Plans For County
Safety Council
Made At Carthage
Committee Will
Select Chairman
For Moore Program
A chairman is to be selected
within a short while for the in
itiation of “Operation Safety”
by a Moore County Safety
Council, for the reduction of
traffic accidents through a safe
ty education program, it vsras de
cided at a meeting of civic lead
er^ held at the Carthage Com
munity house last Friday night.
O. D. Griffin, of Southern
Pines, district safety director of
the N. C. Highway Safety divi
sion, was in charge of the meet
ing.
A nominating committee, for
the choice of a chairman to head
the countywide program, was
chosen as follows: Senator Wil
bur S. Currie, of Carthage, chair
man; John S. Ruggles, Southern
Pines; T. C. Auman, West End; I.
C. Sledge, Pinehurst; Jere Mc-
Keithen, Aberdeen, and if. Lee
Thomas, Carthage.
According to plans outlined at
the meeting, the chairman will
choose key individuals and repre
sentatives or organizations all
over the county to assist him in
“Operation Safety,” a program of
the non-commercial, non-profit
National Safety Council now be
ing set up On a statewide—or na
tionwide—scale.
Preventable Accidents
The theory behind “Operation
Safety,” is was explained by Mr.
Griffin, is that more than half
the traffic accidents are due to
preventable causes. Ignorance
and carelessness play a part in
nearly all of these.
While in 1947 such accidents in
North .Carolina showed a slight
decline over 1946, overall statis
tics are such that half the per-
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New Officers'Of State YDC
NO POLIO
"No polio" was the report
again this week from the
county health office—wel-
^ comie news Ihdeed, with the
polio ban now off and all
schools of the coun’ty under
way.
Fingers were still crossed,
as scattered cases (for a to-
al amounting now to more
'than 2,100) were still being
reported in the state.
However, it seems now ap
parent that Moore county's
epidemic, which began early
and hit its peak in July, has
now run its course, and that
any cases which come to
light from here on will be
those of normal incidence,
such as are reported in any
non-epidemic year.
Town, County
Schools Show
Enrollment Rise
Plans Proceeding
For County Fair
October 25-30
^‘Blue Mirror,”
New Supper Cluh,
To Open At Pope’s
Shown above are the newly elected officers of the North
Carolina Young Democratic Clubs. They Were elected Saturday at
the YDC session in Greensboro. Front row, left to right: Eunice
Ayres, Winston-Salem, vice-president; H. Clifton Blue, Aberdeen,
president, and Margaret Taylor, AshevUle, vice-president Back
row, left to right: Walter (Buck) Powell, Whiteville, secretary;
Theresa Shipp, New Bern, national commltteewoman, and James C.
Little, Jr., Raleigh, national committeeman. Absent when the pic
ture was taken was John I. Barnes, Jr., of Clayton, treasurer.
(Photo by &th Muse.) '
Countyf District Strongest At
State YDC Meety Slue Elected
Skip Alexander ^
Mid Pines Pro;
Opening Planned
Deane L^ids Aid;
McCaskill Named
Disirici Chairman
Mrs. Lois Beauregard and Paul
Gargis, of Southern Pines, have
leased Pope’s restaurant on High
way 1 and will open it October
15 as the “Blue Mirror,” a supper
club featuring music, dancing
and fine foods.
The building will be completely
redecorated in the next two
weeks, styled in a decor of light
and darker blue, with mirror
ornamentation and soft lights in
pastel colors. “A nice place for
nice people,” Mrs. Beauregard
said is their aim, and all plans
are being made along these lines
The “Blue Mirror” will intro
duce several innovations. Pope’s
present “Coffee shop” will be re
styled as a businessman’s dining
room, with tasteful comfort as the'
prime note.
Supper club and dining room
will cater to adults only, but for
the young people the outdoor
grill will be available at all times,
with food provided from the club
kitchen. Luncheons and other
daytime affairs will be served for
private parties, clubs and organ
izations by pre-arrangement with
the management.
Roland Beauregard, Mrs. Beau
regard’s husband, who is employ
ed by Resort Airlines, and Mrs.
Gargis are to be “silent partners”
in the business.
Mrs. Beauregard, a native of
Newark, N .J., where she grew
up in her parents’ catering busi
ness, has been a restaurant and
supper club hostess in New York
City and Florida. She and her
husband came to Southern Pines
two years ago.
During the past summer she
has been in charge of “Scottie’s
Kitchen,” an adjunct of Scottie’s
Tavern serving private parties
and clubs at luncheon and after
noon affairs. Mr. Gargis has been
her assistant and together they
built up a successful reputation.
The partners are leasing only
the restaurant facilities from G.
M. Pope, owner, not the tourist
cottages. The basement is occu
pied by the Nonpareil Photoen
graving company.
Skip Alexander, one of the
•country’s top ranking profession
al-golfers. Will be the Mid iPnes
pro during the coming year, it
was announced this week by
Frank E. Cosgrove, manager of
the resort hotel.
Mr. Alexander, who was one
of the op five “in the money” in
tournament play during the past
year, will be taking his first pro
job when he comes to the Mid
Pines on its opening October 16.
He will be assisted by Buck 'Wor
sham, of the famous Wingfoot
club.
Pro Alexander, native of Lex
ington, is now living in Durham.
He is well known on golf courses
of ths area, where he has olng
been a familiar tournament fig
ure. Just married this month, he
will bring his bride with him to
the Sandhillsi i
In the pro position at Mid
Pines, he succeeds Roy Grinnell,
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Secretary Brannan
Will Give Address
At Monroe Monday
Hon. Charles F. Brannan, Sec
retary of Agriculture, will speak
at Monroe Monday at 11 a. m.,
through arrangements made by
Rep. C. B. Deane of Rockingham,
it was announced this week from
Mr. Deane’s Washington office.
Moore County Farm Bureau
memibers and other farm leaders
of the Sandhills are given a
special invitation to attend the
event, according to the announce
ment. Some 2,000 people are ex
pected from the Eighth district
and other parts of the state to
hear the address and attend a fish
fry, to be held immediately after
ward under sponsorship of the
Farm Bureau of Union county,
hosts of the day.
Secretary Brannan will discuss
the price support program and
other questions of vital import to
farmers, now facing many acute
problems with prospects of the
greatest crop production -in his
tory.
Secretary Brannan will speak
in the Monroe High School sta
dium.
By 'Valerie .Nicholson
Rep. H. Clifton Blue, of Aber
deen, backed by a solid delega
tion from his county and district
and with his • congressman, C. B.
Deane, acting as campaign man
ager, slid into the presidency of
the Young Democratic clubs of
North Carolina on greased
wheels, at elections held Satur
day afternoon at the annual state
convention at Greensboro.
The election by acclamation
went through smpothly, but it
was a different tale during the
pre-election days Thursday and
Friday, when one candidate after
another came up, and went down,
before the smiling solidarity of
Blue’s supporters. A number of
delegations were already commit
ted to him, in the event of his
candidacy; others came through
like clockwork, and when the
giant 30-vote Mecklenburg club
relinquished its support of Tom
Broughton, of Lenoir, in Blue’s
favor, the election was as good as
over.
Sponsors
At the election. Blue’s name
was presented by Ralph Monger,
Jr., of Sanford, and was second
ed by Roy Taylor, of Buncombe
county. His candidacy, which he
did not definitely accept until the
convention, had previously been
endorsed by the YDC clubs of
Mcntgomerj- and Moore, and the
Eighth district as a whole.
Congressman Hamilton Jones
made a brief appearance during
the convention, but no other con
gressman showed up for the con
claves except Deane, and the
“Fighting Eighth” was the only
district to have its congressman
at hand throughout. This was one
of the factors which made it pos
sible for Moore, the d.istrict’s—and
the convention’s—best represent
ed county to win a respect pre
viously accorded only to such
counties as Mecklenburg, Wake,
Guilford and Forsyth.
District Election
In the district caucus held Sat
urday morning, Hubert McCas-
l^ill of Pinehurst, was unanimous
ly elected Eighth District chair
man, succeeding Jeff Wilson, of
Biscoe, one of his most active
promoters. Also elected for the
district were Mrs. Howard N.
Steed, of Thomasville, vice chair
man, and Mrs. Valerie Nicholson,
of Southern Pines, secretary.
' The convention was mem-
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Enrollment at Southern Pines
schools, tallied at 630 on the op
ening day (September 15) had
jumped to 752 early this week,
with additional students still ex-
nected.
At the Southern Pines High
school, increase was noted from
127 to 140, and at the elementary
school from 273 to 299, for a total
of 439—an increase of 39.
At the West Southern Pines
school, the high school increased
from 72 to 102, the elementary
from 158 to 211. Total, 313, a rise
of 83 in the first few days. A
good many students are still out
picking cotton. Principal J. W.
Moore said it was believed, and
will rejoin their classmates with
in a week or two.
Both figures are considerably
up from those of last year, when
first-day enrollment of 682 was
reported.
County Schools
Supt. H. Lee Thomas said that
incomiplete figures early this week
showed an increase in practically
all schools reporting, with only
the Hightails school and the
Farm Life High school remaining
at just about the same figure as
last year.
Greatest increase was seen at
Carthage, Robbins and at Vass-
Lakeview. First day enrollment
of 493 at he new Vass-Lakeview
school, he said, was the highest
in its history.
The figures did not include
those of the Aberdeen district,
where the opening of schools was
delayed a week on account of
last-minute repairs found neces
sary at the high school building.
Through use of the Community
for some elementary grades, and
other means, 160 seats had been
added to take care of a large an
ticipated increase in the schools’
membership.
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Jaycees Lining Up
Farm Exhibits,
Midway Shows
The Carthage Jaycees have just
about completed plans for staging
their first Moore County Agricul
tural fair to be held at Carthage
the last week in October.
Colin G- Spencer, Jr., chairman
of the lair committee, has had his
group hard at work the past few
weeks lining things up for this
big event.
The show that will play the
midway has been signed and the
owner of this show has given his
assurance to the Jaycees that
there will be plenty of rides for
the kiddies, and also the grown
ups, along the midway. There
will also be a number of side-
’.hows.
It is hoped that an outstanding
free-act event can be lined up as
in past years. This event is al
ways one of the highlights of any
fair and it is with this thought
in mind that every effort will be
made to get such an event book
ed during the fair week, Mr.
Spencer said.
E. H. Garrison, Jr., county
agent, and Miss Flora McDonald,
county home demonstration
agent, are giving their help in
,seeing that there are plenty of
farm exhibits on display at the
fair. The Jaycees are asking all
the farmers to bring their best
poultry, hogs, canned goods and
other agriculture products to the
exhibit tent.
Every civic organization in the
county is extended an invitation
to have a display at the fair, be
cause the Jaycees are going to do ,
all they can to make this a re«(f
Mocre county fair, accordng to
information from the committee.
The premium book with* the
list of prizes to be given away
will soon be ready for distribu-
ticn throughout this and sur
rounding counties.
A more detailed account of the
progress of the fair will be forth
coming within the next few
weeks, it was announced.
CP&L Leases Scotties
For Divisional Offices
LICENSE EXAMS
The schedule of Walter E.
Yow, state license examiner,
is being revised this week to
include Pinehursit, where Mr.
Yow will be stationed on Fri
days hereafter. He will be at
the fire station there for the
present.
His full week's schedule
includes Aberdeen (A&R
building) Monday, Tuesday;
Raeford (courthouse) Wed
nesday, Thursday; Pinehurst
(fire station) Friday, and
Southern Pines (old bus sta
tion) Saturday until noon.
Hours except Saturday are 9
to 5 p. m.
Mr. Yow issued a reminder
this week to those whose
names begin with E, F and
G that they should apply
early for license examination
rather than push the dead
line of December 31. If they
wait until later, he said, they
are apt to have to waif in
line, whereas now he can
take them as they come.
Mascal Appeals
To Superior Court
In Assault Case
George Mascal, proprietor of
Pine Valley Inn, de luxe French
restaurant on the Old Pinehurst
road, was sentenced in recorders
court at Carthage .Saturday to
two terms of six months on the
roads, to run concurrently, on a
dual count of assault with a dead
ly weapon with intent to kill.
Appeal was filed later to su
perior ccurt. At last report Mas
cal was endeavoring to make
bond, set at $1,000.
Judge Rowe also ordered the
sheriff to destroy the weapon in
the case, an automatic revolver
of fofeign nrSahufacture, with
which Mascal is said to have
threatened Steele du Bosque, in
vestment counselor of New York
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Blue & White Has Second Win
Against Biscoe In Home Game
Southern Pines High school.only three minutes of the entire
opened their home season by de
feating Biscoe High 58 to 25 here
at Memorial park Wednesday
afterngon. As the score indicates,
the gaipe was one-sided, but it
had its thrills, and the game ef
forts of the Biscoe team to make
a game of it to the final whistle
had the Southern Pines cheering
section giving them a great hand.
Coach Dawson used practically
every man in uniform, sending
onto the field throughout the
game five complete teams, the
Blue and White first team playing.
‘‘Lefty” Gplf Meet
At Pine Needles;
Grinnell Returns Clansmen Gather Sunday For Old Bethesda Homecoming
game.
Biscoe received to open the
game and, after a pass and two
running plays failed to gain, had
to kick. Southern Pines then took
the ball over on the Biscoe 38.
On the first play from scrim
mage, Mattocks, sweeping wide
to the left, raced over for the
first touchdown of the game, and
Newton converted from place
ment to make the score 8-0. Bis
coe, again taking the kickoff,
failed to gain and had to kick,
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New Headquarters
For Central Division
In Expansion Program
Announcement that the Caro
lina Power and Light company
has leased Scotties Tavern, south
of Southern Pines on Highway 1,
for its Central Division operating
headquarters, was made this week
by Joe N. Steed, division superin-
'endent.
The spacious building will be
remodeled in the pext few weeks
for occupancy December 1 by all
the division offices, which will
miove from the second floor of the
present building on North East
Broad street. The first floor will
continue to be occupied by the
Southern Pines district office.
Located in the new building
will be the line section, engin
eering department, sales depart
ment, personnel department, con
tractors’ office and relay engin
eer serving the division, which
consists of the counties of Moore,
Montgomery, Randolph, Anson’
Richmond, Hoke, Lee, Chatham,
Harnett, Cumberland, Sampson
and parts of Wake, Robeson,
Orange and Alamance.
.Expansion Program
The division operating depart
ment is being considerably reor
ganized and expanded said Mr.
Steed. A number of new men
have ^ been taken on in the past
few months, and others are to be
added in the current CP&L post
war expansion program. Besides
giving all the offices extra space,
the new building with its 6,000
square feet of floor space will
serve as a warehouse from which
materials will be shipped to the
various communities in the cen
tral division.
The lease is for 10 years, with
option' of renewal.
Present •"division personnel, all
of whom live in Southbm Pines,
who will move their headquar
ters to the new location are: line
department, Joe N. Steed, super
intendent, R. L. Stuart, L. L.
Woolley, J. P. Cook, W. H. Daeke,
C. L. Wicker, Miss Kathleen Mc
Donald, Miss Martha Aden, D. P.
Morrison, E. E. Blake, R. S. Blue,
10 line crewmen; engineering, W.
F. Harper, engineer, P. W.
Choate, R. N. Newsome, G. T.
Douglas, Francis Fisher, J. A.
Springer; sales, J. M. Howarth,
J. L. Ponzer, Paul C. Butler, Wil
liam Darden, Mrs. Mary G. Chat-
field; personnel, J. A. Phillips;
O. H. Rawlinson, relay engineer.
Alton Scott, owner of the
building,, will retain his present
office space, and will also tem
porarily retain the basement as
a workshop and production cen
ter for the Scott Manufacturing
company, tobacco curers.
Favorite Nightspot
The building was built in 1939-
40 and opened in the spring of
1940 as the new home of Scot
ties Tavern, which had operated
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The Left-Handed Golf associa
tion of North and South Carolina
will hold their annual tournament
Sunday on the Pine Needles golf
course, it was announced by Roy
Grinnell, manager.
This is the first time the “lef
ties,” who number some of the
country’s best amateur golfers,
have held their tournament at
Southern Pines. It will be an all
day affair.
Mr. Grinnell and his family re
turned this week from Rhode Is
land, where he has been spending
the summer as pro at the Seacon-
net Country club. Little Compton.
He will devote his full time to
the Pine Needles with his part
ner and fellow pro, Russ Birch,
who has been in charge since
July 1.
The summer season has been a
fairly busy one for the Pine
Needles course, now in year-
round operation for the first time
in its history, and plans are now
being made looking toward a suc
cessful fall and winter program
for the Pine Needles club.
The plans include the reopen
ing of the dining room and ball
room, under supervision of Mrs.
Grinnell and Mrs. Birch. i
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Sunday will be the date of the annual Homemming at historic Old Bethesda church founded bv
Scottish pioneers in 1790. Story on Page 14.