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The Hoke County News - Established 1928 The Hoke County Journal - Established 1905
VOLUME LXVIl NO. 25 ^RAEFORI), HOKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA SS PER YEAR THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1974
Around Town
By Sam C. Morris
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8 Winter weather is with us this week,
and the temperature is in the twenties
.'Tuesday morning. There was a heavy
jfrost both Monday and Tuesday
'mornings. According to weather
forecasts the thermometer is supposed
to start rising again Wednesday. I, for
one, hope so and hope we can have the
mild weather this winter like we did last
winter. This will help a lot as far as the
(Act situation is concerned.
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As this is being written, it is only two
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weeks until the general election. With all
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the candidates on the ballots and the
number of bond issues and other
questions to be voted on, a iarge
turnout should be coming at the polls.
The way to keep honesty in
government is for the voters to turn out
and choose honest men or women to
run this county, state and nation. As I
have said many times before, if you
don't vote, then don't criticize the
governing todies in the way they run
their office.
While on the subject of voting, if you
live in Raeford, the city limits, getting a
ride to the polls will not be an excuse
this year. I was handed the following
information last weekend concerning
voters who do not have a ride to the
polls.
It follows:
"In an effort to sec that anyone
fishing to vole gets the opportunity,
^the Raeford Woman's Club is offering
transportation to the polls for those
unable to provide their own. This
service will be available within the
Raeford city limits during the hours of
0-11 and 4-6 on Nov. 5. Call 875-4967
during designated hours for
transportation and information."
1 think this is a worthwhile project
for this club and thank them for the
community on their helpful thought.
J. W. Turlington, principal at the
Raeford Elementary School, was by the
office last week and was commenting on
a fire drill held at that school. The
school is composed of second and third
grade s'udents and as you know it is a
two-itory building.
Turlington said that the school held a
fire drill and that the students cleared
the building in one minute and 1.)
fconds. He was proud of his students.
I would say that he should be, as the
kids show that they wouldn't panic and
^ihat the principal and teachers had
received a reward for instruction and
practice. I hope that it will always be a
drill but know-how is a wonderful thing
to have just in case.
The Bucks had a hard night at
Pinccrest last Friday night, but they are
still capable of bringing the conference
title to Hoke High.
This weekend at Hoke High is
Homecoming. Friday afternoon will be
the homecoming parade, and then that
night at 8:00 o'clock the Bucks meet
the Clinton Dark Horses at the stadium.
This is the big one for the Bucks and
most of us think they have the big game
in them and will stop the Horses.
So, start preparing now to be at the
stadium this Friday night to give a boost
to the Bucks and let's go on to the
conference title.
School Census Continues
The "Count the Children" census
continues in county schools this week,
with the hours slightly reduced from
earlier plans.
The census seeks to determine if all
students are getting proper educational
benefits, regardless of handicaps or its
severity. The information collected is
designed to be used to provide belter
educational programs for children with
special needs.
Approximately 150 volunteers have
staffed the schools this week as part ol
the county ccnsus. Due to the large
number of volunteers required for the
project, the hours have been curtailed,
Mrs. Ka> Thomas, president of the
Raeford Woman's Club which is
providing the manpower, announced.
Volunteers to take information from
parents about children with special
needs will be at McLauchlin, Scurlock,
West Hoke and South Moke Schools
from 7:30-10:30 a.m. and 2:30-4 p.m.
on weekdays and from 8:30-2 p.m. on
Saturday
Area Incidents
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Larcenies Investigated
Complaints of several larcenies were
investigated recently by the sheriffs
department:
Deputies James Peterkin and George
McGuire, on patrol Oct. 10, discovered
the lock on Clayton Gore's store had
been cut with bolt cutters. Groceries,
beer, candy and an adding machine, all
valued at $652.71, were reported
missing from the store on Rt. I.
Shannon.
Property damage and theft
amounting to S250 was reported to
Johnson Chapel Baptist Church on 21 I
East on Oct. 10. Windows in tlie church
and a building beside the church were
broken and books, a bell, knives and
forks were stolen.
Doug Hoad reported larccnies on Oct.
4 and Oct. 14 at his mobile home and
shop on airport road. An air conditioner
valued at $250 was taken fiom the wall
of his trailer between Oct. 2-4 and a
submerge pump, motor and storage tank
valued at $250 were reported stolen on
the 14th.
^ Woodrow Wilson. Jr., of South
Cickton St. reported the theft of a .38
calibre revolver last Thursday.
Benjamin Lacy of Bladenboro
reported the theft from his 211 West
properly Thursday of two wheelbarrows
and two shovels, valued at S131.90.
Groceries worth S956 were reported
stolen sometime during the night of
Oct. 15 from Johnny Addams' store on
Rt. 2, Raeford.
A theft at the Scurlock School
cafeteria netted three cases of frozen
turkey and three cases of frozen Dork
valued at $232.32 on Oct. 14.
Jeffcry Hayes of Rt. I, Raeford,
reported the rear window of his mobile
home was broken and a radio and
mattress stolen Monday. The loss was
estimated at S125.
The city police investigated several
larcenies:
Fred Foster reported the theft of 18
sheets of wood paneling over the
weekend from a house under
construction on McLean Street. The
paneling was valued at $198.
John K. McNeill reported the theft
Friday night from his front porch of
two potted plants valued at S30.
A vending machine at Howard
McDougald's Travelers service station
was broken into Saturday night and
$1.50 was stolen.
The Raeford fire department
answered a call to Knit-Away Monday
morning to fight a fire in the smoke
stacks reportedly caused by lint and
grease.
Kids To Ask
UNICEF Coins
Teenagers will he trick or treating for
UNICEF on Halloween, asking for coins
for the United Nations children's fund.
Sponsored by the youth groups of
the Raeford United Methodist and
Raeford Baptist Churches, the campaign
is open to all youngsters in grades eight
through twelve who want to help.
UNICEF trick or treaters will meet at
6:30 on Oct. 31 in the parking lot of
the Raeford United Methodist Church.
Mrs. Stevens
Visits City
Mrs. Allene Stevens, wife of the
Republican candidate lor the U.S.
Senate, William Stevens, came to Hoke
County Wednesday, campaigning for her
husband.
A reception sponsored by the Hoke
County Republican Executive
Committee at the Civic Center from 5
to 7 p.m. Wednesday was planned.
Civic Leader, Wife Slain
In Early Morn Shooting
Bond Issue Is Pushed
At School Open House
The campaign by officials to get the
school bonds passed was aimed at
parents this week at the traditional open
house held at each school.
County schools were open front 6-8
p.m. Wednesday night, and in a letter
sent home by students, Raz Autry,
county superintendent, invited parents
to "go to each of our schools and look
over our physical facilities."
Then at 8:30 a program and film at
Upchurch auditorium was scheduled to
try to rally support for the bond issue.
"I know we're making some
progress," Autry said. "But I can't tell
how much. It's just one of those things
we won't know until Nov. 5."
Some opposition has surfaced with
ads by Wesley Miller opposing the bond
issue.
Autry has already met with most of
the clubs in the county, explaining the
SI.25 million bond issue. The revenue is
needed to construct additional facilities
at the schools, Autry says. Planned is a
gym expansion into an auditorium for
Hoke liifth and classrooms for several
elementary schools, and a library for
West Hoke.
The last school bonds in the county
were overwhelmingly approved by
voters in 1966 when they voted four to
one to pass a S550.000 school bond
issue.
A prominent Hoke County civic
leader and his wife were shot to death in
their home early Saturday morning.
W.T. McAllister, a candidate for the
Board of Education in the November
elections and his wife, Mary Lee,
manager of the cafeteria at Scurlock
School, died as the result of
"numerous" gunshot wounds inflicted
by a .22 calibre automatic rifle,
according to Sheriff Dave Barrington.
Jesse Leonard Luckic, 25, of Rt. I,
Raeford, was arrested at the McAllister
home in Blue Springs about 4 a.m.
Saturday morning. Charged with two
counts of murder, he is being held in
Hoke County jail without privilege of
bond, pending a hearing set for Nov. I
in district court.
According to Barrington, the
shootings apparently arose from a
domestic argument involving Luckie and
the McAllister's 19-year-old daughter,
Ava.
luckie had been charged last week
with trespassing in a warrant sworn out
by Mrs. McAllister. The charge was
dismissed last Friday in district court,
after Mrs. McAllister told assistant
district attorney Duncan McFadyen that
she had not forbidden Luckie to come
on her property before she took out the
warrant. She reportedly indicated that
she did not wish to take any more legal
action against Luckie.
Sheriff Barrington said the shootings
took place about 3 a.m. Saturday.
Because of the deaths that night of their
nephews in an auto accident, they had
not gone to bed yet when Luckie came
to the house to see their daughter.
Deputy sheriffs Henry Bowen and
George McGuire were called to the
home about 3:20 a.m. and the sheriff
arrived with medical examiner Dr. Riley
Jordan shortly after that.
The body of McAllister was found in
the dining area, the sheriff said, and the
body of Mrs. McAllister was across her
husband's.
According to the sheriff, Ava
McAllister witnessed the shooting of her
parents.
McAllister had been active in county
affairs and in local Democratic politics.
He was chairman of Blue Springs
precinct and was vice-president of the
United Fund this year. Employed at
McCain Sanitorium, he had recently
been elected to an office in the State
Employees Association. McAllister held
offices in the United and Independent
Credit Union, the oounty chapter of the
NAACP and was active in the North
Carolina Voter Registration project.
The McAllisters were both active in
the Piney Grove Missionary Baptist
Church.
A joint funeral for the McAllisters
and nephews McAllister Leggett and
John W. Cunningham was scheduled for
3:30 Wednesday in Upchurch School
auditorium.
Many Programs Benefit
From United Fund Help
Most of the pledge cards have been
distributed as the United Fund
campaign moves into its second week,
drive co-chairmen Mrs. Sarah Leach and
Mrs. John Balfour report.
The goal this year is $19,441.21.
Money contributed in the campaign will
go to seven programs in the county,
including scouts, Red Cross, the White
Cane program, 4-H Clubs, Hoke County
Rescue Squad and Senior Citizens.
A portion of the campaign funds is
earmarked for Carolina United, who will
receive $1,925.21 from Hoke County.
Carolina United is a combination of
all the national agencies supported by
the United Fund. These include the
USO, the Mental Association, Florence
Crittenton Services, Children's Home
Society, American Social Health
Association and Travelers Aid
International Social Service of America.
Travelers Aid (TA1SSA) provides
emergency assistance and protective
care to people with problems related to
movement, migration and family
separation.
The American Social Health
Association was established in 1912 to
"promote those conditions of living,
environment and personal conduct
which best protect the family as a social
institution." Currently, it the major
national organization fighting the
epidemic of VD and is also involved to
drug prevention programs.
Florence Crittenton Services, with a
home in Charlotte, provides care and
services to unmarried pregnant women.
In addition to physical prenatal care,
the society provides emotional and
psychological support to enable girls to
make adequate plans for the future.
Cltildren's Home Society provides
adoption services and counseling for
problem pregnancies.
The USO, with chaplers near Ft.
Bragg and Camp lejeunc, offers services
to men and women members of the
armed forces.
Sheriff
Continues
Investigation
Airport Panel
Picks Leader
Joe Rackley was named chairman of
ihc city airporl committee in an
organizational meeting held last week.
Co-chairman is William L. Moses and
secretary is Larry Upchurch.
The next meeting was planned for
Wednesday night.
More than 400 persons in the county
have been questioned in the last week
by members of the sheriffs department
and SB I agents in an intensive
investigation of the death of Robert
Williams.
Williams, a 70-year old man who lived
alone in the Timberland area and sold
feed from his home, was found dead on
Oct. 13, his hands and feet bound. Two
customers who came to buy feed
notified authorities.
Sheriff D.M. Barrington said. "We are
getting some good leads now. All leads
are being checked out."
SBI agents have been working in the
county day and night since the slaying,
Barrington said.
Turkey Farms Tell Job Shifts
Personnel changes at Raeford Turkey
Farms announced this week by Earl A.
Budd. president, include a new position
in the company along with a change in
the present positions
Sam Copper of Raeford has been
appointed sales manager effective Oct.
1, and will be responsible for all
commodity and domestic sales. He
replaces hd Manning who is leaving the
company Nov. I to enter private
business.
Charles Messcr, formerly general
manager of Rich Foods, Newberry, S.C.,
has assumed the position, reporting to
Copper, of further processed and food
broker sales. Messcr and his family will
be moving to Raef'ord soon.
Budd also announced the new
position of production-sales
coordinator, which will report to the
president. Harold Brock, who has held
many management positions with
Raeford Turkey Farms over the past ten
years, has been named to the post.
A new office to handle all export and
military sales was opened in Virginia in
July. Budd also announced. This office
is headed by Dick Driver who was
formerly export-military sales manager
for Rockingham Poultry.
Bicentennial Goal
Love Of Heritage, HopeFor Future
A revival of interest in the American
heritage and pride and hope for the
future arc the aims of the reorganized
Bicentennial committee.
Mr. and Mrs. Carson Davis, Jr., were
recently appointed to head the
committee, to succeed Mrs. Ruth
McKachern.
"Thank you for the opportunity you
have given us to serve the county." they
wrote the county commissioners. "We
will give this appointment our very best
to try to bring a revival of interest in the
American heritage and pride and hope
for the future."
The emphasis will be on the
commemorative aspects of the
Bicentennial, Mrs. Davis stressed.
"Ttiis is a once in a lifetime thing and
we wani everybody io gel involved,"
she said.
Preliminary plans (entatively call for
the observance lo center on several
areas, such as th"- religious aspects of the
Revolutionary era. the festival
commemoration, the school observances
and the dedication of the library.
The library project will be carried out
under the direction of the library
committee, she said, while the
Bicentennial committee will take on
other aspects of the celebration.
"We hope that tlie children will get
really interested." she said. If we can get
them to know what the bicentennial
really is."
One of the projects planned is to
establish a community calendar where
all programs related lo the Bicentennial
will be listed.
"We also hope people who have any
information on the old families in the
county, buildings, places, history or
what have you, to give it to the
committee. We'll compile it."
The re-organized committee met for
the first time last week. Other
committee members are Mrs. Richard
Neeley, Mrs. J.M. Andrews, J.A. Hunt,
the Rev. John Ropp, John D.
McAllister, H.L Gatlin. Mrs. D.R. Huff,
Jr., and Mrs. Ruth McF.achem.
Regular committee meetings were
established for 2 p.m. on the sccond
Wednesday of the month.
At the meeting, the library
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