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The Hoke (\nnil% Ne^> - K>Ublishe»^ 1*^28
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I he Hoke ( ounty Journal - Established 1905
> olumr 1 \\ N II Number 42
KAtlOKI), HOkh KM NM. NOR III ( AHOI IN \
510 PFK AK
25 (INIS
ihursda>. lebruary 6, l9Kr>
EAS passes by three to one margin
B> Mon \ndrrM>n
Re>ult- ot ;
Carolina Tclophooi' in J.i;;vuirs
•.ho>* ihai ■’4 4'~« ,i he Hoke
i'irunry eu•-to^lcf^ '*ho f • '
are m Uvor ol t *ien.i
ed Area Scr»vr (I A ■
Raeford and F.r rttcville c-
chang^
Oul of 4,sub . r‘»v.‘T>. -
to vote, ^,2'- p-inuesj ui ihe
polling
O' '-hove ^,4^4 for
LAS and W.f voted agiin't the vet
vice
The margin was ih c :o ;>nc
"Th. - I' the single mo ' inip»'i
tani step in changing our cv r"',
here thi ’ we o'Mld h*;ve
I •’nomis Dei'lopri John
flovs^'rd said
‘li - cv'iT'.iiiLinitv at lar#^ ha*
rt'osson io heel for itself ”
• • j i- jrre ; r.‘:mbcf of people
w ■ Vipj on S^hall of ihi; need,
and il wc .O' do it on our manv
oihci :r'*d' he?, vse van jffcvi
'T P‘ 'i' ' ' har^ev in our :om
’“■.inilV. ’ Howard said
Nonh - arv'lina I. tilitic^
- o*-inti'“.on will make the detiMon
to whether f \S f ~,tablishcd
K-;_.i-n the rv.hange and
fi cCtevillc.
Th' polling of Raeford
• ub w? I 'der^f b> the
. mtr.; .-.on on [)c:embcr 19
Now that the r**vult- are in, the
Publtv Staff of the ■ iilitics ;'m
mivvion will picpare rnolK'n'. li) t-=
filed with the ommi oon
"VNe’re preiuring a moiutri to
file with the-omms-.Mon thi- Aitk
moving the vommo ion to
establish L-\> between f.i-citcvi!!
and Raeford." Uiililicv (ommo
oon Publiv Staff t ommunication
Division Director (icne A Clem
mon-. vaid Tuesvlay
Based on the solid .uppon ot the
Raeford subsenberv, the Publi-,
Staff will also be f.kiiu the vnm
mo Sion not to 'onduci a poll of
Favctteville subvcibers and to
hold no other public hearings.
Clemmons said.
“W> luipe that the poll vvill on
situv Ifir .I'niiiu ion to approve it
(I \villioul ,*'!> lurllici jdicu.
‘ 'inmn.ri ..kI
Il r hofHd ific- .l•ln^1l'■ton will
( i.b .1 Ji'v ion vvincerning the
.CIV. : in .) lew weeks, hi added
"I don't know wh,i: ihcif post
lion will Ih It's hard fo: me to
pcsulalc "
Ihe Raeford polling represents
"not the highest v.; the lowest in
terest I’ve ever seen," ( arolina
Telephone \ :ce PresiJcnt-Cienci’al
Counsel Dwight Allen said or
Iuesdas
"Our ■rtr-.ommendalioii at this
pivini woulvi still be to poll I aycl
ic it!?/’ Allen vaid
Carolina 1 dep" ’’ t r\ th.:?
I aycilcvillc v.istonicr iiould t>c
tharpfd i fee based )n a mai.o
char«tc for 1 AS
Matrix fees arc t-v cd on
the icleptiiine ttinipj' v's average-
of .-osis !('r all I s?r»ices avru'
the state
•‘\k- think :'.s ir.vuutlable and
maybe esiTi illegal to make one ex
change pay a f^r and nut Ihe
other," Allen said
■*l don’t -.ee why fayeltevillc
■justomers -hould get tree rates"
C arolina Telephone ha- propos
evl that fayetieville residcnlal
customers he charged 51.22 per
month to connect the ervice
L Iililic
PiiK.-
Staff li-.virib-' !i.is'- .srcii.'cl '’..i'
the addni'.iii. h.ov'- i" Ij.-,-'
tes'llc -nis ..fiisc; ■■ will gfiH-f.C'
SI H niiDion m .tdditiiu.di rcscni)..
loi Carolova lilriii'nne
Vliirithi'v rates of 54.52 f i'
residence ci.'‘io:r,ers and the 510 “5"
for ^u^lnes' CCS?; mcfs m ih^
exth.,rige will m*‘;re than offset ihc
telephone c''r;pan>‘' vusl of pro
siding LAS between Fayefttsille
and Raeford. the Public 'jtaff has
said
Once I,AS o established, the ap
pfQ'.rrnatcly 4.9i.ii) vijslomerv on
the Raeford exchanee would rse
able to c?!! os er 9"/XU telephone'
for local rates
Downtown revitalizution
Hre eir«/>es fhi\ orte at thf aid Rat ford Hank HuiUttnn ate a
rare the m Karjoni. the dmUitns - rfie .fee/ hutidi form an in
teresting srudi tn tduik and nlnif, Ilf take a h’ok at efforts to
revitalize the downtov.n art a im paei ’ow >1 \etiton H in todas's
Nrwx-Journal
County tables funds for EMS
Bv Ron Anderson
A request for tentative apprm.il
of fundi to provide advanced
training for 12 of the county’s
emergency medical technicians
(I-.VlT) was tabled Monday in an
unanimous vote bv members ol the
Hoke County Commission.
The 12()-hour LMT advanced m
termediate program train' tncdic.tl
technicians to administer drugs
and electric shocks to heart attack
victims, according to a ptopos-ji
submitted by Fmergcncy ScrvKcs
(EMS) Director William T Nuen.
*‘\ke’re asking for tentative ap
proval of the program so wc can
get out duvk' m a row,’ Niven
-aid
An intenm appfoval ol fund'
would give the emergency agency
time lo set up a prv'gram and apply
ior grants, \ivcn said.
■‘The vhaners of surviving a
hc-tti aiia.k III Hi»kc tounly are
cern to Medical Direclor tor
Hoke Count' FMS Dr Ron
Milewski Slid
With nK'ic training and better
"quipincni, the loval L.NtTs would
be able lo increase those odds dur
ing the 20 to 25 mile rid? to the
nearest hospiial. Miilewski sard.
Technicians trained under the
advaiKCvl intermediate program
will increase a patient’s survival
rate to TS***. according to
Milesvski.
The new training gives EMT s ihe
‘ same essential skills that a
para.medic has,’’ .Milewski said
Currently, county E.MTs are cer
tified only to administer car
diopulmonary resuscitation to
heart attack victims on their way to
the hospital.
With the advanced training,
EMTs would be certified to ad
minister drugs which would speed
a patient’s heart rate and to ad
minister electric shocks with a
defibfillaior machine. Milewski
said
A d(K.ior would instruct the
EMTs to administer the drugs csf
shocks via radio while the patient
tv on his way to the hospital.
Neither the drugs or denbrillator
are currently beini tarried on the
county’s three ambulances
EMTs would also be trained to
admini.slcr drug', to diabetics and
would be supplied with an instru
ment to remove forogn object'
stuck in patients’ throats.
"All you need i.s one tragedy in
(Sec ( OUNIY, page 13.A;
Drainage repairs
in budget limits
By Ron Anderson
Ihe COM of correcting municipal
drainage problems will be
‘‘livable.’’ representatives of an
engineering firm lold members ol
the Raelord City C oiincil Mondav
"We can solve most of your
drainage ptoblenis with a cost I
think most of you can live with,”
Hobbs, L'.pchurch. Inc. engineer
David Upchurch lold the voun
cilmcn.
The cost of voivmg tho'c pro
blems. however, was not prcs'-ntol
at the meeting.
The firm will provide the citv
with those estimates .is putt of the
scvond pluisf ot the study.
Field siudie. sooducted by the
iirrti show the c.iy’s drainage pio-
blcrn- may be .olved by various
method.', projei-i engineer Carv
t ulp vaid
"Sonic pipes along major
drainage baviiv. are too vrn.ill.’’
t ulp --aid
The m«iallaiioti of larger pipe'
will help M'Isc the draiiuge pro
blent in tho'e urc.is. Culp said
Other pipes mx'd to be cleaned
and .1 regular maintenance pro
gram e'tahli'hi'J
"I think we need to look at the
(^l^ (. IT\ . page 13A)
60 years of service
Mayor John h. McNeill (right) presents Raeford tire thief t ran ford
Thomas (center) and Raeford fire Oepartment ( upiain Jerrx Tapp with a
plaque commemorating the tdhh anniversary of the Raeford fire Depart
ment daring a city councH meeting on Mtnda\.
Challenger disaster hit close to home for Hoke residents
By Ron Aiidrrvun
l.ikr all Amerieans,
revidents Bill and Sarah Mv-. li
mourned the death, ol wven
astronaut^ killed in the explo.ioii
ol the ipacc shut:!; • haHenger 'a,,
week, but unlike n'o-* . iti/c.n , ihe
local couple fell the iovs i.i be a
personal one
The H'lwcllv, gue-ir ot .hut, c
pilot Michael I Smith, wiiric ved
the Irap^dy ftoin hli-nchcr- lci..j!ed
t: ioul iiiilc- ,iw,iv from the
lautwh ."c
"I !c' mui.tl appeared lo
" aii light." Bill Howell vsid
All of a .udden. one of the
-ter went off lo the right and
"tc wh-'!' -y blew up," Howell
aid
The How Ih wer pari ot an rx
--■^taiit owd before Ihe expio
;,:i o;,- iirri'd, bill a'.ori the exciie-
leiir lurncd into eoiifusion when
an acinounccirieni came over itu-
loudspcakf-rs saying that thcie had
f>ccn a major malfunetion
"It got mighty quiet," How 'll
recalled. "Disbelief is the best wav
III describe it."
.After the incident, NASA ot
ficiiiN moved the guests liom the
bleachers to an audilorium where
an astronaut attempted to explain
what had none wrong with the rius
Sion
When the briefint wa- ovci,
"the oiilv Ihiiig wc viuild do was
come home," Mrs FUnvcIl said.
The MowelF-. were among ihc
3(Xi friend* and famih rnenihers of
astronaut Smith whu had traveled
to C ape Caiia\ cral lo witness the
shuttle liftotf
The couplt had watched Smiih
grow up.
Sarah Howell and Smiih’s
modiet. I ucillc Niliii Smith, were
roommates ai the L mversuv ol
Ninth Carolina at orcensKno
where ihev be'th graduated with
degrees in education in 1941
The two women remained
Iriends alter college, and the
Howells frequently visited the
Smiths at their home in Beaufv'i i.
.Although Smith’s patents have
been dead for years, the astronaut
kept up with the Howells
“Bill and I aie older people, but
Full slates sets tone for May elections
1 ivc local *nJ ' threw ihe
hai V into the t’oliiu .it my on M * r
day. a filing !a: up omiig i _
lion- -lo .= lo-c
Deniocrai. U.irbai = I Hue,
'An tie Mill tnd I ‘ ')ul Ir . all
vying !r' ■ •? c■f^ the di.:.!l
board, were arnone ifie last inmu* ■
filer*, ae iT'-Jiny - Hoke C o'.'itv
Ifi'rard ol Flcs'>‘'n' .iipet -1' i?
C arolyn .jiiX-jLrk.
Dane rai iivumbeiii (!■-
Btafcher Ir tikd ?ar r- lU tion t-.
the Hoke C ouniv ■' •omm - ion
Kepablivci lul inH ■Bid '
111 ,. ?, ,1 ,, . I ( . , - f,
on the i>m rni-.-.ion
Because he wa Hie oik.
kepul -jean lo tile, hi?;; wdl rioi
!:;:c prim ary ballot ing. bui v. til b-
in t^- 7; eir '"' genc.'.'.l rlir-.iion
"The filiiii? W.IS siow in ih.
' ' s'lIlUlTl ‘, I .- .pi ' ? d ■■ lIullJwlC' to
."liii at ai ihi- l.i'i minuie." -.liuok
. , , I
1 lie teim* -d -h.**)! hoard
mernher \V at.-r S. Coley, \k W
■ Bill’ C •UH'ion ....d kobr.i .\
"Boh!" W ight jr e\p:: ng
Ml ihf-‘c iivaiiuh'iil liave tiled
f.-u re ci'Viion and arr being
i'.alldiiyei' hv If •twu Heiidux
Jr . C li.ir;..ii: K Kc::;.. and h- -t
J r lileis- Blue. M ih and Di.tl
Sch-.;:! board maiiher-. will Ire
s"%M-'d sluriiig ihe November 4
n 'D p.ir:isjii elcvlioiv
r -i.niv 1 1 ;“;r.;.sior.i*r wliiise
icniis re expiring .?'■* lolm I)
H.M? ,,;;. James A Mum and ( leo
Hi'■ --'i 11
Hall - tir It.o .itiiioun. *d hr in
■ • '(lions '‘‘.'I to r"1 ind Hunt and
Hirii.tier * ang h.illcngcd b\
Mdhs’l Riles, Toni Howell. Tout
my Macko, I F. Mcl .lUt'tiliii li .
C lyde A 1 each and ast d.iy lilci
HI lie
'since all of ilie caniiid.ii • t\>i
voiiiniissiuiieis .ire Dciiic-crais re
cept lor Blue, ihiee Democrai e.tri
Llidate*. will be -•ho-eu lo luii m |lir
.Sovcml'ci elections diiriny ih
May 6 priinat v
Ihicc incunibciit' who have fil-
Cel and aic iLioiiing uiioppo*-d m
the clc- Ill'll a.'i Slienll D-jvid H-u
inglon, ( Icrk of i nun lu.tnii :
I ilmund -mil ( oioucr I i luk
( niiupler
lncuml-*ni I >i ttict C ourt (iiUge
W.ifrcn I'.iie h.;* also tiled lor ihc
Deiiuier.iiii Pans nominhiou -.s
Ihc C unit-rrlan-MTokc - .h
Fate I- lunning unoppi-. ed loi
In* titricilion to the ii
ILiie h.i' rs.'d more Hiaii two
vcrff ..Her being appoml^d to till
ih- vai.iii.s o? leliiin- Judge
lo epb Diip:.‘
‘s''Sic Sen.ilor lor die 3()ih
l,)i ; tii D.ivid Ku ell I’arnell has
Idl'd 1. ; elo'‘.'n jiid i' being
.hall(’Up?d b- Republican A (
"-X* : I’ , set, who b;’* filed in
koh- on ( ounis
dale Kep n.iiml H DeV.Kie
Ita- filed in Hok." C ouiils lof le
•U-. non
- h kci' \Xdl!;||| Cl Hcliiti,
.'lii.; : tiii^ (ic:, ..uiii) .(i
!*■ F sihii Congicssioii.ll District,
1 iiinniiu unopposed in the
liH'ittoci iiii Pans Ihimas s, bui
I.K ; the wimii*' ol llie Republican
Prntt
Last minute filer
 ommissioner Cleo Hr.atchcr, n ho
looks over paperwork during a re-
sent meeting, fucii lot re-ruxtion
on \fonday svithin hours of the
deadline. Bratcher will run in the
OemiHrutic Party Primary May f>
in a fiAJ of seven cundUlotes vying
frn rhree seals.
Mike had lime for us. ’ s.iruh
Howell vend.
"We ll miss him (Smit?.*, but
.-America will be a trreaier loser
than we arc becduve he had si-
much to give lo the space
program," Mi' Howell sa;d.
•’1 think of them (the
astronauts) a- pioneers; they took
a chanve," Mr- Howell said
Both ot the Howelb think the
(See SHITTl E. page 2A)
Around Town
Bv Sam Morris
XX inier wcathei didn’t stay with
us verv long. It did get down to
around ') last Mcinday night and n
didn’t get aKne tree/iiig on Tuc'
day It was still cold thrmigh
Ihursdas. hut st.tried warming up
Fridav There were many people
on the goll cssurse Fridav.
The weekend w.w perfect and
the thermometer climbed into the
70v on Sunday. As this is being
written .Monday afternoon, the
tem[:-;a'.urc f '2
Ihc forcvdst I' (or the same
temperature for Wednesday and
Thursday. Ram could come sm
Thursday II will ,.^sol off for itie
(.Sec AKCH ND. page 13A)