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THE SCOTTISH CHIEF VOLUME 58, NUMBER 47 Serving the Finest Cultural and Industrial Site in Southeastern MAXTON, N. C„ THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1953 North Carolina * $2.00 PER YEAR V Marshallberg Methodists Have Home Coming Trinity Methodist Church in Marshallberg, Carteret County, N. C., celebrated its forty-second anniversary Sunday, August 30, at eleven o’clock, with a special Homecoming service. The Rever end Harold G. Cuthrell was a former pastor of this church, having served from 1943 thru 1948. Trinity Methodist Church is * a branch of “The Star of Bethle hem Methodist Church" which was dedicated seventy-five years ago. The sermon was delivered by the Reverend Louie Lewis, who preached upon the subject, .“Homecoming.” 'The choir ren ' dered special music with an an them: “The Holy City” with Miss Carolyn Willis as soloist Also there was a solo by Earl Lewis, “Bless This House." All former pastors, relatives, and friends were invited to this Homecoming Service. At the close' of the service a picnic lunch was served in the Sunday School Recreation Room. In the afternoon a program special music and talks were presented. Mrs. Ray Davis talk ed on “Childrens Work.’ Wesley Wilson and Earl Davis present ed a duet. There was a solo by Ralph Lewis. Then the pastor the Reverend H. H. Cash offeied the Recognition of former pas tor*; A former pastor, the Rev. ■«/]Fitts, responded* for the burner pastors- Mrs. Alma Lois sneted a du$t Miss lis a solo, and Mrs. Grace Fitts Chadwick and Earl Davfc a duet. There were almost three hun dred people present who enjoy ed the fellowship and inspira tion of this Homecoming service. m Guest Minister At The Presbyterian Church Last Sunday evening at the First Presbyterian Church in Maxton, the Reverend John Crav en, pastor of the First Presby terian Church in Bartow, Fla., yitas guest minister for the even ing service. He preached upon the subject of “Christian Citi aensliip” On Sunday morning he preached at the Church in the Pines, Laurel Hill, of which he is a former pastor. Rev. Mr. Craven and his wife, the former Miss Ann McLeod, are on a visit to her mother, Mrs. R- A. McLeod of Maxton. Other guests in the McLeod home last Sunday were Mrs. Mc Leod's son, Ed, who is a student at Union Theological Seminary in Richmond, and Miss Patsy NbDaniel of Atlanta, Ga. PJC Opened Sept 7th For Fail Session Presbyterian Junior College >ned last Monday for the fall don with the orientation pro for preparatory depart ed and freshmen students, iphomore stiidents arrived on Aesday.* Night classes in col :g«H subjects will begin this week\t Maxton, Lumberton and Fairinnt. Enrollments of new studeqfe are still being received. A number of veterans of the KoreahMemergency have regis :r Public Law 550. of students who college will be no l 105 asking defer ment. Tin indentation program ncludes fcsts study of library lethods, noving pictures on col >ge life, Vnd organisation of lasses and Activities. enf AVer Instructor I - i Mrs. Florence D. Hellekson Mrs. Florence Dendy Hellek son, A. B., new professor of com mercial science at Presbyterian .lunior College, Maston, North Carolina. Safety For Our Children Our new Police Chief Robert W. Fisher wants to solicit your cooperation in having a part in making our town safe for our citiens and more especially our children, now that our children are going back to school. School has Started an< children have to cross strei iving and worl :e their journey a sal pleasant one the chief Walks are being prepar our boys and girls to cross the street at the stop light on Main Street and at the corner of the Methodist Church. The Chief would like for each of you to observe the stop light, and also walk inside the yellow lines across the streets which are be ing prepared for your safety. The colored children will cross at the stop light on U. S. High way 74, where the walks will al so be painted. Obey your rules end cooperate with your Police Department and also the school Safety Patrol, and let’s make our town one hundred per cent safe ty minded. In Training PVT. WILLIAM C. BREEDEN Marine Private William C. Breeden of Maxton, began his first lesson in recruiting train ing at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, S. C., by learning the parts of the Ml rifle. Breeden is a member of the North Carolina Tarheel platoon who enlisted as a unit recently and are training at Parris Is land as a unit. The Maxton boy is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. 3reeden of Maxton. In Praise Of Miss Marguerite Townsend This week Mrs. R. C. Holland called to the attention of the ed i! or a few paragraphs from a most interesting article entitled 'Give Yourself Away”, by Al berta Williams which appeared in Coronet Magazine November, 1952. Mrs. Holland asked the ed itor to read the paragraphs, and see if they depleted a Maxton teacher in our schools. The edi tor read them, and said immedi ately that the paragraphs re minded him of Miss Marguerite Townsend, Maxton's beloved first grade teacher. And so The Scottish Chief is glad of the privilege of quoting the following excerpt from this article in the 1952 November is sue of Coronet, which is a vivid discription of the wonderful and dedicated service rendered by Miss Townsend as well as a fine portrayal of the teacher who was the subject of the article: "The capacity for giving love seems only to "expand with use. For over thr4p decides. Miss Belle Taggart taught the pri mary grade in the public school in my home village. Every year she welcomed to her heart 30 or so motley youngsters, loved and taught them all year and, (Continued on Page 3) Student Club Enjoys Irving Berlin Program esting program on the trlng Berlin by Miss Redwine featured the initial meeting of the Student Club for the new club year. Mrs. J. P. Stansel was hostess and officers for the ensuing year are Miss Marguerite Townsend, pres ident; Mrs. R. D. Croom, Jr., vice president and Mrs. Stansel, secretary and treasurer. Other members who attended the meeting were Mrs. F. C. Fros tick. Mrs. Marcus Allen Mrs. J. M. Patterson Mrs. G. P. McKin non, Mrs. C. A. Hasty, .Mrs. Lu ther McNeill, Jr. The hostess served a salad course with iced tea. Maxton Schools Hold Opening Exercises Last Thursday morning, Sep tember 3. the Maxton City Schools held their opening ex ercises with the Reverend John A. Bracey, pastor of the First Baptist Church, conducting the devotional period. Supt. David Singley reports that the schools total enroll ment on the first day was 433 students, hich shows no increase over lats year’s enrollment. Grammar school pupils number ed 320 for the first day, and there were 113 high school stu dents present. J. H Drennan Enjoys Good Fishing Labor Day Last Monday Mr. J. H. Dren nn enjoyed some delightful fish ing in Lakewood Park Pond be tween Lumber Bridge and Fay etteville. This pond is owned by Mayor Bill McLean of Red Springs and 'he good mayor invited Mr. Dren nan over to try his luck with the art of angling on Labor Day. Mr. Drennan reports that 11 in the fishing party caught about a hundred fine fish. He says his luck was good Monday because he left Mr. John Pace 'nd Mr. Leitch Patterson in Max ‘on. () v PERSONALS Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Webb and family spent the Labor Day week-end with her mother. Mrs. Ellis, at Wilmington and Wrightsville beach. Miss Ava Lee Evans, who has j been a patient at Scotland Coun- j ty Memorial hospital for several weeks is now at the Pinehurst' Convalescent Home, Pinehurst. j North Carolina. Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Hilliard j of Durham visited Mrs. J. J. Ev-j ans, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Edwards j and Mr. and Mrs. Dick Edwards j last week-end! Mr. and Mrs. McBryde Aus-1 tin. Miss Ada Ahtin and Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Coppedge of | Chapel Hill are spending thisi week at Myrtle Beach. Mrs. E. N. Henderson of Kin ston, sister of Hugh McCall, un derwent an appendectomy at the Scotland Cohnty Hospital on Sunday. Dr. and Mrs. B. J. Dalton and 1 son. Booker, of Asheboro spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Carrowon. They came for Booker to enroll for the fall term at Presbyterian Junior Col lege. Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Williams | spent Monday night with Mr. j and Mrs. Jeff Higgnis of Spar- [ lanburg, S. C. They were return ing home from Mars Hill Col lege where their son, Herbie is enrolled for the coming year. Pete Hasty, Roland Seals and Bill McIntyre of Fort Jackson spent thd week-end here with their parents. ■Miss-I^er-a Carter of R^eigh spent the weekend with her mo ther, Mrs. F. W. Carter. Mrs. Ed Ervin and children of Asheville N. C. visited her mo ther Mrs. Dan McQueen for a few days. «, Mr. and Mrs. Garnette John son have returned to Whiteville after spending the week-end with her mother, Mrs. Pearl Thomas. Mrs. J. H. Culclasure of Swan-; sea S. C. visited Mr. and Mrs. J Earl Jefferson over the week end. Mrs. Earl Jefferon visited her ( sister, Mrs. J. H. Alexander, in Goldston recently. Maxton visitors at Wrights ville Beach for the week-end were Misses Ann and Mary Mc Kinnon, Miss Flora Elizabeth Currie, Miss Catherine Carter, Miss Irene Duratjn, Miss Eleanor McCaskill, Woody Frotsick, How ard Hasty and Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Stewart, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Neil Davis and children and Mr. J. W. Styers visited relatives in Rural Hall last week-end. (Continued on page 4) “It Happens Every Thursday” Playing Here Today and Friday the Maxton Theater is presenting a most en lertaining and delightful picture entitled, “It Happens Every Thursdj y,” starring Loretta Young and John Forsythe. This is a heart-warming story about a devoted and courageous fami ly facing the problems of life and the uncertainties of the world with goold old American pluck, persistence, and determin ation. It is the story of a man and his wife trying to publish a weekly newspaper every'Thurs day, and the plot revolves around their struggles and hopes and disappointments and achieve ments as they seek to make their weekly paper a success. This is i wonderful picture for all the Irmly to see. It is rea enter inment.. Maxton Theat • is to '■'(» commended for presenting i.ch a fine picture as “It Hap *ns Every Thursday.” 1 Former PJC Stuaeui Quest Minister At Calvary Baptist Church Revival Sunday Guest Minister i REV. RON Al'STIN Song Leader IRVINE CHAMBERS Midway Ladies To Serve Barbecue Supper The Laides oft he Midway Presbyterian Church will serve a, barbecue and chicken salad supper Friday evening, Septem ber 11, from six o’clock to nine o'clock, at the Church Hut in Midway. Plates will be SI.25. Awarded Food Freezer » -- Last Saturday night at the drawing of the tickets at the Progressive Store of Maxton, Et ta McLaughlin of Maxton, who lives on Wilmington Street, drew the number which awarded her the 8 cubic foot GE food freezer in the contest sponsored by the local Progressivestore. LETTER FROM SCOTLAND (Letter J—Scotch Humor) Bv Mrs. James Bremner With the coming of the cinema to even tiny Scottish villages and in consequence the satura-! tion of the minds of young folk j with “standard” amusement, we are beginning to look upon typ-: ical Scots humour as being heard j only from the lips of old people, or quited in stories told of the departed. For Scots humour is not spontaneous, scintillating ri-. t.ous mirth — it has a quality called “pawkiness”. It is said to ' be “dry”, to have a caustic strea’k { •,t times, and often to have a -lv avor of sarcasm, bound up in its epigrammatic character. I shall just let my pen travel from one riorv to another, and , I am sure the flavor of the stories FIRST RFA'IYAL SINCE ORGANIZATION TWO A EARS AGO The first revival services to be held at Calvary Baptist Church since its organization Sept. 12, 1951. will begin Sept. 13, and continue through the evening service September 20. The Reverend Don Austin, a former student at Presbyterian Junior College a graduate .of Wheaton College and the South ern Baptist Theological Semin ary will be the guest minister. Mr. Austin, a noted evangelist, has been a staff member of the First Baptist Churchi n Char lotte. N. C., a pastor of the Fitst Baptist Church in Granbury, Texas, and follow this became pastor of Greenland Ave. Baptist Church in Charlotte, N. C. ‘Don ', as he is known, resign ed his pastorate in 1951 to go into evangelistic work, and be came a member of the Billy G r a h a m Evangelistic Associa tion. He has had much experi ence as a radio preacher and is noted for his dynamic personali ty and presentation. He is now director of the Don Austin Cru sade for Christ with headquar ters iri Greensboro, N. C. Assist ing in the revival will be his song leader, Irvine Chambers, an ordained minister • b^wofig^wlt _^Jfch lor Christ in Salisbury, fie has been privileged to work in campaigns with such men as the late Dr. HarryIronside, Dr. Norman Harrison, Ad the Reverend Tom Presnell afid other men of God. He has been used as Song Lead er, youth speaker, cornetist, and soloist. He has an unusual way of presenting the gospel, which he does by feats of magic illus trating Bible truths. He has been much in demand for As sembly programs in schools. Calvary Baptist Church and the pastor, the Reverend Forrest L. Young extend a cordial in vitation to everyone to attend the services which will be held each night at eight o’clock The hour of the morning service will be announced yater. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Purcell of Greenville, S. C., former resi dents of Maxton, announce the birth of a son David Lane, at the General Hospital in Green ville on September 3. The Pur cells have another son, Benjie, whom many will remember as mascot for the graduating class of 1953. will be quite apparent. An English guest was enter taining a Scottish party at In verness with an account ot his adventures in India. He enlarged particularly upon the size of the tiger he had seen and assured the company that he had shot one over forty feet long A Scot, who felt this story to be rather exaggerated added that there were wonders to be found in Scotland too. and gave as his ex ample a skate-fish hooked near by, which was half an acre in extent (the size of a field). The Englishman sensed the sarcasm and the^it at his story, so left the room and asked an apology for the insult. The narrator of the Skstte story however replied: “If you will take a few feet off (Continued on page 4)
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