THE PILOT—Southern Pines. North Carolina Notice of Annexation to the Town of Southern Pines Rowes’ Family Life Marked By Many Commencements; Another Coming Up Pursuant to authority contained in General Statutes of North Car olina, Chapter 160,. Sections 445 through 453, and by authority and under the direction of the Town Council of the Town of Southern Pines, and upon the written re quest of all property owners in volved, notice is hereby given that a hearing will be held by the Town Council of the Town of Southern Pines in the Council Chambers at 8:00 p.m. on the 29th day of June, 1954, to consider adoption of an Annexation Ordi nance as follows: AN ORDINANCE BE IT ORDAINED AND ESTAB LISHED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF SOUTHERN PINES IN SPE CIAL SESSION ASSEMBLED ON THIS THE 29th DAY OF JUNE, 1954, AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. That the corporate limits of the Town of Southern Pines be and are hereby extended for the purpose of annexing to and making part of said Town that certain portion of land now lying outside the corporate limits of the Town, and more particular ly described as follows: Beginning at the point where the Southern boundary of Morganton Road, the east ern boundary of Country Club Road and the eastern bounda ry of Fairway Road intersects the southern corporate limits of the Town of Southern Pines, running thence in a southwesterly direction cross ing Fairway Road and follow ing the eastern boundary of said Country Club Road to the southwest corner of Lot No. 1 as shown on a Map of the Southern Pines Country Club Development, being a com mon corner between Lot^ Nos. 1 and 3 as shown on said map, said lots being the property of Jackson and Barrow, re spectively, running thence along the southern boundary of said lot No. 1 (property of Jackson) to the western boun dary of Fairway Road as shown on said map; thence following said Western boun dary of said Fairway Road to the point where it intersects Country Club Road at McCon nell’s corner; thence crossing said Country Club Road to the Northwest corner of Lot. No. 100 as shown on said map; thence in a southwesterly di rection about 500 feet to the 18th green of the Southern Pines Country Club Golf Course; thence in a north westerly direction passing the rear of the Southern Pines Country Club a distance of approximately 500 feet to a point in line with the rear of the lots in the eastern side of the Sunnyside Extension; thence in a northeasterly di rection to the southeast cor ner of Lot No. 17 in said Sun nyside Extension; theqce along the eastern boundary of the lots in Sunnyside Exten sion and the western bounda ry of the Southern Pines Country Club Driving Course to the southwest corner of Lot No. 3 as shown on said map of Country Club Development, same being a common corner of said Lot No. 3 with Lots Nos. 3 and 4 of said Sunny side Extension; thence in a southeasterly direction along the southern boundary of said Lot No. 3 in Country Club Development to the western boundary of Country Club Road; thence in a northeaster ly direction along said west ern boundary of Country Club Road and its various courses to the point of its intersection with the southern corporate limits of the Town of South ern Pines. They've,^Done Their Part To Support Greater University Judge and Mrs. J. Vance Rowe of Aberdeen will attend com mencement exercises at the Uni versity of North Carolina Mon day, to see their eighth and young est child graduate. Young Agrthur Rowe will win his A. B. degree and enter the Carolina law school—which will mean one more cojnmencement, in two years, for Moore’s recorders court judge and his wife. After that, they’ll just have to wait a while, for some grandchildren to grow up. Going to commencements is kind of a habit with them, espe cially at the University, N. C. State and Womans College. The Rowes are probably the best sin- gle-fafmily supporters in the state of the Greater Consolidated Uni versity’s three units. Arthur’s commencement comes after a four-year lull. In 1950, Judge and Mrs. Rowe attended graduations of four of their chil dren within 12 days. They saw J. Vance Rowe, Jr., their eldest son, graduate from jthe University’s law school; their fourth son, Doug las, graduate at State; their sec ond daughter Gladys graduate at Woman’s College, and their youngest, Arthur, receive his di ploma at Aberdeen High school. Their son-in-law Robert D. Corey was graduating at the same time, in Chicago but, to their great regret, they couldn’t get out ine—and she, of course, is a Woman’s College graduate. The Coreys now live in Los Angeles. Their third son, Riley, gradua ted from State College. He now lives at Hartsville, S. C., and is mechanical engineer for an insur ance company. Douglas is employ ed by a milk processing plant at Clinton, and Gladys, now Mrs. Norman Caudle, is teaching in Southern Pines. J. Vance Rowe, Jr., is his fath er’s law partner and lives in Southern Pines, where they have their office. Two of the Rowe children did not graduate from college. Their ■youngest daughter Eleanor chose to go to business school. However, now married to Vance E. Swift, Jr., she is living at Chapel Hill. Their second son, Lawrence, was a student at Carolina when he left college to go to war. As a young lieutenant in the Army Air Force, he lost his life in some of the earliest Pacific action, becom ing Moore county’s first casualty of World War 2 In memory of Lieut. Lawrence Rowe a Carolina classmate, whose name is unrevealed, has for the past five years given a $100 schol arship to the University to the best all-round member of the Aberdeen High school’s gradua ting class. So the University tra dition is carried on in a very fine way. We might add to this story that Judge Rowe himself is—of course —a University graduate, and that Mrs. Rowe would have been a graduate of Woman’s College, ex- Honors, Awards Salute Student Accomplishments New Scholarships Established By Local Organizations there. Robert is married to the cept she left there to marry him. Rowes’ eldest daughter Cather- They have five grandchildren. Little League Wins First Two Games; Ritual Opens Season On Home Field This description is subject to a more accurate description to be determined as result of survey of the area to be annexed. Section 2. That from and after the date of adoption of this ordi nance, the territory described above and its citizens and prop erty shall be subject to all debts, laws, and ordinances and regula tions enforced in said Town .of Southern Pines, and shall be en titled to the same privileges and benefits as all citizens, residents, and other property owners in oth er parts of said Town are now en titled; and the newly annexed ter ritory and its citizens and proper ty shall be subject to municipal taxes levied for the fiscal year ending July 1st, 1954, and there after. Section 3. Adopted this the 29th day of June, 1954. L. T. CLARK, Mayor Attest: LOUIS SCHEIPERS, Jr., Town Clerk. This 31st day of May, 1954. LOUIS SCHEIPERS, Jr. J4-11-18-25 Town Clerk Stevens Honored For Service As Bond Sales Head An award for outstanding serv ice to the natic-n was presented Wednesday to Eugene C. Stevens, when he was given the Treasury Department’s order of merit for his work as head of the U. S. Gov ernment’s savings bond sales pro gram in Moore County. The presentation was made at the luncheon meeting of the Sandhills Kiwanis club, at the Country Club, by C. E. McIntosh, Jr., deputy director of the U. S. Savings Bond Division for North Carolina. In congratulating Mr. Stevens on his eleven years as director of the county program, Mr. McIntosh said that by October, according to present expectations, more than 10 million dollars worth of bonds will have been sold in the county through Mr. Stevens’ efforts. Said the Treasury man, “a tremendous sales record for one man.” Mr. McIntosh said that the rec ognition of Mr. Stevens actually includes many other leaders of the community. “In making this award,” he said, “the government recognizes the great part played by many banks, service clubs, civic organi zations, and individuals, in this program to help their government check inflation and preserve the stability of the nation during these hard times. The huge back log of bonds,” he said, “not only provides a cushion against sudden financial crises, but it also helps the treasury in the wise manage ment of the national debt’.’ Said Mr. McIntosh: “The bond sales program which this award symbolizes is dedicated to the economic strength of the na tion and the financial indepen dence of its citizens.” Besides the pin, presented to Mr. Stevens to honor his length of service as bond sales director,! a second award was made for “out-j standing achievement.” This was in the form of a plaque contain ing an illuminated replica of the inaugural prayer of President Eisenhower, the frame of which was made from wood of the stand on which the President stood for his inauguration. In acknowledging the applause of his fellow-Kiwanians, rising to their feet in a body to honor their club-mate, Mr. Stevens was char acteristically modest. “I’ll tell you how I got started on aU this,” he said. “It was back when the war started, or before, and I went to try to register for selective service. When I got there they told me I was too old and no good anyway for that kind of thing, so I decided to find some thing that I could do. And I want to tell you,” he went On, “I couldn’t have done any of it with out the perfect cooperation of the people. Everybody came through,” he said, “Even the Yankees sent The Little League opener for Southern Pines and Robbins, held on Memorial Field Monday after noon, was marked by an impress ive ceremony. With the Robbins team lined up on the first base line, the Southern Pines team on third, the Rev. C. V. Co veil standing be tween them asked God’s blessing on the boys and their wholesome enterprise. Mayor L. T. Clark of Southern Pines and Mayor Way land G. Kennedy of Robbins then did a pitch-and-catch routine which of ficially opened the game. Taking over. Umpire Bus Patch noted that any of the youngsters could pitch better than the mayors —anyway, they’d better! Close Game They put on a fine game, in which the lead changed several times, and which finally went to Southern Pines in the last half of the final inning. The score—9-8. After a Robbins home run with one man on base in the second inning, Ted Ward, Southern Pines’ first baseman, hit a home run with two mates aboard. Robbins then took the lead in their half of the fifth inning, only to have Bobby Watkins, SP catcher, hit a home run with a teammate on base to tie the score. Robbins was ahead when South ern Pines came to bat in the sixth, and pushed over three runs to win. Caldwell’s pitching. Carter’s fielding and the bats of Ward, Parks and Watkins especially con tributed to the victory. Carthage Defeated In another thrilling game the Little Leaguers defeated Carth age 5-4 when successive triples by Caldwell and Watkins, plus an in field hit by Roger Dutton, scored the tying and winning runs in the last inning. Some fine pitching by Robert Woodruff in tight spots was also a help, as he struck out eight op ponents. Monday, the Little Leaguers play Pinehurst there at 5:30 p. m. Members of the team, sponsor ed by the Southern Pines Lions club, are: 12 years old, Jimmy Caldwell, Ted Ward, Larry Mc Donald, Bobby Watkins, Robert Woodruff; 11 years old, Jimmy Carter, Ken Reid, Joe Garzik, W. C. Morgan, Don Thompson; 10 years old, Roger Dutton, Topper Parks, Ken Little, Harold Willi ford, Eddy McKenzie. Service, citizenship, leadership, scholarship and other high quali ties, also achievements in several special fields, were recognized at the annual Honors and Awards Day program of the Southern Pines High school, held Tuesday morning at Weaver Auditorium. Joe Marley, retiring president of the Student Council, opened the program with a Scripture reading and prayer. Highlights of the occasion were the valedictory address, given by Geraldine Bethea, highest in scholarship, and the salutatory, given by Charles H. Bowman, Jr second highest. Awards were presented in some cases by representatives of the sponsoring organizations, in oth ers by representatives of the school. The program closed with the symbolic transfer of the cap and gown from David Page, senior president, to Jerry Daeke, presi dent of , the junior class. High awards established over a number of years were presented as follows: The James S. Milliken, Jr., Memorial Award, with $50 in cash, for best all-round senior, to Jimmy Barber. ffhe American Legion Citizen ship Medal, fot best citizen of senior class, to Charles H. Bow man, Jr., The Rotary Improvement Cup, to the high school student show ing the greatest improvement dur ing the year, to Garland Pierce. The School Service Award, giv- L by the school to the student showing the greatest spirit of un selfish service, to Harojd McNeill. Two awards, each carrying a $100 scholarship, were initiated this year. These were the Elks Scholarship Award, won by George Morrison, with George Colton as alternate; and the Junior Women’s Club Scholarship Award, which went to George Colton, with Patsy Dupree as first alternate Joe Marley as second. Danforth Foundation Awards went to Joe Marley and Gladys Bowden Huntley, as the senior boy and girl showing high physi cal, mental, social and spiritual qualities in their conduct. Babe Ruth Sportsmanship awards, for the senior boy and girl best exemplifying the quality of sportsmanship, were won by David Page and Shirley Garner. The Lions Club Band award was presented to Jimmy Hatch as best all-round member of the band. Geraldine Bethea recived the Perkinscn Scholarship Cup, awarded each year to the class valedictorian. The Charlotte Erson Music Plaque went to Joe Marley, as most outstanding member of the glee club. The Balfour Scholarship Medals were awarded to Geraldine Bethea and Charles Bowman. In the VFW Auxiliary’s essay contest, Donald Burney was an nounced as first prize winner, re ceiving a $5 cash award; Charles Bowman, second, $3; and Deryl Holliday, third, $2. The American Legion Auxiliary essay contest winners were, first place, Roger Verhoeff; second, Joan Howarth; and third, Kenneth Creech. David Page, senior president, presented the gift of the Class of 1954 to their Alma Mater—a check for $300, for the school activities bus fund. It was accepted by Supt. A. C. Dawson in behalf of the school. Recognition was given 40 grade school students and 26 in the high school who had perfect attendnace records for the year. Sineath. Howard Matthews, of Eureka township, who was recently chos en to fiU an unexpired term on the board of education, was elect ed to the post with 2,663 votes. His opponent E. E. Monroe, of Cameron was close behind with 2,471. S^tt Desuie Win Moore County gave a fair mar gin to Kerr Scott for the U. S. Senate nomination, and a whop ping majority to Eighth District Congressman C. B. Deane, in Sat urday’s primary. Unofficial returns in the sena- toricil race were: Scott, 2,969; Len- nen, 2,499. The former Governor carried 12 out of 17 precincts. Among the five carried by the in cumbent senator, however—Aber deen, Robbins, Pinehurst, South ern Pines and Pinebluff-^were some of th^ county’s largest. The figures given are for the regular term. For the short term, the margin was smaller—Scott, 2,620; Lennon, 2,378. Minor candidates won a sprink ling of votes: Alvin Wingfield, Jr., 58; H. L. Sprinkle and A. E. Tur- near, 16 each; Olla Ray Boyd, 12, and W. M. Bostick, 2 (regular term). Rep. Deane won decisively in every precinct, garnering 4,356 votes to 865 for his opponent, Coble Funderburk of Union coun ty. In two other state races, incum bents were victorious-^Edwin Gill defeating Joshua James for treas urer, and Charlie Gold defeating John F. Fletcher for insurance commissioner. GRADUATION (Continued trom Pace 1) chairman, presided, and introduc ed the speaker. N. L. Hodgkins, member of the board, performed his service of many years in hand ing to each cap-and-gowned sen ior the diploma and symbolic red rose. He told the class it was one of the most outstanding in the history of the school, as “the larg est in many years, with some of the finest athletes, as well as scholars, and students notable in other fields.” He noted that 18 out of the 31 are going to college. The school band, directed by Lynn H. Ledden, gave a distin guished performance in the reces sional and processional, also a march and overture played during the course of the program. Dr. W. C. Timmons, pastor of the Church of Wide Fellowship, asked the invocation, while Father Peter M. Denges pronounced the invocation. The exercises concluded the 1954'finals, which opened Sunday night with the baccalaureate serv ice at the Church of Wide Fellow ship, and were dedicated to the memory of Dr. G. G. Herr, school board chairman for 20 years, who died in April. Baccalaureate Dr. Frederick H. Olert of Rich mond, 'Va., delivered the bacca laureate sermon, and local minis ters taking part were Dr. Tim mons and the Rev. C. V. Coveil of Emmanuel Episcopal Church. Mrs. L. D. McDonald at the organ play ed the processional and recession overturned. Unable to swim, he clung to the boat, according to in structions calmly given by his brother, an expert swimmer. Seemingly at ease, the younger man set off for shore, swimming on his back. They were only about 30 feet from shore, but the bank was very steep jat that point and he hqaded toward a better landing spot some 75 feet away. Never Reached Bank Suddenly Sam heard John cry: “I can’t make it—I’m giving out.” blinded by water on his glasses, he couldn’t see what happened then. But he could tell his broth er never reached the bank. Shouting to Ronnie, Sam pad- died and pushed until he got the canoe near the bank, and scram bled out. Searching frantically for John, the father and son cried out for help. The driver of a truck crossing the bridge phoned the sheriff from the Holder home nearby. Soon many helpers were at hand. Dozens of cars lined the road and the bridge was filled with watchers until the rescue op erations were suspended some four hours later. Coroner Ralph G. Steed on Sun day rendered a verdict of acciden tal death by drowning, judging an inquest unnecessary. Sam Hamilton expressed belief his brother must have been seized with a cramp or heart attack. He said th^ water was bitterly cold. Heavy Marine boots worn by John handicapped his swimming. The drowned man was a native of Kentucky. He had been in the Marine Corps 16 years, attached to the famous “Fighting Eirst.” He was supply officer for his outfit, the 43rd Amphibious Battalion of the First Division. His parents are dead. Besides his wife and daughter, he is survived by three brothers and four sisters. FRIDAY. JUNE 4. 1954 few idle moments. She does much fine handwork—^weaving, em broidering and knitting—which she learned at Warm Springs, as part of the therapeutic exercises for her hand and finger muscles, and with which she has made many useful and beautiful things. She loves to read^'and the Inman home is a regular stop for Mrs. Dorothy Avery, county librarian, and the Bookmobile. She loves music, and enjoys the television set she won as a guest on the net work program “Welcome Travel lers.” Most of alii she loves to write letters, and is carrying on num erous correspondences, with “pen pals” all over the country. Some are friends she has made through her trips to Warm Springs. Others are people who have heard of her, and been inspired by her cour age. She writes notes to many she hears or reads about, who have trouble or sorrow. Class Gift Writing for her is rather diffi cult and slow, and her classmates did something about that. With small contributions they made themselves, and received from many others in the school and at home, they purchased a gift for Sarah, which was presented on Class Night—an electric type writer. The wonderful machine re sponds to the lightest touch of the fingers. Sarah set right in, with delight, to learn how to use it. The very first day she had it she wrote three letters on it, and said, “It works just fine.” SARAH INMAN Continued from Page 1) ing alone, the hard slow work with pen and pencil and the great fidelity to the task at hand. Nation's Worst Case For sweet-faced Sarah Inman was Moore county’s worst-stricken child in the great polio epidemic of 1948. According to doctors at Warm Springs, Ga., where she has been several times for treatment, she was rated the nation’s worst stricken victim to have survived. Every bit of her body was par alyzed—^she could move only one or two fingers. Treatment has im proved her so she has fair use of her fingers, can turn her head and move her arms at the elbow, though she cannot lift them. She practically lives in the specially built wheel-chair, provided for her by the Polio Foundation, which has all sorts of special gad gets to brace her back, hold up her head, lift her arms, hold her book and turn its pages. Yet she faithfully kept up with all her school work, performing every assignment sent her by the teachers, taking the tests and pass ing them at the top of her class. "An Inspiration" For two years of high school her “home room teacher” was Miss Meade Seawell, for the other two al, and*the school choir sang two ; Mrs. Ola Phillips. Her school work checks down here to help our bond campaign!” Mr. Stevens, besides heading his E. C. Stevens, Inc. agency, served on the town board of commission ers for many years. He has been president Of the Library Associa tion, and is a charter member of the board of directors of the Sand hills Music Association. He is a graduate of Yale University. Grain sorghum, or Milo, is a good drought-resistant summer feed crop and is often used in North Carolina as a catch crop fol lowing failure of early seeded crops. Through the Nickels For Know- How Program, North Carolina farmers voluntarily contributed $286,025.80 toward agricultural re search during 1952 and 1953. ELECTION (Continued from Page 1) highest total of votes. McDonald, who has served Moore as sheriff 26 succgssive years, carried only nine precincts, with Kelly carry ing all the others. Mrs. Bessie Griffin, completing her first term as register of deeds, was the leading individual vote- getter with 4,216. C. L. Worsham, her opponent, was just 3,000 votes behind, with 1,216. Worsham car ried no precincts, and polled his best vote in his home precinct of Southern Pines—299 to Mrs. Grif fin’s 589. John M. Currie of Carthage was reelected with ease to his seat on the county commission, carrying every precinct decisively and gar nering 4,140 votes to 995 for David numbers. A quartet composed of four members of the choir. Tom my Ruggles, Joe Marley and Da vid Page of the graduating class and James Collins, sang “Lo, How a Rose.” Both the Sunday night service and the Tuesday exercises were attended by large crowds, includ ing parents and relatives of the graduates and many others of the townspeople. DROWNING (Continued from Page 1) Efforts to locate the body went on without avail until after mid night, handicapped by the dark ness, the steepness of the river banks thick with brush and the height of the narrow bridge, the only place from which floodlights could be directed on the water. Two Carthage men, Billy Bryant and Sam Wicker, stayed on the scene most of the night. They brought the body to the surface with grappling irons about 8:30 a. m. Sunday. It was near the bottom in about 12 feet of water, five feet from shore. Tr&gedy Recounted Waiting at the scene in grief and distress with his little boy, Sam Hamilton gave the following account of the tragedy: John, who had recently been transferred to Camp LeJeune from California, had brought his wife and daughter, Karen Sue, 11, to Guilford, a village on the out skirts of Greensboro, to spend the long holiday weekend with his brother’s family. Saturday the two brothers and Ronnie came to fish in Deep River, casting their trot lines first near Carbonton from a bridge and the riverbank, and working their way down stream. Moving on to the Horseshoe Bend, they borrowed a canoe-type boat from Julian H. Bishop’s Quail Farm. The brothers fished from the boat while Ronnie stayed on the bank and read comic books. Suddenly, Sam said, the boat was carried back and forth daily by her two sisters, wh® worjted in Carthage (one is now married and working in Robbins) and by her little brother, a grade school stu dent there. Of her work Miss Seawell says, “She was absolutely faithful, and did everything on time. She is one of the finest stu dents I have ever taught. Every thing I did for her, and with her, was a pleasure, and she was an inspiration to the whole class.” Sarah’s classmates love her dearly, and invite her to every school and social function. She can’t always accept, for going places is sort of complicated—^the chair has to be folded up and car ried along, then unfolded and set up, a rather delicate operation. But she has attended almost all the functions of the Beta Club, of which she is a leading member. Salutalorian In her high school studies Sarah ranked at the top of her class but, because she lacked the activity points won by extra-curricular work, could not be named vale dictorian. The class voted unani mously to' have the rule waived in her cdse, but this couldn’t be done, under the rules. She was saluta- torian instead. Her salutatory address was a highlight of Class Night, held at the school Monday evening. Sarah took an active part in the pro gram, presented in the form of a play. Miss Seawell wrote the play and she saw to it that there was a role in it for Sarah. The play was called “Into the Land of Heart’s Desire.” Tears brightened many an eye as Sarah spoke her lines of counsel to the seniors, in her clear sweet voice—“We must look above—our faith must be kept clean and high.” Keeps Busy Sarah is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Will Inman of Hallison. Though she lives in a wheel chair, her life is a full and busy one. 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