PAGE TWELVE THE PILOT—Southern Pines, North Carolina THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1959 Miss Sarah Rowan, Native Of Moore, Dies In Raleigh Miss Sarah Elizabeth Rowan of 2703 Clark Avenue, Raleigh, a native of Moore County, died Monday afternoon in Rex Hospit al following an illness of several months. Funeral services were conduct ed at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in the First Presbyterian Church there, with Dr. Albert G. Edwards of ficiating, and graveside services were conducted at 4 p.m. in the Union Church cemetery by Dr. Edwards and the Rev. A. C. Tri- vette of Cameron. Miss Rowan was a daughter of the late Robert Duncan Rowan and Frances Phillips Rowan, prominent citizens of the Union Church community for many years, and active in the earlier days of this historic church. Miss Rowan had lived in Ra leigh since 1936 and was admin istrative assistant in the U. S. Department of Agriculture. Surviving are one sister, Miss Lettie Rowan of the home; two brothers, the Rev. Charles H. Rowan of Matthews and T. Holt Rowan of Union, S. C.; and 11 nieces and nephews. Miss Pearl McNeill of South ern Pines and Mrs. I. C. Sledge of Pinehurst are first cousins of the Rowans. Band Concert At High School To Be Presented Friday The annual spring band concert will be presented tomorrow (Fri day) evening by the Southern Pines High School band at Weav er Auditorium. The band, under the direction of Lee Giles, will present a pro gram of varied selections at S p. m. Some of the selections include “Tarkio,” by Carl Frangkiser; highlights from the musical “State Fair,” as arranged by Paul Yoder; “Hall of Fame March” by J. Olivadoti; “Ameri can Minstrel,” arranged by Paul Herfurth; “Mandalay Overture,” by Buchtel; and “God and Coun fry Overture,” by George Wein- gard, a native North Carolinian. Several other compositions will also be played. Also scheduled as a part of the program will be several numbers by the beginner and intermedi ate bands. They will play three numbers together: “Faith of Our Fathers,” “Old McDonald Nov elty,” and “(jrand March.” The senior band has about 40 members. St- ■ r MONDAY NIGHT ■ A -1 Large Group Of Scouts Advanced At Court Of Honor Held In Pinebluff second vice president; John Langford, third vice president; Leonard Muddimer, secretary; Lewis Telford, treasurer; Mal colm Anderton, Chaplain; James Stevens, lion tamer; C. L. Wor- TOP TICKET SALESMAN for the Boy Scout Circus recently held* by Occonneechee Council in Raleigh was Jimmy Dieten- hofer of Pinehurst. Jimmy, who sold 157 tickets, more than any other person in the Council, received a television set as his prize. He is shown here receiving the set and congratulations from Dr. J. C. Grier, Moore District Commissioner. CONVENIENCE IS BIG FACTOR. ALSO Direct Air Link With Raleigh-Durham Seen As Boost To Sandhills Economy Rev. Hodgkins To SpeakAtEmmanuel Church Sunday The Rev. Lewis Hodgkins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Norris Hodgkins, Sr., of Southe rn Pines, will con duct ^ervices at Emmanuel Church Sunday morning. The Rev. Mr. Hodgkins recent ly accepted a call to All Saints Episcopal Church in Anchorage, Alaska, and will go there after a few weeks of visiting in this country. He previously served as rector of St. George’s Episcopal Church in Cordova, Alaska. He and his wife and small daughter, Mary Faye, are visit ing his parents at their home on North May St. Colin Spencer To Head N. C. State Alumni Chapter State College alumni in this county have elected Colin G. Spencer of Carthage as president of their association for the com- . ing year. Mr. Spencer, a lumberman, was elected at a meeting held in Carthage Monday night. He suc ceeds Gordon Cameron of Pine hurst. , Other officers are T. C. John ston, eijgineer with the State Highway Commission in Aber deen, vice president; and Calvin Howell, architect of Southern Pines. Professor G. W. Giles, head of the Agricultural Engineering De partment at State, was princi pal speaker at the meeting Mon day. He spoke on the work of the college and its aims for the fu ture and urged the alumni mem bers to take a more active inter est in the affairs of State. Also on the program was Sher- rell Brinkley, an official of State’s General Alumni Associa tion. Mr. Spencer said another meet ing of the association would be held in the fall. How important would a North South airline connection be for the Sandhills? Since Piedmont Airlines, which serves this area on a seasonal basis, has applied for such a route—one which would connect the area directly with the Ra leigh-Durham Airport—the ques tion has been asked by many. The answers, as supplied by those who would be affected the most, are impressive. | Captain George Shearwood, who operates a travel bureau in Pinehurst, says that practically 90 per cent of the air traffic from Southern Pines and Pinehurst is on a North-Bouth basis. “Of course we have some busi ness to Chicago and other points in the Mid West during the tour ist season,” he said, “btit it doesn’t compare in size with that which is generated in the East and North. “I would think that a North- South connection for this area, which Piedmont apparently is about to obtain, would bs a tre mendous boost to our tourist business. And, of course, it would also help other businesses where ,air travel is a necessity.” Captain Shearwood ‘ was only one of many who had comments on the proposal being made by Piedmont to establish the route to Raleigh-Durham. Voit Gilmore, one of the most travelled men in the area, says he hears many complaints from people who must drive either to Charlotte or Raleigh-Durham to begin their trips. “You can, of course, take a Piedmont plane out of here for Charlotte.” he said, “but that doesn’t always give you good connections. Getting back to the local airport from a trip else where in the country also pre sents problems of waiting in Charlotte, sometimes as niuch as twelve hours. It becomes easier, when that happens, just to have someone drive up to meet you, either in Charlotte or Raleigh.” R. M. Cushman, executive vice president of Amerotron Corpora tion, said recently that his com pany was now operating a car “shuttle” from the Sandhills to Charlotte to make connections with flights there because the connections here weren’t satis factory. Cecil Beith, plant m.anager for Karagheusian, Inc.i which oper ates a carpet factory in Aberdeen, said that there is a fairly steady flow of traffic of Karagheusian officials between New York and the factory, much of it by air. We are almost always forced to drive ,to either Charlotte or Raleigh-Durham to pick them up,” he said, “and a direct con nection would be most heartily approved by us.” "There are many others who feel the same way. Captain Shearwood summed up the bad feelings many people have about air travel to the Sand hills this way: “The first cla^s air fare from Raleigh to New York is $31 plus the 10 per cent tax. But getting from here to Raleigh will cost you $25 if you’re traveling by yourself, less if there’s someone else to share the cost. That hard ly s&ems to some people to be good business and I can’t say I blame them for holding that opinion.” He said he heard many com plaints during the course of the. year by people who have pur chased their tickets elsewhere and then must make arrange ments to get back to their homes. “They just don’t like the idea of not being able to get on a plane here and go direct without long layovers,” he added. As an indication of what the Sandhills means to' the airline business, officials ^ at Raleigh- Durham Airport have had install ed directional signs pointing to wards the airport via a “back road.” It’s known that the signs are for Sandhills people. And it isn’t difficult at all to look at parked cars at the air port—either in Charlotte or Raleigh-Durham—and find doz ens of cars from the Sandhills. ■ These cars are, as one traveller put it, “going out. Just as im portant, and perhaps more so, are the ones parked in some oth er airport where owners have left them to fly to the Sandhills.” Several dozen Boy Scouts re ceived advancements and special recognition at a Court of Honor held in the Pinebluff Methodist Church Monday night. The meeting was the largest of its kind this year. Troop 206 of Pinebluff, under the. leadership of Omar Garrison and S. M. Harry Brown, present ed the opening ceremony and J. Douglas David, district advanco- menUchairrhan, introduced C. C. 'Thompson who acted as master of ceremonies. Merit badges were presented by Dr. J. D. Ives, assistant d^gtrict commissioner, to the following: Troop 68, Aberdeen, Sam Bell, Jimmy Dowless, George Farrell, Sidney Taylor, Gary Thompson, Siliv Witrker, Daryl Wynn, Roger Puckett, Victor Grose. Troop 223, Southern Pines: Marvin Cornell, Brigham Mor gan. Troop 74, Robbins: Bobby Edwards, Jimmy Bruce, Bobby Manus, William Harris. Troop 224, Southern Pines: Charles Cook, Lynn Dunn, Garry Frye, Johnny Foushee. Post 876, Southern Pines: Frank Staton. Troop 206, Pinebluff: Joe Bil- yeu, Robert Garrison, Gene Troutman, Tpmmy Brock. Second class ranks, presented by Marvin Cornell, went to thb following; Bobby Edwards, Dar rell Brown and Harvey Nall,, Troop 74, Robbins; Robert Mc- Crimmon and Walter Morgan, Troop 223, Southern Pines; Tony Hannan, Troop 224, Southern Pines; Tommy Brock, Robert Garrison, Arthur Mills, Tommie Thompson, Gene Troutman, Charles Williams and Richard Williams, Troop 208, Pinebluff. First class rank, presented by J. Douglas David, Went to the following: Sam Bell, George Far rell, Victor Grose, Steve Moss, Roger Puckett, Sidney Taylor and Gary Thompson, Troop 68, Aberdeen; and Joe Bilyeu, Troop 206, Pinebluff. Star rank was awarded to Brigham Morgan of Southern Pines by Walter DeLong, mem ber of the district advancement committee. Life rank insignia went to Daryl Wynn, Marvin Cornell and Lynn Dunn. The insignia was presented by Winfred Mitchell of Southern Pines. David Funderburke, who re ceived his Eagle Award in a spe cial ceremony at the Baptist Church in Aberdeen Sunday, was presented to the court by Henry Borst. Tapped in to the Order of the Arrow were George Farrell, Joe Bilyeu, R. B. Warlick, Gordon Keith, Omar Garrison, Harry Brown, Raymond Wilson, Ken Suggs, Jesse Wilson, James B. Perkinson, Hewitt Fulton, Peter Tufts, Walter DeLong, Bud Crockett, Leon Wylie, and Judge J. G. Farrell. sham, Jr., tail twister; Bill John son and Maynard Mangum, new directors; and Harvey Horne and Ed Willis, second year directors. PILOT advertising PAYS Current Events Award Won By WSP Student Etta Rose McCallum, a mem ber of the seventh grade at West Southern Pines School, has been awarded the Charles Palmer- Davis Medal, which is given by the American Education Publica tions. Etta Rose was in the upper half of the students throughout the country who stood the National Current Events Test. The medal was given by the publications company to honor the memory of Charles Palmer Davis, founder of Current Events and considered the father of current events in struction in American schools. Etta Rose is an honor student at the school and secretary of her class. Her teacher is William. F. Monroe. 10% Off On One Lot of Better Records 33 1/3 and 45's Also On Paintings and Wood Carvings Sandhill Candy Shop Carter Picked As Lions Club Leader J. H. (Joe) Carter, Jr. has been elected president of the Southern Pines Lions Club for the cjomijig year, succeeding W. O. Spence. Carter is a native of Fayette ville, and moved to Southern Pines five years ago. He is an op tician and is a partner in the local firm of Hall and Carter Opticians. The new president has been active in Lion activities and has held the offices of tail twister, second vice president and first vice president of the local club. He received the Lion of the Year award in 1956. He was general convention chairman for the 1958 North Carolina State Lions Con vention which was held in South ern Pines. At present he is dis trict representative of the State wide Committee for the Blind. Elected to serve with Carter for the coming year were the fol lowing officers: Joe Marley, first vice president; Calvin Howell, % Village Court Pinehurst Locally Grown PLANTS Asters, Carnations, Marigolds Petunias, Scabiosa, Snapdragon, Strawflower, Ageratum, Celosi, Perwinkle, Zinnia 30c Doz. Scarlet Sage - 40c doz. — Gerbera - 25c each Double Petunia 15c each - S1.50 doz. Giant Tree and Big Boy Tomatoes 15c each Coleus Plants - 15c each Potted Caladiums MRS. R. E. OLDHAM. S. Pinehurst St. or Aberdeen Supply Co. Aberdeen. N. G. WORSHAM GROCERY TeL OX 2-3971 Southern Pines SWIFT CHOICE Wildlife Club Hears Lunette Barber Talk On State’s Wildlife Program CHUCK ROAST SWIFT CHOICE STANDING RIB ROAST LB. LB. A charming former school teacher with melting eyes, soft ' East Carolina drawl and pungent method of expressing her views stimulated and entertained the Moore Wildlife Club at their May meeting, Tuesday night of last week. Miss Lunette Barber, educa tional representative with the State Wildlife Resources Com mission, also worked in a full education on the earth, and the things which grow and live on it, or are mined and dug from it, while with disarming smile she needled the members to act pos- tively toward conserving these precious things. “Natural resources made this country. They started the 13 col onies, and for thern the Revolu tion was fought and won. Why should people come to settle this land if it hadn’t been the richest on earth? It isn’t any more. Why? We are using up our good things. Soil, water, forest and wildlife are not renewable. They exist in a vast interrelationship one with another. They go together like scramble goes with egg. “These things are given us to use wisely. The price of improvi dence is very high. All of us, mil lions and millions of people, use the natural resources, every day •they provide our living, our economies, our wealth, our sport, entertainment and beauty. What are we doing to preserve and re place them? Once they are gone, we are poor indeed.” Her main job is the preaching of wildlife conservation in the public schools, and she urged that all help train the young: “Education is the only way to get anything done and the only thing you can invest in perma nently is youth,” The supper meeting was held at the Carthage Legion Hut, with Club President Albert Tufts of Pinehurst, presiding. Admiral Felix Baker, chairman of the lodge site committee, reported no success in locating a suitable site and asked suggestions from the members. 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