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Chamber Sponsors
Christmas Lights,
Display Contest
Sireels Will
Sparkle In Honor
Of Holiday Season
■!rhe-Southern Pines Chamber of
Commerce will again this year
sponsor a Christmas display con
test for homes and business places.
A first pri' 2 of $10 and second
prize of $5 wUl be offered in each
classification, said Harry Fullen-
wider, president.
The contest will supplement a
Christmas street lighting project
the Chamber will undertake, to
make Southern Pines sparklingly
beautiful during the Christmas
season and to Ijeep Christmas
shoppers at home.
Local merchants have ordered
extensively for this Christmas
season and expect to match the
state’s largest cities in variety and
attractive prices. President Full-
enwider -said. Feeling that the
local business district, with its
wide range of stores and smart
buyers, will actually be a shop
pers’ paradise this Christmas, the
Chamber is expending efforts not
only to keep local buying here but
to attract out-of-town trade.
Plans for lighting the business
district are in the hands of a com
mittee headed by Jack Younts,
with Jjamont Brown, Virgil Clark
and John C. Parrish as the other
members. Reporting Tuesday
night to the directors, Mr. Younts
said the street display will neces
sarily be modest, as they will have
to start from scratch in securing
equipment, but that they hope a
pretty and effective .showing can
be made.
The contest for individual dec
oration of homes and business
places was ,resumed last year for
the first time since the war. Dis
plays should be arranged as early
as possible, as the Christmas sea
son is considered to begin as soon
as Thanksgiving is over, and they
should be on view at least during
most of December. Judging will
be held sometime Christmas week.
Many beautiful displays were
presented last year, with Tots
Toggery winning the first prize
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UNC Journalism Class And Teacher Visit The Pilot
unc auj v.cek inomn> .J i.as-iifi Ji cdit.n oi me- ^,mitnaeid Berald who also teaches a jour
nalism class (in weekly papers) at the University of North Carolina, brought his class down to South
ern Pines to visit The Pilot. They roamed over the plant watching a newspaper being put together.
They asked a lot of questions but the members of the Pilot staff, none of whom have ever been to jour
nalism school, asked them a lot in turn, and it’s a question as to which group learned more. Above, front
row (kneeling) are Jack Whichard, Greenville, S. C.; Mr. Lassiter; Lon Braxton Jn, Burlington; Bill
Buchan, Pinebluff. Back row—Charles Sasser, Winston-Salem; Katharine Boyd, Pilot editor, Lenue
James, Winston-Salem; Dan Ray, Pilot business manager; A. C. Snow, Winston-Salem; Patncia Stan
ford and husband Don, of Chapel Hill. Not in the picture (strolled off to get a cup of coffee), Dick Byrd
Warsaw, and Don McFee, Salisbury. (Photo by Humphrey)
Wilson Commands
Guard Unit Here
Southern Pines Gridders Win State Title
In Stiff Contest With Clemmons, Old Foe
Carthage Mill Ground-Breaking Set
William J. Wilson, former B-17
pilot with the Eighth Air Force,
has been approved and sworn in
as commanding officer of the lo
cal National Guard unit, taking
command at the regular drill ses
sion last Friday night.
He succeeds Capt. Clifford Car
penter, who recently moved away
after supervising the organization
and activation of the unit. He
took over as first lieutenant with
second Lieut. C. S. Patch, Jr., as
the unit’s only other officer so
far. Lennox Forsythe is on active
duty now as administrative of
ficer of the battery, which, with
five recent enlistments, now num
bers 44 men.
The new members are Clifton
Meinnis, of Robbins, and Carlton
Cole, Jr., Aberdeen, former serv
icemen; Dale Covington, Zane
Frecka and Marion Dale Pope, of
Southern Pines.
Lieutenant Wilson, a Southern
Pines native, graduated from
high school here and attended
State college. He was an inspector
for the General Electric company
at Lynn, Mass., when he entered
for the Army Air corps in Febru
ary, 1943. After training at va
rious air bases in this country, he
was transferred to England,
where he won five Air Medals
lor his service as a bomber pilot
when the war over Europe was at
its height.
He was discharged as a first
lieutenant in October, 1945. Re
turning to Southern Pines, he was
manager of the Country club for
a time, was employed by the ABC
board and is now on the engin
eering staff of the office of Paul
Van Camp, consulting engineer.
He is active in veterans’ affairs,
holds membership in the VFW
and American Legion posts, and
was also a member of the town
baseball team. He is the son of
Mrs. Helen Shea, co-owner with
her brother C. J. Sadler of the
Park View hotel, is married and
has three children.
Ground will be broken Tuesdtay
for the new mill to be built at
Carthage, following the signing of
the contract last week with local
sponsors. The ceremony has been
set for 11 a.m.
l^egotiations reached a climax
Monday night of last week. It was
a happy group of Carthage busi
nessmen which learned that the
long-drawn - out efforts begun
last July had finally achieved
real success.
Carthage Fabrics corporation is
the official title of the new mill,
which will do rayon weaving. E.
Sontag, president of the Paxton
Fabrics corporation of New Bed
ford, Mass., is the president of
the new corporation. Incorpora
tors are C. A. Cochran, F. A. Mc-
Cleneghan and F. T. Miller, Jr.,
all of Charlotte.
Carthage Incorporators
Incorporators of the Carthage
Investment corporation, compos
ed of Carthage businessmen or
ganized to promote the project,
are Wilton H. Brown, W. D. Sab-
iston, Jr., and Earl McDonald.
Total authorized capital stock is
$150,000.
A total of 480 looms will be in
stalled at the beginning affording
employment to 250 workers. Mr.
Brown, who has been a leading
figure in securing the enterprise
for Carthage, said the new com
pany would pay the prevailing
rayon wage schedule in this area.
$15,000 Payroll
He estimates that the weekly
payroll will be around $15>000.
That figures $780,000 a year. It
will be a tidy sum distributed in
the community for groceries,
clothing, gas and services, and the
mill is expected to give the staid
old county seat of Moore its big
gest boom.
S. E. Trogden of Asheboro is
the contractor who will supervise
the building of the $400,000 plant.
He has until June 15 to complete
the job, but it is believed that he
will beat the deadline with mar
gin to spare.
The plant, financed by local
capital and a loan from the Wach
ovia Bank and Trust company
will provide 80,000 square feet of
floor space, equivalent to a build
ing around 240 x 400 feet.
Huge Crowd Sees
Thanksgiving Game
Youth Faces Ar med
Robbery Charge In
Sandhills Holdups
Four Victims Make
Identification;
Pocketbook Found
If a young man who gave his
name as Harry Flack is found
guilty of armed robbery as charg
ed by local police, he may nave
sold his life for about $10. Armed
robbery is a capital offense.
Flack, who gave his age as 21,
his home as Dayton, Ohio, was
positively identified this week by
four victims as the bandit who
held them up at rifle’s point in
two robberies committed Sunday
and Monday nights. One of the
victims, Mrs. Joe C. Thomas, of
Southern Pines, also identified
one of two pocketbooks found in
his car as hers.
Flack was picked up on suspi
cion by Pinehurst police late
Wednesday night as he circled the
Pinehurst streets, -apparently at
random. When a rifle and two
women’s pocketbooks were found
in the car, the Southern Pines po
lice were called in.
Monday Hold-Up
Mrs. Joe C. Thomas and Mrs.
Lloyd Prime, who were taken to
confront the man, said he was
the one who had appeared at the
side of Mrs. Thomas’ car Monday
about 10:30 p. m. as she stopped
in front of the home of Mrs. J. H.
Andrews, cn the Fort Bragg road
near Southern Pines. She was
taking Mrs. Prime, who lives at
the Andrews home, home follow
ing a meeting, and planned to go
in for a brief visit.
The man thrust a gun at her
head and demanded' her bag.
Thinking it some sort of joke,
Mrs. Thomas Struck the gun
away, hurting hfer hand slightly
in so doing. However, as he point
ed the gun at her and again de
manded her bag, she said she saw
it was no joke and gave it to
him. Mrs. Prime, getting out on
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PGA Meeting Brinj^s
Nation’s Golf Gfeat
to Mid Pines Club
FIRST SNOW
First snowflakes of the sea
son were reported at Carth
age early Monday evening,
when they fell mixed with
rain for about four minutes.
Several flakes were also ru
mored seen at Southern
Pines but this has ndt been
authenticated.
That night, however,
brought the Sandhills' first
h2lowl-|fras7,fihg lemn^rajturei.
when the therometer is said
to have dropped to 22. It was
pre'tty nippy Tuesday and
Wednes^F—‘then, in salute
to the football schedule and
Thanksgiving holiday, rose
slowly but steadily to pro
duce one of those perfect fall
days Thursday. It rained
Thursday night, but by then
who cared?
Bonnie Barnum Is
Fatally Hurt By
Train In Colorado
Funeral Held
Thursday For Young
Public Health Nurse
Before a crowd at High School
Memorial field estimated at 2,000
or more. Southern Pines defeated
Clemmons High here *Thanksgiv-
ing day to cop the State Six-Man
Fcotball championship.
With it went the beautiful
Championship trophy. Mayor
Chan Page acting for Coach Hap
Perry, executive secretary of the
N. C. High School Athletic assoc
iation in making the presentation
to the undefeated Southern Pines
squad.
The holiday game for the Blue
and White yas sweet revenge, for
last year it was this same Clem
mons which won the state title
from the locals at Winston-Salem
by a one-touchdown margin, 25
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Miss McKenzie
Will Hold Cooking
School Wednesday
New 40 And 8 Voiture Is ‘‘Wrecked”
A “wreck” Wednesday after
noon, and a celebration and dance
at the Pine Needles club that
FIRST GYMKHANA
The first gymkhana of the
Sandhills season, postponed
from Thanksgiving day. will
be heldi in the riding ring of
the Carolina hotel beginning
at 2:30 p. m. Sunday.
This will be a free show for
all, presenting some of the
best horses and riders of
Southern Pines and Pine
hurst, along with others test
ing their mettle for the fu
ture.
Several different events will
be featured. Nick Grotty will
be the judge.
The gymkhana will be com,-
bined with an annual event
always anticipated with in
terest—the Pet show, infor
mal style, for which all boys
and girls of any andl every
age are invited to make an
entry. No applica'lion in ad
vance is required—all you do
is bring a pel, and get into
the act. Only qualifications
for the pets: four legs, or
feathers. .
Ross Will Speak
At Historical Meet
night started off the new Moore
County Voiture No. 1382, of the
40 and Eight, on its career.
The 40 and Eight, fun organiza
tion of the American Legion, is
composed of members from all
posts of the area. Nine were ini
tiated Wednesday, and five more
will • transfer from the Sanford
voiture. Also “wrecked” were
four from the Rockingham voi
ture.
The program started at 1:30 p.
m. at the Legion hut, from which
the candidates for initiation, or
PG’s (“prisonniers de guerre”) in
convict stripes sallied forth in
company with their wrecking
crew (from Sanford Voiture No.
1142) and entertained with a pa
rade and many antics.
’Dugout" Held
Returning to the hut, this first
degree work was succeeded by
second and third degrees (secret)
after which the wreckers, initi
ates, brethren and guests held a
“dugout” or celebration at the
Pine Needles club. A sumptuous
turkey dinner served buffet style
and program of speeches were
followed by dancing to the music
of the Rhythm Quartet.
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George Ross, director of the
state department of conservation
and development, has accepted
the invitation of the Moore Coun
ty Historical association to be the
speaker at their fir^t open meet
ing of the season, tO’ be held at
the Southern Pines library at 8
p. m. Tuesday.
Mr. Ross will bring with him
as a guest from Raleigh Dr. C. C.
Crittenden, head of the state de
partment of archives and secre
tary of the N., C. Literary and
HiJiOrical association, according
to ^the announcement by J. Tal
bot Johnson, of Aberdeen, presi
dent of the Moore County group.
Mr. Ross, former resident of
Jackson Springs and Moore rep
resentative to the General As
sembly, is well known in the
county, and is an authority on the
history and development of the
Sandhills section. He has had a
more than casual hand in its de
velopment himself, as before go
ing to Raleigh to work with the
department of agriculture some
20 years ago, he was a leading
figure in the peach growing in
dustry, working hard for its
comeback.
He is popular as a speaker on
matters historical and political.
The meeting Tuesday evening is
{open to his friends and other in-
‘terested persons, Mr. Johnson
said.
A cooking school, the first one
here in about three years, will be
held at the McDonald-Page Motor
company Wednesday at 3 p.m.,
through cooperation of the Caro
lina Power and
Light company
and the Mc
Donald - Page
company, agen
cy for Hotpoint
appliances.
Miss Grace
McKenzie, CP-
& L home econ
omist, will con
duct the school,
d e m onstrating
Miss McKenzie the preparation
of four types of
electric-cookery meals—prepared
by oven, by surface unit, by broil
er and by deep well.
A number of prizes will be giv
en in a lucky-number drawing,
including all the food prepared at
the school, a steam iron, electric
alarm clock, heating pad and oth
er attractive items. Among the
food prizes will be a cooked tur
key, prepared in advance for dem
onstration purposes.
All women of the Sandhills area
will be welcomed at the event.
There will be no admission
charge. The session, which will
last about two hours, will be held
in the McDonald-Page showroom,
where a complete kitchen is to be
assembled from Hotpoint appli
ances carried in stock.
Miss McKenzie will supplement
her demonstration of cooking on
an electric stove with others on
preparation of foods for the deep
freeze, and use of the electric
washing machine.
Though Southern Pines is her
headquarters for operations over
several counties, this will be Miss
McKenzie’s first cooking school
for this community, to which she
came two and a half years ago.
She has offices at Rockingham,
her home town; Maxton, Asheboro
and Sanford and has held cookery
instruction events in these and
neighboring towns. She is a grad
uate of Flora Macdonald college.
Miss Bonnie Barnum, aged 26,
of Southern Pines met What is be
lieved to have been instant death
Sunday at Greeley, Colo., when
she was struck by a train while
walking along a railroad track
near the hospital where she was
employed.
The death message brought
practically no details of the trage
dy to her family and friends here.
Funeral services were held at
Emmanuel Episcopal church at
11:30 a. m. Thursday, conducted
by the rector, the Rev. C. V. Cov-
ell. Burial was at Mt. Hope cem
etery.. Pallbearers were C. S.
Patch, Jr., Bob Cameron, Frank
Buchan, John Spring, Joe Monte-
santi, Jr., and Lansing T. Hall.
The body was flown to North
Carolina after services held Mon
day at Macey’s Funeral home at
Greeley, attended in a body by
Miss Barnum’s fellow nurses at
the Weld County hospital there. -
Grace Bonnelle, daughter of
Mrs. Paul T. Barnum and the late
Mr. Barnum, was born in Moore
county June 6, 1923. She gradu
ated in 1940 from the Southern
Pines High school, where she was
considered one of the most prom
ising students in her class. Be
sides standing high in scholarship,
she played on the girls’ tennis
team, was manager of the basket
ball team and took part in dra
matics and other activities of the
school.
She attended Woman’s college,
Greensboro, for two years, then
was accepted for nurse training at
the Baptist hospital, Winston-Sa
lem. On completion of her course
there she worked at the Moore
County hospital in the summer of
1946, then took a year of post
graduate work in public health
nursing at Columbia university.
New York. She was employed at
Roosevelt hospital there for. a
year, and in 1948 went to Greeley
to join the staff of the Weld Coun
ty hospital.
Surviving are her mother and
two sisters. Miss Betsy Barnum,
of Southern Pines, and Miss Sarah
Barnum, of Dallas, Texas. Miss
Sarah fearnum arrived Tuesday to
be with her mother and sister.
Mrs. Barnum visited her daugh
ters in Texas and Colorado last
summer on a vacation trip by
plane.
Knotty Problems To
Be Ironed Out As
Policymakers Gather
Annual meeting of the Profes
sional Golfers’ Association of
America will be held at the Mid
Pines club beginning Saturday
and continuing through Friday,
December 2nd.
The President’s annual dinner
will be held Monday evening, at
which time Sam Snead will be
given the award as PGA Profes
sional of the Year.
Delegates from 32 PGA sections
will attend and discuss and insti
tute policies. Majority of these
have to do with club professionals
and their business. Some of the
resolutions concern PGA-spon-
sored tournaments and will create
interest in all sections of the na
tion.
The barring of Bobby Locke
from US PGA-sponsored events
may be aired, as the British PGA
has formally requested an explan
ation of the affair from the Amer
ican PGA.
Joe Novak, of Los Angeles,
PGA president, will arrive in
North Carolina in time to be the
speaker at the Carolinas PGA
championship and annual dinner
at Alamance Country club, Bur
lington, tonight (Friday).
Delegates will discuss a resolu
tion to make non-PGA members
eligible to a limited membership
in the Association after two years
on the circuits. Such membership
would make them eligible to play
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Break-In Attempt
Brings Arrest;
Robbery At
Two break-ins this week in the
Southern Pines vicinity were add
ed Wednesday and Thursday
nights to the list of crimes which
recently broke out here after a
long quiet spell.
Harry Rosenberg, 28, of New
York City, was picked up early
this morning (Friday) by South
ern Pines police as he walked
down US Highway 1, not long af
ter an attempted break-in at
Craft’s service station. Mrs. Craft,
in the Craft apartment, hearing
someone trying to jimmy the door
in the night, sounded the alarm
which brought police to the scene.
The attempt to get in the service
station door was unsuccessful, and
nothing was taken. Chief C. E.
Newton said. The man hid at
first but was apprehended when
daylight came.
Rosenberg, who said he was
hitch-hiking from New York to
Florida, admitted he was the
wanted man. He was lodged in
Carthage jail to await action of
Judge Rowe in recorders court
Monday.
Officers said there appeared to
be no connection between Rosen
berg and a break-in and burglary
at the store and service station
operated by Mr. and Mrs. Lee
■Smith, near the railroad under
pass just outside Vass, Wednesday
night. The intruder or intruders
took large quantities of merchan
dise, including the store’s entire
stock of coffee; motor oil, a case
of eggs, candy, cigarettes and also
stripped a spread, quilt and sheet
from a cot in an adjoining room.
The sheriff’s department is
working on the case. The SBI has
been called in, it is understood.
No arrest had been reported by
this morning (Friday).
Jacob Miller, Aberdeen Merchant, Is
Suicide Monday; Motive Is Mystery
Jacob lAiller, Polish-born owner
and manager of the Miller Furni
ture Company at Aberdeen, step
ped out of the back door of his
store about 10 o’clock Monday
morning, placed a borrowed .38
automatic to his right temple and
fired a bullet through his head.
It was instantly fatal.
No one actually saw the deed.
Several, however, heard the shot
and Mrs. J. A. Slate, of Wagram,
Rt. 1, looked out of the door of
Keith’s Self-Service laundry close
by and saw Mr. Miller fall to the
ground.
Coroner Hugh P. Kelly render
ed a verdict of suicide. He also
took charge of a letter found by
Police Chief Lamar Smith in the
dead man’s pocket and would not
release it, except to report it was
addressed to a brother, Meyer
Miller, of Wilmington, and said,
“This is the only way out.” It in
dicated disposition of property,
the coroner said, but was not in
legal form and probably cannot
be used as a will.
Relatives of Mr. Miller, notified
at once,' arrived from Wilming
ton Monday afternoon. They
could shed no light on a possible
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