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VOLUME XLI NO. 41
SCHURSDAY, MARCH 13th, 194T
RAEFORD, N. C.
S2.M PER TEAR
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ISCHOOL NEWS
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By K. A. MacDomdd
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On Friday night, March 7,
the Home Demonstration clubs of
Arabia and Dundarrach gave a
chicken supper in the Mildouson
school lunchroom for 'the bene
fit of the lunchrotpn. The ladies
served a bountiul supper which
was greatly enjoyed by all who
attended. 'Net pjroceeds for the
lunchroom were $93. *
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The local post of the Ameri
can Legion is sponsoring an or
atorical contest at Hoke High.
The contest is under^ the super
vision of Miss Miriam Watson.
Forty-tw(5 essays on topics based
on The Declaration of Indepen-
(fende and the Constitution of
the United States have been sub
mitted. Sonny McIntyre, Jean
MdNeill, Johnny Walker, Eliz
abeth Parker, and Grady Cov
ington will compete in a contest
to be held in -the High School
auditorium, Friday, March 14.
The Legion is offering two pri
zes; $10 for the winner of first
place and $1 for second.
Albert &ii6a^
Is Decorated-
KILLED ON IWO JIMA;
PARENTS ARE GIVEN
MARINE MEDAL
Mr. and Mrs. I^. A. Smoak of
the Ashemont school faculty went
to Raleigh last Saturday and re
ceived the .tiMarine Corps medal
•»s '
' that was awarded posthumously
to their soB,|£Marine Pfc. Albert
Smoak, for=^h^oic (jondu^I on
Two Jima where he gave his life
to save the wounded members
of his machine gun crew. Be sure
and read the citation elsewhere'
in The News-Journal. •
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The .social science clas.ses ■ of
Hoke High visitid Raleigh last
’' 's'fi'a' '’sa^ra'
the legislature in session.
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Several me.rbers of the boards
of education and commissioners
met with a-committee from the
•Hoke-^Raeford PTA and inspected
the Raeford Graded school buil
ding one day last week.
J. M. .Anctrews, principal of
the Mildouson school, is in bed
with flu. Mrs. Andrews is sub
stituting for him.
Influenza is making inroads on
the attendance of the .various
schools in the county. Parents
are urged to teke all precautions
:ir cl
to keep their children well.
The posthumous Bronze Star
Medal for “meritorious achieve
ment and dauntless courage in
action against the .enemy in Iwo
Jima,” was awarded in Raleigh
Saturday to Marine. Pfc. Albert
E. Smoak, son of Mr. and Mrs.
R. A. Smoak of Ashley Heights.
The award was presented by
First Lt. Leroy V. Corbett of the
Raleigh Maidne Recruiting office
and was received by Pl-ivate
Smoak’s parents. The ceremonies
took place in the Post Office
building. A memorial prayer was
offered by Dr. Walter Patten of
Louisburg College', which Private
Smoak attended prior to enter
ing service.
The medal was presented for
■heroism on March - 7, 1945, the
date on which Private Smoak was
killed in action.
The citation accompanying the
award states:
“For meritorious achievement
while serving as a member of a
machine gun squa'd of Company
E, iSecond BattaUoh, Ninth Ma
rine Division, in '^action against
enemy Japaneseforces on Iwo
Jima, Volcano Island, March 7,
1945. When his squad was in
danger of being completely over
whelmed by blasting enemy mor
tar and small-iknns barrages,'
Private First Class • Smoak cou
rageously attempted to draw the
fire away fromiihis wounded
comrades, voluntsSJiv moving the
eJ:il^ie(l®|iteition where
instantly opening fire,_Ji^e,.stead
fastly kept the gun in action un
til he fell, mortally wounded.
By his dauntless courage, dar-
in ginitiative and resolute spirit
of self-,sacrSPice, Private First
Cla.ss Smoak facilitated the ev-
acution of the wounded and his
valiant conduct throughout up
held the highest traditionB pf
the United States Naval Service.
He gallantly gave his life for his,
country.”.
RED CROSS FIGURE
Red Cross Chairman Neill
A. .McDonald announced yes
terday that $1234.46 of Hoke
County’s quota had been turn
ed in up to that time. He said
that because of the recent
bad weather and great amount
of sickness that the time for
raising the balance of the quo
ta would !)« extended as long
as necessary. He asks all wor
kers to keep him informed as to
their progress. J
Cars And Liquor
Cost Several Costs
Tuesday Morning
In recorder’s coui't Tuesday
morning before Judge Henry
McDiarmid all charges dealt with
either violations of the prohibi
tion laws or with' violations of
the road laws.
Nellie Holt, colored, got 30 days
suspei^^d on payment of $10
and the costs for violating the
prohibition laws.
Cliff Thomas, colored paid the
costs for violating the prohibi
tion laws.
Dan Leach, colored man of Lit
tle River township was found
guilty of owning and operating
a whiskey still therte. He was sen
tenced to a total of 7 months on
the roads to be suspended on pay
ment of a $25 fine and the court
costs and the required bonus to
the officers capturing the still.
He appealed the decision to Su
perior court and posted a bond
of $250,
Clarence Stubbs, colored, was
found guilty of careless and reck
less driving. He got a 30-day sen
tence which was suspended on
payment of the. costs and $8 clam
ages to James L. Currie, whose
car he damaged.
John i). Giles, South Carolina
white man, p.aid the costs for
speeding.
Edward Wilkerson, colored tran
sient, paid the costs for driving
with inlproper equipment on his
car.
Gilbert Little, colored, paid the
costs for being drunk and disor.
derly.
West Ed Win;
Basketball
Tournament
Push Vass-Lobelia
Road Surfacing
TROUNCES HOKE HIGH
IN FINAL GAME
FRIDAY P. M.
The West End High school
basketball "^eaim' came down to
the American Legion Invitational
tournament here last week after
winning the Moore county title
and won another trophy here, by
defeating a Hoke High team that
couldn’t seem to get going a-
gainst them, 49 - 25.
The tournament started Tues
day night with Seventy-First de
feating Wagram ui a close one,
31 to 28. J. D. Currie, for Wagram
was outstanding in this game,
scoring 23 of his team’s 28 points.
The second game ^Tuesday saw
Hope Mills high go down to a
better Hoke High team, 37 - 25.
Gulledge for Hoke High whs high
scorer in this tilt.
Wednesday night a fighting
Stedman team defeated the high
ly touted Dunn quint 32 - 25. In
the other game West End down
ed Central High 32 to 26.
On Thursday night the Hoke
High outfit had easy going to take
7.1st, 40 to 20. Maxwell was top
scorer for the locals in this con
test. Ip .the second affair West
End squeezed out Stedman, 40 to
26, and went on to walk away
with the final game with Hoke
High the next night, 49 to 25,
C^le was high scorer for the
victors and Poole for the locals
Following the final game awards
were made tc^he winning team
and the touriimnent team, by Dr.
R. L. Murray for the American
Legion post. ,. West End placed
three men on this team and Hoke
High the other two, McNeill and
McKeithan being selected _ from
here.
In addition to his parenfs,
Private Smoak is survived by
two sisters. Leette Smoak Mon
tague of Ralgigh and Mary Ann
of the home.
John Mumford, principal of the
Rockfish colored school is very
ill with asthma. His sister has
been substituting for him.
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HOKE HIGH SCHOOL NEWS
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Several new books have been
added to the library recently.
An order for a set of biographies
and magazine covers was made
last week.
On Friday of this week the
seniors will try out for- the A-
merican Legion oratorical con
test.
The Medical essay contest for
members of the junior and sen
ior classes was closed last Friday,
and the papers" have been sent
to the judges.
The members of the senior
class began rehearsing the senior
play this week. They are plan
ning to have it ready for presen
tation by first of May. ; ,
The first formal practice for
the football team was held this
week. Nineteen new uniforms
have been purchased this year.
A new Frigidaire has been
added to the home econa.rjics
laboratory. -
The members of the Journa
lism Club, accompanied by'Mrs.
H. C. Roberts and Mrs. Arthur
D. Gore, visited the Fayetteville
Observer office last week. After
the pupils were^ shown through
the different departments, they
went to tlie Conoly Theater for
a shpw.
The band members, under the,
direction of Mr. Melvin, are very
busy practicing for a spring con
cert.
Mr. Dittinore, nationally known
police instructor, spoke to the
James C. Lindsay
Of Lumberton Dies
James Calvin Lindsay, 68, field
worker with the Robeson county
Health Department, former mer
chant and native of Hoke county,
died Tuesday night of last week
at Duke hospital in Durhairt
where he had been a patient sin
ce February 9 with leukemia.
Funeral services were conduc
ted ^Thursday at the First Pres
byterian church in Lumberton by
his pastor, Rev. B. L. Alexander,
assisted by Rev. M P. Calhoun.
Burial was in , the cemetery at
Ruby, S
Deane Announces
Coast Guard Exams
He was born at .Rockfish, now
in Hoke County, on May ^16, 1887,
son of the late M. J. and Mary
Carmichael Lindsay.
Surviving are his wife; 2 daugh-
Rep. C. B. Deane of the Eighth
Congressional District, N C. an
nounced this week that the an
nual a(^mpetitive ex£jminiation
for appointments to cadetship in
the Coast Guard Academy at
New London, Connecticut, will
be conducted on May 7-8, 1947.
The examination is open to all
physical qualified young men in
the United States, military or ci
vilian, between the ages of 17
and 22. who are unmarried and
who meet the specified educa
tional requirements. ■ . These re
quirements are 2 years of alge
bra, 1 year plane geometry, 3
yeai-s Engttishi 1 year ppiysics,
and 8 units of optional subjects.
Appointments to the Coast Gu
ard Academy are made on the re-,
suits of a competitive examina
tion. ' '
Successful completion of the
four year course at the Academy
which is basically scientific in
character, leads to a Bachelor of
Science degree in Engineering
The tournament was well at
tended throughout and was con
sidered a success by all who did
attend.
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AMERICAN LEGION
SUPPER TUESDAY NIGHT
The Ellis Williamson American
Legion post held its regular mon
thly meeting in the Kiwanis hall
here Tuesday night. A steak sup
per was served buffet style to
about 50 attending members of
the post.
Delegations called on the County
Commissioners of both Moore
and Hoke Counties at their , meet-
ings last week in the interest of
getting the road from Vass in
Moore County to' Lobelia in Hoke
county rebuilt and surface trea
ted.
A delegation from Little River
[township met here with the
Board of Commissioners on Mon
day morning and presented their
proposal, which was well received
by the board. The same after
noon a group frorr, Vass met with
the Moore commissioners who
passed a resolution asking the
State Highway commission to
give preference to that part of
the road which is in Moore coun
ty when the time for that coun
ty’s next allocation of road sur
facing comes up.
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Good Health Clinic
Is Completed
Red Cross Drive
Still Unfinished
The Red Cross drive has not
been completed in eight days as
had been hoped by county drive
chairman, N. A. McDonald. Chair-
-T.an McDonald request that all
workers make an extra* effort to
see all persons in their territory
and try to be ready to report
by Saturday, March 15.
Raeford Chairman, Israel Mann
requests that all workers.in Rae
ford' try to be ready to make a
report by Saturday. He asks that
every body in Raeford be given
Town Annooiices
Dates For Electkn
OfOffkiak
TO NOMINATE MAYOR;
' COMMISSIONERS
APRIL 7
In response to a resolution pas
sed by the Board of Commission
ers of the town of Raeford at
their .meeting on Tuesday. March
4, an announcement is made this
week to the effect that the pri-
a chance to contribute, feeling i mary for the nomination of can-
sure that there is no one who
would not like to have a part
in so worthy a cause.
didates' for the two year terms
as mayor and town comm,ission-
ers will be held at the town hall
As yet there is not a single j on Monday, April 7, 1947.
section that has reache^i its quo-j Although nomination is tanta-
t0|. Last year at this stage of the mount to election therebe
drive at least half ‘of the divi- an election on Monday, May 5.
sions had m.et their quotas and Registration books will be open
The Good Health X-ray clinic
was finished 4ast Friday when
Mr. Satterwhite set up his ma
chine at the -community church
at White-Tetc Mill and x-rayed
131 additional folks, making a
grand total of 3254 for the whole
clinic. This was an outstanding
record and it was only accomp
lished by complete cooperation.!^’
Mrs. R. A. Matheson, who se- T"
cured the ladies who aided in
the first 5 days of the clinic, got
Mrs. Jennie Sm.ith and Mrs. A.
V. Sanders to help on Friday.
Miss Lora Mae McKenzie and
some of the same girls from the
commercial class at Hoke High
did the typ.ing. Mr. Poovey, su
perintendent of the mill, had the
current run into the church and
saw that it was heated.
There has been no reldhse of
a final check on the various types
of disease found, as Mrs. Camp
bell of the Health Djtpartment
is away on her vacation. How
ever, it is.. known that quite
number have gone tC|MJi^"Sana-
in so.re cas'es had doubled it.
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Who will be first this year'?
The Red Cross ktill stands by
to aid those in need locally, na
tionally and throughout the wor
ld. The local chapter is helping
service men here and abroad,
their families and non-service
folks every day. The. National
Red Cross answers every disaster
call in the nation such as the
Winecoff Hotel fire in Atlanta.
The Red Cross is ministering to
our service men where ever they
re, in Alaska.. The Aleutians,
he South Pacific, The Far East,
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The Near East, in Germany. Eve
ry where the flag goes, goes the
Red Cross. Go with it, you can
have a part in this great uork
by making a contribution.
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torium for an addition check-up
and that about an equal number
:thave befcn referred to t^eir
family doctors for attention.
on Saturday, March 15 for the
registration of all eligible to vote
who have not registered.. They
will be open each Saturday there
after up to and including Satur
day, March 29 for this purpose.
Saturday, April 5 will be chal
lenge day. ■ ^ ,
Thursday, March 27, will be the
last day for filing as a candidate
for mayor or town commissioner.
Incumbent mayor is Neill Mc-
Fadyen and commissioners are
A. V. Sanders, Milton Campbell,
W. J. Coates, and Lawrence Stan
ton. A m.ayor and five com.r.'is-
sionei's will be nom.inated
elected.
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LOCAL NATIONAL GUARD
UNIT APPROVED FOR
FEDERAL RECOGNITION
Health Department and Sana
torium officials feel that the
clinic was most successful
worth while.
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and
Items of business discussed
during the evening were the pro
gress of the committee working
on acquiring lights for the ball
park here, the progress of the
ticket committee for the dance
to be held in the Armory on Ap
ril 4 at which a new Chevrolet
will be given away, and actual
plans for the dance itself.
Freezer Locker
Demonstration
Results of the high school bas
ketball toi^rnament conductted
here last week by the post were
also related.
ters, Mrs. John Elmendorf of
and a commission in the regular
Chapel Hill and Jean Lindsay of
the home; 2 b^-others, D. J. Lind
say of Jacksonville, Fla., and A.
Coast Guard.
Inquiries concerning the Coast
Guard Academy entrance exam
ination should be addressed to
G. Lindsay of Creole, Miss.,; and ^ Admiral J. F. Farley. Comman-
one sister, Mrs. Frank Bethea of dant, U. S Coast Guard, Wash-
Rockfish.
His only son, James Calvin
Lindsay, Jr. was killed over Ru
mania while serving as a B-24
pilot during the war.
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ington 25, D C.
(Continued on page 4)
PTA TO MEET MONDAY
The regular monthly meeting
of the Hoke-Raeford Parent Tea
cher Association will be held
Monday evening, March 17, 1947
at 7:30 o’clock in the high school
auditorium. Mrs. T. N. MdLauch-
lin will be in charge of the pro
gram. All patrons of the school
are urged to attend.
APPRECIATION
Mrs. R. L. Murray, chairman
of the drive corhmittee in the re
dent USO fund raising * cam
paign here in the county, yesterday
expressed her appreciation to all
)^ho had worked with her to
raise the funds to keep' the USO
going another year for the Army
and Navy. Mrs. Murray also stat
ed that all workers who had col
lected funds turn it in as soon as
possible to W. A. McDonald "at the
Bank, of Raeford in order that the
Hoke. funi may go forward.
SCHEDULE FOLLOWS
BUT ’WAY BEHIND
The 1947 Hoke County High
school baseball schedule which
should have followed a story
on page one of last week’s is
following this paragraph in this
week’s we hope. It’s following
last week’s story by about a
week.
Mch, 21 Central.Here
25 71st Here
28 Hamlet Here
April 1 Open Date
4 Hamlet There
8 71st There ,
11 Wagram There
15 Red Springs There
18 Open Date
22 Roseboro Here
25 Wagram Here
29 Fairmont There
May 2 Red Springs Here
6 Fairmont Here
9 Roseboro There
13 Stedman Here
16 Stedman There
Game Time — 8.00 p. m.
Miss Ruby Scholz, Extension
Economist in Food Conservation
and Marketing, from State Col
lege,, Raleigh, will give a dem
onstration on “How to Prepare
Fruits and VegetabJjes for the,
Freezer Locker” on Wednesday
P. M., March 19, at 2:30 at the
Raeford Gramfar School. Letters
announcing the demonstration
were mailed this week from the
office of Josephine Hall, Home
Demonstration Agent. These let
ters were sent to all freezer loc-
Colonel Saverne McLaughlin,
of Raleigh, dommander of the
North Carolina military district
of the Third .Army, inspected
Battery A, newly formed local
National Guard organization, at
e Armory here last Monday af
ternoon and evening.
Colonel McLaughlin spent the
afternoon inspecting the records
and armory facilities of the unit
and mustered the men in the
evening. He expressed himself
as being highly pleased with the
showing made by the battery and
stated that he would recommend
it for Federal recognition as a
unit of the National Guard of the
United States and of North Car
olina.
The battery received credit for
Federal pay for the assembly
Monday night and will for their
regular Monday night drills in
the future. Forty of'^forty-one en
listed men were present or ac
counted for at the inspection..
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March of Dimes
Drive Raises $1184
Praise for the local 1947 March
of Dimes Committee and the cit
izens of Hoke 'vvas received this
week by W. L. Poole. Chairman
of the drive from Basil O’Con-
uor. President of the National
Foundation for Infantile Paraly
sis.
, .Acknowledging ‘receipt of fin
ancial report from this county
which raised $1184 in the cam
paign, Mr. O’Connor said:
“Because of the good work of
the citizens of your community
and the efforts of million of peo
ple all over the country, the
fight against infantili^ paralysis
will continue on every front.
KIWANIANS SEE ARMY
PICTURES THURSDAY
Sgt. E. S. Coley, of the .Army
re.cruiting station at Rockingham
was the guest of the Raeford
Kiwanis club at its weekly meet
kers renters and Home Demon- ing last thursday night. Sgt. Co-
stration Club Food Conservation
Leaders. However, any person
interested in seeing the 'demon
stration is urged to attend.
The freezer locker is a “safe
deposit box” for food. Meat, poul
try. fruits, and vegefablei are
stored successfully in these units
for months. By freezing summer
time fruits and vegetables, their
good flavor and nutritive value
may be enjoyed the year round.
Miss Scholz will discuss equip
ment, processing, packaging, fre
ezing and will prepare one friut
and one vegetable for the freezer
locker.
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Now is the time to plant
Kobe lespedeza for the hay crop
or for summer grazing. By plant
ing now for hay, means saving
of labor in putting in hay crops
during the busy season. Lgspe.
ley, a veteran of the battle on
Bataan penipsula and Corregidor ^ makes a good grazing
crop during July, August, and
September.
This is about the last call for
itting in permanent pasture.
They should be planted at once.
! -Apply. 1' to 2 tons of Agricultural
DR. WHARTON RETURNS
TO PJC FROM CUBA
Dr. R. H. Wharton will return
to teach Spanish at Presbyterian
Junior College summer school,
the college has announced.
Dr. Wharton is the founder and
forme*^ president of La Progres
siVa at Cardenas, Cuba. At the
present time, he is living in Ha
vana and teaching private classes
in English during the winter.
in 1942 and of. more' than three
years a prisoner of the Japanese
entertained the club by telling
of some of' his ^e.xperiences andj
then showed several combat films Permanent pasture,
of the war .which were very in-1
teresting to the club members.
The club will meet at the Up^ a^good
church airfield for its weekly I 600 pounds
of a 3-12—12 fertilizer just before
seeding and disk lightly. Firm
the seed bed with a harrow and
' plant I'S ' pounds of Kobe Lespe
deza, ' 8 pdunds of Dallis grasa
3 pounds of orchard grass, and 2
director pounds of white dutch clover or
meetiug and supper tonight.
DUKE GLEE CLUB TO
SING IN FAYETTEVILLE
Dr. J. Foster Barnes,
will bring the well known Duke
University glee club to,the Fay
etteville High school auditorium .
ladino cover.
Farmers should get their supw
tomorrow (Friday) night tor ajply of crqp seed before planting
program under the sponsorship! time. Get cotton seed of Coker
of the Fayetteville Woman’s club.
The program will begin,vat 8:15.
The program will be a’ varied strains the T-20. N. C. 1111, or
one, starting With several clas-ITeun. 10. For yellow strains get
100 Wilt variety, and corn seed.
For hybrtd corn, get for white
sical selections and including ne- N. C. 27, U. C 26, or T-23.
gro spirituals and a group of mo
dern songs. Am'Ong the soloists
to be heard will Football Player
George Clark. There are 40 men
in the club.
Apply nitrogen to thg
grain crop. This must be
9t ooce if the crop is W get
imum results. >
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All farmers wanting to co^
erate in the rat control campaign
on March 28 are urged to get
their application of $1.00 per 3
pound package of bait to the
County Agent’s office at once or
by March 15.
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