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VOL. 26. NO. 20.
Southern Pines, North Caroline^
Friday, April 12, 1946.
TEN CENTS
Sanclay Baseball League Promises
Fast Brand Of Amateur Competition
Local Managers
Issue Call For
Team Candidates
It’s Horseshow Time A^ain In The Sandhills
COME TO THE BALL
by Jack Bilyeu
Fallowing a meeting of the
baseball-minded at the Sports
Shop on Tuesday of last week,
where plans reached near-com-
pletion for forrning a top-flight
amateur league of six teams from
Moore and • adjoining counties,
fans of the national pastime find
prospects bright for parking in
local bleachers for a season of
fast diamond competition.
Dubbed the Sanclay League by
ife organizers, the new circuit will
include ball clubs from Robbins,
Ramseur, Star, Siler City, and
Troy, with a sixth team - organ-
|ized jointly between South .ern
Pines and West End - expected to
draw the warm support of base
ball enthusiasts throughout the
Sandhills area. A. C- Dawson of
the local high school coaching
staff, who will head the summer
recreational program in Southern
Pines, has been named to manage
the Sandhills team during the re
gular season.
First official games in the San
clay League are slated for jMay
1st, however, and Dawson will
not be availible until the closing
of school in June. In the interim.
Southern Pines’ Pat Patterson
and E.P. Henson, of West End,
will fill in to pilot the Sandhills
team.
Ball players from all Sandhills
communities - including South
ern Pines, Aberdeen, Pinehurst,
Vass, Lakeview, Cameron, and
Ashley Heights - are elegible for
the team, and are urgently need
ed, the managers state. Try-outs
are now in progress, and all play
ers interested should contact
either Dawson, Patterson, or Hen
son immediately. Talent from the
Carthage vicinity has been all
otted to Robbins. Games will be
called on Wednesday and Satur
day afternoons, with the Wednes
day home games definitely slated
for Southern Pines.
As one more vestige of pre-war
days fiturns to the Sandhills, a
fair alhount of promising talent
is already on hand for the local
club. Anticipated as an ace on the
mound is West End’s Howard
Auman, who during his college
career pitched Wake Forest’s
DeacoriiS to numerous victories,
and was later a standout for the
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Crepe Poppies Pay
Tribute Today To
Dead Of Two Wars
Final plans have been complet
ed this week for Poppy Day in
Southern Pines. Friday, April
13th, the annual tribute to the
men of all services who have
given their lives to their- country.
The little red flowers, patterned
;from crepe paper to resemble the
wild poppy of Flanders, will hon
or the dead, while money receiv
ed for the flowers will be used to
help the living, those men who
are the wounded of both wars.
Observance of Poppy Day in the
Sandhills is being sponsored by
the Sandhill Unit of The Ameri
can Legion Auxiliary, of which
Mrs. Dan R. McNeill is president.
This year, states Mrs. L. A.
De.sPland, Unit Poppy Chairman,
it is expected that many Ameri
cans will wish to wear the pop
pies in respect and gratitude to
our dead soldiers and their be
reaved families, and as an aid to
the living but disabled soldiers
and their needy dependants.
Making the poppies, it was
pointed out, has been a pleasant
occupation for the wounded men,
keeping their minds and fingers
occupied, and at the same time
furnishing them with some means
of livelihood.
Poppies will be on sale on the
streets of Southern Pines on Sat
urday of this, week, April 13th,
while collections will be taken in
Southern Pines and Pinehurst
theaters on Saturday evening.
At the Pinehurst Country
Club Saturday night Lewis
Clayton's Society Orchestra
will play for the Sandhills
Horse Show Ball. Dancing
9:00 p. m. to 1:00 a. m. Tick
ets for this gala event are
limited so if you want to
dance call Mrs. Dwight Win-
kleman. Southern Pines
7662 or Mrs. W. O. Moss. Sou
thern Pines 5162. In Pine
hurst reservations may be
made with Sam. at the Caro
lina Hotel, Phone 2911, or
David W. Roberts, phone
5692.
‘^They’re Off!” Will
Be Heard Anew At
Pinehurst’s Track
Horseraces Again
Part of Sandhills'
Spring Horseshow
Combining racing and showing,
the equestrian world Of the Sand
hills, fortified by many visiting
horsemen and women, will gather
at the Pinehurst Race Course
next Sunday, to witness and take
part in the day of sport.
This marks the renewal of a
very pleasant spring event, given
up during the war years and now
looked forward to with keen an
ticipation.
The Show, under the auspices
of the Sandhills Horse Show' As
sociation, a licensed member of
the American Horse Shows As
sociation Inc.j will begin at 1:30
p. m;. in front of the grand stand
at the track and will bring ex
hibitors from many parts of the
country. Classes for 3-gaited, 5-
gaited, hunters, jumpers, horse
manship, harness and saddle
horses are scheduled as well as
lour races one-eighth mile flat
sprint, one-eighth miles mule
race for colored riders a scurry
bace over the fences and a five-
eighth mile open Hat race.
Among the exhibitors who
have already entered horses from
places outside the Sandhills dis
trict are Mr. and. Mrs. J- A.
Blackwood, Rochester, Mich.;
Jack Kimberley, Neenah, Wis.;
Miss Mary M. Sweeney, Tryon,
N. C.; J. Arthur Reynolds, Met-
among (Mich.) Hunt Club and
Tryon; Vernon G. Cardy, Mount
Vernon Ranch, Val David, Que
bec, Canada; Dr. Alvin Kay,
Washington, D. C.; Mr. and Mrs.
George P. Greenhugh and Mrs.
Elizabeth Perry, Berryville, Va.;
William L. Boyd 2nd. and J. M.
Bates, Columbia, S. C.; Mrs. John
Daughtridge, Charlotte, N. C.
Sandhills participants will in
clude horses from the Ralph Trix
Stables, Ozelle Moss’ Mile-Away
Farm, Stoneybrook Stables, Cor
bett Alexander’s string and the
Tate jumpers and entries from
many local exhibitors. The judges
include Mrs. Tom Waller, the
i former Wilhielmina Kirby of
Camden, S. C., owner of many
pjrize-wdnining huiUters, Harry j
H.^ess of Ho-Ho-Kus, N. J. sad-
dlehorse judge, and George P.
Mahoney, Race Commissioner of
Maryland.
Seats and parking spaces will
be sold at the gate and visitors
are being advised to come early
as a record crowd is expected.
Among those helping with the
show are Mrs. Dwight Winkle-
man of Southern Pines, chairman
of the trophy committee. Miss
Virginia Franks of Pinehurst
heading the Junior Committee,
and Col. G. P. Hawes, who is
president of the Sandhills Horse
Show Association. David W. Rob
erts, Pinehurst publicity man is
secretary and handling the en
tries, which close April 12th.
To those who recall with pleas
ure the many delightful shows
in the past, the renewal of this
event will bring a feeling of grat
itude that we are once more on
the way of the horse world.
Moore County Hospital
Gets $10,000 Check
From The Robbins Mills
FOR BEGINNERS
Attractive as when it was taken several years ago, the above photograph of Mrs. W. O. Moss
being presented the Eloise Everest Memorial Trophy by Mrs. Ralph K. Trix shows the enviable lot
of a winning entry in a Sandhills Horse Show. They say equine hearts are a-flutter this week, as the
Eour-leggqd ladies and gentlemen get set for the contest in Pinehurst. ;
Chairman Buchan
Discusses Drive
To Fight Cancer
“There are only three ways to
treat cancer,” P. Frank Buchan,
chairman for Southern Pines in
the drive for funds of the Amer
ican Cancer Society, reminded
local residents in a statement
this week. “Those forms of treat
ment are surgery, x-ray and ra
dium. They may be used singly
or in combination. The success in
using them is related directly to
the stage the cancer has reached
when the treatment is .started.”
Pointing out that by Act of
Congress this month is Cancer
Control Month, chairman Buch
an stated that one of the main
duties of the members of • the
Field Army is to educate the lay
public relative to cancer and the
results of early recognition and
treatment. He stated that cancer
is not a disease of the ordinary
type, but the uncontrolled growth
of one or more cells or tissues
of the body. He cautioned against
the use of any pills, salves, oint
ments, herbs and the like.
“The effect of all ‘quack’ cures
is the same—disillusionment and
death,” he warned.
The American Cancer Society
is conducting its annual drive lor
$12,000,000 during April, and, ac
cording to Mr. Buchan, sixty per
cent of the Southern Pines goal
of $350 will be retained in this
state to be spent on educational
work and on cancer service to the
people of this area. The remain
der will be spent on national ed
ucation, administration and re
search.
A V C
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Meeting last week at Sou
thern Pines' Moore County-
Library, a group of leading
mien and women of the coun
ty, including representatives
of the Board of County Com-
missiomers, heard the char
ter of the new organization
read by J. Talbot Johnson of
Aberdeen, and adopted it,
thus bringing into being the
Moore County Historical As
sociation, which it is hoped,
-will eventually include on its
roles every citizen of Moore
County, as well as all others
-wtho are interested in this
region.
On Tuesday next, at eight
o'clock, the next meeting will
be held in the Library, at
which further steps will be
taken in the formation of Ibe
' new society, and reports on
the current drive for mem
bership funds, which is just
starting, will be made.
. . . says "thank you, sirs,"
to the Chamber of Commerce
for kindly offering the Com
munity Center to them as a
meeting place.
First meeting there, of the
American Veterans Commit-
fleels I'ocal branch^ will be
Monday at 8 p. m.
High School Nine
Blanks West End
4-0 In First Game
Pitching No-Hit Ball, ^
Page Singles Twice
Scores Winning Run
Unlimbering a strong pitching
arm to shut out West End 4 to
0 on Friday, hurler Chan Page
of Southern Pines fazed opposing
batsmen in 21 trips to the plate
for seven innings of that dia
mond rarity, a no hit perform
ance.
Riding home in the sixth inn
ing on Gene Maples double. Page
also scored the first, and winning,
run.
In chalking up a first win for
the locals in their conference op
ener, Page tied for strike outs
with Cole, opposing moundsman
as each set down 13 at the plate.
9 bingles were garnered off Cole,
however, as Southern Pines
bunched singles by Grey and
Page, and doubles by Maples
and Blue, in that order, to tally
lour in the sixth frame. Through
five previous innings neither
team had scored.
Clean singles were credited
Grey and Worsham in the first,
but Grey was outj by fielder’s
choice as Drennan Mann, third
sacker, grounded to second. Wor
sham advanced to second as
Page was hit by a pitched ball,
but died there when left fielder
Bob Harrington fanned the
breezes lor a third out.
Southern Pines AB R H PO A E
Grey, 2b 4 0 2 1 1 0
Mann, 3b 4 0 0 0 1 0
Worsham, ss 4 0 2 0 1 1
Harrington, 11 3 0 1 0 0 0
Page, p 3 12 0 11
Maples, cf 4 110 0 0
Blue, lb 3 115 0 0
Arnette; c 3 10 110
Cameron rf 3 0 0 0 0 0
Dr. Hege Speaks To
Hospital Auxiliary
Public Health
"51
Dr. J. Rpy Hege, of the N. C.
State Health Department, in an
address Wednesday morning to
the Moors County Hospital Aux
iliary, urged the inclusion of the
Moore County Health Depart
ment in the new plan now under
way for the Hospital.
In stressing the importance of
a close link between the two. Dr.
Hege pointed out the very impor
tant follow-up work which
would be facilitated for the hos
pital and said this plan would
also jack up the technique and
medical standards of the health
department.
Dr. Hege congratulated the
members of the Auxiliary upon
the work being done by their or
ganization, and declared that Dr.
J. W. Willcox, County Health Of
ficer, would always welcome the
intelligent interest of all citizens
in the health problems of this
area.
Charles McLeod Is
Fourth Candidate
For Lower House
West End
O’Quinn, If
Donaldson, ss
Graham, lb
Cole, p
Fry, cf
Monroe, 3b
Blake, 2b
Harris, c
Martin, rf
AB R H PO
A fourth candidate has been
added to the list of those offering
for the house from Moore Coun
ty. Charles M. McLeod, of Car
thage, has redently announced
that he is entering the race.
The son of Curtis McLeod,
known as “Chuke” to his many
friends, Charles has heard poli
tics talked since early youth. His
lather has long been active in
the Democratic party. The
young candidate’s own political
role has, thus far been confined
to being a census taker and an
elections judge in the East Car
thage precinct, but he has very
definite ideas about what he
hopes to accomplish if elected.
Better education for rural coun
ties is one of them. He feels that
Moore County is one of the rural
areas which in our state has suf
fered through lack of the best
educational facilities. He would
like to see this reiriedied and
will devote his energies toward
that end. Another of his inter
ests is rural roads. These two
points are, he feels, the two great
needs of this section.
McLeod, who is a very serious
young man, earnest and clearly
of the highest principles, has just
been released from the Navy, in
which he enlisted at the start of
the war. Previous to his service
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All children who will be
eligible to enter school next
fall, anndjunces School Su-
pexintendent Philip J. Wea
ver—defining these as chil
dren who will become six
years old on or before Octo
ber 1st—should be at the
primary school at 9:30 on
Tuesday morning, April 16th.
Vaccinations and immuniza
tions • requisite to entering
school will be given at this
time.
Local Chamber Of
Commerce Hears
Struthers Burt
Author Urges Support
Of Historical Project
As "Good Business"
Speaking before the Chamber
of Commerce of Southern Pines
on Friday, Strqthers Burt, noted
author and devoted friend of the
Sandhills, urged the business
group to put its weight behind
the newly formed Moore County
Historical Association.
The talk was the main event of
the meeting of the Chamber, de
voted otherwise to consideration
of reports of the past season’s
accomplishments since the reor
ganization of the Chamber last
July.
Burt, who has just returned
from Natchez, where he was sent
on an assignment from the Cur
tis Publishing Company to write
an article for the Post on the
Natchez restoration project, des
cribed in detail what had been
done there. Starting with what
was generally considered by the
business men of the section as
“just the foolish idea of a few wo
men”, the restoration of the pic
ture of the old plantation and
the river life of historic Natchez
has come to be one of the leading
attractions, artistically and com
mercially, of that area. The
speaker stressed the care with
which histories had been stud
ied and the best talent employed,
and the intens practical interest
shown by the local people in
helping with the work. Since the
project was started, some ten
years ago, he said, over forty in
dividual items: buildings, gar
dens, monuments, have been re
stored. Many have been furnish
ed in the style of the period and
many beautiful gardens laid out.
The result, according to the au
thor, is a miracle of loveliness
and fascination. But it is some
thing else, too: it is a miracle
of profit. For the past few years
the revenue accrueing from the
visits of tourists to the Natchez
project has netted around $600,-
000 a year, while this year it is
expected to surpass a million dol
lars.
The speaker went on to draw
an analogy between this veri
table gold mine and the plans of
the Moore County Historical As
sociation. Saying that he well-
realized the difference between
the two in richness of historical
material, he still felt, he said,
that the charm and romance of
the county’s early history was
unique. Moore County was a nat
ural, he felt, for such a project
with the old Shaw House the best
place to start it and a natural
center. Every car coming up
Route 1, said the author, practi
cally drove into its front door,
while its accessibility to South
ern Pines, Pinehurst and Aber
deen made it ideal for the pur
pose.
Burt concluded his remarks
with a plea lor the support of
this cause by the Chamber of
Commerce on the grounds of
“good business for our Sandhills
area.”
First Donation In
New Plan Towards
135 Bed Capacity
Wihout waiting for the appeal
for building funds which the
Moore County Hospital will
launch sometime this year, the
Robbins Cloth Mills, Incorporat
ed, through the Robbins Founda
tion, have sent the Hospital a
check for $10,000, to be used for
new construction.
In announcing the gift Paul
Dana, treasurer of the Hospital,
spoke of the gratification of the
directors over this generous man
ifestation of support for the pro
gram which is being carefully
formulated to expand the Hospi
tal and its service.
Karl Robbins, of New York, is
president of the Robbins Cloth
Mills; William P. Saunders is
vice-president, and E. A. Werner
is secretary-treasurer. Mr. Saun
ders is a director of the Hospital.
The Robbins plant employs about
900 people, and is the largest in
dustrial establishment in the
County.
The general outline of expan
sion at the Hospital calls for
bringing the total capacity to 135
beds. It has been decided to build
separate power plant, which
will heat all structures on the
grounds, but the exact way in
which the present Hospital build
ing will be enlarged has not yet
been determined- Walter Hook
and Associates, of Charlotte, have
been engaged as architects, and
the consultant’s report prepared
last surhmer by Oliver G. Pratt,
of Salem, Massachusetts, is being
followed in a great deal of the
basic thinking.
Much interest is being shown
in the plan to enlarge the depart
ments of radiology and pathology
and to have them in charge of
doctors who will be specialists
in those fields. The availability
of professional service of this
type will mean much to every
physician using the Hospital, and
will constitute an important fac
tor in the development of im
proved staff work. Neighboring
hospitals are being invited to
share in this plan.
Pinemaskers In
Elaborate Showing
Of Styles Tonight
Burlesquing of old fashions,
with bustles, operatic styles, and
picture hats will be a leading
feature of the elaborate fashion
show to be presented by the
Pinemaskers, high school dram
atics society, at the school audi
torium at 8:15 tonight, Friday,
April 12.
Narrator for the novel showing
of women’s hats as worn by men
will be Roy Grinnell, as fourteen
of the town’s leading male citi
zens participate in modelling the
fanciful creations.
An intermission quizz contest
will be conducted by Tucker G.
Humphries, with a miscellany of
questions on clothes, styles, and
songs. Contestants stymied in the
course of the quizz will pay heav
ily in forfeits.
Following intermission a serious
style show and review of Easter
fashions will take place against
a background of ultra-modernis
tic stage sets, with a showing of
afternoon dresses to be climaxed
by a tea dance on stage The la
test and most striking Spring de
signs have been lent from their
stocks by the merchants of Sou
thern Pines.
Last year, states Mrs- Ellis, fac
ulty advisor to the Pinemaskers,
the high school dramatics club
undertook payment of $500. for
new stage curtains, and since that
time have cleared all but $83. of
the obligation. This Spring re
view of styles, it was pointed out,
is being staged to complete pay
ment for the curtains.