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Page EIGHT THE PILOT—Southern Pines. North Carolina THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1957 HOWS THE NEW JOB. MR. MAYOR? Tourism, Statens Sleeping Giant, Due Awakening Says Gilmore, New Travel Council President i hours. Right there you have it.: parley Wafermarif A The people are coming, just as' '* “What about your nevsr job, Mr. Mayor?” “What about it?” “Well.. . you had your first of ficial meeting last Thursday, didn’t you? Did you do anything? You must have done something.” “We did things. And we talked over a lot of other things.” “Could you, well: GIVE, as you folks put it?” Mayor Voit Gilmore of South ern Pines, who was appointed not long ago, to Governor Luther Hodges’ 'Travel Council of North Carolina, was recently elected president of the group. Now, sit ting over a cup of tea in his new ly established touristy restaurant, i.e., the Howard Johnson between here and Aberdeen, he gazed out through the big plateglass win dow at the bare sand outside on which were neatly spaced rows of newly planted shrubbery. It was a view indicative, perhaps, of things to come: of planning and accomplishment. “I could talk fill day about the things we want to do and are go ing to do to help along this state’s growing tourist industry, but you want to know what we did ...” “You can talk, too, but it would be nice ...” Four Members Chosen “Well, the first thing we did, and by far the most important, W'as to begin to get our executive committee lined up.” “Yes, SIR . . . This is the exec utive committee of the Governor’s big committee to promote the tourist industry in North Caro lina?” “Right. There is to be an elev en-man executive committee, a guiding board, and then the over all directorate, tp be a group rep resenting all the interests involv ed in any way with the tourist trade. We’ve started getting to gether the small group first and I’ve got four of the best: top peo ple.” “Names, please.” The mayor took a gulp of tea. “Names,” he said. “First: Lynn Nisbet, newspaperman; Raleigh I kept right on soaring. Just an- representative of the Association j other: the climbing sales of cam- of Afternoon Daily Newspapers. 1 eras. He knows the state from top to bottom. He has accepted the job of secretary-treasurer for our committee. Next: vice-president: T. E. Pritchard, Jr., of Charlotte, executive vice-president of the Carolina Motor Club. Then: Beek- man Huger, vice-president of Champion Paper and Fibre Com pany of Canton; last of these first to reply, Mrs. Lucile Winslow. Mrs. Winslow manages The Caro linian, a leading hotel at Nag’s Head, and heads the Dare County Tourist Association. That’s as far on the list as I can go today, but I feel it’s a good omen for the committee: the calibre of the per sonnel who want to work with us, and their enthusiasm.” Variety of Interests “This, you understand,” Mr. Gil more continued, “is the executive committee. The main group, ac cording to Governor Hodges’ plan, will number 50 people to be drawn from the entire tourist in dustry of the state—hotel owners, restaurant owners, oil men, trans portation people from the bus lines, airlines, railroads, and so on. When you get to studying the thing, it’s amazing how many people, and what a wide variety of interests, are concerned in some way with ' tourists and travel. Take the textile industry . . . ” “Not the textile industry.” . “Absolutely. Do you know how many sports shirts aire fabri cated by the textile industry each year? A fantastic number. And shorts, blue jeans, bathing suits— play clothes of all kinds. You can bet the textile industry is inter ested in tourists. Another sign: take the success of ‘Holiday Mag azine.’ Started as a shot in the dark, ‘a long chance,’ everybody said. But the smart publishers were thinking of the increase in leisure time, and of the rapidly decreasing costs and time con sumption of vacation trips. ‘Holi day’ caught on and ran like wild fire; circulation soared; and has “Things like that point up the fact that tourism, or whatever you want to call the yen for tak ing trips and playing golf and rid ing,and swimming and seeing pretty scenery, is here to stay and here to grow. It’s going plac^, in other words.” “You’d say, then, that the fu ture of tourism in North Caurolina is assured?” "The People Are Coming" “No. But I’d say: the future of tourism in the state CAN be as sured and that our committee is here to bring that about. With the cooperation of the people of North Carolina I beheve we can bring this third industry of the state right up into first place. Or at least where we’re running neck-and-neck with tobacco and textiles. Look at the situation: Thousands of people come to this state every year, but the average length of stay here now is only 18 things are now: what we have to do is to figure a way to persuade them to stay here longer. Or bet ter still, stay here, period. “There’s a five-day week now adays, for most people. With in creased mechanization and other factors, this may well be cut to four. That’s so much more leis ure time, vacation-time. Again: more people are taking up sports, more want to get away from the cities. Vacation areas, national parks are all reporting increased visitors every year. The improve ment of highways and airfields is going to increase this trend, as it cuts down on travel time. All fac tors point to a great rise in the tourist business. This is some thing our committee is studying in order to make the most of it . so . . . ” “So . . . did you do anything else last Thursday that folks ought to hear about?” Program Drawn Up “I’m coming to that. We set up a program of action, as a starter and will soon be appointing com mittees to get to work on it. There will be an advisory committee on advertising and promotion, a sur vey committee to study the pres- Former Resident, Dies Word has been received here of the death of Perley J. Water man, 81, a former resident, who was found dead at his home in Bethlehem, New Hampshire, cently. Deatht was attributed to heart attacks Mr. Waterman, remembered by only a few people here, had been caterer to resorts in New Hampshire before his retirement several years ago. re- ent travel and tourist industry situation, and a committee on roadside development and beauti fication. We’ll probably need others to take up some of the oth er matters discussed. One that seemed interesting was to start travel host schools,’ that is, work shops, you might say, for the ad vising and training of the person nel coming in contact with the traveling public. They would be briefed on the points of interest in their localities, given hints on the courteous approach to guests, and so on.” Said the mayor: “It was clearly the opinion of aU who took part in the discussion in Raleigh last week that we have a sleeping giant here, in this tourist business, and that we have failed, to- date, to take lull advantage of the fact.” The new president of Governor Hodges’ committee on state tour- lism sat back, “We hope to rouse 1 that giant up to action,” he said. Of North Carolina’s 31 million acres, approximately 19 million are considered farmland. SUBSCRIBE TO THE PILOT MOORE COUNTVS LEADING NEWS WEEKLY. SEVEN STAR, BLENDED WHISKEY, 90 PROOF. 37'/2% STRAIGHT WHISKEY. 6 YEARS oft MORE OLD. 6214% GRAIN NEU TRAL SPIRITS. GOODERHAM & WORTS LTD.. PEORIA, ILL. CARTHAGE NEWS By MRS ALONZO BLUE Valentine Party Members of the Grace Worth Sunday School Class of the Pres byterian Church entertained their husbands, members of the Shields Bible Class and their wives, the Sunday School Super intendent, secretary, teachers and pianist at a lovely Valentine party in the assembly room of the educational building Thurs day evening. Guests were greeted at the door by Mrs. Norman Carter, Mrs. Holt McNeill and Mrs. Frank Boing. Miss Mary Gilbert Cole led the group in a series of Valentine contests and games which were enjoyed by all. Winners were presented Valentine candy as prizes. A color scheme of red and white was carried out in all con tests, blanks, prizes, floral deco rations and refreshments. The table was laid with an Irish lace cloth and centered with an arrangement of red cam ellias. Members of the class served vanilla ice cream and cake dec orated with red cinnamon hearts, salted nuts and candy hearts. Mrs. W. H. Currie, teacher of the Grace Worth Class, presented Miss Cole a Valentine gift from the class for her work in arrang ing, and preparing for the party. The party ended'with the sing ing of one verse of “Blest Be The Tie That Binds,” “God Be With You Till We Meet Again,” and “Goodnight Ladies.” Thirty two were present for the gala oc casion. German Je'wess to Speak Miss Hedi Anders of Montreat, a German Jewess, will be the guest speaker on February 27, Wednesday night, at 7:30 in the Presbyterian Church. Miss Anders will tell the story of her conversion to Christianity. All members of the church and friends are cordially invited to hear her. Personals Mrs. J. K. Roberts returned home Saturday from a five weeks’ visit to her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Roberts, in Wilmington. She was accompanied home by the Roberts family for the week- Mr. and Mrs. G. N. Stillwell and Mrs. R. J. Todd and daugh ters, Misses Susan and Carolyn Todd, of Charlotte visited their sister, IVIrs. Eldon S. Adams, and Mr. Adams Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. George Thomas and daughter, Diane, of C^mer- cn were visitors in Carthage Sunday. Mrs. Lee Wheeden and Mrs. D. L. Traymhan of Roanoke Rapids were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wilton H. Brown. . Miss Bess McCaskiU left Sun day for Raleigh where she will be employed as secretary during this session of the legislature. ■ Mr. and Mrs. James tTyson and daughter, Marcia, and Mrs. Ida Tyson were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Sebert Gibson in Laurin- burg -Sunday. Mrs. Gibson served a birthday dinner honoring her aunt, Mrs. Ida Tyson whose birth day was the 13th of February. Other guests were Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Bowles and son, C. E. Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hudson and children of Lumberton joined them in the afternoon. Mrs. Ty son was the recipient of many lovely gifts. Mr. and Mrs. Phil Owen and daughter, Diane, and Mrs. John M. McCaskill of Durham were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs.! Jim Evans and the Misses Mc Caskill. Mr. and Mrs. Myrton Stewart have their three grandchildren, Laura Jane, Michael Thomas and John Drake Stewart, of Washing ton, D. C., for a week’s ^ visit. while their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Stewart, are in Oak Ridge, Tenn., making ready the; residence to which they will | move in a few days. Mis Barbara Brown, student at the University, Chapel Hill, was with her parents, Mr. and Mrs., Wilton Brown, for the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Mills of Southern Pines and Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Kelly of Apex were Sun day guests of Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Stewart. I John M. McCaskill, Jr., of Durham', who trained at Ft. Ban ning, Ga., sailed February 4 from New York for Germany, where he will be stationed with the U. S. Army. Mrs. N. A. MacLeod, Mrs. Ruth MacLeod and Miss Janie Mac Leod visited Mrs. Carlos Mac Leod a day last week, in Olivia. Dr. and Mrs. Waylon Blue of Jonesboro Heights, Sanford, vis ited relatives in Carthage, Sun day. 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