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Guests listen to Terri Clark during the Hoke High DEC A Employer-Employee Banquet. ( Staff photo by Pam
Frederick).
An Annual Banquet
Hoke DEC A Honors Employers
The Hoke County High School
Chapter of Distributive Education
Clubs of America (DECA) held its
annual employer-employee ban
quet in MacDonald Cafeteria,
April 20. The theme was "Showers
of Appreciation."
The banquet was given to honor
those local merchants who have
provided training stations for
marketing and distributive educa
tion students during the 1981-82
' school year.
I The invocation was given by
Larry Quick, club president.
I Following a buffet dinner, the
guests were welcomed by Avejo
, Woods.
Greg Wilkerson, manager of
B.C. Moore's, responded for the
, employers. Special invited guests
l who attended the banquet were in
troduced by Jennie Willard. They
included Dr. Lenwood Simpson,
I principal; Raz Autry, superinten
l dent: Harold Gillis. vocational
? director; Locke MacDonald and
Harold Livingston, assistant pnn
Icipals: JoAn Moses, guidance
counselor; Willie Randolph, Area
Four regional coordinator for
vocational education; Tom
Howell, president of the Raeford
Hoke County Chamber of Com
merce; and Pam Frederick of The
News-Journal.
A report of the year in MDE
given by Theresa Thornton reveal
ed that the students have worked
over 8,400 hours and earned in ex
cess of $21,000 during the current
school year.
Entertainment was provided by
the Hoke County High School
Barbershop Singers and their ac
companist, Amy Schuchard. The
Singers are under the direction of
Linda Huff.
Hal T. Siler, executive vice presi
dent of the Sanford Area Chamber
of Commerce, was guest speaker.
To accompany his talk on the
"Four Steps to Success" he drew
sketches to illustrate his points. He
directed the students to:
(1) Prepare yourself well.
(2) See where you fit into the big
picture.
(3) Be a master of the second ef
fort.
(4) Pursue your goal vigorously.
Siler is a certified interpreter of
sign language for the deaf, and
ended his talk with a demonstra
tion of his skill as he recited the
Twenty-third Psalm. Siler was in
troduced to the group by Kenneth
Peterkin.
Terri Clark recognized the
following employers as the student
trainees presented their employers
with Certificates of Appreciation:
Clyde Register, A and P Food
Store, Greg Wilkerson, B.C.
Moore and Sons, Mrs. Kathy
Daniels, previously of Cato's, Cur
tis Hardin, Cole's Food Store, Mrs.
Shirley Evans. Mrs. Cheryl Cox
and Vernon Singletary Hardee's,
Raeford, Mark Barbee, Hardee's
Aberdeen, Mrs. Gail Ellis, Hoke
High Cafeteria, Mrs. Brenda
Maness, Holiday Inn, Southern
Pines, Tom Howell, Howell Drug
Company, Mike Maddox, Macks
Stores, Inc.
Mrs. Peggy Johnson, C.L.
Dreher, and Mrs. Dee Davis,
Roses Stores, Aberdeen, Mrs.
Carol Schwarcbher, Tom Thumb
Nursery, Lester Baker, ^agon
Wheel Restaurant, James and Jim
my Wood, Western Auto Store,
and Mrs. Brenda HaN and Mar
shall Willoughby, Winn Dixie,
Aberdeen.
Group In Asheville DECA Meet
More than 2,000 student leaders
and faculty advisors in marketing
and distribution will meet in
Asheville beginning Thursday,
April 29 for the 38th Annual State
Leadership Conference of the
North Carolina Association of
Distributive Education Clubs of
America, generally called NC
DECA.
Representing some 10,000 NC
DECA members in 217 high
schools, the delegates will hear
from leaders in marketing, educa
tion and government during the
three days of workshops and
seminars which end on Saturday.
A special feature of the Con
ference will be competitive ac
tivities to select State winners in
career categories of Restaurant
Marketing and Management, Ser
vice Station Retailing, Apparel and
Accessories Marketing, Food
Marketing, and General Retail
Marketing.
In addition, areas of Free Enter
prise. Civic Consciousness, and
Creative Marketing Projects will
be recognized.
Only those persons having
qualified in local and district
elimination are eligible to compete,
and State winners will be announc
ed Saturday afternoon at the con
cluding Awards Ceremony. All
State winners will advance to the
National Conference to be held in
Chicago, 111. June 25-July 1.
Seven students from Hoke
County High School will par
ticipate in the Conference in
Asheville. Terri Clark and Avejo
Woods will compete in the General
Merchandising Master Employee
event, Kenneth Peterkin and Ken
neth Purcell will compete in
General Merchandising Super
visory Level event, and Larry
Quick will compete in Food
Marketing Supervisory Level.
Theresa Thornton and Donna
Watson will serve as official voting
delegates for the local chapter. All
seven will compete in an
Economics Concepts Evaluation to
determine competence in
economics.
An additional highlight of the
trip for the local students will be
participation in a conference
arranged post-conference tour to
the World's Fair in Knoxville,
Tenn. The Hoke high group will
travel with other NC-DECA
members by bus for a day at the
Fair on Sunday following the Con
ference. They will return to
Raeford on Monday.
The students are being accom
panied on the trip by Mrs. Eleanor
Snead, Hoke High Marketing and
Distributive Education teacher
coordinator.
DECA operates through the na
tion's public schools to attract
young people to careers in
marketing and distribution. Form
ed in 1948 with only 800 students
in 17 charter states, it has grown to
a total of 200,000 student members
in 1981.
THREE GENERATIONS ? The Marks and Blacks of Ireland (including the Marks now of Raeford) got
together for this family picture Friday morning at the home of the Rev. and Mrs. J. Douglas Mark in Raeford.
L-R ? Margaret Black, holding grandson Andrew, Griffith Black, her husband, with granddaughter Catherine
Mark, Mrs. Douglas Mark and Mrs. John Mark with Olwyn Mark, and the Revs. John and Douglas Mark. The
older Marks are the parents of Douglas Mark, and the Blacks are the parents of his wife. The Douglas Marks 's
other child, Jonathan, was in school when this picture was taken. (Staff photo).
Marks' Parents Come From Ireland*
The Rev. and Mrs. J. Douglas
Mark, natives and until last Oc
tober, residents of Northern
Ireland, were host and hostess for
the past several weeks of their
parents, who came from their
homes in Northern Ireland to pay
the visit.
Mark's parents, the Rev. and
Mrs. John Mark of Armagh, ar
rived the weekend after Easter and
will remain till the end of May.
Mrs. Mark's parents, Griffith and
Margaret Black of Lisburn, ar
rived Easter weekend and started
their return trip home Saturday,
planning to spend a week in New
York City before continuing to
Ireland.
Mr. and Mrs. Black came to
Raeford via Boston with their
daughters, -- Mrs. Douglas Mark's
younger sisters ? Jocelyn and
Julien. After visiting the Douglas
Marks at home, 436 College Dr.,
the sisters had to return to Ireland
the weekend of April 16 to go
back to college.
The Rev. Douglas Marks, whose
father is a retired Presbyterian
minister, is associate pastor of
Raeford Presbyterian Church. The
Blacks stayed ai the College Drive
home during their visit, and the
older Marks are remaining there
also until time to return home.
Douglas Mark's mother is a retired
school teacher.
The older Marks and the Blacks
also were welcomed by their grand
children, Andrew, Catherine and
Olwyn Mark when they arrived.
The Blacks and visiting Marks
expressed pleasure with the man
ner they were received by the peo
ple they have met here since arriv
ing. Mrs. Black said they were
delighted with "how well we have
been received, by all friends."
Deaths & F unerals
Mrs. Hannah Morrises
The funeral services for Mrs.
Hannah Dee Morrisey, 69, of Rt.
1, Raeford, who died April 20,
were conducted Sunday afternoon
in Silver Grove Baptist Church by
the Rev. W.K. Mitchell. Burial will
be in the church cemetcry.
b rom the
Superintendent's Desk
by Raz Autrv
Grandparents
This article is strictly for grand
parents, and I am proud to say that
I belong to that group.
Grandparents have told me the
love they have for their grand
children is like no love they have
ever known before. As I looked at
my granddaughter for the first
time, 1 wanted to shout "Welcome
to the world, granddaughter."
Perhaps someone would have
shouted back: "How could you
welcome her into a world that
could be destroyed by nuclear
weapons. A world that knows
hunger, greed, and despair. A
world that people do not care for
each other nor who a concern for
those who suffer."
To the person who would dare
to utter such words I would
answer: "I, like all grandfathers,
have known war. In fact, most of
us were fighting at 17 years of age
while the yet-to-be grandmothers
were keeping America going. We
fought because the love we felt for
the land of the free overwhelmed
all else, even our lives."
Man has always developed
weapons to kill himself but we are
thankful that men still remain in
charge who have a sense of duty,
love and concern. Therefore, we
have survived, it is a world of
hunger, greed, and despair but the
world has always contained these
traits. They have grown less and
we have grown more.
"Granddaughter, don't listen to
that talk. Enter this world with
your arms wide open and so many
people will want to hug you it will
be impossible to handle than. Tru
ly care for folks and you will be
surrounded by those who care.
Have a commitment to make the
world better and those in charge of
bombs will de-fuse them. No force
has ever been strong enough to
destroy true love.
"Peer pressure will be tremen
dous. Those of us who love you
will show you how to handle it.
Ask and we shall help. No problem
is too large when several shoulders
carry the load. Our duty is to teach
you by example. Yours is to learn
to separate. Our strength shall be
your courage. Our commitment
your sacrifice. Our irritation, your
calm. Our pleasure, your insight.
Most of all our love, your em
brace. Welcome to the world,
granddaughter. Your generation
will be better than the one that
preceded you and the world will be
a better place for having nourished
you."
John W. McNeill, Jr.
John Watson McNeill, Jr., of
427 Marlboro Street, Red Springs,
died Friday in Cape Fear Valley
Hospital. Graveside services were
conducted Saturday at the McNeill
Cemetery by the Rev. Charles
Ansley of Antioch Presbyterian
Church.
McNeill was the son of the late
John Watson and Emily Gertrude
McNeil of Robeson County.
McNeill, former owner of
Travelers Service Station of Red
Springs, was a captain in the
Eighth Air Force during World
War II. He served as a combat
pilot in Europe and received a
number of awards including the
Distinguished Flying Cross.
He is survived by his son, John
Watson McNeill, HI of Raleigh;
his daughters, Mrs. Kay Thomas
of Raeford, and Mrs. Gwen
Ashburn of Sanford and three
granddaughters.
The family requests that
memorial gifts planned be made to
the North Carolina Kidney Foun
dation, P.O. Box 2383, 200
Eastover Dr., Chapel Hill, N.C.,
27514.
Lather Clifton
A graveside service for Luther
Leverne Clifton, 53, of Raleigh,
who died April 19. was held
Thursday afternoon in LaFayette
Memorial Park in Fayetteville.
He and his wife had lived in
Raeford about 20 years. He was a
former employee of Burlington
Industries in Raeford.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Geri
Riley Clifton of Southern Pines; his
daughters. Mrs. Lynn Krause and
Miss Teresa Grey Clifton of
Raleigh, and Mrs. Donna Line
berger of Knoxville. Tenn.; his
brother. Ernest Clifton of Red
Springs; his sisters. Mrs. Marilyn
Martin of Red Springs, and Mrs.
lema Whitley of Fayetteville; and
three grandchildren.
Kevin Oxendine
The funeral for Kevin Oxendine,
4. of Rt. 2, Raeford, who died April
19. were conducted Thursday after
noon in Hoke County Holiness
Church by the Rev. Gene Chavis.
Burial was in the church cemetery.
Surviving are his parents. Frank
lin and Patricia Deal Oxendine; his
brothers Luther Franklin Oxendine
and Kenneth Oxendine of the
home; his sister, Sharon Ann
Oxendine of the home; his ma
ternal grandmother. Mrs. Naomi
Deal of McColl. S.C.; his paternal
grandmother, Mrs. Annie Bell
Locklear of Raeford; and his
paternal grandfather. Belton Jones
of Pembroke.
Lentz Funeral Home was in
charge of the arrangements.
Her husband also observed thai
the country is beautiful and
"everything is big," including the
automobiles.
The visitors also were well
received at Raeford Presbyterian
Church when they attended ser
vices there.
HELPING PEOPLE 1
TO LIVE WITH_ llL _
Ellen WUIIs
Home Economics Extension Agent <
Schedule
Wednesday, May 5, 1982, 10:00
a.m. - Wayside Extension
Homemakers Club Meeting.
Hint: When you are going to mix
cold shortening with an electric
mixer, heat the mixer blades in hot
water for a few minutes. This will
prevent shortening clogging the
blades.
A WOMAN AND HER MONEY
If you are a married woman, do
you think you know as much about
money management as your hus
band does? If you are single and a
working woman, do you feel that
you have to ask financial advise
from your father, brothers, or
male friend? Married or single,
many women seem to feel that men
just naturally have a greater
business sense than they do. It
might be true but not necessarily.
It all depends on what you want to
learn.
Because North Carolina law
recognizes the husband as the head
of the household, responsible for
the support of wife and children of
a marriage, men have financial
responsibilities thrust upon them.
In past years when not many
women worked outside the home,
a husband was involved in business
activities daily as he provided for
the family, and wives seldom knew
or cared about family business ar
rangements.
Today, a great number ot
employed women, both married
and single, are involved in the
spending, sharing, savings and in
vesting money. Single working
women learn about income taxes,
rental or mortgage agreements,
buying and caring for cars, and the
use of credit, often sooner and
with more real experience than
their married counterparts.
When a married woman is sud
denly single again, through death
of the spouse or divorce, she may
be in for a rude shock. She may
have thought she knew all she
needed to know about the family
business affairs. But. unless she
has had day-to-day dealings with
all the family business affairs, she
will have a lot to learn.
Unless her husband has shared
with her details of family income,
expenditures and debt, she may
find herself alone and unqualified
for the job of managing her
resources. It's a lot easier to learn
while the marriage is still intact
and both partners are willing to
share (he vital facts.
AT SANDY GROVE ?? The Pioneers of Raeford will sing a l Sandy Grove
United Methodist Church on Sunday. The church is in the Arabia com
munity. The service will begin at 7 p.m. The public is invited.
If she were alone again, could
she:
Maintain her current lifestyle?
What about income?
Have the same home or one of
equal quality?
Have adequate support for any
children until they are launched? f
Have financial security in her?
retirement years?
Statistics indicate that the ma
jority of married women outlive
their husbands, and the likelihood
of re-marriage, especially at an
older age. is rather slim. But mar
riage can end at any age. Each
spouse should share their
knowledge to be prepared for in
dividual living, and for the support
of children. Only in this way can
financial security for the family bj
assured in the future.
A good place to begin is with the
"Individual Security Checklist."
If you would like a quick estimate
of where you might stand if you
were alone again, check the brief
list of financial planning tips listed
below. If many of these ideas are
nevs to you and you want more in
formation, check with the Exten
sion Home Economists in you'l
county.
Individual Securit) Checklist
If your husband (or wife) should
die, you would probably have
greater financial security if:
(Check it you meet requirement.)
The family home was held
jointly "by the entirety." This
assures that the surviving spouse
receives the home outright even if
there is no will. No federal estatrgv
tax would be due on this portion oJ'
the spouses's estate, and no state
tax if the home is part of your
$1(X),(XX) exemption.
A mortgage insurance
policy on the deceased spouse's life
was in force. Otherwise, you in
herit the balance of a mortgage
with the full title 10 the home.
Adequate life insurance was
in force on (he spouse's life.
the two of you can decide th?~
amount of life insurance you can
afford and need. If both are work
ing life insurance is necessary for
both spouses. Life insurance pro
ceeds may be subject to estate
taxes.
Social Security is available
for survivors. Keep up to date with
changes in regulations for qualify
ing, and amounts payable.
Each spouse has some.
funds available for emergencies ilP
their own name. There may be
some delays in getting money from
jointly held bank accounts.
The couple has maintained
good family financial records. This
will be invaluable in settling the
estate. Need to know names and
addresses of financial advisers.
The spouse has an up-to
date will. Joint ownership does nol
replace a will. If you and yoi?T)
spouse should separate or divorce,
financial adjustments and continu
ing support may be simplified If:
(Check if you meet requirement).
Property other than home is
held in separate ownership,
especially if each spouse has earn
ed income for family support.
Each spouse has an in
dividual credit identity in the local
credit bureau.
Each has skills, ability anfik
experience in earning a living.