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Registration For
General Election
Starts Saturday
New Registration
For All Voters In
Aberdeen Precinct
Scholarship Returns Five For One N. C. Florists Here Next Week FCC Asked To Approve
Purchase Oi WSTS By
Radio Station WEEB
Registration will start Saturday
for the general election to be held
Tuesday, November 7, in which
Republkans and Democrats will
vote for senators, congressmen,
some state and some county offi
cials, including commissioners,
■ members of the board of educa
tion, sheriff, clerk of court, regis
ter of deeds, recorder, solicitor
and coroner.
I-n Moore county, there are few
contests.
• Registrars will be at the polling
places between 9 a. m. and 6::30
p, m. on three successive Satur
days, October 14, 2l and 28. Sat
urday, November 4, will be Chal
lenge day.
In Southern Pines precinct, the
books will be at the fire station,
with Mrs. Grace Kaylor as reg
istrar.
In Ab«dieeu Precinct
In Aberdeen precinct, a special
new registration of aU voters will
be held, coinciding with the gen
eral registration period. Voters
may register at the polling place,
the Legion hut on Main street, on
any of the three Saturdays or
they may contact the registrar at
his home or place of business on
other days.
The new registration in Aber
deen precinct, which covers an
area extending north to the
Southern Pines city limits, has
been ordered by the Moore Coun
ty board of elections. Unless per
sons living in this precinct regis
ter during the two weeks begin-
, ning Saturday, they will not be
permitted to vote in the general
election November 7.
Officials Listed
Tentative registrars and polling
places for the registration period
were listed this week by Sam C.
Riddle, chairman of the county
board of elections, who said that
polling places might be changed
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Interclub Meeting
Will Be Held
Here Next Friday
Southern Pines will have the
I privilege of welcoming next week
[several hundred members of the
N. C. Florists association, who will
I hold their 30th annual convention
here Wednesday and Thursday.
Flower Show Thursday
This promises to be one of the
largest and most brilliant conven
tions held here in recent years,
with at least one event which the
general public can enjoy. Thurs
day afternoon, there will be' a
public showing of prize flower
displays in the lobby of the Holly
wood hotel. These will be selected
from among a number to be made
at a school of design held by floral
experts “for the trade” at the
auditorium that morning.
Advance reports are that the
florists plan a generous local dis
tribution of their wares, sending
flowers to hospitals, hotels and
other places in town.
Between 500 and 600 members
of the association are expected to
attend the convention. They will
be quartered in all the local.ho
tels, with the school gymnasium
and auditorium as convention
headquarters. Registration will be
held at the gymnasium Tuesday
evening and Wednesday morning, I
and a trade show of floral designs'
and equipment, closed to the pub
lic, will be in progress there all
during the convention.
New Ideas
The meeting will be first and
foremost a busy school for the
florists, offering “refresher” work
and advanced training, and the
dissemination of new ideas.
The directors will hold a lunch-
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HEADS CHAMBER
McConnell And Pietlmont Airlines
Three-Station Deal
Will Leave Just One
In Moore County
Sale Includes Frequency.
Most of Physical Assets
McKeithen Will
Form Partnership
Resnmes Sandhills
Service Monday
At desk. Miss Alice Moss (foreground) and Miss Ha Moss; standing,
from left, Misses Mary Louise Underwood, Beatrice Simpson (the
scholarship winner), Marjorie Thompson and Norma Reeder—all new
nurses on staff of Moore County hospital. (Photo by Henry H. Turner)
First Graduate of Sandhills Vets’
Nurse Training Plan Comes Home
Twelve civic clubs of Moore
county, consisting of about 500
members, will unite in a mam
moth interclub meeting to be held
in Southern Pines next Friday
evening, October 20.
A dinner will be held in the
school cafeteria at 6 o’clock, and
later the company will move up-
■ stairs to the auditorium for a fel
lowship program. Principal speak
er will be George T. Penney, of
Greensboro, well-known after-
, dinner humorist and “cracker-
barrel philosopher.”
This will be the first meeting
of all the clubs together and it is
planned as an annual affair. Tak
ing part will be seven Lions clubs,
^ two Rotary clubs, two Junior
■'Chamber of Commerce organiza
tions and the Sandhills Kiwanis
club. For each, it will supplant
next week’s regular luncheon or
dinner meeting.
Garland McPherson, of South
ern Pines, president of the Sand
hills Kiwanis club, is general
chairman for the event. Jack
Smith, of Aberdeen, is chairman
of special entertainment—^the
speaker, dinner music and some
novelty features which will add to
the enjoyment of the occasion.
Caterer for the dinner, which
will feature both barbecue and
fried chicken, will be the famed
Griffin of Goldsboro, rated as a
master in both fields.
“The meeting will be a show of
strength and unity of all the serv
ice clubs,” said Mr. McPherson,
who was chairman of a steering
-committee which planned the
event. ‘'‘All- are dedicated to the
same ideal of betterment of our
county and its communities.
Starting with this annual meet
ing, it is possible to visualize
‘ coxmtywide ijrojects undertaken
later and shccessfully carried
through by means of this massed
strength and unified good will.”
RED CROSS MOVES
The Red Cross chapter of
fice will move this weekend,
to reopen Monday morning
in their new home just four
doors away, the former Cald
well building at 244 South
West Broad street.
The modern one-story semi
detached building was built
three years ago by Dr. C. S.
Caldwell for his dental of
fices. Announcement of its
purchase by the Moore Coxm-
ty chapter. American Red
Cross was made last month
by Mrs. M. G. Nichols, chap
ter chairman.
This may be the last move
for the chapter—dictated, li^e
the others, by an increasing
need for space. During the
war it occupied rooms on the
second floor of the Sttraka
building. It moved then to
offices in the Belvedere Hotel
building, and two years ago
to the location it leaves this
week, in the Welch building
on South West Broad.
Fashions Old And
New Will Be Seen
At Auxiliary Show
Four Classmates
Follow; All Working
At Moore Hospital
Miss Beatrice Simpson, of Lake-
view, the first winner of the an
nual nurse training scholarshihp
of the Sandhills 'Veterans associa
tion, has made good her scholar
ship pledge to return following
her graduation, and practice her
profession in her home county.
What’s more, the scholarship
has returned not just one nurse to
the county, but five, as four mem
bers of her graduating class of
High Point Memorial hospital
have followed her to the Sand
hills. All are at work on the staff
of the Moore County hospital,
making this institution probably
the most to be envied, by other
hospitals, in the whole state.
The group pictured above shows
six new nurses—the five from
High Point Memorial, and the sis
ter of one of them, a new graduate
of Chhrlotte Memorial ho.cpital,
also a member of the fledgling
nurse group. The sisters are Miss
es Alice and Ila Moss, of Pine-
bluff. The others are Miss Mary
Louise Underwood, of Randleman;
Miss Marjorie Thompson, Aber-
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Plans for a partnership of two
outstanding Moore County law
yers, John D. McConnell of South
ern Pines and W. A. Leland Mc
Keithen of Pinehurst, were re-
jvealed this week. The partner
ship will not go into effect until
suitable offices are available at
Pinehurst, which may not be for
several weeks.
The combination is of consider
ably more than local interest.
Both men are well known in state
circles, and beyond the state. The
partnership will be another step
in two distinguished careers.
Considerable speculation has at
tended upon plans to be made by
Mr. McConnell, who went to
Washington, D. C., in Jsmuary
1949 as administrative assistant to
Senator J. M. Broughton, and fol
lowing Senator Broughton’s death
was retained in this post by his
successor. Senator Frank P. Gra
ham.
Mr. McConnell is now in Wash
ington winding up Senator
Graham’s affairs. He is expected
to return to the Sandhills about
November 1.
Mr. McKeithen, a Moore Coun
ty native, has been solicitor of
Moore recorders court since 1946.
He was recently elected chairman
of the Moore County Democratic
Executive committee.
College F*riends
The two men are old friends
and college naates. Both gradu
ated from Davidson college, Mr.
McConnell in 1932 and Mr. Mc-
Keithfen in 1938. Both received
their LL. D. regrees at Duke tmi-
versity, Mr. McConnell iq 1937
and Mr. McKeithen in 1936. Both
are members of old Scotch Pres
byterian families, and both are
veterans of World War 2.
Each wears a Phi Beta Kappa
key.
Both are members of the Sand
hills Kiwanis club, of which Mr.
McKeithen is a past president.
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Piedmont Airlines, Inc., will re
sume operations Monday at Knoll-
wood airport, with one flight stop
ping there daily each way. Thb
eastern flight will stop at 3:55
p.m., on its way from Charlotte to
Fayetteville, Myrtle Beach and
Wilmington. The western flight
will stop at 4:46 p. m. on its way
to Charlotte and points west.
Announcement concerning the
new schedule—which is consider
ably curtailed from last year’s—
was made by the new station
agent, Douglas Guin, who reopen
ed the office this week.
Piedmont suspended service
here for the summer last May.
Mr. Guin said all air services
will be resumed on these two
flights—passenger, mail, parcel
post, freight and express.
The new station agent entered
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ARCH COLEMAN
New Board Elects
Arch F. Coleman
C of C President
BOY SCOUTS
The annual campaign to
raise funds for the Council
and district of Boy Scouts will
be held in Moore during the
week October 23-28, accord
ing to announcement by N. L.
Hodgkins, district finance
chairman.
Mr. Hodgkins and E. C.
Stevens will serve as co-chair
men of the campaign, in
which they hope to raise ap
proximately $5,000. This
will include the Moore dis
trict's share of the $66,975
quota for the 12-county Ocon-
eechee Council, and also an
additional amount for ex
penses within the county.
Community quotas and chair
men will be announced next
week.
The funds annuaUy collect
ed pay for numerous services
rendered in the successful op
eration of the Boy Scout or
ganization, which in Moore
county has had outstanding
success within the past few
years.
The new Chamber of Commerce
board of directors started briskly
to work Tuesday night, undaunt
ed by the fact that they were
starting practically from scratch
—without a manager, without a
secretary and without a treasury.
Officers for 1950-51 were elect
ed as follows:
Arch Coleman, president; A. C
Dawson, Jr., first vice president;
Mrs. Bernice Harrington, second
vice president; Mrs. Mary Baxter,
secretary.
The new president is a man of
many talents, a writer, speaker,
traveler and radio commentator,
with cosmopolitan background
and expefience. He is in business
here as a public relations counsel
or. 'While he is out of town a
great deal, it was considered by
those voting that his many contri
butions will outweigh this disad
vantage.
Harry Fullenwider, last year’s
president, was on hand to lead the
meeting until it could be turned
over to the new president. Neither
Mr. Coleman nor Mr. Dawson
could be present. Mts. Harrington,
in accepting her office as second
vice president, stipulated that Mr.
Fullenwider stay on the job for
the evening, as she preferred to
“sit in at least one time” before
having to preside
Negotiations just completed v^ill
effect consolidation of Southern
Pines’ two radio stations into one, '
pending approval of the FCC for
which application was to be filed
this week.
The three-way transaction will
deliver to the Sandhills Commun
ity Broadcasters, Inc., owners of
Radio Station 'WEEB, the frequen
cy and all fixed assets of WSTS,
owned by the Sandhills Broad
casting corporation, except the
studio building on East Broad
street but including a two-year
lease on the studio portion of the
building.
According to announcements
made this week, the Sandhills
Broadcasting corporation will
move intact with all its ^ staff to
Sanford, where the president, F.
L. Baber of Sanford, has. entered
into a partnership with newspaper
publisher W. E. Horner for the
purchase and operation of Station
WWGP frorri the Lee Broadcast
ing corporation.
Probably Dec. 1
The transfers will -be effected on
the first of the month following
the granting of the FCC approval,
probably December 1 or perhaps
a month later. All three are 1,000-
watt stations. The amount in
volved in the sale of WSTS was
reported to be approximately
$20,000, while the purchase price
of WWGP (AM-FM) was approxi
mately $50,000.
Jack S. Younts, WEEB general
manager and corporation vice
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Student Council Represents High School Leadership
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“A Century of Fashion” is the
theme of the fashion show-tea to
be sponsored by the Moore County
Hospital auxiliary Wednesday at
3:30 p. m. at the Southern Pines
Country club.
Combining authentic styles of
bygone days, in elegant and un
usual versions, with modern fash
ions from the leading Sandhills
shops, the show will be a brilliant
opening event of the fall season,
held for the benefit of the hospi
tal.
The fashions both old and new
will be modeled by lovely women
of Southern Pines and Pinehurst.
Each will appear separately, pa
rading the length of the ballroom
to musical accompaniment. Na-
ration by Arch Coleman, with
script by Alice Baxter, will give
each model and her costume an
appropriate send-off.
"Bygone Styles"
Mrs. Charles 'V.- Covell, chair
man of the “bygone styles” divi
sion, has rounded up a distin
guished collection from trunks,
closets and attics of Sandhills res
idents. These include two Parisian
evening dresses, circa 1900. with
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The group of young people shown above constitute the Student Council, of the Southern Pines High
school, a duly elected and representative group with responsibility for leadership in many phases of stu
dent life. At far left is Miss Pauline' Miller, faculty advisor. Seated students are, from left, Elaine
Bowles, recording secretary; Dick Ray, president; Doris Bowles, vice president, and David Page, treas
urer. Standing are the class representatives—Charles Bowman, Pete Dana, Reggie Newbon and La-
Nelle Kirk. Absent is Dorothy Ann Swisher, corresponding secretary.
The Student Council is currently sponsoring a series of seven monthly entertainments for the bene
fit of the school fund. The first, Elsie Hanley’s Marionettes, was held Wednesday morning at the audi
torium. (Photo by Duke Whiting)
Protests End
One-Way Street,
Noble Experiment
Southern Pines’ first one-waY
street also became its first to
cease to be one, by decision of
the town commissioners Wednes
day night.
In restoring the 100 block of
West Pennsylvania to the two-
way status after an experiment of
less than two weeks, the board
also unanimously approved an
amendment suggested by Com
missioner E. C. Stevens: that they
“look diligently into a one-way
street program as a possible over
all plan, with a view to solving
It was the first meeting since our growing traffic difficulties.”
last week’s election added seven j This should be done on expert ad-
new members to eight carry-overs
to form the 15-member board for
the coming year. Five old mem
bers and five new ones attending
Tuesday night’s meeting in the
Chamber offices at the Belvedere
hotel added up to an acceptable
quorum for the transaction of
business.
This included a decision to
hold . a . membership drive,
starling off with a campaign
breakfast; discussion of old
business, and a number of
new ideas: and the hearing of
a statement on the situation
of the Sbndhills Merchants as-
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vice, it was decided, with Broad
Street and|or seversd side streets
included in the plan.
The repeal came after protests
from several business people and
residents of the area involved,
who felt that the one-way street
solved few problems, created
others and resulted in discrimin
ation against them. The fact that
the street is a main entrance into
town from Pinehurst, Carthage
and West Southern Pines also af
fected the board’s action.
Several of the protesters ap
peared in person. Others were
represented by Harry Fullenwid
er, attorney.
CpL Bradford Found To Be Prisoner;
Family Eagerly Awaits More News
A telegram from the Adjutant
General’s office has informed Mrs.
Henry Bradford that her husband.
Corporal Bradford, missing in Ko
rea since July 11, has been found
to be a prisoner of war.
The telegram brought great joy |
to the household, which has been i
followed by days of suspense in!
awaiting a promised letter with
further information. No further
word has been received.
“But just to know that he’s
alive matters so much,” said Mrs.
Bradford, mother of two little
girls.’’ I have faith that we’ll have
word soon—maybe even that he’s
coming home.”
The telegram arrived Sunday
morning, October 1, a little before
church time. Mrs. Bradford call
ed Dr. Holland, the family pastor,
and he announced it at the service
so that soon the whole town was
rejoicing with the Bradford fam
ily.
Then Mrs. Bradford ran to meet
her daughter Gail, 11, who was on
her way home from Sunday
school. “Goody, oh, goody, dad
dy’s alive!” cried Gail, dancing
for joy. Two-year-old Ida Lou
Bradford didn’t quite know what
all was going on, uut she knew it
was something happy, and began
dancing and laughing too.
The telegram came from Ed-
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