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The Ne ws - Journal
The Hoke County Newt—^EtUblithed 1928
Jhe Hoke Coont^ Journal—^EttahKakail 1908
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VOLUME LV. NO. U
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1961 'rAEFORD, N. C.
10 PAGES
Ite PER COPY
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1 addenda...
By The Editor
Principal Dewey Huggins was
telling me yesterday that the
schools ,will probaUy make up
the lost time by running on the
Friday before Easter and a cou
ple of Saturdays during the tem,
assuming no more days have to
be lost because of weather. Eas
ter Monday is still to be a holiday,
he told ine the county board bad
decided. Unless, that is.
The Town board held its meet
ing Monhay night with Mayor pro-
tem Marion Gatlin ppsidi
while Mayor Alfred^ Cole is get
ting over an illness at Moore Me
morial Hospital. In addition to
their action favoring the sub-
divisional planning proposition
explained elsewhere, they renew
ed the license'ef the two taxicab
companies. Rose and Wright,
and adoped a resolution on the
Hoke County Jubilee May 14-19.
This resolution deals with the
sale of articles relating to the
Jubflee by persons or firms not
connected with the Jubilee gpr-
poratmn and is prints In its
entir^ in this issue. It boils
down to the idea that noirelties,
hats, ties,, etc., should be left
to the corporation to sell so it
can pay its way. I don’t believe
anyone will mind going along
with that, and don’t think the
board did either—it was just to
let people know the corporation
wants this little business.
Pat, little daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Tommy Macko, is getting
to be something of a TV star, I
am told. She has appeared on Jim
Thornton’s show over WTVD on
Saturday night and is to appear
again next Saturday.
Paul Long, bait, tackle and tall
story man hereabouts, says UtPt
be is having "his Golden Jubilee
on March 31, but that ha’ll be glad
to' wait and have it with ,the
whole county ift■Mar.'That’s.one
I would like to wait about 20
years t^ have willi somebody, of
anybody. ,
A. P. Hassell, Jr., who has suc
ceeded Horapa Godfrey as
chief N- C. administrative officer
of the ASC is a brother of Mrs
A. K. Stevens, Jr., of this coun
ty. He has been with this agency
and its alphabetical'predecessors
since 1936, and was second in
command to Godfrey in the State
office.
I believe thgl our leading ar
ticle this week will be real news
to most people in the jpounty, for
McPhaul’s intentions were cer
tainly a well-kept secret. Outside
of the mendbefs of the board and
T. B. Lestir, mighty few people
seem to have heard it ahead of
time. If .they had there would
have been more applicants fof
Injuries Fatal
oke County Man
the job. They did hire a migh^ sprinnci,,
good man in T. B. Lester, I know
for sure and certain, from a good
many years of military and per
sonal associations, both on and
off of active duty.
If you don’t ordinarily read
"Field and Strean^” you ought
to Pet out an^ buy yourself a
cow of the February issue and
rn-H Tom Cameron’s article en
tifio/f “The World’s Best Tarpon
F’'’iir'’?’’ It is about his trin to
Costa Rica last year and is illus
trated with several color pic
tures. I am certain you will en
joy it, and want to congratulate
'Pom on getting to be a writer
for a nationally distributed mag
azine.
> i
around
..town
With Sam Morris
Neil Senter ,chairman of the
"Brothers of the Brush” com
mittee of the Hoke County Jubil
ee announces in an ad this week
that a meeting will be held at
the courthouK • next Monday
night concerning the* rules and
regulations of this part of the
celebration.
Since calling a couple of
names last week about the ap
pearance of hair on the face it
would be impossible to call at
tention to any certain one this
week. The race is on and as the
pro from the comparty putting
on the jubilee stated some peo
ple, look better now than before.
So make it a point to be at the
courthouse Monday night and do
your part to make the jubilee a
success.
(Cdntb^ed-On Page 6)
A Hoke County man injured in
a wreck on January 31 died in
Scotland Memorial Hospital at
2:00 o’clock Tuesday morning
to become the county’s first traf
fic fatality of 1961, and another
injured Sunday is in critical con
dition.
James Lee Locklear, 46, was
injured at about 6:00 p.m. on
January 3l on the Wire Road
about one mile east of Antioch,
not far from his home. Locklear
was driving his 1952 Ford east
at an apparently high rate of
speed and lost control rounding
a curve.
The car hit a trep apd Locklear
suffered a crushed chest and
other injuries which catued his
death in » week. He was accom
panied by his brother, Junior
Locklear, who was not seriously
injured.
Investigation was by State
Highway Patrolmen W. T. Herbui.
2 Wrecks Thursday
.On 401 near the Diner at 2:00
o’clock las't Thursday a 1961 Chev
rolet operated by Rodney R.
Keenan,' white of 82d Aviation
Co., Fort Bragg, entered the high
way in the path of a southbound
tractor-trailer truck. Witnesses
state that the car did not stop
when leaving Harris Avenue pnd
entering the highway.
The Chevrolet was. demolish
ed and swept down the highway,
and Keenan suffered contusion
and abrasions, but rio serious in
jury. His passettger, JasM^: Wil
son, same address, was thrown
from the car, suffering lacera
tions of the head. He was taken
with careless and reckless driv
ing. Also along was Glenft C. Gib
son of Route one, Shannon, whose
father owned the truck. Jones
said that Locklear :^d from the
scene'and had no drwer’s license.
Both were hospitalized with
non-critical injudies, ,^d the
truck wap practically destroyed.
Sunday, February T
On Sunday at 6:30 p.m. on U.
S. 401 south at Connell Oil Co;
Timothy V. McPhatter, colored
of Raeford Route 1, had stopped
in the right lane, heading south,
waiting for traffic'tf clear so he
could turn into the kation.
Needham McBryde, colored,
79, of Route One, dfiving a 19^2
Ford, approached from the rear
and ran into McPhatter’s 1958
Chevrolet at what Investigating
Highway Patrolman J. E. Dupree
estimated to have been about 30
miles an hour.
Dupree said McBryde told him
that he “just didn’t see the car
until he was about*ten feet from
it”
Dan Ferguson, passenger in
McBryde’s car was taken to
Cape Fear Hospital with neck
injuries and has been taken to
Memprial Hospital in Chapel Hill
where he is on the critical list.
There were no other injuries.
McBryde is charged with reck
less driving with trial awaiting
the results of his injury.
License Plates
On Sale Until
5:00 Saturday
The sale of 1961 auto license
tags will go until 5:00 o’clock Sat
urday, February 11, at the Rae
ford Chamber of Commerce office
in the Bank if Raeford building,
Phil Rieg, Chamber manager,
said this week. .
The office usually closes at noon
on Saturdays, but is being kept
open due to, the 11th being the
last Satrday before the deadline,^
for having 1961 plates on cars.
Sales are made from. 9 a.m. to
5 p.m. on other days.
The manager saail the sale of
plates is running well al)ead of
last year and that- he expects an
extra large crowd for the laat
three days before the deadline
on Wednesday of next week.
Two Under $500 Bonds For
Entering Mill, Stealing Grain
Board Hires Lester
To Succeed McPhaul
County, Town
BoardrTo Job
In Meetbg
County ComnusnonerM Meet On Mondmy
\“J. W. McPhaul printed his resigtiation to the baaed
to enter private ^siness in Raeford. Realizing Ae Mii
for a training period by his replacement, the redgnati(m%
to be effective at the pleasure of the board.”
S& read the official ininutes of Mtmday’s session oFfise
Hoke County board of conunissionecs, and while the ml*'
of*R^ort^d short, they indicate an active day for this boed.
wpdklr thp Rpv I In addition to accepting'McPhaul’s resignation with refrets
At the meetings
of commissioners
Hoke County this week the Rev.
W. B. Heyward, thairman of the j they.hired a replacement for him, hired a new dog wafden
commjmty plaiming board, ap-^Qj. county and took care of other matters of o^qatf
peared in the interest of legis-' f i
lation granting authority to the business,
planning board to approve the
plats of future subdivisions with
in a one-mile radius of Raeford.
Both boards agreed to help
sponsor the project, the minute
of the county board stating ‘The
board felt that this recommend
ation is vital to the future land
mvelopment and throughfarc
plan of property around Raeford.”
In approving the request, the
boards offered their support and
cooperation in the project. The
meeting was set for the court
room at the courthouse at 5:00
o’clock on the afternoon of Fn-
day^ebruary 17.
Rabi^ Clbics
Start Monday,
Dr. K. M. Lewis
^ Dr. Clifton Davenport, Hoke
County health director, this week
calls the attention of the people
of the county to the requirements
of the state laws on vaccinating
dogs for rabies and ^announces
ihat Dr. K. M. Lewis,' veterinar
ian of Red Ssfings, will conduct
a series of cHnief in the va^ow
communities of the county start-
T. B. LESTER ■
T. B. Uester, who will go to
work Monday as Hoke County’s
third accountant in its 50 years
of history, has a variety of exper
ience to qualify him for the job.
Bom in Florence, S. C.. he is
the son of Mrs. 'T. B. Lester, Sr.
now of Newberry, S. C., and the
late Mr. L^ter, Who was a dairy
farmer, bookkeeper for Hoke Oil
and Fertilizer Company and coun-
commiasioner. Lester is 48 years
of age.
A graduate of Raeford High
School, Lester attended N. C.
State College. He worked as a
^f--—■ Gifi Com-
* pAny and was office manager for
with the hours andipUces.he
may be iocaterf, is given in an ad-
bertisement in the issue, aqd
Dr. Darenpotl urged the #^0-
T. B. Lester, staff admisthAFA-
tire assistant for the local Na-
tional Guard battalion for the
past doaen years, was emplsf-
ed to replace .WePhanC ah
though the first poMic ward
of his decision to qnit th«
county was at Monday’s awh-
ing.
According to the minutes “An
interview was deld with Mr. T.
B. Lester Jr., with regailf
to replacing John W. Me-
Phaul. A motion was made hjr
C. C. Conoly, seconded by J.
Blue .thit T. B. Lester, Jr.’, he
employed as county accountant,
tax superivsor. purchasing agent
and clerk of the board to fill the
unexpired term of the present
accountant. The salary approved
is $6,000 annually plus travel ex
penses. It was further agre^
that Mr. Lester would begin his
training program .Monday. Feb.
13, 1961 and' the oath of office
would be administered when pro
per bond has been secured and
approved. This motion unani
mously carried.’
McPhaul has been county ac
countant since. December 1, 1^,
after the* dlBth of J. A. .McG^
an in October coming to the
county’s ^mploy from ten years
with Helw Oil A Fertilizer Coat-
pany. He has operated a tax aad
was not seriously injured.
Keenan, whose home is in Sea
Bright, N. J. was found guilty
of reckless driving in recorder’s
icourt Tuesday.
The truck was operated by Cy
rus J. Messimer of St. Petersburg,
Fla. Patrolman J. E. Dupree in
vestigated.
In another wreck at 11;30
Thursday night when a 1950 Ford
pickup coming toward Raeford
from the Red Springs road
couldn’t make the curve entering
Raeford, turned over, hopped and
skipped 340 feet and came to rest
upright.
Raeford Policeman Robert
Jones investigated and charged
Bobby Locklear of Route two
After skipping last week’s
session due to Superior Coint
Judge Harry Greene and the staff
of Hoke County recorder’s
court had a fairly busy day Tues
day, although they managed to
adjourn the session before 4:00
o’clock.
Two colored men of Raeford
Route One, James Thomas Be
thea and David Bethea, pled
guilty of breaking into J. C.
Wright’s feed mill and stealing
more than ten tons of shelled
corn at a value of $250. The
court found probable cause as to
the pair and bond was fixed at
$500 each for their appearance
at the next term of Superior
Court.
In connection with the same
case Archie Billinger, colored,
pled guilty of larceny and was
'placed under an appearance
bond of $100 for Superior
Court.
Mamie and Fraqkie Little,
colored, pled not guilty of pos
session of tax paid whiskey, beer
and non tax paid whiskey (2 pints.
7 cans and one jar). Both were
found guilty and sentence for
each defendant was sijc months
in the women’s division of State
prison, suspended on payment of
$100 andcosts and two years
good behavior by each.
Wesley W. Ray, white of Fort
Bragg, pied guilty of having no
Blames Profit
Dip On U.S. ‘
Wilmington, Del. — Stockhold
ers Of Burlington Industries, Inc.,
were told Thursdy that Wash
ington “has turned a deaf ear to
pleas for fair play” on the part
of the textile industry, j
J. Spencer Love of, Greens
boro, chairman and president of
Burlington, said the rising flood
of low-priced imports of textiles
“has wiped out the position of
reasonable balance between sup^
ply and demand which the tex-^
tile industry has just recently
been able to achieve.”
Last week Burlington, the
world’s largest textile manufac
turer, announced that earnings
for the first quarter of'lts cur
rent fiscal year were 46 cents
per common share, compared
with 88 cents for the same quar
ter a year ago.
, “It is estimated that about 13
million will be added to our >ivor|
force during the next 10 years,”
Love said. - . '
driver’s license and driving on lection of the county s people,
the wrong side of the road not T**® requires that all ^gs
in passing. Road sentence of 601 months of age shaU
days was suspended on payment Vacciimted a^inst rabies, an
in which Br Lewis will aPP®". .^inburgh and White Tex MUls, bookkeeping office which
XU. ._j _ ^ jjg plans to move soon to
Entering Federal service with . building on Main Street to be
the National Guard when it was i vacated by Niven Appliance Corn-
called in 1940, he served as an Pa^y- and lo handle office eq"h>-
ple of the county to w^erate j^rttactor in Antiaircraft Schodt ^^th a Fayetteville
with the program, both-, to com- Cwnp Davis and in Europe Itrm.
ply with the law and for the pro
of $100 and costs.
Frederick Nash Davit, white of
sUrting. in March the county will
have ^ dog warden, .Leslie R.
no driver’s license and to. pass
ing on a hill crest. Judgment was
suspended on payment of $25
and costs.
James S. Floyd, whiti of
Greensboro, pled not guilty of
speeding 80 in a 55 mph zone. He
(Continued on Page 6)
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Mrs. A. 1C Currie
Dies In Dunn; Is
Buried Here Sun.
Nil
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II
Thursday At Dinen Neither Occupant Seriously Hurt
Funeral service for Mrs. A.
K. Currie was conducted at the
Raeford Presbyterian Church
Sunday afternoon at 3:00 o’clock
by the pastor, the Rev,. W. B.
Heyward, and the Rev Leslie
Tucker, pastor of the First Pres
byterian Church of Dunn. Burial
was in Raeford cemetery.
Mrs. Currie had been in fail
ing health for several years, and
died on Friday afternoon at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Leon
McKay, in Dunn. Death was
caused by a heart attack.
The former Ella Mae Poole,
she was born in Jackson Springs,
Moore Conty, a daughter of the
late Mr. .and Mrs. D. Scott Poole.
She moved here with her family
in 1905 when her father began
ooeration- of the newspaoer,
“Facts and Figures.” Her hus
band die^ in 1950.
Mrs. Currie taught for many
years in the schools here. She
was a charter member of the Rae
ford Woman’s Club and the
Cha'minade Music ,Club, and had
served' as president of both or
ganizations as well as of Jhe
Raeford XJDC chapter.
Slie was active in the devel
opment of the Hoke County Pub
lic Library and had retired last
Raeford pled guilty of having 'vho is to help people with
jir ibkios-Boused by dogs and
to check dogxNfor ) vaccination
tags.
Dr. LjWis is well known to
people of the county, having
practiced in Red Springs for
ipany years, and under the new
plan dog owners wil pay him $1
at the time the dog is vaccina
ted, if done at a clinic.
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Cub Scout Awards
To Be Made At
Den Meetings
(^amp Davis and in Europe
during the war. When the Nation
al. Glianl unit was reorganized
here in 1947 he became the local
battalion’s executive officer as a
major, and since that time has
also been the battalion’s staff ad
ministrative officer on a full
time basis.
He is a member of the board of
steward^ of the Raeford Methodist
Church, is married to the for
mer Lorena Andrews of Raeford,
and they have one
Andrea.
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Dollar Days
Although it ^as not generally
known that McPhaul intended to
submit his resignation to the
county, he told The News-Jour
nal yesterday that interest in the
job had been expressed by one
other person in addition to Les
ter,, so the news was not com
pletely a secret. He did not name
the other applicant No- public
notice was given that the job 'was
vacant, and it was not vacant fiiK
daughter, as long as a day.
Dog Warden Hired ' ’
— ■ Dr. Clifton Davenport, county
health officer, appeared before
the board and advised that the
Due to the cancellation of the
January Pack meeting of the Cub , “poUar Days
Homer McGuin,
actin-g president
of the Raeford Merchants Assoc
iation division of the Chamber
of Coiemerce, announced this
w^k that the merchants will have i
specials on Fri-
Scouts, the awards will be made
at den meetings this week by the
den mothers, according to Jack
Autry, pack master.
Awards that will be presented
are; Bobcat, Rudolph Hendrix;
Wolf with gold and silver arrow
points, Ronnie Petler; Wolf, Heb-
er Pittman, Steve Duncan and Lin
Webb; Bear, Mike and Randy Bag-
by; Lion, Ronnie Cameron, Wayne
Branch, Brownie Davis. Mike
Jordan and Jasper Clark; Lion
with gold arrow point, Tonuny
Autry; 1 year service star. Willie
Lentz, George McFadyen, Joe
Crossweli and Jeff Boyd.
day, Saturday and Monday, Feb
ruary 17, 18 and 20. Price re
ductions on special items will be
featured In most stores.
At the meeting of the division
held Tuesday plans were discus
sed for the Easter promotions
and for the “Old Fashion Bargain
Days” to be held in connection
with the Hoke County Golden
Jubilee in May.
The Merchants Aesociation div
ision received with regret the
"esignation of A L. West as its
Tsident West has left the em
ploy of Macks 5, 10 & 25 cent
store, where he was manager.
board of trustees. She had been
active in the Prwligtorliii
(Tiurch, serving as Sunday geheol
teacher, itotiin in Ihe eha*.
and holding several tifVRW to
the Woman of tha Ctouh.
Surviving are Bar SMtobtef
Mrs. KcKav; mm toelhar, W.,
L. Poole of RaetoHb Atone Miton,.
Mrs. Luke BetlMM aiadl I
Maude Poole of HaefctoA anj|
Basketball Tean
Record Now 7-2
LJLIrkw “■ ’’
dog warden program could be «t-
ministered with the funds hi tha
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Mrs. W. J. McQutofto
Dies On Tuesday, .
Funeral Wednesdajr
a noiH»nei«nee idetory as well.
The Hoke giris won two of the
three ganee they played during
year after serving 25 yean on itrf the weak. Tha Hoke -boys are
Funeral services for 'Mrs. Adh
Hoke High School’s boys bas-j On Monday night in Laurin- Barnard McQuage, 91. were beM
ketball team added two more | burg both teams woo again, the Wednesday at 3 pjn. at Ato
conference victories to their j boys 3S-St and the girls 52-26. Raeford. Presbyterian Ctanto'
ripcord for the aaaaaB and added | PhRIto* waa top man wjth 17, conducted by the Rav. W. B. T
now in second place in District
4 at least, and fossjhly >n first.
H«re m Saimntoy night tha
Mate hupa wt Wadashaga ton
and won the conference contaat,
Gidn and PhiUte M tte
aaaetog «Nh IS patoto each M-
lowte to Vntenh with 14 Mc-
Phanl with S and. Byrd'jriih S.
Tha Hoka ^lAa won thair gwaa
over
Mrs. J. Hugh Late gf Wltoto*! Neill score 94 Cidbswlh Oah
ton, D. C.; and ttote griniitoM- Un 9 and Canhday 4 Hoko was
ren.
lk«Bt ail tha way.
foBnwod by Byrd 13, Guin 11,
MePtewl 9, Up±urch 7 anil Huff
man tMitee led 23-14 at half-
tknn to toe girls game McNeill
had 21, Cuiaday 20, CMbreth 6,
WooAaB 3 and Gatlin '2.
Afitoto Ammn HigV School
ni^ tte BuekE did it
but tte girls were
tl-dC For too boys
21, FhiMiiii 16. Vp-
MrPhanl mti Byrd 8
Skipper 1. ITto Hoke
sr, bate be-
fMatototodaUtha
htoiteSi at
amAdnLWaa h
Gatlto with 4
Canal* t
ward, assisted by the Bov. Jete
Glenn. Burial was in BatonC
Cemetery.
She died Tuesday nianii|g ||
the Raeford Rest Home. Sh^toid
been in declining heelih
number of yeofi
Survivors inefuda tor I
William J. Message: one
ter, Mrs. Maitor Itoyhue af !
tgoaaery, Ain; ftto
Frank VcQimet «l
Square, Pa., oh
ettevilU. Him. Ctonia
Wadsabotn Ajtter
waa by IMMII with 21 Norweed and Mrs. & M. I
Ctotoeth 7 and Raeford; ae4 torn
iran.