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CH Of DiKfS JANUARY 15-31 jlANUAlY IS-31 32—NO. 13 16 PAGES THIS WEEK SOUTHERN PINES. NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 16. 1951 jrdeen Seized “Commimists” I Jaycee Event [reedom Program ms ^th Taste Dictator Rule tiunists took over Aber- I Wednesday, fixe truck, sirening its way every street between 6 and Lm., awakened the citizens new world. On their I porches Aberdeenians found led StJir Gazette,’ informing in forceful language of the ow of the “decadent Amer- lemocracy” and their “liber- at the hands of a commun- tatorship. Gazette also gave the citi- orders for the day, and ies if these were not obeyed, kg the morning stem-faced p uniform, with the distin- ag Red Star on their hel- arrested the town officieds f)ther leading citizens, and them in a wired stockade the town jail. They took ares, the library and busi- 1 of all kinds. By noon “pri- aterprise” was dead, program, carefully worked major and minor details, aged by the Aberdeen Jay- bn their “Let’s Review Free- I day. Citizens cooperated in t in which it was meant. He result was no make-be- t an impressive demon- of what communism cracy came to the fore in the afternoon, when a lom parade was held, with [[Continued on Page 5) HmieWill iemodeled John Boyd Post VFW will y the former clubhouse of luthem Pines Elks on South eet, but instead wiU re- its own clubhou.se on West ork avenue and continue to in its headquarters there, question was discussed at gular post meeting last A majority of the members to retain their down- ost home, which they pur- in the fall of 1948 and re- to some extent at that Perfect Form Behind The Moore County Hounds Extensive Summer Maneuvers Set For Mackall Area Preparations Under Way For Exercise Southern Pines t II Page Blackmore on Mile-Away Farms’ Another Lady and James Collins, Jr., on his Goldie Scamp clear a fence together in fine style. No, they aren’t winning the pair class at the Moore County Hounds Hunt er Trials, though it looks at least like a preview of that popular event. Actually hounds were in full cry ahead of tWs pair when the picture was snapped during a recent Saturday drag. James is expecting to show Goldie in the trials to be held next Saturday. Page is riding her own Rapid Joe. Application For Building Permit Poses Problem Moore County Hounds Hunter Trials Set Feb. 24 On Scotts Corner Course led last week’s meeting John convention chairman, changes that should be [in the building in order to proper hospitality to the convention, which will here in June, and for the downtown post home erve as headquarters for a :r of activities. By appoint- of Post Commander Don A. Leland Daniels, Jr., will 3S chsirman of a work com- to undertake the alteration m. mg announcements of inter- ide at the meeting: John Boyd post will be host cials of Ninth District post eeting to be held here April' Leroy Lee, of Carthage, has made application through his at torneys to Everett V. Walker, city Imilding inspector, for a building permit enabling him to extend his Broad street store building at the rear. Granting of the permit has been held up for several months be cause his lot includes part of what was originally designated as a public alley, though title to the land was bought and sold. Title is now vested in Mr. Lee, though whether legally or not no one has been able to determine. In letters sent to Mayor C. N. Page and each town commission er, by registered mail, his attor neys state his position that, since many Southern Pines public al leys have already been sacrificed to private building, a policy has been set which should continue to be followed. The suggestion is made that ob jectors among other property owners of Block K and 4 may have recourse to law to determine their rights in the matter. “We welcome any litigation they want to bring,” the letter states. He says, however, he would prefer to avoid litigation with the Town. No action has yet been taken, said Mayor Page this week, other than the appointment of Commis sioner L. V. O’CaUaghan to act as intermediary for the town in the matter, and of Commissioner H. L. Brown to discuss it with trus tees of the Church of Wide Fel lowship. Some years ago the Church of Widfe Fellowship wished to take TO BE INDUCTED Forty Moore county youths will leave from Carthage Monday morning for induc tion into the Army at Fay etteville. In the group will be the following from Southern Pines: white. Elmer Renegar, Joe Douglas Soles; Negro, Luico Hallman, Alfred Lorenz Medlin, John Henry Stubbs, James Ernest Waddell. Fred Franklin Arnette, called with this group, has been transferred to the Mi- amL Fla., selective service board. Charles Curtis David, Negro, has been transferred to New York. The March preinduction call has been received for 45 men, who will take their ex aminations March 5, said Mrs. Harry W. Davis, draft board clerk. This call will dip deep into the 20-year-old group, as all 21-year-olds have now been examined. No induction call has been received as yet for March. Contract Let For National Guard Building Here Finest Field In Many Years Here This Season ibers of the Military Order 'over for private use the alleyway 4.--_ Tr^T extending from Bennett street to the center of Block K and 4, ad joining the church property and in fact owned by the church. The town, however, forbade the clos- (Continued on Page 5) ties, VFW fun organization, anning an entertainment m to be put on at military ils of the area for the pleas- the men invalided home Corea. her Remains Serene As Baby Girl 8 Bom In Car Speeding To Hospital stork won the race early no hurry—now!” Her new daugh- y morning of last week i baby girl was bom to Mrs. Blalock of Vass Rt. 2 in the sat of a car speeding to the ragg hospital. he wheel of the car as it along from Cameron to the ■as Mrs. Blalock’s brother- Lloyd Ferguson. Beside as Mrs. Ferguson. The ar- )f the infant while they till a good long way from spital is reported to have ;hem a severe fright, while Blalock herself remained nd serene. ter, a healthy eight-pounder later given the name of Wanda Jean, was an hour old before she was laid in a bed. Sergeant Blalock, father of Wanda Jean, might have been nervous, too, if he had known what was going on. He is in Ko rea, where life is comparatively uneventful. Mrs. Blalock, mother of two other children, didn’t seem to think there was any reason for her to baby herself. The day after she and Wanda Jean checked in, she was up helping the nurses. maintained her poise even and carrying trays to other pa- they reached the hospital md things in a rush, and all tients. She came home Wednes day, and was downtown Friday in ctors busy. “Oh, just tell Southern Pines shopping for baby 'll wait,” she said. “There’s ‘ clothes. Bids were opened at Raleigh Tanuary 30 and contract let to Norman C. Smyth, of Charlotte, 'or the “little armory”—a motor garage and storage building for ' he local battery of the N. C. Na tional Guard. The contract stipulates that con struction Will start within 90 days after letting, and will be complet- ad by, or before, August 1. Con- 'ract arrangements were in charge af the office of Lieut. Col. M. H. \ustell, property and disbursing afficer with the N. C. Military headquarters at Raleigh. A cinder-block building with close to 5,000 feet of floor space will be buUt on property recently deeded by the Town of Southern Pines, on the Old Pinehurst road adjoining the town horse show grounds. It will be located on the tract so as to leave plenty of room for drill and maneuver operations by the battery, also for the hoped- for later constmCtion of a full- size armory. Until that time the garage building will house the unit quite satisfactorily, according to Capt. C. J. Wilson, commanding officer, and also allow for expansion. Ef fective March 1 the membership ailing of 50 men, voluntarily im posed on account of present space restrictions, will be lifted. A re cruiting campaign will be held to bring the battery up to its allotted strength of 104 men, six officers. This will be undertaken before the building is compileted, as with the coming of spring it is antici- (Contlnued on page 5) This year’s hunter, trials of the Moore County JElounds, .featuring horses now participating in the local hunt, has been set for 2 p. m. Saturday, February 24, on the Scotts Corner hunter trial course on Youngs road. A Hunt Ball, with buffet din ner, will follow that evening at the Highland Pines Inn. 'This will be the first of the sea son’s two major events for horse lovers to be held here. The third annual Sandhills Steeplechase meet will take place Sunday, March 4, on the Stony Brook track. The two events will be en tirely different, presenting entire ly different horses though some of the same riders will likely take part. The hunter trials will feature hunt teams and lightweight, mid dleweight and heavyweight hunt er classes, over the fine old cotu-se laid out by the Boyds and Mosses many years ago, rebuilt and reju venated last year for the annual hunter trial event. Its two-mile course through woods and fields, over fences and hedges, approximates the condi tions of the actual hunt. The en tire course is in full view of the spectators during all stages of the action. The famed Moore County Hounds themselves, rated one of the finest packs in the past, will he seen in a miniature drag hunt, ■dth the field in full panoply be hind. The hunter trials are being held early this year, it was learned at Mile-Away Farm, home of the ■Nounds, so as to give opportunity to all the hunters and riders to take part. Held in March or April In previous years, it came toward the colse of the hunt season when lome of the best horses had re turned to the north. Joint Army-Air Force maneu vers involving more than 110,000 men will take place in Jtme and .Tilly at Fort Bragg and Camp Car- .son, Colo., according to a Defense Department announcement made this week. The maneuver in the Bragg- Mackall area will be known as “Exercise Southern Pines” or “Southern Pine.” (Differing an nouncements have been made.) This will be the larger of the two. Troops from the 82nd Airborne division, the 28th and 43rd Infan try divisions (National Guard di visions drafted last September), the Third Armored Cavalry and the 278th Regimental Combat Team (the “Aggressor” force) will take part. They will be support ed by eight fighter-bomber squad rons, six squadrons of troop car rier planes, two light bomber squadrons and reconnaissance planes supplied by the Tactical Air Command. Engineers have been at work at Camp MackaU for some time mak ing early preparations for the vast maneuver. A clerical force has been moved up from the Third Army headquarters at Fort Mc Pherson, Georgia. Lieut. Gen. John R. Hodge, ’Third Army com mander, former commanding gen eral at Fort Bragg, will direct the operations. 'The Colorado maneuvers, to take place in a thickly wooded mountain area, will be called “Ex ercise Timber Line.” Ninth Air Force Commander Maj. Gen. Wil lard R. Wolfinbarger will be in charge. General Assembly Act Will Make Traditional Town Cauens Le^al —4- ' CHAIRMAN Old Democratic Process Set By New Englanders F. H. BROWN F. H. Brown Will Head Red Cross Drive In Moore Town Team Plays Double - Header At Gym Tonight Farrell H. Brown, Aberdeen bus inessman and civic worker, has accepted the chairmanship of the 1951 Red Cross fund campaign for Moore county, it was announced this week by Mrs. M. G. Nichols of Southern Pines, chapter chair man. The campaign will take place during March, with a quota of $18,577 assigned to Moore. This is considerably larger than last year’s quota, on account of in creased responsibilities and a big ger job ahead for the Red Cross this year. A comprehensive civil defense program and rapidly growing mihtary demands have put it back almost on a wartime basis. Chairman Brown said this week he is lining up his community chairmen and expects to announce aU or most of them next week. Mr. Brown, a Moore county na tive, moved to Aberdeen from 'Troy in 1945, and is associated Nomination Procedure Regulations Approved In the absence of the local high school teams, who journey to Morehead City this weekend, the fast-irrproving Southern Pines j with Mid-South Motors there. He j play host tonight | succeeded the late O. Leon Sey mour as president of the corpora tion in 1949. He is active in af fairs of his church, the First Bap tist, in Boy Scout work and other youth activities. "HERE'S HOWE" The High School Dramatic club will present "Here's Howe," its first offering of the current school year, at the auditorium next Thurs day evening at 8:15 o'clock. "The three-act comedy pre sents a cast of clever young players, under the direction of Mrs. O. K. Whittington of the school faculty. The cast, in order of appearance: Barbara Peterson, Janet Hamel, Ann Pearson, Sieger Herr, Cath erine Hussey, Louise Johnson, Jerry Van Camp, Duke 'Whit ing, Gene Poe, Elaine John son. Deirdre Dundas, Dick Ray, Bill Welbom. Prompters and backstage helpers include Demaris Do- ser, Phyllis Fairdoth and Bill Homer. (Friday) in the school gymnasiuTti against the Pinehurst Lions and the Carolina Cooks in a basket ball doubleheader beginning at 8 o’clock. Although two weeks ago the local squad numbered only five or six men, interest among play ers has increased to such an ex tent that it has now become pos sible to send two teams onto the courts. One team will play the T.ions in the curtain-raiser, while the other will take on the Cooks starting about 9:30. The locals are undefeated to date, although one of their wins was an overtime 40-39 spine-ting- ler against the Carolina Cooks two weeks ago. The Cooks, led by '■et shot artist Johnnv FT>nstrom fest-breaking Woodrow are out ;^o reverse that hern Pines will counter wdth several offensive threats of their own, most of whom are well '-nown to local fans from their hool exploits. Davis Wi igh scoring center: G; :s, flashy guard; Dren: .Chan Page, Jr., Bo’ Tommy Averv, Hi Ch|P[field and Milton Kavlo: all ex-Southern Pines High ''tt’OT-s who will be very mu] o-'ddence for the locals are driving forward Jim Pesle —er UNC star Page Choati lanky center Gene Crawfi Tending the Pinehurst Lions will be their high scorer Bill WaM. coach of the Pinehurst High ■301.001 teams. Rebound artist ’’ntoh Homer. Larry Lyerly, Jim Gilbert, and Jimmy Lane are oth ers who '>dll be wearing the Pine hurst colors. Manager Norris Hodgkins, Jr., of the Southern Pines team stated ihft tile regular admission will be oharged, with all nroceeds going to the local hi^ school, and prom- ’sed that fans of this area who attend will see plenty of top- notclji basketball. Duplicate Tournament For March of Dimes A duplicate bridge tournament wiU be held at Southern Pines Cottages Monday night, the final event in the local March of Dimes campaign. Mr. and Mrs. Frank deCosta, who are giving the par ty, say there will be no admission, though the hat will be passed and all contributions will go to the lo cal polio fund. Reservations in advance will be appreciated. The post-campaign event is im portant, said Paul C. Butler, chairman, as “every dollar and dime is needed, and will be put to good use.” A measure legEilizing Southern Pines’ biennial caucus of long and honorable tradition will be subr mitted to Rep. H. Clifton Blue with the request that it be intro duced in the current General As sembly. The bill as drawn up by Town Attorney Hoke Pollock was ap proved by the town board in reg ular session Wednesday night. It DTovides that the caucus shall be the legal means of nominating candidates for mayor and town commissioner, subject to the regu lar municipal elections held every other May; and also that at the caucus nominees shall be narrow ed down to no more than two can didates for mayor, and no more than 10 for the five commissioner posts. No more than these shaU be printed on the ballots, though “write-in” votes wiU still be counted as legal The bill specifies also that only persons qualified to vote in the general election shaU vote at the caucus, under pain of committing a misdemeanor; that it shall be held on the second 'Tuesday before the election date, with notice giv en by the town clerk, through publication or posting, not later than the SMond Tuesday before, that. Municipal elections are held on the first 'Tuesday following the first Monday in May. This schedule would set up this year’s nomination and election dates as follows: April 10, latest date for publication or posting of notice; April 24, town caucus. May 8 is election day. While the bill wiU legalize the caucus in almost the exact form in which it has been held here for many years, it regulates certain . phases which have hitherto been I handled in highly casual fashion. There has been no set time for (Continued on Page 5) PAY RAISE The town board meeting Wednesday night gave official recognition to the high cost of living by approving raises for city employees averaging about five per cent of current salaries or wages. All employees were includ ed except the police depart ment. in which upward ad justments were made last month. The new raises were unan imously approved effective February 1, as recommended by the finance committee headed by Lloyd Clark. The increases will cost the town a total of $3,770 per year, or an average of $114.16 per month, he said. While a few smaU pay hikes have been made here and there, from lime to time, this is the first across-the-board pay raise in recent years for the municipal workers. Historians Provide Rich Program At Burt Home; Kermit Hunter Speaks A rich ^d varied evening was the past, we re-create the forward- provided by the Moore County Historical society Tuesday, when the Struthers Burt home, Hiber nia, was thrown open to the first meeting held imder the regime of the new president, Mrs. Ernest L. Ives. Well over 100 people crowded into the huge, softly-lit pine-pan eled drawing room for a program which brought the past enjoy ably alive, and impressed the gather ing, with utmost seriousness, with the value of the study of the past. Kermit Hunter of Chapel Hill was a guest speaker, and in many ways the star of the occasion. Speaking modestly and sincerely, the author of “Unto These Hills.” historical pageant presented last summer in wesiern Norm Caio- lina with outstanding success, told the gathering, “When we study marching idea. 'The past is not dead. It is part of the present and of the future.” “As long as we remain alive to the past, our love of country wUl be a strong and living thing.” Cherokee Story Mr. Hunter sketched the tragic story of the Cherokees on which “Unto These HiUs” is based. He gave experiences of its production and presentation, and of the re actions of the Cherokees them selves to the drama—at first doubt, mistrust and even antago nism, which gave way to confi dence as they approved the hand ling of matters sacred in their lives. 'The playwright paid high tri bute to Paul Green as the master of the historic drama—“He’s away (Continued on Page 5)
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