THE NEWS-JOURNAL Raeford, N.C.
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January 20, 2016
E. Marvin Johnson, president
of the board of directors of
RaefordTurkey Farms and vice
president of Nashjohnson and
Sons Farms, announces plans
for the world’s largest poultry
gathering in Atlanta on January
27-29.
^rs. R.G.Townsend Jr. is one of the volunteer mothers who
helps teachers daily at McLauchlin Elementary School by tutor
ing children in small groups.
companies, the minimum bid was
much more. Burlington offered
to prepay its bill, usually around
$80,000 per year.
The old Burlington School, sold
last fall to Glenn Wood, who sold it
to the Rev. Claudie Dial, is sold yet
again. Dial had planned to use it as a
B Me camp for boys but gave up the
building through default and Wood
sold it to Alex McCormick, a store
owner in the area. The building is
sold for $25,000.
nation. Having done that, he bought
Waterman Steamship Corp and its
subsidiary Pan-Atlantic Steamship
Corp and developed a “sealand
ffeighf ’ operation using containers
that lowered cargo-handling costs
from $5.83 per ton to 14 cents per
ton. Now comes the announcement
that McLean Industries will be merg
ing with R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
‘ ‘Not bad for a country boy who was
one of eight children, bom on a farm
near Maxton,” reads the article.
New officers of the Masonic Lodge 306 are (front, left to right) Joseph E. Dupree, treasurer;
June Rogers Sr., warden; Alfred Long Jr., master; Lester Sessoms Jr., warden; Paul B. Livingston,
secretary; (back row) A. Smith Mclnnis, chaplain; Joe Stanley, senior steward; Harless Wright,
senior deacon; and James Attaway Jr., deacon.
Alfred E. McLean stops byThe
News-Journal office. He was
chief of police in Raeford atone
time. Edgar Hall was sheriff at
the time,and attorney Ed Smith
was mayor.While he was chief,
he says,there was an epidemic
of mad dogs—“everybody had
five or six susceptible hunting
dogs,” he said. McLean carried
a gun and shot infected animals
on sight. He resigned in 1917
and opened a furniture store
in Fayetteville.
A new Volunteer Teachers’ Aid
program at J.W. McLauchhn El
ementary School enlists 28 parents
to help kids who are behind with
an extra hour of tutoring each day.
Endorsed by the Raeford Woman’s
Club, the program got its start with
Mrs. Robert G. Townsend who heard
about the type of program while
she was in college. After four and
one-half months, there are only five
children in the whole school who
can’t read.
25 Years Ago
January 23,1991
The county finance officer seizes
and audits a bank account belong
ing to the Extension Service after
learning the account has money
that should have gone through the
county. It’s the second time in the
fiscal year that Charles Davis seizes
an account set up by a county depart
ment, though criminal wrongdoing
was not found in either case.
47 Years Ago
January 23, 1969
Main Street is about to get a new
store. Cato of Charlotte will open
a dress shop in the Raeford Hotel
Building on March 1. It will occupy
the space now used by a record shop
and the Hotel Barber Shop.
John Roper, pitching star of the
Hoke High Bucks, gets most valu
able player after a rookie season
with Cincinnati’s Plant City, Florida
team. He is 19.
Burlington Industries comes to
the rescue and “will pull the Town
Commissioners of Raeford out of a
pit of despair” by paying $120,000
for an expansion at the town’s sew
age disposal plant. The town had
planned to spend $1 million but,
when bids were received from 22
Nothing Malcolm McLean ac
complishes in the business world
should be any cause for surprise
anymore, says one of his friends.
McLean is brother of Mrs. NeiU L.
McEadyen of Raeford. McLean,
now 55, built McLean Tmcking Co.
into one of the largest carriers in the
Saddam Hussein is in Raeford.
He’s nine years old and is a student
at McLauchlin Elementary School.
His father Manzoor says he’s a little
tired of all the attention because
of the name and says that, when
his child was named, Iraqi Presi
dent Saddam Hussein was one of
America’s friends.
John D. McAllister, second from left, is a junior and member of the Appalachian State University
Band, which took part in an inauguration parade in honor of Gov. Bob Scott. McAllister, of
Raeford, is son of Mr. and Mrs. David McAllister.
From predicting weather to growing gardens, teachers’ projects get grant funding
The Hoke education support
group Partners in Education pre
sented $500 grants to local teach
ers for projects and activities in
their classrooms. The organization
judged applications from teachers
in all Hoke schools and awarded
the following educators and their
projects;
the plants, and harvest the crops.
Over a three-month period, the
garden will be used as a hands-on
teaching tool for the instmction of
science standards related to biomes/
ecosystems of the world.
Susan Hartell, Hawk Eye
Elennentary,Watch the
Garden Grow
Through this project, children
will leam about aspects of caring
for and living off the land, as well
as leam aboutthe greenhouse effect.
The children will plow the land,
research whatplants to grow during
what time period, plant and care for
Donna Jackson, Don Steed
Elementary, Can you hear
the“sound”?
This grant will cover expenses
to take 2nd-5th grade ESL (English
as a Second Language) students on
an Ocean Sound Studies adventure
inCarohnaBeach. This educational
experience will address animal/
plant life, ecosystems and environ
mental awareness, all while giving
these students an experience of a
lifetime!
Marcie Huskey, Upchurch
Elementary, Forecasting
Weather
Students will use various
resources to track and predict
weather. They will leam how
weather instruments are used
to predict weather, how clouds
are associated with weather pat
terns, and use their Chromebooks
for interactive weather lessons,
including virtual labs, custom
ized visual presentations (for
differentiation), and vocabulary
assessment/review questions for
comprehension. Students will
participate in hands-on activities
that allow them to interpret and
predict weather data.
Shelley Wilburn, Hoke
County High, Sow to Grow
Students will create an edible
garden at Hoke High. The garden
will promote healthy lifestyles
and environmental stewardship.
Students will grow organic food for
their own consumption and to do
nate. The project will give students
a platform for making a difference
in the community and insight into
how high school course knowledge
is interconnected and useful in hfe.
Students will research plants ’ nutri
tional value, water harvesting, and
composting. They will grow food
from compost they have produced
in up-cycled containers.
Natalie Vandeventer,
McLauchlin Elementary,
Drama Club
In McLauchlin Elementary’s
Drama Club, students will leam
about different aspects of theatre,
such as costuming, makeup, set
design, blocking, character studies
and speaking. Students will also
work on memorizing lines and
overcoming all the butterflies they
may have in their stomachs. Par
ticipation in the Drama Club will
also assist students as they prepare
for the 4th grade speech and debate
competition. The school hopes
to partner with the high school’s
thespian troupe, as well as attend a
show at a local university. The cul
minating project is a performance
at McLauchlin School’s Art Explo
sion in the spring.
Alvina McBride,West Hoke
Elementary, STEM - Maker-
Space Lab
The MakerSpace STEM Lab is
a creative learning environment that
fosters collaboration, innovation,
investigation and critical thinking.
It is designed to spark the interest
of budding scientists, technolo
gists, engineers or mathematicians
by providing a selection of STEM
activities and educational games for
students. In the MakerSpace Lab,
students will have the opportunity
to rotate through stations where they
will conduct hands-on experiments
and activities while learning about
STEM in a fun and exciting way.
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