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HP'"};' .11; P ■i iTl^v \^r VOICE OF IRttOOM ««n4 (HMIDIAH OF UBERTT voKf or IRifOOM OIMflilAJI oruoumr ; The Hoke County News The Hoke County Journal 4 VOLUMEXLVI; NUMBER 1 THURSDAY, ^LAY 31,1951 RAEFORD, N. C. TEN CENTS PER COPY $2.00 PER YEAR K 4* ' YOUR SCHOOL NEWS! * By K, A. MacDonald The Board of Education is meeting today at 10:00 o’clock to go over preliminary plaiis for the Raeford Graded addition, the Upchurch addition and for the new Indian School. If the plans are approved the architect and Presbyterians Will Have Opening Of Home In Montreal The following invitation has been received by a number of people in Raeford and by Pres byterians throughout the South: “The Board of Trustees of the William Black Home cordially invite you to the unveiling of the Portrait of Dr. Black and the formal opening of the Home at Montreat on June the twenty- 1951 SENIORS - HOKE HIGH SCHOOL superintendent will take them to j first at three o clock, Nineteen Haleigh for approval by the state authorities. Monday night the Rockfish Grammar grades held their clos ing exercises in the form of a Class Day Exercise. Yesterday was skip-day in all the white schools of the county. Today all pupils will be given their report cards. Books, damage fees, etc., will be collected and the doors closed on the 1950-51 session.-. Tuesday night the Upchurch band and choral club gave thei& annual concert. This w'as the firs€ year for the band. Their perform ance was excellent for- their first time. The audience thoroughly enjoyed the whole program. The choral club sang several out standing numbers! Tonight at 8 o’clock the Mc Farland school will hold their closing exercises. They have worked hard in preparing the program and it is hoped that par- wts and friends will turn out well. •' Totnorro^^,night June 1, the 'Millsidl school will pYese«ir its final exercises. The school has made 'a name for itself for the way it does things. We feel that these exercises will be on par with all the others and it will pay parents and friends to attend. The Upchurch commencement exercises will be held in the school auditorium, Monday morn ing, June 4, at 11 o’clock. These exercises have been prepared by the pupils and will be put on by them as has been the custom for the past several years. We hope there will be a large crowd of parents and friends to see the seniors graduate. hundred and fifty-one.” The home was operated by the Presbyterian Synod of North Carolina as the “North Carolina Home” and Synod changed the name to “William Black Home” after his death in 1927. Its first establishment was proposed to the Synod by Dr. Black, official evan gelist in the Synod, and it was run for ministers' and church workers. This' home burned sev eral years ago. The churches of the Synod of North Carolina have now con structed a new building and the Women of the Church of the Synod have furnished it, and it is also to be named for Dr. Black. The p'ortrait to be unveiled was presented to- the home by his family. The new home has ac commodations for about 50 guests and is centrally located in Mon treat. 15 Cases Heard In Recorder's Court Tuesday Morning Judge Henry McDiarmid ruled on 15 c-ise; in recorder’s court Tuesday morning. Most dealt with traffic violations, although liquor, fighting, bad checks and non- support also came up. Walter Rogers and Ralph Cha vis, Indians, indicted each other for assault. By trial time they had resolved their difference and did not \Vant to prosecute. The judge allowed the case to be dropped on payment of the costs by each. Andrew Purcell, colored, was charged with non-support of his wife and four minor children. He pleaded eui'.ty and got one year on the loads to be suspended on paymeir. the costs and S40 for the support of his The colored schools of the county will all close for the ses sion on Mnday, June 4. , The superintendent’s office will be ljusy all the balance of this week and next checking the schools out. ——^—0 William E. McGill, Raeford Native, Dies In South Carolina William Earl McGill, 66, vete ran employee of the Atlantic Coast Line railroad, died Monday afternoon in McCoU, S. C., while on regular run between Fayette ville and Bennettsville. He was stricken with a heart attack. He was born in 1885, son of the late Celia and Byrus McGill of Raeford. and had been employed by the railroad for the past 40 years. He was a member of the First Baptist church of Fayette ville, where he made his home. Funeral services were conduct- , ed at the First Baptist church at three Cliftoii^. Wilson, Native Of Raeford, Buried In Aberdeen Clifton Monroe Wilson, 57, died suddenly in the Moore County hospital Saturday afternoon after having suffered a heart attack several weeks before. He was born and reared in this county, son of the late James A, Wilson and Mrs. Sallie Monroe Wilson. He went to Aberdeen in 1920 and entered the hardware business in which he was en gaged until his death! He was business, civic and church leader in Aberdeen, having been an elder in Bethesda Presbyterian church and for several years chairman of the Aberdeen school board. Funeral was conducted at Be^ thesda at 10:00 o’clock Monday morning by the Rev. Charles W. .Worth, pastor of the church and burial followed in' the Bethesda cemetery. He is survived by two sons, Clifton M., Jr., and Robert S.- Wilson; his mother, Mrs. James A. Wilson of Raeford; two broth ers, John L. Wilson of Charleston, S. C., and Daniel C. Wilson of Richmond! Va.; four sisters, Mrs. John Cameron of llaeford, Mrs. Charles Newberry of Washing ton. D. C., Mrs. E. L. Parrott of Sumter, S. C., and Mrs. Clay E. Kirk of_Aberdeen. His wife, Mrs. Margaret Sessions Wilson, died in June, 1950. McCain Airmen Finishing Courses At Texas Base L ' ' ' Members of the 1951 Graduating Cl^s at Hoke County High school w'ho received their diplomas Tuesday night are shown above as follows, from left to right: Front Row: Betty Upchurch, Avery Connell, Mary Lytle, David Gibson, Sue Gulledge, Marjorie McDougald, Connie Fulk, Betty Vanhdy, Florence Cameron, Christine Sides. Second Row: Doc Ivey, Peggy Walters, Mattie Stevens, Iris Thomas, Sue Upchurch, Irene An drews, Joan Freeman, Franklin Teal, Jane Mc- Keithan, Louise Freeman. Third Row: Etta Mae Dees, Kenneth Davis, Elaine Chambers, Raye King, Tiffany Cothran, Jackie Maxw'ell, Betty Nixon, Billy Phillips, Joan Holtzclaw, Dorene Duncan, Fannette Gore. Fourth Row; James Tapp, John Eubanks, Dave Barrington, Billy Lester, Jesse Jones, Mitchell Davis, Franlin Webb, Carson Davis, Davis Currie, Betty Lou Burns. Fifth Row; Earl Hendrix, Ray Butner, D. B. Parker, Robei;! McGirt, Jhhn Balfour, Thomas Alexander, O. B. Maxwell, Jr., Everette Bowen. Ciass officers are: James Tapp, president; Betty Upchurch, vice-president; Fannette Gore, secretary; and Earl Hendrix, treasurer. Finals Program To Start Saturday At Flora Macdonald Woodmen Circle Wins State Honor Pvt. Robert S. Perry, Jr., 21, son of Mrs. and Mrs. R. S. Perry of McCain and Pvt. Duke Mar shall, Jr., 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. p. Marshall of McCain, are com pleting AF basic airmen indoc trination course at Lackland Air Force Base, the “Gateway to^ the Air Force”. Dr. Bernard H. Boyd, James G*ray professor of Bible at the University of North Carolina, will deliver the baccalaureate sermon at the 55th Commencement pro gram of Flora Macdonald college on Sunday morning, June 3, at 11:15 o’clock. On Sunday afternoon, at 3:30, John E. Williams, professor of organ at the college, will give an organ recital in the auditorium. Mr. Williams, a brilliant organ ist, was awarded first place in the Southern Regional meet bf the American Guild of Organists, held in New Orleans in April. The Senior Vesper service will be conducted by the Rev. R. L. Alexander, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Lumber- ton, on Sundajr evening at 7:30. This service ill be held on the front lawn. Dr. Arnold Nash, head of the department of Religion at the University of North Carolina, will make the graduating address to the seniors at the Commence ment Day exercises on Monday, June 4. The Academic Processiq^ Vvill begin at 10:30 A. M. Presi dent Marshall Scott Woodson will award diplomas and certificates, and Dr. Leslie Bullock, head of the Bible department, will pre sent Bibles to the members of the graduating class. The Commencement program will open with “Alumnae Day”, Saturday, June 2, when gradu ates of many classes are expect ed to foregather. At 6:45 Satur day evening, senior capping and class day exercises, will be held. The fifteenth state convention of the Supreme Forest Woodmen Circle was held at the Sheraton Hotel, High Poyit, May ,25, 26, 27, with Piedmoni’’’^Grove No. 172, High Point, Hostess Grove.' Dis tinguished guests present were: Mrs. Dora Alexander Tally, Na tional President, and Miss Blan che Eakin, National Director. The Raeford Grove won the first prize for being the outstand ing Grove in the State. Mrs. Florence Macko of the Raeford Grove was also elected one of the state officers, that of state auditor. Mrs. Macko, president, and Mrs. Ruby Conoly, past president of the local grove, attended the convention. QUITS ONE JOB Lackland, situated near San clock yesterday afternoon Antonior^is the world’s largest air by the Rev. Louis S. Gaines, pas tor. Burial was in Lafayette Me morial park. Pallbearers were nephews of the deceased: Carlton, Berder, William and J. A. Niven and Landon, Tracy and James McGill. Sunhving are his wife, the former Lillian Tew of Red Springs; two orothers, Carl McGill of High Point and Tom McGill of St. Pauls; a sister, Mrs. B. G. Jones of Chocowinity; and a number of nieces and nephews. force base, site of Air Force basic training, for men and wo men, headquarters of the Human Resource Research Center, - and home of AF’s Officer Candidate School. Their basic training is prepar ing them for entrance into Air Force technical training and for assignment in specialized work. The course includes a scientific Marion Gatlin, member of the new board of commissioners of the Town of Raeford and for sev eral years a member of the Rae ford district school committee, announced this week that he was resigning as a member of the school committee in order not to ,be in two public positions at one jime.. LIBRARY NEWS There will be a story hour at Hoke County Library. Thursday afternoon, June 7, at 4 o’clock This will be the beginning of the Circus Reading Club, put on by the library for the summer, to last till August 17. At this time the boys and girls can register for the reading club, and the de tails of the . reading project will be explained. The bookmobile has been out of order, but is being repaired, and will make the' regufar sche dule in a few days. Among the new books received are the following; Proud New Flags, Mason; Neither Five Nor Three,' Macinnes; God’s Men, Buck; His Eye is On the Sparrow, Waters; Each Man’s Son, Mac- Lennan; Pacific Hopscotch, Del Rey; Joy of Flower Arranging, Wilson; Flight of Fancy, Riddell; They Came to Bagdad, Christie. 0 — 'Mrs. Earl Blue and Mrs. Annie Irby of Augusta, Ga. visited Mrs. W. E. Blue and Miss Louise Blue this week. Electrician Dies From Heart Attack On Job Monday Thomas C. Vann, resident of Southern Pines, died suddenly at two o’clock Monday afternoon at Robbins Mill here. Mr. Vann was employed by the Bryant Electric company of High Point and suf fered a heart attack while work ing on the new mill. He was 51 years of age. He was a native of Fayetteville and had settled in Moore county aft» travdinf about tha eoun- try for many years In bit work. He is survived by his wife, the former Cornelia Phillips of Moore county; a daughter and a son; three brothers and four sisters. Funeral was held at Powell Chapel in Southern Pines yes terday afternoon. 0— Raeford Girls Get College Diplomas Five girls from Raeford and Hoke county were among those . I receiving their degrees from col leges in North Carolina at exer cises in the past few days. Three graduated from Woman’s College of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. They were Lydia McKeithan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs; Herbert .Mc Keithan, Joan Johnson, daughter of Fred P. Johnson and Mrs. Adelyne Johnson, and Elizabeth Parker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. K. Parker. Bettie Davis, daugh ter of Mrs. Frances Davis, re ceived her degree from Greens boro college, and Marie Cameron, daughter of Mrs. H. A. Cameron, received her degree from Salem College in Winston-Salem. montn. family. Bill .\l.r.o:'d. white. pleaded guilty of driving drunk with no driver’i license. He got a total of five rnoi'iths on the roads sus pended on payment of S125 and the costs. Robert L. Savage, white marine, charged with driving drunk. He failed to appear for trial and ca pias was to issue. David Miller, colored, was found guilty of assaulting his wife. He got six months on the roads, su spended on condition that he pay the costs and a $10 doctor bill and be of good behavior for two years. J. D. Wilkes, Jr., white, pleaded guilty of giving a bad check in two cases. In one, to the Atlantic Tobacco Co., for $180 he got 90 days suspended on payment of the costs and making the check good. In the other, to Raeford Super Market for $57.10, he got 60 days suspended on the same conditions. For driving improperly equip ped cars Willie Davis and Ervin Davis, both colored, each had to pay $10 and the costs. Speeders paying $10 and the costs were Herbert S. Clark, Harold Atkins, Julian E. Parks, William T. McQuage and Jaifies W. Lawrence, all white. Obie D. Solomon, colored, paid the costs for speeding. —n Raeford To Have Fire Inspection Safety Campaign TO HOLD CLINIC The monthly orthopaedic clinic will be held Friday, June 1, 1951 in the Armory in Lumberton. Dr. J. E. Jacobs of Charlotte will be evaluation of their aptitude and I the surgeon in charge. Patients inclination for following a parti- should register between eight and cular vocation and career. . eleven o’clock. Miss Eleanor Leach, who is in training at the Medical College of Virginia at Richmond, arrived Monday to spend the month of June with her mother, Mrs. Grady L#ach and family. Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Hannah of Cedartown, Ga. are guests of Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Holtzclaw. They came especially to see their granddaughter, Jo Ariie Holtz- Lclaw, graduate at Hoke High. Miss Betty Holtzclaw of Winth- rop College also came home for commencement exercises at Hoke High. She returned to Winthrop yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Gervais of Plainville, Conn, and Miss Claud ette Gei'vias of New' Britain, Conn, spent the week end in Chapel Hill and Raeford. On Monday they' visited Miss Jean Campbell, who is on vacafion at Myrtle Beach. Mrs. Ollie' Lentz Bennett of Fayetteville visited Mrs. John K. McNeill the first of the week. She came especially to see her great niece, lids Thomas, gradu ate at High School. Mrs. Bennett and Mrs. McNeill wen: to Nor wood Wednesday for a week’s visit with another sister. Mrs. Jessie Lanier. Raeford will join the national home inspection drive to rid American homes of fire hazards starting June 1, Fire Chief R. B. Lewis announced today. This is part of a county-'wide campaign sponsored by the International Association of Fire Chiefs and supported by past president Her bert Hoover and other promin ent national figures in a vast ef fort to curb the annual loss cf life and property by fires in the United States. Every home in Raeford i6 be visited by a fireman to assist householders to check the. com mon hazards in their homes. Chief Lewis asked for the vigo rous support of every resident in helping firemen make the survey. Another phase of the drive will be to keep complete records of every fire and its cause in an attempt to discover the worst home hazards in Raeford. House holders will then be in a better position to protect their own homes against fires, the Chief added. Chief Lewis commented bn the local program in Raeford that following the home inspections the drive will extend to businesses and other public buildings. He placed special emphasis on “good housekeeping” to reduce home fires: “Many more of the fires in Raeford could be eliminated by careful housekeeping, by check ing electric cords and other eleC' trie home appliances and getting of Rockfish. rid of rubbish that’s accumulated in the house over the winter— and then keeping the house that way all year.” Award Diplomas To 50 Tuesday' At HHS Finals The graduation program of the Hoke County High School brought the commencement exer cises to a close Tuesday evening. May 29 at 8:15 o’clock when I>r. Frontis Johnson of social science department of Davidson College delivered an inspiring and chal-' lenging address., W. T. Gibson, Jr., principal, awarded diplomas to 50 seniors. Betty Upchurch gave the salutatory and' Raye King the valedictory. .Marion Gatlin. representing the Ki'.vahis Club, ' presented crizes cest ah round pupil in h'gh school to Betty Upchurch, .n Raeft.rd Elementary School to Moiiie So'uh. ana in primary grades to Billie Shankle. The .American Legion award was pre sented by X. H. G. Balfour for best boy and girl citizen to Jane McKeithan and Davis Currie. Mrs. W. B. Heyward, president of Raeford Woman’s Club, re presented the departments of the ^ club with following awards: valedictorian’s medal given by Educational Department to Raye King; prize for 'oest reader in high school from Literature de partment to Joan Sinclair; prizes for best creative writmg (also from Literature department) to Annie Blue Cameron from senior high school, to Lawrence McNeill in junior high school group, to Belinda Sue Willia.mson in ele mentary grades, and to Mary Roberts in primary grades. Harry Harrison, representing the Lion’s Club, gave the award to Carolyn Atkinson and Connie Mae Fulk for being best spellers in high school and to Linda Phil lips and Nancy Faye Calhoun, best spellers in elementary schooL The history medal given by W.O. W. was awarded fo John Mc- Laiichlin by Superintendent K. A. MacDonald. Special music for the program was furnished by John Davis ac companied by Miss Doris Brad ley, public school rhusic teacher. Betty Jane Ashbum, who had highest scholastic average in the junior class, served as chief mar shal for all the high school com mencement exercises. Other mar shals chosen on basis of their grades \vere Annie Blue Cameron, John McLauchlin. Joyce Conoly, Pat Ritter, and Frances Bobbitt, On Friday evening the senior class, under the direction of Miss Hilda Priest, presented “Indian Echoes”, their annual class night exercises. These exercises, with O. B. Maxwell serving as chief, were very original and entertain ing. The script following the same m.eter and rythm as Longfellow's “Hiawatha” was given as a choral reading by members of the class. The different features of the class night program ■were cleveriy brought into the exercises. The entire* program was enlivened by Indian songs and dances. The baccalaureate sermon was delivered by the Rev. W. C. Ball, superintendent of Methodist Churches in the Fayetteville Dis trict, in high school auditorium Sunday morning. On Monday morning, May 28, Seventh Grade Promotion exer cises were held in high school auditorium. Joan Gobeille gave the salutatory and Frankie Mc Dougald the valedictory. Mayor J. O. Tall>-, Jr. of Fayetteville gave the address on this occasion. Linda Ann Phillips of Raeford Elementary was chief marshaL Marshals for seventh grade pro gram were chosen according to scholastic record of sixth graders throughout the county. Others serving as marshals were; Nancy Lee Gloer of Ashemont, Edward Langston and 'Virginia McNeill of Raeford Graded School, Betty and Ruby Mae Clark of Mildouson.- Rockfish furnished a duet tor (CMtiDMd oa patt «>
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