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MOTORISTS! WATCH OUT FOR CHILDREN MOTORISTS I Watch out FOR CHILDREN -NO. 21 14 PAGES THIS WEEK TEN CENTS [amestown Falcons, Butler Club of Detroit Tigers Start Training Here Exhibition Games Set For Burlington And Durham Southern Pines last week wel- med to town the Jamestown (N. .) Falcons of the Class D PONY ’ennsylvania - Ontario - New ork) League, owned by the □it Tigers, here for three weeks spring training. On reaching here last Friday e boys buckled right down to actice and will round out their ■st week with an exhibition me at Burlington tonight (Fri- ly) and another at Durham onday night. A few days after at local fahs may expect to see eir first exhibition game, with e Butler, Pa., Class C.club of the id-Atlantic league (also Tiger med) which was exepcted to rive last night. The 30 Falcons, ranging in e from 19 to 23, are quartered the Belvedere and Park View tels. They are sharing the town Id on a morning-afternoon ba- with the Butlers, who are at B Southland. Practice is over in d-afternoon, leaving the field ar for the high school boys. A. good many fans have been t to watch the boys at work and [)ort them a good-looking, E *an-cut bunch, tops in their ss. They hail from Pennsyl- lia. New Jersey, Michigan, f inesota. New York and other ces, with one boy from Char- te and one from Alabama, lere with the Falcons is their nager. Bob Shawkey, who was ;h the Philadelphia A’s for ee years and with the Yanks He appeared in'seven World ies with the Bombers, and was d one of the great pitchers of Babe Ruth-Lou Gehrig era. (Continued on page 5) COMMANDER DON JONES Jones Is Elected VFW Commander; Mortgage Burned GIFT TO TOWN The BPO Does will make a gift to the town, both useful and beautiful, in a ceremony to be held at 4 p. nu Wednes day at the city park to which the public is invited. The gift is a handsome drinking fountain, to be lo cated on the park midway be tween the swings and the ten nis courts, and near the street for the use of passersby. In stallation is being made by the town crew this week. The Southern Pines school band will play before and after the dedication. Mayor C. N. Page will receive the gift on behalf of the town, from the Does' 1949 officers under whose regime the project was carried through. The commit tee in charge of the presenta tion includes Mrs. John Cline, chairman, Mrs. S. T. Wallis and Mrs. A. B. Patterson. No More U Turns Or On Red Light, Says Town Board Revealing Test Made Of Speeding On May Street Tennis Courts Will Ba Constructed Immediately; Jail Situation Discussed ol. Shearman esigns Job of hamber Manager lirectors of the Southern Pines amber of Commerce, meeting !dnesday night, accepted the ignation of Col. P. G. Shear n, manager of the ’ Chamber ce October, 1949. )n unanimous motion, the di- tors instructed the secretary, s. James Prim, to write a letter Colonel Shearman, who was present, expressing their ap- I'ciation of his endeavors and 'omphshments of the past six hths. L drive was instituted for col ;ion of delinquent dues, with -h director taking a group of nes. A full collection is -essen- said President Harry Fullen- ler, if the Chamber is to con- le operations. est End Lions tidorse County ealth Center Two highlights of history last week marked the progress of the John Boyd post. Veterans of For eign Wars—the election of a new slate of officers for 1950, and the burning of the mortgage on. the Post home, almost on the first an niversary of its opening. Don Jones ,senior vice comman- er during the past yeai;, was ele vated t® the post of commander. Other officers elected were James Irvin, senior vice comman der; Robert F. Arey, junior vice coirimander; Robert Henderson, quartermaster; Hugh Hobbs, ad vocate; Carl L. Klabbatz, chap lain; June Blue, surgeon; Charles Meares, three-year trus tee; Lennox Forsyth, one-year trustee. Both retiring Commander Stephenson and incoming Com mander Jones participated in the mortgage burning, held at the fireplace in the clubhouse living room in the presence of a large group of members. A barbecue supper was served. 50tb Anniversary North And South Opens Monday Trustee Appointed For Jolmson’s The fiftieth Annual North and South Amateur Golf champion ship, first major golf tournament in the United States to observe its golden anniversary, opens Mon day on the Championship No. 2 course at Pinehurst. Although some championship tom-neys, like those of the USGA, Western Golf association and a few others, were begun before the North and South, all were sus pended during war years and so will not mark their fiftieth mile stone until after the North and South, which has been played continuously since 1901. Next week’s tournament, an in vitation event, will bring a star- studded field of amateurs togeth er to contend for the title held by Frank Stranahan, Toledo, Ohio, wh6 will defend- his crown. It opens with a qualifying round and the top 64 go into match play through the week, with the semi finals and finals at 36 holes. One- day consolation tournaments will be held for non-qualifiers, and for the losers in the first two rounds (Continued on page 5), Candidates Bow In And Out As Filing Deadline Nears 'he West End Lions club at its ular dinner meeting held .at the st End school last week passed esolution unanimously endors- the proposed construction of .lealth center, using federal- ;e-county funds, a accordance Yith the resolu- 1, instructions were given the retary to write a letter to the nty commissioners in behalf of club, expressing their approv- if the project and the hope that , commissioners would see fit to |hish the necessary amount of ,nty funds. f'he proposal made by the State ;dth department to appropriate eral and county funds for this pose, provided the county fur ies its necessary proportion, i explained by Dr. J. C. Grier, Of the total estimated cost of ,,000 for the health center, ut one-third, or $17,000 would . e to be provided by the county ore the rest could be made liable. A deadline for the inty’s answer has been extend- lOnce, and is close, harles W. Brown, of Charlotte, :ial agent of the FBI for this a, was the guest speaker at the ^ting, which was conducted by with Melvin, president. Clerk of Court Ethel Davis last week appointed Russell Lorenson as trustee for Johnson’s Food store, to determine and preserve the assets of the business for the benefit of interested parties. The appointment was made on application of Helen H. Johnson, limited partner, filed April 4, as a step toward dissolution of the partnership “in the belief that W. Morris Johnson (the general part ner) has fled the state” and that the business is no longer being conducted according to terms of the partnership. Mir. Lorenson, who has been auditor for the business since it was founded in 1945, took inven tory this week but said no deter mination can be made as yet as to what shape the business is in. The store was closed April 1. Morris Johnson, prominent and well-liked businessman and civic leader, drove away in the store truck Sunday, March 26, and has not been seen since. He left a note for his wife which, she said, she did not find till he had been gone several days. Contents of tlfe note were unrevealed. However, she said they gave no clue to his des tination. Members of his family living in other states have, it is under stood, been contacted, and hospi- als in the area have been check ed. No clue to his whereabouts has been revealed. A suit was filed against him and the business at Carthage last week, in which the Barna Allen company, food brokers of Troy, claimed $1,014.93 due them for merchandise. The business was established in 1945 with R. C. Johnson as limited partner. It became known as one of the fine food stores of the Sandhills and had a wide patron age. Last year the partnership was dissolved. On October 1 it be came a limited partnership again, Mrs. Johnson as limited The town board in regular session Wednesday night made two changes in local traffic regulations, one forbidding U- turns at busy intersections, the other ending the much-abused privilege of turning on a red light. ‘ Intersections on West and East Broad streets from Ver mont through Massachusetts, on Bennett at New Hampshire and Pennsylvania and on May street at Connecticut and Mas sachusetts, possibly others, will be marked “No U Turn.” The sign “STOP—Turn on Red Light” on the May street traf fic lights will be changed to “STOP—No U Turn.” Discussion of traffic problems occupied much of the time, with speeding as an especial concern. With recent accidents heavily in mind which placed Moore county and North Carolina at the top in Easter week end casualties, the commissioner^ decided on going all-out on enforcement of local regulations. Report on Speeders Startling was a report by C. S. Patch, Jr., on an experiment he conducted on May street (US Highway 1). He said that on two occasions, once in the afternoon and once in the evening, he spent two hours driving at 35 miles per hour, the maximum legal speed, from Indiana avenue to Vermont and back again. In the afternoon test he was passed by 40 cars, and saw six drivers crash a red light; in the night test, he was passed by 62 cars, and saw 12 crash the red light. The commissioners instructed Howard F. Burns, town clerk, to proceed at once with construction of the two additional tennis courts on the town park, so that tennis plans for the summer may go for- ^ward. Trees are to be saved ___ I wherever possible, even if it On the political front this week: shifting the planned loca- Speeches—by Rep. C. B. Deane, courts, the mayor in- at the Carthage Rotary club last, structed. night (Thursday); by his oppon-1 Mayor C. N. Page brought up ent W. E. (Bill) Horner, over a 10- '^be matter of the town jail, and station network, including both , the responsibility entailed in plac- Southern Pines radio stations, .iug persons therein even for a Tuesday at 6:45 p.m.; by Willis short time without a policeman or Smith, candidate for U. S. junior jailer close at hand. He expressed senator. Sandhills Kiwanis club , bis feeling that police station and Two Easter Weekend Accidents Cost Three Lives, 11 Injnred CHAIRMAN The Easter week end was marked for Moore coimty by two of the worst, and most tragic, accidents of its history. One Easter Monday night cost the lives of three women, one an Aberdeen girl planning her wedding for next month. Two men are at Moore County hospital in critical condition. The other, occurring Saturday afternoon, sent nine persons to the Moore County hospital. One was discharged the next day but the others, including a 10-months-old baby girl, her mother and others of the family, remain as patients with seri ous hurts. Dave Ginsburg of Carthage is heading the April campaign of the American Cancer society in Moore county. A county goal of $2,750 has been set. Community leaders and- quotas were announced last week by Chairman Ginsburg. Registration Will Start April 29 For May Primary The new Moore County board of elections, meeting at Carthage Saturday evening, was sworn into office by Clerk of Court Ethel Davis, returned Sam C. Riddle to the office of chairman and pro ceeded to set up machinery for the coming registration and May 27 primary vote. New members of the board are Harry FuIIenwider, Southern Pines, and Franklin E. Hussey, Carthage RFD (Republican mem ber). Mr. Riddle is from Carth age. Registrars will open their books for new registration at the pre cinct polling places on Saturdays, April 29, May 6 and May 13. Sat urday, May 20, will be challenge day, when registrars will again be at polling places in case eligi- Pility of any name on the books is challenged. Registrars may be reached at their homes on other days during (Continued on Page 5) THREE ARE KILLED Saturday, close to midnight. Miss Erse Lee Holyfield, 19-year- old employee of the Aberdeen Hosiery mill, was driving home along US Highway 1 after taking her fiance to Durhani. The young man, Frank Metts, an employee of the Colonial Stores, Inc., here, would complete a training course there in two weeks and they plan ned to marry soon after. They had spent part of the holiday week end locating an apartment in Southern Pines. A mile north of Vass, the 1949 Ford, traveling along a straight stretch of road, came into head-on collision with a Pontiac, north bound, headed to Raleigh from Rockingham. It contained on the back seat Mrs. E. B. Bullard, 44, and her sister Miss Virginia Eliz abeth Miles, 40; on the front seat —the driver as yet undetermined —their brother, Daniel Miles, 34, and brother-in-law Walter Bul lard, 23. The terrific impact of the left front of both vehicles brought in stant death to all three women and horrible injuries to the men. First to reach them was Scott Thomas, of Carthage, who is em ployed at Raleigh and was return ing there after the Easter holiday. He knew Miss Holyfield and it was through his identification of her car that he could identify her crushed body so that her family could be notified at once. State Highway Patrolmen Wes ley Parrish and Harold Deal were (Continued on Page 5) Miss Thurla Cole Accident Victim Near Cameron partner in a 10-year agreement. Wednesday; by Bob Reynolds, same, at the courthouse at Car thage at 8 p. m., Saturday, April 22nd. Jim Pleasants of Southern Pines bowed out of the race for Moore county clerk of court, and Dan Carter, Carthage tobacco ware houseman, bowed in. Alex Fields, Jr., Hubert McCaskill and Carlton Kennedy are' in the race and in cumbent Miss Ethel Davis hadn’t at midweek made up i.:r mind. Herman H. Grimm of Carthage, said he had decided not to run for sheriff, leaving the field, tp in cumbent Charlie McDonald, C. H. Bennett and “Bunch” Sheffield. The register of deeds race saw no new entries 'Since those of last week, Mrs. Bessie Griffin of Vass and Gene Bennett of Carthage RFD. Jese McKeithen of Aberdeen filed for reelection to the-board ol education. The whole board has filed except Fred Taylor off Vass and he is expected to do so. Judge J. Vance Rowe and W. A. Leland McKeithen filed lor reelec tion as judge and solicitor respec tively of recorders court, for which they are expected to have no opposition. H. Clifton Blue, who had al ready announced, paid his filing fee to return to the General As sembly as Moore’s representative. Here again no opposition has been forthcoming, nor is there any on the horizon so far for J. Hawley Poole, running for senator. No opposition had appeared by midweek for the county commis sioners, all of whom have filed for reelection. jail should be under one roof lor continuous supervision. The dis cussion went from remodeling the present police station to building a new building lor both, to build ing a whole new city hall, as has long been hoped for. The commissioners expressed the belief that one of these cpuld be afforded, and authorized Mr. Burns to invite an architect to survey the situation. Decision was made to open Iowa avenue between Kensington road and Saylor street, and a half block along Saylor, to allow ingress to a residence now cut off from a. public street. Polio Clinic Is Without a Home; One Case Reported CAMPBELL CHOIR The Campbell College choir, from Campbell college, al Buie's Creek, will present a program of sacred music at the First Baptist cjiurch at 7:30 p. m. Sunday, according to announcement by the pas- ior. Dr. W. C. Holland, The choir of 35 mixed voices, directed by Allan Guy, is rated as one of the best of the state's smaller choral groups, and has won praise at many places for musicianship and the high quality of the programs given. The choir will sing at the Carthage Baptist church at the 11 a. m. service Sunday, coming then to Southern Pines. Dr. Holland extended a cordial invitation to the pub lic to attend. The need of a health center for Moore county received added stress this week with news that the crippled children’s clinic, held the second Tuesday of each month, is now without a home. The Moore clinic has been held for more than a year at the health department rooms in Aberdeen. Clinics of other types have also been held there. Recently, how ever, these rooms were rented by the Geigy Chemical company for their regional office, which was moved to Aberdeen from Clayton. Rooms for temporary use are being prepared over the Hallum Furniture company, according to Dr. J. W. Willcox, county health officer. These will be satisfactory for most types of clinics but crip pled children cannot make it up the steps very easily. ^ This week the crippled chil dren’s clinic was held at the Com munity building at Carthage. It was attended by 35 children, mostly polio victims, coming for observation and treatment by Dr. Hugh M. Thontpson, Rale'igh pedi- trician, and state Jiealth depart ment therapist. These monthly treatments are rated as highly important and considerable retrogression is ob served in many cases when one is missed. Dr. Willcox revealed that a long-delayed report had come in of a polio case in December, 1949, considered hitherto a year with out polio for Moore county. The victim was E^nie Lee Hussey, aged three, of Robbins, who was taken to the Guilford Polio Cen ter where a.' belated diagnosis was made. Dr. Willcox said he had had no recent report on how the little fellow is doing, and as sumes he is getting along well. Another tragic accident, the third within five days, shocked the county Wednesday with news of the death of Miss Thurla Cole, Cameron postmaster, at Lee County hospital shortly after her car struck a tree near Cameron. Miss Cole was driving alone on a county road a short distance off US 1, between Cameron and Vass. It is believed her car skidded on sand, causing her to lose control of it. She was rushed to the Lee County hospital, where her death occurred two hours later. She suffered a crushed pelvis, contusions of the head and face and other injuries. Funeral services will be held at the Cameron Presbyterian church, of which she was an active and devoted member, at 2 p. m. Fri day, conducted by the Rev. C. K. Taffe, pastor, assisted by the Rev. C. M’. Voyles, a former pastor. Burial will be in the Cameron cemetery. Miss Cole was a native of Moore County, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Cole. She was 51 years old. Surviving are one sister, Miss LiUian Cole, a teacher at Greenwood school. Lemon Springs, and one brother, Alton Cole. 'NINE ARE INJURED Two happy family parties fig ured in an accident Saturday af ternoon on Highway 211, near Highfalls, in which a pickup truck carrying Mr. and Mrs. Jessie Odom and their two children, of Carthage, Rt. 1, came out of a county road to be struck broadside by a car containing eight people. Mr. Odom was quoted later as saying he had stopped at the in tersection, and was proceeding under the impression the way was clear. The car skidded 126 feet after braking before the impact, said State Highway Patrolman W. P. Fitzgerald. They came together with a ter rific crash which left nine people injured and three miraculously unhurt, including the Odoms’ chil dren, Patsy, 8, and Buddy-Boy, 3. At the Moore County hospital Tuesday night a surgeon reported that, while the injuries of all pa tients remaining there were seri ous in nature, he believed all were past the criticM stage. The taUy at that time included Mr. Odom, 42, fractured ribs, lacerations, con cussion, and Mrs. Odom, lacera tions and concussion; Howard Wilson Jones, 32, electrical engi neer of Raleigh and driver of the other car, fractured ribs, crushed chest, severe cuts and concussion; his wife, Mrs. Mabel Upchurch Jones, 30, badly lacerated face and neck, bruises and concussion; their children, Linda, 7, broken jaw, and Eddie, 2, lacerated face; Mrs. Robert (Edna Upchurch) Purvis, 22, Highfalls, broken right arm, lacerated face, bruises and concussion; Susan, 10-months-old daughter of Mrs. Purvis, facial lacerations. Linda Jean Upchurch, 17, sister (Continued from Page 1) Headquarters For Airlift Reporters At Hollywood Press headquarters will be get up next week at the Hollywood hotel for 50 or more reporters and correspondents froni all over the country, who will cover the gigan tic airlift operation climaxing the maneuvers now under way at Camp Mackall. Invitations have been issued by the Secretary of Defense to lead ing newspapers, press services, magazines and radio networks to send representatives to cover this new tactic, joint project of the Army and Air Force. Some of the best in the craft are expected to be here, arriving April 23 and 24 and remaining for about ten days. Lieut. Col. Barney Oldfield, in charge of public relations for the maneuvers, “Exercise Swarmer,” will arrive this week end to set up the press headquarters. Tele types, direct telephone and tele graph service and other facilities will be installed by the Army and Signal Corps to facilitate press coverage of the airlift. Kiwanis Wants Teeth In Traffic Laws The Sandhills Kiwanis club at returned, with qualified garages its Wednesday luncheon meeting at the Highland Pines Inn, heard a resolution of the safety commit tee, asking that Governor Scott call an extra session of the Gen eral Assembly to make some traf fic laws with teeth in them. Moved to action by the recent high incidence of traffic casual ties in the county and state, the committee proposed that all new cars be sold wit hgovernors hold ing the speed to 55 miles per hour, the legal limit, and that all old cars should be so equipped within a reasonable length of time, the governors not to be unfrozen ex cept by qualified garages which should report on each one; that the mechanical inspection law be appointed as inspectors; that all patrolmen be equipped with an alcohol detection device to use on drivers suspected of drunken driv ing; that conviction of drunken di’iving bring a mandatory jail sentence. The resolution contained a num ber of other provisions, and dis cussion was evoked within the club. Decision was made to return the resolution to the safety commit tee and public affairs committee working jointly, with Judge J. Vance Rowe as an additional member, to revise and condense the resolution wthin then, on ap proval of the club, will be submit ted for endorsement to other Ki wanis clubs of the state.