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PGA Delegates
To Decide Place
For Headquarters
Decision Slaled In
Meeting Dec. 3-6;
Mayor Sends Letters
Southern Pines’ invitation to
the nation-wide Professional
Golfers Association to move their
permanent headquarters here
from Chicago will be considered
at a meeting of delegates to the
PGA convention in Atlantic City,
December 3-6.
Mayor Voit Gilmore, who trav
elled to Detroit with Harold Col
lins of Southern Pines last July
and presented the invitation in
person to members of the PGA’s
executive committee, said that
he sent yesterday a letter to each
of the 66 official delegates who
will make the headquarters site
decision at Atlantic City.
The letters briefly summarized
the advantages of Southern Pines
for the headquarters offices, re
capitulating the material former
ly presented in person to the ex-
ecuiive commutee.
Dugan Aycock of Lexington,
head of the CaroUnas section of
the PGA, is formally taking the
Southern Pines invitation to At
lantic City, Mayor Gilmore said.
Dunedin, near Tampa, Fla.,
where the PGA owns property
which it sells to retired members
for home sites, is regarded as the
major contender, with Southern
Pines, for the headquarters sue.
All golfing and business inter
ests in the Sandhills, ps well as
the town council, cooperated in
last summer’s discussions and
planning that preceded the con
ference of the local men with the
PGA executive committee.
This committee is expected to
make a recommendation about
the headquarters site to the At
lantic City meeting, but the final
choice is up to the 66 offical dele
gates from aU sections of the na
tion.
(Continued on Page 8)
TWENTY PAGES
PKICE TEN CENTS
College Pledges Total $128,000;
Site Inspection May Be Dec. 15
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NEW TROPHY ADDED—-As seven members
of the Southern Pines Blue Knights watch hap
pily, Head Coach Irie Leonard places the State
Championship Six-Man football trophy in the
local school’s display case. Visible at right in
Defeat Western N. C. Champs
the case is the 1954 trophy also won by Southern
Pines. The players, left to right, are: Johnny
Watkins, Bobby Cline, Billy Cox, James Hum
phrey, Tony Parker, Bill Marley and John Ray.
(Photo by Humphrey)
Knights Cop State Six-Man Title
Inquest Will Be
Held In Accident
Death Of Woman
An inquest into the death of an
ill woman, who was killed when
she was thrown from the rear
door of an ambulance in a colli
sion near Robbins Sunday, will be
held about the middle of this
month. Coroner Ralph G. Steed
of Robbins said this morning.
The coroner said that an au
topsy he ordered after the acci
dent disclosed that Mrs. Pauline
Howell Freeman Griggs, 46, died
of a skull fracture sustained in
the accident. She was being
transported to Moore County
Hospital in an ambulance driven
by W. R. Kennedy of Robbins,
early Sunday afternoon, follow
ing a cerebral hemorrhage suf
fered Sunday morning.
The autopsy was ordered in
view of the possibility that Mrs.
Griggs may already have suc
cumbed to natural causes before
the ambulance and an automobile
driven by William A. Beachum,
27, of Newport News, Va., col
lided at the intersection of High
ways 27 and 705 near Robbins.
"The coroner and the investiga
ting patrolman, J. F. Swaim, said
that no charges had been made,
pending the inquest. Coroner
Steed said that the inquest was
being delayed because Patrolman
Swaim is off duty for two weeks
and because out-of-state people
(Continued on page 8)
The Blue Knights of Southern
Pines High School bowled over
Clemmons High School of near
Winston-Salem, the Western N.
C. six-man football champions, to
win a 56-0 victory and the State
Championship before a big
Thanksgiving night crowd here
last Thursday.
Outstanding in all departments
and rolling like a well-oiled ma
chine, the Blue Knights sent the
highly touted, heavier and unde
feated Western boys home score
less and completed their, own rec
ord of two full seasons of football
undefeated under the guidance O'f
Head Coach Irie Leonard and W.
A. Leonard, assistant.
The local squad was outstand
ing both offensively and defen
sively. Leading the defensive
charge were Bill Marley, Tony
Parker and Kenneth Creech.
Johnny Watkins and Billy Cox,
tailbacks, and James Humphrey,
wingback, spearheaded at quar
terback by the reliable Bobby
Cline, led the tricky single-wing
attack run by Southern Pines.
The backfield players also were
outstanding on defense.
(Continued on page 8)
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ELKS TO FETE
STATE CHAMPS
Members of the Southern
Pines' state championship
six-man football squad will
be entertained at a banquet
Saturday night at the Coun
try Club, continuing a tradi
tional event staged by the
Elks for the squad annually.
C. N. Page heads the comgnit-
te for the banquet.'
Presentations will include
the James Milliken award,
given annually by John Boyd
Post, Veterans of Foreign
Wars, to the most valuable
player; gold footballs and
medalions, given by the Elks;
and a special school award of
jackets, with seals, to nine
players of the starting line
up, with seals to go to other
members of the squ^ul.
The squad will announce,
according to custom, its own
choice of captain for the past
season.
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JUBILANT—Overjoyed members of the' Southern Pines High
School Blue Knights celebrate their State Championship victory
Thanksgiving night by hoisting Coach Irie Leonard to their shoul
ders in the melee that followed the final whistle.
(Photo by Humphrey)
Post Office Asks
Historical Assn.
Patrons Tie Cards To Have Program
By Destinations On Alston House
To expedite handling of Christ
mas mail, the post office next
week will distribute to patrons
forihs indicating “local” or “out
going” mail which patrons are
asked to tie on the outside of
bundles of cards or letters.
Packaging of mail in this man
ner will eliminate much sorting
time at the post office, said Post
master Garland Pierce, in an
nouncing the new request and
other post office news tpday.
Patrons bringing bundles of
cards or letters to the post office,
with the local or outgoing form
displayed, are asked to hand them
in at the window.
Air Mail Chcuige
Because of a change in flight
schedule by Piedmont Airlines,
closing time for outgoing airmail
(Continued on page 8)
Christmas Lights To Sparkle Soon
Christmas lights will soon
sparkle all over the downtown
district and on the giant tree at
Pennsylvania avenue.
Final Appeal Voiced
In Girl Scout Drive
Persons who have not yet con
tributed to the annual fund drive
of the Central Carolina Girl
Scout Council are asked to send
in their gifts at once, as the.
committee in charge wants to^
complete its work this week. |
Mrs. G. H. Leonard, Jr., to
whom contributions should be
sent, said that Southern Pines has
a goal of $2,500, but that Only
about $1,600 has been turned in.
The committee has not heard
from many persons who custom
arily contribute to the Girl Scout
campaign, Mrs. Leonard said.
The lighting plan this year will
follow the same pattern as that of
last year, which drew many ar’
miring comments and brought
hundreds of visitors to town, said
Mrs. Jean Edson, chairman of the
Christmas lighting committee of
the Chamber of Commerce.
The traditional lights strung
this week on both sides of Broad
street, in the main shopping area,
will be augmented by small
Christmas trees, erected and dec
orated by individual merchants, in
front of their stores. Through ar
rangements made by the Chamber
of Commerce, S. T. Dunn will
take orders for the trees at special
rates, or merchants may supply
their own.
The Southern Pines Garden
Club will repeat its decoration of
the great magnolia tree which.
dominating the downtown area,
forms the heart of the display.
The huge pictorial representa
tion of the Kings on their camels,
with Bethlehem in the distance,
which was made by John C. Tul-
lett last year, and erected in the
town park by the Chamber of
Commerce, may be available
again this season but Mrs. Edson
said she will not know definitely
about this for several days.
Excellent cooperation was given
last December by the merchants
in putting up their individual out
door trees, and even more are ex
pected to follow suit this Christ
mas season, Mrs. Edson said. It is
requested that trees be of uniform
height, about five feet taU. Two
to four strings of lights provide
ample decoration.
Window displays already being
put up give promise that this year
these will be more beautiful than
ever, and that all the decorations
will combine to make Southern
Pines truly the ‘Christmas Town.’
The Moore County Historical
association will resume activities
following the summer recess, with
a meeting Tuesday at 8 p.m. at the
Southern Pines Library.
An informal program is being
planned at which members will
[ be brought up to date on the Al
ston House restoration, and Mrs.
Ernest L. Ives, president, will re
port on events of today’s meeting
of the N. C. Society for the Pres
ervation of Antiquities.
Other matters of importance to
the association will be brought up,
involving plans for the coming
months. A directors’ meeting is to
be held following the program,
and Mrs. Ives asks especially that
each director be present.
Mrs. Ives and Treasurer Norris
L. Hodgkins, Jr., are attending the
15th annual meeting of the N. C.
Society at the Sir Walter Hotel,
Raleigh.
The Alston House in upper
Moore County, now a state-owned
historic shrine, was No. 1 on the i
agenda of a panel program on ma
jor restorations, held this morn
ing. Hodgkins reported on the
Moore County project in the
course of the program, at which
John A. Kellenberger of Greens
boro, a leading figure in the Tryon
Palace restoration, was moderator.
Though the State has now paid,
its commitment of $5,000 for the
property, he said, the costly pro-
(Continued on page 8)
Committee Of
Trustees Will
Look At Town
December 15 is the tentative
date when a five-member com
mittee of the board of trustees of
the Consolidated Presbyterian
College will visit Southern Pines.
The committee is expected to
tour the Weymouth Heights site
offered for the college by Mrs.
James Boyd, meet with civic lead
ers and obtain such other infor
mation as they may want about
Southern Pines as a location for
the new institution whose estab
lishment has been authorized by
the Presbyterian Synod of North
Carolina.
All five committee members are
on the board of trustees for the
college. The committee to visit
Southern Pines will be headed by
Dr. Roy E. Watts, pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church of High
Point, it was learned this week.
The other committee members
are: Tom M. i^lk of Charlotte,
U. S. Congressman L. H. Fountain
of Tarboro, Hector McLean of
Lumberton and James L. McNair
Jr., of Laurinburg.
The group is expected to spend
the day in Southern Pines. De
cember 15 will be the visitation
day, it was learned this week, pro
vided all members of the commit
tee are able to be present at that
time.
The complete board of trustees
of the Consolidated Presbyterian
College consists of 32 members.'
They have formed themselves into
six five-member committees, ap
parently leaving two trustees as
alternates; and each of the six
committees are to visit three of
the 18 communities seeking the
college.
Dr. Watts’ committee, it was
learned here, also was to visit
Raleigh and Kenansville, in addi
tion to Southern Pines. Kenans
ville, however, has withdrawn
from the list of towns seeking the
institution, presumably leaving
only Southern Pines and Raleigh
to be visited by this committee.
The six committees will com
pare their findings and narrow
the field of communities they are
considering for the college. Then
the full board of trustees will
make a visitation to these towns
before making their final choice
of site.
According to the time schedule
announced recently by the execu
tive committee of the board, visi
tations by the full board will be
made between February 4 and
March 3, with the final decision
to be reached March 6.
A. C. Dawson is chairman of a
Southern Pines committee for
planning reception of the inspect
ing group expected December 15.
Other members of the local com
mittee are Mrs. James Boyd, W.
Lamont Brown, Mayor Voit Gil-
i
more and the Rev. C. K. Ligon.
PATRICIA BOST
Moore Girl Wins
National Honor At
Chicago 4.H Meet
Patricia Foil Bost, 17, of Eagle
Springs, has won national honors
for her 4-H Club project in Rec
reation and Rural Arts, “Pat” was
cne of six 4-H’ers in the nation to
receive a $300 scholarship in this
project at the National 4-H Club
Congress now being held in Chi
cago. With other North Carolina
4-H Club State project winners
she is in Chicago this week to at
tend the Congress.
Miss Bost has been a 4-H club
member for the past eight years
and is now a freshman at Wom
an’s College of the University of
North Carolina, Greensboro. She
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs,
Herbert Bost of Eagle Springs.
In her Moore County project
she led songs to 18,922 people, led
228 games to 2,382 people, led
dances for 7,340 people, tap danc
ed 36 times before 6,955 people,
assisted with 110 parties for 2,217
people and made 94 different
kinds of handicraft articles and
other rural arts items. She was
leader of the Eagle Springs
Junior 4-H club which won the
1954 and the 1955 state award in
recreation activities.
In addition to her outstanding
record in recreation and rural
arts, Pat as Moore County Dress
Revue winner for 1955 was in the
blue award group in the State
Dress Revue. She was also in the
blue award group in the State
Health Pageant. For the past
three years she has appeared on
the Parade of Talent Show at 4-H
Club Week in Raleigh. She has
19 county awards in other 4-H
activities and has held many local
and county 4-H offices, it is re
ported by Mrs. Ruth H. Muse, as
sistant Moore Coimty Home
Demonstration agent who has
charge of all girls’ 4-H Club ac
tivities in the county.
Council Acts On Bond Proposals
Basketball Squads
Starling Practice
Boys and girls basketball
squads of Southern Pines High
School began practice sessions
Monday, but no game has been
definitely scheduled until a con^
test here with Carthage Decem
ber 9.
Coach W. A. Leonard said that
there is a possibility games may
be scheduled Tuesday or Wednes
day of next week.
Public advertisment of four
bond ordinances, covering pro
posed Southern Pines bond issues
totalling $450,000, begins today.
The ordinances were adopted
by the town council'at a special
meeting last week—subject to ap
proval by voters of the town in a
bond election that will be held
no sooner than February 1 of
next year.
Also authorized by the coun
cil was publication of notice of
the town’s intention to apply to
the Local Government Commis
sion at Raleigh for approval of
the proposed bond issue and elec
tion.
If the election is held and if
the bond issues are approved, the
council is given the authority to
borrow up to the authorized
amounts, when necessary.
The proposed bond issues are:
$150,000 for' water system im
provements; $150,000 for sewer
^system improvements; $100,000
for a municipal center-town hall-
jail building; and $50,000 for a
swimming pool in West Southern
Pines.
City Manager Tom E. Cunning
ham said this week that issuance
of the bonds will not, in his opin
ion, necessitate an increase in the
real and personal property tax, at
least through 1957 and probably
1958, with the exception that, if
the swimhiing pool project iS ap
proved, it may be necessary to
levy a 10-cent recreation tax ap
proved by the voters several
years ago and never levied. This
is by no means certain, however,
he said. It may be that, because
of increasing property valuations
and other reasons, a tax increase
for the bonds will never be need
ed.
In looking toward the future in
connection with the bond issues,
the manager also pointed out that
not all of the bonds, if approved
by the voters, need be issued at
once. The town will borrow and
spend when necessary, he said.
Approval of the bonds, he said
would authorize spending “for
obvious requirements that are
coming on the town steadUy.”
Work foreseen under the water
and sewer bond issues has been
indicated as unquestionably nec
essary by professional engineer
ing surveys of the town’s present
and developing needs.
^ $25,000 From
Pinehurst Donor
Largest Pledge
The campaign for an initial gift
sufficient to attract the new Pres
byterian College is moving along
well toward its goal, according to
reports heard by the Moore Coun
ty College Committee meeting
with leaders of the endowment
wmmittee, Tuesday afternoon.
Pr6siding W3s A. L. Bumsy,
chairman of the countywide Col
lege Committee.
Pledges had been officially re
ported from only four county com
munities so far. Campaign leaders
are in process of being appointed
in various other communities, said
Dr., R. M. McMillan, endowment
fund chairman.
The pledges received up to that
time totaled $121,830 from only 75
donors, toward the $200,000 tar
get, it was reported by Mrs. Au
drey K. Kennedy, vice-chairman.
The list was broken down as fol
lows: Southern Pines, $72 675-
Pinehurst, $39,455; Aberdeen’
$5,050.
By Wednesday night, it was lat
er learned from Mrs. Kennedy,
additional pledges of more than
$6,000 had come in, raising the
grand total above $128,000. '
Large Donations
Largest pledge on the list is
$25,000 from a Pinehurst donor.
Second, and largest on the South
ern Pines list, is a $21,000 individ
ual pledge, “rhere are several of
$10,000 and $5,000, while others
range from $1,500 down to $30.
Most ■of the donors wished to re
main anonymous.
Most of these were from the
“advance-pledge” list of large do
nors, with some resulting from a
general appeal by mail, as person-
to-person and special committee
canvassing is now going on with
pledges not yet turned in.
In ® $50,000 drive has
been initiated and is “proceeding
slowly” but with expectation of
success, said G. C. Seymour, lead
er of the campaign there.
Donald D. Kennedy, who is
heading the general canvass in
^uthern Pines, said that solicita
tion is under way in both the bus
iness and residential districts,
with 65 volunteer canvassers at
work. He has more names for
contacts and can use “a good
many more volunteers,” he re
ported. Mr. Kennedy is request
ing that all workers make as com
plete a report as possible by the
end of next week.
He reported that “enthusiasm is
generally a!t a high level, and most
people are being extremely coop
erative. There is no question
about it, the people very much
want the college.”
However, he said it was not a
matter that could be rushed, as
large sums, considerably above
the usual campaign contributions,
are involved, “many business peo
ple require time to think it over,
(Continued on Page 8)
MID PINES PRICE
TOPS $400,000
One of fhe largest real es
tate transactions ever con
summated in the Sandhills
took place today when the
final papers were passed in
the sale of the Mid Pines
property to Mr, and Mrs.
Frank Cosgrove, managers for
many years.
Totalling over $400,000, the
sale included the luxurious
club buildings and out build
ings, and 242 acres of golf
course, woodland and lake-
shore property.
Messrs. Sledge and Antrim,
of Durham, represented the
Watts Hill interests of Home
land Investment Company,
former owners. Built by Mr,
Hill's father, . James Sprunt
Hill, the Mid Pines was for
merly an exclusive club, later
reorganized as a hotel. During
its many years of growth,
much of it under the manage
ment of the Cosgrove family,
the Mid Pines has been the
scene of much of the social
life of the section, playing
host to business conventions,
political gatherings, and gala
functions, as well as enter
taining most of the leading
golfers of the country.