Newspapers / The Scottish Chief (Maxton, … / May 5, 1949, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of The Scottish Chief (Maxton, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
— w Hr^ prints Cittern ONE OF ROBESON COUNTY’S HOMETOWN NEWSPAPERS Volume 52, No. 44 16 Pages -=—-“T* Red Springs, N. C. Thursday Morning, May 5, 1949 5c A Cop-i Grantham Tops Alexander In ^Springs Vote same two candidates for mayor. RED SPRINGS — Six hundred I On completion of the mayorality and four voters went to the polls here Tuesday in a’'municipal elec tion which drew the largest total ever cast in a town balloting. Hiram Grantham unseated the in cumbent mayor, E. H. Alexander, by a margin of 25 votes and two count Mayor Alexander congratu lated Mayor-elect Grantham and the battle of personalities was ap. of his running mates cu the six-man board tioners. won seats of commis- parently at end after a endurance contest. Organization of the hew governing body will take this week. Just how the two- town place new Duncan McGoogan. the board for several member of terms vious to his defeat two years made a strong come-back to the ticket with a total of votes. R. D. McMillan, Jr., cumbent, was next in order pre- ago, lead 440 in- with 435. with win 369;’ local with John McManus, incumbent, 390 was third; Leslie Bald- incumbnet, was fourth with Bart Lewis, a newcomer to political affairs, was fifth 349; E. C. Bodenheimer, in- cumbent, was the sixth with 341. Of those not winning seats on the commission, James Owen, with 338, Ben Campen, Jr., incumbent, with 291, and Gus S. Edens, with 245, finished in that order. A. L. Boatwright and Warren McNeill, unopposed for two places on the Red Springs School Board, ware re-elected. Characterized by a drive of per sonal contact and small group work, the campaign was far dif ferent from the bitter battle, fought two years ago between the I board will line up and how it will effect the present compliment of the town employees is yet to he seen. Reece Snyder, town clerk and Floyd Whitham, chief of police,' have had numerous attacks level-; ed at them during the campaign, | and whether their heads are to roll under the new administration depends on how far Mayor Gran tham will be able to carry his cam paign promises to fruition. Mr. Snyder was brought to Red; Springs from High Fo:i.t nearly two years ago under the der administration as a Alexan- trained and widely experienced adminis- The annual spring conceit of the Flora MacDonald College Glee Club (above), will be presented in the college auditorium on Sunday afternoon, May 15, at 4:30. Robert Reuter Dean of Music, will con- Robins Go Atop Weed Loop trator of municipal affairs. He re ¬ placed Preston M. Covington who! had held the post of town clerk, RED SPRINGS. — Bobbing up for several years and was man-I with a 17 to 4 win over the Sanford ' Spinners Tuesday night, plus an ager of the lucrative municipal utilities system for about 20 years. Mr. Covington has recently been in Atlanta preparing for a tele vision engineer post with a Char lotte broadcasting firm, and re cently stated that he was not in- terested in returning to Springs as town clerk. Red HECTOR McLEAN IS LUMBERTON MAYOR 8 to 1 loss by the Wilmington Pi rates to Smithfield-Selma, put the Robins on top of the Tobacco State league standings. The Robins have a 7-2 win rec ord, and the Pirates have won 7 and lost three, a half game ahead of the Lumberton Auctioneers. Dunn, Sanford, Smithfield, Fay etteville and Clinton were strung out in that order. Few teams played more than three games in the past week, with nearly all having five or six rained- out game since the opener, so a long string of doubleheaders are expected to begin next week. City Clerk Re- Appointed; Lindsay talevens Jolls ^Id School Bus Mayor Pro Tern LUMBERTON.—Hector McLean was named mayor of the City of Lumberton yesterday at the initial meeting of the new city counsell- Jewelry Store MAXTON — M. S. Singletary, formerly of Bladen County, recent- ly purchased Castevens Jewelry Store from C. M. Castevens, Jr., School In RS RED SPRINGS — The bus drivers’ school for this will be held on Tuesday, annual district May 10. duct the Glee Club, cordially invited to concert. Sixteen members T'ne public is atte-41 of the Club, accompanied by Dean tiiis Glee Reu- ter, wre guests at the banquet of Cancer Drive In Red Springs Ends the Bankets Association at Carolina Hotel Pinehurst Monday evening of this week. Flora MacDonald girls were the on The tea- tured in a musical program durin; the banquet. Mrs. Carrie Jones Rites Held Monday RED SPRINGS — Mrs. Carrie Carter Jones, age 66, died at her RED SPRINGS^Vith a $400, goal to reach, Red Spri gs ended its Cancer drive on Saturday, April 30, by going over the top on its quota and receiving the sum total of $401.32,. Soliciting was done throughout the community by a committee composed of W. Dorman, E. C. Bodenheimer, C. A. Gardner, and Jasper Culbreth. Mrs, Lacy John, in charge of the drive at Robbins Cloth Mill, re ported donations of $152.60 con tributed by the employees there. Neil P. Clinton, chairman of local dfivrr in expressiny his light ovre the outcome of the de- the like solicitation, states, “I would to thank all who participated in 'making this drive a great success. The fine cooperation an i interest shown by the generous donations for such" a worthy cause will be greatly appreciated.” home in Red Springs Sunday morning after an illness of two years. She was a daughter of the late John C. Carter and Ellender Ingram of Cumberland County. Mrs. Jones is survived by her husband, John H. Jones;' four sons, James Davis, of Red Springs, Tom Jones of Chadbourn, Clar ence Jones and Merlin Jones of Fayetteville; three daughters, Mrs. Irene Redmond of Red Springs, Mrs. Beulah Williams of Spray, Mrs. William Dennings of Virginia Beach, Va.; five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held from the West Side Baptist Church Monday at 4:00 FT M., conducted by the pastor, Rev. Otha Hilliard, assisted by Rev. E. C. Taylor and Rev. ^. C McQueen, form. !- pas- tors. Interment was in the way cemetery. Allo. ors, and Carlton Lindsay elected Mayor Pro Tern. Mrs. Ruth S. Atkinson was nimously re-elected city clerk. was una- and is now in the process of open ing for business as Jewelry Store. Singletary’s Harold Kelly of Marion, is work- at the Red. Springs High School and will be opened to high school students from the Maxton, Phila- delphus, Parkton. St. Pauls, and Bible Class To Stage Program MAXTON — Students of Mrs. MAXTON—Mrs. Maizelle lianr chaiiman of the local Fairmont Fat Stock Show To Be Friday IMPRESSIONS OF WASHINGTON Spinners, Cherokees In Game Saturday The Lumberton Spinners and the Cherokee Chapel nine will meet Saturday night on Armory Field in Lumberton. The game called at eight o’clock. The Lumberton team has on the record with three will be three starts, but the visitors for a chance to better their of one win in three tries. an edge wins in look tally Tom Thumb Show Set For May 26 MAXTON — The Tom Thumb Wedding, which was recently post poned, will be presented by the Junior Woman's Club and Kinder garten, on Thursday evening, May 26th, at eight o’clock at the high school auditorium. The wedding is under the direc tion of Mrs. J. B. Hord and ap proximately 40 local tots are par ticipating in the cast, which re mains unchanged. Rehearsals will begin about one weke prior to the date of the wedding. Tickets al ready purchased will still be ac ceptable and more tickets will be sold by pupils of the local schools. Mrs. J. G. Gainey is serving as ticket chairman. Mrs. J. P. Stan- sel will be the accompanist for the tiny tot wedding. Operetta AI Philadelphia By Ann McArthur and Eunice Duncan At 3:30 the morning of April 18, sixteen members of the senior class of Red Springs High School, chaperoned by Miss Bessie Cov ington and Miss Cornelia Ayers, set out "with kerchiefs, lunch boxes, and suit cases for a much- anticipated trip to Washington. Stopping at St. Pauls, 18 of their seniors and Mrs. Roebuck, their sponsor, joined the sleepy group on the bus and soon we. were well- up the road towards our nation’s capital. We had our first glimpse of the mighty Potomac from Mt. Vernon, the first point of interest on our schedule. From there we proceed ed to the Washington Monument, FAIRMONT.—Fairmont is set for a big day of entertainment Friday when a large crowd is ex pected here for the Second Annual Fairmont Fat Stock Show and Sale. M. S. Huston, chairman of the show committee, reports that much interest is being shown among contestants and their friends; and that he expects a record throng here for the event. The program is being sponsored jointly by the Fairmont Chamber of Commerce and Rotary and Civitan clubs. In addition to the show and sale, there will be a parade featuring school band with new uniforms. A pit barbecue gigantic street the Fairmont the twirlers in dinner will be Wil- Can- cer Drive sponsored by the Public Welfare Department of the Max- mar gravies of the Philadelphus school are presenting an operetta, Cinderella in Ft wA Land, on Thursday, May 12, in the school auditorium. The following children will take part: Arita Tyner, Louise Pre- vatte, Jo Anne Knudson, Marjorie Humphrey, Harry Davis, Jr.. De laine Humphrey, Kathleen Davis, Stanley Tyner, Billy Wright, Edna the Jefferson Memorial, and Arlington Cemetery, where were very much impressed by guard at the Tomb of the known Soldier. After supper the 1 we the at the Arlington Hotel, a large num ber of the party went to the city to a movie. The next two days kept us on the go. Our sight-seeing included the Smithsonian Institute end all the buildings around it, tne Na tional Gallery of Art, the Capitol, the Supreme Cbur-t and F. B. I. served at noon by the Fairmont Grange and sandwiches and cakes will be on sale during the day by members of the Marietta Home Demonstration club. The program will be topped off with a Minstrel show to be pre sented at the school auditorium at 8 p. m. by the Fairmont Civitan club. SWINE Seventy fat hogs will lie exhi bited by forty-three 4-H Club mem- buildings, the Folger Shakesper- ian Library, Lincoln Memorial and Museum the White House, Dee’s bers in the Stock Show. They been fed out from weaned during the past four or months as regular 4-H Club have Pigs five pro ¬ !jects. Fifty-six dollars in prize money is offered for the three best home,” the Washington Cathedral, I individual hog and pen of three the Franciscan Monastery, and the I entries. Hogs entered will range Zoo. Nights we went into Wash-' in weight from „160 pounds to 300 ington prize rrd went to the movies pounds and will be divided into lightweight and heavy-weight class or other places, Thursday morning was free for shopping, and we left for home about 1 P. M. that afternoon. We arrived in Red Springs late th^ night, tired but happy. Our trip was a great success, surpassing a our hopes. We , learned a rot about our American heritage as well as having a wonderful time be! g there together. We le-om- mend this’ trip to all fll ure seniors, , - , es. Champion and Reserve Cham pion ribbons will be presented to the winners in each class. The following is a list boys and girls who have their hogs in the show: Allenton Club: Elwood Lloyd West, Bobby West, of the entered West. Ronald ing with Mr. Singletary, who is at present attending the School of Watchmaking in Spencer. Mr. of commissioners and the swear- Kelly is a graduate of the School ing in of the new counsellors by of Horology in Spencer and is an Ed J. Glover. The election of officials followed the final meeting of the old board Red Springs schools. The drivers’ tests and safety . Kittle business was and the counsellors will hold an adjourned session Monday after-| noon. First business of the group will be selection of a city mana ger. experienced watch repairman. The transacted ; shop is now open for watch and jewelry repair and a fine line of jewelry and rings is being stock- In the election held Tuesday H. Marvin Barker led the ticket with ed for future sale. Mrs. Singletary was Miss Elea nor McQueen before her marriage and is now making her home with her father, Chief of Police John 109 votes. Hector McLean tallied' W. McQueen, while■ Mr. S^ngietary Cecil Thompson 105, Carlton, is attending school. undsa e y c w a°nd P R A Hedgpeth .Singletary and Mr. Kelly are army I veterans of World War 11. Hellekson, Marlin, Phillips, McGirl Elected In Maxton Evans Is Mayor study course on traffic regulations will be conducted by a representa tive of the North Carolina Division of Highway Safety. All schools having prospective bus drivers for the coming school year are urged to send them to this training school for prepara tion. Arch Campbell’s Bible classes at the Maxton public schools, will present a Bible program on Wed nesday evening, May 11th, at eight o’clock at the high school audi torium. ton Junior Woman’s Club, an- 1 Rose Duncan, Linda Parnell, Nor- nounced this week that the drive ma Jean Boyles, Francis Gibson, had been completed and topped the local quota of two hundred dollars with a total of $279.55 turned over to the Robeson Coun ty Chapter of the American Can- I cer Society. MAXTON—335 of the 483 regis tered voters of Maxton went to the polls in Maxton Tuesday to name T. O. Evans, Jr., who was unopposed, as Mayor of the town. R. E. Hellekson, L. B. Martin, Jr., Percy Phillips, and Murphy Mc- Girt were elected commissioners. The first meeting of the new town officers will be held Monday Patrol Head Still Not Named By Gov night, when they will be sworn in. The official tally was as fol- The official LUMBERTON — The appoint ment of “Tony” Tolar as head of the State Highway Patrol, which was announced last week on con firmation by Mr. Tolar, has not yet been made by Governor Scott. Mr. Tolar has been accused of lows: „ , T. O. Evans, Jr., 292; R. E. Hel- lekson, 289; L. B. Martin, Jr., 283; Percy Phillips, 275; Murphy Mc- Girt, 248; Gus Speros, 68; Charles Brewington, 42. Mrs. J. L. Pace, registrar, con ducted the election with the help of E T. Carrowan and W. M. Cur rie. an attempt to “fix” citation in .Scotland a speeding Neck last County Bus Service Begins Saturday Alton Hunt has announced that beginning Saturday he will run a bus twice each Saturday over a route beginning at Stone’s Store on US 301 and running through McDonald, Fairmont, Rowland, Prospect, Pembroke, and Union Chapel to Red Springs; the bus will return to Stones over the same route. The schedule calls for one round trip each Saturday morn ing leaving Stone’s at 7 o’clock, and an afternoon trip beginning at 1 o’clock. Alton Hunt, proprietor of Chero kee Strip service station on the Lumberton-Rowland highway for eight years, has operated two buses for Daystrom Laminates, Inc., for almost 4 years. Prior to that time he carried war workers to Fort Bragg. His equipment con sists of two 28-passenger busses with modern Wayne bodies; one of the buses is new and has been run less than 1900 miles. Buses will Adrian McRae School Bd. Chairman; Committees Hamed For Co. Schools Dale Cleiss, Sophie Arm McColl, Margaret Ann Quick, Betty Jean Powers, Lessie Rae Hanchey, Francis Ann Lewis, Mary Ellen Ellis(. Edna Mae O’Briant, Lora Ann Tyner, Carolyn Taylor. Eliza beth Duncan, Martha Lou Brisscr., J. C. Odom,’ Martin McColl, Don ald McNeill, Irvin McNeill, Dickie Batten, and Kenneth Tyner. Red Springs Student Awarded Scholarship RED SPRINGS — Archibald Tames McNeill, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. McNeill of Red Spring, has been selected by the Navy as one of the 13 candidates from North Carolina for its four-year scholarship program, beginning Isaac M. Jordan Passes In Red Springs RED SPRINGS—Isaac Jor dan age 68, died at the home of his daughter, Mrte, Annie Beck, Red Springs, with whom he had lived for the past eight months. Until his retirement two years ago, Mr. Jordan was a farmer of Con way, S. C. He is survived by one daughter, Mrs Annie Beck of Red Springs, one son, Mack Jordan of Conway, S. C., and one sister, Mrs. Sarah Cooper of Conway. Funeral services were held at Juniper Bay Baptist Church near Conway, at 2:00 o’clock Tuesday afternoon, conducted by the for mer pastor, the Rev. Davis Har rell, and assisted by the Rev. Otho Hilliard, pastor of the West-Side Baptist Church of Red Springs. Interment followed in the church cemetery. Resolution Praises N. A. Townsend, Will Hammonds Brake, W. A. McCormick, Jr. MAXTON—J. D. Medlin, G. P. Henderson, Mrs. M. P. College Gets Gift From Donaldson Fund With the 1949-50 term. ■Arch” was graduated from the high school of Presbyterian Col lege in Maxton last year with the highest scholastic grades in his class, and is this year a member of the freshman class at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, where he is ma joring :»i' engineering. His mater nal grandfather, the late Dr. Alex ander Mack of Decatur, Ga., prac ticed medicine in Red Springs in his Musselwhite, Laverne West, Len nie Ruth West, Eugene West. B. T. Club: Dwight Kinlaw, Billy Byrd, E. G. Inman, Alex Mc Lean, Jr., Dewey Inman, Norwood Powers, Douglas Edge Buddy How ell Mary Powers, Jimmy Wilkins, Naish Powers, Henry Powers. Smith’s Club: Robert Lewis Kin- law, Delton Cain, Asberry Hayes, Rwood Wilkins, Edward Wilkins, Jackie Wilkins, Jimmy Sessoms, Barbara Jean Wilkins, Gordon Baxley. Red Springs Club: Ernest Brun er. Rozier-Saddletree Club: Worth Humphrey, Asburn Baxley. Rowland Club: William T. Pow ell. Orrum Club: Harold Tharp. Parkton Club: Clyde McGoogan. South Robeson: Gene Hill, Mark Collins, Aubry Morgan, Bobby Floyd. Tolarsville: Gerald Graham, George Monroe. Barnesville: John Howard Sott, Steve Leggette. Fairmont Club: Ezra Page, Jr. fall. The police chief of Scotland Neck has been quoted as saying that when stopped Tolar asked him to forget it” as he was “due to be appointed head of the State Highway Patrol.” A companion of Mr. Tolar at the time says that he made so such statement. Springers Defeat Fairmont 1 To 0 RED SPRINGS.—Red Springs Hi defeated Fairmont in a tight pitcher’s duel Tuesday by a 1-0 score. Ertel Edwards, the Spring ers pitcher, tossed great ball in the clutches and struck out 15. Edwards allowed only 4 hits. Ford, who beat Red Springs last Wednesday, giving them the only loss of the season, pitched 2 hit ball but his walk to Beck and his wild throw to Edward’s bunt scor ed Beck with the only run in the bottom of the 9th. By virtue of the win, Red Springs took over undisputed possession of first place in the District IV Class B race. MAXTON—The American Le gion is staging a fish fry cn Fri day evening, May 6th, at the Le gion Hut, with proceeds going for more equipment on the new Le gion playground project. be available for special trips vhree. any- District Legion Meelina May 10 The newly elected RobesOn County Board of Education held its initial meet’ng last Friday and was sworn in by Clerk of Superior Court B. F. McMillan. The board, composed of I. P. Graham, George T. Ashford. W. Scott Shepherd, Grady Townsend and .A. B. McRae, named. Mr .McRae chairman. Mr. McRae was also chairman of the board which has just finished its term of office The Friday meeting was chief ly for organizational purposes, a matter which had to be postponed on April 4 because the legislature had not at that time named the board, but several delegations were heard after the members took their oath of office, and ap pointment of school committees was begun. The regular, session Monday was largely occupied during the morn- Mrs. Rosa Croom Hamer. PHILADELPHUS Mrs. James, John John Brown, W. Pope Humphrey, John Pat Buie, Rowland Townsend, Rooert Williams. PEMBROKE—J. K. Culbreth G. E. PARKTON—Dr. John G. Hughes, H. Hood, Bracy. w. D. S. Currie, James Parnell, W. G. Marley, F. P. Edwards ST. PAULS—Dr. J. F. Nash, Walter Smith, T. J. Allen, Jr., Avery Powers, W. D. McCormick. BARKER TEN - MILE — C. C Hatchell, Vester Musselwhite, Charlie Malone, Rowland Mussel- white, J. Bradley Smith. SMITHS—Sandy Kinlaw, John Kinlaw, J. Gurvin Sessoms. ALLETON—Shelton West, John Ns, ce, Harry Taylor, Clarence Phillips, Rudolph Meares. ORRUM—Okey Stephens, P. A. ing with hearing recommendations by requests and from county schools. ‘ ernoon session the school committees was MAXTON—The annual meeting completed, and the board of the American Legion will be held in Maxton next Tuesday night, May 10, with a supper serv ed by members of the local Ameri can Legion Auxiliary at 7:30 o’clock. The local post, No. 117, will be hosts at the meeting. The nine posts of District 13, in Scotland and Robeson counties, will be represented at this meet ing with Morrison Peterson of Red Springs, district commander, presiding. Division Commander Louis Parker of Elizabethtown, will be one of the special guests. Mr. Parker is being mentioned as a candidate for commander of the North Carolina State Department of the American Legion. Approximately fifty Legion naires are expected to attend this meeting and election Of new dis trict officers will be held at this time. Delegates from the local post will be Commander Percy Phillips, Russell Hellekson and R. F. Morris. delegations In the aft- matter of largely made plans to visit each school under its jurisdiction within the next ten days, as a preparation for plan ning the new construction. re pairs' and remodeling provided in the recently approved $3 million bond issue. The board declined to accept the resignations of John Pat Buie and P. A. McRae from the boards of Philadelphus and Orrum schools, and passed a resolution in commendation of the long and faithful service of N. A. Townsend and Will Hammonds at Barker Ten-Mile and Magnolia. School committees to direct the units under the county board have been named as follows, the com- mittee for Little Zion and for Pembroke and (Negro) schools have not appointed. (Indian) Parkton yet been WHITE ROWLAND—R. L. Campbell, J. C. Ward, Lindsey Norment, R, W. McRae, Walter Lewiss, J. son, Lawrence Freeman. LONG BRANCH — Rice, Eddie Meshaw, Britt. H, John- Durham Johnson BARNESVILLE-E. T. Lewis, H. D. Herring, Wilbur Britt, C. A. Sealey, Edwin O. Johnson. WEST LUMBERTON — E. L. Musselwhite, John H. Britt, Ral eigh Farmer. EAST LUMBERTON — W. J. Coleman C. F. Flowers, C. L. Clewis. INDIAN PEMBROKE HS — Burleigh Lowry, Willoughby, Tracy Samp- son, Marvin Lowry, John Lowry. PEMBROKE GRAMMAR R. Willard Oxendine, Joe F. Oxen dine, Lacy Cummings. DEEP BRANCH — Archie Low ry, Ed. Sampson, Leonard Hunt. HARPERS FERRY—Franklin Dial, Albert Locklear, Clarence Oxendine. HOLLYWOOD—Gilbert Bullard, Haywood Locklear, Hector Lock- leaf. HOPEWELL — John Bunyan Locklear, Mrs. Dora Lowry, Mc- kinley Strickland. PROSPECT — Neil A. Lowry, Continued on Page 4 MAXTON — A gift of $900.00 from the Donaldson Fund has been received by Presbyterian Junior College, in accordance with an action of the Donaldson Fund trustees last year. The money will be used for the operation fund of the college. The Donald son Fund was established from the proceeds realized from the sale of the Donaldson Academy buildings to the Fayetteville City Schools some, years ago. The trustees of the fund are elected by Fayetteville Presbytery. In April, 1832, at a meeting of; Fayetteville Presbytery held in Centre Church, three miles from the present site of Presbyterian Junior College, a committee of education was appointed to receive gifts from the congregations and to advise and assist young men who wished to study for the gos pel ministry. The record is that “At the house of the Rev. John McIntyre, where many of the brethren staid on their return from Presbytery, the subject of a Manual Labor School was' in troduced and apparently met the views of all present.” Shortly afterward Mr. Robert Donaldson of New York agreed to give a lot in Fayetteville for the proposed school. The next; year the school was organized ini the session house of the Presby-1 terian Church in Fayetteville and I chartered by the state legislature.! The school continued many years in Fayetteville and after its close income from the fund was help ful in founding and supporting Presbyterian Junior College. Steals Ford Instead Of Buick MAXTON—Passing up a Buick, a thief took a 1949 parked next to it, last night 1949 Ford both cars had the keys left in them. The theft occurred in front of the M. P. James home on Flor ence Street some time during the hour before 7:30 when the theft was discovered and reported Chief of Police McQueen. to its early years. On completion of their four- year college ROTC training, which will include summer classes, the candidates who were awarded these scholarships will be given * MfUfAV rlr*H Men 1946 Must commissions in the Naval Reserve. | and must serve at least two full.| years full-time active duty. The program is designed to supple ment Annapolis 'Naval Academy in Questionnaire providing officers for the Navy. PJC Christian Assn. Chooses New Officers MAXTON-Student elections for officers of the Student Christian Association resulted in the choice of Boyd Hector Smith, Morgan- to', as president; Sydney Venable Carraway, Farmville, as vice-presi- dent; and Coy Thomas All men between the ages of 19 and 26 who have not filled out a Selective Service (draft board! questionnaire since they last reg istered, must do so at once. This information was released by the Robeson County your Hometown Tuesday. Questionnaires Draft Board to Newspaper on have been mailed to those registered with the board Fields l in ” the 19-26 a & e groups. If any Carthage as secretary-treasurer. These new officers will be inau gurated May 3 and serve for a year. member of this group did not re- Parents, interested persons and others are cordially invited to at tend this annual program which is presented by grammar school and high school students of Bible under Mrs. Arch Campbell. turn the questionnaire or did not receive one. he is required to go to the draft board office in Lum berton and fill one in at once. The Robeson County Draft Board offices are located in the Rowland building in Lumberton. opposite the Freeman Printing Company on West Fifth street. Office hours are from 8:30 to 5:30. The office is closed all day Saturday. Registration For Referendum On $225 Million Bond Issue Opens Sal Registration begins Saturday for the June 4 election to decide wheth er the state will issue $200,000,000 in road bonds and $25,000,000 in school bonds. The regstration will continue each Saturday for three weeks and the election will be on Saturday, June 4. It is not a new registration and only those not on the books register. Big question in the election is the monster road bond which was roads at the same time that new surfacing was addde on the sec ondary system. Governor Scott has said that the secondary system is of utmost importance in the trans portation of school children. The $25,000,000 referendum was approved by the legislature to supplement a like amount appro priated bp it for the use of county school systems in building and re- I pair. The fund is to be distributed a major item in Governor Scott’s t0 counties on the basis of average . 1116 m ° ne y school attendance. would go for farm roads through- I campaign platform. out the state and would be an about face in the state’s policy of Paying for roads out of current funds. It would provide funds for the roads now, and Governor Scott proposes to spend the entire bond issue in four years. Previous road McMullan, According co Harry State Attorney General the cost of the referendum will be borne by the state, although the respon sibility for the cost was not spe cified by the legislature. Estimated cost of the election will be $130,- programs have built up the primary 000.
The Scottish Chief (Maxton, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
May 5, 1949, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75