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ceme 0 0 0 Hath in your heart to the glorious message of Christmas ., ^peace on'earth, good will to men* Joyful triumphant, its bright promise dispels all doubt and des pair ... brings renewed^pe, faith and courage to all who celeb^te this Day of days! * ■ . JL The News- The Hoke County News-Established 1928 The Hoke County Journal-Established 1905 n: VOLUME LIV; NUMBER 31 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1959 RAEFORD, N. C. 12 PAGES > 10c PER COPY $4.ee PER ERAl ^:^clcUnc&i /f By Th0 Editor Mrs. Sally McGilvary, a resi dent of the Raeford Boarding and Rest Home is celebrating an occasion on Wednesday, Decem ber 23 which most of us would like to look forward to, her 99th birthday. She is getting congra- tualtions from many sources, but probably the most notable If you are wondering where the news Is in this issue, you’ll find it throughout the paper, with some of the items normally on this page on page eight, ba^ page of this section. These were crowded off this page by the more important material displayed above. of her .well-wishers is Mrs. Dwight Eisenhower, who wrote her a peirsonal note from The White House. (.Dated December 18, it fallows. Dear Mrs, McGilvary: As you observe your ninety- ninth birthday on December 23rd, I am happy to send you my most ^rdial congratulations and -host wishes. I hope that this anniversary will be a joyful and memorable occasion for you. Sincerely, Mamie Doud Eisenhower. for the benefit of those who havd not .noticed, the Raeford Plant of Pacific Mills is no long er exactly that according to Man ager Sam Homewood. The desig nation of the big industry is now Raeford Plant, Pacific Division, Burlington Industries. Don’t know exactly how we’ll manage to shorten that for easy refer ence, but suspect we’ll get to calling it either the Pacific Plant or the Burlington Plant in formally, because United States Rubber Company has a Raeford Plant also as, for that matter, does Priebe Poultry Company. We hope you like getting your paper earlier this week, and plan to follow the same early sche dule next week, due to the fact that January 1 is a legal holiday I and falls' on Friday, as does Christmas. We’d like for our home delivery, subscribers to get their papers before Saturday, so both weeks we are getting them ^ into the mail on Wednesday af- ^ ternoon, the Lord willing. We will again appreciate the cooper ation of all who have material for publication in submitting it /Continued on Page 8) Highway Group Tells Plans For.' County In 1960 Two county roads are listed for surfacing and one for im provement in the 1959-60 si^c- ondary road plan for Hoke Coun ty released recently from the state highway cojjnmission. ' Benner road leading from US 401 west of Ralph Plummer’a place and going to the reservi^ tion via Benner’s Pond is one of the two listed for paving. $10,000 has been set aside for the 1.6 mile road. The other road to be surfaced is Jones road, also in McLauch- lin township. It leaves the Ara- bia-Rockfish road about two miles below Arabia and goes by the old Alfred Jones place. For this 1.3 of a mile road $8,000 has been provided. Grading, draining, and stabli- lizing is the work that is plan ned for the Baker road that cuts off Turnpike Road beyond Paci fic Mills, goes through the Queenmore section, by the Alec Baker place, and to the Vass Road. This work is to cost $10,000 for a mile length. The total amount set aside for construction in Hoke County dur- during the fiscal year is $35,600. A surplus fund of $7,000 is a part of this amount. This was set aside so that funds would be a- vailable if during the fiscal year the state highway commission approved construction of a road between US 401 and NC 211. A request was made by Hoke’s commissioners some months ago for^a road leading from the low er end of the new high school property on US 401, to NC 211 south of Raeford. Maintenance A total of $150,840 hr allocated for the Hoke r ance program during the . .ay. This includes a roadway -main tenance allocation of $137,084, a $10,000 bridge maintenance item, and a net balance .from previous allocations of $3,756. O Judge Named For January Term Of Hoke Superior Court - ■ I The Hon. F. Donald Phillips, judge of Superior Court at Rock ingham, has been commissioned to hold the one week term of Superior Court in Hoke County beginning January 11. J u d g e Phillips is residertt judge of the 20lh judicial dis trict ' at seeing tree 'shopping day Raeford Plans For Christmas RECORDER I Shown with Principal J, W, Turlington is the first grade of Mrs, Don Cameron at the Mcl^uchlin School County tax rate advance compares well Hoke County joined seven oth ers in the state- who moved to the top in raising tax rates. This county’s increase of 27 cents put it among the top eight whose taxpayers will be paying consid erably more |n the year 1960 than the preceding period. The increase of 27 cents brought the current tax rate to $1.20. The greater portion of this was a 26 cent increase for school debt service. Citizens can see the results from this increase as they drive out Harris Avenue; past the site of the now high i school, on Rc' -sh road where Scurlock Scho ; going up, and in several additions and improve- J ments to existing spools in the county. i -The rates for ^oke and the state’s other counties were given in the lead artK-le of "Popular Government” ptitiblished by the Institute of Government at Cha pel Hill. Hoke is n^ alone on its higher paying, for;me report states that 53 ctBintief will have higher taxesThis^^ear than last. ‘‘Levip^'for school debt service went u^ considerably, while for county -debt service other than for schools went down,” an offi cial of the Institute, David S. Evai\|^; slates. “Even though only 18*counties increased the levy for school debt service and 31 decreased it, there was still an increase of seven per cent over last year’s levies for this purpose in the 51 coun ties changing the levy,” the re port continues. There was some slight de crease throughout the state in the levies for public Welfare and 43 lowefred the rate. With 33 also raising the amount charged for that benefit the net drop was slight. There was a slight in crease in the levy for public health. In addition to Hoke’s increase for school debt service there was an increase of one cent for school capital outlay. There was also an addition of 8 cents for the county accountant, farm and home, veterans service officer, and rural fire protection. All this was offset by decreases of 2 cents for welfare, 2 cents for hialth, 2 cents for school cur rent expense, and 2 cents for special courthouse fund. Of Hoke’s neighboring coun ties, Robeson and Moore had no change in tax levies. Robeson’s rate is $2; Moore’s is $1.33. In both counties there were in creases for school current ex pense which were offset by de creases in other categories. (Continued on Page 8) Judge Sends Non-Supporter Away For 18 A heavier than usual docket stretched Tuesday’s session of. Hoke Recorder’s Court into near-1 ly an all-day affair. Heard before Judge Greene were the usual charges of infringements of liq uor and traffic violations as well as two cases involving nonsup port. I Dewey Gene Thomas, white, was charged stealing $215 from Ruth Brewer. Following presen-' tation of the evidence, the court i found no probable cause and the man was freed. Herbert Small .colored, was found guilty of driving under the influence of alcohol and without license. A sentence of a year on the roads was to be suspended on payment of $100 and the costs. Cleveland Jones, colored, pled guilty of public drunkenness and a sentence of 30 days on t h e roads was to be suspended on payment of $100 and the costs of court. Duvall George .colored, was charged, by John Pridgen, also colored, with trespassing. The court found this to be a mali cious indictment and taxed Prid gen with the costs. Pridgen himself was charged with assault and he pled not guilty. The court found this to be a malicious indictment also and taxed George with the costs. William Horace Dickerson, white, -fled guilty of failing to yield the right of way resulting I in an accident. Judgment w a s j suspended on payment of the j costs of court. ■ Floyd Monroe, colored, was ordered to begin serving an lA months term on the roads. Thie term was placed on him in Feb ruary after he was found guilty of non-support and was suspend ed on condition that be contri bute to his family’s suppod Since he failed to do so, the term was invoked. Carlton Jhekson, white, pled guilty of non-support and was sentenced to two years on the (Continued on Page 8) Lons Holiday Set For Most Christmas is Friday, and this will mean a long week end holi||K iday for employees of most bus inesses and industries in thft» community, according to inforsw- mation on the businesses fum-^ ished by the Raeford Chamber^ of Commerce, and obtained oi^' the industries by a News-Journal^ survey. Industrial workers in the com--^ munity will be off from some-'^ time Thursday through Sunday, with slight variations in the dif-2 fercT.t plants. At the RaefordS Plants of the Pacific DivisioElR of Burlington Industries and® the United States R u b b e Company production is to stop® with the last shift on Wednesday* and resume with the third shif^ Sunday night. At Priebe Poult Company the holiday is expecU- ed to last from Wednesday nighft until Monday morning, and Rae?. ford Lumber Company will alsA follow this schedule. ^ At Hoke Oil & Fertiliaer Com pany and Hoke Concrete Works j and at Upchurch Milling Com: ' pany. the plants are to be clos^* ed from noon Thursday untR. Monday morning. I Store Holiday Shorter As is usual in the mereantQe businesses, the holiday will ht somewhat shorter than in the industries, and .although stores in Raeford expect to be* closed Friday and Saturday, ndl- all have announced plans close on Saturday. Listed by the RetsH McrchanC Division as its members planninf ^ to close on both Friday and Set. urday are the Bank of Raefot#!* W’ood’s Grocery, Niven Appt^■‘'' ance Company, City Otasers* Home Fvraiture, Hotel Barhe ^ Shop, The JohostM Ca.. Hair « Exchange- J- ^ ’’’tnaiMj •nee. Mk-Heaodakt, Thcraaa'^aC Shop, Hoke Auto. IBefard Har^?, ware. Howell Orhg, JohaaoB ton, WcLavcUio. Service Laao^ T. B. Upehtireh. Fanaar’a ishing, C. P. C Bon Mwl Catt Stan, laeaci Maa niture, Raefiioi Macks 3 4 IB ing, C. r. Ui« fcofari Market. Haka Drug, W«aB ' (C 1
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