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THE SCOTTISH CHIEF FOUNDED MID SPRINGS FOUNDED 1887 CITIZEN 1896 CONSOLIDATED 1944 Volume LIX, No. 4. THE SCOTTISH CITIZEN One Of Robeson County’s Hometown Newspapers Twelve Pages (Red Springs and Maxton, N C.) Thursday, February 5, 1948 EASTERN AIR LINES REFUSES SCHEDULED SERVICE TO LUMBERTON Letter To Mayor Seawell Quotes CAB Decision AIRPORT COMMISSION MARGARET TRUMAN APPEALS FOR POLIO FUNDS AIRPORT BUILDING OPPOSED BY MAYOR Construction With out Commercial Service Would Be No Benefit The Lumberton Airport Com mission is composed of the May or, the Board of Commissioners, E. M. Johnson, John P. Stedman, and Scott Shepherd. Mr. Johnson, chairman of the commission, and Mr. Stedman were recently ap pointed to fill the expired terms of J. C. Hutto, and F. K. Biggs, Sr. The chairman, Scott Shep herd, vice) chairman, and H. P. Allen, secretary, compose the executive committee of the com mission and carry on its business. 4 ■ A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER SERVING WESTERN ROBESON—AND TOWNS OF MAXTON—RED SPRINGS PARKTON—ROWLAND 1 LUMBERTON.—A letter receiv ed by Mayor Malcolm B. Seawell from M. M. Frost, vice president of Eastern Air Lines, says that “In its final decision in this proceed ing on October 4, 1947, the (Civil Aeronautics) Board failed to spe cify a need Tor scheduled com mercial airline service to Lumber- ton.” This letter was in answer to a letter written by Mr. Seawell to EAL which requested a “frank statement,” for the information of the Airport Commission which is investigating the feasibility of building an administration build ing at the municipal airport. The expense of the buliding would be; furnished half by the federal gov ernment and half by the City of' Lumberton, and would require a bond issile by the city. E. M. Johnson, chairman of the । airport commission elected by the Airport Commissioners, had asked for an appointment with EAL of ficials by telegram; he received a reply by telephone saying that an Presbytery Men Elect Officers RED SPRINGS.—Approximately 300 members of Men of the Fay etteville Presbytery meeting at Flora Macdonald College here Wed nesday night of last week heard a speech by Col. Leroy McCraw, di rector of the Presbyterian Pro gram of Progress, and elected two Lumberton men as officers. John Luther McLean was named presi dent of the organization and Alton Price was elected secretary-treas urer. The meeting was the presbyte- rial gathering cf the Men of etteville presbytery, and heard Col. Le Craw warn unless the church spreads gospel, which is the true appointment would gladly be but that Eastern would not Lumberton a scheduled stop out CAB order to do so. Mr. Seawell’s letter from made, make with ¬ EAL was dated January 28. Under date Of January 30 the Lumberton Chamber fo Commerce and Agri culture wrote Mr. Seawell saying that “These people (EAL) have made Us a definite promise to give service to Lumberton ...” and recommending that the commis sioners “take immediate action on the construction ft ion building at - wtter“"WCht on struction of the used as a lever of the administra- the airport." The to say that eon- building might be to persuade EAL to inaugurate schedule here. The exchange of letters in the Matter follows: Received while this paner was on . the, press was the Allowing information. (Ed.) . ■ A letter dated June 24, 1943, from EAL ' 1st vice president Paul. Brattain to the Lumber- ton Chamber of Commerce reads: ‘May we file your application until we feel the time is op- portuhe . . . We are anxious and! willing, and given equip ment; are able to take care of all the needs of our territory, and that includes you. The chamber of commerce secretary mentions correspondence and conversations since then with Mr. Brattain and the examiner for CAB. He says that CAB has never been asked to con sider Liimbertoh and has there fore never eliminated Lumber- ton from scheduled commercial service. The secretary quotes a CAB examiner as saying “Lum berton is in line if EAL will file.” Eastern Air Lines, Inc., New York 10, N. Y. Gentlemen: Recently the Federal Government made available to this City a grant in the amount of sixty-two-thous and ($62,000.00) Dollars for im provement of the local airport and for the erection of an administra tion building. Before accepting this grant it is important for us to know whether or not Eastern Air Lines now, or in the near future, intends to make .. Lumberton a regular stop. It is my understanding that this matter was presented to Eastern Air Lines sometime ago. I would appreciate your advising me of any negotiations or decisions which have been made with respect to service for Lumberton. You will understand, I am sure, that air service for the people of Lumberton will be a most import ant consideration in our decision as to any improvement for the air port. I would appreciate a frank statement from you as to the pos sibility of Lumberton’s receiving air service from Eastern Air Lines. Yours very truly, Malcolm B. Seawell Jan. 21, 1948 Hon. Malcolm B. Seawell Mayor Lumberton, N. C. Dear Mayor Seawell: ■ - ^ha^-ks very much for your friendly letter of January 21 and j for your interest in bringing E'ast- * ern Air Lines’ service to Lumber- ton. The Civil Aeronautics Board, as you may know, is charged with the task of determining the need ——Continued on Page 3 The principal magnetic poles of the earth from the are about 1,200 geographic poles. miles of democracy, we may expect spread of Communism and atheism in the countries of rope and Asia. SYNOD’S QUOTA Fay- they that the basis the its Eu- The quota of the svnod of North Carolina for is $1,412,390. tery’s quota the whole pregram Fayetteville presby- is $167,087, which makes the quota for foreign mis sions to be raised at once $84,- 000. The 300 men gathered here determined the full would be raised, and the ing churches actually their quotas as follows: t'n, Dunn, Erwin, St. amount follow- pledged Lilling- Pauls, Vaughan Memorial (Fayetteville), Fairmont, Lumberton, Parkton and Red Springs. Mr. Le Craw came here f"om Sanford, where he met the Men of District Four of Orange pres bytery at noon. The night before he had met the laymen of the Presbyterian churches of Guil ford county at supper in the Masonic Temple in Greensboro. At both places be presented program. the S. E. Memory Dies, H. H. Memory Cousin LUMBERTON.—Simms E. Mem ory, 92. venerable resident of Whiteville, was buried there Sat urday. Funeral services were held at the McKenzie Chapel, White ville, and were conducted by Rev. S. N. Lamb, pastor of the White- vill Baptist Church, assisted by Dr. C. H. Durham, pastor emeritus of the First Lumberton. Mr. Memory night after Baptist Church of died late Thursday having suffered a stroke last Tuesday which paraly zed his left side. A native of Whiteville, Mr. Mem ory was the son ' of the late Col. T. S. Memory and Mrs. Rachel Baldwin Memory. The only surviv or in his.immediate family is J. L. Memory of Whiteville, his brother. Attending the funeral from Lum- berton cousin, Mrs. C. were H. H. Memory. Mrs. H. H. Memory H. Durham. Farm Bureau Delegates Back first and Robeson County’s 'Farm Bureau sent four delegates to the state convention in Asheville last week end in spite of the travel was difficult. Knox Andrews, J. fact that Graham, O. P. Owens ,and W. D. Reyn olds report a most satisfactory meeting. They report that travel wasn’t too difficult- and that the weather sin Asheville was more pleasant than here. much California spends more any other state on a per basis for education. than capita South Africa may use surplus aircraft hangars for corn storage. Miss Margaret Truman heads a group of distinguished women in a nation-wide March of Dimes broadcast from the White House arranged by the National Founlation for Infantile Paralysis. Front row. left to right; Lady Inverchapel, wife of the British Ambassador; Miss Margaret Truman, and Mrs. Fred Vinson, wife of the Chief Justice of the U. S. Supreme Court. Back row: Lady Balfour, wife of the First Minister of the British Embassy; Mrs. John Baker of Charlotte, N. C., physical therapist, Presbyterian Hospital, and Mrs. Ralph Edwards, wife of Ralph Edwards of The Truth or Consequence radio program. ■ Fairmont Civic Clubs To Hear Gubernatorial Candidate Johnson ME Temperance Leader Speaks Hotel Fairmorit * Scene Of Speech Tuesdav Evening FAIRMONT —Plans a^e nearing comrdeticn for the visit of Chas. M. Tnh"son to Fairmont on Feb- ■ , n. David M. Britt, secretary of the "Fill A Ship Adds A Week To Dnwhoidlmo The Fill A S^p With' Friendship Fairwahij. Rotary club whiq^^is-^canip^i^n ^/ i col,leet articles fcr the use of Overseas;neSly was a rmor soring Mr. Johnson, an n ou n- ced this' week. Invitations issued to members of the Civitan club and members of the George Galloway Post of the American Legion sometime have been accepted, Mr. stated. ■ ago Britt casualty of the weather during the past week 1 just a# was almost every other activity ifi the county. Dr. R. D. Wellons, county chairman of the cause has announced that col- It is expected that approximate ly one hundred Fairmont residents will be on hand at the Hotel Fair mont next Tuesday evening to hear Mr. Johnson. Now serving as State Treasurer, the speaker is one of the gubernatorial candidates in North Carolina’s coming election and much interest will be centered around his visit here. The candi date • is speaking at the regular weekly meeting of Fairmont Ro tary club which for this occasion will be "held at 7:00 p. , m. Howard' C. Lewis, secretary of the Fairmont Civitan club, revealed this week that because the club as a body will attend the Tuesday night program their regular Thurs day dinner meeting will be can celled. Waccamaw Bank Paying Dividend FAIRMONT. A dividend of $1.00 per share, totaling $20,000.00, is now being distributed to stock holders of the Waccamaw Bank and Trust Company, W. B. Lennon, vice-president of the bank, announ ced here this week. The dividend, declared at a re cent meeting of the directors of; the bank, is payable to approxi mately 200 stockholders on record as of December 31, 1947. At the same meeting, $100,000.00 was trans ferred from undivided profits to the surplus account, bringing it up to $600,000.00. Total capital of the Waccamaw Bank is slightly more than one million dollars. With home offices in Whiteville, the bank has bran, ches in Fairmont, Chadbourn; Ta bor City, Kenansville, Fair Bluff, Shalotte, Rose Hill, Clarkton and Southport. Police Pinch Prowling Porker, Cily Swilling Sentenced Swine RED which around town week. SPRINGS porker has been * ‘ projecking ’ ’ the eastern section landed in Charges: the clink destruction of this of grown young member of the Poland-China breed, which is now contentedly cipal hoar 1 eating at the Owner Fill tion’ 1 Ship campaign, W. that collection berton report contributions private property tin? peace. The led hog, 150 pounds, was crew of town and disturbing weighing about captured by a workers .after a same if he describes pays his board bill to build a substantial will keep him cut number of depredations to flow er and vegetable gardens were reported by residents. Police in vestigating the matter have found no claimants for this well- yards, according to Reece Snyder, who will be suspended, ants show up, the may secure said hog, and agrees home which of people’s Town Clerk says sentence If no claim- fire depart- ment is planning a big barbecue if it is the successful bidder at the town’s auction sale. appreciate support through BED SPRINGS ordered by missioners cover many accounts. meters on Red Springs for sometime to come, deposits for new custom- the water and light de- Tuesday night. P. A. Roberts, gineer, will make the survey week, it was stated. The new line will serve oartment were ^oaid. when it deposits being RED SPRINGS—Final surveys for extension of sewer- lines in the north section of town were to impress the in discusion business areas ing times, the was not even people of the Seventh District and it would not be easy to ex- parking streets Meter evs of 5c A Copy Congressmap an is in he plans session J. BAYARD CLARK PSC Weekly Calendar night. Apparently there will be no charged surgeon in charge. Please regis- Margaret did not Residen- Protestants will be the Rev. Thomas the Presbyterian Springs; Catholic- practice present terfaith Forum, represented by Fry. pastor of church of Red His lows: date After gress home that on en- this their generous tee years.’’ ter at the desk between 9 and 11 o’clock. . . at their meeting upped by the was shown that the Board of Corn- The Hon. press how much I town fathers, and jof the zoning of for limited park- subject cf meters mentioned Tuesday ism will be represented by Father Michael of Lumberton and Juda ism will be represented by Dr. Allan Tarshish of Alenton, Pa. * U It is estimated that about q^e in 15 persons bitten by poisdnous snakes has been handling the rep tiles intentionally, 1- ”irl;e-White. phntogrenher k f- tore”, who wa scheduled to an-. Board Orders Final Survey For RS Sewer Lines Parking Meters Turned Down Water - Light Deposit Upped area along the following streets: North Church, North Vance. North Main, and 2nd Avenue. It will be a ten-inch line and will connect with a 230-foot exten sion just completed which ex tends from t:he main lines on Second avenue to the old Fay etteville road. NO PARKING METERS Zone parking was approved for the business section of the town with No Parking and 2-Hour Parking spaces to be set up on Main street as soon as the nec essary signs can be secured. Agi- | tation for parking meters failed BI. CALE K. BURGESS chairman of the With Friendship rear at Flora Macdonald lege next Monday evening Best, states delayed in India and her gagement here postponed. Miss Bourke-White, one of last Americans to interview tiai deposits were bounced to a $5 to $15 range, depending on use to be made, and commercial depo its were given a new range of $10 and $50 depending cn cur rent demands of the new busi nesses. Bourke-White Talk Postponed col on the concert and lecture course of the college, has again been en- the the Will Resume Fayetteville Law Practice After Present Session Bayard Clark, member of Congress for the past 18 years from the 7th N. C. Dis trict, today notified Robeson County's Hometown Newspapers that he would not be a candi date for renomination in the pri maries this year. Clark, whose Fayetteville, states : to re-enter tile of law there after the of Congress. announcement reads as fill “I shall not be a candi for renomination this year the present session of Con. I plan to resume the prac tice of law at Fayetteville, It has been a privilege to serve the points in Lum- very satisfactory considering the weather; but Mr. Best says that a great deal mere material is RED SPRINGS—Cale Burgess. needed to fill the Collection points Apple House, Dixie Williams Laundry, niture Stare, and to Associate Store ton, and at H. O. city’s quota, are Snow's Trading Co., Modern Fur- Western An in Liimber- Barnes Gro ¬ chairman of the Board petance of the Conference church, will Presbyterian of North the speak at church of Tem- Carolina Methodist the in Springs Sunday evening, ary 8, at 7:30. First Red Febru- Indian leader, Mahatma Ghan- di, before his assassination last week, is remaining in that country during the pre Ont dis turbances which have followed the tragedy. Officials of the college have been notified that the photogra pher will return to the United States later in February and will probably be heard in Red Springs during the first week eery in East Lumberton, Hay wood Grocery in North Lumber- ton, and Star Union Mfg. Co. in West Lumberton. lection of clothing an^ other terials which was scheduled to yesterday will be extended ’for week. It had been planned that end one an appeal would be made by most county pastors from their puipits last Sunday, but as so many con gregations were unable to meet because of transportation difficul ties it has been impossible for all who wish to give to be given the opportunity. Articles that are most desper ately needed overseas are cloth ing, bedding, shoes, cotton goods, cotton feed sacks, dolls, picture books, candles, soap, utensils other daily needs; perishables not sought. Cdllection and distribution and are being handled by the Church World Service and distribution costs are held .to an absolute minimum. The materials are allocated on a single basis, that of need; no racial, re ligious or political qualifications are ever considered. Whiteville Forms Concert Assoc. Whiteville has just completed its membership drive for a munity Concert Series and secured 600 members. This interest to members of the Com- has is of Lum- berton association inasmuch as their membership cards will be honored for the Whiteville per formances, provided the auditori um there has sufficient capacity for visiting members. There will be three concerts in the series: the first, this month, will be by the Philharmonic Pi ano Quartet composed of two men and two women. Elwood Gary, tenor, will appear late in March, and the third artist will be Miss Helen Olheim, Metropoli tan opera soprano, who will pro bably be the outstanding artist of the Whiteville series. Mr. Burgess a graduate of the University of North Carolina. He served in the Field Artillery of the 30th Division during the first World War, enlisting as a .private and discharged as a first [ lieutenant. He organized the Am erican Legion in the state of North Carolina, and served as First Department Commander of the Legion in this state. He serv ed as district gevernment of Lions International during 1923-24. was the state manager of campaign in North Carolina He the 1933 when North Carolina was the only state that rejected the repeal of the 18th amendment. He was head of the United Dry For ces of North Carolina from 1933- 1943. He has been an attorney-at- law for about 30 years. Mrs. Butler New Voice Society Editor It i= with regret that the Voice loses Mrs. Mary Bryan Trueblood as its society editor; it is with exactly equal delight that the Voice announces that its new so ciety, editor is Mrs. Emily Butler Mrs. Trueblood has been forced to resign because personal busi ness demands all of her time and because of the fact that it is probable that she will move from Lumberton in the near future. Mrs. Butler has had supervision over the LHS Eca4 page which lias been a feature of the Home- town Newspapers and so takes _on with reportorial hind her. Mrs. since last fall, her new duties experience be- Butier can be reached on the telephone at her home, number 487, after school hours; if she cannot be reached, a message to the Hometown News papers office, number 624, will be relayed to her. Miss Sarah Hamilton will as sume supervision of the LHS Echo page. Due to the fact that schools have been closed this school fea_ lure does not appear in this issue of the paper. The, Echo will be back next week. Indians living- near the Catskill Mountains before the coming of the white man believed them to be the dwelling place of the Great Spirit. in March, on a date yet to decided, in one of her first pearances after returning. be ap- Funeral Service For James Rozier Funeral services were held James Franklin Rozier at for the First Bantist church in Lumber- ton Friday afternoon; the rites were conducted b^ Dr. C. H. Dur ham. pastor emeritus, assisted by Rev. R. L. Alexander, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Lumberton. The death occurred Wednesday, January 28, and was a result of asphyxiation. Mr. Rozier was overcome by smoke in a fire at his home in Lumberton and died shortly after being taken to a. hospital. Active pallbearers were Stone, Jimmy Cary, D. B. Todd, Fred Clifton, Maples, Wilton Robert Farris Branch., and L. E. Fountain. PEMBROKE.—The PSC Calen dar, for the week of February 6 through February 13, was announ ced today as follows: Friday February 6. The Faculty Club will meet in the home ec building at 7:30 p. m. At 11 a. m. Ross Shumaker, the architect in charge of building plans at PSC, will speak to the student body, on the subject "Ar chitectural Engineering as a Life Work.” Students of Wesley Foundation will go to Winston Salem for a State WF conference, which will be held Feb. 6, 7, and 8. Saturday, February 7. The PSC cagers will play the Presbyterian Junior College of Maxton, here. Thursday, February 12. An. In- As Representative for the, 7th District, Mr. Clark has served the people of Robeson, Cumberland, Bladen, Columbus, New Hanover, Brunswick and Harnett counties for nine term', being reelected most times without opposition, by substantial majorities whenever other candidates entered the Mid against him. He succeeded Hom- ^r Lyon of Columbus county Orthopaedic Clinic Friday An orthopedic clinic will be held Friday, February 6, in the basement of the Agriculture Building in Lumberton. Dr. O. L. Miller of Charlotte will be the Armory Site For Red Springs Secured - Deed Delivered To General Metts Winner In 5-Acre ^fion tonlesf Building To Be Dane In Spring; Finished In June Mayor E. Alexander and PEMBROKE — Elmore Lock lear of the Philadelphus section wa- second prize winner for Dis trict -2 of the Five Acre Cotton Contest sponsored by the North Captain George A. Forloines, co- ¬ manding the Headquarters Bat- Carolina Agricultural Service. Extension Mr Locklear produced an average of 1,150 lbs. on his five-a per acre plot. He v/as the only winner from Robeson in the statewide contest. Presentation of the check for $200 was made by Director I O. Schaub of the State College Extension Service. $1,200 was given the two producer’ of the state: H. Bonds of Cabarrus, 1.399 Ibs. acre, was awarded first prize ton E. per of $800: Leonard Killian of Warren county, producing only one pound less per acre, was awarded sec- ond prize cf $400. Awards given by the North Carolina Crushers association. The five-acre plot which wire Seed pro acre of a duced the 1.150 pounds per for Mr. Locklear was part farm, owned by H. P. Ashley in Philadelphus township, ,of which he was a tenant. He had worked the farm for four years. He is now tenant of another farm in the same vicinity Lumbee River Co-On Construction Proceeds; To Have 1000 Miles Of Line According to D. J. Dalton, lo- p al manager of Lumbee River Electric Membership Corporation, the construction program for the cooperative will more rapid pace; proceed at a the conductor and transformer manufacturers have agreed to step up shipment beginning the first quarter of 1948. Some 230 miles of line in the central part of Robeson county are expected to be com pleted and energized within the next 30 days. Approximately 100 more miles of line in the eastern part of Robeson county, includ ing all sections of line from Red Springs-Lumberton Highway 211 to the Robeson county line have just been added to the present contract. The cooperative is more than glad to get this section of Robe son county included on the con tract, as it has less power line in comparison to the density of ice available for about 40 miles The areas with two and three phase seivice available will no doubt see a number of small in. dustries setting up along them in this section of the county where this service has not been avail able in the past. The engineers are now staking the line and poles are being ?e‘ daily. This line should be ready to energize within the next 60 tc 90' days. Mr. Dalton states that part of this line' has been wait- ing since 1941, tion completes been approved up to the 1947 The Lumbee more than 100 and this construe- all line that has by Federal REA allocation. Cooperative ha' miles of poles set and are continuing to set poles on this 1947 allocation as fast as material delivery will permit. It has more than doubled its mile age in line construction since the population 'than any section within the area the co-op serves. The co-op will have three phase service available for approximate- ly 15 miles and two phase serv- A war. 1000 ing and At present, there are ' over miles more many as fast as wired. of line energized serv- than 3000 consumers others are coming on they get their houses ^M. terv, 677th AAA AW Battalion, delivered the deed in Raleigh last week to property on which the Red Springs Armory will be built. The deed was turned over' to State Adjutant General J. Van B. Metts, commander, and Col. John. Foreman, state maintenance of- ficer for the tional Guard, made at’ this congressional be made for site bad to local guard u The land i North Carolina,Na-. Delivery had to, .be i time so that- the appropriation could the building; the' be provided by the a three-ac’e tract lying on the west side of the Wa gram road and within the town limits of Red Springs; it ig a part of the subdivision of the es tate of the late John T. McNeill, Jr. Funds for its purchase were made available by donations from Red Springs citizens and business concerns and by the town of Red Springs. Construction is to begin early in the ’ spring on the building which is described as a vehicle,' storage building, and is expected to be ready for use bv June 1. Scouting Executive Board Meets A meeting board of the Council Boy of the executive Cape Fear Area Scouts of America was held at Crawford’s Tea Room last night at 7:00 p. m. Lumber- ton men attending were J. R. Poole Jr., Henry Hutaff and C. D. Brothers. Dr. W. T. Rainey, council pres- ident, presided, deputy regional Atlanta, spoke gress. The meeting — embers of and Frank Dix, scout executive of on was the council pro- attended by board from Whiteville, Tabor City, Fayette ville, Elizabethtown, Clarkton, Laurinburg and Lumberton. who heard committee reports on camp ing and activities. organization and extension, training, finance, advancement and senior scout ing. Piimary consideration was giv en the report of the camping and activities report of the chairman, Dr. Sandy Marks of Wilmington, who reported plans and progress towards securing a camp site for the council. Rare stamps brought $24,400 at a recent four-day sale in London. I
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