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The Hoke County News - Established 1928
VOLUME LXXUI MMMR 13 R XKKORD. HOKK COl >TY. NOKTH CAROLINA
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The Hoke County Journal - Established 1905
S8 Pt.R * EAR THURSDAY. OCTOBER 1. 1981
Around
Town
B1SIMLMQIUUS
The Hut*. freeai meal laill
weathwr. hot <&*y*. Jut>J oooil mKjhtv.
bat tram is- tnoti&vf
Rtokect Gafijfem was. IN ttfhc -ctfficc
hftomiu* jm? sfijfievfi itftuo nthc ?nrc
casi is. far (Art weachnar uwril The
weekend!. This. was. aflU ilhai ka* betn
Wjretasx so fear. Gacftre soared itoan it
1 thts hetai! tnroe- QtkwMi ttthf ranr?fa<Tl *ar
ScplK III fc*V 1 MW owulhl Une <ax
tenefcs. oti an tmdh.
Tlhs cwmpamo. wiuhi Jt .4 tmchxs, w
I3L <?? tmdhts. m W'fc; H .#
mdies n fc. > tmdhts mi 8^"";
ami Xto imAes. tn So ycoi cam
se? fcrvrn these %wa ahvat ihc
count* is. ?fcry
tn n limit chrouifh, nhe cvwmn wm
can see choc sw*fte*?*s. aire Axmf up
at the fieisiS.
So nrwbe IK pmNhsftumi: lihesc
figures ahemi off tnirnf., tn wiJIl fce tike
leaving wior car wimdtontt <&?*?, it
will train. List's. ho^e ??
Se*erai weeks. agy> II tnemromci in
trhts column that Jkeam Hmto m<
Fa?e*&r*iile wuncnl ehe- .a&dhvs-ses rtt
membm otf ehe dk*?. ?yf I"1**" <c#'
^ Hoke rtr?h Schooll. \ card! fevwni Ixt
this *?k statwi fifoae ?mlK otic
person ho?i ses^poiwdWi amd ?he
slaved that mumfcim. >aH itlhao class
must iwt treat! Almond Tioiwin
Since 1 cJwn't! know dkae- unemiihcTs
of the dlass. 1 wifll not saw wflncrhtT
the* <to> or not. Wf wui amc a imcroihcT
of the disss, oti 1*WP\. ytieuH*- ?rot
Vtrv iean Harmpv 13TB Giv?? Si .,
Fayette* tile. NX. ami ufats ?'ill ?ct
me ott" the hook, wttfo heir
. A few weeks uftjf Sk>ilik"?*lfrM;
letter ami cteppttnc wewe irecwed at
tht?? offiw
The EdWor
LVar Sir:
Do you. ha*e- slhe anraniktt ii#
CX^umturr ami Iaijiuhaiis, 3^1 "
ot' thv W> '<4 ^ Coasncv Aonunuii irt
k'imivd 1ft <OtlX files" II ato vrrv
tnt*re?ed in leartmnc wiheiiher I And
when) the emdloj>?\S Ainricike ?as
included m that gMh^ABiwm.. And tt
uidit tonal tnliucTrratti >?? wa* prtnwed
-lOnit the death of Vtrs. CViracwimc
McNair. CouM Bihe junx^c have
tvcn written bs; she eJsas-c. jtv! i1
so. who was he." Amy miljwmairwTi
thai *ou cut pirwmw&r -mt *nTl he
greatly appreciated:
Thank vou
Sincere!'". .
BXtrr*. B W ilftard
t Vtrv C<vi?vr- S Wu'llard )
I'he article fafltaftv
A RcmarkaMr ?mui
W e saw in the- flmultmnnui fois -
last week than Vttrv Oefnen
nne McNatr was dfca?d. Vhs. Vk
?Natr was once our tncAtnesa neieh
bur and a rrctghc* good! ?^wvati she
was. After she ?is sic* tew* vt-Ars at
age she planted; a grvbO?<Htn .-fl cowron
cultivated it with a tfcw.. ?AJ'hered
the cotton, picked nlhe seeds from
it. cardxrd tt. spun. w? and i. nmcd
the prettiest cvuncerpviime have
eser seen. She Jjvt thirs n^o hcauv
had to work. hut becaiirxe -she vVuikd
riot k.eep trom it She- *as i-tne oft rhe
most tndu.sr-u.>u> wvwnero *r have
^>er know it - ??.>??? tCuJumrx Journal
Vtrs- WiJljurvi wirvc<e An The end f*t
the artivHe thai Vtrs Orsncnnne
McNair d&evl 23 Peormiher H^ltv
1 wrot*- fc> Mttv * uffitand And H>ld
her that we dSnf mjc have These files,
but I total her chat ilhe Atrrcke must
have been wrtmwm K rt?e i?tc D
Scott F\>ole Nee-AtiMie w *jts m his
style ot' wntiwics Aftao Vfr Poole
was edtitoe m! puiMtrsiher o<f the
Cowty AjturtuL
W Last week I mearnved lihe 1v?tV?w
my letter (front! Vlirv WtjllUird.
CVar Mr. Mkiim.
Thank <oui liwe wait letter ort
Sepcetmber 21 tm tnewpoiiTse W tm
utvjuirv obouij a? amracftc y?errAmmc
Do Mrs CVnwwtme Vis -Vat tHai
presurrtjiNs was. tm afihe W.-wkw- Coun
nr Jhitrnul . fvrhajpM, m Jat>uat\
r?t*.
h ? tmeewsmsiu: 3iufi D Sci^n
wa? pmWteiAicir ^ trtv* ne?\
noqpet. Ht imm Ihaste iheeri related to
CjJswt JkMhmA PovAetic^evl "XT*p ")
?b ittamevl Sjlftr McNjmt. ftand
I itomfticeT o<f Clk^iKiMWif McNatt It
I fitkt.. ome o?t mIk And X *p"
KmAc'V dta&dRem in. niAimed Seen
I Vtrs. iknnen?i?Mt McVmt (Vtrs
I JtoJkta NrbMMi McSahtD was m\
I fiiiM-yr?l?i^IlK* .. wav horn
I ar Ri^fc? ?l C<wn\ an JKN And
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City Seeking Additional State Funds
Low Bids On Waste Project $784,870
Treated At Doctors 9 Offices
34 Hurt In Hoke School Bus Accident
A total of 34 South Hoke
Elementary School students were
injured hut apparently not seriously
about 7:45 a.m. Monday when the
school bus in which they were
riding to their classes ran off
SR 11 06 into a ditch.
The accident happened about a
rnilc and a quarter northeast of
Antioch.
State trooper Bowden said the
students were treated in Raeford by
Drs. R.M. Jordan. Robert Town
send and Ramnik Zota at the
doctors' offices, then released. He
said the children suffered minor
cuts and "bumps."
The bus. No. 25. was being
driven south by Alfred Galloway.
Jr.? 21. of Rt. 1. Box 667. Red
Springs, when he saw the car
traveling north in the school bus's
lane, causing Galloway to swerve
oft the road to avoid a collision, the
officer quoted the bus driver as
saving. The bus ran into a ditch
and turned over on its side. The car
didn't stop, the officer said.
Later, however. Hoke County
Schools Supt. Raz Autry said
Galloway's license to drive school
buses was withdrawn after students
on the bus were interviewed. He
said Galloway reportedly "was
talking with kids" while he was
driving. Autry said state law is
specific on bus driving and there
was "no excuse" for the accident.
He said the results could have been
much worse, since the ditch the
bus went into is six feet deep and
that side windows of the bus were
broken by the accident.
Autry also said 6" students were
tin the bus at the time of the
accident. Galloway is not a student.
Bowden said.
The bus wasn't moving more
ihan 35 miles per hour when it left
;hc rivad. since governors on all
North Carolina school buses kept
the vehicles from traveling any
faster.
Galloway reportedly said he had
turned to talk to some students who
were making a disturbance. A rule
ts. however, that a driver must stop
the bus before acting on a distur
bance.
Mondax afternoon, an anony
mous telephone caller told Th?
\cws~Jtkurmil South Hoke School's
bus drivers were going to strike.
The caller didn't say what the
reason for the stnke plan was but
apparently it was the lifting of
Galloway's bus-dri\ing duties.
When classes ended, three of the
seven regular bus drivers hadn't
appeared at school to take the
children home, but were replaced
by others South Hoke Principal
Woodrow West all said none of
those who tailed to appear for the
Students wku were am tke school bus im tke mtiJemt but were umimmrexd are shown waning with <*J*/r nmm foe
ike substitute bms dispatched ru take tkem tke rest at tke w ro classes photo by Pam Frexiemck. I
afternoon driving notified his office
that the* wouldn't come and no one
mentioned a "strike."
Autry. questioned earlier in the
afternoon, said he hadn't heard
about a strike plan but if drivers
did jto on strike then would be
replaced immediate^ .
The results of the failure of the
three drivers to appear at the
schools were delays of about a half
hour and more in the children's
regular departure time.
The bus accident and injuries
kept Westall and his staff bus? all
da? trying to reach parents of the
children involved to notify them of
the accident.
Bo* den said 66 students were
aboard the bus. besides the driver.
He said the children ranged from
about 6 to years old.
The injured students were taken
to Raeford foe treatment bv two
ambulances of the Hoke County
Ambulance Service and one of the
Hoke Count? Rescue Squad The
Rescue Squad also sent two other
emergency nonambulance vehicles
to the scene.
Bowden expressed his thanks to
people in private cars who stopped
at the scene and took care of the
Bus So. 25 sAows somr damage to its bod? Mhmuig MonJ hrr
mornings OixiJent but the damages have been esttmu:eJ at S40Q0 w
$5,000. The picture wws taken by staff photographer Pum Frederick as a
chatn was Ntts? ht+jJied to the bus to tow it to the school bus ge
children ttll the tmeiynw \ehjcles
armed.
The damages to the school bus
MiW S4.000 to S5.000. a county
school bus maintenance spokesman
was quoted as saying.
The uninjured students *ere
taken to school 45 minutes to an
hour after the accident h\ another
school bus. B?>? tier; satd.
Hit By Car Saturday Night
McCloud, 17, Hurt Fatally
J -year-old Hoke County man
?as injured fatally about ":55 p.m
Saturday when he was strack bv a
car as he was King on a mad near
Harmony Hetghts. State Trooper
Bill Bow-den. the investigating
officer, said.
Bow den viid the victim w as
Raymond Dallas McOoud. Jr.. o*
John K McSfill. Jr
Vardrit fMgprtk >
For Reflection
McNeill, Hedgpeth File
Raeford Mayor John K. McNeill.
Jr.. and Councilman Yarddl Hcdjj
peth. Jr.. have filed for reelection in
the Nov* mhti 3 municipal election.
voters mill elect a mayor and
fK-e council members to two-vear
terms.
The deadline for filing for candi
dates for the offices is noon Friday
at the Hoke Conntv B?\?rvi ?>?
EJrct*Miv
McNetf filed Fridn for rwVv
t?n to his seventh term, and
Hedgpeth filed Monda* for h?s
third term.
Unregistered. ipMfifkj people
have til 5 p.m. Maaiay to iqumi
to vote in the election.
Grwn Pints Mobile H?>me Park,
Rt. 4. Bo\ 4. Ridord. He said
McCloud *as dead on arrival at
Cape Fear Valley Hospital in
FayetteMlle
Borden reported the accident
happened on SR 14CL3 near Circle H
Mobile Home Park . He said
Donald Ackerman. * ho lives in the
Circle H park, told him he hear
McCloud "hollering" and sa?
McCloud coming dio?n the road.
?aiktng east toward L'.S. 401
As Ackerman approached. Mc
Ootid tell onto the road . Ackerman
said he sa* a car traveling west and
trted to slop it but the driver tailed
to see McCloud in time to stop the
car m time to prevent the accident
Ro?den >??vd the driver ?as Nina
A. Readdt ot R: I. R.?\ Ml.
Roetord. She ?as not charyxd he
said.
MeCloud's death <*a^ the thjrd
this >ear ir j Hoke Counts iratfic
accident.
McCloud ts survned b\ his
parents, of Rjet?>rd: hits >j-vjfrs._
Misses Jeanna Rae and Teresa
L>nn McCloud ?>t Fa*ttts>ilk\ his
maternal ^randpare-nt-v. Mr. arsj
Mrs. C.F. Kerns >>t Marsetu O..
and ht> paternal steptrandrx^her.
M rs. Jean McOoud ot V|jir\iu
The tuneral and birr:ar *ftf to
have been held ip Manena.
Xrran^ements ?ere iit<v>mpifit
Rovers X Breeze hutxrai Honse
ot Faxettesilte *a"? tn vharw ot the
Uval arrangements.
City Sunday Beer Sales
Ban To Be Viewed
The Raetoni Cil\ Council mill
consider Mi>ndav niyht the em's
!?*<? ordinance harming sales of
**er on Sunday in hght of the
Hoke Counts iMnmmwnm' re
peal of the counrx prohibition of
Sunda\ sales.
The otmmiYuonerV nrpeal of rhe
count \ ordinance did mt aftect the
city hin Kvjuw under sjjic La* x
count* saWrs luihMinuw dors no*
appN to munKifulitirt Ki\in? prtv
hihttton ordinances
Gwwowmih. sjlrs t4 Seer and
?nKon Sundays is Mill pr.>hiN?<r-d
? ithin the Rjef^rd cil\ limits
despite the onintv (.vmrnmionm'
action.
Dundarrach Church Homecoming Sun
Homewxning ?ii! be heW Sun
4i\ at Oindarrach CHnrch
Dinner mill be heM on the
gronndv at 5 p.m.. and Hie
smke nil be Held at 6 p m The
Rnr. lames McKemrie of Robh*n>
??U be guesa speaker at "he vrr>?ce
and evangelist lor the resival
WKtV ? htcb mil be held Monday
through October R. starting at 7:jf)
p.m. dath The etangehst *ill
speak each e>ening
The R?~* Ben Ferguson ?s paMrv
Th* km bids on the general
thTaS!2^and ckvtrK'al ?wk for
the Raeford waste-water svstern
jroprovernems wtrrc found Mod^
n*ht to total 5^84.870. *
JS Council adopted a
nrsolut.on accepting them and
to apply for $22,500 more
Tj1*** 9"" Water Bonds on a
L T matching basis to
pay the S^OOO by which the ,ot.?
,hc presem funds
atv 4 522 -500 would
awooES* k^' capi,al
??ni2?i2i,C acdn Wa,er ^
gram had been approved earlier for
^T0* En?,necrinS ?ees. legal
*nd *d?w>istrathe charges, and
contingency bring
S^45.0(J? ^ ?f the pro?ect to
O* , Tuesday. City Manager Ron
M?thews mas notified bv a state
that, in vie* of the council s
to apply for the additional
tunds. the council action on the
-acceptance resolution Monday
mx>uW to be taken ovct
Matthems. in reporting this
development Tuesday \o The AVh]
sa?d the council would act
S^y'n^. m?mhlV
HwJ^. cou?ci! a! lht" special meet
ing aKo decided to explore the
Polity of obtaining standbv
rSTpiET^ .,.r?m ,he Lur,iher
in TI Bcclnc Membership Corp.
iUSL grting an e,cct^c
W^Tk h t^" a Pn>vision Of a
torn b?d The CIty administration
?**sult with the Lumber River
cwperame and Carolina Power &
Co. on the matter. CP&L is
tne city s power provider.
'' !hf alternative source can be
w V,ngS m ,he ?en?r*tor
a?oum ?? M0.000 to
^^OOO. Matthews estimated.
ine lo* bidders and their bids
?are Sun States Constructors. Inc
o t Dunn. S62I.44I. on the general
contract and Steele Electrf c?
r T* on the
electrical work.
S^WW?5 raT'd upward lo about
a^ T ?JH thec^?I contract
s-mw ?" "?
^ .b,ds *vceived for the
Swral and three fur the electri
ill.
So2T^ gC"eral- th* 'owest was
***>.>>2 submitted K Mvric Con
struaion Co. of Star; and the third
ksw?,.S 4b. 480. by Evans. Eller A
Associates of Statesville.
(>i the electrical. Roanoke Elec
2? 7? Panu'S? submitted the
*vond lowest bid. S 200. 1)00: and
1 ToVU-nd ^'ectric of
Lutnberton. S205.r>oo
The general contract calls tor
construction of additions to the
laboratory building, lime condi
tioning of sludge facilities. con
*ers?on of existing contact stabili
sation units to complete mix with
existing blower and air diffusion
rerun ations; sludge drvin* bed
m^vdifications and appurtenances
, ,.e ncal work insist of
installing wiring for the new
facilities, rehabilitating some ex
isting electrical facilities, installing
PdncK anJ Pr^<ling
> generator anil appurte
nances ' r
The improvements to the waste
water system must be made before
moreindusm can be sened. under
federal fnvironmental Protection
Agency regulations.
Besides the low bids the costs
induce Si 1 f> OtV) i?s
f- n engineering
fees. S. .000 m legal and adminis
tratn* assessments, and V.VJ.I30 in
construction contingencies
f,nan? *?>e project . the
. f Economic Development
?-^ra,r has panted the city
(inn ^ Cl,x has budgeted
and is to sell S58.000 in
'^ligation b??nds. through
he State Local Government Com
mjssvsn This is in addition to the
s*ate s original Oean Water Bonds
^ *OU,d ^ expanded bv
'r>e additional fund fhe cltv is
applvmg for: and to the citvs
">>nes matching the additu.nal
state grant.
Grass Fire Put Out
A grav. fire possibK started by a
discarded cigarette broke out on
So??h lack son Street near the Hoke
t <m??n Warehouse Saturday after
???d ?to extinguished by the
Raeford Fire Department. No one
*'?4 injured and no building was
damaeed.