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Six THE PILOT, Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina Friday, October 8, 1937. Routing of U. S. Highway No. 1 in Raleigh Important to Sandhills Change to Hillsboro Street Would Influence Traffic To Fallow This Route South In Duke Line-Up Large Crowd Attends Bethesda Home Coming Church Celebrates 147th Birth day With Sermon by Dr. Var- dell and Lunch on Grounds All in Readiness for Air Mail Day; Plane to Land Here on Tuesday At a meeting of the City Commis sioners of Raleigh held Tuesday ana attended by representatives of towns along U. S. Route 1 in North Car olina, the question was raised as to the possible re-routing of Route 1 through Raleigh from Fayetteville street to Hillsboro street. Arguments were heard for both sides of the contest and the commissioners then “took the matter under advisement.’ The ultimate decision will come lat er, probably from the State High way Commission. In Raleigh, itself, the contest is purely a local one between the bus iness men, filling station propriet ors, hotel interests and other prop erty owners along the two streets, but to Southern Pines and other towns and cities on Route 1 soutii of Raleigh it is a matter of major importance. With U. S. Route 1 routed through Raleigh over Fayetteville street as it now is, traffic comes out of Ral eigh to the south at the intersec tion of Routes 1 and 15A and it is estimated that approximately 70 per cent of that traffic takes 15A ^ through Fayetteville and Laurin- i . m t ii tvt burg. If Hillsboro street—a four-1 LcglOH To Install NeW 1 Eric Tipton Crowds from the Sandhills will at tend the Duke-Tennessee football bat tle at Durham tomorrow. Tipton is one of the stars of the Blue Devils' backfield. Occasional rain failed to keep down the attendance or dampen the spirit of fellowship and reunion on the occasion of the annual Home Coming of Old Bethesda Church in Aberdeen last Sunday. Large num bers from this section and from afar spent the day at the church grounds, heard a brilliant sermon by Dr. C. G. Vardell, president- emeritus of Flora Macdonald College in the morning, lunched beneath the stately trees at noon, and enjoyed the informal gath erings and exchange of reminiscence.^ and family and neighborhood news iu the afternoon. Bethesda was 147 years old last Sunday, and fittingly teleb’ated the occasion. 30 PERCENT OF .4LL EXAMINED IN CLINICS NEED TREATMENT Air Mail Chairmen Five hundred and fifty persons of all ages in West Southern Pines have been examined to date in the clin ics now being held there every Wed- j nesday morning, and startling ve nereal conditions have been uncover ed. Of the total number examined, 30 percent have been found to be syphilitic. And of this 30 percent, 50 percent are school children. The school authorities in West Southern Pines are cooperating to the fullest extent in having the chil- car wide concrete highway—were i Officers Next Thursday I dren sent to the clinics for examina- used, all of the traffic would al- i ready be on Route 1 when it e-! ghjeijs Cameron, Southern' merged from the southern limits | yvill Command Sand- i of Raleigh; there would be no choice I pogj p^r Coming Year | of routes, and Sanford, Southern, tions and treatment Employers oi servants are urged to cooperate as well, seeing that their employes at tend the clinics. Special certificate."! stating that individuals are free Pines, Aberdeen and other Route 1 town would enjoy the benefits of the full flow of the south-bound traffic. At a later meeting held Tuesday I At the next reqular meeting of | from syphlis or are receiving treat ^ I Sandhills Post No. 134, American i are being given to those report-, i Legion, to be held at the Legion ! club house on Maine avenue. Southern' ing at the clinics. The clinics are held each Wednesday morning from 9:30 until noon at the Community afternoon, quotas were assigned to j Pines next Thursday, October 14th at | Center in West Southern Pines, advertise the highway for the winter tourists and the $5,000 North Caro lina quota was broken up as fol lows; Raleigh. $2,000; Southern Pines, $1,200; Sanford, '$600; Rock ingham, $600; Henderson, $600. TRAVEL EXECUTIVES AND EDITORS TO VISIT HERE (Continued from page one) S;00 P. M., post officers for the en suing year will be installed with ap propriate ceremonies. The following veterans have been ! elected to lead the local post in a ! program which promises to surpass I those of any year since its inaugura- ' tion; commander, D. D. S. Cameron , of Southern Pines; 1st vice-com- I mander, Charles Creel of Aberdeen; 2nd vice- commander, Earle Monroe ington, Thomasville and High Poiat, followed by visits to Sedgef’eld. Greensboro and Guilford Battle ground, with an overnight stop at Winston-Salem. of Pinehurst; 3rd vice-commander, Lacey Williams of West End; fi nance officer, Hanes Britt of South ern Pines; sergeant-at-arms. E. L. McBride of Aberdeen; chaplain, F. STUTZ DORSEY (Continued from page one) facilities next week, and also that there be a large throng on hand when the mail plane arrives on Tues day. Plans have been made for a brief reception for Capt. Fell when he ar rives, and Wilbur H. Currie, chair man of the Moore County Board of Commissioners, will make the wel coming address. Air maU from all over Moore coun ty will be taken to Knollwood Airport for the special flight on Tuesday and for this occasion, as well as for the rest of the week, special com memorative envelopes have been pre pared by the committees in the var ious towns. In Southern Pines and Pinehurst these special envelopes are available at the post offices, the Broad Street Pharmacy, the Sandhill Drug Company, Thrower's Pharmacy the Carolina Pharmacy, the Pine hurst Pharmacy, the Tog Shop, Hayes’ Book Store and Dupont’s News Stand. Other towns in Moore county have similar arrangements. Charlotte Postmaster Paul K. Younts, chairman of the North Car olina Air Mail Week committee, has secured the full cooperation of East ern Air Lines and Gulf Oil Corpora tion for the occasion, the purpose of which is to ilemonstrat# to business I men and citizens of the state the bt n- efist to be derived by the faster transmission of mail, and it is his Tar Heel Golf Queen MRS. ESTELLE L.4WSON PAGE Mrs. Hstelle Lawson Page of Chapel Hill is North Carolina’s hope RICIL\RD S. tufts BOYETTE AND SEAWELL IN DEFENSE OF ACCUSED PAIR MRS. LOR.\ KIVETT, LIFELONG CARTHAGE RESIDENT, PASSES Mrs. Lora Kivett, aged 72 and a life-long resident of Carthage, died at her home there on Wednesday evening at 6:00 c’cJock, follo'ving a heart attack Funeral services will be held from the Baptist Church at 3:00 o’clock this afternoon with the Rev. T. S.| Guy, pastor, officiating, assisted by | Two Moore county attorneys, M. G. the Rev. W. S. Golden and the Rev. | Boyette, county solicitor, and H. F. E. C. Durham. Interment will be at [ Seawell, Jr., U. S. Referee in Bank- Cross Hill Cemetery. j ruptcy for this district, along with Mrs. Kivett is survived by eight a barrage of other legal talent, fig- children; Mrs. C. W. Ivey and Mrs.' ured in the defense of five men, fAro H. A. Griggs of Seven Springs, Mrs. | of them i-esidents of Moore county, on E. T. Starr of Dunn, Mrs. W. W. | Tuesday in Lee county Superior Court hurst. Southern Pines, FayetteviRe {commander urges the attendance of I Whittington of Raleigh, Miss Rose; The case, involving charges that and Fort Bragg. After the luncheon | every veteran in the vicinity on the j jjivett and C. M. Kivett of Carth-! the five had seriously injured Martin at Fort Bragg the caravan proceeds | night of the 14th, in order that the, age, and G. M. Kivett and H. S. I Cole, Tramway farmer, in a drunk- ...1 new officers may be started off with] Kivett of Long Beach, N. Y. | en brawl last July, was not expected evidence of confidence and coopera- tion by the entire membership and other elegible veterans in the Sand- i hope and the hope of the various in the Women’s National Golf touf- committees aiding in the projettt, 1 nament at Memphis, Tenn. She shot I that the air mail will be liberally a par 79 on Sunday to win the medal patronized throughout and follow-1 in the qualifying round and take the ing the celebration. i medalist honors in the National for In addition to the special envel-1 the second successive year, opes that have been prepared for j gince the medal play started Mrs. the occasion, each postoffice will | page has had an easy time in her have a special cachet that will be i elimination matches and is conceded stamped on the envelope at the post-1 an excellent chance to take the title, office. This cachet shows a replica [ g^e is well knov. n in f-.e Scindhllla of the aviation memorial monument where last season she w'on the North at Kitty Hawk, the birthplace of; and South Invitation tournament at aviation, and carries the name of the ; pinehurst and the Mid-South at originating town and any identifying! Southern Pines. slogan that the to\7n committee mav I have chosen. Already large numbers of letters ] Southern 1 Sunday the 17th wiU be devoted to| Dwight of Southern Pines, the Sandhills section, the party go- j Other officers will be appointed by ing from Winston to Asheboro, Pine-; the commander-elect. The retiring to Raleigh where the visitors will be guests at a large dinner and a recep tion by Governor and Mrs. Hoey at the Governor’^ Mansion. After spend ing the .light in Raleigh the tour will proceed to Elizabeth City and other eastern points, visiting the Kit ty Hawk, Manteo and Wilmington sections. Extensive plans are being made for their reception wherever stops of any duration are scheduled. Fifty-six cities, towns and commun ities will be visited during the ten- day tour. HEMP ONLY TOWN OF SIZE IN U. S. WITHOUT inONE SVSTEM F'om informaiioii received from nutierous reports from towns all over the country it is learned that Hemj is the large<9t town, according to population and pay roll, in the coun try that has no telephone system, says the Hemp Plain Dealer. Cited by WPA officials as the youngest city east of the Mississippi River, Hemp has shown rapid strides in growth in the last few years. However, its position is quite unique in its lack of a telephone system. There are at present only four tel ephones in the town. These are hook ed to the Carthage exchange and serves the community in the same manner that a country party line does. SOUTHERN PINES Mrs. Edward A. Campbell and Miss Florence Campbell returned last Fri day after spending the summer months at Lake Sunapee, N. H. Dr. C. Rexford Raymond is leav ing tomorrow for Windsor, Va., where he will conduct a preaching mission for a week. Mr. and Mrs. Emmett French and children arrived this week from Char levoix, Mich., where they spent the summer. Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Stanley Smith and Mias Selma Stegsdl at tended a regional music conference in Fayetteville on Monday. • TRY A PILOT WANT AD « CHURCH NOTES have been received at the , ^ ^ Pines and Pinehurst postoffices from i ^ collectors who want the covers mail-1 <he subject of the lesDon-s^r- mon at the Christian Science Church ed back to them for their collections, and with this as a basis, plus the heavy patronization of the air mai! facilities that is expected next week, the celebration of North Carolina Air Mail Week seems assured of suc cess. MI^S MARGARET OLMSTED NOW SANFORD LIBRARIAN hills. Prior to the Post meeting the Ladies Auxiliary will hold their in stallation services. Later they will attend the Post installation ceremony Miss Margaret Olmsted, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Olmsted of Sanford, formerly of Southern Pines, GRANVILLE CO. EDUCATOR ADDRESSES TE.\CHERS HERE I to exceed the proportions of a pre-1 has assumed her duties as librarian I liminary hearing on Tuesday, but the of the Lee County Library. ' defense counsel wrangled and parried | Miss Olmsted, who was formerly ' for over half the session before Judge | connected with the Jackson Branch ! D. B. Teague bound three of the' library of the New York City Public The first county-wide teachers’ ■ * ^ i ... , , 1, 11 November term of library, received her degree in library meeting of the school year was held | Carthage last week with B. D. j as guests of honor and. following' superintendent of schools m. that, will serve refreshments State Commander Hector Black- well and State Adjutant Jim Caidwell have been invited to attend the in stallation ceremony and have ex pressed their intentions of being present. District Commander John Steph enson and Omer E. Williams, who at tended the National Legion conven tion in New York as representatives of the Sandhills Post, will be present and will describe the Legionnaires most recent invasion of the sidewalks and night clubs of New York. MISS REVA TONNELE, WINTER RESIDENT HERE, TO WED Granville county, as guest speaker. Mr. Bunn spoke on "Trends in Educa tion,” and his address was said to have been one of the ,best ever made before the county group. Last year’s officers were relect- ed for another term. They are A. M. Calhoun of Vass-Lakeview, president; Miss Mary Hentz of Cameron, secre tary. Practically 100 per cent of the county teachers were present at the meeting. REV. HAMPTON EUGENE PRICE WEDS IN M.\SSACHUSETTS The Rev. Hampton Eugene Price, former resident of Southern Pine^ and Pinebluff, was married on Sep- Mr. and Mrs. John L. Tonnele of tember 11th to Miss Ruth Vivian 829 Park avenue, New York, and | Handley, daughter of Mr. and Mr. Youngs Road, Southern Pines, an-1 and Mrs. George F. Handley of New- nounce the engagement of their I ton Center, Mass., according to an- daughter, Reva Marie Tonnele, to I nouncements received here. Thomas Dunn Whittelsey, son of Mrs. Daniel Ingersoll Whittelsey of Baby Ion, Long Island and of the late Dan iel Ingersoll Whittelsey, naval archi tect and former president of the Oil Transfer Corporatioi?. Miss Tonnele made her debut at the Junior Lea gue in December, 1934. She is a granddaughter of Mrs. Cornelius L Tonnele and Mrs. WiUiam Thomas Ritch. Mr. Whittelsey attended the Wood bury Forest School of Virginia and the School of Science and Technology of Pratt Institute. He is a defend ant of families who were early set tlers of New England, including Charles Chauncey, second president if Harvard University and of the 1 ev. Chauncey Whittelsey of New Haven, a member of the Colonial As sembly. Mr. Whittelsey is now con- rected with Gibbs and Cox, Inc., en gineers. Mr. Price was at one time asso ciated with the Carolina Power & Light Company here and later was a private tutor in the family of Mrs. Isabel McMullen at Pinebluff. Since leaving the Sandhills some five years ago he has been ordained to the ministry. KIWANIANS PRESENT GIFT TO BRIDEGROOM SEYMOUR The men bound over were Rufus Lineberry of Moore county, and Char lie Griffin and Millard Layne, resi dents of Lee. • TRY A PILOT WANT AD « science at the University of North Carolina and has been in New York for the past two years. Miss Helen Rosser, who had served as Lee county librarian for the past several years, resigned a few months ago to pursue her studies in library science at the University of North Carolina and receive her degree. on Sunday morning at 11:00 o’clock. The Christian Science Church is lo cated on New Hampshire avenai*. rear Ashe street and the public is cordially invited to the services. The Rev. E. L. Barber’s sermon subject at the Brownson Memorial Church Sunday morning will be: “The Church's Marching Orders.” The service is at 11:00 a. nx., in the Civic Club. Following the morning service a congregational meeting will be held to attend to some matters relatives to the building program. All the members are expected to attend. “More Life’’ will he the Rev. J. Fred Stimson’s sermon subject Sun day morning at the Southern Pines Baptist Church. FALL B.4SEB.\LL Southern Pines High School’s fall baseball team will play Cameron High, Friday, October 8, at Southern Pines bsdl park at 3:30. H Your Stationery For the Winter You can’t address on O. Leon Seymour of AV’erdeen, whose marriage to Miss Lr,nie Re becca Gordon of Baskervlile, Va.. takes place tomorrow in Baskerv'.ile, was presented with an electrii. lamp by his fellow members in the Sand hills Kiwanis Club on Tuesday even ing. The presentation was made dur ing the course of a dinner given Mr. Seymour by his associates in the Mid-South Motors, Inc., of Aber deen. use that northern your letter paper while you’re down here. But we can print you some attract- paper and envelopes for ive the season. THE PILOT
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