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SOUTHERN PINES. NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY. JANUARY 26. 1951
16 PAGES THIS WEEK
TEN CENTS
few Lions Club
^ill Be Chartered
ItBanquetTonight
Officials Will Attend
Induction Event
At Country Club
lat lusty infant the Southern
|nes Lions club will be officially
inched on its career tonight
triday) with the presentation of
|e charter at a banquet at the
|)uthem Pines Country club,
arting at 7:30 o’clock.
IScHne 45 members will be in-
pcted into Lionism in the pres-
|ce of their ladies and of some
Lions from other clubs. Be-
ies the full membership of the
ansoring West End Lions club,
legations are expected from
le nine others of Moore county.
Id also from neighboring coun-
PARKING
CEhief C. E. Newlon this
week issued a reminder to all
motorists of the new parking
time limits, which are now
in effect.
Two-hour parking is in ef
fect throughout most of the
downtown area, with 15-
minute parking in portions of
three blocks—^in front of the
post office, and on East and
Wesd New Hampshire near
Broad. t
The painter has been busy
and all limited areas are
plainly marked, on the curb
or with a sign.
Chief Newlon also remind
ed drivers of an old restric
tion—40 minutes on parking,
on Seaboard Air Line proper-
tv adjaaent tio the station.
Violation of these limiteilions
means you get a ticket—^no
foolin'.
Seeing Stars At Starland On A Sandhills Week End |LoC0.1 Corporation Is
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Buyer of Country Club
Sherman
MARCH OF DIMES
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|Among the charter members
be several transfers. The
j)bbins club is contributihg sav-
who have recently moved to
buthem Pines.
Dr. Ross Indieted
■Edward H. McMahan, of Ra-
pgh, a past director of Lions In-
itional, will be the principal
lealcer. The charter will be pre-
ited by Dewey B. Edwards, of
^yetteville, governor of District
-D. Also present will be Deputy
rict Governor R. B. Deaton,
I EUerbe.
iFred R. Chappell, a former
sident of the Robbins club, is
bneral chairman of the Charter
pght event and will serve as
stmaster. The program will in-
iide selections by the Lions Club
lintet, consisting of Buster
oyle, Russell Mills, Dr. David M.
litehead. Bill Benson and Ray
fills; also the North Carolina
ans Club song, sung; by, James
Culbertson, of Robbins, a past
bputy district governor.
|W. L. Baker and C. S. Patch,
If., are the welcome committee,
decorations are in charge of
asseli Mills, Don Jones and Dr.
[litehead. For the table com-
Jittee, services of three Lion
fives, Mrs. W. L. Baker, Mrs. A.
Preiss and Mrs. O. H. Rawlin-
In. are being called on.
|W. L. Baker is president pro
of the new club. Permanent
ficers will be elected at a meet-
|g soon after the club is charter-
By Grand Jury
For Manslaughter
I Appreciation was expressed by
be T^ew Lions this week for the
ace given by John Mclnnis,
the West End club, in helping
Item organize. Mr. Mclnnis, who
zone chairman for part of
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Dr. W. H. Ross, West Southern
■'Pii’ps physician, was indicted for
monslauehter bv the grand iurv
sitting at Carthage Mondav after
noon. and the following dav made
Viond in the amount of S4.000 for
his annearance at the May term
of criminal court.
'FVie pase involves the death of
PiitV) Mo^rimmop. Negro woman
of Vass RFD. in Hoke county, fol
lowing a visit to the doctor’s of
fice September 4.
The case was presented to the
<n-a"d iurv bv District Solicitor M.
G. Boyette. Witnesses summoned
before the jury by Solicitor Bov-
-tfe were: Alton McCrimmon.
’'usband of the dead wornan: Dr.
Francis, Jb.-Gwens, of Pinehurst
who performed an autopsy short-
tv after the woman’s death; Dr.
■Paut Kimmelsteiel. of Charlotte
'"ho further analyzed the organs:
W. A. Leland McKeithen. Pine-
hurst attornev. to whom McCrim
mon went for help after his wife’s
sudden death; Sheriff C- •!. Mc
Donald. who assisted with the
suhsechient investigation; Lee
Phillips, SBI agent, who also con-
an investigation; Mm
Pdith McLeod, county health
nurse.
Not all the witnesses were
heard. The indictment was
brought largely on the basis of the
SBI report, which has recently
been turned in to Solicitor Boy
ette.
Ruth McCrimmon, mother of
four young children, was said to
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Pinebluff Has Youngest Eagle Scout
Gappy Smith’s horse, far left, looks sad at having to share her master’s attention with a girl—^but he
can’t be blamed. 'That’s Wendy Barrie, British-bom movie star and television topnotcher, who flew to
Southern Pines last Friday for the week end, and will be coming do^n for other week ends between re
hearsals and shows.
Cappy is staying at Highland Pines Inn while training his horses at the new Starland Stables, whose
youthful owners, Mr. and Mrs. “Junebug” Tate, are seen at right.
Walter Winchell linked Miss Barrie’s name romantically with Cappy’s last week. While no an
nouncements were made here, the handsome couple was seen at many places, from dinner at Dante’s to
a Sunday afternoon schooling show at Pinehurst, where Miss Barrie gave Cappy the prize.
(Photo by Emierson Humphrey)
Dr. A. W. Craig
Accepts Miuistry
Of Village Chapel
The Rev. Adam Weir Craig, of
Drexel Hill, Pa., a 38-year-old
Princeton graduate and former
football player, wUl come to
Pinehurst sometime in February
as rector of the Village Chapel,
it was announced this week.
The Village Chapel has been
without a rector since the retire
ment of Dr. T. A. Cheatham last
May. Dr. Cheatham, who now has
the status of rector emeritus, has
continued to serve on a tempor
ary basis while the search for a
successor has been under way.
Dr. Craig is one of several out
standing clergymen who have
been invited to fill the pulpit as
guest speakers during this search.
After two invitational visits he
was invited again, this time to
stay, and came to Pinehurst this
week to make his acceptance in
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Angelus Children’s Choir WiU Sing
At Church of Wide FeUowship Sunday
DRAFT PALLS
February draft calls receiv
ed by the Moore county selec
tive service office at Carthage
are tor 75 men to go to Fay
etteville Monday. February 5,
for preinduction examina
tions: and 35 to be inducted
February 20^
Notices will go out to the
inductees within a few days,
said Mrs. Harry W. Davis,
clerk.
Youths going for pr^nduc-
lion tests include only those
21-year-olds whose birthdays
came this month. The rest are
20 years old.
Aberdeen Sehool
“Most Modern”;
Grades Move In
The new Aberdeen elementary
school, streamlined and modern
of design, opened Monday after
being under construction for a
full year.
Pupils, teacher and equipment
of each grade were moved togeth
er, one grade at a time, until all
were installed in the new class
rooms with glass walls on one
side, private entrances on the
other.
Ihe grades were moved from
various places about town where
the elementary schoolchildren
have attended school since the
old building was burned in No
vember 1949. The moving was
Sandpipers Plan
Sunday Tourney
At Mid Pines Club
'The Sandpipers club, with
membership more than doubled in
the past two months, wUl spon
sor its first tournament of the
1951 season Sunday at the Mid
Pines club.
The 18-hole, medal play event
at handicap wUl be followed by
a dutch dinner for the members,
their faunilies and friends. Reser
vations should be made in ' ad
vance, by a phone caU to the Mid
Pines.
After dinner prizes will be pre
sented, and Dick Chapman, not
ed golfer and club treasurer, will
show a technicolor sound film,
“Famous Fairways,” adding com
ments of his own.
Leo Walper, new Sandpiper
president, said the event inaug
urates a club policy of visiting aU
clubs of the area, holding tour
naments at each in turn. The plan
wiU provide variety for the mem
bership, and special rates can gen
erally be secured through a mass
completed in a half day, and
school was dismissed at that time j visitation. Tournaments are to be
as cafeteria facilities were not held monthly,
Winning an Eagle badge is a proud distinction. Winning it
It 12 years old is a unique distinction. So fcir as is known here,
Irederick Schnell, above, 6f Pinebluff Troop 206, is the first scout
|i the state, and perhaps in the country, to have accomplished this.
His mother, Mrs. Philip Schnell, is shown pinning the badge
In her son at the January court of honor. Mr. Schnell can be glimpsed
list behind Frederick. Center is Douglas David, neighborhood com-
liissioner, bf Pinebluff. Ulioto by Emerson Humphrey)
yet in operation.
The school was designed by
William H. Deitrick, Raleigh ar
chitect, who designed the South
ern Pines elementary school built
in 1947-48. 'The Aberdeen school
is rated as one of the most out
standing school buildings of the
new functional type which has
been built in the state. It has been
under construction for a full year.
Built on the campus of the high
school, the one-story building’s
The membership campaign amd
expauision prograun, which st^-
ed when the new officers were
elected in November, has added
Famed Group From
Wadesboro VTiU
Give Varied Program
The Angelus choir, famed chil
dren’s chorad group of Wades
boro, will present a program at
the Church of Wide Fellowship, see this pitiful spectacle.
March of Dimes money is
beginning to trickle in. in a
small stream which is due to
turn into a flood of dimes and
dollars by next week end.
First reports since the sta^t
of the polio campaign came
from Mrs. Louis Belief, of
Lakeview, who reported
"about half' her quota of $50
is in .‘Mrs. Leon Wylie. Pine
bluff. who reported $89.75. or
almost half of the $200 goad;
and E. J. Burns. Carthage,
who sent the impressive sum
of $350. This is close to one-
third of the $1,000 quota of
the county seat community.
C. H. Bowman, treaisurer. of
Southern Pines, asks that ais
many reports as possible be
turned in to him next week
"so we can see where we
stand." Canvassing is suppos
ed to be completed by Wed
nesday. January 31. The coun
ty quota is $7,360.
Elks’ Home, Inc.,
Is New Owner
And Operator
Two Fires Wreak
Destruction In
W. Southern Pines
Four fire alarms, the first in
1951, kept the Southern Pines vol
unteer firemen busy during the
past few days. Two of the fires
caused tragic destruction to West
Southern Pines homes.
Early Tuesday morning, Mrs.
Jennie Pugh and five sons and
daughters were awakened by a
neighbor to find their three-room
frame dwelling ablaze. They es
caped in their nightclothes, to see
their home and all their possees-
sions bum to the ground. An 18-
year-old daughter came home
from night duty at the Moore
County hospital just in time to
Sunday at 8 p. m., under auspices
of the Fellowship Forum.
There was no telephone nearby,
and by the time the firemen re-
The group consists of about 40 ceived and answered the alarm,
boys and girls, ranging from seven the house was beyond saviqg.
or eight years old up into the | They concentrated their efforts Plans Being Made
teens. They are selected on the'on saving the two neighboring Though directors and
basis of talent and ambition by' homes, which were already ‘
’The Southern Pines Country
returned to local ownership this
week with its sale by W. W. Sher
man, of Hartford, Conn., to the
Elks Home of Southern Pines, Inc.
The new corporation, made up
of members of the Southern Pines
Elks Lodge 1692, took possession
immediately upon the signing of
the sale contract 'Tuesday morn
ing. The purchase climaxed sev
eral weeks of negotiation, involv
ing single-minded cooperation
among so many local citizens that
it may truly be Called community
wide.
Property involved in the trans
action consists of the clubhouse,
complete with furnishings and
equipment; the 18-hole and nine-
hole golf courses, “America’s most
scenic,” covering about 400 acres;
a number of building lots fringing
the courses, plus improvements
added by Sherman since he
bought the club in May 1946.
Open To Public
John E. Cline, president of the
corporation, said the club wUl
continue to be open to the public
as a golfing and recreation center.
The clubhouse will be leased in
part to the Elks and will serve as
headquarters for the lodge and
also for their sister organization,
the Does.
Golfing activities will be under
management of the new corpora
tion’s board of directors, which
will have jimisdiption over the
courses, golf shop and locker
fooms. Officers and directors are:
John E. Cline, president; Jack S.
Carter, vice president; Howard F.
Bums, secretary-treasurer; Syd
ney Evert, John Underwood,
Harold A. Collins, S. R. JeUison
and John D. McConnell. More di
rectors are to be added.
Eddie Dodson, formerly of the
Pine Needles Golf Club staff, has
been employed as pro and is al
ready on the job.
Mrs. Herman H. Hardison, direct
or, who has had the choir as her
smoking with the heat.
The family consists of Mrs.
personal service project over a Pugh, a widow, and six children
period of about nine years. jfrom 12 to 20 years of age living
Though the personnel of the at home. The mother and eldest
group undergoes constant change
as the children grow up and out,
its development as a unit has been
consistent and impressive. It was
started by Mrs. Hardison in her
own home, to develop talent and
assist youth in the creation of
beautiful music. These have re
mained the primary objectives.
Seeking no fame, the Angelus
choir has won it on merit. Accept
ing few invitations.
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Action To Force
Beer-Wine Vote ■
Is Thrown Out
only to help worthy causes, they
The Allied Church League’s
and tMse mandamus action to force the
are in constant demand,
During the past few years they
Moore County board of elections
to call another beer-wine vote im
mediately, was dismissed Wednes-
have presented programs at many.day morning by Judge J. H. Clem-
places in North and South Caro- Lnt, who is holding superior court
iina, at the Mecklenberg County at Carthage.
Golden Jubilee in Charlotte and| The judge said the issuing and
other special events, and also gave serving of the papers were tech-
a special concert by invitation be- nically all wrong, with legal
'ore a joint session of the last flaws which destroyed all basis for
General Assembly, Afterwards action..
they were guests of Mrs. Kerr go quickly was the matter
Scott at the Governor’s Mansion, thrown out that it could hardly
Last April they sang for the be called a hearing. 'Though rep-
Alcoholics Anonymous, state con- resentatives of the League, the
vention in Southern Pines.
board of elections and their at-
They have refused offers of torneys were all present, neither
radio programs, appearances in side was called on to express its
New York and other distant cities, views one way or the other,
also tours, as “we just can’t do it| 'The hearing had been set for
and keep turning out the quality 9:30 a. m. Wednesday after it had
of work we like,” Mrs. Hardison fallen through the dav before. The
says.
When the children are preparing
a program they practice at her
home every day. Acceptance in
members ■ from practically all choir is^ a coveted honor, and
Moore County communities and!hard work is required. Mrs. Har-
also from other coimties and 'Uson charges no fees for her
states. Membership is now about
120, the club’s largest in history.
resident Walper announced
the following standing commit
tees: toimiament. Bob Harlow,
'’hairman, Clarence Doser, R. E.
huge windows face almost direct- Rhodes, Jack White; Frank Cos-
ly on the highway—a waU almost [ grove, Eddie Dodson; entertain-
sll of class. Construction of the ment. Jack Yoimts, chairman. Dr.
$250,000 building was made pos
sible through a countywide bond
issue voted on in August 1948.
W. F. Hollister, Francis Stubbs,
William A. Wri^t, O. T. Parks,
John Ostrom.
services, and the choir accepts no
pay for its appearances.
"The group includes several so
loists ’The repertoire is a varied
one; Special elections to be in
cluded in the program here Sun
day night ave two wedding
hymns, one of them composed by
Mrs. Hardison and sung by the
choir at her daughter’s wedding
a few weeks ago.
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time of 2 p. m. Tuesday had been
'et at first, by mutual agreement.
League representatives and mem
bers of the hoard of elections met
at the courthouse on the dot.
However, the League’s attorney,
H. F. Seawell. Jr., failed to sho'"
up. It was reported that he had
gotten tied up in a court case at
Raefnrd, and could not get awsv.
After a wait of threO and a half
hours, the new time was set.
Seawell was auoted as saying
the League would attemnt no
no more court action. Sneaking
stock
holders in the non-profit corpor
ation are Elks, it is entirely sep
arate from the Elks Lodge, to be
operated and maintained inde
pendently, with different aims in
me. The corporation's aim m the
past few weeks has been to effect
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National TB
Association Plans
10-Day Institute
Executives of state tuberculosis
associations all over the country
will attend a training institute to
be held at the Hollywood hotel
February 5-16, under auspices of
the National Tuberculosis associa
tion.
During the 10 days of the insti
tute, some of the nation’s lead
ing figures in TB asociational
work, also in the fields of re
search, prevention and control,
will conduct special sessions.
Speakers will include a number
of distinguished doctors and
scientists.
The institute wiU open Sunday
evening, February 4, with an in
formal reception at which local
and county 'Tuberculosis Associa
tion leaders will be guests.
Details of the institute are be
ing arranged by Irving Mushlin,
associational consultant, of New
York City. Instrumental in the
selection of Southern Pines as the
meeting site was Frank Webster.
)f Raleigh, former superinte.
dent, of Southern Pines schools,i
who is now executive secretary ofj
the N. C. Tuberculosis associatior
Mr. Webster wUl be among thJ
executives attending the institute
which are expected to numt
about 35.
Institute sessions wUl cover
rious phases of associational
tivity, with statistical studies,
or the “drjrs” he said they would I present ^results and long-range
"Start “at the bottom” to get "drv", plans for the development of the
elected to the program on the county, state and
Generad Asembly. [national levels.