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32—NO. 41
16 PAGES THIS WEEK
SOUTHERN PINES, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. AUGUST 31. 1951
16 PAGES THIS WEEK
PRICE—10 CENTS
1 Program Set
Farmers’ Day
Aberdeen
Jlantine Will
i Speaker At
1-Day Event
Champ vs. Champ
LABOR DAY
all-day program, starting
i parade at 9:30 a. m. and
: with a street dance at 8:30j
ht, will mark the Second
;1 Farmers Day event of the
een Jaycees at Aberdeen
lay. Several thousand at-
I last year and an even larg-
wd is expected this year,
ilights will be, first, the pa
st 11 a. m., a fashion show
! Aberdeen theatre; about
a “speaking program” at
een lake, with L. Y. “Stag”
tine, N. C. Commissioner Of
ilture, as featured speaker;!
[ chicken dinner served out-
at the lake for 40 cents; a
r contest with 18 Sandhills
s vying for the title “To-
Queen of the Sandhills”;
=d Cross water pageant, to
lace under the lights at 7:30
and the street dance, for
the block in front of the
|)uilding wil be roped off for
time lasting until midnight.
Farmers day, following the
.g of the tobacco markets
lay, wil present an all-day
(r of farm equipment arrang-
the recreation park beside
re, where most of the day’s
wil take place. A half
county dealers represent-
II major farm equipment
acturers will have new
3 on display. Other displays
ticlude one by the N. C.
Service, showing its fire-
ig equipment with two
wagons.
tests held during the after-
vill see prizes awarded for
ildest couple present, the
; family, ugliest man, etc.
will also be a pie-eating con
id a prize drawing at this
f Conlest
Iruce, chairman of the beau-
test, Wednesday announced
llowing contestants already
d in the contest, for
three top prizes are offer-
50, $35 and $15 in cash:
■ine Hussey, Frances Cam-
Barbara Peterson, Elaine
)n and Carol Sue Humphrey
uthern Pines; Peggy Sue
Ella Ruth McNeill, Mildred
h, Martha Wright and Nita
1, Aberdeen; Nancy Wallace,
ige; Faye Johnson (“Miss
County 1951”), Cameron;
Jean Addor, of Addor; Mil-
Garner, Roseland; Ruthie
nan, Eloise Adcox, Pine-
Continued on Page 5)
Am Tourney
tws Big Crowd
SPCC Course
V -
Business will be suspended
Monday, city and county of
fices will be closed, and em
ployers and employees alike
will enjoy that peculiarly
American holiday — Labor
day.
All stores in Southern Pines
the bank and the post office
will unite in the holiday
closing. Mail will be put up
as usual but there will be no
city delivery.
County commissioners,
scheduled to meet Monday at
Carthage, will hold their
monthly meeting Tuesday in
stead. Recorders court will
also be held Tuesday.
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Dawson Announces
School Opening
Hours And Plans
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Audrey West Brown, of Southern Pines, North Carolina state ten
nis champion, right, congratulates Mrs. Sara Rushton Walters of
Greenville, S. C., Palmetto State champion, following the women’s
singles finals of the Sandhills Open last Saturday afternoon, in which
the blonde champ defeated the brunette one 6-2, 6-3.
Audrey left Thursday afternoon to defend her title at the N. C.
Closed Tennis tournament, being held at Sedgefield through Sunday.
She is seeded No. 1 but is expected to have a tough time maintaining
this position as Anne Martindale, seeded No. 2, is there to win back,
if possible, the state title which she held for 11 successive years. Miss
Martindale was not able to compete last year on account of injuries
suffered in ah automobile accident.
Audrey and Mary Ruth Davis, formerly of Robbins, now living in
Greensboro, are also defending their title in -women’s doubles which
they won in 1949 and 1950. (Photo by Emerson Humphrey)
Spears, Walters Are Top Winners In
Sandhills Open, Successful Sport Event
ro-Amateur Golf tourna-
!ield Monday at the South-
ines Country club drew a
if almost 100 from all parts
state, with Charliptte pro-
the winning team—Henry
pro at the Charlotte
ry club, with amateur Gary
nan, who is just 13 years
hey had a best ball of 60.
'e were ties for every other
ng spot. Tied fcur second
with 61 were Avery Beck,
dth Lee Johnson, amateur,
in; and Purvis Ferree, Win-
alem, pro, with Barrett Har-
outhern Pines, amateur,
ihird place, with 62, there
four-way tie—Carl Dezern,
urith Raymond Browning,
Lir, Durham; Leo Walper,
irst, pro, with John McCon-
imateur. Southern Pines;
bbertson, pro, with EUis
1, amateur, Laurinburg; and
obertson, pro (not sharing
e for this one) with B. C.
Dsh, Laurinburg.
pro-pro match also result-
a tie, with Bill Robertson
'urvis Ferree, Carl Dezern
H. Simpson (Rockingham)
; 64.
individual score of the day
ezern’s 67.
tournament continued
hout the day, with recess
at noon for a sandwich
In charge was Eddie Dod-
PCC pro, who did not play.
TOBACCO MARKETS
Five markets of the Sand
hills association of the Middle
Belt started auctions at 9 a.m.
Thursday.
Full sales were expected at
warehouses in Aberdeen, Car
thage, Fuquay-Varina, San
ford and Ellerbe—not\ the
largest markets in the state,
but together comprising a
lively sales area where some
record highs in general aver
age and crop value have been
set.
Quality of tobacco on ware
house floors Wednesday night
was reported to range "from
fair to good."
State News Editor Jim
Whitfield and Photographer
R .W. Stephens, of the News
and Observer, passed through
Southern Pines Thursday at
noon on their way to Aber
deen for "opening day color."
Station Endorsed
For President
Of State YDC
W. W. Staton, Sanford attorney,
was given unanimous endorse
ment for the office of state YDC
president at three YDC meetinbs
held in Moore county last week,
one in Aberdeen, one in Carthage
and one in Southern Pines.
Groups endorsing the candidacy
of the young World War 2 veteran,
a native of Union county, active
and well-known in YDC circles
throughout the state, were the
Sandhills Young Democratic club
meeting Tuesday night at Aber
deen; the Moore County YDC,
Friday at the courthouse in Car
thage, and the Eighth District ral
ly, which drew delegations from
eight of the district’s dozen coun
ties to the Southern Pines Country
club for a buffet supper and pro-
(Continued on Page 8)
Many Sj^ectaiors
Ai Local Courls^
Day And Night
Members of the Sandhills Ten
nis association, watching all but
four of their 14 handsome trophies
in the Sandhills Open leave home,
were able to congratulate them
selves on the sponsbrship of one
of the most successful tennis
events held in the state in years.
The Open’s third annual renew
al saw a superb field of topnotch
players from several states, most
ly from the two Carolinas, com
pete in play which reached spark
ling heights in the semifinals and
finals events last Saturday and
Sunday, drawing large crowds of
fascinated spectators to the town
courts day and night.
It also saw the emergence of a
bright new tennis star, Frank
Spears, 20-year-old University of
South Carolina student, who was
top-seeded on the strength of ad
vance billing from his home state.
Spears justified the honor by
making a clean sweep of men’s
events, winning the men’s singles,
the men’s doubles (with Angelo
Mohtesanti) and the mixed dou
bles (with Mrs. Sara Rushton Wal-
(Continued on page 5)
Large Enrollment
Anticipated; New
Classrooms Ready
Southern Pines schools will
open Wednesday at 9 a. m. for
the fall term, with anticipations
of enrollment considerably up
from last year’s. No advance
registration is necessary, said
Supt. A. C. Dawson, Jr.
School hours at both the high
and elementary schools Wednes
day and Thursday will be from
9 to approximately noon. Friday,
school will go on regular sche
dule, with the following dismiss
al hours—first and second grades,
1:45 p. m.; third and fourth, 2:15
p. m.; all others, 2:45 p. m.
The cafeteria will open Friday,
with Mrs. L. T. Hall again in
charge.
Nine new teachers, including
Irie Leonard, coach and’ high
school principal, have previously
been announced by Superinten
dent Dawson. Another, to teach
high school English and Spanish,
is the subject of a last-minute
search. Mrs. Mildred Whittington,
who was to return to teach these
(Continued on Page 5)
Maneuver Ends
With Mass Drops
By 82nd Airborne
Dorothy Wins! Mayor Proclaims
Day To Honor Heanty Winner
Community Is
Invited To
Reception Monday
It will be '“Dorothy Swisher
Day” in Southern Pines Mon
day, by proclamation of Mayor
C. N. Page. •
That is the day she is expect
ed back in town after winning
national beauty contest honors
and being crowned “Sweet
heart of the VFW” in New
York City.
All members of the com
munity, especially Dorothy’s
teen-age friends, are invited to
a reception to be held at 8
o’clock Monday evening by the
John Boyd post, VFW, and
auxiliary at the Southern
Pines Gbuntry club.
“New York and Washington
will have done honor to the
Queen, now it’s our turn,” was
the word from Don Jones and
Mrs. Trudy Stephenson, co-
chairmen of the reception.
Dorothy is expected to leave
New York today, and will
spend the week end in Wash
ington where she has been in
vited to make radio and tele
vision appearances. The re
ception awaiting her at home
is to be a surprise. - Otis N.
Brown of High Point, execu
tive director of the N. C. De
partment VFW and the
South’s only past national
commander-in-chief, is ex
pected to be present.
VFW SWEETHEART | Southern Pines
Girl Flashes To
Nationwide Fame
Sir
DOROTHY SWISHER
SUCCEEDS FATHER
Roland W. Norton has been
appointed to succeed his fath
er, the late Henry G. Norton,
as foreman of the city street
department, it was announced
Thursday by Mayor C. N.
Page.
He has been working with
his father in the street depart
ment since 1938, except for
time spent in the armed serv
ices during World War 2, and
is considered well qualified
for the task, the Mayor said.
The senior Mr. Norton died
suddenly Saturday evening
after 15 years of service to the
town.
Huge convoys started leaving
the maneuver area this week, and
Army men on brief post-maneuver
leave overflowed the town, mark
ing the end of Exercise Southern
Pine.
Monday was the day the U. S
“Friendly” forces won the two-
week war against the Aggressor
force, who fought the mock war
with realistic stubbornness over
the Sandhills battle area.
While no' warfare was actually
waged close to or in Southern
Pines, it was near enough for
many residents to get a ringside
view of gigantic exercise, held as
“graduation” for three great Ar
my divisions before their transfer
overseas.
The 82nd Airborne played a dra
matic role in the war games cli
max, capturing two assault points
by mass parachute drops Saturday
and Sunday. Viewed by hundreds
of military observers, top brass
and news correspondents, the
drops constituted a report to the
people on a little-known phase of
modern warfare. While the sight
of men dropping through the air
by the thousands 5,800 in all—was
a spectacular one, more excite
ment was caused by advances
made in the dropping of heavy
material. This was seen as a defi
nite stride forward in joint Army-
Air effectiveness.
In the Sunday morning drop, on
DZ Luzon, hundred of civilians as
well as military men witnessed
the tragedy of a parachute that
failed to open. Rfc. Salvador J.
Camarena of Los Angeles feU 1400
feet to his death as the crowd on
the spectators’ stand sat frozen,
praying for him to pull the cord
of his reserve ’chute. He did, but
too late. It had only time to blos
som partially before his body
struck the ground.
This was the only fatality in the
two mass jumps, though injuries,
major and minor, numbered near
ly 200. The seriously injured were
picked up by stretcher-bearing
helicopters, while others were
treated at the Red Cross tent.
Judges’ Portraits
Will Be Unveiled
At Special Term
A special term of Moore county
superior court will be held next
Friday at 7:30 p.m., at the court
house in Carthage, for the unveil
ing and presentation of the por
traits of three distinguished
judges, sons of Moore, who during
their lifetime served their state
and nation with high honor.
Sponsor of the event is the
Moore County Bar association.
Presentation of the portrait of
Hon. James D. McTver, Judge of
the Superior Court, will be by U.
L.' Spence of Carthage, dean of the
Moore county bar; of Hon. W. J.
Adams, Judge of the Superior
Court and only Supreme Court
Justice born in Moore county, by
County Solicitor W. A. Leland
McKeithen, of Pinehurst; and of
Hon. H. F. Seawell, Jr., State So
licitor and Judge of the Federal
Board of Tax Appeals, by District
Solicitor M. G. Boyette, of Car
thage.
Judge F. Don Phillips of Rock
ingham, resident judge of the 13th
judicial district, will preside.
Court will be opened and closed in
the Usual way, by the bailiff’s cry,
and Attorney Allen W. Brown of
Carthage will act as court repor
ter, recording the proceedings for
perpetuation in the Minute Book
of the Superior Court.
All Invited
All residents of Moore county
are invited to attend, said J. Tal-
(Continued on Page 8)
Many Swimmers
In Water Pageant
Saturday Evening
REGISTRATION
Saturday will be the last
registration day for the coun
tywide beer-wine election set
for Tuesday, September 11.
Next Saturday, September
8, is Challenge Day, with no
further registration permitted.
About 80 names have been
added to the books since the
registration opened, said Mrs.
Frank H. Kaylor, Southern
Pines precinct registrar. The
books will be open Saturday
at the fire station, from 9 a.m.
to 6 p.m.
Citizens of Southern Pines
living in Sandhills township,
voting at Aberdeen, are re
minded that a new registra
tion took place there within
the past year. If they did not
register anew they should do
so Saturday or they will be
unable to vole.
The 1951 Sandhills Water Pag
eant will climax activities at the
Aberdeen lake Saturday at 7:30
p. m., under direction of Dr. John
C. Grier, Jr., water safety director
for the Moore County Red Cross
Chapter. »
Selected swimmers, including
Red Cross instructors and some
of their students, will contribute
their part to what is expected to
be a highly enjoyable and
uniquely different entertainment.
The title “Water Operation
Southern Pine” has been appro
priately given this event, based
on an armed forces theme. Various
Army properties, loud speakers
and other equipment, have been
loaned for use in the event. The
manufacturers of Jantzen swim
suits have also loaned to the
group a collection of original
bathing suits that date back to
the “Gay Nineties” and even
earlier. "Their display will be a
choice highlight in the pageant.
The theme of the water pro
duction centers about the life of
a GI Joe in the Land of Dreams—
wherein his visibly enacted
dreams extend through boot
training, bivouac, K-rations,
ocean travel, shipwreck, rescue,
and all else that goes with it. It
will be a takeoff on the recent
maneuver Exercise Southern
Pine.
The water pageant will climax
Farmer’s Day observance in Aber
deen, and there will be no admis
sion charge. L. L. Hallman of
Aberdeen wiU direct the action,
and Miss Edwina Hallman will be
in charge of personnel. Dr. Grier,
assisted by Ed Cox of Southern
Pines, will provide the narrative
description-
Approximately 30 swimmers
from Southern Pines, Aberdeen,
and other Moore County commu
nities, will participate in the
pageant. The list, which is of
course subject to later changes,
includes the following names:
Patsy Blue, Joan Henderson, Alice
Pohl, Shirley Thwing, Malinda
Goble, Linda Leyshon, Adlaid
Schnell, Patty Woodell, Hariette
Schnell, Dorothy Newton, Shelor
Tarlton, Georgia Ann Blue, Eliz
abeth Russell, Wade Lewis, Mick
Lewis, Paul White, James Ed
wards, Ikey Wodell, Mick Chir-
ricos, Don Dunlap, Sherrill Babb,
Johnny White, Don Walter, James
Morris, James Smith, Marion Ses-
soms, Joe Homer, Bill Moses,
Terry Farmer, David Woodruff
and Mack Wicker.
The big blue-green eyes, radiant
smile and trim curves of Miss Dor
othy Swisher, previously only sub
jects lor local pride, suddenly be
came matters of nationwide inter
est as the 19-year-old Southern
Pines girl was crowned “Miss
VFW” in New York City Monday
night.
As winner of a nationwide
beauty and talent contest in con
nection with the annual VFW en
campment, Dorothy’s picture was
flashed across the country via AP,
news stories about her adorned
every front page and she sparkled
on and off every television set in
both scheduled and unscheduled
appearances.
This is Dorothy’s first trip to
New York—and from aU reports,
the Big Town is turning itself in
side out to do her honor and give
her its best in the way of a won
derful time.
Southern Pines first learned it
had a national beauty winner via
a phone call from John Mare,
chairman of the state contest, who
rushed to a telephone as the crown
was being placed on her head
about 10 p.m. Monday. Soon the
town was jumping with joy as the
word Hew around—“Dorothy
won!”
At Stork Club
Local TV sets, including that of
the John Boyd VFW home, were
a focal point of interest Tuesday .
evening. At. 6:45 Dorothy appear
ed as the guest of Sherman Bill
ingsley on the Stork club program.
Local viewers, charmed at the
sight of their girl on TV in her
pretty ballerina evening dress,
grumbled that the spotlight was
to a considerable extent shared by
Billingsley; Admiral Lovett, USN
retired, public relations director
(Continued on Page 4)
Nelson Hyde Is
Outlook Editor
Nelson C. Hyde, owner and edi
tor of The Pilot from 1928 to 1941,
has accepted the editorship of the
Pinehurst Outlook, according to
an announcement made this week
by Paul S. Wilson, publisher.
Mr. Hyde sold The Pilot 10
years ago to the late James Boyd,
and moved to Washington, D. C.,
where he has been employed as
capital city correspondent for the
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. He
retired from this position June 30
and returned to Southern Pines to
make his home.
He purchased The Pilot in Sep
tember 1928 from Stacy Brewer,
founder of the paper. Before that
time he had been city editor of the
Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald and man
aging editor of the Watertown
(N.Y.) Standard. He was a fre
quent winter visitor in Southern
Pines before buying The Pilot, and
during his years of residence here
was active in civic and community
affairs. He served at various times
as a director of Moore County hos
pital, president of the Sandhills
Kiwanis club, president of the
Southern Pines Chamber of Com
merce, and vice president and
secretary of the Sandhills Steeple
chase and Racing association.
He is married to the former Miss
Martha Pleasants of Aberdeen,
and they have one son. Nelson, Jr.
(Timmie), a rising junior at Ham
ilton coUege, Clinton, N. Y.
Coble At Road Meeting Here; Group
Promotes Connecticut Avenue Route
A local meeting cm the subject
of the routing of the Fort Bragg
road through Southern Pines was
scheduled to be held Thursday at
2 p.m., too late for a report in this
issue of The Pilot.
The meeting was set at the only
time Sixth District Highway Com
missioner George S. Coble could
be here to give a report on the en
gineers’ surveys on the proposed
routes through town.
With so little advance notice,
said Mayor C. N. Page, this could
not be regarded as the “public
meeting” which has been request
ed by interested persons here.
Word was gotten around hastily to
representatives of the groups con
cerned in the road question, and a
public meeting can still be called
if the need is apparent, he said.
There is a possibility that the en
gineers’ findings, concerning
which Commissioner Coble gave
no advance clues, may be decisive.
Informed of the Commissioner’s
imminent visit were leaders of the
group of residents of East Indiana
avenue who are furthering the
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