Wrap-up Of 1975 In Review
County commissioners are ready
to adopt an austere budget for the
coming year by mid-June when
Danny Morrison, operator of the
ambulance service, threatens to
give it up without a $24,000
subsidy. $20,000 is the compro
mise. School officials sign a consent
agreement and the high school
dress code becomes history, but
officials hint a new one may be in
the offing. News-Journal reporters
continue interviews with sources
after Jimmy Bullard's accusation
about thefts at the city garage, and
a second ex-city worker, Billy
Barefoot, details new and serious
charges against city manager John
Caddy.
On June 23, the State Bureau of
Investigation officially opens a
probe which is to last for months.
City council members keep tight
lipped as they wrap up the new
budget and attend to routine
matters, while agents pore over
purchasing records at city hall and
question employees.
July 1 is traveling day for Kathy
McMillan, who is off to Kiev,
Russia, as a member of the
national womens track team. Com
munity generosity made her trip to
the New York tryouts possible as
her "fund" grows. Raeford makes
national headlines, too, as an
$8,000,000 marijuana seizure from
a boat still carrying the name of the
city is in the news, and it is news to
the ex-owner, too.
Kathy McMillan bounces back
after a disappointing clash with the
Russian athletes, and the news
from Prague, Czechoslovakia is a
21-7 jump and first place honors.
At city hall, charges and coun
tercharges fly, as a secretary says
she was threatened with suspension
by John Gaddy for "incriminating"
him.
Concern is again centered on the
safety of Rockfish Creek as a
swimming spot when a 15 year old
dies after a diving accident. School
board officials scramble to rescind
a new maternity leave policy after
learning the policy is in violation of
federal acts. Bids are opened on the
new library, and plans are under
way for a gala groundbreaking
ceremony the following month.
The schools lock horns with the
recreation commission in a snafu
over lights at the tennis courts,
while Kathy McMillan takes a
nother step toward the Olympics
with a winning jump at the
Pan-African-West German meet in
Durham, and then returns from a
Montreal meet with a gold medal
?for the U.S. Five people are
presumed dead when a plane
carrying two Raeford families goes
down in the Georgia swamps and
search efforts are futile.
I The police department gets a
re-organization with the naming of
a major and two sergeants and a
juvenile investigator.
An all-day celebration, complete
with Revolutionary color guard,
marks ground-breaking ceremonies
for the new library, and young and
old alike gather to hear state
officials call the project the most
outstanding in the state. The festive
air is shattered three days later, as
Gaddy and Barefoot are indicted by
the grand jury for misuse of city
funds at the city garage. City
council members huddle behind
closed doors and then vote to strip
Gaddy of all financial duties pend
ing his trial. County commissioners
dip into revenue sharing funds for
another $25,000 as costs on the new
library climb, and also get their
first county planner under a grant.
Elderly shut-ins who are city resi
dents get special attention as the
home visitor, also a first, goes to
work.
Schools open and another foot
ball season is underway with a loss
tp Southern Durham, a new op
ponent for the Bucks who are
included in a conference re-shuffle.
Controversy erupts again over the
proposed 211 bypass, slated for
obstruction, but protests from
homeowners and businesses to be
affected by the route are overruled
by county commissioners, who
re-affirm the plan. Elections offic
ials are jarred by a Justice Depart
ment command to print bi-lingual
ballots for the Lumbee Indians.
City dwellers clash with crop
dusters over spraying within city
limits and the council backs off
from a proposed ban, while the
airport committee argues for more
powers and commission status.
Hoke county is the locale for
another in a series of attacks on
state troopers as a Bowmore man is
wounded in a struggle over trooper
J.D. Thigpen's revolver. Joe Gul
ledge, former Register of Deeds for
25 years, is dead at 73. Negotia
tions are underway for the re-open
ing of the old Continental mill in
Rockfish, but residents are told
their community house adjacent to
the mill must go.
* School officials acknowledge
some $45,000 in federal Indian
funds were lost for the year because
the application was mailed too late,
and an embarrassed superintend
| ent promises "next year .
Nine candidates, including all
incumbents, are in the race for city
council seats when the filing period
closes Oct. 3. Trial for Gaddy and
Barefoot is a week away when
another bombshell falls and Gaddy
is charged with a third count of
misappropriating funds. Gene Car
ter is named to the vacant seat on
the airport committee after Larry
Upchurch resigns, and deputy
Harvey Young, a ten-year veteran,
resigns in the face of a demotion.
Gaddy pleads "no contest" to
two counts before Superior Court
Judge Henry A. McKinnon and
turns in his resignation as city
manager, while Barefoot pleads
guilty to a reduced charge of mis
demeanor larceny in mid-month.
Kathy McMillan captures a bronze
medal for the U.S. at the Pan
American games in Mexico City
and three people are dead and four
seriously injured in the worst
recorded accident on county roads.
Before the month draws to a
close, city council hopefuls step up
campaigns with one candidate
declaring the public supports
Gaddy. Petitions favoring his re
instatement appear but the At
torney General's office says "uh
uh". The Army says "uh-uh" to
moonlighting physicians and the
health center is left without a
doctor, disrupting the family plan
ning program for weeks. The
county boosts the salary for a
recreation director in an attempt to
lure a prospect, without results.
Newcomer David Lovette wins a
seat on the city council, defeating
Robert Weaver, in the Nov. 4
election. Within two weeks the
Gaddy issue comes to a head, with
the city council unanimously reject
ing any re-hiring. The city and
county agree to tty for a share of
the federal pie with communitv
development funds and open public
hearings, eying $600,000. A full
time Employment Security Com
mission office opens in Raetord and
officials note a slight drop in
unemployment with optimism. A
new Armory to be built within the
next five years is announced by
National Guard officials, and the
county is told to dip into its
pocketbook for some $50,000.
A pre-Thanksgiving storm
dumps snowflakes and a week later
fire unexpectedly breaks out at the
high school, destroying thousands
of dollars worth of athletic equip
ment. A rash of break-ins plague
homeowners and worry citizens
while the sheriff counters with
"we're understaffed". First order
of business for the newly sworn-in
city council is to play Santa Claus
with five per cent across the board
pay hikes to workers.
Generous Hoke Countians again
respond to the annual appeal for
needy families at Christmas time
and local merchants report Christ
mas buying is brisk, reflecting a
dramatic upswing over 1974.
Resident Superior Court Judge
Coy E. Brewer succumbs following
a heart attack Dec. 12, and a week
later, the community mourns the
passing of J.A. Webb, 19-year
veteran of the Hoke County Board
of Commissioners.
Th< Raeford Hotel, a target of
criticism as deteriorating the down
town scene, closes its doors to
guests at the close of the year as
plans are announced for major
renovation.
Magistrates Court
The following cases were heard
by the magistrates last week: James
E. Leach, Rt. 2, Raeford, driving
left of center, fined costs; Henry
Lee Redmon, Wagram, speeding
65 in a 55 MPH zone, $5, costs;
Gerald S. Rice, Ft. Bragg, 70 in a
55 MPH zone, $10, costs; James V.
Butler, Jr., Fayetteville, following
too closely, fined costs; James E.
Crouch, Jr., Wilson, 70 MPH in a
55 MPH zone, $10, costs; Frank
David. Jr.. Bennettsville, 65 in a 55
MPH zone, $5, costs; Curtis
McNeill, Wagram, 65 in a 55 MPH
zone, $5, costs; Donald K. Moore,
Rt. 1, Raeford, 65 in a 55 MPH
zone, $5, costs; John Wayne Priest,
Laurinburg, excessive speed, fined
costs; William M. Whaley, Wax
haw, 65 in a 55 MPH zone," $5,
costs; Nellie L.G. Wilkes, 632 E.
Donaldson, Raeford, inspection
violation, fined costs; Robert L.
McPhall. Ft. Brags. 65 in a 55
MPH zone, $5, costs; Wrenn G.
Barrington, 227 E. Fifth St.,
Raeford, 45 in a 35 MPH zone, $5,
costs; James William Baxley. Ill,
205 W. Donaldson, Raeford, in
spection violation, fined costs; Paul
O. Blake, Jr., Lumberton, 68 in a
55 MPH zone, $10, costs.
JudyC. Chavis, Wakulla, 70 in a
55 MPH zone, $10, costs; Frank
Gaines. Ft. Bragg, 65 in a 55 MPH
zone, $5, costs; Virginia Gilliard,
Charlotte, 65 in a 55 MPH zone,
fined costs; Denver R. Huff. Ill,
Raeford, inspection violation, fined
costs; Simon Headon. Jr.. Rt. 1.
Raeford, worthless check, $61.59
restitution, costs; Lee H. Lassitel,
St. Louis, Mo., 65 in a 55 MPH
zone $5, costs; Bruce David
McKenzie, Red Springs, inspection
violation, fined costs; Henry R.
McNeill, speed greater than rea
sonable, fined costs; William B.
Page, Hamlet, 65 in a 55 MPH
zone, $5, costs; Billy H. Roach,
Fayetteville, 66 in a 55 MPH zone,
$10, costs; Ruby Y. Wearins,
Maxton, 70 in a 55 MPH zone, $10,
costs; Willie McKinnon, Rt. 1,
Raeford, 67 in a 55 MPH zone,
$10, costs; Clarence D. Carter, Jr.,
Charlotte, 65 in a 55 MPH zone,
$5, costs; Dewel Cox, Shannon. 65
in a 55 MPH zone, $5, costs; Aaron
D. Davis, 67 in a 55 MPH zone,
$10, costs; David R. German.
Pinehurst, 66 in a 55 MPH zone,
$10, costs; Marshall Gaddy, Jr..
Laurinburg, public drunkenness,
fined costs; Earl G. Inman, P.O.
22, Raeford, public drunkenness,
fined costs; Carlton Locklear, Rt.
4, Red Springs, speed greater than
reasonable, fined costs; Paul D.
Locklear, Maxton, 67 in a 55 MPH
zone, $10, costs; Joe Walter
Lowery, Rt. 1, Raeford, hunting
violation, $10, costs; Artis McNair,
Rt. 1, Red Springs, worthless
check, $109.72 restitution, costs;
Henry R. McNeill, Red Springs, 65
in a 55 MPH zone, $5, costs; Joe L.
Moore. Ft. Bragg. 70 in a 55 MPH
zone, $10, costs; Mary H. Roper,
Raeford, 65 in a 55 MPH zone, $5,
costs; Larry D. Ross, Fayetteville,
failure to yeild. fined costs.
Savings & Loan Elects
'76 Officers And Board
Officers and directors of Raeford
Savings and Loan Association were
elected to new terms Tuesday
during the annual meeting of
stockholders and directors.
Re-elected were president H.L.
Gatlin, Jr.; Vice-president Younger
Snead, Sr.; Secretary-treasurer
Franklin Teal; Assistant secretary
treasurer Mrs. Graham Monroe;
and Assistant secretary-treasurer
Mrs. Chalmers Davis.
Re-elected to the board of direc
tors were Alfred G. Bray; Fred
Culbreth; Dr. Julius Jordan; H.L.
Gatlin, Jr.; Graham Monroe; Tom
McBryde; Sam C. Morris; Richard
E. Neeley; Younger Snead, Sr.;
and Franklin Teal.
At year-end 1975 the assets of
Raeford Savings & Loan Associa
tion reached $9,226,000. This was
an encouraging 14% over a year
ago, Teal reported.
The Association paid a record
amount of interest to its savings
depositors, $480,000, and added
$47,500 to its reserves, bringing the
total reserves up to $305,000.
"While savings deposits were
generally up for this year," Teal
said, "we were contending with a
continuation of the inflation, the
recession and a tendency in the
later part of the year for our savers
to seek investments paying a higher
rate." Teal said that during 1975
there was a general uncertainty on
the pan of the American public;
they actually didn't know whether
to spend or to save.
"We look forward 10 our Bicen
tennial year, 1976, and hope that
the new year will bring us some
respite in our economic problems
and that we will receive enough
savings deposits to allow us to take
care of the mortgage lending needs
of this community." Teal said that
in 1975 Raeford Savings & Loan
Financed a total of 102 homes and
apartments in and around Raeford.
Total mortgage loans made during
the year were more than
$1,700,000.
"We have paid and are now
paying on our savings accounts and
certificates of deposit the highest
rates ever and the highest allowed
by law," Teal said.
"All in all, 1975 was a good year
for this association, and hopefully
the new year will also turn out to be
a year of progress."
Community Calendar
Thursday, Jan. 15 Kiwanis Club meets at Civic Center, 6:30 P.M.
Thursday. Jan. 15 Raeford Home Extension Morning Club
meets, 9:30 A.M.
Monday, Jan. 19 Jr. Woman's Club meets at Civic Center, 7:45
P.M.
Monday, Jan. 19 Phillipi Home Extension Club meets, 7:30 P.M.
Tuesday, Jan. 20 Cameron Heights Senior Citizens Club meets.
10:00 A.M.
Wednesday, Jan. 21 Retired Teachers meet at Fellowship Hall of
Methodist Church, 10:30 A.M.
Wednesday, Jan. 21 Raedeen Home Extension Moming Club
meets at Mrs. Myrtle Sappenfield's house. 2:30 P.M.
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