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THE SCOTTISH CHIEF
FOUNDED 1887
RED SPRINGS CITIZEN
FOUNDED 1896
CONSOLIDATED 1944
NEWS IN BRIEF
STATE
NATION
WORLD
SUNDAY, March 3—
Wreckage of airliner which
carried 21 persons to death found
on mountainside near San Diego,
Calif. One Tar Heel, Mrs. E. O.
' McGill ivrae of Charlotte, among
those killed.
Plans announced for postwar
Army Air forces to include 70
air groups with 8,000 plane^iu
operation and 6,000 in reserve.
Total personnel of 400,000.
General Motors suggests secret
vote of workers to determine de-
sire to return to work
bound plants. GM has
1-2 cent hourly wage
United Auto Wiorkers
1 pat in demand for 19
in strike-
offered 18
increase,
standing-
1-2 cents in-
crease.
Russians said by
Chinese dispatch to
semi-official
have seized
all power systems in Manchuria
—subject of discussions between
Chungking and Moscow.
MONDAY, MARCH 4
Manufacture of cigarettes dur
ing 1945 reached an all-time high
with 335 'billion produced, N. C.
Department of
•iculture an-
nounces. Flue-cured tobacco stacks
declined 1,152 million pounds dur
ing 1945, indicating disappearance
of about
same amount growers
produced in 1945.
Four Negro children killed and
21 injured when school bus plung
es off bridge near Louisburg. Fif
teen-year-old driver arrested for
involuntary manslaughter.
Releasing documents tieing
Generalissimo Franco with Hitler
,.and Mussolini, United States joins
Britain and France in requesting
Spanish people to oust dictator by
peaceful means.
CIO agrees to GM vote proposal
on condition workers also vote on
whether strike issues should be
L placed before government
trator.
Administration - sponsored
providing '’ $600,000,000 to
arbi-
bill
spur
home building killed in House by
161-92 vote.
^ Ganaha’s Prime Minister W. L.
McKenzie King claims evidence
that Soviet and Canadian agents,
operating under direct instruc
tions from Moscow seek informa
tion of American troop movements
and data on atomic bomb and, ra
dar.
TUESDAY, MARCH 5
Winston Churchill condemns
Russia’s expansion policy and asks
a virtual military alliance between
the United States and Great Brit
ain; and President Truman pleads
for full support of the United Na
tions charter to save minkind
from destruction. Secretary of
State Byrnes reveals note telling
Soviets that U. S. opposes Red
seizure of Jap industries in Man
churia. State department protests
to Moscow continued presence of
Russian troops in Iran.
Progressive nation-wide
rail-
road strike set to begin Monday,
March 11, unless railroads and
brotherhoods get together on wage
and working rule issues. Atlantic
Coast Line and Southern Railway
scheduled to be struck beginning
Monday 6 a. m. and Seaboard
Railway Wednesday, March 13, at
6 a. m.
Stabilization Director Chester
Bowles claims greedy lobbies are
out to wreck only controls be.-
tween our people and inflation.
Senate aplproves presidential
^appointment of former WP'B Head
▼Julius A. Krug as Secretary of In-
I terior.
I WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6
, City of Detroit asks President
VTruman’s personal
in General Motors
intervention
strike after
mediator reports stalemate in ne
gotiations;
Capital divided on Churchill’s
request for an armed aliance
against Russia, with senators and
representatives arguing both sides
of matter.
Speaking before
Council of Churches
America, President
peals for nation’s
'.UNO charter,
to Churchill’s
Makes
plea for
the Federal
of Christ in
Tr/nan ap-
support of
no reference
1 an alliance.
THURSDAP,
MARCH
7
United States calls
on Russia
to live up to agreements and
withdraw from Iran. Russia elates
United States officials by an
nouncing it will take part in the
international monetary confer
ence, but only as an observer.
Agreements on weekly wage
increases of from $5 to $8 results
'^ in cancelling of threatened na-
8 tionwide phone workers strike.
Britain, Russia and United Stat-
THE SCOTTISH CITIZEN
Red Springs, N. C., and Maxton, N. C. THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1946
Miss Gaitley
Dies In Dunn
Dr. Ford Opens
Office In Maxton
Dr. B. Fred Ford Jr., of
Flor-
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
SERVING WESTERN
ROBESON—ANDI TOWNS
OF MAXTON—RED
SPRINGS -
PARKTON—ROWLAND
Volume LVIl, No.6
Miss Carrie Gaitley of Maxton
died Friday afternoon, March 1.
in a Dunn hospital, following an
operation which was performed
the previous day. Pneumonia de
veloped soon after the operation
and was the immediate cause of
her death. Miss Gaitley had been
away from her home in Maxton
for several weeks, visiting friends
in Chapel Hill and more recently
her sisters in Benson.
Funeral services were held on
Sunday afternoon at the home,
conducted by the Rev. C. J. An
drews, pastor of St. Pauls Metho
dist church, of which she had been
ence, S. C., will open offices in
Maxton this week for the general
practice of medicine. He wiil be
located in Dr. J. H. Williams’ for
mer offices. ,
Dr. Ford recently returned from
three years service in the navy
and holds the rank of Lieut. Com
mander in the Naval Reserve. He
is a graduate of the Medical Col
lege of the State of South Caro-
Many Attend
Rites For
D. L Maynard
A large concourse of friends
relatives attended the funeral
vice of D. L. Maynard, which
and
ser-
was
a
devoted member since child-
hood. Also taking part in the ser
vices were the Rev. W. L. Clegg
of Fayetteville, a former pastor,
who paid a
beautiful tribute to
her life of unselfish
her family,
church, and
her
the
Young, pastor of
tist church, and
and of Benson.
The hymns ‘
service to
friends and hei
Rev. Forrest L.
the Maxton Bap-
Rev. Kern Orm-
‘My Faith Looks
Up To Thee, “Sometime We’ll Un
derstand” and the choral re
sponse, “Savior Head Me”' were
sung by a choir composed of mem
bers of the different churches in
town. The poem “My Task” was
read by Mr. Clegg,
were J. L. Pace. T.
P. Williams. C. A.
McVicker and H. A.
Pallbearers
O. Evans, E.
Hasty, J. R.
McKinnon of
Lumberton. Honorary pallbearers
were MeBryde Austin, McKay Mc
Kinnon, B. F. Taylor, C. L. Green,
W. H. Hasty, W. J.
Whitlock, Murdock
Dr. J. Croom. Mrs.
Jr., and a group
friends arranged
ers on the grave
was closed with
Miss Gaitley
the
and
the
was
Pace, C. H.
McLean and
T. O. Evans
of intimate
lovely flow-
the service
benediction,
the eldest
daughter of the late William I.
Gaitley and Mrs. Ella Van Hook
Gaitley of Maxton. She had lived
here most of her entire life and
was held in deep affection and
esteem. She is survived by two
sisters. Misses Ethel and Pan^y
Gaitley of the Benson high shoal
faculty. ,
Among the large number of out
of town friends who attended the
funeral were E. D .Gaitley and
Mrs. Florence Thompson of Flor
ence. S. C., Mr. and Mrs. Martha
Gaitley and Misses Harriet and
Hazel Morrison of Red Springs,
Mr. and Mrs. Vester McPhail of
Rowland, Mrs. Rupert Bridgers,
Miss Bettie Read Blue and Miss
Sara Blue of Aberdeen. Mrs. W.
M. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. W. R.
Strickland, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Whittington, Edgar Johnson, Mrs.
Gustus Parker, Mrs. Paul John
son. Misses Neta Turlington and
Stella Creech, Mr. and
Barefoot, Mrs. W. 0.
Benson, Mrs.
James
Mrs. W. J.
Rackley of
L. Gibson
and James L. Gibson
Jr., of
son. Miss Madeline Jennings,
M. H.
1 tarns
Mrs.
ville.
Jennings, and Tom
of Chapel Hill and Mr.
Gib-
Mrs.
Wil-
and
Herbert Porter of Fayette-
Lee Will Attend
Conference On
Evangelism
The Rev. A. C. Lee,, pastor
of
Trinity Methodist church of Red
Springs, has been selected as a
member of a group of ministers
of the North Carolina and Vir
ginia conferences to attend a
special personal evangelism con
ference to be held in Richmond
next week.
Mr. Lee explains that the group
wlil work with ministers and lay-
men of Richmond for five days
calling on persons selected dur-
ing a survey made last week
the area within fifty miles
Richmond. There are to be
special services or sermons,
of
of
no
he
says, with the campaign conduct
ed on the basis of personal calls
by those attending the confer
ence, with results reported and
discussed
meetings.
Results
will then
at
of
be
their evening group
the five-day meeting
correlated and a
port made, which if found to
fruitful and practical will then
extended to other areas.
Mrs. Neill
son, Richard
her mother.
Watson
Neill.
and
re-
be
be
small
are visiting'
Mrs. Samuel Guer-
rant, in Calloway, Va. They were
accompanied to Virginia Friday
by Mr. Watson whod returne
home Sunday
es decide to let Germany retain
one seventh of its merchant fleet
and divide the remainder three
ways.
OUR TRIP TO
THE DAIRY FARM
lina and practced
n St. Matthews, S.
tering the service.
He is a young
for two years
C., before en-
physician of
sblendid qualifications, who ranks
well in his profession. Maxton
people feel that they are indeed
fortunate to have him locate here
where his services are so much
needed and he and his family
will receive a most cordial wel
come. He has a wife and small
daughter. They will live in an
apartment at the home of Mrs. J.
B. McDonald on North Patterson
street.
He had expected to be here the
first of the week, but because of
certain business matters, it was
impossibe for him to do so.
held from his home in Maxton
Sunday afternoon. His pastor, the
Rev. T. Layton Fraser, of the
First Presbyterian church, offi
ciated, reading several familiar
passages of scripture and offering
prayer. Burial, with full Masonic
honors, followed at Oakgrove cem
etery with J. G. Gainey, John F.
Moser, Hugh McCall. Murphy Mc-
Girt, John Deaver and Lt. W. T.
Smith serving as active pallbear
ers.
- (Written by the practice teacher
as told by the children of Red
Springs first grxde.)
We went to the dairy farm Fri
day, March the first. We rode
on the city bus. Mr. Moore show
ed us around , the glairy farm. We
saw many cows in the pasture.
He showed us how they milked
the cows by machine. (Now they
milk the cows' by hand.) Mr. Moore
showed us how they wash the
milk bottles. He showed us cow
they put the milk in the bottles.
He showed us how they put the
Red Springs
Anto Dealers
Plan Expansion
Commissioners Approve Request
For Red Springs School Tax
caps on the bottles. , We
where they kept
the milk
We saw sacks of cow’s feed.
Moore let us look in the silo,
erybody had a good time at
dairy farm.
saw
cold
Mr.
Ev-
the
The flag, with which the casket
had
day,
nard
can
been draped since Wednes-
was presented to Mrs. May-
by members of the Ameri-
Legion. Honorary pallbear-
ers were J. B. McCallum. McKay
McKinnon,
H. White,
Taylor, B.
Beverly McCallum. A.
C. J. Cottingham. J. H.
NEWS AND VIEWS
(By RUTH R. CROOM)
PRESBYTERIAN J,R. COL
LEGE—At a loss for ideas, we
asked some girls. “What shall we
talk about in News and Views?”
and they said “The G.I.’s at P. J.
C. That's what all the other girls
are talking about.” So we called
the college and the nice young
man who answered the plhone
said we asked some awfully
tough questions, but we did get
some interesting information.
PJC is really going places now.
There are about 200 students,
more than half veterans, which is
a long way ahead of anf previous
I enrollment, and they are a fine
bunch of fellows who are here
to study. Thirty-eight new ones
came in this week. No doubt you
have noticed these nice looking
young men on the streets. They
are older and more interesting
locking than the very young lads
we’re accustomed to see at the
college. These veterans have av
eraged three years in the service
and have come back for refresher
courses in English, Math and oth
er serious subjects, girls, and he-
sides, some of
men.
DAYSTROM
coming outfit
inates Inc., at
of Daystrom.
them are married
we hadn’t been
— Another up-an-
is Daystrom Lam-
the little village
Until this week
there at night
since the electric lights were in
stalled and since a number of very
attractive homes, including the
Anderson’s were built. It is well
worth visiting, and we were most
impressed with the fine plant, the
modern, air conditioned offices
with every convenience, but most
of all
entire
there
with
tion.
work
such
tween
with the fine spirit of the
personnel. Those
are proud to be
such a splendid
fee Ithat they
who work
associated
organiza-
are doing
that is worth while and
pleasant relations exist bc-
employer and employs
Thye said they’d show us through
the mill next time and that will
'be very interesting.
MARCH FIRES-March is the
month when we always sound a
warning about fires, but the one
which brhke out in Walter
Hecht’s car last Sunday had noth
ing to do with high March winds,
and is a complete mystery. Mr.
Hecht and his secretary, Miss
Louise Causey, had been in the
office of Shafer Distributing Co.
for about an hour when they heard
a crackling sound, and went out
to Investigate. They found the
inside of the car a raging infer-
ni and the interior was complete
ly ruined—also Miss Causey’s fur
coat! They took the loss very
philosophically, saying it was just
“one of those things,” but quite
a misfortune now that cars
so hard to buy and we extend
heart-felt.
League Planned
are
our
Nine towns were represented
at a meeting in Red Springs on
Monday night to plan a Twin-
State Textile baseball league, ac
cording to Tom Cope, sparkplug
of the organization.
Towns which had representa
tives 'present at the meeting and
which signified intention of en
tering the proposed league Were:
Laurinburg. Red Springs, Laurel
Hill, . Lumberton, Fayetteville.
Elizabethtown, Raeford, Stedman
and McColl.
A second meeting is to be held
at Red Springs Monday
name a president and
directors and to accept
felt fees from clubs.
night to
board of
$200 for-
sey,
Rae,
Buie,
mer.
Arch
Hugh
F. Taylor,
Campbell,
Drennan,
E. A. Helekson.
Joseph Es-
0. J. Mc-
Lawrence
J. W. Ha-
Modern Safe
Door For Bank
A! Red Springs
^he Scottish Bank this week
placed an order for a modern safe
D. L. Stone. J. B. Hood. E.
IP. Williams. T. K. Speres, C. S.
| McIntyre, E. T. Carrowan, T. 0.
(Evans, A. C. Greene, T. W. Wat-
I son, A. A. McEachin and R. M.
; Knight.
Mi’s. Glen A. Crofton and Mrs.
i Boyd Atkinson of Raleigh were in
charge of the arrangement of the
many beautiful floral designs,
which covered the grave and also
j the graves of his parents on the
j family plot, and gave evidence of
! the warm affection of his host of
I friends throughout this section.
I Among those from out of town
who attended the service were
Mr. and Mrs. Paul S. Maynard
and Miss Marjorie Arnette of
Clewiston, Fla: Mrs. Wilma Mer
edith of Raleigh, Gilbert Wilkin
son of Murphy, Mr. and Mrs. M.
J. McLeod of Greenville. H. H.
McLeod of Wilmington, Mr. and
Mrs. J. B. Cottingham of High
Point, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Knouse
and Miss Ruth McKellar of Win
ston-Salem, Baxter Morris and
Miss Katherine Smith of Fay
etteville. Mrs. Rose McEachin,
Mrs. MacWatson, Mrs. Chas.
Howe, Mrs. Raymond Cooper.
Miss Sara McEachin and Jot Pat
McEachin of Parkton.
Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Watson. MrA
J. H. Carper, Mr and Mrs. D. S.
Morrison, Miss Martha Ann and
Brown Morrison, Mr. and Mrs. H.
D’. Morrison, I. L. and James
Johnson of Rowland.
Mrs. Hector. McNeill of
Mrs. J. W. McNeill, Mr.
Arthur McEachin and
Mr. and
Fairmont,
and Mrs.
Mr.
and
Mrs. Pat Watson, and Mrs. Wal
ter McNeill of Red Springs.
Mrs. Bess Monroe. Mrs. N. A.
Deaver, Mrs, J. W. Barker, Frank
McNeill,. Jack Morrison, Henry
McKinnon and Mrs. Jas. Gleen of
Lumberton. Mr. and Mrs. Alex
McKenzie, Mr. and Mrs. 0. J.
Rae, and Harry McRae and
and Mrs. Ralph Campbell
Laurinburg.
Concentrate On
Quality, Weed
Growers Told
Tobacco growers should
centrate on quality and
Mc-
Mr.
of
con-
give
more attention to the prepara
tion of the leaf for market, in the
opinion of R. C. (Bob) Rankin,
supervisor of sales on
berton market.
Mr. Rankin declares
keting conditions will
the Lum-
that mar-
be differ-
ent this year from what they have
during the past four or five sea
sons and there is going to be a
■greater differential in the price
of the common and better grades.
He believes the grower who
raises a quality crop neatly pre
pared will be well repaid for his
efforts in the price received.
It is a known fact, Mr. Rankin
pointed out. that all buying com
panies prefer cleanly-guadedileaf,
free from trash, strings and oth
er foreign matter and tied in neat
uniform bundles.
Three Pre-School
Clinics Next Week
Three pre-school clinics will
be
conducted in Robeson county
schools next week by the health
department. A clinic will be held
at Maxton (white) on Wednes
day, March 13, one at Green Grove
(Indian) Thursday. March 14, and
one at East Lumberton (white)
Friday. March 15. All will be at
10 a. m.
Knox Singleton of Rowland
spent Monday with his father, J.
A. Singleton Sr.
door and grill for
. Springs, it was
President John P.
The new vault
installed in about
its -unit at Red
announced
Stedman.
door is to
90 days.
by
be
re-
placing the old-type door now be
ing used in the Red Sprinks bank.
Installation of the new
will give the bank the
available theft insurance
door
lowest
a.vail-
able, President Stedman declared.
A doer of the game type will be
used in building the vault for the
Scottish Bank’s new establish
ment at St. Pauls, he said.
The door, a Mosier type L-D7
is seven inches thick and is
equipped with two combinations
and three time locks.
County School
Board Hears
Many Requests
Several requests for improve
ments and additions in school
facilities marked the meeting of
the county Board of Education
meeting Monday,
were taken under
the board.
All requests
advisement by
Springs
special
school
election
board approve
school tax In
district. Board
mal request be
records.
Shelton West
its
asked that the
on a proposed
request for a
the Red Springs
asked that a for-
presented for its
and Principal Ru-
fus Walker of Allenton school
asked that the school be alloted
an agrieuture and vocational
teacher. Salary of such an instruc
tor would be paid one-third by
the county and the remainder by
State and Federal governments.
Inauguration of a vocational de
partment at Allenton also would
make necessary obtaining of
equipment as there is none in the
school at present.
Three committeemen from Hilly
Branch Negro school tendered
their resignations, effective the
last of March. They were C. R.
Faulk, chairman,
0.
son and W. V. Floyd.
A group from Parkton
ed' the construction of
room in view of the fact
Thomp-
request-
a lunch
that the
present lunchroom is now being
operated in a classroom which
probably will be needed for class-
room purposes
school year.
A committee
er Pittman, E.
during the
composed of
Tom Lewis
next
Rog-
and
Graham McKinnon appeared on
behalf of the Barnesville white
school, seeking to learn when
they could expect completion of
the Barnesville high school,
which was begun in 1941.
The board expressed the desire
that the work be resumed as soon
as materials and labor are avail
able.
A delegation from Long Branch
white school asked for a modern
school building, asserting that
the present building has been
outgrown by the enrollment. Lu
ther Thompson served as spokes
men for the group, which also in-
eluded
Thompson
from Mrs.
grade.
George C.
ed to the
Herman
and
Britt,
several
Thompson’s
Branch school
Pittman was
committee
Mrs.
students
seventh
appoint-
of Long
pired
ed.
The
Piney
term of
board
to fill the unex-
J. B. Ivey, deceas-
ordered that the
Grove Indian school No. 2
be advertised for sale. The school
was discontinued the first of the
present school year and the stu
dents moved to the Fairmont
school.
R. D. McMillan Jr., former vice
McKay McKinnon
Candidate For
Recorder’s Post
Hear Appeal
For Better
Negro Schools
president and trust officer
Scottish Bank, has become
ated with J. A. Singleton
Springs and the firm will
of the
afficili-
in Red
be in-
corporated under the name of
Singleton and McMillan, it >was
announced today.
The firm, which has been op
erated by Mr. Singleton since
1944, is planning increased oper
ations which include the dealer
ship for Pontiac and Studebaker
automobiles and several well
known lines of farm equipment.
The organization is located in
a new 60 by 116-foot building on
Main street and plans call for the
addition shortly of a 40 by 40,dis
play room and office at the front
of the present building. Construc
tion work is being done by Iha
Southeastern
puny.
Employes of
F. Tolar Jr.,
Construction com
the firm include, A.
stock clerk; Mrs.
Margaret McDonald, bookkeeper;
A. L. Britt, garage foreman, and
Laurin McColl, Kirby Garner,
James Ray and 'Jim Maxwell.
Commenting on Mr. McMillan’s
resignation from the Scottish
Bank,
said:
“We
President John P. Stedman
regretted
resignation of R.
as vice president
of the Scottish
March 2, 19b6.
“Mr. McMillan
to accept the
D. McMillan Jr.,
and trust officer
Bank, effective
has been identi-
fied with the Scottish Bank since
its organization, and his work
i with us has been outstanding in
I every respect. We are going to
(miss him, but he leaves us with
our very best wishes for his con-
tinned success which we
will be his.”
3 Towns Hi!
Goal In Red
Cross Drive
Three towns
quotas in the
campaign, it
Wednesday by
know
have passed their
current Red Cross
was announced
Migs Anne
coules, executive secretary
Cou-
of
the Robeson chapter.
Red Springs was the first to go
over the
its quota
the drive
Bell, Red
top, raising more than
on the opening day of
last Friday. Miss
Springs chairman.
Pat
re-
ported funds totaling $1,336 re-
ceived on Friday,
quota was $1.2'50.
Other towns
Red Springs’
meeting their
quota already are Fairmont and
St. Pauls.
Fairmont had reached its mark
of $2,100 Wednesday ■ morning and
St. Pauls had raised $1,385
$1,385 against its goal of $1,250.
Amounts which other
had reported Wednesday
Lumberton, $2,200; Parkton,
Pembroke.
No reports
$200; Rowland,
towns
were:
$112;
$506.
had
been received
from Maxton and Lumber Bridge.
In urging that citizens make
their donations at once in order
that the drive may be
soon as possible,
pointed out the
army and navy
that they expect
Miss
fact
have
cosed as
Coucoules
that the
indicated
the ,Red Cross
to provide, in addition to other
services rest centers, clubs, etc.
in the overseas area as long
there is an occupying force.
Mrs. Elton Odom, Mrs. H.
as
G.
R’dinger and Miss Alice Bedin
McKay McKinnon of Maxton
states that he will be a candidate
to succeed himself for the office
of Recorder of Maxton recorder
district subject to' the will of the.
voters of the Democratic primary
on May 25th.
Robeson county commissioners
lat their monthly
Monday approved a
meeting
on
request of
1 the Red Springs school board to
Mr. McKinnon
recorder of the
after the death
was appointed
Max-ton district
of Thomas
dell, and has served for one
Cad-
year.
Mrs. Monroe
Receives Medal
For Her Son
Mrs. Bess Monroe of West 17th
street received the Air Medal
posthumously awarded her son.
Lieut. John D. Monroe, in ser
vice at her • home Sunday morn
ing.
Lieut,
lot. wa
France
Monroe,
killed
a Liberator
in
on June 24.
action
1944.
Pi-
over
Lieut.
Monroe, who entered the service
in February 1942, was married to
the former Miss Ethel McKinney
of Galveston. Texas.
Presentation of the Air Medal
to Mrs. Monroe was made by Col
onel Howard W. Cannon of the
Sloth AAF Base Unit of the- Laur
inburg-Maxton Army Air base.
Lieut. Monroe was employed by
Economy Auto Supply in Lumber-
ton before entering the service.
As
home
a young boy he made his
in Maxton, where he had
number of friends.
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Red
Springs was discharged from the
army at Fort Bragg Thursday af
ter three years service with the
13th Armored Division, 8 months
of which were spent in Germany.
Sgt. David M. Lobach arrived
in Brooklyn, N. Y., on March 3rd
from the China-Burma-India the
ater. Sgt. Lobach is the husband
of the former Miss Faye Parker
of near Red Springs.
S.-SGT. THOMAS JOHNSON
S.-Sgt. Thomas Johnson, son of
Mis. T. H. Johnson of Maxton,
returned home this week
Burma and India, where he
served for 28 months, and
received his discharge.
from
has
has
SGT. A. J. COTTINGHAM
AWARDED BRONZE STAR
ISgt. Alexander J. Cottingham
(Bill), son of Mrs. Mary L. Cot
tingham of Maxton, was awarded
the Bronze Star medal for
tinctive
military
enemy
Feb. 16
service in connection
operations
during the
to March
against
period
16, 1945.
dis-
with
the
fsom
in
France, according to
official news
release from his commanding of
ficer, Major A. E, Brown of Camp
Campbell, Ky. The citation states
that despite the dangers of eon-
tinuous action against
bornly resisting enemy
constant exposure to
and suffering ne to
a -stub-
arid the
hardships
inclement
weather, Sat, 7>ttingham, a rifle
man. at all times dischaged his
many and varied duties with fear
lessness and utter disregard to
the absence of even the smallest
comforts. His conduct throughout
this period was the highest
standard and was an example and
inspiration to his comrades,
fleeting great credit upon
self and the armed forces.
ODISEE HARRISON
Pfc. Odisee Harrison of
re-
him-
Red
Springs is one of 904 Army veter?
ans returning to the States for dis ¬
charge aboard
Victory, which
pan. February
uled to arrive
February 23.
the S. S. Oneida
left Yokohama. Ja-
9, and was
in Seattle
sched-
about
Quartet Coming
; To Red Springs
The Lone Star quartet,
featur-
ger visited Miss Ann Odom at f ng Bert Carroll. Elmer Johnson.
Greensboro college Monday.
lElmo Fagg. Carl Rains and Jack
f Ward-I (Tiny) Taylor, will appear at the
Belmont college in Tennessee, Red Springs high school Monday.
Miss Carolyn Graham o
spent the weekend with her moth- March 11. at 8 o'clock
er, Mrs. Ernest Graham Sr.
The pro-
Igram will be under the sponsor-
Mrs J ship of the PTA. Advance tickets
Miss are on ga ] e a j Townsend’s Phar-
Frances Singleton spent ,„Wednes- 1 maey , George’s Mamet and the
Mirs. Dorothy McMillan.
David Ray Hall, Jr., and
day and Thursday in Charlotte.
Ihigh school.
allow a special election on a
for the Red Springs schools.
The request was presented
George T. Ashford. Dr. C.
tar
by
T.
Johnson and Walter Dudley, Red
Springs principal.
The proposed tax would be not
over 25 cents on the $100 valua
tion and would be used for im
provements in the schools includ-
ing a vocational department,
spokesmen said.
Wr. Ashford pointed out
the citizens of Red Springs
the
that
are
anxious that their school prepare
its students better for
to colleges and for the
of making a living.
Mr. Ashfbrd pointed
entrance
purpose
out that
tendent of welfare, made two re
quests of the board—one for the
addition to her department of an
assistant to the child welfare
worker and the other that- two
case workers now working in ad
ditional territory to their regular
territory be allowed extra' travel
expense.
The commissioners were peti
tioned by a group of representa
tive citizens to provide better
school facilities for Negroes in
the City of Lumberton.
As a result of the request,
which was presented by approxi
mately a dozen white and Negro
citizens, the commissioners vot
ed to appoint a committee to
work with the city school board
in arranging details for the con
struction of suitable facilities for
Negro school children.
The commissioners pointed out
that County Manager E. K. Butler
already has been looking into the
matter
ject.
The
B. E.
of financing such a pro-
petition was presented by
Lohr, superintendent of
Lumberton city schools.
Among
in behalf
E. Stacy,
those making short talks
of the petition were H.
Dr. L. R. Hedgpeth, H.
Gordon Cashwell, George
Young and Wade Spearman.
Both requests were taken
der advisement by the board.
Commissioners approved
employment of E. E. Wright
un-
the
as
an assistant to the county agent,
to specialize in tobacco research
and extension work. Half of the
new agent's salary will be paid
by the county while the remain
der of the salary and travel ex
pense will be paid by State and
Federal governments.
Petition
The petition concerning erec
tion of new Negro schools was
signed by the following: J. Glenn
Blackburn- chairman, represent
ing the Rotary club; H. E. Stacy,
State school board; O. L. Henry,
city school board;
R. G. Cash-
well, Kiwanis; R. L. Alexander,
Ministerial
Blake. Lions:
association; R.
P.
R. A. Hedgpeth,
mayor of Lumberton; B. E. Lohr,
superintendent of City schools; L.
R. Hedgpeth. city school board;
J. R. Poole, Jr., Lions; H. F.
Biggs.
M.
W.
Merchants’ association;
Williams, Lions: V. D. ,
Baker, Sr., Rotary; L. W. Wicker,
Kiwanis; B. M. Sibley,
The petition follows:
We. the undersigned
Kiwanis.
and
era!
representatives of
citizens
the sey-
civic groups and other or-
ganizations in the City of Lum
berton, have for the past several
weeks given considerable study to
the subject of school facilities for
Negroes in the City of Lumber-
ton. Our activities have included
conferences with the county man
ager. with various school offi
cials, and with groups of repre
sentative Negro leaders. Facts
as to present facilities and needs
have been ascertained and
sideration given
ture needs.
As a result of
following facts
parent:
1. That the
to probable
con-
fu-
these studies,
have become
the
up-
present facilities
consisting of two privately own
ed buildings, now being used as
school buildings, are structurally
unsafe and present a hazard from
danger of fire or collapse. From
the standpoint of size and design,
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TOURNEY FINALS
Red
boys took the
championship in the county tour
nament by defeating Maxton Fri
day night 31-17.
St. Pauls and Fairmont girls
took a joint championship after
two extra quarters in their final
game failed to break a 15-15 tie.