DRIVE
CAREFULLY!
DRIVE
CAREFULLY!
CHILDREN GOING
TO SCHOOL
Six-Man Football
Clinic Sessions
Friday, Saturday
Game Analyzed For
High School Coach^
Al Stalewide Event
1 Keen local interest centers
around North Carolina’s first six-
man football clinic, to be held
here tonight (Friday) and Satur
day. High school coaches and
principals of a number of small
high schools will attend, and in
terested persons of the commun
ity also may sit in.
Tonight, starting at 8 o’clock at
the school auditorium, J. A. Phil
lips of Southern Pines will speak
on “Your Team and Its Commun
ity Relationships.” Principal Can
non of Pinehurst will discuss “Fi
Tinncing Your Six-Man Football
Program” and L. J. (Hap) Perry,
presiding officer and executive
secretary of the sponsoring N. C.
High School Athletic association,
'wiU interpret rules.
Saturday starting at 10 a.m.,
several coaches will dissect the
game—Coach Park of Curry High:
Greensboro; Coach Calhoun of the
Junior Order Home at Lexington;
Coach Gilees of Clemmons, Coach
Fussell of Elm City and Coach
Dawson of Southern Pines.
A luncheon will be served at
12:30 Saturday in the school cafe
teria. Afterward, game movies
will be shown, and the group will
•go to the High School field to ob
serve the Southern Pines squad in
game-length scrimmage.
Enrollment Is Up In Local Schools
Big Increase In PitlcHUTSt SctlOOl Is
Elementary Completely Destroyed
Departments Midnight Bloze
Carthage Church
Will Observe
Centennial Sunday
Maj” Gen. w! r! Wolfinbarger, left, commanding general of the Ninth Air Force (Tactical), and Maj.
Gen. Williston B. Palmer, commanding general of the 82nd Airborne division, are shown looking over
a marker presented to the headquarters of the Ninth Air Force by the 82nd, on their recent transfer for
operational purposes to Pope Field. (Army Photo)
Moore Receives First Draft Gall
One Polio Victim
Worse, Another
“Satisfactory
Group Leaves For
Fayetfeville Tuesday
For Examinations
Moore county will send its first
group of men to Fayetteville
Tuesday for examinations prelim-
two-year-old,'inary to induction into the Army,
under the reactivated draft laws.
Martha Ann,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James
Johnson of near Southern Pines, clerk. The local
reported in critical condi-^
Observance of the 100th anni
versary of the Carthage Presby
terian church, which was organ
ized the first Sunday in Septem
ber, 1850, will be held at the
church next Saturday and Sun
day, September 9 and 10.
The program will open Satur
day evening with a supper at 6:30
o’clock in the Currie Memorial
building, attended by the visitors,
officers of the church and their
wives and officers of the Women
;of the Church.
At 8 p. m.. the widely
known male quartet of the
Lenoir Presbyterian church
will give a sacred concert for
the public. Ten-minute talks
will be given by six ministers
who went out from this
church: the Rtev. J. K. Rob
erts. Jr., Danville, Va.; the
Rev. Philip Roberts, of Fred
ericksburg, Va.; the Rev. Wil
liam S. Currie, Greensboro;
Col. Walter G. Sugg, Jr.,
chaplain, USA; the Rev.
Frank S. Blue. Linden; and
the Rev. D. McL. McDonald,
Columbia, S. C.
^ The Sunday morning (11
o’clock) service will be conducted
by the pastor, the Rev. W. S.
Golden, and two former pastors,
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was
tion this week at
Raleigh, where she has been a
polio patient since August 17.
Paralysis ^which originally af
fected only her face moved down
to her lungs, affecting her breath-
The call was for 64 men,, said
„ t. -4. 1 board in regular ‘meeting last
Rex hospital, reviewed the files and listed
the names of some 70 men, to meet
at the draft office at Carthage at
7 a. m. 'Tuesday and make the trip
on two special buses.
Working dowri the lists by ages
ing. Her life’was said to have been,ffom the 26-year-olds, the board
saved Monday afternoon by a
joint rescue operation of the Dur
ham polio chapter, fire depart
ment and Highway Patrol, by
which an infant respirator was
rushed from Durham to Raleigh
after an SOS came from the hos
pital. Forty minutes after the call
went out, the child was in the
respirator.
At the same time the condition
of little Susan Lynn Carter, nine-
months-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J. F. Carter of Southern
Pines, was reported as “satisfac
tory.” She was expected home
this week from Rex hospital
members found they had to get
down to 22-year-old' men before
they secured the wanted' number.
In the older group, Mrs. Davis
said, the majority of registrants
are veterans of World War 2 or
married, and thus not yet sub
ject to draft,, or they are 4-F.
After the physical and mental
tests are made, those who pass
both will return home to await the
call, which will come as soon as
they are needed. No deferments
of the tests are allowable under
present laws. However, Mrs. Davis
said, in special cases induction
may be deferred. These cases in-
CIVILIAN DEFENSE
Tentative civilian defense
plans for this community will
be presented by Donald L.
Madigan, director, to the town
board for approval next Wed^
nesday night.
He ,has gone ahead with a
plan on request of E. Z. Jones,
state civilian defense director,
who said he will caU a meet
ing goon of all-community de—. •
fense Sectors appointecT so
far. There are about 50 in
North Carolina.
Mr. Jones has been in con
ference with national leaders
on the subject, and will bring
the group their ideas, also
with the help of the commun
ity directors will coordinate
their plans into a statewide
pattern for civilian defense.
Deane Reveals
Defense Set-Up At
YDC District Rally
where she has been a polio patient elude students in high school or
for about two weeks. I college, who may be deferred till
Susan was taken ill in South|the end of the school year Pro-
Carolina, where she had been forlvidmg they are already attending
several weeks. The disease was.sehool when called
undoubtedly contracted there,! Those who feel they rate defer-
said Dr. J. W. Willcpx, county ment of induction should write
health officer. She was transfer- the draft board on receiving their
red directly from South Carolina call, indicating their reasons,
to Raleigh. A delayed report came No further call is anticipated
Saturday to the county health de- until October, said the clerk,
partment from the state health Howevera she added—you never
department. Her case is said to know,
be a light one.
2y000 At Red Cross Water Show
Skill and talent in the water
■syere placed brilliantly on display
in the Red Cross “aquacade” held
Sunday afternoon at Aberdeen
GIRL SCOUTING
Mrs. Mary Johnson McNair.
N. C. sfate supervisor. Girl
Scouts of America, will speak
to parents, civic leaders,
church leaders and others of
the community interested in
Girl Scouting, at a meeting at
the Episcopal parish house at
8 o'clock tonight (Friday).
The' meeting will be con
ducted by Mrs. Jessie McNair,
of Sanford, president of the
Central Carolina Council.
Southern Pines has two
Girl Scout troops, organized
within the past three months.
The meeting is for the pur
pose of explaining the . Girl
Scout program fully, and pre
paring the way for further
organization, also for placing
local activities on a Council
basis for greater effectiveness.
lake, providing thrills for a crowd
estimated at 2,000 persons.
The all-Moore (bounty cast of
the show included some of the ex
perts who have headed the county
chapter’s water safety program
this summer, also some of their
pupils from beginners’ classes on
up.
In rescue work, diving and
swimming demonstrations, plain
and fancy, the young people show
ed that the water can be safe—if
you know and observe the rules.
They also showed that it is a top
flight medium for sport and fun.
Edwina Hallman, of Aberdeen,
and Richard Kaylor, Southern
Pines, supervised the boat and ca
Mercury Plunges
From High To Low
Congressman C. B. Deane of
Rockingham, speaking at the
Eighth District YDC rally at the
Southern Pines Country club Sat
urday night, told more than 100
persons assembled there that “tlje
situation is Serious. We are going
to have to pay and pay and pay,
and tighten our belts.”
The job ahead is twofold, he
said—“to keep our nation mili
tarily and economically sound,
and to avoid an all-out war by all
possible means — diplomatically,
politically or economically.” The
cost of global war would be as sui-
cidally great for the winner as for
the loser—more than any nation
can stand.
Buffet Supper
Hubert McCaskill, of Pinehurst,
district chairman, presided over
the meeting, held in the club’s
ballroom following an outdoor
buffet supper. Paul Butler asked
a blessing. W. Lament Brown, of
Pinebluff, gave a greeting from
The temperature took a drama-i the Moore County club. Rep. H.
tic nose-dive early this week, [ Clifton Blue of Aberdeen intro-
catching a lightly clad citizenry duced some outstanding guests.
Cafeteria Opening
Again Delayed
Southern Pines schools opened
Wednesday with an enrollment of
816, for all schools, 93 more than
the opening day enrollment last
year. The increase -was all, so far,
in the elementary department.
According to past experience,
the figure will mount all year.
The next two weeks will bring a
good many additions and these
are especially important, accord
ing to Sept. P. J. Weaver. The
registration figure at the end of
the first two weeks will be the
state’s basis for determining
whether additional teachers
should be allotted.
The faculty has already gained
one teacher over last year, and
two or more may be added.
Enrollment in the separate
schools Wednesday was reported
as follows (1949 figures in paren
theses for comparison):
White-—-high school, 113 (125);
elementary, 370 (349).
Negro—high school, 70 (66); ele
mentary, 263 (193).
Gain of 101
Total first-day elementary reg
istration jumped from 532 last
year to 633 this year, a gain of 101
in the white and Negro schools.
In the high schools, this year’s
figure was 183, a loss of eight
from last year’s 191. This is ex
pected to be more than made up
within the next tvyo weeks. Some
students are still out of town, and
some of the Negro boys and girls
are still busy on farms.
At the Southern Pines elemen
tary school, one first grade and
one second grade were placed in
the home economics cottage as
they could not be accommodated
in the 10-classroom school. The
construction of four new class
rooms, two of them to be finished
this fall, was due to begin yester
day.
Cafeteria Delay
Present prospects are that the
new cafeteria will not go into op
eration until Monday, September
18, -or even later, as some of the
equipment still has not arrived,
Mr. Weaver said.
The first assembly of the South
ern Pines school will be held this
morning (Friday), bringing the
student body together in their
new auditorium for the first time
and marking the official start of
classes on regular schedule.
School opens today at 8:30 a.m.
First and second grades will let
out at 1:15 p.m. for two weeks,
then at 1:45'( the third and fourth
grade sessions end at 2:15, and
high school classes at 2:45.
New Teachers
The schoolchildren greeted' sev
eral new teachers of whom one
had not been previously announc
ed—Miss Eddie Dantzler, of
Woodford, S. C., who succeeds
Miss Elizabeth Sawyer on the ele
mentary school faculty. Miss
I Sawyer resigned about two weeks
ago to go into other work.
Miss Dantzler is a graduate of
Winthrop college. Rock Hill, S. C-,
taught for several years at
Charleston, S. C., and comes to
Southern Pines from the schools
of Arlir/gton, Va.
Wind-Whipped Flames
Threaten Residential
Section of Resort
%
Wi
Audrey West Brown,
community’s first state
champion, who made
The Pinehurst elementary
school burned to the ground in a
spectacular windl-whipped blaze
early Wednesday morning. The
fire started soon after 1 a. m., less
than eight hours before school
was due to begin for the fall.
Supplies for both the grade and
high schools were stored in the
building. Radio broadcasts Wed
nesday announced the postpone
ment of the white schools’ open
ing ■ to Monday, with elementary
grades meeting at the Community
church.
The call for help reached the
Southern Pines firehouse at 1:30
a. m. Within a few minutes the
20, this truck, manned by five volunteers
tennis awakened from sleep, was rush-
a cleansing in the direction of a huge red
glow that spread over the night
sky.
The Aberdeen truck also ar-
invitational squad.
The
sweep at tl^e N. C. Closed Tourna
ment at Greensboro last week.
She came out as singles champion, i
co-champion (witlj Mary Ruth | rived quickly, bringing more fire
Davis) in the doubles, and winner I fighters to aid Pinehurst Chief
(with her brother Harry) of . a' Ellis Fields and his embattled.,
special non-official
mixed doubles event.
I At Carolina, where she will be
'a senior this year, Audrey pans
to get in some special tennis in
struction and lots of hard practice
during the coming months.
She is shoiwn above with the
trophy she wofi as singles winner
in the Sandhills Open, held here
last month.
Supreme Court
Will Rule On
Beer-Wine Vote
unprepared as it plunged more
than 40 degrees almost overnight.
Summer took a final fling Sat
urday and Sunday with the hot
test weather of the season, hover
ing little short of 100. The perspir
ing citizenry welcomed a slight
cooling-off with showers Monday
—then that night had to go to
the blanket chest for extra pro
tection.
The fringe of a coastal squall
brought winds, mist and drizzle
Tuesday and Wednesday—also
noe demonstrations, and rescue j goose bumps at temperatures
techniques, Frances Campbell, of around 55.^ Visitor^ were ^caught
Pinehurst, headed the stunt swim ■
ming program and Milton Lyons,
of West End, had a field day with
what was rated the finest exhibi
tion of comic and stunt diving
ever Seen in the county.
Others taking part were John
Monroe, Decatur Richardson,
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with only light summer clothing
and several householders started
up their furnaces.
By Thursday it v/as still rather
dismal, but the thermometer was
climbing a bit. Pleasanter wea
ther seemed in the offinng as the
squally weather passed on up the
seaboard.
including Henry Bridges, state
auditor ,and Waldo Cheek, state
insurance commissioner; several
nominees for both House and Sen
ate of the General Assembly; sen
ior party and YDC officials of
seven counties of the district.
Groups were present from An
son, Hoke, Moore, Montgomery,
Scotland, Union and Richmond
counties.
The assemblage unanimously
endorsed the candidacy of Miss
Edith Marsh, of Monroe, for na
tional committeewoman, follow
ing a ringing speech made by
Henry Hill, president of the Un
ion County club.
Sho-ws Bikini Film
Congressrnan Deane, presented
by T. R. Phillips of Carthage, pre
sented a spirited defense of the
administration’s military prepara
tions. His speech followed the
showing of a color film he brought
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The N. C. Supreme Court will
have the chance to rule on the va
lidity of the Moore county beer
and wine vote of August 26, attor
neys in the case said this week.
^Notice of intention to appeal
was given at a hearing before
Judge Hoyle Sink August
when Judge Sink turned dowiMEe
injunction plea of a group of Wi
zens who contended the Vote
would be illegal if held. The ap
peal is now being perfected,' the
attorneys said.
Ordinarily the case would be
heard late in November. On ac
count of the public question in
volved, the court will be asked to
hear it earlier if possible.
Plaintiffs J. O. Ferguson, O.
Philip Cole, Carl Klabbatz and
Donald A. Jones, suing the Moore
County, board of elections, held
that the vote was illegal by rea
son of a 1947 statutq outlawing the
holding of elections oh alcoholic
beverages within 60 days of any
other vote in the county. A
Southern Pines municipal election
on civic improvements was held
August 15, the beer-wine election
11 days later.
If the court does not act early,
or if it renders an unfavorable de
cision, beer and wine salesplaces
of Moore county will be forced to
close October 26.
New At School - Accident Insurance,
“Community Chest” Campaign Plan
one-slory building,
containing 10 classrooms and
large auditorium, •was already
a seething mass of; ^iEtame,,
with huge tongues leaping 40
feet into the air. Sparks and
firebrands fle'w on a stiff
•wind for a block or more.
They rained like a Christmas
display on nearby houses and
the Community church across
the street, •with their thick
surrdiinding pines and needle-
strewn grounds.
For a time it appeared that the
fire would inevitably spread. The
building was obviously doomed
and the firemen put most of their
efforts on confining the blaze
there. They were aided by the
fact that mists and showers of
Tuesday, plus a heavy dew, had
thoroughly wet the trees and
ground. Otherwise, one fireman
said later, “Half of Pinehurst
would have gone up in smoke.
It was rated the largest fire in
the history of the resort village.
A large crowd quickly gathered
from all the Sandhills towns.
Many of the men pitched in to
help the firemen. Others of the
crowd stood awed in the weird
glaring light, watching a^ the roof
crumpled and burned like tissue
paper, and first one wall and then
another tottered and crashed.
The classroom windows and
columned entrance of the
school stood out stark against the
massed molten gold of the flames.
The fire ate its way fero
ciously through every cranny
of the building. The basement
windows were b^liazing rec
tangles, and the floor of the
school was afire from below
and above. 'Water from the
hoses seemed to be fuel for
the flames. It was an hour
before the fire began to les
sen. In another hour, at 3:30
a. m., all was under control
and the Sbuthern Pines fire
men returned home. At day
light, the ruins were still
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Two innovations which many
parents will welcome were an
nounced by Supt. P. J. Weaver
with the opening of school.
One is a group accident insur
ance plan, by which all children
insured against accident in
any school - connected activity,
including going to and from
school each day.
The other is a sort of “’commun
ity chest” plan, by which the stu
dents bring a contribution for
good causes at the start of the
year—and thereafter are not asked
her of schools. It was introduced
this year at Sanford also.
It costs $1 per year per child, to
be paid with the book fees—and
that means a full year, 12 months,
covering possible summer school
attendance or school-connected
athletic practice..
Accidents or injuries to school-
children in the performance of
their normal school duties are
no legal liability for the schools
—but have always been a matter
of concern for school officials, he
said. The insurance benefits com-
to contribute further during the pare well with those of other
school year.
Accident Insurance
types. The plan was taken out
through the Colonial Life Insur-
The accident insurance ,j)lan is ance company at Columbia, S. C.
being tried out in a growing- num- (Continued on page 8)
YDC TONIGHT
The Moore County YDC
Will resume activities tonight
(Friday) when its county con
vention is held at the Carth
age courthouse at 8 o'clock.
The Organization has been
in suspension for some
months, following resignation
of the president, W. Lament
Brown, early this year to ac
cept a federal census supervi
sor's job. The job is now com
pleted and Mr. Brown is ex
pected to be on hand tonight
to assist Miss Myrtle Frye, of
Carthage, acting president,
with the meeting.
"Business bafore the house"
will include election of new
officers, also of delegates to
the state YDC convention to
be held at Asheville next
weekend.