VOTE
TUESDAY
VOTE
TUESDAY
VOL, 38—NO. 50
TWENTY PAGES
Samuel G. Allen Wills
$100,000 To Hospital
Music Association
Announces Concert
Schedule For Year
Four concerts, all designed to
have a wide range qf appeal,
have been scheduled this season
by the Sandhills Music Associa
tion, it was announced this week
by Dr. Fred Langner, president.
The season will begin January
24 with the return here of the
pianist Frederick Sahlmann,
highly acclaimed for his per
formance here two years ago.
Other dates listed include the
Little Singers of Paris, a world
famous boys’ choir. February 18;
the Alden String Quartet, March
7; and the North Carolina Sym
phony Orchestra, April 23. In ad
dition, Dr. Langner said, the
Children’s Symphony Concert
will be held as usual the after
noon of April 23, ^nd the Young
Musicians’ recital in May.
The membership drive, under
the direction of John S. Ruggles
and Mrs. James Boyd of South
ern Pines, is currently underway.
Mrs. N. L. Hodgkins of Southern
Pines has been named assistant
chairman with Mrs. John Rug
gles in charge of tickets.
Music Appreciation Week
The association, which is coun
ty-wide, celebrates its seventh
anniversary this year. And, in or
der to launch the new season and
recognize the importance of the
association to the Sandhills, all
mayors in the area have pro
claimed next week—November
5-11 as Music Appreciation Week
in the county.
The association was formed in
October, 1949, and the first con
cert under its auspices was per
formed in Weaver Auditorium in
May, 1950, by the North Carolina
Symphony Orchestra.
Commenting on its history.
Dr. Langner recalled that the
planning that made possible a
performance by a 65-piece or
chestra in Southern Pines dates
back to 1947. At that time, plans
for Weaver Auditorium had been
drawn to include the customary
small stage usually seen in high
school assembly halls.
An alert and musically concerned
group of citizens of Southern
Pines and Aberdeen saw in the
new buiding the possibilites of
such an auditorium as would an
swer the needs of an ambitious
music program, a program the
group felt 'had long been needed
in the area.
The group petitioned the
school building committee to
■change the original plans for the
.stage and underwrote the added
cost incurred to accommo
date the North Carolina Sym
phony, the Robert Shaw Chorale
and similar offerings. A primary
interest of the group was to
make available to the school
children the already famous
Children’s Symphony Concerts
offered by the North Carolina
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" A bequest of $100,000 has been
made to the Moore County Hos
pital by the late Samuel G. Al
len of Pinehurst, who died Oc
tober 16, it was announced by
Paul Dana,. hospital treasurer.
It was the largest single gift
ever made to the hdspital.
Under the terms of Mr. Allen’s
will, which was probated last
week, the bequest is to be invest
ed and the income used towards
the regular operating expenses
of the hospital, especially in con
nection with the care for worth}^
charity cases.
Mr. Allen, a longtime member
of the hospital’s Board of Direct
ors and a member of the Finance
Committee, directed that no part
of the fund could be used for ad
ditional buildings or for the ex
tension of the existing plant.
He left an additional $100,000
bequest to Pinehurst Religious
Association, Inc., which owns
and conducts Pinehurst Chapel.
He directed that the income from
the fund be applied, in order of
preference, to payment of salary
or honorarium to a minister or a
minister’s assistant; maintaining
or repairing the chapel or the
rectory; and maintaining a wel
fare fund.
None of the income is to be
used for any new building or
any extension of an existing
building, or for new equipment.
In the case of the bequest to
the Pinehurst Chapel, Mr. Allen
directed that, should the church
cease to exist, the fund would be
added to the fund he made avail-
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ALFRED C. GROVER, retiring this week after 32 years
tinuous service at the Southern Pines post office, received a hand
some gold watch as a going-away gift from his fellow employees.
Here he is shown in his “cubbyhole” receiving the watch from
Garland Pierce, postmaster. (Pilot photo)
Alfred C. Grover Retires After 32
Years Service At Local Post Office
ART EXHIBIT
An exhibit of paintings by
Beth Turner, 16 year old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Turner of Southern
Pines, is now on display at
the library.
According to Mrs. Alwin
FoUey, chairman of the li
brary's art exhibit commit
tee, the paintings will be ex
hibited for about two weeks.
AKred C. Grover retired from
his position at the Southern Pines
post office this week, winding up
32 years of continuous service. He
hadn’t many regrets except, of
course, for the many friends he
was leaving.
“I’m going to visit my grand
children,” were his only immedi
ate plans.
Grover, who came to Southern
Pines in 1894, is one of the real
old timers. He has been in the
hotel business, the peach business
and has seen, in those 62 years,
many changes in the town.
“I. remember,” ,he said this
week, “the awful crash of the
peach business. We, my brother
and I, were operating a peach or
chard on the property where the
Ark Apartment is now located.
Peaches were good for the county
until then and, with the new
methods now being developed,
they have a great future.”
After the peach business Grover
became manager of the Southern
Pines Country Club and worked
in the post office as a substitute
clerk. The post office was located
then on Pennsylvania Avenue
where the Belvedere Hotel now
stands. “The town was pretty
small, not much going on in the
summer time, and working in the
post office was great fun,” he said.
For the past few years Grover
has been in charge of dispatching
and forwarding the mail. He
knows everyone pretty well and
many people who have come to
Southern Pines are quite surpris
ed to receive mail addressed to
them after being here only a day
or two. “You just learn those
things,” Grover said.
IHs fellow employees at the post
office (there were 3 when he
started, about 18 now) honored
him with a nice going away pres
ent—a gold wrist watch.
He was happy and proud and a
little sad at the prospect of not
reporting for work each mbming.
He’s not planning to just quit
everything though. After that
visit with his grandchildren—^
they’re in Syracuse and Arlington,
Va.—he has plans to get busy
again.
Huf fines Resig ns
Job At Amerotron
Head Of Sales
Division Will
Take Over Post
Robert L. Huffines, Jr., presi-
I dent of Amerotron Corporation,
I has resigned his position, it was
[jointly announced in Ne.w York
' Wednesday by Huffines and
Royal Little, Chairman of the
Board of Textron, Inc.
Huffines, according to the
company’s prepared statement,
will continue as a director of
Textron, Inc., “and will perform'
specific staff functions on a part ■
time basis. . .” |
He served as president of Tex
tron, Inc., from March 1953, to
May, 1956. He became president
of Amerotron in 1954, when the
corporation was formed by a
merger of Textron, Inc., Robbins
Mills and the American Woolen
Compai^y.
He had previously served as
president of Burlington Mills
Corp. of New York.
Edmon G. Luke, who has been
executive vice-president of
Amerotron in charge of greige
goods merchandising since it was
formed, will succeed Huffines as
president. ,R. M. Cushman, of
Southern Pines, is executive
vice-president in charge of pro
duction.
In accepting Huffines’ resig
nation, Little said that Huffines
had made an “outstanding con
tribution in building a strong,
first-rate textile organization.
He added that Huffnes would
continue to serve on Textron’s
board and will perform certain
services in the future.
No other changes in officers or
key personnel at Amemtron are
contemplated, the company state
ment said.
Huffines said, in his letter of
resignation, that “the program of
consolidatiiig and simplifying
Amerotron’s textile operation,
about accomplished and can
Big Vote Predicted
For Tuesday Election
now be very capably carried
along by my former colleagues.
The company statement had no
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As They Go To The Polls
I am going to vote a straight Democratic ticket. Adlai Steven
son is a statesman of the Woodrow Wilson type and, in my opinion,
the greatest philosopher this country has produced in the past fifty
years. He is the caliber man. we need as President.
The Chamber of Commerce and Civic Clubs in Gettysburg, nor
mally a Democratic stronghold, have urged local citizens to vote for
President Eisenho'iver regardless of their party affiliations because
his being President has meant so much to that community. The
same thing would be true of Southern Pines when Mr. Stevenson is
elected. It is very likely that the little White House wpuld be lo
cated here. Think what that would mean to this area.
JAMES S. BAIRD.
Proclamation
WHEREAS the Sandhills Music
Association has devoted itself to
bringing td the people of Moore
County the finest in concert pre
sentations each season during the
last six years and
WHEREAS the Sandhills Music
Association has provided to the
school children of the County an
incentive for the study of music
through their annual attendance
at children’s concerts performed
by the North Carolina Symphony
and their participation in annual
youth concerts and
WHEREAS the cause of music
in Moore County is faithfully
served by the activities of, and
depends so greatly upon, the suc
cess of the Sandhills Music Asso
ciation, now therefore
I HEREBY PROCLAIM the
week of November 5, 1956 as
Music Appreciation Week and in
in so doing specifically salute the
Sandhills Music Association for its
noteworthy contributions to the
music culture of Southern Pines
and Moore County.
VOIT GILMORE, Mayor.
I believe the primary concern of every right thinking citizen is
that we have good government.
I believe that government is not good unless it serves all the
people within its realm.
I believe further that both the Republican and Democratic Par
ties are interested in good government, but the record clearly indi
cates that the philosophy of the Republican Party will not permit
it to serve all the people, while the philosophy of the Democratic
Party requires that it serve all the people, effectively and impar
tially. ‘
I believe the Eisenhower Administration has'made serious mis
takes in both domestic and foreign affairs. The critical situation
in the Middle East is directly due to the bungling of the Eisenhower
Secretary of State. Because of Dulles’ mistakes the United States
finds itself deserted by its allies and in the same camp with Soviet
Russia. '
Because of these facts, as well as others, I am supporting the
Democratic Party and all its candidates, from Adlai Stevenson on
down, in the coming election.
W'. LAMONT Br'oWN.
I am voting for Eisenhower because after careful consideration
of his record, both as Supreme Allied Commander in Europe during
World War 2 and our President during the past four years, I am
firmly convinced that he is the most qualified person available to
lead the people of the United States.
This belief has been strengthened by the recent serious Middle
East and European crises. In my comprehensive examination of
Mr. Eisenhower’s record as President, I have found that the top
calibre men selected for important government positions merit my
complete support.
Mr. Nixon’s record of four years of service plus the complete
confidence bestowed upon him by the President has led me to real
ize that the Eisenhower-Nixon ticket is my best choice next Tues
day.
GEORGE H. LEONARD, Jr.
I am voting for Eisenhower because I believe that he is the
greatest American since George Washington; and for Nixon be
cause I think he is the most efficient Vice-President we have ever
had.
I am voting the straight Republican ticket for North Carolina
with no hope of victory this year but with great hope of the inevi
table year when voters of Republican conviction will not be too
fearful of Democratic revenge to register and fight under their
true colors.
• KATHERINE N. McCOLL.
Registration At
All-Time High As
1,000 Add Names
With registration at the high
est peak in history, voters from
Moore County are expected to go
(to the polls in unprecedented
numbers next Tuesday. An ap-
I proximate total of 14,600 people
I in the county are now eligible to
I Vote.
I Sam C. Riddle, chairman of the
Moore County Board of Elections,
said this morning that the new
registration had gone beyond
the 1,000 mark.
“Considering the fairly heavy
registration we had in the May
primary and that in the special
school amendment election we
had in September, the new regis
tration in the past few weeks has
been a surprise to everyone,” he
said.
Riddle said that figures were
not accurate to date but that the
heaviest new registration was
apparently in the Southern Pines
precinct, where more than 200
have added their names to the
books.
Pinehurst precinct had about
150; Robbins had 120; and Aber
deen also had about 140, Riddle
said. In addition, he pointed out,
more than 200 absentee ballots
have been sent out to date.
There was no indication as to
the party affiliation of the new
registrants, but many observers
said that Republicans had been
getting their names down, and
that there were some, though not
much, changes in affiliation.
Regjistration was extremely
heavy in the upper end of the
county, which is traditionally
Republican.
of all
I am a Democrat because it is the party of the people
the people.
I am agaipst the re-election of President Eisenhower because
he has been a weak, part-time president; because he is elderly, in
doubtful health, and because Nixon, who would succeed him, is a
dangerous figure.
Nixon won his place in Congress through smears and lies; his
position on the Republican ticket in 1952 was questioned even be
fore he took office. Nixon is backed by the isolationists; he is a
friend of McCarthy and follows the McCarthy methods. In his
hands the country would be in grave peril..
The Republicans boast of prosperity and peace. Is there sound
prosperity with interest rates rising, mortgages being foreclosed,
small businesses failing? Inflation is here . . . now. As for peace
where in the world is it secure today?
I am for the Democratic Party, the party of the young gover
nors, the young statesmen coming forward in government today.
I am for Adlai Stevenson who will give us the high-principled, vig
orous, intelligent leadership the nation seeks and deserves.
KATHARINE L. BOYD.
I am definitely in favor of another four years of Eisenhower
administration because during the last three and one-half years he
has restored honesty and integrity in our government. As a leader,
he is respected by our allies as well as our enemies; he inspires a
confidence enjoyed by few, even in recent history.
He has surrounded himself with the most able men available,
regardless of their political beliefs, thus doing away with the old
government by crony” rule, and has clearly 'indicated his interest
in all minority groups in this country by his stand on civil rights.
As an ex-serviceman, I have the utmost confidence that he will
and can do more to keep this country out of situations that will call
foi* police actions.” But, should a world conflagration erupt, he
alone is best equipped to be our commander-in-chief.
He has cleaned out 20 years worth of dirt that the Democrats
swept under the rugs in Washington, and, given another four years
and a favorable Congress, this country will see even greater pro
gress and prosperity.
ROBERT S. EWING.
Democratic Rally
Cheers As Senator
Ervin Scores COP
Senator Sam Ji Ervin lashed
out at the Republican Adminis
tration for “cynical politics” and
a betrayal of the farmer in an
address before Moore County
Democrats at Weaver Auditori
um Tuesday night.
Senator Ervin, speaking before
smaller but more enthusiastic
crowd, said that President Eisen
hower’s program has been based
on- “providing prosperity for the
few at the top, with a small
amount trickling down to the
less fortunate.”
GOP "Arlisls"
Referring to the Republican
speakers time after time as “ar
tists” who are distorting the rec
ord, Senator Ervin said that one
plank in the GOP’s 1952 cam
paign had been completed—bal
ancing the budget. “But the bud
get was balanced at the expense
of national defense and I know
because I’ve sat on many com
mittees that have heard generals
deplore the sad state that the de
fense has fallen to,” he said.
He traced the achievements of
the Democratic Party since
'Wbodrow Wilson’s administra
tion, recalling such legislation
as the Federal Reserve System,
the Federal Trade Commission,
the Securities and Exchange
Commission, the Federal Farm
Loan laws, the Social Seenrity
laws, and the minimum hour law
now practiced in the railroad in
dustry.
Defense Lagging .
Speaking of the defense pro
gram, Senator Ervin said he has
sat on one committee where Gen.
Cnrtis Lemay, who heads the
Strategic Air Command, had said
that the next war would prob
ably be started with a surprise
attack. As a result of the testi
mony, he said, the Democratic
controlled Congress had voted
$800 million dollars for defense
recently. But Charles Wilson, the
defense secretary, had at first re
fused to spend it, causing endless
harm to the defense of the coun
try, he added.
‘But we have heard so much
testimony from generals and
others, the same things that Mr.
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' GOP Hoping For
Repeat Victory
With an unprecedented number
of people registered in Moore
County, an unusually large vote—
perhaps the largest in history—
has been forecast for Tuesday’s
general elections.
National, state and county of
fices are at stake.
Sam C. Riddle, chairman of the
County Board of Elections, has
predicted a vote of some 10 to 11
thousand in the county, as con
trasted to 10,500 in the 1952 elec
tions. Slightly more than 1,000
people have been added to the
registration lists and, with interest
running at a fever pitch. Riddle
said he wouldn’t be surprised if
the vote was much higher.
Four years ago President Eisen
hower carried the county, polling
5,422 votes to Adlai Stevenson’s
5,066.
Both the state and the county
tickets are expected to carry the
county by large majorities this
year as they have in the past. But
the national ticket is something
else. Democratic officials have
conceded nothing. Some felt that
the vote in the Aberdeen precinct
might make the difference in a
Republican or Democratic victory
in the county. Aberdeen, it is re-
caUed, went for the GOP ticket in
1952.
On the county ticket there are
only six candidates on the GOP
ticket.
They are: W. Clement Barrett
and R. Reid Mendenhall, for State
Senator from the 12th Senatorial
District, opposing Henry W. Jor
dan and J. B. Thomas; Arthur B.
Atkins, opposing H. Clifton Blue
for member of the House of Rep
resentatives; Arnold Garner, op
posing T. R. Monroe for county
commissioner for district number
two; J. Carr Paschal, opposing L.
R. Reynolds for county commis
sioner for district three; and
Clarence H. Gordon opposing Gor
don M. Cameron for district five.
Republicans Hear
Member Of Ike’s
Cabinet Monday
Citizens for Eisenhower, meet
ing in Weaver Auditorium Mon
day night, had a rousing time
for almost an hour and then set
tled back to hear a nationally-
known figure exhort them to
'look at the record, the team,
and the supporting team.”
Walter Williams, of Seattle,
Wash., Undersecretary of Com-
nierce and 1952 leader of the na
tional “Citizens for Eisenhower”
movement, was principal speaker
as some 250-300 gathered for the
county-wide rally. Williams told
the group that the Eisenhower
administration had given to this
country a new brand of integrity,
‘■'the most important one thing in
government today.”
He said that such integrity
stems from President Eisenhow
er and has, for the first time in
more than two decades, given the
American people faith in their
government officials.
He said that taxes had been
reduced, purchasing power had
been increased and that, general
ly, prices had been stabilized.
“The consumer, which is all of
us, has confidence in such par
ties,” he said.
Speaking of 'Vice-President
Nixon, Williams said that those
who had been influenced by
“propaganda” against him should
“rest their case in the hands of
the President and his good judg
ment.” He added that personal
contact had convinced him that
Nixon was a friendly person with
a “wonderful family” and' a
warm, gentle and soft personal
ity.
The Congress, he added, should
be Republican if the President’s
program is to have a chance for
approval.
Ewing's "Democraiic-isin"
Robert Ewing of Southern
Pines, chairman of the Citizens
for Eisenhower, coined a new
word when he spoke —“Demo
crat-ism.”
It denotes, he said, the “sad sit-
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