VOLUME XLVII; NUMBER 10
THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1952
RAEFORD, N. C. TEN CENTS PER COPY
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By the Editor
Dean White, personnel man
ager ot the Raeford Division of
Robbins MiUs (N. C.) Inc, and
treasiirer of the Aberdeen-Rae-
ford Little league, wrote me a
letter yesterday about how good
he felt at the way the community
had supported the league. Dean
felt so good about it that I’m go
ing to print the letter just as I
got it. Here it is.
Dear Paul:
Tuesday, August 5, 1952 was
truly a Red-Letter Day for the
members of the Aberdeen-Raeford
Little League, the Little League
Officials and fans, and for all the
people of both Aberdeen and Rae
ford. That it was indeed a Red
Letter Day is a fact beyond dis
pute of even the most cynical in
dividual.
The success achieved with both
the game program and the dinner
program will long stand as a
monument to the Town of Rae
ford, its business houses, its peo
ple, and its Chamber of Com
merce, who sponsored and gave
such a wonderful dinner to the
teamv, and guests.
To thank those who contributed,
who participated, and who gave
their cooperation in such full
measure would be to make a roll
call of the entire citizenry of
Raeford, its business and profes-
’ sional men and, women, and its
ministers. The entire affair is a
^ ' high tribute to the spontaneous
t.. ,1,-'-''-'i^peratr.:! a;*d hosiJti^ty of the
townspeople bonded together for
a common purpose to present
Raeford to all who attended as a
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Soldiers Have
To Pay Fiddler
In Court Tuesday
Three white soldiers, out for a
good time with a car eind a bottle,
got caught last we^ and appear
ed before Judge Harry Greene in
Hoke County recorder’s court
Tuesday morning. Luster Mullins,
the driver, pleaded guilty of driv
ing drunk and got the usual six
months sentence suspended on
payment of $100 and the costs.
Tommy Denny pleaded guilty of
possessing the liquor and got 60
days suspended on payment of
$25 and the costs. Lonza White-
head pleaded guilty of being
dnmk and disorderly and got 30
days suspended on payment of $10
and the costs.
C. V. Gianittia, white transient
charged with allowing an unli
censed driver to operate his ve
hicle, forfeited a $40 bond.
The state dropped its case a-
gainst Henry Shields, Jr., colored,
for driving without a chauffeur’s
license and against Willie Clifton
Hurst for having no driver’s li
cense.
Robert M. McNeill, white, got
60 days suspended on payment of
$10 and the costs and a year of
good behavior for being drunk
and disorderly.
John Albert McNair, colored,
pleaded guilty of careless and
reckless driving and having no
driver’s license. On the first
charge he got six months to be
suspended on payment of costs
and $50 to the man he hit and 12
months good behaviop. On the
second charge sentence as 60 days
suspended on payment of $25
and the costs. David Cook, col-
, ored, was found not^
an unlicensed
License Examiner
Changes Days Here
L. M. McPherson, driver’s li
cense examiner with the State
department of motor vehicles, this
week announced that he would be
in Raeford at the courthouse from
8:30 to 5:30 on Thursday and Fri
days in the future instead of on
Wednesdays and Thursdays as he
has been. The change is due to
the fact that he now goes to
Laurinburg for three days each
week.
McPherson said that licenses
may be renewed up to 60 days
before expiration dates now and
cautioned drivers to watch their
dates, as driving with an expired
license is considered the same as
driving without a license by the
courts.
W. A. McLEAN ILL
and its citizens who can pause
from the rush of today’s living
to pay tribute to its boys, can
look forward 4o the future with
calmness and serenity.
The. officials of the Aberdeen-
Raeford Little League, Robbins
Mills, (N. C.), Inc. and all your
guests, join me in expressing to
each of you, individually and col
lectively, our warmest apprecia
tion for your interest, your coon-
eration, and your hospitality. The
writer was never more proud of
anything than to be a citizen of
Raeford.
Very cordially yours,
Dean C. White, Treasurer
Aberdeen-Raeford Little Lea
gue. •
Now Dean thanks just about
everybody in this letter and.
truly, the community turnout
Tuesdav was a thing to be proud
of. T would just like to add for
the community that we all know
Dean White has been the main-
snring of the Little League fier'e
this summer, the man who was
always on hand to see that things
w^hich had to be done were done.
For the whole community and
all who are intereste‘d in boys.
I’d like to sincerely say “Thank
y~«u’’ to Dean White. We all cer-
y-mlv appreciate his untireing
efforts.
W. A. McLean, who had been
ill since Saturday, was carried
to a Fayetteville hospital Tues
day night at about 10:00 o’clock
and operated on for appendicitis.
Operation disclosed that his ap
pendix had ruptured. He was do
ing as well as could be expected
at last reports yesterday after
noon, and his family felt fairly
encouraged about his condition.
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HOLLAND HERE SUNDAY
Ginners Meeting
Set For Friday
The Central District meeting of
the North Carolina Cotton Gin
ners association will be held in the
Hoke County High School audi
torium tomorrow morning. After
the morning session in the audi
torium the giimers will be served
luncheon in the school cafeteria,
following which an ■ afternoon
session will be held.
The program will include ad
dresses on the relation of harvest
ing practices to good cotton gin
ning and on other subjects of a
technical nature of interest to
those in the ginning business.
Clifford H. Hardy, new secretary
of the association, will discuss
plans for its future activities.
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Windstorm Wrecks
Drive-In Theatre
I neglected to mention' last
week that two of Hoke County’s
citizens who were representing
the county on a state road gang
had changed their residence. I
refer to Edwin (Bud) Johnson
and WiUie B. MoFadyen, who
escaped about 10 days ago from
a road gang in Halifax county.
Johnson went up for 12 years
last(fTear tor shooting Heston
Rose in^ juke-joint affray near
Raeford, and McFadyen went for
the same time from Cumberland
County, also for a shooting. Of
ficers reported yesterday that
neither had been Seen, In this
county or elsewhere, to their
knowledge.
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Recent visitors in the homes of
Mr, and Mrs. A. J. Freeman and
Sgt. and Mrs. F. M. Pippinger
were Mr. and Mrs. Morris Leon-^
ard. Miss Catherine Leonard, Mrs.
W, M. Long and daughter, Anne,
all of Chester, Pa.
driver to drive his car
Paying $10 and the costs were
Moses Farmer, careless and reck
less driving, Eugene Dobbins and
Lester Johnson for improperly
equipped cars.
Harry McCloy James, white, got
six months to be suspended on
naymeht $100 and the costs for
driving drunk.
Glenn Evans, colored, was
found guilty of having non-tax-
naid liquor for sale and sentenced
to a year on the roads to be su-
snended on payment of $100 and
the costs, 2 years good behavior.
James Edwards, colored, paid
the costs for assault.
Weldon McDonald, colored,
went to the roads for a year. He
was found guilty* in one case of
using profane and indecent lan
guage and being drunk and dis
orderly and in another with as
sault with a deadly weapon.
Arthur G. Clark, colored, was
found guilty of assaulting his wife
and sentenced to six months on
the roads. He appealed and bond
was set at $300.
Ed Hollingsworth, colored, was
found not guilty of stealing a
watch.
Willie Elton Barrow, white,
paid $25 and the costs for care
less and reckless driving.
Duck McGoogan, colored, was
charged by James and John But
ler, White, with ' temporary lar
ceny of a tractor. He charged them
with assault. The three compro
mised the matter and the cases
were dropped on payment of the
costs by each.
Grady R. Setzer, white man
whose car hit the McBryde house
at the comer of Jackson street
and Central avenue several weeks
ago causing damage estimated bv
one Raeford builder at $3500,
was charged with violating the
prohibition laws in one case and
with driving drunk, careless and
reckless driving and damage to
real property In another. He
was found guilty and paid $25 and
the costs in the first case. In the
second case he was foimd guilty
as charged and fined $100 and
the costs. He appealed this and
posted a bond of $250.
J. Quincy Wilkerson, colored,
was foimd guilty of driving on
his left, facing traffic, and fined
$10 and costs.
Dr. Harry K. Holland, pastor
of the First Presbyterian church
of Marietta, Ga., and former pas
tor of the Raeford Presb3rterian
church, will preach at the local
church next Sunday while the
Rev. W. B. Heyward is preaching
a't his old home church in Raleigh.
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BAPTIST REVIVAL SET
^fall revrrt
Raeford Baptist Church will be
held the first week of September
according to Rev. Judson Lennon;
A service each night throughout
the week will be held beginning
nightly at 8:00. Rev. John Law
rence of Wilmington will present
the messages.
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BATTERY “F” REUNION
A small windstorm of short
duration virtually demolished the
Drive-In theatre west of town last
Wedensday afternoon. The storm
struck between 4 and 5 o’clock
from the soutwest and blew down
the entire fence beside the high
way, tore the screen from the pole
supports and-Uprooted trees a-
cross the highway. A large hickory
tree about two feet in diameter
was uprooted ,1^ the blast and a
large pine al?diut three feet in
diameter was twisted off about
thirty feet from the ground. Sev
eral smaller trees nearby had
major branches and limbs torn
loose.
Damage to the theater was con
siderable and it forced to close.
County E&'k^ Has
Routine Meeting
White Schools
Open September 4;
Others On 22nd
County Superintendent K. A.
MacDonald announced this week
that the board of education had
set the dates for the opening of
all the schools in the county at
its meeting Monday night.
The board set Thursday, Sep
tember 4, as the opening date for
the county-wide high school and
aU other white schools in the
county. The county-wide meet
ing of principals will be held at
the superintendent’s office on the
afternoon of Monday, September
1, and the county-wide teachers
meeting will be at the high
school at 8:00 o’clock on Tuesday
night, September 2.
The board also Set September
22 as the date for the opening of
the colored and Indian schools
of the county. Dates for the pre
school meetings of teachers in
these schools will be announced
later.
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D. Scott Poole Has
His 94th Birthday
With his children and all his
grandchildren but one around
him, D. Scott Poole celebrated his
94th birthday in good jjealth and
spirits at his home here last Sun
day. His children present were
W. L. Poole, Mrs. Luke Bethune
and Mrs. A. K. Currie of Raeford,
Miss Maude Poole and Mrs. Hugh
Lowe from Charlotte. The miss
ing grandchild, Mrs. Joe Dom-
browski (nee Isabel Bethune) of
Omaha, Nebraska, called her
grandfather on the telephone dur-
imiE LEAGUE TEAM MOVES UP
BY DEFEATING NORWOOD 7 TO 6
League Leading
Relwb Take 3
In Past Week
A slow rolling single down the
third base line in the bottom of
the ninth drove the winning run
across as the Raeford Rebels de-
deated the Red Springs Robins,
4-3, Tuesday night at Armory
Park.
Winning two games straight
over the Robins and one Monday
night from St. Pauls to make it
three in a row put the Rebels
still further into the lead in the
ECT league;
In Tuesday night’s encounter
the Rebels were able to get only
five hits off the Robins pitcher
but made them coimt to score all
their runs. The Robins jumped
off to a 3-0 lead in the 5th on two
hits, a hit batsman and four
errors. The Rebels fought right
back and scored three runs in
Play Durham In Aberdeen
Tpmorrow For District Title
The Aberdeen-Raeford Little
League All-Stars performed like
big leaguers here Tuesday after
noon before a crowd estimated to
be in excess of 1000 fans and de
feated the all-star team from the
Norwood league 7 to 6 in two
extra innings. The victory gave
the home team the right to meet
the playoff winner from the three
Durham leagues for the cham
pionship of District five. This
game will be played at the Aber
deen Little League park at three-
thirty Friday afternoon and will
be followed by a game between
the Norwood team and the sec
ond-place team in the Durham
playoffs. Winner of the gamA
Friday will go to Wilmington to
take part in the state playoffs.
The game here Tuesday was
well-attended—the town closed
up for it—and all who attended
seemed to be well pleased with
j what they saw. The program was
presided over by W. T. Gibson and
the bottom of the same inning as ,
Poole, with two men on, blasted guests were welco^
a single into left field to drive
Members of Battery “F” 252nd
Coast Artillery after September,
1940, will gather at the William
Lentz pond at noon Sunday (or
their annual reunion. Members of
the old unit are invited to come
and bring their baskets, or to
come after noon for some con
versation, as they are expected to
gather from far and wide, ac
cording to Lentz.
Reid Springs Mill
Nears Safety Record
In recognition of the outstand
ing safety record of 6,000,000
manhours without a disabling ac
cident the employees of the Red
Springs Division of Robbins Mills
(N. C.), Inc. were recently treated
to a free chicken dinner.
Through the cooperation of ev
ery employee and assistance frbm
the entire Safety Committee,
Safety Chairman Tom Cope, and
Plant Superintendent C. T. Mont-
joy, there has not been a dis
abling accident since March, 7,
1949.
’The employees of this plant are
now striving to reach the World’s
Record for a Textile Rayon Mill
of 6,292,821 injury-free man
hours so that they may ' then
claim the title of “World’s Cham
pionship Safety Team.”
' At the time of the celebration
a Safety Flag with five stars de
noting one million manhours
each was presented by Liberty
Mutual Ihsurance Company in re
cognition of this safety record.
Mr. Montjoy expressed his ap
preciation to the employees by
stating “continuing to work to
gether we should break the
world’s record for Safety in sim
ilar Textile MHls. You will then
be a member of the ‘World’s
Championship Safety Team.* ”
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Miss Irene Andrews is spending
this week at Myrtle Beach.
commissioners held their regular
monthly meeting Monday, and
transacted several matters of bus
iness of the usual nature.
Requests were made for “sta
bilization” of three roads in the
county, all in McLauchlln town
ship. The term “stabilization” as
used in road requests includes
straightening and rebuilding but
not paving. ’The roads to receive
this work are from 15-A by the
A. K. Stevens place to the Rae-
ford-Rockfish road, from 15-A at
Wayside bv the Benner pond to
the Fort Bragg reservation, and
from 15-A to the Fort Bragg re
servation at the D. A. McDougald
place.
The board also approved the
making of repairs to the Raeford
armory. It appeared that the roof,
windows and doors are in need
of repair.
It was decided that the county
would furnish materials for re
pairs to the Allendale community
house and that the cojnmunity
would do the work.
The sale of a 20-foot alleyway
back of the old Teal garage on the
south side of West Prospect ave
nue was approved.
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TOWN BOARD MEETS;
TO FIX FIRE ALARM
The town board held its regular
meeting this week and took one
step the public will be glad to
hear of. The board decided to
spend about $200 getting the
wires to the fire alarm fixed so
that the alarm will not be sounded
at random dtiring rains as it has
been lately when there was no
fire.
Other action included the ap
proval of the installation of book
keeping improvements and the
changing of some parking areas
on Main street.
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PAUL DEZERNE HURT
in one run and then two more
crossed the plate on an overthrow
to third base. The score remain
ed tied until the ninth when
Bowen walked, Bill Upchurch
bounced a double off the left
field fence and J. McLeod then
brought Bowen home with his
slow rolling single.
Taylor went all the way for
the locals giving up only five
ing the day. 4^it-s. striking out nine and walk-
Paul Dezeme hurt his back in
the A & R warehouse here last
Saturday morning and was car
ried to Moore Coxmty hospital in
an ambulance where it was dis
covered that he had a fractured
vertebrae. As soon as other com
plications, bruises, etc., are clear
ed up he is to be put in a cast,
which will probably have to stay
on for about two months.
to have supper with Mr. Poole.
For the benefit of his many
friends, acquaintances and read
ers in these and other parts it
may be stated that Mr. Poole is
still quite active and is on Main
street just about every day talk
ing with his friends, and he loves
to argue and talk politics just as
much as he did when he repre
sented this county in the legisla
ture over a quarter of a century
ago.
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Mclnnis Clan Plans
Reunion August 17
The annual Mclnnis Clan gath
ering will be held at Dundarrach
Presbyterian Church, Sunday,
August 17, the president, ^Miss
Irene Andrews, annoimced^ this
week.
An interesting program has
been planned and will begin at 11
o’clock. Miss Andrews urges all
members of the clan to attend. A
picnic dinner will be spread on
the grounds at noon.
FOOTBALL MEETING
TUESDAY NIGHT
Coach Bob Rockljplz announced
Wednesday that there would be
a short meeting of all prospective
junior varsity and varsity foot
ball players next Tuesday night
at the Hoke High gyjn at 7:30.
Practice sessions, games, and oth
er football subjects will be dis
cussed, The possibility of a week’s
training at M3rrtle Beach the last
part of August will be discussed
and all interested players are in
vited to be at the meeting.
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LIVE - SAVING CLASSES
Charles Hostetler, chairman of
the Hoke County Red Cross
chapter, annoimced this week that
the local chapter would sponsor
a water safety program to teach
swimming and lifesaving. Plans
in , effect now indicate that be
ginning swimming would be
taught to non-swimmers as well
as junior and senior lifesaving
courses. All interested persons
may meet Instructors in the base
ment of the Raeford Presbyterian
Church August 15 at 9:30 ajn.
Certificates will be given to all
who pass the life saving courses>.
ihg five. The infield made several
nice plays as time after time they
trapped a Robins player in a
run-down between bases.
Monday night at the local park
the Rebels got eight hits off the
offerings of two St. Pauls pitchers
to gain another 4-3 win. The
Rebels jumped off to a two nm
lead in the first inning on two
singles and three bases on balls.
They scored another in the 4th
on a base on balls and a triple by
Helms: and another single run in
the seventh on two singles and
one walk. St. Pauls came close
but never held the lead as they
scored one run in the fourth and
two more in the seventh inning.
Joe Upchurch lead the Rebel
batters with 3 for 4.
Base hits rattled off the fences
of Robins park in Red Springs
last Wednesday night like haii
off a tin roof as the Raeford
Rebels pounded out a 11-6 vic
tory over the Red Springs Robins.
The game was climaxed in the
6th inning as 12 Rebels paraded
to the plate and blasted seven
hits coupled with three walks to
score seven runs. The big blow
of the inning was Taylor’s triple
that cleared the bases of runners.
Leading the 16-blow attack for
the 'locals were McMillan with
4 for 5 and Conoly with 3 for 4.
Taylor got the only extra base
blows, a triple and a double.
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Mrs. Wood’s Mother
Dies Here Tuesday
Mrs. MoUie Baird, 73, died at
the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Kermit Wood, Tuesday mornii^.
A native of Winston-Scilem, Mis.
Baird had been visiting here in
the home of Mrs, Wood for the
past week. She became suddenly
ill Sund2iy night and died Tues
day morning due to a cerebral
hemorrhage.
Survivors include two daugh
ters; Mrs. Nattie B. Decker of
Winston-Salem and Mrs. Kamit
Wood of Raeford; one son Sam B.
Baird of Winston-Salem; seven
grandchildren and 8 great-grand-
diildren.
Fimeral services will be held
Thursday afternoon at 2:00 at the
home of the deceased at 643 West
4th St., Wlnston-Salan. Burial
wiU follow at Sal^ Cemetery. .
! Neill .A. McDonald, president of
the Raeford Chamber of Com
merce. Players and officials were
introduced by J. P. Bell for the
Aberdeen-Raeford league and the
Rev. H. D. Gorman for Norwood.
The prayer of dedication was de
livered by the Rev. Judson Len
non. pastor of the Raeford Bap
tist church.
'The flag was raised in center
field by a color guard of Boy
Scouts to the playing of the Star
Spangled banner. First players to
take the field were Mayors For
rest Lockey and W. L. Poole of
Raeford and Aberdeen and J. L.
McNeill, "who did not stay long,
and then the game began. ’
By toss-up the Norwood team
was home team for the game, and
they retired the Aberdeen-Rae
ford boys without one getting past
first base in the first inning. In
the bottom of the first Thompson,
Nortvood centerfielder stretched
a single and an error into a score
to nut his team in front, 1-0.
In the, bottom of the second
the Norwood team picked up four
more runs before Captain Dickey
Hendley was moved from the
mound to the outfield and Jimmy
Davies took over. In getting the
four runs the Norwood boys got
four hits and two base on balls.
The Aberdeen-Raeford team
picked up two in. the top of toe
third on singles by Lewis, Wilson
and McCasMll and one error by
Norwood. Thev held the visitors
scoreless in the bottom of the
third and continued their scoring
spree into the top of toe fourth,
picking up four more runs on
hits by Lewis, Teal, Caldwell and
Hendley and one base m balls.
This brought the loc^ into the
lead 6 to 5, and pitcher Raymond
Morton was relieved by Lany
Boles.
Norwood tied the game again
in the fifth when Raymond Mor
ton went all the way on a hit and
an error in the outfield.
It stayed tied until toe first of
the eighth when Wilson Teal, left
fielder for Aberdeen-Raeford got
one by the left fielder for a fair
home run and became the hero
of the game. Norwood - got men
on first and second in the last of
the ei^th on a hit batter and a
single, but could do no more and
toe game ended Aberdeen-Ra®^
tord 7, Norwood 6.
All toe Aberdeen - Raafwd
players deserve full credit fo®
playing an outstanding game wtttt
phenomenal catches bring made
all over the place vtoen toe go
ing got tough but next to Tiaal
Pitriier Jimmy Davies whooe
steady and effective pitritlng dar
ing toe last six innings hrid tke
visitors to one run off hte> Llse-^
up for Aberdeen-Ratted ena .
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