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The Hoke County News - Established 1928 The Hoke County Journal - Established 1905
VOLUME LXVUI NO. 17 RAEFORD, HOKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA S5 PER YEAR THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1973
Federal Funds Pay CEP Enrollees
Around Town
By Sam C. Morris
Robert Gatlin told me Sunday
morning that at his house last Saturday
it rained 2.6 inches and that at his
brother Marion's house that the rainfall
was only .8 inches. Now this is only
about five blocks from one place to the
other so the cloud must have split
Raeford.
Next week Bill Baily will have a chart
of the rainfall for August.
In a news article appearing recently in
a South Carolina newspaper it
concerned the harbor control activities
at Ft. Moultrie during World War II. The
National Hark Service is doing
research on the activities and are asking
aid from anyone that was there during
that time.
1 received the following letter from
Sam Snead and I request that members
of Battery 'F* and Hdq. Battery
stationed there in the early I940's read
this letter:
"Dear Sam:
After reading the attached article, on
Fort Moultrie, 1 went to the office of
Mr. William A. Harris and talked with
him almost two hours. He is quite
interested in getting any pictures or
information concerning Fort Moultrie
and the people who were there. He
wants this for the World War II period
and also the pre-war period. 1 gave him
. Colonel R.B. Lewis' name and suggested
that he write or call him, Mr. Harris
then asked me to contact the local
paper.
Would you make a request to the
former members of Battery I and 1st
Bns. Hdqtrs. to send any pictures they
might have of the area. Mr. Harris
specifically wanted pictures with
buildings in background, emplacements
on CPs. Mr. Harris would make copies
of the pictures and send the originials
back to the sender. He would like any
information concerning pictures, on
back of pictures. Names of individuals,
names of buildings, etc. I'm sure that he
would appreciate any cooperation on
this.
Sincerely yours,
Sam Snead"
Mrs. June Johnson would like to have
a couple of copies of the 50th
Anniversary Program used at the
Raeford Presbyterian Church
celebration. She wants to get some
i pictures out of it for use in another
book. So if you have a copy or know
anyone that does contact Mrs. Johnson.
I also received the following letter
this week:
"Dear Sam:"
Saw your picture and article in The
News-Journal concerning: (I) the trees
on right side of north Raeford being
cut-leaving the left side to hang loose
over the highway. (2) Trash being
dumped along streets and side of
highways. But wonder why nothing has
ever been said about vacant houses and
yards being unkept in Raeford?
With the yards being so overgrown
around empty homes it's the answer for
runaways, theft, etc.
1 ? Star McMillian's on Maui St.
2 ? Mrs. Morgan's E 6th Avenue
3 - Several in Sunset Hills and you
may have more.
Isn't there some rule, law or taxes to
cover this'.'
Thanks
Lavinia Patterson"
* There is a law about these situations
and the city could clean them up and
tax the landowners the bill. If anyone is
interested in the entire law it can be
read at City Hall.
New Family Dollar Opens
Family Dollar Stores, Inc., scheduled
opening of their newest store at 9 a.m.
today in the Main Street building
formerly occupied by the A&P Store.
Roger Jenkins, store opener, said
grand opening activities include Friday
evening performances by two bands.
Christian Travelers and The Sandhill
Countrymen. WSHB on site broadcasts
today. Friday and Saturday, and
presentation of merchandise prizes to
shoppers. A pony will be given away
Friday at 9 p.m. Shoppers may register
Too Close Parking
Sgt. D.L. Minshew. N.C. Highway
Patrol, said it is illegal for drivers to
park their privately owned vehicles
^rithin 100 feet of certain emergency
Vehicles while personnel are performing
duties at emergencies. Vehicles thus
covered are fire trucks, ambulances, and
rescue and law enforcement vehicles
I Drivers who violate this may be cited by
law enforcement officials, said Minshew
for the pony in the store and must be
present at drawing to win.
The store will be open Monday
through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
and Sunday from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. The
firm has hired 20 to 25 local employees
for opening week and will level staff to
12 to IS people in following weeks.
Manager is Donald Briggs. a Moore
County native, who served as assistant
manager of Raeford's Collins
Department Store after he arrived in
Hoke County last May.
The graduate of Farm Life High
School in Carthage was employed by
Macks Variety and Fashions for three
years: eight months as manager of the
Concord Store. He resides in Ponderosa
Mobile Home Park on Rock fish Road
with his wife the former Annie Mills of
Vass and their four children, ages one
through six.
Jenkins said the firm will use the full
building, devoting 6.500 square feet to
selling area and the remainder to stock
rooms and offices.
ABC Store
Is Proposed
Alfred K. Leach, Hoke ABC Board
chairman, reports receiving many calls
opposing a proposed site for a second
ABC store to be located in Davis Bridge.
Leach said a sign was erected at the
proposed site late last week on advice of
the slate ABC Board and will remain in
place for 30 days. This is to give area
residents a chance to voice their opinion
on the proposal.
The current ABC Store on U.S. 401
bypass was constructed following Hoke
County residents' approval at the polls
in May 1962. The Stonewall Precinct
which includes Davis Bridge voted down
the ABC proposal in that election.
Leach said the Davis Bridge
intersection was chosen as a proposed
site after study of daily traffic patterns
in the area. He reports it is judged the
best location in the county for a
profitable second store.
Leach requests people favoring and
opposing the second store express their
opinions. The decision to build or not
to build the Davis Bridge store will be
based on public sentiment and financial
feasibility, said Leach.
N-J Schedule
The News-Journal office will be
open as usual Saturday morning but
will close Monday in observance of
Labor Day. Office will open
Tuesday on regular schedule and
newspaper will go to press
Wednesday as usual.
Volunteers
R.B. Lewis of the Bicentennial
Committee has announced additional
volunteers for the library fund drive,
including: Mrs. Kdna McNeill. Mrs.
Margaret McPhaul Baldwin, I'loyd
Deese, A1 Potts, Don Vincent, the Rev.
Neill McPhatter, Rev. Oris McPhattcr.
Mrs. Venetta McAllister, Kred Holland.
William S. Thomas, I-'arl Hendrix, and
Mrs. Ruria Warner.
Other volunteers were announced last
week.
A meeting of the full committee has
been scheduled for 8 p.m. September 11
in the fellowhsip hall of the Raeford
Methodist Church.
Raeford City Funds
Held By Local Firms
Funds belonging to the City of
Raeford are distributed in checking
accounts, savings accounts and savings
certificates in the Southern National
Bank, Bank of Raeford and Raeford
Savings,and Loan Association. The July
31 financial statement shows the
smallest holder of municipal funds is the
Savings and Loan with $20,000.
Southern National has city accounts
totaling S255.644 and Bank of Raeford
holds S154.127.
This was not always the case, in
November 1965 City Councilman
Franklin Teal assumed duties as
secretary-treasurer of the Savings and
Loan. At that time the city had
approximately three times as much
money deposited in the Savings and
Loan as it docs now. That year city
funds held by the organization included
S40.000 in certificates and about
520,000 in passbook savings. Over the
course of the next few years funds were
withdrawn and used by the city until
the balance was down to $40,000.
Teal felt funds belonging to the city
should be insured and since the Savings
and Loan Association was precluded
from pledging collateral on deposits of
more than S20.000, City Manager John
Caddy, at Teal's request, withdrew the
excess funds in March 1969 and
deposited them with other firms. Since
that time city funds in Savings and Loan
accounts have been maintained at or
below the S20.000 limit.
According to W.K. (Cene) Carter,
Bank of Raeford executive vice
president, public funds on deposit al the
local bank are covered by pledging
government securities purchased by the
Bank of Raeford and held by other
banks. These securities are designated to
cover specific public fund deposits.
Water System Gets Funds
Rockfish Water System, Inc., received
a check for S38.600 as part of a
S52.000 loan from the Farmers Home
Administration. The loan was approved
by 1'mHA in October 1972, to help
finance improvements to the existing
Rockfish water system.
Work on tne system presently
underway includes building a new
150.000 gallon upright water storage
tank, a new well and four additional
water mains extending one mile in four
directions from the center of the
community. The improvements would
provide water and fire protection for
the Continental Yarn Corp., and
additional water supply and storage for
residents and other commercial users.
According to B B. Bostic, president
of Rockfish Water System, inc.. the
improvements will enable at least 150
homes and the Continental Yarn Corp.
mill to use the water supply. The
present water system consists of an
8.000 gallon pressure tank and serves
the mill and 32 homes said Bostic.
Ralph Barnharl. Continental Yarn
president, stated the improved water
system would benefit the community as
much as it will benefit the mill. "We are
not big water users," Barnhart said.
"Our main use of the system will be in
the area of fire protection."
Barnhart said the present output of
the mill is at about 20,000 pounds of
yarn weekly. He termed the mill's
production as being a "pilot operation"
since last December's opening, but said
with the completion of a new 26,000
square foot building, the output should
increase. He said the Company now
employs 50 full time employees.
Bostic said the foundation for the
new upright water storage tank has been
laid, but no completion date is available
at this time.
William K. Clark, county FmHA
supervisor, said the remaining $13,400
of the FmHA loan will be received by
Rockfish Water System, Inc. on
See SYSTEM, Page 13
Classes Begin
D. D. Abernethy, school
superintendent, says reports from
county schools Monday and Tuesday
indicate a "smooth opening" for the
1973-74 school year.
Teachers began work August 15
under the new 10 month expanded
teacher year passed by the state
legislature earlier in the year. Students,
approximately 4,850 about the same
as last year ?? reported for orientation
Monday and for the first regular day of
classes Tuesday.
All county schools will be closed
Monday in observance of Labor Day.
RURAL CONCENTRATED EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM - Enrollees from
disadvantaged families pose beside Rural CEP van outside the old Burlington
School. Van is used to transport enrollees from home to school during two - week
orientation period. Federally funded program is designed to train enrollees in art of
applying for and retaining employment. The program also offers further
instruction, on the job training and community college courses for the
disadvantaged adults between IS and 55 years of age.
EMC Clases Settled
Monday U.S. District Court Judge
I ranklin K Dupree ordered Lumbce
River Mectric Membership Corp. to
adopt within 90 days a plan concerning
equal opportunity employment and to
ammend the corporations by laws to
permit member inspection of proxies
two days before and 30 days after each
future annual election. Based on these
stipulations Dupree approved dismissal
of a suit charging I MC with
discriminatory employment practices.
The suit filed by Lee Vestcr Carter.
Doug McMillan. Wilmon Rogers of
Antioch. I'rank Jacobs Jr.. Doyle
Locklear and Preston Brooks had
requested the co-op reimburse members
for expenses involved in the
investigation of the corporation's 1970
elections. But these were luled
legitimate corporate expenses and no
reimbursement to members is required.
I ollowing an out of court settlement
the Rev. I lias Rogers of Hoke County
Tuesday withdrew his appeal in a
S250.000 damage suit against I MC.
Rogers had asked S5.000 attorney's
fees. S3.(>56 other expenses and
S250.000 punitive damages.
The actual amount of the settlement
was not made public but Rogers*
attorney Phillip A. Dichl, said it covered
all expenses incurred by Rt?geis in two
suits stemming from the I MC I c>70
board of directors election. This
included abut 400 man hours, more
than 30.000 miles of travel expenses
and legal fees. No punitive damages
were paid.
Rogers' original suit to set aside the
1()70 election was filed under the 1964
Civil Rights Act and alleged Rogers' was
defeated for re ? election to the Co-op's
board of directors solely because of his
race by the use of ballot box stuffing,
false ballots and proxies. The Co-op
later expanded the board from nine to
12 members. Rogers has been serving on
the board continuously since April 1972
filling one of the at - large directorates
created as a result of the suit.
In the summer of 1972 Rogers filed
the damage suit which was dismissed
this week.
In an unrelated case Rogers. Dok
Locklear and Kiever Locklear will be
arraigned in U.S. District Court in
1 ayetteville September 10 on charges of
interfering with federal officers in the
performance of duties. These charges
are in connection with documents
found in Robeson County last April and
allegedly stolen from the Bureau of
See KMC. Page 13
Holiday Hours
Monday, in observance of Labor Day
County Schools will close for their first
holiday of the academic year. County
and city offices will also be closed. Mail
will be put in boxes, but no deliveries
Wll be made and post office windows
will be closed according to Charlie
Morrison, postmaster.
Also scheduled to close for the
holiday are Raeford Turkey Farms.
Continental Yarn Corp.. Burlington
Industries, A & P f ood Store. Bank of
Raeford, Southern National Bank.
Collins Department Store and Raeford
Savings & Loan Assn.
Store Opened
Super Dollar Store opened its doors
for the first time in Raeford this
morning at 9 a.m. Victor Holland,
company representative, said Grand
Opining hours of 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. have
been set for the ten day grand opening
period.
period. The store will be open Sundays
Sept. 2 and 6, from I p.m. to 6 p.m. in
conjunction with the grand opening,
l uture Sunday opening is indefinite.
Holland said the store will employ six
to eight full-time employees and four to
six part-time employees.
A new federally funded state
sponsored program began in the old
Burlington School recently. The project
Rural Concentrated I mployment
Program (CLP) is a branch of the
Employment Security Commission
(KSC).
Goal of the project is to train and
place adult members of disadvantaged
families in paid employment, on the job
training, training classes, college courses
or adult basic education.
I rid ay the nine-man staff completed
the first basic orientation course for 12
enrollees from disadvantaged Hoke
County families.
The staff consists of a unit manager,
employment counselor, recruiter
(Brenda Jacobs of Raeford) orientation
leader (Margaret Shaw of Raeford).
supportive service counselor, clerk ?
secretary, job placement director and
two job coaches.
The enrollees. adults from 18 to 55
years old, are given physicals, apptitude
and manual dexterity tests during the
first three days, according to Alton
Hunt, unit manager from Robeson
County.
The next two weeks are spent in
orientation -? teaching enrollees how to
land and keep a job including how to fill
an application form, how to dress and
act for an interview.
173 Enrollees
According to Stephen Benkoskv. N.
C. Rural CI P director, the Hoke County
center is scheduled to handle 173
enrollees at the rate of I 2 each three
weeks for the 1473 ? 74 fiscal year.
Of these it is expected upon
completion of orientation 40 will take a
six ? weeks adult basic education course
taught at the center by Sandhills
Community College personnel, 15 will
take a 26-weeks carpenters training class
taught somewhere in Hoke County by
SCC; 18 will attend a community
college as full ? time students foi as
many as 32 weeks studying such courses
as typing, bookkeeping, clerical,
electronics and other subjects; and 53
will enter vestiblue training (similar to
on the job training).
According io Benkoskv Raeford's
Knit-Away plant will participate in the
vestibule training; 11 will be placed in
job experience slots with city and
county governments; and the remainder
will probably be placed directly into the
labor market.
Local Government
Benkosky said City Manager John
Caddy and County Manager T B Lester
had each agreed to place two enrollees
in their governments with CIP paying
the enrollees SI.80 an hour for a six -
month period beginning in September
and the local governments paying
salaries thereafter.
Lester reports Burton Dickison from
I SC approached him with the
proposition and Lester agreed to present
the proposal to the county
commissioners at the next board
meeting The county manager said the
county government might use enrollees
as a secretary and a janitor.
Gaddy said he aslo talked to Dickison
about the possibility of using enrollees
as laborers but reports Dickison was
seeking "higher level" jobs for (T P
enrollees.
S40 Weekly
Throughout orientation, adult basic
See ( HP. Page 13
LEARNING WHERE TO GO - First graders at McLauchlin School receive name tags and school bus numbers on the first day
before they are shown to their classrooms.