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'P Southern Pines Welcomes The New Season To The Sandhills Southern IHnes Welcomes The New Season To The Sandhills Radio Station WEEB Goes On Air From Newly Bnilt Studios On Highway 1 Mutual Network And Local Programs Are Broadcast Staff Announced Radio Station WEEB went on the air Saturday morning, from its newly completed studios and transmitter on Highway 1, about a half mile south of the Southern Pines city limits. , The “go-ahead” signal was giv en by a government inspector fol lowing tests made Wednesday and Thursday nights, according to Jack Younts, general manager. The first salutation to the listen ing public was a “Good morning” by Ed Cox, production manager, at 8 a. m., with an introduction of the staff. The first day, said Younts, was without commercials as a dedication of the station to public service. This is the second station to go on the “dir from Southern Pines in a little more than three months. Radio Station WSTS, with studios in town and trans mitter on the Pinehurst road, be gan broadcasting regularly Au gust 4. Both are daytime stations WEEB will be regularly heard from 6:45 a. m. to 5:15 p. m. daily, said Younts. Mayor Page and other civic leaders spoke over its facilities Saturday afternoon in greeting from the new station, owned by the Sandhills Commun ity Broadcasters, Inc. Both local and Mutual Broad casting System programs are be ing carried. Among network programs regularly logged are “Tell Your Neighbor,” “Heart’s Desire,” “Editor’s Diary,” “Shady Valley Folks,” “Faith ' in Our Time,” , “Johnson Family,” “Checkerboard Jamboree,” “The Lutheran Hour’ and “Queen For a Day.” Good Reception Cards indicating good reception during the tests have been re ceived from a number of states, Younts said, with Massachusetts and Texas the farthest, and “fan mail” has come from goodly dis tances since the 1,000-watt sta tion went regularly on the air Manager Younts is from Greensboro, attended Duke uni versity for two years, then trans ferred to State college, where he graduated eight years ago. He en tered the navy in 1941 and served in the communications branch of (Continuea on Page 5) NO POLIO Two children recently sent from Moore County to the Gastonia hospital as victims of polio have turned out not to have the diseahe, accord ing to information received by Paul C. Butler, county chairman of the Infantile Paralysis, from the hospital. They are Linda Sue Rushing 15 months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Rushing, Jr., of West End, and Willis Clark, aged five, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harris Clark of Jackson Springs. The diagnosis made at the hospital at first was cor rected according to subse quent developments. The Clark boy has been brought home. Mr. ard Mrs. J. G. Womble went to the Gastonia hospital Wednesday for the first visit they have been allowed to their little son, Guye Frank, since he was taken there three weeks ago He is the only Moore County polio case at present. Cochran Company Thanksgiving Day Despite wars, postwar confusions and economic distresses, the American people still celebrate their very own holiday— Thanksgiving. And this in itself is one great thing for which we can be thankful. For nothing so reminds us of all.the blessings of the American way of life, the glories of its history and the hopes for the future as Thanksgiving day. In increasing measure. Thanksgiving reminds us also of the responsibilities of our country to the world, and few will bow their heads in prayer over their holiday feast next Thurs day without a prayer also for thosf less fortunate in other lands—a strengthening of the will to share with them, so that the Thanksgiving spirit may some day spread- around the world. Asks .700 In Accident Suit In Southern Pines, the holiday will be betokened by a general closing of business; the bank will be closed; schoolchil dren will have a recess from studies both Thursday and Fri day; the post office will be closed, with stamp and general del ivery windows open until 10 a. m., and mail collection and dis tribution into boxes going forward as usual. A Union Service of all churches will be held Wednesday, Thanksgiving eve, at 8 p. m. at the Brownson Memorial Pres byterian church, with the Rev. F. Craighill Brown delivering the sermon. Happy Thanksgiving to you all, from The Pilot. Questions About Athletic Field Are Discussed By Weaver At Rotary Club Moore Citizens x4ttend Meet For Education Study Three Moore County citizens were among 250 educational and lay leaders from all over the state who attended a meeting in Raleigh M-onday of the North Carolina commission, which they are to assist in a study of the state’s educational progjram These were Colin G. Spencer, of Carthage, appointed to the or ganization and administration committee; Mrs. Walter B. Cole county welfare superintendent, pupil personnel and personnel services; and Mrs. Harry V. Chap pell of Carthage, a member of the Cameron School faculty, named to the resources committee. W. H. Plemmons of the Univer sity at Chapel Hill, executive sec retary of the commission, greeted the members at the morning ses sion, held at the Capitol building. R. Grady Rankin of aGstonia, commission chairmfe'n, presided, and Governor Gregg R. Cherry outlined the responsibilities of the program ahead and pledged his support. Individual meetings were held afterward by the 15 study com mittees, through which the com mission, set up by the last Gen eral Assembly, plans to do most of its work. The committees will study all phases of the state’s educational set-up with a view toward effecting needed improve ments. Mrs. Janies Boyd of Southern Pines was appointed to the edu cational materials committee but was unable to attend. Complaint of Robert T. Coch ran and Co., Inc., of New York City, vs Lynwood N. Moon, of Aberdeen, second to grow out of an automobile wreck on the Aberdeen-Pinebluff road the night of July 17, was filed this week in Mooie County , superior court.' ■ ' " ’ ■ The complaint seeks $10,000 damages for the- loss of the ser vices of the late Robert F. Stew art, Cochran employee who was seriously injured in the accident, with resulting loss and damages to the plaintiff’s business; also $700 for the loss of the car Stew art was driving, said to have been furnished by the plaintiff for use in his business. Costs of the ac tion are also asked. Suit for $50,000 was previously instituted by Stewart, shortly be fore his death at Moore County hospital a month ago. According to the suit of the Cochran company, fruit and veg etable commission merchants, Stbwart had been engaged as their representative here for many years, to supervise the purchase, shipment and marketing of Sand hills peaches. The accident, it is alleged, caus ed “grievous, painful and perma nent injuries from which he never recovered, and he was thereafter immobilized and confined to his bed and was never able to walk or work.” Occurring at the height of the peach season, the accident was said to ha-Je deprived the com pany of the services of “an expert in determining the quality and value of peaches, well and favor ably known, who, by reason of his high qualifications, knowledge of the trade in which he was en gaged, and universal popularity with the people with whom he came in contact” had caused en hancement of the business in vol ume and profits. He could not be replaced at the time of the accident, nor is such replacement likely at any time in the future, the plaintiff states. A. A. Meeting Tonight In Clubhouse Here There will be an open meeting of the A. A. here tonight, Friday, it has been announced. The meet ing will be conducted by members of the Salisbury group of this or ganization, after an interesting system by which branches act as hosts in each other’s territory. The get-together with Salisbury will be held at the local club house in the Arcade building at 8 p. m. This association, which has gained such nation-wide acclaim for its excellent work in the field of human welfare, happiness, and health, has a vigorous branch in the Sandhills. And the interest ing thing about it is the number of members from other localities who have joined the local branch. The proposal to improve the school athletic fields, soon to be put to a vote of the people by authorization of the town board, was discussed by Philip J. Weav er, district school superintendent, as guest speaker before the Ro tary club last Friday. Questions asked in an editorial on the $30,000 bond election in last week’s Pilot were used as a discussion basis, with each point taken up in turn. To questions as to who would be in charge of maintenance and operation of the field while the bond issue‘is beirig paid off. Weaver answered, “The school as it always has. The town field is actually school property, and its ultimate responsibility, no matter who is using it. However, there will be, as there has al ways been, cooperation in regard to the use of the field by other teams and it will be expected that those using the field will be responsible for maintenance de tails This has worked out before and there is' no reason why it cannot continue on that basis.” To the question concerning es timated gate receipts and atten dance, Weaver cited the cases of other towns comparable in size and potential crowds. In Hamlet he said, attendance more than tripled after floodlights were in stalled and games could be held at night; Wadesboro, Asheboro and Albemarle have had equiva lent or greater success. In addition, many more games might be anticipated than are now being played on the field, as holding games at night will mean that many who work in the day time can take part. Floodlights and a new, large stadium might also be expected to draw col lege games, as the location is central and desirable and only (Continued on Page 5) SHAW HOUSE Here's good news for all residents and visitors — the Shaw House Tea room will open for the winter season Mcinday, to be open daily ex cept Sunday from 3 to 6 p. m. Tea and toast will be serv ed in the charming surround ings of this quaint and his toric home, restored last year by the Moore County Histor ical association. Ladies of the Association will be hostesses, and the word is that all visitors will be welcomed at this hospit- cble fireside of the Shaw hou!se, located at the inter section of South Broad street with Highway 1. Two Eagle Awards Made In Ceremony At Court Of Honor Red Cross Officers, Chairmen Are Named Colonel G. P. Hawes, Jr., of Pinehurst, was reelected chair man of the Moore County chap ter of the Red Cross at the an nual meeting held last Friday night at Highland Pines Inn. Other officers are: Mrs. M. G. Nichols, Southern Pines, vice- chairman; Garland McPherson, Southern Pines, treasurer; Rod erick Innis, Pinehurst, secretary; Mrs. Audrey Kennedy, Southern Pines, executive-secretary. Tuesday night at Red Cross headquarters. Southern Pines, committee chairmen were select ed and have been invited to serve. Those who accept will meet with officers at the head quarters next Tuesday evening to discuss plans. Appointed were Miss Laura Kelsey and Miss Flora McDonald, volunteer special services; Rev. Lamar Jackson, home service; Mrs. W. G. Brown, home nursing; Frank H. Kaylor, first aid; William L. White, water safety; Mrs. Lloyd L. Woolley, community service, camps and hospitals; Mrs. Hugh Carter, Junior Red Cross; Gen. Stuart Cutler, disaster prepared ness and relief; Robert E. Har low, publicity. The first ceremonial investi ture of a Moore County Boy Scout in the local history of the Scout movement took place Mon day night at Aberdeen High school, when two Eagle awards, the highest in all Scouting, were made in an impressive ceremony by officials of the Moore County district at the November court of honor. The Scout winning the honor was Thomqs Queen of Troop 206, Pinebluff. Scoutmaster Donald L. Madi- gan of Troop 73, Southern Pines, was also awarded the Silver Eagle. A third winner of the award. Scout Forrest Lockey, Troop 68, Aberdeen, now a student at the University of North Carolina, will be given his Eagle badge at a future ceremony. The candlelight ceremony was conducted by four Moore County adult Scouters, all holders of the Eagle badge. Assistant Executive Bill Hewett, Maj. William D. Campbell of Southerp Pines and H. L. McClaurin, scoutmaster of Troop 74, Robbins, spoke for the Scout movement, and Atwood Whitman, neighborhood commis sioner of Glendon, officiated as guide. Some 300 Boy Scouts, scouters and visitors attended the cere mony, which climaxed a court of honor presided over by District Chairman Paul Butler of South ern Pines and Advancement Chairman I. C. Sledge. Life Scout ratings went to Bobby Kingsmith and Wayland Thomas of Troop 76, Vass; Star Scout, to L. B. Huntington, Jr., and Harold Garner of Troop 68, Aberdeen and Nicky Hunt of Toop 7, Pinehurst; first class rank to Raymond Wicker, George M. Gwynne and William Carter, Jr., of 'Troop 68, Aberdeen; and sec ond class to Elliott Patterson, Troop 98, West End, and Drake Elliott, Troop 206, Pinebluff. Seventeen Scouts and Scouters were awarded merit badges. VFW Leaders Hurt In Crash After Hamlet Meeting Three Southern Pines veterans, returning Saturday night from a VFW district meeting at Hamlet, narrowly missed serious injury when their car was forced from the road at a sharp turn within the Hamlet city limits and went out of control, throwing two of the occupants out. C. S. Patch, Jr., commander of the local VFW post, remained at the wheel of his 1947 Ford station wagon, but was severely cut about the face by flying glass. Jack Reid, post quartermaster, and also commander of the Sand hills post, American Legion, was thrown out of the car as it hit a telephone pole on the soft shoul der of the road. Alton Clark, al so a VFW member, was thrown to the hard surface in the middle of the road as the car careened back and hit another pole. He was .also cut by the shattered glass. High voltage wires on one of the poles snapped with a blind ing flash under the impact, and barely missed the men as they fell. Clark, knocked temporarily un conscious, was made comfortable with cloths under his head by a colored woman who came from her house near by. In a short while an ambulance came and took the trio to the Hamlet hos pital, where emergency treat ment was given and Patch and Clark were admitted as patients Several stitches were taken in Patch’s face. Clark’s injuries ap peared to be the most serious, but all hurts were confined to bruises and lacerations, and no broken bongs or fractures were reported. Reid, who checked into a hotel and notified his family by phone of the accident, was found there by E. C. Snead, of Wilmington, VFW state commander, who brought him home. It was expected that Patch and Dawson Says “No Comment” To Move Of NCEA Board To Place Him At Head The car which, approaching their own at a rapid clip on a sharp right angle curve, forced them to the road’s soft shoulder, drove on without the driver’s be ing aware, apparently, that he had been the immediate cause of an accident. No arrest was made. The real cause, however, it was reported, lay in the unexpected sharpness of the curve, and the inadequacy of its markings. The Patch car was said to have been going at about 45 miles per hour. The veterans had attended the Hamlet meeting in the interest of the construction of a proposed Veterans’ Administration hospital for which the local post, with that of the American Legion, is seeking solid district support. Much interest was shown and the matter was to have been brought up at a called sessiorv Sunday afternoon, at which time, it was reported, a resolution of support would be formally drawn up. BIGGEST EVER! The Resort Issue which The Pilot brings out today Js, we think, the biggest newspaper ever published in the Sandhills. Once our respected former editor got out as many pages, but as there were only six columns then, and there are seven now, that still makes us 48 columns hhead. Of course, size isn't every thing, as the democratic don key said to the G. O. P. jum bo, and we've already spot ted one horror of an error. We'd like to assure the fine citizens of Vass that we con sider their homes ''pleasant'' and never "peasant;" It will make them laugh, but it caused our respective hairs to stand on end with regret ful fury, and we offer a heartfelt apology for that mistake i in the headline to Bessie Cameron Smith's splendid story .of her town's progressive histoi;y. Then there are the articles and pictures, that, for lack of spacej or because they came in so late, had to be left cut. We planned a big photograph of the Carolina Hotel only to find that our cut had vanished and no time to make another. And the Robbins Mill picture got left out. There are doubtless many other omissions. If weall survive Shis special issue we'll try again! That is if youall survive the reading of it. Negro Is Hunted In Axe Slaying At Vass Saturday Directors' Request That Fritz Resign Is Made Public Situation Tense Arrest Made Following Robbery At Pinehurst A ticket for Saturday pur chases made at a Hamlet depart ment store, found in the Pine hurst Greenhouses after a rob bery Sunday night, furnished a clue which led police officers to the Richmond county town. There, at the home of his father-in-law, Hobart Frye of Hamlet was arrested Monday night by Pinehurst Chief Dees in connection with the breaking open of the Pinehurst Green houses safe and the removal therefrom of $115. Frye had $61 on him when he was arrested. He has been placed in the Moore county jail pending further investigation of the case. Chief Dees said. Entry into the Greenhouses of fice was effected by some means as yet unknown, as doors and windows had been left locked and were found locked the next day. The safe, however, had been re moved. It was found in the woods about a mile outside of i ^ Jimmy Davis, 40, Negro of the Wsashington Heights section of Vass, is being sought by . the sher iff’s department for the brutal axe slaying of a Negro woman Mamie J. Wilkerson, . his next door neighbor, late Saturday night,, Sheriff O. J. McDonald said this week. Eye witnesses to the slaying were three children of the Wil kerson woman, aged eight, nine and 12, who said that Davis and their mother quarreled, and that their mother said she was going “to get the law.” She had her shoes off and Davis took the shoes, the oldest girl said, shout ing, “You can’t go barefoot.” '■‘Yes, I can go barefoot,” the woman replied. He grabbed an axe from a corner of the room and as he raised it she cried. You can kill me but you can’t eat me.” He struck her savagely about the head and shoulders, ran from the house and left in his four-, door 1927 Chevrolet, the children said. Deputy Sheriff A. W. Lam bert, answering the summons to ■yass, found the woman slumped in her chair dead. .The bloody axe was in the yard where Davis had thrown it. Neighbors and a 16-year-old daughter, who had lately moved to an aunt’s house nearby “be cause things were unpleasant at home” indicated that Davis and the Wilkerson woman had tbeen living together, and that Davis had also “bothered” the daugh ter, causing her to leave. The sum of $317 found in the house was turned over to the eld est daughter. Mamie Wilkerson, 36 years old, moved to Vass about a year ago from the rural section around Red Springs. Davis, whose back ground appears to be unknown, came even more recently. He was lempioyed at a Vass furniture manufacturing plant. Police Chief A. B. Laubscher of Vass is assisting in the inves tigation. Revealment this week of a move of the North Carolina Ed ucation Association directors to secure an active head, for the NCEA has closely involved Amos C. Dawson, vice president of the association and member of the Southern Pines High School fac ulty. State dailies have reported the request of the directors to R. L. Fritz, president, following a meeting ^November 10, that he resign the post, in which he is no longer active. Dawson, as vice president, would then succeed to '.He office. The request, made privately to Fritz by letter from Miss Ethel Perkins, executive secretary, be came public when Fritz replied with a refusal. i Fritz, whose certificate was re voked by the state board of edu cation following alleged irregu larities in accounts made for the sake of securing teacher substi tutes, has recently been holding a government position in New York City, it was reported. During his absence the active leadership of the association has fallen upon Dawson, who has” at tended NCEA meetings every week but one during the past two months, and who has through necessity filled every presiden tial function which required per sonal attendance. Tuesday night. The Pilot has , learned, Dawson was the recip ient of telephone calls from both the Raleigh News and Observer and the Charlotte Observer, ask ing a statement. No statement, however, was forthcoming. Daw son told the daily papers, and also The Pilot, “I am not in a po sition to make any official state ment, as this must come from the NCEA office at Raleigh.” 'While it is not customary to publicize board meetings, the minutes of ■ the meeting are on file at the Ra- . leigh office and may be seen at any time by association members, he said The Raleigh paper respected Dawson’s “no comment” position. The Charlotte Observer, how ever, did not. The Pilot prefers to respect his silence, remembering his state ment when he was elected to the vice presidential post: “Our main object now must be unity within the NCEA. This is essential to our work of securing a fair leg islative program for North Car olina schools and teachers.” Two Recovering From Auto Crash Injuries FLASH! Last minute ^news—A Thanks giving Day football game will take place here between the un defeated high school teams of Southern Pines and Lithonia, Ga. The Lithonians are their confer- town, broken open and its cash |ence champions. Kick - off 2'30 contents gone. p. m. . ’ Miss Jane Drexel, daughter of Mrs. John R. Drexel, and Harry M. Vale, Jr., who were injured in an automobile accident near Sanford Monday, have been dis charged from the hospital and are said to be recovering nicely. They were badly bruised, and in addition both of Vale’s ankles were sprained, in the collision which occurred when a school bus, which had stopped at a side road intersection, pulled out into Highway 1 in front of the ap proaching car. The 16-year-old driver and his passengers escap ed uninjured. The Drexel Buick was considerably damaged. Miss Drexel and Vale were taken to the Lee County hospital, then brought to the Moore Coun ty hospital for X-rays and treat ment. The accident occurred on a re turn trip from Raleigh, where they had taken Mrs. Paul Bige low, house guest of the Drexels, to board a plane. PINEHURST FORUM The Pinehurst Forum will open Thursday evening, Decem ber 4, presenting the Smoky Mountain Square Dance team and singers as its first attraction. An exceptionally fine program for the winter has been arrang ed, with outstanding speakers and musicians to be presented at the Pinehurst Country club to a subscription membership.