THURSDAY. OCTOBER 18. 1956
THE PILOT—Southern Pines. North Carolina
T»age FIFTEEN
WITH THE
Armed Forces
ArmyS^rgeant First Class
Fred McKenzie, whose wife,
Betty, and parents, Mr. and Mrs.
William I. McKenzie, live in
Pinehurst, recently participated
in a demonstration parachute
jump for the Joint Civilian Ori
entation Conference (JCOC) at
Fort Bening, Ga.
The JCOC is composed of busi
ness and inlustrial leaders who
have vital interests in advance
ment? made by the Armed
Fofcag.
Sergeant McKenzie, is a sec
tion leader in Company D of the
82nd Airborne Division’s 325th
Infantry Regiment, regularly sta
tioned at Fort Bragg.
McKenzie entered the Army in
Hillbilly Band
Leader Fined In
Court HereMo^nday
Tommy Floyd, well-known hill-
I billy personality of central North
Carolina, and a member of his
band, Wayne Brown, received six
months road sentences in, Moore
Recorder’s Court Monday for op
erating an automobile at speeds
up to 90 miles an hour about a
month ago.
Floyd, no stranger tg radio and
television audiences In this area,
was convicted of allowing Brown
March, 1955, and was last sta
tioned at Fort Jackson, S. C.
He was graduated from Pine
hurst High School in 1951.
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to drive his automobile on high
way 211 between Pinehurst and
West End; Brown, who joined
Floyd in laying the blame on one
“Jim Smith,” was convicted of ac
tually operating the vehicle.
Both had their sentences sus
pended on payment of fines of
$250 and costs; both appealed to
Superior Court.
'The trial consumed almost three
hours of a longhand tiring day for
the court. Toward the end of it
Floyd, who lives near Asheboro,
received a telegram advising him
that his eight-year-old son had
been run over and seriously in
jured, Judge J. Vance Rowe,
(Sympathetic With Floyd, allowed
him to leave the court without
posting the $500 bond required in
the notice of appeal.
Floyd left with his son, Buster,
also a member of the band.
Testimony in the case indicated
that Floyd and Brown were clock
ed by ABC Officer John K. Shmpe
and Constable Oscar Bailey of
West End. Floyd said that a “Jim
Smith,” visiting in this area, was
the driver but had returned to
Baltimoije and probably could not
be reached.
Both officers said they had not
seen a third party in the car.
Solicitor W. Lament Brown,
who has used the courtroom sev
eral times to make pointed' and
witty remarks with political over
tones, asked: “Is Jim Smith any
kin to Joe Smith? He sounds just
as fictional.” *■
School Cafeterias
SOUTHERN PINES
Monday—Wiener with mus
tard and catsup on roU, butter,
whipped potatoes, English peas,
cookie, milk.
Tuesday—Chili con came on
steamed rice, head lettuce, Rust
Sian dressing, wheat bread, but
ter, milk.
Wednesday — Toasted cheese
sandwich, beef vegetable soup,
saltines, butter, chocolate sun
dae, milk.
Thiirsday—Pork and gravy,
buttered rice, turnip greens,
combread, butter, apple sauce.
Survey Reveals
Accidents Still
Big Death Cause
One out of every 13 deaths in
North Carolina thus far in 1956
has been due to an accident, it
was revealed today in figures re
leased by the Accident Preven
tion Section of the North Caro
lina State Board of Health.
Covering the first seven
months of the year, official fig
ures from the State Health De
partment showed that all types
of accidents caused 1,439 deaths
as compared with 1,394 deaths
during the corresponding period
of 1955.
Dr. Charles Cameron, Jr., acci
dent epidemiologist of the
Board of Health indicated that
between January and August,
1956, motor vehicle accidents
claimed 674 lives in the Tarheel
state while 765 persons lost their
lives in accidents in the home, on
the farm, or in recreational or
occupational activities.
“While there has been an in
crease of some 45 accidental
deaths in 1956 over the previous
year,” Dr. Cameron said, “when
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Friday—Egg salad sandwich,
buttered lima beans, chilled can
ned tomatoes, cabbage, carrot
and raisin salad, milk.
WEST SOUTHERN PINES
Monday—Luncheon meat, po
tato salad, garden peas, bread,
butter, milk, cookies.
Tuesday—^Hamburgers, French
fries, greens, bread, butter, milk,
jello.
Wednesday—Baked ham, can
died sweet potatoes, greens,
bread, and butter, milk, cookies.
Thursday — Toasted luncheon
meat, cheese sandwiches, limas,
cole slaw, bread, butter, milk.
Friday—^Fish salad, creamed
carrots, stringbeans, corn muf
fins, butter, milk, gingerbread
with apple sauce.
compared with the population quick to point out, however, that
growth in North Carolina, the while the situation is not worse
accident experience of the popu- in 1956 neither has there been
lation has not increased.” any great improvement in the
The health physician was control of accidents which rank
as the third ma^or cause of death
in the 3’arheel £tate.
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