^ The Hoke County News- Established 1928
VOLUME LXII NUMBER 17
RAEFORD, HOKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROUNA
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THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 7 IR*7
Has Building, Truck
North Raeford Fire Unit
Nearly Ready To Operate
MERMAIDS—These two young swimmers were chosen “queens” of Raeford Swimming Pool
Association last Wednesday as part of a season-ending outing ai Oie local pool. They are
Cindy Averette, left, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Averette, and Nan Davis, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Davis.
No Deaths School E nrolmeiit
Or Injuries
On Highway
There may have been slaugh
ter on the highways of tfie state
and nation during theLaborDay
Week end, but not in Hoke Coun
ty-
State highway patrolmen re
ported that no wrecks occurred
outside Raeford during the long
week end, which for statistical
purposes began Friday after
noon and ended at Monday mid
night.
Only one accident was re
ported here — a minor colli
sion in front of Hoke County
ABC Store on Highway 401 By
pass. It was investigated by
town policemen.
North Carolina counted more
than 20 highway fatalides dur
ing the holiday, which tradi
tionally is one of the worst
insofar as traffic accidents are
concerned.
Despite a heavy flow of traf
fic through Hoke County to the
beaches and to Darlington, S.C.,
where a major automobile race
was conducted Monday, drivers
kept pretty much in line while
on Hoke highways.
State Troopers E. W. Coen,
E. M. Roberts and J. D. Robin
son said they experienced no
alarming increase in traffic
violations, with nothing more
than routine citations being is
sued.
•'We wish to compliment
drivers in Hoke County for the
(See NO DEATHS, Page 9)
Up Only Slightly
Enrolment at Hoke County
schools, collectively and indi
vidually, Is holding up to a-
bout the same number as last
year’s total for the same time
of the year.
As of Tuesday morning, com
bined records turned in toSupt.
W. T. Gibson’s office showed
that 4,776 students, anlncrease
of only 13 boys and girls had
registered.
Although additional students
are registering each morning,
the count as of Tuesday morn
ing was;
Bethel Road 487; Burlington
290; Hawk Eye 565; Hoke High
589; J.W.McLauchlln 375; Rae
ford Elementary 452; Scurlock
437; Upchurch 1139; West Hoke
442.
Two of the five buildings at
the new Bethel Road School
were put to use Monday alter
several days of classes in die
high school gymnasium and
other cramped quarters. On
Tuesday morning, 10 classes
were busy at work at die new
school and Gibson reported to
county commissioners that con
tractors have promised other
classrooms by October.
Much is yet to be done in
the section which will house
the cafeteria and gymnasium.
Until the cafeteria is completed.
Bethel students will cross Be-
diel Road to be served at Hoke
High School cafeteria. Noise
of carpenters' tools and muddy,
weedy, unlevel school grounds
Funeral Is Held
For Dean White
Funeral aervlces for Dean
C. White, 58, who died Sunday,
were conducted Tuesday at 4
p.m. at Raeford Presbyterian
Church by the Rev. Cortez
Cooper Jr, and the Rev. Charles
W. Worth.
He had lived in Raeford since
1951, was personnel director for
Robbins Mills Inc., and had
worked for Dixie Container Co,
since 1953.
He was ruling elder in Rae
ford Presbyterian Church. He
was a native of South Carolina.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Elizabeth Bishop White of the
home; three sons, James D.,
of Winston-Salem, the Rev. Paul
W, White of Goochland, Va., and
John C. White of the home;
two brothers, John of Southern
Pines and W.J, White Jr. of
Spartanburg, S. C., and two
grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Robert Gat
lin, Neill A. McDonald, SUnley
DEAN C. WHITE
Koonce, JJ). McMllllan, Dr.
R.M. Jordan and Garvin Bishop.
create considerable inconven
ience, but a teacher said, "it
is better dian trying to teach
in a gymnasium with diree other
classes."
Gibson also reported that stu
dents are now using the new
cafeteria at Upchurch High
School. The facility, he said,
was enlarged and completely
renovated. Through careful
planning and use of county-
maintained labor, he said the
construction work was done for
approximately $20,000. The
preliminary estimate was more
tiian $100,000.
He also noted that plans are
to brick veneer the Upchurch
High School building, which
faces the highway. It will then
match Ae new buildings erect
ed or remodeled during recent
years.
Willie Hodgin
Subs For Cole
Willie Hodgin, former school
teacher and brother of former
sheriff Dave Hodgin, was ap
pointed supervisor of Hoke
County's surplus commodities
program Tuesday by the board
of county commissioners.
Hodgin, whose appointment
was termed temporary, will
serve until Allred Cole, former
supervisor and Civil Defense
director, has recigierated from
his present Illness and wishes
to resume the work.
Hodgin was recommended by
Cole and, according to the board
of commissioners, Hodgin has
agreed to take the Job under the
temporary circumstances.
Cole suffered a heart attack
a month ago and is now re
cuperating at his home. He
will remain the Civil Defense
director.
Hodgin will receive the $150
a month salary previously paid
Cole as sivervlsor of surplus
food.
New Policeman
W.E. Miller, 49, t native of
the Antioch community of Hoke
County, has been employed by
Raeford Police Department,
according to Police Chief L.W.
Stanton.
Miller has been employed for
the past several years as an
officer of the Plnehurst police
force.
Knitting Class
There Is room for a few more
persons to take advantage of Ae
knitting bag workshop being
sponsored Ae extension de
partment here.
Persons Interested Ipsl^ng
up are asked to call Aenomn
agents office.
Volunteers
Will Man
Equipment
NorA Raeford Fire District
has completed its fire house,
bought a fire truck, and A Ae
near future will organize vol
unteer personnel to operate Ae
rural fire department.
Ralph Barnhart, president of
Ae district fire association,
said Ae new brick bulldAg near
BurlAgton Mills on Aberdeen
Cutoff Is complete except for
paAtAg Ae wc^work, and that
job is now beAg done.
The Astrlct has purchased a
factory-built fire truck—a sec
ondhand model eight or nAe
years old—from a firm A Vlr-
gAla, Cost of Ae truck was
$5,700, Barnhart said.
“As soon as we get Ae siren
Astalled and workAg, we will
call for volunteer personnel to
operate Ae department," Barn
hart said. “We will welcome
volunteers from anywhere A
Ae district."
NorA Raeford is one of sev
en districts set up by Ae county
fire commission to provide
rural fire protection. The A-
dlvldual districts voted last No
vember to esAbllsh a special
district fire tax of 10 ceu.^ per
$100 property evaluation to es
tablish and maAAA depart
ments and equipment. Only
Hlllcrest District, which has
had a volunteer department for
several years, chose to operate
its department wlA contribu
tions from property owners
raAer Aan to tax Aem.
OAer rural departments are
A operation or being formed
at Rockflsh, Stonewall and Pup
py Creek. Departments still
are to be established at An
tioch, Bue ^rAgs and A Que-
whlffle township.
Barnhart said property own
ers A Ae NorA Raeford dis
trict all have been helpful A
gettAg Ae program under way.
'•We expect to have volunteers
from Aroughout Ae district,"
he said.
The district Acludes Ae res
idential areas norA and west
of Raeford—perhaps Ae most
populated rural areas in Ae
county—and goes norAward to
Tlmberland, souAwestward to
BeAel Church and eastward to
Ae William Poole Jr, property,
joAAg Ae Hlllcrest district
on that side of town.
Fire protection A Ae area
has been Ae cause of some
concern A recent years. On
several occasions, houses burn
ed because Aey were barely
outside Ae town limits and Ae
Raeford department had no au-
Aorlty to answer Ae calls.
"We believe Ae department
would prove Avaluable A case
of serious fire A Ae 'Alll"
section, where a high wind and
a house fire would endanger Ae
entire area. We might not be
able to save Ae house Aat was
burnAg, but we would be able
(See NORTH RAEFORD, Page 9)
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Plney Grove Church bO Years ula
PineyGroveBaptistChurch
Reaches A New Milestone
Five Bikes
Are Stolen
At Ballgame
Thieves paid a visit to
Armory Park here Friday night
durAg Ae Raeford-Stedmaui
football game and made off wlA
five bicycles, according to Po
lice Chief L.W. Stonton.
“Everyone of Ae bikes was
less than 30 days old," SAnton
said. “One belonged to Cesory
Jacobs, 15, who worked all sum
mer to make payments on It."
Chief Stanton said Ae Jacobs
youA, whose faAer Is In Veter
ans HosplAl A Fayetteville, had
made Ae final payment on Ae
bike only a few days before
Ae Aeft.
“The boy’s moAer told me
Aey live seven miles out A
Ae county, don't have an au
tomobile, and Ae boy and Ae
bike were depended upon to
go to Ae store and run oAer
errands," Stanton said.
The bicycle, a Western Fly
er, is red wlA silver fenders,
Ae chief said.
Two of Ae oAer bikes have
been recovered, he said, and
officers are on Ae lookout for
Ae remaAAg Aree.
Also mlssAg are bikes be-
longAg to Leroy Fellow, 13,
an English racer, gold colored,
and Joe CoAran, 12, a Buzz
bike, black and white wlA
chrome fenders.
Stanton said policemen have
recovered bikes belonging to
KelA Floyd and Daniel Wright.
Organization Day activities
October 1 will climax 80 years
of hard work and dedication A
Ae life of PAey Grove Baptist
Church, two miles souA of Rae
ford.
The church, first of its de
nomination A Raeford, began A
Ae home of Ae late Mrs, Eliza
Davis A 1887. It will become
a station church October 1, hav
ing regular worship services
each Sunday at 11 a.m. The
announcement was made earlier
Als week by Ae pastor, Ae
Rev. Thomas D. Walker.
Work for this occasion was
begun durAg Ae tenure of Ae
late Rev. Dr. C. A. Chick, who
was pastor of Ae church from
1960-66. These efforts were
continued when Ae succeedAg
pastor was called A July, 1966.
The Rev. Watt Fairly, who
died last monA at Ae age of
87, said before his death that
Plney Grove began with five
known Baptists A Ae Raeford
community. Much of Ae nec
essary guidance and Aspiration
was provided by Ae late Rev.
Oliver WadkAs, Aen a licensed
mAlster living A Ae Fayette
ville area.
The Rev, Mr. WadkAs made
frequent visits to Ae DavA
home, and from Ae words, “two
or Aree gaAered," PAey Grove
was born. SAce Ae first Bap
tist church was founded here,
Hoke County has added 18 ad
ditional churches of Aat falA.
Plney Grove has sAce grown to
225 members.
A short while after PAey
Grove's begAnAg, an acre of
land was purchas^ from Tom
Covington to construct a small
log church, to 1893, Ae en
rolled membershA still less
Aan 20, Ae second church,
somewhat Arger, was built to
accommodate Ae fast growAg
attendance A lA Sunday School
classes.
SAce lA inception, PAey
Grove has atuAed credit for
beAg one of Ae most progres
sive churches A Ae Hoke Coun
ty area. The current building,
third A its hAtory, has a seat-
Ag capacity of 400. Construc
tion on Ae sanctuary sActed A
1952 and dedicatory services
were held A October, 1965.
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County ASC Voters
To Pick Committees
Candidates have been selected
for Ae approaching election of
ASC community committees to
admAlster Ae farm program
A Hoke County, accorAng to
Ken W. McNeill, ASC county
chairman.
The elections will be held
Ae Alrd week A September
Aroughout Ae nation.
“The farmer-committee sys
tem is a unique means of ad-
mAlsterAg national agricul
tural programs and policies,"
McNeill said. "The community
committees assist the ASC
county committee In admAis-
Commissioners Vote To Bond
Treasurers Of Rural Fire Districts
Treasures of Hoke County
fire district departments will be
bonded, as are most county
employes who handle money,
county commissioners decided
Tuesday.
Meeting after a day's delay
because of Ae Labor Day holi
day, commissioners waded
Arough a short agenda and ad
journed before lunch time.
They deckled to have Ae
treasurer of Ae North Raeford
department bonded in Ae amount
of $5,000, while oAer rural de
partment treasurers will be
bonded for $1,000,
Commissioners expAAed
Aat Ae NorA Raeford district
will levy Aore taxes, borrow
more money, and handle more
cash Aan oAer departments;
Aerefore, a larger bond A
required.
To date, five rural fire de
partments have been organized.
AcludAg NorA Raeford, Stone
wall, Puppy Creek, Rockflsh
and Hlllcrest. The Hlllcrest
department operates by public
subscrAtlon, and no tax money
is Avolved except whatever con
tribution Ae county makes.
Several oAer departments
are antlcfoated A the remain
ing districts, which are set up
for •maximum operations of
Aree miles, measured along
roadways, from the fire station
A each district. Most of Ae
districts approved a special dis
trict tax levy to finance estab
lishment and operation of Aelr
respective departments, Hlll
crest, which was A operation,
chose to contAue operatAgwlA
contributions of property own
ers. Rockflsh and Stonewall
departments also were A opera
tion before Ae fire districts
were established.
In oAer business, commis
sioners discussed Ae possible
rate of pay for the county's
Aree new jury commissioners,
but tabled the matter until a
later meeting when no agree
ment was reached.
Jury commissions have been
established Aroughout Ae state
since Ae recent General As
sembly provided for a three-
man commission in each county
to maAtain a list of citizens
qualified for jury duty, and to
draw Ae names of citizens to
be summoned for jury duty it
each term of Superior Court.
The Hoke County commission
consists of former sheriff Dave
H. Hodgin, \Mllllam Lamont and
B. B. DobbAs.
Commission! rs also recom
mended to Ae State Highway
Department that It add to tts
system a road in Ae Davis
Bridge area connectmg Highway
401 and anoAer state road lead
ing toward Rockflsh.
Regarding a grand jury re
commendation Aat quarters for
grand jury meetAgs be esAb-
llshed at a courAouse level
below Ae Aird floor, commis
sioners poAted out Aat Ae
Alrd floor space Is all that A
available at Ae moment.
They also voted to delay until
sprtag aettan on A# fraad
jury’s recommendattoo Ait Ae
courtroom be atr caodltkxied.
T. B. Lester, county mansfer,
was appoAted Avestment of-
tlrer for Ae rouiuy, making of
ficial Ae board’s poUev of
having L»«ter use hit judgmei^
A Avesting county funds um
Aelr use it required.
Lester said Ae rv>unti usialiy
buys rertlflratei ofdepotit - \r
that practice It practicjl.
termg Ae price support, acre
age diversion, agricultural ooq-
servatlon, and oAer form-ac
tion programs A the county.
“They are particularly re
sponsible for keepAg Aelr
neighbors mformed about Ae
programs. The county com
mittee sigiervlses Ae ASCS
county office and A responsi
ble for administration of Ae
various programs."
VotAg A Ae upcomAg elec
tion will be by mall, McNeill
said, and ballots are beAg sent
to all known eligible voters.
Any eligible voter who does not
receive a ballot by mall may
get one from Ae county ASCS
ol.'lce. Generally, a form own
er, tenant or sharecropper ts
eligible to vote.
Envelopes contaAAg marked
ballots must be mailed or re
turned to Ae ASCS office be
fore September 18. Ballots will
be tabulated September 22.
Following are Ae slates of
nominees for \SC commuatty
committees-
ALLENDALE—JD.A. ''urrte,
Martin L. Jacoba« Davyd S.
Liles, Helton Locklear, Dock
Monroe, Laune Mci'acbem, L.
A. McGugan. James McMillaja,
George C. Hifaon,
ANTJCK'H—O.B. Bostic, H.A.
Boylee, Kttaseli 'kavia, AJi.
Currie, HiJliani Diai, Herbert
C. CLUu. J. ’4.eland Caodmaa,
Purcell H. .4 ‘ f.C. Mc-
Phaal.
BLIT jPRLNCS—John Arch
Baldwin, La*"wr ‘ Ark. C«
H. Gai.-rcy, TJ. HarrU. Earl
Hendrix Joai«J« .owery, JO-
M'-iaer John a, McCall, Rld^
»iTl H. M' LiychUn.
MvLaICHUIN -- LuAer
• -.T.ningi, D--agUs Monroe, H.
A. George McNeU^
iee AW. U TERS, Page t)