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VOL. 33—NO. 20
TWENTY PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES. NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1952
TWENTY PAGES
PRICE—10 CENTS
Basketball Awards Are Made At Rotary Banquet
Top basketball honors were awarded at the
Rotary Club basketball banquet last Wednesday
night to the six boys and girls shown above with
their assistant coach, W. A. Leonard, extreme
left.
Center, Betty Jane Worsham and Jim Town-
shend, winners of the VFW memorial trophies
for most valuable player; standing next, David
Woodruff and Pete Dana, elected honorary cap
tains by vote of their fellow players; second
from left. Sieger Herr, and extreme right, David
Bailey, most improved, by vote of the coaches.
Jim Townshend also won an awau:d for win
ning a place on the All-Moore County team.
The banquet was held at the Southern Pines
Country club. Coach Irie Leonard was not able
to be present. (Photo by Emerson Humphrey.)
Western Union
Office Silent
As Strike Begins
Things were dead as a doornail
at the Southern Pines office of
Western Union Thursday morn
ing.
Mrs. Nellie B. Mann, manager,
sat in the midst of a tnmblike
silence. Around the room the ma
chines which usually chatter
away were still. It seemed very
Strange in there—and Mrs. Mann
said she felt strange, too.
“But weTl keep the office open,
at least till we see what’s going
to happen,” she said. “With
monthly reports and all, there’s
enough work to do to keep us
busy a couple cf days, at least.”
It will take a lot to make Mrs.
Mann lock up. Fire couldn’t do
it. When -the Western Union of
fice burned out a good many
years aeo, she had her equipment
set rieht up nearby, sat on a
wooden box and, while firemen
were still fighting the flames, be
gan sending out messages.
The strange silence prevailing
Thursday was shared with every
Western Union office in the land,
according to available reports.
Wednesday midnight the emoloy-
ees struck—a comnlete, sudden,
nationwide strike in all depart
ments, with only a few hours’
notice. With staffs of the relay
centers walking out, the branch
offices were helpless, whether
thev liked it or not.
Mrs. George B. Little, assistant
LaNelle Kirk Wins Speaking Contest;
Goes On To Face District Test Today.
ANNUAL MEETING
Anntial meeting of the
Moore County Historical asso-
datioD will be held next
Thiirsday at 8 p. m. at the
Southern Pines library, ac
cording to Mrs. Ernest L. Ives,
president.
Election of officers will be
held.
Dr. J. C. Robert, of the his
tory department of Duke uni
versity. newly appointed pres
ident of Coker college. Harts-
ville. S. Cm has been invited
to attend as guest speaker and
had made tentative accept
ance. said Mrs. Ives. Dr. Rob
ert is a noted historical s^oi-
ar. and writer on historical
subjects.
Mother Is Killed
By Shotgun Blast
In Family Quarrel
A Negro mother, attempting to
keep her daughter from shooting
her son, instead received the shot
gun blast full in her own breast
and was instantly killed at Ad-
dor Sunday evening, it was re
ported by Sheriff C. J. McDon
ald.
At an inquest conducted by
Ralph G. Steed at Carthage Mon-
to Mrs. Mann, who comes on dutv day, the jury rendered its verdict
first in the morning, opened all that Sally Covington, 48, had died
the apparatus at 8:30 a. m^, but ^f a gun wound at the hands of
not a click or a clack came out. her daughter Martha Jane
“If cr.vbody at all was on duty Snuggs, 29. The daughter was
at Raleigh, we’d hear something,”! bound over on a murder charge
she worrit, “but there isn’t a for grand jury action at the next
word!” , jterm cf criminal court.
A guest from the Southland ho-1 The degree of murder will be
tel across the street entered fixed by the solicitor in present-
anxiously. “Isn’t there any way ing his bill of indictment.
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Dr. Hollister Heads Music Association;
Composer Will Lead Symphony Here
Dr. W. F. Hollister was elected* —•
Dundas, Voit Gilmore, W. F. Hen
derson, Mrs. N. L. Hodgkins, Mrs.
Audrey K. Kennedy, Dr. F. W.
langner, Mrs. John Ostrom,
Ostrom, Charles Picquet, Mrs.
Hoke Pollock, Mrs. W. A. Way,
Southern Pines; Mrs. Stuart Cut
'er, Dr. D. B. Nettleton, Pine-
hurst; Mrs. I. F. Horton, West
End; Lawrence M. Johnson, Mrs
Henry Page, Jr., Aberdeen; Dr.
Peck,- McCain; M!rs. Colin
G. Spencer, Jr., Miss Rozelle Wil-
A. Cul-
Seiger Herr Second
In Peace Program
LaNelle Kirk won the speaking
contest of the High School World
Study group held at Weaver audi
torium Thursday morning. The
honor roll student, who is also
secretary of the Junior class, thus
gets a chance to take part in the
district contest in Asheboro today,
the winner of which will repre
sent the state in the national con
test to be held in New York.
Runner-up was Sieger Herr, al
so a Junior and an honor student.
Both girls are members of the
basketball team.
Others participating were Janet
Hamel, Mary Cameron, John
Cornwell, and Betty Jane. Wor
sham. Judges were Mrs. James
Boyd, editor of The Pilot, and the
Rev. Cheves K. Ligon. Dr. Robert
Lee House, also named a judge,
was unable to be present.
Sponsored by the United Na
tions association, the contest has
been held annually in all high
schools of the country, for the pri
mary purpose of increasing
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YoungDesperadoes
Caught By Police
After 5 Burglaries
17-Year-Old Taken
j From Train, Carrying
Two Loaded Pistols
A two-week crime wave in West
Southern Pines was believed end
ed with the arrest last Thursday
of two young Negro desperadoes,
one 17 and the other only 12 years
of age, it was reported by Police
Chief C. E. Newton this week.
At least one of their crimes—
armed burglary committed at
night while occupants of the
building were asleep—is a capi
tal offense in North Carolina.
Bobby Hunter, 17, was appre
hended on the northbound train.
On information from the local po
lice, he was taken off the train
at Sanford. When arrested he car
ried two loaded pistols; a ticket
to New York, purchased at Aber
deen; a paper sackful of small
coins, and a suitcase full of cloth
ing identified as having been
stolen from the Lutz Cleaning
company in West Southern Pines.
He was wearing some of the stol
en clothes.
Raymond Wilson, 12, was
caught some time later lurking
about the Mid Pines lake, also in
stolen clothing. He was taken be
fore Juvenile Judge C. C. Ken
nedy at Carthage, and, since he
was already on probation for
breaking into the Clark and Brad
shaw service station several
weeks ago, was sent at once to the
Morrison Training school at Hoff
man.
Hunter was tried in recorders
court Monday for carrying a con
cealed weapon and sentenced to
50 days on the roads. At the con
clusion of this term he will be
tried in superior court on several
counts of breaking and entering,
larceny and r^eiving, including
the armed burglary.
Chief Newton said the ,bovs
freely admitted to the crimes with
which they were charged, accom
panied the officers to the scenes
cf their midnieht activities and
showed how they were commit
ted.
At tice Lutz cleaning place, the
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Furniture Store
Here Boiight By
J. B. Von Canon
HouseSy Gardens Will Be Open
On Springtime Tour Wednesday
This resort community, world-*”
famed as the “springtime village”,
snow-bsnked with blossoming
dogwood and blushing with aza
leas, will be the scene of an un
usual garden tour next Wednes
day, the third annual such event
to be sponsored by the Southern
Pines Garden club.
Included on the tour will be
the Shaw House, quaint cottage
with roof of hand-riven shingles,
authentically restored and furn
ished by the Moore County His
torical association: five of South
ern Pines’ loveliest homes—the
houses, as well as the gardens,
hospitably open to visitors; and
the North Carolina wing of the
gardened Southern Pines library,
containing an art gallery and a
beautiful period room which con
tains the research library of the
distinguished author, James Boyd.
Kiwanis Luncheon
For Generals Is
Star-Studded Event
Eleven generals, 10 living in the
Sandhills and one a guest, were
honored Wednesday at the most
star-studded meeting ever held
by the SandhiRs Kiwanis club.
They included officers entitled to
wear from one all the way up to
five stars—^the last-named cate
gory being represented, of course,
by Gen. George C. Marshall, one
of the few men in American his
tory ever to reach five-star rank.
The luncheon meeting was held
at the USAF Air-Ground Opera
tions school at Highland Pines
The Shaw House at the south
end of town, where US 1 and
firoad street intersect, will, serve
as headquarters of the tour from
11 a. m. to 5:30 p. m., and lunch
eon and tea will be served there
From the Shaw House the tour
route will be plainly marked by
green arrow posters about the
town, though actually the tour
may be begun at any point on the
route.
At the Shaw House the old-
fashioned herb garden, planted
a year ago and now thriving
apace, will be on public display
for the first time. This garden
was the gift of the current Gar
den Club president, Mrs. W. D.
Campbell, and is planted only in
herbs in use 100 or more years
ago, many extremely rare today.
These were selected and planted
according to the design of Cora
Annette Harris, noted garden con
sultant and writer of Charlotte.
New herbs have recently been
added and a flowering pear tree
planted in the center of the gar
den by E. A. Mcrell, Southern
Pines nurseryman.
The North Caroliha wing of the-
Southern Pines library was giv-
ep to the Town by the family of
James Boyd. Among treasures
which it contains are priceless
autographs^ of American histori
cal personages, also the desk, of
cherrywood burnished with age,
used by Abraharr Lincoln in the
House of Representatives before
he became president.
The James Boyd room of the
North Carolina wing is built
chiefly of wood from an antebel
lum home bought in its entirety
lum home and an old store build
association at the annual meeting
held last Thursdav evening at the
Southern Pines library.
Other cfficers for 1952-53 elect
ed were Mrs. Adam Weir Craig,
Pinehurst, and Bert Premo, treas
urer.
New directors are: Mrs. P. T.
Barnum. Mrs. James Boyd, Mrs.
R. L. Chandler, Jr., Mrs. John
NOT TONIGHT
Sandhills Mu^ic association
are a^k^d bv Voit Gilmore, re-
tirinq president, to note that
the N. C. Symphony Or-h«vs.
h'a will play here Friday,
April 25, and not toniqht.
Season tickets bear ■ the
date of April 4 for the Sym
phony concert. However, the
orchestra's schedule was
chanced after the tickets were
printed. There wiH be no con
cert tonight (Friday).
Constance Foster
Book Honored By
Parents’ Institute
Mrs. Constance J. Foster of
Pinebluff has been ediosen by a
jommittee of leaders in parent
.'ducation to receive the first hon
orable mention for Parents Maga-
ine’s annual Book Medal.
Mrs. Foster’s book “Fathers
.\re Parents Too,” written in col-
aboration with Dr. O. Spurgeon
English, noted Philadelphia psy
chiatrist, and published last fall
by G. P. Putnam’s Sons, was con
sidered by the judges as bne
the outstanding books published
for parents last year.
The announcement of the award
was made this week by Parents
Institute, Inc., of New York City,
publishers of Parents Magazine
pnd six other periodicals for pa
rents and young people.
Mrs. Foster, an alumna of Smith
coUege, has written a number of
books and magazine articles since
her first article was published in
Parents 25 years ago. She is the
daughter of the late Rev. and
Mrs. C. L. Jackson of Pinebluff.
She and her husband, Eugene H.
Foster, moved to Pinebluff from
Great Neck, Long Island, about
two years ago. She is the mother
of two grown sons.
In “Fathers Are Parents Too’
she stresses the important oart
that fathers play in the healthy
development of their
bamson, Carthage, and J
bertson, Robbins.
Dr. Hollistar succeeds Voit Gil
more, who has served as presi
dent fcr two terms, since the as-| emotional
sociation’s , organization in the sons and daughters. Since publi-
snring of 1950, during which jt cation of the book, chanters of»it
has become firmly established in have appeared as separate articles
the cultural life of the Sandhills, in Parents Magazine, Paseant.
Mr. Gilmore, with Mr. and Mrs. Why and the current issue of Bet-
Bert Premo, will head the mem- ter Homes and Gardens,
bership campaign for the coming Mrs. Foster’s book was runner-
year. up to “Brothers and Sisters,” by
The slate was presented by W. Mrs. Edith G.' Neisser, for the Pa-
(Continued on Page 8) 1 rents Magazine award.
J. B. Von Canon, of West End,
this week announced that he had
purchased the Johnson-Brown
Furniture store here and is con
tinuing its operatioh under a
changed name. Colonial Furniture
store. This is the second Colonial
’’rniture store. The first is at
West End.
Mrs. Holly Sisk, daughter of
Mr. Von Canon, has been named
manager of the Southern Pines
store and is already on the job,
with new stock arriving daily.
The store was bought from Mrs.
Hazel Green and R. C. Johnson,
who built it slightly more than^
three years ago, opening it Jan
uary 29, 1941. The one-story brick I
building with 90-foot frontage on
South Broad street and 60 feet
on Massachusetts avenue, is one
of the community’s handsomest
’ud most modern business estab
lishments.
The name Von Canon stands
at the top in furniture circles of
the state. J. B. Von Canon is pres
ident of the Sandhill Furniture
corporation of West End, furni
ture manufacturers, established
in 1927. Bedroom suites £uid beds,
reproductions of period furniture,
are their suecialty, though they
are now adding dinette furniture.
In 1932 Mr Von Canon establish
ed the Colonial Furniture store,
a retail concern, also at West End.
The Southern Pines store, like
the one at West End, will carry a
general line of popular-priced
furniture, lamps and other home
accessories. While it will stock
lines manufactured by the Sand
hill corporation, it will by no
menas be restricted to these. I'
is planned to add Westinghouse
appliances later.
Most of the old stock was clear
ed out in a sale conduct.'^d bv the
former owners before transfer of
the property. Mir. Von Canon
bought what stock wa^ left, along
with the building, but is re-stock
ing completely with fresh new
furnishings in wide variety.
Inn, with Brig. Gen. William M.
Gross, commandant, filling^ a'i*^g in Mlanly. Its reeded man-
triple role as host, guest and j tel, wide polished flooring and
speaker. 18th century detailing of panel
ing and trim make it one of the
handsomest period rooms of the
state, worthy of any museum. Its
atmosphere, however, is not that
of a museum. A cheerful and com
fortable room, it is frequently
used for informal meetings, and
is a favorite “browsing” place of
library visitors.
Homes on the tour represent a
wide range of architectural styles,
from the classic Georgian and
neo-Grecian to a modern ranch
type home just completed this
year. Each will be adorned with
floral arrangements typical of its
period and style, and there will
be several special displays, such
as a hunt breakfast laid out on
the great dining table at Wey
mouth, the James Boyd home.
The ranch-type home, belong
ing to Mr. and Mrs. Voit Gilmore,
has a number of unusual features.
Voit Gilmore, club president,
presented the honor guests, a
roll-call of renown—General Mar
shall, who capped his Army ca
reer with service as Secretary of
State and Secretary of Defense;
Maj. Gen. A. V. Arnold, and his
guest Maj. Gen. Harry Maloney;
Maj. Gen. J. F. Barnes; Brigadier
Generals Pearson Menoher, Rob
ert Burns Hill, Stuart Cutler, Rog
er M. Wicks, A. L. Sneed and Wil
liam M. Gross.
Maj. Gen. Ira T. Wyche, unable
to be present, was honored in ab
sentia.
All are retired except General
Mepoher, commanding general of
Fort Bragg, and General Gross.
All are Army except General
Sneed and General Gross, both
Air .Force.
Despite the presence of so much
rank, the atmosphere of the lunch-
on was informal and at timesi Its unique combination of Califor-
gay, marked by considerable rib-1 nia redwood with old Moravian
bing, which the distinguished, brock, handmade at Salem 200
guests appeared to enjoy to the
full.
There was no ribbing, however,
years ago, provides an interesting
textural contrast.
The classic white mansion of
n ■Pre'jd"”! Gilmore’s brief Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Winkelman
speech of tribute to the generals.! on East Massachusetts avenue, has
He assured them of the esteem in a garden rated as near perfection
which they are held here, and in its use of native shrubs and
saluted their vast accomplish- flowering plants,
ments on b°half of the nation dur-| The soacious Georgian home of
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Old Homestead Is Tour Headquarters
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Benefit Golf Events
For CerebralPalsy,
Red Cross Drive
Weathervane Matches
Saturday, Sunday
At Pine Needles
Eighteen-hole medal play for
both men and women wiU be held
Saturday and Sunday by the Pine
Needles Golf club as its participa
tion in the nationwide Weather-
vane tournaments for the Cerebral
Palsy fund.
Chester I. Williams, club mam-
ager, said that a special entry fee
has been set of $1 per person per
day, and that “everybody’s wel
come, and urged to come out and
play for this great benefit.” All
proceeds go to the fimd to aid
cerebral palsy victims.
Golf and country chibs all over
the country are joining in the
movement, each scheduling its
own special event on behest of
Robert E. Harlow of Pinehurst,
national chairman. Most clubs are
holding one-day tournaments. Mr.
Williams, in noting that the Pine
Needles play will continue two
days, explained that “if you don’t
get a score to suit you the first
day, come out the second and you
still have a chance at the cup.”
Three-quarters of home club or
association handicap will be al
lowed. Low net scorer of the field
for the two days will receive a
silver replica of the Weathervane
cup, donated by Alvin Handmach-
er of New York City. Mr. Hand-
macher, originator of the Weath
ervane cross-country open tour
naments for women, has under
taken a unique personal sponsor
ship of the Cerebral Palsy tourna
ments. He has had 5{)0 silver
replicas made of the famous cup,
one to be given at each of the
Cerebral Palsy tournaments.
Several other prizes for both
men and women are being donat
ed by local merchants, said Mr.
Williams.
Famous Foursome
In Exhibition Match
At Pinehurst Wed.
Two of the county’s leading
amateurs will meet two of the
stars among this year’s money
winners on the professional cir
cuit in an exhibition golf match
Wednesday for the benefit of the
American Red Cross at the Pine
hurst Country club.
Pitted against Richard D. Chap
man, of Pinehurst, amateur cham
pion of Great Britain, and Hobart
Manley, Jr., cf Savannah, Ga.,
winner of last year’s North and
South Amateur at Pinehurst, will
be Jack Burke, Jr., of Fort Worth,
Texas, winner of four successive
open tournaments on this winter’s
tour of the pros and the current
leader in Ryder Cup team points,
and Tommy Bolt, 1^51 North and
South Open victor and winner of.
this year’s Los Angeles Open.
It should be a match worth go
ing miles to see. Every nn ember of
the foursome has been going great
guns this Spring; Chapman and
Manley will be among leading
contestants in the 62nd North and
South Amateur here April 21-
26, “Dick” seeking his first N and
S championship to go with his U.
3., French, Canadian and British,
and Manley defending the title he
won last year.
Bolt will be returning to the
course he tore apart in capturing
'ast November’s North-South
Open from a field which included
•^'embers of both British and U. S.
Ryder Cup teams. And Burke to
"he scene of his 4-3 victory over
Great Britain’s Jimmy Adams in
the singles of the Ryder Cup
matches. Paired with Clayton
Heafner. he also won in the doub-
'=s over Max Faulkner and Dai
Rees, 5 and 3, to account for two
H. S. points.
Tee-off time is 1:45 p. m. and
'll proceeds will go toward the
-’urrent fund drive of the It^oore
Courtv chanter of the Red Cross.
Last year a Sandhills Wr^man’s
^oen was nlayed at the Mid Pines
•'or the Red Cross, with Patty
’^erg winning over “Babe” Za-
arias, Mrs. Estelle Lawson Page,
Pat O’Sullivan and Mae Murray.
The Shaw House, built in 1840 and restored by the Moore
County Historical association, will be headquarters for the South
ern Pines Garden club’s “Houses and Gardens” tour Wednesday.
Of special interest is the old-fashioned herb garden.
(Photo by Hemmer)
Elmer Reneqar. Jr., stationed in
Korea, has been promoted from
Pfc. to corporal, according to
word received by his father. El
mer entered the Army February
20, 1951, and was transferred to
Korea in August. -