FRIDAY. OCTOBER 23. 1953
THE PILOT—Southern Pines. North Carolina
Page FI VE
Collections In
Scout Campaign
Now Over $3,250
Collections in Moore county’s
Boy Scout fund drive rose this
week to “well over $3,250,” ac
cording to a report from Brig.
Gen. Pearson Menoher of Knoll-
wood, county chairman. He esti
mated that approximately $2,000
still remain unreported in various
communities, bringing the esti
mated total to more than $5,000.
This year’s drive featured a
one-day collection in towns of
the county, as well as advance
giving of which W. P. Saunders
of Southern Pines was county
chairman.
Although advance gifts in
Southern Pines have not been
completely reported, early this
week total collection here came
to $2,157.80. Reports from Vass-
Lakeview, West End and Camer
on have not yet beeii announced.
Robbins Mills gifts were re
ported this week at $210 and Aber
deen’s as $435 in advance gifts
and $164 in the general collection.
Carthage’s reported total is $100.
Chairmen and campaign work
ers are invited to a Victory Din
ner to be held in Raleigh October
27 when reports will be received
from the 12 counties of the Oc-
coneechee council.
PINEBLUFF
By Kras. EHRMAN PICKLER
F’riendsbip Class Mrols
The Friendship class of the
Methodist church met on Wednes
day evening at 7:30 at the home of
Mrs. R. W. Carrington. Mrs. W.
A. Parsons gave a short program
“Let . Your Lights Shine.” Fol
lowing the business a quiz on
“Birds of the Bible” was enjoyed.
The hostess, assisted by her
daughter Betty Ray, served ice
cream, cookies, salted nuts and
mints to the eight members and
four visitors present.
Briof Mention
Mrs. Winget Kingston of Fort
Bragg visited Mrs. Virginia Creel
on Sunday.
Mrs. Frances Fisher and daugh
ter Jay Frances are spending the
week at Williamsburg, Va. Mrs.
Fisher of Cleveland, Ohio, joined
them for the week.
CoL Ralph Burns and Maj.
Larry Cellucci of Fort Bragg were
dinner guests of Mrs Virginia
Creel on Saturday.
Jack David of the U. S. Coast
Guard Elizabeth City spent the
weekend with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. Douglas David.
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Hearn vis
ited Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Elmore
in Greensboro over the weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. James T. Thomas
and B4r. and Mrs. E. F. Pickier
visited Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Pick
ier in Albemarle and Morrow
Moimtain State Park on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Bleau of
Raleigh spent the weekend with
Mrs. Bleau’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. O. C.Adcox.
Institute Fire Is
Quickly Subdued;
Origin A Mystery
For the third time during re
cent months fire struck in an
abandoned building in West
Southern Pines when, on Wed
nesday, the siren summoned the
force to the former R. C. Lawson
Institute on Pennsylvania Ave
nue.
Soon brought under control by
Harold Fowler and his crew, the
blaze was found to have ■ started
in a cushion which, lying on the
floor, had burned through, carry
ing fleimes beneath the eld wood
en structure. Quick work, com
bined with strong pressure from
the hose of the new more-than-
$17,000 truck, soon had the blaze
out.
The building, which has been
condemned for several years, has
been empty since the Negro boys’
school moved to their new quar
ters in the rear of the lot. Smoke
was noticed issuing from a win
dow of the old house at 2:15. The
principal, John W. Jones, stated
that as far as he knew no one was
in the building.
The R. C. Lawson Institute is
under the auspices of the Church
of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Two
other empty West Southern Pines
buildings which, according to
Chief Fowler, had been the site
of previous similar fires were the
old Church of God building and
a house on the ccmer of New
Hampshire Avenue. It is suspect
ed that someone was smoking on
the premises, though the theory
that the fires may have been the
work of an arsonist is not being
overlooked.
Southern Pines Joins Observance
Girl Scouts To Mark National Week
Troops Here Compete
In Planning Design
For Window Display
Girl Scout troops in Southern
Pines and Moore county will join
with others in the Central Caro
lina Girl Scout council and
throughout the nation in observ
ing National Girl Scout Week,
October 25-31.
Mrs. Audrey Kennedy of
Southern Pines, president of the
council, says that Girl Scouts in
the council area in Moore and ad
joining counties, are planning
many special events for next
week. PracticaUy all girls of the
coupcil will open the week by
attending church together in their
communities Sunday.
In Southern Pines, Girl Scout
troops are competing by submit
ting plans for a display window at
Patch’s Department store. Plans
submitted will be judged by a
committee from the City Girl
Scout committee and the winning
troop will i^ake the window ar
rangement according to its plan,
for display next week.
Bulletins from Girl Scout head
quarters are posted on the local
Girl Scout bulletin board, outside
Ormsby’s Jewelers, showing gen
eral plans and suggestions for
Girl Scout activities. Later, dis
play bulletins will be made by
individual troops and posted, to
show what Southern Pines troops
are doing.
Miss Cathryn Creasman of
MR. ISLEY
Vast Expansion
In Lighting Use
Traced By Isley
The vast expansion of the il
luminating industry since inven
tion of the incandescent lamp 75
years ago—the diamond jubilee
of the lamp was marked Wednes
day—^was traced Tuesday night at
the Southern Pines Country club
byy H. G. Isley of Raleigh, gener
al sales manager of the Carolina
Power and Light Co., who spoke
„ , , ^ , to more than 50 members of the
Sanford, executive of toe Central carolinas district of the Illumina-
SUBSGRIBE TO THE PILOT
MOORE COtTN'nrS LEADING
NEWS WEEKLY.
Life Author Was
Visitor Here
In “My Sevfen Steeples” by
Margaret Henrichsen, LIFE Mag
azine this week carries a feature
article by a former visitor to the
Sandhills and one who, she says,
hojjes “to come back.”
Mrs. Henrichsen, or Dr. HeA-
richsen, as she should rightfully
be called, is an ordained Metho
dist minister, whose parish of
seven churches includes the spot
on the Maine coast where the
James Boyd family have a sum
mer cabin. Mrs. Henrichsen visit
ed at Weymouth two years ago
and while here met many local
people. She was approached to
take the service in one of the lo
cal churches, but was unable to
accept due to a previous commit
ment in Baltimore. An ardent
bird-watcher, she was greatly in
terested in the birds here, then on
their migratory flights, and she
said she thought this was one of
the best places for bird-watching
in the country.
In ‘Tdy Seven Steeples,” Mrs.
Henrichsen gives a condensed
version of the story, told iii her
forthcoming book of the same
title, of life in the seven fishing
viUages that make up her parish
along the northern Maine coast.
Carolina council, points out that
Girl Scouts will observe days of
next week as foUows: Monday,
homemaking; Tuesday, citizen
ship, when girls will give some
sort of community service; Wed
nesday, health and safety; Thurs
day, international friendsWp; and
Friday and Saturday, skills in arts
and crafts and outdoor activities.
Saturday, October 31, wiU, be
celebrated with parties by some
troops, because this important
day in Girl Scout Week also falls
on Halloween. Girl Scouts ring
ing doorbells on HaUoween will
be gathering food for needy fam
ilies, rather than asking for the
conventional “trick or treat.”
October 31 is the birthday anni
versary of the late Juliette LowlCP&L.
ting Engineering Society gather
ed at the club for a dinner meet
ing.
The district includes North Car
olina and part of South Carolina,
with a membership of engineers,
electrical equipment manufactur
ers and salesmen, architects and
others associated with the light
ing industry.
Attending from this area were
Morris Greer of Robbins MUls and
Southern Pines; John Howarth,
Paul Butler, Ward Hill and John
Ponzer of Carolina Power and
Light Co., Southern Pines; Tom
Marshall, Southern Pines archi
tect, and Ralph Leach of Aber
deen, who until recently was wi1;h
who was bom in Savannah, Ga.,
in 1860, and became the founder
of Girl Scouting.
The Girl Scout National Con
vention was held this week in
Cincinnati, Ohio, with the theme,
“Girl Scouts—^A Growing Force
for PYeedom.”
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Hole-In-l Contest
To Benefit Blind
Starting Sunday
A hole-in-one contest, with
$100 gift certificate prize to shoot
for, will be run off next week at
Hillendale golf range on Midland
road, sponsored by the Pinehurst
Lions club, with proceeds going
to aid the blind.
Sessions will be held nightly,
Sunday, October 25, through Sun
day, November 1, from 7 to 11
p. m. Afternoon play will also be
conducted on Sunday, Wednesday,
Saturday and the following Sun
day, according to an announce
ment from the club.
Tickets are available from any
member of the Pinehurst Lions
club, from Pinehurst hotels or
pharmacies or at the range. James
Gilbert of the Lions club, chair
man of the tournament commit
tee, reports a large number of
entries.
Each dollar ticket gives a golfer
three chances to try for a hole in
one on the 90-yard practice hole
at Hillendale.
Any ace scored during the com
petition will win a $100 gift cer
tificate redeemable in merchan
dise at any store in the county.
If there is more than one ace, the
grand prize will go to the win
ner of a medal round over the
Little Nine course at HiUendale.
In addition to the grand prize,
each session of play will have
special prizes. There wiU be no
limit to the number of tries each
contestant may make
balls for $1.
at three
Troop 50 Girls
Elect Officers
Officers for the coming year
were elected when Girl Scout
Troop 50 had its first meeting last
Thursday at Emmanuel Episcopal
church Parish hall.
The officers are: Sherry Don
aldson, president; Mary Elizabeth
Chappell, vice-president; Nancy
Godwin, secretary; Jeannie Bach
man, treasurer; and Rosie Chand
ler. reporter.
Mrs. W. T. Huntley, Jr., is lead
er of ’Troop 50. Co-leaders are
Mrs. S. H. Slaughter and Mrs. C.
Dixon.
Electricity used in lighting
alone in 1952 was more than the
total combined uses of electricity
in 1938, Mr. Isley said during his
address. So rapid is the growth
of the lighting industry, he point
ed out, that it is expected that the
1952 use of electricity for light
ing will be doubled by 1962.
Mr. Isley recalled that the II-
iluminating Engineering Society
was founded in 1906 and has had
much influence on the progress of
lighting. He recalled that con
tracts made between CP&L and
customers guaranteed that the
customer’s bill would not be over
$1 per month and the customer
in turn guaranteed that he would
not use more than four 25-watt
bulbs.
By 1922, Mr. Isley noted, lES
made so bold as to recommend
use of a single 150-watt in kitch
ens of homes. Progress in light
ing continued through 1934 when
toe “Better Light—Better Sight”
program was introduced and lES
tags on lighting fixtures indicated
they met better standards.
Surveys and tests show that
night traffic deaths and accidents
could be reduced 60 per cent
through proper street lighting, the
speaker said. Citing the fact that
some automobiles today have
nearly 30 light bulbs whereas the
average home uses 23, Mr. Isley
reaffirmed the fact that the light
ing potential of the nation is
“just scratched.” ' ,
New uses for lighting, such as
aiding growth of plants and for
warming and heating purposes,
are being found. These and the
general future of illuminating
present a great chaRenge to the
Society, he said.
Creative Designs
By Mary Madigan
To Be Exhibited
An exhibition of creative de
signs by Mary T. Madigan, wife
of Col. D. L. Madigan of Southern
Pines, will open at the Southern
Pines Library art gallery Monday
to run through November 7, it
was announced today by Mrs.
Jane Carter who is supervising
the current series of exhibits
there.
The designs of Mrs. Madigan
express moods and personality,
and in her paintings is seen a nat
ural building of areas of color
with no preconceived picture. Her
work has been seen here in pre
vious shows and she conducted
classes in design here several
years ago.
Born in Providence, R. I., and a
graduate of the textile department
of the Rhode Island School of De
sign, Mrs. Madigan won an alumni
fellowship for travel and study in
1937 which took her to Paris, Lon
don, Lyons and Germany.
For three years she was em
ployed as a textile designer for
firms in Taunton, Mass., and Can
ada. Her designs have been mar
keted in the United S'tates, Can
ada, England and British colonies.
Mrs. Madigan’s show will follow
Miss Alice Beixter’s commercial
art extibition which is reported
elsewhere in today’s Pilot.
William T. Booth
Dies In Delaware;
Rites Set Sunday
Funeral services will be held
Sunday at North East, Md., for
WiRiam T. Booth, Southern Pines
resident who died Wednesday
mooming at Wilmington General
hospital, Wilmington, Del. The
services will be conducted at the
Grant Funeral Home at 2 p. m.
and interment will be in the fam
ily plot in Baswiew cemetery.
North East.
Mr. Booth had lived in South
ern Pines since 1926, following his
retirement from a position with
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad,
making his home with a sister,
Miss Georgia Booth. He was born
in Leeds, Md., son of the late
Henry and Carolyn Kershaw
Booth.
Surviving, in addition to his
sister here, are: another sister.
Miss Carolyn Booth of Camden,
N. J.; two daughters, Mrs. Wil
liam Carter of Newark, Del., and
Mrs. John Johnson, Jr., of North
East, Md.; two sons, William T.
Booth, Jr., of Elkton, Md., and
Francis Booth cf North East, Md.;
and several grandchildren and
great-grandchildren.
Mr. Booth became ill and was
taken to the Wilmington hospi
tal, while visiting relatives in
Maryland.
Walper Ties With
Long At Raleigh
Leo Walper, of Parhaven Driv
ing Range on .the Midland road,
tied with Raleigh golf pro Hal
play off the tie at the Raleigh club
Wednesday in sectional qualifying
for the annual PGA Seniors
Championship toumsunent.
The Sandhills pro and Long,
who is pro for the Raleigh Golf
association, both had 75s and will
pla yoff the tie at the Raleigh club
next Wednesday. The winner
will represent this section in the
tourney in January at Dunedin,
Fla.
The qualifying contest was held
as part of the Raleigh club’s third
annual pro-amateur tournament,
which drew a field of 135 entrants.
The appearance of air bubbles
or blisters on bread dough indi
cates that it has been sufficiently
kneaded.
HIGHWAY CH'M
(Continuea from Page 1)
present, eighth division highwajr
commissioner, who, he said,
brings to the commission a deter
mination for fair dealing.
Saying that Moore county is in
line for some major highway im
provements, Graham revealed
that $320,000 has been allotted to
rebuilding the Pinehurst-Carthage
highway and that major work is
to be done on U. S.'Highway 1,
South.
In tracing the history of road
and highway maintenance and
construction in North Carolina—
from the days of his youth when
counties had a “road-making day”
when every man had to turn out
for road work, send a substitute
or pay $1—Graham paid tribute
to the late Frank Page of Aber
deen “to whose memory the state
owes a debt of gratiude for found
ing toe highway commission in
this’ state.” Graham was a mem
ber of the 1921 General Assembly
which authorized the $50,000,000
bond issue that started the state
on its great program bf road
building.
During the four, years preceding
the present adininistration, toe
highway commission did “a mag
nificent job” in paving over 13,-
000 miles of secondary roads, Gra
ham said. He pointed out, how
ever, that the present commission
is faced with the job of replacing
many inadequate and outmoded
bridges on the newly paved sec
ondary roads and has to maintain
and preserve the roads, some of
Which, he noted, were not con
structed according to the best en
gineering standards and so pre
sent a maintenance problem.
A native of Hillsboro, where he
has practiced law for many years,
in addition to his public service
offices, Graham was Highway
chairman in Gov. R. Gregg Cher
ry’s administration, serving 1945-
1949. He was reappointed by Gov.
William B. Umstead in May.
Club Hears About
Explorer Scouts’
Trip To Jamboree
At last Friday’s meeting at toe
Village Inn, toe Southern Pines
Rotary club heard two Explorer
Scouts tell of their cross-country
trip of last summer to the Jam
boree. Jimmy McDonald and John
T. Chappell were introduced by
Scout Executive Jim Wilson, who,
in turn, was presented by Harry
Chatfield of the program jiommit-
tee.
After the boys had traced their
journey on a map, color slides
were shown of the Philmont
Scout reservation in New Mexico,
which they visited. Pike’s Peak,
Grand Canyon, and shots of the
Jamboree which was attended by
more than 50,000 boys.
On exhibit were items traded
by the Scouts, as swaps are al
ways made when Scouts from dif
ferent localities get together.
Guests at the meeting were
Jerry Daeke, a junior guest; E. T.
Comer, L. M. Tate, A1 Addinger
and Jim Wentz.
WOMEN VOTERS
(Continued from Page 1)
Curtis Townshend, William Davis,
Howard Butler, James Boyd, Ray
McDonald, Fred Chappell, Voit
Gilmore, L. Harris Co-ley, Jr.,
Katherine McCoU, L. T. Avery,
and Miss Ethel Blue Britt.
In her talk to the group, Mrs.
Walters stressed the point that
under its constitution the League
of Women Voters is strictly a
nonpartisan organization. While
it may and frequently does sup
port specific issues, it never sup
ports candidates or parties, and
members who assume the respon
sibility of directors must pledge
non-participation in all imlitical
activity.
The league is a thoroughly
democratic organization, Mrs.
Walters said. Individual leagues
sdnd delegates to the state con
vention which, in turn, chooses
those to attend toe national gath
ering. Issues chosen for study dur
ing the year are proposed by the
“grass roots” method, sifting up
to toe national level.
Essentially an effort to educate
women in their responsibilities
as voters, the league nevertheless
exercises great influence in the
whole political picture, helping
to get out the vote, interviewing
candidates for office, arranging
forums of debate, and encourag
ing active citizen interest and
participation in politics.
At the close of Thursday’s
meeting the following temporary
committees were announced:
Nominating committee: Mrs.
Avery, chairman, Mesdames
Brown, Culbreth, Townshend and
Davis; Committee on By-Laws:
Mrs. Smith, chairman, Mesdames
Britt and Ruth Swisher; Member
ship committee: Mrs. Butler,
chairman, Mesdames McDonald,
Gilmore, Chappell, Coley, and
Miss Underhill.
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