THE PILOT—Southern Pines, North Carolina
FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1954
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West Southern Pines ward be set
up from which residents there
would elect their own representa
tive on the council.
This proposal met with objec
tions both from members of the
council and from the Rev. J. R.
Funderburk of West Southern
Pines, a visitor at the meeting,
all of whom said they believed
that voting on councilman should
be general. The Negro pastor said
that he felt a West Southern Pines
representative should be a gener
al representative of the town and
not appear to be on the council
to plead the special case of Negro
citizens.
Mayor L. T. Clark said that in
his opinion a suitable candidate
from West Southern Pines could
win election under the present
election set-up, with general vot
ing on all candidates by the
town’s electorate.
In a long session that included
discussion of a score of items, on
all of which action was deferred
until Friday night, the council
heard a request from George H.
Leonard, president of the South
ern Pines Library Association,
that the council make plans for
greater support of the library and,
if possible, make a capital outlay
grant to cover painting and re
pairs estimated to cost more than
$1,000, now immediately needed
by the library.
The town cannot make a regu
lar appropriation to the library, it
was pointed out, without a vote of
the people authorizing this use of
tax money. Any immediate grant,
said City Manager Tom E. Cun
ningham, would have to be cut
from some other appropriation
and it would be up to the council
to decide if and where such a cut
could be made.
Garland McPherson, chairman
of a Citizens Advisory Committee
sub-committee that made a re
port to the council on Mount
Hope cemetery, was present to
discuss the report with the coun
cil. The committee recommended
reduction of personnel at the cem
etery to one person, which has
already been done, and concluded
that the cemetery could best be
operated by a tax subsidy, rather
than raising the price of lots.
In a discussion of proposed
plans to cut off free water to
churches and other institutions,
opinion of councilmen was divid
ed. The matter comes up for a
vote Friday night. Mrs. Kath
erine N. McColl was present to
say that discontinuing free water
at the Shaw House would be a
hardship to the Historical Associa
tion.
A hearing on proposal to estab
lish a service station at the corner
of Massachusetts Avenue and S.
W. Broad street brought forth a
petition signed by 17 persons liv
ing in the area, objecting to the
station. Mayor Clark, who lives
next to the site and signed the pe
tition, retired from the room dur
ing the hearing.
Since the signers number well
over 20 per cent of the residents
in the area, permission to allow
the station can be given only by a
favorable vote of three-fourths of
the members of the council. The
vote will be taken Friday night.
Dr. E. M. Medlin, mayor of Ab
erdeen, and State Rep. H. Clifton
Blue will be invited to attend Fri
day night’s meeting to discuss
with council out-of-town zoning
procedures to protect the ap
proaches of the town. The pro
posal, made in 1951 and not car
ried to the General Assembly at
that time, would be a matter for
action by the 1955 Assembly.
Mr. and Mrs. Antoon Yonker of
Chicago, Ill., are visiting his pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Yonker,
at Lakeview.
Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Page Clark
are spending the Easter weekend
at Camp Awaniko, in the western
part of the state, with their
daughter. Miss Nancy Wrenn.
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