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VOL. LXV1 NO. 50 HAEFORD, HOKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA S4 PER YEAR 10c PER COPY THURSDAY. APRIL 22 ion
Around Town
By SAM C. MORRIS
Th? new feature, 'Speak Up' that was
itarted last week in this paper seems to
have made a hit with the readers. We have
received many replies to the questions
and the results will be given next week.
You don't have to sign your name to the
answers, juit mark and either mail or stop
by the office and drop them in the box
marked 'Speak Up.'
If you nave a question on which you
want the opinion of the local people,
send it to ui and we will publish it. We
would like for all our readers to 'Speak
Up' on all questions.
The picture of the 19IS baseball team
seemed to be appreciated by many of our
readers. The only thing about this picutre
Is that most people who could help
identify some ot the spectators have gone
on to their home In the sky. Several years
ago you could call up certain people in
the county and get Information of the
early 1900s but it is almost impossible to
do so now. We like to see old pictures and
also like to run them in the paper. If you
have one around the house bring it by the
office. The picture will not be hurt and
will be returned.
The footprints on the sidewalk
Monday have caused a number of people
to stop by and inquire as to what they
were put there for? They are to show Tar
Heels going to the library during National
Library week. Posters are on display
around town and you can also return
overdue books back to the library this
week without a fine.
One name was omitted from the
library committee and that was Mrs.
Harliss Wright. She has done many
posters and her work is appreciated by all
who are helping with this project.
We received a letter this week from
Rep. Gus Speros and what it means we
don't know; but we will pass the
information alopx to you. Gus writes that
a bill has been introduced to repeal the
chirter of Dundarrach. If anyone doesn't
want this to happen, please get in touch
with Speros immediately. You can write
him at the State Legislature Building.
Raleigh, N.C. 2761 1.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Womble of
Burlington were by the office last week
to renew their subscription to the paper.
This was the first time we had talked with
Reba and Johnny for a number of years.
It always makes us feel good to talk to
former high school friends. We
appreciated trie visit and hope they will
come back again.
Come To
Open House
Hoke County Library
Friday, April 23
4-6 p.m.
Breakin At
Lake Cabin
A man was spotted Saturday afternoon
breaking into the cottage at Lake
Elizabeth owned by W.P. Saunders.
Bill Smith of Raeford saw a man
entering the cabin about 3 p.m. Saturday.
Sheriff D M. Barrington and Deputy Alex
Norton investigated the break ? in and
took fingerprints. The man fled before
the officers arrived.
Nothing was reported missing from the
house.
Boosters
To Meet
Officers will be elected Monday night
when the Hoke High Booster Club meets
at 8 p.m. at the high school.
In tdditlon to the election, Charlie
Hottel, president, said that plans will be
discussed for the annual Booster banquet.
Saving Time
Begins Sunday
Don't forget to set your clock ahead
this weekend for Daylight Saving Time.
The clock changes Saturday night >o
let the clock ahead one hour before you
go to bed that night and you'll be on time
Sunday mirnlng.
Daylight Saving Time Is observed from
? the iait Sunday In April to the last
Sunday In October.
C. D. BOUNDS
Dinner Starts
Cancer Crusade
The 1971 Crusade for Cancer Week
will kick off with a supper at W.T. Gibson
School next Tuesday night at 7.
C.D. Bounds, chairman of the Hoke
County cancer fund drive, announced
plans for the week to be held April 25 to
May 2.
Guest speaker at the opening dinner
will be Richard Buell, vice - president of
North Carolina Bank.
Bounds said the goal this year is
S2.500. The dinner will be S2.50 a plate.
Committee chairmen were also named
this week. They are Vardell Hedgpeth,
chairman of the business committee; Mrs.
Avery Connell and Mrs. Frank Crumpler,
chairmen of the industry committee; Miss
Brenda Abrams. chairman of the county;
Larry Long, publicity committee
chairman; Mrs. Phil Diehl, bake sale
chairman and Phil Diehl, treasurer.
A bake sale will be held April 29 from
1 to 6 p.m. at Southern National Bank.
Truck, Car In Flames
Seven In Car Injured
Seven occupants of a car were injured
Friday night when a transport truck
crashed into the rear of the car, exploding
the gas tank and burning up both
vehicles.
The injured were taken to Cape Fear
Valley Hospital, where they were treated
and released. Injured were Mrs. Prunell
McNeill Monroe, 39, of Raeford; Annie
Ruth Monroe, 18; Brenda Monroe, 15;
Loretta Monroe, 13. Joe McNatt, 18; Earl
Dockery, 16; and John Love. 16.
The car was stopped at a stoplight at
the corner of Prospect Ave. and Main
League Filled
Two Teams Refused
For Laek Of Facilities
Two prospective softball teams were
turned down for the summer league here
for lack of facilities, ^ K Morgan said.
Four new teams applied for the league
and there was space for only two. he said.
The teams drew straws la decide who
would be admitted to the league
"I am very concerned that we had to
turn down teams because we don't have
enough fields," Morgan said.
The new teams are Raeford Fire
Department and A&P. The two that were
refused were Hoke County Jaycees and
McNair's Cleaners.
The league will be composed of teams
sponsored by Carter's Tire, Raeford Oil
Company (formerty Presbyterians). Piney
Grove, House of Raeford, Hoke Concrete.
Bargain Motors, A&P and Raeford Fire
Department.
Morgan said the recreation committee
met with representatives at Ft Bragg last
week. The committee and Mayor John K
McNeill have also sent a letter expressing
appreciation for the interest the Army
has shown in helping with recreation.
Mayor, Council
Are Unopposed
Raeford city government will continue
with little interuption from the city
elections scheduled May 4, as the mayor
and five city councilmen are running
unopposed for re - election.
Mayor John K. McNeill and
councilmen Hester Garrison, Graham
Clark, Crawford Thomas, Jr., Franklin
Teal and J.D. McMillian all filed for office
last week.
McNeill is seeking his second term as
mayor. Councilmen Thomas, Garrison
and Clark are also running for a second
term. Teal has served three terms on the
council and McMilliun has served seven
terms. ?
County Manager Says
Tax Rate To Stay At $1.50
If State Takes Over Medicaid
Superior Court Convenes
Judge Cooper To Preside
Criminal Superior Court begins a week
? long session Monday with Judge Thomas
D. Cooper, Jr. presiding.
A dozen cases, so far, are scheduled to
be heard by the grand jury. If indictments
are returned, the cases are set for trial
during this session.
The grand jury will pass on two charges
against Gregory A. Conner of breaking,
entering and larceny; William James
McLean, forgery and passing a forged
check; James Jones, felonious breaking
and entering; Johnny Lee Harris,
breaking, entering and larceny and
Hubert Lowery.Jr., murder.
Also scheduled to be heard by the
grand jury are cases against Stafford
Junior Locklear, John Wayne Locklear
and Bobby Locklear of assault with a
deadly weapon with intent to kill; Joe
Walter Lowery and Bobby Graham,
discharging firearms into an occupied
building.
Several appeals from District Court are
scheduled for trial Monday. These include
charges of violation of prohitition laws by
George Hollingsworth, Bertha
Hollingsworih and Louise M. Morris.
Street, according to city police, when the
truck driven by David Graham Wilson of
Wilmington failed to stop and rammed
into the rear of Mrs. Monroe's vehicle
Skid marks measured 60 feet at the scene
of the wreck.
Both vehicles burst into flames and
were listed as a total loss. Flames reached
as high as the electric and telephone wires
overhead and some phone service was
interrupted for several hours.
Wilson was charged by city policemen
J.C. Barrington and G.G. Faircloth with
failure to decrease speed in time to avoid
an accident.
Morgan said he hoped to learn soon if the
Army had approved the request for
equipment and personnel for the summer
recreation program.
Other v;ases set for trial on Monday
include David Earl Locklear, stop sign
violation and driving while license was
revoked; Ledbetter Jacobs, Jr., driving
while license was revoked and resisting
arrest; Lawrence Shaw, Jr., careless and
reckless driving; Jim Bright Boahn,
driving while license was revoked and
James Earl Locklear, driving under the
influence.
If an indictment is returned by the
grand jury, Hubert Lowery, Jr. is
scheduled to go on trial for murder
Tuesday. He is charged with the shotgun
slaying of Bobby Strong near Antioch.
Also scheduled for trial on Tuesday if
they are indicted by the grand jury are
William James McLean, forgery and
passing a forged check; Gregory A.
Conner, breaking, entering and larceny;
Jaines Jones, felonious breaking and
entering and Johnny Lee Harris, breaking,
entering and larceny.
Two cases continued from the last
session of Superior Court are set for trial
1 uesday. They are Herman Junior Walter,
charged with eight counts of breaking,
entering and larceny stemming from a
series of house break - ins this past
winter, and Harry Nelson McNeill,
charged with larceny.
Appeals from District Court are set for
iiial Wednesday. Included are Ronald
Eugene Taylor, non ? support; Johnnie
Scott, assault. Luther McRae, driving
under the unfluence; John Henry
LeGrande, Jr., driving while license was
revoked and Willie Odell Ross, driving
under the influence and driving while
license was revoked.
Cases scheduled for Thursday include
Glenn W. Wood, charged with false
pretenses; Willie Kelly, assault and James
Willie Leach, public drunk and resisting
or obstructing an officer.
Motions are scheduled in several casts
Thursday. These include Bobby Strong
who was to be tried this term for two
assault charges; L.Z. Ellerby, larceny;
Walter Douglas, assauh with intent to
commit rape; Pete Junior Brunson, non ?
support and Ralph Couch, breaking,
entering and larceny and receiving stolen
goods
Sci Fa hearings, to determine forfeiture
of bonds are scheduled for Klaus E. Kolb,
charged with breaking, entering and
larceny and receiving stolen goods; James
Pearly Wall, Jr.. DUI; Neal Archie
Holmes, DUI and Phillip James Thomson.
N.C. General Statute 14-135 violation.
The trial calendar for each day will be
called at 9:30 a.m. with all attorneys and
defendants requested to be present. All
cases not reached for trial on the day
scheduled will remain for trial on a day to
dav basis unless they are continued by
TENDER CARE - W.K. Morgan plants a flowtr at Upchurch during school
beautlflcatlon day.
the court or by the consent of the state
and defendant.
The list of prospective jurors was
announced this week by the clerk's
office. A total of 54 names were drawn
for jury duty in the criminal session.
Those selected for jury duty are G.R.
Autrv. Willie James Breeden. Lonnie
Locklear. Jr.. Louvenia Melvin Jackson.
Shelba Huffman Wilson. Lois N. Padgett,
Mary* Frances McLauchlin, Mrs. Pearl
Livingston Blue, Pricella Stelle, Ellen
McLean Graham, George tvans. George
F.dward Borddock, Dorothy Deaver
Bounds, Palmer Matthew Oldham and
Barbara Jean Williams.
Also selected were Hermon Cummings,
Lena Blue Woodard, John J. Townsend,
Nathaniel Purcell, Jr., John H. McLean,
Peter James McNair, Mrs. B.B. Cole, Alex
Whitted, Betty Jean Jones. Lawrence
Demont Long, Jessie Johnson. Mrs. Meare
Bostic, Delton Smith Ivey, Lacy Dickson
McFadyen, Charlie Dixon, Jane Huckabee
Hedgpeth, Christina Baldwin, Dora
Townsend. Kathryn Thomas McLeod,
Clyde Lee Hough, Raymond McNair,
Walter Frank Currie, Bernice Tew, Mary
Alice Baldwin, John McKinnon, Jessie L.
Black, Nat R. Faulk, Grace Herring
Mason and Annie Brown Alston.
Others are Lee Margie Carpenter. Mary
McNeill, Martha Wade, Harold D
Monroe, Lois Alexander Austin. Wesley
Grene Miller, Eva C. Leach, Mrs. James C
Stewart, Bryan L. McLamb and Edward
Alden Manning.
Car Hits Tree
A one ? car accident between Pine Hill
Church and Ashley Heights was reported
Saturday night by Highway Patrol
Trooper C.A. Bennett.
Eldon Junior Nealy of Rt. 3. Raetord
was driving north on rural road 1228
about 10:30 Saturday night. According
to Trooper Bennett. Nealy passed another
car and then lost control of his vehicle as
he returned to his lane. The car skidded
300 feet and crashed into a pine tree. No
one was injured but the car was estimated
as a total loss.
Nealy was charged with exceeding a
safe speed
Plans Bake Sale
A bake sale for the Hoke County
Cancer Society will be held April 2(> at
Southern National Bank beginning at I
p.m.
Anyone who wants to donate a cake,
pie or other baked goods is asked to bring
the item, already priced, to Southern
National Bank that day.
The county commissioners set a
tentative budget Monday night of
S629.353.I6, with the hope of keeping
the present tax rate if the state takes over
the cost of Medicaid.
"We flunk we can keep the present rate
of SI.SO per hundred dollar valuation If
the state takes over the county's share of
Medicaid costs." county manager T.B.
Lester said. "If they don't we will need to
raise the rate ten or eleven cents."
By law, the tentative budget is open
tor public inspection at tlic county
manager's office for 20 days before it li
adopted. However, Lester said the budget
could not be set this year until the state
legislature acts on funding the Medicaid
costs.
"We have to wait and see what the
state legislature is going to do with their
budget," he said. "We can't approve a
budget that may be ten or eleven cents
off."
lester said he hoped to have the
county budget approved by mid-May.
This year's budget increased by more
than S60.000 over last year's. The 1970
71 county budget was $568,892.87, but
$30,000 of that was earmarked for the
addition to the county health center.
Medicaid and social services costs
account for the largest part of the
increase this year, Lester said. Last year,
the county's share of the social services
budget was 5172,789.68. This year a
total of S204.676 has been requested and
more may be added to the request before
the budget is set. Lester explained that
the county's share is determined largely
by standards set by state and federal
requirements.
Medicaid costs last year were budgeted
at $28,711, although the county ran
short of funds and had to transfer other
social sei vices money into the account
This year, the request for Medicaid is
S47.368.
Aid to dependent children was
increased (his year in the tentative budget
from $17,400 last year to $25,096.
Increases were also requested in old age
assistance from $8,100 to $10,755 and in
aid to the totally disabled from $6,912 to
$7,353.
Several new expenses were added to
the tentative budget this year, Lester
pointed out. Some of these are industrial
training, S2.461.68, Region "N", $2,500;
recreation program $2,500;
comprehensive health planning $1,000;
sanitary landfill SI0,000, and law and
order equipment, S1,000.
The industrial training program is a
work ? study school program, he said. The
county is planning to use one ICT student
at the landfill and one distributive
education student at the health center.
The DE student, also a new expense, will
require SI .130.
Salary increases also accounted for part
of the budget increase.
"Almost everyone got a little raise,"
Lester said. The raises range from seven
per cent down for employes paid solely
with county funds and from seven to
twelve per cent for workers paid with
state and county funds. Lester explained
(See TAX RATE, Page 11)
City Allotted Powell Funds
Raeford will receive S20,4l)K.74 this
year under the Powell Bill allocation, the
State Highway Commission announced
last week.
This figure is based orrmileage on the
state highway system within the city
limns and the I960 census population.
The allocations were made before the
1970 census became available.
Rac'ord has IH.69 miles of state roads
within the city. The population in I960
was 3.05K and in 1970 it was listed as
3.1 h0.
Speak Up
The polls are closed and the ballots ate being counted for last week's question on
the Vietnam war. The results will be announced in next week's paper.
This week readers can speak up on a question of local interest, so get out your
pencils, mark your ballots and get them in the The News ? Journal by next Wednesday.
You may mail them to Box 550 or bring them in to the Speak Up box on the counter.
Please, only one ballot per person.
The merger of city and county governments is an issue that is emerging across the
nation, although few mergers have taker place Those who favor the question say that
two governments arc wasteful and that services are duplicated City residents object to
paying both city and county tax to support two police departments, two governing
boards, two administrators and the like.
Opponents point out that urban and rural interests differ and are often directly
opposed. City and county residents should have the protection of government that
looks after each interest.
Question: I am in favor of the merging of governments here for the city of Raeford
and the county of Hoke.
Strongly agree
Agree
Disagree
Strongly disagree ?
No opinion
Question: 1 feel that the residents of the city and county gel a fair amount of
services for the taxes assessed and that increases in services should be accompanied by
increases in taxes.
Strongly agree ......
Agree
Disagree
Strongly disagree
No opinion