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The Hoke County Journal
VOLUME XLVII; NUMBER 41
THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1953
RAEFORD, N. C.
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By (he Editor
' When the Army said again this
week that it still wants the land
it put us right back where we
started, from which point we'll
just have to start again. I do not
believe we are whipped yet, and
(eel that we need all our deter
mination and unity of purpose
most now when things seem to
be going against us.
In handling this matter from
a news angle for the paper, I
have been at something of a dis
advantage, and have not carried
as much news and comment about
the situation as the papers in
some neighboring communities
have been able to do. For the
benefit of those readers who have
noticed this, I just want to say
that my first consideration in
handling news on this subject has
been its effect on our fight, and
nevw on what would look best
in The News-Journal. In taking
this view it is quite possible that
in some cases I may have left
things out that it would have been
all right to print, but where a
chance of publication of anything
hurting our cause existed in my
mind, I have not printed it. I shall
continue to use this point of view
on the matter until we have fin
ally saved the land from the
Army, and if we have any readers
who are not interested in seeing
the land saved they'll juSt have
to look elsewhere for their news.
With the appearance of a case
jr two of rabies In surrounding
counties some comment has been
made by residents of Raeford
about the large number of appar
ently ownerless dogs which run
around the town, without homes
or collars, and presumably with
out having been vaccinated against
rabies. They are said to be a par
t i c u 1 a r nuisance in Robbins
Heights. The town fathers and
the health department should get
together and plan some action be
fore hot weather.
Representative Harry Greene
went on record as being opposed
to the compulsory inspection of
motor vehicles in the State when
he appeared on the radio program
of Carl Gierch from Raleigh this
week. Also appearing on the pro- j
gram was State Senator James j
H. Pou Bailey of Raleigh, pro-(
ponent of a bill to require such
inspection. Greene expressed him
self as feeling that Hoke County
people would not want such a bill
and that mechanical failures were
not the major cause of traffic ac
cidents. Well, I believe the re
cords will bear Greene out on the
causes of wrecks, but I am not so
sure about Hoke County people
being against it, although Greene
may have better ways of knowing
how the people feel than I do.
I do know that the Kiwanis Club
was polled on the subject at a re
cent meeting and voted 29 to two
in favor of some kind of mech
anical inspection law.
In answer to several queries as
to why the Boy Scouts carried a
Confederate flag in the parade
last December when Santa Claus
got here, this is to state that they
carried it because they had just
received it as a gift from the local
chapter of the United Daughters
of the Confederacy and they
thought it was the thing to do.
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MARSHALL NEWTON ILL
County Commissioner Marshall
Newton, who has been in a Fay
etteville hospital in a grave con
dition for the past 10 days suf
fering with a heart ailment and
other complications, was report
ed to be slightly better late Wed
nesday. Mr. Newton is said to
ave suffered a heart attack after
.-avir.g the county commission
ers meeting on the afternoon of
Monday, March 3.
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David Scott Currie of Raleigh
spent the weekend with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Currie.
Rural Subscribers Get Phone Service
In Rockfish Section And Along 15-A
Completion of a rural telephone
project has brought telephone
service to subscribers in the Rock
fish section between Raeford and
Fayetteville, it was learned today
from Thornton Rose, Fayetteville
district manager for the Carolina
Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany. The extensive rural project by
the telephone company involved
construction of over 18 miles of
new pole line and the stringing
of nearly 80 miles of open wire
circuits. Over three miles of new
telephone cable was also placed
in connection with the project.
Rose said that the Carolina
company spent over $32,000 to
provide service to the new rural
subscribers, and that the rural
line could serve from 65 to 70
families. The cable, which ex
tends along the highway about
Hoke Girls Lose
In Second Game
At Aberdeen Wed.
Bethel High Wins, 52-45
The local Does lost out In their
bid for honors in the Girls' State
Tournament Wednesday night at
Aberdeen as they suffered a de
feat at the hands of Bethel, after
having won their first round game
on Monday night. Bethel won over
Raeford, 52-45. In the first game
the locals won out over Carthage,
34-29, . . ... . . . .
Monday night Carthage and
Raeford played on almost even
terms the first half with neither
team being able to gain more than
a three-point margin before the
other team would quickly tie the
score and take the lead. Carthage
had a slim 17-16 lead at the half.
Each team continued their caut
ious play in the third quarter and
Raeford held a one-point lead at
the start of the fourth quarter,
24-23.
With some three minutes re
maining in the game the locals
began to hang on to the ball in
hopes of running out the clock
and holding on to their two-point
lead. Carthage began to foul in
their attempts to get the ball
and Raeford coasted on in to their
five-point margin of victory.
Hodgin scored 22 points to lead
both teams. Guin was runner-up
for, the winners with 12.
In the game on Wednesday
night which Bethel won, 52-45,
the locals were constantly faced
with having to come from behind
in hope of winning. At the end
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Mrs. Maggie Dees Is
Buried At Rockfish
Sunday Afternoon
Funeral service for Mrs. Mag
gie Dees, 80, were conducted at
Tabernacle Baptist Church at
Rockfish on Sunday afternoon by
the Rev. David E. Miller, pastor,
assisted by the Rev. Lloyd O.
Barker of Fayetteville and Chap
lain Kenneth Linder of Fort
Bragg. Burial followed in the
Rockfish cemetery.
Mrs. Dees died Friday morn
ing at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. A. B. Baker, of the Fayette-ville-Fort
Bragg road, where she
had resided for some time. She
had been seriously ill for a few
days.
She was the widow of F. J.
Dees, who died in 1916, and she
had many relatives and friends
in this county.
Surviving are six sons, A. F.
Dees of Aberdeen, G. D. Dees
of Rockfish, D. L. Dees of Fay
etteville, Daniel M. Dees of Ashe
ville, William Dees of Charlotte
and Robert Dees; three daugh
ters, Mrs. Baker, Mrs. A. A.
Bunce and Mrs. A. L. Sherman
all of Fayetteville; several grand
children and great-grandchildren;
two sisters, Mrs Nora Sholar of
White Oak and Mrs. Dan Smith
of Hope Mills, RFD; one brother,
Charles Baxley of Parkton.
four miles from Raeford, can
serve a large number of families
who live along or near it.
The facilities lie along Highway
15-A east of Raeford and extends
into the Rockfish section of Hoke
County. The new subscribers are
served through the Raeford ex
change of the Carolina Telephone
and Telegraph Company.
Mrs. A. A. Mclnnis, Rockfish
correspondent for The News-Journal,
is among the residents of the
section getting a telephone, and
her calls to the paper this week
have been its first experience with
the new line.
Movement to get rural service
in the county was begun several
years ago, and was led by Repre
sentative Harry Greene, the coun
ty home and farm agents, mem
bers of the county board of com
missioners, and others.
Report Merger
Talks Involve
Robbins Mills
Daily papers yesterday carried
an article stating that talks of a
merger between American Woolen
Company and Robbins Mills was
going on, but tint secrecy was be
ing maintained by officials of the
companies. The article said that
the proposed merger would re
sult in a new far-flung operation
which would rank among the five
or six largest textile empires in
the nation, -rt -. '-
The papers said that plans were
for American Woolen, which
operates in New England, to ac
quire the manufacturing facilities
of Robbins Mills in the South.
These include mills at Robbins,
Raeford, Aberdeen and Red
Springs and a finishing plant at
Clarksville, Va. '
It was stated that Edward
Schenker, secretary and controll
er of Robbins Mills, said that ne
gotiations were under way but
that he was not familiar with the
details. William P. Saunders, pres
ident of Robbins, and Francis W.
White, president of American
Woolen, were not available for
comment, the article said.
Combined sales of the two com
panies are expected to exceed
200 million dollars this year.
Dr. and Mrs. K. B. Grim and
family of Liberty spent the week
end with Mrs. Grim's mother,
Mrs. Wilmer McBryde.
ROBBINS MILL GROUP AWARDED DIPLOMAS AT DINNER
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Pictured above are members
of the supervisory group at the
Raeford division of Robbins Mills
(N. C), who were awarded dip
lomas recently for completing a
course in "Foremanship" and
Production Methods", taken
through the facilities of LaSalle
Extension University. The awards
were made at a dinner held at
the Hoke High School cafeteria.
Fifty-four awards were made for
the course, which lasted 13 weeks.
It was conducted by correspond
ence with weekly meetings of
the group being held in the mill
for discussion purposes.
In the picture, and reading
Army May Still Want "Corridor"
Young To Be In Fort Bragg Tuesday
Recorder Fines
Both Involved
In Assault Case
Ralph Chavis, white, appeared!
in Hoke County recorder's court
Tuesday morning before Judge
T. O. Moses on a charge of aus
saulting John W. Butler. Butler,
however, after taking out the
warrant had decided not to pros
ecute Chavis, although Chavis
admitted to the court that he was
guilty. The judge then fined both
Butler and Chavis $13.60 each
for getting the case up there in
the first place.
Several defendants paid fines
for public drunkenness under
the new statute which makes
this a crime regardless of whe
ther or not the defendant is dis
orderly. These were Curtis Med
lin, Ernest D. Cameron, William
W. Maxwell and Frank McMillan,
all white. Each had to pay $10
and costs except Cameron. He
alsp had a little booze in a bot
tle and had to pay $25 and costs.
Willie Locklear, Indian, was
charged with assault with a
deadly weapon. Case was con
tinued until net Tuesday and
bond set at $250 cash. He is in
jail. ,
Thomas Morrts;"colored, was
charged with breaking and en
tering at night with intent to
commit rape. Prosecution's evi
dence in this case was apparent
ly not too strong, as case was
continued to April 14 and defen
dant was set free under a bond
of $200.
The State dropped its case
against T. C. Artis, colored man
charged with non-support, with
leave to reopen.
For having no driver's license,
Eward Fuller, colored, and Ronie
Walker, white, each paid $10
and costs. Samuel J. Maley, col
ored, paid the same for the same
offense, but also had to make
arrangements to fix a bridge he
hit and damaged.
Hosea and Zenella Purcell, both
colored, pled guilty of assaulting
Ophelia Green, colored. Each
got 60 days suspended on pay
ment of $10 and costs and on
condition that they stay away
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from left to right, Front Row:
Ralph W. Barnhart, James L.
Teague, Roy B. Avery, Jack K.
Culbreth, Thomas F. Davis, Wil
liam L. Hinson, Elbert F. Jones,
Robert H. Clark;
Middle Row: W. Hamp Norton,
W. O. McGuire, William W. Bow
en, Carl T. Stutts, R. Neill Ross,
H. E. Garrison, Robert F. Mishoe,
Samuel F. Hiser, Rowe H. Chap
man, Pledger N. Thomas, Hub
ert L. Hall, Morris Montjoy, Her
man D. Vinson, Brady C. Boger;
Back Row: Joseph P. Davis,
Willard P. Shell, William Bow
lin, Benjamin A. Elledge, Ander
son Lackey, Carlton L. Thomas, ;
Township Heads
Named For Red
Cross Fund Drive
Canvass Set For March 20
J. W. Canaday, county chair
man of the 1953 Red Cross Fund
Drive, this week named chairmen
in the various townships of the
county for the drive,' and said that
the organizations in these town
ships would be complete and
ready for publication by next
week. He said it was the hope of
the leaders of the campaign that
they would be able to stage a
complete canvass of the whole
county on Friday, March 20.
The drive in the various town
ships wiil be headed by Mrs.
Willie Hodgin in Antioch, Mrs.
Roy Goodwin in Quewhiffle, Mrs.
David Hendrix in Stonewall, Miss
Margaret Gainey in Blue Springs,
Mrs. Charles Ray Pope in Little
River, Ralph Barnhart in Raeford,
and Professor G. A. Page of Up
church High School for the color
ed division. A chairman of Mc-
Lauchlin township was not named, '
but will be announced by next
week.
Each of these township chair
men will work out various com
munity divisions within their
township and these organizations
will be formed so as to be able
to completely cover the county
and both the business and resi
dential sections of Raeford on
March 20. The drive will last one
month from this week and quota
for the county this year has been
set at $3000.
In a letter to the various town
ship chairmen, Canaday spoke of
the difficulties to be encountered
in making the drive a success,
but pointed out the opportu ity
for real service that is within the
reach of all through the Red Cross.
He asked them not to think of it
as a drive, but as a means of
helping humanity in distress ev
erywhere. Pointing out that most
never see the people helped, nor
get much praise for the work
done, he said that they still ren
der a great service and in the
words of Jesus, "Inasmuch as ye
have done it unto the least of these
my brethren, ye have done unto
me."
Boyd L. Coxe, W. Bruce Decs,
Charles A. Monroe, Everett N.
Ferrell, Franklin P. McNeill,
John K. McNeill, Jr., Clifford J.
Lackey, Craig O. Madison, A. V.
Guyer, Peter S. Sawyer, Thomas
M. Ripley, Jr., J. Barney Kirk;
Not included in picture: Dick R.
Green, Horace F. Ramsey, James
H. Woodhouse, Eugene C. Dcib
ler, James G. Davis, Robert L.
Williams, Arnold H. Stell, Car
roll J. WilUford, Edgar W. Nor
ton, Cameron W. Pleasants, Gra
dy R. Setzer, John M. Linthlcum,
O. Max Sprinkle, James F. Car
penter, Harold L. Gillis, John D.
Fly.
Tillman Elected
Jaycee President
At Meeting Tues.
At the regular supper meeting
of the Raeford Junior Chamber
of Commerce Tuesday night at
the High school cafeteria James
E. Tillman, superintendent of the
Para Thread Company here, was
elected president of the organiza
tion for its second year. He suc
ceeds James C. Lentz, who was
elected president when the Jay
cess formed their chapter here last
year.
Tillman, a native of Wadesboro,
is a graduate of N. C. State Col
lege and a veteran of World War
II. He has been here with Para
since 1948, is married and has
three children.
Other officers chosen were Dr.
Riley M. Jordan, vice-president,
Gene Smith, secretary, and Bill
Lilly, treasurer. New directors
are Luke McNeill, Joe Upchurch,
Everett Farrell, George Willcox
and Charles Daramus.
At the meeting plans were
completed for the local talent
show to be staged at the High
School on March 30 and 31 by the
Jaycees, and formation of plans
for the second annual Miss Hoke
County beauty pageant which
they plan to sponsor and which
is tentatively scheduled for June
12. This promotion will be simi
lar to the one last year in which
Mary Sue Upchurch was the win
ner and from which she went on
to place fourth in the State beau
ty contest.
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Division School
Leaders To Meet
Here Tuesday
The Southeastern Division of
the North Carolina School Boards
Association will convene in Rae-
ford, Tuesday, March 17, with 11
counties expected to be repre
sented. J. A. Culbrethson, Robbins,
President of the Southeastern
District, will preside over the
meeting in which county and city
school boards and school com
mittee men and women of rural
schools are expected to attend.
The meeting will begin at 7:00
o'clock p. m. with a dinner in the
cafeteria of the Hoke County
High School. The program will
include talks by prominent edu
cators of the state.
Following remarks by Culbreth
son, who is Chairman of the
Moore County Board of Education,
A. B. Gibson, Superintendent of
Laurinburg Schools and Chair
man of the Legislative Commit
tee of the North Carolina Edu
cation Association, will speak to
the group on the teacher shortage
problem.
Dr. W. E. RosenstengeL Profes
sor of Educational Administrati.ni.
University of North Carolina will
talk on school board matters.
School legislative proposals re
lating to appropriations for tho
next two years, now before the
General Assembly will be dis
cussed by Henry C. McFadyen,
Director of Public Relations, North
Carolina Education Association.
The Southeastern District in
cludes Bladen, Columbus, Cum
berland, Harnett, Hoke, Lee,
Montgomery, Moore, Richmond,
Robeson and Scotland Counties
All school committee men and
women and their principals are
invited as members of the organ
ization.
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Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Hendrick
and children of Kannapolis were
here for the weekend with Mrs.
Hendrick'i parents, Mr. and Mrs.
H. L. Monroe.
Reports Vary As To
Actual Situation
According to a report carried
today by the News and Observer,
Thomas A. Young, special assist
ant to the Secretary of the Army,
told Senator Willis Smith's office
yesterday that the Army "has ar
rived at what it believes to be
the final solution of the problem,"
in considering the taking of 50,
000 acres of Hoke County land to
connect Fort Bragg to Camp Mac
kali. He did say that he would
come to Fort Bragg for a meeting
on the subject next Tuesday.
The News-Journal, in- a con
versation with Congressman Char
les B. Deane this morning, learn
ed that Young told Mr. Deane
today that he had not reached p
final decision on the matter and
was coming to Fort Bragg Tuesi
day to discuss it from all angles
with Hoke and Fort Bragg people.
Mr. Deane said Young told him
he would not be coming for the
meeting if he had reached a final
decision.
Senator Willis Smith's office
however, confirmed by telephone
today that Young had reported
reaching a decision, as the News
and Observer article said. Ap
parently the truth is that he has
practically made up his mind that
the Army wants the land as it
originally asked for it and for
the same purpose, but that he will
give a Hoke delegation the pri
vilege of talking it over with him
at Fort Bragg on Tuesday. Unless
something is said there to change
his mind it appears that he will
recommend that the Army get the
50,000 acres it asked for in the
beginning.
From this point the matter
would require approval by the
Secretary of the Army, the Sec
retary of Defense, and the House
Appropriations and Armed Serv
ices committees. The North Caro
lina Congressional delegation, led
by Congressman Charles B. Deane
of this district and Senator Willis
Smith, has almost unanimously
expressed itself as being opposed
to the taking of the land as ori
ginally asked for.
The complete article as it ap
peared in the News and Observer
of Wednesday, appears below.
Washington, March 11 The
Army seems to have decided, after
a resurvey, to go ahead with its
original plan for adding a 50,000
acre "corridor" to the Fort Bragg
Reservation, thus connecting it
with Camp Mackall.
Many citizens of Hoke County,
which already has yielded 92,000
acres to Fort Bragg, will continue
to oppose the annexation. And
they will have strong support from
Tar Heel legislators.
Final Solution.
T. A. Young, Administrative
Assistant to the Secretary of the
Army, has advised Senator Willis
Smith that the Army "has ar
rived at what it believed to be
the final solution" of the prob
lem. Young added, however, that
Army officials and a congression
al group from North Carolina will
go to Fort Bragg by airplane on
March 17 for a meeting with re
presentatives of those opposing
the expansion plan. Those invited
from Congress include Senators
Clyde R. Hoey and Willis Smith
and Representatives Charles B.
Deane and F. Ertel Carlyle.
The Army has insisted that this
southward expansion is the most
feasible means of getting a reser
vation big enough for practice
firing guns with ranges up to 40
miles. It has termed suggested
alternate expansions plans that
would extend to the North and
East as being undesirable due, In
part, to "unsuitable terrain."
Estcimated cost of acquiring the
additional land mostly through
condemnation and purchase at an
average price of $85 is $18,000,
(Contirrud oo Pag 4)