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YOUR
ISGHOOL NEWS!
By K. A. MacDonald
The H^ke County Unit of the
'iNorth Carolina Education Asso
ciation is having a dinner meeting
in the Raeford Graded school
lunchroom tomorrow evening at
7:15. Quite a number of guests
from all over the county and re
presenting quite a number of ac
tivities are invited. A discussion
of school matters will be held.
Everyone will have a chance to
be heard.
Miss Miriam Watson, guidance
counselor at Hoke High, W. T.
Gibson, principal of Hoke High,
and K. A. MacDonald seiwed on
a panel for the discussion of gui
dance in the school program as
it relates to Resomce-Use, in a
class being taught in Fayetteville
by Dr. Richard Weaver of the l/n-
iversity of (North Carolina last
Monday. This class is being held
in the Fayetteville High School for
tea,chers in Cumberland County.
Traffic Violators
In Most Cases In
Recorcier’s Court
The Raeford Graded school fac
ulty held a faculty meeting this
week for a study Of cui3:iculum
problems.
W. O. Melvin, band leader for
Hoke High, is holding special band
practices this week, preparatory
to taking the band to Lumberton
on Friday of next week.
T. C. Jones, principal of' the
Rockfish school, had to be taken
home from school last Thursday
afternoon suffering from-a badly
sprained Bac^. He is much ^tter
nt tSis tin^' ill#- bafc'i?^^t'’i^ool.
R. L. Marsh, principal of the
Mildouson school spent last week
end with his family in Marsh-
ville.
W. T. Gibson and K. A. Mac
Donald spent yesterday in Raleigh
on business with the State De
partment of Public Instruction
and attending' the hearing on edu
cation held by the appropiations
and education committees of the
general assembly.
The fifth month of school had
the best attendance for the year.
We hope that teachers, parents,
and pupils will cooperate in mak
ing the sixth and seventh months
equally as good, as teacher allot
ments will depend on the average
daily attendance for the best con
tinuous 6 of the first 7 months.
A. S. Gaston, principal of the
Upchurch school, was called to
Rockingham for Federal court
jury last Monday.
Jean’s Supervisor A. W. Prid
gen has returned from the Na
tional Conference for Jeaii’s
teachers held at Tuskegee, Ala
bama, last week. This conference
was called by the Southern Edu
cation Foundation of Atlanta, Ga.
donors of the funds paid to tiie
Jean’s Supervisors.
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HOKE
SCHOOL NEWS
Mr. Phillips’ agriculture boys
have justj completed a unit of
study on ‘^Parliamentary Proce
dure.” On Monday of next week
the Raeford FFA chapter Will go
to Laurel Hill where they ’ will
enter a Parliamentary Procedure
contest. Judges will select the
chapter that is the best trained in
presiding and improrhptu debatr*
ing.
Mrs. W. T. McGoogan attended
a district meeting of home econo
mic teachers held in Laurinburg
Tuesday afternoon.
The girls in the third year
home economic classes are mak-
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A variety of traffic offenses
headed the list of cases heard in
Hoke county recorder’s court
Tuesday morning before Judge
Henry McDiarmid. Five speeding
cases were qn the docket. Four of
these were out-of-state drivers
and left bonds of $25 each, which
were forfeited. The fifth, James
R. Shaw, colored, appeared for
trial and paid $10 and ttie costs.
Beverly J. Shannon, white of
Cumberland county, paid $25 and
the costs for having improper
driver’s license.
Joe Murphy McCoy, colored of
Scotland county, for driving drunk
got '90 days to be suspended on
payment of $100 and the costs.
The same happened to Willie Jr.
Williams, colored of Fayetteville.
Eugene McLauchlin and Roland
W. Rouse, both colored, each paid
$10 and the costs for having im
proper brakes.
For having no operator’s license
Teen Stubbs and W, K. Broad-
hurst, both colored, and Reurel
J. Henderson. Indian, each paid
$25 and the costs.
Arthur McPhatter, colored, got
30 days suspended on payment
of the costs for careless and reck
less driving. He also settled dam
ages for a mule which was des
troyed, Luther Henderson, Indian,
owner of the mule, was charged
with operating a wagon on the
highway at night with insuffici
ent illumination. He gdt 30 days
to be suspended on payment of
the costs also.
Libby Wilson and John Cun
ningham, both colored, paid the
costs for simple assault.
Helen Monroe, colored, was
fourid not giiilty of destroying
personal property.
Lester Collins, Indian, got six
months for assault with a deadly
weapon, it appearing that he shot
at a house with people in it and
hit someone. Sentence was sus
pended on payment $1-00 and the
costs.
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Wood Home Suffers
Damage By Fire
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Ker-
mit Wood on East Donaldson
avenue was considerbaly damaged
iby fire at noon last Thursday.
Furniture and fixtures . on the
ground floor were almost a total
loss with exceJ)ttion of some kit
chen equipment. ,
The blaze apparently started
from a floor furnace which was in
operation, although as no one was
in the house at the time it is not
known exactly how it started.
Mr. and Mrs. Wood have asked
the paper to publicly express their
deep appreciation to the Raeford
Fire department and others who
have been so helpful to them in
and since the loss.
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METHODIST SERVICE
SUNDAY - “FARM DAY”
Red Gross Campaign Poster ]
^Tbis striking and dramatic picture (A Red Cross dliuter relief work
was done by Jes Schlaikjer, noted American poster aritiL
Sunday, March 13, at eleven 0*7
clock the Methodists of Raeford
will observe “Farm Day.” Farmers
will have the center of attention
in the worship service and in the
sermon. The minister, the Rev.
P. O. Lee, will speak on the topic,
“Our Common Sins Against the
Soil.” All, farmers and those who
are in apy way touched by the
farm are invited, and Mr. Lee
says that means all.
Some members of the 4-H club
will participate'in the service. All
4-H club members will be wel
come at the service.
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CARE MORRIS MOVED
Carl Morris, who..has been ser
iously ill and' in a hospital for
bout two months, was '■ moved
Saturday from a Charlotte hospi
tal to Moore county hospital., His
condition is' not- appreciably bet
ter.
Club Women Will
Make Visit To
Wilmington Garden
Hoke County Home Demonstra
tion Club women are sponsoring
a tour to the Wilmington Gardens
on Thursday, March 17th. A char
tered bus wiU leave from in front
of the Raeford Courthouse at
7:00 a. m. The Orton ^plantation
will be visited first. A picnic
luflch will be eaten in Greenfield
Park where there are 350,000
azalea plants. The Airlie Gardens
and Wrightsville Beach will be
visited in the afternoon.
Home Demonstration club meni-
bers are asked to contact the
Home Agent’s office if they are
interested in making the trip.
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Street Paving
Is Available
At their last meeting the town
commissioners of Raeford, after
appeals from several citizens,
voted to pave the intersections of
any streets in Raeford of which
the property owners adjoining
would pave the other parts.
The board also received a pro
position from the same concern
that resurfaced Main street and
did the paving next to the graded
school last year. This was to the
effect that -the paving would be
done for a cost to property own
ers of $1.92. per running foot. This
is for 20 feet of pavement, the
same as the highways through
here. That would make a cost per
front foot to the property owner
of 96 cents, or $96 for a lot 100
feet wide fronting the street.
Petitions are now ih circulation
and others are available from
Mayor W. L. Poole. He says the
paving will be done by blocks and
as soon as all the, owners on both
sides of the street in a block sign
up the block will be paved and
the town will pay for the inter
sections. Raeford is waking up..
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Former Editor’s
Mother Passes
Winning Student
Nurse To Get
Trip To Bermuda
A vacation in Bermuda with all
expenses paid, will be awarded
to the young lady who is chosen
as “Miss N. C, Student Nurse of
1949”, is was announced today.
H. C. Cranford, executive di
rector of the N. C. Good Health
Association, said.,.,the vacation
trip Will be given by the World’
Trvael Division of the Carolina
Motor Club. '
He said “Miss N. C. Student
Nurse of 1949” and her chaperon
will be flown to Bermuda via Co
lonial Airlines. During their stay
in the Atlantic resort they wiU
be guests of world-famous Har
mony Hall.
Present plans call for the con
test winner and her companion
to leave for Bermuda on May 11
from National Airpnart in Wash
ington. The trip to the islands in
a iDC-4 Skycruiser will require
less than four hours in the air.
Upon arrival in the islands,
“Miss N. C. Student Nurse of
1949” and her chaperon will be
guests of Harmony Hall until
May 15, when they will be flown
back to Washington.
For her trip to Bermuda “Miss
N. C. Student Nurse of 1949” will
be given a complete wardrobe of
the latest vacation apparel, Cran
ford said. The clothing will be
given by various Raleigh mer
chants.
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Buddy Barrett’s
Vacation Is Over
Final rites for Mra. .Sarah Flor
ence Gibson were co^ucted from
her residence in Gifoson Sunday
afternoon by her pastor, the Rev.
W. L. Maness, of Gibson Metho-
•dift church. She was 77 years of
age and died suddenly on Friday
night,' 'although she had been in
declining health for several years.
.. Amon§ Surviving children is
John M. Gibson of Montgomery,
Alabaina, who was editor
News-Journal for a. time in
foUpWing the death of Paul Dick
son in 1^3J^.
[omeryw
of tM
in 1936
Buddy Barrett, colored man
who has been residing in the coun
ty jail for some time awaiting
trial for shooting and robbing
another colored man, left the* jail
between Sunday and Monday of
last week — left without leave,
that is.
Garth Wade, colored man who
was also in the jail'awaiting trial
on charges of forgery, left the
same night Barrett did and they
both headed for Little River town
ship, officers later learned.
Upon learning that the two
were in Little River township of
ficers of the sheriff’s department
went to Little River township and
located Barrett, who ran. After
a few yards with Fleet-footed J
rural policeman Crawford Wright
behind waving a pistol, he decided
he "better stop, and did. Wade has
not been located and according to
Barrett he had gotten hold of a
rifle and had left the neighbor
hood. Barrett is now back in the
jail.
Sen. Broughton
Dies Suddenly
Sunday A. M.
Wartime Governor and Ra
leigh Lawyer SuHers Heart
Attack; Funeral Tuesday
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North Carolina paid final tri
bute Tuesday to its wartime Gov
ernor and junior United States
Senator, Joseph Melville Brough
ton. ■
National and State leaders
joined with 'rank and fUe Tar
Heels in attending final rites Sot
the 60-year-old Raleigh man
there. The services were conduct
ed at the Tabernacle Baptist
Church, of which Broughton was
a leading member for many years,
and interment followed in Mont-
lawn Memorial Park.
Officiating were Dr. F. Orion
Mixon, Broughton’s Raleigh pas
tor, assisted by the pastor of
Washington’s First Baptist Church
Dr. Edward Hughes Pruden. Just
as he had done in Raleigh for a
quarter century, Broughton was
the teacher of a Bible class at the
large Washington church.
The body of the distinguished
political leader lay in state at the
church for two hours preceding
the funeral.
Vice-President Alben W. Bark
ley headed a long list of national
dignitaries coming to Raleigh for
the funeral. The vice-president
arrived by plane at Raleigh-Dur-;
ham Airport Tuesday morning, ac
companied by Senator J. Howard
McGrath of (Rhode Island, the na
tional Democratic chairman; Sec
retary of the Army Kenneth
Royall of Goldsboro; Undersecre
tary of State' Jaihes E. WeBU of
Oxford; and Assistant Army Sec
retary Gordon Gray of Winston-
Salem. Members of the North
Carolina Congressional delegation
also were in the party.
Pallbearers at the rites were
Carroll Weathers, Banks Aren-
dell, Emery B. Denny, R. L. Mc
Millan, Thomas A. Banks, Willis
Smith, Joe Nordan and George
Georghegan.
The Junior Senator died unex
pectedly in Washington at 8:30
a. m. Sunday after suffering a
heart attack. He had served only
two months of a six-year term
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To Demonstrate
Tiling Tomorrow
A Tiling Demonstration is sche-
'duled to be held at 9:00 a. m. Fri
day, March 11 on H. R. McLean’s
farm. This farm is operated by
J. L. Warner and is near Craw
ford Thomas’s place.
This drainage demonstration is
sponsored by the USDA County
Council as part of its program in
helping further Agricultural de
velopment in Hoke County. All
farmers are invited and particu
larly those with drainage prob
lems should attend. According to
H. E. Vernon, County Agent, it
will be worthwhile, not only to
see the advantages of a tile sys
tem, but also to get a better idea
of the costs and other problems
involved in tiling.
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METHODIST MEN’S MEET
give GENEROUSLY
The Red Cross drive is now
on. We would like to complete
onr work on this drive by
March 15 if at all possible.
I’m in full confidence that
we will exceed the qnota; be-:
cause, Raeford and Hoke Conn-!
ty has always contributed gen-;
eronsly to the support of thisj
great cause; thereby enabUngj
ns to reach and exceed onrl
quota. This is a recinrd of whiehi
we should all be proud. |
We want to make this year
another star in onr perfect re
cord of the past by going over
the top again.
It is the duty of every citi
zen to support this great or
ganization. The Red Cross is
always the first to go out to the
ones in need and offer un
limited and generous aid. So,
let us all give generously and
make this year’s .drive a suc
cess as it has always been in
the past.
Israel Mann, Fund Chairman,
Red Cross Drive, Hoke County
1949. I
C. Of C. Pians
Dinner Meeting
Of Membership
U. S. Chamber Representa
tive To Present Program Of
Interest To Businessmen
The regular monthly meeting
of the Men’s club of the Raeford
Methodist church will be held to
morrow night at. seven o’clock at
Lewis Upchurch’s airport. Sup
per will be served.
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IN CALIFORNIA
. Lewis and Tommie Upchurch
flew to Los Angeles, California by
scheduled airline last week and
are attending the annual meeting
of the National Cotton Council
there this week. Also attending is
Former Resident Fred P. Johnson
of Raleigh. Fred went by train.
Motor Club Favors
Reasonable State
Inspection Law
An appeal to members of the
North Carolina General Assembly
to pass a “simplified and reason
able automobile inspection law”
has been made by the Carolina
Motor Club. The appeal was made
in a letter mailed Saturday, Feb
ruary 26, to all members of the
General Assembly signed by Car
olina Motor Club President, Cole
man W. Roberts, who is also
Chairman of the State Committee
for Traffic Safety, Inc.
The Carolina Motor Club firm
ly believes that complete aboli
tion of the mechanical inspection
program wiU be a backward step
in the state’s progressive safety
program. The club admits that
some hardship was caused by the
provisions of the former inspec
tion law and urges a bill to make
it possible for people to have their
motor vehicles inspected with the
least inconvenience and a bill that
will provide for additional lanes
and efficient administration of
the law.
“The automobile inspection law
has been killed,” Mr. Roberts
stated, “and many more people
will be killed on the highways
of North Carolina in 1949 because
many unsafe motor vehicles will
be allowed to continue to operate
on the highways of our state, and
because many thousands of unfit
vehicles will be dumped on the
highways of North Carolina from
other states unwilling to license
unfit motor vehicles.
“It is inconceivable that North
Carolina will take this backward
step after having set such a
splendid exmaple in 1948 by be
coming the second safest state in
the nation from the standpoint
of highway fatalities. This is im-
usual, since it has only been a
few years since North Carolina
was the third worst state for hi^-
way deaths.
“It is best that the recent law
was repealed, imless adequate ap
propriation was to be made to
employ necessary personnel to
provide more convenient hours of
service to the public and to elim
inate the annoying and unessen
tial features of the inspection.
CHICKEN SUPPER
, There will be a chicken supper
at Wayside conununity house'Sat
urday night, March I?, sponsored
by the Phillipi church. The sup
per will begin at 5:30 p. m. and
there will be string music and a
cake walk. \
The Raeford Chamber of Com
merce is planning a dinner meet
ing of all its members, at the High
school cafeteria next Tuesday
ni^t, March 13. This will be the
fimt such function staged by the
organization since its formation
over a year ago. ,
Special guest of the Chamber
for the meeting will be Ed Cherry
of the Southeastern Division of the
Chamber of Commerce of the U-
nited States •with headquarters in
Atlanta, Georgia. Mr. Cherry wiU
present the' program of the even
ing, and according to reports from
other communities Ln which he
has appeared the program is of
considerable interest. One writer
has it'ated that “all of your mem
bers will find the program ex
tremely interesting and that it
will challenge all to an active pro
gram of civic improvement.
The local Chamber of Com
merce was organized in the fall
of 1947 and at the present time
'has 66 active duqs-paying mem
bers. It became a member of the
United States Chamber of Com
merce last year. First president
of the organization was Crawford
L. Thomas, under whose leader
ship the group was instrumental
in getting the American Wringer
Company to locate the Para
Thread company here. It was also
sponsor of the formation of the
Hoke County Development corop—
ration, which owns the building
in which the thread company
plant here is located.
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Town Board Picks
Zoning Committee
At a special meeting Tuesday
night of the board of commission
ers of the town of Raeford a zon
ing committee for the town was
appointed and it was decided that
this committee would have its
first meeting for the purpose of
electing officers and getting or
ganized on next Mopday night.
■ The committee as presently set
up includes the mayor, one com
missioner, a member each from
the Chamber of Commerce and
the Kiwanis club and one member
at large. They are to serve one,
two, three, four and five years
each, respectively for the first
term and five year terms there- .
after. The commissioner is J. M.
McDuffie, Kiwanis representa
tive Robert Gatlin, Chamber of
Commerce representative T. B.
Upchurch and member at large
John McKay Blue.
The comniittee will make re-
conmiendations to the town board
to regulate construction and lo
cation of various buildings, enter
prises and activities in the town
to the best interests of the heal&
and general welfare of the great
est number of residents and citi
zens of the town.
Recommendations by the zon
ing committee are to be pre|)ared
and then given a public hearing
bfefore being enacted into law by
the town board.
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NOISE EXPLAINED
The racket that sounded as if
the war had,finally gotten to Rae
ford was Buck McPhaul blowing
stu.mps on his lot on Magnolia
street between the A. K. Currie
and C. H. Giles residences. We’re
going to use street names, by the
way, so people will begm to won
der if it won’t be a pretty good
idea to have them m:rrked.
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Ryan McBr>-de, seriously ill in
Duke hospital, remains about the
■same.
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