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Speedometer On Death Car Stuck At
95 Miles Per Hour, Patrolman Says
One of Moore county’s worst
highway tragedies occurred near
Bobbins about noon Sunday when
a car and pickup truck collided at
a rural road intersection, causing
injuries which proved fatal to two
persons and left three young
brothers in serious condition. The
State Highway Patrol said the
speedometer of the sedan was
found jammed at 95 miles per
hour.
June L. Callicut, 44, a farmer of
Robbins, Route 2, died en route
or soon after arrival at Montgom
ery Memorial Hospital at Troy,
where all the injured were taken
He was a passenger in his car, a
1955 Chevrolet two-door sedan,
which was being driven by his
son Kenneth, 17, at the time of the
crash.
Tuesday .morning Walter “Tex”
Graham, 17, driver of the Chevro-
Five Choirs Will
Join In Singing
‘Messiah’ Twice
let pickup, died 'at the Montgom
ery hospital. He was also of Rob
bins Route 2.
At first termed “critically hurt,”
Kenneth Callicut and his little
brother, Lloyd, aged four, were
reported today off the critical list,
though still at the hospital. Har
old Callicut, 11, was still believed
in critical condition at Bowman
Gray Hospital, Winston-Salem,
where he was rushed Sunday af
ternoon.
The two younger Callicut boys
were in the back seat of the se
dan. All were said to have receiv
ed severe facial lacerations, with
many other injuries.
'Terrific Speed' Indicated
Cpl. M. S. Parvin, who investi
gated the wreck, assisted by State
Highway Patrolman E. G. Sho-
maker, said the condition of the
vehicles indicated that there had
been “terrific speed.” The speed
ometer of the sedan was wedged
at 95 miles per hour so tightly he
could not dislodge the needle
with his pencil.
No eye witnesses could be
found and neither driver could be
questioned. Condition of the ve
hicles was such it could not be
immediately determined what had
TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES
PKICE TEN CENTS
Hospitality Arranged For College
Inspection; Connty Leaders Named
MOST VALUABLE—Johnny Watkins, left, of the Blue
Knights, receives from Harry Klabbatz, commander of John Boyd
Post, VFW, the James Milliken memorial trophy given each year
“most valuable” player on the Southern Pines
(Photo by Humphrey)
High School football team.
AT ELKS DINNER
Two performances of Handel’s
“Messiah will be presented as a
community holiday eyent, with! However, said Corporal
a chorus of 40 to 50 voices repre- ^ound that Graham
senting the choirs of five local I ^driving along a dirt road
churches, it was announced to-
day.
■The first performance will be
at 4 p. m., Sunday, December ,18,
in the Church of Wide Fellow
ship; the second at 8 p. m., Wed
nesday, December 21, in Brown-
Ison Memorial Presbytetrian
Church. Both are open to the
public, free of charge.
Represented in the chorus will
be the choirs of Brownson Mem
orial, Church of Wide Fellow
ship, Emmanuel Episcopal
Church, the First Baptist Church
and the Southern Pines Methodist
Church. Soloists will be announc
ed.
Rehearsals are now going on,
under direction of Mrs. Norris L.
Hodgkins. Jr., and Roger Gibbs.
Organists are Mrs. Wilbur Currie
and Mrs. L. D. McDonald.
Today’s announcement noted
that it is hoped the presentation
of Christmas music by combined
choirs will become an annual
event.
vvhich came out at the intersec
tion with the rural paved road
leading from Star to NC 705 about
eight miles northwest of Robbins.
There were no brake marks what
soever, indicating that neither
driver saw the other until the ve-
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UNC GLEE CLUBS
TO SING FRIDAY
Year-Old Child
Fatally Burned
Larry Luca^, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Lucas, of Southern
Pines, died Saturday at St. Joseph
of the Pines Hospital of burns suf
fered at his home the day before.
The little boy, who had cele-
' brated nis first birthday Thurs
day, pulled over an electric per
colator by grasping the wire cord.
The scalding liquid spilled over
the greater portion of his body.
Graveside services were held
Monday at 3 p.m. at Mt. Hope
Cemetery, conducted by Dr. W. C.
Timmons, pastor of the Church of
Wide Fellowship.
Surviving besides his parents
are two brothers, Preston and Da-
v'vid Albert, and one sister, Bi-en-
da, of the home; his maternal
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Cheatharn of Southern Pines; and
his paternal grandmother, Mrs.
Rittie Lucas of Aberdeen, Route 1.
SAUNDERS TO BE
SWORN IN DEC. 15
W. P. Saunders of Southern
Pines will be sworn in as di
rector of the North Carolina
Department of Conservation
and Development at 10 a. m.
Thursday of next week, De
cember 15, at Raleigh. He
was appointed to the post re
cently by Gov. Luther M.
I’''dges.
William H. Bobbitt, associ
ate justice of the State Su
preme Court and a classmate
of Mr. Saunders at the -Uni
versity of North Carolina,
will administer the oath to
the local man, in the Gov
ernor’s office.
The cCTemony is open to
the public and friends of Mr.
Saunders are invited to at
tend.
The University of North
Carolina Men's and Women's
( |G1^ Clubs will present a
Christmas program at 8:30
p. m. Friday in Weaver Audi
toriums The concert is one of
the series sponsored by the
Sandhills Music Association.
The glee clubs will sing
separately and together and
the program includes the
Saint Nicholas cantata, with
glee clubs and a "gallery"
chorus, featuring Mickey Mc
Guire of the Grass Roots
Opera Company as soloist.
Reduced price season tick
ets are available at Barnum
Realty and Insurance Co.
Single performance tickets
may be obtained at the door.
See page 23 for a photo and
^^^her details of the pro
gram.
elks CHRISTMAS PARTY
The annual Christmas party
given by the Southern Pines Elkg
Club for children of Southern
Pines and this area will
be held Wednesday, December
21, from 2 to 5 p. m., it was an
nounced this week. The event
Will be held outdoors, weather
permitting. Plans call for several
new . entertainment features.
Coniplete details will be announc
ed next week.
Johnny Watkins
Wins Top Award;
Players Honored
The 1955 football season—
which brought them a second suc
cessive state six-man football
championship—was climaxed for
the Blue Knights of Southern
Pines School when they were en
tertained by the Elks at the
Southern Pines Country Club'
Saturday evening. j
Attending the traditional an-
PTA CHRISTMAS
PROGRAM DEC. 15
A Christmas program, with
all music departments of the
schools represented, will be
given at the regulu meeting
of the Southern Pines Pa
rent-Teacher Association to
be held in Weaver Auditor!- '
um at 8 p. m. Thursday, De
cember 15. Leaders for the
program will be Mrs. Norris
Hodgkins, Jr., and Roger
Gibbs.
Bflskctbflll Gets
nual banquet session, in addition' HP
to squad members, were Coaches i ^ X 031118 AO
Irie Leonard and W. A. Leon-!—. •
ard, assistant, cheerleaders, mem-l PlaV HefP' Frirln-v
bers of the host lodge and friends ^ AXCl-C J? TlUay
and admirers of the team. C. N.| The Southern Pines High
Page-was chairman of the ban- School girls and Blue Knights
Highlights of the program were conference basketball games at
James the local gym Friday night, fac-
Milliken memorial award given' ing visitors from Carthage,
annually by John Boyd Post, \7et- j in non-conference openers for
the ™ Tuesday night against
Rohanen High School at Rock
ingham, the Southern Pines
teams both won—the girls, 55-33,
and the boys, 71-44. Anike Ver-
hoeff, with 19 points, and Patti
Britt, with 18, were top scorers
The Moore County College+
committee this week completed
its list of community chairmen, ‘
extending to full county wide ‘
proportions the current campaign
to secure the new Prsbyterian
college.
Several of the chairmen were
named a few weeks ago, and
some have already inaugurated
their community drives.
With a full list now of 19 rep
resentatives, liaison will be set
up with the endowment fund
committee in Southern Pines,
headquarters of the drive, and
each will be given information
and assistance in setting up his or
her own organization.
The list was announced today
as follows by A. L. Burney, coun
tywide College Committee chair
man:
Aberdeen, H. Clifton Blue; Ad-
dor, Mrs. Henry Addor; Pine- -r» .
bluff, E. H. Mills; Southern Pines, HctirCCl X HStOF To
James Boyd, Jr.; Manly, L. F. I
Garvin; Niagara, Walter C. Mor-l c^„„|^ A ♦ T
gan; Lakeview, J. E. Causey; X-iCTQlCS
Vass, Aubrey C. Keith; Cameron,
Leighton B. McKeithen; Eureka,
T. H. Lingerfeldt; -Carthage, C. J.
McDonald; Eastwood, J. W. Shef
field; Pinehurst, Albert S. Tufts;
West End, J. Hawley Poole;
Jackson Springs, Edgar Graham;
Eagle Springs, Howard R. Harri
son; Glendon, Miss Alma Ed
wards; Highfalls, Harold F. Rick
man; Robbins, W. P. Schumach
er.
In Southern Pines, a canvass of
business and residential districts
is under way, with some 65 men
and women as .volunteer workers.
Reports are to be made at a meet
ing of the endowment fund com'
mittee next Monday.
DR. JOHN MeSWEEN
lyight of Kiwanis
Southern Pines and the Sand
hills, bidding strongly for the
new consolidated Presbyterian
college, will have their first in
spection as a potential site next
Thursday, with the visit of a
five-man committee of the college
board of trustees. j
Local hospitality and a tour of
Southern Pines, Aberdeen and
Pinehurst are being arranged by
a local committee headed by
Amos C. Dawson, superintendent
of schools.
Expected to join the trustee
committee here, on an unofficial
visit, are W(. H. Neal of Winston-
Salem and Halbert Jones of Lau-
rinburg, chairman and vice-
chairman respectively of the
board of trustees.
The visitors have been invited
to come the day before, play golf
if they desire at the Mid Pines
Club, and to be guests for dinner
and to spend the night at Mid
Pines. It is anticipated that sev
eral, if not all, will accept this in
vitation.
They will attend the Wednes
day evening service at Brownson
Memorial Presbyterian church,
where Dr. Roy E.- Watts, pa,stor
of the First Presbyterian church
in High Point, chairman of the
visiting committee, has been ask
ed to deliver the sermon.
The official program will start
at 10 a. m. Thursday with a brief
ing meeting at the HollywO'Od ho-
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Pine Needles To
Stage New Senior
Tourney In April
A new golf tournament for the
Sandhills, promising to become a
major event of the season, was an
nounced this week by Mr. and
Mrs. Warren E. Bell, owners of
the Pine Needles GoU Course and
Country Club.
Plans are being made, they re
vealed, for the first annual Pine
Needles Senior Invitational tour
nament, with the tentative dates
set April 26-29. It will be a 54-
hole medal play event, with a
two-ball tournament slated for
the opening day.
Invitations will t^e sent to all
eligible senior golfers over the na
tion, but the field will be limited
to 120 players, it was stated.
Details will be announced as the
time of the tournament approach
es.
for the girls. Johnny Watkins 24 minfctrator said, with ( .
and Roger Verhoeff, 16 led the collections. He was
scoring for the Blue Knights. De- manager of Pinebluff
fensive .stand-n.,tc L.,+,,„l P®"itarium in the years 1951-53
Surratt Named To
New Hospital Post
Thomas M. Surratt, a native of
Salisbury who is now living in
Southern Pines, has been named
credit manager for Moore County
Hospital, Thomas R. Howerton,
administrator of the hospital, an
nounced this week.
Mr. Surratt will assist in all of
fice work at the hospital, the ad-
minfctrator said, with emphasis on
was
The Rev. Dr. John MeSweenJ re
tired Presbyterian clergyman and
educator, of Clinton, S. C., will
be the speaker at the annual
Ladies Night meeting of the!
Sandhills Kiwanis Club, to be
held at the Mid Pines Club Fri-'
. I tei: Each guest Will be pr'oTided
itiial’ ^ ^ packet containing the lo-
talk bew campaign brochure, maps and
talk before the club at one of its other material containing the
information” they have al-
year that he was invited to return readv reouested
lor th. on. gathering of toe year, 'S tSn visit the Wey-
ni.fi, wrvav/io. 1 acreage
i_ • , « . . — j-AACY Will iiieit visit t
when wives and feminine guests mouth Woods, a large
innlnHia/^ A+ 4-u:^ li ... *
fensive stand-outs for Southern
Pines' girls were Betty Jo Britt
and Jacque Davenport, aijd for
the boys, Watkins, Verhoeff,
(Continued on page 8)
PHONE HEARING
Public hearing on application of
the United Telephone Company of
the Carolinas to put into effect
extended area” or toll-free serv
ice between Southern Pines and
Pmehurst and Southern Pines and
Aberdeen will be held at 2:30 p.m.
Monday in the hearing room of
toe N. C. Utilities Cominission at
Raleigh. 'The hearing includes
consideration of proposed rate in
creases made necessary by the
change’ ranging from 50 cents to
?2.25 per month in Southern
Pines.
and for the past two years has
been assistant administrator of
the Chatham Hospital, Siler City.
His wife is the former Ann
Parker, daughter of Mrs. R. N.
Parker of S. Ashe St. The Sur
ratts have two small children.
COUNCIL TO MEET
Public hearing on a proposed
business area zoning ordinance,
including the area along the new
by-pass right of way and other
areas in town, will be held by the
town council when it gathers for
Lits regular session at 8 p.m. Tues
day in town hall. Also under dis
cussion will be a report suggesting
various changes In parking regu
lations. Persons directly affected
have been invited to attend.
are included. ,,At this meeting
also, the Sandhills Builders Cup
is awarded each year to an out
standing citizen of the commu
nity.
A graduate of Davidson CoN
(Continued on page 8)
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Moore To Receive
$240,830 In Funds
Moore County will receive
$240,830.73 in State funds for
school construction, it was an
nounced this week.
The amount represents the
county’s share in a $25 million
State school bond issue which was
divided according to a complicat
ed formula worked out by the
State Board of Education.
Amounts for Southern Pines
and Pinehurst city school units, on
a per pupil basis, are included in
th overall figure for Moore Coun-1
ty, but these amounts have not
yet been announced.
which is being offered as a cam
pus site by the Boyd familyf. After*
a thorough inspection bf the site,
they will return to the Hollywood
for lunch.
Other members of the Moore
County College Committee, in ad
dition tO' those on the reception
group, will join them for lunch
and the ensuing events.
A bus will be provided for the
afternoon tour, which will start
with a trip to Knollwood Airport
and a flight over Moore County
by chartered plane.
On the bus the group will then
tour the Sandhills, picking up
Chairman H; Clifton Blue at
Aberdeen, and Chairman Albert
S. Tufts at Pinehurst.
, Business and residential areas
of all three towns, also schools,
recreational facilities, hotels, hos
pitals, historic landmarks and
other places and points of interest
will be fully covered on the tour.
At the same time the local repre-
(Continued on Page 8)
FATHER AND SON PAIRS IN ELKS-Initiation of three
Thu^^fd^^^’-^wT® Southern Pines Elks lodge last
■mursday night brought to seven the father and son pairs wL are
members of the lodge. All seven of the pairs are pktord here
® ^ is believed to be a record for the local
dge and perhaps for other lodges of comparable size.
r.1 stands Lawrence J. Ryder exalted
ruler of toe lodge. Ranged on the steps of the Oiuntry Club
ballroom, each son in front of his father, are, left to righ? W S
Bushby and Ned Bushby; Joe Montesanti, Sr. and Joe, Jr.; W. A.
Local Congregation Approves $10,000
Annual Gift If College Locates Here
The congregation of Brownson] officers and was presented to the
in a business session Sunday, fol-
, lowing the morning service, au
thorized its officers to offer $10,-
000 per year as continuing in
come for the new Presbyterian
college, should the decision be
made by the trustees to locate it
in Southern Pines.
The church has already budget
ed a $3,000^ initial gift for the col
lege, to be made in 1956, regard
less of location. The $10,000 an
nual income would not start un
til 1957.
The officers have not yet met
to act on the authorization, and
until they do, the offer remains
tentative.
The resolution came from the
congregation by W. Lamont
Brown, chairman of the board of
deacons.
If approved, the offer will be
ineffective if the college is loca
ted elsewhere, though like all
Presbyterian churches in the Syn
od, the local church would ex
pect to be cglled on for an annu
al contribution, which might or
might not be so large.
Funds offered by the church
are not included in the current
campaign for pledges being held
in Southern Pines and throughout
the county, as these are to indi
cate general community support.
They are also not expected to af
fect pledges made by individual
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P James, Jr.; Dr L M
-TSirKimb^el/"’-
Kimbrell, James Besley, Jr., and Andrew Page are the
were mken mto the lodge at that time are J. D. Flemine and
Peter Bauer of Pinehurst, Gustaf Lundin of LaurinburgTnS from
rt, ira D. Buck, Dr. J. Watson Smith and John Hunnemann.
(Photo by Humphrey)
Commissioners Name E. T. McKeithen
Moore Historian, R. E. Wicker Assistant
Edwin T. McKeithen of Aber
deen was formally designated
Moore County historian by reso
lution of the county commission
ers at their regular session in Car
thage Monday.
The resolution names Rassie E.
Wicker of Pinehurst as assistant
county historian and directs that
Clerk of Court C. C. Kennedy pro
vide in his vault a book in which
matters the historians deem wor
thy of preservation can be record
ed free of charge.
J! jonnson, in 1931
Neither of the appointments deen man pointed out
I carries any monetary compensa-
I tion.
The commissioners voted unan
imously on the resolution after J.
Talbot Johnson of Aberdeen sug
gested that such action be taken,
in view of the rich historical back
ground of the county and the need
for many items of county history
to be preserved “before it is too
late.”
The county has had no officially
designated historian since the
death of Mr. Johnson’s father, J.
McN. Johnson, in 1930, the Aber-