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THE SCOTTISH CHIEF FOUNDED 1887 RED SPRINGS CITIZEN FOUNDED 1896 CONSOLIDATED 1944 THE SCOTTISH CITIZEN W PARKTON—ROWLAND Published Wednesdays Lieutenant Colonel McKinnon Has Regular Army Commission Red Springs. N. C.. and Maxton. N. C. WEDNESDAY) JULY 10, 1946 SERVING WITH ARMY SINCE JUNE OF 1941 , Lieutenant Colonel Samuel L H. McKinnon of Maxton recent- / ly received notification from the war department that he has been tendered a commission as a first lieutenant in the Regu lar Army. For the time being, he will continue in his tem- „ porary rank of lieutenant col onel. He was commissioned in the ROTC May 31, 1935, at the North Carolina State college. He> was called into the air * corps to active duty in June of 1941. After serving at various stations in this country, he was sent overseas with the 15th Bomb Squadron. This squadron participated in the first Amer ican raid over occupied Europe, on the 4th of July, 1942. In October of the same year he left the shores of England to participate in the North Afri can invasion. z During the year 1943, he served as supply officer land later as executive officer with the 27th Fighter Group, the group.moving to Sicily and la ter to Italy. He received the bronze star during the cam paign for Sicily. - His unit was a “moving unit" as the group moved to 22 air fields in a 24-month period. Af- , ter being located at Rome and later at Corsica, the group en tered Southern France and moved forward to make con tact with the'9th Air Force. ^ Lieutenant Colonel McKinnon sailed for home in November of 1944. He was hospitalized until April 1945 at which time he ^ was assigned to the Alamogor do Army Air field, Alamogordo, New Mexico, where he is pres ently stationed. In addition to the bronze star, he wears the American Theatre Ribbon, World War II Victory Ribbon, the American Defense Ribbon, and the Euro pean Theatre Ribbon with ten battle stars. Lieutenant Colonel and Mrs. McKinnon, the former Miss Lois Summers of Greensboro, North Carolina, reside at 1519 Indiana Avenue, Alamogordo, New Mexico. Col. Barnum Elected To ATF Position Co. Marshall Barnum was eleced vice-president and gen eral manager of Daystrom Laminates, Inc., at the annual board of directors meeting of - the American Type Founders Inc., held Friday, June '28th. Park Avenue, N. Y. He was at the Union League Club, so appointed as one of the five members of the policy making board for all ATF companies. The name of the parent company was changed at the annual meeting from American Type Founders, Inc. to ATF, Inc., so as to give a broader * base to its name in view of its many diversified indust ries. Mr. Thomas Roy Jones is chairman and president of ATF, Inc,. Col. Barnum came to Max- top in February and has been in charge of the Daystrom plant since that time. The ‘ organization has been grow ing steadily and at the present time employs 242 persons. Mr. Lacy Stone has been elected assistant secretary of , Daystrom Laminates Co. Whitmire Music Store Opens In Maxton Whitmire Music store has been opened in Maxton next to Maxton Drug company. Whit mire was formerly located in Lumberton across from the Lumberton Voice office and has onlv recently moved to Maxton. ♦ The music store will carry a .Complete line of musical instru ments, pianos, sheet-music, re- ■cord' players and’ all associated items.- Temporary Set Of By-Laws Is Announced The board of seven directors supervising the activities of Maxton Community Clubs, Inc., has announced that a tempor ary set of bylaws' has been written. This board is compos ed of one representative from each ofseven leading civic or ganizations. It is stressed by the board members that these by-laws are subject to immediate change if necessary and will be in a temporary state until their feasibility can be determined. 1. Teen-agers will be given the use of the building every Friday night except the third Friday in the month at which time the American Legion will meet. Teen agers may have the use of the building on the third Saturday night as a re placement. 2. Building will be closed on .Sundays. j 4. Office space in the build- i ing will be rented to the Cham- iber of Commerce. 5. Membership cards will be issued to heads of families and their dependents (cards will be issued to children of club fam ilies after school age. Parente cannot participate through children but children can par ticipate through parents). 6. Members and guests must be properly clad when atttend- ing functions. 7. Any Boy Scout, teen agei or college student who enjoys the privileges of the club must have an individual membership card. 8. All club activities are limited to club members and their guests. The board of directors re quests that all persons who are eligible for membership cards notify their individual club secretary, who will in turn no tify the board of directors to issue the cards. Daystrom Takes All-Stars 6-3 With a seventh inning sur ge that sent three runs across the plate, Daystrom softball team defeated the Maxton All Stars 6-3 Monday night. Anderson and Medlin were the starting battery for Max- ton while Backus and Coxe made up Daystrom’s pitcher -- catcher combination. Eisold took over the mound duties for Maxton in the fourth inning. Going into the seventh in ning the score was tied at 3- 3. Backus, Coxe ond McCon- nehey scored for Daystrom and Maxton, with two men on base was unable to score in their half of the seventh and last inning. The only homer was hit by Moser of Maxton early in the game with Anderson and Ei sold on base. Purcell, East erling and Shepard scored Day strom’s first three runs. Mac Reid, third baseman, was outstanding on defense for the winners and Alton Greene, Maxxton short-stop, led the losers in the field. Clinic At Harpers A typhoid clinic will be held at Harpers Ferry church Thurs- dav morning, July 11, at 8:30 o’clock. This clinic is only for peo ple who had three doses of ty phoid vaccine last year. These people will take one dose each year to maintain their protec tion and this one does will be given in the clinic. Parents may bring their chil dren to be vaccinated for whooping cough and dipth- theria. These children will com plete their vaccinations in the clinic in Pembroke which is held there each month. Mr. arid Mrs. Z. V. McMillan and children are spending the week at Wrightsville Beach. Jack Connelly of Minneapolis, Minn., arrived in Ried Springs 1 on Sunday. Miss Sarah Currie Named Assistant Agent In Bladen Miss Sarah Currie of Red Springs has been named to the position of assistant home a- gent of Bladen county. She will succeed Miss Caro lyn McKay, resigned. Freight Engine Goes Off Rails Al Maxton The locomotive on an Allan tic Coast Line Fayetteville- bound freight train jumped the track at a Maxton intersection Wednesday afternoon and plow ed about 25 feet into the ditch band adjoining the railroad ties. The locomotive did not not overturn and no one was hurt. The accident occurred at 3:10 p. m. at the intersection of the Fayetteville and Florence tracks about 500 yards from the Maxton Oil and Fertilizer company offices. The inside rail on the Fayetteville track was badly warped and twisted and steam was still escaping from the locomotive at 4 p. m. The main water lines from the tank to the boiler were broken but otherwise the engine was apparently undamaged. D. Anderson, engineer, and G. W. King, fireman, were the only two people in the cab and they explained the mishap oc curred because the engine truck rode the frog, which means that the leading wheels on the engine failed to take the curve. The switch on the track was set right and all of the cars seemed to be headed on the right track, the Fayetteville one, except the engine. The freight had just pulled out of the yard with eight cars—four empties, two cars of rock and two cars of lumber—and the train was moving at a speed of about eight miles per hour. A ■wreck train was called to push the locomotive, number 444, back on the track and it is thought, with minor repairs, that it can be put into use im mediately. CoLPiffs Will Leave For Europe Col. Younger A. Pitts, Jr., commanding officer of Pope Field until May 1, when he was named executive officer to the Chief of Staff, Third Air force, has reported to the Offi cers’ Replacement depot in Greensboro, where he will com plete processing to go over seas. He will be assigned to USAFE, the United States Air: force in Europe. A veteran of two wars, Col. Pitts enlisted in February, 1917, at Ft. Riley, Kansas, where he entered the first offi cers’ training camp. There he volunteered to serve in the av iation section of the Signal Reserve corps which was des tined to give birth to the U. S. Army Air corps. In the midst of a colorful ^nd active army career, Col. Pitts was appointed full col onel in the Air Corps on Jan. 5, 1942. His association with the Troop Carrier Command began in 1941, two weeks after he arrived at Bowman Field, Louisville, Ky., as executive of ficer at headquarters of the Fifth Air Support Command. At this time the air base at Bowman Field was taken over by the First Troop Carrier Command. Col. Pitts was de tailed to Maxton, to organize and activate the Laurinburg- Maxton Army Air base, in cluding the AAF Glider school. In addition to setting up the Glider Pilot Advanced Tacti cal Training school, in the short space of two years L.M. A.A.B. personnel supervised the tactical training of 14 Troop Carrier Groups for overseas service, and supplied parachute and glider training for 5 Air borne divisions consecutively trained at Camp Mackall, N.C. On .April 1, 1944, Col. Pitts was named commanding offi cer of the 60th Troop Carrier' McRae Urges Farmers Vole Adarin B. McRae, Robeson county farmer and member of the State PMA committtee, urg es all flue-cured tobacco grow ers to take time out from their work to vote in the referendum to be held on Friday, July 12, to determine whether or not marketing quotas are to be continued to keep production of flue-cured tobacco in for- with the demand. “Before making such a vital decision it is well for growers duction, on a commercial scale, to pause to' consider the pro of flue-curedtobacco in for eign countries to determine the probable source of future com petition,” McRae said. He pointed out that the 1946 crop of flue-cured tobacco in the United States is expected to supply enough tobacco to pro vide for stock replacements and current consumption, and that if production is continued at an accelerated rate, a surplus could result. “In such an event” McRae emphasizes, “there will be keen competition between producing countres in the world’s markets.” Marketing quotas have been used to adjust production with demand since 1933, with ex ception of 1939, when quotas were voted out. In 1939, with out quotas, the production was increased b^ 384 million pounds from the previous year. The price dropped 7.3 cents per pound. Exports were also de creased by 133.8 million pounds and an abnormal surplus was left hanging over the heads of growers for a period of three years. In the forthcoming referen dum, growers may vote for quo tas for three years beginning with the 1947 crop; for 1947 only; or they may vote against quotes. Quotas will remain in effect if approved by at least two-thirds of the voters. All persons having an interest in the 1946 crop, as owner, ten ant, or sharecropper are eli gible to vote. Under provisions of the law no loans or other price sup ports will be in effect on the 1947 crop if producers disap prove uotas. Wing at Pope Field. When the Wing was inactivated, Col. Pitts became C. 0. of Pope Field, serving in that capacity until May 1, this year. PJC President Announces Future Plans For College Volume LV!li Number 25 Several Robeson Towns Located Oil New Route Of Safeway Bus Lines fi EXPANSION PROGRAM IS PLANNED Announcement of an ex panded vocational training pro gram at Presbyterian Junior college has been made by Dr. Louis C. LaMotte, president of the college. With tb^r? guid ance of the Veterans Admin istration, a program of instruc tion which will fit young men to operate their Own business es is being set up to begin Sep tember 9. The basis of each course will be a trade. In addition to this students will be given suf-, ficient business education to enable them to establish and operate their own small busi ness. Courses will be offered according to demand. Proposed courses are: ail- conditioning, heating, bakery operation, brick drying and masonry, carpentry and cabi net making, commercial art, dairy husbandry, Diesel mech anics, drafting, electrical ser vice and sales, floriculture, and floral shop operation, freez ing locker operation, ice cream manufacturing, landscape db-. sign and horticulture’ ,laundry and dry cleaning operation, machine shop practice, main tenance engineering, painting and decorating. Photography, radio broad casting, radio service and sal es, refrigeration, road con struction and maintenance, sheet metal work, shoe repair ing and leather work, welding and blacksmithing. These cour ses will require the eqquivalent of an eighth grade education for entrance and will be taught at the high school level. I A Civil Aeronautics admin istration approved flying cour ses will require the equivalent private pilot’s license is al ready in operation using the facilities of the Laurinburg- Maxton airport. The next class will begin July 22. In the fall it is proposed to add courses leading to commercial pi lot’s license and the instruc tor’s license. Aircraft and en gine mechanics courses will be offered under the directorship of Thomas M. Ledford, B. S., in aircraft maintenance and former instructor Parks Aii- college. The flight instruction will be carried on at junior col lege level and college credit will be given. The vocational school will be operated on the facilities of the former LaurinburgMaxton Army air base. On' the regular campus of Presbyterian Jun ior college primary emphasis will continue to be upon lib eral arts education offerng standard college courses at the freshman and sophomore level leading to A. S. and A. A. de- :grees. Preparatory courses will be given at the 10th, 11 and 12th grade levels. The Business Administration Department is being expanded and improved and offers a on? and two year business course.. Two hundred and thirty one are at present enrolled in the summer school at Presbyterian Junior college in the Prepara tory, Junior college, and Re fresher courses. A new class of flight students will begin at ;the opening of the second term j qf summer school on July 22. Five Roads Restricted To Heavy Traffic Five sections of State and county roads running through Robeson county are among the 28 in the state which have been designated at light traf fic roads “inadequate to carry the maximum load permitted by the motor vehicle laws.” An ordinance, approved re cently by the commission ef fective July 1, limits the num ber of tons carried by two, three and four or more axle vehicles over state and county roads known to be unable to handle heavy truck traffic. The Highway Commission has ordered that light traffic roads be “conspicuously posted” with the maximum load authorized. Listed as light traffic roads in Robeson county were: N.C. 211 — From junction U.S. 74 east of Lumberton to U.S. 701 at Clarkton -- vehic les of two axles, 8 tons; three axles, 12.8 tons; four or more axles, 15.4 tons. N.C. 211 - from Red Springs to Lumberton --’vehicles of two axles, 10.4 tons; three ax les, 16 tons; four or more axles 20 tons. N. C. 20 - From U. S. 15A at Raeford to junction of N. C. 87, near Page’s Lake — vehic les of two axles, 10.4 tons; three axles, 16 tons; four or more axles, 20 tons. County road — from N. C. 41, approximately five miles south of Fairmont to Barnes ville -- vehicles of two axles, 10.4 tons; three axles, 16 tons; four or more axles, 20 tons. N. C. 71 -- From Red Springs to Lumber Bridge -- vehicles of two axles, 10.4 tons; three axles, 16 tons; four or more axles, 20 tons. Regular Meetings Of Maxton Clubs Second Monday night: Jun ior Woman’s Cub. Second Thursday Night: Mormax club. Second Friday afternoon: Woman’s club. Third Monday night: Amer ican Legion Auxiliary. Third 'Thursday afternoon: Home Demonstration club. Third Friday night: American Legion. Slumber Bridge Lad Dies Of Paralysis George Harris, Jr., 4, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Harris of Lumber Bridge, died in Pitt man hospital in Fayetteville, Monday morning of infantile paralysis, it was reported by Robeson County Health Offi cer Dr. E. R. Hardin. The lad was stricken with the disease last Wednesday. No signs of an epidemic of infantile paralysis are evi dent in Robeson county, Dr. Hardin said, but he urged par ents in the 'Lumber Bridge area 'to keep their children away from crowds. Funeral services for the young Harris boy were held Tuesday afternoon at 5 o’clock from the Lumber Bridge Bap tist church with Rev. C. F. Kirkpatrick Officiating. Bur ial was in the Presbyterian church cemetery. Surviving are the parents, his' parents, his maternal grand mother and paternal grand parents. Snarled Up! Snarled up — that’s what it is. Yesterday Red Springs Legion Juniors were scheduled to play Durham -- according to a Raleigh paper. Now, they are supposed to play White ville Thursday and Friday . . but, several of the Whiteville lads are supposed to play in Charlotte’s all-star game Fri day, and Whiteville doesn’t want to- meet Red Springs while thleir best players are away . . . . yet all this is tentative, and every time the Raleigh paper comes out there’s a dif ferent arrangement announced for the playoff for the champ ionship of the Eastern division. One day the three top teams are scheduled to play off, and the next day six teams are being scheduled for games. Just what is going to happen in the final arrangement is sup posed to be announced today. R. H. Llewellyn, commission er for the Legion in the East ern division, meeting with ath letic officers of the 19 teams May 26, arranged the elimina tion chedules, and announced that all games of the elimina tion series would be played by July 4. Since that date Wil son and Raleigh have been scrapping over the second plac position in one group. White ville and Wilmington have also played a game after July 4. Even though the original an nouncement stated that all postponed games should be played by July 3. Whiteville, is the winner of its group, and then Wilmington becomes the winner .... not acording to the original rules. First, there are to be only three top teams in the three districts -- now' it seems there are six top teams. What has happened appears to have been the general mes sing up and changing of all the origina rules by Llewellyn who has changed his mind and the rules each time he has ( been approached by Comman der E. H. Alexander and Ath letic Officer Morrison Peter son of the Charlie Hall Post of the Legion. Snarled up . . . Snafu . . . according to more recent army terminology is just what the situation is. Commiissioners Willis Mc Murray of Shelby, Dr. W. T. Sharpe of Albemarle and Llew ellyn are due to meet today so the matter can be straightened out and some official an nouncement is due to be made after that meeting. These men received a protest from the Red Springs post wired yesterday. It reads: We protest the count ing of games played after of ficial closing of schedule and we protest any change in meth od of determining Eastern championship in contravention to stipulations set out in sched ule agreed upon in Goldsboro May 26. Meantime Coach Willie Hod- gin and his players are work ing out each day at Robbins Park, and until something def inite is agreed upon they will continue to play practice games with the Bed Robins. ’ ‘ Voting Places Listed For Weed Balloting Votes cast in. the referen dum on flue-cured tobacco mar keting quotas on July 12 will determine whether acreage al lotments are continued in 1947 according to W. L. 'Thompson, chairman of the county agri cultural conservation comittee, which is conducting the refer endum in this county. Marketing quotas furnished growers with a method of ad justing supply to demand and can provide fair prices to growers for the tobacco they produce. At the present time, flue- cured tobacco growers are pro ducing above world consump tion levels to build up depleted stocks in foreign countries. Marketing quotas afford the opportunity to adjust this sup ply to meet demand. The act of Congress under which the referendum is being held Friday, July 12 also pro vides for loans or other price supports on flue-cured tobacco of the 1947, 1948 and 1949 crops, provided growers ap prove quotas for three years, Mr. Thompson explained. The polls will open at 7:00 A.M. and close at 7:00 P.M. Voting places in Robeson county will be as follows: Alfordsville, Liberty school building. Back Swamp, Back Swamp Community house. Britts, Long Branch Com munity house. Burnt Swamp, Union Chapel school. North and South Fairmont, C. L. Tedder’s service station. Gaddy, White Pond school. East Howellsville, Smith’s school. West Howellsville, B. T. Agricultural building. Lumber Bridge, Tolar’s ser vice station. North and South Lumberton, Agricultural building, Lum berton. Maxton, Recorder’s court room, Maxton. Marietta, Marietta Community house. ■ Orrum, Orrum Agricultural building. Parkton, Parkton town hall. Northeast and Northwest Pembroke, Rear of Bank Build ing.. South Pembroke, Harpers Ferrv school. Philadelphus, Philadelphus Agricultural building. Raft Swamp, Raft Swamp Community house. Rowland, David Townsend’s office. Red Springs, Judge Buie’s office. Rennert, Tolar’s Store. Saddletree, Saddletree Grange hall. Shannon. Shannon Depot. • Smiths, Wakulla Gin Co. Sterlings, Barnesville Agri cultural building. North and South St. Pauls. St. Pauls Community building. Thompson, Britts store, Mc Donald. Union, Purvis Community house. North and South Wisharts, Allenton school building. Symrna, Ralph Freeman’s station. Prospect, Prospect school building. Mrs. J. L. McCloskey of Westville, N. J., is the guest of her son and daughter-in-law Mr. and Mrs. J. B. McCloskey. Leonard Heffner of Newton was a weekend guest in the home of Mrs. Robert Chapman. Mrs. Heffner and children. Carolyn and Connie, returned home with him after a month’s visit with Mrs. Chapman. Mr. G. T. Ashford and child ren, Linda and Tommy, have gone to their cottage at Long Beach to spend the summer. Mr. and Mrs. Dick Hess of Battle Creek, Mich., and Mr. and Mrs. Buford Clary and sons of Gaffney. S. C., have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Parler. Safeway Bus Lines, operate ed by C. E. Autry of Red Springs, have been awarded franchises whch will give, .ad? . ditional transportation links to a number of Robeson county - towns, and also connect these- towns with Hoke, Cumberland and Scotland county points,; .,, The Safeway lines which pro vide the Red Springs —Midi, state Mills city service buses, , already have in operationa route which now starts at Jled - Springs and runs to St. Pauls via Lumber Bridge and R^p- ford. .v..^,, New routes to be put into service next week, under the franchises granted by the,. Utils ities Commission this week, will operate over county and state highways, from Duffies Station to Red Springs, thence to Pembroke, Rowland and Fairmont and return, connect ing with the Raeford St. Pauls line. This latter route has been extended, also, from St, Pauls to Highway 87, via Page’s Lake. Another franchise will per mit the company to operatab’d schedule of buses from Laurel Hill to Fayetteville, via Wag ram, Antioch, Drindarrach, Hope Mills and Cumberland Mills, making connections at Antioch with the Red Springs- Raeford ine, and at Dundarrach with the Raeford - Page’s^aj^ line. Mr. Autry stated today that test schedules had already been run over the routes and regu lar schedules would be put inis operation next week. Motor equipment for these lines ife already on hand, it was stat ed- Trie general office of the Safeway Lines is located in Red Springs and operational details are all handled from this office. Robeson County Has Four Good Fishingjpots The new Esso Fishing and Hunting guide to North Caro lina which was published in cooperation with the North Carolina department of conser vation and development lists four prominent fishiug spots in Robeson county. Lumber River—Bass, robin,, bream, perch. July to Novem ber. Accommodations available, at Maxton and Lumberton. Good fly fishing waters. Boats available at McMillan’s Beach. Keith Millpond-Bass, perch. June, September, October. Boats are available sometimes at the mill. ''' Warwick Millpond -- BJue bream, bass, warmouth. March, latter part of May and June. Accommodations in the area in clude hotels, boarding houses and cabins. Boats are available. Pope’s Pond-Bass, bream, warmouth. March, May, June. Hotel accommodations are a- vailable. Boats can also be had. The pond is near Maxton The booklet also mentions A the various kinds of game which , flourish in the different coun ties of the state. Robeson in cludes: fair quail shooting, some turkey shooting and spine waterfowl shooting. . * W^ In speaking of the guide, Gov ernor R. Gregg Cherry says. “It requires no proclamation from the governor to start North Carolina off to the fields " and streams. From earliest times, our people have been devoted to the pleasures of our out doors. which in this sunny, beautiful state can be so at tractive. “I want to congratulate our Esso dealers on thei renter- prise and helpfulness in get ting out this guide in coopera tion with the department of conservation and development. Even though every good Tar Heel has one good secret fisAx.^ ing hole, he likes to hear-of. and try, the other fellow’s and this booklet should help him enjoy more conveniently his fa vorite sport.” Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Boat- , wright spent last w^ekat their cottage . ^ . Long BP^cb
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