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Hoke Coonty will not be forgot ten when the North Carolina Legislature cranks up this week in Raleigh, members of the local legislative Delegation told a group gathered Saturday morning at a Raeford-Hoke Chamber of Com* merce sponsored appreciation breakfast. V The delegation , members, along with Hoke County and Raeford elected officials and local leaders sat down and exchanged views over sausage and ham biscuits dur ing the breakfast held at the Wagon Wheel Restaurant. Representatives Pete Hasty, Sidney Locks, Danny DeVane and Sen. David Parnell all told the group they would attempt to look out for the interests of Hoke County during the current session of the Legislature. Local leaders are expected to ask the Delegation for state funds to remodel the Hoke County Court house, as well as aid to fix up the new offices of the Chamber and the economic developer which will be located in the old Aberdeen Rockflsh Railroad Depot. Requests are also expected to be made for help in staging the First Annual North Carolina Turkey Festival scheduled for Raeford on September 21. On the agenda for this session of tbe 170- member Legislature will be to decide the fate of Governor Jim Martin's proposal to cut the in tangible tax and state sales taxes on food and non-perscription medicine. Both cuts, if not replaced with other funding, could severely hurt money coming to the cities and counties. At Saturday's breakfast, local officials expressed concern about the cuts. All county commission, city council and school board members attended the function, except: County Commissioners James Albert Hunt and Cleo Bratcher, Chamber President and City Councilman Benny McLeod, City Councilmen Joe Upchurch and Bob Gentry and school board members Walter Coley and Eddie McNeill. Deaths & Funerals Murray V. Hedgpeth Murray Vardell Hedgpeth, 79, died Monday evening in Moore Memorial Hospital. Funeral services were to be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday at the Raeford First Baptist Church by Rev. Billy Beaver. Burial was to be in the Raeford Cemetery. Survivors are his wife: Mrs. Blanche Floyd Hedgpeth of the home; Ave sons: Bobby Hedgpeth of Red Springs; Jimmy Hedgpeth of Laurinburg; Charles Hedgpeth of Raeford; Vardell Hedgpeth Jr. of Raeford and Steve Hedgpeth of Raeford and IS grandchildren. Crumpler Funeral Home assisted the family. Mabel Mclnnis Mrs. Mabel (Jeff) Mclnnis, 70, died Friday in Charlotte. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Dundarrach Presbyterian Church by Rev. Daniel Deaton and Ben F. Ferguson. Burial was in church cemetery. Survivors are her husband: Daniel Mclnnis, of Key Largo, Florida; Julian H. Mclnnis of Pembroke Pines, Florida and Daniel M. Mclnnis of Orlando, Florida; four daughters: Mrs. Marie iS'att, of Oakland, Califor nia; Mrs. Dana Dearce, Miami, Florida; Mrs. Phyllis Slocum of Lithonia, Georgia and Mrs. Pat Blue finishes basic training Pvt. Cardinal C. Blue, grandson of Mary Blue of Rural Route 1, Raeford, has completed basic training at Fort Knox, Kentucky. During the training, students received instruction in drill and ceremonies, weapons, map reading, tactics, military courtesy, military justice, first aid, and Ar my history and traditions. He is a 1983 graduate of Hoke County High School. Himsl of Charlotte; one brother; Wilson Hubbard of Long Branch, New Jersey; five sisters: Mrs. Mildred Roberson of Norfolk, Virginia; Mrs. Hallie Jones of Long Branch, New Jersey; Mrs. Lillian Matthews of Wade; Mrs. Danny Deaton of Maxton, (Annie Merle) and Mrs. Dick Prevail of Lumberton, N.C. (Vivian); 15 grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Crumpler Funeral Home served the family. Henry M. Hobson A 71 -year-old Florida man died Sunday morning at Tyndall Air Force Base following a long illness. Funeral services for Henry Hob son, of Beacon Hill, will be held at 2 p.m. central standard time at the First United Methodist Cfeurch in Mexico Beach. Hobson was retired from the United States Air Force and had lived in Beacon Hill for 20 years. He is survived by his wife, Ruby Hobson, of Beacon Hill; one son, Henry T. Hobson, of Milton, Florida; two brothers, Stacy Hob son of Raeford and Howard C. Hobson, of Milledgeville, Georgia and one grandson. Hobson will be buried in the family plot in the Holly Hill cemetery in Port St. Joe, Florida, with full military honors accorded. Arrangements were made by Gilmore Funeral Home in Port St. Joe. Nice lawn Outside of Raeford, surrounded by ice covered fields Tuesday, sits the home of the man who invented the Smith Plow. The plow was a featured exhibit at the North Carolina State Fair in October. With temperatures like they were Tuesday , the plow may not even break ground. . . Around Town (Continued from page 1) about the deer, I will let you know. ? ? ? Dr. Jane Carswell of Lenoir and a native of Raeford was honored again this week when she was nam ed Tar Heel of the Week' by the Raleigh News A. Observer. In the article it stated that Dr. Carswell was born in Raeford and we always 4ike to see Raeford and HokcCounty get this type of rtew* ( coverage. If you haven't read the article, it would be worth your time to search out a copy of the paper and do so. ? * ? John Balfour, chairman of the Hoke County Commissioners, was by the office Monday and it just happened I was in at the same time. I told John that this was the first time this year we had seen each other. Usually we will run together on the golf course, but the cold and rainy weather has put a stop to golf for the time being. Balfour said he had been to San THINGS IN NEED OF REPAIR AROUND YOUR HOME OR OFFICE ? 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Expressing disfavor to mobile home parks that have recently moved into the area of Hoke where she lives, Soper said: "When I moved here, I didn't realize what a worthless piece of land 1 bought." Commission Chairman John Balfour said: "You have a misconception of that planning board. There were some good members on it." "It's imperative we move on with this ordinance. The Chamber of Commerce and the Industrial Development Commission are in favor of it," said Industrial Com mission Chairman Tom Howell. "The Planning Board is actually a protection for the rural land owner," said Ralph Barn hart. Barnhart was a County Com missioner when the original Plan ning Board was activated. In choosing members for the current board, people from all areas of the county were selected. Nominated to be on the new board were: Edgar Eden, Brown Hendrix Jr, Butch Posie, Buddy Newton, Henry Dial, Dwight Ox endine, Ann Ross, Bobby Strother, Walter Blue, Marcia Snow, Mabel Riley and Ralph Barnhart. One position on the board was left open, Balfour said. New board members will be in formed of a training session by the Lumber River Council of Govern ments (COG) at the Robeson County Courthouse on February 20 at 6:30 p.m. Development backed , Tl$ commisstoners also passed a resolution forming the Raeford Hoke Economic Development Commission and a proposed budget for that commission. "We're ready to do our part for this commission," County Com missioner Wyatt Upchurch said. Although results may not be im mediate, "in the long run, this is the way we need to go," Tom Howell said. During discussion of the budget proposal, Howell asked commis sion members to fund their share of a 75V#-25V# split of $50,000. Hoke County's share of that sum will be $37,500, Howdl said. . "This is exactly what is needed ' to get by during the first Fiscal year of operations," Howell said. "By the time the industrial director is hired, we need to know what kind of funding will be available," he said. Commissioner James Albert Hunt made the motion to ten tatively fund the commission say ing: "We're 15 years behind now." f Fed satisfied The County Commission also passed an Affirmative Action Plan thus saving federal money given to Hoke County. At the last commission meeting, the board was warned that Hoke could lose federal money by not having a plan in effect. Also, a plan must be in place to i get any community development grants, said Vickie Tate, Personnel Specialist for the Lumber River COG. Other matters In further action, the commis sioners: ?Accepted SI, 373. 32 in addi tional Energy Assistance fund * from Carolina Power & Light for " the Hoke County Department of Social Services (DSS). ?Approved an additional $5,960 in Crisis Intervention Funds for DSS. ?Appointed Wilson Harris, Tony Austin, Pat Scott and Earnest Goings to the Hoke Coun ty Parks and Recreation Commit tee. ?Reduced the amount given | county employees who drive per sonal vehicles from $.21 per mile to $.20 per mile through June 31 when a new budget will be presented. ?Passed a motion to allow the County Manager, William Cowan, and a special committee to com mission an architectural firm to draw up specifications and submit a bid on renovating the Hoke ( County Courthouse. Smith honored Capt. Steward A. Smith, son of Ida F. Smith of Rural Route 1, Lumber ftridge, ? lv?# "Ifeeefl decorated with the U.S. Air Force Commendation Medal at Colum bus Air Force Base, Mississippi. 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