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{9 ■<> VOL, 37—NO. 11 EIGHTEEN PAGES SOUTHERN PINES. N. C.. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 2. 1956 EIGHTEEN PAGES PRICE TEN CENTS Bid For College Well Received At Raleigh Session Delegation Reports Interest of Trustees In Local Site Plea The Southern Pines delegation presenting the community and county bid for the' consolidated Presbyterian college received a cordial welcome Wednesday morning on making its presenta tion before the board of trustees, meeting at Raleigh. Keeping the appointment in the Fellowship Hall of White Memo rial Presbyterian Chuith were A. L. Burney,' chairman of the Moore County College Committee; com mittee members Voit Gilmore, W. Lamont Brown and Amos C. Daw son, who with Burney made up the presentation panel; and W. P. Saunders, the Rev. C. K. Ligon and Mrs. Valerie Nicholson. Presenting ithe local group was Hector McLean, trustee, from Lumberton, who had been a mem ber of the inspection committee visiting Southern Pines last De cember 15. Color Slides Shown The presentation opened with a series of beautiful color slides of local scenes shown by Mr. Daw son, with narration by Mr. Bur ney. Displays of photographs had also been arranged, and were leff for the tBustees to inspect, along with a scrapbook containing let ters of endorsement. The slides and photographs won instant welcome, as the trustees noted that this was the frst group which had shown pictures. The scrapbook contained not only letters from the Moore Coun ty commissioners and various town officials, civic organizations and churches, but from two Mont gomery County groups and one of wholehearted support from the Town of Ellerbe, signed by the town officials. The four panel members had divided out among themselves the various topics to be covered, their talks making up a complete sum mary of the case for Southern Pines and Moore County as the college site. Over $450,000 Pledged The up-to-date figure presented as the total of pledges toward the init; ’ ■" *16,402 from 1,571 .,iis indue ap- proxim.,-,../ $25,000 addec the result of the Monday “fina, nd- up” campaign in Southern . es. Added to this figure was tnat of (Continued on page 8) PISTOL PRESENTED—Sheriff C. J. McDon ald was the recipient of a Colt .38, handsomely inscribed, as the gift of his fellow officers at the first annual banquet of the Moore County Law Enforcement Officers association, held Monday night at the Southern Pines Country Club. Mak ing the presentation to Sheriff McDonald, first president of the association organized early last year, was Superior Court Judge W. A. Leland McKeithen of Pinehurst. Above, from left— Sheriff McDonald; County Solicitor W. Lamont Brown, who served as master of ceremonies; State’s Attorney General William B. Rodman, banquet speaker; Judge McKeithen; District So licitor M. G. Boyette, who presented the speak er, and Judge J. Vance Rowe of Moore recorders court, who also appeared on the program. See details in story, page 5. (Photo by V. Nicholson) IN FINAL DRIVE 349 Persons Give $25,000 Approximately $25,000 from 349 persons was pledged here Monday in the “C-Day” final concerted ef fort on pledges for the Presbyte rian College endowment fund. The local block-by-block can vass in which more than 50 can vassers took part was directed by Brig. Gen. Pearson Menoher who set up a headquarters at Radio Station WEEB studios, where calls were taken and reports tallied by Mrs. Joe Marley, Mrs. Victor Shephard, Mrs. John Tullett, Mrs. A. L. Burney, Mrs. C. K. Ligon and Mrs. J. S. Hiatt. The radio station broadcast hourly bulletins on the progress of the day’s activi ties, and talks and appeals by va rious members of the Moore County coUege committee. Local pledges Monday and oth ers received from over the county (Continued on Page 8) COMMITTEE HEADS TELL GRATITUDE As the Executive Committee for the proposed Presbyterian Col lege makes the presentation to the Trustees on February 1st, we wish to thank all the people who have pledged so generously to bring the College to Moore County. Their response has been inspirational. We wi';h to thank the Executive Committee for their assistance find, also, to thank the members of our Endowment (Committee for their cooperation. We offer our special gratitude to our vice-chairman, Mr. Donald D. Kennedy, for his outstanding accomplishments. Without his help it would have been utterly impossible to attain the figures we have now, both numerical and financial. He has worked ceaselessly and with great enthusiasm and we state again; that without his efforts, Moore County could not be in the running. Very truly yours, R. M. McMillan, Chairman Endowment Committee AUDREY K. KENNEDY Vice-Chairman Endowment Committee Local Girl Scout Honored, Will Bo Round-up Delegate A notable Girl Scout honor was accorded two Southern Pines girls Monday. Phyllis Garzik was chos en as one of four girls to go from the four-county Central Carolina Council to the National Senior Round-up at Pontiac, Mich., in June. Sandra Bailey was chosen as one of four alternates from the Council. Phyllis is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Garzik, 815 N. May St. Sandra-’s parents are Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Bailey who live on Carthage road. Choice of the Central Carolina Council delegates was announced during the annual meeting of council officers and leaders at Sanford Monday. Mrs. Audrey K. Kennedy of Southern Pines, coun cil president, presided. Mrs. W. P. Davis of Southern Pines was reeleced chairman of the nominating committee. Mrs. Curt Dutton was named council camping chairman. Mrs. Kenne dy’s term as president does not (Continued on page 8) John S. Ruggles Has Mild^ Heart Attack ‘ John S. Ruggles is in the Mem orial Hospital at Chapel Hill, re cuperating from a heart attack. Termed a slight coronary occlu sion, the attack was extremely mild so that it took a second series of cardiograms to diagnose it, the family reports. It is expected that Mr. Ruggles will remain at Chapel Hill for a week or 10 days to allow plenty of time for rest before he returns to his activities here. Governor’s Tomb Included In Gift To Association An old cemetery near the House in the Horseshoe has been given to the Moore County His torical Association.it has Jfceen an nounced by Mrs. Ernest' L. Ives, president of the association. The cemetery, which contains the tomb of Governor Benjamin Williams, one of the earlier gov ernors of North Carolina, was presented to the association by Mrs. E. M. Harrington, on behalf of herself and other members ofi her family. The cemetery also con-| tains the tombs of Governor Wil-* liams’ wife, his son and his wife^ and several other people. I The House in the Horseshoe, which was Governor Williams’ retirement home, is owned by the state and preserved as an historic shrine. The cemetery will be pre- (Continued on page 8) GROUNDHOG DAY Folks whp are breathlessly waiting to hear it this town is going to be in the college finals will be rooting for fine weather. . . just in case. And not so "just" either. We're going to need an other of those sunny days, like last tune, when the trus tees, all 30 of them, come for their 'visit. Cloudy today. Groundhog peeped out; no shadow to scare him; so he stayed out basking in the not-so-basky air! Good omen for that sun ny day to come . , . if - and- when. AttaGroundhog! Processing Plant For Peach Growers Possibility In’57 Crop Insurance Also Discussed At Pinehurst Meet Crop insurance and the estab lishment of a plant for processing peaches and vegetables are strong possibilities during 1957 for Sand hill. peach growers, delegates to the North Carolina Mutual Peach Growers Society were told at their annual meeting in Pine hurst this week. W. C. Capel of Candor, presi dent of the society, told delegates meeting at the Carolina Hotel that state and federal officials have recognized the longtime need for such facilities and are offering encouragement and as sistance in their establishment. L. Y. “Stag” Ballentine, North Carolina Commissioner of Agri culture, spoke briefly to the dele gates at a Monday luncheon. He said the state was vitally inter ested in the peach^ grower and was prepared to offer assistance in the establishment of any fa cilities that would help the farm er make a better living out of his operation. Julian T. Mann, state director of the Federal Crop Insurance Coiporation, said there was a strong polsibility that crop insur ance for peach growers will be available in 1957 ‘‘on an experi mental basis.” The insurance is a protection agaifist hail and freeze M. J. Dorseir of Urbana, Ill., secretary of the National Peach Cpuneil, spoke to the delegates oh the overall picture of the peach ipch^slfy. ‘‘The Sandhill appee 4* A closely knit siid rather lii^ique^ section,” he ss^d- ‘fin the national picture it has al- ays represisinted a very impor- nt section I because of the ex- (Contintied on page-8) Voters Okay 3 Of 4 Bond Proposals For Totai Of $4.00,000 Swimming Pool Project Nixed; 722 Cast Votes Southern Pines To Meet .Aberdeen In / Cage Games Friday The Southern Pines Blue Knights, riding high on a 12-2 won-lost record for the season, will face Aberdeen’s Red Devils in their second meeting of the season Friday night on the home court. The Knights lost the previous meeting 72-58, but appear to be greatly improved. Coach W. A. Leonard’s charges are all, with the exception of center Roger Ver- hoeff, shorter than the Aberdeen five and that factor may prove to be more than the Knights can overcome. Coach Hugh Bowman of Aber deen will pit his high scoring cen ter (he scored 22 points in the Southern Pines game) against Verhoeff. The Southern Pines girls’ team, with a season record of seven wins and 6 defeats, •will meet the Aberdeen sextet at 7:30. It is ex pected that the boys’ game will get underway about 9 p.m. Here are complete scoring sta tistics for both the Southern Pines (Continued on page 13) THE REV. MARTIN CALDWELL Emmanuel Church Has New Rector; To Arrive April The Rev. Martin Caldwell will become rector of Emmanuel Episcopal Church April 1, it was announced this week by the church’s vestry. He will conduct his first service here ion that day, Easter Sunday. The Rev. Mr. CaMwell will come to Southern Pines from Rye, N. Y., where he is associate rector of- Christ Episcopal Church. A mative of Spartanburg, S. C., aM # gtaduat^ of Davidson Collegej in North Carolina, he has served at Kannapolj^ in this state before going to Ryei He received his theological ed ucation, including graduate stud ies, at Duke University, Durham, and Columbia University and the General and Union Theolog ical Seminaries, in New York City. Emmanuel Church ha$ been without a rector since the resig nation, effective last September 15, of the Rev. Charles V. Covell who went from Southern Pines to Christ Church Parish, Middlesex County, Va. After conducting Easter serv ices at Emmanuel Church, Mr. Caldwell will return to Rye to be married on the following Satur- (Continued on Page 8) With 722 of 1,650 registered voters going to the polls Tuesday, citizens of Southern Pines au thorized the town council to issue bonds totalling $400,000. Approval was given to three of the four propositions on which separate voting was permitted— $150,000 for water system im provements, $150,000 for sewer age system improvements; and $100,000 for new municipal build ing. Disapproved was a $50,000 bond proposal for a West South ern Pines swimming pool. Here’s how the voting ran; Voters For Against Water 671 421 250 Se-\yer 665 415 250 Building 658 342 316 Pool 696 305 391 While less than half of the reg istered voters cast ballots, the turnout was considered good for a bond election in which voting is usually comparatively light. Expenditure of the $400,000 will be programmed by the coun cil. Bonds will be issued as the funds arfe needed, with water and sewer bond issues running over the next two or three years. The $400,000 was the largest amount ever approved in a local bond election. City Manager Tom E. Cunning ham said that he would begin to lay out immediately a program of work on the water and sewer systems, for approval by the coun cil during the next 60 days. Work on the sewage treatment plant, running to about $50,000, will probably be the first project undertaken under the sewerage bonds. In work on the water system, those areas with greatest emer gency needs in regard to fire pro tection will probably get first at tention. Among these areas are certain portions of Weymouth Heights, Midland Road and West Southern Pines. With the town office-fire station-jail building bonds ap proved, the councir.s first two (Continued on page 8) Judge Armstrong Alters Judgment In Bliss Case, Allows Voluntary Non-Suit A change of decision after dis- claimed to have suffered at the Boy Scout Week To Begin Monday I Hundreds of scouts in Moore ^ County will participate in the na tion-wide observance of Boy Scout Week, February 6-12, it was an nounced today by Frank Yandell, county Boy Scout executive. This year, which will mark their forty-sixth anniversary the more than four million scouts throughout the country will launch a new four year program with the theme ‘‘Onward for God and My Ck)untry.” Moore County scouts, part of the 17,500 member Occoneechee Council, have scheduled a series of events for the week, which will culminate Sunday, February 12, with “Scout Sunday.” According to Yandell “Blue and Gold” banquets will be held next week-end for members of most scouting units. Already schedul ed is one by Pack 73 of Southern Pines, of which Louis Scheipers, Jr., is cubmaster, to be held at the Presbyterian Church February 10. Other events have been schedul- (Continued on Page 8) missal of a case, last week in Car thage, resulted in an erroneous re port of the verdict in the suit of Mrs. Janet Bliss vs. Moore Coun ty Hospital and Drs. C. A. Mon roe and H. A. Peck, as carried on the front page of last week’s is sue of The Pilot. This was the case in which Mrs. Janet Bliss of Southern Pines sought $25,000 in damages for al leged injuries sustained from a painful X-ray bum which she SVA Opens 10th Nurse Scholarship Drive; Five Girls In Training Ihe Sandhills Veterans Associ ation this week opened its 10th annual nurse scholarship cam paign, sending out letters asking for gifts that will finance three years of training for one or more Moore County high school gradu ates. Any girl who will gi^lduate from a high school in Moore Pines is the 1956 drive chairman graduation. Winners are chosen County this year can make appli- and Jere N. McKeithen of Aber- on the basis of aptitude, previous cation for a scholarship. The deen is the current president of record, spirit of service and fin- winner—or more than one if the SVA. ancial need, there are sufficient funds—^will The scholarship winner may Five In Training be chosen by a board of doctors, choose any accredited North Car- Five Moore County girls who nurses, educators and hospital olina nursing school, but prom- have won scholarships in previ- authorities. ises to return to Moore Qounty to ous years are now in training in Bert L. Premo of Southern practice her profession, after North Carolina hospitals. They are: Marie Wicker of Aberdeen, who will graduate in 1957 at Wgtt’s Hospital, Durham; Mary Cameron Stewart of Robbins, who will graduate this year at Mercy Hospital, Charlotte; Velma Richardson of Eagle Springs, who will graduate this year at High (Continued on page 8) MARIE WICKER MARY C. STEWART VELMA RICHARDSON GENEVA BLACK V'.! MARTHA BROOKS hospital previous to an operation on August 25, 1953. The case came to trial last Wednesday, (January 25). On Thursday, Judge Frank M. Arm strong, presiding judge, closed the session with a judgment of non-suit, dismissing the jury and adjourning the court at about 2:30 p. -m. Subsequently, following consultation with attorneys in the case, the judge changed his deci sion and allowed the plaintiff a voluntary non-suit. Because of this change in judg ment, made after the case had been dismissed, the error occurred in The pilot report. - (Ed. Note: For the benefit of the layman unaccustomed to legal terminology, it should be ex plained that a judgment of non suit indicates that the judge does not find evidence as presented by the plaintiff against the defend ant sufficient to warrant contin uation of the trial. An appeal from such finding would have to be sought from the Supreme Court. A judgment of voluntary non-suit, on the other hand, such as was handed down last week m the changed decision, is entirely different. In this case, the plain tiff is allowed by the judge to take a non-suit voluntarily. This ^nables the plaintiff to regroup his forces, if he desirps, and start over again without recourse to the Supreme Court. At any sec ond trial, evidence subsequently discovered may be introduced.) Another error made in last week’s report in a story, consider ably condensed over the tele phone to make a publication (Continued on Page 8)