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Merchants’ Group Expands to Serve Sandhills Towns Name Is Changed; Change in Shopping Hours Proposed AT POST OFFICE The post office is cooper ating in your Christmas mail ing problems by staying open all day Saturdays, and Sun day afternoons, until Christ mas. The new hours as announc ed by Postmaster A. Garland Pierce are as follows: Sa'turdays December 10, 17 and 24—8 a. m. to 6 p. m. Sundays December 11 and 18—2 to 5 p. m. A special stamp window has been opened for the Christmas season, also one for delivery of incoming parcels. The general delivery win dow, usually an all-purpose one, is bping u$ed exclusive ly for general delivery and outgoing parcels. Brown Appointed Census Supervisor The Southern Pines Merciiants association is now the Sandhills Merchants association, through a re-christening of the year-old or ganization at a meeting of direc tors held last Friday, said L. T. Clark, president. The change was decided on after the ent-olling of several members from Pinehurst and Aberdeen, and queries from a number of others wishing to use facilities of the Credit Rating bu reau. “There is much exchange of commerce among the three towns and for real effectiveness our association should cover them Ti'.iCflif'Vi all. We are going to do our best I^lgniU UlfelFlCl. to do so,” Mr. Clark said. He went on the air at WEEB Friday afternoon to explain the change, also to present two pro posals concerning Christmas shopping hours and to urge all Sandhills Christmas shoppers to remain in the Sandhills for their Christmas shopping. “We have in Bouthern Rinds, Pinehurst and Aberdeen a variety of stores and merchandise to fit all needs, wishes and pocketbooks,” Mr. Clark said. “Every year many of our Christmas shoppers light out for the nearest big city with their Christmas lists, and return home to find they could have gotten the same things at the same prices or less right in their own neighborhoods.” Shopping Hours He said this week that mem bers of the association are being queried concerning their willing ness to keep their stores open Wednesday afternoons during the Christmas season, for shoppers’ convenience, and also wanted their comments on a proposal to (Continued on Page 5) County wide Eye Clinic Will Be Lions’ Project Health, Welfare Officials Invited To Carthage Meeting SANTA ARRIVES SATURDAY MORNING, TOWN LIGHTS WILL GO ON THAT NIGHT Weymouth Estate To Be Certified As State Tree Farm Establishment of Weymouth Estate as a state tree farm Southern Pines, as a state tree farm, measuring up to prescribed standards of the N. C. Forestry association, was announced by William S. Edmunds, of Raleigh, executive director of the associa tion, this week. Certification of the 1,100-acre tract of timberland will be made officially in the form of an award to be presented with appropriate ceremony some time next month, Mr. Edmunds wrote the owners, James Boyd, Jr., and Daniel Boyd. The award, sponsored jointly by the Forestry association and the Southern Pine association of New Orleans, will be shared by the owners and Don Traylor, res ident forester, under whose su pervision the high standards of forestry have been maintained- The presentation will be at tended ,by leading forestry offi cials of the state, according to plans being made by James A. Pippin, of Rockingham, district forester, who will be in charge. Site and date are to be announced later. The award recognizes the car rying out a well-balanced forestry program over at least a five-year period, with the rigorous • observ ance of modern forestry practices, forest management, fire control, etc. With the award is given metal sign to be placed at some point on the property, designating it as a certified state tree farm. “We commend you for the splendid job you are doing in protecting your timberlands,” wrote Mr. Edmunds, “and for the wise judgment ypu have exercis ed in managing them to insure a sustained yield. We know your effort will prove worthwhile, and will inspire ethers to do like wise.” He said this will be the 54th award to be made in North Caro lina over a period of about 10 years. Certification is made fol lowing recommendation by qual ified persons and inspection by judges from the personnel of the Ivf. C. Forestry division of the de partment of conservation and de velopment. Appointment of W. Lament Brown, of Southern Pines and Pinebluff, as Eighth District su pervisor for 'the 1950 census has been approved by the Census Bu reau at Washington, according to announcement received this week from Congressman C. B. Deane. Headquarters will be set up at Lexington for the district. Serving under Mr. Brown will be Sam Eanes, Biscoe native now living in Lexington, as assistant super visor, and Philip Ross Craver of Lexington as chief administrative clerk, Mr. Deane announced. Something of the size of the district job, part of the biggest nose-counting in history, is seen in statistics released by the Cen sus Bureau. With a headquarters staff of 25, and 25 crew leaders, enumerators employed on a ba$is of one to 1,000 population will total 386. Mr. Brown and his staff will be on the job for six’ months, starting soon after the first of the year. Crew leaders will be at work three months and enumer ators an estimated six to eight weeks. Mr. Brown said this week his law office here will remain open and he will be there at stated times each week to look after his law practice during the time of the census. Don't Apply Yet He also said that it is far too soon for anyone to apply for jobs, though several have already done so. He declared, “All I know about the work so far is what has been released to the public gen erally. No instructions have come as yet, and nef definite dates set. I have no application forms nor (Continued on Page 5) Plans for a countywide mass eye-testing clinic, to be sponsored by all seven Lions clubs of Moore, will be discussed at a dinner meeting to be held at the Carth age hotel at 7 p. m. Tuesday. Invited to meet with a commit tee of Lions, headed by Farrell Brown, of Aberdeen, as chairman, are representatives of state and county health and welfare depart- mients and of the N. C. Association for the Blind, also G. M. Cam eron, chairman of county com missioners and also of the county health and welfare boards. The cooperation of all of these will be asked in the project, which will concentrate on the schools for eye-testing of all the children, and also provide free eye'rtests for adults at various places in the county. Lions clubs have always had work among the blind as their major project, and this extends to all phases of eye handicaps and blindness prevention. They provide glasses for needy per sons on recommendation of health and welfare authorities, and ren der various forms of aid to vic tims of blindness or near blind ness. iThe plan for the clinic has been approved by W. Lamont Brown, of Pinebluff, zone chair man, and by each club. This will be their first countywide project, and will be handled by a commit tee representing all the clubs, ap pointed by Mr. Brown. Members are: T- Clyde Auman, Harold Markham,' of the West End club: Jack Williams, Rudy Womack, Carthage; Hubert Mc- Caskill (secretary), E. O. Ledbet ter, Pinehurst; G. E. Walker, W. E- Alexander, Robbins; Leon Wi ley, Douglas David, Pinebluff; Rev. C: W. Worth, Ferrell Brown, Aberdeen; N. A. McGill, W. E. Gladstone, Vass; Zone Chairman Brown, member ex officio. Two Arrested in Harnett, Charged With Vass Theft All the kids in town from one to 100 years old will be down town Saturday morning, to see Santa Claus make his triumphal entry to. the strains of Christmas music at 10:30 o’clock. The old Saint will be escorted into town and around the streets of Southern Pines by a police es cort, marking the official open ing of the Christmas season here. And Saturday evening at dusk the new street lights will be turn ed—1,200 many-colored blubs, strung cn both sides of Broad street, in the first such display to be seen here since before the war. Silver evergreens erected along the streets will add to the luminous effect. Christmas Music Jack S. Younts, Chamber of Commerce Christmas decoration chairman, said the Christmas ■Tousic will sound over an ampli fying system for 15 minutes every hour Saturday, and also on the two other Saturdays before Christmas, and some of the days between The stringing of the lights has a monumental task, and several good Chamber of Commerce members are wearing blisters on their fingers. Virgil Clark has not only dona ted the space in front of his serv ice station for the task, but also the services of his employees when they were needed— and they frequently were. Joe Garzik and the firemen were in charge of the silver sprayed trees. Others did other jobs—it’s been a community project. Come, All Now it’s done, said Harry Ful- lenwider. Chamber president, it is hoped that everyone within a wide area will come to see, to hear, to enjoy—and to get the Christmas spirit. He asks particular attention to the shop windows, which the merchants have decorated in friendly competition for judging and awards to be given Christ mas week. A residential decora tion contest is also under way. Jackson Motor company is pro viding a car for'Santa Claus Sat urday—a new oonvertible, just Disastrous Fires Do $350,000 Damasle at Aberdeen, Carthage WINS HIGH HONOR "'■1 I occupied the attention of a hard- what you’d like to see under your working crew all week. It’s been' tree- Federal Government Favors Payment of County’s Claim for Airport Damage A Sheriff C. J. McDonald said members of his department, aided by an SBI agent, arrested Eldon Bullard and James Douglas at their homes near Olivia, Harnett county, Tuesday night and placed them! in Carthage jail charged 100,000 Trees Being Planted at Spring Hill Farm Work on a large reforestation project started Tuesday morn ing on Spring Hill Farms, be tween Southern Pines and Pine hurst, to transform 100 acres of abandoned peach orchard land in to a timber farm of pine. One hundred thousand trees will be planted within a week or 10 days. The. planting of 30,000 longleaf pine seedlings, 60,000 slash pine and 10,000 loblollies is being done by George Pettigrew, of Raleigh, and his tree - planting machine, which operates at a rapid, clip on somewhat the same principle as a tobacco planter. It plants 6,000 to 12,000 trees a day. The land is owned by the Judge W- A. Way Estate, with Mrs. Way in charge. The project is the result of several months’ consultation with officials of the N. C. Forestry division cf the FOR THE NEEDY Fun at a "fish fry" at the VFW home tonight (Friday) will help make Chrisitmas happier for many needy fam ilies of Moore county. The VFW post and auxil iary are sponsoring the fish fry, planning it as the "best ever" with fish, hush puppies, slaw and all the trimmings. Proceeds will be used for the filling of Christmas baskets, to be delivered just before Christnms at homes where otherwise there might be lit tle cheer. An investigating committee from both organi zations has been named to make up the list. For the fish fry. to be held from 6 to 8 o'clock, the VFW home on West New York ave nue is being opened to the public for the first time. Misses Trudy Stephenson and Pauline Crain are chair men of the project. Tickets may be secured from them, at the VFW hom^ or from members of the post and aux iliary. George C. Burns Passes Suddenly A. L. BURNEY Burney Awarded Silver Beaver at Boy Seoul Banquet Approval by the federal gov ernment, after long delay, of pay ment to Moore county for dam ages to KnoUwood airport during the war was revealed in a letter to the county commissioners, read by G. M. Cameron, chairman, at their meeting at (Carthage Mon day. The commissioners voted ac ceptance of the offer of $21,515, though it falls slightly short of the $22,160 they had asked. The airport was leased to the government for use by the Campbell Elected Vice President, Brown and Gilmore On Board Grade School Bums, Also Warehouse With Carnival Equipment Two of the most disastrous fires seen in Moore county in years oc curred this week within four days of each other, for a total estirna- ted loss of almost a half million dollars (replacement value). The Aberdeen elementary school was gutted by fire just before dawn Friday. Tuesday night, around 6 o’clock, the Smothers Brothers Warehouse No. 1 at Carthage, housing the Penn Premier shows in winter quarters, was razed in a spectacu lar and costly blaze. Loss of the elementary school at Aberdeen, where ground has only recently been broken for a new school, was momentous mainly in the dislocation of class es which must be experienced for the rest of the year. This week the eighth grade, two first grades and two second grades are meet ing at the Baptist church, two seventh grades in the high school gymnasium, two third grades in the Methodist church education al building. Fourth, fifth and sixth grades, crowded out of the old building, will continue to meet (Continued on page 5) A. L. Burney, of Southern Pines, was the recipient of the Silver Beaver award, highest in volunteer scouting, at the annual meeting and banquet of the Oc- coneechee council. Boy Scouts of America, held at Meredith col lege, Raleigh, TTiursday night. His appointment as advance ment chairman of the Council was also announced by Harold R N. C. Symphony Will Perform Here Twice April 11 with breaking and entering the Lee Smith store, near Vass, early department of conservation Thanksgiving day. The combination store and service station was “cleaned out” by robbers at that time. Found St the homes of Bullard and Douglas, neighbors on the road from Jonesboro to Fayetteville, were a quilt, adding machine and a quantity of groceries which Mr. and Mrs. Smith identified as theirs. Hearing of the two men has been postponed pending further investigation, the sheriff said, with the likelihood that additional charges may be lodged against them. Bullard is said to be a =oldier, stationed at Fort Bragg, Douglas a former serviceman now employed at Oliyia. Both are married. Assisting Sheriff McDonald in making the arrests were Deputy Sheriff A- W. Lambert and Har nett Constable McDonald (no re lation to the Moore sheriff). The SBI was called in early and an agent accomioanied the officers Tuesday night. How the case was broken was not revealed except for the sher iff’s statement. “'We acted on in formation received, after working night and day all week. and development, and is being done according to plans of the di vision, wfith seedlings secured from the state nursery at Clay ton. Don Traylor, Weymouth Es tate forester, has also acted as clrnsultant and is cooperating with the project. When completed, this will be one of the largest man-made pine forests of the state. The trees will be left to mature to cutting size, then will be thinned according to modern forestry practice under supervision of skilled foresters, returning dividends over many years of productivity. On completion of the Spring Hill Farm’s project Mr. Pettigrew and his planter will take on an other in Moore county, planting a 3D-acre pine farm for^ Burke E. Wilson, about four miles west of Aberdeen. MAIL TRAINS ADDED Two local trains carrying mail were added this week by the Sea board Air Line, as follows—No. 5 southbound, leaves Southern Pines 7:05 a. m.; No. 6 north bound, leaves Southern Pines 11:51 p. m. Lieut. Col. George C. Burns, re tired, veteran of the Mexican war and both World wars, died sud denly at 5:15 p. m. last Thursday at his home on Country Club drive, following a heart attack. His death was a profound shock to this community where in a few years of residence he had become one of its best known personalities. Funeral services were held at the Brownson Memorial Presby terian church Sunday at 2 p. m.. conducted by the pastor. Dr. T- E. Davis. Burial was in the family plot at Mt. Hope cemetery, ac companied by lull military hon ors accorded by a firing squad and bugler of the 82nd Airborne division. Fort Bragg. Pallbearers were Col P C- Shearman, Judge J. Vance Rowe,! E. Nolley Jackson, John H Stenh- enson, William McAllistei, Henrv | L. Graves, J. M. Pleasants and Leon Talton. Colonel Burns had for sevci al | years operated a successful real ektate business here, and alsoj handled properties for out-of- town owners. He was active m veterans’ affairs and assisted m the organization of the John Bovd post, VFW, in May, 1946. one month after his retiremi nt fiom the Army Air corps- He served as the post’s first quartermaster He was also a membei of the Sandhills post, American l.eaion. He was a member of the Pilgrims Lodge, AF & AM, of Steiibenvillj, Ohio, and was a Shrinei Distinguished Record His army record, extending over many years, in which he (Continued on page 5) gevernmem xor uy x.x. Makepeace, of Sanford, who was AAFTTC during two years of the^re^l^cted president. ■ ■ Moore district, one of the coun cil’s most active and outstanding, was represented by a delegation of 50 or more scouters, in the gatisring of some 400 attending the banquet. With the election of W. D. Campbell, of Southern Pines, as vice president; approval of W. La mont Brown, of Pinebluff, as dis trict chairman, and appointment of Voit Gilmore, Southern Pines, as a member at large, this gives Moore district four members on the Council’s executive board- For Distinguished Service In a full program a-sparkle with progress reports, and the singling out of many individuals for credit in a year of consistent forward movement, the Silver Beaver awards held the spotlight as marking years of distinguished service and hard work in behalf of Boy Scouting. Moore now has a contingent of five men who wear the blue and white ribbon and silver emblem war. The county put in a claim for damages several years ago Among other business; A recommendation received from Dr. Ellen Winston, state welfare commissioner, that the county welfare department be given more room, with separate rooms for private consultations, received no action. The reason— it needed none. It was reported that the welfare department is in process of moving from its cramped second-floor quarters to the newly remodeled basement of (Continued on page 5) LADIES' NIGHT The annual banquet and Ladies' Night of the Sandhills Kiwanis club ■will be held at the Mid Pines dub at 7:30 to night (Friday) with many special features — including some surprises—on the pro gram. Bob Patton, of Morganton, popular after-dinner speaker, -will present a humorous talk. Visiting musicians from San ford wiU give a program. Climax of the evening will ba the presenjtation o(f the Kiwanis Builders cup, a'ward- ed the individual—not neces sarily a Kiwanian—adjudged to have best served the Sand hills during the year now ending. A. L. Burney is chairman of the event. A contract ha? been signed to bring the full N. C. Symphony orchestra to Southern Pines April 11, it was revealed by Voit (Til- more, president of the Sandhills Music association, at a meeting of the association held at the libra ry Tuesday night. By April 11—barring emergen cies—the new school auditorium will be completed, with a seating capacity of- 750 persons and a stage large enough to hold the 63- piece orchestra. The presentation here will in clude a free afternoon concert for schoolfchildren and a paid per formance, open to the public, that night. Cost of bringing the sym phony is considerable. “We 5re not planning to make money on the project,” President Gilmore said. “If we can bring such an outstanding musical event here and break even, we will be satis fied. Our main hope is that suf ficient interest will be shown, and pleasure gi-^en, for the assoc iation to go ahead with plans for a series of musical events to be held at the auditorium next sea son. Dr. W. F. Hollister will be cam paign chairman, in charge of pre- of the Silver Beaver. The others concert ticket sales, are N. L. Hodgkins, Paul C. But ler, W. D. Campbell and L. L. Hallman. Mr. Burney, moving this year for the first time into Council levels, won the award for his service to the Moore district in the past four years, in which he served on the district committee first as chairman of organization and extension and for the past (Continued on Page 5) A preliminary program using local talent was decided on for January or February, Miss Bir- dilia Bair was named chairman for this event, the nature of which will be decided later. Incidental expenses of the as sociation are to be met by small membership dues settled on at the Tuesday meeting, with William F. Henderson, treasurer, in charge of their collection. These Will Also Serve Boy Scouting On Council Level VOIT GILMORE Member at Large LAMONT BROWN District Chairman W. D. CAMPBELL Vice President
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