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Lakeview Hotel
Is Bought By
Long Island Man
Will Be Improved
As Year-Round
Recreation Spot
The sale of the Lakeview hotel
and Crystal lake at Lakeview,
five miles from Southern Pines,
was announced this week by
James Allen, owner and manager
of this well known resort hostel
ry for the past three years.
Purchaser of the property is
W. H. Cook, of Bay Shore L. I.,
who will take on promotion of
the property as a year-round rec
reation spot while retaining Al
len as manager and supervisor.
The purchase includes the large
hotel facing the lake, the mile-
long lake with swimming, boat
ing and fishing 'facilities, bath
house, dance pavilion and con
cession stands, and some 300
. acres of Tand, mostly woodlands
bordering the lake. Sale price
was not revealed.
Plans for development of the
property include a good deal of
remodeling and numerous other
improvements, to make it, as Al
len said, “the kind of resort I
planned myself when I bought
it in 1945.” He made an excellent
start during his ownership, with
numerous improvements to the
building and lakefront area, and
promotion of speedboat races and
other sports and social events.
Under his management it had re
gained much of the clientele from
many states which in former
days made it one of the top va
cation spots of North Carolina.
Both winter and summer rec
reation is being planned by the
new owner, to make it an attrac
tion for visitors during “the sea
son” and for state and local res
idents in the summer. Vacation
cottages are to be built along the
lakefront.
Mr. Cook has owned , and oper
ated the Riviera Beach club at
Bay Shore, L. I., for the past 31
years. He recently sold the club
, and came to the Sandhills for his
health, remaining, as is so often
the case, as property owner and
business investor.
He is staying at the Lakeview
hotel while seeking a permanent
home in Southern Pines for him
self, his wife and teen-age son
and daughter.
15 New Victims In
Five Days Cause
Deepening Concern
Slate Leaders Here
Colonial Inn
And House Next
Door Are Sold
A quarantine of all children 15
years and under, to be enforced
by “the law” if necessary, was
announced by County Health of
ficer Dr. J. W. Willcox last Sat
urday, as polio continued to
strike throughout the county and
the number of victims climbed
day by day.
The quarantine was determin
ed on by the county board of
health at a meeting at Carthage
last Friday night, at which di
rectors of the county chapter of
the National Infantile Paralysis
Foundation were also present,
along with state representatives.
Violators of the quarantine are
guilty of a misdemeanor, carry
ing a jail sentence of not more
than 30 days and a fine of not
more than $50. While the quaran
tine is mostly being carefully ob
served, flagrant violations will
bring swift punishment. Dr. Will
cox said.
Moore county, last week de
clared by the state board of
health to be lan “epidemic area,”
along with Guilford, Burke and
Cumberland counties by Wednes
day afternoon counted its strick
en at 42, with four children dead.
Fifteen victims were taken to
out-of-county hospitals from Fri
day to Wednesday.
For the first time during the
current outbreak, polio was ob
served to be striking in the upper
teens, and higher, rather than
among the infants and youiig
children only.
Young Girl Dies
Bobbie Jean Oliver, 16, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. C. Pi Oliver
of Pinehurst RFD, died Tuesday
morning at Rex hospital, Raleigh,
after a brief battle with the dis
ease.
Over the weekend Mrs. R. C.
Monroe, 21, of Aberdeen, joined
her five-months-old son at James
Walker Memorial hospital, Wil
mington, as a polio victim. Little
Robert, Junior, was taken there
last week.
Taken to the Guilford Polio
Center were Howard Moore, five,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Rancie
Moore of Steeds, Rt. 1, and
Sherry Kivett, 4 whose parents
are Mr. and Mrs. Carl Kivett,
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FIRST PATIENTS ARRIVING TODAY AT
MOORE HOSPITAL CONVALESCENT CENTER
Seven polio patients, the vanguard of a group of con
valescents past the six-week infectious stage, will arrive
today (Friday) at the Moore County hospital, to be placed
in an 18-bed wing prepared as a convalescent center.
The move was made to relieve overcrowded facili
ties at out-of-county hospitals, making room for new
cases, and also to bring nearer their families Moore,
County children who no longer need highly specialized
care, said E. McKeithen, hospital administrator.
Seven registered nurses, secured through the Ameri
can Red Cross by the good offices of the county chapter
and Mrs. M. G. Nichols, chapter vice chairman, were to
arrive Thursday and Friday from Atlanta and Durham.
One, an experienced polio nurse, will direct their activi
ties, and the regular nursing staff will not be drawn on.
More nurses,, however, are needed, and local nurses
willing to assist in the emergency are asked to notify
the Red Cross chapter office here.
Of the seven patients arriving by ambulance today,
three will come from the hospital -at Wilmington, the ■
others from Raleigh and Greensboro. More will be
brought as they are ready—and only then, it was em
phasized by Paul C. Butler, county chairman of the In
fantile Paralysis Foundation.
With some 35 Moore County children now in various
hospitals, he ksks that parents trust the judgment of the
doctors as to which ones may be sent to the local conval
escent center.
Hancock Named To
Supervise County
Spraying Program
County Will Aid In
Financing Of Polio
Preventive Measure
Agreement Reached On Bond Issue For
Schools In Aberdeen District Alone
Here Is Moore County’s Polio Tally
Here are Moore County polio
victims since the first of. the
year:
The dead—^Marcus E. Preslar,
7, Robbins; Lacy Yow, 18 months.
Steeds; Joyce Ann Shamburger,
4, Carthage; Bobbie Jean Oliver,
16, Pinehurst RFD. ^
Home from hospitals—Willis |
Williams, 7, Robbins; Sarah Pres-
r, 13, Robbins; Jackie McCal-
lum, 6, Carthage.
At hospitals in Raleigh,
Greensboro, Wilmington, Gas
tonia—Bobby Ray Phillips, 23
months, Vass (stricken in Jan
uary, the rest since mid-May);
Patricia, eight months, and Mar
tha Davis, 7, Steeds, Rt. 1; Henry
Davis, 10, Steeds, Rt. 1; Eugene
Smith, 10, Sweetheart Lake sec
tion; Sarah Inman, 12, Hallison; oe-
Janice Kennedy, 6, Steeds; Win- fore the board Tuesday afternoon
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Edgar Hancock, of Aberdeen,
has been appointed assistant to
O. D. Fulp, county sanitarian, in
charge of DDT spraying for pre^
vention of infection, it was an
nounced this week by Paul C.
Butler, county Infantile Paraly
sis Chapter chairman, following
recommendation of the county
commissioners that this program
be aggressively continued, and
an agreement to assist in its fin
ancing.
The chapter had asked for $3,-
000 to help with the costs of
DDT-spraying the entire county
as a move to check the outbreak
of polio. The full amount is ex
pected to be forthcoming if it is
needed.
The program had been under
taken originally with the bills
being paid by the county chap
ter. However, such funds are not
actually intended for this use,
but rather for the financing of
medical and hospital treatment
and other requirements of the
stricken persons, Mr. Butler ex
plained.
Program Commended
Full sympathy with the pro
gram and commendation of its
leaders was expressed by the
commissioners to Mr. Butler and
also to Dr. J. W. Willcox, county
health officer who appeared be-
CHIEF MEANT IT
The first arrest to be made
for running too close to a
fire truck, since the recent
announcement by Fire Chief
O'Callaghara that this ordi
nance would be enforced for
safety's sake, brought Gar
land G. Williams, of Aber
deen, into magistrate's court
here Wednesday afternoon,
under arrest by city police.
A number of the members
of the Southern Pines vol
unteer fire department testi
fied to witnessing Williams'
illegal driving while the
truck was on its way to a
brush fire in the Country
Club section Monday after-'
noon.
Charged with running too
close to a fire truck, operat
ing a car at too high a rate
of speed and running through
the traffic light at Massachu
setts and May street, Wil
liams was fined and taxed
with costs, for a total of
about $30.
Forestry Group
Will Visit Here
del Martindale, 6, Robbins, Rt. 1.
Raymond Garner, 5, Robbins,
Rt; 2; Ruby Joyce Williams, 4,
Eagle Springs, Rt. 1; Joe Priest,
10, Carthage, Rt. 1; Owen Brad-
dock, 16 months, Carthage; Floyd
at Carthage to explain the pre
vention measures being under
taken.
Two trained crews are in their
fourth week of work in the Rob-
, bins area, spraying within a 15-
Tyner, 4, Carthage, Star Route; I mile radius of that stricken com-
Joyce Ann Myrick, 5, Star, Rt. 1; munity. Most of the houses with-
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A large group of forestry stu
dents and their teachers from the
University of West Virginia will
visit Moore county next week,
paying visits also to two neigh
bor counties to ipspect at first
hand some of the interesting fea
tures of this section, it was learn
ed this week from District For
ester James A. Pippin, of Rock
ingham. ,
The group will consist of 42
students and two professors of
the university’s division of for
estry.
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St. Joseph Of The Pines Now Operating In Former Luxury Hotel
Colonial Inn, one of Southern
Pines’ largest and handsomest
guest houses, has been sold by
Mr. and Mrs. George C. Burns to
Mrs. Agnes Gruebl, of Pleasants-
ville, N. Y., who took possession
last Friday and with her daugh
ter, Miss Mildred Gruebl, is now
in residence.
At the same time Mrs. Carrie
Ayers, of Pleasantville, N. Y.,
p chased from Mr. and Mrs.
turns the modern five-room
home next door, on East New
York avenue. Mrs. Ayers and her
two young grandsons will come
to Southern Pines in September
to make their home.
The purchases were the result
of a vacation trip taken by the
two ladies last May. They came
to Southern Pines for their first
visit, on its recommendation as a
pleasant vacation spot by Mrs.
Ayers’ daughter, who had stayed
nere several times.
Nothing was farther from their
minds than to buy homes and
“'settle down,” .said Mrs. Gruebl
this week. However, they were
most happily impressed, and de
cided to cast in their lot with the
town.
Mrs. Gruebl will continue the
operation of Colonial Inn as a
guest house, she said. The house
includes a cottage and house
keeping apartment, and a num
ber of rooms, all with private
baths, for transients dluring the
winter season.
The large white house, former
ly a cottage, has been added to
and remodeled over the years un
til it is now one of the town’s
most imposing, with high front
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Two Downtown
Lots Transferred
A 50-foot lot on East Pennsyl
vania avenue has been purchased
by E. M. Aiken, of Southern
Pines and 'Washington, D. C.,
from Dr. E. W. Bush and Sieger
Herr, minor, it was recently an
nounced.
The healthy price of $4,000 was
paid for the lot, which adjoins
the building occupied by the of
fices of Dr. George Heinitsh.
John D. McConnell, attorney for
Mr. Aiken, said the original plans
were for the use of the lot as the
site Of an office building, but the
plans have had to undergo some
revision and it is not now known
just when the building will
built.
Miss Miriam Herr, guardian of
Sieger Herr, acted for her ward
in the transaction.
Another good lot in the busi
ness district has recently chang
ed hands, that facing on West
Broad street and lying between
the Jewel Box and Jack’s Grill,
which was sold by H. A. Lewis to
John C. Parrish, of Aberdeen.
Mr. Parrish said this week he
has no immediate plans for the
lot, and signs of building which
appear to be going on there are
merely for the placing of some
cement footings. He also said he
could not give accurately th,e
price of the lot, as it was trans
ferred in exchange for business
services.
However, the exchange rate
was believed to be commensurate
with the $80-per-front-foot price
paid for the Aiken purchase, in
dicating good current values and
confidence in the town’s business
future.
Needles budding toer resort hotel on the secretary Sister Joan and Tom KeSSmSSriam w2> wild sS
iRIld T03.Q., now hoUS6S th© onlv' hocm+ol i-n KTA-cwf-i-. 4.1%^ _ .. _ P
Midland road, now houses the only Catholic hospital in central North
Carolina, St. Joseph of the Pines, which opened July 1. The nursing
staff, shown above all in white, includes Sister Anastasia, superin
tendent, Sisters Virginia, Imelda, Pauline, Melania, Charlene, Mary
Grace and Catherine, though not necessarily in that order. Seated
are Father Herbert Harkins, Reverend Mother M. Lucia Kelly, her
the summer assisting the .Sisters to get their hospital started. .
Around the picture are, clockwise, one of the first patients,
Briice Mauney, of West End, with his. nurse; two Sisters at, the re
ception desk, where formerly winter golfers, and now hosp.ital pa
tients, are checked in; and Sister Melania, dietitian, prepaifing the
hospital trays. (Photos by H'emmer)
j Olher Needs To Await
! Priority Construction
-Vote To Be> Couniywide
Priority was granted the build
ing of schools in the congested
Aberdeen district, through action
of the county commissioners in
regular session at Carthage Tues
day, rescinding their previous
bond issue proposal of $975,000
for 10 districts, in favor of $375,-
000 for Aberdeen alone.
The bond issue will be voted
on by the county as a whole, on
a date to be set by the county
commissioners at la hearing
scheduled for 2 p. m. July 19.
The commissioners’ action fol
lowed an agreement of the three
boards of education involved—
the Moore County, Southern
Pines and Pinehurst administra
tive units—all of whom rescind
ed former resolutions presenting
individual needs of systems
under their jurisdiction, in favor
of holding the election for Aber
deen separately, and first.
Agreement may be reached
later on the financing of needed
construction in the other dis
tricts, is was believed, by state
aid or county funds, or the two
in combination, once the large
amount recognized as necessary
for Aberdeen is out of the way.
Way Out Of Impasse
The commissioners’ action fol
lowed in succession a series of
events resulting from an impasse
reached last spring, when it was
found that the total of all the
schools’ needs was far beyond the
'^legal limit for a school bond is
sue for this county.
The proposal, presented first
by the Southern Pines delega
tion, that the Aberdeen schools
be financed first, and separately,
vvas repeated at a meeting held
at Carthage June 29, when the
three boards presented resolu
tions detailing their monetary
needs.
The amount totaled $1,283,000,
still beyond the county’s legal
ability to finance, and it was ap
parent that “something had to
give.”
The county board of education,
meeting later in the week, found
the suggestion agreeable, and
rescinded its previous resolution
calling for $7a5,000 for eight
school districts. A new resolution
was passed cutting off all but
the Aberdeen figure of $375,000.
The Pinehurst delegation,
meeting this week with the com
missioners, also presented a new
resolution, rescinding its former
one asking $208,000, the change
being contingent upon Southern
Pines’ doing the same.
Though assurances of favor had
been made by Southern Pines
unofficially, and by all its school
board members separately, a
phone call was placed to South
ern Pines in order to make it of
ficial.
Quorum .Arrives
The result was the appearance
within a half hour of Supt. P. J.
Weaver with board members N.
L. Hodgkins, L. L. Woolley and
John Howarth. “We didn’t know
if you needed a quorum but
brought one, just in case,” they
said, and agreed without demur
to the change of resolution.
County Attorney U. L. Spence,
on hand to offer needed legal ad
vice, gathered up all the resolu
tions and disappeared in the di
rection of his office across the
street, when he re-appeared
shortly with a formal bond order
for the commissioners’ approval-
This was granted, and the hear
ing date set as required by law.
It was the first time since agi
tation began for a countywide
school bond issue almost two
years ago, that all concerned had
found themselves in agreement.
With the likelihood of the tug-
of-war’s ending, for a time at
least, all were wreathed in
Smiles and there was apparent a
general feeling that progress had
been made.
Aberdeen Worsl Off
Recognition was granted early
in the game that Aberdeen, with
its Negro school already con
demned, its white schools crowd-
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