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15 ( <?k e <*Ylew6 - journal 154 The Hoke County News- Established 1928 The Hoke County Journal - Established! 905 VOLUME LXVll NO. 20 RAEFORD. HOKE COUNTY. NORTH CAROLINA SS PER YEAR THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 21. 1972 Around Town By SAM C MORRIS Charlie Rose, Seventh District Congressional candidate, was by the office Monday and once again stated that he was sorry about the mistakes concerning Hoke County. Charlie said that he was going to correct the film and show it again in a few weeks. He also stated that the people of Hoke County would be informed ahead of time so that anyone that wanted to see the film could do so. The film would be a good program for a civic club and Charlie said he would be , glad to show the film as such if anyone wanted to use it. It runs for about 30 minutes and the time would be ideal. So if you need a good 30 minute program, gel in touch with Charlie Rose. Raz Autry, chairman of the tournament committee at the Arabia Golf Club, announces that the club will stage two tournaments in the coming weeks. The first will be a four ball tournament to be held Sunday. September 24, from one to three. The Member-Guest Tournament will be held October 21 and 22. On Saturday night. October 21, a steak supper will be held at the pond on Hole 16. If you intend to play in the October tournament, get your checks in to Raz by October 14. The scores on Saturday will be used for (light purposes and both scores will be counted on Sunday. So if you like to play tournament golf get in touch with Ra/ Autry. I was talking to the editor Monday and we were discussing the violent and tragic happenings of the day. Anytime you pick up a paper or listen to radio or TV, something of a violent nature will come up. The editor stated that this country and the world was progressing in technology but was doing an about face as far as morals and decent living were concerned. I thought about this and wondered what our forefathers would say if they would return to this eaith for a day. Would it he to marvel at the automobiles, aii planes, radios. TVs, etc., or wou!4 it be to observe the breakdown of law and order and the turn away from the principles that they had when they founded this great country*. We will soon be celebrating the 200th anniversary of our freedom and this country has come a long ways in that lime, but it will not lake 200 yeacs for it to become a second rale power when we lose law and order and forget that we must stand on our morals. I didn't mean to start preaching but this is one subject thai maybe all of us should start thinking about. Remember all our progress in technology will be wasted if we as a nation decav Sales Tax i(eport The August report from the State of North Carolina lX*pt. of Revenue listed the net collections in Hoke County for the local one per cent sales and use lax as Sl2.l>24.67. Former Raeford Woman Found Slain At Beach Rosemary Cameron Wray. ihc daughter of Racford couple. Mr and Mrs. Hubert Cameron, was stabbed to death in Myrtle Beach Saturday night. The 27 - year - old teacher from C.reensboro was found slain at the edge of the beach at 37th Avenue North about 10 p.m.. according to Myrtle Beach police. There were multiple stab wounds in her body. Arrested on a murder charge at 5:25 the next morning in his apartment was Air force Sgt. Donnie Lemons. 23. who had been stationed in Myrtle Beach since Ma>. Myrtle Beach police refused to release details about their investigation or the autopsy report. An Air l orce spokesman said Sunday MRS. ROSEMARY WRAY that Lemons was an aerospace group equipment inspection technician with the 354th f ield Maintenance Squadron at Myrtle Beach Air I orce Base. Mrs Wray. a 1%3 graduate of Hoke High and former queen of the 50th anniversary of Hoke County was recently appointed head of the High Point Kindergarten for the Handicapped. She worked in the school since June. 1 c>71 Before that she also worked with the handicapped and retarded at the Starmount Center for the Handicapped in Greensboro and directed a program there. She attended Western Carolina University, where she received her B A in special education. She and her husband. Joe I dward Wray Jr of Charlotte, then moved to Charlotte, where she student taught at Piedmont Junior High. They then moved to Waynesville where Mrs. Wray taught school and earned an M.A. in Special I ducation at Western Carolina. She then taught in Greensboro at Gillespie Junior High before beginning work with handicapped children at Starmount. The Wrays have a five ? year ? old daughter, Mary Jo. and were reccntl) separated l uneral services were conducted at 4 p.m. Monday by the Revs. Herman Winberry and P O Lee ai the Raefoid Methodist Church. Pallbearers included Joe Upchurch. Clyde Upchurch. Wyatt Upchurch. Jim Stevens and Pete Hasly. Buiial was in the Racford Cemetery. Besides her nusband and daughter, other survivors include her parents. Mi and Mrs Hubert Cameron of Magnolia Street; her sister, Mrs. Joanne Re id of Rileigh and her grandmother Mrs Hlorrte Cameron of Raeford. Budget Set For 1973 United Fund; Campaign To Begin In Mid-October Break-Ins Investigated The Hoke County Sheriffs Dept. is investigating several break - ins in the area which occurred last week. The home of David S. Ules, Rt. 1, Red Springs, in the Duffie community, was entered on Sept. 10 while the family was attending church services. F.ntry was gained by removing a screen out of the kitchen window. Among the items reported missing were a 19 inch television set, a watch and a quantity of silverware and silver service including some trays, tea pots and pitchers. Value of the missing items was estimated at S650to $700. Investigations were conducted by deputies Alex Norton, George Brown and Johnny Young. A barn at Peddler's Parlor belonging to W.L. Howell was entered sometime between Sept. 11 and 12 and a quantity of riding gear was stolen. Sheriff DM. Barrington said the grounds caretaker William Demps was probably not home at the time of the break ? in. The bam was reported to have been unlocked. In addition to the saddles and bridles belonging to Howell which were removed, a quantity of riding gear belonging to B.F. Boyles which was stored in the barn was also stolen. Total value of the merchandise stolen was set at $317.60. The house belonging to l-noch Lemmon of Rt. I, Lumber Bridge, was reported entered on Sept. 15, between the hours of 9 a.m. and noon. He reported the door had been left unlocked Value of the items stolen was set at S90, which included a .20 gauge shotgun and a record player - radio combination set. Investigations were conducted by Harvey Young. Property o! a house under construction on Rt. 1, Lumber Bridge, near the Sandy Grove Church, was reported burglarized sometime before Sept. 15. Lumberton contractor A.J. Childress reported two wheels stolen from a truck on the property along with a quantity of construction materials. Value of the goods was set at $66. Lilly McRae of Rt. 1. Raefurd. repo-ted that in her several month abscnce from her home someone had stayed in the house, prepared meals and slept in the bed. She also reported to the Sheriffs Dept. that a wagon had been stolen sometime dunng her absence. No arrests have yet been made in any of the incidents. Investigations are continuing. BREAKFAST TIME - Fourth and fifth graders at South Hoke School enjoy breakfast together in the school cafeteria. Free and reduced meals are served to approximately 300 of the students enrolled in the school, as part of the Federal free meal program. Free Breakfasts Served South Hoke Students An expanded tree breakfast program was inaugurated this year at South Hoke School, which brings meals to 300 of the 435 students enrolled. Although this is actually the thud year lor the program, until this terin it had been in effect on a much smaller basis. A letter from State Director of I ood Services Ralph I aton informed the Hoke school district of the appropriation of additional f ederal funds for the program. South Hoke was the only school in the county to apply for funds. l ourth and fifth graders at South Hoke who take part in the program are offered a breakfast of cereal, milk and juice each morning on either a free or reduced price basis. South Hoke principal l arl Oxendine said the meal costs the school appioximately 22 cents to serve and they are reimbursed 20 cents by the l ederal government through the National School Lunch Program. In previous years the government only paid 15 ecnts per meal and the rest came out of local funds. Oxendinc said about 240 of the 300 students are receiving free breakfasts. The price of the meal for those who pay is 15 cents. Students who participate in the program line up as soon as they arrive at school, approximately 8 a.m., and are served their meal during the free time before classes begin at 8:25. Oxendinc said the whole procedure lakes only about 20 minutes, and no class time is interrupted. Two of the six cafeteria workers begin a half hour earlier to set up the meals in time for the children to arrive. Oxendinc said the instructors at the school have been "very enthusiastic about the program. Many have remarked that they noticed a marked improvement in the energy of their students because of the breakfasts served." Powell Bill Gives City Record Total A record loial in Powell Bill funds will be sent North Carolina cities and towns later this month, the State Highway Commission announced. The amount allocated Racford was listed as $41,967.22. which according to City Manager John C.addy. will probably he used for cuib and gutter work. The total lor the fiscal year 1971-72. which ended June 30. 1^72. was $27,024,222 30 more than double last year's allocationof Si 2.5 million which was the largest previous total Reason for the giant increase was the passage of legislation by the 1^71 General Assembly which doubled the amount of gasoline tax earmarked for municipalities, from one-half cent per gallon to a full cen t. I ach municipality is given its share based on a formula in which population counts 75 per cent and street mileage not on the state system counts for 25 per ^cn t. The General Statutes of North Carolina provide for eligible and qualifying municipalities to eceive annual cash allocation* as of July I. from the State Highway fund The al'jcations are paid to the cities and towns for the maintenance, jonsiruction and reconstruction of their local city streets In 1^71 the C.eneral Assemblv amended the Slate Street-aid Allocation Law by increasing the amount of the allocation and revising the formula for prorating it among the municipalities As of July I. 1972. the total allocation paid was equal to the amount produced by one cent tax of the regular eight cents per See POWl LL BIl.L. Page 13 Price Resigns As Patrolman City policeman Chester I Nice has announced hjs resignation Irom the Racford force, effective Sept. 30. He will begin work as a deputy with the Hoke County Sheriff's Dept. Oct. I. as a replacement for deputy J R. Graham, who is retiring due to health reasons. Before coming to the Racford Police Dept. where he worked for two years. Price served with the Red Springs force for a year. MRS KAY PIOTZRKOWSKI New Reporter Begins Here Ka\ Plotzrkowski began work this week as a reporter lor The News-Journal. She moved lo It Biagg two months ago from I t Leavenworth. Kan., where she vsorked as a reporter and columnist for the Lcavcnvu>rth Times. She has also worked for the Shield and Circle at I t Campbell. K\ . vvhere she was society editor and for Shop Talk Maga/ine at Leavenworth Originally from Niagara I alls, N V.. Mrs I'iotzrkowski attended school at Riverside Cit> College in Riverside. Calif., St Mary College in Leavenworth, the University of Kansas in Lawrence and (iocthe Institutes at Murnau and Beilin. (iormanv News-Journal reporter I laine Svmanski is leaving the aiea to return to her native state of Illinois, since her husband has completed his Arm> seivicC Swiss Couple Stops For Visit In Hoke A Swiss youth who visited Hoke County four years ago as pail of the International I arm Youth I xchange (If VI ) letuined this we^k for a brief \isit with his host families and counts extension workers Peter Roth of Switzerland and his wife. Susan, returned to the United States this year to attend the second Ih VI conference in Denver Included in their three month tour of the country was their brief stop in Hoke Count) to renew old acquaintances Host families for Roth's first visit to the count> for a four week period in 1968. were the Dan McGougan's of the Mildousin Community and the Junior Huff s of Ashley Heights Among the spccial duties Roth had to perform at this \ car Venn fere nee *as i?> carry a cow bell from the first II VI conference in Switzerland in l%5 to the second conference in Denvet Me said he earned the bell, which weighed a hefts 11 pounds, in a box all the way from hus home in Berne. Switzerland. before presenting it to the conference. J ollowing the conference, the Roth s traveled extensively thioughout the United States touring Yellowstone National Park. San I rancisco. Los Angeles, the (?rand Cans on. Minnesota and parts of Texas and Mexico. He said he regretted lus stay in Hoke County this time was not as lengthy as his See C OUPU . Page IJ Goal lor the lc>73 United t;und in Hoke County was sei ji SI 9,636 .it j special budget meeting held last Thuisday night. Repiesentatives from I I agencies in the county met with the Budget and Admissions Committee and submitted their requests to chairman I). I). Abernethy. Projected goal lor this xeai's budget showed an almost SI.500 increase from the 1972 total, which was set at SI8.I7I.II. Kick - oft lor this yeai's campaign is expected to begin aiound mid-October, with the drive lasting approximately two weeks. The budget set at last week's meeting will now be submitted to the board of directors for final approval. Officers of the boaid are Julius Jordan, piesident; W. T. McAllister Ji . vice president. Mis. O. B. Israel, secretary; and Sain C. Morris, treasurer. hive of the organisations icquested amounts greater than the sum appropriated in last yeai's diivc. and one organization, Carolina I nited icq nested slightly less. The Girl Scouts and the Capo I car Boy Scouts each requested S4.000. which was SI.000 more than last yeai's request. The Red Cross, Wlute Cane and 4-H Clubs also requested slightly more than last year's total, lor many of these II organizations, the United I uud provides the sole means of financial support. The Pines of Carolina Girl Scout Council stated their operating budget for the year will total $282.769., of which the cost of scouting in Hoke will be $4,590. Council services which will be covered by the budget included: membership registration services, supplies furnished to troop leaders and administrative volunteers; specialist services loi communi'ies; general ad mini*' ration costs; maintenance and on-site services for troop camping facilities; and stall assistance in planning, equipping and operating day camps in communities. The council reported 1.5 percent ol troops served are in Hoke County. The increase to S4.000 by the (ape hear Boy Scout Council was attributed partly to the increased service ?<? Hoke youths by the employment of an additional district executive to work with special programs in the count\. Among the items to he covered by funds contributed to the Cape I ear Council are clerical, professional and maintenance staff salancs. camping programs, including the employment ol j camp rangei; payroll taxes, unemployment compensation jnd retirement plans, t i a v e I and communications expenses; council service center; operating supplies, and twining and campaign expenses l unds allocated to the Occonccchcc Council of Boy Scouts ol Amenca totaled SI .500. the same as last year's total. The council stated that in addition io See Bl IX,I I I'aue 1 ; New City Policeman Lloyd Leazer began work with the Raeford Police Dept this week as a patrolman. Me was sworn in during ceremonies held I riday morning b\ Kacford masor pro temporare 1 ranklin Teal Also attending were Cits Manager John (.adds and Police Chief James 1 . Lamont. A native of Laurinburg he attended the Laurinburg High School before entering the L S Arms Me worked for two years as assistant manager with the Providence f inance Co in Laurinbuig and with the Pioneer Corn Co tor six months Lea/er is planning to he married in a couple of weeks and will make his home in Raeford. Me >ow commutes to Laurinburg Me will attend the next session of the Basic Law I nforcement School at I ayetteville Technical Academy.
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