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LXl ISIMBER 36
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RAEFORD, HOKE COVSTY, NORTH CAROLINA
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THLRSDA^,J4M IH) ;y. 1967
NOT CALLED BY LUNCH RECESS
Scott, Net^ton Traffic^ Cases Are Delayed
District Court recessed for
lunch shortly alter 1 p. m.
Wednesday, leaving hanging two
major traffic cases scheduled
for trial'^fore Judge D. B.
Herring.
There were Indications that
one or both of the cases would
be called after lunch and Carl
Barrington, attorney for defen
dants In both cases, said he was )
ready to try both actlbns,.
The first Is a schedule i
llmlnary hearing lor Char^S^
Elmore Newtown, wjxr lschai;^__^
ed with manslaugh||r and other
offenses as the i4sult of a No
vember 5 accident which re
sulted In the deathtorf three Hoke
Countlans.
Newton allegedly was driver
of a car which went out of con
trol on a curve four miles east
of Raeford on Rockflsh ^toad,
swerved back onto the hl^tt^y,
struck an approaching carffead-^
on, and brought death to two
companions and the owner of
the second vehicle.
Killed at the scene when they
were thrown from the Newton
vehicle were Jerry Allen West,
19. and Larry E. Pittman. 17,
both of Raeford. Roosevelt Mal
loy. 33, whose wife, Mrs. Juan
ita Blue Malloy was driving the
second car. dM later that night
at a Fayetteville hospital.
A third car, driven by James
Arthur Blue. 23, of Raefford,
was following the Malloy vehicle
and crashed Into the wreckage.
Blue was not seriously Injured.
Mrs. Malloy received serious
Injuries and showed signs of not
.having recovered when she ap
peared yesterday In court.
Newton was hospitalized for
some four or five days.
The other case Involves a
20-year-old Shannon driver
charged with a series of of
fenses In connection with a
chase by a state highway patrol
man on the night of January 2.
Johnny Scott allegedly driv
er of a 1964 convertible which
led Patrolman^ D, Robinson
on a wild chase through the
residential sections of south
Raeford. Is charged with reck
less-driving, resisting arrest
s^sault on an officer, and fall
ing to heed a policeman’s blue
light and siren.
Patrolman Robinson brought
the charges against young Scott
after, according to the officer,
Scott forced the patrol car off
the street on South Jackson
when Robinson attempted to pull
alongside.
The two vehicles “spun out’’
Jjlcle’s
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In a tug-ol-war ts the\ nearea
the IntersEction of Jackson
Street and Central Avenue.
They were still It'Cked together,
wtth the patrol r.n’s right front
bumper caught in the Scott
’s left rear fender
'recker i)..lled them apart.
Robinson char ed that Scott
/ jumped from the car and fled
‘ on foot. I'lit tripped jumpini’ u
hedge across tntral .\venue
front the wnfk. When he
reached hun. petunson charged,
Scott “came up s'.unglng’’ and
left the patrolman with a black
eye
Pobitisoti b.ud elub'jed
Scott several times with a
blackjack before Scott ceased to
resist. Scott was taken to a
local doctor lor treatment of a
head wound, bolunson said, but
refused to let the physician
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FOUR MGROES CHARGED
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McCormick Murder Case
Headed For Grand
KITCHY, KITCHY, KOO — Hoke County’s public health clinic takes on the air of pandemonium
once 3 month when a pediatrics clinic Is conducted for certain babies In the county. This week,
Dr. H. H. McLean, health officer, and nurses examined and treated some 60 to 75 infants, all
of whom were brought to the clinic at one hour by their mothers. The tike shown here wasn’t
a bit afraid of the doctor and actually seemed to enjoy the attention. Dr. McLean ^ays that on
days such as that one, the health department building Is not nearly large enough.
Draft Board
Seeks T rio
Three Hoke County regis
trants have been declared de
linquent by the local draft board
and have been reported to fed
eral authorities, according to
Mrs. Mary Bailey, draft board
clerk.
They are Identified as James
Andrew Bandy, 25; Larry Don
nell Peterkln, 18, and Marion
Eugene Floyd, 18.
Anyone having Information
concerning the whereabouts of
the trio Is asked to contact the
draft board In the federal office
portion of the post office build
ing.
Meanwhile. Mrs. Bailey said
many of the local registrants
now classified 1-Y will be re
evaluated during January and
later months. These regis
trants will be reclassified 1-A
and processed for induction,
she said.
“This reclassification is a
result of recent changes in
military standards of accepta
bility.’* Mrs. Bailey said. /
Town Building
Increased In ’66
More than twice as many
building permits were Issu^
at Raeford town hall In 1966
than In 1965, a comparative
sv . mary, completed recently,
revealed.
In 1965, the number was 30,
In 1966, It was 63.
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That iileans that between
January liand December 31,
1966, 63 new'structures were
begun within the town limits
and does not Include anything—
home business, W school--that
was completed on Ihe outskirts.
The total construction valua
tion year before last was $244,-
550. Last year, not Including
the new school. It ran well
above $470,000. Spent on school
construction was $571,000.
The Increase In new homes
and buildings also boosted the
number of new water and sewer
connections. In 1965, 17 water
taps were made. Last year
there were 37. Sewer figures
were 16 In 196S and 36 last
year.
In other comparative figures,
the police report reveals that
there were one-third more for
getful businessmen In Raeford
last year than the year before.
Records show that town officers
found 116 doors of downtown
business houses unlocked after
all employes had gone home
for the night. The number
in 1965 was 72.
Another noteworthy compari
son shows that motor vehicle
violations rose from 142 In
1965 to 246 In 1966; that motor
vehicle accidents rose from 57
to 64, and that the number^
miles patroled by pollcemm
was up more than 14,000 miles
(from 46,311 to 59,484); yet,
the number of gallons of gas
consumed was Increased very
slightly—5,855 gallons In 1965
and 5,746 In 1966.
Delay
Of Trial
Likely
The case of four young Hoke
County Negores charged with
murder In the slaying of a 75
year-old Negro man Is sched
uled to go to the grand jury
when Hoke Superior Court ^
gins a one-week combined
criminal and civil term here
Monday.
The case Is not expected to
be tried, however, because
two of the defendants are at
Dorothea Dlx Hospital for
mental observation not to ex
ceed 60 days.
The quartet Is charged with
brutally beating to death Neill
Archie McCormick, 77, on the
night of December 18 at Mc
Cormick’s home In the Duffle’s
Station section of Hoke County.
The four are Malcolm Mc
Coy, 17, Landon Johnson, 16,
Robert Lee Hollingsworth, 23,
and King David Purcell, all of
the Duffle’s Station section.
Preliminary hearing for the
four was held December 28.
Court appointed attorneys
P^mer Willcox and Bill Moses
represented the four at the
hearing. All four were ordered
held without bond on charges of
murder, and McCoy and John
son, both defended by Willcox,
were sent to the mental hos
pital for observation.
Moses Is defense counsel for
Hollingsworth and Purcell, who
remain In Hoke County jail.
At the hearing, Sheriff Dave
See MURDER, Page 11
Mrs. Clark Takes Payday Stroll,
And Everybody At Pacific Smiles
BY LUCY GRAY PEEBLES
This week’s Pacific Mills
personality may be termed a
newcomer compared to those
who are receiving pins for long
periods of service.
She is Mrs. Anna Clark,
a teletype operator In the mall
room and a sort oWGlrl Fri
day,*’ She looks after the In
coming and out-going mall and
she fills In when Mrs. Bennie
Kelly Is away from the switch
board. Her supervisor Is Car-
roll WTlbum.
Mrs. Clark also has another
Chore to do. She says she likes
this one best of all because
she encounters so many happy
faces, “and the payday smile
broadens when they see me
coming because they know I
am bringing the checks.”
Her outgoing personality Is
proof enough that she likes
people and the payday stroll over
the big workrooms Is the high
light of her week’s work.
As an energetic mother of
four who works outside the
home, It’s hard to realize that
she finds time for pleasure In
such motionless pastimes as
fishing and reading.
But she declares she can
not live without either of them.
A little of her craving for read
ing brushed off on the chil
dren. All of them like to curl
up with a good no'.el or bio
graphy. The children enjoy
fishing, too.
And they have just the right
set-M3 for It. Their dad, Fur
man Clark, Is a Soil Conser
vation Service official and he
knows V lere all ponds are.
Mrs. Ch k, Furman Jr„ a Win
gate Co .ege student; Susan, a
junior In high school. Bill, a
seventh grader, and Cary a
sixth grader, all get a kick
out of exploring them. Among
their favorite fishing jaunts,
however,yare their trips to Fort
Fisher, Dwhere they can stand
on the rocks and throw aline
for some salt water fishing.
The Clarks came to Raeford
20 years ago when Furman be
gan here with the SCS. Mrs,
Clark says she likes Raeford,
but she still thinks she would
enjoy moving around like her
parents did during her youth
when her father was In the ser
vice.
“We always remained on this
side of the Mississippi, but have
lived all up and down the East
ern seaboard,” she recalled.
Mr. and Mrs. Clark were
adults before they met, but she
discovered an ironic fact whlph
somehow drew them a little
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WINNERS ” Local winners in the Lions International peace
essay contest are shown here with Carroll Wilburn, l.ions
Club president, at last week’s dinner nteetinc of the club.
They are. left to right, Helen Parks, Mary Lou Flowers,
and Diane King. Miss Parks’ entry won first place and wt!.
continue in competition, next going rfo the district ieve..
Fire Victim Lions Essay Contest
Fund Grows Winners Are Chosen
closer together soon after their
marriage. She learned that her
ahcestors had once owned the
historic pre - civil war home
which was then the home In which
her husband had been raised.
Her female curiosity and her
love for genealogy brought the
strange Informatln to light.
On a visit to the Clark family
home, she chanced to see
scratched on a door, clearly
visible through many coats of
varnish, the words, “I Rattle
Plummer Pltchford lived here,
1876.” Mrs. Clark, notlof the
mention of her family name
"Plummer” began to delve Into
her family history and out came
Rattle Plummer Pltchford.
The old home Is In Warren
County. The native home of
both her parents In Raleigh.
Her father Is W. P, Batchelor,
a retired Army colonel.
Contributions to the Hoke
County “Fund For Five” were
listed this week at $846, an In-^
crease of $135 from last w/^k’s
total.
The money Is being raised
to assist the families of five
Hoke youngsters trapped No
vember 19 In a tragic fire when
flames ungulfed their canvas
tent on a campout. Four of the
five teenagers died.
A committee of three lead
ing citizens Is In charge of the
project. Contributions may be
made by mall to “Fund For
Five,” P. O. Box 299, Rae
ford, N. C. 28376.
Contributors not previously
listed Include;
Rosalie Camper, David Bak
er, Thomasson Furniture Com
pany. Mr. and Mrs. N. F. Sin
clair, Ashemont Home Demon
stration Club. Mrs, J. M. Pen
dergrass, Margaret Tufts, Mrs.
H. A. Cameron, Mrs. Marie
Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Pat Sat-
terwhlte'. Dr. Clarence B, Fos
ter. Bethesda Women’s Bible
Class.
Hoke Student
On Dean’s List
Roger R, Lizotte has been
named to the dean’s list for the
first semester at Belmont Ab
bey College, Belmont.
The son of Richard L. Li
zotte, 211 Dickson Street, he
ranked eleventh In the fresh
man class. He Is a graduate
of Hoke High School.
Three Hoke County huh
school students, all girls, ha.e
been awarded cash prizes as
local winners of the Lions In
ternational peace essay con
test.
They are Helen Parks, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. U.
Parks of Raeford, a senior at
Hoke High School, first place
and $15; Diane King, daugh
ter of the Rev. and Mrs. J, C.
Player, Rockfish, a sophomore
at Hoke High School, second
place and $10. and Mary Lou
Flowers, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Ernest Bratcher of Rae
ford, a junior at Upchurch High
School, third place and $5.
Cash awards were presented
Thursday night at the regular
meeting of the local Lions Club
by Carroll Wilburn,, clubpresl-
dent.
The essays were on the sub
ject, “Peace Is Attainable,’’
and were entirely the work of
the contestants. Judging was on
the basis of central Idea, 75
per cent; organization, 10 per
cent; style, 10 per cent, and
See ESSAY, Page 7
N^en Rites
Conducted
Funeral ser-.iccs .> -e
here yesterday *or Ju.i’js Jud-
son Niven, 56. ^ rcarc.’ y.-”--
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Annexation Hearing
Set For February 6
\ public hearing has bei^n set for February 6 on possible
annexation of another area adjoining the Town of Raeford on
the north side.
The section under consideration Is on North Main Street
f. vtenslon. It connects with the orlgmal town limits on Mai i
Street and adjoins an art a on North Magnolia ond Ni-irth
Fulton which was annexed U-t July by request.
Residents of North Afaln Street filed a petition a.nd subse
quently appeared befoile the town board requesting that their
are^ be taiten in. Th; * desire police and fire protectior
a- 1 a lor' .,d«quati -at..' pressure, they pointed out. The
area contains some 30 acres.
Ed Williams, town manayer, noted that it this appeal Is
carried through, the total number of acres taken In since
July 1965, (the date of the town’s Urst annexation) will be
109. The added number o: families will be 50 and the extra
iiumt'er of citizens, approximately 200.
The hearinx will be held at the time of the regulht meeting
ol town "inmissiTiers i. t.‘'e conference room on the second
lloor of Town; Hall.
sergeant who die-
his home.
The service in First Ljptist
Church at ILOO a. m. is .roc-
ducteti by ChapUir Capt..
James A. Mar i.n of 3th
Evacuation HospitD, i-'on
Bragg, assisted o\ th- 7e .
John M. Glenn, paster. Mili
tary burial service was per
formed in Raeford Cemetery by
soldiers of the 82nd Airbom-
Dlvlslon.
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