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THE SCOTTISH CHIEF FOUNDED 1887 RED SPRINGS CITIZEN FOUNDED 1896 CONSOLIDATED 1944 THE SCOTTISH CITIZEN One Of Robeson County’s Home town Newspapers Published Wednesdays R^d Springs, N. C. and Maxton, N. C. Wednesday, September 18, 1946 Town Board Appoints F. C. Frostick To Serve Unexpired Term As Mayor New Mayor Has Been Long Active In Town Work By virtue of the authority invested in the town board of Maxton, Fred C. Frostick has been appointed to serve the unexpired term of Mayor of Maxton until the next election in May The mayor’s office was formerly filled by the late W. H Hasty The new mayor was appoint ed last Wednesday night, Sep- Maxton Scout Troop Will Be Reorganized Boy was past this will The Maxton troop of thei Scouts of America which : Luther MacNeill will be Scout ¬ master and will be assisted by tember 11, at a meeting of the 1 c M> Castevens Jr Tbe Boy Town Board. Mr. Frostick re-J Scouts wiB be , using t|ie Iibi , ary signed his post as a commis sioner to accept the position of mayor. M. P James was ap pointed to fill the commission er’s post. Mr. Frostick was born in Stanton River, Va.,' and came to Maxton when he was about seven years old. He attended school in Maxton and was a pupil of Miss Hattie McBryde, a famed teacher in this tion. He accepted a position the Seaboard Air Line sec- with Rail- way in 1900 and has been as sociated with the transporta tion industry since that time. He has been a member of the town of Maxton board of com missioners since May 1931. Mr. Frostick is also treasurer of the Maxton Baptist church and a Deacon in the church. He has been active as mayor part of the Community Club for their meetings on Friday nights and will use the Amer ican Legion Hut if necessary. There are, at this time, ap proximately 30 Boy Scouts in Maxton that are expected to form the nucleus of the new troop. The first meeting will be held Friday night, Septem ber 20, at the Community Club. All boys interested in either joining or rejoining the Boy Scouts of America are request ed to see Mr. MacNeill, Mr. Castevens or John Hasty, an Eagle Scout and Senior Patrol leader.. McClelland May Get Metts’ Post DAD'S GI FRIENDS SHOWER GIFTS ON DYING CHILD discontinued during the war, will be reactivated week. Luther MacNeill be reactivated this week. ip™ PRETTY DOLLS AND OTHER GIFTS surround little Nancy Henderson in her home in Burlington, Vt., as her life slowly ebbs away. Dying of a brain tumor, the seven-year-old girl was deluged with gifts by soldiers at Camp Lee, Va., who served with her father. Doctors say she has but a short time to live. (International Soundphoto) Maxion Youth Attends Meet Held At UNC Local high school student attending the sixth Tar Heel Boy’s State held at the Univer sity of North Carolina in Chap- *!XX4l». Activities Are In Full Swing AI Flora Macdonald College Flora Macdonald college op- |ft . om Silver Burdett Inst, of ened last week with a capacity: Norma i Methods in Boston, did student body, and class work and other college activities are in full swing. Military circles in Raleigh A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER - SERVING WESTERN -1 ROBESON—AND TOWNS : • OF MAXTON—RED -m^ SPRINGS , 'f PARKTON—ROWLAND Volume LVII, No. 35 Complete Plans Fund To Be Used For Physical For Concert, Improvements And Increase Of Lecture Course Endowment Al Flora Macdonald Plans have been completed" for the annual concert-lecture course at Flora Macdonald col lege and'Dean Reuter reports that the series this year is Witherspoon Is Speaker At Campaign For $300,000 Is Now Underway pro-tem since March. Members of now include: mayor; C. H. and treasurer commissioner; commissioner; commissioner; commissioner. the middle of. report that Col. Royce S. Mc- Many improvements have been „ , . , , .... ; made during the summer, both as he is known to Maxton peo- - ., m ,, , ’ . ! inside the building and outside pie, is 16 years old and a senior; r u n- , j TT —the dormitoriees in East Hall Richard Hendricks. “Dickie.”;, , , • nr , 1 1 TT have been redecorated in pas- in Maxton high school. He isri , , , ... A tel shades, floors in the parlors, el Hill last week was Charles commandingWtive in sports there and plays] [C^pand former commanding | "~— V^TiV^ T^ T^ I rotunda, dining room, Watkins the town board officer of the 22nd Coast Ar-| 0n the baseball and basketball Ha ] b anc[ iri tbg gyrn baye been F. C. Frostick, | Cillery regiment is being men- Whitlock, clerk tioned as a possible successor R. B Bullard, to J. Van B. Metts a adjutant teams. He represented the Lib- T. O. Evans, general ! whenever E. P. Williams, M. P. James, of North Carolina General Metts re- maintaining the high level of, excellence which has drawn OHAHinfl large audiences to the college ! V Upcillliy for many years to hear the greatest artists of the day. Musical numbers for the sea son will include Rosalyn Tur eck. famous American pianist; Mack Harrell, one of the truly great Baritones, and declared by the New York Herald Tri bune to be “far and away our finest male concert singer;” The Rev. E. D. Witherspoon, D. D., pastor of the St. An drews-Covenant Presbyterian A fund of $300,000 will be’ raised for Flora Macdonald college during the next few months as a part of the observ ance of the institution’s fiftie th anniversary. "-‘^ and the tet, one chamber today. Gordon String quar- of the most popular groups in America church of Wilmington, was guest speaker at the formal ening of the 51st session Flora Macdonald college Thursday morning. the op- of on Dance Friday Night The Maxton Cotillion club will sponsor a dance at Evans hall on Friday night, Septem ber 20. Dancing will commence at 9:00 p. m. Admission will be 50c per person. All students at Presbyterian Junior college are invited to attend this dance. A number of invitations have been sent out of town and it is expected that a large crowd will be pre sent. signs his position. A number of national guard units from this area served under Col. McClelland during the war. Dr. Hayes Wins In Fishing Rodeo Dr. A. H. Hayes of Fairmont was among the winners in the recent $2000 Fall Fishing ro deo at Wilmington. Dr. Hayes won in the pom- pano division with a catch 17 in ches long, weighing three lbs. erty Post No. 117 of Maxton in the meeting. The Boys State, sponsored by the North Carolina American Legion and the Institute of Gov- ermnet is “to train and inspire the youth of North Carolina in full realization of their respon sibilities and to teach them du ties. rights and privileges of ci tizenship through participation in government functions” During.the week the boys heard officials from the gover- or’s office and all other bran ches of the state’s government describe the nature of their du ties and the overall structure of North Carolina law—city, coun ty and state. refinished, a number of modern improvements have been added to the kitchen equipment, the summer work at Harvard uni versity, and graduate work at Westminster Choir college. Be fore coming to Flora Macdon ald, Miss Rowland taught at Meredith college, Raleigh, and at Massachusetts State college. Mrs. Perry is a graduate of f lora Macdonald college, later receiving her B. S from the School of Library servee, Co lumbia University in New York, and has studied toward her mas ter’s degree in Library Science. She has been librarian at the The series also includes two of the great personalities on the lecture platform, Dr. Gor don S. Seagrave, physician, and author of the famed “Burma Surgeon;” and H. R. Knicker bocker, well known and popu- lar foreign correspondent The date's: Oct. 28, Rosalvn Tureck. Dec. 2. H. R. Knickerbocker. Jan. .13. Mack Harrell. March 3, Dr. Gordon Sea- President Henry G. Bedin ger presided at the opening exercises, and following a brief word of welcome to faculty and students, presented Rev. Thomas A. Fry, Rev. Allen' C. Lee, and Rev. Troy Jones, pas tors of the local Presbyterian, Methodist, and Baptist church es, who brought greetings to the college. Dr. Bedinger also presented Miss Virginia Mont gomery, recently appointed di rector of religious education at the Presbyterian church. i Dr. Witherspoon opened his | very thoughtful and stirring grave. | April 21, Gordon String quartet. address by recalling the Scot tish background of the college, and of the part played, espe cially in this section of North Carolina, by the stalwart Scots who came to America to become the foundation and pillar of this great nation. They were, ROTARY MEETING president’s house newly paint, ed and other renovating has ^tus Club in New York, at the been done on the outside of the Ionian’s College of Furman ■ " ■■ University in Greenville, S. C.,jj buildings. PJC Expects Over 400 Students Before The End Of This Month The enrollment of Presbyt - rian Junior college after one week of the new fall session has passed is 339 students. Of this number 79 are refresher stu dents and will complete their course of study in January. The remainder are high school stu dents and college students in the freshman and sophomore classes. Farm Bureau Begins Drive A campaign seeking to bring at least 7,000 Robeson county members into the Farm Bu reau was set under way Thurs- 0. H. Broadway, manager of the Carolina Power and Light company in Maxton and vice-' president of Laurinburg Ro tary club, spoke on the subject of electrification to members of Fairmont Rotary club on last Tuesday night. Rotarian Broadway gave many interesting sidelights on the power business and Fair mont Rotarians felt that his dis cussion of the various phases of electrical work was very infor mative. New members of the faculty and administrative staff include Mrs. Hinton McLeod of Morgan ton, dean of women; Dr. Eliza beth L. Moore of Parkersburg, W. Va., professor of French; Mis« Ellen Rasor of Rock Hill, S. C, professor of mathematics; Mrs. Leslie Perry of Henderson, librarian; Miss Ethel Rowland of Worcester, Mass., professor of voice; Mrs. L. S. Gambll of Clemson, S. C., dietitian; and Mrs Mary Helton of Raeford, housekeeper. Dr. Moore received her M. A. degree from Ohio State Univer sity and her Ph. D. from Johns Hopkins She has taught at Con verse college, Meredith college, and at St. Lawrence University in New York. Miss Raser graduated from Winthrop and- received mas ter’s degree from Duke Univer sity. She taught math at Win throp before coming to Flora Macdonald. Miss Rowland received her E. B. degree from Boston Teach er’s college, diploma in voice and at the Henderson Public Li brary in Henderson. Mrs. Perry is the former Miss Flora Mc Kinnon of Laurinburg. Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Alien re- turned home Sunday from Mi ami, Fla., where they were call ed due to the illness and death of Mr. Allen’s brother, Robert C. Allen. , Ingathering At Centre The annual ingathering of . , ,, V t u I he said, leaders among thne na- the Centre Presbyterian chhrch , ’ , ’ . tions statesmen, educators, i u v and spiritual fathers, and were October 18. Barbecue, chicken r ’ salad, and other farm produce will be sold. near Maxton, will be held on Miss Ella Rose McEachern, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ar thur McEachern, Red Springs will leave Thursday for New York, where she will sail Frankfurt, eGrmany, to do fice work for the army of cupation. Miss McEachern tended Flora Macdonald to of- oc- at- col- lege and was employed at the Laurinburg-Maxton air base for three years and at Fort Bragg for the past year. Bw Scottish Bank Building Opens Thursday At Sf. Pauls The new building of the Scottish Bank at St. Pauls will be opened for public inspec tion on Thursday evening of this week, according to John B. Stedman, president, who has issued a general ' invita tion to the public to attend a structure has been'.fitted out with modern bank furnishings which make it one of the most attractive banking houses in this section. i the backbone and heart of ear ly America. “Truly,” he said, “the heritage which is ours from Scotland is no mean her itage, but one of which we may be justly proud.” Calling the attention of the students to the famous Scots woman for whom this college is named, he told them that they could do no better than to pattern their lives on that of “Scotland’s First Lady, whose purity and high stand ards of life should be an in spiration to the students of her namesake : college during its Second half century as they had'Keen for the past 50 years. He closed his talk with a plea to the students to begin their college lives with a determin ed purpose'—“as you stand at recepton at the o’clock. Located in the Pauls business bank at 8:30 center of St. district, the new deep red, pressed brick As announced by Halbert McN. Jones, chairman of the board of trustees. Flora Mac donald college will invite al umnae and friends to aid in financing timely improvements and a substantial addition to the college endowment. From a modest beginning as Red Springs seminary in 1896, the college has grown to an in stitution serving 350 students annually, approved by the State Department of Educa tion as a standard grade A col lege, possessing 'Seven brick structures attractive southeast, “In the on one of the most campuses in the and free of debt, life of the college, as an individual, there must be steady and well integrated progress,” states Mr. Jones in outlining the campaign objec tives. ■ *'* L “Based on competent coun sel and thorough analysis, the trustees of Flora Macdonald college announces these new and essential objectives in the current program. “For improvement and con- servatfon of the existing col lege plant and its facilities, $100,000 is needed. “For increasing the endow ment, in order to meet the re quirements of the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools and to se cure a fine future for the col lege, the objective of $200,000 is proposed.” Improvements to college fa cilities will include wiring and lighting system thrpughbjit all buildings to be improved;' a new wafer tank Land ^improved bathrooms"; to; be provided, re- nlacement «of floors', ^orn thin in places ^ mpre ’ than 6,000 Flora .Macdonald'alumnae; new wininmenU in classrooms; re furnishing of dormitories: in sulation and weatherstripninb; walks and betterment of the Mrs. L. C. LaMotte has an nounced that the college is ex pecting 40 more refresher stu dents to report for the opening of a new refresher course. On that same day 40 more regular students are expected to report for regular college work. This sjuopnjs 61^ jo [Ejoj n oai8 [Jim entered for classes in the ad ministration buiding. Registration for the vocaiton- al school to commence at the Air Base, called the North Campus, has already passed the half hundred mark and is still open. The following classes will commence at the North Cam pus on September 23; aircraft engine and mechanics, elctrical sales and service, refrigeration and air conditioning, flight in struction for private pilot’s 11- day. The campaign was ?.■&*: launch- ed at a mass meeting at the armory at which time those attending heard talks by C. B. Stafford, supervisor of Fairmont tobacco market; C. Rankin, supervisor of the R. the Lumberton market; Will Rog ers, W. S. Britt, Mack Griffin, and J. Talmadge Graham, pres ident of the Robeson Farm Bu reau. Mr. Stafford and Mr. Rankin, exuressing hope that the Farm Bureau drive meets with suc cess, told of low tobacco pri ces prevailing in 1932 and 1929 and said the increased prices now being received by grow- ers Les is of due directly to activi- the Farm Bureau, the cense, commercial license and.Drange ^^„.x_^ ,.• A number groups. instructor’s license. and other agricultural of students have asked for oth er courses but so far this num ber has not been large enough to warrant a teacher. Both explained the stabilization phases of corporation ths orc/ani J and declared that. The refresher students must zationi which is enabling Rob- pass college entrance examina- eson farnjers to obtain higher tions after completing their Prices for tobacco, was brought course before they can enter a about through the work of college freshman class. ' farm organizations.. , NEW HOM1 of the Scottish Bank in St. Pauls will b^ opened for public inspection Thursday night, Sept. 19. Of the most modern construction, the new building is designed ex pressly for the convenience of banking custom ers in the St. Pauls area. The formal opening program from 8:30 to 9 p. m. will be presided over by President Stedman and is to be broad cast over the bank’s regular radio program on WTSB. The Rev. and Mrs. Earl Robinson and Mr. and Mrs. Tom J. Smith will receive guests and refreshments will be served the close of one fifty years, and under God, upon the threshold of another fifty and more, bear in mind that all that is past is prologue for you, a setting of the stage on which you are called to play your part,” stressing that upon how they play that part depends the hope of those generations which shall look to Flora Mac donald for education and spir- by members of the board managers and their wives. The board of manages eludes: J. M. Butler, McCall, F. R. Keith, Hughes Jr , Dr R G send, Mr. Smith, Dr. Moore, Frank L. Tolar D. Tolar. D. J. of in- D G Town- L and J R. W. J. Baker is cashier of the St. Pauls unit, and Mal- grounds; and provements. When such terations ^re When such terations are other similar im- additions and al- carried through, additions and al- carried throuph. the 50-year old institution will be even more adequately pre pared than at present to offer a high standard of training, comradeship, and “democracy in action” to the student body. Rual guidance. The future of:For these students, the College has the aim of developing each the world in this time of un certainty, will be largely de termined, he said, on the cam pus of the Christian college. High Prices For Cotton On Market In Red Springs Over a hundred bales of ton a day is rolling onto Red Springs cotton market and nearly 300 bales blocked cot- thel as a competent and educated Chirstian woman. r ■.-' The present endowmentis $205,000. The doubling of this amount, as an important phase of the fall campaign, repre sents a step toward greater security for the institution and broader recognition of its stu dents and alumnae. Memorials and scholarships in amounts ranging from $1,- 000 up ar(e included in the colm Andrews is assistant ca-’ , f0r seve ^al hours last shier. Other employes of the9> a U1 ay . 9 * e biggest reg- Gifts of this type will be count- jular marketing of cotton dur- , , type win oe count- ring September in a number of ed toward the endowmen t fund 1 years, according to market ob- and re P resent an important im provement in Flora Macdonald bank are Mrs. Jessie Welch and Marvin Smith. The bank was instituted in! St. Pauls several years ago when it acquired interests of the Bank of Rowland, and has since been housed in the build ing formerly used by that in stitution. It was the fourth unit of the group of six bank ing businesses operating as the Scottish Bank in Red Springs, Pembroke, Lumberton, St. Pauls, Garland and Salemburg. Prior to the opening program stockholders of the institution will be guests at a barbecue servers. Top prices prevailing the market touched 38c , campaign committee’s plaris. on on : college’s service to young men of the south. wo- supper to be given board of managers at Pauls civic club. by the the St. cotton was bringing high pri- strict middling and all good ces as spirited bidding between the buyers held the market to prices of a cent or more above prices in in neighboring towi t. There will be a reception at the Maxton Communitv Club Saturdav night at 8 ^o’clock for all ‘new faculty members and students of Presbyterian Jr. college. All friends of the college are cordially invited to attend. The college is under sponsorship and control the of Fayetteville, Orange and Wil mington Presbyteries. Dr. Henry G. Bedinger has been its presidence since 1930. Yor the •nrecoding 34 years Dr, Charles G. Vardell ident. He is now emeritus. Flora Macdonald, was nres- president Scottish heroine, for whom the institul, tion was renamed in 1915, liv ed for five years in this see-. (Continued on Page 8)
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