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THE PILOT—Southern Pines. North Carolina
Friday. April 21. 195(
We Must All Join This Fight
The opening of the annual Cancer Society
drive reminds us that a great continuing battle
is going on, financed by these campaign funds,
. in which all of us and our families have a vital
stake.
The battle is a quiet one, waged far out of
our sight, but with an intensity that is bringing
constant small gains. It may take years before
these will bring anything that can be caUed
victory but none of us doubts that the victory
will be won—some day.
We see the signs in occasional announcements
within their laboratories—something new
which sheds another small ray of light on the
nature of cancer- its behavior and control. To
make these seemingly small inroads on the
enemy’s province takes a constant outpouring
of funds. In North Carolina these are being
employed at the Bowman Grey Medical school
in Winston-Salem. There are others all over
the country, where scientists are putting in long
hours, months and years of careful work.
Already, discoveries which have been made
under this program can help ward off or cure
certain types of cancer, if detected in time
and methods of early detection are one of the
main objects of the research. The educational
program, also financed by the Cancer society,
is another important phase, for how can it help
to know how to detect cancer in time, if the
people do not know how- to avail themselves of
this knowledge?
We cannot overestimate the importance of
the work which is being done in this field, and
we consider the amounts of money asked to fin
ance it ridiculously small in proportion. In
Moore county, the goal of the April campaign
is only $2,750; in Southern Pines just $700, a
puny sum.
Yet- because the cancer fight makes no great
light nor loud nOise, and the results are slow in
coming, the campaign is in danger of failing.
No, you cannot see the drama of the cancer
fight; it makes no stirring appeal; its armies
march to no stirring music and no bright flags
fly. Yet the drama is there, in laboratory and
test-tube and the concentration of specialized
knowledge, and in the potentialities of lives
saved and suffering spared.
Each of us must do his part to help.
job in a way to reflect credit on us both.” How
ever, once the appointment is made, it is up to
the appointee to prove his fitness. He cannot ex
pect to be wetnursed or carried along.
Governor Scott has had many appointments
to make, as^have other Governors before him.
Many have reflected to his shining credit, while
others have depended on the strength of the
Administration to make up for their shortcom
ings. These apparently have not realized that
that strength arises mainly .from the type of
service they give to the Administration and the
people.
Granted that Tony Tolar did much that was
good durjng his brief service as State Highway
Patrol commander, this post almost more than
any other in the state government depends for
its value on the confidence of public and per
sonnel. In this he let us down.
had to be in. color, and were sup
posed to be made in late summer.
The story? Nobody knew, exactly,
but that was all right. Getting the
illustrations was the thing.
A Gift To Be Treasured
The gift by the BPO Does of a beautiful
drinking fountain, installed on the town park,
is a happy one which will be appreciated and
enjoyed for many years to come.
Many who pause for a refreshing drink from
the fountain in future years will do so without
knowing whence came the gift- nor inquiring
into the spirit behind it. They wiU know only
that they were thirsty and a fountain was there.
So it is incumbent on all of us, now seeing the
fountain start off on its useful career, to say
our thanks for ourselves and also for others to
The Resignation of Tolar
come.
The fountain serves also as a reminder of
pleasant things which have been dond for the
town in the past, and others which yet need to
be done—things possible only through the gen
erosity of town organizations such as the Does,
which make our town a more gracious and
happy place to- live.
Many organizations come and go in every
town. Some disappear without a trace. Some
l§ad lives of selfish pleasure. Others fill needs
of their times which, while useful then, leave
little for future generations to cherish. In South
ern Pines -we have been singularly fortunate in
the civic spirit evidenced by groups such as the
-Does, who give us something for tomorrow as
well as today.
Their gift to the town, and the spirit behind
it, are both to be treasured.
oFrom the Land of Leprechauns
Southern Pines will have distinguished visit
ors next week, whom we welcome with all our
hearts, and to whom we extend our most sin
cere wishes for a- happy stay in the Sandhills.
While this resort community is used to cel
ebrities, it is seldom that we are honored by a
visit from the ruling figure of a fo»eign power.
To Sir Basil Brooke- prime minister of Northern
Ireland, -and Lady Cynthia we offer our best
hospitality.
They come to us as friends, visiting among
friends, expecting no red velvet carpets rolled
out before them but a natural and simple
friendly greeting, with the opportunity to learn
more about us while they are here. They have
expressed interest in our rural life, our sports,
our organizations and institutions—and Lady
Cynthia even wants to see a bee farm. Above
all, they want to rest and enjoy themselves and
it will be our pleasure here in the 'Sandhills to
let them do it.
Whether or not we agree with their politics
at home, as long as it is friendly toward us, is
of no concern at the moment. As a matter of
fact, they will be here while our own politics
are running high and they may see some things
which will look mighty strange to them. We’d
love to have them attend an old-fashioned po
litical rally and give us their reaction—with the
■full flavor of their Irish wit!
They will beyond doubt see much to amuse
them, much to exasperate them, and much to
interest them. We think, too, they will find
much to like and to give them happy memories
of the Sandhills to take home.
People Are Nice: A letter came
this week to Mrs. Audrey K. Ken
nedy. president of the St. Joseph
of the Pines Guild, which made
her sad—and happy, too. . . It was
from Mrs. Dean Bedford, of Prov
idence, R. I., and contained a
check “in memory of William E.
Baker from his godson, Dean
Bedford. Jr.. Mr. Bedford and me'*
. . . Mr. Baker, a, longtime winter
resident of Pinehurst died, art St
Joseph’s Easter Monday.
The letter said, “I know what a
wonderful winter the hospital and
Sisters gave him and am sure he
would want you to have something
you need. . . He wrote me Easter
Sunday and told me how happy
he was, and how glad of the care
he was gettmg” ... The check
was for $50.
looked like certain extinction for
four unlucky ones- until Ann took
one and placed it gently with a
new litter of kittens. Afraid of
what the mother cat might do, she
ran off, scared to look until her
father went in with her. They
found the baby rabbit had made
itself right at home, with the
mother cat purring happily and
extending the hospitality of the
buffet.
The rest of the baby rabbits
however, perished with the peach
blossoms when the freeze came
Thursday night, so the cat fam
ily’s adopted baby was returned
to its own mother. Alas, it had a
poor reception; fatal, to fact. Rab
bits are quare critters.
Friends of the Everett AUensj
who formerly lived in Pinehurst,
have been interested in seeing
pictures of the whole Allen fam
ily in the April 15 Colliers, in a
full-page ad of the New York
Stock Exchange boosting th^ idea
of family budgeting for invest
ments. . . Mr. Allen, formerly a
member of the Berkshire Hotel
staff, is vice president of the N,
C. Hotel association, and lives in
Raleigh.
An Excellent Choice
The choice of Mrs. P. P. McCain as dean of
women at Flora Macdonald college causes us
both sadness and gladness—sadness that we will
be losing her as a mainspring of local activities,
and gladness that her real talents and abilities
will be used in a position for which they are so
well suited.
We can think of no better commendation for
any girls’ college than having Mrs. McCain as
dean. School faculties can look after girls’
minds, but girls are made up of emotion- spirit
and spirituality as well, and these are as im
portant in the development of girl into woman
—maybe more so. It is here that a dean of
women finds her real opportunity.
Subjecting young women of college age to
the influence of a woman like Mrs. McCain is
worth far more than any college could charge,
or any parent ever pay. As badly as we need
her here, we know she will find her best field
there and we yield her to the girls of Flora Mhc-
donald without any misgivings, foreseeing deep
satisfactions on both sides.
of
Madeljije did her best for then
listing a whole array of Ukel
spots. Just which ones they seleci
ed, we’ll have to watch Red Boo
to find out.
On the Memo Pad: Speech by
Mrs. Gladys TilletL scheduled for
the American Legion auxiliary’s
meeting last week, had to be post
poned on account of numerous
local conflicts that night. . . Now
that she’s stepped down frona the
vice presidency of the National
Democratic committee to give
full-time support to the candidacy
of Senator Frank GraHamk we’re
even more anxious to hear her.
Mladeline Prim, Chamber
Commerce secretary, never knows
what is coming up next or what
she’ll be called on to do. Last
week for example she assisted in
locating (1) a country store; (2)
picnic scene with green grass and
babbling brook; (3) horse farm; (4)
bicycle path; and various other
bits of scenery and greenery
Instigators of the strange quests
were Bill Hartley, writer- and
Ike Verne, photographer, of the
Red Book staff, who had brought
a family of mother, father and as
sorted children to photo’^aph
against various scenes for illus
tration purposes. Tnie illustrations
Nice to see Alice Baxter home
again. . . She’s been working two
and a half years as advertising
artist at Efird’s, in Charlotte. . .
She’s back with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Todd Baxter, for a time
and is working at Hayes Book
shop.
What They’re
Saying
HOW TO HAVE THE
TIME OF YOUR WIFE
LET'S KEEP THE MYSTERY
—is to get her out of the habit of spending a day or more
each week on the family washing and remain the cham-
ing companion you found her to be during courtship
days.
A gal just can’t sparkle with personality after an all
out struggle with the family laundry bundle. She cannot
exude charm with a soap suds hangover and the weary
look that comes from swinging a weighty electric iron
for hours on end.
Your wife’s time is worth a lot more than the com
paratively small cost of a complete laundry service. No
matter what shiny new facilities you may present her
with for lightening the washday load, none can compare
with the convenience of modern laundry service, to say
nothing of the finer quality of professional laundry work.
Do you realize that just 1 day each week spent on
washing and ironing adds up to 52 days a year, nearly
two months of your wife’s time doing the family wash-
ing?
Make up your mind to have the time of your wife by
insisting that she send the family washing to the laundry
and devote the time saved to better living for you, your
family and herself.
Let the telephone line be her washljne.
Just phone 6101.
Carter’s Laundry & Cleaners, Inc.
Southern Pines, N. C.
Prettiest Easter corsage we saw
around town—the one worn by
Uou Culbrelh, made for her by
her seven-year-old son. . . Com
plete with ribbons and daffodil.
When Western Union decided it
would go in for singing telegrams
again, it didn’t consult Mrs. Nellie
Mann, who manages the local of
fice, and if it wants her to do any
singing over the phone it is due
for a surprise.
“I just don’t believe I can do
Chatham County folks tell us
that people still come from far
and near to see “the devil’s
tramping ground,” that mysteri
ous patch of earth where no liv
ing thing will grow in the circle
allegedly trod by the prince of
darkness.
And, at our latest .report there
has been no certain or incontro
vertible explanation for the
strange formation that draws the
curious.
We mention this because “The
Devil’s Tramping Ground” is the
title of a new book by John Har
den, student of North Carolina
folklore. The Chatham county lo
cation is one of 20 “mysteries”
dealt with in the volume.
There’s no doubt but what most
of us like a mystery—and we
wouldn’t want to live in a world
from which all mystery had been
removed. In the modern world,
all of us—but young people, par-
L. V. O’CALLAGHAN
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PHONE 5952
PINEHURST. N. C.
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and Sheet Metal Work
that-” she admitted reluctantly ’ ticularly—are accustomed to
this week. Mrs George Little, who looking for and finding a scien-
Governor Scott had no choice in accepting the
resignation of Tony Tolar as commander of the
State Highway Patrol, and Tolar himself should
have been the first to realize that, and restrain
ed his-bitter tongue.
It is a hard thing to be cast down from, a high
place, but the bitterness felt by Tolar cannot be
nearly so great as that which the Governor
must be experiencing, in having given a man a
splendid opportunity and seeing him muff it in
full view of the whole state.
It may be true, as Tolar said, that “political
influences were at work” and certain people
were “out to get him,” but no political influence
made him break laws the agency he headed was
set up to enforce. In racing through a 35-mile-
an-hour zone at 60 miles an hour in Fayette
ville, with an alibi poorer even than the average
citizen puts up in such a case- he was laying
himself wide open. If he felt himself a source
of political controversy, that, if nothing else,
should have led him to tread his path of duty
with most wary step, making Caesar’s wife
seem the personification of abandon.
There is nothing wrong with a political ap
pointment per se. In making such an appoint
ment, the person doing so is in effect saying,
“You and I are on the same side, as has been
proved, and I am confident you can handle this
The White Cane: A New Law
It is against the law now in North Carolina
for 'anybody but a blind man to carry a white
walking cane. This may seem to be arbitrary
regimentation, interference with the liberties
of the people, more governmental infringement,
regulation, Statism, etc. Also it seems to be a
very sensible idea.
President E. N. Pope of the Raleigh Lions’
Club, which makes work with the blind a ma
jor project, points out that in these days of
heavy traffic in the streets it makes it possible
for a blind man to gain the attention of motor
ists. When a blind person carrying a white cane
tipped with red crosses the street traffic must
stop to let him by.
Of course, this is a governmental interference
with the ancient liberty of all Americans to
carry any kind of cane they want to—and of
any color. Increasingly, however, Americans in
and out of Lions’ clubs realize that some lib
erties must be limited if the happiness and se
curity of all the people is to be preserved. The
white cane for the blind is an excellent example
of those regulations in modern life which are
the regulation of the liberties of some in order
that the happiness and welfare of all can be
more certainly preserved.
—Raleigh News and Observer
helps her at WU, allowed as how
she might try, though both sound
ed something less than enthusias
tic.
Western Union, however, has
cause to appreciate Mrs. Mann’s
efforts of the past though per
haps they don’t know it. When
her sons Delmar and Drennan
were little, and “Happy Birthday’
had to be sung over the phone,
they were happy to performi this
chore at mamma’s behest, receiv
ing as reward an ice cream cone
paid for by mamma, not by West
ern Union.
Delmar and Drennan, however-
have gone and grown up, as little
boys will. They are off getting an
education and probably wo-uldn’t
sing over the phone even if they
were here. There are limits to
what a grown man will do for an
ice cream cone.
Looks like, if Western Union
wants telegrams sung at Southern
Pines, it will have to hire Lily
Pons fo^ the job.
tific factual. explanation for
everything. Scientific explana
tions are fine, but something im
portant is lost when myth and
poetry, which are the ingredients
of most “mysteries,” are com
pletely discounted. '
We are perfectly happy in not
solving or having solved for us
the mystery of the devil’s tramp
ing ground. And we’ll continue to
get a kick out of going there once
in a while and giving our practi
cal modern mind over to suchj
fantasies as the legends about the
spot may inspire.
Sanford Herald
G. E. APPLIANCES
L V. O’CALLAGHAN
Telephone 6975
Southern Pines. N. C.
PEST OF WOODPECKERS
Constant Vigilance
If the reader ever wonders about where the
people who have accidents on North Carolina
highways come from, a recent release from the
Department of Motor Vehicles provides the an
swer.
The statistics in this release indicate that ap
proximately three-fourths of the drivers-involv
ed have accidents within 25 miles of home. Ap
proximately one-seventh of these drivers are
from other sections of the State, and fewer than
one-tenth of the drivers involved in accidents
are from outside North Carolina.
■ It is not, then, the strange road or the unfa
miliar highway. Perhaps the way is so well
known that the driver takes' chances without
realizing it.
All of which indicates that constant vigilance,
at home and at a distance, is necessary for safety
on the highways. ; —Durham Morning Herald
Bob Poole. MBS disc jockey,
tossed a quip at Pinehurst the
other day over his afternoon pro
gram heard over WEEB. Between
a couple of his musical numbers
Poole spoke of the golf mecca of
Pinehurst, and after another turn
table selection came up with this
one: “They have a law on the
books that prohibits dogs from
barking at night at Pinehurst. I’ll
bet even the folks at Pinehurst
didn’t know that! Wonder if the
dogs there can read.”
Bet the folks in Southern Pines
didn’t, know it either—if it’s so. Is
it? Who can teU us?
Incidentally, Poole is from
North Carolina himself. Hails
from Stoneville, where they prob
ably have some queer laws too.
“Rain comes in through wood
pecker holes in the old wooden
shingles, wasps also enter through
the holes, and th'e interior of the
steeple is plastered with mud
daubers’ nests,” Charles W.
Shields tells the Chapel Hill
Weekly in explaining some of the
difficulties the Presbyterians of
that community are meeting with
in their attempt to correct
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Ann Vann, 12-year-old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Vann of
church spire which is leaning so
fat to the right as to suggest col
lapse.
Birds and such are hard on the
Chapel Hill churches—pigeons
made a tremendous pest of them
selves with the Methodists until
they were ejected and the tallest
steeple in the village closed to
them.
Wasps for years were wont to
take over at the Episcopal church
and, like death in their fondness
for shining marks, made bald-
headed members of the vestry
particularly unhappy.
This is the first time mud-daub
ers have been reported; but the
activity is due to the woodpeck
ers of which our scouts report an
epidemic in Orange County’s most
classic shades.
Even at the risk of being
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thought somewhat irreverent, we
.are going to express the hope that
Manly, effected a strange family woodpeckers will confine
arrangement of cats and Uheir pecking to the church
last week, which looked for ^[steeples in the main and anyhow
while as though it would save at Editor Louis Graves’ attic
least one baby bunny’s life. alone. We don’t think he would
A mother rdbbit of the Vann'enjoy either wasps or mud-daub-
menagerie (and some day we’ll j ers and if flying squirrels, as they
tell you^about THAT!) produced scmetimes do, took advantage of
a litter of a dozen the other day,
which were four more than she
could accommodate at meals. It
the woodpecker holes, he would
be positively annoyed.
—Greensboro News
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