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DAY, JANVABY 2«, Iftl
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10 PAGES
Itr PE^COPT
Aifead Richard E. Neeley Tues
day morning, whte Odcing the
fieture of the fpiiner^eaving
on tlio trip to Wilaon, ^o was
paying‘for the trip, and na^^md
Fred Culbreth. I later fdund out
from Ct^ty Famn Agent W. C.
Willifor^that this was not right,
that Upchirch Milling Company
and Hoke Exchange Company
were paying tor it- I don’t know
what Neeley meant, unless he
^tifou^t i^ was a government trip
^ and ^referred to Culbreth’s in
come taxes.
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Children, like adults, like - to
talk. When a teacher of the class
room left the room, I did, didn’t
you? However, -punishment by
the teScher is justifiable to an
extent. Fortunately some of us
in the country now have tele-
phones-some do not-and when
our youngest daughter came home
in tears because she did not know
' what had happened to her older
sistor we were disturbed.
Soon she called from her grand
mother’s and there were three
teenage girls' from Blue Springs
__D>wnship that had been kept in
after school'because the teacher
was out and somebody in the
room was talking. We have a tele
phone but one child did not and
It was five ■o'clock before m^
husband brought her home. Ttie
child; was so QpMt that she told'
ours “If ydar (hidil^ will take me
as fbr as Bethel Church HI walk.”
That distance is abwt 3 miles
and they are newcomers, to this
community. How%ould you have
felt?
Having taught | know they ara
children and into everythini^
but being tlie mother of four aal'
three of th^ in ,the schools of'
Raeford, I would say now th^s
> are more county children
town ^idrtn, parents should
n^iifM before the bus runsl
they should be Mm JhMW
tiffle .it;i^t3 to'thlSr’^m^
Much ‘pbwef to the'teachers,
for I' know what they ge-through-
but the school buses are for our
children to ride, and they should,
be off them.
( '^hank you, -
, Mrs. Kathleen 'Smith
The letter is seif explanafdry,
and if. I had good sense I would
have nothing further to say. I do
know how'she feels, and agree
that the children should be on
the bus when that’s the only way
. they have to get back and,forth.
On the other- hand, and I know
she knows this, the teacher cer
tainly has' a side, too. They get
in trouble if they hit one of our
little darlings, in most cases,- and
If they can’t hit "em or keep hem ■
in, what can a teacher do? ,
Now, that ought to get some
conversation going. I’m going to
Chicago.
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CONGRATULATIONS is what R. B.
Lewis* tl^e Raeford Kiwanis Club’s
“Man of the Year”, is getting from .Ki
wanis Club President M. D. Yates. The
picture was posed in the Bank of Rae
ford by the pair at the request of The
News-Journal. *
Hoke Group Joins
Moore Tribute To
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W..P. Saunders
By Valerie Nicholson
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The swimming pool associa
tion is going to have a meeting
next month, which we’ll remind
members ^,later. They do say,
though, that they are in fair fin-
andal shape.-There are a few
vacancies which will' go for cash
only.* No more credit.'
Note' from John and Leola
Flannery with their Yenewal says
they are glad to hear from all
friends here through the paper
and that the latch sring is but in
case you'come that way.
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around....
' ....town
With Sam Morris
_ The weatherman promised
onow Saturday and he was correct
as it came down in the morning
but. to the sadUfiss some and
the gladness of oth^ it didn’t
stick. The thermometer hit a
new low for the winter according
rto repofti around the coffee
table. Bernice Williamson of.Que-
whiffle stated that his mercury
was down to nfeie degrees Sun
day morning. It was ten degrees
at Antioch and sbnieone said it
was about that here im Raeford.
It warmed up somewhat Mon-
lay and Tuesday but remits
have it that the cold winds
the norfii will be with us again
real soon, maybe before this goes
to press.
, A ^oup from Hoke~_cfilUity
was part, of a capacity ^rnwd of
225 friends .and admirers who
honored. .'Wi^m- P. Sstuiders of
Southern PirieS pt the Mid PinC3'
Club thef,e'-.Bi!dnday night. , /
The oc^sim .'was a surprise
banquet, fw ‘'Bill” Saunders, who
at} January • retired from the
post of director 'of the State
Peparhnent of Conservation and
Deyek^nent. ,
Among Raeford people pres
ent were Mrs.. RaM Barnhart
daughter .-'of SauaMi, and her
ll-y|ar-dMghtfir,4 curly-
bJhW'^llfBbeln. 'IraeFTiatf^Seats
of honor at the speakers’ table,
as also did Lawrence McNeill of
Raeford.
Moore County Rep. H. Clifton
Blue of Aberdeen as toastmaster
called',on a half-dozen persons'
present in the informal program
which, featured the brilliant occa
sion. They spoke briefly in tri
bute to the Moore County indus
trialist, who sparked the economy
of the Sandhills long before he
was summoned by Governor Hod
ges to do so for the State.
McNeill served as spokesman
for the Hoke County gro^p in
saluting' SaunderS, former presl-
ident of Robbins Mills, who es
tablished the Raeford division
of that concern which is now the
Pacific Mills plant.
“Thanks ta'-Bill Saunders, we
have today in Hoke county the
largest worsted mill in the world
under one roof, -with annual pay
roll of more'than $6 million,”
said McNeill. “We are indebted
to-him for the spark'whith set
our economy moving, and has
brought many jpeople to our coun
ty.” ,
“I have known Bill lot more
than 14 years and am happy to
pay tribute to tl^is mart ^bo has
meant so ijmch "to us.
■ “His Xpnesty, sound judgment
and hM-id^ls. have been a great
infltience ;ta jny. life and in the
lives ,of .itoany^- Others whom I
knowi FoitypH trf ris, I congratu-
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R. B. Lewis Gets
Man Of Yedr Award
“Man of May Years” is what
Tom Cameron said applied to R.
B. Lewis in presenting Lewis the
Kiwanis .Club’s award as “Hoke
County’s Outs-tanding Citizen for
1960” at the club’s annual Ladies
Night meeting in Pinehurst
Thursday.
The award is usually called the
“Man of the Year” award, and
Cameron pointed out that his
“Uncle Bob” h^ not been named
its recipient' juSt for things he
liad done for Raeford aod Hoke
County during 1960, but for his
contributions to the community
ever a period of many ^rs and
In many different fields of en
deavor.
Lewis Is a native Wilnitng-’
ton: He came here in 1919 as as
sistant cashier of the Bank of
Raeford. He became cashier in
1920, executive vice-president, in
1946, and president this month.
He sferved overseas in World
War I las a lieutenant and after
coming to Raeford was caotafn
of the National Guard unit form
ed here after the war. He
rose in the National Guard to
the rank of colonel, and com
manded an artillery regiment in
the West Indies during World
War II. Upon His retirement from
the National Guard he. was ap
pointed a brevet brigadier gener
al by Governor Luther H. Hodges.
He was an organizer and for
many years chief of the Raeford
KtS,; Superior Court Starts
Funeral Today
Funeral service will be con
ducted at the Raeford Presbyter
ian Church at 3:30 this afternoon
for. Marshall A. Davis, who died
in the Salisbury Veterans hospi
tal on Tuesday.
The service will be conducted
by .the Rev. W. B. Heyward, pas
tor- and burial will be in. Rqe-
lord cemetery.
Mr. Davis,, know as “Jap”
when he was quite a ball player
some years ago, was born in the
part of Hoke that is now the Fort
Bragg reservation, 69 years ago
When it was in Cumberland
County. He was a son of George
G. and Annje Davis.
He served in Europe, in
World War I with..^mpany L
of Lumber Bridge the 30th
Division. A printer and typeset
ter, he worked in Raeford both
before and after the war for the
late D. S.«^Poole, first on “Facts
and Figures” and later on “The
Hoke County Journal.” He later
worked in Fayetteville in the
printing business for several
years. He was a fine singer and
sang with quartets in the section
in his younger days and in the
choir of the Raeford Presbyter
ian -Qhurch.
In recent years his health had
failed and he had spent much of
time in veterans hospitals.
He is survived by three ne
phews, Chalmers, WjUiam and
Charles Davis, and one niece,
Mrs. Martin Scarboro, all of Rae
ford,
, ^
,Mr. and Mrs. Tom Wilson spent
Sunday in Fallston with his
mother.
Mon.; Fountain Judge
Hoke High Makes
Career Day Plans
Principal Dewey Huggins of
Hoke Cofinty High School an
nounced Wiis week that the
school’s second annual “College
-CarcCT Day” program would be
held on Thursday- February 9,
1961, and that William 0. Leon
ard, Jr., Rector of manjgower
and training for Cone Mills Cor
poration, would be the keynote
speaker.
■ Theme for the program is to
be “Preview for Tomorrow,’
Docket Of Caaee
UnasaaUy Light
Judge George M. Fountain ol
Tarboro is scheduled to conveftn
the regular January term of Holie
County superior court here neil
Monday morning, January 30, at'
10:00 o’clock. .The term is for
and the trial of crimfiial and civil
cases and waS postponed froni
earlier in the month becauss of
a conflict in the schedules of
the judges. \
Criminal DockA^ Light
'The criminal dockeiyfor the
term is lighter than usual, witl
j ■ fii I only two defendents scheduled te
,ger and assistant personnel 6x-\ county grand jury foi
indictment, and with only sh
other defendants being set foa
trial.
W. 0. Leonard, Jr.
personnel association.
He is married and
son.
has one
The keynote addrejs will be
at the morning assembly, follow
ing which the group will divide
for the vocational conferences.
The afternoon session will con
sist of th^ college conferences.
County’^ Golden Jubilee Is
cor
Angus Currie Is
Mad^ Bank Cashier
Angus J. Currie has been ma^
cashier of the Scottish Bank of
China Grove, according to an |m-
nouncement this week from the
bank’s headquarters in Lumber-
ton;
Currie is a native of this coun
ty, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rex
^itrrie, and was for several years
an employee of the B^k of
Raeford. He has been with The^
Scottish Bank since November
of last year.
•Fire Department, voluntarily re
tiring as chief in 1959. He has
been commander of the local
American Legion post, and pres
ident and division lieutenant gov.
emor of Kiwanis International.
He was on the first board of
directors of the Raeford Chamber
of Commerce, served two terms;
as president and is « memlier-''iff
the present board. lit the Melfi-
odist Church he Has
njany years as a member of the i
tord of stewards and as teacher j
of the Men’s Bible Class. {
Gaming WolJiers Every Day
director of the ,Hoke Coiui^ j,, - ^ y ^ v •/
United Fund, serving leverdL ’ /
years as chairman of the budget I Plans for Hoke County’s Gol- 'wer questiites and help with the
and admissions committee. i j Jubilee continued to move forming of initial plans for the
Lewis was named chairman-'
of a committee to investigate the entatiye uf t^ company is to
50th anniversary of the founding- ^ get involved in come to Raeford shortly after the
of Hoke County by the county until
mittees which will plan and carry after the Golden Jubilee,
out the celebration. | As first steps of the prepar-
Last Friday’s meeting at the ations arfe being taken by the
courthouse wa^ wgU attended bys^arious committees these will be
division chairmen and by several reported. There wiU also be sev-
committee chairmen in each div- eral requests for public help from
ision ^f the jubilee. The purpose committees which will be publish-
dPthis meeting was to complete ed.
I the naming of committee chair- In the Revenue Division Jos-
men as nearly as possible and ephine Hall is chairmen of the
to acquaint them with the gen historical ’'^Mgram committee,
eral v plans for the celebration. Kenneth McNeill of the nov
On Mondaj__arid Tuesday a re- committee, Hugh Gardner of the
presentativ^ofthe Jbhn B. Ro^ concessions committee, and the
gers Producing Company was in Raeford Jaycees with Wade
Raeford and n\et with division Blackwell, president will handle
and committee chairmen to ans-1 the function of the Jubilee ball
like last year’s, it will include
meetings of sm^U groups with'
talks on various colleges and,
careers.
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Leonard, who lives in Greens-1
boro, served the' Cone corpora-1
tion as a plant personnel mana-
d assisi
rector before his present posi-i
tiqp. He is a native of Greens
boro and graduated from Guil
ford College with an AB degree.
*Hc Has' done graduate study in | Walter Shipman is to appear
advanced management at the * before the grand jury on tws
University of Chicago. charges of forgery, and Robert
He served in the Pacific The- ^ Weldon .Young is to appear «
atre as tank sergeant in World, charges of manslaughter, druni
War II. He is lay leader and Sun- j driving, and careless and reck
day School superintendent of I less driving.
Carraway Memorial Methodisjl Set for trial are Harry Lee IDI
Church in Greensboro, and_is^orthless check, two charges
past president of the Greensboro James W. Parker, speeding; Rol
commissioners last fall, and he
is now serving as president and
active general chairman of the
Hoke County Golden jubilee, Inc.,
the jubilee to take place start->
ing May 14. '
He is married td the former
Maude Upchurch of Raeford, and
they have two daughters, Mrs.
Watson Lawhon of Greensboro
and Mrs. Charles Avera of Win
ston-Salem. They have four ^and-
childrcn.'
Hoke
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CUB SCOUT PACK MEETING
The January meeting of Cub
Scout Pack 401 will be held on
Friday night at 7:t)0 in the Fel
lowship room of the Presbyterian
Church.
Each den will have an exhibit
jihd a film will be shown. Cub-
master Jack Autry, and assistant
Cubmaster Wade Blackwell' wiU
present awards.
0 r-;— games they played in the past
NEW STORE HOUBS i winning both games in
. Hoke Drug Co. >d HowelL "‘ght and
Drug .Co. have annlnced ne^rW^ Hrls .rinmng in Ham-
aosi4 hours. They will dose ^ues^y n^ht while the Hoke
at 8 p.m. On alternatg Wednes-'v*^^* .
day afternoons, one of the two - Gatlm, and
Connig'Culbreth led the Hoke
Take
s X)f Four-
iiltee^
fn the* participation division
Neill Senter is chairmen of the
brothers of the bush, Mrs. J. L.
McNeill is “Jubilee Belles” chair
men, Israel Mann olAbe men’s
hats and tiesi 'Rreresa McBr>’de
of ladies sunbomnets and dress
es, Archie .Byrne is promenade
and caravan chairman and Jake
Austin is cheiAnan of kangaroo
courts.
In the spectacle ticket division
Scott Poole is ticket chairman.
Mrs. Truman Austin advances
iesN^s. Robert Gatlin nom-
inations^Mrs. Bju Sellars awards,
Mrs. J. H. Austin arrangements,
Charles Morrison of patroijg tic
kets, Roger Dixqn of cashiers and
gates and I. W. Kinlaw of aud
ience
In the spectacle division -Mrs
A. D. Gore is chairman for scenar-
ert Rogers, breaking, entering an.
larceny; William Smith. n"6n-sa|
port; James R. Lamb, drivint
drunk; R. C. Douglas Wilson
^ving drunk aiMf’^ no diwertt
license.
V Dozen Civfi Cases
Civil- cases, set for Tubsda:
include four actions for divoro
and. eight other varied civil ma
ters. Several of the latter, if tN
' term is as usual, will not come t*
trial,
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Jury Lists Gjvcn
! The grand jury for the term
I the same as served the last, con-
I sist| by Roy Jfones. Harold C.
j Crowder. Madison Shaw, W. I.
Strider, Edwin L; McNeill, John
F. Campbell^ R'cks Branch, f. D.
Fowell/TOr^B, Maxwell. Georg*
M. Baker, James E. Hollings
worth. Brantley All^n, N. A. Mar-
well. B F. Boyles. H. A Boyles
D. M Ray. Daniel F. Meinms
June S. Wright.
Petty pnrors called for th
term are W. M» Jones, William P
Smith, Leon • Thrower, Mrs. E ,
M. M»eks. H. H. Dillon. Mn
Lacy Scarboro, C. L Ellis, Zei
Butler, Wade McDougald, Johi
W. Graham, Mrs. H. P. Dickerson
Marshall Parks, Mrs. Martha Me
Xeithan, William C. Edwards
Martin W. Layton.
Mrs. J. L. Conoly, George A
Monroe, Jack L. Baker. D.
Chambers. J^es R. Conoly, Dew^
ey McOuage, Jr. Mrs. Ethel fflb
son, Clarence Page. W. F. Peck
Curtis McDowell. Jule Flowen^
io anif^Ie^ Robert Gatiin and Ed Fuller, Mrs.'Maude Callo*^,
will be open.
Hoke High School’s basketball and Larry Phillips rounded off
teams won, three of the 'four the Raeford scoring with 12, 7,
and' 2 points respectively.
The Rockingham club was 4ed
by' A. W-. McGee and Jack Hol
land who scored two-thirds of
their team’s points between them.
McGee contributed thirteen and
Holland ten as their club went
down to defeat and scored only
William Lentz was telling me
this week that his smoke house
lived up to its.name last week
when fire destroyed it along with
a Ivge quanity of meat and seed.
He didn’t say if It was insued or
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“WEL(X)ME HOME, -BILL.”. — W. P.
“Bill Saunders, right; receives from Inr-
rest Lockey a silver bowl,' the gift of
his friends, at Southern Pines Monday
night. Standing between them in the
photo made aiithe surprise banquet hon
oring Saunders are his daughter Mrs,
Ralph Barnbardt, and 11-year-old'
granddaughter Elizabeth Bamhardt, of
Raeford. (Photo by Y. Nicholson)
Hij^f School Does' to their vic
tory over Rockingham Friday
njght by a score of .43-35. The
girls won easily and were ahead
in every quarter except the last
as they held the Rockingham team
to a bare seven points in the first
half.
Ann Livingston, Shirley John
son and Pam Loftus led the
girls defensively in the win
which netted an eight point ad
vantage for the local lassies.
Sarah Moi^e led the opposition
with ten points for the Rocking
ham girls. ^
Lariy, Upchurch, Jimmy Guin
shared scoring honors for the
Hoke High Bucks in their night
cap game against the. “Rocks”
which gave Coach Floyd Wilson’s
charges their eighth win in nine
starts as the local five emerged
with a 52-32 win against th
, Rockingham club.
J The Bucks found little competi-
tipn from the Rockingham club
the floor and,, hit for only\14
which had a poor night frm
points in the second half as
went down to defeat. The
was one of the better defensive
nights -for the locals who also
helped to stem the attack with
their usual hustle.
Upchurch scored 16 points for
the-evening endeavor and 9^
contributed 15 in the winning
cause. Bill McPhaul, JuaoQr Byrd
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Mrs. J.^C. McLean for cast, Her-
ace Widters for properties, W. P.
Phillips Ond Alfred Leach for
construction, Floyd Wilson of
grounds. Mis. June Johnson for
costumes and makeup, Martin
Webb, sound system.
In the publicity division Mrs.
Charles Hostetler is chairman of
l^e committee in charge of press
releases, Harold Gillis of radio
and TV, Furman Clark of the
distributive committee, M.‘ D.
Yates of speakers and Tom Cam
eron of special publicity projects.
In the hospit-’lity division J. E.
Continued On Page 6
Thomas N. McLauchlin, Dame]
PeWseti.
Horace Blake' Mrs. M. V. Hed
gepeth,‘M. E. Tatro, J. E. Conoly,
Chester Bealey, CharlM W. Wood-
ell, Mrs. Julian Blue McLeod,
Mrs. C. D. Bostic, firs. R. M.
Hooper, W. M. Quick, James D.
Stephens.
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^ SINGING CONVENTION
There will he a singing conven
tiqn Sunday. January 29, at th*
.efiurch of God of Prophecy oi
the Abe-deen highway begiunini
I at 2:30 pjo.
HOG QUALITY Was Ihe subject th«
gfoup above were going off to study.
The 32 Hoke farmers went to Wilson,
.Tuesday to a school on product^ qual
ity hog meat at the Swift & ^ylaunt
there. They were guests of Upchurch
. K '
Milling Co. and Hoke BacknHg* Co. '«ii
the trip. Ob the way back tkay viaitad
the Gny Mull» hog farm aaar Sakse
and saw one of the aouth’a fiaMst h«dn .
of hogs. ^