mws j
Hubert Oweiu of Atlanta,
Georgia and hb mother Mrs.
Dora Owant of Lumberton
visited in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. James E. Osborne last
Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Russ
and sons, Kelvin and Garrett
Wayne spent several days last
week in the mountains of
North Carolina and visiting
their son ? in - law and
daughter Mr. and Mrs. Bruce
Willoughby and son BiUie in
New Brockton, Alabama.
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Allen of
Norman visited her brothers
and sister ? in ? law, Mr. and
Mrs. James Shaw and sons,
Ronnie, Eddie and Mike and
Mr. and Mrs. John Shaw and
children Vickie and Johnnie
Sunday.
Mr. and Mr*. Joe Hough
spent the weekend visiting
their sons and daughters - in
law, Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Hough
and children Donna and Bob
and Mr. -and Mrs. Tommy
Hough and children Jeneal,
Dawn and Edmund and other
relatives in Charlotte.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Livingston
of Fayetteville visited his sister,
Mrs. Janie Furmage last
Tuesday.
Mrs. A.F. Tolar and Mr. and
Mrs. John Carver spent the
weekend sightseeing in the
mountains of North Carolina.
Mrs. D.D. Troutman of
Statesville is spending several
days this week with her son
and daughter - in ? law, Mr. and
Mrs. Billie Troutman and
daughters, Libby and Billie
Sue.
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Hall and
daughters Elise and Sally Lou
returned home Monday after
spending two weeks at the
cottage at Carolina Beach.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hough and
the Rev. and Mrs. E.C. Taylor
and Woodrow Taylor spent last
Tuesday and Wednesday at
Chimney Rock and Asheville
and the North Carolina
Mountains.
Miss Marian John returned
home from Southeastern
^tcton
?patient
thera for several dayaT ?
Mrt,' Fulford McMillan and
ion Bill of Raeford vkitod her
ibteri, Miss? Elizabeth and
Lois Sumner and hbr brother
and ibter Hi.., lap, Mr. and
Mrs. Sidney Stunner and eon
Colon Amnions visited his
brother and sister - in - law, Mr.
and Mrs. Stephen,Ammons and
children Wanda and Stephen in
Wnitevilld fist Friday
afternoon and Frttjay night, h
was little Stephens 9th
birthday. We Wish him many
more happy birthdays.
Miss Vickie;Shaw and Julius.
Hagens spent the weekend at
Carolina Beach.
Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Schell
and Mr. and Mrs. Gilmer Forbis
attended the wedding of Miss
Diana Scheli and Wesley
Thomas of High" Point at the
Methodist Church in Red
Springs Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Atlas Barnes
and children Faye and David
spent last Friday at Holden
Beach. They visited Mrs. Leana
Cook in Raeford Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Leggett of Lumberton visited
Mrs. S.F. Collins Sunday.
Mrs. J.F. Williford and
daughter Oilie Ann visited her
sister, Mrs. Roger Byrd and Mr.
and Mrs. Horton Poe in Bunn
Level Sunday.
Little Deborah Forbis of
Fayetteville spent several days
last week with her
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Gilmer Forbis.
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Baker of
Aberdeen visited Mr. and Mrs.
Buddy Jones and son David
Sunday.
Miss Julia Mclver spent
several days last week with
friends from Atlanta, Georgia,
Dallas, Texas and Raleigh at
Ocean Drive Beach, South
Carolina.
Mrs. Harry McMillan of
Parkton gave a tea honoring
Miss Carolyn Forbis and Miss
Nancy Furmage, bride ? elects
?- ?' i ? J.
of thfs month Sunday
afternoon at her home in
Parfckw. S
Mrs. Harriett Norton Steed
of Laurinbun, Mrs. Maggie
Averitt and Mrs. Ruth
McArthur of Hope Mills and
Mrs. Vicky Chason visited Miss
Allehe Shaw during the week.
S t e v c Freeman of
Fayetteville returned home
Sunday after spending a month
with Mr. and Mrs. Sidney
Sumner and son Johnnie.
Farm Acreage
Drops In '70
Farm acreage in the county
decreased-alightly, according to
the preliminary farm census
released this week by the N.C.
and UJS. Departments of
Agriculture.
Crops were harvested in
1970 from 42,017 acres which
is two per cent fewer acres
than in 1969, according to the
report.
Major crops harvested during
the 1970 crop year were corn
for grain - up four per cent
from the previous year; cotton,
down one per cent; tobacco -
up seven per cent and soybeans
- down two per cent from
1969.
There was little change in
the number of milk cows
reported as of Jan. 1971 from
the year earlier, but sows and
gilts kept for breeding jumped
39 per cent froip 888 to 1,236.
Beef cattle increased 13 per
cent to 1,145 head and layers
increased from 20,898 to
29,620 birds in 1971.
A slight drop was reported
in persons living on farm tracts
from 5,282 in 1969 to 4,660 in
1970. The number of persons
who worked 100 or more days
off the farm during the year
also declined from 1,142 in
1969 to 1,088 in 1970.
Deaths And
F unerals
A.L. McBryde
Angus Lonzo McBryde, a
native of Raeford, died
Tuesday night in Princeton,
NJ.
Funeral services will be held
Friday at 2 pjn. at Kimbel
Funeral Home in Princeton.
Burial will be in Princeton.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Mina B. McBryde; a
daughter, Mrs. Donnie Gallo; a
son, Angus L. McBryde, Jr., all
of Princeton; two brothers,
Wilson McBryde of Raeford
and Duncan McBryde of
Fayetteville; two sisters, Mrs.
W.H. McKeithan and Mrs.
Julian Kinlaw, both of
Fayetteville; one
granddaughter.
W.P. Powell, Sr.
Funeral services for Walter
Pelham Powell, Sr. were held
Sunday at South Freedom
A.M.E. Zion Church.
Powell, who died Aug. 2 in
an automobile accident, is
survived by his mother, Mrs.
Fannie Powell; four daughters,
Jacqueline Powell, Southern
Pines, Patricia Powell, New
Jersey, Debra Powell,
Brooklyn, N.Y. and Mrs. Doris
Knight, Raeford; four sons,
Walter Pelham Powell, Jr.,
Bobby Powell, Artis Powell, all
of Southern Pines; John L.
Powell, Bronx, N.Y.; three
sisters, Mrs. Rosa Mae 0*Neall,
Virginia; Mrs. Callie L. Williams
and Miss Alice Ruby Nell
Powell, of Brooklyn, N.Y.; six
brothers, James H. Powell,
Franklin R. Powell, James E.
Powell and Willie Ed Powell,
Brooklyn, Galvester Powell,
Newark, N.J., Benjamin Lee
Powell, Raeford; a
grandmother, Mrs. Edna Green,
Raeford; four uncles, Joseph
Green, Brooklyn, Benjamin
Green and Belton Roper,
Raeford and Willie Powell,
Norfolk, Va.; one aunt, Miss
Louise Green, Brooklyn; one
great ? aunt, Mrs. Pinckey
Standback and four
grandchildren.
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TOURNEY - Raz Autry, tournament chairman, and Brown
Hendrix, owner of Arabia Golf Club, talk over plans for the
annual member - guest tournament that begins Saturday.
Connell Goes
To Seminar
D. Dale Connell,
representative here for Integon
Life Insurance Corp.,
participated in a sales and
service seminar held Aug. 2-6,
at the company's home office
in Winston ? Salem.
The school provides training
in tailoring life and health
insurance to suit the needs of
individual clients. It is one of a
series of educational seminars
sponsored by Integon to help
representatives improve their
service to policyowners.
A native of North Carolina,
Connell attended Mars Hill
College. He and his wife,
Mazelle. have three children
and live in Laurel Hill.
Connell is associated with C.
Avery Connell. general agent.
Stale Revenue
Increases
The State Department of
Revenue reported an increase
of $5.5 million in net general
fund collections for July over
collections for the previous
July.
General fund collections for
July 1971 amounted to S73.4
million as compared to 567.9
million collected in July, 1970.
July net highway funds
collections amounted to S23.4
million compared with $21.3
million collected in July, 1970.
Gasoline tax receipts amounted
to $21.5 million compared
with $19.5 million collected
last July.
An acre of grass releases
about 2,400 gallons of water
on a summer's day, through
evaporation and transpiration,
and provides the cooling effect
of a 70 - ton air conditioner.
Tourney This Weekend
The annual member guest
tournament will be held this
weekend at the &abia Golf
Course.
According to Raz Autry
tournament chairman, the field
was completed last week with
the largest field ever to
compete in the tournament.
Over 90 golfers will participate
this year and it promises to be
the finest tournament for the
local members and their guest.
The festivities will get
underway Saturday morning
with the first round of golf and
a steak supper will be served on
Saturday night for the
members, guests and their
wives. The supper will be held
at the Lake on the Golf Course
and Bobby Carter will be the
head chef.
Tournament winners will
receive over $400.00 in prize)
with the first 6 teams receiving
the merchandise. The Arabia
Course is in excellent playing
condition and the member!
invite the public to come out
and watch the tournament
action.
Snead Chosen
By Dealers
Younger F. Snead, Jr., Hoke
Auto Company, Raeford, has
been reappointed as Hoke
County Area Chairman for the
North Carolina Automobile
Dealers Association, according
to NCADA President J. Fred
Rippy, Jr. of Wilmington.
Snead will act as liaison
officer between new car and
truck dealers in this area
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