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VOL. 35—NO. 12
TWENTY PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES. NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY FEBRUARY 12. 1954
TWENTY PAGES
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McKeithen Sworn As
Superior Court Judge
Pinehurst Resident
Takes Oath Thursday
In Raleigh Ceremony
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JUDGE McKEITHEN
County Passes
$7,460 Quota In
March Of Dimes
Indications this week are that
Moore county has gone a little
way past its $7,460 quota in the
1954 March of Dimes—^tgit, said
Chairman H. Clifton Blue, reports
are still coming in and it is an
ticipated the final showing will
be a highly creditable one.
IN^oore has, in recent years, sur-
pa' sed its quota by $3,000 to $4,-
000. “We hope that this year,
when the funds are so badly need
ed to deal the death blows to
polio, that we will at least do as
well as before,” the chairman said.
He asked that all community
reports be completed and turned
in within the next few days. Feb
ruary 15 has been set as an ex
tended deadline.
Several communities, last week
and this, reported their quotas
well in hand—Pinehurst, where
Chairmian Frank McCaskill, with
a $1,000 quota, had some $1,500;
Vass, where Monroe Chappell had
reached his $300 goal and was still
forging ahead; Westmoore, How
ard Kennedy, chairman, quota
$100, collections $160; Aberdeen,
W. H. McNeill, Jr., $1,000 quota,
$1,200 collected and $1,500 hoped
for; Eagle Springs, where Mrs.
Arthur Williams has raised $125,
or 25 per cent more than the goal;
Roseland, surpassing its $30 quota
by $28.44; and Niagara, Mrs. Gur
ney Bowles, chairman—goal $30,
$50.12 taken in.
In Southern Pines, Chairman
Paul C. Butler left his $1,700 mark
behind two weeks ago, last week
reported $2,200 and this week
close to $3,000. Next week, he
said, he hopes it will have gone
over $3,500, more than double the
(Continued on Page 8)
W. A. Leland McKeithen was
sworn in as a Special Superior
Court judge at Raleigh Thursday.
The Pinehurst attorney, who
was notified Tuesday of his ap
pointment by Gov. William B.
Umstead, took the oath in the
governor’s office at noon. As a
Superior Court judge he will
serve throughout the State, presi
ding at terms for trial of civil and
criminal cases, as assigned.
The appointment continued a
legal career that brought Judge
McKeithen the presidency of the
N. C. State Bar Association, 1951-
1952, and membership on the
State Bar Council to which he was
appointed in September, 1952. At
that time he resigned as solicitor
of Moore County Recorders Court,
an elective post he had held for
14 years, except for three and a
half years of military service in
World War 2.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Mc
Keithen of Aberdeen, where he
grew up, he was a 1933 Phi Beta
Water Rate Ordinance, New Fire
Service Law Adopted By Conncil
NELSON AND NEAL
Husband And Wife Two-Piano Team To
Play Tonight At Weaver Auditorium
Music Association
Presents Concert By
Young Musicians
The Sandhills Music Associa
tion will present its third program
of the season this (Friday) evening
and carry their matched pianos.
Allison Nelson, now Mrs. Harry
Neal, was, at the age of 17, al
ready a seasoned trouper on the
Australian Broadcasting Com
pany’s Celebrity Concert Circuit
when Eugene Ormandy directed
her twice with the Sydney Or
chestra. Upon Mr. Ormandy’s rec
ommendation, she was awarded a
„ , ^ .in Weaver Auditorium at 8:30
appa graduate of Davidson Col-1 with the brilliant young pianists,
lege and received his LLB degree i Nelson and Neal, a two piano' scholarship to study with Rudolph
• University Law School team, who travel with their ownISerkin, which brought her to the
ABERDEEN GAMES
As The Pilot went to press
Thursday, Southern Pines High
School basketball teams were pre
paring to play host to the boys
and girls from Aberdeen in con
tests at ttie gym here Thursday
night. A big crowd was expected
for this highlight of the school’s
winter athletic season.
in 1936. In that same year he es
tablished an office at Pinehurst
where he has since practiced law,
forming a parternership with
John D. McConnell of Southern
Pines in October, 1950.
Judge McKeithen entered the
Army as a private in February,
1943, serving in the field artillery.
He attended Officer Candidate
Schoo-l, was commissioned a sec
ond lieutenant and received fur
ther training in the Judge Advo
cate School, leaving the service as
a captain January 1, 1946.
Judge McKeithen’s wife is the
former Janet Wiggins of Middle-
town, N. Y. They have a five-
year-old son, John' Leland. The
family’s home is at Pinehurst.
In September, 1950, Judge Mc
Keithen was chosen chairman of
the Moore County Democratic Ex
ecutive Committee. He was pres
ident of the Moore County Young
Democrats Club in the early days
of that organization. He is a mem
ber of the Eighth Congressional
District’s Democratic Executive
Committee.
The Pinehurst man helped or
ganize the Mo-ore County Histori
cal Association in 1946 and was
its first president, serving for
three terms. He was chairman of
the county Red Cross fund drive
in 1953.
Judge • McKeithen’s appoint
ment fills a vacancy among
special judges that was created
when the governor appointed
Francis O. Clarkson of Charlotte
as a resident instead of a special
judge. Judge Clarkson was ap
pointed January 30, when the gov
ernor promoted William H. Bob
bitt of Charlotte from Superior
Court Judge to associate justice of
the State -Supreme Court.
Governor Umstead said he was
confident Judge McKeithen “will
make a spendid record as a Su
perior Court judge.”
C, Of C. Member
Campaign Starts
Early Next Week
special truck in which they live ^ United States. She was acclaimed
■ on a nation-wide tour when she
returned to Australia in 1950,
while her husband was on a solo
tour of the United States.
Mr. Neal, a Tennessean, was for
some years a radio annoxmcer. In
Philadelphia, he held an execu
tive position and produced tele
vision shows for the loceil CBS
The 1954 membership campaign outlet. He is a versatile young ar-
of the Southern Pines Chamber of tist. In high school he won Ten-
Commerce will start next week, nessee and Kentucky state con-
following the directors’ meeting tests as a pianist. In competition
to be held at The Southland Tues- ^ with pianists from aU over the
day at 8 p. m. world, he was awarded one of the
At the meeting W. Ward Hill, coveted scholarships to the Curtis
membership chairman, will out- Institute of Music in Philadelphia
line the campaign plans as devel- to study with the renowned teach-
oped by his committee, and the er, Mme. Isabella Vengerova. That
green light for securing new mem- j is where he met and married Alli-
berships and renewals will be son Nelson, a fellow student, and
flashed on. The goal for this yem I they began playing two pianos to-
is 150 members, an increase of 32' gether.
over last year’s record number.
All memberships are renewable
at this time, no matter when they
were paid last year, said Chair
man HiU, so the 1954 program
can get under way at once. Other
members of his committee are
June Blue, Virgil Clmk and Rob
ert F. Arey.
Twenty-one persons and firms
have already paid for a total of 25
memberships for the year. ’These
are: Auto Credit Co. (a new mem
bership); United Telephone Co.
(two mepaberships); Carolina
Power & Light Co. (three mem
berships); Citizens Bank and
Trust Co. (two memberships);
Thomas C. Darst, Investments;
Patch’s Deparj;ment Store, Inc.;
Hollywood Hofei; Eastman, Dillon
& Co., Investments; Hilleqdale
Driving Range; P. T. Barnum,
Inc.; H. L. Brown Agency; Tots
Toggery & Mrs. Hayes Shop; Jef
ferson Inn; Cameron Oil Co.; The
Arlington, Valerie Nicholson,
Franjeans, Braeburn Hall, H. A.
Lewis and Dr. W. Harrell John
son.
The next concert of the Sand
hills Music Association will be
the Vienna String Orchestra on
Thursday, March 11. That will be
followed April 23 by the North
Carolina Symphony. Tickets are
on sale at the Barnum Realty Co.,
Broad Street, Southern Pines.
Riding Events In The Spotlight
Plans Progress For Hunter Trials To Be Held February 20
Entries are coming in and plans
are progressing for the annual
Moore County Hounds Hunter
Trials and Hunt Ball to be held
Saturday, February 20.
The Hunter Trials, always a
leading event Of the winter sea
son, ^ill take place on the Scott
i'arm out Youngs Road near
Southern Pines. The Hunt Ball is
scheduled for the Pine Needles
Club that night.
Mrs. Ozelle Moss, secretary, and
a committe are working on plans
for the event which is open to
horses that have hunted regular
ly with the Moore County Hounds
and others, on approval by the
masters and the hunt committee.
Joint masters of the Hounds are
Ozelle Moss' and W. J. Brewster.
Classes have been announced
as first season hunters, thorough
bred hunters;, non-thoroughbred
hunters, opeii hunters and hunt
teams. ;
Joanne Goodwin
Wins Trophy In
Sunday Gymkhana
“Young entry to the fore!” was
the password for the gymkhana
held Sunday afternoon at the ring
at Pickridge, the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Collins out on
Young’s Road. More than 20
youngsters from both Southern
Pines and Pinehurst vied for the
ribbons in a series of classes for
horsemanship and children’s
mounts, with the Pickridge Tro
phy, donated by Mr. and Mrs.
Collins, as the highlight of the
show. Presented by their daugh
ter, Emmaday, for horsemanship
in children under 16, the cup was
(Continued to Page 8)
Valentine’s Day
Schooling Horse
Show Scheduled i
Featuring eight classes, includ
ing several events for children
' and younger riders, a Valentine’s
• Day schooling horse show will be
j staged Sunday afternoon by Mr.
i and Mrs. Vernon G. Cardy at Ver-
I non VaUey Farm. Starting time is
2 p. m.
I' Trophies and four ribbons will
be offered in all classes. Bsdn
Walker of Greensboro and Miss
Charlotte Nicholson of Michigan
will be judges. The program is
subject to change if classes do not
fill or for any other necessary rea
son.
(Continued on Page 8)
Scout Week
Parade Set
Southern Pines will be the
meeting place for Boy Scouts
from throughout Moore County
Saturday when the first Scout
Week parade to be staged in this
area will be held here.
Slated to begin at the high
school at 3 p.m. and progress
through the business section, the
parade wiil include a large num
ber of invited units, including high
school bands from Southern Pines,
Aberdeen, Carthage, Pinehurst
and Robbins, veterans’ organiza
tions, military and Air-Ground
School representation, auto deal
ers, trotting horses and others.
Russell Simons, Scoutmaster of
Troop 224 here, will be parade
marshal.
Also in observance of National
Boy Scout Week, February 7-13,
will be the Cub Scout Blue and
Gold banquet of local Pack 73 to
be held tonight (Friday) at
Brownson Memorial Presbyterian
Church.
Many other Scout Week events
are being staged by troops
throughout the county.
Men, Materials
Markets: South’s
Assets, Says Polk
“Standing Room Only” signs
were in order Tuesday night at
the meeting of the Moore County
Historical Association held in the
Southern Pines Library, the card
that drew the full house being
William T. Polk, of Greensboro,
speaker of the evening.
Mr. Polk, who is a member of
the editorial staff of the Greens
boro Daily News, and author of
the recently published “Southern
Accent,” spoke on different phases
in the growth of the- SoutJj.
Mrs. Katherine N. McColl, vice-
president of the Historical Asso
ciation, was in the chair, replacing
the president, Mrs. Ernest L. Ives,
who was unablp to attend. Mrs.
Lawrence Johnson of Aberdeen is
this year’s secretary.
The speaker was introduced by
Moore County’s H. Clifton Blue,
editor of the Sandhills Citizen and
representative for this district in
the state legislature.
Said Mr. Blue: “You know. Will
Rogers used to open his remarks,
T only know what I read in the
papers’; well, I’m a consistent
reader of what Mr. Polk says in
the papers, the distinguished edi
torials he writes for the Greens
boro Daily News, and that means
I know a lot. Because he knows
a lot, and he knows how to tell
it.” Recalling to the audience
that the speaker was a past presi
dent of the state Press Associa
tion, and author of many short
stories and articles, Mr. Blue said:
He is one of the most distin
guished writers in the South, and
on the South.” '
South A Confusing Place
The speaker, however, disclaim
ed any special knowledge. “The
South,” he said, “is a confused and
(Continued on Page 8)
Hi
Mrs. Cannon Honored
By Girl Scouts Here
Mrs. Charles A. Cannon of Con
cord was made an honorary mem
ber of Girl Scout Troop 53 in a
ceremony at the Shaw House
where she was guest of honor at
a tea given by Mrs. Ernest L. Ives,
Wednesday afternoon. Taking
part in the ceremony were mem
bers of the troop and Mrs. W. D.
Campbell and Mrs. Mildred Mer
rill, leader and* assistant leader.
Details and a photo of the unusual
event will appear next week.
National Scout
Honor Again Won
By Region Six
For the second successive year.
Region Six, Boy Scouts of Amer
ica, of which William D. Camp
bell of Southern Pines is chair
man, has won the Lorrillard Spen
cer trophy, national Scouting
award.
The trophy recognizes the high
est percentage of increase in
Scouts, Scouting units and sub
scriptions to “Boys’ Life” maga
zine, among all 12 regions of the
United States, during 1953, aS|
compared to 1952—the year for
which the Region had previously j
won the award, also with Csimp-
bell as chairman.
Region Six includes North and
South Carolina, Georgia and Flor
ida. Presentation of the trophy to
CampbeU will take place at a re
gional meeting April 20 in Atlan
ta, Ga. The large handsome tro
phy is now in Southern Pines.
Campbell recently was installed
as president of Occoneechee
Council, a 12-county Scouting unit
with headquarters at Raleigh and
including Moore Coimty. His term
as chairman of Region Six will
end in April.
MR. HALL
Johnnie A. Hall
Named President
Of Rotary Club
Johnnie A. Hall was elected
president of the Southern Pines
Rotary club at its luncheon meet
ing Friday, held at the Southern
Pines Country Club.
Mr. Hall moved to Southern
Pines from Fayetteville five years
ago. He has managed the local of
fice of H. M. Smith, Optician, for
the past eight years. He has par
ticipated in numerous civic ac
tivities, was chairman of the Ro
tary’s Halloween celebration last
fall, and has just completed a two-
year term as a director of the
Chamber of Commerce.
Joe Garzik was elected secre
tary-treasurer, with E. W. Smail,
A. A. Hewlett and George MbCor-
mac as new directors. The Rev.
C. V. Coveil, as retiring president,
will automatically assume the of
fice of vice-president. TJie new
officers will be installed at the
first meeting in July.
Speaker at the meeting was
Fred A. Whitaker of Raleigh,
manager of the State Tourist Bu
reau, who was in town to lead
the tourist industry workshop that
afternoon.
He told the group that building
up a good tourist trade was no
longer a miatter of cut-throat com
petition, but should be the object
of a united selling effort if the
full benefits are to be obtained.
These benefits, he said, are far
greater than a superficial apprais
al would indicate, as in a tourist
town the visitor’s doliar is split
many ways, seeping through the
(Continued on page 8)
Slate Tax Aid To
Be Available Here
Assistance in filing State in
come tax, intangible tax or other
State tax returns can be obtained
in Southern Pines Wednesday,
February 24, when a representa
tive of the State Department of
Revenue will be at the Federal
Department of Revenue office in
the basement of the post office.
In Pinehurst, this assistance
can be obtained at Carolina Phar
macy, Tuesday, March 2.
Hours at both places will be
from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., said Ralph
Monger, Jr., of Sanford, district
deputy collector, who made the
announcement.
Resorts Should Plan Hospitality
The tourist needs few things
but those he must have: good
food, comfortable accommoda
tions, entertainment and a wel
come, Director Ben E. Douglas of
the N. C. Department of Conser
vation and Development told a
group of Sandhills business peo
ple meeting in Southerp Pines
Friday.
With these needs satisfied he
will be happy, may stay longer
than he Originally planned and is
very likely to return, the speaker
said, adding, “It is that repeat
business which makes money for
us.”
Must Coordinate
But there’s a hitch. Local busi
ness interests desiring to enhance
their tourist trade must coordinate
their efforts. In this way it can
be doubled, even tripled, within
a few years. The State Tourist
Bureau stands ready to help any
regional association or group, ren
dering services which cannot be
provided individually.
The suggestion of a regional as
sociation was made as Douglas
summed up the advice of a panel
of specialists in dealing with the
traveling public. The occasion was
a tourist industry workshop, spon
sored by the State Tourist Bureau
in promotion of North Carolina’s
tourist industry, worth $300 mil
lion a year, and the second big
gest industry in the state. Fred A.
Whitaker, manager of the Tourist
Bureau, moderated the panel, fol
lowing presentation by George
Pottle of the Southern Pines
Chamber of Commerce, which cor
operated as local sponsor.
The Rev. C. V. Covell offefed
an invocation, and Mayor L. T.
Clark welcomed the audience of
some 75 persons at Weaver Audi-
(Continued on Page 8)
Out Of Town
Residents To
Be Affected
An ordinance setting uniform
rates for town water, in and out of
the city limits, and an ordinance
setting up an entirely new system
of fire protection service by the
Southern Pines fire department
outside- of town were adopted by
the town co-uncil Tuesday night.
Protests against both measures
were registered by representatives
of the Knollwood Sanitary Dis
trict who have been attempting to
reach an agreement with the town
that would modify pro-visions of
the water rate law, the previously
adopted sewer service charge or
both.
Neither- measure affects in-
town property owners directly,
except in the case -of one laundry
and one or two swimming pools
which have had special water
rates that are now brought into
uniformity with the town-wide
rates. These rates already provide
for a sliding scale that progres
sively lowers the price for large
users.
Both of the new laws were pro
posed by the town to put the
water and dire departments on
a more business-like basis, more
fairly distributing the cost of
their operation to all users, in and
out of town.
Full texts of both the new laws
appear on page 18 of-today’s Pilot.
Under the new water law, all
consumers of town water outside
the city limits wilt pay 50 per cent
more for their water than those
inside. This is nothing new for
outside residents, except in the
case of Knollwood where property
owners have been paying the
same rate as persons in town, in
line with a 1925 agreement be
tween the town and the Knoll
wood corporation that gave the
town an easement to run water
mains across Knollwood property
and granted,Knollwood residents
a water rate that was to remain
the same as the rate in town.
The sewer service charge, pre
viously adopted, imposes a charge
of 100 per cent of the water bill
on owners of property connected
with town sewers. About half of
the property in Knollwood is so
connected, it was stated at the
meeting 'Tuesday, meaning that
these property owners, as things
stand now, are slated to pay a
300 per cent total increase in
water and sewer charges.
This, the Knollwood representa
tives have maintained, is unfair
in view of the old agreement and
the fact that Knollwood owns and
maintains. Or pays the town for
maintenance, of both its sewer
and water lines.
Amendment Expected '
In an effort to work out a com
promise agreement with the
Knollwood and Mid Pines area
(Continued on Page 8)
Council Sets
2nd Meeting
’^he town council voted Tues
day night to hold a second meet
ing each month—on the Friday
night following the regular second
Tuesday of the month meeting
time.
Suggested by Mayor L. T. Clark,
the resolution sets the Tuesday
meeting as a time for general dis
cussion of matters on the docket
and from the floor, assigning the
Friday meeting for debate and ac
tion by the council.
Both meetings will be open to
the public, but at the Friday meet
ing there will be no discussion
from the floor, allowing the coun
cil time to debate and decide is
sues in a more relaxed atmos
phere.
Mayor Clark said the council
welcomes public participation in
meetings but noted that there has
been so much discussion at recent
long meetings that council has felt
it is unable to give proper con
sideration to the issues.
The new system will go into ef
fect in March, with the discussion
meeting March 9 and the action
meeting March 12.