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Two Storms With
High Winds Cause
Damage In Area
Repair Crews Busy;
Vass-Lakeview
Is Hardest Hit
Considerable damage was done
to power and telephone lines,
trees were uprooted, corn was
flattened and barn roofs blown
off by tiyo 'brief but violent elec
trical Gtorms occurring between
1 and 2 o’clock Tuesday after
noon, which appeared to cancen-
trate their greatest fury in the
Vass-Lakeview section.
Following a trail roughly indi
cated by Little River, the storm
appeared to have proceeded to
Carthage and beyond with dim
inishing intensity,
fin Southern Pines the manifes
tations were chiefly high winds
and sharp thunderclaps, with
little rain. -A number of tree
branches were blown off.
The Knollwood section and
other countryside between Sou
thern Pines and Carthage had
rougher treatment.
Some 200 telepTipnes of the area
were put out of commission, said
John E. Cline, CentraL Carolina
Telephone Company district man
ager. All Carthage circuits were
knocked out for a time and, des
pite hard work by the repair
crews, were still in bad shape
Wednesday. It was anticipated
that all would be in order by
Wednesday night.
Repairmen of the Carolina
Power and Light company work
ed until midnight Tu'e-day, re
storing service interrupted when
a number of transformers-, were
blown, and poles and lines were
downed by falling trees..
WSTS was knocked off the air
for an hour or two.
Showers Follow
The work of the repair crews
was not helped any by pelting
showers which followed the
storms off and on during the after^
noon, though the e were said to
have been of some'aid at Carth
age where a water shortage has
been suffered for the past few
weeks. The showers were said to
have been Carthage’s first soak
ing rain in some time.
Another problem was created
for the power company’s repair
men by the .-napping off of a tele
phone pole on the highway be
yond Carthage, when a car skid
ded into it in the storm. Neither
the car, said to have carried a
foreign license, nor the driver
suffered enough damage to halt
their journey, and they proceed
ed onward after receiving help
from a service station nearby.
All along the path of the storm
the ripening corn crop suffered
severe damage as the wind laid
the stalks flat in the fields.
.^nlic Wind
At Va&5 the wind played some
sad tricks. Among many trees up
rooted was a beautiful big oak
in the yard of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Jeffreys, which had withstood
many a storm but yielded to this
one.
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Southern Pines Team In Peach Belt Finals
A fine team, with a fine record—the Southern Pine, Town team, which throughout the summer
has consistently maintained its place at or near the top in the Peach Belt league. At the time this
picture was made it was not known whether they would be the pennant winners or not. In any
case they have represented tl^e town handsomely. First row, left to right, they are Woodrow Davis,
Les McNeill, Red Smith, L. O. Smith (bat boy), Nelson Cooper, Clyde Dunn, Jr., Burt Perham, John
Neal; second row, Billy Wiijon, Curtis Bettini, Ed Newton, Jr., Doc McRae, Chan Page, Jr Joe
Garzik, Walter Harper, A. C. Dawson. (Photo by Hemmer)
Peach Belt Playoff at Standstill as
Laurinburg Club Appeals Decision
One Radio Corporation Slaps $40,000
Suit On Other One Alleging Slander
Buggies' Ruling
Based On Opinion
Slate Authorities
Conant, National Affairs Advisor,
To Speak At Area Meeting Sept. 12
Chamber of Commerce
Representatives From
Sandhill. Towns Invited
The importance, of local Chaim-
bers of Commerce in the field of
national affairs, and the activi
ties' of pational affairs commit
tees of such groups, will be dis
cussed ait an area meeting Friday,
.September 12, at Pope’s restau
rant on Highway I, at.,which the
Southern Pines Chamber of Com
merce will be host to represen
tatives from those of other Sand
hills towns.
Invitations have been extended
Chambers of Commerce at Pine-
hurst, Aberdeen, Sanford, Max-
ton, Laurinburg, Hamlet and
Rockingham.
The dinner meeting - will also
be open to the public, and ar
rangements for tickets may be
made through Hermann Grover,
executive secretary of the South
ern Pines group,
Conanl to Speak
Paul Conant, national affairs
advisor for the United States
Chamber of Commerce, will speak
on “The Road to Better Govern
ment,” L. P. Dickie, manager of
tne southeastern divisibn office
at Atlanta, will preside. Also a
speaker will be Clew Johnson, of
Roanoke, a member of the nat
ional board of directors.
The meeting L- in line with the
swinging of interest toward nat
ional affairs on the part of 2,700
Chambers of Commerce through
out the country, with the organ
ization of national affairs com
mittees under auspices of the U.
S. Chamber. It is being held in
cooperation with tne U. S. Cham
ber of Commerece as one of a
series at strategic points through
out the country.
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Schooldays Begin
Again This' Week;
Enrollment 682
PAUL CONANT
Veterans Rush To
Cash Their Bonds
At County Banks
Blue and White In Daily Workouts
Tackling New Offensive Maneuvers
In weather more conducive to
hunting a shady spot, and relax
ing with a cold glass of lemonade,
the Blue and White football squad
Monday put on heavy equipment
and began bodily contact work.
At times , the workouts have
been spirited, with the number
one and two teams running
through their plays with plenty
of zip, but Wednesday the heat
and the pace set required many
substitutions.
With Coach Dawson directing
the offensive and Coach Weaver
taking the defensive teams, most
of the scrimmaging was on learn
ing new offensive plays run from
an unbalanced line formation,
something entirely new for the
players. The new offensive will
use strong side plays either to
the right op left, and for added
deception a back in motion later
ally who can receive' passes or do
the passing. Screened pass plays,,
running plays from punt forma
tion, punting and passing drills
completed the Wednesday and
Thursday workouts.
. Although squad is rounding in
to shape, no starting teams have
been picked, but it is expected by
the latter part of next week that
i;ome of the boys will have defin
itely won . starting berths.
School opening Wednesday has
boosted the squad numbers con
siderably, and engaged in daily
workouts are Monroe, Raymond,
Mattocks, McCall, Bennett, Dick
inson, Page, Patch, Kaylor. Ray,
Thomas, York, Culler, Moffett,
Hamel, Newton. Kennedy,
Sledge, Arnette, Baker, Maples,
McDonald, Frassinetti, Palmer,
Ruggles, Viall, Short, Adams,
Bowers, Hodgkins, Burns, Poe,
Rapatas, Cox, Beasley, Worsham,
Blue, Garner, Assad, Sessoms and
Calloway.
Next week’s Pilot will carry an
analysis of the squad in detail, as
well as a venture in prognosticat
EVANGELISTIC SERVICES
Evangelistic services now be
ing held at Manly Presbyterian
church will close with the 8 p. m.
service Sunday, according to an
nouncement by Rev. T. D. Mul-
lis, pastor. Rev. W. O. Nelson of
the Robbins Presbyterian church
is evangelist. Services are being
ing the outlook for the season well attended, with much inter-
ahead. est jjhown.
It looked like a run on the bank
at the Citizen.’ Bank and Trust
company here, and at all three
branches of the Carolina bank,
when they opened their doors
Tuesday morning and met the
rush of veterans cashing their ter
minal leave bonds.
Lines formed all' day Tuesday
bu‘L dropped off sharply Wednes
day. Some $72,400 worth of bonds
were cashed in the county in the
two days, and it looked as though
that might be about all.
The Carthage branch of the
Carolina Bank and Trust com
pany led with $25,000 worth
ca. hed, $18,000 on Tuesday and
$7,000 Wednesday. L. B. Creath,
president, was on duty for the
cashier, Wilton H. Brown, who
was away, and said Brown had
be ter be glad he wasn’t there,
as they hardly had time to catch
their breath the first day.
It was busy al o at the Citi
zen’s Bank and Trust company
here and cash exchanged for
bonds was almost the same as in
Carthage. According to N. L.
Hodgkins, president a total of
82 bonds was cashed Tuesday,
for $19,000, and 28 on Wednesday
for 5,900—$24,900 altogether.-
Roderick Innes, cashier at the
Carolina bank at Pinehurst, re
ported $12,427.54 paid out for 64
bonds, and at the Aberdeen
branch, Ca|shie|r Francis Pleas
ants cashed about $10,000 worth.
i Boys and girls of Southern
Pines flocked back to school the
sunny morning of Wednesday,
I September 3, to find their way to
new classrooms and greet their
teacher^ after a three months’
acation.
With half days starting at 9
a. m. Wednesday and Thursday,
today (Friday) they enter on the
full day’s schedule—8:30 to 12:30
for the first and second grades,
8:15 to 1:15 for the third and
fourth, and 8:15 to 2 p. m. for
the fifth through 12th grades,
with a brief recess around noon.
With- the auditorium indefin-
itely- ' closed since the Ceiling’s
collapse in June no opening
a sembly was held, though an
outdoor assembly was planned
for today if the schedule permits,
said Supt. Philip J. Weaver
Enrollment
He gave the opening enroll
ment figures as 257 in the ele
mentary grades and 138 in the
high school, slightly fewer than
last year’s enrollment, though
delayed registrations are expect
ed to bring up to approximately
the same as last year.
Thirty first graders embarked
on their great adventure. Con
trary to figures publicized thr
oughout the nation, it was last
year’s grade with 42 members,
which represented the first big
crop of “war babies” though out-
sized first grades are anticipated
for serveral years.
At the West Southern Pines
school, the first day’s elementary
school enrollment was 202, that
of the high school 85, according
to a report by Principal J.' W.
Moore. *
Total enrollment was 682.
Plastering Removed
Students at the Southern
Pines school found not only the
audltdrium unuseablq, but the
ceilings of four classrooms bare
of pla ter, as the plastering has
been removed on advice of state
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Suit for $40,000 was instituted
Tuesday in Moore County superior
court by the Sandhills Broad
casting corporation against the
Sandhills Community Broadcast
ers, Inc., and Jack Younts, alleg
ing slanderous statements falsely
and maliciously uttered to the de
triment of the plaintiff’s busi
ness of operating a radio station.
The plaintiff corporation is the
owner and operator of Radio
Station WSTS, of Southern Pines,
The defendant corporation se
cured a permit in July for a
second radio station to be housed
in a building now being erected
off the Aberdeen highway south
of town.
The suit asks $25,000 in actual
and $15,000 in punitive damages.
In the suit the plaintiff alleges
that Younts, in his capacity as
president and general manager
of the defendant corporation,
from the montn of May until the
time of the filing of the suit has
made false statements concern
ing the plaintiff and his business
to the general public and to
merchants of the area, creating a
false impression and misleading
and confusing them to the extent
that potential advertising con
tracts have been held up and
hindered.
Said No Pe-Hmit
Younts is alleged to nave stated
that the plaintiff corporation had
no permits of any kind authoriz
ing it to construot, operate or
maintain a radio broadcasting
station, but that on the contrary
the defendant corporation did;
whereas, the suit states, plain
tiff had received an FCC permit
March 28 and at the time of the
statements was enga|ed in con
struction a station and was seek
ing advertising contracts and went
on the air August 8, all of which
would have been a federal crime
if plaintiff had no permit, sub-
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Commissioners Admit Need Of New
High Sehool Here, Make No Promises
YOU CAN HELP
Do you have a cornet or
clarinet hidden in a closet—
any other instrument a band
player can use. wasting its lefi
away without being heard?
Now is the lime to bring
it out and lei it fulfil its des
tiny, mMcing some young
person happy and helping
the school.
With band music being of
fered this year at both the
Soutbe:4n Pines and West
Southern Pines schools, any
and all instruments are need
ed. A few are available but
not nearly enough.
You may loan or give them
to the schools, or, it is sug
gested by Supt. Philip J.
Weaver, bring them: for a
reasonable offer to be made.
With the help of the town,
it is hoped to develop credit
able bandk within the near
future.
NO AUDITORIUM
The Southern Pines School
will do without an auditor
ium this year, using other
facilities which may be
available around town, and
scheduling athletics and phy
sical education work out
doors whenever pdssible, ac
cording to Supt. Philip J.
Weaver.
Cooperation of other
school will be sought for
games and athletic activities
which must be held indoors.
Construction of a new au
ditorium, replacing the pres
ent unuseable one, would
take many months, and coun
ty funds available for it will
be held toward the building
of a new school, which it is
hoped may take place next
•/ear.
Cooperation of all stu
dents, patronj; and citizens in
general is requested in help
ing the school through the
difficulties inherent in the
lack of both an auditorium
and gymnasium.
Dawson to Head
NCEA Conference
A. C. Dawson, Jr., of the Sou
thern Pines school faculty, will
go to Catawba college, Salisbury,
this weekend to preside at a con
ference of leaders of the North
Carolina Education association,
of which he is vice president.
Dawson will preside on request
of R. L. Fritz, Jr., of Hudson,
president of the association,
v/hose standing as a North Car
olina school principal is now in
some doubt as the result of re
vocation of his certificate.
Though a large faction ol
NCEA membership has rallied to
the support of Fritz during his
troubles with the state depart
ment of education, his future in
the field of North Carolina ed
ucation remains in doubt.
He has not publicly declared
himself as to whether he means
to retain the NCEA presidency
but pending the clearing up of
the situation the eyes of those
within NCEA circles have been
turning toward the Southern
Pines teacher and cbach.
The Catawba College will be
the first at which Dawson has
been handded the presidential
role.
TO LEGION MEET
Charles Swoope, of Pinehurst,
a member of the Sandhills Le
gion post, and James Davis and
John Beasley of the Cartnage
post attended the national con
vention of the American Legion
in New York City last week. Lit
tle Johnny Beasley accompanied
his daddy and reported a won
derful time.
Weaver Presents Plans,
Ways And Means Of
Financing l$tudied
The county commissioners ap
peared definitely 'encouraging
toward the building of a new
auditorium-gymnasium -cafeteria
for the Southern Pines school
next year, but, while admitting
the need for a whole new high
school building, made no com
mittal at their monthly session
held Tuesday afternoon.
-Supt. Philip J. Weaver, a reg
ular visitor at the commissioners’
sessions, was present to reiterate
his plea, supported by Mayor C.
N. Page, N. L. Hodgkins and John
S. Ruggles.
He was armed with planij of
the proposed new building drawn
up in sketch form by School
Architect William H. Dietrich of
Raleigh and also, as on the last
month’s visit, with reports from
school planning experts that the
present building is obsolete and
rapidly deteriorating.
Would Quit Job
As for rebuilding the auditor
ium with $25,000 set alside by the
commissioners. Weaver declared
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Controversy Opens As
Ball Goes Under Fence
In Labor Day Game Here
Word from Laurinburg arrived
at midday Thursday that the
Laurinburg team, maintaining
that a disputed play here on Labor
day was a home run and not a
two-base hit, wish to appeal to
Peach Belt directors a decision
to the contrary by John S. Rug
gles, of Southern Pines, league
president.
The directors will meet as soon
as possible, Ruggles said, to clear
lip the controversy which has
thrown the league playoff into
confusion at a crucial period of
championship play.
Hundreds here have followed
the series and the dispute, which
flared up in the sixth inning of
the Labor Day game here between
the two finalist teams. Nothing
has so aroused the town since
election days.
The play occurred when Curt
Ramsey, at bat for Laurinburg,
hit a long fly to left field that
bounced under the fence. First
and third base umpires ruled it
a two-bagger, and the strike um
pire reverted the decision and
scored it a home run.
With Laurinburg three up on a
four-out-of-seven playoff, and
Southern Pines with two on, the
decision was a critical one. Sou
thern Pines played the rest of
the game under protest, Laurin
burg stalled and at the end of
the seventh inning darkness de-
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Boyette Will Address
County YDC Convention
M. G. Boyette, solicitor of the
Thirteenth Judicial district, will
be the principal speaker at the
annual convention of the Moore
County Young Democrats’ club, to
be held at the Carthage court
house at 8 p. m. Friday, Septem
ber 12, it was announced this
week by Hubert McCaskill, of
Pinehunst, county chairman.
Plans for the year will be dis
cussed and delegates elected to
the state YDC convention, to be
held at the Sir,Walter hotel, Ra
leigh, September 19-20.
McCaskill has been appointed
by President Basil Whitener, of
the North Carolina Young Dem
ocrats’ club, to membership on
a committee to make prepara
tions for the state convention.
A General Comes to Lunch
When Brig. Gen. Charles W. Canham, assistant commander of
the 2nd Airborne division at Fort Bragg, arrived last week to keep
his luncheon date as guest speaker for the Sandhills Kiwanis club,
he created quite a flurry as he and his party made their landing in
two helicopters.
The odd-looking craft settled down on the grounds of Pope’s
restaurant on Highway 1, where they became a focal point of inter
est for the Kiwanians and everybody else in town who could get
there.
After lunch the pilots gave a demonstration of the helicopters’
maneuverability, taking off and landing vertically, creeping through
the air at 10 miles an hour, standing still and even backing up 100
feet above the heads of the crowd.
General Canham is shown above being greeted by Paul C. But
ler, Kiwanis president (left) and Judge L. T. Avery (right).
(Story on page 9—Photo by Hemmer)