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The Hoke County News- Established 1928
The Hoke County Journal - Established 1905
VOLUME LXII NUMBER 38
RAEFORD. HOKE COUNTY. NORTH CAROLINA
4 PER YEAR 10 PER COPY
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1968
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' TOTAL WRECK This cir was parked on the pavement on Shannon Road mile east of N. C
311 when hit by another vehicle Sunday night, according to State Highway Patrolman J. D. Robin
son. The car was unoccupied, but four persons in the second vehicle were injured,
Raeford Girl Is Injured;
Car Smashes Into Tree
State Trooper J, D. Robin
son listed the driver as Bailey
Hanes, 18, of Shannon Rt. L
He was only slightly hurt.
The car, registered In the
name of Sarah jane McLean,
Raeford Rt. 1, according to
Robinson was operated before
being left on the highway by Bob
Knight, Raeford Rt, L
Robinson said Knight told him
the wheels locked on the vehicle
and he left the scene to gethelp
In moving the car off the road.
pisengers in therarJrtven
by Bailey Hanes werehis broth
er, Thomas Hanes, 17, Patricia
McCormlck. 17, and Marvin
Stubbs, 19, all of Shannon Rt.
1.
Robinson said the girl seem
ed to be the most seriously
hurt of the three victims. The
driver was slightly Injured, but
did not require hospitalization.
The other three were taken to
Cape Fear Valley Hospital In
Fayette vtlle.
Robinson said his investiga
tion indicated the parked car
had all four wheels on the pave
ment. The ii-lw .' -3 charg&J
with improper parking, leaving
a vehicle unattended without
lights.
A Raeford girl was seriously
Injured Saturday morning when
the car she was driving left a
rural paved road near Philippl
Church and struck a tree after
she apparently went to sleep
at the wheel.
Admitted to Cape Fear Val
ley Hospital, reportedly In
serious condition, was Linda
Harrell, 18-year-old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Willie Harrell
of Raeford.
Miss Harrell is a third shift
worker at Pacific Mills here
and reportedly had worked the
night before.
The crash occurred at about
11:30 a. m. in bright, clear
weather on a dry road.
State Highway Patrolman E. , , . .,
JWTiS .M- Webb First To File
while driving. The car left
the road aft' having negotiated
a curve and left no skid marks
In Its path to the tree, Indicat
ing the vehicle was not out of
control, Coen said.
Raeford Ambulance Service
rushed the girl to the hospital,
where she reportedly was
treated for serious Internal In
juries. The car, a 1960 Ramb
ler, was demolished.
Meanwhile, three persons
were injured and a fourth slight
ly hurt when the car In which
they were riding plowed into a
parked vehicle on Shannon Road,
a mile east of N. C 311. Sunday
night.
BY JIM TAYLOR
Two Hoke County officers on routine patrol about midnight Thursday
dropped In at the scene of an armed robbery near Antioch, caught two
men and charged them with the crime, and followed their tips in rounding
up two others allegedly Involved in the stickup.
In fact, when Deputy Sheriff James Adams and Hoke ABC Officer Kermlt
Riley went to the front door of L.F. West's place, two of the robbers were
In the process of tying up West in a back room of the establishment.
Adams said he was riding with Riley on routine patrol and stopped to
check the lock on West's place, where beer is sold, between Antioch and
Red Springs on N. C. 211. The lock was missing, Adams said, and the
front door was slightly ajar.
As they had driven up, they observed a pickup truck pulling away,
Adams said, so he and Riley sped after the pickup. The truck had departed
In the direction of Raeford. After a short drive, Adams and Riley met
the truck, now going southward.
The officers turned arouH and followed the truck. Shortly after they
passed West's place, they observed two other men walking along the
road, according to Adams.
"When Riley turned on the blue light to signal the pickup to stop,
these two fellows took off across a field,' he said.
The pair in the pickup were identified as Ernest Jacobs, 16, the driver,
and David Jacobs, 18, both of Lumber Bridge Rt. 1.
After taking the two youngsters into custody, Adams and Riley returned
to West's place, where they found him tied to a chair in a bedroom.
West lives on the premises, Adams said.
Adams said West told them he had been robbed of more than $900
In cash and checks; that one of the bandits was armed with a 13 gauge
shot0nn, and that the gunman had threatened to kill him.
Adams quoted West as saying the storekeeper heard the officers
when they came to the front door, and that he was being tied up at the
time. When the robbers left, they took his .32 caliber pistol.
On information supplied by Ernest and David Jacobs, Sheriff Dave
Barrington, who had been called to the scene, went with Robeson County
officers to where the two other men lived.
They arrested Fred Jacobs, 23, of Lumber Bridge Rt. 1, and Roger
Jacobs. 18, of Red Springs Rt. 1.
Barrington said that when he and the Robeson officers routed Roger
Jacobs out of bed, Jacobs went for a pistol In a nearby drawer. Barring
ton said West identified the pistol as the gun the bandits took from him.
All four defendants were placed under $1,000 bond. They are scheduled
to receive preliminary hearing next week in District Court here.
Meanwhile, Barrlngton's department has rounded up five other men and
charged them with breaking Into Freddie Breeden's store after midnight.
January 35.
They made off with 50 cartons of cigarettes, a large quanlty of beer,
and other merchandise, Barrington said.
Barrington said four of the men were implicated by Charlie Lee,
about 20, after he was picked up by Cumberland County officers in con
nection with a break-in In that county and linked to the Hoke County haul.
The other four were Identified as Terry Waterman. 17, Grady Lee,
18, and Jimmy Lee, 20, all of Fayetteville, and Clayton Eugene Parks,
formerly of Hoke County.
The sheriff said some 50 cartons of cigarettes were recovered from
Charlie Lee's car and that 30 cases of beer were found at the home of
one of the other four.
All five men were placed under $1,000 bond.
For Hoke Commissioner
Hoke County commissioner J.A. Webb filed for reelection
Friday, becoming the first candidate for county office to enter
the May Democratic primary.
Earlier, Rep. NelU L. McFadyen of Raeford, incumbent
solon from the 34th House District (Hoke, Robeson and Scot
land counties), paid his filing fee. The other Incumbent re
presentatives from the district, R.D. McMillan of Red Springs
and R.L. Campbell of Rowland, entered the House race.
Several other county offices are to be filled In the Novem
ber election, and the Incumbent Democrats are expected to
file.
They Include Tom McBryde. county commissioner; Dr. R.M.
Jordan and Bobby Gibson, board of education, and Joe Gulled ge,
register of deeds.
Car-Train
Crash Kills
Gudmunson
A 23 - year - old employe
of Pacific Mills Dyeing Plant
was killed five miles north
west of St. Pauls Sunday when
his car was struck by a train.
Larry Eldean Gudmundson
was killed Instantly in the acci
dent, according to State High
way Patrolman R, H. Newton,
who said the wreck occurred
at 9:22 a.m. aid involved no
other vehicles.
Gudmundson, a native of Min
nesota, was employed In the
quality control lab of the mill.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Margie Peterson Gudmundson,
one son, John N. Gudmundson,
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
Gudmundson of Lake Brunson,
Minn.; three brothers, Frankie
of Oakland, Calif., John G. of
Redondo Beach, Calif., and Ro
se CAR-TRAIN, Page 11
Slayer Is
For January
Given
13
16 Years
Knifing
A Raeford Rt. 1 man was
sentenced to 16 years in prison
last week after a Superior Court
Jury ruled him guilty of man
slaughter In the knife slaying
of his first cousin.
Judge Maurice Braswell Im
posed the sentence upon Colon
Purcell. 34, for the January 13
slaying of James Melvtn, 39.
A second defendant, John
Stephens, alias Boyd Stephens,
was convicted of being an ac
cessory before the fact in man
slaughter. He was given a two
year prison term.
Evidence indicated that Pur
cell and MeMn got into an
argument concerning Purcell's
attention to Melvln'j wife, who
is Stephens' daughter. The
two men went outside, where
Stephens handedPurcellaknlfe,
witnesses said.
Purcell and Melvin then en
gaged in a struggle In which
Melvin received fatal cuts on
the head and chest.
Both men were tried on
charges of second degree
murder, with Stephens facing
an additional charge of acces
sory In murder. After Judge
Braswell Instructed the jury
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Kiwanians Name Gibson
Hoke's 'Man Of Year'
Burlington
Sales Up
NEW YORK -- Burlington In
dustrie:., Inc., has reported con
solidated net sales of $391,716,
000 for the quarter ended De-,
eember 30, an Increase of 16 per
cent compared to sales of $337,
700,000 for the same period
last year.
Net earnings for the quarter
Increased 34 per cent to $20,
033.000, equal to 79 cents per
share on 35.323,000 shares out
standing at December 30. Fol
the comparable quarter last
year, net earnings were
$16,146,000. or 64 cents pet
share.
Charles F. Myers Jr., presi
dent, said the results were in
line with earlier expectations
that textile demand was recov
ering from generally depressed
market conditions of last year.
"We have experienced a marked
Increase in business lnce last
September In most areas of
operations," he stated, "and we
expect the improvement to con
tinue in our second fiscal quar
tet." The board of directors of
Burlington Industries, meeting
In New York, declared a regu
lar quarterly dividend of 30
cents per Vre, payable
March 1 to shareholders of rec
ord at the clo.e of business Feb
ruary a.
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Raeford Kiwanls Club last
week paid tribute to a former
member who died In December
when club members and thier
wives gathered for the club's
annual ladles night banquet.
W.T. (Hoot) Gibson Jr., su
perintendent of schools, was
named Kiwanls "Man of the
Year" In recognition of his many
years of membership in the club
and his contributions to the com
munity. The award was presented
posthumously by the Rev. Cortez
Cooper and was accepted on be
half of the Gibson family by
Clyde E. Upchurch Jr. and Rob
ert L. Gatlln, close friends of
Gibson.
The affair was held at Whis
pering Pines Restaurant near
Southern Pines and drew praise
of Kiwanians and their guests
as "one of the best banquets
we have ever had."
Principal speaker was Ray
Wilkinson, farm service direc
tor of WRAL-TV in Raleigh
and a heralded after dinner
speaker. His talk was humorous
In nature.
Guests Included Charles Ellis
of Darlington, S.C.. governor of
the Carollnas District of
Kiwanls International, and Mrs.
Ellis; Garland Phersoncf South
ern Pines, fourth district gov
ernor, and Mrs. Pherson, and
Herb Henning, Florence. S.C.,
Carollnas District secretary
treasurer, and Mrs. Hennlns.
Perfect attendance awards
were presented, aid Marion
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Tomorrow Is Candlemas Day:
Will Groundhog See Shadow?
WHAT'S GOING ON--These dogs seem to be having fun,
whatever they're doing which Is treeing a coon In tie
water race at Saturday's coon hound show held here by
RockfUk Coon Hunters Club. The two dogs at the pole
have arrived at the "tree" after swimming across Mc
Leod's pond and the dog at lower left U making a late
arrival. Story and photos on Page 8.
BY LUCY GRAY PEEBLES
What (reat promise will the froundhof
bring tomorrow?
December and January brought some ex
tremely cold weather tor Hoke County, and
November set some kind of record tor low
nighttime readings. What February holds in
store la yet to be seen. According to old
superstitutton, the actions of that furry little
animal will tell the tale.
During the past four weeks, there have
been two tee storms. Although In some
apota like Ashley Heights and Southern Pines,
the resulting damage of iaat week's freeze
was great, in most sections preclpltatloo was
lighter and fewer treee and utility lines went
down than from the storm two weeks earlier.
In America, the groundhog tradition declerea
that If the animal sees its ahadow upon leaving
Its burrow on February t, there will follow
40 more days of winter. If no shadow ia cast,
prlng will come sooner.
Groundhog or no groundhog, an old proverb
can be Interpreted to mean that there la still
tlx more weeka of winter weather. It advlees,
"Febraury, second day, have half your corn
and half your hay."
The second day of February was first aet
aside by Romans for honoring the goddess,
"Febrile," This waa done by the burning of
candlea.
In Ita ecclesiastical meaning, the date Is
called Candlemas Day. It Is the feast of the
purification of the Virgin Mary. Roman Catho
Uca lone aro adopted the ritual of burning
candlea and bieased the candles to he used the
next year, hence the name Candlemas.
Candlea symbol!?. the words spoken by
Simeon of the Infant Christ, "A light to lighten
the Gentiles."
In modern times, many traditions claim
that a fair Candlemas Day Indicate! a long
winter. In a Scotch verse, It Is expresaed
this way:
"If Candlemas Is fair and clear.
There'll be twa winters in the year."
In the United States, the day is popularly
known as Groundhog Day. If you have ever
aeen a woodchuck, you have aeen a ground
hog. They're one and the same, being a ro
dent, sometimes called burrowing ground
squirrel, hedgehog and "whistle pig".
It growa to 18 to 24 Inches In length, has
a heavy body and a short bushy tall. It la
found In temperate regions of America, Eu
rope and Asia and ia a member oi the mar
mot tribe from which came a once popular
Inexpensive fur used In fashioning coats.
The pelt of the groundhog, however, Is con
sidered useless. The fur la brlstle-llke, long
(much like a possum or raccoon), and In
color la dark brown heavily flecked with gray.
The groundhog la edible and In the moun
tain ranks with "possum and 'coon as some
thing of a "delicacy." The flesh la course,
stringy, and fatty.
The groundhog Is celebrated In at If.
one song, a "hUlbllly" ballad which Indict- -
Its edibility:
"Yonder cornea Sally, with a big, r
grin . . .
Groundhog gravy all over her chin."
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