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The News-JourmiaL HOKE MUNTTI ADYT.BTtSING BUT MEDIUM hke ounrs ONLY NEWSPAPER The Hoke County News The Hoke County Journal VOLUME XXXVIII No. 37 RAEFORD, N. C, THURSDAY FEB. 17th, 1944 $2.00 PER YEAR news or OUR M EN w WOMEN IN UNIFORM Warrant Officer George Bethane is spending several days here with his (amily. He ha5 been assigned to the office of the Secretary ot Navy for special services and will report to a California post next week. GONE APO Pfc. Tracy Monroe, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Monroe, of Rockfish, has left Camp Barkley for overseas ser vice, according to information re ceived last week by his family. Aviation cadets Eldred H. Helton and Lawrence L. Helton, gons of Mrs. Mary Tapp Helton of Timberland, re now stationed at Spence AAF, class 44-C Squdn 6, Moultrie, Ga. where they are undergoing their final phase of flight training before be ing commissioned flying officers. These brothers have been together practically ever since entering the service a year ago and they are hop ing to graduate at the same time in the near future. James Wood of the Merchant Marines and assigned to a St. Peters burg, Fla., post, is spending ten days here at home. Miilcolm McNeill, US Navy, who is stationed at Daytsna Beach, Fla., is at home for a few days. He came to attend the luneral of his grand mother, Mrs. James S. Humphrey. MISSING IN ACTION Neill Ross, brother of Mrs. Robert Gatlin, has been reported missing in action, according to a message from the War Department received this week. He is a native of Washington, N. C, and is one of three brothers, all of whom are in the service.Neill, who visited here recently before go ing to England, was assigned to a B-17 as gunner, and was reported missing from a bombing raid on January 29th. O Scout Anniversary Commemorated At Special Union Service By Pvt. Hart Mershon Paying tribute to the Boy Scouts of America at a union service in the Baptist Church On Sundoy night, the Rev. W. L. Maness, pastor of the Methodist Church, advised the local Scouts to follow Jesus as a personi fication of the Scout law, "On my honor I will do my best." The Scout law and Jesus' words about Mary, "She hath done what she could, were the basis for the text of Mr. Maness' sermon. "Doing the best possible is all that is re quired of any man, woman, boy or girl," the speaker stated. While still a boy, Jesus, Mr. Maness pointed out, was about his Father's business at the age of 12, grew both in wisdom and physical strength, did everything to make himself favorable In the eyes of his fellow men and was morally and spiritually perfect. Outlining the duty of Scouts to God, their country and their fellow men, Mr. Maness said that we owe everything to God and that today we realize what a tremendous debt we owe to our country. "We also realize how much we should pay that debt," Mr. Maness declared. As for duty to our fellow men, the pastor told the Scouts that their duty would be done if they possessed the characteristics of a good Scout as listed in the Scout Manual. Mr. Maness advised the Scouts to be ."physically strong, saying that many men were being rejected by the arm ed forces by illness or weakness. "Be mentally awake, know what is goiag on in the world, and be morally straight," he admonished. The service on the 34th anniversary of Scouting was in charge of the Rev. J. D. Whisnant, pastor of the host church. The Rev. Harry K. Holland, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, gave the prayer and Mr. Maness off erred the benediction. O Laurinburg Scotties Invade Local Court Tomorrow Night With the memory of their one de font rf the .H?-eon Vten in their minds the H !e High Rr.s'oteers will be out to even scores with the Scotties tomorrow evening when the Laurin burg beys come to Raeford. Earlier in the season Laurinburg defeated Hoke High in a close con test. On Tuesday night Hoke High de feated Parktou 25-13 to give them fix win in seven starts. County Goes Well Over Quota In "Dimes" Drive Hoke county exceeded its quota in the March of Dimes drive by an even $100 to raise a total of $339, according to D. H. Hodgin, chairman of the coun ty committee. Much interest in the infantile para lysis fund was found throughout the county and every township exceeded it quota, according to Mr. Hodgin. Honor Roll Hoke County High School The following high school students averaged 90 or above on the first half year's work of school: Miss Adcock's Room; Bobby Mur ray, Nita Gulledge, Miralyn John son. Mrs. Cameron's Room; Betsy Ann Cole; Cora Lee Crouch, Christine Hodgin, Jacqueline Hodgin. Miss Fisher's Room: Alton Clark, Carlene Freeman, Sarah Agnes Guin. Miss Gill's Room: Faye Baker, Bennie Lee McGougan, Bettie Lou McGregor, Margaret McMillan, Carol Odom Mawbey, George White. Mrs. Gore's Room: Sonny Meln- tyre, Betsy Ruth Jones, Eleanor Leach, Elizabeth Parker. Mrs. J. C. McLean's Room: Ang elo Sorrcntino, Mary Carter, Kath leen Cothran, Bessie Wright. Mrs. J. N. McDonald's Room: Lucil le Townsend. Mrs. McKeithan's Room: Bonnie Kate Blue, Nancy Lee Cole. Mrs. White's Room: Alan McGee, Mary Raye Freeman, Harriet Jones, Doris Keith, Vera King, Judy Klouse, Donnie Lytle, Betty McLean, Edith Monroe. O County School News By K. A. McDonald. Mrs. N. A. McDonald's home room presented Marian Lippincott's one act play, "The Mysterious Valentine," Wednesday during assembly period. The characters were: Maude War ren Marie Williamson, Betsy Mar tha Harris, Jane Warren Susan Smith, Grandmother Warren Sarah F. Currie, Scuman Johnny Allen; Negro Bob Baxter; Book saleman Thomas McFadyen; beggar Fred Yarborough. The annual Junior-Senior Banquet was held in study hall Friday even ing, February 11. Harriet Jones, president of the Junior class, served as toastmistress. The following pro gram was given: Return Thanks, Mr. K. A. Macdonald; Welcome, Harriet Jones; To the Seniors, Lee O'Briant; Response; Betsy Ann Cole; Four Loves, Luke McNeill, Marie William son, Jimmy Warner, Mildred Sin clair, Glenn Maxwell, Judy Klouse, Claudine Hodgin, and Lawrence Mc Neill; To the Faculty, Donnie Lyttle; Response, Mrs. J. C. McLean; At the Sign of the Cleft Heart, Laura Mc Dougald and Wilton Wood; Fare well, Mr. V. R. White. Mrs. Beckman accompained the vocal selections. The Hoke High pupils began a series of class games Saturday during activity period. The ninth grade girls played against eigth grade girls and twelth grade boys against tenth and eleventh grade boys. The ninth grade girls and twelfth grade boy3 won. ROCKFISH SCHOOL NEWS The third grade presented a charac ter play, "Valentine Hearts" at as sembly Friday. Participants were: Ham Dees, Ann Wood, Helen Mc- Dougald, Yvonne Page, Phillip Cul breth, Ernest Barefoot, Dennis Koon- ce, Sidney Lovette and . Jane Wood, children of the village. Lucretia King recited a Poem, "Valentine Cheer." The box supper held en Feb. 10th was most successful. The unsual suc cess was due to the enthusiatic In terest of the patrons, students and friends of the school. Betty Jo Lovette 'was crowned Queen of Hearts, Harold Monroe was crowned King of Hearts. -O Funeral Rites For Little Kate Butler Funeral services for little Kate Butler, the four yenr old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Austin Butler, were condue'ed Saturday afternoon from tlio Ephesus Baptist Church. The little girl died from pneumonia. Scout Leaders To Meet Tonight There will be a business meeting of members of the Western district of the Cape Fear Council of the Boy Scouts at the court house in Laurln burg tonight at t o'clock. Raeford s Oldest Store Building To Be Demolished Moore Building; Bought By Mar shall Thomas From Raeford Hardware. The Moore Building, one of Rae ford's oldest store buildings, and for many years condemned because of its location within the fire limits be cause of its wood construction, will soon be removed from Main Street, according to F. B. Sexton, its former owner. Mr. Sexton states that he has sold the building to Marshall Thomas who plans to demolish it and use the lumber on improvements of farm buildings. The building is the only thing involved in the transfer, ac cording to Mr. Sexton who states his concern retains title to the real estate on which the two-story struct ure was built more than a half cen tury ago. Much has changed in building styles since this building was "the thing" back'in the days when turpentine and long leaf pine timber were the princi pal products of this section. Fire proof construction has long since out- modeled it as one suitable for commer. cial concerns in densely built-up business sections and it was condemned a number of years ago. Built of heart pine it has lasted far into the modern age of brick and concrete and stone and only in the past year have extensive repairs been needed for it to serve as a stor age warehouse for the hardware con cern. Last fall it was necessary for a part of the picturesque false front of the gabled end of the building to be removed because of danger that it might blow down in case of high winds. Generously decried by many citi zens as an "eyesore" a "firetrap" and other derisive terms, because since it was condemned no repairs or im provements could be made on the building, demolition will mark the passing of the last of those old buil dings that made up Raeford's earliest business section and mark up another victim to the steady march of pro gres3 down the town's Main Street. Big Crowd Expected For Bond Premiere Manager Mclntyre fsays: Maybe it's the desire to see the show, may be it's the yearning for a good in vestment, or maybe it's just Hoke county's good old patriotic urge, but something is making folks buy War Bonds to see the premiere showing of "Riding High" which will be screened tonight at the Raeford Theatre with bond purchases as the only admission charge." "Yes," he added, "we're expect ing a large attendance at the show tonight, from all indications. Pos sibly the fact that Dick Powell, Vict or Moore and Dorothy Lamour are together in this technicolor film is helping sell some extra war bonds. I hope all of those urges are com bined and that we have a packed house." Group Reports To Bragg For Exam White men ordered to Fort Bragg for prelnduction examination Mon day, February 14th Included the fol lowing: Walter Monroe Thomburg, Jefferson Kermit Riley, John Worth Graham, William Etouglpj Currie, Sanford Jacobs, Elmer Paul Quinn, Paul Trawick, Theodore Carson Davis, Lacy Herman Koonce, Ray Davis, Samuel Wilborn Gentry, Wade James Flynn, Clarence Paul Kinlaw, Ralph Herbert Chapman, Thomas Gleen HarrelL Henry Gibson Sports, Carl Will Rose, Abner Lee Strother, William Lona Alexander, Earl Hen drix Robinson, James C. Hutchinson, and John Wallace Mangum. Those reported accepted for ser vice include: Chapman, Kinlaw, Har- rell, Thomburg, Riley, Hutchinson and Mangum. Jim Buchanan Dies At Moncure Heme Funeral services for Mr. Jim Buc hanan of nor M'ncure, were held at the home Sunday afternoon. The deceased war a dirtant rel ative of Mr. T. B. Upchtirch. He was well-known by many of Hoke coun ty's deer hunters having hunted with them many times especially on hunts held at the Baker place. Attending from Raeford were Mr. Upchurch, T. B. Upchurch, Jr., Clyde Upchurh, Mrs. H. A. Cameron, Mrs. S. B. Lewis and Marion Lewis. Funeral Services For Mrs. James S. Humphrey Friday Funeral servies for Mrs. James S. Humphrey, 85, were conducted from Antioch Presbyterian Church on Fri day afternoon by the Rev. Harry K. Holland and the Rev. W. L. Maness. Burial was in the church cemetery. Mrs. Humphrey, who was Miss Harriet Newell Conoly, the daughter of the late Gray and .Nellie Conoly of the Antioch community, was a life-long resident of that section until six years ago. Since that time she had made her home in Raeford with her daughter, Mrs. M. K. McNeill. It was here she died on Thursday after an illnesh of three months. Surviving are her daughter, Mrs. McNeill, and a son, J. H. Humphrey. Relatives and friends attending the services from away included: Mrs. I. W. Ayers, Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Locklair, and Mrs. D. O. Currie of Charlotte; Mrs. T. J. Cobb and Miss Sallie Cobb of Four Oaks; Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Cobb of Smithfield; James and Donald Humphrey of State Col lege; and Malcolm McNeill US Navy, of Daytona Beach, Fla. Leaders Selected Red Cross Drive County Committee Chairman Ryan McBryde and Rural Chairman, Mrs. II. A. Cameron, Announce Workers For War Fund Solicitation. Committee chairmen for the Red Cross War Fund solicitation campaign were selected this week by Ryan Mc Bryde county chairman, and Mrs. H. A. Cameron, rural district chairman. Mrs. Cameron, who will have char ge of committee work outside of Rae ford, has selected two sets of lead ers for the work among the white and negro population and a separate campaign will be conducted by each group. White leaders are chosen ac cording to areas served by the variouj Nome demonstration clubs of the county, and the negro leaders are chosen to work within certain school districts. Special gifts to this great human itarian cause will be handled by Law rence McNeill and H. L. Gatlin, Jr., will direct the campaign conduct ed within the town of Raeford. Mr. McBryde stated that each of the community leaders will select their own co-workers and plan their campaign to complete the solicitation within dates between March 1 and 15. Appoinment of these co-workers is requested immediately, and lead ers are requested to notify Mrs. Cam eron as soon as their group is selected, giving the names of each of their helpers. Hoke county is being ask to raise $5,900 this year, a much larger sum than was raised last year, and Chair man McBryde feels confident this sum will be more than contributed if each community leader does his or her part in seeing that every per son has an opportunity to contribute. White leaders named by Mrs. Cam eron are the following: in most com munities men and women have been named as co-chairmen) Sanatorium, Mrs. Rubyn McBrayer; Ashley Heig-hts-R. C. Smoke and Mrs. Duncan Johnson; Montrose- Carl Riley and Mrs. Duke Marshall; Pine Forest Mrs. J. D. Tapp and J. F. Jordan; Blue Springs-John Frank Chiskolm and Mrs. D. J. Dalton; Allendale- Miss Pelle Currie; Stonewall-Mrs. Jesse Gibson and N. H. G. Balfour; Arabia- Mrs. Stanley Crawley and David Hendricks; Antioch-Miss Jean Hodgin and Walter Gibson; Raedeen-Mrs. Ernest Duncan and Jack Holland; Rockfish-Mrs. Z. G. Ray and A. W. Wood; Wayside-JMrs. James Gillis and J. H. Plummer; Little River Sam Comer, L. D. Brooks, Alex Mc Fadyen and Dan Stuwart. CHAIRMEN NEGRO RED CROSS WORKERS FOR COUNTY SELECTED The following persons will serve as community chairmen for the Red Cross War Fund drive among the nrroes cf the county: Raeford-S. L. 'Villi.-ms; Peaehmont-Mamie' Meek in?; Fricidship-Fred Anders; White Onk-Joeph D-ake; Rock'hh-Estclla K. Williams; Shay Grove-Vcra Wil li w; La-jrel Iliil-T. V. Wil'iams; Cr-dar Grne-Ha Belie Co!e; Bridges I'li-ove-Ni'illic Fricrson; St. John-G. H. Harrington. TV.ey n.-y-I.i!lian D. Cleaves; Rur-lir-eton-JaTOs Chalmers; L'ly's Chap-cl-Hancie Shinman; Edinburgh-Mary 'McLauchlin; Eowmore-W. C. Camp bell; Buffalo-A. L. Gaston; and Cal vin Martin; Carrie Melvin; Fry's Mission-Mable Shaw; Timberland Georgia McDowell; New Hope-L. V. Evans; Freedom-Garfield Coleman; McFarland-Avaie Gordon- and Mill-ide-Joha Munford. Will Award Cotton Trophy At Banquet Here March 17 Dr. George Wilds And Dr. M. E. Campbell Expected To Make Principal Addresses To Group 200 Members And Guests The Hoke Cotton Improvement association was awarded the annual trophy for the most progress of the North Carolina Cotton growmr counties during tne past sen on '. Pott Di pany the local association at t evening March 17, it was announced yesterday by T. D. esident of the group. . rge Wilds, president of the Coker Pedigreed Seed com- y rstville, S. C, and Dr. M. E. Campbell, dean of the school 1 . at Stntp Pnllpiw have tpntativolv nnnanioA intni4inW, of tes J O ' - f v. iktivbuuiu to del U .tddresses at the banquet meeting. 8 RoblGetBig Haul kt Lumber Bridge Tuesday Postoffice and Tolar and Marley Stores Entered. 5 a Robbers obtained nearly $11,000 in bonds, stocks and cash in three entries effected early Tuesday morn ing at Lumber Bridge, it is reported by Robeson County police. The postoffice, and the stores of W. G. Marley and Frank L. Tolar were entered and a haul of War Bonds amounting to $7,000, building and lo an stocks valued at $3,000, $200 in stamps, $349.39 in cash and $50 in war stamps were taken from the postoffice according to Miss Sallie Cobb, postmistress. Cigarettes and shoes of an unde termined quantity, receipts for 75 bales of cotton and $50 in cash were taken from the Frank Tolar store. The theives were unable to open the safe in the Marley store and only articles reported taken from it were two boxes of shotgun shells. The robbery is believed to have taken place after midnight. Due to the fact that Federal prop erty was involved in the crime the FBI is assisting in the investigation being carried out by members of the Robeson County sheriff's depart ment and the state bureau of in vestigation. Members of the Fay etteville police department also as sisted in early investigations. County Court News Seven defendants faced Judge H. McDiarmid in county court Tuesday to give the court one of its busiest days since last December. Jennings Bryan Neely, white of Fayetteville, and Harrison N. Home, white, of Cumberland county, each paid costs for speeding; Ed Marshall, negro, paid $10 and costs for oper ating car without drivers license; Watson Hadley, and Joshua Bris bane, negroes, paid costs for drunk enness; Dougald McDougald, white, paid $50 and costs for driving car while under influence of liquor; and Clarence Stubbs, negro, paid $25 and costs for using profane language in a public place. General's Wife Joins The WACS POPE FIELD, N. C, Feb., 1944. To the Army, she's simply Private Og den; to the girls her barracks, she's just Pauline, but to Brigadier General D. A. D. Ogden she's everything, she's his wife. The news was received today at Pope Field, an installation of the 1 Troop Carrier Command, that the first wife of a general officer to loin the service in an enlisted status had been assigned to Berstrom Air Field, Austin, Texas. Pvt. Odgen is also the cousin of another famous military leader. Lieutenant General Jacob L. Devers, now Allied Commander of United States Ground Forces in the Mediterranean Theater. Modest and unassuming, Mrs. Og den entered the Army without fan fare and she wants none now. She merely wants to do her duty with other Troop Carrier Command Wars. ITer assignment to this branch of the Army Air Forces made her particu larly happy, for its is the one that fiics fighting soldiers into combat evacuates the wounded, droi s tv paratroopers, pilots the gliders and hauls the airborne engineers. Her husband is now overseas with the Engineer amphibian forces. It was whn he went overseas that she decided to enter the service, "to make the family 100 per cent Army." Her two son are in trainiaf for service in (he armed forces. year ana the trophy will be pre- a banquet meeting to be held here v . . . .. ine tropny, given eacn year y the Atlantic Cotton Shippers association of Atlanta, has been given only ones before in this state. Last year rt went to Halifax county. Due to the marked improvement in the grade of cotton and the large percentage of that graded under the Smlth-Doxey act from Hoke county this year, is was announced that Hoke county was far out in front of all North Carolina counties this past year in improve ment. The grades and percentage are com piled and reported by members o the agricultural faculty of State Col lege, and the announcement of the award was made here this week by Dan Holler, Jr., Henry Maddux and J. A. Shnnklin at a conference of members of the county group held at County Agent A. S. Knowlcs' office Monday. Among the factors which gained this outstanding recognition for the county were: improvement in gin practices which reduced the gin-damage to the extremely low perentage of 1.6 while the state average is above 12 percent; the one-variety program wherein a very large part of Hoke's acreage is now planted to Cokers 100 Wilt variety: to the excellent work done in the improvement ot seed stock, cultivation, and fertili zation which gives a higher yield per acre; and the increased percentage of the county's crop which is classed. graded and marked with loan value under the Smith-Doxey grading act. Tommie Upchurch, Mr. Knowles and Mr. Potter have outlined a pro gram of great interest for the oc casion and expect to entertain some 200 persons, representing each com munity of the county, and have as special guests representative farm ers, ginners, and cotton textile lead ers from the surrounding counties. O State Plans Place Sheep On Farms Of This Section R. S. Curtis, sheep marketing spec ialist with the State Department of Agriculture, and Thompson Green wood, public relations director of the department, were in this area for three days last week interviewing farmers regarding the sheep rehab ilitation program for North Caro lina now being purhed in the South ern counties of the State. Referring to themselves as "sheep missionaries" working to increase the sheep population of North Caro lina, these representatives of the State Department pointed out that the number of sheep in the State hat dronped from 560,000 head in 1870 to 50,000 head today. Within the past two years a total of 2,500 ewes have been imported from the ranches of Montana and Wyoming and sold to interest farmers at cost. The 1944 project has begun with the importation of 250 ewe lambs which will be sold from Faleigh at approximately $12.00 each. Curtis explained that these lamM are 10 months old and will be ready for breeding in July. He said that the wool clip in April would offset to an appreciable degree the initial cost of the lambs. Anyone interested in purchasing the sheep is requested to write the State Department of Agriculture, Ral eigh. The lambs are now on pasture near Raleigh and may be examined by any farmers interested in making purchases, said Curtis. O Negroes Report For Naval Induction Ray Johnson, John Lewis McLean, Tames T.rurst Quick, James Andrew Jones, Jess? Lee Leak and Willie Ed ward McMillan, negroes, hnve been accepted for service with the Nary and will report to Raleigh, Monday, for induction at the Recruiting station there.
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