THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1963
THE PILOT—Southern Pines, North Carolina
Page ELEVEN
Kaylors In New Home At M^ly
(Continued from page 1)
ployed by the Town to help with
the work at the station and share
the responsibility of keeping it
manned at all times.
Worked Five Years
And where are the Kaylors?
They are happily established in
a fine new house situated on a
wooded lot of more than an acre,
off old No. 1 highway, north of
Manly—a house on which they
have been working in their spare
time for nearly five years.
While Frank was the town’s
resident fireman, until his retire
ment December 15, he and Grace
—also a town employee, on a
token salary—had one day off a
week. That was the time they
used to work on the home where
they are now living.
Frank, an expert machinist,
mechanic and handyman, explain
ed, “We had a builder put up the
w^alls and roof and lay the floor
ing. Except for just a few odd
jobs, we did all the rest our
selves.”
Grace—who is something of a
handy woman herself—noted, “We
built the fireplace first. Then, if
it was cold, we had a fire to work
by. We’d bring our lunch and heat
it on the open fire. We’re not
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quite finished—^we^still Jiave to
do ceramic tiling in the bathroom
and a few little things like that.”
The part Grace likes best is the
full basement of the house, with
plenty of storage space, also room
for an additional bedroom or two
they are planning. The L-shaped
house has pine panelling in two
rooms and the spacious kitchen
has plenty of cabinets, also pine.
Wide Boards
The pine panelling, any one in
terested in lumber can see at a
glance, is no ordinary wood. Most
of it is boards 20 inches wide and
seven-eighths of an inch thick,
sawed from big pines cut, not
very far from where the Kaylors’
house stands, by W. O. Moss from
whom the panelling was acquired.
The Kaylors’ lot is former Moss
land and the house has a pleasant
view across a big rolling pasture
of Mr. and Mrs. Moss’s Mileaway
Farm, to a wooded ridge beyond.
Pine in the kitchen cabinets is cut
from the same big boards.
Best thing about the house,
commented Frank, is “It was a
pay-as-you-go project. We’d buy
what we needed as we went
along. If we had to choose be
tween buying groceries and lum
ber, we’d get the lumber.”
Their furniture includes re
upholstered pieces all re-done by
Grace. Hooked rugs she made are
on the floor. The only new piece
of furniture is the comfortable
“TV-Lounger” chair given the
couple -by the volunUerAfiremen
at a recent dinner inahwr honor.
Still Registrar V '
While retiring as resident fire
man, Frank has continued as fire
chief till a new qj'^ ic _:,ected to
night, and Tias agreed to
keep 'nt-^'job as registrar for the
North Southern Pines precinct.
She has served as registrar for
many years, thus further extend
ing the couple’s wide acquaint
ance in the community.
Asked if he didn’t still miss the
fire station, Frank said, “Not on
your life. Now I can sleep with
both eyes and both ears closed!”
But Grace isn’t quite used to it
yet—she sti’l occasionally an
swers the phuP'e^ “'Fire station!”
Frank says, tod^ that he hasn’t
gotten used to being able to go
any pla<'p' ^ wants to, at any
time.
All ^^j^e 23 years, Mrs. Kaylor
recalls, “We could never go out
together—One of us always had to
stay with the phone. We never
went out at night, or to movies, or
to parties, or to meetings. We
couldn’t even go to church togeth
er.”
To Remain Busy
At some distance from the Kay
lors’ house is Frank’s workshop,
50 by 30 feet in size, built last
summer, containing his machin
ery for metal and wood working,
welding equipment and other
tools. Big sliding double doors at
each end permit Urge vehicles to
drive into the Ij^h ceilinged
building. For ^ K, Frnak has
done metal wor Icluding hand-
wrought hardWc.. Plwhich can be
found in many stibles, as well as
homes, in the SrhdhiUs. He says
he has plenty o |work on hand
and hopes that work will continue
to be plentiful as 'Tve still got to
earn a living. I’rN only retiring
from the Fire DepaHment—not
from work.” -
Frank moved to Southern Pines
from Raleigh in 1914, at the age
of 17, to take a garage job, and
five years later married Grace
Parsons, who had come to Manly
as a baby with her parents, from
Quincy, Mass. He went to work as
machinist for the Town in 1932,
joining the Southern Pines vol
unteer fire department at the
same time. On December 15, 1939
he became resident fireman and
they moved to the station with
their four children. The oldest,
Pete (Prank Kaylor, Jr.) was al-
SAVINGS BOND SALES
Savings Bond sales during No
vember in Moore County were
$34,139, according to L. B. Creath
of Pinehurst, Moore County Vol
unteer Savings Bonds Chairman.
For the year through November,
bond sales totaled $437,449, which
is 96.3% of the County’s quota
for 1962.
Reddy says:
ready grown and married then.
Their hildren are Pete who
lives in Southern Pines with his
family; Mrs. N. A. (Grace) McGill
of Aberdeen, Mrs. R. I. (Dorothy)
Slacks of Minneapolis, Minn.,
Richard, of Milwaukee, Wis., and
Milton, the youngest, who with
his 10-year-old daughter, Debbie,
lives with his parents. There are
13 grandchildren in all, and, once
those basement rooms are com
pleted, whenever the whole fam
ily wants to come to visit, the
Kaylors are ready.
Praises Firemen
Leaving the fire station after
23 years, and soon to leave the
fire department after 30 years,
Frank has words of highest praise
for the Southern Pines volunteer
firemen: “They’re the absolute
tops. There’s not a one of them
wouldn’t risk his life for any of
the others, and in fact they do it
all the time. It’s been a privilege
working with them.”
The Kaylors foresee no idle
hours. Frank has his shop work
and a unique time-filling hobby,
his scale-model railroad, on which
nearly every kid in towm and
many other persons have ridden
and which is soon to be set up on
their new property. Grace knits
and sews, hooks rugs, keeps
house, and will have her hands
full tending the garden she’s al
ready started.
At the regular January meeting
of the volunteer firemen, being
held tonight (Thursday), JVank is
turning in his resignation as both
chief and a member of the depart
ment with which be heks been as
sociated for the past 30 years.
“But I’m going to tell them,”
he said this week, “that if there
is anything I can do to help at
any time, I want them to call on
me. I’m over 65 now and think it's
time that I get off the active list.
But I’ll always be interested in
the Southern Pines Volimteer
Fire Department and in the en
tire community. I can’t think of
any town where I’d rather live. Of
course, where we are here now,
it’s only a few minutes into
Southern Pines.”
For the Kaylors, a grateful com
munity wishes the best of New
Years.
“You work me
harder in winter!’^
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and wallpapering business of the late George
W. Tyner and are now operating as
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in so All work done by skilled mechanics and
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Reddy’s not complaining. He likes to
help you keep warm and comfortable.
But—^he also has this timely reminder.
Short, sunless days and long, cold nights
call for more kilowatts for just about every
thing electrical in your home. And the
harder Reddy works, the more his wages
are reflected in your service bill.
You and yqur family spend lots more
time indoors these days. For instance, the
amateur chef and the outdoor grill have
retired for the winter. Now your electric
range and small appliances help prepare
even more hot meals and snacks.
The automatic heating system is in use
practically all the time. Your electric
water heater must heat water that enters
the house at much colder temperatures. In
fact all your electrical servants, such as
lighting, TV, radios and space heaters, are
working longer hours for you.
That’s why Reddy reminds us that when
the weather is roughest is when he works
hardest for our comfort and convenience.
When you think of all the ways he helps
around the house, electricity is still a
mighty big bargain in the family budget.
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Largest cash dividend paid.
One year 4% Savings Certificate announced.
Billy McKenzie joins bank as Assistant Vice President.
South Broad Street Branch opened.
Rite-Check Account Plan offered.
57th Year of Service to Sandhills completed.
Membership in Business Development Corp. of N. C. renewed.
First Student Loans made under Clark & Sheldon Funds.
SEPTEMBER- Loans & Deposits reach new highs.
OCTOBER — New Electronic Bookkeeping Machines purchased.
NOVEMBER— Sam Harrison elected Assistant Vice President.
DECEMBER — Not new but Sincere - Season Greetings.
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