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THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1957
'NOT MUCH OF A CASE'
THE PILOT—Soulhern Pines, North Carolina
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Breaking And Entering Charges
Against Needham Are Dismissed
Everette Ray Needham, 22, of
Sanford, pleaded guilty in Moore
criminal court Wednesday to
three counts of forgery, but con
tested a charge of breaking and
entering and larceny, acted as his
own lawyer and got himself off.
In this case John R. McIntosh,
Vass service station owner, and
his son, Julian, went on the stand
to testify that last September,
while employed as an attendant
at the station, Needham broke
into the garage part of the sta
tion and stole several items, also
that he served several patrons
and kept the money for himself.
The lanky defendant—well
over six feet tall, broad-shoul
dered and spindly-legged—ex
plained aU his actions and glibly
countered cross-examination. He
then placed on the stand his
younger brother, Rex Needham,
of Cameron. Rex, a colorful fig
ure, was clad in latest zoot-suit
attfre, wearing sideburns and
with his long well-brushed hair
done in a gleaming roll on top.
On direct examination by his
brother, and cross-examination
by District Solicitor M. G. Boy
ette, Rex with great composure
revealed that Everette had been
frequently entrusted with the
station and its services by the
Mclntoshes, and that the elder
McIntosh had been off with the
two of them on trips.
To Boyette’s question, “Aren’t
you modeling an Elvis Presley
hairdo?” Everette snapped, “I
object! That has nothing to do
with the case.”
J. R. McIntosh, placed on the
stand and questioned by Need
ham, admitted that he had been
drinking with the boys, that once
they had had to carry him into
his home—but he said he was
“sick”—and that he had twice
sent Everette Ray Needham to
the Southern Pines ABC store to
buy whiskey for him.
At this point Boyette called it
all off, telling Judge Richardson
Preyer “Your Honor, I see
no point in letting this go to the
jury. A man who would go off
drinking with these boys like
that hasn’t got much of a case.”
Testimony was not given in
the forgery cases, brought by O.
W. Loving of Cameron, and
charging Needham with forging
the name of his aged father, J.
W. Loving, to several notes for
bank loans. These are expected
to be heard today, and sentence
handed down.
Needham has been snowed un
der with warrants charging va
rious crimes, including several
Local Girl To Attend
Religions Meet In NY
Kathryn Ann Dwight of South
ern Pines, a student at Woman’s
College in Greensboro, will at
tend the fifth annual conference
on Religious Vocations for Col
lege Women at Union Theological
Seminary in New Yortc this
weekend.
The conference was mstituted
for college women who have not
yet chosen a profession and who
wish to secure information about
religious vocations, and for those
who plan to enter a religious vo
cation but have not chosen a par
ticular field.
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of the confidence game variety,
since his arrest in Southern Pines
early in December. Eight or ten
have come in from Lee, Chatham
and other counties, to be read to
him as he remained incarcerated
in Moore County jail, imable to
make bond.
Advance Party Of
Airmen, Officers
Leaving This Week
A small advance party of air
men and officers of the USAF
Air-Ground Operations School
left here yesterday en route to
Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi,
Miss., to begin setting up perma
nent qquarters there. ’
Brig. Gen. Daniel W. Jenkins,
commandant of the school, said
the rest of the personnel would
be leaving about the middle of
February either with, or without,
their families. He added that fin
ishing touches are being put on
the investigation and clean-up
job here but that no definite date
had been set for actual transfer
of the school.
A United Press dispatch from
Langley Air Force Base earlier
this week quoted Tactical Air
Command officials as saying the
move would take from 90 to 100
days, at which time classes would
be resumed. They said part of
the delay was required to replace
specially constructed visual aids
for classroom study.
The spokesman there said that
some 25 officers and 50 airmen
woud make the move to Keesler
in February.
The school, which was located
in Highland Pines Inn since 1951,
was destroyed by fire almost two
weeks ago. At the time of the
fire officials had joined with
parts of the North Carolina dele
gation in Washington in attempts
to persuade the Air Force to re
tain the school here in the face
of announced intentions of the
Air Force to move it to Missis
sippi.
Air Force officials selected the
new location at Keesler because
of the availabiity of more econ
omical and efficient facilities on
an established Air Force instal
lation.
INS AND OUTS
Julian Pleasants, a ■ student at
Davidson College, spent the week
end with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. James Pleasants on a be-
tween-semesters visit.
David McCallum spent from
Friday until Tuesday morning
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
David McCallum, between semes
ters at N. C. State College in Ral
eigh, where he is a member of the
freshman class.
Claude Reams, a student at the
University of Virginia, Charlottes
ville, arrived Friday to spend
several days with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Claude E. Reams.
George Irving of Warwick, N.Y.,
left last week for Jamaica, B.W.I.,
after a two months’ stay at Pine
Cone Lodge.
Mrs. Myron' H. Hill, who has
been a patient at St. Joseph Hos
pital for several days, is reported
to be improving.
Mrs. Frank Welch came home
from Moore County Hospital last
week and is getting along well.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnny E. Wilson,
Jr., and daughter, Cindy, have re
turned to their home in Colum
bus, Ohio, after visiting his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Wilson,
in Manly. Ernie Wilson, who
came with his family, is remain
ing with his grandparents for a
few weeks. Sunday guests in the
Wilson home were Mrs. Wilson’s
brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and
Mrs. T. A. Kennedy, and their
daughter, Mrs. Evelyn Wright, of
Mount Vernon Springs.
Robert G. Darst, a student at
The Citadel in Charleston, S. C.,
spent the weekend here with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C.
Darst, Jr.
M|Sgt. and Mrs. E. L. Hoffpauir
and son, Donny, visited friends in
Southern Pines this week while
en route from Hamilton AFB, Cal
ifornia, to Mitchell Air Force
Base, New York, where Sgt. Hoff
pauir will be assigned duty with
Hq. Continental Air Command.
The Hoffpauirs were residents
here while he was stationed at
Fort Bragg and have many friends
in this community.
Mrs. Joe C. Thomas has been
receiving treatment at Moore
County Hospital this week.
Miss Elizabeth Lament of Mill-
brook, N. Y., arrived last week to
visit her sister, Mrs. James Boyd.
More than 600,000 American
men and women own shares in
one of our large industrial com
panies; 25 per cent of them live
in villages, farms, or in towns
under 10,000.
CONFUSED AND CONFUSING
Non-Suit Ordered In Larceny Case
Against Carthage Woman Wednesday
A confused and confusing case,
which started in Moore criminal
court Tuesday afternoon and
lasted through th4 whole of Wed
nesday morning, ended in non
suit as the defense rested its case,
on the ground of insufficient evi
dence.
Judge L. Richardson Preyer
dismissed the case against Mrs.
Creola Cole of Carthage, charged
with larceny of $587 from her
former boy friend, Hugh Phillips,
also of Carthage.
Mrs. Cole, a widow, had vigor
ously denied that she had taken
Phillips’ pocketbook containing
proceeds of a land sale from his
pocket as they sat together on a
couch at his home one Saturday
night in January, 1956. She said
she didn’t know where the
money went, that she hadn’t seen
it and doubted that he had had it.
Mrs. Cole, her son and daugh
ter and several other persons
testified that when Phillips bru
tally beat her up several days
after that, putting her in Moore
County hospital, that he had sta
ted at the time he did it “out of
jealousy,” with no reference to
the missing money.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Watson,
former roomers in Mrs. Cole’s
home, said they went to see her
at the hospital and she told them
she “got Hugh’s money”—that it
would be better for her to have it
than for him “to spend it on
some other woman.” However, a
Mrs. DeWitt of EUerbe, who had
been Mrs. Cole’s ward mate at
Moore County hospital, said she
heard the entire conversation
and no such subject was men
tioned.
A second-hand car which Mrs.
Cole bought several days after
the money disappeared was pur
chased, she said, with wages of
her son, her daughter and her
self, made by working on Phil
lips farm at 50 cents per hour.
This was corroborated by the
teen-age son Richard and daugh
ter I&ary, 20, who said she also
had insurance money for a brok
en leg. All had been saving for
some time for a car, they testi
fied.
There was conflicting testi-
money as to hours they had
worked and money they had re
ceived. There was no conflict,
however, in character testimony
as to the Watsons—“bad for
drinking and fighting.” Evidences
of old grudges involving Phillips’
attentions to both women kept
cropping up in the testimony.
W. W. Staton of Sanford, de
fense attorney, conducted exam
inations designed to indicate
emotional factors, while Solicitor
M. G. Boyette was forced to dig
fruitlessly for direct evidence
connecting Mrs. Cole with the
theft, so the jury could get the
case. It didn’t help him that ap
parently Phillips had not accused
her until some time in May,
after he had administered a sec
ond beating which put the wom
an in the hospital again.
Left pending after dismissal of
the case was a tompanion case,
consolidated for trial, in which
Mrs. Cole had indicted Phillips
for assault on a female and as-
(sault with deadly weapon in
flicting serious and permanent
injuries.
Fire Damages In
Woods Were Only
$21 In Six Months
Moore County forest ranger
Travis Wicker this week releas
ed figures on the damage done
by forest fires in Moore County
during the six months from July
1 through December 31, 1956.
There was only one fire, he re
ported, caused by campers and
hunters.
The fire burned 10 acres, of
which five acres were forest land
and five acres were open. Dam
age was fixed at $21, of which
$il was for forest land and $10
was for Open land. ’The damage
figures were based on a state
wide damage appraisal system
used by the North Carolina For
est Service.
All persons are asked to assist
in any way they can to prevent
forest fires in Moore County dur
ing the coming months, begin
ning of the fire season. Wicker
said, and requested that partic
ular care be taken on windy
days.
Dimes Drive Gets $10
In Unique Fashion
“Real ingenuity” is the descrip
tion given this week by Paul But
ler, chairman of the Southern
Pines March of Dimes drive, in
commenting on $10 he received
from an 11-year-old girl.
The money came from Dawn
Margaret Leland, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Leland of South
ern Pines. The money represent
ed half the proceeds from a birth
day party held earlier this month
honoring Dawn on her 11th birth
day. She had requested all her
friends to bring money instead of
gifts.
Of the $20 the friends brought,
$10 was turned over to the Amer
ican Cancer Society.
“A very good idea and most
commendable,” Butler said.
Although dairy cows have
been maintained for several
years without much pasture, or
even none at all, this practice
usually is not economical and,
moreover, it does not promote
the health of the animals.
A feature of our changing die
tary pattern has been a long
term trend toward more beef, say
specialists with the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture. Consequent
ly, our national diet contains more
red meat than before. An Agri
cultural Marketing Service econ
omist says that our pork appetite
seems to be leveling off, as U. S.
consumers have eaten more beef
than pork for three consecutive
years. Consumers have been
willing to pay more per pound
for beef than for pork, even when
beef was more plentiful than
ever before. Fifty years ago
people worked more strenously
and ate fat meats for energy, but
now increasing leisure time has
made us a nation of calorie
watchers.
Sandhill Veterans
Begin Fund Drive
The annual drive of the Sand
hill Veterans’ Association to se
cure funds for student nursing
scholarships will begin Monday,
according to Don Traylor, SVA
committee chairman..
Traylor said that all schools in
the county would be contacted to
submit names of applicants for
the scholarships, which provide
tuition, books and spending mon
ey for a full three year nursing
course.
He said that to enter, girls must
agree to return to Moore County
and practice at least one year af
ter they graduate;
At present there are three girls
in various nursing schools on
scholarships provided by the SVA.
To date there has been a total of
eight graduated and several Eire
presently engaged in the nursing
profession in Moore County.
Barney Avery is county chair
man of the veterans’ organization.
Other officers are Ralph Chand
ler, secretary, Traylor, who heads
up the funds drive committee for
nursing scholarships, and E. J.
Austin, publicity chairman.
Avery, in making a plea for
funds, said that the nursing schol
arships have served a two-fold
purpose: making available educa
tional opportunities for deserving
girls, and providing graduate
nurses, at least for a while, in the
two hospitals in the county.
He urged the public to contri
bute generously to the program.
TROOP 206
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an Church, was attended by more
than 200 people. It was the out
standing scout eVtent in the coun
ty of the year.
Alwin FoUey, vice-chairman of
Moore Scout District, presented
the Storey Cup Award to Odes
Spurlin, scoutmaster of Troop
206. He announced that the
troop, which also won the award
six years ago, had amassed a
total of 2,015 points in the system
that determines the winner.
The troop, sponsored by the
Pinebluff Lions Club, has 17
members.
Troop 7 of Pinehurst, with
Billy McKenzie as scoutmaster,
amassed 1,332 points for second
place. Last yesir Troop 7 won the
award.
In third place was Troop 68,
Aberdeen, which had a total of
1,020 points.
The award committee consist
ed of Fred Flinchum, E. O. Brog-
den, and J. Douglas David.
In the absence of Louis Schei-
pers, Jr., cubmaster, the Com
missioner’s Cup was accepted by
Mrs. B. A. Morgan, den mother.
Fred Chappell, district commis
sioner, presented the award. It
was the second year in succession
that the pack was accorded the
honor.
The pack had a totsd of 1,819
points as compEured to the second
place winner, Pack 936 of Csirth-
age, which had 1,485 points.
Other nominees were Pack 206 of
Pinebluff and Pack 801 Of West
End.
For the District Chairman’s
Cup, which was presented by
Gen. Pearson Menoher, Explorer
Post 936 of Carthage, sponsored
by the American Legion, was de
clared the winner for the second
j'ear in succession.
Other winners were Post 808
of Aberdeen, and Post 809 of
Southern Pines.
GRANDJURY
(Continued from page 1)
Southern Pines clinic set-up. No
rent has been charged by the
town, but it had been expected by
both parties that the county
would assume maintenance of the
building ,as well as paying for the
fuel and part of the light bill. A
while ago, Mr. CEimeron said, the
county agreed to pay for having
the building painted, but when it
was found that because of several
leaks in the roof the building
needed considerable repairs—if
not an entirely new roof—the
paint job was held up.
“It seems to be the feeling,”
said Mr. CEimeron, “that the build
ing ought to be in a different
place, more generally convenient
to both sides of the town,” a point
in which Mr. Scheipers expressed
complete agreement.
Because of this fact: that a bet
ter site is needed and that it is un
wise to put extensive repairs into
an old building that Will probably
not be used much longer, the con
dition stressed by the Grand Jury
has remained as is: “disgraceful
. . inadequate . . . dangerous.”
GRAND JURY REPORT
After examination of witnesses
and in due consideration of their
sworn testimony, we have re
turned 16 true bills of indict
ment, one not a true bill and one
bill was returned to be acted on
ill later Court.
The following places were ex
amined:
Courthouse—We found that
many previous complaints had
been corrected in the Courthouse
building. A pipe from photo ma
chine in basement of Register of
Deeds’ office should be fixed.
There should be some new or
better seats placed in hallway of
the basement of the Courthouse;
the ones that are there are dan
gerous.
The County Jail—^Was found
clean and orderly and good re
ception. Parts have been ordered
for commodes and these are to
be fixed right away.
The Prison Camp—^The com
mittee was welcomed and No. 805
found to be in excellent condi
tion and well supervised. The
committee made a careful exam
ination of the kitchen, dining
hall, jail cells and surrounding
grounds and found everything in
excellent condition.
Carthage Health Center—Well
kept. Some repairs needed, plas
ter in hall needs repair. L,eak
over front door needs to be re
paired.
Aberdeen Jail—new one al
most complete. Old jail obsolete,
but clean.
Justice of the Peace reports
and Guardian and Administra
tors’ and Executors’ reports are
up to date and all bonds for
county officials and employees
are in order.
Rest Homes
Carthage Rest Home—Com
mittee not well received. Build
ing in average condition.
Robbins Rest Home—^Home
clean and well kept. Patients ap
peared to be well taken care of.
West End Rest Home—Clean
and well kept. Patients appeared
to be well taken care of.
Saniarcand Manor—^In excel
lent condition. Appears to be
well supervised.
Schools
Aberdeen School—Several fine
new buildings, but old main
building in need of repair. Floors,
walls in poor condition. Bank ad
joining Highway No. 1 washes
down. Retaining wall needed.
Also some approach to play
ground, which is below school
level. Steps and rail needed. Per
haps a drain to carry off water
on highway side. A few modem
drinking fountEuns needed in
main building.
Aberdeen colored school—^AU
in good condition.
Cameron School — Buildings
and grounds well kept. Some
plaster repair needed in halls.
The committee desires to com
mend the management for the
excellent condition found.
Carthage School—^Badly in
need of repairs in classrooms and
halls. Covered walkways in need
of paint. Guard rail needs repair
in gym. Lunchroom clean and
well kept. Building needs treat
ment for termites. Walls should
be built in boiler rooni to hold
coal back from furnace.
Carthage colored school—
Plumbing work badly needed in
boys’ toilet in high school build
ing. School should have another
drinking fountain in hall Of Pri
mary Building. There are two
drinking fountains there. One is
not working, and the other one
serves about six classrooms. The
old tool and material house that
was used when the gym was
built should be moved. It is ’a fire
hazard.
Elise School Building — foimd
well kept. Some work, needed on
grounds. Seats in auditorium in
bad shape. Large crack in wall of
classroom. Water pressure to toi
lets not sufficient.
Farm Life School—Full capa
city—new gym in process. Good,
attractive cafeteria. School needs
some repair of leaks and settling
of main building. Four or five
leaks between walls and additions.
Old style doors seem to be fire
hazard.
Vass School—^Well kept and
clean. Badly in need of cafeteria.
In need of storage room—present
storage room a fire hazard. The
furnace in need of repair; needs
caulking. Walls need to be ex
tended to boiler room to hold
back coal from furnace.
Pinehurst School—Found in
excellent condition. The commit-'
tee desires to commend the man
agement for the condition of the
buildings and grounds.
TaylortownSchool — Buildings
and grounds found in excellent
shape.
Westmoore School—Well kept.
Walls damaged from dampness.
Unable to keep pEiint on walls as
a result.
Davis School, Robbins—^Build
ing well kept. Some window
glass needed.
Highfalls School—Building and
grounds found in good shape,
clean and well kept.
West Southern Pines colored
school—New cafeteria badly
needed. Building up, but used for
classrooms. Old cafeteria accom
modates only 72. Utility room or
closets needed in gym. All clean
ing equipment in shower room
unsanitary. Water seeps into
present cafeteria and aroxmd
gym, because of lower level. In
main building, floors in bad con
dition. Sinking and settling are
a distinct hazard, especially in
the office.
Vineland colored school. West
End—^New modem building un
der constmction to replace wood
building.
ROTARY
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will speak Sunday night on life
in South Africa, At the Tuesday
night banquet, he will present
his message from the interna
tional president.
Other visiting speakers, aside
from North Carolina Rotarians,
are Peter Murdoch of Scotland, a
Rotary Foundation feUow study
ing at Princeton University, Dr.
-Bunyan Stephens of Rome, Ga.,
a past district governor in
Georgia; and W. M. Robbins, Jr.,
of Miami, Fla., whose topic, “A
Rotarian Tours Russia,” is con
sidered of special interest.
Two Sandhills ministers. Dr,
W. C. Timmons of Southern
Pines, and Dr. A. W. Craig of
Pinehurst, will pronounce invo
cations opening two of the ses
sions.
Southern Pines Rotarians on
the program include Dr. Amos
Dawson, president of the local
club, who will give the welcome
at the first plenary session Mon
day morning; and Mr. Perkinson,
immediate past president of the
Southern Pines Club, who will
speak at the Monday morning
session on the topic, “Leam More
About Each Other ’Through Club
Fellowship.”
Members of the Southern
Pines Rotary Club head most of
the conference committees.
Col. Paul Kinnison is District
Conference treasurer and Gar
land Pierce is the conference sec
retary.
Southern Pines Rotarians
heading other committees are
Frank Yandell, Boy Scouts;
George McCormac, decorations;
Johnnie Hall, entertainment; Dr.
W. C. Timmons, ladies’ enter
tainment; E. J. Austin, halls and
meeting places; jEimes Hart-
shorne, housing; Dan Ray, print
ing; Joe Scott, reception; Mark
King, registration; Virgil Clark,
transportatibn, and Mr. Perkin
son, publicity.
* Harry Chatfield will be ser
geant-at-arms chairman. Johnnie
Hall also heads the prizes com
mittee.
At the conference a Rotarian
will be nominated to serve as
governor of the 281st District fof
the 1957-58 fiscal year. He will
take office July 1, 1957 as the
official representative of Rotary
International, the wOrld-wide or
ganization of all Rotary Clubs, in
this district.
The new governor will be for
mally elected, along with more
than 200 other district governors
representing some 9,200 Rotary
Clubs in 99 countries, at Rotary
International’s 1957 convention
which will be held in Lucerne,
Switzerland, in May.
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