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\st ^Jte - journal IS< The Hoke County News- Established 1928 The Hoke County Journal - Established 1 905 VOLUME LXVI1 NO. 28 RAEFORI). IIOKE COUNTY. NORTH CAROLINA Sr> HER YEAR THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 16. 1972 I ' ' Around Town By SAM C MORRIS The first Booster Club Golf tournument was held tasi weekend witlr the winners as follows: Championship flight: 1. Bobby Bounds 2. Bill Upcluirch 1st Flight 1. Earl McDul fie 2. Terry Sneeden 2nd Flight: I. Don Gardner 2. Ronnie Branch 3rd Flight: 1. Coy Richards 2. Johnny McNeill 4th Flight 1. Dennis Stewart 2. Billy York Raz Autry said he had rounds of 79 and 84. Raz said his good friend Jack Tucker had a fine round of 97 Sunday. Mike Wood, president of the Hoke High Booster Club, said Tuesday that a word of praise should go to Brown Hendrix of the Arabia Golf Course for the condition of the course for the tournament the past weekend. Mike alw wants to thusnk Brown for letting them hold the tournament at Arabia. Scott Poole, chairman of the Board of Elections, brought in some interesting Figures on last Tuesday's general election. Only 53% of the registered voters in Hoke County went to the polls. 3422 of the 6656 names on the books voted. Voting by precincts is as follows: Allendale 203 ? 80 - 39% Antioch 556 - 188 - 34% Blue Springs 560-217- 38% Buchan 256 ? 139 - 54% McCain 497 ? 249 - 50% Puppy Creek 443- 215 - 48% Raeford 1 978 - 529 - 54% Raeford 2 629 - 449 - 71% Raeford 3 378-199 - 52% Raeford 4 635 - 379 - 59% Raeford 5 756 - 379 - 50% Rockfish 280-167 - 59% Stonewall 485 - 232 - 47% The following, letter was received from Elaine Symanski this week, and I thought her friends would enjoy reading it. Dear News-Journal friends, Well 1 finally managed to dig the typewriter out of one of the countless cartons I had to unpack. We are now settled in an apartment in Danville, III. - a medium sized city (about the size of Fayetteville) ISO miles south of Chicago. It's been great getting The News-Journal in the mail every week ?? seems almost like "letters from home." I really enjoy keeping up with the events and people in Raeford. I want to thank Becky for sending the paper out to me each week. By the way, hope Becky is enjoying married life - I know just what she means about having trouble getting her house in order because I'm having the same problems! My thoughts have been in Raeford all day today (Election Day). 1 really wish I could be there helping to record the totals as they are received at The News-Journal. As a matter of fact, I'm more familiar with the political scene in North Carolina than I am in Illinois, so I'll be anxiously awaiting the results of the election down there. Speaking of politics, 1 was glad to see Skipper Bowles finally made it to Raeford - maybe the small dig I wrote about him a couple of months ago actually influenced him! Ii was good to finally learn the truth aboul the "mysterious" land clearing on Main Street. I was glad when the shopping center plans were finally made public the story was released to The News-Journal first, just as they promised. I certainly have to agree with Mr. Morris that the shopping center as well as the yarn plant will benefit the whole county. I guess one of the real surprises for everyone was the recent Superior Court session in Hoke County. I must commend Kay on her coverage of the trials - I know lhal must have been very interesting (or her. I have been busy job hunting in Danville and Champaign, where the University of Illinois, my Alma Mater, is situated, I have had one offer from a weekly in farmer City. III., (how's that for a homespun name?) but the distance prohibited me from taking the job - it's more lhan 60 miles from here. I'm hoping for a job to come up a little closer to home. Mike seems to be enjoying his work with Man. Inc., in his new role as a civilian. But evidently some of the Army blood is still with him because he already ' joined the local unit of the National (luard. I'd certainly enjoy hearing from anyone who can lake the time to wrile - Ann has already seni me a long letter filling me in on a lot of receni ?happenings By the way. you call cul oil the subscription to my parents, but I'd like to be included on your list ol subscribers! My address is 1206 (iarden Drive Apt. A. Danville, III. 6IM12. Regards to all. Elaine. Judge Brewer Hears Washington Rape Case Before All-Male Jury Thanksgiving Service Set The annual communi'ty-wide Thanksgiving service for Raeford and Hoke County will be 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, at the Raeford Presbyterian Church. The speaker is the Rev. Jack Mansfield, pastor of the hirst Baptist Church of Raeford. This annual worship service is sponsored by the Raeford Minister's Association. Officers of the Association for 1972-73 are: The Rev. John C. Ropp, pastor of the Raeford Presbyterian Church, president; and the Rev. William Ginn, pastor of the Evangelical Methodist Church of Raeford, secretary-treasurer. A special offering will be received during the service for the work of this association. Music will be provided by a choir directed by Josef Privette choir director and organist of the Raeford Presbyterian Church. A nursery will be provided. WSHB will broadcast the service at approximately 7:35 p.m. The service is open to the public. Cash, T apes And Hand Gun T aken Raeford police are investigating three weekend incidents. Sometime between Sunday night and Monday morning 30 tapes valued at S3.99 each and $45 cash from vending machines were removed from Travelers Store on U.S. 401 Bypass. During the same night $28 in cash from two vending machines and a hand gun were removed from Clark's Gulf station also on U.S. 401 Bypass. Investigating officer Sgt. J.R. Riley said in both cases it appears tools were used to slip the locks on front doors of the buildings and when the thieves left, they closed the doors which then locked. In the third incident $26 was taken from a self service gas pump at the Long Bait Shop on N.C. 211 West. Police Chief James K. Lamont is investigating. 2 Begin Terms After No Error Rule By Court Hoke County Sheriff's Deputies recently escorted two men to Central Prison in Raleigh to begin serving sentences after the North Carolina Court of Appeals returned no error findings in their cases on Oct. 25. Both had referred earlier Superior Court convictions to the appelate court. Raeford police Sergeants Leonard Wiggins and J R. Riley picked up Johnnie Lee Scott at the Southern National Bank on Nov. 9. Scott is serving two concurrent seven to nine year sentences for breaking, entering and larceny of Arabia Golf Course Pro Shop in August 1971. F reddie Revels Jr. turned himself in at the Hoke County jail Monday morning and is serving two concurrent nine to 10 year sentences also for breaking, entering and larceny of the pro shop with Scott. Bloodmobile The American Red Cross bloodmobile will be at Burlington Mills Wednesday from noon to 4:30 p.m. A real need for donors exists at this time of year because it is expected the upcoming holiday season will result in a jump in the accident rate thus increasing the demand for blood. Sr. Citizens Raeford Senior Citizens friendship Club members who sew, knit, crochet and do other needle crafts meet at the home of Mrs. l-arl Tolar Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. Members needing transportation should meet at the Raeford Methodist Church at 2 15 p.m. Grand Jury Indicts Eight On Monday The Hoke County (irand Jury Monday examined eight bills of indictment and returned true bills in all eight cases. The dependents and charges listed in the true bills are: Mavis Sturdivanl alias Dick Sturdivant. rape, Marlyn l.ockleur alias Hitler Locklear, rape, Johnny Jones, breaking, entering and larceny, Andrew J. Willis, assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury; and James larl Monroe, assault with a icadly weapon villi intent to kill. I A MARY AND "FRJENDS" - Mary Stewart McLean, center, sits on edge oj oca at nume with her two "friends" niece Mary Bell, left, and baby sister Daisy, right. Pots and pans in left foreground are perched on wood - burning heater in center of room. Wall in background covered with layer upon la ver of clothes is rvnimt ,%f i>* Repairers Of Tyler Town Hovel Seek Community Aid lyler Town residents are helping a destitute family in their area. A new root has been put on the home but many other repairs are needed. Money for the project was raised this fall at a program sponsored by the Mount Carmel Church of God and the I rank Mathews Holiness Church. Members of the congregations listened to the Jane Peters Happyland Juniors perform to the accompaniment of a borrowed organ. Churches Fail Letters soliciting donations were sent to local churches but response was poor - non existent would be more accurate. A second letter describing the lack of response was mailed and the Friendship Baptist Church sent a contribution. Other churches expressed an interest but, so far, have failed to give financial support to the Tyler Town group. A woman in I avetteville and her sister in Baltimore each sent SIO contributions. Other amounts were received from Greensboro and Dunn. It is believed some of the donors are related to the family. Organizations or individuals wishing to help may send donations to the Mary McLean Building l und at the Bank of Raeford. $11,285 For UF Tuesday total Cm ted lund contributions reached Sll.28S.90. Goal for the drive which began Oct. 9 is SI 9,636, said Younger Snead Jr., campaign manager. Burlington Mills turned in a partial contriubtion of $8,839.90. L^iurinburg and Southern Railroad contributed S50 and Hoke High School donated $277. The drive is continuing in all areas of the city and country with chairmen and campaign workers soliciting funds from residents at their place oI employment. Raymond King alias Raymond King Melvin, forgery and uttering and passing Idrged check; I dwin D. Griffith, escape, and Johnny Woods, lorgery and attempt to pass forged check. In othci action the (hand I in y recommended theCouiity ( ommissioners go thiough proper channels to raise jurors pay from $H to % 15 a day. They also recommended the court room be painted and the ladies rest room he painted and kepi in working order. Winston McGill administrator of the fund says cost of material to repair the root totaled S21S.97. A S50 down payment was made leaving a balance of $ I (>8.97 plus any cairying charges that may exist. The balance in the building fund is $34.25. Scrap Fence The home is in Tyler Town past the Kaetord Airport where a SI 20.000 improvement project is underway. A dirt drive leads to the yard which is partly enclosed hv a fence built of odd lengths of pipe, pieces of sheet metal, old bed springs and oilier bits of scrap. This Rube Goldberg barrier is all that separates the pitiful, dusty yard from the pitiful, dusty area surrounding it. A few trees stand silently among the splintered wooden benches sagging under a collection of crockery, bottles and pans. To one side a hound is anchored to a tree. Tacked-On Porch Chilly mornings find a 59-year - old woman bending ovei a small pile of sawed tree limbs stacked in a corner of the bare, unpainted porch. The tacked-on slanted porch roof ?defies gravity. The whole thing should have caved in years ago. Between supports and roof broad expanses of sky are visible, broken only by occasional rusty nails which cling tenaciously when construction rules say it is impossible. The woman, bracing her feet on the weathered wooden floor boards, straightens in painful slow motion, twisting her shoit but ample frame in order to maintain contact between wall and shoulder blades. finally, after a Ibreverness of wiggling and scooting, with body firmly propped against door jamb, the head lilts and the mouth smiles a ragged ? toothed welcome -? this is Mary Stewart McLean. Mary's "Friends" She lives with "my two friends." Mais quickly introduces her friends, "my baby sister Daisy Stewart and her little baby Mary Bell, born in 1943." Daisy and he. "bahv" siand aiound waiting lor Mary lo tell them to "Sit over there. Close the door. Put on yoiu diess." What lew words llies sa> aie almost unintelligible. Bui they gun most of the time. Mary comments. "I've got my hands full, flies\ 'alarded. you know." Mary's brothei Robeit Stew ait who operated Siewaii's Club was shot ami killed near then home in August I9B.X. See TYLI K TOWN Page I 3 Earlier Date For Next N-J Because Thanksgiving Day is on lliursday. nest week's edition ol I he News Journal will be published one day earlier than usual. News Hems for I he Thanksgiving edition should reach I he N-J oil ice as soon us possible. Chamber Plans To Sky Drop Santa Claus The Raeford - Hoke Clumber of Commerce held iis regular monthly meeting at The family Restaurant Tuesday, with President Sam C. Morris presiding. it was reported that chamber activities for the past month had been at a very fast pace. Dues and membership were holding true to form. A visit with a prospective dentist in the western part of the state was reported and the Boar.d was told the dentist along with his wife would make a visit to our community in the early part of December. At that moment, prospects look good for the possibility of securing another dentist. Reports were made concerning Continental Yarns. I denborough Center, remodeling of McLaucldin Co, new mobile home outlet, and other cnmmcricial and industrial activity. The directors were shown copies of several types of maps and since the present supply of imps is exhausted, the board authorized the manager to develop ways of financing the printing of a new map. Chamber membets will be contacted in the near future regarding their financial support of this venture. Chnsimas activities were outlined. There will be .no parade this year, however. Santa Claus will sky dive into Raeford on Dec. I. Il>72. He will be driven by the l ire Department to the courthouse lawn for a brief holiday message, cutting on of the Christmas lights, and a concert by the Hoke County High School Band and Chorus. A.B. Harward Named To Post Ash we II B. Haiward was named personnel manager of the Burlington Woisteds Dyeing Plant in Raeford, succeeding Doug Wallace who is transferring to the division's plan' in Halilax. Va as personnel manager. The appointment is announced by plant itianagci. (iiaham Pope. Mi. Ilarvvaid. a native ol Durham, joined Burlington in ll>46"alter attending the I niversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He began as a shipping clerk at the Company's Cuirboro plant and jftei holding vaiious manufacturing management positions transferred to the Pei sonnet Department at Raeford in IOSk. He latei held personnel post at Drakes Branch. Va. Raeford and Lexington ? hefoie icturning to the Raeloid personnel stall in June 11>7I. He has been active in the Hoke County I niled I utld. I he Boy Scouts. Boosters' (Tub. and Chanthei ol Commeice. Me is a deacon in the I list Baptist Church and a Sunday School teacher. Harwaid is mairied to the former I leanoi Williams, a Canboio native, and ihey have two cliihhen. Testimony was to resume in Superior Court Wednesday morning in the third day of the rape - kidnap trial of Junior Lee Washington, 21. Red Springs. Questions posed during jury selection indicate the state will ask the death penalty. The state's case began Tuesday afternoon when the victim of the alleged attack took the stand. Mrs. Patricia H. Adams, 22, told the jury Washington forced his way into her Raeford home the morning of Aug. 2. She testified he shut her two children in one bedroom and raped her in another bedroom. Mrs. Adams described a knife with a hooked blade which she claims the defendant placed at the corner of her lips . threatening to split her mouth open if she would not open it to kiss him. Second Assault Mrs. Adams said Washington then forced her to leave her eight - year - old stepdaughter and young baby in the house and drive to an outlying area in Hoke County where she says he raped her a second time. Mrs. Adams said after the second assault Washington forced her to sit in the car while he talked about racial problems. She said he told her he picked her because she was an uppity white. She recalled begging the man not to kill her. The victim said she was with Washington about two hours that day and he finally left the car taking the keys and most of her clotlung with him. She recounted running to a nearby house and telephoning the Sheriffs office to report the crime. Mrs. Adams identified the defendant as the man who raped her. Witnesses Also testifying was Sheriff D. M. Barrington, Dr. R. M. Jordan who examined Mrs. Adams after the alleged attack and Mrs. Nellie Green, the woman whose phone Mrs. Adams used to call the sheriff. Dr. Jordan testified his examination revealed Mrs. Adams had intercourse earlier that day. He also said he found some irritation and debris but could not determine whether the act had been consumated with or without the woman's consent. Mrs. Green testified Mrs. Adams was crying, "Help, please help me." as she approached the house on foot. When questioned by defense attorney Carl Barrington Jr. Mrs. Green said she had known Washington all his life and that she did not see him on the day of the alleged attack. She said he was a boy of good character. Then Solicitor Jack Thompson asked Mrs. Green if the defendant had been raised in the area and knew all the roads and she admitted that was so. Gave Ride I rnest Laverne Parker testified he gave Washington a ride from near Mrs. Green's home to the Hoke High School on Aug. 2. He said Washington's car was in the school pa iking lot. Parker testified Washington had no trouble starting his vehicle. See RAPE. Page H Holiday Hours Most I ederal. state and local offices will close Nov. 23 in observance of Tlianksgiving. Most state employees will receive a long holiday weekend from Thursday until Monday. The Superior Couil clerk's office in the courthouse will he closed Thursday and I nday. Hoke County schools will be closed Thursday, l uday. Satuidav and Sunday for Tlianksgivmg vacation. Schools will hold full-day sessions Wednesday and Nov. 27. The Board of I ducation office will close Thursday and I riday. federal, county and city offices will close Thursday but will be open regular hours on I nday. The I'ost Office will close Thanksgiving Day but maintain reaular hours the rest of the week. Ashwell B. Hnrward
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