KNIGHTS OF PYTHAGORAS-Graduating high school seniors in the Knights
of Pythagoras were honored with a plaque in recognition of their continued
service at a recent ceremony. Left to righ t, senior leader Marion Hollingsworth,
junior knight deacon Larry McPhatter, senior knight deacon Marvin McKinnon,
master knight Conrad Hollingsworth, knight treasurer Milton Holmes, program
committee chairman Eddie McRae, senior knight warden Freddie
Hollingsworth, and senior knight leader Willie Dobbins
Bicentennial Notes
Train Brings Memories
By Louise McDiarmid
The sudden slam of box cars took
me back to the back door of the
library and even farther backward in
time as the open fertilizer (guana)
cars slowly began their creaking
motion, begrudingly following, one
by one, the long - time replaced coal
engine with its lazy chug-chug and
great puffs of black smoke. The cars
seem the same and look the same,
and I wish 1 felt they were enjoyed
the same.
Being a country kid, the once a
week train was very special,
especially if a guana car was left in
front of our house, and a greater
treat if there were two to be
unloaded into the guana house along
beside the tracks ? this same guana
house which had other adventures all
its own.
Scampering up the ladders to the
top of the box cars, running across
and jumping to the other car, hoping
not to miss, was a great feat, with
Tom Mix and Buck Rogers (the good
guys) after you for robbing the train.
The old hens or roosters in the yard
lost many a choice tail feather for
the Indian headbands. After all, you
had to have at least one Indian to
play "cowboys and Indians and train
robbers".
Setting up housekeeping inside the
cars after they were emptied was also
special if you had enou^i kids to be
Mama, Papa, and the kids, with Papa
dashing off to town on his tobacco
stick horse, and Mama baking her
sand and polk-berry pies. And
naturally all her children were "mean
little kids" who needed constant
spanking.
It was too often moving day, since
the choo-choo came back for the
empty cars next week. But let it be
said our spirits were never dampened
for long, for with a kid in the
country, adventure never has time to
drag.
But nothing seemed too important
to drop when we heard the train
coming ? A big wave from the
engineer seemed to make it a very
special day.
Property Taxes Yield
62% Of Local Revenue
(Special to the News Journal)
NEW YORK, June 7--Are property
taxes higher or lower in Hoke
County than in most other sections
of the United States?
How much of the revenue
collected locally comes from
property taxes?
The subject of taxes and operating
costs has become a matter of major
importance in cities and counties all
over the country. Many of them are
in financial difficulties and are going
all out in their search for new ways
of raising money.
In some communities,
reconsideration is being given to
various new forms of taxation that
were proposed in previous years and
were rejected at the time. As for the
taxes that are currently on the
books, they ate being progressively
increased.
In Hoke County, according to the
latest figures from the Department of
Commerce, property taxes account
for about 62.1 percent of all
locally-raised revenue.
By way of comparison, in other
areas of the country the amount
collected through property taxes
averages 63.5 percent of the total. In
the State of North Carolina it is 59.6
percent.
The figures show that the property
tax continues to be the mainstay of
most local governments, producing a
large part of their revenue.
The Tax Foundation estimates
that $51 billion was so-generated
during the past year. That was $3.8
billion more than was collected in
the previous year.
According to the latest nationwide
survey, there is a wide variation
throughout the country in property
tax revenue.
In Hoke County it amounts to $59
per capita per year. Elsewhere in
North Carolina it averages $93 per
resident. The United States average is
$205.
Although the property tax has
been getting bigger in terms of total
yield, it has been declining in
importance in recent years as many
communities have turned to sales
taxes and local income tlxes for
CTf^T Chooses
New President
Jack C. Cluen has been elected as
president of Carolina Telephone and
Telegraph Company.
Cluen, formerly president of the
United Telephone Company of
Indiana, succeeds J.F. Havens who
has served as Caroline Telephone
president since December, 1973.
The Carolina and Indiana
companies are both members of the
United Telephone System.
additional operating funds.
The yield from these two has
tripled in the last decade, the figures
show.
The Tax Foundation notes that
widespread demands for property tax
relief have induced the Federal
Government and some of the states
to expand revenue sharing with local
communities to help ease the
pressure on this tax.
School Desks
Available
About 200 school desks are being
retired this summer and will be given
to groups or organizations,
superintendent Raz Autry said.
The desks will be stored at the
maintenance garage for two weeks.
Autry said persons wanting desks
should call the board of education
office or contact Joe Soles.
Hoke Delegates
At Florida Meet
The annual conference for
directors and presidents of the
Southeast Production Credit
Association and Federal Land Bank
Association was held June 8 - 10 in
Hollywood, Fla.
Officials from Hoke County who
attended were John Balfour,
director, Reid Childress, vice ?
chainnan, and Charlie Pendergrass,
director.
Softball Action Last Week
In Slow Pitch Softball League
action last week Kennerty's defeated
SPCA, 10-0, in a five inning game
Monday night. Lumbee Marval
downed Virgil's 84.
Tuesday night Carolina Turf beat
Gentry's Tire 13-8, and Hoke
Concrete lost to McCain, 104.
In Wednesday games, Lumbee
defeated SPCA 11-1 in a five inning
game, and Virgil's trounced
Kennerty's 13-1, which also went
only five innings.
Flaherty Tells
Of Projects
David Flaherty, secretary of the
Department of Human Resources
told Lions about changes taking
place in programs within his
department at an open meeting of
the Lions Monday night at the civic
center.
A comprehensive medical screen
program is being planned for all
pre-school youngsters, he said, and
pilot programs are being set up in
Winston - Salem and Burke County.
One of the goals will be to screen for
learning disabilities before the child
reaches school age, Flaherty said.
Other programs will be established
around the state, he said. Responding
to a question, the secretary said that
if an application was made, it was
possible that a project could be
instituted in Hoke County.
Flaherty also discussed changes in
the child support act to go into
effect July 1 in which applicants for
aid to families with dependent
children will have to sign a waiver
allowing support payments from tire
absent parent to be paid to the state.
A portion would remain with the
AFDC applicant to encourage
prosecution of parents who dodge
child support, according to Ben
Niblock, county DSS director.
Thursday night McCain went
down in defeat to Carolina Turf,
13-6, and Hoke Concrete lost to
Gentry's, S-2.
In Friday night action SPCA
picked up a 3-1 win from Carolina
Turf, and Virgil's defeated Hoke
Concrete 14-5.
In last week's youth games
Sandhills defeated Woodmen of the
World, 6-5, but lost to Kiwanis in a
9-8 game.
Lions scraped past VFW for a 3-2
win, but were downed 12-0 by
Sandhills in a makeup game from last
month.
VFW slipped past Kiwanis for a
8-7 win, and Kiwanis defeated
Woodmen of the World 10-9 in
another makeup game.
Top Ten Batters
Nate Singletary 542
Richard Walker 517
Bobby Baker 486
Pete Maynor 476
John Ferguson 465
Terry Grier 464
Bob Manuel 457
Ronnie Cameron 452
Jake Grace 450
Larry Updturch 444
Summer
School
Summer school at the high school
will be held June 16-July 27 from 7
ajn. to noon.
Registration will be held June 16
at 8 a.m. at Gibson cafeteria but
students may pre-register at the
guidance office.
Courses offered are English I, II,
III, and IV; Algebra 1 and Geometry.
Cost is $40 a course.
Arrests Total
61 In City
Sixty one arrests were made by
city police in May. according to a
report from police chief Leonard
Wiggins.
Classifications of arrests were:
Assaults, 4, breaking and entering 1:
larceny,3; liquor violations, 1; public
drunkenness, 10; driving under the
influence, 7; motor vehicle
violations, 24; and others, 1 1.
Seven parking tickets were issued.
Rep. Young
To Be Speaker
Georgia Congressman Andrew
Young will be the keynote speaker at
the Democratic party fund-raiser
Piedmont spring banquet in
Greensboro, Friday, June 20, party
headquarters announced.
Theme for the $25 a plate affair is
'Unity for Victory in '76. Tickets
may be obtained from any county
chairman or from state headquarters
in Raleigh.
Shows Begin Tonight
Methodist College's summer
theatre program Circa '75 will begin
tonight with "Oklahoma' at 8:30
P.M. at the outdoor OUanlon
Amphitheatre.
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FISHY-Shown here are four wide-mouthed bass which were caught by Marry
Jones of Dundarrach and his brother Jerry of Palmetto, Fla.
WALK A THON PLAQUE - Police Chief Leonard Wiggins is presented with a
plaque from the Hoke Jaycees in appreciaiton of his participation in the
cerebral palsy walkathon. Wiggins raised the largest amount, $52!, Jaycee
publicity chairman Larry Phillips said in making the presentation.
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