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Quite a number of “Old Grads” home from college for the holi- 1 days, visited Hoke High Monday and Tuesday. Student government at Hoke High has been instituted and seems to be off to a good start. The student council gave a talent show at chapel last Friday and t’ repeated it by request Wednesday ^ night. The students prepared and I produced it without faculty help I and it was a most splendid per formance. . ^ ^ . SOME BUSINESSES WILL BE CLOSED ON TUESDAY Some business houses in Rae- ford will take a holidlay next Tues day and some will i Those yho plan to close on tlm day as - Christmas holi^y may be found on a cooperative advertisement on page 4 of this issue. Separate advertisements ap pear for The Bank of Raeford, Howell Drug Co. and Hoke Con crete Works. Those not listed will be open as far as we know. 0 McKEITHANS BETTER Hear Liquor Cases, Traffic Violations, In Court Tuesday ■ f ■ . . ~ All cases tried in Hoke County recorder’s court Tuesday before Judge Henry McDiarmid -dealt with driver’s licenses, si>eeders or violations of the prohibition laws. Daniel Goins, Indian who has ’appeared in similar cases a time or two before, pleaded guilty of violating the prohibition* laws on two ^nts, one for having a still and one for possession of non tax-paid fiquor. Sentence on the still case was two years and on the other six months on the roads. ■Ap^rently considering the fact that Goins has a large family and his statement that he is about to move from the county, the court suspended the sentences on con dition that Goins pay a fine of $350 by January 2,, 1951 land that he not be caught in Hoke county in two years.^ He posted a $400 bond for his appearance on Jan uary 2. George Day, colored, got six months suspended on payment of $50 and the costs for violating the prohibition laws. Lonnie Fields, white, was found guilty of possession of wine made from grapes not grown on his property and was taxed the costs. Herbert Cole, colored, paid $10 and the costs for violating the prohibition laws. David Earl Jackson, colored soldier, forfeited a $75 bond for speeding 75 miles an hour. Mar tin Williams, colored, paid $25 and the costs for speeding 70 miles and hour. Robert Savage, white, paid $2'5 and the costs for careless and reckless driving. I'Biifehey Colemancol ored soldier, paid $100 and the costs for driving after his license had been revoked. Frank Diggs, colored, paid $25 and the costs for having no driver’s license. 0 PERSONALS Herbert McKeithan, who came home from Greensboro last Thurs day quite sick, is still confined to bed at his home here but is much better. Dan McKeithan, who had been a patient at a Fayetteville hospi tal for about two weeks, is con siderably improved and eame home Tuesday. COMMUNITY CHAPEL CHRISTMAS PROGRAM What is Christmas made of? It is the fine gifts that gladden us in anticipation of their use the festive de corations ... the pleasant thought of a fine Christmas dinner... And more. For it is the smiles. Smiles from everyone,, that manifest the happiness that we feel in GIVING. It is the spiritual satisfaction that we derive from inspir ing church services . . . and the good fellowship that prevails amidst the visits of folks we know well... and not so well. To all of you, to whom this spirit has such profound meaning ... friends, neighbors, relations ... and to our gallant sons, serving the cause of Liberty in far away places, we wish the very Merriest of Holidays. N^ws-Journal #5 Lt. Ed Willis is spending the hplidays here with his family. He has been at Fort Jackson, S. C. and after the holidays will re port to Camp Rucker, Alabama. Jimmy Woodhouse of Wake Forest college is home for Christ mas. Mrs. W. B. Gulledge returned hme last week after a visit in Raleigh with her daughter, Mrs. Harold Long. There will be a Christmas pro gram artd tree at Community Chapel Methodist church Friday evening at 7:30 to which the pub lic is invited. —0- Misses Marian Lewis and Ann Graham of Salem College are here.'for the holidays with home folks. Miss Reva Epstein of New York visited relatives' in Raeford this week. Mrs. G. W. Casque, who has been hostess and desk clerk at Hotel Raeford for some time, left Raeford Saturday for Fayetteville and will be hostess at the High- smith Hospital Nurses’ home. Miss Katherine Blue arrived Saturday from UNC,. Chapel Hill, to spend the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Blue. Mrs. J. H. Blue and Mrs. R. A. Matheson spent yesterday in Dur ham. They were accompanied home' by Miss Shirley Blue and Miss Alice Sutton Matheson of Duke University, for the holi days. Mr. and Mrs. “Bishop” Robin son moved i.nto thoir now home, which, has .i'ust been completed, last week. Warrant Officer and Mr.V James Kail, who have lived out at the Lester country home for some time, moved into the apartment Vacated by the Robin sons. Miss Bonnie Kate Blue is com ing home today from Queens col lege to spend Christmas with 'her parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Blue Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Harris and sons will go to Roxboro to be with home folks during the holidays. (1 PLAN CHRISTMAS TREE AT TABERNACLE CHURCH Malcolm Matheson, student at Fishbourne Military Academy, , Waynesboro, Virginia, arrived in Raeford Monday to join his fath er, RaBidle,-Matheson at the home of Mrs.*” Jim “Warner. Malcolm will accompan.y his father home for the holidays. Tabernacle Baptist church .at Pockfish will have a film strip on the birth of Christ at the church tomorrow night, December 22. There will also be a program of Christmas carols and the Christ inas tree. The program will start at 7:00 o’clock. ^ Coach and Mrs. Robert Rock- holz arc leaving today for their home in New London, Connecticut. Richard Lizzottc of the Para Thread Company, accompanied them and will spend the holidays at his home in Providence, R. I. Lions Appreciate Toy Cooperation H. D. Harrison, committee chairman, yesterday -expressed the appreciation of the Raeford Lions club to the people of Rae ford who responsed so gent^ously to the club’s appeal for toys and clothing. Harrison said that over 750 useful toys were collected, repaired and delivered. He said that deliveries had been made by the club’s committee and that fruit, toys, and clothing had been distributed^ to about 150 children and adults. He said the club had also helped all the blind people in the county. He also expressed the club’s thanks to several business firms who had been helpful in the col lecting, repairing, and distribution. These were Belk-Hensdale Co., Baucom Appliance Co., Johnson Cotton Co., Raeford Hardware Co., Mack’s 5 and 10 and Wood Furniture Co. 0 To Celebrate 100th Birthday Tomorrow Thomas Martin, father of Mrs. K. D. Lowe and a Raeford resi dent since 1943, plans to observe his 100th birthday here tomorrow. He makes his home with Mrs. Lowe, and he has been confined to his bed there for the last few weeks with a cold.. His health is not generally bad for his age, al though his eyesight is failing. Mr. Martin was born in St. Pauls and lived there most of his life, except for about 30 years he spent in Florida. He has three liv ing children, including Mrs. Lowe, and one son is deceased. His w.ife. the former Maggie Baxley of .St. 10 Men To Go To Army Jan. 12 Mrs. J. M. Baker, clerk for Hoke county draft board number 48, said yesterday that orders were going to 10 men in the coun ty this week to report to the Fay etteville Induction station on Jan uary 12, 1951 for induction into the .Vrmy under the Selective Service act. These men have al ready passed their pre-induction mental and physical examinations. The board has also received or ders to call up 35 men between the age.s of 18 and 26 for pre-in duction mental and physical ex aminations next month. These men will be ordered to ‘report to the induction station on January 30. 1951. The draft board office will be closed Monday through Thursday of next week, Mrs. Baker said, ^d will be open on Friday, De cember 29. Funeral Tomorrow For Mrs. Ellen Davis C. of C. Members To Meet Tonight The membership of the Rae ford Chamber of commerce will have a meeting tonight which promises to be of great im portance to the whole commun ity in a way which is quite separate from the routine elec-, tion of directors and reading of reports which usually char acterize annual meetings. At the meeting tonight those attending (aqd the public is invited) will hear of the form ing of “Raeford Betterment Incorporated,” which corpora tion was formed last week. They will be told all the de tails of the new corporation’s plan to build 130 houses for Robbins Mills on the develop ment, “Robbins Heights,” in Raeford, when they are to be built, what the houses will be like and what the costs will be to individuals desiring to par ticipate in the scheme. Chamber officials are anxi ous to have a good crowd at the courthouse at 8:00 o’clock tonight so that the people of the community may become better acquainted with what is being and has been done to improve the place by this group. Mrs. Ellen Tiner Davis, 83, died early yesterday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Alex Baker,' of Raeford, route 1. A na tive of Robeson county, she had made her home with Mrs. Baker for several years. Mrs. Davis was the widow of R. A. Davis, and her survivors include six daughters, Mrs. Baker and Mrs. G. W. Pittman, both of Raeford, route 1, Mrs. J. E. Car penter. Mrs. W. M. Tyson and Mrs. Lena Britt, all of Fayette ville, and Mrs. D. F. Currie of Rockingham; one brother, Wil liam Tiner of Fayetteville, one sister, Mrs. Nathan Jackson of Fairmont; 23 grandchildren and 28 . great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 3 o’clock Friday afternoon at Ephesus Baptist church, and will be conducted by the pastor, the Rev. S. Judson Lennon. Burial will be in the church cemetery. i P^.‘B. Cole. Jr. of The Citadel came home Friday to spend the holidays with his parents. Mr. & Mrs. Plummer Lose Home To Fire The home of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Plummer in the Wayside sec tion of the county was destroyed by fire of unknown origin last Sunday morning. Nothing appre ciable was saved but the stove and refrigerator and a piece or two of living room furniture. Mr. and Mrs. Plummer were eating their breakfast when they heard a noise. Mrs. Plummer went to the dining room door and open ed it and saw that the room, was full of flames- and that the noise was falling timber. The fire start- oj in the dining room ceiling. The house was insured. Raeford Team Enters New Cage League; Robbins Sponsors Pauls, died in 1936. ’. 0 METHODIST CANTATA A Christmas Carol cantata, “Pre pare Him Room,” by Rosemary Hadler, will be presented at the Raeford Methodist church Sunday evenii-.g at 7;30 by the choir. The public is cordially invited to at tend GALATIA TO HAVE CHRISTMAS TREE The Christmas program and Christmas tree at Galatia Pres byterian church 'will be on Fri day evening at 7:00 o’clock. Not only the children and young peo ple but all the church folks are invited to come. The Board of Directors of the newly formed Recreational Bas ketball League will meet in Red Springs Thursday night, Decem ber 21st to perfect plans for the 1951 jeason. St. Pauls sponsored by Burling ton Mills, Lumberton by the City Recreation Department. Red Sp rings by Robbins Mills, Inc.. Eliz abethtown by the Junior Chaaiber of Commerce, Laurel Hill by the American Legion and Raeford by Robbins Mills, Inc. have filed thoir entries and posted the for feit fee. ■ Additional teams to enter are The Father George Mills of San ford, Robbins Mills .of . Aberdeen and the Fairmont team sponsore.l by the Chamber of Commerce. The Directors, composed of one representative of each town, arc expected to adopt a two game a week schedule starting January both, with games on Monday and , Thursdays. Hoke High TsJees Three Games From Tlst Here Friday « The Junior Varsity started the night off with a 29-19 win over the 71st Junior Varsity in the first game of three in "the local gym last Friday. Benner and Lovette sparked the Fawn’s at tack. The Jayvees give evidence that Hoke High Bucks will not be weak in reserves. The girls’ overcame an early lead to hand the 71st sextet their first defeat of the year. Lyda Wil liams sparked the offense with 25 points in the 48-37 win. Peggy Thomas looked very good as a playmaker and showed up as a good shot also scoring 13 points. Mary Sue Upchurch was outstand ing in her defensive play. All the: guards deserve praise for their holding the high scoring 71st club to 37 points. Norton was high for 71st with 18 points. The Hoke High girls are unde feated so far this year with de cisive wins over Wagram and Rowland. The boys made a clean sweep of the triple-header for Hoke by handing the Tlst quintet a 52-^6 defeat. The Bucks jumped to an early 9 point lead and this lead was never threatened. Billie Les ter led the Bucks in their win with 21 points. Lundy and McLauchlin were runner-ups with 12 points each. At the end of the first half the Bucks had a 15 point lead. The first half was fast scoring with the Bucks working the fast break and criss-crosses off the pivot position. Lester’s set shots in the second quarter kept the Buck’s lead protected. The second half was slower with Hoke playing for time, and work ing the ball in to protect the 15 point lead. Culbreth’s outstand ing defensive play in the last half kept the- Bucks 'from being press ed. ' Bease.v was high for' the 71st boys with 15 points with Wiggins runner-up with 12 points. The Buck-s are undeteate'i so far this season vich wins over Wagram, Rowland and 71st.-. -G- COURTHOUSE SCHEDULE .1^ |2^ FEB YEAK Fanners Gioose PRIA Conunittee In Elections Wilbur L. Smith, of route 1, Lumber Bridge, N. C. was elected chairman of the Hoke County Pro duction and Marketing Adminis tration Committee at the county convention held in Raeforl, De cember 15, 1950. Elected as vice-chairman of tiie county committee was Walter L. Gibson and as regular member Robert D. Strother. The two al ternates are J. H. Blythe and J. R. Hendrix. These committeemen were elect ed to administer the Agricultural Conservation Program, loan pro gram for com. oats, wheat, soy beans, lespedeza. acreage allotment marketing quotas, and other as signments for 1951. All of these committeemen are farmers. They are paid for only the few days they actually serve. W. L. Smith, the chairman of the Hoke County PMA Commit tee for. 1951. owns and operates a farm located in Stonewall town ship. On this farm he proluces, cotton, toacco, small grain and com. The vice-chairman, W. L. Gib son, has a farm in Antioch town ship, where he produces cotton, tobacco, small grain 4hl com. R. D. Strother, the thiH mem ber of the committee, owns and operates a farm in Quewhiffle township. His farming operations are devoted mostly to tobacco with some cotton, small grain, lespedeza and com planted. The farms of the two alter nates: J. H. Blythe is located in Raeford township and J. H. Hen- Irix in Blue Springs ' township. They produce cotton, tobacco, small grain and corn. The vice-chairman. W. L. Gib son, has resigned from serving on the County Committee as he is on the Hoke County Board of Edu cation.' Therefore. J. H. Blythe, first alternate will move up and take his place on the County Committee. Results of community elections for farmer committeemen to ad minister important farm pro grams during the coming year have been announced by Louise V. Blue. Secretary, Hoke County Production and Marketing Ad- fninistration (PMAI Committee. The results follow: Allendale Towmship: J. A. Rop er, chairman, L. A. McGugan, vice-chair.naan; D. A. Currie, member: alternates. M. A. Single- ton, Frank K. Everleigh: delegate to county convention. L. A. Mc Gugan. Antioch Township: G. C. Lytle, chairman; W. L. Gibson,, vice- chairman; Douglas McPhaul, member; alternates, 'W. T. Ever leigh, D. W. Gillis; delegate to county convention, Douglas Mc Phaul. Blue Springs Township; A. R. county convention, J. R. Hendrix, vice-chairman, Marvin Gainey, member; alternates, C. J. Mc Neill. J. F. Chisholm; delegate to county convention, J. R. Hendriq. Little River; L. D. Brooks, chair man: E. B. Blue, vice-chairman; C. H. Marks, member; alternates, N. A. McGill. M. H. Cameren, del egate to county convention, E. B. Blue. j .McLauchlin: D. P. Gillis. chair- Jman; John Parker, vice-chairman; W. Lacy McNetU, member; al ternates, J. H. Plummer, B. B. Bostic; Delegate to county conven tion. J. H. Plummer. Quewhiffle: |H. B. Walters, chairman: J. A. Webb, vice-chair man: R. H. Webb, 'immber; alter nates. R. D. Strother,.. A. R. Wal- (Continued on back page) The offices at the courthouse will close at noon tomorrow and will reopen next Thursday morn ing, December 28. according to John McGoogan. The County com missioners will hold their Jan uary first meeting on January second instead. There will be no recorder’s couit next Tuesday. LIBRARY SCHEDULE . The Hoke County Public library will be closed December 23 and will be closed through December 27 for the Christmas holidays. The library will reopen Uie morn ing of Thursday,* December 28.
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