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The Hoke County News- Established 1928
The Hoke County Journal - Established 1905
VOLUME LXIV NUMBER 3
RAEFORD, HOKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
4 PER YEAR 10 PER COPY
THURSDAY, MAY 30. 1968
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ON HIS DAY Wearing the ntw iult given to him by Town Manager Ld Williams, Cliff McMillan,
left front, accepts a billfold from Mayor H.R. McLean during ceremonies paying homage tc his
42 years of service to the town. Also shown are, left to right, town commissioners J.D. McMUllan,
Franklin Teal and John K. McNeill,
Hoke High
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in the cuss. Fourteen, now.
ever, hive been named honor
Students among the 123 grad
uates. They have averaged 90
or above and have shown quali
ties of leadership, achievement
and character along with usual
activities.
They are Paul Currie, Pat
Hood, Cheryl Holt, Ralph Huff,
Ruth Ann Phillips, Helen Parks,
Mike Prince, Ann FltzSlmmons.
Lyn McNeill, John McNeill,
Leslie Ramsey, Bill Senter,
Hilda Scull and Earnestine Mc
Eachern. Other Hoke High students
making-the honor roll were
Cwen Anderson, Wanda Clark,
Barbara Creech, Jackie Bray,
Debra Dixon, Joe Dupree,
Jackie Frhm, Ronnie Huff,
Pam Heath. Jullar Johnson,
Benny Casque, Llndi Hendrix,
John Morris, Vincent McAllis
ter. Pam McMUllan, Pattle
Postel, Mary Ann Seaford, Pa
tricia Thornberg, Diane Up
church and Mike Jordan.
These students make up the
Beta Club of the schooL
Cotton Vote
Is Negative
Hoke County farmers have
rejected by a narrow margin
plan which would have per
mitted transfer to cotton allot
ments to other counties In 1969
by sale or lease.
With 398 ballots cut. 51 per
cent of the farmers voted "no"
and 49 per cent voted "yes"
vote by at least two-thirds of
the county's cotton producers
would have been required to
permit the transfers.
Ballots were counted last
Wednesday In an open meeting
in the ASCS office, with men
be rs of the county ASC com
mittee making the tabulation.
Ken McNeill. ASC chairman,
reminded Hoke farmers that
cotton allotments can be brought
Into the county by sale or lease.
Heads VFW
Ralph A. Pandure has beea
reelected commander of Rae
ford VFW Post (160 and Gra
ham M. Clark hat been re
elected senior vice command
er. Other officers named at Mon
day night's session Include
Johnnie A. King, Junior vice
commander, and William H.
Lowe, quartermaster and ad
jutant. The poet haa encouraged all
eligible veterans to Join
Town Honors
'Oldest' Employe
BY LUCY GRAY PEEBLES
Monday was a special day
e.ford Town Hall. It was
i McMillan Day."
fat H. R- McLean declared
,fi honor of the town' oldest
lye. Not that the water
jaepartmera
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department employe La aged
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J. S. president jonn-
has put in twice
many years of service for die
town as any other extsltlng em
ploye. And he has done it well,
according to official observa
tions. McMillan has been working
for the Town of Raeford for the
past 43 years and Town Man
ager Ed Williams has wanted
to publicly recognize the fact
ever since the 40th anniver
sary. Pressing matters, never
SPEAKERS Eddie Green, left, and the Rev. Douglas Kelly,
right, will be commencement speakers at Hoke High School.
Green will deliver the graduation address at 8 p.m., June 4,
and the minister will deliver the baccalaureate sermon on
June 3, at 8 p.m. Both events will take place In the high
school gymnasium.
Judge Sends Clemmie Miller
To Prison Hospital For Year
Superior Court Judge W.H.S.
Burgwyn sentenced Clemnle
Miller (well known for' her
V.P.L. appearancea In court) to
six months in state prison hos
pital after he declared following
her recent trial that she was
"111 of body If not of mind."
The MUler woman was found
guilty of violation of the pro
hibition law possessing liquor
for purpose of sale.
Other Superior Court Judg
ments were as follows:
Thomas Roger McFadyen,
careless and reckless driving,
90 daya or costs, must remain
sober for 12 months.
John Key Nelson, careless
and reckless driving, $ 50 and
costs.
Lewis C. Cunningham, fraud
and dishonest practice, five
years, suspended on condition
that he pay North Carolina State
Highway Commission $50 and
pay court coats.
George Walker, Raeford,
breaking and entering ware
theless, seemed to keep plans
for any special occasion pushed
into the background.
This unfulfilled desire
haunted Williams recently as he
made his own plans for leaving
his post as town manager on
June L So last week he started
the ball rolling. He fitted die
older employe with a new suit,"
shirt and tie. Other town of
ficials wanted to show appre
ciation, too. So a "Cliff Mc
Millan Day" was declared and
he was given die day off with
pay, but was told to appear at
town hall at 3 o'clock.
Wearing the new suit, he ap
peared, and In a brief cere
mony, his new pockets were
filled with new dollar bills.
gift from the town commission
ers and heads of departments.
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house of Rseford Salvage Com
pany, four to eight years; appeal
noted, bond set at $3,000.
Charlie Jackson King, Dur
ham, driving drunk, six months,
or $100 and costs, not drive for
one year; appeal noted, bond
$100.
Nell McGeachy, Raeford, re
ceiving goods stolen from Rae
ford Salvage Company., alx
months or $150 and costs, 12
months probation.
Fred McGeachy, alias Frank
Smith, breaking and entering,
larceny and receiving goods
stolen from Raeford Salvage
Company, alx months suspend
ed, $300 to Raeford Salvage
Company and court costs,
probation two years, stay sober
and on good behavior for two
years. .
Charles Edward Jlles, Lum
berton, breaking and entering,
larceny and receiving goods
stolen from Rseford Salvage
Company, three to five yeara.
lc Arthur Williams, Spring
Federal Action Taken
Against Hoke Schools
Must Plan
Integration
By Fall
Hoke County School Boa rd waa
informed yesterday the federal
government Is Initiating admin
istrative action against It for
failure to comply with Title IV
of the CIvU Rights Act of 1964.
D.D. Abernethy, superinten
dent of schools, said the gov
ernment, through the regional
civil rights division office In
Charlottesville, Va., has de
clared Hoke County has failed
to adequately plan for elimina
tion of Its dual school aystem,
"This means, I am quite sure,
that the school board must now
submit a desegregation plan sat
isfactory to the Department 'Of
Health, Education and Welfare,
before the conclusion of pre
sently approved programs, or
stand to lose all federal aid to
its schools," Abernethy said.
In January, the board was
warned that Its desegregation
program was probably not ade
quate to comply with the law,
and at that time was told the
next step against It would be
the administrative action In
itiated tWt week.
The kUUfcl action could even
tually ' result in a hearing on
the matter, Abernethy said, and '
federal assistance could be
withheld. Even then, further ac
tion could be brought against
the school board for failure to
comply with the law, he said.
A school district may even
choose to decline federal aid,
but still Is held responsible for
compliance with civil rights and
other laws.
Federal aid to Hoke County
schools amounts to some $500,
000 per year, Abernethy said.
The January warnlngdeclared
specifically that desegregation
of faculty and student bodies In
the county's nine schools has
not proceeded at a satisfac
tory pace.
Following is the text of the let
ter received here Wednesday.
"This office has not received
a response to the letter of Jan
uary 30 addressed to you by Or.
Lloyd R. Henderson, Education
Branch Chief of the Office for
Civil Rights in which he defined
your responsibility to prepare
and submit an adequate deseg
regation plan to eliminate the
dual school system by opening
of school In 1968.
"Consequently, we are rec
ommending to the Education
Branch of the Office For Civil
Rights In Washington that ad
ministrative enforcement pro
ceedings be Initiated against
the Hoke County Schools. This
case is being sent forward as of
this date."
The letter was mailed May
28 and written by Dr. Elolse
Severlnson, regional civil
rights director.
Lake, driving drunk, six months
or $100 and costs, not drive for
one year.
Henry Woods, Red Springs Rt.
4, assault on female, nol proa.
James Thomas Leach, Rae
ford Rt. 1, assault with deadly
weapon on James Fhlllp Mc
LauchUn, six months, suspend
ed on payment o( $50 hospital bill
of prosecuting witness and court
costs. Must not visit honkytonk,
must remain on good behavior,
and support wife and children
and payprosecutlngwltness$50,
Doris Coins, Red Springs,
driving drunk, $100 and costs,
not drive for one year.
Edwin Crlbb, Lake City,
Mich., breaking and entering,
larceny and receiving goods
from Hoke High School, II
months to 36 months.
Robert Nicholas, Lake City,
Mich breaking, entering, lar
ceny and receiving goods from
Hoke High, 18 to 36 months.
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. .CHAGLD-.Rlcfiara tills, 24, nas oeen uwnjw
i h ' iu w.lous burning of a store building as a result of
the blaze which destroyed Ellis' Store, above, Saturday
afternoon near Bowmore. Ellis allegedly occupied a room
They went
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Hoke's annual wagon train
excursion has been forced to
change destinations, but some
wagoners figure the revision an
advantage to both men and ani
mals. Simpson's Lake, In Moore
County's Little River township,
hss been the western terminal
of the excursion for the past
four years. This year, because
Simpson suffered a serious
heart attack, the lake area will
not be available for campers.
The new destination for the
estimated 150 wagons and 200
horsemen will be Waldo's Beach
near Hope Mills a consid
erably shorter route than the
25 miles from Raeford to
Simpson's Lake.
It also Is estimated that the
trek will not be as hard on
livestock as the dusty ride
across the Fort Bragg reserva
tion to Little River.
"For the most part, the route
will be paved," a spokesman
for the wagon train said. "The
Little River trip was mostly
through sand, uphill at least
part of the way, and extreme
ly hard on horses, some of
which were not In shape."
Other plans for the wagon
train outing remain as pre
viously announced.
Wagoners and other persons
planning to make the trip will
gather here Thursday night,
June 20, and will camp over
night at the National Guard
armory.
Early Friday morning, the
wagoners will break camp and
head out on the 14-mlle trip
to Waldo's Beach.
This Is Our Annual
Commencement Edition
Some 222 Hoke County youngsters will be graduated during
the next few days from the county's three high schools, and
scores of others will pass from the eighth grade Into high
school.
The second section of this Issue of The Newt-Journal is
devoted to commencement activities, including pictures of
most of the graduating seniors and congratulatory ada from
local merchants and businessmen.
Honor students and other class leaders also are pictured
in both sections of the paper. Take time to read the stories
and ads and o view the photographs. This Is a proud moment
In the lives of these youngsters, and it Is fitting that we should
share their pride.
j0fee Democrats Name
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UTncers, ueiegaies
Sam C.Morris, veteran Dem
ocratic party official, ws re
elected chairman of the Hoke
County Democratic Executive
Committee at the party's semi
annual county convention here
Saturday.
Morris, who now begins a
sixth two-year term, and other
officers were elected during a
brief meeting of the executive
committee following the con
vention proper, which waa. held
In the county courthouse.
Named to serve with Morris
were Mrs. T. J. Harris, first
vice chairman; J. D. McMUllan,
second vice chairman; Bernlce
WU.lamson, third vice chair
Raeford Lions Planning
Glaucoma Clinic June 4
Raeford Lion Club, as part of
Its effort to promote better
sight and preventbllndness.wlll
conduct a free glaucoma screen-
lng clinic here June 4.
The clinic will be held at
Raeford Methodist Church from
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. It will be open
to people of all races and every
one over 35 that Is not now
being treated for glaucoma Is
urged to attend.
v ui ine rear- of the store building, which was on US 40L
The building was unoccupied at the time of the fire. Ellis
is being held In Jail in lieu of $1,000 bond, according to
Sheriff Dave Barrlngton.
man; Mrs. Clayton Bouyer, sec
retary, and Wyatt Upchurch,
treasurer.
More than 100 persons turned
out for the convention, at which
delegates to next week's state
Democratic convention In Ral
eigh. Theylnclude J.E.Dupree,
Mrs.-A, D. Gore, Jeff Harris,
Mrs. Jeff Harris, G. A. Robin
son, Marion Holllngsworth, J.
D. McMUllan, Hlnton McPhauL
Gilbert Ray, Bobby Doby, Clar
ence Koonce, T. C. Jones, N. L.
McFadyen, Sam C. Morris,
Robert Bullard and Laurie Mc
Eachern. The convention also endoi sed
a number of Hoke Democrats
for nomination to various state
Serving as district director
for glaucoma clinics is Shaw
. Brown of Mooresvtlle. Tommy
Weldon of Raeford Lions Club
is local chairman. .
North Carolina Lions, as ex
emplified here In Hoke County,
have logged amazing mileage in
a long road to provide a new
world for the blind. Not only
do they give aid to the blind In
many ways, but they support
eye research, sponsor the glau
coma clinics and do many other
things to prevent blindness, de
'claring that 50 per cent of blind
ness is preventable.
"One out of every 50 Hoke
County residents over 35 years
of age may become glaucoma
victims. Of all blindness, IS
per cent is caused by glaucoma
(pronounced c,law-kom). Glau
coma Is the second largest cuase
of blindness. One out of every
8 blind persons Is a victim of
glaucoma. It is estimated there
are 1,500,000 Americans now
going blind from glaucoma. Half
of these people do not know that
they have the disease, which can
blind without pain or warning,"
Weldon said.
These statistics, released by
North Carolina Lions, indicate
committees. The selections
will be made at the state con
vention June 6.
Endorsements went to Palm
er Wlllcox for the state Demo
cratic executive committee; to
J. D. McMUllan for the sena
torial committee; to J. E. Du
pree and Phil Dlehl for the
Judicial committee; to G. A.
Robinson and Clifford Bostlc
for the sollcltorlal committee,
and to N. L. McFadyen and
Laurie McEacnern for the con
gressional committee.
Despite the endorsements,
the local delegation will go to
the state convention un Instruc
ted, as In the past, party of
ficials said.
that 3 per cent of all people
nationwide over 35 will be vic
tims of the dreaded eye disease.
"The accomplishments of
Lions in the field of the blind
distinguishes the organization
as of the service nature rather
than social or prestige." Wel
don said.
Early detection and treatment
of glaucoma is manditory. he
said, for vision once lost can
never be restored. Glaucoma,
when caught In time, can gen
erally be arrested and the re
maining vision a person has can
be saved.
Sometimes, the victim of
glaucoma are only vajierly dis
turbed by the symptoms which
come and o: ai a result, he
postpones vislti',,. his doctor.
Previous eyeil.iit. which can
never be restore. Is lost.
Some of the symptoms of
glaucoma are: Frequent changes
of glasses, none of which is
satisfactory; inability to adjust
the eyes to darkened rooms,
such as In theaters; loss of
side vision; blurred or foggy
vision, and rainbow colored
rings aroung lights.
These symptoms do not nee
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