Mind Your
'Motor Manners'
Save A Life
Mind Your
'Motor Manners'
Save A Life
rOL.31 — NO. 17
16 PAGES THIS WEEK
Southern Pines, N. C.
Friday, March 17, 1950
16 PAGES THIS WEEK
TEN CENTS
tarden Tour Planned
For April 3, 4 Here
Garden Club Event
Set For Time of
Spring Flowering
Beautiful homes, flowering gar-
lens and springtime vistas of
Iharm peculiar to Southern Pines
pll be on display to the public
the Southern Pines Garden
bur, to be held Monday and
[uesday, April 3 and 4, under
jonsorship of the Southern Pines
larden club.
I The tour will be held indepen-
sntly of the other tours in the
late. Headquarters will be the
raw House, century-old cottage
larmingly restored by the Mbore
lounty Historical society, where
lincheon and tea will be available
the tour visitors.
[Dates of the tour are expected
coincide with the height of the
looming of dogwood, azaleas and
|her flowering growth, which an-
jially make of this springtime
|sort a scene 'of unforgettable
bauty. Highlights will include
|e gardens of Mrs. Audrey K.
snnedy, Mrs. Katherine S. Mb-
bll, W. D. Campbell, E. C.
|evens, D. W. Winkelman and
enneth M. Trousdell; Weymouth,
l)me of Mrs. James. Boyd, and
pint Hill Farm, home of Ernest
I Ives. Several others are expect-
to be announced later as addi-
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['rotting Races At
finehurst Sunday;'
first of Series
Trotting races will return to the
|ndhills Sunday with the first
a series to be held on the
aehurst track starting at 2:30
m., as initial event of four
jjnsored by the Pinehurst Driv-
club.
Ither races will be held on
[^ee Sundays next month, April
and 16.
Sunday’s event will present
lee two-heat races, or six full
I'.nds of the one-mile track, with
pr to six trotters or pacers in
bh race. Horses will be drawn
Im' the almost 200 in winter
lining at Pinehurst and will in-
|de some of the best of the
and Circuit.
Irivers will include well-
own amateurs driving their
In horses, such as H. Arnold
pkson of Pinehurst, president of
Driving club, also some of the
jmtry’s top-flight trainers such
[Franklin Salford, of Southern
pes and Keene, N. H., and Del
leron, one of the best of the
lingsters in the game,
pameron recently wrote his
ae high in trotting annals by
i^ing two one-minute races at
sington, Ky., on the same alter-
pn.
le Pinehurst Driving club was
|anized a year ago to sponsor
-Grand Circuit events for the
j-ses during their winter train
time.
CITY TAGS HERE
The new city license tags
have arrived and are on sale
at the city hall, said Town
Clerk and Treasurer Howard
F. Burns this week.
Earlier shipments gave out
a month ago after a total of
820 had been sold. Still more
had to be ordered, but the
coal strike delayed their man
ufacture and shipment. Per
sons applying for tags—which
were made mandatory by a
recent city ordinance—have
been given receipts instead.
About 250 are now on hand,
which it is believed should
supply the receipt holders,
late comers and newcomers,
all of whom must place them
on their cars.
All-State Tourney
Hits Fast Pace;
Finals Saturday
City Carrier Service Begins; Here Are First Postmen
The All-State Girls’ High
School Basketball tournament,
under way since Monday at the
Southern Pines gym, will go into
the semi-final stage tonight (Fri
day), with finals and the crown
ing of a state champibn Saturday
night.
Bleachers are crowded nightly
with fans cheering themselves
hoarse as 16 topflight girls’ teams
battle it out. Besides the rooters
which accompany each team from
their home towns, more and more
local residents are finding out that
a first-rate show is on at the gym,
and are joining the crowd. Cheer
leaders corhe with almost every
team and a colorful show is’stag
ed.
Team^ playing in quarter-finals
tonight were decided by Thurs
day night’s scores, which were not
available at press time. Scheduled
to play Thursday night were
Wakelon vs. Lincqlnton, Salem-
burg vs. Franklinton and Cool
Springs vs. Ayden. Tonight,' the
Aberdeen Devilettes will meet the
winner of the Salemburg-Frank-
linton contest at 7::30 o’clock, and
at 9 Wakelon—or Lincolnton—
will p'lay Ccol Springs—or Ayden.
The championship game will
begin at 9 p. m. Saturday, pre
ceded by a ‘•'consolation” between
runners-up at 7:30.
Devileifes Down Smithfield
The quarter-finals started Wed
nesday at 8:30 with the hotly con
tested match in which the Devil
ettes downed the crack Smith-
field sextet, 44-39. The teams
were closely matched but the
"arred Devilettes went into their
precision-machine routine which
has proved practically unbeatable
over a four-year period.
Preliminaries resulted as fol
lews: Monday—Salemburg 47
Allen Jay (Guilford county), 42;
Wakelon 49, Pinehurst 39; Smith
field 54, Burnsville 20.
Tuesday — Franklinton 63,
Windsor 48; Aberdeen 46, Hills-
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Top Stars Will Play
Benefit Golf Events
APPOINTED
Miss Ethel Davis, of Car
thage, Rf. 2, longtime deputy
clerk of court, was appointed
clerk of Moore County court
by Judge F. Don Phillips
Monday, to fill out the unex
pired term of the late John
Willcox.
The term will expire in No
vember. It is anticipated that
a contest for the office will
shape up shortly, in view of
the proximity of the Demo
cratic primary May 27, with
April 15 as filing deadline.
County Mourns
Sudden Passing
Of John Willcox
Games On Pinehurst
No. 2 For Red Cross
And Moore Hospital
Rites Held Monday
For Longtime
Clerk of Court
Southern Pines’ first postmen stepped out yesterday on their initial mail delivery. They are having
plenty of headaches but expect sopn to have the situation well in hand.
Marching with fuU mail pouches down the post office steps are, left, Harry Chatfield; center Reid
Bailey, and right, Harry Klabbatz. Postmaster A. Garland Pierce, on top step, speeds them on their
^^ (Photo by Humphrey)
MBS Chiefs Hold
Radio Discussion
At Kiwanis Meet
>rman Cordon, Singing Here, Pays
Tibute To N. C. Symphony Orchestra
|GET YOURS NOW
Tickets for the N. C.
fymphony Orchestra concert,
be held here Wednes
day evening. May 3, went on
ale this week and are avail-
|ble at the Bamum Realty
apany here, said Dr. W. F.
Hollister, ticket sales chair-
aan for the sponsoring Sand-
|ills Music associaltion.
Tickets will be placed in
tie hands of local chairmen
neighboring communities
|ext week.
Those who have already
ade reservations may pick
Ip ithelr jtic'k<^fs ad the Bamum
Vfice. With the concert more
tian six weeks away, more
tian 100 seats have already
sen sold or reserved and
respects are thaH the best
les will go fast. Dr. Hollister
aid. He advised that persons
ishing tickets gel theirs
rly while there is still a
ood choice of seats. The new
bhool auditorium, where the
pneert will be held, has a
apacity of 720.
‘‘Oujtside of the ‘big league’ the
North Carolina Symphony or-
chfestra is the equal of any of
them, better than most. I know,
because I’ve sung with them: aU,”
said Norman Cordon, former Met
ropolitan Opera star, speaking to
an overflow crowd at the Hol
lywood hotel Tuesday night.
Some 300 people thronged (the
lobby and two connecting draw
ing rooms, sat on the stairs and
stood at the back, for the meeting
cf the Sandhills Music association
at which Dr. Cordon was guest
speaker.
He was also, as it turned out,
guest singer too, for at the close
qf his talk, he delighted the crowd
with three songs, Tschaikowsky’s
‘‘The Lonely Heart” siing in Ger
man; a spiritual, ‘‘Joshua Fit de
Battle of Jericho” and the ballad
‘‘Water Boy.”
In his talk he told something vf
the history and operations of the
N. C. Symphony, only state-sup-
ported symphony orchestra in the
country, emphasizing its highly
professional calibre and paying
tribute to its director. Dr. Benja-
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The Sandhills Kiwanis club en
joyed an ‘‘off-the-record” session
Wednesday, when top executives
of the Mutual Broadcasting Sys
tem, here for a conference with
statioin representatives, gave a
three-way program at the club’s
luncheon meeting at ;the Highland
Pines Inn. *
Jack Younts of WEEB, host to
the network visitors, introduced
Charles Godwin, of New York
City, MBS director of eastern sta
tion relations. Mr. Godwin in turn
introduced Frank Whifte, presi
dent of the 532-station network.
In an informal exchange Presi
dent White and Director Godwin
discussed the “grassroots” princi
ple of the Mutual organization, ex
pressing their pleasure in visiting
the local Muitual affiliate and
meeting representatives of 40
North and South Carolina stations
during their one-day conference
here arranged by Mr. Younts.
M!r. White then presented Earl
Johnson, vice president of stations
and engineering, who answered
questions from the floor on such
topics as night-time radio recep-
New Routes, Poor Addresses Causing
Headaches As Carrier Service Starts
Southern Pines has city carrier
service and three new postmen,
as of Thursday, March 16—and
what it needs most now, accord-
Local Horses Will
Race At Ciamdeii
Southern Pines racing fans will
have a chance to cheer for the
home folks and their horses at
Camden’s famed Carolina Cup
Race Meet on March 25. Rumors
that Stoneybrook Stables were
planning to enter were confirmed
this week with the news that the
Walshes’ Reno Sam will run in
the Wateree, 1 1-2 - mile hurdle
race, the second event on the
card of six races.
Reno Sam was the winner of
the hurdle race on the Stonybrook
track at the February meeting.
He had stiff competition then,
and, though he will be pitted
'against a larger field in Camden,
it is expected that he will give
a good account of himself. Dooley
tion in North Carolina, and the'Adams,' seasoned jockey, is ex
potential of TV in this area
Gen. George C. Marshall- and
Maj. Gen. Ira T. Wyche, of Pine
hurst, were special guests for the
occasion. Guests of President Gar
land McPherson ,were A. Garland
Pierce of Southern Pines and
Richard Heilman of Pinehurst.
pected to have the mount.'
Another from the Stonybrook
stalls who will be seen in action
at Camden on the 25th is ErroU-
fort, a runner from the string of
R. C. Paterno of Golden’s Bridge.
Adams or Mickey Walsh, Jr., will
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MIND YOUR MOTOR MANNERS !
Can You “Stop On A Dime”?
When you put on brakes, how
soon does ycur car stop?
Depends on the speed, of
course, you say—but do you know
how fast you can stop your car at
20 miles per hour? 30? 50? 70—or
90?
A braking dentonstration to be
held Saturday, March 25, at 2:30
p. m. in front of the city haU will
show you, according to Otto B.
Edwards, chairman of the South
ern Pines Safety Council. Th
town board, sponsoring a traffic
safety campaign during March in
cooperation with the CouncU, has
authorized the holding of the
demonstration, and Mhyor C. N.
Page is asking that all local driv
ers attend. A special invitation is
extended to beginning drivers and
high school students.
live of the Highway Safety Com
mission, who is executive secre
tary of the local Safety Council,
will stage the demonstration. A
public address system will be
used to explain what is going on.
Some other events are being plan
ned in connection with the dem
onstration, for a real “safety
show” downtown that afternoon.
Chairman Edwards said some
surprises are promised for even
the most experienced driver. Few
people know just how far it takes
a car to stop when braked. The
feeling that they have good brakes
and can stop “op a dime” no mat
ter how fast they are traveling is
a contributing cause of many
drivers’ accidents.
“Mind Your Motor Manners” is
the theme of the March traffic
safety campaign, with an acci-
O. D. Griffin, field representa-1 dent-free month the goal.
ing to Postmaster A. Garland
Pierce,' is correct addresses on the
mail.
Sorting the mail for their initial
routes, the carriers, Harry Chat-
field, Reid Bailey and Harry
Klabbatz, found themselves baf
fled by thousands of letters and
hundreds of . parcel post packages,
with no, or insufficient, street ad
dresses.
“How we are going to get them
all delivered I don’t know,” said
Postmaster Pierce. “The public
will have to be patient until the
carriers can learn their routes,
and who lives where. We have
all the addresses on file, but it is
impossible to stop and look these
up for each letter or package, and
still keep up with the volume of
mail.”
Street Designations
Everyone should begin at once
using his correct return address
on his outgoing mail, and also
inform his regular correspondents.
Particular care should be taken
to use the street designations
East, West, North and South. "‘It
will take days for us to get
straightened out here,” Mr. Pierce
said. “The fact that this is the
height of the season, with hun
dreds-of visitors in town, compli
cates things further. It is our
busiest time, except for Christ
mas.”.
Going out on their routes for
the^ first time, postmen found
themselves prevented from deliv
ering mail in some instances by
the lack of a mailbox or letter
slot. These are an essential for
home delivery and should be in
stalled at once, Mr. Pierce re
minded.
Collection boxes were set up
Thursday at 11 intersections in
Southern Pines and West South
ern Pines.
Beginning at once, all first -
class, mail requires the regular
three-cent stamp, whether ad
dressed to a box or street address.
Formerly, a one-cent stamp car
ried letters sent within the com
munity.
Relief Is Seen
Once the confusion is over, the
service is expected to be of great
help, and will soon become rou
tine, with the postman a familiar
and welcome figure as he is in
thousands of other towns and
cities. At 4he post office, a con
gested situation will be relieved,
and the normal increase in volume
of mail can be handled in order-
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Moore county lost a longtime
public servant and one of its most
beloved citizens with the death
early Sunday morning of John
Willcox, 70, of Carthage. Mr.
Willcox was taken sick Thursday.
His illness became critical Satur
day and he was taken to St. Jos
eph of the Pines hospital, where
he died at 6 o’clock Sunday morn
ing.
Crowds attending the funeral
at the Carthage Presbyterian
church Monday at 4 o’clock were
said to be the largest at any coun
ty funeral in many years. The
Rev. W. S. Golden, pastor,
ducted the rites, assisted by min
isters of other Carthage churches.
Pallbearers were John Kelly, John
Currie, Ed Frye, Julian Bishop,
A. W. Lambert, W. D. Sabiston,
Jr., M. G. Boyette and Judge F.
Don Phillips, of Rockmgham.
Honorary pallbearers were offi
cers of the church and members
of thfe Shields Bible class, of
which Mr. Willcox had been
teacher for many years; county
commissioners, members of the
Moore County Bar and the Car
thage Rotary club. Burial was in
the family plot at Cross Hill cem
etery.
Mr. Willcox had been clerk of
Moore County superior court since
November, 1926. He was elected
to this office in June of that year
and had been reelected for. every
term since. He had already filed
to run for reelection subject to the
May primary this year.
Before his election as clerk of
court, he had been a county com
missioner.
He was a member of one of the
pioneer families of this section.
He was born at Carbonton Febru
ary 1, 1880, son of Capt. George
William Willcox, who served as
Moore county’s representative in
the General Assembly, and Isabel
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An unprecedented array of
thrills for sports lovers will be
presented on two separate days,
March 23 and March 28, in exhib-
(ition mr\:ches played at Pine
hurst by the country’s topflight
golfers as benefit events.
Scheduled for 2 p. m. next
Thursday will be a match pre
senting Ben Hogan and Jimmy
Demaret in a pro team against
Dick Chapman and Harvie Ward,
amateurs, for the benefit of the
Red Cross.
■ Teeing off at 2 p. m. (the fol
lowing Tuesday, March 28, will
be a professional foursome con
sisting of Sam Snead and Cary
Middlecoff vsv Johnny Palmer
and Clayton Reafner. Proceeds
will be for the benefit of the
Moore County Hospital building
fund.
Pinehurst, Inc., is cooperating
in both matches, in the first with
the Pinehujrst branch of the
Moore Counity Red Cross chapter,
headed by J. C. Bertrand as chair
man; in the second with the Sand
hill Veterans association, of which
Dr. R. Bruce Warlick of Southern
Pines is president. Both matches
will be best ball of pair, on the
No. 2 course.
The Red Cross event will be
distinguished among others in the
country by the presence of Gen
eral Marshall, president of the
American Naitional Red Cross,
con- present to each player
a souvenir of the occasion.
Rotarians Plan
Cage Banquet
The Annual Basketball banquet
of the Southern Pines Rotary club
will be held Friday evening,
March 25, with the High school
boys’ and girls’. basketball teams,
their coaches, managers'and cheer
leaders present as guests of the
Rotarians.
The banquet, to be held at the
Village Inn starting at 7 o’clock,
will be followed by a dance, with
both round and square dancing.
Tickets will be available to the
public up to the capacity limits of
the Inn. Guests of the Rotarians
will number about 70.
A brief program with a guest
speaker is being prepared, and
awards will be presented by the
coaches. The event is one highly
anticipated by all the young peo
ple taking part in the basketball
program, as a fitting climax to the
season.
June Phillips is chairman of the
Rotary committee in charge of ar
rangements.
MY NEW JOB: By Gen. Marshall
Gen. Marshall Explains Why Red Cross
Holds Separate Campaigns For Funds
•f-
Many people ask why the Amer
ican Red Cross holds its own sep
arate campaigns for membership
and financial support.
At the time I took over a re
sponsible post in the Red Cross
last October this question was
current.
The Board of Governors was to
review the matter at the Novem
ber meeting. It was important for
me to learn quickly the organiza
tion’s position and the reasons for
it.
I think it is timely to tell hete
what I have ascertained to be the
reasons why the Red Cross makes
a separate and direct appeal to
the American people for financial
support.
The Red Cro.ss is unique among
national welfare agencies. It de
rives its authority from the Unit
ed States Congress and is respon
sible to the Congress for its acts.
Two Obligations
Under Federal statute the Red
Cross has two inescapable obliga
tions:
First, to serve the men and
women of the armed forces in
peace as well as in war.
Second, to act promptly and ef
ficiently in times of disaster to
ease human suffering and dis
tress.
These and many other duties of
the Red Cross involve emergency
operations, often on a very large
scale. In addition to local service
by the chapters. Red Cross activi
ties are both national and inter
national.
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