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VOL. 36—NO. 22
TWENTY-SIX PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES. NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAV. APRIL 22. 1955
TWENTY-SIX PAGES
PRICE—TEN CENTS
PRINT SHOP SHAMBLES—Fire Chief Har
old B. Fowler (wearing fireman’s hat) examines
damage in the Jellison Press plant after Mon-
-t
Explosion,
Fire Wreck
PrintjShop
Damages approaching $50,000
were reported by S. R. Jellison
after a fire and explosion wreck
ed the Jellison Press shop at 135
N. E. Broad St., Monday night.
First evidence of the destructive
blaze came at 10:15 p.m. when ac
cumulated gases from a smoulder
ing paper fire exploded to blow
out the main front show window
of the shop, scattering glass over
the sidewalk and cars parked on
Broad St.
Responding to an alarm, local
volunteer firemen spent two
hours at the site, confining the
damage to the interior of the
building, a printing establishment
containing many thousands of
dollars worth of paper supplies
and printing machinery.
As luck would have it, a very
large order of printing had been
completed Monday and wa'S stack
ed for delivery, making the dam
ages greater than would normally
have been the case.
Fire Chief H. B. Fowler said
that fire started from, an unknown
cause, apparently smoxildering for
some time, building up smoke and
gas pressure that eventually ex
ploded. Mr. Jellison was quoted
as saying he had b^en in the shop
as late as 6 p.m. and saw no sign
of fire.
Chief Fowler said it was a hard
fire to fight because the smoke
was so dense the building could
not be entered and it was not pos
sible to see the source of the fire
within. Firemen turned hoses on
the ceiling, spraying water to
ward suspected location of the
fire-^
While some smoke entered
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day night’s destructive fire. In the background
is L. S. Rowell, a veteran member of the local
volunteer department. (Photo by Humphrey)
NO NEWS NOW
W. Lament Brown, chair
man of a citizens committee
seeking to work out an ar
rangement with the Federal
government that would allow
the USAF Air-Ground Opera
tions School to remain in
Southern Pines, said Thurs
day that negotiations in
Washington are continuing
but that there is at present
no news as tff the outcome.
The school now occupies
the Highland Pines Inn un
der a lease that wiU expire
June 30 and has been direct
ed to prepare to move to
Keesler Air Force Base, Bil
oxi, Miss.
Wildlife Club To
Meet At West End
The Sandhill Wildlife Club will
hold its monthly meeting Friday
evening,' April 29, in the school
cafeteria at West End, where-
Women of the Church of West
End Presbyterian church will
prepare and serve supper start
ing at 7:30. The meeting is being
sponsored by the West End Lions
club, and anyone wishing to at
tend is asked to notify Lion I.
F. Horton at West End to make
a reservation, at $1 per plate.
Everyone interested in the wild
life program in county and State
is invited. A program is being
prepared by Paul C. Butler, of the
program committee.
SUSAN LEONARD WINS
Susan Leonard of Southern
Pines was winner of the Interme
diate Class in the gprmkhana held
at the riding ring of the Carolina
Hotel in Pinehurst April 9. In last|
week’s Pilot it was incorrectly
stated that she won the reserve
championship. Susan won. the
championship in a ride-off with
Russell Williams, with whom she
was tied at 21 points, making
Russell the reserve champion in
this class.
450 From Moore
To Be In Circus
Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts and Ex
plorers from Moore County will
join several thousand other boys
from the 12-county Occoneechee
Council at the State Fair arena in
Raleigh Saturday night to take
part in a gigantic “Scout Circus.’’
Thirty units with a membership
of about 450 boys will go from
Moore County, said Jim Wilson,
district executive. Nine Negro
troops are included.
Scouts throughout the county
are selling tickets. Aubrey John
son of Aberdeen is ticket chair
man.
Dr. Rosser Honored With Plaque
I
DR. ROSSER
Dr. Robert G. Rosser, a practic
ing physician in Vass from May,
1919, until his retirenjent a few
months ago because of ill health,
was honored at a “dedication din
ner” in the Vass community
house Tuesday night, with more
than 130 in attendance. They
came from a dozen towns and
communities in Moore, Lee and
Hoke counties. Now a patient at
the Pinehurst Convalescent Home,
Dr. Rosser was unable to be pres
ent.
I) The iciinner was sponsored by the
j Vass Lions Club and highlighted
I by the presentation of a plaque
in appreciation of Dr. Rosser’s 35
years of service to the communi
ty as “skilled physician, wise
counselor and understanding
friend.” Presentation was by Lion
W. E. Gladstone, vfho spoke with
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Polio Vaccine
Being Given To
Moore Children
Administration of the Salk po
lio vaccine to first and second
grade pupils in schools of Moore
County began Wednesday when
306 white youngsters from Car
thage, Cameron, Farm Life and
Vass-Lakeview schools were tak
en to Carthage to get their shots
at the County health center.
Only those pupils whose parents
have signed consent statements
are being given the free shots—
1,505 of them for the county as a
whole. Private physicians are as
sisting Dr. J. W. Willcox, health
officer/ and the health department
staff, on a voluntary basis.
Going to Carthage for shots
Thursday were white children
from Southern Pines, Pinehurst,
Aberdeen, Robbins and Highfalls
schools.
Plans called for administration
of the vaccine to first and second
graders from all the Negro ele
mentary schools of the county to
day (Friday).
Monday’s schedule is for white
students in West End, Westmoo^-'
and Eagle Springs schools, as well
as those from several private
schools in the county.
Provision will be made for chil
dren who were unable to accom
pany their school groups to Car
thage for some reason, said Dr.
Willcox, but he said the procedure
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Approval Given
By Council To
By-Pass Project
Few Details Yet
Available, Say
Highway Officials
At a specially called meeting,
held at the town hall last Thurs-*
day, the town council voted to ap
prove a resolution pledging
Southern Pines to pay its share of
the costs of the new Highway 1
route through town.
Mayor Lloyd Clark, and Coun
cilman W. E. Blue, C. S. Patch,
Jr., and Joe O’Callaghan voted
for the resolution, with Council
man Voit Gilmore abstaining,
asking for a week’s delay.
The town’s share is one third of
the costs of rights-of-way within
the town limits. This will include,
besides rights-of-way of property
directly on the route, whatever
land must be included in the con
struction of access roads
For a map of the proposed
by-pass route and_ list cf
property owners along the
right of way. see page 8.
or ramps, and lanes leading
to intersections, where they ex
tend beyond the state’s 250-foot
right-of-way; also costs of any
planting or landscaping of the
area and whatever reconstruction
of town facilities. . . water and
sewer lines. . . the project calls
for.
Present at the meeting, besides
the members of the council and
the town manager, were T. G.
Poindexter, division engineer of
the Highway Department, and
Deputy Consultant Johnson.
Officials Questioned
Mayor Lloyd Clark opened the
meeting, saying that the highway
officials were in attendance to an
swer questions in order that the
councilmen might be fully in
formed before voting on the pro
posed resolution. The first ques-
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Cancer Campaign
Is Falling Short
Many who usually contribute
to the local drive of the American
Cancer Society have not yet done
so, Mrs. J. S. Milliken, chairman,
pointed out this week.
Only $280 toward a quota of
$600 have been received in re
sponse to letters sent out two
weeks ago, the chairman said. She
asked all who have not contribut
ed to send their checks at once
to her at Box 55, Southern Pines.
Town Primary Scheduled Monday;
15 Candidates Seek Council Seats
Registration
To End At 9
P.M, Saturday
Voters of the town of Southern
Pines will go to the polls Monday
to nominate 10 candidates for
town council in the municipal
election May 3.
Using machines for voting for
the first time in Southern Pines,
citizens will vote for five out cf 15
candidates in the primary. The
10 receiving the highest votes will
be the May 3 candidates.
Polls will be open Monday from
6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Dan Sears of the Automatic
Voting Machine Co. of Jamestown,
N. Y., will be on hand to explain
the simple operation of the ma
chines, using a demonstrator mod
el similar to the machines.
Four machines will be used,
which the town is renting at a to
tal cost of $300 for'the next year.
The town may buy the machines,
letting the rental apply on pm--
chase price, or may continue rent
ing by the year.
Regislrafion To End
Mrs. Frank Kaylor, registrar,
said that registration has been
light during the past week. The
books will be open at the fire sta
tion until 9 p.m. Saturday as well
as all day today (Friday).
New voters from the KnoUwood
and annexed areas are reminded
to register. Newcomers in town
must also register in order to be
able to vote Monday or on May 3.
Registration on the Southern
Pines precinct books, for county
and general elections, does not
entitle a person to vote in a mu
nicipal election, it was pointed
out. There is a separate book for
the town election.
MAP OF HEAVEN—^Mrs. Wallace Irwin smiles as she dis
plays a “map of Paradise” in a Bibj.e published in Holland in
1643 and used during the following century in the Dutch Reform
ed Church at New York. The book, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Irwin,
is one of a number of old items, all with an American background,
to be displayed in a rare book and document exhibition at the
Southern Pines Library Saturday and Sunday. Open to the pub- •
lie, the exhibit will be on view aU day Saturday and from noon
to 5 p.m. on Sunday. With Mrs. Irwin as .chairman, the planning
committee includes Mrs. L. T. Avery, Mrs. Reid Healy and Miss
Lockie Parker. A collection of Theodore Roosevfelt’s works, a
collection of the writings of Walter Hines Page, early American
editions of classics, the first collection of Thomas Jefferson’s
writings, and many other interesting items of Americana will be
bn display. (Pilot Staff Photo)
Stacy Brewer, 71,
Founder Of Pilot,
Dies At Carthage
Funeral services were held at
the Carthage Presbyterian Church
Saturday afternoon for Stacy
Brewer, 71, retired newspaper
man and former legislator, who
founded The Pilot at Vass in 1920.
The Rev. W. S. Golden, pastor
of the church, officiated and buri
al was in Cross Hill Cemetery,
Carthage. Mr. Brewer had bfeen
in failing health for several years.
Pallbearers were Atlas Eastwood
of Lakeview, Jimmy Davis of
Carthage, John C. Frye of Rob
bins, Charles MacLeod and Char
lie Frye, both of Carthage, and
Dan S. Ray of Southern Pines.
About 1928, Mr. Brewer sold
The Pilot to Nelson Hyde, who is
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AGAIN TO BE KNOWN AS 'THE PADDOCK'
Miss Eleonora Sears Buys Big Cardy Estate
Miss Eleonora Sears, jioted
horsewoman and racing enthusi
ast of Massachusetts, has signed
contracts to purchase Vernon
Valley Farm, a 170-acre estate
and horse-breeding farm off Beth-
esda Road, just east of Southern
Pines.
Formerly known as The Pad-
deck, the property was offered at
$120,000 by its present owner, Ver
non G. Cardy, who bought the
place in 1946.
The property includes a riding,
ring modeled after the Wanamak-
er Oval, flat, hurdle and steeple
chase courses, and sixteen jumps
George H. Leonard Jr. of the Re
sort Realty & Development Co.
cf Southern Pines is the broker
in cooperation with Previews,
Inc., national real estate market
ing agency.
For Show Horses
Miss Sears will use Vernon
Valley Farm for her show horses
which include some of America’s
outstanding jumpers. In addition
...
Si*i
she has a stable cf race horses
among them the $190,000 Tar-
joman. Mahout and Tudorka. Her
racing stables are Kincsem Acres
in Santa Barbara, Calif., and
Burrland Farm near Middleburg,
Va.
Mr. Cardy owns the Cardy hunt
team which won the Amory Has
kell Trophy three times in Madi
son Square Garden. With the sale
of Vernon Valley Farm he will
fetire from the show ring
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Revenue Office
Ordered Closed;
Hubbard Leaving
Earl E. Hubbard, Federal In
ternal Revenue representative
who has been stationed in South
ern Pines for the past four years,
was notified Wednesday that the
office here, located in the base
ment of the post office would be
closed some time prior to the end
of June.
Mr. Hubbard had previously
been notified that he was to be
transferred to Greensboro late in
May, but did not know that the
local office was to be closed. The
Revenue Service is closing a
number of other small offices
throughout the state, in the inter
ests of economy and service to
larger communities said to need
increased facilities.
Mr. Hubbard said that he is
selling his house here and that
he and his wife and 16-months-
old daughter will move to
Greensboro May 27. He is a mem
ber cf the Rotary Club and the
board of stewards of the Southern
Pines Methodist Church and is
active in Boy Scout work.
GOOD POPPY SALE
One of the most successful pop
py sales every held here was re
ported this week by the American
Legion Auxiliary wh/bse mem
bers sold poppies on the street
Saturday. Total proceeds, which
go to aid disabled veterans and
needy children of veterans, were
listed as $271.44. Appreciation
was expressed to all who helped.
15 CANDIDATES
Mayor L. T. Clark paid his
filing fee shortly before filing
lime for candidates in the
municipal town council elec
tion ended last Friday after
noon, bringing to 15 the num
ber of candidates in the pri
mary Monday.
They are: Wi E. Blue, Har
ry W. Chalfield, Jr., L. T.
Clark, Stanley T. Dunn, Voit
Gilmore, T. T. Hayes, Jr., Mrs.
B. M. Harrington, Jimmy
Hobbs, Nancy H. Mar ley.
Brig.'Gen. Pearson Menoher,
T. T. Morse, Harry H. Pethick,
Bryan Poe, D. G. Slutz and J.
Graves Vann, Jr.
Turn to pages 20 and 21 for'
further information and pic
tures of each candidate.
Voters Can Meet
The Candidates
Voters of Southern Pines
ting their Pilots before Thursd
night are reminded of the ‘
The-Candidates” meeting
auspices of the League of
en Voters at 8 p.m. Thursd^
Weaver Auditorium. All
didates in the municipal
Monday have been invited
tend. Mrs. Graham Culbr^
to preside for the League]
D. Sabiston, Carthage
was to be moderator. Ai;
tunity for questions was
Youth Week Services Start Mon(
MAIN HOUSE AT THE PADDOCK. FORMERLY VERNON VALLEY FARM.
Detailed plans have been an
nounced for activities of Youth
Week which will open Monday,
with cooperation of several local
churches, with headquarters at
Brownson Memorial Presbyterian
Church.
The Rev. Joe Flora, minister of
education at the First Presbyte
rian Church, Greensboro, will con
duct nightly services, Monday
through Thursday.
All young people in Southern
Pines and this area are invited.
Young people actively involved
in planning the activities of Youth
Week are from the Presbyterian, ]
Baptist and Episcopal churches
and the Church of Wide Fellow
ship.
While he is in Southern Pines,
Mr. Flora will stay at the home of
Dr. W. C. Timmons, pastor of the
Church of Wide Fellowship.
Lunches, suppers and refresh-
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TOE REV. JOE FLORA