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I Robeson ’ I Roundup 1 Lumberton High School band is pondering an invitation to parade at the Shrine ceremonial in Fay etteville Nov. 10. The band will go if the schedule can be worked out so as not to interfere with school work too much, says Supt. B. E. Lohr. The monthly orthopaedic clinic will be held Friday, Nov. 4, in the basement of the Agricultural Building in Lumberton. Dr. Len nox Baker of Durham will be the surgeon in charge. Please regis ter at the desk between 8 and 11 o’clock. & Be^ Ilprmgg ^m^n (^^ Vol. 52. No. 16 Red Springs, N. C. Thursday Morning, October 27, 1949 5c a Copy LOW FUEL MAY CLOSE CO UN TV SCHOOLS Miss Beth Farrior, Fairmont, ^ Rt. 2, a student at Coker College, Hartsville, S. C., has recently been elected director of the nursery in the Hartsville Presbyterian Church. Hear! Wilkins, fireman, USN, of Lumberton, recently visited the French Rivera on a ten-day leave when the aircraft carrier USS Leyte, of which he is a crew mem ber, put in to Golfe Guan, France. Carlyle Talks To 40 And 8 REA Cooperative fields Annual Meet W©V E 2 Final Plans Are Set For Halloween Fete FAIRMONT — “The big is sue which faced the 81st Con gress in recent months of legis lative activity was to see that this country was safe from at- tack, both from within and without,” it was declared by Congressman Ertel Carlyle, speaking before the Robeson County Voiture of 40 and 8 at . its Fairmont meeting here Mon- day night. Mr. Carlyle declared that there wa c an intelligent, well directed and well manned plan of infiltra tion by Communists into various organizations that uphold our gov ernment, for the purpose of bring ing about the downfall of our coun try. Calling upon the members of the Legion and its 40 and 8 Society, the VFW and all other organiza tions of men and women who love our nation, he stated that one of the paramount duties of an Am erican citizen today is to find out who could be depended upon, and who could not be depended upon to work for the best interest of our government. Pointing out that the na tion’s capital city was filled with lobbyist,,, many of whom had clever but misleading ill- formation for members of our Congress, Mr. Carlyle declared that the intelligent leadership of the American Legion, the VFW and the other honest rep resentatives of the ex-service men carried out a program of real enlightenment for the cit- • izenry and for the members of Congress. l“However,” he said, “if an organ- iation was striking at the founda tions of our government I know of no better way to advance Com munism or any other ism than to abolish the thoroughly patriotic and honest veterans organizations such as the American Legion and the VFW. The speaker was presented by Chef de Gare Furman K. Biggs, to a group which represented all the posts of Robeson and Scotland counties. Plans were made by the Voiture to organize a wrecking crew jointly with the Cumberland County Voiture so that initiations of members could be c taged at reg ular intervals. R. F. Morris, district commander, announced that David Britt of Fairmont, had been named chair man of the Oratorical Contest com mittee, when high school students of the county will compete for prizes, speaking on the Constitu tion of the United States., Roger Keyser of Laurinburg was named chairman for Scotland county. The Voiture will meet with the Maxton Legion Post on November 18, when Clarence Smith, Grande Chemin de Fer will be the princi pal speaker. A large number of oth er Legion officers are expected to .attend the Maxton post annual la dies night program on that night MAXTON—Final plans for the annual PTA Hallowe’en Festival were announced at the monthly meeting of the Parent Association, which was Teachers - held on Monday evening at the grammar school. The festival will be held Friday night, Oct. 28th, at the high school, with a barbecue and chicken salad supper served start ing at six o’clock. Twenty Allend Legion Meeting Auxiliary Members At Area Meeting MAXTON—Six members of the local American Legion Auxiliary attended the annual meeting of the Second Area of the state ALA, which^.was held on Tuesday, Oct. 18, at the American Legion Home in Fayetteville. Attending were Mrs. Guy Pulliam, recently install ed president of the local organiza tion, Mrs. R. A. McLeod, Mrs. Bill Dunn, Mrs. George Hall, Mrs. J. E. McCormac and Mrs. Hubert Steed. A business session was held in the morning conducted by Mrs. W. K. Stewart, Area Vice President. Mrs. Floyd Chadwick, former state president, introduced the speaker, Mrs. John Wald, who is now presi dent of the state organization of the American Legion Auxiliary. Committee chairmen reports were also heard. Following the morning meeting, a luncheon was served, after which Teachers Meet A county wide teachers meeting r the study of Resource Educa tion will be held Monday afternoon at 3 o’clock at East Lumberton School.. There will and various each grade. Mrs. Lawton be a costume parade booths operated* by Mrs. Roger Gentry, Kitchin and G. P. Henderson, are on the arrange ment committee for this annual Hallowe’en festivity to which the public is invited. Proceeds go to the PTA for school projects. Roger Gentry, president, presid ed at the business meeting and Rev. H. G. Cuthrell presented the devotional. It was announced that the Lions Club had contribut ed twenty dollars to the PTA and that the membership drive is end ing his week. Mrs. Bob Burns and Mrs. L. E. Daniel have served as co-chairmen for the drive. Prizes for the best attendance went to the fifth and eleventh grades. Guest speaker was Chief of Po- MAXTON—The October meet ing of the American Legion Post 117 was held on Friday evening of last week at the Community Club with 20 members present. A business session was conducted by Comdr. R. E. Hellekson. W. H. Stewart, Jr., membership chairman, reported that as a re sult of the recent membership drive, 97 Legionnaires had been enrolled to post were which was tember. date. Go-getters of the active in this drive conducted during Sep- Plans were announced by R. F. Morris, Percy Phillips and James Drennan, committee, for the an nual membership banquet which will be held on Friday, Nov. 18, at the dining hall of Presbyterian Junior College. A number of dis tinguished Legionnaires have been invited to attend this meeting and guest speaker will be Clarence E. Smith of Raleigh, national corn- lice whe Chi! Tom Davis of Laurinburg, spoke on “How Safe is Your Mr. Davis was in reduced mander of Among the mander R. E :rn, Rep. the 40 and 8 Voiture. invited are State Com- C. Godwin of New F. E’-tle Carlyle, of Joe Greer of Charlotte, by Mrs. Glenn Crofton and stress- ; 1 'mberton, ed the fact that courtesy is the past state commander, and several keynote to safety always. others, including commanders of PJC Homecoming Set For Saturday, Nov. 12 MAXTON—Homecoming Day at Piesbyterian Junior College has been set for Saturday, Nov. 12. Features of the day will be the alumni meeting at 12:00 with an address by alumnus, Terry San ford, attorney of Fayetteville, and president of the Young Democratic Clubs of North Carolina. Luncheon will be at 1:00 in the college cafe teria. A highlight of the day will be a football game between Presby terian Scotties and the Davidson “B” team at 3:00 in Legion Park, in Laurinburg. Barbecue supper will be served to alumni at 5:30. The alumni dance is scheduled to begin at 8'-00. The largest number of alumni are expected to attend Homecoming in 1949, which is the 21st year of the operation of the junior college, and the 45th year of the operation of the preparatory department, which began as Elise Academy at Hemp, N. C. Westside Baptist Church Starts Revival Sunday RED SPRINGS—The Rev. T. J. Fuik, pastor of Trinity Baptist Church of Fayetteville, will assist the Rev. Otha Hilliard, pastor; in the series of revival services to be held at Westside Baptist Church next week. The series of services will start Sunday, October 30, with sessions at 10 A. M., and 7:30 P. M., each day through Wednesday, Nov. according to Mr. Hilliard. 9, VFW Spensers Donkey Ball Game Saturday The Lumberton VFW Post is sponsoring a donkey baseball game at the Armory field Satur day night at 8:30 with the added feature that lady riders will play rhe game instead of men. The members of the Ladies’ Bowling League will engage in the contest with the W. O. W. liary, while the donkeys will an exhibition of how not to baseball. The VFW Auxiliary will Aux- give Play sell sandwiches and drinks during the game. Those attending Saturday night have been urged to take particular notice of Dynamite, the leader of the donkeys. Dynamite has been called more names than a Jap at a Chinese picnic, he kicks and bucks and, like a true showman, laughs looks to the crowd and heartily as only burros can, ever he dislodges a rider. SCREENING MAXTON — Elementary when- grade students underwent a screening program during the last week in connection with the School Health Coordination Service. Pupils of the first through the eighth grades were checked for physical defects by their teachers and reported on a progress sheet. Brunswick Stew MAXTON—The Methodist Men’s Fellowship enjoyed their monthly supper in the form of a bruns wick stew on Thursday evening of last week at the American Legion Hut. Committee in charge of ar rangements were W. A. Webb, C. P. McGirt, and PI. H. Williams. A business meeting was con ducted by the president, Henry Carter, and the pastor, Rev. H. G. Cuthrell, made a short talk. This men’s organization of the St. Paul’s Methodist Church meets every third Thursday in the month . 1 - ... an( j for an evening of fellowship food. Legion Dinner Set For November 11 RED SPRINGS — The annual joint meeting of the American Le gion and the Legion Auxiliary of Charlie Hall Post No. 35; will be held in the dining hall at the col lege here, on the evening of Fri day, November 11, it was an nounced today by J. B. McClos key, post commander. The dinner meeting here is an event which attracts Legionnaires of from throughout this section the state. Goblins ’n Ghosts At Philadelphus PHILADELPHUS—The • annual Hallowe’en carnival staged by the faculty and students of Philadel phus High School will be held here Thursday night in the high school auditorium. Stunts, concessions and goblins and ghosts driven by the Old Witch herself will be on hand for the entertainment of patrons and friends of the school, according to H. E. Rogers, principal. BED SPRINGS — More than a thousand members and visi tors of the Lumbee River Elec tric Membership corporation are expected to attend the an nual meeting of the Co-op to be Held in the Red Springs High School auditorium on next Wed nesday, November and, at 10:30, according to D. J. Dalton, manager of toe concern. The Hon. Ertel Carlyle, congress man from this district, will make Che principal address of the day, according to the final program completed this week by the board of directors of the concern. Music will be furnished by the high school band, and during the morn ing there will be some several hun dred dollars worth of free prizes given those in attendance. The cooperatiyh, which has re cently completed a new $60,000 of fice and warehouse building here, now has some 1400 miles of power lines in service with over 5200 homes on their lines in Robeson, Hoke, Cumberland and Scotland counties. Election of directors for the year) Rev. C. R. Hester, Baptist minis ter of St. Pauls, who has devoted 50 years to pastorate throughout Robeson and other counties, wil be honored at a community ser vice Sunday at the First Baptis church of St. Pauls. An articl about the service is printed on tin front page of section two. (Cu courtesy of the St. Pauls Review) Davidson Dinner Set At Lumberton For November 3 James H. Clark, chairman of the Lumberton-Elizabethtown area of the Davidson College Development Program, annoi > ced today that a Davidson dinner on Nov. 3 will open organization of this area in to the school’s national program to raise $2,500,000. With Dr. John R. Cunning ham, president of Davidson, as principal speaker, the dinner meeting will he held at the Pinecrest Country Lumberton at Thursday, Nov. All alumni and son and parents 7 3. Club in P. M. on DR. JOHN R. CUNNINGHAM friends of David- of Davidson stu- dents are invited to attend the gala “kick-off” dinner. An enter taining program has been planned and there will be no solicitation of fu nds. The Davidson Development Pro gram, which opened in February, has already raised a total of $1,- 954,000 toward the $2,500,000 goal. Masonic Lodge Confers Degrees will be one of the principal actions I of the annual session. A recent nominating committee report re commends the re-election of the following members: C. A. Alford, Rowland; J. R. Caddell, Maxton; Mrs. Lucy Smith, Raeford; J. E. Morrison, Maxton; J. McN. Gillis, Fayetteville; C. L. Ballance, St. Pauls; H. C. Newton, Wagram; and Rowland R. Sealey, Fairmont; and that Marshall Newton of Raeford, be named to succeed the late Ryan . McBryde of Raeford. Mr. has served several years board. The annual report to be Newton on the submit- ted by Manager Dalton will show that the Lumbee River unit is one of the larger electric membership cooperatives now operating in State. Clyde L Green Picture Given Maxton School MAXTON—A large picture the of the late beloved C. L. Green, superintendent of Robeson Coun ty Schools for 12 years and former principal of Maxton Schools, was given on Friday of last week to the Maxton School. The picture will be placed over the mantel in the principals office and was given by Miss Ann Elizabeth McKinnon, Mrs. Tom John and Mrs. Jimmy Dalrymple of Laurinburg, and Mrs. Marcus Allen, all former students of Mr. Green. Appropriation for the picture of Mr, Green was expressed by Prin cipal H. M. Guyot during the chapel program Friday morning. Mr. Green died in June of year. Public Invited To Study Course Scottish Rile Honor Awarded H. G. Cuthrell The objectives of the program construction of five buildings an addition of $1,000,000 to college endowment. The first building completed are and the un- der the program, the Charles Worth Johnston dedicated in an mony on Oct. will begin within Gymnasium, was impressive cere- 22. Construction a month on Rev. H. G. Cuthrell, pastor of the St. Paul’s Methodist Church, last j week was elected to receive the honorary degree of Knight of Commander of the Court of Honor by the Supreme Council of Scot tish Rite for the Southern Juris diction of Washington City. Mr. Cuthrell was awarded this degree for meritorious service in working in the Scottish Rite. He is a member of New Bern bodis of the Scottish Rite where he was assistant class lecturer. He is also apast Grand Orator of the Grand Lodge of North Carolina and past Assistant Grand Chaplain of the Grand Lodge. Mr. Cuthrell has been invited to preach the Masonic sermon at the Baptist Church in Robins, N. C., on Sunday evening, Oct. 30. He will also address the St. John’s Lodge No. 4 of Kinston on Dec. 4th, in connection, with their 162nd anniversary celebration at Methodist Church in Kinston. the Annie Jane McQueen PARKTON Funeral services for Mrs. Annie Jane McQueen, colored, 56, were held Sunday aft ernoon at Hatcher’s Chapel Church near here. Hill, near J. Pipkin services. Interment was at Snow Wakulla. The Rev. H. was in charge of the this MAXTON — People of Maxton are invited to attend a study course on the subject, “We, the Peoples of the Ecumenical Church,” led by Miss Sallie Lou McKi non of New York City, a member of the Methodist Board of Foreign Missions. The course begins Friday night, October 28th, at eight oclock, at the. Chestnut Street Methodist Church. Three other sessions will be held at the same our on Mon day, Tuesday and Thursday nights of next week. Miss McKinnon, who is execu tive secretary for Africa and Europe for the Methodist Mission Board, attended the first meeting of the World Council of Churches in Amsterdam in August, 1948. The public is invited to hear her. The speaker is well known in Robeson County, being a native of Maxton, and the sister of Sen ator Henry McKinnon of Lumber- ton. Presbyterian Y. F Host At Meeting The Presbyterian Y. F. will host to the young people of all be de ¬ nominations at their regular fifth Sunday meeting next Sunday aft ernoon at 4:30 at the church. Miss Myra Lewis, president of the group, will have charge of the meeting after which a social hour will be enjoyed. new $600,000 church, but funds not now in hand to complete building. the are the a a Other goals of the. program student center, a dormitory, fine arts center. are and The development program open ed its new phase of activity, dur ing which campaigns will be or ganized in new areas of seven states, >vith the “Parade of Prog ress” Homecoming program, Oct. 21-23. During the ceremonies, Dr. Cunningham said that “Davidson The wife of John Willie Mc Queen, the deceased was a high ly respected member of this com munity where she had lived for the past forty years. Besides her husband, one son, and a number of brothers and sisters survive. New Recruiters For The Springs RED SPRINGS—S-Sgt. Robert A. Hall and S-Sgt. Dixer. G. Inabi- net have been assigned as recruit ers to be in Red Springs each Tuesday, succeeding Sgt. Morrison, who has been assigned to Lumberton office. The new Fayetteville are Air the for rcruitrs Forces, ages of men come from office each week for both the Army the the and and Young men between 17 and 34 may apply enlistment at the post office here each Tuesday. Before the year 1001 Swedish rulers were known as kings of Upsala. MAXTON — Approximately one hundred Mascns, including visitors and members of the Maxton Lodge A. F. & A. M. 417, were present at an emergency meeting which was held here on Tuesday evening of last week. Purpose of this meeting was to confer the third degree on two candidates for Ma sonry, and this was performed by 27 members of Wayne Lodge 112 of Goldsboro. Lodges represented at this im portant meeting were the Wayne Lodge 112 of Goldsboro, St. Al- Robeson County schools may be forced to shut down for lack of heat if the present coal strike continues any length of ' time, School Superintendent B. E. Lit tlefield said. The county ordinarily gets a shipment of 30 carloads of coal during the summer months for use during the following year, the superintendent said, but this year because of strikes and unsettled conditions in the coal industry, only five car. loads of coal were available. This will take the schools through approximately one month of cold weather. All coal .that has been received for the schools has already been distributed and already it has been necessary to haul coal from one school to another to keep the heat going when necessary, Supt. Lit tlefield declared. A small amount of coal was left over last spr ing at several of the schools, but not enough to help out considerably in this year’s sup ply. it was pointed out. The three city school units at Red Springs, Fairmont and Lumberton probably will not suffer for fuel, although the strike is expected to cause stoppage on construction work at the Red Springs plant be cause of the allied shortage in steel and bricks. Work on the new cafeteria, gym nasium and six classrooms has been slowed almost to a halt be cause of the lack of steel and bricks, Supt. Walter Dudley said today. It is expected, he declared, that work on the projects would be completely halted within a day or two. Then, he pointed out, even after the miners begin work again, it will be some two to three weeks before steel and brick shipments bans Lodge 114 of Eureka Lodge Springs Lodge many Lodge of A brunswick of Lumberton, McCall, Red 501, and St. Tam- Hampton, Va. stew supper was served at six o’clock at the Legion picnic grounds followed by the meeting at the Masonic Hall. E. N. Henderson, formerly of Max tor and now of Goldsboro ,who is a member of the leal lodge, was is now entering a new era in its 1 am ong the visitors, life.” He ponted out that the col lege must court on wholehearted (Continued on Page 8) Test New Deep Well Today RED SPRINGS — tests of the new deep can ied by one which pletion out today, it of the drillers Production well will be was stated of the well has been rushed to corn- due to the critical water shortage conditions here. Costing about $15,000 for the to tal installation and finished in less than two .weeks the well is guar anteed to supply a minimum of 400 gallons of water per minute. It is expected that a clean-out job can be done 01 the old well that went out of commission two weeks ago, and that it can be brought back into production within sev eral weeks. Mayor Hiram Gran tham states that if this can be done, the water supply source problems of the town will be cared for a number of years even if the demand doubles during that time. ex tract for the drilling of the will begin again. The construction have been finished ruary 1 if no delay countered. The Red Springs work was to around Feb- had been fin- schools, Mr. SO LETTERMEN Michigan State, has 30 lettermen on this years football team. COFFEE S NAME Coffee gets its name from the province of Kaffa in Abyssinia. First Maxton Trial Under Hew Ruling MAXTON—Harvey Godwin, Ne gro, of Maxton, was tried in Max- ton Recorder’s Court Wednesday, Oct. 19, of last week charged with carrying a concealed weapon and sentenced to 60 days suspended on payment of twenty five dollars and court costs. This was the first case tried under the recent act of the N. C. General Assembly, which provides that the pistol to be turned over to the Clerk of perior Court and sold, with ceeds of the sale going to county school fund. Prior to this recent act of Su- pro- the the Assembly, confiscated weapons well was for $8,000 and extensions; were orderly of the intake system to reach the well, new pump and motor, three- phase power extension and trans formersand other facilities are es- timated at $7,000 additional, cording to Mr. Giantham. For the past two weeks has been secured from the system of Robbins Cloth with the water hauled by transporting approximately gallons of water per hour. ac- water utility Mills, trucks 5,600 LICENSE REVOKED Driver’s license of Pearl Brisson of St. Pauls has been revoked, ac cording to the N. C. Highway Safety Division. MANY THRILLS WILL DE SEEN AT LEGION AIR SHOW SUNDAY Thrills are in store for aviation enthusiasts and laymen alike when the Lumberton American Legion post will sponsor the Haskell A. Deaton All Star Air Show at the Lumberton Airport. The show will get underway at 3 o’clock. At least 12 unusual acts will be presented in quick succession and special care is being given to the program to make it a fast mov ing show with no lulls. Outstanding in the low-level up side-down stunt department will be Phay Daughtrey who flies the only clip-wing Great Lakes Special in the world. A 1931 airplane, it has been revamped and modernized to the extent that few pilots recognize its make. It has special stunt equipment such as up-side-down fuel system, an over-sized engine, and sky writing apparatus enabl ing Daughtrey to leave a trail of white smoke to mark the path of his plane through difficult stunt maneuvers. The tiny plane is known as the “Bug” and was designed by the late Roy Hunt, one of the most famous stunt fliers of our day. Special permission has been ob tained from the Civil Aeronautics Administration to present these daring acts to the public, gram will get underway at 3 p. m. with the “Star Banner” parachute jump The pro- promptly Spangled by Bud Thrasher. All parking will be on the airport property where a safety zone will be roped off for specta tors. destroyed by the court. Inasmuch as law that purchase it has always been before a person a pistol, he had to from the clerk of the could have court such gV - . ed the way for a new source of revenue for the schools by allow ing thi clerk, whose duty it is to issue the permit to the people he finds are reputable citizens and a permit of his resident county before purchase from a reputable dealer, the Legislature open- need such a weapon for the pro tection of their homes, to offer these confiscated pistols and guns to those who might make applica- tion. very Dudley said, have enough coal on hand to provide proper heat until January 1. At Fairmont, Supt. Rowe Henry declared that a shipment of coal is enroute to the school from a non-striking mine and that it will be sufficient to see the school through this school year. Lumberton city schools enough coal in the bins to into the spring, Supt. B. E. stated. Castevens Takes Over Drug Store At Laurel Hill have carry Lohr MAXTON—C. M. Castevens, Sr., former Mayor of Maxton, who op erated the Maxton Drug Store here for several years, has taken over the Laurel H11 Drug Store at Laurel Hill and will store in the future. Mr. Castevens is an druggist and plans to operate the experienced give Laurel Hill and community a first class drug store with prescription ser vice, fountain and other depart ments! Mr. and Mrs. Castevens will con tinue to reside in Maxton where they own their home on Florence Street. Extension Course The third session of the extension class being attended by teachers of the county will be held Thurs day afternoon at 4 o’clock in Room 20 at the Lumberton high school. The course is given by the UNO- extension service and is an econo mics course dealing with the .Uni ted Nations. will be taken in that are for re-sale. Most of these weapons now in circulation were back by members of services following the are also a number of dered from mail order through Detective and However it is expected that magazines, which are few of these confiscated guns [ without proper permit. To Honor Firemen RED SPRINGS — Jointly the Board of Trustees of the Red Springs Schools and the Board of Commissioners of the Twon of Red Springs plan to honor the firemen of Red Springs, Maxton and Raeford at a dinner on Nov 18. The volunteer firemen of three towns did a valiant fighting a stubborn fire in Negro High School building last summer. Sherwood Brockwell, state the job the here fire marshall, and Waldo Cheek state insurance commissioner, will be special guests and speakers on the occasion. The dinner will be held in the lunch room of the Springs Schools. Red Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Medlin and family, were visitors in Durham on the I weekend. suitable that are■ brought the armed war. There pistols or- houses and Wild West secured Rotary To Fefe College Teachers RED SPRINGS — Members of the faculty of Flora Macdonald college will be guests of the Ro tary Club next week at their regu lar meeting on November 4. J. Allen Wingfield of Raleigh will be the guest speaker for the meeting. according , to Walter Dudley, program chairman. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Bowman of Chapel Hill, spent the with her parents, Mr. Will Stewart. FIRE PREVENTION OTTUMWA, Iowa weekend and Mrs. Ottumwa marked fire prevention week with a big parade. One of the floats caught fire.