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SGnd Your "Motor Manners' Save A Life Mind Your 'Motor Manners' Save A Life ^OL. 31^NO. 18 16 PAGES THIS WEEK Southern Pines. N. C. Friday, March 24, 1950 16 PAGES THIS WEEK TEN CENTS !af ety Council lecommends Ban )n U-Turns Here Acddeni Reports, School Plans Told At Lively Meeting A recommendation to be hand- the town board that all U- ms be banned in the business strict—or on all city streets, at leir discretion—^was unanimous- approved by the Southern nes Safety Council, holding its ird and most productive meet- g to date at the high school ednesday afternoon. Another recommendation, lich will be made to the proper te authorities, will be that signs erected eilong all main high- ys calling motorists' attention the law that they must stop Ten a school bus is loading or loading children; also that aU ool buses be equipped with latest safety devices, with spe- attention to the flashing red |ht which means “Stop.” any suggestions were made im the observations of those sent of bad—and dangerous— ;hway manners, with particular tion to school buses. The dis- ;ion was led by Otto B. Ed- ds, chairman, and the sugges- is referred to O. D. Griffin, ex- itive secretary, who is also fi4ld lervisor for the Highway Safe- ivis;on in charge of safe school operation in this area, lety Parade 'Ians were completed for the (Continued on Page 5) >rmg Junior [orse Show At inehurst Sunday Local Police Now Radio-Equipped fhe Annual Spring Junior pse show will be held Sunday p. m. in the riding ring at j Carolina hotel, Pinehurst, pre- Iting some aristocrats of the phills stables in eight classes, of them for children. (he show is called “junior” to tinguish it from the American fse Show association register- shows. While it will present a ober of horses regularly seen outstanding shows, it is “just fun”—no entry fees, no ad- Isioh charges and no stakes. Iresiding judge will be Mrs. Iliam J. Barney, of Fairfield, Station KIB, FM short wave, went on the air at 1 p.m., Monday following a 24-hour test period, furnishing tivo-way communication between the Southern Pines radio station and the police car. ' Range of the station covers the whole Sandhills area and in fact on Sunday was successfully checked 20 miles away. Above are seen Malcolm Fowler, police office assistant, at the con trol board and “mike,” Mayor C. N. Page (center) and Chief C. E. Newton. The Motorola equipment, most modem of its type, was in stalled at a cost of approximately $1,275. (Photo by Humphrey) Safety Parade Saturday Bands—cars—decorated bicycles—yes, it’s a Parade! It will be held downtown at 2 p. m., Saturday, wind ing up at the city hall. Emphasizing Safety, it will climax the month-long traffic safety campaign of the town board in cooperation with the Southern Pines Safety Council., Included will be members of the police department, the highway natrol, the town board; eight selected bicycle riders from the Southern Pines and West Southern Pines schools, with safety slogans; and Hewlett’s wrecker pull ing an Object which will show what an accident does to a car. It will have also the crack marching band of the West Southern Pines school; four new model cars loaned by Jackson Motors, Cherry Motors, Southern Pines Motor company and McDonald-Page; and other units. ‘ The Southern Pines band will meet them at the city hall, and both bands will play. At 2:30 p. m., a braking demonstration will be staged by O. D. Griffin, field super visor of the Highway Safety division, showing how long it takes to stop a car. Contrary to previous annopneements, the car will not be shown at top speeds, as the space of one block is not sufficient. Normal speeds will be used. Riddle, Fullenwider, Hussey Named As New County Board of Elections Sam C. Riddle, of Carthage, was reappointed to the Moore County board of, elections by the state board of elections, according to an annoimcement from Raleigh Sun day, with Harry Fullenwider of Southern Pines as the new ap- pointeg succeeding John S. Rug- gles. Riddle and FuUenwider are Democrats. The Republican ap pointee is Franklin E. Hussey, of Csuthage, Rt. 2. Though it was previously annoxmeed that the Republican county committee had recommended L. S. Shields for re appointment, this is one of the cases, it appears, in which the state boatd is disregarding county committee choices in favor of un related ones of their own—an ac tion which is causing a stir in sev eral counties about the state. A. H. Trotter, of Robbins, coun ty Republican chairman until last week, said Shields, Hussey and F. H. Trotter were aU on the rec ommended list, according to the [m., a member of ithe Fairfield at eSub and a well known policy of submitting three names rider and Madison Square,from which the state board may lional Horse Show exhibitor.' make a choice. Any of the three, Jeral assisting judges are being Mr. Trotter said, would have been satisfactory, though Mr. Shields, as incumbent, whose service was considered highly satisfactory, had been considered as the pre ferred man. Mr. Tro'tter was succeeded as chairman of the Republican coun ty committee last week when at a meeting held at Carthage Weldon Hennings, of Carthage RFD, was elected to this post. sen. |hndren’s horsemanship class- dll be (1) 12 years and under; ,16 years and under. Ither classes scheduled are: Jking hunters—^pairs; bridle hacks; open jumping,, spe- knock down and out; green |ters, five years of age and un working hunters, itry may be made at the post. FOR CLERK Hubert McCaskill ,of Pine hurst, announced his candi dacy this week for the office of clerk of court, subject to the Democratic primary of May 27. He is the first to an nounce for this office. Mr. McCaskill is accountant and assistant office manager of Pinehurst, Inc., which he has served for 22 years. He is a member of an old Scotch family of the Sandhills and is a graduate of the Pinehurst schools. He is active in coun ty and community affairs, as sisted in organization of the Pinehurst Lions club, was formerly Moore County YDC president and is currently Eighth District chairman of the YDC. He is on the Pine hurst Boy Scout committee. Easter Seal Drive Chairmen Named mth Starts Fire In Jail; Another Shinnies Down Blankets To Escape tragedy similar to that which place last Friday a t Spray, (n six prisoners were asphy- fed by smoke in their jail may have been averted by It neighbors of the city jail Iday night, and prompt action AT FORtTM lady Christians, famous stage ] screen star, will give readings her plays at the Pinehurst Thursday night. Story on 15. by the police. Roy Barry, about 25, in the lockup on a drunkenness charge, somehow managed to set fire to the Coal bin and in a short while was calling for help. Neighbors hearing his cries phoned the police, who in turn called the fire department. Police car and fire truck arrived at the same time. Entering the jail, the officers found Barry lying on top of the cell, apparently uncon scious. Brought outside, he soon re vived, they said, and was taken to the Moore County hospital for a che(^kup. On the doctor’s pro nouncement that he was okay he was removed to the Carthage jail. Barry was given a hearing Tuesday afternoon before Magis trate D. E. Bailey on charges of public drunkenness and creating a disturbance in a local cafe, where his wife works. Uhexpect- ed guests showed up for the hear ing—two Winston-Salem plain- clothesmen seeking Barry on charges of beating a bill for board and room in the Twin City. Judge Bailey gave him a sen- (Continued on Page 5) Easter Seal letters were in the mail this week, inaugurating the 17th annual campaign by which proceeds of the sale of the cheery little seals are used to aid crippled children and adults. Miss Millie Montesanti and the BPO Does are heading the drive in Southern Pines, with a goal of $200 to be achieved by Easiter. County chairman is Mrs. Sher wood Brockwell, Jr., of Carthage,, and the quota is $750. Volunteer workers and mem bers of Carthage civic clubs have been helping prepare the seals and letters for mailing at cam paign headquarters, Carthage, for the past several weeks. The seals will also be sold through the schools and by volunteers in each community. Mrs. Brockwell said the funds are necessary for the care and re habilitation of crippled persons. There are 79 crippled children now on Moore County welfare de partment lists receiving such aid. Community chairmen and quo tas are: Pinebluff, Mrs. Ethel Ed wards, Mrs. Lament Brown, $25; Adder, Mrs. Clyde Adder, $10; Vass, Mrs. H. A. Borst, $35; West End, Mrs. T. C. Auman, J. F. Sin clair, $50; Eagle Springs, Mrs. Neille Kinnedy, $15; Cameron, Miss Vera McLean, $25; Carthage, Mrs. Webb Davis and Mrs. James Wooden, $75. Robbins, Carl Scoggins and Mrs. Blanche Smith, $200; South ern Pines, Miss Millie Montesanti and BPO Does, $200; Pinehurst, Frank McCaskill and Mrs. Edna Taylor, $200; Aberdeen, John Sloan, Mrs. P. B. Lewis, $150; Westmoore, J. Caesar PhiHips, $15; Highfalls, Thaddeus Frye, $25; Glendon, Mrs. Eugene Street, (Continued on Page 5) Horner Files For Eighth District Seat In Congress W. E. (Bill) Horner, publisher of the Sanford Herald, filed his candidacy last Saturday for the Democratic nomination as Eighth District congressman, running against incumbent C. B. Deane of Rockingham, who beat him for the nomination in 1946 by 354 votes out of 29,000. This week, he announced, he started on the business of resign ing from various positions he has been holding. First on the list was his resignation as lay leader of the Fayetteville district of the Methodist church, a place he has held for about two years. “I told the nomination committee laa^) spring that I should not be reel ected, as I would probably run for Congress, but took the place with ' the understanding that I would resign if and when I filed for office. I do not consider it fit ting for a candidate for political office to hold a church place such as this,” Mr. Horner said. Seeond on the list for resigna tion was the place as chairman of the Lee County savings bond committee, and next, that of chairman of the Democratic coun ty executive committee. He said he had received num erous letters and phone calls from various places in the district since his announcement, pledging sup port in his behalf. He added, “The incumbent is a fine man, but J have an ambition to go to Congress, and (the only (Continued on Page 5) Prime Minister of Northern Ireland Will Visit Here Sir Basil Brooke, prime minis ter of northern Ireland, and Lady Brooke will be visitors in Southern Pines for a week or 10 days iA April, on their first visit to the United States. On their arrival in this coun try they will go directly to the British Embassy in Washington, then come by train—a daytime trip, so as to see the country—on April 22 to visit their friends Mir. and Mrs. Ernest D- Ives, of Paint Hill Farm. They became friends of the Ives in 1938-39, when Mr. Ives was American consul general at Belfast. Sir Basil Brooke was at that time minister of agriculture. He and his lady have maintained their interest in all types of agri culture and while in Moore coun ty will do a good deal of sightsee ing of the rural areas, through ar rangements made by the Ives with Miss Ruth Current, of the state home demonstration office. Moore County folk will have an opportunity to meet the distin guished Quests when Mr. and Mrs. Ives are hosts in their honor at a barbecue supper at Paint Hill Farm April 27 to members of the Moore County Historical society. They will also be taken to Charleston, S. C., for a look at the gardens, and to other places' about the state which may interest them. On leaving here they will spend a day or two in Fayetteville with another friend. Hector McGeachy, who was an officer with the Army stationed in Belfast during the war. “Big Four” Will Play Golf Tuesday For Hospital Fund The “Big Four” of professional American golf wiU be seen Tues day on the Pinehurst No. 2 course when Sam Snead and Cary Mid- dlecoff meet Johnny Palmer and Clayton Heafner in a special ex hibition match for the benefit of the Moore County Hospital build ing fund. The match is being sponsored by the SandhiU Veter ans association in cooperation with Pinehurst, Inc. It will start at 2 p. m. A big gallery is expected to watch the game, a best ball of pair match by four men who among them probably have the greatest aggregation of golf honors of any pro foursome which could be gathered together on an Ameri can course. Snead—“Slammin’ Sammy,” al ways a gallery favorite—^is the current PGA champion and “Golf er of the Year” for 1949. He was last year’s top moneymaker, and won the Miami Open just last week. Cary Middlecoff, the golfing dentist from Memphis, is the Na tional Open champion. Palmer and Heafner, tops in golf among native-born North Carolinians, were runners-up, re spectively, in the two big events last year. Palmer was close on Snead’s heels in the PGA event at Richmond while Heafner was a close second to Dr. Middlecoff in the National Open at Chicago. Palmer and Heafner were U. S. delegates last year on the Ryder Cup team to England. This will be the second big ben efit exhibition match to be played on the No. 2 course within a week, as Thursday a pro-amateur four some was seen composed of Ben Hogan, Jimmy Demaret, Dick Chapman and Harvie 'Ward, play ing for the Red Cross. State Survey Group Ur^es Consolidation of Schools In Moore EXALTED RULER M. G. (Doc) McRae was elected exalted ruler of the Southern Pines Elks lodge last Thursday night, succeeding Don L. Madi- gan, who was elected a trustee. Installation will be held April 6. Other new officers are Howard Hoffman, leading knight; John Ormsby, loyal knight; Ted Bar- row, Jr., lecturing knight; Walter Coffin, secretary; Mark King, treasurer. Slick Thieves Net Costly Haul From Pinehurst Shop Possibly the largest robbery ever to take place in the Sand hills was the haul of an estimated $10,000 to $12,000 worth of men’s and women’s apparel netted early last Friday morning by daring thieves at Ray’s Sportswear, in Pinehurst. Chief J. T. Shepherd said leads in the case are scanty and indef inite. The SBI was called in im-^ mediately to work with the local force toward a solution. The loss was discovered by Mrs. NoAfleet Ray, proprietor, when she unlocked the shop Friday morning, to find the place ^trip ped of the choicest items of the newly acquired spring stock. Only the finest and costliest merchan dise had been taken, indicating that the coup was carefully plan ned and the robbers knew exact ly what they wanted. Mrs. Ray said the amount of the loss could not be definitely deter mined until an inventory could be taken. No burglary insurance was carried. (Officer C. R. Frye, night police- (Continued on page 5) Pupil Population Has Decreased In Hghl-Year Span A long-rsmge program involving considerable consolidation, espe cially of the white high schools nnd the Negro high and elemen tary schools, was presented to the board of education and superin tendents of all school districts by a state survey committee meeting with them Thursday evening at Carthage. The program, a recommenda tory one looking forward to de velopment over 10 or 20 years, was discussed, without approval, by the Moore school people, and no action was taken. It was made plain that the dis bursing of state school bond funds would not depend on acceptance of the committee’s plan, though it wUl depend on approval by the state board of education of any plaq locally made for use of the money. A plan already submit ted was not approved. Dr. A. M. Proctor, of the Duke University school of education, led last week’s meeting, present ing the proposals made, following a survey made in January by his panel group of the state division of school siuweys. Three High Schools He recommended reduction of the number of white high schools to three, to give each the enroll ment of 300 or more considered essential for an effective school program. These should be at Rob bins, with which the high schools at Westmoore and Highfalls should be consolidated; at Car thage, with which the Eureka High school should be consolidat ed (beginning next year) and (eventually) those at Cameron and Vass-Lakeview; and one to serve the Southern Pines-Pine- hurst-Aberdeeh area. The West End territory,' he thought, should‘be divided so that part of the pupils will go to Car thage, the rest to the Southern Pines-Pinehurst-Aberdeen school. (Continued on Page 5) Gen. Marshall Gives Contest Awards l\ t! Birch Seeks New Lease On Links; Grinnell Leaving Russ Birch, co-proprietor of the Pine Needles Golf course and club, conferred Thursday morning with Bishop "Vincent Waters of the Catholic diocese of Raleigh relative to a continued lease. Re sults of the conference were not known at press time. Mr. Birch said he hoped to come to an understanding with the Bishop that will permit him to continue operation of the course and club, which is part of the grounds of St. Joseph of the Pines hospital, bought by the dio cese when it took over the former Pine Needles hotel. Roy Grinnell, longtime resi dent and well-known pro of Southern Pines, has been Birch’s partner in the operation since June 1, 1948. He has, however, ac cepted a position as pro at a coun try club at Clarksville, Va., re cently taken over by the Robbins Mills, nc., for the use of its em ployees there, and will move to Clarksville June 1. Mr. Birch said that If he and Bishop Waters can reach an un derstanding whereby he can con tinue to opei'ate the Pine Needles alone with expeotation of profit, li'jt he will do so. “I have sever- ril propositions to offer him and lione very much that we can make '1 deal,” said the popuar pro. Bishop Waters was here Thurs day for a meeting of the hospital I'o.p d and a report on its affairs for the year just past. Winners of the countywide essay contest on the subject “'Why Every Citizen of Moore County Should Give All He Can Afford to the Hospital Drive” and General of the Army George C. Marshall who presented letters from the campaign committee. Left to right: Shirley Ann Graham, eighth grade, Pinehurst school, winner of Group 2; Max Livengood, sixth grade. Farm Life school, winner of Group 1; General of the Army George C. MarshaR; and BiUie Jean Fisher, 11th grade, Cameron High school, winner of Group 3. Story on Page 5 (Photo by Hemmer) SWEET SPRING Spring sloshedt in on wet feet Wednesday, with rain that lasted all day and into the night. Through tl^e raim however, were visible! budding trees indicating that nature was doing her best. At Aberdeen, Pineblu^ and Pinehurst a smell amount of hail was reported.
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