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ONE OF ROBESON COUNTY’S HOMETOWN NEWSPAPERS
Volume 52, No. 45— 16 Pages
Red Springs, N. C. Thursday Morning, May 12, 1949
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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