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m J. \it ■?,5f-. M ^ I :.r VOICE OF JRIIDDM HOWtJ GUAJUMAfl OF IIBERTT - Journal VOfCf OF WUBOM WO*M v««u>| i VOLUME XLVI; NUMBER 13 The Hoke County Journal. THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1951 ‘ The Hoke County Newt orwiRiT RAEFORD, N. C. ten cents per copy I2UI0 PER YEAR your iSCHOOL NEWS! By K. A. MacDonald The 1951-'52' school term will^ open at 9:00 A. M. on Thursday, Septemiber 6, which will toe two weeks from today. Time is short before the opening. We regret to advise, that the last legislature did not change the law in reference to the age of beginners. So the ■ schools will be unable to accept beginners who will not be six years of age on or before October 1, 1951. We regret this, but we have to adhere strictly to the law. / We would like to advise again those parents who will have be ginners starting school and who have not had their preschool physical examination to take these children to their family physician for examination or to take them to the county health department on Friday of this week or next. This is very important. ar; aiyjrary quarters have been ;ed to house the additional pupils that will enter school here first time this year. The Board of Education has A^rked (^diligently to have the new [dit^n 'to the Raeford Graded jftOiS-uiiderway. Plans have been drawn and submitted to Raleigh ddition, also for the nd- the Upchurch school and the. new Indian school. The Board had hoped to let all three contracts at one time, there- byvge'tting better bids. Thei-e is a question how as-what is best to do sihce the hold up is caused by J^ei^l^. failure to approve dhe i'i^’eforowiradij;.. additic/..;. A meit- ing of the Board will be held shortly to decide what further steps to take. iVo I The teachers lists for the various schools of the county follows: Ashemont: R. A. Smoak, principal, Miss Nancy Thornburg, Miss Mil dred Womble and Mrs. P. A. Smoak. Hoke High: W. T. Gibson, District principal, W. P. Phillips, Miss Margaret Hefner, H. A. Fair- cloth, R, B. Rockholz, Miss Mir iam Watson, Mrs. H. A. Faircloth, Mrs. J. C. McLean, Miss Hilda Priest, Mrs. B. D. Wright, Mrs. Tom Cameron, John F. Campbell, Mrs. A. D. Gore, J. fi. Renn. Mil- douson: L. P. Hendrix, principal, Mrs. T. N. McLauchlin, Mrs. Irene Thrower, Mrs. T- C. Jones. Rae ford Graded: J. W. Turlington, building principal. Miss' Mayme McKeithan, Mrs. M. L. McKeithan and Miss Martha Pittman eighth grade teachers at High School, J. G. Allen, Miss Ethel B. Britt, Miss Hannah Price, Mrs. Ruria B. Shel ton, Mrs. Mary McP. Roberts, Mrs. Phillip Johnson, Mrs. Eliza beth T. Robinson, Mrs. George Wilcox, Mrs. Annie M. Bron, Mrs. Bertha C.-Hardesty, Mrs. Thelma M. McPhaul, Mrs. Mary H. Free man, Mrs. Beulah M. Turner, Miss Doris Bradley and Miss Katherine Sheppard. Rockfish: T. C. Jones, principal, Mrs. B. B. dole, Mrs. Janie T. Monroe. Henry C. McBryde PasseR Tuesday; Funeral Today Henry Craddock McBryde, young farmer of the Antioch com munity, died early Tuesday morn ing in Pittman hospital in Fay etteville after a shord illness. Funeral services will be con ducted at the Antioch Presbyter ian Church at two-thirty this af ternoon by the Rev. W. B. Hey ward of the Raeford Presbyterian Church and the Rev. Ralph Un derwood, summer assistant at the Dundarrach and Philippi Presby terian Churches. The body will remain at the Lentz Mortuary’ un til one hour prior to the service. Mr. McBryde was born April 8, 1921, a son of Leona Conoly and Marshall B. McBryde of Shannon, Route 1. He had lived his entire life in Hoke County. He is sur vived by his parents, his widow, Ruth English McBryde, five sis ters-, Mrs. Roy Prillamai^ of Stone- ville, N. C.; Mrs. Paul Cloer of McCain, Mrs. Frances Sessoms of Leesburg, Fla., Mrs. J. R. Denton of Richmond, Va., Mrs. Littleton Barnard of Pensacola, Fla. and five brothers, Paul, Winter Haven, Fla., Benton, Camp Butner, N. C., Joe of the U. S. Army in Korea, Derry of Richmond, Va. and Bobby of Red Springs. _0 Accidental Shot Fatal For Youth 'Richard Lee Cline, 18, of Shan non, Route 1, died last Thursday in' Scotland Memorial Hospital, Laurinburg, of injuries sustained when he was shot accidently Sat urday, August 11, by a .22: caliber rifle held by James Waller, friend of the Cline youth, behind the Cline residence. Authorities ruled the shooting accidental after hearing informa tion from several witnesses. Surviving are his parents, Mr, and Mrs. Thomas O. Clinej three brothers, Sgt. Oliver Cline, Jr., in Korea, and Bobby Gene and Harry T. of the home; three sisters, Mrs Betty Lou Gothis of Fayetteville, and Shelva Jean and Shirley Car- roll, both of the honie. Funeral services were conduct ed Sunday at 2 p. m. from Antioch Presbyterian Church. Burial v/as in the church cemetery. « ' Local Guard Unit Enjoying Fine Facilities Men Consider Ft. McClellan Finest Camp Attended Since Battery Organized In 1947 In spite of the fact that they will not get to fire their antiair craft guns at aerial targets this year, the men of Battery “A”, Hoke County National Guard unit, are certain that this two weeks they are spending in Ft. ii^cClel- lan, Alabama will be the most pleasant summer encamprnent since the unit was formed in 1947. Reasons for this certainty are many but obvious. The camp is I Richmond, Va. beautiful, laid in the rolling hill [ -world War | and a Mason. In country of north eastern Alabama, February, 191 he was married and all the buildings and facilitiesr Margaret Mfclver of Carthage Frank Smith Blue, Former'Raeford Man, Dies In Burlington Raeford people were shocked Tuesday when they heard that the Rev. Frank Blue had died in a Burlington hospital following a very short illness. Frank Smith Blue was the old est son of the*late Neill S. Blue and Mary Blue, prominent and pioneer family of the Sandhill section. He was born July 16, 1887, at the family "homestead. The Battleground, now a par: of the Fort Bragg resepation, the larg est part of which was sold to the government by bis father. He at tended Raefordflnstitute and was graduate! from;.Davidson College and Union Th^logloal Semi-iary, e was a veteran -Wr-Tb-Gibson,_Jr., principal of the Raeford Schools, will be in the high school offices every day from now until school opens. He will be glad to register nev; pupils for the ensuing term. f ———0 Bon-Mart To Open In Near Future Gift Of $500.00 Received At PJC Presbyterian Junior College has received a gift of $-500 which will be applied on the purchase of a car load of roofing. The donation w'as made by Mr. Lloyd A. Fry, Sr., of Lloyd A. Fry Roofing Co., Summit, Illinois and- Morehead City, North Carolina. The roof ing will be used in a rejuvenat ing project including recovering of library and McNair Cafeteria. The work on the cafeteria is ex pected to be completed in time for the opening of college on Septem ber 3. — u COMPLETES COURSE are planned with the comfort of the soldier in mind. The men are living in large squad tenits with concrete floors and screened walls. While they work hard and the temperature gets high during the days, the nights are cool and just right for good sleeping. There is a large swimming pool less than a block from the bat tery’s tent area and there are many post exchanges, theatres, athletic facilities and other recre ational advantages which the men are enjoying. The battery furnishes, transportation to Anniston, about five miles away, each night for those Who wish to go, and several entertainments have been arrang ed there for the men. The trip down was a hot tough one and proved that the battery was a well-trained unit. They ar rived in Athens, Georgia after ■dark Saturday''pight along -ivitK the approximately 150 other east ern North Carolina National Guard vehicles, which had spent Friday night in Raeford and came on to Ft. McClellan Sunday, arriving at about 3:30 in the afternoon. Yesterday the unit moved their guns to the field and are spending several days this week tracking airplanes and training crews on antiaircraft firing. Tomorrow some' of the men will fire the carbines and the next week the whole unit will move out to the artillery, range with the field artillery and will do some firing with them at ground targets. There are 79 men, one warrant officer and five officers witq the local battery in Alabama. There have been no accidents or serious illnesses so far. -0 ROCKHOLZ BUYS HOUSE He held pastonaites in a Presby terian. church, Burlington, Church of the Vanguai^, Raleigh, and the Presbyterian Church in Linden. When he retired from active pas torates in May; 1950, he and Mrs. Blue bought a home in Burling:*on where they were making their home at the 'time of his death. He preached last Sunday the 19th at Park Avenue Presbyterian Church, Burlington, but was taken sick later on in the day and taken to Alamance General Hospital where he diedjat 9:20 A. M. Tues day. ) Funeral services will be conduct, ed this afternoon (Thursday) at 3 o’clock in the First Presbyterian Church of (Sarthage by Rev. W I. Golden, pa-stor, and Rev. Mar lin Curry, Burlingto-i. Pallbearers will be Neitt^ames Blue, Herbert Mcieithan, JJ., John McKeithan of Raeford.. and Eddie Fuller >of Liberty, and Murdock Prevost. Officers of the Presbyterian Church of Carthage will 'be hon orary pall'bears. Interment will be in Carthage. The deceased is survived by his wife, two sisters, Mrs. Charles Kaylor of Tampa, Florida, Mrs. Edwin Fuller of Liberty, and two brothers, N. B. and John McKay Blue of Raeford. 0 PERSONALS Wreck Fatal To. Robeson Man Saturday A. M. Joseph E.,Conoly, 27, Buried At Antioch Church Last Sunday Afternoon ’Joseph Edward Conoly, 27- year-old Red Springs man, was killed instantly in an accident one mile from Dundarrach at about 5:00 Saturday morning. Conoly’s death resulted from head and chest Injuries received when his car hit two mules be longing to Vinson Dixon, colored, of Dundarrach. Investigation showed that Conoly’s car traveled 172 feet after the impact. The car was completely demolished. Both mules were killed. Coroner 'James C. Lentz called an inquest for Tuesday night at the Courthouse. The six man jury found that Conoly met his death by an unavoidable accident. Funeral services were held from the Red Springs Baptist Church, conducted by the pastob, the Rev. Paul Early at 4 p. m. Sunday. Interment was in the Antioch Church cemetery. He was the son of John Ed Conoly of Hoke County and the late Mrs. Mabel Chason Conoly of Hoke County. Bond Road Work Is Finished In County Ten additional miles of paving under the bond issue program were completed in Hoke County during July, Chairman Henry W. Jordan of the State Highway Commission announced recently. The newly-surfaced roads are: County road from Dawis Fridge to the Cumberland Councy line, 0.6 mile; County road from NC 211 via McNeill Lake to Lumber Bridge-Arabia Road, 8.8; County road from one mile north of Rock- fish to the Cumberland County line, 0.7 mile. The state-wide bond issue pror gram reached the twe-thirds mark this summer. Last general reporting showed that the Sixth Highway Division was lead r.g the state in amount of paving wo.''k accomplisned under tnc program. 0 Commissioners And Accountants To Meet At Blowing Rock Sgt. Harold S. Holcomb, hus band of Lois J. Holcomlb, Route 2, Raeford, N. C., graduated re cently from the light and heavy weapons leaders course at the Infantry School, at Ft. Benning, Ga. Maj. Gen. John H. Church, comandant, announced recently. g) RECEIVES DEGREE Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rockholz have bought from' W. L. Poole the new cottagte, just being com pleted, across the street from the armory. They expect to move from Mrs. Dickson’s, where they lived since coming to Raeford, by September 1st. Mr. Rockholz is athletic coach at Hoke High School. 0 CURRIE WITH WRIGHT Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Dickson and Miss Helen. Dickson were in Raeford for a short while Mon day, en route to Red Springs where they spent the day with relgtives. Billy Dickson of Ft. Lauderdale accom'panied them to Raeford and spent the day with Petey Dickson. Other survivors are his wife, the former Lilly L. Edwards; two children, Charles Edwards and Linda, both of the home; three sisters, Mrs. W. A. Black of Route 2, Raeford, Mrs. Quenin Davis of Raeford and Mrs. Sidney Willi ford of Shannon, Route 1; one brother, Pfc. Jimmy N. Conoly of Fort Bragg. 0 Umpire Jot Explained By Lt. Coi. Coleman The annual meeting of the State Association of County Commis sioners and County Accountants will be held at Blowing Rock on August 27th, 28th, and 29ch. The officers of the Association are: F. Knox Watson, Hoxa Coun ty, President; .John Long, Iredell County, Vice-President; J. Henry Vaughan, Nasn County, Secretary and Treasurer. Koke is ;he cj ly small county in the State has been honoi- ed by having the presidency of th“ Association twice. N. H. G. Bal four served as president a few years ago. Both men performed the duties of the office in a very efficient and acceptable manner, and reflected distinct credit to Hoke County. -tsaad am aAiS hTav uos;ba\ uim dent’s address on Monday after noon. Killed in an air raid minutes before, the soldier settled down in the shade to smoke a cigarette. He had been declared dead by ax member of the Air Force’s Family Farm Policy Review Mr. and Mrs. I. Mann and family had as their visitors the first of the week Mrs. Grace Schiornstein and sons, Norman and Stuart of Newark, N. J. John Draughon, popular mer chant, former manager of Collins in Hendersonville and more re cently in Raeford, is busy getting things in line for the opening of his new store. The shop will be known as the Bon-Mart and will feature Ladies’ and children’s Ready-To-Wear at popular prices. I It is located in the building owned by C. J. Benner, occupied by David Smith’s Radio Shop 'be fore its recent complete renova tion. Date of opening will be an- no'anced later. Horace P. Andrews has returned from the Pennsylvania State Col lege after having completed the requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy degree. He will leave next week for Chicago where he has accepted a posotion as Biochemist in Re search Laboratories of Swift and Company. , 0-. \ Mr. and Mrs. E: J. Sbead, Jr. have as their guest, Mrs: Snead’s mother, Mrs. R. R. Bpiley of Atlanta, Ga. They are e^-cpecting Mr. Sneadfs piarents, Fjr. and Mrs. E. J. Snead of Fort’Union, Virginia, Saturday for a y^sit. Frank Currie returned last Wed nesday after having been in the merchant marine for seven years. Mr. and Mrs. Currie are with Mr. Currie’s mother, Mrs. Roland Cur rie ih Blue Springs township for the present. Mrs. Roland Currie is from Bridgeport, Conn. Mr. Currie is a member of the new hardware firm; Wright and Currie. . 0—:— MAULTSBY PICKED UP John Leonard Maultsby, who failed to appear for trial in Hoke County Superior Court this week, was taken into custody about four o’clock Wednesday morning by Sheriff D. H. Hodgin and Dep uty H. M. Meeks. Maultdby was picked up at the home of his moth er, in Montrose. ]V#r. and Mrs. Ed McNeill are vacationing at Myrtle Beach this week. While they are away little Eddie is staying with his grand- nwther, Mrs. J. W. Walker. Mr and Mrs. Clyde Cambell and daughter of Butner were week-end visitors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Campbell. Misses Mayme and Liza Mc- keithan and Tom McKeithan have moved into their new home next door to the home of Mrs. J. A. Blue. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Love and children of Durham spent the week-end here with Mr. Love’s mother, Mrs. Pearl Love. Mrs. Joe Gulledge is on vaca tion this week from Mann's De- parlanent Store. She and her daughters. Misses Nita and Ethel Sue Gulledge spent the first of the week in Greensboro with Mr. and Mrs. Dick Paschal. C. P. Kinlaw has been sick and confined to his home for the past two weeks. He was reported the first of the week to He improving. Mrs. A. K. Currie and Mrs. Luke Bethune visited Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Lowe in Charlotte for sev eral days this week and then went to the moimtains in the western part of the state, where they are spending some time. Troop Carrier Umpire team dur ing one of the mock battle now taking place as part of Exercise SOUTHERN PINE. As Air Force planes strike and Army troops attempt to break through, these umpires watch from the sidelines, judging the actions of the men involved and deciding who is the winner. Beginning August 13, this group, under the command of Lt. Col. Charles H. Coleman, began to re cord all Troop Carrier activities during the joint Air Force - Army training exercise. The mock battles will continue through August 29, and the var ious Air Force and Army units will return to their home stations in early September. Although the fighting is simu lated the situations that arise are real. Combat veterans of World War II and the fighting in Korea command the Aggressor and De fender forces. All that is missing is the crackle oij live ammunition. It is up to the umpires to de side who is dead, what equip ment has been destroyed and who is the •victor. “When Troop Carriers fly a mission, we go along,” Capt. R. H. Boekning said. Figured into their reports are the number of simulated casualties, downed planes and the effectiveness of the fighter cover. In addition to judging Troop Carrier Command activities, the umpires also evaluate the actions of the Aggressor air and ground forces, the organizations making this mock attack on the United States. According to the operational plan for Exercise SOUTHERN PINE, equipment'destroyed” can not be used for six hours. AU “dead” are declared out of action for three hours. Compared by some to the um pire in a football game, the “umps” call ’em as they see ’em, and have the final word in every situation. Hoke County Agricultural leacl- ^ ers met August 16, 1951 to make plans for a county-wide review of all agricultural programs in the county administered by the U. S. Department of Agriculture. Those at the meeting, called by W. L. Smith, Chairman of the Agricultural Mobilization Corh- ntittee, said the study will find out how well the Department programs are serving farm fami lies. Members of Hoke County Agricultural Mobilization Com mittee, business leaders, repre sentatives of farm oranizations. and agricultural leaders were at the meeting. There will be a coun ty-wide meeting held on Septem- bdr 13, 1931 at 8:00 p.m. at the County Court House, to which all farmers and interested persons will be invited to attend. Request for the review was re ceived by G. T. Scott, Chairman of the State Agricultural Mobilization Committee, from Charles F- Bran- nan, Secretary of Agriculture and Chairman of the National Agri cultural Mobilization Committee. Each county in North Carolina and the nation is to conduct a similar study. Fanners, businessmen, civic leaders agricultural workers, preachers, teachers, and others wiU be asked to study and make recomrhendations on all agricul tural programs. The basic idea is to get the thinking of everyone in the county interested in agri culture and about how our farm programs and policies can be im proved in regard to service to the family farms. 0 Superior Court Finished Monday In Quick Session Most Cases Continued; Maultsby Fails To Appear Capias Issued, Bond Raised Judge R. Hunt Parker of Roa noke Rapids convened the regular August term of Hoke coamty Su perior court here Monday morning for the trial of criminal and ci'vU cases. The case of W. R. Jones, Indian, charged with assault and larceny, which was left over from last term, was continued due to the fact that the defendant’s wife is sick. The case against H. L. and Mat- tie Hendrix, white, for . attempted fraud in a land transfer was nol pros with leave. James Jasiier Bullock, Jr., colored, was charged with an at tempt to commit arson. He plead guilty and was sentenced to 18 months on the roads. Willie Jr. English, married man of the county, was charged with having carnal knowledge of a fe male , child 13-years-.of-age. He was found guilty and sent to State Prison for not less than 18 months or more than three years. The trial of Bill Gordon. John L. Maultsby. Leona and Elizabeth Marlow, all- white, for immoral conduct was continued because John L. Maultsby was called and failed to arppear for trial. A capias was ordered for Maultsby and his bond was increased to $2,000. Other cases dealt ■with include the appeals of W. S. Rogers, care less and reckless driving, nol pros;' Robert Bolton and W. C. Lewis, violating the prohibition laws, continued due to the fact that the attorney for the defense recently died; Hamp McPherson, charged with giving Guthrie Long a bad check for $115, plead guilt,- and judgment was suspended on pay ment of the check and costs of the court. Because of a death in Judge Parker’s family court -was recessed Monday afternoon. Most of the civil cases were continued. 0 Mr. arid Mrs. Harry Greene sppent several days the first of last week in Atlanta, Ga. with Mr. arid Mrs. James A. Greene. They returned by the mountains of North Carolina for several days and brought Frances Ward Greene home ■with them. Framces Ward had been at Camp Merri Mac at Black Mountain for the past month, and while there she re ceived honorable meption for her canoeing. Eighth District YDC Rally To Be Held Saturday Night Members of Young Democrat clubs fixjm all counties . of the Eighth district are expected to at tend the Eighth District rally to be held at the Southern Pines Country club Saturday evening, August 25, with Congressman C. B. Deane as speaker. A number of state officials and senior party leaders are expected to attend, according to Nelson Gibson, Jr., of Gibson, distrrid: chairman. Scotland Courity YD mem'bers are cooperating ■with those of Moore county to make the rally a success. A social hour win be held at 6 p. m., followed by a buffet supper at 7 with the program scheduled to begin at 8. 0 Road Work Planned For Hoke County Hoke County wiU share in road work specified by the St?te High way Commission for letting on .\ugust 28, Chairman H«ary W. Jordan has announced. The local inoject advertised win be financed under the bond issue program and involves the hard-surfacing on l&l mites tsixai the Duffie-Wagram Road sou^ and east to the Rsbesoh County- line, from Duffies to the Old Max-' ton Road, from US 15-A to the Robeson County line (River Road) and extending Old Msxton Road to the Robeson County Unew Low bids rec^ved a^ the letting will be canvassed oy the Commis- sion at its next r^gulsr meeting on September I.- » C. T. Warner and sistar, Sar^ of Raleigh, visited reiatmives in the county during the 'we^-wd.