THE SCOTTISH CHIEF
FOUNDED 1887
RED SPRINGS CITIZEN
FOUNDED 1896
' CONSOLIDATED 1944
Published Wednesdays
THE SCOTTISH CITIZEN
Robeson County’s Hometown Newspapers
Red Springs, N- C. and Maxton, N. C. Wednesday, September 4, 1946
THIS MAY BE HIS LAST BIRTHDAY
BLOWING OUT THE CANDLES on one of the five cakes sent him on his
fourth birthday is Gary Halstead, 4, Granby Center, Mo., victim of a
malignant brain tumor which doctors have pronounced incurable. The
boy was host .to 32 children at the party, which may be his last. Gary’s
mother is holding him. His father is shown at the right. (International)
Over 2500 Guests Are Visitors Ar
Scotland County Memorial Hospital
Hospital Opened
For Medical
Cases On Monday
More than 2500 guests filed
down the long passageways,
peered curiously into the wards
and laboratories and gazed
'fascinated at the gleaming sur
gical instruments and myriad
lights of the operating rooms
at,the Scotland County Memor
ial -.hospital as the Laurinburg-
Maxton Army Air base held
open house Sunday afternoon
between four o’clock and six
o’clock.
M. I. Pickens, assistant to Dr.
W. S. Rankin of the Duke
Foundation stated “I have nev
er, in my many open-house vis
its to hospitals in North Caro
lina, seen such a crowd a 1
have this afternoon. During the
last two hours I have seen all
of 2500 people pass through the
buildings. I am greatly im
pressed by the interest and en-
sistant operating room super
visor at Abingdon Memorial
hospital; an anesthetist, Miss
Schmidt, who is now associat-
with the Hospital of Joint Dis
eases in New York; and two op
erating room nurses.
. It is likely that the Scotland
County Memorial hospital, lo
cated two miles from Maxton,
will be in operation for a full
yea. Sufficient funds have al
ready been raised to build a
new hospital in Laurinburg but
is -impossible at this time to
erect such a structure. How
ever, when this building is com
pleted in Laurinburg, the tem
porary hospital now in opera
tion will probably be closed.
Officers of the hospital med
ical staff include: Dr. J. G.
Pate, chairman; Dr. R. D Mc
Millan, vice chairman and Dr.
H. H. Summerlin, secretary.
Other members of the medical
stac, inaddition to Dr. F. M.
Simmons Patterson, are Dr F.
P. James, Dr. E. A. Erwin, Dr
thusiasm shown in the
ing and so is Dr. Rankin.
Many other physicians
open-
and
members of the m'edical board
M. B. Wilkes, Dr.
chanan, D. George
Dr. N. E. Jackson
Dr. C. T. Johnson.
D. T. Bu-
0. Creed,
(colored),
Dr. R. D.
corroborated the estimate giv-|D ro °m, J r ’ an ^ Dr B F. Ford
en by Mr Pickens ■ Dr. Margaret Buckner, woman
Dr. F. M. Simmons Patter-1 physician of McColl, is a mem-
son. chief medical director and i ^ er 0 ^ the staff on a courtesy 7
snrgeon. declared. “The open
ing was certainly a great suc
cess This area needs a hospit
al and the base facilities pre
sented a golden opportunity.
Our equipment is complete and
modern and our space is ade
quate.” ,
Robert W. Pegram is admin
istrator of the hospital and it
was largely through his efforts
that the buildings were ready
for the open house Sunday.
basis. Membershin on this ba
sis relieves her of anv special
duty at the hospital other than
that of her own patients.
Among themany prominent
physicians attending the open
house Sunday were: Dr. Berry
hill, Dean of the University of
North Carolina Medical school;
Dr. Miller, orthopedic surgeon
of Charlotte; Dr. McCain, head
of the Tuberculosis sanatorium;
Dr. Sidbury of Wilmington, Dr.
“Since I was here in July,” । W. D. James, Jr., of Hamlet,
Dr. Patterson stated, “there Drs. Shaw and Rainey of Fay
bas been a great change. Mr. etteville:
■ Pegram, has. worked hard tO|Lumberton and Dr. Rankin,
put the hospital in shape.” ihead of the Duke Foundation.
The members of the hospital
medical staff and members of
the medical board were present
to greet the many visitors.
Dr. Patterson is a graduate
of the University of North Car
olina and of the University of
Pennsylvania medical school.
Sincel941 he has been resident
Dr.
and
McAllister of
The Scotland County Memor-
in surgery and a member of the ial hosptal was opened for
Pfeiffer Surgical Clinic at Ab- general medical cases on Mon-
ingdon Memorial hospital in,day morning, September 2. It
, Abingdon, Perm. He was made,is requested that all visitors to
a. diplomat in the American the hospital use gate No-. 2
Board of Surgery in January [ which is north of U. S. High-
ef this vear. H eis the son of way 74.
Dr. J. F. Patterson of New- :
Pern and a brother of Dr, J.'
F. Patterson Jr., who is a resi-
d°nt in neurosurgery at the
Medical College of Virginia in
P ichmond. Dr. F. M. Simmons
Patterson is a grandson of the
l°te U. S. Senator Furnifold
M Simmons.
Dr. Patterson left for Phila
delphia on Monday. Only obste
trical and medical cases wil
he handled at the new hospital
until the first of October when
Dr. Patterson will return. Tin
plans to bring back with him
m operating room supervisor.
Mis* Mcllhatten who is now as-
Miss Edna McLaughlin left
^nndnv for Rocky Mount Where
she'is ^g member of the high
school faculty. ’
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Abrams of
Charlotte spent the weekend
with F. B. Thrower.
Arch McNeill, Jr. left Tues
day for Decatur, Ga., where he
will visit his grandmother, Mrs.
M. L. Mack.
Mrs. David A. Ratley anU.in-
fant daughter, Judith Irene,
returned home from Thompson
hospital on Monday. - J
Maxton Schools Set For Opening On
Thursday Morning At Nine O'Clock
Reular Classes
Will Con-mence
Monday Morning
Cuthrell Quits
As Secretary
W. K. Cromartie has announ
George F. Cuthrell, secre-j
ced that plans
have been
corn-
tary of the Maxton
pleted for the opening of Max °f Commerce, has
Chamber i
submitted '
ton schools on Thursday, Sep-Vis resignation to become ef- ;
tember 5 at 9
o’clock in
the f ec tive on the 15th of Septem- [
morning
. Thursday will be de- Ver.
voted to registration and class.
Mr. Cuthrell will be associ-
assignments.
; ated with Chamber of Com-
On Friday text books will be merce work in Texas. He and
issued and all fees will be col-' Mrs. Cuthrell will leave Max-
leeted. There will be no class
es held on either day and stu
dents will be through with pre
liminary work by noon on both
days.
The school cafeteria will not
be open until Monday. Mrs. A.
L. McEachin will again be in
charge of the cafeteria. Cafe
teria lunches will sell for 15c
this year due to the higher pri
ces of food supplies.
Regular classes will be com
menced on Monday. The school
day this year will be from 8:40
a. m. until 3:30 p. m. In the
high school there will be four
morning classes and two after
noon classes. The home eco
nomics classes will last one
hour each and the science
classes will also be hour clas
ses. All other periods will be
of 50 minutes duration.
A staggered lunch period
will run from 12:05 p. m. un-
il 1:05 p. m. for the elemen
tary school pupils. These stu
dents will not be allowed to gc
home for lunch unless they
have written permission from
their parents. The high school
lunch period will start at 1:05
p. m. and last 40 minutes.
The total enrollment for the
ton on September 15 for
Shreveport, La. From there
they will go to Tyler, Texas.
Officers of the Maxton Cham
ber of Commerce are now striv
ing to find a replacement to
take over Mr. Cuthrell’s duties
in Maxton.
There will be a cleanup day
held at the Maxton cemetery
Friday, September 6. The cem
etery is in very bad shape at
the present and it is necessary
that much work be done imme
diately to restore it to present-
able appearance.
It is requested.that all per
sons able to do so come to the
cemetery Friday and bring any
helpers, hoes, hakes, mowers,
and other useful implements
that might help to restore the
cemetery to its once clean, neat
appearance.
New Motor Company
Building Garage
A new building which
will
school year 1945-46 was
441
students. Mr. Cromartie is ex-
pecting approximately
the
same number to enroll again
for the coming school season.
Miss Alice Crump Martin of
Polkton has recently resigned
but it is expected that the
teacher complement will be
complete on opening day. Miss
Marguerite Townsend will teach
the first grade, Mrs. Edith
Williams, 2nd; Miss Esther
Cobb, 3rd; Miss Lillis Cousar,
4th; Miss Margaret Purcell,
5th: Miss Ann Baker, 6th; Miss
Lillian Lee, social science; Mrs.
Lois McLeod, English and Lat
in: Mrs. Lois McLeod. Eng-
‘’ish .and Latin: Mrs; J. H. Mac
Kinnon. English and math:
Fant Kelly, math and general
science: Mrs. Ed’ Ervin, home
house the showrooms and re
pair department of General
Motor Sales, Inc., is under con
struction on East Fourth Ave
nue next to the Red Springs
Builders Supply office.
The new concern has the lo
cal agency for Oldsmobile cars
and other General Motors pro-
H'-cts, and is owned by W. B.
McLean and others, who
the agency for this make
cars before the war.
HER LATE HUSBAND'S BROTHER
MOTHER OF EIGHTEEN CHILDREN, Mrs. Josephine Vandenheuvel, 74, of ’
Seymour, Wise., shows her new husband, John Vandenheuvel, 77, brother 1
of her deceased husband, that she still can wield a mean rolling pin.
She has 62 grandchildren and her husband has four children, 17 grand
children and four great-grandchildren. (International Soundphot^
New Reduced Air Mail Rale
Effective On First Of October
51st Session At
Flora Macdonald
Begins Monday
No Special
Rate For
Armed Forces
economics; Mrs.
Campbell, Bible; and
Stance!, music,
will also teach
sary.
Four school
operated this
school will not
Mr.
if it
Archibald
Mrs. J. P.
Cromartie
is neces-
busses will be
year. Liberty
be open. Day-
strom and Skyway Terrace will
both be served by school buss
es. Bus drivers will be McKay
Morgan, Bobby: Lytch, Thomas
Johnson and Talmadge Mc
Queen.
Drennan’s Garage
Is Incorporated
Among the eight certificates
of incorporation filed August,
28 in the office of the secretary
of state was one from Maxton:
Drennan’s Garage, Inc., as a
garage and mechanic’s busi
ness: authorized capital-stock
$100,000. subscribed stock $4,-
000 bv James Drennan, J. C.
Daniel and Wilhelmina Daniel,
all of Maxotn.
Drennan’s Garage, Inc., is
located directly behind Max-
ton Service Company (the bus
station) in Maxton and was
formerly called Maxton Motor
Company. The new corporation
has a competent staff of auto
mechanics and specializes in
auto repairs of all kinds.
Mrs. Emil Bardelli is in Win
ston-Salem visiting Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Knight. Mrs. Knight
is in Citv Memorial hospital
and has recently undergone an
operation.
The fifty-first session
Flora Macdonald college
at
will
open on Monday, September
9, when the freshmen will
report for rtegistration. Up
perclassman will arrive on
Tuesday and classes will be-
Kin Wednesday.
The formal opening exer-
rises will be held Thursday,
September 12, at 10:15 a. m.
when the Rev E D Wither
spoon, D.D., pastor of St
Andrews-Covenant Presbyte
rian church of Wilmington,
will be guest speaker.
The reduced air mail rate of
5c an ounce and fraction there
of becomes effective October 1
and the Postal Service will at
tempt to bring use of air mail
to unprecedented heights.
There will be no special rate
to the armed forces. However,
the new air mail rate will be
cheaper than the old 6c charge
for letters going to service per
sonnel.
In order to meet the decrease
in the air mail postage rate to
Mr. and Mrs. Frank J
of Huntersville announce
Xnox
the
5 cents an
tory of the
to members
ces abroad,
ounce in all terri-
United States and
of the armed for-
effective October
had birth of a daughter,- Kathryn
of Dianne, on August 20, 1946, at
[Mercy Hospital in Charlotte,
i Mrs. Knox is the former Miss
1, 1946, a new 5-cent air mail
postage stamp, and an emboss
ed air mail stamped envelope
in 5 cent denomination, stand-
ard quality. No.
size '(3%
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Pate and Kathryn Campbell, daughter of
son of Qillon, S. C,b visited rel- ,the (late Mr. and Mrs. Frank L.
atives in'Philadelphus Sunday. 'CamplSell. ' •^
if TESTS EFFECTS OF PLANE EJECTION
DURING A TEST of the new Navy-developed explosive ejection seat,
Comdr. D. W. Gressley, U. S. Medical Corps, is tossed 73 feet into the
air along the rails of a 100-foot tower. In inset, James Martin, inventor
of the device, watches
the same sensations as
xSuneii^onijfcneedlMn:
sslcy adjus^himself just before experiencing
lot does wheBllejected from a plane flying at
echnicians can s
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
SERVING WESTERN
ROBESON—AND TOWNS
OF MAXTON—RED
SPRINGS
PARKTON-ROWLAND
Volume LV1I, Number 33
Midstare Field Day And Barbecue
Features Greased Pig And Pole
High School Ups
Enrollment On
Opening Day
Enrollment in the high school
of Red Springs jumped l7 on
opening day over that record
ed last year, according to Supt.
Walter R. Dudley, with a total
of 94 on hand for the high
school,
grades
and the elementary
registered four less
than last year with 324 present
for the beginning of the term
Monday.
A number of additional stu
dents are expected to register
within the next few days, it
was stated, and it is honed that
the total enrollment for the
year will break the 400 mark.
Many new houses being com
pleted in this section now are
expected to
Christmas,
new homes
state Cloth
be occupied before
especially the 60
being built at Mid
Mills, a large part
of which will be occupied bv
“mnlovees to be brought into
Red Springs from other sec
tions.
The Rev. Trov E.-Jones spoke
briefly to students and parents
at exorcises held at 10 o’clock,
and the usual first-day routine
was completed before
noon.
Tuesday morning school was in
regular session and teachers
reported that classroom work
was onicklv slipping into well-
ordered routines.
Teachers and officials of the
school were highly pleased with
the large number of patrons
who. were present,,fQ^^^
in" dav, stating that the keen
interest being taken jn ftp
•whnni by the parents of the
children was greater than at
any time «in a number of years.
Watson Warehouse Is
Bought By Huggins
The warehouse of Tim Wat
son, located on Cross street, a
, i tin and frame structure, has
to 6% inches) arejowrn pro- been bopght by Hoh H ,
Ass .of preparation Th^ new ^^ t0 a
Stamp? and -stamped
will be placed on exclusive first bnilding-
dav sale at the Washington, D. I , „ , , ,, ,
o o ln e front end of the build-
C., post office on September 2
1946.
Stamp collectors desiring
: first-day cancellations of the
stamp may send a limited num
ber of addressed envelopes, not
in excess of 10, to the Post
master, Washington 13, D. C.,
with cash, money order or pos-
j tal note remittance to cover
.cost of the stamps to be affix
ed, attention being directed tp
the requiremnt for at least 2
ing will be used for the garage
and work will be started im
mediately in removing the wood
flooring and the pouring
concrete floor.
First Bale Brings
40c Per Pound
of
Mrs. F. K. Watson sold
the
of the new 5-cent
stamps to meet the
rate which will be in
the date of sale.
Collectors desiring
air mail
air mail
effect on
first-day
cancellations of the air mail
■stamped envelope may submit
order to the Postmaster, Wash
ington 13, D. C., for not more
than 5 stamped envelopes plain
ly indicating full name and ad
dress for each envelope. Furth
er information about obtaining
first day covers may be obtain
ed from the local Dost offices
The new air mail stamp and
first bale of cotton to be -offer
ed on the Red Springs market
this year on last Friday. Ben
Campen was the successful
bidder, paying 40c per pound
for.the cotton which graded
middling and was of inch and
a sixteenth staple.
The cotton was ginned at
Watson’s Gin, operated by Mrs.
Watson’s son, J. E. Watson.
This is believed ot have
been the first bale offered, in
North Carolina during the
season.
New Jewelry Store
1946
Maybe it was the big barbe-
cue dinner that attracted the ?
nearly one thousand people to -
Robbins Park Saturday but it
was the various interesting
contests which kept them am
used for three hours after they,
got there. The occasion was the j
which inaugurated a Labor
Day celebration which every '
Midstate Cloth Mills field day J
one vote in favor of being -
made into an annual event.
The Mills gave the party and
arranged a program of enter
taining events which kept all
ages
entertained throughout -
the four hours the event lasted.
Beginning with a barbecue din- -?
ner served at noon to its em-
ployes, their families and; a
,""mber of friends while Slim 1
MFIs and his string band pro-
vided music, the program in- J
eluded foot races by children,
boxing and other events. Shir- A
ley Williams won the 50 yard
dash for bovs and girls aged 6
to 9. and Ray Campbell won 4
the dash for boys aged 9 tp 12.
Campbell also came into addi- j
tional prize money when he
topped a group of four which ■
claimed a five dollar bill from :
the ton of a 16 foot greased
pole. This event attracted a
number of contestants who
soaked up some pretty sli.ck
cosmolene from the juniper
pole before Campbell, June
Hammonds. Buster Hudson and *
Doodle Beck teamed up to get
the prize. • , i [
Mack Ridge walked off With
the top prize in a baby dress-
ing contest. Mothers were a bit |
too skeptical of the abilities of 1
the contestants to permit use ■
of their babies, so six large 1
doll were used by Ridge, John- J
ny Brank (Robins baseballer), •
Fred Mercer, E. J. Dean, Geo. f
Hafnes and Bathy Landon. „
Some very amusing cross-ups ::
in clothing was convincing ev
idence that several of the en- 1
trants would need further
training before being admitted J
the use of live babies. . '  ' ■
The nursing contest, with 1
nippled bottles of Pepsi-Cola,
was another laugh-provoking
affair which left: the entrants
rather... full but completely out
of beath. Mrs. Georgianna Cal- 4
laham was the winner.
The well greased pig which
threaded its
legs,
ay through the,
arms and embraces of
nearly a hundred fellows Who ?
had visions of ^hops and fresh
ham was finally securelv caught
by James .McVicker, who near- 4
lv lost the slick little fellow as .
he was returning him to the
box.
The celebration was under
tee general chairmanship of
Carson Maness, who was assist-' 1
ed by Edd Thomas. Floyd Max- “'
well and Fred Mercer. The! 4
dinner was prepared by Fred -
Chason with the assistance of 4
the women of the missionary'
society of the Westside-Baptist,
church. Contests were planned’ ?’
and supervised bv. the general ,
committee and the following
women: Mrs. Era Mae Maness,
Mrs. Georgianna Callahan, Miss,
Mattie Shook, Mrs. Catherine?
Donahue, Mrs. Edna May and 4
Mrs. Mary Norris. ' '4/ ’ ?
Baxley-Johnson
Building Nears
Completion
[the new air mail stamped en-j Opens Soon
! velopes will go on sale Sep-| ,
; tember 26. The advance sale is J Rector E. Hutchinson, opera-
[ authorized to afford patrons an f or of ^ be j^g] Shops of Lum-
I opportunity of obtaining the herton, will open a new store in
new 5 cent air mail stamps and Red Springs within a short
stamped envelopes for use bedtime, it was stated here today. ,modern design,
ginning October 1, 1946. .
Work is progressing rapidly:, t
on the new home of the Bax
ley-Johnson Chevrolet compa
ny, which has been under con-
struction for some weeks. Of t
the concrete
1 For a period not to exceed
60 days, local postmasters will
i be authorized to exchange 8
Mr. Hutchinson has leased a
and steel frame work and built-
part of the McNeill building 4’P I’oof are now complete and
formerly used for the office of । W01 ' k 011 the interior finish of
, . ... „ . McNeill’s cleaners. Remodeling,^ building has been started,
i cent air mail stamps offered , f the bu j lding j progress for , Delivery date of the glass brick
bv patrons for an equal value 1 , - - ....
: „ 7 , - ,, c several weeks, is nearly
of air mail stamps of the 5 cent ^ -
i denomination.
ple'te. and installation of
com-j lo he used, and the plate glass
fix- for the show rooms has been
Sgt.
Bragg
home.
Mr.
Frank Campbell of Fort
spent the weekend at
and Mrs. J. P. Stance!
nternationM) Monday.
tiircs is expected to be
next week.
Mr.
mings
home
and Mrs. Richard
have returned to
made
postponed, however, and it was
j stated today that the . building
I ma" be occupied bv the Chevro>
Cum - j ^t dealers before the glass ar ¬
their
rives.
in Atlanta, Ga., after
Jr., and family of Fayetteville . visit with Mrs. Cummings’ nar-
were visitors in Maxton on ents, Mr. and Mrs. D. V. Walk-
er.
Miss Helen Frostick has left |
for Wilmington, where she Will J
teach music. ■.,. - 1