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SOUTHERN PINES. NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JUNE 15. 1951
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fn Considers
ing Water To
irsty Aberdeen
ike Study, Seek
ictical Plan
ineers Will
Town of Aberdeen, find-
water supply insufficient
growing needs, has inquir-
:erning the possibility of
ig a paying customer of
ithern Pines water plant,
evealed to the town board
r evening by Mayor C. N.
lern Pines' water supply
ded as ample to take care
rn considerably larger than
e. Its plant has recently
xpanded to double the
g capacity.
her or not it could safely
the demands of both
' towns for any appreci-
ne in the future was dis-
by the commissioners. On
gestioh. of L. V. O’Calla-
he board decided to ask
V'ooten, of Raleigh, water
r who supervised the re-
pansion, to come here for
y of the, situation, and to
ecommendations.
Wooten wiU also confer
’illiam Freeman, engineer
^gh Point employed by the
jn town board to study
resent difficulties. It is
ood that the' plan of se-
water at wholesale from
n Pines, and retailing to
vn consumers, is one of
plans under consideration,
ontinued on Page 8)
e College
ors Spencer
G. Spencer of Carthage.,
it of the N. C. Forestry
tion, Inc., was awarded the
y degree o,f Doctor of
Science at commencement
s Sunday at State col-
aleigh.
doore County lumberipan
of five North Carolinians
1 honorary degrees at that
resentation recognized his
as owner of some 5,000
f timberland, among the
;ds in the state to be man-
a sound forest basis, and
as a demonstration of the
ic soundness of forest man-
t; also his services as first
it of the N. C. Forestry
ion, director of the Amer-
restry association, member
r. C. Educational Commis-
airman of the Governor’s
ire Control committee and
It of the N. C. Forestry
ion.
lan has done more toide-
he potentially great for-
lurce of North Carolina
s Mr. Spencer” said Dean
Joseph Preston in pre-
the Carthage man to.
lor J. W. Harrelson for
rding of the degree.
TOWN SURVEY
The second installment of
"Southern Pines—-Its Growth
and Future," town survey
summary by John R. Hamp
ton and Seward Weber, will
be found on Page 16.
References to maps and dia
grams refer te a book in
which the survey will be pre
sented in July or August.
Hampton and Weber are Car
olina poslgra(diuale students,
who did the survey as field
work for their' master's de
gree in the department of re
gional and city planning.
Again crowded out of this
issue — the illustrated story
of Southern Pines' water
plant. Coming soon.
Sandhills Firemen
Hold Anniversary
Meet At Pinebluff
VFW Post Citizenship Award Is Made
Southern Pines
Will Be Site of
1952 Convention
Eighteen volunteer fire de
partments were represented in a
crowd of 134, plus five visitors,
attending the Silver Anniversary
convention of the Sandhill Fire
men’s association held all day
Wednesday at Pinebluff. Wrest
ling matches presented at the
Planters warehouse, Aberdeen,
wound up the day.
In the races held during the
afternoon the Southern Pines
team came out second in the
chemical race. Trophies were pre
sented to the contest winners as
follows: water race, Sanford first
(12 seconds), Pembroke second
(14); chemical, Pembroke first
(10 seconds). Southern Pines sec
ond (11). Only the three teams
participated. The host department
traditionally does not take part.
Southern Pines’ chemical team
consisted of Don Hurst, P. V.
Hatch and Harold Fowler; water
team, F. H. Kaylor, Jr., Clyde
Dunn, Jr., Fred Hall, Woodrow
Davis and George Little.
The Pinebluff department,
which had been host at the organ
ization meeting 25 years ago,
staged an elaborate celebration
of the occasion. At the business
session it was decided to continue
the annual meetings but with
quarterly meetings also. Southern
Pinfes was chosen as the. site of
the next annual meeting.
Clarence Rush, of the Ashe-
boro department, was elected
presiderit; N. L. Van Boskerck,
JPihebluff chief, vice president,
and E. P. Leatherbury, Hamlet,
secretary-treasurer (a reelection).
During the business session
speakers were Waldo C. Cheek,
State Insurance Commissioner,
and Sherwood Brockwell, State
Fire Marshal. Marshal Brockwell
awarded gold buttons to four
Pinebluff ihembers who have
served for 25 years. These were
Levi Packard, E. G. Adam_s, Sr.,
N. L. Van Boskerck and Arnold
Van Boskerck.
Curtis Flanagan, of ; Farmville,
(Cp.ntinued on Page 8)
re Comity 1951 Tennis Champions
Cedric Foster, famous radio news analyst, left, receives the Cer
tificate of Good Citizenship of the John Boyd Post, VFW, from Post
Commander John F. Buchnolz at the VFW banquet Saturday night.
Buchholz served as general chairman of the state encampment at
which Foster was a guest. Center, E. D. Knauff, of Jacksonville, re
tiring department commander. At left, not in picture, the ceremony
was observed by Former U. S. Senator W. B. XJmstead, a speaker of
the day who remained especially to hear Foster’s speech.
(Photo by Emerson Humphrey)
Cedric Foster Warns Impressively
Of Communism In Two Speeches Here
Russian strategy is fixed, Rus
sian tactics fluid — a distinction
few Americans have seemed to
grasp, analyst-commentator Ced
ric Foster told two audiences
here last week.
If we don’t learn the difference
and face it soon and realistically,
he warned that this nation will
not survive.
The famous radio speaker, for
years a stellar attraction of the
MBS network, was a guest here
during the entire four days of the
state VFW encampment. On
Thursday and Friday, his five-
day-a-week noon broadcast, heard
Carthage Jaycees
Plan Big July 4;
Hoey Will Speak
ite to use this picture without the women’s singles champion
just wasn’t there when the photographer came. She’s Betty
orsham, just 17, and the championship is her first. Malcolm
8, extreme right, won the men’s singles. From left are win-
tlter Harper and Audrey Brown, mixed doubles; Page Choate
colm Clark, men’s doubles. (Photo by Emerson Humphrey)
(See story on page 5)
The big Fourth of July celebra
tion at Carthage .which is coming
to be a Moore county tradition,
will be held again this year under
auspices of the Carthage Jaycees.
U. S. Senator Clyde E. Hoey has
accepted the invitation to be guest
speaker, said Stowe Cole, Jaycee
president.
Rep. C. B. Deane has also been
invited, but it is not yet known
whether or not he will be able to
attend. However, he employed his
good offices to secure a band from
Fort Bragg for the morning con
cert.
The beauty contest this year is
expected to be the largest and
most representative in the history
of the event, with more than 30
young ladies from various Moore
county communities competing for
the title of beauty queen.
The grand parade will bring out
more floats, and more beautiful
ones, than ever before, it is confi
dently anticipated.
In fact, the entire day is expect
ed to be a grand and glorious one,
with ^ala entertainment for ev
eryone from the littlest member
of the family right on up to
Grandpa. Jaycees are heading
numerous committees for the se
quence of events, for which the
following schedule has been an
nounced:
9:15 am.—Welcoine by Mayor
A. L. Barnes.
9:30—Concert by Fort Bragg
band.
9:45 a.m.—Street events and
contests.
10:45 a.m.—Address by Senator
Hoey.
11:30 a.m.—Beauty contest.
12:30 p.m.—Lunch hour.
1:30 p.m.—Grand parade.
2:30 p.m.—Softball game, Car
thage Lions vs. Pinehurst Lions.
Also string band concert at high
school building.
4:30 p.m.—Drawing for grand
prize.
9 p.m. to 1 a.m.—Grand Ball at
Smothers Brothers warehouse No.
1, with music by Frank Hooker
and his orchestra, from High
Point.
over more than 500 stations coast
to coast, originated at Station
WEEB here.
On Thursday, he was a special
speaker before the Sandhills Ki
wanians and Southern Pines Ro-
farians at the Southern Pines
Country club. Saturday night, he
spoke at the banquet of the VEW
department. On each occasion he
spoke compellingly, with the elo
quence not only of a highly train
ed and disciplined speaker, but of
one who has an urgent message
straight from the heart.
Newly returned from the Mid
dle East, he tallied the former
free nations now dominated by
Communist Russia. “Czecho-Slov-
akia was as free and democratic
as are we,” he declared. “In 12
hours it became a slave country.
When by infiltration the com
munists can take over the radio,
press, police, transportation and
communications, they can slit any
nation’s throat. Thousands are
working day and night in this
country just for that.
“When the communists take
over, there is no instance of their
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Air-Ground School
Will Receive First
Students Monday
Army, Air Force
Officers Coming
From All Over U, S.
The first class of officers, ex
pected to number almost 100, will
begin intensive instruction Mon
day at the U. S. Air Force Air-
Ground Operations school
(USAFAGOS) currently being set
up at the Highland Pines Inn for
the coming eyar.
The first clas is expected to in-
cude five general officers, with
ethers of all ranks,' who will ar
rive this weekend from Air Force
and Army installations all over
the United States. Many will
come by air, landing at Pope AFB,
and be transported here by buses.
'They will have quarters at the
Inn.
Col. Samuel T. Moore, com
mandant, said this week prepara
tions are being rushed for the
opening of the school. Classrooms
are being prepared, a military
mess has been established and
barracks fitted out for the small
number of non-coms who will be
on duty in various service capac
ities. Some Civil Service employ
ees are also being taken on to
handle clerical, work.
Administrative unit is the
4425th School squadron. The per
manent staff of the school, includ
ing administrators and aides, in
structors and their assistants, is
(expected to number approximate
ly 100.
New; classes of Army and Air
Force officers are expected to
come in weekly, though some
will remain longer than a week.
Courses of various lengths are
to be given.
The students will travel on oc
casion to Fort Bragg and Pope
AFB in Army buses, to witness
demonstrations in air-ground co
ordination, and study operational
problems.
Management of the hotel, ex
cept for the dining room, will, re
main as before. Owner-manager
Charles T. Stiver is retaining his
suite and is keeping his staff on
the job to look after maintenance
and various services.
Summer Recreation
Events Start Monday
Under New Director
DIRECTOR
LYNN LEDDEN
Ledden Is New
Recreation Chief;
Will Direct Band
Afternoons Only
In First Week;
Helpers Needed
Man Exonerated
In Dual Accident
Fatal To Child
■ Wanda Gladys Currie, five-
year-old Negro girl of Carthage,
was killed last Friday evening—
and it will probably never be
known which of two accidents
was the fatal one.
J. C. Dowdy, Negro youth, was
exonerated of charges in con
nection with her death by a cor
oner’s jury Wednesday. Coroner
H. P. Kelly said the jury found
that the first accident was un
avoidable, and was unable to fix
the blame for the second.
According to testimony given
by eye-witnesses, Wanda ran into
the street directly in front of
Dowdy’s car, near her home on
the edge of Carthage. The car
struck her with a terrific impact.
Dowdy put the dead or uncon
scious child in his car to take her
to Moore County hospital. Her
sister, Ada Mae, a teen-age girl,
got in too. All were on the front
seat and Ada Mae had her arm
around her little sister.
About five miles out of Carth
age a car driven by Carl Morri
son, of Carthage Rt. 3, came out
of a side road and Dowdy drove
into a ditch in attempting to avoid
(it. Wandia Gladys was thrown
through the windshield, and Ada
Mae out of the door.
Dowdy and Ada Mae Currie
were treated at the hospital for
minor injuries. On his release
from the hospital Sunday, Dowdy
was arrested by Carthage Chief
Bernice Cameron, and jailed
pending the coroner’s inquest.
Dorothy Swisher
Wins State VFW
Beauty Title
Miss Dorothy Swisher, 18, entry
of the John Boyd Post auxiliary,
was the winner of . the statewide
VFW beauty pageant and contest
held Friday afternoon as a feature
of the 21st annual state VFW en
campment here. t
Miss Swisher is a member of the
auxiliary. A brown-haired, green-
eyed, curvaceous young lady as
smart as she is pretty, she will
reap rich rewards as North Caro
lina VFW beauty queen. The de
partment will sponsor her trip to
New York late in August, to com
pete for the beauty title at the na
tional encampment. The John
Boyd post will set her up to the
party outfit of any girl’s dreams—
a Ceil Chapman original five
o’clock frock and original hat by
Mr. John (formerly of John-Fred-
eric). Through arrangements
made by the contest chairman,
John Mare of New York and
Southern Pines, she will have the
assistance of Miss Virginia Ford,
New York Times fashion editor, in
choosing her wardrobe.
She was one of four Southern
Pines girls who entered the con
test, all of whom did their home
community credit. The others
were Carol Humphrey, Deirdre
Dundas and Mickey Nicholson.
Other entries were from Troy
Wilmington, Hendersonville and
Aberdeen.
Judges for the contest were
Cedric Foster, famous MBS news
analyst and commentator; Mrs.
John Drexel and the Earl of Car-
rick. Jack S. Younts of the local
VFW post served as a non-voting
judge.
Miss Swisher graduated last
Tuesday night at Southern Pines
High school, as salutatorian of her
class. The night before, she play
ed a leading role in “Dear Ruth,”
the senior class play. She will en
ter Ohio State university in Sep
tember and plans to study medi
cine.
Lynn Ledden, native of Sanford,
son of a former Southern Pines
school superintendent, will be the
director of the municipal summer
recreation program which starts
next week.
Mr. Ledden will come to the
Southern Pines schools next fall
as band director and high school
science teacher.
The dual announcement
made this week by A. C. Dawson,
Jr., superintendent of schools,
who is also chairman of the Muni
cipal Recreation Commission. In
finding a young man for the facul
ty who could also assume the
recreation post Mr. Dawson has
held for six years, he fulfilled a
hope of the Commission expressed
at its first meeting last month.
Mr. Ledden has taught science
and physical education at Deep
River High school, Lee county,
since his graduation from Wake
Forest in June 1948. At college he
majored in science, with music as
his minor.
He is a graduate of the Sanford
High school, where he played in
the band and was drum major foi;
four years. At Wake Forest, he
was in the band and also the
Wake Forest Symphony orchestra
during all four y,ears, and played
in various dance orchestras during
his student days and later.
He will be married July 28 at
Sanford to Miss Jean Lloyd of that
ci,ty. She is a 1951 graduate, cum
laude, of Woman’s college, Greens
boro, where she majored in secre
tarial administration. She has ac
cepted a position with the district
office of the Southern Advance
Bag and Paper company here.
Mr. Ledden is the son of the late
Roy Ledden, who served as prin
cipal of the Southern Pines school
for several years before World
War 1. His mother, who lives in
Sanford, is the former Miss Ruth
Eastman, daughter of the late Mr.
and Mrs. Ward Eastman. The'
Eastmans will be remembered as
pioneer residents of Southern
Pines. Miss Eastman was a music
teacher before her marriage.
A small home on Page street
known as “the Eastman cottage”
still belongs to the family and will
'be remodeled by Mr. Ledden for
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Southern Pines’ seve/ith sum
mer recreation program, its first
under municipal auspices, will be
gin Monday and continue through
August 24, with activities for all
the community’s yoUng people.
During the first week the pro
gram will operate only during
the afternoons, as several vaca
tion Bible schools will still be
holding morning classes, said
Lynn Ledden, summer recreation
director. After next week it will
go on an all-day schedule.
The afternoon activities will in
clude swim lessons at Aberdeen
lake Tuesday and Thursday. The
bus will leave the town park at
2:30 o’clock. Certified Red Cross
and Boy Scout instructors will be
along to assist in supervision of
this highly popuar phase of the
program'.
Band instruction will be give.n
Monday and Friday from 3:30 to 5
p. m. in the high school band
room. The lessons are free and
the pupils may use their own in
struments or those owned by the
school. Mr. Ledden, an experienc
ed band director, will be the in
structor in this activity, being of
fered this year for the first time
as part of the recreation program.
Tennis and badminton will be
under way daily at the park, ping
was pong, checkers, etc., at the Fox
Hole, and dancing Friday or Sat
urday night at the school cafeteria.
Story hour, cooking and sew
ing classes, baseball aild tennis
instruction will start Monday,
June 25, on a morning schedule
with events every day.
Several of the volunteer lead
ers who assisted with these activ
ities last year and the year before
are expected to do so again. More
volunteers are seriously needed,
Mr. Ledden said. He will main
tain headquarters at the Fgx Hole
and asks that those willing and
able to serve reach him there.
The West Southern Pines rec
reation schedule will be found
elsewhere in this issue.
Here’s Program
For West Side
The summer recreation pro
gram for West Southern Pines,
a branch of the citywide program'
under the new Municipal Recre
ation Commission, wiU start Mon
day and continue through August
24, with the West Southern Pines
school as headquarters.
The following schedule was an
nounced this week by J. W.
■Moonei, Commission repkesenta-'
tive:
Softball and tennis, daily 10 a.
m. to noon.
Baseball, daily 3:30 p. m.
Music and free play period—
checkers, ping pong, croquet, etc.,
daily 12 to 1 p. m.
Knitting and sewing, Monday
and Wednesday, 2 to 4 p. m.
Cooking, Thursday 2 to 4 p. m.
Swimming, Tuesday 2 to 5 p. m.
Sbcial houil, Thursday, small
children 7 to 8:30 p. m., older
(children 8:30 to 10:30 p. m.
Wanted, Homes — And Good Will
wanted — apartments and
houses, at reasonable rents! Want
ed—homes where parents may
have their children with them!
It’s a real distress call, and South
ern Pines can earn unending good
will by answering generously.
At the U. S. Air Force Air-
Ground Operations ’ school at
Highland Pines Inn, a staff of
approximately 100—mostly offi
cers, some non-coms—will be on
duty for a year. Many of them
wish, naturally enough, to liye in
town and have their families with
them.
Also, for the summer months,
several officers connected with
the August maneuvers are hunt
ing homes.
A few of these military men
have found places to live. Others
have disgjustedly reported that
‘‘gouging” is under way, with
rents set far higher than can be
considered reasonable or normal.
One major said a house had been
offered him at $275 a month—a
very nice house, but not that nice,
he stated bitterly.
Those with places they can
rent for the year may contact the
desk at the Highland PineL For
the year or for the summer, see
the local real estate agents—^they
have the names of many seeking
homes. And, for the sake of your
community’s good name and fu
ture business, keep your rates
down to normal—^please!