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Class of 1950
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Congratulations
to the
Class of 1950
VOL. 31—NO. 29
16 PAGES THIS WEEK
Early Report On
Census Sets Local
Figure At 4,097
Tabulation Going On;
Those Yet Uncounted
Urged To Speak Up
SOUTHERN PINES. NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. JUNE 9. 1950
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It looks now as though' South
ern Pines will just about miss that
important 5,000-population mark,
it was revealed this week by W.
Lament Brown, district supervisor
of the U. S. census. He said the
most recent figures available to
him for Southern Pines is 4,097.
Some names of the late-counted
received last week and this week
will revise the total upward
slightly—but only slightly. Only
names of those living within the
city limits are counted in the
louthern Pines figure.
The Southern Pines Chamber of
lommerce - distributed ‘ cards
hrough post office boxes last
tveek by which persons not pre-
iously counted could send their
lames in. Twenty-six cards ar
rived within a few days, some
:ontaining the names of as many
IS six persons of the household.
?his indicates, Mr. Brown said,
hat there may be still others who
lave not yet been included in the
;ensus, and he asks that the cards
>e used, or a telephone call be giv-
m his office or that of the Cham-
ler of Commerce.
A preliminary figure on Aber-
leen gives the population as 1,599
-a number which, when reported
) some Aberdeenians, set them
) hunting about for that one ex-
•a person to get them over the
,600 mark. A half dozen people
lade prompt telephone calls
bout a new baby born at Aber-
een—but alas. Supervisor Brown
ad to tell them, only babies born
/ April 1 could be counted.
Pinebluff, whose preliminary
gure stands at 575, shows the
ighest rate of increase in the
1st decade of aay Moore county
iwn, it was learned. The 1940
insus figure was 330.
Robbins, Carthage and Aber-
len appear to be neck and neck
a race for size, though no fig-
•es were available for the first
ro. Tabulation of figures is now
ider way at the 12th District of-
:e of the census at Lexington,
lis is the state’s largest district,
th an unusually large distribu-
of small-to-middling-size
wns, and the tabulation is a long
)W process. Mr. Brown said,
iwever, he hopes to release some
[official figures next week.
All figures, as a matter of fact,
.11 be unofficial until they have
en certified by the U. S. Bureau
the Census at Washington next
“cember.
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TEN CENTS
Two County Run-Offs
And One In State Will
Re-Open Polls June 24
SECOND IN STAT^
Class ot 1950 on the steps of the new auditorium: from left, first row, **Winifred Bowe Nicholson, Delores Coburn Merrill Eueenia
Overton, Betty Jean Ht^st, Mary Grace McDonald, Janet Cornwell, Faye Caddell, Doris Rita Stephenson; second row *Emestine Claire
Calloway, -Rosemary Dundas, Patricia Greer Kirk, *Edna Lucille Bailey, Janet Lee Johnson, Danila Frasrtneti. ^^^^tine Claire
Third row George I^chard Straka, James Reid Hunsucker, James Assad, Jr.. Zane Everett Frecka, Edward de Milhau Nicholson A1
terH.ou,s Ad™. Jr Etoer Andrew.- fourth row ,D.„iol W.de Assad, Dole Covington, Jan,os Wiley Dickerirjrvohn SS Bets^
ley, Jr., George t^arles McDoi^d, LaVeme Tyner, Milton Guy Kaylor, James William Blue, Harry Richard Raymond- fifth row Rov
Creech Bowden, Robert Ervin Craft, Jr., Roland Bowers, William Luin Baker, Jr., Andrew Dowd Page, John R. Spring ‘Reginald Stanlev
Ferguson, Harry Proctor Goldsmith, Jr., Richard McAtee Patch, Raymond Kenneth Copley. Absekt Rfchard Eugene
Kaylor. ‘Honor graduate, four years in Southern Pines High school. “Honor graduate, three years in Southern Pine^ High schoT
^ (Photo by Emerson Humphrey)
APPOINTED
Ihildren of Three
acation Bible
chools Parade
Governor Scott has handed
Otto B. Edwards, chairman of
the Southern Pines Safety
Council, a safety job to work
on for the whole state. He hatf
appointed CImirm^ul Edwards
to the subcommittee on uni
formity in traffic signs, sig
nals and markings, of the new'
Advisory Commission on
Highway safety.
The committee will meet at
the House of Representatives
at the Capital building, Ra
leigh, June 27. John A. Park,
of Raleigh, is chairman.
Mr. Edwards is post safety
engineer at Fort Bragg, and
a graduate in safety engineer
ing of the University of Ala
bama.
Alumiii Join In
First Exercises In
New Auditorium
\ cooperative Daily Vacation
ole School parade, including
■sonnel of /the three Bible
aools scheduled to be held here
is month, enlivened the down-
'/n scene Wednesday morning,
i^bout 150 children took part,
.3 the faculties of the Bible
' ools of the Brownson Memorial
isbyterian and First Baptist
irches and the Church of Wide
lowship. Chief C. E. Newton
;he police car led the way, and
4cemen were stationed at each
Behind the police car came
a.
drum and bugle corps of the
ool band, to set a stirring
thm for the marchers,
ach church group carried the
istian and U. S. flags, also
;ards proclaiming their group
itity. The parade formed at
town park, marched down
7 York avenue to the post of-
, along West Broad to Connec-
t, across the tracks and back
East Broad to New York and
ice back to the park, where
drinks were served to all.
le parade served as opener for
Presbyterian Bible school, set
rune 7 through 16. The Church
Vide Fellowship school will
1 Monday, to run for a week.
Baptist school will open Mon-
for the young people aged six
6, who will attend for two
is, with the four- and five-
-olds starting next Monday,
,! 19, for a week of classes. All
. schools are interdenomina-
d.
Baccalaureate
Speaker Counsels
Senior Class
“Your future is now. Get out of
your own way; get your directions
right—and get to work,” members
of the class of 1950 were told by
the Rev. Lee F. Tuttle, of Char
lotte, at their baccalaureate serv
ice held Sunday night.
Mr. Tuttle explored the symbol
ism in the Scripture reading,
Sell what thou hast and give to
the poor, and follow Me.” Unless
the obstacles to spiritual living
can be removed, life is but a poor
thing, he said. With the best of
intentions, most people provide
their own obstacles; they move
off in the wrong direction, or, like
Stephen Leacock’s young man on
horse, “in all directions at
once”; and they miss out on the
real things, the unchanging veri
ties, by undue emphasis on the
temporal and material.
He quoted, “The place whereon
thou standest is holy ground; put
in the plow And plant the great
hereafter in the now.”
Mr. Tuttle, pastor of Charlotte’s
first Methodist church, was intro
duced by Dr. Robert Lee House,
pastor of the Church of Wide Fel
lowship where the baccalaureate
service was held. Mrs. L. D. Mc
Donald at the organ played a pro
cessional and recessional, and also
accompanied the glee club in its
singing of Elgar’s “Land of Hope
and Glory.”
Dr. William C. Holland offered
the invocation. Dr. T. E. Davis
gave the Scripture reading and
benediction was by Dr. R. L.
House.
Forty-two boys and girls, the
largest graduating class in the
history of the Southern Pines
High school, on Tuesday night be
came the first to graduate from
the new auditorium, referred to
by the commencement speaker as
“the most magnificent he had
seen in the state.”
It was a handsome setting for
the graduates in their grey caps
and gowns, and also for the many
alumni who were present by
special invitation, and who form
ed a guard of honor for the
seniors as they marched down the
'aisle.
The commencement ceremony
was an impressive one, of dignity
and beauty. The auditorium was
almost filled with parents, friends
end other well-wishers, to hear
a deeply sincere and moving com
mencement address by Assistant
Dean James M. Slay of Trinity
college, Duke university, and to
applaud each graduate in turn as
he received his diploma.
Dean Slay told the boys and
girls, “The mark of education is
to know the difference among
things which seem similar, and
thi similarities of those which
seem different.” Close examina
tion, and informed questioning,
will make a rational life, whereas
sn acceptance of superficial face
values will lead, he told them, to
destruction. He analyzed closely
the field of unreasoning proju-
dices, which have caused, and
today are causing, much of the
trouble in this world.
Mrs. L. D. McDonald at the
grand piano played Handel’s
Largo as a processional for the
marshals, alumni and seniors, and
the Rev. Charles V. Covell offer
ed the invocation.
The school band, seated on the
stage, enlivened the program with
two selections played under the
direction of J. G. Womble. These
were Military Escort, by Bennett,
and Inspiration Overture, by
Irons.
Dr. G. G. Herr, chairman of the
school board, presented the speak
er.
Diplomas were awarded by N.
Hodgkins, school board treas
urer, who gave with each a warm
smile and handclasp, and the tra
ditional large red rose from a
bowl at his side.
Crossing the wide stage, each
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Southern Pines High school
ranked second in the state in
both the first-year and sec
ond-year Latin contests, by
virtue of the excellent show
ing made by four of its siu-
dents, according to informa
tion received by the school
from B. L. Ullman of the de
partment of classics at the
University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill.
The information was con
tained in a letter read by A.
C. Dawson, Jr., of the high
school faculty at Tuesday
iTjorning's Honors , and
Awards assembly, as follows:
I take pleasure in' inform
ing you that Toni Richards
won third place in the first-
year Latin contest, and Sieger
Herr honorable mention.
Doris Bgwles won second
place in the. second-year con
test, and Louise Dorn honor
able mention. This places
your school in second place in
both the contests. You are to
be congratulated on this fine
showing.”
Challenges Issued
In Clerk of Court
And Register Races
Willis Smith Says "I Will'
Hobbs New Owner
Of Local Store;
Will Reopen Soon
SALUTATORIAN
Reggie Hamel
Class President
VALEDICTORIAN
Johnny Beasley
Student Council President
Premiere Try-Out At Manly Church
Congregation
Listens To
Recorded Sermon
By Bessie Cameron Smith
The little town of Manly, a mile
north of Southern Pines, has but
one church, and for two years it
has been without a pastor, but last
Sunday morning history was
made there.
Young Musicians
Broadcast Sunday
A full hour of music, by talent
ed young people of the Sandhills,
will be presented over Radio Sta
tion 'WSTS from 2 to 3 p. m. Sun
day under auspices of the Sand
hills Music association.
The young artists are all ad
viced music students, now in
high school or college. Several
were among those presented in
concert by the association at the
Pinehurst Country club two
weeks ago. Two or three additions
have been made as others have
come home from college.
The list of performers—which
may undergo one or two changes
before broadcast time—was an
nounced by Mrs. N. L. Hodgkins,
chairman, as follows: singers,
Catherine Cox, Carthage, and
Frances Campbell, Pinehurst;
pianists; Sandy Thomas, Carth
age; Mary Joe Davis, 'West End;
LaVerne Brady, Robbins, F. D.
Solomon, Jr., and Francine John
son, Cameron (in duet); Alec Mc
Leod and Malcolm Clark, South
ern Pines; June Melvin, Aber
deen, and Ruth Troutman, Pine-
bluff.
A group of 50 villagers reas
sembled, after Sunday School, for
a worship service featured by a
recorded sermon—^the first try
out in the Presbyterian Church
US of a new project undertaken
by the radio division of the Board
of Church Extension of this or
ganization in seeking a means by
which pastorless churches may
have successful worship services.
The usual order of worship was
followed with Elder J. Bruce
Cameron presiding, then came a
12-minute sermon by the Rev. S
H. Fulton, pastor of the First
Presbyterian church in Laurin-
burg. The sound system, opera
ted by the Rev. Gabriel Abdullah,
of Atlanta, worked perfectly and
the words of the minister came
through, clear aijd forceful.
"With approximately one out of
every six churches in the Presby
terian Church US listed as pastor
less, the radio division hit upon
this plan to relieve the situation
until regular pastors can be se
cured.
James D. Hobbs became the
owner of the former Johnson’s
Food store Tuesday, and wjU re
open the store within a few days
under the new name of H & M
Grocery,
Mr. Hobbs, who owns and oper
ates Hobbs’ CJrocery store in Pine
hurst, will have as active partner
and manager in the new enter
prise H. A. McAllister, of South
ern Pines. Mr. McAllister has
lived here about 15 years. He has
been traveling for the Nashua
Package Sealing corporation.
Renovation of the store’s inte
rior was going forward this week,
immediately following the signing
of the papers by which assets and
liabilities of the defunct concern
were transferred to Mr. Hobbs by
Helen M. Johnson, limited part
ner; Helen M. Johnson, acting
with power of attorney for Morris
Johnson, former proprietor; and
Russell Lorenson, trustee.
New stock was being brought
in, and Mr. McAllister said the
policy will be to carry the best in
bra'nd names, staples and meats.
Be’sides the cash trade, a charge-
and-delivery service will be offer
ed. Individual attention to each
customer’s wants will be the pol-
icy, to please the most discrimin
ating.
As Johnson’s, the store was re
modeled, modernized and newly
outfitted with up-to-date fixtures
a year or so ago.
[ Moore county and North Caro
lina will have a second primary
June 24. After more than a week
of suspense, in which the candi
dates stayed silent, announce
ments this week assured two
county runoffs and one for the
U. S. Senate.
Wednesday’s announcement by
Raleigh Attorney Willis Smith,
who polled 250,222 votes but trail
ed Senator Frank P. Graham by
53,383, started the wheels turn
ing again in the statewide cam
paign organizations for both men.
In Moore county, Hubert Mc-
Caskill and D. A. McDonald, Jr.,
appeared before Sam C. Riddle, of
Carthage, chairman of the county
board of elections on Monday, the
deadline for filing notice of a
county runoff, to state that they
will claim their prerogative of a
second chance.
In the clerk of court contest,
Mr. McCaskill, who lives in Pine
hurst, was 525 votes short of the
number polled by Carlton C. Ken
nedy. Three other candidates re
ceived a total of 1,152 votes.
Mr. McDonald, a Carthage man,
was 452 votes behind Mrs. Bessie
J. Griffin of Vass in the contest
for register of deeds. Two others
in the race received a total of 971
votes.
Hopes of all candidates are pin
ned cn the reserve of votes which
went to the defeated contenders.
In the Graham-Smith race, these"
amount to some 65,000 for Bob
Reynolds and Olla Ray Boyd.
Reynolds has made no an
nouncement which might influ
ence his followers one way or the
other. Several Reynolds county
managers, including H. H. Fry of
Carthage, who handled his cam
paign in Moore, have announced
their support of Garham for the
second primary.
T. C. Auman, ot West End,
county manager for Graham, said
his organization is intact, and as
enthusiastic as ever. “We respect
Mr. Smith’s right to call a s^-
ond primary,” he said, “and w'ill
meet his challenge with all our
strength. We will welcome a fair
fight.”
L. V. O’Callaghan, of Southern
Pines, Moore manager for Smith,
said, “The strong showing made
by our candidate on his entry into
politics in the first primary shows
us that the fight will be well
worth while. We have excellent
support and expect to see it con
siderably increased.”
A too exact counting up of the
first primary’s votes, especially
those which may go eithei' way;
is discounted by political observ
ers, who say, “It’s unpredictable.”
They point out that a second pri-
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Liberty Bell Will Be Here Tuesday
A month or so ago Dr. John
Alexander of Atlanta, executive
secretary of the radio committee
and former pastor of the First
Presbyterian church in Fayette
ville, called a number of outstand
ing ministers of the Presbytery to
meet him in Fayetteville, and
there recordings of several ser
mons were made, each from 10 to
15 minutes in length. Records
were produced at the church con
duction center in Atlanta.
Mr. Abdullah, whose home is in
Jacksonville, Fla., is director of
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The full-size exact duplicate of the Liberty Bell pictured above
will visit Southern Pines Tuesday morning on its tour of the state in
promotion of the Independence Savings Bond drive May 15-July 4.
E. C. Stevens ,Moore county savings bond chairman, said the beU
will arrive about 10 a.m. and be escorted to a position in front of the
city hall. A program will be held about 11 o’clock .with both WEEB
and WSTS participating. The bell is expected to tour through Aber
deen, Pinehurst and Carthage when it leaves here at 1 p'm on its
way to Sanford.
Fifty-two of the bells, touring the nation during the drive, were
donated by America’s great copper producers. The Ford Motor com
pany is providing a fleet of trucks for their transportation.