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First Clinic For Polio Victims At Pinehurst Nov. 5 Dr. Harvey Thompson Will Be Orthopedist For Sandhills Area 1948 Southern Pines Team Maintains Unbeaten Reeord The first orthopedic clinic for polio victims of the Sandhills sec tion will be held at the Pinehurst Fire station Friday,' November 5, beginning at 1 p. m. Dr. Harvey M. Thompson, well known orthopedic specialist of Raleigh, will be in charge, and will check the condition of all children and others who have had polio, noting their progress and recommending needed care. This will be the first of a series of clinics to be held at Pinehurst by Dr. Thompson, for which reg ular dates will be set later, prob ably at the time of the first clinic. It represents the culmination of longtime planning by county and state health departments and the Rowan Medical society. A num ber of details have had to be worked out, and all have cooper ated in the interest of the polio victims of which there are many in the Sandhills area. The clinics are being sponsored by the Sandhills lodge, BPO Elks, who will foot incidental bills and assist in various other ways. Ma jor expenses arising from the dis ease itself will be cared for by the National Infantile Paralysis. Foun dation. The definite date of November 5 was set in a letter this week from Dr. G. M. Cooper, director of the crippled children’s depart ment of the division of preventive medicine, state department of health. The letters were sent to Dr. R. M. McMillan, president of the Moore County Medical society; Dr. J. W. Willcox, county health officer; A. B. Patterson, exalted ruler of the Elks lodge; E. T. Mc- Keithen, administrator of the Moore County hospital, which has a convalescent ward for polio vic- time; and others who have coop erated to fill this great need. Children of neighboring coun ties who live nearer to the Moore County clinic than to any other will be welcomed. Dr. Willcox said, as the one being establisheo at Pinehurst is intended to serve the whole area. “Operation Ghosts And Goblins” wm Bring Out Halloween Merrymakers great team of 1947, of MstS^C^M unbeSeST^”^ showed themselves worthy successors to the PMmm!co7Bowe?s!^lfcSrr2-S^^^^ Elmer Andrews, Ellis Cline, Roy Newton, Marshall sham, Eddie Menefee, Dickie Mattocks Third row Tnhr, R ^ i^ Kaylof, Gary Mattocks, Fred Arnette, Albert Adams, C. L. Wor- Reggie Hi„e., A„“ ' Re, Copley, DiUon sSor., M0D,.aM,B,pp, cpl.ee, RieH„.Pe.eR, oieR.R.,, Reteepp, A.ex iTeoa."" Tuesday Is Election Day Polls will be open at all voting, years, on account of the interest places from 6:30 a. m. to 6:30 p. m. Tuesday, for the national, state and county election. Citizens just reaching their 21st birthdays, and therefore not on the registration books, may satis fy the registrar as to their quali fications up to and including Elec tion day, in order to cast their vote. Those whose names have been mistakenly “purged” from the books may do the same. Otherwise, the vote is restricted to those on the registration books. Some 150 have registered in Southern Pines in the last regis tration period, according to" Joe Garzik, registrar—not enough to m.ake up for the 271 purged as no in both first and second pi;imaries and also, it is indicated, the high interest in the presidential elec tion. In Southern Pines, the voting place is the usual one—the Com munity building. In Aberdeen, according to word received from Registrar Raymond Wicker, the voting place this time will be the Taylor-Bobbitt Motor company. Many of the Southern Pines community (those living south of the township line) vote at .(Aberdeen. Tomorrow (Saturday) is Chal lenge day, when any voter may protest the qualifications of any one on the books. The registrar will investigate each protest, and Homecoming Day Game Is Home Team Victory V -ui TT -o wiii mvc&ugaLe eacn protest, and longer eligible. However, the reg- those found not qualified will be istration is at its highest point in I stricken cff. Off To Madison Square Garden Mid Pines Host To Golf Stars Playing Sunday Grace Lenczyk, national golf champion, will head a field of top flight women golfers who will pair with nationally known pro fessionals in the first annual Mid Pines mixed foursomes to be played Sunday at the Mid Pines club. Women with handicaps up to 12 and men amateurs with handi caps up to five are eligible. Both women and men pros will play from scratch. Winners will be de termined by adding the gross medal play scores of partners for one round; less the ameteur’s handicap. In this way both play ers will be in every hole. Pairs ■will be picked out of a hat, thus giving all entered an equal chance as far as partner ships are concerned. The draw wiU be made Saturday evening, and entries close Saturday at noon. Miss Ann (Buttons) Cos grove is manager of the tourna ment. Reservations had been made early this week at the Mid Pines for a number of distinguished members of the golfing aristocra cy, who were expected to check in by this weekend for the Mid Pines event and also for the 16th North and South Open, to be held at Pinehurst for four days be ginning Monday. Among expected Mid Pines guests are Patty Berg, Mr. and Mrs. Layton Hefner, Mr. and Mrs A1 Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Palmer, Sam Snead, Tony Penna, Grace Lenczyk, Mts. Estelle Law- son Page. 1 Four horses from the Seven Star Stables of Southern Pines, Mrs. Audrey K. Kennedy, owner, will be entered in the National Horse show at Madison Square Garden, New York, which will begin next Tuesday and continue for a week. They are Bright Light, Flag- shon, Spanish Star and Golden Boy, all of them winners in a num ber of recent shows. Bob-O’Link, a surprise winner of the yoimg hunter championship at the Gar den a year ago, with another Seven Star champion, Faugh-a Ballagh, -will stay home this time, recuperating from a strenuous summer which took them through 10 or 11 shows and added many more ribbons to the impressive Seven Star collection. Horses from the Cardy stables of Montreal and Southern Pines are also to be entered at the Gar den, it has been learned, though just which ones are not known here. These also are many time winners. GOT BUSY Citizens of Manly are l^ilding a new post office for their town, pitching in with such a wiU that it is expected to be completed and in use early next week. It will be a two-room build ing. on land belonging to R. L. Chaitdler, Jr. who not only gave permission for “the land to be used for this purpose but also furnished the mater ial. it was learned. Necessary labor is being donated by several men of the town. The project has not only the blessing, but the frank encouragement of Uncle Sam. who noted some time ago that the small struc ture in which Mrs. Tom Wil son, postmistress, was per forming her duties, was in adequate. Some leading citizens of Manly thought so too, rolled up their sleeves and got busy. Of Mrs. Kennedy’s fine string, Mickey Walsh, of the Stoney- brook stables here, says that Bright Light is the finest hunter he has ever ridden, with a future of impressive promise. Purchased last May from Gappy Smith, the six-year-old bay middleweight has since been awarded 10 cham pionships in as many shows. FAIR The Moore County Agricul tural fair, being held at Car thage this vmek, is said to be drawing good crowds, with fts excellent show and va riety of exhibits from farms and organizations represent ing all parts of the county. Today (Friday) wUl be all colored day at the fair, and Saturday is "everybody's day" with a "mutt show" for young dog owners and their pets as a featured event. Prizes of $10 in cash will be awarded 'the prettiest and also the ugliest "mutts." The fair, first for this coun ty in many years, is sponsor ed by the Carthage Junior Chamber of Commerce. Mystery Man, Dead Of Burns, Has Town Burial Golden Boy, five-year-old chestnut working hunter is also a recent addition to the Kennedy stable, acquired from Gappy Smith in August. He has won four or five championships since that time and is highly regarded. Spanish Star, fom--year-old chestnut jumper, and Flagshon, fcUr-year-old hunter, are well known as winners here. Both ac quitted themselves with distinc tion in one of the larges of the eastern shows, that of Harrisburg, Pa., where Spanish Star was sec ond in the state class and Flag shon won both the young hunter and green hunter blues. Gardy horses were also shown with credit at the Harrisburg show, and Gold Lode, with Miss Edith Ferguson up, was winner in the highly competitive ladies’ hunter class. Shows at which the Seven Star stables have been represented this summer and fall—with several winners in each—include those of Harrisburg and Devon, Pa.; Greenwich, Darien and Lakeville, Gonn.; Ghester, Vt.; Midfield, Mass.; Rockport, Mass.; Lake Suc cess, N. Y., and several others. Mickey Walsh, who has worked for Mrs. Kennedy for 15 years, rode at all of these and will be again in charge of Seven Star en tries at the Garden. Potter’s field burial at Mount Hope was given Monday after noon to a man who had called himself D. B. Brunswick, who met a grim death at a local guest house Saturday afternoon when his mattress evidently caught fire from a cigarette. Gity police served as pallbear ers, and because, in conversation around town the man had refer red 'to himself as a “Hardshell Baptist,” the Rev. J. Lamar Jack- son, pastor of the First Baptist church, was asked to conduct the brief prayer service. Numerous clues followed up by police and D. A. Blue, Jr., funeral director, had failed to unearth any relatives, or to establish a defin ite background for the man. He had stayed at Golonial Inn for about a week, and had visited many local merchants in promo tion of a private advertising en terprise, a directory of local busi ness to be placed in hotels and roominghouses. He had had con siderable success, and numerous receipt stubs were found in his effects along with about $50 in cash. He was reported to have been cheeirful. friendly, widely traveled and well informed—a great talker, but Chary of details about himself. Went To Room Saturday afternoon, according to Mrs. Agnes Gruebl, proprietress of Golonial Inn, he came in about 2 o’clock and went directly to his upstairs room. Mrs. Gruebl lay down about 3 o’clock to take a nap. Her daughter. Miss Mildred Visitors Outclassed By Blue And White The Southern Pines team' closed out their home grid season here Wednesday afternoon by downing their traditional rival, the Lexing ton Orphanage team, 40 to 8. The Junior Order Home team, in comparison with the great Lex ington teams of past years, was not as sharp defensively, particu larly against Southern Pines aeri als and laterals, and the offensive edge of their game was dulled by the hard charging of the Blue and White forwards. The Lexington defense held the Southern Pines running attack to short gains throughout most of the game. But in the third quarter Dickerson exploded around his right end behind perfect blocking to race 50 yards, untouched, to score. It was the Southern Pines aerial game that harassed the Orphans all afternoon, and they never could quite set up a defense to check it. This Blue and White passing caused the downfall of the Lexington team. It is only fair to say, however, detracting in no (Gontinued on Page A) RAILROAD crossing! A petition containing 39 names, almost all of the busi nessmen and residents in the vicinity of Broad street at Ne-w York avenue and a num ber of others, has been hand ed Howard Burns, town clerk, for presentation to, and pos sible action by, the Southern Pines town .board. The petition embodies a protest against the closing of the New York avenue rail road. Crossing. whose use by street traffic is considered "vitally important to the com merce and industry of South ern Pines." Nothing will be done about closing the crossing until the town board holds its next reg ular meeting, Mr. Burns said. It was to have been closed, by agreement with the Seaboard Air Lbie railroad, on installa tion of automatic signals at three other crossings here. Since the agreement was made 21 months ago, new building has extended the business district well past the intersection. Rotary Sponsors Communily Event Saturday Night Games, Contests, Prizes, Fun, Food, Show—All Free C Of C Will Move Headquarters To Belvedere Hotel Committees Named, Merchants Report At Joint Meeting Boy Scout Drive Under Way Here; 100 Sought GoUections in the Boy Scout fund-raising drive are coming in nicely in the downtown section, with much interest shown and good will expressed for the scout ing program, this week said Lloyd T. Glark, chairman of the drive in this community. No canvass is being made at this time of the residential sec tions, and Mr. Glark said that res idents who may not be reached in the business district, but who wish to contribute, may send their gifts to him or to Gounty Ghair- mian A. L. Burney. All contributions, small and large, will be most gratefully re ceived, and all are needed if the !>1,100 local quota is to be achiev ed, he said. The drive, which opened Monday, will continue all this week, and contributions will be received next week also. No definite reports could be made this early by canvassers iil either town or county. The county quota is $4,450. Assisting Ghairman Glark in Southern Pines are: A. G. Reed, - > H. L. Brown, Voit Gilmore, Hoke Gruebl, was resting in the same Pollock, Garlton Kennedy G. S. downstairs room. | Patch, Jr., Graham Gulbret’h, Vir- It was not until Mrs. Gruebl, gil P. Glark, H. N. Gameron, Ray awoke around 5 o’clock, that fire i McDonald, G. L. Worsham Will was discovered in the upstairs, Wiggs, E. J. Austin, E. NoUey (Gontinued on Page 5) The Southern Pines Ghamber of Gommerce office, headquarters also for the Merchants association, will be moved to the lobby of the Belvedere hotel as soon as neces sary alterations can be made for its accommodation, it was decided at a joint meeting of the two beards held at the Ghamber of fices Tuesday evening A. G. Reed, Belvedere manager and a member of the board, said he would partition the lobby to form a room of ample size at its rear, opening into another room with private lavatory. Heat, lights, water and maid service will be provided, thus effecting a con siderable saving though for the first time the Ghamber will be paying rent. It has been housed for the past three years in the Gommunity building, sharing it with the Givic club and Teen Age club, and has taken in some income from rental to outside organizations. How ever, considerably more has been expended on upkeep of the build ing. (Gontinued on page A) Eve of All Saints, occur ring Sunday, will be celebrated Saturday evening with traditional Halloween merrymaking in Southern Pines. The annual street carnival, sponsored as usual by the South ern Pines Rotary club, will cen ter on the downtown block of West Broad between New Hamp shire and Pennsylvania. The site will be roped off by the police as early as 6 o’clock for the gather ing of the ghoulies and ghosties. The carnival is mainly for the young folks, from the tots on up through high school age, all of whom will be guests of the Rota- rians at a sequence of fun-filled events. Plenty of adults, however, are expected to be on the side lines watching the fun. The costume parade will form tu front of the Southern Pines pharmacy before 7 o’clock, and at that hour will march down the street, passing over a ramp in front of the reviewing stand mid way down the block. At Pennsyl vania avenue it will turn around and march back again, to give ev erybody—including the judges another good look. The judging committee— D. A. Blue, Jr., chairman, Mrs. Elmer Harrington and Mrs. Valerie Nicholson—will choose the pret tiest, ugliest, most horrible, most original, and a number of other 'mosts” among the costumes, for the awarding of numerous prizes. Majorettes Perform After the parade, a concert will be given by members of the high cGontinuea on Page 5) VFW Undertakes 3rive To Finance 'ark Floodlights Democrats Dine, Hold Rally At Carthage Tonight Jackson, Jack Younts. Young Democrats, old Demo crats, all kinds of Democrats are invited to the “Get (Jut the Vote” rally of the Moore Gounty Young Democratic club, to be held at the Garthage hotel tonight (Friday) at 7:30, according to word from YDG President W. Lament Brown. This will be a dutch supper meeting, to plan for getting out a full vote Tuesday, Election day. It is requested that those plan ning to attend get their tickets in advance, as a courtesy to the ho tel management. However, said President Brown, those unable to get a ticket before meeting time may come on anyway—there will always be room for a few more. Tickets may be obtained from A1 Gruce at Aberdeen; Mrs. Sam G. Riddle or Howard at Gar thage; Luther McPherson at Gam eron; Hubert McGaskill at Pine hurst; Douglas David or Lament Brown, Pinebluff; John J. Lanier, Robbins; Ray McDonald or Val erie Nicholson, Southern Pines; F. Ferguson, Vass; Glyde Au- man. West End, and W. Mac Blue at Eagle Springs. Good representation from aU parts of the county is desired, Mr. Brown said. It looks as though the High School Memorial park is going to get those floodlights—if not right now, at least in the foreseeable future. The John Boyd post, VFW, is undertaking the amassing of the funds, and what those boys re solve to do usually gets done. The decision was made at last week’s meeting at the VFW club- rcom. Slim Forsyth was made chairman of the project, assisted by Raymond Gameron and John Talbot, all appointed by Bob Thomas, vice commander, presid ing in the absence of Gommander Bus Patch. Once the goal was set, ways and means of achieving it were dis cussed. It was agreed that coop eration of other organizations as well as individuals would be es sential; and that the achievement might take a long time, but ■with consistent effort they would get there eventually. The committee will study cur rent costs on floodlighting, then make plans for a long-term drive. The need for floodlights at the athletic park has been discussed for well over a year, and some ac tion taken. The citizens’ planning commit tee promoted it in the summer of 1947 and a small fund was amass ed with some sponsored events. The Ghamber of Gommerce re quested partial financing by the town, the balance to be paid off by gate receipts. The town board unanimously supporting the pro ject, decided at one time on put ting a bond issue to public vote, but found that to-wn funds could not legally be expended on prop erty not belonging to the. town. Recently, the Ghamber of Gom merce went on record again as promoting the installation of floodlights, as their lack was found to be a severe handicap when the N. G. Softball tourna ment was held here in August. Without assurance of lights, the Ghamber refrained from bidding on the tournament again. Practically all civic organiza tions in to'wn have gone on record as favoring the installation of lights, if ways of financing them could be found.
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