WELCOME
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WELCOME
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32—NO. 29
16 PAGES THIS WEEK
SOUTHERN PINES. NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. JUNE 8. 1951
16 PAGES THIS WEEK
PRICE—10 CENTS
ibers of Southern Pines High school graduating class: first row, from left, Barbara Ann Carter, Julie Catherine Hussey, Deirdre
undas, Dorothy Ann Swisher, Margaret Louise Mason, Carol Sue Humphrey, Betty Jo Bowden.
nd row—William Henry Cook, Robert Louis Stuart, Carl Eugene Lee, Jr., Stonewall Martin Ramsey, Charles Richard Newton,
rhomas. Coy Martin Bowers, William Dwight Welborn, Marshall Francis Palmer, Jr. Third row—Sidney George Whiting, Jr., Dan-
Lck Blake, Frank Harrington, Jerry Van Camp, Richard Shaw Ray, Albert Gray Crissman, Jr., Reginald Kenneth Newbon, William
(Photo by Emerson Humphrey)
Horner, Gene Bryant Poe.
oric Paratroop
Will Head
rday Parade
>mpany WUl
:li. With Band,
FW Event
Jrand Parade of the 21st
State VFW encampment
held here at 10 a. m.
y, headed by C Company
504th Airborne Infantry
famous band, with jet
and several squadrons of
anes from Pope AFB fly-
*head.
[hpany, one of the most
isfaed units of the 82nd
e at Fort Bragg, will
200 strong, leading vet-
rom 200 North Carolina
ho will be here for the
y convention,
arade will form at the ele-
school marching along
rk avenue to Ashe street,
; to Connecticut avenue
nee to West Broad. Pro
south on Broad, it will
New York avenue and
at the town park,
rs of C Company made
during World War 2. The
>f the war across Europe
irred with its historic
itarting at Sicily and Sal-
took part in amphibious
t Anziio, then in Septem-
; parachuted into Holland
t was instantly ■ engaged
arate combat. The day
i jump into Holland Pvt.
Towle was killed in hero-
i which made C Company
r one in its regiment to
name of a Medal of Hon-
er in its World War 2 rec-
of the officers .and men
ped make this proud rec-
still in the company, with
ersonnel made up largely
who formerly served in
•anches—Air Force, Navy
rines.
BLES TOURNEY
statewide marbles tour-
it. sponsored by the
will be held at 3:30 p.m.
lay on the municipal
courts, according to
imith, of the John Boyd
hairman. Some two doz-
boolboy champions are
sponsored by their local
for the state title,
local tournament an-
ed last week failed to
ce a winner, but Mr.
said, "We'll have one
me."
winner will get a free
trip, with adult com-
1. to Albuquerque, NJd.,
!2, to compete in the na-
VFW tournament.
Weaver Addresses Graduating Class;
School Auditorium Dedicated To Him
DROUGHT BROKEN?
Showers Monday night and
Tuesday dropped as the qual
ity of mercy on the parched
earth and thirsty crops.
Even more was needed,
however, after seven rainless
weeks which included the hot
test early-June week end on
record. Temperatures Satur
day and Sunday touched 100.
How much the showers
helped remained to be seen.
Earlier this week E. H. Gar
rison, Jr., county farm agent,
said, "The crops are standing
up remarkably well but they
can't do so much longer. To
bacco is holding its own. Cot
ton is all right—^this is 'cotton
weather.' Grain and corn are
suffering severely. Gardens
and pastures are about burned
up."
Sandhill Firemen
Will Have Gala
Meet Wednesday
Dr. Herr Presents
Bronze Plaque
From School Board
Co-Op Will Make
First Shipment To
Georgia Monday
The Southern Pines volunteer
fire department expects to be rep
resented at the annual meeting of
the Sandhill Firemen’s associa
tion, an all-day affair to be held
Wednesday at Pinebluff, with
boxing and wrestling at Aberdeen
that night.
Resident Fireman Frank H.
Kaylor said they have hopes of
getting up a contest team to enter
the traditional speed events, in
which Southern Pines usually
comes out a winner. Last year
the local department took one first
and one second place in the hotly
contested water and chemical
races.
'This year’s meeting is a special
one, marking a silver anniversary.
The association was formed 25
years ago, at Pinebluff. Southern
Pines, Pinebluff, Aberdeen, Pine-
hurst, Carthage and Hamlet de
partments formed the total mem
bership. Today the member de
partments number 41 all over cen
tral and eastern North Carolina.
Honoring the occasion, the Pine
bluff hosts have planned a pro
gram filled with business, pleas
ure, instruction and competition.
Following registration between
9 and 10 a.m., the business session
will start at 10 and is expected to
continue into the afternoon. Pine
bluff Mayor E. H. Mills will give
a welcome. Later, the firemen
will hear an address by Waldo C.
Cheek of Raleigh, State Insurance
Commissioner. Election of offi
cers wiU be held.
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Philip J. Weaver, former super
intendent of Southern Pines
schools, honored the high school
by a return visit Tuesday night as
commencement speaker, and was
in turn honored by hearing that
the auditorium was to be dedicat
ed to him.
The dedication took place at
once, in an informal speech of tri
bute by School Board Chairman
Dr. G. G. Herr, and the affixing
of a handsorrie bronze plaque in
the lobby by the time the program
closed. Implicit in the dedication
was the christening of the beauti
ful building, completed in May
1950, as “Weaver auditorium.”
The annoimcement brought a
wave of enthusiastic applause as
Mr. Weaver hesitated, too emo
tionally overcome lor a moment
or two to speak. Then he said,
“Mrs. Weaver and I thought no
town could ever do more than has
already been done for us here.
Thank you, from the bottom of
our hearts—^thank you.”
The auditorium and its compan
ion building, the gymnasium,
were completed as the fruition of
much patient work on the part of
Mr. Weaver and his associates
over a period of years. They stand
today as two of the finest, most
modern buildings in any small
school plant in the country.
The commencement exercises
were lifted far above routine, not
only by the surprise dedication
but by the nature of his speech to
the graduates—an intimate talk
by a friend of long standing.
The class of 1951 entered school
as first graders in 1939, the year
he became superintendent.
Though few of the original class
remain, the reunion spirit was
strong throughout the exercises
and brought tears of emotion to
many an eye.
Some of the seniors, as they
marched out to the solemn reces
sional, were frankly sobbing.
Invocation was asked by the
Rev. C. V. Coveil and benediction
was by Father Peter M. Denges.
Dr. Herr presented the speaker
and afterward N. L. Hodgkins, of
the school board, awarded the di
plomas to each graduate in turn,
along with a red rose from a bowl
given by Southern Pines Florist.
Mr. Hodgkins noted that this
class had a special distinction, m
being the last under Mr. Weaver’.,
superintendency (he left April 1,
to become assistant superintend
ent in Greensboro) and the first
under that of A. C. Dawson, Jr. In
token of this fact the two men
stood side by side, each to give his
(Continued on Page 8)
The first shipment of gum from
the newly chartered Carolina
Naval Stores Cooperative, Inc., of
Moore county will be made Mon
day afternoon, when 50 60-gallon
drums will be loaded onto a truck
at the temporary collection sta
tion on Weymouth Estate, head
ed for Helena, Ga.
Pending the construction of
its own turpentine distillery at
Aberdeen, possibly next year, the
Cooperative has contracted to sell
its gum. to the Peninsula-Lurton
company at Helena, one of the
world’s largest turpentine proces
sors, said James Boyd, president,
of Southern Pines.
Tests of the Moore County gum
run by Peninsula-Lurton brought
the verdict that “it is the finest
quality we have seen in 20 years.”
It will be handled separately at
their plant, to observe whether
its superiority holds up all through
the processing, in which case the
Moore County pro<!ucer3 may ex
pect somewhat higher than cur
rent market prices.
Mr. Boyd expects to make the
trip to Georgia with the gum.
James Fulk, of Carthage, Co-op
secretary-treasurer, has already
been down to inspect the plant
and complete the contract nego
tiations.
Prospects are seen as good for
continued growth of the Cooper
ative, and the infant naval stores
industry starting up under its
auspices in this longleaf pine area.
The Cooperative, first in the
State, is expected to be the nu-
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Planning Survey
Completed Here;
Publicatira Begins
Student Planners
Will Issue Sununary
In Book Form
The survey of the town, carried
on during the past two and a half
months by two graduate students
of the University of North Caro
lina, has been completed and the
results will be made known by in
stalments in The Pilot beginning
tliis week (see Page 13).
The text, running to some 17,-
000 words, has been prepared by
the survey team, John R. Hamp
ton of Leaksville and Seward
Weber of Poughkeepsie, N. Y.,
students in Carolina’s department
of regional and city planning. The
survey was part of the field work
for their course, and presentation
of their findings in booklet form
is part of the requirements for
their master’s degree. The serv
ice was rendered the Town on
payment of the students’ expenses
while here, and the town board
has also agreed to pay for several
hundred of the booklets for dis
tribution to interested persons.
The Pilot is rendering a service
to the Town and the students, as
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AAU Boxing Bouts
At Memorial Park
8:30 Tonight
An AAU-sponsored boxing
match of 10 bouts, to be held at
Memorial field here at 8:30 to
night (Friday) will be a feature of
the State VFW encampment.
The event is open to the public,
according to Don Smith, chair
man, who said that some of the
state’s ablest fighters will take
part. These will include at least
seven Golden Gloves champions.
Cedric Foster, MBS network
commentator, will be master of
ceremonies.
Opponents will be the Berryhill
team from Charlotte, which as the
Chi'lotte YMCA team won the
Golden Gloves tournament last
year, and a composite team com
posed of topnotch fighters from
Fayetteville, Raleigh, Burlington,
and Durham. Weights run from
104 to 170 pounds.
On the 10-man Charlotte team
will be Raymond Short, Ronald
Short and Robert Scruggs, who
fought here three years ago under
VFW auspices. Other members
are Murice Treadway, Jack Gil
bert, Jerry Spurlin, Bobby Spears,
Ben Gregory and Joe Coble, with
one more to be added. _
From Fayetteville will come
Bruce Peele, 1950 Carolines novice
welterweight champion; Clyde
Carter, open welterweight cham
pion, and Crow Peele, 1951 open
light heavyweight champion. Oth
ers on the composite team will be
Billy Roy, Glenn Ivey, Henry Tay
lor, Bobby Swain, Gene Crawford,
Lawrence Biby, Jerry Loy and
Benny Denton .
AAU judges will be provided,
and other AAU officials will be
present from High Point. Don
Smith, of the John Boyd post,
VFW, will be referee. ,
The feature bouts will be pre
ceded by a “Battle Royal” of five
small colored lads.
VFW Registration Headquarters ^
ili
The John Boyd Post home on West New York avenue, recently
remodeled and improved at a cost of more than $5,000, is serving as
registration and hospitality headquarters for the State VFW encamp
ment this week end. It was bought by the local post in December
1948, and opened April 9. 1949, with a dedication by Gen. George C.
Marshall. (Photo by Humphrey)
1,500 VFW Members
Conver^in^ Here For
Annual Fncampment
VISITOR
CEDRIC FOSTER
Cedric Foster
Broadcasts Here
While VFW Guest
Addresses Kiwanis;
Will Be Saturday
Banquet Speaker
Cedric Foster, famed MBS net
work news commentator and for
mer World War 2 correspondent
in the Pacific theater, is a guest in
Southern Pines during the four
days of the 21st State VFW en
campment.
Arriving Thursday morning, Mr.
Foster was the speaker at a spe
cial luncheon meeting of the Sand
hills Kiwanis club that day, to
which the Southern Pines Rotary
club membership was also invited.
Recently returned from Iran,
Mr. Foster outlined to them the
present situation in that country.
On Thursday and today (Friday)
his five-day-a-week noon broad
cast ,heard over hundreds of sta
tions of the Mutual Broadcasting
system, was scheduled to originate
through facilities of Station WEEB
here.
Saturday night, he will be the
banquet speaker for the VFW en
campment, at the cafeteria at
Weaver auditorium.
The veterans have arranged a
busy schedule for him. He will be
a judge at the beauty contest at 3
p.m. today, and master of cere
monies at the boxing matches at
Memorial field tonight.
His appearance here was ar
ranged by Jack S. Younts, of the
John Boyd post, VFW, president
of the Sandhills Community
Broadcasters, Inc.
Cameron Girls
Seriously Injured
In Saturday Crash
Norma Taylor, 17, and Rosie
Mae Whitaker, 19, of Cameron are
patients in the Lee County hospi
tal, with reported serious injuries
sustained in an accident near
Cameron about 1 a. m. Saturday.
The driver of the car .>n which
they were passengers, Elworth
Odell Blakeley, 24, of Sanford Rt.
8, had lesser injuries and was said
to have been released from the
hospital after two or three days’
observation.
Five Negroes, occupants of a ’4l
Ford struck by Blakeley’s ’49
Packard, escaped with a bad
shaking up. Ernest Harrington
was the driver.
According to the investigating
State Highway patrolman, both
cars were entering Cameron on
Highway 27, the Fort Bragg road.
As Harrington made a right turn
off the highway, Blakeley’s car,
just behind it, went out of control
as brakes were applied. The back
end of the Packard swung around,
describing two complete circles
in the road, hitting first the Ford,
then a maple tree across the road,
finally stopping in a wheat field.
The Packard was almost com
pletely demolished. Only minor
damage was done to the Ford. No
indictment has been made, the
patrolman said, pending comple
tion of his investigation-
Town Flies Flags
In Welcome To
Friendly Invasion
An amphibious wave of veter
ans of all armed service branches
started moving in on Southern
Pines Thursday morning. The
community gave every sign of
peaceful, even pleased, surrender,
and had hung out flags on all
downtown streets in welcome to
its conquerors.
A full-fledged invasion was in
the offing as members of 200
VFW posts converged here from
all over the state in their 21st An
nual Encampment. The conven
tion will last through four busy
days and nights, until Sunday
noon.
The State Auxilstry is also con
vening at this time.
Thursday was “Cootie day” and
by 11 a. m. 65 members of the
VFW fun organization, wearing
their distinctive little red caps,
had registered at the John Boyd
Post borne, with ifive “Cootie-
ettes.” The first contingent went
immediately to the Fort Bragg
Station hospital to put on infonnal
entertainment for the patients.
About twice that number were
expected by 2 p. m., hour of the
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Two Local Girls
In VFW Beauty
Pageant Today
Two Southern Pines girls, one
from Troy, one from Wilmington
emd two from Hendersonville were
among the contestsmts announced
Thursday for the state VFW beau
ty pageant and contest, to be held
at Weaver auditorium at 3 p.m.
today (Friday). Names are being
withheld until the contest, said
John Mare, .chairman.
The winner will receive a three-
day whirl of glamor and good
times in New York City August
22-25, when she will compete with
other state winners in the national
VFW contest. Her sponsoring post
will win an award of $100.
In addition to the trip, the John
Boyd post of Southern Pines will
set the beauty queen up to the
party outfit of her dreams—a Ceil
Chapman original ‘.‘five-o’clock
frock” and hat by Mr. John, for
merly of John-Frederic. On her
arrival in New York she will se
lect her desired colors and fabrics,
with counsel from Virginia Pope,
fashion editor of the New York
Times. Arrangements for this
were made by Chairman Mare on
a trip to New York City last week.
The young ladies, all single, age
limits 18 to 30, will parade in eve
ning gowns and also, for the
judges, in bathing suits. Cedric
Foster, famous MBS network
commentator, will be a judge.
A main requirement for con
testants is that they be related to
a member of the VFW or auxil
iary.
WATER SHORTAGE
Aberdeen is suffering from
a wafer shortage.
Notices to consumers from
the Aberdeen town board this
week requested that volun
tary rationing be initiated,
with suspension of car wash
ing, watering lawns, etc. The
notices reported that, "due to
the large increase in con
sumption industrially as well
as domestically, there is not
enough water to take care of
immediate needs."
Another Moore town, Car
thage, has suffered such a
shortage periodically for sev
eral years. A new system is
now being built designed to
eliminate this trouble.
Citizens here have no such
worries. Read in The Pilot
next week the story of South
ern Pines' water plant, recent
ly doubled in size at a cost of
$255,000, and equipped to
pump as much as 2,000,000
gallons a day through an ever
expanding network of water
mains.