4-H CLUB WEEK
OPENS IN RALEIGH
1,500 Girl*, Boy* Expect
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Capital Annual Aflair
RALEIGH, Aug. 17—[IP) -More
than 1,500 boys and girls are ex
pected to flock to Raleigh tomor
row for opening of the 15th annual
4-H club week at N. C. State Col
lege.
Governor Cherry will address
the delegates at their Thursday
morning session, and officers will
be elected Wednesday morning.
Competition will highlight the
Wednesday afternoon activities
with state winners in dairy produc
tion demonstrations, dairy food
demonstrations, 4-H livestock judg
ing, clothing demonstration, and
a dress review will be determined.
A health festival will be held
Thursday night at which the state
king and queen of health will be
crowned. The Thursday program
also calls for tours of Raleigh, the
State campus and the agricultural
experiment station.
Friday night, the delegates will
gather in Riddick stadium to hear
Secretary of War Kenneth Royall
apeak on ‘‘The Food Situation in
Germany.” Following his address,
the traditional candlelighting cere
mony will be held and the newly
elected officers will be installed.
INQUEST SCHEDULED
N DEATH OF TWO
COLUMBUS RESIDENTS
WHITEVILLE, Aug. 17. — Pre
liminary investigation of the two
deaths involving the same train
failed to reveal any evidence oi
foul play, Sheriff H. D. Stanley
said this morning.
The usual check by officers sub
stantiated the belief that Edmund
Anders, Holton Negro, and Henry
W. Pope, Hallsboro white man,
fell asleep on or adjacent to the
railroad tracks and that no foul
play was involved.
County Coroner Hugh Nance will
conduct an inquest at the court
house here Friday evening at 8
o’clock.
Anders was fatally injured when
his head was struck by the pilot
step of the freight train between
Bolton and Wananish.
Two hours later, the body of
Pope was found caught under
neath the train engine, apparently
having been picked up some dis
tance from Hallsboro. Pope was
lieved to have oeen sleeping be
tween the track rails.
CTADBOURN MINISTER
RETURNS FROM MEET
WHITEVILLE, Aug. 17—Rev. J.
W. Lineberger, pastor of the Chad
bourn Methodist charge, has re
turned from Lincoln, Nebraska,
where he attended a conference on
rural churches.
Upon his return, the Rev. Mr.
Lineberger said the conference
was a decided success and that
"results should begin to take con
crete form . . . next year.”
FAMOUS BOXER DIES
NORTH ADAMS, Mass., Aug. 16
—pP)—Glenn Newton Smith, 23,
Philadelphia Middleweight boxer,
died early today at North Adams
hospital of injuries suffered last
night in a bout with Sam Baroudi
of Akron, O.
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NEW PRINCIPAL
WACCAMAW — Martin C.
Freeman, of Jacksonville, has
been elected principal of
Waccamaw high school, suc
ceeding J. T. Denning who is
now serving as county superin
tendent of schools.
REGISTRATION
SOUTHPORT — Saturday
September 27, has been set by
the Brunswick County Board
of Elections as the date for
holding the Special School Tax
election for the Leland school
district.
In setting up the necessary
machinery of this election ar
rangements were made to have
the registration books open
from August 30 through Sep
tember 13. Saturday, Septem
ber 20, has been designated as
challenge day. Mrs. R. C.
Holmes has been named regis
trar for this election and will
have the books in her posses
sion throughout the period.
SILVER STAR
CLINTON — Johnny Mitchell
Farah, boatswain’s mate, sec
ond class, United States Naval
Reserve, recently was award
ed the Silver Star Medal.
VACCINATIONS
WARSAW — The Duplin
County Health Department
wishes to remind parents of
children beginning school this
year to secure from your
Health Department or your
family physician, certificates
of immunization of diptheria
and whooping cough and vac
cination for smallpox for pres
entation to the principal of the
school on opening school day.
VFW COMMANDER
FAIRMONT — Rudolph
Rhodes, manager of the Fair
mont Trading company, was
elected commander of the
VFW Post 8062 at s meeting
Thursday night, July 31. Mr.
Rhodes takes over the position
formerly held by Charles D.
Webster who resigned because
of other pressing duties.
TAX NOTICES
LUMBERTON — Approxi
mately 40,000 1947 tax notices,
largest group sent out in the
history of Robeson county, were
mailed this week to all persons
listing taxes for 1947.
County Tax Collector L. McK.
Parker explained the increase
by the many subdivisions of
land that has taken place dur
ing the past year such as the
Godwin Homes and Mansfield
Mill projects. He said there
had been over 1,500 land trans
fers in Lumberton township
alone.
SCHOOL OPENINGS
KENANSVILLE, — B. F.
Grady and Outlaw’s Bridge
schools will open on August
28th at 8:30 a. m.
Bus routes have been chang
ed very little since last year.
Two additional rooms have
been completed to the main
building; new chairs and tables
added to the lunch room, gas
range and a 75 gallon hot wa
ter tank are being installed,
three new cabinets and suf
ficient shelving are being add
ed. Mrs. Jessie Outlaw will
again manage the lunch room.
New equipment has been add
ed to the Auditorium, office
and Science Laboratory.
NAMED PRINCIPAL
BEAULAVILLE — W. R.
Humphrey, native of Rich
land, has been appointed princi
pal of the Beulaville School. He
will succeed W. R. Teachey
who has been principal there
for a number of years.
Mr. Humphrey is a graduate
of State College. Prior to war
service, he taught for two
years in Beulaville. He saw
service in the Army for the
duration of the war.
OL OPENING
CH _ tPIN — Chinquapin
School will open on Thursday,
August 21st at 9:00 o’clock.
Patrons are urged to have all
pupils present the first day for
propcr placement and classifi
cation.
RESIGNS
ROSEHILL — Fred A. Smith
has resigned as head of the
Rose Hill School to accept the
principalship at Zebulon.
Wm. R. Teachey has resign
ed as principal of the Wacce
maw School in Brunswick Coun
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principal at Rose Hill. This
arrangement will permit Mr.
Teachey to liye on his own
farm and still continue in the
profession.
BOND ELECTION
FAIRMONT — A special
registration for the town’s bond
election is being conducted in
Fairmont, George H. Cole,
town clerk, announced this
week that residents of Fair
mont are urged to register
with Miss Jessie Mitchell.
BAPTIST MEETING
LUMBERTON, — The union
meeting of the Robeson Baptist
association will meet at Single
tary’s Cross Roads church on
Thursday, August 28. Steward
ship and tithing will be the
program theme.
NAMED EDITOR
WARSAW — Eugene S.
Knight, formerly of Warsaw,
has been named editor of The
Patriot Farmer, weekly farm
publication from Greensboro.
Mr. Knight is widely known
throughout North Carolina as
an agricultural writer.
He was formerly with the
editorial department of the
State College Extension Serv
ice.
SPEEDBOAT RACES
WHITE LAKE — The White
Lake Speedboat Regatta As
sociation announced this week
that the fifth annual speedboat
regatta has been scheduled for
Labor Day, September 1, in
stead of the usual Sunday after
Labor Day.
The races were moved for
ward in order to allow several
internationally famous racers
to participate in the regatta.
DRIVERS TEST TODAY
SOUTHPORT — A clinic
or test to determine the quali
fications of new school bus
drivers, for the schools in
Brunswick county, will be held
at the Shallotte school building
on Monday morning, August
18th, according to J. T. Den
ning, superintendent of schools
for the county.
Many of the last year drivers
still have their certificates of
eligibility and will drive this
year. The clinic is to be held
to qualify new drivers, where
ever they are needed, also for
substitute drivers who can take
over at any time when the
regullar driver is unable to
work.
SOAP BOX DERBY
CLINTON — The number of
entrants in the Clinton Soap
Box Derby rose to 24 this week
with the addition of four new
names to the roster, it has
been announced by the Lions
club committee in charge of
arrangements for the August
25 event.
FOX CLUB MEETING
CLINTON — The annual
meeting of the Rock Fish Fox
club will be held at Clear
Run, 13 miles pouth of Clin
ton on Friday, August 22. A
barbecue dinner will be serv
ed and a bench dog show will
be held in the afternoon. C. C.
Vann of Rose Hill is president
of the club, and H. C. Turner
is secretary.
HORSE-SHOE CONTEST
CLINTON — The annual
nual Sampson County Horse
Shoe Pitching Tournament will
be held Tuesday Morning,
August 19, at 10:30 a. m., at
the Clinton high school, it was
announced here today by W.
E. Williamson, manager of the
Sampson FCX Service.
The tournament, which is
being held as a part of the an
nual county meeting and picnic
of the Sampson FCX Service,
is open to any male resident of
the counties which are serviced
by the local FCX Service.
Brooks Named Chief
Of Fair Bluff Police
FAIR BLUFF. Aug. 17—E. L.
Brooks was named chief of police
of Fair Bluff at a recent meeting
of the town council and has enter
ed upon his duties as head of the
department.
Mr. Brooks is a former Fair
Bluff police *hief and is well
known in law enforcement cir
cles.
The new chief placed emphasis
upon observance o# traffic regula
tions in his plans for law enforce
ment.
City Briefs
The weekly meeting of the New
Hanover board of county commis
sioners will be held today. Addi
son Hewlett, board chairman, said
only routine business was on the
agenda.
Objections to constructor 5 of a
wharf and dredging or approxi
mately 8,350 cubic yards of ma
terial from a slip along the north
side of the wharf, in Middle Sound,
on the west side of the Atlantic
Intercoastal Waterway, about one
half mile northwest of Howe Creek
or Barren Inlet Creek, will be re
ceived at the office of Col. John B.
Hughes, Corps of Engineers, Act
ing District Engineer until August
25. Plans showing the proposed
work may be seen at this office, it
was learned.
Ruth Whittemore, child heart
specialist, New Haven, Conn., will
hold a clinic at Babies’ hospital ^n
Wrightsville Sound, August 22, 9 to
11 a. m., on the treatment of blue
babies, officials of the hospital an
nounced.
A watermelon cutting has been
scheduled for the next meeting of
the Wilmington Methodist meeting
Monday night at 7:30 o’clock at
the Carolina Beach Methodist
church. A business meeting will
follow the Devotional.
Mr. and Mrs. John I. Lockfaw
are spending a week’s vacation
with Mr. and Mrs. M. Merrill in
Pocomoke City, Md.
Dr. Algie I. Newland, history
professor at Guilford college at
Greensboro, is representing North
Carolina at the international con
vention of the World Federalist
which opened Saturday at Mont
reaux, Switzerland'. He is one ot
500 delegates representing manj
of the principal countries of the
world. The organization is interest
ed in maintaining global peace
through the United Nations.
STANDARD OIL
HOLDS “PRICE
LINE” POLICY
Gasoline prices in Wilmington
last night had not increased de
spite a hike in some portions ol
the state.
That was revealed by a check
of companies coupled with a state
ment by the division manager ol
the Standard Oil company.
J. Laurens Wright, the division
manager at Charlotte, declared
that “in the past few weeks a
number of oil companies in this
area have increased prices despite
a policy of his company to “hold
the-line" in prices.
Wright said that the situation
has caused some confusion to the
public.
His company, he declared, "be
lieves strongly that further in
creases in the price of crude oil
products under present conditions
are not in the best interest ol
either the oil industry or the pub
lic."
SALVATON ARMY
DRIVE COMMITTEES
NAMED IN COLUMBUS
WHITEVILLE, Aug. 17. — A
central committee to lay plans foi
the annual Salvation Army drive ir
Columbus county was set up here
Friday afternoon.
Charles D. Raper, county farm
agent, was elected drive chair
man following organization of the
committee. The date for the drive
will be set at a later date.
Willard G. Cole, editor of The
News Reporter, was named gen
eral chairman of the committee
which will be officially known as
the Columbus County Service Unit
of the Salvation Army.
C. Bion Sears, cashier of The
First National Bank, was elected
secretary and treasurer.
Other members of the central
committee are Josiah A. Maults
by, J. Herman Leder, H. B. Bar
bee, Joe S. Mann and George Gold.
A representative of the Salva
tion Army will meet with the local
group to plan the drive at an early
date.
GREENSBORO RACES
GREENSBORO, — Stock car
racing, which has swept the Caro
linas by storm, returns to the
Greensboro Fairgrounds next Sun
day when Promoter Bill France
presents the annual Carolinas
Championship—101 laps of speed
and spills.
WINSTON-SALEM IN FINALS
HIGH POINT, Aug. lO-W-Ma
jor Cola of Winston Salem advanc
ed to the finals of the Women’s
softball tournament here today as
the Miller Furniture club of
Greensboro, defending champions,
bowed out.
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rourk family
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Shallotte Homestead Scene
Of Annual Gathering
Of Clan Sunday
(Special To The Star)
SOUTHPORT, Aug. 17. — The
old Rourk home as Shallotte, prob
ably one of the oldest occupied
homes in Brunswick county, saw
the gathering of descendants of the
late Judge Peter Rourk and Mrs
Rourk in a family reunion, last
Sunday afternoon. The home is
now owned and occupied by Mr.
and Mrs. Chandler Rourk, a son
of the Judge.
Present were sons and daughters
of Judge and Mrs. Rourk, togeth
er with their families. These were
Mrs. E. G. Andrews, Portsmouth,
Va. Mrs. Bryan Marlowe, Tabor
City; Peter Irvin Rourk, Wilming
ton and U. L. Rourk , Leland,
and Chandler Rourk of Shallotte.
Wives, husbands and children of
these members of one of the coun
ty’s pioneer families were also
present.
In the early afternoon the gath
ering visited various places in
and near Shallotte, linked with the
Rourk family of old days and in
cluding the Cool Run cemetery,
where Judge and Mrs. Peter Rourk
are buried, along with other an
cestors of the Rourk clan.
A picnic supper, spread undei
the great oaks on the lawn of the
aid Rourk home added the finishing
touches to the day.
Through many generations the
Rourk family was prominently
identified with the manufacture oi
aaval stores at both Shallotte and
Supply. In general merchandis
ing, farming and water commerce,
rhey built and operated turpentine
stills at both Shallottee and Sup
cly. Branches of the original Rourk
families are now widely scatter
ed. but most of the descendants of
Judge and Mrs. Peter Rourk still
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EVANSTON, 111., Aug. 17.—(U.B—
What’s the matter with teacher?
Prof. Paul A. Witty, director of
Northwestern university’s psycho
educational clinic, said today he
had put the question to several
thousand grade school pupils, anc
their written replies mentioned
the following undesirable traits:
in-tempered, intolerance, unfair
ness favoritism, lack of interest
in the individual pupU, unreason
able demands, gloominess, un
friendliness, sarcasm, inconsis
tency, instability, impatience, in
flexibility, talking excessively,
talking down to the child, being
overbearing, conciet, and lack of
humor.
Professor Witty said some of the
pupils used rather general terms,
including “old grouch.” “crab.”
and “sourpuss.”
A mentor who “doesn’t take
everything too seriously,”' oi
“doesn’t think school is all work
and no fun,” would win an A in
deportment without doubt, if stu
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In his analysis of the survey,
the psychologist said that ‘‘the
mental health of the teacher is
an important consideration.”
One of the most important keys
to getting along with children in
the classroom, he added, is the
ability to discard “infantile reac
tions and emotional compulsions.'’
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