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SOUTHERN PIN^fS. NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY, MARCH 26. 1954
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PRICE—TEN CENTS
PTA To Be
Organized
On April 1
Tentative By-Laws
Drawn Up; Officers
Will Be Elected
Parents of children in the
Southern Pines schools, as well as
all other interested persons, are
invited to a meeting at Weaver
Auditorium, Thursday, April 1, at
8 p.m., when a Southern Pines
Pat'ent-Teacher Association will
be organized.
Definite announcement of the
organization meeting came this
week after a session of the plan
ning committee, with Dr. R. M.
McMillan as chairman, that has
been working on PTA plans for
several weeks.
A. C. Dawson, Jr., superintend
ent of schools who has been work
ing closely with the committee,
said that Mrs. John W. Crawford
of Raleigh, state seo^etary of the
North Carolina Congress of Pa
rents and Teachers, and Mrs. O. C.
Richardson of Monroe, district di
rector, have been invited to at
tend the meeting.
A sub-committee of the plan
ning committee has prepared ten
tative by-laws that will be sub
mitted to the organizing group for
adoption, following closely the
recommended procedure of organ
ization for PTAs. Another sub
committee is preparing a slate of
officers for nomination and other
nominations from the floor will
be received.
Letter To Be Sent
To speed procedure, explana
tory letters and blank member
ship cards will be sent to homes
via school children before the
April 1 meeting, Mr. Dawson said.
It will help, he said, if parents fill
out these cards before coming to
the gathering.
At the organization meeting, a
temporary chairman will be elect
ed and before business can pro
ceed, the meeting will recess to
allow all who want to join to pay
dues on the spot. Dues are 50
cents per person, of which 35
cents is kept here, 10 cents goes to
the State organization and five
cents to the National Congress of
Parents and Teachers.
In the proposed by-laws, which
follow the recommended PTA
form, with local adjustments, a
tentative meeting date is set as
the fourth Tuesday evening of
each month.
PTA membership is open to all,
it was pointed out, and it is sug
gested that parents of children of
pre-school age may want to join
before their children enter school.
All persons interested in the
schools are welcome.
Vaccination Of
Dogs To Begin
Next Thursday
stating that five people recent
ly have been bitten by mad dogs
in Hoke County and are taking
treatment to prevent rabies, Dr.
J. W. Wiillcox, Moore County
Health officer, today called atten
tion of the public to the compul
sory dog vaccination program that
begins Thursday of next week,
April 1.
Moore County is definitely
threatened with rabies because of
several rabid dogs that have ap
peared recently in Robeson and
Hoke Counties, Dr. Willcox said.
He urged strict compliance with
the program as the only effective
way to keep rabies out of this
County.
The program opens at Vass next
Thursday when the veterinarian
will vaccinate dogs between 3 and
5:50 p. m. The next day, the stops
will be the M. N. Routh store
from 3 to 4 p. m. and Cameron
Depot from 4 to 6 p. m.
Complete schedule for the pro
gram appears elsewhere in to
day’s Pilot.
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NEW MEMBERS
The Chamber of Commerce
membership campaign is continu
ing, with the following members
added to the roster (new and re
newed) during the past week:
Howard’s Bakery; Russell Loren-
son, accountant; Broad Street
Pharmacy, Southern Pines Motors,
Dr. R. M. McMillan, Southern
Pines Warehouses, Inc., and Colo
nial Stores (two memberships).
GREETINGS AND A WELCOME to the Sand
hills are accorded Adlai E. Stevenson as he ar
rived Tuesday at the Paint Hill Farm home of
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest L. Ives for a 10-day vaca
tion. Left to right: W. Lamont Brown, chairman
of the Moore County Democratic Executive
Committee; Mayor Lloyd T. Clark of Southern
Pines; Mr. Stevenson; Dr. E. M. Medlin, mayor
of Aberdeen; J. Douglas David of Pinebluff,
No. 1 Democrat Here For Vacation
president of Moore County Young Democrats;
and Ray McDonald of Southern Pines who drove
the Stevenson party from Raleigh-Durham air
port, with stops at the Governor’s Mansion in
Raleigh and Sanford, to the Sandhills. Also
greeting Steveijson was H. Clifton Blue of Aber
deen, Moore County representative in the Gen
eral Assembly, who made this photograph and
so was not pictured.
County Will Greet Stevenson Tonight
Carthage Gathering
Investigation Of
Gambling At Race
Track Is Launched
Efforts To Arrest
Bookmakers Will Be
Made, Say Officials
An investigation into gambling
conducted by bookmakers at the
Stoneybrook Steeplechase races
Saturday* was launched this week
in Moore County, with W. Lamont
Brown of Southern Pines, solici
tor of recorders court, and M. G.
Boyette of Carthage, 13th District
Superior Court solicitor, promis
ing all possible efforts to appre
hend the bookmakers and tO' put
permanent stop to gambling at
races in Moore County. State law
prohibits gambling.
Sheriff C. J. McDonald, a pa
tient at, Moore County hospital
since early last week when he en
tered the institution for treatment
of a deep and long-lasting cold,
has directed his department to
give full cooperation in the in
vestigation.
Brown called the action of the
dozen or so bookmakers—who set
up stands and blackboards at the
track outside of Southern Pines—
“very brazen and very bold.” He
said that the first he knew of the
situation was when someone told
him Sunday morning that the Ra
leigh News and Observer had a
photograph of the bookmakers
(Continued on Page 5)
with W. Lament Brown and Voit
Gilmore of Southern Pines and
Dr. E. M. Medlin, mayor of Aber
deen
Between 200 and 300 persons
watched Stevenson tee off and he
After golfing and relaxing dur- was accorded frequent greetings
To Welcome Visitor
Set For 7 O'Clock
ing the first few days of his visit
to the Sandhills, Adlai E. Steven
son tonight (Friday) will make
the only formal appearance of his
vacation when he greets the pub
lic at the Carthage High School
gymnasium from 7 to 9 o’clock.
Hundreds of residents of Moore
and nearby counties and some vis
itors from more distant places are
expected to be on hand to wel
come the leader of the Democratic
party and 1952 Presidential candi
date.
No program has been announc
ed for the Carthage gathering
which is being arranged by the
Moore County Democratic Execu
tive committee of which W. La
mont Brown of Southern Pines is
chairman.
Most of the two-hour period
will probably be spent in direct
personal greetings to Stevenson,
with as many as possible of those
present afforded an opportunity
to shake his hand. The Carthage
gym holds 1,000 persons and con
siderably more than this number
may be present.
While it has been announced
that there will be no speech by
Stevenson at Carthage, he will
probably make a short talk in or
der to express himself to those he
is not able to meet personally.
During his Sandhills visit at the
home of his sister and brother-in-
law, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest L. Ives,
between Southern Pines and
Aberdeen, Stevenson is preparing
a major address to be delivered
at Charlotte April 2.
Golf Score: 103
Following his Tuesday arrival
in the Sandhills, Stevenson rested
Wednesday morning and then
played golf on the Pinehurst No.
3 course Wednesday afternoon
Mrs. Coley Heads
Easter Seal Sale
Mrs. Betty Coley is heading the
annual Easter Seal sale of the
Moore County Society for Crip
pled Children in Southern Pines,
it was announced this week. Mrs.
Coley is president of the Junior
Woman’s Club.
The local quota is $500, part
of a $2,500 quota set for Moore
County. The sale began officially
last week when chairmen
throughout the county were list
ed.
Over 90 per cent of the proceeds
of the sale remain in Moore Coun
ty to help crippled and physically
handicapped children in a variety
'of ways.
around tile course, local members
of the foursome reported. They
described the game as a very
pleasant round, with Stevenson
taking his golf seriously and
shooting 103 lor the 18 holes. The
former governor of Illinois re
vealed that the Pinehurst round
was one of the few times he had
played in two or three years. His
game improved Wednesday as the
match progressed, witnesses said.
The same group plans to play
again Saturday, it was learned.
The crowd watching Stevenson
tee off Wednesday gave him a
burst of applause and his welcome
at Pinehurst was described as
very cordial.
Son Not Here
While it was thought last week
that John Fell Stevenson, 18-year-
cld son of Mr. Stevenson, would
accompany him to the Sandhills,
this plan was changed and John
Fell went for his Spring vacation
to Sarasota, Fla., to visit at the
home of a classmate at Milton
Academy, Milton, Mass.
Accompanying Stevenson is
William McCormick Blair who is
staying at the Mid Pines Club.
Blair is a tennis player and
matches were being arranged this
week, lor the Southern Pines mu
nicipal courts, as soon as they
dried out from rains earlier in the
week.
Patli Woodell Wins
Patti Woodell is Southern
Pines High School’s winner in a
speaking contest on the topic:
“Building World Peace: How Can
the United Nations Prevent Com
munist Aggression and Prepara
tion for Aggression.”
Irie Leonard, High School prin
cipal, announced this week that
Patti had been awarded a gold
key for placing first in the con
test. Others who took part were
Jean Safford, Dorothy
and Kay Davis.
Race Track
Not In Town
In a letter sent to the Raleigh
News and Observer—^the newspa
per that published a photograph
Sunday showing what it described
as “open gambhng at Southern
Pines races”—City Manager Tom
E. Cunningham points out that
the Stoneybrook race track, site of
the alleged gambling, is out of the
Southern Pines town limits and
that the gambling should not be
described as having taken place in
Southern Pines.
Councilman C. S. Patch, Jr., told
The Pilot this week he had also
written to the Raleigh newspaper,
as an individual citizen and not
officially as a member of the
council, to make it clear that the
track is not in town and that it
should not be made to appear that
officials, officers or citizens in
Southern Pines condone gambling
at the track.
“The town of Southern Pines
must not be tagged with the
Newton I blame for this situation,” Patch
said.
Division Of ABC Profits
Will Be Discussed At
Public Meeting Tuesday
Cameron Rides Golden Loch 2nd To Win Cup
Golden Loqh 11, 10-year-old
chestnut gelding owned by Miss
Eleonora Sears of Boston, won
the Sandhills Cup going away in
the Stoneybrook race meeting
Saturday.
Both the trainer, Michael G.
Walsh, and the rider, Carlyle
Cameron, made the feature race
a matter of local pride. For Cam
eron, Southern Pines’ only native
professional steeplechase rider—
ranked 13th in'the nation last !
year—it was the fourth consecu
tive Sandhills Cup win.
Though Golden Loch pulled
ahead of the field of 10 in the
stretch to win by four or five
lengths, Charles Stitzer’s Warrior
Gay, with his owner aboard, made
a fine race for second place in the
arduous two-and-a-quarter-mile
timber test.
Wlarrior Gay pushed Golden
Loch, a maiden ’chaser, at the
start. At the second fence South
west, ridden by Gene Weymouth,
took the lead, with Bit-Whip
Comet, ridden by Pat Murphy,
close behind. Two jumps from the
finish Golden Loch'forged ahead
again, with Warrior Gay pressing
him hard. A final spurt pushed
Golden Loch past the finish line
well ahead of the Warrior, in the
fine time of 4:5 3-5.
There was one spill as Charles
Jelke, riding WiUiam D. Hall’s
Flaming, took a header at the
next-to-last fence. He was unhurt.
Largest Field
The Sandhills Cup was one of
several highly exciting races, each
with its largest field in the his
tory of the local race meeting.
' (Continued on Page 19)
AUDREY WALSH, 11-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. G.
(Mickey) Walsh, smiles with pride and pleasure as she is award
ed a cup and trophy for winning The Pines, a ladies’ race, on her
own horse. Journey, at the Stoneybrook races Saturday. Making
the presentation are Anne (Pinky) Doyle and Billy Doyle, chil
dren of Mrs. Mary Doyle who donated the cup. Billy Gross, son
of Brig. Gen. and Mrs. William M. Gross, who was official bugler
at the races, is partially visible in upper left corner of picture.
Mrs. Doyle is partially visible above her soq.
(Photo by Emerson Humphrey)
MR. LeTOURNEAU
LeTourneauWill
Make Four Talks
In Moore County
'God's Businessman'
To Address Meeting
Here Sunday, 3 p.m.
Robert G. LeTourneau of Long
view, Texas, industrialist, philan
thropist and outstanding (Christian
businessman, will arrive at Knoll-
wood Airport Saturday at 4 p.m.
for a busy week-end of speech
making in Moore County.
LeTourneau is an American
phenomenon. A self-taught me
chanical genius, he pioneered con
struction of earth-moving machin
ery and many years ago assumed
his deeply sincere role as “God’s
businessman.”
Four Engagements
While in Moore County LeTour
neau will fill lour speaking en-;
gagements with the following
schedule:
Aberdeen high school gym, Sat
urday at 7:30 p. m.
Carthage Methodist Church,
Sunday at 10 a. m.
Brownson Memorial Presbyte
rian Church in Southern Pines
Sunday at 11 a. m.
Southern Pines high school au
ditorium, Sunday at 3 p. m.
(Continued on Page 5)
‘Horse Carnival’
Sunday To Benefit
Moore Red Cross
Flat races, trotting races, jump
ing and exhibitions will be com
bined into a Horse Carnival to be
presented at the Pinehurst Race
Track Sunday afternoon. Some
of the many noted riders now in
the horse-conscious Sandhills win
ter training establishments will
take part in the big show, which
will benefit the Moore County
Red Cross.
The program will open with an
Olympic Jumping event opposite
the grand stand. This classic of
the horse show ring will enable
spectators to see such outstanding
performers as Dooley Adams, the
top steeplechase rider of the coun
try in action on one of his fine
mounts. Adams won the Open
Hurdle at the Stoneybrook Races
at Southern Pines a week ago on
Fiddler’s Choice. Another star
will be Carlyle Cameron who last
week at the same meet won the
Sandhills Cup on Golden Loch
2nd. Other nationally known ex
perts like Miss Joan Walsh of
(Continued on Page 5)
Three Named To
Elections Board
S. C. Rid(lle of Carthage, J. Hu
bert McCaskill of Pinehurst and
B. W. Paschal of Carthage, route,
have been approved by the State
board of elections as members of
new board of elections for
Moore County. The first named
are Democrats and the last a Re
publican. Mr. Riddle has served
as chairman of the board of elec
tions for several years.
The appointments followed rec
ommendations of party commit
tees for members of the new
board. Supervision Of the May
29 primary is the first task fac
ing the board.
All Persons
Interested
Are Invited
The town council, meeting in a
special session Monday night, de
cided to call a meeting for Tues
day, March 30, at the town hall,
inviting all interested citizens to
attend for the purpose of discuss
ing current efforts by town offi
cials and others to get a more
equitable division of Alcoholic
Beverage Control store profits be
tween the towns of Southern
Pines and Pinehurst, on one hand,
and the county.
Monday’s discussion followed
an appearance of Mayor Lloyd
Clark and Councilman Voit Gil
more and Joe O’Callaghan and
others before a joint session of the
board of county commissioners
and the ABC board at Carthage
March 1. At that time, the South
ern Pines delegation pointed out
that Southern Pines and Pine
hurst receive a much smaller
share of the profits than do other
municipalities in which ABC
stores are located over the state.
Mayor Clark also told the gath
ering that the amount sent to
Southern Pines by the ABC board
this year from the board’s law en
forcement fund was a great deal
less than it had been for several
years previously and that the
town’s 1953-54 budget had antici
pated much more than was re
ceived.
Lawmakers Invited
County Commissioner J. M.
Pleasants of Southern Pines, rep
resentative on the board of com
missioners from this district, and
State Rep. H. Clifton Blue of Ab
erdeen have been invited to attend
the meeting set for Tuesday.
Any action in changing the pro
portion of ABC profits received
by Southern Pines and Pinehurst
would have to be made through
a bill in the 1955 session of the
General Assembly.
Annexation Approved
In another action at Monday’s
meeting, the council adopted an
ordinance annexing into the city
limits, on petition of the property
owners, four lots and three houses
near the town line on Midland
Road and the road from Midland
Road to Carthage and St. Joseph’s
hospital. The property involved
belongs to Mr. and Mrs. John C.
Parrish and Lloyd Stemple.
Garden Tour To
Be Held April 7
The Spring Garden Tour of the
Southern Pines Garden Club will
be held Wednesday, April 7, with
the Shaw House as headquarters
and eight beautiful gardened
homes composing the tour. Most
of the homes, as well as the gar
dens, will be opened to the public
for the occasion.
Following are the homes listed
by the club for the 1954 tour: Mr.
and Mrs. Kenneth TrousdeU, Mor-
ganton Road; Mr. and Mrs. D. W.
Winkelman, Massachusetts Ave
nue; “The Corral,” home of the
John C. Ostroms; Vernon Valley
Farms, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon G.
Cardy; W. D. Campbell home,
Connecticut Avenue; “Pickridge,”
Mr. and Mrs. Harold A. Collins;
Seven Stars,” Mrs. Audrey K.
Kennedy; and Mr. and Mrs. Harry
M. Vale, Jr.
The Ostrom and Cardy homes
are new to the tour, while some*
have not been shown for several
years. A couple of others are per
ennial favorites, listed again by
popular demand.
A new attraction for the tour
will be the loom house put up
last year on the Shaw House
grounds an authentic log cabin
furnished with the tools and uten
sils used for weaving, cooking
and other activities of the house
keeping routine of a century or
more ago. Mrs. Ernest L. Ives will
be chairman of the hostess group
at the Shaw House, where lunch
eon and tea will be served.
The Southern Pines tour, sched
uled each year for the time when
dogwood, azalea and other spring
blossoming is at its height, has
drawn increasing crowds of vis
itors since its inception in 1950.