be Seli Springs Citfeen ONE OF ROBESON COUNTY’S HOMETOWN NEWSPAPERS Volume 52, No. 45— 16 Pages Red Springs, N. C. Thursday Morning, May 12, 1949 —»■ -————-^Mj-.-.t : «»»•—^-——«—^»?5^»«“^^^^^^^ J?^^^ 5c A Com 1 “5 , »» , “!S!!!!S!“» Premium Prices Paid At Fat Stock Event New City Board Sworn In By Judge McLean Started By Horton And Mellwaine Reuter Speaker For Music Week 13-Boy Scout Troop Is Formed At Bobbins Mill FAIRMONT.—Farm boys girls of Robeson county sold and 12,- 825 pounds of hogs for an average of $19.52 per hundredweight and 18,310 pounds of cattle at an aver age of $34.85 in the Second annual Fairmont Fat Stock Show and Sale held here Friday. Patsy Page of Marietta walked away with honors in the cattle department by winning the grand champion and reserve champion awards. Morris, Legion Dist. Commander Senior Play Date Thursday, May 19 RED SPRINGS—Hiram Gran- Her grand champion, weighing 950 pounds, was sold for 60 cents a pound to the Fairmont Tobacco Board of Trade and her reserve champion, weighing 785 pounds, was sold to Mayor Ernest G. Jones for 38 cents a pound. Gerald Graham of St. Pauls had the grand champion hog, 245 pounds, which sold at 50 cents to the Lumberton Live stock company, while Dwight Kinlaw of Lumberton Rt. 1 had the reserve champion, 215 pounds, which was sold to the Lumberton Livestock company at 40 cents. Grand champion award for the best pen of three hogs was won by Worth Humphries of Shannon and the hogs sold to Fairmont Stock Yards at 25.5 cents. They weighed a total of 660 pounds. Gerald Graham had the reserve —Photo by Bill Norment RED SPRINGS — “The Divine Flora,” a comedy-drama of the trials and tribulations of the teen- agers. will be presented Thursday evening, May 19. at 8;15 P. M., by the senior class of the Red Spr't gs High School. Miss Bessie Covington is tor of the production. Members of the cast are Edwards, Helen Campbell, beth Cribb, Bobby Edwards, Graham, Ann McArthur, Al direc- Ertel Eliza- Grace Buie. tham was sworn in Monday right as the first Mayor of the City of Red Springs under the new char ter approved by the lecent Gen eral Assembly. With Mr. Gran tham were two new commission ers, Duncrii McGoogan and Bart Lewis, and four holdovers from the previous administration: R. D. McMillan, Jr., Leslie Baldwin, John McManus, and Ed Boden- heimer. Retiring Mayor E, H. Alexander presided at the meetii g of the RED SPRINGS.—A nw Drive-In theatre was started here today by Carl Mellwaine and Paul Horton. Work on the outdoor theatre is expected to be completed about June 15, Mr. Mellwaine stated. Work is being done on the screen which is to be some 45 feet high, picture surface of and will have a 40 by 30. All being installed 200 individual the sound. new equipment is throughout, with car speakers for board and James McLean, MAXTON.—R. Fairley Morris champion pens, 660 pound total, which sold to the Lumberton Live- Y as ¥“ a . n ? n ? ous Jy named comrnan- stock company at 22 cents. Blue ribbons in the cattle vision went to: Norwood Powers, Lumberton 1, 805 pounds, bought by K. Biggs Co., of Lumberton at cents. j der of District 13 of the NC Depart di J ment of the American Legion Tues j day night in a meeting held at the Rt I Maxton Community club. R. D. McMillan, Jr., Red Springs, was 3g! unanimously elected vice-comman der. Buddy McNeill, Eunice Duncan, Billy Stutts, Carol Campbell, Pat ricia McNeill, Donald Watson, John Alvin Varnum, Frank Mc Donald, Christine Armstrong, Inez Sol^s, Rebecca Prevatte, Margie McLauchlin, Joan Hades- ty, Lucy Marrison, Jean Simpson, Nan Dorman, Betty Smith, Ari e Culbreth, Jane Balance, Kathleen Yarborough, Joan Stevens, Mar tha Ruth Burns, Lena Craddock, and Sue Ellen Fowler. ! judge of the district Recorder’s Court administered the oath to the members of the incoming admin istration. At the conclusion of the brief ceremony. Mr. Alexander handed Mr. Gra»:tham the keys to the jail and the city hall, and extended his successor his best wishes. William B. McLean, retiring commissioner who did not offer for re-election, made a brief plea Mr. Mellwaine states that they have leased the property on Fay etteville Road just outside the town limits and across the high way from Blue’s Mill, and that grading, construction and installa tion of all equipment will take about five weeks. Safely Patrol Has Day At Lake PEMBROKE Dean Robert 35 Try School Bus Driver Exam RED SPRINGS — Thirty-five prospective student bus drivers met on Tuesday morning at the Red Springs High School to at tend the annual district bus driv- ers’ the ady tive sion school being held there under supervision of Spurgeon Cai.- of Tarheel, field representa- of the Highway Safety Divi- of North Carolina. for a continuation of the policy attending t the city’s, business open session and discussion stated meeting of the board. of in at Co. School Supt i To Be Elected ORGANIZATION MEETING After the intallation of the board Mayor Grantham asked for discus sion of a proposal to hold the or ganizational meeting on Thursday evening (tonight) at 8 P. M., and RED SPRINGS—Ten of the I eleven members of the Safety Pa trol of the High School were guests of the Red Spr j :gs Lions Club on an all-day outing at White Lake yesterday, in recognition of ; the fine work the patrol has done : this year. Inaugurated last fall under the sponsorship of the Lions, jointly with the local police department, the patrol has handled traffic and safety problems in the school neighborhood throughout the year Reuter, head of the conservatory of music at Flora MacDonald Col lege in Red Springs will be the speaker at the chapel exercises at Pembroke State College on Thurs day, May 12. Dean Reuter will speak on a subject appropriate for music week which is being ob served this week. RED SPRINGS.—’thirteen boys signed up for membership in the new Boy Scout Troop which was formed at Robbins Cloth Mills here last week, according to Joe Hough, who has accepted the post of Scoutmaster of the new troop. In process of the past several group starts off class scouts and organization for weeks, the new with two second a tenderfoot Herman West, Lumberton Rt. 5, 765 pounds, bought by Fairmont Trading company at 34 cents. Henry Powers, Lumberton Rt. 1, 870 pounds, bought by Lumber- ton Trading company at 32(4 cents. Peggy Singletary, Rowland Rt. 1, 860 pounds, bought by J. C. Ward Rowland, at 32% cents. Robert Lewis, Shannon, 1000 pounds bought by Waccamaw Bank and Trust company at 30 cents, Dixon Powers, St. Pauls. ivO pounds, bought by National Bank of Lumberton at 34 cents. Stacy West, Lumberton Rt. 5, 690 pounds, bought by K. M. Biggs, at 33% cents. Other entries included: Nash Powers, Lumberton Rt. 1, 795 pounds, bought by Scarbor ough Builders Suppl yCompahy of umberton, 33% cents. Lloyd West, Lumberton Rt. 5; 755 pounds, bought by K. M. Biggs at 32 cents. ■ Hubert- West Lumberton Rt. 5, 775 pounds, bought by Fairmont Hotel at 32 cents. Robert ,Floyd, - Fairmont, 665 pounds, bought by Rawls Chevro let company at 35% cents. The meeting, conducted by the retiring commander, Morrison Pet erson, was attended by some 25 legionnaires representing posts in Laurel Hill, Red Springs, Lum berton, Pembroke, Laurinburg, and Maxton. Speakers for the evening were two candidates for the office of State Commander of the Legion, R. C. Godwyn of New Bern and Division Commander Louis Par ker of Elizabethtown. 1 Mr. God’!”) state member- Notice has been given by the Robeson, County Board of Educa tion .hat it will receive applica tions for the position of Superin tendent of Schools until ten o’clock a. m. Monday, May 23. Election of the superintendent is expected at the time of the regular meeting of the board on June 6. The formal notice which follows legal proceedure outlined by sta- tute reads as follows: Notice is hereby given that the Board of Education of Robeson County will accept applications up to Monday, May 23, at 10 o’clock a. in., for the office of Superinten dent of Schools of Robeson Coun- this was adopted by the group. : without accident of any nature in Discussion of several urgent mat-! ters closed the meeting. About 30 citizens attended the ceremonies. Union Service To Welcome Earlys RED SPRINGS — Representa-| tives of the various churches of: the district patrolled. Supt. Walter Dudley states that the patrol has functioned in the finest way, and there has been a fine spirit on the part of the mem bers in spending a great deal of their off-school time in carrying out the project. Police Chief Floyd Whitman who has directed the' activities says the boys have dcve mighty well, and that the motor car operator have respected their patrol badges and belts in a most cooperative way. 3 Men Enlist In Infantry It was announced today by Sgt. Carmona of the ORC Unit In structors Office that Lecir B. Britt, William Stoltenburg and Lonnie P. Hubbard, all of Lum- berton, were enlisted Monday in to Headquarters Company Battalion 321st Ill ent. Captain J. M. 3rd Infantry Regi- Pearson of the Rockingham Recruiting Sub-Sta tion performed the enlistment oath without loss of working time the town are expected to make up j r 0f the atrol for the the congregation at a union ser- year have been: David Reuter, by swearing in each man place of employment. Additional enlisted men quired to fill the cadre of at his are re- the 3rd Henry Floyd Fairmont, 635 bought by Carlton Floyd at cents. Herman West, Lumberton lbs. 35 Rt. 5, 805 pounds, bought by Robeson Milling company, at 31 cents. John Roy. Wilkins Lumberton Rt. 1, 763 pounds bought by Lewis- brady Builders Supply at 32 cents. Nell Lewis, Shannon, 815 pounds, bought by Scarborough Builders Supplies at 33 cents. Jimmy Oliver Marietta, 816 lbs. bought by David Townsend Gin company of Rowland at 30 cents. Johp Pleasants, Rowland, 705 pounds, bought by Lumberton Auc tion company at 34% cents. Frank Powers, St. Pauls, 820 bounds, bought by K. M. Biggs Co., at 32 cents. Horace Roberts Lumberton Rt. ship chairman and talked to the group on the importance of main taining and increasing member ship. Citizen Office In New Quarters BED SPRINGS — Monday was moving day for the staff of the Red Springs Citizen, and we are now located In the “Flatiron Building” — ground floor — on the Cotton Yard— under the Western Union of. fice—next door to McBryde’s Plumbing Company—one door from the new commercial of fice of the Carolina Telephone and West M. 4 Telegraph Co. — across Thh-d. Avenue from S. Motor Company. 305-1 the Is still our phone number, you can’t find it convenient If to drop in and see us, please phone us and give the news- happenings of your family or your neighborhood to News Editor Peggy McDaniel. Anlioch Building Is Dedicated 1, 675 pounds, bought by Torn Clark of Fairmont at 3 cents. Gilbert Singletary, Rowland, 934)1 pounds, bought by the Robesonian j B Poole preached the dedication RED SPRINGS.—The Rev. H. t •; And on said date or as soon thereafter as practicable, the elec- be welcomd to Red Sptings, . S- pastor of the First Baptist Church. The service, which begins at 8 tion of a superintendent will made. This May 6, 1949. C. L. Green, Clerk Board of Education Of Robeson County Springers Drop Area Play-Off yice to be held Sunday evening; p_ aham B j nv Worre n J W when the Rev. Paul D. Early will - Donald Townsend: Craig Brown John McManus. Jr.. Ferrell Gentry Robert Raines, P. M., o’clock, will be in charge [of the Rev. Graham Eubank, pas- ! tor of Trinity Methodist Church jand the Rev. Thomas Fry, pastor of the Presbyterian Church. These ministers will bring greetings to; the new minister. Mr. Early will - preach the sermcn. Special music I will be presented by the Baptist . choir. ) Mr. Early came to the church; here on the first of May to begin SOUTHERN PINES. — Errors and lack of hitting cost Red Springs their chance of further competition in the Class B. Base ball play-off for the Southern area title here Tuesday when Southern Pine defeated the Spring ers 11 to 0. The Springers won the 4th Dis trict honors to meet Southern Pines in a one-game elimination clay. Southern Fines will now play his pastorate. His wife and two children arrived last week they are now making their in the Baptist parsonage on Fifth Avenue. Accident Victim Buried Sunday Batatlion. Assignment with this unit will mean chances for motion, retirement at age 60, and 2 payed training periods monthly. Williams town for a chance township or Elizabeth- Southeastern honors and at the Eastern NC cham- . pionship. DISTRICT 4 CHAMPS Winning 10 games out of 11 ! starts, the Springers went through j their regular season With one of j the best records ever established I bv a local high school squad. Coach Van Hoy’s charges dropped one of , two games in which they played Fairmont by a 2 to 1 count, de- ' feating the strong team from South i Robeson in their second game 1 to jO. Ertel Edwards was on the and home West LUMBERTON — Funeral vices were held Sunday for ser- Ed. mund EarJ Britt who died in an automobile accident near Shallotte Robert McRacken and Raymond Cain. The badges and belts were pro vided by the Lions Club and food and transportation for the day’s outing yesterday, plus supervision while at the lake, was provided by members of the civic organization. New ORC Group Authorized Here RED SPRINGS—The Army Entrants from the surrounding towns of St. Pauls, Lumberton, Maxton, Philadelphus, Parktcii, and Red Springs were first in structed in a safety study course and made familiar with driving techniques. Then they were given objective and drivers’ tests. The 13 girls and 22 boys taking the drivers’ examination Were: Harold Bullock Morris Britt, An nie Mitchell Davis, and Audrey Todd of Lumberton; James Robert Tucker, Forrest Faulk, Clyde Green, Jr., Eugene Walker, John D. McColl, Jr.‘, Jimmy Patterson, Reginald McVicker, and Horace English of Maxton’; Carl Thag- gard of Parkton. Jane Balance, Alex McMillan, Clyde Wyrick, R. D. Evers, Mar tha Ruth Burns. Annie Culbreth, Betty Smith, Joan Hardesty, Joan Stevens, Nan. Dorman Lena: A. Craddock and Charles Brown of drawn from Troop 51. James Cain and Raymond Cain are the veter ans and Bobby Setzer has recently become a scout. New members are Glenn Cain, John Cates, Richard Hord, Wayne Kinsey, Jimmy Ed wards, Joe Hough Jr., Henry Stan- sel, Vernon West, Kenneth Hord and Robert R. Dimsdale. Dick Hargett is the assistant scoutmaster. Members of the teoop committee are: James Mc Donald, chairman, J. B. McClos key, J. W. Hord, Robert Cathey, R. E. Edwards and L. C. Hord. Ben Campbell is the Institutional Representative. The troop starts with its first regular meeting tonight in its own hut, in a building, 15 by 25, which was given to the boys by the management of the mill. It is located near Robbins Park and was formerly used as an office for the which erected years. Gifts United construction company built the plant additions during the past several to the troop include a States Flag and a compass Red Springs; John D. Britt, Frankie Powers. Ethel Thompson, Harry McDonald, Edward Lee Cribb, Jack Pittman, Jimmy But ler, James Walter Alien. Mable Powers and Elizabeth barker of St. Pauls. donated by Camp 227 of the Wood men of the World, 30 chairs pre sented by the Red Springs schools and cash for institutional supplies given by the Westside Brotherhood of the Westside Baptist Church. Vernon Ratley furnished a truck for transporting supplies, chairs and other equipment for the build ing. SEARS, ROEBUCK TO OPEN BRANCH IN LUMBERTON ON E. 4IH STREET JPme Crest (lub ° Directors Named Baptist Union Meeting May 26 At South Side LUMBERTON. — The annual j stockholders meeting of Pine Crest j Country Club was held at the club Monday night and the board of directors for the coming year was j named by the more than 80 mem bers present. The directors Will I meet Monday to name officers. Directors elected are J. E. John- A union meeting of . the Robeson Baptist Association is scheduled at the South Side Baptist Church at St. Pauls for May 26. The pro- . * • n K thi s! gram will begin at 10:30 A. M. and week authorized the establishment will adjourn at 2:30 of the 3164 Station Training In- | duction for members of the Or- I Red 1 I ganized Reserve Corps in j Springs and Major E. H. Alexan-1 der was assigned as commanding officer of the unit. Meetings of the unit will be held each month at the army here, and the organizational meeting will be held the latter part of this month. Reserve officers assigned to the The sermon will be delivered by Rev. S. N. Lamb of Cerro Gordo at 11:30; prior to that Rev. ana Mrs. Earl W. Robinson will lead a song service. Rev. J. B. Dowe will conduct a devotional, and Rev. C. A. Anderson, association president, will lead a discussion on “What we can do for Baptist son, J. Hood, Cutlar Moore, Charlie McIntyre, S. P. Douglas, Leroy Townsend, P. R. Floyd, O. L. Henry, Ingram Hedgpeth, R. A. Hedgpeth, Henry McKinnon, H. D. Goode Coleman, Crabtree, Cecil Thompson, and H. P. Allen. President during the past year was J. E. Johnson, with R. E. Wilkins, vice president, Hedgpeth, secretary, and McCallum treasurer. Ingram James I LUMBERTON.—Sears, Roebuck I and Co., has signed a lease on one ' of the two store buildings on the 1 south side of; East Fourth street just completed by James McCall um and William Linkhaw. The other store has been leased as a Western Auto Associate Store by Richard F. Smith of Atlanta, Ga. The Sears store: will be an Order Office. It will carry a very small stock, largely as samples, with only small items for sale "over the counter," according to reports, but a complete catalogue service will be maintained and quick delivery is promised on all orders. A rep resentative of the company has been in Lumberton this week in terviewing prospective employees, and some fixtures have already arrived for the! location. The Western Auto Store fran chise here was formerly owned by C. S. McIntyre who recently chan ged the business to McIntyre Home ! and Auto Store. unit are: Major Alexander, Col. Friday eight. Britt, 15 years old, (William S. McArthur, Capt. Clyde was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Don- Upchurch, 1st Lieut. Erbert J. nie Britt of Lumberton. I Walters, 2nd Lieut. Jasper Brock. Three other boys injured in the ;, d Lieut. James C. Fair, Jr., and accident are improving at Training Union.” After a recess and 1:15 P. M. a be led by Rev. R. between 12:15 devotional will A. Stankwytch, "Miss Maxton" Competition Next Wk. Follows Tom Thumb Wedding Friday the Southport Hospital to which they were carried. Others hurt are Henry Earl Cox, the driver, Ben Carter, and Tommy Smith. The accident occured between! Shallotte and Boliva when the car 2nd Lieut. William E. Parks. Services Sunday For D. S. McKeithan RED SPRINGS—A number of business will be conducted, and at 1:45 Mrs. J. G. Stephens will lead a discussion for the Women’s Missionary Union of the associa tion. Both Events Sponsored By Jr Woman’s Club being sponsored by local mer chants. MAXTON. At the monthly meeting of the Junior Woman's at 30 cents. Barnesville FFA won first place for judging teams, with a team cmoposed of Ronald Herring, Charles Britt and Horace Sealey. Second place went to Smiths FFA, Edward Wilkins, Glenn Bridges and Harold Dean Lamb; while third place went to Allenton 4-H, Stacy West, Hubert West and Her man West. Gilbert Singletary, Rowland FFA won first place in the handling contest, while Norwood Powers of Barker Ten-Mile 4-H won second place and Herman West of Allen ton 4-H won third place. The show and sale was spon sored jointly by the Fairmont Chamber of Commerce and Ro tary and Civitan clubs for the purpose of encouraging the pro duction of quality meat animals In Robeson county. Chairman of the arrangements committee and chief booster of the show and sale was M. S. Huston, Continued on Page 8 Mrs. C. J. Carney and two chil dren Sara Leigh and Dorinda, of Buffalo, N. ., arrived Friday to visit her relatives, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Leigh. Jack Dew of Washington, D. C., Luther Dew, Jr., of Raleigh and Creed Dew of Chapel Hill visited their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Luther Dew over the week end. Mrs. Helen Grelliest and Miss Edna Potter of Jacksonville, Fla., were week end guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Love. They returned to Florida on Monday accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Love, who plan to visit there for some time. sermon Sunday when the new edu cational building of Antioch Pres byterian Church was consecrated. Mr. Poole is a former pastor of the church and is now minister of a Norfolk, Va., church. The building was presented to the congregation by Arch A. Mc- mound for the Springs each game, facing the Fairmonters star hurl- er, Ladel Ford (both boys having played two years of Legion base- ball together at Red Springs and Lumberton.) Edwards had a season's record I of 5 wins and 1 loss and a batting average of .385 with 19 hits for the regular season. Tommy Ashford Eachern, chairman of the building' had 2 wins and Donald Watson nad 3 wins for the season. These committee, and it was accepted by boys handling the entire pitching W. Archie Howard, clerk of the session. The pastor, the Rev. J., assignment. W. Mann, led the congregation in Dooder Beck, catcher, led the a litany and prayer of dedication.:^ at bat with an average of Special music was presented by , . he had 3 homeruns and the senior and junior choirs, with,- 0 Lits. got sideswiped another car, wrecking both. people from here attended the fu neral services held Sunday after noon for Daniel Smith McKeithan Mr. -and Mrs. Paul Miller of. Waynesboro, Va., spent the Week- ei:d with Mr. and Mrs. Clint Par-, with rish. them weeks Mrs. Mrs. Parrish returned to Waynesboro for a visit. two and George Nurnberger Mr. and Mrs. W- J. Croom of Charlotte spent Sunday visiting relative in Wilmington. Mrs. Allen Lee of Louisburg spent several days here last week visit-1 at his home in Raeford. Mr. Mc- Keithan, 87, died Saturday morn ing at an Asheville Sanatorium. Services were conducted by the Rev. W. B. Heyward, pastor of the Raeford Presbyterian Church. Sur viving are three sons; A. S. Mc- Keithan of Red Springs, John of Alton McNeill Opens Photo Studio RED SPRINGS.—Alton McNeill, Jr., has recently opened a photo graphy studio, Mack’s Photo Ser vice, located over Long’s Men’s Store on West Fourth Avenue. The studio was formerly operated Meguire and Collins. by Club, held Community the Beauty Monday night at the Club, final plans for Pageant to crown BUSINESS MEETING At the business meeting con ducted by Mrs. J. B. Hord, presi dent, Mrs. Charles Parrish present ed the devotional. It was announ ced that the Tom Thumb Wedding being sponsored by the club will be staged this Friday night, May Raeford end Neill and two daughters, McCauley of Biscoe nie McKeithan of of Aberdeen; Mrs. Jonah and Miss An- the home. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT RED SPRINGS.—Mr. and Mrs. Edwin McNeill announce the birth of a daughter, weight 6 pounds, one ounce, Monday in Thompson Memorial hospital. Mrs. McNeill is the former Miss Eunice McDuffie of near Lumberton. “Miss Maxton of 199” and “Junior Miss Maxton,” were announced by Mrs. Irvin McConeghy, chairman bf the pageant, which will be pre sented on Friday, May 20th. The beauty pageant is being- sponsored by the Junior Woman’s Club and will take place at the high school auditorium on Friday night, May 20th, at eight o’clock, with Mac McConeghy as master of ceremonies. Pianist will be Miss 13th, with club members assisting in decorations Mrs. Maizelle and ticket-selling. Williams gave the final report from the public wel fare department on the 1949 drive for Cancer funds, which totaled $279.55 topping the local quota of $200.00. Following further business dis cussion, interesting reports were heard from the 1949 convention of the North Carolina Federations of Women’s Clubs held recently in Mary McQueen and committee as- , u sisting Mrs. McConeghy in prepara ■ Goldsboro, by delegate Mrs. H R. tions is Mrs. Lawton Kitchin, Mrs. . Doak and the president Mrs. Hord who represented the club at this Gus Speros, Mrs. Ray Holland, Mrs. Jack McGirt, tickets; Miss convention. After adjournment, refreshments a soprano solo by Mrs. H. R. Poole. Following th emorning service, there was a homecoming program and then the congregation served a basket picnic dinner on the churchyard. The new educational building was recently completed in time for the church to be host to the Spring meetings of the Women of the Church and of Fayetteville Pres bytery. Mr. Mann reports that 25 mem-, bers have been added in the past: year to bring the total membership ! to 356, with total contributions of $11,235. DR. BARNES TO MOVE LUMBERTON.—Dr. Oscar Bar nes, optometrist, will renovate and occupy the location lust vacated by Danny's Phico shop on East Fourth street. Linton Daniels has sold his stock to accept a position with the Department of Commerce. British Guiana is appointing a flying magistrate. Robins Still Lead Tobacco Loop Lumberton propped into third place in the Tobacco State League Tuesday night with a double loss to The Clinton Blues. Red Springs and Wilmington split to leave the Robins cn top of the averages. Dunn-Erwin (rained out) turned up in second place. The weather permitted only two matches Tuesday and the second short game at Clinton was begun ■and played in the rain in an ef fort to make up one more fo the games missed last week. The Blues topped the Auctioneers 1-0, 8-1; Wilmington shut out Red Springs in the first, but the Robins came back to even the count ( in the second game. Carson City, Nev., with a popu lation of about 2J500, is the smallest capital city in the United States. Contract Let For New Fairmont Water Tank FAIRMONT.—A tentative eon tract for the 100,000 gallon erection of a new water tank was signed by the Fairmont board of commissioners in regular meeting last Wednesday night. The tank will cost $18,050. The contract, made with Whit mire Tank company of Jackson ville, Fla., depends upon the sale of town bonds to aid in financing the erection of the tank. Officials of the company have told the board that if work on the tank gets underway soon, it will be ready for use about Sep tember 15. A second-hand tank purchased by the town and erected early this year collapsed in March when it was filled with water. Blame for the collapse has not been placed and a civil brought by the town to money advanced the company is pending in Superior court. Cost of the new tank action recover erecting Robeson financed by two separate will be bond issues and by an overall 20 per cent in water fees. One of the bond issues will bring $6,000 and need authorization only of the town board as that is with in the two-thirds limit of bonded indebtedness retired during the past fiscal year. The governing body of a town is allowed to issue bonds up to two-thirds of the amount retired during a year. The other bond issue, to bring in a town referendum. Sale of the sewer bonds was not allowed by the Local Government Commission previously because the i town had reached its debt limit-1 ation. The debt has been reduced,) however, to a point where the bonds can be issued. The Local Government Commis sion also put its approval on the! plan formulated by the town board! to permit sewer bond money to be! used on the water project through th expediency of placing sewer bond money into the general fund, to replace general fund monies al ready expended' on sewer pro-[ jects. Once in the general fund, the i nanother $6,000, will be the sale „ of sewer bonds already approved project. Annie Neill McEachin, cake walk . .,,,., and auction; and Mrs. Hal Mapes, of cake and cokes with salted nuts were served by the hostesses, Mrs. who will be in charge of the dance - , c at the Community Club following Hugh McCall, chairman, Mrs. JG. the show, honoring the girls par- 1 Gainey, Mrs. Guy Pulliam and Mrs. ticipating in the contests. Girls are Fred Misenheimer. Lions Name Fink New President LUMBERTON—Bernard Fink is unopposed in the election of a new president to be held by berton Lions Club and formally named to the the Lum- will be post and New Members Join Board Al Fairmont installed at the meeting on June 30. Other nominees for office are also unopposed and will be official ly named at the same time. J. D. Peacock is first vice-presidential nominee; Charlie Driver, second vice president; Jack W. Coffey, third vice president; Vincent Red mond, lion tamer; T. V. Baker, tail twister; L. E. Daniels and Paul Blake, secretary and treas- money can be used on the water urer succeeding themselves. 1 George Dover and Rogers Mat- thews are to be elected directors. FAIRMONT.--Two new mem bers of the Fairmont Town Board were sworn into their new jobs at a meeting of the commission last Wednesday night. They were Glen W. Bowers and Harry Weinstein, who succeed J. Wilbur Jones and Clarence Tedder. The two new commissioners were appointed by Mayor Ernest Jones to the police while Commissioners R. °- . ^ and Pitt Fisher were appointed to the street committee. The mayor appointed the entire board to sen ( on the town’s finance commute

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