The News-Journal
The Hoke County New*—Estkbluh^ 1928
The Hoke County ‘Journ^—E*taUi*hed 1905
VOLtW LV. NO. 43
THURSDAY. MARCH 16, 1961
KAEFORD, N. C
12 PAGES 10c PER COPT
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Md^enda..
By Paul Dickson
We don’t ordinarily give our
want-ad customers as much for
their-ihon^ as the one about
whom Lacy Gray Peebles wrote
the following after it was called
in this we^ but I believe you
will enjoy her handling of the
subject, which follows.
This story is full of bull—ac
cording to a want ad appearing
in the News-Journal, Farmer
David Liles of Antioch has lost
a sizeable item, but hard to find.
The item—a 600-pound homed
bull.
The animal was a brand new
addition to the Liles farm. Who
knows, he may not have liked the
flock new girl friends-or could
he have been lonesome for his
old flame. Anyway his lengthy
visit began on a romantic Sunday
afternoon, and Liles has been
playing the part of detective for
the past three days results with
out results.
Being, in his own ^words, “a
plain dirt farmer,” the loser of
fered no rewardt but said he
would gladly pay the charges
to anyone who would notify him
at Red Springs, phone 5461, of
the whereabouts of the hefty
wanderer.
Jubilee Service
Will Hear Depp
N. B. Blue got busy the other
day when he heard about Grace
Canaday of Hope Mills, anl thp
campaign to raise funds for her
to be sent to., the International
Games for the Deaf at Helsinki,
Finland, in August. Grace, 21
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Carson F. Canaday of Hope Mills,
Rt. 1, and is part-time supervisor
at the N. C. School for the Deaf
at Morganton.
She is a track star, and is to
compete in the' 200 meter race,
the broad jump, the high jupip
and the 400 meter relay. Mini
mum expenses for the trip had
bew egtimated a^ -a,>'.’>tiit 91,300,
anl Ray Reeve, sports director
of the Raleigh ^ Station, start
ed a campaign asking the public
to send Tn contributions of $1
each for'lhe fund.
Reeve had received something
over $2,600 at last reports and
due to Bonnie Blue’s efforts, at
least $25 of it came from here,
for that’s how much 'Blue got
together and sent Reeve. Contrib
uting .were W. B. Heyward, J. D.
McMillan, A A. Graham, A. G.
Drake, W. L. Poole, C. R. Sulli-
vari, D., B, McFadyen, R. L. Hales,
W. L. Howell, W. P. Baker, Allen
McDonald, W. T. Ginson, Jr.,
Graham Clark, Mildred Oliver, H.
D. Harrison, Jr., Luke McNeill,
Ed McNeill, D. H. Hodgin, M. D.
Yates, Archie • Byrne, T. B. Les
ter, Homer McGuinn, Paul Dick-
Boh, J. W. McPhaul and N. B.
Blue.
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DR. MARK DEPP
... Jubilee Speaker
Dr. Mark Depp of Winston-Sal
em will be the featured speaker
at the religious service. May 13,
which will launch the Hoke
County Golden Jubilee.
Dr. Depp was bom in Punsu-
tawney, Pai, and has been pastor
at .Centenary Methodist Church
in WinstonrSalem since 1945.
Active in many civic organiza
tions, and public Munctions, he
has preached and delivered ad-
j ddresses at a large number of
I colleges and is in great demand
for pastors’ schools, preaching
missions, and summer assemb
lies. He has appeared on prog-
.rams at Lake Junaluska, and Mas-
sanetta Springs, Va.
He is a member of the Rotary
and Torch clubs and the Winston-
Salem Housing Authority.
After graduating from the
School of Theology, Dr. Depp en
tered the Baltimore Conference-
and serveral churches in Vir
ginia, Maryland and the District
of Columbia. He was also an ar
my chaplain in World War 1. He
was a member of the General
Conference and Jurisdictional
Conference, 1944, and for the
ensuing quadrenniom, a member
' of the committee on the Crusade
for Christ and the Commission
on World Peace.
Dr Depp received his doctor^
of divinity degree from Allegheny
College.
The Rev. W. B. Heyward, chair
man of the Jubilee’s “Faith of
Our Father’s” religious service,
said that the eveiit will take
place at the ball park'at 8:15 p.m.
Some 2,000 people are expected
t6 be in attendance.
Assisting th^ chairman in se
curing the outstanding speaker
were the Reverends ^pnit
Wheeler and John Glenn.
Mrs. R. L. Calder
Dies At Her Home
Mrs. Rosa Lee Calder, 65, of
Rt. 2, Raeford, was buried Sat
urday in the church cenjptery
of Ephesus Baptist, ^foll^ng
services conducted by • Rev.
James Purcell and Rev. E. C. Tay
lor.
She died Thursday afternoon
from “a self-inflicted guishot
wound,” according to Cdbntp Car-
Enormous Truck
Flattois Sedan
Four_^^ouths miraculously es
caped -injury Saturday night
when their car was crushed by a
tractor-trailer. “See picture of car
on page 2.)
The accident occurred Satur
day night on V. S. 401 just south
of Raeford, when a .^tflpet^Mra^
William. Bdrry, whfr^aaade"-; copibiiiatioii, canyiug..8
on^
the ruling.
Relatives of the deceased told
Coroner Barry that she had been
“somewhat depressed and with
drawn in recent weeks.”
Mrs. Calder is survived by one
son, Robert O. Woodepx, of Rt.
2; one brother, L. A. Sandy, of
Rt. 2:U)ne sister. Mrs. J. P. Jer"-
nigan, ofN^olk, Va.; one half-
sister, Mrs. Jannie Shaw, Rt. 2;
and seven grandchildren.
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Antique Meeting
Set For So. Pines
Thanks to Mrs. R. A. Matheson
for a contribution to The News-
Journal Cemetery Fund in the
amount of $10. You can send
yours any time, now', if you
haven’t this year, for the grass
is beginning to grow.
around
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With Sam Morris
The fourth annual Antiques
Fair will be held in Southern
Pines at the Armory March 22,
23 and 24. '
Hours each day will be from
11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Dealers from
-40 states will be on hand with
a display- of their most exclusive
furniture, glassware and jewelry.
Officials of the historical soc
iety said that the show has great
ly increased in popularity since
the first evei^ three year ago.
Proceeds from the show go to
the Moore County Historical As
sociation, Inc.
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Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Gentry
and children spent the week end
in Roxboro with their parents,
Mrs. Frank Hedrick and Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Stewart.
cargp, turned over on the 1951
sedan'.
Ralph Hue All of Rt. 1, Red
Springs, and three passengers—
Carl Ross of Raeford, Alton Dud
ley of Raeford, Rt. 2, and Loney
Ray of Raeford, Rt. 3 — al| were
able to crawl from beneath the
wreckage without injury accord
ing to Highway Patrolman J. E.
Dupree.
The driver of the tractor-trail
er, Lester Annstrong, 35-year old
Georgia Negro, was slightly in
jured with cuts on his hand and
bruises on his leg. About 2d minu
tes were required to free Arm
strong from his Vehicle, Dupree
said.
Armstrong told Dupree: “in an
attempt to avoid the Allen car,
I swung to the right and into the
side road. My load shifted and
caused, the trailer to overturn.”
The sedan was a total loss, and
damage to the trailer was esti
mated at $5,000.
No charges have been brought,
Dupree said, indicating that the
absence of disinterested witnes
ses made it likely that no charg
es would be brought in the fu
ture.
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Guest; Of Mr. and Mrs. N. A.
McDonai^ ^e past week end
were JwS. 'McDonald’s mother,
Mrs. J. W. Nash, and her sister,
Mrs. Claude Bishop, both of
Goldsboroi
Mrs. Greene Hurt
As Bookmobile
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Hits Bumpy Road
’The condition of Mrs. Harry A.
'(Hazel) Greene was much im
proved Wednesday in Moore.
County Hospital at Pinehurst, ac
cording to relatives.
Mrs. Greene, boolnnobQe li
brarian, suffered a h'ead injury
Monday when a sudden stop of
Abe vehicle caused the folding
seat in which she was riding to
pitch forward, throwing her to
the floor.
Mrs. Lee Cameron, Hoke Coun
ty librarian, said that Mrs. Lacy
McFadyen, driver of the book
mobile, told her that in meeting
a school bus on a narrow road,
she had pulled over to the edge
of the pavement where she was
forced .to stop suddenly to avoid
hittinAA washout.
Jttf. Greene, taken by ambu
lance to the hospital, remained
unconscious until Tuesday morn
ing.
The accident occured about
3:45 p.m. Monday while the two
were serving the Blue Springs
route. They were approaching
their next stop at the home*of
Mrs. John Russell.
Mrs. Greene has been an em
ployee at the library for the past
3 1/2 years. According to Mrs.
Cameron, the greater part of the
library circulation is done
through the bookmobile service.
The accident is being investi
gated by Highway Patrolman W.
T. Herbin.
Hoke Lawmakers Gather
Opinions On Terry’s T^ax
Highway Figures
Three people wqre killed
in 20 highway acciMts which
occurred in Hoke (bounty dur
ing the first tw* months of
1961, according to a report re
leased by the N. C. Hij^way
Patrol this week.
I In Hm/^ame 20 accidents,. 13
■fenons toere iujure* .Proper-
-Ur damggh* ananoated.to $1$^
735.
These statistics do not in
clude* the March 4 accident
in which Johnny Sams lost,
his life, and two others were
injured.
Ten of the accidents occured
during January. During this
month six were injured and
two killed. Property damage
was estimated to be $9,075 for
January.
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HARD DECISION — Dwan Upchurch,
3, taking a ri3^Tn the grocery store, pon
ders the hard question of eating versus
learning, reading versus chewing, and
grits versus books. She is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Upchurch. Cheer up,
Dwan, your elders are pondeirirg the
Governor’s food tax proposal just as
hard.
(Staff Photo)
Legislators Make
Carefol Sounding
Hoke County legislatorv came
home from Raleigh last weekend
to take public soundings on the
proposal to place a three percedl
sales tax on food to'finance edu
cation improvements. fSee car
toon on page 2 1
Both Senator J. B. Thomas aitij
Rep .N'eill L McFadyen asreed
the food tax. -ugg^ed by Gov
ernor Terry Sanford, faced rough
sledding in the General Assem
bly.
Thomas noted that he had
■ found just a few folks in the
County in favor of the Gover
nor's tax program.” He added:
‘The majority are opposed to
it. soipe very strongly 50. But. of
course, everybody is opposed to
some kind of tax.”
Rep. .McFadyen expressed the
same thoughts, though in some
what different' vein.
•'I found some in favor of the
food tax. and right many
against. ’ . McFadyen said. And
tike his senior colleague in the
General .\ssembly. the local lead
er noted that "all ta.xes are un
popular."
The chief difference between
the two lawmakers was that Sen
ator Thomas questioned the need
for more educational revenues.
"I don’t know that they have to
have if’ he said.
McFadyen, on the other hand,
said: "Its necessary to raise
more funds from somewhere,”
and he complimented the Gover
nor for' "right good nerve.”
There was general agreement
on the possible alternatives to a
tax on fo^ The fiw^'ifem ott the
list was-a tobacco ta.x but. as
Thomas said, "I’d hate to put ■
tax on tobacco."
In addition to that kind of an
objection. Rep. .McFadyen posed
the problem of "inadequate rev
enue” from a tobacco tax. It has
been estimated tBat a tax of two
AshW Heights
Meeting Friday
A baked turkey and chicken
supper will be served at the
Ashley Heights Community
House this Friday from 5 to 7
p.m., under the auspices of the
Ashemont Home Demonstration
Club.
Mrs. R. M. Hooper, “Que,whif-
fle’s chief cook” is in charge of
the meal. Proceeds wiU go toward
the purchase of a kitchen range
for the Community Building.
Plates wUl be prepared lo be
taken out if desired.
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Mr. and Mrs. Bill Stokes and
daughter of Charlotte were week
end guests of Mrs. Stokes’ par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Mc-
Keithan. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert
McKeithan, Jr. and children of
LaurinbUrg were here Sunday for
the day.
Housewives Have
On Sanford Fpod
Their Say
Tax Plan
Hoke County hounwiveiyv' ques- Journal representative a petition
The warm days fie have been ‘
having lately makes one want to .
get out and throw the old horse-,
hide around. Times^have chang- ^
cd the popularity of a number of i
sports in the past few years, j
Baseball was the principal topic
of any group of men or boys not |
too many years ago when spring
came around and the big leagur-'
ers headed for Florida for,
Spring t r a i ning. Arguments '
would take place about who |
world win the grapefruit league,!
penmant and World Series. The I
old men and just-out-of-schoolers j
would take on the local highj
school team in a practice game >
or two and would hobble around
with sore muscles for a few days, j
But this would lead up to toe |
start of a semi-pro league in the
summer for surrounding towns, j
The baseball b||g doesn’t bite j
now like used to. Track has
taken some of the boys away
from the diamond. Yes what was
the national game has lost much
here In Hoke County.
tioned at a local grocery store
Friday, showed strongly mixed
feelings towards the proposal
Terry Sanford to put a three per-
I cent sales tax on food. ^
Typical of this majority group
was Mrs. Edward Britt who, when
first asked for comment on. the
Sanford poposal, said: “Oh, I
don’t hardly know.”
Mrs. Britt then added: “The
schools need to do something, but
on the other hand, we’re taxed
to death now.” She is the mother
of two children, age 11 and 13,
and her husband is employed at
Pacific Mill.
A different point of view was
offered by Mrs. B. G. Niven,
whose husband owns, a local ser
vice station. She indicated her
opposition td tog food tax pro
posal and felt that it would
“put a crimp” in her buying. “We
don’t have children,” she explain
ed.
Also opposed to the food tax
plan was the lone male customer
in the store at that time—E. R.
Thomasson. He showed a News-
he was circulating. When the
(>etition is completed, Thomas
son will send it to Hoke County
lawmakers, Sen. J. B. Thomas and
Neill L. McFadyen. The petition
opposes a food tax,
Thomasson is a retired rail
road worker, and he indicated
his deep concern that folks liv
ing on pensions would find the
three percent tax on groceries
too burdensome. (See editorial
page for a letter to the editor
from Thomasson.)
Mrs. Joe Upchurch, mother of
little Dwan Upchurch pictured
above, said she was not In favor
of taxing either food or med
icine.
The possibility, that Hoke
County schools were so outstand
ing they might not need an ex
panded program, was raised by
Mrs. Julius F. Jordan. She said.
We’re prWty well-fixed here in
“If they don’t put a tax on food,
they’ll put it somewhere else.
She and her husband, a local den
tist, have three children, two
girls and a boy. j
Mrs. Marcus R. Smith shifted
a bag of groceries at the checkout
counter and siid, ‘ I would hope*
there was another way than a tax
on food.” She has children at
tending Flora Mcdonald College
and UNC Woman’s College in
Greensboro.
A final (add different) view
point was presented by the mana
ger of the stoK. “ItTl be a bard
pill swallow,” he said,' "but if
you want to know the truth li
will be easjec from an adminis
trative point of view.” ,
The manager explained that,
under the present system, a few
items are hit with the sales tax.
The girls at the cash register
must nimbly remember what
those items are, and figure them
Hoke County. Of course, I don’t' separately. Under the Sanford
know about the rest of the State, proposal, all of the grocery stoic
and I suppose there’s room for j items would receive toe same
improvement.” treatment—a three 'percent ta^c
Mrs. Jordan also believes that, on the retail price.
SEi\. J. B. THOiUAS
.. . Majority Opposed .
cents on each package of cigaret
tes would bring in only S8 mil
lion a year to the State coffqrs,
while the Sanford program would
raise about $83 million,
about $83 million.
McFadyen-also posed the al
ternative of an increase in the
sales tax rate to four oeccent. re-*,
taining present exemptionii
A crown tax on soft drinks was
mentioned by Thomas. The Sen
ator suggested that it might ev
en- be possible and desirable to
levy a one penjbnt tax on grocer:
ies "so everybody can take part.”
After a solid weekend of phone
conversations and street coraer
Forest Ranger Warns Of Fire
Danger That Is Acute These Days
Extremely high winds have 1 he said,
greatly increased the danger of ■ Valuable pine stands* or seed-
forest fires in Hoke County, coun- ling plantings may be protected
ty forrester, Benny McLeod, said, 1 by maintenance of a fire lane
and the N. C. Divisid^ of Fores- ^ around them at least 10 feet wide,
try has found it necessary to op- McLeod suggested. These lines
crate a motor patrol of RangerS-i should be kept free of any ma
in the Antioch, Dundirrach and terial such as grass, leaved, brush,
Bowmore vicinities to maintain I etc^lhat will bum.
a constant watch for fires.
The ground patrol has been
C. W. Glildress
Buried Monday
Funeral services for Carl Wes
ley Childress, 66, who died Sat
urday at Moore Memorial Hospi
tal, were conducted Monday at
Raeford Presbyterian Church by
toe Rev. W. B. Heyward, pastor,
assisted by . the Rev. Kermit
Wheeler, pastor of Raeford Meth
odist Church. Burial was in the
Raeford Cemetery.
Childress-was born in Surry
Another sport that has declin
ed is boxing. A numbar of years
ago when a heavy weight champ
ionship fight was scheduled there
'^ould be considerable discussion
about it on the streets and ioj
different stores and filling sta
tions in town. The fight Monday
night didn’t seem to bring about
the hot debates and small wagers
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HON OF THE YEAR—Marvin Pinson
(R) receives the coveted award from
Liort Ray Kluttz, president of the local
civic club. Pinson, emplbyed at Pacific
Mills, is presently serving as District
Chairman of the North Carolina Eye
Bank for Restoring Sight. Pinson is mar-
.ried, with two sons.
"UJ UUlll.
‘-Landowners should impress up
on tenants the importance of
supported by a Forest Servico protecting woodland from fird, he | rountv R r and
H""‘T* "V* have burned u,e livestock” business here for
Hoke and Robeson counties for off valuable phie stanls this year, * ,bout 20 yedrs.
■ the past week and will continue believing they were doing toe Suririvine are his wife Meci^
to do so as long as forest fu-e landowner a favor, he said. t Ehzabeto Chydzw three 4kuigb-
Of special Interest to persons t«i, Mrs. Hinton’ raiV'>^’- 4
who have planted tree seedlings ‘ E»yette^e. Rt  ^ J T Lee
-> - , wder the Agzicaitarsl Ceaaari ‘ ^ Raelart. St t. m,w
aly and maliciously setting fire vation Program, or Conservation \ cm dUldieei af the Ttowe* two
to grass, brush lands or wood- ^ Reserve, is the fact that unless smu, t^tl-ftram of Wismun
. lands is subject to five years in adequate fire lanes are Main- an^Warren ChUdress off Raeford';
J the state prison, McLeod noted, tallied around these planted areas two brothers. Howard ■Oiildre.s-s
 “These foresU have contribu- H is unlikely that any govern- ^ Pleasant Gardens and Paul
ted a large amount of income to meut repayment will be made Childress of Greensboro; one
11 Hoke County citizens in the past for usetting them if the area iister. Mn. Lester Cantor td
, and will continue to do so if 'jhbuld be destroyfcd by fire. Me- Brown Summit; and eight grand-
I fires aie kept toi a minimuifc” .Lai* concluded. 1 children
danger remains critcial in the
area.
Anyatte convicted o( intanUen*
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