ribute Paid To
Fine Friend And
real Scouler"
npbell Portrait Is Gift of Moore
uters At Camp Durant Dedication
^SOUTHERN^INESJWORTH^AROLINA, FRIDAY. JUNE 29. 1951
HIGHWAY SAFETY RESOLUTION
FIRST BLOOM
Moore district, Boy Scouts,
s own, and special contribu-
> make at the annual meet-
the Occoneechee Council,
followed the dedication of
Durant, near Raleigh, held
camp lodge Wednesday,
was a portrait of W. D.
Campbell, of Southern
enlarged by its maker from
urach (New York City) orig-
superb specimen of photo-
: art, 24 by 22 inches in
presentation was made by
mont Brown, chairman of
oore district committee, on
of all the Moore scouters,
vhose ranks Bill Campbell
isen in the past five years
3me regional chairman and
ber of the national execu-
mmittee.
s informal talk to the more
•0 present. Chairman Brown
ibute to “a fine friend and a
couter,” one whose efforts
n instrumental in translat-
mp Durant from a dream to
“He spent many hours of
le and gave freely of his
and energy toward the
ig and completion of this
he said. “I know he has
rwhelming joy in his heart
that there has now been
ed to the use of our Boy
this splendid area for work
reation.”
sted Campbell’s many ac-
hments toward further-
the scouting program,
stands as . an inspiration
challenge to us all,” and
led that the former Eagle
now a national leader in
•gram, “never lets a year
bntinued on Page 5)
John Henry Patterson, aged
nine, of Vass Rt. 2. upheld the
Patterson fomily traditim
by bringing in thei season's first
cotton blossoms Thursday.
*11118 is the third successive
year the first blooms reported
by The Pilot have come from
the Patterson farm, where
John Henry and his brother
Edward help their mother and
daddy on the farm.
They are the sons of Mr.
and Mrs. E. C. Patterson.
Sandhills Lakes
Draw Big Crowds
On Warm Sunday
NORTH CAROLINA
MOORE COUNTY
iraEREAS. according to authentic records, the casualties from
highway accidents in North Carolina are exceeding the casnaUiA.;
from war. and
WHEREAS, highway and traffic accidents in Moore County are
causing many serious injuries and avoidable deaths.
WHEREAS, it is apparent that highway and traffic accidents
are the result of the violation of existing traffic laws, and
WHraEAS, it has been demonstrated that rigid enforcement
of traffic laws supported by public opinion has effectively re
duced highway and traffic accidents and the resulting
therefrom;
NOW. THEREFORE, We. the Sandhills Kiwanis Club of Moore
County. North Carolina, individually and collectively, resolve to
make every reasonable effort to reduce highway and traffic acci
dents by:
(D Pei^nally obeying all traffic laws and encoura^ng others
to obey them.
(2) Indwdui^y and collectively supporting law enforcement
officers and public officials in the rigid enforcement of all traffic
laws and ordinances.
(3) Actively ccwperating with other civic organisations in Moore
County to effectively promote a highway safety and law enforce
ment program.
Approved this 27th day of June. 1951.
JOHN HOWARTH. Secretary L. L. HALLMAN. President.
)retli Installed
is’ President
im Culbreth, local phar-
was installed Friday night
dent of the Southern Pines
lub, in a ceremony con-
by John Mclnnis, of West
strict organizer of Lions
ional.
led with Lion Culbreth
her officers elected last
alter F. Harper, first vice
it; Don Tnayior, second
esident; Don A. Jones,
ce president; A. R. Preiss,
y-treasurer; Harold B,
assistant secretary-treas-
•ectors, H. A. Clayton, one
B. Richardson and Dr. D.
tdhead, two years; M. R.
ion tamer; Otto B. Ed-
taii twister, and David
assistant tail twister,
lub’s new leadership will
ice July 1, marking the
f year of existence of the
•anization, chartered last
W. L. Baker served as
sident.
meeting, held at the Vil-
, discussion was held of
IS summer softball pro-
d a team was fnade up
lairmanship of Dr. D. W.
id, to meet the Carthage
im at the Pinehurst field
ay night. Other games,
eaders all, will be held
ing Wednesday nights,
teanis of the various
lubs throughout Moore
With the temperature soaring
above 100, Sandhills lakes last
Sunday accommodated capacity county,
crowds, which came from a radius
of several counties to enjoy the
waters.
The normal swimming crowds
were augmented by hundreds of
soldiers from Fort Bragg and the
increasingly well-populated ma
neuver area at Camp Mackall.
At both Aberdeen lake and
Crystal lake, Lakeview, as one ob
server reported, “you couldn’t toss
a marble without hitting some
body.” “Just like Coney Island,”
said a homesick Brooklyn soldier
with a grin.
Army convoys transported
crowds of soldiers to both lakes.
At Aberdeen, 17 army trucks
were counted. An unofficial count
of more than 500 cars was report
ed at Aberdeen lake between 2
and 3 p.m., of which more than
100 bore Fort Bragg tags. All
available parking areas were fill
ed, and entrance roads were lined
with cars. At Lakeview they
were parked clear to the highway.
Some came as others went, and
it was estimated that the two
large lakes between them accom
modated 6,000 to 8,000 people dur
ing the afternoon.
Lifeguards at both had their
hands full, though no untoward
incidents were reported. Sam
Wicker of Carthage is serving as
lifeguard at Lakeview, and Rich
ard Blake, son of a civilian em
ployee at Camp LeJeUne, at Aber
deen lake. Blake is a student at
Eastern Carolina college, Green
ville.
The Aberdeen town board,
while welcoming the soldiers to
the lake, has requested that the
Fort Bragg authorities supply one
or two lifeguards on Sunday af
ternoons when the normal crowds
are swelled by large numbers of
soldiers. It is expected that this
will be done if the practice contin
ues.
No admission charge is made at
Aberdeen lake, and expenses of
employing the lifeguard are being
met this year, as before, by con
tributions from civic clubs
throughout the county, spearhead
ed by the Sandhills, Kiwanis club.
The Town of Aberdeen is looking
after the maintenance of the lake
recreation area, no small problem
when it is used by so mainy, in
cluding a large number of picnic
parties.
All picnic facilities were report
ed, in constant use Sunday, with
picnics going on practically every
where on the grounds.
People were seen from practi
cally all Moore county towns, also
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The aJ^ve resolution, endorsed Wednesday by the Sandhills Ki
wanis club, has been endorsed by most of the civic clubs in Moore
Sandhills Kiwanis Safety Program
Lines Up Leadership For Law & Order
• SCRAP PAPER
Tie up your scrap paper
and old miagazines in bun
dles, or pul ibem in cartons,
and set them out Sunday af
ternoon for the Cub Scouts'
scrap paper collection.
Cub Scouts of Pack, 73, as
sisted by several dads, will
start at 2 o'clock to pick up
scrap paper all over town.
Those outside the city limUg
having paper to give are ask
ed to c^ M. R. Mills, cub-
master, or J. M. Pleasants,
project chairman, in advance
of' the starting time, and it
will be picked up.
It's a good way to get rid
of your trash, turn it into
useful channels in alleviating
the paper shortage occasioned
by defense industry demands,
and also to help out the Cub
Scouts. They will sell it for '
cash to help out with th.eir
pack projects.
Ked Cross Will
Organize Water
Safety Classes
Escapees From Highway Prison
) Go Back - Via Recorders Court
escapees from prison
laptured and brought be-
»e J. Vance Rowe in re-
:ourt at Carthage Mon-
e returned to camp with
ach added to their origi-
nces. They were Charles
of Gibson; Robert Ste-
14, of Liimberton; Grady
crew near Highfalls about two
weeks before and was recaptured
a week alter at Lexington. Dun
lop, imprisoned for reckless driv
ing, and McCallum, for larceny,
took leave last Monday near Rob
bins, and wer recaptured near
Candor that night. Gales, who is
up for assault, also departed from
the crew working near Robbins
J5, of Liberty, and Rob- and was re-taken at Laurinburg
Hum, 19, of Laurinburg.
n walked off at sepeirate
ring the previous two
was learned later from
dsworth, steward at the
up, subbing for Supt. M.
n, who was out of town,
i, serving a sentence for
walked off from a road
Sunday.
No other escapees from the pris
on camp are now at large, Wads
worth said. Different guards were
on duty at the time of -the three
escapes. Captures were effected
by members of sheriffs’ depart
ments of Davidson, Montgomery
and Scotland counties.
Classes are now being made up
for swimming and water safety
instruction under the 1951 Red
Cross water safety program, ac
cording to announcement made
this week , by Dr. John C. Grier,
Jr., of Pinehurst, chairman.
Adults and children may re
ceive instruction in five types of
classes—for beginners, interme
diates, swimmers, junior life sav
ers and senior life savers. Classes
will be held at Aberdeen lake,
also other lakes in the county
wherever there are enough pupils
to make up a class.
Other, lakes which may be used
are Crystal lake at Lakeview,
Pinebluff lake, the new Mary
Barnes lake at Carthage and Dr.
Grier’s swimming pool between
Pinehurst and Jackson Springs.
The water in ail these lakes is
now being checked by the coun
ty health department to make
sure they come up to Red Cross
health standards before classes
are held in them.
Miss Peggy Phillips, certified
Red Cross instructor, has al
ready started instruction at Aber
deen lake in conjunction with the
Southern Pines recreational pro
gram. other certified instructors
are L. L. Hallman of Aberdeen
and Paul Monroe of Pinehurst.
They will be assisted by several
young people who hold junior and
senior life saving certificates.
Those interested in instruction
for themselves or for their chil
dren are asked to phone, visit or
drop a card to the county Red
I Cross headquarters at Southern
Pines, giving name, address, tele
phone number and the type of in
struction desired. 'These will be
notified as soon as the class in
which they are interested is form-
ed.
The Red Cross water safety pro-
(Continued on Page 5)
Civic Clubs Endorse
Resolution; Parks,
Civils Are Speakers
Solid evidence of the lining up
of public opinion in Moore coun
ty on the side of law and order
on the highways was given at the
Sandhills Kiwanis club meeting
held Wednesday, at which high
way safety was the big topic.
Unanimously endorsed by the
club was a resolution for high
way safety, prepared by its safe
ty committee, and previously pre
sented to most civic clubs of the*
county for their approval. En
dorsement had been secured from
each one and it is expected that
before long the list of cooperating
clubs Will be 100 per cent.
Especially invited guests at the
W ednesday luncheon meeting.
Held at the Southern Pines Coun
try club, were representatives of
all Lions and Rotary clubs. Cham
bers of Commerce, Junior Cham
bers of Commerce,- sheriff’s de-
partm^ent, police departments,
State Highway Patrol and mayors
of incorporated towns in Moore,
Guest speaker was James A-
Park, editor-publisher of the Ra
leigh Times and chairman of Gov
ernor Scott’s State Advisory Com
mittee, on Highway Safety, also
James E. Civils, special field rep
resentative of the Highway Safety
division at Raleigh.
The meeting was arranged by
the club’s safety committee,
whose chairman, John S. Ruggles,
served as program chairman for
the day. It was the fruit of promo
tion and education work which
has gone on for several months,
he revealed, in which the cooper
ation of civic organizations and
county leaders has been actively
enlisted, to spearh<(ad public
opinion against the mass slaugh
ter and. damage resulting from
ttie widespread disregard of high
way safety laws.
In this the committee has been
assisted by O. D. Griffin, of
Southern Pines, safety supervisor
with the N. C. Department of
Motor Vehicles, and Otto B. Ed
wards, post safety engineer at
Fort Bragg. Neither of these, how
ever, was able to attend the
meeting.
Editor Park was presented by
Judge J. Vance Rowe, a member
of the club’s safety committee,
who said that “if Solomon could
return today, the big problem
which would call for all his wis
dom would be that of highway
(Continued on Page 8)
Carthage’s New
Dial System Is
Cut In Thursday
Growing Town Gets
Modem Service
After Long Delay
All-Day Festival Will
Celebrate July 4 at
Moore County Seat
HONORED
The long-awaited cutting-on of
the new Carthage dial telephone
system was slated for Thursday
afternoon at 5 o’clock, too late for
a report in The Pilot this week,
According to Edwin Smail,
commercial manager of the Cen
tral Carolina Telephone company,
the process would begin about
noon and be complete five hours
later. Most of the prelimineury
work was accomplished in ad
vance, and only a few phones
would be briefly out of commis
sion as lines were changed over.
The process of changing over
from the old system to the new
is different for Carthage from that
experienced in Southern Pines a
few weeks ago, as everything is
being changed to a completely
new building.' Billy Hill, exchange
man, will be in charge.
The equipment has for many
years been in the front living-room
of Miss Bess McLeod, longtime
chief operator at Carthage.
The all-new system is centered
in a new brick building a short
distance down the street, built
more than a year ago. In fact, al
most all the equipment has been
in readiness for a year. Delays in
a few vital parts have caused the
postponement.
Direct Toll Calls
Starting with the cut-over, Car
thage subscribers, will dial O to
get Southern Pines direct, for the
placing of long distance calls. For
calls going to exchanges of the
Sanford Telephone company (San
ford, Boniee, Jonesboro, Broad-
■way, Goldston; Siljer City and
Pittsboro) they will dial 7.
'The new Carthage telephone
numbers, as published in the di
rectory issued last spring, go into
effect at this time. In addition, a
supplementary directory has been
mailed to subscribers listing ap
proximately 60 new . or changed
numbers.
The new system is “all-new, in
every detail,” said Mr. Smail. New
handsets, with dials and induc
tion coils removed, replaced many
of the old “crank” phones during
the past year. Dials and coils are
being replaced in these instru
ments, and brand-new sets are
replacing such of the crank-type
instruments as have remained.
Expanded Service
Along with the new system, ex
panded service of all kinds goes
into effect. Instead of, seven toll
lines to Southern Pines (five un
til recently) there will be 12.
There are three circuits to San
ford instead of two.
Mayor A. L. Barnes was slated
to place the main fuse which
would accomplish the automatic
cut-over, giving Carthage modern
service instead of an outmoded
type whose inadequacies have
caused inci^easing distress through
the years. The- old type served
both Carthage and Robbins very
well in 1935 when there were only
177 telephones in both towns. To
day Robbins has its own switch
board, and Carthage alone has 430
telephones.
Collection OXfice
An office' will be maintained
at Miss McLeod’s home, for col
lections only, with the former op
erator in charge. After removal
of all equipment has been effect
ed, said Mr. Smail, the telephone
company will have her living
room competely done over. Des
pite handicaps of the equipment,
which she was powerless to cir
cumvent, she has through the
years won a high place for her
self in the regard of hep fellow
(Continued on Page 5)
Senator Hoey,
Parade, Contest,
Ball Game Listed
JOHN HEMMER
Hemmer Awarded
National Honor In
News Photography
John G. Hemmer, of Pinehurst,
received the annual Joseph A.
Sprague award for “the most out
standing contribution to news
photography in 1950,” at the an
nual convention of the National
Press Photographers association
held at Atlantic City last week
end.
The award, made last Friday
evening, is the “Oscar,” Pulitzer
prize and Distinguished Service
cross of news photography, rolled
into one—the accolade of the na
tion’s news photographers to the
member of their group they decide
is “the top.”
They won’t get up any argu
ment on that score in North Caro
lina, where Johnny Hemmer is
widely known and widely esteem
ed. He has been official state
photographer since 1944, working
with the . State News' and Adver
tising Bureau of the N. C. Depart
ment of Conservation and Devel-
Hundreds of families all over
Moore county wiU pile into their
cars or farm trucks Wednesday
for a day of pleasure, patriotism
and perspiration at the annual
Fourth of July celebration at Car
thage.
Clyde R. Hoey, North Carolina’s
senior member in
the U. S. Senate, will be a guest
and special speaker, delivering the
Independence Day oration at 10:45
a. m. from a special stand in front
of the courthouse.
For most of those attending, the
As far as Th© Pilot can find
all business in Southern
Pines and vicinity will come
to a siandstiU Wednesday,
July 4.
City and county
post offices, banks and stores
everywhere will observe the
Fourth with a full holiday.
From the State Highway
Patrol comes the warning:
Highways will be crowded.
On your holiday trip—Drive
Carefully.
festival will be an all-day affair.
From the greeting by Mayor A. L.
Barnes at 9:15 a. m. to the Grand
Ball at Smothers Brothers No. 1
warehouse that night, the spon
soring Carthage Junior Chamber
of Commerce has planned a rich,
full program. '
Present indications are that the
day will be a typical old-fashion
ed Fourth, sunny and summery
—a good day for the whole fam
ily to relax and enjoy itself in
the traditional American wav.
All-Day Affair
For most it will be an all-day
affair, as there will be something
going on every minute which no
one will want to miss. Many will
^ ttoir lunches. btS w u
He is also official photographer
(Continued on Page 8)
Moore County
C-hampionship Set
At .Pine Needles
League^* Games Set
The first public game of South
ern Pines’ two “Little League”
teams drew a good crowd Sunday
afternoon, and an even better is
expected at the town ball park
this Sunday at .4, to cheer on the
East Side or the West Side team.
The East Siders are coached by
W. R. Thomasson, the West Siders
by Ray McDonald. Any boys nine
to 13 years of age interested in
playing are asked to show up
Sunday a little before game time.
Practice of the Little League
teams is being incorporated into
the summer recreation program,
with theh two coaches assisting
Lynn H. Ledden, director. Prac
tice will be held Monday, Wed
nesday and Friday. On Monday
and Friday, the East Siders will
practice from 2:30 to 3:30, the
West Siders from 3:30 to 4:30. On
Wednesdays, the teams will prac
tice together starting at 2:30, and
hold a game at 4:30.
The Moore County Golf Cham
pionship for 1951 will be held at
the Pine Needles club during the
months of July and August, ac
cording to an announcement by
Chester ,!: Williams, treasurer and
office manager. ...
A committee consisting of Leo
Walper, of Parhaven, True P.
Cheney, of the Pinehurst Country
club, and Chester Williams of
Pine Needles Golf club wiU be in
charge. Rules and regulations will
be published' in the local papers
well in advance of the qualifying
dates.
All players who have been res
idents of Moore county for at
least six months prior to July 1,
1951, are eligible to play in this’
championship, and will play their
qualifying round at Pine Needles
between Saturday, July 14, and
Sunday, July 22. Each player
must notify the person in charge
of the golf shop at Pine Needles
of his intention to qualify before
he goes out to play.
A Moore County Championship
for ladies will be conducted at
Pine Needles during the playing
of the men’s annual champion
ship. Match play started Monday,
July 23, and players will be given
one week to complete each match.
Entry lists for the Moore Coun
ty Championship, both ladies and
men opened at Pine Needles Golf
club Wednesday of this week. Mr.
Williams asks that those intend
ing to play register as soon as pos
sible, so that the committee can
rriake arrangements about cad
dies and other details.
at the food stands set up by ladies’
groups around the Square. Sand-
'Wiches, soft drinks, homemade
pies and cakes are among the tra
ditional commodities offered.
Following Mayor Barnes’ wel
come, a military band from Fort
Bragg will give a 15-minute con
cert.
The next hour, from 9:45 a. m„,
will be devoted to the street
events and contests dear to the
heart of childhood.
(Continued on Page 8)
Swim Classes
Are Additional
Recreation Events
The summer recreation program
got into full swing last week and
good attendance at all events was
reported by Lynn H. Ledden, di
rector.
Swimming continues as the
most popular sport and, starting
next week, will be held in two
sections. In addition to the regu
lar swim sessions Tuesday and
Thursday afternoons, for which
the bus leaves the town park at
2:30 o’clock, there will be morning
sessions on those days, for those
taking Red Cross swimming in
struction., Only those in the Red
Cross classes will be included in
the morning sessions. Departure
time for the bus has been set ten
tatively at 11:15.
Eighty-six showed up for the
Tuesday swim session this week.
Cooking instruction is expected
to get under way next Thursday.
For the sewing class, which start
ed last week with Mrs. Broadus
W, Smith as instructor, more sew
ing machines are being added, to
accommodate more girls. For
times and places on these and oth
er events, check the schedule to
be found on Page 5 in The Pilot,
or see Mr. Ledden at the Fox Hole,
program headquarters.