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N HOKE COUNTY'S BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM ewsJMraal nOKE COUNTY'S ONLY NEWSPAPER The Hoke County News The Hoke County Journal' VOLUME XLI NO. 1 RAEFORD, N. C. THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1946 $2.00 PER YEAR .he -DEDICATION- AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH SUNDAY MORNING Next Sunday will be a day of dedication in the Presby terian Church. At the morn ing service the new church will be dedicated with the serrr.on being preached by Dr. J. McDowell Richards, president of Columbia Theo logical Seminary, Decatur, Georgia. At the evening ser vice at 7:30 o'clock the organ will be dedicated. After a briei service of dedication Dean Robert Reuter of the music department of Flora MacDonald college will give an organ recital. Former pastors of the church, the -Rev. L. A. Mc Laurin of Mullins, South Carolina, and Dr. Watson M. Fairley of Montreat have been invited to participate in these services. It is de finitely understood that Mr. McLaurin will be present, but recent word from Dr. Fairley indicates that he may be unable to attend on ac count of illness. The dedication services on Sunday will mark the completion of the reconstruc tion project which became necessary when fire part ially destroyed the building on October 23rd, 1943. With the aid of a church architect the church was completely edesigned, and the restora ion was planned around these new specifications. The first service in the church was held on Sunday, Dec ember 23rd, 1945. The organ was installed in time for the first service in the new church and has been enjoyed by the congre gation in all of the services of the church. The recital Sunday evening by Dean Reuter will give the people of Raeford an opportunity to hear the organ in recital for the first time. An invi tation is extended to all the public to attend both of these services. SCHOOL NEWS By K. A. MacDonald County Board Meets The County Board of Edu cation met in regular session Monday June 3 with all members present. A resolution was passed requesting the State Board of Education to allocate a teacher for the Antioch school. Another resolution was passed requesting the com missioners to grant the same 58 cent rate that was allow ed the schools for the year 45-46. The board desires to continue its building and re pair program on a pay-as-you-go basis. The county superintendent was instructed to make ev ery effort to secure one of the . State Area Vocational schools for Hoke County. The Superintendent was granted permission to attend the Kiwanis International Convention to be held in At lantic City next week. A special joint meeting of the Board of Commissioners and Education has been cal led for the evening of June 21 for the purpose of dis cussing and adopting the school budget for the year (Continued on page 4) Legion To Have Election Meeting Officers of the local Ameri can Legion post have an nounced that the regular monthly meeting of the post at the Armory next Monday night, June 10, will be the annual election meeting and that officers of the post for the next year will be elected at that time. Cards are being sent out by the post members urging them to be present, but of ficials have invited all vet erans to attend the meeting and join the organization Monday night. o Peter A. Webb Dies Suddenly Peter A. Webb, resident of this section for the past fourteen years, died sudden ly at -about five o'clock last Sunday morning of a heart attack. He was 59 years of age and was stricken at his home here. He had had two heart attacks previously. The deceased had been in the laundry business since coming to this section, work ing first at the Sanatorium laundry and for the past several years at a Fort Bragg laundry. He was a native of Car roll county, Virginia, and the remains were carried to Fries, Virginia, for funeral servces and interment. Final services were held there on Monday afternoon, conduct ed by the Reverend Atkin son of Fries. Surviing are the widow, Mrs. Mary Spry Webb of Raeford, and the following children: Mrs. Annie Mae Russell. Walter, and Jimmy all of Raeford and Peter A. Jr., with the marines over seas, and one grandchild Patsy Jean Russell, of Rae-' ford.' To Attend Convention The Kiwanis Club of Rae ford today announced the delegates that it will send to the 1946 Victory Conven tion of Kiwanis Internation al, June 9 to 13, at Altantic City, N. J. They are: Dr. M. R. Smith, K. A. MacDonald, and A. H. McPhaul. Hamilton Holt, prominent southern industrailist and president of Kiwanis Inter national, will preside at the five-day meeting, which is expected to attract some 10, 000 men and women from all sections of the United States and Canada. Kiwanis International can celled its annual conventions during the war and next month's meeting will be the first since Cleveland four years ago. o NO SECOND PRIMARY J. Benton Thomas, who ran second in the voting for member of the North Caro lina "house of representatives from Hoke County, did not file a request for a runoff primary before the deadline Monday. Harry Greene, high man in the voting May 25, is there fore the' Democratic nominee by a plurality of 145 votes over Mr. Thomas. -COURT- BROCK, DICKENS EACH CHARGE OTHER WITH ASSAULT In recorder's court Tuesday morning D. A. Brock, con tractor, and O. A. Dickens, were charged with assault. In each case the other was the complainant. The char ges resulted from a fist fight with accompanying vilifica tions said to have taken place on the job on the Johnson Cotton company building here last Friday. Both were found guilty as charged and paid the costs. John and Fable Oliver, colored, were charged with flimflamming Sallie Mae Moore, colored, out of $100. Plea was guilty of forcible trespass which the state ac cepted. Sentence was two years each to be suspended on payment of the costs and the $100. Rufus McCall, colored, be ing charged with driving drunk and careless and reck less driving. Sentence was 90 days to be suspended on payment of the costs and re pair of the car to be damag ed. Dug Simpson, colored, paid the costs for violating the road laws. W. J. Eason and W. D. Har i.groves, white of Bladen boro, -were charged with the larceny of an auto belong ing to Harry Epstein. Due to lack of evidence the state took a nol pross with leave and the defendants were re leased. Neill Hobson, Jr., white, got a 60-day sentence sus pended on payment of $50 and the costs for carrying a concealed weapon. A. D. Fipps, Carl S. John son, and B. F. Carr, all paid the costs for speeding. J. L. Monroe, colored, paid tiu? costs for allowing an I unlicensed driver to operate his car. Robert Monroe paid I the costs for driving with out a license. Dwight Priest, colored of Bowmore, on a charge of as sault with a deadly weapon, entered a plea of nolo con tendere and sentence of 90 days was suspended on pay ment of the costs and $66.50 (Continued on Page 4) POOLE'S BY D. SCOTT POOLE The coal miner's strike is settled for at least a week or ten days, but there is no surety of any permanency in such matters. The OPA raised the price of grain, then of grain pro ducts, first one then the other, so they can keep busy. This is an invention. A Hoke county chicken raiser said since the last a dulteration of feeds that it costs him quite a good deal more to raise chickens and they are never fat on such feed. The reason Union or any other laborers strike is be cause they know they can win before they start. We need a Teddy Roosevelt. The Methodist Bishoo who occupied the "Morning Hour -SWORN- JANE PRATT TAKES OATH OF OFFICE MONDAY Miss Jane Pratt, formerly of Raeford, became North Carolina's first woman in Congress in a ceremony in the House of Representatives shortly after the House con vened at noon Monday. Miss Pratt, who was for 22 years a congressional sec retary, was escorted to the House byRepresentative A. House by Representative A. district who stood beside her while speaker of the House Sam Rayburn administered the oath of office. In the galleries to witness the ceremony were more than a hundred relatives and friends, many of whom had come from North Carolina for the event. These includ ed Miss Pratt's brother, La cy L. Pratt, of Radford, Va., and her sister, Miss Eliza beth Pratt of Whiteville, N. C. and Mrs. Bernard Smith of Washington. Hoke County was repre sented by Mr. and Mrs. Char les Howard. Mr. Howard presented Miss Pratt with a large basket of flowers in the name of the county. Dressed in a smart black suit with which she wore a white blouse and a single white orchid, Miss Pratt en tered the House chamber with Representative Bul winkle and was joined by Senator Hoey and Represen tatives Doughton and Fol ger. Miss Pratt has announced the appointment of Miss Ruth Meacham of Lexington as her secretary. Miss Meacham served as personal secretary to the late Representative William O. Burgin during the seven years he served in Congress. CORRECTION Last week's News-Journal stated that Neill B. Sinclair, being high man in the pri mary voting for county com missioner, would be the next chairman of the board. This was erroneous, we have on good authority, as each board elects its own chair man. MEDLEY Sunday morning made some true and alarming state ments. They should be re peated daily. The paper wealth of the United States is, in bonds and currency, two hundred and fiftv BILLION DOL LARS. If I had all that I would persuade the boys not to fight. The Europeans have fou ght so long that peace times are a bore to them. If the United Nations were to give them the position of world police perhaps they would content themselves in dom inating the subjects over whom they are lord. Billie, Nair, Jim Arch and Miss Crit McNeill lived on Central Avenue and owned and operated a store where Continued on Page 7 Dance At Armory Tomorrow Ni- The new dance of this community is ing its debut at the Amo 'Cre tomorrow night witl . ss Carlton and his ore a playing for an affair "lh 10 P. M. to 2 A. M. i Carlton's orchestra is o; I known, having nlavec TtA xaiiiuui iiuLcib aiiu over it hookups for some time. Carlton features as special ties the piano playing and singing of Carolyn Talley and the singing of Wendell Fore. The Terpsichorean club has invited the public to at tend. ,.. l4l 1 l Final Rites For Robert L. Hendrix Robert Lacy Hendrix, re spected farmer of this county for over forty years, passed away at the home of his son in Blue Springs township shortly before noon last Sat urday. He was 80 years of age and had been seriously ill since January. Prior to that he had suffered a stroke in September. The deceased was a native of Bennettsville, S. C. Funeral services were con ducted at 4:00 o'clock Sun day afternoon at Sandy Grove Methodist church near Parkton by Rev; W. L. Man ess of Raeford and Rev. Cot ton of Parkton. Interment folowed in the cemetery there. Surviing are his widow, Mrs. Agnes Haywood Hen drix; 7 sons, James, Tom, Dewey, Clayton, Wilmer, Da vid, and Brown; 2 daughters, Mrs. D. L. Guin and Mrs. Julius Jackson and 16 grand children. HABEAS CORPUS WRIT FREES ARTHUR LUCAS In habeas corpus proceed ings before Judge Clawson L. Williams in Sanford last Saturday Arthur Lucas, Moore County white man who was being held for trial in Superior court for rape without bond, was set free under a bond of $3500. Lucas was charged with the offense by Helen Melton, white woman of Raeford, the date in the allegation being Mav 23. FIRE ALARM MONDAY There was a fire alarm a bout mid-afternoon Monday when the fire in an oil stove in process of being demon strated at Wood's Furniture store got out of the burner and out of control. There were no injuries and proper ty loss was negligible. o CARLYLE ILL F. Ertel Carlyle of Lum- berton, district solicitor of the ninth judicial district of which Hoke county is a part, suffered a heart attack at his home last Thursday and has been directed by his doc tor to rest for six weeks. CLINIC AT LUMBERTON The usual orthopedic clin ic will be held Friday, June 7, in the basement of the agricultural building at Lum berton by the public welfare department. Dr. O. I. Mil ler, f Charlotte, will be the surgeon in charge. -FINALS- DIPLOMAS AWARDED TO 34 AT FINAL EXERCISES Commencement exercise3 were held at Hoke High Fri day evening, May 31, at 8:30 o'clock. Dr. Clyde R. Er win, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, address ed the graduates, their par ents, and friends on "The Place of Youth in the Post war World." Dr. Erwin made a very .inspiring and thought challenging address to a lar ge and appreciative audience. The program was opened with the processional led by the chief marshal and as sistant chief accompanied by the class mascots, little Miss Edna Evans McNeill and Master Younger Fletcher Snead, Jr., this was followed by the invocation by Rev. J. D. Whisnant. Betty McLean then delivered the salutatory address, she having taken the second honor. Miralyn Johnson sang two numbers following which Dr. Erwin was presented to the audi ence by K. A. MacDonald. After Dr. Erwin's address the prizes and awards were delivered. Robert H. Gatlin, for the American Legion, de livered their good citizen ship and awards to two sen iors, Daniel Baker and Betty McLean. The Legion ora torical award went to Bes sie Wright, also of the gra duating class. Cecil Dew delivered the Kiwanis awards, these go ing to Patsy Russell of the 3rd grade, Dorine Duncan of the 7th grade and Helen. King of the 12th. Mrs. A. L. O'Briant deliv ered the prize offered by the Literature Department of the Woman's club. The best readers prize went to Bessie Wright, and the creative work prize went to Doris Keith, both of the gradua ting class. Miss Flora Bovce on be half of the Educational De partment of the Woman's club, delivered to Doris Keith the prize offered to the valedictorian. K. A. MacDonald on be half of the County Board of Education, delivered the good bus driver's certificates and attached bonus checks, that are awarded by the board each year to those drivers who meet all requirements, to Edith Black, C. J. Mc Neill, William Sipfle, Ila Moss ,Neal ' McNeill, David Harris, Johnny Allen, Wil liam Clark, John Allen Webb. Edith Monroe, Buster Max well, and Fred Wood. Jim mie Plummcr and Juanita Long received checks, but did not drive long enough to qualify for the drivers certificates. Principal C. H. McGregor then delivered the diplomas to the graduating class as follows: Daniel Baker, Edith Black, Mardell Campbell, Mary Car ter, Ted Clark, Kathleen Cothran, Angus Currie, Elsie Everett, Mary Raye Free man, David Harris, Wade Hendrix, Doris Keith, Helen King, Hamer Leach, Juanita Long, Allyne Maxwell, Bet ty McLean, Glenn Maxwell, Franklin McNeill, Edith Monroe, Jimmy Plummer, Florence Sides, Mildred Sin clair, William Sipfle, Lucille Townsend, John Allen Webb, Continued on Page S
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