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h V'Ul m \ voiei or fkn&^M GUAUHAN OKISERTf News-Journal TJhe HoVfi ro.wntv VOLUME XLV; NUMBER 38 YOlS iSCHOOL NEWS! By K. A. MacDonald The fifth month of the white schools closed on Pebruary 7. Below is given tlieir total enroll ment, meipbership and percent age in attendance. Ashemont 148. 118, 92.6; Hoke High 8th grade 91, 88, 92.1; Hoke High 9-12 grades 273, 253, 93; Mildouson 89, 74, 93; Baeford Graded 536, 481, 91; Hockfish 122, 109, 94. Rockfish re places Mildouson this month as the leader in attendance for the month. We hope each school will try to lead the list for the 6th month. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15; 1951 RAEFORD. N. C. We regret to report that cases of'mumps, measles, scarlet fever and chickenpox have been reportr ed from various schools in the county. All parents ax-e urged to keep a close eye on their children arid* if they show signs of any of the above mentioned diseases csll their family doctor. The Raeford Graded School I'e- pbrts the purchase of a film strip and slide projector. They also re- ix^rt', the successful completion cl tl^'ir yearly magazine sale, Pro- c^ds from this sale will go cq the purchase of a cabinet for storing fihn strips and slides and for the purchase of additional teaching film strips. Recorder Handles Few Speeding Cases In Short Session The weekly session of Hoke county recorder’s court before Judge Henry McDiarmicf was un usually -brief this week. Nine de fendants were on the docket Tues day morning and court was over by eleven o’clock. Joseph H. McFarland and James Anthony Peterson, white, and James Lee Jones, Emanuel Har rington and Willie J. Eleby, color ed, each paid $10 and the costs for speeding. Gary J. Grant, white soldier of the 82nd Division, was caught speeding after his outfit on the way to Fort Benning. Ga. Grant was short on cash and couldn’t come back, so the judge let him off on payment of the costs. John D. O’Connell, white sold ier, -paid $25 and the costs for driving with no driver’s license. William Fiirmage, white, was charged with driving with ^ no driver’s license and expired lic ense plates. He showmd up for trial with receipts for both, so the case ’.vas dismissed. Peter James Thompson, colored, was charged, with driving alter his license had been revoked, in a case that had been on the docket lor several months. He wa^ found guilty and got six months on the roads to be suspended on pay ment of $200 and the costs. He appealed to supei'ior court. Mildouson reports that repair.s, changes and the moving of their library are about complete. They also report the purchase of new books for the libi^ary. rr-rV; : Pl4ns for the county-wide elem entary spelling contest in the white schools have been completed and the pupils are redoubling their efforts in spelling. School authorities greatly re gret the seeming lack of courtesy shown the family of Mrs. Mary E. Blue in their bereavement, but no one in authority knew anything about her death. As soon as it was Mrs. Mary T; Blue Funeral Service Held Here Tuesday Mrs. Mary Teal Blue, 78, wudow of J^h late^ K. Blu? of Blue Springs township, died here Mon day morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. T. C. Davis. Mrs. Blue was born in Anson county and. had been a resident of Hoke county for over 40 years. She is survived by three daugh ters, Mrs. Delia Garner of Cole ridge, Mrs. G.. L. Alexander of Carthage and Mrs. T. C. Davis of Raeford; a'son, Woodrow Blue of Raeford; a son by a former mai'- riage, J. H. Landis; four grand- called to our attention the band was not allowed to play anymore j children; one bi'other and two sis- on Monday night and an effort j tei’s. was made to stop any cheering or noise by the .speclatprs. We great ly regret this unintentional d';s- , courtesy. Methodist • Men Hear Of Soldiers Korean Experience Private First Class Robert L. Sharpe, the High Point, North Carolina, soldier .who cheated death in Korea told the story of his miraculous escape from the North Korean forces at the meet ing of the Men of the Raeford Methodist church last Friday night. The group enjoyed a steak supper prepared by a committee of men. Alfred Cole, club presi dent, presided, and Sharpe was introduced by R. B. Lewis. Pfc. Sharpe, who is currently stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, served as a Combat Me dic in Korea with the famous 24th fnfanti’y Division. He enlisted in the Army on July 27,, 1949, and after receiving his basic training was sent to the Far East with the Occupation Forces in Japan. A't the outbreak of the Korean con flict, young Sharpe went into bat tle and I'emained until he was captured. Upon' final libei'ation, he was flown to the States for medi cal attention at the U. S-. Army ■Hospital at Fox’t Bragg. Fully re- c-jperated and returned to duty, Pfc. Sharpe spends part of his :imc' Idling his stoi'y to various civic organizations throughout the country. 0 — Mrs. Bertha Myers Burled At Philippi Mrs. Bertha Cheek Myers, 55, dided Monday after a short ill ness. Funeral services were con ducted at Philippi Presbyterian church yesterday afternoon by the Rev. W. B. Heyward. Burial was in the church cemetery^ . Mrs Myers is survived by her husband, Robert Myers; three step-children. Hildren Myers of Asheboro, Carl Myers of High Point and Mrs. Nina Williams of % Winston-Salem; two adopted sons, James Myers of High Point and Billy Myers of the home; three brothers, John and James Cheek of Raeford and Carl Cheek of Fayetteville; one sister, Mrs. Beulah Smith of Raeford, Route 2. 0 MARCH OF DIMES dRIVE EXTENDED Neill A. McDonald, county chairman for the March of Dimes, said this ■week that the returns from the drive so far have amounted to $4080.50. McDonald said that the time for the drive had been extend ed through the month of Feb ruary. He said this had been done because of the grOat need for funds by the local, state and national units of the Infantile Paralysis Founda'tion and in the hope that quotas would bo raised in many communities during the extra time. He made an especial plea to all who have not contributed to dx .so right away and called atten tion to the fact that this county started put'the year with a sizable deficit due to money spent on cases of infantile paralysis here being n ore th.xn that received in the March ox Dimes. He ,requested the Opopcr.ition' of everyone in raising the money needed to rhect ihe county’s quota of $5,000. Mrs, B. 'Caulk D.ies Tuesday A. M. Julian C. Lentz Funeral Is Held In Durham Tuesday Julian Carr Lentz, 60, Durham Insurance man, died at Duke hos pital Monday morning at about 10:30 following a heart attack suffered at his office about an hour earlier. Mr. Lentz was a native of Nor wood and was a banker for about 21 years in St. Pauls before mov ing to Durham where he was an insurance man for 18 years, being general agent with the Acacia Mutural for the last 10 years. He was on the board of stewards and was for several years Sunday School superintendent at the Duke Memorial Methodist church, and he w as a 32nd degree Mason. He w'as a bi'other of Mrs. John K. McNeill and the late Mrs. J. C. Thomas of Raeford. Funeral was conducted at his The H® ''Muty Journal CENO^S PER COPY William B. Umstead Speaks To Aiaial Scout Council Meeting Here Tuesday Lions Entertain Town, County Boards Thursday Night The Raeford Lions club enter tained the Town and County com missioners at their regular meet ing at the Lions Den last Thurs day night. The guests were wel comed by club President Carlton Niven and all enjoyed a delicious chicken supper. Guest speaker or the occasion was Major Harold L. Dodge, in spector general'of the 82nd Divi sion at Fort Bragg. Tvlajor Dodge had recently completed a tour of duty as Post safety officer at Fort Bragg, and he spoke to the group on the Safety pro.gram of the Armjn Interesting among ' the church at 4:00 p. m. Tuesday by ^ figure hO'presented -.vas the fad the Rev. R. E. Brown, pastoi', Dr. H. r. Smith of Raleigh and Dr. . It has been announced that the county-wide colored PTA meet ing will be held at the Laurel Hill school at 1:00 p. m.. Friday, Fci> runry 2:i. It is hoped that Dore will be a good attendance. Tito faculty of the school is already making preparation for the meet ing. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the home of \ her daughter, Mrs. T. C. Davis, in Raeford. The Rev. S. A. Ewart conducted' the services and burial was in the cemetery at Bethel Presbyterian church. , Quick, 67, Buried At Parker’s Mrs. Ruth Butler Caulk, 49- year-old residezat of F.xyetteville. route 3, died Tuesday morning in a Fayetteville hospital after an illness of one week. She was born in Scotland coun ty, but had lived on Fayetteville, route 3, for a number of years. Surviving are her. husband, Jasper C. Caulk; thjec daughters, Mary Kate, -Rebecila''and Mary Rene, all of the hdffiflzj^^b broth ers, Zeb and Austin Butler, both of Raeford, route 2; two sisters, Mrs. Bessie Hobson of Fayetteville and Mrs. Maggie West of Cum berland. Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 2 p. m. at the Ephesus Baptist church. —O : Lawrence MeCCee. student at State College, visited relatives here during the week end. His parents. Mr, and Mi's. Alan Mc Gee, are spending some time in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. E. I. Hillm.an. superintedent of ^ the'Durham District of Methodist i churches. Pall’jeai'ers were nep- j hew? of t*xe deceased. Bui'ial -was i’l i'v'hiplewood cemetery. Surviving are his wife, the for- rr.er Afi.-? Fraizce:? Me.Arthur: one dau'a:'.te!'. Mrs. W'ai'ren Lamb of Gothenburg, Nob.;. ■tliree sons, John Lentz of Columbia'. S. C., Dr. Julian C. Lentz, Jr., of Maryville, Tenn.. and Francis Lentz of Char lotte: two brothers, L. A. Lentz of Raleigh and D. C. Lcixtz of Ashe ville; five sistex's. Mrs. J. W. Bai ley of Cary, Mrs. Jessie Lanier of Norwood, Mrs. Mattie L. Bennett of High Point, Mrs. L. L. Bennett of Fayetteville and Mrs. John K. McNeill of Raeford. ■t . 0 WINS FREE WATCH Mrs. Reid Childress won the watch given away by the ftaefox’d Jewelry shop last week as a door prize. 0 Ml’S. O. C. Sanders received news that her son. Pfc. Thomas R. Inman has been returned to duty with his company in Korea. He has been in Japan in a hospital. f- ures it has an ?■ ' ont in each ■ tbrT this i' ■- is killed or by Occident C'O ^O't the ‘-’■v e clothed. ■'-M about o:x’' Mr. and Mrs. W.. E. Moore of Charleston were week end guests of Mr. and 3ilrs. J. B. McIntyre. that the Arnv actual mnnev ir.vc soldier of $9.0('-i a lost v’hen a .sob'-’ disabled. He s..;;' I for Fort Era Army enough t(5 fed. housed a;:',-: ; d:v.ision. or 12 to bl"be.-.wind i.'en. He said the pi-u-rzim was be ginning to .^how rr- bits, however, and c.xpre.ssod the ii-.'pe that more tax dollars would no into defense instead of waste through accident. Ex-Senator Sees Scouting Boon To Coiuitry’s Futare; Lewis Upchurch Honored In an inspiring address to 150 Boy Scout leaders and persons in terested in Scouting Former Sen ator VVTlliam B. Umstead o Dur ham said here Tuesday night that work with the youth of this coun try through organizations such as the Boy Scouts was the best way :o eli.T.inate communism as a dan ger to our country’s future. The address was .made to the Annual Fellow-hip Banquet of tixe Cape Fear .Nrea council of the Boy Scouts of America held in the oase.m.enf o: the Raeford Methodist church. Pre.sent were scout offi cials and leaders from all eight of the counties in the council, -.vhlch runs fro.m New Hanov-er and Per.- ior on -'ne east to Hoke ar.u 3zct- Inncl or. too west. T:' -va/ pro-; ’ over b-.- R-z'ioinn President .lam-ts -H. oiir;-’ .et'-WO-.vn. .•\:-.er' an me;: ory by E'-'-wod D. orering "we;; ,ry by E A '-'r, Field Sco'at Exscu'i ' •5 ':rnr 1*0 11 Rev. P. .0. Lee. pastor of t.he church: The '•’■up then en-'oyed ■god! Mi 5 C !.’e.ayy Ra'tinfT On Tuesday afternoon two inter- school contests ■\vere staged in the new shop building at Upchurch School. The contest held in the T&I shop was between veterans enrolled at Upchurch, Laurinbur.g Institute and West Southern Pines. This contest was divided into 3 classes. No. 1 for veterans with 1-3 months training, No. 2 for veterans with 3-8 months training and No. 3 for veterans with 8-15 months training. No. 1 consisted of raising a 4” return corner J 2 courses high; No. 2 was a 12” x 16” hollow pier 14 course nigh; No. 3 was an 8” return corner 36” high. Winners under these numbers were: No. 1 Joshua Brown, Up church School, 1st prize; No. 2 James Brown, W. Soiithern Pines, 1st prize; Lee Bethea, Upchurch ^nd prize; No. 3 Theodore Brooks, Upchurch 1st 'prize, Eddie Bailey Laurinburg, 2nd prize. Judges were S. E. Smith,( state supervisor . of Trades and Industries and two graduate students from A&T col lege. The second contest was slated in the agriculture shop and was between students from Upchurch and seven other schools in , this district. The contest was divided (Continued cn pafe 4) . Raleigh, Feb. 13—NewBei'n and Aurora today .held the'distiixction of having the cleanest bus stations in the state—each with perfect ra tings of 100. The state utilities commission’s bus transportation division yester day released a list of ratings bas ed on inspections made last month. Stations at Sylvia, Raeford and Hamlet were next with ratings of 99 each. Then came Greensboro and Winston-Salem each 98.5. Charlotte’s station ranked 29th. At the bottom of the list were stations at Lumberton, Asheboro, Selma, Edwin, Elkin, Albemarle and Siler City. _o MUCH BLACK SMOKE Fire alarm at 3:20 p. m. Tuesday in Raeford had people running at a great rate, for a pile of ci’eosoted poles were on fire between the homes of Clarence Lytch and Wal ter Maxwell on Elwood Avenue. From the looks of the dense -black smoke the whole town was on fire. The fire department went around and took care of the fire, although it is doubtful if Mr. Lytch will get much for the poles now. (M , Miss Ellen Currie, who has been living in Richmond for some time« has accepted a position in the den tal department at Fort Bragg and will begin her new duties next Monday. i Cai'y Quick, 67, died at his home on Fayetteville, Route 3, early Thursday morning. Funeral service was conduted at 2:00 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Parker’s Methodist church by tb.e Rev. P. O. Leo, pa.stor, and th'o Rev. David Miller. Burial was in the church cemetery. Surviving ax’e his wife, the for.mer Ce'dixering Sessoms; thx'ee sons. Wendell Quick of Shannon, Mack Quick of New York and Cary Quick, Jr., of the home; five daughter's, Mx's. A. E. Hurtago, Mrs. A. E. Stern and Mrs. Sam Lancona, all . of New York City, Mrs. R. W. Schoene of Jonesboro, Ark., and " Mrs. Ed Lindsay of Dallas, Texas; one brother, Henry Quick of Fayetteville, RFD 7; two sisters, Mrs. Sarah Ann Brigman of Laurel Hill and Mrs. Mary El len Odom of Cheraw, S. C. 9——— Mrs. Arab Gatlin Stuart, who spent last week with her sister, Mrs. Taylor at the Baptist hospital in Winston-Salem returned to Raeford Frid^, while Mrs. W. B. Crumpton was with Mrs. Taylor. Mrs. Taylor is getting along nicely. 4-H CLUB PROJECT WINNERS Misses Ann and Grace Carter spent the week end in Portsmouth, ■Virginia, with friends. Mr. and Mrs, Arthur D. Gore attended the wedding of Miss Anne Byrd McArthur and Lt. David Sutton Meredith which took place in the First Presby terian church in. Fayetteville Sat urday evening at 8 o’clock. Commissioners Ask For Highway Survey At the suggestion of Highway Commissioner George Coble the Hoke county boai^ of commis sioners met with the commission ers of the town of Raeford last Wednesday night. The group talk ed about straightening put U.- S. 15-A through Raeford and passed a resolution asking Coble to have a survey made by an engineer with recommendations as how it could and should be done. Talk is that it will be recom.-r mended that Harris avenue be extended east by Upchurch Mill ing Co. to somewhei'e near the William Lament x'esidence where it would go northeast to t’ne pres ent highway. Other talk is that it should, bo done by cxending Ce'i'.- tral a'.-enue west to somcw’.xeve out in the S'unset Hills area whe>’e it would turn south to the pi-'esen: highway. ^ !1 1 'Jpera airiger App'?a.i’ At i2^1 ora Macdonald Mrs. J. H. McKenzie returned to her home in Wagram Monday after spending the past two months -with her daughter, Mrs. I Reid Childress. The above picture shows the Hoke County 4-H Club project winners for 1950. They are as fol lows: left to right, first row: 1- Lirida Phillips, garden winner, 2- Wilbur Ray Creed, forestry win ner, S-Tommy Han'i-S. meat ani mal production winner, '4-Jon Gax-eth Almond, crafts 'project winner, 5-Benjy' Harris, garden winner-, 6-Be'alar' J;.rre!l. winner in room improveineizt. Second row 1-Bobby Walters, crop production winner and farna and home elec tricity, 2-Nancy Faye Calhoun, leadership winner and second place wiriner in food, preparation, 3- Laverne Mayes, brood sow' project winner, 4-Frances Jo Adcox, food preservation winner, 5-Annie Blue Gameron, dress review, clothing, frozen foods, 'farm and home elec tric and achievement ■winner. Third row: l-Lavina I^ade, Bhie Ribbon Winner in Dress Rgyue, 2-Ellen Kate Koonce, food pre paration winner, 3-Ernest Hare, second place winner in cx'op pro duction, 4-Helen McDougald, Blue Ribbon Winner in Dress Revue. 5-M_ary McLeany^itizenship win ner a'nd second place winner in Co'i-tTity Dress Re\uc, 6-Betty Jo Lovette. Blue'Ribbon Winner , in Jros.? Revue. , _ Beulah Jarrell is a mem’cer of the Rockfish Club. WHlbur Ray Creed, Laverne Mayes, Jon Gareth .A^lmond and Nancy Faye Calhoun are,, members of the Ashemont School. Linda Phillips. Tommy Harris and Benjy Harris are stxr- dents in the'Raeford graded school. Bobby Walters, Ernest Haire, Frances Jo Adcox, Annje Blue Cameron, Lavina Wade, Ellen Kate Koonce, Helen McDougald, Mary McLean and Betty Jo Lov- ette are members o the Hoke High Club. , Claranzae Turi'iev; con tralto of the Nlcropolitar. .Opera and. the San Francisco Opera com panies, will appear at Flora Mac donald college on Monday even ing, Febx'uary 19. at 8:15. as the third number of the season’s con cert series. Ever since her ’orilliant debut at the Metropolitan in 1946, this talented young artist has achieved an artistic stature remarkable for a singer still in her twenties. The San Franicsco News says, “As leading contralto of the San Fran cisco Opera Company. Claramae Turner regularly steals the show —she has a magnificent voice.’’ . She is well known to radio lis teners, and for a year .and a half was the featured soloist with or chestra for the American Broad- j casting Company in San Fr.xncisco. On NEC and Mutual networks, s'f-.e'has sxing leading roles on the '•Great Moments of Music” an>d ••Let's Go to the Opei;a” programs. Her concert and opera appear ances. for which she is in ever in creasing demand, have to be worked in between Qpei'a per formances. One critic, “She is ra pidly becoming one of the great Carmens of today.” One of the most sought after young singers on the concert stage today, her schedule includes re gular appearances with the San Francisco Opera Company, the winter season at the Met in New a ;:e;iciou.' . .;key dinv:.- pre pared by'the ladies of :he church. The gx'oup enjoyed so.ngs by the high school se.’ctette of Raeford and uiso a .solo by Joe- Mann of' I Whiteville, brother of Israel Ma.nn. The attendance tropliy was pre sented to the Western District by ■ML Roy Sut'nerland. council v.ce- president. The western district had best attendance at the meet ing, as they did last year w’neii the meeting was in Wilmington. In the president’s opening re marks he highly praised Younger Snead, Rev. W. Knight Thompson of Wagram and Beiry French of- Lumberton for arranging the ban quet in such a fine manner. Silver Beaver Awards were made to Lewis M. Upchurch of Raeford and M^allace I. West of M’'ilmington. These awards, the highest made by the Boy Scouts, are for outstanding- service to Scouting and to their communitiz-zs' by the recipients. In making the a'.', aids Richard S. Rogers of M”}!- . ming'ton, treas'arer of the coarieil, tc '! c: the e.xceptiohal records of to t’neir c'omimunities' an 1 to S'zoutir.g 'oy both LVest and Un- I c’nu’.'ch: .J”d stated that t'ne exe- j ca'.ive boai'd had ‘unanimously en- I and appr-oved tizem fer the ' 'C-ii '.on L. M'lore of B.irga’.v was ■ ■> and presented tl'.e presi- 0>:" ? pin oy Mr. Clark. Mr. Moore i:--- a ia-.vyer and' is solicitor for his and .has been active in affairs of the council for several years. He then introduced ' Mr.' Umstead. In developing his the.me ■ IMr. Umstead. went into some detail about the influences in a boy’s life that are wholesome and how they all have an effect on the man he becomes. It is these influences, he said, that will determine wheth er or not he ds a good American or one thdAvi'ill fall for the in sidious influence of communism. The benediction was pronouffeS by the Rev. W. Knight Thompson, pastor of Montpelier Presbyterian church O' MTagram. HOKE COUNTY DOGS DOING GOOD WORK A pair of sad-faced bloodhounds belonging to Heston Rose of Kae- ford and being used by the Cxim- riand county police bracked down two Cumberland prisoners •vvithin three hours after they' jumped off a prison truck last Wednesday. Assistant Prisons Di rector H. H. Honeycutt said “They jumped off a truck and nm* through the woods. The dogs got them and they are now hack itt their cells.” York, coast-to-coask coDC«tt tours, and rec«tUy, ft triaii^ltoftt Ipiar of the Cmtrftl Am«ic«B • ‘‘i'll!
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