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RED SPRINGS, N. C. AND MAXTON, N. (.THURSDAY, JANUARY 17,1946
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IN UNIFORM
S.-Sgt. Bartram Robeson, Jr., who
has served with the air forces in
Burma, India-China and the Pacific
islands, arrived home Tuesday after
being discharged at Fort Bragg. He
expects to spend a month in Red
Springs with his parents.
Commission* Named
To Install Fry
On February 3rd
PJC Leads Conference
Basketball Teams
Cpl. J. E. McKellar, USMC, is at
home in Red Springs after two years
service in the Pacific^ He will spend
a 30-day furlough at home before
reporting to Camp Lejeune.
Favetteville Presbytery Hears
Report On Radio Program To
Begin In March.
Sgt. David Bray returned this
week from the ETO and is with his
wife at the home of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Parsons. They
expect to leave this week for Marion
where they will visit his parents, Dr.
and Mrs. Bray.
Sgt. Dan McArthur, Jr., arrived at
Fort Bragg last Thursday after ser
ving in the Philippines and Pvt. Joe
Pat McArthur received his discharge
at Bragg last week. Both are now
with their parents at Wakulla.
Capt. J. Carlton Evans, son of Mrs.
J. J. Evans of Maxton, has received
his discharge from the separation
center of the Santa Ana Army Air
base, of Santa Ana, Calif., after hav
ing served 3 1-2 years as weight and
balance officer. He was recently
awarded the American Theatre Rib
bon. He is now enroute to Maxton
but will spend some time visiting
places of interest on the trip. |
Fayetteville Presbytery, in session
Tuesday at Eureka church near
Carthage, named a commission to
install the Rev. Thomas A. Fry, Jr.,
as pastor of the Red Springs Pres
byterian church on Sunday evening,
February 3rd.
The commission includes the Rev.
James B. Black, D. D., of Golds
boro, who was pastor of the church
until last July, the Rev. R. L. Alex
ander of Lumberton, the Rev. R. R.
Gammon of, Dunn, the Rev. J. W.
Mann of Antioch, and the following
ministers of Red Springs: Dr. Tucker
Graham, who was named to preach
the sermon, Dr. Henry G. Bedinger,
Dr. J. E. Purcell, Dr. C. G. Vardell,
and Dr. H. C. Hammond. Elders nam
ed to the commission are Willie D.
McKay of Philadelphus and Angus
Conoly of Antioch. |
The services will be held at the
evening worship hour, it was stated.
The Presbytery also heard a re
port of the Synod’s committee of the
Presbyterian Hour, a radio program
to be inaugurated with the opening
of the new church year in March,
when a series of religious programs
PJC basketball season got off to
a good start Thursday by defeating
their old revival, Edwards Military
Institute by 41-31 and on Friday
night won a hotly contested game
with Oak Ridge, which is consid
ered the outstanding team in the
Bastern Junior conference, with a
score of 44 to 33. Coach Chester
Eisold believes he has a well round
ed team and some good substitutes.
Wylie Steed, one of the veterans
who is taking a refresher course, is
one of his main stays and other
outstanding players are Ralph Ten
nant, Tommie Guiton, Dorsey Poole
and Robert Knox, boarding students.
Officers Of State
Bank Reelected •
Opposes Plan For
Rebuilding Bomb-
Destroyed Cities
Dr. D. S. Currie Says U. S. And
Churches Have No Apologies
For Japanese.
T-5 Wm. McLaughlin of Maxton
is one of the 5,000 high-point Army
veterans whom the navy is returning
to the states aboard the USS Ad
miral Hugh Rodman. The ship left
Nagoya, Japan. December 22 and
was scheduled to arrive in Seattle
this month.
Gilbert Lytch. son of Mr. and Mrs.
R. L. Lytch of Maxton, who was
recently discharged from the Ma
rines after 23 months service in the
South Pacific theater, has entered the
University of North Carlina after
sending *a while pvitU hi^ ^ents.
Pfc. Thomas Denson has returned
to Welch’s Convalescent hospital in
Daytona, Fla., after spending some
time with Mrs. Denson in Maxton.
Yoeman Russell Hellekson of Camp
Peary, Va., spent the week end in
Maxton with his family.
Pfc. Ben Taylor, a veteran' of 22
months service with the Infantry
in Italy, has just returned home and
has received his discharged He was
awarded the Infantry Combat badge.
Maxton friends will be interested
to hear that Commander DeWitt
McIver has just been detached from
the USS Atlanta and commissioned
captain. He will serve on a trans
port ship out of San Francisco for
the next six months.
are to be
morning at
The Rev.
Pines was
presented each Sunday
8:30.
T. E. Davis of Southern
moderator. Attending
from here wer* Mr. Fry. Dr. Beding-
er, Arthur McRae and Mr. Mann.
Fairmont Wins Two
From Maxton Hi
Maxton girls basketball team was
defeated by the Fairmont girls 34 to 6
Tuesday evening at the Maxton gym.
Sara Ivel, Maxton forward, scored
5 of the 6 points and Floyd, Fari-
mont’s forward scored **20 point's for
the winners. |
Maxton boy’s team lost a heart-
breaker to Fairmont. After lead
ing up until 3 minutes before the
close of the game,
the score, and with
go, scored 3 points
Fairmont tied
one minute to
to win by 24
The State Bank of Laurinburg
and Maxton held its annual meeting
last week and re-elected officers
and directors, as follows:
James L. McNair, president; John
F. McNair, Jr., executive vice presi
dent; Edwin Pate, vice president;
J. T. Myers, cashier; T. W. Williams
and Clyde E. Harrill, cashier Max
ton office. The directors are, James
L. McNair, John F. McNair, Jr.. D.
M. McLaurin, H. McN. Jones, John
Blue, Jr., Jas. L. McNair, Jr., and
Edwin Pate.
At the close of business Decem
ber 31, 1945, the State Bank report
ed total resources of $7,817,573.02,
and total deposits of $7,185,834.16.
Its capital stock is $100,000.00 and
surplus $400,000.00 with undivided
profits of $104,064.98.
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File This Month For
Tobacco Allotments
All eligible producers interested in
applying for a “now grower” tobacco
allotment should file an application
at the Robeson. County AAA office
pcior 'to
ing to W.
man.
!946, aped
, AAA chi
Dr. D. S. Currie, prominent Park-
ton physician and an outstanding
layman of Fayetteville Presbytery,
was the speaker at the January meet
ing of the men of the Presbyterian
church of Red Springs held last
night.
Dr. Currie discussed foreign mis
sion activities principally as the lay-
man is concerned, pointing out the
great work before the Christian
church by comparing the accom
plishments of the past and its ef
fectiveness, principally in the Orient,
during the past four years.
Calling attention to proposed plan
of the Rev. John Allen McLean of
Ginter Park church in Richmond,
for the Christian churches of Amer
ica to rebuild the atom bomb strick
en cities of Japan, Dr. Currie stated
he was opposed to such a plan, as
the United States and its Christian
peoples had no apologies to make
Legion Post Will
Buy Service Club
Building Soon
Committee Named To llais«
Fund For Purchase As Center
Of Community Activities.
Dr. McClelland In
Critical Condition
to the Japanese for the destruction
those two cities.
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Maxton Methodist
Church To Have
Revival Services
of
The Rev. C. J. Andrews, pastor
of St. -Pauls Methodist
Maxton, announces that
ance with the Crusade
program of the church,
church in
in accord-
tor Christ
special re-
vival serviies will begin on April
14th. I *
The pastor will lead the services
and Bhe music will be directed by
J. J.
land;
ence, superintendent of Scot-
ounty schools.
stated thJ theie are fiv
^^^K^yJ 3 ' c ^ usa ^4 br
emw^sizea over a Jive .
He pointed out that in order to
be eliigble for a new tobacco allot
ment, the following conditions must
be met: (1) The farm operator shall
have had experience in growing the
and! this is the year of
.. 21. I kind of tobacco for which an allot-
Schedule for the remainder of this , re nt is requested either as a share-
month is as follows: January 18th, cropper, tenant, or as a farm operator
to 21.
kind of tobacco for which an allot-
Parkton at Maxton, January 23rd, during the past five years, or if the
Philadelphus at Red Springs, Jan- (farm operator has been in the armed
uary 85th, Parkton st Parkton, and services of the United States, within
January 29th, Red Springs at Max- five years prior to this entry into the
ton.
Final Rites For
Mrs Susan Davis
Pfc. Louis H. McLean, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Alford McLean of Maxton,
has returned from a year’s overseas
service where he participated in some
of the major battles, and was wound
ed -in Luxemburg. He has re-en
listed and will report for duty after
a 60-day furlough. |
Funeral services will be conducted
this afternoon for Mrs. Susan Ann
Davis, 79 year old woman who died
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
A. R. Currie, on Route one, Red
Springs, Tuesday night. Mrs. Davis
had been ill for a month. The last
rites will be conducted at three o’
clock this afternoon at Tabernacle
armed services; (2) the farm opera
tor shall be living on the farm and
largely dependent on this farm for
his livelihood; (3) the farm cov
ered by the application shall be the
only farm owned or operated by
the farm operator on which any to
bacco is produced; and (4) no kind
of tobacco other than
which application for
will be grown on such
He emphasised that
ception that would be
the kind for
an allotment
farm in 1946.
the only ex
made in the
Methodist church by Rev. W.
L.
Dr. J. O. McClelland of Maxton is
in a critical condition as a result
of injuries sustained at his home
Monday night. He sustained a slight
concussion and facial fracture and
is receiving treatment at Baker’s
Sanatorium. His physicians hold
out little hope of his recovery.
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John A. Byrne, 83,
Claimed By Death
Every effort will be made to make
this' revival season for the church
and
Funeral Friday
Funeral services for John Alex
ander Byrne, aged 83 ,who died at
his home here early this morning,
will be held from the Red Springs
Presbyterian church Friday after
noon at 2:30. The Rev. Thomas A.
Fry, pastor, will conduct the ser-
Mr Andrews V C “i ive p ^ bearers wiu be: p.
phases 1 Hobents of Lumberton, R. D. N
to oe v^vTiHan, J’ , ^f Pembroke, W. L? 1,
?ar period,
Evangelism.
Charlie Hall Post of the American
Legion of Red Springs has approved
a plan for the purchase of the Mc
Lean Building on East Third Ave.
so it may continue to be used as a
community center, it was stated to
day by Dan Klarpp, commander of
the post.
A committee composed of Dr. C.
T. Johnson, E. H. Alexander, Mor
rison Peterson and James A. Gra
ham was named to make the neces
sary arrangements for its purchase
from the James D. McLean estate
and to raise funds for this purpose.
W. B. McLean, acting for the heirs
of the estate, told members of the
committee that $6,000 had recently
been offered for the building by a
commercial concern, and that the
estate would sell the building to the
post for that sum, and that a con
tribution of $1,000 would be made
to raise but $5,000.
The building has been used as a
community center since 1941 as a
project sponsored by the Legion,
and during the early training period
of the war hundreds of soldiers were
entertained there each month. Com
mittees and other groups which have
been aiding the war efforts also used
the rooms many times, and it was
from here that nearly every drive
for the sale of War Bonds, the solici
tation of funds for the Red Cross,
the United War Fund and the In
fantile Paralysis campaign, and
other patriotic campaigns were
launched. Square dances are a regu
lar feature of the club for benefit#
fir the Lions Blind Fund, for the
high school athletic association, and
tie club in recent months has bee*
/devoted largely as a meeting place
Ffor the teen-agers in the Legion’s
work to provide this age group with
community.
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News and Views
By Mrs. Ruth R. Croomi
Rae, Duncan McGoo.xan, Purdie Do^.
man, and Reid Grantham of Rett
Springs. Members of the board cw
deacons and elders of the church
will serve as honorary pallbearers.!
Interment will be in Alloway ceme-
a supervised activit
|-’ rE. H. Alexander h
chairman |of Ithe fi
and Morrison I Peters
y program.
Ar been named
committee
sow is secretary
tery. [
Mr. By^ne was
late Matthew and
Byrne of Bladen
the son of the
Almira T. Love
county, and for
Pfc. Napoleon Mercer, T-5 Harry
Young and T-5 James McNeill, all
of Red Springs are all aboard the
Hugh Rodman,, which left Nagoya
Japan in December and is scheduled
to arrive in Seattle this week.
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Trinity Methodist
Church Activities
Maness, pastor of the Raeford Metho
dist church, of which the deceased
was a member, and interment will
follow in the churchyard' cemetery.
Surviving Mrs. Davis are one son,
T. F. Davis of Raeford; five daugh
ters, Mrs. Charlie Campbell of Ham ¬
let, Mrs. M. B.
boro. Mrs. R. J.
burg, Mrs. A. R.
R. Livingston of
Fletcher of Ashe-
Livingston, Laurin-
Currie and Mrs. H.
Red Springs, Route
The installation service for
all
One; two sisters, Mrs. Sarah Smith
of Hamlet -nd Mrs. H. D. Skipper
of Laurel Hill.
date for filing applications should
be in the case of a farm operator
being in the armed forces on that
date. Under this condition, applica
tion may be filed not later than the
time tobacco is substantially all plan
ted in the county, or within 30 days
following his discharge from the
armed forces whichever is earlier.
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Springers Hit Stride
And Win Four On
Local Court
newly elected officers of the Wo
mans Society of Christian Service
was held at the Hut on the afternoon
of January 8. Circles 1 and 2
after the special service.
Circle 3 met on Wednesday
ning wtih Mrs. Knox Lewis.
Methodist Student Recognition
met
eve-
day
Social Security Pays
1095 In This Area
was observed last Sunday morning.
The feature phase of the service
was a talk by Miss Hazel Cousins.
Miss Cousins was our chosen dele
gate from our Methodist college—to
the National Methodist Student Con
ference,, recently held at the Univer
sity of Illinois at Urbana.
The Workers Council of the church
school met on Tuesday evening in
the regular monthly session at the
hut under the leadership of Super-*
intendent J. C. Barlow. |
The Rev. A. C. Lee, pastor, will
conduct a school of missions for the
entire church, beginning Sunday,
January 20. The school will be held
.on successive Sunday evenings—
closing on the evening of February
3. The course to be taught will be
“Christ and Our Country.” The
hour of each lecture will be 7:30.
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The short egg market is expected
to be relieved as soon as late pullets
begin to lay.
In the area served by the Fayette
ville office of the Social Security
Board there were 1095 monthly old-
age and survivors insurance benefits,
in force at the end of 1945 accord
ing to Cecil G. Rollins, manager of
the Fayetteville office. This figure
represents the number of men, wo
men and children in the counties of
Cumberland, Hoke. Robeson and
Sampson, now eligible for monthly
payments, of old-age and survivors
insurance.
“Our estimates indicate an increase
of 34.2 per cent over the number
of benefits in force at the close of the
year 1944,” said- Mr. Rollins. Re
cipients of old-age and survivors In
surance in these five counties include
Red Springs high school continued
their winning streak by sweeping a
double-header from Massey Hill here
last night. The girls winning 50 to
18, with McGougan dropping In 16
and Collins 15 to lead the scoring.
Raney with 10 lead Massey Hill. The
Red Devils won the boys game 43
to 18. Wood rang up 20 points to
lead the| winner’s scoring. Baker
with 6 was best for Massey Hill.
Red Springs also defeated Max-
ton here Friday night in a double
header with the girls winning 39 to
40 and the boys winning 39 to 21.
Wood and Warren led the boys,
with Morgan the leading lady In the
girls win.
On account of having been crowd
ed for space recently we haven’t been
able to tell you the story Chief Fish
er told us some few weeks ago a-
bout another of Maxton’s ladies, who
went possum hunting in her own
back yard. Bet you’d never guess.
The Chief says one night he was
called up to Miss Maggie McKinnon's
and there stood Miss Maggie, all by
herself, holding a possum at bay
with—now you’ll never guess—a
lightwood torch! She had heard, and
she was right, that a possum won’t
move as long as a light shines in his
eyes, so, as her flash light was not
available, she was resourceful enough
to use the best she had. She had
caught him red handed, so to speak,
after her chickens, but don’t think
he’ll be up on North Patterson street
any more, for Chief Fisher carried
him off and presented him ,to a
colored man whose favorite dish is
possum and ’taters.
Sue Randall says she just heard
that it’s nice to be among friends,
even if they aren’t yours. We have
been thinking this one over and over
and it seems to us it would be sort'
of lonesome. What do you think?'
The first of the year always bring
us letters, with renewals and nice
little notes from many of our good
subscribers. Among this week were
Miss Anna Graham of Laurinburg,
Mrs. U. L. McGirt of Greenville, S.
C., T. R. Jenkins of Plymouth and
Elv a Rascoe, who is spending her
second winter in Curudu, Canal
many years has resided here where
for most of his life he was office
manager and bookkeeper for lum
ber and manufacturing interests. He
was throughout his residence here
an active member of the Presby
terian church, which he served many
years as a deacon, and as treasurer
of the church.
Mr. Byrne’s wife, who was the
former Miss Janie McQueen of Cum
berland county, died some years a-
go. He is survived by two daugh
ters, Mrs. Duncan McNeill and Miss
Lila Byrne, both of Red Springs,
and treasurer, Contriwitlons to the
Center Purchase Fund nlay be made
to any member of the committee or
mailed direct to Mr. Alexander er
Mr. Peterson.
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Funeral Services For
Mrs. Mary Williams
Held In Maxton
Zone.
They all send greetings to
their Maxton friends.
Elva writes
that she hopes to be back in the
states in April, but it is so warm
there she has almost forgotten what
a fire looks like or how it feels
to be cold, and she would not like
to come until Spring. However, she
also says it has rained so long that
they almost need a boat to get a-
round. She is wondering if the
James M. Gibson
195 widows, 569 children, 270
tired wage-earners, 64 wives of
tired wage-earners
pendent parents.
164 lump-sum
amounting in all
and 7 aged
re-
re-
de-
death payments,
$12,397.95 were
made in the Fayetteville service area
during 1945.
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‘Tt Pays To Advertise"
James M. Gibson. 54, died at his
home in Maxton Wednesday morn
ing after a long period of ill health.
Funeral services were held Thurs
day afternoon from the home, con
ducted by the Rev. C. J. Andrews,
pastor of St. Pauls Methodist church
of which the deceased was a mem
ber.
•He is survived by his wife, three
sons, Kinnon, Sabert and Vernon
Gibson and two daughters, Mrs. Nina
McKenzie and Miss Dorothy Gib
son. |
and by
of Red
Creek,
gue D.
six sons: Jesse D. and L. L.
Springs, Walter R. of Grays
James of Rockingham, An-
of Hamlet, and Archie
of
Raeford.
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Fishing Licenses On
Sale Now In Robeson
famed ship Ancon, which was built
by the Panama R. R. Co. and turned
over to the government during the
war, now due back, will be put on
its regular passenger run to take
vacationers to the states again.
The Andersons and Mr. Boyd, who
have just returned from a trip to
New Orleans, were so delightfully
surprised to meet up with Sarah
Lacy, who was there to embark for
Brazil and her missionary work.
Know she was happy to see someone
from home at the last, and we are
all thinking of her as she begins this
fine work and wishing her great
success and happiness in it.
The State department of conser
vation and development has issued
for the first time a county 'fishing
license, and all county residents
fishing with artificial lures or baits
will be required to purchase a lic
ence, states protector for the 14th
district comprising Robeson, Scot
land, Hoke and Cumberland coun
ties. I
Artificial lures or baits are de
fined as lures or baits which are
made by hand or are manufactured
and which are not available as nat
ural fish foods.
It shall be unlawful to take fish
by any means whatsoever in Inland
fishing waters, of North Carolina
from April 6 through May 19, of
each year, both dates inclusive.
The new 1946 fishing licenses are
now on sale in Robeson county.
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PJC Being Filled
With Vet Students
Father Sullivan, pastor of St.
Mary’s Catholic church of Laurin
burg, and Father Leo, pastor of.the
church in Dunn, conducted the im
pressive funeral services for Mrs.
Mary Williams, which -were Ijeld
from her home in Maxton, Friday
January 11th, at 3 o’clock in the
afternoon.] The choir of St. Marys
church, ^f which Miss Frances Nas-
sif is director, rendered the music
and Mrs. Joe Thomas of Laurin
burg, was in charge of the arrange
ment of the lovely floral designs.
Pallbearers were S. B. Murad of
Wilson, Ramon Farris and Emil
Rabil of Goldsboro. A. B. Shahdon
of Raleigh, Kelly Joseph of Benson
and Fred Solomon of Maxton.
Mrs. Williams was one of the
most consecrated members of St.
Mary’s church, and was loved and
esteemed by a host of friends in
this section where she has made
her home for about 20 years.
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New Sugar Books
Not For Everyone
So many veterans have registered
for the second semester,, beginning
January 23rd, at Presbyterian Junior
college that the college is making
arrangements for additional dormi
tory facilities and for housing mar
ried students. A large number of
the students are taking the special
refresher course before beginning col
lege work. Others are taking regu
lar college classes or commercial
work. A large class in aeronautics
ground school and flying is antici
pated. Regular mid-term examina
tions begin January 17, and continue
through January 22nd.
Recent announcements that sugar
ration books will henceforth be is
sued for all of North Carolina by the
OPA district office in Raleigh does
not mean that present holders of
books will get a new one, Theodore
S. Johnson, director of the Office of
Price Administration, said today.
Johnson said the announcements
simply indicated that returning ser
vice people, who have never had ra
tion books, or families having new
babies, may apply for sugar ration
books by obtaining a n application
blank at the local board and sending
it to the Raleigh office properly fil
led out. The same procedure should
be followed to replace lost or muti
lated books, Johnson said.
A lot of people, he added, thought
that new books were being issued te
all persons. This is not true.
Schools Closed ’Til
Monday-Bad Roads
Bad roads, resulting from| ths
heavy fall of snow-sleet and rail,
caused the closing of all schools 1*
Robeson county which are served by
buses. Supt. W. R. Dudley states
the schools of Red Springs will open
Monday, if no further fall of snow
takes place.