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The Hoke County News- Established 1928
The Hoke County Journal - Established 1905
VOLUME LXII NUMBER 47
RAEFORI), HOKE COUNTY. NORTH CAROLINA
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THURSDAY. APRIL I. 1968
Seeking $700,000
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Skid Marks Show Path Of Pickup Which Hit Train
How Long, 0 Lord?
Hoke Highways Stained
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By Six Fatal Wrecks
Several years ago, Frank
Clement, then governor of Ten
nessee, drew a nationwide
chuckle when he said in the
keynote address before the
Democratic National Conven
tion (Dwight O. Eisenhower had
been president for four years):
"How long, O Lord, how
long?"
Today, one must seriously
think about the same thing when
he takes a look at the auto
mobile accident rate in Hoke
Countywhich is no better and
no worse, perhaps, than in the
state and nation in general.
Nontheless, scarcely a week
has passed since February 1
In which a major wreck was
not reported and pictured on
page one of The News-Journal.
Beginning February 29, the
next five consecutive editions
had a gruesome wreck photo
graph on the front page.
Six persons alreadyhavebeen
killed on the county's highways
this year, and last year's rec
ord of 11 traffic fatalities
New Registration Nets 1,296
Sign-Ups At 13 Precincts
The first day of a new reg
istration by all Koke County
voters last Saturday produced
a whop)lng 1.296 registrations
in the county's 13 precincts, ac
cording to J. Scott 1 oole, chair
man of the county board of elec
tions. A 1th registrars at pollln;
places, brisk business was re
ported In most precincts. It last
ed from 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.,
which will I registration hours
on each of the next three Satur
days. Prospective voters also may
register at any time during the
week by contacting the regis
trar of their prei inrt within
reasonable hours. The law re
quires, however, that the reg
istrars and other poll officials
be at the voting places on Sat
urday. April 6, April 13 and
April 20. April 27 will be chal
lent diy. The annual sprln;
primaries will he held May
4.
The new re-itratlon was
ordered in Hnke County, as in
most rounttes in the stale, to
Implement a snitch to "loose
leaf" registration In all 100
counties. The looseleaf sys
tem permits addition or deletion
of indlWdual re;lstrailon lth-
seems certain to be eclipsed.
State highway patrolmen op
erating in the county express
growing concern over the start
ling increase in serious ac
cidents, not all of which have
resulted in death. The inci
dence of such wrecks has been
far worse this year than last,
although six deaths had been
Power Off
Lumbee Elver Electric Mem
bership Corporation has an
nounced that electric service
will he off Sunday. April 7, from
6 to 8 a.m. in the Ked Springs,
Antloch, Lumber Bridge, Wak
ulla and Cak Grove areas.
The interruption is scheduled
so maintenance work can be
done on certain lines and a sub
station belonglnj to Carolina
fower and Light Company which
transports current for LRLMC
use.
Registration Totals
White Negro Ind. Dem. GOf Tolal
ALLtNTALE 4 52 7 63 0 "
ANTIOCH 49 28 73 139 8 150
BLUE SI KINGS 16 45 9 68 2 70
BICI1AX 17 48 3 68 0 68
MrCAIN 49 52 2 94 9 '3
Pl I PY CRKt.K 25 57 0 79 8 85
RAEFORD 1 70 56 0 120 6 126
RAtFOHD"2 82 25 0 107 0 107
H.U FOPD J 42 58 2 100 2 12
RFORD4 63 0 66 5 71
FALFOHD 5 0 217 0 216 1 2'1
HOCKFISh 24 0 0 21 3 M
STOMKALL 45 68 0 103 8 "113
TOTAL 486 714 96 1.239 52
registered last year by April
10. That was due, in part,
to a single accident which
claimed the lives of four per
sons. This year, no more than two
persons have been killed in any
one crash, and only one accident
produced more than a single
fatality.
The most recent fatal accident
was reported in last week's
issue of The News-Journal.
It occurred Just before mid
night March 31 when a car
occupied by two young Negro
men reportedly ignored a stop
sign and drove directly into
the path of an oncoming Grey
hound bus. Both young men were
killed. They were identified
as Shermen E. Breeden, 26,
of Red Springs and Dockery
Jones Jr., 25, of Raeford.
Earlier the same week, acar
and a pickup truck crashed at
Bowmore on L'.S. 401 south,
seriously huring Stanley Kelly,
9, son of the pickup's driver,
(See HOKE HIGHWAYS, Page 7)
Town Sewer Bond Vote
To Be Held April 20
No Raise
In Taxes
Required
Raeford voters will go to tl.e
polls April 20 -- two weeks
from Saturday to vote on
whether the town shall be em
powered to issue $700,000 i:i
sewer bonds to head off an
expected cri.-is in sew aoe treat
ment. Ihe bond issue was called
earlier this year after more
than a year of study by the
town boaril, which investigated
literally doens of possible so
lutions. Only when the consulting en
gineer, Richard Moore of Ashe
horo, rame up with apian which
would not requireataxincrea.sc
or Increased water-sewer
charges for residential custo
mers, did the board agree to
the bond issue.
For the past several months,
attorneys In New York City and
local officials have been linin.
up the referendum.
The money will be used, along
with some $300,000 in federal
funds, to substantially enlarge
the existing sewage treatment
plant and to provide additional
outfall
Industries.
Moore, whose firm designed
the present treatment plant,
warned more than a year ago
that the designed capacity of
the treatment- plant was being
exceeded by dangerous levels.
The plant was built to have a
maximum capacity of 1.5 million
gallons daily, but another limi
tation (biological oxygen de
mand capacity or B.OJ).)
substantially limited capacity.
Designed B.O.D. capacity of
the plant, completed in 1963,
is 2,800. A three-team survey
last summer indicated the plant
was being operated at more
than twice its B.O.D. capacity.
Burlington Industries and
Raeford Turkey Farms, largest
industrial customers for water
and sewer, worked closely with
town officials and Moore in
setting upcorrective measures.
They will Include increasing the
plant's B.O.D. capacity to 7, 500,
and installation of an additional
(See SEWliK, Page 7)
out revision of the books. The
voter's Individual pa?e simply
Is either added or su'itra.-ted
irom the liook.
Registration In i'oke County
was predominantly Lemocratlc
last Saturday, with 1.239 voters
Indicating that pa rtv preference.
There also uere03 Republicans
and 5 Independents added to the
hooks.
Every voter or prospective
voter in the county must regis
ter before April 20 If he is
to be eligible to vote in the
primaries. The new registra
tion superceded all old regis
trations, v.hlch are now Invalla.
That means that rerlstration
promoters have little troulile
in determining who is regis
tered and who is not, because
until last Saturday, nobody was
validly registered.
The efforts of Neirro citizens
In all all-out rerlstration drive
paid obvious dividends. First
day registration saw 714 Ne
groes enter their names on the
voting rolls. There were 487
white registrations and 96 In
dian. Registration was heaviest in
Hae'ord No. 5, a new precinct
(See REGISTRATION, Pace 7)
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SCCIETY AND PC ;.l riCi--(.t. Gov. Bob ocott is served punch by Mrs. Palmer Willcox, wife
of a co-chairman of the Hoke County Scott for Governor committee. Women in the background
at the open house held for the candidate are Mrs. Robert Gatiin, Mrs. Ruria Warner. Mrs.
Robert Gatiin and Mrs. John Balfour were co-chairmen of the affair. Receiving guests with
:cott and Willcox were John Balfour and Benny McLeod, other members of the committee.
The party preceded a supper held
Upchurch
Kids Nod
No More
Hoke County's celebrated
"sleeping students" caper ap
parently is all over.
School officials said this week
none of the seven children who
last month went to sleep my
steriously are experiencing
drowsiness anymore, and the
Upchurch School first grade
classroom has returned to nor
mal. International attention was fo
cused on the children, and on
Raeford, when the story of the
sleepy children buzzed over the
telegraph lines two weeks ago.
The story, first printed in The
News-Journal, was picked up by
Unitsd Press International and
wired to major newspapers and
other media throughout the
world.
It told of sixor seven children
in Miss Hazel Galbreath's
classroom who dropped Into ap
parent sleep practically every
day, usually in mid - morning,
and were not easily awakened.
When school officials leaned
of the stran6e behavior, they
asked medical authorities to
Investigate. Dr. Harry H. Mc
Lean of Raeford, reonal med
ical consultant, NX. Board of
Health, conducted a complete
(See IPCHURCH, Page 7)
Development Board Seeks
$8,500 Study Grant
A grant of $3,500 for a comprehensive study of resources
and future water and sewer needs of Hoke County has been re
quested of the federal government, through Fanr.ersHome Ad
ministration. Cecil R. Register, county THA supervisor, and Jim Fout,
executive director, Hoke County Planning and Development
Board, confirmed that the request has heen made,
"The study will cover background basic studies of popula
tion, economic conditions, existing public utilities, ratural re
sources, a, ricultural production patterns and trends, and water
resources," Fcit said. "The finished report of the findings
also will i:x;lude a variety of useful maps."
Cne of the most important parts of the study will oe a future
development plan, which will indicate the desirable future lo
cation of residential, commercial, agricultural, recreational
and vacant land uses. The future deveiopxent planwill include
a water ad sewer systems plan covering immediate needs (5 to
10 vears) and a prcjection (or needs over a period ol 20 years.
"We hope the request will be approved and the trant made
during fiscal i953." Register said.
In the lieutenant governor's honor.
Hoke Board Meet
With All Present
For the first time in many
months, the Hoke County Board
of Commissioners met Monday
with a full force but only one
routine actions requiring a vote
was transacted. Chairman T.
C. Jones was back after
a len6thy illness.
The action taken was the es
tablishment of a 65 per cent
ratio for between taxable value
and assessed value in comput
ing property taxes. It is the
sa.ne as has been used in the
past.
The board heard an appeal
from Paul F. Johnson, repre
senting the local fireman's as
sociation, but took no action
on the request. Johnson said
the rural departments felt a
need to put in a communica
tion system for the conveni
ence of firemen and residents
to be served. The plan would
allow persons reporting a fire
to call the sheriffs office,
where a button could be pres
sed to set off the alarm at the
area station involved.
Two-way radios on the fire
trucks would allow firemen to
call other departments from
the scene of the fire, or to
contact them if another fire
broke out while they are fight
ing one. The setup would cost
the county approximately $!,-
200 a year, plus what each de
partment would be required to
pay. The matter was tabled
by the county men for the time
being.
Frank M. Kivett, head of
Sandhills Community Action
Program, brought the commis
sioners up to date on the cur
rent program of the Manpower
Development Act. He said the
new program will aid in the em
ployment of persons who are
without jobs. Approximate $2
million has been appropriated
to be used for this purpose in
11 counties, one of which Is
Hoke.
Hoke Soldier Hit
In VietnamBattle
John D. Melton was wounded
March 26 as a result of a sur
prise attack by North Veitna
mese troops, his relatives here
have been Informed.
Melton's wife, Mrs. Jackie
Folston Melton, received a tele
gram April I, stating that he was
wounded as a result of hostile
action. A native of Raerord,
he is the son of N.r. and Mrs.
Odell Melton of Grant Avenue.
He received fragment wounds
to the left arm and hack, the
telegram stated, while on
perimeter defense. Prior tc
the receipt of the telegram,
however. Melton had talked to
his wife by telephone and had
informed her that he was being
moved to a hospital In Japan.
According to a news release,
nearly 1,000 North Veltnamese
troops, armed with flame
throwers and rocket-propelled
grenades, attacked the Ameri
can artillery' base. The f. S.
Military command said that 10
U. S. soldiers were killed In
the uattle and "1 .vere'.'.ounded.
The attack, launched under the
cover of darkness by hD or
three North Vietnam hatta Hons,
was against the artillery sup
port base ;t. S. 4th Infantry
Division; 19 miles west of Kon
tum City.
Four hours later, headouar
ters said. I.S. Infantrymen had
pushed the er.emy troops lrk
ar.d restored their defense line.
Meanwhile, the son-in-law of
a former paeford '.voman whose
Scott
Visits
County
Dinner Meeting,
Tea Are Held
Bob Scott, of the Haw River
political Sootts, brought his
campaign for governor to Hoke
County this week, and he made
no apologies for asking for sup
port in the May 4 Democratic
primary.
"Nobody came knocking at
my door at Haw River begging
me to run for governor," he
said. ''There were no petitions
circulated, either. 1 am runn
ing for governor because I want
to be your governor. I want
to work with you and for you. . .
and I pledge that everybody who
works with me for you shall
know that government is sup
pose to be the servant of the
people, rather than the people
servants of the government."-
Scott took a whirlwind tour
of the county before returning
to Hoke Civic Center in mid
afternoon for a reception and
tea party staged by Hoke Coun
ty Ladles For Scott. Mrs.
Robert Gatiin and Mrs. John
Balfour were chairman of the
open house affair.
Tuesday night, Scott spoke
at a dinner gathering of citi
zens in the Hoke High School
gym. He outlined the program
he proposes to Inaugurate if
elected in November.
briefly, his proposals in
cluded: EDUCATION Higher pay for
teachers, at least equal to the
national average, which varies
from year to year. Lighter
classroom loads in areas where
needed. Freeing teacher of non
teaching duties. Strong program
of industrial and technical train
ing at Junior high school level
to thawrt dropouts and prepare
non-collegtans for better wage
producing capacity. Better sum
mer programs, primarily
(See SCOTT, page 7)
own husband was killed In Ger
many during World War II, was
killed in Vietnam last week.
John Harrlty, a Navy medic,
was serving with XI. S. Marine
forces in South Vietnam when
fatally wounded. He was (he
husband of the former Patricia .
Hancock, who formerly lived
here.
Her mother, Mrs. Charles
Trexler of Salisbury, is the
former Margaret Morns of
Raeford, whose first husband,
Joe Hancock, was killed in ac
t.an In Germany during World
War II.
Mrs. Harrlty has been living
in New Jersey, her husband's
native state, for the past two
years or so.
Details 01 the action In which
Harrlty was fatally wounded
were not available, nor were
funeral plans announced pend
ing arrival of the body from
overseas.
Mrs. Trexler has numerous
relatives in Raeford and Hoke
County, including a brother,
Sam C. Morris. Other broth,
ers are James Morris, Chim
ney Rock, and Bruce (Spec)
Morris Jr., Gilmer, Texas.
Another Raeford man wound
ed in Vietnam early In March
has been returned to the United
Statea.
He is Boliby Lundy, son of
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Lundy,
who received serious shrap
nel wounds