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RAEFORD. N. C, THURSDAY, JULY 27th, 1944
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MENw WOMEN
IN UNIFORM
Lt. Paul P. McCain
Reported Missing In
Action Over Nazi Land
Lt. Paul P. McCain, Jr., son of
Dr. and Mrs. Paul P McCain of
Sanatorium, has been reported miss
ing in action since July 12.
Lt. McCain, navigator on an Eighth
AAF Flying Fortress, 398 Bombar
dier Group, has been in active ser
vice in the European theatre since
early April. He had recently been
awarded a second Oak Leaf Cluster
in addition to the Air Medal.
Moving From Alaska
Staff Sergenat Elmer Gordon, who
has been stationed for a year in the
"wilds of Alaska . . . with nothing
more than a lot of snow and subzero-
weather and a lot of G. I.'s"
writes that he has been transferred
all the way to the deep south of Min
neapolis, Minn. Sgt. Gordon also
says" believe you me newspapers,
although a week or more old, really
were a shot in the arm. Give my
regards to Mr. Poole. I enjoy his
medley very much.
Wounded In Action
Sgt. Fulford McMillan, serving
with a combat engineers unit in
France was wounded in action on
July 12, according to word received
here by relatives. The wound is a
slight one, he writes.
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In Normandy
News has been received here that
Major James G. Currie is now with
a combat unit in Normandy.
Pfc. Tom C. Sinclair is now station
ed at the Parris Island Marine base.
Pvt. Will Frank Wright, formerly
stationed at Camp Croft, is now at an
English base of the US Army.
Cotton Essay Contest
Prizes Mailed Winners
Prizes to the winners of the Cot
ton Essay Contest, which was held
just before school closed this spring,
were mailed out this week, it was
stated by K. A. MacDonald, county
superintendent of schools.
The winner of the all-county
award was Miss Harriett Jones of
Sanatorium, whose essay also won
the third place rating in the state
wide contest. Gradi winners in
Hoke High School were: Betty Hol
land, Martha Harris, Alan McGoe, Jr.,
Harriett Jones and Arthur D. Gore,
Jr. Each of these was presented a
prize of money which was contribut
ed by the following firms:. Hnkc Oil
and Fertilizer company, McLauchlin
company and the Johnson company.
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Airbase Notes
Soldiers at Laurinburg-Maxton
Army Air Base are sporting healthy
grins these days but it's not due
directly to good news from overseas.
Furlough time has been doubled,
meaning two 15-day trips home a
year!
Here's a G. I. coincidence for the
books: In 1943 William T. Wheatley
of Waco, Texas, enlisted and was sent
to an Army school at Riverside,
Calif. His sergeant was John Pfeiffer
of Pittsburgh. Today, it's Captain
Wheatley, engineering officer at
L-M base, and his key enlisted man
is Master Sergeant John Pfeiffer.
It's said that a woman's place
is in the kitchen. Well, Wacs at
L-M Air Base have proved something
along that line. They won the .mon
thly contest for mess-efficiency as
well as saving fats, topping all other
mess halls on the base. The award
was a $25 check and a trip to Myrtle
Beach.
Meet a musician who played a
tune the Japs didn't like. It was on a
gun. He's Sgt. Eddie Le Blanc, of
Boston, member of ,the band at
this base. Eddie wears the Purple
Heart for wounds at Guadalcanal
and saw plenty of fighting in New
Caledonia. Recent arrival" at this
base, he toots the saxaphone and
clarinet in the bani.
Uncle Sam's gliders and C-47
transport planes are being dressed
up anew, taking on shining coats
of silver paint. No longer will these
plans be camouflaged, says the
Engineering Officer at L-M Air base.
In explaining the new order, he
suggested that the final removal of
camouflage proves conclusively that
now American Air Forces are com
pletely on the offensive.
Dr. J. H. Thornwell
New Head English
Department Of PJC
Hartsville School Superintend
ent Elected To Faculty Max
tun College.
Dr. James H. Thornwell has ac
cepted tne position as head ol the
.jjg.,sr. department at Presuyterian
Jui.-or Coaege, beginning with the
opening of me fall session on Sep
tember 7. Dr. Tnornwell is a wek
Kno.vn educator wnu has served as
aupe.intenaent of the Public Schools
oi nurtsville, S. C. lor a number of
yecrs. His family has been out
s.anuing in public and church life
for tniee generations. Upon his
resignation in Hartsville, the teachers
of me grammar School petitioned
ir.e ttoaid of Trustees to name the
Grammar School building in his
nonor, a. the school is now of
ficially Tnornwell Grammar School.
Dr. and Mrs. Thornwell are expected
to arrive In Maxton this week, where
they will occupy one of the faculty
residences.
Dr. Thornwell is a native of Con
cord, N. C. His father, the Rev. J. H.
Tnornwell, II, moved to Rock Hill,
S. C, and his son, James Henly, 111,
grew up there, receiving his edu
cation in the public schools of Fort
Mill, S. C, Catawba Academy in
Rock Hill, and at Presbyterian Col
lege of South Caroina. He served as
principle of history at Mt. Zion Aca
demy in Winnsboio. While serving
as chief clerk in the oflice of the
Secretary of State of South Carolina,
young Thornwell studied law and
was admitted to the bar in South
Carolina. He soon returned to his
life work of teaching as superin
tendent of Schools in Hartsville.
Presbyterian College of South Caro
ina conferred the degree of Doctor,
of Literature upon l;im in 1934.
His giandfather, Dr. James Henly,
I, was probably the outstanding
leader in the establishment of the
Presbyterian Church, U. S., in 1861.
I He was the youngest man ever to
I serve as moderator of the Presby
jterian Church, when he was only
' thirty-four years of age. He was
I president of the University of South
Carolina, of Colu..nbia Theological
Tellium. J , Cliiu mo ....... .0
are still largely quoted in scholarly
circles. Thornwell Home and School,
Clinton, S. C, the Presbyterian or
phan home of the Synods of South
Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, was
name in honor of Dr. Thornwell, I.
Thornwell College, on the campus of
the University of South Caroina, also
honors the former university pres
ident. Second Death From
Collision At Air Base
The second death as a result of
a mid-air collision Thursday, July
13th, between two gliders is announc
aH hv thf rnmmandinff officer of
Laurinburg-Maxton Army Airbase.
Flight Ofneer Nunico A. Russo of
New York died in the base hospital
of injuries received in the same ac
cident which resulted in the death
of Flight Officer Charles H. Davis
of Southboro, Mass.
Thi mid-air collision occurred dur
ing a routine combat training flight.
The next of kin of the victims have
been notified.
BREEDING
Calves of beef cattle should be
dropped in the spring, not all through
the year.
ELECTRICITY
Make sure the hands and feet are
dry when handling electrical equip
ment, and don't stand on a damp
spot.
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Farm Safety Week
Being Observed
Farmers of the Pee Dee-Cape Fear
soil conservation district will join the
rest of the nation in a campaign a
gainst farm accidentsone of the
worst enemies of wartime produc
tion by observing this week as Farm
Safety Weeks, according to J. C.
Hutchinson of the Soil Conserva
tion Service.
Farming is one of the most hazar
dous occupations, Hutchinson pointed
out. Unlike other industries, which
have greatly reduced the accident
rate by concerted effort during re
cent years, the accident rate on
farms has remained consistently
high.
The reduction of far.n accidents
is especially important during war
time. Since, as President Roosevelt
points out in his proclamation on
National Safety Week, the nation is
depending "upon the skill and labor
of the farmers in the gigantic task
of waging War"
The loss of time from farm ac
cidents in 1943 has been estimated
b ythe National Safety Council to
be double the amount of labor neces
sary to produce the annual wheat
crop of the United States. It re
presents the equivalent of manpow
er to produce for each person in
the United States 16 bushels of corn,
or 313 pounds of pork, or 202 pounds
of beef.
This does not take into account
personal suffering brought about by
the 20,000 deaths and 2.000,000 in
juries to farmers, their families, and
hired help in 1943 as a result of farm
accidents.
Farm Safety Week can be the be
ginning of a year-round program
of accident prevention on the farm
that will bring the farm accident
rate down to a low level comparable
to that which has been attained by
industry.
Rev. B. P. Robinson
To Preach Sunday
For Methodists
The Rev. B. P. Robinson, a former
pastor of the Raeford Methodist
church, has been securei by the
Rev. W. L. Maness, pastor, to preach
here Sunday morning at the eleven
o'clock service. Mr. Maness states
that he feels indeed fortunate in
securing Mr. Robinson to supply for
him Sunday in his absence.
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Watching the speedv paper shredder at work are T-Sjit. Paul
Medley, J. H. Tucke-; T-Sgt. Anthony Catanese. S-Sgt. Richard
Zieulek, and its creator, "torn Ussery, civilian worker of the Laurinburg-Maxton
Army Air Base. The "Ginny," as it has been named
by Mr. Ussery, is made of scraps of metal, and shreds old technical
orders and papers at a furious pace.
Mr. Ussery is of Red Springs. He built the shredder especially
for the destruction of old technical orders which must be destroyed
when the Army no longer wants them. They are now shredded
at the L-M Air Base and the paper is then salvaged for reuse,
while formerly these tons of paper were burned.
Peoples Tabernacle
H. Gwynn Clayton, Minister
9:45 A. M. Sunday School, Lester
Baker Supt., Lesson Topic: "Gildeon's
Faithful Few."
11:00 A. M. Morning Worship,
Sermo nby the pastor.
3:00 P. M. Baptismal Service will
meet at the Tabernacle and go in a
group to the Trash Pile Br: ige, where
the service will be held
7:00 P. M. Young People's Meet
ing.
8:00 P. M. Evening Worship, Ser
ron by the pastor. Supjecl: "The
Great Tribulation."
8:00 P. M. Monday Cottage Pray
er meeting at the home of the Rev.
H. Gywn Clayton.
8:00 P. M. Tuesday Mid-week
prayer meeting at the Tabernacle.
8:00 P. M. Wednesday Missionary
meeting.
8:00 P. M. Friday "Front Porch
Revival Service," at the home of Mrs.
Minnie Thames.
County Court
Ang McPhatter was found not
guilty of participating in an affray
with J. T. McPhatter and Dave Gra
ham, but the latter negroes each
paid court costs Tuesday in Hoke
County Court, and Judge Henry Mc
Diar.Tiid put them on probation for
two years.
Tom Baxley, white, paid costs for
possession of homebrew Daniel
McEachern, Ed Hollingsworth, Mattie
Hollingsworth and Charles Little
each paid costs for possession of
non-tax paid liquor and gambling.
William Clause Thomas, Jr., and
Richard James Staton, white boys
of Fayetteville, were found guilty
of larcency of a bicycle pedal from
the bike of Billy Howell. According
to evidence, the boys had stoled
two or more bicycles in Cumberland
County and rode two of them to
Raeford. Fines of $10 and costs were
assessed by the court. Upon release,
Cumberland county officials have re
quested local officers to deliver the
youths to law authorities there for
projection on similar charges. The
l youths had not paid the fines yes
terday, and were still in the county
jail.
i Leo Schwartz forfeited at $25 col
j lateral posted when arrested Sunday
for speeding.
G. I.'s On Leave To
Get More Gas
RALEIGH, July 25. G. I Joe is
going to get more gasoline.. After
July 25, all service men n furloguh
will get a gallon of gas a day, up
to 30 days, rather than the 5 gallons
flat, per furlough allowed previous-
I Office of Price Administration of
ficials said the increased furlough
I allotment is 'designed to aid the
ighter spending a week or more at
nome, ana at tne same time, reduc
ing slightly the gasoline allotment
of those on frequent 3 or 4 clay week
end farloughs.
Union Service At
Presbyterian Church
The congregations of the Baptist,
Methodist, and Presbyterian churches
will unite in a service Sunday even
ing in the Presbyterian church at
8 o'clock. The Rev. W. L. Maness,
pastor of the Methodist church, will
preach. A cordial invitation is ex
tended to all the people of the com
munity to attend this service.
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Raeford Presbyterian
Church
H. K. Holland, Minister
Sunday Services:
Sunday School Mr. F. B Sexton.
Superintendent, at 9:45 o'clock.
Morning Worship 11 o'eloe. Sermon
by the minister.
Evening Worship Union Service at
Presbyterian Church at 8 o'clock.
Sermon by the Rev. W. I.. Maness.
Minister of the Raeford Methodic
church.
Younq People's Activi:ies:
Senior Vespers 6 o'clock
afternoon.
Pioneer Vespers 7 o'clock
afternoon.
Sunday
Sunday
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CANMNG
There will be no holiday for home
canning this summer, if we are to
eat as well next winter as we die
last year.
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Group Examined At
Fort Bragg Friday
The following men, w'
indian, of Hoke County,
their pre-induction physical
nations at Fort Bragg Fridi.
Curtis Lee Baxley, Nathaniel L
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lear, L. M. Huggins, Jr., Clifton D.
Winfred James Locklear, James i.i
win Hasty, Curtis McDowell, Wil -
liam Roland Beckwith, Craig Wes
ley Rockholt, Paul Spencer Baxley,
Jr., William Thomas Brigman, Lacy
Ellis, William Edward McNeill.
Grover Melton Cheek, John Elmer
McGougan, Angustus Jackson Scar
boro, David Alfred Quick, Howard
Locklear, Randall Luther Moss,
Thomas Franklin Davis, Jr.
Cecil Lee Teal, William Fred
Thomas, Clayton Howell Buoyer,
Fred Benjamin Lindsay and Albert
Collins.
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County School News
Ashemont
Mrs. Jason Rarnes has been elected
to a vacancy in the Ashemont school I
faculty caused by the resignation of'
Mrs. Margie Townsend. Mrs. Town
send has accepted a place with the
Anderson Creek school in Harnett
County Mrs. Barnes formerly
taught in western North Carolina
schools and for a time was critic
teacher in the school of education of
Appalachian College at Boone.
Principal
J. M. Andrews has accepted the
post of principal of the Mildouson
school. Mr. Andrews has been in
school wo'-k in Robeson, Scotland
and Polk counties. Several years
afn he gave up teaching to devote
his ti ne to farming interests in this
county. Due to the serious shortage
of school teachers Mr. Andrews has
agreed to come out of his retirement
for the diration.
Bus Report
According to the report just sub-
mitted to the state for the operation
of buses for the school year of 1943
44, 20 buses, 13 1'or white, 6 for
negroes, and 1 for indians, were
operated a total of 140,548 miles
transporting 889 pupils to and from
schools. The total cost for the year
amounted to $13,582.79, of which the
county's share was $399.71 with the
balance paid by the state. The cost
per mile of operation was 9.38 cents
and the annual cost per pupil was
$14.86. The cost per bus was $680.15.
The report shows that the cost
for operation for the year was higher
than in former years due to the in
creasing age of the motor equipment
and the undue a.r.ount of bad weather
Uist winter.
The equipment has had an excel
r.t overhauling an ! re-condition-m
'.his summer and the school au-thmitif-s
hope to lower the operating
cost this ye;.r. A larger number of
cxnerirnred drivers are expected to
rettrn to school this year than last.
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Grace P. McFarlan
Former Slave Died
Sunday, Aged 115
Grace McFarlan, Hoke County's
oldest resident, died Sunday at the
home of George Willis, after an ill
ness of a few days. Blind for the
past seven years, the woman had
lived until a little over two years
ago on her small place next to the
N. McL. McDiarmid farm just north members of this committee are Mar
of Rockfish creek, and was cared for ion Gatlin, Mrs. A. D. Gore and Miss
by Willis and members ot his family, i Peggy McFadyen.
For the past two years she had been
at the Willis home.
Funeral services were held at the
East Freedom Presbyterian church
and the Rev. Julius Johnson, of
Salisbury, a Hoke County native and
son of one of the earlier negro Pres
byterian preachers of this section,
conducted the services.
According to Willis, Grace was a
native of Mississippi and prior to
the War between the States had be
longed to one of the Purcell families
on Drowning creek. Her husband
had died fifty-three years ago, ac
cording to Grace's own bookkeeping
reiori. Unable to read or write she
kept a pine board upon which she
cut a notch each Fourth of July after
her husband's death. After she be
came blind George cut the notch
for her each year This board was
placed with her in her coffin.
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Honor Roll Fund
Mrs. Paul Dezerne, Treasurer
Raeford, N. C.
Previously reported $684.79
A. C. Keith 1.00
TOTAL .... $685.79
Honor Roll Design
Approved Tuesday
By Committee
TOrY t NllhmiHpH It V Ii-Ie In.
r rn Un Display At Bank;
i Kp Erected On Armory
A I, attractive model for the
Hoke County Servicemen's Honor
Roll submitted by Lewis Upchurch
was approved by the County Honor
Roll Committee at a meeting here
Tuesday night and the committee
voted to have the Roll constructed
on the property of the National Guard
armory.
A number of designs were studied
by the erection committee and the
committee was unanimously in favor
of the designed selected. Mr. Up
church submitted a wood modet built
to scale 'on which approximately
seven hundred names has been plac
ed. He stated that the Hoke Con
crete Works would provide the ma
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terials for the construction of the
Roll. The materials would be of
concrete block and white concrete
finish.
The design calls for a large central
panel, 10 by 28 ft., on which the
. names of all men and women of the
county in service are to be listed.
At each side of the panel are two
narrow paneled columns , the panels
of which are about 2 feet wide. In
one of these panels are to be listed
j the names of those who have died in
service, in the other will be those
nslca as missing in action.
On the reverse side will be listed
the names of the members of the
two National Guard companies which
reported to Fort Screven a year be
fore the outbreak of the war. In the
smaller panels on the reverse side
will be listed the names of the com
missioned officers and the highest
rank they attain during the war.
and the names of all men receiving
citations.
Model On Display
The model of the Roll will be on
display at the Bank of Raeford and
on it will listed the names of all
the men and women from the county
in the services. For those people
who want to make anonymous do
nations towards the cost of construc
tion coin collection boxes will be
placed by the mode! for the recep
tion of gifts. These boxes w'ill be
checked daily by otficials of the bank
and the funds contributed will be
turned over to Mrs. Paul 71'- "(,
'secretary-treasurer of the
I tee. Gifts which the donois . '
oe acKiiuwieagea may op .... us
usual to Mrs. Dezerne or to Mrs.
Will h. McLauchlin, chairman of
:he general committee.
Chtek Names Please
Ail persons who have some mem
ber of their la.i ily in one 01 tiu arm
ed st r ices ale requested to ;ce the
model aitd check the lis: oi ::. im.es
recor ieci thereon to see it ail j". the
members ot. their family arc i.s'ed.
Should you know of a men or wo
man fioni the county v!:o . nut
listed you are requested tj write
the name on a slip ut paper, iiivin
his home address and any other in
fer. 1 ation neeced including branch
of service, etc., and place it ir. a box
placed beside the model for that
purpose. Mrs. Ina Bethune is chair
man of the committee o Names and
families may send the names of men,
their rank, serial number and branch
of service direct to her in care of
the Hoke County Library. Other
The committee has set Novenjer
11th as the date for unveiling and
presentation of the Roll and a pro
gram befitting the occasion is to be
planned under the direction of Miss
Josephine Hall, chairman, Tom Cam
eron, Mrs. A. D. Gore, Mayor Neill
McFadyen and Dougald Coxe.
Construction of the Roll will be
in charge of a committee composed
of Mrs. Arthur Matheson, chainran,
Mrs. Paul Dezerne, John McGoogan
and Lewis Upchurch.
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C. And H. Council
Is Postponed
The bi-monthly meeting of
the
Central North Carolina Camp
and
Hospital council of the American
Red Cross, scheduled to be held
Tlvcrs :uy. July 13, at Laiivinbtirif
M.ixton Air base, was calied o!f be
cause of the infantile pcra'.ysis epide
mic. The action was taken by officers
of the council at the suggestion of
North Carolina State Health authori
ties. The next meeting, date to be
announced by Mrs. W. A. Lucas ot
Wilson, president of the council,
will be held at Laurinburg-Maxton.
The council embraces 25 counties in
'Central North Carolina.