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The Hoke County News - Established 1928
VOLUME LXXII NUMBER 1 RAEFORD, HOKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
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The Hoke County Journal - Established 1905
$8 PER YEAR THURSDAY, MAY 1. 1980
1 Around
Town
BY SAMC. MORRIS
J.B. Womble of the Ashley
Heights community told me Mon
day afternoon that hail the size of
golf balls fell there Sunday after
noon around five o'clock. He said
that the hail covered the ground
^nd that his garden was ruined.
W The rain that came Sunday was
needed around the county but
maybe the hail was not bad
enough to do any damage. Accord
ing to Robert Gatlin approximately
two and a half inches of rain was
recorded.
* * ?
Earl McDuffic, post commander
Post 20 of the American Legion,
said that the 3rd Annual Legion
Fish Fry would be held on Friday,
May 2 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. The
fish will be served at the corner of
the Edenborough Shopping Center.
The proceeds will be used by the
Legion Post for their projects here
in the community.
The price of the plates are only
S3.00, so go by and pick one up on
the way home.
? ...
Bob Harris was by the office on
Friday of last week and had with
him two small tomatoes that he had
picked from his plants in his
garden.
1 asked him if they were "Big
Boys" and he said no that they were
another kind that came oft' two to
^irec weeks earlier than the big
Voys. So with the rain Sunday it
shouldn't be long before gardens
are bringing forth the vegetables.
* ? ?
Buddy Blue was tellifl$~ me last
week that his nephew, Brian Whit
aker, ran in the Boston Marathon
last Monday in Boston. Brian is a
student in Boston and took time off
to run last Monday. According to
^^lue he finished the run but was
tired and happy.
Brian is the grandson of Mrs.
J.H. Blue of Raeford and his
mother is an instructor at UNC-G
in Greensboro. We are not sure but
feel sure he is the first person from
Hoke County to compete in the
famous event.
* * *
Another Raeford native was in
the news recently in Florida. The
write-up we received is as follows:
"Kelly Jordan, a native of Rae
ford. and daughter of Mrs. Jeanette
Jordan and the late Dr. Julius F.
Jordan, was recently awarded the
Basketball "Coach of the Year"
award for the state of Florida. The
award was presented at the annual
^raring meeting of the Florida
Association of Intercollegiate Ath
letics for Women in Daytona
Beach. Florida on Fridav. April 25.
I MHO.
"Ms. Jordan was selected for this
award by a vote of the four Division
1 and 12 Division 11 college coaches
in the state. The presentation was
made at an awards breakfast
sponsored by the Florida Citrus
Commission.
? "This is Ms. Jordan's second
year coaching at Stetson University
in Deland. Florida. She is the
youngest college coach in the state.
Although a young team. Stetson
recorded its first winning season in
the school's history this year.
"After having graduated from
Wake Forest University. Ms. Jor
dan was assistant basketball and
volleyball coach at W.F.U. while
forking on her Masters Degree in
Athletic Administration."
Congratulations to Kelly and
maybe most of the readers of this
paper will remember the write-up
several months ago when the
Stetson team spent the night here
enroute to Chapel Hill.
a Don't forget to vote on Tuesday,
^lay 6. Your vote could be the one
that could decide the elections.
Outside of dying and paying taxes
this is about the only freedom you
have left today. So get to the polls
and vote.
Then after you eat your evening
meal come up to The Nrws-Journal
office and join the crowd awaiting
the final returns.
The winners will smile and the
Jpsers will get lost in the crowd.
W Set vou Tuesday night.
2 To Be Nominated For Hoke Commissioners
Democratic, GOP Primaries Tuesday
Raeford Warehouse
Destroyed By Fire
An old building containing about
two tons of hay was destroyed by
fire Thursday afternoon on Wil
mouth Avenue at the south end of
Raeford .
Raeford Assistant Fire Chief
Robert Jackson said three other
nearby buildings caught fire but
indicated damage to them was
minor.
He said about 18 Firemen in
cluding members of the North
Raeford Fire Department fought
the blaze, bringing it under control
about two hours after arriving in
response to the call, which was
received by the Raeford depart
ment at 4:22 p.m.
He said the damage was esti
mated at about SI, 600 and that an
investigation was being made to
find out what caused the fire.
The historic building was owned
and was being used at the time of
the fire as a warehouse by T.B.
Upchurch, Inc. It had been owned
previously by Hoke Concrete
Works, which sold it last Sep
tember.
The structure measured about
125 by 60 feet.
Meanwhile, forest fires broke out
in parched woods and brush in the
county last week, six of them on
Thursday alone.
Thursday's fires burned about JU
acres of pine and hardwoods.
County Forest Ranger Robert Jones
of the State Forestry Service re
ported.
He said all six had been set
deliberately.
Jones said the largest burned
about 20 acres of pine and hard
woods on William Poole's property
near the Raeford - Hoke County
landfill north of Raeford. Hillcrest
and the North Raeford volunteer
firemen helped the state forestry
firefighters battle the blaze.
Of Thursday's other fires, two
broke out in Antioch. two in
Queenmore, and one in West
Hoke. The first fire of the week
occurred on Tuesday.
Jones said the State Forestry
Service men are remaining in a
high degree of readiness until the
next rain comes to the county.
May 13 In Gibson Cafeteria
CPL Veep To
Address Chamber
William E. Graham, Jr.. of
Raleigh, senior vice president and
general counsel of Carolina Power
& Light Co., will be the guest
speaker at the annual Raeford -
Hoke County Chamber of Com
merce dinner Tuesday in Gibson
Cafeteria of Hoke County High
School.
The dinner will start at 6:30 p.m.
and the public is invited to attend.
Reservations may be made by
calling the chamber office. 875
5929.
During the meeting also, the
chamber's officers and directors for
1980 - 81 will be installed.
The current president, Julian
Johnson, will preside at the dinner
till the new president is installed.
Graham is a native of Jackson
Springs, Moore County, born New
Year's Eve 1929.
He served as a judge on the State
Court of Appeals from June 1969
till March 1973, joining CP&L the
following month as vice president
and senior counsel. He also is
group executive of the Legal.
Regulatory and Communications
Group of the company.
Graham is a 1956 honor gradu
ate of the University of North
Carolina School of Law at Chapel
Hill. He graduated from UNC
Chapel Hill in 1952 with a degree of
Bachelor of Arts in economics.
The first year after graduating
from law school he served as a law
clerk to Chief Judge John J. Parker
of the U.S. Court of Appeals. From
1957 to 1969. he practiced law in
Charlotte.
Graham and his wife, the former
Jean Dixon McLaurin of Laurin
burg. have three children: William,
16: John, 14; and Sally. 12.
He is a ruling elder and an Adult
Sunday School teacher of White
Memorial Presbyterian Church of
Raleigh.
Editorial
We'd Better Vote Tuesday
by Paul Dickson
This newspaper has not in the past made a practice of
backing one candidate against another in local contests in
Democratic primaries, and we don't propose to do so for
the primary next Tuesday. We have held the belief that
people in a community this size know their neighbors as
well as we do. and if we tried to tell them how to vote many
would resent it and some would vote the other way to show
it.
The primary Tuesday, in which two county commis
sioners for Hoke County will be chosen, could be more
significant to the people of the county than any in a long
time. The job of running this county in the next few years is
going to take wisdom and judgment beyond most previous
demands. Revenue sharing, which has provided an
increasing portion of the money available to run the county,
is almost certain to end. While it is to be stopped as part of
our national fight against inflation, the higher costs for
running local government will still be there, and the county
commissioners will have to figure out what to do. They are
going to have to supervise a periodic property revaluation in
the next two years, make our budgets and set the tax rates
all property owners must pay.
Commissioners John Balfour. James A. Hunt and Mable
Riley will serve until December. 1982. The terms of Danny
DeVane.and Neill McPhatter expire this year and two
commissioners will be elected in their places to serve four
year terms starting in December. 1980. DeVane and
McPhatter are running to succeed themselves. Also running
for one of these two seats are Julius Vanner, Jimmy
Morrisey and Jimmy Plummer.
As we said, in a county this size you should know these
people and their qualifications as well as we do. If you
don't, you should certainly make it your business to vote
next Tuesday. This board needs wise, productive,
property-owning citizens to run its business, and not
representatives of any group or faction.
We can fill this need if each will do his homework and go
vote Tuesday.
Editorial
VISITORS FROM WISCONSIN Tin? visiting Wauwatosa [ Wis. | West High School students and their ad\isor.
Peg Forbes, are shown in the Hoke Comity High School library Monday morning shortly after a welcome assembly
was held there. Front. L-R - Joe Coma:. Lisa Cook. Mary Cheever. Jim Nuesslein. and Boh Arroyo. Second row ??
Jean Hesselbein. Lauri Allen. Julie Koronis. Kurt Prunge. Tony Miresse. John Pederson. and Scott Bergold. Third
row ?? Dave Werner. Ms. Forbes. Sue Kocli. Kathv Moy, Lisa Kugler. Ann Lustis. Chris Garlick. Barb Huvas.
and Jiim Kuerschncr. (Staff photo by Bill Lindau f
Sandhills, Coast Tours
Wisconsin Students Guests
Twenty students of Wauwatosa
West High School of Wauwatosa,
Wis., were touring the Sandhills
area and visiting the coast this week
as guests of Hoke County High
School and the community in the
local Domestic Exchange Program.
They were being accompanied by
Hoke County High School stu
dents. and their visit is reciprocat
ing a visit and tour made in March
of the Wauwatosa school and the
adjoining Milwaukee area by 22
Hoke High students
Mrs. JoAn Moses, a counselor at
Hoke High, is this year's coordina
tor for the exchange program.
The Wisconsin students and
their faculty adviser. Peg Forbes,
arrived at Raleigh- Durham Airport
early Sunday afternoon by plane.
They were welcomed formally to
the Hoke community late Sunday
afternoon at McLauchlin Park by
Earl Fowler, manager of the Rae
ford-Hoke County Chamber of
Commerce, who also presented
each of the visitors with a Welcome
Box.
The welcoming program was
held at the end of Arts-in-the-Park
1980 in McLauchlin Park.
En route to Raeford, the visitors
stopped in Raleigh and toured the
governor's mansion and other
places in the state capital.
Monday morning, an informal
talk illustrated by photograph
slides told an audience of Hoke
High students, and teachers and
photographic slides described for a
Hoke audience the educational and
recreational features and the
scenery of the Wauwatosa school
and general Milwaukee area. The
meeting was held in the Hoke High
library, and the audience included
Hoke High students. Principal
Lenwood Simpson, and teachers,
and Hoke County Schools Supt.
Raz Autry.
After the talk, the Wisconsin
students introduced themselves in
dividually and told what activities
in school he or she was participat
ing in.
Later, the visiting students at
tended their host school's classes
during the morning.
After lunch at the high school,
the Wisconsin and host Hoke
(See Students, page 13)
Hoke County Democrats will
choose Tuesday their nominees for
two seats on the Board of Hoke
County Commissioners from a
mong five candidates.
The winners of the Democratic
primary will become the county
commissioners, since no Republi
cans are running in the November
general election. The Democratic
nominees will, of course, have to
run in the general election.
Hoke County voters Tuesday also
will help choose the Democratic
and Republican nominees for gov
ernor and Seventh District con
gressman. the Democratic nomi
nees for the State House of
Representatives, and six other state
officers, and the Republican pri
mary for the state attorney-general
nomination.
They also will participate in the
statewide presidential preference
primary for Republican and Demo
cratic candidates.
In the county commissioners'
contests for the Democratic nomi
nations are Commissioners Danny
DeVane and Neil McPhatter. and
Jimmy Morrisev. James P. (Jimmy)
Plummer, and Julius Varner. The
three other seats on the board of
county commissioners won't be up
for election till 1982. under the
system of staggerd terms.
No other Hoke County residents
are candidates for the other offices
on the primaries' ballots.
For the State House, the candi
dates for the Democratic nomina
tion are the incumbents -- David
Parnell. Horace Locklear, and
Robert Davis; and Tracy Britt,
C.A. Brown. Jr.. and William C.
Gay. There is no Republican
primary for the State House seats.
No primaries are scheduled for
nominations to the State Senate.
In the Democratic primary for
the nomination for congressman
are incumbent Charlie Rose of
Favetteville. and Lynn Batson of
Wrightsville Beach.
In the gubernatorial primaries,
the candidates for the Democratic
nomination are Gov. James B.
Hunt. Jr.. Harry J. Welsh, and
former Gov. Robert W. (Bob)
Scott.
Vying for the Republican nomi
nation are State Sen. I. Beverly
Lake. Jr.. and C.J. (Charlie) Car
stens.
Running for the Democratic
nomination for lieutenant governor
are the incumbent. Jimmy Green;
former State House Speaker Carl J.
Stewart. Jr.. and Clyde Pulley.
A four-way contest is under way
for the Democratic nomination for
state insurance commissioner a
mong incumbent John Randolph
Ingram and three of his former
deputy commissioners -? Roy Ra
bon. W. Kenneth (Kenn) Brown,
and James E. (Jim) Long.
The Republicans besides the
gubernatorial primary also have a
contest for their party's nomination
for state attorney general between
Keith S. Snyder and Harold Cov
ington.
On the Democratic side, incum
bent Atty. Gen. Rufus Edmisten is
unopposed for renomination.
The candidates in the other
primary contests, all Democrats
are:
Secretary of state -- incumbent
Thad Eure and George W. Breece.
State auditor -- W.S. (Bill)
Chestnut. J.E.B. Davis, and Ed
ward Renfrew.
Superintendent of public instruc
tion ? Trospcr N. Combs and
incumbent Supt. Craig Phillips.
State Supreme Court associate
justice (for unexpired portion of the
term ending Dec. 31. 1984) --
Ottway Burton and Associate Jus
tice J.P. (Phil) Carlton.
In the state's presidential prefer
ence primary, three Democrats and
seven Republicans are on the
ballots. On the Democratic pri
mary ballot President Carter. U.S.
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, and
California Gov. Edmond G.
Brown. Jr.
The Republicans on the ballot
are Ronald Reagan. George Bush.
John B Anderson, Howard Baker.
Philip Crane. Robert Dole, and
John B. Connally.
On the presidential ballots also
are boxes labelled "no preference"
voters can mark.