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Si 0 'tGl^don Morbe VOL. 40—NO. 21 TWENTY PAGES SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1960 TWENTY PAGES PRICE: 10 CENTS Officers of PTA * Elected; to Name 4 to Committee The East Southern Pines Par ent-Teacher Association, meeting at Weaver Auditorium Monday- night, elected a slate of officers for the 1960-’61 school year and heard a request from John How- arth, chairman of the Southern Pines board of education, that the PTA name four members to a citizens committee to -work -with the education board in a study of high school consolidation propos als. The four committee members are to be named by the PTA ex ecutive committee, subject to ap proval by the membership at the May meeting, according to the PTA by-laws. The new officers, to be installed at the May meeting, are: Max Rush, president; Mrs^ Albert Grove, vice-president; Mrs. John McPhaul, a faculty member, sec ond vice-president; Mrs. Charles Phillips, treasurer; and Mrs. Bob Leland who was reelected secretary. Mr. Howarth said that South ern Pines is not directly involved • in consolidation plans of the coun ty board of education. The citizens committee to study the pros and cons of high school consolidation, in cooperation with the Southern Pines board of edu cation, will consist, Mr. Howarth said of four persons named by the PTA, four named by the board of education and three who were named by a group of Southern ^ Pines residents attending a recent ” county-wide meeting at Aberdeen, when school consolidation prob lems were discussed. (Continued on page 8) ■imm f: -9 V Easter to Be Marked With Church Services AT MEMORIAL FIELD Holy week and Easter services have been announced as follows bv churches in Southern Pines: Two of the Homes to Be Seen on 12th Annual House and Garden Tour in Sandhills Next Week NEW THIS YEAR to the Garden Tour are the two houses pic tured here. At left is a portion of the rear patio, facing the gar den, at the E. D. Andrews home on Valley Road. At right is “Blinkbonnie,” the cottage of Mrs. Charles Liddell of Pinehurst. Several of the other houses aAd gardens on the tour wiU be seen by participants for the first time this year. (V. Nicholson photos) Accident Called Cause of Death Of Mrs. McLeod Moore County has suffered a severe shock in the news of the sudden death of Edith B^in Mc Leod, public health nurse on the staff of the county Department of Health. Mrs. McLeod died at her home in Carthage some time during Sunday night, as the result of an accident, according to Dr. R. L. Felton, who was called to the scene. The Carthage physician stated that the deceased, who had suf fered from a severe and recurring case of influenza this past winter, had apparently been reading the Sunday papers before going to sleep. It appeared that, some time during the night, she had arisen end in doing so had either become Q dizzy or simply missed her foot ing in stepping down to the foot stool from the high four-poster, bed. In Dr. Felton’s opinion, in failing her head had struck the wall, becoming wedged in such a position that breathing was im peded. He felt certain, he said, that she had never recovered con sciousness. Discovery of the fatal accident j. was made Monday by two close " friends of the deceased. Miss Judith Wainer and Mrs. Doyle (Continued on page 19) Max Rush Takes Top Elks Office, Will Head PTA Max Rush,' Southern Pines postmaster, was honored twice by local organizations in the past week. _ Last Thursday night, he was in stalled as exalted ruler of the Southern Pines Elks Lodge (see photo of all new officers else where in today’s Pilot) and on Monday night, he was elected president of the East Southern Pines Parent-Teacher Association for the 1960-’61 year. 'The new PTA officers will be installed at the May meeting. Mr. Rush, who has been post master more than two years, has lived in Southern Pines 14 years. He was formerly associated with the late Charles Picquet in oper ation of the Carolina Theatre . He and his wife, Mrs. Thelma Rush, have a daughter, Kathy, seven years old. He has served for the past year as vice-president of the PTA and is chairman of the board of trustees of the Church of Wide. Fellowship. Garden Club Making^Preparations for Record Attendance at Wednesday Tour The Southern Pines Garden Club is completing preparations this week for its 12th annual House and Garden Tour on Wed nesday of next week and is ex pecting attendance of more than 1,000 persons. Mrs. J. S. MiUiken GOP Candidates Speak in Moore Robert Gavin of Sanford, Re publican candidate for Governor in the May 28 primary, was the featured speaker at a barbecue dinner staged by Moore County Republicans at the American Le gion hut near Carthage Saturday night. Mr. Gavin was presented by James Harrington, Jr., of Pine- hurst, county GOP chairman. Harry H. Pethick of Southern Pines introduced A. M. Snipes of Honda, also a speaker, who is a candidate for 8th District Con gressman in the primary. Gavin stressed educational needs in his talk, while Snipes spoke on federal taxes and farm problems. I Ruggles Declines Reappointment to State Hospitals Board of Control John S. Ruggles of Southern t Pines found a cause to his liking * in 1949. That spring, he helped Rep. H. Clifton Blue put through the al coholic rehabilitation bill, with Rep. John W. Umstead as co signer. His efforts resulted in his ap pointment later that year by Governor Kerr Scott, to fill out- an unexpired term of the State Hospitals Board of Control. Um- stead, chairman of that board, handed him the chairmanship of the newly formed alcoholic com mittee, which had the big task of setting up the program and ad ministering the funi^s. This week, 10 and a half years and two full-term reappointments later, the Southern Pines man de clined another reappointment, telling Governor Hodges, “My job is done.’’ V Hq could, look back on a decade of fruitful labor and. satisfying Students to Join In Cheek on Car Lighting Faults Students in the fiftl^ sixth and seventh grades of all schools in Moore County, including South ern Pines, and their parents, will be asked next week to cooperate with the State Highway Patrol in a unique highway safety program. The youngsters will be given forms at school to take home and use to make a check of lighting equipment on family cars— whether all lights are in proper condition or faulty. The parent win be asked to sign the form, saying he will take action to cor rect any defects found. The form will then be returned to the school and collected by highway patrolmen. Patrol Sgt. A. Sam Jones of Siler City, who heads patrol oper ations in Moore, Lee and Chat ham counties, said the lighting check plan will be used through out his district. Special emphasis will be placed on checking auto lighting equip ment by highway patrolmen throughout the district April 20- 23, Sgt. Jones said. Conant Staffers Pay Visit Here Twp members of the staff of Dr. James B. Conant were in Sou thern Pines Wednesday in connec tion with Dr. Conant’s current nation-wide study of junior high school programs. M. T. Gaffney, on leave of ab sence from the Harvard faculty, and Dr. S. O. White, on leave from his post as principal of the Greenwich, Conn., junior high school, were the investigators who conferred with school offic ials and faculty members, at both the East and West Southern Pines schools. Attention of the investigators was'focussed on junior high school curricul.um but many other as pects of school operations here were discussed with Supt. Luther A. Adams, Principals James Wal- ser and Don Moore, Miss Mary Logan, supervisor, John Howarth school board chairman, and fac ulty members. is general chairman for the event. Six homes, with gardens ad joining, are on the tour. And there will be three gardens alone on view. Beginning at 9:30 a. m. at the Shaw House on S. W. Broad St. —an 1840 farm house now owned by the Moore County Historical Association—the tour will con tinue until 5:30 p. m. Tickets will be on sale at the Shaw House or at the other locations. Persons may begin the tour at the Shaw House or join it at other stops. Proceeds are used by the Gar den Club for its civic beautifica tion work. Lunches will be available for visitors in a tent to be set up on the Shaw House grounds, with members of the Junior Woman’s Club as hostesses. Lunches will also be available at the Woman’s Exchange in Pinehurst. Garden Club members will be present at all the stops to guide visitors or answer questions. Route of the tour will be marked by green arrows. The three gardens to be seen are: The Harry Vale estate gardens, off Youngs R6ad, where the greenhouses in which Mr. Vale grows prize-winning camellias also can be seen. Choir That Made Hit Here to Sing Again Next Week The Columbus Boychoir will appear at Weaver Auditorium, Friday evening, April 22, as the final program of the regular con cert series sponsored by the Sand hills Music Association. The con cert will begin at 8:30 p. m. Music lovers of Moore County were delighted with a former ap pearance of the choir here, when the group presented an operetta as well as gay and solemn songs. The enthusiasm with which the boys were received then is ex pected to bring out a large at tendance at next week’s concert. The 26 singers to appear on the program are selected from a stu dent body of 70 at the Columbus Boychoir School, Princeton, N. J. At the school, boys between the ages of nine and 14, regard less of religious or social back ground, combine musical and academic training. The curricu lum differs from that of other schools only in its emphasis on music. The daily schedule in cludes three hours of rehearsals. Even while on their annual concert tours, which have taken the choir throughout the United States, the boys, accompanied by teachers, have a, nearly nor- Services Set For Sunrise The Protestant churches of East Southern Pines will sponsor a Sunrise Easter Service at Me morial Field Sunday at 6:30 a.m. Speaker for the occasion will be Charles A. Pitts of Pinehurst, lay evangelist. The East Southern Pines High School Glee Club under the di rection of William McAdams, will sing two anthems: “Early in the Morning” and “Christ the Lord Is Risen Today.” The Rev. Carl Wallace, Dr. Cheves Ligon, the Rev. Robert Mooney, the Rev. Martin Cald well, and the Rev. Maynard Man- gum will partiepate in the service. The congregation will sing the hymns “All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name” and “Crown Him, the Son of God.” The people of the Southern Pines and surrounding commun ities are invited to attend. Mr. Pitts, who heads a large Canadian construction company, is the founder of the M-P Foun dation of Toronto, Canada, ar organization devoted to Christian work. He’s a director of Billy Gra ham’s board and a member of his executive committee; and a di rector of “Christianity Today,” of Washington, D. C. Mr. Pitts de votes a large part of his time to evangelistic work. He is the owner of the former Brewster Stables on old No. 1 highway, north, but lives at Pinehurst. Other Services Other sunrise services will be held in, this area Sunday includ ing; At Old Bethesda Cemetery, near Aberdeen at 6 a.m. At the Presbyterian Church, Vass, at 6 a.m. At the West End Legion hut at 5;45 a.m. At Cross Hill Cemetery, Carth age, at 5:30 a.m. (At the Carthage High School Auditorium, in case of bad weather.) At Thaggards Lake, at 5:30 a. m. with choirs of the Manly, Lake- view and Eureka Presbyterian Churches and the Thaggards Bap tist Church participating (to be held at Eureka Church in case of bad weather), coffee and dough nuts to be served by the Eureka Church after the service. Homewood Gardens of Mr. and mal school routine, using their Mrs. D. K. Bullens, off Midland (Continued on page 8) Pre-Scliool Clinics Slated April 28 A pre-school clinic for children who will enter the first grade of East Southern Pines school in September will be held at the ele mentary school Thursday, April 28, Supt. Luther A. Adams re minded parents today. Children whose last names be gin with the letters A through J are asked to come with a parent from 8:30 to 10 a. m. and those with K-Z names from 10 to 11:30. First grade students at the ele mentary school will not go to school on the day of the clinic. To enter the first grade in Sep tember, a child must be six years ol^ on or before October 16, 1960, Mr. Adams said. To enter second grade, from a private school, a child must be seven years old on or before December 1, 1960. ii JOHN S. RUGGLES achievement, in which the pro gram has grown from nothing to TO WASH CARS Members 'of the senior class of East Southern Pines High School will wash cars at Bowden’s Ser vice station Saturday, charging regular prices. Funds raised will be used to help finance a class trip. The station is at the corner one of the finest—some say the of E. Broad St and Connecticut finest—in the nation. | Ave.., across from the Colonial (Continued on page 8) store. MONDAY CLOSING Local schools, municipal offices, the bank, Ihe Libra ry and some stores will be closed here for Easter Mon day. The post office will re tain its regular schedule. The courthouse at Carth age and county offices will be closed. Some schools in Moore County will be opera ting to make up days lost in snow storms. Local schools cut Friday fromi a proposed long week-end holiday and will operate then, but will not be open Monday. The Pilot office will be closed MLonday. specially outfitted bus as a class room On wheels. Donald T. Bryant, who succeed ed Herbert Huffman as the choir’s (Continued on page 8) Council Studying Parking Changes Asked for Street A change in the street im provement oirdinance that was thought might prove controver sial was adopted Tuesday night by the council after no one had spoken for or against it at a public hearing that preceded the action. The change permits the town to put tar and gravel surface on unpaved streets, where adjoin ing property owners have peti tioned for curb and gutter but have not been able to pay the assessments. It permits such property owners to waive their priority on the curb, gutter and paving list, but to do so only once. Under former law, no type of hard surfacing could be put down until payments on the as sessments had begun. All council members were present. Mayor R. S. Ewing, (Continued on page 8) i PI Its BASKETBALL AWARDS Glenn Marcum and Diana To lar, of the Southern Pines High School basketball squads, receiv ed the VFW outstanding player awards at the annual banquet given for the basketball players and coaches by the Rotary Club at the Southern Pines Country Club Friday night. (Photo else where in today’s Pilot) STARTLING? — That’s what these signs, to be put up by the Town on streets near the public schools and St. Anthony’s Cath olic School, are supposed to be. Town Manager Louis Scheipers, Jr., is pictured with first of the signs that went up this week on Ridge St., between Pennsylvania and New York Aves. Mr. Schei pers said he hopes the signs will keep safety of children uppermost in the minds of motorists in the vicinity of the schools of East and West Southern Pines. (Pilot First Baptist Thursday—Candlelight service ol^servance of the Lord’s supper, 8:30 p. m. Sunday, 11 a. m. Four special anthems by the choir and one by the Chancel and Junior Choirs combined. Sermon by the Rev. Maynard Mangum, pastor, on the topic, “The Empty Tomb.” , Sunday, 7:30 p. m.—Sermon, ‘When Shadows Flee;” Easter hymns by the Junior and Primary Choirs. St. Anthony's Catholic Father Francis M. Smith Today, Thursday—^Holy Thurs day Mass of the Lord’s Supper, 6 p. m. Friday—Adoration all day until the Solemn Liturgical Function of Good Friday at 6 p. m.; Sta tions of the Cross at 2;30 p. m. Saturday — Easter Saturday Vigil begins at 11 p. m., follow ed by Easter Mass at midnight. Sunday—Masses at 8, 9;15 and 10:30 a. m. Emmanuel Episcopal Maundy Thursday—Holy Com munion, 6 p. m. Good Friday — Three Hours service, the Preaching of the Pas sion, by the rector, the Rev. Mar tin Caldwell. Saturday, Easter Even—Holy Baptism at 4 p. m.; Penance at 6 p. m. Sunday — Holy Communion at 8, 9:30 and 11 a. m. (The 9:30 ob servance will take the place of Sunday 'School classes.) Southern Pines Methodist Thursday — Maundy ’Thursday Communion service, 8 p. m., con ducted by the pastor, the Rev. R. C. Mooney, Jr. Mrs. Dewey Mims will sing “The Holy City.” Sunday—11 a. m., Special music by the Junior and Senior Choirs, ‘In Joseph’s Lovely Garden.” Baptism of infants. Sermon topic, “Easter—a Hope, a Fact and an Assurance.” Church of Wide Fellowship Thursday —Holy Communion and Tenebrae service at 8 p. m. Sunday—Thirty minutes of Easter music as part of the reg ular worship service, choir direct ed by William McAdams. Sermon topic of the pastor, the Rev. Carl Wallace—“A Victorious Light.” Brownson Memorial Presbyterian Friday—2 to 4 p. m. Spiritual Enrichment service, with four 30- minute periods of meditation, conducted by the pastor, Dr. C. K. Ligon, Mrs. R. P. Brown, Mrs. Joseph P. Marley and Miss Elaine Berrong. Worshipers may arrive or leave at the half-hour inter vals. Sunday —9 a. m. worship ser vice, with music by the Youth Choir. A nursery will be provi ded. At 11 a.m., sermon by the pastor; special music by Chancel Choir; children who have been at tending communicants class will be received into membership of the church. New ‘Yield’ Signs Put on E. Broad Northbound traffic on E. Broad St. must yield right of way to eastbound traffic crossing the railroad , tracks, in the Southern Pines business section. Town Manager Louis Scheipers, Jr., pointed out today. He said the “yield” signs had been placed on E. Broad St., for two reasons—to keep eastbound cars from having to stand on the railroad tracks and to slow down the northbound traffic on E. Broad. Because W. Broad St. is on the State highway system, the yield signs can’t be placed there now, the manager said, but the matter will be taken up with the State. The new signs have been put at the Ijlcw York, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Connecticut and Vermont Ave. intersections. Such a rule was already in effect on photo) i Massachusetts.