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yOLVME XLVI; NUMBER 28
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6,195^
RAEFORD, N. C.
TEN CENTS PEE COPY
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YOUR j
SCHOOL news;
By K. A. MacDonald !
W. A. Webber of the State Sur
plus Commodity Office was in the
county Monday and Tuesday visit
ing the lunch rooms, central stor
age office and supply room.
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T. C. Jones, principal of the
Rockfish school, passes to us the
Information that. East Carolina
College is putting 'on the following
courses at the Senior High School
Building in Fayetteville.
.Course No. 22, “The Teaching
of The Reading Process in the
Elementary School.” (This course
carried certificate and college cre
dit). Course No. 370G. “Psycho
logy in the School.” (This carries
senior and graduate credit). These
classes meet on Monday at 7:00
p. m. Next'Monday is the last date
you may register for the courses
Active teachers and those who are
not now teaching, but who would
like to renew: or improve their
certificates are invited to register.
French Pianist
At FMC Friday
JEAN CASADESUS
S'.
Last week the county superin
tendent attended the state meet
ing of superintendents held in
High Point, also, he and the two
supervisors and special education
teacher attended the third annual
Special Education Conference held
in Raleigh on Friday and Satiir-
I’^ay. The. colored elementary #u-
' pervisor and teachers from' Bow-
more, Burlington, Laurel Hill and
White Oak attended the state con-
ferem?e on, Resource-Use Educa-
...tion told i% Du^m. All report
Yesterday Dr. Robert M. Finch
of the State Health Coordinating
Service held the second of his
classes on mental health at the
.Upchurch School. All colored
teachers are attending these lec
tures.
Last week Miss Bobbie Hefner,
teacher of Vocational Home Ec
onomics, Hoke High, attended the
3ath annual convention of the
North Carolina Home Economics
Association. This convention was
held in the Washington Duke Ho
tel, Durham. A most outstanding
array of exhibits were presented
to those attending.
Bids have been advertised for
t^e new' Indian school and ad
ditional classrooms at Upchurch
School.’ The Board of. Education
expects to let these contracts on
December 18.
We regret td report the illness
of Mrs. Irene D. Thrower of the
Mildouson faculty. She has been
quite ill. Mrs. J. M. Andrews has
been substituting for her.
Miss Janet Hamilton, a Novem
ber Graduate of East Carolina
College, has been added to the
faculty of the Raeford Graded
school. The Music Department had
to be m.oved from its room to the
auditorium to make room for the
class assigned -to Miss Hamilton.
Below is given' the total enroll
ment, average daily attendance
and percentage in atteijdance. for
the white schools third month
and the colored and Indian schools
second month. White: Ashemont
119, 100, 92.5; Hoke High 8th
Grade 115, 103, 93.4 ; 9th-12th 279
242., 91.5; Mildouson 97, 83.5, 92.4;
Raeford Graded 111, 534.8, 91.2:;
Rochfish 114, 100.3, 94. Colored:
Upchurch Elem. 504, 535.6, 88.9
Upchurch High 335, 308.1, 92.9;
White Oak 90, 78, 84.5; New Hope
58, 52, 92; Bowmore 123, 93, 78;
Rochfish Col 22, 16.2, 69; McFar
land 24, 12, 62; Freedom 75, 56,
^78.5; Laurel . Hill 140, 126, 90;
Shady Grove 46, 34, 76; Peach-
mont 38, 24, 63.6; Timberland 36,
33, 92; Burlington 323, 287, 89;
Fryes Mission 54, 50, 94; Buffalo
53, 38, 75.6; Friendship 44, 33, 79.
Indian: Antioch 189, 85.1, 78.1;
Macedonia 48, 39, 81. -
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Jean Casadesus, brilliant
young French pianist, who will be
presented at Flora Macdonald col
lege on Friday evening, December
7, at 8:15, carries on the great
Casadesus tradition - in Europe
the name of Casadesus has been
for generations a symbol for great
music. His father, Robert, of in
ternational concert and radio fame,
may be termed one of the greast-
est artists of today’s musical w'orld.
Jean began playing at the age
of five, and in 1948, when he was
21, began his professional career,
which, has included successful en
gagements in recital and with or
chestras in this country and tours
of Holland, Switzerland and
France. Unanimously, critics and
public have agreed that here ’was
not only the gifted son of a famous
father, but a young pianist destin
ed in his own right to a future as
brilliant as his background.
In the past two seasons, he has
appeared with fourteen American
orchestras. During li950-'51, he
also played four special engage
ments in the Bach Con/certo for
Three Pianos, with • his father
Robert and his mother, the former
Gaby L'Hote (a talented musician
before marrying into the musical
Casadesus family)', with the New
York Philharmonic Symphony,
the Pittsburgh Symphony, Cin
cinnati Symphony, and St. Louis
Symphony Orchestras.
Jean Casadesus’ 1951-52 Ameri
can tour opens with his first ap
pearance alone as soloist with the
New York Philharmonic-Sym
phony Orchestra.
Press Reviews: “The name Ca
sadesus is in safe hands” — “Jean
Casadesus is a musical chip off
the worthy block” — (‘Delightful,
colorful, and well integrated per
formance” — “Brilliant in exe
cution, elegant in line, beautiful
ly balanced, and as naturally mus
ical as a meadow lark’s song.” ^
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Engineer Tells How
To Keep Walls Dry
Many people with new homes
report that their walls “sweat” in
Ihe winter time.
The reason for it, believes R.
M. Ritchie, Jr., agricultural engi
neering extension specialist at N.
C. State College, is the tendency
to build new homes with moder
ate sized rooms and tight walls
to keep out cold and conserve
fuel. “The air in the house does
n’t change often, so the moisture
generated in the house can’t get
out,” he explains.
Modem home owners also are
constantly adding more equipment
that releases moisture into the
air. “A moderate amount of mois
ture condensation on windows in
cold weather is to be expected,”
says the specialist. “But if water
collects in quantities, it’s not only
annoying, but may cause window
sashes and frames to rot and re
sult in damage to wall finishes.”
' Here are Ritchie’s suggestions
for cutting dowmnat^ture. Turn
off any heating Jequipment de
signed to release moisture into
the air. Don’t dry clothes inside
the house, and be sure to vent
automatic driers with outside air.
(Continued on Page 4)
Draft Board Gets
Examination Call;
7 To Be Inducted
Mrs. J. M. Baker, clerk to the
Hoke County draft board, said this
week that she had calls on hand
for seven men to report for induc
tion. The first of these is for two
men to be inducted on December
17 and the other for five men on
the 17th of January, 1952. Ten
men will be sent to the Fayette
ville induction station tomorrow
for pre-induction mental and phy
sical evaminations.
Mrs. Baker also said she had
received a ruling which will per
mit men who have passed their
pre-induction examinations to
continue to volunteer for any of
the armed forces up to the time
they receive their call for induc
tion. This policy will continue
through December 31, 1951.
Hoke County men having been
inducted since a list was pub
lished include Lonnie Alfred
Priest, white, and Eddie Lee femall
colored, both volunteers,, Harrell
Craig Wood, and Marvin Wesley
Holder, both white, Henry Holt,
Jr., Henderson Oliver, James Wil
lie McKoy, Elvynn Webster 'Steele,
James Artis Davis, James Hubert
Handon, Preston Monroe, Jimmie
Lorenza McIntosh, Lee Routes
Sinclair, Herbert McLean, Willie
Harrison Dixon, Herbert McKoy,
Jr., Edmon Alvin''Patterson, Wil
lie Nathan McGilvary, alF colored.
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Brief Session Of
Recorder’s Court
Is Held Tuesday
Set Agricultural
Speaking Contest
Joseph H. Wolfe, Exec. Secre
tary of the North Carolina Bank
er^ Association, announced, today
that '^Gfeen Pastures, Their Use
and Management” will be the
general subject for the 1952 agri
cultural speaking contest for high
school students in North Carolina.
For the 7th year the contest
will be sponsored b/ the N. C
Bankers Association, in coopera
tion with N. C. State College and
local agricultural groups. A sepa
rate contest is being sponsored
by the Bankers for Negro high
school students, plans for which
will be announced soon;
All white students in North Car
olina’s 683 high schools, in grades
9 to 12 are eligible to participate
Each must write his own speech
but may receive informational
help’ from any source. A kit of
subject material will be made
available to all high schoils
through the County Agent’s office
Maximum time permitted for
each speech is 12 minutes. Gen-
dount 50 points, and elements of
eral organization and content will
delivery will count 50. The latter
includes correct English, 15 points
ease and poise before audience
15 points; gestures 10; and voice
10.
‘Each contestant is urged to at
tend a farm tour showing good
pastures, where recommendations
have been followed.
More than $8,000 will be award
ed in prizes this year. First prize
in the State contest will be $300
in savings bonds, and an expense
paid trip to Pinehurst to deliver
the speech before the North Car
olina Bankers Association Conven
tion May 9. The second prize, $200
and the third, $100, wilF also be
savings bonds.
In the ten group or regional
contests, prizes will be awarded
as follows: for first place, $50 in
bonds, and $25 in bonds for sec'
ond place. Prizes will also be a
warded on the County level.
Last year 2,911 students, repre
senting SSO* schools in 86 counties,
participated in the contest, de
livering their speeches before
65,374 people.
The State finals will be held in
Raleigh on April 11, 1952.
APPRECIATE TOYS
raeford baptist church will
BE DEDICATED SUNDAY MORNING
County Agent Plans
Four Meetings On
Curing Of Pork
Four meetings on butchering
and curing pork will be held in
the county during the week of
December icth through 15, ac
cording to E. M. Stallings, Coun
ty .Agent.
A movie will be shown on the
technique of killing and cutting
pork, giving a close-up view of
the meat -cutter at work. Also a
film will be shown to demonstarte
how to cure pork by the dry and
brine methods, bringing out chill
ing the meat, proper use of salt,
jproper time.^absorption of salt,
smoking, etc. ' *
'Precautions to be taken to pre
vent insect damage will be dis
cussed alsoj since this is one of
our biggest problems in this area,
according to the Farm Agent.
These meetings are to be held
as follows:
Ashemont School: Mond?y> De
cember 10, 7:30 p. m.
Rockfish School: Thursday, De
cember 13, 7:00 p. m.
Blue Sprinss Community build
ing:, Friday, December 12, 2:30 p.
m.
Little River Community House:
Friday, December 14, 7:30 p. m.
All farmers and farm_ women
are urged to attend oqe of these
meetings.
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PCA Directors
Pass Resolution On
W. L. Thornburg
Rev. J. D. Whisnant To
Deliver Sermon And
Notes To Be Destroyed
The Sunday'' morning worship
service at the Baptist Church
will be,a dedication of the present
building, which was erected in
1947.
The dedication hour will feature
special music by the choir, demo
lishing of the canceled notes, de
dication sermon by Rev. J. D,
Whisnant, pastor of the chmrch
during its building, and d^^a
tion prayer by Rev- Judson 'Len
non, present pastor.
As has been the custom for the
past several years, on the second
Suiiday morning of October
this year the members of the
Baptist Church cheerfully brought
of their tithes and offerings to
pay off the remaining $4,000.00
indebtedness. So generous were
their offerings that over $1,000.00
beyond the amount to pay off the
indebtedness was given. When it
was repcrtfiu iu&t
was
Carlton Niven, president of the
Lions club, this week expressed
the appreciation of the club for
the generosity , of the public in
the toy drive conducted last
Thursday night.-
In the death of W,. L. Thorn
burg North Carolina lost a belov
ed and respected citizen. ,
In recognition of the loyal and
untiring service of Mr. Thornburg,
as a member and, director of the
Laurinburg Production Credit As
sociation, the conference of Pro
duction Credit Association Direc
tors, meeting in Statesville, North
Carolina, on November 15th, 1951,
wishes to express its sense of
personal loss in the death of Mr.
Thornburg, and its appreciation
of his services as a member and
director of the Production Credit
Association. In his death we have
lost a wise counselor, a kindly
man, and a dear friend. His genial
disposition and ready smile en
deared him to all who knew him.
Be it therefore resolved that
this expression of appreciation be
sent to the family of Mr. 'Riorn-
burg, a copy to the newspaper, a
copy to the Production Credit
Corporation and a copy to the
Laurinburg Production Credit As
sociation so ably served by Mr.
Thornburg.
R. W. Howery, Director Pied
mont PCA; H. L. Nettles, Direc
tor Asheville PCA; M. A. Stroup,
Secretary - Treasurer, Cherry-
ville PCA; V. S. Caldwell, Secre
tary - Treasurer, Statesville PCA.
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The number of baby chicks
hatched in 1931 in N9rth Caro
lina will be 11.2 per cent larger
than the number hatched in 1950.
paid the congregation stood and
sang, “Praise God from whom all
blessings flow.”
The Raeford Baptist Church
was organized November 22, 1899,
at a point one mile east of the
town of Raeford. In the year 1904
it was decided to move the church
from its location in the country
to the town of Raeford. On mov
ing to Raeford the church secured
a nice large lot on the corner of
N. Main St. and 'W. Donaldson
Ave. and erected a church build
ing costing about $2,000. The oth
er denominations and citizens of
Raeford gave liberally to the erec
tion of the church;.also the Robe
son Baptist Association made an
appropriation to this fund. On the
second Sunday in March, 1908,
the former church building was
fully paid for and dedicated..
The present building was erect
ed at a cost of approximately STO,-
000.00. A recent evaluation of tlje
building was $120,000.00. By the
giving of time and services on
the part of some of the members
the cost of building was
reduced.
The dedication service on Sun
day morning w'ill be a high mom
ent in the life of Raeford Baptist.
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Local Cage Teams
Play Tomorrow;
Here Next Week
The Hoke High boys and girls
basketball teams go to Rowland
tomorrow night where they will
open the basketball season with a
doubleheader.
First games here will be played
next Tuesday night against Hope
Mills and on Friday night against
71st High School. Two games will
be played each night.
TO GIVE AWAY BADGES
Fourteen cases, mostly invovlr
ing traffic violations, wei-e dis
posed of in Hoke County record
er’s co'jrt before Judge Henry
McDiarmid on* Tuesday,
Robert Herron, colored soldier,
was charged' with a felonious as
sault on Bertha Lloyd. State, how
ever, accepted a plea of guilty of
simple assault. Sentence was 30
days to be suspended on pa’y.ment
of S2'5 and the costs and on the
condition that the soldier stay
away from Raeford. It appeared
that he. had made two trips to
Raeford and been locked up each
time.
Graham MeVicke.r, white, tpaid
the costs for being drunk and dis
orderly.
Matho Cunningham, colored,
got 90 days suspened on payment
of $25 and the costs for careless
.and reckless driving. Annmee
Vinson Spell, white, paid $10 and
the costs fo’r careless and reckless
driving and speeding; Millard S.
Singletary, white, had to pay the
costs and darriages to Zeb Butler
for careless and reckless driving.
'Dora Rogers, colored, wais char
ged by Mary Rogers with stealing
some money, but Mary came in
and wanted to “take up the pap
ers”. She was'taxed wdth the costs.
William Layton Edwards and
Caleb J. Ross, 22. both colored,
each paid $10 and fhe costs for
failing to stop at a s-top sign.
Fined $25 and the costs for hav
ing no valid driver’s licenses were
Donald D. Carroll and Neill Smith,
white, and Dave Johnson, colored.
Fine was suspended in the case
agafnst Thomas M. Perry, white,
due to the fact that he had only
recently returned from out of the
state.
Leander Blackman, colored, paid
the costs for going over 35 in
town.
Peter Daniel Raiy, colored, had
to pay the costs for having im
proper equipment on his car, and
$23 damages caused when his
equipment, and e.xhaust pipe or
something, flew off and hit an
other car,
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Chamber Meeting
Tonight At 8:00
Members of the Raeford Cham
ber of Commerce, Inc., are re
minded that the Annual meeting
of the organization is being held
at the courthouse at 8:00 o’clock
tonight.
The annual election of directors
will be held, and reports will be
made on the activities for the year
and on intended activities. Fol
lowing the m.eeting the directors
will elect officers for the year
1952.
Santa Coming;
Set Big Parade
For Next Wed.
greatlv
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Monthly Meeting Of
Commissioners Held
‘Whip Wilson” badges will be
given free to the first 50 kids
at' the Raeford Theatre for the
show Saturday afternoon, J. B.
McIntyre, naanager, has announc
ed.
The Hoke County commissioners
held itheir regu’.ar monthly meet
ing Monday and transacted largely
routine business.
It was decided to give all coun
ty employees the week of Christ
mas off from. work.
The board asked the State High
way commission . to rebuild and
relocate the road from the Rae-
ford-Rockfish road by the old
clubhouse pond at 15-A at Lacy
McNeill’s. ■ /
John McGoogan was'' instructed
by the board to have the colored
toilets at the courthouse fixed up
in line with a recent grand jury
recommerfdation.
The jury was drawn for the next
term of Superior court and the
following tax list ta,kers were
appointed: Allendale, Willa' Mo-
Laubhlin; Antioch, J. W. McNeill;
Blue Springs, C. J. McNeill; Little
River, Hurley Jones; McLauchlin,
Mrs. F. A. Monroe; Quewhiffle,
C. W. Covin^on; Raeford, Mrs.
J. B. Cameron; Stonewall,
McBryde.
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Food exports for the year end
ing June 30, 1961 amounted to al
most 20 million tons.
The coming of Santa Claus and
the big Christmas parade planned
and arranged by the Raeford
C'nam'oer of Comm.er'ce are all
for next Wednesday afternoon and
indications are that it will 'oe the
biggest such affair ever held here.
■ The event is scheduled for four
o’clock and the police department
will prohibit parking on either
side of the street from the court
house to the hotel after one o’
clock Wednesday afternoon.
As he has in the past, Santa ,
Claus is e.xpected by air at the
Upchurch airport. He will pro
ceed to the business section in
the fire truck, preceded by the
parade, and will stop at the cor
ner in front of the Bank of Rae- '
ford.
The parade will ’oe participated
in by the bands from Hoke High
school and Upchurch High school,
the white and negro Boy Scout
troops, and floats from the Lions
club, the Kiwanis club, the Busi
ness and Professional Women's
club and the Woman’s club, and
possibly others. ..
After his arrival Santa Claus
will interview any interested
young folks, and it is e:cpected
that gifts will be available for all
present, as the Chamber of Com
merce has arranged for him to
bring something like 2,000 with
him.
All from far and near are in
vited to attend the affair and all
are asked to cooperate as much
as possible in keeping good order
so that all may fully enjoy the
coming of Old'SI. Nick.
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Glee Club, Band
To Present Concert
Next Thursday
The annual concert of the Hoke
County High School Glee Club
and Band will be held on the night
of December 13, at ei^t o’clock,
in the -high school auditorium.
The concert will begin with the
performance of the Glee Club
who will further the Christmas
spirit with special arrangements
of Christmas Carols, both old and
new.
The Band under the direction
of J. B. Renn will then perform
also with a number of Christinas
melodies.
■ Those who attended last year’s
concert will remember the fine
program by the glee club, under
Miss Doris Bradley, and the band,
under Mr. Renn.
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Court Of Honor
Next Tuesday
Scoutmaster Tom McLauchlin
this week invited the public to
attend a court of honor in the
courthouse in Laurinburg at 7:30
next Tuesday night. He said the
local, troop would win the attend
ance prize if enough parents and
friends attend.
Boys to be advanced include
Joe McLeod to the rank of Life
Scout and Marcus Smith and
Younger- Snead to the rank of
Star. Several' merit badges will
be awarded to local boys and there
will be an Eagle ceremony.
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Mrs. Hiurvey’s Sister
Passes In San Antonio
Mrs. J. E. Harvey of Raeford
received word that her sister, Mrs.
Bertha Judd Larson, 75, had died
last Friday afternoon in San An
tonio, Texas. She had been ill
since Wedensday. Funeral was
held Tuesday morning in San An
tonio.
Mrs. Larson was known to- sev
eral people in Raeford, as she had
visited the Harveys.
N.In additicKi to Mrs. Harvey she
is survived by a sister in Minne
sota, a brother in ^uth Carolina,
a daughter, a granddaughter and
a great-gpraitdc’nild in San Antonio.