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VOL. 28 NO. 36 TWELVE PAGES Southern Pines, N. C- Friday, August 1, 1947 TWELVE PAGES TEN CENTS it WSTS To Go On Air Monday Morning From Modern Studios Located Here County's First Station Will Cover Sandhills Area 5,000 Watts Planned Following tests which have taken place during the past few days, the controls will be turned on at 6 a.m. Monday for the de but on the air of Southern Pines’ and Moore county’s first radio station, WSTS,—“990 on your dial.” of the Sandhills Broadcast ing corporation. The station will operate daily from 6 a. m. to 7:45 p. m. for the first few weeks, and then, accord ing to plans now in progress, will gon on night-time operation also, according to John C. Greene, manager. Plans are also being made to step up the power to 5,000 watts, - he said. However, with its pres ent 250 watts WSTS may be ex pected to cover the entire Sand hills area. Though a formal opening pro gram may be arranged later, there will be “nothing special” on the first days, whose program may be taken as a typical sample of any day on the air, said Greene. Music both popular and classical,'news and a daily sports review are being logged, though it will be some time before the programs will have jelled to a general routine whereby listen ers may know just what to ex pect when. However, said Greene, a num ber of interesting programs are being prepared and listeners will find a wide variety, to suit every taste. Studio Building finishing touches are being put this week on the studios on West Broad street near Pennsylvania avenue, which have attracted many observers during the re modeling of the building. They are declared to be' among the most beautiful and modern among the smaller studios of the entire south,. The studio building includes a reception room and business offices, audience lounge, large and small broadcasting studios, control room, music room for re cord and transcription libraries and a newsroom housing the United Press teletype. All are air-conditioned, done in two shades of blue, with wine colored carpeting in the lounge arid broadcasting studios, and moder nistic, furnishings in the lounge. The Standard transcription ser vice is being used, to provide a variety of music. With new transcriptions coming in con stantly, plus the new records and record albums, WSTS will have all the latesi tunes on tap. An abundant library of class ical and semi-classical music will also be built up, for 'frequent concerts of the finest offerings of the musical world, said Greene. A loudspeaker system carries the radio programs into all parts of the building. Transmitter Gates radio equipment is used throughout the studios and at (Continued on Page 5) PERMIT GRANTED, A construction permit has been granted the Sandhills Community Broadcasters, Inc., by the Federal Com- mttnications commission, to build a 1,000-watt radio sta- slioin for operation on a fre-- quency of 1360 kilocycles, according toi a Washingjton dispatch of last week. The information was also received here by wire by friends of the corporation, who said that erection of the station and studios would go forward at once. Jack Younts is president of the corporation, and will be manager of the statiom. which will lease a building to be erected on the west side of Highway 1, between Sou thern Pines land Aberdeen. George Buttry. of Southern Pines, will build the station, in which both the studio and transmitter facilities will be housed. Pinehurst Shop, Station, Cameron P. O. Are Robbed A thief who took 40 cents from a money drawer, leaving 60 cents, and attempted without success to break into the safe, was a vis itor last Wednesday night at the Norfolk & Southern station at Pinehurst, into which he had ef fected entry through a window- with tools taken earlier that night from Henry Frye’s Paint shop, in Pinehurst. A pistol was also taken from the paint shop, and the dial of the station safe was ruined and has had to be replaced, it was re ported by Police Chief Dees of Pinehurst, who said that to date no arrest has been made. SBI Assists Assisting Chief Dees and the sheriff’s department in their in vestigation of the double break- in was Lee Phillips, of the SBI at Raleigh, who came to Pine hurst the following day. Phillips expressed the opinion that the work may have been that of a ring which has been operating throughout the Carolines for some months and which has vis ited, this section before, making entries at Southern Pine^, Aber deen and "Vass. Nothing appeared missing from either place at Pinehurst except the pistol and the 40 cents. Frye’s tools were left at the sta tion. Robbery at Cameron The cases were believed to have no connection with a third robbery, under investigation by the sheriff’s department in which four parcel post packages, valued altogether at less than $50, were taken Friday night from the post office at Cameron. Entry was ef fected through a locked back door, which was pried open. Postal Inspector J. M. Risley, of Raleigh, is assisting with the investigation. Scoutmaster Got Blisters But Boys Never Slow Up On Washington Trip By Dick Ray At 11:40 Friday night, 10 Boy Scouts of Troop 73 and Assistant Scoutmaster Carlton Kennedy left for a weekend of sightseeing in 'Washington, D. C. The scouts were Roland Bower, Bob Corn- well. (who went on to Newark to meet his father), Carlton Ken nedy, Jr., Milton Kaylor, Bill Blue, John Calloway, Eddie Men- efee, Dick McCall, David Ather ton, and Dick Ray. The boys affived in Washing ton at 11:30 daylight saving time Saturday morning. They were met at Union station by Mr. and Mrs. Jack Robbins. Mrs. Rob bins is the former Marie Kennedy of Southern Pines. After leaving the train station the scouts went across the street to Hotel Com modore, one of the best in Wash ington, where they were to stay over the weekend. John Lang, secretary to Congressman C. B. Deane, had made the reservations at the hotel. After getting cleaned up, the boys went to Child’s restaurant, to get breakfast. Capitol Building After breakfast, Mr. and Mrs. Robbins took the boys over to the capitol building. There a guide who was a friend of Mrs. Rob bins took them around the build ing without charge. She showed them some of the art in the build ing, and showed them the old capitol, which is very much smaller than the present one. The scouts went to the Senate and the House of Representatives. This was the last day in session, 'arid they were in a hurry to get through. They finished at about 4:30 Sunday morning. The boys had an itching to climb to the top of the dome, so climb they did. It is about 285 feet to the very top of the dome. The boys next went to the Smithsonian Institute. The boys spent about three hours here. It (Continued on Page 5) S5C Office Is Opened At Aberdeen For License* Examiner A And B Drivers Of Southern Pines To Be Tested There Motor vehicle operators whose initials are A and B, having Sou thern Pines, Pinehurst, Aberdeen or West End as address, will go to Aberdeen for their safe driving permits made necessary by the new state laws, it was announc ed this Week. Walter E. Yow, of Asheboro, newly added to the license exam ining staff of Moore county, will give the tests for drivers of these localities Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, also Saturday .morn ing of each week. His office hours are 9 a. m. to 5 p. m., 9-12 on Saturdays. His office is at the A & R rail road station in Aberdeen. D. G. Frye, who untft the addi tion of Yow to the staff did the examining for the entire county, will test drivers from Carthage, Robbins and Sanford. His head quarters are at the state highway patrol office in the courthouse at Carthage, where he may be found Mondays and Tuesdays, also Saturday mornings. Though the examining period for A and B drivers is July 1 through December 31, the license examiners emphasize the impor tance of taking the tests as early as possible. As the time goes on it is inevitable that late comers will jam the schedule, and appli cants may'have to wait, or return several times for their tests. If they get “left over” until past the deadlii^e they will also have to wait on the C’s and D’s, who will take priority then. Though the full amount of lit erature, to prepare drivers for their tests, has not arrived, the examiners have on hand one of the most important booklets, that of recognition of highway signs by their sizes, shapes and colors, and suggest that each driver come by and get one before his test. Mattocks Elected Youth President; Tournament Held With Southern Pines boys win ning four out of five singles matches and both doubles, and a Southern Pines girl, Pat Caddell, winning the lone match in which girls participated, the Southern Pines-Aberdeen ping pong tour nament held at the Civic center Tuesday night wa^ declared an unqualified success, as far as the local young folks were concerned. Singles were won by H. L. Brown vs. Burns, L. Pate vs. Wat son, Baker vs. Oliver and Ar- nette vs. Hepburn, with B. Brown losing to Aberdeen’s one winner, Lee. In the doubles H. Lee Brown and Pate won from Lee and Burns, B. Brown and Baker from Watson and Hepburn. Miss Caddell’s opponents among the visitors were Mrs. R. E. Lee and Catherine Matthews. Playing was hard, fast and skillful, providing an excellent show for the enthusiastic gallery. Soft drinks were served follow ing the matches. Before the tournament, part of the summer recreation program for young people of the town, a meeting of the Teen Age club was held at which Gary Mat tocks was elected president, suc ceeding Bobby Barrington who graduated from high school in June. It was decided that the members would sell soft drinks at the 'V-J Day celebration. Dano Frassinetti, vice president, who presided until President Mat tocks took over, announced that a “coke” vending machine is to be installed at the Civic center. Southern Pines girls played a rip roaring game of softball at Pinehurst Tuesday evening, win ning their first night' game by a score of 20-6 by means of excel lent play throughout. The local lineup iricluded Ruth Guin, pitch- er„' Betty Jane Worsham, catcher; Pat Caddell, first base; Nellie Ward Watson, second base; Bar- (Continued on Page 5) SCHOOL BELLS In the mitfet of summer's pleasures comes the news for £\outhern Pines school stu dents and their parents that school bells will ring for the fall term Wednesday, Sep tember 3. It is important that every student be present the first day for enrollment and as signment to classes, Supt. Philip J. Weaver emphasized ::his week. Most of the former tach- ers will be back and a few new ones. Announcement as to the completed faculty will be made in a week or two, he said. Moore County Newsfolk Meet, Organize Club Members of the staffs of the four Moore County newspapers, with their wives, husbands and a number of visitors, hobnobbed in journalistic fellowship in Sou thern Pines Saturday night, the spirit of competition momentar ily allayed as common bonds were strengthened and mutual prob lems discussed. Scene of the gathering was “Hibernia,” the Struthers Burt home, residence for the summer of Mrs. 'Valerie Nicholson, assist ant editor of The Southern Pines Pilot. Upshot of the meeting was the formation of the Moore County Press association, a loosely form ed organization of the working journalistic fraternity of the county, to follow a tentative schedule of monthly dinner meet ings with each weekly playing host in turn. Presenting the matter of form ing a county press association was Editor’ R. P. Gibson of the Moore County News,' who called on others in turn for expression of opinion, and found it to be favorable. A September meeting was planned, to be held in Car thage. Present from the local papers were: Bob Harlow, editor of the Pinehurst Outlook and also of' Golf World, national weekly, with Arthur J. Williams and Carl Corley of his staff; H. Clifton Blue, editor of the Sandhill Cit izen, Aberdeen; Editor Gibson of the Moore County News, Carth age, with Woodrow Wilhoit and Gerry Muse; Mrs. James Boyd, editor of the Southern Pines Pi lot, with Bert Pjemo of the ad- (Continued on Page 5) County Golf Meet In Second Round After qualifying rounds play ed last week, the annual Moore County Golf tournament got un der way Monday morning at the Southern Pines Country club with two flights in the field, and by the close of the first round Wednesday evening some able players had been eliminated and others were heading into the sec ond t’ound. Among the latter were William Woodward, defending champion of Robbins, and the three Smith brothrs of Pinehurst. First round results were report ed as follows: first flight—C. B. Wallace, Pinehurst, one up over H. C. Davis, Robbins; Davis Wor sham, Southern Pines, over Mer edith Herndon of Pinehurst and Sanford, by default; Bob Smith 5-4 over Ollie Adcox, both of Pinehurst; Richard Smith, Pine hurst, over Russ Birch, South ern Pines, 2-1; Gene Maples, tied on the 18th with Barrett Harriss, and one up on the 18th (both Southern Pines), Tommy Grey, Southern Pines, 4-3 over Bob Hatrlow, Pinehurst; Bill Wood ward, Robbins, over Jack Carter, Southern Pines, 4-3; Will Wiggs, Southern Pines, one up over S. W. Bowman, Aberdeen. Second flight—Col. W. W- Simpson, Pinehurst, one up on the 19th over Junior Montesanti, Southern Pines; Watt Smith, Pinehurst, 9-7 over Dr. Philip Whitehead, Southern Pines; Thomas Currie over R. F. Spivey 5-3 (both Pinehurst)'; Dr. E. C. Medlin and Dan Farrell, score unreported; A. M. Thomas, Pine hurst, A. B. Patterson and H, A. Matthews, Southern Pines, bye. Veterans To Meet Here Tonight For V-J Day Planning 82nd Airborne Band Will Lead Parade; Dance Al Scottie's All veterans, whether members of veterans’ organizations or not, are invited to attend a general meeting to be held tonight (Fri day) at 8 o’clock at the Southern Pines Legion hut, to discuss plans for the great V-J Day cel ebration to be held here Thurs day, August 14, it was announc ed this week by Charles Swoope, of Pinehurst, chairman. The plans are shaping up well for the anniversary observance, which will be in the nature of a homecoming, and reunion for many veterans. Events will be gin at 12 noon at the city hall park, where picnic lunch facili ties will be available, and will continue with a baseball game (the Peach Belt All-Stars vs. Fort Bragg), a parade, a Victory Day imee(ting with speakers at the park, and a grand Victory ball to be held at Scottie’s. Tickets to the ball will be on sale to the general public, but all veterans, with one lady guest' each, will be admitted free. Definite word has been receiv ed from Third Army headquar ters 'that the 82nd Airborne Pa- rae units and band will be on hand to lead the p'arade, Swoope said. Gold Star Mothers Gold Star mothers will be giv en special honor, with awards at the afternoon meeting and special entertainment events sponsored by the American Le gion auxiliary, of which Mrs. H^hes Britt is president. The celebration is being spon sored by the Moore County Vet erans’ committee, comprising representatives of all veterans’ organizations of the county—the American Legion, VFW and the Sandhills Veterans’ association. However, emphasized Swoope, it is to be a celebration for all the people—everyone whose life was touched by war, and who feel that the day on which the war ended is, worthy of, deeply joyful commemoration. And that means everybody. Seeking the patriotic support of all business establishments in the county, this week the com mittee js asking also their finan cial support, to the extent of a minimum contribution of $5 each. According to a letter being sent all business firms, the solicitation ;has the endorsement of the fol lowing business men of Moore county: 'W. P. Saunders, Robbins; W. H. Currie, Carthage; I. C. Sledge, Pinehurst; 'W. A. Muse, Cameron; Forrest Lockey, Aber deen; "W. A. Johnson, Jr., 'West End; L. V. O’Callaghan, Southern Pines. The letter follows: Gentlemen: ' Moore county will again honor its veterans of all wars with a county wide celebration and re union to be held on V-J Day, August 14. After consulting every other community in the county. South ern Pines was again selected by unanimous agreement of all county communities as the place. Hereafter each community in the county is to be host town in ro tation. The general celebration com mittee has considered various ways and means of financing the celebration so that it would not be a burden upon any communi ty and that no entrance charge would be made to any veteran. However, many ways of raising funds for a patriotic celebration of this type are repugnant to the committees. Therefore the celebration com mittee will have to depend pri marily upon the good citizens of Moore county, who Jiave seen their sons and daughters go forth to wars that were forced upon us to bring Kaiser Wilhelm’s crown. Hitler’s goat and Hifo- hito’s white horse. To honor those who won the victories we think that a spon sor’s contribution of at least $5 is not asking too much. If we have budgeted you too high, give what you can. Please forward (Continued on Page 5) Five Injured As Four Cars Tangle In Smash-up On Carthage-Pinehurst Road FATAL ACCIDENT Carrie Criscoe, 61, of Eagle Springs, was instantly killed when she alighted from a truck near her home at 5:45 p,' m. Tuesday, and stepped directly into the path of a car. The Negro woman, who was returning from a day spent in picking peaches in an orchard near West End, was badly mangled by :the impact. One leg was almost severed between the ankle and the knee, and there were severe head injuries. Sgt. Wendell Kelly and members of the sheriff's de partment, investigating, termed the accident unavoid able and made no arrest. The name of the driver of the car, said to be a traveling salesman from Burlington, could not be learned. A highway patrolman from Candor also investigated. The woman's body was taken to a funeral home in Candor, where it was report ed Wednesday that funeral arrangements bad not been made. A husband, Tom Cris coe, survives. Old Union Church Will Celebrate iSOth Birthday Homecoming For .All Members Will Be Held .August 24 Historic Union Presbyterian church, founded in 1797, will ob serve its 150th anniversary Sun day, August 24, with special ser vices and a “homecoming” for former pastors and members, it was announced this week by the pastor, Rev. C. K. Taffe. Dr. H. W. McLaughlin of Rich mond, Va., director for the past 25 years of the country church department of the Southern Pres byterian church, will make the main address at trie morning ser vice, whlcri will be followed by a communion service. The history of the church will be reviewed in the afternoon ses sion held on the church grounds, with honor paid to distinguished guests and , pastors of former years. • The church has undergone^ ex tensive renovation and cemetery grounds have been beau^ified in preparation for the event, said Mr. Taffe. The public is given cordial invitation to attend, and a large cr^owd is expected. Union church, with its slave gallery and large .cemetery bear ing silent witness to its years, is one of the oldest of the section. Among churches it has “mother ed” during its century and a half of existence are those of the Presbyterian denomination at Qarthage, “Vass, Cameron, Cul- dee. Eureka, Manly, Lakeview and White Hill. Dr. W. M. McDuffie, William Brown Are Hospital Patients Three Children Hurt In H^ad-On Collision The summer’s toll of serious automobile accidents mounted by one last Thursday afternoon, when a traffic tangle involving four cars resulted in injuries to five persons, two of whom re mained as patients at the Moore County hospital. ‘ The accident took place on the Carthage-Pinehurst road near Hillcrest. The condition of Dr. W. M. Mc Duffie of Robbins, driver of one of the cars, and of William Brown, also of Robbins, a passen ger in his car, was reported early this week to be satisfactory. Dr. McDuffie was said to have re ceived the worst injuries, sus taining several broken ribs and a badly cut tongue. Both were severely bruised and cut about the head, body and legs. Emergency treatment was giv en at the hospital to Emma Lou, 13, William Ernest, 11, and Shir-, ley, 9, children of William Bel ton, of Carthage, Rt. 3, driver of one of the other cars, which came into headlong collision with that of Dr. McDuffie. The children suf fered contusions and lacerations. Both cars were reported’Severely damaged. Investigating the accident was Sgt. Wendell Kelly of the high way patrol, who said that the groundwork appeared to be laid when Lester Glenn, of High Point, left his southbound car and trailer parlfed half on and half off the highway in violation of the state law. W. J. Wofford, of Jonesboro, also driving south, saw the Mc Duffie car approaching from the opposite direction and brought his car to a complete stop when, he said, he saw he could not make it past the parked car and trailer without a crash. As he waited for the McDuffie car to pass, the car driven by Belton approached from the north, and was reported to have gathered speed to pass between the Glenn and Wofford cars. In stead it met the McDuffie car head-on, and was knocked into the Wofford car, for one of the worst snarls of wrecked cars and injured people this county has seen in a long time. Examination Of the scene short ly after the accident failed to re veal any signs that brakes had been applied by either of the moving vehicles. Sergeant Kelly said. Dr. McDuffie has been unable to ^ve his version of the accident on account of his lacerated tongue, which prevents him from speaking, and it is not known whether he saw the Bel ton car coming. No charges had been preferred early this week, but it appeared likely that Glenn would face a charge of parking on a State high way, and Belton one of careless (Continued on Page 5) It’s Air Force Day For Public At Pope Field In National Observance An all-day program of activi ties for the public is being held at Pope field today (Friday), in observance of the 40th anniver sary of the founding of the AAF. The day has been proclaimed as Air Force day throughout the nation by President Truman, and by Governor Cherry throughout North Carolina, and every army air base is taking part. “Open house” at Pope field in cludes all installations at the base Aerial demonstrations are scheduled by various units. Para- troop jumps will be made, and moyies of aerial combat will be shown in the theatre. Displays and booths have been set up throughout the base, and music is to be furnished by the 82nd Airborne band. After activities on the flight line are completed there will be a baseball game. “Ham” radio operators were this week issued a special invita tion to see all radio facilities. with an explanation of their use, by courtesy of the air and air-, ways communication service at Pope field. The Pope Field de tachment of the 104th AACS squadron opei;gtes the control tower, radio range and air-to- ground radio station; and main tains a radio direction finding station. The (detachment’s main office is in Hanger No. 5. The purpose of Air Force day, which is sponsored this year by the Air Force association com posed of AAF members and vet erans, is to emphasize the im portance of air power- in main taining national security, and as an effective instrument of -world peace; to stress the responsibility of the American people in pro viding and maintaining adequate air force with continuing re search and development; to pre sent AAF contributions to prog ress, and to honor all those who pioneered in the development of , air power and who served their country in the air.