& Beit Springs Citizen
ONE OF ROBESON COUNTY’S HOMETOWN NEWSPAPERS
Volume 52, No. 40 14 Pages
Red Springs, N. C.
Thursday Morning, April 7, 1949
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County Home Repairs Considered,
Commission Adopts Pension Plan
Courthouse Wings |
May Get 2nd Story
County Employees
To Get Pensions
Welfare, Health,
Education To Go
To County Home
Robeson county commissioners
in regular session Monday voted
to place county employees under
the NC Local Government Em
ployees’ Retirement System, began
investigation of remodeling costs
for the county home with a view
toward using it for the County
Board of Education, Health De
partment, and Welfare Depart
ment, and considered the possi
bility of making the courthouse
enlargement bigger than first
planned.
The retirement system will take
effect July 1 when the new fis
cal year starts. County employees
may subscribe to the plan or not
as they see fit, but must go under
the system when it is inaugurated
if ever included in it. The system
will be admistered by the same
board which operates the teachers
retirement plan in the state and
will operate in the same way;
employee and the county will con
tribute to the fund; cost to the
county will be about $8,000 per
year. The retirement plan provides
for consistent saving,s supple
mented by county conributions
which together provide some;
curity at retirement age.
County Home.
se-
The commissioners employed an
architect, Charles Connelly, of
Charlotte, to draw tentative plans
for remodeling the county home
so that it can be used for needed
office space by county depart
ments. Funds’ for the project will
come from the money which was
derived from sale of a portion of
the county home property. Use of
the building will allow other de
partments additional space in the
courthouse and in the Agriculture
building where they now have
inadequate office. Sorife $50,000
will be needed and that much is
available for the purpose.
The bar association has asked
the county commissioners to add
a floor to the proposed addition
to the county court house and on
Monday met with the commission
ers to argue the merits of the ad
ditional space adjacent to the
court room. The space on
one
wing would house the Recorders
court and the space on the other
would provide- consultation rooms
and a law.-library as well as ad
ditional room for caring for jur
ors of both sexes and all races.
The plans as already approved
by the commissioners call for two
wings north and south of the
courthouse to house the clerk of
the court and the register of
deeds; these wings would have a
basement and one floor at the
level of the present ground floor.
The proposed
at courtroom
connected to
archways.
new
level
the
floor would
and would
courtroom
be
be
by
Attorneys cited
the fact that
judges consider the present fac
ilities among the most inadequate
in the state. They’ said that justice
would be speedier and more cer
tain if the courtroom were less
crowded with people who could
wait their turn at the bar adja
cent to it. The need for jury dor
mitories was particularly stressed
under the present necessity of
having both men and women on
juries, and along with this the
need for additional sanitary facil
ities was brought out. Consultation
rooms, said the lawyers, would
probably result in more cases be
ing settled between parties and
without litigation if some place
were available to bring the parties
together for discussion. The econ
omy of building all space needed
at once was thought to be greater
than building inadequately now
and making other additions in
the future.
A $100,000 bond issue was voted
before the war for the court-
house addition, which was to be
matched by WPA funds. Con
struction was postponed during
the war but the $100,000 is still
available. The two-story addition
falls within this amount; the ad-
add
dition of another story will
about $40,000 to the cost.
Boy Scouts Will
Meet Friday
RED SPRINGS-Troop No.
51
of the Red Springs Boy Scouts
will meet Friday night at 7:30
pm at the Presbyterian Hut. Smith
nirarafrpet. nRwlv elected scout-
Overstreet, newly elected
master, will have charge
meeting assisted by David
assistant scoutmaster.
of the
Ratley,
by the
The troop is sponsored
Veterans of Foreign Wars and the
American Legion.
A special committee composed of
W. P. Dorman, L. E. Baldwin,
Charles Leigh, Sr., Tom Fry, John
Graham, and David Brown, has
been named to assist the scout
master.
M-tr%V e « Hoke Robbery Viclim
High By 12 Io 8 » * v n
Beaten To Death
PJC Defeats EM113 To 5 Saturday
In Opening Game Of Diamond Season
RED SPRINGS.—The Springers
added their third straight Win of
the baseball season here yesterday
oy defeating Hoke High School 12
to 8.
LUMEERTON—M.
Black-
I Al Grant Elected Red Springs Folk Honor High
Rotary President School Athletes AI Banquet
Dr. Ramsey Will
Conduct Series
Next Week
RED SPRINGS—Dr Harmon B.
Ramsey, pastor of the First Pres
byterian church in Bluefield, West
Virginia, will conduct the Holy
Week services at the Presbyterian
church here beginning at the
morning service on April 10th and
continuing through the 15th.
Starting Monday the services will
be held each evening at 7:45 p.
m.
Dr. Ramsey attended Louisville
Thelblgical Seminary, where he
received the Patterson Fellowship,
at 1*1 later studied at '' Edinburgh,
and Cambridge. He was also mod
erator of the Synod of West Vir
ginia for the year 1947-48.
The congregtions of all churches
throughout the community are
cordially invited to attend these
services.
Motorcades Will
Promote Robins
Opening Game
RED SPRINGS — A motorcade
to promote interest in the open
ing of baseball season of the Red
Robins on April
planned by the
sociation here. The
visit all the nearby
20th, is being
Merchants As-
motorcade will
towns on Wed-
nesday, April 20th, inviting the
folks of Raeford,
iriburg,
broke,
Pauls,
Bridge
league
Maxton,
Fairmont,
Parkton
to see the
games at
Wagram, Laur-
Rowland, Rem-
Lumberton, St.
and Lumber
Tobacco State
Robbins Park
this summer especially the sea
son’s opener between Lumberton
and Red Springs on Wednesday
evening, April 20th.
Bobby Graham was named
chairman of the motorcade com
mittee, and two groups of cars
are being planned to visit these
towns. Banners are being prepar
ed and two sets of public address
equipment have been secured so
that each motorcade will have a
“Voice” over which to make an
nouncements.
A number of special entertain
ment features are being planned
for the opening night crowd, with
a half-hour program to precede
the confab between Mayor Pitt
Allen of Lumberton and Mayor E.
H. Alexander of Red Springs and
the Mayor of the other towns
listed above.
Music for-
provided by
of the Red
high schools
the opener will be
the combined bands
Springs and Raeford
under the direction
of Bandmaster W. O. Melvin.
Midway Church
Seeks Help
LUMBERTON.—Midway Baptist
Church is campaigning for funds
to complete payments on the
church building which was dedi
cated February 5. Funds are be
ing sought from other churches in
the Robeson Baptist Association.
Robert Branch, treasurer of the
church is heading the drive.
Solicitation of funds and forma
tion of the congregation of the
church began early last year and
the building was near enough com
pletion before Christmas so that its
eleven members could begin useing
it. It is located some four miles
from Beulah Church southeast of
Lumberton. Funds needed amount
to $1900 of a total cost of $4000.
High School Day
Held On Campus
MAXTON—Presbyterian Junior
college’s baseball team, known at
the Scotties, successfuly opened
their North Carolina Junior col
lege con-feience season on Satur
day afternoon on the home dia
mond, with a 13-5 victory over
Edwards Military Institute cadets
from Salemburg.
The visitors got 5 runs in the
first two innings. After this Rev.
McIntyre pitched seven and two-
third innings, allowing only one
hit, in a relief role to receive
credit forthe win. PJC bunched
their runs in the sixth, seventh
and eighth innings on three EMI
pitchers to put the game on ice.
Wiley Steed led the Scotties by
hitting with a triple, two doubles
and a single in five plate visits.
HIGH SCHOOL DAY
The annual tradition of High
School Day was observed Satur
day also on the campus with high
school seniors and their instruct-
ors visiting the college
ing the baseball game
per in the college
Quests were conducted
and enjoy-
and a sup-
cafeteria,
around the
campus and the college band di-
reeled
sented
lately
within
by Richard Harrison pre-
a musical program imrned-
before the game. Seniors
a motoring distance of
Maxton were cordially invited to
be present for High School Day.
Services Held For
Mrs. McGuire At
Laurinburg
Funeral services for Mrs.
garet Morgan McGuire, first
Mar
grad-
uate of Flora Macdonald College,
were held Tuesday afternoon at
Tommy Ashford went in as re
lief hurier in the third inning after
the Raeford boys had scored five
times and had the bases loaded
with two out. He fanned the next.
Bitter.
Until the 7th inning the visitors!
led 8 to 7, then the Springers’
went ahead scoring 5 in the 7th
and Sth innings.
men was found dead in his home
on Highway 74, west, yesterday
morning at 7:30 by deputy sheriff
E. D. Rice. Deputy Rice went to
the scene in response to a tele-
phone call
informant.
The man
death in his
from an unidentified
was found beaten -to
home on the highway
Frank McDonald hit
double and a single,
honors. Cole hit 2 for
ford.
Tarborough, Cole (8)
a triple, a
for ’batting
3 for Rae-
and Clark,
for
(3)
the
Raeford and Watson, Ashford
and Beck for Red Springs were
batteries.
Biberslein Hired
just across from the oil mill. That
he had been robbed was evidenced
by money dropped along the get-
away route for several hundred
yards from the back door which
was found open. Two pistols be
longing to Mr. Blackman were
found some distance from the
house, as Well as a double-barrel
shotgun the stock of which was
broken off.
No arrests have been made.
Neighbors recall having heard a
gunshot about 9:30 Tuesday night.
So far as can be determined the
As Architect.
For RS School
REE) SPRINGS-H. V.
Biber-
stein was employed by the Red
Springs School Board to draw
plans for the new buildings of the
white and Negro schools of this -
special charter district.
At a meeting Tuesday night the'
board asked Mr. Biberstein to
submit location plans for the pro
posed buildings, and to proceed
with preliminary floor pios fori
the Negro
have 100
economics
lunchroom,
building which
class rooms,
department
and also to
a
will
home
and a
prepare
suggested plans for the gymnasi
um, lunchroom and vocational
classroom forthe white school,
with recommendations that the
present lockerroom ad storage
room under the high school stage
be remodeled to serve for a voca
tional workshop.
Chairman Hartles T. Johnson
states
these
that the first draughts of
plans are expected to be
ready for the consideration of the
board
at an early date.
Laurinburg. Mrs. McGuire was
the daughter of the late Mark
Morgan, one of the early substan
tial supporters of the college at
Red Springs, and was herself active
in the interest and support of of
the institution.
A leader in the women’s work of
the Presbyterian church she was a
past president of the Fayetteville
Col. Lowry PSC'
Speaker April 12
PEMBROKE — Col. Earl
Presbyterial, and only last year a
scholarship in her honor was giv-
en by this group for
at Flora Macdonald,
recent war she served
of Red Cross activities
student aid
During the
as director
in Scotland
county. Among her other activities
she was: a member of the advisory
board of Flora Macdonald and of
Presbyterian Junior College at
Maxton, vice chairman of the
Democratic executive committee,
and a Sunday School teacher for
many years.
Baseball Fans
RED SPRINGS.—An import
ant meeting of baseball fans
and supporters of the Bed Bob-
ins has been called for tonight
at Legion Hall. Manager Tom
Cope states he wilj have a
special report on the spring
training season, direct from
Moultrie, Ga., from playing
manager, Bed Norris.
Lowry, M, Ci, BSr., M.D'. and
FACS, son of Rev. D. F. Lowry
of Pembroke will be speaker in
the second of the series of lectures
in Citizenship Institute at Pem
broke State college on April 12 at
8 p. m. Col. Lowry will speak on
“The Citizen and- Atomic En
erigy.”
Col. Lowry, formerly chief con
sultant in surgery in the US forces
ni the European theater 1945-46,
is now chief of surgical service
and head of the department of
surgery at Olivar General hospital
in Augusta, Ga. He is also profes
sor of chemical surgery in the
University of Georgia, school of
medicine and is the chairman of
the panel on Surgery and member
of the panel on drugs of the joint
annual services material group.
MAXTON-Leroy B. Martin, Jr.,
announced this week on Tuesday
that he would be a candidate for
the office of Commissioner of the
town of Maxton in the election to
be held Tuesday, May 3.
victom had no relatives in
vicinity.
Presbyterians To
Hear Rev. Williams
MAXTON-
the
Reverend R. Mur-
phy Williams, of Greensboro, field
representaitive of the Presbyterian
, Home for the Aged, will be guest
minister on Sunday, April lOtth, at
the morning service of the First
Presbyterian church held at the
chapel of Presbyterian Junior col
lege.
Service will continue to be held
at Presbyterian Junior college
through Sunday, April 17th, be-
I cause of the remodeling program
underway at the church. Sunday
I school classes also meet at the col ¬
lege, but youth groups and
prayer service are he fl at
church,
‘'King of Kings”
The film. “King of Kings”
the
the
p ro ¬
duced by Cecil B. DeMille and re-
released on new film with sound,
will be shown at Presbyterian
Junior college on Wednesday
night. April 13th, at eight o’clock.
This film is a dramatic story of
the life and death of Christ. The
public is cordially invited. Prayer
services at the Presbyterian and
Methodic churches will be dis-
continped that evening due to the
showing of this film.
BEAUTY SHOP MOVES
RED SPRINGS — The Modern
Beauty Shop has moved into new
quarters en East Fourth Avenue
in the Scottish Bank building.
Mis. Bertha Carlyle, manager
of the shop, states that Miss Vir-
ginia Taite of Elizabeth City
expected to arrive next week
be associated with her in the
eration of the shop.
is
to
op-
ATTEND ALA MEETING
Among those attending the Dis
trict Conferences of the American
Legion Auxiliary in Fayeteville on
Wednesday were: Mrs. R. D. Mc
Millan, Jr., Mrs. Sam Thomas, Mrs.
Grace Adams, Mrs. J. A. Love, and
Mrs. James McKay.
College Dramatic
Production Tuesday
MAXTON — The PJC Dramatic
club will present a serious drama,
entitled, “Outward Bound” by
Sutton Vane on Tuesday evening,
April 12th, ait eight p. m. at the
Laurinburg-Maxton Air Base Sky-
line theater.
BED SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC
BANQUET which was given last Wednesday night
at the Red ’Spring cafeteria in honor of the champion
basketball teams of Red Springs.
The boys team were champions of the Raeford
Invitational Tourney and the girls were Robeson
County Champions of 1949.
The large photo shows the banquet room while
dinner was being served. The inset at the top left
is of Coach Earl Ruth who is head baseball and
basketball coach at Catawba College. The top right
inset is of Marion Richards, director of Physical
Education at Catawba College. The bottom center
piture shows coach Bob Van Hoy receiving a gift
from Eunice Duncan. The gift consisted of a Lord
Elgin wrist watch with a gold plaid band which was
given by members of the boys and girls basketball
teams.—Photos by Bill Norment.
In Red Springs
RED SPRINGS—Al H. Grant,
manager of the Red Springs divi
sion of Robbins Cloth Mills,, was
named president of the Rotary
club here, to suceed Hiram Gran
tham, at the annual election of
officers last Friday evening.
Other officers elected to serve
under Mir Grant are;
Neil P. Clinton, vice president;
G. Robert Graham, secretary; John
Graham, treasurer; Warren B.
Detweiler, sergeant at arms, and
Hartman, D. Baxley, song leader.
The board of directors will in
clude: Mr. Grantham, Mr. Grant,
Mr. Detweiler, Mr. Clinton, John
and Robert Graham, and Carl
Stubbs.
The program for the meetings
included a safety film shown un
der the direction of Chief Whit
man of the Red Springs Police
department. The film dealt with
reckless and drunken driving il
lustrating h°w these driver faults
led to accidents and deaths on the
■highways. The picture was loaned
to the local police department by
the safty division of the State
Highway department.
Maxton, Fairmont
Debate Teams
Win In Prelims
Both Fairmont and Maxton had
winning teams in the triangular
debates held Friday. The query
discussed in this, the 37th annual
State-wide high school debating
contest is: “Resolved that the
United Nations now be revised in
to a Federal World Government.”
This query is the national high
school debate subject for the cur
rent year. Fairmont, Maxton and
Whiteville from the triangle in
which the county teams were en
tered.
In Fairmont
The Maxton affirmative team
composed of John Hunter LaMot
te and Woody Frostick debated
against Whiteville’s negative team
in Fairmont and won by a 3-0 de
cision. They Wjil participate in
the district debates to be held in
Red Spraings at Flora Mcdonald
college on Monday, April 11.
A. L. Patterson, Jr., and Regi
nald McVicker debated on the
negative team against Fairmont’s
in Whiteville on Friday; and lost
their debate 2-1.
Mrs. Ida J. McKinnon has been
coaching, the Maxton , debating
teams.
The Maxton affirmative team
last year made an excellent record
and completed in the finals in
Chapel Hill on a labor question.
The alternate members of the
Maxton debating teams, Miss Ann
McLeod and Miss Katherine Car
ter, served as chairman and time
keeper respectively for the visit-
ing debaters, and helped receivet
at th tea.
Following the debates in Fair
mont the home economics depart
ment entertained out of town
spectators and contestants. Ar
rangements were in charge of
Miss Fleta Harrelscu and guests
were served by Mickie Jernigan,
Alma Rogers, Ann Troy Mitchell,
Faith Fenegan, Treva Pittman,
and Jean Wilkerson.
MAXEON PROGRAM
In Maxton Friday afternoon
the Fairmont negative team de
feated the affirmative team of
Whiteville and after the debates
the Home Economics club under
the dircetion of Miss Betha Watts
entertained at a tea for the visit
ing debaters and coaches, judges,
faculty and interested patrons of
the school. Punch, cookies and
sandwiches were served by mem
bers of the club.
Fairmont’s negative team is
composed of Maxie Turner and
Velma TurbeVille, with Sybil Mor
gan as alternate. The Fairmont
afirmative was represented by
Marie Russell and Joan Britt,
with Billy Hamilton as alternate.
Mrs. Herman Campbell is affirm
ative coach and Mis. Broughton
Jenkins negative.
New Guard Members
RED SPRINGS.-—New men who
• have recently joined Headquarters
Battery 130th AA of the local Na
tional Guard unit are: Hollis L.
Batchelor Rogers G. Collins, Jr.,
Earnest G. Cook, Jr., Charlie Col
lins, Jr., James ' W. Davis, Henry
P. Evers, "Roscoe B. Evers, Shelton
O. Edwards Arthur G. Hutson',
Henry F. Kendall, Wade Lindsay,
Alfred L. Luther, Franklin Mr.
McDonald.
Leslie L. McNeill, Bobby G. Mc
Rae, Dan M. Nobles, Nolan S. Phil
lips, Eugene E. Riddle, Barney E.
Scott, David C. Stroud, William H.
Stutts, John A. Varnum, Franklin
L. Williams, Wade O. Grimsley,
Sanford C. Love, Edward J. Tay
lor, and James R. Williams.
Four Announce
For Office in
May 3 Election
RED SPRINGS—Blowing the
I lid off a political situation that
has but scarcely simmered for the
past several weeks, four candi-
j dates for offices in the town gov
ernment filed at City Hall yester
day.
Hiram Grantham, filed as a
candidate for mayor, to oppose the
incumbent E. Herndon Alexander;
and filing for commissioner were
Bart Lewis, Duncan McGougan
and James Owen.
Of the group Mr. McGougan,
operator- of the Auto Service Cen
ter, is the only candidate who has
held office formerly, having been
a member of the commission sev
eral terms. Mr. Lewis is manager
of the hardware department of
Red Springs Supply company and
Mr. Owen is manager of the Col
onial Frozen Foods plant. Mr.
Grantham was a candidate for
mayor two years ago and polled
a > ice vote in one of the hottest
political contests in the hitory of
Red Springs.
With two candidates for mayor
and eight announced for the six-
place commission, indications are
that things political will be some
what warmed up by elecion time
on May 3rd.
Committees Set
En Cancer Drive
Robeson County’s campaign for
funds to combat cancer will be
staged during the week beginning
• April 18, according to an an
nouncement by committee heads
in the county. The county quota
for the campaign has been set at
$3,000 and chairmen have been
appointed in communities through
out Robeson.
The central organization is made
up of an educational committee
headed by Mrs. D. S. Currie of
Parkton, a fund-raising committee
headed by Mrs. D. A. McCormick
of McDonald, and of .Mrs. W.
Scott Shepherd who acts as co
ordinator of the two divisions.
Mrs. Currie is assisted by the
members of the Women’s Auxil
iary of the Robeson Medical As
sociation. «
The fund raising chairmen ap-
poined in the county are Mrs.
Jack Mitchell in Fairmont, Mrs.
Earl McKellar in Rowland, J. H.
Hood in Pembroke, Neil P. Clin
ton in Red Springs, Mrs. Lacy
Carroll in St. Pauls, Jolin Tudor
in Lumberton, and Mrs. J. B.
Hord in- Maxton. Jim McNeill is
handling radio publicity.
The drive will .be conducted with
the aid of coin boxes and various
community events, but solicita
tion will be relied upon for the
majority of the money.
Mrs. Shepherd and Mrs. Mc
Cormick attended the dinner in
augurating th estate campaign,
which was held in Raleigh last
week.
Miss Alice Kelly is treasurer of
the fund.
Two Men Killed Tues.
In Train-Car Crash
A grade crossing accident claim
ed the lives of two men Tuesday
morning when the car in which
they were riding was struck by
the Elrod-Myrtle Beach train of
the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad.
The train struck the car at the
crossing between Orrum and
Proctorville about eight o’clock;
the driver, D. G. (Buster) Britt,
was killed instantly, and his com
panion, ■'Colon Britt, died about
two hours later in a Lumberton
hospital.
The .car was headed toward
Proctorville and the train struck
the rear portion of it, witnesses
said that the train was traveling
about 30 miles per hour and that
the driver of the car apparently
applied his breaks when almost
across the tracks.
Buster Britt, 20, is survived by
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew
Britt of Orrum, Route 1; his wife,
Mrs. Lee Brigman Britt; two
brothers, one sister, four half-
brothers, and one half-sister.
Surviving Colon Britt, 23, are
his wife, Mrs. Bessie Edwards
Britt; five children; his mother,
Mrs. M. C. Britt of Orrum, Route
1; a brother and a sister.
RED SPRINGS—The first Red
Springs High school athletic ban
quet was held Wednesday night
in the high school cafeteria with
90 guests present including the
members of local baseball, basket-
ball and football teams and their
parents, who were being honored
by the school board fortheir ac
complishments during the past
seasons.
Coach ’Bob Van Hoy acted as
toastmaster for the occasion with
Dr. C. T. Johnson welcoming the
guests and the response by Cap
tain Billy Stutts of the Boys bas
ketball team. Coach Van Hoy
recognized the coaches from sur
rounding communities who were
invited guest, among those were
Coach “Pop” Clements newly elect
ed head coach of Fayetteville high
school., R. R. Doak of Presbyterian
Junior college, Miss Ethel Bate
man, physical education director
of Flora McDonald college, Carol-
King of Laurinburg high school,
Raymond, Peele of Maxton high
school, Coach Einsley of St.Pauls
high school, and Tom Cope of the
local Red Springs Red Robins. Al
so recognized were Harold Wood
and Jim Walser who were team-
mates at Catawba college this past
year. Wood formerly starred for
Red Springs high school in bas
ketball and baseball.
Mr. Van Hoy then introduced
the speakers of the evening Coach
Richards director of physical edu
cation and assistant coach of Ca
tawba college, who congraulated
the teams and Mr. Van Hoy on
the splendid performance of the
players in winning the Raeford
Invitational tournament by the
boys basketball team and the Rob
eson county basketball tournament
by the girls basketball team. He
stated that it was pleasure for the
staff at Catawba college to parti
cipate in a program like the one
being held at that time particul
arly when one of their former
players and student was the coach.
Coach Earl Ruth, head basketball
and baseball coach at Catawba,
then took over and delivered a
very humorous speech concerning
the activities of coaching and
playing of sports.
The closing event of the even
ing was the presentation of a
gold wrist watch to Coach Van
Hoy by Captain Eunice Duncan of
the girls basketball team on be
half of the boys and girls basket-
ball teams, the football and base-
ball teams their managers and
cheerleaders and the school ad
ministration in recognition of the
hard work and splendid job of
coaching during the past year.
Mr Van Hoy acknowledged the
gift and thanked the team mem
bers, student assistants school au
thorities and supporters for the
cooperation given and pledged
every effort toward an even bet
ter athletic program in the fu
ture.
Addition AIRS
Baptist Church
Being Erected
RED SPRINGS—A new pastor’s
study and an addition to the Sun
day School assembly room of the
First Baptist church here are
nearing completion, and installa
tion of a new carpet for the audi-
torfum of the church is to be
made next week.
The addition being constructed
is approximately 12 by 24 feet and
is of similar brick construction as
the older building. It will provide
an entrance vestibule, with the
pastor’s study on the main floor
and the addition to the assembly
room on the ground floor level.
Hartman D. Baxley, chairman,
J. L. Duncan and Lee V. Davis
are the committee in charge of
this construction.
New (Carpet
The new carpet is to be laid
. next week by the floor coverings
department of J. B. Ivey and
Cothpany of Charlotte. This will
be the final step in an improve
ment program being carried out
bv the church over the past year.
Last summer the interior of the
church was completely repainted,
and a pipe organ and set of
chimes were installed. Earlier a
new oil furnace was installed, and
a number of improvements were
made in the Sunday School de
partment.
Baptist To Vote
On New Pastor
RED SPRINGS—There will be a
congregational meeting at the
Red Springs Baptist church on
Sunday. April 10, at the regular
morning service, for consideration
of a pastor. At this time the
Board of Deacons will probably
have a recommendation regarding
a new minister for the church.
All members are urged to be pre
sent.
Power Off
RED SPRINGS—The Carolina
Power and Light Company will
have the power off on Sunday,
April 10, from 6 a. in. to 6:45 a.
m.