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Delbert Ammonds has been
named chief of police in
and Harvey Blue was
as night officer.
Pembroke
appointed
Belton Smith of
Pembroke
broke caught a 75-pound shark at
Carolina Beach recently.
Five members of the Lumberton
Junior Chamber of Commerce at
tended the first quarterly execu
tive committee meeting in High
Point over the week-end. They
were: Carr Gibson, Bill
Lewis Bryan, Max Bryan
Reasonover.
Wilkins,
and Bill
Highway Patrolman E.
L. Mc-
P vde has begun his duties in the
Robeson County patrol area, hav
ing been transferred to Lumber-
ton from Marshville.
The Robeson
Association will
Crest Country
night, Aug. 21.
County Municipal
meet at the Pine
Club We l lesdUy
Mayor Hector Mc-
Lean and members of the Lumber,
ton Town Board will be hosts at
the meeting.
The monthly orthopaedic clinic
will be held Friday, Sept. 2, in the
basement of the Agricultural
Building in Lumberten. Dr. Baker
of Duke Hospital will be the sur.
gon in charge, Patients are ask
ed to register at the desk between
8 and 11 A. M.
Farm Bureau
County Chief
Urges Support
The North Carolina Farm Bu
reau’s state-wide campaign for 80,-
OOQ members should have the sup-
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No. 7
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RED SPRINGS, N. C
3 3 A "x 3d
THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 25, 1949
Lally
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This is the first floor plan, showing the limits of the present court house building
! and the extensions for which contracts were let' by county commissioners Tuesday.
Contracts Let For Enlarging CM
port of everyone, “for only
through organization can agricul
ture hope to survive and con
tribute its share to the prosperity
of our state and nation,” R. H.
Livermore, Robeson Farm Bureau
piesident, said yesterday.
The Robeson County Farm
Bureau membership drive got
underway last week with a goal
of 5,000 members.
“Farm Bureau membership
committeemen are hard at work)
o listing new members to boost
the state rolls from 78,000 to 80,-
0v0, in the current campaign,” Mr.
Livermore said.
“However this is a task of such
importance that we can't be con-
Robeson County Courthouse
Lumberton Boy
Killed On Bike
Contracts for two similar struc
tures providing additional office
and storage space for governmental
divisions of Robeson County were I
accepted at a letting Tuesday morn-I
ing by the Board of Commission-'
1 ers.
‘The contracts call for the con-
Sanatorium Monday afternoon | struction of two, two story build-
some 30 minutes after he was ings separate from but adjoining
struck by an auto driven by Earle I the courthouse, beginning at the
A. Thompson on Highway 74 near' North and South Side entrances
Stallings Body Shop. According to and extending eastward to the
RECRUITER’S
SCHEDULE
Following is the weekly schedule
of Recruiting Sergeant L. A. Mor
rison of the U. S. Army and Air
David Little, 14, died at Baker’s
investigating officers, the youth
was riding his bicycle home from
tent to just let a few do the work.) - , . . . , , xx. x
| I umberton when struck by the auto
Chestnut Street property lines.
Basements to the buildingss will
This campaign means much to the ... - . „ . ,
future of agriculture in .^h ^,^^ P r strlklng * e
Carolina. If we farmers are to be
represented properly before our
back of the bicycle.
No eye witnesses have been
state and national
, . , .. ! found and the only witness says
legislative
bodies, we should see to it that
the Farm Bureau can point to a
membership so large that there I
will be no doubt how North Caro
lina farmers stand on important
issues.
“It is up to the county commit
teemen and other members of the
Farm Bureau to put the campaign
^ver,” the county president said.
"It is up to men and women alike
to see to it that we express our
selves freely through a sound ag.
that she saw the bicycle traveling
on the right hand edge of the pave
ment but had turned away before
the accident happened.
Shortly after the accident Mr.
Thompson was hospitalized and
treated for shock.
David was a son of Mr. and Mrs.
Luther Little of West Lumberton.!
Funeral servees were held Wed-
ricultural oiganization and
we express ourselves
strong.”
that
80,000
nesday afternoon at four o’clock
Pentecostal Holiness church
East Lumberton. Burial followed
New Hollywood cemetery.
at
in
in
J. W. Cooper of Fayetteville,
former ACL agent here, spent a
few hours in town Friday.
Individual awards will be pre
sented to the players of both the
men’s and women’s softball cham
pions sometime in the near fu
ture.
TALE OF A WANDERING CAT
RED SPRINGS—A wandering cat and an observant sub
scriber of The Red Springs Citizen, one of Robeson County’s
Hometown Newspapers, got together last week . . . and a want
ad paid back to the
The Citizen.
Some weeks ago
from Washngton to
subscriber the price of her subscripton to
Fo.ce, who
County.
Tuesday:
until noon;
is stationed 'n Robeson
F’ersian
escaped
For two
cat was
The
Capt. James M. Roberts, USN, came home
spend his vacation here. He brought his
cat and his Boston bulldog. On returning home, the cat
its traveling pen before
weeks he advertised for
returned to Mrs C. M.
cat visited a while with
Capt. Roberts reached Parkton.
the cat offering a reward if the
Rakestraw here.
one of those rare persons in the
Red Springs area who do not take The Citizen; found that they
didn’t keep up with the news, and moved over to a neighbor’s
house where The Citizen arrives regularly every Thursday morn
ing. These folks had read the reward advertisement and imme-
iiately recognized the stray feline, called The Citizen office, and
soon delivered the cat to Mrs. Rakestraw . . . and received the
reward of three dollasr . . . the price for which they had paid
for their year’s subscription to their newspaper. Capt. Roberts, and
especially his daughter, Susan, are happy to have the cat with
them in their home in Arlington.
The moral ef the story is that the Hometown Newspapers
regularly reward its subscribers not only with a very wide cov
erage of the news of the towns and communities of Robeson
county . . . but there are also generous rewards for them each
week offered by their advertisers. You may not find a stray cat
which has wandered down from the Nation’s capital and get three
dollars, but by studying our advertising you will find many mer
chants offering rewards in lower prices on all types of merchan
dise, so subscribe to a Hometown newspaper, and read the ad
vertisements as well as the news matter.
INDEX TO INSIDE PAGES
Pembroke Social
Maxton Social
Red Springs Social
Lumberton Social
Fairmont Social
New Column By Kitty Lee .
Sports
Negro News
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Band Pictures
Sports
Other Papers Say ....
Fred Brown’s Column
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One Of
Robeson County’s
Hometown Newspapers
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Window Display At Festival
1
To Tell Story Of King Cotton
RED SPRINGS—The
King
ries
here
Cotton will be told
of special window
story of
in a se-
displays
in the famous “Deep Freeze"
investigation of the "Five Per
centers.”
sociation.
tries. Miss Mary Lou Beard will One
have charge of the fashion show, of the
Calf-Catching Contest
of the outstanding features
day will be a calf-catching
on October 5, it was stated , * ' — k
here today by George T. Ashford, The series of displays will relate
chairman of the Cotton Festival the history of cotton and the part
program which will be staged here
on that date.
Red Springs 8 A. M.- ;
Lumberton 1 to 5 P. M.I
Wednesday: Fairmont 8
until noon; Lumberton 1
P. M.
to
M.
5
M.
Thursday: Lumberton 8
provide vaults for storage of re-1 until 5 P. M.
cbrds of the offices of Clerk of) . Friday: Pembroke 8 A. M. un
Court and of the Register of Decds.l-til noci ; Lumberton 1 to 5 P. M,
Saturday: Raeford 8 A. M. until
The- ground floors of each
ing will house the offices of
two departments, and second
wll provide office space for
county departments.
The bids accepted totaled
877. The general contract
build-)
these
floors
other
$153,-
was
noon.
The recruiting sergeant’s
phone at Lumberton is 870.
may be reached nights at
phone 2713, Maxton.
tele.
He
tele-
Jury Finds Death
Was Accidental
A coroner’s jury Tuesday found
that T. C. Chavis, Maxton Negro,
came to his death through acciden-
and models will be drawn from contest when boys from farm fanu-
BULLETIN
Senator Clyde R. Hoey will
make the address of the day
for the Red Springs Cotton
Festival, it was learned as this
newspaper goes to press. Pro
gram Chairman George Ash
ford was notified late Wednes
day of the acceptance of Mr.
Hoey of an invitation extended
to the popular speaker, and
chairman of the Reay Investi
gating Committee which is
makng headlines every day now
that it has played in the history ox ,
the South and the nation.These dis
plays are being prepared for the
Cotton Festival by the National
Cotton Council of Memphis, and
will contain pictures and products
from over the world which show,
the thousands of uses of the staple
and tell the story of the various,
many of the surrounding towns
and communities. The show is
planned to be staged as an outdoor)
affair and will be one of the most
complete ever staged in this sec
tion. The clothing was designed for
showing with the appearance of
“Miss Maid of Cotton” of 1949, who
has just completed a tour of the
United States and a number of
European and South American
processes through which the fibre! countries under the sponship of the
goes before it finally reaches the
ultimate consumer.
Fashion Show
Also a feature of the Festival
will be a cotton wardrobe, contain
ing many pieces of clothing, de
signed by some of the leading fash-
oh creators of this and other coun-
National Cotton Council.
Free Prizes
During the day various merchants
of Red Springs will present free
prizes to those attending the event
and a final grand prize will be a
free automobile to be given away
by the Red Springs Merchants as-
COTTON HARVEST SEASON
DRAWING NEAR
Morris Named
40 & 8 Delegate
PEMBROKE
R. Fairley
of
Farmers and ginners of Robeson
getting ready for the harvest of the
cash crop—King Cotton.
Already, cotton is being picked in
County this week were
county’s second greatest
some parts
and the season is expected to really get into its
the first of September.
From throughout the county, comes word that
tors have spent many thousands of dollars during
keeping their gins up to the highest standards
of the county
stride around
the gin opera-
the past year
ai d assuring
farmers of getting the best ginning service available.
Many of the gins have added new equipment such as dryers,
impact cleaners and burr machines, while others have thoroughly
reconditioned their equipment in preparation for the season.
• Many of the gins have listed their facilities and services
for the convenience of cotton growers in this issue of the Robe
son County Hometown Newspapers.
Sf. Pauls Presbyterian
Church Observes Birthday
ST. PAULS—The Rev. D. P.
McGeachy from Montreat, gave a
vivid picture of the lives of the
ancestors and people who lived in
the early days, and put into words
the tone, throughout, of the Ses-
quicentennial of the First Presby
terian Church in St, Pauls, as it
awarded to Little and Spratt Con
struction company of Charlotte for
$134,426. Robeson Sales Corp., of
Lumberton, was successful bidder
on the plumbing at $3,745. R. C.
Lamb and Son of Lumberton bid
$9,841 for the heating contract and ■ . , preferred no , u x , , „ ,
the electrical contract went to ; “ r “ain^LotUe S, Ne-. was ^ebrated last Sunday.
Medlin Electric company of Mt J & who is said t0 have done the
Pleasant for $5,865.
A bond issue voted some years
ago provides for $100,000 of the
money appropriated by the com-
l missioners for the construction
project, and other.funds from sale
of county property has been set
aside for the work. Commissioner
J. D. Herring made the motion to
accept these bids with James A.
Singleton, Jr., seconding the mo
tion. Approval was unanmous. The
approval of the two storyy and
I basement construction plans came:
after full discussion of the alter
nate bidds whch were for one-story
and basement structures, but which)
the commissioners decided were in-
1 adequate to care for the demands
.for office space.
shooting. I
The shooting took place around'
7:30 Saturday night at Maxton and 1
the jury heard evidence to the. ef
fect that the woman was shooting
a small rifle at random when the
man was struck.
MAXTON—The monthly meeting
of the recently chartered Cpl. Ru
fus Lamar Walters V. F. W. Post
No. 9158, will be held tonight —
(Thursday — at the Midway Com
munity House in the form of a bar
becue.
The celebration was in honor of
the 150th anniversary of the St.
Pauls Presbyterian Church. For
mer members, of the church, soils
and relatives of men that have at
one time or another served in the
church, and everyone that could
make his way to the old and his
toric church were present.
The church was a place of re
newing old acquaintances. After
the services the crowd mingled
among each other seeking out old
and i ew friends. A large feed was
given at the lunch hour.
There were many relics on ex-
Fair Platas In Full
OVERDOSE
LUMBERTON — An ambu
lance screamed its way
through town Wednesday
morning and
line of curious
hind.
A couple of
the
cars
miles
inevitable
fell in be-
later,
ambulance stopped for the
the
vic-
tim, who was reported to have
had a “stroke.”
The doctor’s diagnosis: “An
overdose of alcoholic bever
age.”
Swing At Pembroke
PEMBROKE-Plans for the
third annual Pembroke-Robe
son County Fair to be held
here Sept. 5 through 10 are in
full swing and a gala week is
promised all who attend, Gen-
era! Manager Harry
Locklear said today.
Mr. Locklear said that
persons, have indicated
they will enter exhibits
West
many
that
in the
fair and he said that the Cen-
lies only will be participating in a
contest borrowed from the popu
lar roadeos of the West. A num
ber of blooded beef calves will be
freed in the Red Robins baseball
park and a number of boys will be
free to catch them. Only one boy
ran have a hand on a salf at any
time. The
halter put
led to the
comes the
is to care
calf must be cught. a
on it, and then the calf
finish line. The calf be-
property of the boy. He
for the calf for a year,
nd then bring it to the Cotton Fes
tival of 1950, where it can be auc-
ioned off. with the money to go
o the boy.
A number of other outstanding
,vents are being planned for the
lay.
tral Amusement Company will
be on hand with 15 rides and
shows on the midway.
A free act is being arranged
for every evening during the
week and free prizes will be
given away at the time of the
free act, the general manager
declared.
The show will be staged on
the campus of Pembroke State
College.
To Compile Data On
All Robeson Veterans
A survey that will be, of benefit
to every
of World
way this
Robeson
War II
month it
County veteran
will get under-
was announced
I today by A. E. (Cy) Watson,
county veterans service officer.
i The survey, being sponsored by
the North Carolina Veterans Com-
i mission, will place on file in the
Once the service officer’s
completed, however, the
will only have to go to his
find information needed in
out papers for veterans.
The file will also serve
file is
officer
file to
filling
a
county office a
view of every
record.
This will aid
comprehensive re-
veteran’s service
the service officer
in handling claims
ters for veterans,
out.
As it is now, he
ai d other mat-
Watson pointed
said, many men
safeguard in the event a veterri
loses papers in possession and
wants to obtain information about
his service record.
The survey will begin this month
as the office starts helping veter
ans fill out claims for dividends
on National Service Life Insur
aice, Mr. Watson declared.
Veterans who . are not planning
to have the service officer fill out
their NSLI claims, are invited to
seeking the services of the office
did not bring, or cannot find, the ! contact the veterans’ office, any-
necessary information required by j how, in order to fill out their
the Veteran Administration for questionnaire on their service with
processing claims.
It is important that all veterans
"ill out one of the questionnaires
as the information will be of great
future use to both the veterans of
fice and the veteran, Watson
pointed out.
The service officer emphasized
the fact that the. service is for the
benefit of the members of all
-aces.
Questions that will be answered
on the form include, the veteran’s
full name, age, address and occu-
pati’1 ; branch of service; whether
he was wounded in service and, or
received treatment for injury or
disease while in service; has he
filed a claim with the VA; amount
the armed forces.
of NSLI carried; what benefits
has received under the GI bill
rights; is he employed; d"es
own a home; is he a member
)a veteran’s organization.
he
of
he
of
Maxton was named delegate from
the Robeson County Voiture of 40
& 8 to the grande promenade of
the order to be held in Philadel
phia August 29 to September 1st,
in connection with tne 31st na
tional convention of the American
Legion.
Mr. Morris was named delegate
at the meeting of the Robeson
voiture which was' held here Mon
day right. He will be campaign
ing for the election of Clarenc'e
Smith of Raleigh, for the office
of Grande Chef de Gare of the
Voiture Nationale, the highest of
fice of the order.
'Plans for the annual Ameri
can Legion membership drive
were told by E. S. “Pete” Sun
day of Lumberton, district
membership chairman. Mr.
Morris is commander of tiie
district and one of the coun
ty’s most active Lega nn ires.
Members of the Robeson, unit
and their wives we e invited to
New Telephone
Office Opens
At Red Springs
Ted SPRINGS—R. M. Gupton,
local manager of the Carolina Tel
ephone and Telegraph conipany,
has announced that a business office
will be opened in Red Springs at
105 West 3rd Avenue, on Thursday,
September 1, 1949. Accounts for Red
Springs andMaxton will be handled
by this new office.
For the convenience of subscrib
ers at Maxton, Mr. Gupton staled
that effective with the September
1, 1949, statements, payments of all
future statements may be made to
P. W. Sullivan a.t his office in the
Hotel Building at Maxton, or mail
ed to the Carolina Telephone and
Telegraph Company, Red Springs.
Subscribers at Red Springs may
make payment of all future state
ments to the new business office.
For business transactions with
the company on and after Septem
ber 1, 1949, subscribers at Maxton
will call Red Springs collect 9090,
while subscribers at Red. Springs
will dial 9000.
Mr. Gupton further stated that
office hours for the new business
office wll be 8:30 A. M. to 11:45 A
spend the, weekend of SeutiTUber
17-18 at the cottage of F. K. Iliirgs.
hibition in the back of the church. !
A few of the relics were clothes
worn hundreds of years ago, pieces
of cloth, books, papers, deeds, etc..
Rev. Robert H. Poole, the pres-1
ent pastor of the church, presided
over the session of services which
were conducted by the
pastors of the church and
of the chui ch.
Rev. J. J. Murray, D.
Lexington, Va., delivered
former
the
sons
of
Mr. Biggs is chef d gaie of the
voiture.
North Carolina headquarters at
Philadelphia will be at the Hotel
Normandie. The Asheville Legion
Band, the Gastonia Legict Bugle
and Drum Corps, and the famous
Raleigh Negro Legion Drum and
Bugle Corps will be among the
colo ful units to participate in the
Legionaire Parade through Phila
delphia oh Tuesday, August 30,
in which nearly a thousand North
Carolina Legionnaires ai d their
wives are expected to participate.
h el
morning sermon and he used the)
architecture of the church as sym
bols of the message that he)
brought to the congregation. Be
ing one of the oldest churches in
North Carolina, the doors of the
church have welcomed visitors for
7,500 Sunday mornings
came to worship.
Rev. Murray pointed out
the steeple of the church
which
that
which
points heavenward, symbolizes'
man’s reaching for God and that
the open Bible before the preach
er symbolizes God’s down reach
for
the
go.
of
man and of God’s word before
pastor’s who
That Christ
the church,
worthwhile must
could come and
is the foundation
and everything
be built on him.
Rev. J. Cecil Lawrence, associate
pastor in the Myers Park Presby
terian Church of Charlotte read
the scripture and gave the prayer
and benediction as his contribu
tion to the mon ing services. Rev.
Malcolm P. Calhoun gave the re
sponse to the words of welcome
that were said by Rev. Poole and
assisted Rev. Murray in conduct
ing the celebration of the Lord’s
Supper. Charles Sill conducted
the Young People’s choir which
rendered beautiful music for
se: vice.
L. L. McGoogan, the oldest
ing elder of the church, was
the
liv-
in
charge of the memorial to elders,
deacons, pastors and sons of
church who have died. At
port Mr. McGoogan turned
program over to Rev. D. P.
Geachy, Jr., grandson of
the
this
the
Mc-
the
church, from Clearwater, Fla.
The morning service was broad
cast and transcribed in order that
the church may have a permanent
recoid of the doings. Flowers
were donated by Mrs, E. C. Mur
ray, Sr., in memory of her hus
band, Rev. E. C. Murray, D. C., a
former pastor and Miss Annie
Ruth Willis in memory of W. A.
McCormick, a
church.
Rev. C. M.
L. McLauren
words in the
former
elder of the
Gibbs a> d Rev, L.
each
said a few
afternoon after the
sons of the church were
nized.
Rev. R. L. Alexander, of
First Presbyterian
Lumberton, was one
pastors and reported
berton church, Mrs.
reported on the Rex
recog-
Church
the
of
of the guest
on the
J. W.
Lum-
Jones
D. S. Currie on the parkton
Church, Rev. Foster Little of Lit-
tleten, N. C., had the prayer.
M and 1:00 P. M. to 5:00 P. M
Monday through Friday. . , :?
Fire Damages
Fairmont Home
Indian Read Camp
Will Be Moved
To Robeson
State authorities have given
approval to the proposal to
move the Indian prison camp
from Walnut Cove to Robe
son County, it was learned to.
day.
The move will not be imine
diate but it is expected that
Indian prisoners of the state
will be moved to Kobeson
County at an early date.
PEMBROKE
The Pembroke
FAIRMONT — Fire last Thurs
day did considerable damage to
the attic of the Will Floyd house
on Stephens street.
Fire Department won first place
in the chemical race held by the
North Carolina Fireman's Associa
tion at their 62nd annual conven
tion held at Carolina Beech Aug.
15-18.
DEATHS AND FUNERALS
Mrs. A. T. Rogers
FAIRMONT—Mrs. A. T. Rogers,
wife of the Rev. A. T. Rogers, re_
tired Baptist minister of Tabor
1 City, died at her home Saturday
t ight after several months of de.
clining health.
Surviving in addition.to her hus
band are three sons, A. Paul Rog
ers, Tabor City, and Fulton and
James Rogers of Florence, S. C.;
three daughters, Mis. Nell Fowler
and Mrs. Beth Woody of Tabor
City, and Mrs'. Margaret Groves,
Alma, Mich.; one sister, Mrs. Bell
Baker, Fairmont, and 12 grai d-
children.
McDuffie 1 of Latta.
The funeral was held Friday
afternoon at 2:?6 from the chapel
of the Red Springs Fun ral Home.
Rev.
the
Red
was
Graham Eubank, pastor of
Trinity Methodist church of
Springs, officiated and bu: ial
in Salem Church cemetery
Bennettsville, S. C.
Meyer Harris
LUMBERTON Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Samet left Monday for
Columbia, S. C., to attend the fu-
neral services for
Meyer Harris
father of Mis. Samet, who died at
his home there early Monday, Mr
Harris had been in ill health for
The funeral was held Monday some time.
morning at 11 o’clock from Mount' Funeral services we e held
Tabor Baptist Church with Rev. 1 Tuesday afternoon at Aiken, S. C
J. C. Grant officiating. Buri:) .
followed in Myrtle Green ceme-
te y at Tabor Qity.
A native of the Fairmont sec
tion, Mrs. Rogers was the young.
est of the children of the late Mr.
and Mrs. Fulton F. Floyd of Fair
mont.
Among those from Fairmont at
tending the funeral were Mrs. C.
A. Floyd, Carlton Floyd, Mrs. E.
W. Floyd, Mrs. Martha Floyd
Rusher, Miss Nettie Ruth Floyd.
Mrs. Carrie Fields
RED SPRINGS — Mrs. Carrie
Mrs. Anne Davis
Funeral services were held
! Monday for Mrs. Anne Raynor
■ Davis of Castle Ha
mington, who died Sund ry.
Road, Wil ¬
Mrs.
Davis was the sister of I.Irs! C. L.
Bostic of Lumber Bridge.
Sam Page
LUMBERTON — Sam P a g e,
about 65, of Halifax County, drop
ped dead of a hea.t attack as he
lushed to rescue his 18-year-old
McDuffie Fields, 70, died at the I daughter from d owning at Kure
home of het son near Red Springs
early Thursday morning after an
illness of several months.
.She was the daughter of the
late Daniel McDuffie and Sarah
Beach. , The daughter, I.etha, was
saved by other
beach.
bathers at
the
Mr. Page is survived by four-
brothers,
P.
Page and
Ellis
Webster of Marlboro County, S. I Page of Lumberton; U. S. Page of
Surviving are three sons, D.
M. Fields, Aberdeen; A. L. Fields
church. Dr. ) of Red Springs RFD, and W. S.
i Fields of Shannon RFD; one sis
ter, Mrs. W. T. Jones of Latta,
IS. C., gi d one brother, Edward
Page’s Lake, and Lucius Page of
Laurinburg; and four sisters, Mrs.
Eddie McNeill, Mrs. Alton Mc
Pherson and M.s, Marvin Mills',
of Lumberton, and Mrs. Har io
Nordon of Charlotte.