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iSCHOOL NEWS!
By K. A. MacDonald
At the chapel hour at Hoke High
on Wednesday W. L. Poole, repre
senting the American > Legion,
^oike to the student body on the
American Legion citizenship a-
ward given to the best all-round
school citizen in' high school.
Robert Gatlin, Raeford chairman
for the PoUo Drive, also spoke to
the student body in behalf of this
drive. After the chapel exercises
'Mr. Gatlin met with the Key club
and discussed their participation in
the drive. The Key club will ac
tively assist in this most wor^hy
undertaking.
Mrs. Neill McFadyen, president
of the Hoke-Raeford P. T. A. an
nounces that the next regular
meeting’will be held at the Raeford
Graded school, Monday evening,
January 17, at 7:45 o’clock. Tues
day afternoon the executive com
mittee of the P. T. A. held a meet
ing at the Graded school building;
Plans were made for the meeting
to be held Monday night.
Knowles Resigns
Accepts Position
Brunswick County
County Agent Accepts Same
Job in Coastal County; To
Start Work There Feb. 1
CJounty Agent A. S. Knowles
sent his resignation as farm agent
of Hoke county to the county board
of commissioners. He requested
that acceptance be made effective
February 1, and said that he ex
pected to assume the position of
farm agent in Brunswick county
on that date. Brunswick county is
in the southeast corner of the
State and its county seat is South-
port, Mr. Knowles’ letter, directed
to W. M. Thomas, chairman of the
board, is reproduced below. No
action has yet been taken to secuVe
a successor to Mr. Knowles, who
has been here 11 years, succeeding
H L. Meacham. The letter follows.
Dear Sir: ^
I am at this time, offering miy
resignation as County Agent for
Hoke County and ask that it be
accepted toy the Board effective
February 1, 1949. On that date, I
will take over the work as Couhty
THANK FIREMEN FOR
ISSUE’S APPEARANCE
The Coleman Puppetts will show
in the Hoke High auditorium to-,
morrow at 2,10 p. m. The show is
open to anyone wishing to attend.
The library at Hoke High has
•been closed for the past several'
days While Mrs Gore, the librarian,
and her student assistants took
Stock and re-assessed the library.
Oscar Scull, Jr. received an in-
„ jury in his eye last Friday while
^lS|,t play on the grounds at the Rae-
that Oscar is doing well but'will
be put of school for possibly six
Weeks. We hope that he will come
- around all right.
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■' Mrs. Blackman of the Raeford
Graded school faculty was absent
from school Monday and Tuesday
on account of the illness of her
daughter in Hartsville, S. C. Mrs.
Younger Snead substituted for her.
A pile of paper, a pile of
kindling wood, and some coal
are the right ingredients for a
good fire and all were present
in .'The News-Journal’s back
yard Monday afternoon. A good
fire got started and was in a
fair way to take hcJld of the
building when the timely ar
rival of the fire department put
a*! end to it. A burned out vdn-
dow sash and frame was jabout
the damage. >.
We are grateful to the fire
department for putting out the
fire, as well as for being so
careful not to damage our ma
chinery with water.
CCC President
Will Address.
Carolina Ginners
Ralph Trigg, President of the
Corrimodity Credit Corp., and Ad
ministrator of the Production and
Marketing Administration, will
speak at the Annual Meeting of
the Carolines Ginners Association
in Bennettsville, S. C., January
im. Mr. Trigg, after. engaging
actively in ranching operations, in
New Mexico, had several years of
broad experience in management
and fiscal control work in that and
other States. This-was followed by
a period of administrative service
with the aiined forces,, before acr
cepting. an executive appointment
with the Department of Agricul
ture.
Mr. Trigg joined the staff of the
DepailSnent of Agriculture in Jan
uary 1946, as Assistant to the Sec
retary of Agriculture. He Was ap
pointed Assistant Administrator of
the-produdtion and'Marketing Ad-
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KiwanisCiub
Instalk Omcers
On Hiurslay
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Robert Gatlin|Is President;
Succeeds Leu^ Upchurch;
P. O. Lee Vic^Pr€sident
Presbyterians To
Start Music
Worship Service
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Girls Tc^m Wins
Two More Games; %
Boys Split Two
Coach Faircloth’s Hoke High
girls continued their winning
ways in the past week, taking two
games and pushing their consec
utive streak, of victories to 13.
They defeated Laurel Hill here
.testT/lddy night, 33-2f Lewis Dbputy
• Mrs. Clyde Upchurch, Jr. of the
Hoke High faculty was absent
Friday in order to attend the
funeral of her college roommate.
A group- pf parents and teachers
met at Laurel,Hill,school Wednes
day, January 5. They, made plans
for a county wide, parents and
teachers meeting,^ which is to be
March 25- at Bowmore school. The
teachers are having'group meet
ings. Group four met at Piney Bay
school January 10. The topic dis^
cussed was, “The Effect Reading
Plays on the Personality of the
„S>tudent.” . ''
AU schools in. the county will
cooperate' with their township
chairmen in the Polio Fund cam
paign. It is understood that the
school campaign will take place
the last week ^f the drive Jan.
24-9^.
Our parents and pupils have a
^reat deal to he -thankful for and
we hope that every child and every
parent in the county will make a
contribution to this worthy cause.
No one knows' who may be the
next victim. A good collection
during this drive will be a good in
surance policy for all of us.
high, scorer with 16 points,-'follow
ed -by Williams with 12. -Clark got
4. Gentry was, high for the visitors
with 11 points.
On Tuesday night of this week
the girls defeated the Massey Hill
girls here in a one-sided game,
36-11. It was another easy one and
every girl on the squad played in
the game. Marian Lewis again led
the scoring with 15 points. Lynda
Williams, a ninth-grader who has
been showing up well since she
broke into the starting line-up
after the first game, got 10 points.
Mildred Clark got 6 and Sarah
Cole got 4 in the three minutes
she was in the game. Coach Fair-
cloth praised his guards. Sue Up
church, Florence Cameron and
Alice Sutton Matheson for their
fine jab in holding the opponents’
scores down. ■
Boys, win. Lose
The Hoke High boys won their
game from Laurel Hill on Friday
night, in a contest that Went over
time, 47 to 41. The score was tied
at 38-38 wli'en the regular time
ended. Gulledge led the scoring
with 1'8 points and Yarborough and
McNeill got 8 each. Gibson was
high for the losers with 15
On Tuesday night the local bays
went down before a tall and ex
perienced Massey Hill team here,
45-22. High scorer of the game was
Brady of Massey Hill who got 12
points. Gulledge, had 7 points for
Raeford.
The local teams meet Tar Heel
here tomorrow night with the girls
game starting at 7:30 and the boys
game at nine o’clock.
Administrator i'lr February .1947;
and Adimitiistrator'on April 15,
1948. -He has also served Vice
President,, and now President of
the’ tSommodity Credit .Corpora
tion.
,Among 'other- speakers that will
appear on the program are Wm.
E. Meek, Agricultur'al Engineer,
Delta Experiment Station, Stope-
ville. Miss.; W. K. Anderson, cot
ton ginner aiid producer of Clark-
dale, Miss.; Chas. A. Bennett, En
gineer in Charge, U. S. Gin Lab
oratory, Stoneville, Miss.; A. W.
Fisher of Cannon Mills, Kannap
olis, N. C.;”and F. F. Bondy, ento-
moiogi^ of the Pee Dee Experi
ment Station, Florence, S. C.
The Raeford kWhIs club in
stalled its officer^ for the year
1949 at the club’sr regular supper
and meeting at llie High school
caeterm last Thursday night. Paul
BUtler of Southern Pines, who sue
ceeded R. B. Lewi^ of the Raeford
club.-as Division lieutenant gover
nor, conducted the installation.
Robert Gatlin Ws instaUed a?
president of the plub, succeeding
Lewis Upchurch. Gther new offi
cers are P. O. Lee. vice president
and Hinton McPhaul, secretary-
treasurer. New directors are R. L,
Murray, Edwin Smith, Toim Me
Bryde, JuRan Jordan, W. B. Hey
ward, Archie Howard and Marion
Gatlin.
In installing the officers Mr;
Butler was high iin his praise of
the Raeford club’s work during
1948 under the leadership of Lewis
U^himch and op'timistic for the
future activities. His talk to the
group was on the seven objectives
for the year 1949jas laid down by
Kiwanis Internatidi^l.
These dbjectivee,' Mr. Butler
said are", 1. Reinforce the founda
tions of* our sociW structure-^e
home, the church and the school;
2. Develop character and self-
reliance in our ybuth fey providing
•proper guidance,/Sound leadership,
and abundant opportunity; 3. Per
form all responsibilities of citizen
ship, and ipromote the.fuUest parti
cipation iri localiand national af
fairs in-.order fundamen
tals of* free ^ government .and
individual enterprise may be
preserved; 4. Combat Communism
and all other ideologies which tend
to destroy the spiritual, economic,
and political freedom of the in
dividual; '5. Foster the conserva
tion, replenisbnient, and dpvelop-
nient Mt -bur national resources;
6. Strengthen the existing bonds of
frieridship between Canada and
the United States, and support all
programs essential to their defense
and mutual welfare; 7. Work for
peace and .international under
standing, and further the efforts
of the United Nations.
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The Raeford I^esbytenan
church will begin soipethin^ new
in Sunday evening se^Vices when it
starts the first of WthreMHon^
music worship pre^gramsfon next
Sunday wening at 7:30. V._ /'
Dean Robert Reuter, head of the
music department at Flora Mac
donald college, will direct the
program over • the three-months
period, which consist largely of
congregational singing. These ser
vices, it was pointed out, wUl be
decidedly informal,' and ®re de
signed to give to those attending
them, an opportunity, to worship
in song under capable leadership
and direction
Dean Reuter is well known in
Raeford, having-'directed musical
programs -here- on a-number of
occasions. Too, a, number of local
singers, have participated in pro
grams of the Red Springs choral
club under* his direction. These
singers who have heard of the local
church plans, have expressed great
satisfaction in learning of his com
ing to Raeford on Sunday even
ings, and it is expected that large
congregations will meet him here.
All members of the other con
gregations in Raeford are invited
by the Presbyterians to have a
part in these music worship pro
grams. In fact, it hps been said by
some of the Presbyterian officers,
that the real desire in beginning
these programs, is to encourage
the entire com'munity in jts mu^ic
worship. An unsurpassed oppor
tunity is being given to local
people in this provision to have
Dean Reuter here, as hjs abilities
are widely recognized as • being
of the best available, and it is
felt that these services will fill a
'need long existing in the commun
ity; ■
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MANY BIG EVENTS SLATED
FOR RECORD DIMES DRIVE
Recorder Hears
Dozen Cases; 10
Speeders Charged
X The annual March of Dimes swings into line throughout
the nation January 14 and will continue to the erid of the
month, Lewis Upchurch, 1949 March of Dimes chairman for
Hoke ounty announed today, urging everyone to give at least
50% more this year.
•‘The record polio epidemic of
last summer and the soaring costs
of care and treatment of patients,”
Mr. Upchurch said, “point to the
urgent need of putting on the
greatest -March of Dimes drive in
history. This annuaJ appeal is the
sole source of funds through which
the National Foundation for Infan
tile Paralysis can carry on the fight;
against polio.”
The Hoke County Campaign
Chairman disclosed that the Na
tional Foundation exhausted its
emergency epidemic aid fund last
County Council
Of Home Dem.
'Women Meets
There will be a business session
for the members, and every mem
ber is urged to be present. All
other cotton ginners throughout
the • Carolinas and Virginia, as
wen-4s cotton producers, are ex
tended a special invitation to at
tend- this meeting. Thb general
public is also invited to attend.
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PROGRAM AT MILDOUSON
NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT
FOR MARCH OF DIMES
METHODIST MEN WILL
MEET TOMORROW NIGHT
The men’s club of the Raeford
Methodist church wiU hold its
monthly supper and meeting at
seven o’clock tomorrow night at
the Upchurch airport here. Sj^ak-
er for the occasion wUl be Rev
Mr. Humphries, of Soultherp
Pines. Dinner will be served by
the ladies of Parker’s Methodist
church.
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The Rev: and Mrs. P. O. Lee TRUMAN GOES THROUGH
left yesterday for Virginia, after
hearing that Mr. Lee’s mother had
died there. All the irrformation
available here yesterday was that
-she is-to be buried in Clinton to
morrow.
Tuesday bus No. -19 overturned,
but we are thankful to report that
no one was injured. Very little
damage was done to the bufe. The
accident was investigated by the
highway patrol; no charges were
preferred; however, school autho
rities felt it better to relieve the
driver of his duties.
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LEE’S MOTHER DIES
J. W. “Pete”.- Canady, of Dun-
darrach, chairman of the Stone
wall March of Dimes committee,
announced yesterday that he had
secured an outstanding ^ speaker
for the folks in that section on the
subject of infantile ■ paralysis. L.
McDonald of Chicago, Ill. will
speak at the Mildouson school on
next Tuesday ni^t at 7:30 o’clock.
Mr. Canady invites everyone to
come and bring their friends.
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PHILLIES WILL AGAIN
TRAIN ROOKIES HERE
Among those passing through
Hoke county yesterday was Pres
ident Harry S. Truman who visit
ed General George C. Marshal
in Pinehurst.
Annual Meeting Of
Bank Stockholders
The stockholders of the Bank
of Raeford held their annual meet
ing last Thursday morning, Janu
ary 6.
The annual report of the bank
was read by R. B. Lewis, executive
vice-president, and showed that
the bank had enjoyed one of the
best- business years in its history
in 1948. The report showed that
the bank had added $10,000 to the
surplus account and that a di'vid-
end of 15 percent had been paid to
all stockholders of record on Jan
uary 1,1949.
Directors elected for' the year
are H. L. Gatlin, F. B. Sexton, J.
B. Thomas, T. B Upchurch, Jr., J
McNeill, A. K. Stevens, C. L.
Thomas, H. L. Gatlin, Jr.. L. M.
Upchurch and R. B. Lewis.
At the directors meeting follow
ing the stockholders meeting H. L.
Gatlin was elected president, R. B.
Lewis executive vice-president, F.
B. Sexton, vice-president, A. B.
Hamilton, cashier, and Miss Jessie
B. Ferguson assistant cashier
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CHRISTMAS SEAL NOTICE
Eddie Collins, Jr., manager of
minor lea^e clubs with the Phila
delphia Phillies, baseball team of
the National League, was in Rae
ford this week making arrange
ments to operate a training camp
here for several Class C and D
clubs owned by the Phillies. Four
such clubs trained here last spring
for about three weeks and Collins
said he expedted tolbring about the
same number of players this year,
The boys are expected to begin ar
riving on March 27.
Mrs. Neill A. McDonald, Jr.,
chairman for the coimty Christ
mas seal sale conducted during
December, said this week that
over one hundred regular con
tributors to the Tuberculosis seal
sale had failed to respond. She
said that the quota for the county
had not been reached and asked
those who had thus far neglected
the matter to send in their con
tributions so that the money might
be sent away lihis week-end.
Twenty-eight Home Demonstra
tion Club women, who are officers
in their local clubs, met in the
Hoke High School lunch room
Monday afternoon to transact busi
ness and formulate plans for the
new year’s club -Work. New Coun
ty Council officers were elected
as foHows: President: Mrs. John
Baker, Vice-President: Mrs! B. F.
McGregor, Secretary - Treasiurer:
Mrs. J. R. Blue.
Both Mrs. Baker and Mrs Blue
are members of the Little River
club and it is a distinct honor to
their club to have two of their
memlbers elected to county offi
ces.
The council discussed the ma'tter
of the use of the hospital bed and
wheel chair which the club women
■purchased within the last two
years. It was decided that since
there had been numerous calls for
the bed by club women or mem-
•bers of their families that it
would be necessary to charge a fee
of $4.00 per month to people who
are non-club memlbers.
In February the Home Demon
stration Clubs are ^udying the
topic, “Take Time to be a Good
Citizen”. It was decided that since
this discussion comes during the
time the Legislaiture is in session
it would be interesting to visit
Raleigh and attend the meetings
of the Senate and the House. Tues
day, February Ist, was the day set
to make the trip. The group will
leave on a chartered bus from in
front of the Raeford Court House
at 7:30 a m. The price of the round
trip will be approximately $2.85
plus the cost of lunch. Those who
plan to go should register at the
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. State Highway 'Patrolmen were
active in Hoke county last week,
bringing in 13'‘speeders. Ten of
these .were white travelers from
out of the State and were allowed
to-post bond of $25. each for their
appearance in recorder’s court for
trial. They- w^re W. P. James,
Herman Newfield, M. G; Martin,
R. H. Tuthill, M'. E. Davidson, H.
J. Simpson, ' Sam Eig, Elliot
Sperber, J. J. ]^^o^ris, G. E. Mill
er, and all' failed to appear for
-trial and forfeited their bonds.
The other three, Lewis Cunning
ham, colored, Kestler Naylor and
J. A. Gardner, both , white,' ap
peared for trial and paid $10 each
and the costs.
Milton Chavis, Indian, was sent
to the roads for one year for as
saulting Ester and Bobby Collins
with a deadly weapon.
Lacy Lee Collins. Indian, got
60 days suspended on payihent of
$25 and the costs for having a
whiskey still.
Willie S. Blue, colored, paid $10
and the costs for improper brakes.
Libby Wilson, colored, got 90
days suspended on payment of
$100 and the costs for driving
drunk.
' William E. Meador, white, paid
the costs for violating the pro
hibition laws.
John Puroell and his wife Willie
Purcell, colored, paid the costs for
violating the prohibition laws. 30-
day sentences were suspended on
condition of two years good be
havior.
The State took a nol pros in the
■•cose in which Leroy Murchison,
colored, was charged with raping
his sister-in-law, Olivia McIntyre,
when it appeared that it wasn’t
rape.
Wesley Williams, colored of
McCain, got 30 days suspended
on payment of the costs for tem
porary larceny of au automobile.
Our Legislators
On Committees
Representative Harry Greene
and Senator J. Benton Thomas re
ceived their committee assign
ments for the session in announce
ments Monday from the house
speaker and the lieutenant govern
or, respectively.
Greene was appointed chair
man of the committee on manu
facturers and labor. He was ap
pointed a member of the following
committees: Agriculture, Commer
cial fisheries, conservation and
dev’elopment, educati,OT, finance,
insurance, propositions^'and^^^iC”
vances, public ■ utiUties, pi^lic
welfare, rules, wildlife resources
and University trustees.
Thomas was appointed to the
following committees in the Sen
ate: agriculture, banks and curren
cy, corporations, courts and
judicial districts, finance, immi
gration, institutions. for the blind,
insurance, justices of the peace,
pensions and wildlife resources.
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PTA TO MEET MONDAY
KIWANIANS TO HEAR
POLIO REPRESENTATIVE
Phillip Randolph of Chapel Hill,
March of Dimes chairman for the
Eastern North Carolina division
will be the guest speaker at the
regular weekly meeting of the
Raeford Kiwanis club at the High
school cafeteria tonight
summeCs^in servicing stricken areas ■
durSff'tnb' recent epidemics. •'Con
sequently,’’ Mr. Upchurch said,
“we must all put our shoulders to
the wheel and help roll up a new
mark during the March of Dimes.”
Mr. Upchurch revealed that
every March of Dimes campaign
committee had been organized ■well
in advance, with plans geared so
that residents of all parts of the
county will have ample opportuni
ty to back the fight against infan
tile paralysis.
The Special Events Committee,
he said, has arranged for a variety
of interesting activities during
January ^14-31, and the Sports
Committee has set up a top-notch
calendar of March of Dimes sports
events. “Business and industrial
leaders, thro-.igh the Ccmmerce
and. Indps^y . Corriinittee. have .
aligned themselves whoieheartedly
back of the drive,” “The House-to-
House, 'Women’s and School com
mittees likewise have planned the
most intensive March of Dimes
campaign ever slated in Hoke
County
As we near the opening date
of the 1949 March of Dimes,” Nlr.
Upchurch said, “let us bear in
mind that each and every one of
us has a stake in this humanitarian
■work. During the past six years
more than 100,000 feUow-Ameri-
cans have been stricken by polio.
This disease is on the increase in
the United States. We do not know
where or how severely it may
strike in the coming summer. So
we must prepare now for any
eventuality. I am sure we in Hoke
County 'will meet the chadlenge.”
Commanity Cominittees
The county chairman has also
announced the workers for each of
the conmnmities in the drive. They
listed below- with the first
named in each group being tiie
chairman.
Raeford—^Robert Gatlin, Neill A.
MacDonald, W. B. Heyward, Har
vey Warlick and W. J. Coates;
Little River-Dougald Cameron, Ed
Simpson, J. W. Smith, an-d Elmer
Cameron; Dandarrach—J. W. Can
ady, C. W. Bostic, N. H. G. Balfour
and Mrs. Jesse Gibson; TimliertaBd
—Mrs. Leon Cameron, Mrs. J. F.
Jordan, Mrs. B. L. Williamson and
Mrs. Paul McDonald:Allendale
Blue Springs—W. L. Roper, Davi*"'
Currie, Miss Willie Liles, Mrs.
J. S. Currie: Rocklish—^E. T.
Brock. Miss Lillie Wood, Mrs.
Mary Meinnis, T. C. Jones; Way-
side—Dick Neeley and John Park-
Ashley Heights—Mrs. D. H.
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er;
Mrs. Neill McFadyen, president
of the Hoke - Raeford Parent -
Teacher association, has announc
ed that the monthly meeting of the
association will be held in the
auditorium of the Raeford Graded
school at 7:45 o’clock next Monday
night. She urges all parents to at
tend.
TOMMIE UPCHURCH ILL
Tommie Upchurch got a bad
headache about the first of last
Slid on Thursdsy bo wM
taken to a Fayetteville ho^tal
where he suffered with it unBl
yesterday when he was reported to
be still suffering, but somewtoet
less. Diagnosis se«Qns to l»e that
some sort of infsction aaeoDS to
exist near his brain. poesiblF •
virus given him by o tnoaqolto
while he ■was in Florida durtng tho
Chriitmas holidays. ,