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NUMBER 49
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THE PINEHURST OUTLOOK, PINEHURST, N. C.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1940
FAVORITE gets tip from champion
Photo by Hemmer Outlook Engraving
Up top we have Peter Astra (right), winner of the 1939 Ham
bletonian classic meeting up with Gentleman Jim, named as third
favorite for the 1940 running of this race next August. Both houses
are in the stables under the direction of Dr. H. M. Parshall. Gentle
man Jinv, bay colt by Lord Jim, winner of the 1934 Hambletonian,
isthe property of John F. Davis of Toledo and will be trained in Pine
hurst by Dr. Parshall. In the lower photograph, we'have Gentleman
Jim posine.
The Pinchurst Field Trial Club
^ seven of the braces sched
'n the amateur all age
e'eiA th first stake on the pro
la‘!h Tne remaining brace?
;,un today to finish the
"lu- toil,owing which the free
a‘* v'hl he held. The judges
le 'i0,,(‘ i oung and Major
ELD TRIAL CLUB
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‘ !eStaJ Hills Laddie
Alr Sam
S ( ar°hna Jake
ns Highland Bill
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GENTLEMAN JIM
IS THIRD FAVORITE
FOR HAMBLETONIAN
GOSHEN, N. Ym Jan. 10—
Forty-seven 3-year-old trotting
horses, the largest number in 11
years, have been kept eligible for
the $40,000 Hambletonian Stake.
Fees of $250 apiece were paid as
of Jan. 1 to insure their candid
acy for the world’s top-flight har
ness race, scheduled for the Good i
Time track in August.
The Winter book- favorite is
seen in Kuno, a bay colt by Guy
Day, owned by Diyibar W. Bost
wick and now in training at Ai
ken, S. C. Kuno, boasting the
fastest record of any 2-year-old
of 1939, 2:04 1-4, and winner of
important races at Indianapolis,
Lexington, Ky.; Goshen, Old Or
chard, Me., and Reading, Pa.,
looks hard to beat now.
Spencer Scott, brown colt by
Scotland owned by 0. W. Phellis
of Greenwich, Conn., is rated sec
ond favorite, with a record of
2:05.
Gentleman Jim, bay colt by
Lord Jim, winner of the rich stake
in 193'4, is rated third. He is
owned by John F. Davis of Tol
edo, Ohio, and is being condition
ed at Pinehurst, N. C., by H. M.
Parshall, driver of the 1939 Ham
bletonian victor, Peter Astra.
Gentleman Jim has a record of
2:05 1-2.
FINE ENTERTAINMENT
PROCRAM ARRANGED
FOR COUNTY BANQUET
Walter* D. Siler, humorist, to
Speak; Orchestras to Play,
Dancing to Follow Feast
.Final preparations are being
made for the annual banquet of
the joint chambers of commerce
of Moore County, which will be
held at The Carolina Hotel to
morrow night.
The reception committee of the
affair was announced yesterday,
as follows:
Southern Pines, Mrs. J. S. Mil
liken and R. Hart; Aberdeen,
Mrs. Frank Shamburger and
Leon Seymour; Carthage, Mrs.
Wilbur Currie and W. D. Sabis
ton; Pinehurst, Mrs. Willard
Dunlop and E. S. Blodgett.
The invocation will be rendered
by Dr. T. A. Cheatham. Rev.
J. Fred Stimson will give the ad
dress of welcome in behalf of the
sponsors of the meeting, the
Southern Pines Chamber of Com
merce and the Southern Pines
Junior Chamber of Commerce.
The response, in behalf of all the
chambers, including the Juniors,
will then be given by J. Talbot
Johnson. Charles Turner of Car
thage will respond for the Jun
ior Chambers.
• Following an address by Wal
ter D. Siler, who has been dubbed
the “Will Rogers of the South”
by the many who have heard
him, dancing to the gay tunes of
(Continued on page three)
WHAT TO DO AND SEE
Today
Tin Whistles postponed tourna
ment to be held today.
Field Trial events of the Pine
hurst Field Trial Club. Specta
tors welcome.
Silver Foils tournament, best
6 out of each 9.
Buffet supper at Pinehurst
Country Club tonight.
AT THE THEATRES
- Southern Pines -
Today at 8:15, matinee at 3:00,
“Judge Hardy and Son,” with
Mickey Rooney and Lewis Stone.
- Aberdeen Theatre -
Tonight at 7:15 and 9:15, “An
other Thin Man,” with William
Powell and Myrna Loy.
(Continued on page two)
Where To Purchase
Banquet Tickets
Charles Picquet, chairman of
the joint'Chambers of Commerce
banquet which will be held to
morrow night at the Carolina
Hotel, has announced the fol
lowing as places where tickets
for the affair may be purchased
at $1.10 each:
Southern Pines: Sandhill Drug
Co., Broad Street Pharmacy,
Herbie’s Place, from directors of
the Chamber of Commerce and
members of the Junior Chamber
of Commerce.
Pinehurst: Carolina Pharmacy,
O’Brien’s Drug Store, Duponts,
the Bowling Alleys and the Pine
hurst Laundry.
Aberdeen: Bryan Drug Co.,
McCrimmen Drug Co. and
Batch’s.
Carthage: Rexall Drug Store
and the Allen Drug Store.
OPENS CAMPAIGN FOR GOVERNOR
Photo by Eddy Outlook Engraving
A. J. Maxwell of Raleigh made .the first speech since his an
nouncement that he was a candidate for Governor at a meeting of
the Sandhills Kiwanis Club yesterday at the Southern Pines Coun
try Club. In the photograph' from left to right: J. Talbot Johnson,
who introduced Mr. Maxwell, Judge J. Vance Rowe, past President of
Kiwanis, Mr. Maxwell, John Howarth, new President of the Kiwanis
Club, and Howard Burns.
MAN
ABOUT
TOWN
by Lou Koch
A Weird Chest
If you want to see a strange
antique-ish article and feel a
surge of fascination (if you do
get that way over such things)
take a look in Gouger and Veno’s
Electric Shop window . . . it’s
a deer-hide covered strong box
which appears to be as old as
the Sandhills . . . the chest is still
solid, constructed of sturdy wood,
with lock and key, unbelievably,
still intact and in working order
. . . the high note of the piece,
however, is a newspaper page
stuck to the inside of the cover
with shellac or some such sub
stance . . . the top of the page
reads “MORNING POST,” dated
Jan. 24, 1835, which will make it
105 years old two weeks from
today . . . under the old-fash
ioned name banner of the paper
it reads: Charles Gordon, Edi
tor . . . studying the ads on the
page, we find it to be a Boston
paper ... the strong box was
found in this vicinity yesterday
by Walter Black of Pinehurst.
Barnards Arrive
Mr. and Mrs. Heriry Barnard
finally arrived at The Carolina
last night after-trying all this
week / to get out of Washington
... the -Barnards, you may recall,
are the couple of whom we spoke
in this column yesterday as en
gaging in a ten-minute telephone
conversation with Sam, the Caro
lina doorman, the day before, on
weather conditions here and in
Washington, etc . . . well, that’s
nothing, for Mr. Barnard, who
told Sam Tuesday that they were
starting out, expecting to arrive
in Pinehurst in the early after
noon yesterday, telephoned six
times from Washington and way
stations . . . twice to Sam, tell
ing him they were on the way
and that highway conditions were
terrible (they went off the road
and into ditches twice, making
it necessary to get a tractor to
pull their car out each time) . . .
they phoned Turner Fields, hunt
ing guide, who’s to take them out
in quest of game during their
stay, and phoned 'the Carolina
desk also to make certain of res
ervations upon their arrival,
which was just about 9:45 last
night . . . they had a flat tire in
Apex last night . . .
Sam’s Son Arrives
Incidentally, we’ve never seen
Sam as excited as he was with
telephone calls last - night . . .
about 8:30 he got a buzz from
Raleigh ... it was his son, Leon
ard Lacks, who, with his wife
is making his first trip here since
his graduation from the Pine
hurst high school a number of
years ago . . . Leonard is now re
siding in Watertown, Mass.,
where he has a position with the
Goodyear Rubber Co ... he is
a graduate of Duke University.
Lalanne Now Cashier
Laurence Leonard, sports edi
tor of the Greensbforo Daily
News, a frequent Pinehurst vis
itor, passes on word from his
city that Jim “Sweet” Lalanne,
i (Continued on page four)
$50,000,000 STATE
ROAD CONSTRUCTION
URGED BY MAXWELL
♦ - ■ ■
Raleigh Candidate for Governor'
Speaks to Kiwanis Club; Wants
^Thorough History Course in
Public Schools
A. J. Maxwell, Raleigh, in his
first speech since announcing:
his candidacy for Governor of
North Carolina, delivered . to
members of the Sandhills Ki
wanis Club at Southern Pines;
Country Club yesterday, recom
mended that $50,000,000 be ex
pended to continue improvement
(of state highways, and that a
thorough course in the history of
the state be .taught in public
schools.
Mr. Maxwell paid tribute to
James Tufts, founder of Pine
hurst, as a pioneer in beautify
ing the state by landscaping,
and urged that a new highway
program should include planting'
of trees, shrubs and flowers along
principal routes of travel.
Speakers at noonday luncheons
have to talk against the clock,
and Mr. Maxwell, in a very few
minutes provided a dramatic his
torical sketch of North Carolina,
filled with information, predic
tion, and above all else, faith in
the future of the old north state.
It was not a political speech, but
it set- a high mark in North Caro
lina campaign oratory.
“The first Englishmen to land
on the Coast of North Carolina,”
said Mr. Maxwell, “scouted the
land and returned to England
with the conviction that they had
found the ‘Goodliest land under
the cope of Heaven. ”
Of principal interest to the
Sandhills were Mr. Maxwell’s ‘Re
marks concerning improvement
of highways, which, as he pointed
out, would mean so much added
travel to the resort areas of the
state. *
Having been for many years-,
state commissioner of revenue,,
he spoke with authority when he
advised that Hie $50,000,000 road
program could be carried out
without issuing bonds or increas-,
ing taxes; that the improvement
(Continued on page three)
MEETING APPOINTS
COMMITTEE TO MAKE
PLANS FOR DOG SHOW
Dog lovers predict that the
membership in the kennel club
which will be formally organ
ized within a few days will teach
150 by the time the show is held
in the spring.
Last night at the Carolina Ho
tel a few of the most enthusias
tic met, and Harry W. Norris
presided at a meeting the prin
cipal business of which was the
appointment of a committee to
nominate officers and name a date
upon which a permanent organi
zation will be set up.
Dr. J. I. Neal was named chair
man of the committee. Others
appointed were Col. George P.
Hawes, Emmett Boone and Sam
uel Allen.
Present plans call for a show
on the course of the Sandhills
Steeplechase in April.
WEATHER
Cloudy and warmer, light rain
in west and north central por
tion; Friday mostly cloudy, , war
mer in east and central portion.
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