Going To Birmingham
Minister Rejects
Presbytery Rules
Differences in religious opinion
have forced the Raeford
Presbyterian Church's Associate
Pastor to leave his position.
According to Rev. Douglas
Mark, he did not agree with the
more "liberal" opinions of the
United Presybtery which allows
women to become elders in the
church and children to take part in
communion services.
"I would be going against what
my conscience believes if I said I
agreed with those things," Mark
said.
At a meeting of the Presbytery
September 6, Mark was asked if he
would practice the denomination's
beliefs regarding those two "stan
dards."
"I told them 1 could not practice
their standards," Mark said.
According to Mark, the
Presbytery terminated his position
effective October 9.
"I was asked to leave the
denomination because I could not
meet some of their standards,"
Mark said.
After Mark resigns his position,
he and his family will move to Bir
mingham, Alabama, where he will
take over as pastor of the Faith
Presbyterian Church.
That church was splintered from
the Southern Presbyterian Church
prior to the recent unification with
the Northern Presbyterian Church.
The Birmingham church is not af
filiated with the newly formed
United Presbyterian Church.
"We are looking forward to
moving, but we are sad to have to
leave Raeford," Mark said. The
associate pastor has served here for
about two years.
"It will be a new beginning,"
Mark noted.
Raeford Presbyterian Church
officers said no replacement has
yet been named for Mark.
, .Hunt Jailed
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three years and ordered to pay
court cost and restitution.
He was also given a 90-day
suspended sentence for writing a
$247.85 worthless check to Garry
Revels on July 22 and was ordered
to pay restitution and court cost in
the action.
The commissioner was also
found guilty of writing a $253.17
worthless check to Garry Revels on
July 15. Judge Dupree gave Hunt a
90-day suspended sentence in that
case and instructed him to pay
restitution and court cost in the ac
tion.
The judge ordered each of the
three sentences to begin at the ex
piration of the others.
Hunt gave notice of appeal in
each of the cases.
In addition, Harnett County
records indicate that a further ar
rest warrant has been issued
against the commission vice
chairman in that county.
Records indicate that a $1,214
worthless check warrant has been
issued but not served against Hunt.
Bond is set at $2,500 for that ar
rest order, records show.
Since June, Hunt has been
plagued with mounting financial
and legal troubles that have
resulted in over 38 arrest orders
and five stints in area jails.
In addition Hunt has received at
least 40 suspended sentences in less
than four months on bad check
charges and owes well over $20,000
for worthless checks, court fines,
and restitutions.
Hunt still faces court ap
pearances in Robeson, Scotland
and Harnett counties on other bad
check charges.
Hunt has already been ordered
by Judge Dupree to seek
psychiatric help as a condition of
probation in Hoke County.
Judge Dupree has also asked
Hunt to step down from his seat on
the county board.
Hunt refused to resign his posi
tion and Dupree gave the commis
sioner a 90-day aetive sentence for
failing to comply with an earlier
Hoke ruling. The case will be ap
pealed in Superior Court in Oc
tober.
.County Joins Airport
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on appointing an Emergency Ser
vices Advisory Committee until
they had time to lay some "ground
work" on what their duties would
be.
Following an executive session,
the commissioners voted to make
Bill Niven's position as Emergency
Management Director effective
September 16.
Commissioner James A. Hunt,
who has shown up late for the last
three commission meetings, failed
to appear at Monday's scheduled
meeting.
Each year, almost 50 percent of
all North American ducklings are
born in and around potholes, says
the National Wildlife Federation;
not those potholes you might see
on a typical highway, but around
the millions of scattered depres
sions left in the wake of melted
glaciers in the Dakotas, Minnesota
and central Canada.
Striking a pose
It 's not a ghost and it 's not an invisible man checking his flimsy reflection.
In reality it is photographer Michael Sports trying his hand at a few
shadow tricks.
Work Started On Mill Prong,
Annual Fete Slated For Sun .
Restoration of the 181 -year old
Mill Prong House that was built by
Scottish Highlander John Gilchrist
is underway, according to a Mill
Prong Preservation, Inc. newslet
ter.
Masonry reconstruction, which
is apparently near completion, was
done at a cost of over SI 1 ,000.
According to the newsletter, ex
isting brick piers under the house
have been replaced, and the
restoration of two exterior
chimneys have been completed.
Roof work and porch work has
also been contracted, but not com
pleted.
Matching grant monies allocated
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The Mill Prong Preservation,
Inc. will hold its annual meeting
this Sunday at Bethel Church.
Prior to the annual meeting, a
picnic lunch will be served at
Bethel Church at 1 p.m.
The lunch, catered by Mildred
Hayes of Laurinburg, will cost S5
per person.
Monies collected from the picnic
lunch will go toward matching
$25,000 awarded to the Mill Prong
this year by the North Carolina
General Assembly.
The
News-Journal
The News-Journal is publish
ed every Thursday by Dickson
Press Inc. at 119 W. Elwood
Avenue, Raeford, N.C. 28376.
Second Class Postage is paid at
Raeford, N.C. (USPS 388-260).
Subscription rates are payable
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IE adopted by the commission, an
J* ambulance user would have to pay
?4 $5 per IS minutes after the patient
'4* has been delivered to a hospital for
30 minutes, a $5 increase over the
??", present rate.
In addition to increased am
bulance rates, commissioners also
voted to begin charging $27.30 for
"non-transport" calls.
According to Martin, many peo
ple will call for an ambulance, and
then decide they don't want to be
< ' taken to a hospital.
This type charge can help
"reduce" operating costs, Niven
said.
Abuses of the ambulance service
are taking place now, and Martin
said he anticipates the misuse to
continue after the county takes
over.
Although commissioners were
apparently weary of the idea, they
decided to try the plan.
"We can always put it in the
program, and if it fails, we can
take it back out," Balfour said.
Martin had originally suggested
a $55 fee for non-transport pa
tients, but commissioners decided
to cut that charge in half, charging
only $27.50 for the service.
Anyone needing ambulance ser
vice should call the sheriff's
department, Martin said.
Monday night's moves came
after Hoke Ambulance Service
operator Jim Henley told commis
sioners that he could no longer
operate the service for the county
because of his continued financial
troubles.
Henley appeared before the
commissioners last week seeking
S3, 600 in additional funds to pay
off his ambulance insurance. '
The commissioners denied the
request although Henley's in
surance was scheduled to run out
September 17.
In connection with the "phase
in, phase-out" process, which
began Wednesday, Henley offered
to lease two of his ambulances to
the county.
According to Martin, Henley
would lease two ambulances if the 4
county would provide the in
surance, and the $433 monthly
payments for the vehicles.
Henley has also requested that
the county pay the $150 monthly
payment on the radio equipment
that is attached to the ambulances.
Martin said that Henley agreed
to lease the ambulances under the
condition that he "can sell them at
any time."
"I think we should try to lease
the ambulances, but we should see
if Henley will agree to lease them
for the entire month," Upchurch
said.
"Jim has gone above and
beyond the call of his duty to help
us make this transition, and I think
he will continue to help if he can,"
Martin said.
A decision was made Tuesday to 4
call the new service Hoke County
Emergency Medical Service, rather
than continuing the old name of
Hoke Ambulance Service, Niven
said.
The decision was made to avoid
confusion, he said.
Deaths & Funerals
Mrs. Madge Pritcbett Murray
Mrs. Madge Pritchett Murray,
91, of Graham and formerly of
Raeford, died Sunday at 10 p.m. in
the North Carolina Memorial
Hospital. She had suffered a one
day critical illness.
While in Raeford, Murray was a
member of the Raeford Garden
Club and past president of the
Raeford Woman's Club.
Funeral services were held at 2
p. in. Wednesday at the Graham
Presbyterian Church.
Doctors Donald Nance and
Stephen Gadaire officiated the ser
vice.
Burial was in the Graham
Memorial Park.
Murray was the wife of the late
Dr. Robert C. Murray, a native of
Guilford County.
Rich and Thompson Funeral
Home in Graham served the fami
ly
Memorials may be made to the
Graham Presbyterian Church.
Mrs. D.K. Parker
Mrs. D. K. Parker, 82, formerly
of Rt. 4, Raeford, died Monday at
the Alamance Memorial Hospital
in Burlington.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Galatia
Presbyterian Church.
Burial was in the church
cemetery.
Surviving are two sons; Davis K.
Parker and Duncan B. Parker of
Fayetteville; one daughter, Mrs. 1
Thomas McPherson of
Yanceyville; two sisters, Miss Allie
Black and Miss Katie Black of
Fayetteville; eight grandchildren
and one great grandchild.
Jernigan-Warren Funeral Home
was in charge.
Memorials can be made to the
Galatia Presbyterian Church or to
the Baptist Home in Yanceyville.
The Veterans Administration
will open the nation's newest na
tional cemetery at Quantico,
Virginia, on May 16, 1983. Burial
is open to any veteran who has
been discharged from the service
under other than dishonorable
conditions.
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