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^Y\<swa The Hoke County News - Established 1928 VOLUME LXVI11 NO. 23 RAEFORD, HOKE COUNTY. NORTH CAROLINA journal 25 The Hoke County Journal - Established 1905 S8 PLR YEAR OCTORFR 7 I Around Town BY SAM C. MORRIS The fall weather this week makes it hard to get up in the mornings. It is just right Tor sleeping. The days are also perfect with the tempera ture in the low seventies. This weather brings to mind that the leaves are now in full color in the mountains of North Carolina. From all reports in the newspaper they will be pretty through the ^month of October. Usually I hear from my brother, James, in Chim ney Rock by this time of year but guess the apple crop is not very good this year and prices are too feigh for him to come down and bring a bushel and tell me all about the color in Hickory Nut Gap. Anyway this is the time ot year that I like in the mountains. If you haven't been in the mountains in the fall do so this year or as soon as possible and you will see a sight you will always remember. ? * * A letter in the mail this week: Dear Sam: As you say, "the following letter should be self - explanatory", but this one leaves me with a question or two. You see, I'm still not 100% sold on computers. It once cost me 80c and 8 months to clear a lc debt. Also the 2.5 children that each average family is assured of having got run through twice for our family. You can see why I'm a bit leary of the enclosed check. (They did say I could sell or give it to a friend.) I'm wondering how good the guarantee on the merchandise will be if I can't prove I'm who they say I am. I do know that you've been my friend for a long time ? so maybe you can take advantage of the fabulous offer. Sincerely, Mrs. Arabia G. Course ? <Affnie Mae Hendrix) This letter struck me by surprise for a few moments until I looked over the pieces in the envelope. There was a check for S200.00 made out to Mrs. Arabia G. Course. Route. 2. Raeford, N.C. and it had been endorsed by Mrs. Arabia G. Course. I don't know if Gene Carter or Freddie Williams will cash it or not. Also enclosed was a letter telling about the S200.00 off on a certain set of cookware. Also a brochure showing off the cookware. Now to some people this may be good advertising but to me it is not. It was just several months ago that a land development company sent checks into the City and one was cashed at a local bank. A check is supposed to be legal tender just like a dollar bill so when you use it for advertising gimmicks you are downgrading checks. I believe that this is what Annie Mae had in the back of her mind when she sent me the letter and check. Anyway it always makes me feel good to have someone say they consider me a friend. Thanks Annie Mae. ? * * 4 The vote on the fire house was lower than I had expected. Maybe the spending of $200,000 doesn't mean as much to some people as it \loes to me! Remember if you didn't vote do not argue about the results. CAMPAIGN ?? Lt. Gov. Jim Hunt. Democratic nominee for governor in November, met Raeford voters last Wednesday at a 90 minute campaign stop at the Raeford Civic Center. The visit was arranged by Alfred Leach. Hoke County chairman for the Hunt campaign. 4Juke Joints' Raise Ire County commissioners received written recommendations from the county Youth Services Committee to establish a "halfway" house for delinquent youths, and also heard a report from the sheriff on problems associated with "juke joints" being run from private residences during their regular meeting Monday morning. The Youth Services Committee, headed by Walter Coley. presented a report recommending the estab lishment of a specialized foster home, or "halfway" house, to place undisciplined youths who can no longer be sent to a state training school beginning next year. Initial costs of setting up such a home, which would house five youngsters, were estimated at $35,000. Four sources of funds were outlined: all county; Title XX program which is 75 per cent federal and 25 per cent local; Law Enforcement Assistance Adminis tration (LEAA); and the state Youth Services Fund which is 74 per cent state and 26 per cent local. LEAA funds 90 per cent of the costs during the First year but the federal share then declines in succeeding years until the fourth year when it is 100 per cent local money. Commissioners had no comment and took no formal action on the recommendations. Sheriff D.M. Barrington, who had come to the meeting to discuss a proposed change in the burning permit procedure sought by the Fireman s Association, was also questioned about shootings, as saults and general lawlessness go ing on at two places which have installed jukeboxes and attract large crowds. "I've just found out this morning there's a company in Robeson County bringing these jukeboxes in to rent and what I intend to do is contact the District Attorney's office about padlocking procedures, although this is really just a bluff. With the padlocking procedure, I've got to have people in the neighborhood come to court and testify and the people won't do it. Number two ? issue a warrant for public nuisance, but I've got to have five citizens complain about it", Barrington said. Barrington told the board that four persons had been shot recently in the vicinity of these "joints". Two of the spots, Donald's Place and Howard's Place, are located between Buffalo Springs and U.S. 401 in the western end of the county. "The next solution is to take three cars and just sit out there and check every car. Get the DUI s the conceded weapons, etc. The liquor law a are so vague now that if thev ve got eight pints sitting on the counter, we can't touch them. It's gone up to 20 gallons of beer, but if s a bona fide residence, the law makes no limit. The only way can touch ,hem is if ^ J pa d liquor. So the only thing 1 see ,s ,0 the jukeboxes , he laid "We're going to have joints as teSh? have pe?p|e <" or alio! r "P ?-P the '^uor law* Dublin P " ?,ftlcers testify to public nuisance , Barrington said. The sheriff said he had one and Crfi ^T15!3"1 about the noise and disorderly conduct, but that Imn k?" told him il w?uld be dtK .i t0 get an?ther four citizens willing to testify. h?"j the matter concerning the he savf Barrington said rL* . ? need t0 change the present system. Firemen had re th!>eSfi a,?h/n?e to require either shenr?CH ? dis'rio if department be notified whenever a permit was issued to cut down on false alarms. ifr ^ngton ar8ued that the sher ?rSal n^HCh" does "<>' ??" ?.> flf^71n8torValso that if any Of the fire departments had anv 23! a!'OUt not bein8 able to reach the jailer by radio, as is the "?tne[er thC ja',er must 8? to can Durclva each fire department can purchase a walkie-talkie. eras bu?'neM, commlM|on Approved a S500 transfer from the recreation fund to the citv to for am a!id^? 8r anl from 'Estate tor arts and crafts activities, with Amh l? adm,!nister the money; Authorized the hiring of a secre ??????? ^aeford-Hokc CW Qb Commerce office to be paid out Of emergency jobs funds.; Agreed to accept a $41 000 allocation of Title I funds for the hiring of a microfilm supervisor for he schools, a claims interviewer to r the Employment Security CommU countvoffiand apersonnel clerk for county offices after nixing a sugges P?n from the Region N Coundl of Governments for a team from the bounty Church to do rehabilitation of substandard hous tion?^fP,ed W'th regret the resigna Mo u ass!s?ant extension agent arsha Smith, effective Oct 20 ra?,fCe,Vfd notice that Moore Gardner Associates has agreed to conduct the environmental review to be completed by Oct. 22 necessary for approval of the eramT^h^ develoPment funds grant to be received this year to PhP?mted Jotmny M. McPhatter !^a vacancy on the county planning board at the recom* weMX.?r;COmmiSSi0ner Nti" Approved payment of S3 1 % for SSJ manager's expenses while attending a two-day conference in Greensboro last month for the community development funds menfT? l? submit lo 'he Depart E c?mhnS|0r!tation 3 re^ to Place Cumberland Ave. east of N Main on the state road system; Agreed to study trees at the new library- building after it was sug gested one or more pines may have to be cut down. Authorized the sale of the old ?amp machine after it is adver Changed the date of the next regular meeting to 10 a. m on Tuesday. Oct. 19. Council Raises Water F ees City councilmen ordered an in crease in water deposits and sewer and water tap-on fees and refused to overturn a planning board decision denying a residential to commercial change, amid talk of massage parlors during their Mon day night meeting. Deposits for residential water users were increased from S10 to $20 with the condition that deposits will be returned once a customer lists home ownership. Water tap-on charges were raised. New rates are SI 50 for a three quarter-inch tap; $200 for a one-inch tap; $250 for a one and one-quarter-inch tap; $300 for a one and one half-inch tap; and $350 for a two-inch tap. In the zoning matter, J.W. (Buck) McPhaul protested a deci sion by the city planning board to turn down a request for changing a small area next to Raeford Wood works from residential to commer cial to locate a beauty parlor. Some persons expressed concern that if the beauty parlor failed, other businesses, such as massage parlors, might open, and this led to speculation about massage parlors locating in Raeford. Present city ordinances do not make any mention of massage parlors, only "physical culture" businesses, but city manager Ro bert Drumwright said it would require a ruling before any massage Mayor Fights City Hall - Loses, Too Even the mayor gets to bring a gripe to city hall now and then, but like Joe Citizen, it didn't do any good to fight. For Mayor John K. McNeill, garbage was his complaint Monday night as he told a tale of woe which all started when a condemned sticker appeared on his garbage can. Since his garbage can had just a little hole in the bottom, he tore the sticker off. The next day. another sticker was back on the can again, and the mayor's garbage can was still condemned. So the third day, McNeill had a better idea. A Hefty bag. Into it went the mayor's garbage and there it stayed. The city wouldn't pick it up. Against the city ordinance. So what does a mayor do when he can't get his garbage picked up because he's violating the city ordinance? Buy a new garbage can was the best advice. parlors could open up. The vote of the council to uphold the earlier decision was unanimous, with councilman Benny McLeod abstaining. In other matters, the council: Certified the results of the fire bonds referendum to the local Government Commission and were told bids may be opened in February for the construction of the fire station; Appointed J.H. (Buddy) Blue Jr. to the housing authority to fill the Powell Funds Allotted Raeford will receive $44,356.37 in state funds next week, its share in the annual allocation of State Street Aid (Powell Bill) funds. The total allocation among the 446 North Carolina Municipalities certified this year is more than S30 million, according to the N.C. Department of Transportation. The Powell Bill returns to qualified cities and towns one cent of the eight cent state tax on gasoline and requires that these funds be disbursed no later than Oct. 1. The checks are prepared based on the allocation formula pre scribed by the Powell Bill, which takes into consideration the popu lation of the community and its local street mileage. "This year's sum of more than 30 million dollars is the largest amount ever returned to North Carolina communities under the Powell Bill provisions," DOT Secretary G. Perry Greene said. He added that this year's total of S30. 746. 163.64 is nearly 1 .4 million dollars more than last year's disbursement. Of this year's allocation, the largest single check, 53,368,131. will go to the city of Charlotte. Raeford's share was based on a population figure of 3.380 and the local street figure of 19.48. 55 MPH Limit Rapped A Turnpike Road resident whose three vear-old son narrowly missed death or serious injury Monday when a car went out of control on a curve and ran up on his lawn criticized the 55 m.p.h. speed limit on the road. John Mitchell, a retired service man, said his son was playing near his house which is about 75 feet back from the road when a speeding car left the roadway and careened onto his lawn, missing his son by about a foot . before coming to a stop Monday afternoon. "My wife was petrified, and the voung man driving the car did stop "and at least inquire about the boy. But. with the meager information my wife was able to furnish the sheriff s detective. 1 doubt if they 11 be able to apprehend him". Mit chell said. Mitchell said that at least five to ten times daily, cars will travel around the curve near his home at a high rate of speed and it is dangerous. "1 know the sheriff s department (See >5 MPH. Page 15) vacancy left by Duncan McFadyen; Awarded a $31,689 bid for curbing and guttering one block of Sixth Ave., and Jackson St. be tween Sixth Ave. and Prospect Ave., to Southeastern Asphalt Co.; Approved sewer tap-on charges in the amount of S900 for the Country Porch restaurant now under construction within one mile of the city limits; Concurred with a recommenda tion from the airport committee and turned down an offer from Rose's Aviation to sell a hanger to the city for $20,000, which would then be leased back to Rose's Aviation; Received a preliminary report from Pittard & Perry accountants on the 1975-76 fiscal year audit; Adopted the 1976 fire protection code and agreed to begin enforce ment of the no parking zone at the Edenborough Shopping Center as soon as signs can be put up. 'General Scretvup ' New Man Joins Patrol R.V. Lee. a Lumberton native, has been assigned to the Hoke ?County Highway Patrol troop. ? replaceing J.D. Thigpen. ? ? R. V. Lee Lee. 31. has been a trooper since 1972 and assigned to the Charlotte area. He was re-assigned to Rae ford effective Oct. 1. Lee earned an associate degree in police science from Central Pied mont Community College in Char lotte in 1975. He and his wife, Paula, are the parents of a son, seven, and a daughter, four. Rose's Office Visits Oct. 14 Congressman Charles G. Rose announced the October schedule for his mobile district office. The van will be in Raeford Thursday. Oct. 14 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The van will be at the post office lot. No Wildlife Kill In Oil Dump Goof Federal investigators ruled last week that no wildlife was killed by the accidental dumping of 10,000 gallons of fuel oil down a sewer cleanout hole at the new Hoke County Library building. Environmental Protection Agen cy (EPA) Investigator Allen Bart lett found no danger of a Fish kill after viewing Rockfish Creek where Raeford Oil Company and city workers were pumping the oil off of the water, according to city manager Robert Drumwright. Straw barriers had been put up at two points on the creek to try to contain the slick. Under federal law, the EPA can recommend heavy fines and penal ties, but according to Drumwright, Barlett ruled that this was not intentional dumping. Agreeing with Barlett. Drum wright termed the spill a "general screwup." He went on to explain that there was no label on the sewer cleanout plug or on the oil fill cap. Randall Ashburn of Raeford Oil Company explained that his truck driver asked in the county mana ger's office for the location of the tank fill holes and was told by Jack Ellis, county engineer, who con sulted the library blueprints, that one was located on the south side that held 550 gallons of fuel. The other one. he said, was located on the "back side" and had a larger tank but he didn't know how much it did hold. The driver then filled the tank located on the courthouse side of the library and began to fill the "larger" tank. After 10.000 gallons of fuel had been poured down the hole. Ashburn called Drumwright and asked if he wanted more. They both agreed that that was a sufficient amount. Ashburn went on to say that 10.000 gallons is not an uncommon amount for a com mercial account to order, as it is more economical to buy oil by the tanker full than on just a gallon basis. The oil was discovered as it came through the city sewage treatment plant. Ashburn received a call inquiring about the possibility of one of his tankers leaking or his having washed one out. He became suspicious that something had gone wrong at the library and sent servicemen to make sure that the oil had gone into the right hole. Two holes were visible and the driver confirmed that he had placed the $4,000 worth of oil in them. When leaving the library sight one of the oil men stepped on something hard covered by grass. The proper hole located on the north side of the building had been completely grown over with grass. According to Ashburn. the fault lies with the contractor, "one should have been labeled No. 2 fuel oil and the other sewer cleanout. The blueprints didn't give the tank capacity, either. No one knew how much that tank held. If we knew it held 1 ,500 gallons then we would have been suspicious when it was not full," he said. The oil that was pumped from the creek was taken to a reprocess ing center in Charlotte. Ashburn said that he just had to give it away. "After all it was mixed with sewer material and you can't legally dump fuel anvwhere." When asked who will bear the cost for the mistake Ashburn answered. "We haven't discussed that vet." /MK. SWEARING IN ?? Republican Clyde Knox of Raeford wms tworn in last Thursday as the newest member of the board of ejections. Knox replaced chairman Harold Brock who resigned Oct. I. Administering the oath of office is Clerk of Court Juanita Edmund.
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