VOL. 28. NO. 33
16 PAGES THIS WEEK
Southern Pines. N. C.-Friday. July 11. 1947.
16 PAGES THIS WEEK
TEN CENTS
Crowds Gather At
Carthage For Gala
July 4th Festival
Southern Pines Girl
Is Beauty Winner;
Local Floats Seen
Day Is Observed As
Quiet Holiday Here
It was a quiet Fourth—every
where except in Carthage.
In Southern Pines, streets were
deserted, office and stores pre
sented a blank appearance. There
weren’t any signs on the doors
saying “Gone fishin’ ” but that
< was where a' lot of people were;
, or at the beach, or off on picnics,
at the ball game, or just loafing
at home; or at Carthage.
The police weren’t on a holiday
but they might as well have been:
no accidents were recorded, none
of the tragic fatalities noted in
other papers occurred here and
only one or two arrests were
made, of people whose enjoyment
of the holiday went a little too
far.
As to ttiq county in general.
Sheriff McDonald reported also
a general inactivity. In fact,
practically! everything was at a
standstill— except at Carthage.
And there, the festivity ran
rampant as the Carthage Jaycees,
with organizations and business
firms all over the county cooper
ating, staged a real old-fashioned
Fourth of July, with a parade, a
beauty contest, a fiddlers’ con-
' vention, one event I after another,
winding up with d big dance at
the school gym.
Sylvia is Queen
Southern Pines participated
with two floats in the parade,*and
two entrants in the beauty- con
test, one of whom, brunette Siyl-
via Cromer, sponsored by the
John Boyd post,,VFW, won the
contest and was fcrowned queen.
Ann Seawell of Carthage was
runnqr-up, and all the girls look
ed mighty pretty, including
Betty Jean Cameron, of Southern
Pines, sponsored by the Sandhills
post, American Legion. |
The beauty contest was held in
front of the courthouse at 12:45
p. m., and soon after, at 2 p. m.,
the mammoth parade got under
way, with -a detachment of sol
diers from Fort Bragg setting the
pace. Boy Scouts, representatives
of veterans’ organizations, the
Albemarle Sea Scouts’ drum and
bugle corps, the Sanford High
school band, .numerous horsemen
who trotted their mounts from
one end of the parade to the
Other and back again, and many
gala floats provided a colorful
display for the crowds lining the
flag-decorated streets.
Pilot Float
Among the floats was a vessel
of majestic lines, flying the Steft-s
and Stripes and also the pennant
of her owner—“The Pilot.” In
the midst of her jolly crew sat
The Pilot himself, complete with
beard and binoculars, reading-^'
you guesse^ it!—The Pilot. Crew
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Speedboat Raees Promise Thrills
At Crystal Lake Sunday Afternoon
Thrills a-plenty for everyone
are promised in the speedboat
races to be held at Crystal lake,
Lakeviett, Sunday at 3 p. m.,
with a dozen or more outstanding
driyers of this and nearby states
bringing their own fast boats to
take part. ■
The event is sponsor^ by the
Aberdeen Post 72, American Le
gion, with drivers secured through
courtesy of Jimmy Allen, pro
prietor of the lake.' Among the
drivers will be Eddie Fanzer, of
Charlotte, winner of the hydro
plane classic at Chattanooga,
Tenn., July 4; O. L. Lackey, of
Trinity, winner of the July 4
races sponsored by the Salisbury
Lions club; and Jimmy Harrell,
winner of the races held by the
Outboard associatibn June 30 Ut
New Bern.
A mile-long course is being laid
out, and races will vary from five
to 20 laps. H. F. Seawell, Jr., of
Carthage, will officiate as judge.
The Aberdeen Legionnaires are
selling tickets, to the event, and
tickets will also be sold at the
entrance.#
These are the first speedboat
races to be held in the Sandhills
and a large crowd is expected, to
view what is well known as one
of the mbst thrilling of all sports.
If the, Suijday event is success
ful otljfers* will' be held later, Al
len said. y
Chief Newton Wins Share Of Reward
Given By Jewelers’ Security Group
Crime doesn’t pay, and catch- j
ing criminals, too, is 'sometimes
a thankless task—but it was dif
ferent this week for Southern
Pines’ Police Chiefs C, E. Newton
and Sanford’s assistant Chief, Joe
Watson.
A check for $100 has arrived
from the Jewelers’ Security Al
liance of the United States to be
divided between the two police
officials, for their •share in the
arrest and conviction of one Paul
William Stone, of Sanford, last
winter. The check is on display
in the window of Ormsby’s Jew
elry shop, from which Stone stole
several valuable watches in Jan
uary through a ruse. Following
his arrest, he was given a sus
pended sentence in the Moore
County recorder’s court, and
placed on probation for five
years.
The’ Jeweleirs’ Security) Alli
ance is maintained by member
jewelers throughout the country
for crime detection and preven
tion in protection of the jewelry
industry, founded in 1883, it has
Spent more than $1,35(5,000 in
tracking down jewelry thieves
and paying rewards for the pro
tection of its members, of which
Ormsby is one.
The Alliance works with local,
state and federal law enforce
ment agencies through its own
private detedtive service. Its
headquarters are in New York
City. , I
The check will be presented to
Chief Newton and Assistant Chief
Watson within a few days._
I'lEWS
If a man biles a dog it's
news; and if nobody's hurl
on a Fourlh of July -week-
f end, Ihal's news. loo.
Thai was Ihe case isn Sou-
Ihern Pines, Ihough nol in Ihe
slale where accidenls and in-
- juriies both Exceeded
number expecled.
So . . .chalk up a slar for
Ihe good sense of pur folks.
Or did Old Ma^ Luck jusl
happen lo smile our way?
Anyway, il's a record lo be
proud of.
REWARDED
fhe
Tobacco Growers Have Much At Stake
In Saturday Vote, Say Farm Leaders
Every flue-cured / tobacco
grower in Moore county, whether
landlord, tenant or share-cropper,
was urged today by Joe A. Cad-
dell, chairman of the County
■Triple-A. committee, and T. C.
Auman, county Farm, Bureau
president, to vote in'the tobacco
referendum Satutdhy, July 12
The referendum, authorized by
the last sessions of the legislature
in both North and South Caro^lina,
, provides for flue-cured growers
to express themselves in regard
to an assessment of 10 cents per
acre to be used in protecting and
developing the export market for
tobacco. The money would be ad
ministered by a non-profit or
ganization known a3 Tobacco As
sociates, Inc. ,
Caddell quoted from a state
ment by E. Y. Floyd, secretary of
Tobacco' Associates, to the effect
that:
, 1. Only tobaccb farmers who
are engaged in th^ production of
the 1947 crop of flue-cured to
bacco will be eligible to vote.
2. Regardless of the number of
farms he may have, no grower
has more than one vote.
3. The polls will be open from
6130 a. m. until 6:30 p. m. Sat
urday, July 12.
4. It will require at least a
two-thirds favorable vote to put
the program into effect. All eli
gible producers will cast their
ballots in the community in
which they live.
Polling Places
Caddell said that for Moore
county the following polling
places will be open:
Carthage township, AAA office
in Carthage; Greenwood town
ship, McKeithen’s store, Camer
on & Seawell’s Service station
near White Hill; McNeill town
ship, town hall, Vass, and Eureka
schoolhouse; Sandhill township,
Burney ' Hardware- company,
Aberde'en, and Roseland school-
house; Mineral Springs township,
Jackson Springs Community
house, and West End school-
house; Bensalem township, Ben
salem Community house, and
Martin’s stbre. Eagle Springs;
Sheffield township, \Roy Gamer’s
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CHIEF NEWTON
Salute Is Given
Junior Players At
Legion Banquet
Baseball cleanly and earnestly
played can become a factor of
real significance in the lives of
its protago’nists, developing an
attitude of healthy competition,
sportsmanship in victory and de
feat and cleanliness of both mind
and body, it was emphasized by
Philip J. Weaver as guest speak
er Wednesday night at the Amer
ican Legion banquet honoring the
Junior Legion team.
The banquet was held at the
Skycruise club in salutb to the
teen-age boys who have ju'st com
pleted an intensive four-week
season of ball, the first to be
sponsored in Moore county in
the statewide Junior Legion ser
ies. ,
“This is just the start,” anoth
er speaker, C. S. Patch, Jr., post
athletic officer, told the team
members. Legionnaires and
guests. "‘We intend to have a team
next year also, and to keep right
on, playing better and better
ball.” More support from the
whole county can be looked for
ward to, he said. Despite the fact
that this year’s team garnered
more losses than wins, much has
been accomplished, said Patch,
as the boys have gone from Class
C high school ball up against
Class A teams, and made an ex
cellent showing, getting good
training as players and laying a
foundation for an excellent 1948
team.
Lloyd Woolley asked the in
vocation, bnd following a dinner
featuring sirloin steaks Post
Commander Jack Read recogniz-
the following, several of whom
made brief talki in praise of the
program:
J. W. Dickerson, for services
to the team throughout the sea-
spn, in which he gave much time
in assisting the coach, and uesd
his car freely for transportation;
Arthur Pate, coach; June Phillips,
who as a non-Legionnaire ex
pressed appreciation of “outsid
ers” for the team’s work; Char
les Swobpe, of Pinehurst, who
helped in raising funds; A. D.
Hurs'tv banquet chairman^ Joe
Garzik, for services to the team;'
James Davis, commander of the
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County To Grant
Funds For Urgent
Repair Of School
CHOSEN
Stale Authorities
Inspect Collapsed
Auditorium Ceiling
Funds for the repair and re
modeling ,of the Southern Pines
school auditorium, a large part
of the ceiling of which fell down
week before last, will be provided
by the county, with plans to pro
ceed at once with what turns out
to be a major job of reconstruc
tion.
S(upt. Philip J. WjSaver and
John Howarth and N. L. Hodg
kins of the Southern Pines school
board, presenting the case before
'the county commissioners Mon
day, found the board entirely in
accord with' their findings that
tjie project is essential and ur
gent, and comes under the head
ing of capital outlay, for which
the county is financially respon
sible.
G. M. Cameron, chairman of the
board *of commissioners, visited
the school last week to survey
the damage, following the col
lapse of about one-third of the
vaulted ceiling, about 800 square
feet of plastering, with electric
light fixtures and ceiling tiles.
W. F. Cradle, head of the school
building and planning depart
ment of the state department of
^ubic instruction, with an en
gineer from the office of William
R. Dietrich, school Architect, were
to visit the school this week and
advise concerning the reconstruc
tion job. Also expected was Sher-
•wood Brockwell, state fire copr-
missioner, to inspect not only the
damaged auditorium, but the
whole building for fire safety.
The 20-year-qld ceiling, falling
without warning, ' was revealed
to have been secured to thq
structure beneath only by thin
nails in the ends of the timbers,
going with the. grain df the wood,
and wonderment has been ev-
pressed that is stayed up as long
as lit did.
'The auditorium, used also for
gymnasium, has been in daily
and , almost nightly use during
school sessions, and only the fact
that its/collapse* occurred during
the summer vacation prevented
what might have been a major
disaster, with human casualties.
School Vocatioilal
Work Is Planned
Application has been niade tp
the state department of vocat
ional education for vocational
teacheVs for both boys and girls
for the Southern Pines H[igh
school lor the school year 1948-49,
acording to Supt. Philip J.
Weaver.
During tha^t year it is expected
that the home economics build
ing on the school campus will,
by the removal of all elementary
grades to the new school, be
available lor its original purpose
for the first time’ since it was
built, about 1934. Since its com
pletion it has had to take care of
the overflow of classes from the
main school building, and inaug
uration of a home economics de
partment has had to be postpon
ed from year to year.
It is hoped also that by 1948
space wil be available for shop
or other vcicational work' for boys.
Weaver said.
Information from the state de
partment was to the effect that
the filing of an application did
not necessarily mean that teach
ers would be available, as the de
mand for several years ahead is
great and federal funds for the
program, which supply one-third
of their salaries, have been cut.
State funds supply one-third and
the other one-third would come
from local funds.
» :
DEANE. D
Congressman Deane can still
put a big D after his name. He
and Clark of Fayetteville, Cooley
of Nashville, and Folger of Mt.
Airy, voted against the Knutson
tax bill. All othet eight N. C.
representatives joined the Re
publicans fn voting for it.
The bill, except for a change
of date for enactment, from July
to January, is identical with the
tax bill the president' vetoed
three weeks ago.
lom,
Leatrice Irene Simpson, 18,
of Lakeview, was chosen last
week by a committee of judges
to receive the Sandhills 'Veterans’
Association’s nurse training
scholarship, to finance a three-
year course at the training school
of her choice, and to return on
graduation to practice her pro
fession in Moore county.
Leatrice, a May graduate of
the Vass-Lakeview High school,
has already' entered her applica
tion at the High Point Memorial
hospital for the. September class.
Governor Chooses
Rent Controllers
For This Distriet
County Tax Rate Set At $1.25, With
Greater Part Budgeted For Schools
OUR CHANCE
Twelve out of the 22 coun
tries invited to the confer
ence on the Marshall Plan
have accepted. Three more,
Denmark, Norway and Swe
den, are expected to join this
week, while Romania. Po
land and Yugoslavia, which
had been definitely counted
out, have said they are still
in the running.
It looks as if we might see
the greater part of Europe
joining the American plan.
Then it really will be up to
us.
Once before, an American
proposed a plan for interna
tional peace. The world ac
cepted it, but America with
drew.
America can't do that
again. Congress has not offi
cially backed the Marshall
Plan. These countries dre
taking a chance, another
chance that this time Ameri
ca will not fail.
We must be ready with all
it takes.
$225,000 Marked For
Vass-Lakeview School
Harry J. Menzel, of Southern
Pines, was recommended Wed
nesday by Goyeruor Cherry as
chairman of a rent control com
mittee to , serve the Southern
Pines district, according to a Ra
leigh dispatch.
Recommended with Menzel to
Frank Creedon, national housing
expediter, were the following
committee members: L. B.
Creath, Pihehurst; C. N. Page,
Southern Pines; W. D. Sabistbn,
Cartlipgej Mr^, Charles Pleas
ants, Aberdeen.
The official appointrhents are
expected to be made in a few
days by Creedon, who requested
the recommendations of the gov
ernor.
Queried by The Pilot, Menzel
said he had received no word' as
yet concerning the .appointment,
nor regarding the committee’s
specific duties.
The Southern Pines committee
will be one of 27 local rent con
trol bodies to serve districts all
over the state until March 1,
when rent controls will be re
moved unless extended by con
gress. ’ ,
August 1 Is
Designated As
Air Force Day
Governor R. Gregg Cherry
proclaimed by signature this
week that August 1 would be Air
Force day in North Carolina, ac
cording to a bulletin from Pope
Field.
Witnessing the proclamation
were Col. Paul H. Prentiss, com
manding officer of Pope field;
Maj. T. F. Corrigan, special pro
ject officer at Pope field; and
Ben R. Rudisill, president of the
Air Force association, the organ-
Jization that is spoiisoring this
third official observance of Air
Force day which marks the 40th
anniversary of the AAF.
Extracts from the proclama
tion are as follows:
“NOW, THEREFORE, I
GREGG CHERRY, Governor of
the State of North Carolina, in
order that we may honor the
men and women of the Army Air
Forces ■ who have given their
lives in the defeijse of the United
States and that we may recog
nize the service of those who,
in the armed iorces, or in the civ
ilian forces, or in the civilian
centers of science, research and
production, have contributed to
the building of our air strength,
do hereby proclaim Friday, Au
gust 1, 1947, as Air Force Day
in North Carolina.
“I urge all citizens to join in
the observance of this, the 40th
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Town Team Keeps
League Lead With
Three More Wins
By Slim Forsythe
The Southern Pines Town team
maintained its lead in the Peach
Belt League by winning three
straight this past week.
On the -Fourth, the local club
was host to Hamlet. Trailing 7-0
going into the fourth inning, the
local club batted starting pitcher
Harrell from the box. Ed Newton
started the rally off with a single,
McRae was safe at first on an
error forcing Newton out at sec
ond, Les McNeil doubled to left
center scoring McRae.'
Buchan was issued a walk and
then Slugger Wilson cracked out
a two bagger scoring Buchan and
McNeil. Wilson then advanced
to third on an error, scoring on a
passed ball. John Neal was walk
ed followed by Walt Harper and
then Clyde “Little, Man” Dunn
knocked out a long three-bagger
scoring Neal 'and Harper. New
ton, up fqr the second time in
that inning, was walked and Mc
Rae grounded ou,t, ending the
inning with the score 7-6.
In the fifth inning Les McNeil
singled and was caught stealing
second. Slugger Wilson then
knocked out a home- run to the
right field fence tying' up the
ball garhe.
In the eighth inning Floyd
Seals doubled to left center,
Harper singled scoring Seals,
Newton got to first on an error.
Doc' McRae then lined a three
bagger to centerfield, scoring
Harper and Newton. McNeil was
safe at first on a pitcher’s error
that scored McRae, making the
score 11-8. Winning pitcher was
ISTelson Cooper, who allowed 2
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Aberdeen School Tax Vote
Will Be Held August 12
Giving over the greater part
of their Monday meeting to
school matters, the county com
missioners ran out of time Mon
day and ended the day without
giving finishing touches to the
coming year’s budget as planned,
or drawing the jury list for the
August term of court.
They did, however, confirm the
tax rate for 1947-48 at $1.25 per
$100 valuation, a rise of 35 cents
over the old rate. The increase
will go chiefly to the schools, it
was emphasized by Chairman
Gordon M. Cameron, who said
that the tentative , breakdown
calls for a total school expendi
ture of around $500,000—almost
as much as the entire budget for
1946-47.
Some $300,000 of this will be
for capital outlay, improving, re
modeling and rebuilding the
schoolhouses, in amounts from
$500 for some of the smaller
schools to around $225,000 for
construction of the new 'V'ass-
Lakeview school. \
Plans for its construction, au
thorizing of a school supplement
election for the Aberdeen dis
trict and authorizing the rebuild
ing and remodeling of the audi
torium of the Southern Pines
school were the major school mat
ters before the board.
The contract- as it had been
awarded the week before had
proved unsatisfactory, .and the
new plans call for erection of the
building by the county construc
tion crew, of wfiich N. N. Mc
Donald is superintendent. Archi
tectural plans of Frank B. Simp
son, of Raleigh, will be followed,
and the contracts for plumbing,
heating and electrical work stand
as let in June. ^
Construction wgs to begin
Wednesday afternoon, said Supt.
H.- Lee Thomas.
' Aberdeen Tax Election
Revision of plans for the Aber
deen school tax election) was also
before the board, as school dis
trict lines had been, incorrectly
set forth in plans for the election
June 9, and the poll had to be
■postponed.
August 12 is the new date. The
tax! to be voted on is supplemen
tary to a 20-cent supplement now
in effect and is not to exceed lOi
cents on the $100 valuation,
bringing the total supplement, if
passed, to, ‘or near, the 30 cents
now in effect in Southern Pines
and Pinehurst.'
Voting will be at the Chandler
building in Aberdeen, vi^ith R. C.
Freeds named registrar and D. P.
Troutman and Mrs. J. B. Thomp
son judges. Registration will take
place from July 19 through Au
gust 2.
A number of beer licenses
were granted, also several wine
license^, and , three sections of
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Aberdeen Mill’s Knitting Machines
Are More Coniplicated Than Rnssians
by Kalharine Boyd
Do ypu know how to tell the
size of a nylon stocking?
Do you know what “denier”
means?
Do you know what the welt is?
Do you know, sadl'y, that the
little open-work edge of the top
is just for decoration and does
not stop a run?
To all these questions this re
porter can now answer .with a
proud: yes. In fact, evfer since we
visited ■ the Aberdeen Hosiery
Mill last week and stuck our nose
into the intricacies of the semi
automatic machines there, and
came up still slugging, we have
been walking on air.
It wont last long; jioii can’t
keep your mind 'On top of a
thing like that more than a few
days, that is not unless you are
a Ralph Kleinspehn, ■ who
breathes and eats gnd sleeps
knitting machines; but just for
today we can still teU you a
little something about this busi
ness of knitting nylons.
Th* mui
'Tp start with the start; Our
Aberdeen mill, situated on the
hill above the lake on the road
to Pinehurst, is owned by Wil
liam H. Miller and Edgar Mayer,"'
both of New York; the local man
ager is Ralph Kleinspehn, who
lives in Southern Pines.
The thread for their mill combs
from DuPont, as does that of all
nylon stocking mills, because
DuPont is the only company that
makes nylon thread. (And if that
isn’t a tidy little monopoly!) The
thread comes to our mill either
finished or raw, in which case it
has to go to a finisher for • pro
cessing, as this mill concerns it
self solely with knitting the
stockings, which are “finished
■in the griege”, (in mill talk: “in
grey”) here.
The red brick building is com
pactly built and, not large. The
front part holds an office and
small lunch-room, between the
two a corridor leadgi into the
main room where the great ma
chines stand in long ranks. On
the right are nine rows, each
row one machine that turns out
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