Army Invasion Welcomed With Arms Onen For T#>?f
By Thomai D. Walker
JFK CENTER, FT. BRAGG, N.C. -
"By this time next year you will have all
had the skin test because the Army has
invaded you."
Thus, remarked Second Lieutenant
Danyl F. Johnson, a Special Forces
medical officer, as he ended a 45 - minute
presentation on the dangers of
tuberculosis to students at Hoke County
High School. LT Johnson, 23, is a 1970
graduate of UCLA and has been working
in Hoke County since March 24. His
presence on the high school campus was
prompted by discoveries made in the
medical portion of the Ft. Bragg nation -
building program in Hoke County.
Nation ? building, initiated by
Lieutenant General John J. Tolson Jr.,
former Ft. Bragg compander, is a
program designed to provide vital training
for military personnel, improve
environmental conditions in the Nation
and enhance a favorable Army image.
Preliminary reports indicate that all three
goals are being achieved.
When the first military liaison officer
arrived in Hoke County toward the end
of 1970, little did he know how
important his coming would be. With just
over 16,000 in population, this rural
county situated 20 miles southwest of Ft.
Bragg, depends primarily for its medical
support on two resident physicians.
Although partially aware of the TB
problem, their offices are deluged with an
average of 120 ? ISO patients daily,
leaving them little time to devote to
public health requirements. The health
center, operated by the North Carolina
Department of Health, is hot staffed with
a physician and, therefore, has been
unable to cope with the critical health
and sanitation problems through the
county.
This area then -- health and sanitation
- was placed high on the priority list
when it was learned that potential
military aid existed. After accomplishing
the necessary coordination with state and
local officials, the plan of assistance
began to unfold. A Special Forces doctor,
Captain G. Thomas Reavell, 7th Special
Forces Group, was assigned to the Hoke
County Health Department as the
medical liaison officer. With him came a
team of four enlisted men to conduct
preventive medicine surveys, water
pollution tests, sick call clinics and
various immunization programs.
During the surveys it was discovered
that the county was providing an
excellent breeding place for the tuberculi
bacteria. Immediately, steps were taken
to revamp the center's tuberculosis files,
administer the Tine Skin test in the
elementary schools and conduct chest
X-rays. Results of the skin tests
supported initial fears - Hoke County
had a high TB incident rate, 115 per
100,000 in 1970. That'a an increase of
nearly 50% over the 1968 rate. According
to figures at the health center, the Hoke
County rate is about four times higher
than the North Carolina average.
Captain Reavell knew now that more
had to be done. In addition to the skin
tests and X-rays, he began formulating an
education program which is designed to
inform the residents of the county as to
how they can help themselves to diminish
the problem. To this end, LT Johnson
was added to the team.
The first phase of the education
program meant a one - hour orientation
for the Superintendent of Schools,
principals and teachers in the Science and
Physical Education Departments at the
high school. After relating the results of
the surveys and skin tests, explaining the
scope of the training program and
showing two films dealing with the
problem, the team waited. They could
provide only those services which were
requested by the community and which
did not interfere with private enterprise
or create controversy with any factions in
the county.
Five days later, the request came. Mrs.
Helen Dupree, head of the Science
Department, was impressed with the
orientation. Anxious to share it with
students in her class, she asked the
principal, Raz Autry, to arrange a TB
clinic during the current school year.
Subsequent visits to the County Boards
of tducation and Health resulted in the
clinic being set up at the high school and
rotated among the classrooms on a daily
basis.
Lieutenant Johnson, assigned to the
7th Croup last fall "jumped at the
chance" to take part in the program. "I
had no idea when I entered the Army
eight months ago that 1 would be
involved in something like this," he said.
"I feel like I am doing something
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lriUKSUAY. >1AY 6, 1971
Water: Residents Are Complaining
Around Town
By SAM C. MORRIS
Reid Childress was by the office
Monday and was telling us that he had
started replanting his cotton. It seems
that the cold nights have hurt the chances
of the first planting. We don't know how
many other farmers are replanting, but
we expect many will have to replant. The
prospects for a farmer making money
these days are few and far between.
We were watching television the other
night and the news was about the war
protestors in Washington. We believe that
these people want to form a new
government in this country modeled after
Russia. It seems to us that they want to
be relieved of all responsibility and let
someone else do the thinking and work
tor them.
We can remember back in the early
1930s when jobs were almost impossible
to get, but most people would not go to
the welfare department because of pride.
Some people walked 6 to 8 miles a day to
earn a dollar a day and they survived
along with their families. We don't ever
want to see another depression like those
days, but maybe we will have to come to
it to awaken the American people to
what we have and what our country
stands for.
We saw and fought against the
countries that had dictators, Hitler and
Mussolini to name a couple, and we are
certain that this is not what our people
want. So if this country is to remain as it
is, the protestors should go home and
stop rioting and preserve the freedom of
all the people of this country.
We agree with the article taken from
the Chicago Firefighters and pass it along
to you:
That's The Chance
He Takes In Joining
When the fire trucks are delayed 40
seconds in traffic, people say:
"It took them 20 minutes to get here."
When the truck races at 40 m.p.h. it's
"Look at those reckless fools." When
four men struggle with an eight - man
ladder."
"They don't even know how to raise a
ladder."
When the firemen open windows for
ventilation to reduce heat in fighting a
fire:
"Look at the wrecking crew."
When they open the floor to get the
blaze:
"There goes the ax squad."
If the Chief stands back where he can
see and direct his men, people say:
"He's afraid to go where he sends his
men."
If they 'ose a building:
"It's a loysy department."
If they make a good "stop," folks say:
'The fire didn't amount to much."
If lots of water is necessary:
'They are doing more damage with
water than the flames."
If a fireman gets hurt:
"He was a careless guy."
If a citizen gets hurt:
"It's a crazy department."
If a fireman inspects a citizen's
property:
He's meddling in somebody's
business."
If he wants a fire hazard corrected:
?Til see the mayor."
If he gets killed and leaves i family
destitute:
'That's the chande he took when he
joined the fire department." (Chicago
Firefighter)
Don't forget the Lions Oub'i annual
Golf tournament that will be played at
the Arable Golf Count May IS and 16.
See either Doug Wallace or Don Steed to
sign up for the event.
Council Studies
Water Problems
The city council, meeting Monday
night for the last session before being re ?
elected on city elections, Tuesday spent
most of the meeting on the water
problem.
They heard a preliminary proposal
from Evan Manier, engineer of Moore,
Gardner Associates, that is designed to
upgrade the water source and supply,
according to John Gaddy, city manager.
This will include from five to twelve
additional wells and adequate feeder lines
and will improve the present water
treatment facility and storage plant, he
said.
The council will meet again with
engineers in about two weeks to hear
final plans for improving the city's water
service.
They also met with members of the
Raeford Housing Authority and William
Bostic, consultant for Sheet/, and
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Two Break-Ins
In County
Two break - ins in the county were
reported to the sheriffs department this
week.
A break-in at Walter Parks' store in
Dundarrach was reported last Friday
morning. The glass in the front door was
removed, Sheriff D.M Barrington said.
Goods missing from the store included
shoes, jackets about 160 cartons of
cigarettes and a watch.
A cabin at Timberland owned by Mrs.
Myrtle Calloway of Winston ? Salem was
discovered broken into last Saturday
morning. Goods missing included a
portable television, a radio, three deer
hides and a deer's head.
Robert Turner of Rockfish reported
that his truck was shot and hit eight times
on April 29 near the Five Points area.
Sheriff Barrington said Turner
managed to see part of I he license
number of the vehicle from which the
shots were fired and the sheriffs
department is still investigating.
Board Approves Application
For Low Rent Housing Units
The county commissioners Monda\
approved an application for 400 units of
public housing to be built in the county
and entered into co-operative agreement
with the Raeford Housing Authority to
provide services to the units.
Meeting with the commissioners at
their regular monthly session were
Monroe Williams, city planner and zoning
administutpr and William Bostic, a
consultant with . Sheet/ anrt Bradtteld
Architects, Inc.
Bostic who is serving as a consultant
for the housing authority, presented the
application to the commission and
explained the co-operative agreement
which the commission approved in a
resolution. Bostic told the commissioners
that he would submit the application and
an application for 100 units for Raeford
to the Department of Housing and Urban
Development for approval and for
planning grant.
However, he told them, there are now
50,000 units on application from North
Carolina and funds for low rent housing
have been frozen by the Nixon
Administration. It may take as long as
two years for the Hoke application to be
acted upon, he said, and then it is likely
that only 40 or SO per cent of the units
requested will be approved.
The co-operative agreement between
the county and the housing authority
stipulates that the county will provide the
same services to residents of the housing
authority units that it does to other
county residents. In return, the housing
authority will return ten per cent of the
nicome from ihe units to the county in
lieu of taxes.
The commissioners also approved a
resolution calling for bids for furniture at
the health center and approved a request
for office help from the veterans service
officer.
After hearing letters from Jack
Thompson, district solicitor, and from
the administrator of the courts, they
approved the purchase of several
collections of law books.
Thompson 3sked for a set of the North
Carolina General Statutes and a set of
Strong's Index Second Edition, both to
be kept at the solicitor's office.
The commissioners also agreed to
provide matching funds and shelf space
for several sets of law books requested by
the state. The county's share of S235.12
was approved.
The surplus commodity budget for
1971-72 was discussed at the meeting but
no action was taken. The commissioners
have approved a change ? over to the food
stamp program and money has been
provided for the stamps in the tentative
budget, but the application has not been
approved by federal officials. The
commissioners said Monday that they
would continue to participate in the
surplus food program until the food
stamp program was put into effect.
In other business, the board approved
the county's share of the Region "N"
budget, a total of S1,320.30 and heard
reports from the county home and farm
agent. The tax collectors report and the
financial report were also received.
W. Edward McNeill, chief of Hillcrest
Fire Department, was appointed county
fire inspector to inspect all buildings
approved for public use.
The commission agreed to appoint a
bicentennial commission to help observe
the second hundred year anniversary of
the state.
Man Gets Kinder Sentence
In Superior Court Appeal
Waymon L. Johnson, who appealed a
year's active sentence from district court,
received a S50 fine and a six months
suspended sentence during the April
session of Superior Criminal Court that
ended here last Thursday.
Johnson was sentenced in district court
to six months for assault and six months
for trespass and public drunkenness. At
the appeal, he pleaded guilty to the
charges and was given a sentence ol six
months suspended for three years on the
trespass charge. In addition, he was fined
$50 and costs and ordered not to go on
the premises of the turkey plant.
Prayer for judgment was continued for
three years on the other two charges.
Superior Court Judge Thomas Cooper
presided at the session.
The grand jury returned seven true bills
of indictment during this term.
Indicted were Gregory Conner, on two
charges 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; Hubert Lowery, Jr., murder and
Alfonso L. Willingham, carnal knowledge.
McLean, Jones, and Harris were tried
at this session of court.
McLean received prayer for judgment
continued for five years upon payment ot
the costs for issuing a forged check. The
forgery charge was nol prossed.
Harris pleaded guilty to breaking,
entering and larceny and prayer for
judgment was continued until the August
term.. Bond was reduced to S750.
Jones, who is already serving a term in
prison, pleaded nolo contendere to
Mayor, Council
Win New Terms
The mayor and city council, running
unopposed, were re ? elected Tuesday,
with 68 voters casting ballots in the city
election.
Mayor John K. McNeill and
councilmen Crawford Thomas, Jr.,
Graham Clark and Hestel Garrison were
elected for second terms.
J.D. McMillian will begin his seventh
term and Franklin Teal was elected for a
fourth term.
Totals
McNeill 67
McMillian 68
T?tl 67
Garrison 66
Thoimi 68
68
felonious breaking and entering. He was
sentenced to twelve months in prison.
Joe Walter Lowery and Robert Graham
were found guilty of discharging a firearm
into an occupied building and were
sentenced to three years in prison. They
each gave notice of appeal and the appeal
bond was set at $200 each. Bond for
appearance was set at SI0,000. The court
appointed William Ceimer, assistant
public defender, to prepare Graham's
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Taylor To Speak
At Chamber Dinner
North Carolina Lieutenant Governor
Pat Taylor will be the featured speaker at
the annual dinner meeting of the Raeford
- Hoke Chamber of Commerce Tuesday
night at the Gibson building cafeteria.
Taylor is a native of Wadesboro and
practiced law there since 1948. He served
in the Marine Corps in 194546 and again
in the Korean War as a First Lieutenant.
He was a member of the North
Carolina General Assembly from 1955
through 1966 and was Speaker of the
House of Representatives from 1965-67.
An active civic leader, Taylor has
terved as chairman of the State Board of
Mental Health, on the board of governors
of the North Carolina Bar Association, on
the Judicial Council, Municipal Study
Commission, Commission on Educational
Television, Board of Trustees of the
North Carolina Symphony Society,
Commission on the Reorganization of
State Government, Co-chairman of the
Legislative Research Commission and a
member of the Courts Commission.
In 1961, the Bar Association presented
him the Judge John J. Parker Award for
outstanding performance in the field of
Jurisprudence.
Taylor is the son of the late Hoyt
Patrick Taylor, Lieutenant Governor in
1949-53.
The Hoka High School Choral*,
LT.GOV. PAT TAYLOR
directed by Mrs. Neill A. McNeill, will
entertain at the dinner.
New officers and four new directors
will be installed.
Tickets for the meeting are available at
the Chamber office, Harold Gtllla,
Chamber manager announced.
City Officials
Search For
Solution
The city's water pressure is down and
the customers don't like it.
Complaints to city government are
increasing as industries here have been
curtailed or shut down in recent weeks
and residents find their faucets yield only
a trickle at times.
Water has become one of the major
problems lately, although city manager
John Gaddy sees relief in sight with the
addition ol two new wells that are
expected to oc connector "an; da; "
The problem is especially acute with
the two textile dyeing operations in
town.
Burlington was asked to shut down
water using operations for about 12 hours
two weeks ago, Gaddy said, and water to
Knit - Away was cut off for about 12
hours last week. The turkey plant has
been asked to curtail their use he said,
but hasn't been cut off completely
because their product is perishable.
An official at Burlington said, "We
view the problem as being extremely
serious. We're very concerned about it."
They have been shut down there twice in
recent weeks he said.
City officials met with representatives
from Burlington, Knit-Away and House
of Raeford about two weeks ago to
discuss the problem, Gaddy said. They
agreed to meet with them again when the
city had firm plans for expansion of the
water supply.
Monday night the city council
approved preliminary plans to upgrade
the water system and the engineers will
present complete plans in about two
weeks. Gaddy said he would meet with
the industries again then to show them
how the city expects to meet the water
shortage.
Gaddy said that preliminary plans call
for the addition of from five to 12 new
wells and for improvement of the
treatment and storage facilities. This will
cost about $500,000, he said.
In the meantime, the cit> is taking
other action to help relieve the situation.
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Speak Up
Reader who spoke up on the question of merging city and county governments here
and increasing services by increasing taxes had strong opinions, one way or the other.
They either strongly agreed or strongly disagreed. While the voting was light, the
voters were vocal, many of them including comments on their ballots.
On the whole, they approved a merger, and disapproved a tax raise.
Now, for the question this week:
In the past few weeks, and particularly since the Great Ping - Pong Diplomacy, the
United States and Mainland China have been moving toward a thaw in the diplomatic
ice. While each year there has been more support throughout the world to admit Red
China to the United Nations, the United States has continued to oppose such action.
Recently, however, a study commisison has recommended that the U.S. adopt a "two ?
China policy" and not oppose admission of Red China as long as this does not deny
membership to Taiwan, or Nationalist China.
Question I ? I am in favor of admitting Red China to the United Nations next year.
Strongly agree . .
Agree
Disagree
Strongly disagree
No opinion
A "two China" policy would also open the door for representation by other divided
nations, such as North Korea and North Vietnam.
Question U ? I am in favor of admitting the governments of any divided nation that
wants membership.
Strongly agree . .
Agree
Disagree
Strongly disagree
No opinion
More readers were in favos of a merger of city and county governments than were
oppoied.
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