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Southern Pines, North Caroling. Friday, April 26, 1946.
Youth Takes Over As Miss Suggs
Wins North and South Golf Crown
15th & 16th Holes
Prove Waterloo To
Mrs. Page, Ex-Champ
ENTERS RACE
Mrs. Estelle Lawson Page,
seven times North and South
champ, as well as former nation
al golf champion, met her match
last Satudray in Miss Louise
Suggs, 22 year-older from Lith-
ia Springs, Ga.
Once before, in^ 1942, had Mrs.
Page bowed to Miss Suggs in the
North and South Championship,
and, in the same hard-fought
manner—one down on the eighth-
teenth green. Last Saturday’s
match was almost a repeat per
formance: anybody’s match right
up to the end, with the final
drama played out on that short
and critical eighteenth.
Pinehurst’s No. 1 Course ha.s
seen fewer evenly matched or
harder fought contests. Both
these ladies are champions, not
only because of their skill, but by
right of sportsmanship and fight
ing spirit. Time after time, when
the going got tough and the heat
was on, it brohght out in each
that stuff it takes to make cham
pions.
A gallery of about five hundred
followed the match, and although
it seemed wholly in favor of Miss
Suggs, it was mainly due to the
usual American support of the
underdog; few gave her much of
a chance with top-notch Mrs.
Page.
At the turn, Mrs. Page was one
up. She had won the first, lost
the second, won the eighth and
halved the rest. The nSxt four
holes were halved, all in pars.
Then came the 14th and 15th,
and Miss Suggs turned loose
her youthful power for that
home-stretch spirit. Although her
drive on the 14th sliced into the
rough and looked as though it
was among the trees, she had a
good lie. She gambled by using a
wood to get out . . . and did,
beautifully, ending just short of
the 367 yard green. Mrs. Page
was also short of the green on
her second shot. Miss Suggs chip-
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Pictured above is Carlton
Kennedy of Southern Pines, pre
sent cashier of the Citizens Bank
Trust Co. who last week filed as
candidate for the office of Clerk
of the Superior Court. In opposing
John Willcox, present incumbent,
who has held the office for many
years, Kennedy is the first man
in some time to challenge from
this section of the county.
Local Boys Make
Good As Speakers
At Kiwanis Lunch
^ MENU FOR STARVERS
Mrs. Anderson, wife of our
Secretary of Agriculture,
tries to follow her husband's
orders. When he says; "Save
Food!" she saves. Here is one
of her menus for one of those
two weekly "starvation
days". It provides 1,540 cal
ories, the present day normal
ration in Europe, with the
calories listed.
Breakfast—Glass of orange
juice (75); bowl of cereal
(100); milk for cereal (85),
half - a - pint of milk ot
cocoa (170)—total, 430.
Lunch—^Half - a - cup of
thick soup or chowder (150);
vegetable salad without oil
in dressing (75); muffin (75);
baked custard (100); half-a-
pint of milk (170)—total, 570.
Dinner—Poultry, fish or
meat (150); potato (large ser
ving) (150); green vegetable
(peas, beans, greens or broc
coli) (40); raw vegetable
strips (carrots, celery, to
mato, cabbage) (50);. half-cup
of fruit (150) or milk for chil
dren—total 540;
Who Will Follow Suit?
Aged Negro Victim
Of Hit & Run Car
On Easter Sunday
Army Truck Chases
Killer Driver On
Greensboro Hiway
NOW'S THE TIME
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CONDITION IMPROVED
Mrs. Virgil Page Clark, who
has been seriously ill since April
12th, at Fort Bragg Hospital No.
!,■ has sufficiently recovered to
be returned to her home, Wend-
over, three miles north of South
ern Pines.
Mrs. Clark, an-active member of
the Moore County Red Cross
Gray Lady Corps,* * was on routine
duty at Fort Bragg Hospital No.
2 when she was stricken suddenly
and, in the emergency, was rush
ed to Post Hospital No. 1, and ad
mitted as an emergency case
there. Her many frienda will be
glad to know that she is now
rapidly recovering.
If you want to have a chance
to tell your views on internation
al affairs, domestic problems, or
just get up and talk to the best
audience imaginable: join the
Sandhills Kiwanians. That is the
advice of enthusiastic members
who talked or listened at this
week’s Wednesday lunch.
“Guess they were stuck for a
speaker”, said one, and had to
call in the home talent, but it
made one of the best lunch-hours
we’ve had”.
Speakers who responded to
chairman Colonel Hawes’ call to
vocal action, were Lelan
McKeithen, taking some cracks
at gnd handing out some bouquets
to the Truman adminstration; J.
Vance Rowe, who spoke on the
administration’s attitude toward
labor. His talk was supplemented
by E. C. Stevens, who went into
the question of whether the C. I.
O. should come into North Car
olina. Fourth on the program
was J. Talbot Johnson with that
large question mark, “Russia”,
as his topic.
All four Kiwanians, according
to enthusiastic listeners, did them
■selves proud. “Of course”, said
one, “Talbot may not really know
anymore about Russia than I do;
and What Gene thinks about the
C. I. O. isn’t going to make much'
difference to those so-andsos;
but we sure liked to hear them
talk. They were better than lots
of the imported speakers we break
necks getting here”.
Announcement was made at
the luncheon that next week’s
affair on Wednesday, May 1st,
will witness the trials for the
Charles Picquet Cup. This is the
cup, sponsored by the Sandhills
Kiwanis Club, for the best School'
Glee Club among the schools of
the county. The clubs will sing
at the lunch, judgement will be
handed down, and the cup pres
ented. It becomes the property of
the club winning it three times.
Easter Sunday night, about
eight-thirty, after visiting his son
for the holiday, Jacob Headen, 79
year-old negro from Candor was
struct by a speeding hit-and-«-un
car near the sharp turn on the
Greensboro Highway in Taylor-
town. A few hours later, Headen
died in the Moore County Hosp
ital from multiple injuries, among
them a fractured skall, a fract
ured sholder, and fractures of
both legs.
An Army truck, has probably
given the police the clue needed
to bring to justice one of the most
cowardly of all criminals. Pur-
sueing the hit-and-run car, des
cribed as “a 35 Ford,” the driver
got close enough to see a license
number which has been turned
over to the police. Since -there
was no broken glass, or other
evidence, this clue is of vital im
portance.
It has been reported that the
license number is: North Carolina
307-377, and it has been further
reported that this number belongs
to a Greensboro car. Identity of
the owner has not yet been div
ulged. It is believed that State
Pajjrolman Sgt. Kelly made a
trip to Greensboro to tract down
the killer.
The son of Jafcob Headen, Will
Headen, was at the scene. His
father, he said, had just stepped
from his car at the junction of
the little dirt road, leading to
where Will lives, and the Greens
boro Highway. It was practically
at the same instant that Jacob
Headen stepped from the car that
the speeding ‘35 Ford struck him,
“before he’d even stepped onto
the highway”. A, taxi driver met
the hit-and-run car careening
around the sharp turn and said
the car had all but smashed into
him also. Another son, Charles,
said: “That’s about the lowest,
yellowest thing there is - a hit
and run driver.”
State Garden Club
Meets Here For
Annual Event
CANCER FUND GROWING
With the “Fight Cancer” Fund
drive still under way, the chair
man reports contributions recei r-
ed through Monday from the fol
lowing: Mrs. A. B. Prizer, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Welch, vforris
Johnson, R. F. Potts, Mack’s 5
and 10 cent store, McNeill’s Feed
Store, C. L. Hayes, Mrs. Harrv
Vale, David S. Packard, Preston
T. Kelsey, John S. Ruggles, Miss
Elinor Valentine.
The Garden Club of North
Carolina is hlolding its annual
meeting in the Sandhils this year.
Place of meeting will be the Pine
Needles and the- convention will
get under way with the regist
ration at nine o’clock, Monday,
April 29th. '
The Aberdeen Club, under the
presidency of Mrs. H. W. Doub,
the Raeford Club, Mrs. H. A.
Cameron, president, and the Sun
shine Garden Club of Sanatorium,
with Mrs. J. L. Bell as president,
will be the hostesses. Local ladies
taking part in the program will be
Mrs. Robert N. Page, who wiU
deliver the opening prayer, Mrs.
P. P. McCain who will welcome
the vistors.
The first morning’s session will
be devoted to reports and six
minute talks on the different
state districts. There will be a
tour, .starting at three o’clock, qf
local gardens, under Mrs. McCain’s
leadership. In the evening the
Aberdeen club wiljl present la
program of music and Dr. H.
Bennett will speak on Soil Con
servation.
On Tuesday, April 30th, Mrs-
Fred Bartlett will preside at the
club breakfast. After the day’s
program of meetings, tea will be
served the. delegates in Mrs.
Henry Page’s Garden in Aberdeen.
Tuesday evening’s closing pro
gram will include speeches .by
Mrs. H. W. Doub, William T. Polk
and Stfuthers Burt of Southern
Pines. The latter will speak on
Roadside Development.
"Now is the lime for all
good men" of Southern Pines
to wake up. Our democratic
precinct committee failed to
meet when it was supposed
to and is now putting on a
rally this coming Saturday at
1:30. Let all those who are in
terested in the good of the
county, the slate and the
country show that ir|terest
by coming to that meeting.
Southern Pines has never
had representation on the
board of county commission
ers.
We pay big taxes, ws have
big things to contribute. We
need representation in Car
thage. We might have gotten
it if we had tried for it.
This year we lost that
chance. Let us get together,
now, and decide that this is
the last time we will so neg
lect our political responsibil
ities.
The “MightyStran”
Still Blazes Lead
Medalist winner Frank Stran-
ahan turned loose a brand of
golf that left his opponent, Larry
Dana, Jr., feeling like the hen
that got run over by a truck—
bewildered^ bruised, and blinking
from the dust. Stranahan elimi
nated Dana 8 up and 7 to go.
And on the day following gave
Milton B. Beach, Jr. of Spring-
field, Mass, a taste of the same—
trouncing him to the tune of five
up and four to go.
But in Thursday’s heavy show
ers it was Stranahan’s turn to
taste some dust, or rather, mud.
Up to the 12th he, was one down,
being two down at the turn. But
showers came with a vengeance
and they took refuge in a shelter.
When it cleared enough to play
on, Stranahan gave Dudley more
than he could take. The match
ended on the 17th, with Strana
han three up. On the 8th Dudley
had chipped into the cup from
the green an got a 2 on the 9tb.
Golf like that is practically im
possible to beat—yet Stranahan
did.
Dick Chapman, however, fell
by the wayside, even with two
69’s. Many had felt that Strana
han and Chapman might easily
face each other in the finals,
which would have been interest
ing indeed after the smooth way
they’d teamed together to whip
Slammin’ Snead and Demaret in
a recent Red Cross benefit match
over the same course. Chapman
went down, but it was only after
a long and bitter struggle. Not
Until the 22nd hole did Ed Grave
ly of Rocky Mount sink the putt
that put Chapman on the side
lines of the championship con
test, instead of still in there get
ting set to slug it out with Stran
ahan.
The next day, in the Consola
tion Playoff, Chapman gave ‘’ur-
ther proof of his being the best
to face the “Mighty Stran” by
doing the 6,879 yard par 72
course in 65, seven under par—
and missing by inches the putt
that would have given him a 64.
Major General Ira T. Wyche
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Major General Ira T. Wyche, of Pinehurst, native son of North
Carolina, is pictured above at his desk in the headquarters of the
III Corps, which he commands.
The Sandhills’ Major General
Ira T. Wyche, native son of North
Carolina and Pinehurst resident,
has received appointment as the
new commanding general of the
III. Corps, now stationed at Camp
Polk, Louisiana, it was learned
here this week. General Wyche
assumed command of the Corps
on February 21, having complet
ed his assignment as president of
the WD Officers’ Screening
Board at Ft. Snelling, Minn.
The general’s current assign
ment is the continuation of an
outstanding record of service in
the army, which began in 1911
upon his graduation from the
United States Military Academy
at West Point.
In speaking of the now-famous
crossing of the Rhine by General
Wyche’s 79th “Cross of Lorraine”
Division, Lieut. General W. H.
Simpson, ^then commanding the
Ninth Army in Europe, termed it
“one of the most -brilliant exploits
of the American arms.”
General Wyche is the recipient
of numerous decorations and ci
tations, among them the Distin
guished Service Medal, Legion of
Mehit, the Silver Star, the Bronze
Star with two Oak Leaf Clusters,
and the Order of the Legion of
Honor and Croix de Guerre with
Palm.
4-3 Is Score As Sandhills Nine
Bests Robbins In Pre-Season Tiff
Few Earned Runs 4 ^
As Mound Strength
Proves Highlight
Young Democrats Elect
Miss Myrtle McCaskill
The Young Democrats Club of
the Eighth District have turned
to the female of the species, this
year, and chosen Miss Myrtle Mc
Caskill of Carthage for their
Vice chairman.
The new official of the county
group plans to attend the Young
Democrats’ state meeting to be
held in Winstoh Salem on April
27th.
Miss Myrtle is the sister of
Miss Bessie McCaskill, Moore
County’s present register of
deeds.
, by Jack Bilyeu
Sun bore down and fur flew as
the Southern Pines West End and
Robbins aggregations pried the
lid from Sanclay baseball in an
exhibition game at the local park
on Wednesday iafternoon, with
the home boys—using each of
the nineteen aspirants on hand—
turning back Robbins 4-3.
Sore muscles crpaked aloud
like rusty gates all over the lot
as ’both teanis battled charley
horses, though a better than fair
brand of baseball was displayed
through most of the pre season
clash. Arid this reporter’s aching
back ached for visiting batsmen
who tied themselves into knots
for a cut at the fire ball deliv
eries of pitcher Howard Auman,
and the hooks of Bus Thomas.
Feature of a frantic third inn
ing, as the Sandhills club bunch
ed clean singles by Haines and
Auman with wild throws and
stolen bases for all four runs,
was hefty Boots Matthews’ lum
bering pilgrimage of the bases
as he scored the third tally. An
additional run each was chalked
up by Dunn, Doc McRae, and
pitcher Auman.
Leading off strong,in the sec
ond, the visitors registered a
tally when Turreville, left field-
e singled to score on a wild
throw and backstop McNeill’s
passed ball. Thereafter, Robbins
wilted, till erratic play in the
■seventh allowed two more for
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GOOD TIME
The Fireman’s Ball, held last
week at the Country Club, went
like a house afire. . . with nobody
trying to put it out.
The big crowd that flocked to
enjoy the good time was enthus
iastic over the fine entertainment
provided.
PINE NEEDLES ACE
Teeing off for a beautiful one
hundred and ninety five yard
drive on the 14th hole at the
Pine Needles early in the week,
Eugene Scarborough was a proud
achiever of that golfing rarity, a
hole in. one. Scarborough shot his
ace while playing with L. E.
Strppp and W. E. Selby, and was
using a number two iron.
TAKE CONTEST
Invading Carthage on
Wednesday, baseballers of
Southern Pines High pulled
from behind to swamp their
opponents to the tune of 13
runs to 5, after the Carth-»
age aggregation had touched
offerings of pitcher Gene
Maples for all 5 runs in the
first inning. Big inning for
the locals was the fifth, with
a 6 run rally to put them one
up. Heads up ball and timely
hitting thereafter closed the
contest at 13 to 5 for South
ern Pines.
TEN CENTS
Paddock Sold To
Cardy, Canadian
Hotel Owner
Former Sporting Club
To !^e Restored By
Next Winter Season '
The sale was verified here late
last week of the Paddock, the
wooded and beautifully lanscap-
ed bit of horseman’s Eden a mile
or so east of town, newly pur
chased by the Cardolina Corpora-
tiin, whose president is Vernon
G. Cardy, Canadian hotel mag
nate and Sportsman owner of the
Mount Vernon Ranch of Quebec.
Information as to purchase price
of the Paddock, which in the
future will be known as the Ver
non Valley Farm, was not avail
able.
The Paddock’s 35 acres, with
the main house of more than a
dozen rooms, the extensive quar
ters for grooms and help, and
stable accomodations for forty-
eight horses, were sold to the Car
dolina Corporation by former
owner A. S- Carmen, who relin
quishes the property following
his appointment as North Caro
lina dealer for a national automo
bile manufacturer.
For years a center for hor.se
and hunting activity in the Sand
hills, the Paddock was built by a
New York architect, Bradley Del-
ehanty,, in 1828 for Boylston A.
Tompkins, of New York and Sou
thern Pines, vice-president of the
Bankers Trust Co. The present
house was built on the site of
the old Cyrus Munroe dwelling,
and many of the original pine
timbers were used in the beauti
fully paneled living room. ’The
property was developed by Tomp
kins and an associated group of
New York sportsmen, Landon
Thorne, Frederick Ekert, and W.
A. Willetts among them, who
lhared the club for numerous
mid-winter weeks and spring va-
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Advice For Vets
Who Want to Build
Union Church Forms
Cemetery Association
A new organization in the
county is the Union Church Cem
etery Association. Actually a re
vival of a . committee, formed
about fifty years ago, to. take care
of the hundred-year-old burying
ground, the association has for
lofficials: Directoris M. D. Mc
Lean, W. H. Currie, J. S. Mc-
Lauchlin, Thaddeus Blue and J.
R. McQueen. The latter has been
elected president, with Thad
deus Blue, vice-president, J. S.
McLauchlin secretary and W. H.
Currie, treasurer.
The Board of Directors has is
sued a recent statement of which
the concluding sentence is:
“There are more than 800
graves iri this cemetery—our rel
atives and forefathers, and if we
think of how little many of them
had in life and how much they
passed on to us we will feel that
they are entitled to a clean, well-
cared for resting place.”
Union Cemetery, one of the
oldest in the county, contains the
graves of many of the first set-
'tiers, whose des«endantfc have
built up the county to where it
is today.
by Sid Toman
Veterans, has it been your hope
to build a home and has that
hope been shattered by lack of
materials, labor, by red tape,
etc.? A Housing Committee was
appointed by the American Vet
erans Committee to investigate
housing facilities for veterans.
Finds of this committee, we be
lieve, should be of interest to
veterans who desire to build. All
too many cases have been report
ed by the Federal Housing Ad
ministration of veterans who
have come for priority, ill pre
pared and without knowlege of
proceedings required to secure
this priority.
A veteran who wishes to build
under the reconversion housing
program may apply on form
CPA-4386 for an HH preference
rating for materials which are
needed for the project. The appli
cation with a floor plan of the
home you intend to build, which
may be a plan taken from Good
Housekeeping, The American
Home Magazine, etc., should then
be filed with the Federal Housing
Administration Greensboro, N. C.
This should not be filed unless
construction is already underway,
or your contractor plans to start
actual construction within 90
days of issuance of the rating.
Also, the application should not
be filed unless you have obtained
effective control of the land in
volved, and giye evidence of
ability to start within 90 days
(for example, by getting neces
sary building permits, assurance
of financing, making arrange
ments for utilities and the like).
Let us give you an example of
how we hope to help you accom
plish this. "We shall assume that
there'are five veterans who de
sire to build homes within a ra
dius of six miles. These veterans
should be brought together under
one program designed to help
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