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FIRST IN NEWS,
CIRCULATION &
ADVERTISING
of the Sandhi%^4r^ '^’tory of North Carolina
Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina, Friday, November-«r 1937
CONSTRUCTION OF \Hemietta Andrews of Manley
FIVE CENTS
BROWNSON CHURCH
EDIFICE STARTED
Concrete Poured for Founda
tion of $20,000 House of Wor
ship for Presbyterians
Chosen “Miss Sandhills” of 1937
“Miss Sandhills”
8 MEMORIAL WINDOWS
Following the formal ground
breaking ceremonies several weeks
ago, concrete is being poured this
week for the foundation of the new
Brownson Memorial Presbyterian
Church on the church property at
the corner of May street and Indiana
avenue in Southern Pines.
The building is to be of colonial
architecture with walls of solid
brick, and the facilities will include
a basement, sanctuary, pastor’s
study and the adult Bible Class
room, all complete with furnitur#
and fixtures. It is estimated tliat
the cost will be in the neighboi’hood
!of $20,000.
Eight beautiful Colonial clear glass
windows are to be placed in the
sanctuary as memorials to the old
families of the Sandhills who, over
a long period of years have mesint
so much to Presbyterianism in the
section, and an attractive bronze
plate set on the inner lower ledge of
each window carrying the family
name to be memorialized. Two of
these windows have already been
taken. The large sanctuary doors, to
be made of red cedar, will be the gift
of a friend in Canada, who is fash
ioning them for the church.
It is also plarmed to memorialize
the adult Bible Class room, perhaps
the most prominent part of the
chur«ta, imdr a. <^pe organ.
Next Sunday has been set aside
by the congregation for a sacrificial
Thanksgiving offering for the church
building fund. On that day all offer
ings and gifts received, as well the
current expense of the church and the
pastor’s salary, will be donated to
the building fund. It is hoped that
many who seed the splendid work
being done by this congregation, and
the need for a comfortable edifice to
house a fast growing Sunday School
and congregation, will respond gen
erously to the Brownson Memorial
Building Fund.
Government To Take
Unemployment Census
Return Post Cards To Be Sent
Every Person in Country—
Request Return by Nov. 20
On Tuesday of next week the U. S.
Government will start what bids fair
to be the most ambitious move yet
attempted to solve the unemployment
pjtrt)lem in the country, for on that
day the U. S. Mail will deliver to
every person in the country a re
port postal card containing a list of
MISS HENRIETT.\ ANDREWS
Southern Pines Men
Locate Drowned Body
Albert Bretsch and Tommy
Vann Find Body of Deaf Mute
In Pond Near Fayetteville
Tommy and Albert Bretsch, both
of Southern Pines, interrupted their
fishing trip to the vicinity of Fay
etteville last Sunday to join in the
search for the body of Marion Oliver
Fillyaw, 46, who had drowned a
week previously and, after dragging
the water filled depressions in drain
ed “Cottonade” pond with a length
of barbed wire, discovered the body.
They had been unaware of any such
tragedy until so informed by other HtWe best of the vocal groups; Ber-
Peffgy Jean Cameron Wins Ti
tle of “Little Miss Sandhills”
in Civic Club Beauty Show
Before a capacity audience that
taxed the confines of the Southern
Pines High School auditorium la.>?t
Friday night, 26 of the Sandhills
most beautiful girls paraded in a
beauty contest sponsored by the
Southern Pines Civic Club and at the
conclusion of the evening Judges
Gertrude Proudman, Bob Harlow,
Michael Jabaly, Struthers Burt and
J. Vance Rowe named 17-year old
Auburn haired Henrietta Andrews
of Manley as "Miss Sandhills” for
1937.
In addition to the “Miss Sandhills”
contest, the evening’s program in
cluded a “Little Miss Sandhills” con
test, which was w'on by Peggy Jean
Cameron of Southern Pines, daught
er of Mr. and Mrs. Shields Cameron
and an amateur contest in which the
honors went to Mrs. Reid H. Page
of Aberdeen.
Both Miss Andrews and Mrs. Page
thereby earned the right to repre
sent the Sandhills section in the
state contests to be held in Raleigh
thus Spring and from which will be
selected a “Miss North Carolina” and
a “North Carolina Amateur Winner”
to compete In the national contests,
to be held at an as yet unannounced
date.
So difficult was th selection of
“Miss Sandhills” fro.n the large
group of contestants that the judges
called for four elimination series be
fore they settled on a choice and even
then Miss Andrew’s victory came
only as a result of a three to two
vote of the five judges. Mim Betsey
Jean Backer of Southern Pines was
the runner-up.
Aside from the main amateur con
test, the Civic Club offered indiv
idual prizes to the winners of various
classifications of amateur acts and
those prizes went to the following
contestants; “The Swing Slste'rs,” a
vocal trio comprised of Ernestine
Bailey, Virginia Broome and Cather
ine Hllderman, who were adjudged
2 KILLED, 6 HURT, | Dedication of Airport and
searchers.
The body had a quantity of cop
per wire wound around the waist
and shoulders, terminating in a coil
at the wait. This w’eight evidently
had Iield the body on the bed of the
lake. It was clad in a shirt and
pants. Another shirt and trousers
were left on the bank when Fill
yaw entered the water. His wife
stated that when he left home he
wore two shirts and two pairs of
pants.
Fillyaw was a deaf mute, and his
family in inclined to think he was
experimenting with some Idea that
might aid in his hearing. He had
been a patient in a psychopathic
hospital, and for several days before
14 questions relative to his or her | his disappearance he had been act-
condltlon of employment and which
it is urgently requested be filled
out and returned before Saturday
night, November 20th.
This census, as decreed by Con
gress, is io provide information “to
aid in the formulation of a program
for re-emplovment, social security
and unemployment relief.”
The infoimatlon on these cards will
be used only for the purpose of the
Unemployment Census and is not to
be used for Investigation, taxation,
checking on citizenship, or for any
other purpose to the disadvantage of
the unemployed individual. Names
of signers will not be published in
local newspapers or in any other
manner.
WILL OF LATE M. G. NICHOLS
FILED HERE FOR PROBATE
The will of M. G. Nichols, late of
Southern Pines, has been filed for
probate in the office of the Clerk of
the Court of Moore county. Mrs.
Nichols is to receive the hoihe place
and one-half of the residue of the
estate, and the remaining half is to
be held by Mrs. Nichols in trust for
the daughter, Pauline May Nichols,
who Is to come into full possession
of her part when she reaches the
age of twenty-one. Mrs. Nichols is
to serve as executrix.
ing queerly, It was said.
Coroner W. C. Davis said that 'le
did not think it was necessary to
hold an inquest.
Surviving are his wife and six
children, Ev ti, Pauline, Ellshu,
Raymond, Harold and Eugene Fill
yaw; four brothers, R. H., L. A. and
Walter J. Fillyaw of Fayetteville,
the last named a World War hero,
and H. M, Fillyaw of Roseboro, and
two sisters, Mis. James Rutberg of
Altoona, Pa., and Mrs. R. R. Dick of
Fayetteville. He was a son of the
late Hanson and Mary Newton Fill
yaw. He was a farmer in Seventy-
First township.
CIVIC CLUB MEETING
POSTPONED ONE WEEK
The Southern Pines Civic Club pro
gram meeting scheduled for this
afternoon, Friday, has been postponed
for one week to avoid conflict with
the Knollwood Airport Dedication
and Armistice celebration to be held
today.
The program at the later date
will be the same as the one original
ly planned; Dr. Cheatham of Pine-
hurst will be the speaker and there
will be musical selections by a vio
lin and piano trio comprised of Miss
Margaret Bishop, Miss Mary Yeo
mans and Mrs. N. L. Hadgkina.
tha Fowler, Bobbie Jean McBride,
Betty Lane Dunn, Catherine Char
les and Yarboro and Britt, a violin
and guitar duo.
Miss Andrews was sponsored in
the contest by Tate’s Hardware and
Electric Company of Southern Pines
and Peggy Jean Cameron was spon
sored by R. F. Potts, Real Estate
and Builders, also of Southern Pines.
KIWANI.XNS SEE MOVIES
OF MOTOR CWR DEVELOPMENT
I. O. W'olf of the Ethyl Gasoline
Coiporatlon, with headquarters In
Columbia, S. C., entertained mem
bers of the Sandhills Klwanls Club
at the Plnehurst Community Church
Wednesday noon with motion pic
tures of the development of the au
tomobile and with it, modern gaso
line.
Lelaml McKelthen and E. C. Ste
vens reported to the club on the
Carollnas district convention of Ki-
wanis International which they, with
Ralph Chandler, attended last week
in Charlotte. -
DON’T DRIVE PAST SCHOOL
BUS WHEN IT’S LOADING
Howard Cobbler, a young white
man, was found guilty in Recorder’s
Court Monday of driving past a
school bus while it was unloading
children, and was given a 30-day road
sentence. His employer paid the costa
for Cobbler and the road sentence
was suspended.
Roll Call
Annual Drive of Red Cross in
Sandhills Area To Open
on Monday
The annual drive of the Red
Cross In the Sandhills area has
been announced by Cobum Mus-
ser; county chairman, as starting
next Monday, w’ith Mrs. H. F.
Kelly as Plnehurst chairman and
Miss Laura Kelsey as Southern
Pines chairman.
WEEK-END TOLL OF
AUTO ACCIDENTS
Mrs. James, Wife of Mont^om-!
ery County Official, and J. '
\V. L. Brown Crash Victims
Armistice Celebration To
Attract Thousands Today
Air Acrobats
BABY SERIOUSLY INJURICD
Two persona are dead and six in
jured, two critically, as the result of
three freak automobile accidents
that occurred In Moore county dur
ing the past week-end.
Jim WOlls Lee Brown, 86, of
PlnebJuff was Instantly killed last
Saturday evening when he was
struck by two automobiles while he
was walking south down the mid
dle of U, S. Highway No. 1 midway
between Aberdeen and Plnebluff. His
bacf{ and neck were broken and his
skull fractured. T. A. Bowles, super
intendent of the Garrett and Co.
winery in Aberdeen, the driver of
the first car to strike Brown, testi
fied before a Coroner's jury that he
was blinded by the lights of an
approaching car and didn’t see
see Brown until he was almost on
top of him. At the moment of im
pact he started to slow down, but
before he could stop his car and re
turn to where Brown lay, a second
car, speeding south, ran completely
over the aged man and continued
on its way. Bowles was exonerated
of any blame in the accident and
police are searching for the driver
of the second car.
Collision Near Hemp
On Sunday night, one mile from
Hemp (Ml the Ralelgh-Charlotte hlga-
way, a car driven by H. Brooks
^ames of Troy, county agent of
Montgomery county, crashed Into
another occupied by Preston and
Leslie Blue, brothers, on the Buffalo
Creek bridge and before the occu
pants of either car could be removed
a transfer truck from Charlotte
crashed into the rear of the James
machine and telescoped it. All lights
on both cars had been extinguished
as the result of the first impact.
With Mr. James were his wife and
Infant child. The child was thrown
through the windshield of the James
car and Is now In Moore County
Hospital In critical condition. Mrs.
James died there Wednesday morn
ing of her Injuries. Mr. James and
the Blue brothers were less serious
ly Injured and all are expected to
recover.
Billy Sheffield and his son, who re
side a mile or two north of Carth
age, were injured, the father, quite
seriously, a few nights ago when
the ox cart in which they were rid
ing was struck from the rear by an
JACK HUBER
Known as “America’s Most Daring
Parachute Jumper.”
JOHNNY CROWELL
Internationally famous stunt pi
lot and up-side down flyer.
F. Shelby Cullom, Dunn,
With Bank of Pinehurst
Will Take Over Presidency On
January 1st.—Von Canon To
Remain Till Then
The directors of the Bank of Plne
hurst are glad to announce that ar-
! I'angements have been completed
with F. Shelby Cullom of Dunn, N.
C., to take over the active manage
ment of the bank. Forest W. Von
Canon, who recently resigned, will
continue as president until his res
ignation becomes effective on Jan
uary 1st and Mr. Cullom’s official
connection in the bank will be as
vice president.
Mr. Cullom has been with the
automobile driven by a son of Bryant
Reynolds of Leaman. The cart which | Banuing and Trust Company
is reported to have been without a
lighP, was splintered, but the ox was
able to run from the scene of the
accident and he was not found until
the following day. The accident oc
curred just about nightfall.
Renovations Completed
at S. P. Country Club
Roy Grinnell Announces Mrs.
H. Winters of Boston Will
Be Hostess-Matron
Along with just about everything
else in Southern Pines and Pinehurst,
the Southern Pines Country Club has
been undergoing renovation and yes
terday Professional-Manager Roy
Grinnell announced that the work
was done and that the club house
was ready for the rush of business
that Is anticipated under the new
i-egime there.
In addition to necessary repairs
made to one wall of the club house,
the grill has been re-painted and
re-decorated and the men’s locker
room has been re-arranged to provide
additional locker space and room for
additional benches and tables, anl
the general effect is most plead
ing.
Mr. Grinnell further announced
that he has secured the services of
Mrs. H. Winters of Boston, Mass.,
as matron and hostess and that she
will arrive here about the 20th of
the month to assume the manage
ment of the grill and the direction of
club house activities.
of Wilson since 1929, and has had
extensive banking experience before
forming his connection with that In
stitution. During the past two and
one half years Mr. Cullom has been
located with the Fayetteville branch
of the Branch Banking and Ti’ust
Company where he has had charge
of the Loans and Discount Depart
ment.
The directors have been in contact
with Mr. Cullom for some time ai.d
are much pleased at being able to
interest him to come with the Bank
of Plnehurst. Mr. Cullom is a man
of very pleasing personality, is
thoroughly grounded in all phases
of modem banking and has been
highly recommended both for his
ability and his personal character.
Mr. and Mrs. Cullom will live In
Plnehurst, where they have already
rented a house.
CHARLES M. NES PASSES
AT HOME IN YORK, PA.
From York, Pa., The Pilot is in
formed of the death of Charles M.
Nes at his home there on Saturday
last. Mr. and Mrs. Nes were season
al guests of the Highland Pines Inn
for many years following their ini
tial visit about 1917, and until they
acquired the handsome dwelling on
Massachusetts avenue formerly the
rp'iidence of Mr. Pushee, about 1926.
i>Ir. Nes was a former member of
the Southern Pines Country Club,
and with his sons, David and Char
les, was frequently on the links.
Mrs. Nea died here ten years ago.
Stunt Flying, Parachute Jumps,
I Army Maneuvers, Speeches
Feature Program at Airport
AVIATION BALL AT NIGHT
After two weeks of intensive prep
aration, and with wind and weather
permitting the Knollwood Airport
Dedication and Armistice Celebra
tion gets under way this morning,
Friday, at 11:00 o’clock with an op
ening concert by the Fort Biagg
Army Band, to be followed immed
iately with a parachute jump by Jack
Huber and an exhibition of stunt
THE PROGR-VM
11:00 A. M.—Concert by Fort
Bragg Army Band.
11:10 A. M.—Parachute Jump
by Jack Huber.
11:20 A. M.—Stunt Flying by
Johiuiy Crowell.
11:45 A. M.—Aerial Parade over
Airport.
12:00 Noon—Lunch.
1:00 P. M.—Dedication Cere
monies.
2:30 P. M.—Air Races and
Exhibitions.
4:30 P. M.—Retreat Cere
mony.
5:00 P. M.—Reception at Pine
Needles.
10:00 P. M.—Aviation Ball.
10:30 P. M.—Public Showing of
Dedication of Battle Monuments
in France at the CaroliM Thea
ter in Southern Pines. '
flying by Johnny Crowell, interna
tionally famous stunt pilot and up
side-down flyer, and will continue
throughout the afternoon and even
ing and well into the early hours of
the morning, when the final strains
of “Good-night, Ladies” write “finis”
to the Aviation Ball to Le h^ld at
the Pine Needles Club House, start
ing at 10:00 o’clock.
Stunt flying exhibitions, parachute
jumps, air races, exhibitions of
Army Air Corps and motorized Field
Artillery maneuvers and the dedica
tion ceremonies make up the full
schedule prepared for the day’s pro
gram at Knollwood Airport, and the
various committees that have been
working on the celebration have been
at great pains to overlook nothing
that would contribute to the enjoy
ment of the spectators and the com
fort of the guests. Some 10,000 spec
tators are expected at the airport
today and Sheriff C. J. McDonald,
chairman of the Police and Parking
Committee, has arranged to accom
modate 1,500 or more cars there with
out confusion. A squad of State
Highway patrolmen will also be on
hand to direct traffic.
Aero Club 60 Strong
Dr. F. M. Boldrldge of Charlotte,
president of the Carolina Aero Ciub,
an organization devoted to the ad
vancement o." aviation in the south,
hag assured the committee that there
will be approximately 60 members of
the club on hand with their planes
to take part in the races and other
events and Chairman Charles W.
Plcquet of the Program Committee
has arranged an interesting and
thrilling schedule of events for their
part In the proceedings.
At the Dedication ceremonies, tc>
be held at 1:00 p. m., U. S. Senator
Robert R. Reynolds will be introduc
ed by Brigadier General Manus Mc-
Closkey, commandant of Fort Bragg,
and will make the dedicatory speech.
Other speakers w^ll be Second As
sistant Postmaster General Harlke
Branch, Congressman W'alter Lam
beth, George W. Coan, State Vt'l- V.
Administrator and Major A. L. Flet
cher, Commissioner of Labor ti,i’
North Carolina.
The sponsoring organizations ut
the dedication ceremonies are; tlii
Board of Commissioners of M; e
county; the Knollwood Airport Com
mittee; the Board of Ccmmissio lera
of Southern Pines; Pinehurst, Inc.;
the Chambers of Commerne of Sf'Uln-
ern Pines, Pinehurst and Aben:«.!t Ji;
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