1 The Hoke County News - Established 1928
VOLUME LXXII NUMBER 5 KAEFOtD. HOKE CQl Ml . \OK1H CUtOUN A
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The Hoke County Journal - Established 1905
$8 PERI EAR THURSDAY. MAY 2*. l*SO
Nothing Decided Yet
' Preliminary Thoroughfare Hearing Monday
Around
Town
BY SAMCWWRLS
^ The rains came and the rains
have gone. How much il did rain I
can not tell you. We will have to get
a rain gauge if we want to report
the rainfall to our readers.
It seems that a certain gentleman
who was nice enough to come bv
the office every once in awhile and
give us the weather data, has
become awfully busy in the past few
I weeks doing what? I will not use his
" name, because it might embarrass
him.
Anyway we did have rain and it
seems to be enough for the present.
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A letter was received last week
and arrived to late for this column.
We print it this week and hope that
everyone will cooperate with the
Raeford Woman's Club.
P The letter follows:
Dear Sam.
The Raeford Woman's Club
project - CAMPERSH1PS - has
made an adventurous dream a
reality for many of our Hoke
County youngsters. A dooaton of
SbO.OO will assist us in providing
clothes, physical examinations, a
Bible and transportation for a
Hoke County disadvantaged child
pto spend a fun - filled week at
Camp Monroe in Scotland County.
The campers are selected by their
teachers in grades four through six.
Through individual, civic, in
dustrial and business donations, we
sponsored 24 campers last year.
One cannot realize the excitement
and delight of these youngsters
until the "gee whines" and "oh
goHtes** are heard upon their
return.
? With your support this has been
one of our most successful and
rewarding projects. We hope, once
a?ain. your readers will contact us
with a contribution to sponsor a
camper this year.
Thank you. Sam. for helping us
help others.
Sincerely.
Betty C. Knox
President
Raeford Woman's Club
O No* if you feel inclined to help in
the worthy cause you can mail a
check to:
Mrs. Howard Hust
P.O Box iN8
Raeford. N.C. 2&3~"b
Mrs. Hust is the treasurer for the
Raeford Woman's Club and she
will be sure that it is placed in the
right place.
0
Several years ago a tamilv moved
from Raetord to Clarksville. Va.
llw family was Bill and Anne
Smith and Bill was transferred by
Burlington to the Virginia plant.
Both were very civic minded and
were good church members.
In the Burlington Industries
newspaper. "Burlington Look" a
picture of Anne Smith appeared in
CI he May issue.
The caption for the picture is as
follows:
"Anne Smith, nurse at the
Menswear Combing plant in
Clarksville. Va.. has been named
'Occupational Nurse of the Year'
by the Virginia State Association of
Occupational Health Nurses
lOHN). Anne is currently president
of the Piedmont OHN association.
She joined Burlington in 19^5 and
husband. William Smith, is a
systems analyst for the menswear
division in Clarksville."
Congratulations to Anne Smith
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The baseball players strike was ,
averted so maybe we can see a
baseball game or two and not have
to look at old mo* ws or reruns. Of
^ourse some folks wish the players
?ad walked out because they say
the tube is taken up with sports
programs now.
? ? ?
School is about over for this
school year and besides the
graduation exercises along comes
the numerous concerts at the
I See AROCND TOWN, page 1
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in the
PREUMIXAR > PLAJ\' -- TTus map i tf eke pnrifmytrmary Thttrcacgkrare Plan Plan is the subtext of a puNix hearing scheduled tor Monday night .
fur the Raeford area skv*ts tke heavier b&tirk fan far the major traffic Rue ford City Council chambers- frothing about the preliminary plan has
'horvugh tares and the thin limes jitr tke immrtr irvnanes. The jieshed tmes ar>- been deitded yet. |A lap by Planning and Researxh Branch. State
r>ropnsed nn*ds which would link murur rAwaoHtaflrvs im rhe pian. The Department of Transportation J,
Ex-AirjM>rt Operator s Claim Dismissed^
Court Rules F or City
Hoke County Superior Court
Judge Arthur Lee Lane Thursday
Jiuwutd former Raetbrd Airport
operator Paul Rose's claim that a
hangar he built on the airport
property. ?h?ch is o?ned by the
city, is his and the City of Raetoni
should pay htm S15.000 which he
termed the hangar's fair market
value.
The judge in a separate, though
related action ordered Thursday
the city "have and recover" from
Rose $300 plus interest from
Thursday. Ilic City in a counter
In Superior Court
datm tv> Kw?$ ocwnpUmt said
Rise ow?d the dn ik amount m
impaaj domMv mn erf SfrO for
imrn tiarMgk Mav W7?. under
the setm* <orf the airport lease
?igreemewu
Ik rdvtvttoc no the hangar, the
judge's order declares Rose's
"ctaro dsssusard m-jrti prejudice
upv?t ptiawrsJflf Rose's failure to
pev>seoMe the case."
Thie oevier sw?ed that neither
Rose aw has ai*crw> appeared in
cwttl f?r the hearing of the
iMtg-aeniw..
Rose's complaint, filed June 15.
W . says Rose built the hangar on
airport property with the city's
approval and that it * as not
permanently attached to the city ?
owned land.
The complaint says the city
terminated the lease June 2. 19 .
after Rose came in default under
provisions of the lease agreement
Rose, the complaint adds, noti
fied the city of intent to rm>?< the
hangar, in that the hangar was a
"trade fixture and not part of
reahv
I~he city. the complaint says,
informed Rose he was not to
remove the hangar.
The city's answer, filed Aug II.
W~\ denies that the hangar is not
permanently attached to the city -
owned property.
Fhe city counterclaim says the
lease contract between the city and
Rose was entered Nov. 4. W~4.
Robert G. Drumnght. who was
Raetord's cits manager at the time
Rose operated the airport, testified
tor the city ot last week s hearing
Fines Imposed In Traffic, 'Pot' Cases
Judge Arthur Lee Lane heard the
following cases and issued the
indicated judgments last week is
the ooe-week crnl and crtmtnal
term of Hoke Count* Superior
Court.
Robert Parrick Baker. 22. of
Radford. ?as given a suspended
sentence of 2 4 years presided he
a fine of WOO and court costs,
r possession of marijuana.
The judge ordered that Baker
tint serve *) dm. hut he ctgiNe
immediate** for work -release, he
fore starting 5 years probation The
2-4-wtr term was suspended for 5
vearv Baker had p*ended guilt* K>
the charge.
Kathleen Talbot. 5#. Rt. i. Bm
2^-D, Rat ford, phtiuitti $*in to
three counts of worthless checks
She received JO daws suspended for
2 years on cotaduwaa, she
restitution for checks of SrX
S20. and 120 50 to the o4flfke of
derk of Syrw Court for Turtle s
Ejuuu of Rarford
Joe Louis Moore. 44. Rt I. Bra
lift. Rarford. charged nth two
counts of itniiug. under the ?
fluence. thud otfSeuse. and speed
tag "2 a * 55 : pleaded guilty
ro the two owm of third-often sc
W.1 He *J8 sewmctd to 2 years
on 6?ch omm, *o nan cortsecu
iwek. N( the sentence ??$ sus
p**4eJ for 5 ywt md the defeti
iiM pbctd m pmhttiM for 5
<e?n on ^wndiawn. he not drive till
ptofofr Ikenei; subject hrmsett
K> wolhfl ? M alcohol rehabt
litatwa pro?ram maintained
ikroafk the Hoke Cowtv Mental
Health Cnwcr. the come to be
cwfitMd w?hm 75 dnv and pay
own costs and a S500 fine.
" Amr Lee Ytmf. ?. Sandhills
V?*k Center. McCain, pleaded
gvitft to fchnhem nr .y ? 1 was
same nerd to ft months., to Itfui at
thteipnim?f the sentence he is
mm wonf He atu pleaded faihv
to tw> >cci?ti ?f breaking or
it. an. i inf. and two ccwnts erf lar
eeny. and was state need to 5-7
wars a*: each cew as a committed
mathfnl igfltnier.
lohneyGrower Woods, 31. Rt. 2.
Red Sfnfv |hadtl no contra to
two cm?H ? nmdtmeanor pos
senam rf nehn pmyeny. was
found pe*y. and |Mt 18 months
to 2 years suspended tor 5 sears and
probation for 5 sears. on conditions
he not possess burglary took or
dangerous weapons, be gainfully
employed, and not ?o on the
premises of Carolina t"urf Co. of
Raeford without written consent of
the owner, and pay costs and a
S}00 fine.
Emesl White. )5. of Rt 2. Box
4%. Raeford. was given prison
terms for driving while his license
was rooted permanently and for
hts fourth offense of driving under
the influence, but the terms were
suspended on conditions he pay a
S5""0 fine on each charge and court
' costs and serve 5 consecutive
weekends in jail. Another condition
was he not dme till he is property
licensed. ,
The suspended sentences are 2
years for the fourth-offense DU1
and 12 months for the license
violation, to run consecutive!? if a
condition of suspension is violated.
The judge ordered the terms sus
pended for S years and White be
placed on probation for 5 years. He
also ordered continued the proba
tion for a WTJ DUI conviction.
White had pleaded guilty to the t*o
charges in last week's cases.
William ITtomas Jones. -Wv of
Rt. 1. Godwin. after pleading
guilty, was sentenced to b months
for dinvtng under the influence and
2 years for d rising while his license
was revoked, both sentences sus
pended for 5 years and Jones placed
on probation for 5 years provided
he verve 3 consecutive weekends in
jail, pay fines of S200 on the DL'l
charge and $500 on the license
charge, and court costs, and not
drive till he ?s properly licensed.
Robert Gary Former. 2**. of
Fayettesille. was ordered to pay a
fine of $650 and court costs as some
of the conditions of the )udge
suspending sentences for assaulting
an officer, speeding over 55 wrhile
fleeing, speeding W in a 55 /one.
and failing to stop for a blue light
and siren, and careless and reckless
driving. Another condition was
Former not drive within 60 days
from the date the judgment was
issued, which was May 20
The suspended sentences are
(See SIPfRIOR COl'RT, page 12)
A public hearing on a pre
liminary Thoroughfare Plan tor the
Raetord area will be held Moodtt
at 7:30 p.m. in the Rxkml City
Council chambers, but City
Manager Ron Matthews en^u
sind Tuesday morning that the
preliminary plan is just that ?
nothing has been decided yet.
He said some people living on
Jackson Street called him Mooda*
and asked when they" were going
to start tearing up the street. He
said that, besides the fact that
nothing has been decided, the Pan
calls for Jackson Street to remain as
it is - a minor thoroughfare for use
principally by auto traffic, and
local traffic at that. In fact, he
added, widening Jackson Street
hasn't even been discussed.
Matthews said that even rf the
City Council and State EVpartment
of Transportation approve the
Plan, it still would be open to
changes. He \aid the work the
ultimately approved Plan would
call for would be done in stages,
and that the work recommended m
the prel>m?narv P'a'* drawn up this
year wou'dn't be done if" sub
sequent developments eliminated
the need No area would be done
unless the City Council requested
ihe work. Matthews explained.
City and State representatives
worked together to draw up the
preliminary Plan, which witt be
shown to the public Monday night,
and the City Planning Board
recommended the public hearing
be held Matthews said most of the
recommendations contained in the
plan were made by the state
highway people. Participating m
the hearing Monday night will be
members of the staff of the
Planning and Research Branch of
the State Department of Trans
portation. They will include Boh
Booker, the head of the staff.
Matthews satd a Plan was
worked out with an eye to meet the
needs expected for the Raetord
area in the next 10 to 20 years. He
said, however, that, contrary to
ijeneral public opinion, the plan
ning was done primarily with local
traffic in mind. He pointed out that
SO per cent of the traffic that uses
Raetord streets is local. Matthews
added that the planning also had
automobile traffic primarily tn
mind.
Essentially, the plan aims to
improve the flow of traffic through
the area.
The map shows tour connectors
linking major thoroughfares are
proposed I~he heav\ broken lines
represent the proposed connec
tions. The longest would link SR
1403 with L'.S. 401 north of
Raetord at SK l.X>2. the Airport
Road. This would make a through
street of SR 1403 connecting N C
20 just beyond the southeastern city
limits and L'.S. <01 .
Another mat>?r addition *oulO
link N.C. -11 and N C. 20 )ust
bevond the v>uthern citv limits In
the citv a short new road would
connect the end of bast Prospect
Avenue with SR I40.V
The other connector would tie
east end of Harris Avenue with
South Mam Street at Central
Venue.
Part of the preliminary plan, as
the map shows, would establish a
general primarv route cirelmg the
ot\ most ot the was beyond the cits
limits The proposed plan covers
the area within a mile of the ctty
limits, the area governed bv the
ciry's A>ning ordinances
One ma?or value of a Thorough
fare Plan. Matthews said, would be
rights of way could be maintained
as the cits grows, with subdivisions
developing For example, the citv
could pull out the Plan and tell .1
developer he can't build a house it
this particular place because that is
on the right of way tv>r a stret
intersection. Matthews said.
"Nobody is going to start
changing anything." Matthews
said, indicating the immediate
future. As for truck traffic, he said
the cits can designate streets fc?
prevent their use by through truck
traffic He said truck routes already
have been designated
In reference to truck traffic, a
report made bv the Dtowru^owi*
Revaluation Studs commtftce ot
the Raeford - Hoke Chamfer* o*
Commerce rwmiwiKW to tW
Citv Council last vear that through
truck traffic now running through
the central busmen dKtnet be
(See tit ARIMn. page