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ROBESON—AND TOWNS
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SPRINGS
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PUBLISHED THURSDAYS
RED SPRINGS, N. C. AND MAXTON, N. C.THURSDAY DECEMBER 6, 1945
VOLUME LV| NO. 47
Bodenheimer Serves
On Ship Rescuing
75 Off Iwo Jima
CHICAGO, (Delayed) — Ensigne
Edward C. Bodenheimer. USNR, of
N. C., served during!
Red Springs,
the war with
Forces group
credited with
surviviors of
a Pacific Navy Service'
whose personnel was
saving the lives of 75,
a small tanker during
Christmas Concert ?° d i. 4®^^®/
As That Of Mrs
[Cotton Picker Is
Lawrence MorrisWins
At FMC Monday iQuessie Connor ,
By Glee Club
1 LUMBERTON,' Dec. 6.—Sheriff E.
C. Wade announced today that the
'body of a woman killed last Thurs-
Program Will Feature A Cantata day night in a bus-oil tanker colli-
And A Reuter Composition. i^ 0 ! 1 u near h / rc ,‘ ha J , tnok fiv f lives ;
ihad been identified by members or
‘ . her family as that of Mrs. Quessie
the height of a raging typhoon off ; The annual Christmas Concert by Walters
Iwo Jima, newly revised Navy rec-Sthe Flora Macdonald i - ’ s
ords of the group’have disclosed. The club, will be presented by Dean Rob
. ; Connor,
college glee rovts three.
29, of Lumberton,
Although positive identification was
ship had to be abandoned 300 yards ert Renter, director, on Monday-eve-' ^ “^ M^ h^ w^
1 ± t le i ‘ "T J "‘"I' December 10, at 8:15 o'clock. wa5 ^ badly burned> Wa(ie Said , an '
nv.^ st-rreken vessel were going The -g ee club numbers seventy-| the wpman ' s E0n , 13-year-old Car-
overside, ambulances were arriving six members who have been chosenL„„ and .Ave-Ji nr eel.-
i son Connor, and several of her rela-
at the beach to care for the injured by careful voice test from the en- lives who"viewed the body, they
?t!. f -. h .L e - Ver reached shore through tire student body, and their skillful' W:rc satisfied that she was Mrs. Con-
« training has been evidence in the nor j n view of the description of
e very beautiful programs which have ^ er clothing given by survivors of
the roaring surf.
Rescue parties went to work
entered the sea, some with lines a-jbeen presented on several occasions the crash
KZ^nJ 31 ?? 0 ke t p ^ em f ‘‘° m : du ™s 5 he fa11 - Thcse ""^ finished] The boy told Wade that he and
being pulled out to sea by the under- productions, unusual in a group of (his mother le . ft the home of an unc i e ,
college students, and reflected great
tow; others didn’t wait for the lines.
Nd one could count the individual
acts of bravery performed, but when
the weary group had completed its
task the announcement
surviviors and rescue
counted' for and all safe.
came: “All
parties ac-
Well done.”
Pearl Harbor, T. H.—James E.
Green, S 1-c, son of James Green,
of Maxton, is on his way home.
Green is one of 'bver 1,000 high-
point navy veterans whom the “Ma
gic Carpet” is bringing back to the
States aboard the U. S. S. Sherburne.
S-Sgt. ‘Martin English.
turned last month fron) New Guinea
wher^^d-.ba'd: Tipwn 1 '20 months, has
’\^&ii[5^j s ^ under
the
Jlhad been in the
a?my*TuT ro2 months'.'’ He""hTrs r‘e-
surned Ms position with the City
marketUn Maxton; a. • •• ’ :.
Ltn;(jgX Jas, R. Dalrymple, Jr., has
retqrqed,..to*Maxton this week: from
Guam, whare he has been stationed
for" the past 14 months. Mrs. Dal
rymple and their little daughter and 4
son have made their home with her
parent's, Mr. and Mrs. Rory Mac-
Nair while he was away.
Pvt. John Leach McNeill of Max-
ton returned last week
Field, Coloi, where he
in the Air Corps and
his discharge.
from Lowery
was
has
a cadet
received
Sl-c Delmus C. Prevatte
has re ¬
ceived an honorable discharge from
the Navy after 24 months service.
He received his discharge from- U. S.
Naval Separation Center, Nashville,
Tenn., on Novemlber 23rd and is at
home in Floral College with his
wife, Bonny Campbell Prevatte and
their little daughter, Sally Dell.
D in First Pr ’ ze In Co ‘n
rut through Puces Production Context
for Gov. Cherry
! Lawrence Morris, 15 year ^ son V
■ of Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Mortis of
JMaxton Route 1, was winner of.
I Thomas McLean Of
, Wakulla Dies From
erosene Burns
Law 9 r,,1, l’ Guests Of Liberty 81 "0.00 Victory bond, which was the. Two others In Lumberton Hos-
Manufacturing Company At firs i Prize ’ in a three-acre corn Pro-
Luncheon Saturday. ’ eduction contest sponsored by M« r ."
chants Association of Laurinburg'
Lawrence, who is a member of he
4-H club and one of the F. F. A.J
The big red bug, with the loud
airy hum was put through its paces
Saturday morning when Governor R.
Gregg Cherry and a group of promi
nent farmers and business men wit-
pital With Severe Burns Re
sulting From Explosion.
Thomas McLean, 17 months old
produced a yield. Of 80 bushels pe^negro child, died of burns Tuesday
acre, the highest in Scotland county. l 'I 0 9 0,w >ng the explosion of an oil can
He applied 300 lbs. of phosphate which was left near an open fire,
, „ -- jn the row April 14th when the corn ‘nd his brother, James Charles, is
cotton by the International cotton was planted. Two weeks later he tot expected to live, according to Ba-
picker which is owned by the Lib- applied 500 lbs. 4-10-6 fertilizer be- k ^ Sanatorium officials,
erty Manufacturing company of Red tween the rows that were 48 inches
hessed a demonstration picking of
Springs.
apart
100 lbs. of nitrates were ap
The explosion happened early
Tuesday morning at the home of
The demonstration at the Willi- plied as top dresser to each middle ^^ McLean, grandfather
ford farms near Wakulla followed a when the corrf was knee and waist ‘Children, after a fire was built in
luncheon at the Lorraine hotel of
of the
credit on the ability of Dean Reuter
as a director.
The lovely Christmas program to
be presented Monday evening will
feature “Childe Jesus,” a Christmas
Cantata, by Joseph Clokey and Hazel
Kirk. Two groups of Christmas ca
rols will open the program, and the
closing number wild be “The Lord’s
Prayer,” a composition of Mr. Reuter.
The public is cordially invited to
attend this concert.
Brown Walters, last Thursday. La
te., he said, he returned there while
his m'other went in search of work.
She was to return Saturday.
Coroner D. W. Biggs said he would
hold the remains at his funeral home
Lumberton where some sixty farm
ers, businessmen and state political
leaders were guest of the local con
cern. George T. Ashford, general
manager of the concern acted as mas
ter of ceremonies and Edwin Pate,
president of Liberty, presented the
. , .. Iout-of-county men attending the af-
for another week for any other per- fair whicb included Ler Martin
sons to view in an effort to estab- R alei g h , Lloyd Griffin of Edenton,
l is !l. P° s ^ ,,v f identification. | and Tom Pearsall of Rocky Mount.
Fifteen of the 22 persons’ originally ^ r Pearsall introduced the Gov-
hospitalized are still in two hospitals : ernor
here, at least two of them said to
be *n critical condition.
Those witnessing the picker dern-,
onstration commented very favor-'
ably on the speed and quality of the]
work done by the mechanical cotton'
picker, .and • several suggestions of
•.growing of .the staple .for more ef-
,.; n Cvto n j^ me^an^a;Uy wererof-
’ 'kik 0 ^ ® : A^*pp?.a^‘'^
MGr s&^P^JJStr* 01 ^^ attwi^e
tifc«iy.iL’ ; ' r v4^i ia A!l(U: ^ -iwiilwi
‘ Ji’-^^ier^jn.. the seesQn * opl^A. ;have
' ^ //'l.a, .•! .•.ich holier grade o-t.staple
.; ■ Axis vbtaiiwjl at the demonstra,-
S-Sgt. Frank L. Campbell of Flor
al College received an honorable dis
charge from Army Separation Cen
ter at Camp Shelby, Miss., on Nov.
23rd, having served 39 months in
service, 10 months of which time
was spent in the ETO. Sgt. Camp
bell holds the ETO Ribbon with 3
Battle Stars, Good Conduct Medal,
Victory ..Ribbon, Combat Infantry
man's badge and the Bronze Star. He.
is spending a while with his sisters.
WB-WW
Christmas^
US1C
^ Th c 'Juste rtmXit of
terian Junior College |will
a Christmas program it th
chapel on the evening of E
13th, at 8:00 o'clock. The
will depict the Spirit of C
^ *
high. He is very proud of the re- j toeplace of the house, which is
suit of his 4^H corn project and o f looked on one of the McArthur farms
his Victory Bond | near , Wakulla. According to Dan
* . i McArthur, the mother, Queen Esther
McLean, 20, made the fire before
the children arose, left the can near
i^ am ^ n ® 0 ^ ° ver ^ e ^s and against
the wal!s a od ceiling of the room.
^^Bj^BS|||0w^ i n 'g ^° Pul 0U t toe flaming clothing
s 0n toe children. Other members of
liillB!lllBllliu^MEWS^ > ''J^T^B too family and neighbors arrived in
time to save the house from de-
liilillllllsiliHB^'W
HSSB§B|MBB»El ^*?j^^^^B a ^ e d by the flames. -
•’This ,wai .the second fire for the
I|®^H1|^k|||: jB^^^^M rS at U McLtan household.in two years.
• Th6 ’ r fi rst f ‘ r ^ ^ •• to ■ 1 943 • res ulted
to too total, loss of clothing and
^^■gEfW^MBBr . fi^^^ * ^^^
I tidiis'TdHandle
[Food Colection
'THE"'REV. CHARLES. HOWARD,. For UNKRA
Fife. Thomas Hill Campbell of
Floral College has been honorably
discharged 'from service. He re
ceived his discharge from Camp
Butner, and he and his wife are
making their home with his pa-
r^hts, Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Campbell,
position with Burn’s
He holds a
garage.
Pfc. Ralph
received
Butner,
home.
his
Watson of
discharge
Durham, and
Maxton has
from Camp
has arrived
Capt.
Charles Campbell of Max-
ton has
returned to duty overseas
after spending a 45 day furlough at
K’ me ' !
S-Sgt. Louis Esseytf son of Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Essey of Maxton,
reached home this week atfer two
and a half vears service in the ETO.
He has been in the army for four
years and will be discharged under,
the point system. |
. ^^ ^^^^g^MMHMa 1
S-Sgt. Darrell Middleton, whose,
wife is the former Miss Helen K’^'1
Patrick’of Maxton. has received his,
discharge and will have a position n
the Air Base of Orlando, Fla, wth
the Civil Service. Mrs. Middleton
and their sons are with him.
Capt. and Mrs. Thos. R* ^olfe,
who have been in Colorado Springs,
Colo., left this week for his home in
Orangeburg.*. C., where he will be
on terminal leave, pending his dis
charge February 1st.
G. C. Lytle an! a truck belonging
to Amos Furniture company, were
involved in a collision "«" ^
gin’s store at Antloch last Mo™! 3 ?
afternoon. Lytle was Driving
pickup which was considerably dam
aged.
of Presby-
present
the college
December
program
of Christmas
jin Art. Literature, and Song, and
will be preceded by a prologue, “A
Santagram from Santa Land.” Art
i will be portrayed by a living picture
'of Rachael’s Madonna of the Chair.
For the literature section Mrs. Geo-
: rge Jones will read “The Gift of the
iMagi.” Music will occur in each
'scene, but the climax is in the last
;group, which consists of carols by
.the mixed chorus (vested choir) and
ithe nativity scene.. Closing with
(the theme of universal peace, the
i tableau ends when the angel of
who js conducting a series of evange-,
,listic, services at the Maxton feap- mi. T
list church which began Monday E W1 “
and, continuing through December devastated land/ T Wal *
- 15th ' - jUevastatea lands, L. E. Baldwin an-
_ 1 Jounced today. The local appeal
==«=====ggggggg===g|gafis^ : to r * — oodperatlto pvitr/tive r.atioh’v ' 7
I wide Victory Collection; of Canned
HKrl^^f^llll^^K Food, on behalf of the United Na- /
R. GREGG CHERRY, Governor of North Carolina, takes the [wTu^Menl’T^ Earth ., Good
operator’s, seat of the mechanical cotton picker while a Citizen. ( - - - -
i 1 4 4 e e • '‘ 'i Vi a -1 the »Qua rtet is .comprosed-'bf-Mfss Eli-,
photographer, shoots him at the demons^^o^Ql I he machine* 1
Mrs; R. D. Croom - is' soloist,' "and..
at the Williford ‘Fartrfs near W-akulla’tostt Saturday.
zabethjcurmerlbfrs. R.^. C-roo^n," Mfc v
FVC; Frosfick, and MrS/ R. ^A^Mt-'
LXwi. -Mn^ W. A. Webb ^ the di-
DUMPING ITS LOAD—The cotton picker unloads the gigan-
tic hamper astop its weird looking frame. The hamper is high
enough to dump directly onto a truck, or into sheets placed
on the ground when the truck is not handy.
rector and Mrs. J. P. Stance! Will
t he accompanist. U
Flu Closes 1
Schools For
ton
lek
Upon the advice of^k.
Croom, Jr., Maxton hBs
and Dr. J. O. McClel®*,
Crorartie, principal, closed t
ton white schools Tuesday 1
as there were 137 pupils at
R.
be
D.
officer,
W. K.
e Max-
THE REV. C. J.'^NDRKJVS, W Jw,
has recently assumed the pastorate
of St. Pauls'Methodist church in
Maxton.
Red Springs Girl
Rates Who’s Who
Greenville, N. C., Dec.
4.—Miss
Barbara Brewer, daughter of H. E.
Brewer of Red Springs, has been
; lions Relief and Rehabilitation Ad-/
ministration (UNRRA.)
1 George Thrower is chairman of
ithe collection committee. His .com
mittee includes Tommie AT os, Ben
Jenkins and L. E. Baldwin.
I “This is an appeal we’re sure ev-
- ery family in Red Springs will want
to support,” Mr. Baldwin said. “We’ll
open our collection center on Dec.
i 15 at Amos Furniture company. We
[hope the men and women of Red
Springs won’t wait to be contacted
iby members of our committee, but e>
will start begirding their contribu
tions to thf collection center the day
jit opens. Speed is essential. The
slogan ‘Give a can and save a life’
is literally true.
“We are assured by UNRRA that
all ' food • collected in Red Springs
will be shipped to a seaport promipt-
and* sepTWerseas without delay.
Plenty o’f cargo space is available.
UINRRA will pay the shipping costs
and will distribute the food to the
needy and destitute in war-torn
countries without any discrimina
tion whatever.
Husband Of Former
I Parkton Girl Dies
mgo, was ween 1
selected as one of 16 students from) Raleigh.—Frederick Norman Fish
ier, 2512 Everette avenue, Raleigh,
East Carolina Teachers college whose
ming,
it be- achlcvements ° n the campus here
cause of influenza or colds* Mr.'™“t h ! ! ‘“'“‘P” ° f ^^ names Kei t h of Parkton died in Rex hos-
Cromartie states that classes will be l™ Who’s Who Among Students '" P “ ^^y ^
resumed Monday unless the health American Universities and Colleges.",Funeral erv will be held Wed-
autlioritie advise otherwise lhe students, all seniors, were 1 nesday at 11 a. m. from the Yel-
Dr. Croom and Dr. E. R. Hardin, ch 0 ?en ° n a basis of outstanding rec- 'TO'"’ Funeral home, Raleigh with
ords in scholarship, leadership, and Rev- Lee Shepherd, pastor of Pullen
extracurricular ac- Memorial church, in charge, and in ¬
husband of the former Miss Karlie
[county health officer, request the pa-
rents of children under 16 years of P'^yapation in n t
Jivit’.cs and because of good charac- Iciment will be made in the Mont
ier and indication of future useful-,town Memorial park.
ness to business and society. | Mr. Fisher was owner and opera-
“Who’s Who,” college year book, to r of the Fisher sandwich shop, a
'is published in Alabama with the member of the Exchange club and
[cooperation of 600 American col- of Pullen Memorial church.
leges and universities. I Surviving are his wife: 2 sons, Win-
| Miss Brewer has been a student fio ld Thomas Fisher of Raleigh, and
[leader here during her years in col- ^t. (jg) Frederick Herbert Fisher.
age to see that they do not attend
any public gatherings during the
epidemic, as there is little point in
closing the schools if the children
attend these places.
0
Orthopaedic Clinic In
Lumberton Tomorrow
iloge. She has served on the house w ho is with the navy in China; one
An orthopaedic clinic will be held committee of Cotten Hall, Women’s niece, Miss Virginia Fisher of Ral-
' ’ and 4 grandchildren.
, December 7, in the base-[dormitory, and has been vice-presi-1 e toto
of the agricultural building in dent and treasurer of the Commerce!
This clinic is free to Hub. At present she holds the of- , Red Springs Negro
children under 12 years^ice of secretary of the senior class.
. O. L. Miller of Charlotte will $1,100 Prize For
surgeon in charge and patients | p .
register between nine and ele-, ^OttOn Champion
ven A. M.
School Recommended
To New York “U”
Classroom practices of the Red
Springs school for Negroes, were re-
, /The state cotton growing champion (commended for study by students of
Dr. and Mrs. William L. Rule were of North Carolina will receive a prize the graduate department of the New
most interesting visitors at the col- of $1,100 for his efforts at the meet- York university this week, accord-
lege on Wednesday and Thursday. ;ing of the North Carolina cotton gin- ing to a notice received today by
Mrs. Rule is the former Miss Effie ner’s association, Dec 10. Prof. J. T. Peterson, principal from
Prof. J. T. Peterson, principal from
Crane of Atlanta, Ga., an alumna of । The money is to be awarded to the the State Department of Education.
Flora Macdonald, class of ’38. Dr. winner of a state-wide "five-acre"! The notice stated that the Red
Bule is a graduate of Davidson, and cotton contest sponsored by-’h group Springs school* was being placed
since completing his medical educa- of agricultural agencies interested upon the lists of the university as
tion has been a medical missionary in the production of better quality .representative of the school of the
n Africa ' cotton. state.