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The Hoke County News—Established 1928
The Hoke County Journal—Establuhed 1905
VOLUME LV, NO. 22 ,
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1960
RAEFORD, N. C.
12 PAGES
10c PER COPY
S4.I0 PER YEAR
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By Sam Morris
Mike O’Hara, who left last
week to accept a job with a TV
station in Charlotte, left some
strong ties in Raeford. This week
in making the rounds of the town
most everyone commented on
Mike’s departure. They want to
know why The News-Journal did
n’t keep him. We, the fellow
workers of Mike, will miks him
more than most of you. There
was no task that Mike wouldn’t
undertake and it was always with
a smile and with a joke, so char
acteristic of his nature. Yes, we
hated to lose Mike. He was an
asset to the paper and town.
Mike was not a man to leave
because of financial reasons, but
was looking to the future and af
ter weighing the two jobs in his
mind decided that the Charlotte
job held more for him. Maybe
most of you don’t know but he
graduated from the UNC School
of Journalism with his major in
television. We wanted him to
stay and needed him, but in my
25 years-of working here the
management has encouraged each
of us to look to the future and
helps us in any way to see which
side of the fence the grass is
greener on.
We will all miss Mike and I
know you will join with me in
wishing liim success in life in
whatever he undertakes.
Mrs. Furman Clark, chairman
of the PTA Calendar Sale, re
ports that approximately 300 cal
endars have been sold at this
time. Last year the members of
the PTA sold 400. The sale has
been extended until October 24
due to the fact that no meeting
was held this month. A picture
of the Boys Chorus will be at the
top of the calendar. This is the
only fund raising drive put on
by the PTA so buy--a calendar
and help them with 4heir work.
All money Raised by them will
be used for the schools.
Congressman A. Paul Kitchir.
was in town last Friday and visit
ed all the precincts in the coun
ty. He said that he just wanted
the voters to know that he had
opposition in the general elec
tion and not to forget him on
that day. He stated that the
Democrats are in the majority in
the district but are very lax about
voting, and that some of them
would stay away from the polls
or even at times vote the oppos
ite ticket. The Republicans, he
said, all vote in the general elec
tion and vote the straight ticket.
Most people in the county as we
rode over it didn’t know about
Mr. Kitchin’s opposition.
Miss Jane Pratt, Administra
tive Assistant to Congressman
Kitchin, who grew up in Raeford,
was by the office Monday after
noon before the rally that night.
It was right interesting to hear
her recall the days when Paul’s
father was editor of the paper.
Also the different congressmen
from our district she worked for.
I believe she said she worked un
der Hammer, James, Lambeth,
Burgin and Kitchin, and was Con
gresswoman when Mr. Burgin
died, filling out his term.
Monday night at the rally Sen
ator Ervin gave the Eighth Dis
trict a pat on the back when he
said that this district was the on
ly one to have two representa
tives. He was high in his praise
of Miss Pratt and Mr. Kitchin.
While on this subject I thought
that a statement by J. L. McNeill,
who introduced 'Sen. Ervin, was
right humorous. It did bring a
smile from the Senator. He said
“that when the Senator crossed
out of Moore county into Hoke
county he was then on Democra
tic soil’’. So sorry that my good
friends from Moore didn’t hear
this statement.
A contribution of $10 was re
ceived from Miss Jane Pratt this
week for The News-Journal Cem
etery Fund. Many thanks, Jane.
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^Dpen House” At
Hoke High Sunday
AT DEMOCRATIC DINNER—Hoke coun- county Democratic chairman; at right, J,
ty leaders with their special guest of state L. McNeill, who introduced “Senator
and national eminence, U. S. Senator Sam Sam.” (Photo by Harold Gillis).
J. Ervin, center. At left, Sam Morris,
“Senator Sam” Rips
Into G 0 P At Rally
Hoke County Democrats re
affirmed their faith in their party
Monday night at a dinner and
rally at the Hoke High School
cafeteria, led by U. S. Senator
Sam J. Ervin as a rip-roaring key
note speaker.
North Carolina’s beloved sen
ior senator, in fine form, tore in
to the Republican administration
for allowing this country’s de
fenses, prestige and power to
lessen.
National defense is the “great
issue” of this campaign, he told
the more than 200 Democrats
assembled to greet and hear him.
“In the past eight years we have
«een our prestige among other
nations go steadily downward,
and yet the Republicans would
have us ignore this. What in the
world is more imporant than our
survival? True, we are still ahead
but for how long, at this rate?”
He made it plain that he felt
the Democratic party, with John
Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson
as standard bearers, would lead
the way to a strong position from
which we could more adequately
deal with our foes.
He. praised the “clean record”
of the Democratic administration
over 60 years in North Carolina,
paid tribute to Terry Sanford as
a potentially great governor, in
the tradition of great leaders of
the past but with the vision and
decisiveness necessary for deal
ing with the future.
Senator Ervin was introduced
by J. L. McNeill, veteran party
leader in Hoke. Sam Morris,
chairman of the sponsoring Hoke
County Democratic Executive
committee, presided.
Among numerous persons given
special recognition and applause
were J. Benton Thomas of Rae
ford and Sam Burrow of Ashe-
boro, candidates for the State
Senate against Republican oppos
ition; representative candidate
Neill McFadyen, and former re
presentative Charles Hostetler;
and Mr. and Mrs. Laurie McEach-
ern of Raleigh. McEachern for
merly lived in Raeford, and he
served as Hoke County represen
tative.
Miss Jane Pratt, administrative
assistant to Eighth District Con
gressman A. Paul Kitchin, re
ceived special recognition, indiv
idually and as representative of
her “boss,” who, because of a
schedule conflict with another
rally, was unable to attend.
ATTENTION
VETERANS!
The American Legion, Ellis
Williamson Post 20 of Rae
ford, is asking all veterans to
join now. If you have not been
contacted by a member of
Post 20, please call: 875-2431,
875-3753, 875-2053 and leave
your name and address. After
6:00 P. M. call: 875-3655, 875-
2368.
The Legion meets on the
first Tuesday each month. The
next meeting will be Novem
ber 1 1960, at the American
Legion building at 6:30 p. m.
All veterans are cordially in
vited.
No Cause For Alarm
In Meningitis Death
Hoke County residents are
invited to get acquainted with
their handsome new high
school, at an “Open House” to
be held Sunday from 2 to 5 p.
m.
Not only the parents but
friends of the school all over
the county are invited, said
District Principal Dewey Hug
gins. Teachers and students
will be on hand to give a wel
come and tours of the building
will be uetd. j
The death of a two-year-old girl
at her home here last Saturday
morning caused, along with deep
sympathy in the community for
the family, a general alarm at
the sound of the dread words
“spinal meningitis.”
However, Dr. R. M. Jordan, the
physician, said this week there
is no cause for alarm, as the ill
ness was not of a highly contag
ious variety, and that only normal
precautions need be taken.
He quoted Dr. Robert Andrews,
pathologist with the Southeastern
General hospital at Lumberton,
who performed the autopsy on
little Dixie Lee Hill as reporting
that, while the illness was spinal
meningiUs, it was “not the highly
contagious type.” Just what type
it was will not be accurately de
fined for several days as it will
take further work to isolate the
organism.
“There are many varieties of
meningitis, and, while we are not
sure yet just what kind this was,
we can state definitely what it Is
not,” Dr. Jordan said. “The kind
which we most fear, we were able
to rule out.” He said the family
and playmates of the child have
all been fully “checked out” and
there has been no sign of any
spread of the disease. The child
herself need not have contracted
it from a contact, but may have
got It from a “massive infection”
following a cold.
He said public health author
ities have not been drawn into
the case as, in view of the path
ologist’s finding, it is not a public
health problem.
Symptoms of the disease vary
greatly according to the individ
ual and the type and his advice
to the public at large was simply
to “take ordinary precautions
against cold or other infection,
and at any unusual signs of ill
ness, see your doctor.”
Funeral services for little Dixie
Lee Mill, daughter o*' - and
Mr:.. Jah'i L. iMll, wtit , I. S u
day afternoon at the First Baptist
church, with the Rev. John Glenn
officiating. Burial was in Raeford
cemetery. Besides the parents,
four sisters survive, Lollie, Bettie,
Susan and Beth; the paternal
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. 0. M.
Hill of Elizabethtown, and her
great-grandmother, Mrs. Miss|uri
Huggins of Lumberton.
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Holiday Tuesday
As Teachers Go
To NCEA Meet
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Hoke iounty school children
enjoyed a holiday Tuesday, when
all schools were closed to allow
the teachers and principals to at
tend the Southeastern District
NCEA meeting at Wilmington.
All the school people t6ok part
in meetings', conferences and
workshops of their separate di
visions, for professional improve
ment and advancement.
W. T. Gibson, Jr., was elected
secretary of the superintendents’
division.
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PERSONALS
Paul Dezerne entered Moore
Memorial hpspital last week.
Mr. and Mrs.- Bob Jordan and
daughter-of Mt. Gilead spent the
week end with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Alfred Cole. Their
guests Sunday were Mr. and Mrs.
Alfred Cole, Jr. and family of
Roxboro.
Mrs. Carl Freeman visited the
Rev. and Mrs. E. C. Crawford at
Eastover the past week end.
Geo. W. Patterson
‘Diet At'86; Rites
At Sandy Grove
George W. Patterson, 86, af
fectionately known as “Uncle Ge
orge” through his long years of
residence here, died early Sun
day morning at Highsmith Me
morial hospital, Fayetteville.
He had been in poor health I
many years, and was bedridden i
for the last four years. He was :
stricken critically ill Saturday
night and rushed by ambulance'
to the hospital.
Funeral services were held
Monday afternoon at Raeford
Presbyterian church, conducted
by the Rev. W. B. Heyward. Bur
ial was in Sandy Grove cemetery
on the Fort Bragg reservation.
He was a decendant of Scottish
pioneers who settled in pre-Re-
volutionary days in the area
which became Cumberland Coun
ty, later Hoke. He was born there
in 1847, the youngest of six child
ren of Duncan J. and Margaret
Leslie Patterson. He was the only
survivor.
He farmed and raised cattle
there, then, when Fort Bragg
took over the area, moved to
Raeford to the home of a sister.
He was physically handicapped
from birth, and as his health
deteriorated needed much care.
A niece attended him devotedly
many years, Miss Ella Florence
Chappell, died last. August 23.
He was a lifelong Presbyterian,
a former member of Sandy Grove
church, from which he transfer
red to the Raeford’ Church on
moving here.
Only nieces and nephews sur
vive. These include John Thomas
Chappell, Lennie Dixon Chappell
and Mrs. Mary Margaret Chappell
Wright, Alvin Ernest Chappell, of
Goldsboro; Rear Admiral Alec
Patterson, USN, (ret.) of Ral
eigh, and Alec Patterson, of Bos
tic.
United Fund Off
To Slow Start;
Reports Wanted
The United Fund campaign,
now in its second and final week,
is proceeding slowly, but Chair
man William Lamont said he
thinks it will look much better
when all the volunteer workers
have turned in their collections.
He asked that all the canvas
sers turn in their reports at once,
so “we will know where we
stand.” So fa, it’s hard to tell,
and he said he preferred not to
give the specific amount on hand
—it wouldn’t give a true picture.
‘Tm sure our workers are
hard at it all over the county,
and have a good deal more
moqey in their hands. I have
no doubts of the final quota,
since this is a project dear to
the hearts of Hoke County citi
zens. They have made a fine
record of giving over the years,
and aren’t going to quit now,”
Lamont said.
The county quota is $16,000,
which it has been hoped would i
be met or surpassed by Saturday. [
The total collected will repre-1
sent the county’s effort for a j
large number of agencies, per
forming vital services for Hoke
county citizens young and old. I
They include the Boy Scouts]
and Girl Scouts, free school
lunch program, 4-H clubs. White
Cane ^ogram for the Blind (ad
ministered by the Lions Clubs),
Hoke County Mental Health as
sociation, American Red Cross,
Hoke County Society for Cripp
led Children, Hoke County Rec
reation programs.
Also included are a group of
organizations operated elsewhere
who have functions benefiting
this county in many ways: Amer
ican Hearing Society, American
Social Hygiene association. Caro-
linas United Community Services,
Children’s Home Society, Flor
ence Crittenton Home, National
Probation and Parqle association,
Jl-^ional Recreation aswciaflo jl
National Social* Welfare ASiem-
bly. National T^ravelers Aid as
sociation, N. C. Mental Health as
sociation, United Medical Re
search Foundation of North Ca
rolina, United Service .Organiza
tions, WAIF (International So-'
cial Service)..
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O’Hara Leaves
For Big City
Television Job
Felon Saws Way Out
Of Jail, Is Recaptured
Jailmates Charged
County Farm Fair in Escape pw;
Runs All Next Week
The second annual Hoke Coun
ty Fair—the first to have its
own gay carnival and midway—
will be .open every day next
week, Monday through Saturday,
from 5 p. m. until 10:30 or 11
o’clock at night.
The exhibits, a wide and proud
variety, will be in a large tent
erected near the miniature golf
course beyond the new high
school. Visitors will go through
the tent to reach the carnival
rides and shows beyond.
The Raeford Junior Chamber ^
of Commerce has formed .an in-,
dependent corporation, the Hoke j
County Agricultural Fair Asso-1
elation, Inc., in order to spons-or |
the fair. Angus Currie is presi-'
dent. Bill Clark vice-president'
and Neill A. McNeill, treasurer.!
Bobby McNeill, with Mike O’
Hara, put out the promotional
“tabloid” about the fair last
week.
Every Jaycee is also a member
of the Fair Association, and
every one of them is working
hard at one or more of the many ■
tasks which go into the making
of a successful fair, said Presi
dent Currie.
The Walfe Amusement Co., one
of the best and brightest of the
smaller carnival groups, has been
engaged to operate its rides, side
shows. concession stands and
glittering lights for the fun of
youhg and old during Fair Week.
The Hoke County Agricultural
Workers' Council has for some
weeks past been providing full
cooperation in getting up a com
prehensive exhibit list. They
have worked with the people of
this pre dominantly rural county
to secure entries typical of Hoke
county's best, in a wide range of
products of farm and home.
Judging will be done on Tues
day in three divisions, Women's.
Junior and Senior.
Besides numerous booths tak
en for commercial and public-
service displays, exhibits for
awards will show entries in the
following fields: field crops, hor
ticulture (vegetables), horticul
ture (fruits, nuts and berries),
other farm produce (eggs, honey,
cured meats, etc.), preserv’es. jel
ly. jams and fruit butters, can
ned meats, pickles, handiwork
and clothing, flowers (potted
plants, arrangements, dish gar
dens. single specimens, wreaths),
and also some special displays.
Young people of the 4-H clubs
will be recognized with a ‘youth
booth” showing specimens of
their handiwork in various home
making. fields.
Bucks Win : 36* 6
Face Hamlet Friday
Mr. and Mrs. Donr’ Barrett
and rons spent the v ^nd in
OrcpAv u aac Rnck S.C.
Mrs. McNeill Is
New Teacher
At McLauchlin
Large attendance at McLauch
lin school during the opening
month has earned the school an
additional teacher, Mrs. John
Lawrence McNeill, Jr., who is
teaching the fifth grade.
Mrs. McNeill came to Raeford
in August as a bride. She is the
former Mary Margaret Wood
ward of Quincy, Fla., a graduate
of Quincy high school and Wes
leyan College in Macon, Ga. She
majored in elementary education
and English, was president of
Kappa Delta Epsilon, honorary
professional educational sorrori-
ty, and was listed in Who’s Who
in A»*'" ican Colleges and Uni
versities.
Michael O’Hara, who had ser
ved The News-Journal as news
editor and photographer since
March of this year, moved to
Charlotte last week end. He is
being temporarily replaced in the
news department by Mrs. Valerie
Nicholson, newspaper veteran and
free lance writer and photograph
er of Southern Pines.
Mr. and Mrs. O’Hara lived at
West Edinborough Avenue and
Bethel Road. In Charlotte they
have an apartment at 3226 Minn
esota Drive.
He has accepted a position with
Television Station WSOC in the
news department, his degree in
journalism at the University of
North Carolina having been with
a major in television.
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Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Woodward
of Quincy, Florida visited Mr.
and Mrs. Lawrence McNeil! and
their daughter, Mrs. Lawrence
McNeill, Jr. from Friday until
Wednesday.
Friday night’s game with Ham
let will be a crucial one for Rae-
ford’s football Bucks, with the
hope of the Conference title at
stake.
They’ll, meet Hamlet, undefeat
ed in Conference play, ’ on th«
Armory field. With four wins,
one loss (to Rockingham), the
Bucks must beat H^mxlet to even
the ^ore and keep qlive their
[ chance at the Southeastern 3-A
' conference crown. ', •
^ They’ll be on their mettle to
show whether it was the real
thing or just a lucky break when
they clobbered the Massey Hill
Pirates 36-6 on the home field
last Friday night.
The upcoming contest is due
to be a classic and plenty of
home folks are expected to turn
out for both sides. Game time, 8
p. m.
Coach Floyd Wilson had every
reason to pop with pride over
the Bucks’ behavior last week.
Bold, brassy and brilliant offen
sively, they scored a touchdown
the second time they got their
hands on the ball and from then
on there was no stopping 'em.
It was the first of three in the
opening quarter, five in the first'
half. Jimmy Guin scored the,
first TD, a 16-yard beauty, before
the game was four minutes old.
with Larry Phillips racing 26
yards practically on his heels for
the second. Johnny Sams bad
to punge only one yard for the
third, climaxing a massive 25-
yard push by the home team.
Guin and Bill McPhaul carried
the ball fi|' numbers 4 and 5 re
spectively. A safety and Up
church's four conversions gave
thV^Buckf Hieir extra points.
This ended the Bucks’ scoring
for the night, as in the last half
they devoted themselves to a mas
sive resistance asaiiu-t the Pir
ates’ desperate efforts. Only late
in the final period did the Pir
ates break through, with Donnie
Douglas scoring their first and
last for the evening on a pass
from Jimmie Beasley. Raeford
blocked the PAT attempt and
that was it.
Score by quarters:
Raeford 20 14 2 0—36
Massey Hill 0 0 0 6— 6
Statistics
. M.H. Bucks
First downs 2 9
Rushing yard. 30 198
Passing yard. 18 124
Passes 5-12 3 9
Passes int’cep. by 0 1
Punting avg. 6-33 136
Fumbles lost 0 1
Yards penalized 25 75
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Mrs. Joe Hoffman and family'
of Ft. Bragg spent the week en.i
with he parents. Mr. and Mrs.
N. B. Blue.
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Mrs. J. W. McLauchlin entered
Highsmith Memorial Hospital on
Friday.
A twicecon' ictcd felon beinf
held in Hoke County jail for sup
erior court trial escaped some
time last Thursday night througli
a barred window sawed through
with hacksaw blades.
In the hacksawing, the felon,
who returned to tail three days
later, told officers he had th«
help of three jailmates, who,
however, '“chickened out” at the
minute and wouldn't go. '
According to his story, the
hacksaw blades had been thought
fully provided by a Marine froo
Camp Lejeune. who had come to
the jail the previous Monday
with another Marine to bond out
a buddy. The sheriff’s department
is invesigating the story.
Conley Spencer Hayes. 31
white, of North Wilkesboro. hie
ing held for trial at the November
term for breaking and entering
and larceny, will face an adtii-
tional charge of escaping while
the threo jailmates. Charles Por-
. ter. Bobby McNeill Pate and Wal-
ter J. Moore, will be charged with
I aiding and obetting. All three
Marines, when and if they are
found, will be arrested on simil
ar charges, the sheriff’s depart-
‘ment said.
I Prison Terms Pending
Hayes was brought here after
trial in both Cumberland and Lee
superior courts, in each of which
he received-H^ year’s^, prison sen
tence for breaking, and entering
j and larceny. Probable cause was
I found against him in Hoke rc-
t corders court Tuesday. October
j 11. He pleaded guilty to the char-
I ges but not guilty to the warrant
as read, as he stated it cited items
he had not stolen.
When Jailer Deputy Jesse Lee
found him missing Friday morn
ing. the alarm w'as broadcast and
police of his home ab North Wil
kesboro, and Deputies Lee and
Dave Barrington went there to
bring him back.
On the return trip to Raeford,
they said. Hayes admitted the es-
caoe plot, implicating the three
others who he said had wo|ked
on the window bars, also the
Marines. Names of two of the
Marines are known. One of them
is reportedly a lieuteant. The aid
of Camp Lejeune authorities will
be enlisted in bringing them to
account.
Bought Blades For Buddy
Lee said that, while the Mar
ines were visiting their buddy,
Richard A. Gallagain. jailed for a
traffic violation, one of them went
downtown. He apparently visited
a hardware store, buying three
hacksaw blades, apparently for
his buddy in case they couldn’t
get him bonded out. 'They did
secure his release, but managed
to get the blades to his cellmate.
Hayes took the blades with
him when he oushed out a screen
and jumoed through the window.
He told the deputies he hid them
under Israel Mann’s shrubbery-
farther up the block, and two of
them were found there.
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Stevenson Billed
For Moore Rall|
Adlai Stevenson will be the
speaker at a Democratic rally
to be held at the Southera
Pines high school gym Satagv
day, and all neighbor counties
are expected to send delega
tions.
Special invitation is extend
ed Hoke county citiiens by W.
Lamont Brown, native of Rae
ford. now chairman of tho
.Moore County Democratic Exe
cutive comnuttee.
Appearing with Geveraor
Stevenson will be Terry San
ford and Rep. A. Paul Kitchin.
The rally stars at 11:15 a. m..
with the “speaking nrogram*
at noon, and free lunch wiH he
served to all comers.
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BATTLING BUCKS get set to beat the key Riey and Horace Walters. Assistant
daylights out of Hamlet. Taking a breath- Coach’ Wood and Lineman Bill Cameron,
er from practice to discuss the big game (Photo bv Harold Gillis)
Friday night are, from left, linemen Mic-
Misses Mary McLean of Augti*
ta, Ga. and Hazel McLean and
friend, Mi^ Betty AlUson ol
Gaffney. S.C., spent the week
end with their parents. Itr. aad
Mrs. H. R. McLean. They left
j Monday for a trip to New Ybri^
' accompanied by Mrs. Cecil
I sons of Red Springs.
Del rose Morrison spent
week end at Crescentj§etK:h wdk
,mrn(U ^rum Laurinhurf^