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CREDIT WOMEN
16 PAGES THIS WEEK
Clause of County
iealth Center Is
pushed By Citizens
SOUTHERN PINES. NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. MAY 5. 1950
16 PAGES THIS WEEK
Welcome, Sweet Springtime
TEN CENTS
Delegation Asks
Commissioners To
Accept Opportunity
The case for the constrtiction of
health center in Moore county
ceived fresh impetus, Monday,
hen several citizen groups went
!fore the county board of com-
issioners to plead this cause.
From Southern Pines, Mrs.
mes Boyd, a past president of
e Moore County Maternal Wel-
re Committee, and Mrs. L. T.
/ery, former secretary, joined
th Mrs. A. P. Thompson, chair-
in of the Pinehurst branch, and
rs. T. A. Cheatham, chairman of
county T. B. Association, to
that serious consideration be
/en to this project. Their efforts
xe seconded by J. Talbot John-
1, Aberdeen attorney, who
ske on behalf of Mrs. Johnson,’
ad of the Aberdeen Maternal
ilfare committee, who weis un-
le to be present,
rthage Leads the Way
•arthage opinion was represent-
by Colin G. Spencer, Jr., a
mber of the Junior Chamber of
mmerce, which had gone on
rord as favoring this project,
1 by Mayor Arch Barnes, who
ined the discussion.
Jayor Barnes said that tie knew
commissioners felt an equal
erest with the citizens present
the situation of the health de-
•tment. The Medical Care
tnmission grant offered to the
inty for a new building, in
ich the federal government and
state would assume two-thirds
:he cost, presented, he said, an
%ortunity which he felt should
be missed. He said he and
others had come to ask the
ird what could be done to for-
rd this project.
»d Is Great
Irs. Boyd, as spokesman for the
nen’s organizations said she
leved the need for the health
ter was clearly evident. The
sent quarters, she said, have
been considered inadequate
due to theif position up two
hts of long stairs in the top
„ r: 4, , ~ of fho havoc being wrought with-
/n oourt ho^e, inappro- j in a few miles. The section around
(Continued on Page 5) Carthage and all the north end of
Proclamation
WHEREAS, MISS ANNE P. HUNTINGTON is retiring
in June from teaching after 46 years of faithful service;
and
WHEREAS, Forty-one of these years have been devot
ed to the youth of our own community, helping them gain
a good education, instilling in them the principles of ser
vice and good citizenship; and
WHEREAS, There is nothing finer on earth than a
good and faithful teacher, and no treasure greater than
such a one gives to each child who comes under her influ
ence.
This is what April, that unpredictable month, produced in South
ern Pines last Friday. The big white blobs are what hailstones look
like to a camera, close up. (Photo by Emerson Humphrey)
Freak Hailstorm Batters Sandhills;
Half-Hour Pounding Causes Damage
A freak hailstorm pO'Unded he
living daylights out of this com
munity for a haJf-hour Friday
evening. From 5:45 to 6:15 hail
stones ranging up to golfball size
rattled like artillery on roofs,
walls, windows and the earth. By
the time it ceased, yielding to
drenching rain, the ground was
covered with midwinter white
ness, and the hailstones were
piled in corners six to 10 inches
deep.
Southern Pines and its neighbor
towns north and south were tally
ing the damage for days, as claims
stacked up chin high on insurance
agents’ desks. The storm followed
US Highway 1, hitting Vass,
Manly, Southern Pines, Aberdeen
and fading off toward Pinebluff.
At Pinehurst, golfers played se
renely around the course unaware
escaped
Doctors Call Special Meeting
n emergency meeting of the
)re County Medical society
called for Thursday evening,
the purpose of giving endorse-
it to the proposed state-federal
Ith center for Moore,
he endorsement is to be pre-
ed to the county commission-
who have called a meeting for
iday in order to take action on
blishment of the center,
r. J. S. Milliken, president of
county society, said the doc-
were summoned together for
lediate action following dis-
ion of the health center plan
Dr. Roy Norton, state health
officer, and other officials at the
N. C. Medical Society convention
held at Pinehurst thip week. A
committee of the Moore County
society appointed to secure the
facts did so at this time, and rec
ommended the calling of the
special meeting.
Dr. Milliken said that he had no
doubt that full endorsement
would be made by the county so
ciety.
The investigating committee,
appointed following discussion of
the project at the regular meeting
April 24, consists of Dr. R. L. Fel
ton, chairman. Dr. W. F. Hollister
and Dr. M. W. Marr.
the county apparently
untouched.
Damage to buildings was
mostly on roofs, which lost shin
gles, sprang leaks and gave way
to holes of varying sizes. A num
ber of roofs had to be entirely re
placed, including that of the
Tommy Vanns at Manly and the
Aberdeen thedtre. Some windows
were broken at Manly, skylights
at Southerq'Pines and 44 lights
of the Chandlers Greenhouses.
Howard F. Burns, town super
intendent of streets, said Thurs
day it would take a week or 10
days longer to clear the streets of
litter and repair the deep gullies
in the dirt streets washed by driv
ing hail and rain. Stopped-up
culverts required the town crews’
immediate attention following the
storm ,and they have plenty more
to do.
The new leaves were beaten off
of trees in all parts of town. Many
leaves were knocked from the
magnolias in the city park, and
others were pierced by the hail
stones with many holes. The dog
wood blossoms, already on the
wane, vanished like chalk p^ictures
under an eraser.
Tops of several convertibles
parked on local streets were turn
ed into sieves, also the awning
on the front of the H. L. Brown
THEREFORE, I proclaim Wednesday, May 10, ANNE
HUNTINGTON DAY in Southern Pines, a day for the
loving gathering about her of her pupils of former and
present days, and a day for all citizens of Southern Pines
to do her honor, and render such return as may be pos
sible for the invaluable gifts she has given to us all; and I
call a PUBLIC MEETING at 8 o’clock May 10 at the new
Southern Pines auditorium, so that this may be done in
fitting manner.
C. N. PAGE,
Mayor of Southern Pines
FOR MISS ANNE
A program honoring Miss
Anne Huntington will be held
at 8 p.m. Wednesday. "Anne
Huntington Day." at the new
school auditorium, followed
by open house at the gymna
sium.
Sponsors of the program
say that all townspeople are
invited, and particularly as
many of the hundreds whom
she has taught in 41 years of
loyal service as can possibly
come. Many still live here;
others will come from distant
places: the town will join
them to honor a lifetime de
voted to teaching—and to
them.
Massed Aerial
Might Seen Over
Sandhills Today
N. C. Merchants
Meet Here Sunday
In 48th Convention
FINE ARTS
"The Art of Portraiture"
is the title of the exhibition
on view ' in the Fine Arts
room of the Library this com
ing week.
The show is made up of re
productions of some of the
world's most famous paint
ings. from the print collection
of the Metropolitan Museum
of Art in New York. Holbein.
Rembrandt. Van Dyke. Rae
burn. SuUy. Peele. Lawrence
are among the old masters
represented, while such mod
erns as Van Gogh. Gauguin.
Speicher, Cassatt bring the
collection up to date.
Sandhills Association
Will Be Hosts To
Retailers of State
The 48th annual convention of
the N. C. Merchants association
will be held here Monday and
Tuesday, with headquarters at the
Hollywood hotel. About 300 are
expected to attend from all parts
of the state. Registration will
start Sunday.
Credit Women’s
Breakfast Clubs
Will Meet Here
L. V. O’Callaghan
Named Manager
For Willis Smith
agency.
Flower
plants newly set out
and young shoots coming up in
gardens were mutilated beyond
recovery.
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THE POLITICAL SPOTLIGHT—
Jim Pleasants For Commissioner
m Pleasants, Southern Pines’
candidate for the county
mission in more than 30 years,
le who can truly say he filed
ause of the urging of my
ids.’’
rn at Carthage and a gradu-
JIM PLEASANTS
ate of the Carthage High school,
Jim attended Davidson college
and Stetson university, Florida.
He was employed for a time by
the Way Construction company
of Valdosta, Ga., then became a
partner and sales manager in a
manufacturing concern at Car
thage.
After some years he entered the
employ of the N. C. Department of
Agriculture, and was stationed at
various places throughout the
state for four years. He entered
insurance at Sanford in 1938, and
in 1946 returned to Moore county,
making his home at Southern
Pines and serving as district agent
of his insurance company, cover
ing several counties.
He is the grandson of the late
Superior Court Judge James D.
Mclver of Carthage. By chance
he married a lady also named Mc
lver—Miss Jean Mclver, of San
ford. They have two sons, Julian
and Rodhey.
Jim is a member of the Brown-
son Memorial Presbyterian church
and last year served as an organ
izer and as first president of the
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National Square
Dance Champions
Here Next Week
The Soco Gap Dancers of
Waynesville, national square
dance champions, will give an
exhibition performance and lead
in square dancing, at the South
ern iPnes gymnasium next Friday
night. May 12, under sponsorship
of the school band.
This world famous group has
been written up in publications all
over the country, pictured in Life
and given request performances
before the King and Queen of
England and at the White House
in Washington. They have appear
ed by special invitation in big
cities all over the land, giving the
old-time mountain dances with
authentic artistry.
During the evening, from 9 to
12, they wil.l lead the 'sc^uare
dancing, teaching all comers, and
also give two exhibition dances.
Figure calling with all known va
riations will highlight the pro
ceedings. Both dancers and spec
tators may anticipate a lively
time, of unusual entertainment
value.
The group consists of both men
and women, who appear in coun
try costume.
Proceeds of the evening will be
used to buy additional uniforms
and instruments for the band.
L. V. O’Callaghan, Southern
Pines town board member for 23
years and former mayor, will
handle Willis Smith’s campaign
for the United States Senate in
Moore county, it was announced
by Smith’s state campaign chair
man, Charles P. Green, at Ra
leigh this week.
Mr. O’Callaghan has been fire
chief and head of the town’s vol
unteer fire department for about
15 years. He is a World War 1 vet
eran, member of the American
Legion, VFW and Elks lodge.
He is also a past president of
the North Carolina Plumbing and
Heating association and is now a
state director. He operates a
plumbing and heating and elec
trical appliance business here.
Manager Green, in announcing
his Moore County manager, de
clared: “We are proud to secure
a man whO' is held in such high
esteem, and who has enjoyed the
confidence and’ trust of his com
munity for so long, to handle Mr.
Smith’s campaign.” He offered
high praise for Mr. O’Callaghan’s
outstanding record of public serv
ice.
In accepting the appoint
ment, Mr. O’Callaghan listed sev
eral reasons why he is giving his
support to Mr. Smith’s candidacy.
“I am for him,” he said “be
cause I believe he’s the man for
the office. He is one of the out
standing men of the State, who
has attained both State and Na
tional prominence and is well
versed in international affairs.”
Mr. O’Callaghan also pointed
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TONIGHT AT 8
Persons interested in dra
ma. and the possibility of a
community theatre here next
year, are invited to a meeting
tonight (Friday) at 8 o'clock
at the Southern Pines library,
Frank Echols and Erie Hall,
of the University of North
Carolina, will be present to
explain a plan in this connec
tion.
The young men, both expe
rienced in Playmaker work
and "alumni" of The Lost
Colony at Manteo, propose to
start such a movement here if
they find community favor
and support. Experienced in
direction and technicalities of
staging plays, they would pro
duce several plays during the
season, using local talent in
the casts.
If you are interested.
An aerial review of all 671 air
craft used in Exercise SWarmer
will be held over the maneuver
area fro^m Laurinburg-Maxton to
Southern Pines this morning (Fri
day) starting at 9 o’clock.
The two-hour-long stream of
U. S. Air Force, Navy and Miarine
air might will be led by transports
and troop carriers in line at 1,000
feet, followed by combat planes
in tight formation, flying 500 feet
higher in case they might overrun
the slower moving planes.
The display will mark the end
of the great Army-Air Force war
games testing airborne techniques,
which opened with mass para
chute drops on Camp Mackall and
Fort Bragg Friday and Sunday,
and wound up Wednesday morn
ing three days ahead of schedule.
The planes in passing over Camp
Mackall, and breaking formation
over Fort Bragg on their way to
their home bases, will salute both
the 11th and 82nd Airborne divi
sions who played major roles in
the exercise.
Meeting here at the same time
and joining in all social functions,
including the banquet at the
Highland Pines Inn Tuesday
night, will be the N. C. Associa
tion of Credit Women’s Breakfast
Clubs and the Associated Credit
Bureaus of North Carolina. Ban
quet speaker will be John Temple
Graves, widely known editor and
lecturer of Birmingham, Ala., on
the "Subject “Free Enterprise—^the
Magnificent American Proposi
tion.”
The maneuvers engaged 60,000
troops from bases all over the
country, and brought into the
Sandhills area practically all the
nation’s top defense officials of
the federal government. Army
and Air Force. It also brought a
battery of top-ranking press rep
resentatives, specially invited by
the Secretary of Defense and
headquartered at the Hollywood
hotel, where a fully-staffed mil-
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Changes Seen In
SAL Schedule;
One Train Cut Off
group would like your ideas.
The Seaboard Air Line’s Wash-
ington-Hamlet run has lost a
train, according to the summer
schedule which went into effect
Sunday.
Just six times a day now do
trains stop at Southern Pines for
passengers and mail. Northbound,
they are The Sunland, 6:16 a.m.;
local, 10:06 a.m.; and The Palm-
land, 6:50 p.m.
Southbound — The Palmland,
9:05 a.m.; local, 6:50 p.m., and The
Sunland, 10:54 p.m.
Another change here is the loss
of a ticket clerk, Mrs. B. W. An
derson, who has ^en serving in
this capacity from 4 p.m. to mid
night for two months. She is re
turning to her home at Wake For
est.
D. E. Bailey, station agent, will
be on the eight-hour shift alone.
Since his duties require him to
be on the code machine a good
deal of the time, especially at
train times, it is going to be dif
ficult for him to attend to answer
ing questions, selling tickets and
making change at the same time.
He issued a request this week that
as many people as possible buy
their tickets in advance of train
time to relieve the pressure at the
window.
The schedule has necessitated
only one minor change in local
mail closings, according to Post
master A. Garland Pierce. The
5:30 p.m. closing for southbound
mail is no longer necessary, as the
6 p.m. will serve for mail going
both north and south.
While the N. C. Merchants as
sociation is in convehtion here
Monday and Tuesday, members of
the N. C. Credit Women’s Break
fast Clubs, including women ex
ecutives all over the state, will
join their convention sessions and
social functions while also holding
several of their own.
A board meeting at the Hoi
lywood hotel, convention head
quarters, at 7:30 a. m. Monday
will get the meeting off to an
early start. Coffee Hour at the
Hollywood from 10 o’clock until
noon will honor the president of
the state association, Mrs. Mary
Etta Johnson, of Winston-Salem.
Mrs. Johnson will preside over
the luncheon Monday ait 12 goon
at the Hollywood. The Salisbury
club is in charge of entertainment
for this luncheon, and, through
local arrangements, has secured
Mrs. Mary Chatfield as singer
with Mrs. L. D. McDonald as ac
companist.
Greeting From Cameron
Herbert N. Cameron, director of
the N. C. Merchants association
representing the Sandhills group,
will -give a welcome. Miss Francie
Rowe, of Washington, D. C., first
vice president of the national or
ganization of Credit Women’s
Breakfast Clubs, will be the
luncheon speaker. A business ses
sion will follow. The women will
then join the Merchants’ conven
tion session at the auditorium,
and that night will attend the
dance at the Southern Pines
Country club.
Tuesday, the Durham club will
present a breakfast program and
Voit Gilmore, of Southern Pines,
will be the speaker. After conve
ning with the Merchants for their
morning convention session, a
luncheon will be held at the
Highland Pines Inn with installa
tion of officers as major highlight
of the ensuing program.
Coleman Is Speaker
Arch Coleman, of Southern
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Committees of the Sandhills
Merchants associatio.n, the con
vention hosts, have arranged
many details of the meeting, to
make the visitors’ stay here an
enjoyable and memorable ex
perience.
A dance will be held Monday
night at the Southern Pines
Country club, tvith June Blue as
chairman. Bus Doyle’s Rhythm
Quartet with Jimmy Lawso^n at
the Hammond organ will play.
Visitors and residents will
meet and mingle at two
events here Sunday, opening
day of the N. C. Merchants
association and N, C. Credit
Women's Breakfast Clubs
conventions.
A gymkhana will be held at
3 p.m. at the Southern Pines
Country cjub. put on under
the chairmanship of J. T.
Overton, assisted by Joe Mon-
tesanti, Jr., especially for the
entertainment of the guests.
Some of the Sandhills' fine
horses and riders will take
part. The public is invited.
Sunday evening, public and
visitors alike are invited to
the Fellowship Forum's "Eve
ning of Music" at 8 o'clock at
the Church of Wide Fellow
ship. The choir will sing, with
Mrs. L. D. McDonald at the
organ, and four or five of the
town's fine soloists will be
heard.
and a floor show will be present
ed by the Martha Aden School of
Dance.
Tuesday at 6' o’clock, a recep
tion will be held at the Highland
Pines Inn by the Sandhill Mer
chants association.
Throughout the convention the
BPO Does, with Mrs. Louis Schei-
pers as chairman, will be on call
for guided tours about the resort
communities.
The Pine Needles club is offer
ing the privileges of the golf
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Enthusiastic Throng Hears Symphony
In First Appearance In Sandhills
New Southern Pines
Hall Is Scene of
Gala Affair
Plans of the Sandhills Music
Association which began a year
ago culminated Wednesday night
in the concert of the North Caro
lina Symphony orchestra in
Southern Pines’ new auditorium.
The big hall, opening for its
first majo^ entertainment was
filled almost to capacity by an
audience which came from all
parts of Moore county to hear the
famous orchestra give its first
performance in the Sandhills.
Under the direction of Benjamin
F. Swalin, the orchestra’s distin
guished conductor, the group -of
more than sixty players gave a
performance to which the audi
ence responded with prolonged
applause that drew three encores
at the close of the program;. Vary
ing from the opening classical
number; “Trumpet Voluntary,” by
Purcell and the weighty Brahms
Third Symphony, to Gills’
“Ranch House Party” and the fin
ale, ‘‘Tales of the Vienna Woods,”
the program was keyed to suit
every taste. Expressions of pleas
ure heard during the intermission
and afterwards showed that ap
preciation was widespread of this
outstanding musical treat, ‘''i.
Music Association Plans
Prior to the opening number,
Voit Gilmore, president of the
Music Association, appeared on
the stage to introduce the orches
tra and to describe the plans of
his group for further musical en
tertainment in the Sandhills. He
paid tribute to those who had
helped “to bring music to the
Sandhills,” his miention of “Mr.
A1 Yeomans, who was the presi
dent, of the first Music Associa
tion,” bringing, a burst of ap
plause from his hearers. He told
the audience that Mr. Yeomans,
unable to climb the long steps to
the auditorium, was hearing the
concert from his car outside.
Describing, plans for the future
which included the possibility of
concertfe' by distinguished artists,
Mr. Gilmore asked for a show of
hands of those who could be
counted on to subscribe $10.00
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