1 n W eeks To Come
Meetings
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?EE ASSOCIATION - The
Hoke County Bee Association
will meet on Se??. * at 7:30
p.m. at the county extension
office on Magnolia Street.
Sept. 7
H1LLCREST 4-H - The
HiOcmt 4-H Club's monthly
meeting will be held Friday
night, Sept. 7 from 7 to ?:30
p.m. in the Agriculture Exten
sion Office. 4- Hen, please
bring your Project Record
Books for a workshop on 4-H
projects.
Sept. I
BLACK CAUCUS -The Hoke
County Black Leadership
Caucus will meet Saturday.
Sept. 8 at S a.tn. at the Peoples
Dining Room on Main Street.
All local pastors and their
membership of the local chur
ches are 'asked to attend.
Representative Sidney Locks
and Ms. Almetta Armstrong
President of the 8th Congres
sional Black Leadership
Caucus will be present and
speak on political issues vital to
the Black Community. The
public is cordially invited to at
tend.
Sept. 10
CIVIC LEAGUE - The Hoke
County Civic League will meet
on Monday. September If. at
7:30 p.m. at Shady Grove Mis
sionary Baptist Church
(Highway 401).
Sept. 1*-19
AGING CONFERENCE -The
10th Annual Education and
Training Conference on Aging
will be held September 16-19 at
the Four Seasons Holiday Inn
in Greensboro. "A Past of
Progress - A Future of Pro
mise" is the theme of the con
ference, which is sponsored by
the North Carolina Depart
ment of Human Resources'
Division of Aging. For more
information contact Mary^
Bethel, training coordinator.
North Carolina Division of Ag
ing, 708 Hillsborough Street,
Suite 200. Raleigh. N.C. 27603,
733-3983.
AIRPORT AUTHORITY
?The Hoke/Raeford Airport
Authority will hold its regular
meeting at the Raeford City
Hall on the second Tbanday of
each month at 7:45 p.m.
AMERICAN LEGION
?American Legion Post 20 of
Hoke County meets the second
Tuesday of each month at the
Edinborough Restaurant at 8
p.m. Those interested in join
ing are invited.
COUNTY COMMISSION
-Members of the Hoke County
Commission meet the first
Monday of each month at 9
a.m. and the third Monday at
7:30 p.m. Pratt Building
located at 227 N. Main St. in
Raeford. The public is invited.
CITY COUNCIL -- The
Raeford City Council meets the
first Monday of each month at
7 p.m. in City Hall. The public
is encouraged to attend.
SCHOOL BOARD - The
Hoke County Board of Educa
tion meets the first Tnesday of
each month at 7 pm. at the
board offices on Wooley
Street. The public is encourag
ed to attend.
AL ANON - Meetings are held
every Wednesday at 8 p.m. at
the Hoke County Health
Department Conference
Room.
Gatherings
Sept. 5-9
VISITING PRIEST - Rev.
Larry McCulloch, M.M. a
Mary knoll Missionary priest
from Costa Rica will be visiting
at St. Elizabeth's Catholk
Church Sept. 5-9. He will be
conducting services at the
Church - please call for
details. Rev. McCulloch is the
brother of Sr. Patty.
Sept. 4
GOSPEL MUSIC - The Dia
mond Jubilees of Bennettsville,
South Carolina will present a
Gospel Program on Sunday
evening, Sept. 9 at Wall's
Chapel United Methodist
Church at Bowmore
at 7:30 p.m. The pastor, IUv.
Howard Anderson, III, and the
membership extends a cordial
invitation to all.
fept. 12
INSTALLATION ?? Sr.
Dolores Click, M.H.S.H. will
be formally installed as
(Moral coordinator of Si.
EVxakah of Hw^ary Church
hi Raeford by Rev. Kevin
Fahey on Sip<? lbtr 12th
(Wadiaartay) at 7 pj*. Si.
EtaMi's parishioners invite
(fee community of Raeford to
the bMallaiion swrlce and the
pprltb celebration which
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follows.
Doings
in Oct. 27
AT BORDEAUX - "Fiddler
On The Roof" the world's
?dom McMld musical at the
Bordeaux Dinner Theatre in
Faycttcville will run through
Oilrtii 27. Prior to the ihow a
delicious gourmet buffet is
served. Call to find out bow
reasonable prices are for a Tine
evening of dining and enter
tainment. Senior citizen and
military discounts are available
for some performances but
group discounts are honored
every evening. Call early to
reserve our new two person
tables or our new round six per
son tables. The box office is
open Monday to Saturday
from noon to 6 p.m. at
323-1114.
tfcra Nov. IS
"BEST LITTLE WHORE
HOUSE IN TEXAS" - Man
nie's Dinner Theatre presents
the regional dinner theatre
premiere of "The Best Little
Whorehouse in Texas"
Fridays, Saturdays and Sun
days through November IS.
The show, directed and pro
duced by Ed Lillard, stars
"Polly Darton" (Angie
Maphis), Roger Williams and
Dan Norton. Hors d'ouvres are
served from 6:30 to 7:15 p.m.,
with a seated dinner from 7 to
8:30 p.m., and the show
following dinner. Times on
Sunday are one hour earlier.
Reservations and information
may be obtained by calling
692-8400 (Southern Pines) dai
ly.
Sept. i 9
WESTSIDE STORY - Alan
Coats, a native of Angier,
presently residing in New York
City will direct and
choreograph Carolina Regional
Theatre's production of
"WEST SIDE STORY" Sept.
6-*. All performances are at
8:15 p.m. at the Raleigh
Memorial Auditorium. All
ticket holders will enjoy a pre
show party (with cash bar) on
the lawn of Raleigh Memorial
Auditorium. Tickets are priced
at S12, S10 and S8 for or
chestra, mezzanine and
balcony respectively. Tickets
ean be purchased from the
Raleigh Civic Center Box Of
fice (755-6060). CRT
(755-6916) or at the door.
Sept. II
FALL TOURS - If s time
again for tours of your ex
ecutive mansion. Gov. and
Mrs. Jim Hunt have again
opened the North Carolina ex
ecutive mansion for free public
tours on Tuesdays, Thursdays
and Fridays, beginning Tues
day, Sept. 11 and continuing
through Friday, Nov. 16.
Tours are 10, 10:30 and II a.m.
Groups are limited to 60 people
per half hour to provide a bet
ter tour. Reservations are re
quired and are available at the
Capital Area Visitor Center,
109 E. Jones St. in Raleigh
27611. Call the center at
733-3456.
Sept. 12
MERRY WIVES OF WIND
SOR ? The Arts Council of
Moore County presents the
North Carolina Shakespeare
Festival in its touring produc
tion of THE MERRY WIVES
OF WINDSOR on September
12 at 8 p.m. in the Performing
Arts Center in Southern Pines.
Shakespeare's ritotous com
edy, which revolves around the
amorous misadventures of the
rotund knight, Sir John
Falstaff, is the First event of the
arts council's 1984-85 Premier
Series. The major production
of the festival's Outreach Tour
ing Program, THE MERRY
WIVES OF WINDSOR was
specially produced to celebrate
the 400th Anniversary of the
Roanoke Voyages. Ticket
prices for the September 12
performance are J6 and $8. For
more information and ticket
reservations, contact the Arts
Council of Moore County at
919-692-4356.
Seat 12 19
FAMILY WORKSHOP
?Alcoholics and drug addicts
need help to help themselves
As a public service. The Life
Center of Fayetteville will pre
sent a new scries of workshops
for family members and signifi
cant others to educate them
aboat the disease of
alcohotiem/drugism, and to
train them in an intervention
method fVeignsri to lovingly
confront the alcoholic/ addict
with his/her disease, and to
cause him/her to seek help.
This new series of workshops
will b* held at Methodist Co?
I ege, Raleigh Road, Fayet
teviDe, NC, In the Classroom
Building, Room C 246, on
Sipwmbsr 12, and 19. 7:00
p.m. to M0 p.m. each night.
To register, or for further in
formation, contact The Life
Center, 4S5-7IIS.
Sc*. 2M-3*
MALCOLM BLUE
FESTIVAL -- The 14(h
Malcolm Blue Hktoric Crafts
and Skills Festival will be hekJ
Sept. 2t-M ai the Malcolm
Blue Farm in Aberdeen. Enjoy
three days of history as the
farm comes alive as it was in
the early 1800's. For further in
formation call 944-755$.
Sc*. 2*- 3?
AST SHOW - The 1964 Nep
tune Festival Art Show spon
sored by the Virginia Beach
Arts Center, gets underway in
September. The show is a
juried competition that consuls
of artists and craftspeisons.
The show runs continuously
for 5 blocks, from 18th Street
to 23rd Street, along Virginia
Beach's Boardwalk. The dates
for the show are Friday,
September 21, through Sun
day, September 30. Friday the
hours are noon to 6 p.m.;
Saturday and Sunday the hours
are 10 a.m. to 5 p m. For addi
tional information call or write
to: Virginia Beach Arts Center,
1711 Arctic Avenue. Virginia
Beach, VA 23451, Telephone:
804/425-0000.
Oct. t
CLASS REUNION - Hoke
County High School class of
1959 will hold a reunion on
Oct. i, at Edinborough
Restaurant. For more informa
tion call 875-3335 or 875-2100.
Oct. ?. 7
HIGHLAND GAMES - The
eighth Annual Flora Mac
donald Games will be held Oct.
6 A 7 on the Humphrey Farm
four miles outside of Red
Springs just off Highway 71 in
Shannon. Events begin at 9
a.m. on Saturday with
Highland Dancing, piping and
drumming competition. The
events are open to the public.
Advance tickets may be pur
chased from Flora Macdonald
Highland Games, P.O. Box
547, Red Springs. NC 28377.
INDIAN HERITAGE WEEK
IN NORTH CAROLINA SEPT 16-22, 19M
Sept. 16
TOWN CREEK - Almost half
a century before Christopher
Columbus guided his tiny ships
toward the west, the ancient
grounds of Town Creek Indian
Mound in North Carolina's
Uwharrie Mountains resound
ed with the throbbing live of
Native American culture. On
Sunday, Sept. 16, the 500-year
old htuals of Indian heritage
will return to Town Creek, as
the state historic site in Mont
gomery County hosts kickoff
ceremonies for the statewide
celebration of Indian Heritage
Week in North Carolina. From
l-S p.m., Indian dancers,
traders and craftsmen will br
ing to life Native American
cultures of yesterday and to
day. They will represent North
Carolina's Indian population,
which encompasses five tribes
and more than 65,000 people,
more than in any state east of
the Mississippi River. Town
Creek Indian Mound is located
in Montgomery County, 5'/i
miles southeast of Mount
Gilead on Sute Road 1160.
Road signs point the way south
from N.C. 731 and north from
N.C. 73. The site is open to the
pubbc, admission free, Mon
day through Saturday, 9 a.m. -5
p.m. Sunday 1-5 p.m. For
details about Indian Heritage
Week events and other ac
tivities, contact the site
manager at Town Creek Indian
Mound State Historic Site,
Route 3, Box SO, Mount
Gilead, 27306; telephone
919/439-6802.
Events
Sept. 8
BAND CONCEIT - A con
cert featuring Strait Way and
Virion will be held at Turl
ington Auditorium Saturday,
S?t. 9, Ml p.m. Tickets are
on sale for S3 from any Hoke
High band member or Music
Booster Club member. Pro
ceeds to to the Hoke High
Band.
Sept. 15-23
MULE DAYS - The 35th An
nual Mule Day Celebration will
be Md In Benson Sept. 15-23.
The event includes a mule pull
ing and judging on Sept. 21, a
parade and street dance on
Sept. 22 aad winds up with a
Rodeo oa Sept. 23. The puMk
is encouraged to attend.
Sept. 22-23
SINGLE PARENT
WEEKEND ? A weekend
espedeHy drugncd for tingle
parent families sponsored by
the Cape Fear Council, Boy
Scoutt of America will be held
September 22-21. 1984. For
further information contra the
C*P? F?ar Council, Boy Scouts
of America, P.O. Box 1426,
Wilmington, N.C. 28402-1626.
Phone (919) 762-1 821.
Sports
Sept. 22
TRIATHLON SET - Fayei
teviile and surrounding com
munities, are invited to com
pete in Fiyettevi tie's Adventure
Triathlon ? which is set for
Se??i bar 22 at the Woodlake
Country Club. This endurance
event is open to both individual
and team competition; male
and female; and all ages. There
will also be a military team
category - The Commander's
Cup ? in which the events will
be the same except the run will
be completed while carrying an
unslung M-16 rifle. Teams may
be all male, all female or
mixed. The age group for the
team will be the age of the
youngest team member. The
three events will be a 1.2-mile
freshwater swim in Woodlake,
a 31 -mile bike course and an
8.4-mile run. There will be a
special high carbohydrate pre
race dinner on Friday,
September 21 , from 7-9 p.m. at
The Sports Center for- all par
ticipants, as well as a post-race
party at Woodlake Country
Club. The entry fee for the
triathlon is S20 for individuals
and S45 for teams. Checks
should be made payable to
Adventure Triathlon and sent
(along with entry form) to: The
Sports Center, Fayetteville
Adventure Triathlon, 5951
Ctiffdale Road, Fayetteville,
N.C. 28304.
Blazon
Sept. 6
DANCE CLASSES
-Registration will be held for
dance classes at the Karen Gib
son School of Dance on Stpt. 6
at J.W. Turlington School
from 4 to 6 p.m. or by calling
276-2756.
Sept. 15
AUDITIONS ? Auditions for
the Fayetteville State Universi
ty Homecoming Telethon will
be held at 1 p.m., Saturday,
Sepl. 15 at Seabrook
Auditorium. The telethon will
be held October 6, 1984. It will
be televised on WKFT channel
40. For more information con
tact Dr. Evelyn Burrows at
486-1416.
CANCER INFORMATION
?It's now possible to dial a
single, toll-free number from
anywhere in North Carolina to
get confidential answers to
your questions about cancer,
the second most deadly disease
in America. The North
Carolina Medical Society urges
everyone with cancer questions
to use this service. The number
is 1-800-4-CANCER.
NEW POETRY CONTEST
?A SI, 000 grand prize is being
offered in World of Poetry's
New Poetry Contest, open to
all poets. There are 100 prizes
totaling over S10.000. For a
free brochure of rules and
prizes write. World of Poetry,
Dept. E, 2431 Stockton Blvd..
Sacramento, California 95817.
GIRL SCOUTS - "The best
part's the FUN." This is the
theme for Girl Scouting all over
the country. In HOke County
Girl scouts are eagerly narting
a new season, looking forward
to lots of fun as well as friends,
adventure, learning and com
munity service. The five Girl
Scout program worlds of Peo
ple, Arts, Weil-Being, Out-of
Doors, and Today and Tomor
row are full of activities design
ed to carry girls through their
growing up years. If you are
ages 6-17 you can be part of
this exciting program. If you
are an adult of any age, male or
female, the Girl Scout program
has a place for you, too.
Become a part of an important
way of life in our community.
Join the Girl Scouts. In
Raeford call *75-5237, or call
Pines of Carolina Girl Scout
Council. 1-800-662-7579.
FIRE STICKERS - Anyone
living in the North Raeford
Fire District can pick ap their
photic sticker by contacting
Elwood Baker. All Art districts
have the stickers and may be
obtained by teeing local
firemen.
Oel. 13
FALL PUT - Winthrop Col
lege win celebrate its second
Fall Fest on Oct. 13, with arts,
crafts, food, entertainment,
and more. Artists aad crafts
makers may call Winthrop Coi
lase mom for ia format ion about
reserving a booth for Pal Feet
by caMag (SOS) 323-2279.
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utility poie in an effort to get the word out about the upcoming Shrine Fish
Fry. The annual event is scheduled for September 15 at the Edenborough
Shopping Center. Proceeds benefit crippled and burned children. It's all
you can eat for S3. 50 and a good cause. '
Shrine Fish Fry
set for Raeford
on September 15
The Mecca Shrine Club's An
nual Fish Fry to raise money for
the Shriners Hospital for Crippled
Children and Burns Institutes for
Children will be held Saturday,
September 15, 11 a.m. -7 p.m. at
the Edenborough Shopping
Center.
Shriners Hospital for Crippled
Children - Orthopedic Units and
Burns Institutes - constitute the
world's greatest philanthropy.
They play a vital role in helping
children overcome the tragedies of
disease or accident so that their
lives may be as full as possible.
The first Shriners Hospital for
Crippled Children opened in 1922.
In the next five years, 15 more
were established. One more was
opened in 1945 and two more in
1952.
In the late '60's the Nobles of
the Mystic Shrine added the three
Shriners Burns Institutes to their
network of caring.
Shriners Hospitals are open to
all crippled or burned children,
regardless of race or religion, from
infancy to 15'/i years old, whose
parents are unable to pay for
necessary medical care.
The closest Shriners Hospital for
Crippled Children to residents of
North Carolina is the one at
Greenville, South Carolina. The
closest Burns Institute is in Cincin
nati, Ohio, with the other two
located in Boston, Mass., and
Galveston, Texas.
Highland Games set
for Shannon plain
cm 1st Oct weekend
The days are getting shorter and
the weather cooler, a sure sign that 1
it's time for the annual Flora Mac
donald Highland Games. They are
being held this year the week-end
of October 6th and 7th.
Congressman Charlie Rose will
be a special guest and speak at the
opening ceremonies to be held on
Saturday, October 6, at 11 a.m.
Two new attractions have been
added to the Highland Games this
year. A school for prospective
Scottish athletes will be held. And
on Sunday several colorful hot air
balloons will take off from the site
of the Games.
Beginning on Friday, October 5,
and continuing through Sunday, a
school for those who wish to learn
the Scottish skill; of tossing the
caber, putting the stone, the ham
mer throw and others will be held. ,
In this school several profes
sional athletes will teach and work
with those who want to learn and
compete in these contests.
The tuition for the three-day
school will be $50. The athletes will
compete on Sunday for trophies
and medals.
Only two other schools of this
type have been held in the United
States, one at Alexandria, 1
Virginia, and the other at Savan
nah,. Georgia.
If anyone is interested in this
school, they should contact Ray
Ammons at P.O. Box 547, Red
Springs, N.C. 28377.
Before a take-off about 5 p.m.
on Sunday afternoon, the
balloonists and their hot air
balloons will be on the field for in
spection by anyone attending the '
games. People will have an oppor
tunity to ask questions and see how
the balloons are readied for their
flight.
The gates will open at 9 a.m. on
Saturday morning at the site
located on the Humphrey farm
four miles outside of Red Springs
just off Highway 71 in Shannon.
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