GREETINGS
TO THE
EDITORS'
GREETINGS
TO THE
EDITORS!
NEA National Meeting And Tour Bring
400 Editors, Publishers To Sandhills
Cherry, Royall,
Noted Journalists On
List Of Speakers
Te^ At Weymouth
Saturday Afternoon
This week, Pinehurst and the
Sandhills is host to one of the
few national conventions to come
here. This is the meeting of the
N.E.A., the National Editorial
Association, to which have come
the editors of newspapers, big
and little, dailies and weeklies,
from al? over the nation.
To rneet with the press have
come, also, some of North Car
olina’s celebrities, notably Sec
retary Kenneth Royall and Gov
ernor Cherry. The secretary of
the army, who will be introduced
by Editor Josh L. Horne of
Rocky Mount, will make the prin
cipal address at the banquet Fri
day night, while the governor op
ened the convention with a greet
ing On behalf of his state, last
evening.
Leading Newsmen
Addressing the large gathering
of newspaper people before him,
the Governor said that the first
newspaper was printed in North
Carolina when the word CROA-,
TAN was carved on the bark of
a tree over 350 years ago on Roa-
nokq Island. It was a mysterious
headline. When the rtiessage was
carved, something happened to
the first English colony in Amer-
FREE PRESS
In 1722, James Franklin, ed
itor of The New Boston
Courant, was jailed for print
ing matter distasteful to the
authorities- His younger
brother Benjamin continued
to get out the paper, in which
his lead editorial said:
"Without freedom of
thought, there can be no
such thing as wisdom; and
no such thing as public liber-
»Sy without freedom of
speech; which is the right of
every man as far as by it he
does not hurt or control the
right of another."
Carthage Meeting,
Historical Tour
Set For May 12
Special plans have been made
for the May meeting of the Moore
County Historical association,
which will be held at the court
house at Carthage, Wed
nesday, May 12, at 2 p. m., fol
lowed by a motor tour to spots of
historic interest in the county.
Distinguished speakers and
guests will be present, and the
event is expected to be one-of ex
ceptional interest to the histori
cally-minded of the' entire Sand
hills section, repeating the suc-
„ cess of the first such pilgrimage
ica and its members disappeared held in April, 1947.
forever from our intelligencse. } The meeting at Carthage will
“Today,” he said, “we read be featured by the presentation
headlines which give us no direc-1 of awards to winners of the His-
Plans Announced
For Remodelling
Present Station
DEMOCRATS!
SAL Officials Pledge
Enlire Modernizaiion
Inside And Out
tions. They, are tragic headlines
and sometimes we fear that few
of us, either in the press, or in
the various arts and sciences of
humanity, are meeting deadlines
with any satisfaction or assur
ances.”
The Governor then gave the
English speaking world credit for
maintaining a free press, at the
expense often of privation, bank
ruptcy, ridicule, ostracism and
every device employed by major
ities and minorities to suppress
criticism.
At this opening dinner, .A1
Resch, president of the state press
association, acted as toastmaster,
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torical Association’s annual essay
contest among schoolboys and
girls of the county. Winning en
tries from a number of schools
are now in the hands of the
judges.
Dr. Johnston Invited
Dr. Frontis Johnston, of the
history department of Davidson
college, has been invited to be
the speaker at this meeting, ac
cording to announcement made
this week by W. A. Leland Mc-
Keithen, of Pinehurst, president
of the association. Dr. Johnston
is now engaged in the writing of
a biography of Governor Zebulon
Vance and it is probable that this
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John MacLeod, Scottish Patriarch,
Dies Sunday, Wife Follows Tuesday
Death came twice this week
to the did MacLeod home in the
Eureka section, on Sunday tak
ing John A. MacLeod, 94* years
old, and on Tuesday atfernoon his
wife, the former Margaret Union
McDonald, to whom he was mar
ried almost 70 years ago.
Both had been in failing health
and the death of Mr. MacLeod
was dot unexpected. However,
that of his wife came unexpect
edly, just a few hours after the
funeral of her husband, which
was held at 11 o’clock Tuesday
morning.
Services for Mrs. MacLeod, held
at 3 p. m. Wednesday, were held,
like her husband,’^, at jEureka
Presbyterian church, which the
two of them had helped found
many years ago. Burial followed
in Old Bethesda cemetery. The
same ministers officiated—Chap
lain Col. Frank Thompson, of
Pinehurst, assisted by the Rev.
W. S. Golden, of Carthage, and
at the second funeral, the Rev.
C. W. Wosth of Aberdeen, also.
The same grandsons served as
pallbearers: E. W., L. W., Neal,
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Plans for changes in the Sea
board station here have finally
been approved, it was announced
Monday by W. D. Simpson, chief
engineer of the railroad. Saying
that the plans had been approved
by the Town Board of Southern
Pines, Simpson stated that final
blue-prints had beqn drawn up
and the work was ready to pro
ceed.
The changes and additions that
are to be made involve principal
ly the interior of the building,
which will be re-arranged and
modernized. The white waiting-
room will be enlarged by the re
moval»of the women’s retiring
room, unnecessarily large. Both
the white and colored waiting-
rooms will be provided with as
phalt tile flooring and the exist
ing wood wainscoting will be re
placed with a- panelled wainscot
of masonite or similar material.
Large ticket windows of modern
design will be provided in both
:.'ooms.
Welcome Improvements
The present high ceilings will
be lowered, thus materially im
proving the looks of the rooms;
fluorescent lights, flush with the
ceiling, will be installed.
Welcome addition will be the
installation of modern electric
drinking fountains in both rooms,
and a complete new heating plant,
thus eliminating the unsightly
%nd inefficient coal stoves.
New toilet facilities for both
rooms will be constructed, witn
ceramic tile floors and modern
plumbing, more conveniently ar
ranged than the present rest
rooms, v
The exterior will see a general
refurbishing. The two ugly dor
mers in the ends of the roof will
be removed and a new roof of as
bestos shingle put on to replace
the present metal affair. The out
side of the building will be paint
ed “whatever color the town
would like.” '
A Whal Shed?
Another welcome addition will
be the construction of a shed, “of
the butterfly type,” along the
tracks from the south end of the
station all the way to Connecticut
avenue, “a total distance of 435
:feet.”
Questioned as to what was a
butterfly type of train shed, Pete
Ivy, SAL public relations man
speaking for Chief Engineer
Simpson, said: “It kind of goes up
in a peak . . . no, wait ... .” shuf-
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Democratic precinct meet
ings are scheduled to take
place in all county towns
this Saturday at 2:30 p. mu
Chairmen are being notified
by county Democratic chair
man M. G. Boyette, to call
these meetings of all regis
tered voters to elect delegates
to the county convention to
be held in Carthage the fol
lowing Saturday.
Boyette specifies that he
has served as county chair
man since 1932, and does not
feel he can continue in this
post.
The Southern Pines com
mittee members are: John S.
Ruggles, chairman, Mrs.
James Boyd, vice-chairman.
C. S. Patch, Jr„ Ernest Wil
son and Ralph M^ls. The
meeting place is the Com-
:.nunity Centers
County Bond Issue
Vote For Schools
Scheduled July 6
Joint Committee
Established For
Resort Interests
*
Dr. Mark Depp, Dr. Sylvester Green
Will Speak At Commencement Events
Tufts Addresses
Chamber And Guests
On Coordination
$975,000 Total Given
Commissioners' Approval
Carthage Man
Meets Death In
Auto Accident
The Pilot is proud of this fine picture of a fine old gentleman,
the late John A. MacLeod (see story above). Made some 15 years
ago, it shows him “drawing” shingles in the yard of, his home. He
was an expert at this from his early youth, when all .homes of the
section were roofed with hand-drawn shingles. .
John Nunnery, about 70 years
old, of Carthage was fatally in
jured Wednesday about 1 p. m.
at Carthage when, according to
evidence revealed in Patrolman
Apple’s subsequent investigation,
he walked into the side of a
.moving car.
The car was driven by Di*.
James P. Hendrix, of Durham,
who was on his way to Pinehurst
for the closing session oif the
North Carolina Medical society.
A coroner’s inquest held soon
after the accident exonerated the
doctor, who said he attempted to
dodge Nunnery as soon as he saw
him moving toward his car, but
was unsuccessful.
Nunnery was taken at once by
ambulance to the Moore County
hospital, but died on the way.
He had been in failing health,
and his poor hearing and eye
sight were considered to be con
tributory causes of the accident,
which took place just inside the
city limits on the Carthage-San-
ford road, opposite Bennett’s Ser
vice station.
Nunnery had lived in Carthage
all his life. His wife died several
years ago. The following children
survive: Jesse and Dan Nunnery,
Mrs. Lino Smith, Mrs. Carl
Morrison, Mrs. Margaret Brown
and Mrs. Marybelle Barber, all
of Carthage.
The special election for a bond
issue for $975,000, to be used for
essential school building needs in
10 county school districts, will be
held Tuesday, July 6, by decision
of the county commissioners in
regular session at Carthage Mon
day.
The commissioners approved a
resolution of the county board of
education asking for the election,
as drawn up by County Attorney
M. G. Boyette. ' i
Plans for the county vote will
in no way affect the Southerii
Pines* district vote on a separate
$45,000 bond issue, to supplement
any funds forthcoming from the
county for construction of an au
ditorium-cafeteria and a gym
nasium, this week said Southern
Pines Supt. P. J. Weaver. The
local vote will be held Tuesday,
June 15, with registration open
ing Saturday, May 15, and con
tinuing for three Saturdays.
Mr. Weaver, with representa
tives of the Southern Pines town
and school boards, attended the
Monday meeting to register a
last-ditch protest against South
ern Pines’ allocation of $200,000
in the anticipated county bond is
sue. It had been hoped funds for
a new high school building could
be included.
Practically all the districts, in
fact, have protested that their
allocations are insufficient, and
approval of the commissioners
has been withheld for a month
while the county boards studied
the situation.
“We know the amounts allotted
are not what the districts want,”
said one commissioner after Mon
day’s meeting, “but at least they
will provide a start. Something
is certainly better than nothing,
and it appeared that meeting all
requests was an impossible task.”
“There is always the possibili
ty, too, that federal funds will be
provided later, if legislation now
planned goes-through.”
The $975,000, if it passes, will
provide $50,000 for eight of the
districts, $375,000 for Aberdeen
‘for classrooms and other needed
additions” and $200,000 for
Southern Pines for ‘‘an auditori
um and other needed additions.”
The only district omitted is Vass-
Lakeview, where a new .school is
nearing completion, paid for out
of current funds.
Attending the meeting from
Southern Pines were Mayor 'C.
N. Page, E. C. Stevens, N. L.
Hodgkins, John Howarth, L. L.
Woolley and P. J. Weaver.
. Richard S. Tufts, president of
Pinehurst, Inc., came over to
Southern Pines WednelSday night,
to meet with the directors of the
local Chamber of Commerce and
give them the benefit of his ex-
extepsive experience as head of
the greatest resort in the south,
and the greatest golfing center
in the nation.
It was strictly “shop talk” at
the specially called meeting at
the Community Center, with Mr.
Tufts making the opening speech
and then members and hotel op
erators, who were present, chim
ing in. The theme was: coopera
tion between the two towns of
Pinehurst and Southern Pines.
“What is good for one of us
is good for the other”, said Tufts.
The president of Pinehurst went
on to say that in 1929 he had ad
dressed an annual meeting of the
then Chamber of Commerce here
and had tried to suggest the same
idea. “But I don’t think I got
very far,” he said. “Tonight I
want to express again the opinion
I held then, and which has since
grown stronger, that there is no
competition between Pinehurst
and Southern Pines and that co-
9Peration- wherever possible will
bring benefits to both places.”
Tufts listed two points in par
ticular as deserving of this joint
attack: (1) An attempt to build
up a longer season, and (2) ah en
tertainment program for the en
tire area. As regards the latter,
he said that conflict on dates
must be avoided, necessitating
early cooperation in making up
the program of events for the two
resorts, and he said that simul
taneous ,or following, golf tour
naments would frequently be easy
to arrange and would help both
places.
There followed an open forum
discussion with John tluggles
leading the talk, concerning ways
and means of coordinating adver
tising programs, activity sched
ules and other phases of the re
sort business
In line with a tentative plan
already proposed,by the Cham
ber, a joint committee was named
composed of Howard Burns,
Southern Pines town clerk, Tom
G. Wicker, Chamber of Com
merce secretary, and a Pinehurst
representative, to confer on co
ordination of the two resorts’ ac
tivities throughout the year.
Time To Register
Later For School
Distinguished Men
Accept Invitations
Of Local School
DR, GREEN
Tags To Be Sold
Saturday To Help
Maternal Welfare
On Saturday the Moore County
Maternal Welfare Committee will
hold their*annual Tag Day, it was
announced by the chairman, Mrs.
James Boyd.
On the streets of all the towns
of the county tags will be sold,
following the annual custom, for
ten cents or as much more as the
generosity of the public prompts
them to give. The chairman said
that, in the past, few had given the
minimum amount, but most of
those solicited, realizing the im
portance of this public service,
had given generously to the cause
The chairman said that, the
money raised would go for sev
i-» . purposes. The salary paid
ror Primary Vote, [to Mrs. Worth McLeod, county
Finals May 30. June 1
Two distinguished men have
accepted the invitation of the lo
cal school authorities to speak at
commencement events—one an
outstanding Methodist minister!,
the other a newspaper editor who
has won his laurels also as min
ister, college president, authoir,
lecturer and civic club leader.
Dr. Mark Depp, pastor of Cen
tenary Methodist church at Win
ston-Salem, will be the baccalau
reate speaker, at services to be
held at 8:15 p. m. Sunday, May
30, at the Church of Wide Fellow
ship.
Dr; Sylvester Green, editor of
the Durham Morning Herald, will
speak at the graduation exercises
to be held Tuesday evening, June
I, at 8:15. This event will also
be at the Church of Wide Fel
lowship, on account of the cur
rent lack of a school auditorium.
An interesting connection of
the school with Dr. Depp is seen
in the fact that he is pastor of
the church formerly served by
the late Dr. C. Weaver, father
of Southern Pines Supt. Philip
J. Weaver. In fact, it was during
Dr. Weaver’s pastorate that the
Centenary church, one of the
state’s largest and most beauti
ful, was built. »
"Place For Religion"
Dr. Depp’s topic will be “A
Place for Religion.” A native of
Dunvsutawney, Pa., graduate of
Allegheny college and Boston
University school of theology, Dr.
Depp served churches ip Virginia,
Maryland, the District of Colum
bia and Pittsburgh, Pa., before
coming to the Winston-Salfem
church in 1945.
Among his churches were Cal
vary ki Washington, St. Mark’s
in Baltimore and Christ church,
Pittsburgh, where he was pastor
for nine years.
He was a chaplain in World
War 1, and has held many high
offices in his church. He is at
present a member of the Metho
dist Federation for Social Service,
the church’s Commission for
World Peace and the executive
committee of the Crusade for
Christ.
Dr. Green
Dr. Green, a graduate of Wake
Forest, holds advanced degrees
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Kaylor Will Broadcast
On Model Locomotives
Frank H.. Kaylor, of the South
ern Pines Volunteer Fire Depart
ment, will appear on next Wed
nesday’s “Voice of the Sandhills”
program over Station WEEB in
an interview on the subject of
constructilng model locomotives.
Mr. Kaylor, a past master at
building steam-driven models of
railway locomotives, is a member
of several organizations devoted
to that hobby.
The program will originate at
the fire department, and will be
recorded for broadcast at 4:30 for
Wednesday afternoon. '
Beginning this week, three sue
oessive registrations are on the
schedule for Southern Pines, and
two for the c6unty outside South
ern Pines.
Objectives vary, from the
choosing of a governor of the
state to the building of a school
gymnasium.
For Southern Pines citizens, the
task is simplified for the first two
registrations. The place is the
same—the Chamber of Com
merce office in fhe Community
building, where Tom G. Wicker,
Chamben secretary, will preside
as registrar at both. His hours
are 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.
The first registration, that for
the Democratic primary of May
29, opened last Saturday, and will
continue through two more Sat
urdays. It affects you only if you
are not a qualified voter—and it
behooves each one of us to check
on. that fact and make sure our
names are on the registration
books. Those who have become
21 since the last election, or who
have recently moved into the
county, must register if they are
to vote. Residence in the county
should have continued consecu
tively for four months or longer.
The second registration will be
nurse-midwife, in charge of ma
ternity work in the health depart
ment, is supplemented by a travel
allowance, enabling her to cover
the extended territory needed in
this type of work. Supplies for
the prenatal and baby clinics are
paid for, and extra medicine or
food is purchased, for the mother
and baby.
Mrs- Boyd said, also, that this
year a new expenditure was an
ticipated. It is hoped to raise
enough money to increase the fee
which is paid to the doctors who
attend the clinics and give so
freely of their valuable time.
“Our county doctors are the
mainstay of this work,” Mrs. Boyd
said. “We think that they shoitld
receive more than the current $10
for giving up an afternoon a
month to this service, and, if our
Tag Day is a success, we think we
will be able to add to this fee.”
Tags will' be sold at the post of
fice by Mrs. Avery, secretary of
the committee, and Mrs. P. P. Mc
Cain, first' vice-chairman, while
Mrs. J. H. Towne will have charge
of the table in front of the bank,
where she will be assisted by Mrs.
Riggs McConnell and members of
the committee.
In Carthage Mrs. F. H. Under
wood, treasurer of the committee.
Mrs. M. G. Boyette and Mrs. W.
D. Sabiston are in charge of Tag
Day, and Mrs. Worth McLeod
will give them the benefit of her
a new one for everybody in this „
school district. This is for the help and advice in the outlying
special election for a $45,000 bond districts.
In Pinehurst, the sale is handled
by Mrs. Hugh Carter, second vice-
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issue to supplement county funds
a new school auditorium-
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Pinehurst Wins
%
Picquet Cup In
Glee Club Contest
The Pinehurst Glee club of 25
mixed voices won the third an
nual county high school glee
club contest, held at the Mid
Pines Wednesday following the
luncheon meeting of the Sand
hills Kiwanis club Wednesday.
Paul V. Peck, director, receiv
ed the silver Picquet cup from
the hands of its donor, Charles
W. Picquet, and also won the
sincere applause of the club and
many guests for his share in an
excellent program, ably present
ed.
It was a double share, for this
year for the first time his West
End High School glee club, pre
senting their second public per
formance, took part, increasing
by one the list of contestants
which to date has included only
Pinehurst, Aberdeen and Soiath-
ern Pines high schools. The South
ern Pines school has been the win
ner in the two previous compe
titions. '
Points For Judgment
Dr. Robert Reuter, director of
music at Flora Macdonald college,
who with Mrs. Reuter served as
judge for the third time, before
giving the name of the winning
group explained to the audience
the points on which the judging
had been based. These included
the good appearance and poise of
the singing groups, in which he
said all scored equally high; in
tonation—the manner in which
tones are “struck,” the manner of
beginning, continuing and ending
musical phrases; general musi-
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