Rockfish News
By Mn. A. A. Mclnnls
There teems to be no newt
from Tabernacle or anv of the
surrounding churches this
week except Gahtia which
happens to have an epidemic
of weddings thia summer.
After the McKethan - Giilis
wedding at Galatla Church last
Saturday, Miss Jeannette
Barefoot and Henry Martinez
were married, Immediately
following the morning service
at Galatia last Sunday and
there are more to come.
The community extends
sympathy to Mr. and Mrs.
James Culp in the death of his
brother, Johnny Culp of
Clanton, Ala., who was
drowned last Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Parker
got home from Cape Fear
Valley Hospital last Thursday.
Dwight English, who was
also a patient at Cape Fear
Valley Hospital, came home
last Saturday.
Mrs. George Monroe, Mrs.
Milton Capps and Miss Alma
Capps returned home last
Friday after a trip to
California.
Joe Monroe of Hickory and
Ronald Monroe of Greenville
spent the weekend with their
Erents. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas
onroe attended the
McKethan - Giilis wedding at
Galatia Saturday.
Mrs. Thomas Eula Townski
of Cleveland, Ohio and Mrs.
George Little of Southern
Pines attended the McKethan -
Giilis wedding at Galatia
Church Saturday and also Mrs.
Mary P. Watson of Wagram
attended the wedding.
Mrs. John Garrison of Ft.
Ashby, W. Va. spent the
weekend with her parents, Mr.
and Mts. K.P. Ritter and took
her daughter, Catharine, home
with her Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. James Culp
and his sister, Mrs. Opal
Johnson left Monday to go to
Clanton, Ala. His brother,
Johnny Culp, was drowned in
a large river Saturday while
fishing from a boat and the
body was found Monday.
Mike Nugent started to
school at Pembroke Monday.
Mrs. Floyd Nugent and her
daughter - in ? law , Mrs. Mike
Nugent went to New Jersey
the past weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. Do. ald Wood
and children spent most of last
week camping at White Lake.
Peggy Cecil of Blue Springs
came last Saturday and is
spending a few days this week
with her grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Alfred Berry.
Mr. and Mrs. LB. Bundy,
Mrs. Williim Wright, M/Sgt.
and Mrs. Raymond Shepley
and family spent last
Wednesday at Myrtle Beach,
S.C.
Mrs. Gilbert Ray's friend,
Mrs. Jimmie Hodges of
Washington. D.C., spent the?
weekend with Mrs. Ray and
family.
Mrs. Dale Robinson went
with Mrs. Gilbert Ray when
she visited her daughter, Mrs.
Raymond lrby of Springfield,
Mo. Mrs. Ray brought Bobby,
Cathy and David home after
she spent a week and they had
spent 3 weeks with their sister,
Mrs. lrby.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Epps
and children moved into their
new home, Rt. 3, Fayetteville
last week. Mr. Epps is the
owner and operator of City
Plumbing Company.
Worth McColl of McBee.
S.C. and Laurin McColl of Red
Springs visited their mother,
Mrs. S.N. McColl, Sunday.
Mrs. Ruth Klengen Schmidt
and Mrs. John Baker of
Cameron visited Mrs. Floyd
Monroe Friday.
E.T. Brock, Jr., who had
surgery at Cape Fear Vatley
Hospital last week, got home
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Max L. McColl
and children of Fayetteville
were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
W.B. Barefoot Sunday p.m.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles L.
Satter are living in the home of
Sgt. and Mrs. Alton L.
McCulloch while he is serving
3 years in Okinawa.
Mrs. Gordon Barnard and
grandson Dennis Rivers were
Buests of Mr. and Mrs.
Lawrence Barnard and
daughter Tanna and JUrs. C.H.
Dove Sunday. Other guests
were Mr. and Mrs. Milton
Newton and daughter Peggy of
Fayetteville.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Brisson and
children Lisa and Jeffrey of St.
Pauls visited her mother, Mrs.
Marshall Newton Sunday.
Misses Catherine Ann, Jessie
Mae and Jeanette Mclnnis of
Florence, S.C. visited their
aunt, Mrs. M.D. Gillis and
attended the McKethan - Gillis
wedding Saturday at Galatia'
Church.
The Rev. and Mrs. Dewey
Herring and daughter Ann of
High Point also came for the
McKethan ? Gillis wedding
Saturday.
Mrs. Ruth Willis and Mrs.
Marvin English and children
Sandra and Michael visited Mr.
and Mrs. P.C. English and Mrs.
Floyd Monroe the past
weekend and also attended the
wedding at Galatia Saturday.
Sgt. Floyd McNeill, brother
of Robert McNeill, is now
stationed at Ft.. Bragg. The
family is living in Raeford.
Mrs. Ida McKeithaa of
Southern Pines visited Miss
Mary Priests and brothers
Walter and Frances Priest and
Mrs. Clara Ray the past
weekend and Monday. She
spent the day with Mrs. A.A.
Ray.
Mrs. Mary Shewbridge of
Margate, Fla. came last
Thursday and is spending a
while with Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Lovette and other relatives.
A wind and hail storm badly
damaged Mr. and Mrs. C.M.
Chason's crop Sunday night.
BALLPLAYERS
The Rockfish Mets turned
back the Brentwood Tigers 8
to 6 on July 7 at Rockfish.
Rocky Wood hurled a win for
the winning Mets. On Friday,
July 9, the Mets ripped the
Brentwood Dodgers 4 to 3 at
Rockfish. Clyde Shepley
pitched. Keith Rogers and
Rocky Wood had 2 hits each.
The Mets missed their regular
2nd baseman, Grady Hardin
Jr., who may be out 6 weeks,
due to illness. Get well quick
Grady. On July 12 the
Rockfish Mets took over first
place in the Brentwood League
as the Mets ripped the
Brentwood Angels 13 to 3.
Rocky Wood picked up his 5th
win of the year. Next game for
the Mets will be Friday, July
16, against Brentwood at
Rockfish. Demont Long,
reporter.
C.M. Chason and son Larry
and his mother and sister, Mrs.
L.M. Chason and Mrs. Clellon
Chason, visited his brother,
Tom Chason at Veterans
Hospital in Durham Sunday
and found him doing fine.
Mr. and Mrs. Stacy Hobson
had as their guests last week
Mr. and Mrs. G.B. Anderson of
Concord, who spent several
days. Mr. and Mrs. Allen
Anderson also of Concord, Mr.
and Mrs. Howard Hobson and
son David of Coats and Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Douglas of
Sumter, S.C., who visited them
last Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. R.V. Tanner
jnd Carol and Kathy Fowler
visited M/Sgt. and Mrs. Johnny
Mien and daughters Sandra
Shirley and Teresa of
Charleston, S.C. from
Wednesday to Sunday last
week.
Thomas Mclnnii and his
mother, Mrs. A.A. Mclnnis left
early Friday morning for
Charlotte where they spent the
weekend with Mr. and Mrs.
Earl J. Hare and daughters.
Saturday, they started out
with Mr. and Mrs. Hare to go
to the "Gathering of the
Clans" at Grandfather
Mountain. They got there, saw
the large crowd, some wearing
the kilt, heard the bag pipea,
and wanted to stay but
decided to drive on to the top
of the mountain rather than
having to cope with all those
cars getting away in the
afternoon. Thomas and Mr.
and Mrs. Hare walked across
the swinging bridge. They
attended church services in
Robinson Church Sunday a.m.
and visited in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Brendon Almond
before returning home
Monday a.m.
Kings Visit
Space Center
Mr. and Mrs. Nelson B.
King, Jr., of Raeford, visited
the world's largest space
exhibit during a recent trip to
Huntsville, Alabama.
The Alabama Space and
Rocket Center is designed to
let the visitor be the astronaut.
The Center contains many
educational exhibits that
permit involvement in
rocketry and space travel.
The Kings viewed
spaceships used by astronauts,
saw a full ? size moon rocket
close - up, and walked on a
simulated moon crater. They
snacked on space food, fired a
rocket engine, operated a lunar
landing computer, and viewed
a futuristic space station mock
-up.
The Alabama Space and
Rocket Center features the
world's largest collection of
rockets, missiles and space
vehicles. The Center is located
five miles west of Huntsville,
Alabama, on Highway 20, and
is open every day to the
public.
CM A T o Accept
Day Students
Day students from this area
will be accepted again this year
for enrollment at Carolina
Military Academy according to
Headmaster Carson S. Tyson.
The opening date for the 1971
- 1972 session has been set for
September 6th.
Tyson also reports that for
the second year girls will
attend the private, preparatory
school on a day student basis
only and that they will be
subject to the same rules and
regulations which were in
effect last year.
Chiefs Picked
For NG, AR
WASHINGTON (ANF) ?
Two new chiefs have been
selected for the National
Guard Bureau and the Army
Reserve.
Army Maj. Gen. Francis
S. Greenlief as chief, Na
tional Guard Bureau, will
replace retiring Air Force
Maj. Gen. Winston P. Wil
son.
Maj. Gen. J. Milnor Rob
erts is the new chief, Army
Reserve, replacing Maj. Gen.
W.J. Sutton, who retired on
Juno 1.
ruh Our
Service Personnel
Dean G. Fogleman, ton of
Mr. and Mrs. L. Glenn.
Fogleman, Forest Hills,
Aberdeen, recently completed
a U.S. Air Force Reserve
Officers Training Corps
(AFROTC) field training
encampment at Charleston
AFB, S.C.
During the encampment,
cadets become familiar with
the life and activities on Aii
Force bases and can examine
career opportunities in which
they might wish to serve as
officers.
Other highlights of the
course include survival
training, aircraft and aircrew
indoctrination, small arms
training and visits to other Air
Force bases.
Cadet Fogleman is a
member of the AFROTC unit
at North Carolina State
University. He is a 1967
graduate of Aberdeen High
School.
His wife, Frances, is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Edward R. Baker, Rt. 1,
Aberdeen.
U.S. Air Force Major Jackie
Wilkins, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Seth Wilkins, Rt. 7,
Lumberton, has graduated
from the Armed Forces Staff
College at Norfolk, Va.
The five ? month
Department of Defense school
is operated under the direct
supervision of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff and prepares students
for positions in joint and
combined commands that
involve more than one country
or military service.
Major Wilkins previously
was assigned to Headquarters,
U.S. Air Force at the
Pentagon.
A 1954 graduate of Smith
High School, he received his
B.S. degree in 1958 from East
Carolina College at Greenville
and his A.M.A. degree in 1967
from North Carolina State
University.
The major's wife, Rosburn,
is the daughter of Lieutenant
Colonel and Mrs. Albert
Giuliano, Saint Andrew
Station, Panama, Fla.
Airman Dennis Bratcher,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Johnny
Bratcher, Rt. 2, Raeford, has
completed basic training at
Lackland AFB, Tex. He is
remaining at Lackland for
training as a security
policeman. Airman Bratcher is
a graduate of Hoke County
High School.
Army Private James T.
Roberts, 19, son of Mrs.
Marjorie J. Roberts, Route 1,
Aberdeen, recently completed
eight weeks of basic training at
Ft. Jackson, S.C.
He received instruction in
Drill and Ceremonies,
Weapons, Map Reading,
Combat Tactics, Military
Courtesy, Military Justice,
First Aid, and Army History
and Traditions.
Pvt. Roberts' wife, Sue, lives
on Route 1, Raeford.
Airman First Class Robert
Locklear of Rt. 2, Red
Springs, is on duty at Ubon
Royal Thai AFB, Thailand. He
is the son of Mrs. Lula J.
Locklear.
Airman Locklear, a security
policeman, is in a unit of the
Pacific Air Forces,
headquarters for air operations
in Southeast Asia, the Far East
and Pacific area. He previously
served at Lowry AFB, Colo.
The airman is a 1970
graduate of Prospect High
Schodl, Maxton.
Job Opening
Announced
Applications for a vacancy
for a Deputy U.S. Marshal are
being accepted by the Raleigh
Area Office of the U.S. Civil
Service Commission.
The position, located in
Raleigh, is a GS-6 at an annual
salary of $7727.
Applications must be
submitted not later than July
21.
For further information or
appbeations forms, contact the
Federal Job Information
Center, P.O. Box 25069,
Raleigh, N.C. 27611 or the
Examiner - in - Charge, U.S.
Post Office, Fayetteville. Refer
to announcement number AR
?1-3.
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THE NEWS-JOURNAL RAEFORD, NORTH CAR<
THURSDAY. JULY 15, 1971 -- P/
BUBBLE - Sheree l.eg};ett shows what a big bubble she can blow in school. Arc students allowed
to chew gum in class now? Not ordinarily, her teacher at West Hoke, Mrs. CM. Lyons says
emphatically. The bubble gum was a reward from health worker Peter Garret, who fix>A blood
samples from the youngsters as part of a hookworm control project being conducted in
cooperation by the schools and the health center.
COMING SOON!
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COMING SOUTH - Announcing the building of a new restaurant here are (from left I Freddie
Foster, J.H Wright. R.R. Foster and Wilbur Hardee of l.ittle Mint Restaurants, and C D. Bounds.
The world's most deadly
animal may be the sea wasp, a
five - inch jellyfish which drifts
with the waters off northern
Australia. Swimmers brushed
by its trailing tentacles usually
die within five minutes from
cobralike venom. There is no
known antidote.
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