-Ci \ <« 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.