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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.