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The Hoke County News- Established 1928
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The Hoke County Journal - Established 1905
VOLUME LXl NUMBER 39
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RAEFORD. HOKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
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THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 9, 19>:
Town Seeks
One-Third
ABC Money
Rteford's town botrd members passed a resolution Monday
night to ask Rep. Neill McFadyen to Introduce a local bill In
the General Assembly to provide the town one-third of ABC
revenue here.
The somewhat surprising motion came after a lengthy dis
cussion of the town’s financial plight with regard to sewer and
* water needs.
When the ABC board was established here in 1963, the town
board wanted no part of the establishment. It was built on High
way 401 bypass largely because the town charter prohibits s^e
of liquor Inside the town limits.
Now, however, the operation is a windfall for die county treas
ury, turning some $60,000 a year.
Moreover, state rebate of oeer and wine taxes for which bodi
die town and county qualified when legal sale of those beverages
was authorized here this past summer, will add an estimated
120.000 In revenue.
The county also reaps a financial award by licensing all beer
dealers. The town levies no such privilege fee, although a num
ber of stores Inside the town limits sell both beer and light
wine and fortified wine.
Meanwhile, the town board took another look as its desperate
water and sewer problems and came a step closer to calling for
a bond issue.
A consulting engineer advised the board Monday nl^t the
town will have to raise an estimated $650,000 from bond sales
to bring local water and sewage treatment facilities to a satis
factory standard.
See MONEY, Page 11
Food Handout I
OkM 12 Months
i
Hoke County commissioners
reversed a long-standlno policy
Monday and authorized me dls-
’trlbutlan of free JVirplu® food,
18 moaths a year.
For dte past two or three
years, impoverished families In
the county have received certain
staple fo^ items — furnished
by die federal government and
distributed at no cost to the
county — four or five months a
year.
In the face of sometimes
harsh criticism, commission
ers stuck by their guns in the
past They said farmers com-
plained they could get no farm
H labor if workers were being
fed. Grocerymen. to com
plained that sales were off dur
ing the months the free food
was being distributed.
This year, the program was
set up to operate through
* March. Monday, the welfare
board asked commissioners to
authorize year-roupd distribu
tion of the ‘some dozen items.
The welfare department,
which certifies ellgljblllty for
the handouts, said 550 fanp-
Ules -- or about3,90lpeaple —
currently are receiving die
food. That number will be sub
stantially reduced during the
tarmins season, it was esti
mated, because some family in
comes will Increase beyond the
maximum permitted under the
free food program.
“We wish to appeal to farm
ers who have difficulty In find
ing hands during the growing
season to report their difficul
ty to the welfare department,”
said Commissioner John Bal
four. “If free food is the cause,
the matter will be looked Into.”
Eligibility for the commodi
ties Is based upon family In
come, with the wages of all
family members taken Into con
sideration. A single welfare
recipient, for Instance, can have
See HANDOUT, Page 11
CHARLES HOSTETLER
Hostetler
And Son
In Raleigh
Charles Hostetler, Raeford
attorney, will serve the 1967
General Assembly, although not
as a senator or representative.
Hostetler, who represented
Hoke County in the N. C. House
before Neill McFadyen defeated
him four terms ago, has been
named chief enrolling clerk for
the House.
The appointment was made
several weeks ago by Secretary
of State Hiad Eure.
The chief enrolling clerk
plays a major part In the sche
duling of legislation. It is a full
time job.
More than that, Hostetler’s
son, Anderson, has been named
a House page and has gone to
Raleigh with his father. Mc
Fadyen made the appointment.
Hostetler, a member of the
law firm of Hostetler, McNeill
and Wlllcox, said he Is pleased
with the Idea of being back in
Raleigh, where he once also
worked as a deputy Insurance
commissioner.
“I think I will find die job
enjoyable and rewarding,” he
said. “No, I do not plan tostay
with my parents, who live In
Ralelg^. I will stay at the Sir
See HOSTETLER, Page 11
Draft Calls
Six In Hoke
six Hoke County young men
formerly classified 1-Y will be
Inducted into the armed forces
February 15, according to the
local draft board clerk.
Reclassification of these and
other registrants was made
recently when Induction require
ments were revamped through
out the Selective Service
system.
Drive Launched To Raise
$6,000 For Band Outfits
A campaign to raise $6,000 for band uni
forms at Hoke High School has been launched
by a group of Raeford mothers.
The drive will Include solicitation of bus
inesses, Industry, professional people and
Individuals In an effort to provide 70 uni
forms for the growing Hoke High School
Band.
‘Starting almost from scratch three years
ago, the band has developed Into a first-
rate high school company. It received spec
ial recognition and an excellent ratlngwhen
It performed In Charlotte's Carrousel Pa
rade In November.
While the band has more than bu per
formers, It Is without formal uniforms.
Its makeshift attire consists of Mexican
at raw hats and “serapes” of a gaudy. In
expensive material.
Heading the fund campaign are Mrs. Ed
mund Murray, Mrs. Ralph Barnhart and Mrs.
Carlton Niven,
Jimmy James, band director, met with the
group Tuesday afternoon. At the group's
suggestion, he had acquired cost estimates
and had selected a uniform .nat pleased cur
rent members of the band.
Based on the Internationally famous Buck
ingham Palace Guard uniform, the band at
tire will Include a red jacket (military In
Style), black trousers, black shako, and
white sash.
The uniforms will cost $87.86, Including
tax. Total cost of 70 uniforms will be
$6,150.20.
“That price will prevail until March 1,"
James said. "At that time, prices will go
up 6 per cent, which would be more than $5
a uniform.
Contributions by check. If made to Hoke
High School, will be tax deductible. Con
tributions by mall should be addressed
to Band Fund, Box 274, Raeford.
Initial stage of the campaign will be a
Set DRIVE, Page 11
A
APPROXIMATE BAND UNIFORM
PETITION PRESENTED
Town Board
Decision
Meeting
To Be Set
In F uture
Raeford town board took
under advisement Monday nl^t
a petition calling for estsbll^-
ment of a housing authority to
provide low-rent housing for
impoverished families in the
town and county.
After receiving the petition
and hearing from several lead
ers In the move to secure up to
100 dwelling units through a
federal government program,
commissioners moved to defer
consideration of the petition
unti their next meeting, whether
regular or called.
Told by Attorney Harry D.
Harrison, whose law firm rep
resents the town, that a public
hearing would be requir^ be
fore action could be taken to
establish the authority, the
board declined to set a date
for the public hearing, although
pressed to do so.
The board was petitioned to
create a housing authority
which would exist as a separ
ate corporation with power to
issue bonds to finance cons
truction and operation of low-
rent housing projects. The
Federal Housing Authority
would guarantee payment of the
bonds, whidi would have a 40-
year maturity date.
The housing would be design
ed, built, administered and paid
for by the housing authority.
The town government would
have neither authority nor res
ponsibility In the project be
yond creating the authority and
providing “normal” utilities
and services.
The petition was prepared
and circulated by the housing
Committee of the new Hoke
County Planning and Develop
ment Commission. Phil Diehl
and Gilbert Ray are members
of the committee.
Led by the Rev. Cortez A.
Cooper. Diehl, and Jim Fout,
executive director of the plan
ning and development commis
sion, a group of 20 or 30
people appeared in support of
the petitloa
Told that Hoke County ranks
100th In the state (at the bot
tom) In the matter of over
crowded housing, town commis
sioners contended that the prob
lem Is predominant outside the
town limits and ought to be
taken care of by the county.
“Maybe I am dense," said
the Rev. Mr. Cooper, “but It
seems to me that If the town
has an opi?ortunlty to do some-
See HOUSING, Page 11
Delays
Housing
If
if
'--y*
Crowd Gathers As Body Of Youngster Is Removed From Street
Widening
1$ Sought
For NC 211
Hoke County commissioners
have asked the State Highway
Commission to Improve N. C.
211 from the Robeson to Moore
County lines, specifically to
widen the road to 24 feet be
tween Raeford and the Moore
line.
“If we don’t get It done now,
we'll never have It.” said Jim
Fout, director of Hoke Planning
and Development Commission.
“They are getting ready to pave
the road, ai^ If they put down a
coat of asphalt without widen
ing It. they can come back later
and say they gave us pavernem
and cannot then widen It.”
The road is heavily traveled
all year. In addition to auto
mobile traffic. It Is used by
many truckers who come south
ward on U. S. 1 and U. S. 220
and cut eastward on 211.
The road Is being relocated
at the State Sanatorium at Mc
Cain, straightening a series
See HIOIWAY, Page 9
Auto Kills Child; wilderness
Fire Claims Man
A two-year-old child was hit
by a car and killed at McCain
shortly before noon Saturday
and a shannon man died In a
fire which burned his four-room
tenant house late Sunday after
noon.
Vincent Elaine McNeill, son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Mc
Neill of McCain, was killed In
stantly when struck by an auto
driven by Roosevelt Farmer,
22-year old Sanatorium em
ploye, who lives just a few doors
from the McNeills.
State Highway Patrolman J.
D. Robinson said Farmer told
him he was going home to lunch
at about 11:30 a. m. when he saw
several children playing In the
street, slowed to about25miles
per hour. The area Is a 35-
mlle-per-hour zone.
Robinson said the children
cleared the street, according
to Farmer, but the McNeill
child apparently ended up alone
across the street from the older
children. The child apparently
then dashed to join the other
children and stepped into the
path of Farmer’s auto.
The child’s body lay In the
street directly In front of the
McNeill home for more than
an hour while officers waited
for Coroner Frank Grumpier
to arrive. Grumpier said he
was not In Raeford at the time
of the accident and had to be
rounded up.
He ruled the death accidental.
Robinson said no charges have
been filed against Farmer.
Grumpier also ruled the
deatfi of James Bumes, 54, ac
cidental after volunteer firemen
found his charred remains in
the embers of die fire which
destroyed his dwelling on Up
church Farms near Shannon.
Hlllcrest Volunteer firemen
answered a call to the blaze
about 6:30 p. m. Sunday.
Burnes’ body was not recovered
until about 8:30.
Grumpier said it was not
known that Burnes was in the
dwelling until the building had
See CHILD, Page 11
Yields Body
0
Of Man, 78
The body of a 78-vear-ild
Nejro man, missing '.rom ht«
home since last 'A.-dnesda;.
was found Tuesda> murninr on
the Fort Brajg rescr-- ;ticn
about five miles north ■; 'an^er
Station No. 1,
Sherlfi Dave Barrm ton s id
the discovery of Frank Blut’s
body ended a search of se'.>-ri!
days, during which the missin •
man was traced to the Mid.-r-
ness of the vast mtlitar. res'-r-
vation.
At that pomt, the
jurisdiction ended and militar.
authorities took over.
Blue's bod> was discovered
some 40 >ards from Old Flank
Road, Barrineton said. He i.n-
parentlv had died oi exposure,
tihe sheriff said military author
ities reported from .vtticj.
Hospital at Fort Brags,
‘•We were extremel'. 'rtut-
ate to find him,'’ Barr-n-t ■r.
said. ‘-He w'as ina rt-mote > i.
and had his tracks . t ee • -
served on the dirt -oad,
likelv we never would ia e loui’d
See WILDER.NESS, Page il
Legalized Liquor, Beer Cut Bootlegging
Only Six Stills Discovered In Hoke County For Entire 1966 Period
Legal sale of beer, wine and
liquor In Hoke County has ap
preciably decreased bootleg
ging and rooonshinlng activity
in the county, according to
Sheriff Dave Barrington.
In presenting his annual re
port to county commissioners
here Monday, Barrington was
asked what effect the recent
legalization of beer and light
wine sales has had on law en
forcement.
‘•We are arresting more pub
lic drunks, the sheriff told com
missioners, "but for the most
part, they are the same old of
fenders, They just get drunk
earlier on Saturday now and get
In jail be.'ore midnight.''
Going back to 1963, however,
when ABC sale of hard liquor
and fortified wine was approved
by the voters, Barrington noted
a sharp annual decrease In the
number of Illicit stills de
stroyed, and In bootlegging ac
tivity.
"Back In the 1950s, we used
to cut up a hundred to a hundred
and fifty stills a year,” he said.
"In 1962, the year before the
ABC store opened, we had 55
or 60. This year, we had only
six, In spite of the fact that we
have twice as many deputies
as we used to have, plus a coun
ty ABC officer."
Barrington said his report
did not include the activltle'^
of ABC Officer J. K. Riley,
"He may have cut igp several
stills not on my report, although
we usually work together on
raids," the sheriff said.
Legal sale of beer and light
wine has "cut down on the 50-
cent a can beer bootlegging,’’
according to Barrington. Illicit
sale of beer is now confined to
hours when the ABC store and
beer dealers are closed.
‘■There probably Is just as
much white whisky passing
through Hoke County as before,
but It Is not being manufactured
and sold here like It once was,"
Barrington said.
Sale of white whisky (non-lax-
pald) Is limited almost ex
clusively to low-income people
In various "joints," some of
which pass as "night spots" and
others In private residences.
The sheriff’s annual report
also showed an increase In ar
rests and other departmental
activity. Part was due to a
nation-wide Increase In crime,
but a primary factor was In
creased activity by the depart
ment after It secured additional
officers.
In 1963, the sheriff's staff
was composed of the sheriff
%nd two deputies, one of whom
served as jailer. In July 1964,
two deputies were added to the
force, and last July a fifth
deputy was authorized.
Since getting the additional
help In 1964, the sheriff’s de
partment has patrolled the
county on a 24-hour-a-day
basis. The six deputies now
rotata on eight-hour shifts, with
two men on each shift and a
third assigned to nighttime desk
duty.
Consequent!), the number of
break-ins decreased trom 143
In 1965 to 95 In 1966. Thirty
bfeak-lns were solved In 1966
and stolen property recovered
amounted to $8,611.60. The pre
vious year, 91 breaking and
entering cases were solved and
stolen property valued at 520,-
097 was recovered.
Arrests jumped from 867 m
1965 to 1,004 In 1966. The
number of calls answered
showed a corresponding in
crease — from 849 In 1965 to
1,089 In 1966.
In addition to destroying six
stills last year, the department
seized 24 gallons of white non-
taxpald whiskv, 42 12
CAi'S of beer, 13 16-c*»nce cajis
of beer, and destroyed SCO gal
lons of mash.
In 1965, the Bipartment’s of
ficers destroyed 17 stUls, 31
gallons of white whisky, 110
16-ounce cans of beer and 13
12-ounce cans of beer.
Following IS a complete com
parison of activities, with 1965
figures in parentheses:
arrests 1,004 S'" in
formation ivenpnso’-' *IJ2
5431'; in. estigations maJt 3M
403 . puE-Ue gatherins^ worked,
105, 64), value stolen t ■■f rty
reeo.ered, $8,611.60 ..SO'’ ‘9T .
•Aitnesses summ'’reu rimi-
nal'. 289 721', search *srranti
served. 28 73' capi*' ' -
5', homicides. 3 2' ■ a ' o'.ji'.
in court. 77«! ^7s'. jur- --um-
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