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Town Recreation
Sets New Record
In Participation
Events End Monday
But LaJke Guard To
Remain To Sept. 5 *
The 1955 municipal summer
recreation program wiU end Mon
day, Director Irie Leonard pointed
out today, following record-break
ing participation by adults and
youngsters in a wide variety of|
outdoor and indoor activities
since June 13.
Mr. Leonard stressed that the
Southern Pines lake off Midland
Road win continue to have a
qualified lifeguard, Jimmy Men-
zel, on duty from 1 to 6 p.m.
through September 5.
The West Southern Pines recre
ation program will wind up Mon
day with athletic tournaments
from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and an ex
hibit of articles made in Mrs.
Stubbs’ knitting class,'from 11:30
a.m. to 2 p.m., said J. C. Hasty,
director.
E. T. Clark and Mr. Hasty will
supervise the tournament compe
tition in croquet, tennis, horse
shoes and ping pong on the West
Southern Pines school campus,
The exhibit will put on display
' such knitted articles as sweaters,
skirts, scarves, stoles, caps, pock-
etbooks, doilies and glooves.
“We are very grateful to the
Recreation Committee for making
the fimd available for our recrea
tional program,’’ said the West
Southern Pines director, “and to
Mr. Walden for permitting us to
use his lake.”
Draws Most Interest
Director Leonard said that the
adult softball league—a new fea
ture of the summer recreation
program this year—drew more in
terest than any one feature of the
suignier’s schedule. The Holli
day’s and Air-Ground School
teams play their second game of a
championship series tonight at
Memorial Field.
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HEAVY DAMAGES—Mrs. Leo J. DeLoria of
Southern Pines, driver of the 1953 Oldsmobile
shown at left, was reported recovering at St.
Joseph’s Hospital this week from injuries re
ceived when her car was in a head-on collision
with the trailer-truck at right of picture. The
wreck occurred on No. 1 highway, north of
Southern Pines, Sunday of last week. This
TO MEET THIRD TUESDAYS
photo was made by a highway patrolman not
long after the accident. Property damage was
estimated at $2,500 for the car and $7,000 for the
truck and trailer. The • truck driver was not
hurt. Mrs. DeLoria’s left arm was broken and
she suffered multiple contusions of the knees.
Her injuries required a three-hour ot)eration.
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Football Practice
Starts Next Week;
Boys Urged Report
Football practice for the de
fending state six-man champions,
of Southern Pines, will start at 9
a. m. Thursday cf next week.
Head Coach Irie Leonard an
nounced today.
All high school boys and boys
enrolling in Southern Pines High
School for the first time—either
as transfer students or up from
Junior High School—are urged to
report at the field house to draw
equipment next Thursday.
All boys planning to report are
asked to get their physical exani-
inations before practice starts.
This is very important. Coach
Leonard said.
Several lettermen are expected
back this year, but Coach Leon
ard expects all boys interested in
footbai to report for practice.
. “The younger boys will be the
Blue Knight stars of the future,”
he said.
An attractive schedule for this
year—^to be announced next
week—features six home games,
including the opener with Max-
ton, Friday night, September 9.
Two games away are scheduled.
All home games this year will
be played on Friday nights, start
ing at 8 p. m.
The, Southern Pines Parent-
Teacher Association wiU hold its
first meeting of the new school
year on Thursday, September 15,
at 8 p. m. in the school auditori
um, the executive board an
nounces. The Board also an
nounces a change in the time of
meeting from the fourth Thurs
day in each month to the third
Thursday.
The program committee, com-
iposed of Dr. R. M.’ McMillan,
chairman, Jimmy Hobbs, incom
ing president, Mrs. Nancy Marley,
first vice-president, Mrs. W. P.
Davis,- and A. C.. Dawson, school
superintendent, met last Friday
night and outlined the following
proograms for the school year:
September—“What Kind of
Home-School Partnership Do We
Want?”
October—“Free From Physical
Hazards.”
November—“What Is Happen
ing In Education?” with emphasis
on remedial reading.
December—CIhristmas Music.
January — “Juvenile Fh'otec-
tion.”
February—Parent-Teacher pan
el on “Extracurricular Activities.”,
March—“Curricular Guidance.”
April—“Arts, Crafts and Hob
bies For Pun.”
Muy—Election of officers and
annual reports. Speaker^ ahd de
tails to he announced.
It was decided to have a ques
tion box at each meeting, in
which people can drop questions
on any matter, and these will be
discussed at the following meet
ing.
0 USAF TEAM WINS
FIRST OF SERIES
Barring an interruption by
Hurricane Connie, the second
game of the two out of three
series between Holliday's
Chicks and the USAF Air-
Ground School teams, for the
local softball championship,
will be played tonight (Thurs
day) at 8 o'clock, on Memorial
Field. A preliminary ladies'
game, also second in a series,
will feature the ladies' All-
Stars and the Hill Top Joker-
ettes at 7 pun. The All-Stars
beat the Jokerettes 7-4 on
Tuesday.
In the opener of the men's
series Tuesday night, the Air-
Ground School defeated Hol
liday's. S-4.
If HoUidaY's Chicks win to
night, final game of the series
is set for Friday at 8 p.m.
Oct. 16 Set As
Birth Date In
School Entry Law
Attention is called this week by
County Supt. of Schools H. Lee
Thomas to the fact that a child,
to enter the first grade in Sep
tember, must be six years old not
later than Otcober 16, instead of
October 1 as announced last week.
'The State Board of Education
meeting last Thursday restored
the sixth-birthday limit to Octo-
jber 16, the same as in previous
'years.
The limit had been moved up
15 days by the General Assembly,
in a new law which also contain
ed a provision that the date could
be changed by the State Board of
Education if it so desired. The
pew date would have cut down
the size of the first grade classes
by a small number for this One
year, which the State Board ap
parently decided would solve no
peal problems for the schools and
might create new ones.
So, as before, youngsters who
will become six years old on or
before October 16 will enter the
first grade this fall.
Teaching Staffs
Well Lined Up
Teaching staffs of schools in the
Moore County system were well
lined up by the first of this week,
with only eight vacancies still ex
isting, said Supt. H. Lee Thomas
of Csirthage. '
There were two vacancies at the
Cameron school, two at Robbins,
two at Westmoore and two at
Highfalls, all of which he antici
pated would soon be filled.
Most of the schools’ former
teachers, and aU but one of the
principals, are returning. 'The de
parting principal is R. E. Sigmon,
who is leaving the Cameron school
to go to the Endy school in Stan
ly county. He is being replaced
at Cameron by T. K. Holmes, prin
cipal at Highfalls for the past
three years. Taking Holmes’
place at Highfalls will be Harold
F. Rickman, who has been teach
ing there for the past several
years.
Belvedere Hotel
To Be Managed By
C. A. McLaughlin
J. Addison Smith, retired build
ing contractor, of Greensboro,
who owns the Belvedere Hotel
here, said this week that he has
signed a five-year lease for opera
tion of the hotel with C. A. Mc
Laughlin of Southern Pines, effec
tive September 1.
Mr. McLaughlin, who operates
the Style Mart men’s and boys’
clothing store located in the hotel
building, will be active manager
of the hotel, Mr. Smith said.
The present managers, A. C.
Reed and his sister. Miss Helen
Reed, will retire from the hotel
business at the end of this month.
They have a new home here and
will continue to live in Southern
Pines.
Mr. Smith said that extensive
interior and exterior improve
ments will be undertaken at the
Belvedere which is located on the
corner of Pennsylvania Ave. and
S. W. Broad St. Work on the im-
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To Open SepL 7
Appointment of Miss Hen
rietta Mclver of Lee County
as one of three third-grade
teachfers in Southern Pines
elementary school completes
the list of teachers for the
coming year. All other ele
mentary and high school
teachers for 1955-’56 were
named in last week’s Pilot.
, Schools in East and West
Southern Pines will open
Wednesday, Septemfcer /7. A
typographical error in last
week’s Pilot listed the day in
correctly as September 3, al
though the correct date ap
peared in a headline.
A. C. Dawson, superintend
ent of local schools, this week
was attending the /superin
tendent’s conference at Mars
Hill.
$450,000 Hospital
Project Now Has
Federal Approval
Final approval of federal aid in
a $450,000 building and improve
ment program at Moore County
Hospital was received by hospi
tal officials this week from the
U. S. Public Health Service, Tom
Howerton, administrator, said to
day.
The information came in a tele
gram and confirming letter from
Rep. C. B. Deane, he said. Com
bined with approval by the State
Medical Care Commission, receiv
ed previously and also restated
this week, the federal action
paeans full and final approval for
the whole project.
Half the funds for the project
will come from federal aid, 14.4
per cent from the state and’ the
remainder from donated local
funds which are on hand.
south of Skyline and north of
Southern Pines. The by-pass
route follows the McDeed’s Creek
ravine between East and West
Southern Pines.
The town council has previously
approved the by-pass route which
was laid out by highway engi
neers as the best that could be
found in this area for eliminating
the May Street traffic bottleneck
in Southern Pines.
Tl^e project is one of 17 on
which the State this week adver
tised for bids—and the only pro
ject of the 17 in this area.
Connie Heading To Sandhills?
Highway Commission Advertises
For Bids On Local By-Pass Work
Letting Of
Contracts
Set Aug. 23
The State Highway Commission
this week advertised for bids on.
the No. 1 highway by-pass project
.here.
Contract for the job is sched
uled to be let Tuesday, August 23.
Highway commissioners will meet
Thursday, August 25, in Raleigh
to canvass the low bids received.
While it was known that Forrest
Lockey of Aberdeen, 8th Division
highway commissioner, was try
ing to push the by-pass work
through as soon as possible, there
was no previous assurance that it
would be on the August letting.
Officials here were highly pleased
when this was revealed this week.
The work will involve 5.19
miles of grading and structures in
relocating No. 1 highway from a
point, on the south, at the Fair
way Motor Court to a junction
with the present No. 1 highway
County Proud Of
Little Leaguers
In Title Effort
After a gallant 9-8 victory over
Raleigh Little Leaguers Tuesday,
,the Moore County Little League
All-Stars lost their bid for the
State title Wednesday when Gas
tonia rolled over the Moore boys,
14-2, at Freedom Park in Char
lotte.
Moore County’s scoring came
in the sixth inning when Ronnie
Gilmore of Robbins belted a two-
run homer, with two outs. The
clout spoiled a possible shutout
for Gastonia’s Phil Nolen.
Gastonia goes to the regional
playoffs at Rome, Ga. Winner
there will take part in the ‘‘Little
World Series” at Williamsport,
Pa.
The Moore County State run
ners-up come home to meet the
pride of the local fans, however.
The All-Stars, picked from the
Southern Pines, Pinehurst, Car
thage and Robbins teams of the
Moore County Little League, de
feated the Aberdeen League All-
Stars; then, at Hickory, setting
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To what extent Hurricane Con
nie would affect this area could
not be predicted at noon today.
The 11 a.m. hurricane advisory
of the Weather Bureau at Miami
placed the storm 110 miles south,
southeast of Wilmington, moving
north, northwest at six or seven
miles per hour.
Central pressure of the storm
was reported reduced; also said
to be lower was speed of winds at
its center, then reported as 100
miles per hour. The storm was
slated to hit the coast between
Myrtle Beach and Wilmington to
night.
Brig. Gen. Pearson Menoher,
chairman of the disaster commit
tee of the Moore County Red
Cross chapter, early this after
noon asked that Red Cross disas
ter personnel stand by and be
available by telephone tonight
and tomorrow.
Garland McPherson, chairman
of the Red Cross chapter, said that
the chapter is ready to meet the
challenge of the hurricane if it
hits this area.
Col. Don Madigan, local Civil
Defense director, was out of town
on vacation.
The Pinehurst-Southem Pines
squadron of the Civil Air Patrol
has been alerted, along with the
entire North Carolina Wing of the
CAP, to be**ready to render assist
ance where needed. Portable elec
tric generating equipment of the
local squadron is one of its most
valuable assistance items.
Col. C. H. Burkhead, local
“ham” radio operator, told The
Pilot this week that the amateur
operators of the State have organ
ized a net that will handle emer
gency calls only, when the hurri
cane strikes. Operator of Station
W4GTH, thq colonel said that he
had been in contact with amateurs
up and down the coast.
Sandhill Invitational Tennis Tourney
To Attract Net Stars Here Next Week
The Eighth Annual Sandhill
Invitational Tennis Tournament
will be held next Wednesday
through Saturday, bringing some
of the top players of several states
to the local courts.
While most of the official en
tries will not be in until this week
end, it is anticipated that both de
fending champions will be on
Woman Charged
In Shooting Of
Roy Horne, 55
NEWS PHOTO DRAWS LETTERS OF PROTEST
E. B. McDonald
Re-Elected Head
Of Legion Post
Edgar Benfprd McDonald of
Southern Pines, commander of
^Sandhill Post 134, American Le
gion, was re-elected at a meeting
Tuesday night to serve as com
mander for 1956, reports Lloyd L.
Woolley, Legion adjutant.
Serving as 1st Vice Commander
will be Henry L. Graves, and 2nd
Vice Commander Alden G. Bow
er. Installations will not be made
until the third Tuesday in Sep-
,tember. date of the next meeting.
Other officers and positions are
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Puppy Here Center Of Nationtd Attention
A little mongrel puppy that was
sent to Southern Pines from Cali
fornia last week has touched off
a nation-wide storm of protest,
after an Associated Press photo
showed an unhappy boy saying
good-bye to the dog at an airport.
Published over the nation, the
photo depicts Rod Wilson, 11, with
head bent and grieving expression
and the puppy, Smokey, half in
his shipping crate on which is
printed, “Please Feed My Dog.”
Clippings of the photo, with
comments and a few long letters
have been received by The Pilot
during the past week, all protest
ing, in varying degrees of emo
tion, the action that parted the
boy and the dog. Letters came
from San Francisco, Baltimore,
Indiana, Illinois, ■ Missouri, Ari
zona, and Allentown, Pa.
The caption of the pictures
states that the pup was claimed
from an animal shelter at Bur
bank, Calif., by the boy “when its
former owner died” and that it
was being sent to the man’s moth
er in Southern Pines, at her re
quest.
Local inquiry revealed that the
pup’s owner had been Calvert
Wilson, former Southern Pines
resident who died a tragic death
in the Mojave Desert in Califor
nia, in June. He was the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Wilson of
Southern Pines.
During the three days that Mr.
Wilson was lost in the desert,
when his jeep stalled and he died
trying to get aid foh his compan
ions and himself, the pup was in
Mr. Wilson’s wholesale restaurant
business location where it was
found by Roderick J. Wilson (no
relation to the local family), a
friend and associate of Calvert
Wilson.
Mrs. Clyde Phipps of Southern
Pines, sister of Mr. Wilson who
resides with her parents at 175 W.
Connecticut Ave., told the Pilot
that Roderick J. Wilson had called
her and told her he was sending
the dog to Mrs. Frank Wilson be
cause he knew it had been Cal
vert Wilson’s intention to take the
dog to Southern Pines on a trip
he had been planning to make
here.
Mrs. Phipps quoted Roderick
Wilson as saying his son. Rod,-
who is pictured unhappily in the
news photo, has two other dogs
and implied that the pup would
be no great loss to the Wilson
family in Cjilifornia.
Mrs. Phipps said that her moth
er did not write to| have the dog
sent, but that she has enjoyed
seeing it, as it was the only thing
that belonged to her son that the
family here has been able to ob
tain from California.
Mrs. Phipps said that the pup
had originally belonged to young
Rod Wilson, but that he had given
it to Calvert Wilson who was to
have given him a bicycle as a
trade. However, Mr. Wilson’s
death intervened and the boy
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Roy Fred Horne, 55, of Lake-
view, was reported recovering in
Moore County Hospital this week
from two pistol Wounds in his
chest and a third wrist wound.
Elsie Elizabeth Cummings, 31.
sister of Horne’s 32-year-old
wife is under $500 bond, charged
with the shooting which took
place about 8 a. m. Monday in the
small grocery store that Horne
operates at Vass. She has been
employed at the store.
Details of the shooting are
vague. The woman, unmarried
and a member of Horne’s house
hold for around 14 years, is quo-
'ted as saying that Home drew
the pistol, a .38 caliber gun, on
'her and that she knocked it from
his hand, recovered it, and ad
mittedly, shot him.
Persons who reached the scene
early reported Home as saying
that he did not want her punish
ed, that he was to blame.
Arrested Tuesday morning on
a charge of felonious assauR with
a deadly weapon inflicting seri
ous and permanent injury, the
woman was''placed in jail at Car
thage for about an hour, until
bond was made.
A warrant charging Home with
assault with a deadly weapon by
pointing a pistol at Elsie Eliza
beth Cummings has been issued,
a spokesman for the sheriffs of
fice reports, but had not been
served up to Tuesday afternoon
because of Horne’s coniiition.
Police Chief A. R. Laubscher
of Vass and Deputy Sheriff A. W.
Lambert investigated.
hand, fighting to keep the tro
phies they retained in tough con^
tests a year ago.
Bill Umstaedter of AbbeviU^
S. C., eighth-ranked men’s singF
player in the South, has two Ij
on the W. M. Storey Memoj
trophy and is expected to _
a third win and permanent]
session. His chief challengeij
be the same as last year-
Daniel, who has in the inj
climbed to sixth ranking,]
notches above Umstaedter.
merly of Columbia, S. C., _
has recently moved to Gasf.
and will rate as a Tar Heel enl_
Audrey West Brown of Southl
ern Pines, who last year won the
women’s singles trophy for the
third time, becoming its pemia-
nent owner, will defend her title
in her bid for the new cup. This
trophy is donated by Mr. and Mrs.
H. L. Brown, parents of Audrey,
and, like her, foxmding members
of the sponsoring Sandhill Ten
nis association.
She may have rough going, as
entries now on hand include two
topflight women players who will
be participating in the Sandhill
tournament for the first time.
These are Louise Fowler and Eve
lyn Cowan, of Covington, Ga.,
champion women’s doubles team
of their state, each high-ranked in
singles in the South.
Also expected to return to the
local courts is 17-year-old Janie
Haynie, of Belton, S. C., who cop
ped the Junior Sandhill singles
trophy here last month and went
on the following week to defeat
Audrey Brown in finals of the
North Carolina Open at Asheville.
Audrey beat Janie in semifinals
of the South Carolina Open in
June.
Among weU-known men play
ers expected to return to the 1955
Sandhill Invitational are Whit
Cobb, of Durham, former state in
tercollegiate champion, now pres-
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Truck Takes Dip
Into Local Lake
MRS. LUCAS. 74
KILLED BY AUTO
Mrs. Nellie Clossy Lucas, 74,
was instantly killed when she
was struck by an automobile
Wednesday night near her
home in the Roseland com
munity, Aberdeen, Route 1.
She is survived by her hus
band, R. L. Lucas; three
daughters and one son.
Requiem mass will be sung
at the Sacred Heart Catholic
Church, Pinehurst, at 9 aan.,
Saturday by Father TVotter.
Investigating officers could
no^ be reached for further in
formation this morning.
James Hutchins, 30-year-old
white man of Carthage, took an
unexpected cool-off in- the. South
ern Pines lake commonly known
as the Swan pond last Monday,
when the 1952 Dodge pickup
truck which he was driving went
out of control on the down grade,
struck Life Guard Jimm.y Men-
zel’s car, parked on the shoulder
of the road, and went on into the
lake.
Hutchins, who was headed west
on Highway 2, came through un
injured. He was placed in jail to
be tried in recorders court on
charges of careless and reckless
driving causing an accident where
property damage was done and
having no valid operator’s li
cense.
Damage to Menzel’s car was es
timated at around $175.