Merchants Stay Away From Meet In Droves
* Chamber
Plan Not
Resolved
The board of directors of
Raeford-Hoke Chamber of Com
merce staged a special meeting
Monday night to hear complaints
of merchants, but the meeting
went stale when only three mer
chants showed up.
The downtown businessmen
had asked for a general meet
ing of the chamber, with the
directors on something of a
spot, to hear protests from
merchants who object to cham
ber plans to build a new office
building on Harris Avenue.
The board of directors an
nounced several weeks ago It
( had bought a lot between the
Intersection of Harris Avenue
and 401 Bypass and Quality
Motors. It also announced the
chamber will build a 900-
square-foot to 1200-square-foot
► office building on the property.
There came an Immediate
cry of “four* from merchants,
who say they don't want the
auto license bureau, which Is
operated as a part of the down
town chamber office on Main
Street, to be removed from the
business district.
Monday night, C.P. Kinlaw of
Kinlaw’s Jewelers, M.D. Yates
of Raeford Hardware and Irving
Hubbard of Collins were the
only merchants present to hear
Dr. Robert Townsend, chamber
president, and other directors
explain the project.
“The merchants will have
less dues to pay next year,”
Yates remarked, suggestingthat
they will not re-join the cham
ber if the office Is moved.
One director remarked that
^ merchants had forfeited their
interest by not appearing at
the meeting, called expressly at
their request.
“We are trying to work for
the betterment of everybody,’’
said Director Wyatt Upchurch.
“We will hear from everybody
* and consider every angle be
fore further action is taken.
The new office building Is
planned to replaced the cramp
ed quarters on Main street which
house chamber offices, the
license tag bureau, and Hoke
County Planning and develop
ment Commission, DJwI
chamber and the planning or
ganization are administered by
Jim Fout, manager of the cham
ber and executive director of the
planning group.
Fire Destroys
Trailer Home
Fire'believed to have started
from a faulty water heater hflrn-
ed the trailer home of Mr.
and Mrs. John P. Smith to the
ground late Sunday afternoon.
The trailer was parked about
a mile southwest of Raeford
• near Halley Blythe’s farm.
Reports Indicated there are
three children In the home,
with ages ranging from six to
13. They are badly In need of
clothing, according to latest
accounts.
Barbecue
A barbecue and Fried Chick
en dinner and supper will be
held at Wayside Community
House, Friday.
The proceeds will go for the
Puppy Creek Fire Department,
Meals will be sold all day after
about 11 a, m.
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The Hoke County News- Established 1928
The Hoke County Journal - Established 1905
VOLUME LXI NUMBER 42
RAEFORD, HOKE COUNTY. NORTH CAROLINA
10# PER COPY
THURSDAY, MARCH 2,1967
Hoke Count) People...
GOING PLACES
NETS 54 OUTFITS
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MARTHA ALICE UPCHURCH
Martha Alice Upchurch,
daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Wil
liam Lawrence (Bill) Upchurch
of Raeford, has begun a career
as an Eastern Airlines steward
ess and is now based In Atlanta.
A graduate of Hoke High
School, she qualified for and
successfully completed East
ern’s In-Flight Training Center
at Miami. (Less than half the
girls who qualify for the course
complete the school).
Her schooling included
grooming, makeup and gracious
presentation of dining services
(in flight), as well as other
flight crew duties and airline-
customer relations.
Before attending the airline
school, Miss Upchurch attended
Loulsburg College and Sandhills
Community College. She also
worked in Raeford as a secre
tary in the office of J. W.
Canady.
Upon completion of the train
ing course In Miami, she re
ported to Atlanta, where she
will be based, then came to
Raeford for a week end visit
with family and friends.
From Atlanta, she wUl fly
to many of the 110 cities Eastern
serves in 26 states, the Dis
trict of Columbia, Canada,
Mexico, Puerto Rico, Bermuda
and Bahamas.
Band Uniform Drive
Nearing $6,000 Goal
One More
Week May
Wind Up
The growing fund for uni
forms for Hoke High School’s
band neared completion today
when proceeds passed the $4,-
800 mark.
Goal in the dlrve is $6,000 —
enough to provide 70 uniforms
at $87.86 apiece.
The project was begun only
two weeks ago by three Rae
ford mothers — Mrs. Ed Mur
ray, Mrs. Ralph Barnhart and
Mrs. Carlton Niven. Since then,
dozens of volunteer workers
have pitched In to help and
contributions have come from
every quarter.
A board in the display window
of Niven’s Appliance and Furni
ture Co. shows 54 uniforms ac
counted for. That is only 16
short of the goal.
Need for the uniforms was
pointed out by the campaign
organizers, TTiree years ago,
the band consisted of several
youngsters who sat In the stands
and blew half-heartedly Into
their horns.
Then, Hoke High School ac
quired Jimmie James, band di
rector at St. Pauls High School,
to lead the local band. Imme
diately, there was evident a con
siderable Improvement In the
band, as well as an Increase
In participation.
Last fall, the band was In
vited to participate In Band Day
at the University of North Car
olina during halftime of a major
football game. The band came
home and expressed pleasure
that It was not called upon to
play because of bad weather.
It became Immediately ap
parent that the band need^ uni
forms, and that was the cause
for the bashfulness.
In lieu of formal uniforms,
for which there was no money,
James had designed an outfit
which required only a cheap
Mexican straw hat and a make
shift serape.
When the band was Invited to
play In the annual Charlotte
Carrousel Parade (a Christmas
promotion), It attracted consid
erable attention because of Us
“novel” uniform. Nonetheless,
It was one of the few bands
rated tops.
It was time, the women said,
to take the saddle blankets off
the youngsters and get them In
decent uniforms.
See CONTRIBUTIONS, Page B
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$250,000 Civil Suit Scott Lad
Settled For $1,250 ^
A $250,000 suit against Auto
Credit Co. of Sanford, Inc.,
Sanford was compromised here
Tuesday in the March term of
Hoke County Superior Court,
when Mayo Taylor accepted
$1,250 in full settlement.
The trial was stopped after
certain testimony and a confer
ence between plaintiff and
defendant attorneys was held.
Judge Clarence Hall ordered
that. In addition to the cash pay
ment to Taylor, the defendants
pay the cost of the action.
Attorneys for Taylor were
Phil Diehl and Palmer Wilcox.
Harold W. Gavin acted for the
defense.
Taylor filed a complaint and
sued for $250,000 damages
last February 17, claiming that
the defendants had caused him
“great humiliation and disgrace
and great mental anguish.”
The complaint followed a
court action in which Judge Joe
Dupree ruled double jeopardy
and threw the case out.
The controversy started fol
lowing the purchase of a car by
Taylor In December, 1963. The
Sanford firm financed It,
Taylor agreed to pay $78.84
per month until the purchase
price was paid. On Sept. 2,
1964, he gave a check on South
ern National Bank of Southern
Pines which was no good. He
claimed that the defendants had
solicited the check from him
knowing that Taylor had no funds
In the bank.
On Sept. 7, 1964, the plaintiff
appeared personally at the of
fice of the defendants and paid
the sum of $78,84, the complaint
said, for the purpose of redeem
ing the check. The company re
fused and continued to refuse
to return the check.
On Nov. 24, Tyner caused to
be Issued a warrant charging
the plaintiff with giving a worth
less check. Thereafter Mayo
Taylor was arrested, tried and
convicted in municipal court and
sentenced to 10 days In jail.
On Jan. 27, 1964, the defen
dant corporation, still in pos
session of the check, swore out
a warrant agalnst-..Taylor In
Hoke County for the saiqe of
fense. It was at this trial after
the court had heard testimony on
both sides and the defendant
had been sentenced that he ma(fe
a statement to the judge
Appeals
Johnny, Scott, 19, of Shan
non Rt. 1, was given six months
on the roads when found guilty
Wednesday of last week In Dis
trict Court of multiple traffic
violations and other charges.
Scott was accused of forcing
State Highway Patrolman JJ3.
Robinson off the street on the
night of December 30 after the
officer chased him through the
residential and business areas
In the south of Raeford.
Scott appealed the decision
to Hoke Superior Court and was
freed on $200 bond.
The sentence was hand
ed down by Judge D.B. Her
ring. Carl Barrington, Fayette
ville attorney, represented the
Scott youth.
He was convicted of charges
which Included resisting arrest,
assault On an officer, reckless
driving, and failure to stop lor
an officer’s blue light and si
ren.
Robinson testified that Scott
remained ahead of his patrol
See SCOTT, Page 9
Now Comes Antioch Oak:
Largest Of A ll, By Far
BY'JIM TAY’LOR
It would have grown larger, but George
Washington’s horse bit the top out of It
when It was just a saplln.
It’s growth thus stunted, the “Antioch
Oak” unknown generations later measures
only 16 feet, four feet off the ground. In
circumference. That’s a diameter of 61
Inches, or better than five feet.
It dwarls rhamplonshlp-type specimens
described In recent weeks In The News-
Journal,
There was the “Hoke Holly”, just east
of Wagram on the Wagram-Antloch Road,
which measures 114 Inches In circum
ference. That’s 36 Inches across the stump.
Ahd the “Shannon Cedar,” alongside the
road on theJ.H. Huggins place. That beauti
ful specimen, uwounted )ears old, meaa-
ures 118 inches In circumference, about 37
Inches across the stump.
There’s anoUier mammoth holly tree on
the \rthur Wllll.im.s place near Addor. .M-
though It’s a few hundred yards outside Hoke
County In Mooie tt has a circumference
ot 112 inches.
Hoke C'o\mtlan.'> don’t mind conceding
to Moore Count) people that they have a
holly oiil) two Inches le»a m dlametei
than the Hoke Holly. Just so It doesn’t grow
three Inches before ours gets Into the
record book.
There are plenty of people who think
the Hoke Holly is probably the largest Am
erican Holly specimen In the state, and
perhaps In the country.
And perhaps the Shannon Cedar Is another
record, although the tree Is so old It Is
getting smaller Instead of larger.
Almost certainly, the Antioch Oak Is the
largest tree of any kind In Hoke County.
Albert Saunders, who runs a service sta
tion a few hundred yards from the tree,
says he believes It Is larger than one down In
Wilmington which that city claims to be the
largest oak in the world.
The Antioch Oak stands beside a frame
house built by Bill Cope, but It is much
older than the house.
In fact, when the house was built, they
probably could have sawed enough lumber
out of the tree to have built It.
The tree Is better than 100 feet tall,
and Its branches cover a circular piece of
ground lully 100 feet In diameter.
A 12-foot length of the tree, whose butt
cut was made at the four-foot-off-the-
ground level, would produce a beam 3.75
feet square.
That’s 2 025 board feet for the square cut
See NOW COMES, Page 9
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CONCENTRATING—Mrs, Talmadge Baker, secretary in the Hoke County CAP, listens In
tently as T. A. Guiton Jr., founder of the North Carolina PACE program, explains some of
the newly developed angles. Guiton was here last Friday to talk to prospective sponsors of
the 1967 effort.
PACE Program Is Explained
The PACE program will be
better and possibly bigger this
year than last, T. A. Guiton,
head of the North Carolina pro
gram told some 25 local pro
moters last Friday at the Hoke
County Board of Education
Building.
Guiton, a member of the staff
of the North Carolina State
Board of Public Welfare, and
founder of the (PACE) Pupil
Assuring College Education
program, said that while the
year-old “baby” was success
ful from the start and has been
copied almost to a letter by
several other states, there were
many headaches In the beginning
year. He related, however,
that many of thepalns have been
eased and that more smooth
ness would be enjoyed this year.
He pointed out that there will
be some colleges again this year
which will receive more PACE
applicants than they are able
financially to accept. He urged
sponsors to move quickly In
making application for the ser
vices of a PACE student so that
local boys and girls will be at
the head of the priority list.
He explained that the first ap
plications to arrive at the col
leges would be the first served
after qualifications are con
sidered.
The PACE program Is de
signed to help eligible students
obtain a college education by
working for It. The project,
where a High school graduate Is
conserved, starts at the be
ginning of the summer before
his first college year begins.
He Is paid to work for a public
agency or a non-profit organ
ization during vacation months
for wages which will be applied
to his college education. When
he enters college, he will be
given work there and again the
earnings will be applied to col
lege expenses.
Seventeen Hoke County boys
and girls now are securing a
year’s college education through
the PACE program. These
students, according to Guiton,
will have first priority in Job
placement this summer to begin
preparations for another ycmr
of col.ege.
Jobs available to PACE stu
dents In Hoke County last year
were at the library, health de
partment, McCain Sanatorium,
schools, the agricultural exten
sion office and county fire de
partments and the Local C-A.P.
Office.
These organizations or agen
cies paid 10 per cent of the
salary cost. The remaining sum
was taken care of by the Office
of Economic Opportunity and the
respective college.
The Hoke County Community
Action Program will administer
the PACE program. Persons
wishing more Information may
call J. R. Attaway at 875-2969.
Hoke Girl, 4, Is Killed
When Hit By Automobile
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Albert Saunders And Oak §
A four-year-old Indian girl
became Hoke County’s third
traffic fatality of the year Sun
day afternoon when she was
struck by a car and killed in
from of her home on Raeford
Rt. 1.
She was Susan Brewer,
daughter of Mr. andMrs, James
Brewer, whose home is along
side Rural Paved Road 1302.
State. Highway Patrolman J.
D. Robinson said the child ap
parently had been visiting tr.e
home of a neighbor and was re
turning to her own house w-er.
she darted directly into the path,
of a car driven by Mrs. Rath
McCall Gillespie. 42. of Red
Springs Rt. 1.
The child was killed instant'..
he said.
’’She apparently dashed int
the road in fr»nt of the cur.’’
accordln^g to R.jbinson. “Mrs.
Gillespie swerved to tie left
and almos av^s'r ‘'.ittin,; the
child. v’nH wai stru.-l-- ■/ tre
right front fender aridk , oh -:
some 36 feet”
Robinson said tire marns in
dicated the car snddi’d 34 :eet
after brakes v.erc applied,
“Sirs. Gillespie sa.d s e«a;
II'ues per
AC-'- :«ar
drlving at a’out
’.our, and t . sku
f at out," "iC fiio. : rrec
limit at tl at point ' t
per our.
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tre scene wen,
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laine Mc.Nelll, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Mc.Neii; of McCain.
■»ds sited instant) February
'O 'er, struck acaroperalad
S Roosevelt Farrrer, 22, a
nti, oor.
s rs. CU.e3ple was aaaolvad
jf '.ame of Sunday’s accl4wi.
o '.c~ .appenad abexn SiJCpcm.
\or was Farmar chargad in the
v;c' a..’ tragedy aar’.iar this
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ataijtv xcurred >-nday, Jan-
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