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VOLUME LVIl : NUMBER H
RAEFORD, HOKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
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Hoke Lags Way Behind
In % Of Sales Growth
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Gross retail sales figures,
as compiled by the N. C. De
partment of Revenue, show Hoke
lagging seriously behind other
counties In the area.
A comparison of four other
counties showed an average In
crease of 25 percent as the
nation’s economy emerged this
past year from a recession.
But while Cumberlnad, Samp-
SOT, Scotland and Robeson gain
ed the hefty 25 points. Hoke
picked up only seven.
An earlier report in a Fayet-
teville newspaper that Hoke was
the only area county to show a
drop In retail sales was erron
eous and later corrected. The
Fayetteville papers story was
based on figures for the month
of April which did show Hoke
off some $20,000 In retail
sales, but a comparison of the
first four months of 1962 as
compared with the same period
In 1961 showed Hoke gaining
seven percent while the other
counties boomed up 25 per cent.
Reaction to the unflattering
comparison of Hoke’s growth
rate with that of neighboring
counties was mixed. A number
of explanations were advanced,
and J. L. McNeill suggested
that ’’figures can mean almost
anything.”
Chamber of Commerce pre
sident Bill Moses said:
’’I’m not sure what we need,
but we do need something.”
Moses noted that “we’ve all
heard about people going out
of town to buy things they can’t
get here. Maybe we’ve contri
buted to the sales growth in
these other counties.”
On the other hand, the young
attorney pointed out that Rae-
ford merchants have done an
outstanding job of remodeling
in the last few years, ’’and this
Is certainly one of the most at
tractive Main Streets in East
ern North Carolina.”
Questioned about the condi
tion of the Chamber itself, still
searching for a full-time mana-
.ger, Moses said:
“The lack of a professional
manager has handicapped us.
That’s true. But we’ve mana
ged to keep our committees
going, the irons in the fire
are still hot.”
Among those ’’Irons” are an
Overall Economic Development
Program so that the County
can be eligible for low-cost
federal loans under the Area
Redevelopment Program. a
planned airstrip and a com
munity building.
Col. R. B. Lewis cast an ap-
prai.;Mg banker's eye over the
sales figures of Hoke and sur
rounding counties. He suggest
ed that the lag was caused, in
part, by the bankruptcy of
Priebe Poultry, a slowdown at
US Rubber and the ’’million
dollar hall storm” of last July
that showed up this spring In
a tightening up of farmers’
Sales Figures For Five Counties
JAN-APR, 1961 JAN-APR, 1962
HOKE $ 2,874,800 $ 3,070,300
CUMBERLAND $43,817,800 $56,064,500
SCOTLAND $ 6,844,700 $ 8,863,948
ROBESON $19,794,800 $24,249,600
SAMPSON $10,912,100 $13,230,000
TOTAL - CUMBERLAND, SCOTLAND, ROBESON, SAMPSON
$81,369,400 $102,408,000
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Graph Measures Hoke’s Big Lag
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MAN-IN-THE-MIDDLE — !• Braxton Wlllooghby of Red Springs, who was minding his business
last week, doing his job at die Raeford Plant if Pacific Mills, vdien suddenly the President of the
Pacific Division, Ell Calloway (L) and the Chairman of the Burlington Industries Board, Henry
Rauch (R) came up and asked for an explanation of the way his machine worked. Braxton happily
obliged, as this picture proves.
purchases.
The Raeford merchants, al
ready battered in recent weeks
by the decision to locate an ABC
liquor store on US 401. have
known for some time that busi
ness conditions could be sub
stantially improved. It was this
knowledge that led some of them
(but not all) to support the
ABD Referendum campaign.
Harry Epstein, president of
the Merchants Division of the
Chamber, said:
“We're not promoting the
town as a shopping center.”
Asked for an example. Epstein
reported that Red Springs Mer
chants last week stopped all
cars going tlirough the town,
offered the occupants a free
Coke and suggested mat they
do a little shopping in uch a
friendly place.
’‘There are some people In
Raeford who are quite satis
fied with how they’re doing.
I’m not one of them.” Epstein
concluded.
Complete sale' figures and a
percentage graph are in today’s
N-J for your inspection.
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Reporter Allen Wood Gathers News From “The Prospect Street Gang’
Dr. Irene PROSPECT im:KLY NEWS
McFarland
Dies, 38
Services were conducted last
week In Aberdeen for 38-year
old Dr. Irene McCain McFar
land. whose sudden death at her
Wilson home from a heart sei
zure shocked her many friends
in Hoke County.
The daughter of Mrs. PaulP.
McCain ant the late Dr. Mc
Cain (founder of McCain Sanl-
torium). Dr. McFarland was a
prominent physician in her own
right. A psychiatrist, she had
numerous professional affilia
tions and at the time of her
death was the president of the
N. C. Mental Health Society.
She is survived by her mother
and her husband. Dr. Daniel
M. McFarland, chairman of the
Department of Social Studies at
Atlantic Christian College; two
sons. Miles and Paul McCain
McFarland: one brother. Dr.
John McCain also of Wilson;
two sisters. Mrs. N. H. Mc
Collum Jr. of Leaksville and
Mrs. John Reagan of Nllhama.
Japan.
Graveside services for Dr.
McFarland were held at Old
Bethesda Church Cemetery In
Aberdeen. Church services for
her were conducted at the
First Presbyterian Church In
Wilson.
New Newspaper Gives N-J
Competition For Summer
By PETER B. YOUNG
' Summer is the time when
kids go into business. Some
mow lawns. Others sell lemon
ade. A few especially brave
youngsters start a newspaper,
and Immediately “scoop” the
more established journals.
Presently offering some un
comfortably hot competition for
the News-Journal is a well-
written, well-edited, well-typed
periodical that is titled, “The
Prospect Weekly News.”
The brainchild of editor Del-
rose Morrison and reporter
Allen Wood, the newspaper has
now appeared for three conse
cutive weeks and has “gone to
press” for afourth. It is eager
ly awaited in the households of
the Prospect Street Extension
where it minutely chronicles
the doings of “the Prospect
gang.”
A quick glance through the
first three issues of the new
newspaper reveal the following
tidbits of hard news which the
N-J (to its great regret) miss
ed out on reporting:
' The kids on Prospt cr Exten
sion have a street ball team.
The Prospect Killers, captain
ed by Steve Cox. The killers
have not yet lost a game.
Henry C. Blrnstein Is still
taking his daily walks.
Peggy Wood Is known as the
best twister in the neighbor
hood.
Editor Morrison went off to
4-H Camp and upon her return
was quoted by reporter Wood
as saying, “Hooray, back to the
paper!”
There are at least two kick-
ball teams on Prospect Ex
tension. The Bobcats, consist
ing of Mary Lynn, Jane, Linda,
Jim. Clyde, David, Jackie, Sam
my and Cathy practice in Char
lie Morrison’s backyard. The
Tigers, consisting ot ueirose,
Jimmy, Allen, Debbie, Beth,
Peggy, Patty; Stevie and Becky
practice in Charlie’s front yard
Good luck. Charlie!
Humor also finds it way into
the Prospect Weekly News.
Each issue has a joke section.
Sample:
“What was Adam and Ewe’s
phone number? Answer: 281
Apple.”
Asked where the jokes came
from, ll.-v..ar-old Allen, son
of Mr. and Mrs. A. W, Wood,
Jr., hung his head a bit
sheepishly and admitted he
carefully clipped them from
various children’s magazines.
(He was told that adult lour-
nalists do the same thing).
Editor Delrose. 13-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Char
lie Morrison, was out of town
for the day and therefore un
available for questioning. We
had planned to ask Delrose
about the editorial policy of
her newspaper on such Issues
as quality education, the balan
ced budget, the ABC store, etc.
But N-J ofhcials were quick
to comment on the appearance
of the Prospect Weekly News.
N-J Publisher Paul Dickson
said:
“What I want to know is how
come these kids get news that
we don’t. Maybe I should hire
Allen and Delrose instead of
some of the people we’ve got.”
And N-J General Manager
Sam Morris said:
”1 don’t mind our news staff
getting shown up. That’s kind
of funny. But if those kids start
messing around with our ad
vertisers they’re going to have
a real fight on their handsT*
It seems safe to say that the
Prospect Weekly News will con
tinue to appear every week for
the remainder of the Summer.
It h^s already won a unique
place in its neighborhood, and
the N-J will just have to “sweat
it out” until school starts in
the fall.
Perhaps next year, with this
experience in mind, die N-J
will advocate year-round
schooling, especially for your^-
sters who show newspaper ta
lent during their summer vaca
tions!
Pacific Sets
Move For
Executives
A spate of management
changes at the big Pacific Mills
Plant was announced this week
by the new plant manager,
Marvin J. Pinson Jr. andW.G.
(Garth) Holmes, Raeford Group
Administrative Manager.
Departing from Raeford will
be personnel men S. G.» riel
and Bob Gentry. They will be
replaced by Ashwell Harward
and Philip Wade, respectively.
Gabriel leaves to become
training director for the Pacific
Division at Halifax. Va. Gentry
will be Personnel Manager of
the Drakes Plant at Drakes, Va.
Another transfer Involves
T. L. (Dickie) Holt, office
manager here in Raeford, who
goes to Clarksville. Va. in a
similar capacity. Holt will be
replaced by T. . Thompson,
who has been In Raeford for the
past few years.
Lamont, Lindsay Get
Veterans Scholarship
William Lamont III. better
known as ’’Monty” has been
awarded a “full ride” scholar
ship to the University of North
Carolina by the N. C. Veterans
Commission.
Veterans Service Officer Ma
rion Clark said that Lamont
was one of 10 students in the
entire state to receive the com
petitive four-year award. She
also announced that anon-com
petitive scholarship had been
awarded to David Lindsay, son
of Mrs. Goldie Lindsay Melton
of Stonewall.
VERU SMITH
Veryl Smith ofRaefordTown-
shlp was transferred Wed
nesday to Memorial Hospital In
Chapel Hill for. further treat
ment of a serious pistol vround
he sustained early on the morn
ing of July 4.
Smith was going hshlng. and
as he took a pistol out of his
tackle box the weapon went
off, sending a buUet that lodged
In his spine. He has been at
Hlghsmldi Memorial Hospital
In F ayettevllle.
Lindsay’s scholarship, also a
“full ride”, was In the War
Orphans category. He was a
grand prize winner at this
year’s Hoke High Science
Fair.
Monty Lamont. son of Mr.
and Mrs. William Lamont, Jr.
is thinking seriously about
studying pharmacy at Chapel
Hill. He has been working at
Howell's Drug Store for four
years and Is now working for
the summer on the grave
yard shift at Pacific Mills In
the Industrial Engineering De
partment.
At Hoke High, Monty was on
the Student Council, was a
member of the Journalism Club
and was treasurer of the Key
Club. He was voted by his class
mates as the friendliest boy In
the 1962 class.
MONTY LAMONT
. . . Gets “Full Ride”
Plant Lice
Menaces
Hoke Cotton
An “Invasion” of plant lice,
potentially ruinous for Hoke
cotton, was reported this week
by County Agent W. C. (Ches
ter) Williford.
He said that “the sticky stuR”
on the cotton plants were not
insecticide residue, but rather
was the “honeydew secretion”
from the plant lice or aphids.
Williford said “serious dam
age can be expected for our
cotton If the aphids are not
brought under control.”
The recommended treatment
to do just that is a quarter of
a pound of technical Parathitn
or Demeton applied with regular
boll weevil treatment immed
iately. The Agent underlined
his use of the word “Immed
iately,"
MH.30 SWIPED
Raeford Police reported a
Tuesday night break-ln at H.H.
Christopher’s place near the
McLauchlin Chapel on NC 20.
Stolen were 23 gallons of MH-
30, a chemical widely used for
tobacco suckerlng.
Value of the stolen chemi
cal was placed at almost $400
Chief L. W. Stanton said.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Thompson
and Mrs. H. L. Thompson. Jr.
and children were Wednesday
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Tapp.
Blood
Bank
Tuesday
All right, everybody. Rollup
your sleeves, bare your arms,
open your veins and BLEED I
That’s right, the Red Cross
Bloodmobile Is coming to town
for its quarterly visit next
Tuesday (July 17). The cots
will be stretched out In the
Methodist Church from 11 a.m.
to 5 p.m.
Blood Bank co-chairman
Clyde Upchurch said:
“Everything is going to be
ready for your donation. WQt
you be ready to donate?"
The painless and harmless
procedure takes about half an
hour. Upchurch said, and he
again noted that it is Important
for Hoke to maintain a favorable
balance on die account books
of the Red Cross blood program.
“Your neighbprs benefit from
this prqgram, and perhaps
someday you will, too.”
Upchurch coacluded.
Heels Win TVo In Li’l League
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Birch
and daughters. Cheryl and
Debbie, of Hampton. New
Hampshire are visiting his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Birch. They all spent last week
at Topsail Beach.
After suffering five straight
losses, the Tar Heels re
bounded with a big bang last
week by taking two games and
narrowing the little League
standings once again. The Heels
walloped theWolfpeckinal4-10
slugfest and then edged the Blue
Devils 3-2.
Against the Devils. Bob
Manuel smashed a triple In dM
final Inniog ot play that drew
in the tying run Maouel dwa
scored iN wiiuilng run on a
Devil error.
In the stamings. the Wolf*
peck and the Dewee Deeeaet
are tied for first plate wife
6-5 records. At die other ee4
die Devils and dw Heels are
tied With S-6 reteede.