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Jo ui HOKE COUNTTS BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM jl lie The Hoke County News ews raa HOKE COUNTY'S ONLY NEWSPAPER The Hoke County Journal VOLUME XXXVIII NO. 4. RAEFORD, N- C, THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1943 $2.00 PER YEAR N 0 O MEMwWOMCN IN UNIFORM Pfc. Reuben Webb Now B. 24 Mechanic (Special to News-Journal) Keesler Field, Biloxi, Miss., June 28. Pfc. Reuben H. Webb who for the past 17 weeks has been in training at the Liberator bomber mechanics school here, was graduated today and is now ready for active line duty. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Webb, Rt. 1, Timberland, N. C. Pvt. Webb, who is now qualified as B-24 mechanic, soon will join the ranlu of the green-clad army res ponsible for maintenance of those huge bombers. Kiwanians Collect Money For 40,000 Cigarettes The boys in out-of-the-way posts in North Africa, and those in Army hospitals there will enjoy some 40, 000 smokes with the compliments of the people of Hoke county, it was an nounced yesterday by Cecil Dew, chairman of the drive for funds which was sponsored by the Raeford Kiwanis Club. Some 2,000 packages of cigarettes are being ordered this week to be sent direct from the Camel factory at Winston-Salem to the North African area, for distribution in hospitals and to army units far removed from the con veniences of Post Exchanges. Each package will bear the following mes sage: "With best wishes from the Kiwanis Club of Raeford and citizens of Hoke County, North Carolina." W. J. Coates was leader of a panel discussion on club activities at the eeting last Thursday when new muers were ucquiiiii:u wim uiv ' I nprfnrTnnnrM nf thp TCiwanis re, and the old members were ac quainted with what the new members thought the club should undertake as new and additional objectives. Donald Davis, Mr. Hutchinson, W. D. Gillis, Marion Gatling and Ed Smith were new members taking part in he discussion. Ed Smith's contribution to the discussion proved to be a yarn told in the typical Ed Smith manner. Public Cannery Now Operating At Hoke School Vocational Department Under J. W. Dowd Opens Cannery and Repair Shop For County People. A' public cannery was opened this week in the Raeford Graded School building by J. W. Dowd, instructor in vocational education of the Hoke County High School. In the manual arts department of the high school building a repair shop has been open ed for the purpose of aiding the farm ers in the maintenance and operation of their farm machinery. Assisting in the operation of the cannery is Miss Jennie Smith. Mr. Dowd states that a charge of lc per can is being made for the service ren dered at the cannery. Persons having fruits, meats or vegetables which they want canned may make reservations. Mr. Dowd says customers must pre pare their products before bringing them to the cannery where the cook ing and sealing is done by his staff with the assistance of the customer. The charge is made only to cover ex penses of fuel, equipment and upkeep. .It is operated each Tuesday and Thursday. Other days may be added as the demand may require. Repair Shop. Mr. Dowd has secured an assistant who is at the work shop of the voca tional education department of the high school. His job is to aid farmers in buildine feeders for stock and poul try, to aid in making wagon bodies and other new equipment and to as sist in the repair of farm equipment and machinery. Many farmers are nsine this service and Mr. Dowd state that he hopes others will use the shop for farm equipment con truction. O . , addition to the two pairs of J a issued every American sold . on entering the service, three Mtra pairs must be available in Tt- serve, and two more pairs in process of manufacture. . O Illness and industrial accidents ac count for more than 50 per cent oi ao seoce from war work. Road Laws Bring Many Offenders Into Court Here Liquor and motor cars led to the ar rests the most o the twenty-three defendants who appeared before Judge Henry McDiarmid Tuesday in county court here. Mason McLauchlin, Thomas Lee, Nathaniel Leslie, Clarence Stubbs, James Hart, Nancy Evans, and Thomas Warren Tate, all Negroes, and Edward D. Bennett and Boney G. Usher, white men of Wallace, were convicted or pleaded guilty of viola tions of the statutes governing high way travel. All were charged court costs and given 30-day suspended sen tences, except Lee, who was given a 60 day sentence, and Leslie, who had an additional charge of driving while drunk filed against him. Having no driver's license to be revoked, he was given a 60 day sentence suspended up on payment of $50 and costs. Adell Watson pleaded guilty to two charges of violation of the liquor laws and being drunk and was sentenced to serve 30 days in the county jail in each case. Watson is to be worked under the supervision of the county commissioners. W. R. Blue paid costs for drunk eness; Sarah Moore was fniini guilty' of charges of affray and given 30 days in jail. Matt and Ett Hollingsworth pleaded guilty to liquor law violations and drew 30 days suspended on pay ment of costs, as did John McKinnon, Willie McCall, Sam Murchison and Moses Farmer. Gilbert Little was found guilty of assault and John McKoy pleaded guilty of carrying a shot gun off his premises on Sunday, for which offenses they paid the costs. James McNeill paid $10 and costs for using profane language and trespassing. James Blue waived preliminary hearing and was released under $200 bond while awaiting trial for assault with a deadly weapon on the person of Esther McGoogan. O TAKE NO CAMERAS TO BEACHES Atlanta, Ga., June 30. Going to the beach? Well, don't bother to take your camera or binoculars with you, for they will just be something else to carry and you won't be allowed to use them. Headquarters. Fourth Servict Command reminded the general public today that Public Proclama tions No. 2 and No. 3 of the Eastern Defense Command forbid taking pic tures or using binoculars in restricted areas along the Atlantic-Sea Coast, including most ocean beaches from Maine to Florida. O Group of Negroes Sent To Bragg For Induction The following is a list of Colored registrants who reported to Fort Bragg on June 28th for Final Exam ination and Induction: Carsell Bridges, Calvin Terrell, Maxie Rainey, Edwin Alfred Sim mons, (transferred), Noah Lee Hob son, James Pillows, Levi McNeill, Howard McDonald, David Isaac Mc Neill. John Allen McNeill, Preston Mon roe, John Eddie Ramey. (transferred) Robert James Liles, Murphy McRae, Frank Hyne, John William Evans, Chancy Withrow McLauchlin, Wil liam Alfornie Faulk, Lee Archie Fairley. Woodrow McDonald, Silas Dobbine, Richard McNeill, Clarence Edward Wallace, Philip Jack Dempsey Smith, Hervone Wilson, Freddie Dupree, Lin coin McKeithan Graham, Floyd J. Cameron, Foster Leroy McCullough. "Set Price" Ceilings Items Go Into Effect Hoke County Merch ants and Farmers In cluded In New Order Issued By OPA. Raleigh, June 30. "Market basket" lines on erocerv store items have been set by the Office of Price Administration for 13 additional coun ties effwrtive Monday. July 5. it was announced today by Theodore S. Johnson, district OPA director. Th counties covered in the latest order all in the southeastern part of the state are Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Columbus, Craven, Cumber land, Duplin, Harnett, Hoke, Jones, Lenoir, New Hanover, Onslow, Pam lico, Pender, Robinson, Sampson, and H. L. Meacham, Hurt In Wreck, Improving H. L. Meacham, former county farm agent here, is reported to be improv ine sliehtlv from severe injuries re ceived in an automobile-truck crash near Wendell June 22nd. lege, was a very popular agent her and has many friends in Hoke Coun' v- In the wreck his face was ba 5 The JBoard of County Commission smashed, his jaw bone crushed i?nJjthe Hoke Board of Education he sustained other injuries. hld tneir Julv meetings on Tues- -T- -,) ,r Till,. CIV. t .. , ..-1 , J;u. T.I r " d- Morris Resigns Mayor's Job Neill McFayden Succeeds Morris As Head Of Town's Govern ment. Due to ill health Carl Morris, in stalled as Mayor of Raeford on June 7th, tendered his resignation from that office on June 23rd, it was an nounced Monday by Town Clerk Carl Freeman. Mr. Morris succeeded Mayor George W. Brown in that office when Dr. Brown resigned last December af ter his election to the General Assem bly from this county. He was the on ly candidate for the post in the recent primary election and was installed the first Monday of June for his first elective term. He stated in his resig nation that he had been advised by his physician to give up the post. Neill McFayden, prominent farmer and citizen, who was mayor-protem-pore, automatically becomes mayor of Raeford to fill out the unexpired por tion of the two-year term of Mr. Mor ris. His place on the board of com missioners will be filled at the next meeting of the commissioners. Other members of the board are Crawford Thomas, A. V. Sanders, L. W. Stanton and Milton Campbell. The section of the town's charter under which Mr. McFayden becomes mayor and holds the post for the bal ance of the unexpired term, is a part of the recent amendment to the char ter proposed by Dr. Brown and pas ed by the General Assembly in the 1943 session. The charter also empowers the remaining members of the com mission to fill vacancies on the board as they occur for the duration of the unexpired portion of the terms O Look For Ceiling Price Tags On Ice Boxes Roger Thompson, OPA Regional Price Representative, emphasized to day that the OPA has established specific retail dollars-and-cents ceil prices on new ice boxes, and urged prospective purchasers to look for ceiling price tags which stores are required to attach to the boxes. O Meat Control Group Plans Sales Control The Hoke County War Meat Com mittee met Monday night for the pur pose of organizing the work of slaugh tering and selling the meat in Hoke County for the duration of the war. The main object of this committee is to prevent the BLACK MARKET of meat, which is the killing and selling of meat without permit. If the gener al public will co-operate with this Committee throughout the county it will go a long ways towards giving a fair distribution of meat and do much to prevent a meat shortage in Hoke County, the Committee believes. Anyone desiring a permit or seek ing information concerning the work of the Committee should make inqui ry at the AAA Office in Raeford. The following constitute the Hoke County War Meat Committee: J. A. McGoogan, chairman; J. W. Dowd, secretary; E. C. Crawford, pub licity secretary; C. E. Upchurch, Ros coe Currie, Israel Mann. For Grocers' Here Monday Scotland. The housewife is provided a one glance check" on the top legal prices her grocer may charge for individual items. The group of counties was ta ken as a "community" for purposes of the price setting plan. The dollars' and-cents prices cover about 80 per cent of the products which go into the average housewife s market bas ket hence the "market basket" term The orders setting the prices divides all retail grocery establishments into four classes, and allows smaller in dependent stores to charge slightly more for the items covered than may be charged by chain stores and those with larger volumes of business. All groceri are required to post lists of their ceiling prices, and also to post notice showing in which class of itort they fall. County Offices To Take Monday A$ Holiday ft Board Remains Onr-n As cCj..i rf II... ii .. T.. v v.i.iu i iiuuat; A lull lu W "Take Off." uoi uuij win, sua itu nuuiiur .junjl t. w n ... wicooogan yesterday, in announcing that employees of the various county offices will join state employees in a July Fourth holiday on Monday, the ruth. Only the office of the draft board will be open Monday. Supt. of Schools K. A. McDonald states that a number of important matters, chiefly concerning the man ner of operation for the ninth month, will be discussed by the board of ed ucation Tue:xiay. Presents Problem. The matter of operation for the ninth month which is to be added this year has proved to be a rather knotty problem, according to Mr. McDonald. We cannot open more than a few days earlier than has been the cus tom," he stated, "without interferring with the harvesting of this year's im portant farm crops. Nor can we re main in session many days later with out interferring with planting and cultivation of next year's crop." Plans for the additional months probably will include the operation of schools every other Saturday and the extension of the term some five days to make up the nine months as re quired by the new school law. Mr. McDonald stated that teacher prospects at the present time ap peared to be very good, and that he anticipated no great difficulty in fil ling the remaining vacant places in the county's schools. "Keeping them filed, though, may yet be a problem, for many teachers who have accepted posts may follow the examples set last year when lots of them got war jobs and resigned after being accept ed for teaching jobs." O 450 Residents Attend Canning Classes In Hoke Miss Hall Reports on Series Food Conservation Meetings. As a result of the Food Conserva tion Workshop, which was held in Raeford on March 6, quite a number of canning demonstrations have been given in Hoke County by the follow ing four home economists: Miss Te rene Holleman, Fl rm Security home supervisor, Miss Mary Falls Peele, Hoke high home economics teacher, Miss Josephine Hall, home demonstra tion agent and Helen Williams, home economics teacher of Upchurch high school. Following is a report of the demon strations, the name of the demonstra tor, the places where they were given, and the attendance. 450 persons, col ored and white have attended these classes. (Continued On Back Page) Rationing Board News Miss Lillian McBryde.Fuel Oil Clerk, is away this week on her vaca tion. The OPA is appealing to all house wive and others purchasing food stuffs and groceries to immediately devise a plan of spreading out their purchase during the month-end as far as possible, so as to avoid last minute ru hes at retail stores which could upset and demoralize the even flow of rationed commodities. Coffee stamp No. 21 becomes valid July 1. This stamp is good for one lb. of coffee and is valid through Ju ly 21. Stamp 22 will become valid on July 22 and good through August 11th The local board is giving final no tice to all retailers who have not filed their meat registration to do so by Saturday, July 3, or their names will have to be sent to the state office as delinquent. New fuel oil books for cooking and lighting are being mailed to applcants whose books now effective will ex pire on June 30th. Immediately after receiving your new books, mail the stubs of old books to the local bard. NOTICE All offices of the court house, except the Draft Board, and all (tores of Raeford will be closed Mao day Jul? 5th. The Dandar rach Tradinr Ceaapanr will also be closed the entire day. August Term Civil Court Called Off The regular August term of the Hoke County Civil court has been called off because of so few cases be ing docketed, it was announced yes terday by W. W. Roberts, clerk of the board of commissioners of the county. Judge Q. K. Nimocks, of Fayette ville, was scheduled to convene this term of court on August 2nd. The commissioners requested Gov. J. M. Broughton to have the term cancelled. O Form Hoke Unit "Work Or Fight" Committee Tommy Upchurch Named Chair man By Chief Executive; Meeting Monday Night. The first meeting of the "Work or Fight" committee, which is to put in to operation Governor J. M. Brough ton's plan for obliteration of loafers and vagrants in North Carolina, has been called for Monday evening at 8 o'clock at the court house here by Chairman T. B. Upchurch, Jr. The committee selected to draft plans for the drive against loafers in cludes: Mr. Upchurch, chairman, ap pointed by the Governor, N. H. G. Balfour, chairman of the board of county commissioners, Neill McFay den, mayor of Raeford, D. H. Hodgin, sheriff, Chief McQuage of the Raeford police, J. Barnes of the Highway Pa trol, Sam McGoogan of the War Board, A. K. Stevens of the Rationing Board and Edgar Hall, chairman of the Draft Board. Tentative plans call for the employ ment of a full-time man to be depu tized with police powers and to be known as the special war officer. His duties will be to check on the draft status, ration cards, and employment of persons, both men and women, suspected of persistent loafing. Mr. Upchurch states that all phases of this plan and other idea's concern ing the functions of the "Work or Fight" committee will be discussed Monday evening and that the public is cordially invited to attend. O Test Blackout Expected Soon A test blackout for Raeford is ex pected to be ordered soon by the state office of Civilian Defense, according to Cecil Dew, chief airraid warden. Compliance with regulations have been only fair here, according to Mr. Dew. He stated that most civilians and regular residents connected with the Army obeyed the signals very well. But, he added, some few civi lians and a number of the newer Ar my personnel have caused considera ble trouble to our airraid wardens. "All the people are urgently re quested to cooperata in these tests," he said, "or we will have to resort to arrests and trials. So far we have had no trouble, except that some few folks refused to acquaint themselves with the regulations and the warning signals. Perhaps there is little danger of a real airraid here, yet should there be one we most assuredly want to have Raeford blacked out." O Atend Conferences. Representing Galatia church at the recent conference , held for young people at Flora Macdonald College at Red Springs last week were Lana Harmon Terrell, and Lois and Bea trice Hair. Attending the conference for the older group the previous week were Irma Gray and Elizabeth Par- Union Services Begin Sunday The churches of Raeford will be gin a series of union Sunday evening services next Sunday at 8 o'clock in the Baptist Church. This series will continue through the month of July after which further announce nient will be made for services for the rest of the summer. It is be lieved that with all the churches in town co-operating in this series the Sunday evening services ought to be unusually well attended. The schedule for July is as fol lows: July 4 Baptist Church, Rev. H. K. Holland, preaching; July 11 Methodist Church, Rev. E. C. Craw ford, preaching; July 18 Presbyter ian Church, Rev. H. K. Holland, preaching; July 25 Baptist Church, Rev. E. C. Crawlord, preaching. A cordial invitation is extended to all the people of Raeford to attend all of these services in this series. Hoke 4-H'ers Win Many Honors At Camp Millstone 39 From County Enjoy Week of Instruction and Recreation. Thirty-nine Hoke County 4-H Club members, accompanied by A. S. Knowles, County Agent, Miss Jose phine, Hall, home demonstration agent, Mrs. A. S. Knowles, and Mis Ruth Lytle, spent the week of June 21-26 at the Millstone 4-H Camp near Rockingham. The Hoke County group was joined by club members from Scotland, Moore, Wake and Montgomery counties. Altogether there were 139 campers from the five counties with Hoke sending the lar gest group. A regular daily schedule was fol lowed and each day was full of activ ity. Classes were held from Tuesday through Friday morning. J. D. Blick le, extension engineer, taught a class in handicrafts. Boys and girls en rolled in this class made knife racks for their mothers' kitchens. Mrs. Blickle taught a class in puppets. Thirty girls were enrolled in this class and each girl made a marrionette to carry home. J. M. Maxwell, extension entomolo gist, spent Thursday at the camp and taught a class in garden insect study. Miss Julia Mclver, assistant extension clothing specialist, spent Thursday and Friday in Camp conducting two clothing classes for the girls. The afternoons and evenings were were given over to recreation. Swim ming was one of the most enjoyable phases of the afternoon programs. Bill Freeman of Sanford served as life guard and waterfront supervisor. The first two evenings in camp were spent in getting acquainted, singing, dancing the Virginia Reel and playing various indoor games. On Wednesday evening Mrs. Blickle entertained the group with a puppet show. Mr. Maxwell and Miss Mclver had charge of the program Thursday evening, when movies and slides of interesting 4-H activities were shown. A picture of a Hoke County girl, Ruth Gillis, wearing her blue ribbon 4-H Dress Revue Cos tume, was one of the pictures shown. An aimateur contest followed the pic tures Thursday evening. Friday evening's entertainment be gan with a weiner roast at the rocks by the lake. This was followed by a program which was put on by a group from Camp Mackall. This group was made up of Private Tex Hall, the "Lone Ranger" of the Movies, Captain Bossy, commanding officer of the Ha waian unit at Camp Mackall, and four Hawaians who gave a most en joyable musical program. The time between supper and the evening pro gram was spent in getting autographs from the guests and in asking many questions about Hollywood and Ha waii. Stunt night was also held on Friday night. Immediately after the stunts certificates and awards were present ed. After the entire group voted for the best 4-H Campers for the week it was found that both the winners were from Hoke County. Allyne Smith, daughter of Mrs. Lucy Smith, of Rt. 1, Raeford was voted the best girl camper and Joe Gulledge, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Gulledge, Sr., of Raeford was voted the best boy camp er. Prizes were also given to Martha Harris, of Rt. 1, Raeford and Frances Carter of Rt. 1, Lumber Bridge. These girls won first prize in the am ateur contest. Floyd Keith. Jr. received a certin cate and prize for winning in the back stroke swimming race at the swim ming meet on Friday afternoon. A group of eight girls from Hoke County won a box of candy for keep ing the neatest girls' cabin for the week. In the group of boys winning the prize for the neatest cabin for the week five of the group were from Hoke County. The leaders who accompanied the club members feel that the week of camp was a most successful one and that the campers will long recall the valuable experiences and happy asso ciations of the week. O Seriously 111 J. E. "El" McGoogan, of near Lum ber Bridge, has been seriously ill since Saturday. Mr. McGoogan suf fered a heart attack and his condition is considered critical. CONTROL ROOM Friday, July2 Mrs. Ryan Mc Bryde. Saturday, 3 Mrs. L. S. McMillan. Sunday, 4 M. C. Dew and P. D. Dezerne. Monday, 5 Mrs. C. E. Upchurch. Tuesday, 6 Mrs. H. A. Cameron. Wednesday, 7 Mrs. Don Davis. Thursday, 8 Mrs. R. A. Mathe son, Jr.