HAPPY
NEW YEAR
1952
' L. 33—NO. 6
10 PAGES THIS'WEEK SOUTHERN PINES. NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 28. 1951
r-AGES THIS WEEK
isonic Bodies
)ld Elections
r Coming Year
iUiamson Heads
oage; Woolley,
handler Reelected
;i,ae, V ass, junior warden; L. L.
alley, Southern Pines, secre-
R. L. Chandler, Southern
NEW YEAR HOUDAY
ections have been held recent-
)y the four Masonic bodies
ch have their headquarters in
them Pines.
lese are the Southern Pines
ge 484 AF & AM, with mem-
hip drawn from the Southern
iS-Pinehurst-Vass area; South-
Pines Chapter 16 Royal Arch
ons; Southern Pines Council
loyal and Select Masters, and
them Pines Commandery 16
Knights Templar, all three
1 jurisdiction over all or most
loore, Hoke, Lee, Montgomery
Richmond counties,
ioyd L. Woolley was reelected
etary (or recorder) and Ralph
Chandler, Sr., was reelected
surer of each of the four bodies
two SouthernPines men have
;ed in these positions through
;essive reelections for almost a
rter of a century,
fficers of the Southern Pines
jonic Lodge, elected December
vere installed December 17
r the retiring Master, Herbert
Next Tuesday. New Years
Day, will be generally observ
ed as a holiday here, with the
food stores, the bank and most
other businesses closing for
the day.
The two large chain stores.
Colonial and A 8s P, wPl close
both Tuesday and Wednes
day.
The post office will dose
Tuesday in all departments.
No windows will be ooen, no
roail doUvered or placed in
bcxes. Mail will, however, be
collected and disoairhod to
the outer wofrld, and "spe-
da’'’" a»>d perishables will be
delivered.
PnbUc schools will reonen
Wednesday after the Christ
mas recess.
March of Dimes
Campaign Supper
Will Open Drive
Making Port For a Happy New Year
New Fire Tower
Starts Operation
State Highway Patrol
'Commander Will Aid
F or Carthage Area j Safety Drive
Chairman Blue
Will Be Host At
Aberdeen Wednesday
Moore County’s March of Dimes
EhrUardt, Jr., Pmehurst, as campaign will get under way with
insiaihng officer. They are a meeting of all the community
'bur H. Williamson, Southern chairmen at the Aberdeen restau-
es, master; A. G. Edwards, Jr., rant in Aberdeen Wednesday eve-
s,senior warden; L. RusseU ning, according to an announce-
ment by H. Clifton Blue, county
fund raising chairman.
Chairman Blue states that the
^’s, treasurer; Edwin L. Finch, community quotas will be assign-
s, chaplain; Alden G. Bower,'ed at this meeting and fund rais-
ithern Pines, senior deacon; !ing material given out for the
ise I Lawson, Southern Pines, I drive to get started with a bang
ior deacon; C. Robert McCor- the next day.
;, senior steward; Edd C. Cole, The campaign period has been
or steward; Ralph L. Mills,'doubled this year because the Na-
jtional Foundation has been forced
Ifficers for the other three into debt four years in succession
ies, elected at meetings held by surging polio incidence. The
week, wftU be installed drive, starting with next week’s
a joint supper meeting to be meeting, will continue until the
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Douglass Donnell, 10-month-old son of Capt. and Mrs. Carroll H.
Donnell, takes a serious look at a strarige new country—his homeland
—from the U. S. Naval Transport E. D. Patrick, when it docked at a
west coast port early this month.
Born in the Philippines during his father’s three-year tour of duty
at Clark AFB, Manila, young Douglass and his parents arrived to
spend Christmas and New Years at the home of his grandmother,
Mrs. W. T. Medlin, 350 West Vermont avenue. His mother is the
former Nancy Medlin of Southern Pines.
The Donnells will go next month to their new post at Ellington
AFB, Texas. We hope by now Douglass has decided the States are
better than that first look seemed t,o indicate, and that all will have
a Happy New Year “stateside.”
I Three Towers, Two j
Power Wagons Mean |
I Tops In Protection I
I '
1 The new fire tower at Carthage
’ went into operation Monday
morning, giving Moore county
[three towers from which every
ccrner of the county can be fire-
I spotted except in the most ad-
V'^rse conditions, it was announc- .
ed by County Forest Ranger E. W.
; ravi?. I
I With the addition of a second
power wagon with the latest im
proved firefighting equipment,
and two-way radio coverage of
t'’e entire county, N. C. Forest
Service crews are in the best posi-
: tion r'f their history to spot for-
: est fires before they have gained
: headway, and to reach them in a
ilrr’Tii^un^ r-f time.
i I
II The added equipment means
; also that equal power can be
tnrown into the fighting of two
large fires at the same time, the
ranger pointed out. Hitherto
when one sprang up at the time
another was under way, as fre-
quentlv h^pnens in the winter and
earlv spring, the crews have been „ ,
handicapped in fighting one or Funeral services for John R.
the other. This was the case when'McQueen, 78, who during a long
Col. Smith Will
Send Patrolmen,
Also a ‘Whammy’
Two Big Basketball Games Ahead —
‘‘The Game” Tonight, All-Stars Wed.
d Monday, January 14, at 7 p.
at the Masonic Temple here.
Ihey are as follows:
loyal Arch Masons—Clarence
Thomas, Pinehurst, high priest;
ph G. Steed, Robbins, king;
yland R. Kennedy, Robbins,
ibe; L. L. Woolley, Southern
les, secretary; R. L. Chandler,
ithern Pines, treasurer,
loyal and Select Masters— Ed-
1 L. Finch, Vass, master; Henry
end of the month.
Chairmen had been selected in
all communities in the county
with the exception of Westmoore
and Roseland, where Chairman
Blue said he-expects to have lead
ers named by the end of the week.
Chaimfen who have been named
are as follows:
Aberdeen, Mrs. J. A. Smith:
Carthage, Harry Davis; Cameron^
J 4. Mrs. Pete Phillips; Eagle Springs,
_ Williams Ro^bms deputy j Life, T. H.
,ster; John A. McRae, N.
I’ Fry.
Niagara, Mrs. Elwood Parker;
Pinebluff, Mrs. W. R. Griffin;
Pinehurst, J. Frank McCaskill;
3tor of work; L. L. Woolley,
uthern Pines, recorder; R,
andler, Southern Pines, treas-
Mis, Same Greea Alii
ss, generalissimo; Albert
B.
lly, Pinehurst, captain general;
L. Woolley, Southern Pines,
ler; Vass, M. M. Chappell;
West End, J. F. Sinclair; Manly,
Joe Cameron; Glendon, Mrs. June
order- R L. Chandler, South- Harrington; Hallison, Mr. and
Pines, treasurer; Ralph G. Mrs. A. L. Poe; Lakeview, Mrs.
sed, Robbins, senior warden;' Louis Bellet.
arence W. Thomas, Pinehurst, Raised In 1951
lior warden; Edwin L. Finch,
ss, prelate.
[rs. Mechling
reaks Her Leg
►n Monday Hunt
In 1951, with a quota of $7,550,
a total of $11,286.64 was raised in
Moore county*. In 1950 the total
amount raised was $10,000.78.
Commenting on the forthcom
ing March of Dimes drive. Chair
man Blue said: “This year must
call forth the greatest volunteer
effort, ever made in the fight
against infantile paralysis. In the
past four years the disease has ac
counted for 132,000 victims and
Mrs. Peggy Mechling suffered
rious injury out hunting Mon-
.v with the Moore County i j 4-
aunds when her mount dodged has cost the National Foundation
to a tree crushing her leg
ainst the trunk.
The experienced horsewoman,
le of the Moore County’s leading
embers, was riding a young
irse and the accident took place
Rowing a long run and kiU, dur-
g which the horse had gone ex-
sptionaRy weU. • When hounds
lund again, the pace was fast and
irs. MechUng said she thought
jr mount did not see the big tree
Qta too late to avoid it.
A member of the field, James
elvage, of the Mid Pines club,
iministered first aid and applied
spUnt to the injured limb, while
vo deer hunters, near the scene,
rhich was in the Carroll’s Branch
Duntry, took Mrs. Mechling to the
loore County hospital in their
ar. There X-rays were taken,
[lowing the leg to be broken in
aree places.
Mrs. MechUng, her leg in a cast,
now home with her mother.
Its. Edgar Ewing, and, though in
onsiderable pain, is reported to
•e making good progress.
for Infantile Paralysis $79,000,000
for patient care alone. We have
reached the point when the March
of Dimes must catch up with the
march of polio.”
FATALITY
TAX LISTING
Tax listing time starts Jan
uary 1. and the tax listers for
all Moore townships wiU have
their schedules set up and be
on the job Tuesday or Wed
nesday.
Mrs. D. J. Blue, Carthage
Rt. 3. tax lister for McNeills,
had not announced her sched
ule by Thursday morning.
Anyone in Southern Pines de
siring to list taxes before fhe
announcement is made shoiild
call the city hall, to learn
when she is expected ther». .
Mrs. Adelaide Schnell, of
Pinebluff, is tax lister for
SandhUls township, which in
cludes Pinedene and other
sections of the southern end
of this community. She will
start work at Aberdeen Wed
nesday, January 2, and will
be at Jackson Motors the fol
lowing Wednesday, January
9, to serve the taxpayers of
that section.
Swells Injured
In Accidenl On
Chrislmas Trip
Alumni* Varsity*
Home Team Slate
Contests At Gym
John R. McQueen
Buried Monday
Al Union Church
destructive fires swept areas near
both Southern Pines and Pine
hurst on a Sunday afternoon and
evening of last March.
Barber Is Towerman
and busy lifetime contributed
much to the upbuilding of Moore
county and the SandhiUs, were
held Monday morning at Union
The new tower, 100 feet high, Presbyterian church, conducted
Commendation and a promise
of wholehearted cooperation were
expressed last week by Col. James
|R. Moore, State Highway Patrol
commander, in the Moore County
civic clubs’ 100 per cent highway
safety program.
To assist with their declared en
dorsement of rigid enforcement of
all highway safety laws starting
January 1, Commander Smith’s
cooperation will begin at once in
the form of additional highway
patrolmen.
Patrolmen will be moved in
from other districts as they are
available throughout. the coming
month, especially on Mondays,
Commander Smith told club rep
resentatives at Raleigh last week.
Monday is the day practicaUy
aR regular law enforcement of
ficers in the county are tied up
with court cases at Carthage, leav
ing the highways open to speeders
and other traffic lawbreakers.
WiR Gel "Whammy"
In addition, said Commander
Smith, Moore will be the first
county to get a “whammy”—^the
radar-controlled “mechanical eye”
which spots speeders as they pass,
clocking their rate of speed for
has been erected at the Priest Hili the pastor the Rev. C. K Taf-.
Church Road intersection on the
north edge of Carthage. LaVerne # rf -r • i -j • -4 i 4 mv.
Barber. 25, of Carthage, a farmer I ^^^fai^on of Dunn. Burial was evidence m a law court later. The
living ahmit a mile awav the family plot in the church evidence in a law court later,
blen emploved as toweS’. He cemetery, beside his wife, who | The State Highway Patrol has
preceded him in death last Febru- gjx “whammies” on order for use
about the state. It is not known
just when they will arrive but
Two great basketball games wiR'^'^f® Mr. Barber s services. He has
take place at the school gym dur-i^elped us fight fires in a volun-
ing the next few days as a happy capacity many times, and
climax to the holiday season for himself capable and
is on duty at the tower from 9
a. m. to 5 p. m. daily, and on call,
24 hours a day. He is being train-1 .^r- McQueen died Saturday
ed as a radio operator and is ex-'^S^J home of his brother,,
peeled to secure his license short
ly, Ranger Davis said. He added,
“We were glad to be able to se-
hosts of young people and their
elders here.
The first wiR be the annual
Alumni-Varsity game, a tradition
al contest in which Southern
Pines graduates home for the
courageous in this work;
The tower is equipped with a
pickup truck containing firefight
ing apparatus and a two-way port
able radio.
It forms a triangle with the 120-
holidays meet the current varsity 4®^4 Springs and
the 85-foot tower at Southern
the Rev. Angus McQueen of Dunn,
where he had stayed during the
months of his final illness.
Active pallbearers were Wilbur
H. Currie and Pat McDonald of
Carthage; Richard Tufts of Pine
hurst; Howard Butler of Southern
Pines; Curtis V. Dowdy of Gulf
and Stanley Winborne of Sanford.
Honorary pallbearers were offi
cers, elders and deacons of the
church.
John McQueen was born March
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when they do, the first wiR come
to Moore.
The “whammy” is movable.
Placed inconspiculously by the
roadside, it is invisible to passing
motorists. Yet it watches with
its unblinking radar eye, and tat
tles on the speeder.
Gets Them Into Court
The state’s first “whammy,” em
ployed experimentaRy in Guilford
county during a recent month,
was instrumental in getting hun
dreds of speeders into court who
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teams in a battle to the death.
“The Game,” is it is caRed, wiR
take place tonight (Friday).
The second, sponsored by the
Pines as its other corners, supple- i Soldier Husband On Red Prisoner Lisl
mented by the tower at Hoffman
which works closely with those of
John Boyd post, VFW, for the|M°o*’® •
benefit of the school bus fund,! ^gle Springs tower
will be held Wednesday evening., for radio communi-
It WiR pk against each other a nation among the towers, with
home team and a home-for-holi- M^®. Dorothy Cagle at the con-
days team-the “Local AR-Stars” (Continued on Page 8)
vs. the “CoRege AR-Stars.”
Both events wiR be double-
headers, including both boys’ and
girls’ games.*The first game for r'rtiiTitv r’rtl'nTl
both will start at 7:30, the second l.iOroner,
approximately an hour later.
Informal Lineups
A number of the same players
will be seen in both, and wiR in
clude members of some of the
great basketbaR teams of recent
Hugh P. Kelly,
Dies Al Carlhage
Hugh P. Kelly, 59, Moore Coun
ty coroner, died early Sunday
years. Lineups, except for the!morning following a heart attack
varsity teams, are informaRy ar- at his home in Carthage.
The closing days of 1951 saw
another highway fatality ad-
ed to Moore county's list, and
the appointment of an acting
coroner to replace the late
Hugh P. Kelly.
Dead was William Leake
Harrington. Negro, of Jackson
Hamlet. instantly killed
when strudk at Pinehurst
Wednesday evening by a car
driven by Clyde Hunt, taxi-
driver of Pinehurst.
To handle this and other
cases until a new coroner c&n
be elected. Clerk of Court C.
C. Kennedy apoointed Dr.
Francis L. Owens of Pine
hurst. Time for the inquest
was not immedieitely set.
A Christmas trip to visit their
daughter and son-in-law was
rudely interrupted Saturday for
Mr. and Mrs. James B. Swett,
when their car was struck by an
other in heavy traffic at Sanford.
The accident occurred when the
other car, driven by a woman,
with five small children along,
puRed oi^suddenly to pass some
trucks.
Both Mr .and Mrs. Swett were
knocked unconscious by the im
pact. Mr. Swett was cut about
the head and had to have several
stitches taken. Their car was con
siderably damaged in the crash.
’The Swetts were brought back
home in a badly shaken-up condi
tion, and phoned their daughter,
Mrs. Marshall Barney, at Rocky
Mount what had happened. The
Barneys immediately drove to
Southern Pines and the next day
took their parents home with
them to spend the anticipated
Christmas holiday, though under
somewhat unforeseen conditions.
The name of the driver of the
other car was not learned here,
nor whether she or the children
were hurt.
ranged, and all those who are here
and want to play are invited-
and expected to appear.
For the girls, arrangements for
both games are in charge of Mrs.
Helen Grey Smith of Wilmington,
Funeral services were held
Monday afternoon at the Carth
age Methodist church, conducted
by the pastor, the Rev. George W.
Blount, assisted by the Rev. W. I
S. Golden, pastor of the Carthage
former SPHS and Wake Forest j Presbyterian church. Burial was !
athlete, who is visiting her pa- in Cross Hill cemetery, Carthage. -
rents, Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Grey, Pallbearers were M. G. Boyette, |i
for the holidays. Lineups for the!Bernice Cameron, Clement Bar-
S'
boys are in charge of Supt. A. C.
Dawson, Jr.
Among alumni in the probable
reserve of players for both occa
sions are, for the boys, BiR Baker,
Tink Bowen, Jimmy Harrington,
Bobby Harrington, Norris Hodg
kins, Bobby Dunn, Ray Copley,
BiR Sledge, Ort Stewart, Tommy
Avery, Davis Worsham; for the
girls, Helen Grey Smith, Peggy
rett, A. W. Lambert and C. A. Me
Callum of Carthage and John S.
Ruggles, of Southern Pines. Mem
bers of the Carthage Masonic
lodge, of .whidi Mr. Kelly was a
member, served as honorary paR-
bearers.
Mr. Kelly was a native of Moore
county. He founded the Moore j
County News at Carthage and was j
its publisher for several years.
Cameron, Danny Frassineti, Shir- During the past few years he was
ley Dana, Mickey Nicholson, I a justice of the peace associated
Peggy PhUlips, Catherine Sitter-
son, Janet Menzel, Louise MiRi-
ken, Audrey West Brown and
perhaps Betty Jean Hurst.
Age vs Youth
There will be plenty of others,
including college students, service
lads home on leave and hoys and
girls employed here, who wiR on
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with the sheriff’s office, and was
also coimty coroner, to which of
fice he was selected and reelected
several times without opposition.
Surviving 'are his wife, the for
mer Mis|5 Daisy Conder of Car
thage; one son by a former mar
riage, Hugh P. Kelly, Jr., of New
Jersey, and one sister, Mrs. May
Gardner of Carthage.
I#
It was a wonderful Christmas present for Mrs. Henry R. Bradford
to read on the Communist prisoner Rst that her husband was alive—
and it wiR be a Happy New Year if it brings him back safe to his
family in Southern Pines.
Reading the glad news above are Mrs. Bradford, the former Cleecy
Renegar, and her daughters Gail, 12, and Ida Lou—“Tinkie”—who
will be three in March.
Corporal Bradford has been missing in action in Korea since July
11, 1950. He was Rsted as a prisoner of war in September 1950 by the
International Red Cross, but no further information ever came. He.
is a native of MiR Shoals, IR., a veteran of World War 2 and formg|
member of. the local police department. (Photo Emerson Humphrt