Hospital Board
Announces Change
In Staff Set-Up
Monroe and Pishko
Quit Salaries For
Independent Status
At a ineeting of the Board of
Directors of the Moore County
Hospital, on June 5th, at the
Nurses’ Home, the members after
lon^ and earnest discussion, pass
ed a resolution radically changing
the organization of the profess
ional staff.
Whereas, until now the two
' surgeons, Drs. Monroe and Pish-
ko, have been paid a salary with
the hospital acquiring all fees
from services rendered, under
the change decided upon Thurs
day, thesp doctors will practice
independently. They will main
tain offices in the hospital, on a
percentage basis and all adminis
trative details contingent to their
work will be handled by the hos
pital’s clerical staff. Dr. Hollister
• has joined the group, also, on
this basis.
The meeting was attended by
the following sixteen directors:
Mrs. James Boyd, W. D. Camp
bell. Gordon Cameron, Wr* H.
Currie, Mrs. Paul Dana, Paul
Dana, John M. Howarth, Norris
Hodgkins, George P. Hawes,
George H. Maurice, M. C. Mc
Donald, Jr., Eric Nelson, Mrs.
Paul P. McCain, John F. Taylor,
R. S. Tufts, E C. Seymour. Passed
unanimously was the following
resolution, drawn up by a special
committee of which Richard S
Tufts was chairman:
RESOLUTION
Resolved that in keeping with
the policy of the Moore County
Hospital to provide the most pro
gressive medical service, to the
people of this area, the hospital
must have an active staff of doc-
^ tors which shall be equipped to
provide a well rounded ^lervice
by the development of specialists
in the various recognized fields of
medicine and surgery.
To function properly within
such a group, the individual mem
ber must be prepared first to co
operate fully in the common in
terest, and second to direct his
va^jious interests into those fields
which shall be most useful in
iff providing corrtplete medical cov
erage. To this end an overlapping
of activity in any particular field
is not considered desirable since
it will serve to reduce the oppor
tunity for specialization within
the limited facilities available.
A plan of organization along
these lines will further lead natu
rally to the expansion of the
hospital’s present facilities, which
has for some time been contem
plated, and also engjale this hos
pital to serve a wider field by pro
viding specialized professional
services ' to the small hospital
units in the surrounding terri
tory.
Be it further resolved that in
keeping with this policy the ac
tive and courtesy staffs of the
hospital should be limited to those
doctors who whole-hea,rtedly en-
4^ dorse the aims and purposes set
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FOR RELIEF
The gratifyina amount of
$713.01 was realized by the
Woman’s auxiliary of Em
manuel Episcopal church
through its Thrift shop dur
ing May, when all proceeds
were turned oyer to their
Bishop's fund for world re
lief.
Mrs. James B. Swell,
Tbrijt shop chairman, this
week expressed appreciation
to the many donors and cus
tomers during May who
made this gift possible.
"Friends of the community
^wo(4e extreimely generous,"
she said, ''and the sum we
were enabled to contribute
toward aiding the suffering
. of other lands was con^der-
ably beyond our expectations."
Proceeds of the Thrift shop
are ordinarily used for pre-,
jects of the local church.
Southern Pines- Troop Wins “Better Seouting” Award
Local Men Star
In Large League
Tournament Here
The largest golf tournament, of
the year, possibly the largest ever
held here, Wednesday concluded
the Sandhills Golf League events
which have been going on for
the past two months.
A total of 187 players from six
country clubs of the section were
entered for individual play .at
this week’s giant match.
With the two leading teams.
Southern Pines and Fayetteville,
tieing for first place in the league
play and content with co-champ
ion status, no playoff was held,
and the handsome team trophy,
awarded Wednesday night, will
stay with each winning club for
six months of the year.
It was presented to Will Wiggs,
of the Southern Pines team, by
Les , Huntley, of Lumberton, lea-
.gue president.
The top teams won eight of the
10 matches they played with
other teams of the league. Mem
ber clubs are Southern Pines,
Fayetteville, Lumberton, Rich
mond County, Laurinburg and
Wadesboro.
Golfers from all of them were
present for the tournament, tee
ing off from 10:30 , a. m. until 3
p. m., with playing continuing
through the long twilight.
Local Slars
Howard F. Burns, of'Southern
Pines, came through with a 78-12-
66 to win the trophy for low net,
and other local players distingu
ishing themselves were
Southern Pines Boy Scouts attending the camporee last week received the trophy for their troop
as winners in the county wide “Better Scouting” competition. All phases of Scout activity were grad
ed during the past five months for the competition’s first phase, and additional points were given in
its second phase, the camporee. Above are, left to right, Robert Cornwell, Bill Blue, Dick Ray, Rich
ard Bridges, Carlton Kennedy, Jr., C. L. Worsham, Malcolm Clarlt, Tommy Avery, John Calloway,
Roland Bower, Stephen Van Camp. Other members of the troop are Richard Kaylor, Milton Kaylori
riarold Collins, Eddie Menefee, Dickie McColl, David Atherton. Col. D. L. Madigan is scoutmaster^
and Carlton Kennedy and Gordon Faw are assistant scoutmasters of the troop, which is sponsored by
the Southern Pines Rotary club. (Photo by Emerson Humphrey).
MAYOR-UMP
Overheard at the ballfield
Wednesday as a Southern
Pines player was called touS;
"Hey! Ump! What you
mean 'he% out!' Safe as a
church, if I ever saw it! Hey,
Um4>'s no good! Th'ow him
out! Th'ow out that ump!"
"Liaw, fellah, you cain't
Sh'ow him out!"
"What you mean I |cain't!
You just watch me, you think
I cain't. Man, I'm' the num
ber one th'ower-out of
•amps!"
"Just the same you cain't
th'ow this ump out!"
"Howcome I cain't?"
"Cause he's' the mayor,
that's howcome!"
"The mayor! You mean
the ^Southern Pines mayor?
And he called out on a. Sou
thern ' Pines player? ^Whaf
kind of a mayor is that!
Th'ow him out, I say, upip
AND mayor!"
Town Board Plans
Hard Surfacing
Six City Blocks
All Young People of Community to Join in
Recreation Program^ Opening Monday
Communities Join
in Employment
Lake life Guard
Maples and John Underwood of
Southern Pines and Bob Page of
Aberdeen, with 70’s and ,A. C.
Dawson, Southern Pines, with a
71.
A' life guard of exceptional
qualifications has been employed
for the summer season at Aber
deen lake, and is expected to go
on duty today (Friday).
He is Robert Elliott, of Forest
City, a senior student in the
physical education department at
the University of North Carolina,
through whose good offices he
was secured by a special commit
tee of Aberdeen, Southern Pines
and Pinehurst representatives.
Elliott, who served in the army
air force for over four years, and
was discharged as a captain, is
Gene I a meipber of the yarsity swim
Sports, Games, Dances
on Schedules Announced
for White and Colored
(jailing all
Other top notchers were Kay
Hardison of Wadesboro, who
posted a 74 for low gross and a
rophy; Dr. R. L. Pittman and
.Harvey Oliver, Jr., of Fayette
ville, who tied for second low
gross with 75; Bob Dale of Rock
ingham, runner-up to Burns with
67; June Williams and Garvey
Olivbr. Jr., of Fayetteville and C.
_L. Jones of Laurinburg, tieing
for third place with 68’s.
(Continued on Page 10)
Town Team Wins Over Aberdeen 8-3 ‘
f
Individual Batting Averages Given
By Slim Forsythe
The Southern Pines Town base
ball team finished up a busy
iQ week Wednesday afternoon, by de-
^ feating Aberdeen 8-3, still retain
ing their lead in the 'Peach Belt
League. Catching Aberdeen’s
pitching star, “Dusty” McLeod,
before he got hot, the Southern
Pines team garnered 8 runs in
the first three innings and then
went scoreless for the remainder
of the game. McLeod struck out
ten men, walked 4 and allowed 8
hits for 9 innings of play.
vP On last Thursday the local
team toured to Bennettsville and
were handed their only defeat of
the season in a close pitcher’s
duel. Southern Pines ending up
on the tail end of a 4-3 score.
On Saturday the local team en
tertained Raeford here and
knocked them off 15-6 in a batter’s
spree for the local club, every
man getting qt least one hit.
The next local game will be Sat
urday afternoon, June 14th., at
3:0D p. m , with Bennettsville. On
Wednesday, June 18th., Aber
deen plays Southern Pines here.
Game time 4:00 p. m.
PEACH BELT LEAGUE
Individual Batting Averages
gp
ab
rh
pet.
Newton
.6
26 *
9
15
.576
Perham
3
2
2
1
,.500
McRae
. 6
22
4
11
.500
■Worsham ...
. 2
8
1
3
.375
Dunn
.6
23
5
7
.304
A. Pale
.4
8
1
2
.250
Smith
.3
8
3
2
.250
Harper
.5
16
4
4
.250
McNeill
. 1
4
3
1
.250
Wilson
.5
17
1
4
.235
Buchan
.6
23
2
4
.174
Bettini
6
20
4
3
.150
Cooper
.2
7
2
1
:142
F. Seals
.4
16
0
1
.063
Hall
.2
4
0
0
.000
Douglas
.2
0
2
0
.000
Garzik
.1
1
0
0
.000
Davis
. 1
01
0
0
.000
L. Seals
. 1
4
0
0
.000
L. Pate
.1
0
0
0
.000
GP—Games Played
R—
Runs
AB—^At Bat
H-
-Hits
Pet.—Percent^e
mmg team at Carolina, and has
done work both in and out of ser
vice in keeping with his chosen
career and talents. He is quali
fied senior life saver.
He' will meet some time today
with the cofnmittee for the fixing
of hours and duties, and will be on
guard at the lake thereafter at
all times when it is most used by
young people of the section.
The movement toward employ
ing a life guard was initiated at
the Sandhills Kiwanis club last
week,as a result of the drowning
at the unprotected lake June 1
of Coleen Bullard, 18, of near
Sanford.
The Kiwanians delegated the
task to their public affairs and
boys’ and girls’ work committees,
and Paul C. Butler, John How
arth, Garland McPherson and A.
L. Burney 'were named to the
project.
Their task turned out to be one
of coordination and cooperation.
Various movements had started
up looking toward greater safety
at the lake, the county’s only re
creation spot of this type and
widely used by swimmers from
all county communities, as well
a^ .from other counties.
Leaders at Aberdeen, who had
started action at once, met with
the group and a new committee
was formed composed of J. B.
Edwards, Aberdeen ,chairman;
E. O. Freeman, H. Clifton Blue,
Aberdeen; Paul C. Butler, Sou
thern Pines; Roderick Innes, Pine
hurst.
Working put a plan for financ
ing a life guard’s salary, the com,-
mittee wasted no time in hunt
ing candidates for the job. The
employment of Elliott was an
nounced within the week by
Chairman Edwards.
Collecting a proportionate share
of his salary will be the concern
of each community seperiately.
(Continued on Page 10)
tailing all girls!
boys!
Starting off the summer re
creational program in Southern
Pines, Monday, girls from 8 to
13 years of age will meet with
Miss Aline Todd, girls’ director
at 10 a. m. at the Civic club, and
girls from 14 years up, at 2:39 p.
m.
Boys from 8 to 13 years will
meet with A. C. Dawson, direct
or, at 10 a. m. at the Men’s club,
and boys from 14 up, at 2:30 p. m.
Elsewhere in The Pilot this
week will be found two schedules
for the surnmer program—one
for young people of Southern
Pines, the other for those of West
Southern Pines, whose director
is E. M. Gentry, and who will
follow approximately the same
schedule as the white boys and
.girls.
Clip ..and Post
It is suggested that each family
with young people clip one of
the schedules, and post it in a
conspiauous place as a guide to
wholesome recreation and sports
throughout the summer vacation
Headquarters in 'Southern Pines
will be the Civic club and Men’s
club, and in West Southern Pines
the school. Hours will be 10 a. m.
to 5:30 daily, with a luncheon re
cess in activities, though the
headquarters will be open all day
long. , • ,
Rainy day schedules have also
been planned, with indoor games
in the headquarters buildings
and also in the high school audit
orium.
Open to All
The program is open to jevery
boy and girl of the community.
Teen-Age club activities have
been merged with it for the sum
mer, and it is expected that every
member who is in town will take
part, as well as all those who are
not members.
The word for parents is that
every effort has been made to
outline a program of wholesome’
activity for each young person,
with something to fit the tastes
and abilities of each one, an’d to
provide them a happy, busy vac
ation period. The daily schedule
has been arranged with thought
for household tasks they "should
do at home, with Jhe suggestion
that these be cleared off early
so the young people may be on
hand at 10 a. m. for full partici
pation in the community pro
gram.
Encouragement of the parents
for their sons and daughters to
take part is requested, for the
program’s full succeffs.
Top Rating’Given
County’s Initial
Scout Camporee
Moore county’s first Boy Scout
camporee, proceeding exactly as
planned from its opening Friday
afternoon to checking out time at
2 p. m. Sunday, was this week
rated by Scout leaders .here an
unqualified success. '
Roy M. Liles, council Scout
executive from Raleigh, who
spent the entire weekend at the
camporee, pronounced it the best
he had seen in a year. Bill Hew-
ett, field executive, who was pres
ent a good deal of the time, also
had high praise for the weekend’s
prbgram, and' both, with local
leaders, joined in wholehearted
praise for its chairman,- George
T. Dunlap, Jr. •
Besides heading the planning
and carrying through of the pro
gram, Dunlap had arranged for
its site, which was found to be
ideal—thf 11th fairway of the
Pine Needles golf course, with
use of a nearby lake for swim-
:ning.
Nine Troops
The only thing that would
have made the camporee better,
all said, was 100 per cent partic
ipation of the county .troops. As
it was, nine of the 14 troops were
present in whole or in part—108
Boy Scouts, with 19 leaders.
These were troops of Southern
Pines, West End, Pinebluff, Vass,
Aberdeeii, Carthage, Pinehurst,
Robbins . and Cameron, who,
pitching camp during Friday af
ternoon, went through a routine
of outdoor cooking, contests, in
spections and other activities,
with occasional tjme out for
swimming and games, which kept
them busy every minute.
Southern Pines Winner
Contests in camping, fire build
ing, water boiling, first aid, sig
naling and other phases of Scout
activity were scored by points in
the second phase of the county
wide “Better Scouting” competi
tion which has been under way
since January 1, and'at the close
of the camporee the Southern
Pines troop, with a total of 2,930
points, was declared the winner.
Other troops of the county com
peting, and their scores, were an
nounced as follows: Pinehurst,
2665; West End, 2,399; Pinebluff,
2,218; Aberdeen, 2,067; Carthagq,
1,656; Vass, 862; High Falls, 827;'
Robbins, 568; Manly, 359; Cam
eron, 256. Several other troops
were organized since the competi
tion began and were not pai^tici-
pants.
Awards made in the “Better
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Joe Thomas, Jr.,
Dies in Wreek,»
Bill Roth Hurt
Joseph Calvin Thornes, Jr., 20-
year-old army veteran of South-
erh Pines, lost his life early Sun
day morning, when his car over
turned on a sharp curve on the
highway to Wilmington, and his
companion, William George Roth,
Jr., also of Southern Pines, was
seriously .injured.
The boys had left here around
2 a. m. with their fishing tackle,
for some fishing on the coast. The
accident -occurred about 5 a. m.
:iear .\cme.
Roth was taken to James Wqlk-
er Memorial hospital at .Wilming
ton, where it was found he was
suffering from concussion and
servere lacerations. He was still
in a semiconscious condition sev
eral days later, but was said not
to be in a critical condition.
A verdict of accidental death
was rendered by the Columbus
County coroner in the case of Joe
Thomas, and, both he and investi
gating officers said neither boy
had been drinking. The Thomas
car a Chevrolet coupe, was report
ed badly wrecked.
Funeral Service
Funeral services for young
Thomas were held at 11 a. m.
Tuesday at Brownson Memorial
Presbyterian church, conducted
by the pastor. Dr. T. E. Davis,
and burial followed in the fam
ily plot at Mt: Hope cemetery.
Pallbearers wer.e former class
mates and boyhood friends, Al
len CaUoway, T. K. Campbell,
George McCormac, Jr., Clyde
Smith, Fred Hall, Jr., and Dan
Hay, HI;
Surviving are his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph C. Thomas of
Ashe street, and one brother,
Gerald, of the home.
Joseph Ualvin Thomas ‘was
born at Vass March' 13,’ 1927, and
attended school in Southern Pines
when his family moved here
later.
He played basketball and base-
(Continued on Page 5)
Agreement Majority
Property Owners
Necessary for Work
With an estimate in hand from
Surveyor Paul M. Van Camp on
the improvement of several sec
tions of Southern Pines streets,
the t own board in regular ses
sion Wednesday night authorized
Howard Burns, secretary, to dis
tribute petitions among the prop
erty owners concerned to deter
mine if a majority of them are
willing to be assessed lor this
Work. /
■ Of several streets badly need
ing improvement, the following
W'ere taken as most urgent: Indi
ana avenue, from May street to
Country Club road, two blocks;
Illinois from Broad street to Ken
sington road, three blocks; Indi
ana, from Broad street to Bennett,
one block.
The estimate of $12,324 for hard
surfacing, curb and ghtter and
the storm drainage considered es
sential on several blocks can be '
considerably shaved, Secretary
Burps had figured, by .use of town
labor for grading and for the
curb and gutter. The town will,
as is customary, assume the cost
of intersections.
Agreement of 51 percent of
property owners along the total
frontage is necessary before the
work can be done.
Many urgent requests are al
ready on liand, giving rise to the
present action. It is planned to
continue the program in regard
to other streets about town as
soon as practicable.
Water Lines, Hydrants
Considerable discussion was
held of the need for additional
fire protection in the way of water
line extensions and hydrants in
outlying districts. Since it can
take as long as six months for de
livery of pipe and hydrants, it
was agreed that prices are to be
secured and an order placed
promptly if next month’s budget
making shows sufficient funds
available.
Though some members consid
ered this need equal to or greater
than the street improvement
work, it was shown that funds to
be used for the streets are not
available for the other purpose.
A bid from John C. Muse, aud
itor, of Sanford, was found to be
the lower of two bids submitted,
and Muse, who has audited the
town books for a number Of years,
was awarded the 1946-47 job.
Electrical Inspections
Led by Mayor Page, the board
went on record as favoring reten
tion of a qualified electrician to
make regular electrical inspect
ions ,0f public and business build
ings, hotels etc., t'o give home in
spections if desired and to issue
permits for, electrical work. This,
like the water line and hydrant
additions, resulted from discuss
ion of fire hazards and fire pre
vention methods which, it appear
ed, has laid heavy on the com-
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Auctioneer Chant Heard at Cameron
As Dewberry Crop Comes Pouring In
By Valerie Nicholson
There’s a real ‘'‘black market”
these days at Cameron, where
big black dewberries are rolling
in by car or truck from berry-
fields in Moore Hoke, Lee and
Harnett counties. ( (
The market opened last Sat
urday, and will continue for
about three weeks, during which
some 50,000 crates o:( berries will
be bought by produce buyers,
Transferred to huge freight trucks
to be shipped to northern mar
kets overnight.
It used to be the biggest mar
ket in North Carolina^—some said
in the south, others said in the
world! Of late years the yield has
lowered, and . other markets have
started up in eastern Carolina
produce sections, but the Camer
on market is still one of the bigg^
est, and plenty of berries are sold
under the shed by the railroad
track in the sleepy little town of
Cameron.
■With all this activity, it still
looks sleepy, and the sleepiest
looking things there are the
berry-buyers. They work hard,
from about 10 a. m. to late in the
evening—for as. long, in fact, as
the trucks roll in bearing the
day’s pick; but the layman sel
dom catches them working. The
signs are obvious only to the
auctioneer.
Auctioneer
The auctioneer this year, as
it was last, is A. B. Parker, of
Vass, a berry grower himself,
who doubles as a tobacco auction
eer in the season, and took an in
tensive course toward that end.
He’s a husky and vigorous
young man, and his chant comes
forth -With all the melodiousness
heard by the average person only
on the Lucky Strike Hit Parade.
He likes auctioneering, Parker
says, and likes to auction dew
berries; but has a time at first
(accustoming h!mse((f to niokte
jumps in bidding. For this is a
miniature market; instead of
thousands of tobacco baskets, he
has one lot of berries before him
at a time; instead of dozens of
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