The public
is invited to inspect six new Gold
Medallion homes at Whispering
Pines Saturday and Sunday. De
tails on page 17 and other pages.
’^RolrW*«A
Watch out
for fire danger in the woods!
Carelessness with smoking and
matches can mean great loss in
timber and wildlife, officials say.
VOL. 42—NO. 23
Plague of Forest
, / Fires Hits Moore;
Peril Stays Great
Moore county has had so many
forest fires during the past week
“we just haven’t had time to stop
and count them all, much less
figure up exact acreages and
damage,’’ said County Ranger
Travis G. Wicker Tuesday night,
r Main fires Tuesday were one
p in a deep pine thicket near the
Pinehurst race track, kept con
fined to about an acre; one on
Charlie Cheek’s place near Glen-
don, and another near Cameron,
both confined to about two acres.
Most of the fires, he said, were
kept small as “our firespotters
are really on the alert and we
are jumping on the fires as soon
as the first smoke is seen. If we
don’t, there’s no telling where
.4 they’U go, as the woods are just
about as dry as they can be.’’
Moore was one of 20 counties
added Monday to a long list in
which all brush-burning privi
leges were revoked—shortly be
fore State Forester Fred G.
Claridge placed all counties hav
ing State Forest Service protec
tion, some 92 in all, under the
ban.
The dry spell hasn’t been so
• long but a steady wind blowing
practically all during the month
of April—“lots worse than in
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New Post Office
At Aberdeen to
Be Dedicated
9
Aberdeen’s new post office will
be dedicated Sunday in ceremon
ies starting at 2:30 p.m.. Miss
Edna Maurer, acting postmaster,
announced this week.
The building is located on a
lot formerly occupied by a ser
vice station, at the intersection
of South and Poplar Sts., across
from the Coca Cola bottling com
pany.
^ ’The speakers will include Rep.
A. Paul Kitchin of Wadesboro,
8th District Congressman, and
John Douglass, of Atlanta, Ga.,
post office control officer.
E. T. McKeithen of Aberdeen,
a former postmaster, will relate
the history of post offices in
Aberdeen.
The program will include organ
music, songs by the Aberdeen
^ High School Glee Club and an
open house after the ceremony,
with refreshments served by the
Aberdeen Jaycees.
The public is invited.
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WOMEN’S CHAMPION— Miss Clifford Ann
Creed, left, of Alexandria, La., receives the win
ner’s silver set after her defeat of Mrs. Charles
Wilson, right, of Gladwyn, Pa., in last Friday’s
finals of the 60th North and South Invitational
Golf Championship for Women, at the Pinehurst
Coimtry Club. Making the presentation is A.
J. Claxton, club president. Mrs. Wilson holds
her trophy. Twenty-three years old and weigh
ing 103 pounds, Miss Creed won her champion
ship match 6 and 4 in the 18-hole finals. She is
a physical education instructor.
(Hemmer photo)
MEDALIST. DEFFENDING CHAMP FALL
North & South Golf Features Upsets;
36-Hole Finals Slated For Saturday
Three Tar Heels survived the
slaughter in this week’s topsy-
tiuvy 62nd annual North and
Souto Amateur Invitation golf
championship at Pinehurst, play
ing in the quarter finals today—
two of them matched against
each other.
Playing today were: Billy Joe
Patton of Morganton vs. Charles
Smith of Gastonia; Dr. Edward;
Updegraff of Tuscon, Ariz., vs.
Ed Tutwiler of Charleston, W.
Va.; Hobart Manley of Savannah,
Ga., vs. Dr. John McKey of Or
lando, Fla.; and Dale Morey of
Morganton vs. Dudley Wysong of
McKinney, Texas.
Patton, Smith and Manley are
April 30 To Be ‘Building Fund Day’
In Moore Memorial Hospital Drive
Monday, April 30 has been des
ignated “Moore Memorial Hospi
tal Building Fund Day,” William
P. Saunders, general chairman of
the campaign, has announced.
At an All-Division report meet
ing of campaign workers Tues
day night he said:
“We are asking every volun
teer salesman in the campaign to
call upon his prospects all during
the day and evening on Monday,
April 30. We sincerely hope that
citizens throughout Moore Covm-
ty will be prepared to make their
investments in this $450,000 cam
paign that is going to mean so
much to the future health and
safety of orur county. These fine
folks are giving their time and
money to help Moore Memorial
Hospital. I sincerely hope every
one will join them.”
At the meeting, a total of $360,-
514 was reported to date. This
represents 80% of the minimum
$450,000 objective to be reached
by the May 1 ending of the cam
paign.
More than 200 “volunteer sales
men” are active in the campaign
in Moore County. They are calling
on 1,347 individual prospects in
the Primary Gifts and Sustaining
Gifts Divisions. To date, 383 of
these prospects have pledged. In
addition to this, the Hospital Fam
ily and the Corporate Division
have received 286 investments.
This brings the total investments
in Moore County to date to 669.
Raeford and other surrounding
communities have reported 52 in
vestments.
‘Tf each of the more than 900
other prospects in the county did
their share, we should have no
trouble in raising the $89,486 we
need to make our minimum ob-
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Benefit Dance Will Aid Fund
Sandhills residents were urged
today by Mrs. James Tufts of
Pinehurst, general chairman, to
make table reservations and ob
tain tickets for one of the Spring
season’s major fund-raising social
events, the Hospital Roimd-Up
dance to be staged by Moore
Memorial Hospital Auxiliary at
the National Guard Armory here,
Friday r'ght. May 4.
Proceeds of the dance will go
toward the Auxiliary’s large fi
nancial commitment in the cur
rent $450,000 hospital ibuilding
fund campaign. Old-fashioned
country costumes will be in or
der, with doors opening at 7:30
and persons attending asked to
bring box suppers. Beverages will
be available at the armory. En
tertainment is planned during the
supper from 7:30 to 9.
The Carolina Cardinals will
play for square dancing, with
Nick Crotty of Pinehurst calling
the figures. The Woody Hayes Or
chestra will provide music for
round dancing.
'Tickets and table reservations
may be obtained from these com
munity chairmen: Mrs. T. T.
Hayes, Jr., in Southern Pines;
Mrs. J. W. Rettew in Pinehurst;
and Mrs. Carl Wynn and Mrs. Lee
Buchan in Aberdeen. Mrs. John
R. Burr of Pinehurst is over-all
ireservations chairman.
former North and South cham
pions. Wlysong and Smith were
National Amateur quarterfin^ists
last year.
BULLE-nN
Results of today's North
& South quarter - final
matches, received as The Pi
lot went to press:
Patton defeated Smith, 3
and 1.
Updegraff defeated Tutwi
ler. 2 and 1.
Manley defeated McKey,
1-up,
Morey defeated Wysong,
2 and 1.
Eighteen - hole semi - finals
matchesi will be run off tomor
row (Friday) with the 36-hole
finals set for Saturday.
Most prominent of the casual
ties this week were registered
Wednesday when Cobby Ware of
Augusta, Ga., who shot a 70 to
become the medalist Monday, was
eliminated by Sam March of
Greenville, S. C.; and Bill Hynd-
man of Huntington Valley, Pa.,
defending champion and Walker
Cup player, was ousted by Tut
wiler, who has been West Virgin
ia champion seven times. Patton
beat March in a second match
played Wednesday.
Other top golfers to fall by the
wayside included: Herb Durham
of Dallas, Texas, North and South
Medalist two years ago and run
ner-up four years ago, who with
80 failed to qualify Monday; and
Peter Green of TVanklin, Mich.,
and the University of North Car
olina, and Alex Welsh, of Rock
ford, lU., both former North and
South runners-up.
There were no Sandhills entries
in the tournament but Dick Chap
man, former Pinehurst resident
now living at Palni Beach Fla.—
winner four years ago after some
20 years of trying for ths title,
and runner-up last year—quali
fied with a 77 and then was put
out by Manley in the first round.
Bill Harvey of Greensboro, a
North and South quarterfinalist
last year was beaten in the first
round by George Rowbotham of
Villanova, Pa.
REGISTRATION
Moore County's new regis
tration c»( all voters moved
slowly during its first week,
according to reports from pre
cinct registrars. Sam C. Rid
dle, (diairman of the county
laoard of elections, urged; cit-
itzens to get their names on
the books as quickly as pos
sible.
Opening last Saturday, the
registration will continue
through Saturday May 12,
with registrars at polling
places each Saturday during
the period.
No one can vote in the May
26 primary who has not regis
tered by May 12, Mr. Riddle
pointed out.
Expansion of Mid
Pines Facilities
To Cost $200,000
Contracts are expected to be
let soon for a $200,000 expansion
program at the Mid Pines Club,
with work to be done over the
summer and completion antici
pated by October 1.
The large resort hotel facility,
with golf course, off Midland
Road in Southern Pines, is Owned
and operated by Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Cosgrove.
Mrs. Cosgrove said the propos
ed work includes:
A separate fire proof building
40 feet from the present main
club-hotel structure, con(taining
a convention hall seating 300 and
having its own kitchen, to be
used for banquets and other gath
erings.
Six more guests rooms, each
with private terrace, to be added
to the third floor of the existing
main building.
A new men’s locker room and
pro shop, with conversion of the
present pro shop area to women’s
locker space.
The proposed new building and
ether improvements have been
designed by Hayes, Howell and
Associates, local architectural firm
that designed the separate Mid
Pines Golfotel that overlooks the
lake adjoining No. 1 highway
parkway.
Mr. and Mrs. Cosgrove expect
to be here “off and on” during the
summer, as the work progresses.
Dedication Ceremonies,
Open Honse Schednied
At Hij^h School Snnday
DR. HENRY H. HILL
Dedicalion Speaker
Nearly 100 on Tour
Nearly 100 persons from Moore,
Lee, Hoke, Richmond and Mont
gomery Counties toured upper
Moore County yesterday after
noon and attended the supper
and quarterly business meeting
of the Sandhills Area Develop
ment Association at Westmoore
School last night. The SADA pro
motes agriculture, community
improvement, business and recre
ation in the five-county area.
Sandhills Queen
Will Be Chosen
Two girls from each of eight
Moore County schools, plus two
representing the Pinehurst Lions
Club, will compete Friday night
for the “Queen of the Sandhills”
title, at the annual Pinehurst
Volunteer Firemen’s benefit
dance, starting at 9 p.m. at the
Pinehurst Country Club. Frank
Jefferson and his orchestra, from
Raleigh, will play for the dancing
until 1 a.m.
Judges for the Queen contest
will be three Pinehurst hotel
guests—Harry Charter of Engle
wood, N. J., Jack Dillon of
Youngstown, Ohio, and David
Comstock of South Norwalk,
Conn. J. Frank McCaskill of
Pinehurst will be master of cere
monies.
Girls entered in the contest are;
Southern Pines—Sara Roselyn
Chandler and Joan Eleanor
Grover.
Pinehurst—^Linda June Black
and Judy Ann Cameron.
Pinehurst Lions Club—^Barbara
Joan Cole and Jennifer Ann
Owens.
Aberdeen — Renee Jeanne
Cousina and Meta Elaine Garrison.
(Continued on Page 5)
KENNEDY REPLIES WITH REBUTTAL
Kitchin Denies Space Program Charge
CONCERT AT ABERDEEN
'The Virginia Orchestra, directed
by William Haaker, will give a
concert in the Aberdeen School
auditorium, Friday, April 27, at
8 p.m. The orchestra’s ■ appear
ance is sponsored by the Aber
deen High School Glee Club.
Rep. A. Paul Kitchin of Wades
boro, 8th District Congressman
who is engaged in a primary cam
paign against State Rep. John P.
Kennedy of Charlotte for the
Democratic Congressional nomin
ation in the new 8th District
which includes Moore County,
denied this week that he had
voted against the nation’s space
program in 1959, as charged by
Kennedy.
Kitchin was a guest at the
Sandhills Kiwanis Club luncheon
meeting here yesterday; attended,
as did Kennedy, a Young Demo
crats district rally in Sanford last
night; will attend the annual shad
bake for district highway employ
ees in Aberdeen Friday; and will
speak at the dedication of the
new Aberdeen post office Srmday
afternoon.
A press release issued this
week by Kitchin’s campaign
headquarters at Wadesboro, while
making no reference to the Ken
nedy charge, quoted the Congress
man as saying he had “supported
our space program from the be
ginning.”
'The release cited a letter, dated
April 12, to Kitchin from Rep.
Olin E. Teague of Texas, chair
man of the House Subcommittee
on the Manned Space Fli^t Pro
gram, in which the Texas Cbn-
gressman expressed “my sincere
REP. A. PAUL KITCHIN
appreciation for yoiir complete
and whole-hearted support of our
program” and recalled that
Kitchin and 127 others in the
House opposed in 1959 the proce
dural aspects of bringing out the
space program authorization bill,
but that Kitchin voted for the bill.
The press release quoted ICitchin
as pointing out that his vote in
1959 “was not against the space
program but against the method
of the House resolution.”
(Continued on Page 5)
Cameron Child
Fatally Injured
When Hit By Car
A tragic accident which cost
the life of a four-year-old boy
marred Easter Sunday morning in
Moore County.
Mark Lewis Thomas, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Paul L. Thomas of
Cameron Rt. 1, received fatal in
juries when he ran in front of
a car in the churchyard of the
Cameron Presbyterian Church,
just after Sunday School was dis
missed.
The car, just starting up to
leave, and moving slowly, ran
,over the little boy. He died soon
after admission to Moore Me
morial Hospital.
'Trooper W. R. Austin termed
the accident unavoidable, and
exonerated the driver, Mrs. Etta
Whitaker Kelly of Cameron, Rt.
1, great-aunt of the dead child.
The Thomases are well known
in the county. Paul Thomas ope
rates the Esso station on US High
way 1, south of Cameron.
Funeral services were held
Easter Monday afternoon at the
Presbyterian Church, conducted
by the Rev. A. C. Trivette, former
pastor now living in Scotland
county. Burial was in the church
cemetery.
Mark Lewis was bom August
2, 1957. Surviving are three
brothers. Tommy, Gregory and
Michael, and two sisters, Beth
and Lori Jean, all of the home;
the grandparents, M. C. Thomas
of Cameron, and Mr. and Mrs. C.
H. Measamer of Sanford; and the
maternal great-grandmother, Mrs.
Charlie Wade of Sanford.
Histoorical Group
To Meet Tuesday
Members of the Moore County
Historical Association will be
gathering at the Shaw house next
Tuesday night. May 1, for an
evening of business and the good
fellowship always enjoyed by this
group.
The yearly meeting will start at
7:30, with reports of past events
and discussion of future projects.
Election of officers for the com
ing year will be held, to be fol
lowed by a social hoiu fortified
by coffee and doughnuts from the
Shaw House kitchen.
Reports are expected to include
the latest news on the funds
amassed at the Antique Fair and
through the Shaw House tearoom
and visitors’ fees to the Alston
House. The subject of the second
volume of the Moore County his
tory, now almost completed, will
be discussed and other matters
pertinent to the affairs of the
association.
Following the election of of
ficers and directors, Mrs. A. P.
Thompson, in charge of the Shaw
House committee, will head the
group serving refreshments. The
meeting will be presided over by
Norris L. Hodgkins, Jr., president
of the county association.
Some 2,000 p>ersons—including
students, parents, alumni and
friends—are expected to attend
the dedicatory exercises and
homecoming of East Southern
Pines High School Sunday after
noon, April 29, Luther A. Adams,
superintendent of local schols, said
this week.
The event, arousing wide com
munity interest, includes a dedi
cation program in Weaver Audi
torium from 3 to 4 p.m. and open
house and homecoming activity,
from 4 to 5.
The service of dedication, feat
uring audience participation in
responsive reading, will be led
by N. L. Hodgkins, chairman of
the board of education of the
Southern Pines administrative
school unit. The visiting speaker,
who will give the main address
on the program, wUI be Dr. Henry
H. Hill, president emeritus of
George Peabody College for
Teachers, Nashville, Tenn., and
consultant to Peabody Center for
Education Studies, at Nashville.
He will be introduced by J. E.
Sandlin, vice-chairman of the
board of education.
All Southern Pines High School
alumni from this area and those
from a distance who can come,
are especially invited, Mr. Adams
said.
After the formal program, all
persons attending will be able to
inspect the high school and junior
high school building which was
constructed in three phases, 1954-
1961, and which will be dedicated
as a whole on Sunday.
The school band will play in
the courtyard of the big U-shaped
building during the open house
portion of the program. Refresh
ments will be served in the cafe
teria in the basement of the
auditorium.
All rooms, including the new
electronic language laboratory
and the extensively equipped
Home Economics department, will
be open to public inspection.
Supt. Adams will preside at
the Weaver Auditorium program
and a welcome will be spoken by
Dr. C. C. McLean, member of the
board of education. 'The Rev. Carl
Wallace, pastor of the United
Church of Christ, will lead a
prayer of dedication spoken in
unison by all present. Ralph
Hendren, high school junior, will
be soloist for a hynrn of dedica
tion, “Bless This House.”
Following the service of dedica
tion led by Mr. Hodgkins, the
junior and senior high chorus will
sing an anthem. Mrs. Sara Hodg
kins, music instructor at the
school, will be pianist throughout
the program.
In addition to Mr. Hodgkins,
Mr. Sandlin and Dr. McLean, all
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JHS To Have Track
Meet With Aberdeen
Students in the local Junior
High School will compete with
Aberdeen Junior High yovmgsters
in a track meet at Memorial Field
here 'Tuesday, May 1, starting
about 3:30 p.m.
Coach John Williams, physical
education instructor for the
Junior High School here, said
that events will include 50, 100
and 220-yard dashes, a 440-yard
relay race, high jump, broad
jump, shot put and pole vault.
The public is invited. 'There is
no admission charge.
COURT TO OPEN
A one-week term of Moore
County Superior Court for
trial of criminal cases will
open in Carthage Monday
morning, with Judge Robert
M. Gambill presiding. High
lights of cases on the oalen-
dar appear in a story on page
23.
THE WEATHER
Maximum and
minimum
tern-
peratures for each day of the past
week were recorded as follows at
the U. S. Weather Bureau obser-
vation station at
the W E
E B
studios on Midland Road.
Max.
Min.
April 19
78
36
April 20
76
37
April 21
71
36
April 22
83
50
April 23
87
52
April 24 *
78
48
April 25
82
46