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The Hoke County Newt- Established 1928 The Hoke County Journal - Established 1905
VOLUME LXVII NO. 21 RAEFORD, HOKE COUNTY. NORTH CAROLINA S5 PER YEAR THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 30. 1971
Around T own
By SAM C. MORRIS
The following article was given to me
by Clarence Lytch after his 89th
birthday. We will not change any of the
article as we don't believe we could keep
the same thought;
On Sept. 23rd Miss Sarah Lytch gave a
little birthday party for her old dad, he
reached 89 yrs young. He now declares he
is shooting for 100 yrs old, still drives his
truck all over his 250 acre farm and so far
has only been aught once for speeding,
patrolman claims ne was only doing 85
miles when caught.
"Lytch is an old retired dirt farmer
but, still awful busy, loves to fish "for
fish" just a week ago, he landed a S20.00
bill from the bottom of the Atlantic
ocean, says it came in real nice, since he
was out of cash to buy some bread. At
this party the guests were Mrs. Dr.
Hodgin (91) and Mrs. Margret Garrett
first cousins from Red Springs, also was
Mrs. Roger Hall from Lumber Bridge. A
variety of nice presents were brought to
Lytch, as the guest left he served all of
them with red and white corn but it was
strictly in the dry stage, being an elder in
the church says that was the best he
could do, but promises to do better when
he reaches the 100 mark."
Don't forget the foptball game at Hoke
High Stadium Friday night. The Bucks
will be after , the fourth win of the season
as Pinecrest comes to town. Pinecrest
lined up to early season predictions last
week. So be on hand at eight when the
Hoke Band leads the way for the Hoke
High Bucks.
Crawford Thomas, Jr. waa recently
elected fire chief of the Raeford Fii*
Department replacing the late J.D.
McMillian. We can remember the
department having only two others
besides the ones already mentioned. The
others were R.B. Lewis and Robert
Gatlin.
Of- course we could be corrected
because Col. Lewis and Gatlin botkJeft
her^urky^World War II. Maybe we c?n
fflMfficurate report next week.
Ed Byrd was by the office this week
and said Jim Byrd had enclosed an article
that appeared in a Charleston, S.C. paper.
The article appeared in a sports column
headed "Shag Bag" written by Jerry
Sanders. An item in the column stated as
follows:
"Jim Byrd is the new Yeamans Hall
summer club champion in a 54 ? hole
stroke play competition."
Congratulations Jim and keep playing
and get ready for the Lions Club
Tournament next year.
Board Names
Committee
The Hoke County Board of Education
has appointed the following patrons to
serve on the Emergency School
Assistance Program Adult Advisory
Committee: Mr. Jimmy Morrisey, Mr.
Martin Jacobs, Mrs. Bonnie Niven, Mr.
[very McNair, Mrs. Jessie Neeley.and Mr.
Roman Jacobs.
The committee will serve for one year
and will meet monthly to advise the
board on matters pertaining to the ESAP
activities.
The committee has met with Assistant
Superintendent E.R. Sutton and
discussed the 1971-72 project. Mr.
Morrisey was elected chairman.
Police Chief Stanton To Retire;
Scotland Detective Named To Post
Oct. 3-9
Firem en W ill Celebrate
Fire Prevention Week
County volunteer firemen plan a week
of activities this year during Fire
Prevention Week Oct. Oct. 3 through 9.
The Firemens' Association annual
supper on Tuesday will feature Carl
Bishop, chief of the Fayetteville Fire
Department, as guest speaker.
The supper, beginning at 7 p.m. at the
W.T. Gibson cafeteria at Hoke High, is cu
- sponsored by the Raeford - Hoke
Chamber of Commerce, the Hoke
Fireman's Association and is
underwritten by the insurance and
financial institutions in the county.
A parade and several fire fighting
demonstrations will highlight Saturday,
EdMcNeill, president of the association,
announced.
An old house in a field on North Main
Street will be set on fire at I pjii. McNeill
said the public is invited to go out and
watch as the firemen demonstrate their
fire fighting techniques.
A parade down Main Street will begin
at i p.m. Besides the five fire
departments in the county, the parade
will include units from Stony Point, Lake
Rim, Ft. Bragg and Red Springs.
Following the parade, a car and a gas
cylinder will be burned in the park behind
J.W. McLauchlin School as firemen
demonstrate methods to combat those
types of blazes.
The Fireman's Association, which ??
coordinating with the Chamber of
Commerce to sponsor the activities of
Fire Prevention Week, was organized Dec.
6, 1967. It now has a membership of 100
volunteer firemen in the county.
The association objectives are: to
create county wide fire protection, to
coordinate mutual aid and assistance
among fire departments; to coordinate
training procedures for fire prevention
program and to create countywide
communication.
The first officers were Phil Diehl,
president; Charles Helbling, vice ?
president; Grady Peeler, secretary and
Randal Ashburn, treasurer.
The meetings are held quarterly.
Officers elected last January for this year
are Ed McNeill, of Hillcrest department,
president; Charles Helbling, of Puppy
Creek, vice ? president; Johnny Baker of
North Raeford; secretary; Julian Barnes
of Rockfish, treasurer and Henry Kigcr of
North Raeford, chaplain.
The board of directors for the
association are: W.E. McNeill, and Hubert
Davis of Hillcrest; Benny McLeod and
Doc Ivey of Raeford; E.B. Newton and
Clerk School
Will Register
Representatives from the Kmployment
Security Commission will be in the
MDTA classroom next Monday at 9:30
a.m. to register persons interested in
training for general office clerk.
Doug Monroe of Puppy Creek; Jesse Lee
and Johnny Baker of North Raeford and
Paul Heath and Julian Barnes of
Rockfish.
Bloodmobile
Visit A Success
A good turnout at the Bloodmobile
Tuesday netted a total of 92 pints for the
county with 110 persons coming to
donate blood, Clyde Upchurch, Jr.,
announced.
While this was slightly less than the
quota of 100 pints, less than normal
blood usage was reported for August,
which puts the county a little ahead for
the fiscal year, he said.
A quota system for industries and
institutions in the county worked well
and volunteers reported in a steady
stream throughout the day, Upchurch
reported.
There were 30 prospective donors from
Burlington Industries; 10 from Hoke
County schools; 5 from Tex - Elastic; 17
from the McCain area (sanatorium and
department of correction); 12 from
Raeford Turkey Farms; 2 from Hoke
Concrete Works and 16 miscellaneous.
The next Bloodmobile visit will be in
December.
Consultant
To Explain
Day Care Law
l he new day care licensing law will he
explained at a meeting Tuesday of the
advisory committee to the Hoke County
Board of Social Services.
Mrs. Irene Herring, a family and
children's services consultant with the
state Department of Social Services, will
meet with the committee at 1 p.m. in the
conference room of the county office
building
All persons interested in day care
facilities are invited to attend the
meeting, Miss Mabel McDonald, Hoke
County DSS director, said.
The new law. passed by this year's
General Assembly, requires licensing by
the state of all places in which six or
more children are cared for. The law will
go into effect Jan. 1.
More T obacco
With another 20 sheets of tobacco
reported stolen in the county this week,
Sheriff D.M. Barrington again urged
farmers to keep a close watch on
packhouses.
Three sheets were reported taken from
a Quewhiffle packhouse owned by
Marshall Parks on Sept. 22 and 17 sheets
were stolen last Monday night from the
LAST MINUTE ADJUSTMENTS ? ? Roy Davit and Joe Bellas make tome final position changes In the new sewer line that will
connect Knit-A way with the city system. The line wat Inspected and put into operation Tuesday, ending the need for the city's
makeshift Irrigation pipe system that has pumped wastes from the textile plant for the past ten months.
CHIEFS - Retiring police chief L W. Stanton (right) and James t\ Lamont. a Scotland
~>unty detective who tou named to the job (center) met Monday to discuss the
tKthgiBvet with -John Gattdy, ctty manager, tamonr will begin Oct. IS.
woman Hurt
Men Charged With Shooting
Into Turnpike Road Home
A woman was shot in the back
Saturday night and her home on
Turnpike Road was fired into about 30
times with about 30 rounds of shotgun
and small caliber weapons' fire.
Three men are in jail now in lieu of
55,000 bond each, charged with shooting
into an occupied dwelling and a fourth
man is being held in connection with the
shooting.
Charged are J.D. Morrisey, Jr., 21, of
Rt. 1, Raeford; Laverne Morrisey. 17, of
Is Stolen
Reese Smith packhouse in Rt. 1.
Shannon.
Sheriff Barrington said that al the
Parks farm, the lock was broken off the
door and the sheets were carried through
a wooded area to the road where they
were loaded into a vehicle. Apparently
the thieves left hurridedly, he said,
because one sheet was found at the door
of the shed and another was found in the
woods. About 26 sheets were left in the
packhouse.
At the Smith farm, the padlock was
cut off the chain on the door and the
sheets were taken around to the back of
the building where they were loaded, the
sheriff said.
A total of 11,300 pounds of tobacco
have been taken in the county since the
markets opened. Sheriff Barrington said.
He urged farmers not to leave tobacco
in the packhouses any longer than
necessary and if possible to have someone
at the packhouses at all times when
tobacco is there.
Deputies try to check the tobacco
packhouses throughout the county each
night, he said, in addition to regular
patrolling of stores and homes, but it is
not possible to keep a close watch on
them all. Once tobacco leaves the
packhouse it is nearly impossible to
identify it. he said
Sr. Citizens
Meet Tuesday
The Senior Citizens Friendship Club
will meet next Tuesday at 2:30 at the
Raeford United Methodist Church.
Mrs. Harlis Wright will give a program
on art. Programs and plans for the new
year will be discussed.
All members are isked to bring old
newspapers and a prize will be given to
the person bringing in the largest stack.
Newspapers are being collected for the
Methodist scholarship fund.
Rt. 3, Raeford and Jimmy Mc.Millian, 19,
of Rt. 3, Raeford. Held hut not charged is
Larry Ray of Raeford.
Patrol Has
VASCAR
Speeding motorists, look out. The
Highway Patrol has VASCAR in the
county now.
Trooper C.A. Bennett was certified last
Friday as a VASCAR operator, after
training with the system for the past
several weeks
Standing for Visual Average Speed
Computer and Recorded, the system gives
the average speed of a car over the
distance observed
"The average speed is never higher than
the top speed travelled over the
distance," Trooper Bennett said, "so this
really gives a motorist an advantage "
Radar, also in use in the county for
checking speed, will record the top speed
at a single point, he explained.
VASCAR has several advantages over
radar as a speed monitor, he said. With it.
speed may be checked on cars
approaching the patrol vehicle, overtaking
the vehicle or traveling in front of the
patrol car. Radar must be operated front
a parked vehicle, whereas VASCAR can
he used while patrolinB. Bennett said
The unit can also be used at a pre ?
marked area *ith the patrol car stationed
several hundred feet from the highway
The system is operated by a computer
which records distance, measured by the
patrol car and time, measured by the
motorist's car The average speed derived
from the two measurements is flashed on
a readout screen on the patrol car
instrument panel
The computer is designed to measure
up to 6.39 minutes of time and 5 46
miles o?-djstance. Bennett said.
Bennett attended a school on the
system in Raleigh, taught by the
Department of Community Colleges
After the unit was installed on the patrol
car. he spent several weeks training with
it He was certified as an operator after an
examination in Fayetteville last week
Several years ago. Bennett said.
VASCAR was operated in the county
when Trooper J D Robinson, who
transferred in 1968. was here.
After 15 years as police chief of
Ruet'ord. L.W. Stanton announced this
week that he would retire Jan. I.
Named to the position is James I
Lamont. a detective with the Scotland
County sheriffs department.
Lamont will begin here Oct. 15 and
Stanton will assist him until the first of
the year, city manager John D. Gaddy
said.
Chief Stanton, who is 65. cited poor
health as his reason for retirement. He
was injured this summer in an auto
accident while on his way to investigate a
wreck.
Lamont. 37. has been a law
enforcement officer for Maxtou and
Scotland County for tlie past I 2 years.
He was assistant chief of police for
Maxton before joining the Scotland
County sheriffs department.
He is a l')70 graduate of the S131
school at Chapel Hill and has completed
technical school courses in fingerprinting,
bomb detection, firearms and general
police training.
A native of Laurinburg. Lamont is
married and has four children. He is a
member of the Baptist Church and is a
Mason.
Chief Stanton joined the city force as
police chief on Oct. I. l')5(>. Before then,
he served as the rural policeman on the
sheriffs department force when Hoke
County hud deputies and rural policemen.
During the years he has been chief, tlw
department has increased from two
patrolmen to five and has changed from a
foot patrol to a squad car force.
Riot equipment and radios have been
added, reflecting the changing focus in
small town law enforcement, and the city
now has a radar unit for the patrol cars.
Other improvements during hit
administration include installing a new
records system and increased schooling
for patrolmen on the force.
After h? > Ui-s, Stanton will probably
continue to work part ? time foi the oily,
Gaddy said.
Mrs. Bonnie Baker was treated and
released at Cape Fear Valley Hospital
Sunday morning. She was hit by about 35
shotgun pellets.
According to Sheriff D.M. Barrington,
every window in the house, exccpt for
those in the children's bedroom were
broken and there were some holes in the
shingle walls of the house. The telephone
lines had been cut also he said. The inside
walls of some of the rooms were
pockmarked by bullets.
Mrs, Baker said the shooting began
about 10:30 Saturday night and
continued for some time. She was hit as
soon as it began and crawled into the
attic, where she stayed until daybreak,
according to the sheriff.
Mrs. Baker and three of her children
were in the house when the shooting
began, Sheriff Barrington said. Her
husband and son were foxhunting. The
closest neighbors, who live about 100
yards away, said they were not at home
during that period, the sheriff said.
Ballistics tests and other laboratory
tests are being processed at the SBI lab,
Sheriff Barrington said.
Mrs. Baker has received harassing
phone calls for the past several weeks, he
said.
A preliminary hearing will be held in
district court Shooting into an occupied
building is a felony for which the
maximum is five years in prison.
Man Killed
In Wreck
A man was thrown from a car and
killed in a one car crash in which seven
others were injured early Monday
morning near the Moore County line.
James Garfield Gillis. 55, of Rt I,
Aberdeen was dead on arrival at the
hospital, according to the Highway Patrol
report. The other persons in the accident
received minor injuries.
The accident happened about 12 20
a m on N.C. 211 about 13 miles from
Raeford According to the wreck report,
the driver of the vehiele, Mrs. Mary fcthel
Bethea Smith, was holding a baby on her
lap.
Something, apparently the baby,
grabbed the wheel and she lost control of
the car. The car turned over and then
struck the side of a house near the
highway.
This is the 21st traffic fatality in the
county this year.