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c give eMer6en^ MARCH OF DIMES AUGUSt 16 TO 31 & give EMER^EN^ MARCH OF DIMES ^UST 16 TO 31 Wreck On Midland Road Injures Two, Demolishes Cars War^nts For Arrest Of Drivers Issued; Hurl Persons Better A 19-year-old Fort Bragg sol dier, Walter Patnode, and a 13- year-old boy, Charles Greer Sud- dreth, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Suddretl\ of West End, Route 1, were reported improving Thurs day from injuries sustained in a spectacular collision of two auto mobiles at the intersection of Mid land Road and Pee Dee Road (Carthage highway) about 4 p.pn., Sunday. In one of the most violent and destructive crashes in the experi ence of investigating officers, a Pontiac driven west on Midland Road by Patnode and a Chevrolet driven north on Pee Dee Road by Walter Tyner, 40, of We^t' End, Route 1, with the Suddreth boy as passenger, collided nearly in the center of the road intersection, according to the reports of Police Chief C. E. Newton and Officer Drake Rogers, who ' investigated the accident, with the cooperation of Highway Patrolman C. G. Wimberly of Aberdeen. The west side of Pee Dee Road is the new city limits line since annexation of the Knollwood area, so the crash took place just inside the town limits. Both the injured persons were thrown from the vehicles and were taken to Moore County Hos pital. Patnode was removed to Fort Bragg hospital within a few hours after examination had dis closed a back injury. The Sud dreth boy, whose right arm was broken and who was cut about the face, remained a patient at the hospital this week. (Continued on Page 8) 'NOW WHAT?'ASKS WORRIED OFFICER Officer Malcolm Stout, on town hall steps with little lost Bobby Browning wonders what to do next, as Officer Lamar Smith gives advice from the doorway. It all end ed happily with Bobby re leased to the custody of his thankful mother. S(*c story page 5. (Photo V. Nicholson) SIXTEEN PAGES PRICE—TEN CENTS w............" ...'V................... **T''*™' -nsvc****- Young Democrats Of County Will Gather Tonight Mocre County Young Demo crats will hold their annual meet ing at the courthouse in Carth age tonight (Friday) at 8 o’clock. The date was advanced one week so as not to conflict with the Eighth District YDC rally of Fri day, September 3, to be held at the Southern Pines Country Club. Officers will be elected at the county meeting, also delegates to the state convention, according to the announcement by J, Doug las David of Pinebluff, president of the Moore County YDC. Mr. David, who was appointed county tax collector several months ago, has announced that he is not candidate for reelection. The Eighth District rally next week will bring together repre sentatives of Young Democratic clubs from Wilkes to Scotland county. The gathering will start with a social hour at 6:30, follow ed by a supper after which the “speaking program” and business meeting wiU be held. L. Y. “Stag” Ballentine, State Commissioner of Agriculture, has been secured as guest speaker, it has been announced by Pat Tay lor, chairman. Mr. Ballentine, who (Continued on Page 8) Wilson Assumes | Tobacco Markets Suspend Sales To Newly Authorized Inspector’s Post William J. Wilson of 540 E. Ohio Ave. Ext. began work as town building and safety inspec tor Monday, following his ap pointment to the post by City Manager Tom E. Cunningham last week. The appointment was author ized by the town council at this month’s meeting and looks to ward combining in the job sever al duties hitherto performed sep arately, with a view to saving the town money in the future. While holding the title of build ing and safety inspector, Mr. Wil son will also, it is planned, as sume the duties of plumbing and zoning inspector and wiU, when properly qualified and licensed, do engineering and land survey ing jobs previously let out on pri vate contract. Mr. Wilson has had five years of experience with Paul Van Camp, local consult ing engineer, who has handled much engineering work for the town. A graduate of Southern Pines High School, Mr. Wilson attend ed State College, Raleigh, for two (Continued on Page 8) Mills Attending School At Duke Local YDC Meeting Thursday Evening ^ Southern Pines Young Demo crats were to meet at town hall Thursday at 8 p.m., for annual election of officers and other bus iness, it was announced this week by W. Lament Brown, president of the organization. Ralph MiUs, superintendent of the Southern Pines water purifi cation plant, this week is attend ing the 1954 Water Works School of the N. C. Water Works Opera tors Association, conducted by the department of civil engineering at Duke University, Durham. Cooperating in the school are the North Carolina section of the American Water Works Associa tion, the N. C. League of Munici palities and the N. C. State Board of Health. Mr. Mills was vice-chairman of the N. C. Water Works Operators Association in 1952 and is on the nominating committee for this year’s meeting. Tuesday, Aug. 31 Tobacco markets at Aberdeen and Carthage, along with three other markets of the Sandhills Warehouse association at Sanford, Fuquay-Varina and EUerbe, have suspended sales until Tuesday of next week, pending arrival of full sets of buyers. Decision to close tne markets was made at a meeting of ware housemen in the association, held at Sanford Wednesday. All five markets were represented. W. W. Staton of Sanford, attorney for the Sandhills Association, said the decision to suspend sales was tak en to assure tobacco farmers of full buying power when they of fer their crop for sale on the five Sandhills marts. All five of the SandhiUs mar kets opened Monday, but without a full complement of buyers and largely without any buyers from the major companies. Operators of all three Aberdeen warehouses and two sf the three warehouses at Carthage bought the tobacco on their floors when buyers failed to show up. Prices were higher than last year’s open ing day. According to the reports of the Federal-State Market News Serv ice, Monday’s sales on the five Sandhills markets totaled 802,376 pounds at an average of $56.89 (Continued on Page 5) Lights Ordered As Rotary, Elks Boost Campaign Civic Club Members To Sell Tickets For Homecoming Contest 'The community’s effort to build up a fund to Light the Southern Pines athletic field reached a cli max Monday when the order was placed for most of the equipment, and a $2,000 down payment was made. Ordered for approximately $5,- 300 from the Graybar Electric Corp. of Durham were the lights, fixtures and all hardware for a 120-light installation adequate for all three sports—football, softball and baseball. Three rebuilt trans formers were also ordered. The order includes everything that will be needed for the instal lation except the poles, said W. B. Holliday, general chairman of the communitywide campaign. The complete set of 120 fix tures and bulbs for the ath letic field lighting project ar rived in Southern Pines Thursday morning, reports Chairman Holliday. Quick delivery will speed comple tion of the project, he said. The move, deciding the question of whether or not the lights will go up, was made possible not only by collections and pledges in the recent fund drive, but by a $2,000 fund held in waiting by the Fllrc Club, and an action taken Friday by the Southern Pines Rotary Club. (Continued on Page 8) Lions Broom Sale Will Help Blind , Members of the Southern Pines Lions Club will conduct a house-to-house broom sale here, starting the evening of Tuesday, September 7 and running through Saturday, September 11, it was announced by club officials this week. Made in a factory at Greens boro where only bhnd workers are employed, the brooms are sold throughout the state by al7 most every Lions Club. Several types of household and industrial brooms are available. Proceeds from the sale go to help finance local assistance to the blind by the Southern Pines Club. This assistance includes sight conservation, as well as actual aid to the blind. The public was reminded this week that a free eye clinic will be conducted at the health center in Carthage Monday. Persons attending such clinics, whose eyes are found to need glasses, often are given glasses by Lions Clubs in the area where they live. The clinic exam ination is free, but there are no public funds available for pur chase of glasses, except in cer tain cases receiving welfare de partment aid. AUDREY WEST BROWN Miss Brown Takes Singles Title In Sai|[lliill Tourney Kennedy Gives Connty Schools $8,359 More In Fnnd Controversy Either Side The sixth annual Sandhill In vitational wound up Sunday af ternoon, with finals events pre senting the cream of the Caro lines’ talent in some of the best tennis of their careers. Though the men’s singles events, bringing two notable champions together, might have been the chief gallery attraction, Audrey West Brown, in her wom en’s singles victory over Sara Rush ton Walters of Charlotte, thrilled the crowd with what one fan c6Qled “the best game ever seen on local courts.” “Nearly perfect,” was the term experts apphed to the form and dexterity displayed by the sUm Southern Pines girl, as she staged fast, hard-driving campaign against her famed opponent. Mrs. Walters used all the skill which made her South Carolina Closed champion for nine years, open champion for five yecirs and has recently won her the Caro- linas cham'pionship at Charlotte. However, it was Miss Brown’s (Continued on Page 8) LIFEGUARD FOR LAKE EXPECTED Arrangements were being made Thursday by the Southern Pines recreation commission to obtain lifeguard service at the town lake from 1 to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday and also during the same hours Wednesday of next week. Regular lifeguard protection, with Jhnmy Menzel as guard, was provided under the summer recreation program which ended August 20. Commission members said Thursday that a guard had not been obtained at that time, but that there was good prospect of having a guard on duty at the hours and days listed above. May Appeal His Decision Dr. Timmons To Resume Pulpit The Rev. Dr. W. C. Timmons will resume his pulpit at the Church of Wide Fellowship (Con gregational Christian) Sunday morning, following his return to Southern Pines this week from "a summer leave of absence that in cluded attending the World Coun cil of Churches at Evanston, Ill. With Sunday’s service, the church will resume its regular schedule of Sunday School at 9:45 a.m. and worship service at 11 a.m. Dr. Timmons’ sermon topic will be “What the Christian Sees.” Music will be under the direction of Mrs. Jean Olive Wood, with Mrs. L. D. McDonald, organist. During the absence of Dr. Tim mons, the pulpit was filled by the Rev. Dr. WilhcUn H. Hill who has now returned to Rutherfordton. 30 Start Football Drills For Blue Knights iHli 1954 Football Schedule Southern Pines High School Sent. 10—Maxton at Maxton (night) Sept. 17—West End at Southern Pines (afternoon) Sept. 24—^Rowland at Rowland (night) Oct. 1—Red Springs at Red Springs (night) , Oct. 8—Robbins at Southern Pines (night) (Homecoming) Oct. 15—Aberdeen at Aberdeen (night) Oct. 22—Carthage at Southern Pines (night) Oct. 29—Pinehurst at Southern Pines (night) Emergeucy Polio Drive Uuderway In Moore County Contributions in the nation wide emergency March of Dimes should be sent to the community Mairmen of the regular March of Dimes drive throughout the coun ty last winter, it was stressed this week by Paul C. Butler of South ern Pines, chairman of the Moore County Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paraly sis. These chairmen are: Aberdeen, W. H. McNeill, Jr., Carthage, Miss Bessie McCaskill’ Roseland, Mrs. Clayton Kirki Vass, Monroe Chappell; Glendon, Mrs. June Harrington; West- mcore, Howard Kennedy; Farm' Life, T. H. Lingerfeldt; Cameron, Mrs. Pete Phillips; Eqgle Springs, Mrs. Arthur Williams; Hallison, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Poe. Highfalls, Thurman K. Holmes; Jackson Springs, Mrs. F. W. Bru ton; Lakeview, Mrs. Louis Bel- Jett; Manly, Mrs. Frank Wilson; Niagara, Mrs. Gurney Bowles' Pinebluff, Mrs. Phillip Matherj Robbins, Miss Sallie Greene Al lison; Southern Pines, Paul C Butler; West End, J. F. Sinclair; Pmehdrst, J. Frank McCaskill. The Moore County campaign is part of a nation-wide drive for $20,000,000 to meet immediate needs in the Foundation’s pro gram of patient care, gamma glo bulin and polio vaccine tests Contributions last winter fell some $20,000,000 short of the needs for 1954. In his recent appeal to North Carolina citizens to support the drive. Gov. William B. Umstead pointed out that “the cost of care has risen higher than ever before. At this time when victory seems so much nearer through a vac cine that would provide more lasting immnuity, we must give generously to develop more rap idly dependable control over this crippling and costly disease.” Acting as statuatory arbitrator in the controversy over county school capital outlay funds. Clerk of-Court Carlton C. Kennedy handed do-wn a decision Monday, awarding to the board of educa tion $8,359.50 more than the $269,000 the county commission ers had approved in the capital outlay budget. The increase in funds, which the decision said appeared to be all that was necessary to comply with statutes covering the mat ter, was only a small part of what the board of education had asked for. The board of education had asked for $422,471.43 to be used in construction of school plant buildings and' major repairs, and alterations to such buildings in the nine school districts of the county system. The board of commissioners, who allot school funds along with other funds in the county budget, allowed the board of education $269,000. This was rejected by the board of education and the matter, after two joint meetings of the boards and a hearing be fore Mr. Kennedy in the couit- room at Carthage Saturday, went to the clerk of court for arbitra tion. By Thursday, there was no in dication of whether the two boards will accept the clerk’s de cision. Either side in the contro versy has 30 days from the date of the decision to appeal to Su perior Court. It could go to a judge or could, if requested, be heard by a jury. Mr. Kennedy was aided in his study of the controversy and in drawing up his decision by At torney Jim Hoyle of Sanford who volunteered his services. The decision lists 10 findings of fact and orders the modifica tion of the $269,000 capital out lay budget by an increase of $8,- 359.50 for additional allowed (Continued on Page 8) Eighth District Democrats Will Rally At Sanford SCHOOLS TO OPEN Schools of the county system, which include all schools in the county except those at Southern Pines and Pinehurst, wiU open Wednesday, September 1, Supt. H. Lee Thomas pointed out this week. The Southern Pines schools are scheduled to open Sept. 8. The 8th Congressional District’s Democratic rally has been set at the Lee County courthouse, San ford, October 8, by John Larkin of Trenton, chairman of the State Democratic executive committee. Prehminary announcement of the rally did not set the hour o5 the meeting, but such rallies are usually held in the afternoon. W. Lamont Brown of Southern Pines, chairman of the Moore County Democratic executive committee, urged Democrats of this county to plan to attend. Nominees for state Democratic offices in the November election are expected at the Sanford rally, along with high party leaders from the state and district. Head Coach Irie Leonard Leads Squad In Exercises On Firsl Day There is no frost on the punkin’ yet, but there is a better harbinger of coming autumn than yellowing pumpkins, coloring leaves, and a blue haze on the hills. That harbinger is the boom of pigskin as a clever toe powered by a husky leg thuds into a foot ball which is sent spiralling into the air. This and more is going on out at High School Memorial Field as coaches Irie and W. A. Leon ard run their charges through twice a day football drills. No time was lost or wasted as the largest squad in the history of local high school football re ported early Monday morning for the first fall practice. Thirty boys greeted their coaches; thirty prac tice uniforms were issued, and after a varied round of calisthen ics, helmets were put on and offensive blocking and defensive tackling was begun. In the after noon plays were run in slow mo tion to familiarize newcomers as well as regulars with their as signments. There is an air of urgency about the way the coaches and squad go about their work. That urgency springs from the fact that the opening game with Max- ton High at Maxton Spetember 10 is only a little over two weeks away. Not too much is known about this Maxton team. They were no pushovers last year, and reports are they are better this year. If that is so, the Blue Knights are going to have a busy time under (Continued on page 8) Mrs. Nicholson’s Pilot Features About Typhoid Carrier Set For Radio Show A telephone call from New York City Thursday morning no tified Valerie Nicholson, former Pilot news editor, that one of her Pilot stories liad been accepted for dramatization on the NBC network program. “The Big Story.” The story is that of the 'ty phoid carrier, termed “Moore County’s unsung hero,” of whom Mrs. Nicholson wrote in a feeries of articles in 1949. The story at tracted the attention of Moore County Hospital authorities and led to an operation which restor ed the man to society after many years’ voluntary isolation. Mrs. Nicholson was informed by the agency handling the pro gram that her story would be presented on radio September 29, ifoUowing a summer recess for “The Big Story.” She will then receive a. check for $500, and The Pilot will receive an honor plaque. The script will then be returned to the files, for later consideration for a TV presenta tion, and an additional $100 check. This will be the second story by a North Carolina news writer to be dramatized on the program. Charles T. Manning of Troy, a correspondent for state dailies, had a script accepted a year or so ago which was presented on both radio and TV. Mrs. Nicholson, still living in Southern Pines, has been a free lance newswriter and photogra pher for the past 13 months, serv ing several newspapers in the state, including The Pilot.