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Two injured
in accident
^ Racford woman and a shan
non man sustained minor injuries
in a twsxar avculeni on RP 1406,
according to a spokeswoman at the
State Highway Patrol Office in
Rockingham
Leon Locklear. M, and a
pasvengCT, Verlinda Graham, 27,
were injured in a two-ar accident
which took place at 8-^0 a.m Iasi
Thursday near the mtervcction of
RP 1406 and 1408
Alvin Biake, 41. oV Raefoid we*
driving a 197g Ford Station Vk agon
and traveling south on RP 1408
Records say Blake stopped fc>r a
stop sign and then pulled into the
roadway in front of Locklear, who
was driving a 1977 Chrysler.
Locklear and Graham had
minor injuries and were taken to
Cape Fear Valley Hospital
Make's car sustained S2.000
damage and Graham’s car rrcrived
S?.000 damage.
Records say that Make was
charged with failure to livsk before
starting
On December 20 at 6M p .m ..
records say there was a two-car ac
cident on N C 211
Martha Locklear Bullard, 28, of
Lumber!on, driving a 197'7 aMC
was turning left onto RP 1447 and
pulled into the path of a 1983
Buick. driven by Vivian Parker,
37. of Red Spnngv
Recordv say Bullard struck
Parker causing S400 damage to her
car.
A passenger in Parker’s car. Ken
Ora Parker, 14. was slightly m
jured
Records say Bullard was charged
With an unsafe movement viola
tion
Thurs. chase ends
in couple's arrest
A high-speed chase through nor
thern Hoke County last Thursday
resulted in the arrest of a Hope
Mills couple, according to a
Raeford Police Department
spokesman
Police Chief Zeke Wiggins said
Timothy Whalen, 21, and Paincia
Ann Whalen, 25 of Hope Mills,
were apprehended by city and
county law officers a: the fish hat
chers ai Lake Rim inside ihc
( umberland County line after the
couple were pursued ou business
Hwy 401
W iggins said he goi a call from
Southern .National Bank at 1:30
p.m. saying that the Whalens were
at the drive-in of the bank atlemp
ting 10 cash a bad check.
Wiggins sud SNB personnel
knew that checks answering the
description of those that ihe
Whalens had were foiged checks
which had been cashed at other
banks both earlier in the month
(See COUPl E, page 3)
Around Town
B) Sam Motis
Winter officially esme in Sun
day and the cold wind let you
know that it had arrived It will b«
with us until March 21 when spring
officially arrives.
The forecast loc Sins week and
Christmas Day is for the
temperature to be in the high 40s
during the day and around freezing
during the night. There is a chance
of ram on Wednesday before
Christmas
According to the weather ex
perts, this IS about the normal
temperature for this time of the
year.
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Last week Mary Alice and I rode
around Raeford to look at
Christmas decorations at the
homes. I don’t believe any place in
North Carolina has put forth the
effort to show the Christmas
season more than the citizens of
Raeford The outside white lights
on the shrubs and trees axe oui-ul-
this-world. They display a unique
sight that is hard to imagine. If you
haven't rode around at night, then
(.Sec AROUND, page 3)
School architect
to be hired soon
New Hoke Co. land use plan
to be considered next year
By Sally Jamir
\9ifH-Jmifnal Sim"/ a rtfw
A new land u.se plan for Hoke
County will be comiderci in 1987
by the county Planning Board, a
board spokesman said last week.
Planning Board chairman
Brown Hendrix said that conduc-
ung an update of the Land Use
Plan done in 1976 will be con
sidered at their January meeting as
a preliminary step to possible /on
ing in the county
The plan, which was adopted by
the board in March of 1979. h,is
-he intent ol combining several
numaous cultural, social and
economic elements into a land use
plan that recommends the most ap
propriate uses within the planning
area
According to Hendrix, the
board has not ai the present time
made a determination on whether
or not ihere should be residential,
commercial or other types of zon
ing.
Hendrix could not speculate on
whether or not the board was in
clined toward recommending that
zoning be established in the coun
ty.
“As the chairman of Ihc Plann
ing Board, I can only help in the
decision,’’ Hendrix said. “Rather
than lead them in any specific
direction.”
“As a citizen,” Hendrix con
tinued, “I must say that I think
zoning will be necessary in order to
have orderly growth in the com
munity.
County Manager William (Bub)
Cowan commented on zoning and
the l,and Use Plan by saying that
“implementing a plan .such as this
would promote orderly growth in
the county, similar to that which
can result from the mobile home
ordinance.”
“A public hearing would need to
be held to determine what the
needs of the people arc,” Cowan
said.
Cowan said the Land Use Plan
uses sources, such as the latest cen
sus data to update the knowledge
on the physical aspects of the
county.
The plan was prepared by staff
at the North Carolina Department
of Natural and Economic
Resources. Cowan said financial
assistance was obtained through an
economic development grant pro
vided by the federal government.
He said that funds for the up
date of the plan would most likely
not come from the same govern
ment sources.
Although Hendrix could not in
dicate what funds or how long, it
would take to compile the study,
he said he felt confident the funds
will be available at some govern
ment level to assist with the
research needed for the update.
“You have to look at the county-
real closely,’’ Hendrix said.
“There is a lot of leg work involv
ed in doing the update. It’s not a
job that can be done from a desk.”
The thoroughness of the land
use plan is expressed by the state
ment of purpose at the beginning
of the document.
“In such a plan, the cultural,
social, and economic character
istics of a community are examined
to determine more about the peo
ple who reside there,” the plan
states.
It further states that the
“employment base and training of
the available labor force are
studied to learn more about the
type of employers likely to be at
tracted to such a community.”
Cowan said that counties in this
area of the state have a wide lange
of zoning status.
“In Cabarrus County, a con
siderable amount of development
occurred before zoning took
(See LAND, page 12)
By Sally Jamir
Memberi of ihe Hiifcc ( ountv
Board of Lducaiion may oon hire
an arwhiiect to plan the numcrr>.v
renovations and addition- to
school fasibliex in the .ounfy, a
county spokesman vaid la-f Thurv
day
Supcrinicndeni L>f Bt'b Nl«)n
■aid that board membef- met last
Wednesday evening to decide on
three architeciv with whom to in
itiate their search bn a vandidate
to plan ainstrustiofi on Hoke
County school buildings.
Nelson vaid the board would like
to make a deesMon by January 13
on which architect will be hired to
do the work
Originally, there were approx
imately 18 firms that were being
considered. Nelson said He said if
board members were not satisfied
with any of the three choices, they
would continue to look for an ar
chitect among those remaining on
the original list of architects.
The construction will be funded
by $3.35 million worth of bonds
authorized by county voters in the
referendum held during the
November 4 elections.
Nelson said board members
“asked for on-sight interviews
with the architects chosen”
“Representatives of the ar
chitect’s firm will meet us at the
sight where the architect has done
work,” Nelson .said. “We’ll be
able to see what they’ve done ’’
The board has planacd to
schedule interviews during the first
week of January for the paote-s-
sional who will design school
facilities and supervise construc
tion.
Although Nelson was not able to
comment on who the candidates
were he did .say that they were
from an area within 10f» miles of
Hoke County.
Nelson said that although he did
not know the consensus of the
board on the subject, his impres
sion was that the same architect
wc».,ld do all of the construction
planning.
Nelson said that in additional
business, board members approv
'd the proposed model for an after
■.hool detention program
The program, to be conducted at
J W. 7 uriington school, would use
school transportation.
Nelson said that propotaJ i*
scheduled to be presented to the
Hoke County Board of Commis
sioners on January 5 for their ap
proval.
In further business, board
members discussed the current
lawsuit being brought against the
board by the U.S Department of
Justice
Nelson said (he board voted to
permit courty attorney Duncan
Mcfadyen to act on behalf of the
beard of education, performing
any activities necessary in respon
ding to the Justice Department.
The department has brought a
lawsuit against local boards of
education and local boards oi elec
tions in 22 North Carolina counties
as well as the Slate of North
Carolina, the N.C. State Board of
Elections and the N.C. State Board
of Education for alleged violationr
against the Voting Rights Act of
1964.
In addition, Nelson said it was
announced at the board meeting
that the custodial contract which
the board had taken out with the
Crothall-American custodial com
pany has been terminated on the
company’.s request.
“Over the six-month period in
which they were here they said they
could not perform the contract
that they had agreed to, and they
wanted out," Nelson said.
“W’e had a great deal of op
timism going into the contract,”
Nelson said, expressing the disap
pointment of the board.
Nelson said custodial procedures
used before the contract was
entered into on July 1 wiill be used
again.
Closed for the holidays
Several offices in Raeford will
be closed this week so that cuy and
county employee' i.aii enjoy the
holidays with then families.
County offices will hy closed
Wednesday through Friday.
IX-ccmber 24-26
The Sheriff’s Department will be
open, -ut Pie office area will be
closed Wednesdav ihrough Friday.
Hiske County Social Services
[■lepartmem will Ise cloved Wednes
day ihrough Friday.
The Agricultural Exiension of
fices will also be closed Wednesday
through Friday.
7'he library will be closed
Wednesday through Friday, hut
Rev. Beaver resigns from First Baptist
This Sunday will mark the
Rev. Billy C Beaver’s last of
ficial service as pastor ot the
First Baptisl Church ot
Raeford, but the South
C arolina native has no intention
ot retiring
"I’m noi retiring, Trn just
resigning as pastor of this
church.” Beaver viud. “Retiring
IS stopping work; I don’t ever
intend to ilo that."
Beaver not ontv intends ic
keep working, he inicnds to do
his work right here in Raclorcl.
After serving as pastor of the
First Baptist Chutch in Maiden
for nine ycais, Beaver and hi»
wife, Cons, came to Raelord in
1977. They have grown so fond
of the area over the yvars, they
dc-,.idccl to slay here after
Beuvci’s resignation
The couple nriginally planned
to move back home to Lan
caster, South Carolina, but, ac
cording to Beaver. “Raeford
grows on ycni ”
“It’s mv kind of town with
mv kinl of prople ’’ Braver
said.
One of the things Beaver likes
most about Hoke County is the
progress that hns been made in
the community since his arrival.
Beaver mentioned renova
tions to the courthouse, the new
armory and new doctors’ of
fices as examples of progress in
Ike community. “All that has
’ appened since we came here,”
Beaver said.
“I’m especially happy with
3ur record at the church."
Highlights of Beaver's
niinisity here include; 400 new
church members, the addition
uf a full-time minister of music
and education to the church
stall, an increase in Sunday
School attendance and the
building of a new 460 scat sane
ttiary.
Beaver, however, doesn't
lake credit for the ac
complishments of First Baptist
Church “The people did it,”
he said. “They were ready.”
Beaver said he is resigning as
pastor because he has reached
Ihe age of 65 and no longer feels
he has the energy to do s job
that takes ”12 to 14 houis a
iJa>, vcvcii days a week.
His resignation doesn’t mean
that members ol the congirega-
tiori won’t be .seeing a lot of him
around the church. Beaver in
tends to stay active in interim
and supply work. Sunday
School enlargement campaigns
and revivals.
Beaver .ilso plans to continue
his work in the community .
For thiee years, he served on
the board of directors of the
local Chamber of C'omrnerce,
He was president of the
chanilKr tor one of those three
years and vice-president another
year.
Although his busy schedule
has prevented him from becom
ing an active member of any
civic organization, Beaver said
he htis spoken to all of them at
one lime or another.
Beaver earned a bachelor’s
degree from Furman University
and holds a master’s degree
from Southeastern Baptist
Theological Seminary. He has
been the pastor of five churches
and served in the U.S. Army in
the Phillipines and Japan for
three years.
Foi icn yeais, lie was
associated with Springs Cotton
Mills, Lancaster, South
Carolina, and for three years
Rev. Billy C. Beaver
was a stationaiy engineer at the
Balcntinc Packing Company in
Greenville, South Carolina.
He and his wife arc the
parents of three married
daughters.
Beaver is inviting all of his
friends in Raeford to attend his
last service at the Fiisi Baptist
chuiwli ','i, i)swwitihL.[ 2y
The new pastor, Max Ev-
ington, will assume his respon-
sibililiev in January.
open for regular hours on Satur
day .
School will be in recess
December 22 until Januauv 5. The
educano* central office will be
closed Monday, December 22
through Fridav, December 26.
The county landfill will be clos
ed December 25 There will be one
pick-up during this week on Mon
day and Tuesday.
Both Svmthern National Bank
and United Carolina Bank will be
closed both Thursday and Friday.
City offices will be closed from
Vk’ednesdav at neon and open
again on Monday at 8 a.m.
Thieves hit
Carolina Turf
A Hoke County business was
broken into last week and $1,000
worth of tools were taken, accor
ding to Sheriff’s Department
records.
A garage at Carolina Turf,
Route I, Aberdeen, was broken in
to sometime between 6 p.m.,
December 15 and 7:30 a.m.,
December 16.
Records say three tool boxes and
their contents were taken by some
one who apparently broke a win
dow in order to enter the building.
According to records, the sub
ject left by a rear door.
Records say the Bill Evcrleigh
residence at Route 1, Red Springs,
was broken into October 21 and
$600 worth of property and cash
was stolen.
Regina Bullard McMillan,
Route I, Red Springs, reported a
break-in at her residence.
Records say that .sometime be
tween 6:45 a.m. and 2 p.m.,
December 17, someone apparently
forcevl open the rear door of the
building ind rern.'ved $410
William Kclchncr, Route 2,
Raeford, reported a break-in at his
residence.
(Sec THIEVES, page 3)