In Hoke, $22.5 Million Estimated
Gross Farm Income Rose Last Y ear
Hoke County's gross income
from agriculture last year has been
estimated at $22,516,751.21, about
$1 million more than the previous
year's. Willie Featherstone. county
Agricultural Extension Service
chairman, reported last week. Pro
duction expenses, however, reduce
the figure substantilly. he indi
cated.
He said the 1981 total estimate
includes the following estimated
income from these specific com
modities.
Tobacco, which he said "remains
our Number One income producing
crop," $6.5 million. This was part
of a total $14 million estimated
from all field crops. The others are
soybeans, cotton, corn and other
feed grains.
Livestock and poultry con
tributed $5 million, forestry S2
million, and vegetables, nursery
and ornamental plants, fruits and
nuts, and other products. $1.5
million.
Featherstone said of the esti
mated gross that farmers point out
much of the total gross into
equipment, fuel. feed, medication,
tools, fertilizer, pesticides, land,
rent, interest on loans, and labor,
among other expenses.
"In order for our community to
maximize the use of this agri
cultural income." he said, "the
community must be able to provide
those goods and services that will
be utilized in production agri
culture in Hoke County.
"1 believe that the number ol
times a dollar changes hand in a
given community is an indication of
the prosperity of that community.
"Therefore, we should seek out
opportunities to locate individuals
or tirms that will provide as many
different goods and services as
economically feasible for our com
munity."
Hoke Senior Citizens'
Coordinator Appointed
The appointment of Sheffie Mc
Laughlin as senior citizens co
ordinator for Hoke County was
announced today.
Her office is located in the T.B.
Lester, Jr., Office Building where
she can be reached by calling
875-8588.
Her responsibilities will be to
provide services to individuals over
the age of 60 in Hoke County. Mrs.
McLaughlin will issue senior citizen
discount cards, give information
about agencies and services avail
able to Older Americans, and
' provide transportation services.
Funded under Title III of the
' Older Americans Act. she stressed
the fact that all people who are over
60 and who live in Hoke County
should feel free to call. Services
rendered are not limited to indivi
duals who live outside the city
limits. You are encouraged to call
anytime between 8 a.m. and 5
p.m.. Monday thru Friday.
Mrs. McLaughlin will work 30
hours a week, but the senior
citizens' telephone will be answered
full time. Mrs. McLaughlin will
maintain a limited number of hours
in the office since a majority
of her time will be spent out of the
office delivering services. The hours
in the office will be answered in the
near future.
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From the
Superintendent's Desk
By Raz Autry
"Miss Rena" Smith
I lost a friend. 1 don't mean one
who would only stick with you
when everything was rosy but one
who would stay with you when
everyone else walked off. I would
suspect that a great many others in
our country lost a friend also.
Sometimes when 1 was at my
lowest, after some controversy, the
telephone would ring and a raspy
voice would say "Honey,
everything is going to be all right.
You come by to see me." After
spending an hour or two with her,
the controversy always took on a
different prospective with me. She
didn't always agree with me and
was quick to tell me so in language
that I could very easily understand.
1 can't ever remember getting ir
ritated with her because when I
had evaluated her advice it was
always sound and just.
"Miss Rena" was completely in
charge of herself and all that sur
rounded her. She knew the people
of Hoke County and dearly loved
them. 1 talked to her several times
about the schools and the history
behind them. She was acutely
aware of the needs to educate a
citizenry.
Billy Beaver apparently knew
her well because as he said, her life
was dedicated to helping people.
Many times she called me about
helping a total stranger, simply
because she knew he needed help.
She was committed to the idea that
everyone had some good in them
and if their fellowman would give
them a helping hand, the good
would come forth.
Every life is lived for a purpose
and some of us are close enough to
an individual to see that purpose
come forth in it's greatest hour. I
was lucky and fortunate enough to
see the purpose of a friend and
adivsor, a comforter, and one who
truly loved those who were less for
tunate. 1 thank God that He let me
pass "Miss Rena's" way because
my life is richer for having known
her. The county's people have been
blessed to have seen her in action.
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'Hotline' F or Hoke
High Students Started
Beginning February 1, a tele
phone "Hotline" service was ini
tiated for the Hoke High School
students.
This service enables high school
students to pick up a telephone and
ask a variety of questions of an
anonymous telephone counselor.
The Hotline has been in place for a
month, and the early indication is
that the service is working. Over 50
calls have been answered by the
telephone counselors.
A local group of volunteers
comprised of ministers, mental
health staff, social workers, and
law enforcement officers assist the
telephone counselors in the answer
ing of questions.
Several referrals from the Hot
line have been made to area and
school counselors, ministers, and
various human service agencies.
Questions have been raised by
the high school students concerning
drugs, alcohol, family situations,
abortions, medical services, stolen
property, and a variety of other
subjects.
This project which has now
attracted much attention from state
health service officials is the result
of much combined planning and
cooperation between the various
county agencies and the school
system.
However, none of this would
have been possible without the
enthusiasm and financial support
of the Raeford Woman's Club and
its high school organization of
Juniorettes.
The Junior Woman's Club fi
nanced the installation of the
telephones. The high school art
classes constructed a variety of
informative posters advertising the
Hotline.
The local health director states,
"The Raeford Junior Woman's
Club through its capable leaders
has once again demonstrated its
community leadership and aware
ness of problems facing many
teenagers today. We hope that
through these combined efforts
high school students will have
confidential access and answers to
some of their more difficult ques
tions."
Hoke Full Gospel
Group Planned
I The Hoke County Chapter of
Full Gospel Business Men's Fellow
I ship International is being or
I ganized. Burleigh Thompson of
Raeford. said Friday.
He said the Moore County
Chapter, which is helping, will
1 meet with the Hoke people March 6
at b:30 p.m. at the Wagon Wheel
I Restaurant in Raeford. Dinner will
be Dutch treat. Persons interested
in the Fellowship have the option of
attending both the dinner and the
meeting, or the meeting only.
The Fellowship is nondenomina
tional in religion and is nonracial,
Thompson said. The objectives are
to create a fellowship not directly
associated with a specific church;
to brin^ about a greater measure of
unity and spirit of harmony in the
body of Christ; and reach men
everywhere for Jesus Christ.
The meeting of a chapter should
not be a duplication of a church
scrvice or an "auditorium" type
meeting.
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Earl Oxendine, Jr.
Oxendine
Accepted
Earl Oxendine, Jr., of Raeford
has been accepted for admission to
the U.S. Military Academy at West
Point.
He was notified of this by the
academy's superintendent, Lt.
Gen. Willard W. Scott, Jr., in a
letter written February 22.
Oxendine was nominated for the
appointment by Seventh District
Congressman Charles Rose of Fay
etteville.
Oxendine, 17, is a senior at Hoke
County High School. He is the son
of Mrs. Betty Hammond Oxendine
and Earl Hughes Oxendine of
Raeford.
The younger Oxendine has been
named to 'Who's Who Among
Students in American Hi^h
Schools" and the Society of Dis
tinguished American Students. He
also was named Most Popular,
Most Likely to Succeed and Most
Intellectual in the senior class.
Oxendine lettered in football and
wrestling and was named to the All
Southeastern Conference wrestling
team. He also played on the Hoke
High baseball team and when he
was a freshman played in the Ninth
Grade Band.
Hoke County
ASC News
Marshall Grant, chairman.
North Carolina Agricultural Stabi
lization and Conservation Service,
encourages all cotton farmers in the
southern zone to vote in the Cotton
Boll Weevil Eradication Referen
dum being held this week through
March 5.
Cotton producers within the Boll
Weevil Eradication Trial Area in
the southern zone will vote on
whether or not to approve a
three-year program designed to
eradicate the boll weevil in such
area. The southern zone consists of
all cotton countries in the southern
part of North Carolina and all
cotton counties in South Carolina.
The referendum is by mail and
ballots have been mailed to all
cotton farmers in the southern
zone. For this referendum to pass,
a two-thirds majority of those
voting must vote "For."
All cotton producers are urged to
vote in this most important refer
endum and return the ballots to the
Hoke County ASCS Office by
March 5.
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