County , City Budgets Up,
No Tax Hikes Predicted
By Sherry Matthews
) County and city officials are ex
pected to review budget recom
mendations this week that call for
no tax increases for the coming
fiscal year.
Both budgets have increased,
but city and county managers say
they don't forsee having to call for
a tax hike.
The county's recommended
1983-84 budget calls for a 4.4V? in
l crease or $175,286 more than last
year's approved $3,968,999.
According to County Manager
James Martin, the increase will not
mean a tax hike over the current
year's tax rate of 70 cents.
Martin has dipped into the coun
ty's $1.2 million fund balance ac
count to even up the monies that
will be handed out to the different
! departments.
Even with the proposed
$466,305 taken from the fund
balance, Martin has had to cut re
quested departmental wish lists to
allow for a balanced budget.
Before the requests were cut, the
county's budget was 10.2Vo over
last year's approved figures or
$414,275 over the previously OK'd
funds.
The food stamp budget, which is
part of a Department of Social Ser
vices package, requested $167, 955
of which Martin is recommending
$111 ,780 be approved by the coun
ty commissioners.
Another department that is
receiving a cut in requested monies
is the health department ad
ministration.
Their request of $244,829 has
been slashed to $164,215.
None of these cuts are final, nor
is the entire budget package until
the county commissioners approve
it, Martin said.
A balanced proposal must be in
the hands of the cominissioners by
June 1 and an approved budget
must be ready by July 1, Martin
said.
"At this point, none of these
figures are really final," Martin
said.
City Manager Ron Matthews is
also planning to present the city
councilmen with an increased
budget with no tax hike attached.
Matthews is requesting a $2.5
million budget this year which is an
increase of more than 5200,000
over last year's $2.33 million ap
proved budget.
According to Matthews the in
crease does not mean a rise in the
54 cent tax rate of the 1982-83
fiscal year.
The city's budget, too, is not
final until the councilmen approve
it, Matthews said.
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A fter a day of fun in the sun and perhaps one loo many turns on the sliding hoard, this poor puppy looks as if he
might need a lift home.
Woman Pleads Guilty
Of Bad Check Binge
A Hoke County woman was
found guilty last week in District
Court of going on a two-month
bad check writing binge, which left
eight area stores holding the bag
for more than $600.
Gale Roberts of Rt. 3, Raeford,
was found guilty of apparently
writing the 19 "worthless" checks
within a two-month period.
Six of the 19 checks, which total
ed nearly $150, were written to Sky
City, located in the Raeford-Hoke
Village.
District Court Judge Joseph
Dupree sentenced Roberts to a
30-day suspended sentence with
three years probation for the Sky
City charges and ordered Roberts
to pay $143.52 in restitution and
court cost.
Judge Dupree also sentenced
Roberts to 30 days for writing a
worthless check on a closed ac
count.
Dupree suspended that sentence
for three years and ordered the
defendant to pay $125 restitution
to Park's Exxon and the cost of the
action.
The defendant was given several
other 30 day suspended sentences
on the remaining worthless check
charges.
Restitution to the eight stores
totaled over $600.
Dupree ordered that each of the
sentences begin at the expiration of
the previous one.
In other court action, Judge
Dupree handed down the follow
ing judgements:
--Thomas Weldon Bishop,
Shannon, failing to immediately
report a collison to police, S25 and
cost.
--Leroy Benjamin Pickett, Ash,
driving under the influence(DUl),
six months suspended for 12
months, S250 and cost, surrender
operators license.
--David Ray Shaw, Lumberton,
exceeding a safe speed, prayer for
judgement upon payment of cost.
--Terry Alan Dooley, Raeford,
knowingly giving a malt beverage
to a minor, 30 days, S25 and cost.
--Margaret G. Bright, Rocky
Mount, being less than 18 years old
and being in possession of a malt
beverage, prayer for judgement
upon payment of cost.
--Marv Pridgen McRae, Red
Springs, careless and reckless driv
ing after drinking, 60 days, $100
and cost, enroll and complete the
alcohol and drug abuse school
within 90 days.
--James Leroy Bunch,
Washington, speeding(65-55).
prayer for judgement upon pay
ment of cost.
-Bruce Leonard King, Rt. 3,
Raeford, careless and reckless
driving after drinking, 60 days,
$100 and cost, enroll and complete
the alcohol and drug abuse school
within 90 days.
-Carl Lee Monroe, Raeford,
DUI, no less than six months, no
more than six months suspended
for one year, $500 and cost, sur
render operators license (granted
limited driving permit), enroll and
complete the alcohol and drug
abuse school within 90 days.
-Parnell Miles, Fayetteville,
speeding(47-35), prayer for judge
ment upon payment of cost.
? Ronald Edward McLean,
Lumber Bridge, failing to stop at
the scene of an accident and colli
sion in which the vehicle driven by
the defendant was involved which
resulted in property damage, 90
days, $100 and cost.
--John Henry Love, 662
Dockery Road, Raeford, speeding
(65-55), prayer for judgement
upon payment of cost.
-Burt Muir Jr., Rt. 4, Raeford,
DUI, no less than six months, no
more than six months suspended
tor three years with supervised
probation for three years, $250
and cost.
Deaths & Funerals
Watson Guy
A graveside service was held at
Antioch Presbyterian Church
cemetery Saturday for the
Reverend Watson G. Guy, 64, who
died in Mobile, Alabama, Wednes
day, May 25. A funeral service was
conducted in Mobile on Friday.
A native of Hampton, Va., and
a graduate of Union Theological
Seminary in Richmond, Va., Mr.
Guy was married to the former
Elizabeth Hodgin of Antioch, who
survives him along with two
daughters, Misses Ann and
Virginia Guy, all of Mobile, a son
Richard Guy of Gaithersburg,
Maryland, a sister Mrs. James A.
Smith, Jr., of Eden, and two
grandchildren.
Having served pastorates in
Kingsport, Tennessee, and Mobile,
he became executive director of the
Southwest Alabama Council on
Alcoholism.
In 1977 he was presented an Ex
ecutive Service Award by the Na
tional Council on Alcoholism for
his service and promotion "of
public awareness of the disease."
A 12-volume series of his works
dealing with the recovery of
alcoholics through physical, men
tal and spiritual rehabilitation was
accepted in 1972 for the shelves of
the Rutgers University Center of
Alcohol Studies in New
Brunswich, New Jersey.
An accident in 1980 left him
with massive brain and internal in
juries from which he never
recovered.
Alton W. DeBerry
V1r. Alton W. DeBerry of Grace
Creek died Monday, May 23.
Funeral services were held at the
Grace Creek Baptist Church at 4
p.m. Thursday, May 26.
The Reverend Lacy Jones of
ficiated the service.
Burial was in the church
cemetery following the service.
Surviving are his wife Mrs.
Sarah Rcid DeBerry, a daughter,
Mrs. Yolanda D. Williams of
Raleigh, his mother, Mrs. Daisey
DeBerry of Raeford, a brother,
Robert DeBerry of Fayetteville, six
sisters; Mrs. Annie Butler, Mrs.
Mary White, Mrs. Hester McNeil
and Mrs. Retha D. Long, all of
Raeford; Mrs. Lula Bratcher of
East Orange, New Jersey and Mrs.
Elemer Cogdell of Fayetteville;
two grandchildren.
The family was at Stephen
Rogers Funeral home last Wednes
day from 7-8 p.m.
Mrs. Betty Howell I*e
Mrs. Betty Howell Lee, 83, of
Rt. 3, Raeford, died Saturday
morning in Cape Fear Valley
Hospital.
Funeral services were held Mon
day, May 23 at 2 p.m. at the
Crumpler Funeral Home Chapel.
The Rev. Lester English of
ficiated the service. Burial was in
the Richmond Memorial Park in
Rockingham.
Surviving are three sons: Alex
ander Lee of Melrose Park, 111.,
Harvey Lee, Jr. of Rockingham,
and Jack G. Lee of Rockingham,
12 grandchildren including Mrs.
Garry Frederick, Billy Norton,
Don Norton and Mrs. Billy Fred
McVicker all of Raeford, and Dale
Norton of Washington, D.C., and
7 great-grandchildren.
Crumpler Funeral Home was in
charge.
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this type of program," Williams
added.
"I really think this is the route
we should go," Williams said.
Simpson and Nelson both agree.
"If 1 hadn't thought it was a
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Simpson said.
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Nelson said.
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