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Announcements
Oct. 28 Y
POST OFFICE EXAM - Red Springs Postmaster Billy Monroe announced the opening of the
Fireman Laborer examination to the public. Applicants will be required to complete the ap
propriate written examination. Interested persons may obtain applications for the above test at the
Red Springs, N.C. Post Office during office hours, 8:30 a.m. Monday, October 28 through Fri
day, November 1. Completed applications must be returned by 5 p.m. Friday, November 1. Ap
plicants must have reached their 18 birthday on the date of filling the application. There is no max
imum age limit. All applicants must be citizens of or owe allegiance to the United States of
America or be non-citizens who have been accorded permanent Resident Alien Status. $8.62 per
hour. This is a part time regular fireman labor position level 4 of 21 hours per week.
CRAFT PARTICIPANTS ? Cheraw's Annual Christmas Craft Show sponsored by the Cheraw
High Band Booster Club. Date: November 23, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Place: Cheraw High Lunchroom &
Gym. Rental -$15 single, $25 corner, and $30 double. Over 100 curtained booths. All crafts people
are invited to participate. For more information and application please contact: Brenda M.
Sullivan, P.O. Box 845, Cheraw, S.C. 29520; 803-537-2111.
thru Oct. 26
MY FAIR LADY -- Casting is complete and rehearsals underway for The Campbell Players fall
production of Lerner and Loewes' classical musical, "My Fair Lady." The show will run on Oct.
24, 25 at 8 p.m. and on Oct. 26 at 7 p.m. The 26th has been designated as the annually held Parents
Day. Admission will be $2.50 for adults, $1 for Campbell students, $1 for students in groups of ten
or more, $1 for Senior Citizens and $2 for non-Campbell students. For more information, please
call the Box Office at 893-4111 ext. 2528 or 2527.
thru Oct. 27
REVIVAL SERVICES -- Revival services will be held at Living Faith Ministries in Raeford thru
Oct. 27 at 7 p.m. each night. There will be a special singing each night. The public is invited.
Oct. 24
SHILOH INGATHERING ? The annual Shiloh Presbyterian Church Ingathering will be held
Oct. 24 from 4:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Barbecue and chicken salad plates will be served for $4 for adults
and $2.50 fnr children
and $2.50 for children.
Oct. 26
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MONTGOMERY FALL FESTIVAL -- The Montgomery Fall Festival will be held in Troy, North
Carolina on Saturday, Oct. 26. Artists, craftsmen or musicians interested in attending should call
Kea Capel at 919/576-6211 no later than Oct. 11.
WALK-A-THON -- There will be a walk-a-thon on Saturday, Oct. 26 beginning at 8 a.m. The
walk-a-thon will be sponsored by Daniels Temple Church and will begin at McMillan's Grocery on
U.S. 401. The route will go down S.R. 1300 and 1301, and end up at Daniels Temple playground.
A cook-out will be given at the end of the walk-a-thon. The funds raised will go toward church
pews. All donations will be welcome.
HALLOWEEN CARNIVAL -- The annual Halloween Carnival will be held at Upchurch Junior
High School on Sat., Oct. 26 from 4 p.m. The proceeds from the event benefit TMH classes in the
Hoke County Schools. A haunted house sponsored by the Raeford Jaycees will be part of the car
nival. The public is encouraged to attend.
BAKE SALE -- The Raeford-Hoke Humane Society will hold a bake sale on Oct. 26 from 9 a.m. at
the Raeford-Hoke Village Shopping Center. Buy a cake and help a pet.
SEABOARD FESTIVAL -- The annual Seaboard Festival will be held in Hamlet on Main Street
from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Oct. 26. The event will feature arts and crafts, railroad displays and
music all day.
BENEFIT GOSPEL SING -- A Gospel Sing will be held at the J.W. Turlington School to benefit
Clarence Batten on Oct. 26 at 7 p.m. The program will feature the Victory Singers of Raeford, the
Liberty Quartet of Fayetteville and the Lighthouse Boys of Cameron. Door prizes will be given and
a love offering will be taken.
FAYETTEVILLE SYMPHONY -- The Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra will open the 1985-86
concert season at Reeves Auditorium on the Methodist College campus on Oct. 26 at 8 p.m., with
Harlan Duenow conducting a special performance commemorating the 300th anniversary of the
birth of J.S. Bach and G.F. Handel.
Oct. 27
HOMECOMING -- Pittman Grove Baptist Church will hold a homecoming on Oct. 27. Rev.
Mack Musselwhite will be the morning speaker. A covered-dish will be served for lunch and singing
will begin at 2 p.m. featuring the Waymakers, the Victory Singers and the Pittman Grove Singers.
Oct. 29
AT PEMBROKE STATE -- The Pembroke State University Music Department will present a con
cert freaturing the University Concert Band and the University Percussion Ensemble on Tuesday,
Oct. 29 at 8 p.m. at the Paul R. Givens Performing Arts Center. Admission to the concert is free
and the public is invited to attend. For more information call the Music Department at 521-4214,
Ext. 230.
Nov. 2
FOLK FESTIVAL -- The 15th Annual Franklin County and Louisburg College Folk Festival on
Saturday, Nov. 2 will feature guest stars Mike Cross, the Nashville Traditional Bluegrass Band,
Mark Hembree, formerly with the Bill Monroe Bluegrass Band, The Dixie Darlin' Cloggers, na
tional champions, and Audrey Hines, dulcimerist. More than 40 contestants will vie for champion
ships and cash prizes. The festival begins at 7 p.m. in the Louisburg College Auditorium and will
last until after midnight. Following the festival an Old Time Fiddler's Retreat will last as long as
fiddlers wish to fiddle. Admission is $8 for adults and $4 for children 12 or under. Tickets are
available in advance or at the door.
BAZAAR - The Sandy Grove United Methodist Church will hold a church Bazaar on Nov. 2
beginning at 9:30 a.m. Handmade crafts, baked goods and other items will be sold. A hot lunch of
homemade soup, hotdogs and ham and sausage biscuits will be served.
FAMILY FUN DAY - On Saturday, Nov. 2, the friends of the Hoke County Indian Education
Program will sponsor a Family Fun Day at South Hoke School. This event will begin around noon
and go until! Special activities will be planned for all age groups, so everybody is invited to attend
this very special day. Also on the agenda for the day will be free food and a gospel singing.
Nov. 2-4
CHRISTMAS SHOW ? The Museum Shop at the North Carolina Museum of History in Raleigh
will hold a three-day sale of Christmas gifts and crafts on Saturday, Nov. 2, Sunday, Not. 3, and
Monday, Nov. 4. "Christmas Past and Presents" will feature thousands of unique and special
gifts, including ornaments, crafts, baskets, textiles, toys, stuffed animals, tinware, books, pottery,
dolls, and several exclusive North Carolina-related ornaments which are available only at The
Museum Shop.
Nov. 5
UPCHURCH OPEN HOUSE ? Upchurch Junior High School is sponsoring an open house on
Tuesday, Nov. 5 from 6:30 p.m. until 8 p.m. Teachers will be in their homerooms from 6:30 until
7:15 p.m. to meet with parents. Parents are asked to visit each of their children's teachers and
"sign-in" in their homeroom. The students will be involved in a contest between homerooms. The
homeroom having the best attendance of parents in both grades will receive a prize on Friday,
November 15. The students will present a short program beginning at 7:15 in the auditorium. The
band and chorot will perform and the fall athletes and cheerleaders, will be introduced. The art
damn wfl! wort on displays and refreshments win be served by the pre-vocation classes.
Nov. 7
JifHBL JNQATHBRING - The annual ingathering will be held at Bethel Presbyterian Church
jjjji on Nov. t from 11 a.at. to 2 p.m. Barbecue pork and chicken salad plates will be sold for $4.
Wealthy witch
This witch will probably be on hand this Saturday
at Upchurch Junior High School to help raise
money for the TMH classes in the Hoke County
School. The witch and members of the Raeford
Kiwanis Club, the Raeford Jaycees, parents,
teachers and friends will join together to produce
the annual Halloween Carnival and haunted house
at the school beginning at 4 p.m.
Nov. 7-9
HOLLY DAY FAIR -- The Junior League of Fayetteville, celebrating its 25th anniversary, will
hold the 19th annual Holly Day Fair on Nov. 7, 8 and 9 at the Cumberland County Memorial
Arena on Highway 301 South. The show hours will be: 6-10 p.m., Thursday, November 7; 10
a.m. -10 p.m., Friday, November 8; and 10 a.m. -6 p.m., Saturday, November 9. Tickets, available
at the door and in advance at the arena, are $1.75 for adults with children under six admitted free.
Holly Day Fair is the largest Christmas gift and craft show in eastern North Carolina.
Nov. 9
HAPPY HOBBY HARVEST -- The Raeford United Methodist Church is sponsoring the annual
Happy Hobby Harvest on Saturday, Nov. 9 from 1 1 a.m. to 2 p.m. for lunch and supper from 5
p.m. to 7 p.m. Pork or chicken barbecue plates. Chicken salad for lunch. Adults $3.50. Children
under 12 $2. McLauchlin SchqftJ cafeteria.
Nov. 16
CHRISTMAS BAZAAR - The annual Pittman Grove Baptist Church Christmas Bazaar will be
held on Nov. 16 at 9 a.m. at the church.
Meetings
Oct. 28
HOKE DEMOCRATIC PARTY -- The Hoke County Democratic Party executive committee will
meet Monday, Oct. 28 at 7:30 p.m. at the Hoke County Library on Main Street. All precinct
chairmen and vice chairmen and county officers should attend. All Democrats are welcome.
Nov. 13
4-H HORSE CLUB --The Hoke Co. 4-H Horse Club will meet on Nov. 13 at 3:15 p.m. in theT.B.
Lester (Agriculture Extension) Building.
Bleecker Olds-Buick-GMC
Red Springs, N.C.
announces the association
of
Jerry Jordan
as a
member
of our
Sales Staff
OMs-Bukk-GMC
HWY. 211 s.
RED SPRINGS, N.C.
1.800-682-3012