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It's Your Red Cross, Keep It Going! Give Generously! >LOT It's Your Red Cross, Keep It Going! Give Generously! VOL. 30 NO. 17 16 PAGES THIS WEEK Southern Pines, N. C. Friday, March 18, 1949. 16 PAGES THIS WEEK TEN CENTS © Iff 4v VFW Post Will Dedicate New Home With Outstanding Ceremonies April 9 Marshall, Other Dignataries Will Be Banquet Guestr Statewide Broadcast The John Boyd post, VFW, of Southern Pines, will command state and national attention on Saturday, April 9, with the dedi- ciation of its new post home and observance of the VFW Golden Anniversary. The week of April 3-9 has lieen set aside for the national obsi-iv- ance of the founding of the V( t- erans of Foreign Wars a half i c n- tury ago, and it is doubtful if an\ post in the country will top the local celebration. Gefi. George C. Marshall has accepted the invitation of Post Commander C. S. Patch, Jr., to be present, with Mrs. Marshall, at the banquet to be held at the new home at 7 o’clock. Depart ment and national VFW officers and high officials of the State of North Carohna are also expected to attend. Radio Broadcast That afternoon, from 3 to 3:30 o’clock, a statewide radio broad cast honoring the occasion will originate with WEEB here, under direction of Jack S. Younts, sta tion manager and VFW depart ment radio chairman. This will be the largest hookup ever to or iginate with any North Carolina station. It will be fed to all sta tions of the state requesting it. (Continued on Page 5) Peach Blossoms Killed, Crop Hurt By Freeze If the Sandhills peach crop sur vived Wednesday night’s frost, following the considerable hurt caused by Tuesday night’s freeze, it was a miracle. Extent of the damage will prob ably not be known for several days, said W. G. Caldwell, assist ant farm agent, yesterday. It is likely that what damage there was was spotty,, and that enough peaches will be left to make a crop, was his belief. However, on Tuesday evening Bob Donaldson, West End peach grower, said, “A bad frost, with out wind, could take all the peach es we have left.” Neither he nor J. Hdwley Poole, who has extensive orchards in both Moore and Hoke counties, seemed over-alarmed about pos sible losses caused the first of the week. The mercury’s sharp plunge to around 20 degrees Tues day night, caused damage, both said, killing all the fuUy opened blossoms, “but som,e peaches were left in all varieties, and many va rieties had not yet bloomed.” Cool weather of the preceding week had, beneficially, as it turned out, held back the blooming into which it had seemed earlier that the trees were rushing in headlong fashion. Though some visitors to the Sandhills Sunday were disap pointed not to find the orchards in full bloom, as had been antici pated, less beauty then may mean more peaches for them later. REV. T. G. HUMPHRIES ' Tucker Humphries Accepts Call To Reidsville Church Blue Introduces Amendments To Referendum Bill Other Legislation May Have Bearing On Local Situation Garden Tour Here In April Campaign Expense Bill Is Killed In House Congregational Pastor Offers Resignation After Six Years Here The Rbv. Tucker G. Hum'piiries, pastor of the Church of Wide Fel lowship here for the past six years', has accepted a call from the Puritan Congregational Christian church of Reidsville, and will move there with his fam ily April 18. News of his resignation, given to his congregation at the Sun day morning service, was receiv ed with expressions of deep re gret not only by its members but throughout the community, where he has been active in civic affairs and has become well known and belqved by many. His hearty enthusiasm, untir ing energy, and his gifts as a leader and a speaker have been called on for many a community project, and he has responded with unfailing generosity throughout the years. In his church, he has received 115 new members during his ten- (Continued on Page 5) A bill presented in the House last week by Representative H. Clifton Blue stiffened require ments for securing a liquor vote in the county, but made it easier for dry forces to win once it is se cured. The bill seeks two amendments to the Currie referendum bill of 1947, which mightily displeased the county’s dry element by spec ifying a vote against the regis tration. One of Mr. Blue’s amend ments would change this to a simple majority. The other amendment would set the num ber of necessary petitioners at 25 per cent, rather than 15 per cent, of qualified voters. Mr. Blue’s move was no sur prise, as he has never camouflag ed in any way, before or since election, his feeling that a refer endum should be allowed in the county “if enough voters want it”. What was meant by “enough” his bill has now indicated. Some leading citizens of South ern Pines, a community well known to be preponderantly for ABC control as now set up, were reported this week 'to have sound ed out Mr. Blue on the chances of a special act for a local munici pal referendum. He was said to have been unresponsive to the idea of personally introducing such a bill at this time. However, a bill is now on its way through the House, to make a special act unnecessary for a municipal liquor vote. This was not sponsored by Mr. Blue. Statewide Referendum The statewide referendum this week met death in the House, and Representative Blue was given shocked credit, in some quarters where his stand in its favor wa'" well known, for having helped tr kill it. This arose from some con fused reporting (or reading) of the roll-call on a motion, to table a motion, to bring the referendum bill out of committee. 'Votes la beled “against” were against the (Continued on Page 5) First DP Finds Journey’s End Here; Polish Girl Welcomed, Others On Way Mary Cisz^k Finds Home At Si. Joseph of the Pines A slender, youthful-looking woman looked about her curious ly as she stepped off the 7:11 northbound train here Tuesday evening, to be welcomed by two Catholic priests, a reporter and photographer. She wore a perky brown felt hat, glasses, and a brown coat, with slight rumples in it the only indication that she had spent many long hours en route. Her fresh complexion shone with cleanliness. Her smile was warm. The reporter and photographer were prepared to “hold their fire” in case their presence should dis- Auman For Senator? With 48 nominations by various interested parties on hand for the job left vacant by Senator Brough ton’s death, it was not surprising this week to find a Moore county man’s name on the list. Since the list as released by Governor W. Kerr Scott is in al phabetical order, T. Clyde Auman of West End is second from the top, directly following that pf Mayne Albright., Who has nominated Mr. Auman nor how strong is his support, was not revealed, but several local cit izens receiving the news said they thought Governor Scott could do a lot worse than to appoint Mr. Au man, well known progressive far mer and peach grower, president of the Moore County Farm Bu reau and active in many county movements for progress. He serv ed as the Scott manager for Moore county in the campaign of last spring. Many Dark Horses However, with 48 in the field and ‘'dark horses coming in the door every time it opens,” Gover nor Scott said he had no inside information to give out on who would get the job, and apparently intends to take his, time about the nomination. , The situation appears to have created a change in things at Ral eigh, with many legislators in his recalcitrant General Assembly saying “Yes, Mr. Scott,” who for merly could speak only in nega tives. The road program referen dum. first big step in the “Go For ward” program, slid through the House on greased skids last week under this beneficial influence, after being stalled up for a con siderable time. McConnell's Status Mingled with the speculation on '*^ho is to become U. S. Senator, to fill the shoes of North Carolina’s distinguished former governor, there is further speculation on the part of Southern Pines citizens on the present and future status of John D. McConnell. The able‘young local attorney cContmued on Page 51 concert Southern Pines’ first ar rival of some 30 or more “dis placed persons” expected here. But Mary Ciszak ,39, formerly of the Polish city of Posen, knew at cnce what was desired and gra ciously posed with a minimum of instructions. Indeed, any instructions, even welcoming speeches, had to be kept at a minimum, as her Eng lish proved to be extremely scant. ‘Yes” and “No” comprise almost her whole vocabulary. Yet she did not have to say a word about being glad to be here. That show ed in her quick bright looks about her, her eager smile which came and went, and her efforts to find understandable phrases to express her emotions. Many Delays One phrase she knew well — the name of the local family for whom she was ticketed. How ever, applications had been made, through Father C. F. Hill, assist ant pastor of St. Anthony’s church, some six months ago. At that time DP’s were expected within a few weeks. Delays were interminable, however, and the job offered her had been filled. Another family on the list was eager to receive her, but they had applied for a man and wife, and other DP’s are on their way to them now, to arrive perhaps next week. So Father Hill had arranged foi Mary to go to the Sisters at St Joseph of the Pines hospital. It was there she was taken Tuesday night. Though their placement in jobs was undertaken by the Catholic church in this country, all DP’s thus placed are not Catholics. Mary, however, wore on her coat a badge, “NCWC”-National Cath olic 'Welfare Council. The sight of Father Hill and Father Herbert Harkins, local pastor, at the sta (Continued on Page 5) Southern Pines at her blossom ing best will be placed on dis play April 12 and 13, when eight of her loveliest homes and their gardens will be opened to the public as this community’s par ticipation in the North Carolina Garden club’s Seventh Annual tour. . i Twenty North Carolina towns are listed on the tour. Many North Carolinians and visitors "rom other states are expected to follow its trail from coast to mountains, or join the tour en, route, during April. | This will be Southern Pines’ first participation in the tour, as it is the first year the town has had a Garden club to sponsor the showing. It will also be the first time these particular homes have been put on public display. Also on the list of places to be shown is the new elementary school, one of the state’s most beautiful and modern, whose planting is a present project of the Southern Pines Garden club. Headquarters for the visitors here will be the Shaw House, res toration project of the Moore County Historical association, through cooperation of the assoc- ■ation, with the Garden club. Luncheon arid tea will be served there on both days for the tour members. Homes to be visited include Weyniouth, estate of Mrs. James Boyd; the homes of William D. Campbell, Kenneth B. Trousdell, D. W. Winkelman, Harry M. 'Vale, Mrs. Audrey K. Kennedy and, at Knollwood, W. C. Fownes, Jr., and Bilyeu Farm, home of Mr. and Mrs. Louis C. Meyer. Originally included on the tour, but since withdrawn, were Hi bernia, home of Struthers and Katharine Newlin Burt, and Fox- hollow Farm, the Hugh Sicard home. These- are described, with the others (except the Vale home, added later) in a handsome book let issued this week by the North Carolina Garden club as the March issue of its official publi cation, the North Carolina Gar dener. The booklet contains a full des cription of the homes and gar dens to be shown in each of the 20 towns on the 1949 tour. The section on Southern Pines is il lustrated with a photograph of Weymouth. Mrs. Paul P. McCain is presi dent of the Southern Pines Gar den club. Commissioners Give Support To Scott’s Good Roads Pro;*ram Miniature Pageant At Shaw House Shows Life Of Real Family Of 1848 Continuous Showings For Public Today. Tonight A unique entertainment, the ‘miniature .pageant” of the Southern Pines eighth grade, will be in continuous performance for ‘he public today (Friday) at the Shaw House from 3 to 5 and from 7 to 9 p. m. Against the authentic back- pround bf the tsenfury-old home, restored by the Moore County Historical association, the eighth ;raders will portray scenes iii the WSTS Will Mark Power Gain With Sunday Salute Radio Station WSTS of South ern Pines, whose power was in creased from 250 to 1,000 watts as of last Sunday morning, will rec- ogni;ze this event with a county- vide salute over the air at 5:30 Sunday. Appearing on the program will be Mayor C. N. Page, of Southern Pines; Hoke Pollock, president of he Chamber of Commerce; Tom White, Cham,her of Commerce manager; James W. Tufts, of Pine- hurst; Colin G. Spencer, Jr., pres ident of the Carthage Junior Chamber of Commerce; J. D. Arey, Ir., president of the Aberdeen hamber of Commerce; Rev. W. life of a real family of olden days. The scenes will be shown in the three front rooms, to which vis itors will be taken in groups of 10 by student guides and narra tors. Entrance will be by the side door, and waiting will be in the dining room if the weather is cold. A number of out-of-town guests are expected, including Dr. C. C. Crittenden, state historian, and Mrs. Joye Jordan, state archivist, of Raleigh, who have expresed interest in the unusual approach of the grade to their study of North Carolina’s history and peo ple. Miss Martha Langston is the teacher. Adult Aides The young people have done their own research and writing, consulting local experts all along the way, and have secured sev eral unusual adult characters to join them in the actual presenta tion. In the workroom scene Mrs. (Manry Shaw) Scott Newton will be seen carding wool, as she did it in long ago days in this very house, where she was born. Alter nating at the loom will be Mrs. John Frye, of Pinehurst, a for mer weaver with Anglow Tweeds, and Dr. Eliza Taylor Ransom, a visitor 81 years of age, an author and medical doctor with a bond in common, in her Scotch des cent, with many Moore County folk. Also helping in the workroom scene will be Sarah Baskerville, BANQUET The Southern Pines Rotary club will fqllow one of its fin est annual customs' next week, by having as their guests at a banquet members of 'the boys' and girls' bas ketball squads of the Sopth- ern Pines High school. The banquet will be held at 7 p. m. Wednesday at the Hotel Lakeview, honoring the squads which have just completed their 1949 season. Letters and special awards will be presented by Coqches Dawson and Todd, and the Rotarians are making plans to give the Blue-and-Whites a royal good time. A. Garland Pierce is chair man of the Rotary committee for the event, with L. T. Clark, June Phillips, Russell Lorenson and Morris John son on his committee. Reynoldstown And Little River Lead In Timber Races Crowd Braves Windy Weather To Cheer Moore Hounds' Event S. Golden, Carthage; Valerie Nich- , , • , ... Olson, of The Pilot, Southern ^5 born in slavery times. Pines; Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Baber. T? Sanford; Joe Galycci, of Water- bury. Conn., who is assisting tem porarily in the station’s commer cial management; J. C. Cole, sta tion manager, and others of the station and the Sandhills. The program will continue, with a break for a newscast, until 6:30 the daily closing hour, after which WSTS will be host at supper at the Village Inn for the program guests. In the square dance scene, au thentic airs of long ago will be played by a trio of old time fid dlers, Arch Yarborough, R. Yon- ker and Ark Caddell of Pinebluff. Whole Grade Takes Pari All the eighth graders will take part. Edward Cheatham and Pe dro Medlin will be in the work room scene. In the square dance, Billy Walker will call the figures (Continued on Page 5i Shaw House Is Real “Stage Set” The Shaw House, more than a century old, restored by the Moore County Historical association, provides within its walls an authentic background for the eighth grade’s “miniature pageant.” The Shaw House will also be headquarters for the State Garden tour when it reaches Southern Pines April 12 and 13. (Photo by Humphrey) By Howard F. Burns ReynoldstoWn, a chestnut geld ing owned by Mrs. Lloyd Tate, Jr., the former Ann Cannon Reynolds, piloted by her husband flashed around a stiff one-and-one-half- mile timber course before a large crowd that surrounded 'the pic turesque Swamp Fox course Wed nesday afterndon, to win by tv;o lengths over Red Sheen of the Stoneybrook Stables with Carlyle Cameron up. Carry On, owned by Tyler Smith, Bob Smith up, finished third in the field of five entries. Little River, a bay gelding own ed by the Mile-Away Farms, bril liantly ridden by Mrs. W. O. Moss, was awarded the blue ribbon in the mile and one-half timber race for ladies. The Potter, entered by Mrs. John Abbot of Boston, Joan Walsh up, was second, with Dream Girl, owned by Pat Keel, also of Boston and ridden by Kathleen Walsh, third in the class Hunt Teams Vernon G. Cardy’s Eglinton hunt team, of Toronto, Canada, captured first place over four hunt teams of three horses each in the feature event on the afternoon ■'ard of the 12th Annual Hunter Trials, held for the benefit of the Moore County Hounds. Cardy led the team on Times Square, with Edith Ferguson rid ing Shamrock and Jack Goodwin on Mount Vernon. The Lake Lawn team led by Dwight W. Winkelman of Syra cuse, N. Y., was second with the Stoneybrook team, captained by Mickey Walsh, third. Despite the fact that it was a cold, windy day, a large number of spectators surrounded the roll ing course. The judges were Na than Ayers, MFH of the Sedge- field Hunt of Greensboro, and Gil bert Scott, whip. Winners Li^ed Summary: Lightweight Hunters: First, (Continued on Page 8) Coble, Whitfield Explain Plans On Carthage Visit School Bus Routes Will Be Repaired BASEBALL Fourteen out of an expect ed 25 candidates for this year's high school baseball team reported Monday after noon to Coach Phil Weaver, and immediately began lim bering-up drills at Memorial park. Cool, windy weather Monday and Tuesday held the activity to a minimum, and Wednesday's cold snap forced the squad indoors for skull drills. By the end of the school week, however, all squadmen are expected to be present and, weather permitting, work will be speeded up, as little more than two weeks remain before the first game. The Pilot will publish the official schedule of games next week, and also will have an analysis of the team and the season's prospects. Governor Scott’s $200,000,000 road program, initial step in the “Go Forward” program on which he vigorously campaigned, was endorsed by the Moore County comrnissioners last Friday after noon. The endorsement followed a conference at Carthage with George Coble, of Lexington, high way commissioner from the Sixth division, and L. E. Whitfield, of Asheboro, division engineer, who explained the program in detail, specifying what it would mean to Moore county, and besought the commissioners’ support in bring ing it to a referendum of the peo ple. Mr. Coble said the program, if it is affirmed, would be handled in each county largely through the commissioners, who would have charge of working out all .local angles, and that he was vis iting all county commissions on Governor Scott’s request, to make sure the program' is clearly un derstood. School Bus Roads While at Carthage he also con ferred with Supt. H. Lee Thomas of the county schools, request ing an immediate'report on roads which are traveled by school bus es, and which need repair. Mr. Thomas sent out letters at once to all principals, seeking this in formation by today (Friday) as Mr, Coble promised prompt ac tion and the work, Mr. Thomas said is badly needed. Mr. Thomas expressed his de light in the prospect of seeing something done for the school- (Con tinned on Page 5) Nine A A Groups Sponsor Priest’s Address Thursday An open meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous, under the joint spon sorship of nine AA groups of the Carolines, will be held at the Pinehurst theatre Thursday at 8:15 p. m., with a priest of the archdiocese of Indianapolis as the distinguished speaker. Co-sponsors with the Southern Pines group will be those of Ham let, Lumberton, Laurinburg, Fay etteville, Dunn and Sanford, in North Carolina, also Bennettsville and Cheraw, ,S. C. All are expected to send large delegations to, hear the speaker, called one of the most dynamic of the AA movement. He has spok en before many AA groups, both large and small, throughout the country, and in fact is at present dedicating his time to this work. His story is said to be an unusual one, though of universal appeal. 'fhe meeting is open to all, both inside and outside tne member ship of the AA. There is no charge but tickets must be secured in , advance, as capacity of the theatre is limited. They are avail able for the asking, as long as they last, at the office of John S. Rug- gles, the L. T. Clark Furniture company and the Southern Pines pharmacy here, and at the Pine hurst pharmacy in Pinehurst. The sponsoring groups are ex tending invitations, and sending tickets on request, to all other groups of the state. The response so far indicates a good attendance, those in charge of the meeting said this week. Besides being the first big meet ing th local group has held in con junction with others, it is by way of being a personal celebration of their own. This month marks the second anniversary of the founding of AA in Southern Pines. The club- room was opened in March, 1947, after several from this area had attended meetings for two or three months with the Fayette ville group. From the meetings in Southern Pines have sprung three new groups, those of Hamlet, Laurin burg and Sanford, each now larg er than the parent group.
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