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1 A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER I SERVING WESTERN ROBESON—AND TOWNS OF MAXTON—RED SPRINGS PARKTON—ROWLAND Slip Scottish Citizen THE SCOTTISH CHIEF 1 FOUNDED 1887 RED SPRINGS CITIZEN FOUNDBD 1396 CONSOLIDATED 1944 PUBLISHED THURSDAYS RED SPRINGS, N. C. AND MAXTON, N. C. THURSDAY, JULY 19th, 1945 VOLUME LVI1 NO. 27 IN UNIFORM Lumberton Houses Whitey” Behrman Is | Readying For First Winning ’Em For 13th Airborne In Europe Weed Sales Aug. 1 |L. E. Winters Awarded Lifesaving Medal With the 13th Airborne Division in France.—Pfc Henry “Whitey" Behrman, former hurler for the Montreal club of the International baseball league, is now pitching for the 13th Airborne’s ball team, which is compiling an enviable record in its first season ot play in the ETO. Composed of former major and minor league players, the team has played, or will play the best service clubs in France, Belgium and England. Pvt. Behrman, who is a right- hander, is one ot the leading hur- lers for his team. He attended Grov er Cleveland high school in New York city but played no scholastic basebail. He played semi-pro ball tor a number of years, mostly with the Detroit Clowns, before entering orgnaized ball in 1941 with the Val dosta, Ga., team, winning 19 games while losing 10. In 1942 he was Lumberton, July 18.—Lumberton’s L. E. Winters, Carolina Power and Light lineman of Maxton, was a- warced the Edison Electric Life Sav ing Medal by L. V. Sutton of Raleigh, president of the Carolina Power and Coleman May Toss For Robins Tilt Against 32nd AC Mrs. Thomasson Dies Suddenly Billy Laval May Mrs. S. J. Thomasson of Parkton, A who had been in a Charlotte hospital “ Conduct Baseball with Dirham in the Piedmont league where his record was 14 victories' Light company, at a ceremony held seven tobacco auction warehouses, in Florence, S. C. Friday evening. and the two redrying plants are being put in readiness for sales on the Lumberton tobacco market, which will ‘open tor the first auc- tions have their time ing. August 1. Tobacco growers reported that they will have sand-lugs cured and graded in to begin.selling with the open- “The Border Belt tobacco is prov ing out to be a good crop, better than average,” according to Jasper C. Hutto, Supervisor of the Lumber- ton market, who has, just issued his final semi-monthly crop condition report. “The last two weeks have witnessed an excellent season for late growth and development, ad ding poundage and quality. The crop The medal was awarded to Mr. Win ters for saving the life of a fellow lineman, Jimmie Sanderson some months ago, when Sanderson was rendered unconscious when he came in contact with a live wire on a Pole while removing a transformer. His life was saved by the prompt action of Mr. Winters in administering ar tificial respiration. A supper was held in connection with the ceremony and was attended by a large group of the officials employees of the company. O and Tournament Entries Being Re- ceived For August Round-Ro bin At Robbins Park. Hamp Coleman may be sent to the mound Sunday by the Red Robins for his first appearance in a Bird uniform since the end of the American Le- gian play if his arm is in good shape, Manager Tom here today. Opposing the Robins the 32nd Army Corps the strongest service Cope stated here will be team, one of outfits ever for several weeks, died suddenly at 12:30 p. in. Monday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Smith, 1740 Wilmore Drive. Mrs. Thomasson was the daughter of the late Hugh Morrison Caldwell and Amelia Kerr Caldwell and is survived by her husband and ’three children, Milton D. Thomasson of Raleigh, Samuel Joseph Thomasson of Fayetteville, and Mrs. Paul Farrell of Nashville, Tenn.; one sister, Mrs. Julia Brown, and two brothers, John M. OeViwAr anStW. A. Caldwell of Charlotte. School At Springs Legion Plans Week Of Training For High School And Junior Players In Plat ^ high s are beii, Hall Pos a baseball ^layers of oleted by August. school for this section the Charlie at Red Si ^ coach of Carolina, hi. ^ he American Legion Billy Laval, head iversity. of South * tentatively en- is. ripening normally tions, and not much lost.” Lumberton is the in most sec- of it is being FBI Academy To Observe 10th Year wueie ms . tenth ranking and 11 defeats. At the end of the tobacco mark ®t ’n size in the en- season he was shipped to Montreal tire flue-cured area, and Supervisor of the International league. 1 ^“o sa y s Prospects are good for Pfc. Behrman, who is a member | another record season Last year Lumberton sold 32,751,381 pounds of The FBI National Academy, which serves as the West Point Law of ot the 326th Glider Infantry Regi ment, was inducted October 5, 1942 His home address is 64-41 Admiral Ave., N-qw York City, but his wife, the former Miss Peggy McFadyen, resides in Raeford. He is at present stationed at Sens, France, awaiting redeployment. tobacco, for which the farmers ceived $14,246,850.73. re- enforcement, will Anniversary with the Twenty-ninth ington, D. C., on observe its Tenth the graduation of Session at Wash- July 21, 1945, ac- Piedmont Festival Of Art And Music Three-Day Event cording to the announcement made by Edward Scheldt, special agent in charge of the Charlotte office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. brought to the local field, accord ing to Mr. Cope. Emory Rudd, for merly with the Boston Red Sox will probably be the visiting pitcher. Pitcher Tracy of the Cardinals and Costeman, also a St. Louis player before Army days, and Cabreal of Louisville, are also on the squad, and were members of the Bragg all- star team which advanced to state championship’ play among service teams last week. In case Coleman’s arm, hurt be fore the Charlotte all-star game, is not in condition, Russ Akers, veteran of the International league, will be the Robins pitcher, and Jack Horner will do the catching. Tourney Entries from the 32nd Corps, the 0 Mrs. Rory MacNair Injured In Wreck gaged to cot- week during last night. The v school A v. he school for a it was said Mr. Scheldt stated that numbered (2nd Regiment Colonels of Fort Bragg among those police officers who will.and the Bladenboro Spinners have high school players according to Fitz C. der of the Legion oe in open to all this section, Jones, comn’an- post, and there will be no charge to any one. The school is an outgrowth of the past Sgt. H. F. McMillan Promoted HEADQUARTERS PANAMA CA NAL DEPARTMENT.—The promo tion of Sgt. Harvey F. McMillan, 23, son of Mrs. Ruby McMillan, 112 East 2nd Ave., Red Springs, N. C., to the grade of staff sergeant, is announced by Sixth Air Force Fighter Com mand Headquarters. Staff Sergeant McMillan, whose wife, Yvonne, lives at Raeford, en tered the service in October. 1942, und nets ©too on duty with the Sixth Air Force Fighter Command in Pan ama since April, 1943. Winston-Salem’s Annual Sum mer Event Begins Next Wed- day- Pfc. F. L. Chavis Given Certificate Of Merit Pfc. Furman L. Chavis of the 35th Infantry Division, has received the Certificate of Merit for participating as gunner in the campaigns of Nor mandy, Northern France and Ger- •many. He is the son of Mrs. Alma J. Chavis of Maxton. Winston-Salem, July 18.—North Carolina’s premiere performance of Pergolesi’s musical farce, “The Jeal ous Husband,” will be presented by the Piedmont Festival of Music and Art in Winston-Salem, Wednesday night, July 25. On the same even ing Stephen Vincent Benet's folk comedy “The Devil and Daniel Web ster" will be presented hy the Little Theatre of the city. The immortal Brahms “Requiem," climaxing musical event of the Fes tival,'will be presented by the Fes tival Symphony Orchestra at ’8:30 p. m., Saturday, July 28. A children’s concert featuring Pro- kofioff's “Peter and the Wolf” and the Boys Sanctuary Choir of Win ston-Salem, will be given the third morning of the Festival. Friday,Wuiy 27 at 11 a. m. Dr. Charles Vardell, Jr., dean of the School of music receive diplomas are: William B. Blakely, patrolman. Police depart ment, Clinton, S. C.; W. B. Julian, patrolman. Police department, Dur ham, N. C.; Leroy Keeble, assistant chief of police, Laurens, S. C.; Justus M. Tucker, sergeant, Police depart ment, Winston-Salem, N. C.: Charles E. Forbes, lieutenant, Police depart ment, Charleston, S. C. Those concluding the present ses sion of the Academy were selected from seventy-eight law enforcement agencies in thirty states and the Pa nama Canal Zone. The new grad- uZes will bring to 1,125 the num- bn of rdkv Mticprs trailed tn the Academy since Its inception ^ Mr. Hoover. Inaugurated in July, 1935, by Di rector J. Edgar Hooveri the Academy has been attended by many of the nation’s outstanding investigators as well as representatives frotn police departments located in the Eastern and the Western Hemispheres. The ’oster of graduates includes Return From Overseas lof Salem college, will be ‘he rator for the program. 0 nar- Maxton friends will be interested Finland Mill Pay Reds to know that Sgt. Billy McLean, son of Mrs. M. P. McLean and the late London, July 18.—Exchange Tele Ol Mrs. Dl. r. i'it.Ljcanaiid l ’- ,c “* L , , , __,.,. .. , 1 Mr McLean of Maxton, has returned graph reported from Helsinki that home after 16 months overseas ser- Finland will Pay Russia: a war dam- vloe in Pattons army. He is with age assessment of $50,000,000 >n gold his mother, who makes her home during the year beginning Septem- 10 Winston-Salem. ber, 1945, under terms of an agree- ment signed today. Pvt. Robert E. Beasley has returned reived a message Stating that he had to the States alter having served ceived a message Staling that he had 32 months in the Pacific theatre ofibeen deplayed and that it would operations as machine gunner. He|p ro bably be a month before he reach- holds the Combat Infantry Badge. e d home. the Good Conduct Medal, the A-P-T ribbon with two bronze campaign; Everett McQueen, petty officer, stars and the Philippines Liberation | third class, and his bride of New- ribbon with one star. He is the sop|p or t News, Va., were guests of his ot Mrs. Mollie B. Beasley and th’e father, D. H. McQueen, and family husband of Mrs. Beatrice Beasley of'aver the week end. Maxton. - , ; | Mrs. Chester Miller of Maxton, Sgt. Roscoe Bounds, son of Mr., has received word that her hus- and Mns. L. L. Bounds ot Red Springs, band, F-O Miller, is awaiting Iran- arrived home Monday from Germany, J sportation to the states at a port where he has served with the 87th j n France, and expects to arrive by Division. He was in the ETO about । the last of August. He hai been over- 8 months. Sgt. Bounds first went seas f or almost two years. overseas to Iceland where he. was! , stationed for 18 months, and then, ggt. Robert B. Ellis, son of Mr. and after a year back in the States he|Mrs. Rase Ellis of Lumber Bridge, went to France last November^ He _. home on an eight day furlough. entered the Army in 1941. Army Ground and Service Forces Clark of Raeford Redistribution Station, Camp Butner. —PVt. Oxendihe Foster, son of Ox- ^ stationed at Portland, wife is the former Miss Maine. Marie Cpl. Ernestine Smith, who is sta- been received for the Service-Semi- pro tournament play to be run off during August. Mr. Cope reports. Eight teams are to be selected for the play and cash prizes and trophies will be awarded the winners. Bus Drivers Vie With John D. In Pre-War Courtesies Penelope Currie, daughter ot that remarkable teacher ot mathematics, business law and the how-to-tell a good, atory. the late D. Archibald Currie of Davidson College, was down this way last week. She visited relatives in Fayetteville and saw- something of the Fort Bragg lay- out. On her return to Charlotte, where she does the “Here We Go” column for the Observer, Miss Currie has this to say about her trip. “The bus drivers between here and there have not fallen victims to that wartrie scourage—bad manners, law enforcement men from the 48- They were pleasant and helpful to states, Alaska, the Philippines, Puer-'oll o f the weary travellers, and I to Rico, the Panama Canal Zone, Ca-.believe they would have done some- nada, Newfoundland, England and.thing about the heat, if they could. China. •0- Begin 2nd Summer • Term At PJC On Next Monday and .thing about the heat, if they could. I All of us, getting hot and tired, soon began to look alike. Bus travel is a ■ great leveler. I “Coming home the bus was very (crowded. At Red Springs, an an cient man got on, and after waiting la decent length of time for a boy Jrending a comic book to get up, a , pretty blonde beat me to offering i him a seat. A few miles further The second term of the summer session will begin at Presbyterian Junior College on Monday, July 23. Registration will begin at 10:00 a. m. Aptitude tests, for all new students will be held at 3:00 p. m. The first term began on June 11 with the lar- „ gest summer enrollment in the his-l N f iI!s blu ® . tory of the school. Boys and girls wh '‘ e bea ^ da l ced a !, he wav are enrolled from New York, Vir-' me d ° wn with ’ 1 off ® r , m . e y °^ ginia. North and South Carolina. | seat ' J ^ Georgia, and Cuba. Standard work I wa »SJ rom Red S P r ' n «• £ ” | a n ^ O " h ' is offered in the senior high school; ‘™® anc ' en ‘ tT^ and in the freshman and sophomore | b " nd ® an ?.. , "® H . classes in the collegiate department ’Delate without a g . the driver picked up J. D. who looked younger than cient, but still old enough a seat, so this time I did for the boy, but stood up. McNeill, the an- to offer not wait Mr. Mc- and his Dr. Mace To Return To Carthage, Mo. LUMBERTON, July 8 —Dr. E. ' he turned to me ami said pleasantly, I'He is a widower too.’ ", of IJohn Pat Jackson E. Dies In Tennessee Mace, who has been supply pastor „ , . John Pat Jackson, veteran of World First Presbyterian church War j died at his home in King- here since February, has resigned, 10rt Tennessee, Saturday afternoon and will return to his pastorate in atter ’ a long illness. Funeral ser- Carthage, Mo. Lieut. Comdr. R. L.| vices were heId in Kingsport Mon- Alexander, pastor of the church, of the now stationed in Miami, Fla., after sea duty in the Pacific, is on leave ot absence. Dr. Mace had served day afternoon. Mr. Jackson was formerly in the automobile business in Rockingham and Maxton, and resided for a while endine Foster of Red Springs, is cur-ironed with the WACS at Edgewoodjas an army chaplain for 18 months » n Raleigh before moving to King- rently stationed at this station, where; Arsenal, is spending a week’s fur- before coming to Lamberton to sue- spor ; several years ago. He is sur- he will spend two weeks before re- lough with her parents, Mr. and ceed the Rev. Ben F. Moore, who v i ved by hi s wife, the former Ava porting to his new assignment in the Mrs. Ernest Smith of Maxton. left last September to become pas- Rackley, of Raeford. N. C.: a brother, United States. Pvt. Foster was re- turned recently to the United States after having served 30 months in the European theatre of operations, where he served as a rifleman in the In fantry. He holds the Combat Infan try badge, Good Conduct ribbon, American Defense ribbon and the ETO ribbon with three bronze cam paign stars. Pvt. pleted Croft, leave rents, Dan Jimmy Brock, who has com- his basic training at Camp S. C., is spending a 10-day in Red Springs with his pa- Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Brock. '-0 C. Roach of Lumber Bridge. tor of the Oxford Presbyterian church. Dr. Mace was stationed at Fort Bragg and made his home in Raeford for several months before receiving a medical discharge last January. Frank, and a sister. Bessie, and other relatives in Valdosta, Ga. Billy McKay, S 1-c of Va., spent the week end Springs with his parents, Mrs. W. D. McKay. Norfolk, in Red Mr. and has recently been graduated from the army's school ot personnel ser vice at Lexington, Va., where his special training fitted him for giv ing advice and assistance to service men in the solution of their person al problems. Bill McGoogan Now Postoffice Clerk Bill McGoogan, for the projectionist at the Red theatre, began work at past year Springs the local Mrs, R. D. Croom, who was ex ¬ necting her husband, Major R. D. iCroom, Jr., to arrive this week, re ¬ S-Sgt. Raymond A. McBryde, sen of Mr. and Mrs. D. M. McBryde of Red Springs, Rt. I, has gone to posto^pe last Wednesday. He is the 'fust additional employee to be added r? the PO staff in a number- of years, though the office has been entitled to pwe help for some time. Eleven Dead From Drinking Poisoned Liquor HIGH POINT, July 19 —John C. Archie. 52-year-old Negro, was tatal- ly and permanently blind today, the result ot drinking a poisonous alco holic concoction which brought death to three of his own children and eight others. The eleven died during a five-day period last week-end. Along with James Nelson and his wife, Marie Nelson. Archie was in jail here to day, All face charges of man slaughter. „ Mrs. Rory MacNair sustained a sprained ankle and foot injury Mon day morning when the car in which she was riding with Mrs. R. U. Woods driven by Pvt. Ben Brunsteen, was In collision with another during a heavy rain in Smithfield. Mrs. Woods suffered bruises and shock and Pvt. Brunsteen a cut lip, al though the car was badly wrecked. Mrs. MacNair was carried to the hospital where she is still receiving treatment, and is expected to be able to return home soon. Mr. Woods came to Smithfield for Mrs. Woods and brought her on back to Maxton. She had started to Richmond after visiting her mother, Mrs. R. L. Mc Leod, and Mrs. MacNair was on her way to Petersburg to visit relatives. Mrs. MacNair’s daughters. Mrs. J. R. Dalrymple, Jr., and Miss Jean MacNair, are with her. 0 The Iron Horse Finds His Voice Can one iron horse talk to another? Well, it looks like maybe so, and certain railroad men intend to soon find out for sure. As a case in point, the Seaboard Railway has requested permission from the Federal Com munications Commission to install radio telephone equipment on its yard engines at Hamlet for experi mental purposes. The Federal a- gency has already alloted certain frequencies which can be used just as soon as Washington flashes the green light on construction of en ough plant to swing the job. And if the Hamlet tests are successful, others will be conducted elsewhere along the railroad in the near future. Operations in the big Carolina rail center, where five Seaboard routes converge, would be divided into (1) 2-way communication between yard office and switch engine an' 2) a similar arrangement among three yard locomotives. Mechanics of the operation is based on connection of a regular handset telephone with associated loud speaker in the en gineer’s cab. The same set-up is used in the yardmaster’s office. Only one channel, or wave band, will be used for equipment installed at the yard office and in the three loco motives. When the yardmaster wants to signal an engineer, he simnly speaks into the transmitter and his voice comes in over the loud speaker in the cab. The engineers reach each other, and the yardmaster of course, in the same way. It’s slick and quick. The railroad improves' its functions and the shipper gets better all-round service because the system greatly speeds up freight movements. In short, and this is the meat in the coconut, the arrange ment saves plenty of time and there seems to be michty little of that precious commodity on hand these days. Carolina Ads Win National Awards RALEIGH, July 18.—The Caro- lina Power and Light company has been notified that its two most re cent annual reports have received national awards for excellence. The Public Utilities Advertising associa tion awarded the company honor able mention for its 1943 annual re port, submitted in the 1944 contest in competition with all power com panies in the nation serving 100,000 to 400,000 customers each. The “hightest merit” award was received from the Financial World in its review of 1944 annual reports from various types of industries throughout the nation. The same report received honorable mention in an annual contest conducted by Ashton B. Collins of New York, originator of Reddy Kilowatt. summer’s activities in Junior base ¬ ball, and is being held to give high school players, Robeson, Hoke, Bla den and other counties a chance to learn the fundamentals of the game and the various players’ positions under the tutelage of one of the outstanding baseball mentors of the South. Mr. Laval, a four letter man from ■ Furman university, is one of the leading coaches of the Southern Col legiate Conference and is also a play er scout for one of the major league clubs. His appearance in Red Springs depends upon arranging a week when he would not have to be travel ing to see games and scouting players in other parts of the South. Mr. Jones stated that the Post had been in touch with the USC coach by telephone and that he was to notify the Post by tomorrow if he would be able to arrange his sche dule for a week here, and the dates for the school would be set follow ing Mr. Laval’s decision. The plans call for morning classes and demonstrations in the ABC’s of the sport, and afternoons would be devoted to the grounding of the play ers in these fundamentals on the field at Robbins park. Ar th4 end of the week players would be liv en an opportunity to use the week’s schooling during a two-game series to be played with an outstanding Junior team from Central of Western North Carolina. Mr. Jones stated that the past season’s play in the Junior American Legion series had really sold the Junior baseball program to the folks of Red Springs, and that the local post planned to have an entry In the District play next season. This school is a part of the Post’s plans to have a team that would go even farther jin State competition than did the team of this year. All boys who will not be 18 years old on or before December 31, 1947, and who live in Robeson county or any county immediately adjoining Robeson( North or South Carolina) will be eligible for Legion play here next year and all of these boys and members of the 1945 Legion teams of this section are being extended a cordial welcome to attend the base- ball school. Mr. Jones stated that if it were not possible for Mr. Lava! to arrange his schedule to be here, some other college coach of out standing reputation would be se cured to operate the school. - U Bullock Meets Two f Sons-In-Law While On Vacation Here George Bullock, tobacconist of Cu ba, who spends a month or six week's vacation with his family in Red Springs each summer, is having the unique experience of becoming ac quainted with two sons-in-law with- . in a week. His youngest daughter, Judy (Lt. Judith Thompson, WAVE), married Lt. Edward Thomson ot Charlotte, in April, 1943, during a short leave of Lt. Thomson’s, since which time he has been overseas until last week. Another daughter, Margaret, also had to plan the date of her mar riage, not by Uncle Sam's regula tions, but by those of the Royal Canadian Navy, in which her hus band is fi>»t lieutenant. She married in January, 1944, and Lt. Martin, after a brief honeymoon, l^twith his ship for English'waters. Both young lieutenants returned to their home lands within the past two weeks, and Lt. and Mrs. Mar tin arrived in Red Springs Satur day afternoon. Lt. Thomson, who has been with the First Army in Europe, arrived in Washington Fri day night, and after visiting his pa rents in Charlotte, they came to Red Springs this week, to give Mr. Bul lock, as Lt. Martin expressed it, “his secord shock in a week.” However, he seems to be bearing up remark ably well under his double shock! 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