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The Hoke County News- Established 1928 The Hoke County Journal - Established 1905
VOL. LXVI NO. 48 RAEFORD, HOKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA *4 PER YEAR 10c PER COPY THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1971
Around Town
By SAM C. MORRIS
Marvin Pinson, who managed the
Raeford Plant several years ago and is
now in Clarksville, Va., was by the officc
last week. We were discussing with him
the textile business and the short hours of
the local plant. He stated that thing!
should pick up in the near future and thai
all the executives of the company were
working very hard to get things back or
full production. We know that
management of the company ii
concerned and will do everything to put
the wheels to rolling again.
It was good to see Marvin and we hop<
to keep in touch with him over the year:
to come.
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We rode out to the Arabia Golf Course
last Saturday morning and we can't
remember ever seeing the number of cars
that were parked there that early in the
day. We were talking to Brown Hendrix
later in the day and he stated that the
first 17 people that came up that day all
were in an automobile. Anyway most of
the golfers played early because the
course was not crowded Saturday
afternoon.
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The baseball season opened Monday,
but interest now in the big leagues is not
what it was many years ago. Back in the
1920s and 1930s most teenagers could
name the players on every team in the
major leagues. We doubt today that many
teenagers can name the teams in the big
league.
The week of April 18-24 is National
Library Week. A local committee has
been appointed to help promote the week
in Hoke County. The committee consists
of Ernest R. Sutton, chairman, J.W
Turlington, A.W. Wood, Jr., Mrs. R.E
Neeley, Mrs. Charles Hostetler, Mrs
Harry McLean, Mrs. Phyllis Hall, Mrs. J.L
Warner, Mrs. Ruth McNair, Mrs. Helen
Small and the writer of this column.
One project that is now underway is a
Poster Conteat in all schools of the
county. Mrs. Phyllis Hall, librarian at
Raeford Elementary School is in charge
of this project. Mrs. Hall said that the
principal and librarian at each schoo
would pick the three best posters and
they would be sent to her and later woulc
be judged with the posters from ali
schools. The deadline for the postei
contest is April IS. Mrs. Hall said that the
best posters would be on display at i
place to be named later.
Other projects will be forthcoming and
we will send them along to you so that
we can give full recognition to Nationa
Library Week.
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We think that the recreation
committee has come up with a fine
program for the summer. If the help
comes from Ft. Bragg as expected this
siould be the best program ever carried
out in the county. We congratulate this
committee on the work they have done
so far and also to W.K. Morgan for his
assistance to the committee.
Lights Out
After Crash
A car crashed into a utility pole early
Sunday morning and blacked out part of
Raeford for several hours.
The driver and an infant in the auto
received only minor injuries.
City police have charged Mrs. Manda
Joan Sanders of Raeford with careless
and wreckless driving.
Mrs. Sanders was driving into Raeford
on South Main Street when she lost
control of her car on a curve and struck a
large utility pole and transformer, Police
Chief L.W. Stanton said. The accident
happened about 1:10 a.m.
Damages were estimated at S300 to the
pole and $ 1,000 to the car.
Bake Sale
A bake sale will be held on Main Street
Saturday beginning at 9:30 by the
Philippi Women of the Church.
Proceeds will be used for furnishing a
kitchen in the community building.
fwo Die In Separate Wrecks
iwo men died in separate wrecks in
the county last week.
Richard Truman Pickens, a soldier at
Ft. Bragg died Friday following a wreck
on U.S.401 near Bowmore March 31.
Bobby Locklear of Maxton was killed
in a one-car wreck near Ant loch last
Thursday morninR.
Pickens was driving south on 401
about 4 p.m. when he came upon two
cars (topped in the highway for a left
turn, Highway Patrol Trooper E.W. Coen
said. Pickens tried to pass the cars on the
right hand shoulder and lost control of
the vehicle, which overturned in the
highway.
The other vehicles were not involved in
the accident, Coen said.
Pickens died Friday in Veterans
Hospital in Durham. A passenger. Miss
Ann Britt of Laurinburg, was slightly
injured.
Coen said the auto in which Locklear
died was discovered about S:30a.m. near
Antioch. The accident happened where
rural road 1459 makes a T into the
Antioch road near a bridge.
Locklear's car apparently ran through
the T and hit a pine tree, Coen said.
Locklear was dead when the ambulance
irrlved.
Seven traffic deaths have been
recorded in the county so far this year.
County wide Recreation Planned
If Help Conies From Ft. Bragg
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Commissioners Meet As Review Board;
Hear About Housing In Regular Session
The county commissioners met for an
hour list Monday as an equalization and
review board and then held their regular
monthly meeting.
As s review board, they denied the
request of C.G. Odom of Quewhiffle
township to be released from taxes on
property purchased from Gayton Chavis
in 1967 in a foreclosure sale.
They approved a refund to the heirs of
Mrs. Alma I. McKenzie Townsend of
S45.44 for taxes paid since 1966 as a
result of an error in arithmetic. '
Four acres of land were depreciated
from $S00 to $150 an acre at the request
Arrest Made
In Rape Case
Johnny McClendon, an EUerbe man
accused of raping an 11 - year ? old girl
here two weeks ago, has been arrested in
Richmond County, Sheriff D.M.
Barrington reported.
McClendon, 28, posted a 520,000
bond for appearance in District Court
here. A preliminary hearing on the charge
of statutory rape is set for April 16.
Two school breakins were investigated
this week by the sheriffs department.
Upchurch School was reported entered
Monday and a drink machine was broken
into. About SIS was missing.
South Hoke1 School was also entered
Monday but nothing was missing. Both
breakins were through a window.
of W.W. McLean. The land had been
returned to McLean from Hoke Memorial
Gardens.
A request was approved to release the
estate of Mrs. John L. McLeod from 1970
taxes as Mrs. McLeod died in 1969 and
willed all property to the church.
Also approved were adjustments in
listing for J.R. and Parthenia McAllister
from 37 acres to 35.5 acres and Carey E.
Snelgrove from 47.2 acres to 43 acres.
The valuation on an unoccupied house
owned by the D.G. McFadyen heirs was
reduced from $5,200 to S3,500.
The board also inspected and approved
an improvement list for 1971 and a list of
insolvent personal property taxes
submitted for release.
Members representing the Raeford
Housing Authority met with the
commissioners during the regular session.
Joe Upchurch, chairman; Monroe
Williams, city housing administrator and
William Bostic, Jr., representing Sheets
and Bradfield Architects, Inc. appeared
before the board to explain the housing
authority and how it affects the county.
The authority has jurisdiction up to
ten miles from the city limits, with the
approval of the county, they said.
Housing units can be located throughout
that ten mile area, if the county approve
and agrees to provide all services that are
provided to any other county resident.
Bostic said that the city is planning to
submit an application to the federal
government for approval of low income
housing units within tfce next two weeks
and would include plans to locate some
PACE Helps Students
Meet College Costs
Students may apply now for summer
jobs under the PACE (Plan Assuring
College Education in North Carolina)
program.
PACE is a plan developed by the North
Carolina State' Department of Social
Services to assist students to take
advantage of the opportunities available
under the college ? work study provision
of the Federal Higher Education Act of
1965.
It provides the administration involved
in securing summer employment for
students who have the scholastic
aptitudes but lack the financial means to
begin or continue their higher education.
Operated in conjunction with
participating colleges, it is a cooperative
venture involving high school guidance
counselors, college financial aid officers,
and state and local agencies or non -
profit organizations in which certified
PACE students can work.
PACE helps find jobs for certified
students in agencies in their home
communities, such as local Social Services
Departments, health departments,
libraries, and recreation programs.
The student, in order to be eligible,
must have been approved and accepted
by one of the participating colleges for
entrance in the fall or in good standing
Jaycees Plan
Dance Saturday
A dance, sponsored by the Hoke
County Jaycees, will be held Saturday
night at the South Hoke School gym.
Music will be provided by the Soul Ts.
The dance will be held from 7:30 to
11:30 p.m.
Profits from the dance will be used to
finance other community Improvement
projects, Jaycee president Winford Rogers
said.
for continuation in college, and need
financial aid to begin or continue his
higher education. Each student must
apply for PACE at the individual college
he will be attending in the fall. The
application to participate must be filed
with the financial aid officer who
determines eligibility.
Any public or private non - profit
agency or organization which needs
summer help may place a college student
full ? time within the agency for the
summer. The agency's share to match
federal funds will exceed approximately
25 per cent of the student's gross summer
earnings.
Applications may be obtained from the
student aid officer at the college, the
local high school guidance counselor or at
the Hoke CAP office or call Miss Doris
McAllister, 875-2969.
units in the county if that wat agreeable
with the board. He said he would have
the application ready for the next
commissioner's meeting.
However, Bostic explained, there was a
long waiting period for approval from the
federal government and it will probably
take several years to get any units built.
Bostic described some of the types of
housing units that are available. Most are
single family or duplex dwellings, he said.
Usually built of brick veneer, frame
construction, they range from three to six
bedrooms. He said that usually no more
than twenty units are placed in one area
and that usually only four or five are put
together.
Public housing may be built through
three plans, Bostic explained. In leased
housing, the homes are built by a private
developer and leased to the housing
authority to operate. In conventional
housing, the authority gets the p|ans and
asks for bids. In tum ? key, the authority
selects areas of city or county to be
developed and developers acquire land
and bid to build the units. The authority
awards the bid and buys the units from
the developer.
A new feature of public housing,
Bostic uid, wit that In many cases, the
tenant! could purchase the home when
their Income reached a certain level. The
iverige length of time of occupancy for
public housing in the state, he said, is
three years.
The county would be paid a percentage
of the yearly rents in lieu of taxes.
Dr. Riley Jordan, Dr. Robert
Townsend and Dr. Page Hudson, chief
medical examiner for the state, came
before the board to explain the medical
(See REVIEW BOARD, Page 10
Early Service
Planned Easter
A community early morning Easter
service, sponsored by the Raeford
Ministerial Association, will be held at 6
a.m. Sunday at the Highland Biblical
Gardens located just off the Red Springs
Road.
The Rev. Allan Symth will be the guest
speaker. Special music will be presented.
City Approves Contract
W ith County On Landfill
The city council, at a regular session
Monday night, agreed to a proposal
approved earlier that day by the county
commissioners to operate a joint city ?
county landfill.
The landfill will be managed by city
personnel and operated with city
equipment. The county government also
agreed earlier to pay $10,000 for the first
year's operation and the city council
approved the agreement. Operating costs
for the first year are estimated by city
manager John Gaddy at about $20,000.
A contract for paving and resurfacing
several city streets was awarded by the
council to Lee Paving Company of
Sanford.
Lee submitted the low bid of
55,910.97. Other bids were received from
Crowell Company for $7,554.49 and
Riley Paving Company for $6,129.06.
Streets to be paved this summer are
Covington, Lewis and Cumberland in the
McLauchlin Chapel area.
In other business, the council approved
the city fire department's roster, ftiis is a
requirement of the state for payment to
the Fireman's Relief Fund. A total of 38
members were certified as active
members.
Water Woes Come From Bad Valve
A faulty check valve at the water plant
was blamed by city manager John Gaddy
for loss of water pressure over the
weekend.
Bill Sellars, director of public works
and Malburn Edge of the street
department worked on the valve until
about 4:30 a.m. Sunday, Gaddy said. The
problem was discovered late Saturday
afternoon.
Two additional wells are completed
now ana are being connected to the city
water system now.Gaddy said. When this
is completed in about two weeks, the city
will have nine wells operating. This will
add about 300 gallons a minute.
This should relieve some of the
difficulties that have plagued the city, he
said. Water to Burlington was curtailed
for part of one day last week, he said.
Other test wells have been drilled, he
said,and look promising but the city does
not have the money to develope them.
Medical Examiner System
Goes Into Effect Here
Sudden or unnatural deaths here will
be investigated by a medical examiner
from now on as the county joins other
counties in the state under the medical
examiner system.
Three doctors have been appointed,
effective April 1, as medical examiners
for Hoke County. They are Dr. Riley
Jordan, Dr. Robert Townsend and Dr.
WJ. Steininger at McCain.
Drs. Jordan and Townsend and Dr.
Page Hudson, chief medical examiner for
the state, met with county commissioners
Monday to explain the system. Sheriff
D.M. Barrington was there also.
A law to provide statewide medical
examiners was enacted in 1967, Dr.
Hudson said and implementation was
begun in 1968. All counties are expected
to have medical examiners in the near
future, he said.
Medical examiners were nominated by
the county medical society and appointed
by the chief medical examiner.
They will be notified, according to the
law, of any death that is "apparently by
criminal act or default, or apparently by
suicide, or while an inmate of any penal
or correctional institution, or under any
suspicious, unusual or unnatural
circumstance." Medical examiners are
also to be notified of any death that was
unattended by a physician.
The powers of the medical director are
somewhat broader than those of the
County Health
Department
Closed Monday
The Hoke County Health Department
will be closed all day Easter Monday and
no clinic services will be provided on that
day.
Persons who want health cards will be
seen April 14 from 8 to 10 a.m.
Food Class Draws Crowd
Nearly three dozen representatives
from ten churches attended the first
session of the food and food buying class
sponsored by the Raeford Presbyterian
Church March 29.
Mrs. Becky Bracy of Sandhills
Community College taught the class. A
total of 33 persons attended the class.
The second class will be held April 12
at 7 p.m. in the fellowship hall of
Raeford Presbyterian Church, the public
i; invited.
coroner, Dr. Hudson explained.
"The system for medical evaluation for
violent, sudden or unnatural death has a
broader spectrum and more authority
than the coroner," he said.
Under the law, a body cannot be
moved without the consent of the
medical examiner. "No person shall
disturb the body st the scene of death
until authorized by the county medical
examiner," the law states.
The coroner will no longer sign death
certificates under the new system.
County coroner Frank Crumpler said
that after talking with the Robeson
County coroner, ne does not think his
office will be changed too greatly, aside
from not signing the death certificate.
Robeson County has a medical examiner
"It is not going to afTect me too much,
as I understand it," he said. "I will still go
on calls and help Investigate Incidences of
foul ptay and such. I just won't sign the
death certificate."
"I think it will be a good thing for the
county," Crumpler said. "A doctor
knows more about the human body than
anyone else. But It Is going to be
expensive. Then are going to be more
autopsies under this system."
Sharlff Barrlngton told the
commissioners that the solicitors are
insisting an autopsies in almost every caae
(See MEDICAL EXAMINER. Pg. 11)
A recreation program throughout the
county is planned this summer it' aid is
received from the Ft. Bragg civic action
team operating here.
The Raeford ? Hoke Recreation
Committee met last week and announced
plans for a Monday through Friday
program of activities at six locations in
the city and county.
Supervised playground activities are
E tanned at Upchurch, Raeford
lementary, McLuuchlin, West Hoke,
South Hoke and Rockfish.
A request for Army aid has been
submitted by the committee. W.K.
Morgan, recreation director, emphasized
that the summer activities at the school
parks depended upon receiving personnel
and equipment from the Army.
"We ( ion't have the money or people
to equip even one park, let alone six," he
said. "If we don't get the help from them,
then we will have our basic recreation
program of softball, boys' baseball and
such like we've had before."
Morgan said he had requested one
soldier for each park and a variety of
recreation equipment such as basketball
goals, and backstops, jungle gyms, swings,
slides, bike racks, and sec - saws.
In addition, he has asked for Army
personnel to officiate at games and to
help coach Little League teams. t <? .
If the program is approved, Morgan
plans to have one supervisor from the
Army and one Neighborhood Youth
Corps worker at each park. Activities
planned include basketball, horseshoes,
Dadminton, stick pool, tethcrball,
toftball, dodge ball, kick ball, four
square, croquet, rodeos, kite contests,
bike races, field trips, decorating contests.
The parks will be open about five hours a
'lay.
Hie recreation program this year is
operating on less funds than the
committee originaMy requested from the
United Fund. >ightlv more than ib,P00
was requested tJut a total of $5,00v has
been approved by the United Fund and
city and county governments. The county
has allotted $2,500 from next year's
budget to be paid in July. The city
council approved $1,500 and the United
Fund allotted SI,000 to the program.
Morgan said that in the past he has
added new facilities to the program. This
has included re - lighting the Armory Park
field and Inproving the field, stands and
concession stand. He has also built new
baseball diamonds. This year, he said, he
will not be able to make any
improvements.
'The operating expenses, buying
equipment, uniforms, paying the light
bill, insurance, paying officials and-pcople
to work in the program, that will lake all
the money we have," he said.
"Any building or improvements will
have to come through the Ft. Bragg
program."
The recreation committee met last
week for their second meeting since the
program was re ? organized under
sponsorship of the local governments.
Charlie Hottel was named secretary -
treasurer of the group.
Benny McLeod is chairman of the
committee. He was also chairman of the
recreation committee that was set up
under the United Fund. As in past years,
W.K. Morgan is recreation director and
Howard Barkley is assistant director.
The committee approved an increase in
the league entry fee for softball teams
from 525 to $48 a season. They also
ruled that all teams must wear some kind
of matching uniform.
Softball teams are being formed now.
The boy's baseball and the supervised
play will begin at the close of the school
year.
City Joins
15 Finalists
In Contest
Raeford is one of sixteen communities
named to the finals in the two ? year
Governor's Beautification program.
The finalists are: Raeford, Waynesville,
New Bern, Durham, Wyse Fork, Cane
Creek, Randleman, Greensboro, Old
Sparta, Newton, Statesville, Ayersville,
Jacksonville, Beulaville, Fayetteville and
Taylonville.
Representatives of the 16 finalists
communities will be guests of honor at
the Governor's Mansion in Raleigh on
May 11 where Gov. and Mrs. Robert
Scott will present awards.
The "Years of Beauty" program
competition was based on a community's
efforts to clean up and beautify itself.
There were five categories of
competition, based on population.
Winners in each of the five categories will
be announced at the awards presentation
uareroony.