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VOLUME LXVII NO. 15 RAEFORI). IIOKE COl M Y. NORTH CAKOI.IN \ S5 PER YEAR THURSDAY. AUGUST 17, 19T2
Around Town
By SAM C. MORRIS
A memo from Mrs. Charlotte
MacDonald, clerk at the local Selective
Service office, states that the office will
be closed Tuesday and Wednesday,
August 22 and 23, due to a staff
conference in Raleigh on those days.
The Rev. Joe Amory of Dunedin, Fla.,
preached at the morning worship service
Sunday at the Raeford Presbyterian
Church as the pastor, the Rev. John Ropp
was on vacation. Joe is associate minister
with the Rev. W. B. Heyward. He stated
that Bill Heyward said that one reason he
wanted Joe associated with him was that
he wanted a man that had less hair. Joe
said that he may lose his job because Bill
is catching up with him fast.
It was hard to beleive that the
Amory family has been gone from here
for 14 years, but as we all get older, time
seems to go by faster.
Raz Autry must had a bad round in the
golf tournament at Arabia Golf Course
last weekend as the scores were not
turned in to the paper. The reason 1 made
this statement is that Tom McBryde said
that Raz didn't turn in the scores of the
last tournament because he had a round
near 100. This is hard to believe because
Raz is usually in the 80s.
This paper likes to print letters to the
editor because when someone finds fault
with this paper, it shows that it is being
read. There is one type of letter that the
paper will not print, and that is a letter
that is not signed. If anyone wants to find
fault with anything they should be strong
enough to let others know who they are.
Anything that I write is under my
signature and so are the other writers in
this paper. So if you have written to the
editor and it did not appear in print, it is
because you failed to sign your name to
the letter. The paper will omit your name
upon request, but yon must sign the
letter for it to appear in print.
Superior Court will be in session for
the next three weeks in Hoke County
trying to clear the backlog on the docket.
I know that this must be done but I can
only think about what will be happening
to the case that will be scheduled for
District Court during that time. Chief
Justice Burger made a statement last
week about the critical situation in our
court dockets all over the country. He
seemed to think that our court system
must be looked into, or we will be in
trouble before too long. Let's hope
something can be done about this
problem.
Mrs. A.D. Gore brought a key ring into
the office Monday with three keys on it.
She found the keys Sunday and if the
owner will come by The News-Journal
office he or she can get the keys. So if
you have lost any keys come by and take
a look.
H oke Superior Court Begins This Week;
Two Men Sentenced For Adeox Murder
$100,000 Bond
For Washington
Bond was set for Junior Lee
Washington at $100,000 by Cumberland
County Superior Court Judge lid ward B.
Clark. Washington, 21, of Rt. 1, Red
Springs, is charged with the Aug. 2 rape
and kidnapping of Mrs. Patricia H. Adams
of Raeford. He also faces a breaking and
entering charge in the case.
True bills of indictment were handed
down in all cases against Washington in
Grand Jury hearings in Hoke County
Criminal Superior Court on Monday.
Washington had been held in the Hoke
County Jail without privilege of bond
since his arrest on Aug. 2.
Adult Classes
Taught Here
Registration is row open for adult
evening classes to be taught by Sandhills
Community College instructors. All
classes will be taught in Raefurd and will
begin in early fall.
Scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday
nights is upholstering. Courses in
beginner's and advanced sewing will be
taught on Thursdays. Instructors also
plan to have a class in either cake
decorating or decoupage, depending on
where the most interest is. Also a class in
Christmas decorations is being considered
if enough interest is expressed.
Additional classes under consideration
are principles of insurance, reading
improvement and English for adults. A
minimum enrollment of ten students is
necessary for each class.
Most courses run for 11 weeks, with
fees varying according to the kinds of
supplies that arc needed Interested
persons should contact the l-xtcnsion
Homemakets Office at 875-2162.
Fbwer Interruption
Scheduled By CP&L
There will be a scheduled interruption
in power service from 6 to 8 a.m. Sunday
for customers of the Lumbee River
F.lectric Membership Corporation.
Carolina Power and Light Company
reports.
The power interruption is necessary so
that substation repairs can be made.
Residents in the Red Springs, Lumber
Bridge, Antioch, Wagram and Bowmore
areas will be affected by the power
cut-off.
CLOTHING SHIPMENT - James Pratt of the Hoke Social Sen/ices Department helps arrange the clothes that were recently
delivered to the county by an Army reterve ?i/lit from ht. Stewart, Ua. I he clothing drive was arranged by the director of a
HuntsvHlc, Ala., movie company a yea i. fter they vifltrd Hoke County tomake a documentary filth qbout the Army's
Domestic Action Program.
Clothing Shipment
Received By Hoke
The old axiom "Out of sight, oul of
mind," fortunately docs not always hold.
A movie company from Huntsvillc.
Ala., certainly went oul of their way to
disprove the statement last week when
they sent a 300 pound shipment of
clothing to the Social Services
Department in Hoke County nearly a
year after they had produced a movie
here on the Army's Domestic Action
Program.
The movie group, hired by the
government, came into Hoke for a short
period of time last year and filmed
"Green Scene IV," a documentary film
about the Army's Civil Affairs units that
were aiding Hoke County in a number of
areas.
The Domestic Action Program,
sponsored by the groups from Bragg, has
helped secure household furnishings,
clothings, toys and even food for
disadvantaged families in Hoke on many
occasions.
Social services director Miss Mabel
McDonald said the movie group left and
vas never heard from again until recently,
vhen a call from Sheehy informed the
Social Services Department that a large
;hipment of clothing was being brought
to Hoke by an Army Reserve uml from
I t. Stewart. (ia., who were coming to I t.
Bragg for their two-week summer
encampment.
Sheehy had personally led the clothing
drive in Huntsville to collect needed stock
for the clothing doset, maintained by the
Social Services Department. Among the
items sent were men's and women's suits,
women's dresses, coals of all sizes,
children's clothing and a good assortment
of shoes.
"The clothing." Miss McDonald said,
"is very good...some of it looks
practically new." She also cominmcnted
that it would greatly add to the stock of
furnishings maintained in the clothing
closet.
The movie that was produced by the
Huntsville company has never actually
been viewed by anyone in Hoke, but Miss
McDonald said she had word that it was
sent to the Pentagon and was "very well
received."
"But the important thing is." she
commented, "is that Mr. Sheehy was here
only a short time during which he became
greatly interested in the county and the
people here. Then he calls nearly a year
later and tells us about all the clothing he
collected for us. I think it's quite
unusual."
Airport Grant
Offered by F A A
A grani offer of $77,500 has been
made the City of Raeford by the
Department of Transportation of the
Federal Aviation Administration for
improvements to the Raeford Airport.
The grant is subject to special conditions
which have already been agreed upon by
the city and the FA A.
Approval of the grant offer is expected
to be made by the Raeford City Council
and then sent back to the FAA for final
approval along with the completed
contracts for the airport work. City
Manager John Gaddy said work is
expected to begin soon after all of the
agreements have final approval.
Klectrical work will be handled by the
Rockwell Radio Corp.. and will include
installing runway lights, a rotating beacon
and tower and underground cables at a
cost of S28.130.
The paving work will be handled by
the C.W. Matthews Contracting Co. and
will include clearing of land, excavating,
installing turf and paving of the runway.
The bid the\ proposed for the work was
S9I.632.S0. The two bids were accepted
b\ the City Council ai a special meeting
in laie July.
The grant offer was signed by David
Keile\. chief of the Airport District
Office of the Southern Region of I-A A in
Atlanta
One youlh was sentenced Iron'. 15 to
25 years and another from six to ten
years in Hoke County Superior Court this
week for the murder of Stanly Adcox on
March 8.
James Roy McGougan. 16. of Lumber
Bridge, pled guilty to second degree
murder and drew the 15 to 25 year
sentence. The defendant appeared on a
charge of first degree murder, wliich was
later changed to second degree by the
state after McOougan appeared with his
attorney. Nathaniel Belcher. The state
docs not allow a guilty plea to firc.t degree
murder.
The defendant was given credit for
tiine of incarceration before the trial,
which was five months and one week.
The court recommended that the
defendant be segregated as a youthful
offender and be given useful training.
Glenn Cummings. 22. of Raeford,
entered a plea of guilty to accessory after
the fact of murder tor which he was
sentenced from six to ten years. He was
also given credit for time of incarceration
before trial, and the court recommended
he be segregated as a you Iiful offender.
He also appeared before i t court with
his attorney. Phil Dichl.
Adcox. 51, of the Arabia community,
had been found in the driveway of an
Arabia home on March 8. He had been
brutally beaten and was stabbed twice in
the chest. Cause of his death was reported
to be a result of multiple dcull fractures.
In other cases tried in Superior Court
this week, the jury found Glenn West, not
guilty of two counts of assault after
deliberating only about 10 minutes.
West, 31, of Raeford. had been charged
with assaulting Mrs. I mogene Stocks and
her seven year old son. Larry, on May 6,
while on a picnic at a pond.
Testifying for the state were Mrs.
Stocks and Larry Stocks. Mrs. Stocks
.^stifled that West ilapp^'l ;":iU knocked
down her son and then si;.? >cd and
knocked her down twice, before also
beating up her husband. She said she had
to help her husband to the car becausc he
was not able to walk.
As part of the evidence presented by
the state, the jury was shown
photographs of Mrs. Slocks as she first
appeared in court in May 26. The
photographs showed her with blackened
eyes and her face swollen.
Testifying for West was his girlfriend,
Delores Mills, and her sister. Betty
Young, who said they had also been on
the picnic on May 6 when the alleged
assault occurred.
Both claimed that Mrs. Stocks and her
husband had been drinking and that an
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Car Overturns;
Driver Charged
One man was slightly injured last
Thursday night when his cai ran off the
road on a curve and overturned on RP
1448 in the Antioch section of the
county.
Treated for cuts and abrasions by the
Hoke County Rescue Squad was Willie
Locklear. 20. Stewart Street. Raeford. He
had been driving alone at the time of the
accident, about 10:20 p.m.
Stale trooper Ken Weston, who
imestigated the accident, said that
Locklear has been charged with exceeding
a safe speed and driving without a license,
[damages to the car. owned by Tracy
Locklcar. were estimated at SI .500.
School Board Appoints Tenure Committee
An advisory committee was formed to
draft a policy statement concerning
teacher tenure during the regular monthly
session of the Hoke Board of Iducation
Monday night.
The committee will submit a statement
for consideration by the board
concerning employment and dismissal
policies of the county schools. Headed by
assistant superintendant J.D. McAllister,
it includes Cynlhis Crawford, teachcr at
Scurlock; Susan Phillips. West Hoke
teacher. Mattic Bcatty, Raeford
Momentary tcachci. Wilton Wood, school
board member. KM. Oxendine. South
Hoke principal: R.L. Gibson, board
member William Rice, assistant principal
at Upchuich: W.H. Colston. Hoke High
teacher and Glenda Lester, McLauchlin
Also discussed by the board was the
salary for lunchroom workers. It was
decided to make some adjustments in the
salary and pay scalcs of the workers and
allow annual increases in salary and pay
scalcs of the workers and allow annual
increases in salary up to fifteen years
service. The policy has previously been to
cut annuals raises after ten years of
service. Also discussed was sick leave for
lunchroom workers, but no definite
action was taken.
The board also agreed to approve the
USDA lunch policy, l ull details of the
new policy will be announced next week.
Three teachers were also elected for
the coming school year. They are Rosalyn
McMillan, who will teach music at
Upchurch. Mis. Mar\ Hornaday. language
arts teacher at Upchurch. and Jane
Campbell, who will leach kindergarten at
Scurlock.
The board members also filled out the
School Board Association questionaires
concerning legislative policies.
A resolution was passed to support the
efforts of the steering committee to
obtain additional medical services from
the National Health Service Corps.
Committee Formed To Obtain
Additional County Medical Help
A steering committee was formed last
week to try to obtain the services of two
doctors and one dentist from the
National Health Service Corps to
supplement the outpatient treatment
facilities in Hoke County
The committee, headed by chairman of
the Board of Health D D. Abernethv. will
draft an application to send to the Health
Service Corps in Washington. DC. The
corps was formed to help provide
additional medical care for needed areas
of the country. Doctors who serve in the
corps for a two ? year period fulfill their
military obligation.
The object of trying to obtain
additional professional medical help in
the county is not to provide low cost
medical treatment, Abernethy stated, but
to supplement the care available in the
county At the present time, only one
dentist and two doctors practice in the
county, and all "have more than they can
handle." Abernethy explained
Doctors who serve in the corps charge
fees commensurate \Mth pnvate
practicioners. but the fees the\ collect arc
put into a trust fund by the government
to support the program. The doctors,
themselves, are paid a salai) by the
government. j
The steering committee to draft the
application wis formed by the Health
Department. Headed by Abernethy. it
includes Charles Hostetler. T B. Lesiei.
T C. Jones. I lien Willis. Nellie Mowers.
Susan McKenne and Dr David Noonan
of the Health Department. Mrs. Ann
Thompson of the Wilmington Human
Relations Division. Plummer Locklear of
the Department of Social Services and
C.raham Peivier ol the Reyion N Council
iV (.ove.nments
Abeinetln said thai mere Is appking
for professional medical help from the
corps does not assuie that help will be
provided, because of the limited
availability of doctors
The steering committee will meet apain
next week to plan additional steps to be
taken.
Look F irst In Raeford'
"Look first in Raeford." If those
wotds don't seem to hold any particular
agnificance for you now, they soon will.
This is the slogan that was adopted for
School Hours Set
* School hours for the coming year have
been set by the administrative staff of the
Hoke County Schools. Some changes
were necessary to accommodate the new
bus routes for the county schools.
The class day at Upchurch and Hoke
High will begin at 8:10 a.m. and recess at
2:55 p.m. Classes for the elementary
schools in the county, grades one through
five, will begin at 8:25 and dismiss at
2:40
A complete daily scheule for Hoke
High follows:
8:10 - 1st period bell; 8:17-9:10 1st
period; 9:17-10:10 2nd period,
10:17-11:10 ? Short Courses:
11:17-12:10 - 3(d period; 12:10-12:55
- Lunch; 1:01-1:55 4th period.
^:U2-2:55 - 5th period; 2:55 School
dismissed.
The first school day for students will
be Friday, Aug. 25, tor pupil orientation
and will not be a full day of Instruction.
a Classes are expected to be dismissed by
noon.
The first full day of instruction will
begin on Monday, Aug. 28.
Hoodmobile
Visits Raeford
The Bloodmoblle will make a visit to
Raeford on Wednesday. Aug 23, in front
of the Raeford Methodist Church from
12 noon to 5:30 p.m.
the firsl promotion of the newly - tormed
Raeford Merchant's Association.
President of the association. Lewis
Quick, of the Raeford Department Store,
said the slogan was chosen because "we
feel we have a lot to offer the people of
Raeford if they just look for it." Quick
said he feels shoppers "can find just
about anything they need right here,
without having to go out of town."
The slogan "Look first in Raeford" has
been used extensively in the first
advertising promotion of the association
which began this week, and the
organization also had a number of signs
printed with the slogan. Quick said the
signs will be placed in all of the stores in
Raeford.
Quick said the association officers are
very pleased with the cooperation they
have received from the merchants in
Raeford and the interest shown in the
association. The group continues to grow
at a steady rate. Quick added, and he
expressed hopes that all of the merchants
will take an interest in the ideas and
promotional efforts of the organization.
In addition to the fall advertising
campaign now underway, the
organization is already looking as far
ahead as Christmas. They are in the
process of planning some new displays
and programs for the downtown area.
Quick said that although some of the
traditional Christmas activities such as the
parade through the downtown area will
be cancelled this year. "Raeford and
Hoke residents will be treated to some
very nice programs."
The Raeford Merchant's Association
hold their meetings on the second
Tuesday of each month at 10 a.m. The
next meeting will be held Sept. 12. in the
Board of Directors room of the Southern
National Bank.