Friday, March 14, 1947.
THE PILOT, Southern Pines. North Carolina
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Search For Mental Case
Discloses Suicide
A search of two days for Ed
ward R. Willcox, 54, an attorney
of Norfolk, Va., who was a pa
tient at the Pinebluff Sanata-
lium, ended Sunday with the
finding of his body a short way
south of the Sanitarium, it was
reported by the sheriff’s office
Willcox, who had been under
going treatment for a nervous
disorder, disappeared ‘Friday. He
went for a walk shortly before
noon and failed to return. It was
not until a note was found in his
room Sunday, telling where his
body would be found, that
searchers were successful. Me
Donald stated that Willcox had
taken his own life by cutting his
throat with a razor blade.
Coroner Hugh I’. Kelly render
ed a verdict of death by suicide.
This is the second suicide to
take place in two weeks involv
ing the local sanitarium patients
many of whom suffer from vio
lent nervous maladies; the pre
vious case being that of a woman
patient who hanged herself in a
bathroom.
Members of the Willcox family
came to Pinebluff Sunday and
assisted in the search.
Winners in 1947 County Basketball Tournament
Society and Personals of the Sandhills
IN BRIEF
Mrs. E. A. West and sons, Ed-
fiie and Harry, of Washington, D.
C., were the guests recently of
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Chappell. Mr.
West, now superintendent of
schools in Washington, was for
merly- principal of Elise Acad
emy at Robbins.
Mrs. W. H. Dixon of St. James,
L. I., is visiting her sister, Mrs.
L. H. Littlefield.
Mrs. Ray M. Domino has re
turned from Moore County Hos
pital where she received treat
ment for a broken arm, and is
again at her home on Highland
Road.
Capt. Connor Robinson of Abil
ene, Texas was the guest of Dr.
and Mrs. Philip M. Whitehead
Ohio- avenue, from Saturday
through Monday. He was on his
way home from Washington, D.
C., where he is stationed. Capt.
Connor was Dr. Whitehead’s
plane instructor during the war.
Mrs. C. T. Evans and children,
Jacqueline and John Thomas ar
rived last week from Charlottes
ville, Va , to join Mr. Thomas.
They have leased Dr. Herr’s
apartment on North Ashe street.
Mr. Thomas is associated with
Resort Airlines.
Miss Gertrude Proudman re
turned Wednesday morning from
New York City where she has
been visiting for several weeks
Robert Henderson spent last
weekend visiting friends in Ra
leigh.
Mrs. Henry Healy has returned
t6 her home in Laconia, N. H.,
after a visit with her uncle and
aunt, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Lewis.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Blue, Jr.,
have moved ^nto their recently
purchased home at 230 North
Ashe Street.
Mrs. E. J. Austin and baby
daughter, Roberta Jane, return
ed Sunday night from a visit in
Raleigh with Mrs. Austin’s pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Brock-
Well.
Guest of Miss Kathryn Mc
Mahon and Torn McMahon is
their brother, Frederick McMa
hon of Norwalk, Conn. He ar
rived Monday for a ten day visit
at their Ashe Street home.
Timmy Ives arrived Wednes
day from Brooks School in Mass
achusetts to spend his spring va
cation with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. E. L. Ives at Paint Hill
Farm.
Harry Lee Brown, Jr., has re
turned from Anchorage, Alaska,
and received his Army discharge
March 6th. He will be at home
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
H. L. rown, Ridge Street, until
he reenters college.
Mrs. Lillian Miles left last Fri
day to visit relatives in Buffalo
N. Y.
Mrs. V. M. Thayer has returned
from Tilton, N. H., for the spring
season.
Capt. and Mrs. Barrington-
White, who have been at the
Holly Inn, Pinehurst, have leas
ed a home in Knollwood, the for
mer residence of 'Mrs. Walter
Weaver and the late Gen. Weav
er.
(Photo by Humphrey)
Here is the boys’ team of West End Righ'school, whose score over Southern Pines boys in the
tournament finals March 4 made them the championship team for 1947. The lineup of the winning
team me uded Brigman, Monroe, Cole, Graham, Martin, with additional boys as substitutions. At
front, left, is J. F. Sinclair, their principal and coach.
Principals Rate
Tourney Highly
Missionary Society
Congregational ChurclT
The Woman’s Missionary Soc
iety of the Church of Wide Fel
lowship will meet Thursday after
noon, March 20, at three o’clock
in the church parlors.
(Continued from Page 1)
the games followed the form
sheet throughout. West End boys
and Aberdeen girls were top
seeded teams and both won in
their division. Southern Pines
girls and boys were both seeded
second and both advanced to the
finals. The other seeded teams,
Cameron and Pinehurst girls and
Robbins and Aberdeen boys all
gained the semi-finals. The most
exciting games were probably
played in the semi-finals when
the Aberdeen girls won a one-
point victory over Pinehurst
girls and West End nosed out
Aberdeen boys by one point in
an extra period. Southern Pines
girls proved to be a second-half
team when they overcame a 12
to 5 deficit at half time, and then
went on to beat West End girls
24 to 20.
Not Enough
In the finals they spotted Aber
deen girls a 16 to 4 lead and came
back to outscore Aberdeen in the
second half 11 to 6. It was not
quite enough and Aberdeen
marked up their third win over
Southern Pines for the year.
Southern Pines boys played
perhaps their best game of the
season in the semi-finals, when
they beat Robbins 41 to 23. Dur
ing the season they had been
able to beat Robbins by only two
points and the game was expect
ed to be another close battle. The
locals could not continue their
fast pace in the finals and lost
to a good fighting West End
team.
Southern Pines may well be
proud of its teams and coaches
for their showing during the sea
son and the tournament.
Last Year’s Champion Hunter
The Pine Needles
In the weekly putting tourna
ment Alexander Allan of Arling-
'lon, N. J., and M. M. Aiken tied
for low score. Mr. Aiken won the
play-off, with 36. Mrs. S. D. Fair-
clough of Chicago won low score
I for the ladies.
J. A. Scythes, J. F. M. Stewart,
J J. Vaughn, George R. Donovan,
of Toronto, Can., Walter S. Bur-
rill of Hamilton, Ont., W. V. Boyd
of Cornwall, Onl^., S. L. Ayers
and A. H. Blackett of Boston,
Mass., have arrived for their an
nual golfing vacation.
Other arrivals include guests
from New Jersey—Dr. and Mrs.
E. A. Meinecke of Ridgewood,
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Kelley of Deal,
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Reid, III, of
Allenhurst, Mr. and Mrs. C. N.
Gleason of Montclair, James S.
Weaver of Maplewood. From
New York State— Mr. and Mrs.
F. S. Baldwin, Mrs. Neal Brew
ster, Mrs. Joseph Meatyard, Mrs.
Willis Michell, Mrs. F. P. Wadley,
Mr. and Mrs. Emil Hansen, all of
Syracuse; Mr. and Mrs. A. B.
Fennell and Dr. Herbert C.
Maier, New York City; Mr. and
Mrs. William M. Calder, Jr. and
Mr. and Mrs. George Cook, III,
Garden City; Mr. and Mrs. Jesse
T. Mills, Scarsdale; Mr. and Mrs.
Charles L. Hyde, Port Washing
ton.
From Pennsylvania — Mrs.
Bernhard Drueding, Philadel
phia; Mr. and Mrs. Clyde E.
Speer, Mars; Mr. and Mrs. W. P.
Kells, McKeesport; Mr. and Mrs.
J. Melvin Freed, Parksie. Guests
from scattered points are Mrs.
M-
■ ' fit
IN BRIEF
Mr. and Mrs. James O. Turner
of Salisbury were guests at the
Southland Hotel from Friday
through Monday. Mr. Turner is
sports announcer for WSTP, and
their marriage was an event of
last Friday in Salisbf^rY Mrs.
Turner is the former Eloise
Truesdale.
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Cardy and
young daughter, Carole Jean, re
cent guests of Mr. Cardy’s father,
Vernon G. Cardy at Vernon
Valley Farms, have returned to
their home in Montreal.
Former Residenl
Injured In Crash
iviis. uco.ge r. ciieeiinaigii is one oi me iiist fo emer her
horses in the coming Sandhills Show. Above is shown her good Port
Maker, five times ribbon winner, including the Open Hunter Stakes,
in last year’s show, and a National Horse Show winner, as well.
Standing beside Port Maker is Mrs. Elizabeth Perry of Berryville,
outstanding horsewoman, who shows for Mrs. Greenhalgh.
August Broadmeyer, Norwalk,
Conn.; Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Wood-
ley, Norfolk, Va.; Mrs. Creston
M. O’Bryan and Mrs. W. A. Sa-
ville. Union, S. C.; Mrs. Arthur
Fritz and Mrs. Leon Spaulding,
East Sebago, Maine; Mr. and Mrs.
Wallace G. McKenna, Lynch
burg, Va.; Mr. and Mrs. D. N.
Lathrop and Mr. and Mrs. D- R-
Ferguson, Willand, Ont.; Mr. and
Mrs. H. R. Frost, Toronto, Can.
Baptist Church Notes
THE WILLING WORKERS
CIRCLE of the Woman’s Mission
ary Society will meet Tuesday
afternoon, March 18, at three at
the home of Mrs, William. Dale,
Ridge Street.
IN BRIEF
THE DOROTHY WONDER-
LEY CIRCLE of the Woman’s
Missionary Society will meet
Tuesday afternoon, March 18, at
three o’clock in the home of Mrs.
R. L. Chandler- Ashe Street.
Engagement Announced
Lonnie Blue of Jackson Springs
announces the engagement of his
niece, Annie Maude Blue, to Sgm-
uel Louis Frye of Pinehurst. The
date for the wedding has not been
set.
Miss Blue is employeiS at the
Carolina Handkerchief Factory
in West End. Mr. Frye served for
two years in the US Arrhy holding
a sergeant’s rating. Since his dis
charge he has been associated
with Pinehurst Garage in Pine-
Mrs. Henry Wilson, Jr., of Dur
ham was the guest of her aunt,
Mrs. John Beasley, and family
during last week.
Dr. C. M. Dannelly spent a day
last week with his daughter, Mfs.
Lamar Jackson. He was return- ’
ing from the American Educa
tion Administrators Convention
in Atlantic City to Montgomery,
Ala., where he is superintendent
of Public schools.
James Culbertson, Jr., of Rob
bins was the guest of his friend,
John Chappell, Friday afternoon
and night.
Wilmer Carter, of US Army
Air Corps stationed in Washing
ton, D. C., is visiting his mother,
Mrs. Ethel Carter, May Street.
He is recuperating from a recent
operation.
Miss Mary Anne Stewart of
Dillon, S. C., is the guest of her
aunt, Mrs. Robert Craft, Pine-
dene.
Philip Gibbons arrived Sunday
to join his wife who has been
visiting her parents, Capt. and
Mrs. L. A. DesPland. Mr. and
Mrs. Gibbons left Monday after
noon to return to their home in
Pensacola, Fla.
Mrs. C. L. Dutton was the guest
of her sister-in-law, Mrs. Sadie
Turnley in Fredericksburg, Va ,
last weekend.
A. E. Murphy of Myrtle Beach,
S. C., was a Southern Pines vis
itor Tuesday. He and Mrs. Mur-
'phy, who was with the Country
Club before its sale, are reopen
ing Murphy Cottage at the beach
for the spring and summer sea
son, starting April 1st.
Greenhalgh Entries Among First
Received For April Horse Show
.With 1000 prize lists and entry
blanks in the mails, going to all
neighboring states, for the Sand
hills Horse Show to be held here
April 5 and 6, the show gives
signs of attracting visitors from
many places, near and far.
The Sandhills show will be
covered for The American Horse
man, by Marion A. Goodhue,
(Mrs. George K. Goodhue, Jr.) of
Marblehead, Mass. A request for
news matter on the show to run
in “Spur of the Moment’’, weekly
column of horse lore appearing
in the New York World Tele
gram, has been received. Repres
entatives of Saddle and Bridle,
and National Horseman, with
offices in St. Louis, and Louis
ville, respectively, have been in
vited to attend and represent their
magazines.
Entries are being received
daily show officials report and
reservations for boxes are being
accepted at horse show head
quarters in the Belvedere Hotel.
Questions concerning
prize lists, information, reserva
tions, and other business con
cerning the Sandhills horse show
are referred to John L. Bowers,
manager, P. O. Box 448, South
ern Pines, telephone 7191.
Among entries received are
those of Cappy Winkelman, of
Southern Pines, Maddux Whitley
with gaited horses from Ashe-
boro, and Mrs. George Green
halgh, Berryville, Va., who is
bringing four horses from the Vir
ginia hunting country. Mrs.
Greenhalgh’s entry won the
working hunter championship at
the recent Madison Square Gar
den show in New York.
Officials, previously announc
ed, include Gen. and Mrs.
Charles B. Lyman, Westchester,
Pa., judging hunters and jump
ers; Russell L. Law, Baltimore,
Md. judging gaited and walking
horses; E. R. Seashole, Atlanta,
Ga., master of ceremonies. Dr. J.
I. Neal and Dr. C. C. McLean,
veterinarians, and Earl Monroe,
Pinehurst, N. C. farrier.
YALE CONCERT CANCELLED
Information has been received
here of an accident at Hialeah,
Fla., last week involving a for
mer Southern Pines resident,
Henry W. Dorn.
Dorn, who now lives at Miami
suffered a possible back fracture
when his car was in collision with
another at a Hialeah intersection.
His car turned over five times^ and
skidded on its side against a tele- t
phone pole. Dorn Was taken to
Jackson Memorial Hospital, and
later to St. Francis hospital, where
he will be a patient for several
days longer. His car was de
molished.
Charges were placed against
him of reckless driving in failing
to halt for a stop sign.
Dorn formerly operated Dorn’s
Grocery stores here and at Pine
hurst.
Announcement is made this
week by the trustees of the Moore
County Historical Association of
the cancellation of the concert by
the Yale Glee Club which was
to have been held March 27th.
Due to local circumstances, un
foreseen when the engagement
was made, the Association is re
gretfully forced to make the
change of plans.
In making the announcement,
officials of the Association stress
the gratitude due to all those who
had changed their plans in order
to further this event, and who
had agreed to entertain members
of the Club overnight. These
will be reassured to learn that
the Society has assisted the Club
in finding accommodations for
nhe entire group in Charlotte, a
''point further along their route
to Atlanta and therefore entirely
satisfactory to them.
'EXAMINATION FOR RURAL
CARRIERS
BAPTIST CHURCH
for Sunday worship,
m.—“A Way Out Pro-
Topic
11:00 a.
vided.”
Baptismal service Sunday at
8:00 p. m., followed by a medita
tion upon the question, “Who Is
Your Father?’’
The United States Civil Ser
vice Commission has announced
an examination to fill the posi
tion to fiU the position of rural
carrier at Cameron to be held at
Carthage. Receipt of applications
will close on March 20, 1947.
'The date of examination will
be stated on admission cards
mailed to applicants after the
closing date for receipt of appli
cations, and will be abput 15 days
after that date.
The salary of a rural carrier on
a standard daily route of 30 miles
is $2020 a year, with an addition
al $20 a mile a year for each mile
or major fraction thereof in ex
cess of 30 miles. Salaries on
routes of shorter length or of less
frequent service are proportion
ately lower.
aid
OF READY-TO-WEAR FOR WOMEN,
MISSES AND CHILDREN
COATS
DRESSES
in Half-sizes, by Printzess
$49.50
CHURCH OF WIDE
FELLOWSHIP
Sermon theme by the pastor,
Sunday at 11 a.m., “I Move You,
Sir, We Move the World.”
At the evening service of the
Lenten series, the speaker will be
Chaplain Robert Phillips of Fort
Bragg.
NAVY and PASTELS $15 to $26.75;
GINET Cottons, Pastels $10.75; Plaids $16.75
McMullen Cottons and AMERICAN LINENS
JUNIOR DRESSES ages 9 to 15, Rayon and Cotton from $11.75
SUITS
High shades, plaids, checks and WHITE $29.50 to $46.50
A Beautiful Array of Springtime
FLOWERS
to brighten up your Easter Outfit
SHOES
SPORTSTERS BY SANDLER OF BOSTON
The Yankee Tramper, a new walking shoe by C. B. Slater
On top of it all, the
EASTER BONNET
Dobbs Felts, Straws and Fibers-$9 to $16.50
For Youngsters—^Leghorns, Rough Straws,
Flov/er and Ribbon Trim
New Spring Royal Cashang
SWEATERS
Pullover and Cardigan
$12.50
GLOVES
KISLAV washable Kid in Red, Light Beige, Black and White
Wearite Doubleplex Handsewn Suede
GIFTS FOR
CHILDREN
ANIMALS
Bunnies. Chickens.
Ducks and Lambs
$2 to $6.95
GIFTS
for Grown-ups
New Negligee and Gown
Ensembles
Slips by Mary Barron and
Perlcrest Silk Pajamas
PATCH’S