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VOL. 26. NO. 18.
Southern Pines, North Carolina. Friday, March 29, 1946.
TEN CENTS
Amateurs Snatch Win From Pros
At Pinehurst Benefit Thriller
Free Putting Lesson
For Snead, Demaret
in Top Competition
INVITATION
Eastern Class C Basketball Champions
Mem(bers of Southern Pines’
younger set will sway to music,
sweet and swing, at the Civic
Club on Saturday, March 30, with
dancing from 9:00 until 12:00 p.
m. The dance is the third of a
series sponsored by the revamp
ed teen-agers’ organization, and
all other teen-agers are invited
to drop in. Admission is gratis,
with cokes and a snack to be had
at the usual nominal fee.
by Tom Johnston
Some thousand-odd golfing en
thusiasts and Red Cross donors
saw a display of top-flight golf
over Pinehurst’s famous Number
Two last Monday when amateurs
Dick Chapman and Frank Stran-
ahan held their own on the tees
and fairways, and then came
through on the greens to turn
back professionals Slamin’ Sam
Snead and Jimmy Demaret, two
and one.
The 18-hole best ball benefit
match was agreed by all hands
present to have been lost on the l-JAJVo lJUUgC ilU»
greens, where a sreies of split-
hair misses sent th pros down in
defeat and gave the gallery
sheaves of talking fodder for the
long-lasting nineteenth hole. Few
who saw the putting on the fif
teenth and sixteenth greens will
soon forget it.
It was nip and tuck for the
first six holes, but mainly look
ing like the pros were to have
their way. The first hole was
split, pros won the second. The
third, fourth and fifth were split.
On the third, Stranahan gave an
inkling of things to coriae when
he knelt on the green, sighting
down his putter from ball to
hole, and then in true marksman-
style stroked in a very beauti
ful fifteen footer.
However, on the fourth, Stran
ahan showed signs of “tourna
ment fever” when he trapped his
second shot, flubbed his third to
remain in the trap, but then,
with lower lip and under jaw
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Southern Pines
1692 Instituted
Thad Eure Welcomes
Thirly-Eighl Into
Sandhills B. P. O. E.
Moore County Historical Society
Launched At Thursday Discussion
Of Old Shaw Homestead Project
Organization To
Preserve Historic
Moore Landmarks
ROAD BLOCK
New Self - Service
Food Store Opened
By Colonial Here
Local food shoppers filled the
aisles between well-stocked
shelves of Colonial Stores’ new
grocery center here for week-end
marketing, as Moore County’s
largest self-service store opened
its doors on last Thursday morn
ing, March 21st.
Featuring an efficient and
highly attractive system through
out, together with the enlarge
ment of the market and produce
counters, planning of the store
was seen to be slanted towards
the particular aim of offering a
wider variety of merchandise.
“Our new arrangements here
were made with every conven
ience to the customer in view,”
stated manager H. L. Hoffman,
prior to the opening, “and we
cordially invite the public to
visit us.” Manager of the store
in Southern Pines for the past
six years, Hoffman is now in his
eleventh year of serving the pub
lic through the Colonial food cen
ters.
A staff of nine grocery and
market men are now regularly
employed in assisting shoppers
with their marketing. Manager
of the market is W. P. Moore,
with more than six years exper
ience in the meat departments of
Colonial stores. Moore was re
turned to the States and discharg
ed last November, after nineteen
months’ service in the Pacific.
Beginning his employment
with Colonial Stores on opening
day was ex-serviceman Jerrell
Dutton, who returned to South
ern Pines recently after six
months’ service in Manilla, and
elsewhere in the Pacific.
Thirty-eight candidates were in
ducted into the Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks here on
Monday night, March 25, as the
Raleigh degree team, headed by
John F. Prescott, grand exalted
ruler of Eastern North Carolina,
arrived to conduct installation cer
emonies for Southern Pines Lodge
No. 1692.
A remaining twenty-two candi
dates from various communities
thoughout th Sandhills will be in
ducted at a future session to be
held within the next two weeks,
states John E. Cline, exhalted
ruler of the Southern Pines lodge.
Exhalter Ruler Cline was in
charge of arrangements for the in"
stitution ceremonies here, and for
the Elks dinner which was served
at the Southern Pines Country
Club at 6:00 p. m. Monday.
Following the institution cere
monies, Thad Eure of Raleigh, N.
C. Secretary of State and presi
dent of the North Carolina Elks
Association officially welcomed
Southern Pines into Elkdom. Rep
resentatives of all Elk lodges in
the State were invited to attend,
while visiting Elks were present
from Pennsylvania, Massachu
setts, Connecticut, and other
states.
Elks elected to office in the
lodge here were John E. Cline,
exhalted grand ruler; Jack Car
ter, esteemed leading knight; A.
B. “Pat” Patterson, esteemed
loyal knight; L. T. Hall, secre
tary; Carlton Kennedy, treasur
er; George M. Thompson, es
quire; Paul Butler, chaplain;
Dante Montesanti, tiler; and
Howard Hoffman, inner guard.
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Left to right, first row: Tommy Grey, Ted York, Drennan Mann, Davis Worsham, Eugene Maples,
Bobby Harrington, John Prizer. Second row: Coach Dawson, Carlton Kennedy, James Achtermann,
Tommy Avery, Chan Page, Robert McLeod, Eugene Brown Bill Sledge, Fred Arnette, Howard Burns,
Mgr. Third row: Joe Cameron, George Hodgkins, Bobby Culler, Jerry Thompson. (Photo by Eddy)
Mid Pines Picked
For Carolina Open
Sponsored By PG
BIGGER AND BETTER
Gene Hayble, who has suc
cessfully operated the Sandwich
Shop, on New Hampshire avenue
for a number of years, has secur'
ed the former Carolina RestaU'
rant premises on East Broad St.
to take care of his increasing pa-
.tronage. The building has been
attractively decorated, new
equipment and furniture instal
led for the opening on Monday,
April 1st. I
Spring Horse And
Pet Show At Ring
Here On Sunday
Highly unorthodox mule polo
carries the April Fool motif for
the Spring horse and pet show
planned for the riding ring and
show grounds at the Southern
Pines Country Club on Sunday,
March. 31, as Louis Scheipers,
chairman of the local equestrian
committee, announced this week
a card of six novelty and sport
ing events for the afternoon.
The horse and pet affair, which
includes that ever-popular class
serious horsemanship, the
Class for Hunt Teams on the out
side course, is slated to get un
derway at 2:30 p. m. Outstand-
jing events in th^e riding ring
will be the Class for Pair Jump
ers and the spectacular Knock
Down and Out jumping event.
Supplementing the mule polo,
which should prove a stubborn
ly contested affair, will be the
Children’s Horsemanship Class
and the showing of pets, with the
birds, beasts, and whatnots in
fine fettle.
Judge of the jumping and hunt
team events will be B. A. Tomp
kins of New York City, while
Mrs. Tompkins will officiate in
the pet show and-the children’s
class.
The Carolina Open Golf Cham
pionship, a post war event which
v/ill draw the golfing talent of
North and South Carolina has
been awarded to The Mid Pines
club, of Southern Pines and will
be played over the 72 hole route
on Saturday, Sunday and Mon
day, May 4th, 5th and 6th.
George. Corcoran, Greensboro,
district P.G.A. President and
Purvis Ferree, Winston-Salem,
Secretary, are certain that the
field will be the strongest ever
gathered to contest the Carolinas
open title now held by Orville
White of Winston-Salem.
Frank Cosgrove, operator of
The Mid Pines, will post $500 ad
ded money to entrance fees for
the professionals. There will be
ten prizes for the pros and three
for amateurs.
The P.G.A. voted to accept en
tries from all golfers, amateurs
and professionals, who are resi
dents of the Carolinas, and from
service men stationed at military
posts in the two states.
White will defend his title,
»-ith a number of veterans pro
viding the strongest competition.
These will be Clayton Heafner of
Charlotte, Johnny Palmer of Ba
den, both former title holders,
and A1 Smith, brilliant young
Winston-Salem player, who tied
Byron Nelson for fifth place in
the recent St. Petersburgh open.
P.G.A. Secretary Ferree, the
1944 champion, was unable to de
fend his title last year being in
hospital, but he is back in form.
Headquarters for the tourna
ment will be at Mid Pines Inn,
located on the spot. The course,
a Donald J. Ross layout, was
never: in better condition.
Blue And White
Teams Honored At
Thursday Banquet
Awards, Letters, And
Turkey Figure, With
Dan Hill As Speaker
Superintendent Weaver, Coach
Dawson, Mrs. Dawson, Coach Al
ine Todd and some 50 boys and
girls of the two high school bas
ketball squads attended the an
nual banquet at the country club
given in thejr honor by the Ro
tary Club Thursday night.
Instead of contending with
fouls, knee guards, and blind of
ficials the kids were in on some
of Mrs. Murphy’s fast breaks
from the kitchen with heaping
plates of roast turkey, and extra
free throws of hot rolls. They had
the poise and took all that was
thrown at them in stride.
Red head Dan Hill, Duke Uni
versity football immortal. ' All
American, and assistant director
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NEED EMPLOYEES?
If you're an employer in
need of employees, Ihen send
your employee qualifications
to the office of the US Em
ployment Service in Carth
age. Mr. Marshall, in charge
of USES in Carthage, states
that if you write or telephone
him, he'll come se^a you if nec
essary. Or you can drop by
and talk the situation over
when next near the Carthage
Courthouse.
You help younrself and
you you help the veteran by
listing your employee open
ings with USES. You also
keep the vets where they
now most want 'to stay—at
home.
The Pilot Goes To UNO And Reports
Some Impressions of the Meeting
Rotarians Hear
Ex-Goyernor At
Inter ■ City Meet
More than 225 Rotarians, with
their wives and guests, attend
ed the Rotary inter-city meet
ing and banquet at the country
club Friday night as former gov
ernor of North Carolina J. Mel
ville Broughton, guest speaker,
addressed the gathering.
Introduced by Henley Cobb of
Wadesboro former Governor
Broughton made the topics. Tra
dition, Ideals, Courage, and Faith
the framework of his appeal.
These four, he stated, America
must take to heart as in the past,
in order to forge a permanent
peace among men and nations at
home an’d abroad.
The speaker reminded his hear
ers that great deeds, heroism,
noble thoughts, and 170 years of
democratic government were tra
ditions v(hich made this nation
great. Freedom of worship free
dom of the individual to carve
out his own career and to elect
his own law makers, were stress
ed by the former governor as
the ideals of America. “The na
tion did not grow great,”
Brougliton stated, “on govern
ment handouts and regirhenta-
tion of individuals by bureaucra
cy.”
Speaking of courage, he cited
the recent crisis of war, and the
courage required to make this
nation, within three years, the
greatest producing nation of the
world. Labor and management,
he declared, must now find- the
courage to work together in solv
ing their mutual problems.
Chairmen for the inter-city
banquet for Rotarians, at which
the Carthage, Rockingham, and
Wadesboro clubs were represent
ed, was the Rev. Tucker G. Hum
phries of Southern Pines. Gov. J.
Burton Weaver of Rotary Dis
trict 191, and former governor
Osmer Henry, were among honor
guests present.
Answering a fire alarm
from the "Piney Woods" sec
tion at 5:30 o'clock Wednes
day afternoon of last week,
the Southern Pines firemen
found no fire, but consider
able difficulty in maneuver
ing tho truck through the
block caused by following
cars. Just before 8 o'clock on
the night of the following
Friday they were aglain
called to this section where
they fought a woods and.
brush fire behind the old
Piney Woods Inn site for an
hour.
Congestion caused by spec
tators flocking to the scene
of a fire has been unduely
apparent of late.
Revised Teen-Aged
Set-Up Receives
Entire Approval
Full Use Of Civic
Building Voted By
Board of Directors
Under supervision of Lennox
“Slim” Forsyth, and the Boys
and Girls committee recently ap
pointed by the Chamber of Com
merce, members of the ’teen-aged
group of Southern Pines met at
the Civic Club for reorganization
on Wednesday, March 13, with
subsequent meetings each Wed
nesday since that date. Object of
the meetings has been that the
young people who are interest
ed elect officers and help to out
line for themselves a supervised
and well-planned recreational
program in connection with the
Southern Pines Community Cen
ter.
Before the Board of Directors
of the Chamber of Commerce on
Tuesday night of this week, the
Boys and Girls Committee—com
posed of Philip J. Weaver, chair
man, Mrs. J. E. Harrington, A. C.
Dawson and E. C. Stevens—^made
their report on the progress of
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Local And County
Red Cross Funds
Well Above Quotas
The Moore County Historical
Society, an organization exactly
one week old, came into being at
a meeting at the Southern Pines
Library last Thursday, March 22,
as citizens of the various Sand
hills communities furthered
plan for restoration of the
old Charles C. Shaw house,
homestead typical of those built
by the early Scottish families in
this region.
Dedicated to the marking, pre
serving, and restoring of historic
points of interest throughout
Moore County, and to the record-
injg of historic data pertinent to
the Sandhills the county-wide
historical society will retain the
Shaw project as a first principal
aim.
Restoration plans as proposed
would make the old homestead
a monument to the pioneering
Scots and a museum spot of wide
interest, with lasdscaping and ar
chitecture, furnishings and
household implements, as his
torically accurate as possible.
As an additional sidelight of
interest, it is most recently be
lieved here that the Shaw house
was once an over-night staging
point for coaches traveling the
old Morganton Road.
Presiding at the meeting on
Thursday was Leland McKeith-
en, who, with Mrs. Ernest Ives,
secretary, was voted to regular
office in the new organization.
The formation of a Moore
County Historical Society was
the recommendation of the com
mittee headed by George Maur
ice, and reported for by E. T. Mc-
Keithen. This committee had
previously been appointed to in
vestigate the feasibility of the
local group’s joining with the
North Carolina Society for the
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By Katharine Boyd
There is space, here, only for
impressions and, anyway, the act
ual happenings have been already
fully covered.
First: Little Hunter College,
with its athletic fields just turn
ing green, looking expectant and
innocent under the wide sky of
upper New York, very quiet and
small after the hurly-burly of the
crowded city. Is it possible that
great things will really happen
here?
Inside the gates of the high
wire fence where single marines
are patrolling, a young, much
decorated sergeant is setting out
the flags of the United Nations
around the entrance circle. His
task is supervised by the gather
ing of dogs that inevitably attends
upon soldiers. They are a slight
ly international group: a french
bull, something that might be a
Pekinese, a rough scottie, and
three U. S. A. melting-pot dogs
with curly tails, yellowish coats
and fresh interested faces. All
are very intent on the flag-plant
ing, and very respectful. Flag-
staffs are not mistaken for tree
trunks.
The big room where we go is
up two flights. It is all done in
soft grey-browns, very harmon
ious and simple. There is no feel
ing of ostentation in the perfec
tion of the arrangement. The long
slightly crescented table runs
down one side, with the table
for the four interpreters down
in front. The audience part slopes
like a theater, is perhaps fifteen
rows deep, with the glass-fronted
booths of the radio and movie
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State Health Official
Fo Address Auxiliary
Dr. J. Roy Hege, of the Staff
of the North Carolina State
Health Department, will address
the regular meeting of the Moore
ing, April 3, in the living room of
the Nurses’ Home.
Dr. Hege is District Director
for the section of the State in
which Moore County is located.
He will speak on the general sub
ject of public health work, and
will describe some of the prob
lems of community health im
provement to which so much at
tention is now being given else
where.
The meeting will not be lim
ited to Auxiliary members but
wdll be open to all women inter
ested.
Moore County is over the top
in the 1946 fund campaign drive
according to an announcement by
A. L. Burney, chairman. South
ern Pines has exceeded its $6,500
quota by $900.
Ten of the sixteen units have
oversubscribed their quotas,
while the others are expected to
obtain the amount requested be
fore the close of the campaign
March 31st.
Mr. Burney reported to the Ex
ecutive committee Tuesday night
that $22,055.16 had been sub
scribed. The county quota was
$20,400.
Regional Director Francis P.
Simerville of Atlanta has written
Mr. Burney expressing the
thanks of the Area headquarters
for the prompt response of the
people of MbOre county and vis
itors in generously supporting
the campaign.
The following amounts have
been reported by communities
which have oversubscribed their
quotas:
Jackson Springs, $237., Eagle
Springs. $172., Knollwood, $836.,
Eureka, $152.J Pinebluff, $390.,
Aberdeen, $2040., West End,
$450., Cameron, $360., Vass -
Lakeview $765., Southern Pines,
$7,400.
Other amounts reported; Ad-
dor, $50., Highfalls, $134., Rob-
l)iits, $1,00Q,, Carthage,$l,000.,
Pinehurst, $6,500.
The Samarcand committee had
not filed a report.
P. Frank Buchan
To Head Cancer
Drive Thru April
, P. Frank Buchan of Couthern
Pines has been appointed Sou
thern Pines chairman in the
anual drive for funds of the
American Cancer Society which
is slated to get underway on
April 1, it was announced this
wek by David Ginsburg, Chair
man for Moore County. The Sou
thern Pines quota has been set
at $350 towards a county goal of
$1,500.
Other community chairmen
and their quotas announced are
W. P. Saunders, Robbins, $200
Rev. Francis Drake, Pinehurst
$200; Mrs. Lewis Merrill, $200
Mrs. H. A. Borst, Vass, $100; J
F. Sinclair, West End, $75; Mrs
J. M. Guthrie, Cameron, $50
Mrs. J. E. Frazer, Carthage, $200
John Currie, High Falls, $50
Henry Seawell, Putnam, Hallison,
and Glendon, $25..
Convention Of Moore
Republicans April 3
The courthouse in Carthage
will be the scene of a convention
of the Republicans of Moore
County at 8:00 p. m. on Wednes
day, April 3, the Moore County
Republican Executive Committee
announced here this week.
The principal business to be
transacted at the session on Wed
nesday will be the nomination
of a ticket for the election to be
held in November of this year,
and the election of a new chair
man and other officers of the
Republican party in Moore Coun
ty.
Numerous other matters of im
portance will be discussed, it
was stated, and the executive
committee urges that the dele
gates from all precincts be pres
ent.