WELCOME
NAVY BAND,
BEST
IN THE LAND
WELCOME
NAVY BAND,
BEST
IN THE LAND
32—NO. 49
16 PAGES THIS WEEK
SOUTHERN PINES. NORTH CAROLINA, OCTOBER 26. 1951
16 PAGES THIS WEEK
PRICE—10 CENTS
eral Injured,
s Damaged In
en Accidents
^rdeen Women
iken To Hospital
any Cars Damaged
Ties of accidents involving
erable damage to cars,
only three caused much
te people, were reported by
ms of the State Highway
during the past week.
Walter Coppage Owens,
label Howard and Mrs. Ho-
13-year-old son, all of
en, were taken tp Moore
hospital with injuries fpl-
an accident about 7:45 a.
nday on US Highway 1,
of Vass. According to the
the ' car driven by Mr.
going north, struck the car
one just ahead driven by
Melvin Furr of Vass Rt.
had stopped his car tem-
on the highway. The irri-
Tocked the Furr car 69 feet,
the Owens car traveled 29
efore coming to a stop,
was indicted for following
sely behind the other car.
Without Signal
rt Jackson soldier, on man
at Camp Mackall, was ar-
for careless and reckless
following an accident last
afternoon, in which two
old boys were seriously
The patrolman reported
vt. Robert Joseph Kleck-
iving a two-and-a.-half ton
truck, tried to turn from
ly 1 into a sawmill road
e Drowning Creek bridge,
into the line of oncoming
without giving a signal,
coming behind, driven by
ol Simon of Augusta, Ga.,
rthur Loren Barbanell of
)rk as passenger, could not
triking the truck. Simon
arbanell were rushed to
County hospital by amtou-
;he former with a broken
and injured hand, the
?ith broken ankle and cuts
he face. Simon’s car was
is a total loss. Charges
Kleckner included driv-
the wrong side of the road,
'in without right of way,
reless and reckless driy-
sing accident and personal
Uders Injured
previous Friday, two
s of the 82nd Airborne di-
t Fort Bragg were injured
le driver, Donald Raymond
passing a car on the
urg highway seme three
)uth of Aberdeen, lost con-
his car. The vehicle ran
left side of the road, then
it, got into the ditch and
over three and a half
nding up as a total loss,
ig to the report. Nauertz
companion, Robert L.
vere severely bruised and
and were taken to the
County hospital, from
hey were transferred that
the Fort Bragg hospital,
was later indicted for
and reckless driving
personal injury. The ac-
ontinued on Page 5)
PARKING
Local citizens attending the
U. S. Navy Band concert Sat
urday night are asked to use
the parking area behind the
auditorium . and elementary
school.
Floodlights have now been
installed and there is plenty
of room for all, it was learn
ed from school authorities.
Cars should enter by way
of New York avenue, driving
straight across Ridge street
and turning right just about
opposite the H. L. Brown res
idence. They will find them
selves then on the wide ex
panse of the elementary play
ground, which will be fully
lighted, and will be within
a half-block of the auditorium
entrance.
If local cars will park there,
the street in front of the
auditorium can then accom
modate cars coming from out
of town, thus greatly reduc
ing congestion.
LuLong Crowns
Queen Sylvia At
Moore Co. Fair
Fifteen-year-old Sylvia Davis
of Carthage collected her second
beauty title within a month by
being chosen “Miss Moore County
High School 1951” at the Moore
County fair Wednesday night.
She was crowned by none other
than Miss North Carolina herself
—LuLong Ogburn of Smithfield,
a special guest of the' Carthage
Jaycees for the event.-
Sylvia, charming brunette
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry
W. Davis and a junior at the
Carthage High school, was the
winner of a similar contest held
at the Lee County fair at Sanford
September 29.
Wednesday night, she was. ,sel
ected from a group of lovely girls
representing a large number of
Moore County high schools.
LuLong, who was second
runner-up in the ‘'Miss America”
contest at Atlantic City, also did
the honors for the N. C. Motor
Carriers at the Moore fair Wed
nesday. A drawing of names of
elementary school children who
visited the N. C. Motor Carriers’
handsome exhibit resulted in the
awarding of a first aid “workit”
for her school classroom to little
Miss Judy Phillips, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Phillips. The
exhibit will remain until Satur
day and at its close a scale-model
truck, valued at $17.50 will be
awarded some lucky youngster.
These prizes are being given at
fairs where the exhibit is held,
Moore county’s being the eighth
and last. It is also the smallest,
as the exhibit has been greatly
in demand and has appeared pre
viously only at the big fairs, in
cluding the State Fair at Raleigh.
The exhibit was set up here by
Jeff Wilson, public relations di
rector for the N. C. Motor Car
riers association, who remained
for several days at Carthage. ,
The fair is drawing fine crowds
daily and nightly. It will continue
through Saturday evening. Exhib
its are larger, finer and more va
ried than in previous years, and
are running the midway a close
second in popularity.
Conductor Of U. S. Navy Band
British Ryder Team Arrives;
Sandhills Set For Big Match
Pinehurst Will Be
Site International
Event Nov. 2, 4
LIEUT. COMDR. CHARLES BRENDLER
Famous Navy Band Will Be Heard Here
In Afternoon, Night Concerts Saturday
The British Ryder Cup team, ar
riving on the Queen Mary Wed
nesday, was due to reach Pine
hurst this TTiursday for a full
week of resting-up, practice and
sightseeing before the matches
begin next Friday at the Sand
hills resort.
The American team will be
along in a few days. Most of its
members are taking part in a
■‘warm-up” tournament at Virgin-
.1 ch this weekend.
W,.rming-up” for the biggest
i-ji1 event in their history is
'.vhdt the Sandhills have been do
ng for the past several weeks—
vvith some apprehensions concern-
jmg how the thousands of visitors
are to be accommodated.
Till- Ryder Cup matches, top-
.actch international golfing event,
will be held on the Pinehurst
Champienship course next Friday
and Sunday, Novemiber 2 and 4.
Interest in the competition is at
FAGOS Airmen Go To Durham
Jive Their Blood For Negro Youth
irmen and one officer of
iF Air-Ground Operations
Highland Pines Inn, last
;came “Samaritans in Air
DSE WINDOW
seautiful rose window,
ing Christ in Gethse-
will be a part of the
ear wall of the Church
ide Fellowship sanctu-
iccording to announce-
made this week by Earl
chairman of the board
stees.
window will be the gift
and Mrs. George Case,
ases, long active in the
of the church, are
g this week to Kings-
Fenn., leaving the win-
s their token of remem-
i.
ill be placed in the wall
will divide the sanc-
from the glass-enclos-
ridor leading to the new
tion^ annex, now un-
nstruction.
Force Blue” to give their blood
that another might live.
Ponell Mines, a young Southern
Pines colored man, lay desperate
ly ill "at Duke hospital, Durham,
where he had been referred by
county health authorities for a
critical operation. Doctors there
said, though, that he couldn’t
stand the strain of an operation
without several blood transfusions
—and they just didn’t have the
blood on hand to give away. Out-
sidh donors must be found, or
they could not undertake the
operation at all. Six pints, as a
matter of fact, were needed at
once—more must be supplied
later. ,
Ponell’s wife Mable took time
off from cotton picking to hunt
for donors in their neighborhood.
With considerable difficulty she
found six, five of them veterans
of World War 2. That just about
exhausted available resources.
The local Red Cross, with no
facilities for collecting or ship-
(Continued on Page 5)
IF IT RAINS
If it rains Saturday after
noon, whan the U. S. Navy
Band is scheduled to hold its
outdoor concert, two con
certs will be held instead to
accommodate the crowds.
These will be at 2 and 4
p. m. at Weaver auditorium.
If the weather is fine, the
concert will go ahead as
scheduled, at 2 p. m. at High
School ^^e•norial field.
High school bands from
throughout the Sandhills sec
tion have been invited to at
tend, with special group ar
rangements for tickets. Also,
the Sandhills Music associa
tion has made a unique ar
rangement with the Navy
Band, by which outstanding
members of participating high
school bands will be selected
to take part in the concert.
Each band attending in a
body has been asked to choose
one member for this honor.
Church Asks Town
To Help Solve
Its Alley Problem
The town board has another
“alley problem” now—all growing
out of the casual use of town al
leys for building sites, over a
period of 20 or 60 years.
Whether this practice shall con
tinue is now before the State Su
preme Court, which is expected
to hand down a decision in De
cember.
In the meantime, trustees of the
Church of Wide Fellowship are
respctfully asking that the Town
could find some means of ingress
and egress into the center of their
block, other than the alley beside
the church.
One alley into the heart of the
town’s busiest business block,
growing increasingly busy, mut
accommodate too much traffic,
tjiey believe, in view of the fact
that the church property, with
many weekday activities, used by
young people and children, is so
close.
The alley is on the church’s
land, directly adjoining the site
where the new educational annex
is being built.
Trustees of the church have
passed the following resolution,
and sent copies to Mayor Page
and the town commissioners:
RESOLUTION
To The Mayor and
Board of Town Commissioners,
Southern Pines, North Carolina.
Gentlemen:
WHEREAS all alleys in this
city block have been closed with
the exception of the one which
runs through our Church proper-
(Continued on Page 5)
Sandhills Season
Tickets Will Be
Honored At Both
Inquiries from many surround
ing towns indicate that a large
audience, from a wide radius, will
turn out Saturday for the two
concerts to be given here by the
U. S. Navy Band, according ■to re
ports from the Sandhills Music
association, which is sponsoring
the great band’s visit here.
The first concert, to be held at
2 p. m;. at the High School Mem
orial field, will be primarily for
schoolchildren, though all will be
welcomed. Season tickets for the
Sandhils Music association series
will be honored at this concert, as
well as for the one to be held in
the evening.
The second concert will be held
at 8:30 p. m. at Weaver auditorium
in Southern Pines. Though season
tickets will be honored on both
occasions the evening concert is
regarded as the regular one of
the series, with a musical program
chosen with adult tastes in mind.
The programs for both events
will include some of the finest
band music literature, with a
number of old favorites, and new
selections drawn from both pop
ular and classical brackets.
Several numbers will appear on
both programs. Both will open
with The Star Spangled Banner
and close with Anchors Aweigh,
with The Stars and Stripes For-
(Continued on Page 5)
Halloween Hi^h-Jinks
At Rotary Carnival
Here Wednesday Ni^ht
The ghosts and goblins, pixies
and gremlins will be out in full
force Wednesday night, when the
Southern Pines Rotary club will
sponsor its traditional Halloween
carnival.
West Bread street will be roped
off from New Hampshire to Penn-
Herman O. Lewis
Reported Killed
In Korean War
Pfc. Herman O. Lewis, 22, was
killed in action in Korea October
6, according to information re-
ceivd by his wife, who lives on
South East Broad street,
Pfc. Lewis was wounded in ac
tion September 3, and hospitaliz
ed with a half-dozen shrapnel
its peak in both participating I wounds. The last letter received
ountries, and on that weekend
Pinehurst—with Southern Pines
sharing its glory—will be the cen
ter of the golfing world, and the
goal of untold throngs of guests.
(Continued on page 5)
Stored Goods Lost
In Garage Blaze;
Two Cars Saved
Glen Rounds’ Car
Is Stolen From
Pinebluff Home
Glen Rounds, author and illus
trator, was the victim of a car
thief Saturday night, when his
car was stolen from in front of
his house at Pinebluff.
Military and civilian law en
forcement agencies of the area
have been alerted, and the State
] Highway Patrol alarm has'gone
out over the State. The car is a
dark green 1940 Lincoln Zephyr
four-door sedan, upholstered in
genuine leather and with other
unique features of an unusually
handsome car.
Mr. Rounds had planned a trip
to New York City and went out
of the house, suitcase in hand,
about 5 a. m. to start his journey.
Mrs. Rounds was with him, as
she was to drive him to the train
in Southern Pines. The' car, which
had been there when they went
to bed the night before, had disap
peared.
The thief or thieves had appar
ently rolled the car down a slight
downgrade before starting it, thus
getting it away from the Rounds
home without a sound. No theft
i insurance was carried.
Southern Pines volunteer fire-
meen battled a tough fire Wed
nesday evening, which could have
been turned into a major disas
ter had it not been brought quick
ly under control.
Towering flames at the north
end of a row of ancient garages,
built on the rear of Broad Street
lots at West Connecticut avenue,
were promptly subdued before
they could reach highly inflam
mable materials stored at the oth
er end. However, the fire had
flashed through all the wooden
sheathing under the low metal
roof which covered the 10 frame
sheds, or storage rooms. Smoke
poured from under the roof for its
full length for an hour or more,
and exacted much work from the
firemen before they could be sat
isfied the fire was all out.
Contents of the two sheds at the.
end of the row were a total loss.
Both had been filled with miscel
laneous household furnishings.
One was used by M. Clayton Mc
Adams, owner of the sheds, while
the other was rented to A. B. Pat
terson.
Brown & Clark Service station
rented the other eight. They con
tained all kinds of automobile
parts, also a number of tires, new
and used, and 200 gallons of alco
hol in metal drums. Two new cars
were also stored there for north
ern visitors to the Sandhills. These
were pushed to safety by the fire
men.
Mr. McAdams, whose home is
on Broad Street nearby, said he
had been burning leaves close to
the building, but thought he had
the fire out. However, it sprang
up again, ran rapidly along a dead
branch to the shed wall and flash-
from him by his wife, dated Sep
tember 11, was written in the
hospital, where he was far from
recovered. Despite the wording of
the telegram, she is in doubt as to-
whether he died of his , wounds,
or had recovered and been rush
ed back to his outfit, which has
been fighting on Heartbreak
Ridge. The latter, she said, seemed
unlikely in view of his conditio*!
in Sptember. However, the De
partment of Defense telegram in
formed her a letter would follow,
containing fuller information con
cerning his death.
Pfc. Lewis was the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Leo Lewis, of St. Louis,
Mo., and had been in the Army
four years. He was stationed at
Fort Bragg most of the time be
fore his transfer overseas. He
married Miss Harriet Lawrence
of Southern Pines April 11, 1948
and they made their home here
with Mrs. Lewis’ mother, Mrs.
Lela Lawrence.
Pfc. Lewis was sent to Korea
last April, and had been there
since except for a recent two
months’ tour of duty in
Japan. Returning to Korea August
24, he was rushed into combat, re
ceiving his wounds within a few
days after arrival.
He was a member of Company
A of the Ninth Infantry regiment.
Second Infantry division.
Surviving, besides his wife and
parents, are a brother and sister
living in St. Louis. He would
have, been 23 years old in No
vember.
His wife is employed at Mack’s
Five and Ten.
sylvania to form a safe site for
the evening’s activities, which is
expected to attract some 500 chil
dren in comic and fanciful cos
tumes.
The events will start about
dusk with the formation of the
parade at Patch’s corner. The va
ried procession will move south
on Broad, passing before a re
viewing stand. Judges will sel
ect a long list of prizewinners by
an elimination process.
■With almost as many adults
usually on hand to watch as there
are kids in the ‘parade, the Rev.
C. V. Coveil, general chairman,
is requesting that they remember
to keep will beck until the par
ade is over, so the judges may do
their job efficiently.
After the awarding of prizes
for parade costumes, the carnival
site will be “wide open”—con
tests, games, and all sorts of tra
ditional fun will move ahead full
blast.
There will be fun and prizes for
all ages, the chairman said. Prizes
or the cash for them, have been
donated by local merchants in
generous measure.
There will be refreshments,
then at 10:30 the doo-rs of the
Sunrise theatre ' will be thrown
open, and a special feature shown.
It’s all free—^for the kids.
Grown-ups may watch, but as for
all the fun and frolic, it’s strict
ly the youngsters’ evening. Everv
member of the Rotary club will
be on hand to see that they enioy
it to the full—and stay safe while
they’re doing it.
Instead of one master of cere
monies, it is expected that there
will be two this year, to keen the
merriment going without let-up.
However, their names were not
ready for announcement at press
time.
A public address system will be
employed, so the crowd can keep
informed at all times as to what
is going on. Those attending the
carnival are asked to listen close
ly to the master of ceremonies,
who will issue what instructions
are necessary.
There will also be music.
Rotary committees for the event
were announced by Chairman Co-
vell as follows: procurenfient of
prizes, Harry Fullenwider, Rus
sell LorensOn; contributions,
Johnnie Hall, Herbert Cameron,
Francis Stubbs, A1 Howlett; side
shows and specialties. Garland
Pierce, Doc Daniels, Dick Sugg,
(Continued on Page 8)
Citizen Committee Provides Answer
To City Limits Question—^It’s “No”
The city limits extension ques
tion met an unequivocal answer
Monday night from a group of
out-of-town residents especially
selected to study the problem. The
answer was no.
Sentiment practically 100 per
cent against the proposed exten
sion was reported by members of
the special committee, represents
ing all areas of the territory un
der consideration for annexation.
Present at the city hall meet-
ed up to the roof. He tried to stop' ing in behalf of the town were
the fire with a dipper of wates Mayor C. N. Page; Howard F.
but in a few minutes the old pine Burns, town clerk and treasurer,
and Harry Fullenwider of the
firm of Pollock and Fullenwider,
wood was blazing hotly with
flames leaping 25 feet in the air.
Harold B. Fowler, assistant fire
chief, happened to be at Bryan
Poe’s Service station, ■W’hich also
town attorneys. Mayor Page out
lined the advantages to the whole
community, if the tax base should
fronts on Broad street near the,be widened to include many now
garages. He saw the flames aind[enjoying the facilities without
called in the alarm at 6:05 p. m.
The fire was out by about 7:30.
The garages were built by W.
J. Stuart, brother-in-law of Mr.
McAdams, soon after he came to
Southern Pines in 1896 and start
ed a lumber yard on that loca
tion. They were used for lumber
storage while the business contin
ued, then later were converted to
garages and storage sheds. It is
not known whether insurance
was carried on them.
sharing the load. ‘'‘We are neigh
bors, and it is only through neigh
borly cooperation we can keep
our community the way we like
it,” he said.
Messrs. Burns and Fullenwider
answered technical questions on
services and costs.
Howard Butler, of the 'Wey
mouth Heights section, stated that
he did not believe the town is in
position financially to undertake
■ the “gigantic” task of extending
water and sewer facilities to all
the outlying communities, and
described the difficulties of the
city of Asheville in “biting off
more than it could chew.” He es
timated the cost of such extension
at some $400,000 by today’s stan
dards.
Tom Wilson, of Manly, revealed
that 100 per cent opposition had
been determined in a survey of the
village, and that a petition against
the exWsion had been circulated.
There was general agreement
that recent discussion meetings
conducted by Mayor Page had
brought some out-of-town resi
dents to a better understanding
of the problems of the commun
ity, which, like so many today, is
growing fastest beyond the city
limits. However, “they aren’t
ready for the extension yet” was
the consensus.
Members of the committee were
impartially chosen by Mayor
Page at a public meeting on the
annexation question held October
9. They were from Manly, Knoll-
wood, Weymouth, Pinedene and
the Country Club section. Several
visitors came to the meeting and
the Knollwood members ■wre ac
companied by Harry Menzel, sec
retary of the Knollwood sanitary
district.