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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1964 THE PILOT—Southern Pines, North Carolina Page FIVE ■fi Women's Activities and Sandhills Social Events MAKY EVELYN de NISSOFF, Editor TELEPHONE 692-6512 -X lAT ELK'S CLUB Does To Present Fall Fashion Show Wednesday Fall Fashion Fantasy is the ap propriate title of the annual showing of fashions to be pre sented Wednesday at 8 pm at the Elk’s Club under sponsorship of the BPO Does, Drove 42. Local models will show fash ions from Lee Powers, Mrs. Hayes Shop, franjean’s and Cato’s in Southern Pines, and from Belk’s and McLean’s Shops in Aberdeen. A door prize will be given dur ing the evening. All Does mem bers have tickets for sale now, and they will be on sale at the door Wednesday night. BLUE KNIGHTS BOOSTERS— Brimming with youthful good looks and spirits are the 1964-65 cheerleaders, who will be on hand to boost the Southern Pines Blue Knights teams to victory at all the games this season. From left to right, they are: Janet Fullenwider, Linda Williamson, Dee Matthews, Maureen Hassen- felt, Binky Rawlinson, captain; Linda Link, Jill Forsyth, Jane McGoogan and Karen Wright. (Humphrey photo) GOV. SANFORD TO SPEAK Luncheon, Conducted Tours, On Day’s Program For Penick Home Dedication Gov. Terry Sanford will speak at the dedication of Penick Home Saturday, and Mrs. Sanford will attend, with her husband. Other distinguished guests, who will also be speakers at the cere monies are the Rt. Rev. Richard H, Baker, D. D., bishop of the diocese of North Carolina, and the Rt. Rev. 'Thomas A. Fraser, D. D., bishop coadjutor. Gen. A. D. Bruce of Southern Pines, in charge of over-all ar rangements, heads a committee composed of Col. Hayden Sears of Whispering Pines, Mrs. O. Leon Seymour, Norris L. Hodg kins, Sr. and James Hartshorne of Southern Pines, Mrs. Stuart Patterson and Hugh Carter of Pinehurst, and John Hayden of Greensboro. Preceding the dedication cere monies, a luncheon will be given in honor of the board of directors, by H. T. Cosby, board president. Norman L. Cocke, finance chair man, and R. H. Bouligny. Mrs. Donald R. Scott is chair man of arrangements for the luncheon: Mrs. Nicholas Chaltas is in charge of floral and Mrs. Sherwood Brockwell and Mrs. John L. Ponzer, of hostesses for the luncheon. Heading a committee of host esses who will conduct tours of the Home during the day is Mrs. Norris L. Hodgkins, Sr. Tour hostesses are: Mrs. Lehman Mill er, Mrs. Ed Schumacher, Mrs. Al fred M. Koster, Mrs. Garland Mc Pherson, Miss Sara Longcope, Mrs. Ronald Christie, Mrs. Pow ell Alexander, Mrs. Albert S. Tufts, Mrs. James Parks, Mrs. Howard C. Broughton and Mrs. C. Robert VanderVoort. Also, Mrs. Peter Katavolos, Mrs. Edison Willis, Jr., Miss Polly Dix, Mrs. James Boyle, Miss Doris Swett, Mrs. Bertie Allen, Mrs. L T. Avery, Mrs. James S. Milliken and Mrs. David Drexel. Members of the home will be identified by corsages of fresh flowers, for the ladies, and bou tonnieres for the gentlemen. SPEAKS AT SAPA MEETING HERE Researcher Reports On Efforts To End Pesky Gnat Pest In Sandhills The days of the gnat, one of the Sandhills’ greatest pests, may be numbered, thanks to a project now under way under State (Col lege auspices. The project origi nated with the Sandhills Area Development Association two years ago. The life story of the pestifer ous little insect, also known as the “eye-gnat,” was fascinatingly told at the monthly SADA sup per meeting here 'Tuesday night by Dr. Richard Axtell, young re searcher in entomology. Dr. Axtell, State College staff er with the primary interest of insects affecting man, was put in charge of the gnat project after the 1963 General Assembly ap proved it and appropriated funds for research. With Dr. Clyde Smith, former head of the N. C. State entomol ogy department, and Dr. Ed Smith, his successor, who heads it now. Dr. Axtell was a special guest at the meeting held at Howard Johnson’s Restaurant. Also a special guest was H. Clif ton Blue of Aberdeen, who as Moore’s representative helped in troduce the “anti-gnat” - legisla tion. They were presented by Clyde Auman of West End, who first proposed that SADA “do some thing about gnats” in the inter est of better rural and town liv ing conditions and greater tourist comfort, at an SADA mating in the fall of 1963. Auman, SADA area agriculture chairman and members of his committee, push ed the project by consultations with State College staff special ists, and the association then sponsored a special bill, intro duced by Rep. Blue, Senator W. P. Saunders of Southern Pines and other legislators from the Sandhills counties. An appria- tion of $30,000 to get the re search under way was approved. Wide Benefit This was the finest kind of re search project, said Dr. Axtell— “a need, pointed out by the peo ple, in an area which has been neglected, the success of which will benefit not only this imme diate section but the whole State and the Southeast.” For this is the area which is home to the gnat. Of course there are gnats in wide variety every where, but Dr. Axtell referred particularty to those which through nuisance value have economic importance. Of five va rieties of the genus Hippolates prevalent in this State, especially the eastern sections, only two, the pallipes and the pusio, bother people very much. One other, the bishoppii, most common of all, is not such a pest since it is not at tracted to man, but since it occurs along with the others has to be studied with them. Two other kinds, particeps and plebius, are not rated as pests. Of the really pesky pests, the female is the peskiest and she is the one rating most of the study. Work is being done through lab containers where gnats are bred for all-year-round research; through permanent traps set out doors in the Sandhills, at Clay ton and at Faison, and others moved about in temporary loca tions throughout the State; and through mesh tents placed ftvei sites seeded with larvae or pupae of the gnats. In Soil Gnats go through their larval and pupa stages in loose fresh- turned earth, in warm weather, thriving best under conditions of humidity, followed by rainfall which gets them out of the pupa stage in a hurry. When condi tions are ideal, the cycle from egg to birth of the adult gnat takes only 15 to 18 days. More adverse conditions—cool or dry weather —can slow it to as much as 40 days. How the insect actually makes it through the bitterest cold of winter has yet to be dis covered. Dr. Axtell, working with two graduate-student assistants, has marshaled an impressive array of facts concerning the gnat, but emphasized that “we are only at the beginning.” The main prob lem is emerging: to discover a strong “attracter,” some chemical approximating what the pests seem to love so much about hu mans and animals, and to com bine it with some other chemical which would be lethal to them. How long this will take, he can’t now say. To inoculate the soil itself is impractical, he said, since this would involve literally millions of acres. But the prospect appear ed good for discovering a gnat antidote before too long. PILOT ADVERTISING PATS Corsages Given At Dogwood Grove Meet Dogwood Grove 253 of the Su preme Forest Woodmen Circle met last Wednesday night for its annual inspection meeting. Miss Mary Scott Newton presi ded over the ritualistic meeting. During the initiation ceremony, two new members were received into the grove, Ted Yearby and son, Teddy Yearby, of Pinehurst. Mrs. Georgia Shepard, mana ger of Eastern North Carolina, was honor guest at the meeting. White carnation corsages were presented to Mrs. Shepard; state first vice president Miss Stella Morrison and to musician Miss Ruth Wilson for her faithful and loyal service to Dogwood Grove. At the conclusion of the meet ing, all the members went to Doug Kelly’s Holiday Inn Restau rant for refreshments and a so cial hoim. Manly Church Women To Install Officers Women of the Manly Presby terian Church will have their monthly meeting Tuesday, Sep tember 15 at 8 p.m. Mrs. Myrton Stewart, presby- terial president will install the incoming officers. Those serving with the president, Mrs. Helen Allen are: Mrs. J. R. Chisholm, Mrs. Catherine Monroe, Mrs. Alice Bass, Mrs. Betty Mon roe, Mrs. Frank Wilkerson, Mrs. Richard Swan and Miss Essie Parker. All women are urged to attend this meeting. HOME FOR AGING (Continued from Page 1) tor of Emmanuel Church here, conducts services at the home. The $514,000 facility was built with contributions from through out the diocese which includes central and Piedmont North Car olina. Invitations to attend the dedication were sent to some 2,600 persons who had contribute(i to the home and some 200 more invitations were issued to Sand hills residents and other interest ed persons. The public is welcome for Saturday’s event. The home will accomodate 39 guests and at present has 24. It is expected that apartment ac commodations will be added, per mitting housekeeping arrange ments for couples and individuals. The guests now at the home take their meals in a central dining room. An infirmary, chapel, craft shop and large lounge with fire place are included in its facilities. Awar<te Night Set Presiding at the meeting of some 40 representatives of the five SADA counties—^Moore, Lee, Montgomery, Hoke and Richmond—was J. C. Liles of Hamlet, president. He appoint ed Manly Hines of Montgomery, Mrs. Wilma Key of Richmond and Clyde Auman of Moore to a nominating committee, to report at the annual membership meet ing and Awards Night November 16. This meeting, to be held at the WiMk Hotel at Sanford, will fea ture the presentation of awards in the Community Development contest, the SADA’s largest pro ject, both on a county and an area basis. Mrs. Key, Community Devel opment chairman, said 34 com munities in the five countSfes were participating in three cate gories—rural, village and town. Area judges have been selected, for judging of winners soon to be named in the county contests. SUBSCRIBE TO THE PILOT. MOORE COUNTY'S LEADING NEWS AND ADVERTISING WEEKLY. Legion And Auxiliary Hold Join! Meeting At a joint meeting of the Amer ican Legion and Auxiliary Tues day night at Legion Hall, reports of Girls’ and Boys’ State were given by Nancy Tate and Charles A. McLaughlin, who represented the Unit and Post in June, Nancy at UNC-G and Charles at UNC- CH. During the business session, presided' over by the new presi dent, Mrs. Vernon P. Doughty, she appointed committee chairmen for her term of office; also, com mittees for the coming Area Con ference, to be held in the South ern Pines Methodist Church here on October 13 at 10 a.m. Next meeting of the Auxiliary will be on October 9. St. Catherine's Guild Holds Annual Picnic Members of St. Catherine’s Guild of Emmanuel tepiscojpal Church and their husbands, en joyed their annual fall picnic Wednesday evening. The party was held at The Cor ral, home of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Ostrom. SUBSCRIBE TO THE PILOT, MOORE COUNTY'S LEADING NEWS AND ADVERTISING WEEKLY. Council Awards $11,000 Paving Job; Complaint Heard On Landfill Smoke Meeting for its regular month' ly session at the town hall Tues day night, the town council awarded a street surfacing con tract to the low bidder, Riley Paving Co. of Carthage. Bids had been received from four paving firms in the area, on approximately 25,000 square yards of one-inch-thick asphalt surfacing. The Riley company was low with a bid of 43 cents per square yard, two cents per yard under the nearest bidder. The contract, said Town Man ager F. R. Rainey, will use about $11,000 of $15,000 budgeted this year for paving work. The other $4,000, he said, will go largely for the town’s own street repair program, including purchase of asphalt. Rainey said exact location of the work to be done had not been decided, but that portions of Bennett St. v/ould be among those surfaced. He said he would submit the list of locations to be paved for the council’s approval before work begins. In an action that involved “just a change on paper,” Mrs. Mildred McDonald, heretofore nominal clerk of the Southern Pines Recorder’s Court, was made assistant clerk of the court, and Mrs. Carolyn Wicker, the former assistant clerk, was given the clerk’s title. It was explained that the town charter calls for the town clerk, a position held by Mrs. McDon ald, also to be clerk of the Re corder’s Court, unless the coun cil appoints someone else. As Mrs. Wicker is regularly doing the actual work of the clerk of court, the titles were switched. Mrs. McDonald was given the as sistant’s title so that she can fill in in the absence of Mrs. Wicker. All the councilmen were pres ent except Harry H. Pethick— Mayor Norris L. Hodgkins, Jr., Mayor Pro Tern Fred Pollard and Councilmen C. A. McLaughlin and Felton J. Capel. As usual. Town Attorney W. Lament Brown, Manager Rainey and Mrs. McDonald, clerk for the council, were on hand. Fire Station Mr. Pollard said that a com mittee, named by the mayor to study possible locations for the proposed new fire station and other (fire department matters was to meet Wednesday night and that a report would be made at the October meeting of the council. Other members of the committee are Councilman Mc Laughlin, Fire Chief Joe Garzik, Asst. Chief Harold Fowler and Fred Hall, Jr. Resolution on Mr. Page The council directed that a resolution of sympathy from the council be sent to the family of C. N. Page, former mayor of the town, who was killed recently by explosion of a water heater at Ocean Isle Beach. Water Heaters The council discussed the water heater hazard. Manager Rainey said that all plumbing work in town must conform to the state code which has now been chang ed to outlaw the plastic dip tubes that have been the cause of heat er explosions after the tubes melt and put both thermostat and re lief valve out of working order. He said that Joel Stutts, town plumbing inspector, checks all new plumbing work and is ready at all times to give advice on water heaters. However, actual inspection of heaters already in stalled should be carried out by a licensed plumber. Complaint on Landfill Michael Valen, a resident on Murray Hill Road, south of Southern Pines and outside the town limits, about a half mile from the town’s trash disposal landfill area opposite the armory on Morganton Road, complained to the council that smoke from the burning trash and garbage in the area was making his life “just about unbearable.” He said that apparently gar bage was not being buried ac cording to the landfiU system and that the smoke and odor nui sance had continued for the past year. He said plastic waste, old tires and “everything” are being burned at the landfill area and that the odor is acrid and sicken ing. He said the smoke and odor had continued at his property REGIONAL MEET (Continued from Page 1) Workshops will be held Satur day afternoon to discuss matters of interest to local clubs as well as to conduct business of the in ternational organization of the Junior Chamber of Commerce. The fashion show at the Whis pering Pines Motel pool will fea ture Southern Pines High School girls modelling fashions contrib uted by several Sandhills stores. Voit Gilmore of Southern Pines, Democratic nominee for the State Senate from the 18th District, will speak to the Jay- cees and their wives during din ner at the Whispering Pines Dobbs House Restaurant Satur day night. A dance will follow the evening dinner program. Wil liam R. McDonald, HI, of High Point, president of the North Carolina Junior Chamber of Commerce, will be a guest at the regional meeting. Sunday’s agenda will consist of a breakfast for presidents of all attending clubs to be followed by the closing general business meetings. without interruption since last Friday. Manager Rainey said that the biggest problem at the landfill was trash and garbage dumped by out-of-town residents, ac counting, he said, for more than 60 per cent of the material there. He said that recently the tractor used at the landfill had been broken down for about a week and had been used some for road work. Mayor Hodgkins said the town doesn’t have either the men or the machines to do the landfill job properly, unless some finan cial help is obtained from the county, as was requested, but de nied this year, from the county commissioners. The mayor told Valen that the council knows the landfiU is a “problem we have to face” and that they would “keep his com ments and thoughts in view.” The mayor said later the entire council plans to inspect the land fill area and determine what is best to be done. 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