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The Hoke County Joumal-Establitlied 1905
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«tn work ii
ing done gt the cemetery this
veek, calchiag up with the mow-
iBf and tnriX to fet thp pUce
in^ shape tor lertili^f and aoM-
ing with rye grass. You know,
toward the end of the summer
it gets to be more than one man
eat) handle, and Vance Wiggins
ai)id the. town crew are fumish-
iat a little extra help. The cem-
^ety ftmd is furnishing the
equipment and supplies there,
had will buy the seed and ferti
liser needed to get it right for
the next season. Your contribu
tion could be used if you have
n't. made one in the last year or
so.' Just make your check to
"News-Journal Cemetery Fund,”
and mail.
• Handsome badges for mem
befs of the Hoke High Booster
Club came last week and were
dis^ibuted at the game Friday
night. They were being worn
proudly before the night was
over.
The Hamlet sports writer who
picked Rockingham over Hoke
High by 3f points and Lumber-
ton over Laurinburg by about
the same margm really lvuI some
backing up to do in Tuesday’s
paper. The Laurinburg-Lumber-
ton game wu a tie, too. In his
explanation he says “the Rock
ingham Rockets are not as migh
ty as believed as first. Actually,
the Big Rocks were lucky to get
off with a tie when they played
Coach Floyd Wilson’a, fired-up
Raeford team Friday night.”
The writer, Kirk Kirkley, ranks
the District IV teams Rocking
ham, Wadesboro, Hoke High,
Hamlet, Lumberton, Sanford and
l>aurinburg.
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.Charles
haul
.Pit A KsttkosJDe^
f IfMtatter Mddini
, at the'
supper, to the effect that Re was
happy to’ see him doing some
Urork.
BBl Crowell says a good way
to get your name in the paper
is to cross the street reading one.
Only notices of ingatherings
we have received so far are for
Centre Presbyterian Church,
which is next Thursday, October
1, at noon, and for Rex Presby
terian Church, which is on Wed
nesday, October 14, from 5:00
until 8:00 o’clock. The public is
invited to these church benefits,
the food is always good and plen
tiful, and there is usually a sale
of farm produce, canned goods,
handiwork and the like. Thing
most folks enjoy most is the
chance to renew old acquaint
ances and make new ones.
Mrs. Eunice McKeithan. Mott-
ICy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N.
A. McKeithan of Route two, hu
been appointed Home Demon
stration Agent for Prince Ed
ward County (Farmville), Vir
ginia, and is to start work Octo
ber 1. Mrs. Mottley graduated in
1943 from East Carolina College,
taught school in Duplin County
for two years, and has lived near
Burkville, Va., since her marri
age in 1945. She and Mr. Mott
ley have three Sons and a daugh
ter. -She served as Home Demon
stration Agent i n Nottoway
County, Va., from 1948 to 1951
Mayor Alfred Cole presents gift to Powell at banquet.
Honor Luke Powell
At Slipper Friday
Interesting letter this week
from Rear Admiral Alex Patter
son, irsN Retired, Hoke Ciunty
man who is now public records
•xaminer with the N. C. Depart
ment of Archives and Histpry.
The Admiral’s letter offers con
vincing proof of the need for a
history of Hoke Courly before
all first hand knowledge of its
beginning is gone. He points out
that a systematic recording of
the facts of the area ar.|' its peo
ple now available will be an in
valuable contribution in years to
come "not only to the history
and culture of the county, but
to the State of North Carolina as
well."
Admiral Patterson is so right,
and what we need is a county or
sectional historical society to get
on the job. 1 believe it would be
much more fun than you might
at first think, and 1 will mention
it again in more detail.
A couple of points in the traf
fic point system will bear ex
planation. Firit, they don’t in
tend to take a license for a group
of low-point offenses on the same
occasion. In this case just the
points for the offense with the
largest number will be rerord-
eded instead of adding them up.
Speeding over 55 is included
at three points and can be add
ed to others to make the 12
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Luther M. "Luke” Powell,
State Highway Commission main
tenance supervisor Hoke
County, was honored at k testi
monial dinner at the Hoke High
School cafeteria Friday night.
The dinner was given by the
county commissioners, the town
commissioners, the county |ioard
of education, town and county
officials and school committee
men, a|id WM presided over .by
. tOivrinan Dr. Julius Jordan of
the "county boturd of cemm^ibn-
ev«’ .At iiiliaMiA
was arranged by County. Account
ant J. W. McPhaul and s^ved
by Mrs. Lucy Smith and her
lunchroom staff.
The brief program consisted
of recognition of Powell’s long
and outstanding service in build
ing and improving the roads of
the county and town first by T.
C. Johnson, Eighth Division en
gineer, who spoke of his out
standing work during the 18
years he had worked with him.
Forrest Lockey, Raeford na
tive and former highway com
missioner of the Eighth Division,
spoke of Powell’s fine service
and outstanding charatcer.
J. L. McNeill, speaking on be
half of the citizens of the coift-
munity, praised Powell’s perfor
mance through the years, and
the way he had always been a
vailable and ready to do all he
could for the people of the town
and county.
The planned program was
concluded with eloquent and
well chosen words of praise by
Mayor Alfred Cole for Powell’s
service to the town, county and
stkte, and for his outstanding
character.
Mayor Cole made the presen
tation to Powell of a Hamilton
wrist watch inscribed "1959 —
Luke Powell, from the citizens
of Hoke County.”
Sheriff D. H. Hodgin with an
anecdote of their youth at the
North Carolina Military Acad
emy added a light note to the oc
casion, followed by Former Sup
erintendent K. A. MacDonald,
who told Powell he could cer
tainly recommend retirement af
ter having greatly enjoyed two
months of it.
Vance Wiggins, Raeford street
supervisor, thanked Powell for
their fine association in the past
12 years, and H. T. Bundy, coun
ty maintenance foreman, spoke
of the pleasure he felt in more
than 30 years of working with
Powell.
Also present were Sam Swar-
ingen, Aberdeen district engi
neer, and Henry Jordan, assist
ant division engineer.
,ln retiring October 1, Powell
'pMh be'^fonbwing a politer itiP'
down by the State Highway Com
mission this year under which
all employees will be retired at
the end of the year in which
their 65th birthday falls.
He will bring to a conclusion
a career atarted with mules and
dragpans and prisoners in Robe
son County more than 31 years
ago, as he became county road
superintendent there in 1928. A
native of Red Springs he has
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Hold Area Meeting
On Highway Safely
Pomona InstaDs
New Officers At
Grange Meeting
Ashemont, Blue Springs, and
Wayside, the three Granges in
Hoke County, met. together it
Bethel Church recently.
Halley Blythe, master of the
host Grange, opened the meet
ing and presented Hartford
Bridgeman of Lumberton who
swore in the new officers.
Following the installation
the recently-dected officers, the
meeting was closed and imme
diately opened as the meetina of
the Pomona Grange. PjreslWg
was Master Fred Johnson. .
Bridgeman, a district deputy,
swore in new officers of the Po
mona. They are: Glenn Wood,
overseer; Mrs. D. R. Huff; Jr.,
lecturer; R. M. Hooper, steward;
James. Nixon, assistant steward;
John Flannery, chaplain; Paul
Johnson, treasurer; Mrs. James
Nixon, secretary; J. H. Wright,
gate keeper; Mrs. Marshall New
ton, Ceres; Mrs. R. M. Hooper,
Pomona; Mrs. Lucy Smith,- Flora.
Barbara Thompson, lady as
sistant steward; Halley Blythe,
J. H. Plummer, and John Flan
nery, executive committeemen.
“Tile eyes of your fellow
Grange members are upon .you
and they are looking to you for
leadership, so you would do well
to bear that in mind as you go a-
bout your daily tasks,” Bridge-
man stated in his brief speech
to the officers as he charged
them with the duties of their of
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Plan To Enforce
Traffic Points Law
To Appear On TV
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Manager of the ASC office,
Miss Louise V. Blue, will appear
on Channel 6, Wilmmgton tele
vision station, September 28, at
6:45 a.m. She will discuss the ac
tivities of the Agricultural and
Stabilization office in Hoke Coun
ty-
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Alice McCleskey of Winston-
Salem spent from Friday through
Sunday with her grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Upchurch.
Powell Bill Allots
$11,157 To Raeford
Powell Bill money represent
ing one-half of the state’s six-
centa per gallon tax on gasoline
and totalling $6,766,092.58 wiU
go to 408 incorporated towns and
cities this year and checks for
the money will be mailed Octo
ber 1.
The town of Raeford will re
ceive $11,157.59 from the tax
funds. This amount was allocated
on the basis of the 1950 popula
tion figure of 2,030.
Powell Bill funds are used for
non-highway system street im
provements. Towns and cities
have been receiving these funds
since 1951 when the first alloca
tion was $4,543,096.20. This sum
has increased year by year and
this year amounts tb $6,766,-
092.58 The first number of muni-
cipalties participating was 386;
the figure now is 408.
This represents an approxi
mate 4 per cent increase over
the $6,477,457.37 distributed last
year. During the nine-year per
iod of aid under the Powell Bill
a total of $51,779,757.24 wiU
have been distributed with the
issuance of this year’s checks.
The net revenue from the 6c
tax amounted to $81,228,099.60
for the fiscal year 1958-1959,
Half of the total Powell Bill
allocations, will be divided a-
mong all qualified municipalities
on the basis of population at a
per capita rate of $2.21.
The remaining half is divided
on the basis of relative mileage
of non-highway system or local
streets of municipalities comply
ing with the act at a per mile
rate of $474.75. Total length of
such streets this year is 7,122.82
miles.
“They’re doing their best to
stop this slaughter," is the com
ment frequently heard of the N.
C. Highway Patrol and evidence
of their efforts to stop de^hs
oiw the highways, was offered at
a two-county meeting held in
Laurinburg Thursday night.
More than' 40 from Hoke Coun
ty went to the mating planned
for officers, clerks of court, and
others interested in prevention
of accidents.
A discussion of the new “Point
system” approved by the General
Assembly and put into use in
June by the Patrol was led by
Sgt. C. E. Whitfield of Rocking
ham. Whitfield is commanding
officer of the patrol’s district
five.
. The three Hoke patrolmen,. J.
E. Dupree, W. T. Herbin, and E.
G. Inman, were among the eight
officers from the law enforce
ment body at the meeting.
Also present was Allen D.
Wall, one of the men hired by
the state to conduct the climes
for drivers who have collected
as much as seven points for vio
lations.
"driving to death..
“You are literally driving your
self to death,” said Sgt. Whit
field to the gathering of nearly
KX) persons in Scotland County
Courthouse. Pointing out that to
date North Carolina has about
.100 more fatalities than were
reported for the same time last
year, Whitfield reviewed the rea
son the “point system” was
brought into use and approved
by the General Assembly.
The system provides for points
to be .charged against a driver
for certain dangerous violations
of traffic laws. Such a program
iboks to improve-ttwse-who-are
dangerous to themselves and oth
ers and will remove them from
the roads if the improvement is
not permanent.
According to Whitfield each
time a driver violates a moving
traffic law the state Department
of Motor Vehicles is notified and
the driver’s record is charged
with the proper number of
points.
When the total number of
points reaches 12 within a two-
year period, his license may be
suspended.
An effort to prevent the total
number reaching 12 involves the
driver training clinics.
When the driver’s points reach
four he is sent a letter of warn
irig. If he continues violating
laws and the point couAt against
him reaches seven he may take a
course in driving technique that
may help him combat poor driv
ing habits.
, lf the driver successfully com
pletes the course, three points
will be removed from his record.
When a license is suspended
and reinstated all points are re
moved and the driver has
fresh record. If he’continues to
drive poorly, he may be soon on
the suspension list again, because
after one suspension, only eight
points are required for another
suspension. The] second suspen
sion may last as much as six
months.
Points are assigned' according
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Prevents Scoring — Dick Tic-1 in the fourth quarter of the. when he was tacl-led Other*
kle, bn ground; saved the day Bucks’ meet with Rockingham shown are Re.tri? Waddell, 38,
when he tackled Rockingham’s Friday night. Tuthill had clear and Bill Howell, 43.
Ron Tuthill, 20. The play came I running to the Bucks goal line, 1
Rockingham Fights
Bucks To 13-13 Tie
Big Crowd Sees
Wilson’s Team In
Superior Effort
Traffic Point System
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Open To Traffic — Kicking up
a cloud of dust, a big transfer
truck speeds across the bridge
over Rockfish Creek on U.S. 401
bypass Friday minutes after the
road was opened to traffic. Truck
shown was the first one to cross
the bridge; the first automobile
to cross it after it was re-opened
was driven by James Hurst of
Raeford.
The bypajs was ooened at 11:50
Friday morning after having been
closed for several months While
the new bridge was constructed.
Two Killed When
Truck Strikes
Car Early Friday
Two Hoke colored'men were
killed in a collision between
their auto and a truck Friday
morning in idoore County near
' the Hoke-Moore line,
j Belvin Harris, 38, and Avery
McLauchlin, 40, were killed
‘ when a truck belonging to a
j creamery company of Durham
apparently ran through a stop
sign and went into N.C. 211 on
which the car was traveling.
I The truck, traveling in the di-
rectibn of N.C. 211 on the road
known as the Southern Pines cut
off, crashed into the right side
of a car driven by John Henry
Da^’is, colored, of Route 1. Both
of his companions were instant
ly killed. Davis was not seriously
injured.
The wreck occurred before
day just after four o’clock.
Moore patrolmen told Hoke
Highway Patrolman J. E. Du
pree that no charges were
brought against the driver, Nor
man Finch, Binghampton, N. Y.
at the time of the accident be-
caus? he was in a state of shock.
Both Harris and 'McLauchlin
lived on Route 3, Raeford. I
Tar Heel drivers can expect points to be added to their re
cords if they are convicted of any of the following offenses:
Passing stopped school bus—five points.
Reckless driving—four.
Hit and run, property damage only—four.
-«dfeedi«g'over 55—three.'^ t'*
Illegal passing—three.
Failing to yield right of way—three.
Running through red light—three.
No operators license or license expired more than one
year—three.
Failure to stop for police light or siren—thre .
Driving through safety zone—three.
Driving on wrong side of road—three.
No liability insurance—three.
Failure to report accident when report is requi;;'’ hree.
Running through stop sign—two.
Failure to give proper signal—two.
Speeding in city limits—two.
Speeding-in restricted zone—two.
All other moving violations—two.
When a driver collects 12 points within two years, his license
may be st^pended.
Coach Floyd Wilson’s Hoke
High Bucks surprbed and de-
-H-'*• liightCl. 'BUI -ar'iirntr'l 2.59©
screaming fans at Armory Park
Friday night when they fought
the highly, touted Rockin'tham
Rockets to a frazzle and ma'Ie
them come from behind to gain
a 13-13 tie.
Judge Sentences
Whiskey Makers
SCHEDULE
The Hoke Bucks go to Saa-
ford Friday night for a confer
ence game. Friday night of
next week the Bucks will en
tertain the Stednun team here
at .Armory Park in a non-con
ference battle. The following
Friday night. October 9, Laur
inburg, which tied Lumberton
last week, will oome to Rae
ford for the Hoke High Home
coming game, a conference con
test. Last home game on the
schedule will be against Seven
ty-First on October 39.
The case of Eddie Locklear,
Indian, and Carl Boahn, white,
was disposed of in the Tuesday
session of Hoke Recorder’s Court.
Both were found by rural po
lice officers September 3 near
a still located about 100 yards
from Locklear’s house in Mc
Lauchlin township. Officers to pay costs.
Lucille Faircloth Merritt,
white, pled guilty of speeding 65
in a 55 mph zone. Jud^ent was
sus|>ended on payment of costs.
John Pryor, white, was found
guilty of driving withoot opera
tor’s license. He was sentenced
to one week in jail and ordered
found them near one still and
then located another on the oth
er side of Locklear’s house.
Charged with possession of a
complete distillery and the man
ufacturing of whiskey, Locklear
offered no defense. He was sen
tenced to six months on the
roads;..the sentence is to be su
spended on payment of $25. the
costs of court, and two still fees.
He offered no defense to the
charge of possession of illegal
whiskey. On this charge, he was
sentenced to six months on the
roads, that to be suspended on
the payment of $25 and the
costs.
Since Boahn is only 15, his
case was remanded by Judge
Harry Greene to juvenile court. •
Alex Campbell, colored, was
charged with possession of a dis
tillery for the purpose of manu
facturing whiskey. He pled guil
ty and a sentence of 18 months
on the roads was to be suspend
ed on the payment of $100, costs
of court, and the still fee.
Mary Lilly Graham, colored,
pled guilty of driving while un
der the influence of liquor. For
this she wae sentenced to six
months in prison, the sentence
to be suspended on payment of
$100 and the costs.
In an accompanying case, she
pled guilty of failing tq have re
gistration card and liability in
surance. She was sentenced to-
six months in Woman’s Prison,
that to be auspended on payment
of $40 and the costs.
Warren Dobbs, white, pled
guilty of speeding 65 mph in a
55 mph zone. Judgement was su
spended on payment of the costs.
yaihes McLean, colored, was
found guilty of non-support and
sentenced to twelve months on
the roads. Sentence was to be su
spended on condition that he pay
^ twice a month for his chil
dren and the costs of court. |
James Clayton Long, white, of j
Fayetteville, pled guilty of hav
ing improper lights. Judgment
was to be suspended on payment
of costs. . i
Walter Barefoot, white, pled!
guilty of having no operator’s
license and was found guilty of
driving under the influence of
liquor (third offense), and hav
ing improper brakes. He was
sentenced to two years on the
roads. j
In a companion case, Barefoot j
pled guilty of having no liabii- ‘
ity insurance and was found not
Coach Dill Eutsler’s Rockets
had been picked as the winners
by from four touchdowns up,
and wound up coming nearer to
getting beat than at any time in
conference play in the last four
years, Wilson’s Bucks ^^ere ob
viously fired up for the gam%
and soon made it apparent that
they had not gone on the field
to take a heating.
The Bucks were outweighed
considerably on the average and
in most positions, and Wilson
used 14 players in the game
while the Rockets were able to
play about twice that many. In
spite of this the Bucks capitaliz
ed on a superior knowle^e of
fundamentals, near-perfect phy
sical condition, and perfect men
tal condition to play the Rockets
on a better-than-even basis at
times and to a tie score.
Capitalizing on a fumbled
punt in the first quarter the vis
itors moved to a quick score en
Bob Sanford’s 8-yard run. and it
looked as if they were beginning
to run up their predicted high
score.
The Bucks bad (hfierent idem
though, and Quartei;back Jimmy
Byrd laid a perfect pass in tb'
arms of Larr:* Upchurch, out he^
guilty of possession of illegal ^ defeiu^
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Banquet To Honor
Former Hoke Man
On Hid Retirement
Several Hoke citizens will go
to Raleigh Friday evening for a
banquet honoring E. B. Garrett
church picked ’em up and tak*
I ’em down like a seared deer im
I the remaining 30 yards er m te
pay dirt The play was good tor
48 yar^ His try for the potot
after was wide, and the- scere
stood at 7A, but the Bucks were
beck in tti* gsau.
\ Most of the third quatrter was
rhearisg tw Hoke f»m fm lit
who is retiring after serving | Mae de^n^ve {day of the Baebs.
some years as state conservatiKi-1 Who steed tee to toe aid heW
ist of the Soil Conaervatiei Ser-! the big Racket line. Late ia the
vice. He was for several years i quarter, deep is Hoke teth>ery,
farm manager of the N. C. Sam- J t h c Hmirirwbiw
torium at McCain. loeked up lee late and tauai
Among those planning to at-1 Upebureb bad beee ia bh b
tend are Mr. and Mrs. N. H. I A*M. ceme ead with tbe bal
G. Balfour, Mr. and Mrs. Fur-| was plsyiaf eesred dMT ^
man Clark. R. E. Neeley, N. F. He ceul^’t he ceugbl. md
Sinclair and R. D. Strother. The time hie kicb was btua. Hi
dinner is to be held at N. C. field blorking tar UpcbiMl
State College Unioa Building, i (CmtMMiad •