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ONE OF ROBESON COUNTY’S HOMETOWN NEWSPAPERS
Volume 52 No. 49 14 PAGES
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o’clock.”
The tentative
celebration will
Red Springs, N. C
THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 16, 1949
mH ANNIVERSARY TO BE NOTED
AT RED SPRINGS PRESBYTERIAN
RED SPRINGS—The following
invitations to the Sixtieth Anniver
sary Service of the Presbyterian
Church in Red Springs have been
mailed this week: “The Presby
terian Church cordially invites you
to attend the Sixtieth Anniversary.
Service on Sunday morning, the
twenty-sixth of June, at eleven
o’clock, Nineteen hundred and for
ty-nine, Red Springs, North Care-
Mrs. George Bullock; Music,
Henry Hodgin; Finance, . Mr.
Grant; Registration, Mrs. E.
Neighbors; Grounds, Mr. J.
Watson; Reception, Miss Mary
E a c h e r n; Arrangement
Mr.
Al
Mo
on
Grounds, Mr. James A. Graham
and program committee, Mr
George Ashford.
P., Luncheon
program for
begin with an
on
the
or-
gan prelude followed by the dox
ology and invocation. Dr. J. B.
Black of Bon Aire, Va., former pas
tor of the Presbyterian Church,
will read th" Scripture fallowed by
a ‘‘Memorial” by Miss Helen Buie.
The Rev. Thomas A Fry, pastor,
will deliver the sermon and Mrs.
Isabelle B. Jone-, soloist, will ren
der special music for the morning
service.
Committee chairmen who have
worked under the direction of Mr.
G. T. Ashford, general chairman of
the celebration, in preparing for
this special anniversary service in
clude: Arrangements, Miss Helen
Buie, chairman; Dinner, Mrs. F. H.
Alexander; Decorations, Mrs. G. T.
Brooks; Invitations, Misses Anne
Buie and Earline Coxe; Publicity,
Miss Gibson New
Church Education
Director In RS
Miss Delphia Gibson
Tenn., who was elected
of
as
Bristol,
director
of religious education at the
Springs Presbyterian church
ing the winter, will arrive here
and assume her new duties hte
week in June. Miss
graduated from the
Gibson
Red
dur-
and
last
was
Assembly’s
Training School.in Richmond, Va.,
last month.
Miss Gibson succeeds .Miss Irene
Baldwin, who resigned the posi
tion in September, 1948 to return
to her home in Lansing and be
with her invalid mother. During
the interim, Miss Lucille McBroom
of Red Springs has been the very
efficient church secretary.
5c A Copv
Guyot Re-elected
School Head
H. M. Guyot was recently re-elec
ted as principal of Maxton public
schools by the School Board. Mr.
I Guyot has served as principal for
two years and will beg’n his third
year of service in the fall term.
| Mr. Guyot’s re-election as princi-
i pal was recently announced by
school board chairman, J. D. Med-
McMANUS RESIGNS ȣa^ F^v ^ T. Cm AM
FROM COMMISSION ! K1 * eS * ®^ ^“ "" ween
DUE TO HEALTH
RED SPRINGS
John
Mc-
Today; School Supt
Manus, re-elected to the Board of ]
Commissioners here in May for a
second two-year term, resigned!
from the post last Thursday on the
advice of his physician. Mr. Mc
Manus was recovering from a
heart condition at the time of the
election.
He stated at the time of mailing
his resignation to Mayor Hiram
Grantham and the commission,
that the long night sessions of the
board had interrupted the rest
schedule which had been prescrib
ed by his physician and that this
was hindering recovery of his
health. "This is my only reason
for resigning at this time, and I
feel it necessary to consider this
medical advice first. I appreciate
the fine support the people of Red
Springs gave me in the election
Dark Ginnina
Outlook Cited
LUMBERTON
The
Dies Suddenly Tues
will
the
last month and I hope they
understand clearly that this is
only reason for my action,”
McManus stated.
MB. GREEN
Suffers Fatal Attack
On Verge of Retire
ment.
Funeral services will be held at
eleven this morning from the home
in Maxton for Clyde L. Green, 65,
who died suddenly Tuesday about
noon in his office in Lumberton.
Mr. Green ,
in Robeson
supt. of schools
county suffered a
AMONG UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA GRADUATES from
Robeson County this year are these: Top, left to right, James Warren
Henderson, Sidney Auburn Hughes, Elizabeth Gray Sanders, all of
Lumberton; middle, left to right, Raymond L. Sarbaugh, Jr., of Lum
berton, Betty Carolyn Huston of Fairmont, and Mary Harper McGou-
gan of Lumber Bridge; bottom, John D. McPhaul of Red Springs, Leon
McNeill of Parkton, and James Carroll Stephens of Orrum. Pictures
were not available for William Robert Dulin of Rowland, William
Creed Dew of Red Springs, Lacy Earl Gilbert, Jr., of Parkton, and the
following from Lumberton—Earl Garnes Caldwell, John Wishart
Campbell, James Dickson McLean, Jr., and John McMillan Rancke.
Lbq. Maxton Air Base Reports Profit;
J, B. Hood Is Hamed Chairman
1 lin.
The faculty for next year has
District of the Carolinas
Association, meeting at
Central
Ginners
Pinecrest
Father’s Service
At Methodist Church
1 not been completed.
-—Photo by Bill Norment
ROBBON TOWNS TO GET $41,151
FOR STREETS FROM HIGHWAY COM
North Carolina’s 396 small towns
will get $1,048,314 from the State
Highway Commission during the
next 12 months.
14 municipalities in Robeson
County will get $29,425 of this ’
amount.
The Highway Commission says
that’s' the amount due towns of
less than 2,500 population from the
$2,500,000 the 1949 General Assem?
blv set aside for municipal road
work. The money must be spent
first on streets -which form a part
of the state highway system and
second on streets which form “im-
r"-*ant connectiro' links” to the
state highway system, or the coun-
SOFTBALL LEAGUE GETS
UNDERWAY FOR SUMMER
SERIES OF 20 GAMES
' RED ?*’RJNOS—Four gar. s
6
the first, round of the summer
Softball League for adults were
played this week by six of the
eight teams in the circuit.
The High School team played
Tuesday and Wednesday for two
wins to lead the procession, and
the police team won its first en-
ty highwa system
ket roads.
The remainder
or farm-to-mar-
goes to 77
populations
t"n, in this
329.
Fairmont
under 2,500
$5,368; Red
towns
of the $2,500,000
and cities with
counter. The
split their first
Standings:
High School
Police
Rounders
Baptist
Preps
Robins Rounders
two
games.
2
of over 2,500.
category, will
Isads the list
Lumber-
get $14,-
of towns
Nat. Guard No. 1
Nat. Guard No. 2
Home Furniture
Scores of the
School 6—Robin
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
games:
Rounders
1.000
1.000
.500
.000
.000
.000
.000
.000
High
with an- allotment of
Springs will get $4,344,
High School 26—Home
Furniture
St. Pauls is to get -$3,821, Maxton
$3,760, Rowland $2,706, and
broke $2,191.
Lumberton. $903,
Others are
Fem-
East
13; Police 10-- National Guard
One 2; Robin Rounders 10 —
tional Guard Nok Two 9.
No.
Na-
Lumber Bridge
MOVING TO S. C.
$1,940. McDonald $379, Marietta
$444, North Lumberton $483,
rum $1,104, Parkton $1,551,
torville $431.
Or-
Proc-
Mr. and
daughter,
for Mars
C., where
a farm.
Mrs. William Hall
and
Delia, will leave Friday
Bluff near Florence, S.
they recently purchased
Clarence Ammons arrived
day from Wooster College in
Tues-
Woos-
AT ROTARY MEET
ter, Ohio, to spend his summer va-
MAXTON—J. B. Hood of Lau
rinburg was named chairman of
the Laurinburg-Maxton Air Base
commission at a recent organiza
tional meeting. Mr. Hood, former
vice chairman of the group, suc
ceeds L. W. Anderson of Maxton,
who has served as chairman since
the commission was formed a year
ago.
The commission named M. P.
James of Maxton as vice-chairman
and renamed M. K. Fuller of Lau
rinburg as secretary-treasurer.
James Mascn of Laurinburg is at
torney for the commission.
Financial Report
In its first, year of operation of
‘•*.: iocal air-base, the commission
closed the year with a bank bal
ance of $6,300 as of May 31st. In a
recent report to the commission,
Mr. Fuller listed total receipts of
$13,749 and total expenditures of
$8,992.53.
The main part of the income has
been derived from charges for wa
ter and sewer service and rental
of base farm land. 500 acres of
land is presently being rented at
$5.00 per acre.
Water and sewer services at the
end of the first year of operation,
totaled $7,431 and land rentals
brought in $2,572 in revenue. Build
ing “rentals amounted to $1,313. The
major, expenditures were salaries.
$2,275; electric service $2,835; and
maintenance and repairs, $1,152.
All receipts from the base go
back into the maintenance and up
keep of the actual airport facili
ties and quite a bit of repair work
is expected to be accomplished
during the summer. When the com
mission began operation, it found
: itself with an indebtedness of more
htan a thousand dollars.
Members of the six-man commis
sion are J. B. Hood, Tom John and
M. K. Fuller, ail of Laurinburg;
L. W. Anderson, M. P. James and
Murphy McGirt, all of Maxton.
Boy Scout Work
Normal Project
MAXTON-At the monthly meet
ing of the Mormax Club held on
Thursday of last week at the. Com
munity Club, it was voted to spon
sor the Boy Scout work again in
Maxton as one of the main pro
jects of the" club. Maxton’s quota
for membership in the Cape Fear
District of the Boy Scouts of Ame
rica, $435.00, was contributed at
the meeting by club members and
plans were discussed for the new
Boy Scout building which is being’
erected on the softball field, bj
the Mormax Club.
Funds for financing this new
building project for the scouts
were raised by G. P. Henderson
and G. V. Henderson, Jr., on Fri
day of last week by contributions
from businessmen, and individuals
netting approximately five hundred
dollars. The building which is be
ing erected was a former barrack
building and was secured by the
club from the Airport Commission
at the airbase.
Other membres of the scout com-
•mittee are J. D. Medlin, O. W.
Ferrene, W. H. Stewart, Jr., Tra
cey Watson and Fred Frostick.
A delicious dinner was served to
the Mormax members and guests
by the Home Demonstration Club
of which Mrs. R. A. McLeod
president.
Optometric Study
Group Meets
IS
cation with his parents.
Mr. and
Mrs. F.
M. Ammons.
Mrs.
Springs
Lloyd Sugg of
is visiting her
Fuquay
mother,
Jim Graham and Miss Myrtle
McMillan and Mr. and Mrs. John
Hughes of Parkton are spending
■this week in New York City where
Mr. Graham and Mr. Hughes are
attending a Rotary Convention.
Slate's Credit
Rating Drops
RALEIGH—North Carolina
has a high credit rating but
still
not
ap-
as high as before its voters
proved the issuance of $225 million
in bonds.
A spokesman for Moody’s invest
ment service in New York con
firmed today it had reduced its
rating of North
Carolina bonds
from “AA” to ‘'A.”
rating is “AAA.”
The highest
The $200,090,900 bond
roads was approved by
of 54.851 in the election
Complete returns on
election compiled by
issue far
a majority
on June 4.
the bond
the State
Board of Elections show that 229,-
498 voters cast
bond issue
against it.
A $25,000,000
their
and
ballots for the
174,647 voted
issue
for building
schools was approved by a margin
of 151.403. The complete vote was:
For the school bonds, 273,663;
against 122,260.
The action followed by little
more than a week an election in
which North Carolina voters ap-
proved a $200 million bond
improve rural roads and a
lion issue to aid counties
ing schools.
One state official and
issue to
$25 mil-i
in build-
Country Club here Tuesday, heard
several speakers paint a dark pic
ture of the future of the cotton
ginning industry. They cited in
creased labor costs, general reces
sion of business, cuts in EGA buy
ing and high ginning costs.
George T. Ashford of Red
Springs, president of the associa
tion, presided; Myers Tilghman of
Dunn and Clyde Upchurch, Jr., of
Raeford, were elected directors.
W. F. Curry, field representative
of the national cotton council,
warned of. legislative trends which
may react against cotton ginners,
naming particularly the possibility
of an increase of the minimum
wage' 75 cents. L. M. Upchurch of
Raeford, president of the N. C.
Seed Crushers Association, was a
featured speaker.
Others on the. program were
Fred P. Johnson, ginning and
marketing specialist, J. C. Fergu
son, lining specialist: Dan F.
Holler,
marketing specialist, all or
N. C. State Extension Service; R
Kenneth Scott, chief engineer of
N. C. Fire Insurance Rating Bu
reau: Z. E. Matthews of Erwin
Cotton Mills; J. S.. Vincent, Pilot
Life Insurance
Co., Greensboro;
Harvey Jordan, vice-president
Southern Paper Industries in
tonia.
Rev. and Mrs. Watson Guy
returned to Kingsport, Tenn.,
of
Gas-
have
after
visiting Mrs. Guy’s parents, , Mr
and Mrs. Jack Hodgin, here sev
eral days last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Wood of Roan
oke spent Tuesday wi>h Mrs.
Wood’s brother, C. E. McDaniel.
Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Covington
attended the commencement exer-
officials cises at State College in Raleigh
RED SPRINGS—There will.be a
special Father’s Day Service at the
Trinity Methodist Church during
the regular morning worship hour |
on Sunday, June 19; with Rev.'
Graham Eubank, pastor, in charge'
of the program.
At this time the youngest and
and oldest fathers and the father
with the most children will be eg-,
pecially honored.
heart attack at his desk in the
Robeson county courthouse and
passed before medical aid could
reach him. He had suffered a pre
vious heart attack on Christmas
eve, but returned to work in a few
weeks and had been active since.
Mr. Green had held his gositlop
in the county school system since
1937. B. E. Littlefield was recently
elected to succeed him. Mr. Green
had, not applied for re-election.
The son of the late Saarah and
John H. Green he was born De
cember 18, 1883, in Mt. Jackson,
Virginia. Mr. Green was educated
at Washington and Lee and at the
University of North Carolina. He
received his E. S. Degree from the
former in 1908 and began
his
teaching career that year in Fay-
etteville
1911 he
in West
there to
high school. From 1909 to
was principal of schools
Point, Va., and went from
a similar position, in Bris-
Bible School Opens
At Methodist Church
RED SPRINGS—Daily Vacation
Bible School will be held at che
Trinity Methodist Church on Mon
day, June 20, through Friday, June
24 from 9 A. M. to 11 A. M., each
morning.
Mrs. Charles A. Gardiner, direc
tor, will be in charge of the week's
program with classes being taught
by members of the church and
their assistants. These classes in
clude the nursery class which will
be instructed by Mrs. Brian Mac
Donald; beginners, Miss Helen
Gaitley, primaries, Mrs. Earl Park:
juniors, Miss Miriam Huggins; in
termediates, Miss Bessie Coving
ton. Music will be under the di
rection of Mrs. C. E. Leiggh, Jr.,
and Mrs. Jack Beverly will con
duct the recreation period, assisted
tol where he remained through
1917. In 1917 and 1918 'he was chem-
, ist and supervisor for the E. I Du-
i Pont Company at Hopewell, Va.,
- and from then until 1922 was in
i business in Bristol.
' Elected superintendent of Max-
ton city schools in 1922 and county
superintendent in 1937, he - had
I mads his home in Maxton for 27
years. Mr. Green has for 18 years
held office in the First Presbyter-
! ian church of Maxton. and since
1934 has been ruling elder.
Funeral services will be conduct-
! ed by Rev. E. L. Stoffel, pastor of
the First Presbyterian church in
, Maxton, and burial will be_ii*~ihe
Oak Grove cemetery, Maxton.
Surviving Mr. Green are his wife,
i the former Miss Mary Sweet of
. Bristol, Va.: two sons, Clyde, Jr.,
16. and Tommy, 10; three brothers,
Lester of Mt. Jackson, Va., Harry
of HuntiAgton, W. Va., and Dudley
of Chicago..
by Miss Mary Stringer.
All parents are urged to
their children attend this
school proggram.
Jimmy McMillan spent
days last week at Myrtle
S. C.
have
Bible
several
Beach,
Commissioners
Study Budget
Mrs. J. N. Clark.
Mrs. W. N. Gibson, Gordon Gib-
Move Into New Home
MAXTON—Mr. and Mrs. Angus
Medlin and family of Skyway Ter
race, are planning to move into
their newly completed home on
Scotland Street this week, which
was built by Gus Speros Construc
tion Co. Mr. Medlin practices law
in Maxton and is the sixth veteran
to build at the veterans project.
son, Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Gibson,
Jr., and family, Jack Graham, and
Mr. and Mrs. Warren McNeill
spent the week-end at the McNeill
Cottage at Holden’s Beach.
Mrs. Robert Chapman returned;-.. Mvrtle
home Tuesday after spending sev- spending several days at Myrtle
era! days last week in Raleigh. Beach, S. C.
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Bullard and
family have returned home after
Maxton School Remodeling Begins;
High, Gram. Buildings^ Repair^
RED SPRINGS — The North
Carolina Third District of Optom
etrist met with Dr. Jack T. Bever
ly in Red Springs on Thursday
night at the Methodist Church
Hut.
High-lights of the program was
a well prepared supper by the
ladies of the church; a talk by
Walter Dudley, superintendent of
the Red Springs Schools; and a
much discussed full-color, sound
movie, "Eyes Right,” released to
the study group by Univis Lens
Company and the regular round
table discussion on improvement
of vision.
Present at the meeting were op
tometrists from Clinton, Fairmont,
Fayetteville, Laurinburg, Rocking
ham, Southern Pines and Troy.
Unable to attend were members
from Whiteville and Wilmington.
The next meeting of the Third
District study group will be held
in Wilmington in July.
of two Raleigh firms which deal
in bonds agreed that the rating
probably would have some effect
on interest rates on the bonds
when they are sold. Somewhat
higher rates may result, they
agreed.
The governor said the attorneys
told him the state could expect to
sell its bonds at an interest rate of
from 1.50 per cent to 1.75 per cent.
Many Capital Hill officials think
that 2 per cent will be the lowest
interest charge at which the state
can hope to sell the bonds.
on Sunday where they saw Mrs.
Covington's brother, A. G. Myers,
of Gastonia receive his doctor’s de
gree of Textile Science.
William Coxhead and Miss Peggy
Harris attended the wedding of
Miss Faye Morrison to John St.
George in Roseboro on Sunday
were Allen Warren, David Graham,
Miss Johnsie Graham, and Dr. and
Mrs. Jack Beverly..
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Reuter have
Robeson County Commissioners
met Tuesday nigght for a second
discussion of the proposed 1949-50
county budget. The school boards
of the county had been scheduled
to meet with the commissioners
but the joint meeting was post
poned until later in the week.
Official action on the budget will
not be taken until the regular July
meeting of the commissioners. De
partment requests for the coming
year are considerably above last
year’s budget except in one or two
cases, but it appeared evident
Arch McNeil, Jr., student at returned home after spending sev-1
Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Ga., is eral days in Chicago, Ill. 1
spending his summer vacation with Miss Judy Nurnberger and Miss'
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arch Mae Boone spent Sunday at Myrtle , Tuesday night that the final
McNeill. I Beach, S. C.
in-
$92,868 In Conservation Assigned;
Total Available In Robeson $154,352
crease over the 1948-49 budget will
be small for all departments except
possibly schools which were
discussed. Some increase
without doubt, be granted.
not
will,
Some
GRADY S. HARRELL, for many
jears County Surveyor, and a civil
engineer all his life, pursues the
history of Robeson County and the
histories of families of the county
as a hobby. Mr. Harrell has turn
ed over some of his articles which
have appeared in many papers and
in engineering journals to the
Hometown Newspapers, and these
articles will be printed from time
to time. One of these giving the
history of the Mt. Tabor commu
nity appears on the first page of
the second section of this issue.
Mr. Harrell, who lives near Shan
non, probably knows as much
about the county and her people as
anyone anywhere.
MAXTON — Remodeling of both
the grammar and high schools of
Maxton was begun last week under
the supervision of Toy and Graves,
'architects of Charlotte. General
contractors for the job are Suoth-
ern Builders of Fayetteville, with
the plumbing contract awarded to
Carolina Sales Company of Lum
berton and the electrical work in
the hands of Smith Electric Com
pany of Wadesboro.
The remodeling will consist of
the installation of a new nican-
descent lighting system in both
schools with new ceilings in all
class rooms constructed of acoust
ic tile board. Rewiring of both
buildings is underway now and the
new light fixtures will be installed
soon.
The rest rooms
in both schools
will be completely rebuilt with new
fixtures, tiled floors and wains-
coating. New drinking fountains
will also be installed.
The need for this remodeling in
Maxton schools has long been evi
dent and school patrons are pleas.
| ed over the prospects of the prO-
Mrs. A. D. McPhaul, who has
been ill at her home for several
days, has somewhat improved.
Mr. and Mrs. Sturgis McKeever
of Raleigh are spending this week
with Mrs. McKeever’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. C. C. Murphy. Mr Mc
Keever received the degree of Mas
ter of Science in Animal Ecology
at the State College commence
ment on Sunday. Mrs. C. C. Mur
phy and Mr. and Mrs. I. W. Mur
phy of Greensboro attended the
graduating exercises.
Bill Brooks, son of Mrs. G. T..
Brooks, arrived home Sunday after
completing his studies at State Col
lege in Raleigh.
Charles Johnson, Jr., left Frida”
for Knoxville, Tenn., where he will
spend the summer studying at the
University Charles went by plane
from Southern Pines to Knoxville
Miss Catherine Johnson left
Thursday for Chapel Hill where
she will attend the first summer
school session at the university.
Mrs. Lois Hess and son, Michael,
Dr. and Mrs. J. J. Bender spent
last week in Atlantic City, N. J.,
where they attended the annual
meeting of the American Medical
Association.
Dr. H. C. Hammond is a patient
in the Scotland Memorial Hospital
where he was taken Friday night
to be treated for an infected foot.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude McDonald
and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Parnell
moved into the new Edens Apart
ments on East Four Street this
week.
Mrs. H. D. Baxley entered Scot
land Memorial Hospital in Maxton
on Wednesday where she is under
going treatment.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Murosky
of Raleigh and Chaplain A. C.
Edens of Fort Bragg were week-
end visitors in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Sam Edens.
Mrs. Angus Blue and daughter,
Jane, of Tabor City, are spending
this week with Mrs. Blue’s par
ents. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Edens.
Bill McConnaughey, student at
Mr. and Mrs. Leighton Edens
spent Monday with Mr. and Mrs
Haskall Hall in Pincvillt. Mr. Hall
returned to Red Springs with them
for a short visit.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Thomas visit
ed their daughter, Lorraine, in
Raleigh over the week-end.
John D. McPhaul left Tuesday
for Raleigh where he has accepted
a position with General Motors
Credit Corporation.
Cpl. Herbert Wall of North Da
kota, Pfc. Ben Laurey of Nev/
York and Pfc. George Yoshich of
$92,868.00 of the $154,352.00
al-
located to Robeson County for as
sistance to farmers for carrying
out soil and water
practices under the
tural conservation
been assigned. E.
conservation
—Photo by Penn ject which is now underway.
Newark,
guests
Edens.
N. J., were week-end
of Mr. and
Mrs. H. T.
the Citadel in Charleston, S. C.. ,, Mr; .
spending a month’s vacation with
his mother, Mrs. Robert A.. Me-j
Connaughey.
Leighton Edens spent Monday in
Charlotte. '
Mrs. Anna Gaskew
phia,
with
Mrs.
Anna Beavers,
and daughter,
of Philadel-
Fa., spent Thursday night
Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Edens
Gaskew and Mrs. Beavers
adjustments in salaries will prob
ably be made but no general in
crease appears likely. The tax rate
will not be fixed until the budget,
is approved on July 4.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Campen spent
the week-end at their cottage at
1949 agricul-I Lake Waccarnaw.
program has
G. Ballance,
' &»»M& :
organize! last fall under the spon- .Jr., Ferrel Gentry, Jimmy Ed
THE HIGH SCHOOL SAFETY dav nigght. Members are: Front
PATROL AT RED SPRINGS was row (left to right) John McManus,
were enroute to Florida for a few
weeks visit.
Mr. and Mrs. Crawford Town
send of Lumberton spent Sunday
with Mrs. Townsend’s mother, Mrs.
George Nurnberger.
Mrs. Flora Prevatte is a patient
at Highsmith Hospital in Fayette
ville.
Mr. and Mrs.
Raeford spent
Amos’ parents,
Marsh Shook.
Mrs. Woody
Tommy Amos of
Sunday with Mrs.
Mr. and
Westall of
Mrs .
?'9&& J .wm’Z'.
Hill spent Thursday and
with her parents, Mr. and
L. Duncan.
Chanel
Friday
Mrs. J.
sorship of the Lions Club. It was
supervised during the year by
Chief, of Police Floyd Whitman
wards, David Reuther,
David
of Battle Creek, Mich., will arrive
Thursday for a visit with Mrs. i Their fine “No Accident
Hess’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom was praised by school officials at
Parler. the commencement program Fri.
record
Brown. Second row, J. W. Hough,
BiUy WorreU, Chief Whitman
Gene McRacken, Jack Graham.
—Photo by Alton McNeil, Jr.
Miss Dorothy Coleman of Mon
roe and Mrs. Thomas Britt of
Lumberton visited their parents,
Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Coleman, dur
ing the week-end..
Miss Winnie Coxe of Baltimore,
Md., arrived Saturday to spend the
week with her mother, Mrs. E. L.
Coxe.
A. L. Britt and children spent
Sunday at White Lake.
chairman of the Robeson County
Agricultural Conservation Commit
tee, explains that when farmers
carry out approved conservation
practices under program specifica
tions, they will receive financial
assistance in defraying the cost.
Under the program a farmer in
dicates his intentions to participate
in the program and obtains prior
approval for needed conservation
practices that he wishes to carry
out on his farm. The amount of
assistance he may receive is fig
ured according to specific rates for
each practice Then when all the
farmers who intend to cooperate
have submitted their plans to the
county committee, the total
amount for practices on the farm
plans is added up and that total
adjusted to the county allocation.
This year the—total for practices
as indicated by the farmers of the
county is $154,352 00.
The county committee, Mr. Bal
lance explains, has the responsibil
ity of using the funds allocated to
the county where it will bring the
greatest returns in conservation.
Approximately 1,169 farmers of
Robeson County have indicated
their intentions to cooperate in the
program and carry out conserva
tion practices. This compares with
1,086 for the year 1948 program.
Mr. Ballance said that assistance
to farmers under the Aggricultural
Conservation Program makes up
about 50 per cent of the out-of-
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pocket cost of the practice
the farmers paying the other
as well as furnishing labor
transportation.
with
half
and
CARLYLE recently presented the
county a flag of the United States
which was flown over the U. S.
Capitol building on June 1. The
flag was used for the first time
Tuesday when it was flown over
the Robeson County Court House
in celebration of Flag Day. Flag
Day is celebrated annually to
honor the national colors and to
call attention to its proper usage
and the respect due it. In present
ing the five by eight foot banner,
Congressman Carlyle said that he
thought it fitting that the flag
flown over the national capitoI
should also be flown over the cap-
itol of the. great County of Robe
son.