13? *Oie <:~Y\e.w6 - journal 1 5C The Hoke County News- Established 1928 The Hoke County Journal - Established 1905 VOLUME LXVU NO. 41 RAEFORD, HOKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA S5 PER YEAR THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 1S.1<)73 Storm's High Winds Drive Heavy Snow Into Deep Drifts Throughout Hoke County Around Town By SAM C. MORRIS The eight to 10 inch snow that fell Friday night and Sntordav once again slowed things down in Hoke County. This was the most snow to fall in the county in the past several years. 1 also think tne highway people did another fine job and also the City of Raeford Street department. It was impossible to start clearing the highways or streets until late Saturday when the snow stopped. Many cars were pulled from snow drifts on all roads of the county by wreckers, tractors and humans, but as of Tuesday afternoon I have not heard of a single bad accident. Most of the motorist have been going at a slow speed because after the low temperatures of Sunday night and Monday night ice had formed over the snow and driving became very dangerous. Nearly all the churches in the county were closed Sunday or walking was almost impossible and the church leaders decided it was too dangerous and asked people to worship at home. The ABC Store closed Saturday morning as most people coming for boo/e were getting stuck in the parking lot . One man told me that he went out to the store and got stuck and it took him an hour to get out, but the sad part was that he didn't get the booze. I suspect right many woke up feeling better Sunday morning or the opposite. School opened Wednesday after being closed for two days. This is seven days lost so far this year and only one has been made up, with the prediction of heavy snow th. last week tit ??btuaiy .chool could go into late June before closing. I hope the prediction doesn't come true. The first POWs were released Sunday and many families are happy for the first time in many years. I was watching TV as the first prisoner came down the ramp and 1 thought he looked very good after eight years imprisonment. One thing we all should realize is that these men have been trained on what to do if captured. Of course, some men cannot hold up as well as others, bul this is only human nature. Anyway 1 hope they will soon be back in the United States and that this country not gel involved in any such war again. It was pleasing to me to see Arnold Palmer win thets8ob Hop* Classic. So many writers had said that he wny-ll washed up. but this win will give him confidence and could get him back on the winning road again. He is a great competitor and has meant much to the game of golf. Speaking of golf I wonder when the courses will dry up enough to get back on them. With all the waler, ice and snow the courses will take a while to be made playable. I will say tliat Arabia will be ready as soon as any other. I hope so anyway. The Board of Directors of the Raeford-Hoke Chamber of Commerce met Tuesday morning at the Family Restaurant. 1 arrived early and the early morning coffee drinkers started giving me information for my column. I am sorry to say that it cannot be printed so you can see that some people's minds run in the wrong direction. Washington's Birthday will be celebrated Monday. February I1) instead of Thursday. February 22 the day he was born. The banks, post office and many offices will be closed in the county. Congressman's Mobile Office Visits Saturday Congressman Charlie Rose's mobile district office will be in Raeford from 9 t.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. The office staffed by Rose's administrative assistant. Rip Collins, will be parked near the pott office. * Rose said. "We want to give our people the opportunity to come and talk with my asaistant at a place dose to where tbty live." Ha pototad out Collins would ralty the Information gathered 10 Rote's Washington office. I Cadets Sing In Raeford The seventy-five member West Point Glee Club from the United States Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. will perform Saturday at 8 p.m. at Upchurch School. The concert will open with "The Star Spangled Banner." Other selections on the program include an armed forces medley, folk ballads, pop hits and old favorites. Tickets are SI and may be purchased from any Chaminade Music Club member or by calling 875-3501. Pump And Meat Stolen In Hoke The Sheriffs Department reports a pump valued at SI65 was taken from a pump house at Pitiman Grove Church sometime between Jan. 4 and 7. Sgl. James L. Hill Rt. 1, Box 599, Raeford told deputies 10 to 15 chickens and 30 to 35 pounds of meat valued at S36 were stolen from a freezer kept in a storage building in his back yard. Hill reported the thefts occurred within the past few weeks. A bicycle valued at S25 was taken from the yard of Rutty Shaw's Jones Ave. home on Feb. 6. The Rockfisit home of Mrs. CjMy Everett was broken Into. A windovFfn a rear door was ransacked and canisters were emptied. The incident was reported Feb. 6. but the time of occurrance is unknown. A rock was thrown through a window in a rear door of West Hoke School on Sunday. The incident was reported Monday morning but it is not known if any items are missing. Hoke Senior To Compete Mary Margaret Sawyer, Hoke High School senior, is the Raeford Women's Club nominee for the Sally Southall Cotton scholarship competition. As nominee Miss Sawyer receives S200 from the Women's Club and the Club's Education Department and will compete in the district competition March 10 at Methodist College, Fayetteville. At district level nominees from 6 communities will compete. One will be chosen to represent the district at the state competition which is sponsored by the North Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs. Competition is based on leadership, character, scholarship and need. The state winner will be awarded the Sally Southall Cotton four-year scholarship The recipient will receive SI.250 a year to be used in any North Carolina state school. Miss Sawyer who hopes to attend the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is active in pep club. National Honor Society, golf and volleyball teams, Future Teachers of America, Fellowship of Christian Athletes and chorale. Sire is an officer of Hoke High School and wmnei of gtx>d citizenship and biology awards. She has been a member ol Spanish club, chess club and chorus and was marshal! last year. The Women's Club congratulated other outstanding seniors Sally Austin, Kim Jordan and Carolyn Staton. STUCK IN SNOW - Bicycle stands sprocket-deep and imobile following an eight-inch snowfall in Hoke County DAVID CARNRIKE Carnrike Is N-J Reporter David Carnrike, an Air Force veteran and native of Corry, Pa., has joined The News-Journal staff as a part-tune reporter-photographer. Carnrike who earned his A. \. degiee tr. journalism at the Queens University ot Kingston, Ontario, Canada, was a Chicago Tribune research team member in South Dakota during the 1972 primary campaign His free-lance articles have appeared in the Tribune and The New York Times. The veteran of two and a half years service in Vietnam held the lank of sergeant when he was discharged in Mav 1972. Carnrike resides in Spring l_ake. Juvenile Article Omitted Ruling In last week's News Journal an article concerning hearings for juveniles involved in city and county breakins omitted judgment for one of the juveniles. He was committed to a state training school until he reaches the age of majority. The juvenile was on probation for an earlier violation at the time of the breakins Bloodmobile Here Friday Hoke Countians used a large amount of blood during the winter months and the need to replace this blood is great, reports Clyde Upchurch. The American Red Cross Bloodmobile will be at the Raeford United Methodist Church Friday from noon till c .HI p n? The Raetord Women's Club is assisting by manning .1 telephone recruiting campaign tonight to urge city and oounty reticent 1 to donate blood. Upchurch Teacher Resigns An Upchurch Junior High School math teach^f resigned Feb. 7 alter being infc?*$7ied by .School Superintendent D.D. -Abernethy he would he suspended pending a hearing by the Board of Education. The teacher Milford Oxendine violated the superintendent's directive concerning corporal punishment when he paddled 12 to 15 students T eh. 6. reports Abernethy. Upchurch Principal Lonnie Bledsoe Sr. says as far as he knows none of the children required medical treatment as a result of the paddling. It had been reported one girl was treated by a physician but both Bledsoe and Abernethy say they talked to the girl's mother and she said her daughter saw a diKtor for treatment of an unrelated illness and not as the result of the paddling. The girl's mother told The News-Journal, "I guess I should have (taken hei to the doctor) but I didn't. I gave her some aspirin and put her to bed. She was upset and I guess you could say she was in shock." Bledsoe and Abernethy report they talked to parents of the paddled children. Bledsoe also says other parents contacted him after the incident to ask if there was any way Oxendine could be retained because these parents felt the school was losing a good teacher. The restriction of administering orrpora! punishment \sa> issued to Oxendine about a sear ago vslien he paddled a child At ilui lime Abernethy toWf Oxendine never to administer corporal punishment but to refer *uch cases to Bledsoe. The teacher was then transferred to new students. In North Carolina teachers ate permitted to use reasonable lorce to maintain discipline. But. explains Ahernethy. Oxendine was using corporal punishment as a teaching tool. Reports from parents and school officials indicate approximately half ot Oxendinc's students failed a test Feb. (?. The teachet gave the students a choice between writing 20 definitions 20 times or being spanked. The paddling followed. Ahernethy says the school board plans no further action because Oxendmc is no longer teaching in Hoke County Schools. In his resignation Oxendine indicated he See RI SIGNS. Page IS Church Men Set Annual Supper The annual Raeford Church Men's supper is Tuesday at the First Baptist Church at 7 p.m. Tickets may be purchased from men of the downtown churches for S2.50. The program under the direction of the United Methodist ( lunch includes guest speaker ihe Rev. James Bailey, pastor ot I umherton's Chestnut Street I'mied Methods! fhusci. and the V.?u:? llandhcli led by M?\. Betty I pchurch. The second snow storn. ?*.f ilic year dumped eight to ten inches of snow on Hoke County over the weekend. The snow driven by high winds began falling Friday night and continued throughout the Jay on Saturday. Many businesses closed, church services were cancelled and schools closed. Highway department ciews began to work on the roads about 4>:30 p.m. Friday. Saturday was the worst day for motorists. Trailic'from l-'/S and 74 was rerouted to highways 40! and 211 Many vehicles stuck in the heavy snow and taw trucks were kept busy. Farmers using tractors pulled cars out of drills and ditches. In some areas the heavy snow drifted so Jeep plows were unable to break through. Road crews worked throughout the night and oil day Saturday. All primary toads in the county were passable by Saturday evening jnd were in good condition by Sunday night. Tuesday mooting three graders from Moore County and a grader and front end loader from Lee County were sent to assist in Hoke County snow removal. Bill Southern. Hoke County Department foreman, reports the additional equipment made it possible to open county roads from 401 North to the Maxton Road by Tuesday evening. Crews spread 75 tons of suit on roads and only a little slush remained Wednesday irwtning. Fquipment was busy Wednesday pushing snow ridges away from the edges of the roads. Classes in all county schools were cancelled Monday and 1 uesdav but icsumed on Wednesday morning. D.D. \hcinethy, school superintendent, reports one bus became stuck tor a brie! period near fhe Cumberland t jun'v hue when it pulled >jver tp let another v< bid past, \r.othcr achooV bus was. !Cp?? :.d out of service Wednesday because gas had been siphoned from the tank. School principals and ma mte nance personnel reported foi work on Monday and fuosdav. I he two J..\s ? ?i *.Jtice!lcd classes will he made tin !aic> : he school yea:. repot ts Aheim thy. Carolina P.?wet and hglit reported no intersuption of service hev.iase .i.nunai will publish pictures o: ii! coiluren v.!io are brought by their pj o: guardians to ihe Hoke Civic Cento i riday between 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. The photos will be used in a photographic feature scries "C itizens of Tomorrow." A professional children's photographer will take the pictures in Direct laving C olor. We emphasize, therefore, that you drevs the children colorfully so a.s to take full advantage of the beauty of Color photography. NO C HARCit TO PARENTS There is no charge o, obligation for ?..kmu the pictu'es Parents don't even have to be a tsubsciiher to the News .Journal nor even a ieadei You u?> See PHOTOS. Pier ?.< GALLON DONORS - Graham fope, Burlington Wonted Dying Plant manager, presented gallon blood donor ctrtifhutes lo. from left, George ? Baker, Harold H. Brltt, Rahman C. Brltt, Danley ft'. Burbank, Hubert S. Deris. BlUy ft. Burke, Lnois T. I.emont, Glenn Mclnnlsind Ltroy Thompson. A ho ewnlng a certificate but not pictured was Butch T. Posey.