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AID MOTHERS—■ AID BABIES— BUY A TAG VOL. 33—NO. 25 AID MOTHERS— AID BABIES-^ BUY A TAG SOUTHERN PINES, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1952 TWENTY PAGES PRICE—TEN CENTS Southern Pines Bo^'" Scouts W^in Awnrd At Cnmporee doitlllllSSlOllCTS Will Organize Defense Council General Arnold Presents County wide Plan To Board A Moore County Civil Defense j Council, to be composed of may- jors of all towns and leading citi- I zens- in rural areas, will be set up by the county commissioners ac cording to plan outlined by Maj. Gen. A. V. Arnold at their May meeting at Carthage Monday. General Arnold, former U. S. military governor of Korea, who has lived ih Southern Pines since his recent retirement, was appoint ed county director of civil de fense by the commissioners in January. According to his plan, the Civil Defense Council would appoint CD directors in each community where this has not been done, to work with him and related agen cies in an overall plan for the county. Chairman Gordon M. Cameron of the county board said he will write the mayors and other lead- ?rs, asking them to serve on the Council. Several suggestions for rural CD leaders were made by the commissioners from those areas. Civil defense directors were ap pointed some time ago in South ern Pines, whose director is Col. Donald Madigan, and in Aber deen, whose director is W. Sidney Taylor. Budgetary matters occupied much of the time and attention of the commissioners in their aU- (Continned on page 5) These boys of Southern Pines Troop 73 were among 1,500 Boy Scouts who took part in the Occoneechee Council Camporee held last week end on the campus of Duke university—^frdm left. Rod Whiting, James Morris, John McCon nell, Jimmy Menzel, Garland Pierce and Paul Propst. The scouts pitched camp on The Dixie and Lion patrols of Troop, 73 were among those who won red ribbons for the sec ond-place rating of “Standard,” as also did Troop 68 of Aberdeen, in the judging on points for setting up camp, cooking, maintaining camp order and discipline, and cleaning up campsite. Maternal Welfare Tag Day Dawson Presents School Needs of Present, Future The annual drive of the Moore County Maternal Wel fare committee will take place this Saturday. In all parts of the county, tags will be sold on that day, the proceeds to benefit the work for mothers and babies sponsored by this county women’s organization. Main purpose of the tag day sale is to raise money as a supplementary fund for emergency needs in connection with the pre-natal clinics of the County Health Depart ment. This year, also, for the first time, a free bed is to be maintained for needy mothers in the Elizabeth Woltz Currie ward. This ward is the gift to the Moore County hospital made through funds raised by the county com mittee, of which Mrs. Currie was the founder and chair man for many years. In Southern Pines, the drive will be carried on under the direction of Mrs. James Boyd, co-chairman with Mrs. Talbot Johnson of Aberdeen, of the county committee. Mrs. Claude Reams will have charge of the table by the bank and Mrs. L. T. Avery of the table by the pbst office. They will be assisted by Mrs. E. C. Stevens, Mrs. Kath erine McColl and others. In West Southern Pines, six churches have undertaken to sell the tags on Mother’s Day, under the direction of their pastors and deacons. The Reverends WellSj Ray, Martin, Gilchrist and Deacons Murphy and Gillis. Mrs. Louise Butler and Mrs. Marie Goins are assisting in the drive. wooded area near the West Cam pus, and in the ensuing three-day period exchanged ideas on camp ing techniques and competed for the awards based on camping skill, conduct and overall spirit. Woodcraft and camping exhibits and numerous activity events kept them busy. Saturday afternoon, the boys were guests of Duke university for athletic events. Saturday night was the big night, with the councilwide Scout Circus held on the freshman field. For this event, 200 Cub Scouts joined the Camporee Scouts and thousands of spectators thronged the field, watching the circus from specially built bleachers. All the scouts took part in the grand opening and the finale fea turing the spotlighted Goddess of Liberty. Hippodrome acts includ ed camping scenes, construction of rustic bridges and signal towers and numerous sturits. Scout clowns performed between the acts. Sunday events began with a colors ceremony and worship ser vice in Duke Chapel. An exhibit of camping and woodcraft equip- mentj to which the public was in vited, took place from 10 a.m. to 12.noon, Final assembly at 12:15 p. m. was followed by lunch and the cleaning up of the campsites, after-which the boys all left for home. Duke Vice - President Dr. Charles E. Jordan was Camporee and circus chairman. Counties represented were Moore, Lee, Chatham, Cumberland, Durham, Orange, Wake, Harnett, Granville, Franklin, Vance and Warren. Bloodmobile Here Next Wednesday- ‘‘Need Continues Great,” Is Appeal Cameron Remedies 1951 Oversight By Holding Town Election This Week Municipal elections were held'* ^ — at Cameron Tuesday, just one county its first on which women ^ f „ 4. . 4. 4. 4. ^ predominate—and it is very like- • -• forgot to get^ started ly the only one, or at any rate, last year, admit* one of very few in North. Caro- ted one citizen of the quiet little jjna. Three women were swept The Red Cross Bloodmobile will*' pay its second visit of the year here Wednesday, the last before next fall. It will be stationed at the Southern Pines gym from 11 a. m. to 4:30 p. m. testing donors and collecting blood to supply ur gent needs in Korea and in mili tary hospitals That, this need is more urgent than ever was emphasized this week by John F. Buchholz, counyt blocd program chairman, who said, “Don’t let the talks at Pan- munjon fool you—the war is still Power Wagon Is Burned Up In Forest Fire County Precinct Meetings Set For 2 P. M., Saturday Democratic precinct committee members are to be held Saturday at 2 p. m. at the usual meeting places throughout the 17 precincts of Moore, it was announced this week by 'W. A. Leland McKeithen, chairman of the Moore County Democratic Executive committee. At the meetings, precinct com mittee members and officers will be elected, also delegates to the county convention, set for the fol lowing Saturday, May 17, at the courthouse at 2 p. m. In Southern Pines, the precinct meeting will be at the Legion Hut on East Maine avenue, said L. V. O’Callaghan, chairman. Other of ficers and members of the precinct committee are Mrs. Ruth W. Swisher, vice-chairman; Mrs. L. L. Woolley, secretary; Ernest Wil son and Joe C. Thomas. Precinct chairmen are as fol lows: Aberdeen, H. Clifton Blue; Bensalem, W. McC. Blue; East Carthage, Mrs. Lessie G. Brown; West Carthage, E*. J. Burns; Deep River, Mrs. Lucille Hyman; Eure ka, Ernest Horne; Greenwood, J. A. Shaw; Highfalls, Charles Up church; Pinehurst, J. Prank Mc- Caskill; Pinebluff, M. C. Pickier; Ritter, Borden Ritter; Spencer- ville, D. A. Dunlap; Southern Pines, L. V. O’Callaghan; Spies, Jason Freeman; Robbins, W. P. Saunders; Vass, W. D. Smith; West End, Edgar Graham. Moore county’s newest and fin est power wagon, which in a few short months had proved its val ue at numerous forest fires, was completely destroyed by one last Thursday afternoon on US High way 1 a mile below Pinebluff. V. E. McCrimmon, of the fire fighting crew attached to the Southern Pines tower, leaped from the vehicle just in time and, almost overcome by smoke, was assisted to safety by other crew members. He was taken to Moore County hospital, where he soon recovered. The fire was a particularly hot ^nd vicious one, said Ranger E. W. Davis. McCrimmon was plow ing a line around the fire when the wind shifted, it broke over another line and “crowned” swiftly through the trees just over the power wagon, which burst into flames. The vehicle was fully equipped with safety and firefighting de vices, with some features of a tractor and others of a bulldozer. It was insured, and is expected to be replaced when another is available. The fire covered about 20 acres on the Adder estate. Springing up along the highway shoulder,, it was attributed to a smoker’s care less tossing-out of a cigarette from a car. This was one of several fires occurring during the past week, after a brief respite granted by April showers/'the past weekend. Another was going on on the T. C. Auman estate at West End at the same time, necessitating the securing of help from Camp Mac- kall to help fight the Addor fire. Fire which took about seven hours to subdue covered approx imately 135 acres on the Auman place. Tuesday, a farmer burning off a lakesite betweeif Jackson Spring failed to keep the blaze Springs ad Eagle Springs failed to keep the blaze under control. Be fore the Forest Service crew had it mastered about four hours later, it raced over some 175 acres. It required more attention Wednes on. Casualties reported each week average 250 and the hospitals are full. If the Korean conflict were to end tomorrow, the need for blood would continue for mapy months for thousands of hospital ized men.” Blood supplies remain low, needing constant replenishment. The appeal goes out this week to those who have already given, and also to many new donors, to help' make up the quota of 300 pints to be secured on the one-day visit. On its last visit, made February 22, the local collection was 307 pints—a proud record. Mr. Buch holz expressed this week the hope that the next visit would see it equaled, or even bettered. He pointed out that the Blood mobile is making only three vis its here yearly, whereas it goes to the other counties on its list four times a year. Volunteer chairmen are at work in several county commun ities to secure pledge cards in ad vance. Those who have not been contacted by one of these workers are asked to make their appoint ments through the Red Cross chapter office here — or just come to the Bloodmobile as early as they can do so Wednesday. The process of giving blood is a simple one, without ill effects. Tests are given by the medical staff in advance so that those not able to give safely are not ac cepted. Healthy persons from 18 to 60 are eligble to become donors. Those from 18 to 21 must bring written consent of parent or guardian. i Cummings Golf Party, Retreat Close Mid Pines Closing events on the season’s calendar for the Mid Pines club will be the 32nd Semi-Annual Meeting of the Homer Cummings Golf Tournament this weekend, followed by the annual retreat of priests of the N. C. Catholic dio cese Monday through Friday. The hotel will then close until Octo ber. General Cummings and his 40 to 50 distinguished guests—lead ers in the nation’s political, judi cial, editorial, medical, banking and military circles—have visited the Sandhills every spring and fall since 1933. The group changes slightly from year to year but General Cummings goes on for ever, a genial host and lively lead er of a spirited group. They play Saturday for the Rob ert W. Fleming Championship cup, and Sunday for the Van Bo- mel Consolation cup. Though the poup is non-political, the meeting is expected to take on extra zest this election year on account of the important political connec tions of the members, and the fact (Continued on page 5) village 13 miles north of South ern Pines, on US Highway 1. “We have a time getting anybody to serve, anyhow, and it didn’t seem to. matter too much. The old board just stayed on.” Twenty voters went to the polls at th« community house and elect ed five commissioners from the slate of seven nominees, also re turning their mayor. Mack Trent, to office. The new board gives Moore Dr. Mobbs’ Long Labor Bears Fruit— N. C. State Will Undertake Research The interest and efforts of a-*- young Aberdeen physician. Dr. Robert F. Mobbs, ove* a period of about four years have evolved in to an important new project to be undertaken by State college at Raleigh, financed by the N. C. Junior Chamber of Commerce, to determine the effects on the hu man body of DDT and certain other new chemicals of wide spread use. Announcement was made this week that experiments in this little-known field will be under taken by Dr. G. Howard Satter field, professor of. bio-chemistry, with his son and another helper. State College officials have agreed to turn over the use of their la boratories for the project, and en- dorsenient and encouragement have been given by Governor Scott. Results of the experiments may determine State and national leg islation in regard to the distribu tion and control of sprays and in secticides in which they are em ployed. It is reported that al ready certain chemical manufac- day, breaking out again in several | turing interests have set up funds spots. to fight such legislation, which is now being studied by a special Congressional committee. Dr. Mobbs gave a paper Tues day night before the N. C. Medi cal society, meeting at Pinehurst, on one phase of the work which he has pursued with intensity since 1948. This was “The Biolog ical Effect of the Vitamin Inositol with the Anti-Metabolite Benzene Hexachloride.” Dr. Mobbs’ interest in this field began with his investigation of the death of a two-year-old Aber deen girl, and the near-fatal ill ness of her brother in May 1948. He said the investigation indicat ed that fumes from a near-by chemical plant, manufacturing ag ricultural sprays, could have been the cause. He began an exhaustive inquiry of public health and agricultural authorities to find out just how much was known, and what, con cerning the effects of such chemi cals on huma» beings. He found not only that little was known, but that no department or bureau of State or nation had the respon sibility for finding out. His in quiries made by letter and per- (Continued on Page 5) Armed Forces Programs Planned For Community Southern Pines, now having a military installation of its own, besides many resident military persons, will honor them with a community observance of Armed Forces Day next week. The Town, the school and the USAF Air-Ground Operations school at Highland Pines Inn are cooperating in a program to be held at Weaver auditorium at 2:15 p.m., Friday, May 16. It will last about 45 minutes and everyone is invited, especially military per sonnel and their families, said Mayor C. N. Page. Gross Will Speak The school band will play, the glee club will sing and there will be a special speaker—Brig. Gen. W. M. Gross, commandant of USAFAGOS, who will have a spe cial message for the children. Mayor Page will honor General Gross in behalf of the town, both as representative of the unique school located here since last June, and as an “honorary citi zen” ip his own right. Members of all branches of the armed serv ices, with other distinguished guests, will be present. At USAFAGOS The next day, Saturday, May 17, USAFAGOS will be host at an “open house” starting at 1:30 p.m. Most of this program, which wiU include band music and the pre sentation of several awards, will be held outdoors, and all are in vited, according to word from General Gross. . * Part of the program, however, will consist of events to be held in the projection room, described as “An Air-Ground Team in Ac tion” and “An Evening Planning Conference,” showing in detail how air-ground operations are precisely planned and carried through. Since the projection room seats only about 100 persons, free tickets will be made available and these will be given out in ad vance on a “first come, first served” basis. They may be se cured at the billeting desk at the Inn. If all are not taken up by the time of the program, they will be given out to guests desiring them at that time. At Fort Bragg Fort Bragg will also have its customary all-day ' “open house” Saturday, May 17, with a parade and dress review, weapons exhi bits, demonstrations of the work ings of specialized units, etc. into office—Mrs. Jewel Hemphill, with 17 votes; Miss Mary Emma Thomas, with 16, and Mrs. W. G. Parker,' with 14. ■ The only holdover from the old board, Will McNeiU, led the slate with all 20 votes. The mayor only got 18 and Hubert Nickens went on the board with 14. Also-ran were Robert Laubsch- er, 12, and Mrs. Jack Phillips, 6. Needing nominees, the old board had just turned the job of selecting some pver to a nominat ing committee—all women. With true civic spirit the ladies pre sented a choice of candidates, and all seemed satisfied with the re sult. Cameron has a population of 280 (1950 census). It was incorporated in 1876, 10 years before South' ern Pines. Local ^ouple Loses Daughter In Ohio Tragedy A telephone call Tuesday night from Dayton, Ohio, brought to Mr. and Mrs. Alton Scott of Pine dene the heartbreaking news that their daughter Julia Faye, 23, had been shot to death by her husband. Dr. Granville Rion, who had then killed himself. Mr. and Mrs. Scott left early Wednesday for Dayton, and were expected back sometime Thurs day. Funeral services for Mrs Rion have been tentatively set for 3 p. m. Saturday at the First Bap tist church with the pastor. Dr. W. C. I^olland, officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Hope cemetery. The news was shocking to this community, where Mrs. Rion grew up and attended school. She and her husband spent last year with her parents here, while Dr. Rion, a chiropractor, practiced at San ford. They returned to Dayton, Dr. Rion’s home town, in January. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Boes, sister and brother-in-law of Mrs. Rionf returned only two weeks ago from a visit to the Rions. They said this week, “They seemed so happy. We had no premonition of trou ble.” Few details of the tragedy were learned, other than that it appear ed to have been premeditated on the part of the husband, who rented a car and took his wife some miles out of Dayton to per form the act. He shot her twice. 'The first shot was not fatal. The second is said to have killed her instantly. Mrs. Rion was bom August 23, 1928, in Duplin county, and mov ed to Southern Pines with her family in 1935. She attended Southern Pines school and, for two years, Notre Dame Academy. During her senior year in high school her family lived in Golds boro and she graduated there. An early marriage ended in di vorce, leaving her with a little boy, Joseph Michael Clohossy, now three years old. She and Granville Rion, a native of Dayi- ton and graduate of Lincoln Chir- (Continued on Page 5) Long-Range Plan For Disirict Goes To Commissioners Supt. A. C. Dawson of Southern Pines schools laid a long-range program before the county com missioners Monday with estimated costs, covering major capital out lay needs for this administrative district,foreseen within the next five years. While some items are marked “needed now,” consideration of others is asked only in the next two to five years. “This is an at tempt,” Supt. Dawson said, “to work out our needs intelligently in advance, and to provide for their step-by-step accomplish ment.” Biggest item on the list is a new high school building, re quested “prior to September 1955,” and with $250,000 given as the es timated cost. This accounts for slightly more than half of the total estimate of $495,000. Second biggest need is fors 10 additional classes, four for the West Southern Pines school, “needed now,” and six for the white elementary school as fol lows: two by September 1953, two by September 1955 and two by September 1957. The new elementary school, completed with 10 classrooms in September 1948, has since been extended by four “and we are full, lock, stock and barrel,” Dawson declared. “We can manage another year, but if we keep grow- ing as we have in the past few years—and we have every reason to feel this will be the case—we will need every one of the addi tional classrooms requested.” Other item's on the list include: landscaping and drainage of both the white and Negro school sites; dressing rooms for the gymna sium; breezeways connecting ex isting buildings; moving home economics cottage to another site; and, for the West Southern Pines school, a cafeteria, remodeling of present building with new lights, chalkboards, corkboards and new chairs where needed; repair of ceilings and floors, and remodel ing and equipping the scierice laboratory. Mr. Dawson was accompanied by N. L. Hodgkins of the South ern Pines school board. They ask ed that “as much as possible” be included in this year’s budget, to be made up in June and July. The commissioners did not indi cate what they felt they could do for Southern Pines schools this year. Youthful Tennis Players Compete Here Next Week Drawings will be made Sunday for the Moore County Schools Tennis tournament, which will start Monday on the municipal courts, it was learned this week from the tournament committee of the sponsoring Junior Sand hills Tennis association. Entry should be made before that time through the JSTA presi dent, Steve Choate, or the tour nament committee chairman, Ken neth Tew. Players who have not reached their 19th birthday are eligible. Indications at midweek were that the tournament will be the largest since the event was start ed by the Sandhills Tennis asso ciation in 1950. Forty to 50 boys and girls have entered in pre vious years. By Wednesday of this week, 29 had entered for the boys’ singles, with good numbers also for most of the other events—• boys’ doubles, girls’ singles and doubles and mixed doubles, all in both grammar-grade and high school classifications. Practice is <?oing on daily and nightly on the local courts. Play will start at 3:30 p. m. Monday and continue each after noon, with finals to be held Fri day and Saturday, probably at night. Trophies will be given both winners and runners-up by the senior organization. New appointments by President Choate include Patty Woodell as chairman of publicity, and Johnny Watkins of membership.
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