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Margaret Keith
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TURKEY
FESTIVAL
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Volum*LXXVIII Number Ifi TKnrwiay. AuJ^u«t 21 1^06 ^^CES'T^
Residents to vote on school bond issue Nov. 4
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Mvlavden von'e^ed informa-
n ni m vorrc.p«’ndcnie from bond
•O'lmcN*. Brown A ^^^'od >lating
'h,n i( rhe bi>iid i".ue failed there
wi lid be IM.imo in legal cxpensci
If the N*nd issue passes aiaJ nt
S3 3* million u issued all al one
lime, the legal expenses woiild be
(css than if the funds were untied at
two or three different times
Board t hairman John Balfour
presented tx' lh« commisMoneis a
recommendation from the HoLe
t ountv School Board that com
mixMoners use revenues from the
1983 and 1986 half cent calcs lax to
retire the school bond debt
In other buiiness. the school
board heard an update reptul on
public assistance progrnm by Ken
Witherspoon. Department of
Social SersKcs tUSS) director
Witherspoon gave a review of
gosernmeril policies which have
recenily been chanyed as well as
the recent addition of emcrgcn«.>
assistance in the Aid to hamiliex
with Dependent Children pro
gram
Witherspoon •niicipaies that
ihese recent cliangcs and additions
to programs along with heavy
routine case intake and priKessing
duties will cause stress in the
workforce and lead to deteriora-
(lori m the quality of work
“Bureaucracy has gotten more
Half-cent sales tax
should retire bond,
school board says
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H, . .js. j-tiCkI bak.k to Mcl .luchlin
.sl^M had been mowd to Wcit
Hi'kc l.l'. sCjf
AvO'r.i.ng to N'el “H, West
Hoke had ' . nr of 'paw tor the
n t iber of rii.diiits enrolled and
V laui’d i ha. an cnipts clas'
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Hk'wcser, csen w rh the i.hungc
Sets, n *t’.cd the vonccri. th.it “it
w 11 rill be vfowded 41 \kest
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A **iinib».' of *.hc»ol policies
wrr: a (ekJ upon during the board
mec iig with much dixeuxsion
fill, ring on tesisions to the atten
ds poll S
Av-'do,,' to Nelson, the aileri
Jari..’ p..li •* ukcd in Ihc l985-8b
.‘.ol yc.ir “did not work as we
V:id intended, it did ncst improve
jireiid.ince
Ncl-on said that the previous
pkklus ' niade it sound like the
students had live treebics” or
uncx.used ahscnas per six weeks
period
The policy which the board
adcipicd Tuesday clarities the
natiiie ol .ibstnscs allowed and
taken and promotes regular atten
dance at whool
The board .icted on a motion bs
board metnbc! tddie Mk. Neill sug
yesting rcMsiofis for the policy on
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Practice jump
4 jumper practices at the Raeford Airport (or the Horld Sport
Parachute Jumping ( harnpionships to he held in Turkey next month.
Round flying object injures Raeford woman
A R:.. Ai.-mii; wd’ .’rLMk in
thi mouth b) I fly-:.. 'p;ect while
xPi' wa iiivTc to'.ntd town on
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c.srd : c I’ol:. c Depar'rneni
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Re* L't-j' I', Blanch*' Wnghi of
Route ' SIS iJrising easu on Harro.
Ascnu* het^cen Bethel Road and
Magnolia Street at 7 T() p rn when
ihe as *.) uck and sligfiiiy injii’vd
n the mouth bv an ob'c i. ap
par* Fitly a hUsk walnut.
» hi* f /cV? Wiggins ’.aid hat as
a r« .ill of the incident, two
juvenile v, re ■.iiticd os-r to he
juvrctilc luiliorilics for povoble
pet**' in f. j,vault
In ar i ielated uunJent, a buy
cle was reported musing from the
storage room at the rs-sidcnce ol
Loren/*- Kearns, Vadkui I’ail,
Rae'o’d
The bicycle, valued at SI26, was
missing sometime between August
K and August 12, according to
records
hicf Wiggins reported that on
the morning of the I8ih that (he
bicsclc iiad been found Wiggins
said the bicycle had been
disassembled and reassembled with
parts of other bicycles in order to
disguise it's identity
On August IX at ll Ag a.m. a
shoplifter was apprehended at tfie
AAP Store, after cdncealmg a
pavk of cigarette', and not paying
for It
Re*'ords say lerry Maynor, 18.
of Kaetord was arrested and charg
ed with shoplifting.
Records at the Sheriff’s Depart
mem vav that Rubv Stephctik,
Mckoy Village MHP, Raeford,
reported that a break in had oc
curred at her residence between
5.(KI a.m and 7;0() p m. August
14.
The report states that the front
door had (vern pried open using a
sharp obiect. Nothing was missing
or upset in Ihc mobile home,
In an unrelated incident. Keri-
netli Jackson, Oregon Trail.
Raeford, reported that someone
had stolen the speakers from his
car which was parked in the front
yard of his residence
The break in occurred at 6:30
p.m. on August 16 while Jackson
was asleep in the mobile home.
.Apparcntly someone opened the
doors, rcrtiosed the wires from the
speakers and removed the
speakers
Records say a suspect was seen
taking the speakers from the car
which had presjonsly been locked.
I’roperts taken friim the car was
one set of Sparkomaiic speakers
and one sd of Jensen triaxial
speakers,
Doris Jay Smith, Philippi
Church Road, Raeford, reported
the larceny of a $60 lawnmower
from her residence
Records say the lawnrnower was
taken between 6:00 p.m. August 12
and 5:00 a.m. August 13.
Mayors challenged
Hs Sallv Jamir
Racf'iiJ M.isor Juhn McNriH
h,i chii.iciigcd ih- iiitfyiir in
.urr" :'i Jifit lt;wn to a Mav.n
r hallenc Derby to be held dur
iftg the N C Turkci. Ic iival
September 1“ 1^. iccording to
Fcvtival ' nmmittre offi> i.iU
Speak ' c* on behalf oi h**
turkey ofvmpic , Ann Pit* aid
that 'fic olfuial inv 'ijtion to the
mayori would b-' “mad* n the
near fuf le ’
Pati Mild the pivific t* w to
be invited will he up to the
ir.j"'' " Old I: »| Ittd*. Vlas
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Southern Pine
"We’ll a-ik ■•.line ol the
neighboring ma'yurx to ^imt
down and have a race
together," McNeill said "We
haven’t quite figured out all ol
ifie logistics yci ’’
Pate said that plans arc
underwav fi'r the fi\c lane
turkey race winch will be a new
addition to tfic olympu events
ol last year
"It wc gel a gsKsd rcsjKUisc
we’d like to make il a regular
e'cnt in the Olympics," Pate
aUd
Ihc Turkey tilympic grouj) is
providing the turkeys for the
olvmpiC' House ot Raeford
Old Tarheel Turkey Maichcry
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the tut keys for the event as they
did last veai. gvcording to T^atc
Turkeys are aviutable for the
Mayors race and k»r anvorir
who would like to participate in
Mayor John Mc.Seill
liirk^v
one,’’
the Olympics
“If vein don’t b.nee a
register, we’ll gel yoi
Pate said
Pri/es will be awarded at the
September 20 Olympics lor the
best turkey costume, the slalom
ra*.*', the fa test turkey and for
ihr nil I* nrn'inn! ff Vev *' ime
Pate said that McNeill thinks
ihcr*. will be no problem in gel
ting five ot SIX iTiayors to par
ticipate in the Mayors Challenge
Derbv
and more Jiffi.wii to n.anage.
XSitherspuon said after explaining
the rsvalatmn trend of pcnail* tecs
the agencs r. required to pa-, wh-jn
Its workforce i- not able tp ptvM
applicatKin- >n giscn amount' of
lime
In answer lo a queslion p)sed by
Commissioner Wvaii Lpchuich in
reference to requests of the agenc v,
Witherspoon said "the need for
another eligibility specialist is verv
jclcsant ’’
Witherspoon was reluctant t**
make the request after the July ap
provaJ of the 1986-87 budget but
JiJ iF 4'::..ipatM’r -f j heas *
wo k !*>ad in the future
The commisxio.'iers nriil give the
matter special con ideration and
di- •>- It at a future meettof.
In further business, the commis-
sic'uefs l»rd a presentation by
re idem s in favor of reconsidering
the ,ounty fundmg of the Exten
ion Ser vice Family Education Ard
position
John D McAllister, a member
of the Extension County Advisory
Loun*.il. spoke on behalf of the
education program
'See VtJlF page 8A|
More digits needed
for Raeford calls
Beginmni Satutday, telephone
customers on the 875 exchange will
be reejuired to dial two additional
numbers to make local calls m
Raeford, according to a Carolina
Telephone news release
•No longer will customers be able
to make local calls by dialing 5 plus
four additional nurnbets; callers
will have to dial the .complete
seven-digit telephone number.
T be reason for the change jn ser
vice is new compuier-controllcd
digital electionic switching equip
ment that will go into operation on
Saturday.
"Carolina Telephone is install
ing the nrw digital equipment to
handle the increasing number of
telephone customers in Raeford, '
Mud llcrnice Hairctt, district cum
mctciai manager tor the telephone
company.
Also, because ot the installation
of new switching equipment, the
number tor calling local di rectorv
assistance will change from 7 plus
411 to 411.
Tor party-line customers, in
order to call another party on then
line, they will need to dial onlv
their seven digit telephone number.
It will no longer be necessary to
dial the digits ”560' plus the
number
"This equipment will make
available custom calling features
long desired by our customers.’*
Barrett said
For an additional cost, custo
mers will be able to choose several
new features including'
•c all forwarding, which permits
a customer to transfer incoming
calls to another local number.
•Call waiting, which alerts a
customer already using the phone
to an incoming call The customer
can then put the first caller on hold
to answer the second call.
•Three-parry conference, which
permits a three-way local or long-
disunce convctMtion with persons
on two other lines
•Speed calling eight lor 30),
which lets customers call eight lor
301 of their most frequently dialed
numbers by dialing a one-digit or
two-digit code.
The new 5.400-iinc switching
equipment cost nearly S3 million,
according to Barrett. The cost in
cluded the new equipment,
building modification, power and
outside plant facilities.
Sanford to visit Hoke
U.S. .Senatorial candidate Terrs
Sanford is sclK’duled to visit Hi'kc
County lUi Monday, AuguO 2X
Sanford will speak at a dutch lunch
in the I dinborough Restaurant.
The luncheon begins at 12 niH>n
Sanford, a Demo.rat and
former governot of North
C aroUna, is nijuiing tor the Senate
seat acainst Sen. lames Bir'shill,
R-N.C'., who i*. filling the *"!;ce
left vacant by the death of Sen
John East. R N C’
past president of Duke
I niversity, S»intord has servcsl as a
N.CS Senator, president of \ C,
Young Dcimviats and secretarv
treasurer of N.C, Ports Authority.
I he public is invitcsl to attend
the luncheon
Terry Sanford
Around Town
Sam Morris
The weather has been more like
our usual summer for the past
week. Wc have had rain and the
temperature has been in the high
80s and the low 90s.
The forecast for thi.s week is for
the same type of weather
Ever so often you will see a pic
lure in a daily paper that will caunc
you to take a second glance. This
happened to me last Sunday morn
ing as I was reading the Sunday
paper. It was a picture under the
heading of “Business People."
The picture was of J.F. “Nick”
NichoLson, son of Mrs. Jesse Jones
of Magnolia Street and the late
John Nicholson. Ihe Nicholsons
lived beliuiu me on AUaius biuti
when Nicky vvas in grade .school.
Nicky and my son. John, finished
Hoke High in Ihe same class and
also finished al UNC* C'hapel Hill
in 1973.
The write up with the picture
states that Nicky was now a vice
president and credit administrator
in the Raleigh office of United
C*arolina Bank of Whiteville.
We hope him the best in his new
assignment.
T hanks to all the folks that had
a nice comment about the vacation
articles. One other item that I
think should be mentioned is that
on the start of the trip Harold
Gillis stated he wouldn’t get lost if
1 let him drive. 1 wrote in this col
umn several years ago about
Harold getting us lost in Raleigh.
Now to set tlie records straight. .As
we took the bv-pass around War
renton, Va. on the return trip 1 was
driving and as one would expect T
took the wrong road and drove
aibout 20 miles out of the way. So
(See AROUND, page 2A)