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- -j -^5 Z' aOKECOUNTTS |EST USING BOOIIUM The The Hoke County Newt -Journal The Hoke County Joumnl I ^^TDolume xxxvn. no. 37. iptwAsksAU Re|[Btrm Meet Friday 3 P. M. Expect To Register 1,000 Men In Hoke County Monday. , ^ All volunteer workers who will j assist in the third registration on next Monday, February 16th, have been request^ to meet in the court house here Friday afternoon at 3 o’clock (wartime). T. B. Lester, chairman of the coun ty Selective Service Board, stated that this meeting was called to ex plain the new registration cards to the workers in an effort to eliminate the large n^imber of mistakes which were liable to occur, as they did in the .first registration. The workers will also be sworn in at that time, it was said. Every male citizen and every male aliren who was born on or after Feb ruary 17, -1897, and on or before Decembjer ,31, 1921, is required to register on next Mbnday.. It is ex pected that there will be nearly 1,- 000 men in the county who will come within the ages from 20 through 44, fer about two-thirds the number reg istered in the first registration. The registration places in Hoke and those in charge; named by the local board, are as follows: Allendale (Conlmunity House) —: . L. A. McGoogan, H. F. Currie, Will Hasty. Antioch (Community House) - — Walter Gibson, W. C. Hodgin, H. R. . Poole, Kpox Watson. Blue Springs (Bethel Community House)—^Alex Farmer, Manley Nor ton, C. J. McNeill, Gilbert Autrey. Ashley Heights (Community House)—J. B. Womble, N. F. Sinclair, J R. A, Smoak. Montrose (Community House)—W. L. Thomberg Rev. George Pickard, A.. B. Tapp. Sanatorium—^Mrs. C. W. Covington, ^ F. L. Eubanks, Mrs. P. P. McCain. Rock^h (School Building)—^M. G. Ray, A. W. Wood, Z. G. Ray, Oscar ^wnsend. Way^e .(Community Building) F. A. Monroe, A. K. Stevens, Will Monroe, /ofeo Parker. Dundartach (Community Build- lng)-rN. H. G. Balfour, W. »J. Mc- Bryde, N. A. Mclnnis. Ambia (Service Station)—J, m. ^|JklcGoscan, J. L. McFadyen W. s Morgan. _(^omt House—J. B. Cameron, D. H. Hodgin, L. J. Campbell, G. B. Row land, H. L. Gatlin, Sr. City Hall—John McKay Blue. Rev. Harry K. Holland, M. T. Poovey C W. Barrin^n, C. R. Freeman. Little River (Community Building) —J. W. Smith, Daniel McGill C. H. Marks, Cameron Johnson. ’ By order of the Hoke County Draft Board. T. B. LESTER, Chairman ARCH McEACHERN F. A. MONROE. RAEFOBD, N. THURSDAY, FEB. 12th, 1942. Attending Meets Of Civilian Defense Council i. "N. H. G. Balfour and John A. Mc- Googan are attending a series of conferences being held this week with county and municipal officials of the state. A meeting will be held at 'ayetteville today at which officials »f this area will be in attendance. The meetings are held for the purpose "C^f presentation of a coordinated civ ilian defense program as outlined by members of the national council. Sessions were held at Asheville Statesville, Chapel HiU earlier this week. Another conference will be "held at Greenville on Friday. They are imder the supervision of the In- jstitute of Government. Final^eport On '^Paralysis Drive Ik-. . The President’s Birthday Drive for infantile paralysis in Hoke county netted $143.09. Into the totals this « week came $4.00 from E. B. Satter- Wte, Archie Howard, and Mrs. Paul ickson, and A. K. Currie, and $5.00 from the Literary Department of the ' Woman’s club. JDne-;half of the amount raised this y^r will be deposited in the local bank along with the $203.00 already there from previous drives. In a , _few weeks a Local Chapter for the ''care of Crippled Children will be set up fca- the county to direct the use of this money to the purposes for which it has been donated. (t is Mr. Crawford’s own little , joke why one of these contributions was not listed in his first list. Dr. Bethune Has Operation Dr. A. C. Bethune, who under went an operation at Highsmith hos pital fite first of this week,, is repcrt* ' ^ to h« improving steadily. S^etchOf Raefprd Troop One Of Boy Scoots Troop 1, Raeford Boy Scouts, was organized in the spring of 1929. It was sponsored by Raeford Kiwanis club, this dub being the present sponsor. F.*B. Sexton was appoint ed Scoutmaster and Alfred Cole as sistant Scoutmaster. The Scout Re gional Committee placed the Raeford Troop under the Walter Hines Page Council with headquarters at San ford, and the following summer the Raeford Kiwanis club gave a min strel to raise funds to pay the Coiin- cil dues. However, the Walter Hines Page Council fell, through before the Raeford troop got much out ,of it. However, five Raeford boys were selected that summer to go to Char lotte to assist in the reunion of Vet erans of the Confederate States of America. Those boys who went will always treasure that trip, as it was the first and only Confederate re union held in North Carolina. Later on the Walter Hines Page Council was reorganized with headquarters at Fayetteville, but it fell through the second time. Tho’ the Scout masters felt at the time that the troop derived little good from this Council, it had done some good in tjiat the Raeford troop had become well established. The Raeford troop really began to grow after being placed in the Cape Fear Area Coun cil with Wilmington as headquarters and C. D. Brothers Scout executive. Under the wise and beloved guid ance of “Mr.” Sexton and Alfred Cole the troop became interested in many activities; the Scout house near the. present high school gym was built, Camp ConQly w«a , established on Rockfish crefik. The camp has two buildings now owned by Raeforfi Ki wanis club. The Scouts also attend ed other camps, first at Lake Bethune,' near Dunn, and then at Lake Wac- camaw, under the supervision of their Scoutmaster, F. B, Sextpn and Mrs. Sexton who was a mother to the troop, , Later a camp was estab lished on Granville Sound near Wil mington. This is the present campr’AJwo or three week’s camp has been held at Lake Singletary. For the past few years camp has been held at Camp Conoly with an average attendance of 50 Scouts. The boys have learned valuable lessons at these camps and 19 Eagle Scouts have come out of the Raeford troop. Many remember with interest the Court of Honor when the first four Eagles were giv en their badges. They were: Nath an Epstein, Jake Austin, Paul Dick son, Jr., and Tom Cameron. Many of the boys have been given Life Awards, which is next in line to Eagle. It is fitting to say here that every Raeford boy who has won the Eagle award is making good, wher ever he may be, in the army, th^ navy, flying corps, in business and industrial life. Mr. Sexton, and Al fred Cole, who have had charge of the' Scouts up until about 18 months ago are justly proud of their Scouts and particularly so of the Eagle and Life Scouts who have now reached manhood. Scouting IS worthwhile and every boy 12 years of age should join. Do ing a good deed every day makes one thoughtful of others, helping in com munity work is beneficial—passing Scout tests requires careful study and the Scout games are the clean est, best recreation. The love existing between the Rae ford Scouts and their Scoutmaster is mutual, so the News-Journal toasts the Scouts, their sponsor, the Ki- \vanis club, and their Scoutmaster, F. B. Sexton and his able former as sistant, Alfred Cole. Red Springs And Aberdeen Win Tournament The invitational touniament held in the Hoke county gymnasium was brought to a close Saturday night with two of the best ball games of the season. The Red Springs girls came out with a 15-10 victory over the^ Hoke county sextet. Seventy- first was defeated by the Aberdeen five to the tune of 11-30. Excellent sportsmanship was exhibited by all teams participating, and the' tourna ment was a gerat success in every re spect. This column will be devoted to the activities of the Red Cross chapter of Hoke comity. Rev. E. C. Crawford is director of the pub licity for the chapter and will pre pare the copy each week. To get news of your commmilty Red Cross work in this column send your ma terial to Rev. Mr. Crawford. With a round table discussion and demonstration method, Mrs. C. H. Giles started her Standard First Aid Course in the commisisoner’s room at the court house Monday evening. The class will continue to meet on Monday, Wednesday and Fridays at the same room, 7:30 P. M. Mrs. E. B. Campbell will soon be- ^n a class in home nursing; those interested in this course will report to Mrs. H. A. Cameron. Mrs. J. W. Hasty will start a amilar course at Antioch. Miss Margaret McFalls will also give a First Aid Course at An tioch. Up to this time $42,000,000 of the $50,000,000 War Relief Fund has been raised by the Red Cross throu^- out the nation. Of the 3,742 chapters in the nation, 1,533 have reached or exceeded their quotas. Hoke coun ty was one among the first to reach her quota. Auto Owners Urged To Write Names On Federal Car Stamps Safety Directors have advised pur chasers of Federal automobile use tax stamps to write their names across the^stamps as some protection against their being stolen. This will deter the majority of thieves and also will serve as a means of identification should a stolen stamp be located later. ...Otberwis§ g platen might as weij paste a $2 bill on his automobile and expect to Identify it after it was stol en, he observed; Only a few thefts have been re ported, but the racket has reached considerable proportions in other cit ies, and is common all over the coun try. It was also recommended that au tomobile owners be sure to paste the stamps thoroughly onto whatever surface of the car used. It would be ^ almost impossible to scrape off a tightly-stuck stamp without having the stamp show some signs of having been tampered with, and anyone who has a tom or suspicious-looking stamp on his car is liable to be investigated. It should be easy to check with the Government to see if there is a card on file for the owner of the car, and if there is no card to attest to his haying bought a stamp, the individual will be liable to prosecution. Under no circumstances should the stamp be pasetd on the outside of the windshield, since even if no one stole it, it might be washed off by a strong rain. Blackout Here Tuesday Night, February 16tb Raeford end its community will ob serve a practice blackout between 8:30 and 9:30 o’clock war time on the night of Tuesday, February 17th, it was announced yesterday by local Civilian Defense officials. This will be Raeford’s second blackout, and it is expected to be as effective as the first one held several weeks ago, which was about 100 per cent effective. Since the first blackout, the Town of Raeford has enacted lavvs giving full authority to all civilian defense officials to enforce a blackout and compliance with all air raid precau tions, including practice alerts. All persons not complying with the re quests of wardens on duty are now subject to fine and imprisonment. All district air raid wardens and fire wardens who served in the first IH-actice alert have been appointed permanently. Persons in each block should know their warden and be prepared to work with him. The warning signal for the black out will be series of short blasts of the fire siren. The all clear will be sounded, it is expected, in about 20 minutes, and will be 5ne last blast of .the siren. No light whatever should be vis ible during a blackout. “If you must have a light then arrange a covering for your windows,” is the instruction being put out by the blackout plan ners. Where open fires are burning it will be necessary to see that win dows are covered fully so that no light will be visible. Raeford’s first blackout was highly praised for its effectiveness, and the citizens and industrial plants in ope ration at the time were well spoken of for their complete eoqperation. Every effort will be put forth to maintain full cooperatipn at all times, defense officials point out, and fer the way people have cooperated thus far the offtcisls are fully appreciative, Edgar Hall WiU Seek Re-Dectkm As Court Clerit “Sheriff” Edgar Hall stated yester day that he planned to offer for re- election to the office of clerk of Super ior Court of Hoke county in the Dem ocratic primary the last of May. Mr. Hall stated that since the re cent flurry of candidates for the of fice of sheriff had stirred the interest of Hoke politicians, a number of his friends had inquired whether he would again be a candidate. He said that he had answered them in the af firmative, that he would seek a fourth term in the office. “Sheriff” Hall served the county for 18 years as sheriff from the time of the formation of the county through 1928, and in 1930 he offered for Clerk of Court, was elected and has held the post ever since. He says: “I know that when a man gets to be my age, hr should think about getting out of the steady grind of ex acting work such as demanded by this office. So, when my friends ques tioned me about running again I went down to see my doctor. The doctor told me my health should not keep me from running for I was in as good ph3^ical condition as when I made the race four years ago. That decided it. So. I’m going to make the race for another term.” The “Sheriff” has been in every political race held since the county was formed in 1910 and was defeated but one time. D. H. Hodgin defeated him for the office of sheriff in 1928 when he was up' for election the 9th time. Light Docket In Recorder’s Court County Teachers Hold Meeting The last meeting of the County Teachers’ Association was held on Monday night at 7:30 in the Hoke county high school. The speakers of the evening were Dr. J. H. High- smith and Mr Perry, both of the State Department of Education, who discussed the plan for a twelve-year school system. Dui^ing the business session officers for the ensuing year were elected. John C. Lorieport was elected president and Horace Sisk vice-president. ru' '■ I'h' Endless Chain Schemes Soliciting Defense Savings Stamps The mails in all parts of the coun try are still being flooded with let ters relating to so-called chain schemes soliciting defense savings stamps. The Postal Bulletin of July 22,1941, contained a notice regarding the leg ality of such schemes. Nevertheless, patrons of the various post nffl^ are depositing in the mails matter relating to schemes of this nature. .They should be warned that the sending of such matter through flie mails is a violation of the postal fraud and lottery statutes. Notices are served upon persons participating in such schemes whose names come to the attention of the Post Office De partment requiring, th^ to show cause why fraud orders should not be issued against them. Such ot- ders forbid the delivery of any man to the persons named therein. Report of Tire Rationillg Board ' ^ McBryde and Sanders, 1 tube for truick, transportation of material. J. M. McGoogan, 2 tires and 2 tubes for tractor, farm use. W. M. Thornburg. 2 tires and 2 tubes, pasenger car, rural free del ivery of mall. W. M. Thomas, 2 tires, 2 tubes, trhetor, farm use. F. K. Watson, 1 tire and 2 tubes, obsolete type. T. C. Scarborough, 2 tires, 2 tubes, truck, hauling scrap iron. School News Of The Past Week Monday night the fifth and last regular teachers’ meeting was held at the high school. The rneeting was in charge of R. A. Smoalc, president of the Hoke county unit of the N. C. E. A. Delegates to the state meet ing were appointed. They were Miss Marianna Kimbrough. Z. G. Ray, W. J. Coates and K. A. MacDonald. W. P. Phillips of the Farm Security Ad ministration, talked to the teachers on how they could help with the Victory Garden Campaign. Dr. J. Henry Highsmith, director of the di vision of instructional service and H. Arnold Perry, co-ordinator for the twelfth year study, had the ehief places on the program and explained the new twelfth-year program. Dr. Highsmith and Mr. Perry thought that Hoke county would have no trouble in making the transition as, in their opinion, the Hoke set-up was ideal for the new cumcuiuni. The cot6ity-wide colored teachers’ meeting was held at Upchurch school last Friday afternoon. T. B. Up church. Jr., addressed this meeting on how the teachers could help with the victory garden campaign. A class from the Upchurch elementary school gave a splendid illustration of correct reading and clear enuncia tion. It was reported at this meet ing that the schools were coming along nicely with the Defense Sav ings Stamp Sale. . The Indian sdiools made the fol lowing percentage of attendance for the fourth month: Antioch 90.2; Mac edonia 86.6. Kulaw Jacobs, principal of the Antioch Indian school has returned" from a Winston-Salem hospital, but, as yet, has not been able to resume his school work. Judge W. B. McQueen nol pressed the case against Harold ^ J, Fr^ee of Princeton, N. J., charged with reck-= less driving when the state’s wit= ness. R. 0. Hardester. failed to ap-> pe^, It.iKas that, Frazee had made a settlement ©f personal damages with Hardestef. Edward Willis paid costs for reck- 'ess driving. Kelly Stubbs, James Evans, William Love ana Richard Mack Evans each drew 30 day sen tences, which were suspended on pay ment of costs, after conviction on drunkeness charges. Duties of Scoob And Civilian Defense WoHim The Director of the Office of Civ ilian Defense and the Chief Scout Executive, Boy Scouts of America, today issued the following joint statement to clarify the responsibili ties of the two agencies in the civ ilian defense activities: The Office of Civilian Defense is the official government agency “to assure effective coordination of Fed eral relations with State and local governments engaged in defense ac tivities, to provide for necessary co operation with State and local gov ernment in respect to measures for adequate protection of the civilian population in emergency periods, to facilitate constructive civiban partici pation in the defense program, and to sustain national morale.” The Boy Scouts of America. Inc as a national organization operating under Federal charter, has the re sponsibility of maintaining an educa- bonal program of TRAINING boys in Scoutcraft and outdoor skills and citizenship responsibilities, and in de veloping and moulding character. It has developed and inaugurated a special program of emergency ser vice training. Its regular TRAIN ING, also, includes first-aid, fire- manship, signaling, mapping, life saving, pathfinding, and cooperation with others. It is mutually agreed that the ser vices of members of the Boy Scouts of America can immediately be util ized in the following enrolled volun teer groups of Civilian Defense Pro tection: (a) Assisting Emergency Medical Units. (b) Fire Watchers. (c) Leadership in the develop ment of adequate locally trained messenger service in which members of the Boy Scouts of America wiH have special designation, supplement ing their uniform, indicative ©f their special training. „ Gouucils of Defense and local Boy Scout Councils will develop local plans of cooperatiQn in accord with this joint statement and the fixed and stated policies of the Office of Civilian Defense and the Boy Scouts of America. Truck and Bur O’Mmers Must Register Miss Marion Maxwell, of the Civ ilian Defense office, will help truck and bus owners to fill out their re^- tration cards. North Carolina has been very slow in making these re turns. This inventory is designed to give the War Department readily avail able information on transportation facilities throughout the nation for use during periods of emergency. Sta tistics thus gathered may be used also, it was said today, as a basis for determining future production of trucks and busses and replacement parts “for the duration.” Help For Filing Income Tax Returns C. H. Robertson, collector. Treas ury Department Internal Revenue, an nounces that help will be given the taxpayers in filing their income tax returns from February 16th through March 16th. The revenue depart ment is anxious to assist as many taxpayers as possible during this time. Some one will be at the Hoke county court house on February 21 through the 23rd .to assist with this, and give helpful instructions. Presb3rterian Church Services Scheduled On New Time \ — In keeping with the national pol icy aU the services in the Presbyter ian church will be scheduled on the new daylight savings, or war tim«» Accortogly, the services next Sun day will be as follows: Sunday School 9:45 o’clock. Morning worship 11 o’clock. Y. P. meeting 7:00 o’clo±. Evening wwship 7:30 o’docfc. The public is asked to keep this time in mind and to fall in line with the new time schedule. Mendiers of the church should clip this notice for future refwence. Kiwanis Cluh Gets Full’Diet Of Vitamins On last Friday, Antioch school, with ajppropriate exercises, raised a flag that bad been given the school by the P.-T. A. We hope all schools that haven’t yet secured a flag •will soon do so. The percentage in attendance for the fourth month of school for the negro schools follows: Calvin Martin 96.6; St. John’s 96.3; Upchurch high 98.3; New Hope 95.0; Piney Bay 94.6; White Oak 94.4; Bowmore 94.2; Ed inburg 94.1; Buffalo 93.6; Upchurch elementary 93.5; Bridge’s Grove 93.4; Shady Grove 93.4; Frye’s Missinn 92.5; C^edar Grove 92.2; Laurel Hill 92.1; Millside 91.3; Tiniberland 90.7; Burlingtoik 89.9; Freedom 89.5; Friendship 88.0; Peadunont 83.7; Rockfish colored 83.4; Lilly’s Chapel 81.9; McFarland 80.5. Bonds or bondage?- Buy U. S. Sav ings Bonds. Clocks Turned Up An Hour Clocks were turned up an hour Simday night and everything in the conununity seems to be running smoothly on Eastern War Time. Some businesses are a little slow in getting adjusted but that will grad ually work out for nobody wants to be considered a slacker when it comes to getting to work an hour e»lier, and then it works mighty good at the other end of the day. Office Hours Vitamins were discussed from most every viewpoint at the meeting of the Raeford Kiwanis club last Thurs day. The program was arranged by Tom Cameron. Dr. John McLain, of Sanatorium, presented the subject from the view point of the practicing physician. Dr Marcus Smith, dentist, told of re^ March work which he carried out in the field when he was associated with the State Board of Uruggist Walter Baker then told of the various vitamins avaitadde m preparations on sale. Cameron then presented flie sigbgect as it is related to feeds for live stack and poultry. TO DISCUSS MISSION BOOK The book on Home IGssicms in tte Southland, “Fellow Helpeis in the Truth,” will be disomed. by IQm Myrtle Zentmeyer, state Baptist W. J4. U. field wotrtxr. Eveiymie, women, and young pe^ are uned to attend. This meettag will be day night, February 20, at sev«i oclojt in the Baptist Cbnr^ The office hours of the Civilian Defense Council are from 9 ’til 4, Monday through Friday.' MeAodist Notes NOnCB OF CHANGE IN TUBE Ttie Raeford Methodist diurdi through February, and March will have Sunday Schod at 10:45 a. m. and preadiing at 12 o’l^odt and S p. u. Am RAID WARNINGS RAEFORD WARNING SnilAI^ siiea. TUa win he tha m
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