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The Hoke County News- Established 1928
The Hoke County Journal - Established 19051
VOLUME LXII NUMBER 19
RAEFORD. HOKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROUNA
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THLRSD4Y. SEPTEMBER 21. 1967
HOKE
RESCUI
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RESCUE SQUAD—Three of the officers of the Raeford
Rescue team pose with their Wagon No. 1. In working
uniform, they are, left to right, Eric Allen, commander.
Jim Wade, vice commander and Nell Smith, executive
vice commander. Herbie Jackson, secretary. Is not shown.
Hoke Rescue Squad Marks
Six Years Of Operation
BY LUCY GRAY PEEBLES
As Gov. Dan Moore Issued
a proclamation declaring this
week to be ‘‘North Carolina
Rescue Squad Week,” Hoke
County Rescue Squad took stock
of Its six years of existence and
looked hack ovar Its. yptilii but
• *ratt^*^fRgrowth In efficiency
and service.
For Instance, the past two
annual reports reveal a rise
from 76 to 127 In numbers of
calls answered. This year the
number Is expected to climb
again.
Half a dozen years ago the
organlzatlofi was formed with
ont, piece of rolling equipment—
One Up,
One Down
A contract was awarded Mon
day afternoon by Hoke County
commissioners tor demolition
of the old county Jail.
Winning the right to raze the
building and have any materials
salvaged therefrom was Snead
and Hatcher Construction Co.,
builders of the new jail being
constructed less than two feet
away.
Snead and Hatcher's bid was
U, 7S0 as compared to $12,204,-
99, the bid of D. H. GrlfUn
Wrecking Co., and $6,840 the
bid offered by Hercules Demoli
tion Co.
The building will come down
within the next 45 days.
In other business, the county
board authorized County Man
ager T. B. Lester to let a con
tract for a tax meter for the
register of deeds office, and set
a wage of $25 per day for Jury
commission members.
Fire Chief
Ballot Set
North Raeford Volunteer Fire
Department will hold an organi
zational meeting Friday night at
7 o'clock at the fire station
near Burlington Industries on
Aberdeen Cutoff.
At that time, a chief and as
sistant chief will be chosen
and a training program set up.
All persons Interested In be
coming volunteer fireman In
the department have been urged
to attend. The operational
organization of the department
Is separate from the admini
strative branch, of which Ralph
Barnhart Is president.
“We are still waiting for our
fire siren to arrive before we
put the department Into busi
ness,'' Barnhart saM this week.
"It wlU be here, I feel sure,
by Ihe time we have our men
trained.'*
The North Raeford depart
ment is one of several rural
firefighting outfits in Hoke
County, CXher depertments In-
clisde HlUerest, Stonewall,
Rockflsh and Puppy Greet,
Other departments are still to
be organized in several other
rural dletrlrta In which a aperlal
fire tax la being levied.
an ambulance donated by Lentz
Funeral Home.
Now, the 16 active members
boast a station wagon, which
has been converted Into a com
bination ambulance and first
aid vehicle, and a panel truck,
which carries heavier equip
ment, such as ladders, ropes,
rau^oats, blankets, axes and
other tools—and even a broom.
“The broom, believe It or
not. Is used more than any one
thing,” Eric Allen, commander,
said. No matter what the de
mands are In an accident, there
Is always glass and other debris
to be cleared away tor the safe
ty of other motorists. On one
occasion, before the squad could
complete Us Job, a driver picked
up a flat tire on his car and
one on his camper after running
over strewn glass.
The aim of the young men Is
to serve In whatever capacity
needed. They must have passed
first aid courses before they
are eligible to become squad
members and must attend train
ing sessions once every month
thereafter.
Commercial ambulance ser
vices sometimes are critical
of rescue squad vehicles taking
Injured motorists and other vic
tims to a hospital.
Law enforcement officers and
rescue squad leaders declare
there Is no conflict.
"The rescue squad provides
ambulance service only when
there Is an acute medical emer
gency and commercial ambu
lances have not reached the
scene,” a squad member ex
plained. "In fact, we don’t
pick up the victim until the
law enforcement officer at the
scene tells us to.”
Local state troopers, who In
vestigate practically all acci
dents In Hoke County, are high
In their praise of the rescue
squad, which helps direct traf
fic and clear the highway of de
bris after a wreck.
"We summon both the ambu
lance service and the rescue
squad—or have It done by po
lice or sheriff's departments,”
State Trooper E. W. Coen said
•■ecently. “If there Is a badly
injured victim and the rescue
squad arrives ahead of the com
mercial ambulance, we send the
victim toward the hospital In
the rescue squad vehicle. If
there were no ambulance there,
we'd get the victim to the hos
pital by the quickest means
possible, even If It Involved
placing him In our patrol car
and taking him. The object
Is to save life, and any quibbl
ing about how It Is done can
come later.'’
Hoke Rescue Squad's station
wagon can double as an ambu
lance, and by removing supplies
and equipment, it can accommo
date two stretchers.
The squad recently transport
ed two victims to a Fayetteville
hospital after a commercial am
bulance sped away with a more
seriously Injured victim. One
of the remaining victims was
bleeding badly and required first
aid en route to the hospital.
Two men are required to man
an ambulance. While one drives,
another must administer to the
victim In case oxygen Is needed
or excessive bleeding Is to be
coped with.
The members take turns In
serving. Each Is on call one
night a week and on every fourth
weekend. On each emergency,
two of the young men are called
by phone by patrolmen, the
sheriff's department or the po
lice department. One dashes tor
(See RESCUE SQUAD, Page 9)
Drive Begins October 23
United Fund Budget,
Goal Set At $22,000
REV. VANCE BAUCOM
Preacher
Leaving
The Rev. Vance Baucom has
accepted a call to return Octo
ber to the Midway and Pem
broke Presbyterian churches as
pastor. He served these same
two churches, both in Fayette
ville Presbytery, from 1955 to
1958.
He left the Midway and Pem
broke churches to become pas
tor of Calvary Presbyterian
Church of Davidson, N. C., In
Concord Presbytery, where he
served from 1958 to 1962. In
1962 the Rev. Mr. Baucom re
turned to Fayetteville Presby
tery to become minister of Be
thel and Shiloh Churches near
Raeford.
He Is a native North Caro
linian, born In Unionville, and
he attended Union Theological
Seminary in Richmond, Va. He
Is married to the former Eliza
beth Thrower of Rockingham.
They have one daughter, Mrs.
Mary Mcjunkins of Charlotte,
and two sons, '
Raeford - Hoke United Fund
has set a campaign goal of
$22,027.75 — an amount equal
to next year's budget — for
the United Fund drive here
October 23 to November 3.
That action was taken last
week at a meeting of United
Fund officials at which Palmer
Wlllcox, local attorney, was
named campaign chairman.
Bobby Conoly, banker, was
named vice chairman.
A budget committee earlier
had screened all applications for
United Fund assistance. The
requests became the basis for
the budget.
This year's goal Is only
slightly higher than last year.
The goal has been exceeded In
all but two of more than a
dozen campaigns.
Officers and directors were
re-elected at last week's meet
ing. Wyatt Upchurch Is presi
dent, Ed Murray, vice presi
dent, Mrs. O. B. Israel, secre
tary, and Sam C. Morris, treas
urer.
Directors whose three-year
terms were to have expired
this year were re-elected to
three-year terms. They in
cluded Lewis Oxendlne, Wyatt
Upchurch, Mrs, 0. B, Israel,
William Lament, Ed Murray,
Charles Stanford, Leonard
Frahm and A, W, Wood Jr.
Directors with two years of
their term remaining are Sam
Homewood, Doug Wallace, Dr.
Julius Jordan, W.T, McAllister,
Mrs. R. E. Neeley, Sam C.
Morris, C. D. Bounds and Allen
McDonald.
Directors with only one year
of their terms remaining are
H. L, Gatlin Jr., Jimmy Conoly,
John Balfour, Ralph Dodge,
Douglas Monroe, R. B. Lewis,
Bobby Gibson and G. A. Page.
Individual Items In the new
budget are Girl Scouts, $2,400;
Red Cross, $4,08$: 4-H Clubs,
$350; crippled (mlldren, $300;
recreation, $5,800; Boy Scouts,
$4,310.53; Carollnas United(for
several functions. Including
U.S.O., etcO, $1,779,22 needy
children, $2,400; white cane
(Lions Club program for the
blind), $200. An Item for shrink
age and expenses was put at
$400.
The recreation item Includes
$3,000 tor "Hoke recreation;”
$1,000 for "county' recreation
(community recreation centers
and programs); $1,300 for “Up
church recreation, and $500 tor
"Hawk Eye recreation.'’
The Boy Scout appropriation
will give $3,000 to Cape Fear
Council and $1,310.53 to
Occoneechee Council.
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FINALLY FAIR—The midway didn't show up when Raeford Jaycees staged their annual Hoke-
Scotland Agricultural Fair several weeks ago. The rides and sideshows were stuck in the
mud at Elizabeth City at that time, so Jaycees awarded prizes tor exhibits and postponed
the most exciting part of the fair until this we^. The midway is expected to be InAiUI swing
tonight through Saturday at the Jaycee Fairgrounds in Hlllcrest community.
Hoke Jury Team’s
Pay Is Approved
Wednesday
Closings End
Most Raeford stores on Oc
tober 4, will fail back Into reg
ular fourth quarter pattern of
remaining open on Wednesday
afternoon, Jim Fout, manager
of the Chamber of Commerce,
announced tbU week.
The Wednesday afternoon
hours will continue through De
cember 31.
The time was set at a recent
meeting of chamber members.
At the same time, plans were
made to have a Christmas pa
rade,
The new Hoke County Jury
Commission will be paid $25
for a six-hour day, the Board
of Hoke County Commissioners
decided Monday afternoon at a
called meeting.
That fee is in line with pay
ment in other counties.
The commission has already
been at work for several weeks
holding at least two meetings a
week- William Lament Jr.,
vice chairman, said this week
that 10 meetings had been held
and it had been found that the
job was a big one and that
there is still a lot of work to
be done before the December
1 deadline.
The law says that the list
must be complete 30 days be
fore the early January date for
drawing the first jury under the
new system. He said that the
commission had gone through
many lists, including the tax
list, in trying to compile a
roster of eligible jurors. When
the roster Is complete, It must
then be transferred to cards
for the jury box. On the, list
will be approximately 3,600
names.
Making up the jury commis
sion are Dave Hodgin, chair
man; Lament, and Bonzle Dob
bins, secretary.
Provisions for the county jury
commissions were laid down by
the 1967 General Assembly in
an attempt to streamline the
jury selection system and cut
down on exemptions from jury
duty.
The old law exempts a long
list of professional people
from Jury duty including em-
balmers, radio announcers,
firemen, pilots, printers, nur
ses, doctors and many others.
The new system guarantees
that no person will serve more
than once every two years. Ex
emptions will be difficult to
come by.
Jury reform law Instructs toe
jury commissions to compile a
list of prospective jurors each
biennium from mentally com
petent persons over 21 years of
age listed on tax lists, voter
registrations or other reliable
sources of names including the
telephone directory.
Before toe new system goes
Into effect toe first of 1968,
the jury commissions must
compile a new jury list for toe
next two years and toe chief
district judge must outline toe
basis for any future exemptions
from jury duty.
Lumber Bridge Church
Marks 90th Anniversary
THE OLD MILL STREAM--lu enjoy toe beauty of this Hoke County spot, one must stand on
toe bridge at Little Raft Swamp on Goose Pond Road and watch the water rush to ttic edge
and then tumble over a grassy slope and turn Into loam (right corner), old millstones still
lie nearby, but nu framework of toe building remain!,
LUMBER BRIDGE—Homecoming services
will be held Suadey, October 15, at historic
Lumber Bridge Presbyterian Church, The
eervlee alao will mark the ohureb's 190th
annlveraary.
A "prominent visiting iptsiker” will preach
at the 11 a.m. »-otshto service., according to
Roger F. Hall, clerk of toe seasiorfi. Immediate
ly thereafter, women of the church will serve
an old-faitoUwied "dinner on thw ground,” but
the tood will be spread in .Stansps Fellowship
Center,
The renter was dedicated onjy last year in
mamerj of the lata Dr. and Mr*. Thomas
Stamps, long-time membrri of Ihe church.
The eeatloo alao anriounred the appointment
of Mr. ai>d Mra. Cecil S. Uutm as co-chatrman
of the ttomeromlng event. He is chairman ol
the board of deacons and she is president of
the women of the church organlzaUon.
The church was founded as a "preaching
point'’ In 1777. The original church building
was made of logs and soon was replaced by a
framed cb.ur-to tmildiflg. The second building
was burned by Sherman’s treeps as they
marched northward In 1865. Despite the
economic hardsi Jtps following the War Between
the States, members rebuilt the church and
the framed building was dedicated In 1868.
A new building containing the present sanc
tuary was dedicated In 1902 and the older
building w*s remodeled to provide classroom
space (or toe church’s educational program.
It Is still used as the education building.
The newest building on the church grounds
is Stamps Fellowship Center, which was erect
ed in 196S and dedicated last year.
Powell Bill
$$ Shared
Raeford wdll receive a total
of $16,364.03 In Powell Bill
funds — state street aid.
JJd. Hunt Jr., State High
way Commission chairman, said
the checks will be mailed from
Raleigh In late September so
tbey will reach cities and towns
October 1.
Funds equal to the amount
produced by one-half-cent of
the regular slx-cent-per-gallon
motor fuel tax levied by the
state are returned annually to
participating towns and cities In
shares based on relative non
state system street mileage and
on relative population.
This year, almost $10 million
will go to 424 cities and towns
in North Carolina.
Raeford's population (3,058)
increment qualified It tor $7,-
937.32 and Its certified non
system miles of streets (15,88)
for a mileage Increment of $8,-
426.71.
Total allocations to other
nearby cities and towns Include
Red Springs. $15,136.44; St.
Pauls, $12,656.33; Aberdeen,
$9,156.29; Southern Pines,
$34,749.70; Laurinburg, $39,-
137.78; Wagram, 82,918.0L
House Sold
To Negroes
A Negro family moved quietly
into a previously all - white
neighborhood here this week in
what was oelieved to be the
first such example of non-dis
crimination in housing in Hoke
County.
The house, at 208 Reaves
Street, is occupied by the Rev,
Thomas Walker and fiis family.
Reports indicated toe house
was bought torou^J H. Wright,
Raeford realtor. Wright was
out of town Wednesday monung,
but his office said the Rev. Mr.
Walker obtained the property
from toe Federal Housing Au
thority.
Woman Hurl
A Raetoid won&n was sHclit-
l|r injured at akciu mRkii^t
last Wadneedey when the cer
ahe was drtvlMg and the oar
being dr ven by a Fort Bregg
man cotHded at Bragg Boete.
yard and Rowen $ltee« hi Fay
etteville.
Mrs. Patnrta Ann Stka wu
chaiged by police wtih Ihtlleg
to dec reaae speed.