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journal The Hoke County Journal - Established 1906 The Hoke County News - Established 192t rOLVME LVi: NUMBER SI RAEFORD, HOKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROUNA 16 PAGES 10*PER COPY t4 PER YEAR THURSDAY, Mmr lo , 1963 Show Tbesday _A. lot of artistic hoopU U scheduled for HdieCounty nm week u prominent N. C. ar> tist Jack Berkman comes to to«nv to open a unique ** Aosr" in the Main Street stores. The opening of die show has been set for 10 a. m- next Tuesday morning at Niven’s Appliance, and Art ShowChair* man Mrs- James L. Warner announced diet the featured speaker would be Roy wilder. Assistant Director of the NC. Depanment of Conservation and Development. In die brief opening, ceremo* nies. Berkman will be present* ed with a placque from the Merchams Division of dw Rae- ford’Hoke Chamber of Com merce. and Mayor H. R. (Hooch) McLean will read a humorous nroclamation an nouncing- **Be Kind To Star ving Artists Week” humorous proclamatioa states, in part, Aat "srtists are overworked and underpaid, die alone in attics at the age of 30 and are usually not ap preciated until years after thdr deadis. at which time their can vases suddently take on a value of diousands of dollars." The most expensive paintings in the Berkman show are priced H $250. The show has Just finished a 3-weeks stay at Waiw Forest Collie and prior to that was at die Morehead Planetarium in Chapel Hill for four weeks, Not only will the artist’s “Down East Faces" be on dis play in many of the Raeford stores, but the artist himself will be in the County the en tire week visiting aU schools and talking to several civic greiys. The Miin Street Art Show Is sponsored by the Fine Arts Department of the Raeford Woman’s Club and the News- Journal. in cooperation with dw Merchants Division of the Chamber of Commerce. Com plete details including a list ing of where the paintings will be ^aced. is in the advertise ment elsewhere in today's N-J. The Show will close a week from this comiqg Saturday. Censors hope to make it an annual affair. Nat’l Family Week At MYF The Methodist Youth Fellow ship of Raeford Methodist Church has scheduled two "Youth -Parent’’ nights In ob servance of National Family Week which concludes diis Sun day with Mother's Day The first prt^ram, sponsored last Sunday by the Junior High MYF will be fidlowed by a similar program this Sunday for the Senior MYF- The family supper, usually held duriqg Nuional Family Week, win be held this year on Wudnwday night. Miy 23. Town Board Approves Tax Hike; Sewage Bonds Rate Treatment Plant Bids ^li Be Let Town Commissioners meeting Monday night approved a ten tative $210,000 budget that will raise the tax rate 12 cents per $100 of assessed valuation to a new high of $1.17. The increase came in die Debt Service Fund that leaped from $36,000 last year to $60,000 this year in anticipatian of the sale of $315,000 worth of bonds authoriied by voters for a sewage treatment plant. All Right Everybody, Just Calm Down And Relax Now — *Cauee That Election It Two Weeks Away! Record Attendance At Precinct Meets County Board OKs Hold-line Budget A flurry of opposition showed at three Democratic precinct meetings held in Raefsrd last _,^mtday, but when the smoke TrlMfic dEifllf^ay (;)4^mi- tieemen had been elected vdio were favorable to the continued County chairmanship of Sam Morris. The apparent leader of die group that wanted to remove Morris was Attorney Charles Hostetler, whose candidate to replace the present County Chairman was another Raeford attorney, H. D. Harrison. A record attendance was reported for the Raeford meet ings. with Attorn^ Hostetler commenting: ’Tve been to County Con ventions that didn't have' this many peopleP' About 25 citizens attended the meeting of Raeford #1 while perhaps 35 anended the session of Raeford #2 Motives for the opposition ap peared to be mix^. rangiiig from dissatisfaction with the way Morris has handled Party chores to the idea of some supporters of Dr I Beverly L^e that it might be nice to gain control of the Party ma chinery in the event the Raleigh lawyer should decide to make another bid for the Governor ship in 1964. Whatever the motives, the move was beaten back in the three Raeford precincts. The opposition group not only failed to set up the eventud removal of Chairman Morris, they also lost the vice chairmanship of Mrs. Charles Hostetler in Rae ford Precinct #2. She was re placed by Mrs Afyis B. Dick son. The County Executive Com mittee, composed of the imme diate past chairman (Morris), the ch^rman and the vice chair man of each of the 11 pre cincts, and the president of the Young Democrats Club (Mrs Ralph Barnhart) will meet on fte day of the County Conven tion to elect new officers Since Morris maintained or ganization control of all 11 precincts, it is assumed that he will be re-elected to the post of County Chairman by the Executive Committee. Widely mentioned for the post of vice chairman is T C . Jones of the Rockflsh PreelncL Other offi ces, Including the job of wo men's vice chairman and se cretary, are wide cipen with a number of eligible candidates in the field. Leading up to the State Con vention to be held in Ralei^ at 10 a m on May 17. Hoke Democrats will meet in aCounty Convention on this Saturday at 2 p m. at die Courthouse. The following precinct slates, elected last Saturday were available at press time: *' raeford 1-Chalrman J.D. McMillian, Vice Chairman, Mrs. Sam Morris, Mrs. Harry Greene. K. A. MacDonald Peter B. Young RAEFORD 2—ChairmanTom McBryde. Vice Chairman. Mrs Alvis B. Dickson, Mrs. Char les HMtetler, Dean White, Bill Lamont. RAEFORD 3—Chairman Wy att Upchurch, Vice Chairman, Mrs J. K. RUey. Mrs. B. B. Cole. W. C. Pendergrass, Mack Tarleton* ANTIOCH --Chairman J. M. Andrews. Vice Chairman. Mrs. Herbert Glllls, Mrs J. M. An drews. G. C. Lytle. Walter Gib son. Prohibs Set Rally Local prohibitionists, hard at work to keep an ABC liquor store out of the county, met ^ain Sunday at Raeford Metho dist Church and elected two prominent laymen as co-chair men of die "dry" committee. They are Tommie Upchurch and Neil Senter Upchurch said the meeting was in the nature of a "check up" on the dry organization to see that everything was in shape for the May 26 vote He also said that a public ral ly would be held at the Court house this Sunday (May 13) at 2 p m with Fred Dies, re presentative of the Allied Church League in Raleigh, as principal speaker. what the "check-up" Chairman Upchurch STORM DAMAGE — A brutal rain storm, occompanied by high winds, caused miscellaneous Wednesday aftenaon lncludli\g this total loss to the ear of Raymond MePhatter in the section of the County. Elsewhere, power lines were down, erosion damage was I in the fields and TV antennas toppled and bent by the score. Asked showed, said: "Sentiment hasn't cnanged. There hasn't been much talk. We're working hard to keep personalities out of this, we're not mad at the newspaper or anytiiiqg like that. We respect the rights of others to dis agree with us." The Rev, K. R. Wheeler of Raeford Methodist said that "about as many preachers" were at the meeting Sund^ as attended the first organizational meeting the previous Sunday (See N-J editorial, "Preach ers Talk About Practical Po litics." elsewhere in diis issue ) County Commissioners held their regular monthly meet ing Monday and gave final ap proval to the "hold -the-line budget published last month in tentative frrm and reported at that tijnr The Commissioners joined the Town Board in passing a joint resolution setting up the "Hoke County-Tovm of Rae ford Planning Board." a nec essary device to secure eligi bility for federal aid un^r terms of the Area Redevelop ment Act. Named to this Board were: David Liles, F. Cecil Mc- Phaul. Jeff Harris. T. C. Jones. Charlie Pendergrass and James Eli Shankle represent ing die County The Town Commissioners named: R.B.Lewis, T, B. Upchurch, Jr., William L. Moses, C.L. Thomas. J. L. McNeill, J, H. Austin and Charles Hostetler Town Commissioner John K. McNeill asked, "This won’t in terfere with the ’fifth store," will it?" And upon being assured that it would not, cast his vote along with the others in favor of the joint County- Tovm resolution. On that same subject, the County Commissioners voted to donate 10 pints of confis cated liquor to Moore Memo rial Hospital in accordance With the law, "to be used for me dicinal purposes " This is a routine practice, said Clerk T. B. Lester. In other actions by the County Commissioners: —Welfare case workers were authorized to attend a 5- day' school at Elizabethtown in late June —$43.07 tax credit was au thorized to Mrs Mary S. Up church for an error in the list ing the years 1957-61 —A special term of Super ior Court was approved for early June, upon recommen dation of Judge Leo Carr who found a crowded docket. —The Highway Department was requested to add two short stretches of road, Dudley street and Gardner Subdivision, to the state-maimained road system. --A request by E. P. Smith of Quewhlffle for waiver of penalty on unlisted property during 1960 and 1961 was de nied. —Authorization was granted for payment of $20 medical bill to Dr Riley Jordan for priso ner Robert Ray. --A decision was made to ask for competitive bidding on a new oil burner heating sys tem for the courthouse. —Recorder’s Court Judge Harry Greene was ordered paid for accummulated sick leave up to. the maximum of 90 days. —Jury fees were lowered from $7.60 to $5 effective July I for the next fiscal year. —The Coroner's Fee was raised from $10 per case (body) to $15. effective July 1 for die next fiscal year All Commissioners were present for the meeting which was convened in theCourthouse and then moved to the "Court house Annex" (The Board of Education Building). This move always audiorized by motion and unanimously carried, is fast becoming a tradition Blood Bank Coming North Carolinians gave blood lasj^ year to the Red Cross that was more valuable in mo netary terms than the actual dollars contributed to the or ganization That surprising information was released this week by Blood Bank Chairman Clyde Up church. who reminded citizens that the Blood Bank would be in town next Tuesday (May 15) at Raeford Methodist Church with the hours of operation from II a m to 5 p. m Upchurch s^d the North Ca rolina Red Cross received monetary donations last year that totaled $1,551,484 But. he said, the blood donated by Tar Heels during the same period was valued at. more than $2 million Some of the blood products that may be processed by the Red Cross from Raeford do nations were listed as fol lows: whole blood, frozen pla sma. serum albumin, gamma globulin, fibrinogen, packed red cells, irradiated plasma and immune globulin. All of these blood products have important medical uses Upchurch said. The Red Cross does not charge for blood or blood products, but part of the cost .of xoUecting, processing and distributing may be pass ed on to the patient through hospital administration char- g« Upchurch appealed for agood turnout of donors Tuesday. He concluded, "Many of our peo ple use Red Cross blood and blood products. And therefore Catfish Charm Governor By ANNE HOSTETLER Governor Terry Sanford, A- griculture Commissioner L.Y. (SUg) Ballentine and approxi mate 200 other persons from seven eastern North Carolina counties met at White I.ake Sat urday night for a catftsh din ner staged by Raeford’s Tom mie Up^urch. With a bow to die Governor’s recent emphasis on developing food processing plants, aU items on the menu were from Tar Heel farms'and factories. In addition to Mr Tommie's catfish, the menu included: Asparagus from Red Springs. Irish potatoes from a Lumbv- ton canning plant, ddiydrated sweet potato .lakes from Wind sor. husfapuppies from meal processed at Autry viUe. pick les from Faison and Mt OHve and peanut pie from a mix man ufactured at Dublin Tommie served as the emcee for the banquet, introducing all speakers He told the crowd that he had seen one of his albino catfish in a Hoke pond battling a snake, but he empha sized thaTwe were not eating that particular cat. He said that his catfish operation would be in "full production” within a year, producing about 3.000 pounds of cat per acre of water Studies made at Auburn Uni versity. AU. show a net re turn of better than $250 an acre, which compares very favorably widi die return on more conventional crops, he said. The Governor said, "We can become the great food producer of this country. In the future we can move in and capture the national market for food crops if we stan now and work hard at die job." The big crowd came from the counties of Bladen, Duplin, Sampson, Robeson, Hoke Cum- berlud and Columbus. Local people attending in cluded Mr. and Mrs W.C Wil liford. Miss Josephine Hall. Mrs. Esther ,Teal. Tom Came ron. Mrs H. A. Cameron. Mr and Mrs. Clyde Upchurch. Sr , Mrs Tommie Upchurch and daughters. Mrs. Eugm Carter, Mrs. Pete Hasty and husband of Maxton. Jo Hall. Tom Cameron and Charlie Hostetler seemed to know everybody in the seven counties represented at the dinner. Bingo Night The local American Legion post wUl sponsor an evening of bingo next Thursday night. May 17 at 7:30 at the Elemen tary School Gym. There wiU be prizes for players, with all proceeds going to the fund that will send two Hoke boys to the Li^on-sponsored Boys State that meets annually in Raleigh Anything left over from die Boys State l^tty will go to the Lemon’s Community BuiUlqp we must donate as much as we use. IdeaUy. lA afaeuld do nate a little bit more than we use." Town Clerk Charlie Morrison said that bid letting win be call ed for in late June on the mo dern sewage plant estimated to cost $480,000 The federal gov ernment wUl provide $144,000 of diat amount which, added to the $315,000 worth of bonds, leaves a gap of $31,000 That gap wUl be filled, Mor rison said, bySl.OOOfromTown Coun and die cashing in of two $10,000 certiftcates of deposit, saved over die years from the Contingency Fund "We’ve got it." said Mor rison. "but We’D be broke after we scrape it up ’’ Modem smagt treatmem fa cilities are considered es sential for industrial develop ment. and the addition of industries to Raeford in the past few years has put kn.unbear able strain on the outmoded facilities that are presently in use. A "sewage lagoon" experi ment. tried by the previous Board, failed badly and die new B4ktdv4as been forced to a more convcnnenal (and more eiqKnsive) plam. But wh^ the increase in the tax rate goes to cover the cost of the 4 1^% bonds used for capital constructian. there will also be a charge to users based on die amount of their water bUl. Morrison estimated diat such a sewer charge might amount to 20^ of die water bill after the new plant goes imo opera tion The budget was presented by Commissioner JofanK. McNeilL seconded by Fred Culbretfa and passed unanimously without discussion, the individaal items having been hassled over at earlier meetings. Copies of the tentative bucfget wQl be on file at Town H& for public In spection before final approval is granted next mendi. In connection with sewage problems, a del^adon of Ne groes headed Elbert (Preacher) Bethea — he of the magnificent cole slaw recipe — appeared before die Board to request a sewage line to their section of Magnolia Street on the south side ofHarris Ave. Bethea said this area was "unfit for human kaMtatioo. especially in summer time" And the Commissioaers ra llied that they were aware of the problem and an extension of the line to that colored sec tion was in the budget for the next fiscal year In other matters: —The Board promised to in vestigate a retpiest from Mrs. Sarah McP. McNeill for a re fund of her cost of a storm drainage pipe that was install ed in January 1968 at a cost of $337. —The Board accepted a stan dard CaroUna Power A Light contract for service to diepre- posed sewage treatment ^ant "What choice have we got." asked Comnissioner Culhntk. noting diat the utility, of course, had no compadtien —The Clerk and Mayor wore authoriaed to sign a contract widi Willianas and WaO for an audit of the fiscal year amipi this June 30. —Ihrold GiUs re^wed eonsideratian af paviig eaa btooh af MrRaa Sttawt ad a pordan of Niven Ave at the comer of McRae, lha Beard said dwy would accept Rare- ( Sae TOWN. Pdgs I) Saturday Isjifo^ Last Chance To Register!
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