25 ^fte The Hoke County News - Established 1928 VOLUME LXXIII NUMBER 42 RAEFORD, HOKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA 25 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". * * * 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. ? * * ^ 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 JC tnff nfcnfnl 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 ? ^ m ? 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