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The Hoke County News
The Hoke County Journal
» VOLU^ XLDI NUMBER 36
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3,1949
RAEFORD. N.
S2.00 vm YEAR
YOUR
ISCHOOL NEWS!
By K; A. MacDonald
* Resource-Use Class Closes
Last Monday afternoon the
Resource-Use conducted by Dr.
Richard 'Weaver of The Univer
sity of North Carolina held its
last meeting. After the class woi*
Had been finished a delicious and
bountiful supper was served the
members toy the ladies of the Pine
Forest. Demonstration club, as
sisted toy Miss Josephine Hall.
The class has been successful
in every way. The teachers have
been stimulated in their, work.
They have had new sources of
materials opened to them and also
received credit for their work.
Other agencies have be6n led to
see the possibilities and oppor
tunities for service-in and through
the schools. Agencies that assist
ed Dr. 'Weaver in conducting the
course were the Health Depart
ment, Welfare Department, Home
Demonstration Agent, County A-
gent. Soil Conservation Service,
Forestry Service. Wildlife Com
mission, Farm Home Administra
tion, Department of^ Conservation
and Development, Extension Ser
vice and. State Department of.
Public Instruction. We wish epace
permitted the listing of indjl^^
duals who took part in this work;
We wish to thepk them and thfL
agencies represented for their
sistance in making toe .coui’se
^tstanding.
owing immediately .'out of
>ji#-^|^rk done to this coui^ will
be £m\ effort by^ principal®-,, and
riculum in Hoke County so that
the deeds of the individual stu
dent will be better cared^ for.
The County Board of Education
wiU be consulted, the local school
boards, PTA’s and others. Local
faculties will study the problems
in conjimction with the State
Department of Public Instruction,
"the final plan worked out will
then be submitted to the various
- boards involved for their appro
val or disapproval. We hope and
expect that this study wiU mater
ially advance the cause of edu
cation in Hoke County.
Court Collects
Some Bad Checks
Here Tuesday
Recorder Also Collects
Fines From Speeders,
Drunk Drivers and Thieves
The schools that we have heard
from' so far have turned in for
the polio drive: Ashemont $86.69,
Freedom $10.00, Mildouson $25.81,
Hoke High and Raeford Graded
$220.00. We will list the other
^l^^^^ools as returns come in.
The state sixth grade achieve
ment tests have been given in
all white schools to date. Results
of the tests will toe sent to Ral
eigh for'tabulation.
The Raeford Graded school has
just completed the fixing up of
the auditorium. Black-out cur
tains have been installed and stage
curtains have been cleaned and
rehung.
The County Health Department
has been making a survey of in
testinal parasites in the Raeford
Graded school. An intensive sur
vey was made of Mrs. Shelton’s
fifth grade in which all students
participated. A surprising num
ber of infections were foimd. We
urge all parents to see that their
children take advantage of this
service. A child infested with in
testinal parasites cannot do his
best school wprk,.^The treatment
is effective and easily adminis
tered.
The polio drive supper and
ministrel put on toy the people of
Mdiauchlin township was held
at the RocKfish school last night
This event was postponed from
last week bn accoxmt of toe criti
cal illness and death of Mrs, A.
L. Long.
There will be a principals
meeting -in the office of the
epunrty superintendent this af-
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“ OUie V. Taylor, white man who
opferated,Bill’s club on Highway
15-A for a while last year, was
in Recorder’s courl; before Judge
Henry McDiarmid Tuesday morn
ing to answer charges of giving
about $608 worth of bad checks
to beverage and tobacco distri-,
butors. Taylor pleaded guilty and
the judge suspended the 90-day
sentence on condition that he pay
the costs and the checks. Taylor
paid' over $500 on the checks and
was given 90 days to pay the re
mainder.
Six out-of-state speeders were
nabbed by State Highway patrol
men and left bonds of $25 each.
Thomas Simetich, white sold
ier who was involved in the
wreck with Tom _ Hall reported
in last week’s paper, entered a
plea of guilty of careless and
reckless driving. Considering the
fact that he had paid all damages
to Hall the court let him off
with a 30-day sentence to be su
spended on payment oi the costs.
Lewies C. Cunninghan^ colored,
pleaded guilty of carbfess and
redklesi^ driving and -speeding.
Sentence was 90 days to be su
spend^' bn payment of ..toe costs
and on condition of good, behav
ior for two years. His drivet’s
license was revoked for one year
to view of a recent conviction for
e oflense.
atttes D. Monroe, white of
Fayetteville, Jessie McCain and
Andrew Melvin, boto colored, got
30 days each suspended on pay-
menit for the costs for being drunk
and disorderly.
Garnlee Thomas, colored sold
ier, got 30 days' suspended oin
payment of $25 and the 'costs for
driving without operator’s license/'
Roy L. Swiney, colored of the
Army, got 30 days to be suspend
ed on payment of $25 and the
costs for the larceny of some tires.
He also got 30 days to be su
spended on payment of $10 and
the costs for having improper
license plates. (Noble Mangum,
also colored of toe Army, was
charged with the larceny of the
tires also but the State took a
nol pros when it appeared that
Swiney had stolen them. Man-
gum did get himself 90 days for
driving drunk, sentence to be
suspended on payment of $100
and the costs. He got a 30-day
sentence as well for having an
improper driver’s license, this to
be suspended on pa3fment of.$25
and the costs.
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HOKE HIGH
SCHOOL NEWS
Miss Helen Maness, representing,
the R. F. Trant Co., Inc., of Nor
folk, Virginia- as Home Economist,
spent 'Wednesday in th6 home
economics department of the high
school. Miss Maness demonstrat
ed and explained the proper use
and care of all the electrical
equipment' to Mrs. McGoogan’s
pupils. At 2:30 o’clock in the af
ternoon Miss Maness gave a
Home Laundry demonstration.
Pupils in Mrs. Cameron’s his
tory classes have joined the ‘‘Stu
dent Letter Exchange Bureau”.
This service gives the names and
addresses of pupils in other coun
tries with whom the boys and
girls in' this school may corre
spond. Several interesting letters
from school children in Denmark,
Holland, Sweden, and Canada
have already been received. By
this correspondence first hand
information concerning foreign
schools can be gleaned! One pupil
from Sweden wrote that she was
taking five langu^es. If course,
this was astounding to pupils in
the high school here who com-
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Senator Broughton
To Address Farm
Bureau Convention
In. every pari of the iiation more than 2,
their a^lt leadent, will observe Boy- Seont Week,
marking the 39th anniversary of the Boy Seoul
The ihmne et the celebr^on is *‘Adventi
This year the movement is emphasia^t the fun and
members get out of the game of Scouting. More
is planned in the out-of-doors. Their adventure
will find Scouts emphasizing civic service activif’
boys and
to 12th,
of America.
Scouting!’'
illowship its
;h adventure
citizenship
emergency
sMvice training and world Scouting relationshlpssfDuring Boy
Scout Week, Scouts, their ’ parents and countlesnsommunities
will Mnor the volunteer, adtdt leadersjbf the nmon’s 70,090
Cnh fucks. Scent Troops and Senior Unic. Above is the official
^ter marking the Scout birthday.
Baptists Plan
Service Upstairs
In New Church
The pews which arrived for
the sanctuary of the Raeford
Baptist church last week have
been installed and the first ser
vice will be held there nexl Sun
day morning, church officers said
yesterday. No ceremony of dedi
cation will be held at the first
service, it was pointed out. They’ll
“just move in.”
Guest minister for the service
will be the Rev. A. E. Teague,
pastor of the Spring Lake Bap
tist church in Cumberland coun-
ty.
Services have been held in the
basement of the church since its
completion pending the arrwal
of' the pews for the sanctuary
which is now completed except
for the carpets which have not
arrived.
BUDDY BARRETT
IS NOW IN JAIL
Buddy Barrett, who had
been sought by local officers
for allegedly shooting Charles
McDougald with a shotgun
north nf here on the night of
Tuesday, January 4, is now in
the Hoke County jail awaiting
trial. He gave himself up to
Sheriff D. H. Hodgln here
Monday morning.
Barrett, who has been in
prison for a total of 14 years
for several offenses, is said by
McDougald to have shot him
and robbed him of over $200
in the fight near the Ed Buie
funeral home nroth of Rae
ford. McDougald was armed
with a pistol which he said
Barrett also iohk and widoh
officers say he later pawned.
McDougald was seriously
wounded and hospitalized, but
Is Improving at present al
though he was unable to at
tend court last Tnesdmr..He is
a native of this county but has
been living in Cleveland, Ohio,
for some years and was at
home on vacation when he
made the mistake of getting
tangled op with Bnddy Bar
rett.
Mrs. Maggie Ray
Dies Monday;
Buried Tuesday
Mrs. Maggie Jane Ray, 68, died
early Monday at her home in
Seventy-First. She had been in
ill health but death was unex
pected. jShe was a member of Ga
latia Presbyterian church and a
lifelong resident of Cumberland
county. ^
She is survived by her husband,
A. P.. Ray; one daughter. Miss
Minnie Ray; two sons, J. E. Ray
and A. F. Ray; two brothers, A.
S. Ray of Raleigh and 'D. B. Ray
of Durham; and by two grand
children.
Funeral was conducted Tuesday
afternoon at Galatia Presbyter
ian church by the Rev. B. O.
Shannon and burial was in the
church cemetery.
Greensboro, N. C., January 12-
United States Senator J. Melville
Broughton, Congressman Harold
D. Cooley and Allan B. Kline,
President of the American Farm
Bureau Federation, will be a-
mong the speakers at the -ISth
annual convention of the North
Carolina Farm Bureau which
opens in Asheville, Sunday, Feb
ruary 13.
- The four-day meeting will be-
■gin with a 'Vesper Service, spon
sored by the/Associated Women
of the NCFB, at 8 P. M. Sunday
night. Broughton will speak
Monday night; Kline will talk
Tuesday morning on the Agricul
ture - Industry - Labor panel,
and Cooley will give the annual
banquet speech Tuesday niglht.
A Farm Bureau Special Train
on the Southern Railway, will
carry members to the meeting.
It will leave Eastern Carolina
and Piedmont points early enough
on Fdb. .13 to reach Asheville in
time -for the Vesper Service,
leaving the Convention City on
the return trip, Thursday morn
ing, Feb. 17. The train schedule
will be announced later.
Main portions of the meeting’s
program, will be held in the City
Auditorium, adjacent to the
Georlge "Vandeiflailt Hotel, con
vention headquarters. Already
Asheville JHotels have assured toe
State office of Farm Bureau that
they will guarantee accommoda
tions for 1,000 persons, and if
more than-that number of mem
bers indicate they will attend
additional roonis will be made
avahable.-' .
One of the highlights of the
meeting wUl be six Commodity
Conferences scheduled for Mon
day morning, Fdb. 14. These will
consist of full discussions of cot
ton, tobacco, dairy and livestock,
poultry, peanuts, field crops.,
fruits, and vegetables. These
discussions will be led by com
modity department heads of the
American Farm Bureau Federa
tion.
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Hoke Church Gets
Mention In Column
HOKE COUNTY HAS CHANCE TO
DOUBLE QUOTA IN POLIO DRIVE
March Of Dimes
Thanks Donors
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Presbyterian Hour
Starts February 6
The first speaker on the mid
winter series of the Presbyterian
Hour will be Dr. Robert A. Laps-
ley. Jr., pastor of the First Pres
byterian Church, Roanoke, Va.
Dr. Lapsley is a native of South
Carolina, a son of one of the most
distniguished families in South
ern Presbyterianism. He graduat
ed from Washington and Lee Un
iversity, and received his theo
logical training at Union Semi
nary at Richmond. In recognition
of his services Washington and
Lee conferred on him the degree
of D, D. After serving pastorates
in North Carolina, he went to the
First Pre^b2tstiaa-*i^Church in
Columbia, S. C., leaving in 1930
to take over his present pastor
ate. He is a memiber of' the As
sembly’s Committee on Religious
Education and Publication. He
has long had an interest in reli
gious radio, not only in his own
congregation, but in the entire
ihimch. He helped to organize
toe Prsebyterian Radio Commit
tee. The theme of tiiis series wiU
be “Time for Decision”, and this
will be the topic of Dr. Lapsley’s
message. This .broadcast may be
heard in this community on Sim-
day. February 6. at 4:30 P. M,
over Radio Station 'WPTF.
A column ‘Travel Oddities in
North Carolina,” is written by
Bill Sharpe and is distributed by
the State news bureau to daily
and weekly papers in the state.
The column follows.
Sherman wrote here
Near Raeford, N., C. (US 15-A)
in Bethel Presbyterian Church
(built 1855) is a church Bible in
which are entries reputedly in
dited by General Sherman when
the Federal troops came through
the region.
They include:
“Mr.'McNeill will please preach
a sermon on the illusions of plea
sure and hope.
“Mr. McNeill will please prove
the absurdity of the universalist
doctrine.
“Mr. McNeill will please preach
a sermon from The First Epistle
of John, 4 chapter.
“Mr. McNeill will please pray
for Old Abe.
“By order of W. T. ‘Sherman.
Major General. Commander U.
S, Forces.”
against toe law
In the golfing resort of Pine-
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REBELS NIP ABERDEEN
The Raeford Rebels won their
fourth game of five starts when
they defeated toe Aberde^ All
stars on the Hoke high floor here
last Thursday night in a game
played for the benefit of toe
March of Dimes.
The locals, trailing 27 to 24 at
half-time, came from behihd and
won 58 to 54. Leading point-nudE-
er of the game was LukeTidicNeill.
The Rebels were scheduled to
play the Red Springs Robins in
Red Springs last night
Public support of the March
of Dimes in Hoke County was
praised highly today by Lewis
Upchurch, county chairman and
Robert Gatlin, local chairman of
the 1949 appeal of the National
Foundation for Infantile Paraly
sis.
“Residents of Hoke County
may take just pride in their out
standing generous response to the
1949 March of Dimes, Fully a-
ware of the urgent need for funds
to carry on the fight against polio
our local people outdid all pre
vious efforts to make this year’s
drive the success it had to be”.
They made known their heart
felt appreciation of the volunteer
workers on March of Dimes com
mittees in this area who spear
headed the drive, and expressed
gratitude for the splendid coop
eration of civic and fraternal or
ganizations “whose members gave
so willingly' and ^unstintingly of
their time and effort”.
“We realize the difficuty of
naming all groups and individuals
entitled to praise”,, they said. “At
the same time, we want every
one in Hoke County to accept oiir
sincere thanks as. a personal mess
age. In so doing, we spe^ not for
ourselves alone, nor for our as
sociates on our various March of
Dimes committes. Our expressions
ot appreciation are amplifi^
thousands of times over by in
fantile paralysis patients here and
elsewhere, who are being and
will be aided because Hoke Cpim-
ty residents strove so generously
to make the 1949 March of Dimes
the best on record”.
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Mrs. Alfred Long
Is Buried Here
Last Thursday
Mrs. Etta Andrews Long, 63, of
Rockfish, died on Wednesday of
last week in a Fayetteville hos
pital after an illness of six days.
A native of Chatham county,
she was a daubhter of the late
William Andrews and Mrs. Nan
cy Patterson Andrews.
She is surWved by her hus
band, Alfred L. Long; by five
daughters, Mrs. G. D. Dees of
Rockfish, Mrs. Wright Parker of
Laurinburg, Misses Louise and
Grace Long of Rockfish, and
Miss Juanita Long of Fayette
ville; by three sons-, H. L. Long
of Rockfish, and A. L. Long, Jr.
and L. D. Long of Raeford; one
sister, Mrs. Hardy Koonce of
Rockfish; two brothers, D. P. An
drews of Rockfish and R- R. An
drews of Asheboro; 12 grand
children and two great-grand
children:
Funeral services were conduct
ed on Thursday afternoon at
three o’clock from the Rockfish
Tabernacle Baptist church by
the Rev. E. B. Booker and the
Rev. B. I. Shannon. Burial was
in the Raeford cemetery.
Active pallbearers were Max
Andrews, Nash Andrews, Roland
Andrews, Claude Williams. De-
ward Trogden and Paul Long.
Honorary pallbearers were A.
W. Wood, J. S. McDowell, M. S.
Gibson. D. B. Lockamy, M. W.
Faircloth, D. A. McDov^fald, G.
A. Monroe, O. L. Townsend, L.
B. Bundy and E. T. Brock;
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ORTHOPEDIC CLINIC
Officials Report Almost
$5(KN) Now In Sight With .
Some Activities Remaining
Tremendous and complete co
operation 'oy individuals and
groups all over the county was
praised yesterday by Lewis Up
church, county March of Dimes
chairman, as being responsible
for the great success of the drive
in the county up to yesterday,
with some communities still to
report and some fund-raising ac
tivities still to be held. Upchurch
estimated yesterday that the
county would come very- close to
raising S5000 including last
night’s activities, and he express
ed the hope that all 'workers
would redouble their efforts to
reach S5700, which would double
the quota given the county by the
State committee. The local com
mittee set the goal at S3000 to start
with.
Some communities in the coun
ty have turned the money in and
some have not, at the present .
time, and some of those which
have expect to turn in more, so
all figures given here must be
regarded as incomplete. A com-,
plete roundup of the drive by
communities will probably be a-
vailaible by next week.
Antioch has turned in $825,
Dundarrach $850, Raeford $1800,
Allendale $302 and Sanatorium
$117. The Raeford Kiwanis cliA
raised $714 with its concert last
Friday night and $109 with its
basketball game on Thursday
night. The Colonial Frozen Foods
plant here turned in $35.20 col
lected from its^ key fee box. Ot
her group contribution include
$33 from the Raeford Blade Sox
basebaU team, $60 from the Hoke
County Farm Bureau, $50 from
the Masonic Lodge, $20 from the
Order of the Eastern Star, and
$10 from the Woodmen of the
Worjd. The Boy Scouts raised
$49.50 in their collections at the
Raeford Theatre.
Among sources still to be re
ported on were the supper at
Blue Springs community house
last night and the supper
play at Rockfish school last night
Schools of the county, both white
and colored, have also done an
excellent job.
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Srd Annual Contest
To Select Miss N. C.
Student Nurse
The inonthly orttu^Dedic eUnle
will he held to the basement of
the agricultural building to Lum-
berton, tomoirow, February 4. thr.
J. E. Jacobs of Charlotte wiU be
the surgeon to charge, and gues^
are requested to register be
tween nine and eleven o’clock.
The third annual contest to se
lect North Carolina’s outstanding
nurse opened this week to the
State’s 37 schools of professional
nursing.
During the next two weeks,
each school will select a member
of its senior class'to compete for
the State title' of “Miss N. C. Stu- '
dent Nurse of 1949.” School win
ners will be selected on'the basis
of personal appearance, person
ality. public speaking ability, ap
titude for nursing, scholastic
standing, and leadership.
From Febru2iry 15 until March
1 second round eliminations will
be held in the nine nursing dis
tricts in the State. These district
contests will be open to the pub
lic. ,
On March 16 the nine district
winners will go to Raleigh for
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Club tMT to Baleigh on Taw-
day February 1st, waa pizl
poned last afisnday beeaUM
the severe weather dnltol tito
past end, Thu tolp uriR
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