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The Hoke County Journal
^The Hoke County News
VOLUME XLVI; NUMBER 26
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22,195) RAEIUR^ N. C. TEN CENTS PER COPY
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SCHOOL NEWS
By K. A. MacDonbld
Education week celebrations in
the various schools of the county
were very successful in bringing
the schools t6 the attention of the
patrons and in emphasizing edu
cation to the pupils.
We do \not have reports from
all the schools, but those report
ing are enthusiastic. Hoke High
held open house last Thiursday
evening from 7:30 to 9o3(J. Quite
a large number of parents and
friends visited and looked over
the school plant. Teachers were in
their rooms to greet the visitors
and show them around and an
swer questions. Befreshments
.were served in the home econo
mics room. *
,Mildouson combined a chicken
supper with an entertainment by
the Briarhoppers with their open
house and not only got a splendid
crowd to the school but profited
nicely financially as well.
'Macedonia had open house with
^ a goodly number of parents pres-
ent. The best to come out
of this was thM --ion to .organ
ize a PTA' toKionow^night. All
parents intei^ted in this should
attend. The Raeford Graded School
held their “Open House”; on Mon-
day inight In conjunction with
i the monthly'^A meeting. A. B.
Gibson, president of NCEA was
: the speaker. After the meeting
the parents were greeted in dif»-
ferent rooms by the teachers.
We $re sorry that we^do not
We know that her many friends
will sympathize with Miss Nancy
Thornburg of the Ashemont fac
ulty in the loss of her father, W.
L. Thornburg. Mr. Thornburg had
been a member of the Ashemont
School Committee longer lhan
probably any other committee
man. He served the school long
and faithfully, and even though
he had to resign about a year
ago on account of his health he
was still interested in the wel
fare of the school. The school and
community has sustained a dis
tinct loss in his passing.
The white schools closed yester
day far Thanksgiving holidays.
The colored and Indian schools
are running a shortVday schedule
today in honor of Thanksgiving
and will operate oh Friday.
Several Wrecks In
County In Week;
Mule Only Casualty
In three wrecks varying from
minor to fairly serious in ~ thet
county during the past week no
persons were killed or seriously
injured, although two service
men are in the Fort Bragg hospi
tal. One mule was killed on high
way 211 Saturday.
In the wreck Saturday a mule
ran out in front of a 1931 Ford
owned and operated by G. A.
Rogers of Whiteville and the mule,
belonging to Mrs.-Winnie Camer
on, was hit and killed several
miles out the Aberdeen road. Two
other cars hit the mule also. There
was little damage to the cars.
State Highway Patrol investigated
and made no charges.
Early Monday morning a sold
ier and a sailor had a wreck on
the Fayetteville road. The soldier,
Leslie Hinson, Jr., was apparent
ly pulling his 1941 Ford into the
highway after picking up a pass
enger when a. lOS*! Pontiac driven
by Jack Foster of Camp Lejeune,
going in the same direction, hit
him. Hinson suffered a broken
arm and his car about $200 dam
ages. The Pontiac was damaged
about $400 worth. Both were tak
en to the Fort Bragg hospital and
State Highway Patrol charged
each driver with careless and
reckless; driving.
Alro early Monday there was
a. minor collision between a school
bus driven by Elijah pandon, col'-
ored and W. A. Parker of St.
Pauls, white. It occurred on High
way 20 when the bus stopped to
turn around and backed up, ap-
-parently .withQui being awMe tl\at
■"'the car had stopped behind it. '
BLUE SPRINGS DANCE
Committee Begins
Christmas Bond Sale
Charles Hostetler announced
this week that the sale of Oirist-r
mas Bonds started Monday in
Raeford and Hoke county and will
continue through the first of De
cember. The following committee
has been appointed to call on the
business firms to conduct the
sale of Christmas Seal Bonds: J.
H. Austin, Tom- McBryde, J. F.
Jordan, E. M. Stallings, Harvey
Gobeille, Dean C. White, Craw-
ord Thomas and Tom McLauchlin.
PERSONALS
Mrs. Mamie Niven Fultz re
turned home ^day from Pitt
man hospital where she under
went an operation. She is resup-
erating nicely.
Mrs. Lillian Oliver returned
Monday after a visit in Shallotte
Misses Patsy Gentry and Doro
thy Woody of Roxboro spent the
week end with Mr. and Mrs
Carlton Niven. They attended the
homecoming dance at BJC Sat
urday night.
iRufus Dickson of High Point
spent Sunday night with Mr. and
Mrs. H. L. Gatlin, Jr. He was en
route from Lake Waccamaw
where he had been visiting rela
tives.
Miss Bettie Little, who is teach
ing in Monroe, was the guest of
Miss Hilda Priest at Mrs. John
Walker’s the past week end. Both
girls were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Lawrence Poole Saturday night
and Sunday.
The architects for the Board of
Education were in town yester
day and dates were set for the
advertisement for bids for the
Upchurch addition and the In
dian school. Plans were gone over
for the Raeford Graded addition
and we hope to be able to get
this project under way shortly.
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Hoke County Road
Report For October
Raleigh, Nov. 21—The State
Highway Commission completed
4.6S miles of road work in Hoke
County during October, Chairman
H. W. Jordan reported today.
. The newly paved roads run:
Prom NC 211 at Main Street in
Raeford east to US 15A, (Harris
Avenue), 1.6 miles; Three sec
tions of road from NC 211 north
to Turnpike Road, 1:45 miles;
From US 15A to NC 211 in West
Raeford, 0;5 mile; and From San
dy Grove Church toward Robeson
County. LI miles.
The .Sixth Highway Division
brought 67.25 miles of road work
■ to completion during October,
Chairman Jordan announced.
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Mrs. W. H. Falls, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Falls and daughter Alice,
Misses Ruby and Mildred Falls of
Gastonia are spending Thanks
giving Day with Mr. and Mrs.
Clyde Upchurch, Jr. *
Tom Speed of Henderson was
the ^uest of his sister, Mrs. Hu
bert Cameron the past week end.
There will be a square dance
at the Blue Springs Community
House on Friday night beginning
at eight o’clock. R. F.'Clark, spon
sor for the dance, plans on hav
ing one every Friday night. ,
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Christmas Seal Sale
Is Spotlight On
Democracy In Action
Just qs freedom of speech or
worship, regardless of race, creed
or color, are fundamental rights
in a democratic system, so is the
'bpportimity for all people to work
together - voluntarily - for their
mutual benefit.
The annual Christmas Seal cam-
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paign once again spotlights de
mocracy in action in an all-out
fight for better health. It brings
to the fore the important work
being done the year around by the
Hoke County Tuberculosis As
sociation, one of the 3,000 volun
tary agencies affiliated with the
National Tuberculosis Associa
tion, in helping to guard our com
munity against tuberculosis. A-
merica’s deadliest killer among in
fectious diseases.
Although the death rate from
TB in the United States has been
cut 85 per cent since 1900. last
year TB killed nearly 40.000 per
sons, lOO every day, one every 13
minutes. It is estimated’ that 500,-
000 Americans now have active
TB. Of this number, 250^,000 are
unknown to health authorities.
Yet TB is preventable and cur
able.
The difficulty in controlling
tuberculosis stems from the fact
that it is an infectious disease
with slow, stealthy onset. In its^
early stages there are no warning
signs. By the time it is recognized,
all too frequently the disease is in
an advanced stage when recovery
is a slow, costly problem require
ing months and sometimes years
of treatment. Also, before the di
sease is diagnosed, the TB victim
may be spreading germs to mem
bers of his family, to friends, to
co-workers./
The only way to stamp out this
deadly enemy is for every city,
and state to have sound, effective
TB control program. In Hoke
a well planned tuberculosis\con-
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Captain and Mrs. Lewis Hart
and baby son are arriving today
for a visit to Mrs. Hart’s mother
and grandmother, Mrs. Arab
Stuart and Mrs. B. R. Gatlin.-
Capt Hart will return tp Hamp
ton, Virginia, and Mrs. Hart and
son will remain for a visit of
several weeks. Mrs. W. B. Crump
ton of Belmont is also with her
mother, and sister for Thanksgiv
ing.
Mr. and Mrs. G. N. Bisanar of
Concord spent the day Tuesday
with their daughter, Mrs. Billy
Propst, Jr., who has an apart
ment with Mrs. Paul Dickson, Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Fields of
Hightstown, New Jersey, arrived
Monday for a wsit in the home
of Mrs. Field’s uncle and aunt,
Dr. and Mrs. R; A. Matheson. Mrs.
Fields will be remembered ' in
Raeford as Miss Betty Lou Math
eson. She and Mr. Fields were
married the past summer. Randle
Matheson of Hightstown and Dr.
Caddie Matheson of Ahoskie are
also spending Thanksgiving and
several days here.
Miss Shirley Mann left Tues
day for Baltimore, Maryland, to
spend the remainder of the week
with friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Hubbard
left early Tuesday morning for
Charleston, S. C. to be with Mr.
JIubbard’s mother, who is in a
hospital there. Mrs. Hubbard fell
at her home in Myrtle Beach, S.
C. Monday night and broke her
hip.
Miss Florence Cameron, who is
a freshman at Wesleyan College,
Macon, Georgia, came home last
week and entered Duke hospital
Thursday for a nose operation.
She returned to the home of her
mother. Mrs. H. A. Cameron.
Saturday and is recuperating
nicely.
Dr. and Mrs. K. B. Grim and
Diane of Liberty are spending
Thanksgiving with Mrs. Grim’s
mother, Mrs. Mary McBryde.
Mrs. M. D. Gentry, Mr. and Mrs.
Bill Garrett and children, Mr.
and Mrs. Archie Wreen and Bas-
sil Riley of Roxboro are spending
today with Mr. and Mrs. Carlton
Niven.
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Postanaster Asks
Cooperation In
Christinas Mail
^.
Lacy F. Clark, Postmaster
requests the cooperation of the
Raeford Post Office patrons in
preparing Christmas mail. The
following information is given as
a guide to mailers.
Postage.—Save time by purchas
ing an adequate supply of stamps
in advance of the rush period.
Prepay postage fully on all mail.
Addresses.—All mail matter
must be plainly and completely
addressed, preferably in ink, giv
ing street address, including a-
partment number, if any, or post-
office box or rural route and rural
box number, whenever possible.
Mail-intended for delivery in the
larger cities should be addressed
to include the delivery zone num
ber when applicable. It is im
portant that the sender’s return
card appear in the upper left
corner of the address side. Ad
dress tags should not be used un
less absolutely necessary, in which
case a slip containing the name
and address of the sender and the
name 5ind address of the addressee
should be placed inside the par
cel for purpose of identification,
if necessary. Address labels and
tags should be free of any extra
neous written or printed matter.
Greeting cards.—Send holiday
greetings as first-class mail to ob
tain the many advantages which
this service affords. Such greet
ings prepaid at the first-class rate
may be sealed and contain writ
ten^ messaiges; they are dispatched
and delivered^^rstj^yilgrwarded, H
necessary, without " addi&ftal
charge, and, if undeliverable, re
turned at no further expense to
the mailer provided the sender’s
return address is shown on the
envelope.
Unsealed Christmas greetings
sent as third-class mail without
unauthorized writing enclosed are
chargeable with 2 cents postage
(if weight does not exceed 2
ounces). However, a minimum
charge of 3 cents is applicable to
such greeting cards which measure
less than 4 inches long of 2 3-4
inches w’ide.
Patrons having a number of
greeting cards to deposit are urg
ed to tie them in bundles with ad
dresses all faced one way before
mailing so as to facilitate their
handling in the post office.
Greeting cards bearing parti
cles of glass, metal, mica, tinsel,
and other similar substances for
decorative purposes which are
likely to rub off and injure postal
employees or damage; canceling
machines must be enclosed in
tightly sealed envelopes with pos
tage prepaid at the first-class rate
in order that such cards may be
accepted for. mailing.
Packing and wrapping.— Pack
articles carel'ully and tightly in
strong durable containers. Wrap
and tie packages securely with
good quality paper and cord, but
do not seal them unless name and
address of sender are shown to
gether with the printed inscrip
tion reading, ‘Contents, Merchan
dise-Postmaster: This parcel may
be opened for postal inspection,
if necessary,” as sealed parcels
not so labeled or endorsed are
subject to the letter rate of post
age. The name and address ol the
sender may be hand-stamped or
typewritten on the labels.
Limit of size.—^Parcels sent by
air or as fourth-class matter are'
limited to a maximum of 100
inches length and girth combined.
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Cotton Ginning
Report To Nov. 1
The Bureau of the Census of
the Department of Commerce re
leased their cotton ginning report
for Hoke County this week.
It showed that there were 11,-
061 bales of cotton ginned in the
county from the crop of 1951 prior
to November 1. This is compared
to ^J045 bales ginned to tile same
.date from the 1950 crop.
Dr. Murray To Head
Dist. Medical Society
' The Fall meeting of the 5th
district Medical Society was held
at McCain Thursday afternoon
and evening of last week.
The principal speakers on the
program were: Dr. N. A. Womack
of Reidsville and Chapel Hill, Dr.
W. C. Sealey, Durham and Dr. J.
Lamar Callaway, Durham.
Following the program supper
was served in the main hospital
dining room to the members .ind
their ^ wives and guests. The fol
lowing officers were elected: Dr.
R. L. Murray, Raeford, president
for 1952-53 to succeed Dr. Wil
liam Hollister, Pinehurst; Dr.
Claude Milham, Hamlet, vice-
president; and Dr. J. 'S. Hiatt of
McCain was re-elected secretary
treasurer.
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Raeord People Go
To Scout Dinner
In special recognition of tl
Scoutmasters, Cub Masters and
Den Mothers, the annual dinner
meeting of the Western District,
Cape Fear Area Council, was
held in Maxton, Monday night.
The dinner was held in the
Mary Jane Lytch McNair Cafe
teria of Presbyterian Junior Col
lege.
AboiUt twenty-four from Rae-
for(?, including, parents, scouts
and scoutmaster atended; A most
interesting program had been
planned. The speaker of the even
ing was Otto W. Ferrene, Dean
of Students PJC. Drawings for at
tendance prizes was' done by
Israel Mann. Mrs. Lewis Upchurch
was .drawn,,fir&t and Eloise Up
church. second.. Both received
valuable prizes.
W. L. Thornburg Is
Buried At Shiloh
Friday Afternoon
of
Antioch Scouts Go
To Court Of Honor
The Antioch Scout Troop No.
59 went to the Court of Honor
held at Laurel Hill on Tuesday
hight, November 13. Scouts re-
teiving awards were Horace
Fields, first class; Charles Conoly,
home repair merit badge; and
David Hubbard, home repair and
cooking merit* badges.
Bill McNeill went before a
Board of Review, conducted by
A. A. McEachern and Archie
Howard on Wednesday night.
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Mrs. Ella Chason
Funeral Rites Held
Funeral services for Mrs. Ella
Elizabeth Chason. 73, widow of the
late Joseph A. Chason, Lumber
Bridge, route two, who died at
her home early Sunday morning
were held Monday afternoon at
3:30 in Ephesus Baptist Church at
Arabia. The Reverend Taylor and
the Reverend Paul Earley of Red
Springs conducted the final rites.
Burial was in, the Chasqn family
plot near the home.
Mrs. Chason had been ill for
several years prior to her death.
Survivors includfe six daughter-:,
Miss Sarah Margaret Chason, Ra
leigh; Mrs. Ben McBryde, Red
Springs; Mrs. Floyd Haywood,
Candor; Mrs. John Delaney, Wash
ington, D. C.; Mrs. Algon Britt,
Barnesville; and Mrs. Bill Craw
ley, Raeford;" two sons, Harold
and David Chason of the home;
two sisters, Mrs. Aggie Key and
Mrs. Nelson Gibson, Red Springs;
and three brothers, Luther Jones,
Vass; John Jones, Lumber Bridge
and Elmorte Jones.
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CLINIC IN LUMBERTON
The monthly orthopedic clinic
will be held on Friday, December
7, 1951 in the new Health Cen
ter located at the old County
Home site on the Pembroke Road
in Lumberton. Dr. Julian E. Jacobs
CasnPileUp
h Two We^;
Mostly Traffic
Over 30 izaea were heard, by
Judge Henry McDiarmid in l^oke
County recorder’s court Tuesday
mostly involving driving. These
were a two weeks accumulation
due to Superior Court last week.
Henry Graham, colored, paid
the costs for assault and to be rf
good behavior for one year.
Robert Smith, colored, paid the
costs for violating the liquor laws
and paid $1() and the costs for
assault. ,
Henry Lee Thomas and John
Haywood McNeill were charged
with careless and reckless driving
and each paid ttie costs and dam
ages to his own car.
Elijah Handon, colored, paid
the costs for careless and reckless
driving.
James Arthur Baxter, white,
paid $2i5 and the costs for having
an overloaded truck.
William Brigman, white, driv-
,ing drunk and no operator’s li
cense, got six months suspended
on a fine of $125.00 and the costs.
Betty Brigman. white, paid the
costs for' being drunk and dis
orderly.
Norman McGregor, colored, was
found not guilty of killing a dog
belonging to Maggie McNeill.
Margaret Headen. and Rotter
McNeill, colored, charged with
stealing pecans from the Coving
ton Farm, got 30 days suspmded
on costs and good behavior for
next two years..
Willie Gray McGee, Leonard
Gaines and Robert W. FennelL aH
white, forfeited $25 bonds for
speeding.
Willie James Johnson, colined,
paid $25 and the costs for driv
ing without an operator’s license.
John Willie McNeill and Willie
Lacy Ray, both colored, failed to
stop at a stop sign and paid $10
and the costs.
Joel Dial, Indian, paid $10 and
the costs for having improper
brakes.
Samuel J. T^ler, Robert W.
Kolb, Robert E. Nietzer and Mel
vin R. Gydesin, all vi^te, and
Lawrence R. Johnson, colored,
forfeited $25 bonds for speeding
and Floyd D. Faircloth paid $10
and the costs for the same of
fense.
In an accident involving two
cars Ethel Jackson Carroll, white,
was found not guilty of careless
and reckless driving and Max
Hcirry Epstein, white, was fined
$23 and the costs for careless and
reckless driving and appealed.
Qiaffie C. Steele, colored, paid
the costs for careless and reckless
driving.
Natheiniel McLean, ' colored.
Walter Lee Thombur?. 71,
Raeford, Route 3, died Wednes
day at .Moore County hospital
where he was taken Sunday after
suffering a heart attack.
He was the son of the late
Jbhn LeRoy Thornburg and Emily
Davis Thornburg of Mecklenburg
county. He moved to Hoke county
from Cabarrus county in 1915 and
was, a successful farmer. He was
a member of the board of direc
tors of the Laurinburg Produc
tion Credit Association, a former
member of his school committee
and an elder in the Shiloh Pres
byterian Church. His wife, the
former Lorna Harris Johnson,
died in 1944. -
Funeral services were conduct
ed by the Rev. S. A. Ewart, pas
tor of the ShUoh Presbyterian
Church, . Friday afternoon at 3
o’clock at the church, and burial
was in the church cemetery.
He is survived by three daugh
ters, Nancy of the home, Mrs.
Archie Calhoun of Montrose and
Mrs. Brookbank of Siler City;
three sons, Harry of Montrose,
Walter M. of Raeford and John
of Florida and 12 grandchildren.
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Hunting Season
Will Open Today
For Quail, Rabbits
Open season fof rabbit, quail
and wild turkeys arrives today
and many people in Hoke and
elsewhere will spend the Thanks
giving holiday hunting. Deer sea
son opened in October and will
close January 1, being closed also
from December 2 to December 16.
The duck season also opens to
day and closes January 5. District
Game Pbrotector H. R. McLean
calls the attention of hunters to
regulations regarding all game
and particularly to those regard
ing ducks, which are Federal re
gulations and under which viola
tions, will go to Federal court.
The duck rules say that only one
wood duck may be killed in a
day and that a stamp is required.
Hunting must end one hour be
fore sunset. He also urged hunters
to send in the leg tags from any
waterfowl killed.
'Bag limit for rabbits are five
per day, 10 in possession and 75
per season. For quail the daily
limit is 8, 13 in possession, and
100 for the season. For turkeys,,
gobblers or toms, only may be
killed, and the limits are one a
day, possession 2 and season three.
Season on rabbits, quail and tur
keys will be open until January
31.
All automatic guns must be
plugged, according to McLean. He
urged hunters to use clean guns, i charged with speeding and^ fail-
to exercise extreme safety meas- ' ^ sign, paid $10
ures when hunting and to comply costs. Charles G. McLean,
with the game laws.
and the costs for speeding.
Garlan Huffmon, white of the
army, and Julie, Jones Culbreth,
white, both paid the costs for
careless and reckless driving and
not stopping at a stop sign.
J. B. King, white man from
another county, had to pay the
, costs and the check after passing
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Last Rites Held For
Johir David Bruton
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Funeral services for John David
Bruton, 82, who died Saturday
afternoon at his home near Rock-
fish on Fayetteville route 3, were i ^ worthless one.
held Monday at 3 p. m. from
Rogers and Breece funeral home
in Fayetteville. The Rev. David
E. Miller officiated and burial
was in LaFayette Memorial Park.
He is survived by his wife; fi^e
daughters, Mrs. Bell Ritter, of
Rockfish; Mrs. J. H. Baker, of
Goldsboro; Mrs. W. H. Bazzarre,
of Covington, Va.; Mrs. J. C. Den
ton, of Fayetteville; and Mrs.
W. S. Smith, of Hope Mills; and
three sons, Paul. John D. and
Leslie Bruton, all of Fayetteville.
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TB Patients Flee
McCain Prison Ward
Among those going from Rae
ford to Raleigh Simday to hear
the evangelist Billy Graham, w«:e:
of the Miller Clinic will be the Mr. and Mrs. Tommie Upchurch,
surgeon in charge. 'All persons
under 21 years of age please reg
ister between 8:00 and 10:00.
Adults will register between 10:00
and 11:00.
Mrs. Esther Allen, Mr. and Mrs.
Lewis Upchurch, /Mr. and Mrs.
Alfred Cole, Mr. and Mrs. Ben
ton Thomas, Mrs. Julian McLeod,
Bennie and Joe McLeod.
Two prison»s under treatment
for tuberculosis escaped from the
prison wstd at the McCain Tuber-^
cular Sanatorium last Monday
night, the Prisons Department re
ported Tuesday.
Assistant Prisons Director H. H.
Honeycutt said the two made their
getaway by pryin|( apart two bars
of the prisiHi yard.
One oif the prisemers was listed
as Roland Cole, 35, of Greensboro,
serving six mondis from Guilimrd
County for violating the State’s
health laws.
The other escapee was Joe K-
mer Swann. 43. of. Fayetteville,
serving 8-dO years for breaking;
and enteriiqf.