Sharon McNeill Honored
At State 4-H Congress
One of the highest honors in 4-H
work was bestowed Monday night
on a Hoke County youth.
Sharon McNeill, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd McNeill of
Raeford, was "tapped" into the
Stater 4-H Honor Club in a color
ful candlelight ceremony marking
one of the highlights of North
Carolina 4-H Congress in Raleigh.
Membership in the some 1,400
member organization is a reward
for outstanding service to 4-H
work.
The 4-H'ers are judged on their
leadership abilities, moral stan
dards, 4-H activities and project
achievement. Selection is made
after careful study by the Honor
Club members.
The tapping is a distinction that
is reserved for less than one-half of
1 percent of the state's 4-H
members.
Sharon has been a member of
4-H for 8 years.
During this time she has served
as District 4-H Reporter, County
Council president and reporter,
and local club president, vice presi
dent, secretary-treasurer and
reporter.
She was selected as a delegate to
National 4-H Conference in
Washington, D.C., a delegate to
Citizenship Washington Focus and
represented North Carolina in the
Poultry Barbeque competition at
the National Poultry and Egg Con
ference in Louisville. Kentucky.
Sharon has also participated in a
number of community service ac
tivities and completed numerous
projects.
Sandhills Is Offering
Reverse History Class
The Division of Continuing
Education at Sandhills Communi
ty College will offer area students
of American history a unique way
to learn this fall.
Thomas B. Braine, in coopera
tion with Columbia Military
Academy, has developed a course
which teaches history from the pre
sent to the past. That's history in
reverse.
The course will provide an inten
sive study of American history
beginning with current events and
working back toward the Teddy
Roosevelt years and the Spani?.h
American War.
The course will also inquire into
other histories, eras, and lands,
giving the student exposure to
other historical threads -- social,
economic, political, artistic, and
religious.
This class will begin September
12 and end December 12. It will
meet on Monday between 7 and 10
p.m. Preregistration is advised.
Students may preregister on
August 30 between 2 and 8 p.m. in
room 134 of the Kennedy Building
on campus.
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W illiam Shook Robert H right Jr.
Hoke Students Attend
Conservation Workshop
The Hoke Soil and Water Con
servation District sponsored two
students to attend the Resource
Conservation Workshop in
Raleigh on June 19-24.
They \sere Robert Wright. Jr..
son of VI r. and Mrs. Robert
Wright of Raeford and William
Shook, son of Mr. and Mrs.
George Shook of Shannon.
Each year students are sent to
this workshop where such subjects
as: Soil and Water Conservation,
Forest Management, and Wildlife
and Fisheries Management are
covered.
Students are also taken on field
trips to expose them to important
areas of resource management.
This workshop is sponsored
each year by: The North Carolina
Association of Soil and Water
Conservation Districts, North
Carolina Chapter of the Soil Con
servation Society of America,
North Carolina Soil and Water
Conservation Commission, Soil
Science Department of North
Carolina State and Division of
Continuing Education of North
Carolina State University.
Riley Wins Raffle
David Riley was the winner of
the recent raffle sponsored by
Hillcrest Junior 4-H Club.
Prizes were provided by area
merchants.
Proceeds raised during the event
will assist several 4-Hers in atten
ding 4-H sponsored events this
summer.
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day as they file off field and head home for a cool drink and a good meal.
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Real Estate Firm
Changes Name Mon.
Edens & Avant, Inc., who
manages Raeford-Hoke Village, is
officially the new name for one of
the Southeast's leading commer
cial real estate development com
panies. formerly F.dens & McTeer.
Inc. The change is effective on Julv
18.
Based in Columbia. Hdens &
Avant manages six million square
feet in shopping centers, office
buildings and apartments in North
Carolina. South Carolina and
Georgia.
That is equivalent to almost
three times as many square feet as
the total square footage of rental
space in the Empire State Building.
The company had a record year
of more than $160 million in total
business in 1982 and manages pro
perties valued at S 1 92 million. It
specializes in the areas of
brokerage, development, property
management and leasing.
Joe Edens, Jr. continues as
chairman of the company. Among
his development projects are 55
shopping centers, several surbur
ban office buildings and numerous
multiple family housing
developments.
A native of Columbia, Edens at
tended The Citadel. He serves as
chairman of the board of Republic
National Bank which has its main
office in Columbia.
Dan Avant will continue as
president of Edens & Avant. He
has been in real estate sales and
management since 1967.
Avant is a graduate of Wofford
College and past chairman of the
Committee of 100 of The Greater
Columbia Chamber of Commerce.
"While the name of the com
pany has changed, the services, the
professional staff and the address
remain the same," Avant said.
Swine record winner
Gail Spongier of the Hoke County Livestock Association and Julian
Johnson of the Johnson Company are congratulating Arthur Dial (right)
and presenting him with a check for the pig that they and Farm Chemicals,
Inc. purchased from him during the Fayetteville Area Fat Stock Show. Ar
thur, a Hoke County 4-H'er, placed first in the 4-H Swine Records Class
at the show on April 14.
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Tayetteville. formerly of Racford,
is a recent graduate of South
eastern I cademy. To complete the
program of study, (linn met re
quirements in the areas of career
and personal development in addi
tion to specialized occupational
training. She is now qualified for
an entry-level position in all areas
of the -Mr line. Travel or Tourism
Industry.
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