DL. 33—NO. 3
20 PAGES THIS WEEK
SOUTHERN PINES, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1951
20 PAGES THIS WEEK
PRICE—10 CENTS
Joan Walsh, on Uncle Teddy (left), and Kathleen Walsh, on His
j/erence, receive admiring looks from two fine horsemen 3t the
nkhana held Sunday at Starland Farms. The gentlemen are, right,
key Walsh, owner of Stoneybrook Stables and father of the girls,
his brother Teddy, a visitor fi'om Fermoy, County Cork, Ireland.
Teddy Walsh, top steeplechase rider of the Emerald Isle, came on
first visit to this country in time to see the National Horse show.
Which Joan rode at Madison Square Garden last month. He left
hday to return to Ireland but says he’s coming back next May to
nd a year. ■
The Southern Pines Walshes and children visited the Walshes in
and last summer, and Joan and Kathleen rode in the Dublin Horse
w. (Gymkhana story on page 19. Photo by Emerson Humphrey)
When Irish Eyes Are Smiling j Alston Homestead
I May Be Acquired
I Thru State Swap
Historical Society,
Commissioners Act
^ j To Endorse Move
iiM
I An emCTgency meeting of the
directors cf the Moore County
Historical Association took place
at Weymouth, home of Mrs. James
Boyd, on Monday to consider
[ what measures might be taken to
aid the state in acquiring the
Philip Alston house in upper
Moore County.
Present were, besides Mrs.
Boyd: Mrs. Katherine McColl,
Mrs. L. T. Avery, Mrs. George
Heinitsh, secretary of the associa
tion, Norris Hodgkins, Jr., treas
urer, J. Talbot Johnson and E. T
McKeithen of Aberdeen.
Occasion of the meeting was the
news that the State Highway
Commission has under considera
tion the sale of the prison farm
in the county and that an attempt
is being made by George Ross,
head of the Department of Con
servation land Development^ to
have this land turned over to his
department, so that he might then
use it in trade for the Alston place
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Nap Ends With Leap In Dark
Clarence Harris, Jr., 10-year-old
colored lad of McCain, isn’t going
to watch movies from roof win
dows any more—‘or if he does, he’s
going to try hard not to go to
sleep. Next time, he might not
get off with just a broken leg.
Clarence is a patient at Moore
County hospital where he was
taken after he woke on a second-
floor roof terrace of the N. C. San
atorium at McCain, found himself
alone in the dark and jumped.
That was about 11 o’clock Sat
urday night. Lying on the ground
outside the big building, Clarence
called and hollered for almost an
hour before a night nurse heard
him.
Hospital doctors examined him
quickly and found nothing wrong
except a broken left leg and a bad
scare. At the hospital this week
they said he was getting on very
well.
The lad is the son of a Sanatori
um employee, living near the
grounds. Saturday night, perched
on the wide rampart of a roof ter
race, he watched a film being run
inside—the regular Saturday, night
show for ambulant patients. Ev
erything was fine—till he began
to get sleepy.
The next thing Clarence knew,
he woke up to a big black lone
some world. Probably no one will
ever know just why he decided
the thing to do was to jump. Clar
ence’s explanation of his 30-foot
leap, however, was a simple one.
I “I was skeered,” he said.
Irmen Invited To
asketball Opener
Gym Friday
The servicemen in town,
-pecially the airmen at High-
nd Pines Inn, are invited to
guests of the basketball
ams at the opening game
the school gym tonight,
lirmen not in uniform need
oly show their AGO card to
admitted without charge.
Led by five stunting,
iamorous majorettes, the
>uthern Pines school band
ill add spice to the occasion
night, and throughout the
>me season.
Under the direction of Lynn
. Ledden, the band will for-
ally open the cage season
ith tlie national anthem at
30. At half lime and inter-
ission the majorettes will
ke over.
le basketball season will open
ght (Friday) for Southern
s High School teams with a
ole bill vs. Carthage at Weaver
itorium starting at 7:30 o’clock,
lereafter, games are scheduled
Tuesday and' Friday evening
almost three months, with
ral special extra events. Both
and girls’ games are featur-
lach time.
)ecial events calendared so
are the annual SPHS-Alumni
- Friday, December 28, and
All-Star game Wednesday,
lary 2, sponsored by the John
J post, VFW; also the annual
night bouts with Morehead
Friday and Saturday, Jan-
11-12, here, and February
3 at Morehead City,
le regular calendar as an-
iced this week by Coach Irie
lard is as follows:
;cember 7, Carthage here; 11,
Ingham here; 14, Highfalls
i; 18, to be announced,
nuary 4, to be announced; 8,
[ingham there; 15, Carthage
; 18, Aberdeen here; 22, High-
here; 29, West End there,
bruary 1, Pinehurst here; 5,
Springs here; 8, Robbins
; 11, Pinehurst there; 19, West
here; 22, Aberdeen there; 25
iday) Red Springs there.
Young SeamanStili
Unconscious Five
Days After Crash
A 20-year-old Navy man, Wil
liam Wesley Gates, of Houston,
Texas, remained unconscious for
five days at St.' Joseph of the
Pines hospital, following an acci
dent Friday morning when his
motorcycle was struck by a car
on US Highway 1 about two miles
south of Lakeview.
Wednesday, he was removed to
Fort Bragg Station hospital. It
was reported at St. Joseph’s at
that time that he showed definite
signs of improvement. He has a
fractured skull, also cuts and
abrasions on his face and one
knee.
Young Gates, an aviation ma
chinist’s mate second class, was
en route on his motorcycle from
Norfolk, Va., to a new station in
Texas when the accident occur
red.
By coincidence, the driver of
the car which struck him was a
young Navy wife, a Mrs. Shearon
of Oregon, en route to Norfolk to
meet her husband’s ship.
According to reports of the ac
cident, Mrs. Shearon, accompsin-
ied by her small daughter, had
spent the night at Cheraw, S. C.
Proceeding north on US 1, she
was' turning into the grounds of
the Dunrovin restaurant and serv
ice station, when she struck the
motorcycle and rider. She was
quoted as saying she scanned the
highway before turning, and did
not see anyone approaching.
No charges were preferred by
the investigating patrolman pend
ing outcome of Gates’ condition.
Mrs. Shearon was allowed to post
$1,000 bond and continue on her
way to meet her husband. , -
Notified by the Red Cross of the
i accident. Gates’ father, J. B
Gates, his mother, Mrs. R. J.
Jones, and brother, J. B. Gates,
Jr., started driving from Hous
ton Friday and arrived here Sun
day afternoon. Tuesday morning
his friend Miss Josephine PowelJ,
of Fairmont, W. Va. arrived.
Chief Newton At
Governor Scott’s
Safety Conference
On special request, of Mayor C.
N. Page, Police Chief C. B. New
ton is attending Governor Scott’s
^ emergency conference on high
way safety law .enforcement, be
ing held today (Friday) at Chapel
Hill.
Juudges and solicitors of all
courts, police chiefs and sheriffs
throughout the state have been
summoned by the Chief Execu
tive to confer on ways to tighten
up law procedures and increase
cooperation in cutting down law
violation, death and damage by
motor vehicles.
The meeting will open at 10:30
a. m. at the Institute of Govern
ment. In his letter Governor Scott
wrote, “So far this year 18,915 ac
cidents have occurred on the
streets and highways of North
Carolina, killing 930 people and
crippling and injuring 11,327
more. Most of these accidents in
volved violations of the law in
one way or another.
“As Chief Executive of this
State, I am calling on you to come
together and take counsel on all
possible ways of tightening up
law-enforcing procedures and
bringing about the highest possi
ble degree of cooperation between
Police, Prosecutors and Judges in
going as far as effective law en
forcement can go in safeguarding
the lives and property of people
on the streets and highways of
North Carolina.”
Installation Starts On Radio System
For County wide Law Enforcement
LICENSE PLATES
Along with their state auto
license tags, now renewable
for all motorists resident in the
state, residents of Southern
Pines must buy town license
tags at $1 each.
Town tags for 1952 are on
sale at the city hall.
A good opening business
was reported by the girls at
the Southern Pines Chamber
of Commerce office, where ‘
state auto license plates are
being sold for this area. From
the time the plates went on
sale at 9 a. m. Monday, more
than 100 had been sold by
noon.
The Chamber of Commerce
is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
Monday through Friday.
Col. Williams: Is
Decorated With
Legion of Merit
One of America’s top fighter-
bomber pilots, with 188 combat
missions to his credit, was deco
rated with the Legion of Merit at
an impressive ceremony held
Wednesday afternoon at the U. S.
Air Force Air-Ground Operations
school. Highland Pines Inn.
Colonel Williams, a staff in
structor at the school, received
the medal from Brig. Gen. Wil
liam M. Gross, commandant, fol
lowing the reading of his citation
“for exceptional meritorious con
duct and unusual leadership dur
ing an extremely critical period in
Korea.”
Flying his squadron on maneu
vers when the Korean war broke
out, Williams saw some of the bit
terest fighting of the early cam
paign, as his unit and others of
the U. S. Air Force flew “round-
the-clock” missions in an attempt
to stem the North Korean inva-
sion tide.
Colonel Williams is a graduate
of Abilene Christian college, Abi
lene, Texas. His parents, Mr. and
Mrs. R. W. Hale, live in San An
tonio, and he is married to the
former Miss Beverly Allen of
Waxahachie. They have one child,
•Michael, two and a half.
Workers were busy putting up
the radio tower on the county
courthouse at Carthage this Week,
also installing central controls in
Sheriff C. J. McDonald’s office for
the new countywide law enforce
ment network.
Paid for by the Moore County
ABC board from profits of the
Southern Pines and Pinehurst
stores, the installation will pro
vide up-to-the-minute aid for all
law enforcement agencies, not just
the ABC officers.
Installation is being supervised
by Jack S. Younts, general man
ager of Radio Station WEEB, .and
Mel Kushner, WEEB engineer,
who have worked closely with the
ABC board, sheriff’s department
and county commissioners in se
curing the proper type of equip-
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Aberdeen Woman,
Two Soldiers Hurt
In Saturday Wreck
Lee’s, Inc., Largest
Store Holds Opening
Here Today, Tomorrow
15 MORE DAYS!
The Christmas lights were
turned on last Saturday night,
turning four blocks of the
downtown shopping district to
a sparkling wonderland.
The stringing up of the
brightly colored lights—sig
nal for the opening of the
Christmas shopping season—
Weis the first project of the
Chamber of Commerce under
its new president, Harold Mc
Allister.
At the same time Christmas
window displays began to ap
pear in the store windows. It
is anticipated that by the end
of the week every store will
have that Christmas look.
Department, apparel and
variety stores, and others sell
ing giftwares. are mostly
abandoning the Wednesday
afternoon closing during De
cember.
Only 15 more shopping days
until Christmas!
Pinedene, Inc., "
Will Open Tuesday
On US Highway 1
Newton Awarded Milliken Trophy
rench Commandant At USAFAGOS
French air hero of World War
ommandant of a new air-
nd operations school in Eu-
arrived last week to take a
5 weeks’ intensive indoctrin-
course at the U. S. Air Force
Ground Operations school,
iland Pines Inn.
)1. Pierre A. Fleurquin is
ying U. S. principles of air-
nd coordination, as taught
to ranking American officers
11 services, in order to teach
i to officers of NATO nations
similar school being set up at
rsburg, Germany. He was sent
by the Ministry of Air of his
country, on direct assignment
from NATO.
Not only will the same courses
be taught—the official doctrine as
set up by a joint board directly
under the Joint Chiefs of Staff—
but, it has been revealed, English
has been chosen as the official
language of air-ground operations
under NATO.
Colonel Fleurquin is a gradu
ate of L’Ecole Air Versailles, the
French St. Cyr of the air, and
distinguished himself in the war
as a combat pilot. When the Nazis
occupied France he evacuated his
squadron safely to North Africa
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Roy Newton, left, receives the James S. Milliken Memorial award
for Most Valuable Senior Player at the testimonial banquet given by
the Elks club last Friday night, honoring members of the Southern
Pines High School football squad. Presenting the trophy is Lennox
Forsyth, in behalf of the John Boyd post, VFW.
Roy was aso named honorary captain of the team, by vote of his
fellow members on the squad. (Story of football banquet on Page 3).
(Photo by Emerson Humphrey)
Three persons were hurt and
three miraculously escaped injury
Saturday afternoon when a car
ripping southward on US High
way 1, near the Aberdeen city
limits, slammed into the rear of
the car ahead and threw it 300
feet along the three-lane high
way, down an embankment on
the right-hand side and into a
tree.
The car which went down the
embankment mowed down one
tree and struck another before
coming to a stop. Removed from
it and rushed to Moore County
hospital were Mrs. Jesse Currin,
41, of Aberdeen; her husband, 42,
driver of the car; their 16-year-
old daughter Ada Belle Currin
and a friend, Charles L. McDaniel,
20, of Gastonia. Mrs. Currin suf
fered severe cuts on her face and
head and a bad gash on one thigh.
She remains a hospital patient.
The others were found to have no
injuries other than a bad shaking-
up. Their car was demolished.
The second car skidded 66 feet
along the highway after the im
pact, according to the State High
way Patrol report. Taken from it
to the hospital were the driver,
Sgt. Clarence R. Beaver, of Fay
etteville Rt. 5, and Theodore Rice,
also a soldier. Both gave Fort
Jackson, S. C., as their station.
Sergeant Beaver was found to
have only a minor facial cut and
was released after first aid treat
ment. Rice had more severe lacer
ations of the face and head, and
remained at the hospital over
night.
Sergeant Beaver, who said he
had recently returned from Ko
rea, was indicted for drunken
driving, and careless and reckless
driving causing an accident and
personal injury. He was released
under $250 bond for his appear
ance in Moore recorders court
next Monday.
According to the highway pa
trolman’s report Sergeant Beaver
said he “didn’t see” the other car,
though it was only about 5 o’clock
and still light. Tire marks showed
he applied his brakes only six
feet before hitting the Currin’s’
car, which was traveling only
about 40 miles an hour, the pa
trolman said.
The accident occurred just north
of the Dairy Queen, scene of sev
eral accidents in recent weeks.
Pinedene, Inc., one of the larg
est and most modern electric con
tracting, service and appliance
businesses in the Sandhills sec
tion, will open Tuesday in its
beautiful new building on US
Highway 1, a half-mile south of
town. ■
C. N. Page is president bf the
new firm, with George H. Leo
nard as vice-president and Ray
McDonald secretary-treasurer.
Leo Lupton, hcensed electri
cian, is in charge of electric con
tracting, wiring and service. W.
B. Gouger, proprietor of the Gou-
ger Electric company here for the
past several years, is sales man
ager of the new concern.
Electric appliances formerly
carried by the McDonald-Page
Motor company, in which Mr.
Page and Mr. McDonald are part
ners, will be transferred to Pine
dene, Inc. These include the full
line of Hotpoint appliances. Duo-
therm heaters. Zenith radios and
other household appliances large
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Staff of 75
On Duty In New
Variety Chain Unit
Today (Friday) and Saturday
are the official opening days of
the new Southern Pines unit of
Lee’s Stores, Inc., seventh and
largest store in North Carohna’s
fastest growing variety chain.
It is also the largest store in
Southern Pines, and the approxi
mately 75 employees who will
greet the public at 9 a. m., the
opening hour today, rhake it the
largest employer among retail
concerns in the entire Sandhills
section.
The opening of the doors of the
remodeled and greatly enlarged
building will inaugurate a festival
of values in more than 5,000 sep
arate items placed on sale at the
start of the Christmas shoppng
season. Cash gifts wiU be a fea
ture of both opening days, when
the store will stay open until 9
p.m.
Cash Gifts
Five-dollar bills wiU be present
ed to customers picked at random
at 11 a.m., 1, 3, 5 and 7 p.ni.
The same cash gift feature and
schedule will be observed at each
of the other Lee stores in Moore
county—at Carthage, Robbins, and
Aberdeen—and will continue at
all four stores on Saturdays until
Christmas.
The Southern Pines unit occu
pies the former McBrayer build
ing, which has been completely re
modelecT* slhce’ Tfs TpafChage ^lagt
year by Leroy Lee of Carthage,
president of the chain. The store
has a 62-foot frontage on West
Broad street. A large addition
built at the rear has doubled its
depth, to 149 feet.
The modern store front features
full-view plate glass windows,
with an adjustable aluminum
awning extending entirely across
the front.
Daylight Effect
An interior effect of full day
light is achieved by 78 fluorescent
lights inset in the faceted ceiling,
painted an off-white color, with
24 adjustable “bullet” spotlights
shedding their full rays on the
counters below.
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Years of Merchandising Experience
Helped In Building Successful Chain
Merchandising skill and the de
sire to excel in his field of oper
ations are two of . the outstanding
qualities of LeRdy Lee of Carth
age, president of Lee’s Stores,
Inc. The Lee chain is opening a
large variety store in Southern
Pines today and Saturday.
Mr. Lee began his career in
merchandising as assistant to his
father, the late J. M. Lee, at his
father’s store in the small com
munity of Watha in ePnder coun
ty. Later he accepted a position
with Marcus'Bear and Brother of
Wilmington and on recommenda
tion of this firm he became con
nected with AndersOn and
Brothers of Richmond, Va., and
also with Drewry Hughes, after
which he went to Baltimore and
was connected with John Hurst
and later with Butler Brothers.
Had Wide Experience
While with Butler Brothers, he
traveled widely, promoting the
Ben Franklin chain of stores and
acquiring a knowledge of the va
riety store business that he used
to his advantage when he opened
his first store. This was at Car
thage in 1937. He moved to Car
thage to make his home in 1941
and still resides in that commun
ity.
Mr. Lee was familiar with this
area of North Carolina as he trav
elled through here for many years
and made his home in Fayette
ville for about 25 years.
Plans More Stores
Mr. Lee said that his present
plans call for opening three more
stores. These will be located at
Wallace and Burgaw in Eastern
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