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The Hoke County News
The Hoke County Journal
VOLUME XLV; NUMBEE 39
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1951
RA^ORD. N. C
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SCHOOL KEWS
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By K. A. MacDonald
, Last Thursday evening the
■“United Forces” for education
met at Hoke High and saw at film
strip produced for the United
Forces showing the needs of the
schools and what the advisory
budget recommendation would do
for the schools in the yaw of cur
tailed services, increased teacher
load and decreased teacher salar
ies. It showed what the State
Board of Education’s request
would do and what the proposals
made by NCEA. Miss Watson read
the script with the film-strip and
W. T. Gibson and K. A. MacDon
ald discussed the school situation.
T. C. Jones, county president cf
NCEA, was in charge of the meet
ing.
The Hoke Vocational agricul
ture department has installed
shades in the classrooms of the
new building. They will now be
able to use their visual aids for
.class work- in the daytime.^
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The. Raeford Graded School has
re^eivi^' h of new film-
strips arar ii^tructidnal purposes.
They! getting them strip lib
rary built-up to good proportions.
All 'schools
rir^hnay call"
with .^icmchrooms
ieh potato^on the
m days. A
i^^receivedl^
#-^ie'cts, fort^&yi^(ipR*’^''E%catioi^
preliminary sketches for a pro
posed addition to the Raeford
Graded School. '
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New rooms will have to be add
ed or a new school built to ac
comodate thb ’additional pupils
that will cdme in on account of
the new housing project. The prin
cipal reports that new pupils are
enrolling now every week and that
the total enrollment is the. largest
in history of the school.
The towm is placing the pile of
dirt at the Raeford Graded school
this week. We appreciate this ser
vice.
The county-wide colored PTA
v/ill hold its yearly meeting at the
Laurel Hill school tomorrow after
noon, Friday, February 23. at 1
o’clock. Superintendent P. R.
Brown of the Hoffman Training
School, will talk about the work
at the Training School and also
what is expected to be done there.
A large crowd is expected and
it is hoped that vvery school will
be represented.
Masonry Association
Meets Here Wed.
The winter meeting of the North
Carolina Concrete Masonry asso
ciation was held here yesterday in
the basement of the new Metho
dist church.
The meeting began at 11:00 o’
clock and was presided over by
President P. L. Barnes of Wins
ton-Salem. The group was ser\’ed
a luncheon by the Hoke Concrete
Works, hosts for the meeting, fol
lowing wliich an afternoon session
was held.
Feature of the program was a
membership open forum, in which
all those present were invited to
participate in the discuss.on of
trade problems. This was the first
program of this type to be con
ducted at a meeting of the asso
ciation and was planned to enable
officers to better schedule the ac
tivities for the year.
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4-H Club Week
To Be Ol^serv^
National 4-H Club Week will
be observed throughout the United
States during the period March 3
to 11, according to L. R. Harrili,
4-H leader for the State College
Extension.
The 1951 theme, “Working To
gether for World Understanging,”
will be stressed in all special ac
tivities to be held during the week.
Accomplishments of the nation’s
club .Ehembers last year set a new
recojrR, with 7778 per cent com
pleting projects in farming or
homemaking, says Harrili.
Club boys and girls produced
lOOjOOfty acres of garden, raised
?£^C cjaickens, and' l-rhi'ilion
head of livestock, grew 900,000
acres of food crops, and canned
16-million quarts of fruits and
vegetables. They made their home
more attractive and livable by im
proving 650.000 rooms, making
350,000 arts and crafts article.^,
beautifying the grounds of 120,000
homes, making 2,200,000 articles
of clothing,, and planning, prepar
ing, and serving 20,000,000 m.eals.
Two Are Charged
With Stealing
Polio Money
Also Accuse One Of Same
Pair Of Looting Drink Bmc;
Recorder Hears Dozen Cases
Some 310,000 members kept
perosnal achievement records,
510,000 participated in fire and
accident prevention, 360,000 con
ducted soil and wildlife conser
vation practices, and 150,000 car
ried out forestry projects.
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Nearly three-quarters of a mil
lion 4-H’ers carried on special
health activities and 300,000 had
periodic, health . examinations.
Many served as junior project
leaders, conducted recreational
activities, and served their clubs
and communities in other ways.
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MARCH OF DIMES DANCE
NEXT WEDNESDAY NIGHT
The Puppeteers with the “Little
Jack” show from the State Board
of Health will show in the county
today and tomorrow. Today they
are at Burlington, Laurel Hill and
White Oak. Tomorrow they will be
at Antioch Indian, Mildouson and
Rockfish.
This show will be remembered
with pleasure from its previous
visits. It stresses oral hygiene.
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Spring is here! Birds are singing
and spelling bees are humming.
Get out your spelling lessons,
children, and beat the old folks
and your whole neighborhood in
a battle of wmrds. Later, go to
Washington, D. C., and in the same
way, beat the whole nhtion so you
can win from $50.00 to $500.00
and a trip to New . York City.
Follow this schedule and be
prepared: County-wide spelling
match at Raeford Graded School,
Monday, April 9 from 2:00 - 2:30;
at WFNC Broadcasting Station on
Tuesdaj% April. 10 from 2:30-3:00.
Winston-Salem contest will be
held on Saturday. April 28. The
champion will go to Washington,
D. C. with all expenses paid with
a chaperon May 1,1-15;
Mrs. E. C. Smith, Jr., and Miss
Margaret Gainey announced this
week that the March of Dimes
committee for Blue Springs town
ship would hold another of the
popular square dances for the
benefit of the drive in the com
munity house next Wednesday
night, February 28.
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WAGRAM LEGION POST
TO HAVE SQUARE DANCE
There will be a big Square
Dance in Wagram tomorrow night,
February 23rd at eight-thirty, in
the Wagram School Gym. The
music will be furnished by Dune
Sinclair and his String Band. The
dance is sponsored by the Wagram
Community Post, Number 449, of
the American Legion.
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STORES PLAN LATER
liOL'RS ON FRIDAY
The Aberdeen Coca-Cola Bot
tling Co. advertised recently for
information leading to arrest of
persons looting their dispenser at
Upchurch High school. As a result
of an arrest on another charge a
young colored man, Weldon Mc
Donald, was charged in one case
with breaking into the machine
and taking the money from it and
also with taking the coin ehanger
with a quantity of money in it.
Trial of the case was postponed
until next week by Judge Henry
McDiarmid in Hoke county re
corder’s court Tuesday.
McDonald and John Lewis Mc
Lean, also colored, was charged
with breaking and entering Willie
McNeill’s store and stealing some
money there for the March of
Dimes. Trial of this case was also
put off until next week. McDon
ald’s bond was set at $500 for both
cases and he is in jail. McLean
was released under a $200 bond.
Luther Allen Taylor, white,
came to court on a charge, of driv
ing drunk wdth his father as his
attorney. He was found guilty and
sentenced to 90 days to be sus
pended on payment of $100 and
the costs. He appealed and bond
was set at $200.
J. T. Maultsby, white, entered
a plea of guilty of giving a bad
check for $127.47. He made the
check good and was )> taxed thj>
court costs.
Noble V, Miller, colored, also
had a bad check to make good in
the amount of $47. He also had to
pay the costs.
Case against^ Thomas McLauch-
lin, colored, for speeding was
dropped by the state.
Freddie Lee. Gilchrist, colored,
was found not guilty of driving
without driver’s license.
J. T. Baker, colored, was charg
ed with stealing $10 worth of
wrenches from A. S. Meinnis.
When it came to trial MeInnis did
not wish to prosecute, so Baker
was allowed to return the wren
ches and pay the costs.
William Vernon Melvin, color
ed, paid $25 and the costs for
speeding 75 miles an hour. Ferdi-
nard Walton, also colored, paid $10
and the costs for going 55 in a 35
mile zone.
Lawrence Gilchrist, James Mc
Call, James Archie Bethea and
John Jr. Leslie, all colored, each
paid $10 and the costs for driving
with improper brakes.
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Sanatorium Has
Need For Nurses
Chamber plans
Meeting Wed.
On Bond ^ection
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H. L. Gatlin> Ur., president
of the Raeforti ‘Chamber of
Commerce, a^bunced this
week that the Chamber would
sponsor an open meeting to
which the pubRc is invited at
the courthouse at 7:30 p. m.,
Wednesday. Febnury 28. The
meeting will be for the pur
pose of discussing the issues
on which the people of Raeford
will vote in the special election
scheduled for Tuesday, March
6.
Gatlin said that it was plan
ned to have the mayor and
town board present and that
these men would Jry to explain
to all present just what the
town wants to do with the
money and that those attend
ing will be given a chance to
ask questions about the pro
posed bond issues, where the
money is going, andjtue-epifilon
of commission-
ersas to where the money will
ceme from to pay off the bonds
if they are issued.
The Chamber of Commerce
and the town administration
are anxious to have those who
are not in favor of the issue
of the bonds attend the meet
ing as well as those who are
for it, and everyone present is
promised a chance to speak his
piece.
Miss Emily P. Nesbitt, superin
tendent of nurses at the North
Carolina Sanatorium at McCain,
this week announced that there
were openings on the Sanatorium
staff for inactive professional
nurses who would again like to
serve. She said the need was great
and that positions as staff nurses,
supervisors, and other positions
were available to qualified person
nel.
Interested persons were invited
to contact the superintendent of
nurses at McCain.
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STORES PLAN DOLLAR
DAYS NEXT WEEK-END
Mad Dog Scare;
Ben Ray Available
Indications are .^at the wave
of feed dogiwhfcl^'^'been m-o"^
ing across Robeson and Scotland
counties is now getting into this
county with the news that there
have been persons exposed to ra
bies in this county who are now
taking the inoculation series.
Persons having dogs are advis
ed by health authorities to tike
care of them and to beware of
strange and stray dogs. Dog own
ers may have their animals vac
cinated against rabies by Ben Ray
at any time. Mr. Ray says that he
has plenty oi serum and that he
will be at home all day on Sat-
.urdays for the purpose.
Hoke Girk Wm
Last Heme Game
Here Tuesday
Boys Lose Close One; *‘B”
Five Bests Red Springs Too
The girls basketball team at
Hoke County High school made
their last regularly scheduled
home appearance here Tuesday
night and did so in fine style as
they beat the Red Springs High
girls 41 to 30. Lyda Williams had
a high score as usual, coming out
with 24 points. Sara Cole got 10
points and Betty Jane Ashbur.n 7.
Coaches were high in their praise
of the work of the Hoke guards
in holding the usually high-scor
ing Red Springs girls to 30 points.
One game remains at Hope Mills
for the girls and then they along
with the boys will play in the
Cumberland county tournament
and then in the American Legion
Invitational tournament here. Tiiey
have been chosen champions of
the Cumberland county league on
their regular season play, winning
10 games and losing only one
The Red Springs boys were a
little too much for the Hoke lads
in a close contest which the visi
tors won 54 to 46. Beck was high
man for the winners with 23 points
while Lundy led the locals with
15.
The boys “B” teams in the open
er played a good game with the
Hoke boys taking the contest, 34
to 29. Miller was high for Hoke
with 13 points. Sidney Lovette
got 8 points and Johnny McPhaul
7.^,I^n.got, 11,points ,,and Coley
8 for the losers.
Local Girl Travels
With College Choir
Miss Bonnie Blue, Raeford, is
student manager of the Queens
College Choir which will begin
itg tour of West Virginia on March
6. The choir, directed by John A.
Holliday, head of the department
of music, will give seven concerts
while on tour.
Soloists with the choir are Jane
Tipton, coloratura-soprano, Char-
lottei'Roberta Jones, mezzo-sopaiio
Orangeburg, S. C.; Catherine Ed-
gerton, contralto. Concord; and E.
Lindsey Merrill, violinist. The
vocalists are students at Queens
College, and Mr. Merrill is asist-
aht profressor of music. June
Faulk, Charlotte, is accompanist.
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Plan Demonstration
Of Tobacco Variety
And Fertilization
MARCH 1 LAST DAY FOR
WAR PRISONER CLAIMS
The War Claims commission
announces that March 1 is the last
legal date for ex-prisoners of war
or their survivors to file claims
tor tiw $1 a day aUowaaoa to
which they may be entitled. Of
ficial claim forms and full infor
mation may be obtained from Mrs.
Graham Clark at the sheriff’s of
fice in the Hoke county court
house.
A Tobacco Variety and Fertili
zation Demonstration will be con
ducted on the farm of H. T. Hine
of Dundarrach this year, accord
ing to E. M. Stallings, County
Farm Agent.
The varieties to be tested are.
402, Virginia. Gold, Hicks, DLxie
Bright 101. and Yel)ow Mammoth.
There will be three plots in the
demontsration using the five var
ieties under three different rates
of fertilization, 1000. 1400 and
1800 Tbs. per acre. Two rows of
each variety will be planted for
each rate of fertilizer, all in one
solid block so that the entire de-
monestration can be viewed along
one end of the field.
The tobacco will be kept sepa
rate by priming, varieties and
plots throughout the season, and
each variety will be sold separate
ly for each fertilizer rate. The re
cords of yields and sales will be
kept and made available to the
farmers of the county.
All interested people are invit
ed to visit these demonstration
plots at any time during the grow
ing season.
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N. C. Bankers
Return To School
Red Cro» Drive
To Begin Here
Next ’^orsday
County Has Goal Of $2S$1
As Services Are fncreasecl
Capital Reporter
Scott Summers
Israel Mann, Collins Department
Store and Belk-Hensdale Co., an
nounce in an advertisement in
this issue that starting tomorrow
they will remain open until 6:30
p. rn. on Fridays in order to allow
workers who aj;e-paid on Friday
afternoon to /get their checks
cashed and 6.1 their shopping.
Several stores in town have an
nounced that they plan a town
wide dollar day promotion next
weelc in which all the participat-
in.g firms will offer special bar
gains to the public. The event will
be on Friday and Saturday of next
week and ai fairly good' indication
of the bargains to- be offered will
be4p, next week’s paper.
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Mrs. A. R. Morris visited her
sister, Mrs. Ellen Russell, in Troy
Sunday.
As predicted here the 1951
General Assembly has degener
ated into a pro and anti fight. The
issues have becorhe so clouded that
it is hard for a legislator who is
honest in his aim to do what is
best for the State to get a clear
picture of proposed legislation and
needs. Other lawmakers—jockey
ing for position in the 1952 elec
tion are putting out propaganda
and misfatements, to say the least.
They use phony and twisted ar
guments to get backers for bills.
They tell partial truths and repeat
vicious rumors.
This $8,000—which would have
paid a year’s salary to three or
four A-certificate teachers—ap
parently was wasted.
One interesting thing was
brought out in Senate debate on
the Powell bill—which the gov
ernor in his speech said was “born
in desperation and out of ques
tionable parentage.”
Senator Julian Allsbrook of Hal
ifax was speaking against the bill.
He charged that it completely
ignored the findings of the Muni
cipal Roads Commission, created
by the' 1949 General Assembly to
study the municipal street prob
lem and to make recommendations.
This commission prepared a-
lengthy, factural report after 16
months of study. Every legislator
was , sent a copy of this report,
which—among other things;—re
commended, providing new reve
nue if the State was to accept re
sponsibility for city and town
streets.
Allsbrook asked how many of
the senators had read the .report.
Only six raised their hands.
That report, incidentally, cost
the State approximately $8,000.
One of the battle cries when the
Legislature convened a month and
a half ago was “’ve got to do
something about the slaughter on
the highways.” Bills by the score
on highway safety have been toss
ed in the hopper with gay aban
don.
But the only thing done about
any of them to date is to kill ’em.
They buried motor vehicle in
spection. And this week they em
balmed a measure that would
have made it mandatory to put all
drunken drivers in jail or at least
five days.
Apparently some of the imbib
ing members of the General As
sembly were afraid they might get
caught behind the wheel with, an
alcoholic breath.
Speaking of alcoholic breath, it
is amazing how 'many legislators
who staunchly vote dry are not
averse to a little nip for' them
selves.
Back in 1943. a representative
from one of. the western counties
made a powerful. speech against
the “evils of likker'’.-
on the volume, too. so
roars of rage against drink rattled
the windows.
The effect of his speech on his
colleagues was not as potent as
it might have been, however, due
to the fact that he was so drunk
that he had to hold on to his desk
to keep from falling down.
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The N. C. Bankers Associador
will sponsor ten Agricultural
Clinics over the State to discuss
financing livestock production in
•North Carolina, it was announced
today by Joseph H. Wolfe, Execu
tive Secretary of the Association.
The Clinics ^vill be held m con
junction with the annual Group
meetings, beginning February 21,
Dean James Hilton of the N. C.
State College of Agriculture has
named C. B. Ratchford. E. R.
Collins, and D. W. Colvafd from
the boUege staff to prepare the
program on technical agriculture,
and Garland Johnson, President of
the N. C. Bankers Association, and
President of The Bank of Elkin,
will handle the bankin.g aspects
of livestock production.
The Clinics are designed to (T)
help the banker appraise whether
a particular farm or farmer can
successfully produce livestock; (2)
give bankers the material they
need to advise their borrowers on
technical agricultural matters; and
(3) inform bankers of the need for
and opportunities in financing
livestock production.
The Clinib-for this section will
be held at Pinehurst, March 24.
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DONKEY BALL GAME AT
HIGH GYM TONIGHT
He-^iumed
that I his
There will be a donkey basket
ball game at the Hoke cou.aty high
school gymnasium at eight oxluck
tonight. Players will bo High
School boys and a funny show is
expected. The game is soonsered
by the High School athletf.' de
partment.
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TO HOLD CLINIC
The monthly orthopaedic clinic
will be held Fridav’, March 2,
1951 in the armory. Dr. Lenox
Baker of Durham will be the sur
geon in charge. Please register at
the desk between eight and eleven
o’clock.
The 1951 Red Cross Fimd Cam
paign will begin Thursday, March
1st. The slogan f&r 1951 is “Mo
bilize for Defense”.
The Hoke Cwnty Red Cross
Chapter has goal of $2561
to obtain funds for military, home
front defense, and continuing
community services during the
coming year. This is a 50% in
crease over Igst year’s quota and
is due to sharply increased de
mands on Red Cross services be
cause of the national emergency.
55.8% of the funds raised will be
retained by the local chapter for
its needs.
The Hoke County Chapter’s in
creased goal represents a propor-
tiopate share of the $3.5.000,000
National fund objective, the latter
being an $18,000,000 increase over
the 1950 goal.
June 25, 1950. changed the
tempo of Amierican life. The ex
plosion in Korea placed the nation
on guard. The American Red .
Ci’oss ha.' now- been asked to as
sume greater responsibilities. The
nation’s armed forces are being
greatly increased. The' Red Cross
must be prepared »d serve them.
Nationally the Red Cross is giv
ing top priority 'to the following
programs: -
(T) Blood program: Procuring
blood for meeting whole blood
needs for fighting men arid for ,
porcessing into plasma and other
derivatives for millitary and civil
defense requirements. This- blood
has saved many lives of our boys
in Korea. The blood program is
now collecting mo^e than a mil
lion pints per year.
(2) First Aid:, Taking a leading
part in training millions of people
in first aid, including treatment
of atom bomb injuries.
(3) Nurse’s Aides and Home
Nursing: Training 250,000 Nurse’s
Aides and hundreds of thousands
of housewives in home nursing to
help meet the critical shortage of
professional nurses, which would
probably occur in event of a na
tional emergency.
(4) Disaster Service: Through
its extensive disaster experience—
assist Civil Defense authorities in
the provision of food, clothing and
shelter during an emergency per
iod. and the training of volunteers
to assist with mass feeding and
sheltering. In the past year the
Red Cross served in 390 disaster
operations in this country, and
223,400 persons received Red Cross
assistance at a cost of more than.
$5,000,000 to the National organi
zation.
(5) Service to the Armed for
ces: Rapid expansion of Red Cross
services to the armed forces to
meet the needs of ,a fighting force
to be greatly increased in line
with needs of the national emer
gency. A principal Red Cross task
is to provide communications be
tween service men and thdr fam
ilies. During the last fiscal year
more than 160 paid Red Cross
workers served t5e men and wo
men in our armed forces. The line
of communication between troops
in the field and their families at
home has its other terminal in
Home Service in Red Cross chap
ters. Together, field workers and
chapter Home Service tvorkers
handled thousands of cases duringt^,
the past year and made available
more than $5,000,000 in fiaancia]
assistance.
The Red Cross has a continu
ing interest in our service meat
when they become veterans. Home
service in chapters assists them
and their dependents with person
al and family problems, with
claims for government benefits
and financial assistance pending
receipt of benefits.
If the worst ^ould happen* if
America should be, attacked, if
atom bombs should fall with all
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