? The Hoke County News - Established 1928
VOIUME LXXI NUMBER 29 RAEFORD, HOKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
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The Hoke County Journal - Established 1905
S8 PER YEAR THURSDAY, NOVEMBER IS, 1979
i Around
Town
BY SAM C. MORRIS
The winter weather continues,
Jkut along with the cold is also rain,
snow is predicted for the western
part of the state but let's hope it
doesn't get down this far east, at
least for the present time.
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Football season is over at Hoke
Hieh School and the Bucks did real
well for the tough schedule that
confronted them.
The basketball season is getting
ready to start and the Bucks should
^ave another good team. They have
lost their coach and this is not good
with the season so near at hand.
We hope them the best in the
upcoming season and they need
everyone's support.
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The Hoke County Booster Music
Club is sponsoring their annual
turkey dinner and bazaar at the
Gibson Cafeteria on Friday night,
Nov. 16 beginning at 5 o'clock.
The band and chorus will per
|brm during the evening and this
should be worth your time, even if
you don't like turkey.
Hope to see you there!
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VThe city election came off last
uesday without any mishap. More
people turned out than 1 expected,
but there were less write-in votes.
Usually when incumbents are
unopposed it is a fine time for folks
to vote for a friend who would not
pun for office or to vote against
?someone who has cast a vote that
wasn't to your liking.
Only four write-in votes were cast
during the election and this was
surprising.
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Joe Thompson was by (he office
last Thursday and asked that a
classified ad he had placed in the
paper last week be stopped and not
run this week. Joe said that he had
sold all the items except one the
Ifirst day the paper hit the streets.
So if you want to sell something
just advertise in The News-Journal.
Don't believe me. ask Joe Thomp
son.
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Col, Joseph L. Piotrzkowski,
(Ret.) of the U.S. Army died
November 4 in Portland, Ore. He
was the husband of Kav Piotr
zkowski who was associate editor of
this newspaper in 1973-74.
g| They had moved to Oregon after
ne retired in 1974 and he had been
executive director of the Com
munity Action Team, Columbia
County. Ore.
We extend our sympathy to Kay
and her daughter and will list below
her address in case any of her
friends would like to write her.
The address is:
Kay Piotrzkowski
45/ N.E. Laurelhurst Place
Portland. Ore. 97232.
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^ We publish the following letter
received this week:
"Dear Sir:
"Many of my friends who also
receive The News-Journal weekly,
the same as 1 do. have asked me
Jfehy we always seem to be omitted
Trom the news when we make a
visit to North Carolina.
"It has come to my attention that
for the last two visits that we have
made to see my sisters that we have
missed being mentioned in the
Rockfish News. I always made the
liws when our good friend Mrs.
Mary Mclnnis. and Louise Watson
wrote the news.
"In June we attended the Long
street reunion and again in October
we came home again. This time we
? tended the Monroe Clan Gather
g at Bensalem Church in Moore
County.
"I have been doing extensive
research on my family to complete
my DAR membership invitation.
This has been authenicated and I
iave gone in on the Patriot of my
paternal line Captain James
Campbell, Revolutionary War Vet
ran. While in North Carolina, my
sitter, Mrs. Thomas McColl and 1
visited the site of both Captain
Campbell and his father's (Rev.
James Campbell) grave. These are
^kcated on the bank of the Cape
(See AROUND TOWN, page 15)
At School Board Meeting
Evaluation, Graduation Discussed
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MEMO: IT'S PRACT1CALL Y IN SIGHT - These are among the signs
which appeared in Raeford in recent days telling us that Christmas is not
far away. The decorated Christmas tree with Christmas-wrapped gifts are
Raeford Minister's Association Sponsoring
in a downtown store window. The outside decorations are among those
which appeared on Main Street early this week. Others are on other streets
downtown. Santa Ctaus even made a preliminary call at at least one of the
Raeford stores.
Union Thanksgiving Service Nov . 21
Elizabeth's Catholic Church.
The Rev. Paul Strassle, pastor of
St. Elizabeth's will be master of
ceremonies and will give the
welcome.
The Rev. B.V. Childers will
preach the sermon and give the
Scripture reading.
There also will be the singing of
hymns by the congregation, with
Mrs. Dixie Autry lead. A trio from
Second Baptist Church and one
from the Church of God will give
special music.
The Rev. George McKeithan of
Second Baptist Church will give the
benediction.
A prelude and postlude will be
played by Mrs. Autry.
Everyone of any race, creed, and
color in the community are invited
to attend.
The members of the association
are Ephesus Baptist, First Baptist.
Second Baptist, Sandy Grove ?
The Raeford Ministers' Associa
tion will sponsor the annual
Thanksgiving Service, which will be
held at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 21 at St.
News-Journal
To Go To Press
A Day Early
The News-Journal will go to
press Tuesday, a day earlier
than usual, because of Thanks
giving.
This means people with news
and advertising for publication
next week must have their copy
in the newspaper office by early
Monday afternoon.
Parker Methodist, Evangelical
Methodist, Raeford United
Methodist, Shiloh - Bethel. Philip
pi and Raeford Presbyterian, the
Church of God. Four Square
Gospel, and St. Elizabeth's.
The officers are McKeithan,
Second Baptist, president; Strassle,
vice president; and the Rev.
Thomas D. Hoogerland. Sandy
Grove - Parker, secretary -
treasurer.
Farm-City Week
Program At Arabia
A program in observance of
Farm-City Week in Hoke County
will be held Monday, starting at
3:30 p.m. at Arabia Golf Club and
continuing till 7 p.m.
It includes a tour of A Growing
Concern where the visitors will see
among other things 8,000 poin
settias growing in greenhouses; and
a Pig Pickin' at the golf club.
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PANCAKE SUPPER -- The Raeford Kiwanis Club 's annual Pancake Supper will be held Dec. 7 from 5 to 8 p. m.
in Gibson Cafeteria at Hoke County High School to raise money for the dub 's civic projects. Here Vardell
Hedgpeth, Jr., president of the dub, is giving Myrtle Miller for her business 's window a poster announcing the
supper. The price per plate of pancakes will be $2.
Presentations will be given
during the program by Brown
Hendrix. Jr., William Poole, and
Billv Crawlev.
In event of rain or other adverse
weather, the Pig Piekin' will be
held in the former Mildouson
School at the intersection of
Secondary Roads 1105 and 1434
near Dundarrach.
The annual international Farm -
City Week will open Friday and
continue through Thursday,
Thanksgiving Day.
It is the week before Thanks
giving every year.
The special week is held to
promote better understanding of
farm and citv people of each other.
The Hoke County observance is
being sponsored by Parker Equip
ment Co., Federal Land Bank, the
Production Credit Association, the
Raeford - Hoke County Chamber of
Commerce, and the Farm Bureau,
with the Agricultural Extension
Service cooperating.
More information can be ob
tained from Willie Featherstone.
associate Extension agent, at 875
3461.
Music Club Dinner
The Hoke County Music Booster
Club Bazaar and Turkey Dinner
will be held Friday, starting at 5
p.m., in Gibson Cafeteria at Hoke
County High School.
The high school band and chorus
will perform.
Members of the Hoke County
Board of Education advised prin
cipals Monday night to put more
specific information into their
written teacher evaluations, dis
cussed a proposed high school
graduation policy, and approved
two teachers and a center super
visor for employment.
The matters were taken up
during the board's regular meeting
for November.
Part of the discussion about
information for evaluations was
held during an executive session.
Dr. Riley Jordan, the board's
chairman told the principals to
write into a teacher's evaluation all
information, "no matter how in
significant it is, good or bad," and
have the teacher to sign it.
He said at the outset of the
discussion, "Principals are in a
position to know the situation."
Referring to insufficient informa
tion, Jordan added that in the past
few years, "We have been caught
with teachers" the school system
shouldn't have had.
Board member Bill Cameron
said the board wants to know
whether a teacher is good or not.
He advised the principals to put
into a teacher's record "something
positive" that, if the occasion
arose, could provide the board
ground for dismissal.
Mrs. R.S. McNair, another
member of the board, explained to
the principals, "we don't have
anything to go on in evaluation"
when a teacher problem comes up.
She was referring to specific in
formation in the file.
Board member Mrs. Mina
Townsend told the principals
during the executive session that it
was important to give the teachers
concrete suggestions, instructions
for making improvements, not just
criticism.
She told reporters later during
the open meeting of this and other
suggestions she had made during
the executive session. Mrs. Town
send said she suggested principals
name the problem when one arose,
then give specific examples illus
trating it. She also said she
suggested they use a narrative form
for documenting the subject.
The proposed graduation policy
discussed would provide that:
--All students meeting all re
quirements for graduation, in
cluding satisfactory grade on the
state competency test, be given
diplomas at graduation.
-All other students who com
plete all requirements except
passing the competency test be
awarded certificates of attendance
at graduation.
At the graduation exercise, how
ever. it would not be announced
publicly whether the student being
given a diploma or an attendance
certificate.
The proposal was submitted by
County Schools Supt. Raz Autry.
No official action was taken on it
at Monday night's meeting but is to
be taken at a future session.
The board's regular meeting for
December was changed tentatively
to Dec. 4. a Tuesday, at 7 p.m.,
from the first Monday, the regular
day for the monthly meetings. The
change was made when Mrs.
McNair informed the other mem
bers of the board she would be
unable to attend Dec. 3.
In action on new personnel, the
board adopted a motion to accept
Autry's recommendations to em
ploy Mrs. Donna Bernhardt, Mrs.
Andrea Cox, and David Smith.
Mrs. Bernhardt was added as a
teacher of the second grade at West
Hoke School because enrollment at
the school has increased from last
school year's. Mrs. Cox was as
signed to teach the third grade at
South Hoke, and Smith was named
supervisor of the J.W. Turlington
School Alternative Learning Cen
ter.
Mrs. Cox was chosen to fill the
vacancy created by the suspension
of Miriam Letie by the board last
month for alleged neglect of duty.
Autry said Mrs. Letie is to be given
a hearing before a state Review
Committee at her request. The
meeting will be closed to the public,
he said, in compliance with state
law.