git Meh Springs Cittern
ONE OF ROBESON COUNTY'S HOMETOWN NEWSPAPERS _ _ _
VOLUME 52—No. 49 —16 Pages Red Springs, N. C. THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 9, 1949 ~ 5c A Copy
71 Graduate From Lumberion High;
Diplomas Presented Tuesday Night
LUMBERTON—Lumberton High
School finals got under way Sun
day night when the baccalaureate
sermon was delivered by Rev. R.
Methodist Conference
Laboratory School
L. Alexander,
given by Rev.
music was ^y
school.
Class ni?ht
The invocation was
John H. Bonner, and
the glee club of the
DURHAM—Beginning on
June
19 the N. C. Methodist Conference
exercises were held
will conduct a laboratory
for teachers
Monday night when a pageant
“Holiday in
sented.
Graduation
night saw
Hawaii” was pre-
exercises Tuesday
the presentation of
diplomas to 71 graduates following
a talk by superintendent B. E.
Lohr and school board chairman,
O. L. Henry. The Lumberton High
Scchool Band played the proces
sional as the seniors entered, and
the invocation was by Dr. Phillip
J. McLean. A quartet composed
of Joe Taylor, Stanley Meares, Max
Kinlaw, and Theodore Richards
sang “The Builders.”
Honor students
with their theme
Youth of 1949.”
John Hal Oliver,
spoke in turn
“Challenges to
Speakers were
class president;
Nora Dean Parker, salutatorian;
Eunice Saunders, Mary Jo Wagner,
Kathleen Bennett, Mabel Lou Ven-
drick, Luther Britt, Virginia
Lewis, Bobbie Lou Sessoms, Leon
Hamilton, Sarah Williams, Jean
ette Chance, Gertie Nelson, Vir
ginia Everleigh, and Margaret
Floyd, valedictorian.
school
of children in the
Church School. Church
Schools
from all sections of Eastern North
Carolina will send delegates to the
school, which is to be held at Duke
Memorial Church, Durham, N. C.
According to Miss Doris Sutton,
Conference Director of Children’s
Work, Durham, and formerly Re
ligious Education Director at Lum
berton’s Chestnut Street Methodist
Church, this type of school is
unique
in the fact that expert
teachers instruct classes of chil
dren for the observation of the
student teachers. The demonstra
tion class is followed by discus
sion of the methods and materials
used. Miss Sutton also states that
a nursery class teacher has been
secured, so that the nursery class,
once cancelled, will be conducted
as planned so that teachers in
department may register for
school.
J. B. McCloskey
Awards were presented by Supt. f . J fti
Uohr. Rupert Collins was present-. | 1 fl
ed the Citizenship Cup which is' wVaBEalSfcfllUwWl *
given by the scchool and awarded
by the faculty and the student
body. Kitty Lee was, presented the
French Medal given by the Amer
ican Association of French Teach
ers for a paper submitted in the
competition. Leon Hamilton, Jr.,
while receiving no award was con
gratulated as being 4th highest I
in French competition among 713
Legion Posl
this
the
RED SPRINGS—At the Ameri
can Legion rheeting held Monday
night at the Legion Hall the fol
lowing new officers were elected
for the coming year: Commander.
J. B. McCloskey; 1st vice
com-
entries in the state. The Readers
given Margaret i
valedictorian of
mander, Sam Laney: 2nd vice-
Digest Award was
Newton Floyd as
the class.
The recessional,
cumstance” was
band.
commander, Warren McNeill:
ad-
“Pomp
played
and Cir-
by the
Marshals were Tommy
Chief, Betsy Clarke,
Parnell.
Kendrick
Townsend, DeWitt Branch, Sarah
A. Jackson. Betty -A. Williford,"'
lAmten R. Britt.
Bible School Al
Centro Church
jutant and finance officer. Deen
Futon; chaplain, C. E. Leigh, Sr.;
sgt. at arms, Johnny King; assist
ant sgt. at arms, Will Varnum;
service officer, Martin McKinnon,
and building trustees, E. H. Alex
ander. Morrison Peterson, and J.
A. Graham.
Retiring from the above offices
at the .next meeting are: Com
mander R. . McMillan, Jr : 1st vice
Dcommander Al Grant; 2nd vice
commander C. E. Leigh: adjutan
and finance officer. A. C. Stephen
son; Chaplain H. G. Bedinger, and
Sgt. at Arms Sam Thoma*
RED SPRINGS—Centre Church
is holding its first Daily Vacation
Bible School in. many years next
Picnic Notes End
Kindergarten Year
week, June
13-17. New Sunday
School rooms
which were con-
structed during the winter will be
used for classes, and recreation
will be out in the grove of the
church. Teachers for the school
are Mrs. Julian McKellar, Mrs. Er
nest Odom, Mrs. Roger Gentry,
Mrs. Alex Wilkerson, Mrs. Duncan
McGirt, Mrs. Clyde Webster, Mrs.
W. L. Roper, Sally McArthur, and
Ann McArthur will serve as pian
ist. Rev. J. Ray Dickens, pastor
at Centre, will be director.
Classes are scheduled from
11:30 each merning with a
commencement Friday night
9 to
gala
con-
sisting of picnic supper at 6:30, fol-
:owed by the program and a dis
play of creative work done during
the week. Much interest has been
aroused, and it 1„ hoped that all
children in the community be
tween the gaes of three and thir
teen will attend.
MAXTON—The Maxton Kinder
garten completed its second year
of operation last Friday with a
picnic given 'for the tiny students
by the director, Mrs. J. B. Hord.
The picnic was held at the group’s
favorite spot, the pine trees near
the SAL Railway Station on Fri
day morning, followed by games
and scrags.
Eight members of the kinder
garten become first graders next
year and are Betty Kirkpatrick,
Connie Daniel, Lucille Ruth Sever
son, Diane Ford, Jane Hasty, San
dra Gilbert, Janice Marie Hord,
and Betty Bracey. Other two stu ¬
dents during the past year-
been Jay Kirkpatrick and
McCallum.
have
Alex
County Against Roads, For Schools, ]
Both bond Issues Carry In Sttate
Robeson County voted decisively
against the Scott $200,000,000 road
bond issue last Saturday while the
State of North Carolina voted just]
as decisively in favor of the enor
mous financial transaction. Both
Robeson and the state approved J
the $25,000,000 school bond issue.
With the passage of the road bond
an increase of one cent per gallon
tax on gasoline was approved.
road-bonds 3-2 with a count of 1,-
982 votes for the issue and 3,142
against it. The scchool bonds were
approved in the county by a ma
jority of only 73, 2,567 for and 2,-
494 against.
In the state
rural counties
and the final
the western and
swung the election
count is about 3-2
Robeson’s
vote disapproved the
for the road bond issue and 2-1 for
the school bonds. About 400,000
votes were cast in the state.
0
Robeson County Bond Vote
PRECINCT
Alfordsville ....
Backswamp....
Britts
Burnt Swamp ..
Fairmont No. 1 ..
Fairmont No. 2 ..
Gaddys
East Howellsville
West Howellsville
Lumber Bridge .
Lumberton
Lumberton
Lumberton
Lumberton
No.
No.
No.
No.
1
2
3
4
McGougan Heads
Springs Liens
Guerney Bracy
New Presidenl
Red Springs PTA
RED SPRINGS—At the weekly
meeting of the Red Springs Lion’s
Club on last Tuesday night the fol
lowing members were nominated
without opposition to the new of
fices of the club: President, Wil
liam T. McGougan; secretary, Jas
per Culbreth; 1st vice-president,
Murphy McNeill; 2nd vice-presi
dent; R. B. McRacken, 3rd vice-
president, H. E. Skipper; directors,
C. A. Gardner and Jack T. Beverly;
Tail Twister, W. C. Lenoir; and
Lion Tamer, Elbert R. Horton.
These new officers were elected at
the June 14th meeting of the Lion’s
Club and will take office at the
first meeting in July to serve dur
ing the 1949-1950 term.
Retiring officers for the past
year are: President, Leslie Bald
win; secretary - treasurer, Jasper
Culbreth; 1st vice-president, Wil
liam T. McGougan; 2nd vice-presi
dent, C. A. Gardner 3rd vice-presi- .
dent, W. C. Lenoir; directors, Wal
ter F. Spivey and Reese Snyder;
RED
of -the
SPRINGS —At a meeting
Parent Teachers Associa-
tion of the Red Springs school on
Tuesday nigght the nominating
committee submitted the following
names of new officers to serve as
leaders of the P. T. A. during the
coming year: President, Guerney
Bracy of Pembroke; vice-president
Mr. David Brown; Secretary, Mrs.
R. D. McMillan, Jr., and treasurer,
Carson Manus.
Plans were also announced at
this time concerning the new gym
nasium and class room buildings
which the school hopes to be able
to have constructed by the early
winter term of 1949.
During the social hour refresh
ments were served to the member
present.
W. E. Caddell Rites
Held Yesterday
MAXTON—Fur era!
services
tail twister, H. E. Skipper;
Von tamer, Galen D. Harris.
and
were held yesterday mroning for
Wm. E .Caddell. 88, who died Tues-
I day in Clio, S. £., hospital after a
MAXTON—The Mormax Club is
erecting a building to be used by
the Maxton Boy Scout Troop, lo
cated on the softball field near the
high school. The former barrack
building which was secured at the
air base from the Airport Comrnis-
j long illness.
Srevices were conducted by Rev.
sion by the Mormax Club, will
soon be completed and ready for
use by the scouts.
The troop has been meeting each
' Monday Right on the second floor
of tie bank building. Scoutmas-
Ws ar^ Jack Castevens and Doug
Purcell.
Maxton
Orrum
Parkton
Pembroke....
PhiladelpAus ..
Raft Swamp ..
Red Springs ..
Rennert
Rowland....
Saddletree...
North St. Pauls
South St. Pauls
Shannon....
Smiths
Smyra
Sterlings ..• •
Thompson .. •
Union
White House ..
Wisharts....
TOTAL
ROADS
SCHOOLS
For
Against
For
Against
45
29
26
•17
. 21
42
21
42
38
63
26
72
67
99
69
94
89
176
' 147
120
51
85
61
73
57
20
39
39
16
77
18
73
115
49
120
38
54
53
50
57
86
300
192
191
92
329
174
on?
80
97
94
84
51
73
56
66
34
200
118
112
82
75
83
69
88
44
103
27
107
154
134
115
38
22
34
24
18
37
19
?d
58
277
135
200
31
8
16
22
57
221
159
120
68
18
64
19
91
62
104
4 7
109
112
141
78
12
31
10
32
46
17
49
15
60
9
43
20
76
25
62
32
28
104
32
100
40
113
85
66
51
45
58
^8
31
76
20
84
—
.
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Maxton Students End School Year
AI Commencemel Exercises Tuesday
MAXTON—Commenceipent ac
tivities for the graduating class at
Maxton High School began on Sun
day evening, June Sth, at 8:15 p.m.
with the Baccalaureate Service, at
the high school auditorium.
The service', which was largely
attended by three congregations of
Maxton, with the Presbyterians as
hosts, opened with an academic
processional led by chief marshall
A. L. Patterson, Jr., Rev. H. G.
Cuthrell, Rev. E. L. Stoffel, and
Rev. Forrest Young, followed by
members of the senior class in cap
and gown.
The invocation was given by Mr.
Young with special music by the
Glee Club, “The Heavens Are Tell
ing”, directed by Miss Mary Mc
Queen and accompanied at the pi
ano by Miss Ann Elizabeth Mc
Kinnon.
Delivering the sermon which
was an a spirational message to
all the young people, was Rev. Mr.
Cuthrell, pastor of the St. Paul’s
Methodist Church. Hymns were
sung by the congregation accom
panied at the piano by Mrs. J. P.
Stansel.
The benediction was delivered by
Rev. E. L. Stoffel, followed by the
recessional.
Senior Class Night
Senior Class Night was held on
Forrest Young of Maxton and in
terment was in the Caddell ceme
tery.
Mr. Caddell was born in Moore
county and was a son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. William Caddell. He
had spent most of his life in Ro
beson.
Surviving are two
Mrs. Lawrence
Laurinburg and
daughters.
Carmichael
of
Miss Mary Cad-
dell of hte home, and by 2 sons.
I Walter of Raeford and Harry of
the home.
Co Commissioners
Elect Manager
Tax Collector
Monday evening at the high school
with the address of welcome made]
by Katherine Ray Carter, class sa
lutatorian. “The End of the Rain-!
re-
Lawrence McK. Parker was
elected tax collector for Robeson
County and William "Peavine
Reynolds was named his assistant
and county manager by the county
commissioners at their regular
meeting Monday.
The meeting was mainly con
cerned with the budget for
the
HE HAD FUN BUT IT DIDN’T house beside the Chestnut Street
LAST LONG. Col. Joe W. Led- entrance. The crash was severe
LAST LONG.
Cpl. Joe W. Led-
better of Fort Bragg took quite
a joy ride Saturday morning be
fore he landed in this awkward po
sition at 2:30 A. M. His crash in
to the Court House in Lumberton
enough to bounce the rear end of
car to the top of the concrete wall
atop the porch. On the ride Joe
Barrington’s car was slightly dam-
(pictured
which he
fender on
on East
ran over
here) climaxed a ride on
was a hit and run of-
North Cedar, hit a house
Seventh, and reportedly
a lawn mower and a
child’s wagon in George Faircloth’s
yard. The ride ended with a head-
on collision with the comity court
Supreme Court
Upholds Nimocks
On School Funds
The supreme court decision on
the appeal of the plaintiffs from a
superior court decision dissolving
an injunction against the expendi-
ture of funds of the county
been filed with the Clerk of
perior Court for Robeson; the
preiue court’s decision upholds
decision of the lower court.
has
Su-
su-
the
The supreme court decision says
that the plaintiffs offered no evi
dence at the hearing on the in
junction and that the judge, Nim
ocks, made his decision wisely by
his sound judgement consistent
with the law. The ruling of the
highest court says that the injunc
tion sought to restrain county of-
ficiWs fr«m acts which they had
already accomplished. It upholds
the dissolution of the injunction
and says the laws challenged are
constitutional.
The injunction titled “Branch vs.
Board of Education” was entered
by a group of Six Robeson County
citizens. It cited various misdeeds
by county officials and challenged
the constitutionality of acts of the
legislature under which the of
ficials expended money.
The supreme court denies, by its
decision, that there was any rea
son for the injunction.
aged when it was hit
damage was done to the
and some
home and
yard of W .G. Warwick. Patrolmen
Carter and Shepherd
(pictured)
saw the corporal safely into an am
bulance and called a wrecker and
the fire department.—Photo by
Bill Norment.
Carlyle Gives
Flag To County
County Manager W. D. Rey
nolds has received a special
United States flag from Con
gressman F. Ertel Carlyle and
says that it will be flown over
the county court house for the
first time on June 14. Flag
Day.
The gift was accompanied
by a letter from the architect
of the United States Capitol in
Washington, certifying that
the five by eight foot flag had
been flown over the nation’s
capitol on June 1, 1949.
A letter from Mr. Carlyle
said that he made the gift be
cause it was fitting that a flag
flown over the nation’s capi
tol would also be flown over
the ‘‘capitol of the great coun
ty of Robeson.”
Asher Lewis Dies
In Auto Wreck
High School Diplomas To Be Awarded
At Red SpringsTomorrow Night
Springs High
Class Day Is
Tomorrow Morn
RED SPRINGS — The senior
class of the Red Springs High
School will present its annual class
day exercises in the high school
auditorium on Friday morning at
10 A. M., with some twenty seniors
participating.
The program will open with in
troductory selections by the Red
.Springs school band and the open
ing song, "Where, O Where,” sung
by the members of the graduating
class. After the presentation of
the mascots by Bill Stutts and a
saxaphone solo by Charles Brown,
Ann McArthur will relate the his
tory of the ’49 senior class. Carol
Campbell will introduce the super
latives, after which Patricia' Mc
Neill will read the class prophecy
and Grace Graham will quote the
class poem, “A Forever Members
of the Class,” written by Mrs. Doris
Young Eddins, former student at
Red Springs Hi.
Buddy McNeill will be in charge
of the Senior Class Will, which
will immediately be followed by the
presentation of gifts to the grad
uates by Bobby Edwards and Inez
Soles, giftoria,ns.
Capping exercises will be held on
the front steps of the high school
following the proggram.
Rev. McKinnon
Goes To Tenn.
MAXTON—Rev. John R.
Mc-
Kinnon, formerly of Maxton, re
ceived his Bachelor of Divinity De
gree at Union Theological Semin
ary in Richmond, Va., on Tuesday,
May 24th, at the annual commence
ment exercises. He has accepted a
call to the Waverly Road Presby
terian Church in Kingsport, Tenn.,
n“w church of
Holston
Presbytery. He assumed his pas-
toral duties on June 1st
and Mrs. McKinnon are
and
now
he
at
home in Kingsport,
Mr. McKinnon is the son of
RED SPRINGS —Approximately
twenty high school seniors Will be
awarded diplomas on Friday night,
June 10, when the Red Springs
School holds its (final commence
ment exercises at 8 P. M., in the
high school auditorium.
The commencement program as
announced by Supt. Walter R.
Dudley will be as follows: Two
selections by the Red Springs High
School Band, ‘Warming Up,” . by
Ribble and “Honor Band,” by Web
er; Processional; Invocation by Al
Buie; Salutatory Address by Ann
McArthur; Two folk songs by the
Red Springs Glee Club; Senior
Class President’s Message by Billy
Stutts; Response, Joan Hardesty;
selection by band, “Organ Melody,”
by Chenette; student council presi
dent’s Message by Buddy McNeill;
Response by Elbert McPhaul;
Superintendent’s Message and
Presentation of Awards, Mr. Dud
ley; Two Spirituals by the Glee
Club: Presentation of Diplomas,
Dr. C. T. Johnson; song by the
Senior Class, "You’ll Never Walk
Alone;” Valedictory Address, Eu
nice Duncan; Alma Mater, and Re
cessional.
The awards presented to various
members of the graduating class
during the commencement will
consist of the DAR medal award
ed by that organization to Miss
Ann McArthur, the best ggirl citi
zen of the year; the World Peace
Contest Medal presented to Bill
Lewis by the Rotary Club for the
| best speech on "World Peace
Through the United Nations;” cash
prizes of $10 to Ann McArthur and
$5 to Patricia McNeill for their
participation in the Soil Conser
vation Contest sponsored locally by
the Scottish Bank; cash prizes of
$10 to Joan Hardesty and $5 to
Joan Stevens for their themes on
the Constitution sponsored by the
Red Springs American Legion; and
the engraving of Frank McDon
ald’s na’me on the Rotary Plaque
as the "best all-around citizen of
the Senior Class.” Frank was se
lected for the honorary presenta
tion by the faculty of the Red
Springs School.
the'
Bible School
Slarls Monday
In Red Springs
late Samuel Hawley and Ruby
James McKinnon and a nephew of
Miss Maggie McKinnon of Max-
ton. He is a graduate of Davidson
College and served in World War
II, as a 1st Lt. in the 31st Inf. Div.,
stationed in the southwest Pacific
until 1946.
Correction
In last week’s edition of the
Scottish Chief, the above story er
roneously appeared beneath the
picture of Rev. John H. McKinnon,
pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church of Concord, and. former
Maxton pastor.
Asher W. Lewis, 63, a Charlotte
man who is-well known in the
county, met instant death Thurs
day when a heavy trailer truck
crashed his car into a ditch near
Laurel Hill. Mr. Lewis made his
headquarters in Lumberton where
he tuned pianos for Lumberton
Music Store; he practiced that pro
fession throughout: eastern Caro
lina.
Scotland County Sheriff Jesse C.
Gibson reported that the crash. oc
curred about 12:30 P. M., when the
truck driven by Adrian C. Benson,
25, of Wilmington attempted to
pass tw.o other trailer trucks, less
than a mile from Laurel Hill. Ben
son and a passenger were not in
jured.
Benson was lodged in jail and a
coroners inquest charged him with
manslaughter.
Funeral services were held in
Charlotte Saturday.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
RED SPRINGS—Daily Vacation
Bible School will begin on Monday
morning, June 13, at the Presby
terian Church when children, rang
ing from the ages four to twelve,
register for the two weeks’ pro
gram. The bible school will be
conducted on a five-day schedule,
Quoting the opinion of the state's
highest tribunal: “The decision of
the court below rested largely on
the court below re
„ ^‘its sound judgment,
proved at the next meeting of the
board. A tentative budget has
been prepared from the requests o
the county departments and is un-
coining year which
will be
subject, of
course, to legally applicable princi-
pies ... the acts sought to be re
strained had already become a ‘fait
accompli’ when the action began.
being held each Monday
Friday from 9 until 12 A.
the next two weeks.
Beginner, primary, and
classes will be supervised
through
M., for
junior
by _ Mrs.
der consideration.
Plans were made, by the com
missioners to attend the annual
meeting of the N. C. Association
of County Commissioners which is
to be held at Blowing Rock late
this month.
for guidance and encouragement,
with the usual. senior admonition
to rising seniors and other high
school students of obtaining the
most out of high school life.
Commencement Exercises
Ginners Meet In
Lumberton Tues
Announcement is made today
by
Bible School Begins
Monday At Baptist
Presbyterian Churches
Commencement exercises were
held on Tuseday evening at the
bow,” a skit directed by class spon- .high school with the traditional
sor, Mrs. J. H. McKinnon, was pre- academic processional. The invoca-
sented. Staged as the last class . ^ on was given by Rev. J. R. Dick-
meeting of 1949, the group entered e , ls and a selection, “A Spirit Flo
wer” sung Uy the Glee . Club.
Principal H. M. Guyot introduc
ed the commencement speaker,
Rev. A. D. Leon Gray, superinten-
and were seated at a long dinner
table and proceded with their for
mal dinnre meeting with the class
president, John Hunter LaMotte,
presiding. Elsie McKenzie, Class
Poet, presented the class poem and
foretelling the future of the senior
class was Class Prophet, Billy
White. Ann Nash Maynard sang
“A, You’re Adorable” and Sara Lee
Duncan presented the gifts to the
class mascots, Pat Holland and
Bobby McKenzie. She also present
ed appropriate and quite-often hu
morous gifts to members of the
class. The last will 'and testament
was read by Sally James, Testator
and class statistics were read as
compiled by Margaret Ann Clarke.
Concluding the entertaining play
was the singing of the class song
ay Marie Essey.
Eighth Grade Certificates
Following the singing of a selec
tion by members of the eighth
grade, certificates of promotion
were presented to thirty-five stu
dents by H. M. Guyot, principal. A
medal for class scholarship was
presented to Miss Patsy Purcell
with the eighth grade citizenship
medal going to Miss Annis Joseph.
Senior Class Gift
The presentation of the senior
class gift to the faculty and stu
dent body of a Webster’s New
Standard Unabridged Dictionary
and a stand for its use in the li
brary, was made by John Hunter
Lamotte and accepted most gra
ciously by Mr. Guyot. Following
this, the valedictory address was
made by class valedictorian, John
Hunter LaMotte, who expressed ap-
dent of the Oxford Orphanage,
whose subject was “By-Products of
Life”.
Presentation of diplomas to the
seventeen seniors was made by Mr.
Guyot and J. D. Medlin, chairman
of the School Board. Following the
awards, the benediction was offer
ed by Dr. L. C. LaMotte.
Awards
John Hunter LaMotte was pre
sented the Mormax Medal, annual
award to the class valedictorian, by
Russell Helekson. The Lions Club
Medal, salutatorian, was presented
by G. P. Henderson to Katherine
Carter. Miss Carter also received
the Hattie McBryde Medal given in
honor of a former teacher of Max-
ton; presentation was, made by E.
Hervey Evans of Laurinburg.
The American Legion Citizen
ship Medal was given by post com
mander Percy Phillips to Lois Rus-'
sell. Mr. Guyot awarded the Dan
forth Foundation Award, a copy of
the book, “I Dare You,” to Kath-,
erine Carter and Robert Neill Cad
dell in recognition of their leader
ship and their willingness to ac
cept responsibility.
Debate medals were given Miss
Carter, Ann McLeod* John Hunter
LaMotte, Asn Fristick, A. L. Pat
terson, Jr., and Reginald McVic
ker. A certificate of "merit was giv
en Lois Russell by the State of
North Carolina for her outstand
ing service as a schoolbus driver.
The seniors, through Katherine
Louis G. McGill, executive secre
tary, Carolinas Ginners Associa
tion, Red Springs, that the 1949
district meetings the association
will be held during June are as
follows:
For North Carolina:
June 14—Central District, Pine
crest Country Club, Lumberton,
N. C.
June 22, Eastern District, Over-
ton’s, Rocky Mount, N. C.
June 23, Piedmont District, Gard
ner Webb College, Boiling Springs,
N. C.
All ginners, members and non
members alike, county agents, and
others interested in the cotton in
terested in the cotton industry are
invited to attend these meetings,
Some very important problems
confronting the cotton ginners and |
other members of the cotton in-1
dustry will be discussed. I
The 1949 Cotton Loan Program
and the Smith-Doxey Classing Ser
vice will be discussed in North
Carolina by Dan F. Holler of the
N. C. Extension Service.
The meeting will begin prompt
ly at 10:00 A. M., and will adjourn
at 1:00 P. M.,. after which lunch
will be served.
Agnes Jones Lewis of Charlotte; a
daughter, Mrs. Charlie Kiser of
Charlotte; a son, Asher W. Lewis,]
Jr., of Davidson; two sisters, Mrs. I
Ada Mills and Mrs. Edith Lentz of
Chicago; three grandchildren and
his mother.
Harvell Death
Called Suicide
LUMBERTON — The death of
George W. Harvell, 49, of Norfolk,
Va., who was found hanging by a
wire in an outhouse near High
Hills Monday, was termed a sui
cide by Coroner D. W. Biggs and
no inquest was deemed necessary.
The body was found by a Negro
woman in the outhouse of the
Charles David McNeill home where
he boarded. He was employed on
the Carolina Power & Light Co.
construction job. The deceased is
reported to have been despondent
and to have been drinking when
last seen Sunday. Death is sup
posed to have occurred Monday
morning.
Mrs. Annie Normen
Passes, Rites- Tuesday
MAXTON—Daily Vacation Bible
Schools will oper on Monday, June
13th, at the Maxton Baptist church
and at the First Presbyterian
church. The Bible Schools for the
St. Paul’s Methodist church will
take place later in the montE:
Baptist
Mrs. Forrest Young is directing
the bible school to be held at the
Baptist Church of two weeks du
ration beginning on Monday, June
13th, with sessions through Friday,
.Tune 24th. from nire to eleven-
thirty. Graduation exercises will
be held on Sunday evening", June
26th. Departments will be avail
able for children aged 4-17 with
beginners, primary, juniors and in
termediates. All children are urged
to attend each session of the Bible
School.
Presbyterian
The Bible School at the First
Presbyterian Church will be one
week, June 13-17, with sessions
9:30 to 11:30 each morning. Chil
dren aged 4-15 are invited to at
tend.. The staff will include Mrs.
Murphy McGirt—Beginner Dept.,
Mrs. Glenn Peele—Primary Dept:
Mrs. McBryde Austin and Mrs. R.
A. McLeod—Junior Department:
and Mrs. C. S. McIntyre—Pioneer
Dept: Miss Mary McQueen and
Miss Jean Morris will be pianists
and recreation will be led by Ed
ward LaMotte. The pastor, Rev. E.
L. Stoffel is directing the school
R. D. McMillan, Jr., Mrs. O. L.
Moore, and Mrs. Thomas A. Dry.
Baseball and various other
games during the recreation pe
riod will compromise a good deal
of the morning’s activities. -Par
ents are urged to have their' chil
dren attend this school for an in
structive and enjoyable program.
Springs Athletic
Awards Announced
RED SPRINGS—Those members
of the. Red Springs High School
who will receive sports awards at
the commencement exercise Friday
night in the high school audito
rium are: Football letters, Bill
Stutts, Donald Watson, Robert
Beck, Buck Hutson, Tommy Ash
ford, Bill Lewis, Tommy Ammons,
Ertel Edwards, and Bill Coley;
Basketball, (boys) Frank McDon
ald, Al Buie, Robert Beck, Bill
Stutts, R. D. Evers, Gorman Wil
liams, and Tommy Ammons;
(girls) Eunice Duncan, Christine
Armstrong, Jo Anne Hardesty,
Mary Hutson, Joan Stevens, El
mira Hickman, Sally McArthur
and Pat McNeil, and baseball,
Frank McDonald, Al Buie, Ertel
Edwards, Robert Beck, Donald
Watson, Bill Stutts, Buck Hutson,
Robert Todd, Levon Cribb, and
Tommy Ashford.
The students whose names ap
pear more than once will receive
both letters and stars for their
participation in sports.
presented their teacher.
preciaticn of the seniors to pa-j Carter, presented their tea
rents, faculty members and friends I Mrs. Ida J. McKinnon a gift.
Crump Personnel
Council Member
LUMBERTON—Earl Crump,
of
Wilson and formerly of Lumber-
ton, was appointed Saturday to the
newly constituted State Personnel
Council. Mr. Crump is assistant
division engineer of the State
Highway and Public Works Com
mission and is one of two council
members representing state err ■
ployees.
The new commission will handle
all personnel matters for the state,
a job previously handled by the as
sistant budget director. The first
meeting of the body is scheduled
j for Thursday.
LUMBE’RTON—Funeral services
were held Tuesday morning for
and interesting courses have
pla> ned.
been
Mrs. Annie Rancke Norment who ~
died Sunday after an alliness of a 11
few days. Mrs. Norment was the 16 SOfll^
wife of the late Dr. T. A. Norment.'
She was born June 1, 1871.
Funeral services were conducted
bv Rev. Forrest Hedden, pastor of
Chestnut Street Methodist Church
of which Mrs. Norment was a
member. He was assisted by Rev.
I. P. Hedgpeth. Interment was in
Meadowbrook cemetery.
Surviving is one daughter, Mrs.
Speaker at PHS
PEMBROKE—Malcolm Seawell,
solicitor of the Seventh district, in
h's address to the graduating class
of the Pembroke High School, Fri-
dav. June 3, advised the members
Erwin T. Williams. G. Ed Rs"-cke, I of the class, in their search for
her brother, died in March of this) happiness, to search for peace, for
year. I security, and for progress, physi-
-— cally, mentally and spiritually. In
Talk to your neighbors instead of conclusion, the speaker wished for
about them. It improved the com- the class the success in life which
munity spirit. ! c> ly a happy man can attain.
Al Grant Rotary
President
RED SPRINGS—New officers of
the Red Springs Rotary Club who
have been elected to take office
in July are: President, Al Grant;
vice-president, Neil P. Clinton; sec
retary, Bobby Graham, sgt at
arms Warren Detwiler; song lead
er II D. Baxley and directors, Hi
ram Grantham, Al Grant, Bobby
Graham, Warren Detwiler and
Neil B. Clinton.
Retiring officers for the 1948-’49
term are: President, Hiram Gran
tham- vice-president, Al Grant;
secretary, Neil P. Clinton; sgt at
arms, Carl Stubbs, and song lead
er, Torn A. Fry.