Ir—s
^Capt, Jaajfis H. Sbaz^l USAF,
iK sla at *tavuke,’
Japan, spent the holidays here
his mother, Mrs. Mary c.
Sh^, 610 North May Street, j
while on temporary duty in the|
States. From here ha went to i
Faster AFB, Victoria, Tex., be-'
fttce leaving for Japan. Captain'
Sharp’s address is: AO 1908593,
80th Fighter Bomber Sjuadron,'
APO 929, San Francisca, finUf
Edgar Phillips,
Vass Resident^
Died This Morning
Fdgar F. Phillips, 59, of Vasa!'^
was fatally strick'n wi& ar heart
attack this morning. I
A native of Yadkin Cotmty, he I
was .the son of the late Hillary!
an 1 Mattie Phillins.
■ Survivors include his wife, the!
former Emily Cameron erf Vass-
care, son, Ern-»st of Vass; two
ffanghters, Mrs. Edna Moss, War-
lick, Va., and Mrs. Magdalene
Br'ggs, Vass; three brothers,
Lloyd of Rei^'sville, and Travis
and Seek, both o^" Lakeview; and
fwo sisters, Mrs. Carrie Phillips of
Lakevievv, and Mrs. EDa Nettles
of. Atlanta Ga-
Funeral services wfEf be held
Friday at 3 p m at the Vass Pres-
hl^r-an Chti-rh with the Rev. A.
C. Trivett offic-a+ing. Burial will
be-in Johnson Grove Oeanetery.
The body vsrU lie in state one
hour preceding the funeral aerv
icea
, mnBSre’ oI^^B’Town
hcil and other business.men
e pursued discussion with
o other schools who have in
dicated some interest in locating
here.
National Guard
The Council allocated $2,500
toward construction of a new na
tional guard armory here. The I
moject is expected to get imder-
way soon.
^ Insect Spraying
Cost of the program was ap-
proxiately $2,500 and most citi
zens^ expressed complete approv-
|al of the project. The “fogging”
I machme was purchased and
made eight thorough sprayings of
the town, cutting down sharply
on insects.
School Cafeteria
WEST SDUTHEHN PINES
Monday—Luncheon meat, Bos
ton: baked beans, cole slaw, bread,
butter, milk, gingerbread.
Tuesday—Toasted- cheese sand
wiches, limas escalloped toma
toes; butter, milk, rice pudding.
Wednesday—Meat loaf; butter
ed! nee, stringbeans. bread, butter,
milk, jello.
Thursday—Vegetable soup, pea
nut butter sandwiches; crackers,
peach cobbler milk.
Friday—Fish patties; cubed po
tatoes in oniim sauce, greens, corn-
bread, buttm*, m’lk. cookies.
ADMINTSTPATION
(Continued i^-om page 11
as parks, one on the side of
the town, the other on the West.
This action was taken as a fbl-
low-op to the.resolution adopted
hy the Council when the Town
Park was selected as the site fori
the new m.tmicipal cenfer.
Eqt4nneitl
New equipment has been
bougiit this year as fiirther steps
in modernizing the town’s serv-
jfce?. A new street sweeper and
81 sewer main cleaner were pur
chased. The street sweeper will,
atKoiiding to the Council, clean
each street in town at least once
a week.
Indnstiial Deveiopinent
, The Council took the. initiative
to starting the business develop
ment' committee that has since
groAvn to include repre^ntatives
from each section of the county.
A booklet, drawn up by members
of the committee, has befen pre
pared and is now in the printing
stage. Council, in ccmjunctlon
with the Chamber of Commerce,
businessirera and others; has ex-
presed a vital interest in securing
industry for the area. At least
six groups of interested indus
trialists. most remaining of a con
fidential nature, have been
shown the area by members of
the. Council and the business de
velopment cominittee.
CHaxter
For the first time ib the town’s
history, a new charter has been
drawn, modernizing the govern
mental procedures and making
Sn^them l^aes a ’'taly” rather
than a town.
Curb and Gutter
Close to 8,000 feet of cttih and
gutter waa built during 19S8. Ap
plications are on hand fehr many
more feet.
Natunl Gas
During the year two competing
companies sought authority to
serve Southern Pines with natur
al gas; A number of discussions
and meetings with r^resenta-
tives of the companies brought
forth a “wait and s^ attitude
car the part of the Council
F£re Department
This was the second year of
extended fire service coverage
between the town and suburban
areas. Golf Crest was added un
der those areas with 100 per cent
caverage and efforts were being
made to get other areas to do the'
same. The fire department added
lu) new equipment but answer-1
ed dozens of calls.
Ediicalioo
The town's interest in educa
tion edited to a tremendous ef
fort ^ pacanaOe Presbyterians to
locate B new four-year college
praising alforjhaveh notable develop-!
cessful vt was moddie . decision, after P'^ j
promotion "ests ^s’^^'^ - gg ^one the t
in the finsuc-1 lie he ^ ^ giness." '
Zoning of jway for no
DO*™ of-™ o. “SSSC
Ilk
recom
poutht
precinc
lu wof
yere the!
eation
pning
for seling up
ito two Separate
Tding committees,
•oughout the year,
‘ling board, the rec-
ard of
he ad-
THUJISDAY, JANUARY 3, 1957
ission, the
itment and
irtising committee. i.
I'There were a few oth
le Council did, includi
ig the Department of
things
invi-
i Conser
vation and Development to
Southern Pines for its annual fall
meeting, publishing the “Citi
zen’s Digest” to keep townspeo
ple informed of progress of pro
grams and recommendations, and
cooperating with other nearby
governing bodies in projects.
3UBSCRIBF, to THE PILOT—
CLAL
TICKETS
PilNTI
FOLDERS
BLOTTERS
BOOKLETS
HAIVDBILLS
ENVELOPES
BILL HEADS
STATEMENTS
LETTERHEADS
f
LEGALBLANES
. WINDOW CARDS
BUSINESS CARDS
PAY ENVELOPES
CHARGE TICKETS
SOCIAL STATIONERY
WPDDEVC ANNOUNCEMEl
TJie Pilof. I]
.uJlC,
Phone 2-7271