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News J .1 tie omnia 1CI Of V:r7 OUAJtO'At voici or MIIDOM 5TIIDOM lil'i Of tH)tT Howe IT The Hoke County New The Hoke County Journal VOLUME 1 NUMBER 29 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1955 RAEFORD, N. C. 10c PER COPY $3.00 PER YEAR 47 coaju; By The Editor The $164,031.32 which Hoke County is to get in the division of the second half of the fifty million dollar bond issue will be just about $3,000 more than this county got from the first half. At that time each county got $100,000, and the remaining $15 million was divided at a set a mount per child. What we wond er, and what school authorities wonder, is why there had to be so much delay in the division of the remaining money if they were going to come up with a formula which would give us a bout the same amount. The need is great, and it has been since the first money was received. The division is certainly a great disappointment to school people in this county, and should be to all of us. It had been their opinion that the smaller, poorer, count ies, such as this certainly is, were going to get a greater proportion ate share of this second $25 mil lion, and now such is not to be the case. It had been hoped that enough would be received to build the new school proposed for the western section of the county for colored children, and it's going to be in the vicinity of $100,000 short, I'll guess. So, a nother of my guesses is that we can start getting ready for anoth er bond issue in Hoke County. We will have to do it, too, for conditions in some of our schools are bad, to understate the case. Now Superintendent K. A. Mac Donald has hopes that federal school building aid will be made available sometime in the not-too-distant future, and has Sen ator Sam Ervin as a pretty good basis for his hopes. You may have read the Senator's comments a , long this line in a recent speech. I Well, I hope we'll never get that money. My reasons for this are simple, and I don't mind stat ing them. In the first place, we'll get federal control if we get fed eral funds, and I'll be hard to convince we won't. They'll say something to the effect that "this money is to be available on the following conditions," or "to schools which .... and therein will He the control. If we want the money we will accept the con ditions. In the second place, such money from the federal govern ment is a losing and uneconom ical proposition. I am certain it costs more for federal tax mach inery to collect our money, take it to Washington, legislate on it, run it through the different bu reaus and get it back to us than it would cost for us to raise it and do our own job with it. We don't get any money from Wash ington that originates there . . . it all comes from us (the Ameri can people) to start with, hard as that may be for many of us to learn. Now arguments in favor of this proposition are that some of us who need it worse will get more back than we send to Washing ton, and will so profit. North Car olina pays a great deal more in federal taxes than the average state, so it would appear to me that we would stand a better chance . of losing on that score. Another question that proponents of federal aid will ask you is "Had you rather for your money to go to educate your children, or to be given to some foreign country?" The theory behind that one is that the federal government is going to collect so much from us anyway, and if we don't get it for ourselves someone else will Well, the government is running at a loss and deep in debt, and has no worry at all about what to do with its money. Adding an other expense will not help its condition in the least, as I see it. What we must sooner or later realize is that this country is us, you and me. The federal govern ment is not some omnipotent and bottomless resource away in the fog. It is you and me and C. B. Deane and the fellow down the street, and Kerr Scott and others like us. That's aU It is. It is of v.s, for us and by us, by the cons titution. What it has it gets from us. It cannot take our money and carry it to Washington and bring it back to us for nothing, and don't you think that it can. Mrs. Richard Neeley Is on (Continued on Back Page) Legion Hears Of $30,000 Pool At Meet With Ladies Chairman H. B. Lewis of the American Legion's swimming pool committee gave plans and de scription of a swimming pool to cost an estimated $30,390 to members of the local post, the auxiliary and Gold Star parents at a supper meeting at the high school cafeteria Monday night. Members of the post gathered with the auxiliary to enjoy a turkey supper and to honor the Gold Star parents. Post Com mander John D. McNeill presid ed. After welcoming the guests, Lewis told the group of investi gations his group had made since the last meeting of a swimming pool suitable for the post to build in Raeford. The pool he offered for the consideration of the mem bers, and action at a later meet ing would be -wedge-shaped, 82' feet long, 30 feet wide at one end and 45 feet wide at the other. It would range in depth from three to ten feet, with lanes usable for swimming meets or training for them. It would have a separate wad ing pool, 20 feet by ten feet, and would be complete with filter system, ladders, cleaning equip ment, diving boards and stands, chlorinator and coated inside with white marble plaster for the proposed price of $30,390. Additional items which woul have to be considereed in building the poel would include fencing, grading, lights, bath houses, grass, and others. Mrs. R. L. Murray, president of the auxiliary, also spoke briefly and welcomed the Gold Star par ents. Speaker was Chaplain Carl Earhart of the Army at Fort Bragg, who made a very Inspir ing and interesting talk on the value and importance of proper home life in America today. Recorder Hears Few Cases In Court Tuesday The civil session of superior court under Judge W. A. Leland McKeithan took the morning off Tuesday so that the county re corder's court could be held, with Judge T. O. Moses presiding. A bout 10 cases were heard, and a bout 15 more, all involving traf fic violations, were cleared by forfeitures and pleas. Alvin Eugene Odom, white, was found guilty in two separate cases of driving after his license had been revoked, with an im properly equipped or licensed car. He was given a road sen tence of four months in each case, to run concurrently, and to be suspended on payment of $200 and court costs in each case. He appealed and posted a $250 bond in each case. Robert Pate and Bobby Pate, white, were charged with break ing and entering the home of Mel Baker, larceny, and receiving stolen property. Robert Pate pled guilty and the case was sent to juvenile court. Bobby Pate pled guitly of receiving stolen proper ty. Sentence was three months on the roads, to be suspended on payment of $50 and costs and two years good behavior. He appeal ed and is in jail in default of a $500 bond. Winston Livingston, colored, was found guilty of assaulting Team Stubbs, also colored, with a knife. He got 60 days, suspend ed on payment of $10 and costs and $25 for Stubbs. Willie McNeill, colored, pled guilty of driving a truck having improper lights and brakes, and being generally unequipped. He got 30 days suspended on pay ment of $10 and costs. James Green, colored, was found guilty of careless and reckless driving, resulting damage. He had to pay $10 and costs. James McRae, colored, pled guilty of giving Brantley Allen a bad check for $8.00. He had to pay Allen and court costs. For speeding, passing in the face of traffic or failing to stop at stop signs 14 defendants left costs, two left $15 and costs and one left $50 and costs. Local Group Attends Saunders Ceremony In Raleigh Today A group of twelve or fifteen local citizens attended the cere mony in the office of Governor Luther H. Hodges this morning at which William P. Saunders, of Southern Pines, former president of Robbins Mills, Inc., was sworn in as director of the North Car olina Department pf Conservation and Development. Saunders succeeds Ben Doug las as director of the department, having resigned as a member of the State Banking Commission when given the new appointment by Governor Hodges. He had been appointed to the banking commission by Governor William B. Umstead. Saunders, who has been living in retirement in Southern Pines since the merger of Robbins Mills in 1954 with American Woolen Company in a deal that finally produced the Amerotron Corpo ration of Textron American, was named to the job by a governor who as a college mate at the Un iversity of North Carolina was manager of the baseball team on which Saunders was a player. He was sworn in this morning by another long-time associate and friend. Associate Justice Wil liam H. Bobbitt of the North Carolina Supreme Court. Justice Bobbitt was a classmate of Saun ders In the class of 1921 at the University. Saunders was frequently in Raeford while in the textile bus iness and since. His daughter, Mrs. Ralph Barnhart, was a res ident of Fulton Street while her husband was here with Robbins Mills and later Amerotron, and the new director has many friends End acquaintances in the com munity. 0 Gill Speaker At McKeithan Dinner State Treasurer Edwin Gill of Raleigh and Laurinburg, a form er federal collector of internal revenue for North Carolina, was the featured speaker at testimon ial dinner given at the Starmount Country Club in Greensboro last Friday night for Herbert Mc Keithan, of Raeford. Mr. Mc Keithan is now on leave prepara tory' to retiring December 31 as chief of the Delinquent Accounts and Returns Branch of the In ternal Rfevenue Service in Greens boro. He served 18 years with the service in rising to his position as head of the branch, and as chief he headed a force of 116 emplo yees, including 85 collection of ficers stationed throughout North Carolina. The dinner was given in his honor by personnel from the DAR branch and was attend ed by friends from all over thf State. J. E. Wall, Jr., .assistant district director, served as mas ter of ceremonies. In addition to Mr. Gill's speech, tributes were delivered by P. K. Sanders, dis trict director, and W. J. Bost. chief of the collection division. Christmas decorations were us ed in the ballroom. The head table had a green cloth, center piece of red carnations with Christmas balls, and red candles in silver candelabra. Mrs. Mo Keithan's place was marked with an orchid. The gift presented to Mr. McKeithan by his fellow workers was a home air condi tioning unit. O Band To Present Concert Tuesday The annual Christmas banH concert by the Hoke County High School band, under the directior of Bandmaster J. B. Renn. be presented in the school audi torium next Tuesday night. De comber 20, at 8:00 o'clock, Mr Renn has announced. The program will be varied, he said, with a number of marches and overtures, as well as the tra ditional and familiar Christmas music. The junior band will also pei form, and a girls ensemble will sing "White Christmas, "Bring a Torch Jeanette", "Isabella", and "Serenade," from "The Student Prince." There will be no admission charge, and the public is invited. United Fund Is Getting Closer Nearly 77 In Turning in of about $500 more during the week brought the Hoke County United Fund Drive to almost 77 percent of its goal this week, J. H. Austin, campaign chairman said today. He also said sources yet to be heard from promise to bring it to about 90 percent, and urged all who could make an extra effort to do so in order that the goal of $6902 might be reached. Persons not contacted for funds may contribute by sim ply mailing their money to Hoke County United Fund, Raeford, N. C. Receipts during the past week brought the total contributed and pledged to $5347.82. Of this $4665.97 is in cash and $681.85 is in pledges. The Upchurch High School con tribution, reported last week as $37.60 was corrected by Princi pal G. A. Page this week to $102.68. Hoke High and McLauch lin School raised $169.50. The drive Is not complete at the Amerotron plant, but $1094.36 has been contributed in cash there and $363.75 pledged, for a total contribution of $1,458.11. Report has not been, received from the U. S. Rubber Company plant, but Austin said he understands it to be 100 percent participation and expects this to raise the total considerably when received. In the large business division those reaching 100 percent parti cipation included Israel Mann, $50 paid and. $20 pledged; Mc Lauchlin Co.,- $117.50 paid; Post Office, $37 arid $16; Professional group, $265 paid; The Johnson Company, $45: and $12; The Bank of Raeford, $180 paid and $28 pledged; Upchurch Milling and Storage Co., $70 paid and $132.60 pledged; T. B. Upchurch, Inc., $65 paid; Hoke Afto Co., $132 paid; Hoke Oil ar.J Fertilizer Co., $434.50 paid. Other firms and groups rais ing over $50 included Raeford Lumber Co., $106 paid; County Building, $47.50 paid and $13 pledged; Courthouse, $60 paid and $30 pledged;' Collins Department Store, $56 paid; Belk-Hensdale Co., $59 paid; McDonald's Esso Servicenter, $48.50 paid and $5.00 pledged. Communities which have re ported are Arabia $155.70; Ashley Heights $112.60, Wayside $47, Blue Springs $37, Stonewall $38, Antioch $138. o McPhaul Opens Tax, Bookkeeping Office County Accountant J. W. Mc Phaul announces in this issue the opening on January 1, 1956, of an office to furnish a tax and bookkeeping service to the pub lic. The office is located at 11? East Edinborough Avenue in the building formerly occupied by the law offices of Smith and Mc Queen, and in more recent years by the Laurinburg Production Credit Association, ji'st across the street from the courthouse. In his announcement McPhaul offers service on income tax, soc ial security, and regular book keeping for farmers and busi nesses. He is qualified by train ing and experience for this type of work, having been trained in accounting, and having experi ence in the accounting depart ments of Pure Oil Company, Com mercial Credit Corp., and for the past 10 years in accounting and general management at Hoke Oil and Fertilizer before coming tr work as county accountant on December 1. This will be the first office to be formally opened for this type of complete service here, although the late John A McGoogan did furnish tax and bookkeeping service to many people and firms for many years prior to his death. o PTA TO MEET MONDAY The Hoke - Raeford Parent- Teachers Association will hold its regular monthly meeting at the McLauchlin Elementary School on Monday night, Decem ber 19, at 7:45 o'clock, Rav Chandler, president, has announc ed. He said a Christmas program would be presented, and urged all parents to attend. Polio Vaccine At Health Department For Children 1-6 Schedule for administering Salk vaccine to pre-school-age children was announced this week by the Hoke County Health Department, and Is to begin tomorrow. Shots have already been administered to the school children in the coun ty up to the age nine where their parents have requested it in wri ing. The department announcement said that the vaccinations would be given to children aged from one to six on Fridays from 9:0f a. m. to 4:00 p. m., and on Tues days from 9:00 to noon. School age children who have not re ceived the shots may also receive them at these times if brought by their parents to the health de partment in the county office building. n Civil Court Is Clearing Docket The civil term of superior court being conducted here this week by Judge W. A. Leland Mc Keithen of Pinehurst Is expetced to clear the civil docket of a large majority of the more than 300 old cases, some of which have been on it for 20 years or more, Clerk J. B. Cameron said today. Court was held Monday, and again Tuesday afternoon. After the Tuesday afternoon session a recess was called until Friday, in order to allow the clerk's office and attorneys to prepare neces sary papers incident to court or ders clearing the 'cases. Cameron said that most cases would be cleared by non-suit, and that some would be returned to the active calendar for disposition. n Local Student In Pageant At Duke TCenneth M. Miller of Raeford was one of the featured soloists in the 200-voice Duke University Chapel Choir when it accompani ed the annual Christmas pageant in the Duke Chapel, Sunday night. December 11. He was also one of the principals in the pageant. An annual affair for 24 years. the pageant consisted of six tab leaux of the Nativity story. "The Prophet," "The Annunciation," "The Madonna," "The Holy Fam ily," "The Visit of the Shepherds," and "The Visit of the Wisemen." A senior at Duke, Miller is the son of the Rev. and Mrs. J. H Miller of 818 North Main St. Christmas Dance At Armory Friday, 23rd The Raeford Junior Chamber of Commerce members have be gun advertising their annual Christmas Dance, which is to be held at the National Guard Ar mory on Friday, December 23, from 9:00 p. m. until 1:00 a. m. The public is invited and ad vance tickets can be secured from any Jaycee. By popular demand the Jay- cees are bringing back the or chestra of David Pugh, of Darl ington, S. C, who were enjoyed a great deal by a large crowd at the dance last year, as well ar on several other occasions at t" armory. COMMUNITY CHAPEL CHRISTMAS PAGEANT The Christmas pageant at Com munity Chapel Methodist Church will be presented on Friday even ing, December 23, at 7:00 o'clock, the Rev. James W. Hamilton, pastor, announced this week Christmas gifts will be exchang ed on this occasion, he said. BETHEL PAGEANT SUN. The Christmas pageant at Be thel Presbyterian Church will be presented Sunday evening at 7:00 o'clock, the pastor, the Rev. Jos eph W. Amory, has announced. This will be the occasion for the annual "Joy Gift" offering, Mr. Amory said. 1) TABERNACLE CANTATA NEXT SUNDAY NIGHT The choir of Tabernacle Baptist Church at Rockfish will present a Christmas Cantata, "Good Tid ings of Joy," Sunday, December 18, at 7:30 o'clock. The public is invited. STREET FILLED FOR CHRISTMAS PARADE HERE WEDNESDAY P.M. Hoke Men Visit Burgaw Hospital Four Raeford men went to Bur caw Wednesdav and nairl n visit to the Pender County Hospital there, with a view toward com paring its operation with the op eration of a similar facility here, if people of this county should succeed in gettirg one. They were Dr. R. M. Jordan, J. L. McNeill, John Campbell and Charles Hos- tetler. In Burgaw, which is about the size or a little smaller than Raeford, they spent several hours with M. E. Bullard, administrator of the hospital. The group looked over the 33- bed hospital, which was built with 25 beds in 1951 and had an addition with eight more this year, and learned that it served a population in the county of a bout 18,000, of which about half or a few more are colored, con ditions which closely parallel those here. They also learned that the hos pital's operation was at an annual deficit of about $12,000, which is paid by the county. This was ex plained partially, Mr. Bullard said, by the fact that the Medical Care Commission had classed 42 per cent of the county's population as idigent. He said the room rate of $6.50 and $7.00 daily for semi- private, $11.00 for private and $12 for private air conditioned were lower than in many hospitals, and said that the percentage of people in the county covered by hosnital insurance is very small, as there are no industrial groups carrying this insurance. Both these factors would or could be somewhat dif ferent here, he pointed out, and the difference could be enough to eliminate the deficit. The local group was particu- Iarlv interested to learn that thr doctor and nurse situation at the Pender hospital is highly satis factory. Four Wilmington spec ialists are on the staff, and make regular and emergency visits to the hospital. Four other members of the general medicine staff are residents of Burgaw and do gen eral practice as well. This situa tion. Bullard said, works well and is "highly satisfactory to the peo ple. About 50 operations are done in the hospital a month, he said, and the average number of pat ients per day for November was 25.8, although it had been much higher many months. The local group are hopeful that other citizens of this county will take occasion to visit the Pender County Hospital and see these things for themselves. Hoke Favors Quotas In Cotton Vote Tues. Cotton farmers in Hoke Count' voted overwhelmingly in favor of cotton marketing quotas for 1956 in the referendum Tuesday, Miss Louise Blue, manager of the coun ty office of the Agricultural Sta bilization and Conservation ad ministration, said today. Mis Rlue said that 475 farmers of Hoke County voted for the pro Pram at the nine voting places ir the county to only 11 against. This gives the quotas a margin of 97.7 in' the county, a higher percentage than in the nation as a whole. Voting in the county by com munities was Allendale, 45 to iw" Antioch, 63 to four; Blue Springs 44 to two; Little River, 27 to none against; Wayside, 30 to one; Rock fish, 25 to one; Quewhiffle, 82 to none; Raeford, 99 to two; and Stonewall, 60 to none against. PRESBYTERIANS PLAN CHILDREN'S PAGEANT At seven o'clock Sunday even ing, December 18, the children of the Raeford Presbyterian Church will present the nativity scenes in the pageant "Crown Him", which is an adaptation of a pag eant by Kathleen Hay. Music will be furnished by three of the children's choirs and the Pioneer Choir. The public is Invited to this presentation In the Fellow ship Room of the church. Entire County Represented Churches from all over Hoke County took part in the first non commercial Christmas parade here Wednesday night, and sev eral thousand people not involv- j ed in mak'n or moving the par- ticipating floats lined the Main street from the Baptist Church to the Laurinburg Road to watch. The crowd is estimated to have been as large as those appearing for the commercial type parades held here in the past, always in the daytime. The parade formed in and a- round the schoolyard at Hoke High School, and as it began to get dark the hustle and bustle of everyone going about his bus iness, and the crowded vehicles furnishing the only light bore some resemblance to war days and military units getting ready to move in darkness before day, although the significance of the occasion was different in every way. Only casualty of the parade as planned was to the float from Antioch Presbyterian Church, de picting "No room at the inn" which had locomotive difficultv in getting to Raeford and didn't appear in the parade. Floats ap pearing were prepared by 13 churches of the county, Hoke High School, Upchurch School, and Hoke County Indian School. The parade was arranged by the Raeford Junior Chamber of Commerce under the supervision of Angus Currie, president, and financing was by the Raeford Chamber of Commerce with W. L. Howell, Jr., chairman of the Merchants' Division, doing the arranging. The float subjects and titles were prepared by a com mittee of ministers with the Rev. W. B. Heyward serving as chair man. , In commenting on the, parade this morning Angus J. Currie ex pressed the appreciation of all the organizations and committees for the excellent cooperation re ceived in preparing for and pre senting the parade, and said that people of the entire county were I proud of it. He commented par- tieularly on the general excell ence of the floats and the work that had obviously been put into their preparation. Leading the parade was the float of the Raeford Baptist Church with "The Holy Bible" as its subject. Others appeared in the following order. People's Methodist Church, "Isaiah's Prophecy of the Church." Shiloh Presbyterian Church, "The Annunciation (The Angel Appears to Mary)." Hoke County Indian School, "The Angel Appears to Joseph." Philippi Presbyterian Church, "The Tax Decree From Caesar Augustus." Bethel Presbyterian Church, "The Journey to Bethlehem." Raeford Methodist Church, "The Manger Scene." Raeford Foursquare Church, "The Shepherd Scene." Sandy Grove Methodist, Ephe sus Baptist and Dundarrach Pres byterian Churches, "The Angel of the Lord Appears to the Shep herds." Hoke County High School, "The Journey of the Wise Men." Upchurch High School, "Shep herds at the Manger." Parker's Methodist Church, "The Wise Men at the Manger Giving Gifts." Tabernacle Baptist Church, "Simeon in the Temple." Raeford Presbyterian Church, choral group, "Joy To The World." Before, during and after the parade Miss Jessie B. Ferguson organist of the Raeford Metho dist Church, played Christmas music on the chimes of the church. BRIDGE CLUB RESULTS The Raeford Duplicate Bridge Club held its regular weekly game Friday night, with a some what smaller than usual crowd of players. North-South winners were Fred Aysse and Mrs. J. A. McKay, with Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Anderson second. East-West win ners were Mr. and Mrs. Graham Bell, with Mrs. Younger Snead and Mrs. Crawford Thomas sec ond. 5: .V'
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