Three Visits Precede Holdup Try At
Vass; Hopler Fires As Robber Flees
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A holdup man who paid three
early-morning visits bejEore at
tempting robbery was foiled
Monday by Charlie Hopler, for
merly of Southern Pines, who
now has a service station near the
underpass at Vass.
Hopler told Sheriff C. J. Mc-
NOTICE OF PROPERTYY
TO SELL
Municipal Property
Bids will be received by the
Board of Commissioners of the
Town of Southern Pines, North
Carolina, until the 15th day of
January, 1951, at the h9ur of 12
noon o’clock,, at the Office of thd
Clerk of the Board of Commis
sioners of the Town of Southern
Pines, North Carolina, at which
time and place the Board of Com
missioners will offer for sale to
the highest bidder the following:
Thirty - two (32) Whiteway
lighting fixtures and attach
ments, subject to the condition
that delivery of the items for sale
cannot be made until suitable, ap
propriate and adequate lighting
fixtures and attachments are in
stalled by the public utility fur
nishing electric current to the
Town of Southern Pines, replacing
the items for sale, and prior to de
livery of the items for sale, no
rental or profit shall accrue to
the purchaser for the use of said
items.
Bids must be made on blanks
furnished by said Board of Com
missioners and in compliance
with its instructions. No bid will
be received unless the party , of
fering it shall furnish evidence
satisfactory to said Board of Com
missioners that he has the neces
sary pecuniary resources to fulfill
the conditions of the contract if
awarded to him.
The Board of Commissioners of
the Town of Southern Pines,
North Carolina, reserves the right
to reject any and all bids, as au
thorized by law, and to accept the
bid of such bidder as is in the
best interest of the Town of
Southern Pines.
Dated at Southern Pines, North
Carolina, this the 14th day of
December, 1950.
H. F. BURNS, Clerk of the Board
of Commissioners of the Town of
Southern Pines, N. C.
dl5.22.29 j5
Donald that he was waked up
about 5:30 o’clock by the Negro
who came to his station—which
is also his home—wanting to buy
gas. He bought 93 cents worth of
gas and drove away, and Hopler
went back to bed.
Soon the Negro was back,
wanting matches and cigarettes.
Again the station manager oblig
ed, opening up his store. Again
the customer departed.
For the third time, back came
the Negro. This time he wanted
“the cheapest flour you have”
and Hopler showed him a five-
pound bag. “How about a 100-
pound bag?” the man wanted tc
know.
I As Hopler went around the
counter the Negro followed him,
and suddenly, stuck his hands in
the oash drawer and started
scooping out the money. Hopler
, reached for a pistol he kept under
the counter, but the man jumped
on him and grabbed it away.
Tussling with the Negro, Hop
ler called for his wife, who was in
the adjoining bedroom, to bring
■him his shotgun. As she came out
of the door the would-be robber
j suddenly broke and ran, dropping
the money he had picked up, and
.'shoving Mrs. Hopler aside as he
I went.
I Running across the highway
and dodging behind the pillars
■of the undernass on the way to
j his car, which he had parked
isome distance away, the colored
man was followed by shots from
Hopler’s gun. The station mana-
j eer fired from the bedroom win-
'dow until the man was out of
jsjpht. “I don’t know whether I
hit him or not,” he said.
I Hopler. told Sheriff McDonald
iwho is investigating the affair,
that he will be able to identify
the man if he sees him. <
Golf Is Good — And So’s Money, Says
Peggy Kirk, Visiting At Mid Pines
Friday. Deccunber 15. 1950
By Bud Harvey
“There’s nothing like women’s,
amateur golf, but it’s a wonderful
feeling when you get that mon
ey ... ”
In so many words, Peggy Kirk,
latest recruit to the ranks of pro
fessional women’s golf, summed
up the difference between ama
teur and pro golf. Feg and her
Ohio colleague, Carol Diringer,
another familiar figure on the
a golf club back in Findlay, Ohio.
In addition to her Spalding sub
sidy, she’ll be shooting for a chunk
of prize money in at least three
pay-off tournaments in Florida.
Every gal pro who starts in one of
these tournaments can do no
worse than pick up a $100 mini
mum prize. And the check can
range up to four figures.
Meanwhile, Peggy and Carol are
getting in their licks over the
COME
IN!
women’s big league tournament i ragged Mid Pines course,
circmt, are spending a couple of “This is a wonderful place to
"ARCie" Says:
Mary! Mary! Quite Contrary,
We know that your horn wiU
blow.
Now try your brakes and, for
goodness sakes.
See that your lights do glow.
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pre-Christmas weeks at Mid
Pines, sharpening up their games
for the opening of the Florida cir
cuit in January.
“I don’t know yet what pro golf
is actually like,” went on Peggy,
who just joined the Spalding staff
a couple of weeks ago. “And I’ll
miss not being able to play in the
amateur tournaments. But I
wanted to go to work and it was
either pro golf or an office job
where I wouldn’t be able to play
much golf ...”
Miss Kirk, a veteran Curtis
Cupper and holder of several im
portant amateur titles, is delight
ed with the arrangement which
makes it possible for her to earn a
living without forsaking the sport
she loves.
“The cost of playing amateur
golf is terrific,” she went on. “To
play a schedule of about 20 tour
naments a year, it costs a girl
about $3,000—if she scrimps. Cad
die fees alone cost her about five
dollars a day.”
As a member of the Spalding
pro staff, Peggy draws a regxUar
weekly salary that will pay this
freight during 1951, with enough
left over so there won’t have to
be any scrimping.
“They’re paying me more than
I’m worth,” said Peggy modestly.
This, of course, is a point of
view that is open to argument.
Golf equipment manufacturers are
not in the habit of throwing their
dollars around carelessly and the
Spalding people must figure Miss
Kirk is a very sound investment,
indeed.
“I’d like to see the women’s pro
circuit built up,” she said, ex
pressing a wish that is shared by
others in her position. “If we
could build up a year-round cir
cuit like the men’s, then you’d see
the girls popping into the pro
ranks by the dozens. . . .”
As it stands. Peg figures to
spend her most profitable Florida
winter since she started swinging
SMUROAY
At Johnson - Brown
practice,” exclaimed Peggy. “It’s
a course that never lets you up—
and never lets you let up.”
But propping for the Florida
campaign isn’t the rollicking holi
day that it used to be for Peggy
who is by nature a blithe spirit.
It’s a grim bit of business this
year, because the gal will be play
ing for blue chips this year instead
of plated baubles.
However, it pleases golf’s fledg
ling pro. It’s a nice feeling to
cash that Spalding check each
week and not have to tap the pa
ternal wallet.
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Cub Party Tonight;
Awards Will Be Made
Cub Pack No. 73, sponsored by
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first Achievement night of the
year, at 7:30 tonight ((Friday) in
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boys of Cub Scout age (eight to
11) interested in joining a den. A
few more can still be taken m,
he reports.
At tonight’s event the hall will
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imtil the Cub Scouts start deco
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'"dth ornaments they have made
themselves in their den work.
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^Achievement and rank awards
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