GIVE TO
GIRL SCOUTS
GOAL $800
GIVE TO
GIRL SCOUTS
GOAL $800
32—NO. 46
16 PAGES THIS WEEK
SOUTHERN PINES. NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 5. 1951
16 PAGES THIS WEEK
PRICE—10 CENTS
n Spokesmen
ose Increase
lione Rates
ral Carolina
lits Figures
lilities Body
towns served by the Cen-
jlina Telephone company
ish to oppose a fair rate
they want service in
)n to what they pay, and
t want to pay higher
n other places with com-
:elephone systems.
^as the gist of the com-
id protests made Tuesday
iresentatives of several
rved by the company, at
before the state Utili-
mission at Raleigh.
C. N. Page of Southern
esented a resolution of
board opposing a rate
here, and asking why
Pines subscribers are ai
ding more than some oth-
of comparable size. He
res to show that rates as
are lower in Sanford,
and Rockingham than
here. In Sanford, where
Telephone company op-
tinued on Page 5)
Break Into
nted House”
ARCHITECT’S DRAWING OF NEW BUILDING
Scout Camporee,
Court of Honor
At Pinebluff Lake
►
Ground-Breaking Service Sunday For
Church of Wide Fellowship Annex
OVER THE TOP
Two Aberdeen
Scouts Will Win
Eagle Badges
apprehended six local
mging in age from 12 to
last Saturday afternoon
y were exploring a home
broken into.
)use was that of Miss
ithworth, on East Penn-
beyond Ridge street,
caught in the midst of
loration, claimed they
knO'W whose house it
weren’t after anything
led. They had heard it
nted,” they said, and de-
investigate.
egan their investigation
ing some windows Fri-
ing and others Saturday
)on—rfour altogether in
and three in the-gar-
5-year-old entered one
ndows and secured keys
use, unlocked the front
let the others in.
lice, who had noted the
indows, saw the boys go
Uowed them soon after,
the boys are juveniles,
C. E. Newton, while
ver 16. No charges have
erred pending the arri-
is Southworth, when in-
a will be completed. She
to arrive in Southern
week after spending
ler in Maine,
ewton said that, as far
De ascertained until the
irrival, nothing in the
taken, and no damage
:pt for the breaking of
ws. Previous records of
ire clean.
The fall camporee for Boy
Scouts and Explorer Scouts of the
Mcore district will be held this
weekend at Pinebluff lake. A full
program for the boys has been
announced by Archie P. Farmer,
Jr., West End, who as camping and
activities chairman is in charge
of the event.
The October court of honor will
be held Saturday night as a part
of the camporee, and Eagle Scout
awards to two Aberdeen boys.
Gene Maynard and George An
derson, besides a large num
ber of merit badge awards
will be made. Also on the pro
gram will be a report by Explorer
Charles Covell of Southern Pines
pn his trip this summer to Phil-
mont National Boy Scout camp in
New Mexico.
The weekend program will in
clude exhibitions by experts on
various skills, a “fishing derby,”
a campfire, inspections, and Sun
day church attendance in Pine
bluff. There wiU be no competi
tive events between troops. Camp
ing will be on the patrol basis.
Parents are invited to visit the
campsite during the camporee,
said Mr. Farmer. Campsites and
equipment will be kept in a sani
tary manner at all times, with in
spection in charge of the district
health and safety committee.
Check-in time will begin at 3 p.
m. today (Friday) and check-out
time will be after Sunday lunch.
Each boy is asked to bring the
following: food for six meals,
tent, bedding, cooking gea^-, first
The Crusade for Freedom
in Moore county has gone
over the top. with the first
community report, it was hap
pily announced Thursday
morning by the county co-
chairmen. Brig. Gen. and
Mrs. Roger M. Wicks.
Returns frorn Southern
Pines alone surpassed the to
tal quota of $315. With, seven
other communities to hear
from, the drive leaders ex
pressed the belief that "weTl
double the goal."
In view of the campaign's
success they are asking that
the workers solicit no more.
Nationally, the drive has been
extendd another week "but
our people have worked so
well, and responded so won
derfuilly. we'll call it a day."
they said.
Flimflam Game
Didn’t Go Over
With This Girl
Tha old pocketbook game, by
which countless thousands have
been fleeced out of their savings,
was tried here one day last week
but for once it didn’t work. The
young woman whom the flim-
flammers picked as victim re
fused to be victimized—and as a
result the police are looking for
two Negro men, one short, with
a northern accent, the other tall
and speaking like a southerner.
Chief C. E. Newton admits he
has little hopes of finding the
pair, wiho he guesses are follow-
aid equipment, water bucket or ing the tobacco markets after the
Modern Building
Will Rise From
Ashes of Old
Meeting Tuesday
For Discussion
Of City Limits
All Invited To
Ask Questions,
Air Problems
Resort Inns’ Opening
Heralds New Season
Filled With Activity
A ground-breaking service will
be held at 3 p. m. Sunday for the
new educational building at the
Church of Wide Fellowship, an
annex of modern architecture to
be built on the site of the original
church building.
The old building, used as an
educational annex for many
years, was destroyed by fire in
March 1950.
Dr. Robert Lee House, minister
of the church, will preside at the
service, speaking briefly on the
theme “Beauty for Ashes.” Lead
ers of the various church depart
ments and the three choirs of the
church will take part.
The public is cordially invited
to Ettend the service, said Dr.
House.
Construction of the building
will start Monday, and is expect
ed to last approvimately six
months. A construction committee
composed of E. 'J. Austin^ A. C.
Dawson, Jr., J. Earl Parker and
Dr. J. T. Neal have engaged the
services of W. Q. White of Fay
etteville to superintend the work.
Mr. White, who has had wide ex-. If Southern Pines people at-
perience on numerous construe- tending events at the auditorium
tion jobs in central and eastern and gymnasium would make a
North Carolina, is moving his habit of going up New York ave-
famlly from Fayetteville and will nue to the parking space behind
live here while the work is under the buildings, visitors who do not
A general discussion session on
the pros and cons of extending
the city limits will be held at
Weaver auditorium at 8 p. m
Tuesday. All interested persons
are not only asked, but urged, to
attend, said Mayor C. N. Page.
The Mayor said he also wants
people to be ready with ques
tions, for which, he declared, “wc
will try to have the answers and
if we don’t have them we’ll find
them.”
The meeting will climax a serie-,
of informal group discussions held
in the past week or so with cit
izens living in the more populous
areas just outside of town.
Th meetings have been held in
response to inquiries from a num
ber of these citizens who hav in
dicated interest in being taken
into the town.
Last Wednesday the mayor,
with town attorneys Hoke Pol
lock and Harry Fullenwider, met
with a group of Knollwood cit
izens and on Wednesday of this
week a meeting was scheduled at
Manly. Discussions will be held
with residents of Weymouth
Heights, Sunny side and the Coun
try Club section at 5:30 p. m. to
day (Friday) at the Southern Pines
Country club, and with those of
Pinedene semetime Monday, the
time and place yet to be set.
•■‘This has nothing to do with
any actual extension plans,” said
Mayor Page this week. “There
are no such plans as yet. There
won’t be, unless most of the cit
izens want it.” Many objections
prev>usly registered have been
basea on misconceptions, he said.
A Pinedene group has already
held a meeting of their own rela-
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School Parking
Area Prepared
MRS CONSTANCE J. FOSTER
of Pinebluff, whose latest book,
“Fathrs Are Parents Too,” will be
published by Putnams Saturday.
The book was written in collabo
ration with Dr. O. S. English, head
of the psychiatry department of
Temple University Medical col
lege, Philadelphia.
Mrs. Foster is in New York City
this week in connection with the
publication of the bock. She will
be a guest on several radio and
television programs.
Sandhills Scots
Rejoice At Sound
Of Ancient Gaelic
At Old Bethesda
And Historical
Society Meeting
For 'the first time within the
memory of living man, the rolling
syllables of the Gaelic language
were heard at Old Bethesda
church at the annual homecoming
held Sunday, with an estimtaed
1,000 persons in attendance.
Busy Autumn Seen
With Meetings,
Ryder Matches
The Mid Pines club will open
next Thursday, October 11, with
a series of meetings on schedule
for the month. With the opening
of the Hollywood hotel two weeks
later—Thursday, October 25—the
resort season will be well under
way in Southern Pines.
At Pinehurst, the Carolina open
ed last Saturday, September 29—
its earliest opening in history
Holly Inij followed suit Thurs
day of this week and during the
next two weeks other openings
are scheduled as follows: Pine-
crest Inn, October 12; The Manor,
October 15; The Berkshire, Octo
ber 20. '
Good business is in prospect for
all the hotels up to and including
the Ryder Cup International
matches of November 2 and 4, and
the North and South scheduled
for the following week. For those
two Pinehurst events all local ac
commodations are “jam-up full”
and facilities of all neighboring
towns are being called on.
At the Mid Pines October meet
ings are scheduled as follows: 11-
13, Virginia-Carolinas Wholesale
Auto Parts association; 13-17,
Manufacturers association; 19-21,
Burlington Mills executives; 21-
22, N; C. Urological associaticn;
26-28, Gen. Homer Cummings’
semi-annual golf party and tour
nament.
The Hollywood will open with
a meeting of the Eastern N. C.
Traffic club, to be attended by
traffic representatives of railroads
all over the country stationed in
eastern North Carolina cities. Im
mediately thereafter, the hotel
will play host to the U. S. Navy
Band personnel, playing two con
certs here Saturday, October 27,
and remaining overnight.
The John Pottles have return-
Fcllowing the afternoon ad
dress, the Rev. Donald MacKin-lgd from Linville, where Mr. Pot-
non, of Kennoway, Fife, Scotland, | tie was manager of Eseeola Lodge
way.
'The new building, of reenforced
knew how to find their way there
can use the front for single-park-
concrete and fireproof masonry ling, thus relieving the congestion
construction, will be faced with at the front, is the suggestion of
A. C. Dawson, Jr., school super
bag, axe and shovel, extra clothes
for camp work, bathing suit, fish
ing line and hook (no poles) for
fishing derby to be held Satur
day.
Mlman Book Has Moore Flavor
Vade Wellman has done
this time with “The
Drowning Creek,” pub-
Saturday—only this
lid it even better, and
;^en more of a flavor of
me about the book,
has the names of Moore
ople in it, and it’s dedi-
“My Friend Eutice H.
arheel born and a Tar-
who helped me in the
siness of . becoming a
lyself.” Mr. Mills is
Pinebluff.
launts of Drotvning
a sequel to “Raiders of
ike,” published in July
; Manly Wellman was
’inebluff. (He moved to
11 last June.) It is a
ouse publication—$2.50,
filled with color and
lARY HOURS
oulhern Pines library
open Saturday after-
arling this week,
hedule for fall and
was announced by
tny Churchill, libra-
follows: 9 a. m. to
Ri., 2 to 5 p. m. daily,
Sundays.
The new book, like its prede
cessor an outdoor adventure story
for boys, has the same major
characters, Randy Hunter and his
rural friend Jebs Markum, both
aged 16. What’s more, they talk
and act like 16-year-olds.
The lads start off on a canoe
trip down Drowning creek, head
ed for Lumberton—a six days’
journey. They expected compli
cations, but worried most about
whether or not they had enough
to eat. They didn’t expect snakes,
Indians, a new friend of their own
age and an adventure involving a
haunted house and lost Confeder
ate gold. They didn’t expect Sam,
the friendly giant, either.
As in the first book, the lads
solve their problems with their
wits and their outdoor skill, much
of it owed to their Boy Scout
training.
Mr. Wellman, author of many
adult books as well as juveniles,
including some detective novels,
has created real and interesting
characters. The book is rich in
local color which will touch a re
sponsive chord in all who have
been around very much in Moore.
The scenes on the creek, in the
woods and the old tumbledown
house have an eerie fascination.
Excuse us while we go pack our
canoe!
manner of the kind. However, he
issues a warning against falling
for their age-old trick, with hopes
that it doesn’t come too late for
some more gullible persons.
Helen Haynesworth, of West
Southern Pines, who works for
Mrs. Mark King, Jr., is the hero
ine of this particular story. Going
to work in the morning, the 23-
year-old young woman was pass
ing the L. V. O’Callaghan show
room on East Connecticut avenue
when a short, dark man came
out. He approached her, with some
question about where he could
find a cook, and while they were
talking another man, taller, and
slender, came toward them from
across the street.
The second man seemed rather
excited and asked them if they
knew who might have lost a wal
let. He had found one, he said,
containing a $500 bill besides
some smaller bills. They disclaim
ed knowledge of it, and some
speculation ensued as to what to
do.
The men acted toward each
other as strangers. The first man
advised the second, “If I was you
I’d just keep it.” “I can’t do that,”
exclaimed the taller one. “Here
are the two Of you, botji know
about it now. I guess I’ll have to
divide the money with you.”
Helen protested that she had no
claim on any of it, and started to
leave, but he insisted, “No, you’d
just go around talking about it,
so you’d better have a share. It’s
over where I work—you just wait
here.”
He went back across the street.
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brick to match the existing
church structure. The two build
ings will represent a happy blend
ing of the functional with the
more conventional type. They will
be joined only by a glass-enclos
ed corridor which will lead di
rectly from the annex into the
center aisle of the sanctuary.
Work on the present church
building will include a new ma
sonry wall in the rear, pointing
up of plaster and repair of dam
age to the roof resulting from
the fire, and the painting of the
interior.
The choir loft will also be
transformed into a chancel, a pro
ject of the church’s Fellowship
Forum during the past year.
Plans for the new building were
prepared by William Henley Die-
trick of Raleigh, well-known ar
chitect, who was the designer of
the Southern Pines and Aberdeen
elementary school buildings and
the local auditorium and gymna
sium.
Included are a soundproof choir
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intendent, anent this situation.
The entire elementary school
ground was graded for drainage
during the summer, including the
parking area, thus giving the chil
dren a better playground and ren
dering the space behind the build
ing much better for parking.
Besides the large parking area,
there is space behind the gym and
the two of them ought to accom
modate almost 200 cars, Mr. Daw
son said.
There is a single light behind
the gym and floodlights have been
ordered for the rear of the audi
torium. These are on the way
and it is' anticipated they will be
installed by the time the next
large event is held.
In addition to the rear parking
spaces, a place has been cleared
among the trees labove the elemen
tary school, fronting on East
Massachusetts avenue, for the use
of school personnel during the
daytime. This can also, of course,
be, used by persons attending night
events in the school buildings.
COMING EVENTS
Wednesday, October 10—Wildlife Club turkey shoot. Old Manly
Road sandpit, 2-4 p. m.
Wednesday, October 17—^Homecoming Game. Southern Pines vs.
Monday, October 22 and all week—^Moore County Agricultural
fair, Carthage.
Saturday, October 27—U. S. Navy Band concerts, 3 p. m., at
Memorial field; 8 p. m. at Weaver auditorium.
Whitakers-Battleboro, Memorial field, 3:30 p. m.
Wednesday, October 31—Halloween Carnival.
Friday and Sunday, November 2 and 4—^Ryder Cup International
matches, Pinehurst.
Tuesday, November 13—Southern Pines beer-wine election.
Tuesday. November 20—Pinehurst beer-wine election.
Tuesday, November 27—^Moore County Historical association, 8
p. m.. Southern Pines library. Dr. Chalmers Davidson, speaker.
Tuesday, December 4—First Piano Quartet concert. Weaver audi
torium.
expressed in t^e ancient Scottish
tongue his pleasure in being pres
ent, and his thanks for the hospi
tality accorded him and his
daughter. Miss Mairi MacKinnon.
Miss Mairi—whose name is
Gaelic for Mary—as part of the
afternoon service sang the 23rd
Psalm in Gaelic, with her father
“throwing out the line.” The sim
ple charm and solemnity of their
rendition, though no word could
be understood, held the capacity
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AA Open Forum
And Speech Set
Sunday Evening
A lecture on alcoholism and an
open forum with the staff of the
N. C. Alcoholic Rehabilitation
program will be featured by the
Sandhills Inter-Group association
of Alcoholics Anonymous at the
Southern Pines High School audi
torium Sunday at 7:30 p. m.
Following a buffet supper at
6:30 in the high school cafeteria,
the guest speaker will be Dr. Lo-
rant Forizs, medical director of
the Butner Alcoholic Rehabilita
tion Center. The lecture will be
accompanied by a special film,
and followed by the panel discus
sion open to the public.
According to John S, Ruggles of
Southern Pines, chairman of the
alcoholic committee of the North
Carolina Hospitals Board of Con
trol and a state leader in rehabili
tation work, the public is invited
to what is expected to be a highly
informative public forum on a
subject directly or indirectly
touching every citizen of North
Carolina.
Members of the ARP staff at
tending the open meeting and
participating in the panel discus
sion will include the following: S.
K. Proctor, executive director of
the ARP; Dr. Lorant Forizs; Carl
Ryerson, psychologist with the
Butner Center; and Charles Au-
man, Butner psychiatric social
worker.
for the summer season. They re
port an excellent summer there,
and have been signed to return
next year, when the season is over'
at the Hollywood in Southern
Pines. The George Pottles will re
turn next week from Heaton Hall,
Stockbridge, Mass.
At the Mid Pines, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Cosgrove and their daugh
ter, Miss Jean Cosgrove, arrived
last week from their summer
home. Green Harbor, Mass. Julius
Boros, pro for the past two years,
will return in time for the open
ing. He will have two assistants,
one of whom will be his brother
Ernest, coming to the Mid Pines
for the first time.
Also on the staff will be the
same four girl champions who
formed the Mid Pines galaxy of
stars last year—Mae Murray, Pat
O’Sullivan, Mary Agnes Wall and
Carol Deringer. Like Mr. Boros,
who is rapidly forging to the top
in pro golf, the girl amateurs have
been busy on many courses during
the summer, collecting more golf
honors and trophies.
A newcomer at the Mid Pines,
not yet on the staff nor old
enough to swing a golf club (but
watch him a little later!) is baby
Nick Boros, bom in Boston, Mass.,
September 7. He is the son of
Julius Boros and the late Ann
Cosgrove Boros, whose tragic
death September 9 caused great
sadness, and who will be sorely
missed here.
DIXIE DIVISION
Convoys bringing the 31st
(Dixi/p) Division from Fort
Jackson, S. C., were moving
into Camp Mackall all during
the first part of the week. The
last serial moved in Thurs
day, completing the job of
transporting 12,000 men with
out an accident, according to
Maj. Gen. A. G. Paxton, com
manding.
Over the weekend the men
will set up their tent homes
and equipment, and Monday
are slated to start maneuvers
which will occupy them all
during the month of October.