VOL. 39—NO.
Jury Report On
Clinic Building
Shocks Community
Cooperation Lack
By Town, County
Largely To Blame
Last week the report of the
Moore County Grand Jury se
verely condemned ^he old build
ing in West Southern Pines used
by the combined monthly clinics
of the Moore County departments
of health and welfare.
There is no doubt that the
jury’s criticism was justified, but
it is only fair to the people of
both county and town to give
them, as far as possible, an ex
planation of the facts, and just
how the deplorable condition
they described came about.
The whole story is a lament
able example of what happens
when there is no cooperation be
tween interested and responsible
officials.
The Southern Pines clinic was
established back in the mid-
Thirties.
The move was sparked by the
Rev. F. Craighill Brown, then
rector here. The West Southern
Pines building was chosen be
cause, at that time, it was the
only available place Mr. Brown
could find. How it was then
made habitable is lost In the
shades of the past: presumably
Mr. Brown enlisted the aid of his
church people and others to pay
for the repairs and painting that
must have been necessary.
The clinic was for venereal dis
ease work, at first, but when the
Moore County Maternal Welfare
committee was organized, it be
came interested and the prenatal
clinics and well-baby clinics of
the Department of Public Health
were also held in the building.
There appears to have been no
written agreement as to how the
place would be kept up, but, ac
cording to County Commissioner
Gordon Cameron, there was an
understanding that the county
would pay for the maintenance
in lieu of paying rent. As far as
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SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1957
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PRICE TEN CENTS
AT ROTARY CONFERENCE — Among offi
cers and speakers at the conference of the 281st
District of Rotary International; held this week
at the Carolina Hotel, Pinehurst, were, left to
right: Bunyan Stephens of Rome, Ga., past dis
trict governor; Joseph I. Scott, president-elect of
the host Rotary Club of Southern Pines; W. M.
Wild of Port Elizabeth, South Africa, who pre
sented a message from the president of Rotary
International; Dr. Amos C. Dawson of Southern
Pines, president of the local Rotary Club; Dr.
Mark Lindsey of Hamlet, governor of the 281st
District; Holt McPherson of High Point, past
district governor, and brother of Garland Mc
Pherson of Southern Pines; and Harry B. Finch
of ThomasviUe, district treasurer. Other speak
ers and entertainment were on the program. A
“Rotary Ann” fashion show and luncheon are
reported on the women’s pages of today’s Pilot.
—Hemmer Photo
Precinct Division Proposal To Be
Discussed By CouncQ On Tuesday
Hearing On Charier
Will Be Continued
At Library Meeting
Important items on the docket
for the regular meeting of the
Southern Pines town council
Tuesday of next week include
further discussion of a proposed
new town cheirter and a report
from the Precinct Study Commit
tee.
The meeting, which is open to
the public, will be held in the Li
brary at 8 p.m.
A. C. Dawson, superintendent of
schools, has aske'-’ to be heard in
Rummage Sale To
Help School Band
The annual rummage sale that
is the major fund-raising project
of the Band Boosters Club will be
held Friday and Saturday at the
Page Motor Co. building on N. E.
Broad St.
The club is an organization of
adults who are interested in the
Southern Pines school band.
Mr^. George Thompson, chair
man of the sale, said that clothing
' and practically any household
item would be welcome.
• Persons who cannot bring ar
ticles to the place of sale can
phone Mrs. Broadus Smith or
Mrs. C. D. Way and the items
will be called for and picked up.
All proceeds will go to the band
fund.
ART EXHIBIT
The Good Neighbor Policy
is believed in—and practiced
—^by the City of Charlotte.
Now oh view in the South
ern Pines Library Gallery is a
loan collection from the
neighbor city's famed art gal
lery—the Mint Museum. The
collection forms part of the
gallery's permanent collec
tion. ,
Faced with a sudden disap
pointment by the withdrawal
of the exhibit planned for this
time, the gallery committee.
• Mrs. Alwin Folley and Mrs.
C. A. Smith, co-chairmen,
sent out an SOS to Charlotte .
and the big city responded
nobly.
The collection now on view
comprises watercolors, the
work of six artists. Three of
these axe local Charlotte
painters, one a gradueite of
Charlotte's John C. Smith
College. All are Southerners
except for one New York ar
tist.
The show, considered by
the committee one of the best
to be hung this season, will
be on view until March 1.
Scouts Of County
Join Observance
Of Anniversary
Hundreds of Boy Scouts in
Moore County will participate in
the nation-wide observance of
Boy Scout Week through next
Tuesday, as the nation’s 4,500,000
Scouts and leaders join in cele
brating the 47th anniversary of
their organization.
The week of February 6-12 has
as its theme, “Onward for God
and My Country,” with a special
emphasis , on “Duty to Country.”
Almost 20,000 members are
joining in this recognition in the
12-county Occoneechee Council
which includes Moore County.
Window displays of Scout crafts
will be one of the features of the
occasion. Frank Yandell, Scout
executive for Moore district, said
that various units will have public
displays and that the following
were already prepared early in
the week: at Style Mart store, on
Pennsylvania Ave., by Southern
Pines Pack 73; at West End by
Pack and Troop 801; at Pinebluff
by Troop 206; and at Pinehurst by
Troop 7. Others also are expect
ed to be prepared. Judging for
prizes for displays will be done
Saturday.
On Scout Sunday, February 10,
all Boy Scouts are encouraged to
wear uniforms and attend church
with their parents. Almost half
of all Scout units are made pos
sible by sponsorship of churches.
Coaches To Plan
County Tourney
Moore County High School bas
ketball coaches will meet in Car
thage at 10 a.m. Saturday to make
plans for the annual county tour
nament.
To be played at the Carthage
gym, the tourney is expected to
get started Thursday or Friday of
next week.
For reports on games of the
past week in the Moore County
Conference, see stories elsewhere
in today’s Pilot. I
regard to a nuisance created by
dogs running loose on the school
grounds. ,
The precinct committee, of
which Mrs. Graham Culbreth is
chairman, has been studying a
proposal that the large and popu
lous Southern Pines precinct be
divided to ease voting congestion.
Provisions of the new charter
that have aroused discussion in
clude the right of the council to
sell property at a private sale and
the enlargement of the town
school board from five to seven
members.
A public hearing was held on
the charter at the January meet
ing but was continued until this
month’s meeting to allow more
time for study, comment and dis
cussion.
Warning: Use Air
Rifles Properly
Police Chief C. E. Newton today
asked parents of children who
have air rifles to warn the young
sters against using the guns to de
stroy property.
Numerous complaints have
come in to the police department
about windows and street lights
which have been broken by shots
fired from air rifles, the chief
said.
An unoccupied house in Pine-
dene, from which nearly all the
windows have been shot out, was
cited by Chief Newton as an ex
ample of the extensive damage
that is being done.
J^ere is no town ordinance pro
hibiting possession or use of air
rifles, the chief noted, but laws
against property damage can be
invoked when such damage is
done. Officers are watching for
children who misuse their guns.
It’s up to parents to help con
trol this situation. Chief Newton
thinks.
ON FEBRUARY 12
Dr. Winston
To Speak To
Civic Clubs
Dr. Ellen Winston, North Caro
lina’s energetic and capable com
missioner of public welfare, will
address a joint luncheon meeting
of the Southern Pines Junior
IVoman s Club and the Sandhills
Kiwanis Club next week.
Members of the two organiza
tions, with their guests, will meet
at the Mid Pihes Club at 12-15
p.m.
Kiwanians, who come from
throughout the county, have been
invited to bring their wives.
Mrs. Walter B. Cole of Car-
hage, Moore County superintend-
ent of welfare, issued an invita
tion Monday to the board of coun
ty commissioners. County welfare
board members have been invited.
Because two organizations are
involved and because there is
widespread interest in operation
of the county and state welfare
departments, the meeting is ex
pected to be one of the most wide
ly attended civic club gatherings
held here in some time.
Mrs. W. A. Leonard, welfare
and youth chairman of the Junior
Woman’s Club, is program chair
man for the meeting.
LISTING EXTENDED
According to the custom
followed each year in Moore
County the period for listing
real and personal property for
county and town taxes has
been extended through Feb
ruary 15.
The commissioners author
ized the extension, at their
meeting Monday in Carthage.
See stories elsewhere in to
day's Pilot about other busi
ness coming before the coun
ty board.
George Ross Says
Intangible Tax
Burden On State
Tells Moore Board
It Should Lead In
Effort To Abolish It
George Ross of Jackson
Springs, who recently retired
after many years of service with
the Agriculture, Conservation
and Development and other
State departments, visited the
meeting of the county commis
sioners at Carthage Monday to
suggest that Moore County work
through the State Association of
County Commissioners in taking
tne lead to abolish or modify the
state’s Intangible Property tax.
He said this tax—which levies a
25 cents per $100 of market value
of stocks and bonds—is a nui
sance levy that keeps many per
sons from making their residence
in North Carolina where, if they
settled here, the state would col
lect income and inheritance
taxes, as well as advalorem taxes
from those who owned homes
here.
A large proportion of this tax
is now returned by the state to
the counties and municipalities
in which it is collected and a
proposal is coming up that would
send it all back to local units.
Mr. Ross warned the commis
sioners against welcoming this
money.
Refund Proposal
At least, he said, the counties
should ask for a clause in the tax
bill that would give a county op-
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Industry Committee To
Discuss Plans, Work
Visitors To
J'i,
HAPPY—Mable Davis of
Robbins, who won the 1956
nurse’s training scholarship
given annually by the Sand
hills Veterans Association, is
evidently enjoying her train
ing at Charlotte Memorial
Hospital. The SVA is launch
ing its 1957 fund drive that
will provide another such
scholarship for a Moore Coun
ty high school graduate this
year. Three scholarship win
ners are now in nursing
schools and eight have gradu
ated asl nurses since the’ pro
gram was begun. Don Traylor
of Southern Pines is head of
the drive committee. A mail
solicitation is being made.
Contributions may be sent to
the chairman.
COMMISSIONER'S 'BOMBSHELL*
Uurrie Asks Discuss Proposal To
Consolidate Moore High Schools
Admitting his. suggestion would
be like exploding a bombshell.
County Commissioner John Cur
rie of Carthage said during the
board’s meeting Monday that he
would like to see the county
board of education and the South
ern Pines and Pinehurst city
school boards get together with
the county commissioners to dis
cuss a proposal that has arisen pe
riodically in the past 10 years:
Blue Starts 6th
I
House Term; On
Rules Committee
Rep. H. Clifton Blue of Aber
deen, Moore County’s representa
tive in the General Assembly, was
on hand for the opening session of
the body in Raleigh, Wednesday.
He was named to the powerful
House Rules Committee, a 24-mari
group composed mostly of veter
an legislators. He is serving his
sixth consecutive term.
A delegation of Moore County
political and civic notables was in
Raleigh today to witness inaugu
ral festivities and the swearing in
of Gov. Luther H. Hodges at noon
in Memorial Auditorium.
Mayor Voit Gilmore of South
ern Pines went io Raleigh Wed
nesday and remained to witness
today’s events.
PILOT TAKES A FIELD TRIP TO FIND OUT
What Kind Of Job Does ‘The Welfare’ Do?
By KATHARINE BOYD
construction of two or three con
solidated high schools to serve the
entire county.
The many advantages that
could be provided students at
larger schools have overcome per
sonal opposition he once had to
this idea, the commissioner said.
Jere McKeithen, member of the
county board of education who i sion.
was present when the suggestion'
was made, said he felt sure the
county school board would be de
lighted to discuss the matter.
> “That would solve our building
problems in one fell swoop,” he
said.
At the rate school needs are ex
panding, Mr. Currie pointed out,
it would not take long for existing
high school buildings to be taken
over for elementary school use in
the various districts.
There are now 11 high schools
in the county, attended by white
students. Negro high schools have
been consolidated into four—at
Aberdeen, Carthage, Southern
Pines and Pinehurst.
No action was taken by the
commissioners on Mr. Currie’s
suggestion, but no opposition was
voiced to the proposed discussion
meeting.
Take Part In
WEEB Forum
A duPont Company executive
and representatives of the N. C.
Department of Conservation and
Development will meet with
members of the Moore County In
dustrial Committee Monday to
discuss activities and plans of the
county-wide group.
To be held in the offices of Ra
dio Station WEEB here at 4 p.m.
the meeting will be broadcast to
reach as wide an audience as pos
sible throughout the county.
Expected from the C & D De
partment are A. H. Grant, former
resident of Southern Pines, and
Les Branson. Homer H. Ewing,
a member of the Development De
partment of the duPont company
at Wilmington, Del., will be pres
ent to answer questions on what
industry looks for in a plant site.
Mr. Ewing, father of Robert S.
Ewing of Southern Pines, is a
past president of the National Se
curity Industrial Association. He
will spend the weekend at the
home of his son here, stopping on
his return north from a meeting
of the Association in Florida.
The duPont Development De
partment studies development of
new products and location of new
plant sites for the giant chemical
corporation. Committee mem
bers have expressed pleasure that
the local group will be given the
benefit of Mr. Ewing’s experience
in this field.
The Moore County Industrial
Committee was formed recently
to promote the industrial inter
ests of the entire county, in view
of the need foi^ more industry in
the area and the closing of the
Amerotron plant at Aberdeen, the
Bishop plant here and the antici
pated loss of the USAF Air
Ground Operations School—a loss
since made definite by the burn
ing of the Highland Pines Inn
where the school was located.
Chairman of the committee is
John C. Ostrom of Southern Pines
who is away on a trip and wiU be
unable to attend the Monday ses-
To find out, you ask: can you
What is the Moore County De-' I “
partment of Public Welfare’ A ? And thats how, one
staff of workers; an office in'the if ^0“ ^^^ppen to be riding
basement of the Carthage court- worker
house; a place where people in ^ heading out
need can get help? ^oore County.
Yes, but how does it work? I It’s a nice day; that’s going to
What do these workers do? When help. You are glad, because you
you say that some take care of Iinve a feeling you will probably
the office end, and others of the. into a good many things that
field end—all right. But what do ] 'won’t be so nice during the com-
they DO?
Well, you can imagine pretty
much what the office people do.
ing hours.
You ask the driver about her
plan for the day. You note that
or at least, the general type of ■ we are heading west, (which, let
thing: records, interviews, and so it be firmly established, is NOT
on, (the wild variety of items {the direction in which the car
that come before them would | was traveling that day—all de
defy any imagination.) But what
about the “field workers”? What
do they do?
tails of geography and names, in
the following piece, are plucked
oat of the air and bear no re
semblance, we prayerfully trust,
to actuality.)
Your friend tells you that she
has recently been assigned a dif
ferent part of Moore County as
her field and this will be one of
her first trips to see certain of
these welfare cases.
“What sort of cases will we
see?”
"Every Kind"
A little smile touches the cor
ners of your companion’s mouth:
“Just about every kind,” she
says. “Some getting ADC, some
APTD, some OAA, some. . .”
“Hold on, now, hold on! You
sound like the government- What
does all that mean?”
And so she describes each one
of the “aids,” the individual
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Committees Of
Chamber Named;
Ads Get Results
Meeting Wednesday afternoon,
the board of directors of the
Chamber of Commerce heard an
nouncement of new committees
by President E. Earl Hubbard,
discussed plans for industrial and
town promotion and learned that
the town advertising in New York
newspapers is bringing a “tremen
dous response.”
The directors decided to hold
the next few meetings of the
board on the first and third Wed
nesdays, on an experimental ba
sis.
Following are the new commit
tee members — the first person
named on each committee being
the chairman:
Industrial—L. D. McDonald, A1
Folley, Newland Phillips.
Commercial Relations — Miss
Kitty Wiley, Mrs. Graham Cul
breth.
Publicity—Mrs. Valerie Nichol
son, Joe Soott, Mrs. S. D. Fobes,
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Games Tonight To
Help Dimes Drive
Entertainment by the “Elvis
Benson Trio,” at half-time has
been announced as an added at
traction during the doubleheader
basketball game to be played in
the High School gymnasium to
night (Thursday) for benefit of
the March of Dimes.
The twin bill opens at 7:30
when junior high school teams of
Southern Pines and Pinehurst
tangle. The feature attraction, to
follow, is a fray between the local
Jaycees and Lions.
The mystery vocal unit is said
to be composed of three Lions—
Bill Benson, Joe Carter and Dr.
Dave Whitehead.
'There will be no admission
charge, but a collection will be
taken for the March of Dimes.
FEB. 15 DEADLINE
FOR LICENSE TAGS
Friday of next week. Feb
ruary 15, is the deadline for
owning and displaying 1957
state motor vehicle licenses,
the public was reminded to
day.
The same deadline applies
to Southern Pines town tags
which must be displayed by
all car owners who live with
in the city limits.
For the convenience of mo
torists, the auto license bu
reau in the Chamber of Com:-
merce office will remain open
Saturday afternoon of this
week and Wednesday after
noon of next week.
Office hours are 9 a.m. to
4 p.m.
Mrs. S. D. Fobes, Chamber
of Commerce secretary who
is in charge of the license bu
reau, today urged car owners
to get their plates ahead of
deadline to avoid delays and
standing in line.