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154 Cf. e - journal 15< The Hoke County Newt- Established 1928 The Hoke County Journal - Established 1905 VOLUME LXVII NO. 19 RAEFORD, HOKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA S3 PER YEAR Tm nsiuv cruTcunrD i* Around T own Ry SAMC. MORRIS Many people in Hoke County hav been entering the Reader's Diges Sweepstakes. Tuesday morning Aver Connell came by the office with the lette that follows. Dear Mr. Connell: Our heartiest congratulations to you Your entry in the READER'S DIGES' Si50,000 Springtime Sweepstakes was very lucky number ?? you have won a cas prize of $25.00. Your check will be mailed to yo within the next four weeks. Thank you for your interest in th READER'S DIGEST, and once again please accept our congratulations fo your winning entry. Sincerely (Mrs.) Betty Glas As far as we know this is the firs winner for Hoke County. Another letter we received last weel was from Trooper and Mrs. Donald G King of Henderson. Trooper King worke< for Raeford Oil Company before going tc Patrol school. The letter follows: Dear Mr. Morris: Thought you would like to know tha The News-Journal is even in Henderson N.C. Several residents of Henderson read th< "Dress Code" of Hoke High out of oui hometown paper and were very mud impressed. See article on page four (4). The article was a letter to the editor ol the Henderson Daily Dispatch. The lettei follows: To the Editor: A set of school rules and dress code which have been in effect at Hoke County high school at Raeford for severa! years has come to my attention. They appear to have merit and are worthy of thought by local principals and school people. Perhaps they would be equally applicable in Henderson and Vance County. The rules followed. The letter was signed by Mrs. C Dickerson. Another letter from Mrs. Gladys Long follows: "A little advice to all people visiting friends or relatives in the hospital. While we, the Long family, were visiting Mrs. Edward Long in a private room last Thursday night we left our pocketbooks in her room to go and see the new baby in the nursery. When we returned we found out S 105.00 had been stolen out of our purses There was nothing that could be done so we learned our lesson about leaving our purses unattended. So please everybody always keep your purse by your side at all times. You just can't trust people nowadays." Workers Go To Meeting Four Department of Social Services workers are attending a regional meeting of the American Public Welfare Association today in Raleigh. Delegates from nine states are attending the annual regional meeting of national association. Attending from Hoke County are Mrs. Jane Miller. Mrs. Frances Cox, Mrs. Carolyn Patterson and Lew McNeill. Road W ork Approved Some Hoke County roads were included in the list of 32 projects announced last week by the State Highway Commission. Bids will be requested later this month on the projects in 32 counties containing 289 miles. The Commission approved the resurfacing of 44.59 miles of roads in Moore and Hoke counties. Included in the project will be seven sections ot primary roads and 23 sections of secondary roads. VEE Clinics Set Saturday j Four vaccination clinics against Venezulean equine enccphalomelitis (VEE) for horses, ponies and mules will be held in the county Saturday, Wendell "Young, farm agent, announced. The vaccination, given by Dr. Thomas Staton, will be free at the clinics. Four other clinics will be held on Sept. 25. VEE is a deadly equine disease that has spread from Mexico into Texas and from there throughout the nation. There have been no reported cases in North Carolina, Young said, but some cases of VEE have been confirmed in South Carolina. All unvaccinated horses are quarantined to their farm, he said. Clinics will be held at these locations: Oakdale Gin ?? 10-12 a.m. Dundarrach Trading Company ?? 12-2 p.m. The Old School in Rockfish - 2-4 p.m. Puppy Creek Fire Station in Wayside -- 4-6 p.m. Hoke Has New Social Worker Plummer Locklear began work Wednesday with the Hoke County Department of Social Services as a social worker. He is a graduate of Pembroke State University and has worked in public welfare with the Baltimore Department of Public Welfare. Locklear lives with his wife and one child in the Antioch section. Bloodmobile Is Coming The Bloodmcbile will make its first visit of this fiscal year heie Sept. 28 from 12-5:30 p.m. at the Raeford United Methodist Church, Bloodmobile chairman Clyde Upchurch announced this week. Upchurch said he hopes for a normal collection of 120 pints to get the county started on its quota for the year. "We don't want to get in the bind we did last spring." he said. The count) had to have a special make - up collection last June in order to remain in the Red Cross blood program. More than 200 pints were collected then. Rescue Squad Will Hold Op en House This Sunday AXXXA i A * * * * *? A AAA A VEE SAFE ?? Laurie Ross of Rt. 1, Raeford, holds her pony for Dr. Thomas Staton />> give the vaccination against Vtnezulean equine encephalomelitis at a VEE clinic at Stanton Farms Saturday l.aunc helped bring several horses fr<<m the "Last Dollar Ranch " near the airport, to the clinic. About 60 horses were vaccinated Saturda\ and < >th> r clinics art planned this nu >nth Photo bv Lee Gillis Active Sentences Given In District Court Fridav Active jail sentences were given to six defendants tried in district court Friday. A 16 ? year - old youth was sentenced to two years in prison after pleading guilty to misdemeanor breaking and entering. Grady White of Rt. 2, Raeiord. was first charged with the more serious offense of felonious burglary but the state accepted a guilty plea to the lesser offense. White was convicted of breaking into the home of Dollie Virgil. John Hobson of Raeford was sentenced to a total of 18 months in prison on three charges. He was sentenced to six months each for two convictions of injury to personal property and a suspended sentence for larceny was activated for an additional six months. Johnnie Lee Bell of St. Pauls was sentenced to 30 days in jail tor driving without a license. James Lee Locklear ol Shannon was sentenced to I; months in prison for DUI second offense and driving while his license was revoked The court recommended the work release program. Luther Thomas of Hoke County pleaded guilty tc larceny and was sentenced tc 90 days in jail. Credit was giver for the days already spent in jail awaiting trial. Herbert Small of Rt. 3 Raeford pleaded guilty to DUI and was sentenced to six months in jail. There was nc breathalyzer. He was sentenced to six months in jail, with the sentence to begin at the expiration of the first, for non ? support and was given an additional six month sentence, to begin at the expiration of the second sentence, for abandonment and non support. Kelly Ray of Raeford was found not guilty of non ? support. Prayei tor judgment was continued lor two weeks for James W. Caple of Wagram who pleaded not guilty but was found guilt> of issuing a worthless check for S350 to Alfred Bray. Joseph Gardener Barbour of Southern Pines pleaded guilty to DL'l and was sentenced to six months with ^apus and or commitment to issue at anytime during the next 18 months. He was ordered not to drive for the next 12 months except under the conditions of the limited driving privilege an^ was fined SI25 and costs. There was no breathal>ver. John Clifton Cameron of Aberdeen was fined S10 and costs for failing to decrease speed in time to avoid an accident. Betty Petty of Raet'ord pleaded guilty to violation of prohibition laws and was sentenced to 18 months suspended tor 3v; years with 3'^ years probation She wai fined $250 and costs. Mrs Petty was charged court cost! ill three other cases and wa! given an additional 12 montl suspended sentence. Prayer foi judgment was continued foi five years in two other VPL cases. Prayer for judgment foi Carolyn Pett\ of Raeford wa< continued for 3't years and she was placed on probation for 3'/* years after pleading guilty to VPL She was charged court costs. James Henegan of Raeford was found guilt; of failing to comply with a support judgment and was ordered tu pay S50 before he was released from jail and pay another S50 by Sept 24. Tommy Wall of Raeford was sentenced to four days in jail retroactive to the date of his See COURT. Pai;e 1 1 The Hoke County Rescue Squad will open their new building to the public Sunday with an open house from 2 to 5 p.m. There will be a tour of tin? facilities, an equipment display and refreshments. The move to the new building, located on Adams Street next to the National Guard Armory, completes a year ? long effort to provide a spacious, modem home for the Rescuc Squad. Before the building was constructed, squad equipment was housed in an old Upchurch airport building. The lot for the new building was donated to the squad by the county last summer. Since then, the Rescue Squad has conducted plate sales and donations have been given from the community to construct the building. The Rescue Squad is funded by the city and county governments and by the United Fund. Squad members assist law enforcement officers at traffic accidents and scarch and rescue operations. They also aid in traffic control at Hoke High football games and at parudes. Squad equipment includes a l%9 station wagon and a 1971 carry ? all van. They also have a boat and trailer for water rescue. The Rescue Squad was organi/cd in 1962 as a civic project of the Raeford Moose Lodge, under the leadership of Sam Motley, who was then Lodge Governor. The initial enrollment was 16 men and the members of the Raeford Moose Lodge. Their first vehicle was an ambulancc donated by the Lent/. Funeial Home. The squad was also to operate as an auxiliary Civil Defense unit for the city and county as well as a rescue squad. In 1965, the squad becamc an independent, non ? profit organization. The present 14 member squad has received training in a variety of rescuc services. All members have had advanced first aid instruction and three members hold instructor's cards. The board of directors this year include Bill Parker, commander; Billy Posey, executive vice ? commander; Jim Wade, vice ? commander; Hubert Davis, secretary and Hervey Jackson, treasurer. Members are Eric Allen, Earl Conoly, Johnny Melton, Jimmy Riley, Billy Scott, John W. Smith. Neill Smith, Charles Tew and Wilfred Walters. Water System Hans Ceremony A ground ? breaking ceremony for the Hillcrest ? Scurlock Water System. Inc. will be held Sept. 20 at 2 p.m. at the Hillcresi Fire Department on U.S. 401-A. The community water system will bring modern water service to the homes of 135 families, four stores, two churches and the Scurlock Elementary School. Completed, the system will include approximately 3.7 miles of water distribution line, two deep wells complete with pumping and chlorinating equipment and a 75,000 gallon elevated tank The installation of the system will be financed with a SI00,000 loan and a S50.000 grant from the Farmer's Home Administration. A Smith Mclnnis is president of the system and Jimmy Morriscy is vice ? president. Water system members and the general public arc invited to the ceremony. Farm Editors Tour County A group of editors from The Progressive Farmer toured several farms in the county yesterday. The national magazine had featured the T B Upchurch coastal Burmuda farm several years ago when the grass crop was overplantcd with wheat, farm agent Wendell Young said, and the editors wanted to observe the farm again this year to see the effects The tour was part of a quick visit through eastern North Carolina which included the Sandhills peach area, Richmond and Anson counties and the tobacco market in Aberdeen. The group visited the Upchurch farm in the Timberland section about 11:30 and then lunched at The Little Whale Restaurant. From there, they toured the McNair research farm by bus and then went on to the Upchurch milling Company swine farm near Wagram. The group ended their tour of the county at the John Balfour farm, where they observed his cotton ope ration, and then left for Columbwe Com**. Wage-Price Freeze Has Little Effect In Hoke i nc wage - price ireeze, imposed a month ago by President Nixon, has had little effect here, Raeford merchants say. Most Main Street merchants questioned Friday said the price freeze had made no difference in their operation. "It hasn't affected nie one bit." Mrs Theresa McBryde, owner of Theresa's Dress Shop, said. Buying was a little heavier now. she said, but probably no more than normal for a back ? to ? school month. Walter Coley. owner of Hoke Drug Store, said he could see little difference yet in people's buying habits but he expected the results to be more apparent toward the end of the three month freeze "I think it will give people a little bit of confidence." he said. Coley taid he could see an effect of the freeze on the prices he was paying for his stock. "Prices were climbing every week," he said. "We'd have to check the invoices each week to know how to price and a lot of time we wouldn't go out and change our retail price on things already on the shelf so. in effect, our profit margin was getting smaller. The price freeze has added stability." William Howell, owner of Howell Drug Company, also mentioned the climbing drug prices but said his buying was such that he could not tell any real difference yet. "The freeze has been on such a short time, that it's hard to tell if prices have stopped going up." he said "Some things that I think may have increased. I may just not have ordered in awhile " Howell said he approved of the freeze. "I think it should have been done a long time ago." he said. The freeze has helped far sales, Smith Mclnnis at Hoke Auto Company said The administration is asking for the elimination of ihe 79f excise lax on cars effective Aug. 15 and auto manufacturers are advertising a refund for buyers now if the measure is approved by Congress The other merchants questioned said the freeze had made no difference in their store There has been no information on the freeze given to merchants. F.d McNeill, owner of Home Food Market, said "I don't know much about it other than what I read in the paper and see on TV." he said McNeill said he did not have a list of frices for the last 30 days before the reeze posted and had not been told he needed one However, a spokesman for the Internal Revenue Service, which is investigating complaints of price increases, said last week that merchants are supposed to provide a list for customers to see of their prices for the 30 days prior to the freeze A price list in other stores checked was not apparent either There have been few complaints of price freeze violations anywhere in the South, officials say. After three weeks of the wage ? price freeze, voluntary compliance appears to be succeeding tn the Southeast, according to the regional offices of the Office of Emcrgenc) Preparedness and the Internal Revenue Service. "The fact that only 300 complaints of alleged violations have been made is an indication that very few violations are occurring." said William H. Hollaway, Director of the Office of Emergency Preparedness Region 4. Service and Compliance Center. He said acceptance of the President's Economic Stabilization Program by business, industry and the general public in the Southeastern states is outstanding. F.W. Rogers, freeze coordinator of the IRS Regional Office, estimates complaints of alleged violations are proving to be invalid in that the> are only misunderstandings of the law or regulations. In the other half, he said, violators are complying at IRS request or have already complied by the time IRS checks with them The IRS has 61 local offices designated as Local Service and Compliance Centers in the eight states of OEP Region 4 Kentucky. Mississippi. Tennessee. Alabama. Geoigia. South Carolina. North Carolina and Florida. In addition, inquiries but not complaints may be made to 719 county offices of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service. U.S Department of Agriculture, usually located at the county seats. Rogeis said that when the IRS receives complaints about alleged violations, and it is believed that follow ? up u required. the individual making the complaint to determine if a violation exists. It appropriate, IRS sends a representative to discuss the complaint with the alleged violator. After the investigation, and aftei all reasonable efforts by IRS to obtain voluntary compliance are exhausted. the IRS will refer the investigation report to the OEP Regional Office for review and that office will again seek voluntary compliance. If necessary, the OEP will recommend to the Cost of Living Council that the U.S. Department of Justice seek an injunction in the appropriate L'.S District Court against the alleged violator If the violator refuses to obey the court order, he may be prosecuted for contempt of court "We are more interested in seeking voluntary cooperation by business and industry than in seeking to prosecute." Hollaway said, "and we are pleased that voluntary control appears to be succeeding " Rogers said a bank which had raised rates on safetv deposit boxes had alread> lowered them when IRS investigated the complaint. In another case, customers complained that a supermarket had increased prices on steak from Si 29 to Si.39 per pound The market proved from records that the lower price represented a special sales price during the 30 ? day base period before the freeze. In the most widely ? publicized case of compliance, Georgia railroads withdrew a 6 percent intrastate freight rate increase at the request of Hollawa) after a ruling b> the Cost of Living Council. The Atlanta Freight Buieau had complained directly to President Nixon about the boost The Georgia Public Service Commission on August 4 had approved the boost to become effective August 16. just a tew. hours alter President Nixon announced the freeze Hollaway congratulated the Southern Freight Bureau, which represents the railroads involved, on the agreement to comply with the intent of the President's Executive Order No. 1 1615 He also said it was good to hear that the railroads will make appropriate refunds where shippers have paid the higher rates on commodities moved since the free/e. August 15. I ^7 I. Effective freeze dates are 12 01 A.M., August 16. to midnight November 13. The nationwide taxpayer assistance system of the IRS is being used to administer the free/e program within each state while the Regional Offices of OEP are the coordinating arm of the program The IRS reports to the 10 Regional Oftices of the OEP when action beyond the state or local level is needed Policies are set by the Cost of Living Council which was appointed by the President General George A. Lincoln. Duector of Office of Emergency Preparedness and a member of the Cost of Living Council is responsible for administration of the freeze on wages, salaries, prices and rents.