To Match Funds For Restoring , Preserving 1830b Residence
$11,000 Stale Grant Approved For Mill
Prong House In Hoke
An SI 1.000 pw *o
A Mill Prong hoaxw lac., ns
?W*wd b* the Gcaml Asm wN>
lut ?tck.
The PionK Carotau HbumviI
Con Mission ret?nia?Mled tht
grant to the Hokt CtMun project.
Chutes Hoamkr is presides* ot
the nooprulu ixjuummi inoor
porated in W1? for the purpose ?f
ptmmuut and nc-uoriog the Fed
eral stxfcr plantation home in Btee
Sprmgs tommhip
TV house built in the 1790s
and substantial add mom made in
tfcc 1830%. John Gilchrist, the
orqgmal builder, emigrated from
Kuttvrr. Scotland, in 1770 and
became a leader of the large
HtghUnd settlement in this area.
He was elected to the House of
Commons in the last decade of the
18th century.
The house and nearby cemetery
are listed in the National Register
of Historic Places.
Mill Prong Preservation. Inc.
will hold the fourth annual meeting
on Sunday. October 25. at the
Graham- Mat heson house located
adjacent to Riverton Park near
Wigrun. The public is invited.
A catered picnic lunch will be
?"*d at 1 p.m. Cost of the lunch is
S4 and reservations must be made
by Thursday. October 22. to Mill
Prong Preservation. Inc.. P.O.
Drawer 1087. Lumbertoc . N.C.
28358.
The Graham- Matheson house,
birthplace of the late Dr. R. A.
Matheson of Raetord. was built in
the 1830s for Elizabeth Puivdl
Graham, a granddaughter of John
Gilchrist, and her husband. Archi
bald Graham. It originalh was in
Blue Springs Township but was
moved to the present site when
purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam S. McLean of Lumberton.
Restoration ot the house is under
way.
A grant trom the National Trust
I** Histooc Preservation enabled
Mill Prong Preservation. Inc.. to
obtain the services of consultants
Edward Turberg of Wilmington
and George Font of Raleigh for the
Mill Prong house. An architectural
history and evaluation ha\e been
prepared, and detailed measured
drawings ot inside and exterior
cunstroction made. These will be
uxd as the restoration progresses.
The state grant will be used for
carpentry and masonry repairs
extern >r painting, and a permanent
roof.
The meeting held following the
luntfi will be addressed by Thomas
bright HI ot Wilmington, and Bill
McLean. They will discuss some of
the practical aspects of historical
preservation.
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The Hoke County News - Established 1928
VOLUME LXXUI NUMBER 25 RAF.FORD. HOKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLIN A
Preceding Hoke-Pinecrest Football Game
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The Hoke County Journal - Established 1905
S8 PER Y EAR THURSDAY. OCTOBER 1 5. 1 981
Homecoming Parade To Be Held Friday
Around
Town
BY SA* C. JHORRIS
The fall weather makes one fed
. pwd. hut si ill need rain. The
W forecast tast weekend mas for rain,
but it didn't rain enough to do any
good to the crops, and to the water
table.
I know *e hare had some winds
weather, but has there been enough
to make most of the pecans fall
from the trees? M\ ?ite picked up a
basketfull of nuts last week after
we returned from Wrights* ille
Beach. Could it be the dry weather
>that is causing the pecans to fall? If
anyone else has this problem,
please gi*e me the answer.
The old saying is. that an
abundance of nuts makes a coid
winter. It so. y*ni had better fill the
oil drum for the upcoming winter
? * ?
It sou are an undefeated football
team, it doesn't pay to be rated
^ number one in the rolls. For this
season an\wa\ . u a team gets to the
top. the\ are krnvked oft almost
immediately. I beliexe that
Southern California stayed up for
two weeks before meerr^g defeat.
There are undefeated teams
in the ACC. Carolina j?nd Orasc*.
It they maintain this jsase. thc
game between the two teams in
Chapel Htli or Saturday. Novetn
ber "* should draw a record crowd to
} Kenan Stadium
Last week the game between
Wake Forest and the lar Heels
drew almost wh?ch set a
record, litis wasun a das that the
weatherman had toresasi a ~0
percent chance ot ram. E?en if it
had been sunm weather, the
stadium was packed
? Someone asked irte Im it 1
really a anted opposition >r> the City
Council'irjof- litis was because ot
the comment I made in this column
last *?k
No. I personally don't want
opposition: but in am raoe. if
people eonte out k* the toke. then
issuer be discussed
l"hc comment about the baseball
games and the T\ came
home to roust with me. The
TV' set at home ?ent on the bhnk
and ?hen m> other >et hid to
replace it in the din you can resj
assured who va* what pnyrims ?n
my house
Ot course my ?tfe said go ahead
and watch the ball ?cames. but I
could tell by the tone ?<t her n*f.
? that the monies ?v?ukl be betTer tor
me in the km$ run
Ma?>be this ?^<uldn'i Ka\e been
the case in *our home*
The Hi<ie H?h BAtsttr Club will
Md a Bar-B-Q supper at Hoke
High School on Fnda\ . October lt?
starting at approximated 4 p.m.
They will vtrw until 7 p.m.
I Tickets can he Gained at Hoke
Drug Co. Go out and help the dub
and enjoy the fellowship.
I usually don't run poems m the
paper, hut the K4k*wing krtrrr was
mwed this week and the poem
bdow the letter was twkwd.
Dear Sam:
This came out recently m jf?r
iimhmrg Jamrmml, Thought you
(See ARCH. ND TO?N. pare 4)
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.4t Annuml Dinner
StaffpiMH
Several hundred people turned
out Thursday night to hi^ior Hoke
County's firemen.
The pictures show some of the
people who attended.
The annual dinner was held in
Gibson Cafeteria at Hoke County
Htgh School. The audience in
cluded Raetord city and Hoke
County government officials.
The guest speaker was Calvin
Beck, fire training coordinator for
the State Department of Com
munity Collegers. He was intro
duced by El wood Baker of the
North Raetord Fire Department,
president of the Hoke County
Firemen's Association.
The visitors were welcomed and
the special guests recognized by
Tom Howell, president of the
Raetord- Hoke County Chamber of
Commerce. Baker made the re
sponse.
The Re\ . George MeKeithan
gave the invocation.
Seven of the county's businesses
gave the financial support for the
dinner, and the> were thanked for
tt during the meeting. They are
Farm Bureau Insurance, and Earl
Rose its local representative. The
Bank of Raetord. Avery Connell
Insurance Agency. W.L. Poole
Insurance Agency. Southern
National Bank, and Raeford
Saxmgs La van Association.
Members of the Pine Hill Fire Department, which protects northwestern Hoke County, are shown wt th their guests
twining to enter the serving line. Front. L R ?? Dennis. Franklin and Frederick Purcell. Gene Blue. Ken Puree!!.
Chris Conley. and Daniel Shaw. Rear. L-R -? Michael Lucas and his wife Sherry . Cynthia Leach and her husband
Robert [back to camera |. and Jane and Bobby Stn>ther.
Volunteers For Energy Aid Program Wanted
Ken Witherspoon. director of the
Department of Social Services,
today issued an urgent call for
vvrtunteers to assist *ith the ad
ministration of the Low Income
Energy Assistance Program.
Particularly needed are people
?ho have some prior interviewing
or clerical skills.
Die energy Program is a limited
effort to prvnide a one-time fuel
assistance allotment to eligible
households. It is anticipated that
some 1 .500 households will applv
between November 1 and Decem
ber II. Witherspoon indicated the
full impact of the implementation
of all of the other federal changes is
causing the Department serious
staffing problems.
Witherspoon indicates that he is
very much aware of the mixed
feelings generated by certain assis
tance programs. He also pointed
out the serious problems generated
by high energy costs for all of us.
The poor and those on fixed
incomes are more vulnerable to the
Raeford Getting $48,750
In Powell Funds
Slate Transportation Secretary
W.R "Bill" Roberson Jr. an
nounced last week that checks
totaling more than S3 1.3 million
have been mailed to 461 municipa
lities in North Carolina for local
street construction and mainte
nance. The monies make up the
fiscal year 1982 allocatin of state
street aid (Powell Bill) funds.
Raefbrd will receive an allocation
of S48. 750.78. The allocation is
based on the community's popula
tion of 3.650 and its 23.29 miles of
streets not in the state system.
City Candidates To Attend
PT A Meeting Monday
The Hoke County PTA's first
meeting ot the new school year will
be held Monday at 7:30 p.m. at
J.W. Turlington School.
Raeford M?\w John K. McNeill.
Jr.. and all candidates for the
Raeford City Council will be guests
of the association. The mayor is
running for reelection but is un
opposed.
Everyone is urged to attend to
meet the candidates to become
better ?formed so he or she can
make an intelligent choice at the
poJK.
The election is scheduled for
November 3.
At Antioch
The Antioch Presbyterian
Church Ingathering will be held
Thursday. October IS. starting at
11 a.m.. on the church grounds.
Chicken salad and barbecue
-a
pwts ww dc offeree.
problems. It is with that thought
that the Department of Social
Services seeks to ettectivelv and
efficiently administer the Lo? In
come Energy Assistance Program.
Volunteers are needed in tour
hour shifts with some fixed com
Vass Road Bru
North Raeford Fire Department
firemen extinguished a grass tire on
Vass Road about a quarter mile
west of U.S. 401 bypass north
shortly after 4:30 p.m. Thursdav
before it could damage homes in
the area.
mitnient for the November 1 -
December 1 1 time trame. Those
interested in helping should call
Withers p*^n at 8~5-3 2 or come
by the department. A one-da\
training session will be provided for
all volunteers.
Hoke County High School's l*)81
Homecoming Parade will be held
late Friday afternoon through
downtown Raeford and adjacent
streets, starting shortly alter 4:30
from the high school's Gibson
parking kn.
The Hoke County marchers,
riders and vehicles will be joined bv
Pinecrest High School's cheer
leaders and ROTC Drill Team.
Pinecrest is Friday night's Home
coming football game opponent in
Hoke Stadium for the Hoke High
Bucks.
The parade will be lead by
Raeford Police Chief Leonard
Wiggins in his cruiser, followed bv
the city's oldest fire truck. Then
will come Little Miss Football, the
Hoke County Midget football
teams and their cheerleaders, the
Hoke High Junior Class float and
members of the Hoke High French
Club. Future Homemakers of
America and Distributive Educa
tion Clubs of America.
The city's newest fire truck will
follow, then Miss Homecoming
contestant Rose Parish in her
vehicle, the Hoke High Marching
Band. Miss Ekoh in her vehicle,
and members of the National
Honor Society.
In the parade also will be Miss
Homecoming candidates Debbie
Williams and Angela Conoly . Miss
Homecoming of N""9. the Fresh
man. Sophomore and Senior
classes* floats, and Hoke High and
L'pchurch Junior High cheer
leaders. Miss Extended Day of
Hoke High, a Hoke Rescue Squad
vehicle with members of the squad,
and members of the Hoke High
Health Occupations Students of
America and the Future Business
Leaders of America.
The parade will go from Hoke
High down Bethel Road, then onto
Harris Avenue, and turn north on
Main Street. The procession will
turn north on Campus A\enue.
then east at Magnolia on Hamv
and go to Bethel Road and return
to the high school campus.
sh Blaze Near Homes Killed
I he lire. cjux* ? js not
learned, spread quieklv through
dr> brush from \ ass Road and into
the front >ard of Mrs. Cara Lee
Patterson. {M. nearl\ reaching her
house before it *a% stopped. The
fire also burned ?rass on an
adjoining lot east of Mrs Pat
terson's before it was put out.
John Patterson. Mrs Patterson's
son. said he discovered the tire as
he was walking to his mother's
home and called the fire de
partment.
Buddy Willis is pouring water on the Vass Road gran fin wUr Cm? {M d holding the fire tour JfcwA ?rv
volunteer firemen with the Noeth Rmeford Fir* Department.