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The Hoke County News- Established 1928
The Hoke County Journal - Established 1905
VOLUME LXV NUMBER 1
RAEFORD, HOKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
$4 PER YEAR 10 PER COPY
THURSDAY, MAY 15. 1969
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Special Superior Court Session
Around Town
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BY SAM C. MORRIS
The woes of a newspaper man are
many at times. I know that the editor of
the newspaper that sent out the following
correction on a post card had a terrible
day last Thursday. The message on the
card is as follows
CORRECTION:
In the Thursday, May 8, 1969 issue of
The Robbins Record, an error was made
in the headline under the picture of Miss
Marsha LaVonne Kennedy. The
erroneous headline read:
MISS MARSHA LAVONNE KENNEDY
WILL MARRY BILLY V. KISER
Mr. Kiscr is the step-father of Miss
Marsha LaVonne Kennedy. The Robbins
Record regrets the error very much.
The headline should have read:
MISS MARSHA LAVONNE KENNEDY
WILL MARRY CLEO RAY VERNON
In the write-up it was stated that Miss
Kennedy was the step-daughter of Mr.
Clayton Kiser of Seagruve, Rt. I. This
was an error. She it the
step-granddaughter of Mr. Clayton Kiscr
of Seagrove, Route I.
Again, we regret the error and are glad
to make the correction.
THE ROBBINS RECORD
I was at my desk Saturday morning
reading the mail and looked out through
the front glass and saw a girl come down
the sidewalk riding a pony. Now bicycles
are a nuisance on the sidewalks, but -ponies
are worse. It is almost taking your
life in your hands driving a car in Raeford
on Saturday and kids on horses or ponies
just add to the traffic problem.
The article last week under the heading
with our College Students brings forth a
congratulations to the students. Gwen
McNeill and W.nbornc Howell bestow
honors on Hoke County by being named
Chief Marshal and Senior Marshal at
Queens College. It also speaks high of our
school system here in Hoke County. Both
students went to the public schools in
Hoke County and graduated at Hoke
High. We also congratulate the teachers,
principals and other school authorities for
offering the education to our students
that gives them this type of foundation.
Wallace Named
Personnel Mgr.
At Dye Plant
Douglas Wallace has been named
personnel manager of the Burlington
Worsteds Dyeing Plant in Raeford, it was
announced this week. Mr. Wallace comes
to Raeford from Clarksville, Va., where
he was personnel manager of the
Burlington Worsteds Combing Plant.
He is a native of Mullins, West Virginia,
and i graduate of the University of
Richmond, with a degree in sociology. He
was a teacher-coach in the Virginia school
system before joining Burlington in June,
I9(5, as training manager at Raeford. He
transferred to Clarksville in January,
1968.
In Clarksville he has been active in the
Baptist Church and the Jaycees. He is
married to the former Sandra Nunn, who
is a native of Clarksville.
Sp4 John
Killed In
The fourth Raeford youth to be killed
in action in Vietnam was struck down by
United States Forces on May 6. He was
Sp4 John Monroe Pratt, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Woodaid, Raeford.
Pratt was accidentally shot late last
Tuesday night returning from an 1 1 p. m.
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IN APPREC1A TION OF 39 YEARS OF SER VICE - Mrs. Belton Wright, on behalf of
the Hoke County NCEA, presented Mrs. J. C. McLean with a silver bowl for her 39
years of dedicated service to the Hoke County School District. Mrs. McLean retired in
June 1 968 after 39 years of teaching English and French at Hoke High School.
Charles Strother Drowns
At Whispering Pines Sat.
Charles Strother, 39, of Ashley
Heights, was drowned in Thagards Lake
Saturday when he swam from shore to
catch an empty boat which was floating
downstream, torn 1 25 feet away.
Strother sank about 75 feet out before
the horrified eyes of his wife, his brother,
Lee Strother, and friends he had been
cooking a picnic supper al a beach
recreation area.
After Lee Strother and a friend,
Robert M. Leland of Whispering Pines
were unable to locate Strother in the
water, the Vass, Carthage and Sandhills
Rescue units were called and recovered
the body at 1 2:30 a.m. Sunday.
Charlie Strother, head bookkeeper for
Whispering Pines Inc., had been fishing
with his wife, his brother, and Mr. and
Mrs. Leland and their young daughter.
The group began cooking fish they had
caught when the empty boat drifted by.
After trying to catch the boat with his
rod and reel, Strother plunged into the
water after it.
Moore Coroner W.K. Carpenter said
that Strother had a minor heart ailment
and it was possible he died of a heart
Bicycles At Town Hall
The Police Dept. has accumulated
several bicycles which have been
abandoned over the last several months
and wishes the owners to identify and
reclaim them.
Band Concert
Tuesday Night
The Hoke High and Upchurch Bands
will give their Spring Concert Tuesday
night, May 20, at 8:00 P. M. in the Hoke
High School Gym. There is no admission
to the concert and the public is cordially
invited.
M. Pratt
Vietnam
patrol. His parents received notice ot
their 21 year old son's death early
Thursday morning. He had just recently
been promoted to a Specialist 4 in the
9th Infantry Division.
A graduate of Hoke High School Pratt
attended the University of North Carolina
for one year before being drafted. He had
been accepted at Officer's Candidate
School but had lost his orders on his way
to Fort Benning. He was then assigned lo
a holding company to await for the next
opening in OCS. He grew impatient
wailing and volunteered for Vietnam
duly. He left for Vietnam January 1969.
Also surviving are his father, A. M.
Pratt of Middieton, Conn.; and two
sisters, Betsy Pratt of Raeford and Mrs.
Wayne Harmon of Roanoke Rapids.
No definite date has been set for the
funeral pending arrival of the body.
Other Raeford boys killed in Vietnam
were Jerome McCormick, Lt. Samuel
Warlick and Cpl. Kenneth Floyd, who
was killed Mav 7. 1968.
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attack. The Coroner ruled the drowning
was accidental.
The lake, two miles long and a
half-mile wide, is one of five lakes on the
Whispering Pines property.'
He was the Republican member of the
Hoke County Board of Elections.
Funeral services were held Monday at 4
p.m. at Ashley Heights Baptist Church in
Hoke County by the Revs. Zeb Moss and
John Petty. Burial was in t'i? Ashley
Heigh Is Cemetery.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Elcasc Muss
Strother; a daughter, Mrs. Richard McGill
of Rt. I , Aberdeen; five sisters, Mrs. M.L.
Sides, Mrs. Harry Teal and Mrs. M. C.
Almond of Rt. I, Aberdeen, Mrs. C. C.
Staton of Albemarle and Mrs. J.K.
Melvin, Jr. of Aberdeen; three brothers,
RD. and A.A. of Rt. I, Aberdeen and
Robert L. Strother of Rt. 2, Wake Forest.
Jim Beatty
To Speak
At Banquet
The Hoke High Booster's Club will
sponsor the annual spring Booster
Banquet to honor Hoke High athletes and
cheerleaders on May 23, at 7 p.m. in the
High School Gym. Tickets for the affair
can be bought through high school
athletes, members of the Booster's Club
or merchants in Raeford for $1.50.
Jim Beatty, former Olympic and
University of North Carolina track star,
who is presently a member of the State
Legislature will be the guest speaker.
Other business at the Booster's meeting
was the election of officers for the
coming year. They are Charlie Hottel,
president; Richard 'Doc' Ivey, vice
president and CD. Bounds,
secretary-treasurer. Horace Davis was
elected to the board of directors.
The next Booster's Club meeting is
scheduled for June 16, at 8 p.m. in the
W.T. Gibson School cafeteria.
Lt. Gen.
Lieutenant General John J.
Tolson, commanding General
of the 18th Airborne Corps
and Fort Bragg addressed the
regular meeting of the Raeford
Kiwanis Club Thursday night.
General Tolson's speech
dealt with the calibre of the
young soldier in Viet Nam, the
ALSA, and the importance of
Fort Bragg and the services it
renders to the civilian
community.
Tolson asserted that the
present threat to this country
has led to the "emergence of a
new generation of patriots here
on the contemporary scene."
After assuring his audience
that the fif'Umg encountered
by our boss in Viet Nam is just
as fierce as thai undergone on
Tarawa, the Bulge, or I lie
55 Cases Docketed
Three For Murder
Three murder cases, 19 driving while
intoxicated charges and 12 worthless
check ollenses are some of the 55 cases
that are on the Hoke County Superior
Court Special Session docket which will
begin May 19.
The Honorable Fate J. Beal will be
presiding Judge during the special session
which was called due to the back log of
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AT DINNER MEETING of the Raeford-Hoke Chamber of Commerct are Paul Dickson, Younger Snead - Incoming President,
Wyatt Upchurch - outgoing President, and Tom Bwughton - guest speaker for the evening.
Snead Installed As President;
Broughton
At Chamber Dinner
Tom Broughton was guest speaker
Tuesday night at the twenty-second
annual dinner meeting of the Raeford
Hoke Chamber of Commerce.
Broughton is Assistant Administrator
of the Commerce and Industry Division
of the Department of Conservation and
Development. Before Broughton took the
podium, the formal presentation of new
officers took place with incumbent
president Younger Snead taking the gavel.
Other new officers to be introducedwerc
Vice President Ashwcll Harward, Vice
President Homer McGuinn and
Hoke High
Chorale In
The Hoke County High School Chorus
and Chorale under the direction of Mrs.
Neill A. McNeill will present its spring
concert tonight (Thursday) May 1 5 at 8
o'clock in the Hoke High gymnasium.
The program will include contemporary
as well as sacred music.
Admission is S 1 .00 for adults and 50
cents for students.
A Me I u is . Luening; Gloria Patri,
Palestrina; Evensong, Haydn; The Last
Words of David, Thompson; and Three
Quatrains, Bright.
Sunrise Alleluia, Jerry Cribbs, Student
Director, Bright; The Stars Are With The
John J. Tolson
beaches of Normandy, Tolson
declared that the modern
soldier" is better educated than
before, is better informed, uses
more ingenuity and initiative,
is a better physical specimen,
has high morals, and really
understands what this war is all
about."
He said that a recent survey
showed that I lie Viet Nam
veteran returns home "more
matured, more confident, and
more appreciative ot the
blessings of America."
Tolson slated that our
young soldiers in Viet Nam are
performing the role of
"diplomat, missionary and
social worker with much skill
and enthusiasm, impervious to
the feeling thai a gieal portion
of the world and a highly vocal
minority back home either
condems what they are doing
or really doesn't care."
After raising the issue of
what the average citizen can do
to support the Army, Tolson
said "Obviouslv. every citizen
cannot lay aside his business
and family and go directly to
the fighting. This is not
required anyway. v,e can find
the young men we need. What
they, in turn, need from you is
your support." Tolson added
thai a good way to support
I hem would be lo join the
AlSA (I he Association of the
United States Army I "a
nonprofit organization of
American citizens who
manifest their interest in a
strong United Stales Army by
the Superior Court docket.
Two of the three murder charges were
filed in 1968 and the third murder
occurred this March.
James Frederick Handon is charged
with the killing of Robert Stewart.
Thomas Lorenzo Daniels is accused of the
pistol slaying of James McCrimmon and
Leslie Lee McMillan is charged with the
Speaks
Secretary-Treasurer Franklin R. Teal.
New directors are John Balfour, Jack
Bray, Walter Coley. J. D. McMillian, R.
Palmer Willcox. New officers were
installed by Tom U. Cameron.
In his address, Broughton touched on
several aspects of the community's role in
the attraction of industry to areas as well
as its role in general economic
development. He said that a community
must always be mindful of the "Three
B's" of community planning, that a
community must always be ready to
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School Chorus And
Concert Tonight
Voyager, Bright; People (from "Funnv
Girl"). Diane Upchurch, Soprano, Styne;
Tommy's Gone To Ho, Dcguire;
Selections from "West Side Story",
Tonight Sheri Sawyer, Mezzo Soprano,
Bernstein; Somewhere, Arr. by McNeill;
Weep, O Willow, Diane Upchurch,
Soloist, Arr. by Lekbcrg. Pam McMillian,
Accompanist.
The program for the Chorus is as
follows:
Praise To The Living God. Arr. by
Vree; Let Down The Bars 0 Death,
Barber; What The World Needs Now,
Bacharach; Go Way From My Window,
Arr. by Zaninelh: I Hear A Voice
Speaks To Kiwanians
actively supporting an
organization established to
contribute its full resources
and capabilities to advance the
security of the United Stales."
After explaining that Fort
Bragg has a total monthly
disbursement of approximately
S25 million, Tolson closed by
saying. "Never have we needed
a stronger, more determined
and eftectivc army. Certainly,
with all the prevailing dissent
and disregard of traditional
values and institutions, your
army has never needed the
civilian support that it does
todav."
James R. Attaway had
charge of the program and
Gen. Tolson was introduced by
Paul Dickson.
shotgun slaying of his wife on March 9,
1969.
Other offenses on the docket include
five assault with intent to kill, three
armed robbery, an accessory after the
fact of murder, conspiracy charges,
felonious larceny, breaking and entering,
speeding offenses, two non-support and
an assault on a female.
James Wood
Purchases
Western Auto
Homer McGuinn, owner of
Western Auto has announced that
his business has been purchased by
James Wood, owner of Wood's
Grocery. He says that final
settlement of the transaction wi!!
have taken place by July I .
Meanwhile McGuinn has
completed construction of a new
building on East Elwood Ave.
where he contemplates housing
auto parts.
A-Prayin', Bright; Moon River, Mancini;
Good, Good, Good, Roberts.
Accompanists for the Chorus arc Missy
Upchurch, Barbara Plummcr and Beth
Jordan.
Pam McMillian, Kathy Davis, Barbara
Plummcr and Missy Upchurch will be
accompanist for the Combined Choruses.
The program for the Combined Choruses
is as follows:
Let All The Nations Praise The Lord,
Arr. by Hoggard: You'll Never Walk
Alone, Rodgers; This Guy's In Love With
You, Bacharach; and Battle Hymn of the
Republic, Steppe.
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