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13* <?k e - journal 15* The Hoke County News- Established 1928 The Hoke County Journal - Established 1905 VOLUME LXVII NO. 24 RAEFORD, HOKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA S3 PER YEAR <? THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1971 Around T own BY SAM C. MORRIS No mail this week about the hie chiefs so we must have finally named all the foiqier heads of the fire department. The death of Israel Mann takes from this community one of its best boosters. Israel would tell anyone, anywhere that Raeford and Hoke County was the garden spot of the world. He was the number one ambassador for this state. He would talk with you for hours about this great county. Israel would try to get^across to you that we didn't reali/e what "freedom" really meant. He was born in Russia and left there during the revolution coming to Raeford about 1924. He opened a clothing store and was very active in all affairs of the community. He retired several years ago. The slogan for his store was "Where Price and Quality Meets." This community will miss Israel Mann and will miss the guiding example of a man dedicated to his new found country. * ? * The class of 1951. of Hoke County High School will hold a reunion this weekend and the affair starts with a buffet dinner Friday night at 0:00 at the high school cafeteria. After the dinner the group will go to the Homecoming game at the stadium between Dunn jnd Hoke High. On Saturday night the class will have a steak dinner in Fayetteville. The members of the class that worked to get this reunion to be a success are Mrs. Carson Davis. Jr.. Mrs. Raymond Ellis, Sheriff Dave Barrington and Franklin Teal. We hope that most of this class can attend this affair. We still have about two weeks more of daylight saving time. We don't mind getting up in the dark, but coming to work in the dark doesn't seem to fit our way of life. So we will be glad when October 31 arrives. This is the day the clock is moved back. The weather has finally started to give us the fall season. We believe that before another paper that we will have frost. The leaves arc still green, but as we read somewhere, they will turn any way without the frost. Maybe they will but we still would like to see a good frost before November. T roop 403 of the Boy Scouts sponsored by the Raeford Lions Club is in dire need of a scoutmaster. It seems that they can get assistant scoutmasters but when it comes to the top dog no one seems interested. We are certain that someone in Hoke County could help out this troop and would get enjoyment out of the experience. So. ex scouters do your good deed for the day by contacting either Dale Ormsby or Clarence Willis of the local Lions Club. Fund Budget Meeting Set The budget committee of the United Fund- will meet Oct. 28 at 7:45 p.m. at the Board uf Education building. Any organization interested in having funds raised through the United Fund should have a representative there to present a budget. Clothes Stolen From Welfare The county office building was broken into Monday night and used clothes and toys were stolen. A side door to the basement was entered sometime during the night, the city police reported. The breakin was discovered Tuesday morning. Some of the clothes and toys stored by the Department of Social Services for distribution to needy families was reported stolen. Credit Union Is Chartered A credit union tor county residents was incorporated Tuesday by a group of county business and community leaders. Corporation documents for the United and Independent Credit Union of Hoke County were filed in the Register of Deeds office by officers of the organization and a representative of the State Administrator of Credit Unions. Officers are Thomas Walker, president; James Dixon, vice-president; Carl Duncan, secretary and W. T. McAllister. Sr.. treasurer. Other charter members of the organization are: Jimmy Morrisey, Iverv McNair. Cleo Bratcher. Jr.. Jesse Bratcher. Robert Doby, J.D. McAllister, the Rev. Milton Williams and Ben Davis. The credit union, the first community co-operative bank to be chartered by the state in ten years, is limited to residents of Hoke County and is not restricted by race. Walker said. Shares will go on sale for 55 with the initial share costing S5.25. Temporary offices will be at Ivery McNair's Cleaners on 1 10 Racket Alley. The credit union will take savings of the members either in payment for shares or on deposit and will loan money to members. Credit union lending rates are traditionally low. The members began more than a year ago to organize the credit union here. Walker said, but the application was delayed during the reorganization of state government. The credit union division is an agency of the state Department of Agriculture and has been authorized in the state since 1915. Clothes Taken From Stores Thefts were reported to city police at two downtown stores this past week. Joe Sugar's of Racford was robbed for the fourth time by thieves who entered from a hole in the roof. The robbery, which occurred sometime during the night of Oct. 13. was reported to city police last Thursday morning. According to police officer J. C. Burnngton, who investigated the breakin, the store was entered through the roof, as it has been on the other three breakins. About S650 in clothes was reported stolen. A glass pane in the back door at Theresa's Dress Shop was broken during the weekend and three storage bags of summer clothes were stolen. The robbery was reported to city police Monday morning. Chief James Lamont said. An attempted breakin was reported Sunday night at the storage house at Family Reslurant on Harris Avenue. No merchandise was stolen. Survey Shows City-County Lags In Funds For Hoke Recreation Program n UPCHURCH l.AXDSCAPJVd ?? M tbers oj an engineer battalion from Ft Bragg pause to get directions front W.K. Morgan, assistant principal at Up church Sca jI. The playground has been graded and gullies have been filled in to provide space for another basketball i nirt, other playpens and a picnic area for community use. through an Army aided program to help increase recreation facilities m that urea. Shi cr here are (from leftI PFC Joseph Deering, SP5 Ray Morrisetle. PI C Thomas L. Junes, ILT. Charles K. Morrison SP5 Bruce Kc' r. SP5 William Gogson, dozer operator. Morgan, and PFC Fred Clinton. They are members of HIiC. 30 7th Fngr. Bn., 82J Airbi' ^ division. Homecoming Parade Tomorrow At 4:30 Hoke High will celebrate Homecoming tomorrow with a parade downtown and the crowning of Homecoming Queen at halt time ceremonies at the Hoke Dunn football game The parade will begin at 4 30 1 ridas afternoon at Raeford F\lementar> School. The 18 units, including the class floats, queen finalists, the members of the queens court and the band and cheerleaders will come down Main Street led by the chief of police. James Lament, and Raeford mavor. John K. McNeil!. The paraders will turn at Harris Avenue and inarch to Bethel Road'and on to he Gibson building at the high school Finalists for Homecoming Queen this >ear are Missy Upchurch,Shelvy Bratcher and Yvonne Baker. Members of the court are Theresa Campbell. Patty Schell. Alice Campbell. Beth Ivev. Lillian Shaw, Shirley Butler and Kath\ Currie. At halftime. the Homecoming Queen will be crowned by G. Raz Autry, principal at Hoke High. Participating in halftime ceremonies will be the four class floats, the queen finalists and members of the court. The Hoke High band will present the first half of the show. The Homecoming game is expected to be a closeiv fought battle, with the outcome decisive in conference playoffs. While Hoke High leads the conference. Dunn is close behind. Hoke has a 6-0 conference record and JDunn has a 5-0-1 record This is the last home game for Hoke High. Minor W reck A minor wreck ai ihe intersection of Wright St. and Edinborough Ave. was investigated Saturday afternoon by city police William J Br>ant of Raeford, traveling south on Wright Street, stopped at the stop sign at the corner, according to the police wreck report, and then continued across the intersection. His car struck another auto driven by Billy Howard Barefoot, who was going east on F.dinborough. Estimated damage to the front of the Bryant car was S7j and damage to the side of the Barefoot car was estimated at $300. The accident was investigated by G.G. Faircloth. city police officer. No charges were filed. The county has no si/able tax base to support a recreation program, the Raeford ? Hoke Recreation Commission was told Monday afternoon at a meeting. Three members of the 95th Civil Affairs Company at Ft. Bragg, who have been helping the commission with a study of the recreation needs in the county, showed a chart that compared the expenditure for recreation in Hoke County with other areas in the state. Granite Falls, with a population of 2.361 budgets S2.19 per person for recreation, according to figures supplied by the state. Raleigh spends $11.95 per person for recreation: Clinton spends S5.09 per person and Laurinburg spends S7.78 per person. In contrast, the study showed that last year Raeford budgeted $1.19 per person for recreation and Hoke County budgeted S.56. The state recommends S3 per person for a recreation program. Meeting with the recreation commission Monday were SP4 Ralph Higgens. CPT John Berndt and CPT Malcolm Floyd, of Ft. Bragg. CPT Gwinn. who has been helping develop a community recreation program for the L'pchurch area, also attended the meeting. J. Benton McLeod. chairman. D.D. Abernethy. George Wood and W.K. Morgan attended from the recreation commission. C.D. Bounds and Harold Gillis attended from the Raeford - Hoke Chamber of Commerce. Last summer, the recreation program operated on S 1.000 from the United Fund, SI.500 from the city and $2,500 from the county. There is no money available to begin operation next summer, however, new city and council budgets begin on July 1. The commission also approved a questionaire developed by the civil affairs company and approved its distribution in thycounty. The recreation survey will be compiled at Ft. Bragg to give an idea on thyinterest and attitudes toward recreation in the county The commission also approved a site survey by Army personnel of probable locations for recreation facilities in the county. The commission agreed to meet in about three weeks, after the survey has been compiled, with state recreation specialist Kenneth Free of the State Commission of Natural Resources and Development, who will help explore means of seeking state and federal funds. Nomination For ASC Committee Invited Hoke County farriers are sending in their nomination petition for candidates for ASC community committeemen, says Ken W. McNeill, chairman of the County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation (ASC) Committee. This year the election of ASC committeemen will be held Dec. 1. All petitions to nominate candidates must be filed at the County ASCS Office by close of business Oct. 27. A recent change in election procedures permits petitions to be filed when signed by only 3 qualified farm voters, instead of 6 as required last year. Also, the petition, or an accompanying signed piece of paper, must contain a statement that the candidate is willing to serve if elected. Petitions are stil! limited to one nominee each, but farmers ma> sign as main petitions as they wish. If a community doesn't niminate a full slate of 6 candidates, the community committee will jdd the number of names required to fill out the slate In Hoke County there are a numbei ot MINORITY GROl'P farmers, it then community committees have to complete the slate of 6 candidates, the committees must make sure that the minority group is represented. "We're hoping to have the full support of the farm community this year in nominating, voting for. and willingness to run as committeemen candidates." McNeill said F.ach ASC community will elect 3 regular community committeemen and 2 alternates to represent the community Three committeemen from each community will serve as delegates to the county convention, where farmers will he elected to fill vacancies and name officers for the County ASC committee. The County Committee locally administers farm action programs Community committees help keep farmers in their districts informed ot changes in program provisions and other farm program news. "Together, the community and county committees serve as representatives of farmers and as spokesmen for the Department id" Agriculture in Washington, for such farm programs as REAP. TOBACCO FEED GRAIN. WHEAT AND COTTON PROGRAMS. McNeill said. Male and female farm owners, tenants, and sharecroppers, of legal voting age. are eligible to participate in ASCS programs and take part in ASC committeemen elections regardless of race color, creed. se\ or national origin. Other details on voting and committeemen requirements are available at the County ASCS Office, located in the Post Office Building The telephone number is 875-3857 Israel Mann Is Buried Sunday In Fayetteville ISRAEL MANS Funeral services for Israel Mann, a long ? time Raeford resident and merchant, were held Sunday at Bethel Synagogue by the Rabbi Henry Ucke. Burial was in Cross Creek Cemetery in Fayetteville. Mann, who was 70. died in Washington. DC., returning from a trip to New England. He was born in Lithuania and came to Raeford in 1925. where he operated a department store until 1968. He was past president of the Raeford Shrine Club, past president of the Raeford Kiwanis. started the United Fund here; was commander of the American Legion and was active in Boy Scouts in Hoke County and the Cape Fear area. Surviving are his wife. Mrs Ruth Brooks Mann; two daughters. Mrs Shirley B Goodman of Rutland. Vt. and Mrs Joyce Rothman of Raleigh; one son. Dr Milton B Mann of Jacksonville. Fla. one brother. Ervin Mann of Eli/abethtown; one sister. Mrs. Rose Goldstein of New ?York City; five grandchildren. Four Charged hi Breakin Four men were arrested over the weekend in connection with a breakin and larceny at Curtis McNeill's grocery last Saturday night. Sheriff DM. Barrington reported. Freddie McLaughlin. John Morrison. John Monroe and Robert Monroe, all ol Rt. I. Raeford. have been charged with breaking, entering and larceny. Bond was set for each at $300 pending a district court hearing Oct. 29. Beer, cigarettes and food was reported taken during the breakin Deputies Harvey Young. Robert Locklear and Robert Graham investigated the theft Two other breakins in the county were reported over the weekend in which no arrests have been made The garage and store owned by Harvey Stocks on N.C 211 W was broken into sometime Saturday night Ten boxes of cigars, six packages of link sausauge and other food was repotted stolen. The service station owned by Stanley Adcox in Dundarrach was discovered opened by deputies patroling the area early Sunday morning. Two pillowcases filled with goods from the store were found in the area. Bake Sale Set Oct. 30 The Chammade Club will hold a bake sale on Oct. 30 on Main Street in front of Hoke Drug Company The sale begins at 9 a.m. State Pays Over Million $ To Hoke Schools Last Yea) Hoke County schools received S 1,915.252.82 last year from the state nine months school fund. This figure is based on an audit of the fund b> the State Board of Education and was released last week by the office of public information The nine months school fund includes the bulk of the state money allocated for public education. No local supplements are included in this figure. Most of the state money in the fund is earmarked to pay teachers, principals, supervisors and school superintendents. The average classroom teacher in the slate last year earned S7.612 or S589 more than the year before. This does not include local supplements. By comparison, the average teacher pay five years ago was $5,112 and in 1961 it was S3.811 The average salary in 1970 ? 71 for supervisors in North Carolina schools was SI 0.116 and the average for school principals was 511.569. Superintendents had an average salary of SI5,836 These figures do not include local supplements. Last yeai. the state paid the county S28.759.75 for general control, which Cars Crash By Road Work Two cars collided early Monday morning at the site of construction work on East Prospect Extension just outside the city limits. According to Highway Patrol Trooper K.W. Weston, investigating officer, Benjamin McPhatter of Rt. 2. Raeford was stopped in his lane at the end of the construction area and a car driven by William McLaurin. Jr., of Rt 1, Raeford came across the center line crossing the construction area and struck the McPhatter car Damage was estimated at S275 to each vehicle. McLaurin was charged with driving under the influence includes salaries of the superintendent*, travel and office expenses and salaries of attendance counselors. S1.469.519.30 was paid here by the state for instructional services, which included wages for teachers, principals, and supervisors as well as instructional supplies and clerical assistance. The state paid $74,952 for plant operation, which included telephone, fuel, water and such and wages of janitors. A total of $210,619.67 was paid as compensation, which includes such things as tort claims, reimbursements to injured school children, employer's retirement costs and employer's social security costs. Auxiliary agencies such as wages for bus drivers and mechanics, school bus operation, library supplies, child health programs and kindergartens amounted to $131,402.10. City Closes Bethel Road The city council voted Monday to close Bethel Road by the high school during school hours lor the remainder of the school year. The road was released from the state system and was taken over by the city Oct. 7. Raz Autry. principal at Hoke High, has requested for several years that the road be closed during school hours and earlier this year, Autry closed the road hlrmelT. Fast traffic on the road that rum between the two high school buildings endangers students changing classes, Autry contends The road closing was approved unanimously by the mayor and four members of the council present at the meeting. J. Benton McLeod, newly appointed to the council, was attending a meeting of the recreation commission, of which he is chairman.
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