Officials Eye Community
Development Act
By Laurie Telfaa
Neither the city nor the county
officials have any plans to try for a
piece of the federal pie through the
Community Development Act of 1974,
although they indicate an interest in the
program for next year.
While many of the nearby cities and
counties have been going through the
involved process of citizens meetings
and community studies to submit an
application for part of the SI2 million
in discretionary funds to be awarded to
North Carolina, few of Hoke residents
appeared to be aware of the act.
When a public meeting on housing
was held in Raeford recently, Aubrey
Jones, community planner for the
Department of Natural and F.conomic
Resources, urged citizens to make sure
Background
their city's and county's applications
were in.
However, city and county officials
both say that there is little point in
applying.
"The word we get is that there are
already $94 million worth of
applications for SI2 million to pass
out," Mayor John K. McNeill said.
"What the program is, is an answer to
the block grants that were cut out three
or four years ago. I think it's going to
take three or four years of experience
with HUD to work it all out."
T.B. Lester, county manager, said
that the county commissioners had
discussed the act briefly with David E.
Bartlett, director of planning for the
regional council of governments (COG).
"Frankly, we discussed it with the
regional people and they say there is no
money available this year, especially for
a small county," lester said. "But in the
next two years, they say the money
may go the other way.
Lester pointed out that applying for
the program was involved.
"You have to make a survey and all.
It's too late to do anything for this year,
but I think we ought to make this
survey in lime to apply for next year,"
Lester said.
Hou9ng is the key provision of the
act, according to McNeill. A government
bulletin lists the primary objective as
"the development of viable urban
communities by providing decent
housing and a suitable living
environment and expanding economic
opportunities principally for persons of
low and moderate income."
Covered in the program is funding for
community development, assisted
housing, mortgage credit assistance,
comprehensive planning, rural housing,
mobile home construction and safety
standards, consumer home mortgage
assistance and miscellaneous.
The new legislation ends funding for
programs for open space, urban
beautification, historic preservation,
public facility loans, water and sewer
and neighborhood facilities grants,
urban renewal model cities
supplemental grants and rehabilitation
loans.
Lester, McNeill and Ralph Barnhart,
chairman of the county commissioners,
all agreed that any community study
undertaken ought to be a joint one.
Barnhart said it was his opinion that
the act applied mainly to the city,
anyway.
'There is little likelihood that
anything is going to build out in a rural
area," he said. "We aren't in the water
and sewer business like the town is.
We've just never talked about housing
because we don't have the utilities."
McNeill, who in his capacity as
community developer for the
Department of Natural and Economic
Resources, encourages cities to apply
for the act, said "This bill is strongly
housing oriented and that's another
reason why I didn't push it. I didn't
think the board wanted to gel that
involved."
However, McNeill was in favor of the
community study required in the act.
"The process itself in making the
application is what we've tried to sell to
other towns," he said. "The citizen's
part and developing a program are
something that should be done even if
you never gel any money from it."
Raeford's consulting engineers.
Moore Gardner Associates, submitted a
proposal to do a study Tor the city, with
a cost of about S7-10.000. The idea was
tabled by the city council for lack of
money.
However, after attending the meeting,
city councilman Benny McLeod said he
felt that the council will probably want
to look into the matter.
Hoke Farmers Are Slow
To Designate Leaf Crop
Few of Hoke County's tobacco
growers have selected markets for this
year's crop, agriculture officials said
Friday.
Only SO of the 325 growers in the
county have designated so far, Tom
Burgess, Agriculture Stabilization and
Conservation Service manager, said. The
deadline for designating a market is
April 4.
However, Burgess said the slow
response was typical.
"A lot of farmers aren't going to
designate until they have their lease and
transfers complete," he said.
There was no undesignated tobacco
grown in the county last year and ASCS
officials said they don't expect any this
year.
Undesignated leaf does not qualify
for federal price supports, up eight cents
this year to 93 cents a pound.
All flue - cured tobacco growers must
designate the number of pounds they
will sell at each warehouse within a 100
mile radius of their county scat.
A proposed second designation
period would begin about two weeks
after the marketing season opens to
allow farmers to change warehouses if
they are dissatisfied with the services.
There has been little activity so far in
the cotton program either. Burgess said,
although producers have until April 11
to release acreage or request additional
acres.
Burgess predicted that cotton acreage
in the county would drop this year from
10,200 to about 5.500.
Farmers who do not plan to plant
their allotment should release the
acreage to the county committee to
protect their future allotment. Burgess
said.
He said a few farmers have come in to
release cotton acreage and there have
been a few requests for additional
acreage.
Burgess said that it appeared that
soybeans would take up most of the
acreage not planted in cotton.
Deaths And Funerals
Malburn Edge
Funeral services for Malburn Edge
were conducted at 4 p.m. Saturday al
Pliilippi Presbyterian Church. Rev. John
Ropp officiated. Burial was in the
church cemetery.
Edge, 56. died last Thursday at
Moore Memorial Hospital. He was
superintendent of the water department
of the City of Raeford.
Pallbearers were J.C. Barringlon,
Vance Wiggins, Billy Barefoot, Bill
Sellars. Lacy Morrisey, Gregory Harris,
Isaac Jackson and Chester Beasley.
Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Harvey
Young of Raeford, and a brother,
Cronzie Edge of Fayeltcville.
Mamie C. Purcell
Funeral services were held Friday for
Mrs. Mamie C. Purcell at Montpclier
Presbyterian Church. Rev. Howard
Whitehurst officiated and burial was in
Spring Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Purcell, 79. died March 1 2.
Surviving are a son, William W.
Purcell, Jr., of Orangeburg, S.C.; a
daughter. Miss Katherinc Purcell of
Wagram: a sister, Mrs. M.E. Walters of
Raeford; and two grandchildren.
John L. Woods
Funeral arrangements for John L.
Woods of Hope Mills will be announced
by Buie Funeral Home.
Mrs. Nancy J.W. Hardister
Funeral services for Mrs. Nancy Jane
Williams Hardister were held Wednesday
at the Powell Funeral Home Chapel in
Southern Pines with Dr. W.C. Neill
officiating. Graveside services were held
later that afternoon at the Fairview
Cemetery in Albemarle.
Mrs. Hardister. 97, died Monday.
She is survived by a son. Hoke
Hardister of Aberdeen; five daughters,
Mrs. L.P. Billingsley of Hamlet, Miss
Hatlie Thompson of Raeford, Mrs. J.T.
Cox, Mrs. Ben Harward and Mrs. Ray
Presley of Albemarle; I wo
siepdaughters. Mrs. J.F. Hill of
Albemarle and Mrs. L.A. McKenney of
Charlotte: a sister, Mrs. Charles Hinson
of Norwood; 10 grandchildren; 13
great-grandchildren and three
great-great-grandchildren.
Angus Thompson
Funeral services were scheduled at 2
P.M. Wednesday for Angus Thompson
at the chapel of Crumplers Funeral
Home. Rev. Dewey Herring officiated
and Rayham Cemetery is the site of
burial.
Thompson, 4X, died Sunday.
Surviving arc his wife, Mrs. Betty
Cole Thompson; three sons. Spec. 4
John W. Thompson, U.S. Army.
Germany, and Marcus and Angus Greg
Thompson, of the home; four
daughters, Mrs. Judy Tigen.of Oxford,
N.C., Miss Amy Thompson of
Rochester, N.Y., and Miss Cynthia
Thompson and Miss Lisa Thompson,
both of the home; one stepson, Jerry
Hyatt of Wagram; one stepdaughter,
Mrs. Theresa Strickland of Clinton; a
brother, Dalton Thompson of Rowland;
a sister, Mrs. Ilia F.vans of Raeford; and
three grandchildren.
Bernice A. Haywood
Funeral services for Bernice A.
Haywood of Jacksonville were held
Wednesday in Jacksonville with the Rev.
Jack Connell officiating. Burial was in
Hvergrccn Cemetery in Jacksonville.
Haywood was born in Raeford and
had lived in Jacksonville since 1<>45.
Before his retirement, he worked at the
Jacksonville Naval Air Station.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Alice
Haywood; a son, William A. Haywood
of Jacksonville; four sisters, Mrs. Myrtle
H. West and Mrs. Ina Jones of
Asheboro, Mrs. Gertrude Kane of
Homosassa. Fla. and Mrs. R.F. Mustin
of Walkertown; one granddaughter.
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AT TNI UTTU MINT lVIHV$i> IN RAIFOKD
ROPE TRICK - Second graders from Racford Elementary (shown here) performed a scries of movements with ropes at
Monday S Physical Education Clinic for grades K-.i. The clinic was planned under the guidance of lx>ria S. White. P.E.
Coordinator.
Farm Items
By W. S. Young & Phil Ricks
County Agricultural Agents
Willi times being light, the tendency
is for our legislatures to pinch funds for
research and education in agriculture.
This is a dangerous temptation, as no
program is more important in sustaining
and improving man's lot on earth.
Before votes arc taken they might study
four ideas that spell L-l-F-E.
L ? is lor our land. We all owe our
very existence to a six inch layer of top
soil. What we do to maintain that soil
depends on what we continue to learn
about its ever changing personality.
What techniques and covers will work
best in keeping it from washing into
neighboring streams. How we can enrich
it to give more food and more mouth.
I ? is for investigation. We owe our
very existence to a tiny 1% of water
available to man. The other 99'# is lied
up in salty seas and ice at each pole.
What we do to conserve and use that I
of water depends on what we learn
about it. We can go up to the moon in
72 hours and then stumble on a 24 hour
weather forecast. About half of the
water used by plants is consumed by
these that give us food and timber, the
other half by plants of little economic
use.
I- ? is lor food We owe our very
existence to a 6 month supply of food,
l ive elements keep us going -- minerals,
carbohydrates, fats, protein and
vitamins Protein is a big key to health.
Developed nations average 40 grams
daily in their diets, developing nations
barely 9 grams, while nutritionists
recommend 70 grams a day. Developed
or educated populations will not starve
silently.
F. - is for energy. We owe our very
existence to a Creator who lets us
liarness the atom but not yet breed a
plant that can use much more than l'?
of sunlight energy. What we do to
wariant continued growth of knowledge
depends on how wc manage the energy
given to us.
I lie biggest difference between
America and the rest of the world, so
far. has not been political, social or
economic. It has been scientific - this
abundant energy (iod has allowed our
agricullural researchers to coax from
our resources. When the going gsc I s
lough, it matters little whether (he so
called lough gets going but it matters
much whether the good gets going An
invariably, history always calls llie good
FROZEN ITEMS
North Carolina production of frozen
diary products (ice cream, sherbert milk
and ice milk) totaled 33.9 million
gallons in 1973, an increase over 1972
of 5 per cent.
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Dates To Remember
Nematode Workshop - Tuesday.
March 25 Hedgcpelh Warehouse.
I umher ton. N.C. 9:50 ? 12:00 Noon -
Bring your samples.
' Stale Beekeepers Meeting ? Sandhills
Community College ? April 12,
Fayetteville lat Stock Show --
Wednesday. April 16-1:00 P.M.
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Farmers are reminded thai they must
comply with the Wholesale Meat Act
passed in l%7. The law also states that
any meat offered for sale must be
processed under State or Federal meat
inspection programs. A farmer may kill
and process meat at home for his use
and tenant use but cannot legally sell
this meat either in carcass or processed
form unless it is inspected.
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