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The Hoke County News- Established 1928 The Hoke County Journal - Established 1905
VOLUME LXVII NO. 3 RAEFORD, HOKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA S3 PER YEAR THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1972
Around Town
By SAM C. MORRIS
The card I ran in the paper last week
concerning T. J. McGill brought a
telephone call from his daughter in St.
Pauls. She is now Mrs. Dan Jackson of
R-l and can recall her father being in
business, but couldn't recall the business
card.
Mrs. Jackson stated that her brother,
T. J. Jr., had lost his life in the service
during World War II. I had heard this
before from some of his kinfolks here in
Raeford. She asked me to sell her the
card so she could keep it along with other
family possessions. I told her she could
have the card and mailed it to her that
day.
We thank Mrs. Jackson for her call and
also the person that showed her the
article in The News - Journal.
You can't ever tell what will happen
when you write about the old days or
about something that belonged to
someone in the past.
I will pass on this information in case
some of our Civic Club members need a
program some night. The release follows:
A 28 - minute highlights film that
captures the excitement of this year's
Atlantic Coast Conference Basketball
Tournament is now available for group
showings.
The sound and color film was
produced by Humble Oil and Refining
Company in cooperation with the ACC.
Free prints of the film are available for
group showings by writing or call:
Humble Film Library, 503 North
College Street, Charlotte, N. C. 28202;
Telephone (704) 377-2574
Mrs. Pat Duncan Bacos of Hawaii came
by the office Monday to renew her
subscription. She is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. L. C. Duncan of this county.
Mrs. Bacos, along with her baby, are here
visiting for .veral days.
She said the paper is late, but that she
reads every word in it including the ads.
We can understand how Mrs. Bacos would
read everything, as this writer would read
every word during World War II.
There is no news like the hometown
news when you are thousands of miles
from home. Thanks for your comments,
Mrs. Bacos.
The following letter is self
explanatory:
Dear Sam,
On behalf of the Raeford Lions Club, I
want to thank you for the fine coverage
you gave us on our Golf Tournament.
Both Raz Autry and Don Steed, our co -
chairmen for the tournament, were
extremely complimentary.
As you know, all the money we make
on the Golf Tournament and other
money - making drives go to help
individuals within the county - especially
the blind and visually handicapped.
Again, let me thank you for your help
in this and other projects we have
undertaken in the past. If we as a club
can ever be of service to you in the
future, please do not hesitate to ask.
Very sincerely.
Dale Ormsby
Lewis Upchurch called and asked that
the members of the graduating class of
1957 be reminded of the reunion June
1 7. 1972, at the Holiday Inn in Southern
Pines.
If you haven't contacted the
committee please do so at once so they
can make final plans.
County Tax Rate Down Two Cents
Food Stamp Application
Director of the Department of Social
Services, Miss Mabel McDonald, expressed
concern this week that all persons who
have been given appointments to make
application for food stamps are not
keeping their appointments.
The agency wants all eligible persons in
the county who desire food stamps to be
certified as soon as possible so they may
purchase stamps when the program opens
July I.
Because of the large amount of paper
work involved in taking applications all
persons given appointments by the DDS
should keep them, Miss McDonald
stressed. Any persons who wish to apply
for the stamps should call for
appointments now, in order to eliminate
last minute crowding.
Miss McDonald said "the DDS is here
to serve all eligible people in Hoke
County who want food stamps to get
them without delay. Please help us to
help you by keeping your appointment if
you have one, or call for appointment if
you wish to apply."
Persons making application for the
stamps should bring the following
information concerning income and
income deductions when reporting for
scheduled appointments:
GROSS INCOME Supported by
check stubs or statement from employer
from all members of household who are
employed
RENT OR HOUSE PAYMENTS
Supported by rent or housepayment
receipts
FUEL COSTS Supported by paid
bills
ELECTRIC CURRENT Supported
by paid bills
WATER Supported by paid bills
TELEPHONE Supported by
telephone bill (Basic telephone only)
MEDICAL EXPENSE Supported by
Doctor's receipts
PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS:
State Tax Supported by employer's
statement
Federal Tax Supported by
employer's statement
Social Security Supported by
employer's statement
Medical Insurance Supported by
employer's statement or receipts
ALSO:
Birth dates of all family members
Social Security numbers of all members
who have them.
Appointments for application may be
made by phoning 875-3367 or 875-3372.
Lumbee Electric Co-op
Plans Lines Expansion
The Lumbee River Electric
Membership Corporation has received
loans totaling S574,000 to finance
expansion of service and improvements.
The corporation, which has headquarters
in Red Springs, serves consumers in Hoke,
Robeson, Scotland, Cumberland and
Moore Counties.
The funds will be used for a two - year
expansion program which will extend and
add approximately 122 miles of lines to
rural areas in the five county area, and
add some 2,000 new members to the
present total of 13,000. In addition, 490
security lights will be added to the new
and existing lines, 21 miles of existing
lines will be converted to higher capacity
and existing substations will have
capacity increases.
President of the Board of Directors of
the corporation, Cecil Dunn, said that
S459.0CO of the total will come from the
Rural Electrification Assn., a federal
agency under the U. S. Dept. of
Agriculture. The remaining SI 15,000 will
come from the National Rural Utilities
Cooperative Finance Corporation, a
newly ? formed organization for financing
improvements to co-ops across the
country.
The total number of consumers in
rural areas of Hoke County who buy
their power from the Lumbee River
Co-op was listed as 2,203 in July, 1971.
Memberships in the other counties
numbered 6.957 in Robeson, 1.276 in
Scotland and 1,160 in Cumberland. A
breakdown of consumers in Moore
County was not available. Also, Dunn
stated, the figures do not inlcude those
persons in the co-op who live in the
incorporated areas, such as Racford and
Red Springs.
Dunn said that the membership of the
co-op has about doubled in the past 10
years. He said lie anticipated that "it will
grow even faster with all of the industry
and rural expansion coming into the
area." The co-op also expects to have
their own generating facilities within the
next five to ten years, which will greatly
increase service. Now, the corporation
buys the power from Carolina Power Co.
and distributes it to members.
The Lumbee River Co-op was formed
in 1940 to brin^power to the residents of
rural areas along the Lumbee River, who
did not l>avc electric power facilities, ""'tc
organization was made necessary because
the government would not build lines to
the rural areas, because they felt it would
not be worthwhile. Dunn said that
judging from the growth of the
membership over the years, "it has
definitely proved to be worthwhile."
There are currently 29 such electric
co-ops in North Carolina to service rural
areas.
Dunn said that because the Lumbee
River Co-op is a non - profit organization,
they have generally kept their rates lower
than Carolina Power Co., and that at the
end of the year dividends are paid back
See CO OP. Page 15
Break-In Thursday
At Raeford Salvage
The Raeford Salvage Co. on Magnolia
St. was broken into Thursday night and a
quantity of merchandise valued at SI,000
was reported missing.
The break - in was discovered Friday
morning by Clayton Buoyer, when he
went to open the place at K a.m. The
building had apparently been entered by
cutting a chain on the door. Five 55 -
gallon drums of copper wiring were stolen
along with 30 car radiators. Also a Coke
machine inside th?* b hiding was torched
open and about $5 in change was stolen.
No arrests have yet been made in the
incident, and investigations by city
policemen Leonard Wiggins and James
Riley are continuing.
Raeford Man Shot
A Raeford man was gunned down
Saturday on the sidewalk in downtown
Fayetteville and was reported in critical
condition at Cape Fear Valley Hospital.
Fayetteville police identified the man
as 21 ? year - old Robin Baker of Rt. 2,
Raeford. He was shot four times in the
head with a small pistol at the corner of
Franklin and Maxwell streets, police said.
Being held on a charge of felonious
assault is a Fayetteville man, Andrew
Sanford, of 905 Branson St.
Cottage Entered
A break-in was reported Sunday
afternoon at W.P. Saunders' Lake
Elizabeth cottage in Hoke County. No
arrests have been made yet and
investigations are still being conducted by
the Sheriffs Dept.
Intruders apparently gained access to
the summer home by taking a screen off
the front bedroom window and prying
tUs. v h. x?.v open. Saunders reported thai
three mounted bass that were hanging on
the wall were missing along with a
blanket, bedspread and some canned
goods. The total value of the goods stolen
has not yet been determined.
Hoke Sales Tax
The April report from the State
Department of Revenue showed that
Hoke County's net collections totaled
$12,098.20 from local one percent sales
and use tax collections.
The total collected in the 100 counties
in the state was $5,552,907.96.
Rogers Suit Dismissed
Tlias Rogers racial discrimination suit
against lire Lumbce River Elect ric
Membership Corporation was dismissed in
Hoke County District Civil Court
Monday.
Judge D. B. Herring Jr. ordered the
dismissal after Rogers and directors of the
corporation agreed that the key issue in
the matter had been solved by Rogers
recent appointment to a full directorate
on the governing board, following an
investigation by the U. S. Dept. of
Agriculture of alleged voting
irregularities.
His suit charged racial discrimination
against him because he is a Lumbee
Indian, hollowing the federal
investigation of charges, the board
amended its by-laws to increase the
membership from nine to twelve
members. Rogers' term will expire in
1974, after which the seat will be filled
through an election.
Rogers charged that the 1970 election
was invalid in that "certain members of
the board of directors . . . actively
worked to cause my defeat." He further
added that the defeat "was accomplished
by the improper gathering of proxies and
improper use of proxies by causing more
than the allowable votes to be cast, and
by refusing to recognize the protest to
the election procedure."
Rogers charged that many white
members of the corporation were given
more than the allowable number of
proxies and that at least one individual
was observed to cast 1 2 ballots.
Defendants in the suit were the
corporation, itself, general manager of the
co-op D. J. Dal ton and directors Cecil
Dunn, Neill A. Watson and W. B.
McDiarrrud.
Leonard School Has Many Needs
By fclaine Symanski
Director William Windley of the
Samuel Leonard School in McCain, called
a recently published report on the North
Carolina juvenile corrections systems
"unfair, in that it said nothing good
about the schools ?? everything they
reported in their investigation is
negative."
The report, entitled "As the Twig is
Bent." was prepared by the North
Carolina Bar Association's Penal System
Study Committee and submitted to Gov.
Bob Scott. The committee was ordered to
make the study because of allegations
that students were being abused in the
correction institutes.
The report was full of general
accusations such as the 'schools are a
dumping ground for the mentally
retarded, the uneducable, the run - aways.
pregnant girls, the neglected and. in many
instances simply the unwanted child."
Windley said that many of those
conditions may have existed prior to
1969, the year the juvenile penal code
was updated in the state, "but they
certainly aren't true anymore."
He did say, however, that many of the
suggestions made by the committee were
good ones, and most of the improvements
suggested had already been requested by
the Samuel Leonard School, but had been
denied by the General Assembly. Windley
expressed hopes that the report would
help educate the people in the state and
the legislators about the very real needs
for imporvement in the juvenile schools.
He stressed that any inadequacies were
due to insufficient money in the budget,
and not because of incompetance or lack
of concern in the staffs of the eight
schools throughout the state.
There are only reasons a boy may be
committed to a correctional school such
as Samuel Leonard delinquincy.
discipline problems (beyond the control
of parents) and violation of probation.
"The statement tliat the schools are
'dumping grounds* is just not fair."
Windley remarked.
He commented on most of the
inadequacies throughout the state that
were brought out by the committee, and
compared them to the situation at
Samuel Leonard.
The report stated that North Carolina
has the most number of children
committed to juvenile training systems
per capita. Samuel Leonard, like the rest
of the juvenile correction schools in the
state, is overcrowded. It was originally
designed to house ISO students and the
present enrollment is 200. Windley noted
that even this figure is down considerably
from former enrollments. Wlren the
J
commission made their study, there were
258 students in Samuel Leonard, and
enrollment has been as high as 283.
"We have no control over the intake of
students," Windley explained. "When the
slate sends them to us. we have to take
them." Most of the students are currently
housed two to a room, although some of
See SCHOOL. Page 15
h.M CUX/C Samuel l.eonard undent gets his eyes examined by a visiting
optometrist at one of the quarterly err clinics held at the school
Taxes for Hoke County residents will be down two cents from last year's rate. The
new rate. Si.48 per hundred dollars of assessed value was set last week by the Hoke
County Board of Commissioners for the fiscal year 1972 ? 73, which begins July 1.
The total amount budgeted for county funds is S736.437.05, compared with the
1971 - 72 total of S629.521.I8. This total includes the general fund, special fund,
social services fund and the county poor fund. It excludes the school budget, which is
listed separately.
The general fund total is S360.I79.66, as compared to S264.469.22 from last year.
The amount set in this area in the tentative budget was $359,482.50, but a slight
increase was necessary.
A new category under the general fund total for the coming fiscal year is solid waste
disposal, funds for which were set at $45,000. Tlte money will be used for waste
pickup in the county and purcliaseof containers. Hoke County previously had no trash
pick-up, but the opening of the new landfill off U. S. 401 lias made collection now
possible.
A large increase is also seen in the county aid budget, from a total of S26.275.44
last year to a new total of S48.244.64. An amount of $10,000 from this fund will be
used for airport improvements, which include paving ol the runway and adding lights.
Also a five - year program of soil testing will be underway in the county, for which
S4.000 was budgeted.
An increase of $3,500 was added to the recreation fund from the $2,500 in the
1971 -72 budget.
A large increase is also seen in the amount budgeted for law enforcement, to lake
care of the addition of two new deputy sheriffs and a car to the Hoke County Sheriffs
Dept.
The amount budgeted for special funds, which includes county accountant,
revaluation, farm demonstration, veterans service officer and rural fire departments is
S67.177.80, up from last year's total of $60.946.91.
Also social services fund is increased from $191,260.80 to $203,099. The health
fund and county poor funds are also up slightly over last year's totals.
The amount budgeted for schools in the county totals $2,308,090.50. This amount
is also up from last year's total of $1,682.140.35.
A complete listing of the new budget and comparison of last year's budget follows:
HOKE COUNTY BUDGET
FISCAL YEAR 1972- 1973
BUDGET BUDGET
GENERAL FUND 1971-72 1972-73
Administration 10,451.16 10,461.04
Tax Listing 20,526.83 22,362.48
Tax Collector 21,599.53 23,590.56
Flections 12,320.00 10,470.86
Law Fnforcement 80,806.22 96,584.01
Library 9,730.00 10.730.00
Office Building 7.443.35 6.843.63
Courthouse & Grounds 9,413.98 12,207.76
Register of Deeds 16,027.82 16,748.35
Medical Examiner 2,400.00 2.400.00
Forest Fire Control 13.172.72 12,658.00
Jail 14,804.23 18,616.53
Jury Commission 14000.00 500.00
Countv Aid 26,275.44 , 48,244.64
Solid Waste Disposal 0 45.000.00
Contingency 6,000.00 9,415.00
Civil Defense 12,497.94 13,346 80
General Fund Total 264,469.22 360,179.66
SPECIAL FUNDS
t ountv Accountant 23,293.54 24,498.95
Revaluation 4,320.00 6.270.00
Farm Demonstration 20,517.36 21,917.01
Veterans Service Officer 9,471.01 11,146.84
Rural Fire Departments 3,345.00 3,345.00
Special Fund Total 60.946.91 67,177.80
Debt Service Fund 8,902.50 8,602.50
SOCIAL SERVICES FUND
Administration 109,904.00 137,161.00
Public Assistance 60,106.00 62.178.00
(ieneral Assistance 21,250.80 3,760.00
Social Services Fund Total 191.200.80 203.099.00
HEALTH FUND 76.344.86 82.760.82
COUNTY POOR FUND 14,098.46 14.617.27
HEALTH BUILDING FUND 13.498.43 0
Total County Funds
(I x eluding Schools) 629,521.18 736,437.05
SCHOOI S
Current Expense 842,381.00 1,3.30,409.00
C apital Outlay 109,800.00 143,300.00
School Debt Service 100,438.17 97,944.45
Total School 1.682,140.35 2.308.090.50
1971-72 1972-73 PERCENT
COUNTY TAX RATE
(ieneral Fund .2000 .1815 12.26
Special Fund >290 .1248 8.43
Debt Service Fund .0190 .0138 .94
SOCIAL SERVICES
Administration .0420 .0700 4.73
Public Assistance .1046 .1128 7.62
(lencial Assistance .0114 .()038 .26
Health 1170 .1267 8.56
|>oor 0270 .0275 1.86
Total County 65 6609 44.66
SCHOOI TAX RATI
Current I xpcnse .4900 4433 29.95
C apital Outlay .2000 .1927 13.02
Debt Service 1600 1831 12.37
Total School 85 .8191 55.34
1 otal County Wide
fax Rale I SO 1.48 KJO.OOV
Antioch Man Shot
A Moke County man from Antioch was
shot in the stomach three times with a
.22 pistol on May 12. The victim, Willie
Campbell, was admitted to Southeastern
General Hospital in l.umberton, where he
is still being treated.
Campbell told the SlaerifPs Dept. thai
Janie Woods Locklear was responsible for
the shooting, which occurred in
Campbell's home. No arrests have yet
been made in the incident. Further
investigations are being conducted by
Deputy Sheriff Harvey Young.