VOL. 35—NO. 23
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SOUTHERN PINES, NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY. APRIL 30, 1954
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Registration For Democratic Primary
To Begin Throughout County Saturday
Registrars To Be
At Polling Places
May L 8 and 15
Registration for voting in the
Democratic primary May 29 will
begin throughout Moore County
Saturday.
Registrars will be at polling
places in the .county’s 1'? precincts
from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. Saturday
and two Saturdays following, May
8 and 15. They may be reached at
their homes or places of business
for registration on other days, un
til close of the registration period
at sunset. May 15.
Saturday, May 22, will be chal
lenge day when any name on the
books may be challepged as to
that person’s right to vote in the
primary. The election will be held
Saturday, May 29.
A new registration is not re
quired for those persons who have
previously voted as Democrats in
primary and general elections in
those precincts where they now
reside.
New voters or those who have
moved from out of the state or
county or from one precinct to an
other within the county may Ob
tain instructions from any pre
cinct registrar.
Mrs. Grace Kaylor will have the
Southern Pines precinct books
open at the fire station Saturday
for registration of Democrats.
There is no Republican primary,
as the party’s candidates are chos
en in a county convention. A list
of all 17 Moore registrars appear
ed in The Pilot last week.
There are only four contested
offices in the primary at the coun
ty level—sheriff, one seat on the
board of commissioners and one
seat on the board of education and
register of deeds.
Nancy Harris Of
West End Crowned
"Sandhills Queen
Nancy Louise Harris of West
End, sponsored by West End High
School, was voted 1954 Queen of
the Sandhills in a beauty contest
featuring the Pinehurst Volunteer
Firemen’s benefit dance last Fri
day night. Miss Harris is 17 years
old, has brown hair and eyes. She
weighs 125 pounds and is five feet,
seven inches in height.
Miss Lottie Bell Monroe, spon
sored by Robbins Mills at Aber
deen, was second in the contest
and Miss Patricia Lewis, sponsor
ed by Elise High School, Robbins,
third. Twenty young ladies ap
peared before the judges, E. C.
Jackson, Rye, N. Y., Fred Meiss
ner, Flushing, L. I., and George
Foster, Montreal, Canada. Nick
Crotty was master of ceremonies.
Jeep Maye and his orchestra
played for the occasion. The first
lady was crowned by Miss Jackie
Barnes, the 1953 Queen. Prizes
were awarded the contestants.
MAIL CLOSING
Mail closing times at the
Southern Pines post office
have been changed because
daylight saving time in the
North has affected operation
of trains on the Seaboard Air
Line Railroad, Postmaster
Garland Pierce said this week.
The postmaster also an
nounced that, beginning Sat
urday, air mail service to and
from Knollwood Airport will
be suspended for the summer.
New mail closing times are:
Northbound—5:45 a. m., 9
a. m., 7:15 p. m.
Southbound—5:45 p. m., 8
p. m.
Highway post office—going
east. 7:45 a. m.; going west,
4:45 p. m.
Stores To Join
In Spring Sales
Event May 13-15
Thirty member merchants of
the Southern Pines Chamber of
Commerce have definitely stated
their intention of taking part in
the Spring Value Days coopera
tive sale event of May 13, 14 and
15. Perhaps a dozen more will be
added to the list within the next
few days as the Chamber’s sur
vey continues, said Miss Kathar
ine MacDonald, chairman.
Dates of the sale were postpon
ed from those of a week earlier,
previously announced, because of
the conflict with Mothers Day
merchandising and promotion in
several retail stores.
Spring Value Days will receive
concerted promotion as a value-
filled end-of-the-season sale by
all the participating stores, as well
as in general publicity of the
Chamber of Commerce in news
paper and radio advertising, post
ers, handbills and other media.
Apparel shops, gift shops, de
partment stores, drug stores,
beauty shops, auto businesses,
grocery stores, restaurants andj
various specialty businesses will
be taking part.
A coupon and prize-drawing
event similar to that of last Octo
bers Fall Value Days will also be
used as an attraction for shoppers.
Free coupons for use by adults
will be distributed in advertising
matter, and others may be ob
tained in each participating store
on making a purchase. Each store
will have its own prize-drawing
on the final sale day, and the
Chamber of Commerce will give
a Grand Prize of $25.
Emphasis will be placed o^n gen
uine values to be featured. Some
participating businesses will offer
storewide markdowns, while Oth
ers will spotlight selected specials,
in the effort to make the Spring
Value days even more of, a success
than the fisrt such cooperative
event last fall.
Participation is restricted to
members Of the Chamber of Com
merce. Those definitely listed this
week as taking part are Jackson
Motors, Southern Pines Motor Co.,
Howard’s Bakery, Agnes-Dorothy
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Masons To Honor
C. W. Picqnet At
Dinner On Monday
By W. ED COX. JR.
Special recognition will be ac
corded Charles W. Picquet, owner
of the Carolina Theatre at South
ern Pines and Pinehurst Monday
evening at a dinner in his honor
by Masons of the Southern Pines
Lodge 484, A. F. A. M., marking
a milestone in the varied career
of a man who is one of Moore
County’s best loved citizens and
one of America’s oldest theatre
owners and operators in point of
service. The occasion is the open
ing of the first “CinemaScope”
motion picture in the Sandhills,
although this is by no means the
outstanding service which Char
lie Picquet has accomplished dur
ing his 42-year residence in the
Sandhills.
Special invitation has been ex
tended all Master Masons in this
area to be present at the 6:45 p.
m. dinner, which will follow by
one day the first showing in
the motion picture industry, due
to open Sunday, May 2, with
“The Robe.”
Mr. Picquet has served a total
of 15 years as president of the
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These Two Joined Forces To Make Music
Composer Nathaniel Burt,
on the right, smiles as he
and Director Benjamin Swalin
exchange congratulations on
the stage of Weaver Auditori
um, last Friday night, on the
playing of the Burt composi
tion by the North Carolina
Symphony Orchestra. The
warm handclasp between the
two is indicative of the fine
performance given Overture,
“The Elegy Of Lycidas”
which the composer dedicated
to the late Henry Page, III,
of Aberdeen, with whom he
grew up in the Sandhills. The
concert was felt to be the
best yet presented by the
state orchestra, whose appear
ance here always closes the
concert series sponsored by
the Sandhills Music Associa
tion. Opening with Beetho
ven’s Pastoral Symphony, the
program included, besides the
Burt piece, Stravinsky’s Fire
Bird dance suite and excerpts
from Des Libes’ “Copellia”.
Responding to enthusiastic ap
plause, Dr. Swalin led the or
chestra in several encores.
Democratic Meetings Called
Moore County Democrats will
gather for meetings in each of the
county’s 17 voting precincts Sat
urday, May 8, it was announced
this week by W. Lament Brown
of Southern Pines, chairman of
the Moore County Democratic Ex
ecutive Committee.
A chairman and commjtteemen
wi’l be elected in each precinct.
The present chairmen have been
asked to give notice of time and
place of meetings.
On the following Saturday, May
15, Brown also announced, a coun
ty Democratic meeting will be
held in the courthouse at Car
thage, at 3 p.m., to complete the
county organization and elect del
egates to the State Convention. It
is hoped that large delegations
will attend both the precinct and
county meetings. Brown said.
Blazes Threaten
Home; Efforts Of
Firemen Praised
A series of woods fires that
burned on a large tract between
Midland Road and Connecticut
Avenue, inside the town limits,
kept Southern Pines volunteers
and the N. C. Forest Service fire
fighting crews hopping Monday
afternoon and night and Tuesday
morning.
The first alarm was turned in
about noon Monday from the W.
P. Davis home, a new residence
that was threatened by fire burn
ing on the 30 acres of the Davis
property. The home overlooks a
new lake that has been under con
struction off Midland road. Fires
broke out again on the property
later Monday and also on Tues
day.
While the Monday afternoon
fire was in progress, the Southern
Pines department received anoth
er alarm from the Lawson home
in Kenwood near the Bishop
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Local Horse Wins
Daily Double At
Belmont Opening
Extra Points, owned and train
ed by Mrs. C. E. Adams of South
ern Pines, won the $4,500 steeple
chase Daily Double on Monday’s
opening-day program at Belmont
Park, L. I., N. Y.
It was a surprise victory, scored
at the expense of The Mast, last
year’s top steeplechaser, who was
second, and also of Sun Shower,
and His Boots, two more big 1953
winners, who were also-rans.
Mrs. Adams’ feat, at Best Play
odds of 6-1, far overshadowed Ed
die Arcaro’s victory on White
Skies in the $25,000 Toboggan
handicap, the day’s main event,
sportswriters noted. Mrs. Adams,
trim, grey-haired and 50, is the
mother of F. D. (Dooley) Adams,
nation’s leading jump rider. She
was sixth leading steeplechase
trainer last year, as her charges,
headed by Extra Points and Er-
rolford, earned more than $34,000.
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Public Hearing On Annexation
Of Knollwood Scheduled May 25
Library Members
Will Meet, Greet
New Librarian
The Southern Pines Library As
sociation will hold its annual
meeting for the election of trus
tees and officers at the Library
this afternoon, (Friday) at 5
o’clock.
“This is the members’ meeting,”
George H. Leonard, president of
the association, stressed, making
the announcement. “It is earnest
ly hoped that all dues-paying
members will make an effort to
be present.”
The terms of four trustees have
expired, the president said, and
the following will be up for re-
election or replacement: Mrs.
James Boyd, Rev. Charles Coveil,
Lament Brown, Thomas Darst.
One vacancy, caused by the resig
nation of Arch Coleman, also must
be filled. Terms are for a 3-year
period.
The nominating committee is
headed by Mrs. L. T. Avery.
Mr. Leonard said that at this
meeting there would be a report
from Mrs. Reid Healy, chairman,
of the current state of the mem
bership drive. Reminders of dues
payable were mailed to all mem
bers last Friday. The results to
date show payments of $318. The
stated goal for memberships and
contributions was $1,000, Mr.
Leonard said.
New Librarian
Mrs. Marie Hunter, newly ap
pointed librarian, will start on her
new duties Saturday, it was sta
ted by Mrs. Dorothy Avery,
Moore County librarian, and it is
expected that she will be formal
ly greeted by the association at
Friday’s meeting.
Mrs. Hunter, a native of Min
neapolis, worked for some years
in that city in the Hennepin (boun
ty Law Library, and also helped
organize several other libraries in
the area.
Young Musicians
Concert May 8
The Fifth Annual Young Musi
cians’ Concert, sponsored by the
Sandhills Music Association, will
be presented at the Pinehurst
Country Club Saturday, May 8,
at 8 p.m., it was announced this
week by Mr. and Mrs. N. L. Hodg
kins, Jr., of Southern Pines, pro
gram co-chairmen.
At the concert, music teachers
from throughout the county will
present pupils in a variety of in
strumental and vocal selections.
The full program and names of all
participants will appear in next
week’s Pilot.
RED CROSS APPEAL
Moore County must raise
about $5,000 in an effort to
bring its 1954 Red Cross mem
bership drive to a successful
termination within the next
week. Brig. Gen. Robert B.
Hill, of Southern Pines, coun
ty campaign chairman, said
this week.
"1 feel that this can be done
provided people understand
the need for this money,"
General Hill said. "It is my
sincere belief that present
conditions will increase calls
upon the Red Cross.
"I hope that each person in
our county realizes the impor
tance of the work being car
ried on at all limes by the
American Red Cross and that
residents of the county will
help us meet our quota."
Variety Features
ram For Free
HS Band Concert
Progi
County Home Poses Human, Financial Problem
By KATHARINE BOYD
“The County Home? I don’t
even know where it is. What’s it
like?” ,
That question, asked us the oth
er day, could probably be answer
ed by very few of the people in
Moore County.
It’s one that needs an answer.
For two reasons: because the
Home is paid for out of taxes and
seems to cost more than it should,
considering the small number of
welfare cases it takes care of, and
because it is questionable if the
people there, old and half sick, are
getting suitable care.
You might put the two reasons
in the form of two titles: people
need to know about the County
Home because of The Story of
The Empty Rooms and The Story
of Mr. C.
A third reason would be that
for several years, the state De
partment of Public Welfare has
been urging Moore County’s com-
missiopers to make a (frastic
change in the Home, in fact, to
convert it into a privately opera
ted nursing home, and when the
state makes such recommenda
tions, it is usually for very good
reasons. But to take up the first
question:
Well, it’s a long low brick build
ing, sitting on a fine hilltop a bit
THE MOORE COUNTY HOME
south of Carthage. But what’s it
LIKE? That depends a little on
what sort of a day you go there.
On any day the first impression
is one of emptiness and silence.
As you step through the door from
the two-story center section,
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Program for the free concert to
be given tonight (Friday) by the
Southern Pines High School Band
was announced this week by Lynn
H. Ledden, director. The concert
will begin at 8:15 p. m. in Weaver
Auditorium.
Designed for audience appeal
as well as technical advancement
of the band, the program will open
with “Fair Star of Southern
Pines,” composed by F. S. Smith,
to be followed by “Liberty Fleet
March,” “Crimson Dawn Over
ture,” “Jim Dandies”—a trumpet
duet by Jimmy Hatch and George
Colton, accompanied by the band,
“Stairway to the Stars” and “The
Glass Slipper.”
After intermission, the concert
will resume with John Phillip
Sousa’s “King Cotton March,” fol
lowed by the “Hans Christian An
dersen Overture” from the Sam
uel Goldwyn production.
A novelty, “Eh, Cumpari,” will
be played and other selections will
be “The American Sailor Over
ture,” “South” (a jazz number),
“Symbol of Honor March” with
majorette routine and the con
cluding “Star Spangled Banner.”
The band’s majorettes are Shir
ley Garner, Betty Joe Britt, Betty
Swearingen, Betty Weatherspoon
and Helen Blalock. A list of
members of the band appeared in
The Pilot last week.
Admission to the concert is free,
but a collection for the band fund
will be taken to help buy needed
instruments.
Chapman, Patton
In Headlines Of
North-South Event
Pinehurst’s Dick Chapman gain
ed the quarterfinals Wednesday in
the North and South Amateur
golf tournament—an event he has
been trying to win for 25 years.
He shot a 70, two under par, to
beat Frank Strafaci of Mineola,
N. Y., 1-up, in the third round of
the event that opened at Pinehurst
Monday.
In the Wednesday morning sec
ond round. Chapman eliminated
Roland McKenzie of Pniehurst, 4
and 2.
Also in the headlines and the
quarterfinals after Wednesday’s
two rounds was Billy Joe Patton,
the Morganton lumberman' who
was the sensation of the recent
Masters tournament, who elimi
nated Bill Campbell of Huntigton,
W. Va., defending champion, and
Jennings Randolph ,Jr., of Wash
ington, D. C., both 3 and 1.
Chapman was to take on Alex
Welsh of Rockford, Ill., Thursday,
while Patton faced Curtis Person
of Memphis, Tenn., who scored a
19th-hole victory over Medalist
Ben Goodes of Reidsville and also
beat Tom Draper of Birmingham,
Mich., Wednesday. Thursday re
sults came too late for the Pilot’s
presstime.
Players in Thursday’s quarter
finals teed off in this order: Per
son vs. Patton; William Hyndman
of Abingdon, Pa., vs. William
Loock of Scarsdale, N. Y.; Welsh
vs. Chapman; and Clinton Toms,
Duke University freshman, vs.
Frank Meacham of Roanoke Rap
ids.
Agreement
With Town
Is Reaehed
Public hearing on proposed an
nexation of the Knollwood area to
Southern Pines has been set for
May 25 at 8 p. m. in the town hall.
Decision to advertise the annex
ation ordinance and set the hear
ing was made last Friday after
noon at a special meeting of the
town council to confer with repre
sentatives of the Knollwood Sani
tary District, a large portion of
which is included in the annexa
tion proposal.
Maj. Gen. Julian F. Barnes,
chairman of the Sanitary District’s
board of commissioners, led the
delegation who conferred with the
council and City Manager Tom E.
Cunningham. Other Knollwood
representatives were Livingston
L. Biddle II, and Kenneth C. Ken
nedy, both members of the Dis
trict’s board of commissioners; H.
J. Menzel, tax collector for the
District; and K. C. BuUens.
The conference followed a meet
ing of Knollwood residents last
week at which further negotia
tions with the town, looking to
ward annexation, were approved.
General Barnes said Friday that
only two property owners at the
meeting opposed annexation. Oth
ers voted to go ahead with the
plans, provided assurance on spec
ified problems could be obtained
from the council. This assur
ance was satisfactorily given by
council at the Friday meeting.
Large Area Involved
The proposal would add to the
town an area roughly estimated at
60 to 70 per cent of the town’s
present area. It would include
the Mid Pines Club and golf
course, St. Joseph’s Hospital and
the Pine Needles Club House and
golf course, extending east—
bounded on the south by the Pee
Dee Road (the Carthage road that
intersects with South Pennsylva
nia Avenuei in West Southern
Pines)—to the “Y” intersection of
Pee Dee and the other Carthage
road north of St. Joseph’s Hospi
tal. The proposed annexation
does not include the Kenwood de
velopment, although this is a part
of the Sanitary District. The ter
ritory runs north almost to Manly
and joins back with the Southern
Pines line near the town lake off
Midland Road.
A complete boundary descrip
tion is published on page 15 of to
day’s Pilot. It was pointed out
Friday that this boundary is sub
ject to change after the public
hearing or by aipendment later
and may, as now described, in
clude certain property that will
eventually not be within the new
limits.
Annexation would bring an es
timated added property tax valu
ation of between $700,000 and
$800,000 into town. No accurate
population figures were immedi
ately obtainable. knollwood
spokesmen said their records show
39 homes, plus Mid Pines Club,
Pine Needles Club House and oth
er buildings.
Points Discussed
Points taken up by the confer-
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DAWSON SPEAKS
An audience of parents and
teachers numbering around
100 met eit the schoolhouSe
last Thursday, under the aus
pices of the ne-wly iformed
Parent . Teacher Association.
This was the first formal
meeting held since the group's
formation.
Superintendent A. C. Daw
son spoke on the schools of
which he is administrative
head. Following considerable
background material, describ
ing the development of the
local'Schools, Mr. Da'wSon sur
veyed the needs of the future.
These center, he pointed out,
around the expected popula
tion increase of this area.
Dr. R. Mi McMillan reported
that approximately 200 mem
bers have joined the PTA, of
which he is president. He said
all who joined before the
summer would be considered
charter members.
Final meeting of the year
will be held the fourth Thurs
day in May.