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ONE OF ROBESON COUNTY’S HOMETOWN NEWSPAPERS
Volume 52, No. 43 16 Pages
Red Springs, N. C. Thursday Morning, April 28, 1949
5c A Copy
Town Election Tuesday Centers
Red Springs Citizens’ Interest
Woman'] Gub Federation Convention Municipal League To Demand
Attended By Maxton Junior Women
Seminary Man
Heard By Students
RED SPRINGS — Election Day
vies with the annual May Day fes
tival of Flora MacDonald College
for interest of the general public
on next Tuesday. The election
will be an all-day feature from
6:30 A. M. until 6:30 P. M., while
the May Day program starts
promptly at 5 P. M.
With contests between two can
didates for mayor, E. H. Alexan
der, incumbent, and Hiram Gran
tham, and nine seeking the six
places on the Board of Commis
sioners, it is expected that there
will be' nearly 100 per cent turn
out of the 560 registrants who
were enrolled during the new reg
istration during the past month.
'There is also a chance for a few
additional voters, if they have be
come 21 years of age since the
Joe Grier, N. C. Legion Commander,
To Make Dinner Address Tonight'
Joe Grier, commander of the
North Carolina Department _.f the
American Legion will be the prin
cipal speaker at the ladies night
dinner to be held at the Lumberton
Armory tonight at 7:30.
Grier, one of the most able
young attorneys of Charlotte, is a
1937 graduate of the University
of North Carolina. A former law
clerk to Senior Circuit Judge John
J. Parker of the Fourth Circuit
Court of Appeals, Grier served
four years in the Army during
War
II.
books closed on
23rd. These can
on election day.
Saturday April
register and vote
according to Ben
F. Stanton, registrar. Election
judges will be Knox
and W. B. Robeson.
Candidates for the
are: R. D. McMillan,
Harrington
commission
Jr., E. C.
Podenheimer, John McManus, Ben
Campen. Leslie Baldwin, incum
bents, Warren C’. McNeill and
Acree Boatwright, are the only
candidates.
Wiliam B. McLean, member of
the present board, did not offer for
re-election. Explaining his action,
Mr. McLean states that he did not
feel that he could devote the time
required to render the services de-
mandd by th office. “The present
He
was decorated with the
Bronze Star medal for heroic ac
tion in the Luzon invasion. Over
seas 30 months, he also served in
the Solomons campaigns and es
tablished AA defenses at Clark
Field in the Philippine.
. Grier, a deaccn in the First
Presbyterian Church of Charlotte,
has long been vigorously active in
civic and Legion affairs, serving
as department delegate to the 1947
national convention, commander
of the Independence Post of Char
lotte, chairman of the department
Charlotte veterans.
MAXTON—Rev. Fred Stair, as
sistant to the president of Union
Theological Seminary in Rich
mond, Virginia, was speaker at
the chapel hour at Presbyterian
Junior College cn Wednesday of
last week.
Mr. Stair addressed the student
body and also held private inter
views with students interested in
the ministry. Mr. Stair’s position
at the seminary is enlisting young
people for full tme Christian ser
vice and in this connection, he
visits educational r-stitutons fre
quently.
Scouts Camp Out
At Air Base
MAXTON.
Scout Troop
night hike
— The Maxton Boy-
39 enjoyed an over-
at the Air Base on
last week. The troop
Saturday of last week. The troop
was accompanied by Bob Brooks,
an eagle scout who is a student
at Presbyterian Junior College.
Scouts attending were Mac Da-
' vis, Thomas Caddell, Thomas Car-
The dinner has been planned by rowon, J. P. McKenzie, J. B. Wat-
Commander William E. Timberlal
reburial committee, 1947
Division Commander and
member of the National
Registration committee.
Fourth
is now a
Graves
mandd ny in.mime. rue During his administration as
board has had a number of ^diffi- | comman dre of the Independence I
Post, the unit sponsored construe-!
cult jobs to do, with limited funds,
of Legion Post No. 42 and will be
a dutch affair, Representatives of
other legion posts in the county
have been invited as have mem
bers of the Robeson county Voiture
of the 40 and 8.
Junior Legion baseball will be
the principal subject for discus
sion at the meeting and all posts
are asked to consider the possibil-
and I thTk that Mayor Alexander
and the commissioners I had the I
tion of 50 low-cost homes
. ity of a county team sponsored by
for all posts with games in all towns.
pleasure of serving with have
Tone a very commendable job dur-
’ng the nast two ye^rs, in a very
businesslike way. I appreviate
- he confidence the neonle gave me
in making me a member of this
board and I am grateful to those
who have urged me to be a candi
date again,” Mr. McLean stated.
Katherine Currie Writes Winning Song
MAXTON.—Miss Katherine Cur
rie has been awarded first prize
in a contest sponsored recently by
the Home Demonstration Club for
the composition of a pep song to
be used in Maxton gatherings.
I Working on the Railroad.” Follow
ing is Miss Currie’s pep song:.
“Dear Old Maxton
Howe we love her,
She is our hometown.
We’ll alLiiuve her,
RohiiK Ton kills
In 11 To 9 Fray
RED SPRINGS — The Robins
got their 4th victory in 6 starts
Tuesday night topping the Fayette
ville Scotties 17 to 9 as Managers
Norris and Payne used up a total
of seven hurles a.
► Parnell and Brockman, each got
triples andi Helms, Brockman,
^Doak (2) and Guiliano got dou
bles., during the three h our game.
In the opener last Wednesday
night Wally Ammons pitched the
Robins to a 6 to 2 win over Lum
berton and on Thursday right lack
of hitting in the clutches, cost the
Robins a 5 to 0 game as Bassler
held the Auctioneers to 6 hits. The
first of the Clinton games was
rained out but the Robins took
the Saturday night 13 inning-
game from the Huckleberry Pick
ers, 2 to 1, behind the debut pitch
ing of Harrington who went the
Pupils of high school English class- 1 We’ll .all serve her,
es participated and Miss Currie’s Through hard times,
entry was judged the winner at Frown,
the Home Demonstration Club res, we all want her to prosper,
meeting held last week. I So everybody lend a hand,
smile or
The winning song is entitled
“Dear Old Maxton” and is to be'
And we’ll make for her the name
sung to the tune of “I’ve
„ I of
Been i The best town in the land!’
Early Becomes
Pastor RS Baptist
ed tomorrow (Friday) night at the 1 tbUFCll Sunday
Tot Wedding
Is Postponed
MAXTON. — The Tom Thumb
Wedding which was to be present-
high school by the Junior Woman’s
Club and 'Maxton Kindergarten,
has been postponed until a later
date. Mrs. J. H. Hord announced
this week that it would probably
be in early June and that the defi
nite date would be set soon.
Although Dr. Fred Ford stated
that it would be all right to stage
the Tom Thumb Wedding despite
the illness of little Jane Hasty,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. A.
Hasty, it was decided to postpone
it until later. Jane, a student at
route and allowed but five well- fhe Kindergarten, contracted a
scattered hits. I case of meningisma last week and
I is improving after being a patient
RED SPRINGS—The Rev; Paul
D. Early, Th. D., will become pas-
tor of the First Baptist Church
here .Sunday morning, having ac
cepted a recent call to the church
effective on May 1st.
Mr. Early, a native of Winston-
Salems. comes here this week
from Louisville, Ky., where he has
been studying for his doctorate at
the Southern Baptist Seminary for
the past three years since his dis
charge from the armed services as
a chaplain in which he served for
Sunday afternoon the Robins , JO „„,„„,,„ O „ _ ^
took a 17 to 7 win from Dunn- at Highsmith Hospital in Fayette-
Erwin
cision
and dropped a 5 to
at Dunn Monday.
4 de ¬
ville. A colored child also is re-
i ported to have had the disease but
i is now better.
last Pre-School clinic
to be
The
conducted by the county health the Maxton Kindergarten on the
department will be held in Fair- advice of Dr. Ford. It was closed
mont Tuesday. This clinic will be Ipa/t of last week because the
at the white school and is schedul- director, Mrs. Hord, was attending
ed for 9:30 a. m. la convention.
20 months.
He completed
Winston-Salem,
Hill and was
Wake Forest in
his master of
high school at
attended Mars
graduated from
1941. He received
theology degree
Sessions have been resumed at . r
I from the seminary at Louisville
in 1944, and held pastorates at
Buck Run and Forks Baptist
churches at Elkhorn. Ky., and
later at Hebron Baptist Church of
Madison, Ind.
Sen. H. A. McKinnon
Summarizes Doings
Mrs. Early, is a native of Macon,
Ga., and a graduate of Bessie Tift
and the Baptist Training
College
School
years
schools
S. C.
at Louisville. For several
she has taught in high
in Georgia and Rock Hill,
They have two children,
Of General Assembly
and
Mrs.
Predicts Drop In
State Revenues
mates predict that by 1950-51
reve-
nues will drop from the present
$134,902,000 to $128,419,500.”
by STAFF WRITER
If a Iman made $4,000 a year, and
saved it all, it would take him 250
years to save a million dollars.
And it would take this remark-
Commenting on the appropria
tions made by the General Assem
bly yesterday Senator Henry A.
McKinnon said, “For all these ap
propriations, I voted, and yet I am
criticized for being too conserva-
t i ve.”
able man about 130,000
make and save the
amount appropriated by
la tore.
years to
over.all
the legis-
Mr. McKinnon has figured out
that if the legislature had appro
priated $140 million each year (as
it has just done for the next two
years) since 1943-44, and if reve
nues had been just what they
actually were, that the $40 million
More than 1,800 bills and resolu
tions were introduced and more
than 1,300 were passed. The ma
jority of these bills were local, ap-
Plying
towns.
“In
says
to individual counties or
ROBESON BILLS
comparsion with others,”
Senator McKinnon, -‘the
surplus which existed in
would have been used, the $51
lion appropriated for 1948-49
the $73 million appropriated
1943
mil-
and
for
1949-50 for permanent improve
ments would not have been avail
able, and the state would have a
deficit of $175 million. "And,” he
said, “official and unofficial esti-
Robescfi County delegation intro
duced few local bills. This was
partially due to the fact that in
the past the legislature has given
authority to the Robeson County
Commissioners to fix salaries of
officers and employees and to fix
the number of employees and oth
erwise to do acts which in many
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MAXTON—Mrs. J. B. Hord,
president of the Junior Woman’s
Club, and Mrs. R. R. Doak, club
secretary, returned last week after
representing the local club as dele
gates at the annual convention of
the North Carolina Federation of
Women's Clubs, which was held
April 19-21 in Goldsboro with the
Goldsboro Woman’s Club as hos
tesses.
Wednesday, April 20th, was ob
served as “Junior Day,, at the
convention with a special luncheon
and business session for members
of Junior clubs throughout the
state. Attending from Maxton
were Mrs. Kenneth Chisholm,
Mrs. J. G. Gainey, Mrs. Jack Mc-
Girt, Mrs. Hugh McCall and Mrs.
Bill Stewart.
Guest speaker at the Junior
luncheon, which was held at the
Hotel Goldsboro, was Mrs. Rich
ard Horan, Junior extension secre
tary of the General Federation of
son, Clinton West and Glen Crof
ton As soon as they arrived at
their camp site, the troop prepared ■
to hiki to the river to cook sup- 1
per.
They hiked home after cooking
breakfast on Sunday morning,
after an enjoyable outing.
Sponsored by the Mormax ..;lub,
scoutmasters are Jack Castevens,
and Doug Purcell. The troop is
now meeting upstairs in the State
Bank Building, having recently
moved from the Presbyterian
church hut. Plans are underway
for securing a permanent
house.
Southern Bel!
Rates Raised
scout
The largest single increase
ever
Women’s Clubs,
sion Wednesday
The business ses-
afternoon
held at the Woman’s Club,
was
con-
Paul Davis, Jr., age three,
Miriam, -age 18 months.
Early and the children are expect-
ed to arrive in Red Springs later
next week, and the family will be
at home in the Baptist pastorium
on East Fifth Avenue.
WORK COMPLETED
Completion of the new carpet
and the addition to the church is
expected this week which will
complete the present improvement
program which has been in prog
ress during the past two years.
The program included the instal
lation of a new furnace and heat
circulation system, installation of
new pipe organ and chimes, en
largement and repainting of Sun
day school rooms, et 1 addition
which includes a pastor’s study,
entrance vestibule to Sunday
school department and enlarge-
ment of the assembly room,
painting and re-decoraion of
tire
church.
Baseball Clinic
RED
re-
en-
Monday,
May 2, the spring baseball clinic
of various county high schools
will be conducted in the Robbins
Ball Park at 3 o’clock in the aft
ernoon with players, umpires, and
officials participating.
Radios For Sheriff’s
Attend Meeting
Of Presbytery
MAXTON
Representing
Maxton Presbyterian Church
the spring-
Presibytery
Antioch
were Rev.
ducted by Mrs. Leslie Earnhardt
of Charlotte, retiring third vice-
president and director of Junior
clubs. Reports were heard from
the sixteen districts of the Federa
tion with Mrs. Stewart reporting
for Mrs. Sam Cross, vice president
of District 10. Honor certificates
were presented and the local club
was among the many Junior clubs-
receiving this award, based on a
rating of 100 points or more. A
barbecue was enjoyed that after
noon at the Cliffs of Neuse State
Pa k, near Goldsboro. Other high
lights of the convention were the
opening session on Tuesday ever.-
ing
tion
and
day
followed by a brilliant recep-
honoring convention delegates
a play presented on Wednes-
evening by Goldsboro
high
school’s dramatic club.
The convention ended with
a
banquet Thursday evening, with
the installation of newly elected
officers who were Mrs. Ed M. An-
dreson of West Jefferson, state
president; Mrs. Wade Britt of
Marion, third vice president; and
Mrs. Fred Bunch, Jr., of States
ville, coi-responding secretary.
allowed a. firm by the State Utili
ties Commission will have its ef
fect on Robeson County. Two
towns in the county will feel the,
effects of rate increases allowed
the Southern Bell Telephone and
Telegraph Co. The increase
throughuot the state was allowed
because the Utilities Commission
found that it was needed to keep
the firm sound financially.
In Lumberton rates an residence
phones will be $3 for one party
and $2.50 for two parties, while a
the
at
meeting of Fayetteville
held last Tuesday at
Presbyterian Church,
E. L. Stoffel, who was
Tony Tolar Heads
Highway Patrol
elected moderator of the meeting.
Dr. R. D. Croom, Jr., M. P. James,
R. F. Morris and J. B. McCallum,
Jr. Dr. Croom and Mr. James
represented the local church as
delegates from the Session and
Board fo Deacons, respectively
One of the guest speakers at
the meeting was Rev. James Ap
pleby of Richmond, Va., former
Maxton pastor, who addressed the
group on “Visitation Evangelism.”
A sermon by the retiring modera
tor, Rev. W. S. Golden of Carth
age, opened the morning session
which was attended by over three,
hundred persons.
Announcement has been
made that C. R. “Tony” To-
lar has been
Highway Patrol
The appointment
ed by Mr. Tolar
late yesterday.
The post has
made State
Commander,
was confirm-
by telephone
been vacant
Municipal Organiza
tion Ends Year At
Fairmont Meet
Roger Gentry Is
P-TA President
MAXTON.—At the monthly meet
ing of the Parent-Teachers Asso
ciation, held Monday night, the
following officers were elected for
next year’s term: Roger Gentry,
president; Mrs. G. P. Henderson,
vice president; Mrs. G. W. Pulliam,
secretary; and Mrs. M. G. Misen
heimer, treasurer. The newly elect
ed officers will be installed at the
May meeting.
Highlight of the meeting, was
the enjoyable program presented
by the second grade Rhythm Band
under the direction of second grade
teacher, Mrs. E. P. Williams. Attir
ed in attractive new uniforms
which consist of navy blue capes,
{lined with red; white pants and
I red hats with blue chin straps,
the band was led by Carolyn Ann
Mr-s. James Cupton of Charlotte,
is retiring president, and conduct-,
erl?’'us've.' ^ sessions of the conven
tion, which was attended by more
than six hundred club women.
Smith, director. Buck Maynard and
Patricia Holland also participated
in the program by introducing the
band and welcoming the visitors.
The program included the fol-
Mrs. R. W. Jopling
LANCASTER, S. C.—Funeral ser
vices were conducted yesterday
afternoon in Radford, Va., for Mrs.
R. W. Jopling, former Lancaster
woman, who died at her home in
Norfolk, Va., Sunday. Mrs. Jopling
made her home for many years in
Lancaster where her husband, the
late Dr. R. W. Jopling, was pastor
of the Lancaster Presbyterian
lowing selections: “Shoemaker’s
Dance,” “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little
Star,” “Lavender Blue,” “Polish
Dance," “Tulip Time,” V . .
Heaven,” "Tolling Bells,” “Away in
a - Manger,” “Onward Christian
Soldiers,” and “America” as the
finale. Each piece was played
four party line will cost eaca sub- . . .
scriber $2 25 the same as for rural church Surviving is a daughter
1 Dr. Jopling was also a former
phones. Busmess telephones in piistor J Red gprings
Lumberton will cost $5.25 for one
party, $4.50 for two party, and
$3.75 for four party service. Rural
business subscribers
charged $3.00.
Fairmont rates are
lower as municipal
be
somewhat
rates are
based to a large extent on the size
of the exchange. Residence phones
in Fairmont will cost $2.75, $2.25
and $2 for one, two and four-party
service respectively. Rural phones
will be $2. Fairmont business
rates will
with rural
$2.75.
The new
be $4.75, $4 and $3.50,
business outlets costing
rates will go into effect
May 1. Other towns in the county
are served by Carolina Telephone
and Telegraph and there will be
no rate change at present.
Election Monday
In E. Lumberton
byterian church.
Paul Oliver On
Stale School Bd
Governor Scott last week
ap-
pointed Paul S. Oliver of Marietta
to succeed H. E. Stacy of Lumber-
tai on the N. C. “State Board of
Education. Mr. Oliver was one
of four appointees announced last
Friday; he will serve for eight
years.
Mr. Oliver is master of Pomona
and
and is
county.
College
Marietta-Oakdale Granges
a leading farmer of the
He is a gradute of State
in Raleigh.
High Band Gives
Program For PTA
RED SPRINGS — The R
e
d
since Commander H. J. Hatch
er stepped down on January
6, Scott’s inauguration day.
Hatcher was a strong Johnson
backer in last year’s cam
paign.
The 39.year-old Tolar has an
interest In a used car business
in Raleigh, but he calls him
self a Robeson County farm
er. He owns a 300-acre farm
at Rennert.
Tolar was a (strong Scott
backer last year and chau fibr
ed the incoming governor
across the state during his
campaign. He played football
while at State College during
the late 20’s.
He was an GPA inspector
during the war.
Churchmen Officers
Take Over Duties
MAXTON — Newly elected
ficers of the men of the
of-
First
Presbyterian Church organization,
which met on Tuesday evening of
LUMBERTON.—'East Lumberton
will elect officials Monday when
it names a mayor and three com
missioners. For the mayors post
there are three candidates and 12
men seek the three commission
spots.
The present mayor, C. C. West,
is not offering for re-election and
his post is sought by Commission
er C. F. Godwin and by Robert
Hinson and Haril Barnes.
Commissioners Lonnie Neely and
Donnie Faircloth are not seeking
re-election. Mr. Godwin is the only
town officer who is offering for!
office, and if he fails in his bid
for mayor the town will have a
completely new government. Even
the clerk, Curtis Humphrey, has
resigned.
Seeking the post of commission
er are Roy Byrd, C. C. Gene, Hor
ace Phillips, O’Neal Babson, Henry
W. Goodwin, Leo Rhodes, Hugh
Price, Pete Mays, James Britt, C.
Guyton, Buddy Coleman Lloyd
Kirby.
Springs Parent Teachers Associa
tion held their April meeting at
the High School last night with
W. O. Melvin, band director of the
Red Springs ’School, in charge of
the program.
At this time the band presented
a concert of well-known marches
and waltzes. Charles Brown play-
ed a saxaphone solo, “Over
Waves” by Rosar.
Refreshments were served
the
the guesst as part of the social
period following the program.
Funeral Services
For J. W. McKenzie
JOINS FOUNDATION
FAIRMONT.-Dr. H. C. Herring,
Fairmont optometrist, has become
an active member of the Americna
Optometric Foundation to help
support research in visual care and
achievement of the visual health
of the nation.
DUNDARRACH —John William
McKenzie, age 66, died at his home
near Dundarrach early Wednes
day morning following an illness
of two years. He is survived by
his wife, the former Mary Jane
Currie of Robeson County and two
daughters, Mrs. Fred P. Johnson
of St. Pauls, and Miss Helen Mc
Kenzie of Lancaster, S. C., and
one sister, Miss Ella McKenzie of
Shannon.
Funeral services will be held at
the Antioch Presbyterian Church
Thursday afternoon at 3:00 o’clock
conducted by the pastor, the Rev.
J. W. Mann. Interment will fol
low in Antioch cemetery.
The Robeson County League of
Municipalities met Monday night
at the Fairmont Hotel as guests
of the Town of Fairmont. The
meeting completed the first year
of the existence of the organiza
tion and at the next meeting new
officers will be elected.
A discussion resulted in a reso
lution making all present members
of the league honorary members
in future years, in a decision to ask
the State Highway Commission to
give municipalities a voice in the
use of highway funds allotted to
them, and in the appointment of
a committee of the mayors in the
league to appear before the county
commissioners and.demand the in
stallation of police radios in cars
of the county sheriff's department.
The matter of the installation
of two-way radios on cars of the
sheriff’s department is an issue
of long standing and has been dis
cussed by the municipal league,
the grand jury, and the county
commissicuers. The last move by
supporters of the idea was a re
quest to legislators to have an act
passed enabling the county com
missioners to install the communi-
last week at the dining room of
Presbyterian Junior College, were
H. J. Preseren, president; W.
Glenn Peele, vice president, and
R. E. Hellekson, secretary-treas
urer.
Presiding at the business ses
sion, which followed a delicious
'dinner served by Mrs. Joe McCal
lum, was J. V. Hendersci-, Ji'., re-
cations equipment.
opinion
the State Attorney General said
that such an act was not neces-
sary as the commissioners already
make such in-
had the power to
stallation.
The catch seems
to be that the
cars used by the sheriff and his
deputies are privately owned and
when the matter was last brought
I up, the sheriff’s department de ¬
clined to put the -radios in. The
commissioners never took action
in the matter. Whether the coun-
ty can force its deputies
stall the equipment is an
wered question. Whether
county should make the
ment in autos it does not
to in-
un'ans-
t h e
t rives :-
own is
another unanswered quesiton.
Radio communication has been
tiring president. The new officers proven by law enforcement offi-
will brgiiy serving immediately. Ai
committtee was appointed to in^ en
vestigate the possibility of build-
cers everywhere; its value is prov-
A suggested -olu''on. made
Beautiful ing a play S round 0n the church
I premises and the men were also
with precision and perfection and
the program was thoroughly en
joyed by the large number of par
ents and friends present. A collec
tion was taken for band equipment
and amounted to more than thirty
dollars.
■ requested to contribute clothing
to be sent to native pastors in
Korea.
Guest speaker, at the dinner,
which was attended by approxi
mately fifty men, was Rev. James
Appleby of Union Theological
Seminary, Richmond, Virginia,
who was introduced by the pastor,
Rev. E. L. 'Stoffel. Mr. Appleby’s
by many, is that a non-elective
county police force be set up with
all equipment owned by the
couty.
Tentative plans for the Second
year of the league, which is the
only one of its kind in
North
To Break Ground
For Baptist Bldg.
Sunday Morning
LUMBERTON -The First Bap
tist Church will have a ground-
breaking service on Sunday morn
ing at the close of- the morning
service at 11:00 o’clock to start
work on the Children’s Building.
Full-scale construction is to
started by the contractors, '
Southeastern Construction Co.,
Monday morning.
The Children’s Building will
erected on a lot to the rear of
be
The
on
be
the
present church which has been
presented to the church by the
children of the late K. M. Biggs.
Mary Elizabeth Price, granddaugh
ter of Mr. Biggs, will present the
spake to Furman K. Biggs, Sr.,
who will then break the ground '
and turn it over to Judge L. R.
Varser, chairman of the, Board of
Deacons of the First Baptist
Church.
Others participating in the cere-1
mony will be LeRoy Townsend,
chairman of the building commit-'
tee, and Ingram Hedgpeth, super-1
intendent of the Sunday school.;
interesting address was on
subject, “The Rising Tide.”
group adjourned to meet
during the summer.
Junior Play At
Philadelphus On
Friday Evening
RED SPRINGS
The
Class of Philadelphia High
will present a three-act
“Rainbow Cottage” at the
on Friday evening, April
the
Carolina, call for inviting towns
in surrounding counties to meet
ings with the hope that they will
organize similar leagues.
Fairmont’s recently re - elected
Mayor Ernest Jones welcomed the
visiting municipal officers. E. H.
The Alexander, mayor of Red Springs
again
Junior
School
play,
school
29, at
eight o’clock. The play has been
in rehearsal for several weeks u’-
der the direction of Mrs. Vardell
Gibson, home room teacher, and
Miss Doris Bain, student teacher
from Flora MacDonald College.
An evening of fun is assured those
who see it.
Audrey Todd will appear as Sal-
ly Sears,
rainbows.
always searching- flor
She will be supported
by Harold Bullock as John Sears, |
_ _C IL lawyer and three-'
one-fourth
fourths architect; Maxine Parnell
as Margot Sears, Sally’s charming
young sister; Mildred Lee as Nell
Newton;
Cori inne
boarder;
Thomas
Frances
Carlyle,
Aubrey
Tucker, a
Burchette as
the summer-
Townsend as
Ann Bruce, as Mrs.
mystery; and
Handy, a
Dr. Charles H. Durham, Minister neighbor with an ear for news.
Emeritus, will offer the prayer. [ Proceeds from the play will be
The church choir will sing and the! used toward financing the
pastor will offer the benediction. | nual Junior-Senior banquet.
an-
presided.
Mr, Alexander summarized the
accomplishments of the league for
the year and pointed out that he
considered its efforts justified if
it had done no more than effect
the redistribution of recorders
courts costs so that the towns now
get an equitable share.
Name Students To
Attend “STATES”
RED
ford,
SPRINGS—Tommy Ash-
Billy Lewis, and
Kathleen Yarborough and
Stevens, all members of the
class of the Red Springs
Misses
Joan
Junior
High
School, were selected Tuesday as
representatives of the local school
to the annual Tar Heel Boys’
State and Girls’ State delegations.
Boys’ State, sponsored by the
American Legion, and Girls' State,
sponsored by the American Le
gion Auxiliary, are programs con
ducted each summer during which
representatives from various state
schools meet to study world, na
tional, state and local government.
Delegates are chosen by school
faculty members according to ap
titude and desire for this special
training.
Boys’ State will convene this
summer on June 12 at the Insti
tute of Government in Chapel Hill
while Girls’ State will be held at
Womans College in Greensboro on
July 24.
Fairmont Prepared
For Fat
overflow the town
Friady, May 6,
nual Fairmont
and Sale in the
of the event.
crowd that will
is expected here
for the second an-
Fat Stock Show
opinion of sponsors
Members of the Fairmont Civi
tan and Rotary clubs and the
Chamber of Commerce reported
this week that much interest is
being shown in the approaching
show and that an all-day pro
gram is being planned for the
enjoyment of the visitors.
The show and judging will
held at the Planters Warehouse
be
on
Stock Show
Center street.
There will be a street parade at
noon, featuring the Fairmont school
band, followed by a pit barbecue
dinner, served by the Fairmont
Grange.
The day’s program will be cli
maxed by the Civitan Minstrel to
be staged at the high school aud
itorium at 8 o’clock. Sponsors of
the minstrel recall that last year's
performance filled the auditorium
to overflowing and they are con-
| entered in the show, reported Show
Chairman M. S. Huston,
following 4-H and FFA
participating:
Marrietta: Patsy Page
with the
members
and Jim-
my Oliver.
Fairmont:' Henry Floyd and
Ralph Floyd.
Rowland: John Pleasants, Gilbert
Singletary and Peggy Singletary.
Lumberton Rt. 1: Henry Powers,
Norwood Powers, John Ray Wil-
kins, Horace Roberts, Frank
Pow-
fident that this year's minstrel will ers and Dixon Powers.
draw equally as large a crowd.
Lumberton Rt. 5: Herbert
A total of 24 calves are being: Lloyd West, Herman West
1 Stacy West.
West,
and