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The Hoke County News - Established 1928 VOLUME LXXI NUMBER 36 RAEFORD, HOKE COUNTY. NORTH CAROLINA J Aroillld During New Year's Holiday Weekend - journal The Hoke County Journal - Established 1905 S8 Pt R YLAR THURSDAY. JANUARY 3. 1980 Town BY SAM C.MORRIS The weather was somewhat wet tor the weekend and cooler weather is forecast for the remainder of the week. So tar we have been lucky as tar as cold weather is concerned. The price of fuel these days can f make us appreciate the warmer .weather more than ever. ? * ? Most of the time when the preacher says that he w ill now pray we will bow our heads and close our eyes and let his words enter our minds. An incident that occurred over _ the Christmas holidays will find one ^ireacher that is glad someone in the congregation didn't close both eyes when he said, "let's pray." From reports that have reached my desk it seems that at a candlelight service conducted dur ing the holidays that the Rev. Ben Ferguson was standing in the pulpit and was leading the congregation in prayer, when a lady punched someone beside her and pointed to the preacher who was on fire, I don't believe anyone was hurt or anything seriously damaged, but maybe the moral to this story is for someone in the congregation to keep one eye open at all times. ? * * The New Year is here and a new decade is started. Make your resolutions early so they can be Wm>kcn before the first month is ^ >ver, * * * As the old year leaves us, let us reminisce on some items and events that have been in the column during I97Q. January: An item about the Hoke County United Fund being started and almost complete support from the community. W Of course many times during the year someone will call me, Charlie Morrison. The comment by Gordon Rags dale w hen the price of the police car purchased by the city was in error. Some calling in to state that the tiring at Fort Bragg had shaken the dishes from her table. February: A couple of snows and the last Aone was a crippling one for the city ^aiul county. The play "Spring For Sure" was announced and it was a success. Auto tag sales were lagging and a reminder of long lines and the power was off in the city when people started to work. March: Reminder of the World Day of Prayer by the Mayor. A nice letter from a Mr. ^ McCartcr commending Graham's T Service Station for aiding him. Kathy McMillan dropped by with a new hairdo and was almost not recognized. Bill Gulledge of Kansas City was by the office when he was here visiting relatives. Harold Gillis furnished picture of the opening of McDonald Tire Recapping 25 years ago. April: ^ I he opossum going just one w ay I early one morning on Elwood | Avenue. A cow wins the "Miss Auburn" I contest for Homecoming Queen. ! Cassie Wasko writes this column \ as I go to Virginia. June: The Bank of Raeford starts preparing for grand opening of their new building and asks for old I pictures, etc through this column. Mrs. Burkhart. nee Lucille i McNeill, of Tennessee comes by and identifies an old picture that had been run in The News-Journal. The Rev. R.E.L. Moser former pastor drops by the office for a visit . July: Landon Yarborough of Louisi ana makes a visit to the office. Auguit: 0 Ben Niblock of Smithfield is a visitor. Jack Bray brings in very interest ing article about Grady Cole. Howard Wood a former school mate calls from Florida. A letter and picture from Johnny Young. September: Joe Holt's story about the drowning boy brought inquiries concerning the words "grass ? widow." p (See AROUND TOWN, page 1 1 ) ! . City Had 2 Thefts, 2 Vandalisms T ? j ? T- ^ r-r-r-rT.^.T. y y ^ ^ Hoke Man Heats Store With 'Waste' David Scull, formerly of Rae tord. has found a way to use heat produced in the compressor room ot the Piggly Wiggly Store in Red Springs to heat the rest of the store. Scull, the manager of the store, with a system that cost SI. 000. estimates he will save about $5,000 of his customary $10,000 heating bills for the winter. At McCain Hospital The new system is being used instead of the heat pumps. He hasn't turned the pumps on yet. There are four of them and are expensive to operate. Now he's trying to find out how he can cool the store in the summer with the system. The compressor room cools the pas used to refrigerate foods. The hot air produced was expelled from the building, till Scull diverted it to keep it in the store. He said that before putting the 100-degree heat of the waste com pressor air to use it was impossible to heat the store or the b5 degrees the federal energy guidelines dic tate. I he problem has been the large j^lass windows and the glass ilonrs in the from c?t the store. They let heal out. I he doors, being opened frequently, sucked the warm air i'roni the building. Scull said that since the com pressors run all the time, the heat is there, so he might as well u*e it. Scull's assistant manager also is a Kaelord. man. Jimmv Kennedv. Retiring Nurses' Director Honored Hi ill iirfi iuiBi'i' am The members of the staff of McCain Hospital honored their retiring director of nurses Friday afternoon with a reception at the hospital. The director. Mrs. Mildred Kae Furmage. had served 30 years of service to the state hospital when she went off duty Monday. What decided her career was her experiences as a patient herself at McCain, the state hospital for treatment of tuberculosis and other chest diseases. This was periodi cally during her training as a nurse at St. Luke's Hospital Nursing School at New Bern and after she graduated. "That was before the advent of drugs (for TB treatment)," she told a reporter during the party Friday. "People were afraid to hire a tubercular then," she added. The special guests at the recep tion were her mother, Mrs. Mary B. Kea of Goldsboro; her sister, Mrs. J.B. Miller of Sanford; her nephew and niece, Robert Boyce and his wife Vickie, and their children, Deborah. Russell, and Genell. of Goldsboro. Mrs. Furmage's husband. Fitz hugh. whom she met while he was a patient at McCain, died six years ago of emphysema, in the same hospital. He was from Carthage in neighboring Moore County and was a mail carrier. The Furmages had no children. At the reception Mrs. Furmage was presented with farewell gifts from the staff. The hospital's administrator. John Watson, started the presentations by giving her one of the gifts after expressing the appreciation of the hospital and its staff for her years of conscien tious. devoted service. The table bearing the gifts stood by a decorated Christmas tree. Preceding some other pre sentations. poems of tribute to HONOREE AND FAMIL Y ?? Mrs. Mildred Fnrmave \rn>ht\ is shown with members ot her lamilv. special quests at Friday's reception honoring Mrs. Fur mage on her retirement. LR are Genell. Russell and Deborah Bayce, their parents. Robert and Vickie Boyce: Mrs. Charlotte Miller . and Mrs. Mary Kea. Mrs. Kea is Mrs. Furmage's mother; Mrs. Miller, her sister; and Mr. and Mrs. Royce her nephew and niece. Mrs. Furmage were read to her. Earlier. Mrs. Furmage and her mother were presented with .1 shoulder corsage each, composed of red carnations. Mrs. Furmage's home is in Parkton. She was born in Ports mouth, Va.. but her family moved to Seven Springs in Wayne Counts (Goldsboro is the county seat) when she was very young. She was reared and went to school there. After graduating from Seven Springs High School, she started studying in St. Luke's nursing school. After joining the McCain stall Mrs. Hi r mage worked in nursing positions, then became assistant director ot' nursing Service. Fight sears later she was named director ol nursing service, the position she held Hi years, till she retired. Mrs. Furniage lias been active tor the Mid-State and Cape Fear Lung associations in planning and participating in tuberculosis educa tion programs for public health nurses. , student nurses, and oc cupational health students. Before joining the McCain stati. Mrs. Furmage served lor two months as a private-duty nurse in New Bern, then tor 10 months as a general-duty nurse at Pitt Mem orial Hospital in Greenville. N.C. She left McCain in 1953 to serve a year as head nurse at Caswell I raining School in Kinston. Mrs. Furniage is a member of the Respiratory Disease Guidance Committee of the Mid-State Lung Association and ot the. American Nurses Association. She is a former member ol the Committee tor Guidance of the l ubcrculosis Pro gram in the North Carolina Lung Association. "l'wo thefts, one attempted theft, a shoplifting, and two cases of vandalism were reported in Rae ford bul no serious incident except a fist fight was reported in Hoke County during the New Year's Eve ? New Year's Day weekend through late Tuesday morning. The Raeford Police Department received a complaint Friday that one window was shattered and a hole knocked in another at the library of Hoke County high School by two beer bottles thrown by one or more people. The damage was estimated at $400. The school was closed for the Christmas ? New Year's holiday at the time. The left window of a 1975 Ford pickup truck was broken apparent ly by an air rifle pellet fired as Peter Daniel Ray was driving the truck on Grant Avenue from Saunders Street, police were informed Sat urday. The damage was estimated at $65. On Dec. 27 someone broke a window on the west side of the house of Irene Thrower at 210 E. Sixth Ave. The damage was $25. Stolen in the other cases were a Citizens Band radio, and an FM rad\o converter. The FM converter, valued at $19, was taken from under a seat of a car. Phyllis Ray Johnson of 203 E. Donaldson Ave. reported Saturday. She said she and her husband had left it there and the car was unlocked. Claude A. Thomas reported Sunday the CB radio, valued at $1"!5, was missing from his car which was parked in the carport of his home at 704 E. Prospect Ave. He said it was in the car Saturday. A .25 caliber automatic pistol valued at $67 was reported Friday stolen between Christmas Day and the day after from the home of Alexander Pcterkin at 507 E. Sixth Ave. Peterkin reported the pistol had been taken from the drawer of a dresser in a spare room of his home . The object of the attempted larceny was a CB radio in Neill McDonald's car at his home at 808 E. Donaldson Ave. McDonald reported the case of tampering with a vehicle Saturday. The police report said $40 damage was done to the car in the unsuccessful effort to get the radio. On New Year's Eve, a juvenile was apprehended for the alleged shoplifting, reported at Macks Store in Edcnborough Shopping Center. The case was to be turned over to the Juvenile Court counse lor. The report said the child paid for a brake cable, then took another, valued at $1.19. Incidents reported also during the latter part of December to the Sheriff's Department included these. Unauthorized use ot a car was (Sec Wl 1 KI ND, page 1 1 ) 1979: Its Last 6 Months In Review Here are highlights of life in Hoke Countv in the last half of 1979. JULY The appointment of Billy Col ston. Hoke County High School teacher and girls' track coach and an assistant football coach, as the school's director of athletics for the 1979-80 school year was announced by County Schools Supt. Raz Autrv in The News-Journal of July 5. The change was made to allow Athletics Director John Pecora a leave of absence to have a heart-bypass operation. James (Jimbo) Hughes. Jr.. 5 - year-old son of Mrs. Spring Hughes of Rt. 2 Raeford, was pronounced dead on arrival at Cape Fear Valley Hospital in Fayetteville but was revived (he is still in a coma). The child nearly drowned in Perma stone Lake. The Board of Hoke County Commissioners adopted a motion directing County Tax Collector Elizabeth Livingston to "exhaust all means." including foreclosure, to collect unpaid property taxes. The Raeford American Legion Junior baseball team went into the Area Nine Western Division play offs against Hamlet. Hamlet won. Albert Huey received the Man of the Year Award of East Freedom Masonic Lodge 328. Bobby Bounds and Robert Smith tied for the first place in the First annual American Legion Golt Tournament held July 4 on Arabia Golf Course. Kathy McMillan of Raeford won the gold medal in the women's long jump at the Pan American Games in San Juan, Puerto Rico. July H. The Hoke County Board of Education named Hoke County High School Principal Earl Oxen dine to the new position of director of compensator education, and John D. McAllister associate super intendent of Schools. McAllister had been assistant superintendent when the board acted. Willie Featherstone. Jr.. was promoted to associate agent from assistant agent of the Hoke County Agricultural Extension Service. Horace Blake of near Raeford gave an upright piano to the Sandhills South Center at McCain. Hoke County's reaction in the Civil Preparedness simulated nu clear-attack exercise was called the best he had been in the state, by Paul Sullivan, head of the state monitoring team. Richard Morgan of the Raeford Lions Club was elected deputy governor of Lions International District 31 -F at the recently held state Lions convention. Henry E. McKoy. a native of Raeford. has been named assistant secretary for advocacy programs for the State Department of Admini stration. He had been director of the North Carolina Human Rela tions Council since April WH. lcesonnia Horslcv. II -sear-old daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. Leroy Horslev of Rt. 3, Raeford. won a bron/e medal at the Hast Coast Invitational Track and Field Meet in Maryland. She ran the first leg for the relay team in her age group. Dr. Lenwood Simpson . principal of Enfield High School, was named principal of Hoke County High School. AUGUST The Board of Hoke County Commissioners will try to get federal payments in lieu of taxes for the 1 10.000 acres of Hoke County land the government acquired in developing Ft. Bragg. William C. (Bill) Jones, a native of Stonewall Township ot Hoke Countv was named loan officer tor The Bank of Raeford. He was with CIT Financial Services at Norfolk. Va.. when he was appointed to The Bank of Raeford position and had been with the Raeford bank form 14h8 to 1970. Dr. Lawrence Bullard. a dentist, will practice in Raeford. Faberge. Inc.. is erecting a 75.000-square-foot building at its Raeford plant. The new building will be used for warehousing and additional manufacturing? The ex pansion means more people will be employed. The present plant em ploys about 400. The Burlington Mcnswear Rae lord Plant has received an award tor having had -4 million working hours without a disabling injury. Mrs. .luanitu Edmund, clerk of Hoke County Superior Court, was named Hoke County Officer o! the Year by the County La*v Enforce ment Officers Association. SEPTEMBER Labor Day holiday traffic was heavy in Hoke County but no serious accidents happened. The Board of Hoke County Commissioners approved an alter nate route proposed by the State Department of Transportation to eliminate some of the through truck traffic from downtown Rae ford. The board also approved a recommendation that an in-school suspension program for juvenile status offenders, who include run aways. truants, and other children with behaviour problems. The State Department of Reve nue reported Hoke County's gross retail sales in fiscal I978-79 were nearly 52 million greater than those of the previous fiscal vear. The |9-8-79 total was S.15.(t?S.439. Gov, Jim Hunt announced $5,000 in state matching funds has been granted Hoke County to improve the county's land records system. About 1,100 people attended the grand opening of the new main office building of the Bank ot Raeford at 20"" S. Main St. OCTOBER Hester Raymond McLean, mayor of Raeford from 1961 to 1%9. a retired state game warden, a former professional baseball play er. and a veteran of World War I, died Oct. 1 at his home in Raeford. He was 88. Raeford Mavor John K. McNeill, Jr.. and the present members of the City Council are unopposed for reelection Nov. 6. No one else had filled for the offices before the deadline for filing passed Oct. 5. Longjumper Kathy McMillan of Raeford was honored Oct. 3 by Tennessee State University for her achievements in track. She is a student at the university. Katherine Jane Morgan, a Hoke County High School senior, has been named DAR Good Citizen for 1979-80. The appointment of Ron Parsons as head basketball coach of Hoke County High School was announc ed bv Hoke Principal Dr. Lcnwood Simpson. Parsons has been serving as assistant coach and also as an assistant football coach. He was named to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Orlando Smith, who has accepted a position with Virginia Commonwealth Univers ity. Sheila Faye Calloway of Raeford (See Rl VII W. page II)
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