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SECOND PRIMARY SATURDAY 6:30 TO 6:30 VOTE! SECOND PRIMARY SATURDAY 6:30 TO 6:30 VOTE! VOL. 31—NO. 31 20 PAGES THIS WEEK Census Report Shows County Growth Less Than 2,000 In 10-Year Period SOUTHERN PINES, NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY. JUNE 23. 1950 20 PAG5S THIS WEEK Most Towns Grow While Several Show Decrease Southern Pines Takes 30 Per Cent Jump THE BIG FOURTH Moore county’s population gain- id by 1,967, or approximately six ler cent in the past decade, rising rom 32,933 to 30,966, according 3 preliminary official figures re- ;ased this week by W. Lament rown. Eighth District supervisor E the 1950 U. S. census. During this time Aberdeen was aining by almost 50 per cent; inebluff by 45 per cent, South- ■n Pines by 30 per cent and Rob- ns by 20 per cent. Carthage, N ^meron and Addor were losing. Cameron lost 31 people and lese may have moved right on ^er to Manly, where population creased by exactly that number. 1940 the y were just the same 280. The figures showing increases not mean that mnay people ve moved in from outside, rths have consistently exceed- deaths in the 10-year period, lis gives them each 280 this year. 1 Springs, 244, 199; Vass 756, i; Pinehurst, 978. The figures released to Mr. own as probably his last offi- Starfificr 1 act—his job as supervisor ter- ’^*'‘** oaiUFttay nates this week—were as fol- /s, with town, 1950 population ure and 1940 population figure ed in that order; outhern Pines, 4,179, 3,225; rthage, 1,185, 1,381; Robbins, 57, 972; Cameron, 280, The Carthage Jaycees, those rousing patriots of Moore county, are making plans for a bigger and better celebra tion of this Fourth of July. True to tradition, the Big Time will feature a Beauty Contest, countywide. This wiR follow the old pattern which worked out so well in the past: the "queens" will be sponsored by civic organiza tions, with entry fees set at $1.00. Co-chairmen of the event are Carthage Mayor Arch Barnes and Dave Gins- burg. * But, of course, this is only the start. Further details of parades, floats, bands, speak ers, and all the rest of the fun and frolic will be given in next week's Pilot. Meantime, Queens. get ready! Joan Way won for Carthage yast year, in a field of 20. Who will carry off the 1950 crown? . . . that's the big July Fourth question. Pine Needles Under New Lease- ResQTt Applies To Give Regular Service At Airport Immediale Local Support of Project Said Necessary Resort Airlines, Inc., filed ap plication Tuesday with the Civil Aeronautics Board for an exemp tion order entitling them to pick up and discharge passengers at the Southern Pines-Pinehurst air port on their thrice-weekly New York-Miami flights. This would give this locality regular service to New York, Philadelphia, Wash ington and Miami. And now is the time, according to Harry Fullenwider, president of the Southern Pines Chamber of Commerce, for all town officials, civic clubs, industry and business figures, newspaper editors hnd other interested citizens to wire or write to the CAB in promotion of the project. Mr. Fullenwider, an attorney, is Summer Recreation Schedule TEN CENTS in- MORNINGS— Monday—Sfory hour at Elementary school, 10:30-12: tennis struction for girls, town courts. 10-12. Tuesday—Sewing class at high school, 10-12; baseball on school field. 10-12. Wednesday—Indoor games for boys and girls, gymnasium, 10-12. Thursday—Cooking class. Presbyterian Church basement. 10-12; baseball on school field. 10-12. Friday—Tennis instruction for boys, town courts, 10-12. AFTERNOONS— Tuesday and Thursday—Swimming; bus leaves toTyu park at 2:30. (This week's first session Monday instead of Tuesdav) EVENINGS— ^ Friday or Saturday—Social events: dancing, picnics, "stunt night"; to be announced each week. ' DAILY— Monday through Friday—Pingpong. checkers, etc., also teeen-age odd-job service at Foxhole; tennis, badminton on town park. TO BE SCHEDULED—Baseball for younger boys, intertown league. Runoff Saturday For U. S. Senate Race, Two County Contests Busy Vacation For Kids, Teen-Agers Seen As Recreation Program Starts nly, 280, 249; Aberdeen, 1,600, 18; Pinebluff, 572, 330; Jack- Springs, 244, 199; Pinehurst, ’o comparative figure can be n • for Pinehurst, an unincor- ted town, Mr. Brown said, as designated limits covered a siderably larger area than circumscribed by the 1949 leral Assembly—one mile in directions from the General ce. tie designation of “preliminary icial” for figures released now ns that these are the figures ah are being submitted to the Bueau of the Census at hington, and are subject to 2r revision. Crediting of non- ients to their proper locali- which could not properly be in the district census, and routine checks may cause changes, though it is not be- 1 they will substantially the present statistics, official announcement will lade at a later date by the tor of the Bureau, and will ported to the people by the ident next December. This t will inclure important facts the population revealed by the urban and rural census ns. Brown is back at his law for good, he said this week, affairs of the district cen- re being wound up at the of- it Lexington. Negotiations were completed this week for the lease to the Pine Needles Golf club, Inc., of the Pine Needles golf course and oTf.’/club by Bishop Vincent E. Waters, of the Catholic diocese of Raleigh’ effective Saturday. They are pdrt of the grounds of St. Joseph of the Pines hospital, purchased by the diocese in June, 1948, when the famous resort ho tel was converted to a Catholic hospital. The lessor corporation was in process of formation this week and names of the incorporators were not released. Brook Wallace, of Pinehurst, well known amateur golfer of the Sandhills, who has been employ ed as manager, said that present memberships will be honored, and that general policies of the course and club will be ready for an nouncement shortly. The Sand pipers, Pine Dodgers and other local golfers will receive the same welcome they have had. They will continue to be open on a year-round basis, with Clar ence Doser, of the Scarsdale, N. Y., Country club, as pro from October 1 through April 15. Ml Doser, who was formerly with the Merion, (Pa.)'Golf club, will stay at the Scarsdale club in the sum mers. Mr. Wallace said there will be considerable work done on the course in the next few months. Bunkers will be improved, greens enlarged and the rough extended, ai^d the shop will also be com pletely renovated and mjodemiz- ed. He expects to have an assist- (Continued on Page 8) giving his services to represent Sandhills mayors’ committee promotion of the action, a logical continuation of Ms services in protesting the suspension of Pied mont Airlines’ east-west service at the local airport. The exemp tion order for Resort is being ask ed only until October 31, the date Piedmont is expected to resume service here, though it could logi cally be extended. There appears no possibility, he said, of the CAB’S reopening the Piedmont case, and the situation at present is no service at all out of the air port. Mayors of Southern Pines, Car thage and Aberdeen are joining in promotion of the project. In an exposition prepared for presentation to the CAB, Mr. Ful lenwider points out that the air port is under lease to Resort, its home office and operational base that the flights north and south stop there already, for operational purposes, but passengers cannot towns benefiting by such service, be taken on or let off; that, of the towns most closely concerned, only Pinehurst is classified strict ly as a winter resort, that the oth ers have commercial and other yoar-round interests, dependent on year-round air service for nor m'al development; that Resort had an agreement with Piedmont for joint maintenance of the field, and Piedmont’s defection leaves Resort with the sole and expen- (Continued on Page 8) With swimming sessions getting under way, and a wide range of other activities starting up next vacation hours will be a new fea ture, an odd-job service for teen- week, the summer recreation pro- sponsored like the rest of in gram will be in full swing In a few days, under direction of A. C. ■■ baby-sitting Dawson, Jr., for the fifth succes sive summer. Not exactly recreation, but helping to give purpose to idle Sandhills Tennis Teams Lead East Carolina League Southern Pines tennis teams, both the men and the women, this week became the undisputed lead ers in the Eastern Carolina Tennis League, neither team having lost a single match.. With the trouncing last Sunday of the Raleigh team. League champions for three years, the lo cal men’s team achieved a record SAFETY Southern Pines will be rep resented by three persons this week at the first meeting of Governor Scott's Commission on Safety, to be held at Ral eigh Tuesday. They are Jack Younts, Otto B. Edwards and A. C. Dawson, Jr. Mr. Daw son will go as pinch-hitter for E. M. Howie, president of the NCEA principals' division, who will not be able to attend this time. Mr. Dawson, as vice president of the diviion, accepted the assignihent. Since he is director of the recreation program here, this will throw off the scheduled Tuesday swimming session, which he said will be at 2:30 p, m. Monday instead of Tues day—^just this week. to date of four wins and no losses. coming in—but slowly. The Raleighites, held Sunday on their home court to a score of 6-3, will be here this Sunday for a return match, to start on the local court at 2 p. m. This promises to be a hard-fought bout, with the League championship probably at stake. Both sides will summon up the best they have to deliver the decisive blow. As impressive as is the men’s record to date, the women have and other spare-time jobs in the povince of teen-agers, a referral sgency will be maintained every day at the “Fox Hole.” Those able to use these willing workers mav Cell 5193 and high school boys and girls should register their names and specialties there, said Director Dawson. A similar program is being of fered at West Southern Pines, where the schoolhouse is head quarters. J. C. Hasty, director, said those wishing to use the serv ice may call him there, 7953, or at his home, 7494. Paul C. Butler, heading the campaign to raise $1,800 to fin ance both recreation programs, reported this week that 400 let ters asking contributions had been sent out, and that some returns Red Cross Plans Swim Instruction At Four Lakes Checks should be mailed to Johp, Pottle, Treasurer, Sodthern Pines Recreational Program. Fifty-six youngsters piled on the school bus at the town park at 2:30 p. m. Tuesday for the first visit to Aberdeen lake, and indi cations were that the Tuesday and Thursday swims will be among the top-popularity fea tures. Richard Kaylor, holder of a Red Cross Lifesaving certificate done even better in not losing a' ^ qualified Boy Scout single individual match or allow- swimming instructor, is assistant Cooking School At Auditorium Tuesday; Prizes aham Has Been Tireless Worker For >ple, Says Umstead Speaking Here ailed Best Man ver To Offer For . C. Public Office nge County Rep. John W. :ad at a meeting here Mon- ight told the story of Frank m as seen through a state tor’s eyes in six consecutive al Assembly sessions cover- e period 1939-49. re was not a session, Mr. ad said, when Graham was ssent doing battle for farm- ir schools, for the Univer- or good health, for better unities, for all citizens of ate. 1931 he came before the !l Assembly asking a grant 000 for tobacco research. I lised on a farm, but I 't help thinking that sound- d of funny. Why do re- on tobacco? Yet it was du^- 30s that tobacco almost a casualty of the Gran- It and other wilts, and if that research had not developed wilt resistant tobacco. North Car olina would have no tobacco crop today. 1 “Frank Graham did not have to to wait till he was running for of fice to declare his interest in farm problems. He has been helping to solve them for us for 18 or 20 years. Schools, Hospitals “And when the great fight for raising teachers’ salaries was go ing on, and for better school buildings and better roads, Frank Graham was in there pitching— but I never heard his opponent lift his voice. When the wartime draft, revealed the pitiful state of health of North Carolina’s youth, Frank Graham worked to found the Medical Care Commission which has since built 49 hospitals and clinics'and where was his op ponent then? “Frank Graham has lived his life for others, in the most truly unselfish way I know, and in my (Continued on Page 5) A cooking school for all women of Southern Pines and the county will be held here Tuesday at 2;30 p.m. at the Carolina Power and Light company and L. V. O’Cal laghan, GE appliance dealer. Miss Grace McKenzie, CP&L home economist, will conduct the school, similar to that held here last year which marked resump tion of these popula revents after a several years’ lapse. Last year’s cooking school drew a full house to observe the dem onstration of several types of elec tric-cookery meals, and it is an ticipated that even more women, anxious to brush up on modern methods, will attend next week’s event. There will be no admis sion charge. A number of prizes will be giv en in a lucky-number drawing, in cluding all the food prepared at the school, various electric appli ances and other attractive items Among the food prizes will be t cooked ham, prepared in advance for demonstration purposes of what electric-cookery can do. Miss McKenzie will supplement her demonstration on the use of the electric stove with others on various other major household ap pliances, such as the deepfreeze automatic washer. M^s McKenzie, a Flora Mac donald home economics graduate, has held a number of cooking schools in other parts of her terri tory but this is only the second for this community. With Southern Pines as her headquarters, she has offices also at Rockingham, Ashe- boro, Maxton and Sanford, for full coverage in her work for the CP&L. ing an opponent to score a single point. Playing matches consisting of four singles and two doubles, they have defeated Wilmington, Raleigh and Sanford by identical scores of 6-0. This is the first year Southern Pines has sponsored a team in the Eastern Caolina Tenns Associa tion play. The League this year in water sports. Just for next week, the swim will be on Monday instead of Tuesday afternoon, as Mr. Daw son has to be out of town. Activities starting up next week for a six-weeks’ period will include story hour, sewing and cooking classes, tennis instruction and games, badminton, baseball. ronsists of Raleigh, Durham, | weekly dances and indoor games Goldsboro, Rocky Moimt, Wil- at the school gym. The Foxhole mington, Sanford and Southern will be open for games and ‘‘so- Piiiss. jcializing” every day. Grand Champion Calf At County Show m Ihe call above to^k lirat prize at the first Moore County lat stock show and sale, held last Thursday at Carthage. ' It also brought the top price of 50 cents for each of its 842 pounds. Purchaser was the Aberdeen Coca-Cola Bottling company. Left to right are shown L. G. Phillips, Jr., of the Highfalls 4-H club, who raised the calf, and made a profit of $208.87; L. B. Creath of the Carolina bank, sponsor of the project, and W. G. Caldwell, assistant county farm agent, who supervised the project. well-rounded program of swimming instruction and water safety for all ages will be offered, starting early next month, under auspices of the Moore County chapter, American Red Cross, it was announced this week by Dr C. Grier, Jr., of Pinehurst, chapter chairman of safety serv ices. Four lakes will be used for the first time, in a countywide pro gram, the most ambitious yet of fered by the chapter. In order to make up the classes in advance those wishing to participate should write to the Red Cross of fice at Southern Pines, stating what type of course they want, and their preference in lakes. Ap plications of children and teen agers should be signed by their parents. If no lake is indicated, they will be assigned to that near est them at which the course they want is being offered. Age and mailing addess should be put on the application. Classes will be for beginners, intermediates, swimmers, advanc ed swimmers, junior life saving and senior lifesaving. Aberdeen lake, the scene of previous Red Cross classes, will be used again; also Crystal lake at Lakeview; Pinebluff’s new municipal lake, which was filled this week; and later on a lake be ing prepared at Carthage by Mayor Arch L. Barnes. Six representatives of the Moore County chapter attended the 10-day aquatic school at Caro lina camp, the Red Cross camp at Brevard, returning home last Saturday. Miss Edwina Hallman renewed her instructors’ certifi cate; Richard Kaylor, of South ern Pines, and Paul Monroe, Pine hurst recreation chairman, earn ed theirs; and Sam Wicker, Car thage, won his intermediate swimmers’ certificate, just miss ing completion of the instructors’ course on account of an accident to his foot. He plans to complete the course later in the summer if possible. Also at Camp Carolina were Dr. Grier, as a member of the faculty, and Miss Alfreda Baker, RN, of Carthage, as camp nurse. Instructor Kaylor started a be ginners’ class at Aberdeen lake Tuesday of this week, and will hold one at Lakeview starting Monday, July 3. The first is filled but there are still some vacancies in the second, for which appli-- cants are being sought. Kaylor is being assisted by Sam Wicker. Miss Frances Campbell, of Pine hurst, who won her certificate at Camp Carolina last summer, con ducted a two weeks’ class for a group^ of Pinehurst children at Aberdeen lake June 1-15. Certifi cates 'for successful completion of the beginners’ course were awarded by the Red Cross this week to Mary Ann Arnette, Mar garet Green, Janet Frye, Paul Mc Donald, John MbKenzie, Fraser Smith, Bobby Willard and Rody Williams. Polls Open From 6:30 To 6:30; Interest Is High Polls will be open from 6:30 a. m. to 6:30 p. m. Saturday for run off votes in two county contests and one statewide contest, that for U. S. Senator. In Southern Pii^s, voting will be at the fire station, with Mrs. Richard Kaylor as registrar. While the record vote of May 27—5,340 in the county and over 600,000,in the state—is not ex pected, the interest attaching to all three contests is expected to bring out the electorate in consid erable numbers. Preprimary ac tivity has been devoted almost as much to “getting out the vote” as to the interests of individual can didates, as if the numbers are few, a mere handful of votes—propor tionately speaking—can turn the tide either way. In the county contests, voters will have the choice of Carlton Kennedy, of Carthage, or Hubert McCaskill, of Pinehurst, for clerk of superior court, McCaskill, the challenger, polled 1804 ballots in the first primary, to 2,329 for •Kennedy. They will also choose between Mrs. Bessie J. Griffin, of Lake- view and Vass, and D. A. McDon ald, Jr., of Carthage for register of deeds. Mrs. Griffin, only woman on the ticket, polled 2,334 votes on May 27, to 1,882 for McDon ald. (By Associated Press) Whether Frank Graham-* Southern- friend and supporter of President Truman—will remain in the U. S. Senate will be decided by Tar Heel voters Saturday. Seeking to wrest the Demo cratic nomination from Graham in a runoff primary is Willis Smith, Raleigh lawyer and champion of what he describes as “real south ern democracy.” Graham came out with a lead of 53,000 in the first primary on May 27 after one of the bitterest cam paigns North Carolina has seen since the turn of the century, but (Continued on Page 8) Two Fires Cause Loss of Homes And Furnishings Two homes in West Southern Pines, with all their contents, were completely destroyed by fire this week, one about 8 o’clock Sunday morning, the other at 2 p. m. Wednesday. One was the home of Harry Haynesworth and his wife, on the 700 block of South Stephens street, the other the home occu pied by Berl Monroe, his wife ahd child on West New Hampshire avenue. In both cases firemen said they found the houses in full blaze, far beyond their help. They con centrated their efforts on keep ing the flames from spreading. In the first fire a house nearby was badly scorched. Haynesworth, a youthful con struction worker temporarily em ployed on the Aberdeen school, said the fire caught from the elec tric refrigerator, which apparent ly had a short. They managed to get the refrigerator out of the house but the Wall behind it was also blazing, and while they were doing this the flames spread be yond stopping through the four- room cottage. The young couple saved only the clothes they had on. The Monroes were at a loss as to what caused their fire. M^s. Monroe said she went to the door to answer a stranger’s inquiry concerning directions. When she returned to the kitchen “the whole place was filled with fire.” Her husband was awmy from home and she was unable to save any thing. Firemen found hydrants con venient to both places. At the Monroe fire, the new water line was tapped and firemen said “worked just fine.” Four lines of hose were used.