Air Force Will
Stage Drop For
Kids Of County
Throng of Boys
Expected Here On
National Kids' Day
The United States Air Force,
in cooperation with the Sandhills
Kiwanis club, is staging a special
attraction for the boys of Moore
county on National Kids’ Day, on
Saturday, Sept. 27. The 400 to
450 youngsters of nine years of
age up to the senior grade in high
school who are expected in South
ern Pines that day will see a spe
cial air drop by paratroopers, ar
ranged for them by Brig. Gen
William M. Gross, commandant of
the Air Ground Operations
School, and his staff.
This mass jump will be in ad
dition to the previously announc
ed program which includes mov
ies of Air Force exploits, a look
at models of planes used by our
combat forces, and talks about the
adventures of some of our fight
ing pilots.
Each boy will be presented with
a glossy photograph of a jet
fighter, and if present plans work
out, will also be awarded a di
ploma signed by General Gross at
testing to the fact that he has
taken a “short course” at AFAGO
School—a short course of some
three hours.
The boys from; the county
schools wiU gather at 1:00 o’clock
at the Southern Pines School au
ditorium for the movies and talks
after which they will be trans
ported by Air Force and school
busses and by private cars furn
ished by members of the Kiwanis
club to' the “Drop Zone” on the
Fort Bragg Reservation for what
should he the thrill, of their young
lives. The occasion is National
Kids’ Day, sponsored throughout
the country by Kiwanis Interna
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Celebrating 162nd Anniversary
“OLD BETHESDA” CHURCH AND CEMETERY
Mrs.-King Resigns
Red Cross Position
Men’s Chureh Club
To Hear Newman
With Dr. Howard F. Newman,
pastor of the Jonesboro Presbyte
rian church, as speaker, the Men’s
Fellowship club of Brownson Me
morial Presbyterian church will
meet at dinner in the Fellowship
haU at 7 o’clock next Tuesday eve
ning.
Dr. Newman is just back from a
year spent in Europe studying at
the University of Edinburgh and
traveling through the British Isles,
Egypt and in Palestine. While in
Pedestine he made a number of
pictures in technicolor, which he
will show in connection with a
talk, depicting the life of Christ.
A. L. Burney is program chair
man, and Paul C. Butler, club
president, will preside. Wives of
the club members will be guests
for this occasion.
Mrs. Mark J. King, Jr., Home
Service secretary of the Moore
County Red Cross chapfer, is re
signing her position September
30 after three years of service in
the county, to become associated
with the Moore County Depart
ment of Public Welfare.
The resignation was announced
last Friday night at a Chapter
board meeting by the president,
L. L. Hallman of Aberdeen, and
was accepted with considerable re
gret.
Mrs. King’s work with the Red
Cross has consisted primarily of
rendering various kinds of assist
ance to servicemen and their fam
ilies, acting in a liaison capacity
with the military, and aiding vet
erans in their associations with
the Veterans’ Administration.
The King family will continue
to reside in Southern Pines, where
Mark J., HI, is a senior in high
school. Mr. King is management
consultant with the North Caro
lina firm of Nichol and King.
The date of Thursday, October
23, was announced for the next
visit of the Red Cross Bloodmo-
bile to Moore county. Additional
aid to men in the Armed Services
was agreed upon, including the
providing of Christmas packages
Mrs. Ira T. Wyche accepted
chairmanship of all Service
Groups.
It was reported that more than
250 persons received instruction
in Water Safety during the sum
mer—130 beginner?, 95 interme
diates, and 29 junior and senior
life savers.
Dr. John C. Grier, Jr., chairman
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Interesting Program Is Planned For
Bethesda Homecoming September 28
Dr. J. D. McLeod
ENTERS AIR FORCE
Pilot’s Assistant Editor Disclaims
All Knowledge Of Golf And Society
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The October Holiday, contain
ing the third instalment of Phil
Stong’s “First Road of the Land,”
all '• . US Highway 1 from top
to bottom, reaches the newsstands
today—and if you hear loud wails
of anguish eis you pick up your
copy, they come from Valerie
Nicholson, Pilot assistant editor,
who claims the part about South
ern Pines is mostly “misrepresen
tation and misquote.’*
About six inches of the article
are devoted to the Sandhills area.
There are two illustrations, one
a scene at the Southern Pines
Country club showing golfers and
others, the other a picturesque
glimpse of a checker game at
Johnston’s store at Manly.
The local part of the Stong ar
ticle deals mostly with Mrs. Nich
olson. At present recuperating at
her home after an operation, she
almost had to go back to the hos
pital after reading it.
“When Mr. Stong came by my
house asking information about
the town, I was very glad to give
it to him,” she says. “There was
much to tell—^lots worth writing
about. He said he was looking for
unusual angles and I tried to
think of them. He never told me
he was going to leave out prac
tically aU of that, and write about
me.
“It isn’t that I’m modest. If
he’d said he wanted it I’d have
given him the correct dope, and
he wouldn’t have had to make
it up. Anyway, it was supposed
to be a travel article, tO' interest
people planning trips, and I never
thought of myself as one of the
landmarks.”
Holiday refers to tier as “the
local society reporter.” The pos
ition of society editor is filled on
The Pilot by Mrs. Bessie Cameron
Smith, while Mrs. Nicholson's job
is that of local and county news
coverage—everything, practically
except society.
In addition, states Mr. Stong,
“The Pilot is only the immediate
focus of her reports,” and, if you
are a visitor, “Mrs. Nicholson de
cides if you are worth mention
ing and sends the information to
your home town at press rates.”
This is something neither Mrs.
Nicholson nor Mrs. Smith has ever
done, nor does anyone else in
town, as far as is known. Also,
there’s a snobbish implication
there she finds quite disturbing
as completely. uncharacteristic of
both the town and The Pilot.
The article compounds injury
in the next paragraph, character
ized by Mrs. Nicholson as “com
pletely phony”: “Virginia (Mrs.
Stong) suggested that it must be
a terrific job, knowing who are
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WILLIAM B WARNER left this
week for Lackland AFB in Texas
to begin hi? service as a second
lieutenant in the Air Force. He
planned to stop in Cuthbert, Ga.,
for a visit to his grandmother be
fore reporting at the base Mon
day.
Lieutenant Warner was valedic
torian of the 1948 class of South
ern Pines high school and was
awarded a Harvard Club scholar
ship to Harvard university, where
he was graduated last June.
He is the son of Mrs. Ruth
Swisher, head of the high school
Will Preach;
Special Music
"‘Old Bethesda” Presbyterian
; church, Aberdeen, will observe its
162nd anniversary Sunday, Sep-
: tember 28, with one of her distin-
: guished sons, the Rev. John D
McLeod, Jr., D. D., of Virginia as
the featured speaker. Dr. McLeod
I will preach the homecoming ser-
,mon at the morning service,
I which will begin at 11:15 o’clock.
I He is the son of Mrs. John D. Mc-
iLeod of the Roseland community.
I Special musical numbers will
be given by a chorus from Flora
i Macdonald college at Red
I Sorings. directed by Dr. Charles
G. Vardell, Jr., dean of the con
servatory of music.
A picnic dinner and period of
fellcwship will be held before the
congregation reassembles at 2:15
for an afternoon prOgram.
E. T. McKeithen, who a few
weeks ago returned from a tour
of Scotland, will speak, telling of
the “old country” as he saw it.
Another interesting^ feature will
be singing by a male chorus of 16
voices. Rehearsals have been in
progress and this new group is
expected to meet with popular ac
claim. John Sloan is chairman of
the male singing group.
H. Clifton Blue is general chair
man of the homecoming.
A committee composed of M. B
Pleasants, Elbert Garner and W
State Farm Bureau
Announces Annual
Membership Drive
Quota of 800
Is Assigned To
Moore County
Farm Bureau Vice-President R.
Flake Shaw, of Greensboro, made
an urgent appeal today to each
of the organization’s county units
to leave no stone unturned in
obtaining this year’s membership
quota of 75,000 farm families.”
The Farm Bureau must have
this large membership to main
tain the present farm program
and be prepared for any legisla
tive pitfalls we may encounter
next year,” he said.
Mr. Shaw emphasized that the
organization would continue to
favor under its present resolution
the principle of price supports at
90 percent of parity on any farm
commodity provided the farmer
would take the responsibility of
keeping the supply in line with
demand.
Regarding the tobacco stabili
zation program which the Farm
Bureau set up in 1946, he made
it clear that his organization
would continue to work in the
best interests of growers to help
them obtain a maximum price for
their leaf under the auction sys
tem.
He pointed out that the Farm
Bureau is at present working to
obtain a more satisfactory peanut
m.arketing program for the grow
ers in the North Carolina-Virginia
area; a fair market price for milk
producers; equitable freight rates;
better livestock and poultry mar
keting facilities; an adequate ru
ral health program; and better
rural electrification.
North Carolina Commissioner
of Agriculture L. Y. Ballentine
has endorsed the State Farm Bu
reau program for the coming year
by calling on all farmers to join
the organization.
In- a letter addressed to Mr.
Shaw, Commissioner Ballentine
said: “The North Carolina Farm
Bureau offers the farmers of the
State an opportunity to work for
the good of all. Only in this way
can they hope to reap the full
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Mrs. Ives To Be Feted
Here Next Wednesday
Historical Group
Plans Reception
At Shaw House
COMING HOME
commercial department, and thelT. Matthews has been named to
late William B. Warner. His step-{have the church grounds cleaned
father is Dr. O. J. Swisher of the,up. Another committee composed
State department of public health of Jack Smith, Ben W. Wicks and
at Raleigh.
Soldier Has Close
Call When Heated
Auto Explodes
Cpl. Wallace Edward Booth of
Eastwood narrowly escaped death
at 5:30 Saturday morning when
he was rendered unconscious by
an explosion which occurred as
he lifted the hood of his over
heated automobile to put water in
the radiator. The accident occur
red inside the Southern Pines
city limits, near where the Manly
road joins the double road to
Pinehurst.
Corporal Booth was pulled
away from beside the blazing car
by a passing motorist, Ronald V.
King, of Clayton, who then call
ed an ambulance and the fire de
partment.
The army man soon regained
consciousness and, in a dazed con
dition, was taken to St. Joseph’s
hospital for first aid, but hospital
ization, was not considered neces
sary.
Corporal Booth had reenlisted
in the army and at the end of a
furlough was On his way back to
Fort Bragg, where he is with the
44th Tank battalion. His car had
been running hot the day before
and he was carrying a can of
water along for emergency use.
The automobile was described as
'about a total loss.”
Paul Kellis has been named to
j J • 1 ‘— tu uiaxia /i-venue extension, me
provide drinking water for the« ai- a j* -t . , ,
occasion ’'“®^youth was not familiar with the
occasion.
A cordial invitation is extend
ed the general public to make
plans to attend this 162nd anni
versary observance at Old Beth
esda—founded in. 1790.
NEW PRO
Philip MiaTtignetti, who has
been with the Maplewood
Country club in Maplewood,
N. H., for iibout 15 years, has
been employed as profession
al at the Southern Pinee
Country club, to assmnie his
duties October 15, according
to an announcement by John
Cline, president of The Elks
Home, Inc., of Southern Pines,
owners and operators of the
club.
Mr. Martignetti comes very
highly recommended. He
came down in August and
looked over the situation
here,, and those in charge
have expressed great pleas
ure that he has accepted the
position.
BACK TO KOREA
T|Sgt Harold Eastwood, son of
Mrs. J. B. Eastwood of Southern
Pines, has been Ordei;ed back to
Korea for tiis third tour of duty in
the Far East, according to infor
mation gained by his sister, Mrs.
Graham Culbreth, who visited
him at Mitchell Air Base while on
a trip to New Ycrk this week.
Aberdeen Player
Hurt In Accident
Bill Tulloch, quarterback on the
Aberdeen football team, received
a deep cut on his head when he
lost control of the Tulloch furni
ture company truck which he was
driving and struck a tree. With
him were John Matthews, who
suffered minor cuts and abrasions
about the face and neck, and
Ralph Leach, Jr., who was shak
en lip.
The accident occurred about 9
p. m. Tuesday at the intersection
of the Bethesda dirt road and In
diana Avenue extension. The
ELIZABETH S. IVES
Elks To Sponsor
Big Carnival Here
September 22-27
Southern Pines Lodge No. 1692,
BPO Elks, is sponsoring a big car
nival beginning Monday of next
week and continuing through Sat
urday, on Highway 1 next to the
driving range, one mile south of
Southern Pines. Funds derived
from it will be used in carrying
on the various projects of the or
ganization.
In addition to the usual games
and rides, there will be a trained
monkey act and a circus exhibi
tion executed by a veteran, with
prizes galore.
Col. Donald Madigan and Wil
son Russ are heading the commit
tee in charge, and the group has
gone all out to make the carnival
a real family affair, with especial
ernpasis on entertainment for the
children. The entire carnival will
be policed by Elks to assure that
it is conducted in a proper man
ner, the committee states.
Friday will be Kiddies’ Day, and
on that day a child’s bicycle will
be given away.
There will be a big prize pre
sented each evening, Mr. Russ dis
closes, including a set of dishes,
a mahogany desk, an electric lawn
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Elizabeth S. Ives, sister of
Democratic Nominee Adlai
E. Stevenson, will be in the
Sandhills for two days next
week and will be honor guest
at a reception sponsored by
the Moore County Historical
society at the Old Shaw House
in Southern Pines Wednesday
September 24, from 4 to 6
p. m., according to an an
nouncement received today
The Pilot fromi Norris L.
Hodgkins, Jr., who is in
charge of arrangements for
the reception,
Mr. Hodgkins stated that the
reception for Mrs. Ives will be
out-of-doors, weather permitting,
and will be based on a country
fair theme. In addition to provi
ding an opportunity for Mrs. Ives
to visit with her many friends in
the community, there will be en
tertainment planned that will
supplement the country fair
theme. The chairman stated that
the reception will be strictly non
political, and urged the public to
attend.
Mrs, Ives will sandwich her
visits here between speaking en
gagements in the state. She will
address a luncheon meeting of
Democratic women in Raleigh on
Tuesday, and will be in Golds
boro as principal speaker for a
meeting of The Federation of
Women’s Clubs on Thursday. She
expects to be coming here alone
and will be guest at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Avery during
her stay here.
The Shaw House which has
been completely restored by the
Moore County Historical associa
tion, will be open to visitors. The
hcuse which was typical of the
Reconstruction Period, has been
furnished with many interesting
and unusual antiques. ,
Another point of interest to^ vis
itors will be the Herb Garden con
taining a wide variety of herbs
and shrubs.
Following the reception there
will be a short meeting of the di
rectors of the Moore County His
torical society. Mrs. Ives is pres
ident of the Society and has been
a very active member since its
formation several,years ago.
It is expected that this may be
the only visit by Mrs. Ives to this
section before the election in No
vember.
road, it is said, and lost control
on a curve. There was no evidence
of speeding, it is reported, and no
charges are being preferred.
Tulloch was the only one who
required hospitalization. He was
taken to St. Joseph’s hospital,
where he will remain for another
day or two, and he will be out of
the game for some time. He is the
son of John Tulloch of Aberdeen.
Matthews is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. T. Matthews of Aberdeen,
and young Leach’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Leach, also reside there.
Damage to the truck is estima
ted at $300 or more.
Blue And White Team In Season’s
Second Game Defeats West End 48-7
Town Of Robbins
Extends Limits
According to documents filed
this week at the office of the reg
ister of deeds in Carthage, the
Town of Robbins has annexed to
the town an area adjoining the
former town limits, at the request
of the property owners in the an
nexed area.
The action was taken by the
town board of commissioners af
ter petitions had been presented
by the “Forest Heights” real
estate development, whose presi
dent is E. N. Richards, the Nor-
' folk and Southern railway and the
Homaday Hatchery and Feed
company. All the territory taken
into the town is the property of
these three owners.
By ROD WHITING
and JIM HATCH
They say that history repeats
itself. Well if that’s the case, the
Southern Pines football team is
no exception. This week as last
the Blue and White came through
with flying colors to a 48-7 vic
tory over West End. Southern
Pines outnumbered the West End
team in men but this did not
dampen the spirit of the Red and
White.
First Quarter
West End won the toss and
chose to receive. Bowers kicked
to the West End 37-yard line to
open this gridiron contest. The
ball was lost to Southern Pines on
downs. Woodruff, flashing tail
back, on a reverse charged over
for a Southern Pines touchdown.
Then “Talented Toe” Ruggles
kicked the extra point , for the,
“Blue and White,” making the
score 8-0.
Monroe returned Southern
Pines’ kick to his own 35-yard
line. Then West End was forced
to punt and “Little Tank” Smith
returned the ball to the Southern
Pines 35-yard line. The boys
fought hard-for the rest of the
quarter but no touchdowns were
chalked up for either team.
Second Quarter
The second quarter started off
with a bang on a successful touch
down run around the end by Mat
thews, a new boy to the South
ern Pines squad, who shows many
possibilities in this game of six
man football. With Woodruff
holding, Ruggles converted to
bring the score to 16 to 0 in favor
of the local boys.
Bowers kicked to the West End
39-yard line. West End gambled
on a pass which was intercepted
by Woodruff who brought the ball
to his own 39-yard line. The ball
was then lost to West End on
downs, but to no avail, as they
were forced to punt. Then Mat
thews took the ball to the 40.
Southern Pines then took to
the air with a successful pass from
Woodruff to Huntley for 20 yards.
Again the passing clicked for
Southern Pines and Huntley
went for pay dirt. Ruggles kick
ed to make the score 24-0. Hunt-
let shone again as he intercepted
a long pass meant for a West End
player, but the horn stopped any
further score as the half was
reached.
While the teams were getting
a pep talk fromi their coaches
Lynn Ledden and the Southern
Pines High School Band entertain
ed the crowd with snappy march-
es.
Third Quarter
To start the third quarter West
End kicked to Cox, a freshman,
who returned it to his own 39-
yard line. Southern Pines wa^
then forced to punt. Mpdford're
turned the baU to the West End
42-yard line, but the tired grid-
der fumbled the ball.
Southern Pines recovered the
fumble and sent Cox around left
end for a driving touchdown
Again Ruggles kicked the extra
point and Southern Pines led by
a score of 32-0. Ruggles’ kick was
retumeJ to the West End 21-yard
line. A touchdown was in the mak
ing as Medford caught a long pass
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