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Tha Hoke County News- Established 1928 The Hoke County Journal - Established 1905 VOLUME LXII NUMBER 34 RAEFORD, HOKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA f 1 PER YEAR 16 PER COPY THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1968 Beginning March 30 I 5 : 1 Must Lit' .,: : 1 h-i -i AT EASE -- Dogs cn fight the chickens over In the Raelord turkey turn area it they want but this compatible canine apparently thinks it is too much trouble when ofierwise all one has to do is bask in the sunshine on the front porch. The rooster and dog Uve on the other side of town on Fifth Avenue, and they appear to like it that way. Young Pursesnatcher Hits Third Time At Post Office A young pursesnatcher who has plagued the Raeford post office area since before Christ mas struck again Tuesday, but failed to make a haul. The youngster, apparently about 12 years old, entered a parked car in front of Lamont Post Of lice Change Stamp Price Nearly 10,000 postage vending machines, Including those at months to reflect the new post age rates, Postmaster Charlie Morrison said today. New postage rates go into effect Sunday. The new rates raise first class postage to six . cents an ounce, air mall to ten cents an ounce, and postal cards to five cents. The Job of converting the thousands of vending machines found in post office lobbies from coast to coast Is so massive that it will take several months to complete. Five different types of machines are Involved, Morrison noted. Most of the machines now provide five rent and four cent stamps for a nickel, quarter Death Took Several iProminent Citizens i In Hoke During Last Half Of The Year Ths old year went out this week much as it came in 12 monvhs ago cold and un eventful, from the standpoint of newt. Hoke County drlvera Indeed, operators throughout North Carolina compiled the best holiday weekend highway safety record In years during the long New Year's break. No traffic faulltlea were reg istered In Hoke during either the Chrlatmae or New Year's perloda. - -Worth Carolina, only 13 persons were killed during the New Year's period a p. m. Friday to p. m. Mon day. I The traffic toll In Hoke Coun ty for tke soUrt year was only II lowest In recent years. The second half of 1967 was one of progress In Hoke County. Despite a failure In the cotton crop for the second consecutive year, the econemy remained strong. Week by week, here are the most seweworthy happenings during e final half of the year, (s reflected as -The News Journtli t DtCEMBFR tl A group of Nerro cltuens headed by the ptv. Thomts t. Walker and Jimmy Mortise? announced pKnt to educate and register voters W eowt). Only half of the Ni' eltlsent otherwise eligible to ote are regiatered, Ike Pfv, Mi", Walker declared, and only half! of most regletered lake we time to vote. Thus, only one-trmrtli of their voting potential tsreeUred. Wee therm. predtrted a win ter norm trould slow s.-ross Perth Camilla Curing U J New Furniture Company, across the street from the post office. He was rifling a purse In the car when detected by Mrs. Harry Greene, who was coming out of Hoke Public Library. Mrs. Greene grabbed the youngster, who flung her aside Venders or dime. After the conversion, the machines will provide five cent and six cent stamps. A new model will offer one cent, five cent and six cent stamps, Morrison said vending ma chines In the lobbies of post offices are not to be confused with commercial stamp vending devices found In many stores. Such commercial machines pro vide a margin for profit and are not controlled by the Post Of fice Department, he said. "Post office vending ma chines can be a big convenience to postal patrons," Morrison said, "Thedevlcea permit mail ers to Ignore waiting lines at stamp sales windows or to buy stamps to mail letters after the windows have closed." Year's weekend. The storm did not materialize, however, and the precipitation that was supposed to have been snow turned Into rain. On the heels of the rain came brisk, cold weather, however, and by mid week, Hoke cltlrena were gating at gray skies and thinking that maybe the snow would show up a week late. DECEMBER 21 Louise Blue, Hoke County ASC office manager, formally retired after 33 years of service with the federal-state-county agricul ture agency. She began work ing with the agency In the 1930s when It was called AAA (Agri cultural Adjustment Act). Court officials drew the first Jury under the new system of selecting prospective Jurors. Formerly a Job performed by county commissioners, Jurors are now selected from a list (by number) compiled and kept current by a Jury commission. Dr. Marcus Smith, who had practiced dentistry here for some 30 years, closed his of fice and donated his equipment to a children's home after 111 health brought an end to his private practice. Burlington Industries held Its annual Chrlatmas party for children of employes at the two local planta. Some 2,500 youngsters trooped through the factories, greeting Santa Claus and recxlvlng a bag of toys and other goodies from the Induatrlee. DECEMBER 14 Mayor H. R, McLean led his neighbors In protest of t chicken-dog situation which had developed on I amont street and otner and fled. Mrs. Greene sounded the alarn, and the youth was observed fleeing around the post office, whsre he recovered his parked bicycle and made his getaway. ' Police Thief L. W. Stanton earlier hd warned motorists, particularly women, not to leave valuables t.-r tii Jit cais when parking, il only for a moment. That's the way the youngster operates, the chief said. He singles out cars driven by wom en first, because women do not carrj billfolds on their person, but In a handbag, which they are apt to leave in the car; second, because If surprised in the act of this theft by a woman, the youngter Is strong enough to break their grip and flee, and womej are not apt to give chase, i Chief Slanton today warned drivers (jain not to leave purses or valuables in their cars. If pirking for more than a minute dr two, the car also should be lacked, he said. Tuesday's incident was the third tlmn such a theft was committed or attempted in the post offic area. Just before Chrlstmasj a young culprit, ap parently tit: same as Tuesday's villian, teak $60 from a car. areas nelr Raeford Turkey Farma prtcesslng plant. The mayor saM dogs were chasing and kllllnl chickens which had escaped shlle being unloaded at the plait. Half-eaten chick ens were being deposited al most dsUy in several front yards In tie neighborhood. The Ret. John Mason Glenn, pastor of Klrst Baptist Church In Raeford for the past II years, announced to his congregation that he hai accepted a call to Baptiat Chapel In Sampson County se.1 would assume the new paetoiate January 1. Matthew Thompson, 49, of Raeford It, 1, waa charged with murdr in the pistol death of his nephew, James Oscar (Frog) Lesie. DECEMH:R 7 Death came unexpected to W, T. (Hoot) Gibson Jr superintendent of Hoke Coufly schools, on Sat. urday, Detmber 2. Gibson, an avid oidoorsman, died of a heart tack at his home after retaining from an all day huntuf outing. He had been in Rafordalnrel946, hav ing come wre as principal of Raeford Iigh School, and had been supeiuitendent for the past eight yeas), Donald D. Aber nethy, a 'ormer principal of Hoke Hid School, was named to sucrert Gibson as superin tendent, I Second I Lieutenant Samuel War lick, (on of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey WlrltU of Raeford, was killed in ar-lton In Vietnam while leading a platoon of Infantry. He was tilv the second Hoke servtcemei killed In the Viet nam conflict. Rseforihok- Vnlled Fund ' 1 Every Voter In County Books Open One Extra Saturday All Hoke County voters must register again this year, ac cording to John Scott Poole, chairman of the Hoke board of elections, and the county must pay the bill. State law requires that the slate lie wiped clean and a new registration effected imme diately, Poole told county com missioners this week. The new regulations require that each county establish and maintain a looseleaf registration sys tem (that is, one In which the voter's registration Is con tained on a single page which ran be added or removed from the binder), and that a complete new rerlstratlon be accomplish ed before the May primaries. In Hoke County, registration books will be open on March 30 and will be at polling places in each of the county's precincts for four successive Saturdays. The fifth Saturday will be chal lenge day. An extra week of registration Is set un because It Is a tievv registration, Poole said. While books are open at the polling places only on Saturdays, a voter may register any day of the week In the registration period by going to the regis trar's home, or wherever he may be found. Poole said the county regis tration books now contain the names of some 3,000 eligible voters. A new registration has not been held here since about 1936, although the hooks have been "purged" several times, (Removing the names of citi zens who had died or moved away). The new registration will entail a lot of work, and there will be little time in which to accomplish it, Poole declared. It also will cost the county $1,239 Just to buy the 14 per manent binders and storage flies for each precinct. Poole said Hoke County has a potential of 6,500 voters i time more han ha" o' uhirh See VOTERS. Page 9 exceeded its $22,027 goal by a comfortable margin. The fund only twice has failed to reach Its goal In some IS years of operation here. NOVEMBER 30 Hoke High School band won first place In the Monroe Christmas parade and was acclaimed for Its per formance In the annual Caro lines Carousel In Charlotte. A Hoke County native, Mrs. Vivian Reld, was named South Carolina "Teacher of the Year." She once lived In Dun darrach and Is a graduate of Hoke High School. George Caddell of Raeford was charged with manslaughter as a result of an accident In volving the truck he was driv ing and a pickup truck occupied by five men. Killed In the wreck, which occurred near Hope MUle, was Roland Gil more, 54, of St, Pauls. NOVEMBER 23 Aknocked down stop sign, 'hirh some motorist carelessly tailed to report, v,as blamed v.th Hoke County's eleventh traffic death o the year. Charles Henry Sinders. 17, of Raeford Rt. 1, v. as the victim. He a riding in a car which uas struck at a i Intel section near Hoke High S hool 'hen the other driier, u.ifa mi liar with the road, ran through the crostlrr , which as Jl'puied to have been marked ''ith a stop sKn, Ellas Rogers, a resident of the Antioch community, ss W clared winner of a dlrecttr's roit in LumSee River tlec trlc Mrmnerthlp Corpora,' kl after a recouis 1 vllois. The l- Otmi ve tie pot to .aeg . ' i! -it . i if i- i r- i . P" F - ".- "-' ' ' Vit-y-wt; nn m i. .j r'l-M". a Mmm awn """" . " . .v.v,i - " . ,, . .7 ... . .. . ' V"' v-.C;: : i-r" . -: . tiff- -.. ' r jj.- . . - J Hiai SC11CCI. HOTHOt'SEA Hoke High School green house will be ready to sprout Its first seed within the next two weeks. The $3,500 ;lass building is all set up with i't..it cud WMsr p,'p.M I'r-ior U) tiiebcg'nnirig of tfn r.fxt semester i topsoil will go into the trays and tile seed and cutting will be planted by agriculture students who are McFadyen Will Seek Seat In '69 State Legislature Neill L. McFadyen, Hoke farmer and veteran state legis lator, announced here this week he will be a candidate for re noniinatlon in the May Demo cratic primary in the 24th House District, composed of Hoke, Robeson and Scotland counties. His early announcement was unusual In that during the last House election, he practically had to be pushed into running. His position at that time was that he already had served three terms, and it was time for an Mrs. J. M. Andrews, also of the Antioch section, but Rogers and his supporters claimed some 200 write-in ballots cast for him were Invalidated and should have been counted. James Evander Glllls, 71, a native of Hoke County, form er automobile salesman, and last year's winner of the "Lion of the Year" award, died at Moore Memorial Hospital after extended illness. NOVEMBER 16 Rockflsh and Wayside communities both won first place awards In the annual Sandhills Area Develop ment Association competition. Rockflsh was the top rural non farm community m the five -county association, and Wayside won first place among rural farm entries, Raeford, whlcn waa first place winner In the towns division, placed third In that competition. Dr. H.H, McLean, local phy. slclan and director of Hoke Depattment of Health, quit pri vate practice and resigned from the county post to become a reg ional consultant for N.C. De partment of Public Health. Al though his office will be in f ayetteville, Dr. and Mrs. Mc Lean haie chosen to continue residing In Raeford. James h. Attaway, a retired army ma or, resigned direc tor of Hoke Community Action program, the antl-poerty pro gram he had headed since It was organized here. NOVEMUtR 9 - Raeford Town Board gave the go-ahead aianal for a $650,000 water ewer hood lasue. The referen See RC-Di r, Fs.t ? ister In other Hoke Countlan to go to Raleigh. In the meantime, however, the state was redistricted. Hoke, which formerly had a represen- REP. NEILL McFADYEN C2i V e e Jones Off Ailing List; Hoke Board Meets Again After an extended iUness and hospitalization, T. C. Jones, chairman of Hoke County Board of Commissioners, was on hand Monday to preside over the monthly session. During the two-hour meeting, the board welcomed D. D. Aber nethv as the new countv schnnls superintendent, appointed some board and commission mem- bers, heard reports and ap peals, a..d made several ap propriations. Appointed to the planning and zonln, hoard were J. D. Mc Allister, who takes the place vacated by Stanley Koor.ce, A. K. Leach, who replaces Bernard 3ray, Halite Blytte, who re places Truman Austin and Smith, Mclnnls. who replaces James Wood. Appointed to the Hoke County Fire Commission to serve untl. the first Mor.dey In December, 1. 8. were Eugene W, Coen, Id fill the expired term of D. R. H -ff Jr., and Robert Jones, to tike the place of CyiX'.earh. The boar voted to5 -e t ralio ki h lii.,T 4.1 leading to da many things in addition to growing cotton, corn arid tobacco. .The horticulture class will grow an nuals for sale) lrhJhe, spring and root cuttings which will , xoineiay beOome BSautlfylt.g evergreens uA the suiool campus. This is the school's first attempt at such a project. tatlve of lt own, was Included with Robeson and Scotland in a single district which was to have four seats In the State House of Representatives. With Hoke vastly outnumbered by voters in the other two counties, the only chance Hoke had to gain one of the four seats was to field strong candidate, ac ceptable to the strongestcandl dates in the other two counties, and McFadyen filled the bill. The polit.cal situation con tinues, and Hake has no hope of electing a representative on the basis of his vote-getting power In H"ke alone. Last election, McFadyen, David Brltt and R. D. McMillan of Robeson and Roger Kiser of Scotland were the Democratic nominees, having disposed of a fifth Democratic candidate in the primary. They won a shoo in victory In the general elec tion. McFadyen first went to the See McFADYEN, Page 9 yf T. C. JCNE3 at a cost of $553.50. It heard reports from the farm and home agent's olflces given by Mrs. E'.ien Willis and W. S. Young. The foluu'lng 1968 holidays, were approved for county offices: New Year! Day, Jan uary 1; Easter Monday, April St i 'i 9 68 ii:r.isi? j 51" Al Lennon Is Visitor To County Rep, Alton A, Lennon of Wil mington, who represents the Seventh Congressional District of North Carolina In Washington, paid a visit to Hoke County yes terday. Lennon arrived at the coun ty courthouse In mid-morning and Immediately began receiv ing citizens who had complaints, or other business with the fed eral government, or who Just dropped In to pay their re spects. The veteran legislator each year makes a tour of counties In his district after Congress adjourna. Because It stayed In session Into December last yesr, and will reconvene later this month, hla trips had to be hurried. Nevertheless, he found time to spend at least one day In the county courthouse of each county In the district. From Raeford, he will move on to Robeson, Bladen and Columbus counties. Lennon was the guest of sev eral local people for lunch here, yeaterday, IS; Confederate Memorial Day, May 10; Independence Day, July 4; Labor Day, September 2: Veterans Day, November 11; Thanksgiving Day, November 28; Christmas, December 24, 25.26. The board also passed a reso lution to appropriate $534,77 for Southeastern Economic De velopment Association. There quest was made by Jim Fout, chairman of the association's board of directors. The association's budget for the year Is (48.000. of which the federal! government pays $33,651. Cther counties helping to mexe up the local portion of the budget are Cumberland, $4,159; Brunswick $713; Colum bus (1,426. The project standing at the) top of the association's prior ity list is the dredging of Cape Fear River. The (48,000 In funds will go to pay director's salary of (12,009, phis Salaries of other hired office jhelp. offloe p plles, and travel. 4-v -m m CI art aTTeTk
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