Robersonvilie and
Bear Grass Divide
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Large Crowd Waleite* I wo
Clofcc Contents In The
Willianwtwi Gym
high scnooi basketball H-om.- di
vided s ?vi” bill bcforo s>. large
crowd at the Williamston gym last
night, the Robersonvilie boys ral
lying to take the first game 42 to
40 after the Bear Grass girls had
stayed out front all the way to get
a 51-44 decision.
Both games were fast and the
scoring in the girls' game was on
the high side for competition in
that division in high school.
The bulk of the scoring in the \
first game was done by two girls j
-—Janie Cherry with 29 for Bear j
Grass and Patsy Roberson with 26 !
for Robersonvilie. The ball hand
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I ling in both games was fast an
smooth.
Pat Bowen struck first for Boa
) Grass after 30 seconds of pla,
when she made the second of twi
l free throw attempts. Betty Jcai
| Davenport missed a foul shot fo
i Robersonville a minute later bu
> j Janie Chorrv folk wed with an
I other free throw for Bear Grass
! A goal by Bowen, foul shot bt
• Cherand a g'-si by Jearl Let
. j gave Bear Grass a 7-0 lead afte
, and Roberson hit for Roberson
j villt to -nictrke it 7-4. Cherry and
j Roberson swapped baskets anc
; with 2.50 to go Davenport and
I Cherry were called on a double
foul and each made good on the
I free throw. Bear Grass moved
| to a 16-11 margin by the close of
j the quarter. Fay Stevenson hit
I for Robersonville at the opening
of the second period to make it
16-13 but Cherry followed with a
pair of foul shots in rapid order.
Baskets by Stevenson. Davenport
| and Roberson moved the Rnber
j sonville count to 20 by the half
| but Cherry and Lee combined to
j push the Bear Grass count to 28 at
i the same point.
The 8-point margin held for the
first 2 minutes of the second half
as Roberson made to baskets for
Robersonville and Cherry and Lee
hit for Bear Grass. Then Lee hit
on a foul shot and Janice Whit
field countered with a goal to cut
the margin to 7 points. Cherry,
Shirley Bailey and Lee then com
bined goals and foul shots to run
the Bear Giass total to 44 at the
close of the period while Janice
Whitfield and Roberson made a
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Tuesday, Feb. 12th
In oWriiii£ our 20tli anniversary on Fell.
iLth. we wish to express to the people of this
eoniniiinm our deep appreeiation of the pood
Kil' a,,', business aeeorded us duriiia these
twenty years.
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Williamstoii, IV. C
Walter Pidgeon tells his daughter, Paul Raymond, and son-in-law,
Cameron Mitchell, that the county is rife with political malfeasance,
in this scene from M-G-M’s “The Sellout,” current attraction at the
Viccar Theatre. The exciting action-drama also stars John Hodiak
and Audrey Totter.
free throw and goal apiece to run
the Ramlet count to 32.
Roberson scored 8 points in the
final quarter and Janice Whitfield
and Joyce Whitfield, a field goal
each to give Robersonville the
scoring edge for the quarter but
it was not enough. Cherry made
two foul shots and a field goal and
Bowen a foul shot and goal for
Bear Grass in the final quarter.
Scoring for Bear Grass were:
Cherry 29, Bailey 1. Lee 15, Bow
en 0. Others playing for Bear
Grass were: Margaret Cherry,
Marie Harrison, Penny Rogerson,
Louise Moore and Pauline Bul
lock. (
For Robersonville: Patsy Rober- !
son 2(1. Betty J. Davenport 5, Jan
ice Whitfield 7. Fay Stevenson 4 i
and Joyce Whitfield 2. Others in- <
luded Jo Ann Keel. Jo Ann War- 1
en, Sarah Lee Smith and Phylis <
Parson. I
J. B. Rogerson and Ben Ward 4
■ach tallied 13 points to pace the 1
dear Grass five in the boys game
AlliIc R. 11. Weaver was high man t
or the Rams with 11 points. >]
Although Robersonville got off j
0 a good start on a goal by Julius t
Judacz, J. B. Rogerson matched •
t and Bear Grass took the lead on c
1 a basket by Ben Ward after ‘
dack Cherry made a free throw
or Robersonville. Maurice Ever- '
■tt grabbed the lead again with a 1
lasket at the 5 minute marke hut 1
Riggs made one foul shot and 1
Rogerson three to change the lead '
igain. Evprett hit again with 2.2 c
0 go but it was a point shy of a ^
ie and Ward, Biggs and 'Rogerson ^
nade baskets to give Bear Grass (
1 14-7 lead at the quarter.
Bear Grass stretched their lead *
o 18-7 on goals by Ben Ward at c
he start of the second quarter but c
Robersonville came back fast on -s
;oals by Billy Warren, Harrell (
Jurganus and Everett before al1
louble foul was called at the 5.1 I€
nark. Mack Cherrv and J B I i
Rogerson each made good on thc!c
’oul shots and the score stood at!
19-16 st-ill in favor of Bear Grass. P
\t the 4.3 mark Rogerson made a ^
oul shot but Robersonville quick- '
y touk the lead on baskets by ^
Everett, Weaver and Gurganus
ind a foul shot by Gurganus. Ben *■
Ward made one free throw in the 1
Marlins Drop One
To Woodland Five
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Playing without the services <^f
their regular center, Raymond
Davis, the Williamston Martins,
local town team, lost a close one
to Woodland in the Williamston
gym last Thursday evening after
Cecil Batts fouled out in the early
part of the fourth quarter. The
Final count was 54 to 48.
The Martins will travel to the
Woodland gym for a return game
Wednesday night. Woodland won
>ver Jamesvillc in Jamesville on
Saturday night 59 to 46.
Scoring for Williamston were:
Satts 23, Jerry Forehand 13, Cal
vin Warren 2, James Keel 6, Na
han Roberson 2 and C. T. Rober
on 2. For Woodland: James Par
:er 12, Flythe 16, King 8, Howell
, Miles 9, Rawls 3 and Jesse
’arker 2.
There is no organized league
his year for the semi-pro teams. ,
'he Goober Belt League is not
operation this year as it has
ccn in the past fev years.
losing seconds and the score was
3-21 in favor of Robersonville.
Robersonville ran its lead to
9-21 before Kogeison made a free
hrow for Bear Grass at 5.3 and
hen moved to 33-22 before the
tears could hit again. Rogerson
Vard and Terry made baskets to
ut the count to 33-29 but Sonny
ames hit for Robersonville. The
tarns were ahead 38-33 at the end
f the third quarter.
Bear Grass was able to cut the
?ad but could not overcome the
eficit sustained in the middle
uarters. Weaver and Gurganus
gored baskets for Robersonville’s
nly points in the final period,
liggs, Terry and Ben Ward figur
d in Bear Grass last ditch rally,
liggs fouled out toward the close
f the game.
Scoring for Bear Grass were:
'ei ry 4, Biggs 8, Rogerson 13. Ben
Vard 13, Harris 1, Jimmy Ward
and Bobby Rawls, 0. For the
tarns: Billy Warren 5, Everett 7,
Iherry 2, Weaver 11, Budacz 8,
Jurganus 7, James 2 and Andy
Varrcn 0.
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Farm Life Splits
With Roper High
Farm Life High's basketball
teams divided a rather listless
doubleheader with Roper High
Friday night, the boys winning
34 to 18 after the girls had drop
ped at 41-30 decision,
In the girls’ ga,rc .h.r.C Corey
! was high scorer for Farm Life as!
' we11 J
jMary Alice- Hopkins id'JcxL.....6, j
Peggy Lillev 4 and Jeannie Har- I
dison 2. Nancy Gurkin was de
fensive leader for the Martin j
County girls. Pat Marrow paced I
R>'per with 17, Griffin made 13
and Barbara Allen 11. Bembridge
was tops defensively for Roper.
The score by periods showed:
Roper 6 15 12 8—41
Farm Life 6 8 11 5—30
In the boys game Farm Life got
the decision on heavy scoring in
the first and final quarters. The
Roper boys never tallied more
than 6 points in any quarter.
The period scores:
Farm Life 12 5 6 11—34
Roper 3 6 3 4—16
James Hardison w’as high scor
er for Farm Life with 9, Earl Col
train hit for 8, Bobby Perry 5,
and Ben Hardison 4 James Har
dison and Earl Coltrain were de
fensive leaders. For Roper B.
Oliver was high w-ith 9 and M.
Nawark scored 3. Oliver was also J
defensive leader. !
Cub Seoul News
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Den 5
Den 5 met Friday with our den
mother, Mrs. Griffin. The meet
ing opened with the Cub Scout
promise. Prayer was said by Wil
liam Griffin. William Griffin and
William Harrison told a story to
the don to pass off part of their
reading achievement. Roll was
called by Melvin Bowen, denner,
and dues collected by William
Harrison, assistant denner. Rob
ert Sullivan, Doug Stalls and La
verne Roberson passed off their
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STATE FORESTER
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Raleigh—A man who has spent
the greater part of his mature life
as a working forester is the new
State Forester.
He is Fred H. Claridge, 52, who
first became connected with the
North Carolina Department of
Conservation and Development in i
its Forestry Division in 1925 as I
the man who started the nursery j
jnd forest tree planting program1
A'hile he was a part time instrue-1
or in forestry at North Carolina
state College. He remained in
his dual capacity for two years.
A native of New Haven, Con
iccticut. Mr. Claridge did not lin
;er long in New England after his
[raduation from Yale University’s
forestry School in 1924 with a
logree of Master of Forestry fol- |
owing his graduation with honors.1
rom Yale University in 1923 with I
Bachelor of Science degree. j
He spent a year, 1924-25, as an!
gent buying pulpwood in Nova!
icotia, Canada, for an Albany,
lew York, concern and then head
d southward.
From 1933 to 1937, Mr. Claridge
chicvement on knots. Books
'ere checked and achievements
larked on the chart.
Refreshments were served and
le meeting closed w’ith the Liv
ig Circle.
Jimmy Bulluck, Scribe. i
I
served as director of the North
Carolina Civilian Conservation
Corps, which at its peak consist
ed of 13 camps. Highly praised for
| his conservation work, he receiv
ed letters ef commendation from
j the Regional Forester of the U. S.
Forest Service for his accomplish
ments.
In 1937, he became assistant
forester in charge of forest man
age,nent, job v hivh embraced
the 'supervision of two forest tree
HW.iW-, one .State forest of
36,000 acres, and forest manage
ment on private’lands.
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“I certainly do, sir. With her
charm and your money, we were I
made for each other.”
Foreign Diplomats Now
Have Passed 4,000 Mar!
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The number of foreign diplo
matic personnel in Washington
has grown from 1,000 at the start
of World War II to 4,400 accord
ing to a recent survey. The di
plomats with their families total
between 15,000 and 20,000 per
sons. The British Embassy staff,
with 673 employes, is the largest
Russia is fifth with 129.
Farm Products Lose
Ground In Price List
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Farm products prices dipped 1.6
per cent between mid-December
and mid-.Jjnuary, ending a three
month advance according to the
Agriculture Department. Declines
in prices of eggs, turkeys, cotton,
cottonseed, most meat animals and
citrus fruits caused the down turn.
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To Be Held On
Tuesday, February 19,1952
10 A. ML — Viccar Theatre
In Williamsion.
The movie will be GALAHAD JONES featur
ing Marjorie Lord, Richard Crane, Elizabeth
Patterson and Jonathan Hale.
Immediately following the movielhere will
be a
Field Demonstration Of
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Refreshments will be served. All Farmers are
invited to Come and Bring the Entire Family.
Free Tickets Avuinble At Lindsley Ice
Company Store