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ii^nt-over Takes Place
rhursday Midnight;
ITew Service Praised
le long-anticipated cutover to
iiem Pines’ new $150,000 dial
took place at midnight last
:^ay, March 1.
lis week the ‘‘hugs” were be-
eliminated by fast-working
rmen and this community was
ng last getting a taste of tele-
le service, metropolitan style,
midweek things were id
•th running order; the oom-
new equipment appears to
in the groove” and admira
is heard on all sides,
e first non-local call after the
ver went to Governor W.
Scott, outspoken promoter
tproved telephone service for
le State. The call to Raleigh
placed by John E. Cline, Cen-
ilfurolina Telephone Company
utive vice-president, before
all invited gathering assem-
at the district office on New
pshire avenue,
getting the Executive Man-
on the wire, Mr. Cline turn-
le call over to Mayor C. N.
. Greetings were exchanged
the Governor of North Caro-
said to the Mayor of South-
Pines, “Congratulations on
progressive step for your fine
iimity. I hope to get down
some day soon, and try out
new phones for myself.”
of Growth
yor Page informed His
r that it was not only a pro-
ive step but a significant
of growth, as in 1939 there
only 350 telephones here,
low there are 1,575.
(Continued on Page 5)
Glimpses of two sections of the Robert Shaw Chorale, which wiU
present a program of unusual entertainment at the Southern Pines
auditorium at 8:30 Saturday night. Robert Shaw, termed the fore
most young U. S. director, was formerly director of Fred Waring’s
radio glee club. The Sandhills Music association is sponsoring the
concert and tickets may be secured at the Bamum Realty company
or at the door. , - ^ t- j
IS IT SPRING?
Is if really spring?
After three months of
shivering. Sandhills residents
hardly knew at first what to
to make of the warmi bright
weather—^but this week the
evidence is lavishly at hand.
Jonquils, forsythia, spirea
and a multitude of other blos
soms have burst out in the
land. The pear tree in the city
park is a snowy wonder, and
the peach trees scatter their
pink glow across the country
side. Breezes are balmy and
the gentle sun shines.
. It must be spring!
26 Moore Boys
rl Golfer, Three Will Be Inducted
n Will Play
Sunday Benefit
By Bud Harvey
» a good woman golfer play
d male golfer on equal
s burning 19th-hole topic
)e put to the acid test Sun-
fternoon at the Pine Needles
club, when Pat O’Sullivan,
it North and South women’s
>lder, will match strokes
;wo Walker Cup players and
;k professional.
special exhibition charity
, for the joint benefit of St.
1 of the Pines and Moore
y hospitals, will pair the
"e. Conn., gal with host pro
ice Doser against Dick
nan of Pinehurst and Har-
ard of the University of
Carolina, former national
ate champion. Pat and
wUl pit their better ball
t the two amateurs.
O’Sullivan, one of the fam-
d Pines Club “stable” of
tolfers, will play from the
ced women’s tees. Normal-
s is not too much of an ad-
fe for the average girl link-
ut in Pat’s case, it Will just
Continued on Page 5)
Into Army Today
t Horses, Fine Riders Thrill 1,500
t Stony Brook Steeplechase Sunday
Twenty-six young men, one
more than the actual March quota
lor Moore county, were scheduled
to be inducted today (Friday) into
the U. S. Army.
After the 25 notices were sent
out one youth voluntarily added
himself by signing an induction
request, said Mrs. Harry W. Da
vis, draft clerk. In the ordinary
course of events was not sched
uled to be called up for two or
three months. “However,” said
Mrs. Davis, “he said his employ
er had fired him, knowing he had
passed his physical and was due
to be CEiUed, and he found it im
possible to get another job.”
She said there had been two or
three instances of the sort. She
reminded employers of draftable
boys that they are not only sup
pose to keep the boy in his job
until he actually has to go, but to
hold it lor him until he gets back.
This is not only the decent and pa
triotic thing to do—it is also a
part of the GI Bill of Rights.
Forty-live boys went to Fay
etteville Monday for their prein
duction tests.
Turpentine Co-Op
Elects Officers:
Stock Will Be Sold
The turpentine industry official
ly came into being under the
name of the Carolina Naval Stores
Cooperative, Inc., at a meeting
Wednesday night at the Aberdeen
High school.
The Cooperative elected to set
a goal of $50,000 as total invest
ment with the immediate aim of
$15,000 to construct a still and
warehouse in Aberdeen.
Common stock will be available
at $25 per share and can be ob
tained only by timber owners and
operators or those leasing timber.
Preferred stock at four per cent
interest will be sold at the same
price.
The Cooperative elected James
Boyd, Jr., of Southern Pines as its
president and Clyde Auman of
West End as vice president. Tom
Upchurch of Raeford, together
with the two officers named will
constitute the executive commit
tee.
Nine directors were elected to
serve one ,two and three-year
terms. These terms were decided
by the directors drawing numbers.
Those chosen were James Fulk
and R. E. Matthews, Carthage
(Continued on Page 5)
Red Cross Faces Big Tasks, Speakers
Say As Dinner Opens $18,577 Drive
Blood Program Cited;
Community Chairmen
And Quotas Annoimced
Vital tasks facing the American
Red Cross today, with emphasis
on services to our fighting men in
Korea, were stressed by Richard
N. Hart, Red Cross field director
at Fort Bragg, speaking at the
Moore County chapter’s campaign
dinner held -Wednesday night at
Youths Escape
Serious Hurts In
Head-Ou Collision
Church Census
Slated Sunday
Of those leaving today, John
McLaurin Prizer has returned
(Continued on page 5)
)ite rain in the morning,
;ning clouds and rhill
s in the afternoon, some 1,-
ople gathered at the Stony
track Sxmday afternoon to
s a series of thrilling races
Third Annual Steeplechase
event was sponsored by ttie
m Pines Elks club, who
e assistance of members of
Im Boyd post, VFW, in the
i and efficient handling of
iwd. Louis Scheipers, of the
lub, was chairman of ar-
lents. Race manager was
T Walsh, owner of the
well known trainer and
n Square Garden rider,
essions were handled by
*0 Does for their charity
s. A combined unit of the
im Pines and Aberdeen
bands, directed by J. G.
,e, played between races,
est mounted in intensity
ting climax in the sixth and
last of the regular featured races,
“The Broad Hollow,” two mUes
over timber. Starland Stables’
Reynoldstown, Lloyd P. Tate up,
ran neck and neck for the first
mile with E. Mahler’s Gnome,
Austin Brown up, then took a
commanding lead. In the last
quarter Gappy, owned by Carol
Paterno, Carlyle Cameron up,
swept up dramatically from eight
lengths behind the field to win
a hairbreadth victory, to the ac
companiment of shrieks and
cheers from- the crowd. Second
was Auld Sod, owned by Mr5. Au
drey K. Kennedy, F. Duly Adams
up; third, Reynoldstown; then
Gnome, followed by Jumping
Jack, owned and ridden by Car
ter W. Brown.
Pink Coal Timber
A religious census of the South
ern Pines and vicinity will be tak
en Sunday afternoon under the
joint sponsorship of the five Pro
testant chiuches of Southern
Pines and Manly. The informa
tion sought will be of a general
nature, and will include chiuch
membership and, in the case of
non-church members, denomina
tional preference, if any, and lo
cal church preference, if any.
Children and adults will all be
included in the census and fami
lies are requested to remain at
home, if possible, until a census
taker has visited them, which it is
anticipated will be early in the
afternoon.
Most spectacular was the Pink
Coat Timber race, for members of
the Moore County Hunt. Renown,
(Continued on Page 8)
About 80 men and women of all
the churches wUl take the census,
gathering at the First Baptist
church at 12:30 for luncheon pre
liminary to going out on their
block-by-block canvass. They will
work in teams of two, with about
15 houses assigned to each team.
'The luncheon wiU be furnished
and served by ladies of all the
participating churches.
The census is being taken in the
effort to find suitable church
homes for those desiring them,
and to provide statistics pn pres
ent and potential membership on
which the churches may base their
activity plans, for the benefit of
the community as a whole. The
information wUl be made avail
able to aU churches whether or
not they take part in the census.
Participating churches are the
First Baptist, Brownson Memorial
Presbyterian, Emmanuel Episco
pal and Church of Wide Fellow
ship (Congregational Christian) in
Southern Pines, and the Manly
Presbyterian church.
This week’s shocking series of
automobile accidents was length
ened by one Wednesday night, a
head-on coUision on US Highway
1 south in which six young peo
ple miraculously escaped with
their lives.
Of four Sandhills teenagers in
the northbound vehicle two re
mained at patients at Moore
County hospital. These were Leon
Wylie, Jr., 19, Pinebluff, and
Catherine Hussey of Southern
Pines, who suffered cuts and
bruises with a possible concus
sion for Wylie. Arthur Ivey, 17,
of Aberdeen, suffered a shoulder
injury and Elaine Johnson of
Southern Pines was unhurt. All
were badly shaken up.
Pvt- James Lee Edwards, 25, of
Carney, Md., driver of the south
bound car, and his passenger. Pvt.
David Lee Lemke, were unhurt.
The State Highway Patrol report
described the two soldiers, who
were heading for a Florida fur
lough from Andrews AFB as . “in
highly intoxicated condition.”
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the Southland hotel.
The event marked the start of
the 1951 fund raising campaign in
which a county quota of $18,577
is being sought. Present were
campaign chairmen and Red Cross
chapter officials, with special
guests. From Director Hart, who
has had charge of Red Cross ad
ministration and activities at Fort
Bragg for 10 years, they heard of
the all-out manner in which the
Red Cross has assumed the re
sponsibility of the blood donation
program, and the generosity of
the response. “During four days
when the bloodmobile was at Fort
Bragg 1,200 pints of blood were
donated, and if we had had the
facilities we could have received
2,000 more. It did my heart good
to see it,” he said.
Within four days after blood is
donated through the American
Red Cross, it is in Korea ready for
administration to save the lives of
wounded men. Seven countries
of the United Nations have Red
Cross workers in Korea, he said.
Veteran Speaks
(Continued on Page 5)
Golf classes for Southern
Pines High School students
are being started this week 2tt
the Southern Pines Country
club, with Eddie Dodson,
club pro-manager, as teacher.
The classes are being held
each Tuesday and Thursday
from 4 to 5 p. m. Club facili
ties and Mr. Dodson's services
are being given without
charge. A request went out
this week for golf dubs, to be
given or loaned, for the stu
dents to use. Anyone with
clubs which they may turn
over for this useful purpose is
asked to let Mr. Dodson
know, or bring themi to the
club. A number of sets are
needed.
James Soles Dies
In Collision Of
Taxi And Truck
Mrs. Griffin Hurt
As Car Crashes
Mrs. Bessie J. Griffin, Moore
County register of deeds, was
painfully injured Saturday when
her car left the road and hit a
tree on the old Vass-Lakeview
highway about 1 p. mi
Mrs. Griffin is said to have be
come ill while driving from Vass
to her home at Lakeview, and to
have fainted at the wheel. In the
subsequent crash she suffered
cuts about the face and some bad
bruises, and her knee-cap was
shattered. Passersby found her-in
a semi-conscious condition in the
car about 20 minutes or a half
hour later.
Many Fires In
Moore Forests;
Warning Issued
She was taken to the Moore
County hospital, where she re
mains as a patient. Mrs. Kather
ine Primm, deputy register, has
been appointed acting register of
deeds during her absence.
Mrs. Griffin is .the wife of
G. E. Griffin, who has an insur
ance business at Vass. She was
formerly town clerk of Vass, was
elected register of deeds last
June after a lively campaign and
runoff, and took office in Decem
ber.
Forest and brush fires averag
ing three a day are keeping the
county’s fire fighters busy, and
Warden E. W. Davis of the N. C.
Forest Service this week begged,
“Please be careful in your burn
ing-off!”
In the past two weeks a dozen
major fires have devastated many
acres of tinder-dry woodland. Re
cent showers have helped the sit
uation but have not eliminated
it, he said. Burning-off without
proper equipment or enough
workers on hand for protection
has been the cause of most of
them, the forest warden said.
The most destructive, and also
the largest, fires occurred last
Friday, one on the heels of the
other. The first ravaged about 25
acres of closely growing young
pines belonging to Durwood Mc
Leod, between Southern Pines
and Aberdeen. The fire ran from
treetop to treetop with lightning
speed. Carelessness of two colored
workers engaged in burning off
was ascribed as the cause and
they paid slightly more than $10
suppression costs—a tiny fraction
of the actual loss.
The largest forest fire of the
two-week period covered about
112 acres near the Von Canon
lake at West End.
The fires have been scattered
all over the county, with most of
them occurring along the Moore-
Hoke line from Cameron to South
ern Pines.
“If people would only have on
hand a shovel, a rake or two and
a couple of cans of water, many
o fthese fires could be put out at
once,” Davis said. “As it is, they
get out of control and are soon
spreading far and wide.”
James Edward Soles, 24, was
fatally injured when the taxi in
which he was a passenger was in
collision about 3 a.m., Sunday
with a tractor-trailer headed south
on US Highway 1 at the Massa
chusetts avenue intersection.
This was the first highway fa
tality to take place within the
Southern Pines city limits in more
than six years.
The taxi containing six young
men entered the intersection go
ing east, was struck in the left
sire by. the tractor belonging to
Griggs Trucking company of
Ruby, S. C., and was thrown off
the street to the parkway where
it crashed against a pole. Soles,
who police said had had the rear
right-hand seat, was flung from
the door. An ambulance was
summoned at once, but he died of
a fractured skull and other inju
ries before reaching the hospital.
Injured in the wreck and re
maining as a patient at Moore
County hospital was William G.
Roth, Jr., who was also a passen
ger in the taxi. He suffered chest
injuries and lacerations but the
latest report is that there are not
serious.
Slightly injured, or unhurt,
were the rest of the taxi’s occu
pants—James B. Stoots, driver of
the vehicle, which was owned by
Bill Jackson; Lawrence Neville of
Boston, Mass., an employee of
Highland Pines Inn; James Larri-
more and Frank Smith of South
ern Pines.
Neville is reported to have been
the only paying passenger. The
others went along “for the ride”
and to discuss with Stoots some
arrangements concerning a band
of which he is a member.
There is a stoplight at the inter
section where the crash took
place. Both drivers said the light
appeared green to them. Chief C.
E. Newton reported that investi
gation is continuing. He said that
Stoots and Leland Eddins, of
Ruby, S. C., driver of the tractor-
trailer, had both been placed un
der arrest on a technical charge
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. Basketball Event
Second Annual
In Local Gym
Sixteen teams have been select
ed to compete in the Girls’ State
Invitational High School Basket
ball tournament, to be held for the
second year in the Southern Pines
gymnasium, starting Monday
night and continuing through to
finals Saturday.
Announcement of the pairings
was made by Robert E. Lee, Ab
erdeen principal and tournament
chairman. The tournament is
sponsored by Aberdeen and
Southern Pines school officials.
The selections were made, as last
year, from among teams nominat
ed by sports editors of the state
dailies, listing teams of their areas
on the basis of the past year’s rec
ords and past tournament per
formance.
This year’s tournament is ex
pected to prove a crowd-drawing
attraction even greater than last
year’s, when hosts of local fans
joined those of the participants’
home towns to witness thrilling
exhibitions of topnotch basketball.
Cool Springs of Iredell county,
unbeaten in 17 games, has been
seeded No. 1 with Lincolnton, last
year’s champion, second. Trinity
third and Windsor fourth.
The 16 teams to compete and
their records are Rutherfordton
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Auto License
Agency Opening
Set March 19
The Chamber of Commerce of
fice will become a branch agency
for the sale of motor vehicle li
censes Monday, March 19, it was
announced by President Arch F.
Coleman this week.
H. P. Kirk, field secretary of
the Carolina Motor club, will ar
rive on that date and remain for
several days helping the office
staff over their first hurdles in
connection with the work.
It had been planned to establish
the agency as of next Monday
morning, March 12, but Mr. Kirk
found he was unable to come un
til a week later. The Carolina
Motor club has jurisdiction over
all license sales branches in the
state, in cooperation with the
main office at Raleigh, which is
under the N. C. Department of
Motor Vehicles.
The Southern Pines office will
serve all the Moore-Hpke terri
tory covering thousands of ve
hicle owners who have hitherto
had to obtain their license plates
elsewhere. The nearest branches
have been those at Sanford, Fay
etteville and Rockingham. While
a small income will accrue to the
office from the sale, the idea is
primarily that of service to the
community and its environs, said
Mr. Coleman.
Cameron Elected Rotary President
Bjerbert N. Cameron, local au
tomobile dealer and oil distribu
tor, was elected president of the
Southern Pines Rotarjt club at the
weekly luncheon meeting held
last Friday at the Village Inn.
The office of vice president goes
by Rotary tradition to the retiring
president, E. J. Austin. Secretary-
treasurer wil be Russell Lorenson,
a reelection.
Directors in addition to the of
ficers, all of whom will be install
ed at the first meeting in July,
were named as follows: the Rev.
C. V. Covell, E. Nolley Jackson,
Dr. Irvin Trincher and June Phil
lips.
Dr. Trincher, who was recent
ly inducted into membership in
the club, was in charge of Fri
day’s program, of which the main
feature was a film on cancer.
Modem strides in detection and
treatment of the disease, which in
many cases is curable if discov-
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the film. Russell Mills, Moore-
Hoke District sanitarian, served
ered in time, were revealed in as projectionist for the film"