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STEEPLECHASE AT STONY BROOK 2 p. m.. SUNDAY ILOT STEEPLECHASE AT STONY BROOK 2 p. m., SUNDAY 3Z—NO. 15 18 PAGES THIS WEEK SOUTHERN PINES. NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY. MARCH 2. 1951 18 PAGES THIS WEEK )re Doctors Irt Formation [Disaster Teams mi Coordinate |ilh Civil Defense, Cross pction of doctors to form cleus of various teams, to to action in the event of fecale disaster, was made by toore County Medical socie- committee on emergency e, at a recent meeting of the I doctors are expected to or- and train two surgical- jig teams, and one intrave- leam, for use in the case of er or catastrophe such as occur, for instance, in the I of atomic bombing, jintravenous team, it is ex d, is composed of one doc- ro nurses and three lay per- |the latter to act partly as clerks in the getting and of blood and plasma. A drawing team is similarly up. These teams are to be lanized and prepared that |an get toliether and move very short notice, for bncy work not only at home [considerable distances, pos everal hundred miles, btion of medical members Iganizers of the local teams Innounced by Dr. R. L. Fel- |f Carthage, chairman, as Surgical Dressing Team 3r. M. T. Pishko, Pinehurst, Ir. J. P. Bowen, Aberdeen; al Dressing Team No. 2. P. Hollister, Southern |and Dr. A. A. Vanore, Rob- atravenous Team, Dr. M. E. Glendon. [asked that nurses and lay- pntact these doctors in their for further information, offer their services. The fements are listed as fol- [easonable intelligence, wil ls, awareness of the possi- bf large-scale disaster, and [to move on short notice. As J case of the doctors, there lay offered; however, trans- on and supplies will be fur- though eagh individual kve to take along sufficient ft food and water for sev- ontinued on Page 8) TEN CENTS FLIMFLAMMERS! An alarm was sounded Thursday morning for two gypsy women in a big black Hudson car. who were report ed to have flimllammed a colored family at Vass out of more than $600. according to city police. Victimized were members of the Dave Anderson f2unily. respectable members of the Vass community. Details of the flinrflam game were not immediately learned. The re port came to local police shortly after the occurrence. The Highway Patrol sounded the radio "alert" and it was hoped the women might be apprehended in short order. They were said to have left Vass heading South, on the Raeford road. Chief C. E. Newton issued a warning to wjhit© and colored—i"'Vl^ch out for glib strangers, and hold on to your money." Sandhills Group Furthers Plan For Turpentine Co-Op With the meeting Wednesday night of the landowners interest ed in the promotion of a naval stores industry in the Sandhills, this new project took another step forward. Thirteen landown ers have now pledged trees to this purpose,amounting to more than 25,000, with another 50,000 in view. Work went ahead at the meet ing, held in the Aberdeen High school, on formation of a cooper ative to build and operate a dis tilling pljarit, to be located in Aberdeen. With Rep. J. N. Whit field presiding, the group, which included several newcomers to this project, heard J. B. Hubert, representing the State Forest Fire Control section, and James A. Pippin of Rockingham, state for est supervisor of this district, give their views on the coming indus try especially as it related to fire prevention. Both said they felt certain that its educational value would be great and that, with so many showing interest in this use of the forests, it would be possible to secure the extra fire truck so long needed. (Continued on Page 8) Hunter Trials Champion and Reserve I Currie Mill Plant At Highfalls Badly Damaged By Fire Carthage, Robbins Companies Answer Early-Morning Alarm A fire at the Currie Mills, Inc., plant at/ Highfalls early Wednes day morning destroyed the diesel nower house and badly damaged the adjoining southwest corner of the main building, while the rest of the building and its contents incurred much damage from The Robbins and Carthage vol unteer fire departments respond ed quickly to the alarm telephon ed from Robbins about 5 a. m. A large crowd of workers and neighbors turned out to help in ^he stubborn hour-and-a-half bat tle. Wilbur Currie, president and treasurer of the corporation, said later that day that it was impos sible to estimate the damage so ’arly, but that he felt it would be $40,000 or $50,000 at least,” which it is likely that insurance will adequately cover. The largest loss, however, he felt would be incurred in the closing down of the mill for at least two or three weeks, while repairs are being made. Shift At Work The plant, which manufac tures carded yams, has been run ning at full capacity, with-three eight-hour shifts. The third shift was at work when the fire was discovered. There was a delay in getting the alarm to neighboring fire companies, however, as the one telephone line to Highfalls was out of order, and the flames had time to gain considerable (Continued on Page .5) Two magnificent horses in all their glory posed proudly after tak ing new laurels at the Moore County Hounds’ hunter trials Saturday. They are, left. Times Square, of Vernon Valley Farms, Vernon G. Cardy up, and Bright Light, of Seven Star Stables, Mickey Walsh (Photo by Humphrey) Hounds, Horses Stage Beautiful Show In Hunter Trials Saturday It Will Speak At Red Cross Event; lee Local Fund Chairmen Named co-chairmen will guide ^tinies of the 1951 Red rnd campaign in Southern lO-CHAIRMEN H. L. BROWN Pines, according to announce ment made this week by Ferrell H. Brown of Aberdeen, qounty chairman for the drive. There are H. L. Brown, who will be in charge of the business district; Angelo Montesanti, Jr., in charge of the residential divi sion, and P. T. Kelsey, advance gifts. Mr. Brown is a businessman and town commissioner. Mr. Mon tesanti, a World War 2 veteran, is undertaking his first civic chair manship in this campaign. Mr. Kelsey is well known in the work of the Red Cross and other hu manitarian projects, in which he has given much faithful service. Kickoff dinner for the 1951 Red Cross fund-raising campaign in Moore county will be held at the Southland hotel at 6:30 Wednes day evening, with chairmen from all Moore communities and chap ter leaders present. Principal speaker will be Richard N. Hart, Red Cross field director at Fort Bragg for the past 10 years. Also appearing on the program will be Ferrell H. Brown of Aberdeen, county chairman for the cam paign, and Mrs. Ruth Searle of the American National Red Cross headquarters at Washington, D.C. The dinner will mark the offi cial opening of the campaign in Moore. It will continue through out March, with a quota of $18,577. Besides the Southern Pines dhairmen listed above< CcAmty Chairman this week announced that W. O. Moss will head the drive in Manly and Mrs. Virgil P. Clark in Niaagra. Both of these are in the Southern Pines district. In Pinehurst the chairman is Albert Tufts, the quota $6,000; Aberdeen, J. D. Arey, Jr., $1,850; Carthage, Jack Williams, $1,725. Other chairmen will be an- A sunshiny afternoon of spring like warmth, a beautiful setting of rolling fields and longleaf pines, a field of more than 40 fine hunters and jumpers with some of the leading riders of the East, all did their share toward making last Saturday’s hunter trials of the Moore County Hounds the most successful such event of postwar days. All entries were active partici pants in the field of the Moore County Hounds, under whose aus pices and for the benefit of which the trials are annually held. Bright Light, from Mrs. Audrey K. Kennedy’s Seven Star Stables here, was judged champion for the second successive year. With Mickey Walsh in the saddle,"^ he placed first in both the thorough bred and open hunter classes. The Man - o’ - War grandson was 1950 Stars Will Play In Benefit Match At Pine Needles MONTESANTI, Jr. nounced next week. Golfing fans of the Sandhills will be treated to a most imusual spectacle Sunday, March 11, when one of America’s finest women golfers will team with a crack professional in a better-ball match against two members of the 1951 U. S. Walker Cup squad at the Pine Needles Golf club. The match will be held for the joint benefit of the Moore Coun ty and St. Joseph of the Pines hospitals, on the rolling Pine Needles course which encompas ses St. Joseph’s. The tee-off is set for 2 p. m. The lady linkster wiU be Miss Pat O’Sullivan, current North and South titleholder and a member of the clerical staff at the Mid Pines club. She will partner the host pro, Clarence Doser of Pine Needles. The mixed twosome will nlay against Dick Chapman of Pinehurst, recently selected to Olay on the 1951 U. S. Walker Cup team, and former intercollegiate ohampion Harvie Ward of the University of North Carolina, sec ond alternate on the Cup team. Miss O’Sullivan is admirably equinped to meet male golfers on equal teams. She is commonly re garded as the longest and strong- ""st hitter in the game except for Babe Zaharias, and Pat frequent- ’v has outdriven the phenomenal Babe when the two have met. Clarence Doser holds the Pine Needles course record, a 63 he re- ■ntlv seored while playing with Brook Wallace. Chanman’s record is familiar to all folllowers of golf in the Sand hills. He holds every record at Pineh'urst, is a former U. S. ama teur champion, Canadian amateur '•hampion, and twice narrowly j missed' copping the British ama- jter tifce in two all-American finals. ? The mmsonable yoimg Tarheel, (Ccntinued on Page 8) conformation champion at the National Horse show and also at Devon, and has trophies from all major shows on the 'Ealstern circuit. Reserve cham pion was Times Square of the Vernon Valley Farm string, own ed and ridden by Vernon G. Car dy, a many-time previous winner in both the United States and Canada. Cardy is joint master of the Eglinton Hunt. Hunt Team Winners First place among five entries in the Hunt Teams of Three, cli max of the trials, was that of the Brewster Stables of Southern Pines, owned by William J. Brew ster of Bagota, N. J., and Pine hurst. Making up the team were Why Not, Whoopedoo and Silver Day, with respective riders Jack Goodwin, Happy Hoy and Kirk Dillon, in their pink coats and top hats an impressive sight as they streamed out over the circu itous two-mile course and with split-second timing cleared the final fence together before the judges’ stand. Second team was that of Stony Brook Stables, piloted by Mickey Walsh on Red Fox (Miss Katha rine F. Wellman, Topsfield, Mass., owner) foUowed by daughters Kathleen and Joan Walsh riding respectively Stony Brook’s Pale face and Melpago Stables’ Silk ( Continued on Insert A) Seven-Race Card Set For Steeplechase At Stony Brook Snnday Chamber Will Handle Sale of Auto Licenses The Southern Pines Chamber of Commerce has contracted with the State to become an agency for the distribution of auto li censes, it was announced by Arch Coleman, president, this week. Auto licenses will be sold at the Chamber office on Broad street, which will then be the only place in Moore and Hoke counties where they may be ob tained. Mrs. Emily Scheipers, secretary, and Mrs. Janet Foster, office as sistant, attended a three-day school ^in Raleigh this week on the handling of car licenses and title transfers. A small income will accrue to ,the Chamber from the license sale. Mainly, though, said Mr. Coleman, it is being adopted as a service feature, as hitherto car owners of the section have had to go to Sanford, Fayetteville or Rockingham for their licenses, or secure them by mail from Raleigh. The Chamber is planning also to become an AAA affiliate, pro viding the services, such as road information, maps, etc., offered the membership of the American Automobile association the coun try over. Further announcement concerning this is to be made within a few weeks. Wendie Barrie’s $12,000 Brooch Reported Lost Disappearance of a platinum brooch set with rubies and dia monds, valued at $12,000, from the hotel safe at the Highland Pines Inn was reported to Southern Pines police last Thursday after noon by Charles Stitzer, hotel proprietor. The brooch is the property of Miss. Wendy Barrie, movie and television star, who has been a guest at the Highland Pines Inn several times since sometime in January. Between visits to the hotel she goes back to New York City for her television work. Police Chief C. E. Nejvton has called in the SBI to assist in in vestigation of the loss. He said he had no developments to report this week in the mystery, which is worthy of a Mary Roberts Rine hart detective novel. Details were few, as almost a month had elapsed since the brooch was first placed in the safe, and it could have been removed almost any time in the interval. “Most of the time,” Stitzer report ed, however, the safe is kept locked. 'The report showed that the brooch had been put in the safe on Miss Barrie’s request January 28, by Stitztr and Miss Sarah Gaudet, bookkeeper. A very large piece of jewelry of winged design, the two parts divisible into clips, it was placed in a plain white en velope with Miss Bturie’s name on it. James Hartshome, desk clerk, said he saw the envelope in the safe a few days later. After that, no one seems to have seen it, or looked for it until Miss Barrie made inquiry about it last Thurs day. The bracelet is insured for its full value. Mr. Stitzer said that only he. Miss Gaudet and Mr. Hartshome know the combination to the safe, and it is not known who else, ex cept Miss Barrie herself, could have known the bracelet was there. The British-bom actress, star of a highly successful television show which has had the longest continuous run in TV history, has been seeing Sandhills life in com pany with Morton W. (Cappy) Smith, of Middleburg, Va., with whom her name has been roman tically linked. Smith has his string of horses at Starland Sta bles here for winter training. NEW DIAL SYSTEM Don't expect perfection all at once, following the Thurs day-midnight cutover to the new dial system, comes a re minder from the Central Car olina Telephone company. It may take a week to get all the "bugs" out, following the change to completely new equipment. A number of mul ti-party lines must be re-gra ded to singles and doubles. The intercept board must be set to accommodate 100 or more numbers new or chang ed since the directory was printed. Plant workers . are busy ironing out these and other kinks. Listen out for the new dial tone—it waits a second or two after you lift the receiver. Wait till you hear it before dialing. Remember to use the new directory every time— pitch the old one out! Permit Denied For Building On Alley; Lee May Sue The town board in special ses sion Wednesday night, facing a lawsuit no matter what it did, de cided it had no right to grant a permit for construction to cover land designated on the town plat as a public alley. Consequently by unanimous ac tion it authorized the granting of a permit to Leroy Lee of Carthage to build onto his West Broad Street building on his lot at the rear, except for a 16-foot-wide strip dedicated to public use. The action followed the citing by Town Attorney Hjoke Pollock of four Supreme Court decisions, handed down at various times over a period of many years, stating specifically that streets and alleys designated for public use when the lots were originally laid out cannot legally be closed or obstructed, even though they are bought and sold as private oroperty; and that if they are closed or obstructed, even though they may. never have actually been opened up, any taxpayer of the town may seek abatement throush injunction. Lee Will Sue The discussion opened with the reading of a letter by Town Clerk Howard F. Burns from Leroy Lee’s attorneys to Everett V. Walker, city building inspector, repeating a request for a build ing permit to cover the full lot, and enclosing a check to cover the cost. If the permit should be refused, the letter said, court ac tion would be instituted to force its issuance. The letter stated the attorneys’ belief that Mr. Lee, who has title to the property, is legaUy entitled to the permit to build on it. (Continued on Page 5) Six Over Flat, Timber, Hurdle; “Mule Novelty” Elks Are Sponsors Big Annual Event A card of seven races has been announced for the Third Annual Sandhills Steeplechase meet, to be held starting at 2 p. m., Sunday on the Stony Brook track on Youngs road. These are: (1) The Shelton, one and one-half mile over timber, for children 14 years and younger, cup donated by Southland ho tel. (2) Pink Coat Timber, two miles, for members of Moore County Hunt, cup donated by Mid Pines club. (3) The Pines, five-eighths mile on the flat, for ladies, cup donated by Mrs. Audrey K. Kennedy. (4) The Manly Hurdle, one and one-half mile, cup donat ed by Hollywood hotel. (5) Mule Novelty race, first, second and third prizes of fered. (6) The Silver Run, six fur longs on the flat, cup donated 3y Highland Pines Inn. (7) The Broad Hollow, two miles over timber, cup donat ed by Carolina hotel. The event is being sponsored this year by the Southern Pines Elks Lodge for the bene fit of their charitable and edu cational projects. Mickey Walsh, Stony Brook owner and one of the coimtry’s outstanding riders and train ers, this week announced an entry list which includes some of the topnotch jumpers now training for major race meets on the eastern circuit. The one-mile course has been put in first-rate condition for the meet, with many improve ments made during the past few months. The parking area is ample for hundreds of cars, with ev ery parking space command ing a full view of the oval. En trance and exit may be made from either end of the area. Jockeys include the following: James Collins, Jean Safford, Page Blsckmore and Maureen Walsh, in the first race; W. O. Moss, Earl (Happy) Hoy, Charles Stitzer, Mickey Walsh, Mrs. W. O. Moss, Kathleen Walsh, Joan Walsh, Sheila Walsh, Carter Brown, Aus tin Brown, D. F. Adams, Carlton Cameron, J. Cotter, C. W. Brown, A. Brown, L. P. Tate. Owners include Stony Brook (Continued on Page 5) First Sandhills Women’s Open Will Be Held On Three Courses March 24-26 'The Sandhills golfing commun ity will welcome a Women’s Open for the first time this month, when the Sandhills Women’s Profession al and Invitation Amateur tour nament will be held on three suc cessive days, with three local clubs participating, for the bene fit of the Red Cross. The 54-hole medal play event will open at the Pine Needles Sat urday, March 24, and continue at the Mid Pines club Sunday, March 25. Finals will be held Monday, March 26, on the Pinehurst No. 2 championship course. The sponsors will provide $3,000 prize money for the professionals, and prizes for the amateurs. Ev ery dollar of the ticket money will go to the Moore County chapter, American Red Cross, for the 1951 fund campaign which gets imder way this week. The event will bring to the Sandhills such outstanding pros as Babe Zaharias, Louise Suggs, Pat ty Berg, Marlene and Alice Bauer, Peggie Kirk, Mrs. Betty Bush, Betty Jameson and others, as well as about 30 top amateurs. The date is fortunate as it fol lows immediately on the annual Titleholders event at Augusta, Ga., and the week after the stars will play in a $3,000 open at Roa noke, Va. Among the amateurs will be the Mid Pines stars Pat O’Sullivan, Mae Murray, Carol Diringer, Mary Agnes Wall and Mrs. Julius Bo ros. Pinehurst will enter Mrs. Holbrook Platt, Mrs. Richard Hell- man, Mrs. John O. Hobson and others. Invitations have gone to Mrs. EsteUe Lawson Page, Doro thy KiUty, Polly Riley, Betty Mc Kinnon, Betsy Rawls, Edean An derson, Grace DeMoss, Marjorie Lindsay, Mary Ann Downey, Ellen Gery, Bea McWane, Marjorie Bums, Jean Hopkins, Beverly Hanson and Mrs. Maurice Glick. The field will be the fastest ever to gather for a women’s competi tion in the Sandhills. Robert E. Harlow, Golf World editor and publisher, is general chairman. He will be assisted by operators of the participating clubs.
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