Crash Peels Back
Top Of Car, Hurts
Driver at Pinebluf f
A car-truck collision at Pine-
bluff about 5:15 p. m. Wednesday
peeled back the steel top of a
green 1949 Chrysler sedan as
though the auto had been a con
vertible and injured an Aberdeen
Negro woman, Mrs. Gladys Mc
Kenzie, 45, The driver was alone
in the car.
Highway Patrolman C. G. Wim
berly, who investigated the un
usual crash, said that the woman
ran the car into the rear of a large
parked tractor-trailer loaded with
steel beams which projected from
the rear of the trailer and slashed
through the windshield of the car
' on the right-hand side.
The woman was bruised and
shaken up and received hospital
treatment for a leg laceration. Pa
trolman Wimberly said Thursday
that no charges had been prefer
red, pending further investigation,
Eye-witnesses of the accident re
ported that the woman appeared
to be intoxicated and that the car
was weaving on the road prior to
the collision.
The truck was parked off the
highway, headed north, in front of
Keith’s Grill. The Aberdeen car,
also headed north, ran into the
left rear of the truck. The entire
front part of the car was smashed
in and the top was nearly torn off
by the large steel beams project
ing from the! rear of the truck.
The truck, property of Eagle
Motor Lines, Birmingham, Ala
was slightly damaged.
The Old Shaw House
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Built by Squire Charles C. Shaw, one of the early settlers of
this section, the Shaw House was opened to the public by the
Moore County Historical Association in January, 1947. This
week it played host to 900 and some visitors to the local Garden
Club tour. It will be the scene of an aU-day auction this Satur
day, (with Wednesday held in reserve as the second-string date,
if it rains Saturday.)
Try To Get In!
Townshend Will
Play In All-Star
Basketball Game
A high honor came this week
to Jimmy Townshend, high school
senior and son of Mr. and Mrs.
Curtis S. Townshend of Country
Club Drive, when he was invited
to participate in the North Caro
lina High School All-Star basket
ball game at Greensboro Tuesday,
August 10.
In making the announcement,
Irie Leonard, Southern Pines
High School principal, said that
the invitation is one of the high
est honors that can come to a high
school basketball player in the
state.
a' guard with the Southern
Pines Blue Knights, Jimmy led
his team in scoring and was chos
en an all-county player for two
years.
The All-Star basketball game,
along with an All-Star football
game, features competition be
tween teams from East and West
in the state. Jimmy will play on
the Eastern squad to be coached
by Ben Lundy of Rocky Mount.
The games are played in con
nection with a coaching clinic and
are sponsored by the N. C. Coach
es Association and the Greensboro
Daily News.
Gary Mattocks of Southern
Pines High School was chosen to
play in the All-Star basketball
game in 1949—the only other such
invitation issued to a local high
school player, until the recent in
vitation received by Townshend.
Old Shaw House Bursting At Seams
In Season’s Three-Ring Cireus Week
The Shaw House has been a
three-ring circus this week, with
the accent, happily, on the three
rings and not the circus. Though
we don’t doubt that elements of
the latter have crept in to enliven^
the proceedings.
The three rings in question are,
of course, first, the past feverish
activity on behalf of the Garden
Club tour at which some 900 peo
ple were entertained. The old
house figured as headquarters for
the tour held on Wednesday. Tick
ets were sold there and the guests
were despatched on their round
of local gardens and homes. There,
also, was served the attractive al
fresco lunch.
With long tables set out under
the budding trees at the back of
the house, the old-timey table
ware doing yeoman service, as
always, livened by the rich
browns and yellows of Moore
County’s Jugtown Pottery, the
sight evoked murmurs of pleas
ure. Repeated, in growing chonis,
as the guests sat down to a lunch
that was tasty, spicy, green-
salady, to suit the taste of
the veriest epicure; and served
with expedition and efficiency.
That was the first of three rings
that occupied Shaw House this
week. The second may be said to
have been the regular trade
luncheons and teas have been
served in increasing numbers as
folks stopped over at the historic
building on their way North, or
drove over from peighboring
towns to see the herb garden, en
joy the refreshing meals and gen-
KILLER JAILED
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Previous to his service with Mr.
Yeomans, he had worked for many
yearsfor Mrs. Walter MacNeille of
Pinebluff, and had done orderly
duty for various cases in the coun
ty. '
It is reported that not long
before his death, his minister, fol
lowing the funeral of a man who
met death in much the same way,
had warned Clyburn that he
might well suffer a similar fate,
if he did not mend his ways. The
slain man said he knew it and
told the friendly preacher: “If I
die that way, I don’t want you to
cover it up in the funeral sermon.
I want you to tell it the way it
happened.”
Found Nearly Dead
Pirn Dunlap, alias Pim McGill,
of Raeford, about 30 years old,
was found semi-conscious On
street in Taylortown, near Pine-
hurst, about 2:30 a. m. Monday.
He was taken to Moore (Jounty
Hospital, where he died about 15
minutes after arrival. An autopsy
showed death to have been caused
by three bullet wounds in the
body, fired from an automatic re
volver, and Coroner Ralph G.
Steed returned a verdict of “death
by shooting by a person or per
sons unknown.”
Several suspects were picked
up within the next few hours for
questioning, and three were held
in Moore County jail pending fur
ther investigation of the case.
Chief J. T. Shepherd of the Pine-
hurst police department, heading
the investigation, called in the
SBI at once, and intensive work
is under way with a break in the
case expected shortly.
springy fashion. Not forgetting, of
course, this winter’s new attrac
tion: the weaving house.
Last of the three rings is the
present turmoil going on as mem
bers of the Historical Association
get ready for the auction to be
held Saturday for the benefit of
the association’s projects.
A visit to the Shaw House
Thursday was replete with ad
venture. Fighting your way in
over piles of mysterious consign
ments to the auction and under or
over or through the folks sorting
and laying out and desperately
computing values and prices, was
in itself a major accomplishment.
Once inside, you faced the auction
itself, or the preliminaries to it,
the chairs, tables, pottery, silver
ware, pictures and so on and so
on, that have come in to be sold.
A hasty glance was enough to
see that they represented many
tastes and would appeal to as
many. The antique-lover can go
on the usual antique-lover’s jag,
the eye that is caught by the
gleam of fine silver can settle for
that. A special feature, it seemed,
would be the corner where some
fine old prints were stacked.
The auction is taking place all
day, we are told, and folks are
going to buy lunches at the Shaw
House, or bring their own picnics.
Those who have attended past
auctions know well that the word:
“picnic,” might well be an appro
priate one for this affair. In fact,
it strikes this reporter that a com
bination of “circus” and “picnic”
is a pretty good way of describing
not only what happens but the
Dance For Troops
Will Be Held
Saturday Night
As an event in the local pro
gram of entertainment for service
men taking part in the Flash Burn
maneuvers, the Southern Pines
Recreation Commission will spon
sor a dance at the school gymna
sium Saturday from 8 to 11:30
p.m., for 100 men now stationed
at Camp MackaU. The men to
attend, selected at the camp, will
be transported to Southern Pines.
An Army orchestra will furnish
music. A number of invitations
are being issued to girls in South
ern Pines, Pinehurst, Aberdeen
and Carthage and other girls are
welcome to attend. The Junior
Woman’s Club in Aberdeen is
handling transportation for girls
there and persons to arrange
transportation and chaperoning
have been named in the other
towns.
The dance is a joint project of
the recreation commission and
other groups cooperating in the
current servicemen’s recreation
project here.
Plans call for Mayor Lloyd T.
Clark to welcome the soldiers at
tending the dance. Volunteer
chaperones include, in addition to
Mayor and Mrs. Clark, Mr. and
Mrs. C. N. Page, Mr. and Mrs. W.
S. Bushby and members of the
recreation commission with their
wives or husbands.
Mrs. W. P. Davis and Mrs. John
Ruggles, of the recreation commis
sion, have been leading work on
the dance project.
Centers Open
Four recreation centers which
have been open the past few
weekends will continue in opera
tion Friday night through Sunday.
They are at the Community Cen
ter (former Elks Club) on May
Street, Emmanuel Episcopal
Church, at the Church of Wide
Fellowship and at Brownson Me
morial Presbyterian Church.
:rally mosey round in leisurely kind of fun it always is.
Council To Meet Tuesday And Friday;
Hearing Set In Filling Station Case
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Ed Cox, Jr.,
motored to Charlotte, Tryon and
Asheville over the weekend.
A town plumbing code, methods
of increasing efficiency of water
bill collection and meter reading,
discontinuance of free water serv
ice to churches and other organ
izations, seven appointments to
the town recreation commission
and two appointments to the
school board are among matters
slated to come before the South
ern Pines town council for dis
cussion when the council meets at
town hall Tuesday night at 8 p. m.
Following a system started last'
month, the council will have a
discsusion session Tuesday, defer
ring action on the matters pre
sented to it until another meeting
Friday at 8 p. m.
Public Hearing
Also set for Tuesday night is a
public hearing before the council
to consider whether or not a per
mit shall be granted to construct
a filling station on southwest cor
ner of S. W. Broad St., and Mass
achusetts Ave. Application for
such a permit was made to the
board by Harry Fullenwider, at
torney for A. Montesanti, owner
of the property, with the explan
ation that Mr. Montesanti pro
poses to sell the property to an
unnamed party who wiU, if per
mission is granted, build a service
station there.
Construction of public garages
and filling stations in the South
ern Pines business district is now
prohibited.
It is up to the council to decide
if a permit for a filling station
shall be issued.
If there is no protest from near
by property owners, the council
can give consent by a simple ma
jority vote. If there is protest by
owners of 20 per cent or more of
the lots included in the same
block as the proposed site or those
directly opposite, within 400 feet,
consent cannot be given except
by a favorable vote of three-
fourths of all the members of the
council.
Similar proposals have been
made before in the past several
years and have been denied by
the town governing body.
Plumbing Code
Proposal that the town have a
modern plumbing code has been
made after consultation by City
Manager Tom E. Cunningham
with W. F. Morrison, executive
secretary of the State board of
examiners of plumbing and heat
ing contractors, and the proposed
code has been discussed with sev
eral local licensed plumbers.
A proposed ordinance covering
water bill collection and meter
reading would add a $2 charge to
all unpaid accounts after 30 days
and meters would be removed
after 60 days. Re-reading of water
meters would cost consumers $1,
if the original reading proves to
be accurate.
These proposals are designed to
eliminate time-consuming and
costly procedures in collecting de
linquent water accunts and follow
a detailed study of collection pro
cedures by Cunningham.
Free water has been given to
19 consumers, largely churches or
church buildings which have con
sumed water in the past quarter
that would have cost, if it had
been paid for, from the minimum
charge of $5 to $42.50.
Proposal to discontinue free
water is based on the town’s pol
icy to operate its water system on
an impartial, business-like ba-
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counting of all income and expen
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free water amounts to, should be
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Appoinlmenls
Terms of office of seven mem- I
bers of the recreation commission
expire May 1 and the council will
be asked next week to consider j
making appointments to these |
posts. Those whose terms expire,
with length of the term, are: John I
Pottle, three years; Joe Montesan- |
ti, Jr., three years; the Rev. C. K.
Ligon, one year; Mrs. Billie Da
vis, one year; A. C. Dawson (ex-
officio) three years; Graham Cul- I
blreth (ex-officio)s three years; |
and C. S. Patch, Jr., (ex-officio),
three years.
The other two members of the |
commission are J. W. Moore (two-
year term to expire May 1, 1955) I
and Mrs. Hilda Ruggles (two-year |
term to expire May 1, 1955).
The two school board terms ex- I
piring May 1 are those of Dr. Vida
McLeod and Chairman John How-
arth. Both are three-year terms.
Other members of the school
board and their terms are: N. L.
Hodgkins, Sr., three years expir- I
ing May 1, 1956; L. F. Garvin,
Manly, three years expiring May
1, 1956; and Harry Menzel, three [
years expiring May 1, 1955.
Nearly 2,000 Umpires will con
trol Exercise Flash Burn, the
Army’s atomic defense maneuver
to be held during April and May
in the Fort Bragg-Camp Mackallj
area of North Carolina.
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