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15< Tk e <~Y\e.w4 - journal 15< The Hoke County News- Established 1928 The Hoke County Journal - Established 1905 VOLUME LXVll NO. 23 RAEFORD, HOKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA S5 PER YEAR THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1971 Around T own BY SAM C. MORRIS Wc still haven't been able to get the straight about the number of fire chiefs for the Raclord Fire Department. So far we have received information that the following have served as head of the department. They are R.B. Lewis, Leo Fuller. Martin McKeithan. Bud McKeithan. Harry Greene, Robert Gatlin, J.D. McMillian and now Crawford Thomas. Jr. Wc hope that this is the correct list and if not will someone let us know. We received the following letter from Leo Fuller last week and would like for our readers to have a chance to read it so we pass it along to you. Dear Sam: We have been gone Irom Raeford for over thirty years but we still subscribe to the News-Journal and enjoy keeping up with the activities there. Our hearts shall always remain with the wonderful people of Raeford. Sorry to see that Lawrence Stanton will retire because of his health. He is a mighty fine person and Raeford has been fortunate to have someone of his calibre serve as chief for such a long time. Regarding the fire department. I have a little information that may be of interest: When R.B. Lewis left for active military duty before World War 11,1 was elected as chief, and served in that capacity until wc moved away in 1941. I don't seem to recall who replaced me as chief. F.veryone. of course, remembers that Bob Lewis served many, many years, probably much longer than anyone else. I seem to remember that Archie (Bud) McKeithan also served as chief at one time. I may be completely wrong but I believe he was chict at one time during the early thirties. Have enjoyed the items about old times in and around .Raeford, especially the map put together by Robert Gatlin. Give my regards to Paul and keep up the good work with the News-Journal. You have the best weekly I've seen anywhere. With best wishes. Leo tTilter This lettei was received from Bud McKeithan iff Red Spnngs. a native of Hoke County. Gentlemen: In regard to your article on Fire Chief, I believe I was fire chief about 1930 or eaily 30s when the barber shop in the Johnson-Thomas building burned. 1 am not sure, you could check on this to make sure Bud McKeithan We receivv 1 this letter Tuesday. We don't know the lady but we think it will be of interest to many here in Hoke County. Dear Sirs Clarence Lytch sent us a clipping from your issue of Sept. 30. He is my only living brother ? in.- law. I would like to surprise him by your publishing the enclo'' i doggerel If '.nis is too big a favor to ask please send the "saga"' to him. using the enclosed envelope. If you can publish it you will be pleasing two old folks Clarence jnd eighty year old me. 1 was a resident of Laurinburg twenty seven ye.ns. l)r Wm. Sherman of Berea. N.C. and Texas was my giandfathcr. Please send me a clipping of the doggerel if you do use it in your paper, using the aforesaid envelope. Dt Hugh H McFadyen lives here. We know him and his wife. He is the nephew of "Miss Christina" who owned "The Pines" tourist home I can't recall her last name but she was the widow of one of "The Macs". Many Tai Heels headed "Westward Ho" have visited us. Terry Sanford was one of them "Ya'U Come." 1'hank you very much for whatever you do with the little tale. Sincerely. Barbara P. Lytch (Mrs. Fd S.L.) The Brother Clarence Saga Now there is a "young" Clarence Lytch Seems he's really struck it rich By living over three score years and ten Then living were years again and again He's not only rich in ye/rs often funny fven in the Atlantic he fishes out money Barbara Patterson Lytch Tucson. Ari/. It's Keep It Clean Week This is Keep It Clean Week, in North Carolina, sponsored by Ihe Jaycees. Gov Robert Scott has proclaimed the week Knvironmcntal Week in the state. A tour of the stati; was held Tuesday by Gov. Scott, former Secretary of Interior Stewart Udall. John Glenn, all announced gubernatorial candidates and other national prominent environmentalist!. Raeford won an award from the governor for the clean ? up campaign conducted in the city in April. 1970. Two Persons Killed,Seven Are Hurt In Three Car Collision On NC 211 Man Found After Search James Timothy McRae was found dead near his home Monday night after a search by members of the Hoke County Rescue Squad. The 86 - year ? old man had been missing from his home in Antioch since Sunday night. He lived alone and the nearest house to his was about 500 yards away, Hoke County sheriff D. M Barrington said. Deputy Harvey Young and a county medical examiner investigated the death which appears to have been from natural causes, the sheriff said. Sugar's Has Break-In A Main Street men's clothing store has been broken into for the third time in a year. A breakin at Joe Sugar's of Raeford was reported to Raeford police Monday morning by manager Paul Solomon. An undetermined amount of clothing and about S30 from the cash register was reproted stolen. Thieves entered the store each'time it was robbed by climbing through an old trap door on the roof. The store was robbed of clothing last Dec. 8 and Sept. 13. The hole in the roof was boarded up after each breakin. An attempted breakin at Sugjr's was also reported Oct. 6 by an employee at Raeford Hotel who noticed th* molding broken around the back door. Three attempts had been made to enter the store. Raeford Police Chief L.W. Stanton said. Rep. McFadyen Is Appointed Representative Neill L McFadyen was appointed last week to the Legislative Building Governing Commission by Speaker of the House Philip P. Godwin. It is a two year appointment. The Commission is composed of a senator appointed by the lieutenant governor, a representative appointed by the House speaker, the attorney general; the state treasurer; the director of the Department of Administration and two members appointed by the governor Car Stolen At Plant A car was reported stolen early Tuesday morning from the parking lot across from the House of Raeford. James Strong. Jr. of Maxton told city police that his car. a 1961 white Chevrolet two ? door sedan, was parked near the cemetery next to U.S. 401-A. He last saw the car between S and 6 a.m. but the auto was missing at 6:30 a.m., he said. Strong told police that he thought the car was locked and that he had the keys with him, city policeman Leonard Wiggins said. Football F ans Are Orderly The estimated 5.000 fans who came to see the Raeford ? Laurinburg football game Friday night were "orderly and well - mannered." according to Raeford Police Chief L.W. Stanton. One injury was reported during the game by the Hoke County Rescue Squad. W.T. Thrower of Laurinburg. fell in the stands and gashed his leg He was given first aid by the squad and was taken back to Laurinburg. As the rescue squad truck left the parking lot on the way to Laurinburg. it sideswiped an auto parked on the side of the road. Jim Wade, squad spokesman said. No damage was done to the car but damage to the rescue squad vehicle was estimated at S85. n ? ?? '&z*mm&ww2 " ^mk SKIDDED IN RAIN The driver of this car lost control on a slight curve near Montrose Sunday and skidded into the path oJ an oncoming car. Two persons were killed and seven were injured. Traffic f atalities in the county now number 23 for the year. White House Fellows Visit Army's Medical Program The medical partnership between the Army and Hoke Couni> will be inspected today by a gioup of White House Fellows. The group will tour the health center, where Special Forces CPT Thomas Reavell, the physician assigned to the county, will explain the medical program that has been built here since the Army first began :he project nearly a year ago. Next the group will go to the clinic at South Hoke School, where a topical floride dental treatment is planned for participating youngsters. The Fellows will be welcomed by C. D. Bounds, president of the Raeford-Hoke Chamber of Commerce; Mrs. Eve Nichols, director of the county health center. Harold Gillis. Chamber of Commerce manager; Jake Austin, businessman and D. D. Abernethy. chairman of the board of health. The White House Fellows program is designed to provide gifted young Americans with firsthand experience in the process of governing the nation and a sense of personel involvement in the leadership of society. Begun in 1964 by President Lyndon B. James Graham Will Address Farm Bureau James A Graham, commissioner of agriculture, will speak at a meeting of the Farm Bureau on Oct. 25 at 7:30 in the old cafeteria at Hoke High School. Graham, who was named Man ? of - the - Year in North Carolina agriculture for 1969 by The Progressive Farmer magazine, has served two terms as commissioner of agriculture. A native of Rowan County, he is a cattleman, farmei and businessman and participates widely in civic and farm activities throughout the state. Johnson, there have been 103 participants up to this year. There are sixteen White House Fellows this year. Fellows are assigned to White House staff members, to the Vice-Prcsident, to members of the Cabinet and to the Director ot the Uttice ot Management and Budget. While the tasks of the individual Fellows vary greatly, in most cases at the end of the year's assignment, the tvpical Fellow will have written speeches, attended conferences, supervised staff work, reviewed proposed legislation, answered congressional inquiries, chaired meetings drafted reports, conducted briefings and spearheaded one or more projects. In addition to job assignments, the Fellows take part in an education program which includes field trips such as the visit to Hoke County. They also attend meetings several times a week for off the record discussions with officials, leaders and experts from both the public and private sectors. The educaiton program and portions of' the selection process are supported by private funds such as the Carnegie Corporation, the Ford Foundation, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and the Cincinnati F.nquirer Foundation, as well as private businesses According to a report on the program, among those who have returned home, a sizable number of former Fellows are now involved with the activities of local and state yovcrr.ments. The Fellows who are visiting the county today come from a broad range of backgrounds -which includes military, business, law, and science. One Fellow is a New York police sergeant. White House Fellows touring the county are Henry G. Cisneros. 23. assistant to the executive vice-president of the National League of Cities in Washington. D. C. . assigned as a Fellow to HEW; Peter W. Cook, 32. vice president for growth and development of Osco Drug, Inc., Franklin Park. 111., assigned to the Defense Department; Maj. Robert Allen Dey, 35, Army Corps of Engineers, assigned to the Environmental Protection Agency; Mrs. W. Antoinette Ford. 29, oceanography instructor and program coordinator for Versar. lnc . Washington, D. C., assigned to the Treasury Department. Others are Dr. Stephen John Gage, 30. associate professor apd director of the nuclear reactor laboratory at the University of Texas at Austin, assigned to the Office of Space and Technology. Franklin R Gannon, 28. employed by J Walter Thompson Company of New York, who writes and edits monthlv advertising aod marketing magazine, assigned to the White House; Maj John S. Grinalds, 33. Marine Corps and former Rhodes Scholar, assigned to the White House. Glen R Kendall. 29. candidate for Master of Business degree at Dartmouth College assigned to the Department of the Interior. Other Fellowi are John M Maurice. 32. associate general counsel for Boise Cascade Corporation. Boise. Idaho, assigned to the Department of Agriculture. Terence D. McCann. 30, sergeant with the NYC police department. New York, assigned to the Department of Justice; Maj. Robert C. McFarlane. 33. Marine Corps and former See WHITE HOUSE. Page 7 Two persons died and se\Vn others were injured in a three-car collision near Montrose Sunday afternoon. Tomnue Hunt. 44. of Rt. 2. Red Springs, was killed in the crash, according to the investigating officer. Trooper Kenneth Weston. Mrs. Mary Van Horn. 42. of Chesapeake Va., died early Monday morning at N.C. Memorial Hospital in Chapel Hill, to which she was transferred with multiple injuries following the accident. Hunt was a passenger in the automobile driven by Mrs. Lela Dcmcry Locklear of Rt. 4, Lumber ton. The vehicle was iiaveling east on N.C. 211 when Mrs. Locklear lost control of the car on a slight curve during a rainstorm and skidded into the opposite lane. Her car was struck broadside by a car driven by Glenn Brewer Draughton. of Rt 3. Clinton. The car following the Draughton vehicle, driven bv Brantly J. Davis of Raeford. crashed into the second car. M:s. VanHorn was a passenger in the Draughton vehicle. The driver and three other passengers were taken to Moore Memorial Hospital where they were listed in critic.:) condition. Draughton. 20. was transfeired ro Woinack Army Hospital at Ft. Bragg The injured passengers were Vernon VanHorn. 40. of Chesapeake , Va.. Connie Beal. 23. of Rt 3. Clinton; and Maggie Draughton. 53. of Rt. 3. Clinton Mrs. Locklear was also listed in critical condition at Moore County Hospital. Davis and his wife. Hdith. were treated a: Moore Memorial Hospital and released following the accident. No charges have been filed Rescue squads from Hoke County and Aberdeen and Hoke County mcdical examiner Dr. Riley Jordan assisted the Highw.'v Patrolmen at the wreck sccne. The two deaths this weekend make the !2'.d and 2ird traffic Jct't'i* recorded for the county. Last year *hcr* were ten traffic deaths. According to Highway Patrol Sergeant. D L. Minshew. the death loll in the county this year has increased disproportionately to the accident rate. While there have been slightly more accidents reported in the county this year than there were last year, he said, the deaths have more than doubled. There have been more arrests this year for traffic violations. Committee Election Details Are Released Full details are now available to Hoke Count> ("aimers on the upcoming election of ASC committeemen says Ken \* McNeill. Chairman of the Hoke Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation (ASCI Committee. ASC community committeemen elections this >ear will be held December I. The ballots farmers will use to elect three regular members and two alternates to ASC committees will be mailed out about November 19. A special effort is being'made to make sure every eligible voters in the Counts receives a ballot. "We would like farmers to 'voice iheir choice' for good committeemen candidates who will effectively serve all the farmers in then community without regard to race, color, creed, sex. 01 national origin." McNeill said The period set for nommat ion-by-petition ot ASC committeemen begins October 4 and runs for 3 1 2 weeks. All petitions must be tiled ai the County Office by close of business October 27. Procedures for nominating a candidate are simple (1) One nominee to a petition. (2) Candidate m.isi certify that he will serve if elected; (3) Three signatures ot eligible farm voters are required (this is a change trom last year when six signatures were required). (4) Petitions must be in the County ASCS Office on Oct 27 There is no limit on the number of petitions tarmers may sign "For more ihan 35 years the farmer-elccted ASC committee system has functioned under democratic principles These grassroot committees are comprised of. function for. and are run by farmers who live and work in the area." McNeill said. "If the system is to remain effective, fiot only must dedicated farmers be willing to serve on the committees, but all Hoke County farmers should be willing to nominate and elect responsible people to fill the committee posts." he ackled. He explained that after the community committees are elected, three delegates from each newly-elected committee attend a count) convention to fill vacancies on the County ASC Committee The County Committee makes all local tarm program decisions and works wilh community committees in carrying out various ASCS programs A tarm owner, tenant, or sharecropper. 18 years or older, is eligible to vote if he can participate in any ASCS program administered in the community where his farm is located. If he is not of legal voting age, he may vote in the ASC election if he supervises and conducts the farming operation on an entire farm. McNeill said that any practicing farmers who ha> not received a ballot by Nov 22 should apply for it at the county office. A list ul known eligible voters m llokc Counts is avai,able for inspection at the Counts ASCS Office located in the Post Office building Farm voters will elect three regular committeemen and 2 alternates to their wommunitv committees when they vote in the elections on December I. Full details on voter eligibility, nomination by petition, community boundaries, and othei election procedures arc also available at the County ASCS Office, McNeil! said Bake Sale Saturday Members of the National Honor Society at Hoke High will hold a bake sale on Main Street Saturday in front of Nivcn's Appliance Store They are raising money to meet expenses at the state convention, which the Raetord chapter will host this April. No Projects Approved No road projects were approved for Hoke Cuunty at the meeting last week of the State Highway Commission. Details of .1 projects in 23 counties containing 122 mflei of roads were announced. Bids will be opened on Oct. 26.
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