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4^ Southern Pines Welcomes The New Season To The Sandhills LOT Southern Pines Welcomes The New Season To The Sandhills VOL. 50—NO. 52 52 PAGES THIS WEEK Southern Pines, N. C. Friday. November 18, 1949 52 PAGES THIS WEEK TEN CENTS Blue And White Plays Tonight For Conference Title Elm Citium Oppose Local Team On Pinehurst Field Southern Pines High will reach a climax in its undefeated season when it meets Elm City tonight (Friday) at 8 under the lights at Pinehurst. At stake will be the Eastern Conference six-man foot ball championship. The winner will play for the state championship next week with the Western Conference title-holder, to be determined this week in a game between Clem mons and the Lexington Orphan age, both well remembered by the Blue and White. Clemmons was the rock wall the local lads as saulted in a quest for the state title last year. The Orphans are a respected foe of past years. Right now, though, the Blue and White is looking no further than tonight’s big game. The big question is, “How good is Elm City?” “Good enough to be East ern finalists,” say the coaching staff. Lively Workouts With this in mind. Blue and White workouts this week have been the most spirited of the fall. Tuesday and Wednesday, the squad separated into Blues and Whites for hour-long scrimmages. Honors were about even. Thurs day’s workouts ended with a look at Elm City plays, followed by punting and signal drill. At mid week Coaches Dawson and Weav er thought the boys were about ready to meet the invasion from the east. Like Southern Pines, Elm City will come to Pinehurst with an undefeated record to protect. At Rocky Mount Monday night, they won out over Whitakers in the fourth period’s final minutes, when Billy Braswell, running from tailback, ran and passed his team to victory. Whitakers, by the way, has a win over Pitts boro this season to its credit. (Continued on Page 5) Shaw House Opens Monday With Miss Harris As Guest Cora Annette Harris, of Char lotte, garden consult^ant and Char lotte News garden columnist, will be a guest at the Shaw House from 12 noon to 6 o’clock Monday, when the quaint century-old cot tage will be reopened for the sea son as a tea-room and meeting- place, under auspices of the Moore County Historical association. Luncheon and tea will be served. Miss Harris, whose herb garden is one of the finest in the Caro- linas, is bringing some of her cut tings to plant in the Shaw House herb garden. She will answer questions concerning their plant ing, care and use, and on other matters of interest to garden lov ers. She has worked on a number of outstanding restorations of old homes in the state, and is an au thority on “period planting.” For all visitors and residents, whether they are garden lovers or not, the reopening of the Shaw House is an event of interest. This will be its third season since com pletion of the restoration of the old house, birthplace and home of Southern Pines’ first mayor. Miss Helen Butler will be host ess for the Moore County Histori cal association on the opening day, and members ■ of the Shaw House, committee will also be present. These are Mrs. J. Talbot Johnson, Mrs. John Tuckerman, Mrs. Ernest L. Ives, Mrs. W. C. Deadwyler and Mrs. Katherine N. McColl. The Shaw House is the major project of the Historical associa tion ,for which officers for 1949- 50 were elected at an executive committee meeting held last week. J. Talbot Johnson, of Aberdeen, was reelected president; W. A. Leland McKeithen, Pinehurst, vice president; Mrs. Ernest L. Ives, Southern Pines, secretary. Voit Gilmore was elected treasur er and also, with Mrs. Katherine N. McColl, was added to the board of directors. HOLIDAY Everything's closing up for Thanksgiving except the great outdoors. It will be the official opening of the Moore County Hounds' hunting sea son, also of the quail, turkey and rabbit hunting seasons, a favorite time in the Sand-- hillS. ; School children, office workers, businessmen, bank ers, post office workers and all will take holiday—even newspaper folks. The Pilot will come out Friday instead of Thursday, its usual press day. At the schools and in many of the business places, the "long week end" will provide a real vacation, as Friday will be observed as holiday also. At homes and in hotels, turkey will be the main fea ture on the bill of fare—many of them grown in the Sand hills, fast becoming the tur key center of the east. Here's wishing each of you a real American Thanksgiv ing, with the best wishes of The Pilot. Sam Snead Will Receive Award At PGA Meeting Here Sam Snead, of White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., winner of the North and South at Pinehurst No vember 4, will be presented with a “Best Golfer of the Year” plaque at the PGA annual meeting, to be held at the Mid Pines club here the week of November 27. “Slammin’ Sammy” was elected to this coveted position in a na tionwide poll conducted by the PGA, national guiding, governing and policy-making organization of professional golf. Richard Tufts, of Pinehurst, Inc. was recently named secretary of the association. If he is the one chosen to make the presentation it will be the second time he has handed the freckle-faced 37-year- old something mighty nice within a very short time. At the close of the North and South he handed Snead a check for $1,500—a pretty good rate of pay for three days’ work. The presentation was made on a rostrum before the big scoreboard on which were tallied the scores of all the North and South play ers—an imposing list. Most im posing score of the lot—naturally —was that of Snead, who won by six strokes with a rousing 274 on the No. 2 course, 14 under par. This score, said Mr. Tufts, has been bettered only once in the long history of the course. "Finest Course" In return Mr. Tufts and the beaming gallery had the pleasure of hearing the Greenbrier Hotel pro say, “The Pinehurst No. 2 is the finest course I have ever played.” Second money winner was good-looking, black-haired John ny Bulla of Pittsburgh, pro at the Mid Pines club this year. Winning (Continued on page 5) It’s Indian Slimmer In Southern Pines: Sleepy Village, and Modern Resort Sycamores in the sun along West Broad street. (Photos by Humphrey) Sparkling-new: business block built in 1948.“ Tennis is played on town courts day and night. The younger set stays busy on park playground. Marshall Will Be Back In Sandhills Home Next Month Gen. George C. Marshall is ex pected at his Pinehurst home, Lis- combe Lodge, in December, it was learned this week. It was learned also that his plan was to lend Liscombe Lodge to his friend Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., for a rest visit this fall, but before the plan could be carried through Mr. Stettinius became too ill to make the journey. The death of this brilliant young man, a prede cessor of General Marshall as Sec retary of State, occurred two weeks ago. In a whirlwind, nationwide “get-acquainted” tour of one week in October, General Marshall, now president of the American Red Cross, was the guest of 12 big-city chapters, among them three in the Southeastern area. The tour end ed October 29. His purpose was to meet as many key chapter offi cials as possible, discuss their chapter programs, problems, and interests in small, informal groups. Among the cities visited were Atlanta, New Orleans, and Mem phis. In most cases, where his tight travel schedule permitted, the informal discussions followed (Continued on page 5) joying Vacation In Sandhills TWO FIRSTS TO START THE SEASON The Pilot records two firsts, this week: the first 52-page paper to be published in the Sandhills and the first visit to a local press by University of North Carolina studentsiof journalism. Both are proud occurrences and each complements the other. Because the Pilot is getting to be a big paper, the university peo ple want to look us over, while one reason for the paper's growth and influence is because it has. from the start, attracted the notice of interesting people who have the broad outlook typified by our university: as evidenced by the articles in this special issue, signed by writers of note. Five of our writers are represented here: Struthers Burt, Almet Jenks, Ralph Page, Wallace Irwin and the Pilot's former owner and editor. Nelson Hyde. They hark back to the old days in line with the keynote of this issue and the sketch sent the Pilot by Mrs. Claude Hayes. But their interest, we know, is with the new Sandhills and with the growing Southern Pines, too. They will share our pride in the scenes pictured above and in the Pilot's two Firsts. * To the staff in the office and in the shop who got out the' paper, to the Pilot's constant and understanding supporters, in cluding, of course, those good friends, our advertisers, to all of these, without whom this paper would be not even one page, let alone 52, go: thanks and best wishes for this coming season. —■THE EDITOR. Mrs. Nichols Named To Chairmanship Of Moore Connty Chapter, Red Cross Officers for the Moore County chapter, American Red Cross,- were elected for 1949-50 at the largest and most enthusiastic an nual meeting in some years, held last Thursday evening at the Car thage hotel. They were Mrs. M. G. Nichols, Southern Pines, chairman; L. L. Hallman, Aberdeen, vice chair man; Miss Laura Kelsey, South ern Pines, secretary, and Gar land McPherson, Southern Pines, treasurer (a reelection). Being a Senator is strenuous—and here’s one who knew just where to come for a vacation when Congress adjourned. Dr. Frank P. Graham, former UNC president, now jUnior senator from North Carolina, with Mrs. Graham at the Mid Pines. Story on Page 10. (Photo by Humphrey) WELCOME GUESTS Heading info an election year, politically keen Moore county is pleased at being host these days to some politi cal "greats." Governor W. Kerr Scott spoke at Carthage Wednesday night before a large and en thusiastic crowd of Farm Bu reau members and their guests. Senior Senator Clyde ' E. Hoey will be the Sandhills . Kiwanis club speaker at the Mid Pines next Wednesday. Junior Senator Frank P. Graham, who spent four days at the Mid Pines last week, will be 'the Kiwanis speaker December 14. Congressman C. B. Deane will visit the Sandhills soon —perhaps this weekend. George Ross, director of the board of conservation and de velopment, will speak Novem ber 29 before the Historical association. The new officers, all of whom have long been active in Red Cross work, held their first meet ing Tuesday afternoon at the chapter house in Southern Pines, and will meet there tonight (Fri day) with the branch chairmen from 11 county communities. At tonight’s meeting chairmen of operating comm)ittees will be named, to serve on the executive board with the elected officers and a representative of the branch chairmen. 75 Members Attend About 75 were present at- the Thursday meeting, at which the Carthage branch was host. It was opened with prayer by the Rev. W. S. Golden and the singing of the Star-Spangled Banner by Mrs. Laverne Womack, accompanied by Mrs. L. R. Sugg. Col. Gi. P. Hawes, Jr., of Pine hurst, chapter chairman since De cember, 1944, who had declined renomination this year, presided and offered his annual report, in which reports of committee chair men were summarized for a com prehensive review of the year’s work. He told of work done in living up to the Red Cross charter ap plications—disaster preparedness and relief (12 families succored whose homes and belongings had | been destroyed by fire) and home service, with its wide range of aid rendered servicemen, veterans and their families; also of the chapter’s work in first aid (53 per- j sons, including Carthage firemen! (Continued on Page 5) L. T. Clark Sworn To Membership On Town Board Lloyd T. Clark was elected to the town board Monday by the commissioners in special session, to fill out the unexpired term of Carlton C. Kennedy, resigned. He was sworn in Tuesday. The choice of Mr. Clark for membership on the board was urged by 214 petitioners following the resignation of John S. Rug- gles early in October. Walter E. Blue was elected by the board at that time. Mr. Kennedy’s resigna tion came a short time later, as he had moved to Carthage, leav ing the second vacancy on the board. A nominee for town commis sioner at the caucus last May, Mr. Clark withdrew his name at that time as he said he felt strongly about the city manager system, wishing to see it installed here, and believed he “could work bet ter for it off the board than on.” Queried this week, he said he still feels that way and plans to work both on and off the board for installaticn of the city man ager system. \In regard to other policies of the board, he said, “I am a fresh man and plan to spend some time just learning.’” Civic Activities The new town commissioner has long been active in civic af fairs. He was elected in October to the presidency of the Southern Pines Merchants association, which he served as a director dur ing its first year Of life. He as sisted in the reorganization of (Continued on .page 5) COMMISSIONER Thanksgiving Day Marks Opening of Quail,TurkeyHunt Here's Word To Wise From Warden McDonald Open season on quail, wild tur key and rabbit starts on Thanks giving day, to continue through January 31. Woodrow McDonald, county game protector, this week issued a reminder to hunters to be sure and have their licenses with them while hunting, and to keep bag limits in mind. Licenses may be secured at va rious places throughout the coun ty. In Southern Pines, headquar ters for getting them is Tate’s Hardware store. They may also be secured from Warden McDon ald at his home here. Fame of the Sandhills as a quail hunting region is such that Life is sending down some of its photographers for a picture story 'some time early in December. They will operate out of Julian Bishop’s Quail Farm. Many visitors will be coming to the Sandhills in the next few weeks to enjoy the hunting, some of them returning for their 25th or 30th season. Some bring their own dogs, others use the locad pro duct—of which there are many fine specimens in and around the section. Quail are reported plentiful thi? year, with fine sport foreseen for local hunters and those from oth er places who return to the Sand hills year after year at this time. Bag limits are eight per day, 16 in possession and 100 for the season. Wild turkey, once plentiful, are growing quite scarce, though it is reported some are to be found in the northern part of the county. Bag limits have been set for their maximum protection—one per day, two in possession and three per season. Rabbit are not too plentiful this year, McDonald reports. Seven is the day’s limit, 14 in possession, no limit for the season. Deer hunting, which opened Oc tober 15 with splendid luck re ported, has slowed down as the deer have apparently caught on to what is going on. They are much more wary than at fir-:t, seeking the farthest woodland hideaways. The sport as a result is tougher, but keener, and a good many hunters are getting their buck each week. The deer season runs to Decem ber 15, with two a day the limit. It’s also open season on foxes, said to have been seen about in good numbers. The Moore Coun ty hunt will- be after Reynard come Thanksgiving day in the morning. In addition, some good country hunts are reported, with young and old taking part. L. T. CLARK Sandpipers Plan Medal Tournament As Season Opener The winter tournament sched ule for the Sandpipers, local men’s golfing organization, will open Sunday with a medal play event on the Pine Needles course. Full handicap will be given for the best 15 holes (throw out the three worst). Handicaps will be posted at the Pine Needles club house, according to word from the tournament committee, which asks that players scan the list carefully and report inconsisten cies to them. Announced match play by pairs (high and low handicap man on each team) starts the following week, with 16 flights hoped for, and one match a week on the schedule. Consolation flight will be played, so all teams will play at least two matches. Play will be with full handicap. Members are asked to secure partners this week (or ask the tournament com mittee for a pairing) as drawings for positions will be made Sun day. Foursomes for Sunday’s medal play may be arranged in advance, or on arrival at the clubhouse. The tournament committee con sists of John Pottle, Dick Sugg and Russ Birch. Entertainment committee, in charge of the “lock er-room social,” includes Francis Stubbs, Roy Grinnell and Will Wiggs.
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