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SCHOOL NEWS
By K. A. MacDonald
Dr. Gordon Ellis, professor of
Guidance at the University of N.
C.. was a visitor to Hoke High
yesterday. Dr. Ellis came particu
larly to inspect and study the
guidance department. Miss Wat
son is putting this department on
the map, but the best part of it
is "the good that it is doing the
boys and girls in the high school.
Representatives of the Fayette
ville office of the Federal Em
ployment Service were here this
week giving aptitude teste and
interviewing the seniors In re
ference to job pilacement. This is
just one of the services Miss Wat
son arranges for.
The county superintendent is in
Raleigh today attending a meet
ing called by the State Superin-r
tendent for the purpose of meeting
with representatives of the Fed
eral Department of Agriculture
in reference to additional funds
for the school lunchrooms. Hokei
is one of 9 counties that has been
declared in an emergency area.
Rockfish and Mildouson schools
^re both making a special effort
in spelling this year in addition
■to the county-wide emphasis on
reading. These two schools have
already had one match and have
more scheduled between the
schools. In the one held last week
'Carroll Scarboro of' Rockfish
stood up longest. Jean Haithcpx
stood up longest for Mildouson.
I We are glad that these schools
t^ihg this in spell
ing. .
Funeral Service For
Mrs. Jf A. Greene
Sunday Afternoon
Funeral service for Mrs. J. A.
Greene, Sr. was conducted at the
Raeford Presbyterian church at
three o’clock last Sunday after
noon by the pastor, the Rev. W.
B. Heyward.
Mrs. Greene died suddenly
Thursday night at the Raeford
Hotel, where she made her home.
She had had supper and had
spent the evening at the home of
her son, Harry Greene,'and had
visited with the Holtzclaw family
on returning. She complained of
not feeling well and was taken to
her room where she passed away
in a few minutes.
Mrs. Greene was a native of
Nashville, Tenn., and moved to
Lumberton in 1911. When her
husband died in 1927 she moved
to Raeford and had made her'
residence here since. She was 80
years old.
Pallbearers were C. E. Up
church, D. H. Hodgin, R. B. Lewis,
W. D. McLeod and Robert Gatlin.
Honorary pallbearers were elders
and deacons of the Raeford Pres
byterian church. Burial was in
the Raeford cemetery. Mrs.
Greene’s late husband is buried
in Atlanta, Ga., but it is planned
to move his remains to th6 ceme
tery here at some future date.
Mrs. Greene is survived by two
sons, J. A. Greene of Atlanta and
Harry A. Greene of Raeford; and
by two grandchildren, Jimmie
Greene of Los Angeles and- Fran
ces Ward Greene of Raeford.
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Local Men Wil]
Take Part In^
Council Meeting
Raeford Wins From
Parkton Here Tues.
BY BILLIE LESTER
On Tuesday night of this week
the Hoke High School basketball
teams turned in two convincing
wins over Parkton. The Hoke
High girls, after trailing by seven
points at the half, came from be
hind in the last half to win 30-29.
With only four seconds left to
play, and Parkton leading 29-27,
Betty Jane Ashburn sank a long
push shot to tie the ball game up,
and Sarah Cole made a free toss
as the horn went off to ice the
game. Sarah Cole, who has been
hitting the basket with unusual
accuracy in the last few games,
turned in her best game of the
season as she hit for 21 points.
Ann McDonald bagged 12 points
to pace Parkton.
In the final, game of the night
the Hoke High boys had no trouble
as they trounced the boys from
Parkton, 51-31. The Parkton boys
matched the Hoke High boys bas
ket for basket in the last half, but
the margin rolled up in the first
two quarters by the boys from
Hoke High was just too much. At
the end of the first®quarter Hoke
High led 17-1, and at the half.
31-13. Landon Yarborough, tow
ering local center, played one of
his better games as he hit the
hoops for 15 points. Joe Davis and
Billie Lester had 12 points apiece
for runner-up. Jackson and Ed
wards with 13 and 9 points re
spectively set the pace for Park-
ton. ' ij ?
Pay Fines In
Court Tuesday
Several Speeders Pay; Man
Who Assaulted Deputy
Goes To Roads For 60 Days
All schools in the county are
getting ready for the Polio Drive
that started this week. There
seems to be more than the usual
interest in this .good work. We
expect the schools to be of every
material “bid in the drive.
Mrs. C. S. Osment, county su
pervisor, is attending a clinic at
Duke University today and will
attend a state meeting in Char
lotte for supervisors tomorrow
and Saturday.
Dried milk and additional but
ter has been delivered to the coun
ty storeroom for use in the school
lunchrooms.
Kiwanians Hear
District Social
Security Dir^tor
NEWS OF THE
COLORED SCHOOLS
(Contributed)
The teachers of group three
met last Wednesday at McFar
land School. All members of the
group were present. The discus
sion was a follow-up of the last
meeting. The subject was reading.
Problems were given and ex
planation of how they were solv
ed tlu-ough experience gained by
having discussions.
The State- Elementpy Super
visor was present and gave com
ments at the close of the meeting.
Group two will meet at Bow-
more January 23, when spelling
will be the subject. '
Burlington PTA met for its re
gular meeting January 10. Par
ents were present in large num
bers. Plans were made for coun
ty-wide Founders Day on Feb
ruary 10. at Burlington. The
speaker will be the state execu
tive secretary, Ada M. Jornagin.
Plans were also made for secur
ing the 20% of the insurance that
they lack, so far they have only
80% of the total sum.
Teachers and students of Laurel
HiU wish to thank Mrs. M. K.
McNeill for magazines which she
gave them. Should others have
J magazines that they wish to do
nate to the schools they may call
the Board of Education office.
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O' crall crop production in the
United States during 1949 sur-
pai^'^ed that of any previous year
except 1948.
Lincolnton, N. C., Jan. 4 ^—
Twenty-two North Carolina Vir
ginia cotton leaders will play
major roles in planning the cot
ton industry’s 1950 research and
promotion program at the Nation
al Cotton Council’s twelfth annual
meeting in Memphis, Tenn., Jan
uary 23-25.
B. C. Lineberger, Lincolnton,
chairman of the Cotton Council’s
North Carolina - Virginia Unit,
said that all state cotton groups
had completed selection of offi
cial delegates to represent North
Carolina and Virginia at the in
dustry-wide meeting.
“At no time in recent years
I has the need for a well-integrated
program or research and promo
tion for the American cotton in
dustry been so great.” Mr. Line
berger said. “It will be the job of
the Council’s official delegates
from North Carolina and Virginia
and the other cotton-producing
states to, set the policies which
will govern Council activities
during the year ahead.
“Cotton’s competition becomes
greater rather than less as. time
goes by,” he continued. “It is the
task ‘of the National Cotton Coun
cil and the cotton industry to
meet the challenges of competi
tion and to maintain cotton con
sumption at a high level.”
Council delegates will vote on
recommendations for a 1950 pro
gram in the fields of production
and marketing efficiency, utiliza
tion research, sales promotion and
public relations, foreign trade,
trade, and general activities in
cluding legislation.
Mr. Lineberger said that ap
proximately 1,000 members of the
cotton industry and allied groups
are expected to attend the con
ferences at the Hotel Peabody in
Memphis. Principal speakers of
the three-day meeting include C.
E. Wilsbn, Detrpit, president of
the General Motors Corporation;
Allan B. Kline, Chicago, presi
dent of the American Farm Bu
reau Federation, and Harold A.
Young, North Little Rock. Ark.,
president of the Council.
The official North CaroUna-
Virginia delegation to the Coun
cil meeting includes:
Producers: Fred P. Johnson,
Program at the weekly meeting
of the Raeford Kiwanis club last
week was handled by Walter
Baker,, who presented as speaker
Vernon D. Herbert of Fayetteville,
district director of the Federal
Social Security Administration.
- Mr. Herbert gave a clear pre
sentation of the operation of the
Federal Security administration
and compared it to an insurance
company, comparing all the wage-
earners who pay social security
to policy holders of an insurance
company. His talk was interesting
and made clear a great many
points about his business not gen
erally known.
Also, a guest at the meeting was
Carl Knott of Fayetteville. Field
Scout executive for the Cape Fear
area council of the Boy Scouts of
America.
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Boy Scouts Plan
Court Of Honor
In Wagram Wed.
James Mason, Laurinburg at
torney and advancement chair
man for Scouting in the western
district of the Cape Fear Council,
announced this week that a coimt
of honor would be held in the
auditorium of the Wagram school
at seven-thirty next Wednesday
evening, January 25.
He said that several of the 15
Boy Scout troops in Hoke and
Scotland counties would be repre
sented by more Scouts receiving
awards than at any previous coiurt.
He urged all parents of Scouts
to attend the ceremony and issu
ed a cordial invitation to the pub
lic.
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CHURCH OF GOD REVIVAL
Defendants involved in three
liquor stills uncovered by officers
of the sheriff’s department recent
ly were brought to trial before
Judge Henry McDiarmid in Hoke
County recorder’s court Tuesday
morning. All were found guilty
and fined. John D. Purcell, color
ed, was charged with having the
still in one case and having ille
gal liquor in another. He got 90
days to be suspended on payment
of $25 and the costs. Joe'Good
man, colored, and Roosevelt Cha
vis, Indian, were charged with
having' a still and they got 90
days suspended on payment of
$25 and the costs between them.
John Pridgen, colored, got 90 days
suspended on payment of $25 and
the costs for having a still.
Junior and Elton Ross, colored,
were charged with disposing of
mortgaged property by C. W.
Childress. Those involved settled
the matter and Elton Ross had
to pay the costs and the State
took a nol pros with leave in the
case against Junior Ross.
Watson Bethune, white, had to
pay $25 and the coste for driving
without a drker’s license.
Evander Ji Smith, white, was
charged by his wife with assault
but when it came up for trial
she didn’t want to prosecute. He
was let off cs payment of tbe
costs.
Gracie MdA4 Peteikiii, -
paid the costs for assault and
Willie McNeill, colored, got 30
days suspended on payment of the
costs for assault and being drunk
and disorderly.
Polio Campaign
Needs Support
During the last six years the
people of North Carolina have re
ceived more funds from the Na
tional Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis than they have contrib
uted. This information comes from
the office of Mrs. Phillips Russell
in Chapel Hill, director of organ
ization for the state headquarters.
In 1949, a net total of $1,172,-
897.38 was raised and in that year
the National Foundation supplied
to North Carolina chapters $1,-
039,562.45. It is hoped that the
campaign this year may be moret.jj... - gj
successful than last year’s. -.iro
State Representaive
Speaker At PTA
Meeting Monday
“The PTA is an educational
organizati'on fof the purpose of
teaching ourselves to become bet
ter teachers and parents that pu
pils may profit thereby.” stated
Miss Genevieve Burton. State
Field PTA Representative, in ad
dressing local PTA Monday even
ing at the Raeford Elementary
School. Miss Burton emphasized
the scope of the PTA activities
and reviewed the objectives and
policies of the organization
4,286 cases of polio, 2,516 of which
occurred during the 1948 epidem
ic. This is an average of 14 cases
a year, amounting to an epidemic
every year.
Since only 50% of funds raised
in North Carolina go to the Na
tional Foundation, this definitely
puts the state in the red.
At a district meeting held at
the Hotel Prince Charles in Fay
etteville, Dr. Ralph McDonald,
state campaign chairman, told
representatives of seven counties,
including Hoke, that people do
not realize why more money than
ever should be raised this year.
The ordinary person does not stop
to think that, although polio *was
not as bad in the state last year
as in 1948, the effects of that
year’s epidemic and still being felt
and will for years to come.
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Rebels Take Shape
With Experience
Jn^eStevote
To Opel Siqierior
Court Monday
Short Session Indicated;
Only 4 Criminal and 8 Chril
Cases: Same Grand Jnry
Judge Henry L. Stevens. Jr., of
Warsaw, will preside at the regu
lar January term of Hoke County
superior court which will con
vene here Monday for the trial
r-0" civil and criminal cases. At
, -e times in years past this
» rm of court has been skipped
due to a lack of cases to be tried,
and there are barely enough to
justify having it this time.
The civil docket is set to be
tried on Tuesday and consists of
keep the PTA strictly educational > th^ee divorce acfions and ^ight
m the school, but it p
Since 1944, the state has welfare of the children
in all their activities in home,
church and community.”
Miss Burton concluded her talk
by urging parents and teachers to
Joseph C. Moors, John H. Bur-
—that material equipment was
necessary and important but
should not be the final goal of
the organization.
Miss Burton was introduced by
-Mrs. N. L. McFadyen, president
of the local PTA. Preceding the
address America was sung, and
K. A. MacDonald led the opening
prayer. A committee composed of
Mrs. T. B. Upchurch. Mts. J. L.
McNeill, and Mrs. H. L. Gatlin
was appointed to make plans for
benefit party. February 9 was
date tentatively set for this game
tournament. In the attendance
count, Mrs. H. C. Roberts, secre
tary, announced that not a single
room had enough parents present
to be eligible for the attendance
prize.
After an early season slump,
the local semi-pro basketball team
is finally rounding out as a pol
ished outfit. Under the tutoring
of Coach Ben Robinson, the Re
bels are now living up to their
pre-season expectations. On last
Wednesday night they showed the j
form they were in downing a
crack Parkton team. 53-37.
Attend Boy Scout
Anniversary Dinner
In Wilmington
The 40th Anniversary Crusade
of the Boy Scouts of America was
celebrated at the armual meeting
other cases, most of which are
expected to be brief if they even
come to trial.
The criminal docket, to be tried
Monday, has two old cases to dis
pose of. These involve Herman
Maynor, Indian, an embezzlement
charge, and C. H. Bridges, white,
on charges concerning damages
in a WTeck here some time ago.
Only two new cases are scheduled
so far and they are both misde
meanors which have been appeal
ed from recorder’s court. In one
Bethune Maultsby, local white
man, appeals a conviction in re
corder’s court of driving a car
while under the influence of li
quor. In the other Evander J.
Smith, white, is appealing a re
cent conviction of giving a bad
check. . •
The grand jury will be the same
as it was at the last term of Su
perior court.
Persons who have been sum
moned to attend court for jury
dutv are as follows:
(a.nd din-ner of the. Gape Fe.ar >
ton. Frank E. Lamport, Abraham
Levy and Diana Gould Penny, all Luk"* M^NeUl "and" Jim ' ""^ool cafertia in Wilmington on
Warner are setting the scoring
pace, dropping in 66 points be
W. J. McBryde, D, H. W=iher3,
white, left $25 bonds each for
speeding. Leroy P. Austin, white,
and William G. McAllister and
Halbert Brown, colored, each paid
$10 and the costs for the same of
fense.
John Matthew Singletary, col
ored, was charged in two cases
with assaulting Deputy Sheriff
Harry Dees and attempting to
escape. He was sent to the roads
for 60 days.
BENEFITS
MARCH OF DIMES
Monday night. Several Raeford
persons were part of the large
a three
tween them in the last two gamesenjoyed
Poole is the Rebel’s set-shot ar^ dinner.
TONIGHT - Brunswick stew and
barbecue supper at Montrose
community house.
FRIDAY NIGHT - Square Dance
at Raeford Armory, music by
Hoke High Hot Shots. Rube Clark
will call ’em.
'TUESDAY. January 24 Bar
becue and turkey supper at Mil
douson school. Square Dance af
terwards at Hendrix grill. Music
by Elmo Stanton.
THURSDAY, January 26 - Bar
becue supper and minstrel show
at Rockfish school.
FRIDAY, January 27 - Minstrel
show at Ashemont school.
THURSDAY, February 2 - Ki
wanis and Lions clubs local talent
minstrel show at Hoke High
school.
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ALFRED COLE PRACTICE
PHiVRMACY STUDENT
(Ckintinued on page 4)
TVe Rev. Clarence Turlington
will conduct a series of revival
services at the Church of God
north of the mill village near
Thames store. Special speaker for
Tuesday night, the first of the
series will be the Rev. E. C. Thom
as, N. C. Church of God youth
director. The services will start
at seven p. m. Tuesday.
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The number of persons at work
on farms in November totaled
slightly more than nine million
about the same as a year ago.
tist, and Thomas excels under the
basket and on defense. Bill Clark
is a consistent all-round per
former. Pete Sawyer is back from
last year, and Jack Lee and Ken
Clark, both newcomers, are
showing great promise.
A girl’s team has been organiz
ed, and much is expected of them
when they gain some needed ex
perience.
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Disaster Loans
Now Available
The Farmers Home Administra
tion located in the Hoke County
Office Building in Raeford, N. C.
is now authorized to take appli
cations for Disaster Loans. This
money is appropriated for farm
ers who suffered a crop disaster
during the previous year—1949.
These funds cannot be used for
paying off debts made during the
crop year 1949 but can be used to
finance your crop for 1950.
A person must be unable to ob
tain credit from any other source
at a reasonable rate of interest to
be eligible for one of these dis
aster loans.
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PLAN MEETING
I council aUlhe Ne,v Hanover High Walters, Mrs. Clara Mae
Jones. Frank' Chisholm, W. M.
Hair. D. F. Clark. John A. Wilkes,
H. B. Terrell, W. D. Pickier, John
McFadyen. B. P. Townsend, R. H.
Gibson, S. B. Hobson, R. H. Wil
liamson, Jim F. West, Doug Mc-
Millian, W. T. McQuage, Earl J.
Hare, Mrs. N. A. Clark. H. T.’
Hines, Jack Sides, Eulus Oldhom,
Will Frank Wright, Dan Clark,
R. L. Smith, H. B. Nixon, Bernice
Garner, Israel Mann, X. J. Mc-
Millian, Roland Baker. Isaac Ba
ker, W. W. Teal, J. V. Miller, T.
C. Scarborough. iM. L. Sides.
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The meeting was presided over
by James H. Clark of Elizabeth
town, president of the council.
Speaker for the occasion was
Chancellor Robert B. House of
the University of North Carolina,
who in his usual entertaining way
discussed with the gathering of
parents and friends of Scouting
the value of scout training, to
boys.
Those attending from Raeford.
members of the executive board,
committee chairmen and their
wives, included Mr. and Mrs.
Younger Snead, Mr. and Mrs. L.
M. Upchurch Dr. and Mrs. R. L.
Murray and Mr. and Mrs. Nat
White. Mr. White is scoutmaster
of the Raeford troop.
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Open Distri^ Census
In L£u
Office
ixington
Alfred Cole, Jr., a pharmacy
student at the University of North
Carolina, will spend the next ten
months at the Southern Pines
Pharmacy, gaining practical ex
perience which will count toward
his degree. He started his duties
there last week and will return to
the University next October, en
tering the senior class.
He has taken a room in the
McMillan building with Watt
Culbreth. who is also employed
at the Southern Pines Pharmacy.
Graham Culbreth is the proprie
tor.
Julian Wright, chairman of the
Sunday School building commit
tee at Bethel Presbyterian church
has asked all members of this
committee to attend- a meeting at
the church at seven-thirty o’clock
tomorrow night.
ELK GIVES COFFEE
W. Lamont Brown. Eighth dis
trict supervisor for the 1950 cen
sus, said this week that an office
has been opened at Lexington and
that he is ready to receive appli
cations for about 400 jobs.
Enumerators will be needed to
work two weeks in urban areas,
others to work about six weeks
in rural areas (where an agricul
tural census will also be taken)
and crew leaders to work about
two months, all jobs to start April
1. Candidates are asked to write
the district office, Bureau of the
Census, at Lexington, for appli
cation blanks and information.
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ATTENDS RADIO SCHOOL
Tony Drake, manager of the
Elk Restaurant, gave the coffee
on Monday and all the coffee he
sold that day went into the March
of Dimes receptacle there. It has- | for radio repairmen. The course
n’t been counted yet but appears will last about seven months.
Sgt. Martin L. Webb, of the
local National Guard battery, will
leave tomorrow for Camp Gor
don, Georgia, where he will at
tend the Army’s advanced school
to be a sizable sum.—Don’t try
to run off with jar.
Mrs. Webb and son expects tv join
him there later.
Star Route Now
Carries Mail But
Jitney Still Runs
The United States mail between
Aberdeen, Raeford and Fayette
ville began moving by truck bn
Monday of this week when a
“Star” route began operation and
replaced the mail service provid
ed by the jitney of the Aberdeen
.and Rockfish railroad for many
years.
The Star route contract, ac
cording to Postmaster L. F. Clark,
is until June 16. It provides for
two round trips daily (six days
weekly) between Fayetteville and
Aberdeen. The truck leaves Fay
etteville at 7:15 a. m. and leaves
Raeford around 8:00. It leaves
Aberdeen on the return trip about
9:45 and Raeford at about 10:30.
It stops at Rockfish on this trip
and leaves Fayetteville on the
ne.\t trip at 2:30, coming through
Raeford at about 3:15. On the
last trip it leaves Aberdeen at
4:15 and Raeford at 5:00. , The
truck goes through Rockfish on
both trips toward Fayetteville
but on neither trip toward Aber
deen.
This arrangement provides just
double the mail service that was
provided by the railroad when the
jitney carried it to Fayetteville
in the mornings wd back in the
afternoons.
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