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Ths Hoke County Journal - Esioblislied 1905
Second Clasa Poatage Paid At Raeford, N. C.
The Hoke County Newie- Ertobikhed 19M
fOLUME IVll NUMBER : i R4EF0RD, BOKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROUNA
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THURSDAY, Mmy 31, IBER
Graduation Exercises Held Tuesday Night For HHS
71 Seniors
Get Advice
For Future
The Class of 1962 Anally
made It! They received their
coveted diplomas Tuesday night
from principal Dewey Huggins
at graduation exercises hdd in
the Raeford Elementary Audi
torium.
• ^ The robed graduates# led by
Marshals and cute mascots,
Aled into the auditorium at
8 p. m. to the traditional
strains of "Pomp and Cir
cumstance.”
Invocation was proriounced by
the Rev. Kermit Wheeler of
Raeford Methodist whose son
Charles was among the seniors.
Linda Carol Morgan deliver
ed the Salutatory in which she
spoke of the “feelings we are
feeling, the dreams we are
dreaming on this memo
rable occasion."
Featured speaker was Dr.
John F. Bozard who of ered the
graduates a traditional blend of
advice mixed in with good hu
mor and high spirits. He ad
mitted the Class of 1962 had
probably received "a surfeit
of counseling” but his task
at the exercises was to admir
nister some more.
Bozard, dean of instruction
St Appalachian State .(Teach
ers, of ered the graduates
four “habits of mind" he felt
would be necessary for suc
cess in the "wide, wide
world that is sympathetic and
helpful in many ways.”
He called on graduates to
have "basic convictions, keep
your Curiosity alive, develop
outside interests and a sense
of socl^ resjibnsiblitjf.”,...
Hugglris'tfiCn awarded the ci-
ployias, concluding with a few
statistics that showed SOjk of
the graduates will attend col
lege, 12^0 are bound for trade
schools, and 12^ "are already
married.” This last provoked
considerable interest among the
hundreds of parents and friends
who jammed the auditorium for
the ceremonies.
Then it was the turn of Carol
Ann Lizotte who delivered the
Valedictory. She spoke for aU
* her classmates when she said:
“If only I could turn back
•' the clock. If only 1 could re
capture the days of my youth.”
. And then, looking forward,
she told the parents: “Ex
perience must teach us as it
taught you.”
The graduates filed out and
another school year had ended.
4-HAT CHURCH.
This Sunday, Antioch Pres
byterian will celebrate 4-H Sun
day. A good crowd of 4-H young
sters, leaders and parents is
expected to attend.
Miss Virginia McFadyen has
arrived home from the Univer
sity of South Carolina to spend
the summer with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Neill McFadyen.
Diaper Pirn
For One Grad
One Hoke High graduate
Tuesday' night had her fancy
collar fastened on with diaper
pins. Sne was, of course, Mary
Hamilton Heyward, whose par
ents, the Rev. and Mrs. W£.
Heyward had a new addition
to their family a few months
ago.
Leaving the ceremonies,
Mrs. Heyward said: "Just think
I'll have to go through this
graduation thing four more
times.”
"That’s if you’re lucky” said
a bystander. “If you’re not
lucky, who knows, you might
have to sit through that cere
mony five or six or seven
times P’
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ABC, Barrington, Eli Shankle
And Smith
Historic Vote I
Upchurch Poses
Legal Challeiige
Little
League
Tonight!
Following a month of "spring
training,” Little League base
ball begins tonight (Thursday)
in Raeford at the Elementary
School diamonds. Two games
will be played, starting at 5:30
The four teams are named
for the "big four” of the state
--the Tar Heels, theWolfPack,
the Blue Devils, and the Demon
Deacons. Adult managers
who are doubtless getting even
bigger kicks than the youngs
ters are:
Eddie Rhodes, Bob Gentry,
Bob Seitz, Floyd Battazzo,
Scott Poole, Floyd Holmes, John
Pickup.
About 60 boys rapgiQg to.,
age from 11-13, received dio*
uniforms last Saturday a^nd Lea
gue Commissioner Jc^nManuel
promised an Interesting sea
son.
In the opening round tonight,
the Blue Devils take on the Dea
cons while the Wolf Pack en
tertains the Tar Heels. On Mon
day night, the opponents are
switch^, and a regular Mon-
day-Thursday schedule is pro
mised for the entire summer.
Little League baseball is a
part of the summer recrea
tion program directed by Coach
George Wood.
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1:
WATCHING THE RETURNS — A large crowid gathered In
front of the N-J building Samrday night for the traditional
posting of the election returns on the big board in the
window. Identiflable figures (L-R) are: Wilton Wood, J. A.
Webb and Robert Gatlin. All three were successful candi-
M-
dates in the Primary, with Wood and Gatlin on the
Board of Education and Webb running a surprisingly strong
third in the race for the Board of County Commissioners.
(Skipper Dickson Photo)
Area Giiirches B^n
Bible Schoob Monday
Constables
Chosen In 3
Townships
Races for the office of con
stable were held in three Hoke
townships Saturday with the fol
lowing results:
ANTIOCH -J. W. Saunders.
26, Albert E. Saunders, 22.
McLAUCHLIN --Alfred Ber
ry 176, Edward F. Gibson,
84.
STONEWALL —John Glisson
152, J.C. Barnes, 26.
Local churches swing into the
traditional Bible School activi
ties --beginning Monday, but
one big Raeford Church --Rae
ford Presbyterian --promises
“An expanded sumner pro
gram” though all the details
are not yet worked out.
Raeford Methodist will hold
a 1-week Vacation Church
School for Kindegarten, pri
mary and unior students
starting Monday at 8:30 a m
Director will be Mrs. Robert
Chadwick. She will be assist
ed by the following teachers:
Mrs. Irvin Currie,Mrs.Clif
ton Davenport, Mrs. I. W, Kin-
law, Mrs, Clyde Teal, Mrs.
Don Barrett, Mrs. Robert Ban
ner, Mrs. Sam Homewood, Mrs
Earl Floyd, Mrs. Carroll Wil
burn, Mrs. Bobby Carter, Mrs.
Sam Hendrix, Mrs. Stewart
Smith.
The Methodist school will
close with a picnic supper for
children and their families on
Friday at 6:30.
For theRaefordBaptists, Va
cation Bible School begins on
Monday at 8:30 in the morning
with the Rev. Glynn Bolch as
principal. Nursery, beginner,
primary and junior groups will
go through a program of Bible
study, character study, mission
study and creative activity.
WMU circle members will
serve refreshments each day
to about 250 childreh. A tot^
of 35 adults will be on the
.faculty.
The Baptist Intermediates
(age 13-16) will take a field
trip to Fort Bragg to nsit
the museum of the 82d Air
borne Division. And they will
Huggins Honds Out Dlplomw
Infant McNeUl
Dies At Birth
Graveside services for Ken
neth W. McNeill, Jr., infant
son_ of Mr. and Mrs. Ken
McNeill, were held last Thurs
day at 4:00 p. m. at the Rae
ford Cemetery by the Rev. W.B.
Heyward.
The infant did not survive
birth on Wednesday at Cape
Fear Valley Hospital
work on a little historical pro
ject of their own, assembling
pictures and stories on their
own church.
The Baptist Vacation Bible
School concludes Wednesday,
June 13. with brief commence
ment exercises at 7 p. m.
Country churches, too will of
fer Bible school programs. Shi
loh Presbyterian gets underway
on Monday at 8:30 a, m. with
the school directed by Jimmy
. Seals. Bethel Presbyterian fol
lows the next week, June 11
with a similar program direct
ed by Mrs. Meigs Newkirk.
0. L. Towsend
Services Held
*
Services were held for
Oscar Lindsay Tovmsend, pro
minent Rockfish merchant, at
Galatia Presbyterian Church,
conducted by the Rev. uewey
Herring, the Rev. F. E. Edens
and the Rev. D. O. Shannon.
Honorary Pall bearers were
officers of Galatia Presbyter
ian where Townsend had been
a life-long member.
Townsend, 68, collapsed and
died of a heart attack while
fishing at Wright’s Pond.
He is survived by one bro
ther, Thomas Townsend of
Rockfish; four sisters, Mrs.
George Monroe, Mrs. Herman
Koonce and Mrs. Bernice Bos
tic all of Rockfish and Mrs.
Fred Cameron of Carolina
Beach.
A native of Rockfish, Town
send attended Hoke schools and
Da idson College. He was
an eld?r in Galatia Presbyter
ian and also secretary-treasu-
rer of the Sunday School tbara
for many years.
An Editorial
The Last Ditch
We do not believe that Tommie Upchurch will
be able to win in court what he lost at the ballot
box last Saturday.
By contrast with the last-ditch legalisms of Up
church is the statement of Dr. Julius F. Jordan,
chairman of the Board of County Commissioners.
Jordan, every bit as much of a prohibitionist as
Upchurchyhas pledged that he will set the ma
chinery in motion to appoint an ABC Board as
soon as he receives official certification of the
election results.
Jordan’s action is constructive and in accord
ance with the decision reached by voters last
Saturday. These voters determined that the ABC
system should be given a fair chance. Those
who would flap, their broken wings in the face
of the voters’ decision deny the whole meaning
of the democratic process.
The crucial first step in giWng the ABC sys
tem a fair chance is for the Boards of Commis
sioners, Education and Health to appoint three
outstanding leaders to the ABC Board. It is lo
gical and obvious to suggest that those appoint
ed to the ABC Board should be advocates of
the ABC system.
Like Dr. Jordan, most of the loser^ in the
Saturday referendum are more than willing to give
the ABC system a fair chance, knowipg that if
it fails the same voters can throw it out four
years from now. That is as it should be. That is
the American way.
Mrs. William Goldman and
children of Rutland, Vermont
are visiting her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Israel Mann.
Mrs. W. E. Freeman visited
her daughter, Mrs. Ell Whis-
hart and family last week in
Lumberton.
Swimming Pool
Opens Friday
It’s that time of year again,
and the Hoke Swimming Pool
Association throws open the
doors (and (he pool) on Friday
at 10 a. m.
Hours of operation were list
ed as from 10-12 and 2-8:30
on Monday, Wednesday, Friday
and Saturday. On Tuesday and
Thursdays, the pool will be open
to splaishers from 11-12 and 2-
8:30. And theSunday hours were
set from 2-6.
There will be free swimmine
lessons for members. And the
membership committee is
headed by co-chairmen James
D. Hall and Mrs. Sam Home-
wood.
By PETER B. YOUNG
A record number of ^otes cascaded into Hoke ballot boxes
Saturday in the Democratic Primary, and hundreds of the ci
tizenry watched the N-J election returns board until the wee
hours of the morning.
Miss Ann Maxwell will arrive
home today from UNC Nursing
School to spend the summer
with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Raymoi^ Maxwell.
Toastmasters
Hear Best
And Wilburn
Raeford’s Early Bird Toast
masters held their regular
Monday breakfast meeting and
heard prepared talks from John
Best and Carroll Wilburn.
Wilburn received the “Mr.
Toastie” award for his des
cription of an aerial refueling
mission for the Strategic Air
Command. Best discussed a
fishing trip to the coast
These prepared talks were
evaluated by Bill Lancaster and
Ben Brooks, with Brooks re
ceiving the “Mr. Roastie” a-
ward for the tougest evaluation
of the morning. ’
Early Bird president Tommy
Thompson invited folks in-'
terested in Toastmastering to
drop in on the breakfast ses
sions some Monday.
Important victories were won
by Dave Barrington for Sheriff,
Ed Smith for Clerk of Court
and Eli Shankle for the Board
of County Commissioners.
The vote on the ABC refe
rendum came in early, with
seven of die county’s 11 pre
cincts going for legal control.
The "wet” margin was 102
votes in final official returns
announced by Elections Board
Chairman Col W. L. (Rube)
Poole.
Bernice Williamson, co-
chairman of the Hoke County
Citizens United for Legal Con
trol, commented:
“Winning the election was
just the first part, and the
easiest part of the job. Now
comes the hard part of really
making the ABC system work
and getting some degree of
control over our liquor traf
fic.”
0»'r on the other side of that
particular-issue, prohibitionist
Tommie Upchurch reached into
his pocket for what he had
earlier'called "my ace in the
hole.”
The Upchurch "ace” turn
ed out to be an obscure pro
vision in the General Assem
bly Act of 1901 incorporating
the Town of Raeford. That act
states, m part:
“The Board of Commission
ers of said incorporation (Rae
ford ) shall not grant license
for the sale of spiritous li
quors or other intoxicating
drinks in said town.”
Wet leaders quickly res
ponded that under the provi
sions of the N. C. ABC Act of
1937, nobody was asking either
town or county commisioners
for a "license” to sell any
thing.
But the matter moved tow
ards a possible court test as
Upchurch requested an opinion
from Town Attorney Harry Har
rison who, in turn, referred
the problem to Attorney General
Wade Bruton for a ruling.
The Upchurch challenge was
strictly limited to the ques
tion of an ABC liquor store
in Raeford. The pronioition-
ists did not question that such
a store was now legal outside
the town limits.
Barrington’s astonishing vic
tory was won over four deter
mined opponents and fulfilled
the predictions of his most op
timistic supporters that the 29-
year-old deputy would “run off
and leave the other candidates”
Beginning June 1, Barrington
resumes his deputy chores, ha
ving bee rehired by Sheriff
Dave Hodjin who will turn over
the reins oT office w “Little
Dave" on December 1/
As the Barrington landslide
came in, the young Democratic
nominee said:
“l!m surprised and very
grateful.”
Asked what he would do when
he look office on December 1
Barrington said:
"We’U just have to let the
record sp^ for itself. 1 don’t
believe in a lot of big talk
and promises.”
What had been “doped out"
as a close race between Ed
Smith and Arch Graham for
Clerk of Court turned out to
bo not so dose after alL os
the hard-campaigtung smitn
racked up a 599 vote margin
over his opponent. Smith will
take office in a few weeks to
fill out the unexpired term of
M. D. Yates, rqplocod tempo
rarily now by Miss IlaGraham.
Gold Kill farm leeder Eli
Shankle spread-epgled the field
of nine candidates' for the
Board of County Commission
ers to come out as h^ mint
Smitii Meinnis ran a close se
cond to Shankle. with J. A.
Webb of Quewhiffle coming in
third.
Realtor Harold Gillis took
the fourth spot on the new board
while the fifth and last spa
went to the lone incumbent
who survived, J. H. (Buck) Blue
New chairman of the Board
of Education is Dr. RQev M.
Jordan. Other members of that
Board are Wilton Wood. Robert
Gatlin. D. R. Huff. Jr. and
Bobby Gibson of Antioch.
Coroner Frank Crumpler
survived a spirited challenge
from Jim Lentz to win easily
and Hoke went with the victor
In the imponam contest for
Resident Judge of the 12th Ju
dicial District. Maurice Bras
well carried the county against
Coy Brewer by almost 500
votes, which add^ to his 800-
vote margin in Cumberland
gave him an impressive vic-
Com^fenfblKtion r^uras by
precinct, are elsewhere in to
day’s N-J.
State ABC
Man Due
On Monday
At their reeular “FlrstMon-
day” meeting next week, the
Board of County Commission
ers will meet with a repre
sentative from the State Board
of Alcoholic Control, ClerkT£.
Lester announced at press
time.
Lester said the man from the
State Board will discuss with
the Commissioners “retpiire-
ments and laws governing tbe
establishment and operation of
an ABC Store.”
Because State law requires
the Commissioners to hold a
joint session with the mem
bers of the Board of Education
and the Board of Healtii to
name a 3-man County ABC
Board, Clark Lester invited
members of the Education and
Health boards to sit in with
the Commissioners at the Mon
day meetuig witii the represen
tative of the State Board.
Lester said he did na anti
cipate that a County ABC Board
would be named Monday. He
characterized the meeting as
“primarily for discussion and
information” and said the
Commissioners would pre^
ably choose to call a special
meeting with notice to the
public, when it conoes time tp
name the local ABC aidMri-
ties.
Farm Bureau
President
Here Tonif^t
The State President of the
Farm Bureau, B. C MaMuna
of Raleigh, will be in Raeim
tonight (Thursday) for a me .t-
ing of the Hoke Farm Barean
at the Courthoeae at 8 pi
Eli Shankle. Presidant of the
local chapter. u»ed as
members as pneemie te i
Mr. and Mrs. DeneW Tama U
Charlotte vtstand reladeai
here Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Beam
street of MockevtUe
and Mrs. Bill Brnaheall
mood. Va. are vaaitiaf
RyanMcfiryia.