LIFE SAVING EFFORTS FAIL
Ifi-Months-Old Child Wanders From
Home, Drowns In Neighbor’s Pool
i
A 16-months old boy, JohA A.
Reier III, son of an Army cor
poral, was drowned in a small
pool here Tuesday.
Coroner Ralph G. Steed at
tributed the death to accidental
drowning. A small boat found
in the pool led some officers to
believe the little boy had been
playing around the edges of the
pool, pushing the boat, and ac
cidentally fell in. An examina
tio'i disclosed a small bruise on
his forehead.
Mrs. Reier, busily packing
preparing to join her husband,
who is stationed at Fort Gordon,
missed the little boy and went
to the home of her' neighbor,
William R. Chatfield, Jr., to in
quire if anyone had seen the
child.. A frantic search of the
property was made and Billy
Chatfield, 7, found the body in
the pool, which had been filled
to about 18 inches by the recent
rains.
Members of the police depart- survives.
ment and Danny Sheffield of
Powell Funeral Home adminis
tered artificial respiratioin and
used a resuscitator for some 45
minutes in efforts to revive him.
Previously Mrs. Chatfield had
also given artificial respiration
before the police arrived.
Dr. J. S. Hiatt was also pres
ent.
Funeral services will be held
to.morrow (Friday) at 11 o’clock
at the Methodist Church with
the Rev. R. L. Bame officiating.
Burial will be held in Mt. Hope
Cemetery.
He was bom Jan. 9, 1956 in
Germany where his father was
stationed with the U. S. Army.
His mother is a native of Ger
many.
Cpl. Reier has been stationed
at Fort Bragg and his family has
been living here about a year.
He had been recently transferred
to a school at Fort Gordon.
A three months old sister also
Little League Begins Here Mbnday;
OnlyF ew From Last Year Returning
Opening date of the Tar Heel
Little League, composed of four
teams in Moore County, is Mon
day, according to Monk Womack,
league president.
With game time at 5 p.m..
Southern Pines wiU play Car
thage at Memorial Field here, and
Robbins will play at Pinehurst.
Prior to the Southern Pines-
Carthage game Dr. J. C. Grier,
who was president of the league
last year, will present the coimty
championship trophy to Southern
Pines. Coach C. L. Dutton will
accept.
Games this year will be played
twice weekly. Womack said a
Two New Directors
NamedToChamber
Of Commerce Posts
Mrs. B. M. Harrington,and Dr.
L. M. Daniels have been named
new directors of the Chamber of
Commerce, according to Earl
Hqhbard, president.
They were both named to the
membership committee of the or
ganization at the regular meeting
last week.
Hubbard said the Chamber is
now concentrating on developing
a program designed, to attract
small conventions to Southern
Pines in the so-called “off” season
as well as during the regular sea
son.. “Small conventions, which
we are very well-equipped to
handle, can mean a great deal to
the economy of Southern Pines,”
he said. He appointed Mrs. Har
rington and Mrs.i Graham Cul-
breth to head a committee to de
velop a program.
Hubbard said the Chamber was
moving ahead with a number of
other projects and that the mem
bership drive is still in progress.
He again urged business firms
and individuals who are interest
ed in the Chamber’s work to sub
scribe and become active.
complete schedule would be re
leased next week. In the mean
time, fans were advised that
Thursday’s games will see South
ern Pines playing host to Rob
bins, and Pinehurst playing host
to Carthage. Dutton said that aU
games on the local field would
begin at 5 p.m.
With the loss of seven players
from last year’s squad Coach Dut
ton said Southern Pines’ chances
this year are not as good as last
year. Returning are Harold J.
Williford, Steve Caldwell, William
J. Wilson, John M. Bristow, John
Warren, Linwood Dunn and Ron
ald Brown. Of the seven, only
Williford, Caldwell, Wilson and
Bristow had much experience last
year.
The starting lineup Monday
will be as follows:
Brown at shortstop; Edgar E.
Greve II, third base; Williford,
catcher; Wilson, pitcher; Bristow,
second base; Caldwell, first base;
Joseph S. Hiatt III, center field;
Robert McCrimmon, left field,
and Warren, right field.
Other players are Daniel Jim-
kin, Richard Combs, John E. Li-
gon, James E. Pitts, and Peter
Scheipers.
Reserves are Norman McKen
zie, Allan Langston, Joe Junkin,
Richard Jager and Mac Fowler.
This is the sixth year for Mr.
Dutton, who has compiled an ex
cellent record so far. Last year
he coached the county all-star
team that won the area title only
to lose later for the state title.
Womack said some 19 games
would be played by each team.
Other officers of the league are
James Steed of Robbins, vice
president; Dr. Delamar Mann,
Southern Pines, secretary; and
Harris Blake, Pinehurst, treasur
er.
The Southern Pines team is
sponsored by the local Lions club.
Mann asked this week also that
if any interested adults wished to
help the league by volunteering
their services as umpire, the offi
cials would be most grateful.
Entries For Farm
Contest Reach 35;
Deadline June 1
County Agent Says
50 - 60 Will Enter
Thirty five farmers have en
tered the Farm Income Contest
being sponsored jointly in the
county by the Raleigh News and
Observer and The Pilot and the
required 50 will probably have
entered before the end of the
week. Fleet AUen, county farm
agent, said this morning.
“We’ll probably have more
than 50 but right now we’re con
centrating on that number,” he
said. He and several other agri
cultural workers in the county
have been encouraging farmers
to enter the contest, which has
been designed to develop more
income for farmers who are fac
ing tobacco acreage allotment
cuts.
The contest deadline is June 1.
All farmers who have not been
contacted by an agricultural
worker should get entry blanks
from the County Agent’s office
in Carthage and complete them
before June 1.
Top prize in the 54-county area
in which the contest is being
held is $500. Many smaller prizes
v/iil also be given.
Budget For Town
To Be Discussed
ByCouncilTuesday
Discussion of next year’s bud
get for Southern Pines wiU be
one of the principal items on the
agenda at the regular Town
Council meeting Tuesday night.
Manager Louis Scheipers, Jr.,
told the Council Tuesday that he
had completed work on a tenta
tive budget and would present it
for study and consideration at the
meeting. He did not disclose any
of its details but it is believed no
increase in taxes wiU be caUed
:mr.
The meeting will be held in the
Library at 8 p.m.
FARMER'S DAY
The 81h annual Farmer's
Day Festival in Aberdeen
will be held tomorrow (Fri
day) and Saturday.
Sponsored Iby the Abeor-
deen Junior Chamber of
Commerce, the festival is
expected to draw thousands
of visitors from the area.
Free prizes and merchandise
exhibits will be featured,
with most of the entertain
ment scheduled for Satur
day.
On that day a parade is
scheduled to wind through
Aberdeen beginniiig at 11
o'clock in the morning, a
band concert will be held at
1:15, and a square dance will
top off the activities. The
square dance begins at 8 p.
m.
Rides are also available.
Vehicle 10-Point
Safety Check Will
BegiuHereMonday
An automobile “10 point safe
ty check” program will be held
here Monday and Tuesday, spon
sored jointly by the Junior
Chamber of Commerce and the
BPOE Does.' 'The program is in
cooperation with the Moore
County Safety Council, the State
Highway Patrol and the Nation
al Vehicle Safety Check Commit
tee.
A safety check lane will be set
up on, S. W. Broad Street be
tween Massachusetts Ave. and
Indiana Ave. Chief of Police C.
E. Newton said his department
would cooperate in the program,
which lasts- both days from 9 to
5. A separated lane will be set
up and local mechanics will vol-
imteer their services.
Harvey Scheer, Jaycee chair
man of the project, said the 10
points to be checked included
the brakes, front lights, rear
lights, steering, tires, exhaust
system, windshield wipers, horn,
glass, and rear view mirror.
There is no charge for the
check. Those -visiting the lane
will receive a “Safety Check”
sticker.
Qualifying Rounds
For G)unty’sGoIf
TournamentSlated
To Be Held On
No. 2 Course
At Pinehurst
The famed and difficult Pine
hurst No. 2 course wiU be the site
of the third tournament within
six weeks beginning Jime 1 when
qualifying starts for the annual
Moore County championship.
First came the North-South In
vitational. Next came the Caro-
linas, sponsored by the Carolinas
Golf Association. Now the Moore
County event, open to all resi
dents of Moore County, those who
have lived here before January 1.
Also, tournament director Harry
Davis of Carthage emphasizes this
point: “All natives of another
county, "no matter where, are eli
gible to compete if they are mem
bers of a Moore County club.”
Davis thinks this is an important
point and should attract a large
field of outsiders.
Qualifying will run through
Saturday, June 8. The low 16
qualifiers wiU be placed in the
championship flight. There wiU
be other flights consisting of eight
players each, depending on num
ber of entries. In case of ties for
low 16 in championship there will
be a drawing for the champion
ship bracket.
Entry fee is $3 and must be
paid to Ken Schroeder of the
Pinehurst club before teeing off
on the qualifying round. No mon
ey wUl be,taken with qualifying
score. All players must register
and pay before qusJifying.
Dates for matches foUow:
First round must be played
June 9-15; second round must be
played June 16-22; third round
must be played June 23-29. Final
matches in the championship
flight and first flight (beaten
eight in championship) must be
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COURT OF HONOR
There wUl be a Boy Scout
Court of Honor held in the Meth
odist Church in Pinebluff at 8
p.m. Monday, May 27, to which
the public is cordihlly invited.
Council Says Vote
On School Board
Too Hasty
Action Follows
Public Dissent;
Morse Abstains
The Southern Pines Town
Council, in a special called meet
ing Tuesday afternoon, termed its
action in appointing the school
board last week “hasty” and
adopted a resolution of “open
and public acknowledgement of
its mistake . . .”
The meeting lasted less than 15
minutes and was attended by all
members. Councilman T. T.
Morse abstained from voting on
the matter. He later said that a
motion he had made at the first
meeting, which, in effect, was a
blanket appointment of four ex
isting mmebers of the school
board plus one more, was “per
fectly in order.”
Mayor Blue called the meeting,
held in the Town offices, and said
that after much consideration he
felt, along yith other members of
the Council, that such a resolu
tion-should be adopted by the
Council. “It is not in the best in
terests of Southern Pines at any
time for things to be done without
first considering them long and
hard,” he said.
In its resolution, the Council
said it felt that all of the school
board members which it elected
at the first meeting were wholly
capable individuals to serve as
members of the Board of Educa
tion.
Mayor Blue said he wished it to
be completely understood that the
selections had been made by the
Council and that the Council
would stand behind the appoint
ments.
Parts of the resolution read as
follows:
. . . After careful considera
tion the Town Council is of the
opinion that in electing the Board
of Education without first holding
a public hearing on the matter, it
was acting with too much haste
and without tjhe proper amount of
deliberation on a matter as im
portant as the membership on the
Board of Education . . . ” .
“ . . . The Coimcil considers it
to be in the public interest that
an open and public acknowledge
ment of its mistake in this hasty
action be made by proper resolu
tion, without any intention to
minimize the fact that the Coun
cil feels that all the members
which it elected are wholly cap
able to serve on the Board of Ed
ucation . .■.”
The resolution also urges the
public to attend future Council
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WILBUR CURRIE
Wilbur H. Currie
Named To Board of
Trustees Of UNC
Former State Senator Wilbur
H. Currie of Carthage has been
elected a trustee of the consoli
dated University of North Caro
lina, a position he previously
held for eight years prior to 1955.
Mr. Currie’s term is for eight
years. His election came Tues
day night at a meeting of the
Joint Trustees Committee of the
General Assembly.
Other trustees from Moore
County whp are presently serv
ing on the Board are W. P. Saun
ders, of Southern Pines, director
■ >f the N. C. Department of Con
servation and Development, and
Mrs. P. P. MftCain of Southern
Pines, dean of women at Flora
Macdonald College.
SOUTHERN PINES HIGH SCHOOL BLUE KNIGHTS won
the annual Moore County baseball tournament last week. Mem
bers of the team are, front row, left to right, Mike Greve, bat-
boy; Robert Woodruff, Charles Weatherspoon, Wayne Davenport,
BiUy Gay, Dennis Morgan, Melva HaU and Skip Hunsucker, bat-
boy. Second row;, same order, BUly Hamel, Jesse Williford,
Charles Watkins, Hill Boswell, Kenneth Creech, Lynn Van Ben-
schoten, and Jim Thomasson. Third row, George Reams, Tony
Parker, John Van Benschoten, Dickie Mclnnis, Bill Seymour,
Steve Smith, Ted Ward, Peter Winkehnan and Coach Irie Leon
ard.- (Humphrey photo)
Memorial Services
^ To Be Held At Mt.
Hope On Thursday
Memorial Day services at Mt.
Hope Cemetery will be held next
Thursday, May 30, by the Sand-, - -
hills Pok, American Legion, and, r^ecord^^in ^co^^<;^>_,_mpeti
the Legion Auxiliary, it W2is an-
Blue Knights Defeat Highfalls For
County Baseball Title; 13-2 Record
The Southern Pines Blue , him a surprise.
Knights captured the Moore] The championship game was
County baseball championship! third straight that his pitch-
Thursday night with a 7-0 vic-
Duke Educator To
Deliver Address
At Commencement
tory over Highfalls.
The victory gave tb" locals a
MRS. EVELYN PLEASANTS, who was Town Clerk in Aber
deen for almost 24 years, was honored by citizens of the town
Monday night for her unstinting service. She retired April 1 to
devote more time to private business. Pictured here in the new
Aberdeen Town Hall, Mayor E. M. Medlln presents Mrs. Pleas
ants with a silver cup appropriately inscribed. In the back
ground is Talbot Johnson, Aberdeen attorney.
(Photo by Emerson Humphrey)
nounced today by A. R. McDan
iel, post commander.
The servioe wiU be held at 5
p. m. and the public is invited to
attend. Rev. Cheves Ligon, chap
lain of the post, and McDaniel
wiU preside. Members of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars, local
ministers, the National Guard
and Boy Scouts will also take
part in the service.
tion this year. Last ^ “on they
lost in the county playoffs to
Aberdeen and wound up with a
14-2 record.
John van Benschoten, obvi
ously enjoying one of his better
days on the mound, had a no
hitter going into the 7th inning
but weakened somewhat at that
point and gave up two hits.
Pitching, which Coach Irie
Leonard had thought would be
one of the weakest points of the
Blue Knights this season, gave
ers had allowed only two hits.
Lefty Steve Smtih, who was un
tried when the season opened,
fashioned two of them.
The Blue Knights played er
rorless baU Friday. The only
trouble they ran into all night
was a nasty curve ball served up
by Upchurch, the HighfaUs pitch
er. But van Benschoten was in
better form, striking out 12 and
staying in control aU the way.
L3mn van Benschoten and
BUly Hamel were the top hitters.
Hamel had a triple and (wo
doubles; van Benschoten had a
triple and two singles.
A good crowd enjoyed the
game. t
Dr. William H. Cartwright,
chairman of the Department of
Education at Duke University,
will be the principM speaker at
graduation exercises at Southern
Pines High School June 4.
The baccalaureate sermon will
be preached Sunday, June 2, at
the Church of Wide Fellowship
by Dr. Geo^e J. Griffin, profes
sor of religion at Wake Forest
College.
A. C. Dawson, school superin
tendent, said this week that the
awards day pro^am, a highlight
of the commencement program,
would be held Tuesday, June 4,
at Weaver Auditorium in the
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Construction Of
New Town Hall To
Start On June 1
Construction of the new Town
Hall will begin probably June 3,
T. E. Saunders of Troy, the gen
eral contractor, told town officials
this week. . -
Contracts for the building have
been signed with the general con
tractor, electrical contractor, and
the plumbing and heating con
tractor.
Construction costs are estimat
ed at some $133,000. Of that sum,
the town presently has available
$101,000 in bond money (the
$1,000 is interest that has accum
ulated) and will borrow the rest
at the beginning of the 1958-59
fiscal year.
Thomas T. Hayes, who design- ,
ed the building, said he and the
contractors, together with town
officials, had worked out some
changes in the over-all building
that would “provide the most for
the money.” rjlot included in the
present construction will be the
fire wing, estimated to cost some
$42,000, jail cells, and air condi
tioning.
The space that was originally
set up for the detention cells is
being provided, however, but
without the bars and plumbing.
The contractor has until June 1,
1958, to complete the building.