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N TT HOKE COUNTY'S BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM HOKE COUNTY'S ONLY NEWSPAPER The Hoke County New The Hoke County Journal VOLUME XXXIX NO. 46 RAEFOKl), N. C. THURSDAY, APRIL, 19th, 1S $2.00 PER YEAK fine NEWS or OUR MENwWOMEN IN UNIFORM Pfc. Lonnie Teal Killed In Action He. J. Lonnie Teal, Jr, son of Mr. and Mis. J. L. Teal of Raeford wa. killed in action on March 15th, in Germany, according to a tele gram received from the War Depart ment Tuesday by his parents. Pfc. Teal had been reported as missing in action on that date. He (was serving with the 79th Infantry which was assigned to the Seventh Army at the time of Pfc. Teal's death, but had been assigned to the First and Third armies dur ing his combat experience, which extended from D-Day until his death. Pfc. Teal is survived by his pa rents; five brothers: Woodrow, Cecil, Eugene and Franklin of the home, and Clyde of Baltimire, Md; three sisters: Mrs. C. H. Keaton of Eliza beth City, Mrs. M. K. Sessoms of Raeford and Mary Elizabeth Teal of the home. Lt. Childress Wins Air Medal And Promotion The air medal has been awarded Lt. Reid W. Childress, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Childress of Raeford, Route 1, for meritorious achievement while participating in aerial flight as co-pilot of a C-47 type aircraft dur ing the airborne invasion of south ern France on the 15 of August, 1944. Lt. Childress' proficiency in combat reflects great credit upon himself and the military service of the United States. He was promted to the rank of first lieutenant on Feb. 17 of this year. He is with the 62nd Troop Carrier Group now in Italy. Jack Hall Prisoner Mrs. Ada E. Hall of Route 1, Rae ford, has received a message from the War Department stating that her son, Pfc Clinton F. (Jack) Hall, who was previously reported missing in action, is now a prisoner of the Ger man government. Pfc. Hall had been missing since the 14 of December from actions against Germany and was serving with the 36th Division in France. Commissioned FORT BENNING, Ga. William Everett Parks of Raeford, N. C, was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Army of the United States. April M, on successful completion of the Of ficer Candidate course at the In fantry school at Fort Benning, Ga. Lt. Parks is the son of Mr. and Mrs. M. H. l arks of Shannon. He enlisted into the army on September 16, 1940, and served with the 252nd Coast Artillery, Battery "F" before going to OCS four months ago. He held the rahk of sergeant before being com missioned. The new officer attended Hoke high school. Commissioned Wesley L. McKeithan of Rockfish has just been commissioned a second lieutenant in the Ordnance depart ment upon graduation from the Ord nance Officer Candidate School at the Ordnance school, Aberdeen Prov ing Ground. Maryland. Lt. Mc Keithan is the son of Mr. and Mrs. N. A. McKeithan who reside at Rockfish. He is a graduate of Hoke County High school, class of 1930, and later graduated from the Univer sity of N. C. He was employed by Westinghouse Electric and Manu facturing company, Sharon, Pa., un til his entrance into the army in March, 1943. Sgt. Jimmie Greene, who has been stationed at Langley Field, and Mrs. Greene, who has been with relatives in Munising, Mich., are visiting Jim mie's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Greene. Miss Dean Matheson has been com missioned second lieutenant in the army Nursing Corps. She is leaving this week for Camp Rucker, Ala bama, for basic training after which she will he stationed at Fort Bragg. Joe Upchureh, S 2-c, who is sta Joned at the navy base at New Port, Rhode Island, is spending a ten day leave with his parents. Lt Charlie Riddle, who recently received his commission at Fort Ben ning, has been on a visit to his family who are with Mrs. Riddle's pa rests, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Warner near town. Lt. Riddle will be sta tioned at Camp Blanding, Fla. Funeral Services For Mrs. Stubbs Held Wednesday yen Home; Burial In Kaeford l Cemetery. Funeral services for Mrs. Isabel Bullock Stubbs, widow of the late Angus Priest Stu'jbs, were conducted yesterday morning from the home of her son-in-law, Duncan B. Mc Fadyen. of near Raeford. The ser vices were in charge of the Rev. H. K. Holland, pastor of the Raeford Presbyterian church. Interment was in the Raeford cemetery. Pallbearers were: W. P. Baker, W. C Odom, N. A. McDonald, A. A. Graham, McNair Smith, Walter Max well and Neill McFadyen. Mrs. Stubbs was born in 1862, the daughter of the late John and Sarah CcCallum Bullock of Rowland. She and her husband moved to "Hoke 'county in 1913, and made their home i for a number of years in Raeford, ann were active in the religious and i civic life of the town. On Mr. 1 T"e Bov Scol,t Camporee for the Stubbs' death she moved to the home Western District will be conducted of her daughter where she lived!1"' week end at famous River until her death. Mrs. McFadyen I ton Beach at Wagram. The commit preceded her mother in death three tee has decided to move the location years. Another child, Willa Stubbs. ' 1 "om Macks Beach to the Riverton also died several years ago. Two sisters. Mrs. S. E Clendinin of Roanoke. Va., and Mrs. Frank Mc Lean of Pembroke, survive. Sur viving also are the following erand children: Mrs. Frank Hipp, Green ville, S. C: Mrs. Paul Alligood, Fay ettevilte: Lt. D. B. McFadyen, Jr., Ft. Bliss, Texas; Lewis McFadyen, Red Springs; Mrs. Lacy McNeill, Rae ford; Angus, and Misses Isabel, Jes sie, Willa and Betty McFadyen of Raeford. 0 Ernie Pyle Dies On Okinawa Isle Ernie Pyle, the newspaper cor respondent who has given America its best newspicture of the life of the GI at the battlefront, was killed on a tiny Jap island, Ie Jima, yester day by an ambushed Jap, it was re ported yesterday by the navy. Pyle and a regimental officer were observing the advance of troops. when he was killed toy a machine I gunner on the little island just west lot Okinawa. At the time of his death he was with a company of foot soldiers, the men aout whom he had written many of his best columns and for whom he had the greatest admiration. EXPRESSUniforms To Army Bases Atlanta. Ga., April 18. EXPRESS is the word, not mail, if you re plan ning to return GI clothing to the army for renovation and re-issue to troops. The army recently appealed to all former service men to return uni forms no longer needed to help meet immediate needs of troops. Any package of such clothing, not over 30 pounds wrapped or boxed, may be shipped EXPRESS collect to the Quartormast, Clothing and equipage Classification officer at the nearest army post or camp. Many persons have sought to mail such packages through their post of fices. If mailed, the packages will require postage. If EXPRESSED the charges will be paid by the army. - O Re-elected Mayor Of Fayetteville J. S. McFadyen was reelected ma yor of Fayetteville Tuesday with a priority of 105 votes. The Fayette v " mayor is a brother of Mrs. Jess Baucom and Mrs. Herbert McKeith an. 0 Honor Roll WHITE Edwards, Lester O. King, John W. Stanton, Elmore COLORED McNair, David Major Graham Dickson, who re cently returned to the States from France, has arrived at Fitzsimmon's General hospital, Denver, Colo., and writes that he is feeling much better. Major William Lamont of Fort Moultrie spent Wednesday night of thsi week here with his parents. Major Richard L. Burkhart is now at Berkeley, Cal., and is taking a course in the Chinese language at the University of Califirnia. Mrs. Burk hart and daughter are with him. Mrs. Burkhart is the formre Miss Lucille McNeill of Raeford.- 0 Union Prayer Service Will Ask Guidance For Peace Conferees In spiritual support of the San Francisco Conference which begins on April 25th, the churches of Rae ford have arranged for a union Z '". ""a in me Presbyterian church on that evening. This service will be a period of united prayer in behalf of the dele gates to the San Francisco Conference in thir efforts to work out satisfac tory and practical plans for the main tenance of world peace after the war is over. All Christian people should have a part in this effort and the churches of Raeford invite all the people of this community to join in this service. The time is 8 o'clock next Wednesday evening, April 25. 0 Boy Scouts Hold Camporee At Riverton April 20 oeatn lor puppusea oi saieiy. Riverton Beach is easily reached rby going to Wagram and turning east at the stop light, and following the signs for about one mile. The road is fine, and the camping site is idea'. The Court of Honor will be held on the opening night, Friday, April 20, just after supper. All Scouters are asked to come prepared to remain lhat any dealer requiring a addi for the Court of Honor and the busi- tional supply OI bituminous coal for ness meeting, supper is -jeuig serveo on the grounds by the Wagram Com mittee to all scouts and scouters, so I you don't have to worry about sup per. Excellent Returns From Grazing Crop Ten acres of land, seeded to bar- Committee 'stating (1) the name and ley and oats at the rate of 3 bushels ' address of the comsumer, (2) the use per acre last August 15, is returning to which the coal will be put broo 105 days of grazing for 50 dairy cows Id er, hatchery, or for tobacco curing) at an estimated return of more than (3) the amount and size of the coa! $1,000. The cost, including seed, required and (4) the name of the and labor of seeding was $184. i retail dealer from which the coal Oscar Phillips, county agent at will be purchased, large, says that the German Brothers Mr. Potter urged that all farmer.' of Wilkes County are saving about i who have been unable to secure bt $8 worth of hay daily and their 50 tuminous coal for use in a brooder, cows are producing an extra 8 gal- hatchery, or for tobacco curing to Ions of milk a day from 30 minutes contact the County AAA Committee of grazing. j and secure a certification to be filet1 The crop of barley and oats follow- with their order, for coal from their ed a crop of silage corn anj the regular dealer. land will again oe planted to silage, about May 20. The cost of the grazing crop was $48 for seed, $35 for a ton of 3-12-6 fertilizer, $21 for a half ton of nitrate of soda, and $80 for labor. The Ger man Brothers estimate that the en tire cost of the crop was paid for in 15 days of grazing. In answer to the question of what changes they would make in seeding their grazing crop this fall, they sug gested that Italian rye grass and crim- of the Eleventh North Carolina Ma son clover should be seeded along 'sonic district, by Grand Master J. with the oats and barley. jC. Hobbs. "This temporary grazing will sup- Mr. Smith, a native of Robeson plement the permanent pasture for county, for the past several years the average farmer and will help his has made his home in Red Springs, livestock make better use of the He is widely known in Masonic cir other feed which they consume," thejcles as Master of Red Springs Lodge German Brothers said. "We hope'o. 501 for four terms. He was that we will never have to go through elected to the chair for the second another winter without small grain time in 1941 and was re-elected for and legume grazing for our cows. three conscutive trems. When he When our cows got thirty minutes j was installed in 1941 the lodge mem- f grazing daily, it did more good ' bership consisted of 70 members. Un and helped them produce more milk I dor his able and efficient leadership than all the good lespedeza hay and i the membership was increased to other legume hays that we could et them to eat.' Ford To Present State Junior Legion Team Awards Silver trophies resembling the pla que 'bestowed on the national cham pions will be awarded this summer to all American Legion Junior base ball teams winning state champion ships. With American Legion approval. Ford Motor company announce it would present the newly-created state awards at the close of the state championship play-offs. Individual players on the victorious team will receive lapel emblems. Legion-Backed nines the nation over, said to out-number the 25,000 in the 1944 competition, are poised to start play within weeks. Expecta tions are that at least 44 states and the District of Columbia will be represented In the race for the na tional toga won last year by a team of the Robert E. Bentley Post No. 50 of Cincinnati. At no time in the 17-year run of Legion 'baseball have Ford dealers and other sponsors pledged such ma terial aid to the teams. Seniors Will Give "Brother Goose" Friday May 4 I i.Rm(,.. r.nn th..9M -r.m dy by William Davidson, will he pre- sented by the Senior class of Hoke, High school Friday night. May 4. i Jeff Adams, who is Broth Goose, is an architect by day and general cleaner-upper for his orphaned brother and sisters in the evening. In- ' to their hectic midst comes Peggy j Winkel. ? delightfully vague girl, who ' is supposed to sell hosiery, but really brings order, coir.edy, romance. The way Jeffs problems are work-; ed out will provide an evening of fun j for everyone. The characters are as follows: Jeff, Angelo Sorrentino:. Carol, his sister, Harriet Jones; Wes, his bother, Harold Gillis; Hyacinth, his younger sister, Laura McDou gald; Helm, who quits, Grace Jones; Peggy, who comes to the rescue. El-' mira Whitley: Eve, a Southern char-j mer, Vera King; Sarah, a colored maid, Ina Mae Benner; Lenore, who has "plans," Judy Klouse; Mrs. Trim- j mer, of the Wee Blue Inns, Shirley Diue; ana me irucK anver, wno is plenty mad, Wilton Wood. Coal Available To Farmer For Certain Uses The Solid Fuels Administrator has ; . l pni It. tin t issueu orjw iio. j wnicn proviaes use in a brooder, hatchery or for tobacco curing for new users may ob tain the additional coal If a seperate order is filed with his shipper on or before May 15, 1945. T. D. Potter, chairman of the coun ty AAA Committee announced that these separate orders must be ac companied by a written certifica tion signed by a member of the AAA Neal A. Smith Named Masonic Deputy Master N. A. Smith of Red Springs has been appointed Deputy Grand-Master i t ore than 100. Since the outbreak of the pres ent war, Mr. Smith has given liberal ly of his time in coaching a large number of servic? men from the Laurinburg-Maxton Airbase, in Masonry before they were shipped overseas. Mr. Smith is also very active in the political and civic activities of the town and community and is chair man of the local War Price & Ra-I tinning board. He succeeds as deputy grand-master, Dr. R. T. Allen, deceased, of Lumberton, who served in this capa city for the past eighteen years. 0 Assistance Arranged For Returning Vets Agricultural advisory committees have been organized in each county to give assistance to returning war veterans, who are interested in ob taining aid in agricultural problems, says R. W. Shoffner, in charge of Ex tension farm management at State College. "These committees are composed of progressive farmers representing all sections of each county,'' he ex plains. "Their function is to advise with veterans who come to them for assistance In selecting farms, getting (Continued on page Two) 110 Apply To AAA For Cotton Crop Insurance The Hoke County AAA Committee received 110 applications or 1945 Cot ton Crop Insurance before April the imn deadline, ims was announced of Troop Carrier Command. '!uWefk. .byT- u 'i ml1 1 Activities Of Base Operations of the AAA Committee. 67 per cent j To Give Fu Dispiay t ot of the applications were for 75 per i Public cent coverage and the balance for' ' . 50 per cent. LAURtNBURG-MAXTON' A A B, The number of applications was , yXTON. Laurinburg-Maxton Ar smaller than in previous years and j, Bas6i world's , t ,lder this was attributed to several factors: ( (tj opens JU tes A Q Mm shortage of the notice and time of .itizens of North Carolina when preparation for receiving applica- House wj be neld to'nono, tions; the fact that yields are no , rhird Anniversary of the First in line with those of the last U t; ,p Carrier Command, whose uniU years; and the fact that some pr e spearheaded everv major iM ducers will not plant any coti ion since D.D Sicily. It is stated due to the acute labor shortage. J( aU energy a, this has bpetl Congress decided on y m Jam 50 .rned toward a realistic display of to authorize the Crop Insurance L s activities all the details of the program ' The First Troop Carrier Command, to oe prepared after that timt. of ,which Laurinburg-Maxton Amu Rites Tuesday For Rev. W. F. Trawick Retired Minister Deceased Was Active Minister Troop Carrier units have spe.ir In Methodist Conference For headed every major invasion since i Sicily, evacuated over 600,000 wound -lears. i ed frnm combat areas, and performed Funeral services for the Rev. Wil liam Floyd Trawick, 58, who died at the Highsmiths hospital Monday morning following an illness of three weeks, were conducted from the Rae ford Methodist church Tuesday after noon at 4 o'clock. The Rev. W. L. Maness. pastor of the church, the Rev. W. L. Clegg, Fayetteville district su perintendent, and the Rev. B. P. Robinson, retired, conducted the ser vices. Burial rites were conducted at the graveside in Raeford cemetery by the members of the local body of Masons. Mr. Trawick was a native of Hoke County, the son of Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Trawick of Lumber Bridge. He entered the ministery in 1913 and had served as pastor of a number of churches in the North Carolina Conference', including Raeford, Bis coe and Ellerbee as an active member of the conference for 25 years. In 1938, ill health forced his retirement but for the past three years he had... ',,.;,. ., . . , .li,. u wi As an offensive weapon. :t is served as supply pastor in the Wil mington district, and just prior to his last illness he was supply minister of the Pine Bluff charge. Surviving, in addition to his pa rents, are his wife, the former Miss Trula East of Raeford; one on. Wil ham Floyd Trawick, Jr.; and one daughter, Mrs. K. A. McKethan both of Raeford; one grandson,; three brothers, D. B. Trawick of Raeford, Otto Trawick of Wilmington and Paul Trawick of Jacksonville. TrumaMaking Own Decisions WASHINGTON, April 18. Presi dent Truman intends to run his own show. He will take advice from friends. But he will make his own decisions. That was the interpretation Wash ington put today on several separate actions in which the new president displayed a firmness not surprising to those who knew him on Capitol Hill. 1. He definitely overruled the high command on a matter that had more domestic than military significance in nominating Lt. Generals George S. Patton, Jr., and Courtney Hicks Hodges to four-star rank. 2. He picked John W. Snyder. St Louis banker and a friend of 25 years standing, as federal loan administra tor. Washington had understood that President Roosevelt was plan ning to shift budget -director Harold D. Smith to this post. 3. He told his news conference rather tartly yesterday that, of course Foreign Commfssar Molotov of Rus sia will stop in Washington to pay his respects to the President of the United States, a; he should. 4. He announced positively, flatly and briefly that he wants Bretton Woods monetary agreements and the reciprocal trade program enacted by congress. 5. He said he would welcome a talk with Gen. Charles De Gaulle, provisional president of France, as well as others of the Big Five leaders. De Gaulle generally is credited in this country with having snubbed an invitation by Mr. Roosevelt to meet him in Algiers. 0 A good grazing crop wil reduce the total amount of grain by IS per cent and the amount of protein sup plement by 40 per cent in producing pork, says Jack Kelley, Extension swine specialist at State College. Maxton Airbase To Have "Open House" On 3rd Birthday ' Air Base is an installation, is the "baby" Command of the Army Air I Forces. But its star has risen fast. Its nucleus consisted of fifty conver ted Douglas DC-3s and a Troop Car- ier Wing of several skeleton groups. Today, the Troop Carrier Command, I including overseas units, is larger I than the entire Army Air Forces in vital air supply missions in every w,ir theatre on the globe. Over seventy percent of its groups in combat have received citations. The troop carriers are the only outfit flying men and supplies within a combat zone. Their planes must often land in the midst of bi'lles, and to fly paratroops and te-v Uxtit gliders to their destinations, o- drcp vital supplies where they are xost needed, Troop Carrier crews must brave enemy fire. Troop Carriers pilots fall into two classifications: Power pilot", flying huge C-46, C-47 and new four engine transport planes which carry tons of personnel and supplies, chie', the OG-4A. They are trained to fight on t'.e ground alongside the aTboro troops they have transported. The troop gliders, which have found ex tensive use, and been completely extetimented with at Laurinburg Maxton, have proved one of the big- . . . t 1 1 - -1 11-.. no. only handy for transporting troops, but can successfully carry ammunition, small arms, supplies, howitzers, jeeps and other equipment. One glider was toward to Bas togne by a pilotless C-47 transport. The C-47 pilot and crew bailed out when flak set the plane afire, but the craft, set on an automatic pilot, continued straight ahead, pulling the glider as though nothing had hap pened. The glider pilot didn't pull his release until he was over '.he drop zone. He landed right in the American battle area. In summing up, it becomes cleat that the Troop Carrier Command has come into its own. All its great hopes, all the promises its champions have had for it, have been fulfilled. Hoke High News On Thursday and Friday. April 19-20 from 3:00 to 7:00 p. m. the teachers of Hoke High ani the Rae ford graded school wil! he at the graded school building for the pur pose of taking applications for can ning sugar. Luke McNeill left Thursday for Raleigh to be assigned to duty in the navy. He is the fourth son of Mr. and Mrs. John K. McNeill to be in service. Warren Childress, a Member of the junior class, has been jeeepted i:i the Merchant Marines. Mrs. McKeithan and her clans have made their room more attractive hy adding a coat of paint. Miss Mayme McKeithan's class collected the largest number of pounds per pupil in the clothing colection campaign, which was span- sored by the PTA. This class will go on a picnic Thursday. The numbeof pounds collected by the various classes during the week are; Miss McKeithan, 286; Mrs. Gore, 274; Mrs. McKeithan, 274; Mrs. McLean, 236; Mrs. White. 129; Mrs. Durham, 107; Miss Fisher, 79; Miss Gill, 53; Mrs. Wedemeyer. 36- nd Mr. Phillips, 8. Total number of pounds collected was 1,562. Each class is urged to continue this work until the quota for the entire county is raised. O Help the Gun Find Its Mark Keep The Foe In The Dark ft