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Mews- Hoe Journal The Hoke County Journal voici or fttCIDOM CUAJUNM OF IIBCUV woici or V.C MIIDOt or IIBIRTV The Hoke County News ) VOLUME XLIX; NUMBER 50 THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1955 RAEFORD, N. C. 10c PER COPY $3.00 PER YEAR 7 el h V I 1 .3 zfJLUnda - By The Editor County Farm Agent Williford Is hunting come electric sheep shears that are the property of the county. He says they have been borrowed, and doesn't know who has them. He asks that they be returned, as others are want ing to use them too. This is a first edition, of a sort, It it is, that is. As such, we, the crowd that gets it together and prints and distributes it each week, ask your consideration and indulgence. It does without doubt have more shortcomings than us ual this week, and ads and news that should be printed are being left out. Some of these are right here and cannot be squeezed into the size paper we have this week. Others hai not even been heard of yet, bf se we couldn't cir culate and listen as much as us ual which, we'll admit, is not enough. Reason for the whole business is that we have moved our news paper press, which might by some standards be considered pretty old to be dragged around, from our old shop on Main Street to the new place we expect to oc cupy on West Elwood Avenue since we printed last week's pap er. If you get this paper it will be printed on Elwood avenue, and as our first there is the sort of first edition I was talking about above, not the sort you'd save, I fear, but quite an edition for us. We have been on the move most of the time since last Friday, up until Wednesday night, ac tually. We thought . we were through until we got started print ing the first four pages of this paper, when we found that we .had another phase to go. Just a bout everything on the press had to be readjusted before it would go. She's humming beautifully at this stage, though, and we're hop ing she'll keep it up. At any rate, the time we spent on it kept us from getting around everywhere we should have, and kept us from being able to print enough pages to hold what did come in. We should be able to do better next week. The move itself, if one could take a detached view, must have been a show. With an expert from Atlanta who is older than the press, and the incredible talents of Gus Speros of Maxton, plus a lifting tractor from Hoke Con crete Works ably operated by Richard Graham, it was dragged out the back and down the street without being torn down nearly as much as we had expected to be necessary. . . .Enough of my own affairs. . . . Angus Currie, chairman of the Clean-Up, Paint Up, Fix - Up committee of the Chamber of Commerce today decided to post pone the week one more week to the week of May 23. He did this in order to allow the committee more time to completely organize the activity and to give it a bet ter chance of success. He, Marion Gatlin and Kermit Wood, along with M. R. Mills and Martin Baumgartner are going to work out the details completely by next week and will appreciate any sug gestions you may have by putting the real polish on the old town. Angus was on vacation last week and doesn't feel that . the affair has had sufficient planning to be staged next week. Angus also tells me, in his cap acity as president of the Raeford Juinor Chamber of Commerce, that the Jaycees have completed their plans for the installation of lights at the Rockfish Creek swimming hole. Improved consid erably last summer by Truman Austin and the Chamber of Com merce. The installation is to be made with the kelp of Carolina Power and Light Co., and the Jaycees are planning to have a fish fry or something; soon to raise the money they will have spent on It. A,ngui says the lights are going up right away. We add our heatty congratula tions to the many Tommie Up church is receiving oil being se lected "Tar Heel of the Week" by the News and Observer. Tom mie lives his philosophy that a (nan enn pet around to doing Just (Continued oa Pag 4) Tommie Upchurch Tar Heel Of Week The weekly feature "Tar Heel of the Week" in the Raleigh News and Observer last Sunday featured T. B. Upchurch, Jr., of Racford, and marked the first time this distinction had been ac corded a citizen of this county. Accompanied by an excellent photographic portrait, the article was written by Herbert O'Keefe of the News and Observer staff. and contained little that would be news to folks in Hoke County. In addition to its sketch of his life, however, the article dealt factually with his love for his farming, and particularly for trees and cotton. His activities with the promotion of cotton on a natonal scale through the Na tional Cottin Council were de- scribed, and his leadership in the N. C. Cotton Growers Coopera tive association. It told of his recent efforts and articles aimed at in some way raising the income of the farmers of the nation to their rightful share, and his argument that if the farmers of the country were paid like laborers in industries, these same industries would be a long time running out of mar kets for their products because the farmers would then have the money to buy them. His business interests and his travels, in which he always stud ies the farming in the sections he visits, were treated completely, although there was no mention of the anecdotes, sometimes pret ty tall, that he returns to his home town with. 0- Presbyterian Men To Feed families Wed. The men of the Raeford Pres byterian Church for their regu lar monthly meeting this month will entertain the entire families of the church at supper and a program in the church on Wed nesday night of next week, May 18, starting at 7:00 o'clock. Following the supper, which is to be arranged and served by the men, there will be a program of full color movies on the local church and other older Presby terian Churches in this section, and recent ones on members of the churih congregation. o WIN IN CONTEST In the "Your Heart's Desire" contest at Collins Department Store last week th ladies won men's suits. They e Mrs. Sam Hiser, Mrs. John Nicholson and Mrs. W. H. Tapp. YOUR SCHOOL NEWS By K. A. MacDonild The Rockfish School Commit tee held its organization meeting Monday night. B. B. Bostic was re-elected Chairman and Clif ford Miller was elected secretary. C. H. Piggott was re-elected principal and Mrs. Janie T. Mon roe, Mrs. Treva T. Koonce and Mrs. Mabel H. Williams were re elected as teachers. All this, of course, is subject to the state al lotment of teachers and approval by the Hoke County Board of Education. The Hoke High Band and Glee Clubs gave one of the best con certs last Friday evening that has ever been given at Hoke High. The public has been most gen erals in its praise of the produc tion. Mrs. Wood and Mr. Renn both deserve the praise and thanks of the parents for what they are doing in a musical way for the students. The concert began with several numbers by the eighth grade cho rus, followed by the high school mixed chorus, interspersed by numbers by a girls ensemble. The band came last with a var iety of numbers that cleanly showed their range and ability. O. R. Lee, Field Auditor for the Slate School Lunch Program, is here this week doing a spot audit on the Hoke High Lunch pmra. This is done once a year. They come into a county and chonse a school at random and (Continued on Back Page) CAN YOU IDENTIFY THIS HOKE mA'-C- . "I. 4 Above is another in the series of "mystery farm" pictures be ing published in The News Journal. Nobody knows whose farm it is not even the photo graphers and the paper is re lying on the readers for identi fication. Two six-months sub scriptions are offered for first identifications and the rules are as follows: Clarence Lytch To Attend 17-State Presbyterian Meet Clarence Lytch of Raeford, was officially certified last week by Dr. E. C. Scott, Stated Clerk of the Presbyterian Church, U. S., as a commissioner to the General Assembly of the denomination. The Assembly, which Mr. Lytch will attend as an official voting representative of the Fayetteville Presbytery, will be held in Rich mond, Va., June 2-7. It is the highest court of the Presbyterian Church, and meets annually. Some 460 commissioners from 17 states attend and review the work of the Church for the past year, and set in motion the program for the coming year. Mr. Lytch, who is an elder in his church in Raeford, was select ed as a commissioner by Fayette ville Presbytery, and is one of ten commissioners five minis ters and five laymen from the presbytery. 0 Mrs. Clark Of Hoke To Take Part In Vet Officers Panel Mrs. Marian Clark, Hoke Coun ty Veterans Service Officer, is scheduled to participate, as a member of a panel, at the State wide Vetearns Service Officers School, sponsored by the North Carolina Veterans Commission, to be held at Hotel Robert E. Lee, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, May, 23-24, 1955. This Statewide Veterans Serv ice Officers School is expected to be one of the best and largest of its kind ever held in North Car olina, according to J. M. Cald well, Director, North Carolina Veterans Commission. Has Meal Tickets For Armed Forces Day Martin Baumgartner, local Chamber of Commerce manager, said this week that he had re ceived a supply of meal tickets from authorities at Pope Air Force Base and Fort Bragg for use on Armed Forces Day, May 22nd. He said the services would be holding open house displays of their equipment, planes, atomic cannon and the like on that day, and that for 60 cents visitors could Bet the tickets to a regular Sunday mess hall meal while tfiere. He guarantees it to be worth the price, and says that he'll have to return unsold tickets the first of the week, however. Milton Mann of VTSC, Medical School, Chapel Hill spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Israel Mann. s ' . " .Tt f" (; .!... ft " '4" f" 1. You may win but once in the year the series runs. 2. One winner will be the first person to Come to or Call The News-Journal Office, 2121. Staff of the paper cannot accept iden tification anywhere else. 3. The other winner will be the present subscriber who now re ceives the paper on Raeford route one, two or three, or an address Mrs. Riley And Son Honored At EMI Sun. Mrs. Kermit Riley, whose sons, Cadet Corporal Kermit Riley, Jr., and Cadet Sergeant Johnny Riley attend Edwaids Military Insti tute in Salemburg, was the reci pient of a high honor there on Mother's Day. The corps of cadets at Edwards give an annual parade on Moth er's Day, and the mother of one is selected to review the parade and be the guest of the school for the day. She is named "Mother of the Year," and this time it was Mrs. Riley. Of her sons, Kermit, Jr., is 18 years old and is in his Senior year at EMI, while the other, Johnny, is 16 years old and in his Junior year there. During the Mother's Day pa rade, in an elimination drill, judged by two Army officers, Johnny was chosen "best drilled old cadet of 1955". He was award ed a medal for this honor. John ny has been an honor cadet three times this school year, with high grades determining this selection. Kermit, Jr. was basketball manager this year at EMI. Johnny and Kermit, Jr., both ending their sixth year at EMI, are the oldest cadets at the Aca demy. School Key Club Elects Officers, Men The Hoke County High School Key Club, boys group sponsored by the Kiwanis Club, met at 11:00 a. m. Tuesday for the pur pose of selecting officers for the school year, 1955-56 and new members. New officers chosen were Ken neth Culbreth president succeed ing Johnny Bobbitt, Lacy Koonce vice-president succeeding Ken neth Culbreth, Secretary Jimmy Peek succeeding Jim Henley. Leon Cameron succeeded himself as treasurer and Joe McLeod was selected publicity manager. New members were voted In on their scholastic standings and their reputations and their ex pected abilities to improve the club. Chosen were Bruce Holland, Walter McMinnis, Johnny Baker, Weldon Bishop, Leroy Bowling, Chan Roberts, Landis Satterwhite, Neill McDonald, Kenneth Lee, Bobby Vanhoy, Shelby Callowy and Bohy Clark. PIANO, VOICE RECITAL A joiat piano ami voice recital by the pupils of Miss Martha Pittman and Mrs. Thomas A. Wood, respectively, will be given in the Hoke County High School Auditorium Friday, May 13, at 8:00 p. m. The publit is cordially invited to attend. COUNTY FARM? i&v . iu J. r m sj.vt, i,-; kt r if JK. 4-V - Iff i 't 4 : w. Z7S 1 SSBWlttiisSSSBBtfhsBK 6t outside Raeford, who first identi fies the picture at The News Journal office in person or by telephone. Owners or operators of the farms pictured are not offered the prize, but we do have a beau tiful mounted enlargement of the original photo, free for each of them and invite them to call at the office for it each week. Baseball Leagues For Youngsters Of Two Ages Planned ages eight through twelve were organized with two teams each from Raeford and Red Springs to form one League. Three from Lumberton and one from Row land in another League, and Max ton, Laurel Hill and East Laurin burg to form a third League. The champions of each League will be determined by July 16th and a playoff among the champions will be held. In the older group of thirteen through fifteen, one League of nine teams was organized with teams from LumbertoriT Red Springs, Raeford, Rowland, Max ton, Laurel Hill, East Laurinburg and Parkton. Play in both groups will start June 1st with the schedule call ing for two games a week for each team. Civic Organizations, Churches and Textile Mills sponsor the var ious teams and a great amount of interest is being demonstrated among all concerned. In Raeford the two Little League teams will be sponsored by Amerotron, if another sponsor cannot be found. The Jaycees are sponsoring the older team. In previous years Robbins Mills sponsored Little League teams and last year the Raeford Kiwanis Club joined Robbins in sponsoring them. o Bible Teachers To Have School Sunday A school for Bible school teach ers will be conducted at the Up church High school next Sunday afternoon from 2:00 until 5:00 o'clock under the auspices of the Hoke County Ministwial associa tion, it was announced this week. The purpose of the school is to train workers for vacation church schools of the churches of the county. Most attending are ex pected to be from colored churches, as the white denomi nations already have annual ar rangements for training their va cation school workers. Leaders of the school and classes of their discussions are to be Mrs. J. L. Edge of the Baeford Baptist Church teaching the pre school teahers, Mrs. Rodger Becker of the Red Springs Pres byterian Church teaching the pri mary teachers, Mrs. Percy Eag lish of Tabernacle Baptist Church the junior teachers. Miss Ann An derson of the First Presbyterian ChHrch of Fayetteville tho inter mediate teachers, and the Rev. Scott Turaer of Tabernacle Bap tist Church the general officers. All church school workers of the counly will be welcomed to the school. I J "5 Town Board Gds Water Problem A called meeting of the board of town commisisoners of Rae ford was held at the town hall on Monday night, May 9. Mayor Cole presided and all members were present. Lawrence McNeill appeared be fore the board and told them of the fact that the Amerotron Cor poration had under consideration certain changes in its operation Lore which would involve an in creased use of water and the sub sequent necessity of disposing of this water. He referred to the ad dition of a dyeing operation to the plant here which he had an nounced some weeks ago as being probable in the near future. The board expressed a desire to cooperate in every way possi ble with Amerotron, but made a reservation on its final decision and action pending further inves tigation as to how the town might be able to finance an expansion of its water supply and disposal facilities. Give Final Report On Cancer Crusade Mrs. M. D. Yates and Mrs. L. W. Turner, co-chairmen of the Hoke County Cancer Crusade for 1955, made their final report on the fund-raising campaign this week. Total contributions receiv ed are $530.25, and this puts Hoke County short of its quota in the drive by $389.75. The ladies said the money and report would not be mailed into the American Cancer Society for another, week in order to give a last chance to those who might still wish to contribute. The chairmen said they wished to express their appreciation to those who have contributed to this great cause. They said the money would go for education, service, and research in the con trol of cancer by the American Cancer Society. 0 Lions Keep Selling Blind-Made Brooms H. D. Harrison, president of the Raeford Lions Club, said this week that the sale of brooms made by the Guilford Industries for the Blind which the club conducted Friday and Saturday would be conducted for a few more days. He said the sale was being ex tended because of other activities causing many people not to be at home when the first canvass of the town was made. He says that many people who wanted to buy brooms to help the blind both here and elsewhere were thus deprived of the privi lege, but could still buy them under arrangements made by the club with several service stations here. He said that they could be bought through next Monday at Ntven's, McDonald's or Carter's Esso Stations, at Graham's and Teal's Guf Stations. Freeman Child Dies; Buried Here Saturday David Leroy Freeman, five months old son of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Freeman of Fayetteville and formerly of Raeford, died in Highsmith Hospital Friday of pneumonia which had developed after asthma about two days be fore. Mrs. Freeman was formerly Mary Guin of Raeford, and a sis ter, Becky Jane, aged two, also survives. Graveside service was conduct ed here at three o'clock Saturday afternoon by the Rev. W. B. Hey ward, pastor of the Raeford Pres byterian Church, and the Rev. Graham Eubanks, pastor of the Hay Street Methodist Church in Fayetteville. 0 MEETING CANCELLED The Men of the Baptist Church will not meet Tuesday night, May 17, as usual. It is being can celled because of the May Day program at the J. W. McLauch lin Elementary School. All men are urged to attead the Regional Brotherhood Con vention at the First Baptist Church In Fayetteville Friday evening May 13, at 6:30, Supper v. A ...mi will uu scivcu dl! t VLi UIIC Will lenve from the Kacford Baptist Church at 6:00. Average Session Of Court Tuesday In an average session of Hoke County recorder's court Tuesday before Judge T. O. Moses only one case in which a felony was char ged was on the docket. There were several drunks dealt with, and other liquor law violators, but not a single charge of drunk driving. Albert McLeod, colored, was charged with felonious assault with a deadly weapon on Nathan iel Williams, inflicting serious and painful bodily injury. Probable' cause was found and McLeod was held for Superior Court under a bond of $1000. For engaging in a public af fray, Donald Shaw and Samuel Martin, both colored, were each fined $10 and court costs. Shaw was also found guilty of assault with a deadly weapon, for which he got 60 days suspended on pay ment of $50 and court costs and two years good behavior. Martin, on a plea of guilty of resisting arrest, got 30 days to be suspend ed on payment of $25 and costs and two years good behavior. He couldn't pay, so went to the roads. Lee Arthur Gates, colored, for assaulting Glennie Johnson with a deadly weapon, got eight months on the roads, suspended on pay ment of $100 fine, $82 doctor and hospital bill and $50 to Glennie. J. T. Register, white, pled guil ty to giving a worthless check and judgment was suspended on payment of check and costs. State dropped a similar charge against W. O. Wright, white, when the prosecuting witness failed to ap pear. William Furr, white, for pub lic drunkenness and assault got a 60-day road sentence suspend ed on payment of $25 and costs and the condition that he remain out of the county for two years, he not being a resident. For public drunkenness Reed Furr, white, lorfeited a $25 bond; Sylvester Campbell, colored, paid $10 and costs; Willie Gales, color ed, paid costs; Richard Trusdale, white, forfeited a $15 bond. Glen nie Amnions, white, was found not guilty on a charge of public drunkenness and assault. State dropped a charge of tres pass against James Allen, white. For careless and reckless driv ing Stacy B. McNeill, colored, paid costs, and L. B. Williams, white, got 30 days suspended on pay ment of $25 and costs. Dennis J. Loftus, white, got 30 days suspended on payment of $25 and costs for violating the prohi bition laws. o May Day Program Set For Tuesday The J. W. MeLauchlin Elemen tary School will present its an nual May uay Program Tuesday, Mav 17. at 8:15 n m. nn thA grounds in front of the school. Reigning as King and Queen of May will be Kenneth Waddell and Pat McPhaiiT AttnHinc them will be Judy Warlick and Harry Parks, honor attendants from the seventh grade; Evans McNeill and Wavne Tuttle tvth grade: Shirley McPhaul and Jim my Byrd, fifth grade; Shirley Johnson and Sammy Warlick, fourth grade; Edith Brock and Ray Chandler, third cradef Dnn. ella Shankle and Vaddie Dedas, second grade; Winborne Howell and Malcolm Koonce, first grade. The Junior Chorus and student. representing each grade will pre sent a Drogram of nnn nif dances with the theme "Spring- lime , jerry Uuyer, narrator. The puonc is cordially invited. DRIVE-IN THEATRE HAS CINEMASCOPE Vernon Lowder. oneratnr nf th Raeford Drive-li Theatre on 211 west, announced this week that the installation of his new "Cine mascope" screen had been mm. pleted and that the first picture on it would be shown next Mon day and Tuseday. The Dicture is to he "River nf Ko Return," with Robert Mlt chum and Marilyn Monroe. Tim Molt will make a personal ap pearance on the stage on Wed nesday night. Miss Florence Cameron of Wm. Icyan College, Macon, Georgia spent the week end with her mo ther, Mrs. H. A. Cameron.