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VOLUME LXVII NO. 16 RAEFORI), HOKE COUNTY. NORTH CAROLINA $5 PER YEAR THURSDAY. AUGUST 24, 1972
Around T own
By SAM C. MORRIS
Another tetter from Raz Autry,
chairman of the tournament committee
at the Arabia Coif Course follows:
"It is time for our annual fourbaO
tournament. We will have one on Sunday,
August 27th. Tee-off time will be from
one until three. Get you a ringer, and let
me know immediately if you are going to
participate. The price will be $ 10.00 per
team, or J2.50 per person. You may tue
all members, or two outsiders and two
members."
So if you are a tournament player see
Raz and enjoy the play at Arabia. Maybe
the scores will be turned in for this
tournament.
Another tournament in this area this
week will be at the Country Club of
North Carolina. All the big named golfera
will be there. This will be two
tournaments in one. The match play
tournament and the Leggett and Myera
Open.
Besides seeing the best in golf you can
see a beautiful golf course, if you haven't
ever been to the Country Club of North
Carolina.
It doesn't seem that it is time for
school to start again. The teachers started
back to work yesterday and the students
will report on Friday. 1 have always heard
that the older you get the more it seems
that time flies by.
With the opening of school will come
the football season. I noticed in The
News and Observer that Hoke High was
picked fifth in the conference. Of course
Coach John Pecora and his staff will have
many new faces this year but for the past
couple of years they have come through
when faced with this situation.
The team is helped financially by the
Hoke High Booster Club, so when
someone asks you to join come across
and then go out to the stadium and be a
booster.
I have been attending insurance
meetings for the past several months and
I will say that many others have bean
putting In right much time trying to come
up with a plan that will help all drivers of
cars in this state. I cannot at this time say
what will be the plan the commission will
come up with but I will say that it will
come up with a plan before the legislature
meets in February.
If you have anything you would like to
get before this group I will be glad to talk
with you.
John Campbell said that a man came
by the Johnson Company recently to
renew his insurance policy. John said that
the man said that he was insured by the
Travelers Agency because he just traveled
about the state. The man said his son
traveled over the USA and had to be
insured by Nationwide.
Come up with one, Vardell!
Holshouser To
Campaign Here
Rep. Jim Holshouser, Republican
candidate for Governor has announced
that he will conduct a whirlwind 10 - day
tour of 46 counties in eastern North
Carolina.
The four term legislator will speak on
the courthouse steps in Raeford on
Friday, Aug. 25, at 11:10 a.m.
Holshouser said that the east. "Ike a
lot of ladies, has been wooed by almost
all of the candidates for Governor, and all
too often, has been left in the lurch by
elected Governors."
"As I hope all North Carolinians know.
1 have always kept my promises. This is
one of the messages I plan to carry to
Kastem North Carolina,' he continued.
Holshouser said that during the tour he
plans to "talk a little and listen a lot ."
The tour will begin in Raleigh on
August 24 and will conclude in Oxford
on September 2.
NASSA U TOURISTS - The Hoke County 4-Hgroup and thek adult leaders are pictured aboard the cruise ship on their trip to the
Bahamas two weeks ago. (Row I) - Bill Poole, Jennie Monroe,Teresa Orem, Vicki McMillan. Chmmie Bounds, Linda Stone, Mike
Black, Ann Furr, David Dombkowski, Judy Faulk, Barbara Jones, Mark Davis, Dana Wbujmt. (Row 21 ?- Miss Carolyn McOaney,
Diane McCatl, JoAnn Register, Jane Austin, Cathy Leach, Dooie Leach, Ruth Ann Burroughs, Joe Poole. Ronnie Ellis. (Row 3) -
Wayne Willis. Miss Brenda Abrams, Mrs. Robert Orem, Mrs Harold Monroe, Mrs Chalmers Davis, Carol Fowler, Theresa
McCkaney, Becky Pope, Barbara Ptummer, Ann Melton, Deborah Davis, Joyce Willis, Ann McNeill, Robin Holland, Harold Powell,
bus driver and tour guide (Row 4) - Lawrence Willis, Wendell Young, Mrs Wendclf Young, Mrs. L.S. Brock, Mrs. Pauline
McFadyen, Mrs Carson Davis, Mrs. KA. MacDonald, Robert Attaway, Tommy McCall, Jimmy Attawav, Jodi Upchurch, Tim
Young, David Willis, Charles Willis. Not pictured are Karen Faulk and Jackie Spakes.
Free School Lunch Policy
Announced By Hoke Board
Hoke County Board of Education
announced a free and reduced price meal
policy for Hoke County school children
unable to pay the full price.
Local school officials have adopted a
family size and income scale to assist
them in determining eligibility.
Families falling within these scales or
those suffering from unusual
circumstances or hardships are urged to
apply for free or reduced price meals for
their children. They may do so by filling
in the application forms sent home in a
letter to parents. Additional copies are
available at the principal's office in each
school.
Applications may be submitted any
time during the school year. The form
itself is simple to complete and requests
information needed to determine
economic need based on the income and
number of persons in the family and ai?>
. uimwl ditcumstances or hardships which
affect the family's ability to pay for
school meals. The information provided
on the application will be confidential
and will be used only for the purpose of
determining eligibility.
Under the provisions of the policy the
school principal will review applications
and determine eligibility. If a parent is
dissatisfied with the ruling of the local
official, he may make a request either
orally or in writing for a hearing to appeal
the decision.
Designed as the Hearing Official is
Hoke Schools Superintendent D. D.
Abcrnethy.
> Hearing procedures are outlined in 4he
policy. i
Sec FREE, Page 13
Trash Containers
Placed In County
With just a few exceptions, the 50
trash containers recently purchased by
Hoke County have been placed at the
designated locations throughout the
county and are all set for use.
Trash pick-ups began last week at
about half of the containers by the
Pick-up Sanitation Service, a firm
belonging to Clyde Leach of Dundarrach.
County sanitarian Russell Mills said the
containers are already getting a lot of use.
The State Highway Department had
been working with the County Health
Department in preparing the locations for
the containers for the past several weeks.
Mills said no one in the county should
have to drive more than a few miles to
the nearest container.
The low bid from Leach's firm of
$11,325 was accepted by the
commissioners at a meeting held in July.
His firm earlier received the contract for
operation of the containers at an
estimated cost of $2,000 per month.
Pick-ups for the four cubic yard
containers is scheduled for twice a week.
The containers are of the type with a split
lid on top, designed for ease in handling.
Mills said people should get plastic trash
can liners for use at home and tie the bags
off securely before depositing them in the
dumpstcrs.
Mills said the containers are to be
strictly used for home garbage. Other
wastes, such as leaves, old junk and
industrial trash should be brought to the
land fill off U.S. 401
In addition to the containers placed
throughout the county, two have been
placed at the entrance to the landfill for
use when the landfill is closed.
County Tax
Collections
A quarterly report from the North
Carolina Department of Revenue showed
that net distributable proceeds from the
county sales and use tax totaled
$36,078.26 in Hoke County.
The report was based on the quarter
ending June 30. 1972.
The net quarterly collections for the
county totaled S36.455.58. of which
S377.32 were spent for collections of
taxes. The amount obtained from
subtracting the two figures represents the
net proceeds.
School Bus Routes Set For New Term
The Stale Department of Motor
Vehicles has been working with the Hoke
County school district for the past several
weeks working out new bus shcedules and
routes for the new 1972-73 school term.
The changes will mean shorter riding
times for many of the Hoke youths that
ride the buses. Up to this time, all school
buses were driven by high school
students. This year a new schedule is
being implemented in the county, having
separate routes for elementary schools
instead of grouping students of all grades
on one bus.
So far IS adult drivers have been
employed by the school transportation
department to drive the elementary
school routes. Hoke superintendent D.D
Abernethy said a change will gradually be
made to have all elementary school routes
driven by adults.
The county is also gradually changing
from the orange color buses to yellow.
Fight of the new vehicles will be in
operation at the beginning of this school
term. A total of 54 buses will be in use in
the county this year to carry the more
than 4.000 children to the seven schools
in the county.
Buses to be used in the Scurlock school
district are numbers 4.8. 18.30.42 and
53.
Buses serving the West Hoke school
district will be 15.31.33. 39. 59 and 60.
The South Hoke district will be served
by 12 buses all together, six of which will
also take care of transportation for the
Raeford I lementary and McLauchlin
Schools.
Bus number 1 I will serve the fourth
and fifth graders within the city limits
east of Main Street, while bus number 26
will serve those wesi of Main.
The four others that will carry the
fourth and fifth graders who reside
outside the city limits are buses 13. 22.
24 and 52.
Others that will serve the South Hoke
district south of the city limits are
numbers 7. 19. 20. 21. 35. and 37. These
buses will actually serve grades one
through five. After dropping passengers
off at South Hoke, the buses will
continue on to Raeford I lementary and
McLuuchlin Schools.
The remaining 30 or so buses will serve
See BUS ROUTKS. Page 13
Edens Sentenced In
Liquor Store Case
Sorry
The News-Journal regrets the
omission of a number of pictures
taken for this week's edition. Two
rolls of film were accidentally
ruined. Every effort will be made to
re-take the pictures, wherever
possible.
City Council
Approves
Grant
The Raeford City Council met in a
special session last week to approve the
grant offer of $77,500 by the
Department of Transportation of the
Federal Aviation Administration for
improvements to the Raeford Airport.
The Federal grant will cover part of the
cost of improvements, which will include
paving the runway and installing runway
lights, a rotating beacon and tower and
underground cables.
Total cost of the paving work is set at
$91,632.50, and will be handled by the
C.W. Matthews Contracting Co.
Flectrical work will be handled by the
Rockwell Radio Corp. at a cost to the
City of $28,130. The low bids from the
two companies were approved by the
council at a special meeting in late July.
City manager John Caddy said the
grant money will probably come as work
on the project progress, rather than in a
lump sum. Final arrangements for the
projects are being made now. w'lin work
expecting to begin within me ucxif few
weeks.
After hearing the testimony of two of
the state's witnesses in Hoke Superior
Court Monday. Hillntan P. Idens of
Raeford changed his plea to guilty to the
charge of misdemeanor larceny.
He had been charged with feloniously
receiving stolen goods front the ABC
Liquor Store robbery 011 April 22. He was
charged with receiving 43 cases of tax
paid liquor valuing S1.600.
After the two witnessess testified
against Kdens. his attorney. James Nance
of Fayetteville. asked that the jury be
excused while a motion was made to the
court. Superior Court solicitor. Jads
Thompson said the state would accept
the guilty plea to the reduced cltarge of
misdemeanor receiving.
Idens was sentenced to six to 12
months in prison, suspended for three
years. Conditions of the suspension were
that he pay a fine of $100 and court costs
and $420 as restitution to the Alcoholic
Beverage Control Board.
Testifying for the state was Russell
Wayne Ashburn. manager of the ABC
Liquor Store on the U.S. 401 By pass.
He said that upon opening the store on
the morning of April 22. he noticed a
hole on the ceiling and that the back door
had been pried open. Upon taking
inventory of the stock. Ashburn said he
discovered 45 cases ot liquor were missing
at a wholesale value of $1,600. He also
said the safe had been pried open and
$450 cash was stolen.
Ashburn was shown four eases of
liquor in court that were confiscated by
the Hoke Sheriff's Dept. after the
robbery, and he was able to identify a
grease pencil x mark on the side of each
case. Ashburn said the store used that
particular mark to take inventory when
each new shipment of stock was received.
Also testifying for the state was
William Tanner Jr., who said that he had
been residing in a trailer behind I dens'
home on April 22.
He said on that morning he woke up
about 3:30 or 4 a.m. and saw Johnny
Scott and Freddy Revels in the trailer
with 43. .cases of whiskey. He said two or
three days later he talked to Kdens and
told him he "thought he had the liquor
that came from the ABC Store in his
trailer." He said Kdens told him to "get
rid of it as soon as possible."
Tanner than said he and Idens later
went to a bootlegging place in Robeson
County and discussed the liquor with the
woman who ran the establishment. He
said she later purchased two cases of
liquor for a total of $70.
He said they also went to another
bootlegging place in Robeson County and
again discussed Ihe liquor with the owner.
Tanner said she ordered three cases,
which were later peiked up from them,
and for which $105 was paid.
Anothei sale of liquor took place at
the VFW hall in Red Springs, according
to Tanner's testimony. He said the
woman there ordered three cases of
liquor, which were loaded into Kdens car
to be delivered to her. Tanner said I dens,
himself, also purchased two cases of the
liquor for $70.
Under cross-examination. Tanner said
that he never told I.dens he thought the
liquor was stolen, only that he thought it
came from the ABC Store. He said that
on one occasion he had asked I.dens to
help him gel rid of the liquor. He also
said that what Kdens did was to
accommodate him. He said he never told
Kdens how many cases of liquor he had
After making the motion to change
Kden's plea to guilty of misdemeanor
receiving, his attorney offered to call up
several character witnesses to testify on
his behalf, but Superior Court Judge
James C. I xum Jr said it would not be
necessary. I dens was a candidate for
Hoke County Commissioner during the
May election.
Also in Superior Court Monday, L,/..
KDerby of Rowland was found not guilty
of felonious larceny br reason of insanity.
See COURT, Page 13
Faculty Announced
For 1972-73 Term
The administrative staffs of the Hoke
County schools have announced the
faculty list for the new school term which
begins tomorrow.
The following are the Hoke High
teachers:
George R. Autry, Principal, Mrs.
Marianne Baker, Mrs. Sarah Baucom,
James Baxley, Mrs. Helen Bell, Willett
Bissett, Miss Cordelia Carter, Mrs.
Margaret Carr.
Mrs. F lorence Cohen, Billy Colston.
Mrs. Lois Garrison, Miss Carol Condos,
Henry Fenncll, Mrs. Betty Currie, Jim
Danks, Mrs. Carrie Davis. Mrs. Helen
Dupree, Mrs. Marjori Poster, Robert
Gatlin, Mrs. Doris Hasty, Clifton Hayes.
Mrs. Christine Henry.
Mrs. Wanda Ingram, Jimmy James, Ben
Johnson. Mrs. Faye Jordan, Miss Jessie
Josey, Glenn Langdon, Mrs. Ann King,
Bobby D. Locklear, Proctor Locklear,
Miss Carrie Lowery, Miss Mary Ann
Melvin, Miss Sarah MeCallum.
Miss Hrncstine McKoy Johnny McNeill,
Mrs. Mary A. McNeill, Mrs. Ruth McNeill,
Miss Anethyl Melvin. Miss P.lizabeth
Miller, Miss hmrna Mims. Mrs. Jean
Chappell, Miss Linda Neilson, Jerry
Osborne, Mrs. Betty Patterson.
John Pecora. Mrs. Margaret Peden,
Frank Richards. Mrs. Betty Rogers,
Lendward Simpson. Howard Smith. Don
Steed, Mrs. Linda Steed, Robert Taylor,
Jerry Thompson. Thelbcrt Torrey, Mrs.
Lorenna Upchurch.
Hilton Villines, Mrs. Loria Suggs White,
Mrs. Gloria Williams. Stephen Williams,
Mrs. Betty Willingham. Mrs Louise
Wright. Mrs. Nancy Smith. Robert Snipes,
Mrs. Frances Solomon. Miss Virginia
Moore. Mrs. Marilyn Semones. Noah
Vaughn.
UPCHURCH SCHOOL I ATULTY
L. W. Bledsoe. Prinicpal. Howard
Barkley. 7. Mrs. Katie Blylhe. 7: Miss
Judy Bullard. 7-8; Mrs. I lizabeth
Callender. 8. Stanley Callendcr. 6; Mrs.
Gladys Colson. 7; Mrs. Dora Chavis. 7.
Steve Chason. 8. Mrs Phyllis Duncan.
7-8; Mrs. Dorothy I arrow. 6. Mrs.
Georgia Garner. 8.
Marion Gatlin. 8; Alexander Geddie. 8;
Mrs. Shirley Gibson. Mrs. /eta Hornaday.
7; Leroy Horsley; Mrs. Susan Houston.-8:
Ljnwood Huffman. 8; James Jacobs. 7.
Mrs. Brenda Jones. 6. Stanley McCorkle.
8; Mrs. Harriet Mcl adyen. 8; Mrs.
Carolyn McGee. 6.
Miss Flora McMillan. 6. Mrs Roslyn
McMillan. Mrs. Jessie McNeill. 7. Mrs. Pat
McNeill. 7; Mrs. Bobbie Mansfield. 7-8;
Pernell Miles. 7; Wayne Mills. 7-8. Mrs.
Teresa Mills. 8. Mrs. Betty Morgan. 6; W.
K. Morgan, 8; Larry Nichols, Mrs. Rachel
Owens, 7.
Jerry Oxendine, 7; Milford Oxendine,
7, Mrs. Priscilla Parker, 8; Mrs. Selena
Pierce. 6; Miss Delores Purdie, 8; Mrs.
Dorothy Quick, 6. W. H. Rice, 6;
Magellan Robinson, 6; Mrs. John Ropp.
Miss Pat Scott, 7-8; Mrs. Helen Sellers. 6:
Mrs. Brenda Smith, 8.
C. H. Thigpen, 7-8; Mrs. Merrily
Tindal, 7; Mrs. Dwan Upchurch, 7; Mrs.
Janice Walker. 6, Mrs. Vera Williams. 6;
Mrs. Blue Woodard, 8. Mrs. Carol Huie, 6.
SOUTH HOKi: SCHOOL
Karl H. Oxendine, Principal, fourth
grade teachers:
See FACULTY, Page 13
Wilburn Dies
Early Wednesday
Carroll Baker Wilbum, 39, office
manager of the Burlington dyeing plant
died early Wednesday morning, l uneral
arrangements are being handled by
Crumpler Funeral Home and are
incomplete.
A native of Virginia. Wilburn moved to
Raeford I I years ago and has been
affiliated with Burlington lor 13 years.
He is survived by his wife. Norma
Hardae Wilburn. a son. Steve, and a
daughter. Carolyn, of the home, his
parents. Mr. and Mrs. R B. Wilburn of
Clover. Va.; two sisters. Mrs. Benton
I vans and Mrs. James Cray of Richmond,
Va : one brother. Vaden Wilburn of
Richmond.
Sells Stock
In McLauehlin
J. L. McNeill, principal stockholder of
one of Raeford's oldest business. The
McLauehlin Co., has announced that he
has sold his concern in the corporation to
J. W. McPhaul. effective Sept. I.
The McLauehlin Co., founded in 1903,
was begun by J. W. McLauehlin as a
general store in the Old Raeford section,
located off the Last Prospect extension.
McNeill took over the stock in 1936
and the business has remained in his
family since then. Now principally a
hardware and real estate concern, with
offices on 1 Iwood Ave., the company
formerly oeprated a clothing store at the
firesent location of The Collins Co. and a
ertili/er store.
McNeill said he plans to retire and did
not know what the other stockholders in
the company were planning.
The corporation has had only three
managers during the seventy years of
existence. They were J. W. McLauehlin,
IB McNeill and J L. McNeill.