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2^ % RED CROSS COUNTY QUOTA $19,867 TH ■LOT RED CROSS COUNTY QUOTA $19,867 VOL. 29 NO. 16 18 PAGES THIS WEEK Southern Pines, N. C.. Friday. March 12, 1948. 18 PAGES THIS WEEK TEN CENTS Haskell Deaton And His ‘‘Air Circus” Plan Big Sunday Show At Resort Field Stunts, Jumps, Sunset Carson and Gus Travis Too Starts at 2 p. m. Large crowds are expected to view the big air show—:“Haskell Deaton and His All-Star Air Circus”—to be held at Resort air port Sunday beginning at 2 p. m., according to officials of the spon soring Sky Cruise club, who said that runways are to be used for parking space for the hundreds of cars expected from all over the section. Sunset Carson, weshern film star, and Gus Travis, Charlotte ' Observer columnist, will be pres ent at the air show in addition to Deaton and his famed array of daring fliers and parachutists. The “air circus,” which has been showing for some time at air fields in North and South Caro lina, has won a high measure of fame for the unique and thrilling acts exhibited, and the fine qual ity of airmanship displayed by stunt pilots who take part. Auto-Plane Stunts These include the Thrasher brothers of Elberton, Ga., who perform combination auto-air plane stunts origial with them selves; Phay Daughtrey flying the famed stunt clipwing “Bug”; Ben Huntley, who does low-level aero batics with smoke equipment in a specially built biplane, and others. Huntley and Daughtrey per form individually and also team up for a dual act of close forma tion flying, loops and diving said to provide the utmost in air (Continued on Page 5) COLLEGE GAME Maples Injured In Fall From Horse Eugene Maples wanted the horse he was riding to go straight ahead, during a pleasant canter after the horse show Sunday, but the horse knew the road leading to the left led to his stable, and had a different idea. There was an abrupt turn, a collsion with a pine tree and a bad fall for Maples, Southern Pines High School senior, who is now in Moore County' hospital with his jawbone broken in two places. The fall knocked him uncon scious, and he remained so dur ing the considerable time it took to get him to the hospital. Miss Barbara Backer, his riding com panion, hailed a car which by luck happened to pass along the wooded Pinecrest Manor road where the accident occurred. She asked that a doctor be called. The message was relayed to Bob Craft, at Craft’s Service station on near by Highway 1, who called the doctor, then after a lapse of 10 or 15 minutes without the doc tor’s appearing, went himself to (Continued on Page 5) Residents of this section will see their first intercol legiate baseball game in some time Thursday. April 1, when Wake Forest and University of Pennsylvania teams will meet on the town athlettic I'ield. The Wake Forest te^m will coihe to Southern Pines for the day. The Pennsylvania boys, however, will arrive the day before on their sou thern circuit, and stay over- :iight. The gsune has been arrang- through cooperation of Jim Weaver, Wake Forest athletic director, and Horace Hen drickson, head baseball coach (also backfield coach in foot ball season) at Pennsylvania, Supt. P. J. Weaver said. Pro ceeds will benefit the local ball park. Hunter Ti^ials On Town Showground Sunday, March 21 Hunting Abilities Will Be Shown The picturesquely named “Swamp Fox” course, otherwise known as the town showgrounds, will be the scene of the second in the current series of events of the local horse world, when the hunter trials of the famed Moore County Hounds are held there Sunday, March 21, beginning at .2 p. m. Hunter trials differ from the usual horse show in that they are designed to bring out a horse’s qualifications as a hunter as op posed to a. show horse. Entries are judged, not on points, but on ability to cross a country safely, fast, and with pleasure to the rider. Decision as to the Sunday date, which it was thought would be more convenient for many towns people, was made at a meeting of the committee held at the D. W. Winkelman home Tuesday night. Chairmen The event, which will have the cooperation of both the Town of Southern Pines and the Chamber of Commerce is in the hands of the hunting people. Fred McBride, secretary-treasurer, will be in charge of publicity. Mrs. W. O. Moss was named hunter trials program chairman, Mickey Walsh racing program chairman, Dwight Winkelman grounds chairman. Proceeds of the event will ben efit the panelling fund of the Moore County Hounds except for the refreshment sales, which will be in charge of the Moore County Hospital auxiliary for the benefit of their hospital work. City Extension Sentiment Poll Is Chamber Plan Three Champions In a Row Resolution From Rotary Studied District Program Given Close Look, High Praise Of Top-Ranking Scouters Boy Scouting in Moore coun ty was given a close look this week by two distinguished vis itors out to learn all about it, and it stood the scrutiny well. Commendation of its leaders, praise of the progress made dur ing the past year and wholeheart ed encouragement to “keep up the good work” was given scout ers and scoutmasters of the dis trict by Gen. Joe Byron, of Ha gerstown, Md., chairman of the national Boy Scout committee and a member of the national board, and Smith B. Richardson, of Greensboro, also a member of the national board, and chairman of Region 6, which includes sev eral southeastern states. They were guests Monday night at the Scoutmasters’ Round Table dinner meeting at the Car thage hotel at Carthage, in com pany with W. D. Campbell, coun cil commissioner and Jnember of the regional committee, as part of a tour of the Pee Dee council in South Carolina and the Occonee- cbee council in North Carolina, which were selected as represen tative of the best of the region, from which much could be learn ed to assist with work in other places. Contrasting Programs The two councils were chosen as presenting two important, but quite different programs—that of the Pee Dee predominently ru ral, and the Occoneechee with many towns ranging from village to urban Raleigh and Durham. The Moore district, as the most outstanding of the outstanding Occoneechee council, received special attention, and reports made at the meeting were earn estly listened to. At the close of the meeting both visitors commended the type of scout work which is go ing on here, and said that if the Moore County spirit could be ex tended over the entire country it would mean great progress for scouting everywhere. Especially noticeable, they said, was the increase in membership in the 12-15 year age group (ex clusive of Cub Scouts and Senior (Continued on Page 5) The Southern Pines Chamber of Commerce will take a poll of post office boxholders in an ef fort to ascertain public sentiment concerning extension of the city limits, it was decided by the di rectors at the semi-monthly meetr ing, held at the Community build ing Tuesday night. The decision followed presenta tion by Tom Wicker, secretary, of! a letter from Harry Lee Brown, ■ secretary of the Southern Pines Rotary club, in which he enclosed a copy of a resolution passed at the- Rotary meeting of February 13. The resolution, passed without a dissenting vote, was in favoi of extending the city limits to in clude adjacent sections ah (.idv well built up, and was passed on to the Chamber for recommr-nd, - tion to the town board, or foi such other action as the dire'ctois saw fit. Hoke Pollock, who had pre.^ent- ed his views on such extensiDn before the Rotarians Februaiy 13 on request of Garland Pj ice program chairman, summarized them briefly for the Chamber i>[ Commerce at the suggestion of President John S. Ruggles. Mun icipal planning trends today. In- said, favor inclusion within cor-. porate limits of sections wti ; fundamental urban services au needed and can be immediately given, and it is certainly seen as a community stride toward prog ress. ' , The 1947 General Assembly so simplified the procedure, he de dared, that it can be easily done by municipal. action. A referen dum may be called, if desired, by objectors, provided these are in sufficient number. Some discussion followed, with individual expressions favoring (Continued on Page 5) Local Horses To Run In Camden Races Saturday There will be a scurry and hurry after thie hunt on Saturday, it is expected, when members of the field dash out of their pinks and into their whatever-they- may-be’s to run down to Camden for the Springdale Race Meet ing. Interest in the races is high, with the news that several en tries have been made from Mickey Walsh’s Stoneybrook Stables. Reports come from Camden, where this next Southern horse event is to be staged, that the en tries for Saturday’s race-meet are very gratifying. Harry Kirk- over and Ralph Chase, chairman and secretary' respectively of the Carolina Cup committee, which is running these two meetings, report that 49 horses are entered in the five races scheduled for this Saturday. The meeting will be held on the historic Springdale course, just outside Camden and will be the the first of two events, the sec ond, the Carolina Cup Meeting, taking place just two weeks later. Racing will start promptly at 2:00 p. m. with the running of the Bloomsbury, six furlongs on the flat. Following, in climactic suc cession will be a hurdle race, the Holly Hedge, of 1 1-2 miles, the King Haiglar Steeplechase, about two and a quarter miles over tim ber, The Mulberry, named after Camden’s famous Mulberry Plan tation belonging to the Williams family. The afternoon of racing will close with another flat race. The Kamchatka, of one mile. “From interest shown to date,” stated Kirkover, “we feel sure of a large attendance not only from our own but from neighboring states. Some of the best horses now in training in the East are entered in this meeting.” Kirk over said that the committee was delighted that Southern Pines stables would be represented this year. One Convict Is Killed As Two Escape From Road Gang At Robbins Tuesday PARADE FOR GAVIN The battle-famed 82iid Air borne Division will parade in honor of their commander, Maj. Gen. James Gavin, who is being transferred to a new post. Over 10,000 paratroop ers are expected to march past the reviewing stand where the youthful comman der will take the- final salute of the men whom he led to victory. The parade will take place at Fort Bragg today, Friday. Stevenson, Brother Of Mrs. Ives, Runs For Governor Surprises Old Timers With Brilliant Start Three firsts and a green hunter championship was the extra ordinary record chalked up by Flagshon, shown above with his owln- er, Mrs. Audrey Kennedy of Southern Pines. This was his first show, too, which makes it even more remarkable. Mrs. Kennedy thinks he is the best prospect she has ever had. Flagshon is by Flagpole, son of Man o’War, out of Fashion’s Best, foaled in May ’44. He was bought from Morton (Cappy) Smith, shown in the upper photograph with the tw:o other champions of the show: Faugh a Ballagh, champion conformation hunter, and Sombrero, champion open jumper. Which might well put this hard-riding horseman from Middleburg In the championship class himself. (Photo Humphrey) Chamber Of Commerce Show Is Huge Success by E. O. Hippus "f The phamber. ‘of Comnaerce Horse show, which started-in d drizzle; ended in a blaze of glory. It was a climax grand in itself, apart from the slow start. And damp and cold as that start was it did little to dampen the spirits or chill the ardor of all the people who had looked forward for the last few weeks to this March 6th and 7th' event. They turned out on Saturday in brave style and if a few slip-, ped away before the last, class, it was only to return with added enthusiasm as Sunday’s warm sun and wine-like air sent spirits flying sky-high. It seemed to have a similar ef fect bn the folks that all this excitement was about. The horses galloped and jumped, strutted their stuff and showed off, to delight every heart- It seemed as if the spell of wet weather had just added vigor and grace to their paces. , As for the going, except for a slightly slimey bit in front of the second inside chicken coop, where they had to dig in for the trappy jump, it couldn’t have been better. In fact, the ground was so springy and yet so well dried out after the rain that a good many people from other parts expressed amazement at how well-drained the site was. Not Site, But Soil “But it isn’t the site,” said the Chamber of Commerce, as well as all Sandhillers within hearing. “Or rather, it is the site, too, but it is also the way almost all of our country is, around here. You can ride, or hunt, the day after a night’s downpour because of this light sand-clay soil.” “Or play golf,” interjected a rather unhappy-looking hanger- on, hopefully. Nobody took him up on it. Saturday’s show, the opening day, started on the dot with the Judge John Prestage of White Post, Va., in the ring and beside him, looking as if he had stepped right out of an old coaching-print, (or the Garden, which he just about had,) was Clarence Craven, (Continued on Page 6) FOR RED CROSS Besides being an outstand ing event on the spring cal endar of this resort commun ity, the first annual Chamber of Commerce Horse show netted $2,084 for the Red Cross fund drive. The only deduction was $416 for taxes from the gross of around $2,500, said John S. Ruggles, Chamber president. All. expenses were' assumed by the Chandler of Com merce. with proceeds of the Saturday night buffet and ball paying them in part. Col. Burkhead Will Be Interviewed Col. Calvin H. Burkhead, re tired army officer and local “ham” operator, whose voice is well known to early morning listeners, will go on the air at another radio station other than W4GTH next Wednesday, when he will he in terviewed over Station WEEB. Also on the program will be Wayne Green, WEEB engineer, (another “ham.” The program, which will origi nate in the Burkhead home, is one of a series being presented on WEEB each Wednesday at 4^:30 p. m., featuring subjects of coin- munity interest and interviews with local persons. The Red Cross has been featured on an earlier program, and scheduled for later ones are a broadcast from the Shaw House, and the Original Sandhill Sixteen vocal troupe. Two weeks ago Mrs. Ernest Ives of Southern Pines, sister of Adlai Stevenson, Democratic can didate for governor of Illinois, left here to go to Bloomington to open the family home for the opening meeting of her brother’s campaign. Last week “Time Mag azine” described the event in such eulogistic terms as are seldom seen in this hard-boiled publica tion. “He was a smash hit,” said “Time,” adding, “when it was all over, veteran Chicago newsmen knew that a dazzling political star had been born.” “Time” describes the event “ . . . Stevenson, a novice at cam paigning, was completely at ease in Bloomington, where he spent his boyhood and where his family has long-published the Daily Pan- tagraph. At a reception in the high-ceilinged Stevenson home stead on elm-lined Washington Street, he bore up like a veteran through two hours of hand-shak ing.” Sandhills friends of Stevenson, who have met him when he was visiting his sister here, are not surprised that his friendly charm won the hearts of his constituents. Nor, familiar as many have been with his sister’s ability as a speak er, are they surprised to find the family characteristic in the would- be governor. “Time” continues “ ... It was his post-reception speech . . . that made his fellow Democrats jump with joy. The speech was sometimes folksy, sometimes eloquent, always forth right.” When Stevenson accused his rivals, “the imconscionable spoils machine . . . which holds the state in its grip,” “Time”\says: “the diners went wild with joy, yelling, ‘Go get ’em. Ad!’ ” Adlai Stevenson, who was legal advisor to secretary of the Navy Know, during the war, has recent ly been serving as alternate mem ber of the U. S. United Nations delegaticfn. He gave up this post to undertake his present cam paign for the govemership of Illinois Coroners' Jury Absolves Guard Search Continuing One convict was shot to death by a guard and two others made good their escape, in a three-man break for freedom from a road gang working in the town of Robbins Tuesday at 11:30 a. m. A coroner’s jury, empanelled at Robbins by (Coroner Hugh P. Kelly shortly after the shooting, exonerated the guard, Joe Wat son of Sanford, of any blame in connection with the death of R. D. Taylor, 22, of Lumberton, ren dering their verdict that it was done “in line of duty.” Bloodhounds were secured at once and a posse accompanied by Supt. M. C. Jackson of the state highway prison camp near Car thage sought Marvin Overman, 32, and Everett Watts, 26, without success during the ensuing day and night. By Wednesday night the fugitives had not been recap tured, and the search was con tinuing. Sheriff C. J. McDonald said that the men, working near the Robbins depot in front of the home of Dr. W. N. McDuffie, sud denly broke and ran across the street and the railroad track, and “hit for the woods.” Watson call ed to them to halt, warning that he would shoot, and, as they kept running, fired the double- barreled shotgun with which he was armed. Taylor, who was about 75 yards away, fell with a bullet wound in his back and also in the back of his head. He is said to have died at once. ■All three men had been recent ly sentenced for breaking, enter ing and larceny, Taylor last De cember 15 from Robeson county. Watts also from, Robeson on Jan uary 21 and Overman from Ran dolph February 16. FIDDLERS' MEET Swing your partners! There'll be lively stepping at the American Legiotn hut tonight (Friday) at the "olde time fiddlers' convention" the Legionnaires are sponsoring for the benefit of their char ities and baseball program. Merry music of the Scot tish Sandhills will be played by Yaxboro's Sandhills Fid dlers, the Caddell-Rosser band from Carthage and the Daniel Frye Family Players, among others, with .figures called in the old-fashioned way, and prizes awarded for the best bands and dancers. Square dance sets will be led by such noted figure call ers as Duncan McCrimmon, from the Inverness-Vciss- Lakeview community; John Stewart, Carthage, and Ray McDonald, Aberdeen. Best square dance set will get a special prize. It looks like a big evening in the old lime manner, so come one, come alL Marshall, ex-MFH, Enjoys Show, And Show Enjoys Him Did the folks come to see the General or did they come to see the horses? That was the question that fascinated and caused lively discussion among a few onlook ers at the show on Sunday. No satisfactory answer was ever arrived at, but one thing was evident: the General came to see the horses. And if it was clear, too, that the horses didn’t give a whoop about seeing the General that was surely all right by him. But they were certainly the only folks there that didn’t. The Pollock box, where he sat, was the loadstone for many wan dering feet, as people old and young, big and small, male and female, hung about and looked their fill. Many of them, surely, would like to have done more than look. There was a “we’re with you. Sir!” or even “Us folks is a- backin’ you, boy!” look in many an eye and a lot of people wished they had the nerve of the small cub scouts and shy little girls who sidled up for autographs which the General so generously gave. They’d like to have done more than look, by way of telling this man with the kindly smile and the wise eyes that he had their support and good wishes. But most of them respected his pri vacy. Enthusiastic Horseman As for General Marshall, he watched the horses. It appears he loves horses and knows a lot about them. “I was by way of being M. F. H. for a few years down in Benning,” he told us, and it was a real pleasure to re call that Moore County had sent quite a few hounds down to Ft. Benning, when they were starting down there. General Marshall said he must have been hunting there then and remembered get ting hounds from up this way. He added politely that they al ways did very well. (Ahha! the diplomatic touch, we thought!) The General watched the bright thoroughbreds performing in the ring, and his mind went back, by way of contrast, we suspect, to (Continued on Page 5)
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