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Ml V void OF MEIDOM News-Journal The Hoke County Journal The Hoke County Newt VOLUME XLVI; NUMBER 43 THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1952 RAEFORD, N. C. TEN CENTS PER COPY $3J)0 PER TEAR YOUR SCHOOL NEWS! By K. A. MacDonald Recently the State Division of School Planning has ask,ed for reports on all school building pro jects begun since the state 50 mil lion dollar school bnilding fund was allocated to the 171 school units. Hoke County’s share of this fund was $350,650.86. The first contract under the new program was let December 30, 1949. Below is given a resume of tbe reports on the program’s progress submitted to the State: Project No. 1 New roof, Ashe- mont, complete. State Funds $3884.49. Project No. 2. New Roof, Hoike High, complete. State Funds $3772.06. Project No. 3. New Roof, Rae- ford Graded, complete. State Funds $3123.612:. Project No. 4. Shop Building, Hoke High, complete. State Funds $35,953.49. Project No. 5. Shop, Building, Upchurch, complete. State Fimds $412359.75, County Funds $1607.71, Total $44,467.46. Project No. 6, Lunchroom, Rock- fish, complete. State Funds $19,- 288.61, County Funds $4i83.40. To tal $19,772,91. Project No. 7. Remodeling Gym, Hoke High,' complete. State Funds $21,860.13, County Fimds $874.00, Total $22,743.13. Project No. 8. Labrary, Hokfe High, complete. State Funds $65,- 800.00, bounty Funds $16,760,614, . Total $82,560.64. x 9. N«w BitHding, Burlington, complete. State Funds $93,79635, County Funds $5,695.30 Total $99,491.55. Project No. 10. Indian School, incomplete. State Funds $61,123.61 County Funds $46,760.59, Total $1^,884.10. Project No. 11. Upchurch addi tion, incomplete. County Funds only $72,774.70. Project No. 12. School Bus Garage. Complete. State Funds $1,5113.28, County Funds $10,343.55 Total $11,856.83. Project No. 13. Raeford Graded Addition, Not Started. Local money available $157,22530. Project No. 14. New Building at Bow more. When and if money ;be- comes availalble. Probable cost $110,000.00. Not counting project No. 14, itToney spent or allocated from De_ cemiber 30, 1949, to date is. State $350,650j86. County ^16,038.47, Total $666,689.33. For the above expenditures the schools have had or will have had made available - three. roofs, three vocational shops, threedun- ' chrootms and kitchens, 2 multi purpose rooms and kitchen, phy sical education facilities includ ing showers and locfker rooms, t'wo libraries, three health rooms, music room and 43 classrooms. Early in 1949 before this new program 'began the coimty finish ed spending $155,000.00 during a five year period on the New, Up church school plant. Town Board To Give Part Of McLauchlin Property For School Art a recent meeting the to'wn coimnussioners transferred some property froih the Town of R'ae- ford to the Board of Education of Hoke County. The land in ques tion, located almost directly be hind the Raeford Methodist Church, was given to the town by the late J. W. McLauchlin and his wife to be us^ as a park and playground. Since nothing has ever 'been done toward making this a playground and due to the greait need for a site to build the new Grammar School building the Commissioners decided to trans fer it to the Board of Education for that purpose. The land is located behind the Merthodist Church between the county jail and the present school lot and is nort to ibe confused with that lying across Stewart Street behind the grammar school. A $100.00 donation by the Ki- wanis Club is enabling the Hoke High Key Club to send the fol lowing iboys to the Key Club Con vention that meets in Asheville tomorrow afternoon: David Mc- Padyen, Jimmie .Wliite, Sidney Lovette, Leroy Freeman, Benny .McLeod, L. S.. Brock, Jr., and Roger Dixon, Jr, James Lentz, Kiwanis chaiimari .pif the Key Club Cammdttee, ■will go in charge of the boys. They will, leave early tomorrow and return Sunday af ternoon. Tbe senior class at Hoke Hi^ took the Diagnostic Tests on Wed' nesday that are administered each year by the Federal Employment Service, Results will be forwarded to the Guidance Department as soon as the tests have been scor ed and classified. Work on the senior play has been started. Play practice is now ( Continued on page 4 ) Bankers Say That Inflation Slowed During Past Year It may not ease your mind much to know it, but that 53 cent dollar you hear so much about is worth only 1 cent less than the d^lar of a year ago this month. That’s one way of saying that inflation has been pretty well checked during the past year, ac cording to R. . B. Lewis, Executive Vice-'President of the Bank of Raeford. A year ago this month the con sumer price index of the Bhreau of Labor Statistics showed that a doSikr was worth 54 oeii'ts in terms of* its 193'5-30 purchasing power, Mr. Lewis said today. The boom following World War II shot prices up—and the dol lar’s value down, he explained. In comparison with its lOQ cents worth in the 1935-39 years, a dol lar was worth only 57 cen'ts in the fall of 1948. It picked up a little in 1949 and early 1950, but the outbreak of the Korean war sent buyers on a spree and prices rose sharply, to the detriment of the dollar. A year ago at this time prices were still going up. Inflation was the order of the day. The dollar would buy only 54 cents worth of consumer goods. It was then—a year ago this week—that the bankers of the country decided to do something about it. They set up a Voliintary Credit Restraint Program with the expressed purpose of cutting down on loans for non-essential and speculative purposes ih order to channel funds into defense and defense-supporting activities. —The_ideaJiehinii the program was this: Bank loans add to tne money supply. An expanded money supply without a compar able increase in the volume of goods available for purchase means, traditionally and automat ically, a rise in the price of things people want. With a war on, money advanced by banks ought properly to be channeled into the production of goods for defense rather than into non-essential things which would only add to the money supply and further de press the value of the dollar. The credit restraint program .m its year of operation has gone a long way to accomiplis'hing that purpose. Non-essential lending has been cut down all over the coun try, as well as in this area. 'Other factors got into the act, too, of course. The Federal gov ernment clamped on some credit restraining restrictions; pritfe con trols had some effect; and most important, people relaxed their “scare-buying" assaults on mer chants’ shelves and 'began to in crease 'their saving. The result ■as that, despite inflationary pressures, the dollar lost only a penny’s worth of purchasing pow er during the year. Bankers aren’t claiming parti cular credit for halting inflation, and they ■^am that the year ahead may see inflation threatening (Continued on page 4) Mayor Explains Town Fire Laws In case,of fire it shall be the duty of the Mayor, to attend and take charge of the Police Depart ment, cooperating with the Fire Chief. In case of the removal or exposure of property he shall de tail a sufficient number of citizens, not members of the Fire Depart ment, who shall constitute an auxiliary Police Force, Police, io guard all exposed property and to arrest all suspicious and disorder ly persons, and to do whatever may be lawfully done to protect the rights of the citizens and pre serve the public peace during the continuance of such fire. In case the Mayor is not present the dut ies specified shall devolve upon the Chief of Police or the Chief of the Fire Department. No 'Person shall be where a fire is in progress in such a way as to interfere with the duties of the Fire Department; nor shall any vehicle be driven nearer than one 'blocK?to any fire truck when said truck is proceeding to a fire. Upon an alarm of fire, drivers of ve hicles shall park said vehicle im mediately at the right-hand curb and remain there until the fire truck has passed. W. L. Poole, Mayor. Bucks Plan 18 Basekall Games Thirty-six candidates have been working out dally for the past week under Coaches Bob Rockholz and Jiohn Campbell in preparation for Hoke High’s 18ngame base ball schedule. Seven lettenmen led by “Double No-Hit” Phillips are to form the center of what is hoped to be a powerful aggregation. Included in these are Earl Oonoly, Billy Mc Cormick, Charlie Sessoms, Bruce Phillips, Johnny McPhaul, Law rence McNeill, and Talonadge Har. den. The Bucks open the season ^i- day Week with Rowland at Row land. 'The tentative line-up ani starting pitcher is of this date not certain but it is thoii^t tjiat Bruce Phillips, who tossed two no-hitters last year against Soi^em Pines and Tar Heel -will be on the mound for the locals. A schedule of the seasbn’s games will be published next week. Jaycees Start Their Street Projects Sat. The newly organized Jaycees began their improvement program last week iby preparing two of the parkways in the North end of Main Street. They evindently in tend to go forward with their program because they worked throughout Saturday morning and afte moon in intermidentent showers and snow flurries. The parkway nearest the business dis trict was seeded in grass and shrubbery was planted at each end. The second section was seed ed in grass and shrubbery will be added later. The remaining plots will be improved later this month. , Anyone wishing to donate ap propriate shrubbery for this pro ject is requested to contact any J.C. Army Announces Vacancies For OCS PERSONALS Wilmer MoDonalc^ who under went an operation'at Moore Coun ty hospital on Monday of last week, returned home this week and is recuperating nicely. , Mrs. W. B. McLauchlin, who has been a patient at Morare COUhty hos^tM for the past Sev eral weAs, returned home last week. Jimmy McGougan and Miss Sarah Jane Oole spent the week end in Macon, Georgia. ’They went to see Misses Bettie Upchurch and Florence Cameron who are stud ents at Wesleyan College. Misses Peggy Bethune,, Agnes Mae Johnson, Jessie Bright Fer guson and Mrs. Jack Morris went to the Carolina Hotel in Pinehurst Monday evening to attend the fashion show put on by R'azook’s, Inc. The proceeds went to the two hospitals in the county, Moore County and St. Joseph’s. Mrs. Chalmers Davis has J^een sick with flu this week. Miss Alice Sutton Matheson will arrive tomorrow from Duke Uni versity tomorrow to spend the spring holidays with her parents. Dr. and Mrs. R. A. Matheson. Mrs. A. R. Fitzsimmons recently went to Di^eTibspttar to -see ’her aunt, Mrs. Bert Ni^et of Wil mington, who was a patient at Duke. Mrs. N^bet, who has been quite ill, is now in Sumter, S. C. with her son, Preston Nisbet, but will return to Duke for further treatment in a few weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Berder Niven had as their guests for the week end and the first of the week, Mrs. Niven’s sisters, Mrs. Richard Duke of Richmond, Virginia, and Mrs. Pauline Novacke of Portsmouth, Virginia. ’They came to be here when their brother, Cpl. French Hall, arrived Monday from Camp Stoneman, California, where he landed last week from Okinawa. Mrs. Lena H. Terrell, who was been ill at Duke ho^tal for the past two weeks, has retdmed to her home on Route Z, Raeford and is recuperating mcely. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Hampton spent several dasrs last we^ in Wadesboro. They were called there on account of the illness of Mrs. B. J. MoGoogan, who is a patient in the Wadesboro hospital. Friends of Grover C. Lytle, Jr., SN, U. S. Na'vy, will be glad to know that he landed safely in Ja pan last week where he will be stationed for some time. ’The Army needs more Officers, so opportunities have been in creased whereby young men be tween the ages of ISM: and 28 with High 'School Vacation m^y apply directly from cmlian life to attend the Officers Candidate School. Married 'men with de pendents who meet the qualifica tions may also apply and be ac cepted for this scteool. AppUeante •whqji^i^i^the qual|.- ficitf!R^!|9c before enlisting in the Reiular Army for a two-year period. Ap plicants ■will complete Basic Training and will be promoted to the pay grade of Sergeant prior to attending the 22 weeks OCS course, and after satisfactorily completing the school will be com missioned and required to serve 18 months on active duty as a commissioned officer. Men who have received pre-in- duction 'by the Selective Service, but who have not yet received their induction notice, may still enlist in the Army or Air Force and if qualified may apply for Officer’s Candidate School. For full information contact your local Recruiting Sergeant located in the Post Office Bldg, Raeford, Tuesday and Wednesday or by writing Cpl. Edward W. Peeples, USA aind USAF Rctg, Station, 218 Winslow Street, Fayetteville. Miss McNeill Passes Away Monday P. M. Is Buried Tuesday Miss Hector Henrietta McNeill, better known as “Miss Het”, 74, died at her home in Blue Springs late Monday afternoon. Miss Mc Neill, a native of this county was the daughter of the late Henry and Mary Ann McMillan McNeill. Funeral services were held Tues day afternoon at 3 o’clock at the home, conducted by the Rev. S. A. Ewart, pastor of the Bethel Pres byterian Church, and burial fol lowed in the family cemetery. Surviving are a sister, M'ary Jane McNeiU of the home, and several nieces and nephews. D. J. Norton, Jr. Buried At Rockfish —FuneraL^rvices^^for Duncan James Norton, Jr., son of Duncan James and Beulah Jane ■Culibreth Norton, who died in a Fayetteville hospital after a lingering Illness, were held at Rogers and Breece ■Ghapel Sunday afternoon at three o’clock; ’The Rev. William Gaston (ionducted the service, assisted by the Rev. Baxt^ Walker. Inter ment was in Wood Cemetery near Rockfish. , Surviving in adcUtion to his m'other and father are four sis ters, Mrs. M. A, Raynor, Virginia and Patricia Norton of Fayette ville, Mrs. R. E. Seyler, Geary, Okla.; four brothers, Kelly, Billy, and Bailey Norton of Fiayetteville and Woodrow of Lumberton. 0 ^ Mrs. G. W. Brown is spending several weeks at the Chesterfield Inn, Myrtle Beach, S. C. Her daughter, M^. ChEgrUe Morrison and daughter, Delrose, and Walter Brown, Jr. went down Simday to take her and returned the same day. Mr. and Mrs. Lawence McNeill and family, with the exception of Lawrente, Jr., have all been sick this week "With influenza. J Pvt. 'Jack Lentz, who has been stationed at Fort Jackson, S. C. has been transferred to Fort Bliss, Texas. Funeral Held For Miss Ida Walters Monday Morning Fuenral services were conduct ed at 10:30 o’clock Monday morn ing at the Methodist church for Miss Ida Walters. The service was conducted by the pastor, the Rev. P. O. Lee, assisted by the Rev. W. B. Heyward. Burial was in the cemetery at Laurintourg. Miss Wal ters died Saturday night at her home on Donaldson Avenue after an illness of two yeaiis. She was born in Richnwnd County, daughter of the late Mary and Thomas E. Walters. She lived most of her life in the Bethel community in Hoke county before m'oving to Raeford about three years ago. She was 80 years of age. She is survived by three sisters, Mrs. W. L. Aikens of Brevard; Mrs. D. D. Hinson of Sanford and Martha Walters of Raeford, and several nieces and nephews. George A. Melton Buried^We'Monda^ Funeral services for George A. Melton, 54, who died Saturday night at his home on Fayetteville, route 3, after a brief illness, were held Monday at 3 p. m., from the Raeford Baptist church. Re'v. S. Judson Lennon, pastor, officiated, assisted by Rev. Baxter Walker. Burial was ia the Raeford ceme tery. Mr. Melton was bom in Star on September 6, 1897, a son of the late EMjah Melton and Mary Jane Davis Melton. iHe is survived by his wife, the former Eva. Baker; four sons, James Melton, of Parkton; Geotge A., of Red Springs, and Howard M., and Dewey C., both of the home; three daughters, Mrs. Helen Oulbreth, of Fayetteville, route 3; Mrs. M'arvin Ferguson, of Vass; and Mrs. Calvin AiBdns, of Fay*- etteville, route S; i^e grandchil dren; five brothers, Lexie, of Rae- ford; C. C., of Star; Lacy and Ted, of Burlington, and Tebbe, of Greensboro; and a sister, Mrs. Charles Marshbum, of Sanford. 0 Neill B. Sinclair returned to his home Monday after a week’s ill ness at Highsmith hospital. He is reported to be improving but tMU be confined to his bed for several weeks. **Little League*’ For Raeford - Aberdeen Boys Is Orgainized Plans lor the formation of two Little League baseball teams were made at a meeting of interested citizens in the High School Cafe teria last Thursday night, March 13. The purpose of the meeting was to select managers, umpires, and scorers,, and to appoint com mittees on Rules, Grounds and Transportation for the Little Lea gue actmties in Raeford this sum mer. Dean C. White, personnel Manager of Robbins Mills, Inc., Raeford Division, who was Chair- nxan, stated the purpose of the meeting and called on Leonard Sanders to outline the working of Little League Baseball, and to answer questions concerning its operation. After Mr. Sanders ex plained how Little League works, several points were discussed. At the close of the discussion Mr. White called for nominations for Team Managers. Alfred Cole was elected to manage one team with Dr. Julius Jordan as As sistant Manager. Ike McClelland was elected Manger of the other team with J. H. Blue as his As sistant. J. P. Bell was elected Chairman df a Committee to select umpires. Mr. BeU will appoint his assist ants. B. G. MuUinax was elected Chief Scorer for Mr. Cole’s Team and Younger Snead was elected Chief Scorer for Mr. McClelland’s Team. These men ■will appoint capable assistants to help them keep the team records. George Willcox was elected to represent the Raeford Divisica on a Committee to. nrrmge the play ing schedule. A similar represen tative will be elected at Aberdeen to meet with Mr. Willcox. Colon Scarborough ■was elected to represent the Raeford teams on the Rules Committee. This cu n- mittee will consist of Mr. Scar borough, a representative from Aberdeen and the league Presi dent. Paul Dickson was elected Cnair- man of the Fhi'blicity Committee. Hinton McPhaul and Pete Sa'vvyer were appointed to assist him on this committee. Bernard Phillips -was elected Grounds Keeper and will .get such assistance as he deems necessary. Crawford Thomas ■was elec’^ed I Transportation Chief for Mr. Cole’s team and T. Watson Jones was elected Transportation Chief for Mr. McClelland’s team. The Chairman stated that Dr. R. A. Matheson had offered to act as Medical examiner and ad visor to the Raeford teams. His offer was gladly accepted and thanks were extended Dr. Mathe son for his cooperation. -'■-Mr. WluteL-aiinounce_d_ teat_:u- surance will be carried by the League and will cover every child and adult participating in its ac tivities. The following officials were named for the Aberdeen-Raeford Little League: Leonard Sanders, Aberdeen, president; J. P. Bell, Raeford, vice-president; Dean C. White, Raeford, treasurer; and John G. Sloan, Aberdeen, secre tary. Mr. Sanders explained that s^- ilar elections of manager and com mittees would be held at Aber deen this week. , Greene Sentmees 2 Defoidanb For Droi^en Driving Stiffest sentence handed down by Jud.ge Harry Greene in Hoke County recorder’s court Tuesday morning was for one year in a case of careless, reckless and drunken driving. About 15 cases were disposed of in an average session, after the unusually hea'vy one of last week. Arthur L Park, white, was charged -with driving drunk, care less and reckless driving, and damage to a car. He was given 12 months on the roads suspended on payment of a $300.00 hospital bill for Mr. and Mrs. Deaver and a fine of $100.00 and the costs and good behavior for two years. Park appealed to superior court and posted a $500.00 bond. Neill Archie McLean, colored, paid $10 and the costs for driving a car without lii^rts. Don Thomas, Jr., white, diarg- ed with violating the prohii»tim. laws was told to be of good be- ha'vior for one year and to pay $25 and the costs. , Eugene Melvin, colored, got six months on the roads for hit- and-run dri'ving. Alonzo Alford, colored, was found guilty of violating the pro hibition laws and paid $lt and the costs. , Thomas Richard Inman, white of the Army, who was charged •with careless and reckkss driv ing and damage to personal pro perty was found guilty and was given six n^ths, suspoided on payment of the costs of the 'and' $50 tor damages.' Ada Dawson and Walter "Rimer, both colored, were found not guiL ty of immoral conduct. In amoth« case they got 30 days sounded on a fine of $10 and the costs for each. Luke Tiskey and Louis M. Ji- mal, both white tourists, forfeited •$25 bonds for speeding. James Willie Leach, colored, got six months suspended on pay ment of the costs for being drunk and disorderly. Archie Green was found guilty of the same offense and paid $10 and the costs. Willie Vance McMillan, colored, paid $10 and the costs for care less and reckless driving. George M. Baker, white, paid $10 and the costs for failing to stop at a stop sign. Joe Madison Medlin, Jr., white, was found not guilty of careless and reckless driving. Lessle C. McKenzie, white, paid the costs for passing a car in face of oncoming traffic. Mack Kenley Virgil and Char lie Ward, both colored, g6t six months suspended on payment of $25 fin^^dTHe^^iff’for dri'ving without licertses. They were both found not guilty of careless and reckless driving. Jethro Lee Young, white, 'vas given six months suspended on payment of $il00.90 and the costs for driving drunk. He appealed to ttie superior court and posted a $250.00 bond. O.E.S. Invites Public To Installation The Raeford Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star annouiiced this week that they ■will have Installation of new Officers Mon day ni^t, March, March 24, at 8 o’clock in the Masonic HaR. This i>articular meeting will be open to the public and all interest, ed persons are cordially invited to, view the ceremonies, 0— Donald Cameron, who was at home on furlough for several weeks, left last we^ by train for San Francisco, frmn which place ’>€ vi’l sai^ for Alaska, where he UvS been assigned tor Radar duty. Fire Department Has Two Calls In Week Friday aiftemoon the local fire department answered a eaR to Harry Epstein’s residence to fi^t a grass fire. By the time the fire men got there a truck parked in Harry’s yard was In danger but the firemen’sv quick work saved the truck exce^ for scorching the The fire was reported to have been started by a young diild at play. Monday aftmnoon the depart ment again amswered a call, this time to the residence of Peter Mte- Eachern-m the Pope Hill sactioa. Neighbors had the fire out be fore the firemen reached the scene: D. H. Fass of Dillon, S. C. has come to Raeford to make his booie with his daught^, ItA SidnKUT E^tein, and family. *