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32—NO. 19
16 PAGES THIS WEEK
I Around the House” Spring Tour
Carden Club Is Wednesday Event
owering Gardens,
»autif ul Homes Will
i Opened To Public
Southern Pines Garden
)ur of homes and gardens, to
[d next Wednesday, is des-
as a tour “all around the
tors will not only roam at
hrough some of the Sand-
loveliest gardens and
ds, filled now with a multi-
bf spring fldwers, but will
be invited right injto the
I, five of which will be
ji open in true Southern
dlity.
tour will be held from 11
to 5:30 p. m., starting at
law House, quaint century-
;)ttage charmingly restored
irnished by the Moore Coun-
btorical association. Lunch-
nd also tea will be served
Shaw House tea room,
ugh this will be the official
!g point, those wishing to
may begin the tour at any
! half dozen homes listed,
y of Homes
les on the tour include an
sting variety, each one dis-
e of its kind. At several,
will be attractive displays of
settings, using antique or
lodern china, silverware and
accessories.
ibers of the Garden club
jrve as hostesses at each of
>mes, which will be as fol-
le of Mrs. Katherine S. Me
in East Indiana avenue, a
Sngland country-house type
ed by Aymar Embury 2nd,
hwaUed terrace and spread-
^rdens showing many un
varieties of plants and
i. Mrs. McColl is a real
Igardener” and her gardens
the results of her devoted
A table will be set for tea
; terrace, and in the dining
a setting for a formal lunch-
ill be shown.
:he home of Mrs. L. H. Lit-
a, also in East Indiana, vis
vill see a charming colonial
filled with beautiful ,an-
. Here also a tea table will
i, using antique china,
ttonwood” the William L.
home on Grover road is
illed with antiques. The
is a copy of the famous old
Carolina plantation man-
Harrietta,” all on one floor,
wide wings in the Southern
A luncheon table will be
the dining room. The house
'n informal garden of rare
^Continued on Page 5)
SOUTHERN PINES. NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY. MARCH 30, I9S1
Weaver And Dawson With Visiting Cage Coaches
16 PAGES THIS WEEK
TEN CENTS
POSTPONED
The Army this week an
nounced the poslponment for
two months of the large-scale
air-ground maneuvers sched
uled to start June 20 in the
Fort Bragg area.
Gen. Mark W. Clark, Chief
of Army Field Forces, said
the exercises will be held in
August qn dates to be an
nounced later.
Exercise "Southern Pine"
was planned to involve major
units of the Third Army and
the Air Force's Tactical Air
Command, with smaller units
of the Navy also participa
ting.
The Third Army Com
mander, Lt. Gen. John R.
Hodge, will direct the maneu
vers in August.
Unei Army said that the
postponement will enable
more resezvistists and new
ly drafted men to take part.
Burlington Mills
Will Build Huge
Plant At Sanford
Announcement was made this
week by Jehn Harden, of Greens
boro, vice president of Burlington
Mills, Inc., that his company will
erect a plant employing 1,400 per
sons, on property near the Lee
County home at Sanford.
Mr. Harden said that work will
begin at once on the plant, for
which the machinery is now on
order. It will be a weaving plant,
using rayon, acetate, orlon, dynel,
decrom and other synthetics in
the manufacture of Bur-Mil ma
terials for many purposes.
The plant will be the last word
in modern industrial architecture,
built on a tract of 113 acres. For
mer owners of the land, from
whom it was purchased by the
Burlington Mills corporation,
were Mr. and Mrs. Max Farrell
and Mr. and Mrs. Kemp Chil
dress. The purchase was author
ized by a special act of the Gen
eral Assembly recently sponsored
by Lee County Rep. Robert W.
Dah-ymple.
Sanford citizens have agreed to
erect lOO houses for the compiany
employees. A tract opposite the
plant site, owned by E. T. Ussery
and Dr. P. L. Knight, will be the
site for 50 houses. Another 50
houses will be built in the East
Sanford area by W. Bank Wilkins
and Dan C. Lawrence.
Midsouth H orse Show
At New Starland
Is Weekend Event
: ^
HONORED GUESTS 25 Classes Listed;
Thirty patients from the
Fort Bragg Station hospital
will see the Mid-South Horse
show at Starland Farm Satur
day afternoon as guests of the
John Boyd post, VFW.
The boys will arrive via
special Army bus, threwgb ar
rangements ' madp by the
post's hospital committee
headed by Don A. Jones.
Members of the auxiliary will
be on hand to help in enter
tainment of the honored
guests.
A special section is to be
reserved for them at the horse
show.
Gilmore Reelected
President Sandhill
Music Association
The last newsphoto made which included P. J. Weaver in his capacity as superintendent of Southern
Pines schools. It was taken on the bleachers of the school gym, one of the major building achieve
ments of his administration, by Dave Nicholson of the Greensboro News staff. The occasion was the
close of the recent highly successful Girls’ State Basketball tournament, held for the second year under
sponsorship of the Southern Pines and Aberdeen Athletic associations.
Included are, from left. Coach Bob Lee of Aberdeen; Coach A. C. Dawson of Southern Pines; Super
intendent Weaver, who moves to Greensboro today; Coach Jack Kiser of Lincolnton, whose team won
the tournament trophy (for the second time) and Coach R. B. Madison of Cool Springs, seeded No. 1.
Mr. Dawson succeeds Mr. Weaver as superintendent here, effective April 1.
' (Photo courtesy Greensboro Daily News)
Sandhills Cast
Will Give Comedy
Tonight, Saturday
Community Will Bid Weavers Farewell
At Country Club Reception April 6
!mty Offieials Ponder Proposal For
^ool Bond Issue; Needs Run High
Moore County board of ed-
-n presented to the county
issioners Tuesday a proposal
chool bond issue that, if ap-
^ by the voters, would make
de school construction and
Jleling in schools of the coun-
(tem costing $944,823.
commissioners took the pro-
under advisement, pending
Eerence of the county board
ucation and trustees of the
em Pines and Pinehurst city
I imits. Representatives of
vo trustee boards attended
hnt meeting of the county
I board and commissioners
ay and indicated that they
I like to have money re-
nents for school building in
VO city districts included in
>unty bond issue when and
election is called.
Set
otal of $1,185,000 in schooll
1 is the maximum that can be
t under state law which
county school bond issues
e per cent of assessed valua-
if property, less the county’s
d indebtedness,
imates of money require-
! in the Southern Pines and
urst districts, given hastily
hool officials and trustees
[ay — after they explained
num was to be held this
they had not been notified
the meeting in time to study
needs thoroughly—brought
junty and city money needs
)tal of $1,590,000—over $400,-
lore than the maximum
nt of bonds that could be is-
by the county,
inference on how to bring
requirements within the
weqk.
Amount Pared
Chairman J. A. Culbertson of
the county board of education told
the commissioners in presenting
the $944,823 bond issue proposal
that this figxire represented needs
that had been pared from about
$2,000,000 during two meetings
with local school committees of
the county system.
Representatives of all but one
of the local school districts, Vass-
LakeView, were at the meeting
Tuesday. Spokesmen for the del
egations made it clear that the lo
cal committees, in reaching an
agreement on how to split up the
proposed $944,823 issue, are in no
mood to accept further cuts in
amounts allocated to individual
districts. However, school com
mittee members seemed anxious
for an agreement to be reached so
that the commissioners, if they
choose, can call an election and
the work can get started.
The commissioners met with the
board of education and the local
delegations late Tuesday after
noon, after winding up a day’s
work sitting as board of equaliza
tion to consider requests for ad
justments of 1951 property valua
tions in Sandhill, McNeill and
Mineral Springs townships.
Only opinion from the commis
sioners about the bond proposals
came from John purrie of Car
thage who termed the Southern
Pines and Pinehurst estimated re
quirements too high and suggested
that their requirements be
brought down and the^ total
amount “reshuffled, so that all dis
tricts needing it can get some.”
The curtains will part at 8:15 to
night (Friday), also Saturday
night, at the Southern Pines au
ditorium for the first major dra
matic production in the Sandhills
in many years.
This will be the famous Kauf
man and Hart play, “You Can’t
Take It With You,” Pulitzer prize
winning comedy of pre-war days
which has earned a high place
among the laugh-getters of this
generation. The three-act play,
presented for the benefit of the
Sandhills Tennis association with
an all-Sandhills east, is directed
by Manly Wade Wellman of Pine-
bluff.
The script is unchanged from
the Broadway version.
Characters in order of their ap
pearance include Penny, mother
of the Sycamore family, who
writes plays because a typewriter
was left there eight years ago by
mistake, Valerie Nicholson; Essie,
who loves to dance, not just now
and then but all the time, George-
anne Austin; Rheba, the cook and
family intimate, Mkrion de Costa;
Paul Sycamore, who should have
been an architect but makes fire
works instead, Francis E. Stubbs;
Mr. De Pinna, who came one day
to deliver the ice and just stayed,
Walter Harper.
Ed Carmichael, who plays the
piano and loves to print, Glynn
Harvey; Donald, boy friend of
Rheba, Angelo Montesanti, Jr.;
Martin Vanderhof—“Gitendpa”—
who went up in the elevator to
business one day 35 years ago,
came right back down and never
returned, W. D. Shannon.
Alice, young daughter of the
Sycamore family and its only
“normal” member, Mary Gamier
(who in real life will be married
the day after the second perfor
mance); Henderson, an internal
revenue agent. Manly Wade Well
man; Tony Kirby, the boss’s son,
who loves Alice, Lennox Forsyth.
Kolenkhov, bearded Russian
dancing teacher, Millard Dozier;
Gay Wellington, an actress,
slightly blotto. Sue Hall; Anthony
Kirby,. Sr., Tony’s dad, strictly
from Wall street, Francis de Costa;
Mrs. Kirby, a grande dame, Elea
nor Knight.
(Continued on Page 5)
Honor Guesis Also
At Annual Rotary
Basketball Banquet
Hr. and Mrs. Philip J. Weaver
are moving this afternoon—Friday
—to Greensboro, but they will
come back next week.
Arrangements have been made
for them to return to Southern
Pines next Friday afternoon for
two very special occasions.
The community will do honor
to Mr. Weaver, Southern Pines
district Superintendent of schools
for almost 12 years, and Mrs.
Weaver at a reception to be held
at the Southern Pines Country
club Friday, April 6, from 3:30 to
6 p.m. Everyone who will wish
to speak to them is invited—and
that means just about everyone
here ,and a number of others who
will make special trips “back
home” for the event.
The Weavers will also be honor
Intercollegiate
Golf Tournament
At Pine Needles
A Mid-South Intercollegiate in
dividual and team championship
will be played Tuesday at the
Pine Needles Golf club, sponsor
ed by Harvey Carter, club opera
tor, with Pro Clarence Doser in
charge.
Amherst, Williams, Yale, Rut
gers and Harvard had entered by
the first of the week, and answers
were expected from Dartmouth,
N. C. State, Duke, Clemson, Da
vidson, Ohio State, Washington
and Lee, Wake Forest, the Uni
versity of North Carolina and oth
ers to whom invitations had been
extended.
Three individual prizes are be
ing offered, also prizes for each
of the four members of the win
ning team. Lowest four 18 holes
medal play scores made by repre
sentatives of each school will
count in team competition.
A former Army barracks at
Pine Needles has been remodeled
for use as bachelor quarters for
the college golfers playing in the
championship.
guests at the Rotary club’s annual
basketball banquet, which will be
held that evening at the Country
club, starting at 7:30 o’clock. The
public may attend this event by
making reservations up to the ca
pacity limit.
The reception, an informal af
fair, is being held .by the citizens’
committee, a representative local
group which over the years has
worked with Superintendent
Weaver in many capacities, in aid
of the schools—particularly the
athletic program. It was felt to
be peculiarly fitting that they
should be the hosts for this fare
well event.
A committee of ladies is assist
ing.
Basketball Banquet
At the basketball banquet, the
Rotarians will be hosts to the
girls’ and boys’ cage squads, their
coaches, managers and cheerlead
ers; the Rotary Annes, and sev
eral special guests, including Mr.
and Mrs. Weaver. Harry Fullen-
wider will be toastmaster. Let
ters, stars and special awards will
be made to the team members and
the affair will end in a dance for
the young people.
E. Nolley Jackson and Herbert
N. Cameron are Rotary chairmen
for the banquet. Reservations
should be made by Wednesday
with Johnnie A. Hall or Russell
Lorenson. Two hundred persons
can be accommodated but the
guest list has already reached
about 130, so parents and friends
wishing to attend should make
their reservations at once.
Entertainment is in the hands of
Lloyd Clark, June Phillips and
Garland Pierce; decorations, Mrs.
Virgil P. Clark, C. S. Patch, Jr.,
Harold McAllister; dinner, John
nie A. Hall, Joe Garzik; secretary
and assistant, Russell Lorenson,
Francis Stubbs.
The Sandhills Music Associa
tion meeting at the Southern
Pines Library Wednesday night,
reelected Voit Gilmore chairman
for the coming year.
This makes the chairman’s third
term in office and Mr. Gilmore,
who was one of those instrumen
tal in foimding the organization,
made it clear that he accepted the
'post with reluctance and only
gave in to the insistence of the
members after considerable per
suasion.
Serving with the chairman will
be Miss Laura Kelsey as secre
tary, replacing Mrs. Ralph Chand
ler, and Bert Premo, treasurer,
in place of William F. Henderson.
New directors elected for the
coming season are: Dr. D. B. Net-
tleton of Knollwood, Arch Cole
man, Mrs. John Ostrom of South
ern Pines, and Mrs. W. A. Way, of
Knollwood; John Tuckerman, of
Jackson Springs, Miss Rozelle
Williamson of Carthage, Law
rence Johnson, Jere McKeithen,
and Louis Hallman of Aberdeen;
Mrs. Stuart Cutler, Mrs. T. H.
Craig, and Mrs. Roscoe Prince of
Pinehurst, Mrs. Charles V. Covell
of Southern Pines.
Former directors reelected
were: E. C. Stevens, Dr. W. F.
Hollister, William F. Henderson,
Mrs. Norris Hodgkins, Mrs. P. T.
Barnum and Mrs. James Boyd, of
Southern Pines, Mrs. Colin Spen
cer, Jr., of Carthage, Dr. William
Peck of McCain, Alton Cameron
of Vass, Mrs. Horton of West End,
Charles Picquet of Pinehurst,
James Culbertson of Robbins.
Mrs. William F. Hollister, for
mer drive chairman, was appoint
ed advertising chief with Mrs.
Paul T. Barnum in charge of tick
et sales; a drive chairman to be
chosen later. Mrs. Hoke Pollock
will handle publicity.
(Continued on page 5)
Many Noted Stables
Will Have Entries
The Mid-South Horse show, to
be held Saturday and Sunday at
the new Starland Farms ring on
the pi;operty of Mr. and Mrs.
Lloyd P. Tate on Midland road
between Pinehurst and Southern
Pines, will offer a program of 25
classes during the three-session
meet.
Dennis Crotty, secretary of the
committee handling the program,
has announced two sessions to be
held on Saturday, at 9:30 a. m.
and 2 p. m., and one at 2 p. m.
Sunday. Entries may be made up
to pest time for any class.
Around 70 horses have been
entered to date and more than
100 are finally expected. These
include a number of winners at
[Some of the nation’s biggest
shows, such as the International
Horse Show at Madison Square
Garden in New York, while the
riders will also include some of
the best known in their field.
Wihile most of the horses
will come from the large number
of stables in the Sandhills area,
some will be entered from more
distant places.
The program will comprise the
following classes:
Class 1, Lightweight Conforma
tion Hunters; 2, Middle & Heavy
weight Conformation Hunters;
3, Open Conformation Hunters; 4,
Hunter Stake; 5, Green Light
weight, Conformation Hunters. 6,
Green, Middle & Heavyweight
Conformation Hunters; 7, Green
Open Conformation Hunters; 8,
Green Hunter Stake.
Class 9, Lightweight Working
Hunter; 10, Middle & Heavy
weight Working Hunter. 11, Open
Working Hunter; 12, Working
Hunter Stake; 13, Open Jumping;
14, Knock-down and Out; 15,
Handy Jumpers; ,16, Jumper
Stake.
Class 17, Hunters under Saddle;
18, Three Year Old Hunters (to
jump); 19, CorinthiEin; 20, Himt
Teams; 21, Bridle Path Hacks; 22,
Pairs of Bridle Path Hacks; 23,
Horsemanship — Children under
12; 24, Horsemanship—Children
under 16; 25, Children’s Hunters.
Among stables to be represent
ed wiU be those of C. Louis Meyer,
Mr. and Mrs. William M. Tate,
Starland Stables of Mr. and Mrs.
Lloyd P. Tate; Lakelawn Farms
of Mr. and Mrs. Dwight W. Win-
kelman, the Pinehurst Stables;
Mr. and Mrs. George Watts Hill
of Rougemont; Morton W. Smith,
Middleburg, Va.; Vernon Valley
Farms; the A. C. Alexander Sta
bles; W. J. Brewster; Mr. and Mrs.
W. O. Moss’s Mile-Aawy Farms;
(Continued on Page 5)
Pfc. Sharpe, 18, Tells Lions Club
Of Capture, Torture In North Korea
TOURNAMENT
Plans have been made for
the holding of the Southern
Pines Counttry Club cham
pionship in April, it was an-
noimced this week.
Qualifying rounds will start
tomorrow (Saturday) and
continue through Sunday,
April B.
Pfc. Robert L. Sharpe, 18-year-j
old soldier from High Point, as j
speaker before the Southern Pines
Lions club Friday evening, relat
ed one of the most grim and com
pelling stories yet to come out of
the Korean conflict.
Private Sharpe survived four
months’ suffering as a prisoner of
the North Koreans, which had as
their climax the notorious “tunnel
incident” in which most of the
captives were killed.
His story of long forced marches
made barefoot, beatings and near
starvation at the hands of his cap-
tors, has been told with the aid of
a war correspondent in an article
in the January 13 issue of the Sat
urday Evening Post, “God Saved
My Life in Korea.” It^ also ap
pears in condensed form in the
April issue of the Readers Digest.
Private Sharpe in person added
many details which brought the
picture into sharp focus for his
hearers, showing plainly what
type of enemy the United Nations
forces have been and still are fac
ing, and the hardships suffered by
our servicemen in Korea.
The youthful soldier, who is
temporarily stationed at Ebrt
Bragg, spoke in a sincere, natural
fashion, and in obvious d^ication
to his purpose of acquainting the
“folks at home” with what goes
on over there.
He was presented by another
Korean returnee, Sgt. Jesse P.
Surles, who is also now at Fort
Bragg. In the course of their
talks both soldiers paid high tri
bute to the American Red Cfoss,
which they said is “always there,”
sustaining the men on the field
and in hospitals with needed ser
vices and comforts without which
their suffering would be far great
er. To the Red Cross blood pro
gram they gave unstinting praise
as a savior of men’s lives.
Their remarks by coincidence
reinforced those of a yisitor at the
supper meeting, C. S. Patch, Jr.,
of the John Boyd post, VFW, who
spoke in the interest of the blood
donor program the Moore County
Red Cross and VFW post are
sponsoring here.
Lion Ray Mills, also a VFW
member, distributed blood pledge
cards which many members filled
out, promising to give blood when
the Red Cross Bloodmobile comes
here Monday, April 9.
The program for the meeting,
held at the Village Inn, was ar
ranged by Lion Marvin Beasley.
President W. L. Baker presided.