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The American Legion Pact 20 is
sponsoring a banquet dinner on
Tuesday, December 3 to raise
money for a baseball team. The
place and time will be announced
next week.
Bobby Richardson, a former
star for the New York Yankees,
will be the featured speaker. Also
on hand that night will be Joni
Parker, Miss North Carolina, and
Kim Evans, Miss Fayetteville.
A little information about Bob
by Richardson follows:
Joining the Yankees at 19, he
played in over 1400 games while
the Yankees were winning the pen
nant, eight of the first nine years.
He played in the All Star games
seven times and was winner of the
Gold Glove Award five times.
Bobby was MVP of the 1960
World Series and set records that
still stand - most hits and most
runs batted in, in a World Series.
He retired at the height of his
career at the age of 31. Richardson
became a coach at the University
of South Carolina and led the team
to second place in the College
World Series of 1975, with a
record of 51 and 6.
Active in the Fellowship of
Christian Athletes over the years,
he is now President of Baseball
Chapel. He is now Athletic Direc
tor and Head Baseball Coach at
Coastal Carolina College in Con
way, S.C.
So mark your calendar for this
date and purchase a ticket from a
member of the American Legion.
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Don't forget the Raeford
Kiwanis Club annual Pancake
Supper to be held at Gibson
Cafeteria on Thursday, December
5. Serving will begin at five
o'clock.
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Another important date to
remember is the Second Annual
Mullet Roast on December 11. The
event will be held at the Raeford
Civic Center and will be sponsored
by the Hoke County Committee of
100.
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The 75th Anniversary Steering
Committee for the celebration of
Hoke County's beginning had its
first meeting last Thursday and
was well attended. Many sugges
tions came before the committee
and I believe it will be an event you
will want to attend.
More information is elsewhere
in the paper.
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. . .Break-in probed
(Continued from page 1)
The items included a chainsaw,
$30 worth of clothes and a fishing
rod, records say.
Sheriff Department reports also
say that $100 worth of damage was
done to a dogwood tree and a front
yard located at the home of
Charles Bowers, Rt. 2, Raeford.
A motorist passed a stop sign
and went into Bower's yard
sometime Monday night or early
Tuesday morning.
Bowers said he did not notice
tire marks in his yard at 3 p.m.
Monday.
Also, an attempted automobile
theft was thwarted early Sunday
morning, reports say.
Larry D. Johnson, Rt. 3,
Raeford, was at an after hours
club in the McCain area when he
saw someone breaking into his
1984 Oldsmobile parked outside
the establishment.
The suspect left the car and fled
when Johnson approached - his
vehicle.
The owner of the vehicle manag
ed to flag down Deputies Ben Tew
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The deputies then apprehended
James F. Richburg and charged
him with breaking into the vehicle.
According the Raeford Police
Department files, 15 containers of
cologne were stolen from Revco
Drug Store on Wednesday,
November 13.
The cologne was valued at
S98.25.
Shirley Redman of Laurinburg
has been arrested and charged with
the theft.
Also, a bicycle stolen on or
about November 1 was recovered
by Raeford Police officers at the
Raeford-Hoke Village Shopping
Center on November 14.
Records show the bicycle was
stolen by a 14-year-old youth who
was turned over to the juvenile
coyrt counselor.
An investigation is continuing in
the theft of two batteries stolen
from Raeford Plumbing &
Heating.
A lock was cut off the fence of
the business, records show.
...Sentence delayed for abuse
(Continued from page 1)
His sentence is to run concur
rently with a three-year term im
posed earlier in Cumberland
County Superior Court.
Locklear, 35, was arrested on
February 22, 1984, by the Hoke
County Sheriff's Department and
charged with selling and delivering
0.3 grams of cocaine to a
Cumberland County Bureau of
Narcotics officer.
In another case, Christopher
Rossi, Rt. 2, Raeford, was sentenc
ed to two years, suspended for five
years of supervised probation.
Rossi was found guilty of
possessing a weapon of mass
destruction (fragmentation gre
nade); possession of drug
paraphrenalia; and felonious
possession with intent to sell and
deliver marijuana.
As a special condition of proba
tion, Rossi, 29, is to serve an active
sentence of six months.
He was fined $500 and ordered
to pay $400 restitution.
Also, Harold James McNeill,
36, entered a plea of no contest on
a charge of assaulting a child.
His bond is to remain at $10,000
secured.
McNeill, Rt. 5, Box 319,
Raeford, voluntarily submitted to
evaluation by Sandhills Mental
Health Center.
He is to be sentenced during the
January term of Superior Court.
It is alleged that McNeill took
indecent liberties with a girl under
the age of 16 on February 20.
Also, Lee Byrd Morrisey plead
guilty to charges of misdemeanor
possession of marijuana; failure to
stop for a blue light and siren and
speeding in excess of 75 in a 55
mph zone.
Morrisey, 31, of Rt. 3 Raeford,
also plead no contest to charges of
intent to sell marijuana.
Morrisey's sentencing will con
tinue during the January session of
Superior Court.
In other cases during last week's
superior court, this action was
taken:
?Ricky Medeiros plead no con
test to charges of forcible trespass
ing and simple assault.
He was sentenced to not less
than six months, not more than
eight months suspended for five
years and fined S200 and court
costs.
Medeiros made an unpermitted
entry on premises located at Rt. 1,
Shannon, on February 13, records
say.
?Troy La Bon bard, Rt. 2, Box
237 A, Raeford, was sentenced to
three years suspended for five
years and placed on supervised
probation after he plead guilty to a
charge of felonious larceny.
As a special condition of proba
tion, LaBonbard must serve 60
days in jail.
Records show that on October
20, LaBonbard stole a 1982 Datsun
truck, a bone handled sheath
knife, a toolbox, two mens* jackets
and a shotgun from Billy Sherman
Butler Jr., of Rt. 2, Raeford.
Montrose man
is recovering
A Montrose area man was
recovering at home Tuesday after
being shot apparently by his father
two weeks ago.
Andrew Richardson Parks, 23,
of Rt. 3 was taken to Moore
Memorial Hospital and treated
after being shot through the arm
and side allegedly by his father
Julian Parks, 59.
Andrew Parks was reported to
be doing well and was not per
manently injured by the shooting,
the man's mother Dorothy Parks
said.
Park's father was charged with
assault with a deadly weapon with
the intent to commmit serious in
jury by the Hoke County Sheriff's
Department.
...Monument location being studied
(Continued from page 1)
over budget, Balfour said.
Commissioner Wyatt G. Up
church said although he did not
want to see libary programs inter
rupted, he was concerned about
the suggestion to rent the
McDonald facility because it was
not certain whether an eight
month lease was available for the
building.
The commissioners tabled any
decision on the matter, and it will
be studied by the county Building
and Grounds Committee.
Also at the mid-month commis
sioners meeting, a study group was
established to provide a list of
names to be considered for a new
nine-member human relations
council.
Balfour and Commissioner Cleo
Bratcher Jr. recently met with a
group of citizens who asked that a
human relations officer be hired by
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At one time a human relations
council existed in the county, but it
has not been active for the past five
years, Balfour said.
"This county needs good race
relations," said Balfour. "An ac
tive human relations council will
be an asset to the county."
County Manager William K.
Cowan reported he has been study
ing human relations committee
documents from Scotland County
and Lumberton.
The eight members appointed to
meet and suggest names for the
new committee are: Joe Holt, Nor
ma Jean Campbell, Warren
Johnston, Betty Rogers, Abdullah
Shareef, Brenda Jacobs, Harold
Gillis and Gilbert Tillman.
In other business, the commis
sioners:
?Heard a request by Jay Pate to
consider locating a Veterans
Memorial by sculpter Art Gore in
side a public building. The com
mission's building and grounds
committee will study the matter.
?Agreed to increase the compen
sation paid to jury commissioners
from $30 per day to $40 per day.
?Appointed Bruce Melosh,
Hoke Unit Manager for Sandhills
Mental Health Center, to the Hoke
County Transportation Advisory
Council.
?Appointed Dale Teal as the
permanent Tax Supervisor at an
annual salary of $18,507 per year.
?Decided to begin accepting bids
for phone systems in the court
house and the health department
building.
?Agreed to forward to the State
Department of Transportation
(DOT) a request from property
owners on Piney Grove Church
Road to have the road maintained
by the state.
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