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VOLUME XLVI; NUMBER 25
Thii Hoke County Jpurnal
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1951
RAEFORD, N. C
TEN CENTS PER COPY
93.MPEB YEAB
YOUR
SCHOOL NEWS
By K, 'A. MabJDonald
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This week is N^|ional Educa-
Week. All schools in the couhty
are celd>arting it in various ways.
Hoke High is having special open
house tonight jit 8 o’clock. We
hope that all interested persons
will visit the schooL We hope
• that, if you' haven’t done so ail-
■ ready, you will visit the school in
which your children are enrolled
this afternoon or torfiorrow. The
educating of your children is one
of your most important responsi
bilities. We realize that in the
eye of the law the teacher stands
“in loco parentis” while the child
is in care of the school, but at the
- same time the law does not re
lieve the parent of his responsi
bility. You should know what is
going on in. your schools. Educa
tion Week is a good time to find
out.
Last Friday Chairman Gatlin,
Vice-Chairman McFadyen and
Supt. MacDonald went to Ra
leigh and after a long conference
the preliminaries for a compromise
in the dispute oyer, the site for
the Raeford Graded addition was
worked out.
The Board of Education met in
special session on Monday night
and approved the action of its
officers in principle and ordered
that the suggested plan be re
ferred to the * architect for his
^study and recommendaion before
final action is taken. It now looks
like the beginning of the building
we^. *»
At this* meeting the Director of
IHvision of Insurance met with
the Board and gave them the
benefit of the survey his depart
ment had just ’completed. He
quoted a county rate and a rate
oh individual buildings. He rec
ommended that as much insur
ance as possible be put into force
as soon as possible.
The Board is now in the pro
cess of trying to work out a plan'
whereby is can carry T5% cover
age for the balance of the fiscal
year, and be ready to go to 100%
coverage of insurable values for
the year 1.05.2^53. The present in-'
surable values of the school pro
perty in the county is $l,10il,500.
The insurable value in the coun
ty May 19, 1942 was $209,il95.00.
The tremendous increase in in
surable value is caused by two
things, the great deal of addition
al construction, and the. terrific
rise in replacement costs. An in
stance of this: The Hoke High
school building is now insured "for
almost twice its_original cost and
that lacks $50,000.0.0 of being its
replacement cost, as estimated by.
the Division of Insurance engi
neers.
The above paragraphs will give,
you a little idea of some of the
problems that your Board of Ed
ucation is having to face. , .
Fairmont Beats
Hoke H^h Here
Friday, 14-13
Bucks Play Final Game
Here At 3:00 Tomorrow
Fairmont’s high school football
team showed a will to win and
overcame a 13-point lead at Arnd-
ory park here last Friday after
noon to defeat Hoke High’s Bucks
by- one point. This was the third
game the Rucks have won or lost
by one point this season, having
won two and this being the first
lost that way.
The Hoke boys started off hot
when on the second play Benny
McLeod ran 75 yards from scrim-
rtiage for a touchdown. Benner’s
kick was good and the Bucks got
out . in front 7-0.
The Buck’s second score, also
in the first hall, came when John
McLauehlin .took a pitchout from
Phillips and made another long
run for the tally. Attempted con
version was blocked, in what
turned out to 'be the crucial play
of the game.
As the fi|;st half belonged to the
Bucks, so did the second to Fair
mont. They counted twice, once
on a pass and again on the ground.
Both points after touchdown were
good and Fairmont won 14-13. (
Tomorrow the Bucks play an
other home game at Armory park.
They meet Spring Hope High at
three o’clock in their final game
of the 1951 season.
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Forestry Field Day
To Be Held Friday
Congressman Deane
To Spend The Day
Here Next Wed.
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Dr. J. W. Pope of the State De
partment of Public Instruction is
an the county today making a sur
vey of the schooi system. His find
ings will be furnished the County
Board of Education, arid State
Board of Education, and Commis
sioner of Education, 'Washington,
D. C. Dr. Pope’.S survey will be
very inclusive. The office force
of the Board of Education has
been working all this week get
ting preliminary data ready for
his use upon arrival today. This
survey not only local, but state
and national in its scope.
A Forestry Field Day will be
held Friday, November 1.& on the
D. H. Hodgin Farm 6 miles south
of Raeford on Highway 21il, as-
cording to E. M. Stallings, .County
Agent.
. Included on the program will
be timber thinning, planting, ..fence
post peeling and treating, attcl us^
of bow and power saws.
The afternoon part of the pro
gram will be conducted for .adult
farmers from 1 to 4 pm and ihe
morning part of the program for
4-H and FFA members from 9:30
to 11:30.
Prizes will be Awarded to win
ners in thinning, chopping and
sawjng contests. These prizes :re
being donated by the Raeford
Hardware, Wright and Currie
Hardware, Johnson Cotton Crm-
pany, Dundarrach Trading Co. and
^McLauehlin Co. Hardware.
The Farm Agent states that
with the increased planting of pa.s-
tures and thereby increased use
of fence post the post peeling
treating demonstration should be
of particular interest. Too, it is
important to anyone with wood
land'to keep the trees properly
thinned to provide maximum
growth. Any farmer desiring to
order free pine seedlings will
have the opportunity of doing
this at the meeting Friday. '
All farmers of the county are
encouraged to attend this field
day. ,1
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Pfc. Franklin Niven of Donald
son Air Force Base, Green-yillC,
S^C. spent the week end and
Awnistice Day here with' home
folks.
Miss Nancy Thornburg of the
Ashemont faculty has had to be
absent from school this week on
account of the serious illness of
her father. Mrs. A. L. O’iBriant is
substituting for her.
•Last Wednesday night the Free
dom PTA met at the school for
its organizational meeting. Speak
ers were the county supervisor
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Major 'Milo Postell is now sta
tioned in California where he has
orders for service in Far East
Command. Mrs. Postell, who had
lived at Fort Bragg until her hus
band had overseas orders, is now
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. B. McIntyre. - ‘
Week end visitors in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Harris were
Mr. and Mrs. O. S. Brooks and
son, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Harris
and children, of Roxboiro.
J. , W. Turlington spent _ the
week end in Jacksonville. N. C.
with his brother, Dr. Turlington.
Bob Murray of Davidson spent
the week end here with his par
ents.
Congressman C. B. Deane of
Rockingham advised The Wews-
Joumal this week that he ex
pects to be at the cAurthoUse. in
Raeford next Wednesday, No
vember ai, to meet with anyone
in the county who may have mat
ters to discuss with him.' He ex
pects to arrive at aboift 10:00 o’
clock and will be at the court
house until noon.
The congressman intencis to
spend the afternoon going about
the county arid visiting around.
He invites the people to come to
the courthouse or meet his else
where and express themselves on
what is being done, as his business
is representing the people and
only by knowing what they want
can ^e try to achieve it.
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Carolina Farmers
Plan To Attend
National Convention
R. Flake Shaw, of Greensboro,
Executive Vice-President of the
North Carolina Farm Bureau, 'an
nounced today that the Tar Heel
Delegation to the American Farm
Bureau Federation’s National Con
vention, which will be held at the
Stevens Hotel in Chicago, Decem
ber 9-13, will depart on special
trains leaving from Durham .and
Winston-Salem, at 1:45 p. m., De
cember 8.
Sha'w said the trains carrying
the North Carolina Delegation will
be consolidated at Roanok'O, Va,,
ami that the g^upjwoulri proceed
on to Cihoinn^i; wh»e they will
boajpd.-the'^i(a»»hliiiar, “James
Whitcomb Riley”, arriving in
Chicago at 1:00 p. m. (GST, De
cember 9. '
Shaw pointed out that the North
Carolina voting delegates will
present the State’s resolutions to
the national convention, ' which
will go to make up the Federation
policies regarding the national
arm program or 19512. North Car
olina Farm Bureaft President Perry
N. Taylor, of White Plains, will
represent the State on the national
Resolutions Committee.
Among the outstanding loaders
scheduled to address the conven
tion are: 't^n. Harry P, Byrd,
(iD-Va.); Sen. Everett M. Dirk-
son, (R-Ill.); Rep. Albert M. Cole,
(R-(Kansas); Allan B. Kline, Pres
ident of the American Farm Bu
reau; Roger Fleming, Farm Bu
reau Secretary; Wade G. McCar-
go, chairman of the executive
committee. National Retail Dry
Goods Association Clifton Utley,
NBC radio and television com-
ment^Jor; Mrs. Raymond Sayre,
President of the Farm Bureau
Associated Women; and spokes
men for organized labor.
Tl^e general convention sessions
will be preceded December 10, by
confereifces on organization, rural
youth, tax and legislative prob
lems, service cooperatives, and
safety. Also scheduled for Decem
ber 10, -will be a joint commodity
conference, and conferences on
livestock; dairying, fruits and
■vegetables, field crops and poul
try.-
The convention will culmipiafe
December 13, in adoption hy the
delegate body of policy resolu
tions.
On the return trip, the North
Carolina Delegation will leave
Chicago, op December 13, at 4:30
PM (OST), arriving at their re
spective stations at 5:30 PM (EST)
December 14.
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Robert Gainey of Florence, S.
C., cousin of Mrs. Lacy McFadyen
was stricken with a heart attack
while attending the funeral of his
cousin, Jap G. Gainey, last Tues
day. He was carried to Scotland
County M'emorial Hospital for
treatment but was released Fri
day. His condition is reported
satisfactory. '
Miss Martha Davenport had as
her guests Sunday, her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Davenport,
and Mr.' and Mrs. Eugene Mc
Laughlin of Charlotte.
Union Service
Thanksgiving Day
There will be a Union Service
of Thanksgiving for the whole
community at the Raeford Presby
terian church at 6:46 am. next,
Thursday morning.
The Rev. P. O. Lee, pastor of
the Raeford Methodist church,
will have charge of the service.
A group from the Hoke High
School Glee fclub, under the di
rection of Miss Doris Bradley,
will provMe the music.
The young people are invited to
have breakfast in the church
basement -right after this service.
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Scott Speaks
At REA Annual
Mee^ (b 7th
Kerr Scott, governor of North
Carolina, called on the farmers to
unite and work actively in their
farm organizations to build better
schools, roads, hospitals, and
ch'urches when he spoke to the
Lumbee River Electric Member
ship Oonporation meeting in St.
Pauls, on November 7. The gover
nor, along with others on the pro
gram plugged for rural telephones.
Speaking., to an audience which
overflowed the 800 seating capa
city of St. Pauls high school. Gov.
Scott called on the people to har
ness the water power of the state.
He averted that the Cape Fear
River in this area is the largest
body of water in any state in the
union not being used for power
and regulated for flood protection,
■^e about
seven d'artP*«b^ucted ''hri'^ the
Cape Fear or its tributaries would
furnish flood protection and at
tract industry to the section.
Stanley Sugar, chairman of the
St. Pauls Merchant Association
welcomed the RIEA group to St.
Pauls. Rev. R. H. Poole, pastor of
St. Pauls Presbyterian Church,
gave the invocation. The St. Pauls
High School band furnished music.
Mrs. Lucy Smith, secretary, re
ported the attendance. >
Gwyn Price, chairman of the
state REA, was an honored guest
and spoke to the group, especially
urging that efforts 'be made to
secure telephones in the rural
area.
Most important, business of the
REA meeting was the unanimous
election of the jiew board of direc
tors and offT^rs of the corporation, j
C. L. Ballance, of St. Pauls, was
re-elected president; C. A. Alford
of Rowland, former president,
was elected vice-president; J. R.
Caddell of Maxton was re-elected
treasurer; Mrs. Lucy Smith of
Raeford was re-elected secretary.
Other directors were John R. Las
siter of Wegrarh, J. E. Morrison
of Maxton, and 'Wade H. Powell
of Rowland. New directors were
•J. M. Andrews of Raeford, and E.
L. Cook, of Fayetteville. These
men replaced the retiring direc
tors of the cooperative, Marshall
Newton of Raeford and J. McN.
Gillis, of Fayetteville, both char
ter members of the Lumbee River
Electric Membership Corp.
C. L. Ballance of St. Pauls,
president of the Lumbee REA and
a member of the^ State' Rural
Electrification Authority, presid
ed over the meeting. D. J. Dalton,
manager of the organization, as
sisted. '
■Reports made to the meeting
showed that progress is continuing
to be made by the organization.
Ninty percent coverage in the
Lumbee area was reported. Total
assets amount to $2,035,396.311'. Net
value of the system is $1,740,156.86
Cash in bank amounts to $11.-
651.93. The organization has $34,-
036.12 for construction, and it
lias invested $169,951 for govern
ment bonds.
Interest paid to the Federal
REA during the year was $22,M0.
The vailue of the local organiza
tion’s share of the enterprise is
$181,890.91,
Miles energized eis of August
1951 are 1604 as compared with
Baptist Church
Revival Begins
Monday Night
REV. O. B. REEL
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The Raeford Baptist Church
will begin revival services Mon
day night. November 19, at 7:30.
Rev. O. B. Reel, pastor of the
Tuckaseege Baptist Church of Mt.
Holly, will be the visiting preach
er and leader of these services,
the Rev. Judson Lennon, pastor,
has announced. ^
Mr. Lennon said, “Mr. Reel is
truly a man called of God. He
has taken a church that was all
but dead four years ago and has
led in its being revived to such
an extent'that today it is held
up before the Baptists of North
Carolina as an ideal village church
because of its efficiency in its
educational work, in its evange-
li$tig,.'w;2^, and, ir};. finfflcial
achievements. Mr. Reel has a pas
tor’s heart. He is noted for his
plain and forceful Bible preach
ing. He is very humble and knows
the meaning of Zechariah 4:6—
“Not by might, nor by power, but
by my Spirit, saith the Lord of
hosts.” A great spiritual blessing
is in store for all who hear Mr.
Reel”.
Iij preparation for the revival
the Baptists are having special
Prayer Services at 7:30 on Wed^
nesday, Thursday, and Friday ev
enings of this week. On Sunday
they plan to have “around-the-
clock” Prayer Seryice beginning
at 8:30 A. M. and closing at .8:30
P. M. Each hour will be under
the direction of a different class
or organization. “The Baptists
urge other churches of Raeford
and vicinity to also pray for this
evangelistic effort that not only
will the Baptist Church be bless
ed but that the whole community
will feel the impact of a spiritual
awakening”, Mr. Lennon said.
The public is cordially- invited
to attend the services each even
ing.next week at 7:30. The serv
ices will be continued through
Sunday night, November 25.
Pick Local Girl In
College Publication
Miss Bonnie Blue, Raeford, has
been elected to membership in
■Who’s Who in American Colleges
and Universities as one of six
seniors who will represent Queens
College. Miss Blue has been ac
tive in the work of the Student
Government Association during
her years at Queens and is at
present serving as vice-president
of the Boarding Student Council.
She is a member of Alpha Kappa
Gamma, honorary leadership so
rority, and Alpha Delta Pi, social
sorority.
Chamber Plans
Christmas Parade;
Firms May Enter
The Christmas Promotion com
mittee of the 'Raeford Chamber of
Commerce announced this week
that plans were being made for
the staging of a jparade in connec
tion with the arrival of Santa
Claus in Raeford on the afternoon
of Wednesday, December 12.
Business firms of the town and
county are invited to participate
in the parade by the entering of
floats or otherwise. A prize ■wiU
be presented to the best entry in
the parade. Firms desiring to enter
may contact Marion Gatlin or
Israel Mann. There will be no
solicitation.
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Lions Club Tells
Toy Drive Plans
The Raeford Lions Club an
nounced this week that their an
nual Christmas toy drive to ob
tain repairable toys from the peo
ple of Raeford and vicinity would
be held on Thursday nigh-t, No
vember 29th. Trucks will be dis
patched beginning at 7:30 p. m.
Thursday night, November 29th
to collect toys from all residences.
It is asked that persons wishing
to give toys place them on their
front porch and turn on porch
light the night of November 29th
and some member of the Lions
Club will pick them up. Persons
wishing to bring in toys prior to
collection date can leave them
with CJarlton Niven at Baucom
Appliance, Company store next
to Raeford Theatre.
The toys obtained will be re
paired by the Lions Club, and
‘dl^ibufed iilong with baskets of
fruit and candy to needy fami
lies throughout the community.
Your generous response for this
worthy cause will be greatly ap
preciated. Lets not let any under-
privileg^ children down this
Christmas.
Big Court
With Several
Cases Not Tried
Child Fatally Hurt
In Fall From Gar
Wayman Ray Sparks, son of
Corporal and Mrs. Wayne Sparks
of Fort Lee, Va., and nephew of
Mrs Glenn Fulk of Raeford, route
3, died November 4 from injuries
sustained when he fell from a car.
He was twd years and two.
months old. Funeral was held at
the Post Chapel in Port Bragg and
burial was in the post cemetery.
Hoke County Gets
4-H_ Award For
1951 Achievements
L. H. Harrill, State 4hH Club
leader, announced this week that
Hoke Oounty was included as one
of'' the counties winning special
awards in the 1961 4-H Club pro
gram. The county -will receive a
cash award of $25.00 for outstand
ing work in, recreation and rural
arts. The m'oney will be used to
help 'purchase recreational equip
ment for use in 4-H Club work.
Among the activities the 4-H
Club members took part in dur
ing the past year were the county-'
wide recreation school at Wagram,
chartering a bus and using, the
bus for sightseeing during the
week of camp in the mountains
near Asheville and a large group
going on a chartered bus to the
State Pair.
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Home Demonstration
Achievement Day
Celebrated Today
The Hoke County Home Dem
onstration Club members are cele
brating their annual Achievement
Day, today, November 15, at 2:30
p. m. in the basement of the Meth
odist Church. A report of the
year’s accomplishments will be
given and Mrs. P. P. McCain of
Flora Macdonald College will be
■the -principal speaker. Seventeen
reading certificates will be pre
sented. ,
The Wayside and Rockfish clubs
will serve refreshments. The pub-
lie. is cordially invited to the
program. ,
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Mrs. Martha ^arris Sinclair and
daughter spent the week end and
Armistice Day at home with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs*. Arthur
Harris. Mrs. Sinclair, who has a
clerical position with Belk Bros,
in Charlotte, has been attending
business school at night and has
just completed a course in com-
tometry. She returned to Char
lotte Tuesday.
Tyler Case Disposed
Singletary To InstitatioB;
Transfer Immorality Cases
Judge R. Hunt Parker of Roa
noke Rapids presided at the re
gular November term of criminal
and civil court here this week and
the term was concluded on Wed
nesday after much time had been
spent in vainly trying to get a
jury in the immoral ccmduct case.
Defendants on charge of im
moral conduct were John L.
Maultsby, Bill Gordon and Leona
and Elizabeth Marlow, all wiute.
Case ended in a hung jury and
resultant mistrial at a pre-vious
term of court. After exhausting
the regular panel and a special
venire of 35, the court ordered the
case transferred to Robeson Coun
ty for trial and both State and
defense agreed.
' The State did not prosecute the
case in which Claude Tyler,
white, was charged with assault
ing his wife and crime against
nature, as his wife did not choose
to testify against him. He offered
no defense on the charge of driv
ing a tractor drunk and got 12
months suspended hi three years
good behavior, a fine of $100 and
loss of his driver’s license.
Cases in which Robert Bolton
and William C. Lewis were diar-
ged with violating the prohibition
laws was continued again. Case
against Lewis was put off be
cause certificate from a doctor
he was presfsstggj^.^..
being a material witness in. the,;
Bolton case, it was also continued-
John Matthew Singletary, col
ored man w'ho went wild in Rae
ford one night and broke into
the home of PoMce Chief Harry
Dees and got shot, was sent to the
State Hospital at Goldsboro for
observation for a period not to
exceed 30 days,
Eugene Smith, white man char
ged with stealing a car was riot
tried. The State dropped the case
in view of the fact that the de
fendant ds now in Federal custody
on charge of transiting a stolen
car across a state line.
The State did not prosecute the
case in which Robert Jones, In
dian, was charged ■with assault
with a deadly weapon and with
temporary larceny of a car.
James D. Brow-n, colored, driver
of the car which hit and killed
Jessie Tew on Highway 15-;A near
here several months ago., pleaded
guilty of hit and run driving. He
was sent to the State prison for
not less than one nor more than
two years.
Case against Charlie Fl>-nri, col
ored, charged with shooting Ben
nie Lee Murchison to .death at a
colored cafe n^ar here, was con
tinued until the next term of court.
Ike McKoy, colored, got six
months for violating the prohibi
tion laws, sentence to be suspend
ed on payment of $109 and the
court costs.
Civil cases disposed of at the
term included three divorce cases
and three others.
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Local Women Attend
Institute In Raleigh
Mrs. C. H. Giles, county super
intendent of Public Welfare, Mrs.
Ledbetter Nicholson and Mrs.
Hubert Wooten, case workers, at
tended the 32Qd Public Welfare
Institute, held in Raleigh at the
Sir Walter, on Monday and Tues
day of this week.
The theme of the institute ■was,
“Responsibility Jor Helping Indi
viduals Develo^T'heir Own Re
sources.” During the meeting all
social workers were chaUeoged to
become rehabilitation workers.
On Tuesday afternoon, a mental
hygiene clinic, sponsored by th«
State Mental Hygiene Society and
the State Neuropsychiatric Asso
ciation was H^d.