^ The Hoke County News - Established 1928
VOLUME IXXI NUMBER 33 RAEFORD, HOKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
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The Hoke County Journal - Established 1905
S8 PER YEAR THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13. 1979
. Around
Town
BY SAM C. MORRIS
The weather turned cold over the
Ipveekend and the furnace ran
almost all the time. It was nice
Saturday and I was able to play golf
for the first time this month. So far
this week the nights have been cold,
but the days are perfect.
Let's hope it will continue
Rhrough Christmas. No I don't
want a "White Christmas" except
for a song.
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The pancake supper put on last
^week was. from all reports, a
success. Most of the folks were
served on time and very few had to
wait long in line as was the case
several years ago. I haven't heard
anyone say they didn't "get all they
wanted to eat" as was advertised.
* In fact many people commented
on the way out that the service was
the best ever and it was a nice
affair.
We hope that the ones who were
in attendance, will pass this along
^>ecause the Kiwanis Club doesn't
Tiave many fund raising projects
and a successful pancake supper
helps fill the Kitty for civic projects.
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^ From all reports the program last
Sunday night at the Raeford
Presbyterian Church put on by the
children of all local churches was
very successful. It was performed to
a standing room crowd and the
costumes were out of this world,
fe According to Dr. John Ropp.
pastor of the church, the program
this coming Sunday night will be
performed by the senior choir and
they will feel slighted if chairs are
not brought in for this affair. So
attend and give the seniors a Merry
jpiristmas.
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The Chorus and Chorale of Hoke
County High School will give a
concert tonight (Thursday) at the
4fcigh school. From the looks of the
program this should also be to a
capacity crowd. So go out and get
in the Christmas spirit.
% As this is being written Tuesday
morning, it is hard to realize that
Christmas Day is just two weeks
away. It seems to me like last
Christmas was only yesterday.
Now the children that read this
will say that it seems like two years
?nce last Christmas and 1 w ill have
to agree w hen 1 recall my childhood
days. The last week then, seemed
like a year. As we become older the
years seem to pass faster than when
we were young. Yes, before you
know it. the cold weather will be
?>ne and we will be celebrating the
4th of July.
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Don't forget that if you leave
packagss in your car where they
be seta, it is an invitation to
someone to have a gift that you
don't want them to have. When you
purchase gifts and must leave them
in your car. be sure to lock them in
the trunk of the c^r.
Things cost too much these days
us to lose them to someone w ho
is just walking around looking for
something to pick up. Locking
them in the car where they can be
seen doesn't stop a thief from
getting them, as most of them can
Bet into a car about as fast as you
with a key.
So an ounce of prevention is
worth a pound of cure.
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^ilost places of business will be
closed two days for Christmas, but
businesses will vary on the days
they will be closed.
The News-Journal will be closed
Monday and Tuesday, December
24tti and 25th. We will come back
t^vork on Wednesday, December
26 and will print the paper on
Thursday morning.
So if you have articles or
advertising to go into that issue of
the paper, please arrange to get
(km to us either the Friday before
ftmstmas or the day after
Christmas.
The pulpits and where the choir sings, in Raeford Presbyterian Church.
With Guest Soloists, Orchestra
Carol Service
Sunday
On Sunday night, at K in the
Raeford Presbyterian Church sanc
tuary. the Chancel Choir and guest
soloists and orchestra will present
"A Carol Service with Nine Lessons
tor Christmas'' by Theron Kirk.
Ciucst soloists include Miss
Kathcrinc Jane Lakoski, soprano;
Miss Anne Woodward, mezzo
soprano; Miss Cecelia Kopp, so
prano: Dr. James Glenn, tenor:
and Dale Stine. baritone.
The forty-member choir and
soloists will i>e accompanied by the
University of North Carolina Brass
and Woodwind Ensemble. The
choir and orchestra will be con
ducted by Chris C. Watkins.
director of music ai Raeford Presb
terian Church.
I he practice of combining tradi
tional Christmas carols with suit
able scripture readings has become
very popular in recent years in the
celebration ot the greatest of all
Christian festivals. In preparing
Dale Stine
such a service the composer has
followed a well-known English use.
adapting it for present-day Anieri
Ceceila Ropp
can choirs and making it available
lor orchestral as well as organ
(See CAROL Sl RVICl:. page 14)
1 hursday Night In MacDonald Gymnasium
Hoke High Chorale, Chorus
To Give Christmas Concert
I he Hoke C ounty High School
Chorus will present their
Christmas concert on Thursday
night at 8 o'clock in the Mac
Donald Gymnasium.
Miss Olive Jenkins, guest harp
ist. will perform with the choral
groups and as a soloist. Miss
Jenkins, a native of Durham,
graduated from the Cleveland In
stitute Of \1usic in 1973 with a
degree in harp. As a member of the
Cleveland Institute Harp Ensem
ble, she has performed on radio,
television, and with the Cleveland
Music Camp, interlochen, Mich.
She is presently a harpist with the
North Carolina Symphony .
I he Chorale and Chorus will
walk into the gymnasium to the
trumpet sounds of "Joy To The
World" played by Tim Mcken/ie
and Trey Brock. The joyous
"Hallelujah" Chorus from
Handel's "Messiah" will open the
program, followed by "Gesu Bam
bino" (The Infant Jesus)." which
features soloists Allen Sandy,
baritone, and Meredith Kershaw,
tenor.
I'he Barber Shop Singers, a
group of young men. will add
variety and spirit to the program
with their performance of Christ
mas and traditional Barber Shop
selections.
Choral arrangements of "What
Child Is This?'; and "O Holy
Night" will be highlighted by the
harp and soloists Richard Cole,
tenor, and Joan Fra/ier. soprano.
The program will be climaxed by
the highly rhythmic and spirited
selections, "Children, Go Where 1
Send You!". "Have A Holly Jolly
Christmas." "Snow, Snow,
Beautiful Snow," and "Jingle
Bells."
Piano accompanists for the
Chorale are Melinda Quick and
Joan Fra/.ier. Venus McLaurin.
Nadine Wadsuorih, and Ann
Glover will accompany the
Chorus.
I ho public is invited.
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Some oj the students in the Hoke County High School Chorus, framed bv a
sheet of nuisic.
Woman Jailed For
Children's Truancy
A woman is spending a week in
Hoke County Jail till at least
Thursday for failing to get two of
her daughters to attend school.
Hoke County District Court
Judge Joseph E. Dupree ordered
the jailing Friday after Mrs. Elaree
Locklear of Rt. 3, Raeford. guilty
of "failing to cause" Stella Lock
lear, 14, and Patricia Locklear, 15.
to attend Upchurch Junior High
School.
The judge ordered prayer for
judgment continued till Thursday,
the defendant to jail pending
disposition of the case, to be held in
custody without bond and brought
directly to the courtroom from jail
Thursday.
He said he wanted Mrs. Locklear
to spend the time in jail to think
about ways to get her daughters to
attend school while he takes the
time to make a decision in the case.
Mrs. Locklear had pleaded not
guilty to the two charges. She
testified the two girls ignored her
when she told them to go to school.
Upchurch Principal Allen Ed
wards testified Patricia Locklear
had been absent from class 52 of
the first 64 days of school without
an acceptable reason. The court
was told Stella had missed 32 days
of school without an acceptable
excuse.
Mrs. Lovenia Bullard of Rt. 3,
Raeford. was found innocent of a
similar charge after she testified
she could not control her daughter,
Lisa Mae. 15. Edwards said the
child had been absent 42 school
days.
The judge told Edwards that, if
the child misses any more school
days, to return to the judge for
advice on having the girl placed in a
foster home.
Dupree expressed regret that
students no longer be committed to
state training schools w hen they do
not attend classes. A state law
enacted in recent years placed
truancy from school among
"status" offenses for which ju
veniles can no longer be sent to the
state schools. A status offense is
one which would not be a violation
of the law if the violator were an
adult. Remedies for such offenses
must be made in the children's
home communities.
These include placement in
foster homes in cases where the
children's own homes are not
suitable for correcting the prob
lems.
Referring to Mrs. Bullard. the
judge said she has testified her
daughter is beyond parental control
and "what do you do with an
undisciplined child once brought to
court? What type of judgment can 1
enter that will be binding on the
child?"
Man Charged In
Oct. 20 Break-In
A Hoke County man was charged
Tuesday in the break - in and theft
Oct. 20 from the House of Raeford
office, Raeford Police Chief
Leonard Wiggins reported.
Wiggins said James Edward
Smith, 32, P.O. Box 593. Raeford,
was charged with breaking and
entering and larceny. A total of
$863.89 was stolen from a money
box in the office, the officer said.
Wiggins said Smith gave himself
up to Detective James Peterkin of
the Hoke County Sheriffs Depart
ment. and Peterkin brought him to
the Raeford Police Department
where Smith was arrested by City
Detective J.J. McNeill.
Wiggins said none of the money
stolen has been recovered yet.
He also reported Tuesday police
are searching for three white men
for questioning about the theft of
money and other personal property
from the home of Hubert Wooten
and his mother. Mrs. Eleanor
Wooten. at 71 1 N. Fulton St., Dec.
3 following a break ? in.
The chief said $482.14 of the
undetermined amount of money
stolen was found in bags on the
grounds of the Tanglewood Motel
on U.S. 401 north Dec. 4 after the
motel manager became suspicious
about articles left in the room
engaged by the three and notified
the sheriff's department. She
noticed the articles when she went
to the room to clean it after the men
left, Wiggins said.
The money found consisted of
pennies, nickels and dimes. Wig
gins said.
They were among other money
including gold coins stolen from the
Wooten home. He said the exact
amount of the money stolen hasn't
been determined, but about S5.000
in quarters alone was among the
cash taken.
He said the other property stolen
included guns, cameras, camera
lenses, credit cards, musical in
struments. and radioes.
Christmas Mail To Go
Out Thrice Daily
During the Christmas season
mail will he dispatched from the
Raelord Post Office three times a
day instead of the regular one time.
Mail brought to the post office
before 11:30 a.m. will be dis
patched at noon; before 2:30 p.m..
dispatched at .1 p.m.; and before
5:15 p.m., dispatched at the regu
lar time. 5:30 p.m.
A person mailing a large number
of cards or letters at the same time
is advised fo hand them across the
stamp counter to one of the clerks.
I he Postal Service will furnish
rubber bands and local and out -01
town labels to customers who are
mailing from a location away from
the post office.
SPECIAL AWARD ?? William R. Boyles. \right\. president of the Hoke
County Farm Bureau, receives a special award from John Sledge, president
of the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation at its annual meeting in
Charlotte last week. The award was presented in recognition of outstanding
production by Farm Bureau insurance agents in the county in a statewide
contest in which agents had an opportunity to win this honor for their
county presidents who serve on a voluntary basis.