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YOUR [SCHOOL NEWS! By K. A. MacDonald Note'—County School Superin tendent Kenneth MacDonald was called to Norfolk, Virginia, on Monday where his brother is still critically ill, so we do not have his column this week. News from^ the county high school below was pre pared there.—:Ed. HIGH SCHOOL NEWS On Wednesday morning during Assembly, the History Club, under the direction of Mrs. Cameron, presented “Thahksgiving Through the Ages,” a one-act play depict ing how the Greeks, Romans, Indians, and Pilgrims observed Thanksgiving. Jean Cozart and Robert McGirt took the leading parts. Mary E. Lytle led the de votional. Mrs. M. L. McKeithan’s room has a new bulletin board. Mrs. McKeithan’s room also has two new books, “North Carolina Coun ties” by Bill Sharp. There are three pages devot*d to Hoke Coun ty in these books. A filmstrip, “Wolfe and Mont- Cahn” showing the end and re sults of French and Indian War was shown to the history classes this week. . American Legion Monthly Meeting Held Wednesday ——— The P-iiis WiUiamson Post num ber 20 of the American Legion held its regular monthly supper meeting on Wednesday, November 17,, at the High school cafeteria. [♦Alfred Cole, post commander, presided. After a meal of chicken dump lings several plans and projects and matters of interest to those present were discussed. The pest commander diseussed the membership drive for the post for 1949 which is now going on. He stated that the post now had 85 meajibers and expected to reach 150 in the next three weeks. He urged veterans to join the Legion which he said v^as re sponsible for getting the G. I. Bill of rights passed. The meeting voted to sponsor a county fair next fall. Commander Cole told the members that he had talked with many citizens of Hoke county who think the county should have a fair and he said he hoped the people would make plans,to have exhibits at. the fair in 1949. / The group decided to hold a dance during the Christoas holi days ^and Buck Blud and Clyde Upchurch, Jr., were appoints to make arrangements and announce the date later. The next meeting of the post will be held on Wednesday, De cember 15, at a place and time to be announced later. State Official Pays Tribute To John McGoogan The Hoke Raeford P.T.A. mem- 'berj^ip drive closed last week. Lavinia Wade, from Miss Mayme MKeithan’s room won the prize in high school for Wuring m>st membere." Itf tJ^ elementary ^ad-j^ es lai^r sue’Gatlin from Mi^s. Steven’s room won the prize; and Virgima McFadyen from Mrs. Brown’s room for primary grades. Miss Cates, Mrs. Steven’s and Mrs. Brown’s room won special recog nition for getting the most mem bers. Local ^oy» Enter Soap Box Derby In Fayetteville Today When the annual soap box derby is run in Fayetteville this afternoon seven Hoke county boys expect to be in it. The Raeford entries in "the affair are being sponsored by the Kiwanis club and each entrant is individually sppnsored -by a »^irm here. Israel Mann is chairman of the Kiwanis club’s committee handling, the project, in which there are 110 entrants. Various trophies and prizes are being offered by Fayetteville firms to the winners of the event and these are on c^isplay in Fay etteville and. the local boys will compete for them equally with the Fayetteville boys. The winner of the FayetteviEe event will re ceive a bicycle, wrist watch, S150. in cash and “other prizes. The Fayetteville event is being spon sored by the Fayetteville Observer and the M and O Chevrolet Co. JOHN A. McGOOGAN —Editor’s note—The letter below was received by The News-Journal from Peyton B. Abbott, Assistant attorney general of North Caro lina. It is such a nice and sincere tribute to one of our own county officials that we thought the people of the county would like to see it. Seventy-two new song books have been purchased for Glee Club. Miss Eloise Camp, State Library Supervisor, visited the high school and elementary libraries on Monday of this week. She was very generous in her praise of the work that both libraries were do ing, and spoke very highly of the management. The first issue of HOKE HIGH LIGHTS came out yesterday. There was a slight delay in the first edition. Miss Mayme McKeithan’s room has a new current events bulletin board. The news is changed every two‘days so that pupils can keep up with most recent happenings. Scenes depicting the Thanks giving season are artistically dis played on a frieze in Miss Mayme McKeithan’s rdom. Raeford Rebels [Nip Seventy-First Here Monday Hi^ht The Raeford -Rebels, a newly- organized semi-professional inde pendent basketball team, played their first game of the 1948-40 season in the Hoke High school gymnasium here -Monday night. The visiting aggregation ‘was the Seventy-First All-stars^ of Cum berland county. The Rebels won, 55 to 25. Lube McNeill, former ECTC player, led the winners with 18,points. Bill- Clark was second with 12 points. The Rebels roster included Luke McNeill, Scott Poole, Bill Up church, Bill Clark, Pete Sawyer, Jimmy Warner, Joe Gulledge, Nat White, Julius Jordan, Floyd Keith and Eugene Currie. Home games wiU be played in the gym and will begin at eight o’clock. —^ 0 INSPECTION LANE TO BE HEBE SATURDAY The mechanical inspection lane of the North Carolina Department of Motor vehicles will open in Raeford on Saturday morning, November 27, and will be here through Tuesday, November 30. The lane wiU be located on North Main street as it has been in the .past. ^ 0 UDC WANT CONFEDERATE WOMAN’S HOME KEPT In a recent Latin posted contest (Continued on Page 4) LIBRARY NEWS MiJ^ '^d Mrs. Hallie GatUn have presented a copy of The Bold GaUilean, by LeGhette Blythe,’to ‘ Hoke County Library in memory of Mrs. J. C. Thomas. A Guide to Confident Living, by Nonnaii Vincent Peale, has been presented to the.library in memo- ly of Mr. W. E. Freeman, by Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Currie. Among new titles- being received are the following: Family Circle, Skinner, The Parson Takes q Wife, Sheerin, Root Out of Dry Ground, Briggs, Kissing Kin, Thane, I Love My Doctor, Barkins, Pine, Potato es and People, Hamlin, Diary of a WilUamsbufg Hostess, Cam.pbell, The Old Beauty, Gather, Crysan- tha, Drake. The Ebrary wEl be closed Thursday, Thanksgiving Day. A meeting of the United Dau ghters of the Confederacy with’ the directors of the Confederate Women’s Home there last -week resulted in a resolution in favor of continuing the operation of the home. 0 GUEST MINISTER SUNDAY The Rev. Robert Turner, exec utive secretary of the Concord Presbytery, will occupy the pulpit at the Raeford Presbyterian church next Sunday morning, November 28. Mr. Turner’s home is- in Mor- ganton,'-N. C. -0- NAVY RECRUITER HERE Chief Petty Officer B. F. Grimes of the United' States Navy was here this week and made then announcement that there would be a Navy recruiting officer ip the courtroom at the courthouse each Thursday from 8:30 a. m. to 4:30 p. m. Dear Sir: It was my pleasure to attend the meeting of the Tax Supervisors Association conducted by the In stitute of Government in Chapel Hill on November 16 and 17. The session, with the exception of the banquet session, was held in Ger ard “HaU on the campus oi the University of North Carolina. To my mind, one of the highligh’ts of the banquet meeting and *one of the most pleasant features of it was an extemporaneous speech by Mr. John A. McGoogan, Hoke County Auditor and Tax Super visor. Mr. McGoogan was moved to make his remarks because of the fact that it was the first time he had ever been inside' Gerard Hall since the Commencement of 1911, at which time President Edward Kidder Graham of the Univei'sity welcomed back to the University survivors of the student body which had left the University in 1861 to enter the services of the Confederacy and awarded those surviving students A. B. degrees from the University. Mr. Mc- Googan’s speech was devoted to extolling the power of President Graham and commenting on the high and moving, example of oratory employed by President Graham on that occasion. Mr, McGoogan quoted from memory the opening sentence of President Graham’s talk: “Fifty years ago four hundred gay-hearted boys in answer to the sudden alarm of war left the green shelter of this campus to take pp arms in defense of a pleasant land tihat they- loved. To day in hehalf of their Alma Mater, who sent them forth with a mother’s benediction, we welcome back their precious remnant with sacred gladness.” From there, Mr. McGoogan dis cussed other parts of the' speech and of the lasting impression it made on him; and in so doing he himself reached a height of ora tory which must not have been greatly surpassed by Edward Kiddler Graham himself. Mr. Mc- Googan’s remarks made a deep, impression upon everyone present. I have been associa.ted with Mr. McGoogan , over a ^ number of years in connection with the work of the Tax Supervisors Association and with the County Accountants Association, and I would like to take this occasion to congratulate Hoke County upon having for so long kept in the public service a man of such untiring devotion to the interests of his county. Very truly yours, Peyton B. Abbott The 114 boys will weigh in and check their cars this morning and a big parade with several bands, including the Hoke High band, is scheduled for one o’clock Each, boy built his own car for the derby, witii standard wheels being,used by aE contestants and certain weight rules being ob served. , Local boys entered with their sponsors are: James McNeiE In man by Upchurfife Milling Co„ Reginald Perkins by T. B. Up church, Inc., RicbW Inman by Auto Inn, L. Milton GUsson by Hoke Oil and Fertilizer Co., Archie PhiUips by Morgan Motor Co., James Millard Bsfcer by Hoke Auto Co., and Jip^^MaxweE by McLauchlin Co. ■ J 0 Upchurch School Pays Tribute To T.B. Upchurch Portrait Of School’s Bene factor Unveiled At Program Held Last Sunday P. M. A portrait of the late Thomas B. Upchurch was unveiled at a ceremony at Upchurch school north of Raeford Sunday after noon. Upchurch is the county’s colored high school and is named for Mr. Upchurch, its principal benefactor. - The program was introduced by A. S. Gastqn, principal of the school, and included the excellent rendition of choral numbers by the Upchurch choral club. Scrip ture reading was by the Rev. C. J, Cooper, pastor of the Sil\^r Grove Baptist church of Raeford. The scheduled speaker for the occasion. Dr. J. S. Nathaniel Tross, editor of the “Star of Zion,” of Durham was unable to be present. He was ably substituted by Dean J. C. McLauchlin of A. & T. college of Greensboro. Dean Mc Lauchlin is a native of Hoke coun ty and is one of the outstanding educators to come from this county. He spoke of thie large contribution of Mr. Upchurch toward better racial relations here and of the wisdom for aU to be found in his aut^iograplhy. A vocal solo was rendered by Seth McKoy, student at A. & T. iooUege. AU present agreed that hti voice was the outstanding bari tone in their experience. A poem, “L’Envoi,” was recited by 'Ver- deU MaUv^ Union Service This Morning The custom of having a union service on Thanksgiving morn ing lias been followed for some years by the Raeford churches. gjiii the service will be held at ten o’clock today at the Rae ford Methodist church. The sermon will be delivered by the Rev. B. P. Robinson, former pastor of the Methodist church and a popular and re spected resident of the com munity since his retirement. The public has a cordial invi tation from the three churches to join in this service of thanks giving . National Guard Retirement Act Now Effective Seven Pay Out ; One Goes Away In recorder’s court Tuesday morning Judge Henry McDiarmid finfed Roy Moffit-t and Everett R. Moffitt, both white, $50 each and the court costs for killing a doe. Frank Leach, colored, was charged with non support of his wife and' three children and with assaulting his wife. Sentence was two years on the roads'to be su spended on payment of the costs and $10 a week toward their sup port. He went to the roads. Harvey Parker, colored, got 30 days suspended on payment of the costs for violating the prohibition laws. Pete Gibson and Harvey Mc Donald both colored each got 30 days suspended on payment of the costs for being drunk and disord erly.' Earnest McCall colored paid $10 and the costs for having improper equipment on his car and Thomas McLauchlin also colored did the same from having bad brakes. The State took a nol pros in the case in which Will McLauchlin, ■colored, was charged with assault ing his wife, as she failed to ap pear. Leroy Murchison, colored, got 60 days to be suspended on pay ment of the costs and damages for careless and reckless driving and damage to personaT propety. mveiling, remain rf acoepiapeS roif"“Upohureh "High school and the Hoke County Board of Education were made by K. A MacDonald, Superintendent of schools for the county. R. B Lewis spoke for the Upchurch family and expressed their appre ciation for the tribute to Mr. Up church’s memory. Invocation was by the Rev. H. E. WiEiams, pastor of Freedom Presbyterian church, and bene diction was by the Rev. D. A. Mc Millan, pastor of Rockfish Bap tist church, Raeford. 0- ;— Potter Urges Farmers To Vote December 2 A final appeal to farmers to at tend their local farm-program committeemen elections was issued today by T. D. Potter Chairman, Hoke County Agriculture Con servation, Committee. Elections '.'.-rll be held throughout North Cai'olina on December 2nd. AA communites in HoRe County will hold elections Thursday, De cember 2nd, from 9:00 AM until 6:00 Meetings for elections are scheduled as follows: Allendale, Allendale Community House; Antioch, Antioch Commun- Football Today Athletic authorities at Hoke High school have arranged a game for this afternoon at Armory park between Shallotte High school and the Hoke High Bucks. The kickoff is scheduled for 2.30 o’clock. The Hoke team, with a some what unimpressive record of tw'o victories, one tie and six defeats in nine starts this season, will be seeking their third victory in their last ap pearance of the season this afternoon. They were edged by an outstanding team froin Mas sey Hill high last week, 39 to 6. ity Hgus«; Slue ....pruxi^s. Blue Springs Community House; Little River Community House; Mc Lauchlin, Rockfish Community House; Quewhiffle, Montrose Community House; Raeford,. Hoke County Courthouse (Court Room); Stonewall, Dundairach Community House. Three regular committee mem bers and two alternates will be chosen in each community. A del egate will also be elected to the county convention, who will meet on Dece;nber 3rd and elect 'the county co'.r.mittee of three mem bers., • Farmers have a big voice in 'national farm programs through the farmer-elected committeemen system.” Mr. Jotter said. “A good turn-out will show that they be lieve in this way of running the program. By casting their ballots farmers can make sure that the men administering the program are the men most familiar with local needs. We hope that every eligible farmer wiE take the time to vote.” Information has been released by the Department of the Army advising that members of army civiEan components may apply for retirement benefits. Members of civilian components of the army who wish to apply for retirement with pay under the provisions of Public Law 810 and who are sixty (60) years of age, or approaching sixty, may now secure AppUcation planks from the Adjutant General, Department of the Army, Wash ington 25, D. C. A limited supply of the forms designated as NME 108 is avail able. The Department of the Army wlE fumi^ them only to indi viduals who are sixty or more or close to that age, and w1k> are tentatively determined by the Adjutant General of the Army to be otherwise qualified for retire ment benefits. Under Title III, Public Law-810, a minimum of twtenty (20) years of satisfactory Federal seryice in any of the civiEan components of the armed forces is required, with some time spent on active Federal dutj' either during WorldWar I or World War II. Forms are already being mailed to q-ualified persons who prev iously applied. It is not necessary for applicants to submit official statements of service when apply ing for form. The Adjutant Gen eral will verify service claimed from records on file. The Act of Congress referred to also provides retirement benefits for officers and enlisted men of the present National Guard, and those of the future, upon reaching the age of sixty (60) years, and who have had twenty (20) or more years of service. Benefits are computed, on a 'point system with set numbers of I points for each year of National ! Guard service and for each year -of active Federal service. On the ' point system a percentage is reached and the monthly benefits are this percentage of the active duty pay in the highest grade ever held, either active or reserve. 0 Weed Exports, Farm Prices Are Explamed Tobacco Associates Head Speaks At Meeting Of Lee County Farm Burean During the 1943 calendar year “flue-c-ared tobacco used in the United States and abroad wEl total 75.000,000 pounds above what has been produced this year,” J. B. Hutson, President of Tobacco Association. Inc., has declared. "By the end of December,”. Hutson told some 500 Leo County members of the North Carolina Farm Bureau at their annual meet"’' ing in the Sanford Armory, Fri day. Novc-mber 19. “ we will have used more than 700.000.000 pounds of flue-cured tobacco in this coun try, during 1943, while in foreign countries slightly more than 400,- 000.000 will have 'oeen consumed.” Hutson appealed for a strqi^ Farm Bureau because “it is not easy to meet the problems witb which agriculture is faced.” “Problems of farmers as weE as those of other groups,” he said, “require constant attention.’ You are competing with other groups who are organized, so you wEl fare less weE if you are not organ ized.” Hutson pointed out that on Oc tober 15 farm prices averaged 4 per cent below September prices, about 4 per cent blow those of a year ago, and 10 per cent below the peak reached in January, 1948. Prices of wheat, com, sane fruits and some classes of Evestock are below those of a year ago, he add- On the other hand, Hutson faidj prices paid^by farmers avenge ^ about 4 per cent higher thap a year agq> However, he said n^y non-farm products have been re duced in price in recent weeks, and reduction in this group in the past 5 months have about offset price advances. “Index fingers show that al though farm prices in general have advanced more than most other prices as compared with prewar years,” he said, “they have not advanced as much as farm wake rates. Farm- prices are about two (Continued on page 4) FARM i By A. S. Knowles GREENSBORO COLLEGE RANKS MISS DAVIS HIGH Miss Betty Davis, daughter of Mrs. Frances Davis, of Raeford, a sophomore at Greensboro College, has won the distinction of ranking in the upper ten per cent of her class, according to announcement made by Dr. Luther L. Gobbel, President cf the college. The rank ing is based on the number- of qaulity points earned during the second semester of last year. ^ 0 T. B. BOND DRIVE Younger Snead, chairman of the Tuberculosis bond sale com mittee, announced yesterday that members of the committee would mdke a canvass of the town on next Monday and Tuesday. Nov. 2'9 and 30. He urges everyone interested in stamping out T. B. to buy a bond in the den'ornination best sxxited to their means. December is the time to begin pruning and spraying operations. There ai'e many days of bri^t sunshine which make ideal weath er for pruning and applying spray ■ materials. Pruning Pruning the apple - Newly planted trees. Prune off one-third to one-fourth of top of newlj- planted one-year old trees or •‘whips”. ■ Tvvo-year old planted trees have side branches and. usuaEy two leaders. Select several of the strong lateral branches and one of the leaders, the one facing the prevailing winds. Remove aE other branches. The selected branches go to make up the scaf fold or the frame work of the tree. Remove one-third to one-half of the longest laterals and cut back lightly the leader so that it wEl be longer than the primed laterals. The pruning of cue-year tree or- "whips” the following year is sim- lliar to that of the newly planted two-year tree. The next fe'.v years light prun ing should be practiced by re moving bnun.ches that crowd the frame -.vork or scaffold branches. Do not . remove- the spur- like growths as many of these wEl produce fruit buds. Pruning the peach - Newly planted trees. Cut back lar^e “June-budded” trees to 24 inches. Very sroaE ones may be left to grow one season before priming. Cpt back* one-year oW trees to 24 (Continued on Ptie 4)
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