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ew^ The Hoke County Journal - Established 1905 journal The Hoke County News - Established 1928 VOLVME LVJ: NVMBER 23 R.tEFORD, HOKE COIMY, SORTH C iROUM 10 PAGES Hr PER COPY I PER YEAR THVRSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1961 \\ t'- V iHE HALLOWEEN DISPLAY — What with the big festival coming up this Tuesday night, the Hoke Public Library thought it might be timely to display some of their mystery titles. And to lend a little spice to the display^ Red Hoven’s Jaguar Darkflre of Eyre, a national cham pion cat. was Imported from Fayetteville. Darkfire also reminds Hoke folks that a library referendum will be on the ballot November 7, authorizing the County Commis sioners to levy up to 5 cents per $100 valuation in sup port of the local library. HDC Clibs Plai ikhieveient Day , Liach Prograi Dufenis law livtr b Last loM llaie Fir lads ioi Tii Mrs. R. E. Neeley, tlotRe Demonstration County Council President, has announced that ^ the Annual Achievement Day [Program will be held in the’ Fellowship Hall of the Rae- ord Presbyterian Church next hursday, November 2, at 12:30 P. M. Club members from all over the county will bring food for a covered dish luncheon. Each club is asked to furnish the center piece of one table and a prize will be given for the most attractive table decora tion. A prize will be given also to the club with the. largest percentage of attendance. ; Mrs. W. E. Willis, who visited her sister, a super visor of Home Demonstration' Agents in Bogota. Colombia, will tell of her trip and show slides. Mrs. Willis brought gifts to the Hoke County club members from the women in Colombia. Mrs. Sally McDowell, libra rian will discuss the financial Htuation of the Hoke County library and the special ta:^ evy to be voted on No vern ier 7. "Every Home Demonstra- ton Club member is urged ^0 attend the luncheon,” Mrs. »Ieeley concluded. Hoke Students Make Trip, ^Study Careers It was a busy week for Hoke High students, as junior boys jodrneyed to Raleigh and Chapel Hill on Tuesday and lall students participated in a ■‘Career Day" on Wednesday. I the junior boys "sat In” on college classes at N. C. State -and the University of jNorth Carolina. They also talked with school officials on such practical (^estions as requirements for admis- *slon. "Career Day" featured 23 guest speakers from various 4^upations -- ranging from fiwautician to an FBI agent — who met with groups of in terested students to discuss their professions. The day began vrtth a meet ing of the entire student body to hear the keynote speaker, Dr. I. G. Greer of Chapel HiU. Local ffng get their last cnmce to sw the Bucks, af home this Friday night when the gridsters tangle with the dangerous Haw River eleven that comes to town with a 4-2-2 record. Including a win and a tie with previous 3-A Coached by Arliss Clarr. the Haw River Indians down ed Graham 6-0 and fought a 0-0 tie vrith Southern Ala mance in their most impres sive outings to date. Both Graham and Southern Ala mance are 3-A clubs. The Indians run out of a sin gle wing with little George Roach, 130-pound senior, as the tailback. Roach, accord ing to Floyd Wilson's scout ing reports, is lightning fast and also an able passer. An additional headache for the Bucks, as they prepare to defend against their first single wing opponent in sev eral years, is the fact that tailback Roach frequently em ploys a quick kick with devas tating effect. In the line, the Indians are led by left guard Lewis Duncan. A senior, weighing in at 190 pounds, Duncan is only half a step slower than little Roach, the fastest man on the Indian squad. Coach Clarr says that Duncan has "complete all-state poten tial.” Nine lettermen returned fjphi last year’s Indian team compiled a respectable, 6-2-1 record. As for the Bucks, still lick ing numerous wounds from the Hamlet encounter, the only major change will be in the backfield where sophomore Eddie Baker will replace the injured Larry Phillips. Phillips has been hampered all season long by a leg in jury, which was severely ag gravated in the Hamlet con test. Baker, on the other hand, has recovered from a broken foot sustained in pre season drills and should be ready at long last to give Buck fans a good preview of what’s in store for next season. In addition to the problem of defensing the unfamiliar sin gle wing, Coach Wilson has the psychological hazard of bring ing his boys "up” for a 2-A opponent while the locals are still "down” in the wake of the Hamlet game. "I don’t ever want to play a tougher ball game than the Hamlet one.” said Wilson, and this understandable atti tude carries the danger of a possible upset tomorrow night should the Bucks make the mistake of under-estimating the Indians. Kickoff is at 8 p.m. at Armory Park. Israel Mann Satisfactory, Says Jordan Raeford merchant Israel Mann was reported in “satis factory” condition at High- smith Hospital in Fayetteville following a series of "light” heart attacks sustained last week. His visiting list is still res tricted to members of the im mediate family, according to Dr. Riley M. Jordan, but this restriction is not expected to continue much longer, "Israel is just now begin ning to realize he’s a sick ''man,” Jordan said. Ponona liil Siboriioate Grilles Elect Officers, Hear Ir. Fred” By LENORA THOMPSON “The Goal of the Grange is to ‘press onward’, ” stated Fred P. Johnson, outgoing Master of Hoke Pomona Grange, as he administered the obligations of the Grange offices to the newly elected officers of the Pomona and subordinate G ranges--Ashe- mont. Blue Springs and Way- side -- during a special in stallation service at Bethel Presbyterian Church last Sat urday. Before he proceeded with the installation service. Mas ter Johnson asked for the nom ination of a Pomona Grange Gate Keeper -- the office to which the late R. D. Parker had been elected. J. H. Blythe was nominated and unani mously elected. Those receiving the obliga tion for the Pomona Grange offices were; Master, James Nixon; Overseer, D. R. Huff, Jr,; Lecturer, BarbaraThompson; Assistant Steward, K. A. Mc Donald; Lady Assistant Ste ward, Mrs. Lucy Smith; Chap lain, O, B. Israel: Secretary- Treasurer, Mrs. Edith Nixon; and Gate Keeper, J.H, Blythe. Officers of the subordinate Granges installed were; Ashe- mont Grange; Master, Jaines Nixon; Overseer, O.B, Israel; Lady Assistant Steward, Mrs. 0. B. Israel; Secretary, Mrs. Edith Nixon; and Executive Committee, D. R. Huff, Jr. Blue Springs Grange: Mas ter, Mrs. Lucy Smith: Lectur- ter, Mrs, Lucy Smith; lectur er, Mrs, Irene Currie; Chap lain, Mrs. A. R. Currie;Trea surer, Mrs. N. A. Clark: Sec retary, Mrs. Glenn Wood; Flora. Mrs, W, I. Strlder; Lady Assistant Steward, Mrs. J, Crawford Wright; and Ex ecutive Committee, Mrs. J.H. Blythe and J. H. Blythe. Wayside Grange: Master, K. A. McDonald. The next meeting of the Po mona Grange will be held at Ashemont Community Center in January, announced the new (See GRANGE Page 6) Young Democrats Slate Meet At Courthouse A meeting of the Hoke Young Democrats will be held Mon day night at the Courthouse at 7:30 p.m., President Bion Brewer announced. The meeting was called to discuss plans for the forth coming YDC State Conven tion. scheduled for Durham on November 10-11. There will be contests at the Convention for the offices of state presi dent and national committee man, Brewer said. He urged all who were in terested in joining the Hoke YDC to attend the Monday night meeting. Boosters Will Charter Bus To Wilson Game Booster President Ralph Plummer said this week that his group was making ar rangements for a chartered bus to make the November 10 trip to W ilspn where the Bucks will conclude the 1961 grid season. For a round trip fare of $3,05, the bus will leave from McLauchlin School at 5:30 p. m. of November 10, returning to the same spot at the conclusion of the game. Plummer said, • Reservations for the trip may be placed at Howell’s Drug Store. As soon as one bus load has been filled, ano ther bus will be chartered, Plummer asked that all fans planning to go by bus make their reservations early in order to facilitate the arrangements. IIF Caipaiga Lap Daily, May Goitiiie Predictions last week by United Fund Campaign Chair- itian Neill McFadyen, that the drive would be successfully concluded in a few days, failed to materialize as theCom- mercial and Professional div isions missed their divisional quotas by wide margins. As of Tuesday night, UF Headquarters reported the following contributions, total ing $15,972.37: INDUSTRIAL - $8,758.50. COUNTY - $1,176,20. , PROF ESSIONAL -$1,040.50. COMMERCIAL—$2,106,75, PUBLIC EMPLOYEES - $2,889,92. With a goal of $17,700, lead ers of the UF were uncertain at press time whether the drive would be continued in an effort to meet the require ments of the 17 participating agencies, (See editorial on page 2 of Section 11.) If the campaign closes with out making the goal. It will be the first HokeUF campaign to fail. Co-Chairman Harold GIllls told the N-J, "We don’t know where the missing links are in this campaign. We thought we’d found them, and fixed them, but obviously we were mistaken.” Gillis acknowledged that the lag was concentrated in the Commercial and Professional divisions. "Everybody knows that,” he said. "It’s posted on the board. But what we want to know is the why. Why are these divisions lagging? And that’s something we haven’t been able to figure out yet.” Safety Council Meets Here Friday Night The Southeastern Safety Council, an industrial safety group, will hold its quarterly meeting in Raeford this F ri- day night with a dinner set for 6:30 at theJ.W. McLauch lin School cafeteria. This will be the first time the group has met in Raeford, said Bob Gentry, who is hand ling the arrangements in be half of the host company. Pa cific Mills. Gentry said the dinner meeting program would fea ture a presentation by ma gician-hypnotist Clyde Powell entitled, “Don’t Bet Your Life.” Reservations for the meet ing have been received from representatives of many dif ferent industries in Southeast ern North Carolina. Gentry concluded. Sewage Lagoon Is Bulldozed To End An experimental sewage la goon on US 401-A was bull dozed over last week signi fying, for all practical pur poses. an end to the project that at one time promised to give the town a modern dis posal system at abargain cost. Town Clerk Charles Mor rison, said. “While no official decision, has been made yet by the Tovm Board, and whUethe matter will doubtless be dis cussed at length at the next Board meeting, the bulldozing of the pilot lagoon means. In effect, abandonment of the system.” Raeford sewage, including industrial wastes from sev eral large plants, is thus back where it started from--pol luting Rockfish creek. Mor rison noted: "Our present system just can’t handle the load. It’s so overcrowded we can’t pro cess what we have now, and there is certainly no mar gin for new industry.” The State Stream Sanitation Committee gave Rockfish Creek a ”D” rating inl959, in a feport that said; ‘The sewage receives in adequate treatment in an over loaded primary-type treat ment plant. The inadequately treated sewage results in sludge deposits, foam and floating grease in the receiv ing stream below the outfall. Large number of conform bacteria are present in the stream as far downstream as the bathing areas InLakeTom Upchurch.” Foll9wing this 1959 report. Town voters authorized a $315,000 bond issue for a mo dern sewage disposal system. A supplementary federd grant of $100,000 — $35,000 less than had oeen anticipated-- forced the Town Board to con sider cheaper methods dian that provided by the conven tional system. The sewage lagoons, widi a maintenance cost of 110.000 per year less than a conventio nal system, seemed the answer. In other areas, thela- goons had provided disposal of sewage at bargain rates. But in Raeford, the lagoons proved to be not practicable. Town officials rqust now face the necessity of revising their plans and cost figures upwards. The federal supple mentary grant is contingent upon the presentation of suitable plan by June 30,1962. "It’s quite aproblem.” said Mayor H. R. (Hooch) McLean. Eligibility Rules Eased For Housing Families living in small rural communities and in ru ral areas, even though not en gaged in farming, may now be eligible for housing loans made by the Farmers Home Administration, according to James W. Pittman, the agency’s supervisor for Hoke County. The Housing Act of 1961 broadened the eligibility re quirements for rural housing loans- As a result owners of non-farm tracts in rural areas and in small rural communi ties of not more than 2,500, as well as farmers, may be eligible for this type of credit. "This program is an im portant new tool in promoting the development of rural areas, ” Pittman said, "Ru ral housing loans will not only help families obtain better homes but will put more car penters. plumbers, and elec tricians to work, and will in crease the sales in lumber yards and building supply firms. Housing loans are made for the construction, repair, and remodeling of dwellings and- essential farm buildings- and to provide water for farm stead and household use. In addition to major con struction. funds are availa ble to modernize homes --add bathrooms, central heating, modern kitchens, and other (See HOUSING Page 6) Robbed A daring thief broke out of Cooper’s Super Market Tuesday night. He broke out, not in, after prying open a steel locker that contained several hundred dollars in pa per currency, checks and silver. Chief L. W. Stanton said the thief hid somewhere in the store and was locked in when employees closed up on Tuesday evening. The thief then went to work on the lock-, er and kicked out a panel in the back door to make his exit. The panel used for the exit was 11 inches wide and 18 in- ‘ches deep, Stanton said. Some fingerprints were ob tained from the locker; but it was not known on Wednesday morning whether the prints were those of the thief or of store employees. The exact amount of the loss was not known as the N-J went to press Wednesday. AZALEA BLOOMS An azalea that blooms in late October? Don’t be ridi culous! And yet-- that’s exactly what Mrs. C. E. Jack- Son of Raeford, Rt 1 has in her yard. “There are about a dozen pink blooms on the plant, ” Mrs. Jackson told the N-J. Asked whether theplantwas blooming late or early. Mrs. Jackson said: “Well, it’s got to be one or the other, but I can’t decide which.” TIree Gittiigs Stir Eidteieit la Hoke Weekeal Three weekend “cuttings” put two Hoke County Negroes in the hospital and resulted in the jailing of their two as sailants. Most serious of the battles occurred at Miller’s Grill, a night spot one mile north of Raeford. where Otis Smith. 30. of Raeford. Rt. 1, had his throat cut,”from„^ to ear,” according to Sheriffs depu ties. Smith, said the deputies were in a fight with Alexan der Ratley. Jr.. 28. also of Raeford. Rt. 1. Ratley had been treated and released at Cape Fear Valley Hospital for slashes on his back and right thigh. Smith was reported in “critical” condition at Moore County Hospital. Officers said that, assuming Smith recovers, both men would be charged with assault with a deadly weapon with in tent to kill. Two Sunday night “cut tings” occurred at a Negro club near the Antioch com munity. Johnny Pridgen, 36, of Red Springs. Rt. J, had an artery near his nose severed in a knife fight witii Ramona Almond. 32, of Raeford Rt.l. Deputies charged the Al mond woman with assault with a deadly weapon. In the second “cutting” at this club, deputies charged Roy Lee Monroe with assault Word has been received here of the death in South Carolina this week of Benton P. Polston, The former roof ing contractor lived in Raeford a number of years ago. MECHANICAL MONSTERS-- A traditional scene of the old South was the hundreds of Negro laborers in die fields picking cotton. That old-time scene is just about gone, as the laborers are replaced by mechanical pick ers of the type shown here, in action last week at th« W. G. Buie farm in Blue Springs.