SEE YOU
AT THE
HUNTER TRIALS!
SEE YOU
AT THE
HUNTER TRIALS!
. 32—NO.
14 PAGES THIS WEEK
A Recent Meet At Vernon Valley Farm
SOUTHERN PINES. NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 23. 1951
14 PAGES THIS WEEK
County Basketball
Tourney Will Be
Held At Highfalls
TEN CENTS
Game Series Opens
Tuesday; Finals
Scheduled March 6
nters watch from their stall windows as the Moore County Hounds and field gather in the paddock
non G. Cardy s tom pnor to a drag through the Weymouth woods and Harold CoUins estate Mas-
i hunteman W. Ozelle Moss is in the foreground with the pack, while behind him stands Corbett
ider of Pinehurst, field master of the day. Numbered in the field were'four visiting masters of
The Moore County High school
basketball tournament, sponsored
annually by the Moore County
Educo club, will start Tuesday
evening and continue through
Tuesday, March 6. Scene of the
tournament this year will be the
new gymnasium of the Highfalls
school.
Hunter Trials Will Open With
Parade oi Moore County Hounds
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at Scotts Corner, 2 P. M. Saturday
Local, Visiting Owners Provide
Fine Field For Hunter Trials
fcis Move Along
Naval Stores
>p At Aberdeen
en farmers of Moore eoun-
Iged a total of 25,000 trees
second naval stores meet
d at West End school Wed-
night.
k Fulmer, naval stores in-
from Claxton, Ga., briefly
d conservation practices
■ed and paid for by the fed-
wemment to insure good
tine practices. 'Mr .Fulmer
it 97 per cent of turpentine
►rs abide by government
'ation practices.
Moses, naval stores techni-
th the N. C. Department-of
nation aqd Development,
to this area, made a re-
a two weeks’ survey of the
il turpentine industry in
!a stating “that there are
er 80,000 trees available,
immediate future, he re-
‘■'that 15 timber owners
[edged a total of 25,000
mber owners placed an or-
h Mr. Fulmer to purchase
ips and tins in ordpr
iieir trees ready during the
onth prior to the flow of
ich usuadly starts about
V. Whitfield, a prime
the program, reported
iking every effort to bring
irge state-owned forest
vould give the industry a
65,000 trees,
d naval stores meeting has
ieduled .to be held in me
in High school at 7:30 p.m.
xinesday.
the chairmanship of Rep-
ive Whitfield, a turpen-
perative will be formed at
e, and plans made to con-
ither a loading platform
in Aberdeen.
Cut-Over To New Telephone System
Set For Midnight Thursday, March 1
GUARDSMEN'S BALL
t
The Second Annual Nation
al Guard ball, sponsored by
the local battery, will be held
at the Southern Pines Coun
try club tonight (Friday) from
9 "tilL"
The Guardsmen in uniform,
their ladies and friends will
dance to music by Bill Low-
der and his Fayette Orchestra.
Among the guests will be bat
talion officers from Raeford
and Red Springs.
Persons wishing to attend
the John Jacob Niles concert
wiU find there is no conflict
—they can come to the aance
later. It will just be getting
into full swing.
Tickets may be secured
from any of the battery mem
bers or local drugstores.
New Directories
Will Be Mailed
Early Next Week
■Vlrs. Brockwell
Names Chairmen
For Easter Seals
Plans for this year’s Easter Seal
sale were announced this week
by Mrs. Sherwood Brockwell, Jr.
chairman of the Moore County
chapter of the N. C. League fof
Crippled Children, which spon
,sors the annua) event.
The Seal sale will begin Sun
day and continue through Easter
Sunday, March 25—the earliest it
has been held in 38 years, as
Easter is the earliest this year
since 1913, when it feU on March
23.
Moore county’s quota for 1951
is $1,700, Mrs. Brockwell said
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Seen For Alcoholic; Clubs Hear
Talks By Dr. Forizs, S. K. Proctor
Sandhills Kiwanis and
ii Pines Rotary clubs last
^ programs on different
if the same subject—alco-
jand what the state of
^olina is doing about it
3. Ruggles, member of the
ispitals Board of Controls
rman of its alcoholism re-
ion committee, presented
ograms—on Wednesday,
etm chairman of the Ki-
t its limcheon meeting at
wood hotel; and last Fri-
guest of the Rotary club
illage Inn.
sday’s speaker was Dr.
toizs, former assistant
• of psychiatry at the Uni-
f Budapest. He came to
itry about a year ago and
nedical director of the
alcoholic rehabilitation
riday’s speaker was S. K.
>f Raleigh, executive di-
' the state program, for
le General Assembly of
up a $300,000 fund, and
now considerably past
the first stages. Patients have
been received at Butner since last
November.
"AlcohoL Cats, People"
Dr. Forizs turned out to be one
of those rare persons—a psychia
trist who can speak to laymen in
thdir own language; and it was a
lucid and interesting variety of
their language, with only slight
traces to indicate his Hungarian
origin.
‘Alcohol, Cats and People’’ was
his subject and he related these
quickly to each other in describing
experiments undertaken with,
cats, which showed psychiatrists'
much of the nature of human be
ings, and why they become ad
dicted to alcohol. It showed, too,
that the addiction can be remov
ed—“though this is not so simple
in humans as in cats,” the doctor
explained. “Cats have no moth-
ers-in-law, nagging wives, bills to
pay or unhappy childhood memo
ries.” These were given as only
random samples of the kind of
thing which can set up a conflict
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The cut-over to Southern Pines’
new dial telephone system will be
made at midnight next 'Thursday,
March 1, it was announced this
week by John E. Cline, head of
the Central Carolina Telephone
company here.
Subscribers will change over at
the same time to a whole new set
of telephone numbers. These will
:dl contain five dig'its instead of
our. The first digit in every case
will be “2” and the change for
aiost people will consist only in
the addition of “2” at the begin
ning of their old number.
In m^'ing the spread from 400
to 600 lines, however, greatly in
creasing the present and future
capacity of the system, a good
many numbers have had to be en
tirely changed. New telephone
directories will be mailed to all
subscribers early next week and
Mr. Cline asked that these be con
sulted every time before a num
ber is called.
Another change, he said, which
will be instantly noted is the new
dial tone, also the fact that the
dial tone does not come on the in
stant the receiver is lifted but a
second or two after. “Please wait
for the dial tone before you start
to dial,” Mr. Cline asks. This co
operation is necessary if the new
system is to give the good service
for which it was designed and in
stalled.
Long-Anticipated
The new system was promised
local subscribers two and a half
years ago. Equipment had then
been on order about a year. After
many delays 'it arrived last sum
mer, and installation was started
seven months ago in the old tele
phone offices on East New Hamp
shire avenue. Business offices of
the company were moved to East
Broad street to give plenty of
room.
One vital piece of equipment,
however, failed to arrive. Every
thing was ready for the cutover
by November 1 except for this im
portant part, the “interrupter,” by
which power is carried over in the
event of a temporary power fail
ure so that service goes ahead
without interruption.
'The “interrupter” finally arriv
ed Wednesday of this week, and is
now being installed.
"Intercept Board"
A new and most welcome fea
ture of the system will be the “in
tercept board,” by which a sub
scriber calling a number which is
no longer in use is automatically
connected with an operator. The
operator informs him of the
change and connects Kim with the
correct number of the party he is
calling.
'The^best, and most important,
change is expected to be seen in
the service in general, which will
have the benefit of completely
new and modem automatic elec
tric equipment. Everything Is
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’ Both afternoon and , evening
games will be held. Boys’ and
girls’ teams of the following
schools will take part in the elim
ination series: "Robbins, Vass-
LakeView, Westmoore, Farm Life,
West End, Camferon, Aberdeen,
Highfalls, Southern Pines, Pine
hurst, Carthage.
Pairings were announced this
week as follows:
Boys—West End vs. Cameron,
Tuesday 8:30 p.m.; HighfaUs vs.
Pinehurst, Wednesday 4:30 p.m.;
Vass vs. Westmoore, Wednesday
9 p.m.; Carthage vs. Southern
Pines, 'Thursday 4:30 p.m.; Rob
bins, bye, playing the Vass-West
moore winner Friday at 9 p.m.;
Farm Life, bye, playing West End-
Cameron winner 'Thursday at 7
p.m.; Aberdeen, bye, playing the
Highfalls - Pinehurst winner
Thiursday at 9 p.m. Semi-finals,
Monday at 7 and 7 p.m. Finals,
Tuesday ,March 6, 9 p.m.
Girls—Highfalls vs. Westmoore
Tuesday 7:30 p.m.; Southern Pines
vs. Carthage Wednesday 3:30 p.m.;
Robbins vs. Vass-Lakeview Wed
nesday 7 p.m.; Aberdeen vs. West
End Friday 7 p.m. Farm Life,
bye, playing the Vass-Robbins
winner Thursday at 8 p.m.; Cam-
nroir, byer praying the' Highiais-
Westmoore winner Wednesday at
8 p.m.; Pinehurst, bye, playing the
Southern Pines-Carthage winner
iThursday at 3:30 p.m. Semi-fin
als, Friday at 8 p.m. and Monday
at 8 p.m. Finals, Tuesday, March
6, 7:30 p.m.
By E. O. Hippus
The Hunter Trials to take place
out at the old Scott farm on
Young’s Road Saturday afternoon
are likely to bring forth one of
the largest entries of hunters and
jumpers ever seen in this popular
event. i
This is the prophecy of those in
the know as names of more and
more exhibitors are handed in to
the committee in charge. Antici
pation of a fine turnout has been
stepped up by the news that Mrs.
and Mrs. Alex Calvert, of War-
renton, Va., well-known in hunt
ing and show circles, are to be
here to judge.
Especially gratifying to the lo-
?al horse people is the fact that
there are so many Visiting horses
here this year. This was one of the
reasons given for moving up the
date from Mlarch to February; the
from March to February: the fact
fact that many of those who are
here now will be shipping then-
strings north within a month’s
Five Classes
Listed; Plenty
Father Harkins
Will Be Rector of
Raleigh Cathedral
VFW Convention
Dates Set For
June 7-10 Here
Dates of Thursday through
Sunday, June 7-10, for the 21st
annual state VFW convention, to
he held this year in Southern
’’ines, were confirmed by the
State Council of Administration
--eeting lost Saturday and Sun
day in High Point.
'The cm-venti'-T) is
bring 1.500 to 2,000 members of
approximately 200 North Carolina
oosts to this community, of whom
an estimated 1,000 will need ac
commodations for the weekend.
Every available room in hotels,
motels and local guest houses, and
nossiblv a number of rooms in
nrivate homes will be reouired, it
is estimated by John Buchholz,
oonvention chairman of the John
Boyd post, which will act as host.
Representatives of the conven-
Mon committee attending the
■meeting at Hivh Point included
Chairman Buchholz, Post Com
mander Don A. Jones, C. S. Patch,
■'r.. Jack S. Younts, George Mc-
Cormac and Bob Arey.
Tentative plans as outlined
*^here have as highlights the reg-
'■stration and Grand Scratch (state
•neeting) of Cooties, the VFW
hm orglanization, to be held
'Hiursday. June 10; registration of
‘he mein body of the state denart-
-nent Friday; a chicken fry Thurs
day evening, banquet and ball
Saturday evening, golf touma-
-nent. and beauty contest with en-
‘’•ants sponsored by posts all over
the state. 'Die contest winner will
he the North Carolina depart
ment’s entry at the national con-
'mntion to be held at Chicago
’ater in the summer. (Last year’s
'Torth Carolina contestant won
second place)
A group of committees of the
local nost is at present working
out plans for the convention.
The Rev. Herbert A. Harkins,
rector of St- Anthony’s Catholic
church here for the past 9 years,
will go to Raleigh next week as
rector of Sacred Heart Cathedral,
seat of the Catholic diocese of
North Carolina.
His promotion was made
known to him by Bishop Vincent
E. Waters last PViday, and an
nounced Sunday by Father Har
kins to his parishioners at mass.
He will be succeeded here by
the Very Rev. Peter M. Denges,
now pastor of St. John the Baptist
church at Roanoke Rapids, who
was at one time associated with
Father Dillon in the early years of
the local parish.
Friends of Father Harkins,
Catholic and non-Catholic, will
tender him a farewell dinner at
Dante’s restaurant at 6:30 tonight
(Friday).
During his years of service in
Southern Pines the church has ap
proximately doubled in size, num
bering now more than 300 parish
ioners.
Father Harkins has during this
tiihe served also as chaplain at
the N. C. Sanatorium at McCain,
and also at St. Joseph of the Pines
hospital here since its founding
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time. It looks as if the decision
was going to pay off with One of
the best hunter shows to be held
in many years.
Walsh Girls To Ride
Guessing the winners is the
subjet of much talk, here, with
the great question whether “the
champ” will be able to keep his
laurels. This is Bright Light, the
outstanding bay horse with the
gay way of going and the fine
steady performance. Bright Light
is the star of Mrs. Audrey K. Ken
nedy’s Seven Star Stables, train
ed by Mickey Walsh, and won not
only the Sandhills event of last
year, but also the Camden trials
and others of the summer show
circuit, climaxing his record with
the great victories at Devon and
the Garden, when he was named
Champion conformation hunter.
The big bay is the son of Big
Blaze, by Man O’War, out of Reno
K, a combination which also pro
duced this year’s Madison Square
Garden’s young hunter champion,
K’s Blend. Kathleen Walsh is ex
pected to have the mount on
Bright .Light Saturday and he will
be shown in the thoroughbred and
open classes.
Mrs. Kennedy will be showing
another of her string at the com
ing trials: this is Dueler, to be
ridden by Joan Walsh. Dealer has
a half brother. Ground Fog, now
running in Florida who has five
or six good races to his credit, and
the local horse shows much prom
ise.
A third Walsh girl, Maureen,
will be riding Here Today, whose
owner, Cyril Harrison, brought
him up here from Camden, for the
hunting.
Also being shown from the
Walsh Stoneybrook Stables are
Jugtown, owned by Gordon Milne
of New York, David Dulaney’s
Country Cousin, Miss Katharine
F. Wellman’s Red Fox, (Topsfield,
Mass.) and G. Junior, owned by
the Misses Jensen of New Jersey.
Two thoroughbreds which have
attracted attention and will prob
ably be seen Saturday are Silk
Hat and Kate’s Guest, both own-
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Of Parking Sp ace
The annual Hunter Trials of
the Moore County Hounds, to
be held on the Scotts Corner
course here starting at 2 p.m.
Saturday; will open with the
picturesque Parade of Hounds,
followed by the full field in
pink.
Classes to follow immedi
ately will be: (1) Green Hunt
ers; (2) Thoroughbred Hunt
ers; (3) Non - thoroughbred
Hunters; (4) Open Hunters;
(5) Hunt Teams of Three.
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Calvert,
of Warrenton, Va., will be
judges. Dennis Crotty of Pine
hurst will be' announcer.
Individual admission tickets
and parking spaces are to be
sold. The parking area is am
ple for all cars, and all places
command a full view of the
course.
A buffet dinner and Hunt
Ball will follow at the High
land Pines Inn.
Niles Will Sing
Mountain Ballads
In Concert Tonight
Timothy Chang
Of China Wm
Be Forum Speaker
AT ATLANTIC CITY
snd Mrs. P. J. Weaver are
styjnding the week in Atlantic
City where Superintendent
Weaver is attending the annual
meeting of the American Associa
tion of School Administrators.
Timothy Chang of Fukien Prov
ince, China, will be the speaker
at the Forum of the Church of
Wide Fellowship next Sunday at
8 p. mv Timothy is from a large
family and his family are all
Christians. He has been at Duke
university studying for the past
two years and has made a good
record.
After graduation from Fukien
Christian university at Foochow,
Mk. Chang taught near his home.
There he met Dick Jackson from
Waverly, Va., who had gone to
Shaowu to help re-open the Han
Mei School. Under the guidance
of Mr. Jackson, arrangements
were made for his coming to the
States to study. He has been sup
ported by the women of the Con
gregational Christian churches .^in
North Carolina and Virginia.
Recently Mr. Chang’s brother,
Silas, came to the United States
Sandpipers Plan
Sunday Tourney
At Country Club
The Sandpipers February tour
nament will be held Sunday at
the Southern Pines Coimtry club. I
with a fine assortment of prizes
for a medal play partners tour
nament.
The aggregate medal play
scores of two partners will count,
with one-half of the combined
handicaps of the two players de
ducted from the gross. Prizes will
be awarded the net winners, sec
ond and third place teams. 'There
will also be two prizes for first
and second individual low gross
cards.
Prizes include golf bags, golf
shoes and sweaters. In order to
play in this event, members dues
must be paid up. The Sandpipers
has more than 100 members and
is making marked progress imder
President Leo Walper, of Par-
haven driving range.
There will be an entry fee of
!2. which will also cover greens
fees.
This will be the first tourna
ment conducted at the Southern
Pines Country club since the Elks
club took over, and Sandpiper of
ficials urge all members to tmm
out and remain for the biiffet
supper.
President Walper points out
that it is a fine thing for the
'^^andhills golfing community to
have an organization like the Elks
joining in the golf enterprises of
to study for his doct&r’s degree,
Neither of the Changs has heard this section. The Elks have start-
from their family recently. 'Theod to improve the course and
last word came from Mr. Jack-clubhouse, and golfers will find
son who escaped from China with excellent greens and fairways,
his wife, and is now visiting in Players are requested to phone
Winston-Salem. supper reservations to the club.
John Jacob Niles, rated as
America’s foremost folksinger,
will present a program of authen
tic Anglo-American ballads, car
ols, street songs, work songs and
nmsery rhymes at the school au
ditorium tonight (Friday) at 8:30
o’clock.
The concert is the first in tlie
spring series of the Sandhills
Music association.
Mk. Niles, a Kentuckian, will
present his own collection of songs
tracing back to England, Scotland,
Wales and Ireland, brought to this
country by pioneers of the 18th
and 19th centuries. 'Traveling in
the Appalachians, in remote cor
nets of Kentucky, Virginia, West
'Virginia, Tennessee and North
and South Carolina^ Mr. Niles
discovered these songs, as they
have been handed do'wn since
those early days, and transcribed
them for the first, time.
They constitute' an important
part of the folk music of America.
As such he has recorded them
in albums for Victor Red Seal,
accompanying them on dulcimers
of his own making—the same ac
companiment he will provide for
his concert here tonight.
Mops Mis Brow
The artist makes a colorful pic
ture as he performs. He wears
bright-colored or very dark shirts,
uncompromised by tie, and car
ries a large red handkerchief—
not for display, but to mop his
brow. ^Often he takes off his coat,
and rolls up his sleeves as he
settles down to “making music”
in the true mountain tradition.
_ John Jacob Niles learned his
first mountain songs from his
father, contractor and sheriff of
Jefferson county in the Kentucky
hiUs who was also the operator
of a “jug band.” At the age of
nine, the lad memorized 17 verses
of “Barbary Allen” to be sung in
the grammar school contest at
Louisville.
Soldier Songs
While serving in the Air Corps
in World War 2, Niles wrote down
a collection of soldier songs later
published as “Songs My Mother
Never Taught Me,” a book which
hit the best - seller lists.
After the war he studied music
at the Conservatory at Lyons,
Prance, and the Schola Cantorium
at Paris. He received his doctor’s
degree from the Cincinnati Con
servatory. Despite these formal
touches he has never sacrificed
any of his natural musical feeling
‘o erudition, and is known as a
singer of the people, adding to
P’-esent-day musical literature the
songs the people have loved for
many generations.