^ The Hoke County News- Established 1928
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The Hoke County Journal - Established 1905
VOLUME LXII NUMBER 21
RAEFORD, HOKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROUNA
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5. If67
Hears Protests
Town Board Waterlogged
Three-Hour Session
SMASH-UP — This car, operated by Henry Dixon of Lumber Bridge Rt. 1, left Highway 20 after
colliding with a pickup truck It was attempting to pass Friday afternoon near Dundarrach. Dixon
was taken to Moore Memorial Hospital, where it was determined that his Injuries were not
serious, according to state highway patrolmen.
J.A. Webb Board Has Trouble
, Hits Deer
In Road
J.A. Webb, Hoke County com-
imlssloner, and his t^ife were
unhurt early Tuesday night when
a one-point buck leaped Into the
road In front of Webb's car and
was killed.
Highway Patrolman E. W.
Coen said the accident occurred
about 3 pjn. osiHlghway 211 just
west of the sanatorium ofMc-
Caln.
Coen said WeBb told him he
thought he only crlpped the deer,
but several cars trailing Webb
also ran over the animal. It
was dead when Coen arrived
and was turned over to state
wildlife authorities.
Early Wednesday morning,
Alton Willis of Shannon was in
jured, apparently seriously,
when his pickup truck was hit
by an unloaded tractor-trailer
. used to haul turkeys.
* State Trooper E.M. Roberts
said the wreck occured at about
7:20 a. m. on N. C. 20 south of
Raeford.
He said his Investigation re
vealed that Willis attempted to
'■ See WRECK, Page 9
Young Demos
The Young Democrats Club
of Hoke County will meet Fri
day at 7:30 p.m. to elect of
ficers for the new club year.
Jimmy Sinclair, YDC presi
dent, urged allclub members and
interested Young Democrats to
attend, promising to adjourn In
time for participants to see
the football game.
Rounding Quorum
A short meeting of the Hoke
County Board of Commission
ers got off to a late start Mon
day morning for lack of a
quorum.
Chairman T. C. Jones was
admitted at Moore Memorial
Hospital last Saturday, where
he will undergo tests and treat
ment. Ralph Barnhart was
called out of town Sunday and
had not returned by meeting
time, and John Balfour was de
tained at home.
The board must meet on the
first Monday each month unless
It Is a holiday, then It must
meet on the first Tuesday,
Commissioner J. A. Webb
said that of the 10 years he
had served on the board, he had
never gone to a meeting before
that could not begin because
there was no quorum. He and
Vice Chairman Tom McBryde
waited out a 30-minute period
for the arrival of Balfour be
fore the meeting was called to
order.
Even so, the small amount
of business at hand and the
drawing of a jury for the No
vember 20 term of court, were
disposed of and the men were
ready to leave by 11 o’clock.
During the business session,
the board authorized T, B. Les
ter, county manager, to attend
a three-day state elections
meeting coming up, to give the
town a small tool shed back
of the old Jail which Is no long
er needed by the county, and to
turn some appliance In the old
Jail over to ^e extension de-
parment to be used where most
needed.
Reports were heard from the
county agricultural extension
department. W. S. Young re
ported that Rockflsh Communi
ty Development Club will have
a booth at the state fair next
week and Miss Josephine Hall
reported on the progress being
made In the county In 4-H Club
work.
At the request of R. B. Nel
son of Robersonvllle, the board
voted to draw up a resolution
asking that U. S. Highway 13
be allowed to overlap Highway
401 and continue on to New Or
leans, U. Highway 13 pro
moters would like to see It
turned Into a scenic highway
all the way from Virginia to
the old Loulsana City by way
of North Carolina.
Job Office
Opening Here
A Job counselor from the
Employment Security Commis
sion’s office In Fayetteville will
be stationed at the post office
In Raeford each Thursday from
9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.. It was
announced this week.
'•The employment counselor
will be working with Individuals
who are primarily Interested In
suitable employment In the Rae
ford area,” the announcement
said.
"If employers have openings
and wish to avail themselves
of this service, they may do so
by calling the Hoke Community
Action Program office .any day
In the week,” said James R.
Attaway, director of Hoke CAP,
“They also may contact the
employment counselor, Mr.
Russell, during his hours here
each Thursday. His telephone
number will be 875-2263.”
Suburban
Area Asks
For Control
As If It didn’t have enough
waiter-sewer problems already,
Raeford Town Board was pltch^
another problem Monday night
and spent about three hours
trying to solve It,
A delegation which said It
represented 21 property owners
In the Sunset Hills area west of
Highway 401 asked that a bigger
water line be Installed In the
area, or thatno more customers
be added to the two-inch line
already there.
The area Is outside the town
limits. Property owners con--.
tended thw paid lor the two-
inch Ime wen It was Install
ed and ought to have control of
who Is permitted to tap onto
the line.
After a two-hour discussion,
town»board ofler^ the proper
ty-owners three choices: 1. The
town would extend a slx-lnch
line 1,000 feet from College
Drive to Palmer Street and
Cole Avenue, assessing prop
erty owners half the cost, with
JJl. Wright, developer of the
area, paying the other halfp
2, TTie town would annex the
area and provide the needed
Improvements at no cost to
the property owners; 3. If the
property owners canproveown
ership of the line, the town
will permit them to provide
their own Improvements and
control the addition of new cus
tomers.
The delegation departed and
the board voted to permit a new
customer to tap onto the two-
inch line.
As soon as word of the board's
action reached the neigh
borhood, a delegation returned
to protest.
It was told the board had con
sulted with Its water superin
tendent Inthedelegatlon’spres-
ence, and that he had said the
addition of one to four custo
mers would make no difference
In water pressure.
It was estimated that exten
sion of the slx-lnch line would
cost the 21 property owners
about $60 apiece. Avery Con
nell, an Insurance man and
member of the delegation, esti
mated the Increased water flow
and pressure would lower In
surance premiums as much as
$30 per year.
The board currently Is con
sidering a major expansion of
water and sewer facilities which
See WATER, Page 9
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BUILDING A SEA — Members of the Rockflsh Community
Development Club will enter a booth at the State Fair In
Raleigh next week. The booth, when complete, will tell the
story of how the community will use Its resources to catch
a big fish they call, “Industry.” Here, Gilbert Ray, with
the help of son, David, saw waves Into one of seven strips
which will depict the sea. At left, Lynn Heath paints color
and lines to make the scene authentic. Electrical devices
which will scoop fish from the water, and moving electric
signs overhead will offer explanation.
Raeford, Hoke Firemen
Will Compete In Drills
Hoke County volunteer fire
men will spring into action here
next Wednesday afternoon In a
four-event program sponsored
by Raeford-Hoke Chamber of
Commerce as part of the local
observance of National Fire
Prevention Week.
Members of five departments
who usually work closely wltii
others In time of fire or dis
aster will be In this case try
ing to outdo each other in a
series of events which. In a
way, test their proficiency.
The five departments are
Raeford, North Raeford, Rock
flsh, Hlllcrest and Puppy Creek.
A sixth Hoke County depart
ment, Stonewall, didn't enter the
contests because Its members
are busy at this time of year
and don't observe Wednesday af
ternoon closings, as do Raeford
businessmen.
Neill A. McDonald and Ralph
Barnhart of the Chamber of
Commerce and Doc Ivey,
chairman of the special events
committee are In charge of the
two-hour program.
It will begin at 3:30 p.m. with
the five departments Individual
ly ‘'rescuing” a "trapped” In
dividual from the second story
of town hall. Officially termed
a “ladder race," the competi
tion Is judged on time.
The other contests will be
conducted on Stewart Street and
In the park behind McLauchlln
Elementary School. They will
M
Raeford Hits ^Big Time’
With Quarter Horse Show
At least eight quarter horses
currently ahead In competition
for national and world cham
pionships have been entered.In
the Raeford Quarter Horse Show
here November 3.
The Raeford show — one of
six on the brand new North
Carolina Circuit of Cham
pions — shows early signs of
becoming a Class A show, ac
cording to Sonny Mlnges of Fay
etteville, secretary of the North
Carolina Quarter Horse As
sociation.
Entries from 18 states already
have been received for the six-
day circuit Other shows will
be held at Fayetteville, Novem
ber 4; Smlthfleld, November
5: Goldsboro, October 28; Roa
noke Rapids, October 29, and
Dublin, November 1,
Last year, shows were held
at Raeford, Fayetteville and
smlthfleld. They attracted some
of the top quarter horses In the
nation who at that time were
battling for points toward na
tional and world championships.
Several of the horses shown here
went on to become world
champs.
The Raeford show will be an
all-day affair. It will be staged
at the Hoke Saddle Club ring In
Robbins Heights. Halter class
es will be run In the morning
and performance classes In the
afternoon.
Last year's Raeford show was
a Class B affair — second high
est classification of shows sanc
tioned by the American Quarter
Horse Association. The Smith-
field show also was Class B,
but the Fayettevllle show rank
ed as Class A.
Classification is based upon
the number of entries by re
gistered AQHA animals. A
total of 150 entries entitles a
show to Class B rating and 228
qualifies as Class A.
Pat Lemmon, Brookfield,
Wise., one of the top exhibitors
In the nation, showed Aledollta
Bar here last year. The mare
went on to become world cham
pion.
This year, Mrs. Lemmon will
show Roxanna Bar, a Texas
mare currently ahead In the
race for world championship
honors, at the six Nor^ Caro
lina shows.
At least seven other quarter
horses currently leading the
point races for national and/or
world championships are ex
pected to be shown here. They
Include:
Whata Bonanza, owned by Bob
Hembrook of Fort Atkinson,
Wise., leading junior quarter
horse stallion.
Bar Flower, owned by Frank
Cardo, Blackstone, Va., leading
senior quarter horse stallion.
Dude’s Dream, owned by
Clarion Farms, Clemmons,
leading junior reining horse.
Slick's Joy, also owned by
Clarion Farms, leading junior
quarter horse mare.
Pete's Flush, owned by Rick
Fisher, Fresno, Ohio.
Toppereno, owned by Mrs.
A.S. Kelly, Burlington, Ver
mont, leading western riding
horse.
Matt's Son, owned by Booty
Soe BIG TIME, Page 9
include dousing a pit fire, Ail
ing a 55-gallon drum with water,
and rolling a barrel with water.
In the barrel! event, one depart
ment will try to roll the barrel
In one direction with a stream
of water, while another resists
and tries to roll the barrel in
the opposite direction.
Members of the five depart
ments met Tuesday night at the
Raeford fire station to iron
out details and receive instruc
tions. Most of the departments
began drills Immediately to
sharpen their performance for
the contests.
Winning teams in each event
will receive certificate of
achievement.
The North Raeford depart
ment has been organized only
a couple of weeks, but plunged
right Into practice for the drills.
Puppy Creek Is a comparatively
new department, and Wednesday
night. It borrowed some equip
ment from the Raeford depart
ment and practiced in town.
Purpose of the competition is
to attract attention to the coun
ty's and town's volunteer fire
departments. The six depart
ments already in operation in
See FIREMEN, Page 9
High School
Break-In
Is Solved
Two young North Raeford
Negroes were convicted yester
day of breaking Into the locker
room at Hoke High School,
rifling clothing, stealing watch
es and money, and making off
with other v^uables while the
junior varsity football team was
in Laurlnburg.
They were Charles Ellis Mc-
Dougaid, 17, and Freddie Lee
McLauchlln, 17. A third young
ster, only 15 years old, will
be tried by juvenile court au
thorities,
McLauchlln, a Hoke High stu
dent, and McDougald, an Up
church High student, were given
Identical sentences of 18 months
on the roads, suspended for
three years, probation lor three
years, and fined $50 and costs.
Judge Joe Digiree handed
down the judgment after the
two entered pleas of guilty.
According to investigating of
ficers, the break-ln was dis
covert at about 10 p. m. Thurs
day when the junior varsity team
returned from Laurlnburg. The
players had dressed at the high
school before boarding the ac
tivity bus for the game.
Taken In the raid were six
watches, $27 In cash, shoes,
pants. Jackets, a ring, and other
See BREAK-IN, Page 9
Ken McNeill Heads
County ASC Group
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PAT LEMMON WITH WINNER AT 1966 SHOW HEBE
Ken W. McNeill, Raeford
farmer, has been re-elected
chairman of Hoke County’s
Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation (ASC) committee.
Delegates to the convention
at which officers were elected
also selected Julian Love as
vice chairman, John Parker
as a regtilar member of the
committee, and D. A. Currie
and Thomas J. Upchurch as
alternitti.
The ASC county and com
munity committees are In
charge of local administration
of such national farm programs
as the agricultural conserva
tion, the cropland adjustment,
feed grain, voluntary wheat,
upland cotton diversion, ac
reage allotment and marketing
quotas, commodity price sup
port loans, aiid storage facility
loans.
ASC romnnmlty committee
men were chosen last month
by mall. The ballots were tabi>.
lated publlclly by the Incumb
ent ASC coimty committee Sep
tember 2$. The committees
Include;
ALLENDALE — D. A. Cur-
Ire, L. A. McGougan, David S,
Liles.
ANTIOCH — H. C. GUUi,
G. B. Bostic, F. C. MePhaai.
BLUE SPRINGS — T.J. Har
ris. lari Keodrix. C. K. Galn-
•y.
McLAUCHLIN ~ Dougl**
Monroe, E. B. Ntwioa, H. A.
McDonald.
QUE whiffle — B- H-
Thornburg, Charlie Peodar-
grtss, Robert D. Strother,
RAEFORD — Thomas J. Up-
churih. J. B. McLeod, Jaaaa
L. Warner.
STONEWALL — DavMHead-
rU, T. w. Joaea, C. D. Boa-
tie.