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V0L.LXVI NO. 36 RAEFORD, HOKE COUNTY. NORTH CAROLINA $4 PER YEAR 10c PER COPY THl KSDAY. JAM ARY 14.1971
Ice Coats Trees, Lines But Creates Few Troubles
Around Town
By SAM MORRIS
John Scott Poole said last week that
one Saturday morning recently he
counted 27 men in his office chewing the
fat. He made the statement after reading
in this column about the writer getting
information from the folks that gather
there. We hate we missed that many
characters together at one time. It would
have been excellent copy.
Poole is also chairman of the Board of
Elections for Hoke County and asked
that we remind voters that the books are
open on Monday, Wednesday and Friday
from 9 a.m. until one p.m. You cannot
vote in the February 9th sales tax
election, but you can register for future
elections. Also if you want to change
your voting precinct, now is the time to
do so.
The chairman reminds all voters that
the books will not open in each precinct
as in years gone by, so if you are not
properly registered be sure to do so at
once.
The United Fund needs approximately
S700 to meet the campaign goal. Many in
the county haven't contributed and the
fund needs the money, so send in your
check today.
Mrs. John Scott Poole said that a
record player has been donated to the
Anthony Nursing Home and also a few
records but that there was still a need for
more records. If you have any records
around the house that you don't need, be
a cheerful giver and donate them to the
rest home. The records will certainly
^bring many happy hours to'tue shut-ins.
Bill Howell and Younger Snead were
telling me last week about Buist Bethune
of San Antonio, Texas being in town.
Buist lived in Raeford before going off
with the National Guard in 1940. He
remained in the service and is now at a
hospital in San Antonio. He must be in
the Medical Corps as Bill and Younger
both were relating some of his latest tales.
Of course, Bethune was always known for
his holding to the line in telling the truth.
We hate that *e missed hint on his visit
to Hoke County but glad to hear that he
is well and around as usual.
The legislature started its 1971 session
yesterday and Rep. N.L. McFadyen, from
an article on the front page, is looking for
a long and difficult tour this year. Be sure
to read what he thinks about the
upcoming session.
The vote on the one cent sales tax for
Hoke County will come before the people
for the second time on February 9th.
This writer was against the election last
time because he couldn't find out where
the money was to be spent. This time the
commissioners have brought forth two
worthwhile projects that will be
beneficial to numerous citizens of all
races in the county. The recreation
program and the land fill project are
things that will be worth the few pennies
a week each citizen will spend on the tax.
We endorse this election and hope that
all citizens will study the projects and the
amount of money involved in this issue,
then go to the polls and vote "Yes."
In the remaining weeks before the vote
we will try to bring forth many reasons
hy you should endorse this tax, so as to
jjjport these two projects and many
Safe Robbed
At Grocery
A imalt safe was torn open Sunday
night at Lipscomb's Grocery and an
undisclosed amount of change was taken.
The theft was discovered Monday
morning by Jimmy Thompaon, who went
to open the store.
The safe was located in a storage room
at the rear of the grocery. The room was
eattred by the back door. Chief of Police
(JV. Stanton said.
The door of the safe was ripped off by
? crow bar or similar tool, he said, but
aaty small change was in the safe at the
time of the theft.
A rifle, three shotguns and several
botUss of wine were also reported
mining.
The break-in and theft is still under
?, Chief Stanton said.
United Fund
Needs $700
With virtually all of the contributions
in, the United Fund is slightly more than
S700 short of its goal.
Raeford Turkey Farms workers
contributed $930.SS this week to push
the fund to $18,401.48, campaign
manager Jerry Goza reported.
This is $779.71 short of the county
goal of $19,181.19.
Twelve agencies within the county
depend on the United Fund for financing.
These are the Scouts, Red Cross, White
Cane, 4-H, Crippled Children, community
development, the recreation program,
Hoke Rescue Squad, needy school
children, senior citizens and Carolina
United, which includes national agencies.
Campaign officials have not given up
hope that the goal may still be met.
"If anyone who hasn't contributed yet
wants to or if anyone wants to give a
little more, well be glad to have it," Goza
said.
Contributions may be turned in to
Goza, to Box 550 or to the office of The
News-Journal.
Fire Destroys
Bethea Home
One home burned to the ground and
two others were damaged by a fire that
broke out in the North Raeford section
on Vass Road last Thursday.
The home of Thomas Bethea was
burned completely. Flames were already
coming through the roof when the first
firemen arrived, Johnny Baker, chief of
the North Raeford Fire Department said.
The fire began inside the home, he said,
but the cause has not yet been
determined.
Firemen from the North Raeford and
Raeford fire departments were able to
extinguish the blaze which had spread to
the houses on each side of the Bethea
home with only minor damage to the two
houses.
Homes owned by Robert McGregor
and Junior Bethea were damaged slightly.
The blaze was reported about 11:45
a.m. on Jan. 7. There was no one at home
at the Bethca's when the fire started.
Baker said, and firemen received the call
too late to save the four ? room, frame
house.
Fire hydrants which were installed in
the past year as part of the community
water system were located near the
homes.
18-Year-Olds
Register Here
Seven 18 ? year - old voters have been
registered in the county since the
Supreme Court decision allowing them to
vote was put into effect here, John Scott
Poole, chairman of the election
commission, reported.
Residents aged 18 to 20 may vote in all
national elections, but not in state or
county elections.
Five voters aged 21 or up have also
been added to the books since the county
began a system of full ? time registration
Jan. 1, he reported.
Registration for the sales tax election
on Feb. 9 closed Friday, but voters may
still register for future elections from 9-1
Monday, Wednesday and Fridays at
Poole's office.
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HE A VY LOAD -- Pines bend almost to the ground under their load of ice.
McFadyen Expects Session
To Be Long And Difficult
Stale Representative Neill L
McFadyen. a veteran of six. terms tn the
House, looks lor a "long, drawn - t"gt and
hard session" when the legis.aai.e
convenes this week
Facing the legislators ate sortie very
difficult and lime ? consuming problems.
McFadyen said. Chief among these will be
the task of reorganizing state government
in accordance with the recent
constitutional amendment, t he
restructuring of higher education, the
improvement and modernization ol the
state system ol correction: redisricting
throughout the state; and setting the
largest budget in state history.
"Just that will be enough to keep us
busy for the next six months." he said.
Thompson Names
New Solicitor
Linn Jolisnon. new Assistant So it or
for this district, was intrnduci t to
courthouse personnel Friday by So. citor
Jack Thompson.
Johnson is a graduate of the University
of North Carolina, I(>b3 and received his
law degree from UN'C in 196(s. He was a
member of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, stationed in Detroit anil
New York front l,)6(> until 1969.
He is married and has one child.
Health Board
Names Chairman
Donald A. Abernelhy was elected
chairman of the count) hoard of health
at a meeting ol the boaid on Jan. 5.
He succeeds Walter Colcy .
Stephen Williams was named vice ?
chairman, succeeding Dr. Julius Jordan.
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SAFE CRACKED - The door of this small safe at Lipscomb's Grocery Store on Harris
Avenue mvi torn off and an undisclosed amount of change stolen in a break-in at the
grocery Sunday night.
"And some of it is going to be awfully
hard to decide. In addition to those major
problem the-" me going to be a ??.umb"
of relatively minor, though still
important, and time ? consuming
matters."
Examples of this type, McFadyen said,
will be the questions of liquor by the
drink and of Bald Head and Smith
islands.
McFadyen said he expected to vote in
favor of a bill for a referendum on liquor
by the drink, if one is introduced.
"If a bill for referendum should be
presented. 1 would vote to approve it on
the basis that it would allow the people in
the area concerned to settle the question
for themselves."
On Bald Head and Smith islands, he
said "The question seems to have come
to a stalemate at present and the state
legislature will be requested for money to
buy the islands in order to preserve the
Buses Collide;
Student Hurt
Two school buses collided near West
Hoke School last Thursday afternoon,
injuring one student.
A bus driven by Neill Alexander Baker,
1 7, of Raeford, rammed the rear of a bus
driven by Alton McLean, 17, of Raeford.
Trooper Eugene Coen, who investigated
the accident, said McLean stopped
suddenly to avoid hitting a dog and
Baker's bus was unable to stop.
Cynthia Ann Henderson, 14, of Rt. 1,
Aberdeen was taken to the hospital with
a severe laceration on her knee. She was
cut when she fell onto the control box of
the Baker bus.
Baker was charged with failing to
decrease speed in time to avoid an
accident.
Firemen Elect
New Officers
The Hoke County Firemen's
Association elected.officers Jan. 6 at a
meeting held at Rowland's Barbeque.
Ed McNeill of the Hillcrest Fire
Department was elected president.
Charles Helbling, of Puppy Creek, was
named vice ? president and Johnny Baker
of North Raeford was elected secretary.
Julian Banes, of Rockfish Fire
Department, was named treasurer and
Henry Kiger of North Raeford was
chosen chaplain.
The association is composed of the fire
departments of Raeford, Rockfish, Puppy
Creek, Hillcrest and North Raeford.
Forty ? eight members were present at the
meeting.
The firemen also distributed 1500
stickers imprinted with the central
telephone number, 875-2844, to the rural
fire departments. These will be given to
residents living in the fire districts. Baker
said, to remind them that persons can
report a rural fire to that number, which
it the sheriff's department, and the
proper fire department will be called.
natural conditions thai exist tlieie " I
cannon make a predvtion whether such
an appropriation w.li be app.oen
not."
McFadyen said he is planning to
See McFADYFN. Page
City Slates
Public Hearing
A public hearing to determine the need
for a city housing authority is scheduled
at City Hall Jan. 25 at 7 X) p.m.
The hearing was planned alter a
petition hearing 25 names and requesting
the establishment of a housing authority
was presented at the last cits council
meeting.
Ralph Lessen and Jean Vlelvrn. of the
State Department of Local Atlarrs. met
with city manager John Caddy and
Mayor John K. McNeill Tuesday to
discuss the steps necessary to form an
authority.
A housing authority was formed once
before by the city council but \sas
dissolved when it was learned that it had
been formed improperly,Gaddy said.
If the city establishes a housing
authority, it will be composed of live
persons with the chairman appointed bs
the mayor and city council, he said. The
authority will be able to setve a ten - mile
radius of Raeford.
The petition requesting the author ny
may be seen prior to the public hearing at
the city manager's office, Caddy said.
Boosters T o
Meet Tuesday
The Hoke High Booster Club smI meet
next Tuesday at H 15 p.m. at the
Hoke High gym.
Fund raising projects anJ the annua!
Spring banquet will be discussed. Booster
president Charlie Hostel said.
Sleet and lice/nig lain moved through
tile county hiday. coating trees and
power lines with a shimmering, brittle
blanket of ice.
Icing began earls Hildas running and
continued most of the day. However,
tenipeiattires above free/tug kept the
streets clear. One svieck was reported
I liday jiteriioon on 401 By -pass when
the dnver lost contiol oil the uin-slick
highway.
Many residents throughout the county
expetienced power failures. some lasting
lot scvciul hours, but power companies
tepoited damage due to ice was relatively
minor.
"We were fortunate," Ben Hurley of
Carolina Posser and Light Company said.
"This svas not anything like the storm in
Hcbruary. 1969, But if it had kept up
another few hours or if the temperature
had been a little lower, we would have
had trouble."
Crews began work about 9 p.m. Friday
night, he said, and worked on until
Sunday morning. Power failures occurred
when trees and falling limbs hit the lines.
Pine trees, that bent nearly to the ground
under their load of iee, were the greatest
souice of trouble. Hurley said.
Luinbcc River Lleetne Membership
Corporation also reported scattered
outages. All the main feeder lines were
restored by Saturday afternoon, a
spokesman said.
Outages reoccurred when the ice began
to melt, allowing the trees to spring back
and knock the wnes down again.
Downed trees and fallen limbs created
some problems in the city. The state
highway department removed trees and
limbs on the highways and right of ways
and a city (tuck had to make extra
rounds to clean up the limbs, city
manager John Caddy reported.
Schools Plan
Parents' Day
R.i/ \. principal at Hoke County
. ... ? i. a J patent* to visit the
school nex: Wednesday duiing visitation
day
In a lettei sent homo with students,he
sj id
"Dear Parents
"Wednesday. Jjn. 20. was the date put
m the school calendat by the Hoke
County Bojid ot education to be used as
a visitation day hy the paients. The
puipose of the visitation is for the parents
to have an opportunity to visit the school
and talk to the individual teachers about
the progress it their child. No students
will lie in school on this date.leaving the
day eniiiely tree foi parents.
"In speaking foi the faculty at Hoke
County High School. I would like to urge
that the patents take advantage of this
oppnt(unity Before this day you will
have ail opportunity to see your son or
daughters icport card, enabling you to
feel oi not feel the necessity of talking to
the teachers or the Guidance Department.
Please leel free to come between the
hours ot X:30 and 3.30."
All schools will be open for parents
thai day foi \i>us.
Sheriff Reports
Shooting, Theft
Shout *' Jcpait nent rcpnits included
one sho '.Mg ,md a theit m the cuuny
this week.
I at! " l.otu-" Bulla* ti it Kt. I. Red
Spii-ig-. was shot I ? i,lay night while at
the ii. i:;c Oi Bos* ?:id C'.i heiiue Jones,
also *: R' I , ?. .. Sj rn'iL's
Boijid was sak-.-: to Sou:lieastern
Cc-ie.,-1 Hospital.
!';e repo-t e si1: u:... investigation
?*?? ihesherit'-s department.
\ then cported at Riley's Ar'ique
Shop, Ri 1. Abeideen on I riday
atternoon is also under investigation.
Several hand cuns and shotguns were
missed t:om the shop.
Coen's Patrol Car
Rammed In Chase
A highway pairol car was rammed
twice during a chase that began near
Virgil's Drive ? In Saturday night.
Trooper E.W Coen attempted to stop
a vehicle driven by Theodore McNair. of
Rt. 2 Raeford near Harmony Heights
McNair refused to stop for the blue
light and siren near the Drive ? In Trooper
Coen said, and instead raced down 401
By ? piss until he turned off to the left on
a dirt road near the north end of the
by-pass.
As they drove through the field, Coen
maneuvered his patiol car in front of the
McNair vehicle. McNair's car hit him on
the left front side, then spun out of
control and struck the patrol car again on
the right front, imobili/ing the vehicle.
Coen said.
Troopei M R Beman. of Fayetteville,
who was called to assist, met McNair on
the Tylet Town road and took up the
chase. Coen said. McNair was arrested at
his home by Bcman.
McNair was charged with speeding 85
in a 60 mph /one. two counts of driving
undei the influence, careless and reckless
driving, driving while his license was
revoked, failure to stop for a blue light
and siren, hit and run and assault on an
officer. He is in jail in lieu of SI350
bond.
Highway Patrol Sergeant D.L.
Minshew, newly assigned to Raeford.was
riding with Trooper Coen at the time of
the accident.