VOL- 4&-NO. 10
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SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1960
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Scheipers to Be
Group Leader in
Managers’ Event
Louis Scheipers, Jr., Southern
Pines manager, will be one of
four group leaders who will lead
discussion programs at the annual
conference of the North Carolina
City Managers Association, to be
held at the Carolina Hotel, Pine-
hurst, Saturday and Sunday.
Planning to attend the confer
ence with Mr. Scheipers is F. F.
(Bud) Rainey, assistant city man
ager.
Managers of cities and towns in
four population categories will
take part in the discussions,
scheduled on the program for
Sunday morning as the “Problem
Grab Bag.” Each of the groups,
of one of which Mr. Scheipers is
leader, will have its own discus
sion and then the four groups
will meet, to compare how the
various problems might be han
dled in communities of different
populations.
The problems to be taken up
are street assessment policies,
basic governmental functions of
cities and towns, manager-em
ployee relationships, and whether
a manager can accept “courtes
ies” from his citizens without
jeopardizing his effectiveness.
152 of 159 ABC
Arrests End in
• Convictions
Of 159 persons arrested by law
enforcement officers of the Moore
County Alcoholic Control Board
in 1959, 152 were convicted, draw-
• ing prison sentences totalling
more than 11 years and paying a
total of $5,466 in fines, according
to the annual report of C. A. Mc-
Callum, chief enforcement officer.
The full report follows:
0 Arrests, 159; convictions, 152;
acquitted, 3; nol pros, 4; fines,
$5,466; stills captured, 14; mash'
destroyed, 1,170 gallons; non tax
paid whiskey seized, 215% gal
lons.
Tax paid whiskey seized, 5 gal
lons 6 pints; automobiles confis
cated, 3; total active sentences, 11
years 8 months; total miles trav
eled, 58,720.
During four months of the yea'r,
%the Law Enforcement Division
operated with only four officers,
McCallum said.
SMILES — E. Earl Hubbard, "econd from
right, is obviously pleased as he receives the
Jaycees’ Distinguished Service Award plaque
from W. Lamont Brown, chairman of the selec
tion conimittee of non-Jaycees. At right is Paul
B. Boroughs, Jr., Jaycee president. At left is
State Sen. John R. Jordan, Jr., of Raleigh,
speaker at the Hollywood Hotel banquet.
(V. Nicholson photo)
Hubbard Chosen *Young Man of Year
Court Term for
Criminal Cases
To Open Monday
About 50 cases are calendared
for a one-week term of Moore
County Superior Court, for the
trial of criminal cases, scheduled
to open at the courthouse in Car
thage Monday. Judge Frank M.
Armstrong of Troy Will preside.
Seven defendants will go be
fore th e grand jury, charged with
an assortment of major offenses.
They are Jesse Smith, murder;
Hubert Lee Michael, Jr., carnal
knowledge; Paul Taylor, feloni
ous assault with a deadly weapon,
which resulted in death; Raljih
Prince, crime against nature;
Thomas Edgerton and Emery
Higgins, armed robbery; Lacy
UilV assault with intent to com
mit rape; and Dot Reeves, false
pretense violation.
Many of the cases, including a
large number of drunken driving '
cases, are going to Superior Court
on appeal from lower courts.
Sickness Widespread;
18% Students Absent
E. Earl Hubbard, 34-year-old
banker, civic leader and outstand
ing Methodist layman, was hon
ored as the Southern Pines Jay
cees’ “Young Man of the Year’’
at their annual banquet and
“Bosses Night” Friday at the Hol
lywood Hotel.
The “Distinguished Service
Award” presentation won an ova
tion from the club members and
their guests, which included a
number of their “bosses.”
The presentation was matje by
W. Lamont Brown, chairman of
the non-club judges’ committee
which made the selection from a
group of nominees. The choice
was unknown to both Mr. Hub
bard and the Jaycees until the
award was made.
Hubbard’s list of accomplish
ments included chairmanship this
year of the Moore County chap
ter, American Red Cross, follow
ing six terms as treasurer; serv
ice as finance chairman of the
Moore District, Boy Scouts; treas-
Former Resident
Teller at Robbed
Bank in Kinston
Mrs. Gailya Blue, one of the two
^bank tellers from whom an arm
ed bandit took $4,701 at Kinston
Wednesday, is a former resident
of Southern Pines.
Mrs. Blue and her husband,
Mack Blue, who was in the con
struction business here, lived on
N. Bennett St. Mrs. Blue was em
ployed by the United Telephone
Company while in Southern
Pines.
^ Mrs. Blue told reporters that
shei didn’t have time to get scared
until the robbery was over and
“then I thought I was having a
chill.”
The robber forced Mrs. Blue
Bailey Elected
To Democratic
Precinct Group
D. E. Bailey was elected Mon
day night to membership on the
Southern Pines Democratic pre
cinct committee, to fill the unex
pired term of the late Curtis Eve-
rette. '
“Judge” Bailey is well known
here through long service in two
capacities, as Seaboard agent and
as justice of the peace. He retired
from both these posts several
years ago, served one term as a
member of the town council and
is currently serving as town treas
urer.
Chairrnan Joe C. Thomas pre
sided over the precinct commit
tee meeting, which was held at
the home of Mrs. Valerie Nichol
son. Other members present were
Howard Frye and Mrs. Hilda
Ruggles. While there was discus
sion of several matters other than
the choice of a new member, ac-
urer of the Southern Pinas Meth
odist church of which he is a
charter member and Sunday
School teacher, also chairman of
the pack committee of Cub Scouts
which he helped organize under
sponsorship of his church.
Not a Jaycee, he is vioe-presi-
dent and in line for the presi
dency of the Southern Pines
Rotary club. In the field of pro
fessional advancement, an im
portant point in the judging, he
attended a high-level banking
school during 1959, and won pro
motion to the vice-presidency of
the Citizens Bank and Trust Co.
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Pilot Given Three Press Awards
The Pilot shared in North
Carolina Press Association awards
presented during th© Association’s
35th annual Newspaper Institute
at Chapel Hill, Thursday night of
last week.
The Pilot received certificates
for second place in the advertising
contest and for third place in the
feature writing and news photo
graphy contests. ^
Attending the Institute on
Thursday night and Friday were
Mrs. James Boyd, editor and pub
lisher, and Cad Benedict, associate
editor.
The certificates, 12 by 18 inches
in size and suitable for framing,
were presented by William Fri
day, president of the University
of North Carolina, in the absence
of U. S. Sen. Sam J. Ervin, Jr.,
who could not be present as
scheduled. 'The presentation cere
mony was televised by WUNC TV.
Contest entries were judged by
the staffs of journalism schools,
not including the journalism
school at the University of North
Carolina,
In the weekly division of the
contest, in which The Pilot was
entered, awards go to the news
papers not to the individual
writers or photographers as in the
daily newspaper division.
To enter the contests, the Pilot
submitted four papers of its choice
published between October 1,
1958, and October 1, ,1959, in each
of these five categories: news
coverage, feature writing, editor
ials, news photography and ad
vertising.
In the advertising contest, four
full-page sheets, with ads to be
judged marked, were entered,
rather than four complete papers.
Comments of the judges on
some of the entries were distribut
ed after the presentations, in
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Scout Troop to
Be Rechartered
Boy Scout Troop 877 will be re
chartered under sponsorship of
the Southern Pines Methodist
Church Men’s Club.
Dewey Mims will be chairman
of the troop committee whose
other members are Joel Stutts,
Jimmy Thomas, Richard Johnson,
Bill Johnson, Carl Bridges, Law
rence McCrimmon and John Mal
low who will be scoutmaster.
Richard Johnson and Joel Stutts
will be assistant scoutmasters.
The institutional representative is
Murray Clark.
The troop will meet each Wed
nesday night at the church.
Over $500 Given
In Palsy Drive
Over $500 has been given to the
local United Cerebral Palsy drive.
Dr. Charles Phillips and Luther
A. Adams, co-chairmen, reported
today.
while the campaign has closed,
additional contributions can be
received in the next few days,
they said. A final report on the
exact amount given will be made
later.
'The drive is part of the nation
wide effort of The United Cere
bral Palsy Associations, Inc., to
expand research and rehabilita
tion programs.
Frank Viall, 72,
Well Known Local
Resident, Dies
Franklin Pond Viall, 72, 225
W. New Hampshire Ave., well
known resident of Southern
Pines for more than 50 years,
died early this afternoon at
Moore Memorial Hospital, after
an illness of several weeks.
Funeral services will be con
ducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at the
Church of Wide Fellowship, with
burial in Mt. Hope Cemetery.
Mr. Viall, who came to South
ern Knes in 1903 from South-
bridge, Mass., operated 'a garage
and taxi service here for many
years and in recent years had
been night desk clerk at the po
lice station.
LOCAL TROOP GETS HEALTH & SAFETY AWARD
and another teller to fill a paper I tion was postponed until Wednes
bag with money, then fled in a day night, February 3, when the
I full committee will meet.
stolen car.
Local Football Players Honored
<}
Several members of the 1959
Blue Knights football squad of
Southern Pines High School are
being honored at out-of-town
events this week.
On Monday night at Goldsboro,
Bill Seymour, Blue Knights cen
ter, was a guest of the Raleigh
News and Observer as a member
of the All-Eastern Class A team
fleeted by the N & O’s sports
Icaff.
Teams in five classifications
were chosen and invited to the
banquet where the featured
speaker was Earle Edwards, State
College grid coach. Archie Kelly,
Jimmy Eanes and John Hendricks,
all of Carthage, were chosen for
the Eight-Man team and attended
the banquet.
All the players received minia-
Itfre football awards.
* Parents and coaches were in-
Aherdeen Boy Scout Troop Wins Storey Cup
• He was a charter member of
the Southern Pines* volunteer
fire department and was honored
by the local department after 50
years of Service.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs.
Clara Curtis Viall; a son, Cur
tis, in the Army at Ft. Jackson,
S. C.; a sister, Mrs. Ella Viall
Chatfield of Southern Pines; a
brother, Wesley R. Viall of
Pinehurst; and several nieces
and nephews.
Girl Scouts Will
Have Cookie Sale
The annual Girl Scout cookie
sale will open in Southern Pines
Friday, to run through February
11, it was announced today by
Mrs. Stanley Austin who is in
charge.
Girl Scouts of all ages—Brown
ies and Intermediate and Senior
Scouts—take part in the sale sell
ing specially manufactured cook
ies at 50 cents per box, for bene
fit of the various Girl Scout pro
grams.
Moore GOP Will
Gather Saturday
The county convention of the
Republican party in Moore is
scheduled for 2 p. m. Saturday,
January 30, at the courthouse in
Carthage.
First set for last Saturday, the
convention was postponed be
cause of the absence of Robert S.
Ewing of Southern Pines, county
I GOP chairman, on a business trip
to New York City.
About 150 Boy Scouts and adult
Scouters braved sub-freezing
weather last Friday night for a
camporee that included the an
nual Storey Cup award to Troop
68 of Aberdeen, an Eagle Scout
award, several unit awards and
many rank advancements and!
merit badges.
The ceremonies were conduct
ed around a huge camp fire that
furnished heat and light. The
camporee was held at the D. C.
Blue hunting preserve at Rose-
land.
Alwin Folley, in the absence of '
Voit Gilmore who gives the
Storey cup annually to the Scout
troop with the best over-all rec
ord of the year, presented the
cup to Arthur Rowe, Scoutmaster
of the Aberdeen troop. The cup is
given in memory of Mr. Gilmore’s
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vited. Mrs. O. Leon Seymour,
Bill’s mother, attended, but nei
ther Coach Jim Walser, who was
sick, nor Assistant Coach Gerald
Ellen, who had to be at a basket
ball meeting, could be present.
Four members of the Blue
Knights squad have been invited
to the All-Conference team ban
quet of the Cape Fear Class A j
Conference at Hope Mills tonight.
Today, Seymour, Halfback Ken
ny Reid and Jack McDonald, who
received honorable mention as
tackle, were planning to attend.
Fullback Richard Lockey, the
fourth local selection, was sick
and not expected to make the trip.
Mr. Ellen plans to attend the
Hope Mills dinner with the local
players. Jim Hickey, University
of North Carolina coach, will be
the speaker.
Tax Listing to
Run to Feb. 13
BEST SCOUT TROOP — All-around excel
lence in actiidties during 1959 was' recognized
in this award of the Storey Cup—the top recog
nition in Moore County Scouting—to Troop 68
of Aberdeen. Scoutmaster Arthur ROwe, right,
is receiving the cup from Alwin Folley of Sou
thern Pines. ’The ceremony took place at an out
doors camporee. (Humphrey Photo)
Listing of real and personal
property for town and county
taxes has been extended through
February 13, Mrs. Estelle T. Wick
er, county tax supervisor, an
nounced this week. A complete
roster of list takers will be found
in an advertisement elsewhere in Fomi PartUCFship
today’s Pilot.
Last week’s Pilot carried a full
explanation of listing property for
taxes and also pointed out that
January 31 is the deadline for
paying town and county 1959
taxes without penalty added.
Opera Will Be
Heard Tonight
A presentation of Bizet’s “Car
men” by the National Grass Roots
Opera (Company will open the sea
son of the Sandhills Music As
sociation tonight (Thursday) in
Weaver Auditorium at 8:30 p.m.
Tickets for the concert and
season tickets for the four attrac
tions on the winter and spring
program can be obtained at the
Barnum Realty and Insurance
Company, or at the box office.
The opera wiU be sung in Eng
lish by a group of outstanding
young vocalists who have brought
national recognition to the Grass
Roots organization.
Whatever may be the cause," a
lot of people are sick in the Sand
hills and around the county. And
a lot of the sickness is flu.
One of the best checks on sick
ness is absences in the schools.
Here are the figures given by
school officials this morning, for
the East Southern Pines schools.
In the first through fifth grades
76 children were absent out of an
enrollment of 418.
Fifty-four were absent in the
high school grades 9-12, from an
enrollment of 214.
In the junior high grades—six,
seven and eight—there is a total
enrollment of 244, with 42 ab
sent this morning.
This adds up to a total enroll
ment of 876 with 162 absent—a
little more than 18 per cent.
School officials were concern
ed at the situation but did not
contemplate closing the school
under the crcumstances.
At St. Anthony’s Catholic
school, about 25 per cent of the
student body was reported ab
sent.
All absences, of course, were
not due to flu, but most were at
tributed to respiratory ailments
of one sort or another.
Moore Memorial Hospital re
ported 15 per cent of its staff ill,
but no unusual number of respir
atory ailment cases as patients.
St. Joseph’s Hospital reported,
however, that most of its patients
were influenza cases and that a
number of staff members had
been ill.
Pharmacists in Southern Pines
reported heavy prescription busi
ness. One said his prescription
business of the past three days
had been the heaviest of any such
period in his experience.
The impression of the pharma
cists is that there are more people
sick now than in previous waves
of illness in the past decade or so,
but that the sickness may not be
so severe as it has been some
times in the past. One of the
pharmacists said he filled twice
as many prescriptions this morn
ing as he had on Monday. The in
cidence of illness is increasing,
all the pharmacists said.
Dr. J. W. Willcox, county
health officer, said that respira
tory illness and flu over the coun
ty is “reaching epidemic propor
tions.” Many cases are not report
ed to the health department, he
pointed out, if the victims stay
home and do not call a doctor.
Several physicians queried by
The Pilot this morning reported
much illness.
One said that about one in
three cases he is treating for re
spiratory or gastro-intestinal ail
ments is a genuine flu case. He
said that the exact strain could
not be determined without labor
atory analysis,, but that it ap-
pers to be “real old-fashioned
flu.” But a lot of people, he point
ed out, think they have flu when
it is actually some other ailment.
Most of the real flu cases have
fever up to 103 and 104 degrees,
he said. However, the cases he
has treated “do not have too
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Hayes and Hqwell
Thomas T. Hayes, Jr., architect,
and W. Calvin Howell, who has
been associated with the firm,
Thomas T. Hayes, Jr., and As
sociates, for the past four years,
are forming a partnership to be
known as Hayes-Howell and As
sociates, it was announced today.
Both Mr. Hayes, native of San
ford, and Mr. Howell, who is from
Lenoir, are graduates of the
School of Design of North Caro
lina State College.
The. Hayes firm designed the
Southern Pines Municipal Cen
ter and numerous other public
buildings and private dwellings
in this area and elsewhere in
North Carolina.
BENEFIT GAME
Tom O’Neil’s Little Nine semi-
pro basketball team wiU play a
team from Raleigh in a March of
Dimes benefit game at the Pine
hurst school gym. at 8 p.m. Sat
urday. Coaches of several Moore
County high school basketball
teams play with the Little Nine.