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t -Journal VOKf Of tittoom Kowe The Hoke County News The Hoke County Journal VOLUME XLVII; NUMBER 27 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1952, RAEFORD, N. C. TEN CENTS PER COPY $3.00 PER TEAS c:^clcUncla By the Editor This column is being written in the U. S. Naval Hospital in Char leston where I am waiting while my mother is undergoing an oper ation. Its now about 11 a. m. on Wednesday and she has just gone into the operating room and will probably be there several hours. I spent the night with my bro ther who is a surgeon here. He got me up early this morning and brought me to the hospital, having invited me to watch him perform two operations. I didn’t know whether or not I would be strong enough in the middle, but I watch ed and was. They dressed me in a cap, gown and mask and I looked over his shoulder for two hours, having first been briefed on what he was doing. I found it right in teresting. Both the operations were on trick knees, and it was fasci nating the way they open the knee up, see what is wrong, and cor rect it. Most amazing to me was the absence of blood. The tech nique for keeping it out of the surgeon’s way while he is work ing was really remarkable to me. County Officiak Are Sworn Into Office Monday One New Face On Board Before leaving Raeford shortly after noon on Tuesday I spent a couple of hours trying to run down some authenic information «on the plans of the Army for en larging Fort Bragg, but was un successful. The news story else where on this page tells of my efforts with Congressman C. B. Peane, and I hope some definite inf^'rmation was received from him "oy-the ,time the paper was printeLi I alstir«in.:>ie a telepbor-e call to Congressman Ertel Carlyle, of the Seventh District, in hopes that he would have some infor mation on the subject, due to Cumberland County being in his district and the surveys apparent ly including part of 71st township. I was unable to get him however. (In case there is no definite news on the matter in this paper, it is our purpose at The News-Joamal to leave no stone unturned in try ing to get it by next week, as I certainly agree with Mr. Deane that'is is nothing but fair for the Defense Department to be “frank The Hoke Coimty board of com missioners took their oaths of of fice for a two-year tferm before Superior Court Clerk J. B. Cam eron in a brief and informal cere mony at the courthouse Monday. Those sworn in were Douglas Mc- Phaul, the only new member, Marshall Newton, W. M. Thomas, N. H. G. Balfour and Pulford Mc Millan. The old board met previous to the installation of the new mem bers and F. Knox Watson, retiring chairman of the board and who did not run for re-election, ex pressed his appreciation to other members of the board and to Audi tor McGoogan for cooperation and assistance given to him during his term and related that it had been a pleasure to work with him. The board responded and praised him for the fine services to the county during his term. Elected to the post of chairman for the new board was FuUord McMillan and W. M. Thomas was elected vice-chairman. One of the first acts of the new board was to ask J. A. McGoogan to write Congressman C. B. Deane concerning the proposed enlarge ment of the Fort Bragg reserva tion. A copy of the letter' to Mr. Deane is shown below: Honorable C. B. Deane, Member of Congress, Rockingham, N. C. Dear Mr. Deane: The Board of Commissioners at their meeting yesterday requested me to write you to try to secure all the information that you could give us about the proposed en largement 6f Fort Bragg. The peo ple in the territory adjoining Fort Bragg are very much disturbed by rumors and they would like. to have an authenic statement of what is proposed to be done. Any information you can secure will be greatly appreciated. Very ttuly yours, J. A. McGoogan, County Audi tor. J. W. Spriiill, district highway commission engineer, and Luther Powell, district superivsor, ap- Wreck Friday Night Injures 2 Occupants ^ A wreck late last Friday night on the Red Springs highway re sulted in two persons going to the hospital with injuries. According to reports a pickup truck, driven by C. C. Conoly of Route 2, R,aeford was making or in the act of making a left turn when his vehicle was struck by an automobile driven by Tommy Clark of Route 3, Red Springs. Mrs. Conoly is reported to have suffered a shoulder fracture and Charles Conoly injuries to his head and back. Damages to the vehicles were comparatively light and no char ges are being pressed. 0 Hoke High Cagers Win Two Tuesday In Opening Game The Hoke High Bucks opened their 1952-53 basketball schedule with a bang Tuesday night at they took both ends of a doubleheader with Rowland. The girls sextet won theirs by only 6 ppints, 45-39 while the boys had little trouble in downing their opposition 57-28. The opening game saw the girls experiencing some, trouble with Rowland in the first half but at the end of the first two quarters had amassed a lead of 11 points and led 26-15. They clung to this lead in the final two quarters and thus earned their first victory. Funeral For Rev. B, P. Robmson Held Saturday REV. B. P. ROBINSON The Rev. Benjamin P. Robinson, 72-year-old retired Methodist min ister and beloved former pastor of the Raeford Methodist Church,, died suddenly at his home here on Wednesday afternoon of last week, j He was apparently alone at the time he becaipe ill, and called a local doctor at a few minutes be fore four o’clock. The doctor was with him at about 4:30 when he passed away. Mr. Robinson was a native of Cumberland County and was pas tor of the local church for the four-year term, 1918-21, since Mrs. Lulu M. Willis Dies Sunday Night; Burial Held Tuesday Mrs. Lulu Monroe Willis, 63, wife of W. B. Willis, died at her home on Route 2, Sunday night after an illness of several years. She was the daughter of the late Henry Monroe and Alice Davis Monroe of Hoke County. Funeral services were conduct ed Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o’ clock at the Galatia Presbyterian Church with the Rev. B. O. Shan non, offiicating, assisted by the Rev. W. B. Heyward. Burial fol lowed in the church cemetery. Active pallbearers were C. M. Koonce, Stanley Koonce, Graham Monroe, Douglas Monroe, Arnold Monroe and James Wood. She is survived by her husband; two sons, William Edwin and Clarence Monroe, both of Raeford; four sisters, Mrs. J. R. Neal, Mrs. H. L. Townsend, Mrs. O. L. Kel ley and Mrs. Duncan Taylor, all of Fayetteville; one brother, Henry T. Monroe of Parkton. _o Rat Control Program To Be County-Wide Kick-Off Bate December 15 CONGRESSMAN DEANE LOOKING INTOFORIBRAGGENIARGEMENT Santa Coming; Set Big Parade For Next Wed. Most of the plans for the ap pearance of Santa Claus and the big gala Christmas parade set for next Wednesday afternoon have been completed and indications are that it will be bigger and bet ter than the one last year. The parade is scheduled for 4:00 p. m. and according to W. T. Gib- When called on the telephone Tuesday Congressman C. B. Deane, who was at his home in Rocking ham, said that he was more in the dark than local people at)out wliat was going on here in Hoke County in the way of a survey by Army Engineers, and to the purpose of the survey. He promised to find out something right away. Just before going to press The News-Joomal received the follow ing telegram from Congressm^ Deane: “Concemin^yoor inquiry on Army Surveys now being made in Hoke wish to advise that 1 am making thorongh study and hope to be able to give yon complete son, Jr. who is in charge of the parade and floats it will be a good picture of this matter by first of and honest” in making their in- ^entions-4mownr-^Khere--lhe_Iives. -B@ared-hefare-ihe_JbQajd and dis- and property of so many people appear to be affected.) I think the people of Hoke County are as patriotic as those anywhere, and Uncle Sam has already had sev eral years of my life, but I cer tainly think the National Defense effort should rightly look else where for property to use in get ting ready for the next war. Hoke County has furnished upwards of 92,000 acres for Fort Bragg, the bulk*of the reservation while Fay- ^ttevijle has rea^ed^all the^bus^ jnefits of the post. They have taken enough of our land. I understand that when the Army considered taking more of Cumberland Coun ty several months back, they were headed off in some way by the people of that county. It may be that we’ll have to get busy and try and do some heading off, if what appears to be going on is true. 0 Claudine Hodgin with 24 points} time he hfed spent much time here. He moved here to make his home in 1944 when he retired. He was ordairtifei^itOt tlih ministry in 1905. His wife, the former Miss Vic toria Tew of . Sampson County, died a year ago. The funeral service was con ducted at the Raeford Methodist Church at 3:00 o’clock Saturday afternoon by the pastor, the Rev. P. O. Lee. Assisting were the Rev. H. P. Porter of Troy, Bishop W. W. Peele of Laurinburg, the Rev. E. L. Hillman of Durham and the Rev. W. C. Ball of Fayetteville. The Rev. Leon Hall of Red Springs and the Rev. J. H. Miller of Laurinburg were also present. Pallbearers were J. L. Warner, C. L. Thoma^, Y. F. Snead, T. B. Bonus Day Winners Split $100 Saturday The two lucky persons who were the winners of the Bonus Day drawing last Saturday after noon walked off with the highest amount of trade certificates yet, $50 each. J. A., Lisenby was the first name called and received half of the amount, Mrs. J. H. Blythe was not present either, and Mrs. Ruby Conoly stepped for ward when her name was called and drew a 50% token. The drawing will continue to be held at the same spot in the down town district until further notice. The time of the drawing will be 2:30, Saturday afternoon. 0 Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Logan and ‘Dorothy of Asheville spent the holidays vvith Vlxs. Logan’s broth er, Roljert McPhail. cussed the county roads in gener al. They reported recent improve ments to the school bus routes. They wrote a letter to Carolina Telephone and Telegraph stating that they were glad to hear of plans for the rural telephone lines proposed for the coxmty. A. D. Gore was appointed county attorney and also appointed acting solicitor for recorder’s coirrt since J. M. Andrews, past solicitor, did not apply for reappointment. !e 4) and Jane Guin with 15 points ac counted for virtually all the points. Ellen Kate Koonce led’ the guards in their defensive play. In the finale of the night the boys got past the first ■ quarter with only a one point lead but stretched it to 8 at the end of the half to lead 21-13. They pulled steadily away in the last half to double the score against Rowland. The scoring for the Bucks was ra ther evenly matched between the first and second teams with Mc Neill leading the pack with 11, six of which were scored in the closing minutes. C. J. Benner was second with 8 points. Defensive leaders for the Bucks were Roger Dixon and Joe Culbreth. Saturday night the Bucks play —tbfiy .meet the Scotties for two games. Laurinburg is the first of four Class AA schools the Bucks will meet this year. -0- The rat control program, which has been in effect in Raeford for the last several weeks and which is beginning to show results will become a county-wide project later on this month according to action taken by the new county commissioners at their meeting Monday morning. Although the two programs will differ the county-wide program will be modeled after the town program. One of the main differ ences will be that the bait will not be delivered but must be picked up at one of the collection points. The kick-off date has been set for Monday,. December 15, with bait being available at either the County Agent’s office in the Coun ty Office building or at John Mc- Googan’s office in the Courthouse every lyionday through noon on Saturday. On Saturday afternoons persons may pick up the bait at Sheriff Hodgin’s office in the courthouse. Information as to the one and consist of floats from Upchurch High, Hoke High, the National Guard Unit, the Kiwanis Club and the Lions Club. Other floats will probably be entered in the parade between now and next Wedensday afternoon. Participat ing in the parade also will be the two scout troops, the safety pa trols from the two city schools, the Halloween and Homecoming Queens from Hoke High and last but certainly not least, Santa Claus himself. As he has in the past Santa Claus will arrive at the local air port around 4:30 and will be met by the fire truck. He will then proceed downtown and stop near the Bank of Raeford on Main street. There he will interview any interested young folks and it is expected that he will have gifts for all as the Chamber of Corr- merce has arranged for him to bring some 3,000 gifts with, him. The Raeford Chamber of Com merce who is sponsoring the pa rade and also the visit of Old St. Nick have arranged for the Christmas lights on Main Street to be turned on during the parade. According to officials more lights and street decorations have been purchased and will be added to last year’s assortment. All froni far and near are in vited to attend the affair and aU are asked to cooperate as much as possible in keeping good order so that all may fully enjoy the com ing of Kris Kringle. 0 next week.” The congressman said, when read a letter the Hoke County commissioners had written him on Monday, “I am at the same loss as your board of commissioners as to the purpose of the survey and to the probability of enlarging Fort Bragg. I do thing the Defense Establishment should be frank and honest in making an explana tion of the siuwey. I will call Washington at once to find out. I win insist on an intelligent answer to the questions that are on your minds.” Rumors as to the intent of the engineers who are xmdoubtedly here are various and their repeti tion will not shed any light on the truth of the matter. The fact is that they are here, and have told the register of deeds that they will be working in his office “for some time.” The News-Journal will print the facts, and only these, as it learns them. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Howard who visited Mr. and Mrs. J. A. McGoogan last week, left for their home in Arlington, Virginia, Mon day. Mr. McGoogan was sick dur ing the week end at his home, but is feeling much better now and is Smith. Burial was in the Raeford cemetery. Mr. Robinson is survived by three daughters, Mrs. J. S. Davis of Raeford, Mrs. D. R. Allen of Fayetteville and Mrs. James E. Harkins of Tremont, Ill.; two sons, E. H. Robinson of Raeford and Benjamin O. Robinson of Fayette ville;^ 12 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. 0 ’^Ti3Be--of^lrTraTi~he^ecured--at--fhe Evangelistic Team Here This Weekend hi Tuesday, December 9 A meeting that should be of in terest to tobacco growers of Hoke County will be held Tuesday night December 9, at 7:30 p.m. The place of the meeting wiU be in the Vocational Agricultural Build ing at the Hoke Coimty High School in Raeford. Mrs. S. N. Hawks, Extension Tobacco Specialist, wiU be pre sent to discuss tobacco produc tion practices including: plant bed treatment and management, mehtyl bromide treatment, var ieties, fertilization, sucker con trol, insect control, nematode or places that it will be distributed The bait is free of charge to all residents of the county with the exception of people living within the town limits. Residents of the town may still get theirs at the” town hall. The County Agent and the Home Demonstration Agent will cooper ate in the drive in helping to make it effective. H. R. Mills appeared before the the prjpgram to them. In comnimting bn the Close December 15 Chamber To Elect New Officers Next Thursday The Raeford Chamber of Com merce will hold its ^annucd meet ing next Thursday evening, De cember 11 and 01^ of the main issues to come before the body iviU-be—the-election^-of—m^absfS- to fill the expired terms of mem bers of the board of directors. Members of the board of direc- Ballots in the community PMA i tors whose terms expire this year town program he stated that the town coverage was completed Monday,' November 24 and that they had distributed bait to 600 Hornes in town and had also placed 50 bait boxes in alleys throughout the business, and residential dis tricts. —^ 0- Fine Arts Dept. To Hold Poster Contest elections must be in the county PMA office loefore December 15, according to R. J. Hasty, Chair man of the Hoke County PMA Committee. The ballots will be counted Tuesday, Decemtjer 16 and the names of the committeemen elect ed will be annpunced immediately Ballots are now being mailed to all eligible voters in each com munity. Any farm owner,.operator, tenant or sharecropper is eligible to vote who is on a farm that is participating in any program ad ministered by the elected farmer- committees of the Production and Marketing AdmiAistration. • ^ Any eligible farmer who does not receive a ballot within a rea sonable time before the closing date is urged to get in touch with the county PMA committee. Chairman Hasty emphasizes that the first responsibility in farm program administration rests with A team of five young students from Union Theological Seminary pictured above and reading from left to right are Forrest Sheets, Mrs. Yale Gunn, Yale Gunn, Clifford Caldwell and Jeff Kesterson will be in Raeford this weekend and will conduct conferences and services at the Raeford Presbyterian Church. They will arrive Saturday afternoon and will hold a reception program for the Pioneer and Youth Fellowship groups Saturday night from 7:30 o’clock til 10:00. Sunday rnorning at Sunday School thej will teach the Young Peoples, Young Adults, Cecil Dew and Mary and Martha Classes. The morning worship will be delivered by Clifford Caldwell and his topic will be “Our Constant Christ”. In the afternoon they will be at the church for conferences. Sunday night at 5:00 they will meet with the Young People for a discussion group and after they eat din ner at the church they will conclude their weekend services 'with a worship service at 7:00. root knot ■ control, spacing, etc. tion in the Elementary and high Tobacco is an important crop | schools of the state, among stu- to many of our farmers in the' county, ranking second to cotton The North Carolina Federation of Woman’s Clubs in Cooperation with the State Department of Ed ucation is sponsoring a poster or chart contest on Forest Gonserva- the farmers themselves in electing the most capable and best quali fied comnjitteemen to administer in cash value. He would like to encourage as many tobacco grow ers as possible to attend this meet ing and hear the latest informa tion on tobacco production'. 0 LEGION TO MEET FRIDAY The monthly meeting of the Ellis Williamson Post No. 20 of the American Legion will be held Fri day night at six-thirty in the Hoke High School lunchroom. A mem bership drive is now on and all members md prospective mem bers are urged to be there. are H. L. Gatlin, Jr., Paul Dick son, Julius Jordan and Neill A. McDonald. A nominating cetomit- tee has already met and approved the names of eight members to be submitted to the body for these vaccUicies. They are John Draug- hon, J. W. McPhaul, Tom Mcr Bryde, C. P. Kinlaw, J. W. Cana- Mgxcu^.^&iQith, J._W- Best and Marshair'Newtonr A vacancy which has been cre ated by the moving away of Char les Hostetler will be filled at this time also. The nominating com mittee nominated Israel Mann and Jake Austin to be voted on for a one-year term. Meeting time next Thursday is 8:00 p. m. at the courthouse and additional nominations may be made from the floor at that time. Members of the board whose terms do not expire this year are J. I. Hubbard, J. L. McNeiU, W. C. Phillips, Harvey GobeiUe, C. L. Thomas, R. B. Lewis and W. H. Fann. dents of the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grades. A prize of $5.00 will be awarded the winner in each of the 16 federation districts, and district winners will compete for the 3 state prizes, of $25.00, $15.00 and $10.00. Competent judges will be cho sen to select the three state win ners which wiU be chosen by May 10th. By May 15th, the winners will be annoimced and the checks will be, mailed. The Fine Arts Department is sponsoring this contest and offer ing a prize qf $2.00 to the posters selected from the High School andv Thanksgiving hididays from the Grammar Schools in Raeford. Medical Sdiod of XJNC. those programs. According to Hasty, no farmer who is eligible to vote should let December 15, 1952 pass without casting his ballpi. The delegates elected to attend the county convention will meet December 19 and elect a county committee consisting of a chair man, vice-chairman, member and two alternates. ^—0 ^b Murray, son of Dr. and Mrs. R. L. Murray, and Milton Mann, son of Mr. and Mrs. Israel Mann were at hmne for the JUDGE SICK; NO COURT There was no recorder's court Tuesday due to the illness of Judge-elect T. O. Moses . Moses becaine sick over the week end and was unable to attend the swearing in ceremonies which were held Monday. As far as can be determined court wiU be held next week as usual. -0 FILM AT GALATIA SAT. A new film, “Korea Tod^, w®. be shown at Galatia Qhtirdi Sid* urday ni^t, December # •$ The public is cordliUy hwllid l^ attmid.
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