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journal The Hoke County News- Established 1928 The Hoke County Journal - Established 1905 VOLUME LXl NUMBER 46 RAEFORD, HOKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA 10« PER COPY THURSDAY. MARCH 30,1967 ‘THANKLESS JOBS' Candidates Hard To Find For May Town Election y'. PLUMB PRETTY—The killing freeze of about a week ago denuded peach trees of their blossoms and killed many outdoor flowers. This hardy camellia on Central Avenue shed a bushel of brown ed blossoms and burst forth with another beautiful crop. Other shrubs and trees followed suit, and by mid-week, spring was once again in evidence. , Cold Spell Technical Action Panel Is Formed Not F atal To Peaches Last week’s killing freeze may not have wiped out the Sandhills peach crop after all. Visitors to the peach-growing sections of Moore County — and at Poole Orchards in Hoke County — report trees are “showing new blossoms which apparently were not far enough along to be wiped out by the frost Temperatures plunged below the 20-degree mark on the night of Friday, March 17, and it was feared the entire peach crop in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia had been killed. Hardest hit were the Elberta orchards. Later-blooming va rieties apparently show the best signs of producing an ap preciably percentage of a crop, according to growers. Meanwhile, the cold spell left tobacco beds unaffected, farm officials here said — although •, the cold weather may have re tarded their growth for a few days. Indications from farm ers and others are that there will be an ample supply of to bacco plants If they continue to mature as expected. Farming activity was evident in the county last week and early this week as the arrival of spring brought mild, windy weather. Land was being pre pared for corn and cotton plant ing and other crops. Indications are that most of the cotton acreage in the county will be planted tfils year. Last year, adverse growing condi tions drastically cut production. A "technical action panel" of local employes of the feder al government has been organ ized in Hoke County "to assure that rural communities ... have access to all existing services in their development efforts. Heading the panel is James W. Pittman, county supervisor for Farmers Home Administra tion. OtTer members Include the local heads of Soil Conser vation Service (SCS), Agricul tural Stabilization and Conser vation Service (ASCS), the U.S. Forest Service, Farm AgentW, S. Young and Home Agent Jo sephine Hall. "The county technical action panel will serve as a one-stop source of information on pro grams available to rural com- nmnitles that might help them solve economic problems and develop communltv facilities," See ACTION, Page 9 Hoke Board Hears Budget Requests County commissioners spent die day Tuesday receiving the annual budget requests of all county departments before be ginning to act on allocations for the next fiscal year be ginning July 1. "We mostly sat and lis tened,” said T. B, Lester, county manager and clerk to the board. "I haven’t begun to figure up the requests, so I cannot at this time say how much the budget may be in creased. It will be hl^er, how ever, since the new school bond issue comes into account and the cost of everything is up.” Welfare costs, too, will be substantially increased in the General Assembly authorises and increase in old age as sistance. "The welfare budget may turn out to be $10,000 more than last year," Lester said. Cost of public welfare is borne primarily by the .state and federal governments; how ever, the county’s share of the welfare budget is still a size able consideration. Lester said it appears the county budget almost cerulnly will exceed $600i000 for the first time. It still is far too soon to determine what tax rate consideration will have to be made, he said. The current county tax rate $1.28 per $100 valuation, based on assessed valuation of $37 million for all real and personal property in the county. "The school budwt has not yet been presented," Lester said. "I have told Mr. Gib son (Superintendent of Schools W. T. Gibson Jr.) that he can wait until April 17 when the board of equalization meets." Incumbents Will Wait Deadline With the deadline for filing little more dian two weeks a- way, it is hard in Raeford to find anybody who’ll say he will run for mayor or any of the five seats on the town board of commissioners in the May 2 election. Not that members of the pre sent board are gunshy. In dividually, four of the five said yesterday they have not made up their minds and the fifth member, J. D. McMlllian, was not immediately available for comment. Mayor H.R. McLean, nearing the end of his third two-year term,, said he has not fully decided whether he will run. Similar expressions of in decision were spoken by C.P. Klnlaw, Palmer Wlllcox, Frank lin Teal and John K. McNeill. "I don’t know for sure, but I am considering strongly not running,” said Klnlaw, a Rae ford Jeweler, ”I will decide in a week or so.” McNeill said he is not ready to announce his intentions be cause “I really don’t know, but I probably will know by this time next week.” “Offhand, I don’t know,” said Franklin Teal, manager of Rae ford Saving and Loan. "I’ll probably wait and decide that final week.” “It’s too early for me to tell,” said Wlllcox, a young lawyer. “I really haven’t given it a lot of serious thought. It is sometimes a thankless task, and 1 sometimes wish we’d have more candidates. I will decide before filing deadline.” In recent elections, there has not been a rush to the town clerk’s office to pay the $5 filing fee requied of candidates for mayor and the town board. In fact, there usually had to be a lot of prodding to get in cumbent members to stand for re-election. Both the mayor and town com missioners serve with only token pay. .They often have to conduct meetings in addition to See ELECTION, Page 9 Car Burns Fire of undetermined origin broke out in • parked automo bile Tuesday noon Just inside the town limits south of Rae ford. Firemen were called out and quickly brought the blaze — which was burning in an old- model car — under control. SUBJECT, EDUCATION—Dr. Raymond Stone, president of Sandhills Community College, speaker at the annual supper meeting of the education department of Raeford Woman’s Club, chats with Mrs. John Balfour, president. at die dinner table. At tight are Mrs. Stone and Tommie Upchurch., Mrs. Upchurch, not shown, was program chair man for the night. Husbands and frieni^ were special guests. (Story on page 5) Turkey Production Raises Livestock Cash To Second Livestock and Livestock pro ducts ran a close second to field crops as sources of farm income In Hoke County in 1966, according to a survey just com pleted by the farm agent’s of fice. With the cotton crop dras tically reduced by adverse weather, crops produced only $5,218,231 in receipts, and live stock and livestock products turned out $5,086,800, accord ing to W.S. Young, farm agent. Other Income, including forestry, was $325,000—making a total of $10,630,031 for all agricultural endeavors. Add to that a total of $946,- 340 in government payments, and Hoke County farmers had an income of,$ll,576,371. Tobacco again was the big gest money producer. F armers harvested 2168 acres, which produced an average yield of 1906 pounds per acre and a- veraged $65 a hundredweight for total receipts of $2,685. Cotton, which usually ranks second, was way off. Only 4213.7 acres of cotton was har vested and it averaged a mea ger 288 pounds per acre. At an average price of 21.5 cents a pound, that amounted to only $260,912. Soybeans, which showed a giant gain in production because some of the cotton plowed under was succeeded by soybeans to make use of the fertilizer al ready in the ground, passed the $1 million mark in Hoke County for the first time. Some 18,000 acres of soybeans was harvested, and at $2.80 a bus hel, the 486,000-bushel crop brought in $1,360,800. Number two income pro ducer, however, was turkeys. Total receipts from 500,000 birds was $2,375,000 at $4.75 per bird. Swine also accounted for more than $1 million in cash. Farm ers solo \28,000 head for $1,428,000, an Nav&cage of $51 per hog. Beef cattle accounted for $472,500, with 3500 animals go ing to market. An estimated 1000 other cattle were sold for $70,000. ' Poultry growers also pro duced 100,000 broilers, which averaged 40 cents per bird for $40,000 in sales. Other agricultural income was listed as: Corn, $337,500; wheat, $72,- 900; oats, $19,000; barley, $16,- 335; rye, $65,130; sweet pota toes, $75,000; lespedeza, $16,- 000; hay, $30,000, sorghum, $4,- 515. Apples, $800; peaches, $66,- 500; cucumbers, $30,000; lima beans, $6,000; tomatoes, $4,- 875; watermelons, $90,000; field peas, $13,500; cantaloupes, H,- 600. Greenhouse crops, $3,000; outdoor flowers, $1,500; pulp- wood, $90,000; lumber, $210,- See TURKEY, Page 9 Dr. Lake To Preach At Revival Dr. Julian Lake, pastor of Brownson Presbyterian Churcli in Southern Pines, will be guest minister at the annual spring revival at Raeford Presbyterian Church. The revival will begin with the 11 a.m. worship service Sunday, April 9, and continue each evening at 7;30 through Wednesday, April 12. On Tuesday morning, April 11, there will be a Bible study at 9:30 a.m. for women. Men are invited to the session, as are women from other churches. On the closing day of the revival, there will be a lunch eon meeting for men from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Men from all churches are invited, said the Rev. C.A. Cooper Jr., pastor. Song leader for the revival will be the Rev, Robert 0. Free man, pastor of Westminster Presbyterian Church in Fay etteville. Dr. Lake, a native of At lanta, was educated at David son College and Union Theo logical Seminary at Richmond. Va. EXPECTED TO BE BIGGER AND BETTER THAN EVER Annual Horse Show Offers $2^400 In 114 Classes A total of $2400 in cash, plus trophies and ribbons, will be offered at the third annual Raeford Woman’s Club Horse Show here April 29 and 30. Final approval of 114 classes was made between club commltteewomen and CoL R. W. Barrett, manager of the annual show, when Barrett visited Raeford recently. The show will be held again this year at Jimmy Norris Stables on Highway 401 Bypass, using two rings to accom modate the hundreds of entries expected to compete here. There also will be fo'i'- performances again this year, with major classes and stages assigned to Ring 1 and hunter and jumper classes to Ring 2. Clubwomen already have sold enough sponsorships and pro gram advertisements to help underwrite production costs, a spokesman for the horse show committee reported. Begun here only two years ago, the show was an immediaw success, although rain curtailed attendance at the Saturday night performance of the inaugural show. After showing the first year at the Jaycee fairgrounds, the show site was changed to the Norris stables, by arrangement with Norris, where a clay ring and better facilities in general are to be had. Attendance at the second show was much improved over the first year, and with an upsurge in local interest in horses, it Is expected that this year’s show will be considerably larger and better-attended ^an the first two. Emphasis has been placed on including as many classes for local horse owners to show their animals, whether regist ered or not. No less than a dozen classes are strictly for local horses, and many other classes are open to locally owned pleasure horses. Following is a complete list of classes for both Ring 1 and Ring 2; Friday night. Ring 1, 7:30 p.m.—$50 open roadsters to bike; $50 amateur walking mares; $100 amateur three-gaited stake (set tails); open pleasure horse class; $50 open flve- gaited stallions and geldings; open roadster ponies to bike (47" and under); $50 amateur walking stallions and geld ings; open roadster ponies over 47" but not exceeding 50’’; $50 open five-gaited mares; $25 native Arabian costume class; $100 amateur five-gaited stake; local juvenile walking horses; $50 open three-gaited; $100 amateur roadster to bike; $50 open walking horse class; $50 junior flve-gaited horses; local pleasure horse class. Saturday morning. Ring 1, 10 a.m.—Juvenile pleasure horse class; pleasure pony class; saddle seat equitadon Viders 12 yrs. and under); colt class (to be shown in band); juvenile three-gaited (set tails); novice walking horsesr^adles pleasure horse class; saddle seat equitation (riders 13-18 yr/.); $25 three-gaited Arabians; men’s pleasure horse class. / Saturday Afternoon, Ring 1, 1 p.m.—Local pleasure horse class; local pleasure pony class; men’s Arabian horse class; go-as-you-please pleasure horse class; open Morgan horse class; juvenile five-gaited; open pleasure pony class; saddle seat equitation championship (riders 18 yrs. and under); pleasure mare class; $50 junior walklnghorses; ladles Arabian horse class; local western pleasure horse class. Two-year-old walking horses; pleasure pony driving class; natural tail three-gaited horses; go-as-you-please pleasure pony class; natural tail walking horses; $50 amateur roadster pony stake (47“ and under); pleasure stallion and gelding class; ladles five-gaited horses; $50 amateur roadster pony stake (Over 47 ' not exceeding 50"); $50 three-year-old walking horses; ladies three-gaited horses; ladies walking horse class. Saturday Night, Ring 1. 8 p.m.—Go-as-you-please pleasure horse class; $100 championship roadster pony to bike stake (47" and under); Morgan horse championship; $150 champion ship three-gaited stake; local pleasure horse championship; $50 three-gaited ponies (set tils); juvenile walking horses; pleasure pony championship; $50 Arabian horse champion ship; $200 championship five-gaited stake; $100 champion ship roadster pony to bike stake (over 47” not exceeding 50"); five-gaited ponies; $100 amateur walking horse stake; $150 championship roadster to bike stake; championship pleasure horse stake; $150 championship walking horse stake; $50 pick-up race; groom's choice. Friday night. Ring 2, 6:30 p.m.—Local pick-up race: local pole bending race. ^arrel race; local Saturday morning, Ring 2, 9 a.m.—Open working ponv jumpers; open working junior hunters: open working hunters; open green working hunters: green working pony hunters; working pony hunters over fences; green working hunters; junior working hunters over fences; working hunters over fences: green working hunters over fences; green working hunter ponies over fences; open pony jumpers; junior jumpers. Green jumpers; open jumpers; hunter seat cquitation-on- Lhe-flat (riders 10 yrs. aind under); hunter at equitation-on- the-flat (11-15 Yrs.); pleasure '.lunter class ponies; pleasure hunter class; walk-trot pony hunter c.ass; workingpony hunters under saddle. Saturday afternoon. Ring 2—Junior working hunters under saddle: green working pony hunters under saddle; working hunters under saddle: green working hunters under saddle; walk-trot hunter class; hunter seat equitation on-the-flat ^l6-20 yrs.); jumor working hunter appointment class; HW wormn^ po,r» ..wTte: stake w.’."kiRg h'..,Tcer class; hunter seat champions-lip. $100 junior working hunter staae; $1.'0 working hunter stake; $100 green working hunacr stake; huroer seat equitation over jumps (15 yrs. and unden, pony touen and out; hunter seat equitation over jumps (16-20 vrs.j; hunter seat equitation ovsr jumps championship (20 vrs. and under), maiden horse manship (open to riders who have iitver wot: a "’lue); Umifcd '■.oPscmanship («jvr O’ riders wno have iwt wo” sot olyee); novice hor5enian,ship (open to riders who have ;>di won three clues); open barre’ r*.v. opan pole bv.Kilng; potato race; (' 'ke race.
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