Newspapers / The News-Journal (Raeford, N.C.) / Sept. 7, 1950, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of The News-Journal (Raeford, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
h YOUR ISCHOOL NEWS By K. A. MacDonald I The white schools of the county will open today at 9:00 A. M. To morrow the schools in the coun ty will close at 12:00 noon. The schools in Raeford will open at 8:30 A. M. and wUl close at 11:30 A. M. This schedule will run through September 29. Beginning Monday, October 2. the schools will go on regular day schedule During the time of the short day schedule the teachers will engage in professional workshops in the afternoons, making special studies in art, remedial reading, visual aids, guidance and nutrition and otheif subjects. A county-wide teachers meeting was held at Hoke High on Tues day evening. The Rev. P. O. Lee conducted the devotional exer cises and made amost inspiring talk on “Interpreting God and Life to the Children.” J, W."Turlington, retiring pres ident of the local NCEA Unit, held a short meeting at which time T. C. Jones was elected pres ident, Mrs. Ruria Shelton, Vice- President, and Mrs. A. W. Wood, Jr., secretary-treasurer for the year 1950-51. Mr. Turlington and , Mr. Jones reported attendance on the Leadership iponference held by the NCE.\ in Salisbury last week end. Routine matters pertaining to the year’s work were discussed by the county superintendent. Sheriff Catches Bootlegger At Bolton’s Place' . Close on the heels of the grand jury recommendation that he take action to reduce the selling of liquor in Raeford and other sec tions of the county Sheriff D. H. Hodgin, accompanied by Officers Cook and Dees of the Raeford police force raided the Bolton Service station on the Laurinburg road just outside Raeford Mon day at noon. • The sheriff said Bolton was not in the place when they arrived. James West, white, was in charge and when they found 21 pints of liquor in a car near the station West said it was his and that he had been selling it, according to the sheriff. Bolton came forward from his residence on the back of the lot and the officers search ed the whole place but could find no more. Bolton said he knew nothing of the liquor or that West was selling it. Bolton himself was found guilty of illegal possession of liquor in April of last year and fined in recorder’s court. West entered a no defense plea in recorder’s court Tuesday and prayer for judgment was contin ued on payment of $100 . and the costs and on condition of two year’s good behavior. While he did not order it. Judge McDiarmid sug- geiSted that West find some other type of employment as soon as he could. 0 RoaB Fatalities Drop In July Bible Teacher Is &nployed For Hoke High School A committee from the Raeford Baptist, Methodist and Presbyter ian churches announced this week that Mrs. T. N. McLauchlin had been employed to teach Bible in the Hoke county high school two days each week during the com ing school year. Mrs. McLauchlin, who taught Bible here four years ago and is considered an outstand ing teacher, will teach in the Sev enty-First high school two days each week also. The steering committee for the project consists of the three min isters, Judson Lennon, P. O. Lee and W. B. Heyward, and layman from each church, C. P. Kinlaw, Mrs. L. M. Upchurch and H. R. McLean. The cost of the project will be divided between the two schools using Mrs. McLauchlin’s time and ' Mrsi C. S. Osment, ,elementary sup^isor^ jeturived '':^.ster4ay from Durham where ^e had gone for treatment of injuries received in a fall just before reporting for work last week. We are glad she is so much improved. L. R. Hendrix, principal of the Mildouson School, will make his home this year in the teachef age at the school building. Robert Rockholtz, new teacher and assistant coach at Hoke High, and Mrs. Rochholtz have taken an apartment in the home of Mrs. Paul Dickson, Sr. The Board of Education held a called meeting last Saturday night. W. p. Harper and Sam Harper of the firm W. D. Harper & Sons, architects and engineers of Flor ence, S. C. for the school building program for Hoke County, were visitors here Wednesday. ■f We call the attention of patrons and the public to the auditor’s statement of receipts and expen ditures of county school funds during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1950, which appears on page eight. Next week a com parison of county with state funds used in the county will be made. 0 Hoke Man’s Nephew Killed In Korea Raleigh^For the first time in six months, highway fatalities took a slight downward turn during July, as compared with the same month last year, the Department of Motor Vehicles reported today The drop occurred despite a dis astrous Fourth of July week end in which 23 persons were killed A total of 77 fatalities were re ported last month, a decrease of six per cent over the 82 record ed during July last year. The last time the fatality figures showed downward turn was in Febru ary! when the toll was 55 as com pared with 68 during February 1949. . _ July’s total brings the figure for the year to 500, as compared with 447 for the same period last year. Through July. Mecklenburg County was leading the State in fatalities with 25. Guilford was second with 20 and Wake a close third with 19. Other counties high on the list are Robeson, 15, Dav idson, 14, and Cleveland and Nash, 13 each. Coimties with no ^tali- ties through July are: Clay, Gates, Hyde, Jones, Macon, Martin, Mit- dhell, Swain, TyrreU, Watauga and Yancey. In addition to the 77 persons killed in July, 1,102 were injured in 2,480 accidents. Compared with July, 1949, injuries were up 161 or 17 per cent, while reported ac cidents increased 626 or 34’ per cent. Total accidents through July numbered 14,688 with in juries reaching 6,544. Judge Hears 12 Cas^ lVi^«day In Reco^r’s Court Judge Henry McDiarmid sent two colored men , to the roads for a year in recorder’s court Tues day in ardrawn-out session of re corder’s court that lasted into the afternoon. The two were Bonnie Campbell and John Henry John son. They had apparently worked each other over, with knives and each was charged with assault with a deadly weapon. Ed Moser, white, was found guil ty of assaulting Arthur McCall, colored. He was taxed with the costs. James West, white, pled nolo contendere on a charge of having whiskey for sale. Judgment was suspended on payment of $100 and the costs and two years good behavior. Buddy Clippard, white, paid the costs for being drunk and disor derly. Alex Brigman. white, paid the costs for assaulting his wife, the cost to this county has been j Leroy. Mufehison, colored, paid set at $1500 for the year. Each J^hg costs for having an open pint pupil attending Hoke high school gf liquor off his premises, will have an opportunity to take William H. Rose, white, charg Bible. ed with passing on a hill in the Committee has been set up for gf coming traffic, .failed to a drive to be conducted next week 1 appear and forfeited a $25 bond all over the county. General gam Coleman and Maritime chairmen are H. L. Gatlin, Jr. I Locklear, Indian, charged with and F. B. Sexton. Community I speeding, chairman are as follows: Ashley Daniel J. Goins Heights, L. R. Cothran and Mrs. and the costs for careless and D. H.' Johnson; Montrose, Warren reckless driving Phillips and Mrs. Duke Marshall; John Liles, colored, paid $10 Buchan. Lee Moss; P^ne Fqrest, an(j costs for driving with im- Dr. Julius Jordan; Wayside, Mrs. prop,er brakes, and Glenn Pittman, Ralph Plummer; Philippi, Smith white, paid $25 and the costs for Mclnnis; Rockfish, Mrs. Mary Me- j driving without a driver’s license. Innis; Arabia, Mrs. Dave Hendrix; Dundarrach, Pete Canaday and Mrs. Jesse Gibson; Antioch, Mrs. Willie Hodgin; Allendale, David Liles; Blue Springs, John Frank Chisholm, Mrs. Halley Blythe and V J. H. Plummer received word th%t his nephew, Lieut. Allen Frank Plummer of South Caro lina, had been killed in action in Korea with the 1st Cavalry Divi sion on July 25. Lieut. Plummer was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wright Plummer of the Red Bluff section of Marl boro county, S. C., and was a vet eran of three years World War 11 service in the Air Force. He was a graduate of Presbyterian college, Clinton, S. C. NOW IN KOREA Ingatherings The annual harvest ingath erings will held by churches in the county at various times during the fall. Meals will/be served, with the main dishes in most cases being chicken salad and barbecue. There will be sales of food, handiwork, produce, cakes and the like at most of them. For the benefit of these churches and the peo ple who wish to attend the in gatherings we will carry a schedule of those we are told about in this space until they are held. Philippi Presbyterian, Friday, September 15. noon and even ing. Parker’s Methodist, Thurs day, September 28, noon and evening. Sandy Grove Methodist, Thursday, September 28, noon. Raeford Methodist, Thursdav, October 5, noon and evening. Shiloh Presbyterian, Thurs day, October 12,, evening. Bethel Presbyterian, Thurs day. October 19, noon. Pair Suet Wright For $30)000 As Result Of Wreck Bankers Believe Farmers In Good Shape For Future Flera Macdonald Opens Term Friday The doors of Flora Macdonald Mrs. Lucy Smith; 'Five Points, I College will be opened to its 54th Mrs. Horace Walters, Mrs. H. W. j student body on " ' Ellis and Mrs. Reuben Webb; Raeford, T. B. Upchurch, Mrs. Younger Snead, Mrs. H. C. Rob erts, Mrs. Jesse Gulledge, Mrs. Virgil Dedas and Clarence Lytch. These and other solicitors in each community will attempt to raise this $1500 next week, Sep- September 8, w’hen the first arrivals will be the officers of the student Christian association and student council. During the week end, the two groups will make plans for the welcoming of new and returning students on Monday and Tuesday, and for social activities for the TO REMODEL THEATRE J. B. McIntyre, operator of the Raeford Theatre, said this week that the owners of the building had decided to enlarge and re model it in the near future and that plans are being designed for g building about 60 feet longer than the present house and com pletely modern in every respect. 0 YATES WITH ROBBINS tember 10 to 17 and anyone wish- I new comers. Cabinet members ing to contribute to this cause will greet all new students who come either in cars or by bus. Week end activities for the cab inet members will begin with sup per at the home of their faculty adviser, Mrs. Elbert McPhaul of the Bible department, on Friday The plant and equipment of North Carolina farms have never Indian, paid ^ been in better condition, and the state’s farmers are prepared to meet any emergency that may lie ahead, according to R. B- Lewis, Exec. .Vice Pres, of The Bank of Raeford, who represents the North Carolina Bankers Association as a county key banker. “One of the best indications of thi§ is the large amount of bank credit which North Carolina farmers have put into new equip ment and other improvements during the postwar years,” Lewis said. Reporting on the results of the ninth national survey of agricul tural lending made by the Agri cultural Commission of the Amer ican Bankers Association, Lewis noted that there was a slight in crease in both the number of loans and the total amount bor rowed from banks by North Car olina farmers last year. “This in- Damages totalling $30,000 are being sought in Cumberla.nd coun ty superior court in two civil ac tions filed Friday.against WilUam O. Wright of Hoke county. Plaintiffs in the action are Irene Shankle Hawkins, 19, re presented by N. H. McGeachy, Jr., and Thomas F. Mangrum, Fort Bragg soldier. The civil suits grew out of a series of collisions on the morning of June 2 here in Raeford between cars operated by James W. Mann and Wright. Plaintiffs allege they were riding in the Mann car when Wright ran into the rear of the vehicles several times, finally causing the Mann car to go out of control and overturn. The vehicles came to rest on the Fayetteville road just one block from Main street in Raeford. Damages of $20,000 are sought by Irene Hawkins, while Man grum seeks $10,000. Both allege they suffered permanent injury in the wreck of the iMann car. Cbarjcs of careless and reck less ciriving were preferred again-. St both parties involved in the af fair. but have never been tried. Judge McDiarmid has ordered all parties notified to be in recorder’s court next Tuesday for trial. Termination of Wright’s opera tion of night clubs in the county Was recommended by the grand jury at the last term of Superior court, although he has not been personally involved in court ac tion resulting from difficulties be ginning at his place. In 1946 a soldier was shot in the stomach there reportedly by Wright, but no action was ever taken about it, and this year “Blondy” Wilson was fined for having illegal gam bling devices and liquor there. —0 Arch K. Currie Dies Friday Night; Funeral Sunday . County Native, Church Leader, Raeford Citizen Passes After Short Illness PERSONALS may give the money to any of them. 0 LIBRARY NEWS Schedule Hoke County Public evening. Introduction of the new Library students to faculty members will Monday through Saturday _ be conducted by President Wood- 10 to 12; 2 to 5:30; Closed from son on the front veranda at 6:45 12 to 2 for lunch; Closed on Wed- Monday evening. Tuesday even- nesday. McPhaul will give a I resume of the college history Mr. and Mrs. Younger Snead 1896-1950”, in the college have presented two books as me- auditorium. morials to the library, Cry, the I Registration will be held on Beloved Country, by Paton, in Monday and Wednesday, and memory of H. A. Cameron, and I placement examinations on Tues- The Natural Bent, by Dr. Paul B. day. Classes will begin Thursday, Barringer, of Chapel Hill, in mem- September 14, and the formal dry of Cecil Dew. A mong the new books receiv ed in the library are the follow ing titles: World Enough and Time, War; ren; Never Marry a Ranger, Mc- opening will be held at the cha- ped period, 10:20, Friday morn ing, when Dr. J. M. Godard, of 1 Atlanta, Georgia, secretary of the commission of higher education will address the faculty and stu dents. Pastors of all the town Connell; Hunt With the Hounds, churches will take part in this Eberhart; Bowery to Bellevue, I service, which will be conducted Barringer; Deepwood, Perrin; Fye I by Dr. Woodson. Pvt. Thomas R. Inman, son of Mrs. O. C. Sanders, is now with an infantry unit in Korea. His mother learned by letter this week that he had arrived 'on August 25. Pvt. Inman is a former mem ber of the local National Guard unit. M. D. Yates, who has been with The Johnson Company for several months as manager, went to work for Robbins Mills this week. His duties are in the construction of fice of C. M. Guest and sons on the job here. ^0 ;Mr. and Mrs. Colon Scarborough and daughters, Lillian and Lynda, are spending this week at their home at Tilghman Beach, S. C. Witness, Coxe; Here’s your Hobby, Zarchy. Beginning Monday, September 11, notice of overdue books will be sent out every Monday. It will be appreciated if every one hav ing overdue books will return them to the library. Miss Evelyn Mullen, Supervisor of Rural Libraries, from the North Carolina Library Commission, Ra leigh, spent two days in Hoke' County Public Library last week making plans for the bookmobile. A school bus which is being con verted into a bookmobile for coun ty wide service is undergoing repairs and it is hoped will be ready for service in about two weeks. RURITANS TO MEET The Hoke Ruritan club will hold its regular monthly meeting Wednesday night, September -13, at the Rockifsh community house. A splendid program has been ar ranged and all members are urg ed to be present. Mr. and Mrs. A. R. FitzSimons and children of Macon, Georgia, were week end guests of Mrs. FitzSimons’ mother. Mrs. R^'an McBryde. Pfc. Claud T. Campbell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Locke Campbell, is now at Keesler Air Force Base, Biloxi, Miss., he writes this week. He has been in the Air Force since early summer. • — 0— Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Harris and sons spent the week end in Rox- boro with relatives. crease is healthy”, he said, “in view of the present uncertainies. It reflects the tremendous expan sion that is taking place in North Carolina agriculture, as well as the desire of farmers to keep the agricultural plant in top condi tion. The small size of the increase and the rapid rate_ of repayment show that farmers are, however, wisely avoiding excessive debt.” Mr. Lewis stated that “in 1949, the last full year of operation, the 214 North Carolina banks serving agricultural communities loaned $70,799,000 to 85,368 farmers. This is an increase of 31,743 loans and $9,589,009 over 1948. Of the total amount loaned last year, $55,- 396,000 were borrowed by 77,- 796 farmers to finance production and operational'requirements. Of these loans, only $12,925,000 were outstanding on January 1, 1950. “The total bank-held farm debt in North Carolina on January 1, 1950, was $33,574,000.” “With the unusually large de mand for equipment caused by World War II apparently satis fied,” Mr. Lewis said, “ a larger and larger percentage of farm borrowings have been going into other long range improvements. These improvements, along with the growing trend of North Caro lina farmers to practice ■‘modern conservation and land manage ment, will assure a growing im portance for the state in the ag ricultural picture for years to come.” fl Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Suddreth and Miss Libby Suddreth left Sunday for Western N. C. Miss Suddreth went to Boone where she will enter her freshman year at Appalachian, and Mr- and Mrs. Suddreth are visiting relatives in Lenoir. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Davis and daughter left for their home in Columbia, S. C. Monday after spending the past week with Mr. Davis’ mother, Davis. Mrs. Christian Mrs. J. A. Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Davis and son spent the week end at St. Pauls. On Sun day they visited Mrs. Davis’ mo ther, Mrs. Henry Marsh in the Grays Creek section In Cumber land County. Archibald Keahey Currie of Raeford died in a Fayeteville hos pital at eight o’clock last Friday night after having been a patient ■ there for four days. He suffered a heart attack at his home here Monday night and was taken to the hospital Tuesday morning. Mr. Currie was 68 years of age and was born near the “Pike*^, near where the turnpike road crosses Drowning creek into Scot land county. He was one of eight children of the late John Calvin Currie and Mary McLean Currie . and was a member of one of the old and promdnent Scottish fam ilies in this section. His birthplace now in this county, was at that time in Cu.mberiand county. He lived in Maxton for a time and came to Raef'‘'rd from there. He ‘.vas ;n the auto.T.obile busi ness here for a while and later was, associated ‘.vith The Currie Co., a store located where Belk- Hensdale Co. now is. For quite a few years before his death he was a roofing contractor. He was quite active in the Rae ford Presbyterian church, being an elder and treasurer of the Sun day school at the time of his death and having been church treasurer and commissioner from Fayette ville Presbytery to the General Assembly in 1949. He was a char ter member of the Raeford Ki- wanis club and a Mason. Funeral was conducted, at 3:30 Sunday afternoon at the Raeford Presbyterian church by the Rev. W. B. Heyward, pastor, assisted by the Rev. P. O. Lee. pastor of the Raeford Methodist church. Burial was in the Raeford ceme tery. Pallbearers were Tom Mc Bryde. T. B. Upchurch. Devoe Austin. Neill A. McDonald. Dr. R. L. Murray. Neill James Blue, N. B. Sinclair and Dr. M. R. Smith. Surviving are his wife, the former Miss Ella Mae Poole; a daughter, Miss Leonora Currie; a brother, Chalmers Currie of Laur inburg; two sisters, Mrs. E. J. Bethune of Hamlet and Mrs. How- rd Hasty of Maxton. -I 0 Mrs. J. T. Ross of Washington. N. C. was a week end guest of her daughter, Mrs. Robert Gatlin and family. She left Raeford Tues day for Long Beach, California, for a visit with Inother daughter, Mrs. Sam Riddle and Mr. Riddle. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Tapp and Marylin were away on vacation last week. They saw the pageant. “Unto These Hills”, visited in the home of Mr. Tapp’s sister, Mrs. H. E. Stinchcomb at Black Moun tain, and spent one day with Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Poovey at New ton. They were accompanied home by Mrs. Tapp’s father, H. M. Wil liams, and her sister. Miss Maude Williams, who are spending this week here. Mrs. Eva Cummings Dies Last Sunday Mrs. Eva Pate Cummings died at the home of her father, W. N. Pate, last Sunday morning at 10:15 following a long illn^. Fimerad sendees were conduct ed at the Rosendale Baptist church in Moore county cuad die was buried in Lake view cemetery. She is survived by her husband, Woodrow Cummings, her mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Pate; three brothers, Raymond, Vernon and Fred Pate of the home five sisters, Mrs. Edward Miller and Mrs. Harrison Miller of Shan non, RFD, Mrs. Clayton WHson, Mrs. Johnnie Wilson and Mrs. John Wilson of Vass. RFD 2, and a number of nieces and nephews. Miss Flora Boyce of Fayetteville visited friends here over the week end. Miss Gwen Gore had as her guests Sunday Misses Rosaland Weinstein, Nora Dean Parker and Eunice Sanders, all of Lumberton. Miss Gore and Miss Weinstein were rommates at Carolina this summer. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Hampton had as their week end guests ^ Mr. Hampton’s sister. Mrs. Myrtle Arnold of Norfolk, Virginia, and Mrs. Horace Faires of Greens boro. Mrs. Aganora Andrews, Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Lester and daugh ter spent the week end in New berry. S. C. with Mr. Lester’s mother, Mrs. T. B. Lester, Sr. Mrs. Paul Dickson, Sr. and Pete Dickson were guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Gatlin at Topsail the first of the week. Misses Ruby Clark and Mag gie Jane Jackson left Tuesday for Raleigh where they will at tend the Raleigh School of Com merce. Mb. and Mrs. Ray Muench spent ■ the week end at Myrfle Beach. They joined a party of relatives from South Carolins.
The News-Journal (Raeford, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Sept. 7, 1950, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75