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Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina, Friday, December 13, 1935 FIVE CENTS
“ROLL RIVER” WINS'
MAYFLOWER CUP |
FOR JAMES BOYD
State Literary and Historical!
Society Honors Southern
Pines Author
BEST BOOK OF 200 JUDGED |
James Boyd of Southern Pines, j
who adopted North Carolina as his ]
home and was in turn adopted by |
the state, last Friday night was award- |
ed the Mayflower Cup for the best j
piece of creative writing published
by a resident North Carolinian dur
ing the past year. His new book^
“Roll River," was adjudged the most
valuable of the 20 books submitted
in competition. j
The award was made at the final i
session of the 35th annual meeting j
of the State Literary and Historical |
Association, held in Raleigh. During j
the morning session the members of i
the association elected William T.;
Polk of Warrenton -whose avocation |
of writing fiction is fast overtaking
.Novel Concert
STUTZ CHAIRMAN
OF BOARD NAMED
TO RUN AIRPORT
1 County Commission Appoints!
I Committee To Manage '
Field and Funds
: TALK OF LEASE HEARD '
May Seek British Title
MISS PEARL YOL’NG
Miss Young To Demonstrate
New Instrument, Theramim,
at Hifjh Schcol Tonight
I At a joint meeting of the Moore |
!
j County Board of Commissioners and ^
i the County Planning Board held j
^ Wednesday afternoon in Carthage the j
I management of the Knollwood Air- |
I port, now under County jurisdiction, j
j was turned over for one year to a i
j committee appointed by County.
, Chairman W. H. Currie. Mayor D. G. i
I Stutz of Southern Pines was named
I chairman of the committee, Richard
’ Tufts of Pinehurst, secretary, and
; Howard Burns, Southern Pines, treas-
j urer, with S. H. Miller of Carthage
I and L. R. Reynolds of High Falls
as the other members.
' This committee, it is understood.
Miss Pearl Young, noted soloist of | will oversee the work now in pro-
his vocation of practicing law—as its; Arthur Pryor’s band, Theremin arTist, | cess under the Wcrks Progress Ad-
preaident. : novelty musician and character im- \ ministration of enlarging the field
Mr. Polk is a fellow townsman of! personator, who is touring the coun- \ to meet the requirements of the U.
Mrs. Kate Pendleton Arrington who' try giving entertainments in schools, i s. Department of Commerce for the
lodges, clubs and churches, will give , large transport planes, will act as
concerts in the Southern Pines High agents for the special account set
School Auditorium this afternoon, at aside by the county for construction
4 ;00 o’clock and again in the evening and maintenance, as well as such oth-
at 8:00 o’clock. | er funds as may be raised, and will
The Theremin is a marvelous in- i either operate or lease the field for
strument which is affording much de-1 operation. It is reported that nor-
light and wonder to the audiences | them interests have been negotiating
throughout the country. The There- for a lease of the field during the
was re-elected president of the as
sociation’s child, the State Art So
ciety.
Dr. Albert Jay Nock of New York,
who views the world with many mis
givings but never with loud alarm,
was the principal speaker at the fin
al meeting.
Given Koplica of Cup
Dr. M. C. S. Noble, first winner j
of the Mayflower Cup five years ago, j
made the presentation to Mr. Boyd. i
He presented him with a silver
replica of the cup for his permanent
possession. The cup itself is his for
a year but with his permission will
remain in the Hall of History, after
hirf name has been engraved thereon.
The cup was presented to the as
sociation by the Society of the May-j Highway Association Announces Many Schools Dropped
flower. Previous winners have been | Year’s Contract with Key- /■ A T icsf
Dr. Noble, Archibald Henderson, K. j Stone Group irOm Accredited LlSt
B. Vance and Erich W. Zimmerman.
3 HAVE NARROW
ESCAPE IN FIRE
IN COUNCIL HOME
Mrs. Glenna Collett Vare
Glenna Collett Tries Out
New Grass Greens Here
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20 AUTO CLUBS
TO “SELL” U. S. 1
TO THE TOURIST
past week.
With the improvements and en
largement of the Knollwood Airport
an effort is to be made to place tlie
Sandhills on the regular schedule of
one or more of the air transport lines,
putting this section within a few
hours air run from the large north
eastern and mid-western enters.
Mail Early
Postmaster Buchan Asks Pub
lic’s Cooperation in Hand-
' ling Christmas Rush
National Golf Champion Proves
Herself All ’Round Athlete
on Visit Here
j By A\ Linde Fowler
i Dorsn’t it beat the dickens to have
lo admit that a girl can go out and
beat y.u four ways from Sunday
playing golf, and then give yon point
ers on pointers! Such is the humble
admission on the part of yours tru
ly, who disgraced the male sex by
.aking seven bisques from a lady
jolfer and got trimmed in golf, then
was informed by the same lady that
Mrs. Council Saves Children as
Flames Wrcck East Broad
Street Dwelling
KITTENS LOSE LIVES
Mrs. Clyde Council and two small
children barely escaped with their
lives from the flames which wreckeo
their home on East Broad street,
near Maine avenue, Southern Pines
at 2 o’clock Wednesday mcrning.
Awakened by the roar of the fire
already enveloping the kitchen and
rear of the hou.se Mrs. Council man
aged to shove and drag the children
through the smoke to safety outside
where, clad only in their night cloth
ing, they sought refuge from the
biting cold in the home of J. W. At
kinson.
The alarm telephoned by Mrs. J.
W. Atkinson to the night operators
of the telephone company, was
promptly transmitted to the fire
company which responded with its
usual celerity. The firemen found a
haid battle on their hands, the fire
having spread rapidly, gutting most
of the house and destroying the
furnishings.
The house, a small one-story struc
ture, insured in the Barnum agency,
was the property of Clyde Council,
recently assigned to the Cheraw of
fice of the Carolina Power and Light
Co. Mr. Council, notified by tele
phone, arrived from Cheraw shortly
before 5:00 o’clock.
No cause can be assigned for the
origin of the fire which spread so
rapidly that several kittens, pets of
the children, lost their lives.
Postmaster Frank Buchan of Sou
thern Pines is requesting patrons of
the postoffice here to bear in mind
that during the eight days preceding
Christmas the amount of mail han
dled is several times greater than at
any other time during the year and
asks the public’s cooperation.
“Please assist us by wrapping ! he had made an awful faux pas in i Basil O’Connor of New York is
Former Law Partner
of President Honored
Mr. Boyd is the first author to win |
A bulletin describing the publicity Southern Pines One of Few Re
packages securely, plainly address
ing them, and mailing early. Not only
well before Christmas, but in the day,
an article printed in these columns
when he spoke about dogs having
"flushed the birds” in the field trials.
it who did not live in Chapel Hill. | Program and ultimate aims of the taining Membership in South-
James Boyd was born—47 years I organization has been released by the | ern Association
ago-in Pennsylvania but moved to | U. S. Highway No. 1 association and : ^77“ , , ,
this state when he wLs 13. He is theirs directed to “every business man Forty-seven High schcols of North
author of three other „ o v e 1 s, | and woman living on U. S. Highway ,parolma were dropped last wee..
_ ^ , ..T !iVo 1 from the accredited membership list
“Drums/* “Marching On,” and “Long ^^°- o * • i.- / ^
Hunt.” His new book, “Roll River,” i The promotion program which was of the Southern Association of Col
ls the story of four generations of | adopted by the executive committee leges and Secondary Schools. Of the
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the Rand family. Its scene is a Penn-|cf the organization at its last meet-134 remaining on the list^l6 are pri-
sylvania town. | '^g and is now being put into action
I by President R. L. Burns, Secretary
Ic. R. Lano and Finance Promoter H.
Mrs. H. M. Pingley, Jr. ;m. Tschudy includes one year’s con-
Art Society Officer tract with the Keystone Automobile
jClub of Philadelphia, Pa., to provide
Former Lucille Mudgett District entire service from their 20 of.
fices, selling U. S. No. 1 directly and
indirectly to the travelers.
Fifteen large highway signs to di
rect traffic onto U. S. No. 1 will be
Vice President of State
Organization
Mrs. Henry M. Diiigley, Jr., of
Southern Pines was elected vice-pres-
ident for the eighth district of the
North Carolina State Art Society at
its annual meeting held in Raleigh
last week. Mrs. Dingley, the former
that is between 9:00 a. m. and 4:00 The writer had to admit that the
p. m.,” Mr. Buchan said. "So many
people wait until late in tjie after
noon to mail their packages that it
makes it difficult for the clerks to
grive the service we want to give.”
On the Saturday before Christmas,
December 21st, the postoffice will
remain open all day.
vate schools. Southern Pines is one
of the 18 public schools retaining | (il\ EN
membership in the association. | ST.-VTE SLPKEME (
The schools were dropped because
of the eight months term being in
sufficient to meet the association’s
requirements, because of excessive
pupil load on teachers, because sal
ary schedules are below the $900
minimum set by the association, or
only thing he knew about “pointers”
was something Bert Nicoll told him
about what was wrong Vith his golf
swing, and as for setters, he thought
they were hens raising a family.
But, wait a minute. The lady in
question who trimmed the writer
as’ neatly in golf as the Fifth Avenue
tailor does his suits (if not his cus-
oriiT
because of lack of library facilities
placed in strategic points through for pupils.
the north and south. The highway j Graduates of the 47 schools drop-
shield will be stencilled on all high- ^ ped from membership will be faced
way signs on the route.
The U. S. No. 1 “Travel Guide,”
with the prospect of taking entrance
examinations to enter colleges out
side the state.
However, they will not have to
take examinations to enter North
! Carolina colleges if the high school
I from which they are graduated is on
radio the State approved list.
ABERDEEN PUP1L.S TO GIVE
CHRISTMAS ENTERTAINMENT
Lucille Mudgett, daughter of Dr. and ^ historical, pictorial publication of
Mr.s William C. Mudgett, has been , what is to be seen along the route is
making a name in the world of art under preparation, along with sever-
during the past few years with her | s-l thousand Travel Guide maps,
paintings and miniatures. Her work ' Paper and Kudio Publicity
was highly praised locally when a: Newspaper publicity and
private exhibition of a number of broadcasts are provided for as well
her paintings was held in the Caro-1 direct publicity from the office of
lina Ho^dl in Pinehurst last winter., the secretary and frequent contact
Mrs. Katherine Pendele Arrington, trips by a field publicity agent. i mv, u i u-u n
Warrenton, known as “the fairy god- “At one time,” the bulletin says. ' The grammar school children wil
mother of art in North Carolina,” “U. S. No. 1 carried 90 percent of the Present a Christmas entertamment
was again elected president of the tourist traffic north and south from ® ^ c oo au
Art Society, which she has headed iMPine to Florida. The building of tonum next Thursday evening De
fer several years. Mrs. J. Walter Wil-i roads and, too, the lack of proper , cember 19th at 8 o clock. Admission
liamson, Wilmington; Mrs. Harold C. 1 cooperation to relay traffic has cut ^ 15c and 25c. The entertain-
Dwelle, Charlotte, and Mrs. John |dwn the percentage. '»«««* will consist of t'- o plays,
B. McRay, Asheville, are vice-presi-1 “First you must analyze your own dances and Chiistmas farola. The
dents: Mrs. Corinne McNeir, Chap-; personal location,” the bulletin dl- school will benefit, the proceeds go-
€l Hill, is secretary, and Mrs. James ' rected at individuals continues, “and supplies of the grammar
A portrait of the late W. W. Ful
ler, former general counsel of the
American Tobacco Company, was
presented to the State Supreme
Court in Raleigh by members of the
Fuller family on Tu'sday. It vill be
hung in the court’s library with oth
er paintings of outstanding members
of the bar. The presentation speech
was delivered by Junius Parker, who
succeeded Mr. Fulhr as the tobac
co company’s counsel, and accepted
by Chief Justice W. P. Stacy.
Mr. Fuller was the father of Mrs.
Nat S. Hurd and Staples Fuller of
Pinehurst, both of whom were pres
ent at the presentation ceremony.
VASS (OTTON MILLS LOSES
GINNING PLANT BY FIRE
Given Dinner at Pine
Needles Inn
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
was honored by proxy last Friday
night at the Pine Needles Inn when
many leaders of affairs in the Sand
hills gath'Tt.u around the banquet
table at which sat as the guest of
the evening Basil O’Connor of New
York, Mr. Roosevelt’s law partner
before he became Governor of New
York. The party for Mr. O’Connor
tomers) and who knows her dogs was arranged by J. Talbot Johnson
like she does her golf, was Mrs. Ed-1 of Aberdeen and Harrison Stutts of
win H. Vare, jr., still perhaps more: Piiiehurst.
"amiliarly known as Glenna Collett. I Mr. O’Connor spent a week at the
A lot of male golfers would find j Pine Needles, having with him Jesse
Ihemselves down to her in a round Reigel, well known New York brok-
of golf and any number of them
vvould find that she could tell them
er. They spent the greater part of
their time on the golf course with
things they pel haps didn’t know about I their friend Emmett E. Boone, the
d;gs, for her Tip’s Manitoba Jake new Pine Needles Inn proprietor.
captured the all-age open stake of
the Pointer Club of America field
At the dinner, most of whom made
informal talks during the evening,
trials this week, whereat she beamed ; were Congressman Walter Lambeth,
on all and sundry, for the victory | Julius Smith, president cf the North
H. Cordon, Raleigh, treasurer. Dr.
Clarence Poe, Raleigh, was reelect
ed chairman of the executive com-
you will find that tourist traffic can
be taken off your highway on either
side of you. At the same time your
school.
The ginning plant of the Vass Cot
ton Mills Company was totally de
stroy by fire on Thursday night of
last week. The blaze was discovered
about nine-thirty o’clock, half an
hour after the night watchman had
visited the gin on his regular round.
Lqcal firemen were able to keep the
fire from spreading to nearby build
ings. The plant was insured.
gave her a thrill which not even her
greatest victory on the links exceed
ed.
; Perhaps you know, and perhaps
I you don't that this lady of Philadel-
1 phia, originally from Providence, R.
i 1., is a gifted sportswoman. She for-
j sook her horse and became my in-
j formant on one of the field trials,
explaining what the dogs are sup
posed to do, how they are judged,
and after we had watched a couple
of braces (hope that’s correct) we
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Carolina Bar Association, former
Mayor Robert King of Greensboro,
Judge R. H. Sykes of Durham, Sher
wood Brockwell, Robert Strange and
Todd Smith of Raleigh, Fred Bynum
of Rockingham, and the following
Sandhills residents; Senator U. L.
Sp«»ncc, M. G. Boyette, Judge J.
Vance Rowe, Frank Buchan, Dr.
Robert Shepard, Shields Cameron, S.
B. Richardson, Dr. J. V'. Dickie, W.
D. Matthews, Howard Burns, Nelson
C. Hyde, Frank McCluer, I. C.
Sledge, S. R. Jellison, Jack McNam
ara, Mr. Boone, Sr., Mr. Boone, Jr.,
Mr. Johnson and Mr. Stutts.
mittee. One vice-president was elect- i neighbor north and south of you 100
cd from each congressional district. I miles or less Is confronted with the
The society held its annual art exhi- j same picture and if neither of you
SOUTHERN PINES SCHOOL
AIDS ROGERS MEMORIAL
Pupils of the 'Southern Pines
REPUBLIC STEEL CORP.
HEAD LEASES RESIDENCE
Tom M. Girdler of Cleveland, Ohio,
president of the Republic atecl Cor
poration, and Mrs. Girdler this week
of Dr. Arthur
MANY PL.\N TO ATTEND
KIVVANIS CHAR;TY DANCE
AMERICAN LEGION TO
Charles W. Picquet, chairman of SPONSOR TURKEY SHOOT
the Kiwanis Club Dance committee,
reported a good demand for tickets The Sandhill Post of the American
for the dance which the club is giv- Legi-n, number 134, will sponsor a
ing at the South'rn Pines Country j turkey shoot at the Pinehurst Gun
Club on the night of Friday, Decem- i Club tomorrow, Saturday afternoon,
ber 20th. Th" nffai” is to benefit the'Starting at 2:00 o’clock, it was an-
bltion at the Sir Walter Hotel, this | are cooperating in the effort to send School last week contr.buted $18.43 j leased the residence
time by New England and North Car-! the traffic direct on your highway, to the Will Rogers i»iemonal pfnes Inn for the win-
laat ” • Morc than 50 percent of the pupils | the Highland Pines Inn, for the win
olina artists.
Sandhills shops have attractive
Christmas offering. Patronize home
industry.
you have last ” ' mort; man au percent
General information and maps con- niade contributions, 258 in all. A let- j ter season. Mr. and Mrs Girdler plan
cerning the work of the association ter of thanks and appreciaUcn was | to arrive next week^ Mr. GirdKr is
are obtainable from the secretary In received this week from the State j.<»endmg a number of hunters to be
Sanford Committee of the Rogers fund. stabled at The Paddock.
club’s Hos->ital Bed Fund, and tick
ets ai’e being srld by the members
at two dollars per man, whether or
nounced yesterday by John G. Hem*
mer, commander of the post.
The shoot wiH be cpen to all Le-
not accompanied by a lady. Fred j gionnaires and ex-service men of this
Kibler’s Casa Nova Orchestra is to | section and the public Is cordially
furnish the music, and Mr. Picquet invited. Profits derived from the
is arranging a fine program which j shoot will be used toward helping
include a grand march at mid-j to increase the Post’s rapidly dwind-
T>ight and several special numbers, ing welfare fund.