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The Hoke County News - Established 1928
VOLUME LXXIII NUMBER 42 RAEFORD, HOKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
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The Hoke County Journal - Established 1905
58 PER YEAR THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1982
Around
Town
BY SAM C.MORRIS
The weather has been cold, but
the weekend was good enough to
get in a couple of rounds of golf.
The forecast is for rain and cloudy
weather for the remainder of the
week, but the temperature will be
above freezing during the daytime.
The water table for this section of
' the state should be getting about to
a normal level after the rains last
week. There are small ponds in
many fields in the county. This
should make for a good farming
season".
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1 attended a meeting of the
. Highway Efficiency Council at the
| Highway Garage above the North
Raeford Fire Department last
Thursday. Martha Hollers, district
chairman, along with Henry Jordan
and Fred Buck were in attendance.
The entire work force for Hoke
County were present and were
introduced to the council. Many
things were discussed with the crew
and some service awards were
presented. They were Len Lock
lear, 15-years; Leo McMillan and
, Winford Jones five years. It was
also stated at the meeting that the
Hoke County crew had worked for
two years without an accident.
They were commended for this
accomplishment. I will bring forth
more information next week about
the meeting.
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^ The following letter should be of
? interest to the readers of this paper
and it has had me thinking of how
this could have happened.
Dear Mr. Morris,
Having been in the United States
Air Force for 22 years. 1 have seen
some incidents happen that would
easily qualify for Ripley's - Believe
it-or-Not. Let me continue.
Recently. I was in Turkey on
official duty with the USAF from
my home station in West Germany.
) While traveling through far eastern
Turkey and very near the Russian
border. I asked the Turkish guard
to please stop at the next Kebob
stand (Kebob is young lamb cooked
on a spiral rotisserie) for a sand
wich and cold beer since we had
been traveling for more than four
hours and seeing nothing but rocks
and sheep. You cannot imagine the
poverty in this area of remote
^ Turkey where the people see very
few civilized people and no Ameri
cans. We stopped at this place
and it was dirty and just plain
filthy. We had a kebob sandwich
and beer and started to leave when
I noticed a young girl about 13
years old reading a newspaper with
several others looking over her
shoulder. 1 approached her and
sure enough it was an early
December 81 edition of The News
\ Journal . As you might expect, the
girls were idolizing one of "Hoke
County's Finest" young ladies in
her long wedding gown. 1 could
hardly believe my eves. She indi
cated to me that the paper was
recovered from a nearby trash pile.
I asked to buy the paper since 1 had
bpen away from home for nearly
three weeks and had not seen that
edition. She sold it to me for 10
l Turkish Lire (2 cents) and I read
' the paper as we continued to my
destination.
This story proves two things -
Hoke County people get to some
remote locations on this earth and
in at least one I was able to buy a
News-Journal.
Continue your unique brand of
journalism and thanks.
Odell Ashburn. Jr.. MSgt. USAF
Ranistein AB. Germany
. Now if anyone is sending the
'v paper to Turkey, would you please
let me know. This is really a
Believe-it -or-Not . So come .on
someone and help us solve this
mystery of how the paper got to
Turkey.
The following letter is self
explanatory:
Dear Sam.
Having read in your column
about how long you have been with
The News -Jimma! and your letter
from Charlton Campbell brings
back memories of about the same
time when 3 youngsters (girls) one
of which was Charlton Campbell's
sister. Mavis (deceased) and the
two Smith sisters. Louise and
Evelyn all of South Main Street
spent Tuesday nights and some
f (See AROUND TOWN, page 15)
Also Chooses New Teacher
Board Bars Payment; Hears Policy Plan
The Hoke County Board of
Education at its regular meeting for
February last week declined a
request from the mother of a
student for payment of the balance
of a dental bill. It also voted to
employ a new teacher, replacing a
present one transferred to teach
expelled junior high school age
students in a special class at
McLauchlin School and received
from the Hoke County Chapter of
the North Carolina Association of
Educators a proposed policy on
dismissal of educators for financial
reasons or because of reductions in
programs. The policy was offered
by Hoke NCAE President Charlene
Clark as a substitute for a policy
adopted in January. The board
took the proposal under advise
ment.
The board also accepted the
recommendation of County Schools
Supt. Raz Autry that February 8.
April 14, and June 1 1 be class days
to make up for the three days of
January when schools were closed
because of snow and ice. February
8 originally was scheduled as a day
"work day" for teachers to catch up
on their paper and other school
work apart from teaching. June 1 1
is the day after the originally
scheduled last day of classes for the
school year.
Board member Walter Coley was
absent from the meeting because of
NEW MMH TRUSTEES -- New Moore Memorial Hospital trustees elected for five year terms are. from left . Paul
Thomas. Cameron; F. Gilbert Bernhardt. Raeford: Hope Brogden. Southern Pines: Dr. John Ellis. MMH
Medical staff; Arthur Purvis. High Falls; and Charles Parham. Southern Pines.
National DECA Week Being Observed In Hoke
Larry Quick, president of the
Hoke County High School
Chapter of Distributive Education
Clubs of America, has announced
plans to observe National DECA
Week February 7-13.
Plans .^of the group include
visitations to homerooms in the
school to tell other students more
about DECA and the Marketing
and DE program, salutes to out
standing local club members, and
an Open House for Hoke High
Faculty and administration.
The local chapter joins the near
ly 200,000 students who are
members of 5,700 DECA chapters
in this observance. In Raeford,
DECA is closely associated with the
instructional program in Market
ing and Distributive Education.
This year approximately 70
students are participating. Thirty
of these students are involved in a
cooperative training program in
which local businesses cooperate
with the school to train and
develop students for future
employment through providing
on-the-job experience.
The DECA organization ex
pands these opportunities through
a four-point program for develop
ing vocational understanding, civic
consciousness, social intelligence
and leadership development.
This approach to education not
only develops competent personnel
for marketing, merchandising, and
management, but also prepares
our youth for better citizenship.
The North Carolina Merchants
Association has expressed faith in
the ability of Distributive Educa
tion to teach students the basics of
business in our free enterprise
system by encouraging its members
to become involved on local ad
Raeford Mayor Pro-Tem Graham Clark proclaims this week National DECA Week in Raeford. Hoke County
High School DECA Chapter representatives are shown with him. L-R -? Samanthia Blue and Terri Clark, and. on
the mayor pro-tem 's other side. L-R -- Larry Quick. DECA chapter president; Vincent McRae: and Russell
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Attebery. ( Staff photo J.
visory committees and as training
sponsors. If you would like to
become involved, Eleanor Snead,
Teacher-coordinator at Hoke
County High School, can provide
further information.
Raeford Mayor Pro-tcm Graham
Clark issued the following pro
clamation Monday, designating
this week as DECA Week in
Raeford.
WHEREAS. The marketing and
distribution of goods and services
are essential to the well-being of the
citi/ens of this Citv. and
WHERE-iAS. Marketing and Dis
tributive Education students ot our
community are engaged in these
vital tasks through part-time, on
the-job training in retailing and
related businesses, and
WHEREAS. These young men
and women arc members ol the
DISTRIBUTIVE EDUCATION
CLUBS OF AMERICA.
NOW. THEREFORE. I.
Graham Clark. Mayor Pro-Tem of
the Citv ot Raeford, proclaim
February 7 - 1.1. IW2 as DECA
WEEK IN RAEFORD. and com
mand this occasion to the citi/ens
of our Citv .
20 Candidates F or The Grown
Miss EKOH
Pageant Friday
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The Hoke High School yearbook
staff will sponsor the Miss EKOH
Pageant Friday, February 12, at
7:30 p.m. in the MaeDonald Gym.
The pageant, under the direction
of Miss Audrey Long and Mrs.
Susan Houston, will be emceed by
Charlie Parsons.
Entertainment will be provided
by members of the Hoke High
Chorus and Chorale under the
direction of Mrs. Linda Huff.
An added attraction will be
performances by the current Miss
Lumbee and Miss Pembroke State
University. Admission is S2 per
person.
Judging the participants are
Mrs. Florence Ransom of Pem
broke. the official chaperone for
Miss Lumbee: Valerie Bagley of
Aberdeen, a teacher in the Hoke
County schools; and Mrs. Ruth
Davis, owner of RSVP Formal
Wear in Fayetteville. The contes
tants will be judged on poise.
(See MISS EKOH. page 15)
CANDIDATES FOR CROWN ?? Candidates for the title of Miss Ekoh of 1982 are shown here. L-R. first row -?
Beth Driggers. Melissa Thompson. Lisa Taylor. Sandra Heustess. Betsy Blanton. Wendy Clinard. Carla Myers,
and Dana Conneli L-R. Second row ?? Linda Sizemore. Wanda Taylor. Lisa Gillespie, Beth Wilkes. Trade
Newkirk. Carolyn Allen. Connie Carter. Wanda Locklear. Tamey Baldwin. Jane Dial, and Angela McPhatter.
Rhonda Blanks, not in the photo, also is a candidate.
the death that morning of his
father.
Ihe teacher employed is Geral
dine Munn. a former Upehurch
Junior High School teacher. She
was appointed for the remainder of
the school year to teach remedial
reading, under the federal Title I.
Elementary and Secondary Educa
tion Act. program, at Upchurch.
She was employed to replace
Connie Monroe, who has been
assigned to teach the class of
expelled students at McLauchlin.
Students expelled for the re
mainder of a school year previously
were permitted to attend the Ex
tended Day classes at Hoke County
High School. The McLauchlin
class, for students of junior high
age. was opened February 1. The
Hoke High class for older students
is continuing. The latter is also for
high school students who cannot
attend their regular classes because
of work or other nondisciplinary
reasons, as well as for expelled
from regular classes.
Autry said 13 students were
attending the "excluded school" at
McLauchlin. and that eight had
started in the new class.
Mrs. Clark presented the mem
bers of the board with copies of the
proposed Reduction In Force policy
and of a letter criticizing the policy
adopted in January by the board.
The letter, written by James C.
Fuller. Jr.. Charlotte lawyer, says,
in part, that "the superintendent's
discretion is completely unguided
in making the recommendation for
termination (of teachers) by the
Board of Education." Fuller is a
member of the law firm of
Chambers. Ferguson. Watt.
Wallas. Adkins <k Fuller.
The policy proposed by the Hoke
NCAE specifies that procedure for
dismissing careers and proba
tionary teachers. Mrs. Clark in
formed the hoard that it was
obtained from Robert Fay. school
law specialist for the Institute of
Government at Chapel Hill.
Mrs. Clark was accompanied
to the meeting by other teachers
and Robert H. Van Dine of
Fayetteville. a L'NISERV director
for the NCAE and National Edu
cation Association. Fuller's letter
was addressed to Van Dine.
Mrs. Clark said, when or if a
separation of staff becomes nec
essary. a "fair policy" would be
available for guidance, referring to
the proposed NCAE procedure.
She said the Hoke NCAE
recommends the board reconsider
the adoption of the other policy last
month.
Iii the ease of the injured
student, board member Mina
Townsetid made a motion that the
request tor funds to supplement the
payment made under 'the school
insurance policy be declined, but
expressed sympathy for the stu
dent's mother. Mrs. Townsend
indicated the board could do
nothing to help pay the balance of
the bill.
The request was made by Mrs.
Harold Hudson Jr.. ol Rt. 2.
Raeford . She said two of her son's
permanent front teeth were
knocked mil March 2b. 1981. while
he was playing "leap frog" in his
classroom with another student at
Seurlock School. She said the
students were being allowed to plas
by a teacher's aide (who is not at
Seurlock this vear).
Mrs Hudson told the board she
w as assured by principal Floyd
Caldwell, and assistant principal
Hank Richards, that the school
insurance policy would take care ot
the denial treatment expense. How
ever. she said, the bill amounted to
and the insurance policy paid
only S20() of it (the maximum S100
per tooth lost. Autr\ said). She said
her husband's insurance polics
paid $100 ol the balance, leaving
?i-490 to be paid by the parents
personalis. Mrs. Hudson requested
that the school svstcm pav the
5.490 .
She said that, furthermore, her
son will have to have more denial
work done when he reaches age 16,
according to the dentist . because of
his continued growth between now
and then, and that periodically he
will have to have treatment even
after that.
The board meeting lasted about
2'/i hours. Most of the time was
spent in two separate executive
sessions devoted to personnel mat
ters.