RECEIVES HONOR - James O. Cunningham displays the District Award of
Merit he received at the Western District Banquet held at Scotland High School
in Laurinburg, Tuesday, Oct. 7. Cunningham is scoutmaster of Troop 434 in
Raeford.
Accent On Agriculture
Both agriculture and business are
being hard pressed to comply with a
rapidly increasing number of
restrictive regulations.
The problem stems largely from
legislation passed by Congress and
the interpretation and
implementation of these laws by the
regulatory agencies and their
administering officials.
The Environmental Protection
Act, the Water Pollution Control Act
and the Health and Safety Act are
prominent examples of legislative
actions that give broad latitude and
authority to the regulators. The
proposed consumer protection
legislation, if passed by Congress,
would open up still another fertile
field for regulators to interfere into
operations of our economy.
While some regulations are needed.
too often government regulations
and regulatory officials are causing
an adversary relationship between
businesses and government. This is
not a wholesome relationship and
can be very counter productive.
The opinion has also been
expressed that many of our
transportation problems arc caused
by over-regulation and that improved
service could come from reducing
regulations that tend to choke out
transport systems.
Possibly the strangulation caused
by over-regulation has gone so far in
this country that we are beginning to
see a reversal trend. Several
Congressmen have spoken out
strongly on this point. Many
businessmen's voices are being
sounded more openly than ever
before.
SCS Activities
F.O. Clark,
District Conservationist
Four agencies ? three of the state
of North Carolina and one federal ?
have formalized their agreement to
work together to curb pollution by
sedimentation in North Carolina,
with each contributing specialized
knowledge to the general purpose. A
memorandum of understanding has
been signed by the North Carolina
Department of Natural and
Economic Resources, the North
Carolina Sedimentation Control
Commission, the North Carolina Soil
and Water Conservation Commission,
and the Soil Conservation Service - a
federal agency in the U.S.
Department of Agriculture.
The memorandum was signed by
Jesse L. Hicks of Raleigh, state
conservationist who heads the SCS in
North Carolina; chairman Joseph A.
Phillips of Raleigh, for the
Sedimentation Commission; Carl E.
Sloop of Salisbury, chairman of the
Soil and Water Conservation
Commission; and secretary James E.
Harrington of DNER.
The memorandum of
understanding, die first involving all
four agencies, sets forth procedures
for cooperation in implementing the
Sedimentation Pollution Control Acl
of 1973. enacted by the North
Carolina General Assembly. It also
pledges mutual support, and, as
Hicks put it, "is an expression of
dose cooperation between federal
and state agencies and commissions."
Secretary Harrington commented
the "it is a pleasure to sign this
cooperative agreement within a short
time of establidiment of the
Commission."
Chairman Sloop said "1 am
gratified that the role of North
Carolina's 92 soil and water
conservation districts is being
recognized, since they have 40 years
of experience in this field of
endeavor. This makes our resources
available to review county-level
sediment control plans and to
provide technical assistance in
developing such plans, as well as
informing the public on requirements
of the program."
Chairman Phillips voiced "thanks
to all the participants, not only the
four who signed this memorandum
but to the people they represent.
They are some of the best talent
available to make this program highly
effective, and the people of North
Carolina deserve a fully effective
program."
The state conservationist pointed
out that while Soil Conservation
Service people in every county can
provide technical assistance and
valuable know-how on sediment in
every county can provide control
plans, "the SCS has no legal
authority to enforce either the local
ordinances or the statewide law. We
can provide technical information to
those with the responsibility for
seeing that it is carried out."
No time limit on the
memorandum is set. The document
also outlines assignment of people
for various responsibilities and spells
out responsibilities agreed to by the
four signers.
"In many ways, this is a landmark
agreement" the signers agreed, and
one that will mean better service in
an important area to the people of
North Carolina."
Veterans
Corner
It is a veteran's right to request
correction of what he thinks are.
mistakes or injustices on his military
record. To do this, the application
should be submitted to the branch in
which the veteran served. The
Veterans Affairs service officer
nearest him can help with
completion of the necessary
application form and obtain required
supporting data.
While some errors may seem
insignificant, correcting the error
could mean more money from
benefits a veteran already receives, or
make him eligible to receive
additional benefits.
Generally veterans should file
requests for correction as soon as
they discover an error or an injustice,
because certain deadlines do exist
for submitting applications for
correction of military records.
Here are this month's questions
and answers:
Q. What happens to the Veterans
Group Life Insurance if the insured
veteran failed to name a beneficiary?
A. If no beneficiary has been
designated, payment will be made in
the following order: (1) widow or
widower; (2) child or children in
equal shares, with the share of any
deceased child being distributed
among the descendants of that child;
(3) parent(s) in equal shares; (4) a
duly appointed executor or
administrator of the insured's estate,
or (5) other next-of-kins.
Q. Although 1 know that there is
no charge for grave space and burial
in national cemeteries, is the expense
of a full-scale military funeral also
borne by the government?
A. Yes, it is. Such components as
honor guards, pallbearers and rifle
squads are provided when available at
the request of the nex-of-kin, but not
at their expense.
Q. I have recently divorced my
wife. There arc no children and my
parents are dead. The only close
relatives 1 have left are a sister, niece
and nephew. Can 1 name anyone
other than the above as the principal
beneficiary of my National Service
Life Insurance Policy?
A. There are no restrictions on
designation of an NSL1 beneficiary.
You may name any person, firm,
corporation or other legal entity
(including your estate).
Q. If a veteran does not make a
monthly G1 Bill loan payment on
time, can he be penalized by the
lender?
A. VA has a policy whereby a late
charge, not to exceed four percent of
the monthly installment, may be
levied when payment of any
installment is made more than 25
days after the due date. The loan
contract should spell out that policy.
A veteran should check with the
lender or veterans service officer for
specific information on a individual
case.
0 - Can the premiums of National
Service Life Insurance be waived due
to a disability?
A - Yes. the policyholder must
have a disability that prevents him
from following substantial gainful
employment for a period of six
months or more. The disability must
have occurred prior to his 65th
birthday.
0 - I ant an active - duty
serviceman on excess leave without
pay to attend school. What am 1
entitled to be paid by the VA?
A - An active - duty serviceman
on excess leave without pay to
attend school is eligible to receive
payment as a veteran provided he has
completed at least 181 days
continuous active duty.
0 - Can my entitlement to a VA
guaranteed home loan be restored if
a buyer assumes my equity?
A -- Yes, providing the buyer is an
eligible veteran and agrees to use his
entitlement to the same extent your
entitlement was used.
0 - I have been receiving my
pension check from the Veterans
Administration monthly without fail
until this month. How come?
A - You neglected to notify VA
that you moved to a new address.
For further details and
information on veterans' benefits,
you may contact your County
Veterans Service Officer, a District
Veterans Service Office of the N.C.
Department of Military and Veterans
Affairs, or the Post Service Officer of
a veterans organization.
Legals
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE
NORTH CAROLINA
HOKE COUNTY
UNDER AND BY VIRTUE OF
THE POWER OF SALE contained in
a certain deed of trust made by
Phillip Malloy and wife, Katie
Malloy, to Larry A. Thompson,
Trustee, dated the 17th day of April
1975, and recorded in Book 186,
Page 305, Hoke County Registry,
North Carolina, default having been
made in the payment of the note
thereby secured, and the holder
having directed that the deed of trust
be foreclosed, the undersigned
Trustee will offer for sale, at the
Courthouse door, in the City of
Raeford, North Carolina, at Twelve
(12:00) o'clock Noon on November
18, 1975 and will sell to the highest
bidder, for cash, a five room frame
dwelling, together with and situate
on the following parcel of land
(approximately eleven acres) in
Quewhiffle Township, Hoke County,
North Carolina, said land being more
particularly described as follows:
BEING Lot or Tract No. 4 as is
shown on a map entitled "Division of
Will Burke Estate", said map being
dated July 17, 1970, made by C. H.
Blue, Registered Land Surveyor, of
Southern Pines, North Carolina, and
said map being duly recorded in Map
Book No. 6, Page 32 of the Hoke
County Registry, and reference is
hereby made to the said map and to
the said record of the same.
This sale is made subject to all
taxes, prior liens or encumbrances of
record against said property and
recorded releases, if any.
A cash deposit of 10% of the
purchase price will be required at the
time of the sale.
This the 19th day of October,
1975.
Larry A. Thompson, Trustee
Blackwell. Thompson. Swaringen,
Johnson & Thompson, P.A.
Attorneys at Law
Post Office Box 469
300 Dick Street
Heritage Square
FayetteviUe, N.C. 28302
24-27C
NOTICE OF SALE
NORTH CAROLINA
HOKE COUNTY
Pursuant to resolution of the Hoke
County Board of County
Commissioners passed at a special
meeting on the 26th of September,
1975, the undersigned Attorney for
the County will offer for sale at
public auction on the 28th day of
October at 12:00 noon at the
Courthouse door in Raeford the
following described tract or parcel of
real property known as the
Community House Building at
Rockfish, and being more
particularly described as follows:
LYING and being in McLauchlin
Township of Hoke County and
BEGINNING at a stone corner in the
southern edge of the right - of - way
of State Road No. 1406, the Raeford
- Rockfish road. Barnhart's northeast
corner, and runs thence as and with
Barnhart's line, South 4-00 West 150
feet to an iron; Thence South 86-00
East 100 feet to an iron; thence
North 4-00 East 176.8 feet to an iron
in the edge of the aforementioned
state road, 30 feet from the center
line; thence as the southern edge of
the state road, South 78-45 West
103.3 feet to the point of
BEGINNING, and being the same
identical property heretofore
conveyed to the County of Hoke by
the Hoke County Board of
Education by deed duly recorded in
Book 118, Page 342 of Hoke County
Registry.
The term of the sale shall be cash
to the highest bidder.
The high bid shall be subject to
acceptance and approval by the Hoke
County Board of Commissioners.
A ten percent (10%) deposit shall
be required of the high bidder at the
sale.
Posted, this the 26th day of
September, 1975.
Charles A. Hosteller,
Attorney,
For the Board of County
Commissioners
HOSTETLER & McNEILL
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
RAEFORD, N.C.
22-24C
NOTICE OF SALE
IN THE GENERAL COURT
OF JUSTICE
SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION
75 CVS 107
STATF OF NORTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF HOKE
COUNTY OF HOKE, PLAINTIFF
VS.
JAMES LEE SHAW ET AL,
DEFENDFNTS
Under and by virtue of an order of
the Superior Court of Hoke County,
LEGALS
North Carolina made and entered In
the action entitled "County of Hoke,
Plaintiff vs. James Lee Shaw Et Al,
Defendents", the undersigned
commissioner will, on the 28th day
of October, 1975, offer for sale and
sell for cash, to the last and highest
bidder at public auction, at the
courthouse door in Hoke County
North Carolina, in Raeford at 12:00
o'clock Noon, the following
described real estate, lying and being
in Raeford Township, State and
County aforesaid, and more
particularly described as follows:
Being all of Lots No. Twelve (12)
and Fifteen (15) ot the Cockman
Land, and being two (2) of the lots
received by Ail. Johnson and James
Lee Shaw from J.W. Montgomery
and wife, Mattie Montgomery by
Deed dated 23rd day of July, 1931,
and recorded in Book 67, at Page
130 of the Hoke County Public
Registry.
This sale will be made subject to
all outstanding city and county taxes
and all local improvements
assessments against the above
described property not included in
the judgment in the above entitled
cause.
This, the 23rd day of September,
1975.
CASH DEPOSIT: Ten per cent
(10%) of the first $1,000.00 and five
per cent (5%) over $ 1,000.00.
Bobby Burns McNeill
Commissioner
Attorneys For The Plaintiff ,
BY:
Bobby Burns McNeill
Post Office Box 277
Raeford, North Carolina
HOSTETLER & McNEILL
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
RAEFORD, N.C.
22-25C
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
IN THE GENERAL COURT
OF JUSTICE
SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
HOKE COUNTY
Having qualified as Administratrix
C.T.A. of the estate of Gorrell D.
Kiger of Hoke County, North
Carolina, this is to notify all persons
having claims against the estate of
said Gorrell D. Kiger to present them
to the undersigned within 6 months
from date of the publication of this
notice or same will be pleaded in bar
of their recovery. All persons
indebted to said estate please make
immediate payment.
This the 24th day of September,
1975.
Elsie L. Kiger, C.T.A.
Route 2, Box 544
Raeford.N.C. 28376
22-25C ,
CREDITOR S NOTICE
Having qualified as Executrix of
the estate of M. Crowell Almond, ?
deceased, late of Hoke County, this
is to notify all persons having claims
against said estate to present them to
the undersigned on or before March
15, 1976 or this notice will be
pleaded in bar of their recovery. AU
persons indebted to said estate will
please make immediate payment to
the undersigned.
This the 25 day of September,
1975.
Alice S. Almond, Executrix
Hosteller & McNeill
Attorneys-at - Law
Raeford, N.C.
21-24C
EXECUTOR'S NOTICE
IN THE GENERAL COURT
OF JUSTICE
SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
HOKE COUNTY
Having qualified as Executor of
the estate of Roy B. Staton of Hoke
County, North Carolina, this is to
notify all persons having claims
against the estate of said Roy B.
Staton to present them to the
undersigned within 6 months from
date of the publication of this notice
or same will be pleaded in bar of
their recovery. All persons indebted
to said estate please make immediate
payment. ,
This the 11 day of September,
1975.
Thomas E. Staton
715 E. Donaldson Ave.,
Raeford.N.C.
21-24C
EXECUTOR'S NOTICE
IN THE GENERAL COURT
OF JUSTICE
SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
HOKE COUNTY
Having qualified as Executrix of
the estate of Joe E. Lovette of Hoke
County, North Carolina, this is to
notify all persons having claims
against the estate of said Joe E.
Lovette to present them to the
undersigned within 6 months from
date of the publication of this notioe
or same will be pleaded in bar of
their recovery. All persons indebted
to said estate please make immediate
payment.
This the 15 day of September,
1975.
Mrs. Alma P. Lovette
Route 4, Box 290,
Raeford.N.C. 28376
21-24C
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