PAOL FOUR
THE SANDSPUR
NOVEMBER, 1951
The Old Scotch
his first day out and was unable
' to play against EMI. Memoers oi’
tiie team want to thank joe -or
' ''iving it that “ole cOili^= . j.'
i(s Cf News
in
T"!c; i'ifeats ia a row almoit
broke ’iv:! spirit around old P-J'C. j
After the Chov/an game in tv/o ^
succe^si'-e practices only ten men j
shc.wel up for pract'.ce. |
Coach Doak, -.vho had done a
fine job 3 lI year in trying t-o di
rect what few players we had, was
ready '-.o ;all it quits seeing the
boys let '.he team down.
On Thursday evening, one week
before the last gams the players
wsr.t in i body to the coaches
•fiouse and. asked him not ,to call
off 'ha ga;ne. They promised to
get several new nven out for the
team. Co:.€h obliged and thfe next
,'^yy at practice he had several
ju r players.
'i' .?se men, McKoy, Vann, El-
lerbe. Comer, Johnson, Gore, Bur
leson, 3rid Arnold came out for
the first time this year. Corch had
two c'craplete teams to work with.
Cr>?ch :',>mmended the new fe!-
]ow>.i coming out for just one
week and then to act as dummies
for the team.
The team worked hard all week
.T O S'turday they were in fire
.MMiit. This spirit was unleased on
Fll'/f.': ar.d in eight minutes PJiCTs
rtviiig Scotchmen racked up three
-'Vi'ns and v^'er.t on to win
27-CiS.
Toe Burleson broke his foot
The EMI game took its toll in
inj Lines. During the first quarter
BU.y Myatt, right tackle, had his
no,i3 broken while making a vic
ious tackle. His nose is healing
and he appears to be getting over
the c-riects of it.
Myatt along with X ommy Rober
son, another grid hero, is serving
as manager for .the basketball
team.
'Wade Harrel lost a front tooth
in the game and has spent the
last two weeks explaining to the
curious people about how it hap
pened and how he is going to
have Santa Claus , bring him his
front tooth for Christmas.
Teacher Attends
Freuch Meeting
Jc-hn W. Welker of Presbyterian
f.'..nior College was among 4-0 col-
'..2ge and high school French teach
ers attendin a two-day meeting
If the North Carol'na Chapter,
Amei’ican Association of Teachers
of French held at Duke Univer
sity this week.
Research papers were present
ed by Prof. Walter T. Nam of
Lenior-Rhyne College and Prof.
William N. Felt of the Woman’s
College, Greensboro. A French
dialogue play, “The Painter^Lov-
er” was presented before the
delegates by the 'Duke University
French iDepartment.
Romantic New Seashore Ifighway
in Florida Follows Easl^Coast
FERNANDINA, FLA.—Motorists
driving to Florida this summer,
at any time, especially if their
destination is a point on Florida s
!cast coast, will welcome enthusi
astically the newly completed sea-
shore route “The Buccaneer
Nftw itaiiiffnatCiCL Fla. AJ A .
ihc smooth ribbon of pavement
actually edpres the Atlantic Ocean
liown Florida’s east coast from
••Vrnandina, via historic St. Au
gustine, all the way to Daytona
lioach. The Buccaneer Trail by-
oasses entirely the conprested
•;»!*ffic of Jacksonville and also
wables the vacationist to miss
the truck and commercial traffic
«f main federal number routes.
! On “The Buccaneer Trail," one’s
far Klides through a heretofore
tittle traveled section of northeast
Florida’.s coast, a region rich in
history, legend, romance and pic
turesque Iwauty. This section has
known, under eigKt flags, eras of
Kwa.«ihbuckling piracy, lucrative
contraband slave trading, dan
gerous filibustering and blockade
funning. Here lusty buccaneers
bought over and buried millions
m stolen treasure, most of which
still remains to be uncovered.
“The Buccaneer Trail,” official-
»y''~ completed only about six
i^ionths ago. has been little pub-
Ikttzed so far and is shown on
few nationally circulated highway
.maps, other than the 1951 map
folder of the Ocean Hiway, with
which the new route is affiliated.
‘Southbound motorists using US 1
or US 301 leave these routes at
Callahan, Fla., and those motor
ists following US 17 leave that
route at Yulee. Fla., in both cases
turning east on Fla., AlA. The
route Fla. AlA continues yi*
Historic Fernandina, Fernandina
Beach, Fort George, Mayport, the
Jacksonville beaches, Ponte
Verdra, North Beach, Vilano
Beach, St. Augustine. Marineland,
Ormond Beach and Ellinor Village
on to Daytona Beach.
^ Opening of the new seashore
highway was the fulfillment of a
jlream of long standing by Fer-
aandina civic leaders. Although
for nearly twenty years this
route had been projected, de
bated, discussed, and even blue
printed from preliminary surveys,
it was not until December of 1946
that concrete action was taken
ind plans made by a local com
mittee for financing construction
of the needed seventeen and a
half miles of r-'ad and necessary
hridcres for the final connecting
link. The Fernandina Port Au
thority now operates the com
pleted project as a toll facility,
n' lking only a nominal charge of
r> ■ cents for car and occupants at
llie toll bridge from Amelia Is-
Uind to Talbot Island, and a sim-
i; ir charge of 50 cents for car
and occupants’ on the ferries
vvliich run every fifteen minutes
across the St. 'Johns River be-
Iwten Fort George and Mayport.
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DAYTONA BEACH
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Ye olde Sandspur Staff has been '
searching for 'bits of news that [
.T.ight be of interest to the student j
aody. W^ell, we haven’t too much
nev/s, but the following items
.Tiay interest you.
A majority of us heard a song
on the radio dedicated to Tommy
Robertson requested by a Flossie
Mac student. Coullfi it have been
C. The funny thing is that
Tommy didn’t hear it.
We want to know the details
af the new club that has been
formed by Mayers and Lower.
We’ve heard that all the boys are
rying to join it.
K. D. welcomes everyone to
'om.e see his new wall paper.
Since Skeebo, Tommy and
Frank made such a hit at the
HoTTiecoming dance they are look
ing forward with much anticipa
tion to the Junior-Senior dance.
There were nineteeh staff mem
bers and two faculty advisors
present at the Sandspur meeting
the other night. Well,' wonders
never cease.
Bill Sizemore, Johnny Sloan,
Frank Spurrier, Joe Linens and
Chuck Mayers put on quite a
show when the gym caught on
fire. Congratulations firemen!
Overheard from Harold Rowe’s
room: “’Who called me Bruce
Ross?”
Flash! Jimmy McCall and Em
met Morton cleaned up their room
several days ago. You’re slipping
boys.
George Carter; Pop, can I have
I cigarette?
Pop: No, son you are too young.
Why does Pemo go around
singing “'I’m In Love”?
Sizemore: Joe, hand me my
glasses.
Joe: Why?
Sizemore: So I can see how to
go to sleep.
We dedicate this song to Robert
Atkinson, since it is his favorite;
On Top of Old Smoky.
We feel that it is out duty to
warn Cecil Wilkinson that Mr.
Darling’s freshman English class
is about to rise up in unison a-
gainst him. Take cover, Cecil.
1951
BASKETBALL
TEAM
The name, height and hometown
-.f the 1951 'basketball team fol
lows:
Stone, 6-3, Maxton; McKoy,
6, Wilmington; Barber, 5-10,
Clevland; Parker, 6-1, Raeford;
Ellerbe, 6, Fayetteville; Futch,
6-4, Burgaw; Carter, 6-3, Kinston;
Johnson, 5-10, Fayetteville; Stuart,
6, Carthage; Misenheimer, 5-11,
Maxton; Bethune, 6-1, Fayette
ville; Baker, 5-10, Smithfield;
Blue, 6, Carthage; Fields, 6-2,
Carthage; Sizemore, 6-2, Graham.
^ Fernandina,'*’a quaint and
teresting town of approximately
5,000 population was settled ftntk
by the French, who under JeM
Ribaut had landed in May 156S_
on the banks of the J St. JoiiM,
River. Subsequently it was tMidcr
the flags of Spain, England, the^
“Republic of Florida,” ♦ Cener»l,
Sir Gregor MacGregor's “Gree«
Cross of Florida,"- Mexico, -th«
United States and the Confede*>-;;
ate States of America. During tli«,
days of piracy Fernandina was a
rendezvous for such famed pirateS|
as Pierre and Jean ^Lafitte^na,
Louis Aury.^>;i^«a«|l«P%H»»#Pli
A free illustrated ”descnptiw
map folder of “Thcl Buccaiwl
Trail” will be sent by return maill
to all who write the FemandiiWj
Port Authority, Fernandina, Flor-j
ida. If the writer encloses onlyj
one dollar he will receive also,’
carefully rolled in a mailing tubc.j
a beautiful full color, 17x20, ilIus-1
ti-ated copy, on simulated
ment, of Warner Sanford s "Ye
True Chart of Pirate Treasure
Lost or Hidden in the Land «
Waters Florida.” This w
same exciting treasure map
which articles have appeared ire^
cently in nationally _ circulate
magazines' and which is th«
ject of a recently made * col«^
movte travelog feature soon
released. ' ‘ ‘
The serious situation of poor
school spirit might be greatly im
proved if the monitors were lock
ed up every night at 8j30. Arsenic
for the faculty would also be a
great boon.
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Alumni Xssoication
Elects Its Officers
Officers elect^d by the Alumni
Association of Presbyterian Junior
I College at the annual meeting are:
j president, the Reverend Charles
E. Parrish, class of 1940, pastor
Presbyterian Church, Kenly, N. C.;
vice-president, Mr. Claude Con
ner, class of 1948, Cannon Mills,
Kannapolis, N. C.; secretary-
treasurer, the Reverend Denver S.
Blevins, class of 1941, pastor Fair-
view Presbyterian Church, Salem,
N. C. Plans were made to organize
local alumni chapters in centers
over Nirth Carolina.
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In many case.s it is much more
profitable for a farmer to harvest
his o'wn timber rather than let
the buyer come onto the farm to
do the harvesting, say forestry
specialists at State College.
Rizk Department Store
Laurinburg, N. C.
THE STATE BANK
Maxton, N. C.
COMPLIMENTS OF
McGirt’s Plumbing
and Electrical Service
Maxton, N. C.
Everything for Everybody
McNAIR’S
Laurinburg, N. C.
Home of Better Values
Belk Brothers
Laurinburg, N. C.