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-.2 HAPPY EASTER! BUY EASTER SEALS HAPPY EASTER! BUY EASTER SEALS VOL. 30—NO. 21 16 PAGES THIS WEEK Southern Pine*. N. C. Friday. April 15. 1949. 16 PAGES THIS WEEK TEN CENTS Board Considers Future Change In Caucus Procedure Mayor And Three Commissioners Serve If Reelected Final Meeting Of Term The t9wn board, meeting for the last ^ime Wednesday evening before elections to be held on May 3, attended to a few details of business, then entered a dis cussion on some suggested changes in the present method of caucus voting here. While it is too late to effect any changes this year, the board members agreed that a longer period than three days should be allowed between the caucus and the election; that filing for office rather than waiting for nomina tion, might be encouraged, and that all nominees might be given a place on the ballot instead of those chosen by elimination vote. They favored strongly the re tention of the caucus itself, as a good clearinghouse for public opinion, and an opportunity for anybody, whether a qualified Voter or not, to speak up about town affairs. The longer interval after nom ination was suggested so that vo ters might better inform them selves concerning the candidates and their stand on matters of im portance to the town, before go ing to the polls. Four Are Available Mayor Page made a gracious speech to the board in apprecia tion of their cooperation during the two-year term just ending. “Being mayor of Southern Pines has been a liberal education,” he said. “I have enjoyed it, and have done my very best to serve well.” He said he is a candidate for re- election. Three of the present commis sioners said that, while they are not actively running, they are available if the people want them. These were E. C. Stevens and L. V. O’Callaghan, who have records (Continued on Page 5) HOT TIME There'll be a hot time in the old town the night of Tuesday, April 26, when the annual Firemen's ball of the Southern Pines Volimteer Fire department will be held at the Soifthern Pines Coun try club. This will be the 161h An nual firemen's balL an event looked forward to by hun dreds in the Sandhills £rom year to year. That well-known aggregation of music makers and entertainers, Johnny Mack and his orchestra, will play. The ball will be for the benefit of the firemen's wel fare fund. Firemen in charge of ar rangements are Harold Fow ler. chairman, Joe Garzik. Joe O'Callaghan, P. V. Hatch. Woodrow Davis and George Little. Tickets may be ob tained from any fireman and at several downtown stores. Marshall Receives Citizenship Medal EASTER HOLIDAY General holiday will be ob served in Southern Pines Eas ter Monday, with ^ practically all retail stores, business of fices and the Cit^ens Bank and Trust compant. closed. Service stations and drug stores will not close. Post office windows will re main open till 10 a. m. only. Incoming and oufgoing mail will be worked as usual dur ing the day. School will kedp as usual, as the young 'uns had a gener ous spring holiday in March. City and county offices will close, and. recorders court at Carthage, regularly held on Monday, will be postponed till Tuesday. Blue - Sponsored Hospital Bill On Way To Passage Chamber Promotes Mail Delivery For Southern Pines Public Expression Will Be Sought On Community Need Ballot Is Published “For your leadership of our armies as Chief of Staff, and of our nation as Secretary of State. . . ” Post Commander C. S. Patch, Jr., making presentation. (Photo by Humphrey) Veterans Should Be Best Citizens, Marshall Says Many Leaders Are Guests At Banquet The nation’s No. 1 member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars paid a neighborly call last Satxirday evening on the John Boyd post of Southern Pines, on invitation of the membership dedicating their new post home that evening with a banquet. Gen. George C. Marshall, mem ber of VFW Post No. 1 of Kansas City, how living at Pinehurst, on this occasion became the first re cipient of the post’s bronze Citi zenship medal. The medal was pinned by Post Commander C. S. Patch, Jr., on the right lapel of the civilian coat of. the gentleman who, as Chief of Staff during World War 2, had commanded more American men than had ever been in imiform at one time be fore. . Receiving the award graciously, and speaking informally to the more than 100 members and guests at the tables before him (and via public address system to other tables upstairs) the former Secrfetary of State said humorous ly, “It is a satisfying thing to be called a good citizen these days, and not be regarded with suspi cion.” Interest in Veterans In more serious vein, he ex pressed his deep interest in war veterans and what happened to therr. “I was concerned with about 10,000,000 of them in the process of becoming veterans. “If the veterans’ organizations are really sincere in what they now stand for, they can do every- (Con tinned on Page 5) ROOMS NEEDED Bavarian, Many Others Visit School; Registration Ending For Bond Election Even as the Southern Pines ele mentary school, new this year, continues to stir interest in the educational world, action goes for ward on another step toward bringing the entire school unit up to date—the providing of a mod- emly equipped gymnasium and auditorium-cafeteria. A bond issue in the amount of $90,000 to add to other available funds for construction of the two buildings, will be voted on Tues day, April 26. Registration is un der way at the office of Harry Fullenwider, registrar. Books will be at the city hall on the last day, tomorrow (Saturday). Less than 100 had registered through Wednesday of this week. It was anticipated that the week end would bring a rush of regis trants, including rnany school pa trons reminded by leaflets ex plaining the bond issue, which the school children took home on Wed nesday. Rockingham Delegation Sunday before last by appoint ment made with Supt. P. J. Weav er, “a few” Rockingham parents and school folks visited the ele mentary school—the few number ing, it turned out, well over 200, anticipating a school bond vote of their own in June and coming to see what was what in the field of school building construction. Like many other visitors during the past eight months, they were attracted by the information that Southern Pines has the best and most modern in the way of ele mentary school buildings to be seen in this section. They stream ed in and out of the classrooms, admiring and exclaiming over the beauties, conveniences, instruc tional aids and safety, devices they found. ' Bavarian Visitor Another visitor of last week was Kurt Wawrzyniak, school superin tendent in the city of Karlstadt, Bavaria, Germany, in the Ameri can zone. He arrived unexpected ly in company of Dr. Gordon El lis, guidance director with the de partment of education of the Uni versity of North Carolina. The Bavarian is on a tour .of (Continued on Page 5) Will you have a room, or rooms, available lor "paying guests" May 13 and 14? The Chamber of Commerce would like to know. Shriners attending the Spring Ceremonial of Oasis Temple here at that time will need lots of places to stay. Many will bring their wives, and a crowd of 1.000 to 1.500 is expected for the two-day convention. Hotel space has all been reserved, and the townspeople are being asked to open their homes to take care of the huge overflow of guests. Only five homes have been registered to date with Tom White. Chamber of Commerce manager. Many more will be needed and it is hoped to get up the list consider^ly in ad vance. Registration may be made at the Chamber office in the Belvedere hotel. Easter Seal Sale Aids Handicapped Youth of County Easter seals, to be sold for the benefit of crippled children of the state and county, were in the mail this week to many citizens of Moore county, and may also be purchased through both the white and Negro schools, accord ing to Mrs. Sarah McCaskill, child welfare worker with the county welfare department, who is again serving as county Seal Sale chair man. Moore county’s quota of $1,- 417.50 is larger than that of last year, as both scope and expenses have greatly increased, Mrs. Mc Caskill said. • 'This is the 16th Annual Easter Seal sale, helping the N. C. Crip pled Children’s League in its work done through all coiinty welfare departments and other county agencies, in the aid of children handicapped through congenital defects, accident, dis ease, burns or other causes—any cause other than polio, which is cared for through the March of Dimes. Many children in Moore coun ty are receiving the benefits of the funds raised through the sale of the attractive little seals, used to carry the Easter message through the mails. Contributions may also be made through coin collectors in stores. Quotas for the various county communities have been set as fol lows; Southern Pines, $270; Aber deen, $270; Cameron, $25; Carth age, $200; Eagle Springs, $20; Highfalls, $29; Jackson Springs, $12.50; Pinebluff, $25; Pinehurst, $240. Robbins, $270; Vass, $25; West End, $25, and Westmoore, $25. A bill which has had much support in this section, introduc ed by Rep. H. Clifton Blue and calling for a separate state hos pital for the treatment of alco holics, cleared two major Gen eral Assembly hurdles Tuesday and Wednesday, and was headed Thursday for the third and last— the Senate. Success of the bill was indica ted by its speedy and unanimous passage through the House Wed nesday ,after winning a favorable report on release the day before from the House Finance commit tee. The committee, headed by Rep. Larry Moore, gave the bill its ap proval after it had been cleared by a sub-committee. It amended the measure, however, to, provide that the hospital shall be main tained from art annual appropri ation of $150,060; , As introduced b^‘ Representa tive Blue with the co-signatures of several othfer House members, the bill provided that the money was to come from an additional (Continued on Page 8) Bor St, Tyson Are Nominated For Mayor Of Vass H. A. Borst, who is rounding out 20 years as mayor of the town of VaSs, and C. L. Tyson, a mem ber of the board of commission ers, were nominated for the office of mayor in a caucus held in the town hall Monday night. P. A. Wilson sdrved as chair man and A. R. Laubscher as sec retary of the meeting, which was attended by only 35 or 40 citizens. Nominated for the three com missioners’ places were D. F. Cameron, N. N. McLean, D. H. McGill, C. P. McMiUan, Mack Callahan, also two incumbents, S. R. Smith and H. C. Callahaq, and two women, Mrs. S. R. Smith and Mrs. P. A. Wilson. A. M. Cameron, a past mayor and board member, was suggest ed as a nominee, but he emphati cally “did not choose to run.” Others who nipped their nomina tions in the bud were Harold Wil liams, Mrs. W. H. Keith and P. A. Wilson. Final filing dates for candidates will be April 25. With Mrs. H. C. Callahan as registrar, the book will be open from this Saturday through Saturday, April 23, the last day to be challenge day. Chamber of Commerce , direc- tcrs, by unanimous motion, decid ed Tuesday night to promote the cause of getting mail delivery ser vice for Southern Pines. As the first step, they will this week secure an expression of pub lic sentiment in the matter, and if it is found the service is wanted, will work with Postmaster A. Garland Pierce in presenting it to the Post Office department. Ballots will be handed out to all regular post office visitors. In cooperation with the movement. The Pilot is printing a sample bal lot on Page 15, which may be filled out, clipped and mailed or taken to the Chamber of Com merce, Southern Pines. A large number of signatures will be needed, as inquiries in the past have elicited information that the Post Office department must have an unmistakable expression of the need for such service before it goes to the trouble and expense of establishing it. A Village No More Similar movements have been begun in the past, but have died out through indifference or a lik- (Continued on Page 5) Sons* And Sermon Will Re-Tell Easter Story SPEAKS TONIGHT ART EXmBlT Emily Forrest, Southern Fines artUtt. will hold an ex hibit of portraits and other works at the Fine Arts room of the Southern Pines library next week, beginning Monday afternoon. ' Among children's portraits to be shown will be those of Johnny and Julia McMillan, children of Dr. and Mrs. R. M. McMillan; Ann and Allen Mc Donald of High Point) for merly of Southern Pines) and David Lynch of Bennettsville, S. C., grandson of Mrs. Kath erine McColl. Also shown will be portraits of Mrs. Paul T. Barnum and Maxwell Forrest, husband of the artist, and sev eral imaginative works, one entitled "Ballerina." Mrs.' Forrest is the subject of an article on Page 15 of The Pilot this week. Hon. John Oates, of Fayette ville, lawyer, legislator, author and historian, will be the speaker at the April meeting of the Moore County Historical association, to be held at the Southern Pines li brary at 8 tonight. Mr. Oates is writing a book on the pioneers of the Upper Cape Fear region. Deane Introduces Bill For Expansion Hospital Program A & P Retracts Any Statements Against Morrison A legal documentj signed at Carthage Tuesday afternoon, ap parently ends a situation of genr eral community embarrassment in which the good names of a num ber of people were involved. The situation arose from charges said to have been made against a town policeman, by persons con nected with the A & P Tea com pany. i The accusations were made at a special meeting of the town board held some time ago but never, ac cording to Mayor C. N. Page, doc umented with substantial proof. As a result the board made no move, leaving the burden of proof on the accuser. In this, said May or Page, the board had legal ad vice. The situation became generally known and talked about. The Pilot was aware of the situation. No statements, however, were available from any source and it was not a matter to be trusted to hearsay evidence. Like the town board, the Pilot awaited a move on the part of one party or the other which it could then report. The first recorded move will, apparently, be the last. It is in the form of a legal process, not too frequently used, called “Disclaim er and Retraxit,” which we quote in full below: DISCLAIMER AND RETRAXIT Now comes the A & P Tea com pany and L. D. McDonald and hereby makes disclaimer and re traxit with respect to any misun derstanding between the said A & P Tea company and Police Officer Irvin Morrison, of Southern Pines, N. C. The said A & P Tea company and L. D. McDonald hereby dis claim and retract and deny any and all statements made, or al leged to have been made, which would in any manner reflert upon, or in any respect be a reflection upon the moral character and iu' tegrity and upright character of the said Police Officer Irvin Mor rison. This statement is entered into voluntarily for the purpose of settling any and all differences which have arisen between the parties and is for the purpose of retracting any or all statements or allegations which would in any manner tend to affect the high moral character and integrity of the said Police Officer Morrisoil. And the said Police Officer Irvin Morrison is at liberty to show this statement to any and all persons who care to see same. This April 8th, 1949. The A & P Tea Company. By L. D. McDonald. The paper is also signed by J. L. Creed, of Fayetteville, district manager of the A & P Tea com pany. Easter Services Have Joy As Theme Good Friday/Observance Joyous congregations will gather at flower-decked churches Sunday to hail the greatest feast of the Christian year. The Resurrection story will be told in song and sermon, with prayerful rededication to the principles of Christian living. At Congregational Church At the Church of Wide Fellow ship, the congregation and pastor will be speaking a farewell, as this will be the last service for the Rev. Tucker G. Humphries. With his family he will go on Easter Monday to his new pastor ate at Reidsville. He has chosen as his sermon theme, “A Modern Answer to an Age-Old Question.” Special musi cal selections, under the direc tion of Mrs. L. D. McDonald, or ganist, will include an anthem, “Lift Up Your Heads,” with Mrs. (Continued on Page 5) Another To Follow For Personnel Training Rep. Charles B. Deane of Rock ingham, Eighth District congress man, introduced a bill in the House Tuesday that would double the size of the highly-successful national hospital construction pro gram and provide $50,000,000 a year in Federal funds for mainte nance and operation of non-profit hospitals built under that pro gram. Deane’s amendment to the orig inal HUl-Burton bill is intended primarily to improve hospital and medical facilities in. rural areas having comparatively small finan cial resources. Using the situation in North Carolina as a probable illustration of conditions existing in many other sections of the nation, Deane told the House that: North Carolina has made re markable progress in improving its health ^nd hospital facilities in recent years, yet “ . . . there are many areas where hospitals are urgently needed, but where there is no real way a hospital tould be maintained on a financially sound basis even if it were built.” Deane said that another prob lem in his state and throughout the country is the shortage of nurses, technicians and doctors re quired to staff modern hospitals. “I plan within the next few days,” he said, “to introduce a bill de signed to deal with the urgent problem of training more people in the health field. I am not dis couraged by the fact that it will take anywhere from three to ten (Continued on Page 5) Fiddlers Meeting And Square Dance At Legion Hall The Annual Moore County Olde Tyme Fiddler’s convention and square dance will be held Easter Monday night at the American Legion hall in South ern Pines, under auspices of the Legion post. Fiddlers, banjo and guitar play ers from near and far have been invited to participate in this an nual contest, and the committee in charge advise that they will be here from the upper regions, of Moore, Chatham and Randolph as well as from the lower Cape Fear, to contest in this annual event. Suitable prizes to be awarded individuals and bands. 'The CaddeU - Rosser, Baker Stewart 2ind Sandhill Fiddler Square Dance bands will be among those on hand to play the old time Scotch and Irish tunes that will make the old oaks and pines swing and sway to their rollicking melody.. Virgil Lee from Baltimore will act as master of ceremonies, and Mrs. Lee will assist. Square dance sets will be called by well known prompters—• Dunk- McCrimmon, Squire Hay wood Fry, Ray McDonald and others. Daniel Frye will do his usual buck and wing. L. V. O’Callaghan has been asked to give a real Irish jig, and says he will if he can get his left foot in working order. Fairley Ray from down Wa- gram way has promised to bring up a set of Scotland Coimty dancers that he says should take home the square dance prize. The committee had originally planned to have this affair at the Olde Shaw Homestead, as most suitable in atmosphere, but due to lack of Space there, it was de cided to have it in the Legion haU. Pinebluff Folks Ask Closing Of Wells; Voting Change Is Initiated At Caucus Along with nominations for mayor and three town commis sioners, another serious matter was tgjcen up by Pinebluff citizens at their town caucus Monday night—the closing of dangerbus open wells in Pinebluff and vicin ity. The matter was presented to the townspeople by David Pack ard, and received strong support. Several said they knew of such Wells, which if not closed might cause tragedies similar to that of little Kathy Fiscus, whose fall to death in an abandoned well shaft in San Marino, Cal., held the na tion in sorrow’s grip last week end. Mayor W. Lament Brown, pre siding, also gave the proposal his support, and asked that any such open wells be repofted either to him or to the toWn superintend ent, Grouland McCaskill. In conducting the election. May or Brown made it plain that he was in Mne for no town office, as his office is now in Southern Pines and the chances are that he and his family will move here before he can have completed a term. Nominated for mayor were E. H. Mills, J. Douglas David and Harry HoWie. j Nine men were nominated for town'commissioner. These includ ed all members of the present board, Luther Tyner, George Mo- ger and James W. Smith, also I. L. Meanor, V. L. Purdue, Manly W. Wellman, Robert Williams, Clay Parker and D. O. CaddeU. Departing from the precedent of many years, by h motion made and carried at the meeting all names are to be placed on the ballot for election on the regular election day. May 3, along with those of. any others who wish to file for office. They may file with the town clerk, Levi Packard, be fore the closing of the books April 23rd. In former days, both nomination and voting, which was tanta mount to election, took place at the caucus, in the old New Eng land style. The meeting was held at the Pinebluff Home Demonstration hall, with about 30 present.
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