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The "Harvest Party" and hayride
was truly a success at Tabernacle
Baptist Church last Saturday night.
Everyone, young and not so young
joined in the fun and entertain
ment. Approximately seventy-five
people attended.
The movie shown at the church
Sunday night was well attended
and was very worthwhile. If you
have not seen "Welcome Home" be
sure to see it when you have an
opportunity.
Sandy Grove United Methodist
Church had a Halloween party at
the Church Saturday evening Oct.
30th. Games were played by the
children and refreshments were
provided. It was reported that the
adults enjoyed the party as much as
the children.
Pittman Grove Baptist Church
observed the 5th Sunday with a
covered dish dinner following
morning worship service. Jimmy
Dees presented the sermon and
special music was presented in the
afternoon by "The Choraleers."
Attendance was good.
Mrs. Leila Barefoot has returned
to Denton, North Carolina after
spending several days at home.
Mr. and Mrs. E.T. Brock, Jr.,
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Brock and
daughter. Christina visited Mrs.
Willie Sheppard and Mr. and Mrs.
William Sheppard and family last
Sunday.
Mrs. Fleeta Maxwell and Mrs.
Neda Mae Williams visited Mrs.
Williams Cousin, Mrs. Myrtle
Smith of Kannapolis last Tuesday.
The nationwide Girl Scout maga
zine sale and subscription renewal
campaign is now in progress. The
week of November 7th is the last
week. If you wish to participate you
can contact the Rockfish Brownie
Troop or Junior Troop.
The Junior Girl Scouts are
having their annual Tupperware
party November 18 at 7:30 p.m. at
the Rockfish Fire Department.
Anyone wishing to purchase
Tupperware please attend the party
or place your order with the Junior
Girl Scouts.
Mrs. Robert Wood and children.
Gay and Stevie. and Tommy
Bishop of Dundarrach visited Mrs.
Elizabeth Renegar of Asheton Fo
rest, Fayetteville last week. Also
visiting Mrs. Renegar at the time
was another sister Mrs. Ronald
Guilette and husband and daugh
ters, Joan and Barbara of Greens
boro.
Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Hook of
Bethesda, Maryland spent two
weeks with Mrs. Hooks sister.
Mrs. Elizabeth Pittmans recently.
"Bill" Odom of Richmond, Vir
ginia spent a few days with his
sister Mrs. Elizabeth Pittman re
cently.
Mrs. Evelyn Mull of Carolina
Beach spent a day with her sister
Mrs. Elizabeth Pittman last week.
Mrs. Lawrence Barnard attend
ed the quarterly district meeting of
the Welcome Wagon Hostesses at
the Manor Hotel in Pinehurst
Thursday October 28th. After the
business meeting adjourned they
had lunch in the hotel dining room.
Before returning home she visited
Mrs. Gordon Keith of Aberdeen.
Mrs. Homer Terry spent the past
weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Sam
Tripp of Lillington and attended
church at Northwood Temple in
Fayetteville.
Mr. and Mrs. Miller Cook
returned last Saturday from a trip
to Florida. They went to Disney
World and Epcot Center, Cypress
Gardens, Busch Garden and Cape
Kennedy Space Center. They also
toured St. Augustine. They were
joined by Mr. Cooks sister, Mrs.
Lewis Allen and husband of Fay
etteville.
On the return trip home Mr. and
Mrs. Cook stayed overnight in
Dillon. South Carolina with Mr.
and Mrs. Don Wood and children.
Public library News
QUEEN OF EXTENDED DAY
SCHOOL
The Library's Mickey Pate was
) the Homecoming Queen for Ex
tended Day School in last Friday's
parade. Mickey is learning the
library in the mornings and goes to
school in the afternoons. We are
pleased she was chosen as her
school's Queen. Her ambitious
interest at work and at school are to
be commended.
^CHILDREN'S NATIONAL BOOK
WEEK NOVEMBER 15-19
Children's National Book Week
is still being planned. Keep check
ing with us for more information.
Letters are being sent out to the
kindergarten-6th grade folks ex
plaining on the week tong projects
and entertainment at the library.
BOOKMOBILE SERVICES
) The Bookmobile, under the care
of Mrs. Letitia Conoly and Mrs.
Nancy Morgan is still going out to
your area of the county every four
weeks. Check with your neighbor
who may be already using this
service; call the library 875-2502, or
come by any time and this service
will be explained to you. We want
you to enjoy reading and offer this
^ year-round service to those who
" find it difficult to come in to town.
Just for summer months for
youngsters out of school or for the
whole year round, can be easily
worked out with these two ladies or
at the library.
If you already have a library card
for the main library you will not
have to get another one. Or; if you
have a Bookmobile card it is always
good in the library.
| REMEMBER THOUGH! --
Books checked out in the library
are always due back in two weeks
with overdues 5 cents a day.
The Bookmobile books do not
have an overdue charge, but we do
ask you to try to plan to be home
the days it comes by your house so
the books can be exchanged and
others may have access to them
_ when they want them.
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CLOSED! CLOSED! CLOSED!
There will be no library services
on Armistice Day, November 11;
Thursday of next week. The library
will be closed.
NEW BOOKS AT LIBRARY
The following is a list of new
books received this week by the
Hoke County Public Library, a
member of the Sandhill Regional
Library System. They are available
at Hoke County Public Library and
Bookmobile in Raeford.
ADULT FACT
Berenyi, John - "The Modern
American Business Dictionary"
Cannon, Lou - "REAGAN"
"Cool Cats: 25 Years of Rock 'n
Roll Style"
Gilbert, Sara - "What Happens In
Therapy"
Gino, Carol - "The Nurse's Story"
Gordon, Sheila ? "A Modest Har
mony: Seven Summers In A Scot
tish Glen"
Hart, Jeffrey - "When The Going
Was Good
Lyman. Christopher M. - "The
Vanishing Race and Other Illu
sions"
Mulkerene, D.J. - "The Term
Paper Step by Step"
Prange. Gordon W. - "Miracle At
Midway"
Velie. Alan R. - "Four American
Indian Literary Masters"
Wyatt-Brown. Bertram
"Southern Honor"
ADULT FICTION
Dickinson. Peter - "The Last
Houseparty"
Ferrars, E.X. - "Skeleton In Search
Of A Closet"
Hogan, Ray - "The Renegade
Gun"
Kluger. Phyllis - "Good Goods"
Michaels. Barbara - "Black Rain
bow"
Polland, Madelaine - "The Heart
Speaks Many Ways"
Rice, Anne - "Cry To Heaven"
Yerby. Frank - ""WESTERN: A
Saga Of The Great Plains"
CHILDREN'S FACT
"The Parrot In The Garret and
Other Rhymes About Dwellings"
CHILDREN'S FICTION
Byars, Betsy ? "The Two- Thousand
Pound Goldfish"
Calhoun, Mary - "The Night The
Monster Came"
Cleary, Beverly - "Ralph S.
Mouse"
Delton, Judy - "The Goose Who
Wrote A Book"
Delton, Judy ? "A Walk On A
Snowy Night"
Gibbons, Gail - "The Post Office
Book: Mail and How It Moves"
Gundersheimer, Karen - Happy
Winter"
Hughes, Dean - "Honestly,
Myron" J,
MacGregor, Ellen - "Miss Pickerell
On The Trail"
Omerod, Jan - "Moonlight"
Parish, Peggy ? "Mr. Adam's
Mistake"
Pinkwater, Daniel - "Roger's Um
brella"
Rodgers, Mary - "Summer Switch"
Sabin, Francene - "The Great
Santa Claus Mystery"
Stevens, Carla - "Anna, Grandpa
and the Big Storm"
BOOKMOBILE SCHEDULE
DUNDARRACH, Nov. 8 -- Eva
Conoly, Myrtle Sappenfield, Mrs.
G.C. Lytle, Ruby Saunders, Ina
Mae Womack, Donna O'Briant,
Kathleen Jones, Lawanna? Hayes,
Vicky Balfour, Mary Adams,
Laurie Bain, Grace Malone.
BLUE SPRINGS & ANTIOCH,
Nov. 10 -- Gail Hayes, Mrs.
Pendergrass. Mamie Webb, Cassie
Walters, Lottie Walters, Irene
Currie, Louise Robinson, Katie
Holland, Betty Nixon. South Hoke
Day Care Center.
Red Cross
is counting
| on you.
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A T WEST HOKE ? Rosalyn McCall's West Hoke School Kindergarten students gave a play October 27 for the
other students, teachers, other members of the school staff, and parents. Here are the boys and girls in the cast
' during the performance on the school stage.
QUILTING BEE ? Women oj Wayside Community worked last week on a quilt to be raffled prior to
Thanksgiving to raise money for the Hoke County Home Demonstration Service. (Photo by Pam Frederick).
Lumber Bridge News
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by LA Uwmm
Sunday being the Sth Sunday,
there was only Sunday School at
The Baptist and Presbyterian
churches.
The Women Missionary Union
held their October meeting Thurs
day night, Oct. 28th in the Educa
tion Center with twelve members
present. Miss Pearl Dew - President
was in charge of the meeting, as it
was an organizational meeting. The
Devotion was by Mrs. Ruth Tolar.
Prayer by Mrs. Mary Ammons.
After a discussion on Home and
Foreign Missions, the meeting
closed with prayer by Mrs. Mavis
Foster. Refreshments were served
by Mrs. Flata Schell, Mrs. Gracie
Hopkins and Miss Verna Mc
Gougan. The Nov. meeting will be
held with Mrs. Mary Ammons,
Thursday night, Nov. 11th at 7:30
p.m.
Baptist Church - Revival ? No
vember 14th - 17th. The Rev.
Edwin C. Bullock, coordinator of
volunteer work on Foreign Mission
Board will be the guest speaker.
The public is invited.
A Halloween party was given by
Mrs. Lee Baker and Mrs. Pam
Lewis Sunday evening from 5 - 7
p.m. for the children of the Baptist
Church at the Education Center.
The children were dressed in their
costumes and enjoyed several
games. Refreshments were served
to thirty-five children and adults.
Mrs. Henry Bullard visited last
week in Wilmington with her
dajghter, Mr. and Mrs. M.N.
Jennings, Cooper and Sinclair.
Mrs. J.E. McGougan spent sev
eral days last week with her
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Nor
flinger, Elizabeth and Catherine in
Richmond.
Mrs. John Covington returned
home Wednesday after several days
with Mrs. Jon Evans, Susan and
Alison in Raleigh. They were with
the crowd to hear President Rea
gan's speech and enjoyed the street
entertainment, square dancing,
singing etc.
Thursday until Sunday, Mrs.
John Covington and Mr. and Mrs.
H.E. Horton were at Holden
Beach .
Mrs. Lou Behm and infant
daughter, Amanda Lou, of Greys
lake. Illinois, and Mrs. Jon Reid
Lewis of Charlotte recently visited
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred
erick Cobb. Mrs. Lewis has been
elected "Teacher of the Year" at
Oak Lawn School in Charlotte.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Dunn and
son. Strother enjoyed a recent
vacation in Florida. The trip
including Disney World and the
new Epcot Center.
Mrs. Doris Johnson Edge
The funeral for Mrs. Doris Edge
who died Tuesday, was at 3 p.m.
Thursday at First Presbyterian
Church in Raleigh with Rev.
Edwards officiating. Burial was in
Raleigh Memorial Park. Survivors -
her husband, Walter Edge, a sister,
Mrs. Clara J. Powers of Lumberton
and brother, William Johnson of
Silver Springs, Md.
Mrs. Jack McArthur of Fay
etteville died Thursday. Burial was
at Camp Ground Methodist
Church on Saturday evening.
Mrs. McArthur was a sister of
Wilbur Spears of Lumber Bridge.
Mr. and Mrs. William Spears
spent Sunday in Garland with
relatives.
Shady Grove Church
Homecoming Slated
Homecoming will be held Sun
day at Shady Grove Baptist Church
near Wagram.
Sunday school will start at 9:45
a.m. and the morning service at 1 1 .
The Rev. J.W. Gorham. the pastor,
will be in charge.
Dinner will be served immediate
ly after the service.
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