DRIVE SAFELY
SCHOOL DAYS
ARE HERE AGAIN
DRIVE SAFELY
SCHOOL DAYS
ARE HERE AGAIN
Chamber Elects
New Directors By
Rotation System
Annual Meeting Is
Successful_Climax
To Year's Program
By a new rotation system in
troduced in a constitutional
amendment, members of the
Southern Pines Chamber of Com
merce at their annual meeting
Tuesday night elected seven di
rectors for on-year terms, eight
for two-year terms, for the total
constitutional number of 1,^.
Elected by secret ballot for one
year were R. F. Hoke I’ollock,
Herbert N. Cameron, Lloyd Clark,
Mrs. Jean Edson, A. A. Hewlett,
P. J. Weaver and L. D. McDonald.
All, by chance, were from the old
board.
Elected for two-year terms
were one from the old board, A.
C. Reed, and some “new blood”:
Wallace Simpson. E. Nolley Jack-
son, Virgil P. Clark, W. E. Blue,
H. L. Brown, W. O. Moss and Roy
Grinnell.
Beginning next year, by terms
of the amendment, members of
the board of directors will all be
elected for two-year terms, with
some going off each year and
others—who cannot have served
for 12 successive months immed
iately prior to election—going on.
A constant ratio of seven to eight
of old and new will be maintained,
with the sum always 15.
No Successive Terms
The amendment was presented
by Hoke Pollock, and a phrase re
worded by a committee consisting
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Changes Herald New Season
There’s a strange new quality
in the air—a quivering of excite
ment;, as the sun’s rays slant to
autumn and this community sth-s
itself and rouses from its long
summer nap.
top shape for the start of the new
season. At the Pine Needles, Roy
Grinnell and Russ Birch are al
ready on hand; Skip Alexander,
the Mid Pines’ distinguished new
pro, will arrive next week and at
The awakening process has I the Country club Bob Schappa
been going on for some weeks!is expected to return shortly as
now, but so gradually that the pro.
knowledge seems to come all at A couple of horse vans have
once that “the season” is, in actu- been seen around town, and the
ality, just ahead. winter graining will soon be in
Signs of the times: full swing.
Local hotels which have been Restaurants, Nightspots
closed all summer are readying Pinehurst restaurants, closed
Students Elect
Class Officers
And Cheerleaders
for opening, all of them somewhat
earlier than heretofore. The Mid
Pines will open October 16, the
Highland Pines Inn October 20
and the Hollywood October 28.
The Cosgroves are already at Mid
Pines, have announced their open
ing tournament, the mixed four
some of October 31, and have
booked a number of conventions.
The Pottles are at the Hollywood,
and Charles Stitzer, Jr., of the
Highland Pines, has been in and
out.
In Pinehurst, the Country club
and Holly Inn opened October 1,
The Manor October 5 and the
Carolina will have its earliest
opening in years on the 14th.
Golf Courses
Pine Needles, Mid Pines and
Southern Pines Country Club golf
courses, as well as those of iPne-
hurst, are being planted to winter
grass and are pronounced to be in
Judge W. A. Way
Succumbs After
Hospital Illness
Private Riles Held
For Former Jurist,
Orchid Nurseryman
William Addison Way, a former
^judg4 in the Pennsylvania courts
and owner of the Carolina Orchid
Gardens here, died at 2:30 a. m.
Sunday at the MoOre County hos
pital at the age of 81.
Judge Way had been a hospital
patient since last January. Inter
ment was privately held.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Edith Waldie Way, and three chil
dren by his first wife, Mrs. Louise
Jones Way, who died in 1916:
John J. Way, of Teaneck, N. J.,
all summer, are opening, and
those of. Southern Pines, which
have stayed open, are preparing
for, the season with numerous im
provements. Work is rushing on
Holliday’s Coffee shop, which was
burned out last June, and “Chick”
Holliday says it should be open
next Monday or Tuesday, com
pletely new and modern through
out.
in^t^SLu MrRobmrSprncnrNew York
in the restaurant and nightspot
scene. Pope’s is no more, and in
its place The Blue Mirror will
open October 15, for dining arid
8th District Democrats Rally At Carthage Monday;
YDC Will Lay Campaign Plans At Vass Dinner Tonight
Party Leaders
Will Head District
Congressional Meet
dancing. The Dunes club is also
to open shortly, and the Pine
Valley club, with Mr. and Mrs.
Mascal in charge. There is word
of a new restaurant and a change
of ownership of an old nightspot,
perhaps to be announced officially
:iext Week.
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“Operation Ghosts And Goblins”
Classes at the Southern Pines
High school have been meeting
for elections lately and now all
. four have chosen the officers to
guide their activities for the com
ing year.
By cdincidence, boys were chos
en (for all the presidential jobs,
with girls in all the other posi
tions except that of senior vice
president.
With president, vice president,
secretary and treasurer named in
that order, the officers are: 12th
grade (seniors), John O’Callag
han, Gary Mattocks, Ruth Rus
sell, Betty Baucom; 11th grade
(juniors), Reggie Hamel, Janet
Cornwell, Mary Grace McDonald,
Betty Jean Hurst; 10th grade
(sophomores), Jerry Van Camp,
Jean Coe, Hazeline Hunsucker,
Carol Sue Humphrey; ninth grade
(freshmen), Eddie Menefee, Doris
Bowles, Margaret Bailey.
Chosen by the entire high
school for the coveted cheerleader
jobs were Nelia Johnson, Janet
Menzel, Louise Milliken, Betty
Cook and Betty Jean Hurst, who
met for practice at the town park
Sunday afternoon and were bright
spots at the big “'pep rally” Tues
day night in preparation for their
biggest event so far, the game
with Pinehurst Wednesday.
“Operation Ghosts and Gob
lins” was the subject of some ex
haustive planning Monday eve
ning at the home of Chairman A.
Garland Pierce, as the HaUoween
Festival committee buckled down
to work on plans for . a truly gala
community occasion.
Members of the committee were
appointed by Chairman Pierce at
last week’s Rotary Club lunch
eon as follows: Virgil Clark, Dick
Sugg, A1 Hewlett, Russell Loren-
son, Lloyd Clark, Herbert Camer
on and John OrmsLy.
Plans were discussed in general
at the club meeting, thrin they got
down to brass tacks in the com
mittee session planning the cos
tume parade, prizes and other
events, along the lines which have
made this annual Rotary-sponsor
ed celebration a highlight of the
year in this community.
The fesitval will center as be
fore on the downtown block of
West Broad street between Penn
sylvania and New Hampshire
avenues, which will be cleared of
traffic for safety of old and
young.
Automatic signal lights now at
each end of the block will make
“Operation Gosts and Goblins”
even safer this year.
The Halloween festival will
have most of the features which
have been popular in the past,
plus some new ones the committee
is not yet ready to reveal. Every
Rotarian will have a job to do,
and every citizen and visitor, of
all ages, will be invited.
Lament Brown Is Pinebluff Mayor;
Moger-Smith Tie Has Happy Ending
NEXT GAME
Next game for the Blue and
White—with Red Springs,
there, under the lights next
Wednesday night. A large
Southern Pines following is
expected to attend. This is
Red Springs' first year of six-
:nan :tootbaU.
W. Lament Brown is the new
mayor of Pinebluff, elected by the
Pinebluff town comiriissioners
from among their number Mon
day night to fill out the unexpir
ed term of J. K. Mason.
The resignation of Mr. Mason,
who has moved to Southern
Pines, was accepted with expres
sion of regret by the board.
The election of Mr. Brown set
off a train of events which
brought a happy ending to a com
munity complication which start
ed on election day. May, 1947.
The complication arose wheri
James W. Smith and George
Moser tied for third place on the
town board, a tie which was
eventually resolved by the simple
process of drawing a name from
a hat. The name drawn by four-
year-old Bobby Link was that of
Mr. Smith.
There was some coolness re
ported concerning the affair both
before and after the drawing,
which some held to be too infor
mal a procedure and not accord
ing to Hoyle. However, no better
way was offered and that was the
way it was done.
The election of Commissioner
Brown as mayor at the regular
meeting Monday night left the
three-man board shy a member.
George Moger was the man
chosen—nominated by James W.
Smith, seconded by acclamation.
Luke Tyner is the third com
missioner.
This is the second elective honor
within a month for Mayor Brown,
partner of J. Talbot Johnson in
law practice at Aberdeen. On
September 10, he was elected
president of the Moore County
Young Democrats’ club.
City and Miss Katharine Way of,
Chapel Hill. Several grandchil
dren and two great grandchildren
also survive.
Judge Way retired in 1920 and
came to Southern Pines to live,
making his home on the Midland
road. He entered orchid growing
as a hobby, building some of the
finest greenhouses in the south.
His hobby became a flourishing
business, now covering several
states, as well as one of the
beautiful sights of the Sand
hills resort towns. Thousands of
visitors have enjoyed tours of the
Carolina Orchid Gardens during
“the season” here.
Bom In Sewickley
He was born in Sewickley, Pa.,
January 16, 1867, eldest son of the
late John Way, Jr., and Cather
ine Wilson Way^ He was educated
at the Sewickley academy, which
was founded by his father, and at
William college, where he was a
member of the class of 1888. He
was a member of Phi Beta Kappa
scholarship fraternity, and Delta
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REGISTRATION
THAT NUMBER 13
Moore county's first call
under the peacetime draft
came through Tuesday—for
13 :nen.
The selective service board
met Wednesday at Carthage
to classify a sufficient num
ber of eligibles, which are
chosen by'birthdays—the old
est first, arid so on down the
line. Ndtices were sent dut
following the meeting.
The /.Recipients of "'Treet-
ings" will meet at .Carthage
October 21, to board a bus
at 10:20 a. mu to take them to
Durham for pre-induction
exams at Duke university.
More than 13—possibly as
many as 20—will ^ sent, to
be sure of securing'tbe neces
sary number to answer the
call. After the examination
they will come home, to await
the call to camp.
All roads will lead to Car
thage Monday afternoon for
faithful Democrats of the
Eighth district, for the big
Congressional Rally which
will formally open the fall
campaign here. It will be pre
ceded by a luncheon at 12:30
at the Carthage hotel, spon
sored by the Eighth District
YDC.
W. Kerr Scott, Democratic nom
inee for governor, will head the
delegation of Democratic leaders
who will attend the Eighth Dis-I
trict Rally in Carthage Monday.;
C. B. Deane, Eighth District
representative, is working out the
details for the Rally, which will
begin promptly at 2:30 in the
afternoon. It will be held in the
courthouse.
In addition to Mr. Scott, other
distinguished leaders of the state
and national government who
will be present, according to in
formation from Mr. Deane, will
Include United States Senators
Clyde R. Hoey and William B.
Umstead; J. Melville Broughton,
candidate for the United States
Senate; H. P. Taylor, candidate
for lieutenant governor; Thad
Eure, Secretary of State; Harry
McMullan, Attorney General; For
rest H. Shuford, commissioner of
labor; Clyde A. Erwin, state su
perintendent of public instruction,
L. Y. Ballentine, commissioner of
agriculture; William P. Hodges,
commissioner of insurance; Henry
L. Bridges, state auditor; Bran
don Hodges, candidate for state
treasurer.
The Eighth District Rally is the
fourth Congressional Rally held
in the state so far this fall. Capus
Waynick, state Democratic chair
man, will be present to report on
the progress of the campaign in
North Carolina. Each of the 12
counties in the Eighth District is
perfecting plans to send a large
delegation to the Carthage rally,
said Mr. Deane. A minimum of
1,000 people is expected.
Cihairman Waynick announced
in Raleigh Saturday that the pre
vious three rallies held in the
western part of the state were en
thusiastically supported and well
attended.
The Young Democrats of Moore
county will be host at the Carth
age meeting, ancj have joined
with Moore County Democratic
chairman, Moseley G. Boyette, in
extending a cordial welcome to
the Democrats of the Eighth Dis
trict to attend what is expected to
be their largest gathering held in
many years.
Local “head men” in charge of
the event, in addition to Chair
man Boyette, will be Hubert Mc-
Caskill, of Pinehurst, Eighth Dis-
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Jack Reid has been appoint
ed Southern Pines registrar
for 'the registration, which be
gins tomorrow (Saturday) for
the county, state and national
election of November 2.
He will be at the Commun
ity building all day for three
successive Saturdays — Octo
ber 9, 16 and 23. Those wish
ing to register on other days
will find himi at the Shaw
Paint and Wallpaper com
pany, or at his home. Octo
ber 30 will be Challenge day.
All those qualified to vote,
who are not now on the books
—with especial reference to
those who have become 21
since the las't registration—
should place their names on
the books during the registra
tion pdriod so as to exercise
their first right of democratic
citizenship: the vote.
Resort Airlines
Lease Retained On
Provisional Basis
Call Sounded For
All Qualified Voters
To Get On Books
Standard Oil Contract.
Lounge Improvements
Awaiting CAB Decision
The county commissioners,
meeting Monday at Carthage, ac-
(jepted recommendations made to
them by the county airport com
mittee regarding changes in the
lease of Resort Airlines, Inc., on
the county-owned airport at
Knollwood, pending approval of
the county attorney.
The changes call for (1) approv
al of the commissioners of any
Moore County Young Demo
crats, with the chairman, or
vice chairman, or both, of each
county precinct will gather at
the Charmella hotel, Vass, at
7:30 tonight (Friday) for a sup
per meeting and rally on the
eve of the opening of the fall
registration period.
The meeting will coincide with
rallies of YDC clubs and precinct
representatives all over the state,
called at the behest of State YDC
President H. Clifton Blue for the
purpose of planning action to
ward getting a complete registra
tion of all qualified voters, with
a view to a full turnout at the
polls November 2.
President Blue has also request
ed that meetings be held by all
county clubs October 29, with a
view toward getting a full turn
out at the polls November 2.
County YDC President W. La
ment Brown has asked a full, rep
resentation at the meeting this
week, as, he declared, “important
work lies ahead. The election can
not be truly democratic unless all
qualified voters take part. It is
when voters are not sufficiently
interested even to place their
names on the books that flaws
creep into government and weak
nesses become apparent in our
democratic system. We cannot al
low this to happen this year.”
He reminded that the privilege
of the ballot is one for which
Americans have fought valiantly
in their past history, and that
now, once secured, it is a privi
lege to be treasured and used.
The Young Democratic clubs
were forme4 the major pur-
sublease entered into by Resort
Airlines; and (2) a provision call-|P°®® working for a full regis-
ing for immediate forfeiture of trStion and vote, and never in the
the lease in the event of any il
legal use of the property by Re
sort Airlines, their employees or
their tenants.
NCEA Legislative Program Is Released
Blue And White Remains Undefeated,
To Head Eastern Conference Play
Southern Pines took over the
top rung in Region 1 in Eastern
Conference play by rolling over
previously undefeated Pinehurst
High 49 to 16 here Wednesday at
Memorial park. Southern Pines
scored on the first play from
scrimmage after Kelly of Pine- tocki, the only man
hurst quick-kickgd to the South-
em Pines 35 without a return.
Mattocks drifted over to the
right and passed over the line to
Baker on the 37, who lateralled to
Dickerson racing wide to the left,
and Dickerson went the distance
for the score. Newton’s attempted
placement was wide, and the
score was 6-0.
Kelly took Baker’s kickoff on
the Pinehurst 5 and returned to
the Pinehurst 39, where he was
bumped out of bounds by Mat-
between
Kelly and a touchdown. Follow
ing a punt exchange, Newton took
a Pinehurst kick on his 30 and
returned to the visitors’ 34.
Newton’s pass to Arnette was
Expected To Be
Basis For General
Assembly Action
NCEA PRESIDENT
The report of the legislative
commiRee of the state NCEA, re
leased this week from the head
quarters office at Raleigh, is of
more than ordinary interest to
Southern Pines.
It is to be the basis of NCE.\
action this year under the leader
ship of State President A. C
Dawson of the Southern Pinea
High school, climaxing a fight of
two or three years in which he
has played a successively vital
role. With this community in the
lists from the start for better
schools in North Carolina, it wa-’
Mr. Dawson’s work in this behalf
beginning right here that first
brought him to the attention of
the state leaders as an- able cham
pion of their cause.
President Dawson this week be
gins a series of visits to the six
successive NCEA district meet
ings, at which the legislative pro
gram is to be presented for ap
proval, before action is sought in
the 1949 General Assembly. He
has worked with the legislative
incomplete, but Page on a re-' committee, last year as chairman.
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vice president and acting presi-
A. C. DAWSON. JR.
dent, and this year as president,
to devise a program meeting the
state’s great needs in the twin
fields of elementary and high
school education.
He has also served as a member
of the committee on instructional
personnel of the State Education
Commission, whose final report,
as yet unpublished, is reported to
embody all the major concepts of
the NCIEA program.
The legislative committee’s re
port follows:
The legislative committee of the
North Carolina Education associ
ation has announced its suggested
NCEA legislative program for
1948-1949. Although the commit
tee is in agreement upon the items
included, the program is not to be
considered in final form since it
has not beep submitted to the
NCEA board of directors, since
the report of the State Education
Commission, when made avail
able, may influence the NCEA
goals; and since it is yet to be dis
cussed at each of the six district
meetings of the association.
It is the opinion of the commit
tee, however, that flhe board of
directors will accept this pro
posed program and it is the wish
of the committee to set up a pro
gram which will take into consid
eration the findings and recom
mendations of the Education
Commission.
The suggested program, if real
ized, according to Frank C. Hill,
chairman of the NCEA commit-
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It was noted that, in considera
tion of the terms. Resort Airlines
had agreed to apply fertilizer at
once, and again at a later time,
to the grass runways, to repair
damage to the runways and to co
operate with Piedmont Airlines in
all possible ways to continue the
present arrangement for their use
of the field. This might, it was
indicated, call for an adjustment
in rental if ordered by the CAB.
Improvements Under Way
The recommendations, signed
by Richard S. Tufts, chairman of
the airport committee, were dated
August 5 and the improvements
of the field were scheduled to be
gin at that time. It is understood
that work has been going on out
there and that the runways are
in better shape than they were.
The recommendations were
made following disturbance of
the county authorities after a res
taurant sublessor, Tommie Mor
gan, was convicted in May of vio
lation of the prohibition laws, and
was arrested again in July. Mor
gan fled, and a capias is still out
for him.
Discussion of the law violations
by the airport committee were
brought forth also by expressions
of dissatisfaction at the manner
in which the field was being kept,
it has been learned.
Standard Oil Lease
The recommendations include
also a request by the committee
that the commissioners proceed,
under named conditions to exe
cute a lease with the Standard
Oil company which has been held
in abeyance pending the county’s
aeftion. The present cancellation
clause in the lease is, however, to
be deleted, and the whole is to
be subject to a favorable report
by the CAB on Resort’s current
petition for special certification.
This report, it was stated, was
expected to be published on or
about August 15.
Burwell'a Letter
Soon after August 15, a highly
favorable recommendation of the
Resort petition was made to the
CAB by an examiner, James,
Keith, in an 85-page report. De
liberations of the board, however,
are still going on.
The lease with Standard Oil
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20 years’ history of the organiza
tion, he said, has the job loomed
as of greater importance to coun
ty, state and nation.
There is to be no formal program
at the dinner. A number of local
figures prominent in YDC and
governmental activities, however,
are expected to be present, and
will make informal talks.
Mixed Foursome
Brings Stars To
Mid Pines Oct. 31
The Mid Pines will open its
golfing program Sunday, October
31, with a mixed foursome which
will be of national interest be
cause of the class of the field
which will compete.
This will also be the first major
event of the new season in the
Sandhills.
The everit will be an 18-hole
medal play competition, in which
the aggregate scores of partners
will count. It is open to women
amateurs with handicaps of 12
and, under, and to women profes
sionals and men professionals who
will play from scratch.
Heading a strong delegation of
women who will compete in this
event is Grace Lenezyk, the
USGA champion and Helen Sigel,
runner-up to Miss Lenezyk and
winner of five straight medal play
cup tournaments in the Philadel
phia district since her return from
Pebble Beach.
Ann “Buttons” Cosgrove, who
is handling the golf tournament,
will also have Peggy Kirk, Doro
thy Kirby and a number of other
prominent lady golfers, in the
field. Miss Cosgrove spent con
siderable time during the sum
mer months at the more impor
tant women’s tournaments where
she did “missionary” work for the
Mid Pines event.
As this one-day competition
will be held the day before the
qualifying round for the North
and South open at Pinehurst,
there will be a strong representa
tion of professionals. , ' ■
Miss Cosgrove is in correspond
ence with Mrs. Babe Zaharias and
Louise Suggs, and with the man
ufacturers they represent, and
hopes to have one or both of these
two outstanding women profes
sionals in the field.