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YOUR
iSCHOOL NEWS!
By K. A. MacDonald
The Board of Education met in
regular monthly meeting on Mon
day, December 6. At this meeting
the resignation from thie Raeford
School Board of J. H. Blue was
accepted with regret. Mr. Blue has
served on the board for quite a
nuanbr of years, several which he
served as chairman. At a previous
htieeting the resignation of J. E.
GuUedge had been regretfully
accepted on account of Mr. Gul-
ledge’s election to the office of
Register of Deeds. Immediately
following the acceptance of Mr.
Blue’s resignation the board ap
pointed Dr. Marcus Smith and
Marion H. Gatlin to fill the vacan-.
cies. The Raeford Board as now
constituted is A. H. McPhaul, M.
R. Smith and M. H. Gatlin.
We wish to thank the former
miembers for their unselfish and
untiring service to the schools and
to hope for the board as now con
stituted a long tenure of useful
and pleasant service to the youth
of the community and county.
We see in the daily papers quite
a number' of accounts , of school
bus accidents. We know that
everyone is interested in the op
eration of the Hoke County s^ool
buses. Wie feel that the patrons of
t^e schools will be glad to know
that the grand jury at the Novem-.
ber term of court went carefully
into the transix>rtationsi problems
and foimd the ibuses to be in good.
'Order. '
Last week W. B. Griffin, state
school bus driver exaniiner, came
‘^•'to "thl, O00,iy bareful
, examination of all buges and found
them to be in excellent shape.
It is ernies'tly requested that any
patron notidng anything out of
the way with.a bus rep0];'t Uiis to
, the school authorities.* All reports
are investigated the day received-
Every care is taken by those in
charge to see that the,.buses are
operated safely, efficiently and as
economically as possible. The co
operation of,the public is ernestly
requested.
The friends of Miss Hortense
McGregor of the Mildouson faculty
sympathize with her in the loss
of her mother who died at her
home at Mildouson last week. In
terment took place at her old
home church of St. John’s near
Gibson.
The third month of the white
schools ends today. The term is
fast slipping away. Parents are
urged to see that the childreh are
kept in school every day they are
ph^^sically able.
Dr. Clyde A. Edwin, State Sup-
ertendent of Public Instruction,
will address the “Teachers Night”
banquet of the Raeford Kiwanis
Club tonight. We think that this
is a most gracious courtesy that
the Kiwanis club extends to the
teachers each year.
Quite a lot of additional surplus
cdmmodities have been placed in
the store room since the last
wmiting consisting of panned to
matoes, dried apricots, prunes and
fresh cabbage. Managers of the
lunchrooms are requested to call
for these items.
W.e are glad to report that
Prin. Garfield Coleman of • the
Freedom school is able to be back
on the job after being ill for some
time. Also, we are glad to report
that Prin. John Munford of the
Rockfiah Colored school has been
able to leave the hospital this
week. We hope that he will be able
to resume his \work after the
Christmas holidays.
New Board Takes
Office Monday;
Thomas Chairman
Four New Commissioners
And Solicitor Sworn In;
Guiledge Starts Full Term
A new board of county commis
sioners for Hoke county took their
oath of office in a body before
Clerk of the Superior court J.
B. Cameron at a ceremony in the
courtroom Monday morning. They
were Fulford McMillan, F. Knox
Watson, J. W. Smith, J. H.
Wright and W. M. Thomas.
Watson was also on the
retiring board. The clerk also ad
ministered oaths of office to Henry
McDiarmid, succeeding himself as
judge of the recorder’s court, and.
J. M. Andrews, solicitor of the re
corder’s court succeeding N. Mc
Nair Smith.
W. M. Thomas was chosen chair
man of the board at their first
meeting following their swearing
in, and he administered the oath of
office as Register of Deeds to Joe
E. Guiledge. The board then ap
proved Gulledge’s. bond. The jury
for the January term of Superior
court was drawn.
It was reported to the board that
A. S. Knowles, county farm agent,
had received an offer of another
position, ■ and the' Board . voted to
release him, should he decide to
accept.
J.' C. Wright ai»d H. E. Dees were
employed for six mbre months, to
June 30, 1949, at the same salaries.
Old Board’s Meeting'
The retiring board' of commis
sioners held their last meeting also
bn Monday imorning. F. A. Mon-
ree’, N. B. Sinclair; E. R. Pickier
and Hector McNeill were the re
tiring members'.
F' Knox Watson, chairman, ex-
ressed his sincere appreciation for
the fine service that they had
rendered Hoke county and for the
co-operation they had extended to
ihim as chairman^ He assured them
that each one retired from the
board, with his^^goodwill and best
wishes and that he would always
rememfcier their friendly associa
tion together.
J. A. McGoogan, county account
ant, joined Mr. Watson in these
sentiments and added that it had
also been a great pleasure for him
to work wtih Watson.
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We are sorry to learn that Rev,
J. B. - Chavis, husband of Prin.
Carrie Belle Chavis of the Mace-
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CROP Committee
Has Meeting Mon.
The Christian Rural Overseas
Program committee for Holoe
County met with Chairman P. O.
Lee on Monday night to com
plete plans for the drive in the
county for food for CROP. The
county’s goal has been set at one
carload of food.
Each community has been
organized with workers and chair
men being substantially the same
as those listed in last week’s
paper! The campaign is to be
centered around the various com
munity houses in the county, with
the • community goal being 100
bushels of grain or the equivalent
for each community. In addition
to this each school child in the
county will be given an opportuni
ty to join in the campaign. •
After food has been received
and stored in the community
houses it will be moved to the
A & R depot here to be stored
until the car is available for it to
•be loaded and shipped. Israel
Mann and the Moke High school
Key club boys have agreed to load
the car.
In connection with the CROP
drive it is interesting to note that
it is just about seven years since
this county became one of the
■first in the country to start a
scrap drive to further the war
effort and now ■this drive is for
food for the same people the scrap
was used to conquer.
Farm Bureau To
Meet On Tuesday;
Plan Square Dance
The"^ board of directors of the
Hoke County Farm Bureau at a
meeting this week "decided not -to
have a supper at the annual meet
ing as has been the practice in the
past, but to have a square dance
instead and to contribute the
money saved to the March of
Dimes campaign for funds to fight
infantile paralysis. The dance is
to be held,at the Raefrod armory
next Tuesday night starting at
eight o’clock.
Another worthwhile charity will
also benefit by the decision of
the board. This one is CROP, the
Christian Rural Overseas Program.
It will- benefit through the fact
that the Farm Bureau members
attending the square dance and
annual meeting will be required
to bring a contribution of food
or grain, etc., to the dance for
admission. A truck will be sta
tioned at the door to receive the
contributions, which will be stored
here until the car is loaded with
the county’s contributions to CROP
at a later date.
Warn Against
Delay In Mailing
Christmas Parcels
With the normal mail volume at
an all-time high', Postmaster Gen
eral Jesse M. Donaldson today
warned Christmas mailers that
unless they mail their Christmas
parcels at once and their Christ
mas cards well in advance of
Christmas Week that they face the
likelihood of not having them de
livered until after Christmas.
Directing the attention of
Christmas mailers to the fact that
normal mail volume in the last
several months has daily reached
the proportions of the peak of
the Christmas period a year ago,
the Postmaster General said that
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KILLED WHILE HUNTING
H. Clarence Mann, 57, retired
lumberman and farmer who was
serving as building inspector at
Fort Bragg, was accidentally killed
while hunting near Lillington last
Saturday.. His wife, Mrs. Mamie
Senter Mann, who survives, is a
sister of Neill Senter of Raeford.
Funeral services were held Mon
day at the Lillington Presbyterian
church of which he was an elder
Surviving in addition to his wife
are four sons, four daughters, and
12 ibrdthiers and sisters.
Luther Clark
Buried At Bethel
Farmer and Deputy
Sheriff Passes At Home
Friday After Long Illness
Luther Clark, farmer and'
former deputy sheriff of this coun
ty, died at his home in Blue
Springs township at 12:30 o’clock
last Friday morning. He was 62
years of age and his- health had
steadily declined for over a year.
He was a native of Scotland
county, son of the late Malcolm
Clark and Mary Artn McNeill
Clark. He was dieputy sheriff when
Edgar Hall was sheriff and heM
the position for about 16 years.
Funeral services were conducted
at Bethel Presbytrian church Sun
day afternoon by*the pastor, the
Rev. S. A. Ewart, assisted by the
Rev. W. B. Heyward, i>astor of the
Raeford Presbyterian church. Bur
ial was in churchj^ard cemetery.
Pallbearers were Hilton, Graham,
Dutch, Reuben, and Robert Ellis
Clark, all nephews of the de
ceased, and Dan Currie.
Surviving are his wife, the
former Maude "Vinton Blue of
Hoke County; six daughters, Mrs.
J. A. Bounds of Laurinburg, Mrs.
Hilton West of ^lisbury, Mrs.
Harold Beach of Lenoir, Mrs. Odell
Osborne of Red Springs, Mrs. Carl
Lodolce of Rochester, N. Y.,
Mildred Clark of the horn/; six
sons, Archie Clark of Red Springs,
Wilson Clark of Raeford, John
Clark of Morganton, Douglas
Clark, Glenn Clark and Billy Joe
Clark of the home; one half-
brother, McLaurin Clark of Rae
ford.
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Steve Lambert To
Play Here Dec. 23
J. H. Blue, chairman of the
American Legion dance committee,
announced this week that the
orchestra of Stephen Lambert had
been engaged to play for the
Legion’s Christmas Dance at the
Armory on the night of Thursday,
December 23.
Lambert’s orchestra is well
known and popular throughout
this section and has played for
several dances here in the past.
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The Sauline Players will pre
sent Dickens’ “David Copperfield”
on Wednesday, December 15 at
19:30 a. m. in the high school adui-
torium.
Farmers Choose
R, J. Hasty To
Head AAA Program
Delegates from the townshiiJs of
the county met last Friday and
elected the county Agricultural
conservation committee for 1949.
The delegates had been previously
chosen in the community election^.
Chairman for the -new year is
Robert J. Hasty, who succeeds T.
D. Potter. Vice-chairman is to be
Horace Walters and third member
of the committee is John Parker..
N. F. Sinclair and Ira L.- Newton
were chosen alternate members.
The new com.mittee met and elect
ed Miss Louise. V. Blue secretary
to the county committee and treas
urer of the Hoke County Agri
cultural conservation association.
The county chairman has also
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announced the results of the com
munity elections. These follow the
name of the chairman first,' the
vice-chairman second and the del
egate to the county convention last.
Allendale Township: L. A. Mc-
Gugari, J. W. Hasty, J. A. Roper,
L. A. McGugan,; Alternates: David
Currie, George Watson.
Antioch Township: G. C. Lytle,
W. L. Gibson, Douglas McPhaul,
W. L. Gibson; Alternates: W. C.
Hodgin, F. C. McPhaul.
Blue Springs Town^p: J. R.
Hendrix, J. W. Bussell, A. R.
Walters, R. J. Hasty; Alternate;
Emmitt C. Smith.
Little River Township: E. B.
Blue, C. H. Marks, N. A. McGill,
A. K. McMillian; Alternates: L.
D. Brooks,. M. H. Cameron.
McLauchlin Township: D. P.
Gillis, F. A. Monroe, T. C. Jones,
D. P. Gillis; Alternates: Clarence
Koonce, John Parker.
Quewhiffle Township: . Ralph
Cothran, W. T. Bobbitt, R. H.
Webb, H. B. Walters: Alternates:
Worren Phillips.
Raeford Township: Clarence
Brown, D. B. McFadyen, William
Lentz, W. J. McNeill; Alternates:
W. S. Maxwell, W. J. McNeill.
Stonewall Towmship: W. J. Mc-
Bryde, H. T. Hine, ,C. D. Bostic,
W. L. Smith; Alternates: J. L.
McFadyen, O. B. Maxwell.
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BULLETIN
DR. PAUL P. HcCAIN’S MEMORY
HONORED AT SANATORIUM TUES.
600Attend
Production Credit
Meeting Here
Roland Currie Wins Prize;
Membership Favors Retir
ing Stock Held By Govt.
Over 600 stockholders of the
Laurinburg Production Credit As
sociation held their annual meet
ing in the courtroom of the Hoke
county courthouse here yesterday
morning. They ■•. oted in favor of a
proposal to ssll ntore stock in the
association for tlte purpose of re
tiring stock held by the Federal
government.
The meeting was presided over
by N. H. G. Balfour, president.
New officers elected were W. L.
Thornbery, of this county and F.
C. McCormick, .j; Scotland coun
ty, to the board of directors. The
annual report of.the board of di
rectors was presented by W. L.
Poole.
Speaker '‘for the occasion was C.
S. Rigby of the Production Credit
corporation of Columbia, South
Carolina. He pointed out the ad
vantages of the course the local
association is taking and com
mended it for taking steps to re
tire the outside stock.
Winner of the $50 attendance
prize was Roland Currie of this
county.
Recorder Hears
6 Cases Tuesday
• Six cases were heard in Hoke
County recorder’s court Tuesday
morning by Judge Henry McDiar-
mid. Two of the. defendants.-Lon
nie .Austin McFadyen. Colored,
and John E. Ray,' white, pleaded
guilty of driving drunk. Sentence
in each case was 90 days to be
suspended on payment of SI00
and the court costs.
William Conner colored, got 30
days to be suspended on payment
of $10 and the cost for larceny.
He went to the roads.
Coble Lowry, Indian, got 90 days
to be suspended on payment of
$25 and the costs for violating the
prohibition laws.
W. H. Gilscrist, colored, got 60
days suspended on payment of
$35 and the costs for driving with
out an operator’s license and with
bad brakes.
Leroy Locklear, Indian, got 30
days suspended on payment of the
costs for forcible trespass. He had
previously returned some proi)erty
he had removed.
Word was received as the paper
went to press that Mrs. D. F.
Andrews of Rockfish passed away
at '2L Fayetteville hospital yester
day afternoon. She had been a
patient there since last week and
her chlldrto had come home.
Funeral arrangements were not
learned.
Mrs. Effie Chavis,
80, Dies Friday
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Mrs. Effie Chaviss 80, died at
her home on Lumber Bridge,
Route one, last Friday after a
short illness. She was a native of
Chesterfield county. South Caro
lina. and the ■ widow of Levi
Chavis.
She is survived by one adopted
son, Raymond Chavis, of Liunber
Bridge, Route one. Funeral ser
vice was conducted at 2:30 o’
clock Sunday afternoon from the
heme and interment was in the
Ephesus Baptist church cemetery.
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CHRISTMAS SEALS OUT;
WANTS 3IONEY BACK
Mrs. Neill A. McDonald, Jr.,
Qhristmas Seal Sale chairman,
said yesterday that Ohristmas
seals had been mailed to several
hundred persons and firms in the
town and county who had been in
the habit of contributing to this
anti-tuberculosis fund, and she
urged sdl recipients to the
addressed envelop lenclosed to re
turn the money for them.
Notables Pay Moving
Tributes To Former Head
As His Portrait,Is Unveiled
Memorial Services for Doctor
Paul P. McCain ’were held at the
Central North Carolina Tubercu
losis Sanatorium at McCain on
Tuesday.
Luncheon was served in the'
dining room at 1 o’clock to several
hundred who had received special
invitations These included state
officials, doctors of all S:a:e tu
bercular Sanatoria, other doctors .
and their wives, rr.err.'oers and
close friends of the McCain fanpily
and others! Dr. H. St'uar* Wiilis,
present superintendent, and Mrs.
Willis greeted guests _as t.ney en
tered the dining rto.m.
Carl C. Cotinci,! of Durha.r.. sec
retary of- the Board of Directors
of the Sanatorium, presided. He
e.\plained why this meeting was
beisg held, and ■ that the Nordn
Carolina iMechcal .\sihciatic-n -.vas
presenting the portrait c: Dr. Mc
Cain to the Sanatori'L'.m. Ke in
troduced the luncheon speaker.
Dr. Edward T. Blumquist. the chief
of the office. of State aid for tu
berculosis of the U. S. Public
Health Service. Dr. Blumquist
made a most timely and fitting
talk on the progress in control and
prevention of tuberculosis and
wihat an important part in this Dr.
McOain had had. Charles C. Can
non of Concord, member, of the
Board of Dirertors, was then in-
trodus^. He told the great nieds
of the present Sanatoria and'the
need for a new fftori-
um. He read a letter from Lee
Gravely of Rocky Mount, chair
man of the Board, in which he re
gretted his absence a:'id spoke of
his association and-friendship with
Dr. McCain, and his. ear;'.es: hope,
that mere funds wouici 'oe avail-
abie for Tuberculosis work in
North Carolina.
Dr. .H. S. Willis presented many ■
of the distinguished guests. These
included Justice Wiley -Rutledge
of the Supreme Court; Justice E.
B. Denny of the North Carolina
Supreme Court; Lieutenant-Gov
ernor and Mrs. L. Y. Ballentine;
Lieutenant-Governor Elect and
Mrs. W. P. Taylor; Attorney Gen
eral and Mrs. Harry S. McMuIlan,
Senator William B. Umstead;
Senator-elect J. M. Broughton;
Congressional Representative C.
B. Deane, Eighth District, and
Ertel Carlyle, Seventh District;,
Former Eighth Distridt Represen
tative Walter Laral^th; State
Representatipes H. Clifton Blue of
Moore County, Ray Taylor, of
Muncombe, and Harry Green, of
Hoke; Dr. Frank Graham, presi-
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TEN YEARS OF PROGRESS
During the last 10 years Hoke
County has made outstanding pro
gress in .Agriculture. Ahr.ost all
phases of agriculture have been
elevated during this period. There
have been tremendous increases
in yields of crops -and \'alue of
crops. The dairy cattle for family
use has been on the increase but
has not reached the point where
the milk suppiv is near adequate.
There has been much progress
made in mechanical farming and
also in the improvement of homes
-and conveniences in the home and
on the farm.
PROGRESS WITH CROPS
Tobacoa - Hoke County farmers
have done an outstanding job of
producing and mairketing 'ttie 'to
bacco crop during 'the past 10
years. There were approximately
3000 acres of tobacco in the county
10 years ago compared to 5000
acres in 1947. The yield of tobacco
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