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Jerry B. Willis, seaman, USN, of
Route 2, St. Pauls, recently visited
Istanbul, Turkey, as a crew mem
ber aboard the destroyer USS
Turner, which enabled the crew
to spend liberty ashore after in
tensive maneuvers in the Mediter
ranean with the Sixth Task Fleet.
Vol. 52. No. 15
Red Springs, N. C
Thursday Morning, October 20, 1949
5c a Copy
Rev. and Mrs. W. Earl Robinson
of the Baptist Church of St. Pauls,
rendered musical selections on the
accordion, trombone, piano and by
voice for the students of Presby
terian Junior College at chapel
last Tuesday, while leading the
special services at the Maxton
Baptist Church. The music and
message were cordially received
^ by the students.
Three students from Presby
terian Junior College attended the
state-wide meeting of the West
minster Fellowship holding ses
sion in Winston-Salem last week-
end. George King, of Boone,
James Anders Reagan of dark-
ton and Julius Dudley
Faison, were delegates
terian Junior College.
Watkins of
of Presby-
Robeson County is
represented
at Appalachian State Teachers
College, Boone, this year by the
following students: Connie Baker,
Route 3, Maxton; Vista Grey Bar
den, Fairmont; Mary Lou Bowen,
Route 1, Orrum; Tom Dove, Row-
land; Carolyn Floyd, Fairmont;
Dorothy Floyd, Fairmont;
Hardin, Fairmont; John
Jones, Pembroke; Joan
Proctorville; and Dewey
Fairmont.
Lester
Robert
McRae,
N y e,
The annual Harvest Day
will be
held at Ashpole Presbyterian
Church in Rowland, Friday, Oct.
21. Barbecue and chicken salad
dinners will be served beginning
12 noon. The public is invited.
Recent
revocatons of North
Carolina driver’s licenses included
those of:
niont;
Robert Earl Lupo, Fair-
Stacy Oxendine, Red
Springs; Ollie Smith, Lumberton.
Farley M. Wilkerson, Jr., sea
man, USN, of 701 Carthage Road.
Lumberton, recently visited Roth
esay, Scotland, as a crew member
aboard the destroyer USS Borie,
whic his attached to the Northern
European Task Force.
Dr. and Mrs. O. L. Barnes at
tended the monthly dinner meet
ing of the Third district Optome
tric society held in Southern Pines
on last
speakers
Kenneth
ident of
De Vere
Thursday night.
Electric Corporation
Plans Annual Meeting
MAH IS HELD IN DEATH AFTER
DISPUTE OVER BICYCLE TIRE
RS Schools To Save
Health Workshop
Groups Engage
In 2nd Session
The second session of the health
workshop for teachers of the
Robeson County schools was held
last week under the direction of
fepresgntatives from
Health Coordinating
Charles Spencer, Mrs.
Moore and Miss Ruth
Miss Moore directed
the School
Service —
Annie Ray
Moore.
the
in actual demonstration of
and methods of physical
tier:.
The groups also studied
group
games
educa-
nutri-
tion, sanitation, screening, and
lation of health teaching to
home and community life of
child.
Named as group chairman
the
the
for
the primary grades were: Miss
Elizabeth Baker of Fairmont, Miss
Mary Prevatte of Maxton, Mis,.
Blanche Stephens of East Lumber-
ton, and Miss Eloise Kinlaw of St.
Pauls.
Named as group chairman for
the grammar grades and high
schools were Roew Henry of Fair
mont, Miss Florence Redwine of
Maxton, Mrs. Ruth Crofton of Al
lenton, and H. M. Guyot of Max-
ton.
Annual meeting of the Lumbee
River Electric Membership Cor
poration will be held at the Red
Springs High School auditorium
Wednesday, Nov. 2, beginning at
10:30 A. M.
1.
ing
on
3.
Elect
year.
Hear
The members will:
directors for the corn-
reports of the officers
Duke Planning
To Honor Ils
Hew President
I MAXTON —Alfred McLaughlin,
119-year-old Negro man of Maxton,
i was found guilty on the charge of
■ first degree murder at a coroner’s
inqiiest which was held on Mon
day night at the recorder’s court
in Maxton. McLaughlin was
for the fatal shooting of
the past year’s operations.
Hear an address by Rep. F.
Ertel Carlyle.
4. Hear music by the
Springs high school band.
5. Inspect the corporation's
home office.
The nomination committee
Red
new
con-
sists of: W. J. Britt, Fairmont;
Dan T. McGirt, Wagram; J. M.
Andrews, Raeford; Lee McFar
land, Maxton; George W. McIn
tyre, Maxton; Gordon Newton,
Fayetteville; D. H. Wilkerson,
Maxton; A. K. Stevens, Raeford;
W. F. Chaser, Lumber Bridge.
The committee has renominated
the following, some of whom have
been with the cooperative as char
ter members:
C. A. Alford, Rowland; C. L.
Ballance, St. Pauls; J. R. Caddell,
Maxton;
ford; H.
Rowland
Mrs. Lucy Smith, Rae-
C. Newton, Wagram;
R. Sealey, Fairmont; J.
McN. Gillis, Fayetteville; J.
Morrison, Maxton.
In addition, the committee
nominated Marshall Newton
Raeford to fill the vacancy
has
of
ated by the recent death of Ryan
McBryde of Raeford.
73 Entries In Sth
Annual Cattle Show
LUMBERTON
Seventy three
farm boys and girls had cattle in
the fifth annual Lumbee Dairy
Cattle show last week.
County Agent O. P. Owens act
ed as master of ceremonies and
F. K. Biggs, Sr., represented the
Henry Powers, Pauline Blackwell,
Robert E. Shaw, Joe A. Carelock,
.Erwin Carelock, George Town
send, Thomas Livingston.
HOLSTEIN — Edna Rose Dun-
Guest
for the meeting were Dr.] sponsors in a talk. Dr. R K.
Ramsey M Marton, pres-j Waugh, State College animal hus-
bandry expert, judged the how.
Winners in the judging contest
president.
the society, and
of Morganton,
Dr. P. N.
3rd
vice
The Lumberton Music
Club
meet tonight (Thursday) in
will
the
Episcopal Church Parish House at
8 o’clock. Mrs. John Fuller is
hostess and Mrs. John Clarke will
present a program on music and
the dance. D
president, will
C.P. Osborne,
eside.
The Civil
has announced
■ v e commission
examinations for
positions as information specialist,
avation safety agent, airways
flight inspector and public health
educator. Full information may
be obtained from local post offises.
Robeson County is represented
at Greensboro College by two stu
dents: Miss Sarah Jeannette
Chance, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J. P. Chance, 510 Second Street,
Lumberton, and Miss Dixie
Fisher, daughter of Mrs. ^
Fisher, 109 Trinity Street,
mont.
Lee
Fair-
School Kids To
See State Fair
can, Richard
Ann Lewis.
2 to 3
GUERNSEY
Duncan, Frances
Year Old .
— Jimmy ’ Howell,
D>wey Lam'-, E. H. Branch.
JERSEY—Peggy Neill Stephens,
On Fire Insurance
the State’s .the amount recovered by the Board
r.r 'Trustees amounted to about
DR. HOLLIS ADEN'S
DURHAM — University officials
faculty members
Duke University
with last minute
gram to be held
and students at
loom
tried
Mack
pute
Huht, Negro, 30, in
on Saturday
• ight
a dis-
about
10:30 over a bicycle tire.
Testimony at the inquest show
ed that:
McLaughlin had borrowed
Hunt’s bicycle and when he return-
it, Hunt accused him of damag
ing the tire. He denied this and
claimed that the damage had been
done by someone else. During the
argument, Hurt threatened to kill
the accused, whereupon he drew a
.22 pistol and shot Hunt
heart.
Coroner D. W. Biggs
berton investigated, and
ed the jury composed
near the
of Lum-
impanell-
of Alex
Breeden,
Cobb, Guy Pulliam, Jim
Charles Watson, Jim Drennan and
Walter Bums. The shooting oc
curred at a Negro hotel on High
way 74 east of Maxton, and Mc
Laughlin was arrested by rural
policeman Ralph Purcell and local
officers and held in the Lumberton
I jail until the inquest Monday.
The deceased was a former em-
ployee of Drennan’s garage. Three
* Were examined at
are busy today
prepartions for
this weekend in
honor of their new President,
Hollis Edens.
Beginning tomorrow, the
monies will be attended by
tinguished guests from all
cere-
dis-
over
nation and representatives from
over 350 leading U. S. educational
institutions. Included are. some 60
college and university presidents,
35 deans and vice-presidents.
Helicopter's
Arrival Gives
Children Thrill
RED SPRINS — Fire insurance.the policies would be on ;__ , . ,
.on the present plant of the Red' mutual basis, but since the plan of Trustees amounted
Springs schools is now costing ap-1 has not been in operation for
■proximately twice what it would full year, ” -
cost under the new insurance plan which a dividend can be computed.
a
one-half of the total loss in the
, there is no way under fire. ,
Mr. Erwin’s bulletin states: ‘Ad-
adopted for State School Insur
ance at the last meeting of the
General Assembly, according to
figures submitted to the Board of
Trustees of the special charter dis
trict recently.
The books of the school show
However, the r
egular mutual fire j justments will be made promptly
, dividend of about and satisfactorily. All losses will
insurances pay a dividend of about
20 per cent, and it is estimated that
the State insurance division will
pay at least a 20 per cent dividend,
once it gets into full operation.
This dividend would
lowering of
rates
be paid by a
in successive
that for $135,000 worth of insur ¬
ance on the present plant, bought years, according to the Legisla-
on a three-year basis, the present tive act establishing the insurance
cost is $713.26 per year. Value of
the entire plant of the district is
division.
Clyde A. Erwin, state superinten-
set at $283,000. The present
ance is on the co-insurance
which means at the present
and the present amount of
ance now covered, the school
insur-
basis,
value
insur-
board
dent of education, in a bulletin is-
be paid in full up to the lull
amount of insurance carried on an
individual building.” And he goes
on to explain that “If for any" rea
son a participating unit desires to
withdraw from “The Fund.” Then,
at the. expiration of their policy,
which is written on an annual bas
is, they may do so.”
A bid submitted for insurance on
the properties, for total coverage
sued on October 8, states that in ] on the entire plant, by a nori-as-
the first three months of operation, sessable mutual company, reads as
eye-witnesses were examined at (
by Solicitor Angus]
the inquest
their testimonies]
pointed to the guilt of McLaugh-
Medlin
and
lin.
Wensil Low
Bidder On RS
Heating Job
RED SPRINGS
The
R.
is actually carrying less than fifty
per cent insurance on the proper
ties.
Under the State insurance plan,
full insurance coverage of the en
tire plant ,at its present valuation
$283,000 can be carried for an an
nual premium of $957.67. Under the
75 per cent co-insurance coverage
contract, the annual premium
would be, $844.76. In both the plans
the Division of Insurance has the
school properties of 38 county
units (either in full or in part).
Eighteen
able to
coverage
servings
of the units have been
increase their insurance
greatly with considerable
in insurance premiums.
Recent Fire
The recent fire in the building
of the Negro School of Red Springs
the insurance policies were carried
in non-participating, old line com
panies and it was estimated that
Springers Win Over
Jonesboro,
RED SPRINGS — The Red
Springs six-man football teain
scored another impressive win Fri
day night .when they defeated a
good Jonesboro team 56-12 in Rob
bins Park.
The Springers, again led by
Doodle Beck, 198-pound halfback,
received the opening kickoff and
follows:
Red Springs High School: Build
ing and contents, $125,000; rate ,703;
one year premium, $878.75; five
year premium, $3,515.00.
Red Springs Elementary; Build
ing and contents, $70,000; rate .6531;
one year premium, $457.17; five
year premium, $1,828 68.
Red SSprings Negro school,
and contents, $70,000; rate
one year premium, $538.48;
bldg.,
.6731;
five
year premium, $2,153.92.
Supt. dwelling, value and
tents, $8,000; rate .36; one year
mium $38.40; five year
$153.60.
con-
premium,
56-12
Total value, $283,000;
premium, $1,912.80; five
mium, $7,650.66.
(Five year coverage
one year
year pre-
under the
Blind Man Is
Robbery Victim;
Maxtonian Held
State plan would come to $4,788.35,
less the earned dividend to be de
termined).
were Jimmie Edmund and Stacey
West, both of Allenton.
A complete list of prize winner:
follows:
Under 1 Year Old
GUERNSEY — Paul Rogers,
Gerald Graham, L. C. Adams, Elsie
Ann Prevatte, Marvin Blount,
Craig Howell, Lawrence Patterson,
Lynwood Stephens, Bobby Barnes,
Charles Humphrey, Alex Bethea.
JERSEY — William T. Powell,
Hal Dixon Ivey, Robert Sellars,
Margaret Aim Clewis, Walter L.
Inman, Robert D. Shaw, Maxwell
Simmons, F. D. Cooper, Jr., How
ard Shipman.
HOLSTEIN—Bob Falls, Frances
Ann Lewis.
1 to 2 Year Olds
GUERNSEY — Haynes Johnson,
Jerry Malcolm, Sue Falls.
JERSEY — Edna Lee Jordan,
William T. Powell, Frank Powers,
James Rogers, James H. Lee,
Benjamin Patterson,
McCall.
Over 3 Year
GUERNSEY—Sue
Lewis Killlaw, Elsie
Harold Branch,:
(Grand Champion.)
JERSEY—George
Willie
Lee
Olds
Falls, Robert
Ann Prevatte,
Mary Powers
Monroe,
tha Mae Jones, William T. Powell,
Willie J. David, Hubert Arthur,
Lawrence Humphrey, Norman
Humphrey, Vera Neal Inza (Re
serve Champion), Robert D. Shaw,
R. Fletcher Freeman, Ed Ste
phens, Carson Gerald, Bill Cooper.
HOLSTEIN—Herbert Dur.can.
Bulls
JERSEY-1 to 2 year old, An
drew Lilly, Bailey Ford, John Ar
nette.
JERSEY—3 years and older —
Dewey McNair (Grand Champion)
Benny Lee Tucker, Vick Gaddy.
Well Goes Out; Two
Trucks Supply Water
RED SPRINGS — Several buses
will be required to transport the
Red Springs school kids who will
attend the State Fair at Raleigh
Friday.
Superintendent Walter R. Dud
ley states that at least 80 students
of the Negro school will attend,
arid that 112 from the white high
school plus all the members of the
7th grade classes will go to the,
Capital City for the Fair.
RED SPRINGS — Two trucks
making three or more trips per
hour each, are the principal ele
ments in the Red Springs water-
supply since last Thursday when
the town’s deep well went out of
order.
The trucks transport from five
to seven thousand gallons of water
per hour from the water supply
system at Robbins Cloth Mills to
the town reservoir. These trucks';
wells for car washing and
station uses.
Tank trucks were secured
the Army Airforces at Pope
and put into use Thursday
noon and these will be in use
other
from
Field
after-
until
Mrs. Mary Prevatte
with
from
the limited supply obtained
an old well of the town sys-
tem, are now supplying the town
PEMBROKE—The landing
helicopter from Fort Bragg
the PSC ball
of
park Thursday
caused no end of excitement on
the part of a group of children
who were playing in the yard of
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ray
mond Deese, The children, Rob
ert and Raymond Earl Deese,
children of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
Deese, and Laura Faye and Addie
May Lowry, children of Mr. and
Mrs. Seavie Lowry, burst
with screams of excitement
plane came earthward.
Deese home is located near
forth
as the
The
where
the plane larded. In the end the
parents were compelled to permit
the shouting youngsters to get a
close up of the giant in order to
be convinced that it meant no real
harm.
The explanation—soldiers from
Pope Field had come by plane to
contact Coach Sampson concern
ing the football game which was
to be played between the
and the Soldiers.
Two weeks before these
children had seen the parts
radar transmitter
which
Braves
same
of the
were
ground and
parachuted to the
which landed in the tobacco field
belonging to Andrew Locklear.
The youngsters are now beginning
to grow some what accustomed to
oneer things from
the raising of queer things
the sky.
LUMBERTON—Mrs. Mary Eliz
abeth Parham Prevatte, 61, wife
of Junius J. Prevatte, of 401 N.
East Sth Street, Lumberton, died
unexpectedly Tuesday afternoon
of a heart
She had
era! years,
of the late
attack.
not been well for sev-
She was a daughter
Eli Parham and Mrs.
Eilah Bullard Parham of Lumber-
ton.
Surviving are her husband; two
daughters, Mrs. H. M. Thompson
and Mrs. Carl L. Hannon of Char
lotte; one granddaughter, two
grandsons, and one great-grand
daughter; three brothers, James A.
Parham, associate editor of the
Charlotte Observer, W. L. Parham,
Sr., and J. H. Parham, both of
Lumberton; and one sister, Mrs.
Oliver F. Nance of Lumberton.
Football Squad
Feted At Dinner
K FAIRMONT — The Fairmont
▼ High School football squad, cheer
leaders and coaches were enter
tained “Wednesday evening, Oct.
12, with a chicken dinner at the
Carolina Grill.
Hosts to the group were Dr.
Hal Floyd, Ed F. Hodges, Wilbur
Jones and ' Willie Gray Perry.
Forty-five were in attendance.
with
water for limited use.
The water supply from the main
well was cut off almost entirely
last Wednesday when a section
of the strainer gave way and the
well began to fill with sand and
gravel. By Thursday little water
was being drawn from the well and
it was necessary for town officials
to notify residents to stop using the
water except for most necessary
uses.
Several service stations were
a new well can be sunk. A contract
ing firm placed drilling equipment
on an approved site Monday and
drilling was begun Tuesday morn
ing when the first shipment of pipe
was secured from Charlotte. The
new well site was approved by the
State Board of Health’s -Inspector
Hubbard Thursday. It will be near
the present water plant, on prop
erty adjacent to Liberty Manufac
turing company. Several weeks
may be consumed in drilling and
gravel packing the new well and
not until then water supply will
be adequate only for the most
necessary purposes, with the res
ervoir capacity largely being held
in reserve for emergency use in
case of fire, it was stated yesterday
by Alex Beacham, manager of the
light and water plant, which is
School Building
Plans Approved
RED SPRINGS — Plans
for
classroom-cafeteria building of
the
the
High School for Negroes here were
approved Tuesday by W. F. Credle,
director of schoolhouse planning
for the state board of education.
Supt. Walter R. Dudley and
Charles Reid, architect, presented
the plans and discussed several
minor suggested changes.
The plans being done by the
firm of Biberstein and Bowles of
Charlotte are for nine regular class'
rooms, a much larger classroom
for the home economics depart
ment, and for a cafeteria that will
be sufficient to serve approximate
ly 1,000 meals per day.
forced to hurriedly sink shallow owned and operated by the town.
Guard Unit
RED SPRINGS — The annual
inspection of records, men and ma
terials of the local National Guard
unit will be staged next Tuesday,
according to a communication re
ceived this week by Capt. W. R.
Bullock, commanding officer.
Col. John G. Howard, assistant
inspector general of' the Third Ar
my, of Fort Jackson, will be the
inspection officer.
The unit here is
ers Batter, of the
Battalion, assigned
ision. At present
the Headquart-
130th AAA AW
to the 30th Div-
the roster in-
eludes eight officers of the batta
lion and Headquarters Battery, and
60 enlisted men and non-commis
sioned officers.
Inspection
Mrs. Lizzie Hayes
RED SPRINGS — Mrs. Lizzie
Callahan Woc?.-, 29, died at her
home near Red Springs Thursday
afternoon after 'n illness
years.
The funeral was held
afternoon from Cherokee
church, with Rev. Joseph
of two
Sunday
Chapel
Ander-
son officiating. Burial was in the
St. Anna church cemetery near
Pembroke.
Surviving are her husband,
Road Scheduled
For Resurfacing
Resurfacing of EHshwav
from Red Springs to Maxton
be the first paving project
71
will
in
Robeson to be done with bond is
sue funds, it has been announced
by the State Highwav Commission.
The work will get under way with
in six weeks or two months.
The Red Snrings-Maxton project
will cover 11.2 miles.
Other work to be done with the
initial bond project include .52
miles at Red Springs and .61 miles
at Maxton, plus 2.9 miles of county
road from a point two miles south
of Red Banks crossing on
toward Alfordsville.
US
74
Wensil company bid of $10,060 was
accepted Tuesday by the Board of
Trustees of the Red Springs
schools for installation of Heating
plant lad equipment is the new
classroi m-gymnasium and the cafe
teria buildings.
Construction of the gymnasium-
classroom building has been under
way for several weeks and founda
tion masonry is nearly complete.
Interstate Construction company of
Charlotte has the general contract
for the building.
The heating plant bids were
opened last Friday. Highest bid
was $14,220 and four others scaled
down to the successful bid of Wen
sil company..
Daniel Duval French
LUMBERTON — Daniel Duval
French, about 65, a member of
one of Lumbertcns
families” and former
and businessman died
Thursday night.
A lifelong member
“founding
postmaster
in his sleep
of Chestnut
Street Methodist Church, he had
been made lifetime honorary chair
man of the board of stewards. He
was a director of the National
Bank of Lumberton and had been
a town commissioner. He served
as one time president of the Min
ute Mens Club, which later be
came the local Kiwanis club.
The funeral was held Sunday -
afternoon from Chestnut Street
Methodist Church with Rev. For
rest B. Hedden officiating. Burial
was in Meadowbrook cemetery.
Surviving are
son, W.
French, and a daughter,
F.
Mrs.
Douglas Lotman, both of Lumber
ton.
Edinburgh-Duffies
Section To Get
Rural Telephones
RED SPRINGS — Construction
work began yesterday on a rural
telephone line extending from
Red Springs to the farms of Arch
A. McEachern and Murphy Single-
ton in the Edinburgh section of
Hoke county.
The first rural
lines to be built
by the Carolina concern in this
section in some
years, the new
lines will serve some 42 customers,
beginning at the town limits of
Red Springs and extending some
seven miles into Hoke County.
Wright and Lopez, a contracting
concern, will do the building of
the extension, with Aubrey T. Gog
gins in charge of the crew.
ATTEND PRESBYTERY
MAXTON—Rev. E. L. Stoffel,
Dr. Louis LaMotte, L. B. Martin,
Jr., and C. S. McIrt-r° attended
the fall meeting of Fayetteville
Presbytery he'd at Wst
Presbyterian Church Tuesday.
MAXTON—Roscoe Brooks,
End
marched
down.
Beck,
straight for a touch-
in inning over five
touchdowns and kicking five ex
tra points, incieased his season
scoring total to .165 points.
Me passed for two otner 'ou-h-
dw.ns, sent two kickoffs over the
end zone, completed five for five
passes and played brilliantly on
defense.
The Die play of Tommy Am ¬
mon§ was outstanding for the
winners. The big end was, all over
the field,
carriers.
11C C11LI w^o cm w»vi j
pulling down the ball ,
tackles' caused
many fumbles in the Jonesboto
backfield...:
Pharis: Nye, > Bob Todd and Joe
Culbreth scored the other goals
for the Springers.
DR. R. C. CAMPBELL
LUMBERTON—Dr. R. C. Camp
bell, one of the leading ministers
in the Southern Baptist Conven
tion will conduct services at the
First Baptist Church of Lumber
ton,. beginning Oct. 31 and con
tinuing through Nov. 6. Services
will be held nightly at 7:30.
Dr. Campbell recently resigned
the pastorate of the First Baptist
Church, Little Rock, Ark., one of
the largest in the south, to devote
his time to evangelistic work and
writing.
He has been chosen to preach
the sermon for the Southern
tist Convention at its meeting
May in Chicago.
Author of a dozen books
Bap-
next
with
wide circulation, he has written
one booklet with a circulation of
nearly 300,000.
Dr. Campbell has served North
Carolina pastorates, including
those at Canton, Hickory and
Scotland Neck. For several years,
he was executive secretary
Texas Baptist Convention.
Revival Planned
At Center Church
of
the
MAXTON — Jack McKenzie, Ne
gro, who is charged with robbing
a blind man, Mr. Brunson of Fay
etteville, of $1400 recently, was ar
rested at Cheraw, S. C., last week
with only $138 left.
McKenzie, formerly
came here on Sunday
with his mother-in-law
of Maxton,
and left $40
for his wife.
He went to Columbia, S. C., bought
an auto and started to Augusta,
Ga. His car broke down and he
brought it back into Columbia and
traded for another. McKenzie then
started back to Maxton and this
car was wrecked in Cheraw. It
was found on Wednesday parked
in a garage in Cheraw.
Maxton chief of police, J. W.
McQueen, after receiving a top-off
note of annonymous origin, noti
fied Cheraw police to arrest Mc
Kenzie when he returned for his
car on Thursday.
Officer McQueen went to Che
raw for McKenzie and took him to
Fayetteville where he will
tried.
Police Chief To
Speak To PTA
MAXTON—Chief of Police
be
Tom
Davis of Laurinburg, will speak at
the monthly meeting of the Par
ent Teachers Association which
will be held at the grammar school
auditorium on Monday evem'ng,
Extended coverage from the mu
tual companies would add $12 per
hundred dollar Valuation, while un
der the State plan a flat rate of
$.05 is charged.
Within the next 12 months ap
proximately the new buildings now
under construction and planned for
construction in the school unit will
add at least $300,000 to the val
uation of properties of the unit,
which will add approximately $2,-
000 per year to insurance costs
in case full coverage is taken thru
the fire insurance companies, or,
it will add about $1200 to the costs
if full coverage protection is taker)
through the State Insurance plan.
Feature
One of the attractive features of
the State insurance plan is th)
partial loss payment. In case of .
partial loss, the State Insurance-
Fund will pay the entire loss up tv
the total amount of insurance' car
ried. In case of the present, insuq.
ance plan now carried by th,-
Board of Trustees, the partial loX
payment was governed by th^
amount of insurance carried or:
the property, and the loss at the
Negro school during last July re
sulted in the insurance companies
paying for approximately one half
of restoration costs, while ths
County Board of Commissioners
had to appropriate sufficient mon
ey from the. contingency funds re
the county to pay the balance for
restoration of the building.
Oct.
Davis
24th, at eight o’clock.
theme
is My
All
urged
will speak on the
for this month, “How
Child?”
parents and teachers
Mr.
PTA
Safe
are
to attend this second meet-
Legion Meeting
Set For Friday
ing of the PTA for the year. A
business session will be conducted
by the president, Roger Gentry,,
with final plans being made for
the
on
TO
Hallowe’en Carnical to be
Friday night, Oct. 28.
CEREMONIES
held
MAXTON—Dr. L. C. LaMotte
of
Presbyterian Junior College and
W. G. Coxhead, acting president
of Flora Macdonald College, will
attend the proceedings prior to
the inauguration of Dr. Hollis
Edens, as president of Duke Uni
versity, which will be held on Fri
day in Durham. Inauguration
ceremonies will be held on Satur
day.
MAXTON—The monthly meet
ing of American Legion Post 117
will he held on Friday evening
Oct. 21, at eight o’clock, at "tlfe
Community Club, it was announce
this week by Commander R. E.
Hellekson.
All Legionnaires are urged fa
make plans to attend this meet
ing. Plans are now underway fo
the annual membership banqui-
to be staged on Friday, November
18, with such important person
invited as C. E. Smith of Raleig
National Commander of the 40 ■
8 Voiture, who will speak; al
Rep. Ertle Carlyle; Don
Wilsc
State Commander of West
VI
FRIED
Fried
griddle
frizzled
syrup.
BANANAS
bananas taste good with
cakes and thin slices of
ham. Serve with maple
* it IS
ginia; N. C. State Commander R.
C Godwin of New Bern; and oth
ers. This occasion will commem
orate the 30th anniversary of the
local post. R. F. Morris and Percy
Phillips are program chairmen for
the event.
Maxton PTA Schedules
Festival October 28
the costume parade with prizes
awarded to a boy and gill for the
best Halloween costume of the eve
ning. Each grade of the local school
will have a booth at the festival,
including a fish pond, feeding the
duck, bingo and several other forms
of entertainment.
Dance Afterwards
Following the festival, the 12th
grade will sponsor a dance in the
high school gym.
Festival proceeds will go to the
PTA treasury for use in school
projects. The public is cordially in
vited to attend the supper and fes
tival. Tickets will be sold by school
children.
MAXTON — Plans are well un
derway this week for the annual
Halloween Festival to be staged by
the Parent Teachers Association on
Friday, October 28th, at the high
school building. Mrs. Roger Gen
try is serving as chairman, and
on her committee are Mrs. Lawton
Kitchin and G. P. Henderson, with
various other committees busy a
work.
A barbecue and chicken salad
supper will be served beginning at
six p. m. opening festivities at the
high school cafeteria. There will
also be a cake auction and other
articles for sale, including home-
made candy.
Highlight of the affair will be
year-old Indian of near Maxton,
was arrested last Wednesday by
Highway Patrolman B. G. Hilburn,
on the charge of theft. Brooks is
charged with stealing a pistol, two
watches and other items from the
home of Joseph Sampson in Pem
broke on Wednesday. He is being
held in the Lumberton jail pend
ing trial.
Announcement was made
this
week that revival services will be
held at Center Baptist Church
next week. Rev. H. E. Stephens
of Lumberton will assist the regu
lar pastor, Rev. Joel Johnson of
Fairmont, with services. A sche
dule of the meetings will be an
nounced later.
TOSS SALADS LIGHTLY
Salads should be tossed
or the ingredients will be
up and greens bruised.
lightly
broken
eight sisters, five
her father, William
Stacy Woods; eight sisters
brothers and
Callahan.