Carl Hill Wins
Speech Contest
At WSP School
Carl Hill, 17-year-old student
of the West Southern Pines High
school, was the winner of the an-
C.B.D^e
' to
Conqress
Carl also won the safety poster
contest held there in April. Hi^
achievements are the more re
markable in that he is a polio vic
tim, unable to walk, getting about
in a wheel chair.
The subject of his contest speech
was “The Indomitable Leadership
of Booker T. Washington.”
Second place winner was An
gela Quick, on “Courtesy”; third
place, Kathryn Turner, on “Ac
quiring Our Aim.” Honorable
mention went to Dorothy Graham
whose subject was “What Is Edu
cation and Why Do We Need It?”;
Henry Highland, on “Negro Edu
cation,” and Hester Graham, on
“Self-Reliancei”
The speeches were delivered
without notes. Robert T. Sim
mons, of the school faculty, was
coach.
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Dr. Hugh Edgar Bowman, prom
inent Aberdeen physician, died at
his home there Sunday morning.
Dr. Bowman had been in failing
health for some time. He was 79
years of age.
Funeral services were held at
the Page Memorial Methodist
church at 10 o’clock Tuesday
morning, with interment in Old
Bethesda cemetery. The service
was simple, the family having re
quested that no flowers be sent,
but anyone wishingdo do so might
contribute to the Dr. Bowman
Memorial Fund of the Moore
County Hospital.
Dr. Bowman was the sixth son
of the late Rev. J. W. and Sarah
Prather Bowman and was born in
Cec ar Fluff, Va., December 31,
IB^O. He attended Emory and
Henry University, Va., ana took
his degree in medicine at David
son 'Iclicge, graduating in 1902.
After a year’s internship in Pres
byterian hospital, CharloBe, he
started private practice in Bij.-’oe.
In May, 1914, Dr. Bowman mov
ed to Aberdeen, where he prac
ticed medicine until his retire
ment a year ago. During those
years he wa sa member of Page
Memorial Methodist church, of
the Medical Society of North Car
olina and the American Medical
Society. He belonged to the
Moore County Medical Society
and was on the staff of the Moore
County hospital.
Dr. Bowman was a Mason and,
several years ago, was the recipi
ent of the Sandhills Kiwanis
club’s “Builder’s Cup.” Dr. and
Mrs. Bowman celebrated their
Golden Wedding September 17,
1949.
Surviving are: the deceased’s
wife, the former Bertha O. Boyce;
three sons, J. W. and William
Bowman, both of Aberdeen, and
Edgar B. Bowman of Selma, Ala.;
one brother, Haggood of Old Fort,
N. C., six grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren.
In his career. Dr. Bowman per
sonified the phrase: “Beloved
Physician.” Known everywhere
lor his understanding • kindness,
his office was the goal of all who
needed help in time of sickness
and trouble. His response to calls,
from rich and poor alike, was
never failing. A valued member
of the medical fraternity, and out
standing citizen in his commun
ity, it was in his personal con
tacts with his patients that this
family doctor won a place of af
fectionate respect.
Pinebluff Lake
Will Be Ready
For Summer Use
100 Lots Near
Carthage Plant
Sold Saturday
The Pinebluff Lake 'dam is
completed and the job of remov
ing stumps from the lakebed is
now going on. Also, a pier is be
ing built. As soon as this is done
the lake will be filled, to give
the small community of Pinebluff
one of the Sandhills’ best recrea
tion areas, probaby about the first
of June, maybe earlier.
Also, it was learned, the lake
property and wooded acreage
surrounding has now been bought
and paid for, with $2,500 secured
through a town bond election last
January.
The dalh, replacing one which
washed away in the late summer
of 1947, was built by local crews
under the close supervision of
Mayor E. H. Mills and Police Of
ficer K. D. Deaton. A wide dam,
widening out still farther at the
base, it is reinforced with cement
fhgging fcr greater strength. It
has a sluice gate and is engineer
ed to take ■ care of overflow in
time of flood.
The lake and surrounding for
est were sold to the town by Theo
Berg.,
An even 100 lots near Garbage
were auctioned off at a rapid clip
last Saturday afternoon, indica
ting that the new Carthage Fab
rics corporation will really bring
grojvth to the town.
The lots were carved from a
22-acre tract of land on the Old
Lumberton road out of Carthage
near the new industrial plant
which is now almost completed.
Half were 50-foot lots, the other
half 25-foot lots of which, in most
instances, two or more were pur
chased at a time. Total amount of
sales was not revealed.
F. O. Frye, owner of the land.
was assisted in arrangements for
the sale by his brother-in-law, J.
D. Arey of Aberdeen. Auction
eers were the Goldston Brothers.
Cash prizes were given in the
course of the sale, also poultry—’
one was a setting hen complete
with eggs.
The land was part of Mr. Frye’s
old home place. He said he is
building a new home nearby and
also plans to put in' a five-acre
lake for boating and fishing en
joyment by residents of the new
developm.ent.
Fulton Fry Buried
At Culdee Church
Pines. Mrs!’ Clyde Hunt of Pine-
hurst and Mrs. Kelly Russek of
Ellerbe; four sons, Charlie and L.
D. of Pinehurst, Richard of Man
ly and Donald Fry of the home;
one brother, W. A. Fry of Pine
hurst; one sister, Mrs. L. O. Mar
tin of Route 3, Carthage, and 15
grandchildren. Funeral services
were held Wednesday at 3 p.m. at
the Culdee Presbyterian church
near West End. Burial was in the
church cemetery.
Fulton Fry, 67, died Monday at
his home at West End, Rt. 1.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Emelie Lettione Fry; three daugh
ters, Mrs. J. B. Short of Southern
INVESTITURE SERVICE
Robert Philip Spring, 23, son of
Dr. and Mrs. J. J. ’ Spring of
Southern Pines, was invested
Sunday at the annual investiture
service of seniors at St, Anselm’s
college, Manchester, N. H. At this
service, the seniors received their
academic caps and gowns prepar
atory to graduation June 9.
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Stymies Plans
Of Drama Lovers
Mrs. Florence Grover
Dies In Pinebluff
Mrs. Florence B. Grover, widow
of the late George William Gro-'
ver, died at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. John Fiddner, in
Pinebluff early Tuesday morning.
Services were held Thursday
afternoon at four o’clock in the
Pinebluff Methodist church, the
Rev. J. R. Riggan officiating. Fol
lowing the funeral, Mrs. Fiddner
and her daughter, Mrs. Howard
Troutman, accompanied the body
to Norwalk, Conn., where there
will be a second service Saturday
at two o’clock. Burial will take
place there in the Crestplain cem
etery.
Mrs. Grover, who was 81, was
well-known in Pinebluff for many
years. She had spent every win
ter there with her daughter for
the past seven years and was a
frequent visitor before that.
Besides Mrs. Fiddner, the de
ceased is survived by four daugh
ters and a son, who live in Con
necticut; by a sister and two
brothers and by 21 grandchildren
and nine great grandchildren.
Information that it would cost
a minimum of $5,000 the first year
to establish a community theatre
here on a professional basis, sty
mied the efforts of a group of
drama-lovers, meeting last Friday,
night.
Erie Hall and Frank Echols, of
the University of North Carolina,
were present to explain proce
dures, costs and a projected pro
gram. Experienced in many types
of drama, trained in the Carolina
Playmakers and planning to make
the drama their career, the young
men assured the group that the
plan could not be carried through
more cheaply, with any assurance
of success.
The feeling that Southern Pines
is too small as yet for so ambi
tious an undertaking, especially in
view of other plans in the making
for next year, was voiced by all
though with much disappoint
ment.
Voit Gilmore presided over the
meeting, which was not entirely
without result. Mrs. W. F. Hen
derson was appointed chairman
of a committee yet to be named,
to work toward some play-produc
ing on an amateur basis, on the
foundation of interest uncovered
at the meeting.
Small Joins Central
Carolina Co. Staff
Edwin W. Smail, formerly of
Newton, Iowa, has come to South
ern Pines in the capacity of com-
merciali superintendent of the
Central Carolina Telephone com
pany, according to announcement
made this week by John E. Cline,
general manager and executive
vice president.
Mr. Smail, a Navy veteran of
World War 2, entered telephone
work in Iowa in. the summer of
1947. He is unmarried.
He has taken an apartment at
the home of Mrs. Mattie Buttry.
BOARD MEETING
Board of directors of the Moore
County chapter, American Red
Cross, will meet at the chapter of
fice at 7:45 p.m., Friday.
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