. . . Matthews Resigns Post
(Continued from page 1A)
lifted and the Raeford Housing
Authority has been established and
now has tenants moving into its
units.
He and his family will "regret"
leaving behind the "many" friends
they have made since his arrival in
July 1978, Matthews said.
Prior to coming to Raeford,
Matthews served as the Director of
Redevelopment for the City of
Goldsboro.
While here, the city manager
served as the chairman of the 1983
United Way campaign. Matthews
is also an active member of the
Raeford Kiwanis Club and the
Raeford Methodist Church.
In other business during Mon
day's regular council meeting, the
city held its final public hearing on
the addition of lighting to the
McLauchlin Park tennis courts.
In September, members of the
Hoke County Tennis Association
appealed to the councilman to ap
prove the additional lighting for
the courts, and supported that ap
peal with $1,000 in donations.
The city will have to pay some
$5,500 to have the courts lighted,
but most councilmen agreed it
would be "money well spent."
Although no city residents show
ed up for the public hearing,
Mayor McNeill declared that the
money be taken from the city's
revenue sharing budget to be spent
for the tennis court lighting.
In other business, the council
took action on these matters:
--Extended the city's water and
sewer line to meet property owned
by David Draughon. About 415
feet of line was out of the city
limits. Draughon is expected to
construct a convenient mart on
that site.
-Voted to allow Fred Holland
an easement to run a water line
across city property to city owned
Well 16 to serve his house. Coun
cilmen were told that Holland's
Ron Matthews
well had apparently run dry.
-Agreed to rotate the central
depository to United Carolina
Bank.
?Agreed to ride in the Veteran's
Day Parade on November 1 1 and
the Christmas Parade December 3.
?Appointed Kay Thomas to fill
Betty Morgan's unexpired term on
the Raeford Housing Authority.
. . . Pound Costs Mulled
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$2,618 in local monies that will be
used in the Health Department
budget for an addressograph card
writer.
The total cost will be $6,545 with
Jobs Bill funds picking up $3,927
of the tab.
Commissioners also approved
$13,112 in Crisis Intervention
Funds that will assist households
who are facing immediate heating
needs.
The federal funds, approved
Monday, are unrelated to the Low
Income Energy Assistance Funds
which are distributed in February
on a one time basis.
None of the $13,000 comes from
local funds.
The county board also authoriz
ed the addition of State Road
1482, near the Shawtown area, to
be forwarded to the North
Carolina Department of Transpor
tation (DOT) for "their paving
consideration."
Eight homes and one church are
situated on the road. Residents are
only asking that the road be added
to the state system for maintenance
purposes.
Commissioners also approved a
request by Hoke Emergency
Medical Services (EMS) coor
dinator Bill Niven to add O.B. kit
cost to a patient's bill if that pa
tient uses the kit.
Niven requested that an O.B.
charge of S10 be added to the bill.
"If they use it, it is only fair for
them to have to pay for it," Coun
ty Manager Martin said.
According to Martin, only those
who actually deliver while in the
ambulance would need the kits.
In an earlier breakfast meeting,
the county board and the Board of
Education both appointed the
21 -member School Blue Ribbon
Study Committee that was set up
to examine the conditions of the
schools.
Low Income Energy Assistance
Has Doubled In Hoke County
B> Sherry Matthews
Applications for the Hoke
Department of Social Services
(DSS) Low Income Energy
Assistance Program have doubled
over last year's figures in less than
"half the time," according to
Hoke DSS Director Ken Wither
spoon.
Witherspoon gave the new
figures to the DSS board during
last Monday's afternoon meeting.
The energy assistance applica
tions have reached a new peak,
Witherspoon said.
Since the first applications were
taken October 17, 892 county
residents have applied for the one
time Sf60 check that will be
distributed in February for heating
and electrical costs.
"I think we may be reaching
more of those people who really
need this assistance," Wither
spoon said.
During last year's application
period, 1 143 residents applied with
80?^o being eligible for the monies.
Based on the statistics already
calculated for this year. Wither
spoon said he was expecting some
1,250 to 1,300 applications by the
November 30 deadline.
"If things continue like this, we
will have that many applying."
Witherspoon said.
"1 think we are getting pretty
close to reaching those who are in
need," Witherspoon added. "I
don't think there will be many that
Wreck Kills Resident
A Raeford woman was killed
last Friday morning when the car
she was driving was struck by
another vehicle that had crossed
the center lane, a spokesman for
the state highway patrol said Mon
day.
Friday's accident brings the
county traffic fatality toll to five
for the year.
Ada Mae Baker of Raeford was
killed when her 1976 Toyota was
struck by a 1972 Ford that crossed
into the path of the Baker vehicle,
Scotland County Highway
Patrolman E.T. Workman said
Monday.
The 1972 Ford was traveling
West on North Carolina Highway
211.
Workman was at the scene
because Hoke Highway Patrolmen
were apparenlty not on duty when
the accident occurred sometime
around 8:15 a.m.
The driver of the Ford. Jannie
Lee Blue, also of Raeford, was
charged with driving left of center
and death by vehicle. Workman
said.
Baker apparently died while in
route to Cape Fear Valley Hospital
in Fayetteville.
The
News-Journal
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Press Inc. at 119 W. Elwood
Avenue. Raeford, N.C. 28376.
Second Class Postage is paid at
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Subscription rates are payable
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POSTED NOTICE
All land owned or leased by
Good Night and Lexington Hunt
against any trespassing of any
form. No small game or deer
hunting except by written
permit. All previous permits
revoked. No guns allowed while
catching dogs.
Violators will be prosecuted
without exception .
have been missed this year,"
Witherspoon said.
In other business, Witherspoon
said that the Hoke DSS staff had
received the "second lowest" food
stamp error rate within the 17
county region.
"It was a good report period,"
Witherspoon said.
"Considering all the troubles we
have had in the food stamp pro
gram, we are pleased," Wither
spoon added.
"This is the first reporting
period that reflects our efforts to
improve. Maybe we are beginning
to show the results of our attempts
to reduce the food stamp error
rate," Witherspoon said.
"We were pretty pleased."
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"I was surprised. I thought I
had a chance to win," McDuffie
said Wednesday morning.
"1 am not sorry I ran. They need
some more opposition. Maybe I'll
do better next time," he added.
McNeill has been serving 30
years in city government, and will
take his seat for the eighth term as
mayor.
There were a few write-in ballots
cast, but the incumbent mayor still
received 481 votes.
Five voters wrote in Neill
Senter's name. One vote was cast
for Clayton Bouyer, two for Bud
dy Blue and one for Ralph Bar
nhart. ? ?
There were a scattering of write
ins for council candidates.
The balloting becomes official
Thursday morning after the city
canvas, Poole said.
All of the newly elected in
cumbents will be sworn-in at the
regular December council meeting.
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