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Ready Credit
A preapproved line of credit attached directly to
a customer's checking account which offers
convenience and insures a confidential nature
to this type of credit.
READY CREDIT OFFERS:
1. Convenience in that a customer signs an
application-agreement that gives him a life
time line of credit.
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2. Convenience in that one application-agree
ment is all that is necessary for the life of this
type of credit.
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3. Convenience in that a customer makes a loan
simply by writing a check in his own home or
anywhere he is making a purchase or wanting
cash.
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4. Convenience in that he can elect to have
money credited directly to his account and
thereby never having to worry about service
charges or overdrafts.
5. Convenience in that he can have his payments
on this type of credit automatically deducted
from his checking account.
6. Convenience in that he will receive a monthly
statement on the credit used; and credit re
maining available to him all as part of his
checking account statement.
7. Convenience in that he will have funds avail
able to him for large department store pur
chases, appliances, vacation trips, personal
needs, emergencies, and unexpected or un
usual expenses.
8. Convenience in that the borrower can be life
insured on the amount of funds owed.
9. Convenience in that the customer only pays 5C
per $100.00 per day for the money he uses
( includes life insurance I .
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Upchurch
Teams Win
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The Upchurch Eagles avenged a
home loss to Anson Junior High by
beating Anson on their court 44-32.
The Eagles were led by M.
McDouglad with 10 points, C.
Johnson with nine, B. Posey with
eight and G. McNeill with seven.
The Eagles also defeated Hamlet
(to avenge another loss) by a score
of 36-32 at the home gym. The boys
were behind until the last three
minutes of the game.
Scoring was led by B. Posey, M.
McDouglad and A. Brown, each
with seven points, C. Johnson with
six, G. McNeill with five and E.
Love with four.
The boys' record is now 4-2. Next
home game is today (Thursday)
against Wicker of Sanford.
The Lady Eagles defeated Anson
30-18 last week after a cold start.
The girls were two points ahead
at halftime, 11-9. It wasn't until the
fourth quarter that the Eagles
surged ahead to a decisive victory,
outscoring their opponents 13 to
three. They scored 50 per cent of
their Five throws to aid the team's
defensive effort.
C. Love led the Eagles with 17
points and C. Black and A.
Thomas scored five and four points
respectively.
C. Harrington led Anson's scor
ing with 10 and K. Richardson had
eight for the team's total 18 points.
In Wednesday's home game
against Hamlet the Eagles did a
fine offensive job to defeat the Red
Rams 41-17.
C. Love led the scoring with 18
points followed by D. Love and C.
Black with nine and eight points
respectively.
The win upped the Lady Eagles'
record to 5-1 with four games left
on the schedule.
| Community
Calendar
A community calendar to list
upcoming meetings and special
events is now posted in the lobby of
the Hoke County Public Library.
Churches, clubs and civic organ
izations should call the library ten
days to two weeks in advance of
activities so the notice can be listed
on the calendar.
A weekly listing of events will be
published in The News-Journal
under the regular Library News
column.
69-68, 61-60 Losses
Clock Runs Out 1
Twice For Bucks !
The Bucks lost both of their
games last week by one point to
mark the third such loss by that
margin in two weeks.
Lumberton defeated Hoke 69 -
68 on the Pirate's home court
Tuesday night in a conference
match which produced a hard
fought effort from both clubs
before the clock ran out.
At the end of the first quarter it
was 16 ? 14 in Lumberton's favor.
By the half, it was 36 ? 32 with
Lumberton still leading. During
the third quarter, the Pirates had a
10 - point lead at one point but the
Bucks redoubled their efforts and
brought the score to 54 - 52 at the
end of the quarter, giving the
Pirates only a two - point margin.
The Pirates stuck with their 2 - 1
? 2 zone throughout the game and
hurt the Bucks offensively with
some key layups. Turnovers also
cost Hoke. Lumberton played only
five players for the whole game but
fatigue didn't seem to affect the
scoring.
Hoke outscored the Pirates from
the floor with 30 field goals to their
24, but fouls tipped the balance.
Lumberton got 21 out of 27 free
throws while Hoke went to the free
throw line for only four out of five.
Forward Marcus Brown led the
scoring for the Bucks with 26 points
and six rebounds. Vernon Mor
rison added 16 points, Allen Black
and freshman Harold Thompson
each had eight points, Dennis
Purcell had six points and Larry
Miller and Leonard Everette each
had two points.
The six feet, four inch Thompson
led the rebounding with 13 catches.
The clock ran out on the Bucks
Friday night when they hosted
Pinecrest. Final score was 61-60.
By the end of the first quarter
Hoke led 14-13 and brought it up to
28 - 24 at the half. During the third
quarter the Bucks saw an eight -
point lead evaporate and at the end
of the period, Pinecrest streaked to
a 42-37 lead.
In the fourth quarter the Bucks
clawed their way up from the 59 -
51 score in Pinecrest's favor with
about two minutes on the clock.
With nine seconds left, Hoke used
their last time out' but Brown was
unable to set up a shot before the
buzzer sounded with 61-60 show
ing.
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JUMP SHOT Harold Thompson |5-J| leaps mil m the reach of a Pinecrest
guard for u jump shot during the tinhn iimhi u. turn. The \ ix feel, four inch
freshman has become a key fuel <>r /?>?? '//?? Hack ? averaging Vft points per
game and 9.5 rebounds. | Photo h\ I hike Utah Phniogrupher\
The six feet, two inch Brown led
the scoring for the Bucks with lt?
points and handled eight rebounds
Freshman Thompson had 15 poins
and 1 1 rebounds. Black had 1 1
points. Morrison had 10. Kverettc
had four points and Kenny C ar
penter had three points.
Coach Rodney Johnson, coin
menting on the close scores ot the
last three games, joked "1 hope v.e
don't have a patent on that", and
then became serious.
"I feel like in the last three
games that have been so close we
have not made our breaks. You've
got to make your own breaks and
then turn them into points to win.
We made things happen in our lirst
three games (of the season) and we
came out on top." he said.
"1 feel we've gotten real fine pi. is
from our bench in Allen Blaci .
Leonard Everette. Charlie Chatul
ler. and Kenny Carpenter. Y-.u
know, it's important our fellow s not
get down on themselves ami tl ..;
they realize they can win close ImII
games if they just start doine th
thiuc> did .11 i he beginning ol
t i ^ im >;? lie continued.
Ii\ ?. ii\ lining tor these young
people 1> lose three in u row so close
.11 u ;! i i ?e\ eel down about it. it
0 > i'.i K .1 Mini: season. But it" they
cei out -it '1, play the kind of ball
tK> can .1... ! have the utmost'
>\e can win", he said. ?
support Friday night was
tremendous. I he place was packed
and the team and the coaching stfrtT
rcalW-: appreciate the tremendous*
support we received", he said.
( urtvntb. Brown is leading the
Bucks scoring, averaging 18.4
points .i game and <>.(> rebounds.
Ihompson. .i freshman who has
pn-vci! i > in a big spark for the
Bucks is averaging N.fo points a
..aim and 11 5> rebounds.
' ! 's. '.. .i senior, is averaging
> ,J o.'itrs ,i game. Miller is
avT.igmi: >.?? points.
i Ik- lv.->ks were scheduled to
: V\ .ulcsburo Bowman this
1 i ?? s.-.iv ami then host the
. 'i t. ivivc trader Scotland County
: I ? :d.:\ ? ight.
AIM Dennis Purcell [50| aims his shot perfectly for a Bucks basket hut
the luck just wasn t running lor Hnk>- / riila\ ? I he visiting Pinecresi
team kept up a vigorous o ffense and tif ( A/< k r,m nut at ftl-M after a
hard-fought battle. \ Photo by Hoke H'gh Photographer \
Library Trustees Meet Jan. 26
The Board of Trustees of the.
Sandhill Regional Library System
will meet Wednesday, Jan. 26 in
the Hoke County Library at I :.V)
P.M.
Members of the system include
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V Iviiigwiiii), iVioorft
.uid Richmond County Libraries*
James 1 row bridge of VVadesboro Is
chairman ot the board and William1
(j. Bridgman is system director of
libraries. ! he public is always
imiii'ii in at. t nd board meetings.
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