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MARCH OF DIMES
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MARCH OF DIMES
1951 Was Post Office’s Biggest Year;
Receipts Go Up, Airmail Is Doubled
Youngsters Ride To Hounds During Holidays
35.000 Pieces of
Mail Handled In Day
During Christmas
Year-end figures of the South
ern Pines post office showed 1951
to be its best year, with total re
ceipts of $58,422.06, according to
A. Garland Pierce, postmaster.
During this period considerably
more than a half-million pieces
of mail of all classes passed
through the post office, reaching
a peak of some 35,000 a day dur
ing the Christmas.
Last year’s postal receipts total
ed $50,598.25. The comparison of
the two figures indicates a rate
of gain somewhat higher than
fact, however, as part of the in
crease is due to raised rates on
parcel post as of October 1.
The rate change also makes im
possible an exact comparison on
business for the last quarter, for
which a gain of $3,320.54 over last
year was recorded. Though the
exact ratio of increase cannot be
determined, it is certain that the
final quarter of 1951 was the best
in history and December was the
best “inonth.
Gains noted in other quarters
over the previous year were as
follows: January 1-March 31, $2,-
662.71; April 1-June 30, $1,476.56;
July 1-September 30, $364.
The unevenness of the figures
for the three quarters is caused
by the fact that there are now sev
eral users of metered mail in
Southern Pines, and their pur
chases of several himdred dollars’
worth of postage at a time are
irregularly spaced. For this reason
it may never again be possible
here for quarterly A hparisons
to he.an indication
amount of m'aW passing tldroUgK?'
Hj-wever, said Mr. Pierce, the
yiarly totals may still be taken as
k good indication of the commun
ity’s growth, and state of business.
Airmail in and out of Southern
Pines practically doubled during
1951. Postal savings, which the
previous (gear had gone into a
slight slump, sho-\yed a small rise.
Postal savings balance on hand
December 31 was $142,109, a gain
of $3.>;8 over that of the same date
of 19B0.
EXONERATED
The tragic death: of Wil
liam, Leak Harrington, elderly
Negro, at Pinehurst last Wed
nesday night was termed "an
unavoidable accident" by a
coroner's jury meeting at
Pinehurst Saturday after
noon.
Clyde Hunt, Pinehurst taxi-
driver, who struck Harring
ton while driving north on
NC 211 about 6 o'clock, was
exonerated of all blame. Evi
dence showed he was in his
proper lane, observi.ng all
laws, when Harrington step
ped suddenly in front of his
car. The Negro, a resident of
Jackson Hamlet, was said to
have been instantly killed.
The inquest was conducted
by Dr. Francis L. Owens, who
was appointed acting coroner
following the death of Hugh
P. Kelly of Carthage.
Charles MacLeod
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New Justice For
Sheriff’s Office
Building Permits Top
Half Million For Year
start of the Children’s Hunt, held each year during the Christmas holidays, as it left Mile-Away
Farm last Saturday morning. Riders nearest the camera are, from left, Joanne Goodwin, Page Black-
more, Jean Safford, Peter Winkelman and Cappy Winkelman. A lively drag hunt was enjoyed by about
20 young people, who were then guests of the Winkelman boys at Lakelawn Farm for a hunt breakfast
at noon (Photo by Emerson Humphrey)
5,000 Wanted To
Take Red Cross
First Aid Courses
March of Dimes Chairmen Undertake
Annual Campaign For Polio Victims
Charles M. MacLeod, of Carth
age, was sworn in Monday by
Superior Court Clerk Carlton C.
Kennedy as a justice of the peace,
■and is replacing the late Hugh P.
Kelly as the justice officially at
tached to the sheriff’s department.
He is now on full-time duty in
the office adjoining that of Sher
iff C. J. McDonald in the court
house.
Mr. McLeod said the appoint
ment came as a surprise to him,
-?!SS^lting fr^?^^he eifforts of
frieridssdn hilPiTOialf. Though the
work is^ilew to him, he said he
The Moore County chapter,
American Red Cross, is starting
the New Year with plans for the
immediate organization of a series
of first aid classes.
The chapter’s goal for early
1952 is the instruction of 5,000 or
more persons in approved princi
ples of first aid, said Mrs. Audrey
K. Kennedy, executive secretary
of the Moore County chapter. This
will mean the training of approxi
mately one person out of every
six, a good working average need
ed to insure proper care for the
injured or sick in emergency.
New features recently incorpor
ated in Red Cross first aid train
ing in connection with atomic at
tack and civil defense will be
taught.
Important also is the new
“back-pressure arm-lift” method
of artificial respiration which has
hopes tf have all the necessary
information mastered shortly andj^ggjj found more effective than
to perform his duties in an effi- method, and is superse
ding it in all approved first aid
Alexander Is
Acquitted In
Shooting Case
Oleyn Alexander, Negro, of
Pinehurst, was acquitted in Moore
recorders court Monday of assault
charges in connection with the
near-fatal shooting of Marvin
Quick at Taylortown, near Pine
hurst, Saturday night of last
week.
Judge J. Vance Rowe advised
in court, however, that the acquit
tal cleared Alexander only of the
charge of assault with a deadly
weapon inflicting serious injury,, a
misdemeanor in jurisdiction of the
court. If Quick should die, he
said, law offices or any others
feeling grand juv action was call
ed for could brtg a new indict
ment.
Quick, also a Tegro, is reported
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cient and impartial manner.
General approval of the ap
pointment was expressed about
the courthouse this week. Mr.
MacLeod, who was 33 the day be
fore the appointment was made, is
regarded as one of Carthage’s
bright young men. with excep
tional abilities and an excellent
record.
He is a professional draftsman,
in which he was trained at N. C.
State college, and worked as such
for several years for the State
Highway department at Carthage.
For the past two years he has
been working independently,
though of recent months he has
also been employed on a part-time
basis by the Davis and Cole archi
tectural offices at Sanford. He
said he expects to continue draft
ing independently in his spare
time.
He is a descendant of old Moore
County stock on both sides, with
plenty of Scottish blood in his
veins. His grandfather, Duncan
training.
Fifteen instructors are now
available in the county, and these
will each take classes of from 12
to 20 members for courses of 22
class-hours each, in three weekly
sessions. Classes will be organized
in various parts of the county as
interest is expressed, and suffi
cient members enrolled. There is
no charge. Everyone who can and
will take the course is asked to
notify the Red Cross chapter of
fice here, or Dr. John C. Grier,
Jr., chapter chairman of safety
services at Pinehurst.
COMMUNITY CHEST
West End's quota in the
March of Dimes has already
been met and "all we have to
do is write the check," it was
reported by I Community
Chairman J. F. Sinclair at the
campaign dinner Wednesday.
That is because West End
has a Community Chest,
unique in the county. One
campaign is held in the fall,
to which everyone gives for
all drives to come up during
the year. When the separate
campaigns arise, the money is
forthcomng from the chest.
There is one exception—
the Red Cross. which by
terms of its charter must cam
paign separately in March, in
West End as everywhere.
In regard to the others, "We
don't try to pass out quotas,"
said Mr. Sinclair. "We give
what we are asked. We set a
total goal, based on what we
have been giving before.
We've had the Chest two
years and we've made the
goal both times."
Negroes Organize
In County For
March of Dimes
Funds Will Be
Raised To Continue
Costly Battle
NEW YEAR BABY
Moore county's first New
Year baby was Luther Owens
Hines, who arrived at 12:20
a. m. Tuesday ed St. Joseph
of the Pines weighing in at
eight pounds, 14 and a half
ounces.
Young Luther is the son of
Sgt. and Mrs. James R. Hines,
of Pinedene. He has a brother,
James Robert, Jr., two and a
half. His dad is stationed at
Fort Bragg. His mom is the
former Miss Veda Bushby of
Southern Pines.
Runner-up in the county
sweepstakes was a daughter,
name unlearned, born at 7:48
a. m. at Moore County hospi-
tal to Mr. and Mrs. James
Young of Hoffman.
And it was "many happy re
turns" to the winners of the
previous two years, also born
at SL Joseph's—the little son
of the J. C. Bertrands of
Pinehurst, born January 1.
1949, and the little daughter
of the W. K. Carpenters of
Pinebluff, .bom . January .1,
1950.
Much Residential
Construction Seen
Within City Limits
Field Trials Will
Open At Pinehurst
The 34th annual Pinehurst
Field Trials will open today (Fri- goj^t^ej-n Pines;
Blue, Carthage;
Murchison MacLeod, was also a day) and run through the coming
justice of the peace at Carthage. I week.
His father was the late W. Curtis
MacUeod and his mother, with
whom he makes his home at Car
thage, was formerly Miss Ruth
Pleasants of Aberdeen.
He is single, a veteran of World
War 2. In 1946 he made a good
showing in his first and only po-
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Two Basiethall Games At Gymnasium
Provide Thrills For Holiday Crowds
The VFW’s J Star basketball
game night for the
benmt of lie'school bus” was
a tremendouB access froni the
spectators’ vW^int, some good,
and some brilint, basketball be
ing played.
Cbach Rob€ Lee brought his
famed Phantes up from Aber
deen to partpate in the VFW
In the Collegiate All-Stars vs.
Local AU-Stars, there was little]““^"amateur handlers
There will be four stakes set for
running over the multiple trial
courses around the resort. Open
ing the program will be the Ama
teur All Age, open to all bird
dogs handled by amateurs. The
Shore Memorial trophy, a big
silver bowl, goes to the winner of
this event.
The second event is the Ama
teur Derby, also for amateur
handlers, and limited to dogs
whelped after January 1, 1950.
The other two stakes are the
Free-For-All and the Open Derby,
both open events for professional
Moore County Negroes, benefit
ing in the March of Dimes on
exactly the same basis as whites,
are setting up their own organiza
tion for the 1952 campaign, to re
pay this help in part.
H. L. Bryant, of Aberdeen, has
accepted the post of county chair
man of the Negro division, an
nounced Moore Chairman H.
Clifton Blue.
Mr. Bryant announced this
week the following community
chairmen: Mrs. Julia Evans,
William Harold
Z. V. Gordon,
Pinehurst; Mrs. Johnson, Vass;
E. U. Grant, Cameron; Mrs. Ma-
Briggs, Aberdeen; Grant
Betty
John
mie
Campbell, Addor; Miss
Stancil, Jackson Hamlet;
Person, Mt. Zion.
No quota has been set for the
Negro division. The contributions
will be recorded separately, so all
may receive due credit, but the
figures will be totaled together
for the county quota.
Negro children and young peo
ple of the county have been vic
tims of polio in the epidemic year
1948, and since, in numbers great
er than their population percent-
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to choose in the play. The pace
was terrific from the outset. Cog-
hill with 19 points and Besley fol
lowing with 13 to lead the local
All-Stars’ scoring. Bobby Har
rington racked up 18 points for
the Collegiates’ top scoring,
honors.
event, and thjgirls passing.and:' The fourth and final quarter
shooting with3|j|[Btdecision of saw the two teams matching point
Rad io Rockettes for point, and the Collegiates Won
waltzed awst^^^B^to-18 win. out in the final seconds of play 46
But tte All-Star to 45.
Gir s had a viva- Line-ups and scoring: Aberdeen
cions pint-sX^ ^^^^Bnn Flem- Phantettes, Baker 29, Brigman,
ing winnii^ ^^^^Hwith her Monroe 17, Height 12, fiurhs, Cal-
terrifif court, loway, Melvin. SoutB'n Pines
GU irds Ale'^^^^Bid Billie Girls—^Ward 7, Hall :^femith 6,
Wi liaros’ pi ^^HEtanding in Todd 2, Fleming 2, WiRims, Ste-
a l)st^ause^^^Kat of Helen venson, Roxie LeonaW, Apple-
Qrdy ((Continued on P^e 5)
The judges for the amateur
stakes will be Harold Watson
Cornwall, Pa., and Ernest New-]
man, Sumter, S, C. For the open
stakes, Watson will share the
judging with Hoover Black, Char
lotte, N. C.
The headquarters for the Trials
is the Holly Inn in Pinehurst and
the drawings for the Bmateuff
stakes will take place there at
8:30 p. m. Thursday, Jan. 3rd.
Raymond Hoagland, Cartersville,
Ga., is president of the Pinehurst
club and James W. Tufts, Pine
hurst, is secretary-treasurer.
The trials always draw a large
number of bird dog owners from
the Carolinas, Virginia, Georgia
and many other states.
SCHEDULE CHANGE
Seaboard passeiiger trains
stopping at Southern Pines
have gone on their winter and
spring schedule, with several
changes effective until on or
about May 1.
Daily northbound trains are
listed now as follows: No. 8
(The Sunland), 6:17 a. m.; No.
4 (local), 10:10 a. m.; No. 10
(The Palmland), 7:20 p. m.;
No. 6 (Cotton Blossom), 12:01
a. m.
Southbound: No. 5 (Cotton
Blossom), 6:55 a. m.; No. 9
(The Palmland), 8:53 a. m.;
No. 3 (local), 6:24 p. m.; No.
7 (The Sunland), 10:43 p. m.
Moore County community
chairmen for the 1952 March of
Dimes reassumed their quotas of
last year for this gear’s campaign,
with the resolve to raise at least
25 per cent more to help meet
vital needs of the fight against
polio in nation, state and county,
Paul C. Butler, chairman of the
Moore County chapter. National
Infantile Paralysis Foundation,
told the group assembled at the
Aberdeen restaurant that the na
tional foundation faces a deficit
of $5,500,000, and that the Moore
County chapter can pay its cur
rent bills but that’s all—costs of
patient care in Deceniber must be
met from forthcoming collections.
He informed the chairmen that
more than 30 young polio victims
had been assisted by the county
chapter during the year just con
cluded; that Moore is the only
county in the state, one of the
few in the nation, with a clinic
for child polio victims; and that
during the unforgettable epidemic
year of 1948, the amount of more
than $80,000 spent in the county
was greater than the total given
in Moore since the March of
Dimes began.
Blue Is Host
The meeting followed the an
nual supper given by H. Clifton
Blue, of Aberdeen, county March
of Dimes campaign chairman for
the past nine years, as a starter
for the drive. On account of the
pressing need for funds the 1952
drive will continue throughout
the month of January, instead of
being set to end in two weeks as
in previous years, he said.
He introduced the community
chairmen, of whom 15 out of 19
were present. Six of them are
new, while others have served in
previous years, and these, on re
quest of Mr. Blue, gave their ex
periences, with ideas for a suc
cessful campaign.
Among the guests were Dr. J.
W. Willcox, county health officer,
and H. Lee Thomas, county su
perintendent of schools, who ex
pressed their full commendation
of the drive’s aims, offering their
cooperation as before.
Needs Increase
The state quota has been upped
this year from $1,000,000 to $1,-
250,000, and, though the county
quota remains the same—$7,360—
the actual goal should be set high'
er in proportion to the state needs,
the chairman emphasized. Not
only has polio incidence gained
during the past few years, but
cost of patient care has increased,
and each year must see the con.
tinuance of treatment and aid to
victims of previous years—a
mounting number.
C. H. Bowman has again accept
ed the post of campaign treasur
er, he added, asking that the
chairmen turn their collections
over to Mr. Bowman as rapidly
as possible after they have the
money in hand, not only for a,
full report but also so. nee:
funds can be immediately
able.
For the first
separate Neg:
ing sft UF
Aberdee^
a nua
Sandhills Kiwanis
Vocational Clinic
Planned Jan. 18
Senors of all high schools in
Moore county will gather at
Southern Pines High school Fri
day, January 18, for the annual
Vocational Guidance conference of
the SandhiUs Kiwanis club, one of
the club’s most successful activi
ties for many years time. Speak
ers representing various vocations
will tell them the pros and cons
of the business or profession they
are in, as an aid to the students
in mapping their futures.
The arrangements for the con^
ference are being made by the
club’s Vocational Guidance com
mittee, of which Arthur Welch, of
Southern Pines, is chairman. Mr.
Welch announced Thursday that a
Building permits in Southern
Pines during the last six months
of 1951 totaled $266,205, bringing
the total for the year to a whack
ing $518,260, according to records
of Everette V. Walker, city build
ing inspector.
This covers a total of 96 permits,
most of them for residential con
struction.
Forty-nine were for new dwell
ings and 29 for alterations and ad
ditions to existing residences, a
number of them adding apart
ments.
The rest went lor a church an
nex, business building enlarge
ments and changes and for such
structures as garqges or boiler
rooms.
The list does not incude the new
Knollwood apartments, which
were completed during the past
year. The permit was issued in
the fall of 1950.
Ltirgest building project on the
1951 list is the $100,000 education
al building of the Church of Wide
Fellowship.
Permit was given for only four
new business buildings, though a
number of old ones were enlarged.
Most of the residential permits
were in the $4,000-$6,000 class,
with only two for $10,000 or more.
The permits were issued only
for building within the city limits.
That outside the city limits during
the year would come close to
doubling the total, it is estimated.
Two Accidents
OnUSIMar
Holiday Weekend
Two accidents on US Highway
ll, one north and one south of
representative of the committee j Southern^ Pines, m^r^ the holi-
would visit the various schools day
next week and explain to the sen
iors the purpose of the conference.
Juniors also will be eligible to at
tend the sessions provided their
schools approve, he said.
The committee is busy lining up
speakers to cover each line of
business and profession insofar as
possible, and will announce the
list next week.
The entire group from the 11
high schools of the county will
meet in the Southern Pines school
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Two Rotary Clubs
In Battle For
Attendance Prize
The Southern Pines and Car
thage Rotary clubs are starting
this month on a “repeat” of their
highly successful attendance con
test of last year, to continue
through January and February.
The club having the highest at
tendance percentage during the
two-month period will be guest
of the losing club at a dinner.
Last year the Southern Pi:
club won by a fraction of a
and was entertained by the,
thage club at a barbecue,
year it is reported, the Ci
ians are “out for blood”
even been in training i
month, with a pri!
their own.
Herbert N. Can)
of the Souther:
minds that j
sences dur:
kept the:
cent rq
“This,
wor
weekend. While consider
able damage was done to several
cars, only one person wa's report
ed injured, and his hurts were
said not to be serious.
Maj. George Stanley Luketz,
driving south near Skyline about
1:30 a. m. Sunday, got out of his
proper lane and sideswiped a car
approaching on the opposite side
of the highway, according to the
investigating patrolman. With
Major Luketz, who lives in South^
ern Pines, was his wife. Drivj
the other car was Rupert Kj
of Mebane Rt. 1. It was.
night and both cars
some distance on the_
yond the point of ij
Indicted for
wrong side of
Luketz was finq
a total of $34,^
Peace D. E.
Pines.
Saturdai
car drivil
Davis, ^
in th