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VOL. 37—NO. 37
SIXTEEN PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES. NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. AUGUST 2. 1956
SIXTEEN PAGES
PRICE TEN CENTS
Bid Received For US 1 Paving
A bid of $393,540 has been sub
mitted to the State Highway
Commission by the F. D. Cline
Paving Company for the contract
to pave the Southern Pines thru
way, it was announced in Raleigh
Tuesday.
The commission is meeting to
day to review the bids.
Paving of the thruway should
be completed this fall, at least by
[December, according to T. W.
Poindexter, division engineer. If
weather conditions do not permit
the completion of the project by
that time, Poindexter said, the
work will be resumed about
March 1, with a comipletion date
early in the summer.
Included with the thruway
work in the contract letting will
be the new construction of curb
and gutters along Pennsylvania
Avenue to Bennett Street to the
east, and to the first cross-street
bn the West side, Poindexter said.
Structures along the thruway
include overpasses at the Sea
board Airline railroad near Man
ly and, in Southern Pines, over
passes at Midland Road and at
Morganton Road. An underpass
will be constructed at Pennsyl
vania Avenue.
All the structures will have ac
cess ramps.
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Court Clerks From State Holding
Three-Day Workshop Session Here
22-Year-Old Note
From Eisenhower
No Help In Court
Eisenhower became a character
witness, after a fashion, in Moore
recorders court Monday.
Henry Letterlough, elderly
Southern Pines Negro, on trial for
drunken driving, produced a letter
written in 1934 by the then Major
Dwight Eisenhower, attesting that
he had known Letterlough for
three years, saw him practically
every day and considered him an
honest and upstanding citizen.
Letterlough said the letter was
written when he was an employee
in the office of the Chief of Staff
at Washington, that he did some
driving there and occasionally
chauffered Major Eisenh'ower.
Judge J. Vance Rowe read the
letter aloud and Solicitor W. La-
mont Brown, slipping for a mo
ment into his other role of Moore
County Democratic chairman, ob
served facetiously that many
years had passed since the letter
was written and both Eisenhower
and Letterlough had changed for
the worse.”
Southern Pines Police Officers
Stout and Younts testified that
Letterlough had almost driven
head-on into their car at the inter
section of PeeDee Road and Mid
land Road, that then he had back
ed off, turned and headed in the
opposite direction, turned again
and came back to make another
near-miss at a head-on collision.
Letterlough complained that he
was ill, had terrible arthritic pains
and also headaches, and displayed
a cjuantity of medicine he said he
had to take.
Solicitor Brown queried, “Don’t
you think that in that case you are
too ill to keep on driving?” to
which the defendant answered,
“WeU, but folks say it never seems
to affect my driving.”
Judge Rowe acquitted thejsld
man on the drunken driving
charge, and found him guilty of
making an improper turn, contin
uing judgment on payment of
costs. He took official note of the
fact that Letterlough should not
continue driving, for health rea
sons.
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Franklin Johnson
Named To Local
Police Force
Franklin Johnson, who was dis
charged from the Army Saturday
after 31 months with the military
police in Germany, has joined the
Southern Pines Police Depart
ment, effective August 1, it was
announced today by Chief C. E.
Newton.
Johnson, a natibe of Southern
Pines, graduated from Southern
Pines High School in 1952. .Before
he joined the Army he was em
ployed at the A & P Store.
He fills a vacancy created by
the recent resignation of Sgt. H.
V. Chandler, Jr., who assumed
the position of chief of the Ayden
police force.
Chief Newton said this morn
ing that he was extremely pleas
ed to have Johnson on the force.
“His background as a corporal in
the military police will be of in
valuable aid in his new work
here,” he said, “and we are for
tunate in securing him on the
force.”
A three-day meeting of the
North Carolina Association of As
sistant and Deputy Clerks of Su
perior Couurts will be held ih the
Southland Hotel in Southern
Pines August 2-4, it was an
nounced this week.
The Moore County members
are hosts for the meeting, which
will begin with registration at
the hotelj; at 3 p. m. next Thurs
day.
Following registration there
will be a general membership
meeting with J. A. Walker, presi
dent of the association and dep
uty clerk in Guilford County,
presiding. Walker will introduce
W. A. Leland McKeithen of Pine-
huurst, a special Superior Court
judge, who wi,ll address the del
egates.
Following Judge McKeithen’s
remarks Jo Harper, deputy clerk
of the Randolph Superior Court,
will respond.
Bingo and other entertainment
will be enjoyed at the hotel fol
lowing the early business meet
ings.
Beginning at 9:30 Friday the
delegates will begin a series of
round table discussions on prob
lems and duties of the assistant
and deputy clerks. The discus
sions will be led by Everette
Beam, clerk of Superior Court,
Stanly County; Betty Varner,
deputuy clerk of Superior Court,
Guilford Counuty; and Royal
Shannonhouse, assistant director
of the Institute of Government in
Chapa! Hill,
ep-thehu-
After lunch the delegates will
take part in another round table
discussion on problems of the
county Recorder’s Courutu proD-
lems, led by Judge J. Vance
Rowe, presiding judge of Moore
Recorder’s Court, and Martha Ir
vin, deputuy clerk of .Superior
Court in Vance County.
A banquet, which is being
sponsored by the Moore County
Bar Association, will be held at
the Southei-n Pines Country C.ub
Friday night at 7:30. W. D. Sab-
iston, Jr., president of the county
bar association, will be the prin
cipal speaker. He will be intro
duced by Carlton Kennedy, Clerk
of Court in Moore County.
Following the banquet a series
of entertainment programs has
been pplapnned, including a hill
billy band, baidet dances, and a
number of monologues.
-lUirday’s program will be de
voted to a friendship breakfast
and the election and installation
of new officers.
Blanche Collins, deputy clerk
of Moore Superior Court, said
this week that more than 50 del
egates would attend the meeting
which is the fifth annual confer
ence. This is the first time the
state association'has ever met in
Moore County and, Miss Collins
said, the first time the state-wide
meeting has ever held in one of
the state’s smaller counties.
She said the association had
been helped greatly by Mark
King and J. T. Overton of the
Southern Pines Chamber of Com
merce, and Mrs. Pernice Harring
ton, owner of the Southland Ho
tel, meeting headquarters.
Members of the state associa
tion from Moore County are Miss
Collins of Cameron, and Mrs.
Fred Beck, of Carthabe. both dep
uties and Nancy Fry of Carthage.
PONY LEAGUE All-Stars from Moore Coun
ty, defeated Tuesday night in Greensboro for
district honors and the right to participate in
national eliminations, line up for a picture after
losing to Martinsville the previous night. Pic
tured, left to right, front row, are Larry Kenne
dy, Robbins, Don Whitaker, Carthage, Bobby
Kelly, Carthage, Melba Hall, Southern Pines,
Robert Woodruff, Southern Pines, G. A. McCas-
BUT WIN TWICE IN DURHAM!
kill, Robbins, and Bill Marts, Aberdeen. Back
row, same order, Marvin Lewis, Aberdeen, Ar
chie Kelly, Carthage, Yates Williamson, Car
thage, Bobby Watkins, Southern Pines, Jimmy
Caldwell, Southern Pines, H. V. Ritter, Aber
deen, Phillip Williams, Robbins, and Coach W.
A. Leonard, Southern Pines. Missing when pic
ture was made was Lindy Moore of Robbins.
/(Emerson Humphrey photo)
Golf Carousel W ill Be
Held Nov. 8-11; Three
Courses Will Be Used
Pony League All-Stars Defeated By
Shelby In District Eliminations
Police Report
Bold Break-In
At Theodota’s
Theft of six wrist watches from
a smashed window of Theodota’s
Gift Shop on North West Broad
Street Tuesday night was report
ed today by Chief C. E. Newton.
Miss Katherine McDonald,
owner of the shop, said the loss
—about $250—was fully covered
by insurance.
Police said that Kenneth
Creech, who lives upstairs near
by, reported hearing a smash
about 11:15 Tuesday night. He
had been watching television and
at first thought the crash was
made by an automobile.
He raised the window and,
when he looked out, saw a man
running through the bushes at
the railroad tracks.
Police later discovered five of
the boxes containing the watches
in shrubbery near the tracks. '
Chief Newton said a regular
night patrol had passed the shop
about 10 minutes before but had
not noticed anyone suspicious
hanging around.
Weary from three games last
week, the Moore County Pony
League All-Stars were defeated
by Martinsville (Va.) and Shelby
in double eliminations for district
honors this week.
Last week the All-Stars, com
posed of boys from all four teams
in the county—^Aberdeen, Carth
age, Robbins and Southern Pines
—defeated Durham twice in
three games to advance to the
district playoffs.
Criminal Court
Session Postponed
Until August 13
A special criminal term of
Moore County Superior Court
will convene August 13 with
Judge Don Phillips of Rocking
ham presiding.
The jury list: Eli G. Maness,
Harold McNeill, Pauline Hussey,
Elwood E. Blake, L. M. Currie,
Marvin Craig, James E. Comer,
Alton Scott, John L. Black, K.
Plans Announced
For Third Event
The third annual Southern Pines
Golf Carousel will be held Novem
ber 8-11, it was announced follow
ing a plemning committee meeting
earlier this week.
Joe Carter, who is co-chairman
of the event along with Johnnie
Hall, said the dates were selected
to obtain the maximum opportun
ity for golfers from the entire
eastern seaboard to make arrange
ments to attend the Carousel
scheduled for four days over the
three courses in Southern Pines.
At that time, he pointed out,
there is a lull in golf tournaments
and, with virtually no competition
from other events, it is expected
that the entry list wiU be far
larger.
Carter said one other factor in
the date selection was the consid
eration of the Southern Seniors
Championship, which will be held
at the Pinehurst Country Club
November 16-18, a few days after
the Carousel. Some golfers in the
Church Team Is
Upset Winner In
Adult Ball Loop
playing Martinsville Monday Arnold, Lacy Britt, Charles Fritz,
night the All-Stars couldn’t get
the right pitching combination
and lost 11-5. G. A. McCgskill, H.
V. Ritter, Archie Kelly and Bob
by Watkins all came on in efforts
to stem the steady flow of Mar
tinsville hits but were unsuccess
ful.
In Tuesday night’s game
Alvin Barrett, C. F. Seawell,
James Russell JoneSj Willie T.
Person, Anne Miller, Timothy
Cleary, James H. Garrison, B. E.
Reynolds, Jessie F.
Lindsay F. Myfick, Jessie Park,
Haywood Bobbitt, D. D. Marion,
James W. Dixon, Jr., W. L. Mar
tin, Ray veil J. Thompson, John
.against Shelby, Marvin Lewis', Hunneman, Mrs. J. B. Mc-
APPROVAL
Eleven Moore County farmers
who voted in the wheat referen
dum held July 20th voiced ap
proval to place quotas on the 1957
crop, the county agent’s office has
reported.
Hundreds Attend
Opening Of New
Colonial Store
Hundreds of people, some shop
pers and some lookers, attended
the grand Opening of the new
Colonial Store on the corner of
East Connecticut Avenue and N.
E. Broad Street yesterday.
The store, newest in the chain
that includes more than 440 east
of the Mississippi, was open to
the public Wednesday morning at
8:30. Before the store closed W.
H. Lee, manager, estimated that
severaili thousand people had at
tended and registered for the
large number of prizes that will
be awarded in celebration of the
opening.
The new store has more than
10,000 square feet of space in
which to display more than 4,000
separate items.
Equipped wtih modern air-
conditioning. the store features
speedy check-out stands, a mod
ern refrigerated produce depart-
rrent, large self-service meat de
partment, a large variety of
frozen foods, housewares, beauty
aids, and a large parking lot that
will; accommodate more than 50
cars.
The Sav-A-Stamp program of
Colonial Stores will also be in
effect here. Lee announced.
He said the store would remain
open until 8:30 each night this
week. Next week the store will
go on regular hours, staving onen
until 8:30 Friday nights and clos
ing Wednesday afternoons.
mainstay of the All-Stars’ pitch
ing staff, was on the mound after
three days of rest but allowed
eight hits, losing 5-1. Lewis had
been injured in Durham last
week.
One bright spot in the picture
was the slugging ability the Ali-
Stars displayed, though, unfor
tunately, not at the right times.
H. V. Ritter collected a home
run in both games, both over the
long centerfield wall, and Phillip
Williams of Robbins batted in
three runs with a round tripper in
the Martinsville game.
In the Shelby game played
Tuesday night, the All-Stars’ last
opportunity to stay in the run
ning, the toys showed the strain
of being on the road almost con-
tintously for a week.
In the first inning Coach W. A.
Leonard’s charges loaded the
bases with none out but were un
able to score
Several other times during the
game the All-Stars had the bases
full but were unable to score.
Ritter’s home run and a single
by Bobby WOodruff were the
only hits the locals got in the en
tire game
Coach Leonard said this morn
ing that four more games remain
of regular season play, which was
halted when Moore County start
ed participating in the state play
offs at Durham last week.
It is probable, he said, that the
regular season schedule would be
resumed Tuesday
Chamber of Commerce
Still On Summer Sked
The Chamber of Commerce,
still running on a once-a-month
meeting schedule for the slimmer,
will hold its next meeting Au
gust 14, president Mark King said
today.
King said the summer schedule
would continue to October 2,
when the regular twice-a-month
meetings of the Board of Direc
tors would be resumed.
The September meeting is
scheduled for the second Tues
day.
Donald, and John Schutte.
Also, Henry A. Borst, A. D.
Brown, Eddie J. 'Thomas, William
G. Rumfelt, Mrs. R. S. Marks,
Lacy W. Brewer, Roberta Keller,
H. J. Speer, Mrs. M. J. McPhail,
P. L. Patterson, J M. McCracken,
Jessie McLauchlin, J. A. Culbert
son, J. Earl Parker, Thomas L.
Black. A. C. Dawson, Herbert
Simmons, H. H. McKenzie, Gas
ton A. Vaughan, D. P. Troutman,
Allen D. Smith. R. A. Stutts, Jr.,
and Elmer N. Donaldson.
The Church of Wide Fellow
ship, ranked third in the Adult
Softball League final standings,
staged a rousing upset by defeat
ing the number two team, Caro
lina Power and Light, in the
Shaughnessy playoffs now un
derway.
Church of Wide Fellowship
won 13-7 last Thursday night and
turned the trick again Tuesday
night, winning 16-15.
Ih the other games the Airmen
at the Air-Ground School, rank-
01dham',ed numiber one, defeated the
Lions Club last Thursday night,
15-10; the Airmen won again
Tuesday night 9-1.
The Airmen play Church of
Wide Fellowship in the first game
of best two-of-three series to
night (Thursday) at 7:30. The sec
ond game is scheduled for Mon
day night at 7:30 with a third
game if necessary scheduled for
later next week.
All games are being played at
Memorial Field.
Irie Leonard, head of the
town’s sumtmer recreation pro
gram, of which the adult softball
league is a part, said that large
crowds were attending the
games.
Seniors group, it was thought,
would welcome the opportunity of
playing on courses in this area a
few days prior to their annual
championship in order to sharpen
their games.
Meeting Tuesday night with an
advisory committee from the
Chamber of Commerce, sponsors
of the Carousel for the first two
years, members of the Junior
Chamber of Commerce were en
thusiastic in discussions of the
golf event.
Arrangements have been made
to send hundreds of invitations all
over the country, concentrating on
golf courses and golf associations.
Promotion and publicity wiU be
gin immediately, it was pointed
out.
Carter said that discussion of a
“pro-am” would be welcomed
from anyone who knew the me
chanics and possibilities of staging
a successful one. Roy Grinnell,
pro at the Southern Pines Country
Club and a member of the Jaycee
advisory committee, said such
events had proven quite success
ful at a number of club tourna
ments in North Carolina this year.
He said that a “prom-am” as
part of the Carousel would prob
ably add greatly to the entry list.
The matter was not fully decid
ed on and was put into Grinnell’s
hands until further information
from the Carolines Professional
Golf Association is received and
evaluated.
Those who play in this year’s
tournament can expect bigger,
better and more prizes. Carter
said.
A larger percentage of the total
receipts will be spent on trophies
and prizes than ever before, he
said. Grinnell and John Ostrom,
also a member of the Chamber of
Commerce advisory committee,
and Frank Yandell and E. O.
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American Legion
Elects Officers
The election of new officers for
the American Legion Post in
Southern Pines met a snag last
Friday when the newly-elected
commander, (^aptain A. R. Mc
Daniel, had to' decline the office.
Officials of the post have not
set a date to select someone to
fill the post.
Other officers elected are Ed
ward Finch of Vass, first vice
commander; T. W. Wilson of
Manly, second vice-commander;
Alden Bower of Southern Pines,
sergeant-at-arms; L. L. Woolley,
of Southern Pines, re-elected ad
jutant; and W. E. Cox, Jr., South
ern Pines, finance officer.
Date of installation of the new
officers has not been set.
W orkUnder way On
Aberdeen Link Of
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Piii-LUUHHHTM, the familiar chant of Pilot newshawks on
city streets late every Thursday afternoon, is missing from this
picture, but a number of people have found the convenience of
the recently added “self-service” display rack to their liking. The
rack, located at the front door of the Pilot building on Pennsyl
vania Avenue, was installed about three weeks ago for the con
venience of Pilot readers who were unable to' purchase a paper
late at night and on the weekend. So far it has proven quite pop
ular. Pictured here is Aileen Stroman of 990 West Indiana Ave
nue, first customer when the rack was installed, purchasing a
paper on her way from shopping.
The three-lane highway south
of Southern Pines is getting a
face-lifting and, according to en
gineers with the State Highway
Commission, a widening that will
place it among the state’s top
traffic arteries.
Bulldozers are widening the
present 33-foot three-lane high
way to a modem four-lane high
way that will encomipass 72 feet.
When completed, some time in
the late fall if weather permits,
the new construction wifi stretch
from South Street in Aberdeen to
the intersection with the new
Southern Pines thruway, a total
of 2.46 miles.
T. E. Poindexter, division en
gineer, said that no houses or
other (buildings are being moved.
He said the highway commission
had obtained a 100-foot' right-of-
way for the new construction and
most property owners along the
highway knew of the acquisition
and had kept it in mind.
When completed, the highway
will consist of four lanes all the
way from a point just south of
Lakeview. beginning of the
Southern Pines thruway, to the
Richmond County ling.