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College Trustees
^ Pick Committees
In Fir st Meeting
Southern Pines Is
One of 16 Towns
Seeking Institution
^ The board of trustees of a new
consolidated college to be formed
by the Presbyterian Synod of
JSforth Carolina elected officers
and delegated assignments to
Committees at an organizational
meeting in Raleigh Monday.
William H. Neal of Winston-
Salem was chosen board chair
man. Other officers elected were
Halbert M. Jones of Laurinburg,
■ vice chairman; the Rev. Ben Lacy
" Rose of Wilmington, secretary,
and C. E. Beman of Laurinburg,
treasurer.
The four officers were named
to the board’s executive commit
tee along with William P. Mc
Pherson, Raleigh; Edwin Pate,
Laurinburg; the Rev. Warner L
HaU, Charlotte; Mrs. Julian Hu-
taff, Fayetteville; Mrs. Waylon
Blue, Sanford; and the Rev. Har-
jl^old J. Dhdley, Raleigh, the Synod
secretary. The latter is an ex offi
cio member.
County Committee
A local committee which is in
process of being expanded to
county-wide proportions is now
working on the effort to bring the
college to Southern Pines. A site
on the Weymouth estate has been
offered by Mrs. James Boyd.
The Synod voted last July to
•merge Flora Macdonald College,
Peace College and Presbyterian
Junior College. The consolidated
school will be a four-year co-ed-
ucational institution. It will be lo
cated in the eastern part of the
State.
Site Decision ,
One of the important decisions
By-Pass Ri^ht of Way
Is One Third Acquired
Of a total of 103 parcels of real the original survey, bad titles and
BLUE KNIGHTS SQUAD—The Blue Knights of Southern
Pines High Schools will meet their toughest competition of the
season Friday night of this week in the homecoming game and
next week against Aberdeen, both contests to be played here.
Front row, left to fight: James Humphrey, Bob Cline, Lynn
Van Benschoten, Tony Parker, BiU Marley, John Ray, Johnny
Watkins, Bill Cox.
Second row, same order: Cpach Me Leonard, Kenneth
Creech, Roger Verhoeff, Charles Watkins, David McCallum,
James Morrison, Dick Mierta, Billy Hamel, Joe Frankie Diggs.
Third row, same order: Bobby Parker, Joe McDonald, Rich
ard Bethea, Don Walter, Frank Talbert, James Bowers, Ikey
Wooden, Jesse Williford, Asst. Coach W. A. Leonard.
Back row, same order: Manager Tommy Reams, Peter Win-
kleman, Depnis Morgan, Charles Weatherspoon, Donald Barber,
Dicky Mclnnis, Tommy Watley, Jack Carter.
(Photo by Humphrey)
Music Assn. Will
Sponsor Series Of
6 Entertainments
There will be six concerts on
the Sandhills Music Association
;series scheduled for this season.
, That was the big news that de
veloped from the meeting of the
"Homecominff Game To Be Played Here^
Friday Night; Queen Wai Be Chosen
Chamber Banquet
Fesiivilies Al Half
Planned; Injuries
Hamper Local Squad
Southern Pines High School’s
Blue Knights go into tomorrow’s
homecoming game with Curry
. r- j , T,- „ . brary Tuesday night. With presi-
to be decided. Dr. Dudley said, is dent Lawrence Johnson, of Aber-
the site the college. At least deen, in charge. Association board
towns have expresed an inter-, members and others present
^ in obtaining the institution, heard the finished plans for the
The decision on a site is expected! year. They include the following
Sandhills group, held at the Li- High School of S;eensbom handi-
brarv Tue.<!dqv nivht WitVi nrpoi. j ^ ^
capped by injuries to two top
to be made within the next two
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NO SCHOOL FRIDAY
Students at East Southern
Pines schools will have a holiday
Friday when local teachers and
school personnel will attend a
^meeting of the North Central Dis
trict of the North Carolina Educa
tion Association in Raleigii. The
meeting, one of six NCEA district
gatherings being held over the
state, will feature exhibits of ed- 'place,
ucational materials, addresses of! Ticket sales will be handled by
prominent educators and laymen j,the Barnum. Realty Office with
and general business. I (Continued on page 8)
programs with their dates:
, Oct. 28, Ballet Carnival.
, Nov. 11, University of Alabama
String Quartet.
, Dec. 9, Combined Men and
Women (jlee Clubs of University
of North Carolina in a Christmas
Program.
Jan. 6, David Bar-Illan, pianist.
Feb. 10, North Carolina Little
Symphony.
Feb. 23, Roger Wagner Chorale.
Each date is a Friday night,
with Weaver Auditorium the
In Presbyterian Events Here
players—a state of affairs that in
jects gloom also into the outlook
for next week’s classic with Aber-
Window Displays
Will Be Judged
deen.
But you couldn’t say the local
boys or Coaches Irie Leonard and
W. A. Leonard are downhearted.
Some topnotch six-man football
is in store for fans of this area—
both in Friday’s homecoming
game and in the Aberdeen contest
Friday night of next week.
Lynn Van Benschoten, star de
fensive player with the defending
State six-man champions, sepa
rated his collar bone and shoul
der bone in a freak accident dur
ing practice Monday afternoon
and will be out for. the rest Of the
season.
Kenneth Creech, another top
defnsive player, has a knee in
jury that will likely keep him off
the field this week and next
week.
So the Blue Knights are head-
The Southern Pines Chamber
of Commerce invites the atten-
public to the down- rsme jK,.nignts are nead-
town wmdows which merchants if,- + .,1, 4.
have arranged in ntfmetii/o and toughest games
have arranged in attractive and ™
original ways, honoring the big defensive
TTnmpr'nTni'ncr in ialrn piayerS.
Homecoming Game to take place
Friday night.
Judges will tour the downtown
area tonight or tomorrow, to view
the displays, and awards of $10
for first place, $5 for second will
be presented at half time Fri
day night. The contest is in
charge of J. T. Overton, special
Regardless of this outlook,
preparations are being made for
gala homecoming festivities, un
direction cf the sponsoring Ro
tary Club.
'There will be a pre-game pep
rally and pgrade through town
tonight (’Thursday) starting at
Elmer J. McVeigh of Boston,
Mass., vice-president in charge of
sales of the Saco-LoweU Corp.,
has accepted the invitation of the
Southern Pines Chamber of Com
merce to be principal speaker at
its annual banquet Wednesday,
November 16.
McVeigh, a widely soughb^if-
ter speaker, was secured for the
event through Harry K. Smyth,
local Chamber president who is
also a Saco-LoweU vice-president,
in charge of operations at the
company’s Sanford plant.
The announcement was made to
the Chamber directors Tuesday
night, at which time Mark J.
King, banquet chairman, confirm
ed the banquet date and said
preparations for the affair are
well under way. Assisting are
George H. Leonard, Jr., and J. T.
Overton. Tickets for the banquet,
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estate that must be acquired by
the State on the No. 1 highway
by-pass, about one-third have
been acquired since August, Wil
liam E. Bacon, assistant right of
way engineer for the Eighth Divi-
Sicn of the State Highway and
Public Works Commission, said
today.
, Negotiations for property on the
right of way—which is 5.19 miles
long and 260 feet wide—continue
daily. The task is complicated by
missing owners, transfers since
ON OCTOBER 20
Hearing Set
On Natural
Gas For Area
A public hearing will be held at
Raleigh October 20 on application
of the Texas-Ohio Gas Co. for au
thority to build and operate a
natural gas pipeline that would
serve Southern Pines and other
North Carolina towns and cities.
'The hearing is set for 10 a. m.
in the hearing room of the State
Utilities Commission in the Li
brary Building at Raleigh.
Mayor Voit Gilmore said the
town government has been noti
fied of the hearing and a public
legal notice about it was placed
in today’s Pilot by the State Util
ities Commission.
The application is for a “certif
icate of public convenience and 1
necessity,” the notice to the town '
raid.
The legal notice lists the towns
that the company would like to
serve as Monroe, Albemarle,
Aberdeen, Pinehurst, Southern
Pines, Sanford, Dunn, Clinton,
Fayetteville, Goldsboro, Wilson,
Rocky Mount, Tarboro, Green
ville, Washington, Kinston, New
Bern, Wilmington “and other
points.”
Further details were not avail
able here this week.
OPEN WEDNESDAYS
The Southern ^Pines Library
will remain open each Wednesday
afternocn, starting Wednesday of
next week, it was annoimced to
day. Regular afternoon hours at
the library, Monday through Sat
urday, are 2 to 5 o’clock. The li-l
brary has been closing Wednesday, week.”
afternoons since early in the sum- | Goal for the 12-county Coun-
mer. cil area is almost $150,000.
other difficulties, but, says Mr.
Bacon, cooperation of landowners
has in general been very good and
progress of the work is satisfac
tory. ^
To aid State right of way per
sonnel, the State has employed
two local realtors, John S. Bug
gies and Sam Richardson, and a
builder, M. A. Lyons of Midland
Road, to help appraise property on
the right of way. Their apprais
als are considered along with the
State’s own appraisals and from
the consultation, the State tries to
set a fair price for each piece of
property to be acquired.
Eighth Division right-of-way
men, regularly assign^ to these
acquisitions, have gained through
training and experience the abil
ity to appraise the damages, Mr.
Bacon said, but local men are
helpful in determining local land
values upon which to base an of
fer. Auorneys were employed to
render certificates of title to the
lands of improved property.
Acquisition of rights-of-way
started during August, with ef
forts being concentrated on the
36 houses within the right of way
limits, as it is the policy of the
Highway Commission to clear
these obstructions first, thus en
abling the owners to have as
much notice as possible. Arrange
ments have been completed for
the moving of nine houses, nine
have been purchased, and two
moved already, Mr. Bacon report-
(Continued on page 8)
Reports On Scout
Drive ‘Gratifying’
'The fund drive of the Boy
Scouts in Occoneechee Council
was conducted Tuesday as over
800 Moore County citizens set out
to collect the county’s share of
the Council’s operating expenses
for next year.
Said Dr. C. C. McLean, county
drive chairman, on Wednesday,
“Reports which have come in so
far are certainly gratifying, and
represent 100 per cent cooperation
by oiu- workers. From certain
areas it will be several days yet
before totals are available, and a
listing of them will be made next
New Catholic School Dedicated In Impressive Rites
ciicuge or d. J.. uverxon, special ° ^,
events chairman, instead of Marki”-^® behind the gym. '‘"'o
-- ' ’ ' ' Tomorrow (Friday) — when Bishop Vincent S
-u- __ , , . Waters, of the Diocese nf Raleicrh
King as previously announced,, ..
through a transfer from one there will be no school because of
DR. LAKE
Special Services
To Be Held By
Visiting Pastor
/ The Rev. Julian Lake, D. D.,
DR. PATIERSON
Men’s Group To
Ralh" Sunday
y^.t Local Church
Dr. J. (Jap) Patterson, Jr.,
„, . , , ’ ■ —> J-"!. d. wap; i-axterson, jr.,
will conduct special services at secretary of Men’s Work in the
Brownson Memorial Presbyterian
Church at 8 p. m. each evening,
Monday through Friday of next
week. The public is invited.
Dr. Lake, pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church, Winston-
Salem, has announced his topics
as: Monday—“You Can Have A
Successful Marriage”; Tuesday—
“You Can Stop Wmiydn^”; V/ed-
^ (Continued on Page 8)
'’outhem Presbyterian Church, is
scheduled to address a joint
meeting of the Men of the Church
from Districts Six and Seven at
Chamber committee to another.
James B. Gifford
Gets Masonic Pin
James Bernard Gifford of 280
W. Connecticut Ave. was present
ed a gold lapel button recognizing
his 50 years as a Master Mason,
at a dinner meting of Southern
Pines Masonic' lodge 484 in the
lodge hall Monday.
Presentation Was made by Past
Master Lloyd H. WooUey, in the
name of the Grand Master of
North Carolina; Charles H. Pugh.
Born in July, 1881, Mr. Gifford
became a Master Mason in Mex
ico, N. Y., his home town in July,
1905. From 1922 to 1929 he was
a member of the Oneida, N. Y.,
lodge and since has belonged to
the lodge here.
A similar button award was
made in August to Herbert Smith
Knowles who \yas bom in July,
1871, and became a Master Ma
son in 1905 at Littleton, N. H.
Both Mr. Gifford and Mr.
Knowles are members of the
Church of Wide Fellowship and
are known as outstanding citizens '
of the Sandhills.
a teachers’ meeting in Raleigh—
majorettes and cheer leaders will
,sell homecoming game tickets in
front of the pest office and the
Citizens Bank and Trust Co.
Majorettes, cheer leaders and
fContinued on Page 81
Impressive dedication rites of |had just been finished and equip-.'sermon, delivered by Rt. Rev. Ed-
the Catholic church were con-1 ped, ready for the Sisters to move' ward T. Gilbert, Of Goldsboro, su-
ducted Sirnday afternoon by His in 'Diesday of this Iveek. iperintendent of Catholic schools.
The dedication • was combined the crowd was told, “Religion and
with a joint confirmation of the education, morale and morals, go
Southern Pines and Pinehurst hand in hand. To teach a child to
parishes. Receiving the sacrament i.be a good citizen of this world, we
of confirmation were a large class must teach him also to be a good
Waters, of the Diocese of Raleigh,
for the new St. Anthony’s paroch
ial school, and convent of the Sis
ters of Notre Dame, recently com
pleted on the grounds of St. An
thony’s church.
The school opened in Septem
ber with enrollment of 107 ele-
of boys and girls, also several
adults.
'Strongest Bulwark'
citizen of the next. Religion is al
so the foundation of patriotism,
and in our Catholic schools is to
AT CONVENTION
ux XU. CXC-; St. Anthony’s was filled to'^® found the strongest bulwark
♦mentary students. The convent overflowing for the rites. In the' against the tide of communism
j sweeping the world today, the
I strongest sanctuary of our Ameri-
ican way o;f life.”
Catholic parents, he said, “will
ingly bear the double taxation”
by which they not only support
the secular schools like all other
citizens, but the parochial schools
in which pupils receive religious
instruction with every subject.
Addrers Bv Bishop
Bishop Waters, in his address
which followed that of Father
Gilbert, spoke directly to the chil-
jdren who faced him from the
i f’ ont news, the boys scrubbed
' and shining-faced, clad in suits
and white shirts, the girls in white
dresses with flowing veils. Ex
plaining to them the meaning of
the sacrament and the symbolism
of each step in the rite, he also ask-
I ed them questions to determine
tVioii* ov'n understanding
j w-'s then robed by the as-
[ sisting priests in his red and gold
icnrer nnla] vestments, with miter
scepter, for the
'Continued on page 8)
7 ” — Cib^ ■"'Manager Tom E. Cunning-
^he Brownson Memorial Presby-1 ham this week is attending t''"
^erian Church in ^uthern Pines I .*• nventicn of the International
runday .evening. Dr. Patterson,!— Managers Association at
who is now on a mission work
':o"r v'hich carried hi^ to .’mny
coimtries of the world, is sche-
(Continued on P
xxrc-t+e'" ■'’’■eeds. N. H. He made
the trio to the convnention with
John Gold, city manager at Win
ston ‘>.sl«rr
NEWLY CONFIRMED boys and girls, also
several adults, of the Southern Pines and Pine
hurst parishes pose for their picture following
confirmation rites at St. Anthony’s church, Sun
day afternoon. With them is Bishop Vincent S.
Waters, glimpsed in center, with miter and
scepter. Next event on the program was the
dedication of the new St. Anthony’s school of
which a corner of the auditorium entrance can
be seen in the background.
(Photo by V. Nicholson).
CONGRESSMAN HERE
; Congressman C. B. Deane of
Rockingham, 8th District repre-
'’ms in Southern Pines
Tuesday calling on Democratic
liPd irs .’■nd tr’ends. He is visiting
it the district during the
Congressional recess.