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SOUTHERN PINES. NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 2. 1951
16 PAGES THIS WEEK
TEN CENTS
dor Fined $100
ach For Illegal
anting Of Deer
Many Cases Cleared
In Four-Day Term
Of Criminal Court
Southern Pines Lions Club Receives Charter
feBnS>ers of a four-man hunt-
party, at first pleading not
|ty to ^charges of hunting deer’
of season at night by artificial
[t, withdrew their plea after
ary was empaneled and evi-|
pe heard at criminal court at
thaee last week.
Ptering pleas ot nolo conten-
Herman Henry Hill, D. L.
Joseph L. Hill and A. C.
ab paid costs and a fine of
) each, as prayer for judgment
eontinued for two years for
defendant. In addition,
:ge Clement ordered confisca-
of the guns, ammunition,
blights and knives taken from
n by law enforcement offi-
I, aJBd said they might be sold
jrding to law.
he four cases were consoli-
:d for trial.
wo other defendants docketed
trial on charges of game law
ation failed to answer to their
les, and judgment of nisi sci
ind capias were issued. These
e Floyd Brown and J. L.
wn, charged with killing a doe
J. L. Brown had also been
tcted for bunting on posted
L
ctty Business
he oldest case on the calendar,
which K. M. Combs of Pine-
S was cheirged with embezzle-
(Contihu^ on Page 5)
istorical Meeting
I Struthers Burt
nme February 13
Council Is Elected
Library President;
Yeomans Honored
Holding the charter of the new Southern Pines Lions club are, at left. District Governor Dewey B. Ed
wards, Fayetteville, and W. L. Baker, president of the local club.
Local and visiting Lions officials here for the presentation of the charter Friday night were, front
row, left, A. R. Preiss, Southern Pines, secretary-treasurer of the new club, and right. President Paul R.
Von Canon of the West End (sponsoring) club; second row. Toastmaster Fred Chappell, Southern Pines,
vice president of the new club; Past International Director Edward H. McMahan of Raleigh; State Secre
tary Norman Trueblood, Elizabeth City.
Third row. District Deputy Governor Lyman Austin, Albemarle; Zone Chairman J. L. Hobbs, Pine-
hurst; Zone Chairman John R. Mclnnis, West End; Cabinet Secretary-Treasurer Roy W. Boling, Fay
etteville. (Photo by Emerson Humphrey)
n “AU-Moore Coimty” pro
ne is being prepared for the
Tuary meeting of the Moore
nty Historical society, it was
ounced this week by Mrs. Ern-
L. Ives, of Southern Pines,
sideat.
he meeting will be held Tues-
evening, February 13, at Hi-
lia, the beautiful home of Mr.
Mrs. Struthers Burt in South-
Pines. Mr. and Mrs. Burt, who
spending the winter here for
first time in several years,
t very kindly opened their
le to the society for this occa-
Both are authors of national
, with many books to their
Lit.
he program is being prepared
er the direction of Manly Well-
1, of Pinebluff, program chair-
of the society and also a
1-known author. He is being as-
!d by Mrs. Ives, Miss Flora
lonald and others,
he meeting is for members of
society, who hail from every
imunity in Moore county,
le non-members will be wel
ted as usual, said Mrs. Ives,
r will be requested to become
nbers at the door. The mem-
hip fee is $1 per year, which
sed for historical and restora-
work of the society.
Eibbits Set Kiwanians Good Example
In Friendship, Cooperation, Growth
Huge Forest Fire
Shows Signs of
Incendiary Origin
Principl es of Lionism Explained At
Charter Banquet; 51 In Local Club
The Moore County Forest
Service crew fought its worst fire
of the season Monday, an eight
and-a-half-hour battle against
flames believed started by a fire
bug.
High wind and dry weather
whipped the flames over about
425 acres of brush and timber
near the Moore-Hoke line, be
tween the Lakeview and Sweet
heart Lake roads, despite the
hard labors of the crewmen aided
by about 50 volunteers. All the
heavy equipment was pulled out
to aid in the fight, which lasted
from about 10 a. m. to 6:30 in the
evening.
County. Forest Warden E. W.
Davis said the firefighters found
Sweetheart Lake road ablaze on
both sides for a considerable dis
tance, in a manner which plain
ly indicated incendiarism. An in
vestigation is under way.
A barn close to the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Charlie Honeycutt was
destroyed, and the home itself,
into which the elderly couple only
recently moved, was seriously
threatened. It was saved only by
strenuous work, by means of fire
lines plowed all the. way around
it.
The fire burned almost all the
way from the Skyline airport to
Manchester road, over acreage be-
(Continued on Page 8)
Serious Note Added
To Festive Program
Of Fun, Fellowship
The Southern Pines Lions club
received its charter Friday eve
ning at a banquet held at the
Southern Pines Country cliib, at
tended by most of the 51 charter
members and their wives, district
and state dignitaries of Lions In
ternational and delegations of
March of Dimes
Extended, County
Reports Are Made
Announcement was made this
week that the March of Dimes
will be extended to February 15,
even as word came of the first
Moore County community to go
officially over the top. This was
Lakeview, whose chairman, Mrs.
Louis Bellet, said her quota was
in hand and she was keeping right
on working.
Mrs. E. W. Bruton, Jackson
Springs chairman, reported her
$200 quota achieved, with a total
of $218.88 in hand and “we hope
to add a little more yet.”
Herbert Bost, Eagle Springs
chairman, startled his fellow
chairmen out of their chairs at
the pre-campaign meeting by an
nouncing thkt his quota had al
ready been passed. The sum of
well-wishers from 13 other Lions
clubs of Moore and neighboring
counties.
In becoming a part of the
world’s fastest-growing interna
tional civic organization, the local
group was listed as the 10th Lions
club in Moore county, the 47th in
District 31-D, the 265th in North
Carolina. According to informa
tion given by the guest speaker.
Past International Director Lion
Edward H. McMahan of Raleigh,
Lions International consists of
some 8,000 clubs in 29 countries,
with more than 400,000 members,
and new clubs being chartered at
the rate of three a day.
The ceremony, which had its se-
riops moments, took place in an
atmosphere of frolic and fellow-
(Continued on Page 5)
Nurse Training
Scholarship Drive
Will Open Monday
The Sandhills Veterans associa
tion’s annual “mail-a-dollar” drive
to finance Moore County nurse
scholarships begins next Monday,
bearing the strong endorsement of
Moore County Hospital Adminis
trator E. T. McKeithen who stated,
Never at a time in our history
were additional nurses needed
more.”
All dollars cqllected in the
campaign are used to finance
scholarships for deserving Moore
County girls who agree to prac
tice nursing within the county fol-
$125 had been made though hold- lowing completion of their train-
unique interclub project
isored by the SandhUls Kiwa-
club has resulted in some fine
>eration among nine clubs of
district, and the incidental
iuction of a large amount of
stock.
he project originated in the
He brain of James M. Pleas-
SandhiUs interclub relations
rman. As a result his appoin-
Garland McPherson, then
» president, and L. L. HaUman
neyed to visit the Raeford
» one day last May. They car-
Hrith them as a friendly ges-
a pair of handsome rabbits,
he rabbits were handed over
he Raeford interclub relations
xman, with instructions to
them a month, then pass
n on to the next club,
he rabbits visited clubs of Rae-
Laurinburg, Lumberton,
ettevUle, Angier, Benson, Sel-
and finally Smithfield, from
di they were brought back to
Sandhills Kiwanis club last
week.
Only instead of two rabbits,
there were eight. Reports of their
journey about the district showed
that at one time the number
reached 42. The six which came
back to Moore county along with
the original pair were several gen
erations removed from their plac
id and productive ancestors.
What happened to all the other
progeny along the way was not
record^. The eight bunnies on
hand last week, however, have
been turned over to J. Talbot
Johnson, who say§ he is giving
them away as fast as possible to
“future Kiwanians.” The young
sons of Aberdeen Police Chief La
mar Smith, Deane White and La
ment Brown have become proud
possessors of three of them, and
two are being reserved for Mr.
Johnson’s grandchildren. Other
little boys wanting rabbits are
asked to apply at once, before
some more generations are on the
way.
ing a community square dance.
He has not yet made this official,
however, and is believed to be
engaged in a strategic offensive
toward becoming the first to
double his quota.
This week E. J. Burns, Carth
age chairman, reported that about
$600 had been collected toward
that community’s $1,000 goal, with
a number of workers and the
whole Negro division yet to be
heard from.
Southern Pines Chairman Paul
C. Butler reported about $1,300
contributed here, with half the
community yet to be heard from.
He appeared confident that the
$1,700 quota would be surpassed
but added, “That is a minimum.
The need is great and we’re hop
ing the response will match it.”
Mrs. Pete Phillips, Cameron
chairman, is about “halfway
along” with $100 in hand.
Other promising reports, were
beginning to come in as H. Clif
ton Blue, of Aberdeen, campaign
chairman for Moore county, an
nounced the time extension. The
(Continued on Page 5)
mg.
Writing to SVA Chairman Bert
Premo, Mr. McKeithen said, “I
want you and the other members
of your veterans’ group to know
the great benefit this hospital is
now eceiving from yom* efforts in
nurse education. Not only did
your first scholarship winner join
our nursing staff, but four of her
classmates did the same. None of
these young ladies would probably
be with us unless their attention
had been' directed this way as a
result of your training program. I
wish to express my deep gratitude
and that of the directors of the
hospital for your splendid work.”
R. L. Chandler, Jr., head of the
1951 SVA drive, states that appeal
letters will be mailed Monday to
hundreds of Moore County resi
dents known to be interested in
better nursing service for Moore
county. To show their own con
fidence in the project, the veter
ans enclose a one-doUar bill in
their letter and invite the recipi
ent to return it with a companion
dollar, to help train more nurses
for Moore county.
Annual Reports
Indicate Progress
During Past Year
The Southern Pines Library As
sociation, at its annual meeting
held at the library Monday after
noon, elected Clyde Council, for
several years a member of the
board of trustees, president for
the coming year.
Alfred B. Yeomans, president
since 1942, was named president
emeritus.
The trustees elected Mrs. Reid
■Healy first vice-president, and
the Rev. Robert Lee House sec
ond vice-president. Mrs. James B.
Swett and Miss Laura Kelsey
were re-*3lected secretary and
treasurer respectively. Owing to
Mrs. Healy’s absence from town
for the past several weeks, it
was impossible to ascertain
whether she would be able to
serve, but expectations were
high. Mrs. Healy has been chair
man of the hard-working book
Committee for several years.
New trustees elected were
Arch Coleman, taking the Rev.
Havis’ place, and Mrs* C. A,.
Smith, in place of Mrs. Ernest
Ives, who tendered her resigna
tion. The full bq^d includes,
besides those previously men
tioned: Mrs. J. H. Towne, Mrs.
L. T. Avery, Mrs. Wallace Ir
win, Miss BirdHia Bair, Mrs. W.
MP. McCord, J. A. Phillips, Mrs.
James Boyd, the Rev. Charles
Coveil, Mrs. Howard Butler,
Philip J. Weaver, Mr. and Mrs.
Struthers Burt are' honorary
trustees. _ ^ ...
Mr. Yeomans Honored^
The treasurer’s report, read by
Miss Kelsey, showed a balance of
$1,987.43, beating last year’s rec
ord by more than $850. It was
voted to invest $1000, which in-
duded $500 each from the Mc
Kinney and Ives bequests, the re
mainder to be kept on hand to
buy books this year.
Highlight of the trustees meet
ing was the tribute paid the ex
president, Mr. A. B. Yeomans,
named president emeritus by un
animous vote. A resolution, em-
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Supt. Weaver Resigns
To Go To Greensboro;
Dawson Is Snccessor
POUO DANCE
Triple-Header Will
Be Seen On Local
Court Tonight
Southern Pines basketball fans
will be offered a real treat here
tonight ((Friday) with a triple
header program at the school gym
starting at 7:30.
’Fessor Sinclair and Coach
Tucker will send their West End
teams up against the Blue and
■White for the scheduled double-
header of, first, the girls’ teams,
then the boys’.
An extra added attraction will
be a third game, the locgl debut of
a group of alumni, who wUl play
the Carolina Cooks from Pine-
hurst. These are adult teams, and
advance reports say they are full
of vim.
In meeting the West End teams,
the local players will face old
friends and rivals. J. F. Sinclair,
affectionately known to his stu
dents of past and present as ’Fes
sor, is held in respectful awe by
other coaches as the “Ole Fox.”
Many a brash young coach, opti
mistic to the point of commisera
ting with the ’Fessor on his forth
coming defeat, has seen his team
’•outed by a West End planned
defense, brilliantly executed.
For almost 24 years basketball
in Moore county and Mr. Sinclair
have been synonymous in the
public mind.
A near-capacity crowd came
to the Southern Pines gymnasium
for Sinclair night, held just one
veer ago. 'The Blue and White
split with West End, the boys
winning and the girls getting a
draw. The first meeting of the
earns this vear at West End, the
Blue and White again solit, the
boys dropping theirs, and the girls
winning a thriller. This was the
night on which the Blue an'^
■White had the honor of plaving in
the dedicatory games of Sinclai’*
gymnasium. —JAP
"Dance so that others may
walk"—that's the slogan for
tonight (Friday) when the
Blue Mirror will sponsor its
annual dance for the benefit
of the March of Dimes.
Admission fee has been set
at 50 cents for all. Those at
tending are asked to bring a
gift-wrapped package for a
"pig in a poke" auction. Ad
mission fees and auction Sale
proceeds will go in their en
tirety to help swell the South
ern Pines fund in the current
polio campaign, said Mrs.
Lois Beauregard, Blue Mirror
proprietor.
The event will be for all
ages, in the interest of a good
time for a good cause.
Boy Scout Week
Will Be Marked
By Special Events
Boy Scouts of Moore county
will observe Boy Scout week next
Monday, February 5, through
Siunday, February ,11, in com
pany with 2,000,000 others
throughout the land in salute to
the 41st anniversary of Boy
Scouting.
Each troop in Southern Pines
and Moore county will develop
some special project of its own in
connection with the event. These
will include some special window
displays for which downtown
merchants will be asked to con
tribute space. The-displays will
show something of the wide range
of Boy Scout activity, for the in
formation of those who may not
know all that the boys are doing.
The projects will be judged for
the awarding of troop prizes.
The Cub Scouts, little brothers
of the Boy Scouts, who have a co
ordinated program of their own,
will also observe the anniversary
week. The two Southern Pines
oacks will hold “Blue and Gold”
banquets. Pack 71 at the school
cafeteria Tuesday night. Pack 73
in the Brownson Memorial Pres
byterian church basement Fri
day. The Cub Scouts are inviting
their families, and special pro
grams are being arranged.
Tentative plans were revealed
by Ray McMullen, of Southern
Pines, district camping and activ
ities chairman, for the holding of
a countywide parade of Boy
Scouts- and Cub Scouts here next
Saturday. Announcernent |Will' be
made later concerning this pro
posed event.
Climax of the week will be
chujtch services next Sunday
morning for all Scouts. Special
services will be scheduled in all
churches sponsoring troops or
packs, and club-sponsored trooos
will attend along with the church-
sponsored ones.
Mr. McMullen is chairman of the
week-long observance.
School Board Grants
Contract Release
With Deep Regret
11-Year Regime Has Been
Marked With Progress
The school board in special ses
sion last Thursday night accepted
the resignation of Philip J. 'Weav
er Southern Pines school superin
tendent, and appointed A. C. Daw
son, Jr., high' school principal, as
his successor.
Mr. Weaver is resigning to ac
cept the position of assistant sup
erintendent of the Greensboro
school system. He will leave
April 1.
In making the announcement.
Dr. G. G. Herr, school board chair
man, revealed that the resignation
was not immediately accepted, but
was tabled overnight when first
presented in the hope that Mr.
Weaver would change his mind.
By unanimous action the board
urged him to reconsider, and
sought special inducements which
they might offer to get him to
stay.
However, in the interest of his
professional advancement in going
to a wider field, and in the belief
that a notable career as an edu
cator lies before him, Dr. Herr
said, they then acceded to his re
quest and released him from his
contract.
Community Mourns
Though no official announce
ment was made imtil today, the
news got abroad and brought
shock and mourning to those who
heard it In 11 and a half years of
service Superintendent Weaver
has headed a program of great
progress in the schools, and has
won the loyalty and devotion of
the community in a measure few
schoolmen ever know.
Satisfaction was expressed,
however, in that a suitable succes
sor was at hand. Superintendent
Weaver and “Coach” Dawson have
worked together as an effective
team in the conduct of the school
program, and it is anticipated that
the policies of the schools will go
forward unchanged.
The Greensboro school system,
which with 13,000 children, is one
of the-state’s largest, is also rated
as one of the best.
Years Were Happy
In revealing plans for his de
parture Mr. Weaver said, “No
community can ever supplant
Southern Pines in my regard. My
years here have been happy ones
and it is hard to think of leaving.
“This community has given me
the best gift any schoolman can
have—^its support and loyalty in
all phases of the school program.
The strength of the schools lies in
the cooperation of the townspeo
ple and the devotion of the alum
ni. I am svue this will continue to
be the case, for greater accom
plishments in the future.”
Highlights of his regime here
have been the building of the new
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Eagle Springs Fire Tower Gets Radio
Installation, 3rd Girl Operator In State
Moore county’s first permanent
Forest Service radio installation
went into operation at the Eagle
Springs fire tower Thursday, with
a girl as operator.
Miss Dorothy Britt, a 1949 grad
uate of the West End High school,
is one of only three women em
ployed in this capacity by the
Forest Service in North Carolina.
She will move soon to the ,new
cottage recently completed by the
Forest Service on the fire tower
grounds, and wiU keep regular
morning and afternoon hours at
the tower controls. . She wiU be
on duty or on caU 24 hours a day,
starting about the middle of Feb
ruary.
Her father, a farmer of the
West End conamunity, wiR live
with her at the tower.
Miss Britt is mastering the ra
dio technique under instructions
given by County Forest Warden
E. W. Davis, of Southern Pines,,
and a state radio technician. She
is described as an apt pupil.
The Southern Pines tower has
for some time been using radio in
portable form. The Eagle Springs
installation will be the central ra
dio control for the county, and
with that at Hoffman will provide
protection extending all over the
Sandhills area.
In Moore county the visual cov
erage will soon be broadened
through erection of a new tower
at Carthage. A 100-foot tower is
on order, said Warden Davis, and
wiU be put up on the edge of Car
thage where the Priest Hill church
road enters town. It will provide
an outlook over northern and
noi'tl^eastem areas which have
hitherto been only partially vis
ible. v'
Three and a half acres of land
for the new tower and its build
ings have been donated by W. G.
Martin.
The top of the Carthage court
house was used for some time as
a lire outlook, but is not now in
use as it did not provide a broad
enough view.
Poor weather can reduce visi
bility to a range of only a lew
miles from any of the towers.
However, if the weather is “at all
decent” the three towers, supple
mented now by the Eagle Springs
radio installation, will give Moore
complete coverage, Davis said.