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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1957
THE PILOT—Southern Pines, North Carolina
Page FIVE
-f A LITERARY SCOOP?
Womens Activities
and Sandjiills Social Events
BESSIE CAMERON SMITH, Editor TELEPHONE 2-1*512
John P. Marquand, Writer and Golfer,
Plans Spin No More Mr. Moto Tales
Church of Wide
Fellowship Notes
Tonight (Thursday) at 6:30 p.m.,
the regular Church Night cpvered
dish dinner will be held, follow
ing which the program of the
Church Council will be conducted.
The Council will be presided over
by the moderator, Dr. Amos Daw
son, with special review and pre
view of the church’s work by the
heads of departments and com
mittees. The devotional service
will be conducted by Dr. Tim
mons and the Ruth Burr Sanborn
Circle will be the hostess in
charge of the dinner.
Circles of the Woman’s Society
will meet next week according to
the following schedule:
Ruth Burr Sanborn Circle, Mon
day at 8 p.m. at the home of Mrs.
Page Choate on Maples Road.
Margaret White Circle, Thurs
day, 3 p.m., at the home of Mrs.
Marshall Palmer, Sr., 130 ' West
Connecticut Avenue, with Mrs.
Walter Daeke as co-hostess.
Loyalty Circle, Thursday at 3
p.m., at the home of Mrs. E. M.
Poate, 360 South Ashe St.
Friendship Circle, Thursday, 3
p.m., at the home of Mrs. William
H. Beers, Fairway Drive, Knoll-
wood.
Lena Sweezy Circle, Thursday,
2:30 p.m., at the home of Mrs.
Louis Scheipers, Sr., 340 E. New
Hampshire Ave.
The Women’s Welfare Service is
again collecting used nylon stock
ings and any other nylon material,
to be sent to the Japanese Mis
sions. ’These may be left in the
Sandhill Office Supply Co. on
West Pennsylvania Ave.
Morning Worship Service
By both national and municipal
proclamation, this Sunday is des
ignated throughout the United
States as “Race Relations Sun
day,” which is also the prelude to
World Brotherhood Week. As
this Sunday is nearest the birth
day of Abraham Lincoln, the mes
sage of Dr. Timmons will be fo
cused upon one of the outstand
ing' characteristics of the great
president: “Reverence—’The Es
sence of Religion.” Music will be
presented by the chancel cljoir as
follows: Anthem., “Come to Me,
All Ye that Labor,” by Rolf. Rog
er Gibbs, the director, will sing as
an offertory, “The Greatest of
These,” by Ware. David Paddock
will be at the organ.
BEST EVER!
“Best ever” are the words
used to describe the annual
buffet dinner and card party
given at St. Joseph’s Hospi
tal Wednesday night under
Guild sponsorship as a bene
fit for the elevator fund. Re
turns were incomplete this
morning, but the figure had
reached the “best yet” figure
of $l,10ff.
Mrs. Nancy Cushman’s
number was drawn by Joe
Montesanti III and she re
ceived the door prize, a $25
U. S. Savings bond.
Presbyterian
Circles Meet
Mrs. Fred Patton was enrolled as
a new member and Mrs. Howard
Butler was a visitor, bringing the
attendance to 11, when .Circle 4
of Brownson Memorial Presbyte
rian Women of the Church met
Monday evening at the home of
Mrs. Harvey Horne. Mrs. George
Nevens conducted the Bible
study and Mrs. Mel John
son presented the program ar
ticle from Presbyterian Women.
Circle 8 met Monday night in
the ladies parlor of the church
with Mrs. Joe Currie as hostess.
Mrs. Dan S. Ray conducted the
Bible study and a panel com
posed Of Mrs. Davis Salmon, Mrs.
Ira Turner and Mrs. Mattie
Baker discussed The Lord’s
Prayer. Miss Lessie McNeill gave
the program article from; Presby
terian Women. Mrs. Ted Kling-
enschmidt reported on the recent
meeting of the executive board.
Thirteen members attended and
there was a guest, Mrs. John Wil
liams. Mrs. Ray invited the circle
to her home on Friday night for
an intensive Bible study.
Circle 1 was entertained by
Mrs. Charles Loup Tuesday af
ternoon, with 14 members pres
ent and two visitors. Miss Jane
Leach and Mrs. D. P. Morrison.
Mrs. R. P. Brown led the Bible
study and Mrs. W. E. Blue dis
cussed world missions.
In and Out of Town
Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Camp
bell of Raleigh spent the week
end, with her parents, Mr. and
Isaac A. Woodell, coming espe
cially to offer congratulations
and good wishes to Mr. and Mrs.
Woodell whose 20th wedding an
niversary was Tuesday the 5th.
Misses Ginger Aden, Judy
Parker, Lillian Bullock and Gin
ger Woodell spent last weekend
at Peace College in Raleigh as
guests of the Student Council,
the occasion being the annual
hospitality weekend at the col
lege.
Mrs. J. M. Overton of Mt.
Gilead is spending: some time in
the home of her son and daugh
ter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. J. T.
Overton. Also at the Overtons’
during the weekend were their
son-in-law and daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. Michael Smith of Win
ston-Salem.
Mr. and Mrs. Voit Gilmore and
daughters, Katy and Gerry, re
turned this week from a Carib
bean cruise.
Mrs. Joe C. Thomas has return
ed from Moore County Hospital.
Mrs. Louis Scheipers, Mrs.
Walter Coffin, Mrs. C. N. Page,
and Mrs. W. M. Johnson spent
Wednesday in Sanford.
Mrs. James C. McLeod of Flor
ence. S. C., spent several days
last week with her sister, Mrs.
Harold A. Collins. Mrs. Collins
entertained a party of 12 in her
honor at the Pinehurst Country
Club’s buffet supper prior to the
Forum concert Thursday night.
Mrs. Lillian Miles Raymond is
spending this week in New York
City. While there she will select
spring merchandise for Patch’s,
Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Johnson re
turned recently from a motor trip
to Florida. During their stay they
visited Mrs. W. A. Rose, the for
mer Nelia Johnson, and Mr. Rose
and their three children at Key
West. Another stop was made in
Miami where they visited Mr.
Johnson’s brother and wife, Mr.
and Mrs. Lee Johnson, and his sis
ter and her husband, Mr. and
Mrs. E. O. Henderson.
Mr. and.Mrs. D. A. Blue, Jr.,
have had as guests this week Mr.
Blue’s sister and husband, Mr.
and Mrs. J. Mv Habel jof Suffolk,
Va. Mr. and Mrs. Habel left Wed
nesday for Macon, Ga., where
they will visit the camellia gar
dens.
Mrs. Ella Chatfield entered
Moore County Hospital last Sat
urday and in the early part of the
week underwent surgery.
Mrs. Magruder Dent of Knoll-
wood is in Miami, Fla., where she
has horses running in the races at
the Hialeah track.
Mr. and Mrs. George H. Leon
ard, Jr., accompanied by Mr. and
Mrs. John C. Ostrom, left Thurs
day on a Caribbean cruise.
Mrs. Florence Perham and Miss
Mary Scott Newton left by auto
mobile Tuesday for a vacation of
two weeks or more in Florida.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Miller of
Newnan, Ga., spent last week
with their daughter, Mrs. Mel
Johnson, and family.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Graham and
Miss Janice Graham of Asheboro
were in Southern Pines from Fri
day until Sunday, visiting Mr. and
Mrs. W. J. Graham, Jr., and the
Misses Kate and Eva Graham.
Vance Derby, news editor of
The Pilot, and Mrs. Derby are va
cationing in New York this week.
They left last Thursday night and
plan to return Sunday.
Mrs. C. E. Newton, who entered
Moore County Hospital last Fri
day, was able to return home
Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin F. Kraf-
fert, Jr., of Southern Pines and
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Cooke of
Pinehurst have recently returned
from a Florida vacation.
Mss Prillaman Heads
Fund Drive In Area
Duke University has announced
the appointment of Miss Mary
Jane Prillaman to head the 1957'
Duke Loyalty Fund campaign in
the Southern Pines area.
The over-all goal of the Fund
this year is $250,000 from 10,000
contributors. Miss Prillaman
said, and Southern Pines com
prises one of 234 areas in 29
states and two foreign countries.
Plans call for the campaign
to begin on February 12.
Looking Ahead
YOUTH FEDERATION
The Youth Federation of
Southern Pines will meet at
Brownson Memorial Presbyteri
an Church Sunday at 6 p. m.
for the monthly supper meeting.
All young people are invited to
attend and bring a bag lunch.
Drinks and dessert will be pro
vided. A worship service will fol
low the supper. Mrs. H. C. Bleck-
schmidt of St. Louis, Mo., a mem
ber of the Presbyterian Board of
World Missions, will be guest
speaker.
PRE;gBYTERIAN CIRCLES
Three of the Brownson Mem
orial Circles will meet next
Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock;
No. 3, with Mrs. Bruce Warhck;
No. 5, with Mrs. Daniel Jenkins;
and No. 10, with Mrs. R. M. Mc
Millan.
CIVIC CLUB
The Southern Pines Civic Club
will meet at 3 p. m. Monday at
the club building with Dr. John
E. Elmendorf, Jr., as speaker.
Visitors will be welcome.
SCHOOL BAND BENEFIT
The Band Boosters. Club will
sponsor a rummage sale on Feb
ruary 8 and 9 at the Page Motor
Company place, 239 N. E. Broad
St., to benefit the School Band
fund. Donors are requested to
get their items in Thursday after
noon or Fridaly morning. Mrs.
George Thompson is sale chair
man, and Mrs. C. D. May or Mrs.
Broadus Smith will pick up items
if notified.
BAPTIST MEETINGS
The First Baptist Church lists
the following meetings for the
coming week:
Circle No. 4, Tuesday night at 8
o’clock at the home of Mrs. Ned
Bushby, Bennett street.
Circle No. 6, Tuesday morning
at 10 o’clock, at the home of Mrs.
L. T. Hall, 470 East Indiana ave.
The Sunbeams, children’s group,
Tuesday afternoon at 3 o’clock at
the church.
Living in Pinehurst, John P.
Marquand is enjoying his win
ter in the Sandhills.
The author of many best-selling
novels is spending his second con
secutive season in Nandina cot
tage, planning to stay, as he did
last year, to May 1.
He fs still playing golf—“very
indifferently” he says and he
is still writing, working on a nov
el.
The Pilot may have a literary
scoop in Mr. Marquand’s state
ment this week that he doesn’t
think he’ll go on writing about
one of his most famous imagina
tive characters: “Mr. Moto,” the
Japanese secret agent who was
greeted with pleasure by critics
and the public on his first appear
ance since before World War 2 in
Mr. Marqualid’s recently publish
ed “Stopover: Tokyo.”
Readers of the new volume, as
well as Saturday Evening Post
readers of pre-war days who used
to be fEiscinated by Mr. Moto’s op
erations, will mourn this decision
for which Mr. Marquand assigned
no reason in his conversation with
The Pilot this week.
A New Englander who doesn’t
like northern winters but still ap
preciates a little crispness in the
m,
tailiillliii
MR. MARQUAND
air, the writer visited friends in
Pinehurst three years ago — and
liked it. He came back for, an
other visit in 1955 and last year
rented a house. *
“I’m still happy here,” he said,
adding slyly, “Do you think I’d
be any happier in Southern
Pines?”
Basketball Summary
Farm Diversification Spotlighted As
Commissioners Hear Agents’ Reports
ATTEND FUNERAL
Mrs. J. M. Davis of Carthage,
Route 3, went to Norfolk, Va., last
week to attend the funeral of her
sister-in-law, Mrs. B. I. Barber,
and remained with the family for
a: few days visit. She was accom
panied on the trip by her sister,
Mrs. W. Ellington of High Point,
and niece, Mrs. Fred Seward of
Laurens, S. C.
E. L. Finch, Badly
Hurt In Accident,
Slightly Improved
Edwin L. Finch of Vass, Route
2, who was seriously injured ear
ly Saturday afternoon in a wreck
which took place on the Vass-
Carthage road, was reported this
morning as showing shght im
provement at Moore County Hos
pital.
His injuries are said to consist
of multiple fractures of the pelvis,
three fractured vertebrae, two
broken ribs, and a third degree
burn from the exhaust together
with skid burns and bruises.
Meager information given by
the injured man, who has been in
no condition to be questioned, is
that as he started to pass another
car the driver put out a hand and
in his effort to avoid a collision
his car went out of control and
overturned, pinning him beneath
it.
First to reach the scene were
some soldiers, as yet unidentified,
who jacked up the car and extri-,
cated the injured man, who never
lost consciousness during the or
deal. Mrs. Finch would like very
much to know the identity of her
husband’s benefactors and would
appreciate this information.
Mr. Finch, assistant scoutmaster
for the Vass troop of Boy Scouts,
was on his way to a scoutmasters’
meeting in Glendon when the ac
cident occurred. He is a retired
lieutenant-commander of the U.S.
Navy and since his retirement a
few years ago has resided on a
farm near Lakeview. For a time
he was an instructor in thq agri
cultural veterans’ traing program,
and is active in Masonic work and
in the work of the Vass Methodist
Church.
Hunter Trials
Plans Continue
Plans are going forward and en
tries are coming in for thq annual
Hunter Trials, sponsored ' by the
Moore County Hounds, which will
be held at Scotts Comer on
Youngs Road Extension Saturday
afternoon; February 16.
The event Will be followed by
the hunt ball at the Southern
Pinesi (^untry Club that night.
Parking space along the route
of the trials may be obtained from
Mrs. Dwight W. Winkelman, or
Mrs. Ozell Moss, secretary.
(Southern Pines games re
ported more completely in
separate story elsewhere in
today's Pilot).
Ry GEORGE A. SHORT. JR.
The shau-pshooters of Coaches
Robert E. Lee of Aberdeen and
Rex Gordon of Robbins continue
to march toward the top seeded
positions in the Annual Moore
County Tournament which will
get underway February 15 in the
Carthage High School gym.
The Robbins Bearcats had a
narrow escape, however, Friday
night when Carthage’s battling
Bulldogs pushed them into a
double overtime before the Bear
cats won 56-47. Aberdeen’s Devil-
ettes didn’t find the going quite
as rough as they downed South
ern Pines’ Blue Maidens 76-64.
Unless Robbins’ girls can up
set the Red Devilettes and Aber
deen’s boys can do likewise to
the Bearcats at Robhins gym' Fri
day night, these two strong and
capable clubs will enter the tour
ney pairings with clean slates.
The Devilettes and Bearcats are
both 12-0 in Moore County play
with the Bearcats sporting a bril
liant 18-0 recording and the
Devilettes a torrid 17-0 reading in
all contests.
The Bearcats have a toughie
coming up February 13 with
Pinehurst’s Rebels but this con-
lest would have no bearing on
the tournament pairings since
the tournament schedule will be
drawn up on Saturday, February
9, and include contests through
Friday night, February 8, only.
In the Bearcat-Bulldog exci
ting double-overtime duel Friday
night at Carthage, Jimmy Free
man dumped in 16 points, Jackie
Hussey scored 12, and a great
team effort by the Bearcat five
powered the win. Pacing the gal
lant Bulldogs were Robbie Felton
with 16 points and Mose Boyette
with 12.
Carthage-Robbins
Carthage’s girls bolstered their
second place position as they
edged Bobbins’ lassies, 59-58, in
another thrilling contest Friday
night in the Carthage gym. Clara
Matthews’ sensational 40-point
effort propelled em uphill fight by
the Carthage six who trailed a
big part of the game. Excellent
defensive play by Carthage’s
alert guards also aided the do-or-
die struggle. Ina McCrimmon
poured 39 tallies through the
nets and Helen Britt played su
perb defensively for Robbins.
Aberdeen’s Red Devils, with
all their guns loaded outshot the
Southern Pines Blue Knights 62-
49 for an important upset at the
Aberdeen Gym in another of
Moore’s marathon of good con
tests last Friday.
Highfalls’ girls won a hard
earned 61-59 overtime thriller
from Vass-Lakeview Friday
night at Vass-Lakeview but the
Twins’ boys took out revenge on
the Highfalls , boys as they
ground out a 56-40 triumph.
Pinehurst-Farm Life
Farm Life girls pulled a 50-40
reversal on Pinehurst’s Rebel-
lettes as the Rebels trounced the
Farm Life five 69-47. Doris Mat
thews pumped in 22 points and
Barbara Matthews tallied to
spearhead the offensive for Farm
life. Barbara Hunt netted 25
markers and Alice Garrison total
ed 15 to lead Pinehurst.
Pinehurst’s Rebels took over
second place in the Moore boys
standings with their win which
gave them- a 9-2 conference mark.
Nelson Black and Robert Garri
son boosted the Rebel offensive
with 18 points each and Wayne
Hardy got 13 tallies. For Farni
Life Lonnie McKenzie tallied 16
points and Harold Blue popped in
12.
Carthage-Pinehurst
Carthage’s girls anchored
down the second spot in stand
ings as Pinehurst’s boys also in
creased their second place stock
in the boys division Tuesday
night. However, a Pinehurst loss
to Southern Pines boys in their
Friday night clash could leave
these two strong fives in a tie for
second.
Carthage’s girls trimmed Pine
hurst’s Rebelettes 66-36 as Pine
hurst’s boys outfought the Car
thage Bulldogs 54-35 in the Car
thage gym.
Southern Pines’ girls decision-
ed Vass-Lakeview '72-60 and the
Southern Pines Blue Knights
trounced the Twins 71-30.
Clara Matthews, brilliant Car
thage toward poured in 30 points
to lead the Green and White of
fensive thrust over the Rebel
ettes. Barbara Hunt garnered 18
markers to lead the Rebelettes.
Pinehurst’s Rebels, with their
scoring pretty evenly divided,
overpowered the Bulldogs' after
holding a 26-19 halftime spread.
John McKenzie dropped in nine
points to take high scoring hon
ors for the, Rebels. T. Frye was
the game’s high scorer as he net
ted 13 tallies for the Bulldogs.
Standings
Boys: Robbins, Pinehurst,
Southern Pines, in that order,
lead both Conference and All-
Games standings.
Girls: Aberdeen, Carthage,
Farm Life, in that order, lead the
Conference standings. In All-
Games standings, Aberdeen
leads., Carthage and Robbins are
tied for second place and Farm
Life is third.
Robbins boys and Aberdeen
girls are undefeated in all con
tests.
Win Her Heart
Through Her
Sweet-Tooth!
WEST SOUTHERN PINES NEWS
Basketball Games
The West Southern Pines High
School Yellow Jackets have a
seasonal record of 10 wins and
two losses.
The Jackets dropped a contest
to Laurinburg, going into two
overtime periods, at Laurinburg
Tuesday night. The . local team
was playing without it regidar
forws^, Robert Lewis.
Resolution On Soil
Bank Tobacco Aid
Approved By Board
Plans and progress in Moore
County agricultural diversifica
tion were heard with interest by
the county commissioners at Car
thage Monday and the board rec
ognized the plight of the small
tobacco farmer by endorsing a
resolution which asks that the
20 per cent 1957 reduction in the
flue-cured allotment be made
eligible to be placed in the acre
age reserve of the soil bank.
Farm Agent Fleet Allen and
Assistant Thomas Hall told the
commissioners that Moore Coun
ty stands to lose thfee quarters
of a million dollars in farm in
come because of this year’s 20
per cent tobacco acreage reduc
tion. They said that five meet7
ings have been held over the
county to acquaint farmers with
problems of tobacco production,
especially the need to plant vari
eties of tobacco acceptable to for
eign buyers who take about one-
third of the U. S. flue-cured crop.
The farm agents informed ‘the
commissioners of varied efforts
to work with farmers in diversi
fying production and taking up
the slack in income lost by rea
son of tobacco cuts. They report
ed:
That dewberries and strawber
ries offer possibilities, quoting
Leighton McKeitUen of Cameron
as sayipg he can market the pro
duction of 200 more acres of
dewberries, than those now pro
ducing in Moore County. Straw
berries set out this year (by
March at latest) will not pro
duce until next year.
That irrigation systems bought
for use on tobacco could be ad
vantageously used for berry' and
truck crops.
That State Agriculture Depart
ment officials believe more
strawberries can be marketed in
North Carolina.
That 4,600 laying hens on four
different farms are now produc
ing and that 8,000 more chickens
are being placed on farms for egg
production.
That two farmers in the upper
part of the county have teamed
together to plant an acre of aro
matic or air-dried tobacco, a crop
that requires much labor and a
clay soil but that brings from 60
cents to $1.25 per poUnd.
, That late snap beans and
squash, grown with an irrigation
system, offer good truck crop
possibilities in this area.
That a spray program is being
worked out with several farmers
having neglected apple trees, to
see what success is posible in ap
ple production in Moore.
That in all new agricultural
projects, most farmers have a
“wait and see” attitude, wanting
to see how others make out be
fore they launch their own ex
periments. But good attendance
was reported at the 41 meetings
held by the agents during the
month of January.
Soil Bank Resolution
The soil bank-acreage resolu
tion that the board endorsed was
sent to th em by the Lee County
board of commissioners which
has drawn it up and approved it
recently. The same resolution has
also been endorsed by the Moore
County Farm Bureau.
In addition to asking that the
20 per cent acreage reduction be
placed in the Soil Bank reserve,
the resolution asks:
That the maximum participa
tion in the case of flue-cured
tobacco be returned to five acres
or 50 per cent of allotment, in
contrast to the status to which
this participation was cut this
year: three acres or 30 per cent
of allotment.
Also that the rate of payment
for flue-cured tobacco placed in
the Soil Bank be raised from 18
cents per pound to at least 50 per
cent of parity—^which is a com
parable percentage to that for
other farm commodities under
the Soil Bank program.
And that the Congress now in
session appropriate the necessary
funds for these needed soil bank
requests.
“Our farmers have been seri
ously hurt by the way in which
the Soil Bank program^ has been
administered,” says the preamble
to the resolution. “If we unite in
this effort, we can be successful.”
The Moore board directed that
copies of its endorsement be sent
to Reps. Kitchin and Cooley and
to Senators Ervin and Scott.
Kitchin is Congressman for this
district and Cooley is chairman of
the House Agriculture Commit-,
tee.
USAF Personnel
Leaving; Inn Site
Is Being Cleared
The Highland Pines Inn proper
ty on Massachusetts Ave., where
the old resort hotel burned to the
ground recently, was officially
abandoned by the Air Force last
Friday afternoon.
The USAF Air Ground Opera
tions School, which had occupied
the building since 1951, is moving
to Keesler AFB, Biloxi, Miss.
Some Air Force personnel have
gone to Mississippi. Others are
temporarily at Pope Air Force
Brig. Gen. Daniel %. Jenkins,
commandant, has been in and out
of town this past week, visiting
the new home of the school and
winding up affairs here.
Big moving , vans have been
rumbling through Southern Pines
as the Air Force families packed
up their belongings for a long
journey to their new home.
At the fire site, workers of the
Textile Iron and Metal Co. of
Greenville, S. C., have been re
moving metal scrap from ashes of
the structure, hauling it to a
freight car on a siding here.
James Hartshome, resident'-
manager of the hotel who is main
taining an office in an undamaged
building on the property, said that
bids will be asked on leveling the
site after the scrap is removed.
The metal company’s contract
calls for removal of all scrap by
February 16.
The standing east wing of the
hotel, which was not burned, has
beenl checked by the town build
ing inspector, Mr. Hartshome
said, and pronounced safe, but
there are no definite plans as to
what will be done with the struc
ture.
The Air Force radio relay sta
tion on the property, which was
operated independently from the
Air Ground School, will continue
in operation, paying no rental, un
til another location for it is
found.
IN CHARLOTTE
Mr. Richard Medford^ son of
Mrs. Fred B. Frye, is among the
60 freshmen enrolled at King’s
Business College in Charlotte.
Mr. Medford, who graduated
from West End High School in
1953, is taking the Senior Ac
counting Course.