Area Incidents
Woman Is Injured
In Bizarre Break-In
A 35-year-old Pembroke man was
jailed about midnight Saturday and
his female companion was taken to a
hospital after a bizarre attempted
breaking and entering incident at
Duffie's station on Duffie Road.
Deputy Harvey Young reported
the proprietor of the store, Bernard
McLean, spotted a man trying to
enter the store about 10 p.m., and
McLean got two men to accompany
him to the store.
The would be burglar reportedly
asked the three men for help in
breaking open the door, and then
became 'excited' when told the
police would be called.
He sped away in a pickup truck
carrying two small children,
according to the report, and the
vehicle struck a woman as it left,
running over her.
The driver returned in about
fifteen minutes and picked up the
injured woman, according to
witnesses who took the pickup's
Jicense number.
About an hour later in Antioch,
Paul Jones, 35, of Rt. 1, Pembroke,
was apprehended by Trooper J.D.
Thigpen and charged with attempted
? breaking and entering by Deputy
Young.
The woman, Shelby Jean
Cummings, 38, of Ft. 4, Lumberton,
was taken to Southeastern General
Hospital where she is in the intensive
care unit, Thigpen said Tuesday.
Jones was also charged with
drunken driving and felony hit and
ran in connection with the incident.
He was released under $700 bond
with a Aug. 1 hearing set.
In other incidents, a young
hitchhiker was robbed at gunpoint
near the Arabia golf course about
10:30 p.m. June 17.
James M. McDonald, 19,
Fayetteville, reported to deputies
two young white males who offered
him a ride on Bragg Boulevard in
Fayetteville brandished a .38 caliber
pistol and robbed him of cash and
jewelry valued at $403. and took his
bandana, before ordering him into
nearby woods.
Scurlock School on Rockfish
Road was hit twice last week by
intruders.
Vandalism was reported in an
entry either Tuesday or Wednesday,
according to one complaint filed, and
a second complaint listing about $50
in damage from vandalism occuring
Friday night was made. Apparently
nothing was missing in the break-ins.
Virgil's Drive-in on 401 -bypass was
burglarized either Monday night or
early Tuesday and an eight track
stereo tape deck and tapes valued at
$265 were reported missing. Entry
was apparently made by raising a
bathroom window, according to the
report.
Mary E. Dimery, Lisenby trailer
park, reported an undetermined
amount of cash was taken and her
home ransacked sometime last
Wednesday afternoon. Entry was
apparently made by breaking a
window.
Sherrel] Riddle, owner of the
County Line Grocery, complained
gas pumps worth S700 were stolen
sometime Saturday night or early
Sunday morning.
George Hollingsworth, Rt. 1, Red
Springs, reported a break-in at his
home Friday evening and a .22
caliber pistol and holster were taken.
The intruder also cooked a steak and
ate it before leaving, according to the
report.
Billy Parks, Rt. 4, Raeford,
complained his home was entered
Saturday evening and reported
damage to a window at $5.
Apparently nothing was taken,
according to the report.
John Dunahoe, Duffie Road,
reported his home was entered
Monday morning through an open
door and missing are a .38 caliber
pistol, movie equipment, and fishing
gear with a total value of $728.
City police reported a 55 year old
Green Street housewife was charged
with shooting her husband Tuesday
night last week.
Leola Wilkes, 710 Green Street,
was charged with assault with a
deadly weapon with intent to kill
(ADW1TK) in connection with the
shooting of her husband, J.D. Wilkes.
Wilkes sustained a superficial
wound in the chest, police chief
Leonard Wiggins said, and was
treated and released from Moore
Memorial Hospital.
Mrs. Wilkes was released under
$1,500 bond, Wiggins said, and a
hearing is set July 11.
Police are also investigating the
theft of a Yamaha motorcycle
reported stolen by Timothy A.
Young, 207 West Elwood Ave., on
Tuesday last week. The loss is listed
at $450.
John R. Smith. McCain was jailed
under $4,500 bond and charged with
three counts of assault with a deadly
weapon with intent to kill in
connection with a dispute with some
national guardsmen near the Ft.
Bragg boundary on Sunday.
Fuel Charge Is Going Up
Carolina Power & Light Co. has
announced that the fossil fuel
adjustment charge on July bills to
retail customers will be slightly
higher than it was in June. It is the
first increase in the fuel charge since
January.
The July adjustment charge in
North Carolina will be nearly
three-quarters of a cent per
kiluwatt-houi (.723 cents compared
to .616 cents in June) or $7.23 per
thousand kilowatt-hours used. The
average CP&L residential customer
uses 905 kilowatt-hours per month.
According to CP&L, the higher
July charge reflects higher fuel costs,
largely because of the unavailability
of the Robinson nuclear unit during
most of May. The July charge is
calculated on the basis of the cost of
fossil fuel burned during May.
The fossil fuel adjustment charge
reflects the cost of fuel over and
above what CP&L is allowed in its
base rates for fuel expense. On June
4 the company asked the Utilities
commission to allow an adjustment
in its rates to North Carolina retail
customers (.5869 cents per kwh) to
replace the charges made under the
fossil fuel clause. Hearings on the
company's request are scheduled for
July.
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FILTER-No, it's not a space-port, or a new control tower at the
airport. It's a filtering system under construction at the water treatment
plant on Dickson Street. (Photo by Ken MacDonald.)
Celebration
Parkton Plans For Fourth
The Parkton Ruritan Club and
participating organizations are
making final plans for the fourteenth
annual July 4th Celebration for
Parkton.
The morning program will begin in
front of the Parkton Public School at
9:30 a.m. with a flag raising. Special
patriotic music will be rendered by
local talent and the Good News
Singers of Cumberland County from
9:45 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. The Green
Beret Sky Diving Team from Ft.
Bragg. N.C. will put on a sky diving
demonstration back of the school at
11:00 a.m.
The parade will begin at 11:30
a.m. in front of the high school and
will be routed through the
downtown area.
Refreshments, including plate
lunches, will be served by the
participating organizations on the
downtown square where visitors will
find delicious food during the noon
hour and throughout the day.
At 1:30 p.m. the Parkton Fire
Department will hold contests,
including watermelon scramble,
greasy pole climb, sack race, and a
fire-fighting demonstration.
A music festival will begin at 2:30
p.m. with bands competing for first,
second, and third place.
The day's activities will be
concluded with a dance held at the
Parkton Armory from 8:00 p.m. to
11.00 p.m.
Basketball Clinic Planned For July 7
Pee Wee basketball will be
attempted again, starting July 7 at 10
a.m. at Upchurch gym.
This Is
The Taw
May a wife take the witness stand
to testify in behalf of a husband who
has been accused of a crime?
Yes. In North Carolina a husband
or wife is fully competent to testify
in favor of each other.
The evidence given by a wife in
behalf of her husband must be
considered by the jury as that of an
independent witness. While the
relation to her husband may
influence her testimony to a more or
less degree, her credibility, like that
of a child, father or friend, is for the
jury.
The basketball clinic will be held
for boys and girls ages 7-12.
Instructors will be George Maynor,
James Rainey, Ronald Black and
Russell McAlUster, basketball players
for the Bucks.
Participants will be grouped
according to ability.
Library News
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Meet Winkie The Bear
For our young folks 3 years old
thru first grade, we have the film
"Madeline" and we ask you to come
to the Library to meet WINKIE the
Bear, July 1st. Grades 2 thru
6~Come to our Reading Program
after July 1st. Register and read 10
books for a certificate from our
"Fishing Pole."
Special Library days on Tuesdays
Deaths And
F unerals
Mrs. Annie D. Cain
Funeral services for Mrs. Annie
Dowdy Cain, 99, of Rt. 2, Shannon,
will be held at 3:30 p.m. Thursday at
Temple Baptist Church in
Fayetteville. She will be buried in
Cross Creek Cemetery there.
She is survived by two sons,
Herbert R. Cain of Charleston, S.C.
and George Cain of Fayetteville; four
daughters, Mrs. Marie C. Matthews of
Fayetteville; Mrs. Rosella C. Adams
of Wrightsville Beach, Mrs. Leola
Harris of Fayetteville and Mrs.
Minnie C. McGregor of Raeford; 19
grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren
and 12 great-great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Katherine M. Bramble
Services for Mrs. Katherine M.
Bramble, 87, were held Friday at 4
p.m. at Rogers and Breece Funeral
Home in Fayetteville. Rev. Charles
Kirkpatrick officiated. Burial was in
Cross Creek cemetery.
Mrs. Bramble, a retired school
music teacher, died June 18.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs.
Katherine Kearney of Fayetteville,
Mrs. Jack McBryde of Raeford, and
Mrs. Mary Pleasant of Louisburg; a
son, John McNeill of Fayetteville; a
sister, Mrs. Jessie Stephens of
Fairmount; seven grandchildren; ten
great-grandchildren.
Active pallbearers were Hector
McNeill Watson, Lloyd E. Auman,
Malcolm Watson, David Currie, John
A. McPhaul and J.L. Jordan.
Honorary pallbearers were officers
of the McPherson Presbyterian
Church.
July the 18th, 25th, Aug. 8th, and
Aug. 22nd.
"GONE READING" Grades 2-6
may register ahead of time.
Read 10 books and win a reading
certificate.
We are going to learn about the
Award Winning books, Caldecott for
lower grades and the Newbery
Winners for the middle grades. 2nd
grade-Read 2 Caldecott books and 8
of your own choice. 3rd grade-Read
3 Caldecott books and 7 of your own
choice. 4th grade-Read 3 Caldecott
books, 1 Newbery winner and 6 of
your own choice. 5th grade-Read 2
Caldecott books, 3 Newbery books
and 5 of your own choice. 6th
grade-2 Caldecott books, 4 Newbery
books and 4 of your own choice.
BOOKMOBILE SCHEDULE
ARABIA, JULY 1
Mrs. Bertha Hendrix, Mrs. Archie
Maxwell, Mrs. Dan Hagan, Mrs. Linda
Miller, Mrs. Aretha Lee Ray, Mrs.
William Harris, Mrs. Lillian White,
Mrs. HJ. Chason, Mrs. W.E.
McGougan, Mrs. Buena Melvin, Mrs.
Johnny McGougan, Mrs. Gloria
Kankol, Mrs. Trudy Batton, Mrs.
Geneva Coggins, Mrs. Brenda
Tillman, Mrs. Janet Nubby, Mrs.
Marlene Russi, Mrs. Bob Grantham,
Mrs. Mozelle Roberson, Mrs. Linda
Black, Mrs. Catherine Quick, Mrs.
Donald Bendell, Mrs. Gae K. Davis,
Mrs. Linda Gillen, Mrs. Cathy Ann
Ackerman, Mrs. Helen K. Williams.
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Neighbor.
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Monroa
Agency
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