fcA THE NEWS-JOI RN \[] Kacford N.(
O ’loi r 23. 1996
Business of the Week
State seeks World War I photos
Photo bv Kristin Oulhin
Albert Willard is getting one of Tooter Dodge’s professional haircuts from the Hotel Barber Shop
Shop retains liistorical atmosphere
By Kristin Guthrie
Staff writer
As Cumberland County contin
ues to grow and expand into Hoke
County, new residents have taken
the opportunity to move into Hoke
County — perhaps as a peaceful
getaway from the busy life of
Fayetteville. As things continue to
change, at least a few things remain
the same ~ like the Hotel Barber
Shop.
A part of the bottom floor of the
Raeford Hotel has always been the
home of a barber shop, said Tooter
Dodge, the present shop owner. She
said she belie\es it has been there
more than 50 years, but she's not
sure becaase she has personally only
been in the area since she bought
the business in April. 1990.
Before Dodge bought the barber
shop, the owner was Stanley
Koonce. Dodge said. “Koonce was
the barber here for about 50 years."
He was in his 8()s w hen he .sold
the business to retire.
“He’s healthy,” said Dodge “it
was just time to retire.
When Koonce sold the business,
he left all the original furniture, so
the atmosphere of the shop is still a
small town barber shop, an atmo
sphere that attracted Dodge to the
shop.
Dodge said she is glad to have
found a business in a small town.
After living in big cities all over the
world. Dodge said she likes the
small town atmosphere.
“Here \ ou know everybody. You
know all about their wives and fam
ily.” said Dodge.
Perhaps Dodge has made some
close friends, something she didn't
have when traveling ail over the
world with her husband, who was
in the military.
Now that her husband is retired.
Dodge said she likes being settled
in a small towm. She said she has
been in the Hotel Barber Shop for
more than six years now and doesn't
plan to go anywhere unless they
tear down the old hotel building II
so. Dodge said she will just pack up
her stuff and move
For now. Dodge is content w nh
giving just haircuts She does cuts
for men, women and children. She
takes walk-ins only, no appoint
ments. The good part about geitinu
a haircut from Dodge is she is Iasi
and good.
“She's a giwid barber 'i ou can't
find many these days." said Albert
Willard, one of her customers.
Other customers agreed with
Willard. Most ot the time, her cus
tomers never has e to w ait but a tew
minutes. They can come in on a
break from work and gel a hancut
in 10 or 15 minutes at most
The next lime yim neediu tii its
Dodge at 108 Central \se orc.ill
her at 875-7876. I lie shop is opi. n
Monday. Tuesday. 'Ihursd.is and
Friday from 8 a m. u> > p m and on
Saturday from Ham to noon She
is closed on Wedtiesd iv
The North Carolina Division of
Archives and History is interested
in interviewing World War I veter
ans as part of an oral history pro
gram that will eventually encom
pass veterans of all 20th-century
conflicts.
Of the more than 86,767Tar Heel
veterans of World War I, it is esti
mated that no more than two-tenths
of 1 percent are still alive.
Those approximately 150 living
World War I veterans are scattered
across the slate. Other than the criti
cal restraint of time — given the
advanced age of these veterans —
the biggest obstacle facing the
project is identifying and locating
the handful of Tar Heel World War
I veterans still living.
In conjunction with the oral his
tory project, the archives is seeking
to copy photographs of World War
I veterans in uniform. Persons hav
ing such photographs may donate
or loan either negatives or print
copies to the Archives.
\rrangements will be made to
have the photograph copied free ot
chaige by professional staff pho
tographers, tor w hich the lender will
be given a complimentary print of
the copied photograph.
If you know ot a pre-1920 vet
eran who you feel is a good oral
inlerv lew candidate, or if vou are in
possession of a photograph of such
a veteran, please contact the project
coordinator, Sion II Harrington. III.
at ('M‘J) ■'Vis 2 or by mail at the
N (' Slate Archives, 109 I Jones
St . Raleigh NC Z'bOl ZHl”
Sprint seeks veterans
■'As a itovernment contractor.
Sprint has alwavs subscribed li>.
Veterans
Notes
Tom Squier
and applied a complete policy of
nondiscrimination in its employ
ment practices,” says employment
manager William L. Ricks. “How
ever, we wish to reiterate this policy
and advise all that we are an ‘Equal
Opportunity Employer’ as required
by Executive Order 11246, Section
503 of the Rehabilitation Act of
1973, the Vielnam-Era Veteran's
Readjustment Assistance Act of
1994 and the Americans with Dis
abilities Act.”
Sprint asks that all qualified ap
plicants reply li their local State
Employment Security Commission
Office or write Sprint at Employ
ment Manager, 14111 Capital Bou
levard, Wake Forest, NC 27587-
59(10
DOD seeks
service members
'I he Department ot Defense
(DOD) IS see king to identify former
service members who r 'eived a
less than tullv honorable adminis
trative discharge from the inactive
reserve
Pursuant to a class ailion law
suit and subsequent agreement, dis
charge upgrades mav now he pro
sided to all former service mem
bers w ho received “general." ‘ un
desirable" or “under hoivorahle con
diiions" discharges, while in the
inactive reserve, after April 19,
1971; and that discharge has not
already been upgraded.
Other than fully honorable ad
ministrative discharges were some
times awarded for civilian miscon
duct which was not service related
or impairing. The class action law
suit was instituted to correct this
situation. The DOD requests indi
viduals affected contact the National
Veterans Legal Services Program
(NVLSP)at P.O. Box 53445, Wash
ington, D.C. 20009.
The NVLSP is a private, non
profit veterans service organization
associated with the attorneys who
brought the class action and anv
correspondence with them is treated
confidential.
Women soldier study
The first fuH-.scale national
health study of women Vietnam
era veterans is now underway and
will continue through 1997.
Under a VA contract, research
ers from Klemm Analysis Ciroui
Inc. will conduct confidential lele
phone interviews asking selected
women veterans about their mill
lary experiences, job history, mcdi
cal and pregnancy hisiorv. and
lifestyle. Those inters iews will i.d.
approximately 40 minutes and wii
help researchers learn more ah-■li
the relationship between niilii.U'
service and reproductive healit
Participation is voluntary and p.c
ticipants will he asked to auihoi'/f
release of some medical recordv'
supplement collected data
For information, call Klemm
toll free number, 1-800-255 ‘'Ttt
and ask to speak w ith the Manact
ot the Women Vietnam era Veif
ans Health Studv
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iWhat’s going on in and near Hoke County.
Graduation Day " ’’''
Several students graduated from the nursing assistant program at Sandhills Community College ThursJ •
Pictured left to right (front) Carolyn Johnson, Shanda Hancock, Ha/el Cobb (middle) Geraldene Freeni.e
Phyllis Murphy Linda Simmons, Belinda Peterkm (back) Sondra Jackson and Jessica Hart Not picture
IS Charles Johnson,
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