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4*^ ; VOLUME XLHI, NO. 2 YOUR ISCHOOL NEWS! By K. A. MacDonald' The awards given at the Hoke High commencement exercises last week are as follows: Highest scholastic honors: valdictory, Nancy Lee , Cole, salutatory, Miralyn Johnson; Education De partment of the Woman’s Club for best grades in senior class, Nancy X^ee Cole; Literature. De partment for best reader, Bill Moses; Literature Department for best creative writing 10th, 11th and 12'th grades, Miraljm Johnson, 8th and 9th grades Joyce Conoly; American Legion best all-round boy and girl in senior class, l^bby Murray and Katherine Blue: Kiwanis awards, most outstanding student in primary department, grammar grades, and high school: third grade, Harriet Suzanne Cameron, seventh grade, L. S. Brock, Jr., twelth grade, Miralyn Johnson; Bar Association, best in peace contest, Florence Cameron; Board of Education, good driver’s certificates, Fred Wood, Betty McNeill, Arnold Monroe, Melvin Haire, Buster Maxwell, Archie Maxwell, Zeb Moss, Ruby Strother, Joanne Hamilton, Archie Walters, Frances Parks, Donald Wood and Sam Hendrix. At the Upchurch commence ment the Board of Education a- warded good driver’s certicicates as follows: John Morrison, Albert McLain, James Marion and James Ray. The Board of Education avvardr ed good drivers certificates to the Indian drivers as follows: Annie Pierce and George Hunt. The following teachers have been elected by the Rockfish school committee to fill the vacancies caused by resignations. Mrs. Arlene Parnell, Fayette ville, N. C., Miss Jeanne Shiel, Carolina Beach, N. C., Miss Ruby Wood, Rockfish, N. C. The Raeford school committee has elected Miss Dorothy Bradley of Kipling, N. C. for music in Hoke High and Raeford Graded school, and Miss Erma Lee Wil liams of Heipingway, S. C. for social science in Hoke High. J, W. Turlington, who has been in charge of the local book room this year is closing up the year’s work this week and hopes to leave ’for his home in Fremont tomorrow or Saturday. The records made this year by former Hoke High graduates in the various colleges of the state are not only gratifying to the parents of these students but to the, Hoke High faculty. A check has been kept on the progress of these students by the guidance counselor and she feels that they have' done credit, not only to themselves but to the school as well. Upchurch To Head Seed Crushers; Of State This Year At the annual convention of the North and South Carolina Seed Crushers associations at Myrtle Beach last week-end Lewis M. Upchurch of the Hoke Oil and Fertilizer company here was elected president of the North Carolina association for the next year, succeeding Thomas F. Bridges of Wilson. The association was addressed on Friday by Dr. W. D. Daniels, dean emeritus of the Clemson college of a^s and sciences. His talk was on the subject “Marge- rine legislation and Cotton.” Miss Elsie Upchurch rendered several vocal seledtions at this session also. On Saturday the convention was addressed by Congressman L. Mendel Rivers of South Carolina on the Subject “Shackles in a Free Economy.” Robert Lee Humber, famous as one of the organizers of tiie World Federal ist movement, also made a talk to the group on the subject of ‘The Path to Peaces” 0——- Local Guardsman Attends' School At Fort Bragg Private First Class George W. Ray of Battery A, local National Gudlrd unit, is attending a two weeks course at the Army school for cooks and bakers at Fort Bragg. The course is being opened to members of National guard units in preparation for their summer encampment next month, Approximately 100 membera of the local unit will leave for Camp Stewart, Ga., on July 10 and will return on July 25. Many local boys have joined the unit recently and will be exempt from the draft under the law Congress is expected to pass before it adjourns in a few weeks. About fifteen vaeahcle* remain in the battery. 0 Mrs. Mann’s Nepheyr Killed In Accident Sidney P. Brooks, 21, a nephew of Mrs. Israel Mann of Raeford, was killed last Thursday after noon in Raleigh in a collision be tween a taxicab in which he was a passenger and a produce truck. He was a member of the senior class at the University of North Carolina, a son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Brooks of Warsaw, and a vet eran of World War II. Surviving are his parents and two sisters, Mrs. Harry Stein of Fayetteville and Mrs. Marshall Solomon of Richmond, Va. Funeral was conducted at one o’clock Friday afternoon in War saw by Rabbi Nathan Epstein of Fayetteville. Burial was in Cross Creek cemetery in Fayetteville at three o’clock. 0 LOCAL CHURCH SERVICE TO BE BROADCAST FROM SOU. PINES STATION GAME SATURDAY The Raeford Rebels of the Peach Belt league will play the league-leading Southern Pines team at the local Park Satur day night Game time is 7:45. The Raeford team, which has an unenviable record so far, appears to be getting to be the team to watch, as they have been playing good ball lately. Plans of the Board of Educa tion for the summer repairs are now being executed. It is hoped that all work can be completed by September 1. • Bonnie Kate Blue, Nancy Lee Cole, Frieda Moss, Janie Veasey, Elease Moss, Nell Myers and Mil ton Mann were aU presented honor certificates by the teachers on the last day of school. These certificates . were . awarded for ' making all A’a during the school jNsar. , , -, 0 0 METHODIST MEN PUT OFF SUPPER MEETING The regular meeting of the men’s-club of the Raeford Method ist church has been postponed for one week due to two conflicts, the Rev. P. O. Lee, minister stated yesterday. The morning worship service at the Raeford Presbyterian church will be broadcast next Sunday morning, June 13, over Station WEEB, Southern Pines. This will be the first time a local church service has been broadcast and those who are unable to attend church in person are invited to tune in at 1380 on Sunday morn ing. • COTTON MEETING There will be A cotton stapling and[ gradinjg meefhig in the Hoke Cbupty iHgh Sc^l Auditwium on Tuesday, June 15. Dhn Holler, of State College, will give the demonstration on proper stapling and grading of cotton and Vrill lead a discussion on production problems. Information will be available on Boll Weevil control and something about what farm ers are planning to do in Hoke County. All cotton farmers are in vited to attend this meeting. Army Will Take Members of ERC On Duty In Grade Members of the United* States Army Enlisted Reserve Corps, who are skilled in certain specialties# will be offered the opportunity to volunteer for a nine to twelve month tour of active duty at one of the five recruiting main sta tions in the Carolinas, according to an announcement made today by M|Sgt. Greer, commanding officer of the Rockin^diam Army and Air Force Recruiting Station located at Rockingham, N. C. In anticipation of procuring in creased numbers of personnel for the arm,ed forces in the near future, the Department of the Army has authorized an increase in personnel of 87 men for the Columbia Recruiting District to meet the requirements for the ex pansion of examining facilities at the recruiting' main stations lo cated in Columbia and Greenville, South Carolina; and at Charlotte* Fayetteville, and Durham, North Carolina. This increase in person nel will be met entirely through voluntary recall of Enlisted Re servists. Individuals recalled under this program will be generaUy quali fied ar" Classification Specialists, Clerk Typists, Personnel Consul tants, Medical Technicians, or Medical Laboratory Technicians. These men will be guaranteed as signment within the Columbia Re cruiting District, which includes the states of North and South Carolina, and, where practicable, will be assigned to the main sta tion nearest their home. Change in strength requirements, however, may necessitate later re-assign- ment to another main station within the Carolines. Enlisted Reservists will be re called to active duty in the grade held in the reserve, and will be entitled to the same allowances and privileges as Regular Army men of the same grade. Interested members of the ERC are invited to contact th local re cruiting station for further in formation on this unprecedented offer. 0 Johnson And Scott Strengthen County Campaign Forces RALEIGH, June 7—^the head quarters of both contenders to day continued adding to co-unty campaign organizations for the June 26 gubernatorial Second pri mary. The camps of Kerr Scott and Charles M. Johnson both an nounced addition of former work ers for Mayne Albright, No. 3 man in the May 29 vote, in coun ties which Albright carried. Johnson conferred with Monroe Redden of the 12th congressional district and reported Redden ex presses confidence that Johnson would add to the lead he gained in that district in the first primary., John I. Barnes, Jr., who ran Al bright headquarters here and who is hoW an assistant Scott manager, reported the addition of Albright ^rkers to Scott forces In Nash county. • : •*:. • Johnson’s hea4quarters' an nounced that J. Ivey Bridges of Jackson, Ajjbright’s Northampton county manager, has been named Johnson’s co-manager in North ampton. Summer Program To Get^^arted Monda;^ Morning The summer recreation program for the boys and girls of the community will get started at nine o’clock next Monday at the Hoke county high school gymna sium under the direction of Coach Haywood Falircloth. The program is being sponsored by the Hoke- Raeford Parent-Teachers associ ation, the same organization which sponsored*!! last summer. Of , great-toterest to the young sters will t# the news that a bus has been alcuced to carry them to the crebk imder Mr. Fair- cloth’s supervision during the pro gram. The bus wiU leave from the Raeford Graded school each afternoon, starting Monday, at three o’clock. Mr. Faircloth plans to make a special effort to teach the younger boys and girls to swim this summer, and expects to hold classes frequently during the morning^ when the larger boys and girls will not be at the creek. The evening entertainments for the teen-age boys and girls will be held at the gymnasium several nights a weejt 'aa they were last summer. Tl^e nights have not been definiWy scheduld as yet but will be arranged so as not to conflict with baseball games. Firms and individuals in the c community have been asked to contribute to the project and may deliver their donations to the Bank of Raeford. Social S^iirity Plans E^^ined There seems to'- be a general misunderstanding between Old- Age and Survivors insurance and Old-Age Assistance. Each of these plans serves a special purpose. They differ from each other in the way they operate and in tiie way they provide protection. Old-Age and Survivors Insur^ ance is for wage earners. This insurance helps workers to pro vide an income for themselves and their families when death or old age cuts off wages. It is Federal plan and its provisions are the same in all parts of the country. Old-Age Assistance is for people after they reach 65 and are in need of aid for the necessities of life. Through it, each State, with Federal help, provides for its own needy aged. Though these plans work differ ently, they are alike in one im portant point—both provide cash income. This income is modest, but it enables old people to live in their own homes. The Social Security Administra tion is the Federal agency charged with the Administration of the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance For each insured worker, the Bureau of Old-Age Survivors In surance keeps a separate wage record, identified by his name and social security account number This record is necessary to de termine what benefits mayultima tely be due a worker or his family To pay for this insiurance, the Social Security Act authorized tax on wage earners and their em ployers. To learn more about this program, you should write to the Social Security office, Fayette ville, N. C. All the States provide Old-Age Assistsmce for their own needy old people. The State, not the Federal Government, decides who shall get aid and how much. The Federa Government ^u«s t];te cost as long as the State plsm follows the general plan, putlii^^ lor the ad> ministration pf 'tiUsV hteistance prograrti. Any one vdshing to in^ quire about Old-Age Assistance, should go to the nearest loca public welfare office. 0 ^ “Fun For You” At High School Tonight & Fri. Raeford Garden Club To Present Large Array Of Home Talent In Production It also was announced that S t ai t e Representative Haory Greene is assisting Johnson’s campaign in Hoke county. The Senate has refused, by vote of 51-20, to bring out of its committee pigeon-hole a House approved bill to make the ter ritory of Hawaii the 49th state of the Union. The Raeford Garden club will present a group of the finest per formers ever to get before tiie footlights from this community in its presentation, “Fun For You” at the High school auditorium to night and tomorrow night. iSome far-fetched and funny impersonations will be staged by local virtuosos and door prizes will be awarded, silver dollars given away, and a prize given for the most unusual ladies hat in the audience. In the cast are the following: as Harry Von Zell, Robert Gatlin; as Joe Kelly, • Devoe Austin; as the Duke of Paducah, Jesse Gull edge; as Uncle Ezra, Tommie Up church; as Minnie Pearl, Mrs. Jason Barnes; as Dr. 1. Q., Ray Muench; as Tom Brenneman, Harry Greene; Tell-Me-a-Story- Lady, Betsy Ann Cole; Singing commercials by T B. Lester, Jr. In the chorus are Israel Mann as Betty Grable, Hinton McPhaul as Lana Turner, James Lentz as Mae West, Paul Dezerne as Marlene Dietrich, Buck McPhaul as Gypsy Rose Lee and Charles Morrison as Gravel Gertie. The children entered in the Tiny Tot contest and where the jars are placed are as follows: Mary Gwen dolyn Dark at Collins.„Dept. store, Mary Neil Senter at Hoke Drug Co., Joseph Whisnant at Belk- Heridsale Co., Linda Barnes at Pender’s, Jean Brock at Hotel Barber shop, Vaddie Dedas at Elk Restaurant, Harold Gatlin at Howell Drug Co., Monty Lament at the Ladies Shop, Ann Gatlin at the A & P store. The king, queen, prince and princess will be crowned at the Friday night show. ,— Veterans Group of County Take Step In Hog Improvement The Rockfish-Wayside group of the Veterans Farmer Training Program is going “Whole-hog” on a "Swine improvement project. These fourteen veterans and their instructor, Phil Johnson, followed the advice and recommendations of Dr. H. A. Stuart, Swine Specialist, N- C. State College, and Dr. John H. Zeller, in charge of Swine Research for the U. S. D. A. at the Experiment Station, Beltsville, Maryland, which re sulted in their procuring a Land- race-Poland China boar last week. The boar received by the veterans group is now pastured at Puppy Creek. He has an inbreeding coefficient of 18.6 and is 76 per cent Landrace and 24 per cent Poland China. The first Landrace hogs entered this county from Copenhagen, Denmark in May 1934. These hogs were selected from the two best lines of breeding in Denmark, the Stabil and the Stendys Mariendal. After ceasless reasearch and sys- (Continued on back page) 0 FOREST FIRE PICTURE ■ In a rather Iigh!4session of Hoke County recorder's court Tuesday morning only seven cases were disposed of and two or three con tinued. Three speeding cases were docketed. Sgt. W. A. Greer, white of the Army, paid $10 and the costs; Lilburn C. Jones, white of Virginia, forfeited a $25 bond; Charles E. Morrison, Jr., colored, also forfeited a $25 bond. Fred B. Holmes, white of Fay etteville, entered a plea of guilty of driving drunk and sentence was 90 days to be suspended on pay ment of a fine of $100 and the costs. James Edwards, colored, enter ed a plea of guilty of assaulting his wife and sentence of 30 days was suspended on payment of the costs and on condition of good be havior for two years.. A. D. Dammons, colored, plead ed not guilty of assault with ! deadly weapon. It was charged that he had cut one Frank Leach with a knife. Dammons was found guilty as charged and sentenced to 90 days on the roads to be sus pended on payment of the costs and tiie hospital bill of Dammons. W. S. Blue, colored, entered plea of guilty of assault, being dnmk and disorderly, and using profane and ■ indecent language. Sentence of 90 days was suspend ed on payment of $10 and the costs and on condition of good behavior for two years. 0 Guard Praised By Govr Chterry GREENSBORO, June 9—Gov. R. Gregg Cherry' heaped praise Sundgy on the North Carolina Na tional Guard for its “fine record in war and peace” aJhd pledged the State government’s co-opera-, tion to help the Guard reach authorized strength. In an address to more than 100 Guard officers attending a two- day training course, the Governor said he felt confident that the North Carolina force will attain full strength soon. Pointing out that the National Guard is the nation’s oldest mili tary force, Governor Cherry stressed its responsibility for the “welfare of the nation, the state, and the community.” He com mended the officers for “the fine work you are doing.” The' Govei^ior was introduced by Adj. Gen. J. Van B.'Metts of Raleigh. The training program, which started Saturday morning, was headed by General Metts and Maj. Gen. John Hall Manning of Ra leigh, commanding officer of North Carolina’s 30th infantry di- V'ision. The course included train ing in administration, armory, and field duties. Local Park WiD Be Scene Of Semipro ToumQr Southeastern District Champions To Be Named At Series Of Games Here There will be a program on Forestry at the Hoke County High School gymnasium, Friday, June 11, at 8:00P. M., at which time a picture will be shown of the great forest fires that recently took place at Bar Harbor, Maine. ’The title of the picture is “When it Happened”. This program is being held in connection with the Vet erans Farm Training group,' but all farmers are Invited to attend the program. Forestry should be important on every farm aiid is important to the farm income where managed properly. I hope that a large number of farmers will attend the program so that they may adjust their forest pro gram to produce Vie income that it can under good management. Board To Review Election Petition (From the Fayetteville Observer) Semipro baseball teams of 25 counties of southeastern North Carolina will begin battling for the Southeastern district champ ionship at Raeford’s lighted park on Thursday, July 1. This will help launch the thirteenth annual program of semipro ba^ball in North Carolina. Local team managers in the area have been invited to contact Com missioner William L. Poole in Raeford to enter the affair. Dead line for entries in the tournament has been set for June 27. The Southeastern will be one of the largest tournaments in •the State, and at least two of the teams will qualify for the annuatl state tournament in Asheboro beginning July '23, Te^ms from Wadesboro, .41bemarle. Troy. San ford, Raleigh, Goldsboro and southeast of that line will compete. Semipro baseball has long been, a forte in North Carolina, itsrff called the cradle state of base ball in the county. No team from the state has ever won the Na tional championship at Wichita, Kansas, but on five occasions it took the national champions to eliminate the Tar Heel representa tive. Last year Lucas industries of Asheboro won the State title and was beaten by Atwater, CaL, the fourth place team. Lucas rated a tie for Ilth in tHe nation. Championship awards and all- district certificates go to the teams under sponsorship of the National Baseball congress. 1^1 / G. B. Rowland, chairman of the Hoke County board of elections, stated yesterday that he had called a meeting of the board for Sat urday, Jun 12, for the purpose of reviewing the petition for an elec tion as to whether it shall be legal to sell beer and wine in this coun ty or not. Mr. Rowland said that the board would probably call the election for Saturday, August 28, in view of the provision of the law that it not be held within 60 days of any other primary or general election. ... . ■ __o MEETING TUESDAY OF PRESBYTERIAN . The men of the Raeford Presby terian church win hold their reg ular monfllly dinner meeting at the church next Tuesday, June 15, at 7:00 p. m. The Rev. Hilton Seals, Hoke county native and assistant pastor of the First Pres byterian church of Chapel Hill, will be the guest speaker. Cotton Disease Cotton farmers during the past few days have reported an unusual disease that seems to be killing quite a bit of cotton. After sending some samples of the diseased cot ton to H. R. Garris, Extension Plant Pathologist, the following information on this disease is available: “These plants are infected with Ascochyta blight. There is an epi demic of this disease throughout the cotton area at present. This outbreak is following the period of rains and extreme high humidi ty during the past two weeks. The casual organism of this blight is a fungus. It is not uncommon to find some little infection of this in cotton fields most any year; however, under normal conditions it does not become a . serious prob lem. When weather conditions such as those mentioned above come about, it can develop and spread like wildfire and cause plenty of damage. With.the occur rence of a period of warm, dry weather the disease will be check ed and plants that have not been killed by too serious injury in the field will recover. The growers will have to be the judge as to what i>ereentage of plants nu|^ have been killed in order for t&em to decide in which cases the losses are high enough to justify plow ing up the cotton. There are no control measures for preventing the spread ot 'Uiis disease in the field. It has been quite blear this year that the aoit severe damage from the dtoeMS is in cotton whwt eottoi^ was grown the previous yeear. This. infection carries over in the deect diseased crop and for reasott, no farmer should plant cotton be hind cotton in North Carolina. 5 Acre Cotton Ceotest This is to call your attentlOQ to" I the fact that the closing date (Continued on back psfe)
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