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VOLUME XLTV; NUMBER 27
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1,
RAEFOBD. N. C.
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YOUR
ISCHOOL NEWS!
By K. A. MacDonald
On Tuesday of this week head
school bus mechanic L. E. Luck
and K. A. MacDonald were call
ed to Baleigh to attend the first
of four meetings on school trans
portation to be held throughout
the state in the immediate future.
C. C.- Brown, Director of Division
of Transportation for the State
Board of Ekiucation, was in charge
of the meeting.
The meeting was well attended
and went thoroughly into all the
angles of school transportation,
both from the safety side as well
as the operational side. It was
brought out in the discussion that
it was much Safer for a pupil to
ride a bus to school than to walk
or ride in a car. Many more pu
pils were killed or injured walk
ing or ri\ng in private convey
ances than in school buses. The
seventy odd superintendents _ and
head’mechanics promised unqual
ified support in the effort to pro
vide safe transportation.
Parents will be gratified to
know that Patrolman Surratt is
making detailed inspection of the
Hoke County buses'at least once
each month. At the last inspec
tion mad^ on November 22, he
found all buses to be in good con
dition and so reported them to
the state.
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We hear that cupid is not only
at work at Rockfish but in Rae-
, ford also. The announcement of
Miss Jeaime Shiel’s engagement
- to, Wilton Wood of Rockfish has
A..bi^& iMAoe,. ni£k we gae^waiting
with interest the developments in
Raeford.
Th^ installation of playground
equipment by the PTA’s is going
on apace at Mildouson, Rockfish,
and Ashemont. At Ashemont the
installation is being done by the
Veterans agriculture class under
the leadership of Horace Walters.
Funeral Service
Held Saturday
For Mrs. Lament
Death Occurs in Moore Co.
Hospital Early Friday
Following Operation Nov. 15
Funeral service waS conducted
at the Raeford Presbyterian
church at eleven o’clock last Sat
urday morning for Sirs. Jennie
Malloy Lamont, wife of William
Lamont, who died ekrly Friday
in Moore Coimty hospital. Mrs.
Lamont was 73 years of age and
had been seriously ill for about
a month. She entered the hospital
on November 13 and underwent an
operation on November 15.
She was the daughter of the
late Captain Charlie Malloy and
Jennie McQueen Malloy of Che-
raw, S. C. She attended the Un
iversity of Alabama, then located
at Anniston, Ala., where she ma
jored in music and art. She came
to Raeford as teacher of music
and art at Raeford Institute in
1901 and in 1904 she was married
to William Lamont. She was a
member of the UDC and the DAR
and was superintendent of the be
ginners department in the Sunday
School at the Raeford Presbyterian
church for 28 years continuously.
She was a'charter member of the
Raeford Woman’s club.
The funeral service was con
ducted by the Rev. W. B. Hey
ward, pastor, and burial followed
in the Raeford' cemetery. Honor
ary pallbearers were elders and
deacons of the church and active
pallbearers were T. B. Lester, J.
D. McNeill. Berder Niven. T.^ B.
Upchurch, H. L. Gatlin, Jr., Neill
J. Blue, Tom McLauchlin and A.
K. StevensfT - . ,,
Mrs. Lamont is survived by her
husband; one daughter, Mrs. G.
G. Dickson of Fort Lauderdale,
Fla.; two sons, William Lamont.
Jr., of Raeford and Charles Mal
loy Lamont of Falls Church. Va.;
two sisters, Mrs. A. G. White of
Manning, S. C.. and Mrs. J. V.
Matthews of Blacksville, S. C.;
and seven grandchildren.
Miss Lunette Barber, who is
educational director for the Wild
life Commission, is working in the
county this week. As has been
noted two Wildlife clubs have al
ready been organized. It is hoped
that she will be able to organize
a club in each school. The pur
pose of these clubs is to teach
appreciation and conservation of
our wildlife resources and is a
part of the over-all plan deve
loped last year for the teaching
of conservation and the develop
ment of resources here in Hoke
County. ,
All schools with, lunchrooms
will be interested to know that
Mrs. Anne W. Marley, State Sup
ervisor of the School Lunch Pro
gram, after having resigned and
moved to Texas, is back with the
school lunch program as state
supervisor. She didn’t like Texas.
Cotton Farmers Tov
Get Acreage Notices
Before Dec. 15
410L0RED NEWS
The Laurel Hill school faculty
and students made glad the hearts
of the aged and shut-ins in their
community on Thanksgiving by
presenting them with baskets.
This is to be maeje an annual
event. We don’t know of a better
way to celebrate Thanksgiving
than by sharing what we have
with others.
Some two hundred students in
the colored schools were shown
the moving picture “Springtime
in Holland,” last week. It is hop
ed that this showing will promote
the beautification of both homes
and schools. •
The Congress of Colored par
ents and teachers held in Ashe
ville last week end was well at
tended. Every district in the state
was represented, our county su
pervisor reports.
North Carolina farmers will
have the opportunity to reaffirm
their faith in the democratic tar-
mer-committee system for local
administration of Federal farm
programs when they go to the
polls during December to choose
the fellow farmers who will re
present them as county and com
munity Production and Marketing
Administration ’ committeemen
during the coming year. In an
nouncing the elections, the State
PMA Committee points outs that
these non-partisan committees
are the local administrative units
for such Federal farm programs
as Agricultural Conservation,
price supports, acreage Allot-
nfients, marketing quotas, the su
gar program and Federal Crop
Insurance.
“As representative of their far
mer-neighbors, they see to it that
national and State programs are
adapted to local conditions and
provide the ‘grass-roots’ experi
ence and thinking necessary for
the intelligent formulation of new
programs that changing condi
tions may require,” says G. T.
Scott, Johnston County cotton,
tobacco, corn and general farmer,
as well as chairman of the State
PMA Committee.
The State PMA Committee has
designated December 15, 1949 as
the date for the holding of elec
tions in the State’s 1409 agricul
tural communities. County con
ventions — at which the new
county PMA Committeemen will
be chosen are to be completed,
where possible, by December 16.
Eligible voters in each agricul
tural community will chose from
among their neighbors a commun-
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Scout Leaders To
Meet In Raeford
For Annual Banquet
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The Western District of the Boy
Scouts of America. Cape Fear
Area Council, will hold its annual
banquet meeting in the Raeford
Presbyterian church on the night
of Friday, December 9. The meal
will be served by the ladies of
the Raeford Methodist church, and
the meeting w,ill begin at seven
o’clock.
Dr. Ike G. Greer, director of
the business foundation of the
University of North Carolina. wiU
be the principal speaker. L. B.
Singleton of Laurinburg is chair
man of the Western District and
will act as toastmaster for the
meeting, which will be attended
by some' 200 adults for several
counties who are interesting in
scouting
The public is invited to attend
the affair and have a part in the
support of Scouting in this area.
Tickets may be obtained from
Israel Mann at his store and will
be on sale until noon next Wed
nesday.
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Raeford Native
New Administrator
Sumter Hospital
A. Preston Nisbet of Wilming
ton, N. C., a graduate of the hos
pital administration course at
Duke University, has been ap
pointed administrator of the
Tuomy Hospital, Sumter, S. C.,
Duke Hospital officials have an-
announced.
Nesbit will assume his new du
ties on December 19 relieving
Wilson Lawrence, hospital ad
ministration graduate from Duke,
w'ho has,...accepted , a position in
Greenwood, S. C.
After completing the Duk^ Hos-
\
pital course in September, 1948
Nisbet immediately became ad
ministrator of the Central Caro
lina ConvalesccY't H o s p it a 1,
Greensboro, where he will re
main until he assumes the posi
tion at Sumter.
A native of Raeford, Nisbet
was discharged from the U. S.
Navy in 1945 with the' rank of
lieutenant commander. Before
coming to Duke, he received the
B. S. degree in commerce from
the University of North Carolina.
The 32-year-old administrator
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. T. A.
Nisbet now of Wilmington. Mrs.
Nisbet was the former Miss Bon
nie McBryde, a sister of the late
Senator McBryde.
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Mrs. Mary McBryde had as her
guests Sunday Dr. and Mrs. K.
B. Grim and daughter of Liberty,
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Carron and
daughter, Peggy and Angus
Wilkes of Maxtori.
T. B. Drive
Is Underway
This week marks the official
opening of the campaign against
tuberculosis in Hoke county, Mrs.
J. A. MoGoogan, chairman, an
nounces.
This will be the 43rd Annual
sale of Christmas seals and the
sale in the county will be conduct
ed until Christmas, she said. There
will be an intensive drive during
the next week and Mrs.. McGoo-
gan asks that all cooperate in or
der that the county may reach
its qi^ota during this time.
• Mrs. McGoogan announced that
the Raeford Kiwanis club had
agreed to sponsor the sale of the
T. B. Christmas bonds instead of
having an individual chairman of
this psdrt of the drive as in the
past.
“Your cooperation and contri
bution wUl help to stamp out T.
B. in the county,” she said. “I
hope that the whole county will
respond generously and continue
the fight against tuberculosis.”
Dr. Walter Lingle
To Hold Series
Of Services Here
Hoke High Gage
Teams Open Here
Next Tuesday P. M.
The Hoke High School Boys
and Girls Basketball teams will
meet Massey Hill next Tuesday
night,, at* the Hoke High Gsrm.
Game time 7:30.
Both the boys and girls teams
are quickly rounding into shape,
and are pointing for a very suc
cessful season.
This year they will play thirty
games as compared to fifteen
played last year. ■
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PAUL’S FUND
DffMMLTEfi L.L/a/GL£
A total •.£.,$23 ^pontributed
to “Paul’s Hospital Fund” in care
of this newspaper, and has been
forwarded to The Fayetteville
Observer -to be included in with
the several hundred dollars col
lected ill Fayetteville.
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REMEMBER TO REGISTER
Persons in Raeford otherwise
eligible to vote in town elections
are reminded to register in Order
to vote in the Raeford Bond Elec
tion on December 27, if they have
not previously registered on the
town books.
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Miss Anne Upchurch of High
Point was a week end guest of
Miss Agnes Mae Johnson. Miss
Upchurch’s brother, John, of
Presbyterian college, also spent
the week end in the Johnson
home. Miss Upchurch and broth
er were here’especially to be with
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sta
ley Upchurch of ThomasviUe, Ga.,
v/ho were also visiting in the
Johnson home.
Fonner Davidson President
Starts Services Sunday
At Presbyterian Church
Pictured above is the Rev.
Walter L. Lingle, D. D., LL. D.,
who will hold a series of services
at the Raeford Presbyterian
church starting with the eleven
o’clock service Sunday morning
and concluding with the seven
o’clock service on Wednesday ev
ening.
Df. Lingle is president emeri
tus of Davidson college, former
president of the General Assem
bly’s training school fbr lay work
ers, and a former professor at
Union Theological seminary in
-Richmond, A^irginia. He has been
pastor of the First Presbyterian
church of Rock Hill, S. C. and the
First Presbyterian church of At
lanta. Ga.
In 1920 Dr. Lingle was modera
tor of the General Assembly of
the Southern Presbeyterian church
in Charlotte. He is author of the
book, “Presbyterians, Their His
tory and Beliefs,” and of the col
umn, “Timely Topics,” in the
Christian Observer.
The theme for the series of
five sermons by. Dr. Lingle will
be “What We Believe.” On Sun
day morning the subject will be
‘We Believe in the Bible.” At the
evening services at seven o’clock
each evening Sunday through
Wednesday the subjects will deal
with belief in God, Christ, Salva
tion by Grace, and the Church.
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Mr. and Mrs. James Myers were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. James E.
Peterson in Clinton Sunday.
Farmers To Choose
PMA Committees
During December
County Production anH^Mar-
keting .Administration Commit-
tee.men were beginning this week
the task of preparing for the Na
tional Cotton marketing quota
referendum to be held in every
cotton growing community in the
United States on "rhursday, De
cember 15.
A preliminary estimate by the
County PMA office in Hoke
County indicates that around
2000 cotton growers will be eli
gible to vdte in Hoke County.
R. J. Hasty, County PMA Com
mittee chairman, says that about
9 polling places wiU be set up in
the County to make it as conven
ient as possible for all growers to
participate.
Meanwhile, work is continuing
in the county office on data
gathered from farmers during the
past several weeks upon which
individual farm acreage allot
ments will be used. Mr. Hasty is
unable to say at this time when
allotment notices will be ready
for mailing, but assures cotton
farmers that they will be advised
of their allotments before the re
ferendum date.
Marketing quotas for the 1950
cotton crop were proclaimed by
Secretary of Agriculture Charles
F. Brannan on October 13 when
it became apparent that cotton
supplies for the .current market
ing year would excel the normal
Recorder Cidle^
Bad Checks, l^ii^
Others Pay For Driving ,
Without License, Noai-&qp-v^|
port. Improper Automobiles
Judge Henry McDiannid heard h*
two more cases of bad checks be
ing held by C. J. Bernier in re- .
corder’3 court Tuesday. Defend^/
ants were Wade Locklear, Indian, -^'
and Frank Long, colored. Each
had to make good his check and
pay the costs. In another case
Jesse McCain, colored, was charg
ed with disposing of mortgaged
property. He was also ordered to
pay the costs and $15.76 due C.
J. Benner to clear the mortgage.
Webb Worthy, colored man of
Little River township, was charg
ed in one case with illegal pos
session of liquor and in another
with possessing a still. He was
found guilty in both cases and got
a total of S25 in fines and had to
pay the costs in each case. Sen
tences adding up to four months
were suspended.
John Breeden and Hinson Oliv
er, both colored, were charged
with stealing some cotton from
Ernest Graham. They got 90 days
each to be suspended on paym«it
of the costs and S24 to Graham,
and on condition of two years
good behavior.
James R. Winstead, white, paid
supply by a wide margin. To be- costs for having im-
come effective, however, quotas , plates on his trailer,
must be approved by at least two- • Horace Blake, white, got one
thirds of the growers voting in the year for non-support of his child.
' sentence Suspended on payment
I of the costs and on condition that
he support the child.
Virginia Kelly, colored, paid
I the .costs for assault.
! June Jon'es and Ethel Locklear,
i Indians, -.vere charged with im-
^ moral conduct. . but 'the State
coming referendum.
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Local Man Gets
Outstanding Soldier
Award At Bragg
■ dropped its case due to lack of
C. P. & L. STARTS BIG PL ANT TOMORROW
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Sgt. 1st Cl. Dennis R. Wilson
of Raeford received an unusual
honor recently at Fort Bragg when; another .case Jones
he was chosen by his command-non-support of
ing officer, to represent his unit I He got one year sus-
as the “Outstanding Soldier” of |
the month.
This recognition of Sgt. Wilson’s
soldierly conduct merits him an
S se-free trip to Washington,
on Decttnber 7, along with
er soldiers from Fort Bragg
who will tour Government build
ings and other places of interest.
and on condition that he support
his family.
Carl Ivan Bridges, white., sold
ier who was involved in a wreck
with two other cars and Dewey
Howells house on October 19, was
charged with careless and reck
less driving, driving drunk and
damaging personal property. He
They are also scheduled to meet
such personauties as Defense guilty of careless and
Secretary Louis Johnson and
Army Secretary Gordon Gray.
The five-day trips are spon- P^^^ed on payment of $50 and
reckless driving only, and sen
tence was six months to be sus-
the costs. The court took no ac-
j tion about the difference between
I Bridges and the owners of the
! other cars and the house.
Murrell Locklear, Indian, got
at ForrBragg”'in'septe'mb7r "of i 90 days suspended on payment of
$25 and the costs for driving with-
sored each month by merchants
and civic organizations of Fay
etteville.
A native of West Jefferson,
Sgt. Wilson entered the service!
Architect’s drawing of the new
steam-electric generating plant
to be built at Goldsboro by the
Carolina Power & Light Comp
any. Groundbreaking for the 100,-
000 horsepower station, with ul-
timate capacity of 400,000 horse
power, is to take place Friday,
December 2nd, when Goldsboro
celebrates “Electric Power Day.”
The plant is scheduled for pro
duction by mid-1951, and initial
ly will be capable of producing
600,000,000 kilowatt hours of cur
rent per year. A few weeks ago,
a 750,000,000 kilowatt-hour plant
was opened by Carolina Power &
Light at Lumberton.
1937 and has reenlisted three
times since that date. A veteran
of 18 months foreign servicedie
holds the Asiatic Pacific ribbon
with one star, the Philippine Lib
eration medal with one star and
the American Defense Ribbon.
Sgt .Wilson is now attached to
the 171st Evacution Hospital as
Mess Steward. At Raeford, where
he makes his home with his wife,
he is a member of the Masonic
Lodge 306, the American Legion
and the VFW.
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AMERICAN LEGION PLANS
MEETING NEXT WED.
Conunander Julius Jordan of the
local American Legion post has
announced that the regular month
ly meeting and supper of the post
would be held next Wednesday
night at the high school cafeteria
at seven o’clock. He urged all
legionnaires to attend.
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TO HOLD CLINIC
out a valid driver’s license.
Speeders included Earl A. Feit-
en, Raymond W. Cadwallader,
Howard B. Denton,, white, and
Bennie J. Edwards, colored- All
paid $10 and. the costs except Den
ton, who left a $25 bond.
Willie J. EUerby and Albert
Douglas, colored, paid $10 and
the costs each for driving with
improper brakes.
Former Resident
Buried At Vass
The monthly orthopaedic clinic
will be held Friday, December 2,
1949 in the basement of the Ag
ricultural Building in Lumber-
ton. Dr. Jacobs of Charlotte will
be the surgeon in charge. Regis
tration bet\.veen 8 ahd 9 o’clock.
Paul A. Wilson, 45, died on
Tuesday morning at Moore Coun
ty hospital after an illness of sev
eral weeks, He was for several
years manager of Collins Depart-'
ment store here and was asso
ciated with a shoe store m Sou
thern Pines at the time of his
death.
Mr. Wilson was active in the
Presbyterian church, being an el
der in the Vass churdi» teadier -
of the Men’s Bible class iuad Di»>
trict chairman of the Men of
Church. ‘
He is survived by his wife, hisT
mother, two sisters and one hro-i^
ther.