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Friday, November 27, 1938. THE PILOT, Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina Chamber of Commerce Active Organization Devote Energies Toward Making Southern Pines the Ideal Place To Live One of the most active organizat- tions in Southern Pines is the Cham ber of Commerce, not along the lines of the most so-called organizations, but for the good of the community. It does not seek industries and con ventions or devote its energies to en deavoring to swell the population, but works along the line of trying to make Southern Pines a town of beau ty, of satisfied residents who want to remain here because it is a better town to live in than any other they know of. fphe directors meet every other j week to talk things over, plan their ■ program and carry it out. Once a year ' the Chamber holds and annual ban- I quet to which everyone is invited, and ' this affair has grown to be one on the , highlights of the winter season. Some prominent .speaker of national im portance always heads the toast list. Shields Cameron is president of the Chamber and Hugh J. Betterley sec retary and treasurer. ACTIVE FOOTHOLD IN MOORE COUNTY F"our Troops Coordinated Under H County Hoard; \V. 1). Mat thews Made Chairman NATIONAL SI 1‘ERVISION Mrs. Hayes Shop WEARING APPAREL OF DISTINCTION At Popular Prices STETSON and GAGE HATS Broad Street Southern Pines CATHERINE PIERSON Inierior Design draperies Upkolsfery llVallpaper Workskops Ciiizen’s Bank Building SouiLern Pines T elepkone 5611 pHiiriiim»ni»m»nH:m«::»m«n»»»»H»«»i»»n»Hnn»w»n«»m«»nmm Kirk’s Beauty Shop Pinehurst Tel. 2861 MOVING to new location Harvard Building next door to bank New Equipment Competent Operators The last 12 months have been months of real Scout activity here in the Sandhills of North Carolina. Pre viously Scouting was almost inactive. There were only two registered troops in the entire county, but now a dis trict committee i.s organized under the direct supervision of tt’" Central Carolina Council of the Boy Scouts of America. The work of organization was not achieved at once but owes its exis tence to two very successful Courts of Honor, one held in Southern Pines and the other in Pinehurst. During the month of March of this year, j Troop Number 1 of Southern Pines, a troop newly organized and sponsored by Saint Anthony’s Catholic Church, ; held the irst Tri-City Court of Hon or. This meeting was held at the , Southern Pines High School Auditor- , ium. Aberdeen and Pinehurst troops j participated and the boys of the j three troops received their awards of advancement at this time. Father i 1 William.s, Scoutmaster of Troop , Number 1, , was chairman of this Court of Honor. During the month of May a second Court of honor was held in the Community Church at Pinehurst with J. Talbot Johnson as chairman making the wards to the boys of the same participating troops. All summer. Scouting has been kept alive by various hikes and overnight camping trips on the part of all troops. The Pinehurst and Aberdeen troops enjoyed many happy days at Camp Steere near Charlotte. Troop Number 2 of Southern Pines sponsored by the newly-organized Presbyterian church with the Rev. E. L. Barber as Scoutmaster, camp ed with the Scouts of Hoke County in their camp near Raeford. ] C'ounty Board Elected I Realizing that more can be acom- 1 plished by organizzed effort than by I individual enterprise a meeting of the four organized troops of the coun- ' ty was held on October 20 at the Sou- ' them Pines School. During the meet ing the scout movement was fully ex- I plained, showing that the success of the work is dependant upon a com mittee giving supervision to scouting ^ in this community, and that such a group should be organized. W. Dun can Matthews of Southern Pines wa.® elected chairman with W. P. Mar- ton of Pinehurst as his assistant, j J. C. Robbins of Aberdeen was elect- i ed secretary. That all the troops, might have a voice in their govern- ; ment, I. C. Sledge was elected to rep- ! resent Pinehurst, C. F. Brassington Aberdeen, Charles S. Patch Troop j 1 of Southern Pines, and the Rev. F. j Green Troop 2 of Southern Pines. I At a meeting of the newly elected County Board of Scouters, Norris ! L .Hodgkins was appointed chair- | man of the Committee on Finance, ! J. Talbot Johnson Committee on the ' troop organization. Nelson C. Hyde Committe on Publicity, the Rev. W S. Golden Committe on Church Rel ations, W. P. Morton Committee on Reading, the Rev. Charles S. Hai*ii- gan, SS. J., Committe on Inter-Rac- j ial Scouting, Jackaon H. Boyd Com mittee Court of Honor, R. E. Wicker Committee on Camping, Garland A. i Pierce, Committee on Training, ' H. L. Thomas Committee on School Relations, E. H. Garrison Com mittee on Rural Scouting and L. V. O- callaghan Committee on Cubbing. ' The value of this new County com mittee cannot be estimated. Previous- , ly Scouting was divided, individual; ' now it is coordinated and supervised directly by the National Office. A Sssksecihettmiea.ie county-wide program has been adopt ed which will be put into operation un. der the wise guidance of James E. Steere, Scout Executive of the Coun cil whose life work has been boys and Scouting. One of the first steps of this new program is to be a boy-fact sur vey following which new troops will likely be formed in Carthage, Pine- bluff and many other places through out the county. A revolving Court of Honor is planned to meet month ly in towns having a Scout Troop. Supervised camping is another ob jective either here in the county or In the Council’s Camp Steere near Charlotte. The great goal of the year is the World Wide Jamboree to be held in Washington, D. C., in June, 1937, to which the committee plans to send at least four Boy Scouts. All the new books and the best of the old onea at Hayes.’ s The Reasons for Southern Pines Southern Pines has grown to be one of the most attractive and un- u.sual villages of its class and population because of certain defi nite influences. These may be rated in about the following-values: THE VILLAGE—A town of about three thou.sand people who have made of their community a big park, with no Queen Anne fronts and Mary Ann back yards, but with every street and ally a park way, clean streets, green lawns, fresh paint, and as one observer says, .streets swept and dusted and sandpapered. ACCESSIBILITY—Only one night’s travel by rail from New York, and a network of hard-top roads from all over the coun try, with choice of routes in many ways. Four or five hours by air from most eastern points. HOTELS and COTTAGES—Among the best hotels of the country, v.’ith cottages ^nd apartments for rent with all modern equipment and conveniences. CLIMATE—which is the main factor. Here is a latitude just north of 35 degrees, about that of the Bermuda and Los Angeles, and much farther south than the famed resorts of France and ^he Mediterranean, the sun is higher in winter than in the North, and ifeniah The dry air caused by #ie dry sandy soil is helpful in tempering the warmth of the sunshine. THe ^id-SoutH Resort THE PEOPLE—There is the big a.‘!set of Southern Pines. Excellent people re cruited from the various states, people w'ho come here to enjoy life in a cleaji and wholesome way, democratic in their relations to each other, cordial and neighborly, interested in making of the village and surroundings the most pleas ant place in the world to live—and they come mightv' near doing it. SPORTS and ENTERTAINMENTS — The home of golf, with nine courses, and some of the world’s foremost tourna ments. Polo, Archery, Tennis, Shoot ing, Racing, etc. A moving-picture thea ter operated by a high official of the National Tneatre Owneis’ association, who lives in the community. HEALTH—Dry sandy soil ‘makes di-y air. Dry air makes the extreme of sunshine. Sunshine has an actinic effect that means health. Water supply filtered through the vast sand deposits natural ly,and refiltered by big sand filters at the plant, giving the best possible read ing at the laboratory every morning. Dairies of the highest character, under State supervision and inspection. Stand ard hospital endowed by Duke Founda tion. Picturesque hill country all around inviting drives and walks. miiiiiiiimiiiHntnnTtiitminiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
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