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WELCOME
ROTARIANS
WELCOME
ROTARIANS
191st District
Rotary Conference
At Highland Pines
Business, Fellowship
Occupy Rotarians
And "Rotaryanns"
It’s always a pleasure to have
a Rotary convention in town, for
Rotarians and their “Rotary-
anns” are among the best folks
■on earth.
And right now Southern Pines
has the privilege of being host
to goodly numbers of both, for
the 191st district conference of
Rotary International, convened at
Highland Piiies Inn Thursday af
ternoon. • •
"Laying the Foundation af Ro
tary Service” was the subject of
the opening report, given by
Charles Carroll of High.Point, fol
lowing which Harold Makepeace,
of Sanford, and Frank Harrelson,
of Salisbury, spoke on “Club Of
ficers and 'Their Responsibilities,”
and Rev. Kenneth Goodson, of
Wadesboro, discussed “Vocation
al Service.”
W. Bert Weayer, of Spray,
member of the district finance
committee, was presiding officer
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Rondthaler Accepts Bid To Address
Historians; John Harden Also Invited
WINS HONOR
Five Cub Scout
Dens Hold First
Meetings Monday
Cubbing has come to Southern
Pines in a big way, with five
dens of Cub Scouts now in opera
tion, where a month ago there
were none.
The new dens held their, first
meetings Monday afternoon at
their respective den mothers’
homes, with den chiefs in at
tendance to help them embark on
one of the greatest adventures of
today’s boyhood. They will meet
every week at 3 p. m. Monday
for a planned and supervised pro
gram of * activity, achievement
and play, and each month will
display their achievements and
win their awards at a “pack meet
ing” for all the dens.
The membership of six to eight
boys of nine, 10 and 11 in each
I den means that the great majori
ty of the boys of this age in town
are now wearing, 6r are soon to
wear, the distinctive blue uni
form and cap, and the yellow
neckerchief, of the Cub Scout
and also that their parents are
giving the movement full support,
for Cub Scouting involves much
parental interest and work. Dur
ing the past month parents, den
chiefs—Boy Scouts especially
chosen to lead in den activity—
and pack committeemen have at
tended meetings for intensive
training.
All this has been done under
the immediate supervision of A
L. Burney, deputy commissioner
of Cub Scouting for Moore coun
ty, who this week announced the
organization of the new Southern
Pines pack as follows:
Cubmaster, A. L. Burney, with
pack committee chosen from the
Sandhills Kiwanis club, sponsor
ing organization—John S. Bug
gies, A. B. Patterson, Rev. T. E.
Davis, James M. Pleasants.
Den Membership
Den 1—Mrs. W. j. Weatherley,
den mother; den chiefs, Robert
Cornwall and Malcolm Clark;
members, William John Weath
erly, Henry Reed, Jerry Daeke,
George Patterson, Stanley Allen,
Gilbert Harbort, 'Tommy Buggies.
Den 2—^Mrs. J. H. Tadlock, den
mother; den chiefs, Carlton Ken
nedy, Dickie Ray; members
Frank Tadlock. Derryl Holliday,
Tony Parker, Philip Morgan,
Robert Mashburn, Teddy Smith
Johnnie Adcox, Jimmie Hen
dricks.
Den 3—Mrs. Joe Steed, den
mother; Miss Eleanor Edwards,
assistant; den chief, Rowland
Bower; members, Joe Steed,
Thomas Hartman, Paul Propst,
James Humphrey, Claude Reams,
James Collins.
Den 4—Mrs. George Colton, den
mother; Mrs. T. G. Peacock, as
sistant, den chiefs, Richard Kay-
lor, C. L. Worsham, Jr.; members,
George Colton, Lacy Rhyne,
Charles Peacock, John Ray,
James Hatch, Robert Renegar.
Den 5—Mrs. A. L. Burney, den
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E. T. McKEITHEN, administra
tor of the Moore County hospital.
Was recently elected president of
the North Carolina Hospital as-
rociation.
Local Ball Club
Begins Practice
For League Play
Southern Pines’ entry into the
newly formed Peach Belt league
has been shaping up this week at
the high school athletic park,
sparked by a nucleus from last
year’s team—Frankie Buchan, Ed
Newton, Walter Harper, Clyde
Dunn and “Doc” McRae. There
have , been several pre-training
warm-up sessions.
Among newcomers bidding for
assignment to the local club are
Bill Wilson, former high school
infielder; Fred “Shortie” Hall
catcher; Curt Bettini from Vass,
and Harry Chatfield, infielder.
Meeting Will Open
At Courthouse
Wednesday at 2 p. m.
Efforts are being made to pro
vide two fine speakers, instead
of just one, for the April meet
ing of the Moore County Histor
ical association, to be held at the
Carthage courthouse Wednesday
afternoon and to continue dur
ing the afternoon at various spots
of interest in the county.
Acceptance has been received
from Dr. Howard Rondthaler
president of Salem college and
one of the state’s best known
speakers on historical subjects,
to address the group at the
courthouse at 2 p. m.
Also, according to Leland Mc-
president of the asso
ciation, an invitation has been
sent to John Harden, secretary
to Governor Cherry, to speak la
ter in the afternoon as the expe
dition reaches the House in the
Horseshoe near Southern Pines.
Harden a newspaperman by
profession and collector of his
torical oddities, by .avocation, has
made a special study of events
connected with this home of Rev
olutionary times.
Radio Program
He is well known for his orig
inal radio program, “Tales of
Tarheelia,” heard every Thurs
day at 6:30 p. m. over WPTF, on
which for the past year he has
presented legends, mysteries and
dramatic events of North Caro
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COMINGI
Election coming!
'PI’* Pilot keeps on sound
ing the call for all good men
and women: to remember
that soon it will be the time
to cast that vote for the best-
qualified men to run our
town for the next two years.
Election day is May 6th,
*nd Town Caucus day comes
On the Friday before it. May
2nd. At that evening's meet
ing the candidates will be
chosen, but it would be too
bad to wait till then to begin
thinking about them.
Let s start thinking now,
and talking and even asking.
Then when the time comes
there should be some good
names to write up on the big
blackboard before the eyes
of our assembled voters.
NEW SANATORIUM HEAD
W. D. Tugwell
Loses Life In
Virginia Accident
RuggI es To Extend
County’s Welcome
At Insurance Meet
The Golden Anniversary con
vention of the North Carolina As
sociation of Insurance Agents,
Inc., founded in 1897, will be
It is expected that many of the Jhu’’sday through Sun-
last year’s team; along with the u ^ morning. May 1-4, at Pine-
„r;ii .o .. hurst, with the Carolina hotel as
newcomers will show up for the
first official practice, soon to be
called by Coach Amos Dawson.
C. N. Page, business manager,
is selling stock for promotion of
this community enterprise, and
said this week that a number of
citizens have already proven
their good faith by taking $10
shares.
Half shares are also available
at $5 each.
John Ruggles of Southern
Pines, league president, follow
ing, a .meeting of, directors at the
Raeford hotel :,in Raeford last
week, announced the following
opening-day schedule for Wed
hesday. May 21:
Southern . Pines vs. Aberdeen,
here; Laurinburg vs. Raeford, at
Raeford; Bennettsville, S. C., vs,
Hamlet at Hamlet.
Games will be held on Satur
days and Wednesdays thereafter
with, extra games on Monday.
Also announced were the com
pleted list of member commun
ities with thdir club officials:
Aberdeen, Haney Harris, direc-
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WORLD RELIEF
All proceeds from the
Thrift shop, local charitable
project of the Episcopal
church auxiliary, will go dur
ing the month of May toward
world relief, according to de
cision of the auxiliary lead
ers.
The shop sells used cloth
ing. household atticlefe and a
multplicity of other items,
given by members and friends
towards aid for local projects
of Emmanuel Episcopal
church.
During May the funds will
be channeled toward the
destitute in other lands
through the Presiding Bish-
op's fund, by which, diocese
by diocese all over the land,
the Episcopal church is mak
ing its contribution toward
this great need, with $1,000.-
000 as the goal.
Those having donations for
the shop may have them pick
ed up by calling Mrs. F.
Craighill Brown or Mrs.
James Swett. In giving to the
Thrift shop or in purchasing
fronv it during May you'll be
helping a great Christian
cause.
headquarters for the more than
600 expected to attend.
John Ruggles, president of the
Moore County Exchange of In
surance Agencies, will again make
the address of welcome at the
formal convention opening, as he
did last year.
This will be at an after-dinner
session following the directors
meeting at 4 p.m. -and the past
presidents’ dinner. Speakers to
follow Ruggles will include Guy
T. Warfield, of Baltimore, presi
dent of the national association;
Mrs. Helen C. Horne, of Char
lotte, president of the North Car
olina Association of Insurance
Women; Theo W. Kelley, of Rich
mond, president of the Virginia
association; and Jesse S. Phillips,
chairman of the board of the
Great American. Indemnity com-
pany of New York city.
' 'Friday; events wiill include* c
-breakfa^ conference, addresses
by distinguished speakers, an af
ternoon golf tournament and ev
ening entertain^nent, part - -of
wnich will be the film travelogue,
“Meet North Carolina,” made by
the Standard Oil cpmpany in co
operation with the state advertis
ing bureau.
Business meetings: and confer
ences will occupy Saturday morn
ing, and women guests wilT'be
entertained at a bridge luncheon.
The afternoon will be open for
golf and fellowship, and a Ban
quet that evening will be follow
ed by entertainment and a ball.
Guests attending the conven
tion will be staying at hotels in
both Pinehurst and Southern
Pines.
The tragic death of W. D. Tug-
well, automobile dealer of Aber
deen, came as a shock this week
to the Sandhills communities,
where he was well known.
Driving south last Sunday from
Pennsylvania where he had gone
to buy used cars for sale in this
area, he lost his life when the
car he was driving was in colli
sion with a truck on U. S. Route
1, 12 miles north of Fredericks
burg. The accident occurred at
5:15 p. m.
According to reports of the ac
cident, Tugwell was thrown clear
of the car he was driving, and
neither it nor a second car being
towed suffered much damage.
Identification was made
through the car license and per
sonal effects, and the Virginia
Highway patrol notified the
Aberdeen police department,
through which the news came to
the family Monday morning. A
son-in-law, J. L. James, Jr., went
at once to Virginia and accom
panied the body home.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday at 1 p. m. at the
Aberdeen Methodist church, con
ducted by Rev. J. O. Long, pas
tor, and burial followed at the
family plot at High Point.
Members of the Aberdeen Ma
sonic lodge, of which Tugwell
was a member, took part in the
service according to Masonic tra
dition, aAd also conducted a
graveside service.
Tugwell was born in Pitt coun
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Dr H. S. Willis assumed his duties as head of the three North
Srp“p. McCaS!^“''‘^°''' ^^'^^^eding the late
Dr. H, S. Willis Takes Over Duties
As Head Three State TB Sanatoria
N. C. Native Is
Vice President
Nat'l TB Ass n
Ave et Vale" As
Librarians Exchange
May 1 will be a day. of mingled
pleasure and regret for Southern
Pines library goers, who will on
that day welcome back their reg
ular librarian, Mrs. Thomas B.
Smith, while telling goodbye to
Miss Helen Dermitt, who has
most capably substituted for her
for the past six months.
'Taking a “busman’s holiday”
while on leave of absence from
her regular position as librarian
of the Meadville (Pa.) Public li
brary, Miss Dermitt has made
many friends here who hope she
will return some day to the Sand
hills.
City Board Places
Bid For Bleachers
The city planning board, meet
ing at the Civic center Tuesday
night, authorized Amos C. Daw
son to place a bid at once for
bleachers which are to be sold
by the city of Raleigh in hopes
to secure them for the local ath
letic field.
The deadline for bids was Wed
nesday noon, though it was not
definite when they would be
opened, and there was no report
available at The Pilot’s presstime
The bleachers—2,400 of them
—are those formerly used in the
Raleigh auditorium for the Gold
en Gloves tournament, before it
outgrew the facilities offered
.here.
The local bid is in three parts
for 700, 1,000 and 2,400 bleachers^
at a diminishing price as the
quantity goes up.
"Skycruise" Plan
Will Have Hearing
Hearings will be begun before
the Civil Aeronautics board at
Washington, D. C., within the
next three weeks on applications
for extended service filed some
time ago by Resort Airlines, Inc.,
according to information receiv
ed by L. C. Burwell, Jr., presi
dent, from the CAB.
The applications are for the in
auguration of "sky-cruises”—all
expense vacation cruises to re
sort areas, a Resort Airlines or
igination—all over the western
hemisphere, including both
North and South America.
'The amplified ‘iskycruise”
plan calls for the establishment
of “generating centers” at New
York, Chicago, Los Angeles and
Mianai, with the executive offices
remaining at Resort airport of
Southern Pines and Pinehurst.
Dr. H. S. Willis, native of High
Point, graduate of the University
of North Carolina and of Johns
Hop^ns Medical school, elected
last year to the vice presidency
3 the National Tuberculosis as-
ciation, has been appointed
head of the three North Carolina
State Tuberculosis sanatoria, ac
cording to announcement this
week from the board of directors.
His appointment was effected
by a three-man committee com
posed of Dr. Paul H. Ringer, of
Asheville; Dr. Thurman D. Kitch-
in. Wake Forest; and Lee L.
Gravely, Rocky Mount, members
of the board.
Dr. Willis assumed his duties
April 15, succeeding Dr. Paul P
McCain, who lost his life in an
automobile accident last Novem
ber while on his way to Raleigh
to attend a medical meeting.
The new superintendent comes
to this section from the William
H. Maybury sanatorium of North-
ville, Michigan, where he had
served as superintendent since
1933, following three years as di
rector of research laboratories
there.
Born in High Point in 1891, he
graduated from the High Point
High school, and in 1914 received
his B. A. degree at the Univer
sity of North Carolina. He then'
went to Johns Hopkins as an as
sistant in the biology department
received his M. D. degree there
in 1919, and in 1920 his M. A.
He remained at Johns Hopkins
for eight years as an instructor
in medicine, continuing his as
sociation with Johns Hopkins as
a lecturer in medicine and a vis
iting physician. He went to the
Maybury sanatorium in 1930.
Dr. Willis became a consultant
for the U. S. Public Health ser
vice in 1945, and in 1946 was
elected vice president of the Na
tional Tuberculosis association.
He is a member of a number of
rnedical societies, taking an ac
tive part as chairman or commit
tee member, particularly in the
field of medical research.
With North Carolina prepar
ing to implement its recent good
health legislation, and with ef-
jforts being intensified to combat
tuberculosis and to bring up the
standards of all state-owned hos
pitals. Dr. Willis arrives at
FIRST OVER
Reporting $221.16 collected
as of Monday, Aberdeen be
came the first county com
munity to clear its goal in
the current cancer control
campaign, doing so within a
very few days after the cam-
pmgn's ,5ttart April 1^, jac-
cording to announcement by
R. F. H. Pollock, chairman.
Reports from several other
communities showed them
pushing their quotas hard
Southern Pines, with $475;
Carthage, with $174.50: and
Pinehurst. with $250. Reports
from the other communities
have not yet come in. but an
other week's work may see
the county goal of $1,500
cleared if contributions are
are promptly madle. Pollock
said.
Joint Promotion
Resort Interests
Discussed Here
Two Towns Would
Join Forces, Funds
For New Markets
An idea for a joint Southern
Pines-Pinehurst Chamber of
Commerce, or committee for pro
motion of mutual interests in the
resort, tourist and convention
field, received attention at the
meeting of local Chamber of
Commerce directors at the Civic
center Tuesday night, and will be
furthered, it was agreed, as soon
as elections give a town board
to participate in the project.
Promulgated by Lewis C. Bur-
well, Jr., the idea calls for pool
ing of promotion funds now be
ing spent separately by the two
communities, through their gov
erning bodies and Chambers of
Commerce, hotels in both and
Resort Airlines, for concentrated
advertising through a central
agency, and the active -seeking
out of conventions which the two
towns can accommodate.
He :said the suggestion l^ad
been made in Pinehurst and had
received a good response in an
authoritative quarter, and discus
sion evolved the opinion on the
part of local directors that it has
excellent possibilities and deserv
ed action.
The question of hazards from
motorists speeding through town
was again brought up, with dis
cussion of means of curbing it
without giving the community the
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Visitors Find
Colorful Charm
In Local Gardens
Team Tallies One
Loss, One Win
In one of the best games seen
here this season Southern Pines
defeated Pittsboro High school
5-4. By agreement the game was
to be seven innings, but at the
end of the seventh the teams
were tied up at 4-all.
In the last of the eighth. Sou
thern Pines put over the win
ing run on Smith’s walk and
steal of second, 'and Perham’s
hefty triple to the center field
fence. Bill Baker, after a shaky
start in the first when Pittsboro
scored two runs on two hits, a
stolen base, and wild, throw
pitched a good game.
• Pittsboro scored twice in the
fourth on a single, and aided by
three Southern Pines errors.
Southern Pines scored one in
the third, and then pushed across
three tallies in the fifth to tie
up the game. The parade started
when McClellan walked. Smith
doubled, and both runners scored
on Perham’s line drive over short.
Baker singled Perham to third
with Blue’s drive sending him
home to knot the count.
At Jonesboro Tuesday, Jones
boro defeated Southern Pines 12
to 4 in a district conference
game. Southern Pines now has
a .500 percentage rating in con
ference play with 3 wins and 3
losses.
time when his knowledge, ability
and services can be put to their
fullest use, according to belief of
the board of directors.
SOS From Aberdeen
Receiving a summons for help
from Aberdeen at 11 a. m. Thurs
day, the Southern Pines fire truck
went out to assist in putting out
a fire at Hudson’s Gulf Service
Station, at the junction of U. S.
Route 1 with U. S. Route 15.
An extremely dangerous look
ing fire for a brief time, it was
soon under control.
Teen Agers Enjoy
Wiener Roast
The Teen-Age club varied its
program of meetings and dances
Saturday night, with a wiener
roast held at Powell’s pond sev
eral miles out of town.
Parents and friends provided
cars to take around 100 young
people to the picnic spot, and
several remained throughout the
evening, with some faculty mem'-
bers also providing aid and su
pervision. A delightful time was
.reported.
On tour to a number of South
ern Pines gardens, Tuesday af
ternoon, the Aberdeen Home and
Garden club was impressed with
the beauty and exquisite display
of flowering plants.
Among gardens visited was that
of Miss Mildred Hatfield, Mor-
ganton road,w hose small gar
den with old brick wall and cor
ner arrangements gave colorfu’
display of azaleas, pansies, tulips
and jonquils; the white cottage
of Mrs. M. G. Nichols, Country
Club drive, in a setting of dog
wood and long leaf pine, sur
rounded with a profusion of azal
eas and camellias; and the lovely
pink and white arrangement of
azaleas around the court at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. P. T. Kel
sey, Massachusetts avenue.
The formal garden of the
Dwight Winkelmans, Massachu
setts avenue, is enclosed by a
white brick wall. Deep green
lawn with its border of small
boxwood was a setting for vari
colored* azaleas, evergreens and
spring blooming shrubs. “Oh’s”
and “Ah’s” were heard as the
group walked along paths and
walks of the rock garden and
around the pool at the back of the
house. The garden contains about
1500 azaleas.
A gate in a wistaria covered
wall admitted visitors to the
lovely garden of the Kenneth
Trousdells on East Indiana ave
nue. The unusual planting of
azaleas, dogwood and wistaria
among long leaf pine and Judas
trees was a restful picture.
Following a drive through hte
Weymouth Heights section, the
group journeyed to the Holly
Tree nursery of Mr. and Mrs. E.
Morell. Here visitors found an
excellent opportunity to select
almost any color and variety of
azaleas in full bloom by the
thousands.
A visit to the garden of Dr. and
Mrs. J. I. Neal, Midland road,
completed the tour. A beautiful
green lawn was surrounded by
colorful border of azaleas, spring
blooming shrubs and pink and
white dogwood.
The group then returned to the
home of Mrs. E. M. Harris, North
May street, a member of the
club, for refreshments.
The garden tour was arranged
for and conducted, by Mrs. A L
Burney of Southern Pines, for
merly of Aberdeen and who is
an active as well as a charter
member of the Aberden club.