Area Incidents
Juveniles Allegedly Ride Off With Bikes
Motor bikes belonging to the
controversial NYPUM program
were recovered August 28 after the
juvenile offenders involved in the
mini - bike program allegedly stole
tour of them, according to Hoke
Sheriff Dave Barrington.
Deputy Alex Norton reported
that at about 1 1 a.m. he spotted
two juveniles on Highway 401
Business riding Honda XL75 motor
cylces. He later apprehended one of
the juveniles and after questioning
him. recovered all of the bikes, the
report said.
The bikes had been taken from
the Jaycee Fairground Building
where theives had entered through
the front door. Thev were valued at
$2.b00. Two juvenile petitions were
issued.
The following reports were also
taken from files at the sheriff s
office.
Melinda Smith, 427 College
Drive, Raeford. reported tools
stolen from her home August 30.
The tools were valued at S75.
Marie Davis, Rt. 3 Box 333,
Raeford, reported that a thief
entered her home and took a Sharp
portable T.V. valued at S100
September 1 1 .
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Kenneth W. Weston. 310 Old
Farm Rd.. Raeford. reported the
theft of tools and a tire from his
storage room August 29. The items
were valued at $22 3.
Hoke County deputies Riley and
Thigpen answered a complaint
about excessive noise at Quick's
Place on Vass Road September 5
and ended up issuing warrants for
the illegal sale of alcoholic beverag
es. according to Sheriff Barrington.
Barrington said that after the
deputies entered the club and
attempted to quiet the music, they
returned to thq patrol car only to
discover that three of the four tires
of the car had been slashed. The
last of the air was leaking from the
tires as the deputies approached it.
The deputies then called a
wrecker to tow the car into town.
Upon arriving in Raeford at about
1 a.m., they called Barrington, who
was at home asleep. After they
related the details of the incident.
Barrington said he told the men to
take out a search warrant and
return to Quick's place.
The deputies searched the club
and found alcoholic beverages for
sale there. Barrington said. Dep
uties also searched Virgil's Drive In
that night, and again found illegal
beer and liquor sales. Warrants
were issued in both cases.
If the tires on the patrol car had
not been cut that night, and the
deputies had not awakened Bar
rington to report their misfortune,
the search would not have taken
place. Barrington said.
The following reports were taken
from the police blotter.
Mrs. Wright, 709 N. Jackson St..
Raeford, reported on September 8
that boxes of household goods she
placed in her new home the night of
September 7 had been stolen.
Theives gained entry by breaking
glass in the door of the dwelling.
The missing items were valued at
$874.
Three shoplifting and larceny
incidents involving juveniles were
reported last week.
Western Auto, Main St., Rae
ford. reported on September 5 that
juveniles took a pellet gun valued at
$49.95 from the store. September
7, Mack's Variety Store reported
that a juvenile took a box of
Snap'n'Pops and candy from the
store. An address book and pen
allegedly taken from another store
was found in the possession of the
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juvenile. Total value of goods was
estimated at S2.68.
Ronnie Hill, manager of Mack's
reported on September 1 1 that a 1 2
? year - old juvenile took a bag of
candy from the store. Value was
estimated at 59 cents.
Henry Picler, 111 Chilton Drive,
Countryside Apartments, reported
on September 10 that a Sears green
bike with a black seat valued at S35
was missing from his yard. The
bike was last seen on Friday.
Ralph Stuart, 224 Roberts St..
Raeford, reported that the wind
shield had been broken from his
car. The windshield was valued at
S200.
A bicycle reported missing from
the home of Meriel Miller. 204
Bethel Rd.. Raeford, was found at
the police department. Offices
picked up the Sears 10 speed bike
valued at $129.95 in front of J.B.'s
store on Harris Avenue.
An accident that resulted in the
total loss of a 1966 Ford tractor and
damage to the trailer was investi
gated by police September 9.
The fifth wheel of the rig driven
by Gus Phil Sturdivant came loose
causing the trailer to overturn and
pull away from the tractor. Hy
draulic fluid that spilled out caused
a fire that resulted in the loss of the
tractor that belonged to J. A. Hunt,
Rt. I Box 646, Red Springs. There
were no injuries.
Junior High
Working Toward
Accreditation
Upchurch Junior High is enter
ing its second year of a program
that will end next May in accredita
tion by the Southern Association of
Colleges and Schools if Upchurch
meets the standards set by that
association.
Alan Edwards, principal of Up
church, said this year the school
will be involved in a self -
evaluation.
"It's a throrough re - evaluation
of why we're doing everything,"
Edwards said.
He explained that the faculty of
the school has been working toward
the accreditation for the past year.
Although Upchurch is accredited
by the state, standards set by the
Southern Association of Colleges
and Schools are more rigorous,
Edwards explained.
"It involves such things as every
teacher teaching within her field,"
he said. Upchurch will be required
to meet such criteria to achieve
accreditation.
This year's program involves a
fact - finding committee made up
of laymen from the community.
The committee is to collect and
analyze data concerning the com
? munity and the children to be
? taught.
A second committee will study
j the philosophy and objectives of the
school, determining what the
school is trying to accomplish.
Findings of these committees will
be made public when the reports
are complete.
: After reports from these two
communities are complete, other
committees will determine what to
do to solve problems in the schools
:? and fullfill the objectives the school
hopes to meet.
:i "This is a long - range pro
gram," Edwards said. He explain
ed that it will be a continuing effort
to improve the quality of education
at the junior high.
"If we don't meet the standards
set by the Southern Association, we
don't pass." Edwards said. He
hopes to receive accreditation be
fore the beginning of the next
;? school year.
Cheerleaders
The Hoke County Parks and
Recreation Commission is organiz
ing Midget Cheerleading Squads in
conjunction with the Midget Foot
ball program here this fall.
A meeting will be held on
September 16. 10 a.m.. McLauch
lin Park, for those who are interest
ed in joining a cheerleading squad.
Girls ages 10-13 are invited to
join. For further information con
tact the Recreation office at 875
5603.
In late August, the Senate passed
legislation to extend the Elemen
tary and Secondary Education Act
of 1965, which provides federal aid
to public schools.
Included in the measure was a
new program for basic skills, which
could be described as reading,
writing and arithmetic.
The disclosure, through testing,
that many students today are
woefully weak in these fundamental
areas has caused general public
unhappiness and created a demand
that education take a "back to the
basics" approach. A recent Gallup
Poll showed that 83 percent of the
Americanpeople want more stress
on the 'Three R's\ Sixty - five
percent of U.S. parents do not
believe that their children are being
taught the basic skills as they
should be.
While 1 am gravely concerned
about our children not being
properly grounded in the funda
mentals of education. I offered an
amendment to strike the whole
program from the Education Bill.
The amendment was defeated, but
it was supported by many members
-? both liberals and conservatives.
Let me explain my objections to
the program:
In 1974, Congress passed a
measure to establish a reading
improvement program at at cost of
$27 million a year, and it didn't
work out. The General Accounting
Office evaluated the reading pro
gram and found it to be ineffective.
So what happens? Rather than
say a mistake had been made, the
program is embellished, made
more expensive and brought back
in the form of new grants.
The estimates are that the new
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grant program will cost $754
million dunng the first five years,
and the Lord only knows what it
will cost after that. These programs
never get smaller, only bigger as
time goes on.
With a huge deficit staring us in
the face, we don't have the money
to finance such a program. And
even if we did, 1 would still oppose
it.
For a state to qualify to receive
some of this money, it must set up
standards that are federally ap
proved. This means that the De
partment of Health, Education,
and Welfare will be telling the
schools in North Carolina just how
it must go about teaching reading,
writing and arithmetic to its child- ?
ren. HEW will move to take control 3
of these basics, which have been
called the foundations of our public
schools. It also means that all states
will not share equally because some
will have more trouble with stand
ards than others.
The problem is that what HEW
prescribes may not be what school
officials in North Carolina feel is
best for our children. North Caro
linians have had experience with
Hew in educational matters before.
Another part of the problem is
the feeling in Washington that a
problem can be solved just by
throwing money at it. And this
seems to be the case here.
George Gallup found that 83
percent of the people want to return
to basic education. He would also
find, if he asked, that at least that
large a percentage favor less control
from Washington in a situation
that can best be handled at the
local level.
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