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YOUR
ISCHOOL NEWS!
By K. A. MacDonald
On last Friday, June 3, all
schools in the county were closed
for the 1948-49 session. Results
indicate that all schools had a
very subcessful year. The atten-.
dance taking the coi^nty as a
whole was the best in several
years. The percentage,of promo
tions was also higher. This fact
reflects better work and better
attendance. There is a relatively
close correlation between attend
ance and pormotions.
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The Board of Education will
meet in special session' at 8:30
Monday night, June 13, for the
purpose of hearing a committee
from the Mildouson school dis
trict.
aeford Native
akes His Life
In High Point
KIWANIS BROOM SALE SUCCESSFUL
W. I. Melvin, Hoke High band
director, took the band on an out
ing to White Lake yestefday.
Last Thursday. June 2, at 10:30
o’clock the largest seventh .grade
in several yeas; 97 of them he-
ceived their promotion certificates
at exercises held in the Hoke
High auditorium. „
The 'promotion exercises were
opened with several secletion by
the Band. Then the processionol
''took place. The inv®iation was
given by Rev. S. A. Ewart, the
salutatoryi by Lucretia King of the
Rockfish schooL Judy Almond of
the Ashemont school sang “The
Song of The Rosebud.” Betty Lou
McKenzie of MildousOh. .give a
jreadiRS^ “Trem” The .c^|fe^Saw
speaker, Rev. P. O. Lee, was pre
sented by W. T. Gibson. Jr. Mr.
Lee made a splendid talk to the
seventh grade and the large crowd
of friends'that were present. Af
ter the address the Raeford Grad
ed chorus gave “An Ode to Joy.”
The valedictory was given by
Waylon Fulk of the Ashemont
school, after which the promotion
certificates were presented by the
principals of each school.
The Marshals which were chos
en from the various schools were
as follows: Patsy Russell, chief,
Raeford Graded; Gerald Mathews,
Rockfish; Derry Walker, Raeford
Graded. Carole Ann Marshal,
Ashemont, Jean Haithcock, Mil
douson.
Frank F. Dickson, 61-year-old
High Point business man and na
tive of Raeford. was found- dead f
carbon monoxide poisoning in his
car which was parked near his
place of business in High Point
early Tuesday morning.
Guilford county coroner W. W.
Harvey'termed the death suicide.
He said a rubbef hose had been j
connected to the exhaust pipe and
run in a window of the car. The
car windows were closed and rags
were stuffed in the crack of the
window through which the hose
was run.
The body was discovered by his
sister. Miss Helen Dickson, 'and
his brother, R. D. Dickson, at a-
bout 2:45 a. m. .Tuesday. Miss
Dickson told police that her bro
ther left home about 9 p. m. Mon
day and that she and her broth
er went to look for him when they
found he had not returned early
Tuesday.
He was the owner and ora
tor of the Dickson Woodcamng
company in High Point, having
returned there recently froth Flor
ida where he had lived for several
years. He wafe fornierly a mer
chant and farmer in Bladen coun
ty and moved to High Point in
1930. About four years ago he
moved to Orlando, Florida and
was, in business there until the
first of this year. He returned to
High Point and was rebuilding
his old business and was making
his home temporarily with his
sister. Miss Helen pickson, until
his new home was built. He was
the fifth of nine sons of the late
Dr. and Mrs. A. P. Dickson and
wa? born at tjhe old Dickson place
pear here in what was then Rob
eson county. Two of his brothers,
jack and Paul Dickson, preceded
him in death.
Surviving are his wife, formerly
Lena Robeson of Bladen county;
2 daughters, Mrs. Marion Mc-
Neely and Mrs. Margaret Dick
son Anderson, all of Orlando.
Funeral service and burial was
at Beth-Car Presbyterian church
in Bladen county at three o’clock
yesterday afternoon. An infant
son of the deceased is btiried
there.
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Chevrolet Workers
Attend Jamboree
In Charlotte
Recorder Reverses
Mayor’s Finding
In Court Tuesday
L. C. C
ed m.an,
Tuesday ^
profane ::
a Fviefor-i
'r.ir.^ham, local color-
In the first, row of the above picture Mayor W.
L. Poole is shown buying a broom from Robert
Gatlin, president of the Raeford Kiwanis club, to
start tlve big sale of brooms and mats conducted
last week by the club. Israel Mann, is the other
man in the front row. Others shown are Pete Can-
aday. Kenneth MacDonald, Clarence Kinlaw, Youn
ger Snead, Marcus Smith, Herman Vernon and H.
L. Gatlin, Jr.
The breems are manufactured entire^ly by blind
v.’orl-ers at Guilford Industries for the blind in
Greensboro. The Kiwanis glub sold a t9tal of $782.25
worth o; brooms and the part left here for the
club’s service work was $271.25. The selling was
in four groups and the losing group will feed the
club at an early meeting. Jim Lentz, taking in over
$100, was the leading salesman. (Cut couriesy Fay
etteville Observer). ♦
On'Thorsday night W. O. Mel
vin, band director, presented his
music pupils in recital. A good
crowd enjoyed hearing the pupils
perform on piano and the various
band instruments. This recital
was a new feature of the com
mencement program.
Several nice courtesies were
shown the Hoke High graduating
class during the commencement
season.
L. E. Luck, county mechanic,
is on vacation this week visiting
relatives in Champaign. Ill.
We are glad to report that Sara
Neill McKeithan, a 1949 graduate
of Hoke High, has been awarded
a scholarship in music based on
the excellence of her work while
in high school. -
Tuesday night. June 7, Mrs. H.
C. McLauchlin presented her
piano pupils in recital in the Hoke
High auditorium.,The large num
ber of parents and friends of the
pupils were delighted with tne
proficency and talent shown by
those playing.
During the months of March
and April the Chevrolet Dealers
Association of the Charlotte zone,
including North and South Caro
lina, sponsored a “Sell and Cele
brate” campaign for all Chevro
let employees of the zone. Quotas
were set for the dealers in the
territory and all employees of a-
gencies making their quotas dur
ing the period were promised an
entertainment.
Hoke Auto Company was one
agency making their quota and
the business closed last Saturday
and all personnel attended the
“June Jamboree” in Charlotte. A-
bout 4,000 Chevrolet personnel
were present for an all day pro
gram. Those from here attending
were Younger Snead, Ernest
CampbeR, Red Smith, J. T. Leslie,
J. A. Lisenby and A. E. Baker.
The entertainment started at
10:00 a. m. and lasted all day.
A buffet luncheon was served at
noon and a barbecue supper at
5:30. The evening featured the
Jimmy Dorsey band and the giv
ing away of 4 new Chevrolets.
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REVIVAL MEETINGS
AT ASHLEY HEIGHTS
The. Upchurch commencement
exercises began with class night
on May 24, at which time the
, graduating class put on the most
pretentious exercsies of the kind
ever attempted by the school. The
program was in three parts—^Part
1, “Friendship Chain”, part 2,
“Youth Marches On” and part 3,
“Tranitional.” The whole thing
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46 Graduate At
Hoke High School
The graduating exercises at
Hoke High school took place Fri
day evening, June 3, at 8 o’clock,
at which time 46 seniors received
their diplomas. The program was
as follows: Processional; Invoca
tion by the Rev. W. B. Heyward;
Salutatory, Ann Gore; Song by
Marian Lewis and Bettie Benner;
Introduction of Speaker, Mr. K.
A. MacDonald;-Address, Dr. "Leo'
W. Jenkins; ^Presentation of prizes
and awards; Awarding of Diplomas
Mr. W. T. Gibson, Jr.; Valedic
tory, Milton Mann; Benediction,
The Rev. P. O. Lee; Recessional.
The address given by Dr. Jen
kins was one of the most outstand
ing heard here in years. It was
packed jfrom beginning, to end
with good advice to the graduates,
expressed in simple yet beauti
ful language. Dr. Jenkins is the
new dean at East Carolina Teach
er’s college, Greenville, N. C.
Prizes and awards were given
as follows: Kiwanis for best all
round pupil in high school, Anne
Gore; in the Graded school, Har
riet Hodgin; Primary, Eloise Up
church. American Legion, best
student, boy and girl. Milton Mann
and Alice Sutton Matheson; Bar
Associatibn medal, Freida Moss.
Woman’s Club Valedictory award,
Milton Mann; Prmiary Creative
Writing, Eloise Upchurch; Gram
mar Creative writing, Larue Car-
roll; Junior High creative writing
Joan Sinclair; best reader in high
school, Bettie Benner.
Good bus drivers certificates
and bonus checks were awarded
to the following by the County
Board of Education: Archie Max
well. Joanne Hamilton, Billy Ev-
erleigh, Bobby Gibson, Donald
Wood, Roy Brock, Arnold Mon
roe, Clifton Dean, Martha Lee
Cdrrie, Douglas Clark, Tiffany
Cothran, Archie Walters, Duke
Marshal, Edward McGirt and
David Jones.
The Class Day exercises were
held on Wednesday, June 1. The
baccalaureate sermon was Sunday
May 29, and was delivered by the
Rev. Judson Lennon, new pastor
of the Raeford Baptist church.
Dr. Sankey L. Blanton, dean of
the Wake Forest College school
of rpligion, will be the speaker in
a series of meetings at the Ashley
Heights Baptist church beginning
Sunday morning, June 12.
Services held each ev
ening at eight o’clock through Sat
urday, June 18, and the public
is cordially invited to attend.
Hoke Campers
Win Honors At
4-H Club Camp .
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Fifty 4-H club campers mem
bers, four leaders and the Hoke
County Farm and Home Agents
returned ' from. Millstone 4-H
Camp Tuesday! E. Vernon and
Josephine Hall, Farm and Home
Agents, report mat the encamp
ment was one of the finest ever
.held. The oup
was joined by around seventy-
fice campers from Sampson Coun
ty. T^ camp staff was highly
complimentary of the Hoke Coun
ty group who won many honors.
The two certificates given to the
best swimmers in camp went to
Hoke county club members, Alice
Mae Sipfle of McCain and Bobby
Leach of Raeford. In the contest
for tbe cleanest cabin Miss Mall’s
group won the first day. On the
second day the honor went to the
group Alex Norton had in charge
and the third day Mrs. R. W.
Posey’s cabins were allowed *o
display a large 4-H club flag dur
ing the day. In the stunts which
were presented after the banquet
Monday evening, Alex Norton’s
group won first place and Mrs.
Posey’s second.
Highlights of the program were
swimming, making placques ' in
handicrafts, folk dancing, a can
dle light service on Sunday even
ing, ameteur night, stunt night
and the banquet.
The campers were divided into
4 groups. Head, Heart, Hands and
Health. .Each group was assigned
special duties for each day. These
duties consisted of preapring vege
tables to be cooked, setting and
clearing the tables, cleaning the
grounds and bath houses and each
individually was resp(^sible for
helping keep his cabin neatly ar
ranged.
Classes in swimming, handi
crafts, recreation and marksman
ship were taught.
4-H Club members attending
camp were: ■ Geraldine Vanhoy,
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Recreation Program
To Begin Monday
Mrs. Neill McFadyen, president
of the local Parent-Teacher asso
ciation, announced this week that
the PTA’s summer 'recreation
program would begin next Mon
day and that all children are in
vited to attenc^.
In the mornings Monday through
Friday of each week there will
be supervised play for children of
first through eighth grades on
the graded school grounds. In the
afternoons there will’ be supervis
ed swimming parties at the creek,
children from the west side of
Main street being asked to attend
from 2:00 to 3:00 and those from
the east side from 3:00 to 4:00.
On Monday, Tuesday and Thurs
day nights there wiU be super
vised recreation for boys and girls
from the 8th grade up at the high
school gymnasium. The tennis
courts wiU be open to townspeople
in general on Wednesday nights
and reservations may be made
by contacting Haywood Faircloth
who will supervise the whole pro
gram, before 6:30 on Wednesdays.
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LIBRARY NEWS
3 in recorder’s court
‘.harges of directing
.ndecent language at
oliceman in a public
place. Cun.ningham had been tried
in Tiayvr'.-, court before Mayor
W. L. Po'oie, found guilty- and
ordered to pay $25 and the costs
or go to the roads for 30 days.
Judge Henry McDiarmid revers
ed this decision Tuesday and
found Cunningham not guilty.
Chester Ledford, white soldier,
w'as charged w;th careless and
reckless driving in connection
with a wreck he had.with J. D.
Kemp, local colored man, and
found not guilty.
James Willie Leach, . colored,
got 30 davs to be suspended on
payment of the costs for being
drunk and, rii.sorlerly.
Willie McCrimmon, colored, on
a charge of giving a' bad check
for $25, got 30 days to be suspend
ed on payment of the costs and
the check.
Norman Oxendine and Amon
Locklear, Indians recently re
turned from the roads, both got
sent' back for 90 days for stealing
chickens.
Robert B. Ellis, white, got a 90-
day jail sentence for giving Ju
lian Wright a bad check for $90.
Sentence was to be suspended if
costs and check were paid by June
21.
Six transients were charged
with speeding. Four left $25 'bonds
and kept moving and two ap
peared for trial and paid $10 and
the cpsts. .
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50-Ton Ayrshire In
At N. C. Sanatorium
County Favors
Road Bonds Id '1|
Election Saturday
School Bonds Also "Pass
In County And State, About ^
1100 Votes In County
Hoke county voted about four
to three for die state road bond
proposal in last Saturday’s elec
tion and almost two to one in
favor of the school bonds.
, Official figures showed 673 in
the county for rpad bonds to 47S
against, and 722 for the school
bonds to 370 against. Allendale
township voted against both bond
Issues and both Raeford precincts
voted against the issue of road
bonds. The school 'oond issue was
a tie. vote in Raeford no. 1 and
favorable- in Raeford no. 2 All
other precincts in the county fav
ored both proposals.
In its voting. Saturday the coun
ty went along with the-majority
of the state and placed itself be
hind Governor Scott’s program
for ‘‘Better Roads and Schools.”
The- State as a whole favored the
road bond issue by a majority of
about 50,000 and the school bonds
about two to one.
Tax Effective January 1
A one-ceiit increase in the state
gasoline tax._ which was contin
gent on approval of the bond is
sue, will become effective Jan
uary 1. Governor Scott in a state-
m.ent this ‘.veek said that it would
also be about that tim4 before the
road progra.T. ‘would be in full
swing. He esti.m.ates it will take
four or five years to complete it.
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GAME FRIDAY NIGHT
The summer project, “Fill a
Shelf For Yourself,” has gotten
off to a good start. The boys and
girls of the county are invited to
come in and register, and enjoy
the many good books during the
summer.
The followRig new titles have
been received:
The Spell of the Pacific, an
anthology of its literature, Edited
bylcarl Stroven and A Grove
Day; Their Finest Hour, the sec
ond volume of Winston Churchill’s
history of the World War II; The
Complete Stories of Herman Mel
ville; Father of the Bride, Street
er; Kinfolk. Buck; Pride’s Castle,
Yerby; Prowling Russia’s For
bidden Zone, Knop.
There are now twelve members
of the North Carolina Sanatorium
herd at McCain that have met the
requirements for the 100.000
Pound Club. Gerald’s Primrose
Lady, laughter of the Approved
sire, Perishurst Gerall, recently
qualified with 100,143 lbs. of milk
and* 3853 lbs. of fat in 2997 days
on a strictly twice-a-day milking
schedule at 11 years and #inonths
of age. Bred and owned*^ in the
Sanatorium herd,Gerald’s Prim
rose Lady is out of State’s Lady
Rosebud, and is the dam of four
registered daughters.
John W.'Flannery, herd man
ager at the Sanatoriiim writes,
“Gerald’s Primrose Lady has an
unusually good disposition and is
a grand old cow. I bred, raised,
and have milked most of the 50
tons of milk from her with my
own hands. At 12 years of age
she is still going strong and, gave
62 lbs. of milk on test in ApriL
It looks like this will be her best
year.”
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SENATOR THOMAS ILL
Raeford Merchants
Offer Sales Event,
3 Big 88c Days
The merchants of Raeford, in
cooperation with the Raeford
Chamber of Commerce, are of
fering three big sales days of
price reduction to the buying pub
lic of this section this week.
The sales start in stores here
today and will continue through
out the week. Many bargains are
offered in almost every line in the
promotion, known as “88-cnet
Days.”
How Hoke County Voted Saturday
FOR
Allendale -11
Antioch -58
Ashmont ...: 99
Blue Springs .... 40 '
Little River 87
Mildouson .... 101
Puppy Creek .... 65
Rockfish 61
Raeford No. 1 .... 58
Raeford No. 2 .... 93
Total 673
Is
School
Bonds
INST
FOR AGAINST
38
17
31
54
75
38
39
96
39
26
41
23
3
81
6
16
97
17
16
59
22
7
59
7
97
78
78
140
119
109
476
722
370
State Senator J. Benton Thomas
American Legion Baseball
team will play Fort Bragg.at Die
Armory Park here tomorrow
night at 8:00 o’clock.
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August 1 Deadline
For Wheat Acreage
Operators of farms on which
Wheat was not seeded for harvest
in any of the years, 1947,48, or 49
but on which wheat , will be seed
ed for harvest in 1950, must re
quest, in terms of a specific acre
age, a 1950 Wheat Acreage Al
lotment, if an ziUotment is to be
establish/sd for such farm, says
Robert J. Hasty, Chairman of
Hoke County Agricultural Asso
ciation.
The request for a 1950 Wheat
acreage allotment must be sidb-
mitted in writing by the owner
or operator to the County Com
mittee. Persons requesting such
“New” Wheat Acreage Allotments
should go to the County Office,
Raeford, N. C. or get in touch
with their local Commimity Com
mitteemen and file a request. The
closing date for filing fqr a 1950
“new” Wheat acreage Allotment
is .\ugust 1st, 1949.
1 THANKS CONTRIBUTORS
is in a Fayetteville hospital bemgj Thornburg has expressed
treated for a back injury sustain
ed while doing some lifting at his
pond last Friday. He was taken
to the hospital on Monday.
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SAND-CLAY LEAGUE
GAME TONIGHT
. The Raeford Sand-Clay league
team will play Carthage in Arm
ory Park tonight at eight o’clock.
The local team is standing at
second place in the league at the
present with two victories and
one defeat. They lost to Westmore.
8 to 57 and defeated Biscoe, 5 to 2,
and High Falls, 10 to 4.
EYELESS CHICK
L. E. McLauchlin, Jr., young
colored farmer of Quewhiffle
township, brought a chick with
no eyes amd no place for any to
the News-Journal office this wetic.
The chick was otherwise in good
health.
his appreciation to all who con
tributed tow"ard equipment for
his ‘‘Knee-Pants League” base
ball team for boys nine to 12 years
old.
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Government Will
Support 1949 Sweet
Potato Crop
H. M. Covington, Extension
Horticulture specialist at State
College, announced this week that
the U. S. Department of Agricul- ' ,r|
ture wiU support the 1949 sweet „
po'^to crop at 80 per cent of th#
July 1 parity price. 'This support
will become effecti've September
1.
The doUars-and-cents supiKirt
prices for thr 1948 erofi, whiA
will be announced soon after Mtf
1, will be based on V. S. NOw t
grade, packed in amr
containers, and loaded in cer or
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