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GIVE TO THE
MARCH OF DIMES
FIGHT POLIO!
GIVE TO THE
MARCH OF DIMES
FIGHT POLIO!
rOL. 31—NO. 11
16 PAGES THIS WEEK
Southern Pines, N. C. Friday, February 3, 1950
16 PAGES THIS WEEK
TEN CENTS
Workers Continue Efforts To Meet
Quota As Polio Drive Is Extended
Three Little Girls In White
Several Novel
Benefit Projects
Are Scheduled
With only a few of the smaller
Communities in the county repo^rt-
ig their March of Dimes quotas
faised, other workers are coritinu-
ig theii; efforts, determined to
ing up the full amount by the
hose of the drive, which has been
Extended two full weeks over the
Itate, to the middle of February.
I Many novel money raising pre
lects are already planned and oth-
will be, if necessary to meet
|he county’s $7,360 goal.
First on the list reported to this
aper is a repeat performance of
I successful March of Dimes event
pf last year—a dog show which
Johnny Cornwell and Donald
fobes will hold at 3 o’clock this
aturday afternoon at the Fobes
liome in Knollwood.
Last year’s show, a neighbor-
aood affair, aroused considerable
Interest, and this year the boys,
inviting everyone who will to
pnter one or more dogs, thorough
breds or mongrels. Judging will
done by S. G. Allen of Pine-
burst, and prizes will be given.
There will be no entry fee, but a
small admission will be charged.
Saturday night, February 4,
basketball games will be played
at the Pinehurst school gym for
the good of the cause. Two out
standing high school teams will
clash first, this to be followed by
_ game between teams made up
of college stars and expert ama
Iteurs.
Tuesday night of next week,
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[Webb Is'Building
[e Motor Court
MANHUNTENDS
A manhunt which lasted al
most five years ended this
week with the return of John
Henry McCrimmon to Moore
county from New York City.
The FBI notified Sheriff C.
J. McDonald two weeks ago
that the Pinehurst Negro,
sought sinc^ August, 1945 on
a charge of attempted rape,
had been apprehended in New
York and was being held un
der $50,000 bond. After some
delay in finding out just who
had custody of the man. Dep
uty Sheriff A. J. Dees was
despatched to New York for
him last Saturday morning.
The FBI was called in when
McCrimmon eluded arrest
following an alleged attack on
Mrs. Esther White, near her
home between Pinehurst and
Aberdeen. Mrs. White has
since moved to Scotland coun-
Sercy Child’s
Father Bound To
Superior Court
Election Board Finds Primary Date
Causes New Delay In Beer-Wine Vote
JANUARY SCOOP
|Larg<
One more place to put people
|up over night is good news for
Ithis section.
This is the story behind the big
Joperations, bull-dozers and trucks
|plowing up the hillside on old
Isugg Farm, on the Highway 1
Ibelow Southern Pines.
The project is a 20 room Motor
ICourt and it is being built by H.
Id. Webb of Aberdeen.
“It’s going to be called Homers
ICourt, without any apostrophe,”
jsaid Mr. Webb; whose first name
jhappens to be Homer, but he says
“'that has nothing to do with the
Pcourt’s name!” The name comes
Ifrom homing pigeons. . . you
[know: the birds who go away but
I always come back again.
The court will be built in the
[form of an E, with the back part
I divided into eight buildings with
118 foot space between. Twenty
I renting units will be provided, in
laU, each to include a double room
land bath, the latter tiled, while
I the living quarters will have steel
[corner windows, to let in the
I greatest amount of Sandhills sun-
j shine, and the best in carpets,
metal furniture and comfortable
I beds.
The office and apartment for
I the manager will be in the court
yard facing the highway, and the
whole will be landscaped, with
grass and flowering shrubs, while
pines and other evergreens are to
[be planted behind the buildings.
Construction, of cinder blocks,
[stuccoed and tinted cream, is go
ing ahead fast under the supervi-
I sion of another Webb. Theo Webb
I of Kockingham, no relation to the
owner. Work was started level-
lihg the land about January Ijit
with a hoped-for finishing date of
April 1st.
“I will be spending around $70,-
I 000 on the place,” Mr. Webb said.
“There will be, in all, 13 buildings
on the four acres, and I hope to
have it ready for occupancy in
the spring. If this fine weather
will hold we ought to make it.”
Mr. Webb, who- now lives in
Aberdeen, came here from Au
gusta, Ga., where he was employ
ed by the Georgia Pacific Ply
wood Lumber Co. His first job in
the Sandhills was cutting the tim
ber on the’ Ft. Bragg reservation.
With this completed, he sold his
plant in Aberdeen and the Motor
Court, for long a wished-for
dream started to- become a wish
fulfillment. Former owner of the
land where the court is going up
is Karl Andrews, who, in turn,
purchased the property from the
Sugg es' ite.
In a hearing before Magistrate
W. B. Finison of Carthage Mon
day, Clinton Sercy, 25, was bound
over to Superior Court for trial
on a charge of beating and abus
ing his 10-months-old daughter,
Rebecca Sue Sercy, January 10.
Bond was set at $10,000. It is
not thought likely that Sercy can
make bond. He remained in jail
at Carthage this week.
The child was under treatment
in Moore County hospital until
Saturday when she was removed
to the family home on Cameron,
route 1.
The charge against Sercy is
beating and abusing the child,
causing serious and painful in
juries. He is also charged with as
sault on his wife, threatening her
life and assaulting other children
in the family “at divers other
times.”
, At the Monday hearing. Dr.
Michael Pishko of M'oore County
hospital testified that Rebecca
Sercy’s skull sustained an “egg
They are smart as well as pretty, for these are selected girls—win
ners of the Sandhills Veterans Association nurse training scholar
ships, financed by an annual campaign of which the fourth will start
Monday.
Left to right are Betty Cleaver, of Pinehurst, who is in her first
year of training at Rex hospital, Raleigh; Betty Teeter, Jackson
Springs, in her second year at Presbyterian hospital. Chariot,te; and
Beatrice Simpson, Lake view, who will graduate in June at High
Point Memorial hospital and return, according to the conditions of
the scholarship, to practice her profession in Moore county. She will
be the first to do so. After that, a new one will be coming home each
year as a full-fledged registered nurse.
This is the contribution of this group of 16 young veterans of South
ern Pines, Pinehurst and Aberdeen to the good health of Moore coun
ty, and the welfare of her sick—made possible by contributions of
citizens in all communities, making this truly a countywide project
deserving of support.
Sandhills Veterans’ Drive To Bring
More Nurses To Moore Co. Starts Feb. 6
ONE HOUR!
The one hour parking rule
will be enforced on Broad
street from now on. Police
Chief Newton stated this
week.
On West Broad, hourly
parking is the rule from New
York avenue north to Connec
ticut, while on East Broad it
is from Pennsylvania to Con
necticut.
Strict enforcement is the
rule, says the Chief!
Telephone Co.
Again On Spot*
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Boy Scout Week
Fetes Scouting’s
Fortieth Birthday
Appealing For Funds
To Add To Rosier
Of Local Candidates
'Strengthen Liberty" Theme
Of National Crusade
The Central Carolina Telephone
company, which serves Southern
shell fracture”—a type of injury, j pines and some 17 other commun-
the physician said, that might'ities in the state, was on Wednes-
cause further complications as the A ay ordered by the State Utilities
child grows older. commission to explain why its
A Very Strong Blow" 'customers’ calls for service have
As quoted by officers attending' gone unanswered,
the hearing. Dr. Pishko also testi-1 Included in the order was the
Central Telephone company.
Both firms, owned wholly by
out-of-state * interests, have been
called on the carpet on similar
charges in the past.
The commission held they have
I “failed and refused” to serve resi-
1 dents of their areas who are “en
titled to and demanding . . . ser
vice.!’
Central Carolina was charged
specifically with failing to provide
satisfactory service at Gibsonville,
Siler City and Pittsboro, and dates
for hearings were set. It was also
warned its franchises may be re
voked if its explanations are not
satisfactory.
In five nearly identical orders
the commission wrote it had re
ceived “from time to time many
complaints relating to the ineffi
cient, inadequate and discrimina
tory service, being furnished and
provided” by the two companies.
The orders said the complaints
“particularly” stressed the two
firms “failed and refused to ex
pand . . . facilities and services so
as to reasonably serve all resi
dents of their areas . . . who are
entitled to and demanding such
service.”
The orders noted the Cohamis-
sion “was of the opinion” that the
charges were justified and that the
companies should be cited to show
cause, if they could, why they
should not be required to improve
their facilities “forthwith” and
with “all reasonable dispatch.”
Central Carolina has been in
and out of hot water with the
Utilities Commission and its sub
scribers for some time. Two years
ago a hearing was held before the
Commission at Rafeigh, as a re
sult of complaints from many of
the towns served, at which the
company’s job was to show why
its franchise should not be re
voked on the grounds of poor ser-
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Next week the familiar letter
with the dollar bill in it will go
out through the mails to those
many citizens of this section who
have backed the Sandhills Vete
rans in their endeavor to build
for better nursing in the county
The Veterans Drive, starting
February 6th, will swell the fund,
collected yearly which goes to
pay the tuition of Moore County
girls in a nursing school, tuition
which, it is understood, will be
returned many times over in
nursing service here in the coun
ty upon graduation.
Tom Shockley is chairman of
the Veterans’ drive this year and
expects to get his letters out on
the dot, with the fervent hope
that they will come rolling back
again, dollar intact and more, toO'
. . . much more, if past quotas are
any indication. For that the Sand
hills community is strongly back
of this enterprise to raise nurs
ing standards and numbers in
the county is .clearly proved by
the whole-hearted support given
these young men in this service to
the public.
It always seems as if Ihe
song about the flowers that
bloom in the spring tr^-la
w/as written hind-end fore-
miost. It ought to be the merry
sunshine that promises the
flowers.
But if Gilber't and Sullivan
had if the other way round,
the Sandhills certainly
changes the order. It's the
sunshine that brings the flow
ers, here, and no spring, tra-
la, about it.
It's a dangerous venture to
write about anything that de
pends on the weather. Some
times it seems a sure way to
start the mercury dropping.
But when it comes 'to flowers
. that bloom NOT in the
sparing: japanidas.< dafJ^odilh,
violets, flowering crabs,
even the iris, white and fair,
blooming in January, we can't
let a piece of news like that
get past us, tra-la or no tra-la.
Deane Says Bomb
Should Be Used
To Build Peace
School Bus Survey
Stresses Need For
Frequent Checking
Finds Repairs Needed
In County Fleet;
Marks Many "Fair"
The 29 defects reported by the
Highway Safety Division as hav
ing been found in Moore county
school buses on their last inspec
tion were minor ones, and have
now all been repaired.
O. D. Griffin, of Southern Pines,
field supervisor for the division,
made this report after checking
with W. C. Carroll, head mechan
ic at the county garage where the
bus repairs are made.
Though the number of 29 seem
ed high, 11 of these defects were
in the lights, he said, most of
these being in one or both head
lights. By state school laws,
headlights must be in good condi
tion, though as a matter of fact
they are seldom needed.
One bus of the Pinckney school,
Carthage, was found to have no
brakes; one at Eureka was found
to have brakes only “fair”; and
the brakes on a Southern pines
bus were given a new lining. The
old lining was actually in pretty
good shape ,said Mr. Griffin, but
the brake “worked hard.”
Three buses had bad or defec
tive switches. Tires were marked
“OK” for all buses except one at
Eureka, on which two were slick.
Steering was “bad” on the Cam
eron bus. The horns were “OK”
on all except one bus of the Cait-
thage Negro school. A Robbins
and a Westmoore school bus had
no windshield wiper, and six
buses had glass broken or cracked
in one place, or two. The “Stop”
sign on a Highfalls bus was not
working, and that on a Vass-Lake-
view bus was “bad.”
Overloading was found on four
buses, as follows: West End, one
eight-pupil overload, one two-pu-
pil overload; Pinehurst, one 10- i ai^d on the world, but, even more
John Ruggles Resigns;
Allied Chvirch League
Retracts Accusation
John Ruggles last .week sent in
his resignation from the Moore
County Board of Elections.
As was the case when he re
signed from his position as town
commissioner, Mr. Ruggles stated
that he had found he could not re
tain his membership in the state
Hospital Board of Controls if he
continued on the county board.
The resignation was received at
the meeting of the Board of Elec
tions held at the office of the
chairman. Sam C. Riddle, in Car
thage Friday night. It was at
tended by S. W. Shields and Mr.
Riddle with Mr. Ruggles sitting
in.
Main subjects up for discussion
were the arrangements for the ap
proaching primary election in
May, and the beer and wine elec
tion which has been the subject of
much county agitation.
Friday’s meeting, the subject of
keen conjecture, resulted in an
other stalemate on this critical
point. The board found that be-
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Representative Charles B.
Deane, was among congressmen
from the state who expressed
themselves on the subject of the
construction of the hydrogen
bomb.
Queried last week by,the press,
the Eighth District representative Funeral services were held a<'
said that, while he was not op- Robbins Thursday for Wiley Phil-
Wiley Phillips
Loses In Battle
Against Leukemia
posed to the construction of this
most deadly missile of all time,
he was deeply concerned over the
possible effect of such a move on
public opinion ‘ as regards this
country.
Deane said we should clearly
define the financial impact of
such an undertaking on the nation
Boy Scouts of Southern
Pines and Moore county will
participate fully in the na
tionwide observance of the
40th anniversary of Boy
Scouting in America next
week, February 6-12, accord- ,
ing to W. Lamont Brown,
Moore District chairman. . '
Each troop will present a
special display or project,
many with cooperation of
their local merchants in the
use of store windows. If good
weather continues encamp
ments will be held by some
troops, while some are plan
ning Parents' Nights or other
special events. ,
A (major project in which
all will lake part will be a
house-to-house canvass to be
held Saturday, February 11,
to collect old shoes to be sent
overseas. All householders are
asked to help in this collection
by getting their old shoes to
gether next week, and having
them ready when the Boy
Scouts come for them Satur
day. This will be the "good
turn" of all the units working
together.
The shoes will be brought by
the scouts to a central collection
place. They will go to countries
overseas where U. S. occupation
forces are stationed, and the oc-
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Tragic Accident
Kills Mrs. Jerread
A freak accident which occur
red at Farmington, Del., early this
week claimed the life of Mrs. Wil
liam Jerread, 17, a niece of L. L.
Woolley and Mrs. Charlie Faris of
Southern Pines.
Mrs. Jerread whs visiting a
neighbor, Mrs. Jeanette Fisher,
when they heard a rat running
around on the second floor of the
farm home. They grabbed the
Fisher baby and ran downstairs,
then called to Mr. Jerread, 23, to
try to catch the rat. He borrowed
the Fishers’ automatic pistol and
ran upstairs.
A moment later. State police re
ported, he fired at the rat.
“Billy, I’m shot,” screamed his
wife.
He hurried downstairs, found
his wife dying from a bullet
wound in the abdomen. The bul
let had torn through the ceiling
of the living room.
Funeral services for the young
woman were held Thursday, but
details are not known here as lo
cal relatives could not attend.
Mrs. Jerread was the daughter
of IV^. and Mrs. G. Preston Wool-
ley of Salem, N. J., who lived in
Southern Pines for a while around
20 years ago, Mr. Woolley being
employed by the Carolina Power
and Light company. She spent a
week here in October, visiting rel
atives.
In addition to the husband and
parents, Mrs. Jerread is survived
by a 17-months-old son, AUen; a
sister, Mrs. AUen Thompson of
Badin, and a brother, George
Woolley of Salem, N. J.
pupil overload; Pinehurst Negro,
one four-pupil overload. Buses
vary in size and loads range from
15 (Carthage Negro) to 72 (Car
thage whitq).
General condition of the buses
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Town Will Build
Two Tennis Courts
As Funds Permit
The committee appointed by
Mayor Page from the town board,
to study the question of building
more tennis courts, recommended
last week the construction of two
additional courts in the town
park.
The plan for the courts, as stak
ed out on the ground, showed that
several fine trees would have to
be sacrificed. Two large^ pines, a
number of smaller ones,
old mulberry, perhaps or^^
oldest trees around here,
have to be destroyed.
The need for more cour!
been stressed by the newly
ized Tennis Association, two'^ of
whose officials, Francis De Costa
and Harry Lee Brown, appeared
to speak for the move at the last
board meeting. They stated that
in order to have state tournaments
here it was necessary to have four
courts, and that they felt the chil
dren would enjoy the courts more
and play more if they were cen
trally located.
Opposition to the move to use
any more of the town park for this
purpose is based on two points.
First that the courts, if placed in
the park, will be badly crowded,
allowing little space for specta
tors and no room to enlarge the
sport area; second, that the park
should be preserved. It is the
only park in town; it is a vitally
necessary town asset, say these
citizens.
Hope has been expressed that
further study of the question, in
cluding that of other, more spa
cious sites in town, will bring
these two groups together on com
mon ground.
Meanwhile, according to the
mayor, the problem of findin
funds wherewith to build thi
courts, estimated to be from
to $2,000, presents an insupera
problem. Latest report is t'
nothing will be done until
town budget is mad**
summer.
important, was the moral ques
tion. He believed, he said, that in
many parts of the world there was
skepticism of the West and doubt
as to the motives of this coun
try. It was vitally important, he
felt, that the United States should
show that it was not seeking
world control. <
Representative Deane recently
returned from a tour of the East,
where he came in close contact
with public opinion in thpse parts.
His statement regarding construc
tion of the bomb is in line with
that of Senator Frank Graham
who, also, stressed the interna
tional aspect. Senator Graham
said that he favored construction
of the bomb only so long as inter
national control was strengthen
ed. “I hope this gives momentum
to the movement for strengthen
ing the United Nations,’’ was Gra
ham’s comment.
lips, aged 11, who died at Memo
rial hospital. New York, Tuesday
about noon, despite the most mod
ern aids of science and the hopes,
prayers and generously given
funds of his fellow townsmen.
The child had been under treat
ment for 10 days at Memorial hos
pital. Administration of the new
hormone ACTH had at first ap
peared to be bringing about a re
markable recovery. Injections
given two successive days had
splendid results and Friday he
was pronounced “off the critical
list.”
Sunday he suffered a relapse
and his father, who on doctors’
advice had returned to Robbins
Friday night, immediately return
ed. Transfusions were given but
Wiley died two days later, with
his father by his side.
His death occurred suddenly.
The news came to Robbins about
an hour after an encouraging bul
letin, in which it was said he had
seemed to rally.
Funeral services were held at
the First Baptist church in Rob
bins, conducted by the pastor,
Rev. Reed Harris. Wiley’s,class
mates of the fifth grade at
Robbins school were pallbea
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Dean Brown Installed At Sewanee
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