jlANUARY 15-31
TEN CENTS
Fines, Sentences Meted By Judge To
Throng of Whiskey Law Violators In
All-Day Session of Recorders Court
Directors, including community chairmen, of the Moore County chapter. National Foundation for Iniantile Paralysis, at a supper meet-
j at the Aberdeen restaurant Friday accepted community quotas totaling a county goal of $7,360 for the 1951 March of Dimes.
The campaign opened officially Monday and will continue through January 31.
Seated at the head of the table are, at left. Chapter Chairman Paul C. Butler, who was reelected, and at right. Campaign Chairman H.
Lfton Blue, host at the supper.
Seated, left from Butler—John Bowman, Aberdeen; Mrs. Louis Bellet, Lakeview; Dr. T. A. Cheatham, Pinehurst; Miss Sallie Greene
lison, Robbins. Left from Blue—Herbert Bost, Eagle Springs; Mrs. Henry Adder, Adder; Mrs. Edna H. AUred, Westmoore; Mrs. E. W.
uton, Jackson Springs; Dr. J. W. Willcox, Southern Pines; H. Lee Thomas, Carthage.
Standing, from left—^E. J. Bums, Carthage; E. W. Bruton, Jackson Springs; Monroe Chappell, Vass; Frank McCaskill, Pinehurst; Ralph
eed, Robbins, vice chairman; Mrs. Eldon S. Adams, Carthage, secretary; C. H. Bowman, Southern Pines; Miss Blanche Monroe, West End;
rs. John R. Morgan, Mrs. Leon Wylie, Pinebluff; T. H. Lingerfelt, Farm Life; Valerie Nicholson, Southern Pines. (Photo Humphrey)
ARS Will Send
ome Message To
verseas Post
The ‘'home folks” can now
msmit and receive personal
jssages directly witR their men
foreign soil, through a unique
iw operation—the Military Am-
mr Radio Service, or MARS.
Local representative of MARS
Col. Calvin H. Burkhead, re-
•ed Army officer who has long
amateur radio as his hobby,
is one of 10 or 12 operators,
ilitary men or retired-service
rsoimel, who constitute MARS
the southeastern states.
Rrief rnessages may be sent any
y of the week to military per-
nnel outside the continental
lited States, and an answer se-
red if desired. Colonel Burk-
ad has made arrangements with
Chamber of Commerce
hone 8932) to receive the mes
ses here, and give them to him
be put on the air.
Each day at 2 p. m. Third Army
adouarters contacts each of the
erators by radio, takes the mes
ses and sends them through
ashington to their destination.
answer comes back the same
;t. Both message and answer
keot confidential, and there
no charge either way.
MARS has been set up through
operation of the U. S. Army,
a service to its men serving
erseas, and their families. The
worlds facilities will be avaU-
e for civil defense purposes in
of emergency.
iris’ Tournament
ere In Mareh
The second annual North Caro-
high school girls’ State Bas-
tbaR tournament will be held
the Southern Pines High
:hool gymnasium at Southern
nes March 12-17.
The event, which was so suc-
ssfuUy originated here last
ar, will feature 16 outstanding
gh school girls’ teams repre-
nting all sections of the state,
rhe tournament committee,
th the assistance of the sports
partments of several newspa-
rs throughout the state, will fol-
w the play of all promising
lbs during the regular season,
vitations will be extended to the
oat impressive teams around the
•st of March.
Lincolnton High school of Lin-
In county defeated Aberdeen’s
oore County champions in last
aPs finals to cop the state
ampionship. Cool Springs High
Iredell county took consolation
(nors by defeating Satemburg,
impson county’s ton club. The
umament attracted fftatewide
tention and brought many out-
Extension Course
On United Nations
Will Start Monday
A University of North Carolina
extension course on the United
Nations, will be offered under
auspices of the Southern Pines
schools, provided enough persons
—teachers and others—are inter
ested to make up a class.
Instructor Will be Dr. Kenner C.
Frazer, professor of international
relations at Carolina. The course
will include lectures, discussion
periods and illustrative, films, and
will give a full four semester
hours’ college credit for those who
wish it.
For teachers, the course will
provide credits for certification,
just like summer session work.
For these and others desiring
credit, a fee of $23 will be charg
ed. For those desiring to audit the
course without credit, the fee will
be $13.
The course will be held once
weekly, starting next Monday at
4 p.m. The sessions will be ap
proximately four hours in length,
with a recess for supper. The
course will include 10 to 12 ses
sions.
Registration wiU take place at
the opening session next Monday
afternoon, to be held at the ele
mentary school library. All teach
ers in the county are especially
invitedc to avail themselves of this
opportunity, said Supt. P. J.
Weaver, also residents of the com
munity desiring to enrich their
backgroimd, and improve their
understanding, of today’s major
world events.
Quotas Accepted, March of Dimes Is
Under Way In Aid of Polio Victims
Double Quola Needed
If No New Cases,
Is Butler's Plea
With 10 new polio cases report
ed in 1950, and 21 victims from
former years still under treat
ment, dependence must be placed
in the 1951 March of Dimes to see
that the needed aid is continued,
directors of the Moore County
chapter. National Infantile Par
alysis Foundation, were told at a
meeting Saturday night.
“If we do not have a single new
case in the county in 1951, we
will still need more than our
quota,” said Paul C. Butler, chap
ter chairman. The 1951 quota for
the campaign, which is currently
under way, was revealed to be $7,-
360, the same as last year and the
year before, “during both of
which years Moore received more
from the National Foundation
than it gave.
“Moore county, and the state of
North Carolina as a whole, have
always been on the deficit end.
The National Foundation has
given freely where aid was need
ed, without question. Now, at the
close of the third worst polio year
in the country’s history. National
is broke.”
Election Is Held
Pacts and figures were disclos
ed without stint at the supper
meeting held at the Aberdeen
restaurant, with- H. Clifton Blue
of Aberdeen, campaign chairman,
for the eighth successive year, as
Pinebluff Troop Wins Storey Award;
Freddy Sehnell Youngest Eagle Scout
The January court of honor of
the Moore district. Boy Scouts,
held at Aberdeen Monday night,
was marked by two events of
prime interest—the presentation
of the coveted W. M. Storey award
to Pinebluff Troop 206, and the
award of the Eagle badge to Fred
erick Sehnell of that troop, at
what is believed to be the earliest
age any North Carolina Boy
Scout has reached the Eagle rank.
Scout Sehnell is only 12 years
old. Until last year, requirements
of the Eagle badge have kept the
earliest possible age for winning it
at something past 13 years. Re
quirements for entrance into
scouting, and for attaining the va
rious ranks, have recently been
lowered.
The Eagle award was made by
Scout Executive Tom Dimham to
young Schnell’s parents, and his
mother, Mrs .Philip Sehnell, pin
ned the badge on her son. Mr.
town fans to Southern Pines ^ Durham emphasized that Scout
ong with the visiting teams, I Sehnell wasted no time along the
iring the week of play. way, “qualifying for the first step
the very day he entered scouting
at the age of 11, and taking each
other step in sequence in the min
imum allotted time.”
12-Month Competition
The Storey award was present
ed by W. Lament Brown of South
ern Pines, district chairman, fol
lowing a 12-month competition in
which aU troops were graded by a
point system On all activities of
the scouting program. Records
were examined and final decision
made by an impartial committee
of judges from Moore civic orgsm-
izations. To 'Troop 206 went a
large sterling silver bowl, gift of
Mrs. W. M. Storey of Winston-
Salem and Davidson county; to
the scoutmaster, K. G. Deaton, a
miniature replica of the bowl, also
sterling.
The winning troop will be
guests of Mrs. Storey at a steak-
broiling to be held at her David
son County home in March.
The trophy bowl, when award
ed, was piled mountain-high with
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host. A feature of the meeting
was the election of chapter offi
cers, in which all were reelected
—^Paul C. Butler (for the seventh
successive time) as chapter chair-
mem, Ralph Steed of Robbin vice
chairman, Mrs. Eldon S. Adams
of Carthage secretary and C. H.
Bowman, of Southern Pines,
treasurer.
Named as directors were all of
this year’s community chairmen
for the drive, most of whom were
present, and the chapter officers,
also the following: Mrsi John R.
Morgan, Pinebluff; Miss Blanche
Monroe, West End; E. W. Bruton,
Jackson Springs; Dr. C. R. Mon
roe, Pinehurst; Dr. T. 'A. Cheat
ham, Pinehurst; Lewis Cannon,
Pinehurst; J. G. Womble, South
ern Pines; Eldon S. Adams, Car
thage; Mrs. Henry Adder, Adder;
Dr. J. W. Willcox, county health
officer, and all county nurses; Dr.
Huffman, Aberdeen; Mrs. Mack
Callahan, Vass; Mrs. Valerie
Nicholson, Southern Pines.
Campaign Chairman Blue wel
comed the group, and spoke of
the seriousness of the task ahead
during the drive which was due
to begin Monday, January 15, and
nntinue through January 31.
Bottom Of Barrel
During the brief chapter busi
ness meeting Treasurer Bowman
reported a total of $9,928.77 spent
during 1950, mostly for direct pa
tient aid for 31 cases; a cash bal
ance of $386.82 which would be
more than eaten up by an unpaid
bill for $425 still due the Central
Carolina Polio hospital at Green,
boro for patient care.
'The sum of $4,837.16 had been
retained for Moore chapter uses
from' 1950 March of Dimes funds
'^nd a like amount transmitted to
National. However, during the
year local funds gave out and
’^^ational sent approximately $5,-
350 to the county on request, to
answer immediate needs.
Last year National expended
funds in aid of more than 100,000
polio patients. Chairman Butler
said. This was exclusive of money
spent for research in the unrelent-
mg stalking down of the polio
virus. Last year a vaccine was
'ound which can be of definite
Help against one of the four types
"'f polio virus—a real achievement
■'f science, perhaps an early step
toward the elimination of the dis
ease.
'^env Old Cases
If each year the NFIP and local
-henters could start with a clean
-late the task might not loom as
•'"eh a tremendous one, he de-
'•lared. However, still reauiring
"are are manv patients from pre
vious epidemics, some from ns far
"s 15 and 20 vears back. Though
manv cases are light and full re-
coverv follows soon, some cases
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The congregation of the Church
of Wide Fellowship approved
plans for a handsome, modem ed
ucational annex at its annual
meeting last Thursday night.
This week, a campaign is being
launched among members and
friends of the church to raise ap
proximately $70,000 which it is es
timated will be needed to supple
ment funds on hand for its con
struction. Sunday will be the
opening day.
The building fund starts off
with about $30,000 on hand, the
amount of the insurance paid fol
lowing the fire which razed the
old and outgrown church annex
last March. The new building has
been designed by Architect W. H.
Deitrick, of Raleigh, with the
needs of today’s large, active con
gregation in mind. The design as
approved is strictly modem, with
exterior of brick amd glass, but
harmonizing with the church
stmeture which it will adjoin. Its
two stories will contain a Fellow
ship hall, church parlor, chapel,
library, choir rehearsal room, of
fices, classrooms, and kitchen. The
contributed funds will, it is hoped,
also provide equipment.
No bids have been sought or re
ceived on the building as yet, and
cost estimates are tentative.
Sunday Visits
Earl Parker, of Aberdeen, is
chairman of the fund raising com
mittee. Working with him will be
a small army of 40 young men
members of the church. They are
this week receiving the benefit of
counsel from C. R. Schumacher,
of New York, financial advisor
of the Congregational Christian
church.
Sunday afternoon, the cam
paign committee will go forth in
teams of two, to secure both cash
and pledges, which may cover a
two-year period. Reports will be
totaled Sunday night in hopes the
goal may be sighted by that time.
P. J. Weaver, chairman of the
building committee, presented the
plans Thursday evening, follow
ing a congregational covered-dish
supper at the Civic club. The plans
were approved with a few minor
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An exhibit of etchings by
Ruth Doris Swett, of Southern
Pines, will be held in the Fine
Arts room of the Southern
Pines library starting Monday.
Miss Swett has been an
etcher all her life, and has
won eminence in this some
what exclusive field of crea
tive art. While her subject
matter is varied, she is at her
best with landscapes, and
especially trees. Some of her
etchings are in the Library of
Congress collection, and also
in private collections.
She has exhibited in New
York City, Washington and
other places. This is her first
large showing in her home
town.
One Out of 21 Is
Acquitted; 9 Ask
Jury Trial, 5 Appeal
ABC, Federal Officers
Give Airtight Evidence
New Sinclair Gym
Is Dedicated At
West End School
Dry Forces Seek
Mandamus To
Force Beer Vote
The Allied Church League of
Moore county last week filed a
mandamus proceeding in Moore
superior court, demanding that
the county board of elections
schedule another beer and wine
vote immediately.
They summoned the board to a
hearing before Judge J. H. Clem
ent in Carthage Monday to show
cause why this should not be done.
The petitioner complains that a
request was presented to the
board December 21, 1950, to call
another election at once on the
basis of the original petition for a
beer and wine vote, as presented
“on or about” December 31, 1948.
The complaint alleges that the
right of the board to call an elec
tion on presentation of such a pe
tition is not discretionary, but
mandatory.
Following presentation of the
petition, elections were set three
times and twice postponed on ac
count of a time conflict with other
elections in the county. TJie third
time the election was held but
subsequently declared invalid by
the State Supreme Court.
Complaint and petitioner in the
latest action is given as the Allied
Church League of Moore coimty,
an affiliate of the Allied Church
League, Inc., Marvin Ritter, Ottis
J. Hagler, W. S. Golden and other
voters and taxpayers in Moore
county. Headquarters of the Al
lied Chinch League, Inc., is given
as Shelby.
Defendant in the action is the
Moore county board of elections,
Sam C. Riddle, Franklin Hussey
and W. Harry FuUenwider, mem
bers.
The new Sinclair gymnasium of
the West End school was dedica
ted last Friday night in honor of
the West End district principal
and coach, the well-known and
well-beloved “ ’Fessor” J. R
Sinclair. ’
The building of the gymnasium
represents the filfilment of
dream: of both Coach Sinclair and
the West End community. For
years basketball practice was held
in an old wooden building highly
unsuited to the purpose. Years of
effort on Mr. Sinclair’s part re
sulted in the construction last year
of the handsome, modern new
gymnasium by the county.
The dedication ceremony was
a well-guarded secret, with every
body in on it except Coach Sin
clair, who looked forward only
to the generally exciting evening
Provided by a West End-Southern
Pines basketball game.
First Home Game
Games between the boys’ and
girls’ team of the two schols,
friendly rivals for many years,
had been scheduled as the first
home game for West End in the
new building since its completion.
It was opened for a short time
last year, in an unfinished condi
tion
A crowd from a number of
Moore County communities, with
the teams’ home towns both pro
viding about 700 fans, packed the
handsome new structure. Special
guests were the Southern Pines
uniformed band and picturesque
majorettes, who added music and
color to the dedication ceremony.
Invited to attend the event
were members of the Moore Coun
ty Educo club, county commis
sioners and board of education,
the West End district school board
and the West End Lions club.
Between halves of the boys’
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Twenty-one out of 37 Moore
county defendants arrested in two
whirlwind ABC-sponsored raids
during the holiday season, were
tried on liquor sale charges (a few
for aiding and abetting) in a mar
athon special session of recorders
court at Carthage Tuesday.
Nine of the 37 asked for jury
trials, and these were set for
Tuesday, March \ 13. Seven cases
which could not be reached in
Monday’s lengthy session (till 6:30'
p. m.) were continued to Sat
urday of this week. Of those re
ceiving sentences, five appealed
to superior court.
One who gave notice of appeal
was the youngest defendant,
Douglas Brady, Jr., a well-grown
lad of only 13. Juvenile Judge
Carlton R. Kennedy sat in on this
case, transferring from his role
of clerk of court, 'and with his
concurrence Recorder Judge J.
Vance Rowe placed the youth on
five months’ probation.
One Acquitted
Most of the defendants tender
ed not guilty or nolo contendere
pleas, facilitating the work of Sol
icitor W. A. Inland McKeithen
and of the ABC and ATU officers,
federal undercover agents and
deputy sheriffs who gave testi
mony in each case. Only one de
fendant was acquitted, Eleo Cov
ington, who was revealed to be
employed in Asheboro and only
paying a Christmas visit in the
home of his parents at Addor
when the raid took place. His
mother and father, Tom and Sal-
lie Covington, were among those
tried.
One defendant, Frank Stutts, of
the Putnam section, came stag
gering into court apparently un
der the influence of some of his
own wares. He met with an im
mediate 30-day sentence for con
tempt, at the close of which his
trial for liquor law violation wUl
be held. A whiskey case against
Stutts, an old offender, is docket
ed in superior court next week,
on appeal from recorders court.
Court Records
Several of the defendants had
extensive court records involving
liquor charges, and these were the
most severely dealt with. In very
few cases were the amounts of
liquor involved impressive. Evi
dence tended to show that the de
fendants were mostly the ‘'’small
fry” of the liquor game, with one
or two exceptions, retailing whis
key—mostly of the “stumphole”
variety—at their homes.
In each case evidence of direct
sale by (or. for the aiders and
abetters, with the assistance of)
the defendant was tersely and
convincingly presented by an un
dercover agent, of which there
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Majorettes Will Stage Unique Display
At Gym Tonight; Debut of “Midgets”
About 30 majorettes, the largest
number ever seen on a local floor,
will present an exhibition be
tween halves of the Southern
Pines-Pinehurst boys’ basketbaU
game at the local gym tonight
(Friday).
The majorettes include girls
from the third grade up through
high school. 'This is the first year
the elementary grades have come
in on the school’s four-year-old
majorette program, and tonight’s
exhibition of precision marching
and baton-twirling will be the
first public appearance of the
Midget Majorettes.
llie 20 majorettes of the third,
fourth, fifth and sixth grades will
perform in a border about the vast
gym floor, in the center of which
the older girls will stage their
show. At one end the four mem
bers of the high school group,
whose chief is Louise Johnson,
will present a new routine. At
the other the seventh and eighth
grade majorettes, captained by
Dorothy Newton, wiU go into ac
tion. Between will be Drum Ma
jor Robert Speller, deftly pacing
the show.
For their first apnearance, the
Midget Majorettes will wear white
tee shirts and shorts. The two
older groups will wear white cor
duroy, blue-satin-lined, in styles
differing slightly from each other.
The high school girls’ uniforms
are school-owned, while the jun
ior high school group has just
bought its own costumes, made by
Mrs. Robert SpeUer. All have
batons.
The Midgets wiU be in uniform
for the big game with Aberdeen
next week. The band will also
play for both occasions.
The popularity of the major-,
ettes, who numbered just five the
first three years, has caused ex
pansion of the program this year,
and Mrs. Georgeanne Austin is
assisting J. G. Womble, band di
rector, in their training. Instruc
tion in baton-twirling is given by
Mrs. Austin at the gym each Tues
day afternoon. The majorette
groups compose their own rou
tines under leadership of the f
chiefs. »