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The Hoke County News - Established 1928
VOLUME LXXII NUMBER 17 RAF.FORD, HOKE COUNTY. NORTH CAROLINA
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The Hoke County Journal - Established 1905
S8 PER YEAR THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1980
Commissioners To Act Sept. 2 On Resolution
Hoke Housing For Low-income Discussed
Around
Town
7 BY SAM C.MORRIS
The weather over the weekend
was just perfect. If it would stay
this way it would suit me fine, but
the forecast is for the temperature
to rise by this coming weekend.
I don't know how much it rained
around here over the weekend, but
they had six inches Friday after
noon in Norfolk. Va.
% One reporter stated Saturday
morning that it was lightning so
fast Friday night that it was cutting
off many automatic lights at Vir
ginia Beach. Yes, from the sound
of the thunder, it was an electrical
storm to behold.
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When Mrs. Agnes Mae Johnson
Campbell gave me the letter that
%in in last week's column, it
dashed through my mind as to
what our grandfathers would have
thought of the idea of the county
loaning money. J. Worthy Johnson,
the first chairman of Hoke County
Commissioners, was the grand
father of Agnes Mae and Sam J.
Cameron, another member of ihc
first board of Commissioners, was
my grandfather. The other com
missioner was J. A. McPhaul of the
.ntioch section of the county.
I agree with Agnes Mae 100%
and believe that the old gentlemen
would have also.
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The conventions are over, so
maybe the cablevision will stay on
for awhile. Conventions and the
cablevision going off seem to run
hand in hand.
^ Now that the convention is over,
maybe the re-runs will leave and
the new shows will start for the
season.
Of course we will have to look
and hear the debates between
President Jimmy Carter and Ron
ald Reagan and also between the
candidates for Vice-President.
Maybe we will learn something, but
one thing for sure, we will hear a
%ishel of promises. How many will
oe remembered after November, is
easy for most people to count on
their fingers, (one hand).
Football season is just around
the corner. The local Bucks will he
playing in about two weeks and the
pros are in exhibition games al
ready this season.
^ It seems that before one season is
-ver, another is upon us. Baseball
still has a month or so to go. but.
the football season will be under
way in just two weeks.
I guess with the number of
people in the country now and
plenty of money, that almost any
sport will draw . whether in or out of
season .
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The teachers went back to school
Wednesday and 1 hope this cool
weather will prevail even if the
forecast is for warmer weather later
in the week.
The students don't go until after
Labor Day. which should be of
some relief to school authorities
who do the best they can to satisfy
everyone, and most of the time they
^an't satisfy anyone.
T So while we in air conditioned
buildings work and forget about
the heat, remember the schools are
not. air conditioned. The cost of
units makes it almost prohibited,
but the cost of energy stops it cold.
The Raeford Kiwanis Club will
sponsor a softball tournament later
the month, according to an
?mnouncement by President Var
dell Hedgpeth. Watch this paper
for complete details when they are
formulated.
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As you have already read 1 was in
Virginia over the weekend. Mary
Alice and 1 visited our daughter at
Virginia Beach from Friday until
? (See AROUND TOWN, page 14)
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Southern National Making Changes
Miller To Southern Pines; Parker Here
Gene Miller, city executive of
ficer of Southern National Bank in
Raeford since August 1978, will
join the staff of Southern National's
Southern Pines office September 15
as administrative officer.
He will be succceeded at the
Raeford office by Stephen B.
Parker, promoted to city executive
officer here effective September 1.
Parker has been branch manager of
the Hope Mills office since October
1976.
The announcements of the
changes were made Tuesday by
Southern National.
Each man has the title of
assistant vice president.
Parker joined Southern National
in Fayetteville in 1967 as collection
manager. He was made manager of
the Spring Lake office in August
1969 and was promoted to assistant
cashier and manager of the Hope
Mills office in December of that
same year.
In April 1973 he was promoted to
assistant vice president and trans
ferred to the Fayetteville main
office where he worked until Octo
ber 1976.
Parker is a former member of the
Cape Fear Jaycees. and has served
as secretary and treasurer. He has
served as chairman of the Explorer
Division of the Boy Scouts of
America in Cumberland County.
He served as chairman of the
United Way, Hope Mills Division,
in 1978 and 1979, and is a member
of the Hope Mills Lions Club.
A Fayetteville native, Parker has
an associate degree in business
management from Lafayette Col
lege. He is married to the former
Terri Lea Hess, also of Fayetteville,
and they have two children.
Miller has been with Southern
National since 1972 when he joined
the Management Training Pro
gram in Lumberton.
He became Lumberton branch
collection manager in 1972 and
transferred in 1973 to Clinton as an
assistant loan officer and install
ment loan manager. He became a
loan officer in 1975. was promoted
to assistant vice president in June
1976 and was promoted to city
executive officer of the Raeford
office in August 1978.
Active in civic affairs. Miller is a
past charter president and member
of the Board of Directors of the
Sampson Civitan Club. He served
as fund - raising chairman of the
Multiple Sclerosis Drive in Clinton
in 1977.
He is presently serving as a
member and director of the
Raeford - Hoke Chamber of Com
merce. chairman of the Hoke
County U.S. Savings Bond Pro
gram, member of the Raeford
On Earl Hendrix 's Farm
Fire Destroys
Three Tobacco Barns
Fire early Thursday destroyed
three curing barns containing
about lO.(KM) pounds of tobacco,
and damaged a grain silo conveyor
system and a two - ton truck loaded
with cured tobacco, on the farm of
Karl Hendrix about four miles
southwest of Raeford.
L'p to abut 30 firemen from the
M
Kacford. North Raeford. and West
Hoke fire departments fought the
blaze.
Hendrix jumped into the burning
truck and drove it out of the
remains of the shelter whose burn
ing root' had collapsed on it. a
witness said. He and others pulled
the burning tobacco off the truck in
Tobacco hams after the Jlre [Staff photos hy Bill Lindou |
an effort to save some of it.
Hendrix said the damage would
be close to S50.(XX) and it was not
cove red by insurance. He said the
approximately 10.000 pounds of
tobacco destroyed amounted to
about one per cent of his total crop.
Hendrix had about 125 acres
producing tobacco this season. The
destroyed tobacco was worth SI. 45
per pound. Hendrix added.
Speaking of the other damage,
he said it will cost SI 2.000 to
SI 5.000 alone to put the grain
elevator together.
"It's one of those things that
happens." he said of the fire.
"You've goi to keep going." He
said they've got to get things
cleaned up "to get ready to start
again." The he drove his truck
awav. resuming his work.
The three barns destroyed were
among 13 on that farm, and two
others are on another tract owned
and operated by Hendrix and his
family.
The tobacco destroyed ?as
within a day or so of being
completely cured for the market.
North Raelord Fire Chief George
Baker said a fallen 220-volt power
line delayed the start of the fight to
put out the blaze five to 10 minutes
till the power could be cut off. Once
the firemen could start they had the
bla/e out in a short time. Baker
said.
He said the fire started in the
middle barn of the three buildings
and he didn't know the cause.
The fire was discovered and
reported by an unidentified woman
who saw it as she was driving by the
farm. Baker said.
Besides tobacco. Hendrix and his
sons grow other field crops, in
cluding corn, soybeans, and
cucumbers, and raise hogs.
Hendrix got the cleaning up
started and called his electrical
contractor to replace the damaged
parts of the electrical system and
restore power soon after the fire
was put out.
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Gene Miller
Kiwanis Club, treasurer of the
Raetord Boy Scouts Program and a
member of the Awards Committee
for the Hoke County ASCS office.
Miller is a graduate of Appala
chian State University with a B.S.
degree in Political Science and is a
1973 graduate of the National
.IIV'
Stephen B. Parker
Installment Credit School at the
University of Oklahoma. In 1979.
he graduated from the Graduate
School of Consumer Banking at the
University of Virginia.
Miller is married to the former
Martha K. Simms of Laurinburg.
and they have two children.
Man Charged With Failing To Report
Arrest Made In
Aug. 8
Fatality
Herbert Felton McAuthur. Jr.,
24, of Rt. 1. Box 192, Lumber
Bridge, was arrested Monday
morning at his home on a charge of
failing to report the August 8
accident in which a pedestrian was
killed. State Highway Patrol Sgt.
D.L. Minshew reported.
Minshew said he made the
arrest, acting on information he
had received earlier in the day.
following an investigation by
Trooper Joe Stanley.
Minshew said McAuthur posted
$200 bond for his appearance for
trial in District Court September 4.
He said McAuthur is charged with
failing to report an accident in
volving a fatality.
Elbert Flowers. 58. of Rt. 1.
Raeford. was killed about 10:15
p.m. when he was struck by a car as
he was walking on Vass Road north
of Raeford about 100 yards from
his home. Stanley has reported.
Minshew said that the sub
sequent investigation found no
evidence of any violation other than
failing to report the accident
against McAurthur. The officer
said McAurthur apparently made
every effort to prevent his car from
hitting Flowers.
Two Resign
From Raeford
Police Force
Raeford Police Chief Leonard
Wiggins announced Tuesday the
resignations of two officers.
He said Detective John J. Mc
Neill. on the force since 1973.
resigned effected August 7 "tor
personal reasons" quoting Mc
Neill's letter.
Policeman Weaver Patterson re
signed effective August 15 to join
the Hoke County Sheriffs Depart
ment. Wiggins said. He said Pat
terson had first served about a year
as a dispatcher for the police
department, then became a police
man last November 9.
Church's
Centennial
Celebration
The 100th anniversary of
Ephesus Baptist Church will be
celebrated Sunday, starting with
services at 11 a.m.
Dinner on the grounds will
follow, then special singing will be
held with the Choraleers partici
pating.
At least three former pastors of
the church are expected to attend,
and all former members as well as
friends of the church are invited by
the present members and pastor,
the Rev. Clifton Canipe. to attend.
The present pastor will preach
and conduct the morning service.
The Hoke County commissioners
Monday night postponed till Sep
tember 2 taking action on a
resolution on the proposed housing
project for low - income Hoke
County people.
They also set for the same night a
public hearing on a proposed
expansion of the Raeford Housing
Authority to include all of Hoke
County, to administer the proposed
housing project.
The commissioners' regular
meeting of that day was scheduled
by the commissioners to start at 7
p.m., and the public hearing at
8:30 p.m.
The date of the regular meeting
was changed by the commissioners
Monday night from September 1.
because it is the Labor Day holiday.
The commissioners' regular meet
ings are held on the first Monday
and the mid - month Monday of
each month.
The board of commissioners
postponed action on the proposed
resolution, because the commis
sioners and County Manager James
Martin agreed that the resolution's
wording should be changed to
provide for coordination of the
project with the Raeford Housing
Authority, which will have county
wide jurisdiction and nine, instead
of the present five minutes. The
nine would consist of five appointed
by the Raeford City Council and
the others by the Board of County
Commissioners from among people
living outside the city area.
The present Authority has
jurisdiction within 10 miles of the
Raeford city limits and has five
members, all residents of the city
area.
The change in jurisdiction and
membership is subject to approval
of a joint resolution by the City
Council and Board of County
Commissioners.
The authority to establish this
kind of jurisdiction is provided in a
State General Statutes amendment
enacted in this summer's session of
the General Assembly.
The other resolution, whose
wording is to be changed, and an
agreement of cooperation with the
State Indian Housing Commission
are necessary for the county ? city
housing project to obtain a
preliminary grant ot S40.000 from
the U.S. Department of Housing
and Urban Development. John
Bullard of the Indian Housing
Commission, informed the com
missioners Monday night.
The resolution to be changed
asks Bullard to work with the
county to build up to 200 units for
low - income people in Hoke
County.
Commissioner Danny DeVane
suggested the commissioners "hold
off" on adoption of the resolution
since the county is working w ith the
city on the project and suggested a
few changes in its wording.
Martin said that if the board of
commissioners approves the reso
lution as written it would "pre
empt" the proposed expanded
Raeford Housing Authority.
He suggested the wording be
changed to ask Bullard to work
with the appointed Housing
Authority to build up to 200
housing units in Hoke County.
Bullard earlier in the discussion
explained that with a resolution
from the county board the federal
agency (HUD) could enter into a
preliminary loan contract, which
would provide S400 per unit for the
100 units tentatively planned.
Bullard said the approval bv the
commissioners of the cooperative
agreement could wait till the
building sites have been selected.
He said the application is already in
HUD's hands and is being held up
only for approval of the resolution,
and this must be filed by Sep
tember 30.
Bullard informed the commis
sion that three possible building
(Sec BOARD, page 14)
Lake To Speak
Here Monday
I. Beverly Lake, Jr. the Republi
can nominee for governor in the
November general election, will
speak in Raeford Monday night at
a public barbecued -chicken supper
at the National Guard Armory.
The Hoke County Republican
Party is sponsoring the dinner rally.
The dinner is free of charge and
there also will be live music.