Sorting things out
Raeford Woman's Club members and helpers sort
through donated clothes during last year's Share
Your Christmas drive. The campaign kicked off
this week at the T.B. Lester Building. Club
members are accepting donations, as well as ap
plications for the gifts. An emphasis is being placed
on clothes for children and older adults. For further
information about Share Your Christmas, contact a
H oman 's Club member or Clara Pope at 875-3868
or Caroline Shook at 875-3205. Cash donations can
be made by sending a check to Share Y'our
Christmas in care o/The News-Journal. P.O. Box
550. Raeford, \C 28376.
Deaths & Funerals
Janie Sutton
Mrs. Janie Bowling Sutton of
380 Cole Avenue in Raeford, died
Thursday morning in Moore
Memorial Hospital in Pinehurst.
funeral services were held at 2
p.m. Saturday at the Raeford
United Methodist Church by Rev.
Frank Lloyd.
' Burial was in Raeford Cemetery.
Survivors are her husband:
Ernest Sutton; three sons: Ernest
R. Sutton, Jr. of China Grove,
Blaine Sutton of Raeford and Ncal
A. Sutton of Raeford: one
brother: Edwin Bowling of Fuquay
Varina; two sisters: Mrs. Virginia
Pollard of Coats and Mrs.
Kathleen Goodwin of Apex.
Dora Averitt
Mrs. Dora Quick Averitt. 83, of
Route ! , Lumber Bridge, died Sun
day.
Funeral services will he con
ducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday at
Jernigan-Warren Funeral Home
Chapel in Fayetteville hy the Revs.
Henry B. Foster and Billy Beaver.
Burial will he in the Averitt
family cemetery in Lumber Bridge.
Surviving are a daughter, Hazel
Mclntyre of Fayetteville; four
sons: David D. Averitt of Leaven
worth. Missouri; Charles Averitt
of Raeford; Alex Averitt of
Lumber Bridge and William
"Bill" Averitt of Houston. Texas;
a sister: Lillie Driggers of Laurin
burg; a brother: Kirby Hoffman of
Hampton, Virginia; and 10 grand
children.
Rub> Lee Cook-Burton
Funeral services were held for
Ruby Lee Cook-Burton on
November 23 in Jamaica, New
York.
She was a native of Raeford and
was 44 when she died.
She is survived by her husband:
Joseph Melvin; two daughters:
Dorretta and Carol; her father:
David Cook; four sisters: Juliet
Parson, Barbara Lee. Alice Cook
Cadet and Cheryl McClain and
five brothers: Charles, David Jr.,
Benjamin, James and Freddie.
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Plans for 75th being formed
Plans are being made for the
75th Anniversary Celebration of
Hoke County it> be held from
Saturday, May 4, through Friday,
May 9.
Activities include a countywide
religious service on Sunday night,
a parade on Monday night, and a
pageant portraying the history of
the county.
The Hoke County Board of
County Commissioners originally
appointed Sam C. Morris, Clyde
Upchurch and John D. McAllister
to the original anniversary com
mittee.
Committee Chairman Morris.
former manager of Dickson Press,
said committee members felt they
needed a steering committee to
help them with plans for the
celebration.
Those serving on the steering
committee are Robert Gatlin, Jesse
Neeley, Ruth McEachern, lm
ogene Huff, Betty Rogers, Nellie
Flowers, Harold Gillis, Devoe
Austin, Josephine Hall, Ray
Autry, L.E. McLaughlin Jr., N.L.
McFadyen, Warren Johnston.
John Howard, Bobby Conoly,
Steve Parker. Dr. John C. Ropp,
and Freddie Williams.
Dr. John C. Ropp, pastor of
Raeford Presbyterian Church is
heading the committee for the
religious service and Clyde Up
church, Warren Johnston and
John Howard are on the parade
committee.
The next meeting of the combin
ed committees is set for 3 p.m.
Thursday, December 12, in the
County Commissioners' Room.
The committee is open to sug
gestions from members of the
community on ways to make the
anniversary celebration a success,
Morris said.
...Around Town continued
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It has been estimated that about
500 people turned out for the tree
lighting and singing of carols Sun
day night in front of the Methodist
Church. The rain held off until the
lights were turned on and it was a
joyful occasion.
Ray Harris, director of music at
the Raeford Presbyterian Church
is to be congratulated on the fine
job he did in leading the singing.
He had formed a choir that after
noon to lead the crowd in the sing
ing and they all came through in
flying colors.
The groups that sponsored this
event also should be thanked. It
was a perfect way to start the
Christmas season in Raeford and
Hoke County.
Next year it should be a better
event because all the errors of this
year can be corrected.
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Don't forget the Raeford
Kiwanis Club annual Pancake
Supper tonight (Thursday) at the
Gibson Cafeteria. All you can eat
for a small fee, but think of the
fellowship with Hoke County peo
ple.
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There are still some tickets left
for the Second Annual Mullet
Roast Wednesday night, December
11. The roast will be held at the
Hoke Civic Center and tickets can
be purchased from Steve Parker at
the Southern National Bank.
So go by and pick up your ticket
and see what the plans are for the
future of Raeford and Hoke Coun
l>
We all need to move forward
with the group.
? * ?
The Christmas season is suppos
ed to be a time of giving and seeing
the bright things in life. This is not
always the way things work. 1
understand that a purse was
snatched this week in a shopping
center from a woman. So get
prepared for the other side of the
coin when you go shopping.
Don't leave your car unlocked,
especially if you have put packages
in the car that can be seen by peo
ple passing by the car. Pul all
packages in the trunk of the car
where they can't be seen.
The police are moving around in
the shopping areas, but they need
your help to prevent your losing
packages. It doesn't take long to
secure your valuables.
Don't give your hard-earned
money away to crooks!
? * *
Don't forget that Friday,
December 6 is the last time to call
in for having your Christmas scene
pul in the Christmas section of the
paper.
So call today if you have
something worth showing to your
friends.
Ralph Huff is awarded CRB designation
D. Ralph Huff III, a Fayetteville
Realtor, has been awarded the Cer
tified Real Estate Brokerage
Manager (CRB) designation by the
Realtors National Marketing In
stitute, an affiliate of the National
Association of Realtors,
The award was announced dur
ing the Marketing Institute
meetings held in conjunction with
the National Association of
Realtors Annual Convention held
in New Orleans, Louisiana,
November 6-12.
Huff is Executive Vice-President
of Coldwell Banker United Realty,
at 3800 Raeford Road. He is a
member of the Fayetteville Area
Board of Realtors and the North
Carolina Association of Realtors,
and holds the prestigious GRI
(Graduate Realtors Institute)
designation.
He is also a member of First
Presbyterian Church and is past
president of the Raeford Kiwanis
Club.
Huff is married to the former
Linda Baker and is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. D.R. Huff Jr. of Ashley
Heights.
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