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In Honor Of First County Manager County Building To Be Dedicated Sunday _ __ ?: ** ,M| n ?????? ? TOUT11 New County Office Building on South Magnolia Street, in photo taken Monday morning. [Staff photo bv Bill Lindau J. The new County Office Building on South Magnolia Street will be dedicated formally Sunday in honor of the late Thomas Benton Lester, Jr., the first Hoke County manager. The public is invited to attend. The program will start at 3 p.m. Charles A. Hostetler, a Raeford attorney, will be the guest speaker, and John G. Balfour, chairman of the Board of Hoke County Com missioners, will dedicate the build ing. Special guests will include Mr. Lester's wife; and the Lesters' daughter, son-in-law and grandson - Mr. and Mrs. Jack Scarborough and Tom Scarborough of Raeford. The 12,783-square-foot building, completed in September 1975 about a year after its construction was started, will be renamed the Lester Building. The structure cost S422.658. Balfour also will serve as master of ceremonies. The invocation will be given by the Rev. Kelly J. Wilson, pastor of Raeford United Methodist Church, and the bene diction by the Rev. Dr. John C. Ropp, pastor of Raeford Presby terian Church. Open house will be held and refreshments served in the building when the dedication program ends. Mr. Lester served Hoke County from February 16, 1961, till his death on November 8, 1977. He would have been 66 the following February 13. Mr. Lester served as county account, tax supervisor, purchas ing agent, and clerk to the board of commissioners before becoming county manager when the county manager form of government was adopted August 1, 1966. "This building is being dedicated to his memory, in appreciation of his many years of diligent and loyal service," the program prepared for the dedication says. "Its use is to provide services to the citizens of Hoke County, T.B. Lester's memory will be perpetu ated." The building houses the offices of the county Department of Social r f Thomas B. Lesn-r. Jr. Services, Board of Elections, Vet erans Service. Agricultural Exten sion Service (including Extension Home Economics), and Four County Community Service. <^Vlew6 The Hoke County News - Established 1928 VOLUME LXXII NUMBER 23 RAEFORD, HOKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA m journal 25c The Hoke County Journal - Established 1905 S8 PF.R YEAR THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2. 1980 Around Town BY SAM C. MORRIS It was only a week ago that someone in my presence said that it Jidn't matter how cold it got, they wouldn't complain. How short our memory can get. Monday during the rain and with the temperature about 60 degrees, people were complaining about the weather. Maybe this is the reason we can't do anything about it. Some want it hot, some want it cold and others just complain. Anyway the ground is becoming wet again and this should help the soybeans. I don't know how much ?jtton is still in the fields, but it is about one month ahead of last year according to a cotton expert. The forecast is for fall weather for the remainder of the week. ? * * Mrs. Tom Cameron was by the office Monday and stated that an error was made on the price of the ?ook, "Medicine in Marlborough County" that was printed in last week's paper. Mrs. Cameron states "to order "Medicine in Marlborough Coun ty" Marlborough Historical So ciety, 117 S. ? Marlboro St., Ben nettsville, S.C. 29512. $15 plus $1 postage and handling. In Raeford, copies may be obtained at the Upchurch Milling Co. office." Sorry about this mistake and f'jpPe doesn't inconvenience any one. ? ? ? Don't forget about the dedica tion of the Hoke County Office Building on South Magnolia Street Sunday, October 5, at 3:00 p.m. The building is being dedicated in memory of T.B. Lester. Sr. who ^?s county manager when the uuilding was constructed. Lester, who died in office was Hoke County manager for many years. * ? ? The Raeford Kiwanis Club is sponsoring its First Annual Golf Tournament at Arabia Golf Course on Saturday and Sunday, October 18 and 19. The tournament is open to all amateurs, including lady ^vlfers. The Dlav will be in two-man teams - captain's choice. Each two-man team will qualify on Saturday for placement in a flight on Sunday. Trophies will be awarded to first and second place winners in each flight. If you would like to join the fun, tend applications to Gyde Up diurch, or go by the Arabia Club. ? J If you are planning on attending a football game on Saturday, ? plan has been worked out for you to gualify during the week for play on Sunday. Full details can be obtained at the golf course. * ? ? The weather was perfect for i football last weekend and approxi j (See AROUND TOWN, page 11) Convention Of District 10, NCAE Educators Of Four Counties Meet Here NATIONAL EXECUTIVE -- Terry Hemdort [right] executive director of the National Education Associa tion, is shown Tuesday morning with Dr. A.C. Dawson at Hoke County High School waiting for the opening of the District 10. North Carolina Association of Educators, convention at the school. Dawson, a former Southern Pines high school principal, is a retired execu tive secretary of the NCAE. Hern don addressed the general meeting which started the daylong district convention. \ Staff photo by Bill Lindau ). Over 2,000 public school teach ers, administrators and educational specialists attended meetings all day Tuesday in Raeford with National Education Association and North Carolina Association of Education leaders and professional staff people. The occasion was the convention of the NCAE's 10th District, which is composed of Hoke, Robeson, Cumberland, and Harnett Coun ties. A general session, addressed by NEA Executive Director Terry Herndon, in MacDonald gym nasium - auditorium of Hoke County High School launched the day's program, followed by separate specialized meetings. At the opening of the general session, Dr. John Ropp, pastor of Raeford Presbyterian Church, gave the invocation, and Dr. Lenwood Simpson, principal of Hoke High, welcomed the visitors. Speaking later in the day at the meeting on the Quality Assurance Program was Earl Oxendine, Hoke schools' director of compensatory education who is a member of the State Board of Education. Among the speakers at the general meeting was Loretta M. Martin, NCAE president. Mrs. Martin is on leave from teaching business education at Thomasville Senior High School while she is serving as state president, a full time duty. She is living in Cary, near Raleigh, during her presi dency. but her permanent home is in Lexington, which is near Thomasville. Also speaking at the opening session were Lloyd S. Isaacs. NCAE executive secretary; and Dr. E.B. Palmer. NCAE associate executive secretary. Maxine Andrews of Cumberland County, District 10 president, pre (See EDUCATORS, page 10) DISTRICT 10 EDUCATORS MEET -- More than 2.000 teachers, administrators and educational specialists <>J District 10. North Carolina Association of Educators, and National Educational Association and State AE representatives were gathering in McDonald Gymnasium of Hoke County High School Tuesday morning for the daylong district convention when this picture was taken. [ Staff photo by Bill Lindau ]. Local Burlington Plants Give $20,000 To Hospital Burlington Industries' two Mens wear Division plants in Raeford donated $10,000 each Monday to Moore Memorial Hospital at Pine hurst. The presentation coincided with Textile Week, which is being observed in the Carolinas this week. It was made at the Dyeing Plant by Dyeing Plant Manager Gib Bernhardt to Crenshaw Thompson, administrator of the hospital. Derry Walker, the hospi tal's development director, and Ashwell Harward, personnel direc tor of the Dyeing plant, attended the presentation, which was made in Bernhardt's office. The other $10,000 donor is the Raeford Plant, whose manager is Cecil Bond. Bond and Raeford Plant Personnel Director Harry Williamson were scheduled to par ticipate but were kept away by other business. The $20,000 total grant, which comes through the Burlington In dustries Foundation, is payable over a two-year period and is donated on behalf of the 1 ,600 employees of the two plants. The most recent gift brought to $42,000 the amount donated periodically since 1%2 by the two plants here to Moore Memorial. In 1962, '63 and '64, they gave $3,000 each year; in 1973 and '74, the gifts were $6,000 a year; and in 1975, $1,000. In statements prepared for the scheduled presentation, Bernhardt said: "It is timely that this donation can be made during North Carolina Textile week, since it represents our corporate commitment, and com mitment of our employees, to the philosophy of being good citizens in the communities where we live and work." Bond said in his prepared state ment: "It is interesting to note that the state's textile industry has consistently led all over North Carolina industries in its support of community programs and projects such as institutions that provide health care services." He also said: "Moore Memorial has demonstrated good business management which is so important in this area of inflation and the growing challenge of holding costs in line and getting maximum use of every dollar." The 520,000 gift is in support of the hospital's $1.25 million de velopment fund campaign for pro jects in radiology and radiation therapy and pediatrics renovation and other capital improvements, which are planned for the radiology (X-ray) department. The radiation therapy depart ment project involves purchase of a linear accelator costing $450,000 to be used in the treatment of cancer. This means the patients in the region need no longer make long trips to other medical centers for this method of treatment, the hospital administration said. The pediatrics protect, also cost ing $450,000, calls for renovation and relocation of the pediatrics department, improving bathroom facilities, and the addition of a permanent playroom, which the administration terms an important part of pediatric convalescence. Walker is a native of Raeford, the son of Mrs. J.W. Walker of 334 N. Magnolia St. His father is deceased. Many ol Moore Memorial's pa tients come from Hoke Countv, and of the hospital's approximately 9(H) employees. 60 are Hoke Countv residents. vi&wmummt .y GIFT FOR HOSPITAL ?? Moore Memorial Hospital Administrator Crenshaw Thompson \ second from left ) receives Burlington Menswear plants ' gift from Dyeing Plant Manager Gib Bernhardt Monday morning. At left is Ashwell Harward. Dyeing Plant personnel director, and at right. Deny Walker, the hospital's development director. Raeford Plant Manager Cecil Bond and Radford Plant Personnel Director Harry Williamson, were out of town on business so could not attend the presentation meeting.
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