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n The Hoke County News - Established 1928
VOLUME LXXI NUMBER 26 RAEFORD, HOKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
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The Hoke County Journal - Established 1905
S8 PER YEAR THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1979
Around
Town
BY SAMC. MORRIS
The weather for the past week
|Qihas been extremely warm for this
time of year. If you haven't been up
early in the morning you have
missed heavy fog for the past three
mornings. As 1 came to work
Tuesday morning it was almost
impossible to see a foot in front of
? where you were driving.
The forecast is for rain Tuesday
and Wednesday and for the
weather to become cooler the last of
the week.
On Monday afternoon one
weather reporter said that the
g temperature for Springfield, Mass.
had reached over 95 degrees that
day. It was just last week that snow
was reported in the New England
states.
Anyway the warm weather keeps
the heater from running and with
.the cost of oil, that is welcomed by
? everyone.
Don't forget that the time
changes Sunday, October 28. The
clocks will be set back an hour and
will remain that way until next
April. Just remember the rule for
setting the clocks. "Fall back and
fc Spring forward."
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Several months ago I stated in
this column how nice the people
were in Chimney Rock where my
i brother, James, lives. He had an
operation and they were so nice to
Mary Alice and I during that time
and have been ever since then.
The same can be said for the
people of Raeford, also. Since
mentioning in this column about
agoing to Chimney Rock a couple of
weeks ago. 1 have received
numerous calls from Hoke County
people who have stopped by the
clinic at Bat Cave to see James and
then reported his progress to me on
their return. Others have come by
to say they would go by to see him
?the next week or so.
This is certainly nice of these
people and of course it has helped
in James improving all the time.
Thanks, friends.
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The Antioch Ingathering last
Thursday was all that one could ask
for that day. The weather was
perfect, the food was delicious and
the fellowship was superb.
It was good to see Ruria Warner,
Ibho now stays at a nursing home in
Lumberton. She said that it was a
wonderful place to stay with good
food and that she could come and
go as she pleased. She looked in
tip-top shape.
The Rev. and Mrs. George
(Cheney, former pastor at the Bethel
and Shiloh churches, were over
from Laurinburg and it was good to
talk with them.
All in all, it was worth the trip to
Antioch.
The Homecoming Parade staged
by Hoke High School last Friday
afternoon was attended by a large
crowd. I would say that the crowd
was about as large as any that has
attended a parade in Raeford in a
%bng time.
The Bucks must have received a
lift from the parade for they
demolished Pinecrest at the
stadium that night.
The team has an open date this
weekend, but will return to the
Frenches against Bowman there on
Vriday, November 2nd. They close
the season here on Nov. 9 against
No. 1 Scotland County.
* * *
^ Dr. John Ropp, pastor of the
Raeford Presbyterian Church, was
telling me recently about his high
school 35th reunion in Columbia,
S.C. He and Mrs. Ropp were in the
same graduating class and from his
report they had a wonderful time.
iJfheir class had 168 graduates and
over 100 attended the reunion.
Since my class held its 40th
reunion in 1975, I like to talk with
folks about class reunions. Next
year my class will hold its 45th
reunion and plans will be formu
lated before too long. As Dr. Ropp
^?id, they had a wonderful time,
but the ones that planned it over
the past 6 months nad a ball. Yes,
it is fun to get together again with
high school classmates.
* ? ?
^ J.H. (Buddy) Blue was by the
(See AROUND TOWN, page 15)
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Contestants for the Homecoming Queen's crown, the 1978 queen, and the
winners of other crowns riding in the procession.
Haunted House
Scheduled F or 26-31
"Hie Raeford Jaycees will hold
their annual Haunted House at
Rockfish Oct. 26-31 to raise money
for their community work.
It will have a room each for
Dracula, Frankenstein's monster,
ghosts, and a Devil's Lair, and also
will have a wax museum, and a
room sponsored by the Jaycettes for
pre-schoolage childen.
Advance sales of tickets are
being held now and may be bought
from any Jaycee for $1 each. The
charge at the door on the Haunted
House's days will be SI. 75 each,
but children under age 6 accom
panied by their parents will be
admitted free of charge.
More information can be ob
tained from Tommy Odom, chair
man of the Haunted House ar
rangements, at 875-4975.
The Haunted House will be 150
yards from the Rockfish School
about eight miles east of Raeford.
Raeford Building
Center Open House
Open House will be held Sunday,
2-5 p.m. at the Raeford Building
Center on College Drive just off
U.S. 401 South at the southern edge
of Raeford.
Owner Lewis Upchurch, Jr., will
be the host, aided by Sue Fant, the
company's kitchen designer.
The way a microwave oven and
another modern range works will
be demonstrated by cooking ham
and chicken by Jane Baxter, a
Modern Maid home economist and
author of "Modern Maid Micro
wave Cookbook," at the microwave
oven; and Kermit Pruitt. a Jenn
Air representative, at the electric
range. The cooked meat will be
served the visitors.
The visitors also will be shown
through the shop and among other
things see how equipment is made.
Raetord Building Center offers
floor coverings, including carpet
ing; wallpaper; light and plumbing
tixtures; appliances; laminated
tops; and tine wood cabinets,
among other materials and fur
nishings for the home.
Open House Sunday
At Animal Clinic
Open House will be held Sunday
from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Raeford
Animal Clinic on College Drive at
U.S. 401 south at the southern edge
of Raeford.
The host and hostesses will be
Dr. Russell Tate, veterinarian,
owner of the Raeford clinic and the
Maple Lawn Animal Clinic at Vass;
Dr. Janice Mogan, the fulltime
veterinarian for the Raeford clinic;
and Patty King, the Raeford
clinic's veterinary technician.
The visitors will be shown the
clinic, its equipment and kennel
area and served refreshments.'
Dr. Mogan joined the Raeford
clinic last summer.
She is a native of Boston, Mass..
earned her bachelor's degree at
Newton. Mass., College, then went
through the four-year School of
Veterinary Medicine at Purdue
University of Lafayette. Ind., to get
her degree of Doctor of Veterinary'
Medicine.
She's also married to a veterin
arian, Dr. Timothy King, who
practices in Fayetteville. They met
while they were studyng at Purdue
and married last July. They live in
Southern Pines.
Dr. Timothy King is a native of
Charleston, W. Va.. and earned his
undergraduate degree at West
Virginia University before going to
Purdue.
At Campbell University
Girl Awarded
2 Scholarships
bheila haye Calloway of Raeford
has been awarded an Acteen and a
Foundation Scholarship for the
1979-80 school year at Campbell
University.
The Acteen Scholarship is a
warded according to service per
formed through youth programs of
Baptist churches. Awards are con
tingent upon recommendation by
the student's church, approval by
the Baptist State Convention, and
final review by the Scholarship
Committee at Campbell.
The Foundation Scholarship, a
warded at Campbell to students of
merit, is renewable on a term basis
to applicants who maintain their
standing. It is underwritten by a
foundation that stipulates that it
not receive public credit for its
benefactions.
A graduate of Hoke High School.
Miss Calloway is a sophomore at
Campbell. She is a member of the
Baptist Student Union, the Baptist
Young Women, and Phi Eta Sigma
Honor Society.
She is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Mawyer Calloway of Raeford.
Sheila Faye Calloway
Floats, Music, Beauty?Bit Of Everything
Homecoming Parade:
Photos T ell Story
Staff photos by Bill Lindau
These pictures tell the story of
Hoke County High Schools 1 979
Homecoming Parade last Friday
afternoon, except for the weather:
balmy and sunny.
Men. women, and children are
lining Main Street, watching the
colorful procession, which started
from the high school about 5 p.m.
The parade, as the pictures
show, had a bit of nearly everything
tor the spectators -- the Hoke High
Band, the contestants for the crown
of Homecoming Queen, other
beauty queens, cheerleaders, color
ful floats, and students made up as
clowns, among others shown, and
not shown for lack of sufficient
space to publish all the pictures in
today's edition of The News-Jour
nal.
Friday night. Leslie Madden was
crowned Homecoming Queen at
the game in the Hoke High stadium
by last year's queen. Shu i Mien
Tsai, and the Hoke High Bucks
made it a perfect day by winning
the traditional Homecoming foot
ball game, defeating Pinecrest
High of neighboring Moore Coun
ty. 34-7.
Waiting for the parade to come by.
The floats gave the parade much of its color.
At Raeford City Hall
Meeting Thursday
To Organize Jimbo Benefit
Citizens Band radio operators of
four counties will hold a public
meeting Thursday at 7:30 p.m.
in Raeford City Hall to plan a
benefit Coffee Break the weekend
of Nov. 16 to raise money to help
pay Jimbo Hughes' expenses.
Jimbo, 5, has been in a coma
since July 1 when he nearly
drowned in a lake near Hope Mills.
His life was saved by the emergency
work of volunteers at the lake and
subsequent treatment at Cape Fear
Valley Hospital in Fayetteville, but
his period of submersion under
deprived him of oxygen, leaving
him in the coma.
His mother. Mrs. Spring
Hughes, is making her home near
the hospital and Jimbo was in
Bethesda Nursing Home in East
over but Mrs. Hughes felt recently
it was time to take him home. This
move itself will be a large expense
in addition to the medical ex
penses.
Jimmy F.dwards of Red Springs,
who works at the Raeford plant of
Faberge, Inc., said the announcing
the Thursday night meeting CBers
of Hoke. Cumberland, Robeson,
and Scotland counties were to
participate in the proposed Coffee
Break, which would run from 5
p.m. Nov. 16 through the evening
of Nov. 18.
On Nov. 16 at 8 a.m.. another
benefit for the child will be held at
Upchurch Junior High School, a
"Songs for Jimbo." The Pioneer
and Coroleer Gospel Singers will
participate. The proceeds will be
donated to the Jimbo Hughes Fund
at the Bank of Raeford.
A Bake Sale will be held Sat
urday from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in
front of Western Auto Store on
North Main Street. Raeford. hv the
Sandy Grove United Youth fellow
ship.
The proceeds will be fjiven to th<
Jimmy Jimbo Hughes Fund to help
pay the expenses incurred by the
treatment he needed after he nearK
drowned near Hope Mills July I
The 5 ? year - old boy has been in a
coma ever since. He is the son of
Mrs. Spring Hughes.
Hoke Crime Study Group Named
Hoke County Sheriff David Bar
rington and Raeford Police Chief
Leonard Wiggins have appointed a
county Crime Prevention Commit
tee in response to a request by
Burley Mitchell, secretary of State
Crime Control and Public Safety.
The committee will study crime
activities in the county and make
recommendations to the general
community of ways to impede and
reduce crime activities in general. ?
Named to the Hoke committee
have been County Commissioner
Danny DeVanc, who also has been
named committee chairman; and
County Manager James Martin,
County Associate Schools Supt.
John McAllister, Raeford C it >
Manager Ronald Matthews, and
Earl Fowler, manager of the
Raeford-Hoke Chamber of Com
merce, vice chairmcn.
People who want to participate
in the program are advised to con
tact the chairman or one of the vice
chairmen.