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I Robeson Roundup a Seii Springs Ctttzsn One Of Robeson County’s Hometown Newspapers 16 PAGES TODAY The post office at McDonald was broken into Friday night, some ciga.ettes taken and several ■packages opened. Vcl. 52. No. 6 RED SPRINGS, N. C Thursday Morning, August 18, 1949 Sc A COPY Lumberton High School annuals for 1948-49 have arrived and may be obtained from Miss Kitty Lee, 569 East 7th St.eet, Lumberton. Pvt. Joseph A. Lowry, son oi J r. and Mrs. Joseph A. Lowry of Rowland, Rt. 1, is participating it maneuvers ,now underway at Mt. Fuji, Japan. yer. 2 Lumberton Women Die In Auto Accident Pete Sundy Named Legion’s District Membership Leader MAXTON K. F. Morris Elwood Dale Davis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Amb.ose Davis of Lum berton, received his diploma at summer school cises Friday ar graduation exer- Cumpbeirs College. Robert Smith, Scottish Born Among those ing a trip to from Orrum mak- ‘The Lost Coiony” at Manteo last week were Mrs. L. A. McCall, Orrum vocational teacher, Mrs. Mae Hager, Misses Ellen Britt, Virginia Stone, Annie Laurie Stephens aid Kathleen Ivey ,Ann Jo Pvt. William P. Edwards, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ed- wards of Fairmont, No. th Caro lina, has recently graduated from the nr - commissioned office s school at Catap Crawford, Japan. St. Pauls citizens Tuesday voted in favor of a bond issue not ex- cC'- Jing $50,000 for a water, sewer and paving program in that town. . Nathan H. Johnson, aviation boatswain’s mate, second class, USN. son of Vann Johnson, Sr., o" Fairmont, is scheduled to par ticipate in a series of anti-sub marine warfare cruises as a mem ber of the escort carrier USS Ba- doong St.ait. Walter Blackmon of Lumberton and his farmers entertained Lum berton tobacconists at a fish fry last Wednesday night at the main farm off the Fairmont Highway. Among Robeson County school folk at Mars Hill this week to at tend the annual Superintendent’s Conference are County Supt. and Mrs. ter; P-ed Mrs. and E. Lohr. B. E. Littlefield and daugh- Supt. Walter R. Dudley of Springs; Fairmont Supt. and' Rowe Henry and daughter; Lumberton Supt. and Mrs. B. Miss Mary McCormic, daughter of Mr. ai d Mrs. W. H. McCormic of Rowland has been appointed as a graduate teaching fellow in Women’s Health Education at the University, Miss McCormic has hull Sight years of administration end program experience in physi cal education. Two students from Red Springs will receive diplomas at the Au- gust commencemti t College, Aug. 26th. D. McGirt, Jr., and Jr. at Davidson They are A. J. W. Mann, L. M. Powell has Musician, New FMC Music Dean RED SPRINGS—Robert Smith, if Jacksonville, Fla., was named he new dean of the school of music of Flora MacDonald Col lege this week it was stated yes-' te. day by William G. Coxhead, Music, London; and St. Andrews University. His teachers includ ed Thorpe Davie and David Yac- amini, voice; James Ching st d Tobias Matthay, piano; C. M. Hig son and Sir Hugh S. Roberton, choral directing and conducting; Car And Truck Collide Tuesday Near Wadesboro of Maxton, commander of the 13th district of the American Legion, announced last week that E. A. (Pete) Sunday of Lumberton, will be district membership chairman this year. Air. Sunday is commander of the Lumberton American Legion Post member of the and an active Robeson Coun. ty Voituie No. 1337 Forty and vice president of the school here. John Barbirolli and Ernest Read, Mr. Smith is a i ative of Pais-] orchestra directing and conduct- ley, Scotland, where he had estab-]ing; Thalbo Ball and Robert lished himself as one of that] Provan, organ; Dr. W. A. Thomp- country’s outstanding young musi-! son and R. Vaughan Mans before 1939 when he en-j tered the Scot Guards to serve] his country to rise to the rank of] captain in the Highland fantry. During the war he Light In-] met American nurse, Lieut. Sara Fus- theory, harmony and tion. Williams compos: At twenty years of age, he was the youngest graduate of Royal Academy of Music as a Licentiate and as a pianist appeared as so- —..^-.-— — 7 —, , I loist' with the London Symphony] sell, serving with a field hospital :. d other well known British Or- unit, whom he later married. In 1946, Mr. Smith became one of the retu. ned GI bridegrooms when he and his wife came to the United States to make their home, and he became associated with the city school system and the civic musical Fla. Mr. Reuter college. activities of Jacksonville, Smith succeeds Robert as dean of music at the Mr. Reuter the end of. this school cept the post as den the new Roosevelt Chicago. Mr. Smith began resigned at year, to ac- of music at College at chest.as. Mr. Smith directed many choral groups and received many awards. He also directed opera and was conductor of the Lenzie Ope. a Company near Glasgow and di rected the following works: ’ 1.^ Messiah, Elijah, Dream of Geron- tius, Stabat Mater, Bach’s Mass in B. Mino.:; Jeptha, St. Matthew late Job McCormack, Toti del Monte, Gigli Heddle Nash, Isobel Baillie, Noel Eadie, Keith Faulk ner, Walter Widdop, and the Gril- ler String Quartet. Two Lumberton residents were killed and three persons injured late Tuesday afternoon in the col lision of an automobile, and truck near Wadesboro. The dead: Mrs. Mabel Hargrove and Mrs. D. F. Shaw. The injured: Mrs. J. H. Austin of Charlotte, a daughter of Mrs. Shaw; Alfred Austin, 8-year-old son of Mrs. Austin; Charles Adcock of Laurinburg, who was driving the truck. Mrs. Austin’s condition was described as critical by doctors at the Wadesboro hosnttal where the injured were taken. John W. Archer, address un known, an occupant of the truck, was uninjured. State highway patrolmen said that the truck applied its brake” when a car in front of it slowed mike fi turn, and the truck path of the then skidded into oncoming car. Mrs. Hargrove the was and a daughter Mrs. J. D. of the late Dr. Regan, her father having been a dentist in Lumberton for a number Eight. At a recent meeting of the 40 and 8, Commander Morris was elected to represent the Robeson County Vulture at the national convention of American Legion to be August 29 to September in Philadelphia. Court Grants Nine Divorces Nle divorces were In 1939, at the his musical' war, he resigned studies at the age of 8, studying pointments, and piano and voice. He was boy service, electing soprano in Thread Street Presby terian Church in Paisley and was awarded five scholarships in piano and numerous books prizes in Theory and Harmony. At the age of 16, hei was ap-1 po i ted organist and choirmaster of North Parish Church, Paisley, ] and was the youngest professional organist and choi. master in Scot land. Mr. Smith studied at Paisley School of Music; The Scottish Na tional .'..:■• Limy of -Music, Gjps- gow, The Royal Aeade‘my of Passion and other famous wo.ks. As an accompanist, he played, for such famous artists as the the Scots Guard. outbreak of the his many ap- volunteered for as his regiment After one year, he was commissioned to the High land Light Info try; which later] became an armoureu unit, and saw service in Egypt, Tripolitania, became an armoured and Tunisia, where he was awan ed the Militaiy Cross, Sicily In February, 1946, he and was been elected I mayor of Parkton by the Town Board, tor fill the vacancy caused A by the recent resignation of Mal- * Colm Cowan. Robert Hughes was colm Cowan. elected mayor pro-tem, succeeding Powell in that capacity. Mormax Club Members Enjoy Chicken Dinner MAXTON-The monthly meet- ing of the Mormax Club was held on Thursday eveni g of last week at Centre Presbyterian. Chuck with a delicious fried chicken dinner served by the ladies of Cir cle No. 1.. President L. W. An- derson presided ove: a brief busi ness meeting. Special guests present were County Manager W. D. Reynolds of Lumberton, n d J. W. Spruill, district engineer, also of Lumber- ton, and invited from Maxton were D. L. Stone, Sr., A. H. White, Mr. Hahn and Rev. J. R. Dickson. A new member,’•Glenn Peele, was also welcomed into membership. Entertainmo .t committee ap pointed for September was J. L. Pace, L. Gilbert, and R. C. Hol land. Serving on this month’s committee were G. P. Hende.son, Roger Gentry and T. F. Morrison. the held 1 in New Church Addition Will Cost $45,750 iFarm Bureau Drive Starts In Robeson North Carolina to begin its 1949 membership drive for the Farm Bu reau, it has been announced by A. C. Edwards, president of the N. C. Farm Bureau Federation. The .county campaign officially got underway Wednesday but ac- granted Tuesday as the August term of Superior Court opened in Robe son County. Judge Henry A. Grady of New Bern is presiding. Divorces Were granted to: Garsie Davis vs Jewel Hester. Davis. H. R. Brigman vs. Emma Bass Brigman. A. L. Maynor vs Emaline Blanche Maynor. Roberta McNeill Parrish vs Ru- of years. Mrs. Hargrove was a teacher at the East Lumberton school where she had been a member of the. faculty for several years. She is survived by her husband, Cly'de D. Hargrove; and five broth ers, David Reid Regan. James Re gan, Joseph Regan, Dixon Regan and Earl Regan. Mrs. Shaw is survived by two daughters, Mrs Austin of Charlotte, and Miss Sue Blount Shaw of Hum- Italy. In February, 1946, ne was , ana miss — -—- - discharged from service with the berton; and bv two s1s £ r ^ ™ l8S v Penelope and Winfred Rowland ot rank of captain. curing -lie summer months, Smith was selected as one of Mr Lumberton. the‘ faculty at Tiansylvania Music Camp uii^r-.the” • direction of ' James Christi Phohl at Bre vard, where he served as teacher of piano, organist, accompanist, lecturer and director of bands. Funeral ir-in"emcnts were complete at bresg time. Softball Tourney At Red Springs in- ' broke area. R. Knox Andrews, secretary- treasurer. The board of directors consist of: R. H. Livermore, Pembroke; J. L. Carter, Pembroke, Rt. 1; James Adams, Rowland; Joel R. Herring, tual work of signing up members' 0™, Rt 1; C C HatcheU Lum- had already begun and quite a berton, r, , , number of' Robeson farmers had Berton, Rt; signed up for their annual member- ship. ; Okey Stephens, Lum fus A. Parrish. Robert C. Batten Morgan Mary Mary Smith. Batten. Locklear Gilchrist Margaret Cal vs Mary E. vs Joe Smith Locklear, vs J. O. vs Edward Seamon Pe ry Seamon. Two 17-year-old boys charged with Lorenza Cain. vs Geneva Red Springs breaking and entering a home were given 18 months' road terms, suspended and placed on probation. Rov Ray and Frederick Edward . Martin were given 18 m. > ths’ sen tences and placed on probation on two charges of forgery. The grand jury returned a true DEATHS AND FUNERALS H. S. Strayhorn RED SPRINGS — Horace] Samuels Strayhorn, 46, died sud-1 denly at his home in High Point: Thursday, Aug. 4. He had been ill 10 days following an operation but his death was unexpected. Mr. Strayhorn was the husband ] of the former Miss Lera Boahn' of Red Springs, who survives him. Other survivors are his mother, Mrs. J.. L. Strayhorn of Fayette ville, five brothers and one sister. The funeral was held Sunday af- the Young Men’s Bible Class of that church. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lois Musselwhite Sessoms; one son, Donald; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Sessoms; one brother, Ray Sessoms, all of Lum berton; two sisters, Nell Sessoms of Charlotte? and Mrs. T. G. Cun- njxgham of Madison, Wis. RED SPRINGS—A double elimi- recreation nation in the city league will be played the com • a week to determine champs. the league walked off tei> oon, Aug. 7, from the Street Methodist church in Point. Burial was in the Garden Park cemetery. Ward High Floral Miss Martha Britt Miss Martha Britt, 82, died Mon day afternoon about 4 o’clock at the home of her nephew, Raymond Britt, Orrum, Rt. 1, with whom she made her home. The funeral was conducted from the home Wednesday morning at 10:30 by Rev. Joel Johnson Fairmc it and burial was in Ward cemetery. of the C. B. Sessoms, Jr Educational Building For Presbyterians RED SPRINGS—Contract for the construction of the new edu- catici al building of the Presby terian Church here was awarded to M. C. Pickier Construction Co. Tuesday, at a price of $45,760. Plumbing, heating and electrical contracts were not awarded. The building will be of masonry construction 43 by 90 feet and two berton, Rt. 2; James Parnell, Park- ton- G 1 Ashford, Red Springs; R. stories. The first floor Will have Knox Andrews. Lumberton; H. D. class rooms for the nursery and D. D. McColl,! beginners classes, a pastor’s study stories. Headed by R. H. Livermore, the Q oode Lumberton; counts has been divided into areas gt pauls ladies’ rio , ge,. kitchen and an as- ' A. T. (Torrey) McLean, Jr., has | sembly room 26 by 40. floor will have six class. with local men as area heads. The sec- I HJULLI *x*cx* . ^lorrey; xvAviueuii, i Towns which will have sep- been name d director of the mem-1 ond bership drive for the Lumberton rooms and two 26 by. 20 assem- area 1 Mv rooms which can be thrown Pembroke, Maxton. Red Springs, • arate organizational setups in clude Lumberton, Fairmont, Rowland, St. Pauls and Orrum. In addition to the area workers for these towns, 75 prominent far mers and businessmen throughout the county have- been named to a a; membership committee men. Other towns in the county will | together. The e will also be rest name their membership chairman' rooms, service and storage rooms some time this week. National Guard Unit Strength The basic idea behind the Farm Bureau is the banding together of farmers, including tenants as we 1 . J ns landlords, to bring about equal- f ity in prices for the farmers’ prod- ucts with the prices of manufac tured goods RED SPRINGS—The fall and other small space facilities. Perfo. mance bonds and other matters are expected to be in or der for signin'" on Fridav of this week, an ’ it i z oected that work . cn the building will be started im mediately. The c > struction project has I hern planned by a building com mittee named last year, which is 1 cov-nosed of the following: Dr. C. T. Johnson. A’ H. Grant. John en- listment drive is underway to in-j When prices o com „ crease the strength of Headquar- ^ go up. the Farm Bureau! Battery i3()th ^ (gp) | goods go up, — tries to bring about a raise in prices for farm products in order that the farmer can stay in business. Among the accomplishments of the Farm Bureau are the e^lish- ment of the Flue-Cured Tobacco Cooperative Stabilization Corp Through this agency, millions of dollars have been added to tobacco growers* income. Since 1946, the stabilization has guaranteed flue-cured growers at mist. 90 ger cent of paritv for their Farm Bureau spearheaded bin charging Lav. Ar Ransom wi^ crops, harm first degree murder in the death development of a; Inc. .to protect, expand, and pro mote export markets for tobacco two weeks ago of Park Bullard near Maxton. Mr. and Mrs. Ben MacKinnon and infant daughter of Charlotte, spent the week end with his moth er Mrs. Earl Jefferson and Mr. Jefferson. Mrs. J. C. Daniel and her sister, The Preparations . . . , with the regular league champion- Mrs. Edgar Lawton of Hartsville, ship when they piled up a record g. c.. left Sunday to spend several of 11 wins and only 4 losses.] The days in Virgilina., Virginia. . high school team came in second: xr^ r. n xro^m r^ a r with the National Guard team ] d ren, are spendtag two weeks with taking third plaice Conors. ' her mother at Myrtle Beach, S. C. Mrs. L. B. Martin, Jr., and chil- of the North Carolina National , Guard, it was announced yester- J day by the Capt. George The celling has recently to 114 men, openings in commanding officer, A. Forloines. strength of the unit been raised from 71 giving a number of the battalion. The present strength is 66 men. The enlist.: ent drive is being held in connection with the Cot- tu Festival being sponsored by •h Rid Spriivs Mu-chan':. Asso ciation.. Ue batte y has keel, u Mrs. J. B. McCloskey Scotland Memorial hospital night for treatment. Fred Gibson, a former entered Monday Mr. and Mrs. Warren Sibley and ' daughter, Snookie, have been visit- Marvin S. Bristow FAYETTEVILLE—Marvin Scotch 1 grid is connected with the I here, has returned to Red resident Springs Sinclair Bristow, 60, died at his home at Service Station. Rockfish Tuesday afternoon, Aug. Miss Marv Lou Beard and iss 9th . Myrtle McMillan are spending this week in Western Carolina. The funeral was held Wednesday afternoon at 4 o’clock from Galatia Presbyterian church with Rev. W. L. Maness officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery. Surviving are the wife, Mrs. Sarah L. Bristow; two daughters, Mrs. Clyde McGill of Fayetteville and Mrs. Sam B. Minter, Macon, Ga.; one son, John L. Bristow, US Air Force; three sisters, Mrs. Nor man Shaw, Rex; Mrs. Lonnie Cha- son, Lumber Bridg’e; Mrs. Purdy Everette, Bonnie Doone; one broth er, John Bristow, Laurel Hill; and one grandchild. ing his family in Chesnee, S. C. KennethWelsh was admitted to the Scotland County Memorial hos pital on Sunday of this week as the result of a broken foot incurred ' in a fall. Misses Magerta and Joan Stone, and Betty Carter, were week-end visitors at Myrtle Beach. and tobacco products. Since its formation in 1947, To bacco Associates has already prov ed itself by promoting the sale of millions ' of pounds of tobacco to Germany and Great Britain, and by having tobacco included in the Marshall Plan. One of the more recent accom plishments of the Farm Bureau was to have the price of cotton seed pegged from $32 to $49.50. The Farm Bureau is organ ized on county, state and na tional levels. County Farm Bu reau may be broken down into area divisions such as those indicated in the organizational plan for Robeson County. In addition to President Liver more, other officers for the Robe son County Farm Bureau include: H. P. Allen, chairman Lumberton ■ t ied into "19m team .will hive contest tor the Cotton Queen. Votes will be an entrant Nation'll e-i: ned by Lester Pender th th. Gu-i.d seed. and extra votes may be secured in competitive team attendance at armory drills. ing- enlistmi-i ts secured in Regular Air Service Asked For Lumberton LUMBERTON — A Lumbertoi delegation appeared before the Civil Aeronautics Board in Wash ington Tuesday to seek the aid o' that body in getting air service for the Lumberton area Servig as a spokesman for the group, Mayor Hector- McLean board to authorize a area. C. B. Stafford, chairman mont area. John L. Carter, chairman Seven-Game Fair- Fem- McGirt. A. S. McKeithan, D. McMillan, John Graham, Mary McEachern and Mes.J Buie. No Contract Let On Red Springs School Houses RCD SPRINGS—Though M. Miss Lacy there vere some 30 contractors bidding tit. various or all phases of the reins'' ifetton of” three"school build- ■ r proposed fo. Red Springs, the members of the board of trustees have not accepted any bids, it was The queen will ride in the Cot ten Festival parade with the three runnerups as her attendants. Battery representatives will be on duty at the armory daily ex- ept Saturday f om 8 until 5. Pros pective enlistees may contact these repress tauves or call Tele phone 4466 after 6 P. M. CARD OF THANKS st-'rd here yesterday. The construction costs for the group of th ee build'' gs, including a gvmnasiu.nl; six class rooms and a lunch.oom. were ori 8 ina, *V-^^ mated at approximately $150, and no combination of bids re ceived Tuesdav at the opening came within $30,000 of that figure. The entire construction Job here, which inciules a la ge addi tion for the Negro school, has not belli offered to bi,d, and it .is expected that until plans fob the Negro school can be completed, further action of We wish to thank our many friends for their kind expressions' there will be no of sympathy during the sickness the board and then bids W’li be ox sympar y „ ‘ lashed for the entile school con- ] struction project. or synipamy and death of our father, Mr. D. A. Smith. Mr. and Mrs. T. Miki)! NEW SPRING BOARD AND PIER Among those from out of town attending the funeral services last Tuesday for Mr. D. A. Smith were: Harvey Smith of Garland, Mr. and Mrs. Jason Smith and family of Dublin, Raymond F. Smith of Washington, Hester and Durham Smith of Raeford, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. McNeill and Mr. and Mrs. James C. Hall of Fayetteville, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Horne of Roseboro, Miss Columbia Hall of Stedman, Mrs. Ethel Smith of Portsmouth, Va., Elsie Beard of Columbia, Va., Glenn McNeill of Fayetteville and Mrs. J. S. McNeill, Jr., of Danville, Va. LUMBERTON — C. B. Jr., secretary-treasurer Mansfield Mills, died morning in Thompson Sessoms, of the Tuesday Hospital, where he had been a patient for a week following a cerebral hem orrhage. The funeral was held Wednes day afternoon at 5 o'clock from Eiggs Funeral Home with Dr. Phillip J. McLean, pastor of the First Baptist Church, officiating,] assisted by Rev. C. W. Wallace. Burial was in Meadowbrook ceme-] tery. Mr. Sessoms was a member or the First Baptist Church and of INDEX TO INSIDE PAGES Red Springs Social Lumberton Social Fairmont Social Pembroke Social ..........•■•■■•-■-- Maxton Social Sports Fish Tales This and That Chit Chat Fairmont Fables SECOND SECTION Two Wounded In Gunfight Other Papers Say I Love A Parade More Pasture Needed In County Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page 2 5 7 4 3 6 8 8 5 7 Page Page Page Page 1 2 6 asked the RED SPRINGS—iester Pender, imajor air line to make at least 40, of Wilson County was shot to one north-bound stop and one death by a neighbor Sunday night. ] sou th-bound stop at Clarence Barnes was taken into daily. custody by Wilson County sheriff s officers in connection with the death. Mr. Pender was a brother of Mrs. Hubert Williams of Red Springs. The funeral was held Monday afternoon from the home on Lu cama Rt. 2 with Rev. C. F. Teeter of Selma officiating. Burial was Nahunta cemetery. Clarence Moore LUMBERTON — Clarence in in Moore died Monday mon ing the Veterans Hospital, Fayette- ] ville, where he had been a patient for two weeks. He ha^i been in Lumberton At the Tuesday, present Airlines preliminary hearing representatives were from both Eastern and Piedmont Avia ¬ tion Corp. A final hearing was set for Sept. 26. The group asking for service in- iluded Rep. F. Ertel Carlyle. City Attorney H. E. Stacy, City Man- iger A. B. Sansbury, Cecil Thomp- ion and R A. Hedgpeth, all of Lumberton, and Jack Spain, ad ministrative assistant to Senator Hoey, a>.d John McConnell, admin- ’strative assistant to Senator Gra ham. Schedule Is Announced MAXTON — Football sessions at Presbyterian LEGION MEETING MAXTON—The monthly meet- tag of Liberty Post No. 117 of the American Legion will be held on Friday evening, at eight o’clock, at the Legion Hut, conducted by Comdr. Percy Phillips. All legion naires are urged to attend. S-Year-Old Injured When Hit By Truck ill health for some time. The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon at 4 o’clock from Ste- Refund Blanks Will Be Ready Soon For Vets FAIRMONT — Five - year . old phens Funeral Home with Dr. Phillip J. McLean, pastor of the First Baptist Church of which he , - v was a member, officiating. Burial surance special dividend to be paid was in Meadowbrook cemetery. ] to some 16 million present and for- Mr Moore was a son of the late mer policy holders will be avail able August 29, the VA has Application blanks for the $2,- 800,000,000 National Service Life In- Arthur and Mrs. Lula Moore of Lumberton, Collins an- He was a High graduate of Lumberton School and attended Trinity Col lege, now Duke University, at Durham. He was a veteran of World War I. Surviving are one sister, Miss Mary Moore of Lumberton and one brother, Ralph C. Moore of 8 Fairmont." nounced. When checks start flowing some time in January, 1950, out the mailing is expected to reach a max- Fiances Rose Pittman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Willard Pittman, suffered painful injuries Sunday around 11:30 A. M., wheh her bicycle collided with a pickup truck at the intersection of Mar ket and Jenkins streets. The child was knocked uncci- scious by the blow and was rush ed to Thompson Hospital, Lum berton, by Vernon Smith, driver of the pickup, and E. H. Frye, Fairmont tobacconist. She soon regained consciousness and was released from the hos- MAXTON—A new spring board and diving pier was recently built 1 at the Air Base swimming area on Lumber River by the Speros Con struction Company. This new board has added Vouch to the enjoyment 'of persons using the swimming pool and is being paid for by contribu tions from interested persons. The following donated their services in the building of the new diving Maxton Firemen At Convention practice Junior Monday, College will commence on August 29, according to Coach R. R. "Peanut” Doak. Seven letter- men are returning from the 1948 squad and some twenty to twenty- five freshmen are expected to go out for the team. Opening game of the 1949 foot ball season will take place on Sat- board: Gus Speros, Louis Speros, Shorty Seagle, Jack Snead and Mac McConeghy. Mr. McConeghy states that he still lacks part of the $63.00 which was the cost of material used and anyone interested in making a con tribution should contact him or Gus Speros. Among those that have made contributions are McBryde Austin, J. D. Medlin, Mrs. Bob urday, Oct. 1st, at Brevard. Among the new men answering the gridiron call this year, will be] Clyde Parrish, former Laurinburg High and Wake Forest player, who will be one of the mainstays Burns, Alton Greene, Percy Phillips, Ed and Tom Carrowon, Jake Mc Millan, J. B. Hord, G. P. Hender son, J. G. Gainey, Bill Stewart and the Maxton Junior Woman’s Club. Any surplus funds will be used to enlarge the present diving pier and other improvements. James Drenn:> , of the lochi fire department, ate attending the North Carolina Firemen’s conven tion this week at Carolina Beach. The first session of the conven tion was held on Tuesday morn- 4 g and opened with a Memorial service led by Rev. Olin Whitner. At a meetng of the No th Caio- lna Fire Chiefs Association held Monday afternoon prior to the of ficial opening of the convention, Charles L. Burkett if Salisbury was re-elected president. Approximately seven hundred delegates were expected to regis ter with alternate delegates, wives of firemen and special guests ex pected to swell the convention-at tendance to about 2,000. A full program has been arranged by the host Carolina Beach fire depart ment. Mr. Carrowon and Mr. Drennan are chief and assistant chief of the Maxton fire departm.>t. of the Scottie’s backfield. ! Returning this season will be Harold ] Dave Wood, wirigback; I Sharpe, end: Pete Sellers, guard; 1 Ken Ramsey, center; Larry Diggs, 1 tackle; Bill Jones, tailback; and Haji e Stratford, blocking back. The 1949 football schedule the PJC Scotties is as follows: October October October Maxton. October of 1, Brevard at Brevard. 8, open date, to be filled. 14, Campbell College 22, Gardner Webb Boiling Springs. October 29, Belmont-Abbey Maxton. at at at November 4, Catawba “B” team at Maxton. ■ November 12, Davidson “B at Maxton. HISTORIC ST, PAULS CHURCH TO CELEBRATE 150TH YEAR ST. PAULS-The St. Pay’s Presbyterian Church will cele brate its 150th birthday an.ni- erf H Foo’*. for 20 years prs imum of 200,000 daily. In the mean- pita.1 shortly. time, A. E. Watson, Robeson coun- She was taken t® the hospital ty service officer urges that vet- again Monday for further obser- erans do not write in about the vation but returned home Tues- dividend, as this will only serve to day and was . delay payment. Southern pine beetles are now active in many timber tracts; throughout North Carolina, accord- ituined nome i urn- n 1 1 reported to be reCov- ing to J. C. Jones of the State Col- [ ering satisfactorily. lege Extension Service. versary Sunday, Aug. 21, an all-day affair which begin at 10:30 A. M., with J. J. Muriay, D. D., of with will Rev. ington, Va., a former pastor, as guest speaker. The sermon will be followed bv the regular communion vice. The afternoon program, ser- be- fea- gai ning at 2 o’clock, will tore an historical address by Rev. D. P. McGeachy, D. D., of Clearwater, Fla., and Mon treat, a son of the church. Former pastors will also be recognized on the program. Present pastor of this his toric church is the Rfev. Rob- tor of a group of Preshvieri-ri church at Elizabethtown, who assumed his duties hei" June 1, and will assist with the an- riversary observance to which me iibera friends and former are invited. The colorful “Secri of May” communion d was observed last May 110th consecutive yeer. This Scotch which boasts a settled Sunday service for the town. population of around 3,000, derived. Vs name from St. Pauls Presbyterian Church, to which naturally a parental respect is felt toward the old church, the rolls of which have contained- the names of many prominent set tlers of this area.
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