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SOUTHERN PINES. N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1957~
Weimar Jones To
Lead Open Meeting
On State Politics
Women Voters
Sponsor Talk;
Public Invited
Southern Pines wOl play host
to a leading newspaperman of
the state next week when Weimar
Jones, publisher and editor of
the Franklin Press, comes here to
speak.
Mr. Jones comes at the invita
tion of the League of Women
Voters, sponsors of the meeting
to be held at the Civic Club at
8:15 on Friday, March 8. The
Franklin editor will speak on the
need for reapportionment of
seats in the state legislature. The
public is invited.
Mrs. L. T. Avery will introduce
the speaker.
A past president of the North
Carolina Press Association, Mr.
Jones figured prominently in the
news himself lately as author of
the minority report of the state
committee chosen to study the
Q long-neglected problem, Mr.
Jones was one of three laymen
appointed by the Governor to
join with the six senators and
representatives on the commit
tee.
In the minority report, the
imsition was taken that the con
stitutional amendment, as sub
mitted by the majority, did not
attack the problem as clearly and
forcibly as was believed neces
sary. It is expected that this—a
direct and immediate attack on
a problem that needs such force
ful treatment—^wUl form the
chief topic of Mr. Jones’ speech
here.
Obey or Change!
In widely-published editorials,
since the issuance of the report,
the Franklin editor has pointed
^ to the fact that the state consti-
“ tution specifically orders that
house seats shall be reapportion
ed and senatorial district lines
redrawn after each census, but
ttiat eight successive legislatures,
from 1931 to 1955, have failed to
obey this mandate. Says Mr.
Jones:
"We ought to obey the state
constitution or else change it.
Two proposals are now before
* this present legislature, but indi
cations, to date, are that it will
neither obey nor change. . . im-
less it hears from the people back
home.”
As for the problem itself:
“When you have,” says the
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MUSIC ASSOCIATION SERIES
Chapel Hill String Quartet Will
Give Varied Program Thursday
The strains of Haydn and Bee- bama String Quartet so enthusi-
PRICE TEN CENTS
thoven, as well as a contempor
ary composer, will be heard at
Weaver Auditorium next 'Thurs
day, when the University Quar
tet, of Chapel Hill, plays here in
the third of the concert series of
the Sandhills Music Association,
The date is March 7; curtain
time is 8:30.
Reserved seats for this and the
last concert of the series, the ap
pearance here of the North Caro
lina Symphony Orchestra in
April, are being sold, through the
Bamum Realty Agency. General
admission may be purchased at
the box office the night of the
concert.
The group playing here next
week are, as the name of their
organization implies. University
people. Edgar Alden, first violin
ist and organizer of the quartet
in 1946, heads the department of
string instruments, with Miss
Mary Gray Clark, cellist, a mem
ber of his teaching staff. Miss
Clarke is also first ceUist for the
state orchestra.
Jean Heard, second violin, is
the wife of Alexander Heard,
professor of political science at
the University. She studied im-
der Ottakar Cadek, who will be
recalled as leader of the Ala-
dstically received here in last
year’s concert series. Mrs. Heard
also had further training at Jul-
liard.
Dorothy Alden, who is the
viola player for the quartet, has
won fame not only as a concert-
artist. As organizer of the teach
ing of stringed instruments now
in effect in the Chapel Hill pub
lic school system, her name is
widely acclaimed in educational
circles. Both the Aldens are grad
uates of Oberlin Conservatory of
Music.
Performing in the music series
of both Raleigh and Durham, as
well as in individual concerts
throughout the state, the Univer
sity Quartet ranks among the
leading chamber music groups of
the South. They will present, on
Thursday, the prpgram given in
Raleigh earlier in the winter. It
includes: Quartet in B Flat, Opus
76, No. 4, (the “Sunrise” quartet)
by Haydn, Quartet No. 1 in A
Minor by WiUiarh Hoskins, and
Beethoven’s Quartet in G, Opus
18, No. 2.
As pre-concert fare, the Holly
wood Hotel will continue the tra
dition established this year of
serving a buffet dinner for aU
concert-goers
Dr. George Matheson Buys Andrews
Estate; Deal Completed This Week
A^
MOD Fund Drive
Goes Over Top
Moore county’s March of
Dimes edged past the quota this
week as Carthage turned in two
more thumping checks, to raise
the total for the county seat to an
unprecedented $1,665.09.
Mr. and Mrs. H. N. (Bill) Scott,
who undertook the chairmanless
Carthage drive with the deadline
nearly in sight, didn’t quit till
they had broken the record for
their community.
According to C. H. Bowman of
Southern Pines, treasurer, this
pushed the lagging polio fund
up to $7,854.60—not quite $300
past the quota, considerably less
»'than at this time in former years.
Tt is, however, rated a creditable
showing in view of a number of
sectional economic problems.
Only a handful of communities
have failed to report meeting or
passing their gokl—seven, to be
exact, with two of these having
reported not at alL
Added to this week’s total are
an additional $100 from Southern
VPines, making $1,928 from this
community; $66 from Westmoore
school, and $35.59 from Cameron,
where Mrs. Merla S. Gaines,
cbp’^man. collected $290 total.
Campaign co-director J. Frank
McCaskill urged this week that
all community chairmen turn in
their fuU, final reports so the
drive may be brought officially
to a close.
Sale of the “Andrews Place,”
one of Southern Pines’ most dis
tinguished homes, to Dr. and Mrs.
George W. Matheson of Knoll-
wood was announced yesterday.
The house, built in 1930 of brick
and half timber, is situated on a
37-acre tract on Connecticut Ave
nue just outside the town limits.
It is one qf the largest private
residences in the Southern Pines
area and has long been considered
one of the showplaces of the
Sandhills. It was the home, until
her death two years ago, of the
late Mrs. J. H. Andrews, of Akron,
Ohio.
Dr. and Mrs. Matheson have
made their home here for a num
ber of years at “The Fairways” in
ICnoUwood. Dr. Matheson, now
retired, is considered one of the
top legal minds in this country.
He is the author of several books
on law and is presently Dean
Emeritus of St. John’s University
Law School in Brooklyn, of which
he was co-foiinder.
He also served as Lt. Command
er in the Navy during World War
1 and was called on a number of
times for public duties in New
York State. He is listed in the
current volume of “Who’s Who in
Amferica.”
The home, bought from Mrs. An
drews’ daughter, Mrs. Carl Loh-
mann, of New Haven, Conn., has
more than 10 landscaped acres
containing some of the finest gar
dens in the area. A large meadow
lies in the back of the residence.
The sale was handled by Jerry
Healy of Bamum Realty and In
surance Company.
District Playoffs
For Class A Cage
Title At Aberdeen
Aberdeen and Southern Pines,
champions and runners-up, re
spectively, in the Moore County
basketbaU league, wUl represent
the county in the annual District
Four playoffs for the state’s Class
A championship.
The playoffs begin tomorrow
(Friday) night in the Aberdeen
gym with Aberdeen meeting
Boone Trad, Heimett
champions.
The playoffs are set up so that
eight teams from Lee, Harnett,
Montgomery, Chatham and Moore
will play one round in Aberdeen
before moving to Red Springs »to
finish the tournament. The state
championship tournament will be
held in Durham.
Southern Pines meets LiUing-
ton, runners-up in Harnett, Satur
day night. Game time is 7 p.m.
Two games will be played each
night
Lions Sponsoring
Youth Talent Show
Here On Saturday
A youth talent show, sponsored
jointly by Lions Clubs in South
ern Pines, Aberdeen, Pinebluff
and West End, wUl be held Satur
day night at 8 o’clock at Weaver
Auditorium here.
C. C. Thompson, member of the
Pinebluff Lions (ilub who has
been promoting the show and lin
ing up talent, said that four pro
fessionals would appear in the
show along with students from
the four towns. Proceeds, he
said, wiR be used by the Lions in
their civic work.
The schools will compete
against each other in several parts
of the show. Designed primarily
to promote interest and foster
music appreciation in the schools,
there are about three dozen stu
dents api>earing.
Here is a partial hsting of the
program, of which Arch Coleman
will be master of ceremonies;
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Annual Red Cross
Fund Drive Starts
Thruout County
Goal Here Is
$5,250; Alan
Prayer Chairman
The annual Red Cross fund
raising drive, which officials hope
to complete within 10 days, start
ed this week witn an announced
quota for the county of $14,002.
Donald D. Kennedy of Southern
Pines, county chairman, and Gen
eral L. W. Miller, vice-chairman,
earlier this week announced the
community chairmen and quotas.
In Southern Pines the drive
will be headed by Allan T. Preyer.
Others on the committee, which
seeks to raise $5,250, are Mrs.
Harlow Pearson, vice-chairman
and in charge of advance gifts;
Joseph I. Scott, business district;
Mrs. Cadwallader Benedict’
Knollwood; Mrs. Raymond Cam
eron, Pinedene; and Mrs. William
J. Wilson, residential district.
Other community' chairmen,
with quotas:
Crathage, John C. BeU, $800;
Aberdeen, F. D. Shamburger,
$1,500; Adder, Drewry Trout
man, $35; Bensalem, Mrs. J A
KeUy, $25; Big Oak, Mrs. Connie
Doyle, $20; Cameron, Mrs. Hubert
Nickens, $200; Clay Road Farm,
C. L. Ragsdale, $35; Eagle Springs,
Isaac Hendren, $100.'
Eastwood, Mrs. Myrtle Black,
$35; Eureka, Carey McLeod, Jr.,
$30; HighfaUs, Mrs. Jack Up
church, $100; HiUcrest, Miss Grace
Tillman, $60; Glendon, Mrs. W. G.
Caldwell, $30; Jackson Hamlet,
Rev. Z. D. McRae, $60; Jackson
Springs, J. A. 'Tuckerman, $175;
Knollwood, Gen. J. F. Barnes,
$400; Lake view, Mrs. Ben Gul-
ledge, $60; Manly, K. D. Bristow,
$75.
Niagara, Walter Morgan, $75;
Parkwood, Miss Marie Purvis,
$60; Pinebluff, J. D. Ives, $200;
Pinehurst, Albert Tufts, chairman,
Richard D. Chapman, Advance
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Shaw House Opens Tomorrow
Construction Of
New Armory Starts
Foundation footings for the
new National Guard armory on
Morganton Road have been pour
ed and workmen should be
ready to begin the main part of
the construction next week, Capt.
WiRiam Wilson said this mom-
tng.
Bad weather this morning kept
the workmen from the job.
The armory should be com
pleted about the middle of Sep
tember. It’s cost is $125,000,
which is being borne proportion
ately by local, county, state and
federal agencies.
The Shaw House wiR open to-^
morrow for luncheon and teas.
With the coming of Spring, the
old house, restored by the Moore
County Historical Association,
once more takes its hospitable
place in the Ufe of this section.
Light lunches wiR be served,
with guests seated about the
round lazy susan table, and tea
by a sunny window or by the fire
if winter nips again.
Mrs. Ernest L. Ives and Mrs. A.
P. Thompson of Pinehurst, are
co-chairmen of the tea room com
mittee, which includes in its
membeKhip: Mesdames James
Buchanan, and WiRiam Tufts of
Pinehurst; E. M. MedRn and J.
Talbot Johnson of Aberdeen, Mrs.
John Currie and Miss Mattie JCate
Shaw of Carthage, and Mrs. N. L.
Hodgkins, Jr. Mrs. L. T. Avery
is finance chairman for the tea
room.
The old home has had a refur
bishing inside and out. New fix-'
tures add to the convenience of
the kitchen and new curtains to
the attractions of the decor. Out
side, both gardens, the herb gar
den Sind the Ethel Maurice Memo
rial geuden, are receiving atten
tion, Mrs. C. A. Smith and Mrs.
K. N. McCoR having recently
made a plant-buying expedition
for their benefit.
The loom house, as well, wiR
see a spring-cleaning and wRl be
open to the pubRc.
With the Shaw House now open
for the entertainment of visitors,
as weR as serving the needs of lo
cal folks, it is expected that the
season wRl bring piany to the
town’s main historical attraction.
Town Advertising
For Bids On New
MunicipalBuilding
Bids for construction of the
new municipal buflding in
Southern Pines wiR be received
March 19, according to Town
Manager Louis Scheipers, Jr.
Invitations for bids are being
printed this week and contrac
tors have ben notified. Construc
tion of the new building, which
wiR cost in excess of $100,000,
win probably get imderway
about six weeks after the con
tract is let
Plans for the new buRding,
which was designed by Thomas
T. Hayes, local architect, are on
file at the town haR. Separate
bids are being received for the
general, electric, plumbing and
heating contracts. Contracts wRl
be let on the basis of combined
proposals, separate proposals or
alternates.
Hayes, together with members
of the council, hope the buRding
WiR be completed and ready for
occupancy by next faR. It wUl
be located on the site of the for
mer house that served as town
haR in the Town Park.
Highway Officials
Say Bypass Paving
To Begin In March
Completion of
Project Seen
As Early Summer
Paving of the US 1 bypass—or
“thruway” as it has come to be
known—in Southern Pines wiR
probably get underway about the
middle of March, it was learned
from the State Highway Com
mission this morning.
’The F. D. Cline Paving Com
pany of Raleigh, who won the
contract for the job last faR with
a low bid of $393,540, has a June
1 deadline to meet.
Included in the job was the
widening and surfacing of a por
tion of Pennsylvania Avenue
from the overpass to Bennett
Street. Construction crews have
been busy on that job for the
past 10 days and, barring bad
weather, should have it ready to
tie in with the other part of the
project.
Commissioner Forrest Lockey
and division engineer T. C. Poin
dexter are in Raleigh today
meeting with the commission to
canvass low bids on a large num
ber of projects recently let. One
of those projects, paving of the
new 15-501 from US Highway 1
at Howard Johnson’s to the inter
section of NC 2 near Pinehurst,
was bid on by the CRne company
for $118,742.
Lockey is hoping that the thru
way wiR be completed and ready
for traffic before his term ex
pires in May. He has said he wRl
do everything to expedite the
completion of the project by that
time.
Plans Announced
To Form Mental
Health Assn. Here
NEW STABLES BUILT BY MRS. MARY DOYLE
Young's Road Horse Facilities Growing
From Mickey Walsh’s Stoney-
brook Stables on Yotmg’s Road
to the old Goldsmith place,
“horse people” have beeA trans
forming pineland into lush pas-
ttires and a maze of paddocks
_ and training rings. Horses, they’R
County teR you, are becoming big busi
ness in this area.
The road, for a soRd mile be
tween Walsh’s and the newest
place, Mrs. Mary Doyle’s pony
training layout, probably has as
great a concentration of horse
training facRities as any similar
stretch in the South. Any day,
beginning in early January and
lasting to’ the middle of April,
some 100 horses are in training.
Hunters, jumpers, ponies, racers,
and show horses—^they’re aR
there. And it would be difficult ] once the winter training is com-
to say which type is in prepon- plete. New York state probably
derance.^ gets more than any other place,
'There s at least six different' though l\faryland, Delaware and
stables in that highly concentra
ted mRe; several other people
who aren’t actually in the horse
bu^ess themselves, rent outJtowned by Mrii Mary Doyle one
facRities to owners and trainers. - - - - ’
It is becoming increasingly diffi
cult to find additional facilities.
Land has been cleared for pas
tures, houses built or remodelled,
stables constructed and fencing
Virginia ge^ quite a few.
Most strikmg of the newer
places is the 11-acre development
of the East’s top pony owners
and trainers. When she started
developing the p.roperty a year
ago, there was nothing but pine
trees; today, there are five pad-
j docks, two stables with 16 stalls,
a modern home, and plans for
other facRities.
The layout, dsigned by E. J.
-. Austin, locsR architect, faces
untold mRes of trails winding, Young’s Road, just across from
through the forests adjoining it, i Harold Collins’ Pickridge Farm,
are destined for northern tracks,] (Continued on Page 8)
put up. A great portion of it has
been completed in the past year.
Most of the horses trained on
the road which, incidentaRy, has
Kiwanis Endorse
4-Point Program
For Road Safety
Some grim statistics were pre
presented the Sandhills BLiwanis
Club at the regular meeting Wed
nesday by Major Charles A.
Speed, director of the safety di
vision of the State Highway Pa
trol.
“The highway is the most dan
gerous place in the world today,”
he said. “The automobRe is the
greatest murderer. Last year
some 40,000 Americans lost their
lives in automobile accidents. An
average of three each day were
killed in North Carolina. Some
thing must be done.”
Major Speed offered a four-
point program for strengthening
highway safety and curbing what
he termed “this terrible slaugh
ter.”
He asked for enattinent permit
ting chemicEd tests for drinking
drivers, reinstatement of the me
chanical inspection program,
granting the Highway Patrol per
mission to use unmarked cars, and
adoption of a driver-trainer pro
gram in the pubRc high schools.
Judge J. Vance Rowe, who
deals with highway offenders in
Recorder’s Court each Monday,
moved that the dub adopt a res
olution calling on the club to use
its influence for the adoption of
the program which is now before i
the State Legislature. I
W. Lamont Brown, soRcitor of
the same court, seconded the mo
tion which was passed unani
mously.
The organization meeting of
the Moore County Mental Health
association wiR be held Monday
at 8 p. m. at Brownson Memorial
Presbyterian church.
Charter members wRl be re
ceived, permanent officers wRl
be elected and an address wRl be
given by Dr. Charles R. Vernon
of the staff of the psychiatric de
partment of the University of
North Carolina school of medi
cine at Chapel HRl. Dr. Vernon
wiR si>eak on “Community Re-
sponsibRity for Mental Health.”
Groundwork for the new as
sociation has been laid during
the past few weeks by a group
of interested citizens of aR Moore
County towns, according to pro
cedures of the North Carolina
Mental Health Association, Inc.,
with which the county group wRl
be affiRated from the start.
Through the State organization,
it wiR also be a part of the Na
tional Mental Health association.
Endorsement of the move has
been given by the Moore County
Medical Society, Moore County
Ministerial association, Moore
Coimty Board of Health and
Board of PubRc WeRare, the
County Commissioners, Bar As-
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CoBision Early
This Morning Puts
Two In Hospital
Fog and poin-ing rain were Rst-
ed as reasons for an early morning
colRsion near the Pinehurst gar
age today which hospitalized two
people.
Herbert J. Dietenhofer, who
lives in Pinehurst, was taking his
daughter, Paulette, to school
about 8:10 when his car and a
pick-up truck driven by Donald
Momson coRided at an intersec
tion near the garage.
Both Mr. Dietenhofer and his
daughter were taken to Moore
County Hospital for exanaination
and treatment. Mr. Dietenhofer
steered several cracked ribs and
his daughter received scratches.
Both are expected to be released
shortly.