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.fi GIVE TO THE MARCH OF DIMES FIGHT POLIO! TH GIVE TO THE MARCH OF DIMES FIGHT POLIO! VOL 30 NO 9 16 PAGES THIS WEEK Southern Pines, N. C. Friday. January 21, 1949. 16 PAGES THIS WEEK TEN CENTS a .J* p- March of Dimes Continues To Roll In County Drive Manly First To Top Ouota With Others Following Close The community of Manly on Monday became the county’s first to report the achievement of its quota in the current polio fund raising campaign. L. F. Garvin, Manly campaign chairman, said the quota had been over-subscribed and he was “keeping right on.” '^’here he ex pects to wind up eventually he did not say, but his success last year, followed by the present good news, leads to an expecta tion of something special. Mr. Garvin last' year took ad vantage^ of snowy weather to get out of his store and make his quota visiting around, as he knew he would find everybody at home. This year the weather has been balmy and springlike, and he is doing the same thing. Indications from several other county com munities also lead to the belief that quotas are being neared, but that, like Mr. Garvin, chairman and workers are not going to be satisfied with them. J. C. Phillips, Westmoore chair man, last weekend sent for more (Continued on Page 8) Moore Assigned Quota of $17,420 In Red Cross Drive Moore county has been assigned a quota of $17,420 in the annual spring fund raising drive, to be held in March, members of the board of the Moore County Red Cross chapter were told Friday when they met at chapter head quarters in Southern Pines. Of the total, $11,960 will remain in the county to carry on chapter activities. The other $5,460 will go to the national Red Cross. A. B. Patterson of Southern Pines is fund chairman. Reports of chapter activities, made Friday night, showed that first aid and home nursing classes are in progress. Carthage volun teer firemen, taking the first aid course, are the first firemen in the county to take the course. An additional nurse to teach home nursing classes in the schools has been secured. She is Mrs. B. F. Griffin of Vass, who will start classes at Highfalls, Westmoore, Robbins and Eagle Springs. A Junior Red Cross report made by Mrs. Elizabeth Carter of Pine- hurst showed that the Pinehurst junior group had made 100 tray’ favors and nut cups for the Fort Bragg hospital and sent six boxes of pine cones to' Meadville, Pa.; the Southern Pines juniors had made 100 tray gifts for Moore County Hospital patients, sup plied two packages of cigarettes for each of the 50 hospital em ployees; the Taylortown colored juniors had made 14 locker scarves for the Tuskegee veterans’ hospital; the Cameron juniors had made 100 tray favors and nut cups for Fort Bragg hospital, 50 tray favors and cups for Miss Chase’s nursing home, 37 scrap books for the Moore County polio center, 30 pairs of boys’ flannel trousers to be sent overseas, a Christmas box for a schoolmate with tuber culosis and done chores for eld erly people in the community. Marshall Enjoys Sandhills Sunshine Marshalls Fly From Pinehurst Home To Continue Vacation At San Juan Gen. George C. Marshall, shown above in the yard of his Pine hurst home, Liscombe Lodge, with Mrs. Marshall flew last Saturday from Pope field. Fort Bragg, to San Juan, Puerto Rico, where the general will continue under tropic skies his recovery from a recent kidney operation. Coming to Pinehurst from Wal ter Reed hospital in time to cel ebrate there the general’s 68th birthday December 31, the Mar shalls had rested there for two weeks before following plans for a Puerto Rican vacation said to have been made by President Truman for them some time ago. During their Sandhills stay President Truman paid them a surprise visit, flying from Wash ington January 12 to spend an hour with his' soldier friend and Secretary of State. General Marshall’s resignation as Secretary of State became ef fective' Thursday, January 20. The Marshalls have a house on the naval station reservation at San Juan. “No interviews or press pictures” was the order-as soon as they arrived, and it is probable that several excellent pictures made by Pinehurst’s John Hemmer (including that shown above) will go down in history as the last made during the Cabinet membership of one of the greatest living figures of American history. RIGHT THERE Tarheel Party Reaches Capitol" says the Observer in big black headlimesi. ’ And right up there with the tar- heels is the Pilot's assistant editor and first mate, Valerie Nicholson. She went up with the Burwells yesterday. So, watch for that rousing description of the big doings next week. You know she was right in Uie middle of them! GENERAL AGAIN Today Secretary Marshall is General Marshadl again. Of course, he always was, in most people's minds. "The General" was always there though the greatness of the Secretary's record may have diraped a few extra clouds of peace-time glory about the military title. Few public servants retire with such a record for self- sacrificing, unremitting serv ice. General Marshall's name will go down to posterity in the noble plan be brought into being. If it succeeds or if it fails, the ideal is there, firmly placed for all to work to wards. The name of his plan will endure in the pages of his tory. and, in the hearts of his countrymen, the man himself will be forever cherished. Dr. Armstrong Is Guest Speaker At Kiwanis Meeting Four-Footed Winter Visitors Here For Hunting And Horse Show Season By E. O. Hi^pus Winter visitors, the four-footed as well as the two-footed variety, are pouring into the Sandhills. Local stables have strange, pret ty heads peering out over the half-doors of box stalls, taking a look-see at the fine sandy going outside. Quite a few of them have been testing it out, too, and finding it to their delicate taste, down to the last kick. True, the fences seem a bit bigger when you’re jumping out of sand, but the lovely, soft footing . . . well, for the ones that have been stum bling over frozen plough-lands and rutty roads, it is just about heaven. Mile-Away Out at Mile-Away, some board ers have arrived and a real crowd is expected later. First to come down from; snowy Millbrook were Gordon Mendelssohn’s two good hunters, Quartermore and Why Not. 'Why Not did a very work manlike job in the shows last year, besides being one of the steadiest out hunting. The Mosses are trying to save four stalls for Mrs. Lela Ellis’ string in case she doesn’t find the private stable she has been look ing for. They are' expected down next week. T. Arthur Johnson is vanning down from Millbrook in early February with the Sandhills’ old friend, Louis Rittendale, in charge. Also in early February (Continued on Page 5) By Howard F. Burns. Dr. Charles Armstrong of Salis bury, past president of Kiwanis International, addressed the Sand hills Kiwanis club at its weekly luncheon Wednesday at the Holly wood on the subject ‘What Is Ki wanis.” Declaring it to be an in ternational organization, com posed of businessmen engaged in many activities of public service to the community, the state, and the nation, he pointed out that Kiwanis encourages ethics in bus iness and the upbuilding of busi ness standards. Dr. Armstrong said Kiwanis has done outstanding work for the youth of the nation in the organi zation of Key clubs and that it had committees working in the support of our churches. Contin uing, he cited the case of Ki wanis at Roanoke Rapids in the building of a church and an edu cational building as an outstand ing piece of work. The speaker was introduced by J. Talbot Johnson. Paul Dana of Pinehurst asked the club to sup port the bill, now before the leg islature, to exempt the sales tax on meals charged by restaurants and other eating places. He asked the club to support another bill increasing the exemption from $500 to $600 for dependents in the figuring of income taxes. Third, he asked that the Kiwanians lend their support in the repeal of the intangible tax, pointing out that this alone is a tremendous draw back in attracting new residents to the Sandhills. Young Democrats To Hear Kerr At Midwinter Meet Senator Expected To Discuss Problems of State and Party The Midwinter executive com mittee meeting of the N. C. Young Democratic club, which is expected to attract some 150 or more Young Democrats of the state to the Sandhills, will be held at the Mid Pines February 5, with a number of distinguished guests in attendance. Among these will be U. S. Sen ator Robert S. Kerr of Oklahoma, former governor of that state and one of the most colorful figures cf the national political scene. Senator Kerr will be the speaker at the banquet to be held at 7 p. m. following the business meet ing to be held at 3 and a social interlude. Announcement of the meeting date (changed from January 29 as previously announced) and the acceptance of the YDC invitation by Senator Kerr was made this week by H. Clifton Blue, of Aber deen, state YDC president. The Moore County Young Dem ocratic club, of which W. Lamont Brown of Pinebluff is president, will be host at the gathering, pro viding entertainment and seeing that all have a memorable time in the Sandhills. Opportunity will be given for those of golfing tastes to play on the excellent Mid Pines course. Reservations have already come in from a number of YD members throughout the state. Since din ing and rcom facilities are both limited, those planning to attend afe being asked to make’ reserva tions early. ■ , ' Reservations may be made through J. Hubert McCaskiU, of Pinehurst, or by writing or tele phoning the Mid Pines direct. Rep. H. Clifton Blue Presents Bill To Faeilitate Sale Of Country Club A bill which may have a strong effect on this resort is one intro duced at the Raleigh legislature Tuesday by Moore County repre sentative H. Clifton Blue, to facil itate sale of the Southern Pines Country club. Rep. Blue introduced a bill in the House to authorize the Town of Southern Pines to accept a second lien on the Southern Pines Country Club properties in lieu of the first lien now held by the town. Passage of the bill would facili tate an expected change in the ownership and management of the property. Blue said. A balance of almost $11,000 is due the town. Back of this move is an at tempt, looked upon with general favor, to obtain acquisition of the club by a group of citizens who are interested in the welfare and building up of the club, and not only, it may be added, for our winter visitors’ benefit, but for everyone. After many discussions on this subject, the Elks, (B. P. O. E.) have made a bid to the present owner of the club, W. W. Sher man. Because of the present set up in which the Town of South ern Pines holds the first mortgage on the property, interest on which has been paid to date, but which leaves still a balance due the town, an arrangement had to be made to “switch mortgages”, al lowing the town to assume the second mortgage. Representative Blue’s bill, introduced Tuesday in Raleigh, is expected to take care of this situation. It was decided to go ahead with this action when the board of copimissioners of the town voted unanimously that it would be “to the best interests of the town and advantageous to all its citizens.” Until such legal requirements have been fulfilled, further ne gotiations for the purchase of the property are in abeyance and it will doubtless be considerable time before it can be known if the plan is to go forward. But the ac tion of the Elks in trying to work out a scheme whereby the -Coun try Club may take its place again as of yore in the forefront of town hijftivities is looked qpon with great interest by all who care for the progress of Southern Pines. New Amendment / Forbids Peddling Without Permit By 'Valerie Nicholson An ordinance amendment passed by the town board last week promises to relieve Southern Pines of a type of nuisance of which, it is said, there has been considerable complaint lately— the hucksters of magazines, mag azine subscriptions, book and book subscriptions, also the wan dering photographers, who blow into town and blow out again leaving a train of irritation in their wake. “Qualified” persons in these types of business may, according to the amendment, still operate here. However, they must first get a permit from the town clerk, who has to be entirely satisfied with their qualifications—and it is understood that he is going to be hard to satisfy. Those who pass the qualifica tion test will receive their permit free. For those who don’t, no amount of money can buy thmr way in. The board’s decision arose from the great increase seen lately in this type of rootless salesmanship, and complaints of high-pressure treatment of householders which in several cases has amounted to actual rudeness. New Army Game The boys who used to be “work ing their way through college” are now “GI’s just out of 'Walter Reed hospital,” or some modifica tion of the old-time appeals to the humanitarian heart. One claimed to have been wounded in a half dozen places on his person in the war, to have lost three brothers in a torpedo ing and his wife and baby in an automobile accident. While the lady of the house was weeping over his sad state, the husband was quietly figuring what his service disability, insurance, etc., should amount to, and also the number of magazines they were already taking which they did not want. This is not to belittle any vet eran’s record, nor his need to make a living—but somehow we feel that'those with re?J records are not using them in this man ner. Also, that those who came safely through the war^jneuld not appeal on the basis c teeing an (Continued o,n J insD Organ and Chorus Of 40 To Be Heard In Vesper Service A cordial invitation was issued the public this week by Dr. T. E. Davis, pastor of the Brownson Memorial Presbyterian church, to attend a vesper service to be held at the church at 5 p. m. Sunday, when the church’s newly installed organ will be heard in initial per formance. A chorus of 40 voices, compris ing singers from Southern Pines, Aberdeen, Pinehurst and other Sandhills towns, will present a program of sacred music under the direction of Charles W. Pic- quet. The organ was purchased from Mr. Picquet, proprietor of the Pinehurst theatre, where it was first installed more than a quar ter of a century ago, the first pipe organ anywhere in the Sandhills. It was not only the first, but one of the finest in the section. Orig inally designed as a church organ, it was purchased by Mr. Picquet because he preferred its tone to that of the usual theatre organ. The vesper service program will be as follows: Organ Prelude, Mrs. N. L. Hodgkins; hymn, “Come, Thou Almighty King”; invocation; response, “Hear My Prayer,” (James-Stickles) the choir, Mrs. Steed, soloist; “Arise, Shine, For Thy Light Has Come” (Buck), the choir, Mrs. Choate, soloist; “God So Loved the 'World” (Stainer), choir; “Lift Thine Eyes” from Mendelssohn’s “Elijah” Miss Hope Bailey, Mrs. Roy Stutts, Jr.; Short Te Deum in E-flat (Buck), the choir, Mr. Peck, Mrs. Choate, Mr. Stoltz, soloists; offertory; “Great and Marvelous” from Gaul’s “The Holy City,” the choir; hymn; ben ediction; postlude, Mrs. Hodgkins. Johnson-Brown To Open New Store On Broad Street If you go down Broad street these days, you will see a brand new building in the last stages of getting furbished up for the big opening, scheduled for January 29th, and if you go inside you will find two‘old friends in charge. Mrs. Gordon Brown and Cliff Johnson have joined forces in this new venture to give Southern Pines a first class all-inclusive furniture store. The building, which includes a show room, 90 by 60 feet, and ample storage space in the rear, was designed by Johnson. It af fords ample room for grouping of household furniture as well as show space for the electrical ap pliances which will, also, form part of the stock of the new epn- cern. “Everything from' the kitchen up,” said Mrs. Brown, whom, her fellow-townsmen are apt to call by her first name. Hazel. “We are buying from all the best firms. North Carolina dealers as well as others, and we wiU carry a wide variety.” To judge by the strange shaped packing cases that are standing about, with a leg show ing here, a corner of a mattress there, a piece of upholstery over yonder, the variety will be wide and handsome, too. Both partners attended the mart in High Point last Monday. They reported general optimism as to the future. The fact that the Chicago market prices had re mained steady gave promise that business prospects are good, de spite the croakings of a few Gloomy Guses. They look for ward to a busy year and it is a fair guess that the town wishes them the same. Oil Tanker Falls Down 40-Foot Bank 1 .^ » :v m< ' f ~S,' A 'y-w' 's JS' Here is the demolished tractor of an oil tanker of the Southern Oil Transporta^on company of High Point, which roUed down a 40-foot embankment about 7 a. m. Friday, when its driver failed to negotiate the curve at the intersection of Highways 15 and 211 near Aberdeen. The driver. Commodore D. Welborn, of Greensboro, said the brakes failed to work as he entered Highway 15. He escaped without serious injury but remained this week as a patient at the Moore County hospital. (Highway Patrol Photo) Moore Scouting Shows Up Well At Scout Banquet W. D. Campbell Gains Prized Awards For Outslanding Service Moore county again proved its ascendancy, the quality of its scouting leadership and the sup port of its people for the Boy Scout movement, at the annual banquet of the Occoneechee Coun cil held Monday night at the city armory at Durham, attended by some 400 scouters and friends from the 11 counties of the Coun cil. Moore District Chairman W. D. Campbell, of Southern Pines, was presented the Silver Beaver award, highest service award in volunteer scouting, recognizing leadership of a distinguished or der. This award must be approved not only by the Council but also the national office. Moore won the attendance prize, with 42 people traveling 2,688 man-miles to get to Durham and back. Four training awards were made, an dall went to Moore Moore county men. These were the Scouter’s awards, presented to hCairman Campbell and Scout master Doug David, of Pinebluff, in recognition of development through a consistent program of training on various levels; and the Scoutmaster’s Key awards, in token of outstanding work in di rect contact with the boys, pre sented to A. P. Farmer, Jr., of West End, and Ernie Hartsell, of Pinehurst. (Continued on Page 5) Peach Men Will Hear Ballentine At Pinehurst Meet L. Y. Ballentine, State Commis sioner of Agriculture, will be the principal speaker at a banquet for Tar Heel peach growers in Pine hurst Wednesday evening. He will discuss “Looking Ahead in North Carolina Agriculture.” The banquet will be one of the highlights of a two-day peach school which will be held at the Pinehurst Country club January 26-27 under sponsorship of the North Carolina Mutual Peach Growers Society, Inc.. C. D. Mat thews is president of the society. Major problems in producing and marketing peaches will be discussed by more than a score of specialists from N. C. State Col lege, N. C. Experiment station and Extension service, state arid federal departments of agricul ture, and commercial organiza tions. J. Claude Epting, of Ham let, is in charge of the program, which will be built around the theme “Analyzing the Peach Sit uation.” Appearing on the program will be M. E. Gardner, head of depart ment of horticulture ,and Ivan D. Jones, research professor in horti culture, both of the N. C. State College faculty; C. F. Smith, en tomologist, C. N. Clayton, pathol ogist, and R. W. Cummings, asso ciate director, all of the N. C. Ex periment station; H. R. Niswon- ger, horticulturist, J. T. Conner, Jr., entomologist, and H. R. Gar- riss, pathologist, of the State Col lege Extension service. Federal specialists who will speak include J. H. Weinberger, pomologist. Horticultural Field laboratory. Fort Valley, Ga.; J. C. Dunegan, senior pathologist, Beltsville, Md.; Phillip Gorman, entomologist. New Haven, Conn., and Walter Reuther, principal hor ticulturist, Orlando, Ma. Coming from Clemson, S. C., to speak at the school will be J. H. Cochran, entomologist, and L. O. Van Blaricom, associate in horti cultural manufactures both of the South Carolina Experiment sta tion and Roy J. Ferree, horticul turist, South Carolina Extension service. Other speakers will include H. T. Westcott,^acting head of' the markets division, NCDA; D. L. White, orchardist. West End; iBruce Gleissner, American Cyan- amid Company entomologist; and three representatives of the Sea board Air Line railroad, including J. Claude Epting of Hamlet, F. P. Abbott of Savannah, Ga., and J. A. Shea of Jacksonville, Fla.