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7 > m X f YOUR iSCHOOL NEWS! By K. A. MacDonald • Mrs. N. L. McFadyen, president of ithe Hoke-Raeford P.T.A., an nounces that there will be an in formal reception for the teachers at the Raeford Graded school next Monday evening at 7:45. Mrs. Mc Fadyen urges that everyone attend and, in this way, show their appre ciation to our teachers. Mrs. Sheltoh’s room at the Rae ford Grad^ school put on a play for the chapel program last Fri day. Everyone enjoyed it very much. The Horn of Plpnty was the general motif. It showed the part payed by the Pilgrims, Indians, etc. The Home Demonstration clubs of Hoke county held their achieve rriient day program Tuesday, No vember 9, at the Raeford Graded school. The schools are always glad to make their faciljj^s avail able to such organizatioi^ as the Home Demonstrations clubs. * The --Mildouson Carnival did even better than we reported Iasi; wieek in a financial way. Over $200.00 was netted from the affair that will be used to supplement lunchroom funds. ' Ashemont has had unusually good attendance during the past month, making- 96.2 percentage of attendance. The raincoats and hats furnish ed by the Kiwanis club for the Raeford Graded school safety ' aSe hoping it will raiin' so that they can wear their new equipment. The school and patrol wishes to express tbeir thanks to the Ki wanis club. To Hold Revival Services At ShiloK Church Tl>e Rev. S. A. Ewart, pastor of the Shiloh Presbyterian church, announces a series of revival ser vices to be conducted at the church, next week, beginning on Monday, November 15 and Closing on Sunday, November 21. Services will begin at 7:30 each evening and there will toe no service on Saturday. The services will be conducted by the Rev. Thompson E. Davis, pastor of the Brownson Memorial Presbyterian church of Southern Pines. Mr. Davis will cover the following subjects during the week: “Fidelity,” “Thirst for God,” “What is Your Life?” “A Message to Young People,” and “Stewardship in the Bible.” There will be a special,'children’s sermon for boys and girls in each service Mrs. Mary Hf McNatt Dies In Fayetteville Mrs. Mary Hancock McNatt, aunt of Miss Janet Livingston and Mrs. E. C. Smith of Wagram and of Mrs. MerveUe Watson of Green- vill and Riverton, died Friday morning in a Fayetteville hospital after an illness of five months The 70-year-old widow of Janies C. A. McNatt was the. daughter of Milton Taylor and Mary Hiers Hancock of Cumberland county, Georgia. For a number of years Mrs. McNatt was a matron at the Barium Springs Orphariage. She is survived by eight children, four daughters and four sons. Funeral services were held from the Fir?t Presbyteriaii Church iii Fayetteville Sunday afternoop at four o’clock. 7 . " FACE ANGIER HERE TONIGHT 5^ Pictured above is the expected starting lineup for Hoke High in their game against Angier to be played at Armory Park at 8:00 to night. They are, left to right, Doug Clark, Alexander, Freeman, Sinclair, Huff, Blue and McMillian; Backs are same order, Gulledge, Norton, Niven and Leach. In their game at Rodfcingham last week the Bucks lost, 26 to 7, but are to( be commendedjfor playing a hard- fought, clean game against a much stronger team. The score, as bad as it was, is the least for Rockingham in the past decade or so. Next week the Bucks will meet Massey Hill here. The Antioch Indian school is closing early on Thursday in order that pupils and teachers may at tend the Robeson County Fair at Lumtoerton. This trip will be quite an experience for these pupils. Dr. Donet of the Wildlife Re source Commission conducted the extension - class for Dr. Richard Weaver on Monday afternoon. Dr. Donet explained the policies of the commission, suggested good wild life conservation practices, and showed two films. “Clear Water” showed what havoc can be wrought by steam polution and “Wild Life” showed the varied and multitudinous wildlife of the nation. METHODIST MEN TO MEET The men’s club of the Methodist church will meet Friday night, November 12, at’ 7 o’clock, at the airport. All members are urged to be present as an oyster roast is scheduled, after which an election of officers will be held. PRESBYTERIANS PLAN YOUTH NIGHT SUNDAY Sunday at the evening worship hour the Youth Fellowship of the Presbyterian church will have charge of a special youth night service. The purpose of this pro gram is to give the adults an idea of what the ^ young people do through their vesper meetings. Those taking part in the program wiU be Anne Gore, Jane McKeith- an, Kenneth Clark, and Joe Davis. John McLauchlin will bring the report from the Pioneer fellow ship group. The public is cordially invited. i 0 REV. P. O. LEE RETURNS The Rev. P. O. Lee, pastor of the Raeford,^ Methodiat ^churc^,,^ has been returned to the church ^br another year. The assignments were announced at the North Carolina Conference of the Meth odist church at Greenville last Sunday. Mr. Lee’s first sermon of the new conference year will be next Sunday morning, and He in vites all members of the church to be present. Group Plans To Honor Carlyle F. Ertel Carlyle, Congressman- elect from the seventh congress sional district and solicitor of the Superior court of the ninth judi cial district for the past 12 years, will be honored by the county of ficials and his friends here next Monday afternoon. Mr. Carlyle resigned the position of solicitor last week and has been succeeded by Malcolm fijeawell, also a Lum- toerton attomfy. Plan is to pr«ent a testimonial of ouitstandiny service to Mr. Car lyle in a ceremony in open court at four o’clock on Monday afternoon. The public is invited to attend this ceremony. This wiU be followed by a fish fry in the new congress- jpaan’s, hprsf^jigiat the armory a*t live-'chirty. All of Mr. Carlyle’s friends here are invited to come, eat and kick in. 0 The annual ingathering of the Raeford Methodist church is to be held at the Raeford Armory on Thursday, November 18 officials of the church announced this week. AT THE WHITE HOUSE The date of the Rockfish Carni val has been changed from Friday evening November 1.2, to Thursday evening, November 11, from 6 to 9 o’clock. All friends and patrons of the school are /ordially invited. The Upchurch Home Economics department entertained the dis trict conference of home econom ics teachers last Friday. Twenty five teachers from eight counties wiere present. They expressed themselves as being highly pleased with the deparerhent and also with the entertainment provided for them. .Notices have been sent out to all colored schools in reference to the Junior Red Cross enrollment by A. S. Gaston, chairman for the colored schools. Chairman Gaston would like to have a report from all schools by the fifteenth. •{'The Hoke-Raeford Graded :!1KT.A. membership drive began '{jr^sterday and will end next Wed nesday. Mrs. Chandler Roberts and Mrs. R. A, Matheson are handling;, .the drive at Hoke-High, Mrs. •Younger Snead and MCrs. G. L. .^omas for the Graded schooL Mrs. N L. McFadyen, president, is '^ging that each room in both schools make their goal lOd per cent sign-up. ' Family Row 1$ Longest Case Tried Tuesday Judg^ McDiarmid Also Hears Cases Involving Cars; Assaults; No Liquor Coses Several hours of i&e day in Hoke county recorder’s court before Judge Henry McDiarmid Tuesday were taken up in the hearing of the case in which Mrs. Eva Dunn Currie, and her husband, Douglas Currie, had each other indicted on charges of assault with a deadly weapon. After hearing the evi dence Judge McDiarmid found both guilty and sentenced each to six months, sentences to ‘be su spended^* on payment of the costs and two years good behavior by each defendant. Both .defendants appealed to Superior court. C. H. Bridges, white man of South Carolina, was taxed the costs for speeding. On a charge of careless and reckless driving Bridges was sentenced to six months on the roads, sentence to be suspended on payment of the costs and $719 for damages (^one in an accident in which he was in' volved. He appealed to Superior court and posted a bond of $800. Francis Parks, white, was charg ed with careless and reckless driving resulting in a school bus running off the road and being damaged. He got 90 days to be su spended on payment of $25. the costs and repairs to the bus. Luke Brown, colored, ot 30 days suspended on payment of the costs for temporary larceny. James M. Craig, white truck driver, forfeited a $25 bond for driving with improper license plates. Yvone Powers, white of Fay etteville. paid $25 and the costs for driving without a license. James Leach, colored man charged with removing crops il legally, settled the difference with his landlord and the State took a nol pros. Dora and Mary Rogers were charged with assaulting Russell McKeithan and wife and the Mc- Keithans were charged with as saulting them. Mary Rogers and both McKeithans were found not guilty. Dora Rogers was found guilty arid sentenced to six months to be suspended on paym^t of the costs and a $26 doctor bill. All were colored. CHAMBER COMMERCE MEETING TONIGHT ^ S. B. Lewis, president of the, Raeford Chamber of commerce, has announced that there would be a meeting: of all members of the chamber at the court- house tonight at eight o’clock. He said that this would be the first of a series of regular quarterly meetings of the group and that several matteratof im mediate interest to the com munity would be discussed. He urged members and others in terested in the community to attend: Name Chairman For Seal Sale Mrs. Neil A. McDonald, of the Raeford Woman’s Club, has been named chairman of the 1948 Christmas Seal Sale in Hoke County, K. A. MacDonald, presi dent of the Hoke County Tuber culosis Association, announced today. The sale, which opens officially on Nov. 22 and continues until Christmas, will be held in con junction with the 42nd annual nationwide Christmas Seal Sale. Proceeds from the sale in Hoke County will be used for the associ ation’s 1949 tuberculosis control program. Representatives from aU de partments of the Woman’s Club will serve with Mrs. McDonald on the Sdal Sale Committee. President Lewis ^Hpchurch of the Kiwanis Club has announced that Younger Snead will again he^d the Kiwanis Bond 'TeahiT'^ “I aiik hbnoredi^il^ the request to serve as chairman for the IM8 Christmas Seal Sal*' in this cotin- ty,” said Mrs. McDonald. “I accept the position with pleasure and know that I shall have the full cooperation of the people of this county. I am also confident that the capable members of my com mittee will do all they can to make the Seal Sale a success. “This is the 21st. annual Christmas Seal Sale- in Hoke County and I am hopeful that it will be one of the best. The gen erous support of Hoke County res idents . in buying and using Christmas Seals means support of the important tuberculosis control program of the Hoke County Tu berculosis Association in this community.” Mur^ Cases WiilBeTried Here Next Week New Solicitor Scheduled To Make First Local Apip- eqrance In Superior Court The November term of Superior court is scheduled to convene here niext Monday morning with Jud^ Q. K. Nimocl^, of \Fayetteville, presiding. There is some doubt, however, as to whether Judge Nimocks wiU be here, as due to the illness of his mother, the gov ernor may designate another judge to hold the court. Another new personality who will appear in court here wiU be the new solicitor for the ninth judicial district, Malcolm Sea well of Lumberton. Mr. SeaweU was appointed to the position last week by Governor Cherry when it be came vacant by reason of F. Ertel Carlyle’s resignation after being elected to Congress from the Seventh Congressional district. Mr. Seawell is a member of the Lum- berton law firm of McKinnon, Seawell and McKinnon. He is the son of Associate Justice A. A. F. Seawell of the North Carolina Su preme court. Cases to be tried include two new cases of murder. They are WiRie M-cPhaul for the murder of Jesse Jackson and Rkhard Kelly for. the murder of MarwMi Blue. Both are colored. Also On thfrdfliSt- et is the old case against Richard McPhatter, colored, for the kiR- ing of Leo Steele north of Raefcffd. This case was postponed at two terms of court. James B. Walters, white, is also to be tried for stealing a car and hit-and-run driving. Appeals from recorder’s 'Cbtirt' ' are: Eva D. Currie and I^uglas Currie, assault; C. Hi Bridges, careless and reckless driving; Teen Stubbs, non support of an illegiti mate child; Bill Jackson, assault with a deadly weapon and hit and run driving; McLaurin Clark, carrying a concealed weapon. -0- Shoots Self Due To Poor Health Lyman M. Sellers, 45-year-old cotton mill worker of Tifton, Georgia, took his own life with a shotgun at the home of Bud Carpenter in the White-Tex mill village here Tuesday morning. The shooting occurred at approx imately 11:00 o’clock. The deceased apparently plan ned to take his life, as he is re ported to have left letters address ed to members of his family stating thait due to his health he felt that the way he took was “the best way out.” Remains were shipped on Wed nesday by the Lentz Mortuary to Tifton for interment and funeral. Surviving are oi^ sister and one brother who reside there. 0- PRESBYTERIAN MEN TO MEET TUESDAY HOKE HIGH SCHOOL NEWS Under the direction of Miss Mayme McKeithan the pupils in her home room designed, hand painted, and made draperies for the windows. Some of the boys made the curtain rods; therefore, each pupil had an active part in the work. This project was a part of their study in designing in their art course. •S*»* i FARM NOTES Bv A. S. Knowles During the recent national election, under the direction of Mrs. Cameron, the history pupils held an election. and cast their votes just as if they were at the polls. Truman received the ma jority of presidential votes. This group of Tar Heels found President Truman keenly interested in-the Tar Heel Book Aid Program which already has sent more than a million books and good maga zines for use by . German students eager to learn English and the American Way. Shown above are; Senator Clyde R. Hoey; Governor R. Gregg Cherry; Senator William B. Um- stead, and John A. Park, Editor-Publisher, The Raleigh Times. On his visit to Raleigh for the North Carolina State Fair, President Truman expressed keen interest in arranging a visit of two 12-year old German girls, Doris Hillenbrand and Uta Reinsch, selected by General Lucius D. Clay, U. S. European Com mander, to see Tar Heel life and to stimulate interest in Ithe re-activated program seeking five million units from this State during the school year of 1948-1949. Mr. Park spoke to the Raeford Kiwanis club at its weekly meeting last Thursday night about his trips to Europe and his views on the world situation. Following the meet ing he discussed the Book Aid plan with in terested persons from Hoke, Scotland, Cum berland and Moore counties. Two photagraphers visited the high school on Monday of last week to make pictures for the Echo”, the high school annual The yearbook is sponsored again this, year by the Beta Club. Next Tuesday night the-Men of the Church will have their regular monthly meeting in the under croft of the Raeford Presbyterian church at 7:00 o’clock. Speaker for the occasion will be the Rev. M. C. McQueen, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Clinton, N. G. ■ - ■ 1 O' ", T' “Weed no More” and “Pestroy,” filmstrips showing the modern ways of destroying weeds and bugSi.were ^own to ithe pupils of the biology, general science apd home economics classes on Tues day of this wedt. Fertilization It is advisable for farrhers to obtain their fertilizer, including nitrogen, as early as possible for next year’s delivery. It is also advisable for farmers to take sod samples of their various fields and haw them analized at the Sod Testing Laboratory, N. C. Depart ment, Raleigh. X. C. for expert recommendation on fertilization of crops. By analizing the sod to determine the amount of avadable phosphorus, potash, and calcium it serves as a basis for further fertilization recommendation. This work could be done during the next few weeks. The County Agent’s office 1 has a supply of Soil Sampling containers for dis tribution to interested farmers. HOKE HIGH' LIGHTS, hi^ school paper, is scheduled to come out next week. Anne Gore is editor-in-chief;. Betty Holtzclaw and Betty Benner are associate editors; Buddy Blue is business manager; and Joe Gulledge is sports editor. M!rs. Gore’s first and second year Latin classes have an exhibit on display in the window of The Amos Furniture Store. All the electrical equipment in the home economics department (Conthiaed on page 4) Your Investment Pew people realize the size of agriculture—the mammoth in- vertment that totals lOO BILLION DOLLARS! It’s made up of smaR things like newborn dvestocfc, big things like "powerful farm machin ery. land and buildujgs. For the first time in more than a genera tion. the fanner is financially m a position to take advantage of the wonderful progressive prac tices developed in recent years. Better Leases A four-point proigram tor devrt- oping better farm leases was sof* gested by the Atpciculture Dnart- last week, as landowners and tffliants aSl over the nation pre* pared 1949 leases. Under the pcQgrvn* fanners eM urged ito: (I) devdop either too** term or yeer-to-year viding tor automatic t«ewaik ioj (Contlnaed eo ftfs 4|
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