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The Hoke County News - Established 1928
VOLUME LXX1 NUMBER 30 RAEFORD, HOKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
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The Hoke County Journal - Established 1905
S8 PER YEAR THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 22, 1979
Around
Town
BY SAMC. MORRIS
The weather over the weekend
was perfect for everyone except ice
j skaters. The nights are cold but it
warms up into the 70s during the
day and is just right for outside
activity.
The forecast is for fine weather
for the remainder of the week, so
your plans for Thanksgiving should
t not be spoiled.
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The Hoke County Booster Music
Club held their annual turkey
supper last Friday night at the
^ Gibson cafeteria and a large crowd
was on hand during the time I was
in attendance.
Along with the supper a bazaar
was held and the bands and glee
clubs from the schools also per
formed during the evening. The
weather was not too cold and
I everyone seemed to be having a
swell time.
The only thing that was any
problem as far as 1 could see was
the parking situation. The flow of
traffic was going both ways in the
parking lot and this caused a
| problem because some people had
gotten out of their cars and left
them in part of the driveway. Of
course this will happen at any event
that you don't nave someone
looking after this part of the event.
Of course the Boosters don't
I have enough personnel to do all the
jobs, but maybe by next year if they
would keep this in mind thev could
ask some other group to assist with
the parking.
I don't know what the success
was financially but from the num
|| ber of people on hand, it should
have been a success.
The football bowls arc already
being lined up and some surprises
have popped into the picture. N.C.
State defeated Duke Saturday for
the ACC conference title, but as of
Monday morning, State had not
received a bowl bid. What makes
me mention the above is that
Carolina, Clemson and Wake
Forrest had all received bids by
* Saturday night.
There were still a few places open
in bowls so maybe State will receive
a bid this week. We hope so. Four
teams from the conference would
be a fine showing for bowls.
Anyway, you don't have to have a
rfect season to be invited to a
wl these days and times.
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Basketball is getting started even
before the football' season ends.
^Saturday Duke started with a bang
with a victory over Kentucky. Duke
and Carolina have already been
rated in the top ten and a picking of
high school players had Harold
Thompson of Hoke High as one of
two North Carolinians on a high
school Ail-American pick.
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Student s, Many Others Having 4-day Holiday
County Celebrating Thanksgiving
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Homes'
Needs
Discussed
Hoke County people said at a
public hearing Monday night more
rehabilitation work needs to be
done on some homes, the needs of
senior citizens in sparsely settled
areas should be relieved, long
range goals and objectives are
needed, and rural areas need
attention.
Specialists in federal Community
Development programs said, reply
ing to questions during the first of
two hearings scheduled, that:
-- The federal program is con
cerned with areas containing the
highest concentration of people
with the most needs, and that these
are close to city boundaries. This
was in reference to the subject of
meeting needs of rural areas.
-- Senior citizens in sparsely
settled areas can get help from
other federal programs.
The Monday night and the Nov.
2b hearings were scheduled to allow
citi/en participation in the prepara
tion of a prc-application for* federal
funds under the fiscal year 1980
Community Development Block
Grant Discretionary Program.
(Sec COUNTY, page 13)
Hoke Churches'
Joint Service
Wednesday
The Union Thanksgiving Service
sponsored by the Raeford
Ministers' Association was
scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Wednes
day in St. Elizabeth's Catholic
Church, Palmer Street at U.S. 401
South.
The speaker is the Rev. B.V.
Childers, pastor of the Church of
God. The music will be given by
members of the Church of God
and Second Baptist Church.
The welcome will be given by the
Rev. Paul Strassle, pastor of St.
Elizabeth's, and the benediction by
the Rev. George McKeithan of Se
cond Baptist Church.
A prelude and postlude will be
played by Mrs. Dixie Autry, who
also will lead the singing of the
hymns by the congregation.
The members of the ministers'
association are Ephesus Baptist,
First Baptist, Second Baptist, San
dy - Grove Methodist, Evangelical
Methodist, Raeford United
Methodist, Shiloh - Bethel, Philip
pi and Raeford Presbyterian, the
Church of God, the Four Square
Gospel Church and St.
Elizabeth's.
Raeford Man Also To Speak
< Ber gland Hearing
November 28
^ Secretary of Agriculture Bob
^Bergland will hold a public hearing
on federal agricultural policies
Nov. 28 in Cumberland County
Memorial Auditorium in Fayette
ville from 9 a.m. till 5 p.m.
Among the speakers will be
j\lfred K. Leach of Raeford. a
^farmer and president of Farm
Chemicals, Inc.. of Dundarrach.
Leach accompanied Gov. James
Hunt to Europe last year on the
business trip to try to interest
manufacturers to establish plants
^n North Carolina.
^ Seventh District Congressman
Charlie Rose of Fayetteville urged
farmers of southeastern North
Carolina Friday to attend the
hearing.
Rose will appear with Bergland
at the hearing.
W "The future of agriculture in the
next decade will be the subject of
our next Farm Bill and that is the
topic of Bergland's meeting," Rose
I Mid. "It is important that those
involved -? the fanners - attend."
The Fayetteville meeting is one of
|jk)0 open forums across the nation
Ffce?lgned to get opinions and
suggestions on the economic and
social issues affecting the structure
of American agricultural life.
Farmers from eight Southeastern
states have been invited to the
regional hearing.
The agenda will include state
ments by scheduled speakers as
well as time for questions from the
audience, said Bob Norton, United
States Departmeng of Agriculture
public information officer. The
selection of speakers in advance
will assure that a variety of topics
are covered, he said.
The main areas of concern,
according to Secretary Bergland.
include and ownership, control and
tenancy, barriers to entering and
leaving farming, production effi
ciency. size of farms and the role of
technology, government programs,
tax and credit policy, marketing,
energy supplies, and environmental
protections, such as the use of soil
and water.
A barbeque, hosted by the
congressman, will be held in the
arena of the auditorium at noon.
The public is invited to attend.
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DRESSED FOR THANKSGIVING -? The home of Mr. ami Mrs. Harold K ell is <>/ 2(1') Jackson Si.. Raeford. show
decorations with a Thanksgiving spirit. On the doors behind the pyramid of cornstalks with pumpkins at the front
are homemade arrangements. A cornhusk doll with a wreath and autumn leaves can he seen on the door behind
the cornstalks and pumpkins.
1979 Campaign Kicked Off Monday
Hoke United Way
Drive Seeks $24,331.08
The Hoke County United Way
campaign for 1979 was kicked off
formally Monday morning, with
the volunteers aiming to raise at
least S24.331.08 by Dec. 15 when
the drive is scheduled to end.
The campaign period started
Thursday.
The campaign fund-raising co
chairman are Steve Phillips and
Bob Morrice. The area coor
dinators are Shirley Gibson for
Antioch-South Hoke, Bill Cameron
for Five Points - Quewhiffle, and
Bertha Hendrix for Arabia-Rock
fish. Tom Howell is county UW
president, Gail English is
secretary - treasurer. Mary Lee
Matherly is coordinator for the
fundraising among county govern
ment employees, and Charles Wil
lis is in charge of fundraising at the
Burlington Menswcar Raeford
plant.
Based on the goal, the Hoke
County funds are budgeted this wav
among the United Way agen
cies: Girl Scouts $4,500; Boy
Scouts ?? S6.500; American Red
Cross -? $4,216; White Cane (tor
the blind, a I. ions Club project) ?
$900; Four-H clubs SI. 289;
Rescue Squad ?- $1,500; Senior
( iti/ens -- $200: Hoke County
Association for the Develop
mentally Disabled - $2,000: and
Carolina United -- $2,226.08.
Campaign leaders said. "The
(Sec I'NITI I) WAV. page II)
Hoke County, Raeford city,
and state offices, and Hoke
County schools are on a four -
day Thanksgiving holiday.
Federal employees and most
private businesses including
banks, were taking Thanks
giving Day off and will be back
in regular business Friday.
City, county and state em
ployees and county schools stu
dents, teachers and officials
have Thanksgiving Day and
Friday off, followed by the
regular weekend holiday.
The Post Office will be on its
regular holiday schedule Thurs
day, with special deliveries only
and no city or county deliveries
or window service offered. The
courts are among the agencies
which will be closed Thursday
and Friday, in addition to the
regular weekend.
The principal religious pro
gram of the holiday season in
the county, the annual Thanks
giving Service, was scheduled
for Wednesday night at St.
Elizabeth's Catholic Church off
U.S. 401 south of Raeford. The
service was being sponsored by the
Raeford Ministers' Associ
ation, with member ministers of
different denominations parti
cipating in the program. The
annual service is open to people
of all faiths and races.
Thanksgiving Day will be
another working day for law
enforcement officers and the
people in emergency services.
The News-Journal office will
be closed Thursday also but will
be open for business again
Friday morning.
Approximately 25 could lose
iheir lives and 1,000 injured in
traffic accidents in North Carolina
over the long Thanksgiving holi
day weekend, the N.C. State
Motor Club has estimated.
The state count of the toll period
runs from 6 p.m. Wednesday, until
midnight Sunday. Last year 29 per
sons were killed and 1,093 injured
on tarheel highways during a
similar period.
All motorists are urgently need
ed to help reduce death and injury
and save valuable gasoline over the
long holiday weekend. A deeper
interest in highway safety is needed
with active supporters of 55 mph
to encourage families and friends
to obey the limit.
More and more small cars are
coming on our streets and
highways, increasing the chances
of death and serious injury with
every crash. Be aware of the
dangers and do all necessary to
suppress them.
A continuing problem among
motorists is taking unnecessary
risks -- driving too fast; in fatal ac
cidents. the principal driving error
is speed, driving after drinking,
not using safety belts or motorcy
cle helmets.
The time of year for higher rates
of motor vehicle collisions
resulting from problems of driver
vision is here. Frost in the morn
ing, mud splattered windshields,
the sun rising and setting at low
angles, all contribute to the in
crease.
People driving in places not
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