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Page EIGHT THE PILOT—Southern Pines, North Carolina THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1963 Dr. P. J. Chester, Physician 5ft Year^, Dies; Funeral Set Friday At Aberdeen Dr. P. J. Chester, a physician for 50 years, and eye, ear, nose and throat specialist here since 1931, died about 3 a.m. Thursday at his residence on Pine Grove Road. He had been confined to his bed since a stroke a year ago. He was 78 years old. Funeral services will be held Friday at 3 p.m. at Bethesda Presbyterian Church, Aberdeen, conducted by the pastor, the Rev. W. C. Neill, assisted by a former pastor, the Rev. Charles Worth of Whiteville. Burial will be in Old Bethesda Cemetery. Dr. Chester moved to Moore in 1931, living for two years at West End, then 15 years at Aberdeen, while maintaining his office in Southern Pines. He moved to Southern Pines in 1948. He retired from active practice in 1946, 1947 and 1948 to devote his time to business interests. Re opening his office in 1949, he con tinued in fulltime practice until his stroke of December, 1962. Pinckney Jones Chester was born near Lenoir, in Caldwell County, and moved with his parents while a boy to Mecklen burg County, where he helped his father farm. He graduated from Davidson High School, attended Davidson College two years, then graduated from the North Car olina Medical College of Char lotte and the Medical College of the University of Virginia. On acquiring his medical de gree, he stud'ied for two years at the New York Post Graduate Hospital and Medical School, and the New York Eye and Ear In firmary. He interned at the New York Post Graduate Hospital. He entered the general practice of medicine at Charlotte in 1913, moving later to Mooresville. Commissioned a major in World War I, he served as chief of the surgical staff at the Army’s Base Hospital No. 5 at Camp Stephen D. Little, Arizona. After the war, he returned to his general practice at Moofes- ville, then in 1924 moved to Fayetteville where he practiced as eye, ear, nose and throat speci alist on the Highsmith Hospital staff. After seven years, he de cided to cast his future with the Sandhills and moved to Moore County, opening his office here. At Aberdeen he purchased the Frank Page home and extensive surrounding acreage for a farm. When Robbins Mills moved to Aberdeen in 1948, he sold them his home and farm as a plant site. This actuated his move to South ern Pines, where he was already known and loved and where he enterecf actively into the com munity life, while maintaining his membership in Bethesda Church. He was a ruling elder in the church. The Karagheusian plant at Aberdeen is now located on a portion of the Chester farm. Dr. Chester was a member of the Moore County Medical Socie ty, the North Carolina Medical Society, the Fifth District Medi cal Association, the American Medical Association, the Southern Medical Association and the North Carolina Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Society. He and his wife,' the former Bertha Cochran of Charlotte, ob served their 50th wedding anni versary November 25. Surviving, besides his wife, are two daughters, Mrs. John Mar shall Storey Of Atlanta, ■ Ga., and Mrs. J. Kimball Watson of South- Pines; five grandchildren; MEMORIAL (Continued from Page 1) ate if we were to consider the particular interests of President Kennedy? He chose to identify himself with several bills in sup port of Mental Health. Would it not be fitting to con sider that more than 100 Moore County citiz.°ns will be in the State hospitals and schools for the mentally ill this Christmas? Their appeal will not be heard. They are without voice or vote. Should we not consider the es tablishment of an annual fund for our mentally ill and retarded children, in memory of President Kennedy? D. A. DREXEL President, Moore County Mental Health Association Southern Pines three sisters, Mrs. James Cooke of Huntersville, Mrs. Carl Walters of Mooresville and' Mrs.' Baxter Brown of Davidson, and one bro ther, E. B. Chester of Statesville. The family requests that, in lieu of flowers, contributions be made to the Heart Fund. College, Of Moore Co. Sfudenfs STEVENS AWARDED JUNIOR VARSITY FOOTBALL LETTER At a recent banquet honoring the Varsity and Junior Varsity football players of Fishburne Mil itary School, Waynesboro, Va., Cadet Shelby T. Stevens received his Junior Varsity letter. A total of 60 cadets out of a student body of approximately 200 received letters. Cadet Stevens is the son of Mrs. S. T. Stevens, Ashley Cbt- tage, Pinehurst. MISS SABISTON ELECTED CLASS PRESIDENT Miss Kinsey Sabiston, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. William -D. Sabiston, Jr., of Carthage, has been elected president of the Freshman Class at St. Mary’s Junior College iri Raleigh. Miss Sabiston also has been honored by being chosen Posture Queen of her dormitory and is serving as Hall Counselor. MISS COLE IS SOLOIST IN COLLEGE CONCERT Miss Barbara Cole of Carthage is one of the soloists with the 40-< member Glee Club of Louisburg College at Louisburg, in a per formance to be given in the col lege auditorium, Tuesday, De cember 17, at 8 jr. m. MOORE STUDENTS SING WITH ECC GLEE CLUB Two students from Moore County are singing with the Women’s Glee Club at East Caro-i lina College, Greenville. They are Cecilia P. Currie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Currie of Aberdeen, and Fay Marlene Reid, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Reid of Southern Pines. The Women’s Glee Club pre-i sented its annual Christmas as sembly program last weekend. The group is scheduled to take part in a joint spring concert with the Men’s Glee Club and to appear on television occasionally during the winter and spring. Pinebluff Pastor Elected To Head Ministers’ Group The Rev. Lee Pridgen of Pine- bluff was elected president of the Sandhills Ministerial Asso ciation, in a meeting of the group Monday morning at the United Church of Christ here. Other officers elected for the coming year are; the Rev. Arthur Thompson, Southern Pines, vice president and program chairman; Chaplain Richard Hopkins of North Carolina Sanatorium, Mc Cain, secretary; and the Rev. T. W. Fuller of Southern Pines, treasurer. The Rev. T. L. Parsons of Southern Pines, outgoing presi- df ~t; presided at the Monday i 4ting. Upcoming events in ; Which the Association will take ■' part were announced as; —A one-day Pastoral Care In stitute, to be conducted by Chap lain Hopkins at the Sanatorium early in March, with all ministers of the area invited. —A luncheon meeting of the Association at Holiday Inn at 12:15 p. m. January 13. —A prayer breakfast on the day of the President’s Prayer Breakfast in February. The Association has been oper ating as a bi-racial group for more than five years. Pollock, Others Named In Cerebral Palsy Fund Drive Dr. Lenox D. Baker, medical di rector of the Cerebral Palsy Hos pital in Durham, this week an nounced the appointment of Southern Pines attorney, R. F, 'Hoke Pollock, as honorary chair man of the Moore County Com mittee for Cerebral Palsy which will conduct a fund drive in Jan uary. Acting as county medical ad visor is Dr. Emily Tufts of Pine hurst, a physician with offices in Southern Pines, The national slogan for the drive is “Cerebral Palsy strikes every 53 minutes somewhere in the nation.” 'The campaign for funds in this county wiU be made by mail this year. Area (county) co-chairmen for the drive are Mrs. Dan R. McNeill and Mrs. Albert Grove of South ern Pines. Tri-City, (Pinehurst, Aberdeen, Southern Pines) chair men are Mrs. Peggy Tufts, Mrs. Thomas R. McKenzie and Mrs. W. R. Viall, Jr. all of Pinehurst. Any individual or organization (except commercial banks) may invest in U. S. Series H. Savings Bonds — and receive a ‘twice yearly” interest check from the Treasury at the rate of 3-3/4 per cent per annum on bond's held to maturity. To the Editor; I would like to respond in the affirmative concerning last week’s editorial suggesting a local memorial to the late Presi dent Kennedy. My personal wish es, however, would be that in the event this act is publicly support ed, the choice be a subdued, use ful memorial. I make the follow ing two suggestions: (1) A town clock placed, for instance, at the hub of walking traffic. . . the post office or li brary sidewalk which will be useful and have multiple mean ingfulness from now to eternity, to young and old, to town citi zen’s and strangers and to peo ple from all walks of life. A small inscription could name the hon- oree. A town clock is not a new thought to me, for at the time another servant to the people lost his life in line of duty I felt a town clock would be a fitting me morial to Police Chief Ed New ton. (2) Renaming streets seems to be a current memorial, the world over, and I approve, if not over done, for it is a constant remind er of the honored. In our town, streets have many unmelodious names, i. e.. Broad Street. . . Ben nett (how did that happen?) and the naming of avenues after states is fine but without deep identification (a matter of opin ion). However, we have today in this nation a living heroine of attrac tiveness not only by name but by person who during her 34 months as First Lady generated more historical and cultural in terest for the benefit of Ameri cans than any other White House resident. Surely everyone is at tracted to a person of courage and beauty; and for one who has lost much, wouldn’t our local Penn sylvania Avenue, both East and West, gain more significance of beauty and meaningfulness as “Jacqueline Boulevard” in honor of all she has given to this na tion? NAME WITHHELD BY REQUEST Southern Pines Teacher Association, several years ago. Parking Proposal Deferred In a public hearing on a pro posed change to two-hour park ing on the east side of Bennett St., between Pennsylvania and New Hampshire Aves., no one ap peared to speak for or against the change which had been requested by officials of the United Church of Christ, to relieve congested conditions they said the present unlimited parking is causing in front of the church and its Sun day School building. However, the council deferred action on the parking limit change, after Mayor Johnson said that the State Highway Depart ment is proposing to draw up a “thoroughfare plan” for the town, early next year, and that it would be best to see what was proposed in that plan before any change is made. He said that a representa tive of the church had agreed to the deferral. E, Earl Hubbard, representing the Merchants Council, said also that he had had' several calls from merchants asking that the parking change be postponed until after the holidays, in view of the adverse effect it might have on Christmas shopping. Speed Limit Change Also in the field of traffic con trol, the council approved a study by the State Highway Traf fic Engineering Department, in which recommended speed limits are set up for alj the State-main tained and State-controlled streets in town. The only major change in the study, which will go into effect after the proper ordinances are drawn up for later adoption, is putting back a 35 miles per hour speed limit on S. E. Broad St. between Massachusetts Ave. and Morganton Road. The speed limit on this street was lowered several weeks ago to 20 miles per hour. Coucilman McLaughlin, asked Town Manager F. F. Rainey to request that Fire Chief Joe Garzik check the local schools to see if they are complying with fire drill regulations. These, the council man said, call for a practice drill at least once a month. Bond Projects Reporting on projects under taken with town bond issue funds, the manager said that water plant and sewer plant work is 98% done; water and sewer lines 100% done; West Southern Pines swimming Pool, 90% done; and the library work begun recently, about 10% completed. Council members said they were especially pleased with the swim mjng pool results. FLIM-FLAM (Continued from Page 1) an said that she could earn i>oints also simply by presenting blank checks signed by people to whom she talked. that Southern Pines has the “Green River Law” that forbids any house-to-house solicitation, for any purpose, with no permits issued and no exceptions except in the case of locally directed charitable fund collections. To show that she had no intent to deceive, she drew lines through where payee and amounts would be entered on the checks, there by making them worthless, she said. Both the victims complied, each signing a check. However, they discovered later, the lines had been drawn in such a way that “Cash” could be, and was, written in on the payee line and an amount filled in, with the hori zontal drawn line used as the fraction line for the figure, in the space where amount of the check would be entered. One such check was obtained Friday afternoon and another Saturday morning, both coun ter checks on a local bank. One of the victims became suspicious soon after giving the check, but, though the bank was contacted quickly, the check had already been cashed. The other victim’s loss was then also discovered. The woman, endorsing the checks, used the names Sandra Williams and Sandra Brasher. Chief Seawell warned citizens about flim-flam operations, which seem to abound at this time of the year. He also pointed out Another Sug'gestion Another suggestion, made to ’The Pilot by the person who first brought up the matter of a local memorial to the late President Kennedy, was a public drinking fountain somewhere in the down town area, preferably where it could be surrounded by a small park-like area, in a pleasant lo cation, with benches and suitable landscaping. DREARY, LONELY (Continued from Page 1) ing the years the neighbors have been kind, but, as one remarked; “some of us have got kind of wore out.” Anyway, some bright ness coming in from the outside world will “really set her up.” She’s a fine old lady, only poor and very lonely. SIX LITTLE CHILDREN Here's a family that the Wel fare can’t give much help to be cause of Welfare regulations, These specify that a family can be given a regular check, under one or the other of the several categories, only when the father is physically disabled or has abandoned his family, and the mother is obliged to stay home and take care of the children. DR. McMillan (Continued from Page 1) Tuesday’s meeting—Mayor W. Morris Johnson, Mayor Pro Tern Norris Hodgkins, Jr., and Council- men Felton Capel, Fred Pollard and C. A. McLaughlin. Dr. McMillan’s appointment fol lowed an election by secret ballot in which two other candidates were nominated. Dr. McMillan was nominated by Mr. Hodgkins. Stanley Austin was nominated by Mr. McLaughlin; and Sherwood Brockwell, Jr., was nominated by Mr. Pollard. In the voting, in which a major ity of three in the five-member council was necessary to win. Dr. McMillan received three votes; Mr. Austin, one; and Mr. Brock- well, one. The new board of education member is a native of Moore County, born in Robbins, then named Hemp. He is a graduate of University of North Carolina and Johns Hopkins Medical School, in terned at the Geisihger Memorial Hospital, Danville, Pa., and took his residency at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Mayo Clinic. Pinehurst Legion Post Plans Turkey Shoot A turkey shoot is scheduled for December 21 from 1-5 p.m. at Eastwood, it was einnounced this week by a spokesman of the sponsoring American Legion A. B. Sally, Jr. Post 310 of Pine hurst. Interested shooters are invited to try their luck. There wiU be a charge for each shot at the target, and' turkeys will be given to the winning marksmen. Dr. McMillan served overseas three years in World War H with the Army Medical Corps and be gan practice here in March, 1947. His wife is the former Dorothy Burchfield of Loysville, Pa., They have four children: John, 21, a senior at the University of North Carolina; Julia, 17, in high school here; Mary, 16, in school at Stuart Hall, Staunton, Va.; and Robert, Jr., 9, also in school here. Dr. McMillan has long been in terested in the local schools. He was instrumental in establishing and served as first president of the East Southern Pines Parent- The police should be notified at once, he said, of any solicita tion or sales offers at any door. He advised householders to get the license number of any car in volved and give this number when they call the police. One of the victims in the check cases had taken the Texas car’s license number, the chief said, but did not give it to police until some time had passed. DRIVER COURSE (Continued from Page 1) the courses given in connection with the schools. School courses also satisfy the requirements of the new law. Young people must enroll for the course in advance with a State driver license examiner and must present a birth certificate at that time, McDonald pointed out. These regulations apply in all 100 counties of the state. W. C. Poe, driver license exam iner for the lower Moore County area, is at the fire station build ing in Aberdeen each Monday and Tuesday; at the Information Center building here Wednesday and Thursday; and at the fire sta tion in Pinehurst on Friday. A relatively sustained decline in the death rate in American males, aged 35 to 64, has been noted since 1949. During this peri od, death from strokes has drop ped about 22 per cent; from hy pertension and hypertension heart disease, 45 per cent, reports the North Carolina Heart Asso ciation. MAYTAG Sales & Service Parker Oil Co. tfn ABERDEEN In this family the father isn’t disabled, he’s able to caddy some times, and do other odd jobs, but he is just a mite lacking in, shall we say; ambition. Or something, He takes jobs but doesn’t hold them very long. So, some will say, that’s the kind you aren’t so eager to help: But wait: 'Six small children, five of them un der school age; a mother trying to keep them fed and clothed: no chance to work; no chance, above all, to get anything for Christmas. You can’t deprive those six children, can you? And the mother? A boost such as Santa’s visit with some food and fun for the children, will bring a grateful io-o- tn Her heart. ABANDONED Just a few days ago another big family landed in the Wel fare’s lap. A mother is left with eight children because the daddy up and took off with another lady. The Welfare has given her an emergency check to keep go ing, and has instituted proceed ing to get him back or make him contribute, but it will be some time before they can work out Some kind of a regular arrange ment. Meantime, here is Christ mas and nothing. A Christmas gift, or the check to buy food, would help out a lot. ALWAYS A CAUSE When two cars collide head-on there’s always a cause. One driver may have been on the wrong side of the road, while the other driv er’s only error was bad judgment in reacting in panic. Establishing legal responsibility for a head-on crash, however, serves as little solace to the bereaved and can do even less for the victims. MUSKOGEE V,I?.!.. / .9k. v MIRACLE Someday Muskogee, Oklahoma, may be famed as "the town that closed the muscle gap." For that's where a remark able demonstration showed what can be done to halt the downward trend in the physical fitness of American youth. Like many schools, Muskogee's put plenty of emphasis on varsity sports — and produced some fine athletes. But v/hat about youngsters who never went out for team sports? Did they get enough exercise to keep physically fit? Muskogee's teachers, doctors, nurses and just about everyone in town pitched in to find out. Tests were g.ven to identify the physically underdeveloped pupils. Result: Of 6,557 boys and girls who took the tests, 46.9 percent failed, And so began the miracle of Muskogee. Over 270 teachers arranged their class schedules to in clude vigorous physical activity daily for their students. After six weeks the same tests were given again. This time 78.9 percent of the youngsters passed, What about your youngster? Does he spend more time sitting than doing? Does his school see to it that he gets enough exercise every day to develop his body? Remember — as proved in the schools of Muskogee — a daily period of vigorous activity can improve physical fitness, And fitness is a part of your child s total education. Find out what your childs school is doing to raise the level of physical fitness among boys and girls, Take it up—act—at your nex^ PTA meeting! What you do now can determine the future fitness of our youngsters 1 The President'^ Council on ttbuth Fitness Fubiisaed as a public \ service in cooperation with The Advertising Council
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