The N
ews
-Journal
Volume LXXXI Number 35
RAEFORD. NORTH CAROLINA
25 CENTS
Wednesday, December 13, 1989
Share Your Christmas deadline nears; help urgently needed
With less than one week before the official distribution day.
Share Your Christinas organizers say they are in desperate need of
donations—including turkeys, blankets, and fruit.
The group has raised enough money for a toy stocking for each
of the approximately 400 children, but would also like to provide
the other items for each family. Increases in the cost of turkeys,
which averaged $8 each last year, has proved to be one more snag
the group has to resolve by next week.
Women’s Club President Kay Thomas described the group as
“into the panic” as the time draws near with so many additional
contributions needed.
So far, CP&L, Raeford Women’s Club, Raeford Presbyterian
Church, Kiwannis Club, Junior Service League, UCB, St. Andrews
Church, Mildousan Home Extension Club, A1 Simmons Enter
prises, and six individuals have contributed to the project. Hoke’s
1990 allocation from United Way is expected any day, but the rest
is up the Raeford-Hoke residents.
If more contributions aren’t received, organizers will be forced
to choose between blankets or food—a depressing option, they say.
“There’s something special about fresh fruits for Christmas,”
Treasurer Rick Travis said. “Many families asked for fresh fruit
rather than clothing or personal items.” The group’s remaining
balance and anticipated allocation from United Way would barely
cover the cost of the turkeys—at last year’s prices.
About 25 families, fortunately all of which have been adopted
by groups and individuals, were placed in a special category
(See SHA^, page 4)
$4.5 million suit
filed against sheriff
A former Hoke County prisoner has
filed suit against Hoke County Sheriff
Alex Norton, three deputies, and the
Hoke Jail seeking $4.5 million.
Leroy Carthens, now a prisoner at
Central Prison in Raleigh, alleges in the
suit that he was served spoiled food,
causing him to get food poisoning; that
he was improperly denied phone calls;
and that the jail was overcrowded and
infested with “rodents and vermin.”
The suit was filed in U.S. District
Court in Raleigh and requests that the
court appoint Carthens counsel, a Uial
by jury, and damages totaling $4.5 mil
lion.
According to the suit, Carthens was
jailed inHokeCounty fromMay 13 until
October 15, except for a period between
September 15 and October 9 when he
was at Central Prison for medical rea
sons.
In the suit, Carthens claims he was
given a “normal staple” of “beans and
rice” each day at the midday and eve
ning meals, and was served spoiled fruit
cocktail. Spam, smoked sausage, and
bologna on different occasions. Accord
ing to the suit, Carthens suffered a
“swollen stomach, vomiting, headaches
and loss of appetite for several days.”
The suit claims the Hoke jail was
overcrowded by 40 percent, denying
inmates exercise, and was infested with
rats, mice, roaches and flies.
Carthens also claims he was denied a
special diet to “provide necessary nutri
tional requirements.”
The suit calls the conditions at the
jail “repulsive and repugnant to human
dignity, and constituted cruel and un
usual punishment in violation of the
Eight, Fourth and Fourteenth Amend
ments to the U.S. Constitution.”
The suit names Sheriff Elliott (sic)
Norton and three deputies listed as Ll
Bowman (sic), Steve, and Jerry. The
sheriffs name is Alex S. Norton; the
lieutenant referred to is Lt. Bowen.
Norton and County Attorney Dun
can McFadyen declined comment on
the suit
According to the Hoke Office of the
Clerk of Court, Carthens was jailed in
Hoke County for a conviction of second
degree kidnapping and common law
robbery.
At dawn on Sunday morning, the sun revealed ice-laden trees as pictured here adjacent to the Hoke Library. The ice came as a surprise to many.
Early ice storm hits;
is pretty, but deadly
The temperature dipped just a little more than expected by the National
Weather Service Friday night, leaving Hoke County coated with ice Saturday
and Saturday night Much of rural Hoke was left without power and all areas
of the county, including Raeford encountered downed trees, limbs and power
lines. While the storm left the area a virtual “winter wonderland,” it also
proved dangerous, resulting in a number of accidents.
A Hoke County man was killed in Fayetteville, and a Pembroke woman
died on ice-covered roads, both accidents occurring Saturday morning.
Mawyer M. Calloway, 55, of Highway 211 West was killed on his way to
work at US Air in Fayetteville at 5:05 a.m. Saturday. According to the
Highway Patrol, Calloway’s 1986 Chevrolet pickup went out of control on
Camden Rd. approximately one and one-half miles south of Fayetteville. The
Utick ran off the left side of the road, Uaveled back to the roadway, ran off the
left side again, and overturned, hitting a sign and planter box. He was pro
nounced dead at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center.
Patty Locklear Brayboy died after an accident Saturday morning on
Highway 211 West approximately a mile west of Raeford. According to the
Highway Patrol, a 1978 Ford pickup driven by Arlen Franklin Martin of Vass
crossed the center line after hitting a patch of ice, and crashed head-on into in
a 1986 Olds that Brayboy was driving. Martin and two passengers, Nora F.
Martin and William Isaac Martin, along with a passenger in Brayboy’s car,
Hampton Cooper Brayboy, were all seriously injured and taken to Moore
Regional Hospital. The accident occurred at 11:20 a.m.
At press time, more inclement (read frozen) weather was predicted for the
latter part of the week.
School Board okays
middle school plans
The driver of this car died after this accident Saturday morning on
Highway 211 West. Patty Locklear Brayboy was killed and four others
were injured when the car was hit head-on by a pickup that slid on ice.
Hoke County School Board mem
bers approved the design of the two
middle schools; the plans will now go to
Raleigh for approval.
Ken Phelps of Boney Architects, who
presented the design of the eastern and
western buildings to board members,
said school costs did not exceed avail
able funds. However, several “alterna
tive bidding” items—lockers, the pav
ing of parking lots, tennis and basketball
courts, base and wall cabinets, bleach
ers, accoustical paneling and lights—
were not included in cost estimates.
Board member Shirley Gibson ex
pressed concern about possible cost
overruns saying, “if we approve the
design tonight, we could go over and the
board would be faced with coming up
with money for the alternate bid items.”
Phelps acknowledged that there was
not sufficient money to complete all
aspects of the building saying, “We
cannot' build a Cadillac here giving
everybody everything they want.”
Board members will ultimately have
to make choices such as paving some
areas—parking lots, basketball or tennis
courts, or building a vocational lab, or
providing lights for the parking area
(inside/outside lights are not included),
or installing lockers. But it is doubtful
sufficient money exists to complete all
“alternate bid items.”
Cost estimates include new kitchen
equipment at the middle schools, and
board members decided to leave kitchen
equipment currently used at Upchurch
Middle School in the building after the
move. “With the growth that we have,
we’ll need it (Upchurch) as an instruc
tional facility,” Board Chairman Robert
Wright said.
Phelps also updated members on the
progress being made with the sewer
systems. The only “drawback” with the
school sites, he said, are the “lack of
sanitation facilities adjacent to both of
them.”
He proposed that board members
accept a “force main” at a cost of
$153,0(X)forthc401 bypass site to avoid
“on site clogging.” Soil tests for the
nitrofication system—an on-site sewer
system—fell in the third of four class
types. “It’s not the best, but its possible,”
Phelps said.
Phelps says he hopes to tie the sewer
system for the western site into an apart
ment complex currently under construc
tion in the area.
Public Works Director Mike Mc
Neill assisted in laying out routes for the
(See SCHOOL, page 14)
Around Town
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Local woman trying to open home
for newly-released youthful offenders
The weather over the weekend was
about as bad as anyone could imagine.
The rain that came into the county Fri
day turned to sleet late Saturday after
noon and the roads were covered with
ice by dark. Many people were without
power and telephone service for a couple
of days. Also many were without cable
service for about a day.
It started to thaw Sunday and just
about finished the job on Monday. There
was still a little sleet on the north side of
trees and houses late Monday afternoon.
We didn’t get the main storm and were
very lucky to have as little damage as we
did.
The forecast calls for cold weather
the remainder of the week with highs
being in the low 40s and high 30s. The
lowest will be in the 20s. There is a
chance of more sleet on Friday. Let’s
hope that we get only rain.
* * *
The weather hampered the crowds at
many of the events that were scheduled
in Hoke County last week. The atten
dance at the Kiwanis Club Pancake
Supper was down from previous years.
Of course many tickets were sold in
advance so the proceeds might have
been about the same. The attendance at
the Raeford Presbyterian Church Liv
ing Christmas Tree was very small on
Friday and Saturday nights, but it was
crowded on Sunday night. Some of the
churches in the county had to cancel
services on Sunday. Schools ran on
schedule because the roads were clear
by Monday morning. Let’s hope this is
our ice for the year.
* * *
Raeford and Hoke County lost a citi
zen overthe weekend who will be missed
by many people. This lady was Josephine
Hall, who was Home Demonstration
Agent in Hoke County for many years.
Josephine had a lot to do with the county
getting REA in the 1930s. After her
retirement as Home Agent, she worked
for several years with the senior citizens
of the county.
Of course you have read in this col
umn many items that Jo Hall sent to me
even after her health was failing. My last
committee work with her was when the
county celebrated its 75th Anniversary
in 1986.
Miss Hall was the only woman, so
far, to have received the Raeford Kiwa
nis Club “Man of the Year” award. This
was many years ago and the award is
now called “Citizen of the Year.” Not
(Sec AROUND, page 14)
A Hoke woman plans to open a transitional home for
youths released from Sandhills Youth Center and other youth
detention facilities in the area.
Thelma Mozingo will offer spiritual guidance to iheyouth
in hopes of transforming their lives. With no educacional
background in counseling and minimal experience working
with imprisoned youth, Mozingo is depending on her strong
religious convictions to help the young adults make the
transition to law abiding citizens.
She secs her plans as “bridging the gap” between prison
and normal living.
‘They are young people who have gone wrong. Society
has judged them but you can’t keep them paying again and
again,” she said.
Many of the youths don’t have any place to live once they
are released, and Mozingo hopes to resolve that dilemma
through the transitional home.
She credits God with leading her to the project “The Lord
led me to visit the prisoners and to help them,” she said. On
her fust visit to Sandhills, she says, she saw a “definite need”
and felt the youth were “crying out for help.”
‘These guys are on their way to hell, living in darkness and
outcasts from society.” She remembers thinking, “someone
needs to tell them about the Lord—there is a real spiritual
need here.”
Mozingo said the majority of youth that she works with
have professed a belief in the Lord and want to straighten out
their lives and move away from the drugs and alcohol.
Mozingo, who has volunteered as a spiritual counselor at
Sandhills Youth Center twice a month since May, believes
the Lord will guide her through the project. “I’m turning to
Him to solve all the problems—personal, spiritual and finan
cial.” She is also hoping that the Lord wiU “touch people’s
hearts in the community” and lead them to support the en
deavor.
Mozingo says her concern for the youth has kept the
project moving along. “I tell them I do care and I want to help
you. You don’t have to go back to the same way you were
living before.”
Most of the youth Mozingo has worked with were con
victed on breaking and entering charges. She believes they
engaged in that activity because of a need for mondy and “no
means of getting it.”
Because all youthful offenders at Sandhills and other
facilities are required to get a GED, Mozingo hopes this will
(Sec HOME, page 4)