* /. /• VOL. 39—NO. 6 TWELVE PAGES SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1956 TWELVE PAGES PRICE TEN CENTS ■ f "j ^ F No Holiday Traffic Deaths Moore County automobile driv ers, heeding grim warnings to be careful over the long Christmas holiday period, came out practical ly unscratched. There was only one accident of any consequence in which a driv er was hurt, and that to a small extent. Robert Richardson, 21, of Fort Bragg, crashed his car into a con crete railroad sign at the Niagara railroad crossing. The concrete State Highway Patrolman R. S. Samuels said that Richardson ap parently came around a curve on the wrong side of the road. He was taken to a hospital and treated lor cuts and bruises on the head. He will be charged with exceed ing the speed limit and operating on the wrong side of the road. Elsewhere in the county officers reported that traffic, though heavy at some periods, was com- Local Group To Confer WithErvinOn AFMove pillar tvhich contained a warning i paratively quiet throughout the signal, was completely uprooted from the ground, and Richardson’s car came to rest on the tracks. holiday. Thirty-one persons lost their lives in highway accidents in other sections of the state. READY FOR ADOPTION New Charter Would Make Us A Full Fledged City, Committee Reports LIVING NATIVITY scene by the young peo ple of Brownson Memorial Presbyterian Church was displayed in front of the church Saturday, Sunday and Monday night. The display, which ANNOUNCED INTENTIONS was made by the children, attracted widespread attention. Organ music and chimes were played in the background throughout the length of the exhibit. (Photo by V. Nicholson) Council Plans Acquisition Of Property For Park Development The Towii Council, acting in its | the remaining parcel of land in announced intention of establish- the intended location in West mg at least two neighborhood Southq^n. Pines. Council mem- parks during its tenure in office, | bers—S. B. Richardson and T. T. last night took another step to wards acquiring property for such a park in West Southern Pines. The Council, voting on a motion made by Harry Pethick, authoriz ed the Mayor and the Town Clerk to negotiate for the acquisition of Poor Brakes Are Blamed For Wreek That Killed Two Poor brakes that Morse were absent—saw no diffi culty in obtaining the property. It was explained that establish ments of such parks would of ne cessity take time but Council voiced its desire to have them un derway before their term of office is up. Last night’s session was a spe cial meeting to hold a public hear ing on the proposal to erect a bus station and filling station on the Southeast corner of Leake St. and West Penn. Ave. Council first adopted an ordi nance to rezone the south side of had to be,^gg^ Penn. Ave. between Page pumped to make them work and Leake Streets to a depth of 1% A IA M J ...... . _ Training Show Is Scheduled Sunday At Pinehurst Bing The last horse show of the cur- WILLIAM D. CAMPBELL Final touches to the new char-'of voting processes and provides ter for Southern Pines have been I for the use of voting machines; completed, members of the city and it makes the city organiza- council were told at a special, tion conform with the city-man meeting Thursday night, and the ager form of government as pro charter is ready for presentation | vided for in the North Carolina W.D. Campbell Is at the next session of the General statutes. | i Assembly. j Here is a very brief description TVT^^ Trit’! 1- AdopAon of the charter would ' many of the features of the aUI 1 oCOUl mean—and to some extent in the' ’^ew charter, though not a corn- official sense of the word—that Southern Pines is no longer a town. It is now a full-fledged city within the legally accepted definition dl “city.” have been blamed by officials as the cause of a wreck at Robbins crossroads last week that took the lives of two people. Ralph G. Steed, county coro ner, conducted a lengthy investi gation and exonerated W. C. Hil dreth of Pageland, S. C., driver of the truck into which the old auto smashed, kilUng John Hen ry and Margaret Smith, Negroes of Eagle Springs, Route 1. Investigation by the State Highway Patrol and Coroner Steed uncovered a number of eye-witnesses to the crash which occurred in heavy fog on NC 27 and 705. Most of the witnesses said they felt bad brakes, or no brakes at all, had caused the wreck. Patrolman J. F. Swaim, who investigated the wreck, said that Annie Belle Smith, one of the people in the car that crashed into the truck, told him in the hospital: “The brakes would work but you had to pump them a few times.” Smith, who was at the wheel, apparently pumped franticaUy Jis the car picked up speed going down hill, then tried hard to put it in gear. A number of people told of hearing the grinding of the gears as the car hit the inter section. Swaim himself was an eye witness, narrowly averting a col lision as he approached the cross roads. He said earlier this week that he saw the big Mack truck coming towEud him, then saw the Smith car shoot out from NC 705 without stopping as the truck had almost cleared the intersec tion. He said the car swerved to the right, hitting the trader, and the tractor cut sharply to the left. The patrol car scooted past just in time. The Smith car .was spinni^ng crazily, Swaim said, throwing people out all over the highway. All around, on the highway and 200 feet. The property was al ready zoned for business but only to the depth of lots on it. Council then authorized the erection of the filling station on the corner. It is understood that a bus station will be constructed in combination with the station, which is being built by the Phil lips Petroleum Company. In both instances there were no objections. License Plates To Go On Sale; Hours Of Business Given New license tags wiU go on sale next Wednesday, January 2, ac cording to Mrs. S. D. Fobes, who manages the license bureau here. Automobile and truck owners have until February 15 to display the new plates. For the first two weeks the li censes are on sale, the bureau, lo cated in the Chamber of Com merce office on East Pennsylvania Ave., will remain open from 9 to 4 p.m., closing at noon on Wednes day and Saturday. The bureau City attorney W. Lament Brown told the Council that cities are generally regarded as places with populations of more rent year of the Mid-South than 5,000. The designation of gaining Shows wiU be held at “city” usually carries more pres- me Carolina Ring in Pinehtust tige in municipal government Sunday at 1:30 with a large entry circles, he added. I charter, which has been The show, a longtime event for under preparation by a group Pinehurst during the Christmas- composed of Brown, J. Vance New Year’s Eve holiday, is also Rowe, Jr., Dean S^ Dorman, and expected to draw many visitors Tom Cunningham is a complete as a number of children’s classes revision of the old charter that events will be held that will was first adopted in the 1880’s count on the point system for the when Southern Pines was first championship of the year. | organized. Only once, in the James W. Tufts said this morn- early 30’s, has the charter been ing that classes were scheduled as amended and revised to any con- follows: beginner’s horseman-^ siderable degree, ship, working hunters, inter-1 Four salient features stand out mediate horsemanship, green in the new charter, though much hunters, advanced horseman- j of it has been revised and ship “B”, open jumping, pair of brought up to date. ■ plete one. Citizens will be asked LoillllllSSioilCr to attend a meeting of the Coun- ' cil January 8 when a pubUc hearing on the charter has been (Continued on Page 8) Social Security Payments To Be Increased Jan. 1 bridle path hacks, and advanced horsemanship “A”. In addition to making a city, rather than a town, of Southern been announced yet. One show, held Decmber 2, generated much interest in the No judges for the event have Pines, the charter is now up to date on schools. It provides for a seven member Board of Educa- ’ mestic. The pamphlets carry tion rather than the present sys- complete instructions and ex events and officials are hoping Item of a five-man Board of Trus-[ planations of the Social Security this Sunday for a large turnout, tees; it broadens the .provisions I act provisions. William D. Campbell of South ern Pines has been elected the of ficial representative of 4,300,000 members of the Boy Scouts of America to the International Bu reau of Scouts in England. Mr. Campbell succeeds the late Thomas B. Watson, Sr., head of the International Business Ma chines Corp. Recently he had held the job of national camping chairman and Moore County workers as well Deration chairman as every salaried person through- Cciuncil, and serv- o„. .he „.io„ he«„ ohJe more social security taxes as of One other honor was recently January 1. bestowed on Mr. Campbell, who Call it a pay cut or call it a has long interested himself in nest egg for old age, social secur- , Scout work. He will be in charge itv taxes will come out of one’s ' of the presentation of the highest weekly or monthly earnings. jOcconeechee Council award for The worker’s tax will be ad- service to boyhood, the Silver vanced one quarter of one per! Beaver, at the annual council din- cent—up from two, to two andj^ier at the University of North one quarter per cent. Simultane-1 Carolina January 17. ously, employers’ taxes wiU be advanced the same margin to the same total amount. Pamphlets are being mailed by: the Internal Revenue Service toj employers of three types of labor general business, farm and do- Review Of News Headlines In 1956 What happened in Southern Pines and the rest of the Sand- hiRs in 1956? Checking through back issues of The Pilotj many things, some big and some small, made head lines. Here is a,brief summary of those stories which, for the most part, are told in their headlines. JANUARY 5 New Year gets off to a bright start with announcement that 17 communities in county have or ganizations to support Presbyte rian College Campaign. . . ap proximately $250,000 already sub scribed. . . hunt season gets un to Chamber of Commerce board of directors. . . . Broadus Smith named head of Band Boosters. . , JANUARY 19 FEBRUARY 9 Woods fire between Aberdeen Town loses in bid for Presby- and Pinehurst destroys' 5(2 acres terian College. . . Hunter Trials . . . Mark King elected president . . . A. C. Dawson to of Chamber of Commerce. . . col- Library Association. . . J. Deane Pledges Ef f oris To Keep Air School Here The Air Force has once again announced its intention of moving the Air-Ground School from Southern Pines to Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., in early spring. The announcement, made last Saturday by Air Force headquar ters, has caused a flurry of activ ity by Southern Pines civic lead-, ers, city officials. Rep. Charles B. Deane and Senator Sam Ervin to keep the school here beyond the removal date set by the Air Force. Deane, who has been instrumen tal twice before in keeping the school here after announced inten tions of moving it, said this week that “the factors are no different now than before. I personally be lieve that it would be a profitable move for the Air Force. There is no better environment than Southern Pines and the facilities are absolutely superb.” Deane further commented that Southern Pines “deserves to have it (the school) continued there. The cost is rock bottom. I hope we can find some answers to give to the Air Force.” The school, which is assigned to the Tactical Air Command, has been located here in the Highland Pines Inn since June, 1951. Selec tion of Keesler Air Force Base for the new location of the school is based upon the avaRability of more economical and efficient fa cilities on an established air force installation, TAC spokesmen said. Loss of the school would be a severe blow to the economy of Southern Pines. But officials have pointed out on numerous occa sions that the payroll, estimated at close to $100,000 each month, is secondary to the cultural activity the school affords the town. Many of its personnel teach in Sunday Schools, take part in civic affairs and otherwise contribute to all phases of life here. One real estate man said this morning that loss of the school would throw probably about 50 houses on the market. In addition, he pdinted out, rental units in Southern Pines , are, to a great ex tent, taken up by personnel sta tioned at the school. Senator Sam Ervin, who visited here earlier this month, indicated his interest in the school after touring the facilities and remark ed that he thought it was ex tremely well located. His aid has been enlisted by lo cal leaders in efforts to maintain the school here and a conference instituted March 31, The Pilot'has been set with him and other March 31 Is Date Set For Toll-Free Telephone Service Extended area telephone serv ice between Southern Pines and Aberdeen and Southern Pines and Pinehurst will probably be lege funds reach $342,000. . . A. H. Graham tells local officials fu- D. Ives named 1956 Red Cross membership and fund chairman ture of Highway 1 is “Extremely Ernest Ives donates $5,000 promising”. . . Clarendon Gar- towards restoration of Alston dens acquires Holly Tree Nurs eries. . . local residents got ready for a bond election that calls for expenditures of $450,000. JANUARY 26 Mrs. Ernest Ives’ book, “My Brother Adlai” published. Ernest . . grand jury reports facilities in good condi- House. county tion. . I FEBRUARY 16 Public meeting planned to dis cuss center site. . . J. T. Allen, 35, kUled in plane crash near Knollwood Airport. . . construc- will also be closed during the'th^gho^ thT^cMntiw"hoofn*^Q^^ becomes first 1956 road fa-j tion during 1955 reported at over lunch period (1 to 2) during that riving daily six new directed county, but four more half million dollars. . . Raleigh .. living aaiiy. . . six new directors killed m single accident within —*— * chosen for Chamber of Com- 48 hours. . . $25,000 damage suit merce. . . State Utilities Com- against two Moore County Hos- niission authorizes United Tele- pital staff physicians is non-suit- phone Company to provide ex- ■ ed in Superior Court. . . Pilot time. Beginning January 14, the bu reau will stay open during the lunch hour and Saturday morn ings. During the last week of the sale the office will also be open on Wednesday, February 13. The bureau has been instructed, according to Mrs. Fobes, that checks are not acceptable at the branch offices. Those wishing to purchase plates by check may send directly to Raleigh. Mrs. Elizabeth Montz will be in the office to assist Mrs, Fobes with, the distribution of the plates, and Alice Baxter, who formerly managed the bureau, will assist on Saturday mornings. The bureau here has the plates tended Southern contractor begins 10 new houses near Knollwood Apartments. . . work on Methodist Church on Midland Road begins. . . public makes last minute rush to buy ’56 awards in'tags. . . Robert L. Huffines and L. Sutton trade arguments on power costs. . . Sami Richardson , , , Pines and Pinehurst N. C. Press Association contests. V and between Southern Pines and FEBRUARY. 2 Voters OK three of four bond proposals with cost of $400,000 Rev. Martin Caldwell new rector at Emmanuel Chnrch. . . college Aberdeen. . . final touches being put on new construction at high school. JANUARY 12 Plans made to construct $500,- celebrates 50 years in Sandhills. FEBRUARY 23 Trip, owner by D. W. ’earned this morning from Ed Smail, commercial snuperinten- dent of the United Telephone Company here. The date had originaUy been set by the company last January as “sometime in the last quarter of 1956 or the first quarter of 1957.” Smail said this morning that it was originally planned by the company to have the new system in operation last November 17 but that delays in equipment manufacturing had held up the Niivlif- changeover. The company then W CUnCSUay illglll officials in January. Deane, defeated in his bid for re-election this year, has indicated he would spend a great deal of his remaining time in office towards working to keep the school in Southern Pines. (Continued on Page 8) Man In Hospital After Bloody Bout Little Winkelman, owner wins 24th annual Chamber of . fund stands at $456,000 as local Hunter Trials. 000 Howarti Johnsons Motor committee makes bid for location Commerce plans move to Graves ^dge and Restaurant on US . . . Phyllis Garzik chosen as Girl Building. . . Air Force officials Highway 1 South. . . college cam- Scout reprsentative to national agree to reassess any plans for paign funds stand at $266,P00. . .'round-up in Michigan. . . Histori-'moving Air Ground School when six-year old son of cal Association is presented old lease Eddie Ray, way £11111 V, XXMO O J A/T Tl T» T> • • — * ©XpiTCS. • . k/CXXk/CXB X CtXOl r,i«vincj on hand with the first number, R^V injured cemetery near House in Horse- price of haircut to dollar . Na rr-nAunt I when knocked down hv Bohonl r< T n/r-T-i ij a, , ^ , , , , barbery raise in ditches, people were themselves up, bloody and screaming. Two did not move and Swaina said, ‘T did not have to look twice to see that they were dead.” (Continued on page 8) out of this, office ZP4501. Mrs. Fobes suggested this morn ing that dealers who had several transfers should leave them with the office so they could be pro cessed at slack times, thus avoid ing holding up other customers. I when I bus. Sheriff C. J. McDonald tional Guard holds open house. knocked down by school shoe. , . . Fowler re-elected given handsome pistol by col-'A. C. Dawson elected Rotary chief of volunteer fire depart- leagues. . . Richard Tufts named president. . . Stevenson for Pres- president of PGA. . . $436,000 im- ident club organized. . . Blue provement program begins at Knights win in county cage tour- Moore County Hospital. . . annual nament. . . girls lose. . . Seal Sale drive goes over quota' (Continued on Page 5) ment. celebrates 75 th birthday with letter from Dr, Albert Schweitzer .. . two more accept appointment set a target date of January 31 for the “handover,” which is the date the manufacturer’s installa tion crews hand over* the new system, but the manufacturer again met with difficulties and had to put Off delivery of the equipment. Smail said there was some pos sibility that the new. service would be installed March 15. Under the new set-up Southern Pines will have as its exchange letters “OXford” and Pinehurst will have “CYpress.” Aberdeen, which converted last spring, uses “Windsor.” Ervin Lambert, possessor of a long criminal record, was in St Joseph’s Hospital this morning recovering from- severe wounds received in what one officer des cribed as the “bloodiest fight I’ve even seen” late Wednesday afternoon. Lambert, whose wounds re quired almost 40 stitches to close, claimed to officers that Doug Garner, of the Robbins area, was his assailant. Gamer denied to officers he had cut Lambert, al though he did not deny he had been fighting with him. 0-1 -J ii- i I The fight happened at the Small said that the company ,■ j iT -ox, . , . 4. Charhe Kennedy home near Rob- I bins and was the result of a “fall ing out” between the two, offi- said. Deputy sheriff D. B. was extremely anxious to pro ceed with the toll-free service j and that every effort was being 1 made to hurry-up the work. _ ^ mx. x _ n i iu Cranford, who is mvestigating. The change-over. wiU cost the __.j i,.. , kj-xZ telephone company close to a quarter of a million dollars. TB SEALS Incomplete returns of the an nual TB Seals Sale drive for Southern Pines were announced was rushed to the hospital. said the house where the fight occurred looked as though some one had been killing hogs inside. Lambert had made his way to Robbins after the fight, badly bleeding, and informed the offi cers there of his condition. He this morning at slightly more than $1,000 by Jerry Rhoades, chairman. Complete returns will be announced next week. Lambert has served time for a number of charges, including sec ond degree murder. Gamer also has a lengthy record.