a Bids Are Opened For Elementary School Contracts Bmlding Expected To Be Completed By January 1 Bids for the general contract, heating, plumbing and electrical work for the proposed Southern Pines Elementary school were opened at Superintendent Philip J. Weaver’s office at 11 a. m. Wednesday morning, with quite a crowd of bidders present along with the town gchool board. Wil liam H. Dietrich, of Raleigh, ar^ chitect, who presided over the opening, found the low bids to be as follows: General contract: Laxton .Con struction cor. pany, Ch,arlo.tte, $120,980; plumbing, Robb Pulmb- ing and Heating company. High Point $7,236; heating. Engineer ing and Sales company, Raleigh, $8,585 with coal, $8,640 with oil (prel(erred); and electrical con tract, B & W Electric company, Fayetteville, $4,000. Certified checks accompanying the bids were returned to all but the low bidders, and these were informed that contracts would be prepared at once. The total of $140,856 does not include lighting fixtures, equip ment, ground improvement, ar chitect’s fees nor the cafeteria or gymnasium for which the plans provide if they can be financed. Specifications Specifications covered by the bids are for a one-story brick building of Georgian architecture, harmonizing with the presept building and with the neighbor hood, to be built on wooded land across Ridge street from, the (Continued on Page 5) P. FRANK BUCHAN Frank Buchan Dies 41 Home Tuesday Peach Belt League Organized For Play This Season Southern Pines To Be One Of Six Member Clubs OVER THE TOP! The Moore County Red Cross drive was slow in winding up, but when it fin ally did it went over with a whoosh! With a quota of $13,906. the latest report from Red Cross headquarters here shows $18,258.56 collected with some reports yet to come in. This is the first report to show the quota even in sight, much less so far sur passed. and it is due largely to a delayed take-off in Pinehurst, where collections jumped from $2,000 to .$7,000 in the past two weeks, with more to come. Other reports, most ' of them over their quotas, are as follows: Aberdeen, $1,225: Addor, $57.29: Cameron, $282: Carthage. $780.98: Eagle Springs, $126: Eu- ' reka. $105i50: Glendon, $5: Hallison, $35; High Falls, $125: Jackson Springs. $149.55: Knollwiood. $983.85: Pinebluff, $416.90; Raobbinsi. $1,130.29: Southern Pines, $4,961: Vass - Lakeview. $529.90: West End, $345: Samarcand, nothing—yet. Member of Pioneer County Family Was Community Leader P. Frank Buchan, 64, Southern Pines postmaster for the past 12 years, and for many more years han that a prominent and well loved leader in this community, died at two o’clock Tuesday after noon at his home on Ashe street after an illness of several months. Funeral services were held at Brownson Memorial Presbyter im church at 11 a. m. Thursday, conducted by the paistor, Rev. Thomas E. Davis, with burial fol- owing in Mt. Hope cemetery. Pallbearers were John S. Rug- gles, June Phillips, M. Y. Poe, R. L. CThandler, Sam B. Richardson. Leon Fields, Alec Fields and Shields Cameron. Practioally -all local business houses were closed from 10:30 to 31:30 in respect to the funeral hour. Surviving are the. widow, the former Helen Walker; a son, Frank Buchan, Jr!, of Southern Pines; a daughter, Katherine i(Mrs. W. P. Whitlock) of Aber deen; one grandson; and two sis ters, Mrs. A. W. Clark, of Nor folk, Va., and Mrs. Lonnie Cope- l?.nd of Pittsboro. Though it was not unexpected, the news of Frank Buchan’s death came as a shock to this community, where his friends \/ere numbered in the hundreds, and where he was for so long vig orous and active in the affairs of the town. He was instrumental in the luilding of the town to its place in the forefront of southern re sorts, and was in the lead in many movements for civic improvement through the years. Born at Jackson Springs in 1883 the son of Benjamin Franklin and Katherine Shaw Buchan, he was a descendant of a pioneer Moore County family of pre-Rev- olutionary days, and was connect ed with other families which also figured prominently in the coun ty’s history. (Continued on Page 5) Completion of the organization of the Peach Belt Baseball league was effected at a meeting held at Laurinburg last Thursday of re presentatives of five member towns: Southern Pines, Aberdeen, Raeford, Laurinburg and Ben- i:ettsville, S. C. There will also be a sixth town, either Rocking ham or Hamlet. John S. Ruggles of Southern Pines was elected president, and directors were chosen from each town as follows: A. C. Dawson, Southern Pines; Haney Harris, Aberdeen; Lawrence Poole, Rae ford; L. B. Singleton, Laurinburg; H. H. Sanders, Bennettsville. Director Poole is now prepar ing a schedule, which will include 30 games for each team, with 15 games at home, the series to be gin May 21 and end August 20, followed by the Shaunessey method of playoff. Games will be played on Wednesdays and Sat urdays, with extra games on Mon days. Southern Pines Director Daw son is now starting the hunt for eligible amateurs for the South ern Pines club, and players wish ing tryouts are asked to contact him. 'There is one chief require ment: players must come from in or around this community. Much interest in the prospects for a good series and lively sea son "was evidenced at the Thurs day meeIJng, at which the follow ing werS present in addition to those already named; J. B. Grif fin, general manager of the Waverly mills, Laurinburg; F. G. Galligan, general manager of Firestone Textiles, Bennettsville; George Jacobs and “Vic” Snipes. Laurinburg. GOOD Colonel Ralph E. Boyrer, local representative of the AAA reports that ,a recent bulletin from the associa tion describes the last-minute passage by the legislature of the Highway Safety bill. This is the bill the Pilot has been hammering fior. Introduced by Moore Coun ty's Senator Currie, it pro vides for the periodic issu ance of licenses and mechan ical inspections, and stiff penalties for traffic viola tions. County Cancer Drive Initiated With $1,500 Goal • Plans were initiated this week for the 1947 campaign in Moore county for the American Cancer society’s program of education, research and aid to cancer suf ferers, as R. F. Hoke Pollock, of Southern Pines, county campaign chairman, met with several com munity chairnien and press rep resentatives at the Skycruise blub, Knollwlood airport, Tues day. The campaign will start here April 15 with a county quota of $1,500, and the intervening time will be used in setting up cam paign committees in the various communities. Chairmen already named are ]V?r|^. William If. iTollister and Mrs. V. J. Lee, co-chairmen for Southern Pines; Mrs. Walter D. Hyatt, Pinehurst, assisted by Miss May Chapman and Mrs. Mildred Miller; Mrs. J. L. McGraw and David Ginsburg, Carthage co- chairmen; Mrs. S. L. Windham, Aberdeen. Chairrpen will be named this week for Vass, Cameron, Rpbbiris, West End and Eagle Springs, and (Continued on Page 8) Local Airfield Is Stop On New Route tflayo^, Patterson Won’t Run Again; Other Board Members Will If Wanted With '“town meeting” in the air (the caucus is May 2, and election May 6), the Pilot thought the folks might like to know how their mayor and town commiss ioners feel about their jobs, and if they would like to be reelected or not. Queries elicited the information |;hat Mayor L. V. O’Cnllaghan and one commissioner, A. B. (Pat) Patterson, want it definitely known that they are not seeking office again. The other commiss ioners all said just about the same thing — if the people want them, they’ll be glad to serve; if not— no hard feelings! Mayor O’Callaghan, who ser ved the town as a member of the board (of commissioners for 18 years before the term as mayor now concluding, says he thinks that’s long enough—it’s somebody else’s turn. “I’ve enjoyed the work and bee:’ happy to serve, and if it cna considered L’ve per formed a.iy valuable service for the town I’m happy,” he said. “However, I need a little breath ing spell, and will positively de cline office this time. Later? Well —maybe! But right now—no. Twenty years is long enough for cne man.” Pat Patterson, who has been on the board two terms, says his business, that of a funeral direct or, is of such* nature that he is often not available when needed for board meetings, and feels he cannot do the job justice. He's glad to have served those two terms, but wants somebody else to take his place now—maybe a veteran. And here are some quotes from the other members of the board: C. S. Patch- -“I’ve been on the board 15 years—ever since 1928, with four years off from 1941 to 1945—and have been very happy on it. It’s some trouble, of course, but not too much and there’s a satisfaction in being called on by your fellow townsmen to serve them in this way. If the folks want a change. I’ll certainly understand but if they think I cgn be of any (Continued on Page 5) Emphasizing the importance of Resort Airlines to this section is the announcement by the Civil Aeronautics board Tuesday that Knollwood Field is authorized as one of the stops on the Wilming- ton-Cincinnati route of Piedmont Aviation, Inc. This concern, made up of North Carolinians many of whom are war-trained flyers, with head quarters at Reynolds Airport Winston-Salem, will fly a cross state line, with stops at Bristol Aahevilla, Charlotte, Knollwood Field, Fayetteville and Wilming ton, with another flight covering the Winston, Raleigh-Durham Goldsboro and New Bern stretch. Commenting on the new line’s schedule. Commander Burwell aid: “We are all of us delighted that Piedmont is going into this service. We feel it will be a great convenienrr to the people of this section and, of course we are pleased to have our own field put to the greatest possible use.” No date has yet been set for the inauguration of the new ser vice. Jackson Heads Scout Committee Rev. Lamar Jackson, pastor of the Southern Pines Baptist church, has joined the district committee of Boy Scouts as Moore county chairman of lead ership and training, according to announcement by Paul C. Butler, district chairman. This is Mr. Jackson’s debut into scou,ting, though he had exten sive experience in boys’ work for three years in Louisville, Ky. He succeeds John D. McConnell, who recently resigned. The leadership and training committee is one of the most im portant of the scouting program, Butler said, as a program is only as good as its leaders and their training is a vital part of it. Close Game Sees Aberdeen Winner Over Locals 7-6 ‘‘Times Square” Wins Hunt Trophy (Photo by Humphrey) Times Square and his master, |Vernon G. Cardy, won the Moore Jounty Hunt trophy at the Easter Horse show in the Corinthian Hunters class. That’s Mrs. W. O. Moss making the presentation. The big brown hunter—17 hands high—won in the green hunters class at the Royal Winter fair, Toronto, Can., and the championship tiunter cup at Montreal. He was also heavyweight class winner at the Camden show and the hunter trials here. Large Crowd Enjoys Two Day Show Of Highest Class Horses Seen Here BIG NEWS CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH “Are Sin, Disease, and Death Real?” is the subject of the les son-sermon in all Christian Science churches Sunday April 13. Service and Sunday school are at 11 a. m. Trailing three runs going into the ninth inning, Aberdeen High put On a scoring surge to knot up the count 6 all and then put over the winning marker in the 11th to defeat Southern Pines 7-6 in the second conference game here Wednesday. In the first inning Aberdeen put across two runs on two hits, a passed ball, and a wild throw at home. Singles by Perham and Baker after Arnette got on an a dropped third strike brought in Southern Pines’ first run. In the j'ourth. Southern Pines evened the count on Harrington’s long jdoublq to left, scoring Campbell |Who got on through an error and wild throw. I In the sixth. Southern Pines started to work on McLeod, Aber deen’s pitcher, driving in four runs before the side could be re- I tired. Perham started it with a I single. Blue went to first on an I error, and Perham came home on Harrington’s sizzling liner to left 'center. Blue going to third. Smith singled to score Blue, and Kay- lor batting for McClelland ham mered a double into center field scoring Harrington and Smith. Aberdeen added one in the eighth, and three in the ninth, when Baker, who had been pitch ing a fine game, weakened, and was relieved by Smith with the tieing run on third. Smith’s wild pitched allowed this run to score. Arnette tripled in the 10th but died on third as McLeod tight ened up and whiffed the next two batters. Aberdeen put over the winning tally in the 11th on Mc Leod’s single. Smith’s throw ad vancing him to second, and Mark’s hit scoring him. Harrington’s fielding of a long drive in the fourth which had the extra base label, and the all round play of a newcomer at sec ond, ex-(jl Bert Perham, high lighted Southern Pines’ play. The conference season opened last Thursday, with the Southern Pines-West End game played here, in which the local lads lost to the West Enders 7-5. Games of the coming week will be with Robbins today (Friday) and with Cameron 'next Wednes day, both to be played on the local athletic field and starting at about 3:30 p. m. The big news this week, of course, is spring, which came in a rush over Easter week end, with all the trappings of flowers, birds, sunshine and bees which make t’ the loveliest season. Conditioned by /reek's showers, warmed Easier suh/ the whole . /n has burst into bloom. There is the laughter of children in the park playground, and several parties of young peo ple have already tried out the Aberdeen swimming lake. The peach orchards are a iiiosy glory. The golfers, motorists and strollers are out to enjoy the sunshine and the long-awaited warmth. It's spring again in the Sand hills. Locals Win First Two League Matches The Southern Pines Country club team has started off hand somely in the early matches of the Sandhills Golf league, send ing strong delegations to the Richmond Country club last Wed nesday and to the Lumberton club Wednesday of this week, and coming home with the bacon both times. Nassau scoring gave them 25 points to Richmond’s eight in the first match, and 24 1-2 to Lum- berton’s 17 1-2 in the second. Eight more matches remain to be played on successive Wednes days, three away and five at home. Next week’s match will be at the Laurinburg club. Stolen Cars Returned to Owners Two - cars stolen here recently have been recovered and are back with their owners. One was a Pontiac sport model belonging to Leo Arey of Aber deen, stolen while the family was attending a Sunday night movie here March 16. It was later abandoned in Baltimore, Md., and returned to Arey by the highway patrol. A 1940 Ford sedan belonging to William Johnson, of Pinecrest Manor, was stolen Easter Sunday evening, and recovered by local police a couple of hours later. It was found on Bennett street. Commillee Is Praised On Success of First Event on New Ground by E. O. Hippus It is doubtful if a better' lot of' horses has ever been assembled for a Sandhills Show than ap- oeared at the new Swamp Fox Course on the old Morganton Road Saturday and Sunday. They numbered among them some- of the country’s and Canada’s out standing show horses, ■ and the interesting thing was that the local, homeground horses did ju.st as well as the newcomers. Most popular wins, perhaps, were those of Dark Victory, Mrs. W. O. Moss, Whiskdale, Mrs. Moss, and Renown, Dwight Winkelmaq. Mrs. Moss won the Working Hunter^ with Dark Vic tory and the modified Olympic Jumpers with Whiskdale in a stirring performance. Dark Vic tory went around the outside course like the real working hunter that he has proved him self to be for many seasons, and Mr. Winkelman’s Renown was equally outstanding. It is always satisfying to see the local hun ters coming into the money. The Cardy string of horses also came up to all expectations. Jer vis Bay, thoroughbred grand son of Man O’War, beat nine others in the class for middle- weights and was given the first, over sixteen model hunters. Cardy’s Goldenwood won easily in the Lightweight class, while his Flying Colors won on Satur day in the Knock I)own and Out, but lost to Flagola, owned by Mrs. Audrey Kennedy and ridden by Mrs. Moss, in the Open Jump ers stake on Sunday. Most exciting class of the first day was that which closed the afternoon when four hunt teams competed for the Cardy trophy. The Cardy team, which won, set a good hunting pace with every horse jumping like clock w-ork. At the other extreme was the Blue Ridge Hunt Team of visi tors from Virginia. These top riders and top horses went at it a little too fast. Accustomed to the springy turf in Virginia as,op posed to our heavy sand, the horses were too extended and one finally came to grief. Rolling into a sizeable jump at top speed, Traumer Tan took off too far back and failed to clear the fence. The fact that he was going so (Continued on Page 8) Bill Is Passed For Referendum On Liquor Stores 15 Per Cent Of Qualified Voters May Petition “A bill to be entitled an act to submit to the qualified voters of Moore county, the question of continuing the operation of the liquor control stores at Southern Pines and Pinehurst in said coun ty” was introduced by Senator W. H. Currie, and ratified in the closing days of the General As sembly last week. The bill provides for the hold ing of such election on petition presented to the county board of elections signed by at least 15 per cent of the registered voters of Moore county, and to be held within 90 days after the board has determined the petition to be sufficient. Ballots are to be marked ‘Against Southern Pines and Pinehurst Alcoholic Control Stores’ and For Southern Pines and Pinehurst Alcoholic Control Stores,’ with two voting squares. If a majority of the qualified registered voters of Moore county vote against the stores, they are to be closed within six months, and proper disposal made of their contents, with proceeds properly accounted for and turned over to the general fund. If a majority of the qualified registered voters shall vote for the store’s continuation, they shall continue and no other elec tion on the question may be held in the county within three years. The election itself should, under this legislation, be held under all laws in force for elec tion of members of the General Assembly, with due advance ad vertising, opening of registration books for the addition of names of qualified voters, and the strik ing out of the names of the dead or otherwise disqualified. One Injured In Three-Car Crash May street’s 2nd automobile ac cident of the year occurred last Thursday at 8:30 a. m. when the car of Dr. Vida McLeod was struck by that of J. I. Stuart, driving from Pittsburgh, on Route to St. Petersburg, Florida. Dr. McLeod was driving down town in a hurry, and slowed down, but failed to stop complete ly, at the intersection of New Hampshire and May Street. Her car was almost across the high way when it was struck by the Stuart car, which was coming through town, it is reported, at an excessive rate of speed. The McLeod car was almost completely turned around and crashed into the car of Frank Kaylor, parked on the west side of New Hampshire Avenue as he waited to turn out i^to the high way. Dr. ^McLeod was thrown out onto the pavement and sustained rtiinor bruises, while the force cf the collision threw her com panion, Mrs. Julia Chambers, against the side of the car with such violence that her arm was broken. Damage amounting to around $200 worth was sustained ' by the Stuart car while consider- ^ able work had to be done ojj the others. Wake Foresl-( Game Draws With rebel yells and Yankee whoops resounding o’er the local ballfield, a gay crowd of some fifteen hundred fans watahed Wake Forest score a cTi; 7 triumph over Corn^ siW Tuesday aftemgjj 'The Deacons tooi and ran it to 6-Oj fifth. Cornellji over to scora of the sixli est nine,

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