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Bataan vet dies
Ret. Sgt. Creston H. Rowland
Jr., who owned and operated
Rowland's Barbecue Restaurant
. for 17 years, died Monday morn
ing.
; Rowland was 63 and had suf
; fered from a long illness.
Prior to coming to Hoke Coun
ty, Rowland had served in the U.S.
Army for over 26 years until his
retirement in 1966.
He was a veteran of World War
II and was captured by the
Japanese during action in the
Pacific. Rowland was a survivor of
the Bataan Death March.
For his service, Rowland was
awarded the Purple Heart Medal,
the American Defense Service
Medal, the Asiatic Pacific Theatre
Ribbon, the Phillippine Liberation
Ribbon, the Phillipine Defense
Ribbon, the Distinguished Unit
Badge with two Oak Leaf Clusters,
the World War II Victory Ribbon
and the Good Conduct Medal.
After the War, the Wake Coun
ty native served in Alaska and
returned to Ft. Bragg, where he
spent over 11 years as a ranser.
Following his retirement,
Rowland and his family reclaimed
a swampy site near the Reservation
and started a small store, which
served items primarily to soldiers
who used the road that ran by the
property.
Barbecue sandwiches were even
tually served and their popularity
led him to open a two-room
restaurant serving complete meals.
The facility has been expanded
numerous times and has become
one of the most popular in the
area.
Rowland was also a pilot and
did barn storming in his younger
years.
Funeral services will be held
Wednesday at 11 k.m. at Galatia
Presbyterian Church by the Rev.
Dr. David Sutton. Burial will be in
the church cemetery.
Rowland is survived by his wife
Estelle W. Rowland of the home;
two sons: Creston H. (Bud)
Rowland III of Raeford and Ar
chie Rowland of Raleigh; five
daughters: Mrs. Cynthia Brady of
Southern Pines, Mrs. Deborah
Mills of Ft. Bragg. Mrs. Kay
Wilburn of Aberdeen, Mrs.
Theresa (Terry) Halliwell of
Greensboro and Mrs. Diane Stec
of Raeford; four brothers: Dr.
James Rowland of Oxford,
William Rowland of Kinston, Earl
Rowland and Allen Rowland, both
of Raleigh; three sisters: Mrs.
Isabel le Coats of Raleigh, Mrs.
Jean Holly of Greenville and Mrs.
Frances Brown of Goldsboro; a
step mother: Mrs. Alma Rowland
of Raleigh and nine grand
children.
In lieu of flowers, donations can
be made to the Masonic Or
phanage in Oxford or to the
Galatia Presbyterian Church.
Crumpler Funeral Home was in
charge of the arrangements.
Deaths & Funerals
Brmnden Glenn Walters
Branden Glenn Walters, infant
son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael L.
Walters died Monday.
Graveside services were held at
1 1 a.m. Thursday from the Com
munity United Methodist Church
Cemetery with Rev. George Blan
chard officiating.
Survivors in addition to the
parents are: maternal grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
McRae, Vass, paternal grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Archie L.
Walters, Raeford and . paternal
great-grandmother, Mrs. Viola
Fulk, Raeford.
Arrangements were handled by
Powell Funeral Home of Southern
Pines.
Rosemary Walker
Mrs. Rosemary Walker, 43, died
Friday morning in Womack Army
Community Hospital in Ft. Bragg.
Funeral services were held at 2
p.m. Monday at the Crumpler
Funeral Home Chapel by Rev.
Russell Knowles. i
Burial was in Cumberland
Memorial Gardens in Fayetteville.
Survivors are her husband:
Ernest H. Walker; one son: Craig
Walker of the home; one daughter:
Mrs. Cynthia Matthews of El
mont, New York; her mother:
Mrs. Carrie Riddle of Baltimore,
Maryland; three brothers: Douglas
Riddle of Huntsville, Texas;
Robert Riddle of Fayetteville and
Carl Riddle of Baltimore,
Maryland and one sister: Mrs.
Denise Hughes of Fayetteville.
The family was assisted by
Crumpler Funeral Home.
Emma McDiarmid
Mrs. Emma McDiarmid, 88,
died Saturday. Funeral services
were at 4 p.m. Monday at Antioch
Presbyterian Church by Rev.
Charles Ansley.
Burial was in the Raeford
Cemetery.
Survivors are two step sons: Ar
chie McDiarmid of Raeford and
W.B. McDiarmid of Route 1, Red
Springs; one step daughter: Mrs.
Kathryn Sebren of Rosemead,
California; one brother: Joe
Hearne of Mount Gilead; three
sisters: Erma Dowd of White Oak;
Mrs. Fleta Scarboro of Lumberton
and Mrs. Rilla Farlow of High
Point; 6 grandchildren and 10
great grandchildren.
Delia Brock
Mrs. Delia Brock, 88, died last
Tuesday evening in Moore
Memorial Hospital.
Funeral services were at 2 p.m.
Friday at the Crumpler Funeral
Home Chapel by Rev. Dr. John
Ropp.
Burial was in Raeford Cemetery.
Survivors are two nephews.
The family was assisted by
Crumpler Funeral Home.
Omission
In the July 5 edition of The
News-Journal, in the obituary of
George Pittman, the name of his
son, Ricky Pittman was omitted as
a survivor. We regret the omission.
. . . Suspects sought
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when the juvenile entered the
building, reports say.
Little is known about the youth,
except that he is a runaway from a
foster home in Robeson County,
say reports.
The third marijuana bust in two
weeks was made last Thursday
after a Maxton man was allegedly
found to be growing the illegal
weed in Hoke County.
Karl Lock 1 ear was arrested by
Hoke County detectives who were
working in cooperation with the
State Bureau of Investigation (SBI)
and charged with manufacturing
marijuana, reports say.
SBI agents spotted the pot from
the air before the arrest, reports
say. There were five plants found
averaging about nine feet tall.
The 31-year-old Locklear is out
of jail, according to reports.
In another matter, James Jacobs
reported to the sheriffs depart
ment that his trailer was broken in
to while he waa away last week.
A 19-inch color television set
valued at about $400 and about
$20 worth of canned food were
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rcponcu missing, rcpovTi mj ? /
A daylight video machine rob
bery was reported to Raeford
Police last week.
During operating hours, some
one went into the money boxes of
some video machines at Jack's
Video on Main Street, Wiggins
said.
About $40 in quarters was taken
from the machines in the theft that
occurred during operating hours,
reports say.
A breaking and entering and
larceny was reported at the Hoke
Cotton Warehouse last Thursday.
The apparent thieves entered the
building by breaking a window in
the front door, Wiggins said.
Found missing after the break-in
was a $150 chainsaw and several
keys, reports say.
Bill's Carwash reported the theft
of about $6 in quarters from a coin
box at the station, police reports
say.
There was a bicycle stolen from
a Raeford resident last Sunday.
Jamie Johnson reported that his
bike was valued at $196, reports
say.
Clarification
Tommy Barnes of Rt. 1, Box 1 IS
Lumber Bridge it not the person
who was reported in the July 5 edi
tion of The Ne*n~Jo*rnai to have
been charged with Driving While
Impaired.
Up to 50% of the cost of some
remodeling projects can be saved
when you can do-it-yourself.
Crastoa Rowtud
... Funeral home approved
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members of the City Council at
tend the meeting along with Coun
ty Commissioners, Phillips said.
The county wants to get as many
people as they can to go to the
meeting to show the seriousness of
the people about improving the
road, Phillips said.
The City Council also discussed
the need to hire another home
health nurse.
The present nurse is retiring and
a search is on for someone to
replace her, Phillips said.
The program, which at one time
was under consideration to be
transferred to the Department of
Social Services (DSS), appears like
it will stay with the city, the
Manager said.
DSS has a health program, but
nothing close enough to the city's
to allow consolidation of the two,
Phillips said, adding that either
practical or registered nurses will
be considered for the job.
In other action, the council:
?Passed a motion that the sec
tion of West Fifth Avenue at J.W.
Turlington School be closed on j
September 8 so a carnival may be '
held there by the school.
?Approved a new taxicab ser
vice in town providing the operator
of the service meets all state and
local requirements to do so.
?Retired into an hour-long exe
cutive session to discuss matters of
land acquisition. No action was
taken after the session. (
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