Walking and twirling
Leading the parade is not as easy as it may seem;
everyone knows when a mistake is made. However,
the leader of this parade made no mistakes and the
f%to by IM; Aw
Homecoming Parade last Friday afternoon went
off without a hitch.
. . . Around Town continued
(Continued from page 1A)
1931 at Raeford High School. He
died Friday, October 5 and was
buried Sunday, October 7.
He was the son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. P.O. Howell who lived
on the Lumber Bridge road before
you get to Oakdale Gin. He is sur
vived by two brothers, Dan Howell
of Nashville, Tenn. and Walter
Howell of Columbia, S.C.
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The annual member-guest golf
tournament will be held at the
Arabia Golf Course, Friday,
Saturday and Sunday, October 19,
20 & 21 . Friday will be practice day
and Saturday and Sunday will be
for keeps. After the round Satur
day, flights will*be determined and
the champs will be .crowned on
? - s w r=kra
This will be a handicap tourna
ment and the price is S50 for
members and guests. This includes
all prizes, three rounds of golf and
a steak supper, followed by a
dance. You must pay for your golf
cart. Qn Saturday tee off times will
be from %-)2r-a.m. Ob Sunday a
shotgun will begin at 1 p.m.
If you are interested, call Earl
McDuffle or Brown Hendrix.
* *
Several weeks ago I commented
on Harold McDiarmid visiting in
Raeford. Monday, the following
letter came from him which I think
Wagon Wheel Restaurant
Try U> For Th? B??t
HAMBURGER In Town
Prepared To Ordor - Slow, Onion,
Mustard. Oiifi, #tc.
For Corryout Cdl 175-3733
will be of interest to many readers
of this column:
Dear Sam:
Well, I'm back in the groove of
territory paper selling. Have just
finished up my second week on the
road and have found business to be
good. I have among my customers
a number of weekly paper
operated a lot like The News
Journal. I enjoy calling on all of
those as I have some news ink in
my blood! I was on the staff of the
paper while I was at Elon College
in the late forties and enjoyed
every minute of it!
Sam, it was great to see you and
to meet your wife and I sure en
joyed your visit -.ami also your
showing me over the paper. Got
my first issue this week. I have
about six customers who use bags
such as you all to mail out singles.
Most of them use a staple or piece
of tape to close the bag after inser
ting the paper. I noticed this mail
ing had no closure.
, Sam. 1 would tfke the issue of
the paper the week we were in
The
News-Journal
The News-Journal is publish
ed every Thursday by Dickson
Press Inc. at 119 W. Elwood
Avenue, Raeford, N.C. 28376.
Second Class Postage is paid at
Raeford, N.C. (USPS 388-260).
Subscription rates are payable
in advance at $10 per year in
Hoke County and $12 per year
outside of Hoke County.
Raeford. That was the one in
which you mentioned us in your
column. I'm enclosing some
money to take care of it and the
postage. Would you have them
send me one of this issue. Please?
We sure enjoyed Joyce's and
Jim's hospitality and it was so
good to see all the people I had not
seen in so long! That makes me
want to come back as soon as I
can!
Sam, don't forget to tell Speck
"Hi" for me when you see him,
also regards to your wife, and to
Paul Dickson. I enjoyed the First
issue and will look forward to
receiving the paper each week.
Regards,
"Doc" Harold McDiarmid
Thanks Doc for the letter. Your
"requested issue Is "on the way. It
was good to see you and your wife.
The reason we don't tape or staple
the bag is because a paper
salesman told us it was extra work.
It has worked this way for many
years. I agree, you should come
back, because there is no place like
Hoke County.
. . .Airport commissioners questioned
(Continued from page 1 A)
Commission Secretary John Hum
mer.
"And I resent it."
"Someone need* to let Thacker
and his jumpers know that the air
port is a public one, and they cant
be running people off,"
McLaughlin said.
Ptummer quoted a section from
the airport's newly adopted rules
and regulations that says no enter
prise is to be conducted on airport
property without permission of
from the commission.
Members of the commission did
recognize that the property adjoin
ing the land of the airport is owned
by jump school operator Gene
Paul Thicker and that whatever he
does oil his land is his business;
however, the terminal building is
public pioperty and anyone with
business at the airport is supposed
ly welcome there.
Piumroer recommended there be
a copy of the rules and regulations
posted in the terminal building at
the airport.
He also volunteered to personal
ly post them.
The motion passed with Plum
mer adding that if the rules and
regulation become lost, the airport
may be dosed down until a search
can be conducted for them.
Pilots and anyone with business
at the airport are responsible for
their wests. Byrd said.
In other business during the
meeting, commissioners faced the
problem of personnel to pump gas
for an upcoming parachute tour
nament.
The airport stands to make
about $300 profit on gas if there is
someone on hand to pump it, said
Commissioner Byrd.
Byrd also brought up a potential
problem in that if the skies are
cloudy on the days of competition,
there will be no jumping and
therefore, no gas will be pumped.
The commission voted to hire a
qualified man to pump fuel for the
three days of competition at
minimum wage and take the
chance that skies will be clear.
. . .Ambulance computer is sought
(Continued from page 1A)
cost of hooking into the county
system at about $8,500.
It would cost between $6,000
and $7,000 to get a personal com
puter with enough capabilities to
do the job and there still may not
be enough memory to do the whole
job, said Davis.
The motion was passed.
The commission also heard a
presentation from the Raeford
Hoke Humane Society.
Society President Ester Teal
presented a proposal made by area
veteraarian Russell J. Tate saying
that all female animals adopted at
the county dog pound be spayed.
Tate will perform the first 30
operations free to persons adop
ting from the shelter, said Teal.
Kittens and puppies will be given
a certificate allowing the operation
to be performed after they reach a
certain age, said Teal.
If the proposal is made into law
by commissioners, the only
animals that will be exempt from
the operations are dogs that are
picked up and reclaimed by their
proven owners.
Chairman Balfour had questions
about the validity of the proposed
law in such cases as when a pure
bred dog or cat is picked up and a
person wishes to adopt it for
breeding purposes.
With such a law in place, that
animal would have to be neutered
and therefore be no good to the
breeder.
Teal responded by saying that if
there were any restrictions put on
the proposal, the purpose, which is
to help rid the county of unwanted
kittens and puppies, would be
defeated.
Balfour asked for volunteers
from the commission to help form
a committee to study the question
and bring it back before the board.
Commissioners Bratcher and
Upchurch volunteered to sit in on
the committee.
The commission also reviewed
and accepted bids for new
telephone systems for three county
office buildings.
The systems will be leased by the
county through United Carolina
Bank until paid for and they will
then be the property of the county,
Davis said.
The monthly payments on the
lease will be less that what the
county is now paying to rent from
Carolina Telephone and
Telegraph, he said.
The T.B. Lester Building, the
Sheriffs Department and the
Hoke County Library will be get
ting the new systems, according to
Davis.
The commission accepted a low
bid from Telephone Sales and Ser
vice, out of Fayetteville, for the
Lester Building system at a cost of
$25,593.
The low bids on the Library
system and the Sheriff's Depart
ment system were given by
Executone-Coastal Carolina at a
total cost of $1 1 ,297. 10.
The systems will be purchased
on a six year lease and a multiyear
service contract could also be pur
chased, said Davis.
Upchurch motioned that the low
bids be accepted stipulating that no
present contracts be broken and
that payments on the new systems
remain within what was originally
budgeted.
The commission also authorized
accepting bids from Pick-Up
Sanitation Service for 25 six cubic
yard trash containers for the coun
ty.
The bid was for $10,250.
(Continued from page 1A)
absentee ballot or stop by the
board for "one stop voting".
For an absentee ballot, a person
who is properly registered must
write a letter to the Board of Elec
tions explaining why it is necessary
to be away on election day.
The voter will then be sent an
application and, upon taking just a
few minutes to fill it out, ballots
will be sent to them.
An alternative to the absentee
ballot is "one stop voting."
All people must do is come by
the Board of Elections office and
vote.
This can be done, beginning
now, until 5 p.m. October 31, said
Sturgeon. ?**
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TWO
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9 to 5 Tus.-Fri. 8 to 4 Sat.
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Rowland's
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VOTE NOVEMBER 6, 1984
Edwin (Eddie) McNeill
for
Hoke
County
Board of
Education
PAID POL AD
* i ?;>
Another Good Reason
to Vote for. . .
For 12 years Jim Martin was a teacher. Those years
taught him that education is the key to
all progress. .
The kind of
education
Jim Martin
wants for
the children
of North
Jim
Martin
GOMERWOR
Carolina slisssea the basic subjects. He wants disci
pline in the schools, so we can attract better teachers
at batter pay.
Given the kind of education Jim Martin wants for
all North Carolinians, everyone will do a better job for himself, family and
community.
He Knows Education
is the Key.
_ ; r?4d for hqr Jim Mm-tta to* Oowraor Committee
*
Raeford United Methodist Church
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1984
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Hush Puppies & Marinated Slaw
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LUNCH llt00-l:30 DINNER 5:00-7:30
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