North Carolina Newspapers

'V - Journal TlMk Hnke Countv Jonmiftl THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1951 RAEFORD, N. C. ten cents per copy fZJtPER YEAB A half-dozen speeding cases were on docket for trial in Hoke County recorder’s court Tuesday before Judge Henry McDiarmid. Thre.e of! these, all white soldiers, posted $25 bonds and did not appear for trial. They were Don ald A. Bass, Huey White and John A. Kohl. Three others paid $10 and the . costs. They were Giles Bullard, colored, Alfred Webster and Alfred Collins, white. ' The case- against Bob Bolton and W. C. Lewis for violating the pri- hibition laws was continued for one week and the jud|;e said it was to come up first thing next Tuesday morning. Willie Locklear, Indian, and James Edward Johnson, colored, each paid $23 and the costs for driving without driver’s licenses. Cases against Daniel W. Mason and Weldon Baldwin, colored, were dropped by the state when they appeared with licenses. Other traffic offenses included James Marshall Harris, passing in face of oncbming traffic, and Casey McNair, improper brakes. Both paid $10 and the costs. Ben jamin M. Stocks, white, paid $100 and the costs for driving drunk. L. V. Bagwell .»and John J. Shannon, both white soldiers, were involved in separate wrecks and each had to pay the costs 4or careless and reckless driving and damages to the owner of the other car. Weldon Cummings, Indian, had to eratihg a whiskey still. 1.'% Bragg Officiates Announce Paving Of Manchester Road Fort Bragg-^ statement an nouncing the paving of Manches ter Road on the military reserva tion at Fort Bragg was made last week by Brigadier General Pear son Menoher, Deputy Post Com mander. General Menoher stated that the road would be surfaced all the way from the l)resent surfaced road near the Pope Air Force Base to the end of the reservation which is bordered by county roads of both Hoke and Moore counties. The project has been considered for quite sometime ancf only re cently funds were made,available for the construction. It was form ally advertised and the contract was awarded to the C. G. Tate Construction Company of Concord, North Carolina. Spokesmen for the contractors stated that construction ■ would begin immediately. The road will have an eight inch stabilized base .and will be prepared at certain selected points to enable tanks and other tracked vehicles to cross the surfaced road into the north area. . The General also po|inted out that the road is one of-the heavi est travelled on the reservation both by military personnel and civilian employees residing in the Southern Pines and Aberdeen area. Due to the construction of the newly surfaced road, there will be a marked decrease of wear and tear on automobiles and trucks of Army and civilian • per sonnel. During the first phase of con struction which will start from the Pope Field area, traffic en tering from the Southern Pines area can enter the reservation by using Manchester Road and pro ceeding to Lamont Road, thence to McKellar Road and through the Division area. 0 Mr., and Mrs.. Ridenhour Kelly of Spartanburg, S. C. visited Mrs. Preston Kelly and family Sunday. Hazel Leroy Meacham, 42, di rector of l^tate farms and former county farm agent of Hoke coimty, took his own life at his home at Caledonia Prison farm at Scot land Neck last Thursday. He had recently returned from a vacation trip and was highly nervous. The coroner said that he apparently went into the bath room of his home and shot him self through the right temple with a .22 rifle at about 2:00 a. m. The sheriff and the coroner, who had been summoned, broke into the bathroom and found him still living. A doctor was called', but Meacham died at about five o’ clock- He was a native of Statesville and had been c|jrector of prison farms since shortly ,after Gover nor Scott took office. Since leav ing this county some years ago he had been a fertilizer repre sentative and then extension mar keting specialist. at State College. He is survived by his wife, one son, three'‘ brothers, two sisters, and his mother. Funeral was in Statesville Fri day afternoon. ^— Figures Given On Farmers Home Loans A total of 102 Hoke Coimty Farmers have been made operat ing loans through, the Farmers Home Administraiton since last July 1st. Operating loans were made for the purchase of seed, feedj. livestock, fertilizer and other iam supplies, ^gh{ farim built new homes during the past year imder the Farmers Home Administartion Housing Program and nine fami lies purchased tractors and equip ment. Loans for building new or repairing houses and other build ings is available at 4% and pay able up to a period of 33 years. Loans for the purchase of tractor and equipment bears 5% interest and are payable up to a period of five years. Four loans have been made to build Grade A Milking Barns and applications are being processed for the purchase of dairy cows. Six farms have been bought this year through the FHA this fiscal year. Seven borrowers paid their loans in full during the year. ■We now have 36 Farm Ownership Loans on record. Fifty-six Disaster Loans were made in the county this year. County Agent Makes Report On Boll Weevil '■fc ' The Weekly Cotton insect sur vey of July 16 showed 21 per cent infestation in treated fields and 62% in untreated, but the treated fields in each case had been left unpoisoned the previous week, ae_ cording to E. M. Stallings, County Agent. From the regular survey date and from checking additional fields in the county the Farm Agent makes the following obser vations and recommendations. The boll weevil infestation and the rate of build-up of infestation continues to be highly variable. Fro instance, the infestation in unpoisoned survey fields varied from 30 to 88 percent, while in the treated survey fields the range was from 1 to 43 percent. It is im- partant to note however that the survey fields shown as treated had gone in every case at least 10 days without poisoning. In checking other fields in the county no field that had been poisoned 4 times and 'poisoned within the last 7 days had .'an in festation of over 5 percent. From, the above it seems ad visable to make infestation counts at least twice each week and treat when the percent infestation reaches approximately 'lO percent. Chamber Luncheon Is Well Attended About 35 members and guests attended the' luncheon meeting of the Raeford Chamber of Comr merce at tiie High School cafe teria Tuesday. A delicious meal of fried chick en,'rice and gravy and several garden vegetables was served by the ladies of the Pine Forest Home Demonstration club. Duaiie Strawbridge of . the United States Chamber of Com merce, was the speaker. He made an eloquent appeal to business people and individuals in this counfry to take an interest in their government, and - brought out the fact that members of con gress want to represent the peo ple but must know what they want to do a good job of it. Need Carpenters On Fort Bragg Projects There are immediate vacancies at Fort Bragg, North Carolina for carpenters. The rate of pay is $1.40 per hour for a 40 hour work week. Persons with 4 years of ex perience as 'carpenters and who are interested in immediate em ployment are urged to apply at the Civilian Personnel Office lo cated in Building 301, Fort Bragg. Mrs. Kathleen Wilson has re turned home after a visit to re latives at Spartanburg, S. C. and Montreat. . ' Completes Leaders Course At Jackson Katherine was pom at Highsmith hospital on June 28th. Weevil Score To Date Per 800 Plants Checked May 21 May 28 June 4 .. Jtme' 11 Percent 2 2 4 ■,± i.is- r -I p of squares punc tured in 8 fields (100 squares per field examined) June 18 Poisoned once 1% TJnpoisoned 17% June 25' Poisoned twice 1% Poisoned once 9% Unpoisoned 19% July 2 Poisoned 2% ^ Unpoisoned 19% July 10 Poisoned 2% Unpoisoned 19% July 16 Poisoned Helds (Ufl^isolned for at least 10 days) | 21% Unpoisoned fields 62% (Unpoisoned for entire season) (Poisoned 4 times last time within past Week m% PERSONALS Mr. and Mrs. Carl Lo Dolce and sons, Larry and Bobby, have returned to their home in Roches ter, New York, after a three week’s visit here with Mrs.. Lo Dolce’s mother, Mrs. Luther Clark. All rriembers of the Clark family were together on ^unday fir their annual family reunion. Mr. and Mrs. Loyd Sheets, who have made their home here in one of the Gatlin apartments for the past some time, haye moved to Burlington, where Mr. Sheets has accepted a position. While here Mr, Sheets was connectel with Bryant Electric Company. Mrs. Sheets entered a High Point hospital the first of the week. \ Sgt. N. M. Fippinger has return ed to Fort Benning, Ga., after spending 10 days here with his family. Sgt. Fippinger has been on special duty at Fort Benning since February. Ernest Hunt, Jr. of Homestead, Florida, a former Raeford resi dent, visited Leroy Freeman sev eral davs last week. Private Robert Herriford, son of Mp. and Mrs. John Herriford of Cuba, Ill., * has successfully completed the eight-week Lead er’s Course conducted by the Specialist Training Regiment of the famed 8th Division at Fort Jackson, S. C. Private Herriford is a graduate of Cuba High School. He is mar ried to the former Muriel Jean Davis of Raeford and has a 10- months-old son, Robert Herrifird, Jr. 0 Mrs. Robert Colson and son, Hampie and daughter, Katherine, left for their homff -in Charlotte after a visit with Mrs. Colson’s parents,* Mr. and Mrs. Arch San ders.- Mrs. Colson’s daughter^l-Kubbard of Laurinburg visited in Cpl. Jesse C. Tew of the Air Force returned to Salt Lake City, Utah, Saturday after spending a 15 clay' furlough here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Tew, on. Route 1. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Long V.'instor.-Salem and Mrs. J. the homes of C. J. and G. 'Freeman, Thursday. Majiy Air Force Units Nearby For August Maneuver Air Force Units participating in Exercise SOUTHERN PINE, oint Army and Air Force exercise scheduled for this area during August, will operate from several airfields in the Carolines and Vir ginia, according ti an announce ment made today by Major Gener al W. R. 'Wolfinbarger, Command ing General of the Ninth Air Force and Deputy Maneuver Di rector. AU combat air units engaged in the maneuver are assigned to the Tactical Air Command, the major U. S. Air Force command respon sible for air-ground operations. The Third‘U. S. Army and the Ninth., Air-J^yce, onj^ of )he Air Fbrees in the Tactical Air Command, have been responsible for detailed point planning of the exercise. , During the exercise, tactical air units will be concentrated at Max- ton Air Base, between Laurinburg and Maxtoi^New Hanover County Airport near Wilmington and Pope A riForce Base, all In North Car olina; Shaw Air Force Base, Sumter, S. C.; and Langley Air Force Base, Va. Most active of the maneuver air bases will be Maxton. which will become the temporary home of the maneuver Troop Carrier Command and the i23rd Fighter- Bomber Wing. The 'iToop carrier Cotnmand is being formed frpis j eleinents of the 314th, 375th, 4S4th, 43'5th, 443rd and 516 Troop Car ter Wings, all of which are as signed to the Tactical Air Com mand’s Eighteenth Air Force. The Troop Carrier Command will operate C-46, C-82, C-119 and C-122 tppe aircraft. The 123rd Fighter - Bomber Wing, a Ninth Air Force unit, will operate North American 5-51 “Mustangs” at Maxton. The Ninth Air Force’s '137th Fighter-Bomber Wing will oper ate two squadrons if F-84 *‘Thun- derjets” at New Hanover County Airport. Also at this base will be one squadron of F-51’s from the 140th Fighter-Bomber Wing. iThe 117th Tactical Reconnais sance Wing, also a Ninth Air Force unit, will operate RF-80 “Shooting Stars” and, RB-26 “In vader” reconnaissance aircraft from Pope Air Force Base. Elements of the 20th Fighter- Bomber and 363rd Tactical Re connaissance Wings, both of the Ninth Air Force, will-operate their F-84s and RF-80s from their home station at Shaw Air Force Base, s. c. ■ B-45j “Tornado” light bimbers of the 85th Light Bombardment Squadron will join the mock bat tle from their home station at Langley Air Force Base, Va. Advance detachments of the Troop Carrier Command are naw located at Maxton, making prepa rations for the arrival of the major^ elements later this month. Ad vance detachments of the 137th Fighter-Bomber Wing- will arrive at New Hanover during July, with th emain element joining them about August 1. All units will re- / (Continued on back page) County Bond Paving Reacltts 21 Mile Total The State Highway Commission recently announced the comple tion of 21 additiinal miles of hard- surfacing in Hoke County under the $200,000,000. bond issue pro gram. The newly-surfaced roads are: Lobelia east to Cumberland County line, 6.7; From Mt. Pleas ant Church north, to Harnett County line,' 1.5; From Crane’s Creek Bridge east to Lobelia run ning north to Harnett County dine, 2.4; From Lobelia south to Fort (Bragg reservation at Little River Bridge, two miles; From US 15-A to Floyd Monroe’s to Rockfish Raeford Road, 3.1; From Turnpike Road north of Raeford toward Ft. Bragg reservation, one mile; From US 15-A 2.2 miles west of Cum berland County line running south of Rockfish RaMord Road, 3.1; County road collections at Mc Cain Sanatorium, 1.1. Mire than one-half of the state-widepaving goal under the secondary bond issue program has been completed to date. PERSONALS Mrs. Samuel Halperin of New- buryport. Mass, arrived last Wed nesday for a visit with relatives in Aberdeen, Raeford and Laur inburg. She is making her head quarters at the home of her sis ter, Mrs. Ralph Chapman in Ab erdeen. Her daughter. Miss San dra Halperin arrived Several weeks ago. Mrs. Halperin, Miss Halperin, and Miss Lucy Chap man accompanied Mrs. Jewel Klouse to Myrtle Beach for the week end to see ,Mr. and Mrs. Andy Wood and Mr. and Mrs. Sam Snead. Local Churches Plan Youth Activities Week, August 13-17 The churches of Raeford plan to sponsor.^a joint “Youth Activi ties” week for all the young peo ple aged 15 to 23 in the county during the week of August 13 to .•\ugust 17. The activities will take place at the Raeford Methodist church where the young people will meet from 7:00 until 10:00 o’clock nightly. Theme for the week will '■:c ' Christ, The Supreme Pattern.” Program will include worship, sir.ging. speakers, interest groups, food and recreation. 0 Draft Takes One; Others May Enlist Mrs. J. M. Baker, clerk to the Hoke County Selective Service board, said yesterday that one man was sent to the Army from the county this week. He was Lee O’Briant, white, and he was sent to the induction station at Fay etteville and from there to the re ception center at Fort Jackson, S. C. Mrs. Baker called the attention to the new ruling which allows those who have been examined and excepted for sel«ctive service to go ahead and enlist in the ser vice of their choice until August 1. 0 1951 Price Support Rates For Tobacco Are Announced Dundarrach Miui Dies h Wreck Saturday P. M. Death Follows CoUiskni Almost Immediately; Funeral Held Tuesday Mrs. W. M. Long and daugh ter, Ann, of Chester, Pa., were visitors in the home of A. J. and G. M. Freeman last week. Mrs. Arthur McNeill of Southern Pines spent Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. Starr McMillan. — >■-> Mi*, and Mrs. D. H. Walters had as tb**'- * J. Glenn and 5on«, r. ^, and Edgar David, and Mrs. Glenn’s nephew, P. P. O’Briant, all of Durham. Stanley Crawley, who travels for the Boston Novelty Shoe Cor poration, attended a shoe style show this week at Cherry Hotel, Wilson, N. C. Mrs. Neill A. McDonald spent the latter part of last week in Goldsboro with her mother. She returned to Raeford Sunday anl had as her guests in Raeford for the day Monday: Mrs. Claude Bishop of Greensboro, Mrs. John Spicer, Mrs. Deleon Best, Mrs. W. A. Shepherd, all of Goldsboro, and Miss Martha Davis of Tren ton, New Jersey. Sgt. and Mrs. David Kunkler have moved into the apartment in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Carlton Niven. Sgt. Kunkler is with the 82nd Airborne at Bragg and has just returned to Bragg after spend, ing the past four months at Ft, Benning. He and Mrs. Kunkler occupied the Niven apartment before* leaving for Benning. Mrs. Kunklef is the former Mis^'Kitty Long of 'Valdese, N. C.. an^^gt. Kunkler is from Virginia Beach. Mrs. J. C. Blythe, Misses Jose phine, Christine and Barbara Blythe, and Mack Blythe of'Hun- tersivlle were giiests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Halley Blythe for the day Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Spec Morris re turned to their home in Gilmer, Texas, Tuesday, after com.ing here last week in account of the ill ness and death of Mrs. Morris. An average loan rate of 50.7 cent? per ppund for 1951-crop flue-cured tobacco and a sche dule of rates by grades were an nounced today by the U. S. De partment of Agriculture. The av erage loan rate of 50.7 cents per pound is 90 per cent of the parity price of 56..3 per pounl as of July 1, 1951, the beginning of the 1951- 52 marketing year. Loans cover ing the 1951 crop will be made available by the Commodity Cre dit Corporation in accordance with the general program pro visions announced by the Depart ment on April 13. The loans on 1951-crop Sue- cured tobacco will be made on the basis of Official Standard Grades-at a specified rate for each s five cents per pound differential between “tied” and f “untied” tobacco. The average loan rate for 1950-crop flue-cured was 45 cents per pound, based upon 90 per cent of the July 1. 1950, parity price of 50 cents per pound. . Loan rates by grades for 1951- flue-cured tobacco range from $74 per 100 pounds for top grades down to $17 per 100 pounds for certain “nondescript” grades. Loans will be made available to to eligible producers through the Flue-Cured Tobacco Cooperative Stabilization Corporation during the 1951-52 marketing season. An eligible producer is one who has not harvested flue-cured tobacco in excess of the acreage allotment established for his farm. As in past years, growers will offer their tobacco at auction mar kets in the usual manner. Any lot of eligible tobacco on which the auction bid price does not ex ceed the loan rate may be con signed for loan. . Each year since 1936 the CCC has operated tobacco loan or pur chase programs. More than two billion pounds of the various kinds of tobacco—valued at more than a billion dollars—ha\fo been purchased by CCC or pledged by growers as collateral for non-re course loans during the period. As of Jime 1, 1951, CCC loan stocks of tobacco (1946 through 1950, crops) totaled about 251 million pounds, redried weight basis, with a value of about $117,- 000,000. These loan stocks con sist of about 78,000,000 pounds of flue-cured, 76,000,000 pounds of Burley, 79,000,000 pounds of fire- Bruce | cured and rack air cured, and 18,- 1000,000 pounds of other tj’pes.t Eugene Meinnis, 24-year-oId Duridarrach man, suffered fatal injuries in an accident five miles from Fayetteville at about 9:30 Saturday night. He died in an ambulance en route to a Fayetteville hospital soon after his car had collided with an ice truck of the Fayette ville Ice and Coal Co., driven by Lindberg Emmanuel, 23-year-oId Negro of Fayetteville. Death re sulted from, a fractured skull and chest injuries. Patrolman quoted Em.Tianuel as saying that the Me innis car crossed the middle lane and sideswiped the truck. The car travelled 171 feet after the im pact, throwing MeInnis into a ditch 39 feet from his car. The car was demolished. Funeral services were conducted at D u n d a r r ac h Presbyterian church at 10:00 o’clock TueKlay morning by the Rev. W. B. Ho ward, pastor of the Raeford Pres byterian church, assisted by Ralph Underwood, student supply pas tor from Yale Divinity school al the Dundarrach and Huli)^ churches. Burial was in the church cemetery. -i- —, Surviving are his wife, the , former Mary Saunders; one son, William Eugene Meinnis; and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Meinnis, all of Dundarrach; three brpthtf Clyde Mclnnis-of Miami, Florida, Laverne Meinnis of Max- ton and Glenn Meinnis of the home; three sisters, Mrs. Leo L. Bishop of West Palm Beach, Fla., Mrs. T. W. Jones of Dundarrach, and Mrs. Bill Reid of Warrenton. 0 Bethel Church Plann. Homecoming July 29 Bethel Presbyterian church is planning a dedication service for their hew building and the home coming win be held at the .’ame time on July 29. The Rev. S. A. Ewart, pastor, said this week that a program cd interest to aU was being arranged and this will appear in next we^s paper. The worship service will be held at 11:00 a. m. and there will be a picnic lunch at one. The de dication service will be held at 12:30. Former members and flien^ of the church are invited, to at tend and bring their baskets. CUTTING SATURDAY; ONE CUT; TWO ARRESTED Lacy Flowers, colored, suffered an 18-inch cut in the abdomen in a disagreement near his home north of Raeford Saturday ni^t at about 10:00 o’clock. He was taken to hospital by ambulance and is said to be doing welL Lee Murchison amd Walter Gra ham were arrested by Sheriff D. H. Hodgin and charged with cut ting him. The sheriff said th^r had two good knives amd that it ap peared that the 18-inch cut was made \\/th one well-executed stroke. ^ 0 REVIVAL SERVICES Revivail' services are being con ducted at flie Church of Gqd on Green street by C- O. Cairter, evan gelist from Concord. Guest speak er for tonight’s service will bn the Rev. Floyd Boger, district overseer of Fayetteville. Services are being held each night this week at 7:30 amd the public is invited. 0 Mr. ani Mrs. CJ, M. lYeeman, Sr., accomainied by Mrs. R. B. Sr.’, gccom'panied by Mrs. R. Laurinburg, visited Mr. and Huey Long in Charlotte last Wed*-, nesday.