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VOL. 33—NO. 43
Southern Pines To
Honor Tar Heel
Greats Of Golfdom
Certificates Will
Be Given Them In
Washington Sept. 18
Awards will be presented to
National Open Champion Julius
Boros and other golfing greats
who have brought fame to North
Carolina on North Carolina Day,
September 18, of the National
Celebrities open championship in
Washington, D. C., which the
Washington Post is sponsoring.
Present to conduct the ceremonies
will be Charles S. Patch, Jr.,
town commissioner of Southern
Pines; Richard S. Tufts of Pine-
hurst, vice president of the .United
States Golf association, and Rob
ert E.\Harlow, publisher of Golf
World, Pinehurst.
Mr. Patcliwill present to Julius
Boros, Richard D. Chapman, John
Palmer, Clayton Heafner, Tommy
Holt, Stewart “Skip” Alexander
and Billy Joe Patton certificates
inscribed as follows:
Certificate of Recognition,
presented by the Town of
Southern Pines, N. C. to
(name of person printed) For
Your Outstanding Achieve
ments in the field of Golf both
in the United States and For
eign Countr,ies. The State of
North. Carolina and Southern
Pines in particular recognize
your fine contribution to GoK.
Through your efforts you
have rendered-an invaluable
service to your State and
Community.
National Celebrities Open,
Washington, D. C.
September 18; 1952.
The certificates are signed by
C. N. Page, maybri and Charles S.
Patch, Jr., commissioner.
Awards will be presented on the
first tee of the Prince Georges
Country club on the opening day
of the three-day tournament, as
the Celebrities field swings into
its first found of play.
Jim Magner, a Washington res
taurant owner, former president
of the Touchdown club and a
North Carolina football hero of
years ago, heads a Washington
committee which will see that
many North Carolinians are on
hand for the ceremonies. He will
invite t];ie North Carolina State
society and the North Carolina
University Alumni chapter to turn
out and cheer almost as hard for
the Tar Heel golfers as they once
did when Charlie Justice ran for
a Carolina touchdown.
And now for a brief glance at
the Tar Heel celebrities:
Julius Boros has won two of the
biggesi, golf prizes of the 1952 sea
son, the National Open and the
World championship, worth $25,-
000, in the Tam O’Shanter tourna
ment. He was born in Fairfield,
Conn., and grew up there, but
caUs Mid Pines, Southern Pines,
home.
Richard D. Chapman of Pine-
hurst is winner of Canadian, Brit-
(Continued on page 5)
Mrs. Jane Scully
Is Accident Victim
Mrs. Jane Ferguson Scully, 22,
of near Raeford died in Scotland
Memorial hospital, Laurinburg,
Thursday afternoon of injuries re
ceived in an automobile accident
Monday night near Rowland.
Mrs. Scully’s husband was in
Korea, and efforts were made
through the Red Cross to contact
him. Funeral services were held
at 3:30 Simday afternoon at the
Raeford Baptist church, but burial
was deferred until Wednesday
afternoon, on the chance that the
soldier husband might arrive.
That day a message arrived, ask
ing that he be met at the Raeigh-
Durham airport.
Mrs. Scully was born in Niag
ara Feb. 4, 1930, the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Archie Ferguson.
She is survived by her husband,
Thomas F. Scully, with the U. S
Army in Korea; one daughter,
Catherine; her parents, of Rae
ford; four sisters, Mrs. J. D. Fly
of Raeford, Mrs. E. P. Gamer of
Southern Pines, Mrs. C. L. Glisson
of Myrtle Beach, S. C., and Mrs
J. D. Ruth, Angola, Ind.; and
three brothers, Marvin Ferguson
of LiUington, Clarence W. Fer
guson of Durham, and A. T. Fer
guson of Raeford.
TWENTY PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES, NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 12, 1952;
Page Memorial Plans Homecoming
TWENTY PAGES
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Homecoming Day will be observed at Page Memorial Meth
odist church in Aberdeen this Sunday, with Bishop W. W. Peele
of Laurinburg as guest speaker at the morning service. Bishop
Peele, in the early days of his ministry, served the Aberdeen
church as pastor. There will be special music by the choir.
After a picnic dinner on the grounds, the congregation will re
assemble at 1:45. A feature of the afternoon program will be an
informal talk entitled “Remarks Of a Charter Member,” by a
person whose identity is not being disclosed. G. C. Seymour will
be heard in “A Tribute To Our Founders,” and visiting former
pastors and members will be given an opportunity to reminisce
or bring greetings.
^ The Rev. T. J. Whitehead is serving his fifth year as pastor of
the church, whose present building was dedicated in 1914.
Patch Is Elected
Chairman Of New
Eisenhower Cluh
Seven Towns Are
Represented At
Initial Meeting
PRICE—TEN CENTS
RALLY
District and state leaders of
the Democratic party will be
in attendance at the Moore
County YDC sponsored rally
to be held in the courthouse at
Carthage on Saturday, Octo-
her 11, at 7:30 p.m., according
to an announcement by J.
Douglas David of Pinebluff,
county YDC president.
There in addition to Gover-
nor-nominate William B. Um-
stead, who will deliver the
main address, will be Con-
gressnaan Deane, Secre
tary of State Thad Eure, State
Auditor Henry L. Bridges,
ComAiissioner of Labor For
rest H. Shuford, Attorney
General Harry McMullan and
others.
Invitations have been ex
tended to other district and
YDC and senior party
leaders. A jammed court
house is anticipated for the
occasion.
PROMOTED
HARRY K. SMITH
Local Man Named
Saco-Lowell VP
Harry K. Smyth, general man
ager of the Sanford division, Saco-
Lowell shops, has been named
vice - president of the company,
Malcolm D. Shaffner, Saco-
Lowell president, announced Wed
nesday.
Mr. Smyth, who lives at 115
Highland road. Southern Pines,
will continue his present position
of general manager of the com
pany. He has had a long career
in manufacturing. Prior to his go
ing to Sanford, he spent 21 years
with Pratt and Whitney, makers
of machinery and fine tools, fol
lowed by two years with the Cum
mings Engine company, manufac
turers of diesel engines.
He then became vice-president
and general manager of the Ed
wards company, whose properties
Saco-Lowell shops purchased in
1948. It was then that Mr. Smyth
joined the Saco-Lowell organiza
tion.
He IS active in local affairs in
Sanford. He has served as presi
dent and member of the board of
directors of the Chamber of Com
merce. In 1948 he was elected
“Lee County Man of the Year.”
Mr. Smyth is a member of thel^nd Edwin Smail as co-planners,
Sanford Rotary club. I (Continued on Page 8)
Bishop Speaks To
Rotarians On Air
•Service Prospect .
Seplember 26
Is Set As Date
Of Ladies Night
The prospect of getting Eastern
Air Lines service for the Sand
hills, as -presented by Julian T.
Bishop, and plans for the annual
observance of Ladies Night fea
tured Friday’s luncheon meeting
of the Southern Pines Rotary club,
held at the Village Inn with Pres
ident Russell Lorenson in the
chair. The speaker was intro
duced by Lloyd T. Clark, program
chairman for September.
Mr. Bishop told the Rotarians of
his recent conference with Cap
tain Eddie Rickenbacker, presi
dent of Eastern, at EAL head
quarters in New York, at which
Captain Rickenbacker evidenced
an interest in year ’round service
including passenger, mail and ex
press, but not in seasonal service
only. Captain Rickenbacker was
particularly interested, the speak
er indicated, in the outlook for
tourist business and transporta
tion in connection with the many
manufacturing plants located in
this general area, including Aber
deen, Carthage, Candor, Robbins,
West End, Vass, Southern Pines,
Rockingham, Hamlet, Troy, San
ford, Red Springs, Asheboro, Rae
ford, and Biscoe.
The speaker disclosed that he is
getting fine cooperation from
these sources in assembling data,
and that the information gathered
will be presented by him to Cap
tain Rickenbacker shortly after
his return from England, which
was scheduled for Tuesday.
Among reports he had received
were those of Mayor Forrest
Lockey of Aberdeen, Karl Rob
bins of the Robbins Mills, Albert
Tufts of Pinehurst, and John
Howarth and Lloyd T. Clark of
Southern Pines.
To be incorporated in Mr. Tuft’s
report is the information that an
estimated 80 per cent of Pine-
hurst’s tourist trade comes from
the New England states. New
York and Pennsylvania, locations
that are in Eastern’s territory.
A letter to Mr. Bishop from Col.
Samuel T. Moore, assistant to the
commandant of the USAF Air-
Ground Operations school at
Highland Pines Inn, estimated
that travel to and from the school
would require 40 seats a week
each way.
Postmaster Garland Pierce men
tioned that the proposed schedule
would give one-day mail service
to Boston, New York, and that
section of the country.
Mr. Bishop left the impression
that establishment of the service
is now a matter of whether or not
Eastern Air Lines decides that it
will be a paying proposition.
Ladies' Night
The Ladies’ Night committee,
headed by W. Harry FuUenwider
as chairman with Garland Pierce
Charles S. Patch, Jr., of
Southern Pines was elected chair
man of the Moore County Eisen
hower and Nixon club Tuesday
night when representatives from
seven towns held an orgEnizaticn-|
al meeting at the Southern Pines >
Country club. ' {
Other officers elected were Mrs.
James Besley of Southern Pines
vice chairman; Mrs. Gladys Doyle!
of Southern Pines, secretary; and
Roy Swaringer of West End,!
treasurer.
Chosen to serve with these on !
the Executive committee, to meet
with the State organization next
week to formulate plans for Gen
eral Eisenhower’s visit to North
Carolina on September 26, were
Fred Hall of Southern Pines, H
W. Doub of Aberdeen, Col. Georj
!P. Hawes of Pinehurst, Mrs. Rog(
M. Wicks of Southern Pines, andl
W. C, Garner of Robbins. The
chairman was given authority to
make other appointments to the
executive committee from
throughout the county as may be
come necessary.
The following divisional chair
men were named, to organize the
various elements in the county to
get them to register and follow
this UD by voting on November
4: Registration committee, Robert
Howard and Col. Donald L. Mad-
igan, both of Southern Pines, co-
chairmen; Women’s division. Mrs
L. A. Des Pland, Southern Pines;
Youth division, Stanley Austin’
Southern Pines; Veterans’ divi
sion, Jujian Bishep, Pinehurst
These''cliairmen were urged to get
representatives in all precincts of
Moore countv, to coordinate their
respective objectives in the cam
paign.
Clem Barrett of Carthage, Re
publican candidate for Moore
County representative in the Gen
eral Assembly, spoke in behalf of
the club and the election of the
Eisenhower-Nixon ticket. He was
introduced by Graham Culbreth
of Southern Pines.
Chairman Patch announced that
he had been asked, by Jesse Page
of Charlotte, State chairman, to
serve on a committee of two from
North Carolina at the General
Eisenhower campaign conference
the Hotel Commodore in New
York this Saturday afternoon.
The conference has been labeled
•’s “important” and Mr. Patch
nlans to attend and report on the
conference at the next meeting
of the club.
A direct appeal for funds with
which to operate the unit met
with generous response at the
nieeting, with additional contribu
tions to be mailed in. The chair
man announced that anyone in
the county wishing to contribute
should make checks payable to the
Moore County Eisenhower- Nixon
Club and mail them to Box 421.
Southern Pines. Receipts will be
Town Is Asking for Bond Election
To Finance Needed Iniprovements
$160,000 Required
For Building, Fire
Truck, Sewerage
Leland McKeithen Elected To State
Bar Council; Resigns As Solicitor
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Lamont Brown,
NEW SOLICITOR
W. LAMONT BROWN
Moore County Has
14 Delegates At
YDC Convention
A delegation of 14 from Moore
county attended the Young Dem
ocratic convention held in Greens
boro on last Thursday, Friday and
Saturday.
Chairman of the county dele
gation was J. Douglas David,
president of the Moore club. H.
Clifton Blue, a former State YDC
Democratic Nominee,
Is Named To Post
W. Leland Mcl^eithen of Pine
hurst this week announced his
resignation as solicitor cf Moore
County recorders court, effective
at the end of this month, after 14
years in the office, with the ex
ception of three and a half years
of military service in World War
II
On Tuesday, meeting in Carth
age, the county commissioners ap
pointed W. Lamont Brown,
Southern Pines attorney and
Democratic nominee for solicitor,
to fill out Mr. McKeithen’s unex
pired term.
The Pinehurst attorney said
that he submitted his resignation
because he has been elected to
the State Bar Council, the board
which governs the North Carolina
State Bar. This is a statutory of
fice, requiring an cath, and there
fore, said Mr. McKeithen, he can
not hold two such offices. He will
be sworn in as a State Bar Coun
cil member in October and will
continue through September in
his duties with recorders court.
Before the democratic primary
in May, Mr: McKeithen announc
ed that he would not be a candi
date again this year. He has been
elected to successive terms in the
office for the past 14 years, in
cluding his years in service, when
the post was iflled by other at
torneys of the county substituting
for him.
The unexpired term runs to the
first Monday in December when
county officers elected in Novem-
president, was elected and served her will be sworn in. Mr. Brown,
permanent chairman of the who is assured of election because
of the large Democratic majority
-issued and a record accounting
made, he said.
The policy of the club will be
to hold meetings throughout the
county and the next one will be
held late in September, at Rob
bins. Towns represented at the
meeting, attendance at which is
said to have exceeded expecta
tions, were Aberdeen, Carthage.
■Pinehurst, Pinebluff, Robbins and
Southern Pines.
WE'RE IN HOUDAY
The Pilot was on Wednes
day given an advance look at
the October issue of Holiday
magazine, which carries the
third instalment of "First
Road of The Land"-by Phil
Stong. This part of the High
way 1 feature runs fromi Ridbi-
mond, Va.. to Waycross, Ga.,
and, of course, this resort
town comes in for some nice
publicity.
Shortly after Holiday
reaches the newsstands of the
country on September 19, ap
proximately five million peo
ple will be reading about
Southern Pines and looking
at The Pilot's Assistant Edi
tor Valerie Nicholson, who is
Shown in a Country Club
photo. The number of copies
for this area is said to be
limited.
as
convention that elected Billy
Harrison of Rocky Mount, presi
dent; Betty Brewer of Raleigh
and Mrs. Mary Wilson of Monroe,
vice presidents; Martin Cromartie,
Tarboro, secretary; Sandy Harris,
Mebane, treasurer; Harry Horton.
Pittsboro, national committee
man; Mrs. Marjorie Griffin, For
est City, national committeewo-
man.
’ In the heated contest for
president, Moore county gave its
10 votes to Bedford W). Black of
Kannapolis. The third and low
man was Pat Cooke of Gastonia
W. W. Staton of Sanford was the
retiring president.
Cruce Dislricl Chairman
At the district caucus, Al Cruce
of Aberdeen was elected 8th dis
trict chairman; Mrs. Dick Phillips
of Laurinburg, vice chairman;
George Willcox of Raeford, secre
tary; and Larry Moore of North
Wilkesboro, treasurer.
Delegation ,
The Moore County delegation
was composed of J. Hubert Mc-
Caskill and Chief Sheppard of
Pinehurst; Lamiont Brown and
Voit Gilmore of Southern Pines;
A. F. Dees, Cliff Blue, Raymond
Wicker and Al Cruce of Aber
deen; Glendon Wicker and John
Lang, Jr., of Carthage; Monroe
Chappell of "Vass; Douglas David,
Roy Wallace and Billy Carpenter,
Jr., of Pinebluff.
feoth YDC and senior party
leaders from over the state were
in attendance at the convention
Among those addressing the
YDC convention were Governor
Scott, Governor-nominate lAn-
stead. Congressman poughton and
Congressman Deane, Secretary of
State Thad Eure, Democratic
Party Chairman Everett Jordan,
Congressman Woodrow Jones
and Hugh Alexander and Larry
Fountain, Derhocrajtic nominees
for congress.
in the county, is expected to take
the oath for his regular term at
that time.
SHE'S IN WHITE. NOW
New Manager for
Patch’s Arrives
Earle B. Owen, former sales
promotion manager for the Spain-
hour store in Hickory, assumed
his duties as manager of Patch’s
Department store on Monday of
this week.
Mr. Owen will be joined here
by his wife as soon as living
quarters can. be secured. Their
son, Earle B. Owen, Jr., is enter
ing Lenoir Rhyne college this fall.
MISS BETTY LOU CLEAVER
A student nurse when the above
photo was made. Miss Betty Lou
Cleaver is now wearing the white
cap and uniform of her profes
sion, having graduated from -Rex
Hospital School of Nursing.
At, Rex she is reported to have
shown excellent initiative
throughout her three years and
was above average in her schol
astic achievement. She participa
ted in choral club, softball, swim
ming and social functions, com
pleted a good many hours toward
her Red Cross pin, worked at the
State Fair First aid station and
participated in collecting blood
during the Wake County drive.
She even did a bit of baby-sit
ting on the side. . . but despite her
busy round of duties, she is said
not to have lost that spark with
which she entered training.
(Story on page 8)
Southern Pines citizens .will
have th^ opportunity to vote on a
$160,000 bond issue for needed
improvements at a not far distant
date if plans discussed at Wed
nesday night’s Town Board meet
ing proceed without a hitch, and
no hitch is anticipated.
City Clerk Howard F. Burns
told the group cf his trip to Ra
leigh Monday, to seek permission
from the Local Government Com
mission for the election to be held.
He was given papers to be filled
out, and bond attorneys are ex
pected to set as an election date
a time within around 60 days.
The largest sum, $96,000 is for
a proposed police station, jail, and
ABC store; $34,000, .for enlarging
the fire house and replacing the
old frame storage barns at the
rear of the fire station; $20,000.
for a new fire truck; the remain
ing $10,000, for replacing the over
loaded sewerage outfall line by
McDeeds creek—a line used for
25 or 30 years and new much too
small. I
The Moore County Grand Jury
soihe time -ago condemned the
city jail, and the Town is required
to report on its condition at every
term of court. Offenders 'held
overnight are now carried to Car
thage to be jailed.
The Board has been working
on plans for the proposed build
ing program all summer, and a
Fayetteville architect, Basil G. F
Laslett, who designed the Fay
etteville Municipal building and
re-designed the Southern Pines
Country club when it was rebuilt
by the Town, has drawn plans.
Plans for the police station-
ABC Store-jail are of colonial de
sign, with ample offices for the’
police force, and a modern jail at
the rear of the ABC store. The
Town has bought from The South
land hotel 12 feet of land, to give
space for a driveway for the store
and jail.
The present building, it, was
brought out, is over 50 years old
and in such condition that money
spent on repairs would be wast
ed.
Enlargement of the fire house
will include space for the new
truck.
Paving Requests
Jerry Healy appeared before
the Board to ask that New Hamp
shire avenue be paved from Leake
street to Page, and the Southern
Pines Warehouse requested that
the lower end of East Broad be
paved.
The Board explained that it
planned to dO' all of the paving it
possibly could this fall and that
the rest would have to be post
poned until spring, as it cannot be
done in cold weather. Too, the,^
Town maintenance crew does .the
work, and when building projects
are underway, other needed work
has to be left undone.
Completion of the paving of
Connecticut avenue from Gaines
to Page was reported, except for
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W. H. Lee Is New
Colonial Manager
W. H. Lee, for 11 years assistant
manager of one of the Colonial
stores in Durham, is new manager
of the company’s store in South
ern Pines, succeeding W. G. Brad
ley, who is going to Raleigh. Mr.
Lee assumed his duties here on
Thursday of last we^, and has al
ready joined the list of newcom
ers who express themselves as be
ing delighted with Southern
Pines.
Mrs. Lee and their two-year-old
daughter, Debra Faye, arrived the
middle of this week and they are
living at 280 Page street. The
Lees attended the Methodist
church while in Durham.
Two Are Injured
In Auto Collision
Raymond Rider, 46, and his
wife, Mrs. Irene Rider, 45, of
Wareham, Mass., were injured
and their late model Plyhaouth,
driven by Mr. Rider, was demol
ished in a head-on collision with
a taxi operated by Joe Hatch of
Southern Pines around 1 p.m.,
Saturday, according to a Highway
Patrol report.
The accident occurred near
Knollwood airport on the South
ern Pines-Carthage highway.
Mr. Rider, who sustained a frac
tured left hip, and his wife, who
suffered bruises and lacerations
about the forehead, are reported
-to be getting along well at St. Jos
eph’s hospital, to which they were
taken immediately after the acci
dent. Mr. Hatch received minor
lacerations but was not hospital
ized.
The Rider car came to rest bot
tom side up. The taxi, also a late
model Plymouth, was badly dam
aged.