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-v f ' '■ ' ^‘'5^' '■ A " ' ■ ' ' ' ‘ ^ • I- ' ' ■- • ‘i ^ ' ■> i M •> ■— i -- ' ■'■ ■ .;r. ,tr:- tv ' -5. 'sf'" 9-5 -»- * •^r •' % I y ?it^S M V '■- . i/'- u ? ^ %r ^ V OfUKtff , p3v J-* xLm NimsER 39 i^-juV^--.: The Moke County Newt THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 34, 1949 RAEFORD. N. C S2.00 ^• V-'. - MEFORD OFFER SALES EVENT YOUR [SCHOOL NEWS! 1 By K. A. MacDonald The Hoke-Raeford PTA met in the Raeford Graded school audi torium Monday evening at 7:45 oclock with the^ president, Mrs. NeiU. McFadyen, presiding. ' After the business session Mrs. Ben Robinson’s room gave a pageant, “Cornerstones of PTA”, in honor of founders day. Home, church, school and community were depicted as the corner-stones. The program was very impressive and the pageant was enjoyed by all who were present. Mrs. Ben Robinson’s room won the attend ance prize. Ib%- On Monday evening at 7:30 o’ clock the new Rockfish school committee held its first meeting. At this meeting Don Wilks was elected chairman. School matters were discussed at length. A date for a future meeting was left in the hands of Chairman Wilks and Principal Jones. ANNUAL RED CROSS DRIVE TO BEGIN IN COUNTY NEXT WEEK T. A. Marshburn Dies Wednesday; Funeral Today Israel Mann Is County Chairman; Workers For Communities Are Named I I The Valentine party held in the Hoke, High Gym lasti. Thursday evening, sponsored by the Hoke- Rae^ord PTA was quite d success. A large number of tables of bridge and iljveral of rook wer^ flayed. Prizes for high score at ea^jteble were liunished. v liblE^yen, presid^j^^ of the the committee' qn airat^n^^sjil^- es .to than^ tyery sihqpUMlu’ of provided' the prizes. After the prizes had been distributed the committee served refreshments. The last thing on the program were two cake walks. Quite a number of cakes had been do^ nated but all had been bought but two. , These two were used for the/cake walks and quite a lot of fun and cash were realized. Those in charge felt that the af fair was quite a success. Thomas A.' Marshburh, father of Mrs. H.' L. Gatlin, Jr., died yesterday morning at about 9:15 , in an ambulance en route to Moore county hospital. He had been ill for about three weeks and be came worse on Monday. He suf fered from a respiratory ailment which caused on undue strain on his heart, and heart failure was the immediate cause of his death. Mr. Marshburn was 65 years of age, having been born July 2, 1883, in Nichols, South Carolina. He was formerly a railroad con ductor and later a printer and made his home for many years in Jacksonville, Florida. He was married to the former Miss Fan nie Dickson, of Raeford, who died six years agof Mr. Marsh- burn came to Raeford to live last September and had been employ ed at the Hotel Raeford since that time imtil he became ill. He was a member, of the Methodist church. He is survived by one daugh ter, Mrs. H. L. Gatlin, Jr., of Rae ford; one brother, J. H. Marsh- burn of Ndrman, Oklahoma; one sister, Mrs. C. A. Bennett of Jack sonville, Fla.; one grandson, Leon Gatlin of Raeford. Funeral will be conduced at L. Gatlin, Jr., here at two o’clock today and burial will follow in the Raeford cemetery. 0 , The Bell Bakeries gave each student in the Raeford Graded school a pencil this week. All the students appreciated this gift. Additional schools reporting on the March of Dimes campaign — Piney Bay $6.05, Laurel Hill $10,, "White Oak $5.00, Burlington $30. Friendship $3.00. IN We regret to announce the re signation of Mrs. Mary Clara Blackman from the faculty of the Raeford Graded school. Her re signation was caused by the fact that her husband accepted a posi tion in South Carolina and Mrs. Blackman felt it necessary to ac company him to his new location. We regret losing her servicesj^ but we are glad to report that Mrs. Younger Snead has accepted the place for the balance of the year. All school officials really appre ciate the fact that Mrs. Snead would help out in this emergency. Dr. Morgan ReturingTo Local Church The sixth and seventh grades at Ashemont and the Raeford sev enth grade will leave by Trail way Bus Ft-iday morning for Ra leigh, Durham and Chapel Hill. The pupils will be accompanied by teachers from each school and by several parents who will as sist the teachers in looking after the pupils. It will take 3 buses to transport all who are planning to make the trip. The buses will leave the Raeford Graded schobl at 7:15 A. M^ We think that this is a w;onderful opportunity for these pupils. Hoke Legislators Support Bill For Margarine Relief Raleigh, Feb. 22—Both Senator J. B. Thpmas and Representative Harry A. Greene of Hoke County are now receiving the plaudits of constituents in the Legislature and from Tar Heel consumers for their action February 15 in sign ing Identical bills to relieve oleo margarine of punitive legislation. Representative Greene intro duced the bill the House, HB 360, and Senator Thomas signed the' SB 140, both of which were referred to committees on agri culture. , The bills would permit restaur ants and cafes to serve yellow margarine (now prohibited), would repeal existing taxes on wholesalers and manufactiurers of margarine, and would place en forcement powers in the hands of the State Department of Agri culture. • The measures have the back ing of the N. C. Federation of Women’s Clubs, Restaurant As sociation, the cotton^ industry, cottonseed crushers, wholesale food dealers, grocers, peanut and soybean processors, farm and labor groups. Its early passage with little opposition is expected by proponents. 0 SERIES OF SERVICES PEOPLE’S TABERNACLE .■ The new highway patrolman assigned to Raeford is making a check on all school buses and drivers. (Continued on back page) A series of special services will begin tomorrow night at the Peo ple’s Tabernacle Methodist church. At that time Miss Lillian Me Con nell, missionary from the moun tains of Kentucky will speak a- bout her work there. On Satur day night and Sunday a Young People’s rally will Tie held. On Monday night a revival service will be held with Brother Elmer Long of Tobaccoville doing the preaching and special singing. All are invited to these services. The Hoke Qounty Chapter of the American Red Cross has set a quota of $1,686.00 to be raised during the 1949 Fund campaign March 1-15, 52.8% of’the amount raised will be retained by the lo cal chapter for use in Hoke Coun ty. The National goal is $60,000,- 000.00. Israel Mann has been appoint ed 1940 Fund chairman. Mrs. H. A. Carrieron will have charge of the rural division and A. S. Gas ton vvill be chairman of the color ed division. The Red Cross makes only one appeal a year for funds varry out the various programs of ser vice. Everybody in Hoke County will have an opportunity to con tribute to the Red Cross and to become a member of the organ ization. The Red Cross is contin uing to meet “the needs of the people as they arise,” and on that basis seeks public support. Disaster relief during the fiscal yea^ endiiig July .1, 1948, requir ed emergency and rehabilitation expenditures from national Red Cross funds totalling $12,171,000. The Red Cross assisted approxi mately 312,000 persons suffering loss in more than 300' disasters throughout the United States and Canadfi. ‘ , In last year’s' polio outbreak 2,050 nurses were recruited by the Red Cross. > Red Cross chapters have con tinued their program of Home Serveie for servicemen and vete rans and their dependents. In the last fiscal year chapters through out the nation assisted 768,000 servicemen and their dependents. A total of $9,251,000 was given in financial assistance through the Home Service program. The American Red Cross is primarily a volunteer organiza tion. Its paid workers represent a mere handful compared to the vast number of volunteers who carry out the greatest part of its work. Campaign Workers for 1949 Red Cross Fund Campaign. Ashley Heights: Mrs. Tom Sin clair, Miss Mildred Womble, Mrs. George Topps, Mrs. Leonard Mc- Bryde, Mrs. Ralph Cothran, R. A. Smoak, Lee Moss, Mrs. Taft Hardister. Sanatorium; Mrs. J. L. Beall, J. E. Brady, Mrs. F. L. Eubankss E. B. Satterwhite, R. A. Jones, Nurse Faulknet, John McCoy. Little River; Hinson Walters, J. W. Smith, Alex McFadyen, Mrs. A. D. McLauchlin, Sam Comer. Montrose: Mrs. W. L. McFad yen, Mrs. A. H. Calhoun, J. A. Webb, Carl Riley, Mrs. S. A. E- wart. ■ Pine Forest;. Mrs. Bernice Wil liams, J. D. Tapp, Mrs. Lee Max well, Mrs. William Thomas, Mrs. J. F. Jordan. Turnpike: H. B. Nixon, Charlie Pendergrass, Oits Webb, J. ,H. Webb. Blue Springs; Miss Margaret Gainey, E. C. Smith, Jr., J. F. fchisholm, Alex Farmer, Mrs. E. A. Wright. Allendale: Mrs. Arch IV^- Eachern, Miss Willa McLauch lin, Miss Willfe Mae Liles. Antioch; Walter Gibson, Mrs. J. M. Andrews, Miss Jean Hod- gin, Mrs. A. D. McPhaul, Mrs. Watson McNeill. 71st High School Enters Tourney For Laurel Hill 71st Plays Parkton Tonight; Semifinal Games Friday And Satiwday, Finals Mon. BULLETIN Hoke High Boys 38 - Maxton 28 Hoke High Girls 35 - Maxton 29 0 The officers of the Raeford Presbyterian Chmrqh have an nounced a second series of Bible Lectures to be conducted by Dr. F. Crossley l|Jorgan. These ser vices begin at the morning wor ship hour Sunday, and continue through Pri|ayj March 4, with messages mOniiUg and evening daily at 10:00 A M. and 8:00 P. M. outstanding Bible Scholars and lecturers of pqrday. He is the son of Dr. *i.-'1tjSl^ell ^Morgan, noted preacher, teacher, and au thor, and devotes his entire time to conducting services such as he brings to Raeford next week. Many who heard Dr. Morgan when he was here a year ago havip expressed great pleasure that he is coming again. Raeford and surrounding communities can be assured of a week of Splendid messages straight from the pages of Scripture. "The church nursery' will be open during the morning sarvice to care for small children while their parents attend the lecture. j(y HOKE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION MEETS The Hoke County Develop ment corporation held its annual stockholders meeting at the court house Monday nightv About 30 stockholders of corporation were present. Business was largely routine, reports from the officers being heard and officers and di rectors for another year being elected. The same officers were reelected.. Following the meeting the group toured the . building which the corporation owns and which is occupied by the Para Thread Co.,' a. subsidiary of the American Wringer company of Woonsocket, R. I. -0 Methodists Prepare . •r New Church The American Legion’s Fourth Annual Invitational basket ball tournament for high school boys and girls got under way this week with games on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. The last games of the first round will be played tonight between the boys and girls of Seventy-First High school and Parkton High school; Seven ty-First entered^ the tournament when Laurel ^Mjljithdrew their entries. Semi-final games will be played tomorrow night and Sat urday and finals Monday night. Hoke High teams were scheduled to play their first round games with Maxton High last night, the winners to meet the winners of tonight’s games in the semifinals on Saturday. Wagram boys and girls play Red Springs boys and West End girls, respectively in the first semi-final games tomor row night. On Monday night the Wagram High school teams won two close. THREE BIG DOLLAR DAYS HERE THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY Usual Stuff In Recorder’s Court; 10 Defendants Dr. Morgan is one of the/riioSk ^ai-jj.fought contests over teams Dundarrach: Mrs. Jesse Gib son, J. W. Canaday, Mrs. N. H. G. Balfour, Mrs. Archie Howard. (Continued on page 6) Fp The local Methodists, cleared the ashes and debris from the fire of their old church from their lot next to the courthouse this week. They hauled off the bulky part and a used a bulldozer to smooth and cover up the rest. A group from the church went to Walkertdn and Randleman Sunday to look at some new churches there. The group includ ed A. "V. Sanders, C. L. Thomas, E.'E. Smith, A. H. McPhaul, R. B. Lewis, Dr. and. Mrs. R. A. Matheson,. A. R. Currie, H. 4. Morgan and the Rev. B. P. Rob inson. from Philadelphus High school. The Wagram girls won 21 to 18 and the boys took their contest 21 to 20. The games between the girl’s teams of West End and Red Springs on Tuesday night was a real thriller with West End final ly comini out on top, 26 to 25. Red Springs held the lead from the second quarter until only two minutes were left in the game when West End tied the score at 25 all. At that point West End cashed a free throw to take the lead. Then after the time was out Red Springs got two free throws and missed both. In the boy’s game Red Springs took the lead early in the second quarter and kept it to defate West End, 58 to 48. 0 Raeford Men Visit Wendell Rotary Club W. L. Poole and T. C. Scar borough went to Wendell one day last week where Poole did a lot of reminiscing with oldsters about baseball and Scarborough enter tained the Rotary club that night with color movies of wild deer and geese. . The movies showed closeups of deer in this, vicinity and else where and the hunts and places were described along with the running of the film. The geese shown were on a protected lake near Wadesboro. Judging from the Wendell paper of last week the program was a big success. Poole spent his time talking with some of the “boys” in Wen dell about the championship base ball team there in 1912 of which he was manager. This team had as a rookie pitcher Jake May, who later became a major league star. ■0 INSPECTION LANE WILL OPEN HERE TOMORROW Ten cases were on docket for trial in Hoke county recorder’s court before Judge Henry Mc- Diarmid Tuesday morning and nine of them were usual and dealt with liquor or automobiles. The tenth case found Garth W. Wade, colored, charged with forgery ot a check. Wade was al ready residing in the county jail awaiting trial on another forgery charge. Probable cause was found in the new case and now he is in jail awaiting trial on both. Sam McRae, colored, was found guilty of careless and reckless driving and sentence was 90 days to be suspended on payment of the costs and $59.50 damages to a car. Roscoe McMillan, colored, was found guilty of violating the pro-, hibition laws by operating a still. He got 90 days to be suspended on payment of a $25 fine and the costs. Jarnes R. *• Shaw, colored, got 30 days suspended on payment of thl.' costs for driving a, car with improper equipment. John Cusumano, white soldier, paid $25 and the costs for driving without an operator’s license. Adolf Pritzler and Nicholas Amicucci, both tourists, each left $25 bond for speeding. Elder Lee Smith, colored, got 30 days susjwnded on payment of $10 and the costs for careless and reckless driving. John Nichols, white soldier, was charged with earless and reckless driving and failing to stop at the scene of an accident. He was found not guilty. Roliert B. Ellis, white, was charged with careless and reck less driving. On plea of guilty the court gave him 30 days to he su spended on payment of the costs, it appearing that he had already settled damages. You, the public of Hoke County and surrounding territory, are cordially invited by the pierchants and businessmen of Raeford to come to Raeford today, tomor row and Saturday and attend the Town-wide Dollar Days sales be ing conducted. All businesses in town are cooperating in the en terprise under the sponsorship of the Raeford Chamber of Com merce. Inc., and bargains are be ing offered all over town the like of which haven’t been'seen since the "Good ole days” 'cefore World War II. ' You are also invited to look at the sample bargains advertised in this issue of The News-Journal, but please remem.ber that all the town’s businesses are participat ing and not just those who have advertisements herein. And when you see the bargains in the paper also rem.ember that there are many more in the business houses which could not be listed. The old dollar has been get ting smaller and smaller for a good many years now, but throii^ wholq-hearted cooperation with the Raeford Chamlier of Com merce by the businesses here the old buck wiU be able to take lon ger steps during these three big days - Thursday, Friday and Sat urday. T-ake full advantage of it. The bargains are here. TO HOLD EXAM FOR MAIL CARRIER The U. S., Civil Service Com mission has announced a competi tive examination for the position of rural carrier for vacancy in the post office at Raeford. Applica tions may be obtained from Miss Lona Graham, secretary, at the Post Office until March 1, clos ing date. The position was last held under permanent appoint ment by the late F. Grady Leach. -0- STEVENS PLANS RETURN Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Stevens, who left Raeford for Cattail branch about a dozen years ago, are planning to return. They are clearing their lot on the north west corner of Magnolia street and Donaldson avenue prepara tory to constructing themselves a home there. The lot is next to tke old Juat house now occupied by Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Lester and has been vacant for several years since the house occupied by D. S. Poole burned. rO- WILDLIFE MEETING B. H. Hutchinson, supervisor of motor vehicle inspection lane number 29, reminded .motorists yesterday that the lane would be open at its regular stand on North Main street in Raeford tomorrow morning and would remain open for business here through next Tuesday, March 1. The Hoke Wildlife club an nounced yesterdjiy that all hun ters, fishermen and landowners interested in the future of wild life in North Carolina are invit ed to a fish fry at the Armory next Wednesday at seven p. son. The wildlife club will have its meeting at this time and discuss legislation affecting wildlife. Tennessee Speaker To Be Heard On Presbyterian Hour The next Presbyterian Hour broadcast will feaUure Rev. Wal ter Rowe Courtenay, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Nash ville, Tenn. as the speaker. Dr. Courtenay is a native of Canada. Early in life, his family moved to Georgia. He left school to enter business; but felt the call to the gospel ministry. He received his college training at Maryville Col lege in Maryville, Tenn., and I graduated from Princeton Theo logical Seminary. Carroll College in Waukesha, Wis. conferred up on him the degree of Doctor of Divinity. For twelve years he was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Neenah, Wis., and he was called from . that church to the pastorate which he now ser ves. Dr. Courtenay’s topic will be “Time for Decision for Christ as Lord of the Home.” The Pres byterian Hour may. be heard in this community on Sunday Feb. 27, at 8:30 a. m., over Radio Sta tion WPTF. 0- CANCER SOCIETY HEAD TO SPEAK AT SCHOOL Mrs. A. B. Alexander of Dxir- ham, district commander of the North Carolina Cancer society, will be at Hoke County high school on Friday morning (tomor-. row- at 10:30. Mrs. Alexander will teU of the work of the so ciety in the State and make plans for the cancer drive to take place in April. The public and aU vol unteer workers are invited to hear her. 0 . , DEATH OF INFANT Donald Edward, nine-month- old son of Mr. and Mrs. Jott Davis, died at the home ot his parents on Sunday nijdtt after a short illness. Graveside service was held at the faonity cemetery in Cumberland county on Tues day morning. >. -fV I-E :'j.- i-v, --.-yj m
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