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«The Hoke County News- Established 1928
The Hoke County Journal - Established 1905
VOLUME LXl NUMBER 49
RAEFORD, HOKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
IW PER COPY
THURSDAY. APRIL 20. 1947
FOUR ACCEPTED
New Hoke Jail Bids
Will Exceed $160,000
GETS AWARD — Israel Mann, right, is shown here receiving tfie Shofar Award from Rabbi Henry
Zucko at Temple Beth El in Fayetteville. The Raeford merchant and civic leader was given the
award -- first of its kind ever presented in North Carolina -- for his many years of service to
youth and the Boy Scout movement.
Israel Mann First Tar Heel
To Win Scout ^Shofar Award’
Israel Mann, Raeford mer
chant and civic leader, has been
'^declared the first North Caro
linian to win the Shofar Award
of Boy Scouts of America.
The award is made by the
Jewish congre^tlons of the
nation with approval of the Na
tional Jewls Committee on
Scouting.
Mann received the award last
Friday nigh*: at jneeting of
_ the Temple Beth El congrega
tion in Fayetteville, of which he
is a member.
A native of Lithuania, Mann
came to Raeford in 1925. He
has operated a clotlilng store
here ever since.
He began working in Boy
Scouts 37 years ago and at
present is a member of the
executive committee. Cape
Fear Council, which covers an
eight-county area.
He has served as district
vice chairman, district finance
chairman, and worked for many
years at the troop level.
A member of Raeford Klwanls
Club, he is a past president
of that organization and in 1962
was “Man of the Year," a
selection made annually by the
Klwanls Club.
He also is past president of
Raeford Shrlners Club, past
chairman of the Hoke County
Red Cross campaign, was twice
president of Rdeford - Hoke
United Fund, and is a Mason.
During World War 11, he ser
ved on the Hoke County O.P.A.
board (Office of Price Adminis
tration). He is a member of
the local post of the American
Legion and a charter member
of Lodge Albert Stein Dembo,
B’nal B'rlth, of Fayetteville.
The shofar is an ancient horn
now used in certain Jewish
rites: The Shofar Award is a
medallion with ribbon and the
horn is emblazoned on the
medallion.
Mann and his wife have three
children. Dr. Milton Mann,
a psychiatrist, lives and
practices in Jacksonville, Fla.;
Mrs. Shirley Goldman lives in
Rutland, Vt., and Miss Joyce
Mann is employed by the De
partment of Motor Vehicles in
Raleigh.
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District Kiwanians Will Meet
At Hoke High School Tonight
« Some 300 Kiwanians from 14
cities and towns will gather
here tonight for the annual
Fourth Division meeting of the
Carolinas District, Kiwanis In-
ternationai at Hoke High School
cafeteria.
The keynote address will be
given by James C. Brooks of
Raieigh, district governor.
Clyde Upchurch Jr, of Raeford
is district lieutenant governor.
Clubs represent^ at the
meeting will Include Raeford,
Fayetteville, Dunn, Kenly, San
ford, Laurinburg, Smithfield,
Pembroke, Sandhills of Moore
County, Selma, Lumberton, An-
Court Term
• Will Begin
A one-week term of Hoke
4 Superior Court will begin here
Monday with Judge Clarence
W. Hall presiding.
One murder case and two
manslaughter actions are on the
docket for the mixed session,
according to E. E. Smith, clerk.
On Tuesday, J. C. McNair,
alias J. C. McFadyen, is sched
uled to go on trial for muriSer
in the fatal shooting March 11
of his wife’s uncle, James Ar
thur McPhauL
Charles Elmore Newton, 20,
faces manslaiigbter cnarges
grow, ‘ig out of a wreck Novem
ber 10, in which three persons
were killed.
Newton, tlic state contends,
was driver of a car in wtiicfi
Jerry Allen West, IJ, and Larry
E. Pittman, 17, w-trc riding
when it was involved in a
collision with another car,
4 West andPittmanwerckilled,
as was Roosevelt Malloy, 33,
pai'enger in the other c aiiwin,-
driven by Malloy’s wife.
Anothet man>TaugliU'i „ v
0 against John David McRae, 20,
is scheduled for trial.
McRae is accused of criminal
negligence m op«*rating « cir
which cr*«hed into anotfin vc-
See COURT, Page 2
gier, Benson and Cape Fear of
Fayetteville.
Buffet dinner will be served
in the high school cafeteria.
The program will be conduct
ed by members of the Raeford
club. Robert Gatlin will lead
the singing of ’‘America” and
■’(iod Sive the Queen”. R. B.
Lewis will lead the recitation
of the pledge of allegiance and
the Rev. Cortez A. Cooper will
give the invocation.
Following dinner, Donald D.
Abernethy, president-elect of
the Raeford club, will welcome
out-of-town Kiwanians, Benny
McLeod will Introduce specli
guests and club presidents and
call the roll of clubs,
James W. Turlington, prin
cipal of Raeford Elementary
School and winner of the Ki
wanis “Program of the Year”
award the past three years, will
present the school chorus for
entertainment of the visitors.
Avery Connell, president of
the local club, will present the
attendance award.
JAMES C. BROOKS
★★★★★★★
Man Dies
In Duel
At ‘Eye’
Room Crowded
In Shoot'Out
One man was killed and an
other critically wounded Sat
urday night In what officers
described as a “shoot-out" at
the Hawaiian Eye, a Negro night
spot just north of Robbins
Heights.
Killed when struck by several
diets, apparently from a .22
'liber pistol, was Burnlce Mc-
1, about 25, of Raeford Rt.
•Call died in a local doc-
' 'fflce shortly after the
t, which officers said
d about 8:15 p. m.
econd man was identl-
iheriff Dave Barrington
rd T, Shaw, 46, ofRae-
3. He was struck in
r chest by a single
Taken to Cape Fear
ispltal, he was re-
,roved end in good
arller this week.
Deputy 1. erlff Harvey Young,
one of several officers investi
gating the shooting, said the
night spot was crowded when
guns began to blaze.
“Our investigation is sUll In
progress,” Sheriff Barrington
said, “pending the outcome of
Shaw's condition. Indications
now are that both men pulled
pistols and began firing right
after McCall ent^ed the
room."
*‘I thought they were playing
cowboy," one bystander is re
ported to have said. “They
stood there shooting and neither
one fell. I thought they must
have been shooting blanks.’!
McCall collapsed onto the
floor and Shaw left the building,
crossed the street, and col
lapsed on a front porch, of
ficers said.
Two .22 caliber pistols were
recovered, one near each man,
the sheriff said. They apparent
ly were the weapons used In the
shooting and were cheap,
foreign made revolvers with
short barrels.
Ballistics tests will be run
on any bullets taken from either
man, the sheriff Indicated. Gary
Griffith, a SBI Agent from
Southern Pines, assisted in the
investigation and gathered evi
dence for laboratory testing.
McCall was struck three
times -- once in the chest, once
in the abdomen, and again in
the left forearm. Shaw re
ceived a single bullet wound
at the lower portion of the
chest bone.
In addition to Young and Grif
fith, Deputies Alex Norton and
James Adams assisted in the
investigation.
WHERE’S DE NUDE?—Four - month - old Michael Sports, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Sports
of Raeford, apparently doesn’t share his mother’s interest in some of the paintings at the
..aeford Woman’s Club art show here Saturday and Sunday. Appreciating the works, however,
while Michael looks around for something more interesting are Mrs. Sports and Mrs. Jimmy
James.
Wbman’s Club Art Show
Reportedly Well-Received
Raeford “art lovers" turned
out in large numbers during the
week end to view paintings, sta
tues, carvings, ceramics and
other works exhibited by local
“artists’' 111 an all-local art
show sponsored by the garden
and literature departments of
Raeford Woman’s Club.
No official count of visitors
to the temporary gallery, set
up In the recently vacated Hok*
Hoke Steer Is Third
In Fat Stock Show
A Hoke County steer placed
third Tuesday in the Fayette
ville area fat stock show and
sale.
Kenneth Hendrix, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Earl Hendrix, sold
his 848 pound prize beef for
41 cents per pound. The steer’s
grade was "choice."
Others exhibitors from Hoke
are as follows (with weight,
grade and price of their steers):
Jerry R. Hendrix, 896 pounds,
choice, 43 cents a pound; Larry
Hendrix, 918 pounds, choice,
35 centsperpound; David Willis,
884, prime, 32 cents per pound.
Out of the 24 entries, Harold
Fait won the grand champlop
ribbon and received $1.30 per
pound for his 954-pound steer.
Reserve champion steer was
shown by Frank Hollowell, It
weighed 1,070 pounds and sold
for 80 cents per pound. Both
were from beef cattle farms In
Cumberland County.
Parents of the local boys who
were invited to accompany their
sons to a banquet at the Tar
Heel Room at the Down Towner
In Fayetteville, were Mr. and
Mrs. Earl Hendrix, Mr. and
Mrs. James R. Hendrix Jr.,
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Wllhs. Also
attending was Talmadge Baker,
Hoke County assistant farm a-
gent under whose direction the
boys have worked on their fat
stock project.
Drug Company building next to
the new Hoke Drug store, but up
to several hundred people
toured the gallery Saturday and
Sunday.
Compliments of the various
paintings and other works was
profuse and sponsors of the
show said it was a huge success.
Exhibits included a great
many by youngsters, including:
Roy Avery Jr., age 12—
“Parrots,” “Seclusion,"
“Brilliant Mountain" and
“Mighty Ocean" in oils and
“Still Life" in pastels.
Jackie Bray, age 16—“Sail
ing Easy," “Simplicity" and
"Summer Blossoms," all In
oils.
Martha Jane Harrison, age
13 — “Covered Bridge,"
“Fruit StUl Life," “Portrait
No. 1, David McCallum," “Pea
cock," “Composition — Gui
tar," and “By the Sea," all in
oils.
Patty Schell, age 10—
“Cocoa," “Downon the Farm’’
and “Fragrance," all in oils.
Donna Clifton, age 11 —
“Playful Shetland,” “Day’s
End" and "Morning in the Val-
See ART SHOW, Page 2
Six-Man Race Develops For Town Council;
Mayor Opposed In May 2 Municipal Election
A six-man race for five seats
on tlie town board and a two-
man contest for mayor has de
veloped in the May 2 municipal
election here,
I a-'t-minutc filin^.^ before
thi: Saturday noon deadline
added C. D. ' Jt. and
James .'inclait to the list of
town board candidate-. Dr.
Rv-ihcrt (i. Townsend filed as
a candidate (or mayor.
Mayor H. R. McLean, who
is completing his tfilrd two-
year term, previously had an
nounced tliat he would be a
candidate,
I nn ol ttie five incumbent
futiinii ionrrj already had
tiled and tilt lifth, C. p. Kin-
law, lo al jeweler, tied an
nounced that he would not be
a candidate.
Bounds, a vice president of
Southern National Bank of North
Carolina, is head of the SNB
office here. He is a native of
Laurinburg, a deacon in First
Baptist Church, and ftcti’*« in
other church, civic and com
munity affair*.
Sinclair, a native of Raeford,
is an Instructor in buslne-s
at Fayetteville Technical In
stitute. For several years,
he was cashier of die Soutl.-
ern National fdarik office here
before leaving at the beginning
of the second -•eme-ter t>' take
on teaching dutie- at FTI. He
is a graduate of the I niver.-.ity
of Virginia.
Dr. Townsend, a native of
St. Pauls, is a graduate of
Wake Forest College and the
University of Louisville Medi
cal School. He came to Rae
ford some three years ago and
is ai'Sociated in the practice
of medicine with Dr. R. M.
Jordan and Dr. H. H. McLean
in Raeford Medical Group.
Dr. Townsend is a steward
at Raeford Methodist Church
and is president of Raeford-
Hoke Chamber of Commerce.
He IS married to the former
Mina Hen.-ley. They have three
children, Su.-an, Robert ni, and
Neil.
Incumbent commisHoners in
the I'cce include:
J. D. McMilllan, a tlirec-
term veteran, native of Rae
ford, owner-operator of City
Cleaners, member of Raeford
Presbyterian Church, and at
tended Brevard Junior College.
He is married to the former
Dorothy Cox. They have two
children, Pamela and PhilUp,
twins, who arc students atHoke
High School.
John K. Mc.Neill, a native of
Raeford, graduate of Louisburg
College, is employed by Bur
lington Industries. He is mar
ried to the former Ruth N!c-
Mahon cf Sei'eca, S. C. They
have four children, Johnny,
Steve. Lynn and Jeff.
Franklin Teal, also a native
of Raeford, i.- a graduate of
Pembroke -tate College and
manager of Raeford savings
and Loan Association. He is
completing his first term as a
town commissioner. He is
married to the former Qeverly
Hodgin of Raeford. He has one
son. Jimmy, an elementary
sc.b-xj! jludec.t.
Palmer Willcox, an a.ttorney
and former F.BJ. man, is a
graduate of the t iiiversity of
South Carolina and the L .S.C.
School of Law. He, like leal,
is a fre.'hman member of the
board. Mamed to tfie former
Pat Lamont, they ha\e two chil
dren, Mary Catherine and
Palmer Jr.
All four incumbent meunber.'
of the board and Mayor H. R.
McLean are mem'oers of Rae
ford Presbyterian Church. Mc
Lean and McNeill are elders
and Willcox, Teal and McMil-
han are member; of the b^ard
of deacons.
Sinclair is a deacon in Rae
ford Presbyterian Church. He
is married to the former Phyl
lis Forrest. They have two
children, Molly and I.iza For
rest.
Bound- is pa-t president of
Raeford Lions CliLv *ie i-
married to the torrmer IX’ro-
t'’y Deaver. They have tnree
girli. Kathy. Sii'n*3d( anx'y.
Plumbing
And Heat
Not Let
Low bids totaling $135,388
were tentatively accepted here
Friday on four of six contracts
for a new county jaiL
Low bidder at $92,789 for
tfie general contract were Snead
and Hatcher Construction Co.
of Rockingham. Other low bid-
ers were Dunn’s Electric Co.,
Laurel Hill, electrical, $8,876;
Grant and Key Co., Lynch
burg, Va., kitchen equipment
and furnishings, $6,728, and
Roanoke Iron and Bridge Works,
Roanoke, Va., steel jail furnish
ings and equipment. $27,495.
Bids will have to be resub
mitted on the plumbing and
heating contracts. Only two bids
were received on eadt of the
phases and a minimum of tfiree
bids is required.
T. B. Lester Jr., county
manager, said contracts wiU
not be formally awarded until
all bids have beer received,
reviewed, and low bidders have'
confirmed their offers and
agreed to contract terms.
”We expect that it will take
12 to 15 months to complete
the project,” Lester said-
•'State officials have indicated
we will be permitted to use
the present jail until the new
one is completed.”
A $100,OCX) bond issue for the
new jail was approved last
summer after state jail in
spectors warned county com
missioners that die county jail
failed to meet minimum re
quirements. Commissioners
'’^ere given to understand that
the old jail could be used only
as long as they were in the
process of getting a new jail.
Lester said he could not re
veal the names of bidders of
the amounts of bids for the
See JAIL, Page 2
Choice Made
By Students
About 100 Hoke County stu
dents have applied for trans
fer to schools other than those
they are attending this year,
according to W. T. Gibson Jr.,
superintendent of schools.
“We still haven’t received
forms from a very few parents,
but our figures as of no'w show
112 applications for transfer,’!
he said. All the students in
volved are non-white.
There also are 14 applications
for return to predominantly
Negro schools by students wrho
transferred to previously all-
white schools last year, Gib
son said.
The board of education is ex
pected to make the assignments,
as requested, at Us May meet
ing. At that time, teachers also
will be reelected for the next
school year.
Gibson said this is the third
year in which students and their
parents have been given "abso
lutely free choice’* in desig
nating the school they wish to
attend.
‘ .\s soon as the assignments
are made, we will make our
annual report to the Dvfiart-
ment of Health, Education and
'Aelfare in Washin-Tton.’’ Gib
son said.
Last vMc, (hr .-.pity’s
“freedom ol d»ou>” plan was
approved bj HEW,
All faclUties in tti* ctiurU}
school system are v’eu to stu
dents of all raevs. Gil'son Mid
and a student or his purswt
need only aiipit to be trans
ferred to an.y oi the schools
he wishes to attend.
Meanwhile, Gikoon ruporiud
that the twiard of eduraUoa at
its last meetjigXe.eUcted U.
R. Huff Jr. as chilrmar: saal
Dr. K. M. JonlM as vtr-* chair
man. OtbSQCal^iwa* reeleetsd
superlnttndunt.