Bank Of Raeiord Gains
The Bank of Raeford gained almost a
million dollars in assets last year,
stockholders were told at the annual
meeting held Jan. 21 at the civic center.
Assets totaled SI 1,035,099.47 for
1974 as compared to SI0,320,206.94
the yeai before, Earnings per share
increased from $9.77 to SI 2.IK. Bank
piesident W.L. Carter reported that the
bank had enjoyed a good yeai and was
in sound condition.
The directors were re-elected. They
are J.H. Austin Jr.. T.F. VkBryde.
Bernard Bray. Tom 1 Cameron. Neill
A. McDonald 111. H.L. Ciatlin Jr.. W.L.
Howell Jr.. DR. Hull Jr., James B.
McLeod. W.L. Moses. J.I.. McNeill.
Fdwin D. New ion. J.W'. McPhaul, T.B.
Upchurch Ji.. R.B. Lewis and W.H.
Carter.
Officers elected included J.L.
McNeill, chairman: Canci. piesident:
Tom Cameron. T.F. McBryde. R.I..
Conoly. vice piesidents. Miss Jessie B.
Ferguson, vice piesident and cashier;
Sarah M. Maxwell and Joyce C. Monroe,
assistant cashiers
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OUTDOORS
by Jo?l Arrington
Most North Carolina angleis spend
more time reading about saltwater tly
fishing than piaeticing it. Maybe that's
true everywhere.
Truth be known, conditions
conducive to casting a fly to saltwatei
species do not occur with the frequency
or dependability that is the stuff of our
winter pipe dreams.
I've vowed to carry a heavy fly rod
and a selection of flies and leader
material on all estuarinc and marine
Pishing trips. It is a vow more broken
than honored. I regret to say. and I've
missed some good fly fishing as a result.
lint reading about fishing always
renews my good intentions. I'uhlished
late last year were several hooks on
saltwater fly fishing and fly tying.
Lclty Kreh and Mark Sosin. both in
the highest echelons of saltwatei fly
fishing, collaborated on "Practical
Fishing Knots" (Crown. IftO pp.. with
black and white photos and line
dr&wings, $5.05). Anyone who has even
scant knowledge of (ly fishing in the salt
knows thai a leader which is most
efficient and which meets requirements
of the Saltwater Flyroddcrs of America
lor world records has more knots you
nevei heard of than any comparable
length of monofilament in fishing Krcli
and Sosin make these knots not only
tieahle but comprehensible. If you sit
with the book spread at your side,
follow the step-by-step-illustrations and
practice with mono, you find not only
that the knots are not as difficult as
they seemed, but you come to
appieciate the practical good sense
behind them.
Learn to lie the nail knot, the
perfection loop, the d?uhle surgeon's
knot, the Bimipi twist, the Albright
knot, the Home Rhode loop, and you
will impress your friends, astound your
children and you will he able to lie a
good salt water leader as well
Collaborating with Kreh on another
how-to picture book are Hermann
Kcssler and Irv Swopc. "Fly Casting
With lelty Kreh" (l ippincott. 127 pp..
with black and white photos. SK.05)
was planned by kcssler and the
sequence photos were made by Swopc.
Of course, no one ever learned lo fly
cast by reading a book, but if you read
this one and practice on your law n with
the book spiead open at your feel, you
will he a hetiei caster for it
Kreli's casting stvlc is not
conventional nor classic, but. he writes.
"One designed around tough fishing
conditions." He has taught thousands
his technique at casting clinics over the
yeais. I received a brief lesson at Nags
Head one year when Kreh attended a
gathering of fishermen. It increased the
ease with which I can cast a long line if
it did not add distance.
Moie aspiring fly fishermen ask me
where they can get Ilics in saltwater
patterns than any other question. I give
them a couple of sources and mention
cost before urging them to tic their
own. It's easy, inexpensive and a
pleasant pastime.
The best book on the subject I've
seen is "Dressing Vlies For Fresh And
Salt Water" (Freshet Press. 102 pp.,
with color and black and white photos,
SI 2'S> hy Poul Jorgcnsen. Irv Swope
also made these photos, and lltey are
some of the best ever for clarity,
sharpness and color fidelity.
Only one of the 21 chapters in on
saltwatci patterns, but the book is
worth the price just for that. Consider
as a bonus the 20 chapters on
technique, materials, trout, salmon and
shad Hies, bass bugs and the rest.
Kreh is a gifted teachei. a lucid writei
and above all. an expert fly fisherman.
Pour over these volumes through the
wintei and I suspect you will go out this
spring with renewed dedication to the
art and science of saltwater Hy fishing.
PACK AST WINN IH - Mrs. Havana
Whined, wile of the Rev. Booker 7".
Whirled, was named Miss Mr. Olive in
rile aduh division of a pageant
sponsored to benefit the Mr. Olive
United Chureh oj Hod building fund.
Mrs. Whined attended Upehurch High
School and ('ordoza Sehool in
Washington. D.C. She is a resident of
Hoke County. Runner-up was Mrs.
Bettv Baldwin.
YOUTH <Vh\NI'R ?? Miss Vernetta l eak
was crowned Miss Ml. Olive in the
young adult division. A Hoke High
graduate, she is entph wed at Hurling ton.
Miss Leak is the daughter oj Mr. ami
Mrs. Henry Lee Leak Runner-up was
Miss Mildred Mel aurhlin
Accent On Agriculture
A combination of decreasing prices
for some farm commodities and rising
costs brought farm returns at the end of
1974 down to 73 per cent of parity. A
year ago the figure was 90 per cent.
The farm parity standard is a price
which theoretically gives the farmer a
"fair" return for his products in
comparison with the cost of things he
has to buy. When average farm
commodity prices drop and costs rise,
the commodity average loses ground as
a percentage of parity.
According to the I'.S. Department of
Agriculture, farm prices wound up the
old year with a 3 per cent decline in the
month ending December 15 to finish 4
pet cent below a year earlier. Farmers'
expenses, however, rose 0.5 per cent
during the month and wound up lb per
cent above a year earlier.
Farmers are less able 10 pass along
increased costs then other major
economic groups. Farmers are not
protected by franchises, patents,
licenses, or "fair trade" prices. They do
not enjoy industry - wide contracts,
escalator clauses or seniority. They deal
largely in perishable products that can't
be priced and held for that pi ice ?? they
must be sold when ready.
And. yet. the farmer is America's best
illustration of increased productivity.
Output per man hour on farms is 3.4
times higher than it was 20 years ago. In
1053. one farm worker supplied 16
people with food, and now he produces
enough for 55 people.
While the farmer is pioducing more
food - for a smaller percentage of our
incomes -- he in turn is not sharing fully
in the benefits of his own productivity.
$200 Factory Rebate
On All Nova And Vegas
'75 VEGA
75 VEGA NOTCHBACK
There's a lot more to Vega than its cut-pile carpeting, front disc brakes
attractive low price This economy with audible wear sensors, recirculat
car offers standard features like all- ing-ball steering gear, and Full Coil
vinyl or cloth-and-vinyl bucket seats suspension It's a lot of car for a little car1
Hoke Auto Co.
Dealer Lie. No. 12(3
MAIN STREET RAEFORD
RABIES
Hoke County
Dog Vaccination Clinics
North Carolina Rabies Law states that all dogs over four months of age shall be vaccinated against
rabies. Failure to have your dog vaccinated for rabies is a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be
subject to a fine or imprisonment in the discretion of the court (G.5. 106-387).
VACCINATION FEE OF $2 PER DOG
THE THREE YEAR VACCINE WILL BE GIVEN BY
DR. K.M. LEWIS, VETERINARIAN
TOWNSHIP LOCATION TIME
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1975
Antioch McNeill's Service Station 10:00-10:30
Antioch Gore's Service Station 10:30-11:00
Stonewall Dundarrach Trading Company 11:00-11:30
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1975
McLaughlin Brown Hendrix Service Station 10:00-10:30
McLaughlin Brooks Store, Rockfish 10:30-11:00
McLaughlin Wayside Service Station 11:00-11:30
McLaughlin Newton's Service Station 11:30-12:00
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1975
Raeford Tyler Town, McCallum Texaco Station 10:00-10:30
Raeford McNeill's Grocery Store, 401 South 10:30-11:30
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1975
Quewhiffle Lee Moss Pure Oil Station, Buchan Farm 10:00-11:00
Quewhiffle Five Points, Calloway's Station 11:00-11:30
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1975
Quewhiffle Parks Grill, Montrose 10:00-10:30
Quewhiffle Byrd's Grocery, Ashley Heights 10:30-11:00
Blue Springs West Hoke School 11 ;00-11:30
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1975
Raeford National Guard Armory 3:00-5:00
, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1975
Allendale McCormick's Station, Duffie 10:00-10:30
Blue Springs South Hoke School (Hawk Eye) 10:30-11:00
Blue Springs Hoke Trading Company, Bowmore 11:00-11:30
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1975
Raeford National Guard Armory 10:00-11:00
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1975
Raeford County Line Grocery 2:00-2:30
National Guard Armory 3:00-5:00
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Archie Clark, Dog Warden
HOKE COUNTY HEALTH CENTER
Raeford, N. C. 28376
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