VOL. 32—NO. 2
16 PAGES THIS WEEK
SOUTHERN PINES. NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY, DECEMBER I. 1950
16 PAGES THIS WEEK
TEN CENTS
County Officials
Will Take Oath At
Carthage Monday
Miss Bess Steps Out.
Miss Davis Down;
12 Start New Terms
Gifts From France Sliown At West Southern Pines
Twelve Moore County officials
elected in November will be
sworn in at the start of business
Monday at the courthouse in Car
thage. No special ceremony will be
made of the event.
First to be sworn in will be
Carlton C. Kennedy, who in his
capacity as clerk of court must
administer the oath to all the
others. A judge, justice or notary
can swear in the clerk and in this
case it will probably be done by
Judge J. Vance Rowe or 'Justice
Hugh P. Kelly; - i
Those starting their first terms
Monday are Carlton Kennedy,
clerk of court; Mrs. Bessie J. Grif
fin, register of deeds; J. M. Pleas-1
ants county commissioner; R. L.l West Southern Pines second graders stare in fascination at the model of a Breton fishing schooner;
Fry,’ county surveyor. shown them by Curator Guy A. Weatherly in the tra ler museum of French “Thank You” gifts. They
Reelected officials, who must are, from left, Archie Waddell, Jr., James Robert Austin, Nattie Lauretta Jackson, Maxine Ross, Jimmie
be sworn in like any novice, are Ingram, Marcella Hines, Harold Williams and Europa Gay. Mrs. E. W. Morse is their teacher.
Sheriff C. J. McDonald; Judge; ^ (Photo by Emerson Humphrey)
J. Vance Rowe; Solicitor W. A. 1 !%■'' ^
Leland McKeithen; Coroner H. P. |
Kelly, and county commissioners
G. M. Cameron, L. R. Reynolds
and John M. Currie.
tl will be a new swearing-in
for W. J. Dunlap, commissioner,
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Elks Will Honor
Football Squad
At Annual Banquet
Douglas “Peahead” Walker, the
famous Wake Forest coach, will be
the guest speaker at the annual
football banquet to be given by
the Elks club honoring the high
school football squad.
The banquet this year will be
held Saturday evening, December
16, at the school cafeteria, accord
ing to announcement by the chair
man, D. L. Madigan. Mrs. “Pea-
head” Walker will be present at
the banquet with her husband,
one of the colorful characters of
football today.
Garland Pierce will be toast
master for the event. Specially
invited to attend will be Bill Bak
er, Ray Copley and Andy Page,
1950 graduates of the squad who
vent on to play football at Caro
lina, and Gary Mattocks, a 1949
graduate now on the Duke fresh
man squad.
Awards will be made to the
Blue and White team members by
Coach A. C. Dawson, Jr., and Len
nox Forsythe will present the cov
eted “most valuable player” tro
phy in behalf of the John Boyd
post, VFW.
While members of the squad.
All Eighth Grades Will See Pageant
Thursday, Public Invited At Night
Local Class Gives
Charming Historical
Show At Raleigh
The Historical pageant, depict
ing scenes in the early life of
Moore County, which was present
ed by members of the eighth
grade and other pupils of the local
school before the Tenth session of
the Society for the preservation
of Antiquities, Thursday night in
Raleigh, will be given here next
Thursday in the school auditor
ium.
This is the good news for the
parents of the cast and friends
who, unable to attend the meet
ing in Raleigh, are looking for
ward to seeing this fine perform
ance on its native heath.
The time will be 8 p. m. for
the local audience while in the
morning at IQ the hard-working
cast will put on a special perform
ance for the benefit of all coun
ty eighth graders.
Produced under the direction of
Southern Pines’ eighth grade
teacher. Miss Martha Langston,
the pageant was first given in
brief form at the Shaw House, un
der the auspices of the Moore
County Historical Association,
two years ago.
Pageant Preview
This Moore county group is
sponsoring the present showing
which, this year, formed the fea
ture of the Raleigh gathering.
The dress rehearsal of the show
held Tuesday night, was run off,
it was reported, with a profession
DRAFT CALLS
their mamagers, coaches and
Cheerleaders will be guests of the al touch that boded well for the
Elks, tickets will also be on sale i finished performance. The actual
to the general public, said Colonel j program given in Raleigh opened
Madigan. On account of the ca-.with music: two Moore County
pacity of the new cafeteria, it ap- 'ballads sung by Mrs, Page Choate
pears as though for the first time to the strains of the dulcimer pre-
all parents of the team members sented to the Historical Associa-
mid others of their loyal fans, who I tion by Mr. A. B. Yeomans. On
wish to join in this tribute to the,Tuesday, however, only the cast
Blue and White, can be accommo- of the pageant were present to
dated. I (Continued on Page 5)
A stepping up of draft calls
was noticed this week, after
about a month without any
activity in this line.
Forty-five Moore county
men, including some 21-year-
olds, look their pre-induction
examinations at Fayetteville.
Tuesday,, and a call has been
received for 60 more to be ex
amined Wednesday of next
week, it was learned from
Mrs. Harry W. Davis, clerk of
the draft office at Carthage.
Also, 20 of those who have
already passed their physical
and mental exams will be
called for induction into the
Army Tuesday, December 12.
Firemen Fight As
Trailer Museum
With French Gifts
Pays Visit Here
Santa Parade Will
Open Christmas
;eason Next Week
Town Will Sparkle
With Yule Lights
This We''k End
The Christmas season will
sparkle its way into town with
the turning on of the Christ
mas lights sometime this week
end.
And just in case you’re still
in doubt as to what time of
year it is, next Saturday morn
ing, December 9, Santa Claus
will arrive.
The jolly old Saint will pa
rade downtown, accompanied
by the Southern Pines school
band, about 10 o’clock on that
exciting day.
The lights and parade are
the Christmas observance
sponsored by the Southern
Pines Chamber of Commerce,
jvhich issued the invitation to
Santa and has his acceptance
on hand. Arch Coleman, pres
ident of the Chamber of Com
merce, asked this week that
all the town’s children be sure
o be on hand to welcome old
St. Nick.
Santa will pause, as last year,
in front of the bank, where a
soace will be kept clear for chil-
dren to make his personal ac-
The trailer museum of gifts auaintance, and to tell him what
frJm th^ French “Thank You”i*^y’‘^ December 25. Record-
train put in a delaved annearance
VV EEB Will Take Over
Frequency, E'acilities
Of WSTS At 11 Today
TRAVELING BAND
The Southern Pines school
band has two important dates
this week, it is announced by
Director J. G. Womble.
Today (Friday) the band
will go to Sanford to march
in the Christmas Festival
parade. It wil give street con
certs in both Sanford and
Jonesboro Heights.
Tomorrow, Saturday, it will
go to Charlotte to join 30
other selected Tarheel school
bands in playing for the
Shrine Bowl game, year's big
gest high school sporting
event in the Carolinas. Select
ed senior players of North
and South Carolina will com
pete in the annued clasic.
The drum majorettes will
accompany the band and
stage their snappy routines.
The full band of abouf 55 will
go to Sanford. Only about
45 will go to Charlotte, as
these are all who have -uni
forms. The school team bus
and family cars of band pa
rents w^l be employed in
transporting the group.
ed carols and other Christmas
music will fill; the air, and will
be heard downtov/n throughout
the Christmas season.
This week it has been “Good
bye Thanksgiving—hello Christ
inas!”' as merchants began put-
■ng in window displays in the
jin Moore county this week. Like
I most everything else, it got
I “frozen up” over the weekend
and could not fulfil its M^’^d'^y
engagements—at the Vass-Lake-
view school in the morning; Afeer-
doon sabool in the. afternoon and ,
at the Southern Pines town park Christmas spmt. Word comes that
stores are lully stocked with the
best selection of gift items
from 7 to 9 p. m.
Its firct <'h'-"jrine in Moore coun-.
t-"- wras he'i'^ T'’esday morning at
the West Southern P’nes sehnol
Its last showing will be for the
adi’H rienulation. from 7 to 9 to
night (Friday) at the courthouse
in Carthage.
The tour of the county was
Senior Golfers
Play At Pinehurst
This Week End
One Station In
Community Now
Instead of Two
Sanford Station
Is Involved In
Dual Transaction
in
years, to make Christmas shop
ping a pleasure instead of a chore.
The Christmas lights, which
were purchased by the Chamber
last year, were put up this week.:
Amos C. Dawson, Jr., is chairman
of the lighting, Jack S. Younts of
the parade and W. L. Baker of in-
.ononsored by the county schools Santa and supervising his
through arrangements with the Ijpuj. about the town.
Mercury Plummets
V. c. Fall of History. Tnie trailer j
has already toured many coun-
ti°‘! from the east coast to Ashe-
|vire, whence it was recently driv-
The Sandhills section was grip- 'en back east by the onset of cold
ped by the coldest weather in weather.
schoolchildren.
Pinehurst Lions Revue Continues Its
Triumphal Tour;Coming Here Tuesday
The Pinehurst Lions Club Min-1 The cast includes the full mem-
rfrel Revue, solid hit of the Sand-bership of the Pinehurst Lions
hills dramatic season, will be pre-' dub, with additional friends of
seftted Tuesday evening at 8
o’clock in the school auditorium,
sponsored by the Elks club for the
benefit of the school band.
New jokes and new songs have
been added to the show, which
hung out the “Standing Room
Only” signs for two nights at
Pinehurst, and Tuesday of this
, week at the Aberdeen school. It
crmes to Southern Pines by pop-,_, .
ular demand, with the advice I Rhythm Quartet is rated as one
that this is positively the last per-1 of the show’s best features. The
formance to be given before I ouartet consisting of Todd Bax-
Christm as, despite overtures from I ter, cello. Tommy Vann, drums,
a number of nearby towns. David Bailey, trumpet, and Jim-
Tickets are being sold by school Lawson and his Hammdnd^ or-
siudents, at the local drugstores San, as originally heard at Pine-
and the Elks club, and may also,hurst, was augmented Tuesday at
be Durchased at the door Tuesday I-^herdeen by Buster Doyle and
night ' (Continued on Page 8)
many years during Thanksgiving
week and over the holiday week,
end.
The entire nation smvered un-
i.'.er an pnslaught of bitter cold,
snowstorins, ice and wind, causing
accidents and numerous deaths
from freezing or home fires. Fire
men here battled one fire, in
which fortunately no one was
hurt, in 12-degree temperature—
the coldest night within local
memory.
Thanksgiving football games
went forward Is scheduled in
most cases, also those of Saturday
afternoon when the weather was
even colder. Though attendance
at the games was sharply down
from normal, among the intrepid
fans in Tarheelia stadia were
many from the Sandhills.
Friday evening a cold rain turn
ed to a thin sleet and Saturday
morning brought the first snow
fall here.
The flakes whirled down out of
a steely sky on a cutting wind for
two hours or more, blanketing the
region in an inch or so of white of
which hard-frozen traces remain
ed throughout the week end. Dur
ing that day the temperature
dropped from about 22 to 12, a
record low for November.
About 9:30 p. m. Saturday the
Southern Pines volunteer firemen
were summoned to the home of
W. B. Gouger, at West Vermont
Southern Pines
who were to have been taken to
Aberdeen Monday afternoon in
school buses to visit the trailer,
'T"issed out on seeing the beautiful
display.
At West Southern Pines, the
boys and girls, taken through by
classes, formed a wide-eyed and
Kiwanis Banquet,
Ladies Night Set
For December 15
Leaders Meet Here
Sunday To Plan
State Field Trials
The annual banquet and Ladies
Night of the Sandhills Kiwanis
club will be held at the Mid Pines
club Friday evening, December
15, with the presentation of the
appreciative audience. The objects Kiwanis Builders cup as the ma-
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The cup is awarded annually to
the citizen who, in the opinion
of the judges, has done the most
during the previous year toward
the upbuilding of the Sandhills.
The winner, whose name is not re
vealed until the time of the award,
need not bq a member of the Ki
wanis club and in fact may be
a woman, if one is found to fit
specifications. One woman. Miss
Birdilia Bair of Southern Pines,
has been a winner in the past.
Another highlight of the eve
ning, according to this week’s an
nouncement by John L. Ponzer,
chairman, will he the after-dinner
talk by Horace I. Seeley, of Ra
leigh, chief accountant with th°
CP&E. His talk will he in light
vein, entitled “When Fond Recol
lections Present Them to View.”
The annual money gift to the
Moore County hospital will be
made, for the h“nefit of the un
derprivileged child’s bod which
Me
Radio Station WEEB will move
aver to its new frequency, 990
kilocycles, at 11 a.m. today (Fri-
lay). The frequency was vacated
at close of business yesterday by
WSTS, through a license transfer
approved one week ago by the
Federal Communications Commis
sion.
Listeners to WEEB will “sit in”
on the switch-over, which will
take place in a few seconds of
time. Then Southern Pines and
Moore county will have ^ust one
station, instead of the two which
have been in competition in the
area for more than three years.
Station WEEB, owned and op
erated by the Sandhills Commun- .
ity Broadcasters, Inc., is also tak
ing over the studios and trans
mitter building formerly occupied
by WSTS. It retains its original
call letters, though at the new dial
spot. Its programming will con
tinue without a break, said Jack
S. Younts, vice president and gen
eral manager, though for a few
days some local programs may be
. cut and no “remotes” will he held,
A star field of senior golfers ojj account of wiring changes
from many parts of the country, which are being made,
is expected to compete in the an-1 Retained are the full WEEB
nual championship of the South- staff, which, said Manager Younts,
ern Seniors Golf association to be-may undergo some expansion; the-
held at the Pinehurst Country Mutual network affiliation, Aber-
cluh Saturday and Sunday. 'deen studios, AP teletypes and
Among those who have signified Muzak transcription library,
their intention of playing are for- The move followed by one week
mer national amateur and open the authorization granted by the
champion Charles “Chick” Evans. FCC, on application by both
of Chicago; Al Ulmer,, the cur- broadcasting concerns, for the as-
rent U. S., Seniors champion, fronts signment of WSTS’ license to
Jacksonville, Fla.; Clarke Expie, WEEB which then surrendered its
Indianapolis, Ind., Western own. The consideration was $25,-
Seniors champion; J. 'B. Bixler, 000.
Akron, O., Ohio State Seniors
champion; Paul Hyde, Buffalo, N.
In the double-barreled transfer
authority, the Sandhills Broad-
Y., former New York State senior casting corporation was assigned
titlist; R. S. Tufts, Pinehurst, 19481 the license of Station WWGP and
The organizational meeting for
a statewide field trial program, to
be sponsored by the N. C. Wildlife
Federation, Inc., will be held at
the Southland hotel here Sunday
afternoon.
Attending the meeting will be
a group of 15 or 20 leading Tar
heels having field trials as a ma
jor interest; also state wildlife
leaders, including Roland Mc-
Clamroch, of Chapel Hill, Federa
tion president; Ross O. Stevens, of
Raleigh, executive secretary of the
Federation; members of the Wild
life Resources Commission, and
Southern Seniors winner, and
Tom Wolfe, Albemarle, 1949 run
ner-up, who lost out in a play-off
to Arthur T. Lynch, star New
York metropolitan player from
the Winged Foot club, Mamaro-
neck, N. Y. Business will prevent
Lynch from being present to de
fend his title.
Dozen Slates Represented
According to tournament chair
man Chester I. Williams, other
prominent figures in senior golf
expected here include Ray E.
Jones, Indianapolis, Ind., presi
dent of the Western Seniors Golf
association. Col., G. D. McAllister,
Orlando, Fla., and probable con
tingents from the southwestern
states and from Canada. In all, it
is expected that at least a dozen
states will be represented.
The tournament will be played
over the Nos. 1 and 2 coursati
the Pinehurst Club and will be a
36-hole medal play affair. The
player returning the low gross
score of the field, which is expect
ed to number more than 150, will
both sexes recruited from South
ern Pines and Pinehurst, in a
compendium of jokes, so"<»a
classic minstrel tradition. The
Leake street. F*'ife was found he made for field trials for bird as^presi-
breaking out imseveral places, on I dogs, coon dogs, foxhounds and ’ '
the second floor and also in the ' beagles, to be held in various parts
basement. The firemen had a stiff of the state.
Win Donat, Commission secretary., . „ , ,
It is anticipated that plans will'^^® maintains. Garland
rector Bob Speller says he never
knows what’s coming un next and
disclaims all responsibility.
Musical accompaniment by Mrs
Lamar Smith at the piano and the
battle of an hour and a half and
could not prevent considerable
damage to the building. The fur
nishings, however, were reported
to have been saved.
The fire fighters were hampered
in their work by the stucco-over
frame construction of the two-
story house, and the tight tin roof
preventing access to the attic from
the outside—also by the sheets of
The group will meet at Hoffman
for a field trip over the wildlife
reservation, and will come to
Southern Pines for 1 o’clock
luncheon, holding their meeting
afterward at the Southland.
Members of the Moore County | Charles W.
Wildlife club will act as hosts, and j pi^airman: .T,
de^t of the club, will presi'le.
Twenty-five year membershio
awards will be made to several
members.
To assist with arrangements for
the evprit. annuailv one of the
most briiliart of the Sandhills
vdnter s°ason. Mr. Ponzer has
rampfl the followinff committee;
piomiot. assistant
all are especially invited to attend, t .or-rronpo .Tohricno. J. F. F4wards,
also any members of the general pf ^iipr.^e°ri- Wrtson Peet+ Pirie.
public who are interested in field hnr-pt- p-'ni Von Canon. West Fnd,
ice which formed irresistibly i trials, according to word from Mr. |p»,.q tV. Lament Brown, Southern
wherever the hose played. * Stevens this week. 1 pines.
the construction permit of WWGP
FM at Sanford, from the Lee
Broadcasting corporation, for $43,-
531. The WSTS staff was due
to move to Sanford and to start
broadcasting from there today.
While most of WSTS’ local as
sets move into WEEB’s possession,
the studios located on East Broad
street are under lease by WEEB
for only two years. Plans will be
made to build a complete studio-
transmitter bqilding on the tower
site on the Midland road eventual
ly, said Mr. Younts.
In the meantime, disposition of
the compact little studio-transmit
ter building on US Highway 1
south has not been determined.
“We would have preferred to stay
there,” said Younts, “but we are
finding the quarters cramped, also
the technical difficulties of chang
ing the transmitter over to anoth
er frequency would have been
costly and tedious.”
He added, “As Southern Pines’
and Mogre county’s only radio sta
tion, we can now do an increas
ingly good job, fulfilling all our
win the title. Prizes will be given plans as originally made more
for the low gross and low net in than four years ago, which then
the five age classes, and also tc
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won the endorsement of
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the
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, November 30—Annual meeting Moore County chapter.
American Red Cross. Durham Mayor Dan K. Edwards, speaker.
Mid Pines. 8 p.m.
Saturday, Sunday, December 2-3—Seniors Golf tournament,
Pinehurst Country Club.
Sunday. December 3—Elks Club memorial service, 3 pmu
Tuesday. December 5—Pinehurst Lions Minstrel Revue, audito
rium. 8 p.m.
Thursday, December 7—Miniature historical pageant presented
by eighth grade, community invited, auditorium, 8 p.m.
Friday and Saturday, December 8-9—Christmas bazaar and rum-
maae sale of Moore County Hospital auxiliary, Leroy Lee
building.
Saturday, December 9—Santa Claus parade, 10 a. m.
Friday, December 15—Sandhills Kiwanis Club annual banquet
and Ladies Night. Mid Pines club.
Saturday, December 16—^Elks Club annual football banquet,
"Peahead" Walker, speaker, school cafeteria, 7 p.m.
Wednesday. December 20—^Elks Club annual Santa Clau^. party
for all the jcids, at Elks lodge.