Floodlights To
Be Financed By
Community Events
Air Sh6w Proposed .
As Firsl Project
On Summer Schedule
A decision was reached, at an
open meeting of the citizens’ plan
ning committee at the school
building Friday night, to go
ahead with the project of flood
lighting the town’s athletic park,
with an air show possibly to be
the first of a series of community-
sponsored events to raise the nec
essary amount, about $14,000.
Chan Page, Amos Dawson and
Lennox Forsythe were appointed
by Chairman L. V. O’Callaghan
to a committee to see Miaj. L. C
Burwell, presidentof Resort Air
lines, in regard to the possibility
of holding the air show here this
summer, possibly on the Fourth
of July.
Other possible events were dis
cussed, all of them, it was empha
sized by Chairman O’Callaghan,
dependent on community coopera
tion, and the aid of all interested
organizations and individuals.
A few townspeople besides
members of the copamittee re
sponded to the invitation for all
citizens to meet with them for
discussion of the proposed instal
lation. However, it was felt that,
in view of requests the commit
tee has recently received, there
is enough interest in securing the
floodlights for them to go ahead
with vhe venture.
Blueprints were studied at the
meeting, one of a Western Elec
tric installation of 140 lights, the
other a Graybar of 160 lights,
both of them standard for the
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Tarheels Dine With Deane, Senators In Washington
Patch Not Seeking
Acting Postmastership
With the matter of selection of
Southern Pines’ postmaster still
in indecision, it was learned this
week that C. S. Patch, Jr., for
merly a candidate for both the
acting and the permanent post
mastership positions, has with
drawn his candidacy jfor the act
ing postmastership, and will take
examination for the permanent
postmastership with other candi
dates when the time comes.
This was done in deference to
precedent and also to the word of
Congresman C. B. Deane that ap
pointment of an acting postmas
ter from outside the post office
staff will cause the loss of a job
within 'the organization. Patch
said.
According to Deane, the 'sub
stantially reduced funds of thp
post office department will not
allow the addition of one salary
without cutting another, that of
the newest staff member, who
is, like Patch, a young veteran,
Frank Buchan, Jr.
Precedent is also said to favor
the appointment to the perma
nent job of someone who is not
already at work in the acting cap
acity, so that all candidates at
examination time will stand on
an equal footing.
' It was Tar Heal time in Washington” during the recent convention of the U. S. Chamber of'
ommerce convention, when North Carolina Chamber secretaries entertained senators and congress
men from their state with a banquet at the historic Willard hotel. Rep. Charles B. Deane of lock-
natfonal C nf r -1 c f if are; standing left to right, Woodrow McKay Lexington,
national C. of C. councilor; Senator Umstead, Mrs. McKay, and Senator Hoey. Seated left to rieht
Corge S. Coble. President, Lexington C. ol C.; Arthur C Cundy s^reto
North Wilkesboro C. of C.; Mrs. Cundy, Mrs. Coble, and John Lang, of Carthage, Deane
I s secretary.
Legion Sponsors May 30 Observance
Businesses To Close For Aftefnoon
Graves To Be Marked,
Memorial Vespers
To Be Held Al 5;30
Decoration of graves of service
men in cemeteries of the area,
with a vesper memorial service
Friday, May 30, will be sponsored
by the Sandhills post, Am.erican
Legion, of Southern Pines, in co
operation with all other local vet
erans’ organizations.
The Chamber of Commerce is
cooperating also with a request
that stores and business houses
here close on that afternoon in
stead of Wednesday next week,
Herrman Grover, executive ser-
retary, said yesterday that a pre
liminary telephone check show
ed that practically all merchants
will cooperate in this way.
The Citizens’ Bank and Trust
company will be closed all day,
as it is a national holiday.
Plans for the Memorial Day
observance as announced by
Shields Cameron, chairman of
the program committee of the
Legion post, call for participation
of all veterans, their families and
the families of the war dead,
with any other interested citi
zens, in bringing flowers to the
City Hall park between 2 and 3
p. m. Friday.
Groups from the various vet
erans’ organizations will leave at
3 o’clock to take the flowers to
Mt.. Hope cemetery, where some
25 servicemen lie buried; to the
Lakeview cemetery, to Culdee
church and old Bethesda, where
the flowers will be arranged in
conjunction with flags for decora
tion of the graves.
The proper marking of each
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TIE BROKEN
A liltle child, four-year-old
Jimmie Link, al a meeting of
the Pinebluff town board
Wednesday night drew the
name of James W. Smith
from a hat, and thus broke
the tie for town committee
man which has held the
town in suspense since May
6, Election day.
With several candidates
for the three-man board.
Smith and George W. Moger,
Jr., had equal vote for thjkd
place.
A ruling was sought from
the stale attorney-general
and at the meeting Wednes
day Leland McKeithen.
town attorney, read the rul
ing and gave his interpreta
tion of the stale law, which
was decision by lot.
The new board, consisting
of John K. Mjaaon, mayfor,
and committeemen Lament
Brown, Luther Tyner and
James W. Smith, will be in
stalled the first Monday in
June.
Rain Heartens Farmers as
Crops Reach Critical Stage
Limited parking
Signs Placed At
Seaboard Station
Showers Wednesday afternoon
and (evening^ reported general
over the state, broke a drought of
several weeks during which far
mers found their situation grow
ing desperate.
Whether the rain was enough
to alleviate conditions in the
hard-baked clay sections of the
county remains to be seen. Clay
can stand a lot of rain, according
to W. G. Caldwell, assistant
county farm agent, who said this
week that Moore County crops
had reached a critical stage for
lack of it.
He reported that all. small
grains had already been hurt to
some extent by the continuing
dry weather, and the hardness
of the earth is preventing nor
mal activities of the season.
The greatest danger lies in the
fact that, at a time when all tot
bacco should have been set out,
this has been only about one-
tenth completed, as the earth has
been too dry and hard.
Also, a lot of corn land has
not even been brokeri, at a time
when usually a good stand may
already be seen. Where corn was
planted early, the young plants
have been badly hurt by the in
tensive dry spell.
“It’s almost useless to set out
anything in this dry soil, even if
you could break the ground to
do so,” said Caldwell. ‘ Of course
you can still plant in the sandy
section, but the clay country is
dry as a bone and hard as a rock.
It’s reached the stage where just
a little shower or two won’t do
any good. We need some real,
hard, sure-enough rain if we are
to have any good cash crops this
year.”
It had been more than a month
in some sections of the county
since the earth was blessed with
rain, and in others there have
been little piddling showers that
did little or no good.
Other counties of the state have
had some rain, and in states to
the north they are getting too
much. But in Moore county the
sun shines, the farmers scan the
sky—and, until this week’s show
ers, no rain came.
With the placing of parking-
restriction signs by the Seaboard
Air Line in the space between
the passenger and freight sta
tions, on West Broad Street, en
forcement of the 30-minute park
ing limit there got under way
this week and tagging started
with a will .Wednesday evening.
Strict enforcement of the ordi
nance passed some three months
ago by the town board has await
ed the placing of the promised
signs, according to Chief C. E.
Newton. Now there’s no excuse
for anyone to plead ignorance.
Six goo4-sized signs, placed at
30-foot intervals announce “30-
minute Parking, 24 Hours a Day,
by Order of P. D.”
A seventh sign iharks a space
reserved for bqses and for the
hotels.
Dr. Graham To Be
Aberdeen Finals
Speaker Tonight
Dr. Frank Graham, president
of the University of North Caro
lina, will be the commencement
speaker at graduation exercises
of the Aberdeen High school, to
be held at the .school at 8 tonight
(Friday), it has been announced,
by R. C. Fields, principal. _
This will be the first time Dr.
Graham has ever spoken in Moore
county at the commencement ex
ercises of a public school,, though
he came about 10 years ago to
the Elise High school at Robbins
when it was a Presbyterian mis
sion school. He is one of the state’;
most sought after speakers; be
sides being in demand in other
states, and the Aberdeen school
is proud to be his host, said Prin
cipal Fields.
Diplomas will be awarded to 15
seniors, and a number of special
awards are to be made.
Closing events of the school
year have been going forward at
the Aberdeen school since last
Sunday evening, when Rev. R. L.
Alexander, pastor of the First
Presbyterian church of Lumber-
ton, delivered the baccalaureate
address on the subject, “Having
Christ As a Setting For Your
Life.” Pupils of Mrs. Lucille
Drake Oliver from all grades of
the school gave a piano recital
Tuesday evening, and Thursday
evening the Senior Class night
was held.
Jacques Busbee
Passes Wednesday
At Hospital
Service Al Duke
Chapel For Founder
Of Jugtown Pottery
Jacques Busbee died Wed
nesday morning at 11 o'clock
at the Moore County hospital,
where he had been a patient
for about two weeks.
He was the son of the late
Hon. Charles M. Busbee and
the late Mrs. Lydia Little
john Busbee of Raleigh. His
mother was originally from
Oxford.
Born in Raleigh, he had
lived for many years in up
per Moore county, near the
post office of Steeds.
Cremation was held at
Duke, followed by a service
at the Duke chapel at 11 a.
m. today (Friday).
He is survived by his wife,
the forme^ Juliana Royster
of Raleigh.' and by three sis-
fe;^. all of Raleigh, the Miss
es Sophie. Isabel and Chris
tine Busbee.
It is requested -that no
flowers be sent.
Commencement Events
Set for June 1, 2, 3
STUDENT VOTE
Election of officers for
next year of the Southern
Pines High school student
government was held at the
regular assembly meeting of
the school laist Friday mo:;n-
:ng.
Robert McLeod, outgoing
student body president, con
ducted the election, which re
sulted in choice of the fol
lowing: Billy Warner, '48,
president; Norma Sanford,
'49, vice president; Carolyn
Chester, '48. corresponding
secretary; Edna Lou Bailey,
'So. recording secretary; Kay
Dunlap.''5L treasurer.
Only those who had passed
all work and averaged at
least a B in citizenship were
eligible for nomination.
Dr. Clyde A. Milner,
Guilford Presidenl,
To Speak at Finals
Baccalaureate Service
Revisions Noted
In Daily Train,
Mail Schedules
Kiwanians Hear Choir
Of Pinehurst Church
The Sandhills Kiwanis club,
visiting the Community church at
Pinehurst for luncheon and pro
gram Wednesday, enjoyed one of
the most unusual and beautiful
programs of the club year.
It consisted of songs by the
church’s Chorister choir, directed
by Mrs. Roscoe Prince. With
Eloise Wicker at the organ, the
choir sang the following numbers:
Psalm 150 (Casar Franck); “Lo
How a Rose E’er Blooming”
(Praetorius); “Carol of the Bells
(Willhousky); “Ho, Everyone
That Thirsteth” (McFarlane)
Frances Campbell, soloist; ‘'Open
Our Eyes” (McFarlane), Jack
McKenzie, soloist.
A delectable luncheon was serv
ed by the Woman’s auxiliary.
I. C. Sledge, of Pinehurst, was
program chairman for the day.
The passing of Jacques Bus
bee removes one of its most col
orful and creative figures from
Moore county, whbre he had liv
ed for some 30 years; and also
from the state of North Carolina,
whose past and present were his
most joyful study, and to whose
art he and his wife made a great
contribution.
Interested in the' old handi
crafts and the. natural resources
of his state,; he established the
Jugtown pottery near Steeds 30
years ago, using the native clays
to make objects of beauty, for
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Southern Pines
Club Is Victor
In League Opener
In the opening game of the
Peach Belt League here Wednes
day afternoon, the Southern
Pines Town team defeated Aber
deen 3-2 before a crowd of 200.
Art Pate, Southern Pines pitch
er, allowed just tliree hits up to
the eighth inning when Aber
deen bunched three more hits to
score their two runs and tie the
score. The former left fielder
pitched a very good game, al
lowing only one walk and strik
ing out six.
Red” Davis, Aberdeen hurler,
allowed only three hits and
struck out 10 men, but walked
six, which accounted for the Sou
thern Pines runs.
Wicker, Aberdeen’s first base-
man, pulled the only double play,
unassisted and poled a home run
deep in center field.
Bert Perham, Ed Newton and
Bill Wilson scored for Southern
Pines, Muse and Wicker for
.4berdeen.
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In a return exhibition game
with Robbins at Robbins Sunday,
Southern Pines lost 16-13. In
what amounted to both teams
trying put reserve material there
was plenty of hitting. Joe Gar-
zik, Woodie Davis and Art Pate
hurled for the local club.
The four trains whose north and
southbound sections stop here
daily went on a revised schedule
last Sunday, it was learned this
week from the Seaboard Air Line
office here.
The changes have also necessit
aated a change in the mail closing
time. An announcement comes
from thfe Southern Pines post
office that mail for No. 3 (south
bound) now closes at 5:30 p.m.,
and for No. 10 (northbound) at
7 p.m. Both formerly closed at
6 p.m. Closing time for No. 4,
northbound, remains the same-—
9:30.
No. 3, southbound mail and ex
press, which has been stopping
here at 6:30 p.m., now stops at
6:24 p. m. No. 4, its northbound
section, has not been changed
from 10:12 a. m.
No. 5, southbound, formerly
known as the. “Robert E. Lee,”
re-christened the “Cotton Blos
som,” stops at 6:55 a. m. instead
of 7:07 a. m., and No. 6, its north
bound section stops at 11:35 a. m.
instead of the former 12:01 p. m.
No. 7, “The Camellia,” former
ly the “Sun Queen,” now stops,
at 10:28 p. m. instead of 10:26, and
its northbound section, No. 8,
stops at 3:54 a. m. instead of 5:l'6
a. m. as befewe.
The isouthbound “I*almland|j”
No. 9, stops at 8:51 a. m. instead
of 9:08 a. m., and its northbound
section. No. 10, stops at 8:01 p. m.
instead of 7:15 p. m.
This gives a daily schedule as
follows: southbound 6:55 and
8:51 a. m., 6:24 and 10:28 p. m.;
northbound, 3:54, 10:12 and 11:35
a. m., 8:01 p. m.
All except the all-coach No. 3
offer both coach and pullman ac
commodations to passengers.
ELISE FINALS
Finals of the Elise High school
at Robbins will begin Sunday at
8 p m., when Rev. Tom Frye of
Red Springs will deliver the bac
calaureate sermon in the high
school auditorium.
Class night exercises of the
class of 1947 will be held Tuesday
at 8 p. m., and at 8 p. m. Wednes
day graduation exercises will
take place, according to an
nouncement by J. W. Puckett,
principal.
Commencement exercises of the
Sputhern Pines High school will
begin Sunday, June 1, with the
baccalaureate service held at 8:15
that evening at the Church of
Wide Fellowship; Class Night ex
ercises presented by the outgo
ing seniors at the school Monday
at 8:15 p. m.; and graduation,
with its attendant honors and
awards, taking place Tuesday
night, also at 8:15, at the school.
Diplomas will be awarded 32
students, with 12th grade certifi
cates going also to Thomas Kelly
Campbell and Lewis Pate, special
students who are veterans of
World War 2. The class includes
four other veterans.
With memories of the war still
vivid, the seniors are dedicating
their commencement excercises
to five young men who graduated
only a few short years ahead of
them: Lewis Haynes, Paul P. M6-
Cain, Jr., James Milliken, Rich
ard Pethick and Donald Stewart.
The public is invited to alj com-
mencefent events, said Philip J.
Weaver, superintendent, in an
nouncing them this week.
Baccalaureate Service
Baccalaureate sermon will be
delivered by Rev. M. George
Henry, rector of .Christ Episcopal
church. Providence road, Char
lotte. Invocation will be by Rev.
Tucker G. Humphries, of the
Church of Wide Fellowship, and
Rev. Lamar Jackson, of the Bap
tist church, will give a Sbfipture
reading. Mrs. L. U. McDonald
will be organist for symns sung
by the congregation, the school
glee club and the girls’ ensemble
of the school.
Class Night exercises will be
strictly in the hands of the senior
class, which is preparing an orig
inal presentation of specialties,
with the class history, prophecies,
wi,ll and other features in fare
well to its high school alm’a
mater.
Graduation Exercises
Dr. Clyde Milner, president of
Guilford college, will deliver the
commencement address at the
Tuesday night exercises. He will
be presented by Dr. G. G. Herr,
chairman of the school board. N.
L. Hodgkins, also of the school
board, will present the diplomas.
Invocation will be by Rev. F.
Craighill Brgwn, rector of Em
manuel Epi'scopal church, and
benediction will be by Father
Richard Barrett of St. Anthony’s
Catholic church.
There will be a song by the
glee club, a solo by Miss Jean
Olive and processional and reces
sional by Miss Hope Bailey, of
the music department.
Examinations for the seniors
will be held Wednesday and
Thursday of next Week, with
those for the other high school
grades Thursday and Friday.
Marshals for all commence
ment events, chosen from the
other high school classes on a ba
sis of scholarship, will be Carolyn
Elizabeth Chester, Robert Sib
ley McClellan, Catherine Dare
Sitterson, Norma Jean Sanford,
Janet Frances Menzel, Doris Mar-
cine Reed, John Austin Beasley,
Judson Smith Ball.
Formerly used as a taxi parkT
ing space and for indefinite
lengths of time by movie goers
and citizens on other business
bent, congestion in the area
brought action by the board last
winter. First the taxis were or
dered off, and they left, building
or reserving their stands else
where. The long-time parkers,
however, have presented more of
a problem, until the signs were
put up.
The space is still available for
short-tim.e parkers and for raiL
road uses, for which it was origi
nally meant. As it happens, the
space is railroad property.
FLY OVER ANY TIME.
Schooldays sho’ have changed,
folks. Kenneth Epps flew in this
week to spend the weekend with
his mother, Mrs. Herman Epps,
parking his two-place Aeronca
unit at Resort airport while he
enjoys his visit.
He/s a student at Edwards Mili
tary institute at Saiemfturg, and
his flight accomplished two ends;
it got him home, and it scored
up some more flying time for him
in the GI training course he’s
taking.
The plane belongs to the Clin
ton Flying service at Clinton,
where instruction is given.
Golfers Chalk Up
Sixth League Win
The Southern Pjlnes Country
club team, playing its eighth
match, won its sixth victory in
the Sandhills Golf League series
On its home course Wednesday
afternoon, scoring 51 1-2
over Laurinburg.
John Pottle’s 71 whs the low
est individual score, and he and
Herrmann Grover netted 68 for
the best pair. Twenty - one
matches were played.
Next week the local team takes
on the league champs, the boys
from Fayetteville, who, with only
one defeat in the series, stand
right at the top. The final match,
to be played June 4, is with
Wadesboro, the team which ad
ministered Fayetteville’s lone de
feat.
Superior Court Trial Sends
Youthful Hoirse Thief to Peri
^ l®"y®3r-old Negro youth of eight, according to Chief'Lamar
near Aberdeen, bearing the inv- Smith of Aberdeen. He has been
probable name of Angelo McLean arrested time and again for
added anoteer chapter here last breaking and entering, and at the
Dnday night to an unpromising January, 1946, trial, in fact, faced
career as horse thief. ' six of 11 possible such counts.
11 1 Ol ■ He has been sent to MorrisOn
11 1-2 sent back to Morrison Training time and again, and has always
school, from which he had run , broken out, once letting out seven
away, he was sentenced Monday ' others at the same time
in superior court at Carthage to Three Horse Thefts
from three to five years in the j On the last three. such un-
J® Haleigh. | official vacations, all in the past
Added to this by Judge Pitt- few months, he has yielded to
man was a similar sentence given what seemed an irresistible yen
him for breaking and entering ' for horses. The first time he stole
and larceny m January, 1946, but one from the Clay Road Farms
supended on conditions of good community, the’ second time from
behavior at Morrison. .near Pinehurst.
This may mean as much as 10 ; The third time, last Fridhy
years in prison for Angelo, who night, he took the red mare of
has been a lawbreaker and com- Ed Quick, Negro, from her stable
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