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Volume LXXVI Number 44 RAEFORD, HOKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA $10 PER YEAR 25 CENTS Thursday, February 21, 1985
County chooses
housing help over water aid
By Ed Miller
Despite the requests from
residents for public water lines,
members of the Hoke County
Commission voted not to change
an application for a $726,000
block grant to upgrade housing in
the Tylertown area.
"Water is not a very high priori
ty nationally," Jim Perry, Ex
ecutive Director of the Lumber
River Council of Government
(COO) said in the hearing.
According to Perry, whose
organization will make the grant
application, housing renovation is
very high on the national priority
list.
Applications for the North
Carolina Department of Natural
Resources and Community
Development (NRCD) block
grants will be scored higher if na
tional objectives are kept in mind
when making the application, said
Perry.
Although representatives from
fire departments in the Tylertown
and Antioch areas asked for water
hook-ups for their fire trucks,
there were comments made against
the proposed application as it
stands.
Wilma Monroe, a resident in the
Tylertown area asked Perry if
other communities had ever been
funded for water projects.
Perry's answer was "yes," but
he qualified the answer by saying
that those funded projects contain
ed water system renovations as an
"element of something else on a
bigger scale."
Commissioner Cleo Bratcher
suggested that the residents of
Tylertown may be able to tap into
the water system in the Scurlock
Hillcrest area.
According to Bratcher, the areas
are only two or three miles apart if
a straight line linked them.
By the time acquisition rights are
gotten across all the roads and
privately owned fields between the
two miles linking the areas, the
grant money will be gone, and
there will not have been the first
pipe laid, said Perry.
Another fault with that plan
might be the target area in the ap
plication, said Perry.
Target areas are strictly defined,
he said.
To run water from Scurlock to
Tylertown would entail including
in the target area the two miles of
uninhabited land between the two
areas, he said.
That would cause the loss of
"lots of points,*' Perry said.
Perry also told the residents at
the hearing and the commissioners
that one obstacle already working
against a Hoke County grant is
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Slated to be computed between June I and June IS, the Lantern
Lanes Project, on South Main Street across from Faberge in Raeford
will provide housing for middle Income families. The 28-unit complex
Is being built by Freedom Family Homes of Dunn. The project will
coat $900,000, according to Julian J ess up. Director of Cost and Pur
chasing for Freedom Family Homes. The project is backed by
Farmers Home Administration.
Shannon man charged with cutting incident
A Shannon man was out of jail
Monday on $3,000 bond after be
ing arrested and charged last week
with assaulting another man and
cutting him three times on the face.
U.T. Locklear, 35, paid his
bond last week after being charged
with assaulting Robert Hagadorn,
also known as Donald Ray, reports
from the Hoke County Sheriff's
Department say.
According to reports, Hagadorn
was brought into the Sheriff's
Department on February 1 1 with a
four inch cut on his left cheek,
another four inch cut behind his
left ear and a third smaller cut
above the same ear.
In a statement to deputies,
Hagadorn said that he and the
estranged wife of Locklear were in
his car together when Locklear was
allegedly seen following them.
Hagadorn decided to take the
woman to her father's house where
she would be safe, he said in the
statement.
Around Town
By Sam Morris
The weather for the past two
days, Sunday and Monday, has
been perfect for this time of year.
The temperatures at night have
been in the 30s and the daytime
temperatures have been in the
mid -50s. It has been fair and feels
good after the cold weather of the
past six weeks.
The forecast is for the same kind
of weather for the remainder of the
week with the temperature maybe
getting into the 60s on Friday.
Now this is the weather for golf. I
need it after being off the course
for about six weeks.
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Something that has bugged me
for the past few years is the chang
ing of most holidays to Monday.
Monday I went to the post office
to get the extra two-cent stamp
that is now required to mail a let
ter. Before getting to the door of
* (See AROUND, page 12)
Upon reaching their destination,
Hagadorn got out of the car and
had a coat thrown over his head
while Locklear allegedly slashed
away with a pocket knife, accord
ing to the statement.
According to a statement from
the defendant, he was trying to
find his wife to give her money for
some kerosene.
He saw Hagadorn and his wife
in the car and tried to catch them,
he said in the statement.
According to Locklear, he
chased the couple at speeds up to
70 miles per hour.
He then rode up beside the other
car and attempted to get them to
stop.
Hagadorn allegedly tried to run
him off the road, Locklear said in
the statement.
According to two witnesses who
saw the assault, Locklear indeed
allegedly threw a coat over
Hagadorn's head and cut him.
In another Hoke County inci
dent, warrants have been sent to
Robeson County charging an
employee of Lumberton's
Freeman Motors with assaulting a
woman from this county.
Although sheriff's deputies
could not remember the man's
name, papers have been signed
against him by a local magistrate,
deputies said.
Taffy Ann Hardin, the victim in
the case, alleged that the man came
to her house to see her sister about
a car payment, reports say..
Although the man allegedly
made sexual advances toward her,
no such charges have been brought
against the man, deputies said.
The incident happened the day
before Valentine's, reports say.
On February 1 1 , a break-in that
netted apparent thieves $1,285 oc
curred at the residence of Lillian
Mulrooney, reports say.
According to the sheriff's
report, a neighbor saw a car drop
The warning
This goat apparently does not want any visitors. Raring its head back,
the animal bleated a warning to stay away. Although the goat was not
very friendly, the milk from a goat is very healthy for humans. It is
very high In protein and low In cholesterol. It also comes straight from
the goat already homogenized.
off three Indian males near the
house.
The men allegedly headed
through some woods toward
Mulrooney's house, reports say.
Included in the personal proper
ty taken from the home was a $500
diamond ring, a $200 pearl ring, a
sword valued at SI SO and a $300
color television, reports say.
A Fayetteville man is out on
bond after being charged in Hoke
County with possession with intent
to manufacture marijuana.
A car belonging to Ricky Wayne
Bunce, 21, was stopped by deputy
Clarence Patterson on February 1 1
after the officer saw the driver to
be crossing the road's center line,
reports say.
The driver, unnamed in the
report, was escorted to the
sheriff's car while Patterson
searched the vehicle, according to
reports.
(See SEED PAN, page 12)
Funeral director's
sentence suspended
The owner of a local funeral
home, Tony Buie, was given a
suspended sentence, placed on un
supervised probation for five years
and fined $500 after being found
guilty of three crimes concerning
pre-need funeral arrangements,
court records say.
According to warrants taken out
on the funeral director by Hoke
County Sheriff Dave Barrington,
Buie failed to submit a $10 con
tract fee to the North Carolina
Banking Department, failed to
deposit $2,170 in a trust fund as
agreed in a contract and used a
contract not approved by the
North Carolina Banking Depart
ment.
All the apparent crimes were
committed against Lessie Little, of
Raeford, warrants say.
For sentencing, all three charges
were consolidated, court records
say.
A Shannon man has appealed
four sentences that would have
(See TWO. page 12)
that it has never been funded
before.
"Hoke County has no track
record," Perry said.
"You need a good, solid pro
gram" to have a chance of fund
ing, he said.
"The Tylertown application is
not a bad application," said Perry.
Perry did not close the door on
adding certain public requests to
the application.
Districts remapped
Following another public hear
ing, the commission voted to ap
prove the extension of four of the
county's fire districts to five mile
limits.
North Raeford, Rockfish, Tyler
town and Antioch fire departments
have extended their boundaries to
touch each other.
Formerly, there were small areas
between some of the departmental
boundaries where homeowners
had no fire protection.
Courthouse grant eyed
In other action, Commissioner
James Albert Hunt made a motion
giving approval to County Manger
William Cowan to make an ap
(See FIRE DISTRICTS, page 11)
Airport zoning eyed
By Ed Miller
Members of the Raeford-Hoke
Airport Commission voted
unanimously to appoint a two-man
committee to develop a recommen
dation for zoning around the air
port.
Commissioners John Plummer
and Carroll Scarboro were ap
pointed to the committee.
As passed in the motion, Scar
boro and Plummer must have a
recommendation ready for submis
sion by the March meeting.
The Airport Commission has the
authority to zone around the
public facility, Chairman Frank
Baker said.
According to Baker, the special
committee will have to touch base
with the new Hoke County Plan
ning Board while making plans for
the airport area.
Plummer suggested that the Air
port Commission, as a body, ap
pear before the Planning Board to
share ideas and get ideas about
what is wanted by both governing
bodies for the area.
"The move is being made main
ly for safety sake," Commissioner
Plummer said.
"We are probably going to sug
gest that no more houses be built
within one-half mile of the
airport," Plummer said.
Of special concern to the com
mission is the growing population
and area of the Tylertown Com
munity, located near the airport.
"Tylertown may get so big that
they need a water tower," Plum
mer said, adding that such a move
would be a problem so close the
the airport.
Commissioner L.E. McLaughlin
called for some "long range plan
ning" around the facility.
"I can see it coming. If planning
is not started now around the air
port, it will be too congested to
plan around later on," he said.
In other discussion during last
Thursday's meeting, commis
sioners agreed that "T-hangars"
could be built at the airport for
costs drastically under those asked
for by constructors.
Commissioner Wayne Byrd
recently attended the North
Carolina Airports Conference in
Pinehurst and brought back con
struction figures, material listings,
specifications and plans for
hangars.
According to Byrd, each hangar
will cost $7,000 if built by one of
the companies that issued the in
formation.
Currently, public hangar space
at the airport is non-existant.
As a result of discussions at the
state meeting in Pinehurst, Byrd
also alerted commissioners of a
need for fixed base operators' in
surance at the airport.
According to Byrd, the in
surance is needed because the
Raeford-Hoke Airport sells
unleaded auto fuel for airplanes.
There have been cases where im
pure auto fuel was pumped into
(See AIRPORT, page 11)
Community focal point
The Raeford-Hoke Chamber of Commerce hopes 10 restore the Aber
deen and Rock fish Railroad Depot to the position in the community it
had in this 1916 photograph. Restoration committee members are
hoping to raise over $ 30,000 from local residents, businesses and in
dustries in order to refurbish the depot for the offices of the Chamber
and the new economic developer. In the earlier years, the depot was
often a focal point for the community gatherings, and if the drive is
successful. Chamber members hope that the building will again be a
center for activity.
Depot restoration drive
hoping to raise $30,000
A move is underway, by
members of the Raeford-Hoke
Depot Restoration Fund Com
mittee to raise a needed $30,000
for renovating the old Aberdeen
and Rockfish Railroad station.
The committee is under the
sponsorship of the Raeford
Hoke Chamber of Commerce.
When completed the facility
will house the offices of the
Chamber, as well as those of an
economic developer.
Members of the committee
hope to arouse public spirit for
volunteer labor in the restora
tion effort.
Thus far, $1,400 has been
raised.
Contributions have been
made by Mr. and Mrs. Neill
McNeill, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
L. Gibson, Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Archer, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde
Upchurch Jr., Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Conoly, Mr. and Mrs.
D.R. Huff Jr., Mr. and Mrs.
David Howell, Mr. and Mrs.
Warren Johnston, Mr. and
Mrs. Steve Parker, Mr. and
Mrs. Crawford L. Thomas Jr.
and the Raeford-Hoke
Chamber of Commerce.