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Tfiie News-Joiamal. voici or MIIDOM GUMMA OF UB1UV voici or U"OM CUAiiDIAM Or LIBERTY HOMI The Hoke County News The Hoke County Journal VOLUME XI.IX; NUMBER 3 THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 183-1 RAEFORD, N. C. Kit PER COPY 1.00 PER YEAR By Sam Morris The Guard unit left Sunday for their annual two-week summer encampment, so we can expect hot weather while they are gone. Margaret, the Boss's wife, and I have been going around selling the advertising for the paper this week and can say that the build ings that have been air-conditioned in Raeford are a good place to visit even if we don't do any business there. I didn't have Belk Hensdale on my list, but from what 1 can hear the building is nice now with their new air con ditioning unit in operation. Other buildups that are air conditioned in Raeford are Collns, Mann's, the Bank, Johnson Co. office, din ing room at the Hotel and Bau- com Appliance Co. The only news I could pick up for this column from Mr. Mc- Googan, County Auditor, was that he thought that Sheriff Hodgin needed more office space. This didn't seem like much until 1 started talking to the Sheriff. He said the rural policemen, High way Patrol and others use his of fice. As we all know, he also col lects taxes in his office and Mrs. Graham Clark is Service Officer for the county so when they all get busy, there isn't much room for anyone to work. Sheriff Hod gin said that manv times he has had to leave his own office and go outside the courthouse to talk to someone in private. From the bove it looks, as if the Sheriff eeds more office space. Where it comes from is not for me to worry about, so don't look for the answer to that in this column. Curbs and gutters have been put on some streets, other streets have been hard surfaced, the town has been cleaned and part of the cemetery, stop lights and stop signs put at intersections, but still people will plant corn or shrubbery at intersections, which is a traffic hazard. I can't recall what the law is about this but I do know that any road or highway has so many feet of right-of-way. Just a thought Talking about the highways I notice that the State Highway Department has put up some new signs. They are not the regular cross road, school, etc. signs, but a sign with a sentence or two which gives good advice to any motorist. They are painted in colors and from what I hear show up at night. One I saw and remember, just outside of Ra leigh was, "Don't look out for patrolmen, they can take care of themselves", or words to that ef fect. The distance they are spac ed on the highway will almost keep one driving at a sane rate of speed in order to read them. All of them are catchy. The primary is over, but there is plenty of talk about the ap pointment of Senator Ervin. So far I haven't heard anyone say that it was a bad appointment. Maybe this will be one time when the ppointed man will return to the Senate. Time will tell. A release from the Army this week told of the recent appoint ment of Major Milo J. Postel as Exchange Officer at Fort Bragg. Major Postel is the husband of the former Ilillie Mclntyre and they make theii home in Raeford along with their daughter. One item in the release that caught my attention was that he is lit erally in charge of a "Million Dollar Business," as the retail stores on the post grossed more than a million last month. Guess Fayetteville doesn't get all the money out of Bragg. Major Pos tel, who was commissioned In 1942 and chose the Army as a career, has served three differ ent times overseas twice in Eu rope and once in '.he Far East. Methodist Men To Meet Friday The Methodist Men of the Church will have their monthly meeting, Friday night at 7:00 o'clock. This meeting will be known as Charter Night in the club. At this, time, the charter will be presented to the club. All who have enrolled previously or who enroll Friday night will be known as charter members. All men of the church are urged to be present. The speaker for the evening will be Dr. B. G. Childs, Profes sor of Education at Duke Uni versity. 0 FARM ITEMS By W. C. Williford County Farm Agent On the farm of R. H. and Ber nice Williamson, aoout five miles from Raeford on the Aberdeen highway, there is a tobacco var iety demonstration for your in spection. The tobacco specialists furnished us with fourteen var ieties that are planted in demon stration plots. These are: Hicks, Dixie Bright 101, Dixie Bright 102, 3041, 3044, V-5, V-l, V-8, 3007, 3001, Oxford 1-181, Oxford 1, Golden Cure, ' and Virginia Gold. Several of these varieties, in cluding Dixie Bright 101 and Dixie Bright 102, and some of the Virginia strains that are re sistant to Black Shank are grow ing in the test. Each of these var ieties will be harvested, graded, and sold sepaartely and the fig ures will be made available to you. The Black Shark disease that has been such a p ague to tobac co growers in other sections has not been reported to me In Hoke County to date. It was reported last year however, and was diag nosed as such. It would be wise for every tobacco grower to look at this demonstration and study the growth habits of the Black Shank resistant varieties. When Black Shank once gets in a county, it spreads very rapidly and is an unusually destructive disease for which there Is no cure. The only control measures are good management and resist ant varieties. ' Each variety is labeled for your benefit so please feel free to stop and look at this test at your con venience. Mr. Williamson has gone to quite a bi of expense in making the arrangements, furn ishing the equipment, and grow ing the plants for this demon stration and will go to more trouble and expense to keep it separate so the results will be In formative. It will be a great help if you will refrain from breaking leaves or damaging the plants In any way when you look at them. The demonstration is along the high way and there is plenty of park ing space on the shoulder of the road. It was put there for your convenience so pleise feel free to take advantage of It. Plans are now developing for It to be includ ed in a farm tour of Hoke County that will be conducted In the early part of July. J. H. Blythe has a corn variety demonstration on the new 15-A highway between the overhead bridge and the old 15-A highway on the outskirts of Raeford. In cluded in this corn test are all the hybrids recommended for this area plus several of the open pol linated varieties which are gen erally grown here. Since corn occupies a major part of Hoke County's crop land, it should be beneficial to the county for the farmers to plant the right variety. Here you will get a chance to see which variety grows the best and yields the most corn. We plan to keep the yields separate so we can get ac curate weight les's on the pro ductions of the different kinds. Last week, we discussed tobacco sucker control with oil emulsion. (Continued od back paffa) Legion Officers Installed Monday The Ellis Williamson Post of the American Legion held its re gular monthly supper meeting at the Hoke High cafeteria on Mon day evening. R. B. Lewis Installed the fol lowing officers for the year 1954 55: Truman B. Austin, command er; Tom McBryde and James A. Williamson, vice - commanders; Kenneth McNeill, adjutant; Stan ley Koonce, service officer; Wal ter Parks, sergeant-at-arms; Joe Upchurch, finance officer; W. L. Howell, Jr., historian; and W. T. Gibson, Jr., chaplain. . The Legion voted to pay $50 toward keeping the lights on at the tennis courts during the sum mer months. Members also voted to donate $50 to a legionnaire who is ill. PERSONALS Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Posey and Charlotte attended the annual Homecoming at Copeland Church in Surry County. Charlotte was soloist in the service. Anne Bracey of ' Mt. Olive Is spending this week with Carol McPhaul. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Muench and Sally spent the we-k end In Nor folk, Virginia with Mr. and Mrs. Jack Durham. They were accom panied home by Mrs. L. B. Bran don and Johnny Durham. Mr. and Mrs. J W. McPhaul and the Rev. and Mrs. W. B. Hey ward spent the week end at Myr tle Beach. Sarah Frances and John Morris, children of Mi. and Mrs. Sam Morris, are spending the week in Louisburg with their grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Pcr nell. Benny Robinson of Nashville arrived Monday to spend the week with Dick and Lockie Mc Fadyen. Mrs. A. D. Gore is spending this week in Raleigh in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles Hostetler and family. Mrs. H. C. McLauchlin, Mrs. Archie Howard, Mrs. J. M. An drews and Mrs. Bill Everleigh attended the North Carolina Syn odical Training School last week in Raleigh. Little Patricia Veasey of Aber deen is visiting her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. McBryde. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Bumgard ner of Tampa, Florida were the guests of Mrs. J. S. Johnson, Sr, several days last week. The, Rev. W. B. Heyward will be at Camp Singletary this week where he will be campfire speak er for the Pioneer Camp. Mr. and Mrs. Chalmers Davis and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Linker spent the week end at Myrtle Beach. Mr. and Mrs. Archie Byrnes and Helen Jean Tillman visited Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Eubanks in Wingate Sunday. Ann Murphy Byrnes returned w:th them after having spent ten days with her aunt. Hurd Bradford arrived In Rae ford Friday night to take his fam ily back to Huitersville Sunday, Mrs. Bradford, Eliz?beth and little Grier have been spending the past week with Mr and Mrs. Ro land Covington. Mr. and Mrs Harvey Gobeille and family are spending a two weeks' vacation in Woonsocket, Rhode Island with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Rockholz and son, Bobby, left Wednesday for New London, Conn., where they will make their home. Mr. Rockholz has resigned at coach at Hoke High ScnooL 26 Cases Are Cleared From Docket Tuesday Judge T. O. Moses presided over a routine session of Hoke County recorder's court Tuesday with a total of 26 cases being dis posed of. William Benton, white, paid $10 and costs for public drunkenness. Charles E. Lett, white soldier, who was under bond for the same offense, failed to appear and a capias was issued for his arrest. Reginald W. Hoagland, white tourist, forfeited a $45 bond for driving without license and speed ing. Edward J. Fagan, white, left a $25 bond for speeding. J. C. Jones, colored, charged with assault, got three to four months on the roads suspended on payment of a $25 fine and the costs, payment of a $59.38 hospi tal bill to Th -nw '-''r: -is irA two years good behavior. He didn't pay and commi'ment papers were issued. Henry Coleman, colored, received 30 days on the roads su spended on pajment of $25 and the costs for larceny from Mack's 5 and 10. He failed to pay arid papers for commitment to the roads were Issued. Daniel P. McAllister, white, paid $10 and the costs for driv inj without an operator's lie nse. Ki' g David McMillan, colored, got 30 days suspended on pay- mi :it of $10 and the costs for hrv- inr Improper brakes. Nan Till mr l, colored, paid the same fine for failure to s'op at a stop sign. :Tarold H. Conner, white tourist, H. A. White, white soldier, Jerry A. Peele, white, and Archie Hol lir. sworth, colortd, each paid $10 and cort" for sredin". Trov Goode, colored, paid the costs for speeding 65. Harold L. Brown white soldier, who was charged with violation of the prohibition laws, failed to appear and a capias was issued for his arrest. A capias was issued for Ozell Bealty, colored, who was under bond for receiving stolen property. Horace Morrisey, colored, char ged with operatinp a motor ve hicle after his license had been revoked and failure to stop at a stop sign, got thiee to four months on the roads suspended on pay ment of a $200 fine and the costs and was ordered not to operate a motor vehicle for 12 months. On motion of the solicitor the case against Oscar Lomax, color ed, for breaking, entering and larceny was nol pros, on payment of the costs. Will Perkins, white, pled not guilty on the charge of attempt to commit rape. Probable cause was found and he was held for super ior court without privilege of bond. Rex Thigpen, white, forfeited a $50 bond when he failed to ap pear on a charge of engaging in affray and damage to property. Cobbard Lowery, Indian, char (Continued on back page) MRS. DEDAS HONOR STUDENT AT FMC Mrs. Mildred Panders Dedas, daughter of Mi. and Mrs. A. V. Sanders and wife of Virgil R. Dedas, of Raefr.rd, who received her bachelor of arts degree with major in history, from Flora Mac donald college on May 31, was gradauted cum laude, which re quires a four-year average of 90 94. Mis. Dedas combined an ex cellent scholastic record with a number of ex'ra runicular acti vities, despite the fact that she was a day student, driving twelve miles to and from school each day. She took a a active part in a number of student clubs, holding offices in several, and was a pop ular member of the student body. 0 MORRISON CHILD ILL Little Al Mot risen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Morrison, has been a patient at Highsmith Hos pital for ten days He has been critically ill for the past week. Raeford Scouts At Camp Tom Upcyiurch Twenty boys from Troop 401 will attend the Boy Scout Camp at Camp Tom Upchurch nex week. This is the fifth jear tha' Camp Tom Upchurch has bec-r. used as the scout camp for thj Cape Fear area. Scouts in addition to earning new merit badges will keep them selves busy enjoy'ng the boats and canoes available to them They will receive instruction aod practical application in swimmi.ig, marksmanship and games alone with their scouting activities ail advancement. Wednesday Is visi tor's day at tamp for parents and friends. Explorer Scout Neill McFudye i of Troop 401 will receive ihe Eagle Scout Award at the West ern District Court of Honor (o De held at Camp Tom Upchurch o" Friday nisht, June 25 at 8:30 o' clock. Tins Court of Honor wa.; nnot-.nried from May 18 Scouts who will receive advancement awards at this court are: Joiir. Lester, Younger Snead, Jerry Wilson, Jerry Ellis, Dicky Per kins. Steve McDonald and Dan ny .1 I'h.ul. Mrs. Lexie Melton Buried At Old Shiloh Sunday Afternoon Mrs. Minnie B. Melton 64 yonr.old resident of Raeford. iloute 3, died early Friday morn ing in a Fayettovil'e hospi'al. She was born in a sec'- n of Cumber land County whiui later became Hoke County and was the dau ghter of the late W. N. Brown and Ellen Baker L own. Funeral services were conduct ? d is ! r:-.'::;.p5 Preslytcrian Church on Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock by the Rev. W. B. Heyward, pastor of the Raeford Presbyterian Church, and burial was in the Old Shiloh Cemetery. Mrs. Melton is survived by her husband, Lexie Melton; two sons, Odell of Raeford and Talmadge of Raeford, Route 3; one daugh ter, Mrs. J. K. Riley of Raeford; three brothers, Frank, Cliff and Tom Brown, all of Newport; and five sisters, Mrs. Lilly Brown Ammons of Raeford, Mrs. Mag gie Councilman of Burlington, Mrs. Leslie McCracken of Sanford, Mrs. P. D. Riley of Raeford and Mrs. C. A. Boyle of Raleigh. PRESBYTERIAN MEN MEET TUESDAY NIGHT The Presbyterian Men of the Church held their monthly meet ing Tuesday night at the church. The speaker for the evening was Malcolm Seawell, Solicitor for the 9th Judicial District. This was the last meeting of the club until fall. 0 PLANS TO RALEIGH Superintendent of Schools K. A. MacDonald said this week that the survey material prepared by a survey teams has been approved by the local board of Education. The survey will go to the State Board of Education Committee on Planning on Fr'day for approval. The state committee is expected to call a hearing early in July. 0 ATTENDING OCS John Seott Poole and White ford Jones, members of Battery A, local National Guard Unit, left Tuesday night for Fort Sill, Oklahoma to at'end Officers Candidate School. The school will last for thice months. These mt-n at present are non-commissioned officers and on comple tion of this course will become commissioned officers in the Na tional Guard. TO HOLD REVIVAL The Community Chapel Meti. odist Church will hold their re vival services Monday, June 21 through Friday, June 25. Services will begin at 8:00 p. m. The Rev. James Hamilton, pastor will con duct the revival. Farmers Must Have Care's To Sell Wheat R. J. Hasty, ASC Chairman, in forms Hoke County farmers that before selling any wheat they will need a marketing card to identify the wheat as penalty free wheat. If the wheat producer does not present the marketing card to the buyer at the time of the sale the buyer is instructed to collect $1.12 per bushel penally- Hoke County wheat farmers who wish to sell wheat can come by their ASC Office and pick up a wheat marketing card or a wheat marketing certificate. A receipt must be signed when the card is issued; therefore, it is necessary to visit the ASC Office in person. If the operator is un able to visit the County Office he may request in writing that his card be mailed to him. If no wheat is to be sold, exchanged, or paid as toll, no card need be obtained. These wheat marketing cards will also state whether or not the farmer is eligible for price sup port. Only those farmers who have harvested wheat within the farm wheat allotment and do not owe a wheat penalty on another farm will be eligible for wheat price support. The 1954 wheat price support rate is $2.36 per bushel for U. S. Grade No. 1. Storage and grade deductions as well as service fees will be made from ware house stored loans. Farmers in terested in getting loans should uip'y at the local ASC County Olfice. Former Resident Dies Wednesday Morning Miss Catherine McDuffie, 76, of Wagram died Wednesday morn ing in a Fayetteville hospital. She was an aunt of Murdock Mc Duffie and the late Ryan Mc Bryde. She was the daughter of the late John and Sarah McLean McDuffie of Scotland County. Miss McDuffie, who made her home here for several years, was a nurse. During her active nursing career, she served as an instruc tor of nurses at Highsmith Hospi tal and at several hospitals in Georgia. Funeral services will be held this afternoon (Thursday) at five o'clock at the hom-i of Mrs. Ed win Shaw in Wagram, conducted by the Rev. William Knight Thompson, pastor of the Mont pelier Presbyterian Church. Pall bearers are B. F. Langston, Ful ford McMillan, Charles F. Mur ray, J. J. Pence, Jr., W. A. Mc Kay, Jr., and W G. Buie, III. Burial will be in the1 Spring Hill cemetery in Wdgram. 4-H Dress Revue Contest Held Tues. "Ina Elizabeth Scull, of Route 2, Raeford, wiil represent Hoke County in the State 4-H Dress Revue Contest in Raleigh in July", says Josephine Hail, Home Dem onstration Agent. The Hoke Coun ty Dress Revue Contest was held Tuesday afternoon with twenty girls participating. Ina Elizabeth Scull received as first prize $10 from the Raeford Lions Club and four yards of dress material frorr. Belk-Hensdale Company. Virginia McNeill and Peggy Williams were second and third place winners and each received four yards of material from Belks. In the skirt contest, Linda Jor dan, of the Mildouson Club, re ceived first prize of four yards of dress material. Edna Wilkerson received second prize and Bonnie Wilkes third prize. Jennie San ders was first place winner in the apron contest. Bonnie Wilkes and Faye Roberts were second and third place winners, respectively. Eacli girl received dress material. The 4-H Club members are very grateful to the Lions Club and Belk-Hensdale Company for sponsoring the contest and furn ishing prizes. Socal Guardsmen Arrive At Camp Stewart Monday Members of tbe local unit of the National guard in training at Camp Stewart, Georgia for their annual two weeks encampment are looking forward to their day and a half vacation from Army life as they begin to wind up their first week. They arrived in camp about ten o'clock Monday morning after an uneventful but tiring trip by motor convoy. Sunday night was spent at the airport at Ridgeland, S. C, forty miles north of Sa vannah. A hot meal of grilled steak, creamed potatoes, peas, peaches and coffee was served them by mess steward Angus W. Wilkes and his staff of chefs. A hearty breakfast of country ham and eggs was enjoyed Monday morning. Monday was spent getting their personal gear am? unit equip ment unpacked and set up for use. Tuesday the training began in earnest, as clascs were conducted in the field with practice runs with 50 caliber machine guns and 40 mm anti-aircraft guns. Firing began Wednesday and will con tinue through today and be brought to a close Friday at noon. The targets consist of sleeves towed about 1000 yards behind a B-26 airplane and radio controll ed pilotless a:rcreft known as "R-Cats". The R-Cats have a wing span of approximately 15 feet, attain speeds up to 300 miles per hour and perform maneuvers equal to those of any airplane. When one is hit by a burst of machine jftm fire, a parachute is released and floats the plane down to the ground. When hit by a burst from the 40s the planes come down in pieces, usually burning. The guardsmen brought several down with their machine guns on Wednesday and expect to score some direct hits with the 40 mm guns today and tomorrow. Friday afternoon will be used to clean equipment in preparation for Saturday morning's inspection and parade. General Boiling, Third Army Commander, will ar rive in camp Friday to inspect national guard tioops and ob serve firing. Facilities available on the post for recreation include a swim ming pool, three theatres, post exchanges and all types of ath letic fields and cojrts. The food so far has been ex tremely good and Battery A has a mess hall modernly equipped and attractively decorated with drapes and table cloths. Next week the local battery will join the other batteries in the battalion in a field maneuver which will begin on Monday and run through Thursday afternoon. Battery A, the largest battery here, has one hundred and three enlisted men and four officers from Raeford and Hoke County and is commanded by Captain Edwin D. Newton, and along with outfits from Red Springs, San ford, St. Pauls and Southern Pines, make up the 130th Batta lion under the command of Lt. Col. William Lamont, Jr. of Rae ford. Battery mascots, Monty Lamont and Bennie Newton are thorough ly enjoying the camp life. Rockholz Resigns As High School Coach R. B. Rockholz, who has been athletic direcUK at Hoke County Hi:h School for ihe past four years, has resigned from the fa culty. He and Mrs. Rockholz and their young son left this week for their home in Connecticut where Mr. Rockholz will enter the plum hing business with his father. Mr. Rockholz cac-e here in 1950 to be assistant coach to Haywood Faircloth and the next year be came head coacn upon the resign ation of Mr. Faircloth. Rockholx will be remembered for the fin basketball team he produced.
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