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Volume 52, No. 48 15 Pages
ONE OF ROBESON COUNTY’S HOMETOWN NEWSPAPERS
Red~Springs,^ THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 2, 194^^
5c A Cor^
Reece Snyder Named
City Mgr. Of Marion
Duling For RS
High Students At
Pages Lake Today
That’s Lumberton Varser Opposes Both Bonds;
RED SPRINGS—Reece Snyder,
town clerk here for the past two
years, resigned the post yesterday
to accept the job of city manager
of the town of Marion, McDowell
Corn ty. .
Mr. Snyder has accepted the
Marion post to report there on
June 16, he stated, and expects to
wind up his work here on the 15.
It is understood that the city
manager job there pays a $6,000
per year salary and that the man
ager is supplied an automobile
for his exclusive use in attending
the business of the tov.i . This
represents a substantial increase
in pay above the $4,400 he, has re ¬
ceived as town clerk here for the
past year.
Mr. Snyder came to Red Springs
two years ago from High Point,
where he was director of parks
and recreation for that city for
several years and had been con
nected with the High Point gov
ernment for 1G years, serving in
a number of the various depart
ments of that city’s government.
Mr. and Mrs. Snyder and their
son, Roger, who has just com
pleted his freshman’s years work
at Catawba College, expect . to
move to Marion immediately after
he has concluded his work here,
with the town.
F. Macdonald Graduates
70 Seniors On Tuesday
RED SPRINGS.—Diplomas and
certificates were awarded to sev
enty seniors Tuesday morning in 1
the final exercises of the 1949 com-,
mencemgnt program following an
address by Dr. Thornwell Hart,
professor, of sociology of Duke,
University. This was the largest]
class to graduate in the 53 years
of the college's history.
Speaking on the theme “Be of
Good Courage,” Dr. Hart gave a
practical interpretation of his sub
ject as a practical theme around
which the seniors might base their
lives.
The invocation for the commen
cement exercises was pronounced
by the Rev. M. C. Patterson of
Greenville, S. C. Diplomas were
Eubanks To Preach
Sunday At RS
School Finals
RED SPRINGS — The Rev.
Graham S. Eubank of the
Trinity Methodist Church will
preach the baccalaureate ser
mon to the 1949 graduating
class at the Red" "Springs High
School on Sunday morning,
June 5, at 11 o’clock.
There will be no sermons in
the other churches throughout
the community and all are cor
dially invited to attend this
service.
RED SPRINGS — Members of
the Student Council of the Red
Springs Schools Schools will be
hosts to the student body and
faculty members at a picnic and
weiner roast at Pages Lake on
Thursday afternoon from 3 until
8 o’clock.
At this meeting new officers to
the Student Council for the year
’49 and ’50 will be named, These
officers will be chosen from a
number of candidates from the
eighth, ninth, tenth and eleventh
grades and will be voted upon by
members of the student body on
Thursday morning. Candidates
will state their platforms at a
special assembly on Wednesday
after which ballots will be cast
on Thursday and counted by the
canvass committee rater in the
morning.
Candidates for student council
offices are: Treasurer, Pat Stutts
and Maxy Rose McNeill of the
eighth grade; secretary, Billy
Coley and Mable Shook, ninth
grade; vice-president, Sue Fowler
and Helen Lindsay, and president,
Jo Anne Hardesty and Elbert Mc
Phaul. The losing candidate for
president will serve as president
of the senior class next year.
Student council officers this
year were: President, Buddy Mc
Neill; vice-president, Bill Lewis;
secretary, Jane Balance, and
treasurre, Sally McArthur.
CLASS DAY
RED SPRINGS — The Senior
Class Day Exercises of the Red
Springs High School will be held
in the auditorium of the high
school on Friday, June 10, at 10
A. M. Commencement exercises
will be held on the same day at
8:00 a- tile evening.
LUMBERTON.—The city limit
traffic signs which read “You
Slow Down” are to be changed.
The city has been about equally
divided between the group that
thinks the wording is rude and
reflects on the manners of citi
zens, and the other group that
says the objection to them proves
they were seen, read, and re
membered.
The change will make the signs
read simply “Slow Down,'' or
perhaps even ‘'Please Slow
Down.” Chief Harris says they’re
going' to do like Teddy Roose
velt said “Speak softly but wave
a big stick”—that the change in
the sign doesn’t mean the speed
limit enforcement will be relax
ed.
Honors Memory
Of Mayor Jones
FAIRMQNT — The late Mayor
Ernest G. Jones of Fairmont was
described as a frier d to those in
all walks of life and as “just
Ernest” to everybody at a meet
ing of the Robeson County Munici
pal Association at the Fairmont
Hotel Wednesday night of last
week.
The monthly meeting was sche-j
duled to have been in Rowland,
but the association voted to meet j
Hood Speaks For Road Bonds
GURNEY P. HOOD
Whitman Reports
479 Arrests For
Year In Springs
in Fairmont this month as a me-
morial to Mayor Jones.
Mayor Fred R. Keith of
Pauls was elected chairman of the
St.
association, as it began its second
year of life. He succeeds former
Mayor E. H. Alexander of Red
Springs. .
Mayor Pitt Fisher of Fairmont
was named vice chairman aftei
the membership had cast a 13-13
vote for him and Mayor Hector
MacLean of Lumberton for that
RED SPRINGS.—In filing
his
report for the year, announcement
was made this Week by Chief of]
Police Floyd Whitman of the Red
Springs Police Force that, the to-!
tai number of arrests made‘since
June 1; 1948 was 479, and
new
State Well Able
To Have Roads
Now, Pay Later
LUMBERTON — Gurney
Hood, State Commissioner
Banks, from Raleigh spoke at
P.
of
the
Robeson County court house last
night to explain the mechanics of
issuing and paying off the proposed
$200 million road bond and the
$25 million dollar school bond. Mr.
Hood is a financial expert and his
remarks were authoritative.
The talk by Mr. Hood was made
at 8 o’clock, too late for this paper
to include a resume of his speech.
Mr. Hood has previously express-
ed his opinions on the bond
and some of his views are
quoted:
"On March 3, 1921, the
State Highway bill was
issue
here
first
ratified
and $50,000,000.00 of State bonds
were authorized! The sale of
these bonds covered a period of
four years. The last sale was
made on January 1, 1925. The in
terest rate was from 4 1-2 to 5
per cent and the annual interest
charge on the total amount of the
bonds amounted to $2,282,138.00.
“A great may people have ask
ed me if the present economic
situation would justify the is
suance of $200,000,000.00 in road
bonds and $25,000,000.00 in school
Bond Issues Are
Uneconomical,
Wasteful, Unneeded
LUMBERTON.—In a radio ad
dress last night L. R. Varser de
clared his unqualified opposition
to the road bond issue which is
the subject of a special election
Saturday. He also asserted that
the proposed school bond was un
necessary and "a sop to the
counties.” Mr. Varser, legislator
for two terms and once NC Su
preme Court Justice, made his
address over Station WTSB in
Lumberton and WEWO Laurin
burg.
“I am presenting my own indi
vidual views,’” he said. “ . . . cur
rent whispers that I am paid by
oil companies a fee for this speech
are false . . . the proponents of
the bond issue must feel a lack of
merit of their cause when they
stoop to. criticize all
them.”
Mr. Varser referred
ments made during the
opposing
to state-
last gub-
L. R. VARSER
—Photo by Moffitt-McLeod
building bonds and after very
tensive study, I have reached
co elusion that the answer
‘yes.’
"One of the real problems of
ex-
the
is
Bible Program
Given Sunday
ernatorial campaign which are the
opposite of the views now taken
by the administration. He said that
the bond issues are un-needed be
cause the state’s revenue is ample
for economical spending and point-
ed out that
road tax of
to six cents.
"It is the
the original one-cent
1921 has now grown
considered opinion of
presented by Acting President Hal
bert M. Jones, and Bibles were
presented by the Rev. Leslie Bul
lock, professor of Bible.
Awards announced were: $250
scholarship awards from the North
Carolina Federation of Womens
Clubs, divided equally between
Madeline Carswell of Sanford and
Sara Melvin of Kerr; Lillian Britt
Heinsohn music scholarship award
ed to Sue Wilson of Fayetteville,
for originality and ability in crea
tive composition.
Flowers used for the Sunday
morning services were presented
in memory of Katharyne Herring,
a member of the senior class who
lost her life in a highway accident
during the winter. And the flowers
used Tuesday morning were pre
sented in memory of Mrs. Mar
garet McGuire Morgan, first grad
uate of the -college whose death
occurred in April.
The baccalaureate sermon was
preached by the Rev. Albert G.
Edwards, pastor of the Presbyter
ian church of Harrisonburg, Va.,
His sermon stressed the heed of
a personal sense of God's love and
nearness, and a more complete
belief in the power of prayer;
Red Springs High Is Diamond Champ;
Takes Title In 2 Wins Over Lumberton
Friday night the Red; Springs
high school defeated the Lumber-
ton Pirates 8-3 to take the Robe
son County cahmpic'.ship. It was
the second win of a two out of
three game series for Red Springs.
They had previously won the first
game, by a margin of 15-1.
Dennis Caulder went the entire
route for Lumberton as he gave
up nine hits; Edwards pitched the
Springers to their victory, allow
ing oily seven hits. Edwards
helped his own victory with two
hits.
Red Springs won the game in
the third inning with a three-run
outburst. Buie led the inning off
by striking out, Bill Stutts got a
walk, and McDonald drove Stutts
home with a triple. “Doodle” Beck
received a base on balls, Edwards
struck out and then McDonald and
Beck came home on Hutson’s hit.
Bob “Doodle” Beck led Red
Springs at bat with three hits
for three official times at bat.
Beck connected for a 350 foot
home ;un off the left-centerfield
scoreboard in the seventh inning
and became the first high-school
player to ever hit an optside the
park home run in Armory Field;
his blow came with cue man on
base. Pope Baxley proved to be
the best man at bat for Lumber-
ton with two hits for four tries.
R. H. E.
Red Springs 103 101 200—8 9 3
Lumberton 000 010 020—3 7 4
On Monday night the Red
Springs Club received the cham
pionship trophy in Lumberton at
the game with the Lumberton
Auks and the Red Robbins. Tom
Cope of Red Springs presented the
trophy. .
Girls To Allend
NC Girls' Stale
post. Mayor MacLean withdrew
his name from nomination in fa-
vor of Fisher after the vote.
Alexander reviewed the activi-
ties and accomplishments of the
association during its first year
equipment added since that time
included new arrest files, daily
report files, finger print, files, and
a new police car.
The arrests included: 176 drunk,s
9 driving drunk; 30 assault cases;
19 reckless operators of cars; 21
disorderly conduct: 2 for passing
school bus; 3 improper brakes; 104
failed to stop for stop lights, stop
streets, and overtime parking; ,9
no operator’s license; 2 improper
the
of life and urged the members of I lights; 27 speeding; 3 non-support
the organization to take an active! 8 men picked up for other towns
personal interest in the associa-1 10 possession of non-fax paid, whig
tion if they expect to accomplish key, 9 profane language, 5 tree
1.101111 j x passing; 5 affray; 2 assault witl
much.
The association went on record
and favoring the moving of the
state highway division office from
Asheboro to the sandhill section
so as to be nearer the central part
intent to commit
less checks; 9 A.
Army; 13 larceny;
cealed weapon; 1
shooting fireworks
2 assault with.
rape; 4 worth-
W. O. L. from
1 carrying con-
shop lifting; 1
1 breaking and
of the division.
entering a building; and 3 resist
ing arrests."
PJC Awards 28 Diplomas; Dr.
Blakeley Is Finals Speaker Tuesday
MAXTON —Commencement
ercises were held this week
Presbyterian Junior College,
ex-
at
be-
Rev. McKinnon Is
Advisory Budget Commission and
the General Assembly was the re
lationship of taxation to earned in
come; in other words, it is admit
ted that additional services are
needed and that the income of our
people must be increased if they
are to be rendered.
"The United States Chamber of
Commerce, a very conservative or
ganization, has shown from re-
search that spending for educa-
tion always yields a High rate of
economic prosperity. The * game
fact is truewith reference
transportation of all kinds
Continued on Page 8
Mrs. Floyd McMillan is a
to
and
pa-
tient at Scotland Memorial where
she is seriously i’ll.
Miss Dorothy Coleman of Mon
roe visited her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. S. H. Coleman, during the
week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Connelly and
children, Gloria Jean and Richard,
of Minneapolis, Minn., returned
home Friday after spending the
past two weeks with Mrs. Connel
ly’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. G.
McGugan. Walde McGugan
ac-
RED SPRINGS—The Bible
pils of the Red Springs school
sented their annual program
pu
pre
in
the school auditorium on last Sun
day. May 29, at 8 P. M., under the
direction of their Bible instructor,
Mrs. A. L. Campbell of Maxton.
The program was opened with
the processional “Onward Chris
tian Soldiers” after which the in
vocation was sung by Miss Juanita
Nurnberger. After several selec
tions of prayers, hymns, and Bibl?
readings rendered by the thwa
through the eighth grades, ceivffi-
cates of attainment were awarded
eighth grade pupils having passed
the requirements, of four years of
Bible instruction.
Collections during the evening
amounted to $143.73 which, ac
cording to Neil Clinton, chairman
of the Bible committee, just about
covered expenses incurred. Thanks
were extended to Supt. Walter
Dudley and the faculty members
for their assistance during the
year and appreciation was made
to the following members of the
Bible Committee
who made
Bible department possible:
Clinton, Mrs. M.
the
Neil
M. McManus,
careful financiers,” he continued,
I "that the best that can be done as
to interest would make a total
j interest payment of 80 Million dol-
lars, and the period of
would embrace the terms
of 5 governors. It is not
safe ... ”
Mr. Varser predicted
20 years
of office
wise, not
that the
rapid spending of so much money
would create a “contractors mar
ket” and that, construction would
be uneconomical and perhaps
shoddy.
The bond issue calls for a ona-
pent per
lon tax on gasoline to ■ ■
ids, but according to i
Uontinite. on Page 8
Contract Let For
Paving Of Road
In Lower Robeson
Contract for surfacing of 7.95
miles of the road from Highway
41 below Fairmont to Fair Bluff
was let Tuesday by the State
Highway commission.
The road to be paved leaves NC
41 eight miles below Fairmont
and extends to the beginning of
the bridge over the Lumber river
at the Robeson-Columbus line.
MAXTON—Pictured here in an
informal pose is the staff of the
1949 "Bagpipe”, student annual of
Presbyterian Junior' College, which
was published and released last
week. Back row is Charles Bris
tow of Rockingham, Editor-in-
Chief, and William Warren, ad
vertising manager; in front on the
left is Homer D. Powell, Jr., busi
ness manager and Robert S. Viall,
associate editor of the publication.
The Bagpipe is being acclaimed
as one of the best annuals ever
published at the college and is at
tractive from its blue leather cov
er to its attractive lay-out of ad
vertising. It is dedicated with the
following words: “Because of his
great devotion and his untiring ef
forts for Presbyterian Junior Col
lege, his marked success as an ad
ministrator, we affectionately dedi
cate the 1949 Bagpipe to our presi
dent, Dr. Louis C. LaMotte.”
Tire Bagpipe contains pictures
of classes, activities, clubs, ath
letics, features and advertising.
The staff wishes to express appre
ciation to local merchants who co-
operated so whole-heartily with
the advertising staff.
Miss Sally Townsend of Laurin
burg, is pictured as the sponsor
of the Editor Charles Bristow and
local girls whose pictures appear
in the annual are Miss Annie Jo
seph, sponsored by McKay Mor
gan, senior; Miss Catherine Spe
ros, sponsored by the Annual
Staff, and Miss Dot Winters, spon
sored by Powell Jones.
Other staff members include
Prof. H. J. Preseren, faculty ad
visor, J. C. Gibson, assistant busi
ness manager; R. P. Sanderson,
assistant advertising; Conie Bul
lock, art editor; !. I. Yates, pho
tographic editor; G. L. Barker,
sports editor; W. P. Parson, pho
tography, and W. L. Marsh, adver
tising.
LUMBERTON Two girls from
the rising senior class of the Lum-
bertcr High School, Misses Mary
Lou McRainey and Gracie Gore,
have been asked to go as delegates
to the tenth annual Tar Heel Girls’
State to be held July 24-30, 1949,
at the Woman’s College of the
Unive’sity o* North Carolina at
Greensboro, N. C.
Tar Heel Girls’ State is spon
sored by the American Legion
Auxiliary, Department of North
Carolina. Miss McRainey is the
daughter of Mrs. J. T. McRainey
of 306 16th Street: Miss Gore is
the daughter of Mrs. Ella Watts
of Route 1. Lumberton.
Girls’ State is an educatioal
program in practical American
ism. an effort on the part of the
A. I,. A. to provide for the girls
of North Carolina actual knowl
edge of the fundamental princi
ples in American -government
through active participation in
this non-partisan project.
The citizens get a broader com
prehension of the functions of
government and a. keener realiza
tion of their individual responsi
bilities to community, state and
nation. Such a. la.borat.orv of
American government is obviously
valuable. Members of the faculty
of Woman’s College conduct the
course in citizenship.
It is recommended that appli
cants to Girls’ State rank in the
unuer third of their class, scho-
last’callv. Other qualities consid
ered are mental alertness, physi
cal cleanliness, enthusiasm, coop
eration. honesty, dependability,
capability of developing further
ovalities of leadership, awareness
of opportunities in the Girls’ Sta^e
Program, and personal concern to
improve the quality of their citi
zenship.
Mr. and Mrs. Evan Vaughn of
Morven and Mr. end Mrs. Doug
las Southerland of Clinton visited
Mrs. T. C. Driggers during the
week-end.
Roger Snyder, student at Cataw
ba College in Salisbury, arrived
home on Sunday to spend his sum
mer vacation with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Reece Snyder.
ginning with the baccalaureate
service on Sunday, at 11:00 o’clock
in the college chapel with Rev.
John H. McKinnon, pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church in Con
cord, .and former Maxton pastor,
delivering the commencement ser
mon before the large class of
graduates and the host of friends,
relatives and members of the
three churches in Maxton. An
academic professional was led by
Prof. T. W. Hall.
The invocation was delivered by
Rev. H. G. CuthreH, pastor of the
St. Paul’s Methodist Church, with
the, scripture read by Rev. E. L.
Stoffel, pastor of the Presbyterian
Church. Rev. Charles Parrish,
college chaplain, offered the pray
er and introduction of the visiting
minister was made by Dr. Louis
LaMotte, college president. A
choir composed of members of the
three church choirs rendered an
anthem accompanied at the piano
by Mrs. R. M. Williams. Rev. C.
H. Maury pronounced the benedic
tion.
Commencement Tuesday
Dr. Hunter B. Blakely, president
of Queen’s College in Charlotte,
delivered the
dress before
nee composed
relatives and
commencement ad-
another large audi-
of faculty, students,
friends of the
lege, on Tuesday morning at
o’clock in the College chapel.
An academic processional
col-
11:00
was
held, led by the valedictorian, Al
fred Thomas, and salutatojian,
Willis R. Beasley,.followed by fac
ulty and graduates in cap and
gowns. Dr. R. L. Wharton had
the invocation and the speaker
was introduced by Dr. LaMotte.
The salutatory was made by Wil
lis R. Beasley, top student in the
Elise Senior High School class;
with the valedictatory made by
Alfred Thomas, first honor man in
the Junior, College graduating
class.
Marshals selected on the basis
of their academic standing in the
freshman class were Joe Stowe,
George Fawcett, Sarah Neal
Hamer of Maxton, Thomas Gar
net Fawcett, Sam Tyson and Boyd
Hector Smith.
Henry McPhaul and Dixon Cur
rie, students at Presbyterian Col
lege in Clinton, S. C., have arrived
home to spend their summer vaca
tions with their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Henry McPhaul, and Mr. and
Mrs. Worth Currie.
Baccalaureate
Speaker At PJC
Rev. John H. McKinnon, former
pastor of the Maxtor Presbyterian
Church, delivered the baccalau
reate sermon Sunday morning as
graduation exeifcises at Prasby-
tetian Junior College got under
way. Rev. Mr. McKinnon is now
pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church of Concord. The final ex
ercises at PJC were held Tuesday
mornTg at 11 o’clock with Dr.
Hunter B. Blakely, president of
Queens College, as- the speaker.
Rev. McKinnon, formerly of
Maxton, received his Bachelor of
Divinity Degree at Union Theo
logical Seminary in Richmond,
Va., on Tuesday, May 24th, at the
Commencement exercises. He has
accepted a call to the Waverly
Road' Presbyterian Church in
Kingsport, Tenn., which is a new
church in Holston Presbytery. He
will assume his pastoral duties on
June 1st and he and Mrs. McKin
non will make their home in
Kingsport.
Mr. McKinnon is a nephew of
Miss Maggie McKinnon of Max-
ton, and the son of the late Samuel
Hawley and Ruby James McKin
non. He is a graduate of David
son College and served in World
War.II as a 1st lieut in the 31st
Infantry Division, stationed in
the southwest Pacific theater of
war until 1946.
companied them on their return
trip. He plans to make a visit of
several weeks in Minneapolis.
Mrs. Rose Marie Sandford, sis-
ter of Frank Eraca, catcher
the Robbins, and Miss Dolores
for
nis of Beacon, N. Y., retained
home Tuesday after spending the
past week here with Mr. and Mrs.
R. E. Bullard.
Mrs. G. T. Brooks, Miss Mamie
McNeill, Miss Ruth Covington,
Miss Louise Purcell, Mrs. Alton
Odom, Mrs. C. E. McDaniel, Mrs.
W. L. McRae, Mrs. Alfred Love,
Mrs. George A. Forloines, Mrs. E.
C. Bodo heimer, Mrs. Joe Pat Mc
Arthur, Mrs. Coy Smith, Mrs. Lacy
Buie, Mrs. Pete Stanton, Mrs. D.
M. McMillan, Miss Harriet Morri-
Receiving the contract
Roadway, Z.
Wilmington,
A. Sneeden’s
$182,936;
Wilson Construction
son,
Rev. Thomas Fry, Rev Otha
Mrs. Ellie
Beach, S. C., is visiting her sister-
in-law, Mrs. T. C. Driggers. She
will return home on Thursday,
■accompanied by her son and his
wife, Mr. and Mrs. Micky Crisp,
who will remain at Myrtle Beach
for a week’s visit.
Hilliard, Mrs. Ed Thomas, Mrs.
Loren Epton, Rev. P. D. Early,
and Rey. G. S. Eubanks.
Mrs. George Nurnberger has re
turned home after spending the
past two weeks in Charlotte visit
ing her son and his wife, Mr. and
Mrs. George Nurnberger, Jr.
were:
Sons,
structures,
company
Salisbury, $82,376.40; moving build
Ings, F. E. Boge, Whiteville,. $3,-
538.
HONOR RED DEVILS
RED SPRINGS — Members of
the Red Springs High. School base-
ball squad were guests of honor
at an outing at Pages Lake on
Monday afternoon as a token of
appreciation for their winning the
Robeson County
over
Lumberto-.
Champlionship
Transportation
was furnished by J. T. Ashford,
and
entertainment was by the
Athletic Booster Club.
Station WTSB Notes Birthday
LUMBERTON
Marking its
third year on the air, Lumberton's
radio station WTBS, will celebrate
its third year anniversary next
Monday. WTSB will present
special broadcast at 7:15 P.
Monday, General Manager
McNeil said today.
Mr. McNeil said that “In
a
M.,
Jim
the
past three years, WTSB has tried
to give the listeners in' this area.
the
the
this
and
the
best in radio listening. Hi
future, we hope to continue
same policy of improvement
betterrnent, keeping in mind,
possibility of bringing to
WTSB listeners, McNeil continued,
has been the recent installation of
a new Western Electric transmit
ter. Affiliated with the Mutual
Broadcasting System, WTSB sign
ed on the air on June 6th, 1946.
Since that time, the station staff
has seen many changes, in
ever-chang'i g field of radio.
an
Two members of the staff, how-
ever,
since
Chief
and
have been with the station
before it went on the air.
Engineer William R. Rogers
Continuity Writer Ellenor
Lorman, both have been
with
WTSB since March, 1946.
The general manager, W. James
. McNeil, came to WTSB shortly
after the station opened its doors,
joining, the staff as chief announc
er in July, 1946. A native of Buf
falo, N. Y., McNeill had extensive
stage and radio training before
coming to Lumberton. A graduate
of Hamburg, N. Y., high school,
and student at Ohio Wesleyan, he
stalled in radio doing dramatic
Work in Buffalo stations. Later
the Green Lake Players, theman, a graduate of Radio and
Rochester Summer Theatre, and
the Gotham Players, all profes
sional groups. Mr. McNeil did his
torical dramas at WLTH, Brook
lyn.
He served four years in the U.
S. Army. While stationed at Fort
Bragg, McNeil met and married
the former Hazel McIver of Lum
berton.
WTSB program director is Bob
Taylor, a Lumberton native. Tay
lor was graduated from Lumber,
toil High School and later attended
Northwestern University. He was
formerly city editor of the Robe-
sonian, news .editor' for the Rich
mond County Journal in Rocking
ham, and sports editor for the
Robeson Hometown Newspapers
in 1947. Taylor was a sports an-
novneer and news editor for
WEAW-FM in Evanston, Ill., be
fore coming to WTSB. He served
three years with the Army Air-
Force.
Chief Announcer Coleman “Pat”
Patterson, began his radio training
Speech at Greensboro College, is a
native of Lumberton, graduating
from Lumberton High School. She
is married to Doug Lorman of
Chicago, III. The station book-
keeper is Mrs. Margie Kinslow of
Glasgow, Ky. Mrs. Kinslow has
been with the station for fifteen
months. She had previously been
with Southern Continental Tele
phone Company in Kentucky and
Illinois Bell Telephone in Chicago.
Mr. Kinslow is x-ray technician
at Baker-Thompson Memorial
pital.
Heading the all-important
gineering division is Chief
gineer William F. Rogers. A
time hand at radio business,
ers is the dean of the WTSB
Hos-
en-
En-
long-
Rog-
staff.
in Asheville,
Starting with
Fatterscn later
ern Electric in
his home town.
WISE, Asheville,
worked for
Lumberton
he met, and married Cleta
Small. A veteran of three
service with the Army Air
West-
where
Merle
years
Force.
Patterson has attended Ohio Wes
leyan University,
he has worked
Other stations
with include
WMRN, Marion, Ohio, and WSLN,
the Ohio Wesleyan University sta
tion.
Office personnel at the station
includes Mrs. Elienor French Lor-
he went into theatrical work withman, continuity writer. Mrs. Lor-
He came to WTSB from WRAL,
Raleigh, where he had joined the
staff after service with the Army
Airway Communications System.
A native of Blackstone, Va., he
has previously been chief engineer
at WCNC, Elizabeth City and was
a member of the staffs at WFTC,
Kinston, WPID, Petersburg, Va.,
and WKPA, Pittsburgh, Pa. He is
a graduate of Capital Engineering
Institute.
Rogers
ton girl,
is married to a Lumber-
the former Ann Boone.
Frank Martin of Kansas City,
Kan., joined the WTSB staff in
March, 1947. A graduate of Ward
High School in Kansas City, Mar.
tin saw four years service as a
radio-gunner in
Force. He is a
tra’i Radio and
in Kansas City,
the
Air
graduate of Gen-
Television School
Mo.