1 f GOOD HEALTH N.C/s No. 1 Need GOOD HEALTH N.C.'s No. 1 Need VOLUME 27. NO. 51 16 PAGES THIS WEEK Southern Pines. N. C.. Friday. November 15. 1946. 16 PAGES THIS WEEK TEN CENTS Scouts Given Campsite of 100 Acres By Ernest Aiken As Memorial In Impressive Carthage Meeting EL S. Isely Accepts Gift For Council Butler Remains Head Moore County members of the Boy Scout Occonochee Council held their second annual meeting at the Carthage Hotel, at dinner Tuesday night. Opening with the singing of America and salute to the flag, borne into the hall by Scouts, the gathering heard reports of the va rious chairmen of committees, describing the progress of the work during the year. The Moore County Branch of the Council, comprising the towns of West End, Aberdeen, Pinehurst, Sou thern Pines, Pinebluff, Robbins, Manly, High Falls, and Carthage, includes, according to the mem bership report, about 270 boys. A. L. Burney, chairman of Organ ization, stated that during the past year 6 senior scouts had been enrolled, about 30 cubs, 35 adult leaders, two new scout masters and two assistants, and two new senior troops had been organized. Plans are being made for four more troops. However, according to I. C. Sledge", chairman of Ad vancement, there have been only half as many advancements in rank this year as last. Chairman Sledge urged that Courts of Honor be made interesting by va-. ried programs. He said this had improved attendance from 30, at an early meeting, to 150 at a re cent one; Prizes of a primus stove and a lantern are to be offered for troops having the best atten dance records. N. L. Hodgkins, treasurer, list ed receipts and expenses during the year and reported a balance on hand of $2,094.63. Highlight of the evening was the presentation of a gift of land to the Council by Ernest Aiken of Southern Pines, as a memorial to his father, to be used as a camp site for the scouts. The land which lies back from the Man chester Road, bordered on one side by the Hoke County line, is watered by Carroll’s Branch. It is planned to dam the stream and construct a lake. The gift was received by H. G. Isley, president of the Council, general sales manager of Caro lina Power and Light, and des cribed by his introducer, Paul Butler, chairman of the Moore County Branch, as "one of the greatest church laymen in North Carolina today.” In his ac ceptance speech. President Ise ly told what scouting can do to IConimued on Page 6) Elks Will Fete Team At Dinner In recognition of their sports manship and the line record made this season by the South ern Pines football team, the BPO Elks lodge will entertain squad members at a testimonial din ner Wednesday evening, Decem ber 4, at the Country club here. The local lodge is sponsoring the dinner, anticipated as an an nual affair, for the team, their parents and members of the local lodge, John Cliue, exalted ruler, has announced. ' The program, tentatively ar ranged, includes as principal speaker some celebrity in the college football field. Dr. G. G. Herr will award miniature gold footballs to the six first-team members, and the lodge will pre sent mementos to the remainder of the squad for the part they played in making the season out standing. John Cline will make the welcoming address. Louis Scheipers is in charge of tickets, and Howard Hoffman and Capt. Otto Nees are working out the arrangements for the din ner to be given at 7 p. m. at the Southern Pines Country Club. VACCINATE! In Good Health Week, a child dies from diphtheria in Moore County. This is a telling example of the need for more and more and more education in health, more and more doctors and health officers and nurses going around telling and showing and urging the first principals of good health to a still unenlightened public. Salmon Child Dies Of Diphtheria In Moore Co. Hospital Leon Ray Salmon, two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Reddin Salmon; of Carthage, Route 2, died at the Moore County Hospi tal Wednesday. At first reported progressing satisfactorily, the child’s heart, weakened by the disease, gave out under the strain, despite aU efforts to save him. In reporting the death, the county health officer. Dr. Will- cox, stressed the fact that the child had not been vaccinated. “The law requires that all chil dren be vaccinated,” he said, “as a sure preventive against diph theria, before the age of one year.” The youngest of five chil dren, 4 of whom had been vac cinated, Leon had not been treat ed, though his parents had been warned of the danger and urged to take the child to their own physician, or bring him to one of the county clinics. Dr. Willcox recalled stories of the time, in 1875 or 80, when the last diphtheria epidemic in Moore County took place. He said that the child population, under ten years of age, was almost wiped out, four and five children in certain families being carried off by the dread disease. “This would still be the case”, he said, “if the toxin anti-toxin had not been discovered. Now we have a sure preventive for diphtheria, provided every child is vaccina ted. That is what makes a death from diphtheria so tragic. We know it could have been avoid ed.” Local Red Cross Gives Fine Report Col. George P. Hawes, Jr., of Pinehurst was re-elected chair man of the Moore County Amer ican Red Cross chapter at its an nual meeting in Southern Pines Friday at 3 p. m. Paul Butler of Southern Pines was named vice chairman and J. C. Robbins of Aberdeen, secre tary. Garland McPherson of Sou thern Pines succeeds himself as treasurer. Colonel Hawes made the chair man’s annual report. Chapter work in production, directed by Mrs. A. L. Burney, included 7,- 047 hours volunteered duriqg the year with 849 garments for the armed forces and foreign relief produced. Lloyd Woolley of Southern Pines was chairman of the Home Service division, the chapter’s largest activity. Many of the 653 new cases interviewed were vete rans and their families. The local chapter’s work is generally con fined to giving advice and assis- (Continued on Page 8) GRAND PRIZE WINNER Little Philip Fitanides, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Fitanides, of Southern Pines, was grand prize winner at the Halloween carnival sponsored here by the Rotarians. The Pilot erroneously reported Carolyn Hart as receiver of the grand prize. UN County Leaders Getting Busy As Question Of World Capital Location Is Raised Again Spencer Murphy And Other Editorialists Plug Moore County Consideration of Moore County as the United Nations site was intensified last Saturday when the general assembly of the United Nations passed a resolut ion opening iany place in the United States as the site for UN headquarters. Tai Heel editorialists waxed eloquent on the subject, support ing North Carolina in general and Moore County in particular. Spencer Murphy, editor of the Salisbury Post and one of the most zealous backers of the Sandhills as a choice, wrote at length in support of Moore, and the Greens boro News inserted another prop in the Sandhills cause. County leaders, with Colin Spencer as chairman, met Mon day afternoon in Carthage to dis cuss the avalanche of telegrams State Historical Director To Speak The Moore County Historical Association announces that at the next meeting to be held Tuesday, Nov. 19th, the society is fortunate to have secured as speaker for the evening, Henry Howard Eddy, acting director of the North Car olina Department of Archives and History. A Verrnonter by birth. Director Eddy was for some time Archiv ist of New York state. He has been interested in the sort of restora tion projects in which the Histori cal Association is engaged, and has had much experience setting up museums, both large and small, in the north. He is taking the place of Dr. Crittenden, who has been “loaned” by the state to the National Department of Arch ives in Washington. The Speaker is planning to come down early enough on Tuesday to visit the Shaw House and acqu aint himself with some of the local historical sites hereabouts. The meeting will be held, as usual in the Southern Pines lib rary at 8 p. m. with the chair man, Leland McKeithan of Aber deen, presiding. Saying that the work on the Shaw House was progressing well, the chairman stated that J. W. Causey had now replaced A. B. Yeomans as chairman of the com mittee on restoration, due to the illness of the latter. Car Demolished In SAL Collision and phone calls from people all over North Carolina, urging Moore to get busy and boost itself as the world capital. W. D. Sabiston, Leland Mc- keithen and Major Kenneth Bur- well were delegated to get a per sonal appointment with Herschel Johnson, US delegate to the United Nations, at which time they will present a brief contain ing photographs, maps and de tailed information on Moore County’s qualifications, plus per sonal letters from: Governor Cherry and the North Carolina commissioners extending ■ an in vitation to the organization. The brief, being prepared now, is expected to be on its way by Monday. The conclusion to Mr. Murphy’s excellent editorial is especially persuasive in Moore county’s be half. “The United Nations concept is not compatible with the stern and Information Brief To Be Sent Monday To Herschel Johnson selfish provincialism of Connect icut, with the foggy damp of San Francisco, or the monoxide-alcoh- ol-body-stink of New York. “The United Nations, if it is to even approximate in effective action the high concept of its creation, must become a thing of spiritual integrity as well as of intellectual efficiency. * “God Almighty, Himself, must be present at deliberations of the United Nations. “There is no place on this world of His where sensitive hu man souls could have fewer qualms in asking him to have a seat than in the benign, moder ate, healthful, beautiful, roomy environment of Moore county in a state none excels in historic ef fort to dignify the human being as a child of God.” The collision of a 1935 Ply mouth two-door sedan with the northbound Seaboard train num ber six at the corner of East Broad street and New Yokr ave nue was reported around mid night on November 8. The sedan, owner and operated by Garland W. Brown of 9 Haw kins avenue, Sanford, was com pletely demolished, although none of the four occupants of the car were seriously injured, ac cording to Police Chief C. E. Newton. Mr. and Mrs. Brown, James A. McDonald of Fort Bragg and Sea man 2|c Robert McCleney of San ford were reported to be return ing from a dance in Aberdeen. They were said to have been starting across the railroad at New York avenue when the col lision occurred. Mr. and Mrs. Brown and Sea- mna McCleney were taken to the Moore County hospital for treat ment and Private McDonald to the Fort Bragg hospital. No one witnessed the accident, according to Chief Newton. Rufus Morrison and Alton Monroe of Manly were the first on the scene after the crash. Duke Speaker At Phone Convention Urges Production NC Independent Telephone Men Convene In SP Cautioning Americans to turn deaf ears on the communistic plea of “follow us and we’ll raise your standard of living,” Prof Malcolm McDermott of the Duke School of Law declared that the only way to raise any country’s standard of living is to work, pro ducing so abundantly that every one will have what they want. Professor McDermott was ad dressing the Tuesday afternoon session of the 15th annual con vention of the North Carolina Independent Telephone associa tion which met at the Pine Needles November 11-12. He pointed out liberalism as one of the communistic slogans. “But a liberal government is one wherein the individual can do as he pleases as long as he doesn’t trespass on the rights of others,” the speaker said. “This is in direct opposition to the com munistic theory as proposed by most of its supporters.” The two-day convention began Monday morning with registra tion of the approximate 250 dele gates and a directors’ meeting at noon. Reports were heard and addresses by R. A. Lumpkin, president of the UN Independent Telephone asociation, and Dr. J. O. Perrine, assistant vice presi dent of the American Telephone and Telegraph company. The re mainder of the day was devoted to fellowship and entertaining. Officers for the coming year (Continued on Page 5) NCEA Head Talks On Teacher Raise Pinehurst Ring Will Stage Opening Nov. 28th The first gymkhana of the Pinehurst season will be held in the riding ring of the Caro lina Hotel on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28th., commencing at 2:30 p. m. The program, which will in clude a Pet Show and a num ber ,of equestrian events, will be announced next week. Entries in the Pet Show may include anything that walks or crawls and prizes and ribbons will be given for the best-turn- ed-out, for the most amusing or unusual pelj. 'rhe rails and gear of the rid ing ring have been freshly painted for the new season. En tries for all events may be made at the post and there will be no entry fees. Prospective competi tors, however, are asked to coop erate with the officials by being at the ring in good time so that the various events may be run off without delay. The 20-percent increase in teachers’ salaries to be considered by the General assembly in January was reviewed by. C. W. Phillips, president of the North Carolina Education association, before a meeting of the Moore County Classroom teach ers last Wednesday at 4 p. m. Mr. Phillips pointed out that the proposed increase would be more successful if sponsored by laymen and that friends of the school were the ones to sell the legislators on the raise. He stress ed the importance of unity within the NCEA if the increase was to be realized. The meeting was held at the Cameron school. Following the business session, the guests were invited into the cafeteria where tea, sandwiches and cakes were served. Mr. Stevenson, Cameron prin cipal, welcomed the visitors, then turned the meeting over to Ellen Jones, president of the county as sociation. Mrs. G. A. Charles of Aberdeen presented M. Phil lips, a Moore County native. Of ficers in the state PTA were in troduced to the group which in cluded representatives from nearly every school in the coun ty- School Leaders of County Present Requests For New Construction, Ask One And Quarter Million Bond Issue TOO WEAK! It's not the heat, it's the week that's getting Princi pal Phil Weaver down. Armistice Day on Monday was all right, and Good Health Week Hrom Nov. Il ls wouldn't have been too hard to observe. Top that with National Book Week and National Education Week, both this week, and it began to get difficult. The proverbial straw, however, was the US Savings Bonds campaign which also begins Nov. 11. "So, we put up posters in the library announcing the weeks and let it go at that", Mr. Weaver said with a sigh of despair. Moss Entries Lead In First Gymkhana Of Local Season by Howard Burns Hunters from Mile-A-Way Farms, owned by Mrs. W. O. Moss, Southern, Pines, captured top events in the opening horse- show and equestrian gymkhana Sunday at 2:30 p. m. before 2,000 spectators who surrounded the field at the horseshow grounds at the Southern Pines Country Club. “Prince,” a dark brown gelding owned and ridden by Mrs. Moss, led a string of fifteen hunters to win first place in the class for open hunters run over a stiff hunting course. ‘Flagadola” another Mile-A- Way entry, with Mrs. Moss up, cleared the bars at five and one- half feet after two jump-offs, to come through for first place over 12 entries in the knock-down- and-out class. "Hubba Hubba”, a bay mare owned by Mickey Walsh, South ern Pines, and ridden by his young daughter, Joan Walsh, led a string of 10 horses to win first place in the novice jumper class for green jumpers that have not won ribbons in any recognized show. Jean Overton, riding “Grey Mist”, came in for second place (Continued on Page 8) Southern Pines Wins From West End By Score Of 46 To 20 In Fast Game Teen-Age Club Plans Dance Saturday Night Plans for a dance, sponsored by the Teen-Age club, at the Com munity Center Saturday night, were discussed at the meeting of the Boys and Girls committee of the Chamber of Commerce Mon day night at 8:30, in the upstairs lobby of the Belvedere hotel. Chairman Herman Grover pre sided, calling for reports on dan ces, finances and other activities of the group over the past year. Another meeting for tonight at 7:30 at the Community Center was announced when final plans for the Saturday dance will be :