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THE SCOTTISH CHIEF FOUNDED 1887 RED SPRINGS CITIZEN FOUNDED 1896 CONSOLIDATED 1944 — — J J A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER SERVING WESTERN ^1 ROBESON—AND TOWNS OF MAXTON—RED - SPRINGS PARKTON—ROWLAND THE SCOTTISH CITIZEN 4 Published Thursdays Red Springs,. N. C.. and Maxton, N. C. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 1946 S NEWS IN BRIEF “‘E STATE NATION h^Y WORLD 4 Daring Sun Suit ^ Britt Wins Over Clasen In Runoff Election for Sheriff W HEADS SYMPHONY THURSDAY, JUNE 20 Senate and House conferees agree to exempt 18-year-olds from the draft and take youths of 19, opening the way for a quick extension of selective service for nine months after July 1. Foreign ministers in meeting at Paris virtually agree to delay decision on Italian colonies and refer the issue to the Unit ed Nations if the four nations are still divided at the end of the year. The International Emergen cy Food council set up to fun nel the world’s spare food to hungry countries. FRIDAY, JUNE 21 The Hobbs “antiracketeering act” passed tpe Senate, and goes to President Truman for his signature, despite bitter opposition from labor leaders. The bill would outlaw the hin drance of interstate commerce by “actual or threatened force, or violence or fear of injury, immediate or future.” The act is aimed at the union practice of stopping trucks in New York, Philadelphia and other cities and forcing a farmer or other driver to employ a “un ion” driver to move his pro duct. Seven persons die in Dallas, Texas, of injuries sustained when an explosion of unknown origin demolishes the base ment and first floor of the Ba ker hotel. Forty-one others in jured. The cost of living continues to spiral upward with the an- nouncement by OPA of a 40 1-2 cents ner ton average increase in soft coal prices. A Harlan MB M I 1 ?’V^ , White Wesley Simpson cotton bathing suit with scarlet sun-splashes, and sunspots is shown above as pictured in the June issue of Town & Country magazine. The strapless bra measures your sunburn with nice . accuracy for strapless evenings later. Maxton Community Clubs, Inc., Has Formal Openin^MondayNight LARGE CROWD ATTENDS THE FIRST NIGHT The formal opening of ton Community Clubs, the jointly operated city Max- Inc., civic center ‘ formerly directed by United Service Organization and built during the war years at a cost of over $22,000, was attended by an overflow crowd of 200 persons Monday night. The new center is under the , combined sponsorship of seven county, Kentucky, operator im-ioutstanding Maxton vivbo— mediately termed the permit- the Mormax club, the Woman’s Maxton clubs— ted increase too low. club, the American Legion, the SATURDAY, JUNE 22 Belt-tightening became ■Bell-tightening became the national fashion Saturday as bread and meat became scarcer than at any time during the war. Coupled with the gloomy announcement that supplies would continue to remain short during June was the statement that in July, it was “believed” that the bread and meat supply should start increasing. _ From Detroit came a predic tion that automobile produc tion, if no more strikes occur red, would reach a new post war high in July or early Au gust. (To which we can’t re frain from adding an editorial “wonder how they figured that out” and comment that it would not take a whale of a lot to reach that “new postwar high.”) The question of ending price ceilings on meat, poultry, milk and tobacco continued to claim attention in Washington, with other related matters. SUNDAY, JUNE 23 An earthquake hit the coast al section of Washington state and Canada, swaying tall struc tures but causing no loss of life. A 300-foot high hillside - near Cambell river, British Co lumbia, was moved 35 feet, a wall was shaken down at the * Courtenay, British Columbia, post office, several chimneys were jarred loose and a few buildings shook out of line. Thurman Chatham of the Chatham blanket family con- ceded victory to his opponent, Representative John H. Folger as returns in their run-off pri- inary in the Fifth congression- al district showed Folger lead ing 24,549 to 21,832,. With one precinct unreported. In Vienna, Austria, two MPs were wounded by four Russian soldiers as the Americans rl " temped to halt the Occupants of a stolen jeep, and later a Y Russian soldier was shot by American soldiers. Chamber of Commerce, the American Legion_ayxiliary, the Junior Woman’s club, and the Home Demonstration club— and one member from each club has been elected to serve on a board of directr/s. The activ ities of the club wT be under the supervision of this combi nation board. The doors to the new civic center were opened at 7:30 and one hour later more than 200 persons had registered their names with the two reception ists, Mrs. J. H. MacKinnon and Mr. E. P. Williams, as the peo ple of Maxton, eager to show their interest in the new pro ject, packed the building. All the names of those registering opening night will be trans cribed to a scroll and this scroll will be donated to the build ing. An attractive opening night program was arranged by Mrs. G. P. MacKinnon, president of the Woman’s club. Dr. Louis C. LaMotte, president of Pres byterian Junior college, led the opening prayer. Then the entire joined Tis of Mr. throng of well-wishers in singing “My Country Thee.” 0. H. Broadway, local How They Voted Saturday Johnson Elected New Recorder 1 Precinct Alfordsville Back Swamp Britts Burnt Swamp Fairmont No. Fairmont No. Gaddy Britt Chason Shepherd, Page Tie For Constable 1 2 West Howellsville East Howellsville Lumber Bridge Lumberton No. 1 Lumberton No. 2 Lumberton No. 3 Lumberton No.,4 Maxton Orrum Parkton Pembroke Philadelphus Raft Swamp Red Springs Rennert Rowland Saddle Tree 5 121 385 97 215 78 176 329 74 ' 22 216\ 154 365 293 31 176 159 123 90 62 51 42 66 152 MONDAY, JUNE 24 An eight-year-old girl was found, suffering from hunger and insect bites, after having been lost in the Ozark moun tains for eight days- The child lived in Kansas City, Mo., and was found near Fayetteville, Ar kansas. While lost, she managed ■ to live on spring water and wild berries. A delegation of Tar Heels au tomatically endorsed army en gineer plans to build four flood manager of the Carolina Pow er and Light company, made a short address titled “Amuse ments of Yesterday and To day.” After congratulating the town on the splendid new rec reation building and recalling manv amusing anecdotes con cerning the amusement of yes terday and how times ■’Tad changed, Mr. Broadway turned, from the lighter_yein. “Recreation,” he declared, “is a medium to refresh our. tired minds and bodies. In seeking recreation, we seek to do the things we like to do most that are also beneficial. controls dams in the Yadkin valley above North Wilkesboro at a cost of seven million dol lars. The dams'are for flood control. All army C-47 plane struck ar automobile occupied by foui people near Memphis, Tenn., shearing off the rear body sec tipn of the moving car and kill ing the two occupants of Die back seat, Elex Bobo and Buddy Woodhouse of Crenshaw, Mis sissippi. Ernest Bobo, the driv er, and his wife occupied the front seat and miraculously es caped injury. The plane made a crash-land# id safely at Memphis, with damaged landing gear. Recreation today takes many forms, games and sports .par ticularly. From them come uni ty and teamwork. This provid es an additional incentive to character building—it is a very valuable connecting link.”. Miss Mary McQueen, at the piano, then entertained the guests with an expert adapta tion of Brahms Rhapsody in No. 2. Mr. C. A. Hasty, mayor of Maxton and acting as chair man of the board of directors, explained the purpose of the building and the future opera tion of it. Under the direction of the board* and Mrs. Glennie McCormac, who has been se lected as club manager, the Maxton Community Clubs, Inc., will bring to the community an opportunity for integrated, fel lowship that has never been offered before. The building has been leas ed from the town of Maxton. It will be operated and kept up by the corporation. The Maxton Community Clubs, Inc., has agreed to assume all oper ating repairs and keep up the insurance on the building. By- laws of the corporation have been drawn up by .the direc tors and a charter 'has been applied for in Raleigh. Membership cards were de signed and will be issued to all club mmebers and their fami lies. The Boy Scouts, the teen- age group and students of Presbyterian Junior college also have been granted the priv ilege of purchasing member ship cards. Membership cards are not transferable and enti tle the holder full privileges of the building as long as he' abides by the laws governing its operation. If not the card will be defatted. Each club will have the priv ilege of using the building for its regular monthly meetings without charge. It has also been emphasized that no script dances will be held by Maxton Community Clubs, Inc. Rev. T. Layton Fraser, pas tor of the Presbyterian church, brought to the guests a spe cial musical program, which was excellently received. Mr. F. C. Frostick, repre- I North St. Pauls South St. Pauls Shannon Smiths Smyrna Sterlings- Thompson Union White House Wishart TOTAL FOR Precinct Parkton Rennert senting the town presented keys to to th.e presidents clubs as follows: of Maxton, the building of the seven McKay Mac- Kinnon of the Mormax club. Fairley Morris of the Ameri can Legion, Mrs. R. A. McLeod of the American Legion Aux iliary, C. A. Hasty of the Cham ber of Commerce, Mrs. Glen Crofton of the Junior Wo man’s club, Mrs. G. P. McKin non of the Woman’s club and Mrs. R. M. Knight in absence of Mrs. E. A. Helleckson of the Home Demonstration club. After singing, “God Bless America,” the formal part of the and the program was adjourned open house was held at club with the snack bar and all facilities open for in spection and patronage. The Junior Woman’s club sponsor ed a dance. Music was furnish ed bv Alton Munn and his or- chestra. i^' 123 218 6 42 125 129 55 58 50 124 4,412 23 88 51 88 95 33 102 244 249 171 95 100 82 125 95 36 - 32 '255 29 74 46 162 241 54 40 29 58 28 60 56 3,124 Willis C. Britt defeated Billy F. Chason in the run-off pri- hiary Saturday for sheriff of Robeson county, receiving 1288 votes more than Chason. The unofficial vote was Britt 1,412; Chason 3,124. In the St. Pauls district Re corder’s run-off, A. B. John son defeated the present Re corder, Clayton Ross, by a 59- vote majority, the total tally being 586 for Jordan and 527 for Ross. : In the race for constable of Gaddy township, Lee Shepherd, present, constable, and W. E. Page, tied for the post with 134 votes each. Registrar C. R. Miller reported .that a count- ihg of the ballots three times showed the same result—a tie. The result was certified - Mon day morning to the Robeson county board of elections as 134 to 134, and County Attor- hey Henry McKinnon said the law made no provision for a third primary, adding that the county board of elections would probably have to decide the winner. He asked for a ruling from the state board of elec tions in Raleigh. Spencer Murphy, well,known editor of the Salisbury Post, who was recently elected presi dent of the North Carolina Symphony Society. He succeeds Harry F. Comer, Executive Sec retary of the University of North Carolina YMCA, who re signed recently after two years as head of the Society. A graduate of the University class of 1925, Mr. Murphy has been a member of the staff of the Post for 10 years and be came editor in 1936. Last year Mr. Murphy as chairman of the Symphony ex pansion program in his section of the state, conducted a suc cessful campaign. RECORDER North St. Pauls South St. Pauls TOTAL Johnson 124 33 159 270 586 Ross 164 38 124 201 527 New Stamp For Sugar Becomes Valid July 1 Juniors Make II Six Straight; Play Here Today Sk'Scd. -Spruigs^l.unior-wAmeri- can Legion team made . it six Housewives will get canning sugar July 1 spare stamp 10 becomes more when valid for five pounds, Theodore S. Johnson, OPA director, today. . Johnson explained that is the final stamp of the for canning sugar, as no said this year eas- ing of the sugar situation is expected before 1947. Although it is expected that 750,000 tons of sugar will be available this year for home canning sugar, compared with 500,000 tons during 1945, John son urged housewives not to use spare stamp 10 unless the sugar is actually needed 'for home canning. A recent report was circu lated that coffee stamp 49 had become valid for sugar pur chases, but this is completely erroneous. Johnson said. Snare stamp 49 became good on Mav 1. and the next regular stamp fortable sugar will not. 1, vah’d until September said. be he Owning Dales For Markels To Be Sel By TOIS This Week The Tobacco Association of the. United States will hold its annual meeting in Raleigh on Wednesday, Thursday and Fri day of this week. Opening dates for the 1946 flue-cured tobacco marketing season will be decid ed at the meeting. On Wednes day, the tobacco exporters asso ciation will hold its meeting, and the Tobacco Association meeting will open Thursday. Buyer allotments, sales time for each auction day. rate and sneed of sales, poundage limits and other related matters will be discussed and acted upon at the meeting. Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Byrne are spending a few days al Long Beach. Mrs. I. S. Broom and Mr and Mrs. John Hicks spent Sunday in Wilmington. Mr. and Mrs. G. 0. Rogers and children of Whiteville spent Sunday with Miss Jane Council. Maxton Named Training Center Raleigh.--An emergency pro gram to provide classroom space for 41,000 would-be ex- GI scholars gained further mo- mentum as. a special committee 'Of educators' adopted proposals straight Monday by defeating f ° r °P? nin J 32 college centers the Laurinburg Juniors on their home grounds, 8-6, in a game featured by the hitting of the Springers and the chang ing of decisions by Laurin burg’s midget umpire. Winning it the hard- way, the Springers banged out 11 hits while Welsh and McKeith- an were allowing the Scotties but 8. Beck led at the plate with 3 safeties for 4 trips to the bat, while Kinlaw, Moser, McKeithan, Melvin and Wright each got two hits and Poole ac counted for the 14th one. Only Currie, Conoly and Welsh ing without safe taps. Opening the first inning Springers gathered six hits scored 4 runs, got another go ¬ the and run in the sixth, an^hit safely 4 times in the ninth to score 3 runs. For Laurinburg, Sanford and Shives hit twice each. Sanford went the route on the mound and struck out 12 Springers, while Welsh pitched 6 innings and McKeithan three, and to gether fanned 13 Scotties. Red Spring made three dou ble plays which considerably slowed down the Scotties scor ing, yet one of these was an nulled when the midget umpire, who needed a stepladder to see over Beck’s shoulder reversed a decision that put men first and second GAME TODAY Red Springs safe. on plays host to Fayetteville at Robbins. Park this afternoon for the first of two games with the Cumber land lads. They meet at Fay ette Park on July 1J Tomorrow the Springers go to Rowland and on July 3 Rowland comes to Robbins Park for the final game of the elimination series. Should Red Springs get by these two opponents without a loss, the local Legion team is assured entry in the play-off with winners of the first and third groups in Eastern Caro lina, games of the playoff be ing scyMuled to start July 5-6. CURTIS GENTRY Curtis W. Gentry, son of J. W. Gentry of Red Springs route L wo, was discharged from the navy Saturday at Charleston, S. 0., with the rank of Pharma- in at least 23 North Carolina communities. So far as is known, this is the first such program in the nation. The school are tentatively scheduled to open their doors by September in Raleigh, Char- lotte, Rocky Mount, Asheville, Greensboro, Elizabeth City, Concord, Wilson, Durham, Salisbury, Shelby, Maxton, Davidson, Salemburg, States ¬ ville, Winston-Salem, Lumber- ton, Hickory, Gastonia, Golds boro, Henderson, Wilmington. Additional sites may be an nounced following the commit tee’s next meeting in late July. The reconversion era schools will operate on full college level, the committee announ ced under the admsntratoshrdd of public school authorNes, lo cal colleges and the Greater University of North Carolina. Financed largely through tu ition authorized the individual veteran under the GI Bill of Rights, the schools will pro vide facilities, the committee said, for the “thousands of re turning servicemen unable to enter our standard colleges” due to crowded conditions. Only Solution The educators, working as a steering committee of a special commission appointed by Gov- ernor Cherry, novel plan as only solution to ing experienced described the practically the the overcrowd- at North Caro- lina’s 55 accredited white and Negro colleges and universi ties. Although some college heads had suggested use of abandoned army installations in the state as “GI universi ties,” the committee claimed the centers were the more log ical answer to the need. Located in strategic points throughout the state, the col lege centers will permit stu dents to study, in many cases, in their own home towns, and Veterans Administration representatives promised that expenses for qualified ex-GIs would be paid by the govern ment within set limits. Registration A preliminary registration will be held for interested stu dents at local school board of fices July 23-24, the committee ?ist Mate. ' Young Gentry entered the Yhe registration, the educators navy on March 14 ,1944, and.said, they would determine the spent a total of 27 months in specific facilities and number navy service. He served seven of instructors necessary for months of this time overseas,! each of the proposed s^hoJ’s. serving in the Pacific theatre! In some instances, however, of war. iDr. J. E. Hillman, Committee announced. On the basis of District Engineers Will Take Over ^ Army Air Base First Week In July . ^ IVIAXTON OFFICE MOVES The Maxton office of the Scottish Citizen will be locat ed in the now vacant offices in the hotel block on Main street after the first of July. It is requested that all per sons having news items, social notices or advertising bring them to the new office after the above date. The telephone number, .59-W, will not be changed. Since publication date has been changed from FiJday to Wednesday it is important that all copy reach the paper by Monday night at the very est. MAXTON SELECTIVE SERVICE OFFICE HAS RESIGNATION Miss Gloria George has lat ¬ sub- mitted her resignation as chief clerk in the Maxton Selective Service office and it will take effect on the first of July. This will mean, in all probability, that a new clerk will be sent from Raleigh to take charge of the local offices, now Ipcated above the post office. Miss George has been asso ciated with the Selective Ser- vic eBoard in Maxton for three years and nine months. She served as assistant when Paui Sullivivan was in charge of the local office. When he left to accept a position as field di rector with the Red Cross, she assumed the duties of chief clerk. She has announced that her ne wwork will be in Red Springs with the Red Springs Supply Co. Indian Held For Superior Court James Willie Jones, 26-year- old Indian of Lumberton, was bound over to Robeson Super ior court on a charge of break ing and entering the Diamond sandwich shop on the Eliza bethtown road in a prelimin ary hearing in Recorder’s court in Lumberton. A $400 bond was set. i Police Chief Randall Steph ens stated that' Jone«. who re sides near the scene of the crime, was arrested Saturday night. In addition to the break ing and entering count, Jones is charged with breaking a pic colo and a pay telephone and. with stealing two cases of beer. The crime was committed last Tuesday night. His trial will probably be held at the next term of Super ior court. DR. R. D. CROOM, JR. Dr. R. D. Croom, Jr., Max- ton physician, has announced a change of offices effective the first of July. After that date he will be located in the offi ces formerly occupied by Dr. J. 0. McLelland. Dr. Croom’s offices will oc cupy the entire ground floor of the Carpenter Building. The rooms formerly used by the Scottish Citizen will be used for waiting rooms, Dr. Croom has announced. Miss Kitty Williams of Flor ence, S. C., spent Sunday with her sister, Miss Anne Williams. Miss Alice Hall and Jim Hall spent the weekend at Myr tle Beach. chairman, explained, the re-, suits of the registration may indicate that locations of some of the schools should be chang ed. 1 “Generally, the plan is that centers will be opened only in communities where there .are at least 25 students interested in enrolling.” - The steering committee Will meet again on July 29 to study results of the registration and to make final approval of cen ter plans, he said. Y Ready By Fall 1 Barring unexpected difficul ties, Dr. Hillman emphasized, “we expect to have a majority students^ fall.”' , ; Commanding Officer. Announces Transfer The Laurinburg-Maxton ar my air base will be officially taken over by district engineers or about of Savannah, Ga., on July 6, Lieut. Col. B. commanding officer, L. Neal, has an- nounced. i The engineers are custodi ans and future disposition of the buildings will be at their Y discretion. Permission to use the buildings was originally granted by division' engineers of Atlanta and district engi neers of Savannah is a sub-unit of that organizaton. A complete inspection of the base will be made the first week ■ in July by district engineers. If general existing conditions are satisfactory, they will take dm- : mediate possession. At that time all army per sonnel will be transferred from the base except those officers * on temporff-y duty, such as the salvage officer and the supply officer. Base personnel will re port to other units of the Third Air Force either at Pope F.ieldj ; Greenville Army Air Base/ at J Bergstrom Field at Austin, Texas. ; Y'Y * There are now 23 officers stationed as a skeleton crew at the base, 180 civilians are : still employed and there are ; no enlisted personnel. About 25 civilians, primarily utility men such as electricians and firemen, will remain on the base as housekeepers.' At present the Scotland County Memorial Hospital as sociation has taken control of the air-base hospital property and Presbyterian Junior col lege is operating a flying school on the property and has occupied most of the hangar buildings. . Lieut. Col. Neal, who has been commanding officer of the base for approximately sev en months, recently stated, “We have received utmost co- operation through USO and civic organizations in Max ton and Laurinburg. Both towns were ouite helpful in all re spects.” - Southeastern Institute Holding Daily Sessions With the half way mark already passed, the 1946 ses sion of the Southeastern Insti tute for Commercial Organiza tion Executives at Chapel Hilt is drawing to a successful con clusion. ... Tile Southeastern Institute is one of six similar centers serving the entire nation. Its purpose is to train local lead- ers to increase the prosperity and well-being of their com munity by showing them new, improved methods to insure economic progress. _ ' Sessions, have included clas ses, lectures, forums and dis cussion periods with special emphasis on opportunities in North Carolina. - George F. Cuthrell, Jr., man ager of the Chamber of Com merce, is representing Martoti at the Southeastern Institute. Prominent Rowland _ Legionnaire Dies ^'Y John Walter Bullock, 55, died his home in '4 suddenly near Rowland Saturday morning > about 10 o’clock. He was ad jutant of Rowland American Legion post for several years. Funeral services were held at the home Sunday afternoon at 4:30. Burial was in Ashepole cemetery. . He is survived by his wife, the former Miss Mary Annie Watson; a son, two sisters and a brother. He was the son of the late Evander and Mrs. Mary j Hamer Bullock of Rowland. The students of Presbyteri- an Junior college summer sch^l Ijave elected John Duke of Newland, Ga., to represent them as student body pwesi- Y^t. Rufus Cole of Fayette ville was named as vice presi dent. These student,, officers will * continue to serve through the 1 second term of the summer ses sion which July 22, will commence on
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