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W VOL. 30—NO. 37 12 PAGES THIS WEEK Soulheirn Pines, N. C. Friday, August 5, 1949 12 PAGES THIS WEEK TEN CENTS County Beer Dealers Commended For Clean-Up, Hear New Laws Explained West Virginia Forestry Group In Weymouth Woods Beer Place Can Be "Good Neighbor/ Upchurch Says Moore County beer dealers are making much progress in thteir “clean-up” campaign under the new ABC laws, local and state control leaders told a large group of them meeting here last week. That the credt is their own, without the infliction of force, was shown by the statement of H. H. Grimm, beer inspector for the area, that no permit has been re fused or revoked in the county so far. One dealer is “in danger” but is making an effort and is expect ed to pull through safely. By ad herence to the ABC directives beer retail sales outlets are mak ing good neighbors of themselves, assets instead if liabilities to their communities, he said. Other speakers at the meeting, attended by more than 50 mem bers, or 80 per cent of total mem bership, (Jf the Moore County Beer Dealers’ association, were C. A. Upchurch, Jr., head of the state ABC Malt Beverage division; Ray Galloway, former American Legion depaatment commander, now North Carolina director of the National Brewers Foundation; and W. P. Johnson, exective sec- (Continued on Page 8) AGAIN I Billy Warner has done it again. Not many win two Harvard schol arships in a row, but that is just what this 1948 Southern Pines High School graduate has done. He attended Harvard last year on a freshman scholarship award ed, on a basis of scholarship and ability, by the Asso9iated Harvard Clubs. He acquitted himself well, making the dean’s list. This week he was notified that he has won a Harvard President and Fellows scholarship of $400, for his sophomore year. The letter from the Committee on Scholar ships concluded, “Congratulations on your good work.” Billy, son of Mrs. Ruth Warner Swisher, is working during sum mer vacation for Paul Van Camp, local consulting engineer. Barber, Fowler Will Speak At Old Bethesda Sept. 25 Vets Will Help Secure Refunds Local units of the VFW and American Legion will cooperate to the fullest, it was announced by both of them this week, in a new task set them by their de partment commanders—^that of assisting veterans to file applica tion for their National Service Life Insurance dividends. This will be done on a state wide basis by the veterans’ or ganizations, beginning soon after the issuance of the application forms August 29. In the John Boyd post, VFW,, insurance men Walter S. Topping and John Buchholz have been ap pointed by Post Commander John H. Stephenson to handle the job. Major Topping said this week they plan to set up a table at the post office and also at the VFW Home, to handle the applications expeditiously. Will Cooperate . Sandhills Post Commander Charles J. Swoope, of the Ameri can Legion, said the Legion post members plan to keep evening hours at the Legion hut, starting as soon as possible after the ap plication forms are received. In the meantime, he suggested, veterans who do not know their NSLI policy number should look it up, as this information will be necessary, along with name, ad dress' and service number. Millions Refunded The declaration of a dividend on the vast reservoir of National Service Life Insurance funds means that the Veterans Admin istration will pay out some $28 million to policyholders by Janu ary 1, 1950. The 400,000 World War 2 veterans of North Carolina will receive a total refund of some $70 million. Average refund will be more than $175 per man. Veterans who have had their policies 90 days or longer will be eligible to receive the dividend. Two speakers of unusual inter est have been secured for the an nual Homiecoming Day observ ance of Old Bethesda church, for which the date of Sunday, Sep tember 25, has been set, it was announced this week by J. Talbot Johnson, of Aberdeen, chairman. The Rev. E. L. Barber, a be loved former pastor of the historic church, will deliver the sermon at the morning service. In the afternoon, the speaker will be Madcolm Fowler, of Lil- lington, president of the N. C. So ciety of County Historians and a recognized authority on the early settlement of the Cape Fear dis trict. Large Attendance Anticipated normal attendance at the Homecoming Day event is some 500 persons, including not only the membership of the 159- year-old congregation but the children of the congregation who have scattered to other counties and states, said Chairman John son. The attendance was lowered considerably in 1948 on account of the polio incidence, but is ex pected to resume normal propor tions this year. Among them will be many who were members during Mr. Bar ber’s tenure, and who have re tained the pastor and his family as friends during the intervening years. The Barbers now live in Moul trie, Ga., where Mr. Barber is stated secretary-of his presbytery. Daughters Born Here He will be accompanied to the Sandhills and the Homecoming by Mrs. Barber, and also by their daughters, Betty, a recent grad uate of Queens college at Char lotte, and Lillian, still a Queens student. The girls were born during their parents’ residence at Aberdeen. Further plans and committees for the event will be announced later by Mr. Johnson, Homecom ing Day chairman for the past 25 years. The Rev. Charles W. Worth is pastor of the church, which has a modern building at Aberdeen, maintaining the old church build ing as a historic shrine. Unsung Hero Lives Isolated Existence To Protect Fellow Citizens In County By Valerie Nicholson Somewhere in Moore county, living in a simple country home, is • an unsung hero—a man who has voluntarily shut himself off from society for the good of others? For his own sake, and that of his family, his identity is care fully concealed, known only to Dr. J. W. Willcox, county health officer, and others of the county health department. For more than 10 years he has lived his solitary life, never leav ing his home place, on which he works abqut the farm and yard but is careful never to touch food others may eat, or articles they use intimately. He is a typhoid carrier—a man with the germs of typhoid per manently active in his body; ready far transmission to others at the first opportunity. As child he had typhoid, so he lj[imself immune 1 howeverj, the active bacteria of the disease did not leave his bloodstream, as is usual when the illness is over, but remain alive and filled with po tential danger to others. Nurse, Sanitarian Visit Every six months a publii nurse visits him to take a bloo< count, to see if perhaps the disease has died in his veins. How ever, over a decade it has not diminished. Russell Mills, county sanitarian, also visits the home, to check up on living conditions there and make sure all laws of sanitation are being followed. He reports perfect cooperation by the victim (Continued on page 8) Forty forestry students, with two professors, of the school of forestry of the University of West Virginia visited Southern Pines on an inspection tour last week as part of their study of forest manage ment and utilization. They spent Wednesday morning in the woods on the Weymouth estate, where they admired the large areas of original growth, such as they said they had never seen in their own home states. Near a cool spring they chose a spot for their picnic lunch, and afterward Don Traylor, Weymouth forester, took them to a bathedral-Uke grove nearby where he told them the story of the preservation and protection of the ti^es—some hardwood, mostly pine. In foreground, with neckties, are, right. Forester Traylor, and left. District Forester James A. Pippin, who arranged the tour. Far left, with sun helmet, is County Forest Warden E. W. Davis, who gave a talk and demonstration on forest fire prevention and control. (Photo by Emerson Humphrey) Family’s Valiant Efforts Save Barn As Tobacco Burns The first tobacco barn fire, re ported in the Pilot area this year occurred Tuesday about 1 o’clock on the farm of E. C. Patterson, Vass, Rt. 2, destroying almost the whole barnful of tobacco, though the building was saved. When the fire was discovered in the leaves and sticks, and com ing out through the roof, the whole family—mother and father, a grown son and two small boys— pitched in with a will, working unaided, to save not only the barn but neighboring outbuildings and a pile of slabwood close by. A moment of great relief came when, as the men worked on the roof, the mother and two little boys rolled out five drums of oil which had been attached to the oil curer. Time Lost Valuable time was lost when the eldest son. Hoover, rushed to nearby Skyline • to phone the Southern Pines Fire department for help. However, aid could not be secured from that quarter, as they were too far out in the coun try, and it took an hour and a heilf of hard work before the Pat tersons felt they had the blaze under control. All the water had to come from the family well, which had al ready filled many demands for humans and livestock that day and was unusually low. The tobacco, their second prim ing and “the very best of the crop,” was estimated'to have been worth about $600 at current prices. Some was salvaged which will have to be sold as “trash,” bringing perhaps $50. No insur ance was carried. Cuarer Disconnected The oil curer had been tempo rarily disconnected between fir ings, and Mr. Patterson had plan ned to clean out the flue after lunch before hooking it up and starting it going again. Since the blaze appeared to originate in the curer, it was believed that some sparks had remained alive in the soot, and were fanned by the draft created when the flue was ened. Hdqyer Patterson, with his wife and nWborn baby, had stopped by for lunch with his parents on their way to' their own home, which is on the same farm. The other sons are Edward, Jr., 11, andjETohn Grady, seven. “They worked like real men,” their mothe# said with pride, in relat ing th^ story. Veterans Name Committees, Plan Big Time For County V-J Observance Here COOTIES The Grand Council of Ad- minislralion of the Order of the Coolie, scheduled to hold its "scratch" here August 13 and 14, will join in with the Moore County Veterans V-J day celebration that Saturday evening. The veterans' countywide chicken fry and public street dance to be held here will be included on the Cootie agen da, according to John H. Stephenson, provost marshal and chairman in charge of ar rangements. In addition, the Coolies, fun organization of the VFW, are expected to treat the com munity to one of their famed costume parades during the evening. Some 75 to 100 members from all over the stale are ex pected to attend the two-day Council meeting. School Plans GI Business Course If Interest Shown A GI business and comerical course will be given at the South- efn Pines High school during the coming year provided a sufficient number of veterans are interested, it was learned from Supt. P. J. Weavef this week. Enrollment of 12, perferably 15, will be needed before the course can be inaugurated, under the Veterans Administration educa tional program by which the students receive subsistence pay while studying. Classes will be held three hours a night, five nights a week, for a course yrhich will probably coincide with the school year. t)e- finite plans as to the length of the course and the starting date are to be determined later. Classes will be scheduled for the Evenings for the benefit of veterans who are employed in the daytime. Subsistence payments will be made through the VA up to $37.50 a month, subject to res triction limiting total income vet erans may receive under the GI bill. Superintendent Weaver asked that veterans interested in taking the course contact him as soon as possible, so plans may go forward without delay. Tickets Must Be Bought In Advance; Sales Places Noted Tickets went on sale this week for the big Moore County V-J Day Veterans Reunion chicken fry—a matter of import to all who are planning to attend as the en tire. ticket sale will be strictly in advance.' No tickets will be sold at the gate, according to Chairman Charles J. Swope of the sponsor ing Moore County Veterans com mittee. To prevent waste and make a modest price possible, it must be known in advance how many will be on hand. The chicken fry will be held on the Southern Pines High School Memorial Athletic field at 6 p.m., Saturday, August 13, followed by a street dance on the City Hall block which will be free to all. Commillees Named Committees were named at a meeting held last Friday night at the Legion hut. Members of the Pinehurst and Southern Pines (Sandhills) Legion posts and the John Boyd post, VFW, of South ern Pines will serve as ticket tak ers and “chow servers.” Shields Cameron, of the Sandhills Legion post will serve as chairman of the dance. The committee and all other in terested veterans will meet again tonight (Friday) at the Legion hut at 8 o’clock for furtherance of (Continued on Page 5) County Tennis Tournament Scheduled Next Week On Lighted Local Courts POSTPONED You'll have to wait a week from the scheduled date to see that' fine Raleigh tennis team in action on the local courts, playing against the equally fine—we're sure— Southern Pines tennis team. Tom White, Chamber of Commerce manager, who had arranged the match for next Saturday evening, August 13, has heard from the Raleigh- ites that a conflict in dates necessitates a postponement to Saturday, August 20. The matph was originally planned as a climax to the First An nual Moore County Closed Tennis tournament, scheduled Monday through Friday next week. Players on the local team are Angelo Montesanti, Jr., Harry Lee Brown, A. C. Dawson, Jr., and Frank de Costa. City Schools Open Sept. 7 With Five Men On Faculty Southern Pines city schools will open Wednesday, September 7, the same day as that set for the opening of the county schools, ac cording to announcement made by Supt. P. J. Weaver this week. The opening Will be preceded Tuesday of the same week by a teachers’ meeting, at which sev eral new faces will be seen in a faculty possessing more men than at any time since pre-war days. Five Men Teachers Besides Superintendent Weav er, Coach A. C. Dawson, Jr., and Band Director J. G. Womble, all of whom also teach academic work, the high school faculty will include John E. Rooks, of White- ville, as teacher of English and Spanish, and Wilford Leonard, of Welcome, in Davidson county, as teacher of mathematics and assist ant coach. Mr. Rooks, a Navy veteran and very recent (summer session) graduate of Appalachian State Teachers’ college at Boone, ma jored 'in English, with a minor in Spanish, and also took work in dramatics. Under his auspices, and with the new auditorium due to be completed in a few months, dramatics will resume its former high place in the school curricu lum, Mr. Weaver said. Maybe Not Quantity But Top Quality of Tennis Is Foreseen Mr. Leonard, also a war vet eran, IS a June graduate of Ca tawba college at Salisbury. The only faculty spot remaining unfilled this week was that of sev enth grade teacher, and several applications for the job are on hand, the superintendent report ed. He expects to have a teacher signed up within the next week or two. Glee Club J. G. Womble will continue his work as band director in the high school and junior high school grades, and will also {iirect the glee club, succeeding Miss Hope Bailey, glee club director for the past several years. Miss Bailey resigned when it was decided the school could no longer afford to (Continued on Page 5) Entries in the First Annual Mcore County Closed Tennis tournament, to be played next week on the lighted municipal courts, this week were few but prophetic of some first-rate ten nis, both singles and doubles, for the spectators’ enjoyment. Those who at midweek had paid their $1 entry fee included Harry Lee Brown, Angelo Montesanti, Jr., A. C. Dawson, Jr., Frank de Costa, Page fchoate and Harry Watson, of Southern Pines; P. A. Wilson, of Vass, and Robert Bare- field, of Aberdeen; also Audrey West Brown and MiUie Montes anti cj Southern Pines. Other entries were anticipated over the weekend. Originally planned as an all male contest, the tournament was opened to the girls when their interest was evidenced. They will play on an equal basis with the men and the chances are it is the men who will have to look to their laurels. State Doubles Champ Miss Brown, with Mary Ruth » Davis of Robbins, won t);ie state doubles championship at the North Carolina Closed tourna ment held at Greensboro in Sept ember, 1948. Miss Montesanti is also a fine, fast player, well known on local courts. Of the male players, most have a background of tournament ex perience. Dawson, high school athletic coach, has trained many excellent players, including Harry Lee and Audrey West Browri. Angelo Montesanti, Jr., is a mem ber of the State College tennis teani'. , Tom White, Chamber of Com merce manager, is assisting An gelo Montesanti, Jr., Robert Bare- field and P. A. Wilson in manage ment of the tournament. Entries must be made at the Chamber of Commerce office at the Belvedere hotel by 1 p. m. Monday. Pairings wiU be made at 2 p. m. From the management com mittee this week came word that “we want all players to enter, re gardless of ability. If you are an average player, don’t be scared because we have a champion or two on the list. They may not be so good as you think—and besides, the tournament’s main purpose is the extension of interest in tennis for the benefit of all sports lovers of the county, and for future tournaments.” (Continued on Page 5) Workers’ Illness Laid To Effects of Chemicals Used At Insecticide Plant Governpr Scott Expresses Interest In Doctor's Cause Two cases of illness among workers at the Geigy Chemical plafit at Aberdeen last week were apparently due to the effects of the chemicals with which they had been working, according to their physician, Dr. R. F. Mobbs. Concerning two other "workers taken ill during the past week Dr. Mobbs said he could not say, as they were not his patients. Both were taken to St. Joseph of the Pine? hosptal. Dr. Mobbs said he believed the two who came to him, Chester Collins and Lonnie Taylor, Ne groes, quite possibly did so be cause they knew of his interest in the effects on human beings of some of the.chemicals being used in the manufacture of modern in- National Guard Will Swear In Eight More Men secticides such as are made at the Geigy plant. ^ Thinks More Tests Needed The Aberdeen physician for some months has been outspoken in his belief that much further in vestigation should be made of DDT, BHC and parathion, some of the insecticide ingredients, be fore their general use should be permitted. Thpir effects on the human system when inhaled have had practically no laboratory scruitny, according to his find ings. His interest in the subject led him this week to have an inter view with Governor Scott, who he said expressed interest and concurred in his belief that some central agency should be made responsible for investigation and testing. The Governor said he would call a conference shortly (Continued on Page 8) An array of would-be Guards men have passed all requirements and are now only awaiting a mass swearing-in ceremony to be held Tuesday, August 16, to become members of the newly organized local unit of the National Guard. Eight young men so far are ready for membership, to be add ed to 12 already sworn in—a total of 20, well along toward the 30 Required before a federal inspec tion can be made, and the battery can start active work. And, according to those in charge, several more applications are pending, and enough inquiries have been received, and interest shown, for them to feel pretty' confident of meeting the require ments in time. The mass swearing-in date was set on account of the absence from town of Capt. Clifford Carpenter, commanding officer, the only one empowered at present to receive new members officially. Since he had to take one extended business trip, and faces another next week, it was decided to let the applica tions accumulate and take in all the new members at once. Captain Carpenter will, how ever, be in town Saturday and will be stationed at the table at the post office to give information and receive applications from 9 a. m. to 12 noon. In the meantime, information may be secured from First Lieut. C. S. Patch, Jr., at the Tog Shop, or John H. Stephenson, command er of the John Boyd Post, VFW.