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VOL. LXVI1 NO 1 HAEFORD, HOKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA S4 PER YEAR 10c PER COPY THURSDAY, MAY 13. 1971
Around T own
By SAM C. MORRIS
Last Wednesday morning John Balfour,
J.D. McMillian, Benny McLeod, Palmer
Willcox and the writer of this column
attended breakfast at the Governor's
Mansion given by the Governor and Mrs.
Bob Scott. Around 50 were present from
other counties and the affair was very
informal. Gov. Scott stated that he gave
the breakfast for friends that had helped
him during his campaign for the office of
governor. He also said that he would not
run for the Senate against Senator
Jordan. In fact the governor said that at
the present time he didn't have any office
in mind to run for.
We did bring up the question of four -
laning the Fayetteville - Raeford road. He
said that he would look into the matter
and let us know something before long.
A short note from Raz Autry follows:
Dear Sam,
My deepest appreciation to you and
the staff for the fine Vocational
Educational Supplement in the
News-Journal. It was a story well told
with pictures and words. On behalf of our
youngsters and staff,many thanks.
We would like to thank Don Steed and
the members of the DECA club at Hoke
High School for the Certificate of
Appreciation and the paper weight with
my name engraved on it. This is a very
active club as we know from the news
articles turned in to us on their activities
Keep up the good work and thanks again.
Jim Turlington, principal of Raeford
Elementary school brought the following
quotation by the office last week and
stated that when he read it he was
surprised at the year it was written. We
were surprised also because it could have
been written last week.
"You cannot bring about prosperity by
discouraging thrift. You cannot
strengthen the weak by weakening the
strong. You cannot help the wage earner
by pulling down the wage payer. You
cannot further the brotherhood of man
by encouraging class hatred. You cannot
help the poor by destroying the rich. You
cannot keep out of trouble by spending
more than you earn. You cannot build
character and courage by taking away
man's initiative and independence. You
cannot help men permanently by doing
for them what they could and should do
for themselves."
--Abraham Lincoln
We received another Letter to the
Editor that had a name typed but it was
not signed. If this lady will come by the
office and sign the letter we will be glad
to publish it next week.
'Responsibility Keeps Nation Great'
Taylor Says At Annual Chamber Dinner
Hoke Girls Tops
In Four Events
Hoke girls are state champions in four
track events and the girls team was runner
? up out of 21 schools in the state meet
Saturday at High Point.
Pat McCoy is the state champion in
low hurdles, running the fifty yard event
in eight seconds. Debbie Little took the
hundred yard dash in 12.3 seconds.
Gloria Carthans shares her state title
4-H'ers Plan
Dress Revue
The 4-H Dress Revue will be held
Friday at 7:30 p.m. at the fellowship hall
of Raeford Presbyterian Church.
A new feature of the program this year
will be members of the home extension
clubs modeling home - sewn fashions.
An estimated 25 or 30 4-H members
are expected to compete. Juniors from
ages 9 to 13 will vie for prizes in six
categories: apron, dresses, dressy dresses,
sportswear, party outfits and wool
garments.
The senior division will be for 4-H'ers
14 to 19 years old. Categories are the
same as the junior division. The over - all
winner in the senior division will compete
in the district activity day June 16 ai
Forest Hill High School in Marshville.
The entries will be judged Thursday by
Miss Brenda McAuley and Miss Mary
Underwood, assistant home agents for
Scotland County.
Prizes for the revue were donated by
Belks of Aberdeen for the seniors and
Belks of Red Springs for the juniors.
Sewing fabric and ribbons will be
awarded the winners in each category.
Bake Sale
Saturday
The Raeford Home Extension Club
will have a bake sale Saturday at 9:30 in
front of Hoke Drug Company.
with Monica Fleet of Dudley High School
in Greensboro after the two girls tied in
the fifty yard dash, running the event in
6.8 seconds.
Hoke girls also captured the 440 yard
relay with a time of 53.8 seconds. On the
team are Janie Beatty, Gloria Carthan,
Debbie Little and Barbara Lide.
Dudley High School captured the state
meet, overtaking Hoke in the last two
events to win the title. Hoke High was
leadng going into the last two events,
Coach Billy Colston said, but the girls had
to run in several events without a rest and
gave out in the final two events. This is
the first year Hoke has fielded a girls
track team.
The girls placed second in three events.
Pat McCoy was second in the 70 yard low
hurdles and Janie Beatty placed second in
the 440 yard dash. The 880 relay team of
Shirley Smith, Linda Davis. Angela
McPhatter and Barbara Lide was also
second in the state.
Third place winners were Debbie Little
in the 50 yard dash; Janie Beatty in the
75 yard dash; Gloria Carthans in the 880
yard run Debbie Little in the high jump
and Jackie McEachin in the discus.
Barbara Lide placed fourth in the state
in the bread jump and Angela McPhatter
was fourth in the high jump.
Arson School
For Firemen
Set Mav 17-20
An arson detection school for all
county firemen will be held May 17-20
at the North Raeford Fire Department.
The 12 ? hour school conducted by
Sandhills Community College will cover
all phases of arson detection and all
firemen in the county are urged to
attend, Johnny Baker, chief of the North
Raeford department said.
Registration will be held during the
first part of the class on May 17. The first
class will be held at the North Raeford
department and the other classes will be
used for field demonstrations. The classes
will be held from 7-10 p.m.
The instructor will be Calvin Beck. The
course is approved by the state and credit
for attending will be entered on each
fireman's record in Raleigh, Baker said.
GIFT - CD. Bounds, new president of the Raeford-Hoke Chamber of Commerce,
presents t\\v bolts of knitted fabric from the county's newest industry, Knit-Away, to
Lt. Gov. H. Patrick Taylor at the annual Chamber of Commerce dinner meeting
Tuesday. Taylor was guest speaker. Sam C. Morris and Ra: Autry watch the
presentation. (Photo by Lee Gillis)
Pops Concert Tonight
At Hoke High School
The Hoke High School chorale and
'chorus will hold a pops concert tonight at
8 p.m. in the high school gymnasium.
Under the direction of Mrs. Neill A.
McNeill, the students will sing a wide
selection of new songs and old favorites.
The theme is "Let's Make Tomorrow."
The chorale will begin the program
with "The Last Words of David," "I Am
An American," narrated by Jimmy
Womble and Danny McCougan, and
"Ezekiel Saw De Wheel."
The chorus will be featured in "Begone
Dull Care," "What The World Needs Now
Is Love," and "I Hear A Voice
APrayin'."
The Chorus and chorale will team up
for "Sound The Trumpet," "Johnny Has
Gone For A Soldier" with Lorraine
Walters as soprano soloist, and "Speak To
One Another of Psalms."
The last part of the program will
consist of popular selections by today's
songwriters. The chorus and chorale will
sing "Scarborough Fair," "More,"
"Bridge Over Troubled Water" and "Try
To Remember" with Ken Koonce, tenor
soloist.
The chorus and chorale will also sing
"Everybody's Talkin'" (from Midnight
Cowboy"), "Yesterday," with Kenny
Davis as baritone soloist, and "Spinning
Wheel."
Songs by Bert Bacharach will be
featured, with the chorus and chorale
singing "This Guy's In Love With You,"
"Do You Know The Way To San Jose,"
and "Close To You."
Piano accompanists will be Sally
Cyclist Suffers
F atal Injuries
A motorcyclist died Monday following
an accident on Turnpike Road Sunday
afternoon.
Wade Hilbert Hubbard, 62, of McColl,
S.C. was thrown off his motorcycle when
he lost control of the vehicle on a sharp
curve, according to Highway Patrol
Trooper C.A. Bennett.
First aid was administered by the Hoke
County Rescue Squad, who provided a
special orthopedic stretcher. Hubbard was
taken to Scotland Memorial Hospital
where he died early Monday morning.
The accident occurred about 3 p.m.
Sunday. ?
The death was the tenth traffic fatality
in the county this year compared with
ten traffic deaths for 1970.
Car Damages
Grave Marker
City police reported severe damage at
Raeford Cemetery to a grave marker and
curbing when a car left the road and
struck the curbing Thursday night.
George Edward Long was charged
Saturday with failing to report an
accident and damage to property.
Austin, Kathy Davis, Beth Jordan, Kirn
Jordan, Kathy Keaton, Susan Kennedy,
Barbara Plununer, Miriafn Rupp and
Missy Upchurch.
The decorations were created by
Kenny Davis, Edison Glover and Lorraine
Walters.
Postal Rates Go Up Sunday
Postmaster Charlie Morrison said today
that increases in most postage rates will
take effect May 16 as the new United
States Postal Service begins its task of
achieving self sufficiency as required by
the Postal Reorganization Act.
Morrison noted that general postage
rates have not been increased since 1967
when Congress passed what was to
bccome its final legislative act in this
respect.
He pointed out that, earlier, requests
for rate increases were proposed to
Congress in 1969 by both President
Johnson and President Nixon. In
addition, President Nixon proposed an
increase again in 1970, although none of
the proposed increases was acted upon by
Coneress.
Morrison explained that thy new
increases ? authorized on a temporary
basis until the newly created Postal Rate
Commission can make recommendations
to the Governors of the Postal Service on
permanent changes -- will raise first ? class
letter rates from 6 to 8 cents an ounce,
and airmail letter rates from 10 to II
cents an ounce. Post cards will go from 5
to 6 cents each and airmail post cards will
go from 8 to 9 cents each.
The increases will be borne more by
business than individuals, the postmaster
pointed out, since 75 per cent of first
class and airmail is from commercial
mailers.
In addition to increases in first - class
rates, second and third class will also go
up on May 16. However, the full increases
proposed by the Postal Service will not be
put into effect on a temporary basis, in
second and third class, since the postal
reform legislation contemplates that such
increases be phased over 5 years -- or ten
years for nonprofit organizations ??
provided Congress appropriates the
necessary funds to ease the transition to
full rates.
Because of the phasing provision, the
increases to become effective May 16 for
second and third ? class will generally be
only 1 /5th of the total increase which has
been proposed by the Postal Service.
No changes are made in the rates for
parcel post, which is the principal
component of fourth ? class mail.
However, initial increases will be made in
the "book rate" which is classified as
fourth class.
The new temporary rates also make
changes in other postage rate categories
and special service fees, such as special
delivery and registered mail.
The Postal Service advised the public in
February that it intended to make the
temporary increases if the Postal Rate
Commission did not make the
recommended decision within 90 days of
the request by the Postal Service.
Recently the Rate Commission
confirmed that it will not be able to make
a decision within the 00 days, and
Sunday, May 16, was selected as the date
on which the rates would become
effective.
When the domestic changes go into
effect, there will be conforming increases
in letter rates to Canada and Mexico.
Boosters To Hold
Awards Banquet
High School athletes will be honored
Tucsday'night at the annual Booster Club
Sports Banquet.
No Projects
Set For Hoke
No highway projects tor Hoke County
were listed in the bids announced this
week by the State Highway Commission
following its regular monthly letting.
Bids totaling S7.547.74l .26 were
received by the commission. There were
28 road projects in 2^ counties involving
more than 46') miles of road
construction.
Guesi speaker tor the event will be
O.W. "Red" Severance, a former Big Ten
official.
Awards and letters will be presented to
Hoke High's athletes following the dinner
and speaker.
The Rev. Jack Mansfield will give the
invocation and Charles Hottel, Booster
Club president, and Raz Autry, principal,
will welcome the guests.
Severance will be introduced by Clyde
Upchurch.
The public is invited. Hottel said, with
a special invitation to the parents and
friends of the athletes and cheerleaders.
Tickets will be on sale for S2 at the door.
The nation must give up its present
lackadasical, do ? nothing attitude or face
serious trouble, Lt. Gov. H. Patrick
Ta>loi. Jr. said at the 24th annual dinner
meeting of the Raeford - Hoke Chamber
of Commerce Tuesday night.
Taylor was guest speaker lor the
occasion. He stressed the responsibility of
each individual to his fellow-man, to his
God and to his country. This is a great
country, Taylor said, and can be kept
great by the individual actions of its
citizens.
Taylor was introduced by Sam C.
Morris county Democratic chairman.
New officers were installed by Wyatt
G. Upchurch, past president for 1967 -
69. They are C.D. Bounds, Jr., president;
Graham Monroe, vice president; Sam C.
Morris, vice - president and Walter Colcy,
secretary - treasurer. Outgoing president
Palmer Willcox presented the gavel to
Bounds.
Incoming directors aie Larry W.
Allgood, Leonard Frahm, Graham
Monroe and Sam C. Morris. Outgoing
directors are Homer McGuinn, John Reid
Davis, Jimmy Conoly and td Manning.
Directors having one more ;*ear to
serve are John Balfour, Jack Bray, Walter
Coley, J.D. McMillian and R. Palmer
Willcox Those with two years remaining
are C.D. Bounds, Jr., Graham Pope and
James Wood.
Miss Josephine Hall announced the
presentation of the second placc award
given to the city of Raeford by
Governor's Committee on Beautilication.
A delegation of townspeople went to
Raleigh Monday to accept the award.
Randlcman was named first place in the
category and Waynesvillc took third.
The Hoke High School Chorale,
directed by Mrs. Neil A. McNeill,
entertained after dinner. They wore
introduced by G. Raz Autry, principal ol
Hol.e County High cchool.
The invocation was given by the Rev.
John C. Ropp, minister of Raeford
Presbyterian Church.
Speak Up
For all the controversy and heated debate the question sparked in the legislature,
readers showed an almost complete lack of interest in liquor by the drink.
However, those who answered the poll voted three to one against mixed drinks.
The two questions this week were suggested by readers.
The first concerns the city of Raeford water problems. The reader explains: "We
need a better water supply. It has been proved (USDA) that a reservoir can be built at
Rockfish Creek. It's going to cost money, but aren't we willing to pay for this?"
City manager John Caddy estimates that using Rockfish water will cost from SI to
S2 million dollars. Present city plans are to add from five to twelve wells to the water
system.
Question 1 am in favor of building a facility to use water from Rockfish Creek to
supply the city of Raeford.
Strongly Agree
Agree
Disagree
Strongly disagree
No opinion
The second question concerns the telephone system in the county. A reader
contends that the service here is extremely poor, that it is difficult to reach other
exchanges such as Fayetteville and that it is unnecessary for the county to be split into
several different exchanges. Representatives from the telephone company spoke to the
county commissioners several months ago and explained that a no toil system could be
arranged between Red Springs and Raeford if enough users wanted it, but it would
cost several dollars extra a month. The cost of including a no toll arrangement with
Fayetteville vwul, be prohibitive, they said.
Question: The telephone service to the counts is inadequate and should be
improved
Strongly agree
Agree
Disagree
Strongly disagree
No opinion
Now for the voting in last week's poll. The only reader who commented summed up
the feelings of the others: "The sale of or taxes from the sale of alcholic beverages
have never benefited any one and is a disgrace to any government which in any way
approves of it. In any way used is a detriment to persons ol government."
Question I am in favor of selling liquor by the drink in those cities or counties in
which it is approved by a majority of the voters
Strongly agree 1
Agree 0
Disagree 0
Strongly disagree 3
No opinion 0
Question: By outlawing alcoholic beverages, there would be fewer drunken drivers,
alcholics and related problems.
Strongly agree 2
Agree I
Disagree 0
Strongly disagree I
No opinion 0