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THE SCOTTISH CHIEF FOUNDED 1887 RED SPRINGS CITIZEN FOUNDED 1896 CONSOLIDATED 1944 THE SCOTTISH CITIZEN A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER , SERVING WESTERN ROBESON—ANDI TOWNS OF MAXTON—RED SPRINGS PARKTON—ROWLAND Published Thursdays Red Springs. N. C.. and Maxton, N. C. THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1946 Volume LVII, No. 13 Hundred Lockers Already Rented In Proposed Red Springs Plant Advantages Of Freezer Unit Told At Meet John 6. Purcell Principals In Celebration At Red Springs i I Nearly 100 food storage lock ers wer^rented in the new freezer locker plant at a meeting of fart- mers and business men heldat the high school in Red Springs Thurs day night. Dr. J. E. Coade. refrigeration specialist, and Dr. B. E. Brady of State college, were the. main speakers of the evening and ex plained the advantages a freezer locker plant would give the com munity. * Former Governor J M. Brough 4ton, who had been scheduled to speak was unable to appear, hav ing been called to Washington on business. Taken By Death John . Gilchrist Purcel, well known farmer and businessman, passed away Saturday evening, May 4 at Highsmith hospital af- ter a few days illness A host of friends cartie their last tribute of love fection to “Mr. Jack,” as to pay and af-• he was Walter Dudley served as 4 man of the meeting duced the speakers. It was pointed out ing the 250 of the and chair, intro- at the meet- 500 lockers must be rented in advance before a building permit can be obtain ed. The advance rental is $15 year- known, at the funeral ser vie Asi which were held from the home Monday. The impressive service was jointly conducted by the Rev. G. F. Kirkpatrick,, pastor of Centre Presbyterian church, of which Mr. Purcell was an officer, and Rev. S. H. Fulton, D. D., pastor of the Laurinburg Firesbyterian church. The music which was in charge of Mrs. R. M. Williams, consisted o fthe hymns “Abide With Me” and “Oh Love -That Will Not Let Me Go,” sung by ly and Tockers may be rented the following places: Red Springs Supply Co. Lierty Manufacturing Co. at Mrs. W. A. Webb, Mrs. Oliver kinnon, Mrs. R. A. McLeod Miss Audrey Brunkhurst. Active pallbearers were his Me- and Mrs. I. P. Ray at Red Springs Drug Co. Grantham Insurance and Real ty Co. A number of large farmers rented lockers at Thursday night phews Douglas cclm MoPhaul, Rod MacNair J. Gardner Bostick MclPhaul, ne Mal- James Bostick, R. Dalrymple Jr. and Murphy Me meeting for themselves and tenants on their farms. for Neill. Honorary pallbearers were Dr. J. E. Purcell and Dr.- R. D. McMillan of Red Springs A. H, White, G. H. McKa, D. V. Walke" J. B. McCallum, L. B. Martin, McKay McKinnon W. K. Cromar tie. C. L. Green, John H. Coble of Women’s Clubs Plan Joint Meet May 13 Wil % The Junior women’s club ■ hold its Ma^ meeting Monday night. May 13? at 8 o’clock at the USO with the members of the Se nior women’s club as special ^guests.' The program, the topic of which is Music, will consist, of numbers Laurinburg, Z. V. McMillan of Red Springs and Paisley Watson. Mrs. John H. Coble and Mrs. Dari Stewart, assisted by his niec es and a group of friends, carried and arranged the many beautiful floral designs on the grave in the family pot in Oakgrove ceme tery Maxton. Mr. Purcell, who was a member of one of the oldest and mosh rendered by the Robeson county, wicDHy connected families in this section, was born in Robeson county April 8, 1876, the son of Training school glee club. All members are urged to and be on time. come the late Tire-mas J. and) Margaret McCallum Purcell. He was mar- Mrs, Slaunwhite To Address Auxiliary ried in 1903 to of Boone, who He is survived two daughters. Mrs. 0. S. Slaunwhite of Ra ¬ Miss Dora Glenn died Jan. 1, 19. by two sons and Glenn Parcel lof Misses Margaret leigh state president of the Amer- Petersburg. Va. and Martha Purcell of ,Maxtc*i and ican Legion auxiliary, guest speaker at the May of the Maxton American Auxiliary meeting, which will ba meeting Legion ' Gilchrist Purcell of Laurinburg, I four sisters, Mrs. M. H. MePhaul of Antioch, Mrs. Edna Sellers of will beliRed Springs, Mrs. Rory MacNair hel^ in the USD Monday after noon, May 13, at 3:30. Mrs. R. A. McLeod president, urges all wives, mothers and sisters of re turned service men to attend. of Maxton and Mrs. J. A. Bostick Laurinburg, three brothers, Ralph L. Purcell and Smith Purcell of Maxton and Hector Parcel of er- ersburg, Va. Vets District Service Office Is Opened By Turner At RedSprings New Agency Will Be Headquarters For 6 Counties . The North Carolina Veterans Commission has moved its 13th district office from Fayetteville to Red Springs due to the fact gthat this is the center of the six counties (Robeson, Hoke, Cumber- land Scotland, Montgomery) of is composed.. The assistant Richmond and which the district state service offi. cer in charge of this district is H. . Clay Turner, recently of the U. S. Marine Corps and a resident of Red Springs. The office, is lo cated at'10 1-2 Third avenue., on the second floor, just back of ths Grantham Insurance the building owned Six'll, . Serving: with Mr. agency in by George Turner are: Martin McKinnon, Robeson coun ty service officer, Lumberton, I. L. McGill, Scotland county ser. vice officer, Laurinburg; J. .1. Gray, 'Richmond county service officer, Rockingham, E. 0. ipkin, Montgomery county serviceoffi cer, Troy and Mari&n Maxwell. ^Hcke county service officer, Rae,- ford. No county officer has yet been appointed for Cumberland county. The North Carolina Veterans commission was sponsored by Governor R. Gregg Cherry, and created by an a ct of the general assembly in its 1945 session. In the words of Governor Cherry the object of the commission is “to combine all services now being perormed on the state level, in connection with" the veterans of World War I, together with sim- ilar and additional, services veterans of .World War II.” foi- Col. Wiley M. Pickens is ..direc tor with offices in Raleigh, and Frank M. Sasser is state officer located in Winston with the regional offices Veterans Administration. service Salem of the The principal object of the commission is to have a central agency or personnel throughout the state, where veterans may go for con sultation and advice instead , of their having to be shunted from place to place, and to see that there is easy, quick and .conveni ent filing and processing of claims of veterans, .under the G. I. bill of rights and any other laws. The state veterans .commission works with arid through the Veterans Administration at all times. W 8 1 ^Qj speaker; Dr. u. tt. varueii, found er and president-emeritus of the kr.u niLiuuwceu rreuiier Macdon ald; and Mrs. Margaret Morgan NOUMiciS cLLieiidiiiS xueDua^ o celebration at Red Springs in ob servance of the 50th anniversary of Flora Macdonald college are show above on the front steps of me cuiiegc. Left to right, they are: Dr. Henry G. Bedinger, president of the college; Angus L. Macdo-nald, premier of Nova Scotia and chief colle: Mrs. John Locke of the British embassy at Washington; : Hon. Josephus Daniels of Raleigh. McGuire of Laurinburg, first uate, class of 1899. Photo by Houston furnished through grad- Jake co u r- IN UNIFORM v*WM>W»*V»V>»V* . . - iVH* SGT. MARCUS ALLEN Sgt. Marcus Allen arrived in California Tuesday on the Admir al Sirns and is expected to reach his home in Maxton next Monday or Tuesday. He has been in the Philippines for almost a year. SGT.. RANDOLL McLEOD Mrs, R. A. McLeod of Maxto.1 has received word that her son, Sgt. Randall McLeod, has landed in California after a years ser vice in China and will receive his discharge soon. He came over on the General Blatchford. T.SG. ROY L. SMITH T-Sgt. Roy L. Smith arrived in Red Springs Saturday from Fort Bragg where he received a. dis charge from the army after af ter two and a half years service. For the past 14 months he has- been stationed with a tank de stroyer division in Germany. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Smith. 1 COL. GILBERT HOMILTON , Col. Gilbert F. Hamilton arriv-' ed in . Red Springs Thursday) might following: his discharge-: from the Army Air Forces at Ft. j Dix, N. J., this week. He will spend; his terminal leave here with his family. Col. Hamiton was post ex change officer at the Laurinburg- Maxton Army Air [Base for 15 months. Following this he was made supervisor of services. Short' ly after this assignment he was transferred to the mand in the New serving as liaison Material Com- York district officer in the Southern New England district. After serving in this capacity for several months he was transferr ed to the Bufalo plant of the Curtiss Wright Co., as contracting and property disposal officer where he has been located for the past several months. This district office will give in formation and service on prob lems such as insurance, G. I. 'wns, subsistence for education or jo training, claims of all kinds (disability, etc.), medical care and hogpl^tal treatment, employment, dependents and allotments, legal advice, financial assistance, hous ing, and any other . type of as sistance the veterans may need. Thousands Throng To Attend ^ Semicentennial Celebration At Flora MacdonaldColtege^^, Historic Pageant In Woodland Theatre Climaxes Program Festivity reigned in Red Springs Tuesday as a multitude of gradu ates and friends gathered to cele brate the 50th anniversary of Flora Macdonald college. Speeches and an academic pro Alexander Is Named Head Of Legon Post E. H- Alexander was unani-’ mously elected commander of the Charlie Ball post of the Ameri ; Scotland, made during the' celebratlion at Red Lanarkshire, mil lexe- trip especially to enjoy the tunes Springs. Mr. Meikle. a William" K. (Bill Macdnald (left), member of the famous Kiltie band of York, Pa., and Mr. and Mrs. Archibald Meikle of Roanoke Rapids, get together cutive at Roanol/j Rapids, is a and dances the and talk old times. native of Glasgow, Scotland, and [Photo by Jake Houston furnished he and his wife, from Wishaw,'through courtesy jlotte Observer. of the Char- NEXT WEEK T those folks who had a in the various activities of 30th anniversary celebration, part the the Mrs. Hyndman Still In Grave Condition Red Robins Defeat Team From Bragg Citizen has received a generous expression of thanks from the committee and the college, which cannot be included in this issue but will be published next week. Red Springs post of the Veter ans of Forein Wars will meet at the service club Monday night at seven-thirty. At that time, the second meet- in to be held by the local post, officers will be elected and a name for the post will be selected. Friends of Mrs; F. L. Hyndman will regret to know that her con dition remains very serious. She was stricken Thursday afternoon soon after attending a meeting of the executive board of the Wom an’s auxiliary of the Presbyterian church, and had been critically ill since then. First noted 100 years ago as a “harmless weed” in this country, lespedeza now is recognized aS one of the nation's greatest soil building legumes. The Red Springs 'Red Robins handed the 325 Glider Men from Fort Bragg a 10 to 5 defeat Sun day with Sheppard and Cathey with 3 hits each leading the 12- hit assault on two Glider pitch ers. wood and Parnell scattered 11 Glider hits and were given sensational support in the field by the Robins. Summary: Robins—10 runs, 12 hits, 1 error. 325 Glider: 5 runs, Il hits, 4 errors. Batteries: Robins—Wood, Par. nell and Brank, Beck. 325 Glider --Sylvia, Clary and Bird, cession in the auditorium of the college opened the festive program and after an intermission at dusk, during which the thousands at- tending enjoyed -picnic suppers on the campus, the day’s program was climaxed with the dramatic presentation, “Flora Macdonald in Scotland,” in the woodland the atre. A highlight of the day was the presentation preceding the pag eant by the kilted members of the renown Kiltie Band of York Pa., of bagpipe and drum music wllich drew rounds of applause. Premier Angus Macdonald of Nova Scotia was the main speak er of the afternoon, devoting most of his address to the story of the rescue by the Scottish heroine, lora Macdonald, of Bonnie Prince Charlie (Prince Charles Edward Stuart). Of the same man and descent as Flora Macdonald, the premier declared: ‘-The world may be thankful that she and those who thought as- she did failed and that out of those times was born this land of hope and glory, this great and free America. We who are still of the British Common wealth know how much we owe, how much the world owes to this land. ’ The speaker was presented by Josephus Daniels, publisher of the News and. Observer, and formerly secretary of the navy and ambas sador to Mexico. Mr. Daniels, pointed out the closeness of Amer ica and Canada and the spirit of friendship that has existed through the years. PAGEANT WELL RECEIVED Rounds of applause greeted the night’s twohour pageant, written and directed by Mrs. Clare John son Marley of Chapel Hill. The pageant included a cast of 50 speaking parts, the college’s choir of 75, voices and 50 students in dance and folk games portraying life in Flora Macdonald’s time. The colorful drama, which open ed with the scene of the Court ball in Edinbur where news was received of the coming of Prince Charles to recall the clans and aregaln the throne usurped by the .British, closed with the London 'Power scene, one year later. Flora Macdonald imprisoned for her brave but unsuccessful deed. Throughout the pageant were presented authentic speeches of Prince Charles and Flora Macdon ald. Also authentic were the folk games, dances, jigs, ballads and Gaelic lays. It is significant that this pag eant was the thesis drama of Clare Johnson Marley in obtain ing her Master' of Arts degree in dramatic art at the University of North Carolina last summer—and it was one of the last works pass ed upon by the late Dr. Frederick “Proff” Kochs whose untimely death occurred last vear in Flor ida. DISGUISED PRINCE Vividly, the- pageant reveals how Bonnie Prince Charles and the clans missed their opportun ity, then were surrounded by the British, with Prince Charles be ing shielded by Flora Macdonald, who finally effected his escape by disguising himself as an Irish sninning maid. • The role of Flora Macdonald was played by Miss Jane Grey Sanderlin of Chapel Hill and that ofPrince Chares by Tom Fry of. Red Springs. Another featured performer of the evening was Miss Martha- Jean Crawford of Washington, dancer of th? Kiltie band, whose Sword dance war warmly greeted during the pageant. She is the can Legion at a meeting of the post Monday night. Other officers elected included:’ C. E. Leigh, first vice command er; Sam Sneed, second vice com mander; Dr. H. G. Bedinger chaplain; !R. D. McMillan, Jr., fi nance officer and adjutant; San dy Livingston, sergeant at arms; Jim Graham, service officer; Mor. risen Peterson, .athletic officer; Morrison Peterson E. H. Alexair- . der and Jim Graham, committee of trustees. nr. Roscos McMillan Renamed To Office Dr. D Roscoe McMillan of Red Springs was re elected secretary- treasurer of the North Carolina Medical society at its meeting, : -IjtJ Pinehurst this week. He also was named one of the two state dele gates to the American Medical association. The society voiced Mh praise for the work of Dr. McMillan, who has served five terms as sec retary-treasurer of the organiza tion. Robeson Girls In Pageant At Coker A dance pageant reviewing the history and character of America was staged at Coker college by about 130 college girls as a high light feature of the annual May Day festival last Saturday after noon. Among those taking part were: Kathleen Barker. Lumberton, route 5; Mary McLean, Maxton. route 2; Virginia Ward, Maxton. routel. ! M A. McPhail Dies After Long Illness , J Nell Arch MePhaul, 70, prominent merchant and farmer of Midway, died Thursday, May 2, in High smith hospital, Fayetteville after oral weeks serious illness. Funeral several weeks illness. Funeral ser vices were held Friday after noon at Midway church -of which he wasan officer with his pastor, the Rev. L. A. Mr-Laurin of Mullins, S. C., officiating. Interest was in the church cemetery. Active pallbearers were Tom Mc- Rimmon, W. M. Tucker, James Smith. Bruce McRae, N. A. Baker and Walter z^eRae. Honorary pall bearers were: A. E Ward R. E. Lytch, Frank Bullock, J. G. McRae, J. If. Taylor J. F. McDonald and N. A. Andrews. s Mr. MePhaul was born and rear ed in this section, the son of the late Malloy MePhaul and Mary Ann McLean MePhaul. He Was a man of Christian character, active, as long as his health permitted in all phas es of community a n d church work, who will be greatly missed. He is survived by his wife, Who is the former Miss Ada McLean, a son, Malloy MePhaul of Midway, : a dauhter, Mrs. Clyde Gentryof Wilmington, four grandchildren, a brother, James J. MePhaul of Mid way and two sisters, Mrs. R; E. Traywick of Rowland. of the famous band and thrilled the audience with her poise in the intricate performance. It was estimated that more than 6,000 persons attended the day’s program. Flora Macdonald college grad uates were here in droves but the happiest and most feted of triem all was Mrs. Margaret Morgan, McGuire of Laurinburg, the first graduate of the college — tried known as Red Springs Seminary — back in 1899, being the only daughter of one of the founders member of the first class.