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Scouts Assemble
Today For First
County Camporee
200 Boys Expected
For Weekend Event
At Pine Needles
3^4 Seniors Graduate In Impressive School Ceremony
Boy Scouts of Moore county
will gather at the 11th hole of the
Pine Needles golf course between
12 noon and 5 p. m. today for a
weekend of camping and compe
tition constituting the first coun-
tywide camporee.
Preparations have been under
way for some time for the event
which will climax the Better
Scouting contest of all troops,
held during the past six months,
and will provide practical train-,
ing in all phases of Boy Scout
activity—besides a lot'of fun!
George T. Dunlap, Jr., district
chairmna of camping and activi
ties, will be chief of the campo
ree, assisted by District Chair
man Paul C. Butler, District
Commissioner W. D. Campbell
and members of the district ex
ecutive committee. Each troop
will be accompanied by one or
more adult leaders, and patrol
leaders will guide unit activities.
Scoring for each troop will be
by points, in signaling, first aid,
judging heights and distances,
tenderfoot knot tying, campfire
stories, tent pitching, water boil
ing, fire by friction and general
camping excellence.
Teams will be entered in these
events from each troop, with
points given to the top three in
order^of merit. Troops will bring
with them their equipment for
camping, making fires and other
activities, as well as their own
food, and cooking utensils. All
ipeals will be cooked out doors.
The Friday schedule following
registration 'includes retreat at
5:30, followed by supper, cleaning
up, preparation for the night and
taps at 9 p. m.
The reveille call will sound at
7 a. m. Saturday, with competi
tions during the morning, rest
and more competitions in the af
ternoon, followed by swimming
and games; retreat; a campfire
session, and taps.
Up again at 7 a. m. Sunday, the
boys will prepare for formal in
spection; attend religious exer
cises conducted by Rev. Lamar
Jackson; stand formal inspection;
‘ and enjoy informal games before
cooking dinner.
Formal assembly, with the
awarding of prizes, will be held at
1:30 p. m., and colors will be low
ered immediately after.
■ Breaking of camp will be fol
lowed by. a final inspection, and
troops will start home at 2 p. m.
Cooking, cleaning up, camp
sanitation and other phases of
the weekend’s outdoor life will
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Young Girl Drowns At Aberdeen Lake,
Invoking Action For Safety Measures
Coleen Bullard, 18,
Loses Life In Midst
Of Laughing Crowd
In the midst of a joyous, shreik-
ing, frolicking crowd of swim-
mer<j, predominantly teen-aged,
an 18-year-old girl slipped be
neath the waters of sunny Aber-
Groups To Unite In
Securing Lifeguard;
Instructors Sought
Deeply stirred by last Sunday’s
tragedy at Aberdeen lake, empha
sizing a lack of protection of
which many had been unaware,
citizens of the nearby communi-
ceen lake Sunday afternoon, and I ties moved swiftly this week to-
drowned. I ward prevention of
Exhausted |rom an attempt to ' in the rfuture
a recurrence
swim across the lake to the pier,
Mary Coleen Bullard, of Sanford’
Rt. 1, failed to make it to the
posts of the pier where her broth
er, who had also attempted the
swim across, clung too tired to
save her.
Here are the boys and girls who graduated Tuesday night at commencement exercises at Southern Pines High school. They are.
X- X ,, ^ Uiiiiliciiuemtiiu exercises at southern Fines Hieh school T
Suzanne Kelley, Jean Sadler, Mrs. Ollie Mae Bowers Gillis, Mary Allred, Peggy Jean Cameron Carolvn Hearne
Anne Schaefer, Ruth Gui n, Rebecca Anne McCue; second row, Geraldine Smith Jean Olive’
Anne Perkmson, Joyce Palmer, Kathleen McDonald, Joyce Anders on, Nellie Ward, Betty Harrington, Emma Louise Hackney Marsa’
T eoJ'^R ’ Donald Scheipers, Elmer Renegar, Lewis Pate, Hurley Short, Stephen Van Camp, Robert Harrington Robert Mc-
Leod, Burton Perham, Tommy Grey, T. K. Campbell, Robert Straka, Alton Blue, Clyde Smith. ’
(Photo by Humphrey)
Young Veterans, Servicemen Receive
Diplomas With ’47 High School Class
Bus Station Goes
To New Location
South of Town
With practically no warning,
the bus station moved Saturday
from its familiar location on West
Vermont avenue to a spot about
mile distant and outside the
city limits — the Esso Service
at the intersection of South Broad
with Highway 1, south of town.
However offsetting the dis
advantage of distance from town
v/ill be the fact that 24-houf a
day service is now offered, with
a new agent and an assistant, in
stead of one agent as before, to
keep the bus station open and
answer the telephone at all times.
J. B. McFarland, manager of
the service station, is the agent,
with Mrs. Ernestine Hendricks,
who has served as agent for more
than a year, working as his assis
tant.
Buses will, stop at the post
office on their way, to and from
the station, so that those wanting
to get off in town may do so.
However, ticket sales, baggage
checking and all other regular
station activities will be carried
On at the new bus station.
Reason for the move was given
that, faced with the necessity, of
finding a new location. Queen
City Coach Company representa
tives were unable to find a suit
able one in town.
Speaker Outlines
Responsibilities Of
Postwar Graduates
High Jinks At Class Day Gathering
Delight Capacity Audience Monday
There were High Jinks at High-; disdain which brought forth
stanbul Monday night as the
graduating class, in an “Arabian
Fantasy”, written and produced
by Class President Lewis Pate,
took their classmates, fellow stu
dents, and august faculty over
screams of delight from the grad
ers.
From then on, this leading offi
cial of Highstanbul, whose name
should have been High-Wide-and-
Handsome, carried the show with
Commencement exercises at
the Southern Pines High school
Tuesday night marked the gradu
ation of 32 young men and
women of the first 12-year
graduating class, with diplomas
awarded also to two young men
who had maintained their high
school studies during their ser
vice in the uniform of their coun
try, and 12th grade certificates
to two who had previously grad
uated under the 11-grade system
and had entered the armed ser
vice, then returned to their school
to earn the extra benefit of the
12th grade.
Thomas Kelly Campbell and
Lewis Pate were the two young
veterans of World War 2 who add
ed 12th grade certificates to di
plomas previously awarded.
Lyle McDonald, Jr., chief phar
macist’s mate, USN, came by
plane from his base at Norfolk
to stand with his class in navy
whites and receive his diploma
earned by extra study during his
naval service.
To Leonard A. Morrison, also
in service, a diploma was award
ed in absentia. ,
Honor graduates, 'who main
tained an average of 90 or more
throughout four high school
years, were Audrey West Brown,
Annie Kathleen McDonald, Rob
ert Franklin McLeod, Jean Olive,
Joyce Norine Palmer, Sarah Jean
Schaefer. Ruth Carol Guin, a stu
dent at the school for only two
years, on account of her high
scholastic achievement during
that time was made an exception
to the four-year rule, and was
listed as a special honor gradu-
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POSTMASTER
Congressman C. B. Deane
has reconunended to the Post
Office department the ap
pointment of Lansing T. Hall
to the acting postmasleriship
here, the precinct committee
was notified by telegram yes
terday.
Official appointment is to
be made by J. M- Donaldson,
first assistant postmaster gen
eral, following routine pre
liminaries of the department.
The recommendation was
made Thursday, May 29, ac
cording to Deane's telegram.
Hall has served the local
post office as war service
substitute clerk since Febru
ary, 1942. A natii^ of Win-
ston-^alem, he has lived in
Southern Pines for 22 years,
growing up here and gradua
ting from the local high
schooL He attended Slate Col
lege.
The new acting postmaster
was married a mbnth ago,
and lives in the Gertrude
apartments.
'Additional Funds
Sought For Gym,
School Cafeteria
Recreation Plans
Shaping Toward
Opening June 16
the jumps to the delight of an ap-1 ® high hand into high comedy
Local Golfers Are
League Co-Champs
plauding laughing audience.
The curtains parted on the
stage of the Southern Pines school
auditorium soon after the ap
pointed hour to show pretty,
blue - clad Jean Schaefer (salu-
tatorian) with a long scroll in her
hand. She read the synopsis of
the play and carefully explained,
for those who might have missed
the, ahem, point, that the Abdul
Weavo (Bobby Harrington) and
Dr. Sinbad Herr, (Alton Blue),
on the program were meant to be
our popular superintendent and
school board chairman who were
in some kind of a jam with ban
dits in an eastern city.
And here before our eyes they
were, in the opening scene, being
introduced to a seductive queen,
(Joyce Anderson) clad in shim
mering draperies, and her prime
minister, (T. K. Campbell) be
decked with a handlebar mus
tache that tickled the audience
as much as it appeared to be
tickling his nose. So much so that
he finally plucked it off and cast
it away with a fine gesture of
and highsteriqs. With plenty of
highfalutin nonsense he introduc
ed the acts that followed and ad
libbed his way through the de
vious plot like an old hand. It
may have broken the author’s
heart to have his good lines lost
in the shuffle but the audience
loved it. And such is the fate of
playwrights.
Lush ''Citizens"
Before an enchanting backdrop
of mosques, kiosks, and the other
oriental whatnots, done to the
queen’s taste, we feel sure, by
Daniela Frassinetti and the ambi
dextrous Pate, a row of veiled
houris was disclosed in the sec
ond scene. They were called “cit
izens” on the program, but they
looked far too lush for any such
term. Peggy Jean Cameron,
Jeanne Sadler, Ruth Kleinspehn,
Ollie Mae Bowers Gillis, Emma
Louise Hackney, Kathleen Mc
Donald and Geraldine Smith sat
cross-legged and swayed and
jsmiled at tHl3 audience, while
right in the middle of this bower
of beauty appeared the Snake
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The Southern Pines Country
Club golf team concluded its 10-
match series in the Sandhills
Golf league Wednesday as co
champions, with the Fayetteville
Club team, of the six-club league.
Wednesday’s final match with
Wadesboro, resulting in a score
of 29-4 for the local players, gave
a record for the series of eight
matches won and two lost, identi
cal with that of Fayetteville.
A playoff tournament was
originally planned but will not be
held, it was announced, as the
Fayetteville group has reported
that a number of their members
are leaving town, and they are
content with the status of co
champions.
Eleven matches were played
here Wednesday, with Bill Wood
ward, of Hemp, a Southern Pines
Club player, making the best
score, an even par 71. The. team
of Wiggs and Woodward had the
best ball, 69.
The league secretary will an
nounce results for all clubs this
weekend.
, The summer recreation pifo-
gram is. shaping up nicely in
preparation for its opening Mon
day, June 16; and it looks as
though there will be plenty for
every Southern Pines youngster
to do during the vacation leisure
hours, according to plans an
nounced this week by A. C. Daw
son, director.
The program for white youths,
to be centered at the Men’s Club
building and the Civic club, and
that for Negro boys and girls,
centering at the West Southern
Pines school, are expected to fol
low similar schedules ending
August 23. Sessions will be hold
Monday through Friday, from
10 a m. to 12 noon and from 2:30
to 5:30 p. m., with special pro
grams planned f-or rainy days.
The campaign for financing
the white program is still going
on, according to June Phillips,
treasurer for the Council of Soc
ial Agencies, sponsors of the pro
ject. Some two-thirds of the
amount has been collected, and
late givers are urged not to wait
on solicitation but to send their
contribution through the -mail to
the Council of Social Agencies.
It is estimated that $2,500 will be
ne.eded to carry the program
through the 10 weeks.
Communily Project
This is a cornmunity project,
council leader^ emphasized, ben
efiting all families whether they
Ijave children participating or not,
and it is the privilege of every
citizen to help support it.
A May festival, held last month
at the West Southern Pines
school, raised funds sufficient to
pay the salary of their director,
E. M. Gentry, and the Council of
Social Agencies is supplying,their
equipment. Their support of the
program as evidenced at the fes-
tival was. a fine example of com
munity cooperation, council lead-
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The need for additional funds
for the Southern Pines Elemen
tary school, to add a cafeteria and
gymnasium to the new building
now in process of construction,
was presented to the county com
missioners by a local delegation
at their regular meeting session
Monday, and once again the mat
ter was postponed on the grounds
of greater needs of other schools,
and lack of funds to answer all
dem.apds. ,
Philip J. Weaver, Southern
Pines superintendent, John Ho-
v/arth, of the local school board,
and Amos C. Dawson, of the high
school faculty, appeared before
the commissioners to reiterate
the request which they have made
from time to time for the past
several months.
The Southern Pines school
board has received from the coun
ty checks totaling $181,000, ac
cording to agreement reached last
summer, for the building now be
ing erected. Of this amount, three
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Countywide Clinic
Schedule In June
To Vaccinate All
The Moore County health de
partment, now well supplied with
smallpox vaccine, will go all out
during June to administer vac
cination to all young children of
the county, as well as any others
wanting or needing to be vacci-
Seeing his sister’s plight, he is
reported to have grasped for her,
caught her hair and felt her slip
away. She did not reappear.
Amid the shouts and laughter
of what was said to be the larg
est crowd the lake has had this
season, his screams for kelp were
unheard or taken for play. Some
who heard him said later, “We
thought he was kidding.” Even
when some began to take him'
seriously, and the word passed,
“A girl has gone down,” most
thought it a joke.
Vital minutes had passed be
fore a chill struck the crowd as
they realized that this ‘ was no
joke, it was tragedy.
Boys began diving for the girl,
and it was said to have been many
long minutes later—perhaps 10
before Douglas Rowe, of Aber
deen, felt her body with his foot,
in the channel where the water
runs out, deepest part of the lake.
This was about 30 feet from the
pier..,
Stephen Van Camp of South-
ern Pines, assisted with the re
covery df the body. Among a
number of other local young folk
who lent aid were T. K. Camp
bell and Paul Fowler.
Brought to the surface, she
was carried on a rubber life raft
to the diving raft, the nearest
flat surface. There began the at
tempts at artificial respiration,
lengthening heartbreakingly into
hours—from 4:30 until long past
7—before hope was given up.
Two paratroopers and an army
medic. Boy Scouts and others
tried their skill until first Dr.
Bowen, then Dr. Bowman and
Dr. Mobbs, arrived from Aber
deen. An adrenalin ii>jection fail
ed to stir her pulse perceptibly.
The Pinehurst Fire department
sent the county’s only pulpiotor,
but two hours’ application prov
ed fruitless.
The tall, slender brunette girl,
clad in a black bathing suit, re-r
mained lifeless, and was fihally
pronounced dead. Coy Geer, of
the Powell Funeral home here.
who had happened to drive by,
was sent for the ambulance.
Young people from all over the
county were present, and among
them were many friends of Col-
nated, according to announcement dullard, as she was known
Employment of a lifeguard at
Aberdeen lake seemed likely this
week, ‘ through cooperation of
civic and recreational bodies of
the county for > protection of
swimmers at this county wide re
creation spot.
Action toward this end was de
cided on at a meeting held at
Aberdeen yesterday of Southern
Pines, Aberdeen and Pinehurst
representatives. Those of other
communities are to be contacted
at once. With various plans start
ing up, a coordinating factor ap
peared with the appointment of
a special committee of the Sand
hills Kiwanis club, whose mem
bers attended the meeting and
will work with groups in other
towns.
A public meeting will be held at
tne Aberdeen school Monday at
7:30 p. m. at which the Aberdeen
Youth Council will plan its co
operation and study a program
of safety measures.
Inslrucfors Wanted
From A. C. Dawson, director of
the summer recreational program,
and from Mrs. Lee Page at Aber
deen have come calls for quali
fied life saving instructors will
ing to teach a class. Dawson plans
to incorporate the course in the
summer program here if an in
structor can be found. At Aber
deen a group of young women,
many of whose children use the
lake, want to take the course.
Robert E. Lee, athletic director
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made this week by Dr. J. W.
Willcox, couniy health officer.
With this in view, a number of
special clinics have been arrang
ed for in addition to those regu
larly scheduled each week, and
at all of these not only smallpox
vaccination will be administered
but the other immunizations ad
vised for the years of infancy and
early childhood — whooping
cough, diphtheria and typhoid.
Smallpox vaccine is given at
the age of three months, and Dr.
Willcox cautions mothers not to
delay immunization of their
babies against this disease. Adults
are urged to get this vaccination
every year.
Whooping cough vaccination
may be given at four months,
and diphtheria toxoid at six
months, or a combination of the
two may be given at six months
on up to six years.
Typhoid vaccination is not
given until the ^ baby is a year
old, or until all the others have
been successfully completed.
, One-Time Clinics
One-time vaccination clinics
will be held throughout the
county as folows: Tuesday, June
Ik—Carthage, home of M!rs. W. J.
Harrington, 9:30-9:50 a. m.; Haw
Branch, Tally’s store, 10-10:30 -a.
m.; Robbins, Rt. 1, Moore County
Casket works, 10:45-11 a. m. and
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and went to
when she lived
school in Moore.
Her family lived for several
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JUST A THOUGHT
Never has an editorial pro
duced so instantaneous a re
sponse. Or shall we simply
confess that the Pilot no
longer depends on the print
ed word. He's gone in for rel
ativity and thought transfer
ence . . . and how!
Even as be stood upon the
bridge, mapping out his edi
torial on the tragedy at
Aberdeen, even as he sat him
down at the typewriter and
genius started a-bumin', the
power spread.
In other words, a lot of
great minds were thinking
alike.
But the Pilot wasn't a bit
surprised. . . (hard to phase
these old salts,) ... he was
just gratified to see that ev
erybody agreed with him
and was going to do some
thing about it with no delay.
You can't beat a real sea-
captain when it comes to get
ting things done. Or gelling
other people to do things. He
just needs to think about
ft. . . !
Court Calls $500 Damages Too Small
Sets Aside Verdict In Accident Suit
A $25,000 damage suit arising I early Monday by Judge Pittman
from a train-auto collision here
April 15, 1943, reached an incon
clusive termination at the civil
term of superior court this week
when the jury’s verdict for the
plaintiff, awarding her $500, was
set aside by the court on the
ground that this amount was in
adequate.
Unless a settlement is reached,
this will i in all likelihood mean
a new trial, lawyers opined after
almost three days of exhaustive
testimony and legal argument.
Plaintiff in the case was Mrs.
Alice Eddy, formerly of Southern
Pines, now of New Hampshire.
Defendants originally listed were
Miss Elizabeth Barnum, Mrs. I
Elizabeth G. Barnum, executrix
of estate of Paul T. Barnum, ai^d
L. R. Powell, Jr., and Henry W.
Anderson as receivers for the
Seaboard Air Line railway. Fol
lowing the start of the trial Thurs
day afternoon, la^vyers for the
Seaboard moved on Friday for a
non-suit, and this was granted
on the basis that negligence on
the part of the railroad had not
been proved.
The trial proceeded then with
Miss Barnum and her mother,
Mrs. Paul Barnum, as sole defen
dants, and also as sole witnesses
for the defense, except for Mrs.
Elinor Fisher, eye witness, sub
poenaed by both sides.
For the Prosecution
Witnesses for the prosecution
were Mrs. Eddy; Mrs. Doris Eddy
Gentsch, of New Hampshire, her
daughter; Mrs. William Dale, a
neighbor; Mrs. C. A. Maze, a nurse
who had attended her; «nd Rev.
Tucker G. Humphries, a charac
ter witness. Medical depositions
were also offered.
The testimony, including that
of Mrs. Fisher, gave a graphic
picture of what started out to be
a friendly ride that April after
noon, when Miss Barnum, accom
panied by her mother and driving
the family car, stopped at Mrs.
Eddy’s home close to the Mass-
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