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r?oto k; Pa Fratfntrk Checking debris North Raeford volunteer fireman Ronald Wilson ' (left) checks the debris in a trailer which was leveled 'by fire Sunday morning, while Hillcrest fireman Chris iXorth watches as others extinguish remaining flames on the other end of the dwelling. An uniden tified body was found in the area of Wilson. J. . . Fire cause investigated (Continued from page 1A) At 7 a.m., Brewer vaid he was going (o bod, Blackburn's state ment says. Brewer is scheduled to appear in Hoke County District Court on October 31 . He !-. charged with possession with the intent to sell marijuana, 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 < lass Postage is paid at Raeford, N.C. (USPS 388-260). Subscription rates are payable in advance at $10 per vear in Hlfc" .County and Sl2 per year CHICK'S Tar|ning * ? Center Have A "Year Round Tan" Rockfish Rd. | 875-8369 TURKEY SHOOT EVERY Friday & Saturday STARTING AT DARK Beside Jiffy Stop ROCKFISH ?75-2383 ? ?- ? ? Arriving Wtdweiday PANSIES Mlxtd Colon ? ( ? Giant Swims Mixmd Firelighters were initially told that others might have been in the trailer, but no other remains were found in the dwelling, which was leveled by the blaze. A five-gallon can, about half full of kerosene, was found outside the dwelling, but Baker said he was unsure whether it was related to the blaze. Earl McDuffie For CITY COUNCIL Vote For A Change Please Cast Your Vote On Nov. 5 For ,| >/\ Earl McDuffie Pd. Political Ad DEAN WITTER REYNOLDS Cordially Invites You to Our 1985 Raeford Investment Series featuring Joseph P. Davis III Account Executive j Topics discussed will include: How you can save now on your 1985 taxes. & How to develop your own Personal Investment Plan What lies ahead for the Financial Markets? Dates: October 29. and November 12th Place: Hoke County Library Time: 7:00 p.m. Refreshments RSVP: Karen Raper 1 -800-662-753 6 . . . Expanded housing approved (Continued from page 1A) county's public transportation needs. According to the grant, the county will receive $4,500 in federal funds to be matched with $300 in local funds for the 12-month $5,000 study. An advisory board of local members was also appointed dur ing the meeting to oversee the study. Members serving on the new board currently have transporta tion needs in the county and repre sent such groups as: Employment Security, DSS, Sandhills Com munity College, the Hoke County Health Department, the Children's Center, the Home Visitor Service, a taxi cab company and the Head Start program. Schools meeting A joint meeting with the Hoke County Board of Education and the commissioners will be held in November to discuss the Financial needs for the schools. The commissioners voted to set the session during one of their next regularly scheduled meetings in November. School board members, who re quested the session to discuss "new major programs which may com pete for county tax funds" and other items affecting school building, were given the option of either November 4 or November 18. The meeting is not expected to last long, Balfour said. In the request for the joint ses sion, the school board suggested an agenda of: ?Any major new programs or projects which may "compete" for county tax funds. ?Anticipated future for Revenue Sharing. ?Long Range Facilities Plan funding proposals. ?Possibility of a bond issue for schoolhouse construction. ?Revenues from one-half cent sales tax. Revenue Sharing is "dead", and the funding for the Long Range Facilities Plan has already been ap proved by the commissioners, Up church said. "We already give the schools 50^? of the half-cent sales tax," Balfour said. A discussion of the bond issue for schoolhouse construction could "go all day," Upchurch said. Other business In other matters, the commis sioners took this action: ^Appointed Ester Holl ingsworth and Billy Norton to Hoke County Parks and Recrea tion Commission to replace Debbie Little and Ernest Goins. >" Reappointed Barbara Buie and Marshall Parks to the EMS Advisory Council for two-year terms. ?^Told County Manager William Cowan to seek JTPA (Job Training Partnership Act) funds for openings in the county. JTPA will pay half of the salary for new employees if they come from the ranks of the unemployed. ?^Voted to place "Welcome to Hoke County" signs on US Highway 501 . ...Suspects sought for robbery (Continued from page 1A) large caliber, black mat colored, automatic pistol. The second man kept saying:"Man, I don't want no kill ing," according to the report. The men fled in a "dingy" green Ford Pinto. Armstong was apparently not harmed physically during the rob bery. In an unrelated incident, Deputy Sheriff Mack High arrested Ken neth Wilson of Lot 73 in the Raeford Mobile Home Park, Sun day after the officer was allegedly threatened with a butcher knife, reports say. When High arrived at the mobile home park Sunday around noon, he allegedly found a man beating a nude woman in the yard, accord ing to his report. Wilson is charged with as saulting an officer and assaulting his wife Shirley Wilson. In a still further unrelated inci dent, Vickie Hunt reported that her 1970 Chevrolet was missing from her driveway on Saturday morning. The car had apparently been parked at her home around 9 p.m. the evening before. Another car was reported stolen from 1208 Kimmery Drive by Car rie Mae Hammons. Hammons told sheriff's deputies, Charles G. Locklear took the 1978 white Chevrolet Nova on October 8 for "about 20 minutes," reports show. The car apparently had not been returned on October 19, according to the reports. The principal's office in J.W. Turlington School was broken into on October 14 and about $210 in stereo equipment was stolen, Raeford Police Chief Leonard Wiggins said. The matter is still under in vestigation, ,the chief said. WE'RE FIGHTING FOR NOUR LIFE American Heart ??% Association - ATTEND - Tuesday, Oct. 29 7 p.m. J.W. Turlington School A meeting to testify before the N. C. Utilities Commission on Extended Area Service between the 875 exchange and Fayetteviiie Roeford Now Current Coit Accessibility Cott 4,700 telephones accessible $7.87/mo. .0016 cents/phone availability 26Vday Roeford w/EAS Proposed Cost Accessibility Cost 94,700 telephones accessible $12.39/mo. .00013 cents/phone available 41Vday Hoke County Tax Rate Increased 11*/*100 evaluation in last three years Hoke County Tax Base Decreased $4 million in last year or 80 homes worth $60,000 1983 70*/*100 7B*/*100 81VM00 *325 million *344 million *340 million . 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