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VOLUME XXXVIII NO. 38
RAEFORD, N. C, THURSDAY, FEB. 24th, 1944
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M EN w WOMEN
IN UNIFORM
Vacations With Aussies
Ed McNeill who has benn on the
New Guinea field of opjeraions for
the past eight months has written his
lolks that he is now on a short "vaca
tion." Too far away for a furlough
home he and several friends are
doing Australia up brown on an ac-
cumlated pay which they have had
little opportunity to do little with
except accumlate it.
Ensign Kermit Crawley left this
week to join the fleet after spedning
a month's leave with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Crawley.
Word has been received that Billy
Crawley has arrived safely in Eng
land. Roger Dixon Seaman 2nd class U.
S. N. recently stationed at Bainbridge
is at home on short leave awaiting
orders to attend a storekeeper's
school.
Camp Hospitals
Get Materials
Value Of $1000
Hoke Red Cross Will Receive 40
Percent Of Funds During War
Fund Drive; 1944 Quotas.
The Hoke county chapter of the
American Red Cross gave to the
base hospitals at Fort Bragg, Camp
Mackall and Maxton articles worth
$1013.12 and sent to boys in ser
vice additional articles valued at
$432, during the past year, according
to the annual report of Mrs. H. A.
Cameron, chairman of produ-.-tion,
and Miss Josephine Hall, chairman
of the camp and hospital service com
mittee. It was pointed out that the mater
ials for these many articles cost the
' chapter $341.90, and that the dif
ference between this cost and the
total value of $1,445.12, represented
personal gifts of $301. $802.22 worth
of labor expended on the making of
the articles by the women of the
county.
The report stated that some of the
extra funds were contributed by var
ious organizations of the county, and
that the work was done by members
of the several home demonstration
clubs, the Raeford Woman's club,
women of various church organizat
ions, the Sunshine club at Sanator
ium. The production of this vast
amount of materials was made pos
sible, stated Mrs. Cameron, by the
fine, unselfish spirit of these women,
the most of whom have come to
realize that the Red Cross is pro
viding a really vital and heavily
needed service for their sons and
daughters with the armed forces.
Production quotas for the Hoke
chapter for the first period of 1944
have been received, with a request
for the immediate production of the
following for hospital use: 100 pair
bedroom shoes, 100 bedside bags,
100 bedpan covers, 200 "housewives"
complete and 150 kit bags. In addi
tion, especially requested for hos
pitals at Fort Bragg are: 35 bedpan
covers, 6 bed shirts, 60 bedside bags,
50 hotwater bottle covers, 36 "house
wives", and 1 layette.
To purchase supplies for these art
icles it was pointed out that of monies
raised during the coming War Fund
drive for the Red Cross 40 percent
would be kept by the local chapter
lor Us use in War "work.
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War Fund Raised
Nearly Two Million
In Recent Drive
Major L. P. McLen'don of Greens
boro was elected State chairman of
the United War Fund of North Caro
lina, succeeding Robert M. Hanes of
Winston-Salem, at the annual meet
ing held in Raleigh on Wednesday,
February 16. Dr. I. G. Greer of
Thomasville and Gurney P. Hood of
Raleigh are the new vice-chairmen,
while Tom Carrol of Winston-Salem,
retiring executive secretary, was elec
ted treasurer.
The report of the Treasurer, Hon.
J. C. B. Ehringhaus, presented by
Tom Carrol, showed that the state
as a whole has contributed $1,916,
638, which is 4.5 per cent greater than
the combined quotas accepted by local
oragnizations throughout the state.
Due to the fact that most local cam
paigns were conduted on a cash bnis
and that payments to state headquart
ers have been made promptly, the
United War Fund has already paid ov
er 80 percent of its obligation of $1,
748750 to the National War Fund.
Lewis B. Brandon
Dies Monday Of
Heart Ailment
Funeral Service Yesterday For
Former Hoke County Agent
And Prominent Farm Superin
tendent. Funeral services were held Wed
nesday morning at eleven o'clock for
Lewis Boyd Brandon, 59, at his home
in Raeford. The Rev. Harry K. Hol
land conducted the services. Burial
was in the Raeford Cemetery.
Pallbearers were: Ryan McBryde,
R. L. Murray, H. W. B. Whitley, of
Raeford Arch McEachern of Edin
burgh, and Julian Butler and Ed
Lytch of Laurinburg.
Honorary pallbearers included: F.
B. Sexton, Edgar Hall, Paul Dezern,
Cecil Dew, T. B. Lester, H. L. Gat
lin, and Dr. G. W. Brown of Raeford,
and John Phillips, J. T. Meyers and
Roy Southerland of Laurinburg.
Mr. Brandon was one of the most
progressive farmers of this section.
The son of Martha Anne Burris and
John E. Brandon, he was born Octo
ber 25, 1884 at McConnellsville, S.
C. Upon graduaton from Clemson
College, he became associated with
the agricultural faculty of the col
lege and was superintendent of the
college farms for five years. He en
tered extension work and served
as county agent at St. Matthews and
Gast.nia before becoming Hoke
County's first farm agent. He gave
up the work to become associated
with the farming division of McNair
Investment company of Laurinburg,
a position he held until appointed
superintendent of the State's prison
farm, in Halifax county. Later he
was at Chester, S. C, for a brief
period before returning to Raeford
last year.
In January of this year he had
planned to establish a seed and feed
business here, but due to ill health
these plans were dropped in their
formative stage. He was taken ser
iously ill three weeks ago and had
been a patient since at the Moore
County hospital.
Surviving are his wife, the former
Miss Elizabeth O'Neale Atkinson, and
two daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth Bran
don Durham and Mrs. Martha Bran
don Muench. Two brothers, T. B.
Brandon of Williamston, N. C, and
J. D. Brandon, of Mt. Olive, also sur
vive. Among the out of town people to
attend the services were: Mr. and
Mrs. W. L. Breeland, and Sam Stur
geon of Columbia, S. C, R. O. At
kinson and Miss Grace Atkinson of
Lowrys, S. C; Lt. Frank L. Atkinson,
USN, Westerly Rhode Island; Mrs.
John L. Ashe, and Miss Grace Ashe
of Rock Hill, S. C; J. Pratt Burris
and Harden Burris of Sharon, S. C;
Mrs. Frank Durham of Norfolk, Va.;
W. H. Harrison of Dover, Del.; Mr.
and Mrs. T. B. Brandon and T. B., Jr.
of Williamston, and Mr. and Mrs. J.
D. Brandon of Mt Olive.
Hoke High Takes
ScottiesInFast ,
Court Tilt
Hoffman Team Takes Polishing
On Local Court Tuesday.
Hoke High gained a full measure
of revenge Friday evening for an
earlier defeat when they took the
Scotties of Laurinburg for a surprise
ride to defeat after trailing 15 to
10 at half-time.
Laurinburg quickly ran up an im
posing lead in the first quarter of
the game, and it appeared that the
Hoke lads were about to suffer their
second defeat of the season at the
hands of the same team. But after the
half, a new spirit seemed present in
the local lads. They were hitting the
basket from all angles and Currie,
Upchurch and Campbell did some
stellar work which interferred great
ly with the sharpshooters of the
visiting team. When the final whistle
came Hoke was in the lead 22 to 19.
McNeill and Warner led scoring.
The fast boy's team from Hoffman
challenged Hoke here Tuesday night
in the first of a two-game series, but
Hoke came through with its eighth
win in nine starts defeating the
visitors 23 to 17 in an exciting game.
Hoke goes to Hoffman Friday night
The Hoke girls lost to the Hoffman
girls 23 to 14. Of Hoke's 14 points
Miller did some fancy tossing to
gather 8. of them.
Macdonld Attends
Regional Meeting:
K. A. Macd nald, county superin
tendent of education attended the
regional meeting of the National as
sociation of school administrators,
which was held at Atlanta last week.
Red Cross Township
And Community Leaders
ANTIOCII TOWNSHIP
Women Mis5 Jean Hodgin, chair
man, Mrs. J. M. Andrews, Mrs. Sad
die Watson, Mrs. W. T. Everleigh and
Miss Margaret McPhaul.
Men Walter Gibson, chairman, I.
L. Newton, Douglas McPhaul, W. C.
Hodgin, D. W. Gillis, and W. S. Glis-
son.
Mclaughlin township
Rockfish A. W. Wood and Mrs.
Z. G. Ray, co-chairmen, Mrs. Roy
Sharkley, Mrs. Kenneth Ritter, Miss
Lucile Jones, M. S. Gibson and Z. G.
Ray.
Wayside Mrs. James Gillis and J.
H. Plummer, co-chairmen, Mrs. Lew.
is Parker, Miss Katie Black, Mrs.
Marshall Newton, Mrs. Floyd Mon
roe, John Parker and Pearce Gillis.
STONEWALL TOWNSHIP
Dundarrach Mrs. Jesse Gibson and
N. H. G. Balfour, co-chairmen, Miss
Vera McGougan, Mrs. Balfour, Mrs.
W. F. Culbrcth, Mrs. Archie Huward,
Mrs. M. D. Yates, Mrs. J. A. Jones,
J. A. Chason, W. I. Culbreth, W. J.
McBryde and N. A. Mclnnis.
Arabia David Hendrix and Mrs.
Stanley Crawley, co-chairmen, Mrs.
Earl Tolar and Miss Lillie McDougald.
LITTLE RIVER TOWNSHIP
Mt Pleasant L. D. Brooks, chair
man. Lobelia Alex.. McFadyen,. chair
man. Cross Creek Dan Stewart, chair
man.
Between Little River and Southern
Pines, Sam Comer, chairman.
INDIANS
Macedonia R)d Locklear and Arch
Locklear, co-chairmen.
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AIR WAC HELPS IN HOSPITAL. Duties are many and varied
that members of the Women's
supplement troops and one of
women soldiers serve as nurses'
Zysk of Laurinburg-Maxton Army Air Base, installation of the
First Troop Carrier Command,
sician takes the temperature of
County School News
By K. A. McDonald.
Mrs. J. C. McLean, member of the
Hoke High faculty, has been ill for
the past several days. Mrs. Elmer is
substituting for her.
The State 7th grade tests were
given Tuesday to all pupils of the
colored schools.
All schools of the county are still
working hard on the sale of "E" bonds.
They are doing an excellent job and if
the county makes its "E" bond quota
for the 4th War Loan drive it will
in no small part be due to the ef
forts of the school children of the
county and their teachers. All bond
applications must be in the Bank
of Raeford at closing time on Febru
ary 26th in order for them to count
on the drive.
E. D. Johnson, formerly with Hoke
High, greeted friends here this week
while enroute from Atlanta to Tar
boro, where he is county superin
tendent of the Edgecombe schools.
Principal V. R. White has been ill
with a very bad cold.
All schools of the county will put
on a tpeflol chapel programs Wed
nesday March 1, taking note of the be
ginning of the Red Cross War Fund
campaign. ,
On Friday, February 25. at 11
a. m..all schools will pause for two
minutej 'or a brief participation in
the program of the World's Day of
Prayer.
Antioh Eliiha Dial, chairman.
QI E WHIFFLE TOWNSHIP
Asheley HeightsWomen Mrs. Dun
can Johnson, chairman, Mrs. Ralph
Cothran, Mrs. Tom Sinclair, Mrs. D.
B. Moss, Mrs. James Little, Mrs. N.
F. Sinclair, Mrs. W. H. Hard, Mrs.
Spivey and Mrs. M. C. Strother.
Men R. A. Smoak, chairman, T.
O. Moses, A. T. Bobbitt, Noah Brown,
J. A. Almond, John Cole, B. F. Hard
ester, L. R. Cothran, M. M. Thomp
son. R. D. Strother and Floyd Seals.
Montrose Carl Riley, chairrnan,
Mrs. Duke Marshall, chairman of the
women, W. H. Calloway, Mr. Webb,
Mrs. John Maultsby, and Mrs. Mayne
Bevan.
Sanatorium Mrs. R. A. McBrayer,
chairman. Misses Eula Rackby, Katie
McCorkle, Mesdames C. D. Thomas
Floyd Eubanks.
ALLENDALE TOWNSIIIP
Mrs. Belle Currie, chairman, Miss
Willa McLauchlin and Mrs. J. W
Hasty.
RAEFORD TOWNSHIP
Raedeen Mrs. Ernes'. Duncan,
chairman, Jack Holland, T. D. Pot
ter, Miss Irene Downer, Mrs. Ernest
Hair and Mrs. Cliff Conoly.
BLUE SPRINGS TOWNSHIP
Men J. F. Chisholm, chairman.
R)b Hasty, James Hendrix, Manly
Norton, Rube Clark, and Luther Cur
rie.
Women Mrs. D. J. Dalton, chair
man. Misses Margaret Gainey, Martha
Walters, mesdames Neill Clark, Man
ly Norton and Wilmer McBryde.
Pine Forest J. F. Jordan and Mrs.
T. D. Tapp, co-chairmen.
Army Corps (WAC) perform to
these is in the hospital where the
aids. Pictured is Sgt. Elizabeth
shown assisting as the army phy
a patient.
Senate Seat Seeker
Visits Hoke County
The Hon. Marvin L. Ritch, seeker
for the soon-to-be vacated seat of
Robert Reynolds in the United States
Senate, was a visitor to Hoke County
yesterday.
Mr. Ritch of Charlotte, whom it
might be surmised was seeking a
campaign manager 1 'r the county,
this week, to continue for a period of
was doing an elaborate Job of hand
shaking up and down the streets of
Raeford during the time he was in
town.
Seaching For AWOL
Negro Soldier Who
Hit Guard and Ran
Ottway Barbee, negro soldier who
took up with a family near Raeford
early December and remained here
several weeks without leave, and who
was captured by Deputy Crawford
Wright and Patrolman J. Barnes, is
gone again.
He had been placed in the care
of the military police for some months
of extra special duty. The guarding
police happened to turn his head the
wrong way and it is reported that
Ottway socked the guard and re
gained his liberty. Police are keep
ing a close watchout for the man,
but it is believed that he is now mak
ing his homeward to Ripley, Tenn.
His GI overcoat and dogtass are hang
on the wall of Sheriff Hodgin's of
fice. O
Air freight in Rumania last year
was 150 times that of 1937.
v .1 in LULnciu mc
p. i tinuing Light
.
H tnui tcDiarmid in county court
th. ti'jt to continue for a perod of
ovt , si months when the weekly
tota. of cases heard was under ten,
according to John Cameron, clerk
of court.
Paul Evans paid costs and $15 dam
age to a coat which was injured in an
assault of Annie Juhnson, both neg
roes. William McVicker, white man.
paid $50 and costs and surrendered
his drivers license upon conviction
of driving drunk. Hattie Jordan,
white paid a similar fine for the
same offense. Ed Jordan, her husband
was found guilty of violating the liq
uor laws and paid costs.
Roscoe Gene Coins and Fran Rob
ertson, each paid costs for speeding.
Ernest Smith and Mallie Robinson,
paid costs upon conviction on charges
of fornication and adultery. A 30
day sentence was suspended and they
were placed on good behavior for
a year.
Hoke 4-H Girls
To Broadcast
Three Hoke County 4-H Club
members, Allynr Smith, Rt. I,
Raeford; Myra Mott. Rt, 2, Rae
ford: and Catherine Jones, Rt. I,
Lumber Bridge, will appear on a
4-H radio program from station
WPTF. Raleigh on Saturday,
February 26, at 12:30 P. M. These
girls will tell something of their
project activities and plans for
1944 4-H Club work.
Miss Josephine Hall will ac
company the girls to Raleigh.
Commissioners And
Highway Officials
Talk Post-War Road
Roads of Hoke countv after lh
war improvements and new high
ways were the subject of discussions
tere this week when officials of the
,; . .
oiaie nignway commission ana mem
bers of the county commission cen
tered for several hours Monday
morning.
Following the conference the com
missioners and hiehwav officials wpr
the guests of Chairman N. H. G. Bal
four and Mrs. Balfour at a turkey
dinner at his home.
Those attending the conference and
enjoying the sumptuous meal in
cluded Charlie Ross, chairman of the
Highway Commission, D. B. McCrary,
of Asheboro, district highway com
missioner, and L. E. WhitfiplH riistriff
engineer, County Auditor John A.
McGoogan and the entire member
ship of the Hoke County Board of
commissioners.
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Daniel M. Watson
Dies At Antioch,
Funeral Monday
Funeral services for Daniel M. Wat
son, 72, were conducted from the
Antioch Presbyterian church on Mon
day afternoon at 3 o'clock. The Rev.
Harry K. Holland conducted the ser
vices. Bural was in the Ilaefnrd
Cemetery.
Pallbearers were: Neill A. Smith,
E. Watson and Knnv Waton nf
Red Sprines. and Jack. Willie C. and
David H. Hodgin.
Mr. Watson, who had npvpr mar
ried, had made his home with the
J. A. Hodgin family for many years,
and for 39 years had been associated
with Mr. Hodgin in merchantile and
farm supply business operated at
Antioch.
Surviving are one brother, John
H. Watson, and a number of neiees
and nephews.
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Bethel Church
Receive Award
ATLANTA, Ga., Feb. 16 In com
pliance with a new policy of the War
DeDartment Bethel Prehvterian
church near Raeford, has been sward
ed an Army certificate due to the
fact that C. M. Pickard. pastor, is
now Rprvinff ac a rh:inl;iin in iht
Army, Chaplain (Colonel) John O.
inaquist, cmer or the Chaplain
Branch. Fourth Service Command.
announced here today.
The certificate, reads: '"In recogn
ition of the patriotic sacrifice of
Bethel Presbyterian church in Eivins
tne services or u. m. Pickard that
he might serve God and Country in
the armed forces of the United States.
tZiT7yA Oianlain W R irnnlH
Chief of Chaplains, United States
Army.
Churches Join In
World Day Of
Prayer Friday
Church Bells To Ring Hourly In
Observance Of World Fellow
ship Program.
In observance of the World's Day
of Prayer, which will be celebrated
in over 50 countries of the world
from the Fiji Islands all around the
globe to little St. Lawrence Island up
near the Artie circle, a special ser
vice will be held tomorrow afternoon
at 4 o'clock at the Raeford Baptist
Church.
Throughout the day, from 8 a. m.
until 8 p. m., the bells of the Raeford
churches will be sounded briefly on
the hour as a reminder to the fulk
here that services are being held
at some point in this part of the world.
The day will also be observed in
the schools when at 11 a. m., a brief
period of prayer will be held in each
classroom.
The program to be given at the
Baptist church will be under the
Uid'4iship t Mr. Whisnant, Mr.
Maness and Mr. Holland, pastors of
the Baptist, Methodist and Presbyter
ian churches.
Special music will be presented by
members of the choirs of the several
churches.
PROCLAMATION
Mayor Neill McFadyen has issued
the following proclamation in reco
gnition of the day:
Whereas, the Christian religion has
been introduced to most of the nations
of the world and
Whereas, the world is in a condition
of chaos due to war brought about
by heathen and unscrupulous nat
ions and
Whereas, we are in need of prayer
for reasons Uo numerous to men
tion; Therefore , N. L. McFadyen, May
or of the Town of Raeford, in cooper
ation with a movement known as
The World Day of Prayer and spon
sored by the several churches ef oar
town, do hereby rjronlaim th.t Fri
day- e twenty fifth of February
sha11 be Day f Prayer in the Town
nf R a tfrrA
snaii oe ua
of Raeford.
Death Claims Alec
Teal Following
Long Illness
Funeral services for Alee Teal.
68, who died Sunday afternoon fol
lowing an illness of several years,
were held Tuesday from the home
of his brother, Henry Teal. Burial
was in the Bethel Cemetery. The
services were conducted by the Rev.
n. js.. Holland who was assisted by
the Rev. W. L. Maness.
Mr. Teal was a nativo nf .inm
county but the family have been
residents or Hoke county for many
years. Until several years ago he
and his brother farmed in the Edin
burgh section. When ill health caused
their retirement they moved to Rae
ford. Suviving are the brother and sev
eral neices and nephews.
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Champion Hoke Red
Cross Knitter Is
Non-Resident
Mrs. Halprrin To Succeed Mrs.
tvaiKcr as l hairman Of Knit
ting Committee
The champion knitter of th Hnke
County Red Cross organization is
not a resident of the ennntv it wa?
revealed this week in the report of
tne Knitting Committee. She is Mrs.
J. W. Daniels, of Fort Bragg Road,
Fayettcville. who formerly made her
home here with the Niven family.
Mrs. John Walker and Mrs. A. L.
O'Briant, co-chairmen of knitting
work in Raeford for the nasi yp.w.
reoort that the 159 sweaters made
ror tne chapter 68 were knitted by
Mrs. Daniels, and that another was
knitted by her son. who i a Hvilian
worker at Fort Bragg. '
airs. Daniels is still very active in
her support of the chapter's work
and only this week 8 additional
sweaters arrived here from her to
give her 1944 quota a big start.
Mrs. Walker and Mrs.O'Briant have
resigned as hesd -,f this -ix.nrk and
Mrs. Mary S-iead Halperin has suc
ceeded mem. Mrs. C. D. Thomas of
Sanatorium i, so continue as chair
man of the knitters of that community.
ine report of Mrs. Walker, Mrs.
0'Briant and Mrs. Thomas shows that
354 garments were completed in 1943.
Thi. included 132 helmets, 184 muf
flers, and the 158 sweaters.
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