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Volume LXXVIII Number 41 Thursday, January 29,1987
2SCENTS
James honored
By Sally Jamir
News-Journal Staff Writer
Friends, family and former students of former Hoke High Band Direc
tor Jimmy James gathered by the hundreds Saturday evening to “roast”
and honor him at Hoke High School.
Several old friends and well-known members of the community were on
the program to honor the man who Master of Ceremonies and former
school superintendent Raz Autry called the “father of the Hoke High
band.”
Family and guests were recognized and then a series of speakers gave
brief presentations beginning with Jimmy Plummer who said that James,
who was band director for over 20 years, had brought the band from
“rags to riches.”
Plummer thanked James for coming to Hoke County and said, “we’ve
been close friends, you’ve helped all our children. We think the world of
you and God bless you.”
A poem written by Barbara Plummer Johnson reads: For thirty-plus
years, you continued to inspire communities of people in a “spirit of
fire.” We can never repay you for all you’ve done. Many lives have been
changed and many hearts have been won.
Former principal Earl Oxendine remembered James as the delegate sent
by the schools system to break the ground for many desegregation actions,
saying that if students of the black and Indian races could accept James,
they could accept anyone.
“We stood tall and were proud of the Hoke High School band perform
ing under the direction of Jimmy James,” Oxendine said.
Sam Morris reminisced fondly about incidents in their lives involving
children in the band as well as their political involvements.
“It’s been real good to have you here and to see what you’ve done,”
Morris said to James. “I’ve seen the band before and after. Thank you.”
Former student Delaine Peckham McDonald said that James “helped to
raise many of us” which she said was a “dirty job” and displayed before
the audience what she called a BDK or Band Director Kit; a toilet bowl
brush.
McDonald said this item was for taking care of “irate parents and the
shananagans of kids.”
She then introduced the important band document, a “Manual to
Musical Literature.” The Manual includes such items as “barmudas”
which McDonald defined as “those things you wear on the bottom of the
torso on hot afternoons” for band practice.
Another item in the manual, she said, was a “brazaar,” something not
to be confused with an article of women’s clothing but instead something
the music booster club would hold at Christmastime.
McDonald held up the word “Major” and said that it had two mean
ings; “follow the major into the field of competition” and the musical
reference “major number 2”.
She then presented James with a banner on which the words “Band
Leader” were printed and said, “You will always truly be the leader of the
band to us and we love you.”
(See JIMMY, page 3)
Appreciation Day
Former Hoke High School bandleader Jimmy James
smiles as he looks out at the crowd of over 500 people
who attended a banquet in James’ honor Saturday
night. James told the crowd that he was overwhelmed
by the show of appreciation by his friends. The ban
quet was held at Hoke County High School.
Two sites in Hoke County
considered for waste plant
Two state-owned tracts of land
in Hoke County are being con
sidered as potential sites for a pro
posed hazardous waste treatment
plant, according to a letter received
by County Manager William
Cowan from the N.C. Hazardous
Waste Treatment Commission.
The sites are 1,741 acres on the
McCain Farm Unit on State Roads
1229 and 1219, just off of High
way 211; and 228 acres at Sandhills
Youth Center on State Road 1219,
also just off of Highway 211. The
McCain site is owned by The
Department of Administration and
the Sandhills site by The Depart
ment of Correction.
The tracts of land are two of the
139 sites in 42 counties across the
state that have been listed as possi
ble locations for the proposed $20
million plant. When completed,
the treatment plant would use
chemical processes or incineration
to render the waste essentially
harmless. Residues from the waste
would be shipped to an approved
landfill at another location. The
waste to be treated would be
generated in North Carolina.
North Carolina Hazardous
(See SITES, page 11)
Proposed
subdivision
ordinance
approved
A proposed subdivision or
dinance for Hoke County was
unanimously approved by
members of the county’s planning
board during a special meeting last
Tuesday.
A draft of the ordinance, entitl
ed “Subdivision Regulations,”
will now be submitted to the coun
ty commissioners for their con
sideration.
The authority to adopt the or
dinance rests with the county com
missioners, but before it can be im
plemented, a public hearing must
be held.
The ordinance is designed to
establish guidelines for the subdivi
sion and development of land
within the county and to “provide
for the orderly growth and deve
lopment of the county.”
The draft of the ordinance was
prepared by the North Carolina
Department of Natural Resources
and Community Development
(NRCD). The ordinance is based
on the state’s model ordinance and
county ordinances currently in use
throughout the state.
NRCD planner Jim Dougherty
has assisted and advised the plan
ning board during its 10-month
study of subdivision ordinances.
Before the proposed ordinance
was approved at the special
meeting, board members discussed
a section of the ordinance regard
ing gifts of land made by parents
to tV\elr cVtlldreu.
After some debate, the section
was approved as follows: “When a
parent makes a one time gift to
(See PROPOSED, page 3)
Winter storm
helps plants
Although frigid temperatures
and snow flurries closed schools,
made travel difficult and kept most
county residents inside this week,
one of Hoke County’s
weatherwatchers said the cold
weather has actually helped some
plants.
Volunteer weatherman Virgil
Murphy said Monday that he
doesn’t like to see the cold
weather, but that the county’s fruit
trees and ornamental plants may
need it.
Murphy, who produces hay and
cattle and grows fruit and
vegetables, said the buds of these
plants had been swelling, showing
signs of blooming.
“It’s been a little too warm late
ly,” Murphy said. “The cold is
needed to put the buds back for
awhile.”
Murphy said the cold weather
would help keep the buds from
starting to bloom.
Murphy records the high and
low temperatures each day as well
as the amount of moisture in
precipitation.
He reported there was very little
moisture in the snowfalls on Fri-
Manning elected president
of Turkey Festival board
Snowy Monday
Snow covers the Aberdeen-Rockfish railroad tracks early Monday morn
ing. Although the amount of the white stuff was enough to close schools,
many residents wished for more accumulation.
Evelyn Manning was elected
president of the Board of Directors
of the North Carolina Turkey
Festival when the members met on
Monday. Manning, who served as
chairman in 1986, accepted the of
fice as the board grappled with
restructuring the responsibilities of
board members and preparing for
the growth of the Festival
organization.
Other Board members who were
elected to leadership slots were:
Elizabeth Burgess, Mary Archie
McNeill, Kay Thomas, Marvin
Lynne Maxwell, Teresa Marion,
Eloise Carter, Leland Strother,
Jim Knott and John Howard.
In other business, the board saw
a final treasurer’s report from 1986
and adopted a budget for 1987
projected from last year’s expen
ditures.
The board also nominated
several new members. The resigna
tion of Jeannie Smith was accepted
with regret.
The Third Annual North
Carolina Turkey Festival planning
is now underway. Its goals will be
enhancing the image of the
Raeford/Hoke community, em
phasizing the importance of the
turkey industry in our community
and the state, and providing
cultural and economic oppor
tunities for Hoke people and our
guests.
The festival had its beginnings in
the annual Arts Festivals of the
Hoke School System. In 1984 the
schools’ festival operated as the
Hoke Heritage Hobnob. The
North Carolina Turkey Festival
was established in 1985 and is now
recognized beyound our state
boundraries as an important
industry-related festival.
day and Monday, January 23 and
26.
The moisture he recorded on
Thursday, January 22, was almost
two inches of rain. Friday brought
six one-hundreths of an inch of
moisture in the snowfall.
Murphy said Sunday there was
24 one-hundreths of an inch of
rain. Monday, there was five-one
hundreths of an inch of moisture
in the snowfall.
Friday’s high and low temper
atures were 38 and 32 degrees
fahrenheit, on Saturday, 54 and
22; Sunday, 48 and 37; Monday,
30 (at 1 p.m.) and 26.
On Monday, schools were closed
because of the snowy conditions
and icy roads. The make-up day
for it will be Friday.
Road conditions also caused ac
cidents Monday morning which
blocked roads for two and one-
half hours, according to the state
highway patrol.
Local man arrested on cocaine charges
A Hoke County man was ar
rested on Saturday by county law
enforcement authorities and charg
ed with possession of cocaine, ac
cording to a Sheriff’s Department
spokesman.
Verzell Jacobs, 39, Route 1, Box
177, Red Springs, was arrested at
his home, January 24, and charged
with possession of cocaine with in
tent to sell and deliver, and felony
possession of drug paraphernalia.
The arrest was made as a result
of information obtained from a
confidential source by Detectives
Weaver Patterson and J.R. Riley.
According to records, a warrant
was obtained in order to conduct a
search of Jacobs’ dwelling. The
detectives and Deputies D. Brewer,
J. Goza and D. Hardin along with
D. Monroe of the State Highway
Patrol searched Jacobs’ home.
The authorities arrived at
Jacobs’ residence at 10:45 a.m.
and searched the house as well as
outbuildings, a Ford pick-up truck
and a Ford Granada.
Records say the search turned up
(See AUTHORITIES, page 11)
Vehicles collide in icy morning accident
Two commercial Mack trucks
and a passenger vehicle were in
volved in an early-morning acci
dent on Highway U.S. 401, Mon
day, according to State Highway
Patrol records.
Records say the incident began
at 4:30 a.m. when Jerome Edward
King, Route 2, Laurel Hill, driving
a 1977 Mack truck and traveling
southwest on U.S. 401 So., four
miles North of Wagram, skidded
on the ice off the right side of th**
road. His truck then jackknifed.
The report, filed by Trooper
Weston, said the jackknifing ac
tion caused $2,000 to the tractor
and trailer of the truck.
King, 32, who was charged with
Driving While Impaired, was not
injured.
Another driver, John Nelson
Malloy, Route 1, Laurinburg, had
been following King in a 1980
Mack truck as both men work for
the same trucking company, Carr
Transport Inc. of Lumberton.
Records say Malloy, 33, was
stopped in the southwest lane fac
ing the northeast on U.S. 401 in
order to assist King.
Another driver, Andy Robert
Palma, Route 1, Parkton, driving
a 1986 Mack Truck, was traveling
southwest on 401, came over the
crest of the hill and went into a
skid.
According to records, Palma’s
trailer struck the right front side of
Malloy’s truck. Palma’s trailer
then struck the left rear quarter of
another vehicle, a 1984 Pontiac,
driven by Otha Laphon Glover,
Elmoro Trailer Park, Laurinburg.
Records say Glover, 36, had
been attempting to leave the road,
after observing the King vehicle,
when he was hit. Afterward,
Palma skidded off the road to the
right and into a ditch bank.
There were no injuries in the ac
cident. The 1980 Mack truck
received $6,000 worth of damage,
and the Pontiac received $300
worth of damage.
Palma, 29, drove a 1986 Mack
truck owned by Ryder Truck Ren
tal of Fayetteville. The vehicle
received $10,000 worth of damage.
Weston said no additional
charges were made since it was a
civil matter and there were no
witnesses other than those in the
accident.
According to Weston, both King
and Malloy were driving gas
tankers and Palma was driving a
flatbed hauling steel.
Weston said the road was block
ed for two and one-half hours.
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Postmaster leaves Raeford
Former Raeford Postmaster Joe Carver, right, accepts a plaque of ap
preciation from City Carrier Burnis McLaughlin. Carver has taken a
position with the Custom Services Department of the Postal Service in
Fayetteville. Greg Rhiner is acting as officer-in-charge until a new
postmaster is appointed.
Around Town
By Sam Morris
The small snow that came last
Wednesday night was followed by
another small snow Sunday night.
After the rain Sunday afternoon
the roads froze and the light snow
later made driving hazardous.
Schools were closed Monday for
the first time this year. The
temperature didn’t get much above
30 degrees on Monday. The sun
did come out for a short time and
the roads were about clear by
noon.
The forecast is for clear weather
for the remainder of the week and
for the temperature to get up to
about 50 degrees by Thursday.
(See AROUND, page 3)