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The Hoke County News- Established 1928
The Hoke County Journal - Established 1905
VOLUME LXII NUMBER 2
RAEFORD, HOKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROUNA
14 PER YEAR 10« PER COPY
THURSDAY. MAY 2S, i9*7
SEVEIS TO 15
Police Report Thefts
By Young Shoplifters
SINGERS — Raeford Elementary School’s mixed chorus,
under the direction of Mrs. Neill A. McNeill, scored a
big hit when it performed at the school at the final PTA
meeting of the year. Musical groups at other schools
will have a major part in graduation exercises at Hoke
County’s three high schools, beginning this week end.
J Jaycees Lambast
Softball League
TEACHER--A. Smith Mclnnls,
former employe of Raeford Auto
Company, has Joined the staff of
Sampson Technical institute.
He will be director of instruc
tion of automotive maintenance
on a recently approved Man
power Development Training
Act program, administered by
the Department of Labor. The
classes over which Mclnnls will
have charge will be held in
Hoke County for Hoke students.
It is a school designed to make
skilled workers out of those who
are not able to earn good wages
because of unpreparedness.
CAP Boar«i
' in
Is Elected
sixteen persons were elected
to the Hoke County board of
directors for the Community
Action program in a public
election held Monday.
Board members were chosen
from the various communities
in the county. They are:
Leonard Training School and
N. C. Sanatorium — Ben Da
vis, Walter Green and Wilbur
F, Tinder.
Upchurch and Silver City
Community — Mrs. Carrie H.
Fisher, Allen Blac, Mrs. Ann
J, Kemp, Timothy McPhatter.
McLauchlln Chapel and “The
Cut" Area Community — Mrs.
Nellie Flowers, Mrs. Ruth Mc
Nair, Willie McNeill.
Hawk Eye Community — Ja
mes A. Hunt, Mrs. Eva Ja
cobs, Gerald Dial.
West Hoke School Community
— Willie David, Paul Hurst,
Mrs. Annie McKlnnoa
The board will serve with
James R. Fout as chairman.
•on
Raeford Jaycees complained
this week that they were ex
cluded from entering a soft-
ball team in the church soft-
ball league and that three other
teams were denied access to
the United Fund supported pro
gram.
In an open letter to The News-
Journal, Jaycees said official
requests were made to the re
creation commission by Jay
cees and Rock fish Baptist
Church and that Hoke County
Rescue Squad and the local Na
tional Guard unit contacted in
dividual members of the re
creation board, and that all
were turi'ed dowa
The league has operated for
several years with four teams—
one from Raeford Presbyterian
Church, one from Raeford Me
thodist Church, one from First
Baptist Church of Raeford, and
an ‘‘Allied" team composed of
members of other churches.
"Requests that the league be
expanded to include additional
teams were rejected in that
the church teams wanted to be
able to play two games each
week, and additional teams
would mean one or more teams
’’ Id not play twice in the
same week," Jaycees contend
ed. "Requests that additional
^lams be added and that more
than one game be played in
the Armory Park at the same
time by setting up an addition
al diamond were also reject
ed by the recreation board."
Jaycees said the league should
be open to all as long as it is
supported by United Fund, which
this year l^dgeted $2,600 for
the summer recreation pro
gram. '
"The recreation board states
that the cost of the church lea
gue is but a small portion of
the $2,600 recreation budget.
But as long as the funds are
obtained in total or in part
from the contributions of the
public in general for the sup
port of a community activity,
no individual or group within
that community should be de
nied the rl^t to participate,"
the letter states.
"Such a program, support
ed by monies of ^e United
Fund, should provide facili
ties fpr all within the county
who wish to participate in the
leawe. There are many peo
ple, in fact the majority of the
people around Hoke County who
contribute their ’fair share’ to
the United Fund who do not
belong to the three downtown
churches," the letter charges.
"If it is deemed best to have
a church league and only cer
tain churches may field teams,
then the program should be
supported financially by those
churches. If it is a community
program, as this is, and is
supported by money of the United
Fund, as this is, the league
should be open to all, and mis
should Include the three church
es if they desire to enter a
team..."
The league opened its sche
dule this week. The four teams
play two games each and every
week on Tuesday and Thursday
nights. The season ends in
July.
The league is supported by
United Fund in that ^e direc
tor of the summer recreation
program, paid by United Fund
money, supervises the league.
‘Zeke’ Takes Police Job
Leonard (Zeke) Wiggins, 28,
has been employed by Raeford
Police Department and will be
gin his duties there June 1,
according to Chief L. W. Stan
ton.
Wiggins, a native of Raeford,
is a graduate of Hoke High
School and for the past several
years has been employed by
Burlington Industries here. He
once worked for about a year
with the Laurlnburg police
force. Chief Stanton said.
He will fill a vacancy on the
police force created earlier
this month by the resignation
of J. C. Barrington, assistant
chief, who left the force after
three years of service to take
a Job in Ramseur, Chief Stan
ton said.
Sam Motley, veteran officer
of the local force, has been
moved to the second shift, chief
Stanton said. Officer James
West is assigned to third shift
and Chief Stanton is on duty
during the day.
Wiggins, son of Vance Wig
gins of Raeford, is married
to the former Sandra Floyd.
Raeford
Teacher
Is Stricken
Mrs. Willie Peele McPhaul,
teacher at Raeford Elementary
School for the past 17 years,
died of a heart attack W^nes-
day morning around 3 a. m.
Funeral arrangements were not
complete late Wednesday.
Mrs. McPhaul became
critically ill around 1 a. m. and
a doctor was called to her bed
side.
She was the widow of James
L. McPhaul who was killed in
a car wreck in 1957. A native
of Scotland County, she was
the daughter of the late Wil
liam and Fairley Peele,
She was a member of Antioch
Presbyterian Church,
Surviving is one son, Joe
McPhaul.
The body is at a Red Springs
funeral home.
Draft Board
To Call 11
Hoke County draft board has
received a call for 11 men to
be delivered for induction at
Raleigh on June 26, according
to Mrs. Mary L. Donnellon,
clerk.
The board met Monday to se
lect the 11, but made no im
mediate announcement as to who
they were. An Army major
connected with the selective
service system met with the
board.
Miss Byrae
To Show Art
Miss Ann Byrne will hold
an art showing Sunday, June
4, in her new studio at 705
N. Main St.
The public is invited to come
between die hours of 2 and 5
p. m. and view the works she
has accomplished during the
past four years.
Miss Byrne received her BS
degree in art education from
Pembroke State College this
spring. Her minor is in art
history.
At Pembroke she studied
under Howard Woody, head of
the PSC art department, presi
dent of the Southern Sculptors
Association, and holder of many
other prominent titles in the
field of art: Nelson Dudly,
ceramlclst, Robert Jolly, paint
er and are historian, and Leon
Welsner, painter.
Crackdown
Promised
By Chief
Several youthful gangs of
shoplifters ranging In age from
seven to 15 have been operating
in Raeford on Saturdays,
according to Police Chief L. W.
Stanton.
He said six youngsters —
four white and two Negro —
have been apprehended and
turned over to Juvenile authori
ties.
There are more youngsters
involved, he said, and the police
department and store owners
are keeping a sharp lookout for
them.
"We have recovered about
$20 worth of merchandise,
mostly toys, taken from down
town stores," Chief Stanton
said. "The thefts were sense
less, since the four white chil
dren did not need die toys."
Part of the loot was found
under the unoccupied Maultsby
house on Central Avenue, he
said, and another lot was taken
from a residence in South Rae
ford.
The two groups of culprits
Included both boys and ^rls,
the chief said. One group of
youngsters ranged in age from
seven to nine and the other
up to 16.
’It',3 partly a matter of
parents lettingthesevounnters
come totownunanenaed,'^Chlef
Stanton said. "They ought to
have an older personwlthachild
seven or eight years old."
He said both downtown 6 & 10
stores and a drug store were
victims of the young shoplifters.
The chief did not speculate
as to how extensive the theft
operations were, but did say he
believes other youngsters have
been involved. There is no
evidence that the thefts were
ai^lng^ther than petty shop-
llfwg, he said.
' Chief Stanton called on
parents to inform their children
of the practice and to tell them
that police and store-owners
are keeping a sharp lookout
for further ^efts.
"It’s mostly a problem of a
few of our young people nttlng
out of hand," Stanton saio. "We
are going to put a stop to it,
and we call on all parents and
school officials to give us a
hand."
Names ofthe youngsters were
not revealed, since all areunder
16 years of age and come under
authority of the Juvenile court.
Training
Donnie R. Braswell, Earle Q.
Bowers, Chlrstopher P. David,
Floyd L. Douglas, Jr., Steven
R. Evans, John E. Hinson, Mal
colm D. Glllls, John A. Lindsay,
Norris J. McNair, Martin L.
Webb, Jr., Gary A. Webster,
and Donald C. Harris left last
week lor six months active duty
training from Hq. Co. 2nd Bn.
252nd Armor, local National
Guard Unit for Fort Lewis,
Washington.
Report On Sewage
Expected In June
HAWK EYE — Carolyn Rogers highest scorer through her four high school years on an average
basis has won the honor of valedictorian at Hawk Eye High School. She will give her address at
graduation exercises Wednesday night. Coming in second was Otell Jacobs. He will give the
salutatorlan address. Luther Britt Jr. of Lumberton will be main speaker of the day.
Report of a three-way study
of Raeford's allegedly pressing
sewer problem is expected to
be presented to the town board
when it meets the first Mon
day in June, Town Manager
Ed Williams said this week.
The survey was conducted
here last month by laboratory
technicians from the State
Health Department, the Town
of Raeford, and Southern Test
ing Laboratory of Wilson, a
private firm hired by the town.
Purpose of the seven-day test
was to determine how much
sewage Is being poured into
the system by local Industriel
plants. Samples were taken ^
all local factories every IS min
utes, 24 hours a day, for seven
days.
Consulting englnners contend
that the town’s sewage treat
ment plant, completed three
years ago, already is overload
ed and that no new customers
can be added to the system.
Capacity of the plant is a
million and a half gallons each
day. Currently, the dally load
is only a million gallons; how
ever, the B.OJ). capacity of
the plant is being exceeded by
more than three times the max
imum, engineers say.
For more than a year, the
town board has been studying
means of solving the problem.
At one point, it appeared that
a bond issue of aome $900,
000 would be needed to cure
the ailment.
Town commlsslonara moved
cautiously In that direction,
however, and when the deadline
for setting tg) a bond issue this
year passed, they ordered the
survey, which waa recommend
ed by coQsultants, to determine
if the need might be less than
estimated.
STUDENT BODY HEADS—Officers of Hoke High School student body for the school year 1967-
68 are. right to left: Leslie Ramsey, president; Ronnie Huff, vice president; Diane Upchurch,
secreury, and John Morris, treasurer. Election was held last Thursday following campaign
speeches.
Fout Chairman Of Boiird
For Development Division
James R. Fout of Raeford
has been named chairman of
the board of directors of South
eastern Economic Development
Commission, a 10-county or
ganization including Hoke
County.
It is one of five divisions
In North Carolina of Atlantic
Coastal Plain Regional Com
mission. Three of the five
divisions have received ap
propriations to organize and set
up offices.
The three-state commission,
set up under the U.S, Depart
ment of Commerce, Includes
North Carolina, South Carolina
and Georgia,
Elected to serve with Fout
were Mason Hicks of Fayette
ville, vice chairman, and Mrs,
A.P. Henry Jr. of Wlnnabow,
secretary-treasurer,
Hoke County representatives
to the 10-county commission In
clude Fout, Jake Austin and Dr.
R. G, Townsend.
Other counties in the set-tg)
Include Bladen, Brunswick, Co
lumbus, Cumberland, NewHan-
Louise Blue In Hospital
Louise Blue, office manager
of the Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation Service (AS-
CS), is in Moore Memorial
Hospital, reportedly In serious
condition, following a seizure
Sunday afternoon at the home
of a friend.
Miss Blue and Mrs. Hubert
Wooten were making plans to
attend Expo 67 In Montreal,
Canada, when she became ill.
She was rushed to the hospital
and has been partially para
lyzed, according to reports.
A visitor to her hospital room
Tuesday evening reported Miss
Blue seemed to be Improved.
She recognized visitors and
spoke for the first time since
the attack, she said.
Miss Blue, a native of St.
Pauls, has been employed by
the ASCS here for 33 years,
according to other employes
in the office here.
over, Pender, Robeson, Samp
son and Scotland.
Fout said a district office
will be established in the near
future. It probably will be cen
trally located and will be staff
ed by a full-time executive
director and staff.
Two other districts in North
Carolina have received funds
to organize and establish simi
lar offices, while two more are
awaiting federal appropria
tions.
Purposes and objectives of
the commission are: Business
and Industry development; ag
ricultural development; fores
try development; fish and game
development; individual and
overall economic improvement;
human resources development;
flood control, particularly as
it relates to area develtgment;
abatement of water and air
pollution, and water supply for
domestic and industrial use.
Fout Is executive director
of Hoke Coun^ Planning and
Development Commission and
manager of Raeford-Hoke
Chamber of Commerce.
Finals For 175 Hoke Seniors
Will Begin With Baccalaureate
Graduation exercises will be
gin Sunday night for the some
175 seniors of Hoke County,
Upchurch and Hawk Eye high
schools.
First function of the several
commencement programs will
be the baccalaureate services
at each of the three schools.
The Rev. R. E. L. Moser,
pastor of Raeford Methodist
Church, will deliver the bac
calaureate for the graduating
seniors of Hoke High School.
The program will be Sunday
night at 8 o'clock in the audi
torium of Raeford Elementary
School.
At Upchurch, the baccalau
reate speaker will be the Rev.
Milton Wllliame, pastor of Nc-
Lauchlln Chapel A.M.E. Zion
Church in Raeford. The pro
gram will be in the school
auditorium at 4 p, m. Sunday.
The Hawk Eye baccalaureate
will be Sunday at 4 p. m. at
the school. The Rev, Venus
Brooks will be the speaker.
Commencement exercises
and award of diplomas will be
conducted at the three schools
next week.
Graduation night at Hoke High
School will be Thursday at 8
p. m. in the high school gym
nasium. Dr. Raymond F. Stone,
president of Sandhills Commun
ity College, will be the speaker.
REV. R. E. L. MOSER
Diplomas will be presented by
D. D. Abernethy, Principal, to
105 members of the senior
class.
At Upchurch High School, the
commencement address will be
given by Dr. Layfatte Parker,
dean of instruction at Hinstoo-
Salem State College, Diplomas
will be awarded by G. A. Page
Jr., principal. The program
will be held in the school audi
torium at 8 p. m. Sixty seniors
are scheduled to be graduated.
Earl Oxendlee, principal, wUi
present diplomas to 18 mem
bers of the senior class at
Hawk Eye Sciwel at commence
ment exercises Wednesday at
8 o'clock. Lvdher iritt Jr.
of Lumberton, sute Jaycee
president, will be the speaker.
Class night will be held tor
Hoke High seniors Tueeday
at Raeford Elementary Sds—1
auditorium.
The Hoke Kl^ Schooi efeoma
will provide music for c®m-
mencement progFasia.
At Upchurch High School,
special muBlc will be gtvee
by the high echool choral clWh.