PAGE TWELVE
THE PILOT—Southern Pines. North Carolina
FRIDAY. APRIL 16. 1954
Two Teen-Agers
Faee Hearing On
Forgery Charges
Worthy Hector Moore, 19, and
Albert Floyd Sheffield, 17,, both
of near Robbins, face a hearing on
forgery charges in Moore County
recorders court, perhaps when the
court convenes on Tuesday of next
week.
A chain of events that led to
apprehension of the two boys be
gan with the alertness of Con
stable Oscar Bailey at West End
who. was in the post office there
Wednesday of last week when he
heard a car start up with rapMly
turning wheels. Thinking it might
be a local driver who was prepar
ing for speeding or'reckless driv
ing in town, the constable went to
the door in time to see the back of
a dark blue Ford with an unusual
chrome “V” decoration on the
rear, taking off up the road.
Shortly thereafter W. A. John
son., Jr., of the West End Hard
ware Co., reported that a young
man had tried to cash a check for
$58, drawn on the Bank of Biscoe
at Robbins, in the store and had
left in a hurry when he, Johnson,
started to call the bank to inquire
about the check. Iiyiuiry proved
the check a forgery.
Bailey recognized the names on
the check and noted that one waS
that of a man who had been dead
about two years. The constable
and John K. Sharpe, Moore ABC
officer, then began a systematic
search of upper Moore County and
located the Ford with the peculiar
marking in Robbins the next day.
Moore, the driver, was taken to
West End where* Johnson and a
store clerk identifipd him as the
youth who had attempted to pass
the $58 check the previous day.
Moore was brought to Carthage
and was jailed on a forgery
charge.
Meanwhile, Sheriff C. J. Mc
Donald had communicated with
Sheriff Elwood Long of Montgom
ery County because of one of the
names on the check and the fact
that it was drawn on the Bank of
Biscoe. Sheriff Long, already
dealing with several forgery com
plaints, brought some of the Mont
gomery county people who had
been given bad checks to Car
thage with him to look at Moore.
They did not recognize him but
did identify Sheffield who was in
the courthouse as a bystander and
friend of Moore who had come
there with Moore’s father to see
about getting Moore out on bond.
Both youths were then taken
back to Troy by Sheriff Long and
were given a hearing Tuesday. No
probable cause was found against
Moore in Montgomery County and
he was turned over to the Moore
sheriff’s department. He made
$500 bond for appearance at're
corders court Tuesday.
Probable cause was found in the
case of Sheffield at Troy and it is
not known when he will be turn
ed over to Moore County, but it
was hoped he could be in Car
thage for a hearing Tuesday. The
boys are friends and apparently
worked together on some of their
alleged check operations, officers
said. Other complaints than the
one from West End have been
made to the sheriff’s department
involving one or both of the boys,
Thieves Abandon
Car Here, Steal
Another, Move On
j Car thieves who apparently
' stole their way across three states
I last week, using at least five cars
in the process, left in a car aban
doned here last Tuesday night a
zippered black-leather notebook
which may become evidence
against them.
The case is under investigation
by the FBI, according to Chief C.
1 E. Newton.
The notebook was left in a Mer-
Cumberland County. 1754-1954
Cape Fear Valley Festival To Open
Fayetteville Events
Begin Monday To Run
Through Next Week
The event in honor of which
Fayetteville men have been grow
ing beards in recent weeks will
begin Monday, April 19—the Cape
Fear Valley Festival, marking
Cumberland County’s bi-centen
nial, 1754-1954.
The celebration week will run
Tragic Stbry In Figures
1,118 Traffic Deaths In ’53
Thfe Motor Vehicles Department 777 motor accidents for the year.
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cury sedan, with a April 19 through 25, with John
city tag, local police found aban- ^ Oates, noted historian of Fay
DAN BOYD, 30-year-old artist who spent much of his child
hood here, is pictured at San Francisco, Calif., with a piece of
abstract sculpture he carved from cedar driftwood. He is the
son of Mrs. James Boyd of Southern Pines. The current exhibi
tion of his work at the Library Art Gallery will run through
April 24. (Photo by William Tsuchida)
Dan Boyd’s Work Reveals
Artist’s Deep Convictions
The exhibition of Dan Boyd’s
painting and sculpture in the
Southern Pines Library Art Gal
lery during the Easter season is
appropriate, because this artist’s
interest is in the realm of spiritual
concepts.
Of the paintings sent by the ar
tist from San Francisco, including
both early work in the representa
tional style and recent abstrac
tions, the main exhibit is of the
abstractions, conveying the ma
ture viewpoint of the artist. His
style is developed from a tech
nique of overpainting, of light
areas built upon a dark back
ground. At least, this is the tech
nical process that Boyd has used
to express freely his deeply felt
convictions on the topics he has
selected to paint.
In his “Descent from the Cross,”
there will be found no human fig
ure to distract from the realiza
tion of the infinitely important
event that has taken place. Line,
motion, color and sudden out
bursts of light convey the hope
and love, the tenderness and
steadfastness of the enfolded
thought found in that situation.
So in the painting of the cruci
fixion, entitled “Were You
There?”, the green and black col
or harmony in its rich darkness
conveys the mood of that which
would try to kill the Christ; while
the flashes of light, the swiftness
and life of the strokes, prove this
an impossibility.
Again in “Flight into Egypt,”
Boyd has employed a black and
tan overpainting of red earth
color, the light designs moving in
a white apd pale blue. The inter
play of these forms speak clearly
of the swift protection given to
the child in his escape from harm,
The heavy technique is Adjected
for a thin, almost stain-quality, in
an oil, “Reflection,” creating the
motion and feeling of the water
A moving black line holds the at
tention against a shimmering
background of blue and orange
Another deviation from the
deeper themes is “Anti Modular
Construction” where deliberate
use is made of only the straight
line, eliminating color for black
and white.
The single piece of sculpture in
the show is carved from “old
burnt pine” and incorporates the
rhythm and form of Boyd’s other
work. Planes constructed to hold
and reflect the light, give the feel
ing of motion to this static ma
terial.
Of interest are three sketches
shown, one in watercolor, two in
black and white, from which the
larger cils are developed.
Boyd has made a swift transi
tion from the realistic percep
tion of 1947 (shown in three works
on view in the adjoining North
Carolina Room) to the freedom
and expression of his recent ab
stract canvases. He has attained a
richness of color from a limited
palette, a sense of form without
resorting to drawing. A vital
force, a zest for spiritual values,
is painted. The artist does not tell
a story but paints an idea.
‘ doned just off the Midland Road
I The car was found to have been
stolen from a Mr. Buchanan of
Henderson, who cEime that same
night to get it, but disclaimed the
notebook. -
At the same time, a 1954 Lin
coln Capri belonging to Dr. Ben
P. Houser of Tamaqua, Pa., was
reported to have been stolen here.
Dr. Houser and a friend, here on
a golfing vacation, were guests at
Highland Lodge. The Lincoln was
located the next day, out of gas
and ditched, with minor damage,
32 miles below Lexington, S. C.,
where another car was stolen. A
later report was that the Lexing
ton car was abandoned, and an
other car stolen, at Aiken.
The black notebook yielded no
name, but contained advertising
literature of the Addressograph
Company, with a Raleigh address.
Chief Newton Svrote this informa
tion to R. E. Goodwin, Raleigh
chief of drtectives, and on Wed
nesday received a reply.
The notebook belonged to W. H.
Singleton HI, a Raleigh salesman,
and had been in his car which was
stolen, and later recovered, in Ra
leigh April- 5, Goodwin wrote.
Some laundry and ladies’ arid
men’s clothing which had been in
the Singleton car were not in it
when the car was found. The
men’s clothing had, however,
since been recovered by Sheriff
J. B. Stanley of Jefferson county
Louisville, Ga., “resulting from
the arrest of Paul Nelson, alias
Ru5sell Wilson Hardesty, and
John Wright, alias Ronald Pettie;
who were arrested driving a car
stolen in Aiken, and‘ have been
returned for trial there.
Where the men are from, and
where they were heading in such
a hurry, remain a mystery.
Golf clubs, cameras and clothing
in Dr. Houser’s car were found in
tact, though a flashlight and oth
er minor articles were missing
from the glove compartment, said
Chief Newton, who went with
the Pensylvanian to South Caro
lina to reclaim his car, valued at
$5,200.
etteville as general chairman.
A highlight of the observance
will be presentation of the- spec
tacle, “The River of Courage,”
each night at 8:15, April 19
through 24, on a 300-foot stage in
the Fayetteville High School Bowl
with a cast of some 750 Cumber
land County people. Each perfor
mance will be followed by a fire
works display. There will be an
admission charge.
The spectacle depicts the his
tory of Cumberland County from
its early Indian days in 22 dra
matic episodes,TncIuding the com
ing of the Highland Scots to the
Cape Fear Valley, the great fire of
has issued a final summary of
1953 traffic deaths. It listed 1,118
fatalities and 15,171 injuries.
Leading the fatality toll was
Mecklenburg County with 51
deaths including six Charlotte
pedestrians. Guilford’s recofd was
slightly better with 46 and Robe
son was in third place with 44.
Running off the road accounted
for the greatest number of dead
the department noted. In the 8,-
033 cases of running off the road
reported, 350 persons died.
There were 244 pedestrians
deaths during the year, including
32 children under five.
Speeding, driving on the wrong
side of the road, and drinking
wpre the principle driver viola
tions listed in the fatal accident
column. Excessive speed was in
volved in 381 fatal mishaps; driv
ing on the wrong side of the road
in 93; and drinking in 66 cases.
Saturday continued to be the
most hazardous day for travel
with 261 deaths occurring on Sat-
The year end report was pre
pared by the Highway Safety Di
vision’s Statistical Section under
the direction of James E. Civils.
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1831, the War Bet^^^en the States throughout the year.
and up through “ The report listed a total of 45,-
with troops from Fort Bragg per-
PINEBLUFF NEWS
Aberdeen Legion Is
Sponsoring Dance
The Aberdeen American Legion
Post is sponsoring a dance from 8
to 11:30 tonight at the Community
House there for the soldiers at
Camp Mackall. Music will be by
an Air Force Band and the dance
will be well chaperoned, with a
courtesy patrol of MB’s on hand.
All young ladies of the Sandhills
are invited to attend this event
tonight (Friday).
VISITING IN PINEHURST
Miss Nancy Campbell of Ashe
ville and Miss Frances Campbell
of Winston-Salem are spending
the weekend with their paren-ts,
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Campbell, in
Pinehurst.
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LOT’S CLASSIFIED COLUMN
Blue Knights In
County Playoff
With 7-1 Record
A 4-3 victory over Aberdeen’s
Red Devils Wednesday at Aber
deen made the Southern Pines
Blue Knights the winner in the
Southern Moore County group of
high school basebaU Jteams and
puts the local boys in a playoff
with the northern group champs
Tuesday of next week.
Winner in the northern group
had not yet been determined
Thursday. The wlpner of the
Moore county north-south game
will play the Montgomery County
repfesentative Friday, April 23.
Wednesday’s win from Aber
deen was the seventh victory
against o-ne defeat for the Blue
Knights this season.
David Page, local hurler who
is undefeated for the season and
who put on a brilliant perform
ance in striking out 17 batters and
allowing only one hit in a 2-0
win from Pinehurst last Friday,
was the winning pitcher Wednes
day. He struck out nine, allowing
three hits.
J. D. Cribb of Aberdeen fanned
five and allowed six hits. Both
teams were charged with two
errors. The Aberdeen game
went into an extra inning.
Donald Van Benschoten chove in
the winning run in the eighth.
The local boys were to play a
non-conference contest with Red
Springs Thursday.
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LOT’S CLASSIFIED COLUMN.
Baptist Circles Meet
The Carmen Adams Circle of
Ives Memorial Baptist Church met
Monday evening with Mrs. Hazel
Allison. Mrs. Johnny Carpenter
was in charge of the program:
“Carver School Of Missions and
Social Work.” Following the meet
ing the hostess served refresh
ments to the seven, members and
one visitor present. There were
two new members.
Mrs. Herbert VanBoskerck was
hostess to the Margaret Holder
Circle at her home Monday eve
ning. Seven members answered
roll call and two visitors were
present. The program on “Carver
School of Missions and Social
Work” was presented by Mrs.
Ethel Edwards. A solo, “The Old
Rugged Cross,” by Miss Hazel
Brooks was enjoyed. The hostess
served refreshments.
Personals
Mrs. Lester Cautin and daugh
ter, Miss Helene Cautin, of Lake
Placid, N. Y., are spending some
time with Mrs. Cautin’s daughter,
Mrs. Walter Alpert, and Mr. Al-
pert.
Mrs. Sydney B. Edwards and
son Gregory of Fort Bragg spent
several days last week with Mrs.
Edwards’ parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Theo Berg.
Mrs. J. D. Adcox and Mr. and
Mrs. A. White of Wagram spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. E. G.
Adams, Sr., and Mr. and Mrs. O.
C. Adcox. ‘
Mrs. M. F. Butner has returned
home alter spendihg the winter
in Siloam with her mother, Mrs.
S. J. Atkinson.
Mrs. Albert Neiderer of Dela-
wanna, N. J., is visiting her sis
ter, Idrs. E. J. Austin, and ^Ir.
Austin.
Miss Betty Jordan of Siler City
was a weekend guest of Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Troutman.
Mrs. Lonnie Gray and Mr. and
Mrs. Mac Pierce spent the week
end with Mrs. Gray’s daughters
and sons-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Virgil Carpenter and Mr. and Mrs.
Bruce Wloodcock.
Mrs. L. L. Foushee and son Ger
ald of Durham were weekend
Chinchillas To
Be Shown Here
PILOT ADVERTISING PAYSl
Mrs. R. G. McCaskill, and Mr.
McCaskilL Mrs. Foushee attended
the Homecoming at' Aberdeen
High School Sunday afternoon.
Mrs- John Ussery of Fayetteville
was up for the Homecoming.
Mrs. Ronald Bleau and Miss
Jane Land, students at State Col
lege, spent the weekend with Mrs.
Bleau’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. O.
C. Adcox.
Mrs. Walter Zion of Cleveland,
N. Y., was a weekend guest of Mr.
and Mrs. E. F. Pickier. Mrs. Zion
was en route to her home after
spending the winter in Florida.
Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Carpenter,
Sr., spent Friday -at Duke Hospital
where Mrs. Carpenter went for a
check-up.
Miss Ruth Troutman, student
at Greensboro College, and How
ard Troutman of State College
were at home for the weekend
with their parents, Mr. and, Mrs
H. H. Troutman. Miss Troutman
took part on the program at the
Homecoming at Aberdeen High
School.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles McMas-
ter and daughter, Betty Ann,
spent Sunday in Laurinburg with
Mr. and Mrs. Teb Stewart.
Mrs. V. F. Tarlton spent Friday
in Sanford with her daughter,
Mrs. E. A. Helms, and Mr. Helms.
Mrs. Wade. ji»hnson and daugh
ters, Barbara and Virginia, of
Ocala, Fla., Mrs. Lottie Sedberry
of Rockingham, and Mrs. Storey
and Mrs. Mary Phillips of Hamlet
visited Mr. and Mrs. William E.
Dieterle Sunday afternoon.
At a recent meeting of the
.Moore-Montgomery Chinchilla
Club held with Harlie Canup in
Troy, plans were made'for a Chin
chilla Show to be held at the
Southern Pines Country Club on
Wednesday, May 5, from 3 to '7
p. mi. R. D. McLeod, president, of
Biscoe, presided over the meet-
Ten ranchers are expected to
exhibit and in addition to seeing
chinchilla pelts, spectators will
see live original South American
chinchillas — “bearers of the
world’s most precious fur.’
There will be no admission
charge and the public is invited
to attend.
A special showing for the bana-
hills Kiwanis Club will be held
before the show is opened to the
public.
Repose Runs 2nd
In Race At Tryon
POPULAR SLOGAN
North Carolina’s slogan, “Varie
ty Vacationland,” adopted in 1937
and used continually on North
Carolina travel literature and in
advertising since, is enjoying wide
popularity. Kentucky is using it
in the 1954 travel edition of its
state magazine; Ontario is using
it in *s 1954 travel booklet, and
New Jersey used a variation of
•■‘Variety Vacation” as the keynote
of its 1953 travel literature. 'The
expression was coined to describe
North Carolina’s multiple attrac-
aid 01 ijurnaiu tions-mountains, coast and Mid
guests of Mrs. Foushee’s sister,!South winter resorts.
Repose, owned by Mp. M. G.
Walsh of Southern Pines and
trained by her husband, “Mickey’
Walsh, pushed the winning Ginny
Bug in the Block House Steeple
chase Saturday to take second
money in the eighth running of
the event at the Tryon course.
The Sandhills horse, winner of
the Carolina Cup at Carnden the
previous Saturday, trailed the
field for the first lap of the Tryon
race, but pushed past other en
tries to almost catch up with Gin
ny Bug at the final jump in the
four-lap contest. Dave Thomas,
who rode Repose to the Camden
victory, was in the saddle again
Saturday at Tryon.
Another local horse to place in
the events at Tryon was Vpnon
G. Cardy’s Friar’s Maid, coming in
third in the North Carolina Hunt
Cup, another race on the program.
BAND CONCERT
The annual Spring concert by
the Southern Pines High School
band will be given Friday night,
April 30, at 8:15 p. m. in Weaver
Auditorium, announces Lynn Led-
den, band director. Details of the
event will be given next week.
forming in an actual combat set
ting.
Scottish, Theme
Of special interest in this area
settled by the Scots who came up
the Cape Fear Valley will be the
Festival events Of Friday, April
23, which has been designated
“Gathering of the Clans Day,
with Dr. J. H. McLeod of Fay
etteville as chairman.
Registration of Clans and in
dividual meetings of aU the clans
will be held in the morning. At 2 '
p. m., there will be a parade fea
turing the Girl Piper Band from
The Gaelic College of Celtic Folk
Arts and Highland Home Crafts,
St. Ann’s, Cape Breton, Nova
Scotia. Also in the parade will be
a special Flora Macdonald float
from Flora Macdonald College,
Red Springs, and the Fayetteville
High School Band in lull Scot
tish regalia.
After the parade there wiU be
Scottish street dancing near the
Market House in downtown Fay
etteville and at 4 p. m. dedication
of a historical marker to be plac
ed hy the State on Highway 87,
just below Rocklish Bridge, where
Gen. James Moore planned the
Revolutionary Battle of Moore’s
Creek.
The Scottish theme wiU also ap
pear in the opening day’s program
Monday, April 19, designated as
“Youth Day,” when the Fayette
ville High School Scottish Dancers
will perform at 7:30 p. m. in the
High School Bowl prior to the
opening performance of The
River of Courage.”
Program Each Day
Opening with “Youth Day”
Monday, the Festival will run
through the week with a special
designation for each day
day will be “Grand Parade
featuring the largest parade of the
week at 4 p. m., when the girl
pipers from Nova Scotia wiU also
appear.
A Moore County float, as re
ported in a front page story in to
day’s Pilot, will be in the parade
Tuesday.
Wednesday will be “Merchants
and Manufacturers Day.” Final
judging of the bi-centennial
beards grown by Cumberland
County men will take place that
evening at 7:30 in the High School
Thursday has been designated
“Armed Forces Salute Day,” with
displays of Army and Air Force
equipment and a milita^ p^ade.
After “Gathering of the Clans
Day” on Friday comes “Good
Neighbors Day” Saturday, with a
variety of human interest and
comic contests to begin at 2 p. m.
at the High School Bowl.
“Religious Commemoration
Day” on Sunday, April 25 wiU
conclude the bi-centennial cel^
bration. Several pastors will speak
during a program to begin in the
High School Bowl at 3 p. m. G_uest
speaker will be Dr. Edward D.
Grant, LLD, director of the De
partment of Institutions for the
State of Louisiana. Born in Scot
land Dr. Grant is a graduate of
Austin CoUege, Sherman, Texas.
He will speak on “The Contribu
tion of the Scotch People to the
Development of the Commumty,
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TALENT HUNT
There is still time to enter the
Arthur Smith TV Talent Hunt be
fore the big show that is to be
held in the Vass-Lakeyiew School
auditorium next Friday night,
April 23, at which time 10 top
local groups are to appear on the
stage, in addition to a one-h^
show by The Crackerjacks. ’^e
show is being sponsored by the
Vass Volunteer Fire Department
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