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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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,