Vol. 52
No. b
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16 PAGES
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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
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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
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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
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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.