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VOLUME LXVII NO. 32 RAEFORD. HOKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA S5 PER YEAR THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1973
Around
Town
BY SAM C. MORRIS
The weather took a' turn around
Saturday when 2.6 inches of rain fell
during the day. It was a alow, cold rain
with tht wind blowing real hard at
times. The thermometer has remained
down since that time.
Then Tuesday morning most folks
were surprised to find snow on the
ground u they started to work. From
??. all reports the snow started falling about
' 3 a.m. Tuesday. The roads were clear
and moat of it had melted by noon.
It doesn't snow much around here in
December, and some were saying it was
a large frost!
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Last week I mentioned about locking
Christmas gifts purchased, in the trunk
of the car. I received the following from
the Insurance Information Institute last
week:
A CHRISTMAS STORY
Twu the night before Christmas and
there in his chair,
father was moaning and tearing his
hair.
While upstairs in bed, all still and asleep.
The children didn't know what made
daddy weep.
The money had been paid, the gifts had
been bought,
and all was well with the world, or
father had thought.
He'd gone to the car, put the toys on
A tht seat?
and then to the market for good
things to eat.
He ^returned to the car, and what did he
Some thief in the night had stolen him
blind.
Next week The News-Journal will
publish its Christmas edition. The
photographers have been taking pictures
of doors and Qiristma* scenes which
will appear th (Sat ilaiM. All ads and
pictures must be in by Friday of this
week.
On Christmas week the News-Journal
will be published on Thursday. The
plant will be closed Monday and
Tuesday, December 24 and 25. Work
will resume on Wednesday, December
26.
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The following was received and asked
to be run in this column:
The Christmas Bazaar and Kiwanis
Pancake Supper held Thursday for the
? benefit of the Library Fund were very
successful because of the outstanding
support of the people in Raeford and
Hoke County. As word got out that
there was going to be a Bazaar in
support of the library, it was exciting to
have people Who were not members of
cither sponsoring organization make
donations of things they had made to be
sold. Because of the strong community
spirit we were able to raise $700 at the
bazaar for our library We would like to
Thank The News-Journal and the
citizens of Raeford and Hoke County
for their support which made this event
so successful.
Garden Dept.
Raeford Woman's Club
Merchants Set
Holiday Hours
The Raeford Merchants Association
met Tuesday morning and discussed
.holiday business hour*. President Lewis
xjuick reports most stores wOl remain
open weekdays until 9 p.m. the
remainder of this week and next week
through December 21.
Quick said moat stores will close at 6
p.m. Christmas Eve They will also be
closed Christmas Day and New Year's
Dav
State Interested In Saving Money,
Not In Saving Children, Says Auman
Masked Pair
Rob Couple
Two masked men reportedly pulled
off an armed robbery at Wayside
Grocery on U.S. 401 north of Raeford
and left with $700 in cash and other
items.
Mr. and Mrs. James E. Young,
owners, were in the store when the two
men entered about 8:10 p.m. Friday.
The robbers, described as negroes in
their early 20s, wore stockings over
thier heads, report investigating Deputy
Sheriffs Alex Norton and James
Lamont.
Young was forced at gunpoint to lie
on the floor behind the counter. Mrs.
Young told authorities the robbers
ordered her to turn the lights off or
they would kill her husband. She did so
and was also forced to lie on the floor.
The two men then took Young's wallet,
wrist watch and a .38 caliber pistol.
The masked men took the Youngs to
the rear of the store where they
handcuffed the couple together on a
metal rack. The robbers returned to the
front of the store and removed money
from the cash register, reports indicate.
Sheriff D.M. Barrington reports, a
customer entered the store about 45
seconds after the masked men left, jaw
the Youngs' plight and pried the
handcuffs loose with a tire tool. The
customer then went to the Big Star
Truck stop on US. 40t--?*ni-phoned
authorities.
Singers Offer
Holiday Concert
Hoke County High School chorus and
chorale will present a Christmas concert
8 p.m. Monday in the school
gymnasium. The program will feature a
medley of holiday songs titled "Sing We
Now of Christmas." Tickets are $ 1.
On Tuesday at 8 p.m. the Raeford
Boys' Choir will present a free
Christmas concert in the Raeford
Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall.
The program will feature '"Twas the
Night Before Christmas."
Library Homes
Tour Schedule
Is Announced
Hours for each home included on the
December 19 Extension Homemakers'
Library Benefit Christmas Homes Tour
have been announced.
Open 2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. are
homes of Mr. and Mrs. Crawford
Thomas, Jr., 323 Magnolia St.; Mr. and
Mrs. Neill McFadyen, 111 S. Highland
St.; Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Hosteller,
305 W. Ehvood Ave.; and Mr. and Mrs.
Carson Davis, 415 N. Fulton St.
Open from 2 to 5 pjn. only is home
of Mr. and Mrs. William L. Moses, 209
W. Prospect Ave. Open from 7 to 9 p.m.
only is home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert L.
Coughlin, 216 W. Donaldson Ave.
The $2 tour tickets may be purchased
at the Hoke County Library or 50 cent
one-home tickets may be purchased at
individual homes during the tour. All
proceeds will be donated to the Hoke
County Bicentennial Library Fund.
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(HJ Photo)
FIRST SNO W - Snow flurriet fell in Hoke County early Tuesday morning and left
a white powdery blanket throughout the county. Some mow was still on the
ground in shady spots Wednesday morning. Snow followed by a few days 2.6 inches
of rain which feu Saturday and early Sunday. The rain broke a three-month dry
spell which resulted in many forest and brush fires in the county. By comparison
with Saturday's rainfall November had .25 inches, October, .35 and September 2.
(N-J Photo)
GEORGE McGUIRE
Deputy Begins
A New York State native and
four-year veteran of the U.S. Air Force
began work as a Hoke County Deputy
Sheriff Friday.
George McGuire, 22, 312 Crawford
St., who was a Family Dollar Store
manager in Wallace since his military
discharge in July is training on the desk
at the jail. Sheriff D.M. Barrington, says
additional training will be given
McGuire on road duty in a patrol car
with a veteran deputy.
McGuire is working on a temporary
certificate while awaiting clearance and
permanent certification from the state.
He will attend a basic law enforcement
course probably in FayettevDle within a
year.
The former Air Force sergeant is
married to the former Nancy Evans, a
Hoke County native.
Fuel Refused?
Contact Niven
Individuals or business firms who
have been unable to purchase heating
fuels should contact William T. Niven,
energy coordinator and civil
preparedness director, 875-3632.
Niven, appointed by the county
commissioners at the request of state
government, says "Any business firm or
private citizen who is refused delivery of
heating fuel by all distributors who
deliver in Hoke County should contact
me Tor assistance in finding a supply."
When contacted Niven will ask
consumer questions concerning efforts
to locate a distributor, type of fuel
needed and alternate heating methods
available to consumer.
Niven will then contact distributor
with forms which distributor will send
to state officials requesting an increased
allocation to enable distributor to serve
customer.
Niven feels this system will especially
benefit new residents in the area who do
not have an allocation bale from last
City Holiday Set
City Manager John Caddy has
announced that city offices wB close at
noon Dtoember 24 for th* Christmas
Holiday and wil reopen December 27.
A skeleton crew will be on hand to serve
thtpttbtic.
Caddy Alto announced city
emfioyees wil receive i Qui*mas
bonus of three percent of their annual
salary this year.
Santa's Hours
Are Announced
The Raeford-Hoke Chamber of
Commerce held its regular monthly
meeting Tuesday at the Family
Restaurant.
Christmas activities were discussed.
Plans for next year were also discussed
and definite improvements will be made
in the coming year. As stated before,
Christmas lights will not be on this year.
It was announced that Santa's house
was ready and would be on display with
Santa present, on Friday and Saturday
in the parking lot of the Southern
National Bank from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
on Friday and 3 to 6 p.m. on Saturday.
The upcoming Hoke County Forum
was discussed and the section on
Business and Industry will be held in
early February. 1974.
It was announced that license plales
will go on sale on Jan. 2, 1974.
Part-time help will assist the chamber
for six weeks.
Industrial activitiy was discussed
briefly. It appears that most of the local
industrial plants will close some part of
the Christmas week, mainly December
23 through 26.
From all reports, the local merchants
will be closed December 25 and 26.
City Okays
Land Use
The city council met Monday
following an Airport Authority public
hearing and voted to grant Paul Rose
temporary use of a portion of Municipal
Airport land for a flight instruction
operation. Rose, a flight instructor, is
waiting for approval of the Federal
Aviation Authority (FAA) to lease the
land. Under the council's plan. Rose will
use the land for his operation under
supervision of Gene Thacker, acting
airport manager, until the FAA acts on
Rose's request.
The council also stipulated that Rose
would have to comply with safety rules
and regulations. At the Airport
Authority public hearing on the subject,
City Manager John Gaddy said the only
negative approach to the subject was the
question of the safety of Thacker's sky
diving and jumping operation and a
flight instructional operation working
from the same airport.
Gaddy reported approximately 35
people present at the public hearing and
said more were in favor of the
Authority's recommendation to lease a
1.04 acre plot of airport land to Rose.
Rogers' Trial
Is Underway
An Antioch man and his Raeford
attorney are in Willmington this week to
present a defense against federal charges
in connection with documents allegedly
stolen from the Bureau of Indian Affairs
in Washington, D.C. Jury selection was
completed T uesday.
The Rev. Elias Rogers, 44, is charged
with interfering with federal officers in
April while they were searching a
Robeson County home where they
found two truckloads of documents
allegedly taken during Indian
occupation of the B1A.
If convicted Rogers could receive up
to 13 years imprisonment and $15,000
fine. One of Rogers' attorneys is Phillip
A. Diehl.
Also being tried in the same case are
Keever Locklear, 40, Dock Locklear Jr.,
27 and William F. Sargeant. The
Locklears and Sargeant are also charged
with receiving stolen government
property. Dock Locklear also faces a
charge of using a dangerous weapon
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BAZAAR TABLE-Omtomers check Items at Rafford Women"! Out Oerden
Depnment burner Held In conjunction with Ktwmh Chib i annuel pencekt supper.
Bazemr proceeds totuUtng S700 will help fill the coffers of the Hoke Cbunry
Bicentennial Ubterv Fund.
"There is nothing wrong with the
training schools in this state that firing
some people in Raleigh wouldn't cure.
This group in power is more interested
in saving money than in saving
children," commented West End's T.
Clyde Auman, member of the Board of
Youth Development.
The comment was among late
developments in the continuing power
struggle between David L. Jones,
secretary of Social Rehabilitation and
Control, and members of the Board of
Youth Development.
The struggle gained public notice in
late October and early November when
members of Jones' staff summarily
dismissed 13 employees of Youth
Development including four training
school directors and three educators.
The educators have since been
reinstated because the firings violated
teacher tenure laws.
The four directors after being fired
by Jones were rehired by the board and
again refired by Jones.
Finally Assistant Atty. Gen. Andrew
Vanore J r., ruled power to hire and fire
directors of training schools rested with
the Board of Youth Development and
not with Jones or Dr. John R. Larkins,
commissioner of Youth Development.
Following this ruling the board
reinstated the four directors.
Tuesday Jones' Assistant secretary
for Fiscal Affairs Donald P. Torpa said,
"We will probably approach the board
to request firing the directors."
Auman said Wednesday morning, "I
don't think the board will go along with
that. They (Jones and Larkin) will have
to bring good reasons before the board.
They will have to show us something we
don't already know." The Board of
Youth Development's next regular
meeting is January 16.
Of the four directors affected by the
squabble only two are still serving as
directors. They are John L. Parrish,
juvenile evaluation center at
Swannanoa, and William Noland, C.A.
Dillon School at Butner.
Henry W. Parker, formerly director at
Samuel Leonard School at McCain,
resigned November 30 and is now
learning center co-ordinator for
Montgomery Technical Institute in
Troy. Since the MTI position is a state
job Parker will not loose any of the
retirement credits accrued during the
past 18 years in state service.
Mrs. Sadie Mims is serving as acting
director at Leonard School. The
News-Journal request to Mrs. Mims
concerning her background and training
remain unanswered.
The fourth director involved, of
Samarkand Manor Miss Reva Mitchell
retired with 41 years service.
In other action Jones has called for
closing Samuel Leonard School by
January 1 and making the remaining
schools coeducational. Auman says
some of the training schools were
specifically created for boys and girls by
the legislature and he doubts they can
be redesignated coeducational
institutions without legislative action.
Auman has asked the attorney general's
office for a ruling on this.
Concerning Leonard School, Larkins
said Monday. 'There is a possibility it
will be phased out sometime next year.
We are doing nothing about it now."
Torpa said Tuesday that the advisory
budget commission had approved
closing of Leonard and transferring the
facility to Department of Corrections to
incarcerate 18 to 21 year old youthful
adult offenders. He could not give a
date for closing Leonard or opening the
youthful offender facility.
Torpa said Larkins is now studying
how to allocate the 85 students
presently at Leonard to other training
schools. He reports efforts will be made
to transfer many present employees to
Department of Corrections and "keep
them on at Leonard."
Need Early
N-J Items
Newt iterm and advertising for
the December 27 edition of Th?
News-Journal should reach the N-J
office as soon as possible.
Early submission of items It
requested because of holiday
schedules. The N-J will close
December 24 and 25, wtl reopen
December 26 and print tte
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