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«r VOL, 39—NO. 11 FOURTEEN PAGES SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1959 FOURTEEN PAGES PRICE: 10 CENTS HISTORICAL PHOTO award for this year was won by Henry Turner, a student at South ern Pines High School, shown here receiving the warm congratulations and a $10 check from Harry Vale. Mrs. Ernest Ives, president of the North Carolina Society for Preservation of Antiquities, is in middle. Young Turner turned in the best photograph of a historical subject in the county: his shots of pre-Civil War buildings and houses near Carthage and Cameron. The contest was open to all students in the county and was designed, as Mrs. Ives said, “to pro mote projects among our young people and developmr an interest, not only from a histori cal point of view, but an artistic one, for our priceless past.” Henry turned his winnings over to the school’s photography club. SBL OTHERS INVESTIGATING Mysterious Telephone Call Blamed For Death Of Paul Muse Of Aberdeen Hospital Reports AH-Time Record Set In January Moore Memorial Hospital set an all-time high in January for the average number of patients cared for in one month, accord ing to Administrator Thomas Howerton. The average, he said, was 124..6 patients per day, with 145 re corded last Thursday, the all- time high for one day. Howyrton said the previous high-for one month was October of last year when an average of 120.4 per day were hospitalized. The previous high for one day was 137, set on thr^ separate occasions last year. The hospital has 143 beds and 20 bassinets. At midnight Wed- nesday, 132 patients were in the hospital. At St. Joseph’s, a spokesman said the hospital had a larger number of patients during Jan uary than during the correspon ding period last year but it did not constitute a record. ♦ Paul R. Muse, 40, owner and operator of an automobile body shop in Aberdeen, died suddenly at his home in Aberdeen last Thursday of a heart attack fol lowing anonymous telephone calls to his home by a man saying; “You are going to be killed to night.” Reaction of the Aberdeen com munity to the strange call was one of indignation, distress and fear. Mr. Muse, a popular resi dent of Aberdeen since he moved there from Carthage as a young man, had been ill for some time, a member of his family said, and the telephone call was believed to have been of such a shock to him that he died almost instant ly. The State Bureau of Investiga tion, Aberdeen policemen and members of the Moore County sheriff’s department are working night and day, it is understood, in attempts to track down the mysterious person who made the call. Mrs. Muse reported to police that the first one came about 11 a m. Thursday and she answered. When Mr. Muse came home at noon for his lunch, she said, the ■telephone rang again and he t6ok fCnntinued on naee S') Coming Events February 5—Sulie Harand, soprano, Pinehurst Forum, 8:45. ‘The Grace Mooie Story.” February 12—Rt. Hon. Anthory Nutting, Pinehurst Forum, “Muddle in the lliddle East.” February 13-21 — Moore Cout; basketball tournament. (First rounds in Smthern Pines). February 17-19 — Mid-South Lawn Bowling Tournament, Pinehurst. February 19—Varel and Bailly, ihe “Rogers and Hammerstein of France,” and tie Chanteurs of Paris, Pine hurst Forum. February 19-22 — N. C. Gun Deg Classics, Sandhills Wildlife Refuge, Hoffnan. February 21 — Annual Hunter 'kials, Moore County Hounds at Scotts Cornir. February 21 — Washington’s Birtlday Ball, Pinehurst. February 26—Fabian of Scotland Tard, Pinehurst Forum. February 27—North Carolina LittleSymphony, at Weaver Aud itorium, Southern Piles, under auspices of Sand hills Music Associatin. March 5—Mme. Jarmila Novotna, Metropolitan Opera Star, Pinehurst Forum. March 6-15 — Spring Field Trials, Hoffman. Sponsored by N. C. Field Trials Association. March 18-23 — North and South Inttation Golf Championship for Women, 57thannual, Pinehurst. March 19—Dr. Frank B. Berry, Assiaant Secretary of Defense, Pinehurst Forum. Match 21 — 12th annual Stoneybrooc Steeplechase, Mickey Walsh Stables, Sathern Pines. March 30—Furman University Glee Cub, Weaver Auditorium, under auspices of Sandhills Music Association. Events-will be,listed as they are schduled. Please telephone in, as early as possible,, plans for comig events and help keep the calendar posted up to date. Telephone OX 2-612 Bloodmobile Goes Over Quota On 2-Day Moore Visit “Magnificent” was the word used by Donald D. Kenedy, chairman of the county’s blood program, to describe the visit of the bloodmobile to Robbins and Carthage this week. The bloodmobile, which had failed to reach its quota of' 125 pints in either Southern Pines or Aberdeen on a previous visit, collected a total of 411 pints Monday and Tuesday. And, as a result, two industries in the coun ty qualified for the group credit plan, which allows workers in each industry to receive free blood for six months. Kennedy said that in Robbins a total of 198 pints was contrib uted and that 20 per cent or more of the workers in the Standard Minerals Company were among the contributors, qualifying that firm for the group plan. In Carthage, where 213 pints was collected, Carthage Fabrics also qualified. Both towns had quotas of 125 pints. Possibility Seen That County Home May Be Reopened Use As Resl Home Seen By Welfare Head A 'number of .unidentified par ties have shown an interest in operating the former county home as a rest home, or nursing home, Mrs. Pauline Cole, superintendent of public welfare in this county, told the Board of Commissioners Monday. She made the statement in an swer to a question by Chairman L. R. Reynolds as to what the county could do to utilize the building. Some repairs are being made to the property at present, Mr. Reynolds said, and hinted that the Board might consider leasing it out to a qualified operator, pro viding certain requirements were met. Mrs. Cole was at the commis sioners’ meeting seeking to di vert funds, already appropriated for her department, for use in hiring a stenographer. She cited a “vast amount of paper work that continues to pile up” as the reason. She quoted statistics which she said proved the department was doing more work this year than last to back up her request. “'When the Federal government increased its share of OASI funds (Continued on page 8) Southern Pines Petitions County For Bi^^er Slice Of ABC Profits Power Failure Is Caused By Broken Wires Near Manly Bad weather, and there are few who won’t agree that the Sand hills section has had its share -of it this winter, was the cause of that power, failure Tuesday night. Ward Hill, local CP&L mana ger, said that the area from Cam eron to Aberdeen, and from Eu reka to Lobelia, was blacked out /When a pin on a cross arm of a power pole at Manly broke, al lowing one heavy voltage wire to fall on another causing a spec tacular fire on top of the pole. The fire, he said, spread along the wire in both directions. CP&L crewmen, working in a freezing drizzle, had service in the Southern Pines area restored in about 15 minutes; in and around Niagara, Vass and Cam eron the blackout lasted about 15 minutes longer. Hill said the damage was con- | fined to CP&L equipment. Parade Here This Saturday To Kick Off Scout Week Boy Scouts from almost every unit in Moore County will stage a parade here Saturday morning as the opehing program in Boy Scout Week, February 7-13. The parade, which will feature bands from both East and West Southern Pines schools, will form in front of the First Baptist Church at 10 a. m. From there it will move -down to Broad Street, go up Broad to Connecti cut Avenue, cross • the railroad then down Broad to New York Avenue. The parade will start at 11 o’clock. Several floats are being con structed and will be psed in the parade, according to Scout offi cials. , First Rounds Of County Basketball Tourney Set Here Southern Pines will host the first four days of the 32nd an nual Moore County Basketball Tournament, Coach W. A. Leon ard announced today. The tournament, which sees all Moore County teams in ac tion, begins next Thursday, Feb ruary 12. Other playing dates here are Friday and Saturday, February 13-14, and Monday, February 16. The last three days of the tour nament, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, will be played in Car thage. Leonard said the Carolina- State game Wednesday night, February 18, was “almost sure to keep some of our potential fans at home, since the game is being televised,” and for that reason, that night will be an off night for the county tournament. Southern Pines boys, with a current 7-3 won-lost record for county plany, are showing signs of great improvement and are ex pected to be a strong contender in the tournament. Robbins, with a 12-2 record, and Aberdeen and Carthage, both with 8-3 won-lost standings, are on top, however, and Rob bins will be expected to win. Southern Pines, incidentally, has (Continued on page 8) SVA Nurse Scholarship Drive Starts The Sandhills 'Veterans Assoc iation this week began its annual drive for funds to provide schol arships for girls in the county who wish to become nurses. The drive, as is customary, will extend through February. To date, according to Voit Gil more of Southern Pines, drive chairman, the scholarships have produced 10 graduate nurses, each of whom returned to this county to practice. That is the one stipulation of the scholarship award, which is valued at $1,000 and covers three full years at High Point Memorial School of Nursing. It is the only complete scholar ship available for Moore County’s high school girl graduates. There remains, Gilmore said, a critical need for trained nurses in this county. He said that offic ials of both hospitals have recent ly pointed up the need for more nurses to take care of expanded services. “If the drive produces enough funds for two scholarships,” he added, “we will award two. A panel of . prominent Moore Coun ty citizens selects the winner or winners, from the graduating classes of our high schools. Every girl is eligible to apply.” Currently, there are three scholarship winners enrolled at High Point, a fully accredited and highly rated institution for train ing nurses. There are also several graduates who are staff members of hospitals in the county. In addition to the hospitals, the county medical society has also endorsed the s.iihpiapship program. ■+ Southern Pines wants its shared" of profits from the operation of the ABC store here increased from the present 10 per cent to “at least 50 per cent,” according to a petition presented to the Moore County Board of Commis sioners Monday. Four of the five Town Coun- cilrr.en and Manager Louis Scheipers, Jr., went before the board with the petition, which brought out that the town is en deavoring to maintain a high class winter resort which brings on “unusual responsibilities and obligations.” Those items, spelled out, were a good police force, proper main tenance of streets, and a good sanitation system. Each of them, the petition declared, were de pendant on sufficient funds. “In order to pay the expenses of these obligation which the town has to its citizens and to the resort interest an unusually large amount of revenue is required,” the petition read. “The only sources of such revenue. . . are ad valorem taxes and certain special benefits derived from fees, utilities, and other similar types of operations.” The town is maintaining, and had facts and figures to back it up, that the operation of the store here brings on additional expenses, primarily in police protection and street mainte nance. In reading the petition Schei pers noted that Southern Pines receives a smaller per capita return from the profits of ABC stores than any other municipal ity in the state. The figures of return, he said, ranged from a high of $28 per capita paid to the town of 'Wrightsville Beach to a low of $2 per capita paid to Southern Pines. (Last year, based on 10 per cent of the prof its, Southern Pines received about $10,000-). Further, Scheipers pointed out, among the resort towns in the state the percentage of revenue from ABC store operation is much higher than that received by Southern Pines. The range in that area, he noted, was from a high of 75 to 100 per cent receiv- fed by such, towns as Wrightsville Beach, Carolina Beach, Asheville and Tryon, to a low of 25 per cent received by some of the minor resort communities. At any rate, he said, none of the towns in the state except South ern Pines received as little as 10 per cent. The petition pointed out that Southern Pines officials vVere “not unmindful” of the fact that ABC profits are used to finance operations of schools in the coun ty. '■‘The Southern Pines schools certainly receive a certain per centage of these funds,” Schei- (Continued on page 8) County Will Show Appreciation For Its Industries The last two weeks in February have been declared “industrial appreciation weeks” in Moore County by the Board of Commis sioners. Robert S. Ewing of Southern Pines, chairman of the county’s Industrial Development Commit tee, said following a meeting of the commissioners Monday that he had made the request fop the proclamation at the instigation of the members of his committee and that plans for the observance had met with the approval of the commissioners. “We’re trying every day to get more industry to locate here,” Ewing told the commissioners, who were holding their regular monthly meeting, “and ,of course, that’s our principal objective. We wanted to take time out, however, to let our already existing indus tries know that they’re apprec iated.” He said that by taking time out he didn’t mean that efforts would stop for two weeks; instead, he said that he and other members of his committee felt such a pro gram would help their work by encouraging more people to be come “industry minded.” For the most part, he said, civic clubs in each community in the county will give over their pro grams during the two weeks to some phase of industry appre ciation. He told the commissioners that clubs' in Southern Pines, Aber deen and Robbins have already made tentative plans. Other com munities are also expected to join in the two weeks’ observance. S'VA NURSES now in training are, reading from bottom. Miss Barbara Bpewer of Westmoore, Miss Patricia Brewer of West End, and Miss Georgia May Joyce of West End. When they com plete their course at High Point College they will bring the total to 13 of the number of nurses trained under S'VA scholarships. St. Joseph’s Hospital Lists 10-Year Progress The former clubhouse of Pine Needles Country Club wiU be used for summer retreats and seminars for advanced studies, the Board of Directors of St. Joseph of the Pines Hospital an nounced this week. 'The announcement, which also said the building known as “the golfery” would be remodeled and put to use, concludes several months’ speculation as to the final disposition of tbs building. There had been some rumor in the past that the building would be converted to a doctor’s clinic. The board of Directors, of which the Rt. Rev. Vincent S. Waters, Bishop of the Dioosse of Raleigh, is chairman, met at the hospital and heard revealing sta tistics as to the past year’s oper ation of the hospital. Included was the fact that 463 emergency room patients had been cared for in 1958 as com pared to 200 in 1955, 225 in 1956, and 283 in 1957. The hospital reported also that there were 265 births there dur ing the past year and a total of 12i035 adult patient days had been recorded. That figure com- (Continued on Page 8) Robbins To Get New Lace Plant; Interviews Start A manufacturer of ladies’ dress es will locate in Robbins, accord ing to an announcement made there by John Myers, Jr., pres ident of the Merchants Associa tion. The plant, unnamed, is taking applications for employment, particularly for sewing machine operators. Myers said the town would lease the Community Building, which was occupied by Seating,’ Inc., until a few months ago, to the new firm. Robbins is also to be the loca tion for a lace manufacturing plant and a building is currently being constructed. Details of that operation have been held confi- 'dential, however, ajid little is known as to the number of em ployees it will require, nor who the operators will be. Myers said he had been re quested by the company to re frain from diWlging any infor mation for the present. He said he expected the company would make an announcement in the near future. I The dress making concern will take applications from prospec tive employees Saturday from 9:30 until 5:30 at the city hall. PTA Changes Serving Time For Supper A change in the hours for the PTA benefit supper Monday night was announced today. Serving will begin at 5:30, Mrs. Albert Grove, chairman, said, and will continue to 8 o’clock. The supper is being held in the school cafeteria in place of the regular February planned meeting. Wildlife Club To Meet Here Tuesday The Moore Club will ly I meeting j at Mason’s em Pines. The gues^ Johnson show the recently ma with good hql ofl
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