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RAEFORD, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1940.
Wipiamsport
Pilfer Roster
Released
By ELMER L. SCHIJTLI&
Williamsport, Pa., March 6.—^Right
off the press comes a neat folder
giving Williamsport Grays’ player-
roster for ^1940, the spring training
■iCf
schedule of exhibition games ahd the
Grays’ at home schedule of the East
ern League. On the outside is an
excellent picture of Manager Fresco
Thompson.
There will be tjweniy-five players
in the squad reporting to Manager
Thompson at Raeford on Monday,
March 95, as follows:
Pitchers — Nick Butcher, William
Gerald Schelle, Pete Blumette, Charge
Gilvilry, Robert Harris, Ray Ross,
L. y^rge, George Klivak, Fremont
[jjimdr, Roger Wolff, Leon Kyle and
like Kash.
Catchers—^Henry Camelli and Wal-
.ter Worthington. '•
Infielders—^Irv KolberguFred Stan,
ton, Jerry Lynn, Russell Maxey,
Lucien Berlanger, Ralph Rhein, and
Don Richmond.
Outfielders—^Ken Richardson, Wil
liam Fuchs, Ron Northey and Tony
Sabol.
Of the twenty-five, only Butcher,
Kolberg emd" Stanton were with the
Grays at Raeford in 1938. Bhtcher,
a “find” from the Elimsport CCC
camp, near Williamsport, was later
optioned to Federabbmg, BJd., but
during the 1939 sea!son played with
the Oswego, N. Y., club. His home
is at Duquesne, Pa. Kolberg, whose
home is in Lansing. Mich., played with
Federalsburg in 1938 and 1939. Rae
ford fans will remember that he is.
a left handed first baseman. -He led
the Eastern Shore League last season
^in hits, runs scored, two-base hits
4^d runs batted in, for a percentage
.334. Nineteen of his hits were
^"nome nm clouts. His fielding av-
^age was .973. Stanton at second
se compiled a fielding average of
and batted .296 for Lexington,
C. His home is in Schenectady,
.Y. .
Foim of thq Grays’ pitchers are left
handers — Blumette, Gilvary, Kash
and George. Blumette, who hails
from West Orange, N. J., came to
the Grays during the season of 1938,
and in the 1939 campaign was fifth
in the list of Eastern League flingers
with fourteen victories against ten
losses. Gilvary, a Jessup, Pa., pro
duct, is a seasoned veteran, and
much is expected of him. (Jeorge,
whose home town isBt. Louis, Mo.,
was secured^) from Shreveport, La.,
with a fine record. Kash, a Webster,
Mass., boy, was secured on option
recently from Minneapo^ of the
American AsSoc^tion. Last season
he posted an earned run average of
3.82 and fanned 127 opbsing batsmen.
There was rejoicing In Williams
port last week wtibn.Secretary Clunk
announced the acquisitioi^ of Leon
Ky^ giant right hander, of Monroe,
Lyle was pldcbd up by Connie
or the Athletics in 1938 and
to the Grays in 1939, when
f off to a bad start, but fin-
nth a fine flourish. He was
the many players thrown on
!iarket by the dictum issued by'
Judge Landis. As 'Soon as he was
declared a free agent by Connie Mack,
Climk began hegotiatibns and in due
time, Kyle, preferring to return, to
Bowman Field rather than to accept
attractive America Association, In
ternational or Southern League bids,
signed a Williamsport contract.
Returning to the Grays also is ken
Richardson,, a seasoned player, who
batted .307 last season and was sec.
ond in the league in home ndi' batting
with 27 circuit clouts. But for an
injiuy lajej^p the season he probablj^-’|^‘
would hi&w topped the league.. So
it was he on^ two behind the
leader. Richardso^^ home is in San
Bernardino, Calif.
Ron North(^, of FrackviUe, Pa.,
who played during the early part of
the ’38 season with the Grays, is ex
pected to gain a regular berth this
season. Ron, who is only 20, also
specializes in home runs. '
In a brief revi(^, such as this, it is
not possible to go into details and
tell of the fine points of >11 of the
f':'- ?
LAURIE McEACHERN
Laurie McEachern
To Seek Seat
h Lower House
Laurie McEachern stated definitely
this week that he would seek the
seat as Hoke county’s member of
the Lower House of the North Car
olina General Assembly in the Dem
ocratic primary to be held May 25.
He was first elected to the legis
lature in 1930 serving l^ee terms
until he was defeated for the office
by E. B. McNeill, present represen
tative from Hoke County, in 1936.
Mr. McNeill, who has been in poor
health for sometime, has stated that
he would not run for the place again
this year.
During his first stay in the Legis
lature Mr. McEachern was a mem
ber of the following House commit
tees: Finance, Appropriations, Edu
cation, Game, Proposition and Griev
ance, and Coimties, cities and towns.
He was ranking member of the Ed
ucation committee and chairman of
the committee on Proposition and
Grievance.
He yras considered one of the ablest
membq^ of the legislature while
there and made a strong bid for the
speakership in 1935 but was beaten
for the place by Robert Grady John
son of Pender county. M;c^chem
was House reading clerk at the last
session.
BULLETIN!
George Weaver, popidar young
rctfrigeratqr salesman for Ban-
, corn’s Ckdt Store, advised the
News-Xoamal late yesterday that
he would also seek the Demo-
cfatle nomination for mentber of
the House of Representatives of
the. North Carolina General As
sembly from Hoke County in the
prfanaiy Mary 25th.
AH'. Weaver is a graduate of
Wake Forest College. After
graduating he taught in the
Sampson and IRobeson County
schools until 1937 when he be
came associated with Bauconf’s
Cash Store. This is his first
political venture. ,
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Campaign Here
Finnish Relief
Mrs. H. A. Camerbn has been
selected chairman of the organiza
tion which will conduct a drive in
Hoke county for the Finnish Relief
Fimd. The campaign to raise money
for the relief of this oppre^ed peo
ple will begin in Hoke county on
Friday, March 8 (tomorrow) and will
wind up two we^rs later on March
22. The Hoke county committee will
serve in cooperation with the state or
ganization of the Finnish Relief Fund,
Inc., of which W. T. Bost of Raleigh
is the director.
The following have been selected^
by Mrs. Cameron to serve .with her
in various capacities in raising mon
ey for this cause: Mrs. P. P. Mc
Cain will cover the Sanatorium; J.
W. Turlington the coimty schools, J.
B. Thomas the Kiwdmis club, J. L.
McNeill the business houses of the
county, J. A. McGoogan the county
employees, Mrs. Rena Woodhouse, the
NYA, Mrs. C. W. Seate the Woman’s
club, and Miss Josephine HaU the/
Home Demonstration clubs of the
county. R. B. Lewis is treasurer of
the organization in the county.
Quoting Herbert Hoover, National
Chairman of the Finnish Relief Fund,
Inc.:
“The forces of primitve savagery
have been unloosened upon the
world. The Finns are the victims
of today. Every decent person in
the world is praying to God tonight
that these brave people shall yet be
saved from this tide. For the world
today witnesses one of those heroic
stands for freedom of men that comes
but few times in the centuries. It
is a star illuminating the No Man’s
Land of civilization. Its glow will
light the minds of men and give hope
to liberty for centxaries to come.
“Today we ask the American peo
ple for help. We ask it that we may
show the sjrmpathy that lies within
every American heart. We ask it
that we man save human life and
prevent suffering.”
South Eastern
Educo Clubs Meet
The spring district meeting of the
Educo (schoolmasters’) clubs of the
south central part of North Carolina
will convene in a dinner meeting at
the Y. M. C. A. building in Bayette-
ville on Friday evening, Mnrch 8,
at 7:00 o’clock. *
The officers of the affiliated clubs
are planning what is expected to be
a very interesting program. Hon. J.
M. Broughton, attorney and former
legislator of Raleigh will be the prih
cipal speaker of the evening. His
subject will be “Public Education in
North Carolina.” Music will be pre
sented by the Fayetteville high school
band. A pro^am of “stunts” will
be conducted under the supervision
of A. B. Wilkins, Superintendent of
Cumberland county schools and Hor
ace Siske, superintendent of Fay
etteville schools, joint hosts of the
meeting.
More than two himdred and fifty
school men representing superintend
ents, principals, teachers and board
members are expected to be in at
tendance. Coimties having local
clubs are as follows: Cumberland,
Hoke, Moore, Montgomery, Bladen,
Anson, Richmond, Gotland, Harnett
and L^. Other counties in tae south
ern and eastern area with organized
schoolmasters’ clubs invited and ex
pected to attend are: Robeson, Colum
bus, Duplin, Sampson, Johnston and
Union. A committee from the New
Hanover county classroom teachers
association and others will be in at
tendance.
H. Lee Thomas, superintendent of
Moore county schools will preside at
the meeting. K. A. McDonald, sup
erintendent of Hoke county schools
is the secretary. There will be an
election of officers for the district
for, 1940. C. Reid Ross, assistant
superintendent of Harnett county
schools, the present vice president, is
slated to be elevated to the presi
dency.
SCHOOL BRIEFS OF THE WEEK
By K. A. MacDONALD
L. H. Koonce Made
District Agent
BETHUNE ADDRESSES
WOMAN’S CLUB
On Tuesday afternoon Dr. A. C.
Bethune, a member of the County
Board of Education, addressed the
local Woman’s Club on “The Prog
ress of Education in Hoke County.”
The Allowing figures ftom Dr. Be-
thune’s address should be interest
ing to all those interested in schools.
In 1911-12, the first school year of
the coimty, there were ifa the county
44 school district, 41 school houses,
52 teachers, with a total enrollment
of 2126 pupils. The total school cost
for this year was $1M15, of which
the state paid $460. The total value
of all school property was $12,200.
In 1938-39 there were 11 school
districts with 31 school houses, 103
teachers, with a total enrollment of
4175'pupils.’ The total school cost
for the year was $129,600 of which
the stgte paid $95,434 and the coun
ty $34,166. The total value of all
school property was $230,956. This
is a gain of almost $10,000 per year
in school property. In our opinion
this is certainly a splendid record for
the county.l It might also be of in
terest to know that the school term
has increased from 85 days to 160
days per year, practically doubled.
admitted. The date of
June. 12-July 11.,. 1940.
camp IS
Blann Emphasizes
Diversified
Farming
North Carolina mills are consum
ing more than three times as much
f tton as is produced in the State,
. G. Mann^eneral manager of the
North Cotton Growers Co
operative Association, told Hoke
county members of the Cotton As
sociation at their annual membership
meeti^ here Tuesday afternoon.
Mann urged growers to
plant up to their full allotments of
cotton this year, emphasized the im
portance of good planting seed, and
declared that the best investment any
cotton grower can make will be pois
oning for the boll weevil.
He pointed out that North Caro
lina fanners in 1939 failed by some
200,000 acres to plant their full quota
acreage of cotton and that, based
on an average yield for the State of
291 pounds to the acre, these un
planted acres would have produced
116,400 bales of cotton which would
have added $6,000,000 or more to the
gross income of State farmers.
Although he lurged cotton produc
tion up to acreage allotments, at the
same time Mr. Mann emphasized
the importance of diversified farm
ing and more livestock.
He quoted government figures
showing that of North Carolina’s
300,000 farmers, more than one-third
have no milk cows, another one-
mird have no hogs, more than one-
tenth have no chickens, and more
than one-sixth have no gardens, and
three-fourths have no orchards.
Reporting on the past year’s ac
tivities of the Association, Mr. Mann
said that the cooperative has enjoyed
splendid deliveries. He congratulat
ed the farmers of Hoke county upon
the support they have given to their
own organization and pointed out that
the “Re-Purchase Pool” absolutely
guarantees the farmer the high dol
lar for his crop.
One of the features of the meeting
was the election of delegates to rep
resent Hoke County at the district
convention which will be held at a
later date for the purpose of nomi
nating candidates for director of the
district. These candidates will then
be voted upon by the entire member
ship in the district by postcard bal
lot and the one receiving the highest
humber of votes will represent the
distinct for the ensuing year.
Hoke CottoD
Farmers Ad(^
One Variety
Leading cotton farmers of TtaHoe
county met at the court house last
Friday where they discussed plans
for growing better grade and staide
cotton in 1940.
Ralph Raper, extension cotton specr
ialist, discussed the work that was
being done throughout the state and
what had been done in in Hoke
county during the past year. He
brought out facts showing the ad*
vantages of cooperating in a one*
variety cotton community. Cotton
farmers cooperating in the one-var
iety cotton program can get Rieir
cotton classed by government daas-
ers without cost. It was shown diat
government classing of cotton
thousands of dollars for farmers of
Hoke .coimty during 1939.
Cotton producers present adtfpted
Cokers 100 cotton as the variety to
plant in the one-variety cotton pro
gram. They also re-elected offioecs
for 1940 to serve the Raeford Cotton
Improvement Association. The
cers are: J. B. Womble of Ashley
Heights, president; T. D. Potter of
Raeford, vice-president; and Louis
Parker of Wayside, secretary.
The Association plans another
meeting in the near future to improve
the quality of cotton.
ROCKFISH P.-T. A. TO MEET
Next 'Tuesday night at 7:30. 'The
Rockfish P.-T. A. will hold its reg
ular monthly meeting. The faculty
of the Hoke high school has been in
vited as guests of the P.-T. A.
GRANGE MEETING WEDNESDAY
The Rockfish Grange held its reg
ular meeting Wednesday night at the
community house at the Rockfish
school.
hi. Koonce, barber of Raeford,
and for the past five years local ag
ent for the National Life Insurance
Company lof Montpelier, Vt., ,was
promoted last week by the Company
to the position of cUstrict agent.
In 1935 and 1936 Mr. Koohee set
a record in North Carolina for ex-
mmed lives and was awarded a
loving' cup for his excellent work.
For the past year or two, however,
he has giitan most of his time to his
work in the Raeford Barber shop but
stated this week that in the future
NYA SPENDS MONEY IN HOKE
Since its inception in Hoke county,
N. Y. A. has spent in wages alone
$34,860.15. 'This is no mere item in
the financisd life of the county.
ers, but the fpregping will be ^ time woiUd be ?evoted
GOVERNMENT SPENT SIZEABLE
SUM HERE
Since the beginning of the Federal
aid program tile Federal government
has. spent $53,428 in the school build
ings of Hoke couAty, either in new
buildings or in repairs. We feel that
this has been a tremendous help in
bringing the schools to their present
level -of efficiency.
giVi-.
fficiept to show Raeford fans that
ifanager 'Thompson has a w^th of
^godd material frojh which totpids the
seventeen players (the league' liznit)
who will go into the Eastern League
campaign with the Grays on Wed-
ay, April^^th.
7ext week hope to give you
}me highlighfl(.) about the Eastern
^League and its »loiful’ president.
Tommy Richardson, who, it is expect
ed, will make the ebeuit of the train
ing camps by airplane, probably ac
companied by'C. Williamson,
maydr of WilliamspOTt.
WILL HAVE
FISH imY. XQBtmii^W
There wiR W % Bsh ficy lasiorrow
ptybt at Clyde*s pend with the pifblic
Invited to and pay twenty,
five oenti .
for ttie
to the-insurance business.
Mr. Koonce will open and maintain
the district office of .tae company in
the Johnson-Thontas"^ building here
directly over the barber shop.
Local Himting
Dogs Win Honors
In the Cumberland Field trials, an
annual affair held this^year last Sat
urday aiFort Bragg, two lorally own-
e^ brained, . and handled bird' dogs
won prizesi.
In tiie shotting dog stakes Spor^
a jpolnter oymed tod handled by
alker Radtord, won top hohars.
Also placing In fhb tiiala wag
Egyptian Scott; pointer of Pr, B. A.
Matheson. Scott placed tidra m the
membtos all-age stakee. Dr. Matii-
DELEGAnON INSPECTS GYM
A delc^ition of Moore county cit
izens 'atioompanied by Ommissioner
J. W. Smith of Little River town
ship visited the high school gsrmnas-
iuni to inspect it. They are planning
a similar building for the Vass-Lake-
vlew school located at Vass. This
school  Serves tiie majority of the
S(^od: children of little River town-
snip of Hdke county.
WILL ACCBFT C. M. T. C.
’ APFLIOATIONS
Last week K. A. MacDonald was
.saignated C. M. T. C. reprcacaatatilra
fdrlHbleei (^ty. and MajteHt: A.
limilheaon examtetag physiabto Ap-
tocation blanka may be aeeored in
me office of tin county supiFlatend-
ent' Alt young moi of lie 17-29
are urged to toitoattaMatioh for this
HOLD SAFETY EXHIBITION
AND LECTURE
On Monday afternow at 1:30
o’clock at the Hoke hi^ school a
safety class and laborat^ period
was put on by J. W. Pontius with the
cooperation of school, highway patrol,
city and coimty officials.
The first one-half hour was devoted
to a lecture to the entire student
body. From the auditorium the
student body went to a roped-off
area on the highway in front of the
school where Mr. Pontius first dem
onstrated safe driving practices.
Then a demonstration of reaction and
brciking time was made. Drivers were
selected to act as subjects for the
experiments. The distances were
measured and marked on the pave
ment so that all could see that a car
cahnot be stopped in the short is-
tance most people believe. 'The tests
were made at speeds of 20, 30 tod
40 miles per hour. All drivers show
ed reaction time of less than the av
erage. ,
J. W. Turlington of the high school
faculty was in charge of the program.
A general driving test was given
the students of the business arith-
matic class by Mr. Turlington a few
days ago. Two bus drivers who were
among the members of the class made
the second highest score to be made
by the class.
Hoke'^cys Win
In F.F.A. Contest
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William Harris of the Hoke*coun
ty high school vocational agriculture
class, won first place in the Future
Farmers of America speaking con
test held in Fqyetteville 'Tuesday
night. His subject was ‘Torest Con
servation in the United States.” Wil
liam was complimented very highly
by Mr. .J. M. Osteen on delivtoing
such a good speech on this subject.
William will meet the other winners
in this district on May 4th.
Clarence Willis also of Hoke high,
won first place in the project con
test. This contest was based on the*
best all around project in vocational
agriculture. There were five high
schools entered in this contest.
The winner of the public speaking
contest will be awarded a cash prize.
The state winner wiU be awarded a
free trip to the national convention
in Kansas City, Mo., next October.
Only One Case Tried
Recorder’s Court
Only one case was disposed of in
Hoke County recorder’s court last
'Tuesday morning. Arthur Bethune,
colored man of Randolph county,
was the defendant. He entered a
plea of guilty of driving a car while
under the^ influence of liquor and
sentence was three montiis on the
roads to be suspended on payment
of a fine of fifty dollars and the
court costs.
One other case wa^ broutot up for
trial but was continued.
Miss Mary Pratt
To Be Buried
Here Today
Word was received here yes today
of the death yesterday morning. of
Miss Mary Pratt, former resident of
Raeford. It was Imown here that
Miss Pratt was critically ill as she
had been so for the past three we^s.
The end came at her home in Rad
ford, Va., where the deceased lived
with her mother and her brother
Lacey.
Surviving are her mother, four
sisters, Jane of Washington, D. G.,
Elizabeth of Whiteville, N. C., Mrs.
Smith of Washington, D. C., and tors.
Winnie Wall of Beaufort, S. C.; two
brothers, Lacey of Radford, Va., arid
Robert of Beaufort, S. C.
'The remains wUl be broutot to
Raeford for burial and funeral ser
vices wiU be conducted at the Rae
ford cemetery this afternoon at tiiree
o’clock.
M1LDOP80N F.-T. A. TO
BEAUTIFY SCHOOL
'The Mildouson P.-T. A. held its
regular . monthly meeting Tuesday
night at the school building. It was
voted at this meeting to spend somq
of the association’s funds for beau
tifying the school grounds.
TO ATTEND DlBYBtoT ElklCO
MEET
Most of the school mmi ofv ttie
county will attend tiie qprteg district
meeting of affiliated Educo toibs in
Fayetteville on Friday nitot.
Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Mctollan mA
Miss tony Bdle Mcwmian im%.
Meta McMillan of Parkten, vlMM
Mr. and lbs. Edgar HaU Sun^,
CRflrtte Carni^ hie mwnf
Entomologist Here
Mr. J. O. Rowell, extension mito-
mologist, will be in Hdce county
next Wednesday to advise Xurmers
about the control of tobsMcco and gar
den insects, says A. S. Knowles,
county agent lb. Bowdl will aiw
discuss insect contrail at the Utile
River rommunity bbuee Wednesday
at 7:30 p. m— ^tis is the' regular
meeting of tbe farm men and women
of timt towntoty and evnrytme is in
vited to atten^.
SpecialisI Here
.lb* Watson, extapslon.lMrli-
tolturlsl; win be eototr Mad
ttiaeday to aatot faring wMh
titog IwiM SHdaM awl aa
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Playmi^ers
Begm Ra^
Broadcast
Chapel Hill, March 6.—^The Caro
lina Playmakers, famous drama group
at'the University of Nortii Caralina,
began broadcasting a weekly series
of original radio plays ov&r tiie na
tional networtc of the Mutual Broad
casting System on Saturday, Match
2, from 3:30 to 4 o’clock, it was an- ’
nounced here by Dr. Ratyh MoTVa,
aid, head of the Radio Department
of the University of North Carolina
Extension Division.
The Playmakers series. Dr. Mc
Donald said, is the first univearsity
dramatic prodhetion ever carried by
a nation wide system of radio sta
tions.
The plays are heard in North Car
olina over WRAL in Raleigh, through
whose facilities the programs ate
carried to the national cham, in-
eluding the following stations ift tiite
State: WSTP in Salitouiy, WSOC in
Charlotte, and WAIR in Unnskm-
Salem.
'Die University Radio Department
has secured tiie nation-wule broad
casting Gonnectkais tiirough the aid
and cooperation of tiie manayww^t
of the Raleito mnober of the Mutual
System.
The plays are writtot and peg-
duced at Chapd Hill in tile
tic folkplyr traditum of tiie naymato
er organization as dcvekgied
the guiding genius of Ikederidc SL
Koch since its foundiiw 2l years agA.
The {days to be used'are written uik-
der the supervteion of~ Paid Chrecow
and produced under tiie directian of
Earl Wynn.
The first nation wMe radio itoy
was “QUare Madidne;* l«r Xtoal
Green. Ottiorptors totolkto wffltet*
dude some adaptattoBB cf ardl kaonte
Cardina fblk plays bom tiia ipai
of sudi playwrights as Ttoa WlDlb
and Bemke Kdlay Bmin aa wag
as plays written wpedaRy far xtdii
produetten.
Goiag on a aatton wMa
sritii tiie PlagRBgksrs
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