Gen. HayT akes Command
Of Fort Bragg F orces
FT. BRAGG - A former
commanding general of the
Berlin Brigade in Germany, the
"Big Red One" 1st Infantry
Division in Vietnam and the
man who commanded the
defense of Saigon during the
May, 1968 Tet offensive took
command (March 19) of the
XVIII Airborne Corps and Ft.
Bragg.
Lieutenant General John H.
Hay was welcomed to his new
command with a morning
honor review on the Main Post
Parade Field here. He
succeeded Lieutenant General
John J. Tolson who departed
for his new post as deputy
commanding general of the
Continental Army Command
(CONARC) at Ft. Monroe, Va.
Major General George S.
Blanchard, 82d Airborne
Division commanding general,
represented the departed
commander and Colonel Frank
H. Barnhart, Corps and Post
deputy chief of staff, will serve
as commander of troops.
Lt. Gen. Hay came here
from Ft. Leavenworth, Kan.,
where he has served since
Sept., 1968, as commandant of
the Command and General
Staff College, Post
commanding general, and
commanding general of the
Combat Developments
Command Institute of
Combined Arms and Support.
Lt. Gen. Hay was born in
Thief River Falls, Minn., on
Oct. 2, 1917. He was graduated
from the University of
Montana in 1940 with a
Bachelor of Science degree in
Forestry and Civil Engineering,
and entered the service through
the Army Reserve Program.
He served with the 10th
Mountain Division in Italy in
World War II, and in 1947 was
attached to the Swiss Army
mountain troops. He is a
graduate of the Swiss High
Mountain Climbing School,
their High Mountain Ski
School, Avalanche School and
Glacier School. He was
awarded the International Gold
Medal for skiing proficiency
and also earned the Swiss
Bergfuhrer Badge to r
proficiency in mountain
operations.
His many and varied
assignments include other tours
at Ft. Leavenworth, where he
was graduated from the
Command and General Staff
College in 1951 and served on
the faculty from 1955 to 1958.
He is a 1959 graduate of the
Canadian National Defense
College, Kingston, Ontario, and
completed the Basic Airborne
Course at Ft. Benning, Ga?
that same year. He served as a
battle group commander and
later as chief of staff of the
101st Airborne Division at Ft.
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1961.
He then served a year with
the Eighth Army in Korea, was
graduated from Advanced
Management Program at
Harvard University in 1962,
and commanded the Berlin
Brigade in 1964-66.
He was assigned to Vietnam
in 1967 as commanding general
of the 1st Infantry Division. As
deputy commanding general of
II Field Force he commanded
the defense of Saigon during
the May, 1968 offensive, and
organized and commanded the
Capital Military Assistance
Command until his departure
in Aug., 1968.
Gen. Hay's awards and
decorations include the
Distinguished Service Cross,
Distinguished Service Medal,
Silver Star with three Oak Leaf
Clusters, Legion of Merit with
Oak Leaf Cluster,
Distinguished Flying Cross
Final Plans Made
F or Aging Council
LUMBERTON -? Plans have
been finalized for the Region N
Conference on Aging which
will be held Saturday, March
27, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at
the new Pembroke Senior High
School in Pembroke. Region N
includes Hoke. Bladen,
Scotland and Robeson
counties, and is one of 17
similar regions holding
conferences on the needs of
the aging throughout North
Carolina in preparation for the
Governor's Conference on
Aging to be held in Raleigh on
May 21-22.
Mrs. L.J. Britt, chairman of
Region N, has expressed
satisfaction with the response
and cooperation that has been
shown to conference plans, and
stated that all indications
assure a successful conference.
Registration will be held at
10 a.m. in the foyer of the
building which houses the
gymnasium at the Pembroke
school. Following registration,
a brief general session is
scheduled in the gymnasium,
where Mrs. Marcia Wilkins,
Program Specialist from the
State Council of Aging, and Dr.
Ward will outline the plan,
purposes, and goals of the
conference.
A steak dinner will then be
served from 12 noon to I p.m.
in the cafeteria at the school
which can accommodate up to
400. Dinner reservations must
be made by Monday, March
22. in order that the
lunchroom staff can make
preparations. The charge for
dinner will be S2 per person.
Mrs. Britt advises those
attending conference who do
not have dinner reservations to
bring a sandwich, as the
Festival and Parade at the
University in Pembroke will
congest that area.
immeuiateiy alter uinner,
the nine discussion groups
(which will cover the 14 areas
of emphasis in the needs of
aging citizens and those facing
retirement) will be assigned to
classrooms where each group
will formulate a policy
proposal to be submitted to
the State Conference on Aging.
Following are the emphasis
area, the discussion leader, and
the recorder for each of the
nine groups: Income: Mrs. Jean
B Rogers, Laurinburg, and
Mrs. Duncan Malloy, Lumber
Bridge; Health and Mental
Health: Mrs. Flinae Mohr,
Lumberton. and Mrs. Gladys
Britt. Fairmont; Housing
Environment, and
Transportation: Gerald Hill.
Lumberton, and Reverend
Arnold Walker, Lumberton;
Nutrition: Mrs. Lee E. Neville,
Pembroke, and Mrs. Margaret
Moore, Pembroke; Education:
A B Gibson. Laurinburg, and
Mrs. DC. McEachern, St.
Pauls; Employment,
Retirement. Retirement Roles,
and Activities. Richard Bailey,
Lumberton, and Mrs. F.M.
Davis, Lumberton; Spiritual
Well - being: Reverend Jack
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GEN. JOHN HA Y
with three Oak Leaf Clusters,
Bronze Star Medal for valor
with two Oak Leaf Clusters,
Air Medal with 27 Oak Leaf
Clusters, Combat Infantryman
Badge and Senior Parachutist
Badge.
Mansfield. Raeford. and Mrs.
Hal Floyd. Fairmont;
Research, Demonstration, and
Planning: Miss Ruth Saunders,
Lumberton and Miss Virginia
Simkins, Lumberton; Services,
Programs, and Facilities
(Government and non ?
government organisation): Mrs.
Mollye Briley, Lumberton, and
Mrs. Betty Powers. St. Pauls.
Mrs. Elaine Mohr.
Lumberton, is the Advisory
Committee Project Director for
Region N. Also assisting
Region N Chairman. Mrs. L.J.
Britt, in the arrangements for
the conference is a committee
of citizens from the four
counties included with Miss
Fleta Harrelson as chairman for
Bladen County; Reverend Jack
Mansfield. Hoke County, Dr.
R.F. Sloop, Robeson County;
and Alton B Gibson, Scotland
County.
Because of a Language
Festival scheduled the same
day, those attending the
conference should avoid going
into Pembroke.
Those coming from Hoke
County and the Red Springs
area on 710 should continue to
the point where routes 710 and
711 meet, then turn east or left
on highway 1339.
Those driving from Hoke
Robeson or Scotland Counties
on route 74 should turn north
on 710 and continue to the
intersection with 711, then
turn east or right on 1339.
Gil McGregor
Guest Speaker
In Carthage
Gil McGregor, star
basketball player at Wake
Forest University and native of
Raeford. will be the guest
speaker un Sunday at the First
Baptist Church in Carthage to
conclude Youth Week
activities.
The day's program will be
climaxed with a luncheon in
the church fellowship hall for
the youth and their guests,
including 34 boys and their
leaders from the Cameron
Morrison School at Hoffman.
The United States used more
than 1.443 trillion kilowatt
hours of electricity annually -?
more than one third of the
world's total consumption.
Farm Items
By W. S. Young
and
David Bodenheimer
War, Inflation, Strikes,
Pollution and Drugs are major
problems facing the country
today. These are so great that
t gives you a feeling of general
helplessness or even despair.
Sometimes we need to
:everse the computer - age
idmonition to "Think Big."
l^t's think little instead. Look
3Ut your nearest window and
take in what you see. Is it good
jr is it bad? Remember, don't
;o rushing around making lists
jr organizing great schemes for
mprovements.
Think about the last time
^ou planted a tree to replace
jne that was put there many
^ears ago, then plant one.
Straighten that post and repair
that fence as it should be,
nstead of leaving it propped
jp with a sapling. Think about
that trash someone keeps
throwing on the right - of - way
jeside your field. If you keep
the roadside clean, maybe you
will discourage someone else
"rom adding his trash to the
pile. Think about your
?nailbox, how it leans off to
jne side and is wrapped up
vith vines, do something about
t now. Think about the area
where the lawn doesn't grow
veil. Plant some azaleas or
Mher plants there. See how it
works, no committees, no
:ommunity commitment, no
t)ig deal - just a matter of
noticing and doing.
It is time for you tobacco
growers to start a good
management program on your
plant beds. Plastic covers are
being used more every year and
require better care.
Temperatures will build up
very rapidly under them even if
holes are in the cover. Beds
need plenty of moisture to
insure top plant growth. They
also need protection from
insects and diseases, especially
if there are long periods of
damp weather. Remember,
strong plants help you to get
off to a good start with your
tobacco acreage.
A recreation survey is being
made in all counties in North
Carolina. The survey is being
done by all Federal
Agricultural Agencies in the
county. It is being done for the
Department of Local Affairs in
State Government. It will help
to see the types of recreation
available in an area and also
help in qualifying for some of
the Federal Funds that are
being set aside for recreation
throughout the country.
Questions will be asked
about the types of recreation,
size of the areas, types ot
people that visit the area and
where the areas are located on
a county map.
If the members visit your
place of recreation, I hope you
will cooperate and give them
the answers as correctly as you
possibly can.
Engine Repair
Course Offered
An adult farmer's small
engine repair course will be
taught at Hoke High beginning
April I.
Clarence Willis will teach the
32 ? hour course.
Registration will be held the
first night of class at 7 p.m. in
the vocational - agricultural
building.
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Chicago's Empty Stock Yards
Make Way For Factory Park
The "hog butcher of the
world" has already wiped his
knife. Now the cattle pens have
been prodded empty of their
last steer
The "Stormy, husky,
brawling City of the big
shoulders" -? another of Carl
Miss Jordan
To Appear
On Program
Beth Jordan will take place
in a program presented a the
Robeson Baptist Associational
Woman's Missionary Union's
75th annual session April 2 at
Long Branch Baptist Church
near Lumberton.
The all day session will
feature guest speakers, special
music and dinner served by the
host church.
Presiding over the session
which will begin with
registration at 9:30 will be Mrs.
Paul Wilson, WMU director for
the association. The principal
speaker will be the Rev.
Thomas E. Sherrill, pastor of
North Hill Baptist Church in
Minot, N.D. Also speaking at
the morning session will be the
Rev. Robert L. Mangum,
director of the Robeson
County Church and
community center.
Besides Miss Jordan, young
people appearing on the
program include Anne Hope of
Red Springs and Jane Shooter
of Rowland.
During the afternoon session
there will be a special program
commemorating the
organization's 75th annual
session. Featured will be the
Rowland High School Glee
Club under the direction of
Mrs. Jean Smith.
Attending the meeting will
be WMU members and leaders
and pastors of churches
throughout the Robeson
Association.
CARD OF THANKS
I wish to thank everyone for
their visits, cards, flowers,
prayers and many kind deeds
during my recent illness. Your
thoughtfulness will always be
remembered. Maggie Jane
McBryde.
Sandburg's nicknames tor
Chicago - lias shoved shut the
gate at its famous stock yards.
After 105 years of turning
out enough sides of beef, hams,
and legs of lamb and mutton to
feed the American nation of
meat - eaters, the stock yards
have given way to demands for
more efficiency, the National
Geographic Society says.
Ten years ago, with the
slaughtering of the last hog, the
four biggest meat packers
moved away from the stock
yards. More than 1.000 smaller
packing plants had sprung up
around the country and
ranchers and farmers
increasingly preferred shipping
their animals to them, thus
avoiding the long trip to
Chicago.
The stock yards' 13,000
empty livestock pens standing
on about 350 acres will be
replaced by a S3.8 million city
? sponsored industrial park that
hopefully will bring in 7.000
jobs, replacing those lost by
the decline of the yaids.
It was once "the busiest
square mile on earth" to the
proud Chicagoan. In I'llV the
stock yards and the packing
houses they supplied with an
endless river of hogs, cattle,
and sheep accounted for 17
percent of the nation's
commercial livestock slaughter.
"When I came here."
reminisced one stock yard
veteran, "we used to unload
somewhere around 4.000 hogs
from a 50 ? car train and do it
every 30 minutes, pushing 'em
into pens assigned to a shipping
farmer without losing a single
hog."
In the peak year of 1924.
the yards housed, fed. and
watered 18,653.539 animals.
On September 7, 1954, a
hereford steer suitably named
"Billy the Billinonth" was
saluted then slaughtered as the
billionth animal through the
stock yards.
The first livestock were
slaughtered in 1824 along the
shore of Lake Michigan for
Kort Dearborn soldiers, hight
years later the meat packing
business began with cattle and
hogs killed and packed on the
prairie at the village edge, then
shipped fast via the Great
Lakes.
Longhorns soon were being
driven to the tiontiei town,
then railroad;) - eventually 28
of them ?? brought animals
from the Far West.
As the Civil War ended,
returned vcteians dug 30 miles
ot ditches to drain a swamp
and the railroads and seven
competing stock yards formed
the Union Stock Yard and
Transit Company ut Chicago,
which opened Christmas Dav.
1865.
Packingtown boomed and
fortunes were made. But
thousands o( Polish and
Lithuanian immigrants from
"tuck of the yards" sweated
10 houis a day to earn 15 cents
an hour in the steaming
sluughtei rooms.
Eiiutal descriptions of the
yaids and packing houses in
I'pton Sinclair's muckraking
novel. "The Jungle." provoked
government investigations,
retinitis, and puie food laws.
But no reform could evei
stop tlte stock yards from
nuking iheii awesome presence
known tor nuny miles in front
ot j hot Numniei bteeze.
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