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Thompson Faces Assault Charge With Stolen Gun Drunken Driving Charge Also Made; Trial Monday Water Cutoffs Mark Installation Of New Valves Bible School Exercises Tonight the Daily 26, Seversl cutoffs of the city pj-ugicnn vvixj. wv- — water, and one or two which are old-fashioned basket picnic. due next week, are m^irking the installation of several valves where they are badly needed in the city water system, according to Howard F. Burns, water super intendent. Warning is being given by radio when the cutoffs are about to occur, as they deprive several blocks at a time of water for two or three hours. The valves, which are being installed at some doyin- town intersections and in the north end of town, are considered necessary for protection in case of blowouts or the need of repairs on the water lines. Valves ordinarily should be lo cated on every block, said Mr. Burns, and this has been -done m David Franklin Thompson, of Jackson Springs, Rt. 1, will face trial in recorders court next Monday on charges of assault with a deadly weapon and drunk en driving. When Moore County justice has been satisfied, the same defen- oant will have to answer to cfiarges of breaking and entering ana stealing a shotgun in Mont gomery county—the gun being the same one with which Thompson allegedly threatened the life of Lloyd Blake of Eagle Springs bunday morning. State Highway Patrolman W. P. ;^3ying the new mains, in connec- Fitzgerald said that he was called expansion of the water to Blake’s watermelon stand system. However, the valves in- Highway 211 near Eagle i stalled when the old mains were bunday, and Blake told him ^ many years back are ihompson had threatened him ponsidered insufficient by modern with a shotgun about 8:30 standards. that morning. Blake quoted valves are being put Thompson, who had then left, as ^ workmei saying that he was Qiine company and then would come back and ^jjjished laying more than four kill him. The patrolman said that mains from the there was no explanation of the through Knollwood motive for Thompson’s actions. Southern Pines. After searching widely for Construction wprk doubling ca- Thompson, Patrolman Fitzgerald p^city of the plant on the Cart - found himi about 3 o’clock Sunday < ^gg ^.gad is proceeding well but afternoon—at another watermel- probably not be finished un- on stand operated by Thompson’s ^^^.g jjj tjie fall, brother, a short distance from Droiner, a axiLiii. ^ C.“=psr Hero Qf Air War ,h» under the .n.luence ol ,1. Military Rites cohol, and that there was a load ed shotgun in the back of his car. Patrolman Fitzgerald arrested Thompson for drunken driving, and Blake Swore out a warrant charging assault with a deadly weapon. Later it was learned that the gun had been stolen near Can dor in Montgomery county, by some one who had broken in a house to get it. The owner of the weapon identified it, the patrol man said, and swore out warrants charging breaking and entering and larceny. Trial of Thompson on the Moore County charges was con tinued until next Monday, during Monday’s session of recorder’s court this week. ., . u x. Patrolman Fitzgerald said that Thompson made $400 bond on the Moore County charges. Plans for jtjatuog:^uo]A[ oiR Suiinoosojd County charges were not known in Carthage early this week. A large crowd attended funeral ^ Vacation Bible school will come to a close with special exercises at 6 o’cMck at the Community church. The program will be followed by an old-fashioned basket picnic. The entire community is invited to bring a basket and join in the fel lowship. Softball Friday night two softball games were played on the local diamond. Pinehurst defeated Aberdeen and West End won from Pinebluff, the second game. This series will be played between the county Lions club’s teams and will be weekly. Recreation Monday morning Paul Monroe will be at the school to begin as director of the summer recreation program. All children and young people are asked to be there to take part. He has been busy the past few weeks arranging a well- rounded program which will in clude both young and old. There will be handicrafts, sports, both local and with other neighboring towns, which will include swim ming, tennis, softball, movies, sings and many other forms of recreation. Already the Board of Directors are working on the problem of getting lights installed on the tennis courts. It is hoped a great deal of interest will be shown in the program and that many will participate. Morgan-Carroll Miss Evelyn Carroll, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Haywood Carroll of Jackson Springs, and Alvin Morgan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Al vin C. Morgan of Pinehurst, were married Sunday, June 4, in Ben- nettsville, S. C. They are mak ing their home in Pinehurst where Mr. Morgan is employed at the Carolina Poultry plant. Chicken Dinner Tuesday night, June 6, a num ber of local Legionnaires and their wives and invited guests enjoyed chicken dinner at the newly Summer Program Gets Under Way At Camp Durant tingent of Boy Scouts—a welcome cious sight, as formerly they have had to bring cot pads to camp. This no longer necessary. They are part of the continuing improvement program which is making Camp Durant one of the south’s foremost Boy Scout camps. Construction is going ahead and beautiful Campbell lodge overlooking the lake pro vides space for preparing and serving of meals, rainy-day rec reation and storage. The Sunday afternoon program included a medical re-check of all the boys, swimming tests and classifications. At supper in Camp the boys to camp. on the troop shelters and wash;bell lodge racks A new well is being.drilled, imade all round, and W. Y. Comp- ^^pipe water to each area. Spa-!ton. Council executiye, welcomed Betty Jane Alexander, 21-year- old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Alexander of Charlotte, Rt. 10, has been chosen as .one of 43 U. S. farm boys and girls to spend the summer on farms in Europe. Betty, president of the N. C. 4-H Honor club, has been assigned to*', ■ Scotland. She will leave by plane June 12 and return in November. Many Improvements Noted As Campers Gather Sunday Occoneechee Council started its summer camping program Sun day with the opening of Camp Durant, in Wake county, under the direction of D. Rod Sener, who has recently joined the coun cil staff as director of camping and activities. E^ht troops were registered from five of the 12 dis tricts, hailing from Durham, Chapel Hill, Raleigh, Wendell, Hillsboro, Wake Forest and Dunn. Moore County troops are register ed for later periods in the camp ing season, which will last eight Tom Durham, of Sanford, field executive, is serving as activities director. The three waterfront counselors include one from Southern Pines, Edward Nichol son, who had previous Boy Scout and camping experience in the Uwharrie Council of Piedmont North Carolina. The three coun selors all spent the week of June 4 taking intensive training at Camp Barstow, near Columbia, S. C., marking the first time that the entire waterfront staff has completed the regional waterfront school. Another “first” in the camps opening • is the newly built Ad irondack shelters, deep-eaved open-front cabins scattered among the thick, woods of the campsite area. Bunks in these cabins, complete with mattresses, were all ready for the first con- SUNRISE SUN. - MON. THEATRE SOUTHERN PINES, N.Cf June 18-19 FIRST SOUTHERN P HST E S SHOWING MM ■: w. C. HILDERMAN REAL ESTATE BROKER Ph. 7264 225 Weymouth Rd- Southern Pines. N. C. J. B. SHORT Floor Sanding and Refinishing Floor Covering All Work Guaranteed. Estimates Free P.O. Box 382 Ph. 5184 Southern Pines. N. C. services for T-Sgt. WiliRiu Bowles, 28, of the Army Air Force, held Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. at the Car thage Baptist church. The Rev. O. J. Hagler, pastor, assisted by Dr. W. S. Golden of the Carthage Presbyterian church, conducted the rites. Burial fol lowed at Cross Hill cemetery with full military honors accorded by a detachment from the Third Serv ice Command. Sergeant Bowles lost his life April 21 while on a flight from Clark AFB in the Philippines to Tokyo, Japan. The plane struck a mountain peak, causing tragic loss of life among the crew mem bers and Army personnel aboard. He had served in the Army Air Force since 1942, participating in several major battles, and surviv ing a plane crash in the British Channel at the height of the Euro pean campaign. He leaves a wife, the former Alice Moller of Alberta, Canada> his parents, Mr. and Mrs. V. D. Bowles of Carthage; four brothers. Bob, of the home; V. D., Jr., of the Navy, Norfolk, Va.; Woodrow, of Freeman, W. Va., and Truman, of Sanford, Rt. 1; and four sisters, Mrs. Opal Presley, of Carthage, Star Route; Mrs. Frances Hen nings of Vass; Mrs. Melissa An drews of Jacksonville, Fla., and Mrs. Josephine Bruner of Camer on, Rt. 1. constructed Legion Hut on the Aberdeen road. The dinner was followed by a square dance. Briefs Miss Winnie McCracken, who has been spending the past sev eral weeks with her sister, Mrs. Ernest J. Hartsell and fatnily here, and other relatives in this vicini ty, will return to Florida this week end. Capt. and Mrs. James R. Wick er and daughter, Nancy Jean, and Mrs. Paul Peck of Colonial Stores Being Expanded Into Supermarket The local unit of Colonial Stores, Inc., will have its grand opening as Southern Pines first supermarket Thursday, June 29, , —... gfter being closed June 26-?8 for ivxia. X CXX.X X. x.^xx XXX San Angelo, finishing touches on its remodel- Texas, arrived Sunday night to ij^g and expansion program TV/r»»o IP UNIVERSAL-INTERNATIONAL presents .and the most ruthless range war the West has ever known! A .xAj- SijSsx A-Li People in the United States consume more ice cream than do the people of any other nation. Plan Your Summer Comfort Now with an ^A-ttic F^ari. Sandhill Builders Supply Corp. Aberdeen visit Mr. and Mrs. Rassie E. Wick er and Mr. and Mrs. B. U. Rich ardson. Mr .Peck is attending summer school at the University of Texas and Mrs. Peck will be here until September. Capt. Wicker and family will return home in three or four weeks. Miss Frances Campbell is at tending a house party at Carolina Beach this week end and Sunday will go to Camp Junaluska to be a counsellor for the summer. Miss Carolyn Nelson will leave Monday for the same camp. Mr. and Mrs. Eric Nelson, her parents, will mo I tor there with her, returning to Pinehurst in a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Ruey Hewett and young nephew of Tabor City were week end guests of Mrs. Hewett’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Lee. Mrs. Robert Barrett and chil dren returned from Harrellsville last week, accompanied by her mother, Mrs. Wiley Gillam, who will spend several weeks with her. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Keith Wed lock have been spending a few days at Eseeola Lodge, Linville. Richard Cole and Mr. and Mrs. iHulon Cole have returned from Hertford, where they were guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Biggers. Miss Patricia Biggers accompa nied them home for a yisit. Miss Lillian Morris and friends have taken a cottage at Carolina Beach for a few weeks’ vacation. James Gilbert won last week’s Yadkin golf tournament, individ ual medal play, with 87-19-68 score. This week’s tournament The store is being enlarged to take in space formerly occupied] by the Village Grill, in addition to the present store, and will have a frontage of some 70 feet on East Broad street. This will be all glass for “full-view” vision, and inside, I everything will be just as new and modern. Brand-new equipment through out, tiled floor, “streamlined” (in set) lighting and other up-to-date features will make the new Col- - onial Stores supermarket one of the fines of the section. Following '■ the reopening, said Manager Howard Hoffman, there will be a succession of promotional events involving hundreds of special val ues, continuing for several weeks. Additions to the store staff in clude Charles Hargroves, produce man, who came to Southern Pines from Dunn after being with Col onial also in Erwin, Wilmington and Fayetteville; and Roland Bow ers, a 1950 Southern Pines High school graduate, employed as clerk and stock man. co 21 ineH M his fory.-®"'y '"Con.onknewhrst.ve. ; ? S i Starring AUDIE MURPHY GAl£ STORM ALBERT DERKER-SHEPPERDSTRUDWICR • 1 1 DEPENDABLE and PROMPT ! Laundry Service Dry Cleaning Service • WET WASH X • SUITS • ROUGH DRY • DRESSES , • THRIFT-T • HATS • BACHELOR SERVICE • RUGS • FAMILY FINISH • draperies • Carter’s Laundry & Cleaners, Inc. Phone 6101 Southern Pines, N. C. Mrs. Thomas L. Black accom- Mrs. Black went on to T. L. Black and a large group of mployees of the Pinehurst Gar- ge spent the week end at the leach, for their annual outing. Miss Floe Miller has gone to iCL . Mrs. Harold Albertson, the for- phia is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Frye. Miss Carolina Wicker and Mack Wicker of Barium Springs are guests of their aunt. Miss Caroline Battley. General and Mrs. Albert Sneed and sons left this week for a trip to Florida. Miss Deborah Light, a classmate from Charlottesville, has been the guest of Miss Lynn Sherrerd. George Sherrerd of Princeton is also at home. Mrs. E. C. Conlin and Miss Ann Brechin have returned from a few days’ vacation at Myrtle Beach. Mrs. James Walker has left for her summer home at Amesbury, Mass. Miss Dorothy Cheney has re turned from Odessa, Tex., and Vi- dalia, Ga., where she visited her grandmother, Mrs. John M. Mead ows. Mrs. L. McNeill of Aberdeen has taken over the Railway Express agency in Pinehurst, recently va cated by Mrs. John Fiddner of Pinebluff. Mr. McNeill is the ex press agent in the Aberdeen of fice. Dr. J. A. Ruggles is in Florida for a two weeks’ vacation. Norman Simpson and John Me Manus of Boston, two of the audi tors for Pinehurst, Inc., are here for a few weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gouger and daughter, Nancy Lou, left Wednesday for their cottage at Cherry Grove, S. C., for a week. Mrs. Guthrie Smith, her son Verland and his wife of Charlotte and Miss Carolyn Smith of Albe marle are spending this week with Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Mims in Par rish, Florida. Mrs. Smith and Carolyn will return to Charlotte for a week before reaching home again. Thomas Hunnemann of Chicago has arrived to assist his brother John in the operation of the new Dairy Queen ice cream place on the Southern Pines - Aberdeen highway. He will make his home here with Mr. and Mrs. Hunne mann. ,enpla,b,B0BERIHAK0V ANDREWS KARL KABIB ■ Associate Producer George C. Bertholon • Proouced bv VMl S..- FOR SALE: Four Bedroom Residence in best residential section; large planted lot. Convenient to school. Three Bedroom Residence in excellent residential section; close to school and shopping center. 145 acre farm with ample buldings, tobacco acreage allot ment. Building sites—Acreage. FOR RENT: 3 rooms and bath apartment; close to shopping center; re cently reconditioned. LOANS: F.H.A. — GI — and Conventional Commercial Enterprises INC. 2nd Floor Mudgett Bldg. Phone 7705
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