‘ WtEK ENPjKG JULY 28, 1351 ' , J"]. YOUR SCRIBE ißi B]r mEDRICK tm BUfWI I FAYETTEVILLE -We Late just . returned from a call meeting; of ; the Board of Trustees of the Old j Howard School property. This | was called by the chair- i "man of the board for the purpose ! of hearing from the public as to what disposition should be made of the property. After four days of advertising j only a few persons seem to have ! had enough interest In their chii- j dren to sacrifice a few hours to ; Jet the Board know how they are i thinking. j There is a group thut has circu- > dated a petition allegedly signed by j 'hundreds of persons in the city j "ashing that, the city council per. j m(t the library board to build u j public library on a portion of the j site. j However in order to safe guard the city, it must have " a deed to the property Another group seems to think j that if the property (worth approx- ; imately Sot),000 - fifty thousand i dollars, is deeded to the city, the ! Board will have betrayed the trust i placed In their hands. The piece of property is rich in (history. It. is situated three blocks south of the old Market bouse on Gillespie street. History tells us that isvaap urehasod by a grobp | of Negroes in Payer to v Me and deed- | ed to the school children of Cross I fCreek. Township, to be used for j educational purposes. Perpetually.j IVe know of no other city that the ■ school age children own a piece of J property. After the war between the states j General How ard of the Freedom!) j entered in an agreement with the ! Hoard of Trustees and the Old How. |ard School was built and the only j school for Negroes was held there for a long time. However, after the year of the agrreement had 1 expired the property and building, was turned back to the Board of ' Trustees. Because of no finance the hoard appealed to the then. ; Governor Vance of \o r th far- j olina for ftends to operate. The , governor teas so interested he made o trip to Fayetteville and conferred m'th the Foard. He agreed that if certain condi tions wer» met. by placing, classes '• of higher learning upstair and cie- j mentary classes .down Hairs, ho 1 would recommend to the state leg islature that funds be made avail able for the school. This .was done I and the names, of gome of North ! greatest Negroes .werej listed on the school roll. This school was the fore.runner of the State Normal School which in turn r- —i m ~~~—'—' “ FOR A GOOD S ALE EVERYTIME COM E TO— LAI6BOI k HRLLinS gg H a « • * J. Carlie Adams and Joe W. Stephenson OPERATORS « A. A. AKIN 5, Auctioneer E, H. CLARK» Bookkeeper We will not operate the Planters Warehouse but will combine the , » . * > . ■ Selling time at that warehouse with our time at Langdon and Welions Warehouse* We invite o ur friends to sell with us. Our Aim v V is to satisfy our customers. , became Fayetteville State Teach ' era College. Over thirty years ago a group tried to sell this prop erly for fifteen hundred dollars, j The citizens headed by the late Prof. Edward Evans became so enraged a suit, was instituted to prevent its sale. 'The suit i teas heard at Lumberton, N. C | The judge then ruled that the I deed of trust could not be ' broken. I ! A few months ago a few citizens j started a suit in the local court ! asking that the board be forced to j deed the property to the city for 1 the purpose of building a library. I, The whole issue has caused one I of the greatest upheavals the city i has ever known. j Tempers have risen to the boil ing point. Neighbors have become ! suspicoug of one another, common ; reasoning has been thrown to the | four winds. Still there is no se ' lected site for (he new library. Two I verv good proposals have been off j ered. But no consideration has been : yhrown to the four winds. Still I'there is no selected site for the New library. Two Very good pro. nosals have been offered. But consideration has been given at) present. One was that the Bishop , | Hood Property on Ramsey j j street be purchased- and the ■ library be built there. This ! would be ir, keeping with the | | present one since it was neret | e. j Fuw.ve, Headquarters Battery. 8 ibid Division Artillery cap tured the individual state 1 ine Base pistol artist took second place in the indii'id i uul me.idles and captain Ben C. Curtis, of Tort Bragg el Devine. Cherry Point Afar. | placed third. Th« Bragg team captured .17 medals in the Aslmvilr event. The North Carolina ehamp i ion ships marked the close of a succesful season for the local team. Participating in If mat 1 l elves, the Brag team captured 10 j C matches In the Master Class con.fpetition, 2 matches intbe Ex_ , t. pert Class, and lost 2 matches,! 5 They woo a total of 168 medals | in their 1951 competition. The team holds state champ- | ion ships titles in both the .22 j , calibre anti .7,8 calibre class for , i Georgia and Florida and the .38 i calibre championships for the | State of North Carolina. ’ .Was ter Sergeant Tease ij holds Ihe individual state championship titles for the States of Georgia and Forth Carolina. Another team mem ber. Captain Curds is the Flo rida State Champion. ( agCbtorSi ,as2tn 1 charies dart rar Both Captain Curtis and Sear. geo.nt Vause have been selected as ; members of a team w hich will re present the Department of the Ar my in the National Matches to be r fired y Mrs. Eli- j za Taylor. I The Scripture lesson was read In parts led b> Mrs. Fannie VVoot- ! eu. The lesson was a round table discussion. Mrs. Boons and Mrs. j Bell Bethune led the discussion. | The president, Mrs. Ella Betha j presided over the business session j Member heard reports of various ] eomlttees. Mrs. Bell Bethune, .Mrs.; Bessie Pitts. Miss Dorothy Mc-j Clawin, Miss Bertha and Lillian Detachment 2 Mess Hall j Again Rates As Excellent FORT BRAGG An overall rat-: big of excellent was given De- ' tachment No. 2 Mess Hall as re- i suits of an inspection conducted by' Captain George L. Walker, post food service supervisor on Wed | ntisday July 18. i A breakdown of the various de- ] r.'artments of the activity inspected; | and tha rating received by each; I revealed the following results: ; Condition, excellent; kitchen, ex cellent; storage, excellent and the overall appearance of the outside, excellent. During the inspection Captain Walker was accompanied bv M-Sgt. James Id. Lesley, food service specialist, from the Post Food Service Section Long regarded as one of the i best Mess Halls on the reser i ration the excellent rating 1 was nothing new to personnel of the Oelalehnient. It marked the second such rating the I Mess has received in recent months. Fayetteville Personals By Miss Maude E. Hood FAYETTEVILLE The Beulah! ; Murcliinson is attending summer! i school at the New York Universi ,-v - Mrs. Ruth Nicholson OB' or and Mrs. .Frances Nicholson Borrow* | Practice. Member# of the ISjc-Ji | ; Bragg team- includes Catr- I tain Pen r. curt is and {ser geant First t la#- j'.hnnu Hun [ ter, both of Headquarter# and Headaueirters Detatchment No. 1. 5420 -liST.' Master Sergeants ! Leo (i. Vo use and Herbert Ro- < beets. Jr., both of Headyua r- j ; tern. S2nd Airborne t tie is ion j i irtillery; and Master Ser geant Fee Sprouse. Joint Air. j j borne Troop Board. SELL YOUR FIRST LOAD OF TOBACCO at tBIG FARMERS k WAREHOUSE I No. 1& 2 Fayetteville, N. C. yjjw Ist. SALE OPENING DAY AUG. 2, 1951 0 WNERS AN OPERA TORS P. L. “Buddy” Campbell and R. H. “Bob” Barbour Harvey Chandler, Auctioneer 0 — C. H. Jackson Bookk cpcr THE LARGEST CITY IN THE BORDER BELT The Above Houses Offer The FARMER The Best In COURTEOUS TREATMENT, SERVICE and The HIGHEST Prices Obtainable. BRING US Y our FIRST Load and Be CON VINCED Os The Advantage Os SELLING Tobacco With US TELEPHONE 2704 - „ Towend were welcomed as visi tors. 11 members were present.! At the close of the meeting the j Hostess served delicious refresh ments of cookies, Jello with be cream and Ice tea. I ,Pfc. and Mrs. Joseph Davis, Jr., j ; 309 Hillsboro St. announced the | birth of a son. Joseph Edward, j ! Friday July 13 at Fort Bragg Hos- ] pital No. 2 Mrs. Davis is the form- j cr Miss Ella Mae Autln of this.! ! city. PERSONAL Or. and Mrs. Bobbin Ben nett and Son of Mt. Vernon, i y. J. mere recent week end \ guests of Mrs. Hattie L. Itix i on. While rust in g in Veto York. Mrs. Dixon makes her home with the Bennetts. I ' The continued excellent con-] ] dition of the Mess may be attribu i ted to an efficient and well-trained , 1 staff. In addition, the met) of the 1 unit take special pride and in- 1 terest in the maintenance and. np : keep of the Mess. Key personnel credited with the ; excellent condition of the Mess j Hail include, CWO Ferry Brackens! j mess officer; Sfc. James Carter, Jr., ■ I mess steward; Sfc. Alexander An derson. assistant; Sffts. Jesse- Qd ;om and Richard Mapp, and B i Eugene McClendon first cooks; Cpls. Jesse Conner. George Cooler ; end Pvt. Sandy Hooks, cooks; Cptl. ■ Charlie Grant, storage and Pfc:-. Virgil Lewi,- and Robert Smith, ; dining room orderlies. Captain Floyd ('. Hiller whose soldierly bearing, peerless leader ship ability and gentleman-lake ! qualities have won him the ut most confidence and respect of Bio I men in tho unit, is Detachment i commander. !of Philadelphia. Pa., are visiting ! relatives and friends, | Mrs. Nita Jones is spending . sometime in New York City with her daughter Mrs. Pearl Downs, Mr and Mrs. Edward St'irk land of Fast Orange, N. J. were | recent guest of their 'parents Mr. i and Mrs. Hill. j The frirnds of M>\s. Lucy Lewi* are glad to sec her home. Mrs. Alice Josey of Washington, D. C . is visiting her mother, Mrs. ; Sarah Armstrong. ! Lt and Mrs. Charles Easley left ] for Fort Sam Marcos Texas, where , he is to report to the Army Avia i tion Tactical Course at the Artil- I lery School there i DRIVE SAFELY” Post Swimming Meet Set FORT BRAGG—Post Special Set vices announced last week that, the 1951 Fort Bragg Championship Swimming Meet will bo conducted on August 6,7, and 8 at the Lee Field Houst (swimming pool). Competition wul gel underway at 7 o’clock each night. According to the announcement, entries will be based on a regi mental level, or u consolidation of smaller units not to exceed a total of 3000 men Competition in the. Meet Is open to all male officers and en- Psted personnel stationed at Fort Bragg. A team may enter not more than four contstants In any one event, while an In dividual contestant is limited to three events, including relays. Each team may also enter one relay team in any relay event. Individuals entered in the Meet are requested to bring their own Physical Training School ! FORT BRAGG A four-week I physical training instructor’s ! course designed to release to the ' field a total of 60U well-trained : instructors by titc first of next year has been added to the pro -1 gram at the Army Field Forces (Physical Training school. The an nouncement of the added course was made public by school offic iias last week. Running concurrently with the regular seven-week course, ihr new course began on July 9 . w ith an enrollment of 120 stu dents. 100 of which are enlist ed men and 20 officers. In addition to stressing the Importance of physical fitness to the army the new course is also evident of the imme diate need for trained person nel in this field, school offic ials reported. It further pur po'ps to get men bark to their respective units and onto the field as soon as possible. ! Men attending this course are from all of the six army areas, ; including personnel from ten train ing divisions, fourteen replacement Birthday Breakfast FORT BRAGG -A late mornng •' breakfast honoring Mrs. Gladys ! Gaines on her birthday v. as given ■ by Mrs. Evelyn Phillips on Thurs : day, July i.'i. The affair carried l jti green and white color scheme. (The table was beautifully decorat ■ * ri. centered with a large green ■ : bow! of fruit, surrounded by four matching place mats. ■ The menu consisted of bacon and ' "ggs, waffles, link sausage, grape ’ fruit and coffee and individual '; cakes for tile honorer. i Those present Included Mrs. B ! White. Mrs. Evelyn White and hon | ore