i Robeson
1 Roundup
Miss Peggy Sullivan of Lumber-
ton has been elected as a mem
ber of the International Relations
Club and of the Sigma Tau Delta
national English fraternity at
Coker College, Hartsville, S. C.
fit M.
Vol. 52. No. 17
priitgs Citizen
12 PAGES TO
One Of
Robeson County’s
Hometown Newspapers
Red Springs, N. C.
Thursday Morning, Nov. 3, 1949
Sc a Copy
Twelve Robeson County drivers
had their licenses revoked during
the week ending October 21, ac
cording to the N. C. Highway
Safety Division. They were listed
as: Dewey Adams, Lumberton;
William Jackson Barnes, Lumber
ton; Pearl Brisson, St. Pauls;
Odell Phillips, Lumberton; John
Clarence Goodwin, Lumberton;
Fred Hall, Lumber Bridge; Ben
nie Lee Haywood, Lumberton;
Emerson Hyatt, Lumberton; Wes
ley Jacobs, Fairmont; Lloyd Law-
yrence Prevatte, Lumberton; Doug
las Wilkerson, Lumberton; J. D.
Wilkins, Lumberton.
Towns Asked To Tell
Their Highway Needs
ST. PAULS
Towes of Robe-
Annual Lumbee REA
40AndSHead School Insurance Awarded
To Speak At
Maxton Nov. 18
Old Line Agencies In RS
Ertie Max Freeman, seaman,
USN, of Route 2, Lumberton, as
a crew 'member aboard the at
tack cargo ship USS Arneb is now
taking part in joint Navy and Ma
rine Corps cold weather exercises
off the coast of Labrador in
vicinity of Hamilton Inlet.
the
December 31
Deadline On
NSLI Offer
Disabilities attributable to
war
service will not be counted against
World War II veterans who rein
state their National Service Life
Insurance on or before December
31, 1949, A. E. Watson,
County Service
Officer
J^rth Carolina Veterans
-Ron announced today.
Regulations governing
"Robeson
of the
Comrnis-
service
life insurance require veterans to
pass a physical examination satis
factory to qualify for government
insurance.
In mat y instances service-in
curred disabilities could bar a
veteran from obtaining insurance.
This limted privilege now opens
the door wide to thousands of vet
erans who have not applied be
cause of the possibility of having
service-incurred disabilites keep
them from obtaining insurance.
Veterans of World War II who
saw more than 30 days aetve war
service between October 8, 1940
and September 2, 1945 are eligible
to apply either for reinstatement
or new insurance in the event, they
did not have Service Life Insur-
ance. ,
In making '.^.plication the ve'-
eran must pay two months prem
iums. The time and place of a
physical examination will be de-
termined later. Veterans also have
the choice of any one of seven
plans along with .selection of in-
surance in any amount from $1,-
CUtE to-’$1Q,000 in multiples of $500.
.District Service Officers of “w
.^orth Carolina Veterans Com:
sion and County- Service Off!
carl .advise and assist , vete
their insurance problem
can the local Service Office
Ideal Veterans orgaMzations.
Robeson Relatives
Attend Rites For
Robert Savage
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Weinstein,
and Dr, R. L. Weinstein of Fair-
mont, and Mr. and Mrs. Israel
Weinstein and Robert Weinstein of
Lumberton last week attended the
funeral in Baltimore of their
nephew and cousin, Robert Sav
age.
Mr. Savage, 40-year-old Oakland,
Calif.) druggist, was slain by hold-
up men in his drug store Saturday
night, October 22, five years to the
day after his brother, Chief Phar-
macists Mate Jack M. Savage
aboard an exploding ship
Pacific.
Mr. Savage was the son
and Mrs. I. Arthur Savage
in
of
of
timore and was well known
died
the
Mr.
Bal
in
Fairmont and Lumberton, where
he had often visited relatives in the
past..
He was connected with A. Wein-
stein’s Department store in
berton and operated a drug
in Pembroke for a number of
in the 1930s.
Hum-
store
years
DRESS UP PUDDING
To dress up a simple
apple
pudding to make it company fare,
top it with small scoops of vanilla
ce cream.
Meet Hears Carlyle
RED SPRINGS — Nearly 1500
members of the Lumbee River
Electric Membership Corporation
crowded the high school auditorium
here Wednesday morning to .hear
Congressman,Ertle Carlyle declare
that recent legislation passed by
the Congress would bring rural tel
ephones to the farm homes of Rob
eson County to the same wide-
Officers Allend
Police School
Town and county officers
of
spread degree that the
brought electricity.
Declaring that the
democracy in its finest
REA had
REA was
and most
workable form, Congressman Car
lyle, praised the fine work the co ¬
operative had done in
farm homes with electric
power.
Mr. Carlyle stated that
providing
light and
under the
rural telephone act soon the tele
phone would be spread to even the
most sparsely settled areas of farm
communities.
Carl A. Alford was again re-
elected to chairmanship of the
board of directors of the coopera
tive and all present members of
the board were re-elected. Mar
shall Newton was named to fill the
vacancy caused by the recent death
of Ryan McBryde of Raeford. Oth
er members of the board of the
corporation are: Cutlar L. Ballance
Mrs,
dell,
Nair
J.
Lucy Smith, John R. Cad
Rowland R. Sealey, J. Me
Gillis, and J. E. Morrison.
D. McLean, Jr., attorney fo
the concern, presided over the elec
tion of officers, and Mr.
presided over other sections
annual meeting.
Mr. Carlyle was presented
Alford
of the
by W.
D. Reynolds, county manager of
Robeson. Mr. Renolds spoke brief
ly of the early days and difficulties
of preliminary work of forming the
organization. The annual report of
Manag ji
I the corubi
P. J. Dalton, showed that
ern hod made considerable
financial progress arid its affairs
Robeson County last week attend
ed an FBI primary police school
at the Robeson
house.
The school was
Chief W. H. Harris
County court
arranged by
of Lumberton
for the benefit of all law enforce
ment officers in the county.
Among the topics of instruction
at the Zone School were “Police
Courtesy and
Public
Relations,’
son County have been requested
by Highway Commissioner George
S. Coble to plans for street and
road work they want done in an
effort to speed such work.
The request was made Wednes
day night of last week as the high
way commissioner addressed the
Robeson County Municipal Asso
ciation at St. Pauls.
The commissioner’s remarks
highlighted a speaking and enter-
, tainment program at the biggest
I meeting the municipal association
' has yet held. Mayors and town
officials attended from eight Robe
son County towns and from Rae
ford, Dunn aird Lillington, as
I guests of the St. Pauls town board
; and Mayor F. R. Keith, chairman
of the county association.
Mr. Coble said he had started
i a new practice as highway com
missioner, visiting the towns in
his district instead of waiting for
visitors to come to see him. He
has made several trips to St. Pauls,
Lion Club To Give
Show Tonite, Friday
Not only the headlines, but al
most every feature in your news
paper will be brought to life by a
wig cast of local performers in the
smash, hit community show “Laff
It Off” which will be presented in
the Red Springs high school audi
torium Thursday and Friday nignt,
November 3 and 4 at 8:01 p. m.
by the Red Springs Lions
Proceeds of the show will be
by the Lions
servatipn and
dren’s work.
The show
Mrs. John Q.
club for sight
underprivileged
represents Mr.
Public reading
respective newspapers and as
to bathe a baby.
The funny papers features
Earl
"Crime Scene Search Technique," ! and Mayor Keith said no other
by P. B. Beachum; “Testifying in ; highway commissioner had paid
Court,” and “City and State Laws I an official visit to this town in
MAXTON — Pictured above is
Clarence E. Smith, new Chef de
Chemin de Fer of the Forty and
Eight, who will be the guest
speaker at the annual member-
Regarding Local Crimes and City, the past 25 years.
Ordinances.” One of the most in-' Every town in Robeson County
teresting meetings was held on will be visited by a representative ship banquet of the American Le-
Thursday with
Richard E. Wood,
Special Agent,! of the highway commission in the
demonstrated
“Technique and Mechanics of Ar
rest,” covering physical and legal
aspects of arrests. Diplomas were
awarded to participants following
the final meeting on Friday night.
The school was arranged with
out charge by the Federal Bureau
of Investigation and is the first
of a series which will be given,
if local officers wish to continue
this study. Presentation
courses followed a trend
making law enforcement
profession requiring much
ized training.
of the
toward
a true
special-
next 30 days, if it has not been
visited already, said Mr. Coble. In
the meantime, he asked that town
officials take a map and list their
needs for the next four years, no
matter how small or large these
needs may be.
Mr. Coble stressed cooperation
with towns, and pointed out that
in St. Pauls property owners are
having curbs and gutters built in
preparation for street paving by
the state.
Planning, he said, insures great
er value received for each dollar
spent.
BRITISH EXCHANGE TEACHER
HEARD BY FAIRMONT ROTARY
were being operated profitabl. Mr. FAIRMONT ■— Fairmont Rota-
Dalton stated that within a few Hans and their ladies Monday
night heard a talk by Miss Cath-
months the concern would be in
position to state that every farm
in its area that wanted electric
service was being served. He ex
plained that the directors were now
preparing plans for some additional
construction of short lines which
Id reach all applicants for ser^
; now on file with the concern.
leen C. Flint of Waymouth-Dorset,
England, who is
teacher this year in
city schools.
The meeting was
an exchange
the Whiteville
held at the
New Surveyor
In Lumberton
ngllsh Jones
President Of
Civic Group
PEMBROKE—At a recent
meeting of
Commerce
the Chamber of
alnd
the following
Agriculture,
officers were
elected for the coming year:
President, English Jones, agri
culture teacher of Pembroke
High School; secretary, Ray
mond Clark, of the Pembroke
Manufacturing Company; and
treasurer, Charlie Paris, opera
tor of the Western Auto Store.
Guest Minister
At Maxton Church
MAXTON—Rev. Charles
Par-
rish of Presbyterian Junior Col
lege, will be guest minister at the
First Presbyterian Church Sunday
morning, Nov. 6th, in the absence
of the pastor, Rev. E. L. Stoffel.
Mr. Stoffel has been appointed
by Fayetteville Presbytery to
pieach the installation service for
the new associate pastor at the
Laurinburg Presbyterin Church on
Sunday morning. He will conduct
evening service's *at his ,own church
on Sunday night, at 7:30 o’clock.
Rev. D. F. Lowry, right, retired this week from his activities a.
carrier of the Pembroke rural mail route after 30 years service in tha
job. Here, be is passing over his mail pouch to Rev. L. W. Jacobs, left
who will be temporary carrier of the route until a permanent appoint
ment is made. Pembroke Postmaster Rev. J. R. Lowry, center, looks on
Note that all three are preachers.
club.
used
con-
chil-
and
their
they
Unit Passes Up
Savings Offered
By State Fund
high school and the club and
guests enjoyed a chicken dinner.
The speaker was presented by
Rotarian Glenn W. Bowers. She
talked informally about her native
country, stressing the importance
of material and moral aid given
by .the United States during the
war and post-war years.
Miss Flint in teaching at White-
i ville, is exchanging jobs for the
! year with Miss Elizabeth Maultsby
; of Whiteville (sister of Mrs. C. E.
I Grantham of Fairmont) who
teaching in England during
year.
Richard Walters
LUMBERTON
W. E.
Jr., has opened his office
Stone,
in the
Freeman building for the practice
of surveying. He was recently li
censed by the State Board of Reg
istration for Engineers and Land
Surveyors.
A native of Georgia, he
is
the
school in that
mond Military
World War II
Coast Artillery
In Guam, he
Louise Bolster,
state and
Academy,
he served
attended
at Rich-
During
with the
in Oahu and Guam,
was married to Lt.
East Dover, Vt., a
FAIRMONT — Richard Walters,
85-year-old farmer of the Fairmont
section, died Saturday night at his
home in Edgemont.
member of the Nurses Corps.
They have two children, Diane,
3 years, and William Stuart, 10
months.
Mr. Stone worked for a time with
P. A. Roberts, former city engineer,
and with the State Highway Com
mission before opening his own of
fice as a surveyor.
He was a
and Rhodie
mont.
Surviving
three sons,
Lumberton,
son of the late Thomas
Lewis Walters of Fair-
are one daughter and
Mrs. Forest Dean of
Hardy Walters of Bla ¬
denboro, and Everette and Ellie
Walters of Fairmont.
The funeral was held Monday
afternoon from the home with his
pastor, Rev. Joel S. Johnson, offi
ciating, assisted by Rev. Daniel
Lane and Rev. C. P. Herring. Bur
ial was in the family cemetery.
PITCHING MARK
Pitcher Frank Smith of the Tul
sa Oilers of the Texas League se
William J. Ransom
MAXTON
Funeral services
were held Monday afternoon at 3
o’clock for William James Ran-
som, 58, who died
morning following
at his home near
vices were held at
early Sunday
a heart attack,
Maxton. Ser-
Fletcher Mem-
orial Chapel in Scotland County.
Mr. Ransom was born in Au
gusta, Ga., and has farmed in this
section for some time. Surviving
are a son, Welch, who is a member
of the Charlotte police department
and a daughter, Miss Betty Ran-
loop standard by appearing in 55 som, of the home. Two grand
games during the 1948 season. (daughters also survive him.
PTA Nets $500 From
Hallowe'en Carnival
The annual Hallowe’en carnival,)
sponsored by the Fairmont P. T.
A., was held on Monday evening
at the school house with a large
crowd attending. A net profit of
$525 was realized, according to
Cameron West, chairman of the
P. T. A. ways and means commit
tee.
West stated that the success of
this project was due to the fine;
cooperation of the faculty mem
bers, the parents, the students and!
the public at large.
Among the various concession)
booths were apple bobbing, fortune
telling, dart throwing, fishing
gion Liberty Post 117 of Maxton,
cn Friday, November 18th. This
affair will commemorate the 30th
anniversary of the post and will
be home-coming for all charter
members, past commanders and
past presidents of the American
Legion 'Auxiliary unit, who will be
honored at this time.
Mr. Smth, who is a Raleigh
businessman, is the first North
Carolinian to serve as the national
head of the legion’s fun and honor
society. He has organized many
voitures throughout the state and
is a member of the Raleigh post
and a charter member of the Blue
field Post No. 9 in West Virginia.
He has been outstanding in Le
gion work for many years having
served as Chef, de Gare of
Raleigh voiture in 1942. He
came grand correspondent for
state organization in 1941
served until 1946. In 1947, he
elected Grand Chef de Train
in 1948, Grand Clief de Gare,
the
be-
the
and
was
and
the
head of the state organization of
the 40 and 8. He served in France
in World War I. He has been
active in 40 and 8 activities since
1933.
Other Guests
Other guests at this annual Le
gion affair, will be R ,C. Godwin
of New Bern, commander of the
North Carolina Department of the
American Legion; Hon. F. Ertel
Carlyle, Miss Arelia Adams, secre
tary of the State Department of
the ALA and other distinguished
Legionnaires and Auxiliary officalS
attendrig from surrounding posts.
The Robeson County 40 and 8
Voiture and their wives will at
tend as a unit to enjoy festivities
along with their Chef de Chemin
de Fer. This 30th anniversary
celebration is expected to be most
outstanding with three hundred
persons present. It will be held
in the dining hall of Presbyterian
Junior College at eight P. M., -on
Friday, Nov. 18.
Ticket chairmen are James
Drennan and Mrs. K. J. Chisholm.
R. F. Morris and Percy Phillips
are serving on the program com
mittee.
Presbyterian
Service Set
FAIRMONT —Joe
dent at Presbyterian
lege, Maxton, will
Stowe,
Junior
deliver
stu-
Col-
the
wor-
morning sermon at the 11:00
ship service at the Fairmont Pres-
byterian Church Sunday
ber 6th.
Mrs. J. M. Hill
FAIRMONT — Mrs. J.
daughter of the late J.
Novem-
M.
F.
Hill,
and
Mary Graham, died Sunday at her
home near Fairmont. She was 76
years old Oct. 1.
Surviving are nine children, Mrs.
D. P. Hayes of Elizabethtown, J.
S. Hill of Marietta, Mrs. Madison
Cook of Lake View, Mrs. J. S. Mc
Cormick and Paul Hill of Eliza
bethtown, Mrs. Rex. Faulk of
Fairmont, Mrs. Gilbert B. Patter
son of Maxton and Conley Hill of;
Lumberton; five brothers, Whiter
~ , J Frank and Hardin Graham of Or
Collum as auctioneer. A bingo stand rum> jetter Graham of Barnesville,
drew a large crowd and all prizes and Bin Graham 0 f Lumberton;
and one sister, Mrs. Emma Parker
of Charlotte.
The funeral was held Mondav af
noon at 3 o’clock from the home
with Rev. Elliott Britt officiating.
Burial was in the family cemetery.
Pallbearers were Fred Hardin,
were donated by local merchants.
During the program hour the
three kings and three queens of
Halloween were crowned by Supt.
Rowe Henry. High school king and
queen were Sarah Leggette and
Kenneth Jenkins, grammar school
king and queen were Susan Ather
ton and Sprunt Floyd, and primary
school king and queen were Linda
Hodges and Willie Broox Webster,
A program consisting of a variety
of song and dance numbers com
pleted the evening’s entertainment
The five students awarded silve
Ernest Hardin, Northington
din, John Hardin, Frederick
ker, Harley Hardin
QUICK
LUNCH
pond, refreshment booths, and in dollars for most outstanding cos-
cafeteria chicken dinners
were
served by the P. T. A.
A Lum ’n Abner country store
was well stocked with articles do
nated by the students and a cake
booth sold donated home made
cake by the slice and a layer cake
auction was held with. Herbie Mc-
tumes were Edith Dare Carson,
Mamie James Smith, Barney Mit
chell, Jimmy Jenkins, and Charles
Holt. Mrs. Wallace Floyd’s sixth
grade class received the award for
selling the largest number of tick
ets to the chicken dinner.
Har-
Par-
For a quick luncheon dish serve)
chipped
chipped beef and cooked green
peas in a sauce made from a cat !
of condensed mushroom soup. Adi
a crisp salad of lettuce and cucum
ber, and serve fruit and cookie
for dessert.
PERSONS 65 YEARS OLD
Persons sixty-five years
and
turn to the various itmes, these
characters appear on the stage.
Mr. and Mrs. Public are represent
ed by William McGougan and
Mrs. W. S. Barnes, with Jimmy
and Janet McRacken as Junior
and Jane, their children, a typicai
American family. Elsie Britt and
Patsy Tucker are the newsboys.
The children’s story page will be
portrayed by children from the
third and fourth grades with Mrs.
L. L. Byrne as Cousin Katy and
little Linda Ashford as the star of
tomorrow.
In the Rhymes for Riches scene,
the audience has an opportunity to
participate by finding clue words
on the full p^ge in this issue of
your favorite Hometown Newspap
ers. Mr. John Q. reads a rhyme,
those in the audience find the miss
ing words on the page and receive
a prize.
The Frontier Days celebration
features square dancing with Gene
Autry (R. B. McRacken) as master
of ceremonies; Les Baldwin as Jack
Watson as Popeye, who introduces
the funny paper folks, Orphan An
nie (Claude McNeill) Blondie
(Maynard Gentry), Maggie (Char
les Gardner) Daisy Mae (Bill Le
noir), and Baby Sparkle Plenty,
(W. S. Barham), who end their
skit with a song and dance.
The finale is a big patriotic
“World United,” depicting a unit
ing of the nations of the world
with the nephews of Uncle Sam.
Uncle Sam will be Mac Ridge, Co
lumbia, Sara Curry, The Cheer
leaders as flag girls. Nations girls
are Doris Cribb, Gale Simpson,
Shirley Fields, Louise Yarborough,
Betty Lou Smith, Betty Jean Wall,
Nephews of Uncle Sam are Glen
Parler, Jack Beverly, Bill Moore,
Alton McNeill, C. L. Young, Sam
Laney, L. L. Byrne, H. E. Skip
per and R. B. McRacken.
The accompanist for the show is
Mrs. Alton McNeill, Jr.
All in all, “Laff It Off” furnishes
an evening of laughs and entertain
ment for the entire family. Re
serve seats may be obtained at no I
extra cost by taking your tickets
to' Long's Haberdashery.
RED SPRINGS—Local repre
sentatives of the old line insur
ance companies were awarded the
$304,000 insurance coverage of the
properties of the Red Springs
School Distiict, Tuesday night of
last week, despite the fact that
the old line insurance will cost
some $1600 more than the State
School Insurance coverage, for a
period of five years.
The insurei ce was awarded lo-
cal agencies
as follows:
Springs Insurance Agency,
Red
$57,-
RS Rotarians,
Guests To Hear
About Soviets
RED SPRINGS — Alvin
field, Jr., of Raleigh, will
principal speaker at the
Wing- [
be the
dinner
Benny’s Rochester; Wanda Jean
Gardner, that Queen of the Os-
arks, Judy Canova, and Jasper Cul- feting of the Rotary Club here
- - 1 Friday evening when the club will
entertain the members of
faculty of Flora Macdonald Col-
000; E. H. Alexander Insurance
Agency, $57,000; Grantham Insur
ance and Realty Company, $101,-
500; Mrs. John H. McKay Ihsur-
arce Agency, $85,460.
Policies are based on 90 per cent
co-insurance of a total value of
$304,000. Total cost of the insur
ance on present properties (not
including those buildings' now un
der construction) will be in excess
of $7,300, while 100 per cent cov
erage on the same value of the
properties, buildings and equip
ment, could have been purchased
from the Division of Insurance of
the State Board of Education at
a total cost of slightly over $5,-
715 for the five-year period.
The properties covered are the
recently re - conditiond Negro
school which was damaged by fire
this summer to the extent of ap
proximately $25,000; the principal’s
home; and the elementary and
high schools for white children,
and the equipment of these build
ings.
The state-owned insurance di
vision of the Board of Education
was set up by the recent General
Assembly, with an original fund
appropriated in the amount of two
million dollars for the purpose of
giving county and city school
units an opportunity to carry full
coverage insurance policies on
breth as Pappy Chiselfinger, an
ol dtimer.
Alton McNeill, Jr., his saxophone
and orchestra, will furnish special
music.
The sports page is represented
by girls and cheerleaders in appro-)
priate costumes. Jasper Culbreth as!
tire inquiring reporter goes through
the audience asking questions and
giving prizes. He is assisted by
Rochester who takes pictures of
the
lege.
Mr. Wingfield was formerly
cel nected with headquarters staff
of General Lucius D. Clay in Ger
many where he served as admin
istrative officer of liason and pro
tocol. His talk will be based on
observations made while on of-
ficial and unofficial excursions in
to the Soviet zone of Germany.
He is a student of both the Ger-
those answering his questions.
din^ 6 S °tb let ut Pai > e ^ eatU1 ^ S a wed ' man aid Russian languages,
ding with htebrideand groom,!
best man, preacher and entire wed
ding with the bride and groom,
and beautiful costumes.
The columnists are represented
by Randy Bullard as Walter Win
chell, the super-dooper Key Hole
Snooper and Dorothy Dix will be
portrayed by Elbert Horton, who
demonstrates the proper (?) way'
A native of Mobile, Ala., Mr
Wingfield attended the. University
of. North Carolina and Georgia. He
served in the Army Ordinance
Corps during much of the war. He
is now, connected with the Royal
Typewriter Company as
district
manager of the -Raleigh Area.
Walter R. Dudley is
chairman for the evening.
program
JUNIOR WOMAN'S CLUBS HOLD
DISTRICT MEET AT WHITEVILLE
MAXTON — The seventh annual; hostess club, and Mrs. O. L. Owens,
meeting of the Junior Woman’s club sponsor. Mrs. Joe B. Hord of
Clubs of the tenth District of the
North Carolina Federation of Wo
men’s Clubs, was held on Monday
evening, October 31st, at the
Whiteville Baptist Church in
Whiteville. Hostess at the dinner
meeting was the Whiteville Jun
ior Woman’s Club.
Guest speakers were Mrs. Seth
L. Smith of Whiteville, district
president, who spoke on “Citizen
ship Responsibility;” and Mrs. J.
T. King, Jr., of Whiteville, secre
tary of the Junior Section of the
NCFWC, whose subject was “Jun-
Maxton, made the response. Mr.
and Mrs. Collier sang vocal selec
tions during the program.
Forty-two club women including
visitors were present for the meet
ing with reports of club activities
heard. Clubs in the district are
Elizabethtown, Fairmont, Rowland,
Maxton and Whiteville. The Fair
mont Study Club invited the grouj
to meet with them in 1950 and thi
invitation was accepted. The grouj
adjourned following the Collect o
Club Women of America which wa
ior Club Projects.”
program was Mrs.
state chairman for
Home Department.
Also on the
George Gold
the American
led by Mrs. R. R. Doak of
ton.
Attend From Maxton
Attending the meeting'
Max
from
The meeting was conducted by
Mrs. W. H. Stewart, Jr., of Max-
ton,
and
was
fin
vice president of the district
junior chairman. A devotional
presented by Mrs. W. E. Grif-
with greetings extended by
Mrs. Lloyd Collier, president of the
Mrs. Blue Currie
Mrs. Katherine E. Currie, age
77, died at her home near Shan
non Tuesday morning at 10:50 o’
clock following an illness of four
days. She was the daughter of the
late Daniel Malloy and
McCallum Malloy of
county.
Funeral services were
Katherine
Robeson
held Wed-
nesday afternoon at 4:00 o’clock at
the Lumber Bridge Presbyterian
Church. Interment was in the
church cemetery.
Surviving are her husband, Blue
B. Currie, four daughters, Mrs. W.
R. Hardesty of the home, Mrs. R.
D. Leonard of Rahway, N. J., and
Misses
rie of
Currie,
sister,
Linda Currie and Kate Cur-
Charlotte; one son, A. B.
of Great Falls, S. C.; one
Mrs. W. A. McCormick of
St. Pauls, and seven grandchildren.
TO KEEP POTATO SKIN SOFT
If you want to keep the skii
of baked potatoes soft just rut
othe- 1
more of age have the highest traf- j them with salad oil or some
fie death rate of any age group. 1 suitable fat before baking.
Maxton were Mrs. W. H. Stewart.
Jr., Mrs. J. B. Hord, president of
the Junior Woman’s Club, Mrs. R.
E. Doak, who served as secretary;
Mrs. J. J. McLauchlin, Mrs. Ned
Croom, Mrs. Rufus Smith, Mrs.
Etta Cashwell, Mrs. Hugh McCall
and Mrs. Glenn Crofton.
Preaches At
Ingathering
their properties at a lower cost to
the taxpayers, as many units were
unable to carry full coverage on
school buildings and equipment at
the rates then charged by the old
line companies. Rates and valua
tions of properties were then set
up. The state valuation of the
Red Springs properties was set at
$283,000, with the state figure foi-
complete coverage for 5 years set
at $957.67 per year, or a total . ,
cost of $4,788.35 for the period.
I Under the old line companies, 90
per cent co-insurance would have
cost an average of $1,227.76 per
! year, but these companies refused
to accept the valuation of $283,-
; 000, and boosted this figure . to -
1 $304,000 before they would write
j a 90 per cent co-insurance policy,
, at a total five year cost of $7,-
332.74, as compared to the
cost of State Insurance
per cent coverage at the
valuation.
Ozmer Henry
Will Address
Legion Meel
RED SPRINGS
$5715.40
for 100
boosted
Osnaer
Henry, prominent Lumberton at
torney will make the patriotic ad
dress at the annual joint dinner
meeting of the Auxiliary unit and
the membership of Charlie Hall
Post of the American Legion.
The dinner will be held'on the
evening of Armistice Day, Nov.
11, in the dining room of Flora
Macdonald Co^ege.
This annual affair is one of the '
most popular Legion activities of
this section of the state, and it is
expected that each of the Legion
posts of this area will have cue
or more representatives attending.
Joining with the Legion in the
celebration of the ending of the
first World War, and at the same
commemoratng the ending of the
recent wars with Germany and
Japan, will be the Rotary and
Lions clubs, and the Headquarters
Battery of the IS^th
the National Guards.
Battalion of
McCloskey
Commander J. B. McCloskey
I will preside over the meeting and
Mrs. R. D. McMillan, Jr., president
MAXTON—Rev. E. L. Stoffel,
pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church, preached the sermon at
the animal ingathering of the St.
Pauls Presbyterian Church on
Thursday morning of last week.
The church recently celebrated its
Sesquicentennial and offering at
the morning service applied on the
expenses of a new heating plant,
now being installed.
Following the service, a barbecue
and brunswick stew dinner was
served in the pine grove. A num
ber of friends, past members and
members were present for this oc-
casicn.
of the Auxiliary, will present vis
iting offeers of the woman’s unit.
The Rev. Graham Eubank, will
pronounce the invocation. Special
music will be presented by stu
dents of the school of music of the
college.
COMPANY VEGETABLE DISH
For a company vegetable dish,
CARRYING ROUTE
RED SPRINGS—Henry Grady
O’Briei.t is now the temporary
carrier for rural route one, begin
ning Tuesday. Ed McNeill who
has been the temporary carrier ■
since last February left the job
at the end of October. Permanent
carrier for the route is expected
to be named soon, following a re- •
cent examination in which W. E.
McCorcaughey, Jr., O’Briant and
Paul Townsend were the three top -
men.
couple green snap beans
slivers of
crescents.
mushroom or
with
celery
Or serve the buttered
cooked snap beans sprinkled with
slivered browned almonds.
RESTORE FRESHNESS
Wrap sandwiches in lightly
dampened paper towels and then
in waxed paper to restore fresh-
, ness.