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IL. 31—NO. 15
16. PAGES THIS WEEK
Southern Pines, N. C.
Fridav, March 3, 1950
16 PAGES THIS WEEK
TEN CENTS
ite Forestry
iders Honor
^yrnouth Estate
ree Farm Award
resentation Made
Lt Klwanis Meeting
le forested acres of Weymouth
[ite, home of James Boyd, be-
le a certified North Carolina
farm Wednesday, with the
entation of the certificate of
N. C. Forest Service and
[them Pine association at a
ram at the Sandhills Kiwanis
le program was prepared and
iucted by James A. Pippin,
rict forester, of Rockingham,
presented several forestry
|ers of the state to speak brief-
the award, and the value of
st conservation,
lembers of the Boyd family
unable to be present. Don
|rlor, Jr., Weymouth resident
ster, participated individually
I as thieir representative,
eakers were Fred H. Clar-
I, assistant state forester; Wal-
Ie. Fuller, administrative as-
Int of the state department of
|ervation and development;
1. J. Preston, director of the
College school of forestry;
(iam Edmunds, executive di-
or of the N. C. Forestry asso-
lon; and Colin G. Spencer, of
|hage, president of the N. C.
stry Foundation and a past
lident of the N. C. Forestry as-
^tion, who presented the
rd.
r. Spencer is the owner of
Ire county’s only other certi-
1 tree farm,
erving Resources
^ferring to the many uses of
in its conversion to hun
ts of different forms, Mr.
Jicer spoke of the importance
preserving the country’s nat-
resources, such as its forest
Ith. “In war and peace, the
Itries blessed with such re-
|ces are the last to fall,’’ he
“Forests develop strong men,
character, provide a sanctu-
jfor man and reveal the power
I love of God.
is fitting this award should
lade for the work that has
done toward conserving, uti-
|g and perpetuating the mag-
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P Reported
Be Planning
tpermarket Here
Mayor Opens Safety Program, Reports
Engineer’s Advice On Local Traffic
PEACHES UNHURT
The Sandhills peach crop
was not materially hurt by
the freeze of last Sunday
night and early Monday
morning, in the opinion of T.
C. Auman, owner of orchards
near West End.
Mr. Auman said that, while
some scattered blooms had
been seen and these were lost
in the 21-degree temperature,
the cold spell might wery well
prove beneficial. Most of the
trees are still far from the
blooming stage. These may
now be held back from unsea
sonable blooming till further
freezing danger is past.
"If it had happened a month
from now, it would be a dif
ferent story," he said.
Orchards in Georgia and
South Carolina, farther ad
vanced than those of this
area, were reported badly
hurt by the freeze.
Detroit Tigers
Will Send Cubs
Here For Training
Two Class C farm clubs of the
Detroit Tigers will come to South
ern Pines for their spring train
ing, according to word received
Wednesday by Mayor C. N. Page.
A telephone call from John J.
McHale, assistant manager of the
Tigers’ farm system, confirmed
the fact that the Jamestown (NY)
ball club will arrive April 7 and
the Butler (Pa.) club April 30—
about 50 players altogether.
They will stay here three and
a half weeks, headquartered at
the Park View and Southland ho
tels and employing the High
School Memorial field for prac
tice. Some exhibition games will
probably be scheduled during
their training period.
Contact was first made through
the Mayor, who invited Mr. Mc
Hale to come and look the town
over. He accepted the invitation
early in February and was escort
ed about by Mayor Page and Col.
P. G. Shearman, Chamber of
Commerce manager. Needed in
formation was furnished by the
Chamber at that time and since,
and cooperation given in arrang
ing for living quarters and meals.
Asks Reaction of
Public To Changes
Recommended
Town Sponsors March
Campaign
Recommendations for improv
ing traffic conditions in Southern
Pines, made by an expert who vis
ited here on invitation by the
Town, were revealed by Mayor C.
N. Page in a radio program Tues
day.
■The program, broadcast over
WEEB, initiated the traffic safe
ty program.—“Mind Your Motor
Manners”—being sponsored "by
the Town during March in coop
eration with the Southern Pines
Safety Council. '
Three alternatives have been
presented by Robert A. Birch,
traffic engineer with the State
Highway and Public Works Com
mission to relieve congested traf
fic conditions here. “We wish very
much the people would study this
report and let us know what they
think,” said Mayor Page.
The suggestions wer^:
(1) One-way driving on Broad
street—one way on the west side,
the other on the east side. Mr.
Birch strongly advised giving this
a 60-day or 90-day trial.
(2) Elimination of angle park
ing on Broad, or reducing the per
mitted angle from 45 t6 30 de
grees, to utilize the space to best
advantage for movement of traf
fic.
(3) Widening Broad street—the
costliest choice.
Mr. Birch’s report will be dis
cussed at the town board meeting
Wednesday night.
On the radio program, Ed Cox,
announcer, asked questions on
safety problems which were an
swered by Mr. Page and O. D.
Griffin, executive secretary of the
Safety Council. The set-up and
progtam of the Council were de
scribed, and the responsibility of
all citizens to keep safety rules in
mind—especially on the streets
and highways.
Another program will be broad
cast Wednesday at 4:15 p.m. over
WSTS. Both radio stations and a
number of other agencies are
sharing in promotion of the drive,
with the goal of making March an
accident-free month in Southern
Pines.
■ Students at the Southern Pines
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lot on West Pennsylvania
|iue, between the Pilot build-
and the H. L. Brown agency,
[been sold by Harold A. Col-
of Southern Pines, to Ray-
Id Barnette, of Danville, Va.
Ifficial reports say the lot will
Ised as the site of an A & P
fcrmarket.
lough confirmation could not
obtained, reliable authority
Bs that Mr. Barnette will build
[building, which the A & P
j then lease for a long term in
|rd with their company policy
lon-ownership of buildings
occupy. Construction is ex-
to start as soon as plans
|the building are completed,
tie lot has a frontage of 62 feet
J’ennsylvania avenue. It is ir-
klarly shaped at the back, ex-
Jhng as far as 192 feet on one
I, 42 feet on the othfer, and is
Irated by strips of land from
■buildings on either side. Sell-
1 price was $7,500, a new high
|121 per front foot,
lie area is part of- that now
se as a city parking lot. Mr.
ins has allowed it to be used
liis manner without charge for
[full period of his ownership,
le than three years. Only a
block from Broad street, it
greatly relieved the parking
traffic situation in the busi-
district.
1. D. McDonald, manager of the
Ithern Pines A & P store front-
] on Broad street, says he has
official knowledge of his com-
|y’s plans. However, he was
of two managers from North
lolina selected to attend an
P Supermarket conference
at the Hotel Roosevelt, Jack-
irille, Fla., during all of last
fck. The other manager invited
|he conference from this state
his brother, A. H. McDonald,
: P manager at Morehead City.
Southern Pines Sportsmen’s Mecca,
Says Author Van Urk, Here For Hunt
Tells History of
Moore County Drags
In His New Book
J. Blan Van Urk, qosmopolite,
author and foxhunting gentleman,
told The Pilot this week that
“Southern Pines has become a
mecca -for sportsmen, known all
over the hunting world for its su
perb winter sport.”
A friend of the late James
Boyd, he dropped by after the
Tuesday morning hunt to pay his
respects to Mrs. Boyd, Pilot pub
lisher. Disappointed to find her
out of town, he stayed neverthe
less to voice his enthusiasm for
the Sandhills in general, the
MORE ROOM
The gift of a donor who
wishes to remain unnamed
will mean the building of ex
tra space for Negro patients
at the Moore County hospital,
in addition to construction
work already going on, it was
announced by E. T. McKeith-
en, administrator, following a
meeting of the directors last
Thursday.
The present Negro wing,
facing east on the Carthage
road at the end'of the first-
floor annex will be extended.
Rearrangement of facilities
when the wing now being
built is completed will mean
eight more beds for Negro pa
tients, four in a ward and four
in semi-private rooms. There
will be additional toilet facili
ties, nursing station, utility
room and waiting room with
its own entrance. The roof
will provide space for a sun-
deck opening off the second
floor.
Commissioners OK
Appropriations
For Fiscal Year
Estimaled Cost
Given For Running
All Departments
Moore Hounds* Hunter Trials On
Scott Comer Course Wednesday
Fine Hunters To Be Seen Here
Moore County Hunt in particular.
He looked distinguished in his
livery of the Royal Dutch Hunt
of Amsterdam, Holland, of which
he. is a member.
•■‘The Boyd brothers, James and
Jackson, and now Mhster Ozelle
Moss have established such a fine
pack of hounds, and the area af
fords such splendid sport, fox-
hunters are coming here from all
over the country to ride to
hounds,” Mr. Van Urk said. He
cited as an example the hunt of
that day in which six visiting Mas
ters of Foxhounds of other hunts
were participating—not on spec
ial invitation, nor to honor any
unusual occasion, but just because
they love to come.
“I don’t know of any other hunt
p the country that could display
such a field,” he said. Riding to
hounds that day were Malcolm
Graham and Richmond Meyer,
joint MFH Rombout Hunt,
Poughkeepsie, N. Y.; Laurason
Riggs, MFH Green Spring Valley
Hunt, Maryland; Cole Mershon, of
Sea Island, Ga., MFH Fort Riley
Hunt; W. F. McBride, MFH .Mon
treal Hunt, and Mrs. Marjorie
Hewlitt, MFH Meadowbrook
Hunt, Westbury, Long Island, N.
Y.
For Winter Sport
Represented in the field were
members of numerous other hunts
of the eastern seaboard, here to,
enjoy the winter sport which their
own climates forbid.
Mr. and Mrs. Van Urk, with
most of the other foxhunting vis
itors, are, staying at the Highland
Pines Inn. While here he has com-
oleted checking the galley proofs
of his newest book, “Story of the
Rolling Rock Hunt,” which will
be published by Scribners. In this
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Appropriations 'made by the
county commissioners for the
1949-50 budget were approvetl in
the form of a resolution at their
December meeting. 'They have
not been previously reported, fol
lowing a delay caused by the pro
longation of the county tax reval
uation.
From the bounty general fund
were appropriated the following
amounts for the current fiscal
year out of the general fund:
County commissioners, $2,200;
listing and assessing, $22,000; col
lection of taxes, $8,750; sheriff,
$13,500; elections, $2,000; county
accountant, $6,000; courthouse and
grounds, $18,000; register of deeds,
$2,000; coroner, $500; fire warden,
$3,920.
County jail, $10,000; agricultur
al agent, $4,500; superior court,
$2,500; clerk of superior court,
$3,500; recorders court, $6,000; ju
venile court, $400(1 county attor
ney, $1,000; auditing, $1,200.
Capturing stills, $400; care of
insane, $500; juror expenses, $7,-
500; home demonstration agent,
$4,500; compensation insurance,
$500; library, $5,740; veterans’ ser
vice officer, $5,300; tax foreclos
ure, $1,500; contingent, $4,000.
Total, $137,910.
Health, Poor
Out of the Health fund was ap
propriated the following: health
department, $45,534; vital statis
tics, $700; hospital, $10,000; tuber
culosis, $2,500; polio fund, $4,000.
Total, $62,734.
Out of the Poor fund were made
the following appropriations:
County home and farm, $14,000;
outside poor, $5000. Total $19,000.
$640,304 for Schools
From the constitutional school
maintenance fund the following
amounts were appropriated: sup
plementary current expense,
$138,230; capital' outlay, $455,770;
debt service, $46,304. Total, $640,-
304.
Out of the county bond interest,
redemption and sinking fund in
cluding road debt service and
county court house bonds, were
made the following appropria
tions: roads (bonds and interest),
$17,233; courthouse bonds and in
terest, $7,770. Total, $25,003.
Appropriations from the Wel
fare fund were: administrative,
$18,080; old age assistance, $16,-
500; blind, $3,944; aid to depend-
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Postmaster Asks
Patrons To State
Service They Wish
Mrs. W. O. Moss, winner of last Sunday’s steeplechase, will take a
leading part in the Moore County Hounds’ hunter trials. She is
secretary of the Hunt.
Norman Cordon
Will Be Guest of
Music Association
About half the questionnaires
submitted to post office patrons in
regard to the type of service they
wish, after establishment of city
delivery, have been returned.
A. Garland Pierce, postmaster,
asked this week that the rest be
brought in promptly, as the serv
ice is scheduled to be set up
Thursday, March 16. It is neces
sary for the staff to know (1) if
you wish home delivery; (2) if you
wish business delivery; (3) if you
wish parcel post delivery; (4) if
you wish all mail to be placed in
your box.
Those who did not receive a
questionnaire may get one at the
post office window.
About 50 per cent of those heard
from so far have declared their
wish for delivery service, said Mr.
Pierce. A higher percentage is
anticipated once the service actu
ally starts.
He announced a change in one
type of service offered—^that by
which mail is delivered to the
home on weekdays, and to the
box on Sundays. This has turned
out to be too complicated, he said,
and against post office policy. For
those having home delivery, and
also retaining their post office
box, mail will be delivered to one
or the other strictly as addressed.
He suggested that it would be
possible for both addresses to be
placed on the envelope or address
label, by regular correspondents
and publications, for delivery to
the home address on weekdays, to
the box on Sundays and holidays.
Norman Cordon, nationally
famous basso-baritone, will be the
guest of the Sandhills Music as
sociation Tuesday evening, March
14, at its second informal musical
evening of the year.
The meeting, to be held at the
Hollywood hotel, will be open to
the public without charge, accord
ing to Voit Gilmore, president.
Mr. Cordon, who now lives at
Chapel Hill, will be present in his
capacity as director of the Music
Foundation of the University’s
Extension service. In this post
he furthers the cause of good mu
sic in the state’s smaller commun
ities, helping build up local music
groups and aiding them in secur
ing concerts and concert series.
Presenting a song program at
the meeting wiU be Tom Cordon,
brother of Norman, and Mrs. Har
low Pearson, in a “repeat”- of
their successful performance at TTwfk ¥
the first musical evening held last J. W XjJ. Y CO5
month. They are returning by
special request, with different
songs, Mr. Gilmore said.
While it is not announced
whether Norman Cordon will
sing, it is known that he is gen
erous with his talents and, said
Mr. Gilmore, “we will try hard to
make him feel at home.” This
shouldn’t be hard, with a brother
living here, his parents,also here
I for the winter and many friends
he has made on visits to the Sand
hills. His welcome is expected to
be an enthusiastic one.
Mr. Cordon sang top roles for
several years with the Metropoli
tan Opera, has appeared with oth
er leading opera groups and also,
with colorful success, in the mus
ical drama “Street Scene.” He
is also well known in the concert
and radio worlds.
Since returning to North Caro
lina he has become a leading fig
ure in the state’s musical life,
both in connection with his exten
sion work for the University, and
in his participation in state events.
He played the male lead in “Shout
Freedom!,” Legette Blythe’s his
torical drama presented at Char
lotte last May and June.
COAL
With about two weeks' coal
supply on hand on the local
coalyard. Southern Pines is
apparently in better shape
than mcKt of the rest of the
country, in which much suf
fering is reported as result of
the prolonged strike of min
ers.
"By good fortune we secur
ed seven carloads just before
the strike went on," said
Manager Holt of the Chand
ler-Holt Ice and Fuel com
pany. "We are rationing this
out by the half-ton, first come
first served. Even if the cold
weather continues we figure
we can make out about two
weeks. If it turns warm, we
can probably stretch it out
longer."
A good deal of his supply is
in the form of briquettes,
which are useful for most
home purposes, he said. There
is also plenty of wood.
Saturday Wreck
Luge field Seen
From Many States;
Hunt Ball To Follow
This year’s hunter trials of the
Moore County Hounds, featuring
the horses now participating in
the local hunt, has been set for 2
p. m. Wednesday, on the Scott
Corner hunter trial course.
A Hunt Ball will follow that
evening, at the Highland Pines
Inn.
Scott Corner is the course on
Youngs road, just beyond Notre
Dame academy, laid out by the
Boyds and the Mosses for htmter
trials years ago. It has been tm-
used for the past three years but
has now been completely rebuilt,
rejuvenated and otherwise put
in top shape for the colorful event
of Wednesday.
Mbre than 50 horses, largest
field yet seen in hunter trials here,
are expected to take part. Some
are local horses, others have been
brought down from northern sta
bles and have been here a month
or more while their owners en
joyed the winter Jiunt with the
Moore County Hounds.
The hounds themselves will be
shown in a miniature drag hunt
over the two-mile course of nat
ural hunting country, which can
be plainly seen in full from every
parking space on the amply wide
parking area. The hounds will
work as they naturally do. So
will the horses and riders, for
naturalness is the keynote of the
hunter trials. It is the liveried
Hunt itself, placed on view for
the enjoyment of participants and
spectators alike.
Four Classes
Classes will be (1) hunt teams
of three; (2) lightweight hunters;
(3) middleweight hunters; (4)
heavyweight hunters:
The trials have been set early
as many of the horses who have
been here during the past month
are soon to be shipped north.
Among these are some of the best
hunthrs of the east, from the lead
ing stables. Owners include Mlal-
colm Graham and Barry Leithead,
Rombout Hunt, Poughkeepsie, N.
Y.; T. Arthur Johnson, Meadow-
brook Hunt, Westbury, L. I.; Del-
mar Twyman, Rougemont; Carlo
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Four In Hospitals
Moore county’s first fatal acci
dent of 1950, occurring at approx
imately midnight last Saturday,
took the lives of Bobby Carroll
Whitesides, 24, music teacher and
glee club director at the Aberdeen
High school, and L. W. Allgood,
45, of Laurinburg. Four others are
in local hospitals.
According to Patrolman Wes
ley Parrish, the car driven by
Whitesides coming south, and that
driven by Allgood going north
met head-on on U6 1, four-tenths
of a mile south of Lakeview.
Whitesides was taken to St. Jo
seph of the Pines hospital, where
he died about 6:30 a. m. of head
injuries, a crushed chest and oth
er hurts. Allgood died about 3
a. m. at Moore County hospital.
Seriously hurt were the two
passengers in the 'Whitesides car,
John D. Mizell, 23, scienqe teach
er at the Aberdeen High school,
who is at Moore County hospital,
and Dr. Wilbur Payne, 26, of
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New Parhaven Will
Be Constructed
On Midland Road
Tournament Finals Monday, Tuesday;
Southern Pines Team Plays Tonight
The 22nd Moore County High
School Basketball tournament,
now under way at the Southern
Pines gym, is drawing enthusiastic
attendance.
moore Wednesday. Tuesday, Farm
Life defeated West End 37-28, to
meet Robbins Thursday night, and
Pinehurst defeated Highf^ls 27-
21 to meet Carthage Thursday af-
Semi-finals Monday night and ternoon.
finals ’Tuesday are expected to| Results of Thursday games were
pack the place. Additional bleach- not available at The Pilot’s press-
ers have been moved in from time, leaving tonight’s contenders
Pinehurst to supplement the
gym’s 1,000 seats. Girls’ games be
gin at 7:30 both nights. Boys’
games are at 6:30 and 8:30 Mon
day and 9 o’clock Tuesday.
Southern Pines boys will make
their bow into the tournament at
7:30 tonight (Friday) when they
meet Cameron, winner over West-
undertermined.
Southern Pines girls bovved out
Wednesday night, losing to Pine
hurst 35-19. Their close win over
Carthage Tuesday evening, 28-27,
was the tournament’s opener.
Wednesday, West End girls scor
ed a decisive victory over High
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Parhaven will continue, even
though the present site on the
Midland road has been bought by
the Lloyd M. Tates for conversion
to a steeplechase track, it was
lemned this week from Mr. and
Mrs. Leo Walper, owners.
A new golf driving range, equal
in every way to the old, will be
built on land the Walpers have
purchased just down the road, a
half mile nearer Pinehurst. The
tract consists of 27 acres of the old
Gould-Shaw property, with 750-
foot frontage on the double road,
going back to the airport road.
There is much beautiful shrub
bery on the place, some of which
will be cleared off for the range,
the rest left as a background for
the new clubhouse and home —
probably “modified modem” —
the Walpers plan to build in the
next few months.
Parhaven, constructed two
years ago on the Old Steeplechase
grounds, was largely experimen
tal. 'Though Mr. Weilper, a well-
known golf professional and
teacher, had formerly operated a
range in Washington, D. C., it was
the first for the Sandhills. Part
of the experiment was the com
bining of club and living quarters,
in the charming small ranch-type
home they built beside the range.
IThe experiment has been suc
cessful in every way, and we plan
to cast in our lot with the/ Sand
hills for good,” they said.
During the two years the range
and club have become a popular
center of the sporting life here.
Beginning last year, it went oh a
year-round schedule of operation.
The Walpers expect to have the
new Parhaven ready for occupan
cy and business about the middle
of October. The Tates will take
over the present site shortly
thereafter. A brilliant revival of
steeplechase racing for the section
is anticipated at their hands.