break-in is
related to the murder investiga
tion," Wiggins said.
Although a SI SO damage was
done to the store's back door,
nothing inside was reported to be
missing, according to the chief.
Further action shows that an ap
parent "lover's quarrel" ended in
a stabbing last Sunday afternoon
at the home of Thomas Brooks.
The sheriffs report shows that
Brooks' wife stabbed her husband
with a "butcher knife" sometime
Sunday afternoon.
When sheriff's deputies arrived
on the scene, they found blood
stains inside the house and a but
cher knife. The victim was not
found, reports say.
It was later determined that the
victim's wife had taken Brooks to
a Lumberton hospital for treat
ment.
No formal charges were filed in
the incident, reports show.
In other action, Wiggins said
that Marie Locklear of Rt. 1, Red
Springs reported that her pocket
book was either missing or stolen
from a local car wash last week.
Locklear told law enforcement
officers that she left her purse near
the "vacuum cleaner area" of the
car wash, and when she returned,
the pocketbook was gone, Wiggins
said.
The pocketbook and its contents
were valued at $26, Wiggins said.
5?aths^ Funerals
Neill F.Sinclair
Neill F.Sinclair, 93, one of the
oldest citizens of Hoke County died
January 26 at Moore Memorial
Hospital after a short illness.
He was buried on Saturday at
Shiloh Presbyterian Church where
he had been a member since 1905.
Sinclair had served as a deacon
for 28 years, and an elder for 38
years.
The service was conducted by
Rev. W.K. Fitch, Pastor, with
Masonic rites at graveside.
Sinclair was born January 8,
1891 in what is now Hoke County.
He worked for McLauchlin Com
pany as a clerk, before going into
business for himself as a farmer
and merchant in the Ashley
Heights community.
He joined Raeford Masonic
Lodge 306 in 1918 and received his
Diamond Jubilee certificate for
service of 60 years or more in
September 1981.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Gertrude Riley Sinclair, three
daughters, Mrs. Robert N. Mc
Cracken, Caswell Beach, Mrs.
Glenn Maxwell, Raeford, Mrs. D.
R. Huff Jr., Ashley Heights, 10
grandchildren and 10 great
grandchildren.
Arrangements were by Powell
Funeral Home of Southern Pines.
Cleonia B. Jones
Mrs. Cleonia Bowling Jones, 80,
died Friday at Moore Memorial
Hospital.
The funeral was at 2 p.m. Sun
day from Our Saviour Lutheran
Church with Pastor Bill Wallace
officiating.
Burial followed in Bethesda
Cemetery.
Survivors include a son, David
N. Jones Jr., of Aberdeen, four
daughters, Mrs. Grace Sides and
Mrs. Betty Troutman, both of
Aberdeen, Mrs. Shelby Atkins,
Valdosta, Georgia and Mrs.
Geraldine Dalton, Raeford, 11
grandchildren and eight great
grandchildren.
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Beulah Cartwright
Mrs. Beulah Cartwright, 70,
died last Tuesday morning in N.C.
Memorial Hospital in Chapel Hill.
Funeral services were held at 3
p.m. on Thursday at the Raeford
First Baptist Church by Rev. Billy
Beaver.
Burial was in Raeford Cemetery.
She was a retired Hoke County
school teacher.
Survivors are one daughter,
Mrs. Barbara T. Davis of Raeford;
three grandchildren and one great
grandchild.
Crumpler Funeral Home served
the family.
Mrs. Mamie Center Mann
Mrs. Mamie Center Mann, 92
died Sunday in the Adams-Kenton
Nursing Home at Buies Creek.
Funeral services were held Tues
day at 2 p.m. in the Lillington
Presbyterian Church.
Burial was in the Harnett Me
morial Park Cemetary.
Surviving are daughters: Mrs.
Virgie Betts of Fuquay-Verena;
"Mrs. Willa McGhee of Kipling;
Mrs Hazel Holloway and Mrs.
Louise Johnson of Lillington; sons:
Rex W. Mann of Sanford, Sam C.
Mann and Dr. Lynn S. Mann of
Lillington; sisters: Mrs. Maggie
Smith and Mrs. Velma Johnson of
Kepling; brothers: Ralph Center of
Kepling and Neil Center of Rae
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Ella Mae Purdie
Funeral services for Mrs. Ella
Mae Purdie McEachin, 78, of Rt. 1
Lumber Bridge, were held Friday,
January 27, from Laurel Hill Bap
tist Church.
Rev. T.R. Patterson officiated.
Burial was in the church
cemetery.
Mrs. McEachin died January 24.
Buie Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Willie McMlllian
Funeral services for Willie Mc
Millian, 58, of New Jersey, formerly
of Raeford, were held Sunday from
Piney Grove Baptist Church.
Rev. Boyd Cantrell officiated.
Burial was in Center Grove
Cemetery.
His Survivors are: his wife, Mrs.
Essie McMillian of the home; one
son, Willie McMillian of Plains
field, New Jersey.
Five daughters; Linda Anderson
and Gloria McMillian of East
Orange, New Jersey, Priscilla Mc
Millian of Sacramento California
and Beverly Hills of the home; his
mother, Mrs. Mary Bell McPhatter
of Raeford, his stepfather, Mr.
James McPhatter of Raeford, two
sisters, Mrs. Martha Council of
Wilson, Evangelist, Lucille Parker
of Raeford, one brother John
McMillian of Long Island, New
York; three grandchildren.
Buie Funeral Home was in
Charge of arrangements
Mrs. L.D. Troutman
Mrs. L.D. Troutman died
Thursday, January 26 at her home
in Raeford.
Graveside services were held
Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Raeford
Cemetery by the Rev. B.V.
Childress.
Mrs. Troutman is survived by
four sons, Billy Wayne Dillard of
Raeford, Jerry Dillard of Fayet
teville, Jackie Dillard of Gillespie,
111., and Eddie Timke of Pekin, Il
linois; one daughter, Mrs. Ruth
Ann Lantz of Fort Lauderdale,
Florida; a sister, Mrs. Queenie
Wallace of Granite City, Illinois;
13 grandchildren and three great
grandchildren.
Crumpler Funeral Home served
the family.
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