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The Robesonian from Lumberton, North Carolina • Page 2

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The Robesoniani
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Lumberton, North Carolina
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Page 2A--Tlic Eobcsomnn, Lumlm-ton, N. Sunday, September 1971 Action (Continued From Page 1) the Sunday issue of the New York Times in Lumbcrton -that is, a place to pick it up? How many persons would be necessary to interest some firm in making this i available? C. .0, Any store or firm could get the New York Tunes through the Carolina News Company in Payetteville. 20 i persons, at least, would be necessary to make this worth any company's effort. What is the sanitation tax for on the city i i license? The revenue ordinance (or licer.se and sanitary tax for the niising, in the bloom of youth City of Lumberton was adopted S11C a short-time ago and now on May 17, 1949, and states in i aging, balding and a drunk Section II that, "In addition failure.

OLD QUESTION To Help Let Go, Let God' By CELESTINE SIBLEY She was waiting for me when I came in a thin, pretty woman in her mid-SOs. She sat with her ankles crossed and the soft material of her flowered dress covering her knees, her white-gloved hands folded over her bag. Then she told me why she came and the story was old and sad and to me hopeless, When she had finished we both sat a few minutes in silence, really. I think, because we thought any words we might dredge up would make us cry. In brief, her problem is an alcoholic son Helen Will Play Tuba In WAC Band MIAMI (AP) Helen Gillespie, scoring "a victory for women," says she will be marching with the Women's Army Corps band after all.

The 18-year-old shop assistant visited Daytona Bsach July 4. But when the Army" dis covered she suffered from double vision they rejected her application. 'What made me so mad," "What did I do wrong?" she THREE YOUNG LAWYERS were inducted into the Robeson County Bar Association Friday afternoon by Judge Henry A. McKinnon Jr. They were Charlie S.

Mclntyre Frank P. Ward and Frederick Alexander Rogers III, all of Lumberton. The ceremonies were conducted in Robeson County Superior Courtroom. (Bruce Photo). the privilege or license taxes imposed by i ordinance, there -shall be and is hereby said asking motherhood's most levied a sanitary tax of $15.00 time-worn question.

per door on i "I don't know," I said. "1 operating upon the streets don't know." the City of Lumberton. This annual tax shall be due and waivers in such cases. But the regulation only could stipulated males be considered for Three New Attorneys Sworn In Judge Henry A. McKhmor administered the oath of of fice to three new attorneys ir.

Friday afternoon ceremonies, and two will practice here. All three have just recently passed the North Carolina Bar Deaths And Funerals I i JULIAN BRITT Julian Britt, Lum- bei-ton, died after a iUnessW Funeral.service-sK^ll be held 1 I How many policemen examinations and two will prac-; Rogers III, who is. a firm, including the senior mem- 'here hi Lumberlon? R. N. i i i i i i TI i 1 4 1 The conflicts and heartbreaks v.n,.

i -re her own. and I won't expose payable at the same time that them here. They are all the old the license or privilege taxes familiar ones that the parents levied by this ordinance are due I of all alcoholics know well. The remedies she had tried were old and familiar, too talks with and in Lumberton, associated, Carolina native but graduated local established firms. from the University of North her, William E.

Musselwhite. her i i with a psychiatrist, i Alcoholics i The quota of personnel for the i A tears and Police Department is 37. At this reproaches and happy little pep Frank P. Ward son of Dr. Carolina and then moved to BMMB MJ1WM Frank Ward, will continue his North Carolina.

He will the oaths but stressedJthe tradi-i tota 7 ar assigned to ad- i r- i wi i i rliif i ft i education at New University. He had formerly at- Johnson, Hedgpeth, Biggs and tended associated with the firm of Yale University and Campbell. University. Presenting! Fred L. i him to the court were presented Charles S.

(Mackie) Judge McKinnon administered i time it is short 3 men. Of this oaths but stressed Ithe tradi- total, 7 are assigned to ad- tion of Robeson County Bar ministralive duties, included in Association of a this number is 4 persons who rather than just an incident, as I maintain the desk. They furnish occurs hi many counties. information to the i talks with her son. She lingered a few minutes and was halfway to the door before I remember Al-Anon, the a i a i Alcohoh'cs Anonymous sponsors for the enlisted the aid of Women's' she said, "was that Army regu- Liberation after she was barred lations allowed men to receive from joining the band because of double vision and a U.S.

Army regulation which she said discriminated against women. "I got a call from the Army and apparently they are changing the regulation," she said Saturday. "I'm so happy I just dcn't know what to do." Miss Gillespie said she had been ordered to report Thursday to Fort McClellan, for enlistment into the WACs. "I had always dreamed of marching with the band," she said. "It was my only chance to get a proper musical education.

Then when I was turned down all my dreams just collapsed." Miss Gillespie, who also plays the string bass, auditioned successfully for the band when it such exemptions." When Miss Gillespie took her complaints to the National Organization for Women (NOW), telegrams were sent to President Nixon and the Secretary of the Army demanding deletion of the reference to "males only" in the regulation. NOW national vice president Roxcy Bolton said she received a telephone call Friday from John Kester, deputy assistant Secretary of the Army. "He told me that regulation was one they had missed," Mrs. Bolton said. "Mr.

Kester promised it would be changed immediately." Osborne Lee Jr McLean. Senior Johnson Attorney presented and William Mclntyre, relating that he was i TT commg a native son and had acquired down off the bench to con i in E. Frederick 111LUL UldllUU tu U1C JJ IJ 1 1 Aul mw hv mn a' receive a11 complaints and calls. frightened, abused families commg Also included in (his is 1 person of drunks. There IS help, it an a acqure his law education at Wake i ratulat the three new lawyers Division of the department, Forest University.

He will be instead of having them come to Also, a secretary is included in Just dru (call him Fred) A a 1 associated with the Musselwhite'him. In lieu requests to I the Ten Mile Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife, Mary Katherine Townsend Britt of the home; a son. Gerald Glenn Britt cf Raleigh; two brothers, Hubert Britt and J. Milton Britt, both of St.

Pauls; four sisters, Mrs. Clara Wilton of Asheboro, Mrs. A 1 i Mitchell of Clinton, Mrs. Nora Lee Ellis of Montgomery, and Mrs. Eula Monroe of St Pauls.

DEWEY G. THOMPSON 1 Dewey G. Thompson, 57, of Lumberton, died a a morning at Duke Hospital after an illness of several weeks. Funeral services will be held Monday at 11 a. m.

at Biggs Funeral Chapel, the Russell officiating. Burial will be in Garden of Faith Cemetery. Survivors include his wife, a Thompson; two sons, Ronald of Raleigh and Tony R. of Lumberton: a daughter, Mrs. Demetrial McNeill of Wagrum; a brother, Fred Thompson of Tampa.

two sisters, Mrs. P. M. Ccoke Sr. of Abbottsburg, and Mrs.

Ida Pait of Lumberton. charge of the i seems, for the wives, children parents of the alcoholic, as there's help for the drunk himself. All you have to do is look up the number in the i this number. Three persons are assigned to the Investigative Division which makes follow-up investigations. One is assigned to a Drug Division.

This was created because of the problem when has been created by the use of illegal drugs. One officer is assigned to Juveniles. One officer is assigned to the Identification Bureau which hardies scientific evidence collected at the scenes of crimes for the purpose of convicting persons JULIAN STUBBS Funeral services for Julian Stubbs, 57, W. I9th Lumberton, were held Thursday at 3 p. m.

at Biggs Funeral i a a i Meadowbrook Cemetery. Dr. R. F. Sloop officiated.

Pallbearers were i Mitchell. Ronnie D. Lewis, An- cirea Rhodes. George Wilcox. Stacy West and Russell Lewis.

JIM PATE HAS RECEIVED THE EAGLE SCOUT award in a ceremony at the First Baptist Church in Fairmont. The presentation was made by Jim's pastor, the Rev. Thomas L. Rich and a reception was held afterwards at the Scout Hut. Jim departs next weekend for Milford, where he will attend Canterbury School- The new Eagle is shown with his parents, Dr.

and Mrs. J. Lloyd Pate. (Whitted Photo) Nixon Marks 200th Anniversary Event ting that we be reminded on The department has 21 officers assigned to patrol duties. These officers work 8 hour shifts.

That gives a total of 34 personnel in the Police Department. I was wondering why some of i a motorcycles could not be slopped or cut down some on 2nd Street? I have a four-months- old liaby and it scares her. -K. S. The city code of Lumberton prohibits any excessive noise caused by any motor vehicle, with loud mufflers, blowing horns, squealing tires, or any other noise that would constitute a nuisance.

Many arrests have been made for such violations in this particular location. Also, persons in other areas of the city have been charged. Presently, there a approximately 100 miles of streets in the City of Lumberton and other locations must receive the same attention as any other particular location. The Police Department is endeavoring to eliminate excessive i throughout the city. telephone book and ask They don't promise to effect for the drinking man or woman.

That's AA business, if you can get your dear drunk to go. But they offer the fellowship of people in the same tragic situation you're in with some pretty tough advice. DIRECTIVE The first and most famous directive is: "Let go and let loved one face his problem by himself. "Your love for him must be big enough to let him work out his own salvation," say the Al- Anoners. "A permissive, longsuffering attitude, even witb the kindest motives, does not help; it hurts When at last he is charged with major crimes.

God," which, translated, means Of Asbury LAKE N.C. AP) President Nixon sent a telegram to Methodists gathered at Lake Junaluska Saturday to mark the 200th anni- WALTER C. AVERETTE ROWLAND a Clarence Averette. fie. died Fri- I day.

Funeral is at 2 p. m. today versary of Bishop Francis As- iiow jeind nitoo Mthodist. Church, the Rev. Don Lee Har- r5 Li charge.

Burial will be in Rowland Cemetery. Surviving are three brothers. Bill of Florence. S. Frank of Creedmoor and Milton Averette of Henderson: seven sisters, Mrs.

Allie Burnette of John Station. Mrs, Elizabeth Chase of Durham. Mrs. D. a of Florence.

S. Mrs. Eva Pine of Henderson. Mrs. Willie Currin of Creedmoor.

Mrs. Marjorie Fo.v.vonh of Latta. S. C. and Mrs.

Viola Chumnev of Chase Citv. Va. this occasion of the timeless example he set for all of us." Bishop William R. Cannon of i Cost of living rose 34.9 per Raleigh told the group Satur- cent in Chile last year. day that the country's first 1 -----Methodist bishop responsible for instilling in it the principle that government is derived from the consent of the Cannon said Asbury's journal did not take notice of changing esl leaders.

Mrs. and I recall with you his splendid i contributions to the spiritual bury's trip to the American co- and moral fiber of our society, lonies. Countless Americans have The three-dav bicentennial drawn strength from the ideals Xixon said. ''As the Methodist Church in America honors the memory of one of its great- colonial politics, but he served the infant United States "by making so many of her citiztns good." Asbury arrived in the U.S. Oct.

27, 1771. at Philadelphia. He was 27 years old. He trav- MO i i i Alt. av celebration concludes Sunday.

by which he lived and it is fit- eled more than 250,000 miles on' Sunday. horseback along the Eastern Seaborad before his death in Virginia on March 31, 1816. One of his treks was on a 23- mile trail through the Great Smoky Mountains from Cosby, to Cove Creek, now part of a national park. He made the trip in November 1810. The Boy Scouts have designated the trail in Asbury's memory and a group hiking it this weekend will receive recognition at Lake Junaluska BIGGS FUNERAL HOME Ambulance Service Phone i i of i ,1 I A I I i i ti DEWEY G.

THOMPSON J-'iun-U'iI a. i i a At Rig--'. 1 i i i.T.apc-1. i a i of a i i CLASS I for the Prospect Hiih School Class of 1932 as held Saturday i i at the Old Foundry Restaurant. Seven of the 12 persons in the class were present for the occasion.

They arc, from left, Mrs. Nancy Ann Locklear, Airs, Lester l.ocklenr. the Rev. i Locklear, Mrs. Carrie M.

Dial, David Locklear, Mrs. Jessie B. Chavis and Mrs. Marlee Brewer. (Elmer Hunt Photo) to cut out your a i i i unkindness, detach from the problem and let your THE ROBESQNIAN ESTABLISHED IS TO Published Daijy iioiidsy to Fnflaj ic siunday In Rotisson Countr 121 W.

5tb Strss: N. c. Phones: DST 739-4522. msTT'r- sysiim 73S-4525 Circulation fiiss, horeft delivery, DsijT aad Siindiv; 45c. month SI.55 Second Class Postage Faic forced by his own unendurable suffering to cut himself free from the a of alcoholism, he will be grateful to you for having helped find the strength to take the first step." I handed my visitor a pamphlet somebody had sent me and she took it awkwardly, a little reluctantly.

"I can't refuse to help him," she started to say. And then she took off her whits gloves and put them in her bag with the pamphlet. "I I don't know. Maybe I will. It's the only thing I haven't tried." Aiitibusiiio ST (Continued From Page 1) this month they have a racially nondiscriminalory policy if they are to retain tax-exempt James G.

Martin district director of the IRS for Mississippi, said a court order by a three-judge federal panel "requires private schools claiming tax exemption to give the IRS inforamtion on their student racial composition, applications, a a scholarship recipients. FABRIC SALE SEE A 6 use your Belk credit card if convenient The Pay roll Savings Plan is for people who hate to tt If you're one of those people needs to save but like to think about It, the Payroll Savings Plan is a perfect solution, to your problem. You only have to think about saving once and that's ivhen you join. After that, money is added.to'your savings every payday. "Whether you remember or not.

"While you're thinking about other things, your money will be adding up faster than ever before. Now there's a bonus interest rate on all U.S. Savings Bonds, Bonds now pay when held. to.a maturity of 5 yearsj 10 months the first year). That extra payable as a bonus at maturity.

This applies to ail bonds issued since June 1,1970 with a comparable improvement for all older bonds. Start building a nesfc egg the easy way: Sign up for the Payroll Savings Plan. Then forget it. ars sife. stolen, or destroyed rtp'jcc thrm.

When they can bs yotir i'JnJr. Tat nm- detVrrrii until re.i:n-.psion. Ami aU-jyj remember, Bonds proud to Take stock in America. NowBondspayabonus at maturity..

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