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CM al The Hoke County News- Established 1928 The Hoke County Journal - Established 1905 VOLUME LXIV NUMBER 4 RAEFORD. HOKE COUNTY. NORTH CAROLINA 14 PER YEAR 10 PER COPY THURSDAY. JUNE 6. 1968 One High School For County .Board Of Education Wipes Out 6 Dual School System' In Hoke BY JIM TAYLOR Hoke County Board of Ed ucation In historic decision this week abolished the "dual school system" In gradea six through 13 and provided for to tal Integration by the fall of 1969. i The board moved calmly and swiftly to Implement a federal edict which threatened action leading to withdrawal of fed eral funds. In the Hoke school system, that could amount to almost $750,000 a year. However, If that was the mo tivation behind Monday night's action, it vis well concealed. The board acted as If the time had come for the action to be taken, and took It, without a single dissenting vote or argu- 4aeWOMMMeW merit. The sweeping overhaul of the school system established a alngle high school for the en tire county. It will encompass the present Hoke High School and W.T. Gibson School plants, which are separated only by Bethel Road. The high school will accommodate grades nine through twelve. The Upchurch plant will be used for all students in grades six, seven and eight, with the Upchurch grades one through five being absorbed bv other elementary schools in Die sys tem. That portion of the plan will be put Into effect Immediately. Phase threethe total Integra tion of gradea one through five will be accomplished by the be ginning of the 1969-70 school term. Donald D. Abernethy, super intendent of schools, praised the board for Its decisiveness and sound Judgment. "1 don't believe a better or more equitable solution to the dilemma" couldhave been found Abernethy said. Ke referred to the recent federal edict, received only a week so by the school board, Informing It that administra tive action already had been initiated against the Hoke Coun ty system. Ultimately, that action would have resulted in a hearing and almost certain loss of federal assistance until the order was Implemented. Abernethy said the new Hoke HI Ji School will have a student body of some 1230 students. Several mobile or temporary classrooms will be required to accommodate the amalgama tion, Abernethy said. The Upchurch student body will be about 1300 In size. Facilities at the previously all Negro school will be adequate for the time being, Abernethy surmised, since die present Upchurch grades one through five will be moved to other schools. Five other schools In the sys tem will be used by grades one through five. They are Raeford Elementary, J.W, Mc Lauchlln Elementary, 'airlock. West Hoke, and Hawk Eye. Bur lington Elementary School will be closed. Faculties of the new Hoke High School and Upchurch School will be totally integrat ed. In effect, the classroom teachers of the various shift ing grades will be transfer red, along with the students, to their new campuses. Also eliminated will be the dual bus system. At present, white and Negro students are transported separately, with both buses sometimes coverln6 the same routes. Following Is a resume of the board's action, as presented to the Department of Health, Ed ucation and Welfare: "The Hoke County Board of Education In a regular meeting on June 3, 1968 voted to Im plement a program to eliminate the dual school system with de finite actions to be taken In two stages, the first to be at the beginning of the 1968-69 school term, the second and final to be Implemented at the beginning of the 1969-70 school term, rhc course of action follows: 1968 (1). Consolidate the present three high schools Into one. The consolidated high school will be located on the campuses of the present Hoke High School and the new W.T. Gibson School (adjoining). All Hoke County children In grades 9-18 will attend this school. (2). Form a consolidated school in the Upchurch plant to house all of Hoke County's school children In grades 6-8. (3). Close the Burlington Elemen tary School (presently grades 1-8, all Negro). Most of these students will be assigned to the South Hoke School (formerly the Hawk Eye School, predom inantly Indian). "The above actions will to tally eliminate the dual syscem (Actually, we have had a 'tri ple' system, due to the pre sence of an Indian school). 1069 Details of our course of action are to be worked out, but we will totally Integrate grades 1-5, probably by pair In,, of schools. We assure that the plan will be fair to all par ties and will be In keeping with the policies of HEW." The plan was unanimously adopted by D.R. Huff Jr., chair nan, Dr. " RJvt. Jordan, vice chairman, R.I., (3obby) Glnson Jr., W.L. Howell Jr.. and A.W. Wood Tr. It was strongly endorsed by ' Abernethy. Actually, the first indication that the action would be nec essary came In January when the civil rights division of See SCHOOLS. Page 9 Hoke Schools Graduate 200 v.v.vAv.viViViViViVAViVv.VtjVVi!i!t;Wio;w More than 200 high school seniors were awardeddlplomas in commencement exercises at Hoke County's three high schools this week. At Hoke High School, largest of the three. 123 seniors were graduated before a capacity crowd In sweltering Hoke High gym. Rat Autry. principal, presented diplomas. Eddie Green, president of his class at UNC School of Law, was principal speaker. He Is a former student of Autry's. At Upchurch High School. 80 seniors were graduated Monday night after hearing Dr. Frank Weaver of Raleigh, education consultant for the Department of Community Colleges, make the grar" itlon address. Di plomas were awarded by J. a McAllister, principal. Hawk Eye High School. class of 19 seniors received diplomas Tuesday night from Earl Cxendlne, principal. Graduation speaker was Dr. English Jones, president of Pembroke State College. Baccalaureate exercises were held at each of the three schools Sunday. Tuesday night's exercises at Hoke High School were perhaps the most Impressive ever held at the school. The gym was crowded with parents, students and friends of the graduating seniors, and the hljh school faculty. In academic robes, shared the platform with Autry and other participants, wlyi iii i ii Kin iii'n tiniiii ! GIBSON SCHOLARS Receiving Uie Urn W.T. Gibson Scuo. larshlp are John McNeill and Helen Parks. Robert Gatlln, C s officer of Hoke Net A, sponsor of the scholarship, makes the presentation. Town Board Sets Budget At $377,421 Raeford town board this week approved a budget of $377,421 for the 1968-69 year, a slight Increase over the current bud get. The anticipated expenditures Involve $176,471 In general fund expenditure estimates and $200,990 in water-sewer expen ses. No increase in the tax rate Dozens of awards we re hand- . - . . . . . . . . - - - , , , , - . . , Is forthcoming, commissioners ed out Tuesday morning when Awards Day was held at Hoke High School. Announcement of the scholarship awards also was made at Commencement. Many citations were pre sented In the wsy of scholar ships by a member of the spon soring organization. Others were presented by a teacher or the principal. They are as follows: See GRADUATION, Page 9 Commissioners OK Hiring Helper Hoke County Beard of Com missioners appropriated funds, granted requests of some agen cies, and made a number of appointments Monday at a half day June session, A resolution was passed ap proving the hiring of a sub professional peraou for the ".''. - - , SV q CLINIC Raeford Lions Club sponsored a glaucoma clinic her Tuesday, attracting almost 500 local residents to the examinations, held at Raeford Methodist Church. Here, a visitor to the clinic takes I basic eye test for visual acuity. The examinations also Included on for deten tion of diabetes. There was no charge for the services, sponsored by Lions as part ol Bielr program to help the blind and visually handicapped. agricultural extension office here. According to W.S, Young, county agricultural director, and Miss Josephine Hall, coun ty home agent, the helper would be paid entirely from funds of the Department of Labor the first year. If hla or her ser vices are retained the second year, the federal government will pay one-half the salary, while the other half must be paid locally. A $200 fund was approved for the Hoke County Soil and Water Conservation Commis sion. This was a $50 hike over last year's contribution. A resolution was passed ap proving the purchaae of a dup licating machine for the welfare department and an air condi tioner for the courthouse of fice of the parole, officer. Another appeal for additional funds came from the Sandhills Mental Health Agency which wanted $500 more than the es tablished $4,500 appropriated by Hoke heretofore. A welcomed letter read by County Manager T3. Lester advised that Hoke had been re surveyed and that this year the county would be required to pay only SO per cent of the coat of operating local foreat fir con trol, rather than the previous $5 per cent. At the request of Jim Fout, Phil Dlehl was r-appolntd to five-year term on the Hoke Summer School Summer school classes scheduled to begin June 10 ha vi bean postponed until Jun 17, according to Ernest Sutton, assistant superintendent of schools. The course, held for remedial and makeup purposes, will con tinue six weeks from their be ginning data. Planning Board. Fout waa pre sent to bring the board up to date on a number of federally sponsored projects about to be or already established In Hoke County. Three men re-appolnted to the planning board war Gil bert Ray, Jake Austin and Al fred Leach. Charlie Morrison, Harold Glllls and Mra. Sam Homewood were named to represent Hoke County on the board of direc tors of Sandhills Community Action Program. Mrs. S.L. Williams has been appointed to the Hoke County Welfare Board bringing the to tal number on the board to four. A fifth member will be appoint ed by the etate welfare department. said. Estimates Include an In crease of approximately $59, 000 In water-sewer revenues over current receipts. "This Increase will result from an Increase In the Indus trial andor other large water user rates, beginning In July, 1908," the board said. "This rate lncreaae was authorized In a bond referendum when votera approved plans to en large the sewage treatment plant and to Install a new out fall line." The budget provides for a blanket raise for town employ es of about 5 per cent of their President, No Less, Arranges Anniversary Date For Couple BY LUCY GRAY PEEBLES A phone call from the White House can be an exciting thing, especially when it telle you that you can apend a whole day with your soldier husband. To have a whole day with her apous was a privilege Mrs. George Phillips (the former Nlta Parker) wasn't expecting to happen for some time, but a little Ingenuity turned the trick. Since Phillips waa Inducted a few weeka ago, aha has only been allowed to talk to him 10 or 15 mlnutea on Sunday when ah would vlalt him. The last visit sho made waa not able to talk to him at al.. ' Plana of long standing for celebrating their first wedding annlveraary In a big way were aquelched on the day he was Inducted. Chatting with him on one of the visits, she wtstful.y expressed a yearning for a miracle to happen which would give them that special day together. "1 doubt If anybody short of the president, himself, could do that,'' her husband had remarked. Sunday before last George's psrents, Mr.snd Mrs. Felix Phillips of Oreen Street, end Mia came home disappointed. They had made the trip to Fort Bragg and had not been able to vlalt with the trainee, Mta made up her mind to try eomethlng. If the president waa the only one who could get her acce to her husband, then she would write to the president. This she did and on the following Tuesday when the phone rang and the Washington, D.C. voice answered, she nearly fainted. Her young husband had been working with hand grenades and she just knew something had happend. But that wasn't it at all. The voice at the other end waa the presi dents aecretary and before she knew what waa really happening, h told her that ahe would be allowed to apend a day with her husband. Orders had been forwarded to George's commanding officer, the voice said, and everything would be all aet when ahe arrived at the baae early Sunday morning. Private Phillips waa able to call hla wife Friday night to tell her that he could meet her after 10 o'clock Sunday morning. They could apend the day together, but It must be spent on the post. The young wife took a picnic lunch and they aat In the shad on the graaa and enjoyed It. The day waa over all too quickly. It waa a pleasant one, waatherwlae, and a happy one for the young couple. Although It cam two daya before the Jun 7 anniversary date, it will alwaya be remembered aa an annlveraary celebration. Mra. Phillips 1 a daughter of Mra. Leo Parker of Raeford and a granddaughter of Mra. Henry Terrell of West Fifth Street, where she will Uv whll her husband Is In service. present salaries and wages. Following is a breakdown of budget estimates; Revenue General fund, $ 170,471; water and sewer, $200,950; total, $377,421. Expenditures -- General gov ernment, $44,771; general pur pose (town hall maintenance, etc.), $2,500; police depart ment, $27,601: fire department, $14,375; street department, $58,235; sanitation department, $23,500; other (cemetery), $5, 439; total funeral fund, $176, 471. Water - Sewer General operations (debt service, etc.), $128,597; water supply, pump ing and filtering, $14,150; line maintenance and repair, $31, 405; sewer plant oi)eration, $20,798; total water - sewer, $200,950. "The 1968 - 69 budi-et es timates (general fund) show a revenue Increase of approx imately $9,000 above the 1907 68 budfret," the report declar ed. "This revenue Is the result of added property valuation and, of course, property taxes. The expenditure of this increased revenue will be for salary in creases smountlng to approx imately a 5 per cent average; and also an item of $2,000 to update the zoning and planning program." Meanwhile, commissioners Monday night appointed Frank lin Teal, commissioner, to serve as town treasurer. The appointment was neces sary, board members said, to give someone authority to sign payroll and other checks, since the town no longer has a town manager. Id tVUlisms, who had served In that post some five years, left here June 1 to become town manager at trwin. Silver City Singing Set The Silver City Community Club will celebrate Its 14th snnlversary by sponsoring a musical program in the manner of a community sing Sunday, June 8. AH choirs In the area are invited to participate. Tie program will be held at Silver Grove Baptist Church beginning at 7 p. m. Proceeds will go toward a clean-up and beautiflcatlon pro gram at Silver City Community Cemetery.
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