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DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY MAY 27 REGISTER! Uiqt;F. r j RotrUiwfA/l^ ■ ^qreand (.aimaq*. / | « ^^aqlcOpqa Ccimeron pi , , Wa^todl-aUvKjc'VaSS j ^lierbz Pm j^^|)«rdaen jO.t'af DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY MAY 27 REGISTER! rOL. 31—NO. 25 24 PAGES THIS WEEK SOUTHERN PINES. NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. MAY 12. 1950 24 PAGES THIS WEEK TEN CENTS f,000 Shriners ixpectedHere 'his Week End \ Band Concert And Parade Scheduled Shriners of the Oasis Temple, appily remembered for their blorful meeting here a year ago, lill be back this weekend for leir annual convention and bring ceremonial, at which some 10 candidates will be initiated. I More than 2,000 Shriners and teir ladies are expected to fill le town Friday night and Satur- ay, representing Shrine clubs in lany towns of central. Piedmont lid western North Carolina. [Here are the convention high- “hts: [a concert to be given by the I'iental band' of Charlotte, rft le town park at 8 p. m. Friday. [The costumed street parade at l;15 a. m. Saturday, with thd Fiental band and the Oasis drum bd bugle corps marching and aying. The line of march will loceed downtown from the Civic rb, north on East Broad, then rth on West Broad and back to Civic club. The ceremonial at the Planters ^rehouse at Aberdeen from 2 to m. Saturday, and the ladies’ to take place at the Southern aes Country club at the same ae. ..uncheon served by the BPO |)es at the Civic club Saturday, help take care of the crowd, Jiich is expected to overflow the [al restaurants. le Potentates’ ball at the lool gymnasium, starting at 9 m. Saturday, with music by Desert Knights of Greensboro lohn E. Cline, of Southern aes, is general convention airman. Other local chairmen Jack F. Carter, assisted by Idney Evert, in charge of the pemonial, and Marshall McRae, charge of transportation. M!rs. line, assisted by Mrs. Carter, rs. Evert and ladies of the San- j-d, Raeford and Asheboro |rine clubs is in charge of ar* agements for the ladies’ tea. Jniform units of the Shrine lbs will be headquartered at the bllywood hotel and Highland lies Inn. The candidates will be lartered at the Southland, Jef- (Continued on page 8) tesort Hotels inding Season /■ith the convention season in Sandhills drawing to an end, “time to close” sign is going in most local hotels. |[n Southern Pines, up on the the Highland Pines will say lewell to its last guests, the tte Shriners cbnventiion, this aday. Looking forward already lext year’s season, the hotel ex ists to start off with another fivention, the N. C. Florists, in Itober. The Hollywood, busy and at- [ctive hostelry, is also closing aday, with its last meal a Sun- breakfast to the departing riners. The Mid Pines club ends its sea- tomorrow, Saturday, and al- (idy looks forward to many okings next fall, from its open- date set for October. [n Pinehurst, the Carolina is etching the -season to include 1st of the month, its closing date ; for May 24 when the last con ation draws to a close. Miss Ann Huntington With ‘‘Second Generation” Pupils Wake Up America, Is Theme of Elks’ Coming Program Congressman Deane Will Speak At Rally vs. Communism Moore Health Center Assured By Action Of County Commissioners “Wake Up America” will be the theme of a program to be held for the public under auspices of the /*£ I Miss Ann Huntington, who will retire in June after 40 years of tMching in the Southern Pines ele mentary school, with seven of her present seventh-grade pupils-whose mothers or fathers she taught. The boys and girls, are, left to right, Gilbert Harbort, Garland Frank Pierce, Patty Woodell, Dorothy Newton, Jackie Haines, Betty Swearingen and Catherine Medlin. (Photo by Emerson Humphrey) Aberdeen Singers Win Picquet Cup In Annual Contest The award of the Charles W. Picquet Music cup of the Sand hills Kiwanis club was made to the girls’ glee club of the Aber deen High school, in annual com petition held Wednesday follow ing the Kiwanis puncheon meet ing at the Manor, Pinehurst. The winning of the coveted cup, by the Aberdeen girls bore a spe cial significance. Their youthful and talented director, Bobby Whiteside, was killed in an auto mobile accident February 25. In accepting the award, the new di rector, J. E. Swanton, said, “I can take very little credit, as the club was ‘made’ before I came. This is a fitting tribute to Mr. Whiteside, and memorial to his excellent work.” Mr. Swanton, a native of Maine and a graduate of Bowdoin col lege, took over the direction of the glee club in March. Picquet Welcomed Back The presentation was made by (Continued on Page 5) Town Honors Miss Ann Huntington, Southern Pines Teacher For 40 Years SOCO GAP DANCERS The Soco Gap dancers of Wayifesville. world's foremost exponents of the folk art of square dancing, will put on an exhibition and lead the danc ing at the Southern Pines gym tonight (Friday) from 9 to midnight. The group of mountain men and women, boys and girls, acclaimed as national cham pions. have appeare^d in most of America's larger cities, and on request before the King and Queen of England and at the White House. Barn dance clothes will be the order of the evening, for young and old. Even if you don't expect to dance, better come dressed for it — you won't be able to resist it. If you don't know how. the Soco Gap dancers will show you. Looks like a lively evening ahead—and all for the benefit of the Southern Pines school band. Tributes, Gifts Express Appreciation of Long Service Southern Pines turned out Wed nesday night to do honor to a lit tle lady who has been quietly serving the community and its youth as an elementary teacher for approximately 40 years. On the eve of her retirement at the close of the present term a beautiful ceremony was held at the new auditorium marking what Mayor C. N. Page had proclaimed as “Anne Huntington day.” There Miss Huntington receiv ed the gratitude of her pupils past and present, the school board, su perintendent and patrons, also something more tangible repre senting it all—a check lor $1,500. She was prepared for most of the program and sat quietly, a tiny figure in a dark blue dress as the tributes were made. Occa sionally she gave a shy little smile. But the check was ,a surprise. Southern Pines Elks lodge, at 8i p. m., Wednesday at the Southern ' Pines auditorium. In scheduling the program and extending an urgent invitation to all of the county to attend, the lodge members are joining other BPO Elks of the nation in a con certed attack on communistic in roads, to be held in the period May 15-30. The program will include pa triotic songs, music by the South ern Pines band and an address by Eighth District Congressman C. B. Deane. Mr. Deane will give his views on communism in this country as drawn from his experi ence as a national legislator, and from first-hand observation on a recent trip to the Neair East. M^or C. N. Page will give a welcome. The pledge of allegi ance to the Hag will be led by Arthur Rowe, Eagle Scout of Ab erdeen. Marshall McRae, exalted ruler of the Elks lodge, will pre side as master of ceremonies. Congressman Deane’s speech will be non-political in nature, it was emphasized. “The dangers of communism are non-partisan and non-political. They threaten; each one of us, from outside. We have asked our congressman to speak beqause we feel that he is the per son best qualified by reason of his recent Near East trip, to tell us what we all should know,” pro gram leaders said. REGISTRATION Registration for . the pri mary of May 27 will continue two more Saturdays, accord ing to latest instructions. Mrs. Frank Kaylor. regis trar. will keep the books open tomorrow from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Next Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Up until Thursday she said only about 35 new names had been placed on the books. It is believed that there are at least 200 eligibles who are as yet unregistered in Sotuhern Pines and vicinity. This is an extremely important election to the nation, slate and coun ty—please register if you ar^ not on the books, and then pease vote! E.J. Austin Is County CoManager For Sen. Graham As it was presented by Supt. P. J. Weaver her eyes flew wide. When she stepped to the microphone and spoke for the first time, her voice was trembling as she said, “I thought that I had a good vo cabulary but now I find Fhave no words to express my appreciation to each one of you, for all you have done. I have enjoyed my work immensely all these years, and have tried only to do my duty. If there have been good results, that means more even than the check. I thank you.” The fund had been made up by individuals in many places, in cluding many former pupils; or- (Continued on page 8) E. J. Austin, Southern Pines building contractor, has accepted the position of co-manager for Senator Frank P. Graham’s cam paign in Moore county, it was an nounced this week by T. C. Au- man, of West End, manager. “I will be proud to be of service in furthering Senator Graham’s campaign,” Mr. Austin said. “1 consider him a legislator of the finest type, with the experience and ability required to cope with today’s problems on state, national and international levels. His rec ord of public service is one of which North Carolina can be proud. I believe it is to the best interest of us all to return him to his place in the U. S. Senate.” Mr. Austin is one of Southern Pines’ outstanding young business men. He was recently elected president of the Rotary club and is a member of the Sandhill Vet erans association. He served with the U. S. Navy for two and a half years during the war, mostly in the Pacific theatre. A native of Pinebluff, he grad uated froin the Southjn Pines In CoUntV ToWnS High school and attended the Uni- versity of North Carolina, trans ferring to State college in order to graduate there in civil engi neering, with the class of 1939. The county commissioners in special session at Carthage Mon day gave unanimous approval to establishment of a county health center at Carthage, and appropria tion of approximately $18,500 from the 1950-51 budget for this purpose. The funds will match federal and state funds already approved for the purpose by the Medical Care Commission, in shares of ap proximately one-third each. According to specifications set up by the Commission, an acre of land will be required for the site. The • commissioners said they would seek a suitable location im mediately, with the expectation that one may be found on land al ready county-owned. The action followed endorse ment of the project by the Moore County Medical society, presented at the meeting by Dr. R. L. Fel ton. Many Endorsements Previously, various civic groups had given their endorsement, in cluding the West End Lions club. Sandhills Kiwanis club and Car thage Junior Chamber of Com merce, and a delegation of citi zens representing these and other agencies of the county had visited the commissioners in regular ses sion May 1 to urge approval of the center. The letter from the Moore County Medical society, signed by Dr. H. A. Peck, secretary, re ported: “At a special meeting of the Moore County Medical society held Thursday evening. May 4, the proposition to accept or re ject the building of the new. health center at Carthage was discussed. “It was unanimously agreed that the county should accept the proposition, and it was urged that action should be taken on it quick ly by the public health authori ties.” Maternal Welfare Tag Day Tomorrow Five Are In Race For Clerk Of Moore Superior Court MOTHER'S DAY The BPO Elks will hold Iheir annual Mother's Day l>rogram at 3 p.m., Sunday at Ihe Elks lodge—outdoors un- ler the trees if the weather Is fair, indoors if it is raining, according to announcement py Bus Doyle, chairman. The public is invited and all aothers will be special guests bf honor. All officers of the southern Pines Elks lodge irill participate in the pro ram, which will include a lalk by the Rev. R. L. House, pastor of the Church of Wide fellowship, and songs by /esley Stoltz and Mrs. Doro thy Choate. Organ accompa- piment will be by Mrs. L. D. IcDonald. Refreshments will be serv- after the program. Five active candidates are in the race for Moore County clerk of court, subject to the primary of May 27. The group as a whole represents the county pretty well —two are from Carthage, one from Pinehurst, one from Robbins and one from Southern Pines. Dan Carter, of Carthage, Is a well-known figure in the tobacco business there. He is a member of the Carthage Presbyterian church, the Carthage Rotary club and the Southern Pines Elks lodge. Though not born in this county, he came here at an early age and is widely related throughout Moore., He is married to the former Miss Norma Mc- Keithen. Alex Fields, Jr., the Southern Pines entrant, is 29 years old. He was born in this community and graduated from the Southern Pines High school, then attended Campbell college and State col lege at Raleigh. He owns his own business on the outskirts of Southern Pines, is married and has ^three young children. His wife was formerly Miss Rachael Caddell of Carthage and his chil dren are Alex, 3rd, Shirley and Toipmy. He is a member of the Fi st Baptist churcn here Carlton C, Kennedy, native of Carthage, has spent most of his professional career in banks. At present, however, he is general manager of the Carthage Weav ing company. Educated at Oak Ridge Military Institute and Trin ity college (now part of Duke uni versity) he was employed for eight years by the Carolina Discount corporation at Aberdeen, then was with the Chase National bank for 11 years in New York City. Returning to Moore county, he served briefly as cashier of the Carolina bank at Pinehurst, then in 1943 came to Southern Pines as cashier of the Citizens Bank and Trust company. He left there in March, 1949, to become head of the loan department of the Underwood Insurance Agen cy, a position which he retained until last fall, when he moved back to Carthage. He was elected to the Southern Pines town board last May and resigned this post when he moved away from town. He is married to the former Miss Mary Pegram of Carthage and they have two chil dren, a married daughter and a son, .Carlton, Jr., at State college. Hubert McCaskill is assistant 1 office manager of Pinehurst, Inc., C. C, KENNEDY where he has been employed for 22 years. He was an organizer of the Pinehurst Lions club, and was its first president. He headed one of its major projects of this year, the White Cane campaign for aid to the blind. Born in Montgomery county but raised in Moore, he graduated from Pinehurst High school and has been active in numerous community and county affairs. He is a Presbyterian, at tends the Pinehurst Community church and was for several years superintendent of its Sunday school. Mr. McCaskill has served as president of the Moore County Young Democrats club and is now chairman of the Eighth dis trict, YDC. He is treasurer of the Pinehurst schools and on the Boy Scout troop committee. He is an active member of the Pinehurst volun teer fire department, and a mem ber of the Southern Pines Elks lodge. . HUBERT McCASKILL ALEX FIELDS, JR. He is married to the former Miss Neva Carter and they have three children, Jimmie, Donnie and Betty. Ralph Steed, of Robbins, is a native of Montgomery county who moved to Moore five years ago, on completion of his Army service. He had a distinguished war career and took active part for many months in the European campaign, including the Battle of the Bulge. He is associated with his brother in ownership and operation of the Steed Furniture company at Robbins. He is married to the former Miss Pauline Tyson and they have one son, Ralph, Jr., aged four. Mr. Steed is a member of the Robbins Lions club and the Ma sonic lodge and is currently wor thy patron of the Robbins chap ter of Order of the Eastern Star. He is a member of the Southern Pines commandery of Knights templar and in other ways is ac tive in his community and county affairs. He is chairman of the Moore County Hospital building cam paign for Robbins. m DAN CARTER . RALPH STEED The green and white tags with the baby’s head on them, symbol of Moore county’s successful thir teen-year long campaign for ma ternal health, will be sold again on the streets of'all county towns this Saturday. This year it is hoped that the giving will be extra generous with many dollars and fives and tens taking the place of the pennies. The work of the committee has in creased in scope, and this drive will, it is hoped, supply not only the working funds for the organi zation, but also a sizeable contri bution to the Elizabeth Woltz Cur rie Mernorial Fund, for the estab lishment of the maternity ward in the new wing of Moore County Hospital in memory of the found er of the committee. The ward will include a bed always avail able for needy mothers. Operational funds to be collect ed Saturday, the annual and only- drive of this committee, supple ment the regular maternal health work carried on by the county Health Department. Committee funds cover: an increase in the nurse-midwife’s travel allowance so Ihat she may give wider and also more intensive coverage of maternity cases; fees to doctors for operations or' deliveries of needy mothers, and for attending the pre-natal clinics. Maternal Welfare funds buy layettes, clini cal equipment and occasionally pay the rent for clinic rodins-. The committee itself advises with the nurse-midwife, Mrs. Worth Mc Leod, and helps with the organi zation of clinics or the transpor tation of patients. This organiza tion, a pioneer in the South, has been used as a model for similar associations in many states. In Southern Pines, the commit tee in charge of tag sales on Sat urday includes Mrs. Paul P. Mc Cain, who will retire from the chairmanship this spring, Mrs. L. T. Avery, its secretary, Mrs. James Boyd, co-chairman for this coming year with Mrs. Talbot Johnson of Aberdeen, and Mrs. James B. Swett.