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The Hoke County News- Established 1928
The Hoke County Journal - Established 1905
VOLUIffi Lxn NUMBER 15
RAEFORD, HOKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
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Wrecked Truck Awaits Removal Of Spilled Load
♦ AinVrnr T'rttcfeload of Hay Spilled
When Rear Tire Blows
Asks ‘Cool
Courtroom
A Hoke County grind jury,
^ meeting at die beginning of this
week's term of Hoke Superior
Court, returned 13 true bills
of Indictment, then completed
rountlne duties.
In Its report to Judge Ed
ward a Clark, the grand jury
recommended that air condi
tioning for the courtroom be
—' eoBsloered, and if approved, In
stalled as soon as possible.
"This Is for efficiency, as
well as comfort," the report
suted, "due to the many noises
from the street and other parts
of the courthouse making it
difficult to hear and understand
the Judge or the witnesses."
It also recommended that the
grand jury room be put on the
nrst floor of the courthouse.
The grand Jury now meets on
the third floor of the courthouse
f building.
"Some of the witnesses to be
heard tills session wore phy
sically unable to climb the stairs
to the top floor," the report
contended. Another recommen-
, datlon in the report, signed by
Mrs. WilsonMcBryde, foreman,
and Mrs. Elizabeth W. Parks,
clerk, was that the general
maintenance of the courthouse
be more closely supervised.
Hoke Fair
A truckload of hay was spill
ed on Highway 401 two miles
south of Raaford Friday after
noon when a rear tire blew,
apparently after the other tire
of the dual-wheel setup had
gone flat.
State Trooper E.W. Coen l-
dentlfled the driver as Raymond
Joseph Kirk of Stedman, who
was transporting the hay oa.the
**etralght rlg^ from Society
HUl, S, C., to Stedman.
Coen said Kirk told him the
truck veered off the highway
on the rlghthand side and over
turned.
Earlier Friday afternoon,
cars driven by Enid Danner
Knight, Arlton, Ala., and Wal
ter Suttle Cooper of Albemarle
collided on Highway 401 near
Bethel Church.
Coen said Ids Investigation
revealed that Cooper attempted
to make a right turn off the
Emergency FHA Loans
Available In County
Because of a damaging hailstorm here July 20. Hoke County
has been declared a "dlsuter area" by the Farmers Home
Administration.
J. W. Pittman, FHA county supervisor, says the designa
tion once again makes certain operators eligible for FHA
emergency loans.
Pittman said the late afternoon hailstorm stripped tobacco
leaves from their stalks on about lOO acres of leaf In Que-
whlffle Township. He estimated that 40 to 60 farmers were
affected.
Interest rate on the loans Is 3 per cent. Repayment sched
ules depend upon purposes for which the money was advanced,
as well u upon the estimated income of the applicant.
Application forms and full information concerning the loans
are available at Pittman's office in the post office building
here.
highway and his vehicle was
struck In the right side by
the Knight car.
Damage to the two vehicles
was estimated at $l,S00. Mrs.
Knight was treated and releas
ed at a local doctor's office.
No charges were filed.
A car and a pickup truck
collided at 3:l0 p.m. Thursday
at Miller's Crossroads, Coen
said.
He said his Investigation
showed that a car operated by
Patricia Anne McCormick, 17,
of Red Springs, stopped at a
stop sign, made a turn, and
was struck from the rear by a
pickup truck operated by
Charles Thomas Jacobs, 16, al
so of Red Springs.
Jacobs was charged with fall
ing to decrease speed to avoid
an accident. Combined damage
to the two vehicles was estimat
ed at $250.
At 2:30 a.m. Saturday, a car
driven by Timothy B. Tyler,
25, of Raeford, left the road
near Ashemont on N. C. 211
and struck a tree, Coen said.
Joseph D. Tyler, 29, brother
of the driver, and Earl Hender
son, 29, of Aberdeen, were ad
mitted to Moore Memorial Hos
pital.
Tyler was charged with ex
ceeding a safe speed, Coen sald,-
See WRECKS, Page 9
rAEFORDS
JAtCETTS
Hoke - Scotland Agricultural
Fair will begin here Monday and
continue through Saturday at the
Jayeee Fairgrounds on Old 401
In the Hlllcrest community,
R It will be the fourth year the
fair baa been held at the new
fairgrounds, which Jaycees pur
chased and erected an eahlblt
A building on.
Oates will open at 6 p.m. dally
except Wednesday, which la
children's day, and Saturday. All
children will be admitted free
from SiSO p.m. to 6 p.m. Wed
nesday and also will be offered
reduced rates tor rides. The
fair gates will open at I p.m.
Saturday.
Delmarva Sbows Is supplying
the mldv^ attractions tor this
year's fair and features rides,
sideshows and games. Conces
sions also will be set up and
operated by Raeford Jaycettes,
This year, Jaycees are of
fering $400 In premiums In
a number of categories of farm
and home products. Exhibits
must be entered Monday between
9 a.m, and noon. Exhibitors
should contact Mias Josephine
Hall, heme agent, for answers
to any questions they may have
aabout rules or premium lists.
OPENING UP — Mrs. Doug Wallace, right, president of Raeford Jaycettes, and Mrs. Jim Stewart,
vice president and chairman of the fair booth project, open up the booth for a clean-up job prior
to next week's Hoke Scotland Agricultural Fair. Sold at the booth will be hot sandwiches, drinks,
snacks and Hoke High football cushions. Proceeds will go toward a scholarship for a high school
graduate. The fair Is sponsored by Raeford Jaycees.
Report In Making
Schools Will Open
While Board Plans
New Plant
To House
7th And 8th
Hoke County schools will open
Wednesday as planned, while
the county board of education
continues to work on desegre
gation recommendations of the
federal governmenL
W. T. Gibson Jr., superin
tendent of schools, said
Wednesday the school board will
file Its Intentions with the Of
fice of Education, probably Fri
day. In the meantime, classes
will be started as planned
A federal team visited Hoke
County several weeks ago. Last
week, its recommendations
were made public.
It suggested that the new
school under construction on
Bethel Road should be made a
junior high school for all races,
transferring one junior high
school grade from Upchurch
and one from Hawk Eye to the
school. Together with the Junior
high school grades at Hoke High
School, they would fill the new
school's 19 classrooms.
The team also recommended
complete desegregation of the
new school's faculty, and sug-
ge'fed that other desegregation
siKiuld be accomplished by the
board's own initiative.
Hoke County schools have
operated for the past several
years under a "freedom of
choice" plan. The federal team
said Its opinion that sufficient
desegregation has not been
made under the plan to qualify
Hoke Schools for continued
federal funds under the Civil
Rights Act of 1964.
Nonetheless, with the opening
of school only a few days sway,
the school board has no choice
but to start classes as original
ly planned, hoping the desegre
gation It will propose Friday
will enable the schools to func
tion normally.
Gibson did not reveal to what
extent the school board Is
planning to further desegregate
the schools. Virtually all form
erly all-white schools now have
non-white pupils, with as many
as 60 or more enrolled at Hoke
High School.
Students will report to their
respective schools Wednesday
morning for ahalf-dayofregls-
tratloa Classes will begin on
a full schedule Thursday morn-
See SCHOOLS, Page 9
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SUCCESS, SUCCESS--Ashwell Harward, left, Is among the more energetic of Buck Boosters,
and the efforts of the entire club paid off last Thursday when the annual kickoff dinner staged
by the boosters netted almost enough money to pay for the annual football camp r\ow In pro
gress. Some 400 Buck fans turned out for the flounder fish dinner. Harvard Is shown here
"nailing'' former coach George Wood for a tickeL
Hoke Needs
125 Pints
Family Worth
Of Blood ^12,700 In Hoke
The quarterl)^ visit of the
Red Cross bloodmoblle will take
place here tomorrow (Friday)
in the basement of Raeford
Methodist Church from 11 a. m.
to 5 p. m.
Doug Wallace, Raeford Jay
cees, and Clyde E. Upchurch
Jr., American Red Cross, are
co-chairman of the bloodmoblle
campaign.
"This will be the first visit
of the new bloodmoblle year,"
Wallace said, "and we are hope
ful we will exceed our quota
of 125 pints. Last year, we
withdrew from the Red Cross
blood bank more blood than
we contributed."
It takes only about 15 min
utes to contribute a pint of
blood, Wallace said. The pro
cedure Is both painless and
comfortable, he declared.
Doctors from Raeford and
McCain provide at least one
physician at all times at the
clinic. Five or six local nurs
es also volunteer their serv
ices, Wallace said.
(Special to The Newa-Joumal}
NEW YORK, Aug. 19 - What
la the net worth, at tht pre
sent time, of the average Hoke
County family?
What assets has It accumu
lated In the form of cash sav
ings, Insurance, equity In lu
home, automobile. Jewelry,
household equipment, pension
reserves. Investments and the
Uke?
Most families have only a
vague idea of how much they
are worth. They have never
taken the trouble to figure out
where they stand. Their con
cern has been of a more Im
mediate nature—weekly In
come, food blUa, taxes, pay
ments on tbs car, mortgage
debt and such.
iVhere they to take stock of
what they own, they would prob
ably discover that they are rich
er than they Imagined,
Some guidance for them la
provided In national studies of
consumer finances, conducted
by the Federal Reserve Board
and others.
They show that there Is a
direct relationship between in
come and net worth. Families
with very low laeomss haws
been able to accumulate very
little, while those in the itoper
brackets have asMts equal to
several times their annual In
come,
Applying the national yard
stick to Hoke County and to
the earnings levels in Its area,
the indicated net worth of the
average local tanUly flfures
out to approximately 112,700.
The amount quoted relates
to the so-called "average''fam
ily. For those in the local
area In other income brackets,
the estimates ar% ns follows:
Income of $5,000 to |7,S0^ as
sets of $13,200; Income of $7,-
500 to $10,000, aasats of $19,-
100, and Income of $10,000 to
$15,000, asseU of $29,000.
For the population of Hoke
County as a whole, it adds tm
to a total net wtjrth of $49,-
445,000.
Taken Into accent is the
market value of all housing,
furniture, clothing, cars and
See WORTH, Pan »
Burglary Cases Are Heard
In Mixed Term Of Court
Several burglary cases wars
cleared up and two major cases
were continued during the first
two days of a one-week mixed
term of Hoke Superior Court,
which began here Monday with
Judge Edward B. Clark pre
siding.
Eddls Arnold Scott of
Cumbsrland County, 19, was
ssntsncsd to four to six years
in prison aftsr pleading guilty
to four charges of falonlous
brtaklng and sntsrlng.
Scott, a tormsr construction
worktr, admitted entering the
Freddie Breeden etorc and Mc-
Alllater ctore In eastern Hoke
County.
Earl Barnes, charged with
auto theft, pleaded guilty and
was sentenced to three-to-flve
yea re.
Robert Cagle and Alvls
Hollingsworth, both of Raeford
Rt, 2, were given 12 to 18
months apiece after being con
victed ofbreaklng Into The John
son Company and taking $84
worth of soybsans.
Thslr ssntsncea ware sus-
psndsd and they were placed on
probation for 18 months and
ordarsd to rslmburat Tbs John
son Company in the amount of
$42 each.
Fairly Junior Jones, 17, Rse-
ford Rt. 2, was glvsn two years,
suspended tor two years upon
payment of $100 and costs, after
conviction of breaking into the
home of Bowie Dove and making
off with $86,76 in coins and cur
rency.
Several other larceny chargee
agalnet Jones were nol pressed
with leave. He also was placed
on probation for two years with
the provision that be remain
gainfully employed.
Freddie Laevon (cq) Harris,
17, and Molden Harris Jr., 19,
each recetvad three to five
years, suspended tor four years,
and placed on probation for four
years after being convicted to
breaking Into A. T. Bobbltt'a
store near Leonard Training
School. Each was commanded to
reimburse Bobbitt $30 tor
damage to hla store.
Jerry Arthur Knight pleaded
guilty to dr\mk driving and waa
fined $100 and costa. The coo-
vlctlon alao carries mandatory
suspension of driver's license
for 12 months.
Leroy Locklear, charged with
breaking and entering and lar
ceny of gooda valued at $1,500
was granted a non-suit at the
conclusion of state's evidence.
The first degree burglary'
case against Larry Donosll
Peterkln, 19, of Raeford waa
continued after Peurkln'e au
torney, Carl Barrington of Fay
etteville, explained that he had
just be«n employed to represent
the defendant end needed Ume
to prepare hts case.
Peterkln Is sccused of enter
ing the home of Odeaea Mc
Kinnon during tbe
whus people were aalesp la the
residence. Tlie Mqmnaea bouae
is in Tylertown.
Petsrkln was reVsh4edoe$4,-
000 bond.
Cases against lour men who
allegedly embezzled or handled
tires from the Scat# Hlgharay
Diriment garage hers were
continued tatil t^s neat term
of court.
The quartet Included Jdha D.
Strider, tormer employt of the
garan; Calvin Fodker McBryde
Jr^ owaer^puratoyr of a service
station; Loids C. Ounnlagham,
a pulpwood opeirator, Charw
les Lswlt Black sheer of OoMa-
boro.
Aboei a dozen tniek Urea
were Invohad Ug the aUa$ed
thefts. The ceae arsa laveetfW
gated by 3>ete Bureau of lavntl.
gation ageoH aii$ na tgeedlh-
gitor from the Btaha lOghumT
Depart meet.
Attend Hoke-Scotland Fair ... Aug. 28 - Sept. 2