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VOL. 29 NO. 38
TWELVE PAGES
Southern Pines. N. C., Fridav, August 13, 1948.
twelve pages
TEN CENTS
In the “baby room”—Robert Monroe, of Aberdeen, Patsy Davis and her sister Martha (in wheel
chair), of Steeds, Rt. 1, and Owen Braddock, Carthage. Patsy and Martha were the county’s first
cases, among the first of the state, in the current epidemic- Nurses are, Mrs. Addie Turner, of Miami,
Fla., and.Miss Virginia Frye of Carthage.
Night Thieves Loot Two Restaurants,
Three Motor Companies Of This Area
Cash, Tires, Tubes,
Batteries Are Taken
GLAD TO SEE YOU
Mrs. Robert C. Monroe, of Aberdeen RFD, and son Bobby.
(Photos by Emerson Humphrey)
Children Are Happy, Progress Is Seen
MORE PICTURES ON PAGE 5
at HospitaVs Polio Convalescent Center
Treatment Is Told.*
Nurse Speaks Of
Foundation's Work
By Valerie Nicholson
Last week, by very special
privilege, I visited the Moore
County hospital’s ^olio conval
escent center, and can make a
report to you on the miracles be
ing done there and the fact that
it is a very happy place.
The children show faces of
contentment; their faces break
into smiles at sight of their
nurses, and they appear also to
enjoy their treatments, ^hich
are gently and pleasantly given,
. with that all-important regular
ity.
A wing of two large rooms,
wide hall, sunporch and bath,
with various small auxiliary
rooms, opening off the main
haU. on the first floor has been
turned over to the young con
valescents. Most of the children
were in bed. Several, however,
were up and circulating about,
and one little wheelchair patient
was everywhere, so there is no
effect of a strict division, and
much companionhbility is evi
denced.
Daily Soak
Standing in the main hall, you
can look into all the rooms.
There was little Sharon Kivett,
just barely (correct adverb!)
glimpsed in her warm bath,
where she was taking her daily
15-minute soak; three-year-old
Wayne Spivey, sitting up in his
bed in the hall; the inquiring
faces of little girls peering inter
estedly from their ‘•'dormitory”;
a Uttle fellow (Floyd Tyner, four,
of Carthage) in blue pajamas,
emerging from the sunporch.
Floyd was about the only one
all covered up, as the, others wore
small scraps of panties or diapers
(so many are just babies!) and at
first glance they appeared a
beautiful and- rosy lot of chil
dren, with nothing wrong at all.
There may be something to this
thing of polio striking the flower
of youth. Certainly these are
lovely children.
"Favor" Weak Limbs
Yet as you go around among
them you see the tell-tale posi
tions by which they “favor” their
weak limbs (two were in casts);
several had a look of pain in
their eyes, and one little girl,
Sarah Inman, lay flat on her
back, unable to move any part
of her body except her fingertips.
Yet this sweet, roundfaced
little girl of 12 was patient and
uncomplaining, her feet propped
against a board, held in place by
sandbags, her hands crossed on
her breast.
Little Arnold Comer, .;n “am
bulant case” like Floyd, ran
hither and thither, cheering up
everyone. “He is our assistant
nurse,” smiled our guide, Mrs.
Addie Turner. “We couldn’t get
along without him.” In the “ba
bies’ room,” Martha Davis, seven,
in her wheelchair, pointed out
Lady m bath (with painted toenaiL, too!): Shai-on Kivett and
Nurse Turner.
Town Board Retains Old Tax Rate As
New Building Balances Bigger Budget
The town board this week an- sewer mains for new building
nounced its budget for 1948-49.
It is given in full on Page 12 of
this issue.
First thing to be noted is there
is no increase in the $2.60 per
$100 tax rate; second thing, that
the budget is bigger than ever
before, with estimated receipts
and expenditures of $105,620.03,
some $5,200 greater than those
for 1947-48.
This has been made possible,
according to figures shown by
Howard F. Burns, town clerk, by
the fact that the town this year
has almost a quarter of a million
dollars’ worth of new construc
tion on its tax books, for a con
siderable increase in advalorem
taxes.
Income and expendtures in va
rious departments are estimated
for this year at about the same
as last, with the chief differences
in the police and street depart
ments.
The police department was up
ped from $11,735 to $16,169.41 to
take care of the cost of the new
police car recently bought by the
town, and also to add a police
man to the force. Allowances
formerly made the members for
the use of their cars is continu
ing to go to them in the form of
increased salaries, considered an
imperative need if the force is to
be maintained and enlarged.
The streets, sewers and lights
department budget was increased
with pride her eight-months-old from $30,646.40 to $33,079.21. This
(Continued on Page 5) was done to permit the laying of
within the city limits, such as in
Edgewood and the adjacent
Youngs Road area and also to
keep up payments on new road
machinery. Actually, $34,000 was
spent last year, the difference be
ing made up by the contingency
fund. "
Contingencies this year will be
taken care of by a reserve fund
of $5,509.80, about $270 less than
last year. Yes, the town has “con
tingencies,” just like your house
hold budget! Last year’s contin
gency fund made up extra needs
in two departments, gave $500 to
the library, $250 to the Council
of Social Agencies, paid attorney
and other fees and allowed a re
duction of $500 in an accumula
ted deficit of $3,500-
This year, $600 has already
been allotted to the Chamber of
Commerce, $500 to the library,
$250 to the Council of Social
of Social Agencies. Materials for
the “fogging” of the town cost
$576, and $376 has been put aside
to renovate the library building.
BUSINESS DISTRICT
EXTENDED
The town board at a recent
unofficial meeting approved a re
commendation of the zoning
board that the business district
be extended to include the south
side of Pennsylvania avenue, be
tween Bennett and Leake streets.
The recommendation was made
on petition of aH home owners of
the city block involved.
BOXING SHOW
Another boxing mach will
be sponsored Saturday night
by the John Boyd post, VFW,
following close on the heels
of the successful show held
July 31.
The match will be held, as
before, at the High School
Memorial park, and a num
ber of the figlfters seen at
the first show are due for re
turn matches, according to
Ray Backlund, post chair
man for both events.
Among these nrb Ronald
Short, Bobby Hefner and Joe
Cooke, of Charlotte, and Ben
Macy, Jerome Heber and Eu
gene England of the 82nd
Airborne, Fort Bragg.
Among several newcomers
will be Crash Davis, of Char
lotte, and Joe Lopez, of Fort
Bragg. A full card is prom
ised.
The show will begin
8:30.
at
Walter E. Blue
Eleeted President
Merchants’ Group
State Softball
Tournament Opens
Here Next Friday
Season's Tickets For
18 Games On Sale
Chamber Of Commerce
Sponsoring Event Here
■Walter E. Blue, proprietor of
the Modern Market, was elected
first president of the Southern
Pines Merchants association, at a
meeting Tuesday night of the
temporary board of the recently
formed organization.
Norris L. Hodgkins was elected
vice president, and Herbert N.
Cameron the local unit’s director
on the board of the North Caro
lina Merchants association. Lloyd
T. Clark was named chairman of
a membership committee which
is to go into action shortly, with
John Von Schlegell and John S.
Ruggles as the other members.
Tom Wicker was named execu
tive secretary, a position which
he will handle in conjunction
with his duties as executive sec
retary of the Chamber of Com
merce, the parent organization.
Permanent directors are to be
elected by the membership early
in the fall, when the Merchants
association is expected to be
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Accident Mars
Return From Beach
Mrs. James Prim, Miss Eunice
Chatfield and Mrs. Prim’s chil-
den, Jame, David and Carole
Anne, returning from a stay at
Carolina Beach Wednesday morn
ing, were involved in a three-car
accident in which their car was
considerably damaged.
Miss Chatfield was injured,
though reportedly noH seriously
and spent the night in a Wil
mington hospital. Her sister and
the children were not hurt.
Mr. Prim and his brother-in-
law, W. F. Chatfield, left immed
iately for Wilmington on receipt
of the telephoned message, in
which few details were given.
They were expected hqme Thurs
day afternoon, bringing their rel
atives and towing the car.
Chamber of Commerce officials
are hard at work “promoting” the
State Ohampionship bUrname(nt
of the N. C. Amateur Softball
association, which comes here for
a week starting next Friday, Au
gust 20. Season tickets at $2.50,
good for all games, are obtain
able from any Chamber director,
at the Chamber office, or by call
ing 8932, according to Tom Wick
er, secretary.
Window cards have been dis
tributed throughout the entire
Sandhills area and the publicity
has been in evidence in state and
sectional papers.
Most of the nine teams to play
here will arrive Thursday to be
gin play Friday, with five games.
The very first game will feature
the Mooresville Moors, 1947
Champs, against the winner of
the North Central district, yet to
be named. Other teams sure to
participate here are the famed
Roanoke Rapids Romanocs, four-
times champions; Spofford Mills
of Wilmington, Bur - Mil of
Greensboro, and Hinson’s Econ
omy Store of Concord. The other
four entrants will be announced
as soon as they are definite.
John S. Ruggles, president of
the sponsoring Chamberof Com
merce, commented at the direct
ors’ meeting Tuesday night, that
this should be a beneficial affair
as it would bring in many outside
people during the slow trade
month of August. “We are asking
for the support of the whole tow?i
in putting this tournament
across,” he said. “It’s an expen
sive thing, and we hope the whole
town will turn out, both because
of the topflight brand of softball
they will see, and because by do
ing so they’ll be helping the
Chamber to help the whole
town.”
The primary method of financ
ing the tournament is by advance
sale of season tickets. The win
ner’s trophy, -donated by the
Coca-Cola (ilompany is now on
display in the window of the
Barnum Realty Company. The
High School Athletic association
will have charge of the concess
ions at all games.
"Glad you're here, veter
an!" Thai's our way of ob
serving V-J day, which will
dawn tomorrow without fan
fare or formal notice.
Perhaps it is just as well.
It means so much, for one
day's observance. It isn't as
though we could ever forget
its joys . . nor the sorrows of
the years that lay before. Nor
the uneasy years which, have
ensued, and the problems
just ahead.
Every day, though, we are
thankful from the bottom of
our hearts for the men who
came back: veterans now
turning back to civilians,
their moth-balled uniforms
not fitting so well any more;
their jobs and families and
community service keeping
them busy: their lives blind
ing again into the close fab
ric of the town.
"Glad you're back, veter
an!" Just in case you think
we're taking all that for
granted, we say it again—and
we mean it.
Fryers From Calcutfs
One Case Polio;
Ban Continues,
DDT-Spray Ends
Health Board Will Meet
Aug. 23 To Decide
On Schools' Opening
NOT A WORD
This is just to say we're
not writing anything about
Friday the 13th this week.
Vfe don't think it deserves
that much attention. In fact,
we scorn it. and choose to
ignore it.
All the saune. we re not
walking under any ladders
today, and if you hand us the
salt, kindly put it down care
fully.
One nev)f case pf polip was, re
ported this week to Dr. J. W.
Willcox^ county health officer,
after a period of two weeks free
of the disease in Moore.
Carl Hill, 16-year-old Negro,
son of James Hill of Manly, was
taken to St. Agnes’ hospital at
Raleigh Monday.
The quarantine will remain in
effect, said Dr. 'Willcox, pending
a meeting of the county board of
health August 23, at which time
Approval of the opening dates of
the school will be considered, in
view of the progress of the epi
demic at that time.
Dan Hancock, of Aberdeen,
county coordinator for DDT-
spraying, said the work will con
clude this week. Almost all of
the county has been covered ex
cept in some rural sections where
homes are Widely scattered. He
asks that anyone missed, who
would like his home and grounds
sprayed, notify him immediately.
In Southern Pines, they may no
tify A. C. Dawson.
■While there is still doubt as to
the effect of DDT on the polio
virus, it is noted that no case of
polio has occurred in a Moore
County home which has been
sprayed.
Paul C. Butler, chairman of the
county Infantile Paralysis Foun
dation chapter, reported the ad
dition of two new nurses to the
staff of the Moore County hospi
tal’s polio convalescent center.
Recruited through the Red Cross,
employed by the Foundation,
they are Miss Mildred Shepherd,
of Birmingham, Ala., and Miss
Alberta Grimm, of Tampa, Fla.
Thieves made five visitations
in this area Saturday night, loot
ing Jackson Motors, Ethel Pate’s
Curbway and Calcutfs restaurant
on Highway 1 south of town, also
the Taylor-Bobbitt and Moore
Motor companies in Aberdeen.
Entry was made in each case
by a break-in at the back, and
loot consisted of cash where it
could be found, food, merchan
dise and tools. Victims were still
checking up early this week.
Losses appeared to be of no great
size, except at Jackson Motors
where “a considerable quantity”
of tires, tubes and batteries were
stolen.
The thefts are being investi
gated by the sheriffs department
with Deputy A. L. Dees in
charge, and Chief Lamar Smith,
of Aberdeen. Southern Pines Po
lice Chief C. E. Newton assisted
in the taking of • fingerprints.
Clues were said to be scarce.
At Jackson Motors the thieves
rummaged through the desk of
E. Nolley Jackson, proprietor,
but did not bother the safe, and
no money was located. Entry was
made by breaking a back win
dow.
This robbery was particularly
nervy as Mr. Jackson, said lights
were on inside and out, and men
were on duty at his service sta
tion next door.
At Ethel Pate’s Curbway,
drive-in restaurant next door to
Scottie’s, a back screen was rip
ped off and the window opened.
Money taken from the cash reg
ister and small banks amounting
to $30 or $40, appeared to be all
that was missing, though there
were evidences of an unsuccess
ful attempt to break open the pic
colo.
The thieves had better luck
with the piccolo at Calcutfs, far
ther down the highway, where
they broke open the lower door
and made off with the cash com
partment containing an estima
ted $25 in small change. Several
dollars in “telephone money,”
kept in small boxes, was also
missing.
At Calcutfs the burglars show
ed a good eye for values, as they
removed vegetables and some
other foods from the refrigerator
and left them on the floor, to
make off with a goodly number
of fryers ready for the pan. The
back window was broken, and
the refrigerator door was left
open, said O. D. Fulp, proprietor.
At the Moore Motor company
in Aberdeen, Ford dealers, a
basement window leading into
the workshop was broken, and
a toolbox and tools belonging to
Robert Rogers, Negro employee,
were stolen. The parts depart
ment appeared to have been vis
ited but nothing could be immed
iately missed. It was thought
probable the thieves were
frightened away by a visit of
Make Pleasants, head of the
parts department, about 10:30 p.
m.
At the Taylor-Bbbbitt Motor
company, Chrysler and Plymouth
dealers, entry was made through
breaking the glass in a back door.
Some $10 to $15 was reported
missing from the cash register.
Pinebluff Group Plans
Bond Election Injunction
Citizens of Pinebluff, meeting
at the Pinebluff Methodist church
Monday evening, hearing the re
port of the Pinebluff School com
mittee, decided unanimously to
press their fight for a local ele
mentary school with an injunc
tion against the coming school
bond election.
Funds are to be secured
through (a house-to-house can
vass for the legal fight to pre
vent the holding of the election,
by which it is sought by county^
wide vote to secure $375,000 for
school improvements in the
Aberdeen district.
As part of the Aberdeen dis
trict, and claiming a minimum of
132 elementary school pupils in
the Pinebluff area, the citizens
expressed their willingness to
stake all on the fight, marching
out in a body to defeat the bond
issue if all else fails.
The meeting was opened with
a greeting by Mayor J. K. Mason,
who affirmed the support of the
town commissioners in whatever
action was needed to secure the
school.
26-Year History
Leon 'Wylie, chairman of the
school committee, reported on the
history of the movement up to
date. The story, he said, goes back
26 years to the time when the
Aberdeen school board induced
that of Pinebluff to merge the
two school districts, doing away
with the Pinebluff school, but
pledging at that time that the
next school to be erected in the
district would be at Pinebluff.
Succeeding district boards have
indicated their feeling that the
promise passed out of existence
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