North Carolina Newspapers

Vol. 52 No. b a- w ^^ 16 PAGES prints Cittern ONE OF ROBESON COUNTY’S HOMETOWN NEWSPAPERS RED SPRINGS, N. C THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 11, 1949 Sc A COPY Guard Unit Returns From Summer Training ROBESON ROUNDUP C. S. McArthur of Lumberton is participating, in an air navigation research program being conduct ed by the Engineering Research Department of State College cooperation with the U. 3. Corps. Before joining the in Air en- vineering research staff in June, he had worked for a year in the department as a student assistant. McArthur for three serving in War II. taught radar and and the He a half years Navy during received his radio while World bach- elor’s degree in electrical engin- eering, communications option, from State College last June. • Receiving degrees at the conclu sion of Wake Forest summer school, last week were William Avery Parham, B. A., of Lumber- ton, and David Russell Parnell, B. S., of Parkton. • Jerome M. Buffkin, airman, USN, son of Mrs. Pearl Buffkin, of Lumberton, recently reported for duty at the Naval Supply Cen ter, Guam, M. I. Buffkin, who entered naval service Sept. 23, 1947, received his recruit training at the Naval Training Center, San Diego. Before entering the Navy, he was graduated from Edwards Military Institute, Salemburg. • Silas Steve Griffin of Fairmont will be among' the 25 Mars Hill College students graduating at the summer commencement program ?riday, Aug. 12 at 11 A. M. RED SPRINGS— Headquarters Battery 130th AAA. AW Bn (SP) returned home this week-e* d from their ment last night. summer at Camp element training encamp Stewart, Ga., the arriving Sunday Forloines, com- Capt. George manding officer, who has been at- tending training reports best in tended, nition National Guard summer encampments since 1930, this encampment as the every respect he ever at- The unit received recog on all phases of training. Recruit Bradley Phillips and Pvt. Charles R. Brown were selected as the colonel’s orderly, respective ly, on the unit’s two tours of guard. Sgt. 1st Class Albert H. Cain, commri ications NCO and his communication, received high praise for work in the Wire and radio sections. The supply and ammuntion sections under Capt. Walter- R. Bullock, Batallion 8-4, did a wonderful job. Master Sgt. Roscoe Smith and his motor sec- top tion kept our vehicles in shape, even thought they were all in constant use. The battalion administration sections S-1, 8-2, and S-3, functioning under the guiding hand of Master Sergeant Roll-i d E. Currie, Battalion Ser geant Major, did a thorough job on administration and pay-rolls. The battery headquartets section whose duty is to feed, clothe and house the battery personnel did a good job with available facilities. The headquarters battery soft- ball team returned with the soft- after ball championship cup, eliminating Battery A, 130th AAA AW Bn (SP), Raeford in the final play-off, with a score of seven €» d four. Lieut. Emil Bardel and Pvt. Hugh C Campbell underwent op erations for acute appendicitis. Pvt. Campbell returned with the unit 7 August, 1949. Lieut. Bar del was held over for a day and sitings in various federal agencies ; i eturne( j $ August, 1949. • The United States Civil Service commission has announced a li- brarian examination for filling po- in Washington. D. C., vicinity.; Salaries range from $3,727 to $6,- 235. Further information may be obtained from the local post office or worn Civil Service G^n mission were the only misfortunes the entire training period. These during Washington 25, D. C. • A feature article on the Burling. ’— Mills, which operate proper- ’■‘'”>ls. is carried in the .tune Maga- McLean Family Reunion Held Bill McGoogan To Be Postmaster For Red Springs RED SPRINGS—William T. Mc Googan was notified Friday that his appointment as postmaster here had been confirmed by the Senate: on Thursday, August 5. Mr. McGoogan has been acting postmaster here s'i ce the resigna tion of James C. McPhail in March 1947, and prior to that time was a clerk, to which he was appoint ed in July of 1945. The- son of William E. McGoo gan of Lumber Bridge, he is the second of his line to be appointed to a postmastership. His father, having been postmaster at Lum ber Bridge for a number of years, expects to be retired from that post in a short while. NEW BOXES Postmaster McGoogan stated yesterday that the {lost office here will pr obably have at least 150 ad ditional boxes installed with > a few months. An application for additional boxes has been under consideration by the department for a numbe rof months, and the local office was notified last week that plans for the addition are l ow being prepared by the office of the Federal Works Agency. SUB-POST OFFICE P. esbyterian MAXTON Turner To Join Staff At PJC Junior College has announced the election of Lonnie G. Tur ner, Jr., of Statesville to the professorship :> physics, be ginning with the opening of the college Sept. 5. Mr. Turner is a B. S. grad uate of Davidson College and took post-graduate work for one year at the University of North Carolina. He has been taking courses in education at Catawba Col lege during the summer., He . has traveled in Mexico ai d Canada. - reunion MAXTON—The annual of the descendants of John Mc- i Esq., was held on Friday ot last week at the pioneer settler’s old home place about .wo miles out of Maxton on the Rowland Highway, now the country home of Miss Maggie McLean. A picnic dinner was spread in the grove, and following the meal a business meeting was held. James A. Shaw read the interest ing will of the forbear of some fit ly folks attending. James Me- Lean, president, was re-elected to that office for another year. Oth er officers names wefe: MeBryde University "of North Carolina law Austin, vice president, Dougald school, was among those successful Coxe, candidates who passed the exam- ; treasurer; and Mi. Shaw inations of the State Bar Asso- prank McLeod, historians. • Edward Ward of Lumberton has been employed on the police force in St. Pauls, effective Aug. 1. He plans to move his wife and . two k children to St. Pauls as soon as living quarters are available. John W. Campbell Passes Bar Exam LUMBERTON — John Wishart Campbell, a recent graduate of the ciation this week. Mr. Campbell is the son of Min. W. C. Campbell, and the grandson of John Wishart, both of Lumber-' ton. He plans to open in office here as soon as he can be admitted to the local and state bar and win probably be sworn in bv Judge Henry A. Grady who convenes a term of court here next Tuesday. Man Is Held In Fatal Shooting Layton Ransom of near Ferry is being held in Harpers Robeson of first County jail on a charge degree murder as the result of an * quest Thursday into the fatal shooting last week of Parks Bul- lard. at the inquest Lr Proposals have been asked,\ too, for a rural station or sub-post of fice service at Robbins Mill Vil lage, by V. C. Burke, first assist ant postmaster general, according to a communication received this Large Robeson 4-H Group Will Camp Near Manteo PLANS SHAPING UP FOR RED SPRINGS FESTIVAL Will Open Bids On Two Construction Jobs Monday RED SPRINGS—Bids on two important pieces of construction will be opened Tuesday here. Bi- [ berstein and Bowles, architects of ! Charlotte, state that at least 22 bids have been placed with them on the high school gymnasium and 'classroom addition, which is planned here, ai d a similar group of bids for the work on the Sun day school building for the Pres byterian Church have been re- ; ceived. The architects pointed out that 1 a number' of bids are being made I for the entire construction pro jects, while others are for special parts of the two construction jobs. The bids will be open on the 1 church projects here ci. Tuesday morning, and the school projects j bids will be opened Tuesday aft- j ernoon. REIMSPRINGS—Plans are fast taking^snape for the Red Springs Cotton Festival and the date was set this week for the event. Wed nesday, Oct. 5, is being set aside by citizens and business houses alike fo. the event. Originally planned as a farm er’s day event, the plans now call for a comma> ity-wide celebration with participation by representa tives from all the neighboring towns and communities, and for a group of special guests which in clude a number of prominent state figures. The Hon. Clyde. R. Hoey, United States Senator, is being invited to make the principal address of the day. Exhibits and clothing from the National Cotton Council, dis played in store windows through out the town, and big displays of farm machinery for the growing of cotton', and finished materials from the manufacturers of cotton Two Are Injured In Road Crash Around 86 4-H club boys and girls of Robeson county will leave on Monday, August 15, for Manteo to enjoy a week of camp life. The 1 camp will be held near the amphi- — , theatre where the Lost' Colony LUMBERTON—Saturday after-j drama is being shown and ti>. noon an accident occurred five boys and girls are eagerly looking miles north on the St. Pauls road forward to getting a first-hand which involved a stake body truck! view of the inner workings of the and a The 1941 Olds;robile. driver pageant, as well as the other "ao. of the Oldsmobile, | Unities of the camp itself. Activities for the week Lendon G. Lassister, white, years of age, Was, given a cut across his. eyes. The 52 will be other passenger in the car, Las* han both recreational and instructional/ only! inert win oe lour instructional pe-' riods during the day—swimming, siter’s two year old daughter, 1 4rts ana crafts, folk dancing anl Peggy, was asleep in the back seat! planned recreation and tours about The! the island. Each evening, the re Will when the ccident happened. little girl received no injuries ex cept for a bruise over her left eye. The truck, owned by the San ford Sash and Blind Co., of San ford, was driven by Roosevelt Rig- gin, a Negro. Riggin had two other Negroes in the truck besides himself, a woman, Annie Pearl Simmers and a man, Bill McKee ver. The men were not hurt but be vesper services and more plan- Annie Pearl received a bad on the skull. lump DISTRICT GOVERNOR TALKS TO RED SPRINGS ROTARIANS RED SPRINGS — The work of goods are being plai ned. The day will start with a parade, in which a number of floats ate being planned, with participation expected by air corps and military units from Fort Bragg, and Na tional Guard units from Red Springs, There playing clothing RED SPRINGS — The Springs Red Kobins of Red the the 7,000 Rotary clubs of the in- week at the local post office. The j te.national organization and the department is asking for bids from local persons to provide the and clerk building, equipment services fo. the rural station. Un-: the proposal the service is der p'ovided by contract with a per son to act as clerk of the sub-post provide office who necessary equipment e.ation of will also building necessary the office. space for the Springs Firemen Have Fish Fry the and RED SPRINGS—The members of the local volunteer fire depart- ment had mer bait when the gust feed Snow, L. their annual mid-sum- of fish Monday night, department he>d its Au- at Watson’s mill. Claude E. Baldwin and A. S. McKeithan, were members /of the supper committee, and reports are that they make pretty providers, as even the new Galen Harris, is said to have away well filled NEW EXAMINER secretary; Francis E. Coxe, and New Antique Shop T'hel T. Whitney has ! named driver T s MAXTON—Mrs. H. Craven Pitt man of Fairmont, held an open ing for her new antique shop at her home on Iona Street, on Fri day evening of last week from 5 o’clock to 10 o'clock. Maxton antique fays will be in terested to know that she has on display a fine collection of china, crystal, milk glass, satin glass, lamps, frames and furniture. An unusual group of china plates, pic tures and unique miniature old china shoes is d boots, are also on display. Handsome lamps, and frames of wooden shadow box and gold leaf for ing has the the way in 1949-50 which this program -for effected the clubs was discussed in individual an infor- mal and interesting way by H. A. ‘‘Ham’/ Marks, governor of the 279th- District of Rotary before the Red Sizings .Rotary Club I', iday evening. . -^ Mr. Marks made his official nual visit here’ Fil'd during the. ten-oon Friday met with the on an- af- of- ficers, directors and committee ' chairman of the club for a con-: fetene during the afternoon, and made his talk before the entire club at the weekly supper meet ing held at Legion Hall. Mr. Marks is president of the Marks Machine.y Company in Wilmington D d is a member, of the Rotary Club of Wilmington. He is one of the 186 Rotary Dis- tiict Governors who are supervis- H. A. Marks by the Raeford and Parkton. Will be a style show, dis- a wide range of cotten prepared for the event National Cotton Council, I and staged tinder the direction of Miss Mary Lou Beard, stylist of Graham Company, with mar^ lo cal girls and students of Flora MacDonald College modeling the various outfits. There will be a group of con tests V which a number or valua ble prizes will be awarded to wm- ners, and a number of pureb ed beef calves will be given to the lucky boys who are abb to pen them, halter them and lead them to the finish line. These calves are to be; fed off and cared tor by the bovs catching them and then exhibited at the event of next year.. General committee assignor i is design are available with authen tic prints. Mrs. Pittman also has Principal witness _ . was Ransom’s father, George Ran- in stock chairs, chests, and cherry Soni, who told how he had at tempted to stop his son fiom go ing to Bullard’s house with a gun following an argument in which walnut and pine furniture marble and wood tops. wit Bullard had shot at the younger Rnsom. Oliver McKinnon of Durham, visited his mother, Mrs. McKay McKinnon and family, last week. PEMBROKE-ROBESON FAIR TO BEGIN SEPTEMBER 6 PEMBROKE — Sept. 6 has been set as the opening date of the Pembroke-Robeson County Fair, Inc. The date was decided upon at a recent meeting of the board of directors. Monday is the day for the entries in the fair which will run Tuesday through Saturday. Full details of the plans have not yet been released but an enlarged and improved premium list has been indicated. Center of activity for» the week will again be the back campus and the gymn of Pembroke State College. The date of the Fair is not far off so preparation of bits is urged by officials. The Pembroke-Robeson Inc., is sponsored by the exhi- Fair, Fem- broke Chamber of Commerce / and Agriculture. The Central Amusement Com- panv Carnival will be here all set up to go on September 6 at the Pembroke-Robeson coun ty Fair, Inc., to be held on the Pembroke State College Camp us Sept. 6th thru 10th, announ ced Harry West Locklear, presi dent of the Fair. Scores of prizes will be award ed the owners of various ex hibits. Entertainment will be provided by a big concession of rides and shows in addition to many other- features. The management of the Fair has called attention to the fact that this fair is not to be limited to the Pembroke com munity and that exhibits and attendance are invited from all of Robeson county. good chief, come been license exam > er the Lumberton' area, succeed- Wallace Stone, resigned, and set up a temporary office in highway patrol quartets at ing the activities of some 7,000 Rotary Clubs which have a mem- haye been made as follows: Supervisory committee, George T. Ashford, Al H. Grant and Wih ppm T. I'cGoogan. Displays ot Cotton Council material, Bbl King; contests and awaids, A. C. Stephenson; parade, E. H. Alex. 1 D. M. McMillan; 1 anaer; floats, bersiup of 330.000 business professional executives in countries and geographical gions throughout the world. Vv nerever iioiary Clubs are and 81 re- ards of business and professions, and fostering the advancement .of 10- cared, their activities are similar to inose of the Rotary Club of Red Springs because they are based on fives —1 standing business the same general objec- develop > g better under- and fellowship among and professional men, good will, understanding and peace among all the people of the world. Each year, this world-wide ser vice organization continues to grow in numbers and in strength. During the last fiscal year, for example,. 347 new: Rotary Clubs were organized in 37. countries of North, South and ■ Central Amer ica, Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Islands of the Pacific: Cotton Style Beard; Hiram Maids, James: A. Graham; Show, Food Miss ■ y Concessi • s, Lou Mrs. Grantham; Publicity, Dou- gald Coxe; Army participation, David Hatley and George Foie loines; Farm Machinery displays, R. D. McMillan. .1., Auto Commit- tee, George Spell. court house. promoting community-betterment unc.b.takings, raising the stand- LUMBERTON — Three people, two men and a woman were in jured seriously last Friday night as the 1940 pick-up truck in which they were riding struck the back of a parked tobacco transfer truck on his face and arms. Meares had a fractured skull and deep cuts. He was sitting on the right side of the pick-up where it struck the truck. Mrs. Allen was injured seriously with deep cuts around her head and upper part of her body.- Mrs. Allen was on her way to the hospital for the delivery Of a child at the time of the accident. The pick-up was being driven ! liam Pittman, white, 37. Rupert • towards the business district of ! Meares and Mrs. Ester Allen were town and struck the rear of the passengers in the pick-up. All tobacco truck which was parked 1 three in the pick-up were from Rt. I and facing in the same direction. 5 near Allenton. ; The right side of >the pick-up struck i Pittman received lacerations , the left rear end of the truck. The and completely pick-up. The accident demolished the occurred around 9:00 on Second street about 250 feet west of the Greyhound Service Station. The pick-up was driven by Wil- DEATHS Mrs. W. T Bowyer RED SPRINGS—Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon for Mrs. Sallie Wilkes Bowyer, 73, wife of William T. Bowyer, at the chapel of the Red Springs Funeral home. The Rev. Graham S. Eubank, pas tor of Trinity Methodist church, conducted the services. Burial was in the Wilkes family graveyard. Mrs. Bowyer is survived by her Class D Tobacco State League have announced the signing of Maurice Kogers, a lefthander, to bolster the pitching staff in the stretch drive of the weed loop race. Rogers, a graduate of Methodist Orphanage in Raleigh, was with Lexington of the North State League last season. He won eight and lost two. Ilie Kobins also announced that Dick Stone, who pitched for Martinsville of the Class B Carolina League last season, has been - signed and will join the has pro team on August 16. He been playing in the seinl- talmetto League In South Carolina. Uolert Bassler, a mMns.ay of tiie Kobins’ pitching corps last season, has been return ed to the active list. He has been bothered with a sore arm and has been out most of the season. Kogers is 19 years old. FAIRMONT SCHOOLS OPEN SEPTEMBERS FAIRMONT—Fairmont schools will open for the 50 term Thursday, Sept, was announced today by Rowe Henry. Meanwhile, remodeling CHv 1949- 6, it Supt. at the elementary building Is go- along at a rapid clip and Mr. Henry predicted that the c in struction work would be com pleted within two weeks. The entile building is being remodeled inside and new plaster work the halls and the Chadbourn Surviving are will be done to all rooms. Mason’c Lodge, his wife, Mr Alma Caines Spivey; five da Ogi ned recreation. There is a coms- tent dietician in charge of meai»,' both planning and preparation, a nurse ano a doctor. Miss Evelyn Caldwell, home dem onstration agent, stated that this is a splendid opportunity for. the ooys and girls wno have done out standing work in the various clubs to learn wuat the other clubs are aping. Even though the clubs are ail in the same county, says Miss Caldwell, the young people do. not have very many opportunities to view the work of others in th# same community. Accompanying the campers ar# E. M. Stallings, Mrs. Veronica B, Warner, Miss Helen Cole, Mis# Melba Byrd, Rev. Jack Southard, Worth Warner and Miss Caldwell, Those going from Robeson caum; ty are: Molly Ivey, Margaret Hardin* Shirley Grey Sealey, Elsie Ann Pre; vatte, Shirley Johnson, Beverly- Hardin, Cleio Ann Leggette, Jo Ann Gibson, Elizabeth N. Watson, Alice Rae Britt, Katie Harebell, Patsy Page, Wanda Chason, Willie Dell Sealey, Lura Dean Morgan, Uorle Inman. Mary McRae, Patricia Crofton, l eggy Met elfc-. Jiyce Ivey, Nell Lewis, Margie Humphrey, Jean Marie. Britt, Betty Gale Floyd, Dor is Lee Gray, Betty Lou Mussei- white, Patricia Britt, Peggy Sin gletary, Virginia Lewis, Rosalie Taylor, Mary Hallie Powers. Sue Falls, Betty Joyce Anderson, Margaret Anne Clewis, Katherine ‘ Ann Rogers, Shirley Rae Barnes, , Sarah McRae. ' * Alex McLain, Jr., Dwight Kin law, Allen. Smith, Wayland John- ■ son, Billy Byrd, Horace Roberts, Frank Powers, Dixon Powers, Dan- ; ny Nance, Jack Jenkins, Jimmy Phillips of Lum berton, Mrs. C. R. Sutton, LaGrange, Clara n d Nell of the home, of Whiteville; Elizabethtown; and .Dorothy a son, two Ira, d.en; his mother, Mrs. Spivej of Barnesville; Oliver, Gordon Chason, Gerald Graham, Roy O’Briant, Warren Stanley Tyner, Edwin Purvis, Bry an Purvis, Earl Wayne Lewis. William Thomas Lewis,:/ Dale Bullock, Billy Taylor, Nash Israel, Jr, Bobby Hayes, Llovd West, Stacey West, Herman West, Mar tin Taylor, Bennie F. Spillers, James Albert Lee, Ray Britt, Willie , Gene Sealy, Jimmy Jenkins, Ger ald Sealey, Wilford Hardin, Steve Leggette. C. A. Tanner, Jr., Jimmy Davis, Delton Cain, Jimmy Sessoms, James Alfred Bass, Randall An drews, Wade L. Miller, DaX^d-Miil- er, Ennis Oliver. Milton Harring ton, Robert Lewis, Morris F. Britt, Worth Humphrey, Marvin C. Shooter, Jr. J.., of Spivey Spivey Jr., of grandchil- Edna Page four broth- d. E. and J. M. Spivey of husband, of near Shannon, and two Chadbou.n, A. C. Clyde Spivey of children by a former marriage, 1 Rocky Mount and J. E. Spivey of Clarence Fields of Lumber Bridge Spartanburg, and Luther Fields of St, Pauls. Also surviving are two brothers, Joe Wilkes of Robbins and Arthur Wilkes of HighPoint; 14 grand children and 19 great grandchil ! hood and front end of the pick-uj went under the truck and the truck’s corner caught -the pick-up in the mdidle of the windshield and flattened out the right side. The pick-up had to be moved about ; three feet out towards the center of the highway in order to get Meares and Mrs. Allen out. The tobacco truck was a 1947 White truck and trailer. Woodrow: Rowland, white 34, was driver of the truck, which was owned by J. Wilbur Jones of Fairmont. Investigating officer of the acci dent was Lee Shepard, Jr., of the City police, was assisted by Cpl. Bill: Simpson of the Highway patrol. I —Photo by Bill Norment . George T. Huston FAIRMONT—George T. Hutson, of Salisbury,' Md., father of M. S. Hutson of Fairmont, died Sunday morning after a brief illness. The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Mr. Hutson was 86 years of age and had been in good health until he was taken ill last week. Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Hutson left early Sunday for Salisbury and are expected to return to Fairmont Friday or Saturday. S. C.; and three sis- ters. Mrs. C. E. Alford of Proe ¬ torville, Mrs. George Jenkins anl Mrs. Hallie Floyd of Bi ri esvillc. Ira Page Spivey LUMBERTON-Ira Page Spi ¬ vey, 58, retired automobile dealer of Elizabethtown, died Monday night in Thompson Memorial hos-, pital of cerebral hemorrhage af-; ter sir illness of six weeks. The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon at 4 o’clock from Eliza bethtown Baptist Church, with Rev. A. D. Frazier, the pastor, of ficiating. Burial was in Eliza-’ bethtown cemetery, Mr. Spivey 'WSSUFmeirfber of *be Elizabethtown Town Board and PEMBROKE— Dele no win, Mrs. tient two 4-year-old son Godwin, who has of Mr. Upl and : een a pa- in the Duke Hospital for Weeks being treated for polio, is rapidly improving, report his parents. The parci ts have been advised that Delano will be able to return home within 14 days. He has not fully regained the use of his left leg vet but quite a hit of the stiff- ness has disappeared, and he is now able to wear his shoes.. DEATH RIDES HIGHWAYS Death rode the highways jn county over the week- end, taking the lives of three and injuring several othres. Two men died instantly Monday morning when their large steel-carrying truck careened int > a tree four miles n ;rth if . land, and another was killed early Sun-lay tnorning when struck by a car just south of Rowland. Three persons were injured in a two-truck crash on Easf’ad street in Lumberton Friday night. Killed in the Monday morning crash were George Rose, 28, who was decapitated when the heavy load slid into ths call, and Monty Wilhoit, who was trapped and died in the buralng truck before the horrified eyes of an unsuccessful rescue party. Both men were from .Floretice. The truck was reported to be traveling only 25 *r 30 miles an hour at the time of the accident and a blow out was listed as the cause dent was* held. John of the tragedy. Coroner D. W. Biggs reported the acel- and declared that an Inquest would not be unavoidable L. Stafford was the Sunday morning auto victim. A. G. Spaulding, Indian, of near Rowland, was bsin^ hell under $1,000 in connection with the accident pending a coroner’,? inquest.