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The Hoke County Journal
VOLUME XL VII; NUMBER 39
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1953
RAEFORD, N. C. TEN CENTS PER COPY
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By the Editor
The figures on the recently
completed March of Dimes in
dicate that the school children
and their teachers in the county,
both white and colored, have
done an outstanding job ' in rais
ing funds for this worthy cause
this year. They deserve a com
mendation for their effort, which
produced such a large part of
the total raised in the county
I note that K. A. MacDonald in
his "School News'T suggests I
give the school board a "pat on
the back" for their job in final
ly getting the school building
here to the construction stage,
but he then goes on to adminis
ter the pat himself, leaving lit
tle for me to say.- Circumstances
have been difficult, and they have
stuck with it until a successful
conclusion was finally reached.
I know that it took a lot of tact
and holding of tongue and tem
per, and that we all appreciate
it.
It1 has been suggested that a
sign, visible some distance south
of where 15-A turns east of
Main street, saying that traffic
in the right lane could turn right
on the red light, would ease the
traffic situation which sometimes
developes at the corner. At pre
sent a driver not familiar with
the corner cannot tell that he
can turn right on red until he
gets clos enough to the light to
see the little sign under it which
says so. Might be a 'suggestion
our traffic authorities and ex
perts could at least think about.
Hoke county and the land the
Army wants from the county for
Fort Bragg have been getting a
little publicity in the past week,
and it has not been unfavorable.
Last Thursday Congressman C.
B. Deane arose in the House of
Representatives in Washington
and made a short speech inform
ing the Congress of the situation
here and the hardship which the
farmers and the town and county
would face if the Army got the
land it has asked for. He is not :
missing a trick to get in a lick ,
for us. The Charlotte Observer I
had an editorial Monday compar- I
ing the situation here if the Army
gets the land to the State of Ne
vada where the government owns
85 per cent' of the land, and does
not pay taxes.
In another move that doesn't
seem so favorable to us, nor
quite fair, the Fayetteville Cham
ber of Commerce asked its mem
bers to vote on the matter last
week. The members were told by
implication that Hoke County
opposes the expansion of Fort
Bragg, and asked to vote whether
or not: they, as Fayetteville busi
ness people, supported or oppos
ed its expansion. Of course,1
when you put it like that, there
is only one way they can vote.
The point is, we in Hoke County
do not oppose the expansion and
growth of Fort Bragg, but we
do feel that it can be enlarged
with less damage to homes and
communities than the way that
has been proposed. Just where
is its expansion going to stop?
Some day they might even want
to take Fayetteville. Come to
think of it, that wouldn't be so
wrong, for they have certainly
paid for it.
Personal item in the paper this
week says that Arthur G. Dore
of New York visited Arthur D.
Gore ot Raeford, and he did.
Mr. Gore says that some years
ago he was handling a legal mat
ter in New York and ran across
the name of an assistant district
attorney that he thought for a
minute was himself. Being an
imaginative soul, Gore decided
to write Dore, and did. Later a j
Gore daughter called on the Dores
in New York and they became
friends. Then Gore told a friend
of his who wrote for the New
York Times about Dore, and they
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Final Bonus Days
Drawing Set For
Saturday At 2:30
Raeford Bonus Days will come
to a close Saturday afternoon at
2:30 with a Jackpot of $200. The
public has been urged by the
merchants to register for this
last drawing and to be present
when the tickets are drawn.
All trade certificates which are
in use now will be good until the
first of April, after which they
will not be accepted by the mer
chants for goods obtained.
This promotion was sponsored
by the Raefird Chamber of Com
merce and financed by the mer
chants of Raeford in appreciation
of the loyal support by consum
ers within Hoke County and Rae
ford trading area.
The Merchants Division is now
working on plans for additional
promotions and the details will
be announced when they are
available.
Winners last Saturday in the
drawing were Mrs. J. D. Mc
Keithan and Mrs. J. B. McLeod.
They each won $20.
YOUR
SCHOOL NEWS
By K. A. MacDonald
On Tuesday afternoon the
Board of Education met in Spec
ial Session and offered bids on
the Primary Building at the John
W. McLauchlin Elementary
School.
After due consideration of bids
and alternates the contracts were
awarded. Contracts were let as
follows: General, to Pasham
Darr Construction Company of
High Point for $93,815; Electric,
to Bushby Electric Company of
Southern Pines for $4,475.00;
Heating, to Robeson Sales Corp
oration, Lumberton for $8,025.00;
Plumbing to L. H. Bramble,
Plumbing and Heating Company,
Fayetteville for $6,688.00 for a
grand total of $113,003.00. There
were thirty-two bidders in all.
The Board was very much pleas
ed at the number of bids receiv
ed and at the prices quoted. It
is felt that the overall price was
very favorable. You will be
gratified to learn that the suc
cessful bidder states that he in
tends to start work next week.
If "Ye Editor", in "Addenda",
wishes to give the Board a pat on
the back, we think it would be
entirely justified. Only the writ
er knows the strain and em
barrassment they have been sub
jected to and the numberless
hours that they have spent in
trying to get this project started.
"As for me", let me say that it
is a privilege to be associated
with men who give as unselfish
ly arid sparingly of their time,
energy, and talents as do the
members of the Hoke County
Board of Education.
Dr. R. M. Fink, mental health
specialist, of the state School
Health Coordinating Service fin
ished up his follow-up classes
with the colored teachers, of the
county on Monday afternoon.
Monday night he finished this
year's course for the white teach
ers. He has promised to return
next year for a continuation of
his series of lessons on mental
health for the white teachers. We
feel that we are very fortunate to
be able to schedule a man of Dr.
Fink's caliber for these lectures.
An additional shipment of tur
keys has been received by the
lunchrooms. Christmas keeps right
on. Butter is coming and things
will be slicker still.
New Hope school, the last to
be heard from in the March of
Dimes campaign, reports a total
collection of $10.00.
The total amount raised by all
the schools for the March of Dimes
was $1167.40. While we did not
reach our adopted quota of fifty
cents per child In membership,
we think that the schools did well.
Total contributions of the schools
in each township have been turn
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Recorder Sends 2
Shooting Cases Up
To Superior Court
Sixteen cases were handled in
Hoke County recorder's court be
fore Judge T. O. Moses Tuesday,
and two of them, each involving
assault with a shotgun, were sent
up to Superior Court to be tried
at the April term. Another de
fendant, found guilty of driving
drunk, appealed his case to Su
perior Court.
Nathan Buie, colored, was char
ged with assaulting John D. Pur
cell and Arthur McPhaul, also
colored, with a shotgun. Probable
cause was found and bond of
$1000 was posted for his appear
ance at Superior Court. In an
other case William McDonald,
colored, was charged with assault
ing Laniels Kershaw, colored,
with a shotgun, inflicting serious
and possibly permanent injury.
Probable cause was found in this
case and McDonald had to post
a $500 bond.
Dulin Durant Stroud, white,
was found guilty of driving
drunk. Sentence was six months
to be suspended on payment of
$200 and costs, it appearing that
this was not the first offense. He
appealed and posted $300 bond.
David Leroy Watts, white,
pleaded guilty of driving drunk.
Sentence was four months on the
roads, suspended on payment of
$100 and costs and a year of good
behavior.
Newton H. Myers, white, plead
ed guilty of assault in two in
stances, and carrying a conceal
ed weapon. Sentence was six
months, suspended on payment of
costs and on condition that he
"stay out of the county for two
years, not neglect, abuse or mis
treat his wife or family, and visit
them only when sober and ac
companed by an officer for a
period of two years."
Maggie Hollingsworth, colored,
paid $10 and costs for allowing
an unlicensed drivers to drive her
car.
Kenneth R. Baggett, white,
paid costs for having no driver's
license. Henry McDonald, colored,
paid costs for having improper
brakes on his car. The State drop
ped a charge of having no driver's
license against him.
Willie Jr. Smith, colored, was
found not guilty of driving drunk.
James Glover, colored, was
found guilty of giving L. R. Irion
a bad check. He had to pay the
court costs.
Lacy Lee Flowers, colored, got
60 days suspended on payment of
$10 and costs for assault and be
ing drunk and disorderly. Cary
Ross, colored, got 30 days sus
pended on payment of $10 and
costs for being drunk and disor
derly. Neill A. Jackson, white, got 30
days suspended on payment of
$25 and costs for careless and
reckless driving.
Speeders Included Wilbert Dial,
Indian, forfeited a $25 bond; Jun
ior Breeden, colored, 45 in 35
mile zone, 30 days suspended on
payment of costs; John T. Mc
Neill III, white of Red Springs,
$10 and costs.
Guardsmen All-Stars
Get Fourth Victory
The Guardsmen All-Stars won
their fourth game of the season
as against three defeats as they
dropped the Southern Pines Air
Ground School last Wednesday
night 45-32.
The game was played at the
local high school gym and was a
low scoring affair that saw only
20 points being scored in the en
tire first half. Hord led the locals
in scoring with 14 points.
In another game on the same
night the Raeford All-Stars, a
group of former high school girls,
defeated a team from Orrum 32
30. Williams was high scorer
with 20 points.
Next Wednesday night the
high scoring Robins from Red
Springs will play the Guardsmen
in a Pine Belt League game here.
Fast Driving, Wet
Street Cause Wreck
A combination of driving too
fast and slick roads as the result
of rain last Friday night proved
to be too much for Neill A. Jack
son of Arabia. The car he was
driving suffered considerable
damage when it backed into a
tree at the Maggie Jane McBryde
house on the Fayetteville high
way. Jackson was coming into Rae
ford on the St. Pauls highway
and, according to officers, was
going too fast to make the turn
at the top of the hill. His car
turned around in the highway
and the momentum of the car
carried it into the tree. A small
fire started but was put out be
fore the fire department arrived.
Jackson plead guilty to 'a
charge, of careless and reckless
driving in recorder's court Tues
day and paid a fine of $25 and
costs. !
Mrs. H. M. McBryde,
Former Resident,
Dies In Lumberton
Mrs. Hector M. McBryde, 69,
former Raeford resident, died at
8:30 o'clock Friday night in a
Lumberton hospital. Funeral ser
vices were conducted Sunday af
ternoon at 3:00 o'clock at the
First Presbyterian Church in Lum
berton by the pastor. Dr. R. E.
Sloop. Burial followed in Meadow
brook cemetery.
Mrs. McBryde was a native of
Scotland County, daughter of the
late William Samuel and Sara
McKenzu"rfasty. She was a sister
of R. J. and J. W. Hasty of this
county. She lived in Raeford for
15 years or more while her hus
band worked for the Standard
Oil Company here, moving to
Lumberton in the early nineteen
thirties.
In addition to her two brothers
in this county, Mrs. McBryde is
survived by her husband, four
daughters, Mrs. Alex M. Patter
son of San Juan, . Puerto Rico,
Mrs. Harold R. Demarest of An
napolis, Md., Mrs. Will Lennon
of Lumberton and Mrs. E. H.
Alexander of Salisbury; two sons,
Malcolm M. McBryde of Seattle,
Wash., and William Gaston Mc
Bryde of Gibson; nine grand
children. Many residents of this county
attended the funeral.
O-
March Of Dimes
Raises Over $6300
Several communities came close
but none met their quota in the
March of Dimes Drive which was
closed out last week. Some missed
it by just a few dollars and oth
ers missed it by a few hundred
dollars. Money in the bank and
additional funds deposited Thurs
day ran the total up to $6381.50.
A check by communities shows
that Antioch, Blue Springs and
Quewhiffle made the best show
ings, according to the quotas set
before the drive started.
Funds credited to the communi
ties, and the quota set up for them
follows: Allendale, $355.52, $475.;
Antioch, $666.25, $675.; Blue
Springs, $418.14, $475.; Little
River, $391.10, $500.; McLauchlin
$600.65, $1030.00; Stonewall,
$670.92, $675.; Quewhiffle $460.54,
$1070.; Raeford, $2604.33, $3600.
Dr. R. M. Jordan, chairman of
the drive for the county and R.
L. Shuford, treasurer of the drive
expressed gratitude to all the
people that worked so long and
hard to make the drive a success
and stated that if it had not been
for the flu epidemic at the time
the and others calls for money,
would have more than met its
quota.
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FILM AT ROCKFISH
Sunday night at Rockfish Bap
tist Church at 7:30 a religious
film will be shown. It is entitled
"Out of The Night." It will be
presented by the Rev. laxter
Walker of Fayetteville, and the
public has been invited to attend.
Bucks Engage
Stedman High In
Tourney Tonight
Game Set For 9: IS
The Hoke High Bucks, hop
ing to continue their present
winning streak ot three games
and to add to their season record
of 15 wins and only four losses,
will play Stedman tonight in the
Masey Hill gym at 9:15 in the
sectional tournament. The win
ner of this game will meet the
victor of the Massey Hill Seventy-First
game Friday night to
decide which team will play in
the regional tournament to be
held at Red Springs next week.
Stedman was defeated Satur
day night by Massey Hill in the
finals of the Cumberland County
tournament 40-31. Massey Hill
took two games from the locals
this year, 68-49 and 46-42.
In a regularly scheduled game
last Friday night the locals took
both games rather easily from
Gibson, the girls winning 46-27
and the boys 73-54. Pacing the
girls in this game, as has been
the case virtually all season, was
Hodgin with 15 and Guin with
13.
The scoring in the boys game
was spread evenly with McPhaul
getting 14, Lovett 13 and Dan
iels 10.
The Does, in winning their 14
games with two losses and two
ties, have scored a total of 862
points for an average of 45.4 per
game. Claudine Hodgin has a
lead of 48 points over her near
est teammate, with a total of 360
points and an average of exact
ly 20 points per game. Janet
Guin is in second place with 312
points or 16.1 per game. Ina
Scull with 154 points and a 10
point average is the only other
girl to score over 100 points for
the season.
Lawrence McNeill is giving
Johnny McPhaul a close race for
individual honors in the Bucks
department but at the present
time is 29 points behind. Mc
Phaul took over the scoring lead
about mid-season and has been
hitting in the 15-20 bracket for
the last several games. McPhaul
has scored 246 points for an av
erage of 13.0 per game; McNeill
has scored 217 in 17 games for
an average of 12.7 per game.
These two have left the other
members of the squad far be
hind in both points and averages.
Culbreth with 137 and Lovett
with 132 are both averaging 7
points per game.
The team as a whole has scor
ed 1037 for an impressive 54.6
average, the best in several years.
The Rockingham game, origin
ally scheduled for the local gym
tomorrow night, has been mov
ed to Monday night of next week
to avoid conflicting with the sec
tional tournament.
W. C. Sanderson Dies ;
Funeral Held Sunday
Walter Curtis Sanderson of
Antioch was buried Sunday af
ternoon at Antioch after his death
in the Scotland County hospital
early last Thursday.
Survivors of Mr. Sanderson,
who had been in declining health
for several years, are three dau
ghters, Mrs. M. J. Walters, of
Raeford, Mrs. Mary Honeycutt of
Red Springs, Route 1, and Clara
Sanderson of the home; one son,
Jack of the home; one sister, Mrs.
L. C. Lovctte of Fayetteville and
one brother John D. Sanderson
of Weldon.
The funeral services were held
at the home Sunday afternoon
and burial followed in the An
tioch cemetery, conducted by the
Rev. C. O. Carter of Concord.
0
JAYCEES MEET
The local Junior Chamber of
Commerce held their regular
meeting last Tuesday night at
hich time nominations for new
officers were made to be elected
at the next meeting on March
10.
Plans Made For
Cotton Contest In
County This Year
At a supper meeting at the
Upchurch airport Tuesday night
ginners, merchants, bankers,' fer
tilizer and insecticide dealers and
representatives of the extension
department met with a group of
cotton producers from most sec
tions of the county and discussed
ways and means of promoting in
terest in the State Five-acre Cot
ton Contest this year and made
plans to stage a Hoke County
contest at the same time.
The delicious fried chicken
supper was served by the Hoke
Oil and Fertilizer Company and
the meeting was presided over by
John R. Potter, county agent. Also
attending the meeting was J. H.
Prevatte, who is to replace Potter
as county agent next month.
Charles Boyce, field represen
tative of the National Cotton
Council, told the group of the in
terest being taken in other com
munities and states in the cotton
contest and the benefits being
realized.
James Conner of the Taylor
Chemical Co. of Aberdeen dis
cussed the insect problem. He said
probabilities now were that in
sects would be bad this year, that
due to the mild winter his com
pany estimated that as many in
sects had survived as did in the
bad year of 1950.
Potter explained the details of
the state contest and talked about
how some counties also have local
contests. This was discussed and
it was decided that the allied in
terests would promote such a
contest in this county, getting to
gether and offering prizes.
The group finally decided hat
Potter would choose a committee
of three which would pick a 12
man committee from the pro
ducers and allied interests in the
county which could speak and
work for the retention of the
county's cotton acreage in the
event of acreage quotas being set
up in the next year or two. Pro
ducers will be the largest group
on this committee, with ginners,
merchants, fertilizer dealers and
other allied interests also being
represented.
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Local Boy To Serve
As Page In House
Joe McLeod, 15-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. McLeod and
grandson of State Senator and
Mrs. J. Benton Thomas, went to
Raleigh Monday to begin his dut
ies as a page in the House of Re
presentatives of the General As
sembly. He is being sponsored for
the post by Representative Harry
A. Greene of Hoke, and will serve
for six weeks.
Joe was carried to Raleigh
Monday by his mother and his
grandmother, Mrs. Thomas, who
saw him installed in a room in
the YMCA and started on his
duties as a page. He is said to be
the first Hoke boy to serve as a
page since Herbert McKeithan,
Jr., some 10 years ago.
Home Demonstration
Club At Mildouson
The Mildouson Home Demon
stration club met at the home of
Mrs. James McBryde on last
Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Clay
ton Adams, the president, presid
ed. Miss Josephine Hall, Home
Demonstration Agont, announced
that the District Home Demon
stration meeting would be held
in Rockingham on April 15. She
also stated that Farm and Home
Week this year will be held at
State College from June 8-11.
The club voted to give $3.00 to the
Hoke High school piano fund.
Miss Hall gave the demonstration
which was on "Eat to Control
Your Weight".
Mrs. A. F. Johnson, of the Ar
abia community, was a guest of
the club and was presented a
kitchen shower. Mrs. Johnson
lost her home by fire recently.
Miss Hall was presented a dec
orated heart shape birthday cake.
The hostess served spiced tea,
sandwiches, and cookies.
Farm Agent Is
Given Job By
Board Saturday
Native Of Iredell County,
Now Employed In Wake,
Starts Work Here March 16
At a special meeting last Sat
urday the board of commissioners
of Hoke County interviewed and
voted unanimously to employ J.
H. Prevatte, now assistant county
farm agent in Wake County, to be
Hoke County farm agent replacing
John R. Potter, Jr., who has re
signed. Mr. Prevatte was accompanied
to the meeting and recommended
by C. M. Brickhouse, district farm
agent, ot Raleigh.
The new agent said yesterday
that he expected to report for
work here on March 16, as he
had learned that Mr. Potter
planned to leave for his new job
as Anson County farm agent in
Wadesboro on or about March 7.
Potter has been here since last
May, and came here from Anson
County where he has been assist
ant farm agent.
Prevatte is a native 'of Ire
dell County, and graduated in
1942 from Scotts High School
about eight miles west of States
ville. He served in the Army dur
ing World War II as an infantry
sergeant and saw service in both
the European and Pacific theatres.
On his return he entered N. C.
State College in Raleigh and gra
duated in 1950. Since finishing
college he has been employed as
assistant county agent in Wake
County.
The new agent is married to
the former Miss Helen Gillespie
of Statesville. He is a Baptist
and a Mason and is a member of
the Raleigh Lions club. He and
Mrs. Prevatte expect to occupy
the same home in Sunset Hills
that the Potter family will va
cate. 0
125 Attend Safety
Council Meeting
About 125 persons attended the
quarterly meeting of the South
eastern Safety Council at the Rae
ford Graded School Friday night
and heard Thomas L. Carroll,
executive vice-president of the
National Cotton Council deliver
his forceful safety talk entitled,
"Stop, Look and Listen."
Carroll was introduced by T.
B. Upchurch of Raeford. The
speaker placed great emphasis on
the humanitarian side of safety
and the necessity of any sound
safety program beginning with
top management and being carried
through to and by every member
of an organization.
Invocation was delivered by the
Rev. Judson Lennon, pastor of
the Raeford Baptist Church. Spe
cial music was presented by the
Upchurch High School Glee Club.
This group, with 40 voices, ren
dered three selections which were
greatly enjoyed. They were pre
sented by G. A. Page, principal.
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Miss Sallie G. Currie
Dies At Home Sunda v
Miss Sallie G. Currie, ' formerly
of Antioch, died at her home in
Red Springs Sunday afternoon
after a long illness and was buri
e d at Antioch Presbyterian
Church Tuesday morning.
Miss Currie, before her re
tirement last fall, was associated
for more than 30 years with Dr.
R. D. McMillan in Red Springs,
and was in contact with numerous
families in Hoke, Robeson and
Scotland counties.
She is survived by a sister, Mrs.
J. W. McKenzie of the home, and
a brother, Wade Currie, of Char
lotte. Funeral services were held
Tuesday morning at Antioch and
burial followed in the church
cemetery. The Rev. Gower Cross
well, pastor, conducted the fun
eral, and was assisted by the Rev.
S. D. Maloney, Dr. Leslie Bullock
and Dr. Paul D. Early, aU of Red
Springs.