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V TSie News-Jounial. CuAJUl'Atf Of liflirr or tmurv The Hoke County News The Hoke County Journal VOLUME XL VIII; NUMBER 1 THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1953 RAEFORD, N. C. TEN CENTS PER COP $3.00 PER YEAR void of f,y' voi or V IKfEDOM JLiiXl By the Editor There's no news on the possi bility of getting a full-time prin cipal at Raeford Elementary School, as the county board of education did not meet last Mon day, due to the many school activ ities during the previous week which made it impossible for school officials to finish work on the budget. The board will meet next Monday, June 8. Attendance has been picking up at Little League games since the season started here last week, wj h attendance at yesterday's game being about the best yet. Officials and those working with the boys are somewhat disap pointed in the small public Inter est, though, as the attendance is still far below that for most games last season. The ' kids are inter ested, and playing good ball, and those adults who are attending seem to enjoy it. In the first paragraph of her "Rockfish News" this week Mrs. A. A. Mclnnis voices sentiments that are undoubtedly prevailing around Rockfish, about the loss of the post office there. I don't believe it possible, however, that anyone here had anything to do with the change, as the change in postmasters here has been the main thing of interest in the Rae ford office. For another thing, it seems unlikely that the Raeford post office will gain more than a very little business from the ab olition of the offices at Rockfish and Ashley Heights, as most of the people seem to think they will get their mail from the Aber deen and Fayetteville offices. The post office department has fouled up some here, as these people should certainly know by this time where they are to get their mail and what their ad dresses are. Looks like they could give this information to the Raeford postmaster, as this is the only office left in the county now, except McCain. The post master here thinks the mail to people at Rockfish will go to Fayetteville, Route 3, but he says he doesn't know. In deciding to send the sheriff and the clerk of the court to the conventions of their respective State Associations this week the Hoke County commissioners were only keeping up with the times and doing what is right. In order to keep up with modern meth ods and do their jobs efficiently and well, they must know what other clerks and sheriffs in the State are doing. These methods of operation, and the continuing 'research into good government methods by the Institute of Gov ernment are discussed in full at these meetings, and this county is certain to benefit from having its officials present to hear the discussions. Dewitt Tapp wrote me a note last week asking that owners of timber on the county be warned of a practice through which some have been beat out of some pow er poles recently. He says that in some cases a man has traded with landowners to cut poles and de liver them on halves. The first1 load he takes, delivers, and brings back the money for. He then, ac cording to Dewitt, cuts a few more loads and is gone, without the landowner getting any more money. Tapp riys this scheme has been pulled in several differ ent parts of the county, with the man getting there and getting the poles before word of what he had done somewhere else caught up with him. He says if you have any poles to sell, be sure to get your money when you let them go, or you may not get It. Lt. and Mrs. Thomas C. 'ilson and son. Tommy, of Selfrldge AFB, Michigan, arrived last week to be with Mrs. Wilson's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Gulledge. Lt. Wilson returned to Michigan on Monday- Group Making Plan's To Honor Rube Poole With Supper, Trip A group got together In Rae for this week and laid plans for "Rube Poole Week," honoring W. L. Poole, who retired as Rae ford mayor June 1 after six years of service without missing a board meeting. The week of June 15-22 was selected as the week and plans were made to have the climax come at a big supper at the Upehurch Airport here at 6:00 o'clock Wednesday, June 17. Other plans are still in the mak ing and will probably include a trip to see some big league base boll for "Rube" as he was affec tionately known by his friends and contemporaries in his play ing days. Plans for the affair will include recognition of his service to this county and community for so many years, playing baseball, coaching baseball, football, and basketball, his work in the Na tional Guard here and in the Army during the war, and his tireless and selfless work with every generation of boys that has 'grown up here in over three de cades. Complete plans will be an nounced next week, and all who wish to do so will have the privil edge of participating in the tri bute to the man the committee feels has meant so much to the boys of this county. Further In formation may be obtained in the meantime from John D. McNeill at McLauchlin Company or from Mayor Alfred Cole. 0 Raeford Tigers Take Two Games From Indians The Little League Tigers won two games this week as they took the Raeford Indians by the scores of 11-5 on Monday and 5-4 on Wednesday afternoon. The Tigers record now is two games won and one lost and the Indians have lost three games and won none. The Indians took the lead in Monday's game as they picked up single runs in the second, third and fourth innings while holding the Tigers to none. The roof fell in on them in the fourth inning, however, as the Tigers scored six big runs to take the lead and go on to win 11-5. They scortedtwo more runs in the fifth inning and three more in the sixth inning while the Indians scored single runs in the fifth and sixth innings. The Tigers scored their eleven runs on six hits with Bill Hodgin leading the way with two hits in four trips to the plate. Hodgin and Pruitt pitcher for the Tigers and allowed the In dians only three hits, one , of Henley, his second of the season, Wednesday's game, which was also won by the Tigers 5-4, was almost the same as Monday's in the way that the Indians took an early lead only to see the Tigers come from behind and win. it in the last Inning. The Indians scor ed a single run in the first inning, and two in the fourth inning on Henley's third home run of the season. The Tigers came back however and scored four runs in the fourth inning, three of which came on Steve McDonald's home run with two men on base. The Indians tied the score in the sixth inning with a single run and the Tigers won it in the bot tom of the same inning with a single run. Monday will see the Raeford Tigers playing host to the Aber deen Cardinals and the Raeford Indians journeying to Aberdeen for a game with the Aberdeen Cubs. Wednesday's action will see the Indians playing at home against the Aberdeen Cubs and the Tigers playing the Cardinals in Aberdeen. 0 . Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Upehurch spent the week end at Holllns College, Virginia and their daugh ter, Miss Mary Sue Upehurch, ac companied them home on Sunday. Colored Youth Drowns Sunday In Farm Pond James Ross, 17-year-old color ed boy, son of Buster Ross, was drowned in the Strother pond in Quewhiffle Township at about 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Although several persons were swimming there at the time, a clear story of just what happened is hard to got. Sheriff D. H. Hod gin, who went to the scene, said that his body had been recovered when the sheriff got there, and that Ross had been dead when pulled from the water. The sheriff said the others told him that Ross had been wading and got into water 10 or 12 feet deep and went under. It was his impression that he could swim, and he also said that in efforts to resusticate him no water came from his lungs. He also said he observed some blood coming from his mouth and nose. Coroner James C. Lentz said there would be no inquest, as suming apparently that if there was doubt about Ross drowning, his death occurred from some natural cause, such as heart fail ure. 0 Civil Service Exam For Post Office Job A Civil Service examination for the position of Substitute Clerk-Carrier is now open for filling vacancies at the Raeford Post Office. The usual entrance salary is $1.61 Vi per hour. All persons who are interested in qualifying may file applications with the Fourth U. S. Civil Ser vice Region, Third and Jeffer son Drive, S. W., Washington, D. C. Applicants will be rated on the basis of a written test. Completed information and application forms may be obtained from the Post master at the local post office or from the Fourth U. S. Civil Ser vice Regional Office. IN BEAUTY CONTEST In the list of entrants for the the paper last week the name of Pat Lamont was left out unin tentionally. The list of contestants dwind led somewhat during the past week as due to other committ ments four girls' dropped out of the pageant. They were Sarah Jane Cole, Edith McNeill, Shirley j Mann and Kaye rung. LEGION TO MEET MON. The regular monthly supper meeting of the Ellis Williamson American Legion post will be held, at the high school cafeteria next Monday night at 7:30 o'clock. PLAN REVIVAL SERVICE A series of revival services will be conducted next week at Pitt man Grove Baptist church, with the Rey. Richard Smith of Green ville, S. C, delivering the mes sages. The first service will be at 11:00 a. m. Sunday, June 7, and there will be a night service at eight o'clock each night during the week. The public is invited to attend. 0 BETHEL BIBLE SCHOOL TO START MONDAY Plans have been announced for the vacation Bible School which will begin at Bethel church next Monday and continue through Friday. Classes will be held each morning starting at 9:00 and con tinuing until 11:00. i o SPECIAL SERVICE There will be an all-day ser vice Sunday at the Church of God of Prophecy one mile from Raeford on the Aberdeen road with service at 11, dinner on the "rounds and singing all afternoon. Plan 2 Meetings On Army Wanting Land In County Next Week J. L. McNeill, chairman of the Hoke County committee opposing the further partition of Hoke County by the Army for a lar ger Fort Bragg reservation, an nounced yesterday that two pub lic meetings would be held in the county next week at which the situation up to the present time would be fully explained to interested persons by himself and members of the committee. The first meeting will be held at the Wayside Community house on Monday night, June 8, at 8:00 o'clock, and all persons interest ed in the eastern section of the county are invited to attend. The second meeting will be held in the Montrose community house on Tuesday night at 8:00 o'clock, and all persons from the west ern section are invited to this meeting. 0 Recorder Makes Jones Boys Pay For Fighting Mallie Jones, colored, was found guilty by Judge T. O. Moses in recorder's court Tuesday of as saulting Clifton Jones with a deadly weapon. Sentence was 90 days, suspended on payment of $25 and cost and two years good behavior. Clifton Jones must have hit Mallie a little harder, for he was found guilty of the same of fense and ilven the same sen tence, only his fine was - $50 and costs and two years good behav ior. Ernest McDuffie, white man charged with assaulting his wife, got back together with her and left a $25 bond to be forfeited. Mildred McLean, colored, was found guilty of assaulting Rosa McNeill. Sentence was 30 days, suspended on payment of $10 and costs. For carrying a concealed weapo.i she got 60 days suspend ed on payment of $50 and costs. Walter Barefoot, white man charged with assaulting members of his family, got four months suspended on payment of $25 and costs and two years good behav ior. George Hammond, white, paid $10 and costs for violating the prohibition laws. Henry Merchison, colored, got 30 days suspended on payment of $10 and costs for public drunk enness. John Gavan, colored, paid costs for driving with improper brakes. Lacy Wall, colored, was charged with careless and reckless driv ing. Prayer for judgment was sus pended on payment of costs. Willie Reaves, white, left $25 for speeding, and James A. Wag ner, white, paid $10 and costs for the same offense. Edward Coggin Bridges, color ed, was charged by J. Luther Wood with abandoning a crop. He was found guilty and sentenc ed to 30 days, to be suspended on payment of costs and of $100 to the clerk for part of damages Wood suffered, and to stay off Wood's place without permission. He appealed and posted $300 bond. O B&PW CLUB GIVES AWAY ITS EFFECTS The Business and Professional Women's Club, which recently disbanded, had a call meeting recently to decide on the dispo sition of articles belonging to the club. It was voted unanimously to let the Hoke High School princi pal have charge of the 24 card tables. They are to be used by the school. and any other organ ization desiring to borrow them, and are to be returned to the club in the event of reorganization. These are the tables purchased through ads by the local mer chants. The money in the trea sury was given to the Communi ty Building Fund. The candle holders were given to the Wo man's Club for their use and are to be placed in the Community Building when it Is built. Alfred Cole Takes Office As Raeford Mayor ALFRED COLE Alfred Cole was administered the oath of office as new mayor of the Town of Raeford by Hoke County Superior Court Clerk J. B. Cameron here Monday. Cole, succeeding W. L. Poole who did not seek reelection after six years as mayor, then proceeded to ad minister the oath to the five mem bers of the town board of com missioners. A. V. Sanders and Marion Gat lin of the old board were sworn in again, along with Tom Camer on, Truman Austin and John K. McNeill, Jr. R. B. Lewis, J. W. McPhaul and J. H. Blue did not seek reelection to the board. Mayor Cole appointed commit te chairmen from the board as follows: Finance, Tom Cameron; Streets and garbage, Truman Aus tin; Lights, Law and Ordinances, Marion Gatlin; Fire, Police and Sanitary Affairs, A. V. Sanders. At its first meeting the board elected Marion Gatlin mayor pro tern, C. R. Freeman clerk-treasurer, L. S. McMillan water sup erintendent and A. D. Gore town attorney. The entire police force was approved. The board wrote a letter to W. P. Saunders, thanking Robbins Mills for their assistance in sav ing the town the cost of right-of-way for the highway change in Raeford. By contributing their part of the land needed to the town the mill saved the town the cost of one-third of the total right-of-way acquired. The board voted to raise the water deposit required from $2 to $4. It was voted to ask the local government commission for per mission to borrow $10,000 for four months for money to pay on bonds. Town expects tax revenue in the four months to return the money. Funeral Saturday In Red Springs For Dan C. Newton Funeral services were conduct ed at 10:00 o'clock Saturday morning at the Red Springs fun eral home for Dan C. Newton, 69, who died Thursday afternoon. The service was conducted by the Rev. L. M. Hall, pastor of Trini ty , Methodist church in Red Springs, and burial was in Allo way cemetery. Mr. Newton was a son of the late Susan Covington and Ira L. Newton, and was for several terms a member of the Hoke County board of commissioners when he was a farmer in this county. Since that time he had lived in South Carolina for sev eral years, and for the past few years had been in retirement be cause of his health, living with his sister, Mrs. F. K. Watson in Hoke County near Red Springs. Surviving in addition to Mrs. Watson are two other sisters, Mrs. C. W. Odom of Bcnnetsville, S. C, and Mrs. C. M. Hunsucker of Gibson; two brothers, Ira L. Newton J., of Red Springs and J. A. Newton of Washington, D. C. 0 Mrs. Dwight Niven of Dunedln, Florida arrived last Thursday for a visit with Miss Lizzie Niven. County Board Gives Approval To' Library Enlargement Plan At its regular monthly meet ing Monday the Hoke County board of commissioners authoriz ed the enlargement of the Hoke County Public library according to plans presented by the libra ry board. The library quarters will take in part of the space now occupied by the meeting room of the Raeford Lions club. Doug las McPhaul was named to the library board. The board authorized the clerk of the court to attend the meet ing of the State Clerk's associa tion in Ashcville and the sheriff to attend the meeting of the State Sheriff's association in Manteo. Action on the hiring of a col ored farm agent for the county was postponed indefinitely due to the proposed expansion of the Fort Bragg reservation into the county. Various items of the budget were discussed but action was de ferred until next month on all items involving salaries. Items approved: Old Age Assistance $7,500; Aid to Dependent Child ren, $2,650; Aid to the Permanent and Totally Disabled, $750; Aid to the Blind, $1,260. J. D. McBryde appeared before the board and asked that the Highway Commission clean out the ditches along a road crossing his property. The board directed the secretary to write the com mission about this as soon as he learned who to write. (New Di vision officers have not been named by the commission). The members of the board re called the faithful service of Dan C. Newton on the board and their pleasant association with him for several terms, and ex pressed their regret at his un timely passing last week. The secretary was directed to write a letter of sympathy to his fam ily, and the board adjourned in his memory. 0 Lions To Conduct Sale Of Brooms Made By Blind "Let's make a clean sweep" is what members of the Raeford Lions club will be saying in Rae ford today, tomorrow and Sat urday as they conduct their an nual sale of brooms to firms and individuals in and around Rae ford. The sale, which will run for these three days only, is becom ing familiar to people here, hav ing been conducted several times before. The brooms are also known to be of the finest quali ty, whether of the household or commercial type. The brooms are manufactured by Guilford Industries for the Blind in Greensboro. The com pany was founded 18 years ago for the express purpose of giv ing employment to the blind, and the product they produce will compete with any on the mar ket. The Lions club asks the co operation of all in this sale, local proceeds from which will go for their work with the blind in this county. 0 Mrs. Gibson Passes In Scotland County Mrs. A. D. Gibson, 89-year-old native and life-long resident of Scotland County, died Saturday night at her home in the Snead's Grove section of the county. She was the daughter of James A. and Annie McNeill Patterson, and was the mother of Mrs. Jesse Gibson of Dundarrach. Funeral was at the home at 3:00 o'clock Monday, conducted by the Rev. E. N. Johnson, as sisted by the Rev. Ralph Epps. Burial was in McNeill cemetery in Scotland County. Surviving in addition to Mrs. Gibson are two sons, Edwin Gib son of Snead's Grove and Alton B. Gibson of Laurlnburg, and another daughter, Mrs. A. D. Crewi of Laurlnburg. School Year Ends Here Thursday As Finals Are Held Commencement activities for the Hoke County High School were brought to a close last Fri day night as forty-six members of the senior class were presented diplomas by Principal W. T. Gib son, Jr. Making the commence ment address to the seniors was nr. W. E. Rosenstengel, Professor of Education at the University of North Carolina. The Rev. Gower Crosswell, Jr , pastor of the Antioch Presbyter ian church, delivered the invoca tion which was followed by the address of welcome by C. J. Bon ner, salutatorian of his class. The high school girls chorus, directed by Mrs. Jake Austin, provided special music, singing "The Love ly Song My Heart is Singing" by Goulding. Mrs. W. E. Willis of the Wom an's Club presented the Depart ment of Education valedictory award to Ellen Kate Koonce and the Department of Literature; best reader's award to Lawrence. Mc Neill, Jr. For the best creative writing awards were given to Linda Morgan of the grade and Hazel McLean of the high school. Younger Snead presented the American Legion Americanism awards to Ellen Kate Koonce and Jerry Hardister, both members of the graduating class. The Farm Bureau award for the agricultural student having - the highest average was presented to James William Blue with a simi lar award being given to Patsy Russell for having the highest average in the Home Economics department. H. W. B. Whitley of the Hoke County Bar Association presented Lawrence McNeill, Jr. with the association's award for the bert essay on world peace. Dr. Julius Jordan of the Rae ford Kiwanis Club presented the awards for the best all around students to Betty Jean Currie of the' primary department; Carol Boger of the elementary depart ment and C. J. Benner of the senior class. The Woodmen of the World a ward for the best U. S. History student was given to Hazel Mc Lean of the high school and Eloise Upehurch of the graded school. James Turlington presented the Raeford Lions Club awards to Wanda "Williams of the primary department; Eloise Upehurch of the elementary department and June Connell of the senior class. Competitive scholarships were given to Ellen Kate Koonce by Peace College in Raleigh and C. J. Benner of Wake Forest College. Supt. MacDonald awarded the bus drivers of the high school certificates for safety during the school year. The farewell address was de livered by Ellen Kate Koonce, valedictorian of the senior class, and the Rev. P. O. Lee pronounc ed the benediction. County To Get Two Road Projects Paved Hoke and Moore Counties were included in the list of thirty five counties listed last week to receive a total of 279 miles of road improvement. Hoke and Moore will get 35.52 miles of this paving and improvement. Those projects listed for Hoke county were: From US 15-A, three miles southwest of Raeford north to road junction. From junction 1.2 miles north of Little Raft Swamp southeast to road junction, 1.1 miles north east of Antioch. In conjunction with the road projects work was finally gotten underway on the proposed US 15-A by-pass of Raeford as three houses along the right of way were moved last week. 0 Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Davenport of Charlotte spent Sunday and Monday with their daughter, Mist Martha Davenport
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