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Sunday morning. This took some
hard work and they should be
commended for the fine job.
The law enforcement people did
an excellent job in directing traffic
and keeping things moving around
the city with four blocks of Main
Street blocked off. I haven't heard
of any trouble that took place dur
ing the festival. Thanks officers,
for a splendid piece of work.
Now that the first one is over,
we can all look forward to the se
cond festival next year. Things
went so smoothly this year that it
will be hard to make things better,
but they will try!
See you next year at the Turkey
Festival.
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Mrs. Bennie Kelly brought me
an article that appeared in the
August 22, 1949 Charlotte
Observer. The article was about
her late husband, Preston Kelly Jr.
and was about his turkey farm in
Cumberland County. It seemed
timely to me to mention it since
our big week has just passed.
Kelly had a turkey farm near
Fort Bragg and had 5,000 of the
birds on the farm. This was about
the only turkey farm in this area at
the time. He stated in the article he
would like to see others in this area
get involved and maybe produce
50,000 birds a year. It would cer
tainly surprise him to see how far
the turkey industry has grown in
this area.
He commented that turkey is en
joyed year-round and not just at
Christmas and Thanksgiving. The
article also pointed out that there
were many turkey by-products.
Kelly did not hatch his poults,
but purchased day-old poults from
hatchery concerns. Hatching and
breeding are two separate and
specialized fields, he said, and
"there's enough work in my field
to keep me busy." This still holds
true today.
After the death of Mr. Kelly,
Bennie and her two children, Pat
and Gail, moved back to Raeford.
The children finished school here
and went on to college. They both
live outside of Hoke County at this
time. Bennie lives at 317 W. Cen
tral Avenue.
Thanks for the article Bennie!
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1 accepted the chairmanship
of the 75th Anniversary of Hoke
County because I knew that many
people would be glad to help
celebrate this event. Clyde Up
church and J.D. McAllister, the
other members of the committee,
will be asking some of you folks to
assist in making this a memorable
occasion.
The first thing we would like for
the people of Hoke County to do is
give us any suggestions that will
make this event a success. No idea
is too small to be passed before the
committee. So come forth with
them.
More will be said each week and
more committees will be named to
handle certain jobs. So get in the
mood to celebrate the 75th.
Rose Hill
man wins golf tourney
A Rose Hill man finished first in
the first Strutters Golf Tourna
ment held at Hoke County's
Arabia Golf Club during the North
Carolina Turkey Festival.
Doug Smith, of Rose Hill shot a
71 on Thursday of the tournament
and a 70 on Friday to lead the 80
player field and win.
Smith won a complete set of golf
clubs including woods and irons.
Chris McDuffie, a Raeford resi
dent, placed second in the cham
pionship flight to win a premium
set of woods.
McDuffie shot a 73 and a 71
during the two days.
A Monroe man, Clayton Loflin,
placed third with a 72 and a 75 dur
ing the two days.
Loflin won a prize of $100 which
he donated to the Depot Restora
tion Fund.
Other flight winners were Bobby
Smith, from Florida, A1 Prewitt of
Fayetteville, George Shooter of
Fayetteville and Randall Ashburn
of Raeford.
Those winners took home new
golf shoes as prizes.
Second place winners from each
flight were Rod Autry of
Charlotte, Bob Gentry of Raeford,
Hubert Brick of Fayetteville and
Frank Thompson of Monroe.
Second place flight winners won
golf bags.
Winners of a dozen golf balls
and third place flight winners were
Earl McDuffie, of Raeford, Rose
Hill's Jimmy Gore, Ralph Stevens
of Raeford and Freddie Williams
of Raeford.
66 take part in turkey tennis matches
About 66 participants took part
in the First North Carolina Turkey
Festival Tennis Tournament held
last Monday through Thursday at
Deer Track Racquet Club and the
McLauchlin Park courts in
Raeford.
Winners of the tournament took
home trophies and a turkey from
The House of Raeford and
finalists left with trophies.
In the Men's Open Singles com
petition, Bob O'Brien of Fayet
teville was the winner and William
Carter of Raeford was the finalist.
The Men's B Singles winner was
Billy Bryant of Bladenboro with
Charles Polston of Laurinburg the
finalist.
In the Women's Open Singles,
Wendy Simpson of Raeford beat
out finalist Kathy Hedgepeth of St.
Pauls to win.
The Women's B Singles winner
was Carol Holland of Raeford
beating out Stephanie Hjjlland also
of Raeford.
Women's Doubles winners were
Amy Robertson of Red Springs
and Elaine Van Vliet of Southern
Pines.
Finalists were Anne Hostetler
and Jo Ann Simpson, both of
Raeford.
The winner in the Men's 35
Singles was Lorenzia Wright of
Fayetteville beating Prentice Fox,
also from Fayetteville.
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An estimated 20,000 visitors Saturday turned
Raeford on end as they enjoyed day-long activities
of the first North Carolina Turkey Festival.
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