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TWELVE PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1959
TWELVE PAGES
PRICE: 10 CENTS
CAN NOW PUMP 2,000 GALLONS
Vass Gets Modern Fire Truck With
Bond Money; New Buildinff Completed
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A new fire truck with a 750-
gallon-per minute pumping ca
pacity has been added to the
equipment at Vass.
The truck, an American La
France mounted on a Ford chas
sis, is the largest of its kind moun
ted on a commercial chassis in
this territory and the company
that sold it is so pleased that it
has sent a number of people to
Vass for an inspection.
Fire chief P. T. Smith, who is
also president of the Sandhills
Volunteer Firemen’s Association,
said this week that members of
his department, all volunteers,
have been working at night to
finish a 30 by 30 addition to the
fire house to make room for the
old trucks. The new one, he said,
will be kept in the front part of
the building.
The new truck can, if necessary,
pump up to 900 gallons per min
ute, and as many as seven hoses
may be utilized at any one time.
I'he truck is fully equipped
with chemicals, extension ladders
and roof ladders. The tank car
ries 500 gallons of water.
Vass floated a bond issue of
$20,000 several months ago to
purchase the truck, built espec
ially for Vass according to insur
ance underwriters specifications,
and extension of water lines.
Old equipment at Vass consists
of a Ford pumper that carries 500
gallons and a tanker with a 1,000
gallon capacity. With the new ad
dition, the total capacity now is
2,000 gallons.
J. A. McRae and James E. Hud
son are assistant chiefs.
Savings And Loan
Assn. To Select
Directors Friday
Present Board
Of Nine May Be
Increased In Size
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Directors of the Southern Pines
Savings and Loan Association
will be elected at that organiza
tion’s annual meeting of members
Friday night at eight o’clock in
the Civic Club.
The association, which listed
assets of $809,582 at the close of
business in 1958, is preparing to
construct new headquarters.
An architect’s sketch of the
proposed new building is cur
rently on view in the present of
fices on N. E. Broad Street. The
building, to be erected on the
corner of New York and East
Broad Street, was designed by
Thomas T. Hayes and Associates,
a Southern Pines architectural
firm.
Lloyd L. Woolley, president of
the association, said the present
Board of Directors will recom
mend to shareholders at the meet
ing Friday night thatthe num
ber of directors be increased from
nine to eleven. Present board
members are, in addition to Wool-
ley, H. A. Clayton, M. L. Farrior,
W. Harry Fullenwider, R. R.
Newton, J. T. Overton, H. M. Pat
terson, P. M. Stancil, and R. W.
Tate
A nominating committee has
proposed those members for an
other term and several others
who are stockholders. The new
directors proposed are Harris
Blake, Ralph Chandler, Jr., Troy
E. Geer, Dr. Harrell Johnson,
George Leonard, Miss Frances
Schwartz, 2md Dr. Boyd Starnes.
The sixteen shareholders, Mr.
Woolley pointed out, are candi
dates for directors for the com
ing year.
Serving with Woolley as of
ficers of the association are Ful
lenwider, vice president; Mary
McCallum, secretary-treasurer,
and Mary Hutchins, teller.
NEW DEPUTY
Ira D. Marley, a resident of
Weslmoore, has been named
Moore County deputy sheriff
succeeding D. B, Cranford,
according to Sheriff W. B.
Kelly.
A veteran of World War 2,
Marley has been employed
in Robbins at Amerotron
Mills for 17 years.
His duties will be confined,
for the most part, to the up
per end of the county.
Former Pinebluff Resident Receives
Cash Award From Library Of Congress
Bloodmobile To
Visit Carthage,
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Robbins Next Week
The Red Cross regional Blood-
mobile will pay two visits to
Moore County next week, Rob
bins on Monday and Carthage
Tuesday.
Donald D. Kennedy, Southern
Pines/ who is chairman of the
bloodmobile program, said that
the Robbins visit would be from
12:30 to 6:30 p. m. The unit will
be at Elise.^high school gymnasi
um and 125 pints will be sought.
The Robbins Womens Club and
Woodman Camp No. 1989 are co
sponsors.
In Carthage, the visit comes
between the hours of 11 a. m.
and 5 p. m., also at the high
school gymnasium.
The Sorosis Club-is supplying
volunteers to help with the pro
gram.
Those from Southern Pines and
vicinity who did not give when
the bloodmobile was here sever
al weeks ago were advised today
by Mrs. Audrey Kennedy, exec
utive secretary of the American
Red Cross chapter in Moore
County, that transportation will
be provided for them to either
Robbins or Carthage if they will
call the Red Cross office,
0X2-8571.
NEW FIRE TRUCK at Vass was added to the town’s existing
equipment last week. The truck was purchased with funds made
available in a special bond issue last year. (Pilot photo)
EAST TO PLAY WEST
Carthage Picked As Site Of State
All-Star Basketball Tournament
The annual East-West All-Star
state girls basketball game will
be played at Carthage March 21.
Directors of the North Caro
lina High School Girls Athletic
Assn, set the time and place for
the game during a meeting in
Greensboro Wednesday. Coaches
for the annual event also were
announced.
Pat Gainey of Taylorsville and
Irene Waldrop of Concord, will
coach the West squad.
J. T. Odom of Elm City was
named as coach of the East team.
A woman^ coach for the East will
be annoimced later.
The all-star attraction features
top girl players from all sections
of North Carolina, chosen by the
coaches ef the two squads from
recommendations sent in by local
coaches at the end of regular-
season play.
President Bob Lee of Aber
deen, said all entries should be
in by Feb. 12. He said he hoped
the two squads will be announc
ed the first week in March.
The site of the game alternates
each year, with the East playing
host this time. Last year the all
girl tilt was held at Lincolnton.
The directors also announced
they plan to hold a business ses
sion in Carthage March 21 before
the game.
FUND DRIVE
The VFW Auxiliary will solicit
funds for the March of Dimes
this Saturday on most of the
downtown streets of Southern
Pines.
Gen. Marshall’s
Condition Better
Gan. George C. Marshall, con
valescing at a Fort Bragg Hospi
tal after suffering a mild stroke
two weeks ago, was reported in
satisfactory condition yesterday
afternoon.
The former Secretary of State
and Secretary of Defense, who
maintains a winter home in
Pinehurst, is under the care of
Col. G. M. Powell at Womack
Hospital.
Easter Seal Sale
Group Announces
Area Chairmen
Community chairmeh for the
annual Easter Seal Sale, which
begins February 27 and continues
^ through Easter Sunday, March
29, have just been announced by
Frank R., Gramelsbach, president
of the Moore County Society for
Crippled Children and Adults.
Heading the drive in Southern
Pines will be Fred Pollard; in
Pinehurst, Melvin Wicker; in
Aberdeen, Mrs. E. H. Poole, pres
ident of the Junior Woman’s
Club of Aberdeen, will have the
support of her club in the cam
paign.
Other community chairmen
are: Mrs. Wilbur Currie, Carth
age; Mrs. Charles Cameron, Vass;
Mrs. K. C. Blake, Jackson
Springs; Mrs. M. D. Mclver,
Cameron; Mrs. Roy Williams,
Eagle Springs and Samarcand;
Mrs. Dorothy Dutton, Niagcira;
Mrs. Arthur Paschal, Glendon
and Highfalls; Mrs. Alton Mat
thews, Lakeview; and Mrs. J. D.
Mangum, Pinebluff.
PTA To Sponsor
Benefit Supper
Calendar Of Events
February 5 — Pinehurst Forum.
February 13-21 — Moore Couty basketball tournament. (First
rounds in Southern Pines).
February 17-19 — Mid-South Lawn Bowling Tournament,
Pinehurst.
February 19-22 — N. C. Gun Dog Classics, Sandhills Wildlife
Refuge, Hoffman.
February 21 — Annual Hunter Trials, Moore County Hounds
at Scotts Comer.
February 21 — Washington’s Birthday Ball, Pinehurst.
March 6-15 — Spring Field Trials, Hoffman. Sponsored by N.
C. Field Trials Association.
March 18-23 — North and South Invitation Golf Championship
for Women, 57th annual, Pinehurst.
March 21 — 12th annual Stoneybrook Steeplechase, Mickey
Walsh Stables, Southern Pines.
Noteworthy events will be added to this calendar as they occur.
Telephone OX 2-6512
About 200 tickets had been sold
early this week for a covered dish
suppqr to be held Monday, Feb
ruary 9 as one of the year’s chief
fund-raising projects of the East
Southern Pines Parent-Teacher
Association, reports Mrs. Albert
Grove, chaiman of the Ways and
Means Committee.
The supper, which will take the
place of the regular February
meeting of the PTA, is planned
also as a social gathering for par
ents, teachers and children. It will
begin at 6:30 p.m. in the school
cafeteria.
Ninth grade class mothers are
serving as a ticket committee.
They have requested that every
one who has been given tickets
to sell turn in collections or un
sold tickets by Monday, February
2, so that the food commitee will
know how many persons are to
be served.
Persons wishing to obtain tick
ets are asked to get them by Feb
ruary 2, from any member of the
ticket committee: Mrs. ' Fred
Chappell, Mrs. Carl Wallace, Mrs.
L. W. MiUer, Mrs. Ralph Chand
ler, Jr., Mrs. M. O. Johnson, Mrs.
Margaret Inman and Mrs William
Wilson.
Working with Mrs. Grove on
the Ways and Means Committee
in planning the supper are Mrs.
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Blue Knights Play
Aberdeen On Local
Court Friday Night
With the first game scheduled
to get underway promptly at 7:30,
the Blue Knights of Southern
Pines meet the Red Devils of Ab
erdeen in a return basketball en
gagement Friday night.
The games will be played on
Southern Pines’ court.
The last time the two schools
met, Aberdeen’s boys handed
Southern Pines a 60-28 licking.
The local girls were defeated
55-40.
But Coach W. A. Leonard said
this morning that smee his boys
defeated Robbins two weeks ago
(33-32), and Aberdeen had been
defeated by Robbins, he had some
hope of an upset. •
School officials requested spec
tators to park their cars in the
playgrounds behind the gymnas
ium.
DR. C. P. MORRIS
Christian Workers
Conference To Be
Held In Carthage
A school for Sunday School
teachers and others in that field
wiU be held in the Methodist
Church in Carthage February
1-3, according to the Rev. Carl A.
Johnson of Aberdeerj. *
Twenty Methodist churches,
making up the nine charges in
this county, will participate in
the school. The participating
charges are Aberdeen, Carthage,
Glendon, Pin>sblulf, Robbins,
Robbins Circuit, Southern Pines,
Vass and West End.
There will be two hours of in
struction each evening, with reg
istration slated to begin at 7:15
on the first day, a Sunday. On
Monday and Tuesday, the classes
begin at 7:30.
Tho four courses to be offered
are as follows:
“What it means to be a Chris
tian,’’ a study of Christian atti
tudes and behavior in all types of
situations and relationships. For
all ages. Taught by Dr. Thomas
A. Lanford, instructor in religion
at Duke University.
“Guiding intermediates,” an
understanding of the philosophy
and methods of guiding inter
mediates in the learning process
and development of skills in
working with individuals. For
teachers and counselors of inter-
mediates. To be taught by Dr. C.
P. Morris, executive secretary of
the North Carolina Conference
Board of Education, consists of
ways of recruiting workers for
the church, methods of pre-serv
ice and in-service training, re
sponsibilities of pastors, direct
ors, church school superinten
dents, divisional superintendents,
and members of the commission
on education for recruitment and
training.
“Working with kindergarten
children,” a comprehensive
course for parents and teachers,
taught by Mrs. Henry Maddrey of
Severn, kindergarten director.
In Recognition
Of Collecting
Roosevelt Data
Miss Kate McLean Stewart, a
former resident of Pinebluff, is
the recipient of an award from
the Library of Congress in recog
nition of outstanding work per
formed as. a member of the staff
of the Manuscripts Division.
The award carried with it a
caBh prize of $250 and was pre
sented at a ceremony held at the
Library in Washin^on on Jan
uary 15. Accompanying it was a
commendation “for meritorious
service in her outstanding con
tribution to the Manuscripts Di
vision, far above what is normal
ly expected from one in her pos
ition, by distinguishing herself
in all phases in which she partici
pated in the preparation of ma
terial for the Theodore Roosevelt
Centennial Exhibition.”
Miss Stewart not only arrang
ed and classified the large collec
tion of documents but wrote the
captions for most of the exhibit
and much of the explanatory
material, winning for herself the
congratulation of Professor Mor-
ison, Roosevelt authority and
historian, who said that ho saw
in her a valuable colleague whose
opinion he sought and whose
judgment he valued, as an au
thority on Rooseveltiana. .
The commendatory statement
also points out that Miss Stewart
saved the Library consicferable
financial outlay in that it proved
not necessary to retain other non
staff experts, and that she also
did much extra work on her own
time. “It should also be noted,”
states the resolution, “that Miss
Stewart did much of this work
while in poor health and at times
actually under the care of a phy
sician, showing in all, a devotion
to duty that requires no further
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Garden Club Will
Finance Planting
At New Town Hall
Work To Be Part
Of Program
Already Started
An expenditure of $1,371 for
planting areas A, B, and C—the
major portion-^-of the grounds of
the new Southern Pines Town
Hall building was authorized
Monday afternoon by vote of the
members of the Southern Pines
Garden Club.
The action took place at the
monthly meeting, held at the
parish hall of Emmanuel Church,
with the president, Mrs. Audrey
K. Kennedy, presiding.
The annual Spring Tour of Gar
dens and Homes is the club’s on
ly source of income, and it is
noteworthy that the proceeds are
being used to add to the beauty
which annually attracts hundreds
of visitors to Southern Pines.
The town cannot accept money
ear-marked for a specific purpose,
so the club will use the money
to pay Lewis Clarke of Raleigh,
landscape architect employed by
the town.
Mr. Clarke is a member of the
N. C. State College faculty and
operates a landscape business.
That he is considered'outstanding
in his field is evidenced by the
fact that he has been commission
ed to do the planting for the new
Presbyterian College at Laurin-
burg.
The Garden Club also plans to
plant around the sign at the
town’s Information Center, cor-
ner of East Broad Strept and
Pennsylvania Avenue.
Peach Growers Are
Advised To Spend
MoreOnPromotion
Steeplechase Date
Set For March 21
The Stoneybrook Steeplechase
will officially open the nation’s
hunt racing and steeplechasing
season on March 31, the National
Steeplechase and Hunt Associa
tion said this week.
The association approved the
race and other sanctioned events
on the nation’s steeplecheising
circuit several days ago.
Donald D. Kennedy, who is
chairman of the committee stag
ing the event this year, said this
morning that a great deal of the
preliminary planning is complete
and that many more attractions
than in previous years had been
planned.
The one-day meeting will fea
ture a card of seven sanctioned
races, headed by the Sandhills
Cup and the Stoneybrook Open
Hurdles.
Kennedy said that more events
would be announced as they ma
terialize.
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NURSERY CAMERA, installed to take the very first picture
of newborn babies at St. Joseph of the Pines Hospital, has met
with wide approval, according to officials at the hospital. The
camera equipment is so designed that new flash bulbs are not
required after each exposure. Parents have several poses from
which to make selections. Pictured here- is Sister M. Pauline, a
registered nurse, taking picture of Robin Burr Spencer, daughter
of Peter and Nancy Spencer, who was bom earlier this month.
Sandhills peach growers were
advised this week to do more ex
tensive advertising to reach what
was described as “a tremendous
market” for their product.
Dr. Frank B. Thomas, secretary
of the Food Processing Advisory
Council of North Carolina, told
members of the Mutual Peach
Growers Society, meeting in
' Pinehurst Tuesday, that 26 bil
lion cans of food were consumed
in this country last year, and that
28 million cans of peaches were
a part of that consumption.
North Coralina has only one
cannery for ilrocessing peaches,
however, and one freezing plant.
Dr. Thomas is attempting to per
suade the growers to promote
their product to a wider segment
of the nation’s population, half of
which he said lived within 500
miles of North Carolina.
The growers’ panel on adver
tising proposed a referendum in
May to vote on a half-cent per
tree increase for more advertis
ing money. The present rate is
one cent per producing tree. The
panel consisted of Clyde Auman
and Hawley Poole of West End,
and Page McAulay, of Candor.
The panel suggested that a
good advertising slogan would be
“This is a peach of a deal.”
Also on the program was C. N. •
Clayton, who is a plant patholog
ist with State College. He said the
two most damaging diseases to
Sandhill peach crops this past
season was bacteria spot and leaf
curl, both due to rainy weather
during the blooming season. He
reminded the growers there was
no cure for bacterial spot.
There is, however, chemicals
on the market which, if used
properly, will delay blooms to
prevent frost damages.
State College
Football Coaches
At Alumni Meeting
North Carolina State College
football coach Earl Edwards and
his staff will be guests of honor
at the next meeting of the Moore
County chapter of North Caro
lina State College alumni.
The meeting, to be preceded
by dinner, will be held February
5 at Jefferson Inn, according to
Calvin Howell, secretary. Dirmer
will be served promptly at 7 p.
m.
Howell said that those plan
ning to attend could make reser
vations through him.