. '^ttoW/iusA ylGIcndon r©' VOL. 37—NO. 25 Blue Endorsed For Delegate To Demo. Convention Ward Hill Precincl Chairman; County Convention Saturday H. Clifton Blue, Aberdeen news paper publisher and Moore Coun ty Representative to the N. C. General Assembly, was unani mously endorsed as a district del egate to the National Democratic Convention this year by Southern Pines precinct members last Sat urday afternoon. The precinct meeting, which was held in the James Boyd room at the library, was attended by 22 people. It was one of a series of • precinct meetings held throughout the county ^d state to elect new committee officers. Ward Hill, who has been chair man, was re-elected. Other com mittee members chosen were Mrs. Ruth Swisher, vice-chairman; Mrs. Valerie Nicholson, secretary- treasurer, W. B. “Chick” Hoi- liday, and L. F. Garvin. W. Lament Brown, chairman of toe county Democratic Executive Committee, reminded the commit tee of the county convention being held in Carthage Saturday at 3 p.m. and the state convention (Continued on Page 8) TWENTY PAGES W Maternal Welfare Tags To Be Sold In Moore May 12 Committees of the Moore County Maternal Welfare organ ization are due to take to the streets of all county towns this Saturday morning in the annual tag sale. Locally organized groups will be in charge of the sale to be conducted by each town accord ing to its own plan, under local leadership. MILITARY DISPLAYS—Moore County Boy Scouts watch with interest as men of the 82nd Air^rne Division demonstrate various weapons at the Council camporee on the Fort Braga res ervation Saturday. The boys and their adult Nearly 2,000 Boys ^ j oy CamporeeOn Bragg Reservation Between 1,800 and 2,000 boys from the 12 counties of Occonee- chee Scout Council attended the large Camporee held this past weekend on the Ft. Bragg Reser vation. Moore District had 106 scouts and 26 leaders in attend ance, according to Jim Blaird of Southern Pines, district chief for the camporee. Weather was perfect for toe occasion, and all functions and leaders are shown grouped around a roped-off area watching a demonstration out of view from the camera, at left. Trucks, tanks, a heUcopter and other equipment items were set up in a se- ries of displays. I iiow Southern Pines the sale is;exhibits scheduled for the eveto 'Without a hitc? incto- One table, on the green in ding the extensive displays and ront of the Citizens Bank and demonstrations by 82nd Airborne pust Company, will be manned units. ^iroorne by Mrs. Claude Reams, as chair- man, and Mrs. George Leonard, Mrs. E. C. Stevens, Mrs. R. E. Rhodes and Mrs. Nolley Jackson At the post office, Mrs. James Boyd and Mrs. L. T. Avery will be helped by Mrs. C. A. Smith, Mrs Voit Gilmore, Mrs. Bert Premo, Mrs. W. P. Davis, Mrs. John Dun- das and Mrs. James B. Swett. 'Hie West Southern Pines drive IS in the hapds of the foUo.wing church members:. Methodist Church, Mrs. Margaret York, Em manuel Presbyterian Church, George Murphy; Church of God,’ Mrs. Maggie Gilchrist; Mission ary Baptist Church, Mrs. T. R. Goins; Freewill Baptist, Mrs. Lar- cenia Harrington. Towns Taking Pari . Mrs. Talbot Johnson heads toe drive group in Aberdeen, assisted by the Junior Garden Club and Girl Scouts. . ' The Girl Scouts will also play a part in the day’s efforts in Pinehurst where they will sell tags under the leadership of Mrs Piuebluff: A. P. Thompson and Mrs. Kooh Aberdeen; 7, Pinehurst; A. P. Thompson and Mrs. Hugh Carter. Taylortown school will take part, with Mrs. Curreton and Mrs. Edna Taylor in charge. In Vass toe Lions Club is mak ing its annual contribution to this (Continued on page 19) Awards were presented to all units in one of the following cate gories; pioneering, camping, and participation, based on accom plishments during the two-day camporee. Chief Judge was David Drexel of Southern Pines. Troop 68, of Aberdeen, hiked from the Ranger Station on the edge of Ft. Bragg Reservation to the si^e of the camp, at McArthur Lake, a distance of six miles, carrying all gear and camping equipment. Leader of the troop was Harry Watson. At a campfire Saturday night, the^ Order of the Arrow, Scout- ing’s honor society, tapped two adults, Harry Watson and Duke Bradford, and eight boys from Moore County. Bradford is the leader of Troop 224, of Southern Pines. Units which participated from Moore District include the fol lowing: Troops 223 and 873, Southern Pines; Troop 206 and Explorer Post 809, Pinebluff; Saturday Last Day To Register For Primary A reminder that Saturday is the last day for new voters to register for the Democratic Pri- mary to be held May 26 was is sued today by Sam C. Riddle, chairman of the coimty board of elections. Riddle said that next Saturday, May 19, will be challenge day. Democratic precinct officials in Moore County have urged all qualified voters to register for the primary, just two weeks off from Saturday. Two Boys, 8 And 9, Charged In Thefts At Postoffice Here School Band To Present Annual Concert Friday ^Town Offices To Move While Center Being Constructed Zoning Changes Sel; Parking Ordinance Affects School Block While the new municipal center is under construction on the park block, town offices will move into the building on N. E. Broad St., formerly occupied by Radio Sta tion WEEB. The town council, in regular session Tuesday night, approved plans to rent the temporary of fices for $75 per month. The pres ent town hall, a former residence, will be torn down as first step in building the new $100,000 struc ture lor which funds were author ized in a bond election early thjs year. The town will use all space in the building formerly used by WEEB, except one small room. Councilmen seemed well pleased with the arrangement which had been tentatively made by City Manager Tom E. Cunningham. In a session that disposed of a 15-item docket, all the councilmen were present except Mayor Voit Gilmore who flew to Florida Tuesday as guest of the Air Force at an aerial fire power demonstra tion. The flight had been post poned from another day and the mayor had been assured he could be back in Southern Pines for the council meeting, but this was pre vented by a change in the Florida program, because of wind condi tions. Mayor Pro-Tern Harry Pethick presided in the absence of the mayor. Final Zoning Action Final action was taken on amendments to the zoning ordi TWENTY PAGES PRICE TEN CENTS Resort Promotion Is Lagging, Council Told Advertising, i" nance that have been under dis- Two young boys, aged eight and nine, were taken into cus tody this morning and charged with the systematic looting of boxes at the Southern Pines post- office for the past several weeks. Because of the boys’ ages, theii names were not revealed, but Garland Pierce, postmaster, said they were both from Soulhein Pines. According to Pierce the looting The fifth annual Spring concert of the Southern Pines High School concert band will be pre sented tomorrow (Friday) night at 8:15 in Weaver Auditorium. Included among the composer i whose work will be presented in the well-rounded program are oigmund Romberg, Leroy Ander son, Don Gillis and Humperdinck. Soloists are James Prim, fliite and James Humphrey, baritone. - saxophone both graduating Tllntf-ce seniors. Several numbers will I T OrCCS also be presented during inter mission by the beginners’ band, composed mostly of fifth graders according to Lynn H. “ MR. SIMPSON Taylor Simpson To Speak At Red Cross Meeting, Carthage Taylor M. Simpson, prominent High Point realtor, will install of ficers and directors of the Moore County Red Cross chapter at the annual meeting of the organiza tion in the courthouse at Carth age Friday. The meeting is set for 8 p; m. All Red Cross mem bers are invited to attend. The meeting will include re ports on various activities of the local chapter for the past yeai-. Mr. Simpson recently was nom inated to serve on the board of cussion for some time. The coun cil followed the recommendations of a conference committee of Knollwood residents, planning board members and councilmen in (Continued on Page 8) governors of the American -Na- band director at the school.*^*^^^’ I Moore Farm Agent The 55-piece concert band, composed of members tom the sixth through the twelfth grades, will play 15 numbers, Ledden said, including several ordinarily out of the province of concert groups. Following the concert the Band Boosters Club will enter tain the band members in the cafeteria. 936, Carthage; and 74, Robbins. Southern Pines Troop 224 was one of three to win the top-rank ing “pioneering” award for their performance at the camporee. Troop 223, Southern Pines, won the second-ranking “camping” (Continued on page 8) Summonses Served On Daly Employees In 150,000 Conspiraey Damage Action has been going on for a period I ^turday night the Band Boos- of from two to four weeks. T'ne again honor band mem- boys had been rifling boxes that r^®^® guests at an out- were either left open or had the banquet at the Country keys left in them. More than 100 followed by a dance, pieces of mail, including letters, banquet, which begins money orders, and small pack- o’clock, annual awards will ages, had been taken. Pierce said, members and toe One of the boys had tried to Club Bstaid Award for the cash a check several days ago “'Osf valuable member of the but had Been refused. The boys presented, had taken the letters from the Ledden said the Lions Club postoffice and had, after opening -^ward is made on the player’s them, thrown them into ditches! (Continued on page 8) ! and other hiding places around town. They had completely des troyed some of the pieces they took. Pierce said that most of toe looting had apparently been done when the postoffice was closed on Saturday afternoons, Sundays, (Continued on page 8) Resignation Of E. H. Garrison, Jr., has submit ted his resignation as Moore County Farm Agent, effective im mediately. Garrison, who said he was retir ing because of ill health and other reasons, came to Moore County 30 years ago from Rock Hill, S. C. Since that time the county has seen a tremendous change in its agricultural life and the county has grown to a position of impor tance in North Carolina agricul ture. Under Garrison’s direction and constant prodding, the broiler in dustry in Moore County has be come a million dollar annual bus iness, perhaps the largest single agricultural source of income in the county. No successor has been named, but it is expected the Board of County Commissioners will name one within a short time. tional Red Cross. He has an out standing record as a volunteer with various departments of the Red Cross on the local and area levels. A nominating committee for the Moore. County Chapter, compos ed of Dr. E. M. Mtedlin, chairman, J. Hawley Poole and T. Roy Phil lips, has announced the following slate for the ensuing year: chair man, Garland McPherson, South ern Pines; vice-chairmen, Gen. R. B. Hill, Southern Pines, Mrs. John L. Frye, Robbins, and Gor- | don Clark, Southern Pines; sec retary, Miss Grace Tillman,Car- thage; and treasurer, E. Earl Hubbard, Southern Pines. Directors who are nominated (to serve three year terms) are; W. H. McNeill, Jr., Aberdeen; Mrs. John Beasley, Carthage; Earl Martin, Eagle Springs; Mrs.’ W. M. Thompson, Jackson Springs; Miss Blanche Monroe, West End; and J. C. Phillips, Westmoore. Miss Edwina Hallman and Mrs. Dixon Underwood, former em ployees of Vincent J. Daly, Southern Pines psychologist who’ was recently convicted on a criminal libel charge, appeared in the office of Sheriff C. J. Mc Donald at Carthage Friday to be served with summonses in a $50,- 000 damage suit. The suit, brought by Mrs. Valerie Nicholson of Southern Pines, names Daly and the two young women as defendants and alleges conspiracy. Mrs. Nichol son was the complaining witness in Daly’s criminal trial in Moore County Recorder’s Court, when he was convicted of libeling her by sending defamatory matter about her to four North Carolina newspaper editors. The two wom en were defense witnesses at the trial. Garland S. Garris of Troy and Richard L. Brown,» Jr., of Albe marle, attorneys who defended Daly in the libel trial, are de fending Daly, Miss Hallman and Mrs. Underwood in the civil suit. Last week they issued a state ment that none of the defend ants knew of the civil action be fore they left town four days after the criminal trial and-that they would return voluntarily for service of papers. The civil suit summons had not yet been served on Daly to day. According to the office of Sheriff McDonald, he had not come in to be served and a dep uty again this week could not locate him in Southern Pines. Mrs. Cole To Address LWV Next Tuesday Mrs. Walter B. Cole, county su perintendent of public welfare, will be principal speaker at an open meeting of the League of Women Voters Tuesday night at | 8 o’clock at the Civic Club. Mrs. Cole’s talk will be con-j cerned primarily with the various | phases of work in her depart ment, with emphasis on the prob-1 lems of juvenile delinquency. She | wiU' also discuss the possibilities of obtaining a district nurse to work with the department, and what has happened to the in mates who formerly lived at the county home. Officers of the League said that a general discussion period, with time for questions and answers, | would follow the talk. The meeting is open to the gen- | eral public. t ^ ^ "