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The H^e County Journal—^vUhUtlieitl 1905
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THUBSP^ f ’ NUABY 5,1961
BAEFORD, N. C.
SPAdES
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When thb eolumn was started
eeveral. years ago,-it was my in-
tention to make it just what
name would indicate, a
of late items a|td items
est about which we didn’t know
enough to write an article or
about which there just was not
a^eat.deal to be said. It was
fairly easy to go from these into
the occasional expression of an
opinion, and it got so that it con
tained . more opinion than -any
thing else.
Several months ago 1 got in
volved witln the organization and
publication of the post, newspap
er at Ft. Bragg, (I am still so im
volved) and Sam began to write
Today, though he is involv-
with a somewhat hesitant Lin-
'otype machine, and I walked in
and got drafted.
Three Car J^reck;
No
Oldest Furniture
In County Sold;
rieSiNiven I^Buyer^
Loca:
Guard Uilit
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Talking to gob Covington,
alumnus of' Raeford, The News-
Journal and Davidson College,
on the phone yesterday, I com
mented that,^e Davidson boys
are /getting up in the world now
that Dean Rusk has been named
as the next secretary of state. He
.said there was no doubt about
that, but that it looks as if al'
that win be left at Harvard when
Kennedy and retinue get to
Washington will be the atmos
phere.
Of course you have heard of
the Kennedy c^lkil—3 parts of
Old Fitzgeralm one part Holy
Wafer and a 4wist of Norman
Vincent,Peale.
And- then there is one about
Preadent Kennedy answerirtg
the phone at the White Hduse;
“Vea, Fath«r, Np, Father. May
be so, Father. Goodbye,. Father.^’
After he had hung up Jacque
line says "Jack, was that home
or Rome?"
vl # They say be laUghs as hard as
^ j, anyone else, at these .«ind' others
i /iii. thein. I guess he. minlit;5jis
Another one wjth eb connec- i
tion whatever comes Ub mind is |
the remark, laid to a Methodist, j
tbab|jivhen you, see four Presby-1
. ierians together you. may see a ’
fifth . . . O. K-, maybe I should |
have told Sam we “would do
'V'W.b.Tui the colOmn this week if
he didn’t have time to write.it.
The 1951 Chevrolet station l son. When -the crash occurred,
wagon showp above .received $250
damages when it collided with
two other vehicles here,^on Satur
day. Patrolman E.. G. Inman has
reported that the ’ wreck occur
red here on Saturday at approx
imately 2:30 p.mv. when John
James Petekin, colored, RFD
Raeford, struck a Forckand then
careened into a Chevrolet on N.-
C. 211 about two miles west of
Raeford, ,
Patrolman Inman said that R
M. Williamson of Rt. 3 was
making a left turn into a private
drive on 211, after traveling in
a westemly direction, when Pet
ekin collided with the 1956
Ford being driven by Williain-
th'e Chevrolet station wagon be
ing driven by Petekin skidded to
the left and collided with a 1953
Chevrolet sedan which was bpei-
ated by Miss'Mittie Davis Alex
ander of Peace , College.
Miss Alexander, Petekin, and
a' passenger in the Alexander .car
were all treated for minor lacer
ations by a local doctor.
The highway patrol has esti
mated damage to the Williamson
vehicle at $125, while the Alex
ander automobile is said to have
inpprred damage to the extent
of $250.
Williamson has been charged
with failing “to see that move
ment could be made in safety.
Raeford Furniture Company,
a familiar "Raeford business inv |
tilution, has closed its doors a'f-!
ter 46 years of commercial serv-1
ice to Hoke County. “Hoke j
County’s oldest furniture' store’’ j
terminated rts operation on Dec.
31. and Farmers Furnishing Co.
has sold the building, which
Raeford Furniture occupied for
34 years, to Niven Appliance Co.
Raeford Furniture first ass,um-
ed its name when W, E. Free-,
man, a depot agent here for J5
.years, started the business in
1914 after purchasing the stock
of C. S. O’Neill, who was operat
ing a furniture store where the
present Niven Appliance Build
ing now stands. .O’Neill’s opera
tion hid been started in 1905.
H. L. Gatlin, Sr. and H. L.
Gatlin: Jr, purchased the enter
prise’ in 1930, only four years
after Raeford Furniture had
moved into its present location
On Main Street. The Raeford
F’urniture Building had been
built after the fire in December
of 1925 which completely de- j
strbyed thjt part of the down-j
town business iffba. .
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Mobile X-ray Unit
Here January 10-14
H. L. Gatlin. Sr, continued j
his assocj^i^n with the firm un- j
til 1942, when he sold his inter I
est in the store to his son, M. H. f
Gatlin. The business had been I
operated by H. L., Jr., and 51. H. I
Gatlin until its recent closing,
' The Gatlin fajilily has expressed
-—- uts appreciation to-their many’
customers who helped to keep
the business in operation over
I he years. The closing will not \
affect' the operation of Farmers .
Furnishing Co. which is adjacent
to the furniture store.
SUPERIOR — Captain Edwin D New
ton, left, local National Guard Head
quarters Company commander,, beams
as he is congratulated^ljy his battalion
fommander. Lt- Col. William Lamont,
Jr., right, on the Superior rating receiv
ed by the unit at its Federal Inspection
in October. Looking on. center, is Ma
jor Dan Jennings. Regular Army advis
or with the Battalion.
Judge Sets^ Bond At $1,000
For Alleged Cheek Forger
I doing the 'sarnc.
The. Hoke County Schedule for
I Carlton E. Niven, the new
[ owner of the building, has men-
i 'ioned that he intends to con-
! tiiiue to operate under the naiiic
of ^’iven Appliance Co. Niven.
Two checks from the personal
checkbook of John F. Campbell,
were allegedly forged with his
signature and cashed at Harry’s
Five and Ten and W. L. Poole’s
Free chest X-rays will be a-
vailable to rfoke' County resi
dents from Jan. 10-14. acc^ing j the ..mobile X-ray is listed below: j tf,e appliam the Friday before Chriatmai-'i
'T’ac’fie I*Sillc^ • cm.;«
1 heard Dr. Davenport bought
Buck’s lot across from the Pres
byterian Church on Magnolia
Street. Buck McPhaul’s, that is
""and maybe it isn’t so, but if Sam
had said the same several weeks
ago about Carlton Njven buying
the Raeford Furniture Company
building we would have printed it
before everybody knew if any
way. Maybe the doctor didn’t buy
it. All I said was that I had heard
it.
I am certain of two contribu
tions to the Hoke Fire Depart i ,- '. 'r, I,! ' " ,
meiit this week, for which mem-1ihqt the process for
health dfficer. All persons. Who
did not avidl themselves of the
X-ray mobile unit during its trip
to Raefofd in October, are en
couraged’ to take advantage of
this painless,- IHe-saving method
of tub^culosis determination by
visiting the unit when it returns
to. doWntpwn Raefdlrd this, month-
The Hoke Co'unty T.B. A.sso-
ci.ation, which is. sponsoring thel
unit’s trip to I©eford,l in con,-
junction with the county health |
department, advises everyone' a- j
bovfe 1,5 years of age to take the
minute’s time which the X-ray |
requires it they have not already j
done so. ' • j
■ Continued support of the mo> |
bile unit will make certain that
return visits are 'possible, accord
ing to the association. This wifi
insure protection through x-ray .
detection for ps in the futqre, ^
the association stated.
The health officer has re-em-
time to be announced for Pacific
employees; ^ /
Jan. 10 on Main Street il Rae
ford for General Public and
emplojfees of U. S. Rubber Co.
from 1 tb-6 p.m.;
Jan. 11-on Main. St., Raeford
for . General Public and em
ployees of Upchurch Milling Co,
from 12 noon to 6 p.m.:
Jan. 12 on Main Strfet, Rae
ford for the General Public and
employees of Hoke Oil and Con-
efete 'Works fropi 10 a m. to 4
P-m.;,
Jan. 13 on Main Street, Rae
ford for the General Public ^and
Raeford Lumber Co. and Priebe
Poultry Plant from 10 a.m. to
bers of the department are grate
ful and for which ali rural resi
dents should be. $10 was contrib^
uted by Mr. and Mrs. J. H. MC-
Anulty, and $5 by the Parent-
Teacher Assocation at Upchurch
School
V-
Talking with J. A. Hubbard of
Fayetteville one day this week
over in the drug emporium of-
I 'V\>alter B. and Walter C. he re-
I marked that it was just getting so
people liv€ longer than they
used to. said if you didn’t be-
lieve it yoii could look at the obit
uary column In your daily paper
and see the number of 4)eopIe
who were dyin-: r-t ages greater
than eighty.' ' . ’
I didn’t gi\e li..- statement
much thought at the time, but
this issue of The News-Journal
made me think of it again. G. A.
Phillips and Mrs. G. W. Cox wer*-
. both 86 when . Ihey died this
' week, and Hugh Hair fliMs
They bring to mind W.
V McLauchiin, who died/in Decem
ber at 87.
ML Hubbard, who^ comes oyer
here selling life insurance, says
that He is 81, and that he ha.r
been coming to Raeford since 19-
. 01. He further remarked that l»0i
was the year he' met hi» wife
tKafit was three years later
when they were married, and
. tha(,their 56th .anniversary ha'‘
\ rbeen hi I960. Now if I had had
'L the presence of mind, or Ha
“ taken the ttsae, I might have got-
d ten a slant on laiefard as of 1901.
^ and.the time it tosk to get here.
/■ The fact that I didn’t' just might
be an indication that I am not
cut out'to see 81, because I lis-
gny sandwibh and rushed back
to the chase—no time to waste
chatting, and listening . . . Hope
I’m not too old when I learn
better.
taking an X-rayis extremely
simple! You do not undress. A
person wishing to be X-rayed
merely stands inside the attrac
tive trailer for a few seconds
and then leaves. Afterward.s,
you receive'a card from the State
Department of Public Health,
giving you clearance'or, if there
is any suspicious sign, you are
advised to see your family doc
tor, Hoke County(^ public, health
nurses will do follow-up work'
where the need arises.
Dr. Davenport has stated that^
although results are incomplete, i
as yet, 57 “irregular" X-rays
were recorded during the last
visit of the mobile unit to -the
county. , '
“Irregular” X-rays do not al-
'ways indicate an illness or
symptom until they are re check
ed by public health officials. J)ut
loc^ authorities brieve that at
least a score of visitors to thf
unit on its last trip did have
health deficiencies which wilF be
conclusively detected through
the use of the X-ray.
The-X^ray is benefieial in the
determination of scar , tissue,
heart ailments and blood condi;
tions, aside from ils more fam-
,'ous role as a seaifcher for T.B.,
accord'nig to health officials.
The Hoke County.T.B. Asso-'
ciation and Wie Hdke County
Health Department are particu
larly anxious to commend local
merchants and the industries
throughout the county for their
co-operation in inaking the cur
rent X-.ray drive practical for
their Employees. Pacific Mills,
U. S. Rubber Co., Upchurch Mill
ing Co., Hoke Oil and Fertilizer
and Concrete Work, Raeford
on Main Street, Rac-
the General Public and
any employees of the various
businesses and industries who
j may have missed being X-rayed.
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STOCKHOLDERS MEETING
The annual stockholders meet
ing for Raeford Savings and
Loan Association will be held
on Jan. 10th at ip a.m. Direc
tors will be elected at this meet
ing. .
bu.s’.iicss-for 15 years, first, as
sumed. the name of Niven Alp-
: pliance Cq. in 1959, after having
purchased his current enterprise
, in' 1957.
! '
I Remodeling of the Raeford
I Furniture Co, Site has already
! begun and plans are iinderwd.y
for a Minplete modernization of
! the btiilding, including a new
heating and air conditioning sys
tem which is expected to make
, the ^tore among the most modern
in the county. The new Niven
Appliance Co. will carry, in ad-,
ditiort to its recognized appli- !
ance line, a complete stock of
modern and traditional furniture |
in varying price ranges.. The ex
panded enterprise,-, with its com
plete Jine of appliances and fur
niture goods, is expected to open
within "six weeks at its new lo-
caion. J
, _ 4)
I Walter Coley spent Christmas
with his parents, Mr. and Mr.s
T. E. ^Oley of Stem.
Miss Lillian Scarborough re
turned to Winston-Salem.on Mon
day after spending, the holidays
with her parents, Mr. and Mr.''.
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y' T. C. Scarborough.
The Rev. and Mrs. Jobn-Glcnn
visited j^lalives in Columbiti;
S. C.’^and Charlotte during the
holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hiser and
family visited her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. C Harrison, in Spart
anburg, S. C. the^ past week end.
b7 Walte'r Talvin Shipmun. ac
cording to evidence heard in Re
corder’s Court on Tuesday.
Judge Harry Greene found
probable cause of guilt and has
ordered Shipmon, colored, of
Raeford, held over until the next
session of Superior-Court. Clerk
of Court. M. D. Yates has stated
that‘the bond has been set at
$1,000. '
The two checkl for $34 and
$21, verc taken along with 16
other personalized checks #mni
the Campbell home about two
weeks ago and were not discov
ered as missing until the ebecks
Were cashed.
Campbell has staled that Ship-'
mon had worked for The John-'
son Co. in the past, but was not
employed „at the time that the
check-cashing incident occurred.
He indicated that, he had not
“had any trouble” with Shipmon
earlier. Campbell was unable to ,
stale when Shipmon or anyone
else might have been able to en
ter- his home and take the miss
ing blank checks. He indicated
that the forged checks were both
signed with his name and were
marked “for labor and. garden
work.” The remaining. 16 checks
ha\e not been recovered.
The busy session' of Record
er's Court saw the judge award
a 90 day road sentence to John
McLean, colored, Rt. 1, Rae
ford, who had been charged with
assault upon his wife. ' which
caused serious injury. McLean
■pled guilty to the charge,'
Other cases handled by the
court are as follows:
-, 'Jjm»es and Robert Bullard, In
dians, pf Antioch, cliarte# witlr’'’
possession of non-tax -paid li
quor, and possession of distill
cry and materials for the pur
pose of manufacturihg. The pair
plead guilty to both offenses and
received i separate judgments,
which were suspended.
James Bullard received 18
months oit the roads which was
suspended upon thf paymeiH of
$200 and costs and his portion
of the still fee. Robert Bullard
received a sentence of 24 months
oa the roads which was suspend
ed upon payment of $200 and
Sessoms Infant
Strangles, Dies,
While On Trip
the, general statutes.
Wesley W. Ray, white, of Faj:
etteville. charged with driving
without a license. Judgment cf
90 days on the roads suspended
upon payment of $35 and costs-
James AlcRac. colored, Hoke
Co., cha||Fd with passing worth
less che^s: judgement suspend
ed upon payment of check
($66.52) and costs.
Jesse Albert Burrow, while.
Rl. 3.. charged with' reckless
Annial Federal .
laspectioi Birins
Hi|lie$t Mark
1 Headquarters and Headqoar*
ters Company. 2nd Mediitm tMc
Battalion, 68th Armor, , atiotui
I Guard unii with elements in Ra-.
j ford and Red Springs, las» wMk
; received notice that it had hera
I rated ’ Superior ” on its annual
(•Federal inspection in October.
” The inspection was made, oa
Oc/iober 20 by Major Jos^h L.
Echols, assistant Inspector Geia-
eral of Third , Umted States
^rmy. Fort McPherson, Georgia.
The rating of Superior is the
highest that caa be given to a
unit, and the inspection this
/year is the first time the local
' Guardsmen have ever achievej
it The rare Superior'rating caa
be considered more than usually
I outstanding in. view of the fact
that it covers what is called a
■'split unit". with elements in two
^ coinmunitie.s. ■ , .
I Captain Edwin D. Newton ia
commander of Headquarters
Company, here e.xcept for its
Scout platoon under Lt. Robert
A. McConnaughey and ite MawK
tenance platoon and service cen
ter under CWO Graham D. Nel
son. both in Red Spnngs. The
battalion headquarters and'staff,
also rated Superior, is command
ed by Lt. Col. .William Lqmoat,
•Jr^b^tialion commander
In his report, ’’ajor Echols
stated that .adm: trative at^
supply records in both Raeford
and Red Springs and the maia-,
tenance shop were in outstand
ing condition. He said high mo- ,
rale was evidenc.sd hjc-tVe 'i’le •“
appearance and attiinde.’of
personnel, that therp was evid
ence that prior training had beeq
effective, and that training ia-
pected was being well conducted.
He said that the police of the
areas inspected, was outstanding
tnd that the unit was given -as
overall rating of Superior.
The inspector stated that the
battalion staff were qualified m
their assignments, engaged in e
fert-ma! staff training progniiB
and in a continuing program of
assisting subordinate units, and -
Starting Off Right. Dave Barrington
Riley (center), and Jfesse
ICKsJ «■ T uirdfed rJnwirtmd Piach^I'Bufffr'^ Jlr-
■ New Year with a l>ank as they put the
sticks'to a stin out at Stone,wall'Town
ship in the McNeill Pond Area. The
Still,was dynamited ,a few minutes af-
plant are all dismissing their j
emplbyees during work'hours inj
order that they may take, advant
age of; Hyifr^iealth-sav'ing oppor-
unity, ilany locaTtnerchants are
ter tills shot was taken. Sheriff'M. H.
■' Hodgin has reported th«t, altli'duglrj4he
200 gallon still and 550 Aplons of mash
was. The $till, and were
•pletel.v.destrpvg^^gfoag With the .’’''il
gallons breW.
Dewey Wayne Sessoms. 3
month old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Dewey Sessoms of Raeford. Rt. 2,
died Tuesday in. Wake County
while his mother was visiting at
, the home of her father, Jasper
Strickland, about three', miles
south of Raleigh.
Dr. Glenn D. Judd Said that
the infant was brought to his of
fice in Vance at about 3:30 p.m.
by his mother and was pronounc
ed as dead at that time.
Mrs., Sessoms had been to vis
it her father for about 15 min
utes and Jeft her baby in- the car
for that brief period. When she
returned the 'feaby was dead. The
baby is said to have died from
strangulation caused by vomit
ing.
Funeral services were held |
yesterday at Pittman Grove j
Church and were conducted by .
the Reverend Jasper Stutls. Bur- j
ial followe'd in’ the church ceme- j
tery. .
The child is survived by its j
parents and four half-brothers:
James Turner, of Raeford; Earl
Turner, of Raleigh, Robert Turn
er,- of Ft. Bragg and Sidney i
Turner, of Fayettville.
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Funeral Held For
Mrs. George W. Cox
AO A. M. Wednesday
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I Mrs. George W. Cox died at'
her 'home on West Donaldson
{ Avenue in Raeford Monday. She
i was 86 years of age.
1 The- former Irene ^ Campbell,
Mrs. Cox was born in Cumber
land County but had lived in
Raeford for ^ore than 60 years.
I Her husband, a contractor and
j former Raeford postmaster, died
I about a -year ago. .,
i Funeral service was .conducted
I at Raeford Methodist Church atT
110:00 o’clock; Wednesday ntom-
I ing' by the Rev, Kermit R. Wheel
er, pastor, and burial was in
driving, resulting in an accident; - that he would also njie the staff
Superior.
-Maintenance Shop Numbo
one. he said, supports 96 yeiii-
cles. 20'tanks. 30 trail^ and 66
gasoline powered units.' The shop
is adequate and well policed,
and the maintenance is beth^
performed in a Superior manner,
the inspector stated.
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I judgment st^jpended on ’pay’
' ment of $10 and costs,
I Marie Mc.N’eill Phillips, col
ored, Fayetteville, charged with
^ driving under the influence: judg
ment of six months imprison
ment at Women's Division of
Stale Prison suspended upon pay
ment of SIO and costs.
. Roy J. Williamson, white, of
East Liimberton, charged with
driving under the influence and
possession of non-tax-paid in
toxicants; judgment suspended
upon paymei?f of $150 and costj
John Lester Thayer, white.
Fayetteville, charged w'ith reck
less driving and driving without
a license: judgment suspended
on payment of $50 and costs,
Billy,J. Reed, white. Fayet’e-
ville, charged with driving under
the influence and posspssion of
non-tax-paid intoxicants; ^ juiig-
ment suspended on payment of
$100 and costs.
-lames Michaeli^heehan. white.
Fayetteville, chaegedt with driv
ing under the influence: judge-
“Continued On Page 6”
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Mrs. Dwight Brown,
Former Teacher
Buried Tues. P. M.
1
She is survived by^
EIvkkhI and Fred
".'ome; Neill
-.^ka,'-and .''J
\i!'ii', and f ' "
Mrs. DwigHt W. Brown. 66,
died at .Moore Memorial .Hospi
tal Sunday. She was the, widow
of the Reverend Mr. Brown, a
Methodist minister in the wes-
terf North Carolina Conference.
.Sffs.- Drown ‘ wm thejnfmer
Annfe Mae Fuller, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Allen J- Fuller.
Sl»e*was born in July, 1884, in
Randolph County and move’
here, withi'the family about 1903., Henry-
After Mr. Brown’s death she re- mei
turned to Raeford 1943, and •,
had made her ho- ’ ^ sine
teaching in the ' '■*”
here for 18
du!'tJj3rwoWpiuceTiird: eyI
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A4P BiAND FROZEN
SptnacB
Tates To Attend
Conference In
tion’s Capital
M. D. Yates. Clerk of Superior
Court, haj! been named elo:^
wfth 47 other Tar Heels Uunmgb-
out North Carolina, as an
cial delegate to the 1961,Whii«
House Conference on Aging hjf
Governor Hodges.
The conference will be held
in the nation’s capital Jan. p.
12. The conference was called
by President Eisenhower to e«i-
sider problems, and needs of ol*.
er citizens. Delegates from ^
over the nation will assemble to
I consult with sHch promiowyl
authorities on the as Ajv
thur S. Flemming, Secretary
Health, Education and WeMerie
and James P Mitchell, Secretary
of Labor, in an effort to faHSU
the needs of senior ciUaai^
. through planning and 'discuadiMg
' The delegates from
[ olina include - such
l-citizrns as i>r. Arthur Ign
Durham and State I^kar
I missioner, Frank Cgtce.
' Hodges said a noadaat.lag
mittee. headed he
E..
ht ba
TW
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ms