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VOL. 33—NO. 15
SIXTEEN PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES. NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 29. 1952
SIXTEEN PAGES
PRICE—10 CENTS
Three Tries At
Auto Theft Land
Man On Roads
Friday Nighl
Efforts Net Dowd
One Overcoat
James Lee Dowd, 27, of West
Southern Pines, an off-and-or
resident of New York for the past
few vears, made three tries at
stealing cars here last Friday
night but was successful at none
of them. However, it was repprt-
ed by Chief C. E. Newton, he did
succeed in stealing an overcoat
The overcoat is now back with
its owner, Tom O’Neil, while
Dowd, following trial at record
ers court at Carthage Monday, i'’
starting in cn a term of 12 months
on the roads, meted by Judge
Rowe without alternative.
Wires were cut in all three of
the cars involved, b.elonging t
W. E. Cox, Jr., Bob Cameron and
Mrs. Eleanor Knight All werf>
parked in front of their owners
homes or in their driveways when
Dowd made his attempts.
Aft°r his anprehension Dowd
was also linked with a car bearin'*
a New York license which had
been found that day abandoned
on U° Highway 1 near the Bill-
Dot Truck Stop and which th
State Highway Patrol discovered
had been stolen, its wires also
cut. Dowd admitted to Chief New
ton that he had conoe soiith in
the O'”- hut d“'’|ar“'i he “wasn’t
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Bringing Vienna To The Sandhills
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Fire Guts New
West Side Home
A frame bungalow, recently
completed home of Mr. and Mrs.
“Yank” WiHisms at 655 Stephens
street, West Southern Pines, was
gutted by fire Wednesday after
noon despite strenuous efforts of
the Southern Pines volunteer fire
men to save it.
No one was home when the fire
broke out, and by the time neigh
bors spotted it and turned in the
alarm the'flames had gained mud
headway. 'They were breaking
through the roof when the fire
men and equipment arrived. ’The
wal's and most of the roof were
saved but much damage was done
inside the house, where all parti
tions were burned away. Neigh
bors pitched in valiantly to help,
and saved most of the furnishings.
A house just 20 feet away was
threatened for a time but “the
wind was right,” the firemen said,
and it did not catch fire.
Owners of the house said they
left no fire in the stove, and no
cause, other thah possible defec
tive wiring, could be assigned for
the disEister.
This was the fourth home to be
lost or badly damaged by fire here
within about three weeks. Houses
occupied by Mary Griffin and
Ather Cassidy in West Southern
Pines were burned February 6,
one catching fire from the other.
Saturday evening, February 16,
a small house owned by Pete Be-
lasco, behind the Belasco home on
North Ridge street, caught fire
from a closet and sustained severe
damage. The occupants, Mr. and
Mrs. James Caulfield, lost most of
their personal belongings, includ
ing all of Mrs. Caulfield’s clothes
except those she had on at the
time. The Caulfields were cared
for by neighbors that night, and
have since taken an apartment at
the Parker home on North Ashe
street
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"Don't miss it!" That’s what Marshall Bartholomew of the Yale
University faculty of music, said of the Austrian Student show com
ing to Weaver auditorium this Saturday. The review of song and
dance charmed and delighted New Haven audiences, according to Mr.
Bartholomew, when it was given at Yale last fall. “It is light and
gay,” he said, “and the performers sing well and dance wonderfully.
Don’t miss it!” Mr. Bartholomew, who has been a frequent visitor
here, is a composer of note and director of the famous Yale Glee Club.
Austrian Youth Croup Here Saturday
In Colorful Shows Afternoon, Night
Goodwill Tour
HISTORIANS MEET
The Moore County Histor
ical association will meet
Tuesday at 8 p. m. at Wey
mouth, home of Mrs. James
Boyd, it was announced by
Mrs. Ernest L. Ives, president.
A program is being prepared
and some interesting reports
are to be made.
Some rare archives, unique
documents from the early
days of Moore county recent
ly acquired by the Associa
tion '1^11 be on display.
Several Injured
In 3 Accidents
Saturday Night
TAX'TIME
Tax time is coming and you
may be wanting to see That
Man— state or federal—about
your return.
Information secured by The
Pbot this week from the state
income tax office at Sanford
is f-at jnst one day is being
schedule for Moore county
this v«»=f. A representative of
the office will be at the Broad
Street Pharmacy here next
Wednesday, and at the Caro
lina Pharmacy, Pinehurst, on
Thursday.
The Pilot has received no
schedule from the deputy col
lector of internal revenue
(federsl) as yet. The office for
this area is in the basement
(.jr *-■.* ^ Pinns t)OSt Of
fice building. The phone num-
have belter luck getting them
than we did.
Three accidents, each causin'*
an injury to one person, took
j place on rainy highways near
I here Saturday night. Two of them
j were attributed to skidding or
curves on a wet road, while the
other, involving three cars, re
suited in a drunken driving ar
rest. The three injured people
were all taken to Moore County
hospital.
James Solomon Cook, about 42
r Carthage Rt. 2, was taken tc
Moore County hospital with head
injuries and a possible fractured
jaw after his car sideswiped two
,thers on the Carthage-Pinehurst
oad; just south of Blues Siding
r>h<^rt 0:30 '*’''iof'k. ’The investiga
ting State Highway 1 patrol said
(..i-oii s car, traveling toward Pine-
lurst, struck others driven by
June Cockman, of Robbins, and
Fred Blue, of Jackson Springs,
both headed the opposite way.
Damage to each of the three cars
vas estimated at about $200. Cook
was indicted for drunken drivin"
also careless and reckless driving
causing an accident.
About 8:15 o’clock a car driven
by Carl Raymond Whitaker, 37,
^f Candor Rt. 1, failed to make f
ourve on the county road from Ni
agara to Clay Road Farms, ran off
he right side for 105 feet, skidded
'ideways across the road to the
'eft for 65 feet, turned over for
about 54 and landed upright. A
oasseuger named Bibey was shak
en up and Whitaker was knock-1
Members VTiU Stay
In Local Homes
A gay, colorful and lively show
comprising songs, dances, skits
and the playing of a variety of
musical instruments will be the
presentation here Saturday after
noon and evening of a troupe of
Austrian young people on their
“Third Goodwill Tour.”
Two entirely different shows
will be presented at Weaver audi
torium by the group, “Visitors
jom Vienna,” sponsored by the
Rotary club at 2 p. m., and “Greet
ings from Vienna” at 8:30 in the
evening, fourth in the current se
ries of the Sandhills Music asso
ciation.
The performances will be in na
tive costume, the quaint garb of
Old Austria, still to be seen in
.4ustrian cities on festival occa
sions.
Beauty Plus Brains
Mistress of ceremonies of the
show is Suzanne Polsterer, a
blonde and glamorous profession
al actress of note on the Austrian
stage, who looks too beautiful to
be also the possessor of a Ph.D.
degree and the title of “Dr.” She
is, however, the possessor of both
of these, and an appropriate lead
er of the 18 boys and girls in her
troupe, all of whom are on leave
-br the tour from schools and col
leges where they are students.
The eight girls and 10 boys were
hosen by special auditions for the
privilege of touring the United
States in the interests of good will
oetween their nation and this.
They will return to Austria
-Tom their tour to write theses and
to lecture on this coimtry, with
which they are becoming well ac
quainted through presenting
shows from coast to coast.
The tour is now in its third
year. The personnel has changed
from time to time as some stu
dents return home, and others
take their places. A few have
been able to remain with the com
pany for the entire time.
Different, Delightful
'The shows have won splendid
notices wherever they were pre
sented, as “different,” delightful
and distinguished. 'The troupe
was honored by being chosen last
year for a seven-month tour of
Air Force installations under aus-
DAY OF PRAYER
World Day of Prayer serv
ice will be held today (Friday)
at 3 p. m. at Emmanuel Epis-
copal church.
tni: annual inlerdenomh
inaf ional service, local
churches will unite with oth
ers all over the world in
prayer for the refugees, the
migrants and underprivileged
of all nations.
The service will be divided
into four parts with one
church in charge of each. The
opening will be in charge of
the bost church; the second
part, Presbyterian; the third.
Church of Wide Fellowship
(Congregational) and the
fourth. Baptist.
Mi'S Valerie Doucher of
Pinehurst will be soloist, wifl»
Mrs. Arthur Eakins at the or
gan. The ottering will be for
the support of intentational
m.issions. Members of all lo
cal con<n:egations, or of none,
are invited to attend.
^irst Snowfall
Whitens Sandhills
The stock headline “Snow
Blankets Carolinas” was dusted
off for use by many papers this
veek, though “blanket” was not
too apt a word for the be-dia-
monded crust formed of snow,
sleet and rain, which fell 'Tuesday
in freezing or near-freezing tem
peratures.
From the time the snow began
about 10:30 a. m., Tuesday was
about as mean a day as is ever
^een in the Sandhills. Wednesday,
-esidents of the area woke to a
bright and sparkling world. The
brilliant sunshine soon turned the
Ice and inch-deep covering of
mow to drip and slush.
Flsewhere in the state, reports
ranged from a snow of three
inch inches deep at Sanford to
'ive cr six at Raleigh and 10 in
he Piedmont area.
The danger warning was but
^or highway travel on both days,
nd tire traction was difficult on
ocal streets as the snow began
■> stick, and became mixed with
ce.
Carthage, Robbins and High-
'alls schools were closed Wednes
day on account of the icy roads.
Some others may also have closed,
aid County Supt. H. Lee Thomas,
s no blanket order was issued
and this was left up to individual
principals depending on condi
tions in their districts Southern
Pines schools did not close.
Steeplechase On
Stonybrook Track
Sunday, March 9
Plans Under Way
For Big Race Meet;
Walsh Is Manager
The Fifth Annual Stonybrook
Steeplechase and Race Meet will
be held Sunday, March 9, at 2 p.
m. on the Stonybrook track, it was
innounced this week by Mickey
Walsh, track owner and general
manager for the event.
Seven feature races will be
scheduled, on the flat, over brush
and over timber. Silks from sev
eral local stables will be seen, as
well as from top stables of Vir
ginia and other eastern states.
Both horses and riders will in
clude some of the pountry’s finest.
Racing for the first time on an
American track will bg several
ine Irish horses procured by Mr.
Walsh, a well-known rider and
trainer, when on a visit to the
Emerald Isle, his birthplace, last
summer.
The steeplechase will be spon
sored by the Southern Pines lodge
of BPO Elks. It is the fourth to be
held on the Stonybrook track,
which was opened in Feb
ruary 1949 and has undergone im
provements each year since then.
The series was preceded by a 1948
event held at the (then) town
horse show grounds, giving it a
tradition of five years of succes
sive and successful — perform
ances.
Crowds have been large and en
thusiastic each year and the Elks
are expecting an even better turn
out for the 1952 event. Parking
arrangements are ideal, as all
spaces are on a hill commanding
a full view of the mile-long oval,
with three entrances so there is
no traffic jam in entering or leav
ing Stonybrook.
Louis Schelpers and Miorris
Johnson are co-chairmen and
judges will be W. J. Brewster, W
F. McBride and W. J. O’Brien.
Announcer will be Arnold
Shrimpton of England, who re
cently served in this capacity for
the Grand National in that coun
try.
The steeplechase and race meet
is the second of three major
equestrian events of the Sandhills
spring season. The first was the
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Town Board Studies
One-way Traffic For
Fast, West Broad St.
Plan May Get
ELECTED
90-Day Trial On
Engineer’s Advice
The town board just about
made up its mind to give one-way
traffic on Broad street a 90-day
trial, following a report and ur
gent recommendation made to
hem Wednesday by one of the
state’s leading traffic experts.
Robert A. Burch, traffic engin
eer with the State Highway and
Public Works department, con
ferring with the board at a special
meeting at the city hall, recom
mended the adoption of one-way
Massachusetts and
Vm-mont avenues, flowing south
on West Broad street and north on
East Broad.
RUSSELL LORENSON
Russell Lorenson
Elected President
Of Rotary Club
Russell Lorenson was elected
president of the Southern Pines
Rotary club last Friday, and with
other 1952-53 officers, will be. in
stalled at the first meeting of next
July.
Mr. Lorenson, an accountant,
has been secretary-treasurer of
the club for the past three years,
and before that served one term
as a director. He has served on
numerous committees for club ac
tivities and projects, and for the
past two years has been chairman
of the Rotary’s Christmas Eve
psirty at the highway prison
camp.
Herbert N. Cameron, retiring
president, will become vice-presi
dent, by tradition of the club
Harry FuUenwider was elected
secretary-treasurer.
Three directors were elected
to serve with the officers on the
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Red Cross Chairmen Map Campaigns
Coimty Basketball
Meet Under Way
At West End Gym
J. N. STEED
A. L. BURNEY
J. N. Steed, Southern Pines
hairman for the 1952 Red Cross
und drive due to start Monday,
March 10, completed his orgahi-
ational set-up this week.
He announced his associate
Additional community chair
men for the 1952 Red Cross fund
drive, to assist in the $20,320 cam
paign which will get under way
March 10, were Announced this
pek by A. L. Burney of Southern
'hairmen as follows: M. G. Rush, Pines, Moore County chairman.
d unconscious, suffering a cut on .
•^he forehead. He was released of the USO.
'rom the hospital Sunday after
noon and,'according to the Stat-^
Highway Patrol, was to be cited
to recorders court for careless and
reckless driving.
About midnight that night, a
car driven by Wilbur Calcutt o''
■'^’■pst EnrI. with Miss Patricia
Field of West End as passenger.
Members of the Rotary club are
selling tickets to both perform
ances, their share of the proceeds
to be used toward tlie Southern
Pines school activities bus fund.
Tickets are also being sold at
the Barnum Realty Co. office on
West Broad street, and season
tickets of the Sandhills Music as
sociation are, of course, good for
skidded and overturned on a
-urve about a mile anfl a half! the evening performance,
from Pinehurst on the We't End Overnight Guests
road. 'I’fie car came to a 'top on
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Merabers of the tour are assist-
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'ausiness section. East Broad; W.
T. Huntley, business section, "West
5road; K. C. Weathersooon, US
Highway*! South to Craft Service
tation: L. F. G'rvin, Manly; Mrs.
’^.ouis Honeycutt, Niagara; Bryce
Hemphill, West Southern Pines.
Solicitation in the residential
'istnict of Southern Pines will be
in the hands of the following la-
ies: Mns- ft'orris B Arnold, Mrs.
"t. D. Griffin, Mrs. Geange H.
ponard, Mrs. J. J. McDonald,
'"■rs. Pov R. Newton, Mrs. J. P.
'''’Callaghan, Mrs C. T. Patch,
''’’rs. Leon Seymour, Mrs. J. N.
'tepd. Mrs. E. A. Tucker.
Plans for success and sneed of
the local campaign were laid at
1 meeting of workers held Wed-
-o'dav afternoon at the Southenn
^ines Ceuntry club, at whieh Al-
'm J. rarfpr. regional director of
'be 'outhpaotern area, ■'"aa tbe
''■epsker. '''nota for Southern
Pines is $7,200.
Listed with their quotas, they
are: Addor. Mrs. Henry Ador, $55:
Pinebluff, Mrs. C. L. Warner and
Mrs. Walter Alpert, $350; Rose-
land, H. C. Russell, $50; Lakevlew.
Mrs. J. E. Causey, $60; "Vass, Mrs.
P. A. Wilson, $375; Cameron, Mrs
June Tally, $210; Clav Roa'i
Farms, Mrs. C. L. Ragsdale. $35;
Eureka, Paul C. Green. $50; Union
Chuurch, ’Thomas W. 'P’vans, S35-
Hillcrest, Miss Grace Tillman, $45-
'Pastwood. J. W. Sheffield, $50:
The Horse Shoe, Mrs. C.-W. Hold
er. $45; Glendon, J. S. Phillips
$40.
Many churches will observe
“Red Cross Funday” '’''farcb 2. with
'necial mention of the organiza-
'ien’s hiia^anitardan services.
Next Friday evening, eammun-
b.v chairmen and workers and
'.'-a-fQT off’eials will unite in a
“Vickeff dinner” and t>re-cam-
"amn mea-ting to be h“M at the
Carthage hotel at 7 o’clock.
Play opened Thursday after
noon in the 25th Annual Moore
County High School Basketball
tournament, too late for a report
to be made in this issue.
The tournament is being held
this year in the J. F. Sinclair gym
nasium of the West End school,
with games scheduled each after
noon and evening Thursday, Fri
day (today) and Monday, with
semifinals ’Tuesday evening and
finals Wednesday evening. Large
crowds from all over the county
’re expected to attend the ses
sions, climax of the winter bas
ketball season and highlight of
^he athletic program for the year.
Boys’ and girls’ teams from
Aberdeen. 'Vass-Lakev^ew. West-
moore. Farm Life, Highfalls,
'Southern Pines, Robbins, Carth
age. West End, Pinehurst and
^ameron, high schools are enter
ed.
Pairings as announced in full
this week are as follows:
Thursday: 3:30—^Vass girls vs.
Westmoore; 4:30—Carthage boys
vs. Vass; 7:00—^HighfaUs girls vs.
Southern Pines; 8:00—Carthage
girls vs. West End; 9:00— West
End boys vs. Cameron.
Friday; 3:30—^Aberdeen girls vs.
■Vass-Westmoore winner; 4:30—
Form Life vs. Highfalls-Southern
Pines winner; 7:00-— Westmoore
boys vs. Farm Life; 8:00— Pine
hurst girls vs. Cameron; 9:00—
TTiPhtaila boys vs. West End-Cam-
eron winner.
Monday; 3:00—^Robbins boys
boys vs. Carthage-'V'ass winner;
■4:30—Aberdeen bovs / vs. West-
•''oore-Farm Life winner; 7:00—
'’“mifmal girls game: 8:^0—^Rob
bins girls vs. Cacthsge-West End
"inne'-; 9:00—Southern Pines
'°i*'p.s bovs vs. Pinehimst.
'^lesc'av; 7:00—S“mifmal bovs"
'’•00—Somifinal girls; 9:00—Semi
fir al boys.
Wednesd'v: 7:30 and 8:30 final
boys and girls.
According to his plan, traffic
could move freely from one side
of the street to other at any
of the intersections, as long as it
stay^ in the traffic flow.
Besides relieving Broad street
of the present traffic jams, the
olan would permit angle parking
next to the curb, allowing a good
many more ears to be parked on
Wset Broad than is possible now.
This was about the only change
suggested in regard to parking,
for which the present general
rules and regulations would re
main in force.
The commissioners decided to
give the matter two weeks’ fur
ther study, making a decision one
way or the other at their regular
meeting Wednesday evening,
March 12.
Mr. Burch has studied the traf
fic situation in Southuern Pines
off and on for the past two years
on request of the board, and has
made two previous reports em
bodying suggestions along the
same lines as those recommend
ed this week. While action has
been postponed, traffic and its at
tendant problems have increased
to the extent that now there
seems general agreement “some
thing must be done.”
Mr. Burch nointed out that he
one-way traffic plan would favor
neither side of the street nor any
narticular part of the business dis
trict, as the effect would be the
■^ame for all parts of the five-
block area While it would peces-
'itate a little more driving some
times to get to a desired location,
there would be many advantages
in the greater ease of driving and
better '^i'+rihution of narking cai
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Moore Teams Win
First Games In
District Playoffs
Semifinals win be held tonight
(Friday), with finals Saturday
night, in the official NCHSAA
district basketbaU playoffs, being
held this week at the Southern
Pines gymnasium.
Ten boys’ teams are taking part
in the event, with two games each
night. Play starts at 7 o’clock.
Attendance the first two nights
rated only “fair” but is expected
to pick up toward the end—es-
•'eciaUy if one or mere of the
three Moore County entrants
makes it through the elimina
tions.
AU three—Southern Pines,
AberdMn and Robbins — won
their first games and were going
strong at the Pilot’s latest check
up'Thursday.
In the opening games Tuesday,
Robbins polished off Greenwood
by a score of 73-36, and Southern
Pines did the same for Laurel
Hill, 53-36.
Wednesday, Aberdeen elimina
ted Ellerbe 60-33 and Deep River
'ept Gibson home by a score of
53-49.
Thursday night (too late for
this issue) Robbins was to plsy
Piscoe, and Southern Pines Mt.
Gilead.
Tonight’s contests (Friday) will
bring together the winner of the
T’obbins-Biscoe game vs. Deep
River, and the wi^nor nf the
Southern Pines-Mt. Gilead game
vs. Aberdeen.
The team winding up with the
district championship S'tur'iay
nieht will enter the regional nlav-
off. which wiR nroduce an en
trant for the official st'te cham-
nionshio, to be held in tbo Indoor
stadium at Duke university.