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\: lOKEOH^^!!^ BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM . -Journal m The Hoke County Newt The Hoke County Journel NO. 42. RAEFORD, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1942. tLStPCR LA. Talks Here On Child Health Dr. Ec^est A. Branch, director of the divislOtr of oral hygiene of the £t^e board of health, spoke to ^e Baeford Kiwanis club on Thursday evening on the board’s health pro gram for children. Dr. Branch opened his remairks with the comment that the people of North Carolina pay too little at tention to nutrition as a factor of prime importance to good health. We pay a great deal more attention, he said, to buying feeds that pro vide the proper diet for hogs and other livestock than we do in pro viding the right foods for our chil dren. The speaker cited a number of case studies made by the healfii depart ment m its work with school children wherF changing the diet and provid ing the i proper nourishment had changed the mental Attitude of these pupils and, as a conclusion, the de partment had come to believe that most “repeaters” and problem chil dren of the schools were physically sick students rather than mentally deficient. Proper attention to teeth was the factor in student health with which his division deals with particularly, and discussed at greatest length. Dr. Branch, a native of Robeson county; is an outstanding authority on oral hygiene. He is a past pres ident of the North Carolina Dental Society, past presidoit of the Na tional association of public health dentists and the founder of the first school for public health dentists which was founded at the University of North Carolina and is now a most important department of the school of public health medicine ttiere. Dr. Branch was presented by Dr. Marcos A. Smith, local dentist, who was associated with the state health department before locating in Rae- ford for private practice. Dr. Snpth has been appointed by health ao- thojdties to con4uct ^e dental ex aminations in .the.. .count]& _. schools which are being made now under the auspices of the United States health department. This eolonm wlU be deyoted to the Mstivittes of the Cross chapter of Hoke county. Bev. E. C. Crawford Is dh^tor of the pub licity for the ehwter and will pre pare the copy eadi week. To get news of yoiw conunnnity Red Cross work in this colunm srad your ma terial to Rev. abr. Crawford. Grass Roots Of government ' t-ic’ '■i'Vi-,,. By J. E. Jones Washington, D. C., March 18. — More .than 400 county officials from all sections of the coimtry, referred 16 in the Washington newspapers as men and women from the “grass roots of government” in 30 states air ed “average American opinions” in their Washington conference a few , days ago. Vice President Henry A. Wallace asked the group to make suggestions and criticisms of Governmental pro cesses. They put the gist of their conclusions into a set of resolutions favoring a fair and equitable ceiling on wages, profits, rents, farm and commodity prices; they declared strikes and profiteering should be outlawed; the forty-hour week be suspended; the authority of the Gov ernment kept within restraint, and not extended under the guise of war leeds; that no groups be discrimi- lated against or favored by official ^action; that subversive activities he .■fcourageously and promptly dealt with; that local Government prior ities be handled by a single, Federal coordinating agency. I^he grass roots representatives First Aid Course in progress in Edinburg Mill community; instruc tion done by members of the com munity. under the supervision of Mrs. C. H. Giles. The Antioch community has two courses in progress; Home Nursing Course under leadership of Mrs. J. W. Hasty and First Aid Course by Mis Marg^et McFall. Any one who wants io take either of these cburses may register by seeing these ladies. Sewing room will be 'open in the home of Mrs. A. R.^Morris Friday, March 20th. ’ Ladies, who can give the time, ara aisked to drop in any time during the day to help in &e sewiitg. The cutting room is up with its work, and has closed for the present. Two quilts were sent the Red Cross last week by the Ashley Heights Baptist Chiurch. These were greatly appreciated by the Chapter. Thanks for the public co-operation. Keep the good work going. Prayer Mmute To Be Observed W. H. Hare, of Ashley Heights, Dies Monday W. H. Hare, age 67, died Monday morning at his home in Ashley Heights after being in declining health for three year but critically ill for past nine months. He was well known throughout this county, being a* re tired foreman of the Seaboard and A. and R. railroad company. He had also engaged in farming in late years. He was bom at AnsonviUe, in An-' son county, and in 1908 he married Miss Julia Pittman, of Lumberton, and moved to Hoke county in 1929. He was the youngest son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hare, of An- sonville, and is the last survivor of that immediate family. Funeral services were held Tues day afternoon £t three o’clock at the AiMey Heists Baptist church, con ducted by Rev. E. M. Harris and Rev. A. D. Carswell, of Sanford. In terment was made in the church cemetery. Pallbearers were members of the Masonic lodge of Aberdeen, of which he was a member.. Local ladies had charge of the flowmrs. Surviving besides his wife, are three sons, W. R. of Portsmouth, Va., Earl and Frazier of the home; two daugh ters, Mrs. Ernest Green and Mrs. Ralph Cothran of Ashley Heights, ah adopted son, Melvin Grimsley Hare, and two grandchildren. The bounti ful floral offering showed the high esteem in which he was held by all who knew him Announcement is made today of a Prayer Minute which is being spon sored by the churches of Raeford. According to the plan, which is to begin next Monday, the Methodist Church beU will be rung every morn ing at 11 o’clock and the people are asked to pause in their respective activities for a minute of silent pray er. Those who are beyond hearing distance of- the church bell are re quested to note the time and to spend one minute at 11 o’clock every day in. this manner. This program is in keeping with a nation-wide movement, and chiirches in communities across the country have inaugurated this plan for their people. A different time has been specified in many localities for the observance of the prayer minute, but after careful consideration the local committee decided upon 11 o’clock because it believed this to be a time when there is less movement among the people. It will be a most signi ficant and impressive experience for the people of Raeford if everybody will enter into the spirit of this pro gram. It is urged that everyone pause when the church bell rings regardless of where they'are or what they are doing. It is urged that the ringing of the church bell be considered a call to prayer to everyone in the homes, in the schools, in the offices and stores, in the shops and warehouses, on the" street or in the fields. Regardless of race br creed or rank all the people of Raeford and Hoke county are call ed to prayer. It has long been the feeling of many thoughtful leaders in America that in these times of world crisis America needed to give serious thought and consideration of her spiritual condition. Out of this con viction the community prayer minute movement was born. While com- munitiM are being asked to.partici- Prizes Offered For Best Victory Garden h Hoke County The Bank of Raeford is offering a $25.00 Government Bond to the farm fomily in Hoke county who grows the best year-round Victory Garden in 1942. The gardens must be grown under the supervision of the County and Home Agents. A Victory Gar den is one in which a sufficient quan tity of different vegetables are grown to feed the family. Normally this requires one-tenth of an acre for each member of the f2unily with ten or more different vegetables grown. Every farm family in Hoke county should have a Victory Garden this year. Four reasons why every fam ily should have a garden are: 1— ^EVom an economical standpoint. 2— ^Ft-om the health standpoint. 3— ^Because of the scarcity of can ned goods that will be in the stores later era. 4— ^From a patriotic stan^oiht. By growing our food and feed' needs in Hc&e county it will release food from ofher areas to help out in the Food for Freedom. The Kiwanis Club is also ^nsor- ing the 'Victory Gai^en Campaign by giving a prize to the best Victory Garden grown- by the white boy and girt and the colored' boy and gi^l. Assault Cases Feature Couuty Court Docket Several cases charging carrying of concealed weapons and assaidt with deadly weapons featured the bearings in county court Tuesday morning be fore Judge W. B. McQueen. In the case against Carrie Bryson and John. D. Bryson, the chief state’s witness. Bill Bryson, left town and failed to appear for the trial and Solicitor Dickson requested nolle prosequL Charlie Robeson drew 3 'months for carrying concealed weapons, the sentence was suspended mi payment of $50 and; costs. John C. Black was sentenced to the roads for four months for assault with a pistol on Arch Green. Black pulled the gun on Green, according to the evidence, but the-gun missed fire and was taken from him before he could draw it again. In a charge against C^een anti Shfc McFadyes in a similar of. fense in the same altercation. Green skipped: his $25- Emnd and failed to appear. McFayden was found not guihy:. 'WiU Singletary, a white man tnm near Laiuihbarg, was found guilty Brother Of G. W. Cox Dies Tuesday At Jonesboro Jonesboro, March 17. — Sion H. Cox, 79, retired mechanic, died Tues day morning at his home here after a long period of declining health. Bom near Broadway, Mr. Cox was one of the 13 children of the late Elias and Nancy Cox, pioneer set tlers of this section. He was a mem her of the Jonesboro Junior Order and served for a number of years on the board of stewards of Jones boro Methodist church, of which he was a member for many years. , Surviving are his wife, flie former Miss Lora Byrd of Harnett county;' one daughter, Mrs. Hasty L. Caddell of Jonesboro; six sons, Byrd of New York; Lacy pf Sanford, Oscar, Surles, L. P., and W. E. Cox of Jonesboro; one sister, Mr.-;. Easter Womack of Broadway; one brother, George' Cox of Raeford; and eight granddiildren. Funeral services were held on Wed nesday afternoon at 3 o’clock from the Jonesboro Methodist church, fol lowed by burial in the Shallow Well Cemetery. The Rev. Dwight L. Fouts, pastdr of the church, officiated, assisted by the Rev. W. A. Pate, pastor of the Jonesboro Presbyterian church, and the Rev. J. F. Stegall, pastor of the Jonesboro Baptist church. taxes and passed lightly over the subject. Joseph Stuart Hurt Seriously When Struck By Car recognized the futility of tackling P^te in a great number of special projects and programs for National Defense it is believed that none is more important or more significant than t^ spiritual phase of the na tional ^ogram. Regardless of the military and industrial might of the nation, it is important that the peo ple acknowledge their need of and allegiance to Almighty God. Of old it was said, “Except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it; except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.” In all all-out war such as the nation has been csilled upon to wage, America needs to remember this truth. Only then will it be made strong and big enough for this hour. It is hoped that all the people of Raeford and Hoke county will enter into the spirit of this movement and will help make Raeford’s Prayer Min ute effective. Mr. Cox was a brother of G. W. Cox and the late Bennie Cox of Rae ford. Of a family of 13 Mr. G. yi, Cox and Mrs. Womach are the only surviving members. Mrs. H. A. Cameron Honored By P.-T. A. Mrs. H. A. Cameron, president of the Hoke Cbvmty Parent-Tteachers Association Council for the past ten years and charter member of the local organization,, was awarded a life membership certificate and pin at a meeting of all the P.T. A’s. of Hoke county Thursday in the Hoke county high sdtooL. Mrs. E. S. Adams, of Carthage, president of the fifth district of the Norfii Caroliha Congress of P.-T. A., had charge of the program.. Mirs. Adams outlined the exceBent work and told of the service Mrs. Cam eron had given to theSi^k of the Parent-Teacher organization and presented the Bfe membership cer tificate and pin to her. Superintendent K. A. MacDonald of the Hoke county schools, reviewed the work that P.-T. A’is. in the county had done. V. R. White spoke briefly of the work the school was doing in First Aid classes. Welfare Conference In Fayetteville On March 26th The Welfare Conference for the Southeastern District of North Caro lina will be held in FajretteviHe March 26th. The theme of the con ference wfll be, “The Public Wel fare Agency in a United War Effort.” This conference will be held at Hay Street Methodist church and will open with registration at 9:30 a. m. Mrs. W. T. Host, commissioner of public welfare of North Carolina, is first on the program. Her subject is “The Impact of the War on Our Public Welfare Agency.” A number of other prominent speakers are on the program. Lunch eon will be served at 1 o’clock. station and given four months on the roads. Andrew Davis and James El lis Oxendine, paid costs in separate cases for operating autos without proper license plates. Wallace Gal braith paid costs on conviction for drunkeness. MacArthnr Named Allied Cinniiiaiider In Pacific Area Washington, March 17.—General Douglas MacArthur, boro of the Philippines and scourge of the Jap anese, arrived in invasion-menaced Australia today and at once became supreme commander of all allied forces there—a breath-taking move that sent a wave of new hope surg ing through the anti-axis world. He readied his new, post wiffi his wife and child and some of his staff officers after a daring and secret plane flight from Bataan where he and his gallant little band of Ameri- can-IHipino defenders have fashion ed an everlasting epic of courage, determination and military brilliance. It took an order from his com- mander-ih-chief — President Roose velt—to pry MacArthur loose from Bataan and his indomitables. Mr. Roosevelt directed him on February 22—^Washingtem’s birthday —to “transfer his headquarters from the Philippines to Australia as soon as the necessary arrangemenlts could be made.” MacArthur asked, and received, permission to wait “until he could perfect arrangemmts with- of larceny of $13 from Lee’s filling in his command in the Philippines.” 3,485 Hrst Nmnber In Ihraft Drawn JosephiSteart, 13, was seriously inICired mternally Sunday' when he gwas' hit, by a car driven I^^Moses '?ratterson, colored, on the NotRi Main street extension near the Rockfish * eek bridge. Stuart was given em- gency treatmest by Dr. A. L. O’Briant and sent by ambulance to Highsmith hospital. Examination revealed that the boy h^ sustained fractures of the col- l^one, several ribs and other in ternal injuries, had lost sevferal teeth and was badly bruised about the V head and chest. ^ ” Patterson was into custody by Highway Patrolman J. Barnes and is being held under $1,000 bond pending a magistrate’s hearing on charges of careless and redcless driv ing and assault with a deadly wea pon. After all, advertising in the News- Journal is the best way to get over fn neoole in the county and else- It’s Captain John A. McPhaul Friends have received word from John A. McPhaul, of the Antioch community, that he has recently been promoted from 1st Lieutenant to Captain and transferred from Lang ley Field to Camp Davis. Capt. Mc Phaul was with the air corps on his last assignment but is now with a field artillery unit at Davis. He was formerly an officer of Battery “F” of the National Guard and-went from Raeford to Ft. Screven when that oulfft was called into service in 1940. List Apartments All people having apartments are requested to list these apartments telling exactly what they have at the News-Journal office. There will be no charge for this listing unless an ad in regard to the apartment is run in the News-Journal. RAEFORD BOYS WANT MAGAZINES The Raeford soldiers at' Curacao want magazines to read. Send these magazines in ctae of Sgts. Spec or Sam Morris or William Lentz. Address them to APO 812, Cuacao, Dutch West Indies. ADVISORY COUNCIL I There will be a meeting of the Hoke County 'WPA Advisory Coim- cil In the auditor’s office, courthouse, ird, Monday, Mar. 23, 2:30 p. m. Om '•Im RAEFORD’S PRA^YfR MINUTE ^ EWen o’clock Daily • Begiiuiuig Mon^y, March 23rd 'Church JtcU to Siunmon People to Prayer IT IS TIME TO PRAY! The people of Raeford and Hoke County, regardless of creed or race, are asked to join in the observance of this minute of silent prayer daily at 11 o’clock. The Methodist Church Bell will ring and all people in their homes, schools, offices, shops, stores, on the streets or in the fields, are re quested to pause in observance of this brief time of prayer. Sponsored by The Churches of Raeford Washington, March 17.—Number 3,485 bobbed up tonight as the first (itrawn in the new war’s first draft lottery, intended, said Brig. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, selective service chieL'to add “mifikms 'tor'ttat pdOl of men who stand ready for sefaction for the necessary tasks, whatever they may be.” Hershey stressed that some of the 9,000,000 men involved in the lot tery might be drafted to man fac tories while their comrades manned guns. The first number was drawn by Secretary of War Stimson from among TJKHt slips encased in opaque green St. Patrick’s day capsules. It meant that among the men who registered on February 16, those holding that serial number would be the first in their districts to be called for pos sible service. Navy Secretary Knox drew the second number. 2,850, and the third 4,301, was pulled out by Representa tive May, Democrat, Kentucky, of the house military committee. Other government officials followed. At 8 p. m. most of the dignitaries chosen to participate in the drawing had departed. The crowd, too, be gan to lose interest and the galleries emptied. JL. Raeford Will Play Ten Bitsebal^Geunes The Raeford high nine opens its 1942 baseball season March 24 against Rockingham on their foes grounds with an excellent chance of flying off to a wmning start. Nine other con ference games are on the locals’ schedule. Led by veterans Cole, Upchiurch, MacNeill, Dawson, Howell, Yarbor ough, Currie, Crouch and Adams the Raeford nine is an experioiced team with each of the palyers having at least one year’s experience. The schedule of games: March 20, Rockingham, there; 24 Lumberton, there; 27, Laurinburg, here; 31, Hamlet, here; April 2, Laur inburg, there; 7, Hamlet, there; 10, Lumberton, here; 14, Rockingham, here; 17, Sanfoid, there; 21, Sanford, here, Raeford - Vass ‘ Road Closed Waiuwrl^ Carries Ob This he did, entrusting to Major Gen. JMiafhan M. Wainwright, his close friend and one of the army’s shrewdest tacticians, the task of “car rying on.” The President told his press om- forenee later in the day that the MarArthur move was made “with a view toward the successful termina tion of the war.” He said MacArthur will have com plete command of all allied opera tions—^military, naval and air—in ttie area including New Zealand, Aus tralia and the Philippines. 1 know that every man and woman in the United States admires General MacArthur’s determination fightto the finish with his men in the Philippines,” Btr. Rposevelt said. ‘fBut I alro kniow that every man and woman is ih agreement that all important decisions must be made with a view toward the successful termination of the war. Knowing this, I am sure that every American, if faced individually with the ques tion as to where General MacArthur could best serve his country, could come to only one answer.” The President said he was ey- plaining MacArthur’s transfer be cause he anticipated that axis propa gandists would start claiming immed iately — particularly in ^ortwave broadcasts—^that the change cxisti- tuted abandonment of the Philip pines. Tanks On And Announcement of MacArttiur’s arrival at undisclosed headquarters followed by only a few hours a war department communique confirming that American air and ground forces “in considerable numbers” had taken up stations in Australia—^the last- remaining United Nations bastion in the southern Pacific. In a late afternoon communique, the war department repwted that the Japanese forces on Bataan, who had been inactive for -several days, had renewed their attacks, but without avail. Munitions Trucks Being Convoyed The first group of amunition trucks to go North over route 15-A since the terrific explosion which killed six and wrecked numerous buildings near Selma last week, passed through Rae ford Tuesday. Led by two hi^way patrolnmi on motorcydes, a patrol car, smd fol lowed by an army escort car and an other motororcled-patrolman, the ap proach and departure of the convoys was well-heralded by screeching sir ens. All traffic was removed from the roadway and stopped as the con voy made its way northward. FIRE CALLS The section of the Raeford-Vass Road contained in the Fort Bragg Reservation will be dosed to the pub lic, from 8:00 A. M. to 4:00 P. M., Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, March 24, 25, 26, and 27th, 1942. Chief Harry Greoi of the fire de- partmmt says that a man will be at 22941 to answer calls in case of fire at night So call 229-1 to report a fire. Attend Men’s^ Meeting Among those attending the meeting of the men of the church of Fayette ville Presbytery held at Flora Mac donald college last Thursday evening were: the Rev. Harry K. Holland, P. A. Wilson, Milton Campbell, A. K. Stevens, A. K. Currie, Neill McFad yen, Cecil Dew. Lacy Clark and Dr. R. L. Murray. Am RAID WARNINGS FOR RAEFORD WARNING 8IGNAKr-A sacles elrqwatadabortblartaea Oeftre siroi. Ibb wfll be Uw wanAv tor as aetaal latt ir ler a pnelfae alert, n at sight it BMaw as ta- slast and eesflpMe Maekosi ALL-GLIAE SIGNAL — Om long btart ef lie bhes.