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The Hoke County Journal
VOLUME XLV; NUMBER 50
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THURSDAY, MAY 10,1951
RAEFORD, N. C.
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YOUR
SCHOOL NEWS!
By K. A. MacDonald
Clinic Next Wedensday
^The Raeford Graded School Pre
school clinic will be held at the
-school building next Wednesday
‘morning, May 16, at 9 o’clock. It
is hoped that parents who have
children who will be six years of
age on or before October 1, 1951,
and therefore eligible to enter
school next fall, will bring them
to the clinic. Drs. Matheson Mur
ray and O’ Briant will conduct the
clinic, assisted by the staff of the
Health Department.
Board Enjoys Meal
The girls of the home economics
classes at Hoke High, under the
direction of their teacher, Miss
Bobby Hefner, entertained the
County Board of Education and
the Raeford District committee at
dinner last Tuesday evening. Din
ner was served in the home econo
mics department. It was a most
deliicous meal, being well pre
pared and well served. The bar
becued chicken made such ap im-
pre^on on those partaking of the
me^. that tMe^“^tls wdn? a^ed to
give^’^se present the recipe fpr
the;- di%. The two boarj^ Is^pce.*)..
cia^Af^e courtesy shovsjjtjll^m*'
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“its s||tog ajper^tayrn'Tj.. I Were
Queen,^ to a large and apprecia
tive audience last Thursday even
ing. The operetta, was well staged
and cast. The costiimes were color
ful and the music cafete. The chil-
did tneir^parts'^eH.'-’feurint
the intermission between the ope
retta and a jAay given by the old
er students a prize for winning the
county-wide spelling contest for
the fifth grade was presented to
Mary Elizabeth Jones. The older
pupils then put on their play,
“Herbie and the Mumps”. Each
character did his part well. The
pupils of Mrs. Crawley’s Music
class gave a recital as'the climax
of their year’s work that was en
joyed by everyone.
Judge Postpones
Maultsby Hearing
Until Next Monday
After hearing counsel for both
sides in the case of the padlocked
Maultsby house. Judge Clawson
Williams granted a motion for
postponement by counsel for Jen
nings T. Maultsby. The. case is to
be heard next Monday at 2:30 p.
m. in Superior court in Fayette
ville. The question to l^e decided
is whether an order padlocking
the Maultsby residence here shall
be permanent for one year or not.
Complaint was filed by Malcolm
Seawell, district solicitor, against
Bethune, Jennings and John Leon
ard Maultsby. Answer is being
filed only by Jennings Maultsby.
Judge Williams granted the de
fense motion after Attorney H. W.
B. Whitley had represented that
his client was sick and had a doc
tor’s certificate to prove it, and
on the statement that he had not
prepared the necessary affidavits
to show cause why the padlocking
injunction should be lifted.
Jennings Maultsby was locked
up in the county jail Tuesday on
a charge of being drUnk and dis
orderly, and according to Jailer
Harry Dees, he had apparently
been badly beaten up and a doc
tor came to see him at the jail.
He was released yesterday morn
ing, DnSjcjtadJo appear before
Mayor W.' L., Poole on Monday.
Si^cial Rites"
HouqT’,
\ate Dr. Brown '
Ashemont Entertainment
The Ashemont School staged its
spring entertainment last Monday
night. The etertaiment was divid
ed into three parts. The first part
was put on by the children of the
primary grades. They stole the
hearts of the 'Spectators. They
were cute as they could be.
The second part was put on by
the middle grades and portrayed
an old fashioned backward school.
The repautee between pupils and
teacher kept the audience in gales
of laughter.
The third part was put on by
the pupils of the upper grades.
The motif was patriotic. Patriotic
songs were sung and a tableau
was staged including Liberty,
Faith, Justice and Hope. It was
very effective. Teachers and pu
pils deserve commendation for the
excellent performance. They all
did a lot of work in preparation
for it.
Raeford Graded May l^y
The Raeford Graded School
staged its May Festival Monday
night in the high school gym on
account of the weather. It had
been planned for Friday evening
but was rained out.
The theme was “Spring in For
eign Countries”. Countries of the
U. N. were stressed. The Glee
club sang folk songs from these
countries^ and dances were given
in costume representing them.
Miss Watt was director and also
wrote the script. All teachers co
operated with her working hard
to make the, production a success,
and the mothers observe the praise
for making the costumes. Miss
. Bradley directed the music. The
. school wishes to thank Mrs. John
Walker and Mrs. J. B. McIntyre
F for making the corsagsi|jlor all the
girls, and Smith’s Radio Service
(Continued on back page)
An impressive memorial ser
vice for the 44 North Carolina
physicians who died during the
past
room of the Carolina hotel in
Pihehurst Sunday night. Music
was furnished by students from
Flora Macdonald college directed
by Dean Robert Smith. The ser
mon was delivered by Doctor C.
Sylvester Green of Chapel Hill.
Formerly, there was a minute
of silence at one of the general
sessions of the medical meeting
for the purpose of honoring de
ceased physicians. However, it
was decided this year to hold a
memorial service.
The physicians who died and
who were honored included Geor
ge Washington Brown of Raeford.
The service was attended by Mrs.
Brown, his daughter Mrs. Charles
Morrison, and Mr. Morrison.
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Hoke High Senior
Play Friday P. M.
The Senior Class of Hoke High
School will present a three act
comedy, A Case of Springtime,
in the high school auditorium,
Friday evening. May 11, at 8:30
p. m.
The .story is about the hilarious
but sympathetic troubles that
come down on a high school sen
ior when he falls for the daughter
of the high school principal. She
decides, to throw him over for a
“college man”. To impress his
girl, he takes up magic, and even
tries to make an egg disappear
into the principal’s best hat.
The cast includes: Billie Lester,
O. B. Maxwell, Mary Sue Up
church, Betty Upchurch, Frank
lin Teal, Florence Cameron, Fan-
nette Gore, Dave Barrington, Iris
Thomas, Davis Currie, Connie
Mae Fulk. Etta Mae Dees. Jo
Anne Holtzclaw, Doc Ivey, and
Raye King.
This is a joyous and zestful
comedy of youth, and the public
is invited to see it and enjby an
evening of delightful entertain
ment. •
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TEAL IN JAPAN
County. School
Board Meets And
Picks Officiak
Riley Retires As Chairman;
Gatlin Chosen; MacDonald
Re-elected; Appoint Boards
On Monday the Board of Ed
ucation met for its organization
meeting. Carl G. Riley called the
meeting t,o order, after which he
stated that he could not accept the
chairmanship for another term.
The Board members expressed
their appreciation for his long and
faithful service. He then called
for nominations for chairman and
Robert H. Gatlin was nominated
ad elected by a unanimous vote
Following this N. L. McFadyen
was nominated and elected by a
unanimous vote to the vice
chairmanship. K. A. MacDonald
was elected county superintendent
and secretary to the Board.
The following district school
committees were appointed: Dis
trict No. 1—A. H. McPhaul, M. R.
Smith and Marion Gatlin. District
No. 2—F. L. Eubanks, Harry
Thornburg, and R. D. Strother.
District No. 3—^Vernon Parsons,
Lacy Scarboro and Bernice Bos
tic. District No. 4—H. T. Hine, 0.
B. Maxwell and R. H. Gibson.
District No. 5—Mrs. W. C. Hod-
gin, Archie McGougan and G. C.
Lytle.
Miss Margaret McKenzie was
appointed assistant secretary to
the board with power to ' sign
vouchers and perform oth^ duties
of the secretary during the absent
or incapacity. This was provided
'for by the last legislature in an
ameaidment to the'School laWr’^ *
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PERSONALS
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Freeman and
Little son. Tommy, spent Sunday
in Rockingham with friends and
relatives.
Mrs. Fulton Moi'isey and son.
Tommy Walters, of Clinton spent
Sunday here visiting relatives.
Mrs. Herbert McKeithan and
Miss Mayme McKeithan attended
the May Day exercises at WCUNC,
Greensboro, Saturday.
Word was received this week
that Pvt. Cecil L. Teal, son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Teal and form
er Linotype operator for The
News-Journal and. the Fayette-
had arrived safely
He is in the
Army.
News-Jc^nal and
ville observer, ha(
in Tokyo, Japan.
Herbert McKeithan, Jr. of
Asheboro spent the week end here
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Herbert McKeithan.
Mrs. E. R. Thomasson of Wash
ington, D. C. was a week end visi
tor in town.
Mrs. Berder Niven and Charles
Sessoms spent the week end in
Portsmouth, "Va. with Mr. and
Mrs. Bob Novacke and children
and at Langley Field with Sgt.
and Mrs. John Short and family.
Recorder Hears
Few Cases Tuesday
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Recorder’s ' court went to the
opposite extreme from last week
when there were only a few cases
on docket and orOy nine were tried
before Judge Henry McDiarmid
Tuesday.
Emmy. Edwards, white, was
found guilty of assaulting her hus
band’s brother’s wife, Alma Ed
wards. Sentence was 30 days to be
suspended on payment of costs and
a $5 doctor bjU and on condition
that they , stay -off each other’s
premises.
Fostar Warlick, Indian, paid a
$50 fine and court costs for oper
ating a liquor still.
Improper equipment on their
cars cost John J. Virgil, Thomas
w. Tate and Wesley Williams,
all colored, $10 and the costs
each.
■Fred Wilson, colored, paid $10
and the costs and James Graham,
colored, paid the costs, each for
violating the prohibition laws.
Ozell Beatty ,colored, got 30
days suspended on payment of the
costs for assault and damage to
personal property.
Jack Leach, colored, paid the
costs for befng drunk and disor
derly.
Local Music Club
Is Heard On Air
Wednesday Morning
One of the outstanding efforts
made by the Chaminade Music
Club in observance of National
Music Week was the program giv
en yesterday morning at 10:15
o’clock over Radio Station WEEB,
Southern Pines.
A chorus from the club sang
two numbers, “Brother James
Air”, and “O Come To My Heart,
Lord Jesus”. They were accom
panied by Miss Doris Bradley.
A sextette from the High school
made up of Iris Thohnas, Joan Sin
clair, Sue Gulledge, Florence Cam
eron, Irene Andrews and Betty
Jane Ashburn gave two numbers,
“Altar Of Prayer”, and “Just For
Today”.
A sextette from the Chaminade
club sang, “I Heard A Forest
Praying”, by Peter De Rose. They
were Mrs. W. R. Barrington, Mrs.
W. M. Thomas, Mrs. Clarence
Brown, Mrs. Fred Culbreth, Mrs.
Archie Howard and Mrs. Jim
Poole.
20 PERCENT OF REGiSTRATKIN
VOTES ON BOND ISSUE MONDAY
Mrs. Ella B. Juat,
Former Resident,
Dies In Aberdeen
PERSpNALS
Mrs. Charles j. Augustoni, Jr.
has as her guests in the home of
her pareirtk, Mr. and Mrs. C. L.
Stephens, Mr, and Mrs. C. J.
Augustoni of Bronx, N. Y. and
Mr. and Mrs. Jhti Juare and son,
Danny of (Hohwayj N. J. They ar
rived Sunday a'hd will leave todav.
Ed Gent
Roxbdro ar
rived Saturday for a visit of sev
eral days with Mr. and Mrs. W.
T. Gibson, Jr. While here Mrs.
Gentry is also visiting relatives i t
Laurel Hill and Maxton.
Mrs. Phil Johnson returned to
Morganton Sunday afternoon after
having spent the week end with
her husband at his mother’s home
at Puppy Creek.
Kdnneth Clark of the U. S. Navy
at San Diego, California, is on
leave and visiting relatives here
and in Lumberton.
Mrs. B. L. Miller and Miss Don
nie Lytle spent the week, end at
Myrtle Beach.
Lacy Clark, Crawford Wright
and Wilmer McDonald left Sat
urday for Hot Springs, Arkansa.-;
They plan to be gone about 10
days.
Miss Kathleen Dew returned to
Charlotte Thursday. Mrs. M. C-
Dew remained at her home in
Raeford and has Mrs. D. B. Tray-
wdck staying with her for the
present.
Miss Katherine Baker of Ashe
boro spent the week end with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Millard
Baker.
Guests in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. J. K. McNeill Sunday were
Mrs. Oscar Chastain and two chil
dren and Mrs. Chastain’s brothei,
Boyce Bennett of High Point. They
came for their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Charlie Bennett, who spent
last week in the McNeill home.
Mr. and Mrs. Hallie Gatlin, Mrs.
Bert Brown, Mr. and' Mrs. Neil
Senter and children are spending
this week at the Gatlin cottage
on Topsail Beach. Mr. and Mrs.
Gatlin and Mrs, Brown expect to
return to Raeford ihe last of the
week but the Senters will remain
for another week.
J, P. Privette of Darlington, S.
C. spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Hallie Gatlin. Mr. Privette
is Mrs. Gatlin’s brother.
FBI Agent To
Speak To Club
W. H. “Bill” Gibson, Special
Agent of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, will be the speak
er at the regular meeting of the
Methodist Men of the Church on
Friday evening. The dinner meet
ing of the club will be held in the
church basement at 7:30 p., m.
Mr. Gibson is a native of Scot
land County. He graduated from
Spring Hill High School and from
Wake Forest College in the class
of 1929. For several years he
tau^t in the public schools at-
Apex and Raleigh, he represent
ed Scotland County in the State
Legislature for two terms.
He is an outstanding, layman,
Sunday School teacher, and after
dinner speaker. For the past sev
eral years he has been in charge
of the Kinston office of the FBI.
Mrs. Ella Bethune Juat, belov
ed Aberdeen woman, died at her
home Wednesday, May 2nd at
about 4 a. m. following a short
illness. Mrs. Juat was 76 years of
age, having been born on Septem
ber 3, 1873.
Funeral services were held
Thursday afternoon at 3 o’clock
from B e t h c s d a Presbyterian
church with the Rev. C. W. Worth,
pastor of the church officiating.
Interment followed in the family
plot in Old Bethesda cemetery.
Mrs. -Juat had for many years
most faithfully served as librarian
for the Page Memorial Library in
Aberdeen. She was the widow of
the late Dr. Frances Juat who
died Kiany years ago.
She is survived by one brother,
E. j. Bethune of Hamlet, three
nieces and two nephews.
She was a faithful member of
Bethesda Presbyterian church.
Dr. and Mrs. Juat lived in Rae
ford, living in, and owning the
house now occupied by Mac Lester,
up untM the time of Dr. Juat’s
death in 1922. Soon after his
•death Mrs. Juat went back to her
old home in Aberdeen to live with
her sister, who has sinee died,
and her brother Ed, who survives
Mrs. Juat was a very aative
worker in the Raeford Presbyter
ian church, while living here. She
was also a charter member of the
Hoke Chapter Daughters of the
Confederacy.
• Mrs. A. M. Pratt and two chil
dren, Jane and Johnny of Wells-
ley Hills, Mass, are visiting Mrs.
Pratt’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
William McFadyen.
Mr. and Mrs. Younger Snead
were guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. L.
Gatlin, Jr. at their Topsail Beach
cottage the past week end.
TO PRESENT SACRED
CONCERT SUNDAY P. M.
L. C. Adams of Fayetteville
spent the day Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Lawrence McNeill.
The Chaminade Music club will
present its annual sacred concert
Sunday night, May 13." at 8:00
o’clock in the Raeford Methodist
church. This program is to be
given in observance of National
Music Week and the public is
cordially invited.
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METHODIST REMINDER
The Rev. P. O. Lee, pastor of
the Raeford Methodist church,
wishes to remind his congregation
again that the theme for the ser
vices this month is still centered
around the family for the Sun
day morning and the mid-week
services. His subject for Sunday
morning will be “The Set Of The
Soul.”
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PERSONALS
Mrs. O. V. Warlick,
Mother Of Local
Man, Dies Thursday
Mrs. O. V. Warlick, 71, died
suddenly at her home in Lawn
dale, near Shelby, at about 1:30
o’clock last Thursday morning.
She was the mothe^r of Harvey
Warlick of Raeford.
Funeral services were conducted
Friday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock
at the Pleasant Hill Methodist
church at Lawndale and burial
was in the church cemetery.
She is survived by her husband
two daughters, Mrs. Taft Fhitman
of Lawndale and Mrs. Tom Lat-
timore of Lattimore; two sons.
Harvey of Raeford and Jim War
lick of Lumberton: arid several
grandchildren.
Mr. and Mrs. Warlick and chil
dren returned to Raeford Sunday
afternoon.
Misses Bettie Little and Mar
garet Watt of the school facultj'
spent the week end at Miss Little’s
home in Union, S. C.
and Mrs. Carl I^eeman
spent the week end at Greensboro
visiting Miss Carlene lYeeman.
They 'went especially to see the
May Day exercises at Greensboro
College as Miss Freeman was one
of the maids of the court. Mrs.
Frances Davis accompanied them
to Greensboro to spend the week
end with her daughter. Miss Betty
Davis.
Car Gets Stolen;
Key Left In It
The car of Miss Marguerite
Stephens'was stolei^ from in front
of her father’s house at the. com
er of Stewart Street and Sixth
Avenue some time last Sunday
night. The key had been left in it.
It was recovered on Tuesday
when officers found it out of gas
near Bennettsville, S. C. and dis
covered 'who' the owner' was by
means of correspondence in the
glove compartment. It was not
seriously damaged.
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VISIT GEORGIA FARMS
Mrs. Ina T. Lentz left Tuesday
night for Ft.. Lauderdale, Florida
for a visit with her daughters,
Mrs. Martin Bishop, Mrs. Ashton
Coughenour and Mrs. Clyde Mc-
Innis at Miami. She went especial
ly to be with Mrs. Bishop, who is
undergoing an operation at a Ft.
Lauderdale hospital today.
Miss Ellen Currie visited friends
in Richmond during the week end.
Mrs. B. L. Cox and Mrs. Ruth
Bridges have as their guests. Dr.
and Mrs. Alan Schaeffer and
daughter of Delanco, New Jersey,
and Mrs. Lawrence Presson of
Monroe.
Mrs. Aganora Andrews had as
her week end guests, Mrs. Daniel
Jones and son of Clio, S. C.
Mr. and Mrs. Williard Shell of
Statesville .have moved into Oiie
of Mrs. Ina T. Lentz’s apartments.
Mr. Williard is connected wim
Robbins.
Mrs. H. C. McLauchlin. spoke
at a supper meeting of the Coun
cil of Churches at Lillingtoh on
Friday evening of last week. She
spent the night in Lillington with
friends and returned to Raeford
Saturday.
Tommie Upchurch and Reid
Childress, accompanied by Paul
Troutman of Pine Bluff, went to
Louisville, Ga., Sunday and Mon
day and went along with the N.
C. Farm Management association’s
tour of Georgia farms on those
days.
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BEAUTY SHOP TO OPEN
ALL DAY WEDNESDAYS
Keith’s Beauty Shop will close
Tuesday afternoons and be open
Wednesday afternoons in order to
fill appointments for working peo
ple who are off Wednesday's, Mrs.
Keith announced this week .
Voting Light As S275,000
Passes Although Leading,
In Only Four Precincts
Approximately 20 percent of the
2546 registered voters in Hoke
County, 527 to be exact, went to
the polls in the county’s 10 pre
cincts Monday to decide on the
spending of $273,000 on the
schools, a matter that would
seemingly affect 100 percent of
the county’s population. The is
sue was decided by the 12 percent
of the registered voters who fav
ored the proposition of the school
bonds which passed by 314 votes to
213. Eight percent bf the registra
tion was against the 'oond issue.
Four precincts favored the bond
issue. These were Raeford 1, 97
for to 21 against; Raeford 2, 120
for to 21 against; Ashemont 28
for to two against; Rockfish, eight
for to seven against. There was a
tie in Mildouson with 15 votes
being cast each way.
Five precincts voted a majority
against the bond issue with the
most overwhelming opposition be
ing in Allendale, none for to 26
against, and in Antioch, 23 for to
83 against. The others went Blue
Springs eight for to 10 against;
Little River five for to 17 against
and Puppy Creek 10 for to 11 a-
gainst.
The vote wiy allow the issue of
bonds in the total amount of
S275,000 for use in three school
projects in the county. $150,000 is
to be spent for additions to Rae
ford Graded school to take care
of anticipated population increase
at least through 1955. $80,000 is
t® be spent to provide additioncil'
classroom and laboratory space
at Upchurch school (colored). This
will also allow the discontinuance
of Peachmont and Timberland
shools and the bringing of their
pupils to Upchurch. $45,000 is to
be spent (in addition to about
$63,000 State Funds) for the con
struction of a consolidated Indian
school which will have high
school facilities, of which there
are none for Indians in the county
now'.
Spring Concerts
At High School
Friday, May 18
"FJ^ay night of next week the
Hoke HigiFSchool Band and Glee
clubs will present their annual
spring concerts at the High school
auditorium. The joint presenta
tion will 'oe under the direction
of J. B. Renn, band conductor, and
Miss Doris Bradley, director of the
Glee club.
In addition to numbers by the
band and glee club, several num
bers will be presented by the High
School sextette. Complete pro
grams will appear in next weei^s
paper.' The public is invited.
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LOCAL MASONS ATTEND
MEETING IN NEW BERN
Hinton McPhaul and Harvey
■Warlick of the local Masonic
lodge attended the Monday session
of a three-day meeting of Yotic
Rite bodies of Masonry being held
in New Bern Sunday, Monday and
Tuesday of this week. While there
they were among 115 in a r-laae
which took the super excellent
master’s degree.
MILTON MANN EXCELS
Israel Mann received a letter
from Dean C. P. Spruill of the
Uifiversity of North Carolina this;
week informing him that his son
Milton had again made the out
standing record of getting an A
in every subject at the University
during the post academic quarter^
Milton was one of only 20 from
his class who made this record,
and the dean commended him lor
it.