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The Hoke County News - Established 1 928
VOLUME LXXm NUMBER 29 RAEFORD, HOKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
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The Hoke County Journal - Established 1905
S8 PER Y FAR THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 12. 1981
( Town
BVSAMCMQMIS
Ik tulki for the pm several
riae^t hu. Reports went that
the >i f i Wi mas hdc* 30
m S? III nonnng. One
person sMed thai ? ?? 26 degrees
The twenal b for ran in the
| kH dn or sol. This a nedeni.
Dick Nedc*. the shr <rf Pnpps
Cicek. Imnng.hi the foBcmng note
by the office Mmdn. h is about
the Pappv Creek Watch and 1
Where sfoald be <rf iuerest to
Hoke Coon pufik.
Neck? vnv ~l was talking to a
?nber?fthehffKOnekW?di
|| the ether dam and he was
that the watch as. weffll wroo its fifth
"There is m> real way to know
how aaeh gwd it has dtw. but the
Atiifl* sdepoitaat vm it has cm
the criae tnfce b$ ^5%.
The watch was organised by
Chack Ih Wiling. with the coopera
tion of many others. They have
month!-* iraertmsgs. with <wc general
* yearly meet my and fisJh fry and it is
" worth a bec to get the awawmit)
together to? prt re- acquainted.
Thn offer a SlOOlOO reward ?o am
person furn whng. information lead
ing to the anest and (wktion c4
anyone breaking, catering and
larcen* in the Pupp* Creek
Watch :~
| Last week I tan an itan about a
Bake Sale for McCain Hospital and
I received the foftwinc note from
Mrs. Jess* Neekv.
"The commence nespcwrsahle for
the McCain Hcspva] and Lung
Association Benefit Bake Sale held
oa Fnto. Nmnker ?h wishes to
thank those fntwh and neighbors
who so generously supported the
benefit with baked goods and
monetary contributions. We also
| rhank those peophe who supported
oar efforts by pnrcfcjcscnc the baked
goods. An incomplete Tepcrn on ii is
S4~0 8J'
The following: letter mas received
Mondav and sfcoa&i be otf interest
to mart* rtrA>ie-rv
Dear Sam
1 am at a kws to tnem to ? hom 1
I should address, thss, so I suppose it
is best to send ? to wem and hope
that vou wtfl be ka&d enough to
thank e*erxotne foe me ?nh a few
words tn *o?r X<-ms-Jc*r*tal
COtttBtll
1 want no shank e-i-ervone who
attended the Battery ~F~ Renicm.
October 2-*- for the rooa welcome
"get ??S" card h Ivokt ro heart
to miss at. hM I m*s certamh in bo
conditfoat to attend. The card ma>
' have done moce <vvv3 than antici
pated. I was neWased from the
hospital on the -fcth xnd ha\-e felt
fine since and n ?Uxk? 1 gave up
cigarettes (40 dans *-nhout and
hardly am pvMml I did have to
return as an onepia*wt or the ttth
for further sesss ?todi all turned
oat o.k.
In spcte otf an disappointment
o?er HiissiBst the serauom. 1 gamed
^ sotnethsHjc thai ?o owe in atten
dance dtd I am new the proud
possessor of a bea*ttf?l card with
the auEtograpfts otf all of those who
were aNe so attend
Vfy warmest regards to everyone .
I am tookaag forward to being with
ww at neat wear's mmwn.
SincereK .
lunr Stone
Thanks. Jaanae. ? s good to kno*
that ww are again feeling fine
I Hope to see wn sew year.
Health Center
Giving
Flu Shots
* Thurs ? K> ncwad rt*e otuem of
Hoke Cowan ttu* if tfcn have not
IBBWi rtnr Aa dm vet. to do so.
The Hoke Comma Health Center
in etmnw rim <w the WWmc
dm: Moadn 9 a,?a. - 4 30 p.m.:
Tindn I pa - 4 p.m.: and
Wtdaudw 8 *? 1 1 JO a.m.
There is a S3 charge for each
sht. and the last dn the Heahh
Center ?1 he gnmg them is
Thrsdav. i win i 17.
McNeill Elected To State League Board
Hoke Volunteers Honored By Governor
Oov. and Mrs. James B. Hum.
Jr., were in Greensboro October 28
to pay tribute to the people they
have hailed as America's greatest
resource ? volunteers.
The ceremony, one of three this
fall, was at 4 p.m. in the ballroom
of Village Green. 310 West
Meadowview Rd. They presented
awards in nine categories to out
standing volunteers in the 26
central counties participating.
Six Hoke County people were
named for awards ? Robert War
ren. Individual Human Service;
Barbara Buie. administrator/
coordinator of volunteers: Jose
phine Hall. Senior Citizen ; Law
rence Bounds. Disabled Person
volunteer; Jessie Neeley. Individual
Community Volunteer leader: and
Tonja Renee Williams. Youth Vol
unteer.
The categories are Individual
Human Service Volunteer. In
dividual Community Volunteer
Leader. Youth Volunteer. Senior
Citizen Volunteer. Disabled Person
Volunteer Administrator' Coordi
nator of Volunteers. Church/
Religious Volunteer Group. Com
munity Volunteer Organization
and Business ' 1 ndustry V olunteer
Involvement.
To the group of over 600
assembled for the event. Hunt said.
"Your example of giving instead ot
getting, caring instead of com
plaining. actions instead of apathy,
is the catalyst which will continue
to make North Carolina a good
place to live and work."
The 1981 Governor's Statewide
Volunteer Awards ceremony is a
result of a process which began in
March. Throughout the year, local
HOKE RECIPIENTS -- Hoke County award recipients are ( left to right] Robert Warren. Individual Human
Sen-ice voiunteer: Barbara J. Buie. administrator /coordinator of volunteers: Josephine Hall. Senior Citizen
x-olutiieer: Lihtcfii* Bounds. Disabled Person wlunteer: and Gov. and Mrs. James B. Hunt. Jr. Not attending the
ceremony were Jessie Neeley. Individual Community Volunteer leader, and Tonja Renee Williams. Youth
vitlunleer.
committees identified outstanding
volunteers in each county parti
cipating.
Although the categories and
broad guidelines were established
by the Governor's Office of Citizen
Affairs, local selections were made
in a number of ways. In counties
with Involvement Councils, each
was asked to select the top volun
teers tn their community. In coun
ties without Involvement Councils,
the county commissioners were
asked either to make the selection
themselves or to appoint a com
mittee to make that selection.
In many counties, vulunteers
were honored at local recognition
events prior to this ceremony, and
many are planned following this
event.
Hoke NC 2000 Steering Committee Appointed
Betsy Ann McNeill, chairman for
the NC 2000 planning project in
Hoke County, announced this week
the appointment of a steering
committee to help direct the activi
ties of the year-long effort.
Named to the Hoke County NC
2000 Steering Committee ?ere
Mrs. Joyce Griffin. Robert Gatlin.
Wes Williams. Wjll Davis. Caro
line Parker. Tom Howell. Mrs.
Charles A. Hostetler. Mrs. Betty L.
Rogers and Charlotte Kelly.
Serv ing as ex-officio members to
the committee are: John K. Mc
Neill. Jr.. Sam Morris. Earl Fow
ler. l.esa Pegram. Raz Autry.
Harold Gillts and Neill McPhatter.
*1 am very pleased that this
group of leading citizens from our
county will be working with me on
this important planning effort."
said Mrs. McNeill.
"This group will be \erv impor
tant in identifying issues of parti
cular interest to citizens of Hoke
County between now and the year
200(1. I will also be looking to the
steering committee to encourage
participation in the effort by other
leaders and citizens."
The Hoke County steering com
mittee is one of 100 groups named
in each county of the state, as a
part of the statewide NC 2000
project .
I he purpose of NC 2000. accord
ing to state chairman Dr. William
Friday, is to focus the atten
tion of top thinkers, leaders
and citizens on the next t?o
decades in North Carolina. "We
will he examining where we are now
as a state: where ?e are likely to be
in the year 2000. it present trends
continue: where citizens want to be:
and how we can bring a better lite
for oursleves and our children in
the years to come. We will be
submitting a report of recommen
dations to Governor Hunt at the
end of 1^82." explained Friday.
"A vital pan of this effort
involves citizens in each county
actively participating through
meetings, discussion of the issues in
formal and informal ways with
other citizens, and in invoking as
many citizens as possible in the
public ballot which will take place
ne*t spring."
Hoke County citizens interested
in learning more about NC 2000
should contact Bettv Ann McNeill
at or write to: NC 2000.
110 W. Jones Street. Raleigh.
2"t?l 1 .
Raeford Mayor John K. McNeill.
Jr.. was elected late Monday after
noon as the District "* member of
the Board of Directors of the North
Carolina League of Municipalities.
The league's members are 445
cities and towns.
McNeill was elected during the
league's convention in Charlotte.
He had won the nomination earlier
in the day- from the league's
Nominating Committee over
Cumberland City Councilman J.L.
Dawkins.
The district is composed of
Hoke. Cumberland. Moore. Lee.
Scotland. Harnett, and Robeson
counties.
McNeill replaces the Rev. E.B.
Turner, a Lumberton City Council
man. who retired from the board
but was elected second vice presi
dent of the league.
Raeford City Manager Ronald
Matthews nominated McNeill for
the board position, on behalf of the
Raeford City Council, and the
nomination was seconded by
Lumberton City Councilman Glenn
May nor.
Matthews told The News-Journal
he made the nomination because
no member of the Raeford City
Council was able to attend the
convention to do it. Also attending
the convention from the Raeford
city administration was City
Finance Officer Helen Huffman.
Matthews said he believed a
major consideration of the Nomi
nating Committee in nominating
McNeill for the District 7 seat was
McNeill's record of a total of 28
years in city government in Raeford
-- lb years as a member of the City
Council before being elected
mayor. McNeill was reelected
Nov ember 3 to his seventh two-year
term as mayor. He was unopposed.
Oxford Mayor Hugh Currin will
become president of the league
when the officers are formally
installed to start serving in 1982.
Morgan ton Mayor Andrew Kistler
will become first vice president,
and Whiteville Mayor Horace
Whitley, third vice president.
PTA To Meet
The regular November meeting
of the Hoke County PTA will be
held at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the
J.W. Turlington School audito
rium.
Physical education students will
square-dance and perform
tumbling.
The public is invited.
Failing To Pay Taxes Costly
Mrs. Elizabeth Livingston. Hoke
C ounty tav collector. Friday issued
rhe folkwing statement regarding
unpaid property back taxes.
Property owners in Hoke Count\
uho ha\e not paid their back taxes
?ill be notified one more lime b>
the tax collector.
They will ha*e 30 da\s to pa\
their taxes.
At the end ot this 30 da\s the
back taxes will be turned oxer to
the attorney. A cost of S200 will be
added to the tax bill.
r
It the taxes are still delinquent b\
the time the title search and
complaint is completed, the cost
s* ill be increased to S350 to 400 and
in many cases sustantiallv more
than that
Mrs. Livingston stated that it is
not f air tor some property o? tiers to
pay. while others ignore their
responsibilities. She said that her
department would rather have the
property owners pay their taxes
and keep their land, rather than
pay the extra costs or lose their
land.
This now notice will not affect
the 50 property owners who have
already been notified b> the attor
ney for their grovs neglect of their
back taxes. The attorney has
already bejjun tiling law suits
against these property owners who
have not come to the tax office to
pa\ their back taxes
I npaid 1981 taxes, however,
won t be considered delinquent till
January l?>82. Mrs Livingston
ad\ ised .
I
Canvass
Makes
No Change
The official canvass made Thurs
day by the Hoke County Board of
Elections of the vote* in the
Raeford municipal election of No
vember 3 resulted in no changes in
the unofficial tallies published in
last week's edition of Thr Sews -
Journal.
The tallies showed: John K.
McNeill. Jr.. mayor. 500 votes;
and. for City Council (the five
candidates with the most votes
elected -? R.L. (Bobb\) Carter 3>5.
Councilman Graham Clark 35".
Councilman Bob Gentrv 3bb.
Councilman Vardell Hedgpeth. Jr..
31!. Earl McDuffie. Jr.. 184.
Councilman James B. McLeod 422.
Councilman bam C. Morris .MM.
and T. Joseph Cpchurch 37"\
Clark. Gentry. Hedgpeth and
McLeod were reelected to new
terms, and Cpchurch was elected
to his first term, replacing Morris
on the council. Mayor McNeill was
unopposed for reelection.
The complete, unofficial returns
from the three city precincts were
reported election night to The
\v?s -Journal bv the county elec
tions board office.
The councilmen - elect and
mayor - elect will be swwn into
office for the 1*181-83 terms the
night of December 7 shortly before
the council's regular meeting for
the month starts.
Mayor McSeill signs Farm-City Mar* proclamation. County Chairman
Hosteller is at left, f Staff photo j
Nov. 20-26 Proclaimed
Farm -City
Raeford Mayor John K. McNeill.
Jr.. has proclaimed ihe *eek of
November 20 Farm-City Week in
Raeford.
The Hoke County chairman for
the 1981 observance is Charles
Hostetler of Raeford.
The text of the mayor's procla
mation follows.
WHEREAS the prosperity and
well-being of this community are
dependent upon cooperation be
tween the two great elements of our
society : farmers and urban people,
and
WHEREAS the complexities of
their individual problems and the
divergence of their activities have
led to a widening gulf of mis
understanding. and
WHEREAS this gulf of mis
understanding must be eliminated,
and each group must understand
Week
the other it our American ?j\ of
lite is to endure, and
WHEREAS Farm-City Week
provides an unparalled opportunin
tor farm and city people to become
re acquainted.
THF.REFORD. I. John K Mc
Neill. Jr.. Mayor of the City of
Raeford. do hereby proclaim the
period of November 20 through
November 2t> to be Farm-City
Week; and I do further call upon
all citi/cns of this community to
participate to the limit of their
capabilities in the joint visits, the
seminars, the pageants, fairs, civic,
and social events attendant to a
successful Farm-Citv Week in Rae
ford.
Effective the 20th day of No
vember. I**81.
JohnK. McNeill
Mavor. Citv of Raeford