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votci or imiDOM CUMmAO OF tlBERTY Joi^nal voKfor IKIOOM oruiuBf The HokeCoimty Journal The Hoke County News »«n»i VOLUME XLVI; NUMBER 30 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 19S1 RAEFORD. N. C. TEN CENTS PER COPY 93.00 PER YEAB 1^. V Hasty Heads Hoke PMA Committee The Production and Marketing Administration county committee for Hoke County in th% coming - y^ear .will i>e E. J. Hasty, Chair man; C. D. Bostic, Vice-Chairman; and J. H. Blythe. These were elected at the county PMA con vention which met Friday at the County Ofrice Building. Delegates to the convention were elected by mail from Hoke County’s 8 PMA communities. • The convention also elected -R. D. Strother and Douglas McPhaul as first and second alternate com mittee' members, respectively, to serve in the event anyone of the first three should become, unable to serve at any time during the year. With the aid of community J'MA committeemen elected by farmers in the various communi ties, the, county PMA committee will administer the Agricultural Conservation Program, marketing quotas, and price support opei»- ti^s in the county during , the ‘v /coming year. They will also help administer crop production goals ■and other, 'defense assignments as they erise. , All three members of -the coun ty PMA committee are members ■ of the .Counl'y Agricultural Mo bilisation Cemkiittee, R. J. Hasty , being' chairman . of that group. The services of the PMA commit teemen are available to all farm er ers in tl:e .county. Although they (Continued on Page 10) ' -——0 : Businesses To Take Different Days Off Fcir Cfe^tniaf y As announced in an adyertise- ment in this issue most of the stores-in the community and the Dundarrach Trading Company will /be cl'O.iei on Tuesday' and Wednesday of pext week for Christmas. The Johnson Cortoa Company of Raeford arid Raeford Cleaners and Laundry Service will be clos ed on Tue^iay, Christmas Day, only. , Raeford L.:mber Company, The Johnson Company and the County- Public Library will' be closed Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, Hoke Auto Compan^^, Raeford Auto Company and Morgan, Mo tor Company will all be closed on Monday, and Tuesday and will be open on Wednesday. The News- Journal wilt follow this schedule also in order that next week’s paper may appear on Thursday •as usual. The paper office will be ’"f open on Wedr.esday.. and will be ' “ glad to accept social and personal •items,for the paper until noon. 0- — LEAVES FOR FAR EAST Funeral Service For Mrs. B. P. Robinson Sunday Afternoon Funeral service was held at the Raeford Methodist church at 3:00 o’clock Sunday afternoon for Mrs. B. P. Robinson, who died at her home her^ Friday afternoon at about four-thirty o’clock after. a long_illness. She was 69 years of age last October 2l3. The service was conducted by the Rev. P. O. Lee, pastor, assisted by the Rev. H. B. Porter, pas|.or of the Troy Methodist church, an old friend of the family and a former super intendent of the Raleigh District, the Rev. Judson Lennon, pastor of the Raeford Baptist church, and the Rey. W. B. Heyward, pastor of the Raeford Presbyterian church. Burial was in the Raeford cemetery. Pallbearers were Frank Culbreth, R. B, Lewis, Younger Snead, C. L. Thomas, T. B. Up church and W. P. Baker. Mrs. Robinson, the former Vic toria Tew, was bom in Sampson County near Clinton, daughter of the late Rev. and Mrs. John Oliver Tew, her father being a Baptist minister. She was married to the Rev. Mr. Robinson February 12, 1900. They came to Raeford in the fall of 1917 and stayed four years while Mr. Robinson was pastor of the Raeford Methodist church. They returned here to live in the fall of 1944 when Mr. Robinson retired due to her health. She had become partially paralyzed in September, 194'3. ^ Since returning to Raeford the Robinsons lived in their home oh the-Fayetteville road about two miles tyom town until February this y'ear when they mc^ved to the preset rCsidetice on Donald- Surviving are her husband; 3 daughters, Mrs. Frances Davis of the home, IVfe-s. Dabney Allen of Fayetteville and Mrs. James E. Harkins .of Pekin, Illinois;, two sons, Earl H. Robinson of Raeford and Ben O. Robinson of Fayette ville; 12 grandchildren and. one great grandchild; two sisters, Mrs. W. F. Tew of Greensboro and Mrs. Ml M. Howell of Roseboro; ^two brothers, C. N. Tew of Norfolk, Va., and J. E. Tew of Greensboro. 0 Little River Man Wins Corn Contest" The four top men in the ‘Hoke County 1951 Corn Growing Con test were awarded prizes of 75, 50, 25 and 15 silver dollars at a recent mating in the Hoke County High School Auditorium, accord ing to E. M. Stallings, County J Q pen this greeting our friends, w to the deepest hope that the cnquillity of Christmas vill live with you and our loved ones for many years. ''35ntirefete« of The News-Journal m Sgt. James R. Ray, son of MfsT Marshall Rav cf Rockfish and the .'*^;late Mr. iRay left ‘'Saturday with “l^he 118th Ordinance M.M. Co. for l^pPort Lawton, Wash., from where " he will sail to join the Far East Command. Sgt. Ray was called to active duty from reserve status in ' August, 1939, with the first re serve unit to be called since the war started in Korea. Since that time he has been stationed at Fort Bragg, except for three months he spent at the Ordinance School, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. Sgt. Ray and his wife, the form- ^ Miss Jean McNeill, and their two-year old ^son ha-re resided at their home , on ' the Fayetteville Road. Mrs.' Ray and son will'^make their home with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. J. McNeill, while Sgt. Ray is overseas. • r> LIONS TO JUDGE HOMES The Raeford Lions club will judge the exterior decorations of the .homes: in Raeford this week and will award prizes for those rated first, second and third. — 0 Guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Lester Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. Archie Craig of Wilmington. Ed Simp.son of Little River was first place winner ewton of Antioch second, J. M. McGougan of Dundarrach third, and David Liles of Antio^^ The contest was sponsored by the Bank of Raeford, Upchurch Milling Company, The Johnson Co.mpanei-, T. B, Upchurch Inc. (Seed Dept.), ' Johnson Cotton v-ompany, McLauchlin Company and Dundarrach Trading Co. and was conducted by the County Agent’s office. , All prizes were given in silver dollars and were awarded by Tom Cameron, R. B. Lewis, L. W. Tur ner, Tommie UpchUrch, June Johnson, Pete Cangday and- Tom' MoLauchlin. The measured yield of Mr. Simpson’s corn was 91 bushels per acre, while Mr. Newton pro duced 78.6, Mr. McGougan 75.3 and Mr. Liles 74.6. The objective of this contest is to attain a higher yield per acre of corn in Hoke County at a low er cost per bushel. By encourag ing the growers to follow the besi; known production practices; it is felt this can be accomplished. The four nearest competitors to the winners were J. W.; Hasty of Allendale with a yield of 74 bushels per acre followed by J. R. Hendrix of Bethel with IZ.l, and C. H. Marks arid.Larry Brooks of Little ^ River with 72 bushels each.■ John W,. Sinclair, L.ocal Girl’s Husband, Dies In Philadelphia John W. Sinclair, J>., United States Navy, died early Monday morning in the Philadelphia Na val hospital from head injuries sustained in a fall aboard the U. S.S. Currituck on which he was working at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. Funeral arrangements are in complete pending the arrival of remains. ' Mr. Sinclair was the son of the late .Jphn and Mary Wilkes Sin clair of Maxton, . and attended Maxton High School and Presby terian Junior college before en- -Lering the Navy in 1942. He was a member of the Maxton Presby-, terian church, and had seen ex tensive seryice in the. Pacific dur ing World War H. He returned to the United States in May of this yeai;. after ten months of service in the Korean theatre. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Martha Harris Sinclair an^ one daughter, Patsy, both of Raeford; one brother, Angus Sinelair of Maxton; three sisters. Miss Betty Jean Sinclair of Charlotte, Mrs. Ray Biser of China Grove and Mrs. A. G. Williams of Asheboro. O COURTHOUSE TO CLOSE According to the ruling of the county commissioners at their last meeting, all county employees will be given next week off for Christmas. The courthouse, there fore, will be closed all week. ^—d— GINNING REPORT Census report shows that 12,698 bales of cotton were inned in Hoke County from the crop of 1951 prior to December 1, as compared with 5,498 bales to December 1, 1950 from the crop of that year. Fuqeral Service For Pfe Hooper Held Last Week Funeral service - for Private First Class Robert M. Hooper, Jr., 28, whose body was- returned from Korea, was conducted at the home, of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Hooper of the Ashley Heights community in Hoke coun ty, Wednesday Slternoon. Rev. T. J. Whitehead of Aber-' deem Rev. L. M. Hall of Red Springs and Rev. Ray Gosnell of Ashley Heights were the officiat ing ministers. Burial was in the. .Ashley Heights cemeterj'. Pfc. Hooper died of hemor rhagic fever, an Oriental disease, in Korea, August 22 of this year. He had been overseas since April. He entered service November 15, 1950, received basic training at. Fort Jackson, S. C., and later had been stationed at Fort Bliss, Tex. Born in Birmingham, Alabama, January 18, 1925, Pfc. Hooper had lived most of his life in Hoke county. He was a 1942 graduate of Hoke County High school and had worked as an electrician be fore entering the army. Prior to his death, Pfc. Hooper had been stationed at Chenyun, Korea, about 20 miles from the 38th parallel, with an-antiaircraft unit of the 'Third Infantry division. The Hoke County soldier was the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Hooper. He was one of the first deceased seryicemen to be return ed to this area from Korea. 0--^ Among' those who attend State College home for the holidays ar’e: Johnny Sinclair, Buddy Blue, Pobby Gibson, Jimmy McGougan. Carson Davis,. James Tapp, Hamer Leach, John Eubanks and David Gibson. Mrs* Baker’s Father Dies In Pine Level; Funeral Held Friday “ Doc Berry Oliver, prominent 84-year-old resident of Pine Level and father of Mrs. Walter P. Baker ,.of Raeford, died at his home in Pine Level at about 11:00 o’clock last Wednesday night. Funeral services were conduct ed at the Pine Level Missionary Baptist church ,at three o’clock Friday afternoon by the pastor, the Rev. J.' L. Jones. Burial was in the Oliver family cemetery. Mr. Oliver was a founder of the Bank of Pine Level in 1890 and was its president from that tim.e until his death. He was a graduate of Wake Forest College, former chairman of the Johnston County commissioners, school board member, superintendent of his Sunday school, president of the Pine Level Oil Co., cotton gin operator, operator of the firm of W. B. Oliver and sons and was an extensive farmer. He was a native of Robeson county and moved to Pine Level when he was three years of age. He was first married to lone Crocker of Pine Level • who died in 1911. Surviving this union are three daughters and one son, in-, eluding Mrs. Walter Baker. In 1913 he married Mary Mitchiner of Wilson Mills and she sur\-ives along with three sons. Also sur viving, are one sister eight grand children, one great** grandson and several nieces and nephews. 0 Mr. and -Mrs. Robert Rockholz and Ml'S. Rockholz’s brother, Ron nie Edmonds, are leaving tomor- roy for New London, Conn, to spend the Christmas holidays with relatives. Mrs. Edgar Hall Dies Tuesday; Funeral Today Funeral service will be con ducted at the Raeford Presbyter- ! ian church at 11:00 o'clock this ' morning .‘or Mrs. Katie McMillan : Hall, wife cf Former Sheriff Ed gar Hall, '.vho died at her resid ence here a*. 9:45 olclock Tuesday j night after an illness of several months. The service will be con ducted by the Rev. W. B. Hey ward, pastor, and burial wJI fol low in the Raeford cemetery. Mrs. Hall was bom in Robeson - County April 4,. 1879, daughter of the late Zachary Tayior Mc Millan and Anne Murphy McMil lan. She had lived in Hoke Coun ty since its formation. She and Mr. Hall were married January 21, 19C3 and lived at Dundarrach for some time,, moving to 'their present residence in Raeford in 1914. She was a menaber of thg Raeford Presbyterian church. She is survived by three daugh ters, Miss Josephine Hall of the home, Mrs. J. B. Eubanks of Win gate and Mrs. Archie M. Byrne of Raeford; one granddaughter. Anne Murphy Byrne of Raeford; one stepson, Raymond Hall of Fayetteville; three brothers. Mur- ph McMillan of Lumber Bridge. 'V'ance McMillan of Fayetteville and Duncan McMillan of Parkton; four sisters, Mrs. M. A. McMillan. 'Misses Meta and Mary Belle Mc Millan, all of Parkton. and Mrs. Ausley Barnhart of Lenoir. 4-H Pig Chain Started Recently A 4-H Club purebred Pig Chain was started in Hoke County re cently with the placing of 7 gilts and 1 male with club members, according to E. M. Stallings, County Agent. These pigs were placed with: Billy Everleigh, Fred Holland, Robert Currie, Bobby 'Vanhoy, Clyde Leach, Bobby Walters and Charlie Jacobs. This chain is sponsored py the Sears-Roebuek Foundation and direct by the County Agent's of fice. Each member has agreed to feed, care for and breed the gilts properly and repay at the end of 11 months the original cost of the pig received. This money will in turn be used to purchase another group of gilts. This will make it .possible to carry on an endless pig chain year after year. The pigs will be brought to Rae ford next Aprilg^o compete in a pig show, at which time they will be judged for best development as breeding stock. -Each animal Will be fitted and shown in the show ring. Prizes will be awarded at this show for the top three gilts. The pigs used this year are of the Hereford Breed and were pur chased from J. M. McGougan of- near Dundarrach. 3 Drunk Drivm, Pay Rues h Court Tuesday Others Pay For Speeding, Bootlegging. Bad Brakes, Letting Cow Elat Com The dexiket 'oefore Judge Henry McDiarmid Tuesday morning in cluded a fairly interesting variety of cases. Tv.'o white men. John Martin and Johri D. Phillips, and William Fairley Burke, colored, each paid SlOO and the costs for driving driink. Martin also had to pay an extra $25 for having no driver’s license,. Miss Mallie Kinlaw, white, had to pay costs in a case charging that her cow had been allowed to eat corn in an. unharvested field. Roy Monroe and Sally Monroe, colored, were found guilty in two cases of violating the prohibition laws, one on home brew and the other on having non-tax-pefcid liquor for sale. Sally got six .months in jail suspended on pay ment of SICO and the costs. Roy got one year on the roads sus pended on payment of $300 fine and two years good behavior. Harvey Lee Ray. white, was found not guilty of careless and reckless driving. Geohge Hunt, white, pleaded guilty- on charge by C. J. Benner of disposing of mortgage property. He had to pay the costs and straighten out with Benner. Bessie Faulk, colored, paid the costs for violating the prohi'pition lawsl Speeders included Charles Wal ker apd Richard DeSilva, white, and Willie Douglas Colg. colored, $10 and costs, each; G. B. Shirley, j. H. Wynne, Jr., white, and C. E. Williams, colored, S25 bands forfeited by each. Charles G. Bryan, white, $25 and the costs. For having no driver's licenses Lonie Bullard, w'hite, . Her’oert Jones and Booker T. Rooker, col- I ored, each'paid $25 a.nd the. costs. I For driving improperly equip- ! ped cars J. L. Leach, W. H. Adams J and Fred McCormick, all colored, each paid $10 and the costs. Clar ence McCollum, colored, paid $10 and the costs for failing to stop at a stop sign. Charles E. Herndon, white, paid $25 and the costs for careless and reckless driving. -0- Mr. and Mrs. John Lopez of Washington, D. C. were week end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Fahn. Robert Herriford Receives Commission Robert Levi Herriford, for some time a resident of Raeford until he reentered the -Army last year, received his bars as a second lieu tenant on Dece.m'o6r 15 in cere monies at the Officers Candidate School of the I .Army General school at Fort'-ki^ey^^iajisas. He hacf attended the school since July of this year. He was a member of the local National Guard unit while here. He is married to the former Miss Muriel Davis, daughter oJ* Mr. and Mrs. John Davis, and they have two sons. PINE FOREST TREE The annual Pine Forest Christ mas tree party will be held at the community house on Friday night, December 21, at 7:00 o’ clock. .All in the community are expected to attend 'and to bring inexpensive gift, each for a per son his or her own age, and some thing to" “pound the preacher”. Gus J. Ratley Dies; Buried Wednesday ,Gus James Ratley, 75. died' Mon day night at his home in Raeford. .A native of Cumberland County, he had engaged in farming in Hoke County for several years. He '.vas a son of the late John and Elizabeth Ratley. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Burkley Rogers and Mrs. Jessie Tew. both of Raeford, and Mrs. S. P. Hall of Parkton; one brother. .Ale.x Ratley, Wake For est; two sisters, Mrs. Laborn Jack- son, Hope Mills and Mrs. W. M. Johnson, Jonesboro. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o’ clock at Parkton Baptist Churck. Services were conducted by the Rev. S. Judson Lennon and the Rev. J. M. Gibbs, Burial was is Parkton cemeterv. GORDON INFANT DIES; BURIED AT BETHEL Dennis Harold Gordon, six- months- old son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Gordon died at a Fayette ville hospital Monday aftertMMHt after an illness of only a few hours. Funeral was conducted at Bethel Presbyterian church at 3d>0 o’ clock Tuesday by the Rev. S- A. Ewart and burial was in the church cemetery. Surviving in addition to his parents are one brother, L*rty, and his grandparents, lbs. Jbhn Ivey and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gordon.