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- Journal VOICE OF fUEEOOM (HIHEHAfF ofuMitn The Hoke County Journal HOWE 1 (*iMk VOLUNE XLffl NUMBER 30 YOUR ISCHOOL NEWS! By K. A. MacDonald THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23,1948 ORD. N. C. S2.00 PER YEAR Merry Christmas! All ^hqols inHhe county close for the'holidays today and will remain closed until Monday. Jan uary '3, .1949. The Board of Edu cation ajgreed to this change at the request of parents, teachers and pupils.- Recorder Hears Many Traffic Cases Tuesday Other Three Cases Involve Liquor Violations, Assault; All Defendants Pay Out Th% Mildouson school had its Christmas entertainment Monday night. Each classroom furnished a part of the program. All the chil dren received a gift. All those who were privileged to attend enjoyed the occasion very much. ' 4iast Tffursday night the tenth, eleventh and twelfth grades put on “Darktown Strutters Minstrel.” The large crowd that attendee roared with laughter during most of the show. The production was exceptionSUy' well done. Both teachers and members of the cast art to be congratulated on their work. f Sunday evening at eight o’clock a program of Christmas music Was given in the Hoke High auditori um by the Hoke High band under ^ direction .9*, directed by Miss E^is Brad- 1^. The band played an ensemble of Christmas carols and the glee club quite a number of arrange ments of carols. A good audience enjoyed the .music and were im pressed with the work being done by the music department. The Ashemont school is having their Christmas party today. All the children will be taken care of. The writer had the pleasure of seeing, a Christmas play at the Rockfish school whigji was written ’ and produced by 'the children themselves as a surprise for their teachers. The children who took part and the others in the room all enjoyed it. Sixteen defendants were on docket for trial before Judge Hen ry McDiarmid in Hoke County recorder's court Tuesday morning, and of these all but fpur were charged with traffic violations. Of the four two involved liquor and the other two assaults. Speeders were Martin Stekert, white of New York; Paul McKoy, colored of Clarkton; Nathaniel Odell Cunningham, colored; Arthur Wilder, white of South Carolina; F. F. Keen, white of Florida. All except McKoy posted $25 bonds and forfeited them by failing to appear for trial. McKoy paid $10 and the costs. Rastus Evans and H. B. Evans, both white, were charged with damage to personal property and assault but the^prosecuting witness decided she didn’t want to prose cute them so she was taxed with the costs and the case against them was dismissed. George F. Jones, white, got 30 days suspended on payment of the costs for violating the prohibition law?. •jennin^ T. BJaultsby, white, entered a plea of guilty of being drunk ah disorderly through his counsel and sentence was 30 days to be suspended on payment of the costs. For driving with no driver’s license Luther Rpgers, coipred, and Patricia McNeill, white, were each taxed $25 and the costs. For having improper brakes W. Stacy Smith, white, William Tate, William W. Lide, and George Jackson, Jr., all colored, each paid $10 and the costs* For having improper license plates George O. Finch, white of New York City, paid $10 and the costs. 0- — Battery A To See Inauguration Of Governor Battery “A”, 677th anti-aircraft automatic weapons Battalion, local National Guard unit and first line unit in the State to be Federally recognized after the war, has ac cepted an invitation froffKAdjutant General J. Van B. Metts jto attend the inauguration of W. Kerr Scott as Governor of North Carolina and to take part in the jjarade. The ceremony will be held in Raleigh, on Thursday, January 6, 1949. The local battery will carry ap proximately 70 men and officers to Raleigh for the occasion and will be one of more than 50 units from all over the State to participate in the inauguration. Raleigh units and the Adj utant General’s de partment are preparing to enter tain the visiting units at dinner on the sixth. The unit will go to Raleigh in its own vehicles and will use them and the 40 millimetre Bofors anti aircraft guns in the parade. Last drill in 1948 for the local battery was held on Monday night. Next drill on schedule is on Monday, January 10, 1949. The* armory hpre is open from eight a m. until five p. m., Monday tiurough Fri day for enlistments. 0 fB ?Yot-'K *•«;,> and us... ■ I '-V ifc there room m yoi’t tree fo.' one more wish? - We hope so, JiecausVthi|«op'a who edit and pjolish this newspaper ore with this Cluistmos cord,* We havenl,. siijiiiedftltltlV** wey of wishing you the Best holiday seown S' you evki^itit we want you to know »/e'cre thankful foi: ffliihe mnny things tins lonimunily has done m the post venr ' ..la make our homo lo r such o t-tn ploce in whnh to te !>' -Wewho ii.c and work Here know we have iho ’ - hs^^jhhot' anywhere. So Iticnds and Iteioh- / "0 ■'sraper theo'ily soys— - Chaminade Club Has Christmas Musical Program CpL Lacy John Rites Dec. 26 At rhiladelphus'^ W. Lee Maultsby Dies Suddeidy; Funeral To^fy . i The Upchurch school had its Christmas party on Tuesday. Prac- ■ tically every student was present for the festive occasion. I \ Principal John Munford of the Rockfish Colored school, who has seriously ill recently, wishes to "thank all those who have joined . in a contribution for him during the time he was in the hospital. I^incipal A. S. Gaston of the Upchuroh school, who has been in , q Wilson bt the*l8edside of his criti- (Continued on back page*) 0 MANY STORES WILL CLOSE NEXT MONDAY Q Mrs. Hattie Currie Passes Tuesday; Buried Yesterday Attention of readers is iifvited to an advertisement on pagfe 19 of this issue in which most busi nesses of Raeford announce that they will be closed next Monday, December 27. as part of the Christ mas holiday. The Bank of Raeford also has an announcement to the same effect elsewhere m the paper. :.0 URGES FIRE SAFETY R. B. Lewis, chief of the Raeford Fire Department, this week urged everyone to be especially care ful to prevent the happiness of the Christmas season being marred , by fire. He states that for several reasons fire is more likely, what with Christmas trees, gift wrapp ings—and in some cases John Bar leycorn—being around, and more prevention will be necessary to prevent it. Mrs. Hattie Hall Currie, native and long-time resident of this county, passed away Tuesday af ternoon at the home of her son, Archie Currie, in Pinehurst. She was 79 years of age and had been in failing health for some years, becoming critically ill the night before her death. She had made her home in Pinehurst for the last 18 years. Mrs. Currie was the widow of the late Madison Ciurie of this county who died about 25 years ago. They wert residents of Blue Springs township. Before marriage she was Miss Hattie Hall, daughter of the late Nathan ahd Josephine Hall who lived n the vicinity of Dundarrach. Funeral services were conducted in the Pinehurst Community chapel at two o’clock yesterday afternoon by the Rev. Roscoe Prince, pastor. Burial was at the old Currie family cemetery in this county. RED SPRINGS. — Funeral ser vices for Corporal Lacy John, Jr., have been tentatively set for 3:00 o’clock Sunday afternoon, Decem ber 26. The remains of Cpl. John are being returned to the United States from Tinian where he was killed in action on July 25, 1944. Cpl. John, a graduate of the Red Springs High School, entered the Marine corps in 1940. After train ing at Parris Island, he was sta tioned for some months in Wash ington and then was assigned to the American Embassy Guard in London. He was returned to the States in 1943 and was E.tationed for sometimie in San Diego, be fore going to the South Pacific with the Fourth Marines, with whom he served in the Marshall Islands, Saipan and Tinian on in vasions forces. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Lacy John of Lumber Bridge, he is suf- vived by his parents and one brother. Cpl. Max John of the Marine Corps, of Washington, D. C. , , The services will be held at Philadelphus Presbyterian Church and burial will be in the church cemetery. 0 Hoke High Cage Teams Win In Opening Games Walter Lee Mij^sby, farmer and merchant Of vllontrose, died suddenly at his J^me there at about four yesterday morning. He years of age. He was born in county, a son of Mrs. Flora Bethune ■ Maultsby r of MSWR', and the late John S* Maultsby,’and had lived in this county all his life. The remains will rest at the Lentz mortuary here until 11:30 o’clock this morning. Funeral ser- pices will be conducted at the home this afternoon at four o’ clock by the Rev. S. A. Ewart, pastor of Shiloh Presbyterian church, and the Rev. A. D. Cars well of Manchester, former pas tor. Burial will be in the church cemetery al;, Shiloh church. Surviving are his widow', the former Miss Margaret Reaves; one son, John L. Maultsby cfl! Fort Banning, Georgia; two grand children; his mother, three bro thers, John, Jennings and Bethune Maultsby, all of Raeford; one half- brother, Frank Maultsby of Char lotte; two sisters, Mrs. A. M. Powell and Mrs. F. J. Wedemeyer, both of FayetteviUe. 0 - Coach Haywood Faircloth’s Hoke County High school basket ball teams started the season off right in the gymnasium here last Frid^ night when both boys and. girls defeated? teams from Laurel Hill sdidol. The Ch aminade club was pleas antly ’entertained with ■ a musical program by a group of local col lege girls who are home for" the holidays at the club’s Dece.mber meeting at the home of Mrs. Harry Greene here Tuesday night. Mrs. W. M. Thomas and Mrs. H., R. McLean were hostesses- to. the club with Mrs. Greene. The beautiful decorated Christ mas tree'and other decorations of the Yuletide made an. effective setting for the.program of Chirst- mas music. Those participating were' Misses Katherine Blue and Joan Johnson, of Peace College, Mary Ray Freeman and Mary Stuart Covington of Flora Mac donald, and Doris Keith of Salerh. Mrs. A. L. O’Briant of the club gave an. interesting discussion of “Ballet Coppelia” by Delibes with record selections. Mfsi. R. B. Lewis, Mrs. H. R. McLean and Mrs. W. M. Thomas sang Dees Taylor’s arrangement of Kurt Sjchindler’s “The Adora tion of the Shepherds.” They were accompanied by Miss . Jessie Bright Ferguson. Delicious refreshments were served in the social hour following the program. Other guests were Mrs . H. d. McLauchUn, Mrs. Roland Covington, Mrs. Julian Blue and Mrs. Adeline Johnson. Ryan McBryde HI; Quits Position As State Senator Was State Senator From Hoke Sin{^ 1933; Special Election Must Be Held Junior Chorus Entertains P-TA Dance Tonight And Tomorrow Night The Hoke H^ Bu^s led the Laurel Hill boys all the way to win their game 33 to 29. Hoke led 23 to 16 at half-time. GuUedge was the high scorer and outstanding player in the Hoke victory, ac counting for 20 of his team’s 33 points. Currie and Gibson were leaders for the losers with nine and sevoi points, re^ectivdy. Lassies Win Too The Hoke High girls came out on the long end of a 34 to 28 score to win their game with the Laurel Hill girls in the first var sity game of the evening. The locals led at half-time and both teams played on about even terms during the final quarters. High scorer for Hoke was Lyda Williams with 18 points. Mary Currie was. leader for the losers with 20 points. / Neyt game for the Hoke team will be in the local gym on Fri day of next week, December 31. Funeral Friday In Red Springs For F. B. Thrower Mrs. Currie was a sister of former sheriff . Edgar Hall of Raeford. Also surviving are two sons, Archie of Pinehurst and William Currie of the United- States Army in Guam; two daughters, Miss Margaret Currie of Pinehurst and Mrs. Annie Usher of Rex; two sisters, Mrs. C- J- Bell of Dunn and Mts. Donnie Currie of Cumberland county; several grandchildren and great grandchildren. Th6 Christmas Dance of the Ellis Williamson American Legion post is being held in the Armory here tonight and the public is cordially invited. Stephen Lam bert and his orchestra of Fayette ville will play for*the occasion. This orchestra is well known and popular throughout the section and good music is assured. The regular square dance held weekly at the armory by the local National Guard unit and featuring the string music of Elmo Stanton and his band of Maxton, will be held as usual tomorrow night and Friday night of next week, New Year’s Eve. 0 GO DUCK HUNTING Harry Greene, Robert Gatlin, W. J. Goats and Colon Scarborough went to Lake Matamuskeet Sun day and hunted ducks Monday. They killed 9 geese and 24 ducks and came home Tuesday. A full auditorium of parents and others attended the final 1948 meeting of the Hoke-Raeford Parent-teacher association at the Raeford Graded school on Mon day night, and were well enter tained by pupils of the graded school. Mrs. Neill McFadyen, president, turned the meeting over to the program committee for the occa sion and a Christmas pageant was presented featuring songs and Christmas scenes from- many countries. The production was di reeled by Miss Doris Bradley, the music teacher, and was greatly en joyed by all present. Dr. Johnson Pastor At Spring Hill Church Fairley B. Thrower, 57, prom inent merchant and farmer, died early last Thursday at a Fayette- viiie hospital, where he had been a patient for three weeks. Funeral services were conducted from the Presbyterian church in Red Springs Friday afternoon at 3 o’clock by, the Rev. Thomas A. Fry, pastor, assisted by Dr. S. H. Fulton of Laurinburg and the Rev. J. W. Mann of Antioch. Bur ial was in Alloway cemetery. Mr. Thrower, a native of this section, came to Red Springs a number of years ago. An elder of the Presbyterian church, and a former member of the board of commissioners of the town, he was active in the civic and relig ious life of the community. Surviving are his wife, the form er Pearl Currie of Allendale, two daughters; and three sons; four sisters; including Mrs. F. F. Mc- Phaul and Mrs. O. B. Covington of this county; and two brothers. Ryan McBryde. State Senator ' from the Twelfth district from, this county'since 1933. and elect ed for the 1949 term, sent his re signation to Governor Cherry yes terday. Ke resigned 'cecause of his health.’ ■ Mr. .McBryde has oeen a pat^ lent in a Fayetteville hospital since Tuesday of last week where his cpridition has been thoroughly- checked.' He is. expected to return home today,' or tomorrow. ' but doctors have ordered hi.m to stay- in bed for about six weeks due to the condition of his heart. He serv-ed in the State Senate in 1933, 1937, 1941 and 1945 under the custom of each county in tbe district sending the senator on alternate terms, Harnett, Moore and Randdph make tip tise district, wbioh has tvo senators in eSch General Assemblj. Hoke and Moore alternate on sending one of them. While in the Senate Mr. McBryde was diainnan of ^ Finance and Educad^ cMn- mittees, rteqdaac bndaet cooninisllon, a "mens!)#' of" the State Board of Education, and m stiU a member of the State Hosp itals Board of Control. He has been considered an outstanding legislator and has..long been a political power in this county. -0- REDECORATE LOBBY The lobby and Main street en trance of Hotel Raeford have re cently been renovated and beauti fied. The Main street entrance is in a soft grey with black base board and yellow ceiling. Drap eries and upholstery in the lobby are green and gold; the side walls are paneled in dusty rose with grey woodwork and yellow ceil ing. Two large floral prints framed in heavy gilt frames are the only pictures hanging on the side walls. The whole job is in excellent taste and is a credit to the town Dr. Elbert N. Johnson, one of the leading ministers of the Bap tist church in North Carolina, has beea eallwl to Dm pastorate of Spring Hill Baptist church at Wa- gram and has accepted the work on full-time basis, it is learned. Dr. Johnson succeeds the. Rev. J. D. Whisnant w'ho resigned recently on account of poor heal^^. Spring Hill church has been on a part- time basis for some years, with the minister serving both Spring Hill and Raeford Baptist church, but now goes to full-time, or ev ery Sunday services Dr. Johnson is an able preacher and has been pastorates in a num ber of North Crolina cities. He retired from active work a few years ago and has been living at the Livingston Johnson house at Riverton. He married Miss Fran ces Johnson, daughter of the late Dr. and Mrs. Livingston Johnson. They have' two daughters and a son. Dr. Meredith Johnson, a mem ber of the medical staff at the N. C. Sanatorium at McCain; Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson Thompson, and Dr. E. N. Johnson, Jr., who is an interne at the Baptist Hospital at Winston-Salem. Mrs. Mary C. Pate Buried Saturday Mrs. Mary Catherine Pate died at her home here last Friday morning. She was a native of Hamlet and was the widow of the late C. C. Pate. Funeral services were conducted at the Raeford Methodist church at two o’clock Saturday afternoon by the pastor, the Rev. P. O. Lee. Burial followed in the Raeford ceir.e.tery. She is survived by four sons. Frank Pate and Jesse Pate and Reuben Pate, all of Raeford, and William. Pate of Southern Mnes; ’ey one daughter. Mrs. P. R. Ariest of L.aurel Hill; and by 27 grand children. The governor will order a sp-. ecial election for the selection of , Mr. McBryde’s successor. The De- mocrat'ic candidate for the posi tion will be chosen by the Hoke county Democratic Executive com mittee. Among those being men tioned in street gossip here yes terday were J. Benton Thomas, G. B. Rowland and Walter P. Baker. While Hoke County will get to nominate the candidate, he will be elected fay voters in ^ four counties in the district. 0 Cotton Ginnings Show Increase Over Last Year WASHINGTON. Dec. 20.-1116 Census bureau reported today that 13,395,401 running bales of cotton fn>m the 1948 crop were ginned prior to December 13. This compares with 10,628411 ginned to the same date last year and 7,784,904 to the same date two years ago. REMEMBER MR. ROBINSON The Rev. B. P. Robinson, popu lar retired minster of the commun ity and former pastor of the Rae ford Methodist church, was sur prised by the members of Die congregation last Sunday when he was the recipient of a Christmas gift offering. The ginnings this year included 3,032 bales of American-Egyptian cotton compared with 959 last year, and five bales,of Sea Island cotton compared with 20 last year. 0 CHRISTMAS SEAL SALE , PROGRESSING NICELY Mrs. Neill A. McDonald, Christ mas Seal Sale charman.'wishes to announce that the sale is pro gressing nicely but reminds thqse who have neglected to send in their contributions to do so ri^t away as the period of the s^e closes December 31. Mrs* McDmi- ald thanks all those who have h^ed with their time and con tributions in making the sala a success. If you have laid your «aviiD|^ with the stamps and returaMi tete velope aside please look it drop your contrSiution in today.'
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