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VOL. 30—NO. 50
Town Board Will
Hold City Limits
Hearing Nov. 9
Extension Seen As
Important Step For
Growing Town
14 PAGES THIS WEEK
Southern Pines, N. C.
Friday, November 4, 1949
14 PAGES THIS WEEK
TEN CENTS
A public hearing on extension
of the city limits will be held by
the town board Wednesday at 8
p. m. at the city hall, regular
time and place of the board’s
monthly meeting.
Areas tp the east and south of
town have been designated for
inclusion in the town limits, as
forming an integral part of the
community through a process of
building-up during the past 20
years.
Residents of these sections are
either benefiting directly from
expenditure of town taxes at the
present time, or should be getting
benefits they do not now receive,
according to expressed opinion of
Mayor Page and members of the
board. “Every cent spent for
streets, parks,^promotion and oth- S
er fields of civic improvement
benefits those living outside as
well as those within the present
limits,” said the mayor. “They
also benefit to a certain extent
from our police and fire protec-
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N. C. Merchants
Accept Bid For
May Meeting Here
. Directors of the N. C. Mer
chants association meeting at Ra
leigh last Friday accepted the in
vitation of the Southern Pines
Merchants association, one of the
newest and smallest of its mem*
ber units, Jcr the annual convep-
tion to be held next May.
Meeting here with the state
group will be two affiliated or
ganizations, the Credit Women’s
Breakfast club and the Retail
Merchants association, both also
statewide in nature and bringing
the anticipated attendance to
some 350 or 400 persons. *
These will be here from one to
three days each. Not all will be
staying at Southern Pines, as
many will come from towns near
enough for them to drive back
and forth. However the meetings
will bring to this community an
extremely influential group, rep
resentatives of busifaess life
throughout North Carolina, many
of them paying their first visit
here.
behalf of the Southern Pines Mer
chants association by Herbert N.
Cameron, local director on the
board of the state organization.
This will mean two unusually
large conventions for Southern
Pines in May, both of them ev-
pected to fill up almost all avail
able hotel space. The other, ar
ranged some months ago, is the
annual statewide Alcoholics
Anonymous assembly. Exact
dates of neither convention have
as yet been set.
Christmas Seal Chairmen Make Plans TRICK-N' TREAT
Halloween broke out all
over town last week and the
show of tricks and treats put
on by the non-humans was
the most spectacular of all.
The fall coloring burst
forth, with the first nip of
cooler weather, into ia veri
table blaze of color every
where,- set off by the dark
green pines.
Perhaps the neatest trick
was the way the big maple in
the Lawrence Grovers' yard,
fairly burned up with golden
light. You felt, as you drove
past it in the dusk, that it lit
erally lit up the street. A gay
trick and surely a treat to all
who passed that way.
Highland Pines Inn
Opens For Season;
Reservations Good
These two have a lot to talk about, planning the Christmas Seal
sale which will start November 21. They are Mrs. P. P. McCain,
Southern Pines chairman, and Voit Gilmore, also of Southern Pines,
Moore County chairman for the Seal sale. (Photo by Humphrey)
Christmas Seals Will Be Sold Again
To Aid TB Victims In Moore County
Preparations Begin
For Seal Sale
Starling Nov. 21
Voit Gilmore has accepted the
appointment of Moore County
chairman of the 1949 Christmas
Seal Sale, and Mrs. Paul P. Mc
Cain has been named co-chair
man. The local chairmen through-
Moore Red Cross
Meeting, Electioii
Set For Nov. 10
Election held at the annual
meeting of the Moore County
chapter, American Red Cross, at
the Carthage hotel Thursday eve
ning is expected to provide the
eight-year-old chapter with new
leadership.
Col. G. P. Hawes, Jr., of Pine-
hurst, who has served as chapter
chairman for the past five years,'
has declined to be a candidate for
reelection, it was revealed this
week.
A nominating committee with
Mrs. S. L. Windham, of Aberdeen,
as chairman, has prepared the fol
lowing slate:
Mrs. M. G. Nichols, Southern
Pines, chairman; L. L. Hallman,
Aberdeen, vice chairman; Gar
land McPherson, Southern Pines,
treasurer, and Miss Laura Kelsey,
Southern Pines, secretary.
Other nominations may be
made from the floor at the meet
ing which will begin at 7:45
o’clock.
An interesting program is being
prepared and Mrs. Audrey K.
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out the county will be announced
next week.
Mrs. McCain, a resident of
Southern Pines, has always been
an active participant in the work
of the County Tuberculosis asso
ciation. She and her husband, the
late Dr. Paul P. McCain, devoted
31 years to the care of TB pa
tients at the North Carolina Sana
torium for the Treatment of Tu
berculosis at McCain, N. C.
Mr. Gilmore is a member of the
Moore County Boy Scout Council
and Sandhills Kiwanis club, a dea
con of the Brownson Memorial
Presbyterian church and recently
elected president of the" Moore
County chapter of the University
of North Carolina Alumni Coun
cil. He is also president of the
Sandhill Music association.
The 43rd annual Seal sale will
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State Waterworks
Men Convene Here
In Coming Week’
Strike jEmpties
Nation’s Coalbins;
Local Supply Low
Fuel Rationed As
In War; Situation
Seen As Critical
North and South Open
Reaches Climax Today
SCOUT CHAIRMAN
Blue & White Heads For Conference
Championship Game Next Wednesday
C OF C BREAKFAST
Directors of the Southern
Pines Chamber of Commerce)
will meet for breakfast next
Thursday morning at the Hol
lywood hdtel, each bringing
with him another Chamber of
Commerce member. said
Harry Fulleniwider, president,
this week.
Time set for the breakfast
is 8 o'clock. Immediately
afterward, the campaign for
new members and member
ship renewals will begin,
with 250 tnemberships set as a
goal. Present memberships
number about 175.
With a budget this year of
more than $10,000, biggest in
the history of the organiza
tion, the campaign presents a
real challenge. President Ful-
lenwider said. "It will take
100 per cent support to help
us achieve what we have set
out to do—^bu't 100 per cent
benefits should accrue." he
declared. "Our job is to make
Southern Pines a better town
to live in, and to do business
in, for every one of us."
Playing their third game in
eight days Southern Pines ad
vanced to the quarter finals in the
Eastern Conference race by de
feating Aberdeen High school
here Wednesday afternoon 34-6.
The Blue and White will now
meet the winner of the Pittsboro-
Red Springs game played here on
neutral grounds Thursday after
noon. The Pilot was on the press
es then, so is unable to give re
sults of the game.
Southern Pines scored twice in
the first period Wednesday and
once in the second, Dickerson
making all three tallies, to take
a half-time lead of 22 to 6. Aber
deen scored their touchdown just
before the first half ended, Marks
going over for ' the touchdown.
The third period was scoreless.
In the fourth period. Southern
Pines added two touchdowns.
Baker taking a pass from Copley
to go over. Richard Newton, who
had made two out of three conver
sion attempts good, failed this
time and the score was 28 to 6.
Just as the fourth period was
coming to an end. Stuart took a
pass from Copley to bring the
score 34 to 6 as Newton’s conver-
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The annual convention of the
North Carolina section of the
American Waterworks association
will be held here Monday, Tues
day and Wednesday. Headquar
ters will be the Highland Pines
Inn, with many delegates also
staying at the Hollywood. Reser
vations received by Tuesday night
at the two hotels had passed 200
and more than 300 are expected
altogether.
The convention will open with
an executive session Sunday
night, and those registering dur
ing the afternoon will be guests
of the two hotels for golf if they
wish.” Also, the Highland Pines
Inn and the Hollywood are having
a barbecue at Mile-Away Farm
Monday night for the entire con
vention. '
Attending from Southern Pines
will be Mayor C .N. Page, who
will make an address of welcome
at the opening session Monday
morning, and Howard F. Burns,
town water superintendent, a
member of the organization.
R. W. Luther of Elizabeth City
is chairman of the state group.
Highlighting the . convention
program will be an address Tues
day morning by Arthur E. Gor
man, nationally known engineer
with the Atomic Research com
mission in Washington, D. C. He
is a recognized authority on
stream pollution.
The cpnvention will get under
way Monday morning with an ad
dress by L. H. Enslow, editor of
the Water and Sewage Works
magazine and an authority on wa
ter and sewage problems. Other
nationally known figures taking
part in the program will be Lewis
A. Young, basin engineer, division
of water pollution control of the
Public Health Service, Atlanta,
Ga.; L. L. Hedgepeth, former sup*
erintendent of the Southern Pines
waterworks, now engineer with
the American Cyanamid company
of Bound Brook, N. J.; antj Arthur
E. Hale of Southern Pines, who
was formerly with the Ntew York
City water supply system.
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The Highand Pines Inn, South
ern Fines’ largest hotel, opened
for its 37th season Sunday. The
opening came a week earlier than
had been planned, to accommo
date several pros and' others at
tending the North and South
Open tournament at Pinehurst.
First big event on the hotel’s
schedule is the convention of the
N. C. Waterworks association,
which yfill bring about 250 per
sons here for four days beginning
Sunday.
Charles Stitzer, proprietor, is
again on the job, with a new part
ner, Walter Lee Nicholson, of
Charlotte, who will be an active
assistant at the Highland Pines
Inn, dividing his time between
the resort hotel and business in
terests in Baltimore.
The big hotel, of classic beauty,
on a sweeping knoll at the end
of lovely East Massachusetts ave-
‘nue, has been partially redecora
ted during the summer, through
a consistent, and constant, pro
gram of renovation. About one-
third was done over last year, an
other third this summer and the
rest will undergo renovation dur
ing the next few months.
Reservations for January, Feb
ruary and March are excellent,
Mr. Stitzer said, particularly
amcng the hunting people, prom
ising an excellent season.
He is planning a number of reg
ular social and cultural events
!for the entertainmeijft of his
guests, many of which the towns
people will also be able to enjoy.
Coal supplies in the Sandhills
towns had dwindled to practically
nothing this week, as the coal
strike maneuvered by John L.
Lewis went into its seventh
week.
C. E. Holt, of the Chandler-Holt
Ice and Fuel company. Southern
Pines’ only coal retailer, said
Thursday morning he had only
four or five tons left, was ration
ing them out in half-ton lots and
expected to be'“cleaned out” by
night.
Left on his yard will be, a
small supply he is saving lor
“basket orders” in case of a se
vere cold spell, ^ut this can hard
ly last over a week.
Also he has a small amount of
Virginia hard coal—too hard for
most uses.
“The situation is, serious,” he
said. “It certainly appears as if
the strike will not be settled any
time soon, and at this time of
year cold weather can hit us any
minute. If the strike should end
tomorrow it would still take a
week or more for us to get new
supplies.”
Pinehurst and Aberdeen dealers
are reported to have been out of
coal, or practically so, for the past
two weeks.
The Chandler-Holt yards were
filled at the start of the strike,
said Mr. Holt, adding that “visit
ing salesmen told us we were
in much better shape than larger
places in the state.” What the sit
uation in the cities is this week
can only be surmised—but indica
tions are that it is critical in
deed. By dint of rationing out the
coal a half-ton to an order dur
ing the past month, said Mr. Holt,
he has tried to spread the coal
among as many customers as pos
sible, helping each one who need
ed it a little bit.''
The Carolina Slope Coal mine
at Sanford, whose workers are
unorganized, is turning out coal
in good supply, but its product is
of more use for steam manufac
ture than for homes as it contains
considerable slack. Also, its price
does not include delivery and
shipment by truck runs the cost
up a good deal higher than
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Rained Out Tuesday,
One Day Is Added
Snead Takes Lead
In Wednesday Play
W. LAMONT BROWN
Brown Is Elected
Chairman Moore
Boy Scout District
Two New Ministers Welcomed Here
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REV. R. L. HOUSE
Two new ministers will be wel
comed by local congregations this
week end, to deliver their first
sermons Sunday morning in their
new churches here.
They are the Rev. Robert Lee
House, who comes from the First
Congregational church at Rich
mond, ^a., to the Church of Wide
Fellowship, and the Rev. Charles
A. Coveil, new rector of Emman
uel Episcopal church, who has
been serving as rector of St. Pe
ter’s church in Ashtabula, Ohio.
Mr. House, a native of Franklin
county and graduate of Duke Uni
versity, has served in Virginia
since his ordination in 1929. He
and Mrs. House, a graduate of
Richmond Professional Institute,
have both been active in religious
and civic organizational work at
Portsmouth, Newport News and
Richmond. They have three chil
dren, Jonathan, Andrea Lee and
the baby, Joyanne.
Mr. Coveil is a native of Mont-
Good Reports Made,
Dixon Is Speaker
At Carthage Meet
W. Lamont Brown, Southern
Pines attorney, resident of Pine-
bluff and a member of the Pine-
bluff troop committee, was elected
chairman of the Moore district.
Boy Scouts of America, at the an
nual banquet and meeting of the
district held Tuesday night at the
Carthage hotel.
T. L. Black, of Pinehurst, was
named vice chairman, and L. L.
Hallman was returned to the of
fice of district commis£oner for
a second term. The slate was
unanimously approved as present
ed by Paul C. Butler, nominating
committee chairman.
Officers were inducted by Coun-
.cil President Harold R. Make
peace, of Sanford, a special guest,
following which Chairman Brown
made the follqwing appointments
of chairmen of district commit
tees:
Paul C. Butler, organization and
extension; E. C. Stevens, leader
ship and training; N. L. Hodgkins,
finance; Leon Wylie, camping and
activities; Dr. J. C. Grier, health
and safety; Voit Gilmore, ad
vancement.
He appointed Dr. T. A. Cheat
ham to the post of interracial co
ordinator, heading a new commit
tee for a mutually helpful rela
tionship between district and di
visional (Negro) scouting.
Capacity Attendance
W. D. Campbell, retiring chair
man, presided over the meeting, a
full one which taxed the capacity
of the ‘Carthage Hotel dining
room. With tables occupying
practically all available space,
more seats had to be found as
The North and South Open
tournament, scheduled to end
Thursday on the Pinehurst No. 2
course, will instead reach its cli
max today (Friday) as Tuesday
was “washed out” by pelting
rain.
Pros, amateurs and enthusiastic
spectators from all over began
gathering at both Sandhills towns
starting last weekend, for the
43rd annual renewal of the big
gest event of the year’s golfing
calendar in this section, one of
the top events of the country.
Qualifying rounds held Monday
drew a big field despite mist
and- chill, with occasional show
ers. Tuesday, the Open began. The
midday downpour caught half the
field out on the course. For a time
they fought a losing battle with
the elements, then gave up, al
lowing their part scores to be
washed out along with the rest
of that day’s play and making a
fresh start the following morn
ing.
Wednesday brought a return of
good golfing weather, and Sam
Snead, the slammer from White
Sulpher Springs, W. Va., made
the mcst of it by grabbing off the
first round lead, 33-35-68. The
PGA champ and leading money
winner of the year had most of
the gallery at his heels as he tour
ed the 6,952-yard course in four
under par.
His performance left him one
stroke ahead of Ted Kroll, of
Philmont, Pa., and Johnny Bulla,
Pittsburgh pro who is playing this
year out of the Mid Pines clul?
of Southern Pines.
The field totaled 111 entrants
for the $7,500 event. Among them
are many of the old timers and
some of the bright new sprouts
which this year have sprung into
prominence.
Though no report was available
at pi;esstime on Thursday’s play,
it looked as though golfing his
tory might be in the making.
Play-by-play accounts are being
aired throughout the day by Radio
Station WEEB from a mobile unit.
Jim Reed, sports director of
WPTF, Raleigh, is the guest of
the local station in covering the
event.
more and more scouters appeared.
Enthusiasm ran high as in report
after report and a number of in
formal speeches, the volunteer
leaders’ devotion to their cause
was evidenced.
A Cub Scout, Boy Scout and Ex
plorer Scout of West End were
present, to open the meeting with
the presentation of the colors.
Bobby Stewart led the pledge of
allegiance to the flag. Dr. Cheat
ham gave the invocation.
Sheriff C. J. McDonald, of Car
thage, welcomed the gathering,
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Flagpole Painter Takes Tumble As
Pole Sways, Bends While Game Is On
REV. C. A. COVELL
clair, N. J. He is a graduate of
Williams college and the Virginia
Theological seminary at Rich
mond, and also served Virginia
parishes, one of them being at Or
ange where he was also chaplain
of Woodberry Forest school. Dur
ing the past two summers he has
been dean of the Adult Church
Workers conference at Kenyon
college, in Ohio.
Mrs. Coveil is a graduate of
Goucher college. They have two
children.
With Dr. William C. Holland,
who came as pastor to the First
Baptist church the first week in
June, the new arrivals mean an
almost complete change in the
Protestant ministry here within
five months. Dr. T.~E. Davis,
pastor of the Brownson Memorial
Presbyterian church since 1943, is
the only “old-timer” among them
now. Father Harkins, of St. An
thony’s Catholic church, has also
been here six years.
An unexpected thrill — and
fright—was provided the crowd at
Wednesday’s football game when
the 60-foot metal flagpole sudden
ly bent and dropped a’ flagpole
painter to the ground.
Roy Shireman, itinerant steeple
jack, who had hitched himself by
ropes to within five feet of the
top, told those who rushed to his
aid, “Leave me lay a little while.
I’ll be all right.” In a few min
utes he got up, brushed himself
off and declared himself unhurt.
A skinned back was apparently
the only bad result for Shireman,
who said that in his business “you
expect Miese things. I’ve had two
or three falls worse than that.”
Thursday morning, he was back
at work, painting the flagpole in
front of the town hall, with the
high school flagpole next on his
list of jobs.
He is from West Virginia, he
said, going around the country
picking up jobs here and there in
his hazardous line of work. He
arrived in Southern Pines Wed
nesday and proceeded to hunt up
the “school folks” at once to know
if they wanted their flagpole
painted. He had letters of rec
ommendation from superintend
ents at Hamlet, Rockingham and
other places where he has painted
school flagpoles.
“Go ahead,” said Supt. P. J.
Weaver. Metal poles, it seems,
need a paint job once in a while,
to protect them from rust. The
013 e at the school field was put up
summer before last, a gift of the
Sandhills post, American Legion.
“Of course we have a football
game about to begin—”
“That’s okay. I’ll paint and
watch the game at the same time,”
Said Shireman. Hitching his way
up through a complicated system
of ropes (two bosun’s hitches, one
around his waist, the other pro
viding a stirrup for his left, foot)
he proved almost as much of an
attraction for the spectators as the
game itself. At about the half he
was considerably above the top
of the metal brace-pole. The flag
pole started to sway. He waited
for it to stop. He started up the
pole again. The pole swayed
more. Later, he said, “it began to
go back and forth so 'wide it
swung my weight to one side and
then—over she went.”