Hoke resident receives
.Morehead scholarship
Lisa Armsrees Gillespie, the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel
Gillespie of Route 1, Red Springs,
in Hoke County has received a
Morehead Award to study at the
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill.
| The announcement was made
today by Hugh G. Chatham of
Elkin, N.C., chairman of the
board of trustees of the John
Motley Morehead Foundation.
Gillespie, a senior at the North
Carolina School of Science and
Mathematics in Durham, is a
member of the French Club and
the Gospel Chorus and head of
Residence Life.
) Gillespie is one of 69 high school
seniors who have received 1984
Morehead Awards, presented to
students of superior achievement
and potential. "Evidence of
leadership and service, character,
academic standing and physical
vigor are qualities looked for in a
Morehead Scholar," said Mebane
Pritchett, executive director of the
^ foundation.
The scholarships are worthy ap
proximately $27,000 to North
Carolina students for four years of
study at UNC-CH. Out-of-state
scholars receive the same stipend,
and the foundation pays the out
of-state tuition differential, mak
ing the scholarships total value ap
proximately $36,000.
All finalists who did not receive
k Morehead Awards were awarded
four-year N.C. Merit Tuition
Lisa Gillespie
Awards by the Morehead Founda
tion.
Awards were presented to
students of superior achievement
and potential. "Evidence of
leadership and service, character,
academic standing and physical
vigor are qualities looked for in a
Morehead Scholar," said Prit
chett.
"The program i$ designed to at
tract to the University students
who will enhance the University's
stature through their presence on
campus and contribute in a
positive way to their alma mater
and to society in later life."
The award is based on merit,
and financial need is not con
sidered.
The Morchead Awards program
is the largest and most lucrative
scholarship program of its kind for
undergraduate students in
American colleges and universities
today, Pritchett said. The awards
are patterned after the Rhodes
Scholarships at Oxford University
in England. Seven Morehead
Scholars have been elected Rhodes
Scholars in the last ten years.
Besides the regular scholarship
stipend, Morehead Scholars are of
fered eight-to 12-week internships
each summer during their Univer
sity careers. The summer program,
fully funded and arranged by the
foundation, offers practical ex
perience in leadership to supple
ment classroom work. Oppor
tunities for enrichment are provid
ed in outdoor leadership schools,
governmental agencies and private
corporations throughout ? the
United States, and in independent
travel-study opportunities abroad.
The awards program was
established in 1945 by the late John
Motley Morehead, a native North
Carolinian and 1891 graduate of
the University. Following his
graduation, Morehead helped
found the Union Carbide and Car
bon Company in New York.
Since the first scholarships were
presented in 1951, almost 1,500
Morehead scholars have graduated
from the University.
Seventy Morehead Scholars
entered UNC-CH last fall as
freshman, and 250 currently are
enrolled.
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In last year's application, there
were two areas which were not ac
| ceptable to the committee, consul
tant Skip Green said.
Both provisions involved the
repayment of funds, he added.
Another public hearing will be
scheduled prior to the application
deadline of April 16.
Green and acting City Manager
BiU SelJars have m?t.sath residents,
in the "target area," and a group
of six attended Monday's public
. hearing.
* One of the main concerns of the
residents is drainage, a spokesman
for the group said during the hear
ing.
Last year over 200 counties and
municipalities applied for about
$28 million which was up for grabs
in North Carolina, Green said.
Only about 40 projects were
funded.
Raeford's chances this year are
) improved, and the city should get
funded if all federal and state
recommendations are met, Green
said.
Hob Nob on tap
In other business, support from
the council was sought for a newly
organized spring arts festival to be
held in Raeford on May 4 and 5.
| The festival, which will be held
to promote Hoke County and
Raeford, will encompass a week of
public activities at the county
library and will include a weekend
arts and crafts show, event Chair
man Mary Archie McNeill said.
Activities during the Hoke
Heritage Hob Nob will be
highlighted by a performance on
Saturday afternoon by the beach
music group The Embers, Mrs.
k McNeill said
Youth Involvement proclaimed
Raeford Mayor John K. McNeill (right) signs a proclamation naming
March Youth Involvement Month. Hoke High spokesperson Amy
Wilson (left) told city council members Monday night that students
will be participating in a " number " of activities involving government
during the month. (Photo by Pam Frederick)
In still further business, the
council took action on these other
matters:
?Received for consideration a
proposal from the Asheboro
engineering firm Moore Gardner &
Associates to recommend
replacements for the city's pumps
at the sewage treatment plant and
to review municipal electricity use.
The two-phased proposal is for
515,500. The matter will be voted
on at a later meeting.
?Agreed to release a sewer ease
ment under streets slated for pav
ing by the state Department of
Transportation. The paving is ex
pected to begin soon on
Cumberland Avenue to Keith
Street.
?OK'd access to the new animal
shelter for members of the Hoke
County Humane Society.
?Requested that the city at
torney draw an ordinance which
would prohibit U-turns on Main
Street between Edinborough
Avenue and Central Avenue.
?Adjourned to an executive ses
sion to consider applications for
city manager.
?Approved the appointment of
Frank Baker and Wayne Byrd to
serve as the city's representatives
on the newly formed Airport Com
mission.
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Erupted in flames
Hillcrest firefighters are assisted by Hoke Rescue
Squad members as they attempt to fight the flames
which erupted in this Scurlock area residence late
Tuesday afternoon. One resident was slightly in
jured in the blaze which apparently started in the
bedroom, according to Hillcrest Fire Department
Chief Earl Conoly. One room and the attic were
damaged severely. North Raeford Fire Department
assisted in fighting the fire. The owner of the dwell
ing was not known at press time, but Conoly said
the utilities were listed in the name of James W.
Smith. (Photo by Pam Frederick )
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It is hoped the new tax clerk will
also be able to discover real and
personal property which is not be
ing listed by the owners, Martin
said.
County officials suspect that
there are a number of mobile
homes which are not being listed
with the county and whose owners
are not paying local taxes.
Of those properties which are
listed, the county is now collecting
almost 94<Vo of the taxes assessed
against them, Livingston said.
Welcome signs sought
On another matter, efforts have
been launched to erect welcome
signs on the main arteries entering
Hoke County.
Commission members requested
Monday that Martin ask the state
Department of Transportation
(DOT) about the signs and deter
mine what expense the placards
would be to the county.
"I think welcome signs on the
Hoke County line would be an
asset," commission Chairman
John Balfour said.
"They make you feel real
welcome when you get there,"
Commissioner James Albert Hunt
said, noting that he had seen
similar signs in other counties.
The signs would be approx
imately four feet by eight feet,
Balfour said.
In still further business, the
commission took action on these
matters;
-Approved a bid of $4,210
from Sandhills Pulp and Timber
Company for the purchase of
timber on a site adjoining the pre
sent landfill.
-Rejected a bid from County
Engineer Jack Ellis to purchase 15
unuseable trash dumpsters for $30.
Martin will negotiate with salvage
dealers in an effort to get a better
price for the containers.
-Approved the use of approx
imately $5,300 in contingency
funds to improve the county rural
fire protection radio system.
Although the expenditure was ap
proved a year ago, it was not in
cluded in this year's budget, Mar
tin said.
-Waived a late penalty on per
sonal property for one taxpayer
who just moved to the area and
was not aware of the deadline for
listing property for tax purposes.
-Ok'd a contract with the
Association of Developmentally
Disabled to provide non
emergency medical transportation
for elderly residents. Funds for the
project were budgeted.
-Granted a request for $75 to
repaint Community Watch signs in
the Five Points area.
-Voted to cancel the March 19
meeting because of a conflict with
a National Association of Counties
Legislative Conference in
Washington D.C. which some
commission members are expected
to attend.
?Appointed members to the
Senior Citizens Planning Commit
tee.
January unemployment increases
Although Hoke County's
unemployment rate jumped more
than 2?7o during January, leaving
890 local residents out of work, the
figures released this week by the
North Carolina Employment
Security Commission (ESC) show
the county is faring better than it
did a year ago.
In January of this year, the
jobless rate was ll^o, which was
an increase of 2.4% over
December. However, the rate was
down 4.3% over the same period
in 1983.
The rate the previous year was
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residents on the jobless rolls.
In December 1983, there were
7,930 residents in the labor force
and 680 workers without jobs.
During the first month of 1984,
there were 8,090 residents in the
labor force and 890 jobless.
There were 210 more
unemployed workers during
January and the labor force show
ed an increase of 160 workers.
Both factors made the unemploy
ment rate increase.
ESC employee Pat Mcl.ean at
tributes the increase to "seasonal
layoffs and "bad weather condi
tions."
"We have also had some tem
porary layoffs at our local in
dustries," McLean said.
"I think the increase is normal
for this time of the year," she add
ed.
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"We are coming off the
Christmas holiday and things are
getting back to normal," McLean
said.
McLean also said she
"expected" the jobless rate to
"level off" some as the year pro
gresses.
"Once we get through the bad
weather, you will see more people
going back to work," McLean
added.
Hoke had the second largest
jobless increase during the month
of all the counties in the area.
Moore County showed a 2.8%
hike, compared to Hoke's 2.4% .
However Moore's overall rate
was only 8.6% for the month,
which was the lowest of the area's
counties.
Hoke also did not have the
highest rate in the surrounding
area. That honor fell on Robeson
County where unemployment
reached 12.7% during January.
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