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ew^ The Hoke County Journal - Estabi*ihed 1905 journal The Hoke County Newe - EHobiiihed 1928 XOLVME L Vin NUMBER 3 RAEEORD, HOKE t.Ol NTY, NORTH CAROLINA 10 PACES S4 PER YE IR 10' PER COPY TMl HSDn\JU>E ft 19^1 By Paul Diek§on 0 0 Town Tax Rate Same Thanks to Mr. sod Mrs. Walter P. Baker for a )10 con tribution to The News-Journal Cemetery Fund, and thanks for die same to Mr. and Mrs. James C. Morris of Chimney Rock. Car Shooter Is Caught, ^Sheriff Says The mysterious person who shot the car of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Taylor of 205 Reaves .St. here last Sunday has been '^anirehended and was reported by Sheriff Dave Barrington to be John Long of Fayeneville Rt. 3. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor, travel ling near the Hoke County line on (heir way to Charlotte were not hurt when a shot rang through their car.Thegunwiel- der reportedly went later into Scotland County and shot ano ther car. He was picked up in South Carolina for a similar offence. Sheriff Barrington said he had no information as to what the ihan was up to but that he would be brought to trial In Hoke County in about two weeks. He is now lodged In Scotland County jaiL The sheriff also reported that five boys who had escaped from Leonard Training School were apprehended after allegedly breaking and entering the home of Mrs. Bessie Love in the Bowmore section. They were reported to have stolen an au tomobile in Scotland County after that. Four of the escapees have been returned to the school and will undergo trial at a later date. The fifth, Larry Harvey is in Jail in Scotland County, charg^ with auto larceny. f* The 1963-64 annual budget of 1207,997, adopted by the Raeford Town BMrd of Com missioners. Monday night, va ries only slightly from the pre vious one and the tax rate re mains stationary at $1.17 on $100 property valuation. La.st year's budget was $210, 000. While this year’s $37,868 water and sewer fund is al most $6,000 less than last year’s other items of expense in the new budget absorb most of the difference by an increase of $100 or more. For in stance. police department sa laries and expense has crept from $19,153 to $19,785. Also helping greatly to take up the diffe.’ence s the -ww K emergency fund as cempared to last year’s of $3.50C. Taxable property .n the town of Raeford is valued at $7,700,000. An estimated rise of collection is 90 per ceit. The complete Broken down budget may be found elsewhere in this issue. Health Rulers Co Crowned ;4-H Talent Show lllll Request issioners Raise “SCHOOL'S OUT I CHARGE r' seems to be die byword of diese enthusiastic youngsters. National Guard Leaves Saturday Hoke County's Nationsl Guardsmen, members of Head quarters and Headquarters Company. 2nd Battalion, 252nd Armor, will be among about 1,600 officers and men of the 30th Infantry Division who will Ul tjourt 1 Stewart Georgia Short Session Robert Luther Strother, 42, of Aberdeen Rt. 1 came back and entered an appeal after being convicted in Recorder’s Court Tuesday morning on a charge of assaulting his mother some six weeks ago. Acting Recorder’s Court Judge A. M. Andrews gave Stro- the^ s two year sentence which he suspended on condition that he remove himself from Hoke County for the next 12 months and stay sway from his mother’s home for the duration. In other cases Judgement was: Sam L. Graham, 51. Negro, of Fayetteville, charged with driving under the influence of liquor, six months, suspended on parent of $25 and costs. Richard D. Slocum, 23, of Weatfleld, Pa., driving under the influence. Six months, sus pended on payment of $100 and costs. Arthur R,McLean, 14, Negro, breaking and entering and taking $200 in goods. Bound over to August term of crimi nal court. ^ George Mosley, 48. Negro, Fayetteville. Traffic violation, •nd violation of the prohibition law. Sentence, 30 days suspend ed on payment of $25 and court 1 costs. Saturday for their 15 days of field training. The local battalion will train at Fort Stewart with other Armor units of the Division while the Infantry elements are training at Fort Bragg because of the lack of adequate -tank range facilities at Fort Bragg. Units in Fort Stewart,In addition to the local battalion, will be the 3rd Brigade headquarters of Clinton, under the command of Col. William Buck, the 1st Battalion, 252nd Armor, Fay etteville, the 1st Squadron of the 196th Cavalry of Concord, s medical company and a main tenance company. All Divi sion units at Fort Stewart will be under the command of Brig. Gen. Kermlt L. Guthrie of Jacksonville. The 2nd Tank Battalion of the 252nd is commanded byLuCoL Paul Dickson, and the Head quarters Company is com manded by Captain Thomas M. Mseko. Platoons of the head quarters company are located in Red Springs, under the com mand of $econd Lieutenant James B. McLeod and in Rock ingham under the command of First Lieutenant Marvin Wheeler. Company A is in Laurinburg, Company B in St. Pauls and Company C In Southern Pines. (See GUARD, Page 10) Summer School Applicants To Register Noux Students wishing to enter summer school at Hoke High are requested to call, die prin cipal’s office sometime dils w^. D.W* Huggins, Jr., prin cipal. announced. Courses in U. S. History, World History, Algebra I, Ms- thmadcs 1 and Bituogy can be had for $25 per student. A che mistry course will cost $30. If there are less dian 15 stu dents signing up for any of these classes that class will be eli minated. Summer school will open June 10 at 8 a. m. and will close on July 10. Daily classes will be over at 1 p. m. Wreck: Chicken Dinner at- McLauchlin School To Be Library During Renovation Pool Dues Slow Fish Fry A Fish fry will be held oy die Philippi Church Saturday, b^nalqg at 5 p. m., the Rev. Elinos Whitlock, pastor, announced. Proceeds from the supper will M toward the new roof for dMOurch. The Board of Education has given its approval for the Hoke County Public Library to use the J. W. McLauchlin School building this summer while the library quarters are undergoing renovation. The Board of County Com missioners gave audiorization to the county auditor Monday to obtain bids for the repair of the roof, the ceilihg, walls and the front portion of the building. Supu w, T. Gibson, Jr. said that the school principal will work out plans with the library board as. to what part of the school building may t)e used and under what conditions. At Monday night’s meeting of the board of education the members approved insurance policies on the county’s school buildings valued at $2,298,800 and on the furnishings valued at $274,500. Pr^iums costs run slightly less than $4,000. Policies are carried widi the Division of Insurance of the State Board of Education. Also Approved was the pur chase of p Dodge pick-up truck for the school maintenance de partment. The vehicle will be bought froTH the State Depart ment of Purchase at a cost of $1,475. Discount annuity contracts for teachers was discussed but the program just passed by die General Assembly, is so new that no definite conclusion could be reached until more infor mation is received, according to the superintendem. Teachers for the eight schools in the county were elected with the exception of a few vacancies yet to be filled. The Hoke Swimming Asso ciation has sold only ^out 20 per cent of the memberships needed to operate the pool this summer, Harold Gillis, treas urer, reported. This appears to be a slow start, he remarked, but added that he thought the unseasonable weather was to be blamed. The pool opened last Saturday and even though the weather was not as warm as most swimmers like several young people were taking their first summer’s dip. Two Ute guards are on duty at all times. They also have charge of pool maintenance. Salaries and pool maintenance absorb the organization’s finances each year, Gillis said. The pool opens daily at 10 a. m. and closes at 8 p. m., except on Sunday when the hours are 2-6 p. m. President of the Association Is Clyde Upchurch Jr. The calm and peaceful mosphere of one of the rural .lotions of Hoke County was mattered Tuesday morning with the screech of brakes, squawks of chickens, and the horrible grating of metal on concrete. At about 6 a. m. a Chevro let truck, loaded with chick ens, heading North on the 401- By-pass “dropped a spring”, causing the truck to overturn in the yard of Grady Ellis.v Driver Steve Fesperman of Al bemarle. was uninjured except for a few minor bruises. Fesperman said, “I had 3.638 chickens loaded on the truck, and I guess about half got kill ed. A lot of the dead ones are stiU in the crates, so I don't know for sure Just how many there are.’’ The truck and chickens were the ppperty of Norman Lowder, father-in-law of the driver, and were enroute to Fayetteville to be sold. To add a touch of morbid humor, die chickens ran after the truck as it was being towed away by die wrecker. Education Bill Passes House The bill introduced by Hoke Represenutive Neill McF adyen calling for a referendum to de cide ^e question of whether or not the terms of the Hoke County Board of Education should be staggered was passed by the House last week and Is expected to sail through the Senate some time this week, McFadyen said here Monday. Also Included in die bill Is a provision to leave the selection of the board members completely to the people of the county. Now. as In most coun- (See EDUCATION. Page 10) Kings and Queens of Health were crowned at an annual Hoke County 4-H Club event Tuesday night and talent winners were picked for the district-compe tition to be held soon. The junior and senior health kings and queens were select ed from 12-month records kept in health Improvements in per sonal. family and community life. Judy McNeill, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. McNeill, of Red Springs, Rt- 1, was named senior queen and will receive $10 toward expenses at 4-H Club Week to be held at Swie College in Raleigh. July 22-27. The senior king is Benny Bruner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lamon Bruner, Shannon Rt- 1 His prize was the same and both the king and queen will re present Hoke County In the state health pageant. The Junior health king crown was awarded to John Mooney, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. P. Mooney of Red Springs Rt. 1. Junior Queen is Gwen Anderson of Lumber Bridge, daughter of Mrs. Oris Anderson and the late Mr. Anderson. Each of these receive $5 on a trip to 4-H Camp at Swannonoa, July 1-6. First, second and third pla ces were picked from a talent program staged by 4-H mem bers from all over die county. Selected first was a six- (See RULERS, Page 10) The Hoke County Board of Commissioners, after handing out some salary raises to vari ous county employees last month, decided to get in on the .band wagon and request more pay for themselves or their successors starting with the next term. At Monday’s meeting, pre sided over by Chairman J. E. Shankle, J. H. Blue, introduced a motion that Rep. Neill Mc- Fadyen be requested to intro duce a bill in the legislature which would increase the pay of each member of the Board of Hoke County Commissioners. The request would boost the chairman's pay from $18 per mondily meeting to $30 and other members' pay from $15 to $25. For call^ meetings the current rate of $18 and $15 for chairman and members, respectively, would remain the same. The salary raise would go into effect In December 1964 when the next board takes of fice. Motion was seconded by A. S. Meinnis and was carried unanimously. The board also passed a reso lution asking that Rep. McFadyen Introduce a bill In the legislature to stagger the term of nembers of the county board, similar to the one intro duced last week for the Hoke County Board of Education. The bill introduced for the education board calls for a referendum which would let the people de cide. by vote, wlietlier or not a staggered term for noa-i mem bers will go into ef'ec:. The motion was made Harold Gillis and seconded oy J, H. Blue. It was also car ried by unanimous vote. Gillis also introduced a mo tion. which passed, approving a request from the Jan.or Cham ber of Commerce for $4C to help defray expenses of a vol untary automobile .nspectlon Une In the county. In other business *e board transacted the follow.pg: Authorized E. E.Smiti".. clerk of Superior Court to attend the Clerk of Court's Assoctat'.on Conference to be held .n Dur ham. July 3-6. 1963. Passed a motion authorizing the county accountant. T. 3, Lester, to sign a .-ental and service contract agreement With General Electric Corp.. with option to purchase equip ment. for com.muracations equipment for die sheriffs de partment at a year’.'/ rental and service malntena.-'.ce cha'ge of $935.88. Passed a motion to recom mend to the state hiu*'way de partment that a road oe constructed and pi iced or. the state malmained uul system from D. K. Pa"»t- s f.aise to U. S. Highway 401. ap proximately one mile. Passed a motion allowing Mrs. Marion Clark, Veterans Service Officer, travel payment in the ^.nount of $33.04. AFTERMATH OF Occident In which 1,500 chickens died. (Photo by Jock Singles) Biracial Group In a letter to the News- Journal this week R, B. Stone manager of the Raeford - Hoke Chamber of Commerce report ed ihatthe Chamber’s civic af fairs committee has gone on re cord as being in favor of an "Inter-racial committee’’ be ing formed for Raeford and Hoke County. He said the ac tion was taken at their meeting two weeks ago. and is to be brought before the board of directors at their June meet ing. Stone’s lener continued: “It was the wishes of the committee that their action be endorsed by the Board of Di rectors, who will be asked to pass a resolution requesting the Town and County Boards of Commissioners to appoint the members of and esublish said committee. “The views of the committee were that an issue of this scope and long-range effect on the en tire community should not be left to the fanatics and “rabble -rousers". but that initiative should be taken by responsi ble citizens to use sound judg ment and thought in fostering action which can best maintain both high standards of citizen ship and harmony within the commumty. •^Ttiere Is no doubt that ser ious problems may arise in the future . . . since no form of action can be expected to find ready acceptance by all con cerned. Certainly, we must do what we can. however, to pre vent any excuse for outside in terference in our local affairs” Members of the coinniittee present were Charles Hostet ler, B. C. MeWhite and W,3. Heyward- THrf Ilf L, ■ *« ' ^ GOING. •« . SITE-Harold Gillis Is shown here lookii^ at sign for proposed siM of I
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