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Blue Is Named Local Chairman Of
Annual Drive For Boy Scout Work
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Moore County Sets
Goal of $8,500
for Year's Work
D. A. Blue of Southern Pines
will head the local drive for funds
in the annual Occoneechee Coun
cil Boy Scout budget raising ef
fort, which will take place next
Tuesday, October 7. W. Lament
Brown of Southern Pines is
Moore County chairman, and W.
P. Saunders of Southern Pines is
county Advance Gifts chairman.
Moore County has set $8,500 as
its goal in this campaign, as the
raising of this amount will entitle
the. county to a full-time Scout
executive.
The whirl-wind “Operation All-
Out” will get under way through
out the Council on the morning
of October 7 with an Early Bird
breakfast, and 2,000 volunteers
will work from then until supper
to raise a record $93,000 in order
to continue the Scouting program
for the coming year.
In Cumberland, Durham, V^nce,
Chapel Hill, and Raleigh, the
fund-raisinug operation is a reg
ular part of the Community Chest,
and Scouting volunteers will do
their part To see that more than
their share of the Chest is raised
In the’ remaining communities of
the 12-cdunty Occoneechee coun
cil, the drive will be independent
ly conducted.
Former Council President Har
old Makepeace of Sanford is in
charge of the drive, and the local
county chairman will be work
ing closely with him in raising the
money to “bring better Scouting
to more boys.” Ed Brower of
Hope Mills is serving as Special
Gifts chairman, Fred Dixon of
Raleieh as organization chairman,
and A1 Resch of Siler City a.s pub
licity chairman.
The. Occoneechee council num
bers over 7,000 boys in its mem
bership, and plans for next year
call for .-a substantial increase.
M'oney raised in the campaign
will not only enable the member
ship to be increased, but it will
support an expanded leadership
training program, a larger and
stronger personnel organization,
and will enable Camp Durant, the
Council Camp at Neuse, to carry
on a year-around schedule of ac
tivities.
Funds raised in the drive will
contribute to all branches of
Scouting: the Cub Scouts (ages 8
to 11); the Boy Scouts (ages 11
through 13); and the Explorer
Scouts (ages 14 and up). All funds
collected will b^ administered
through the executive board of
the Occoneechee .council, which is
made up of elected members from
each of the 12 districts plus mem
bers at large. All the money rais
ed for Scouting is spent within
the Council’s boundaries.
In the Occoneechee council,
only eight out of over 2,800 adult
leaders are paid and these eight
men devote full time to the field
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HEADS DRIVE
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New Bible Version
Will Be Dedicated
In Union Service
-TEN CENTS
Mrs. Ives Greets Congressman
Dr. Woodson to
Speak at Baptist
Church Sunday
D. A. BLUE
Kiwanis Club Has
University Dean
As Guest Speaker
Presents Gifts to
Hospitals. Honors
Moore County Press
The four Protestant churches of
Southern Pines will join in a ser
vice of worship and thanksgiving
Sunday at 7:30 p.m. at the First
Baptist church, to dedicate the
new Revised Standard version of
the Holy Bible, .which was pub
lished September 30. Approxi
mately 3,000 similar community
services are being held this week
throughout the United States and
Canada.
Dr. Marshall S. Woodson hii';
been selected as the principal
speaker for the service. He is
considered eminently qualified to
speak on this important occasion,
having been an outstanding pas
tor of the Presbyterian church
and being both a theologian and
president of Flora Macdonald col
lege at Red Springs. Mrs. L. D.
McDonald will direct the music.
The new Revised Standard ver
sion of the Holy Bible was pre
pared by a com.mittee of 32 emi-
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Fred H. Weever, native of Aber
deen, now dean of men at the
University of North Carolina, re
turned to his native heath Wed
nesday as a guest and gracious
speaker before the Sandhills Ki
wanis club, at a m'eeting distin
guished also by the presentation
Law Enforcement
Officers Honor
Leland McKeithen
W. A. Leland McKeithen, who
ended his service as Moore Coun
ty solicitor Monday because of
his election to the State Bar Coun
cil, was presented a dictionary
and stand by the law enforcement
of gifts to both hospitals of thei officers of. the county as an ex
county, and a salute to the local | pression of their appreciation of
press for National Newspaper his good services as solicitor and
Week.
Dean Weaver was presented by
W. A. Leland McKeithen, pro-
his cooperation with them in the
performance of their duties.
Judge J. Vance Rowe at noon
Lamar Smith Of
Aberdeen Joins
Police Force Here
Chief C. E. Newton this week
announced the appointment of
Lamar Smith of Aberdeen to the
local police force, to succeed H.
V. Chandler, who has taken a po
sition with the State ABC board
in Raleigh as an investigator. Mr.
Smith assumed his duties here
Wednesday.
The new officer is experienced
in law enforcement work. He
served as deputy sheriff in Scot
land county, with headquarters at
Laurinburg, from 1936 to 1939,
when he became chief of police in
Aberdeen, a position which he
held until 1950 when he became
associated with the Taylor Chemi
cal company.
He bears the reputation of be
ing one of the most highly regard
ed law enforcement officers in
this area.
Mr. Smith owns a home In Ab-
, erdeen and plans to continue to
reside there. He has a wife and
an 11-year-old son, Lamar, Jr.
Mr. Chandler had been a mem
ber of the local force since last
April. He had his application in
for his present position at that
time and so notified authorities
here.
. ~ 7 ir-~ « V. * 01.1C.C: J-VUWt; aL IIUUJ
gram chairman, as an outstanding' recognized W. D. Sabiston of Car
exception to the rule that “aithage, a member of the More
prophet is not without honor save County Bar, who, on behalf of
in his own country.” Speaking in- the officers, presented the gift
Finer Carolina Leaders
Ask For All Out Effort
Thor oughClean-up
STOLEN
Lost, strayed or stolen: one 195oiOf Entire ToWn Is
maroon colored two-door Ford
club coupe from Worsham-Little
Motor company at 650. South West
Broad street.
Members, of the local police
department discount the lost or
Present Objective
With the end of the statewide
contest for a Finer Carolina less
v.iioc.uuiit uie lust or ^ icas
strayed idea, holding to the theory! ® month distant—November
that the car was stolen, despite committee which is head-
the fact they have as evidence local efforts held a
only a tiny hold punched in a side meeting Thursday night at the
window. .Southern Pines Country club, at
The car, they say, was removed which plans were formulated for
by way of the rear door by a'® clean-up and beau-
thief or thieves who punched the tifying campaign for tlie entire
small hole in the glass, unlocked.from October 6
the sash, and took the time to I through the 18th.
carefully close the window, and' The committee is asking that
the rear door after removing the'®^l residents scan their property
with sharp eyes and clean up
Democrats of 8th
District To Rally
In Wilkes County
Democrats from all over the
Eighth District will be wending
their way next Wednesday to one
of their farthermost purlieus—
North Wilkesboro, in Wilkes coun
ty, where the quadrennial Eighth
Congressional District Rally will
be held at the VFW hall at 2 p. m.
This is one of the traditional
campaign-year series of Demo
cratic tub-thumpings which are
everything that needs attention
around the houses, yards and busi
ness places. Town trucks will be
available Monday the 13th, to
pick up all refuse if it is put
alongside the street.
Business establishments are be
ing asked to make a special effort
during this period to clean up the
rear of their places as well as the
front, getting rid bf boxes, cartons
and other eyesores, also, to use
insect sprays generously.
A survey of the town reveals
that the garbage disposal habits
of some residents hqve become
lax to the extent that the town
ordinance may have to receive
special enforcement attention, it
Mrs. Ernest Ives greets Congressman C. B. Deang and smilingly
acknowledges his good wishes at the Shaw House reception last
week, honoring the Democratic presidential nominee’s sister,
' where hundreds of her friends gathered. —Photo by Turner
resounding f^^om Murphy to
„ Erc___
Manteo, in sequence, with the lo
cal congressman as host in each
of the 12 North Carolina districts.
was brought out.
Residents who need help during
the campaign are asked to call the
Chamber of Commerce between
9 am. and 5 p. m. to arrange for
. , . . , , ^ ^ iJ. Hi. i,u ciricUlge lor
Party bigwigs turn out, speeches such assistance. The Boy Scouts
Sandhills Tennis Auto Dealers Of
Association Makes
Splendid Progress
County Organize
New Association
formally without notes, Mr. Weav
er gave an illuminating insight
into his job, which includes super
vision over the full domain of
with a presentation speech that
was highly praised by those pres
ent.
Solicitor McKeithen accepted
extra-curricular activities at the I the gift with well'chosen “woVds,
University student government, expressing his appreciation to the
organizations, fraternity arid dor- members of the Bar, the law en-
mitory life, publications, etc., sup-1 forcement officers. Judge Rowe
plementmg the academic side ofjand'CleA of Court Carlton Ken.
university life. - nedy for their cooperation with
Naming his topic ^‘Education| him in the performance of his du-
and Training for Citizenship,” he ties.
presented this realm as a “micro-' “The work has not been hard”
cosm of the larger community,”, M.r McKeithen said, “but apleas-
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New Eagle Seouts
Eagle Scout badges were awarded at last week’s Moore
District court of honor, held at Aberdeen, to (left to right) Bill White
Jr. son of Mr. and Mrs. Bill White of Aberdeen; Hubert Edge, son
of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Edge, of Aberdeen, and Larry Shoe, an adult
leader, whose mother came from Salisbury for the ceremony.
BOND ELECTION Piedmont Airlines
Advertising of the bond ordi
nances adopted by the Town’s
Board of Commissioners on Sep
tember 17 and notice of the bond
election to be held November 18
is carried in this issue of The Pi
lot.
The notices make it clear that
four propositions are to be voted
on separately, involving $10,000
for the enlargement and extension
of the Town’s sewer system; $20,-
000 for the purchase of a fire
truck; $34,000 for the erection and
equipment of fire house and stor
age buildings; and $96,000 for the
erection and equipment of a po
lice station and jail ljuilding.
Resumes Flights
Piedmont Airlines first flight of
the season took place Wednesday,
with both eastbound and west
bound planes arriving at Knoll-
wood airport around 4 p.m.
The eastbound was from Cin
cinnati by way of Lexington, Ky.,
Tri-City, Asheville and Charlotte,
and from here to Fayetteville and
Wilmington. The westbound fol
lows practically the same route.
Thfere will be two flights daily.
Piedmont reports, the westbound
departing at 4:03 and the east-
bound at 3:39.
The Sandhill Tennis association!
wound up its summer season in!
the black for the first time in its|
four-year history, and with mem
bership approximately double that
of the previous year,.Jt .was an
nounced at a meeting held Mon
day evening at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank de Costa.
The fact that the association
and its work seem now to be on
a secure footing, with growing
community support was a cause
of rejoicing among the members'
attending. I
The report of Treasurer Bill!
•Bowman was the main feature of
the meeting. It showed that, after!
sponsoring four tournaments from
May through August, with their
attendant expenses of balls, tro-'
phies, etc., the treasury has a net!
balance of some $430.
Principal sources cf revenue
were a radio contest, netting
$210; a rummage sale, and the
payment of dues by 115 members,
many of them new. A gross of the
53 dozen balls required were sup-!
olied by the town recreation pro-'
gram for the young people’s tour- i
nament. A saving of an estimated
$100 in the purchase of trophies
was effected by the hard work ofi
several members, who made the
wooden bases for most of them bv
hand.
Of almost 100 trophies awarded!
winners and runners-up in tour-|
namei^ts this season, only three;
are donated.
The members had another cause
for pride in the increasing recog
nition being brought to Southern
Pines as a center of tennis activ
ity, both through the tourna
ments, which bring many visiting
players to town, and the entry
of local players in outside tour
naments.
Harry Lee Brown, Jr., tourna
ment chairman, gave his opinion
that Southern Pines’ tennis pres
tige is surpased by only one other
town in the state, the city of Char
lotte, which is more than 30 timies
larger. No other community the
size of this one is even in the run
ning with Southern Pines, he said.
He gave a special salute to the
enthusiastic crop of boy and girl
players now growing up here, con
taining the promise of many fu
ture stars. One of these, Kenneth
Tew, he noted, brought home this
summer a trophy new to South
ern Pines—^the state boys’ cham
pionship. the first time a local
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Feurteen automobile dealers of
Moore county attended a dinner
meeting held Tuesday evening at
Dante’s restaurant, for the pur
pose of organizing the Moore
County New Car and Truck Deal
ers association.
F. H. Brown of the Mid-South
Motors in Aberdeen, national area
chairman for NADA, was elected
president of the association; vice-
president is C. N. Page of South
ern Pines, and W. S. Taylor of
Aberdeen will serve as secretary
and treasurer.
‘ The primary purpose behind
the new organization as stated by
I the president, Mr. Brown, is to
implement the strength of the in
dividual new car dealers in a
J group which will join with the
state anct national organizations
in their work, thus increasing
their power to have a voice in leg
islative matters. Also, they will
receive, direct, the benefit of pub
licity on all developments in the
new car and truck line.
^ The new group pledged 100 per
! cent cooperation with the Nation-
I al Automobile Dealers associa
tion and the North Carolina Au-
I tomobile Dealers association in'
the “get out the vote” campaign
being spqnsored by these two or
ganizations, whereby anyone
wishing to vote in the November
4 election but lacking transporta
tion, may contact his local new
car dealer who will furnish trans
portation to the polls.
ring forth and the faithful rally
from all sides to- the cause.
The Eighth District gathering
will include a mammoth barbecue
at 4:30, after the speech-making,
according to Host Congresman C
B. Deane of Rockingham, who
said that C. Watson Brame, chair
man of the Wilkes Democratic
Executive committee, will be in
charge.
Among party leaders present,
many of them slated for speeches,
will be Governor W. Kerr Scott,
Governor-Nominate W. B. Um-
stead. Secretary of State Thad
Eure, Commissioner of Labor
have volunteered for this worthy
cause for a fee of 50 cents per
hour, and they will be sent out
through the Chamber of Com
merce office.
Ed Tucker presided over the
meeting, which was attended by
Mayor Chan Page and the Public
Relations committee of the BPO
Does. The group agreed that
“nothing could be finer than
Southern Pines, North Carolina,”
if everyone joins the spirit of
clean-up and clear-up and puts
all refuse out front October 13.
They are making an extra appeal
to those who face parkway prop-
Forre^t Shuford Insurance Com-|erty to cleanup the arerbe^^^^^^^
issioner Waldo Cheek and their front yards and the street.
Charles F. Carroll, new Superin
tendent of Public Instruction; al
so members of the State Demo
cratic Executive committee, head-
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Southern Pines is one of 148
towns entering this contest, spon
sored by the Carolina Power and
Light company, and hopes to win
top honors and a cash prize.
Bond For Three Youths Charged With
Criminal Assault Is Set at $5,000
She says they did and they sayf-
Teachers’ Council
Plans County wide
Meeting Oct. 8
The Coqncil of the Moore Coun
ty Classroom Teachers associa
tion began its year’s activities
with a meeting in the Carthage
High School library at which com
mittee chairmen were appointed
and plans for the year formulated.
Miss Bert McCrummen, president,
presided over the meeting.
The group chose four main ob
jectives for the year: to increase
membership, promote public re
lations programs, promote favor
able legislative actions and to in
crease professional service.
Three countywide meetings for
the year were decided upon, the
first to be held at the West End
High school at 8 o’clock Friday
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they didn’t — and a jury next
January will decide who’s right.
That’s the boiled-down result of
four hours of testirnony and argu
ment in a Moore county recorders
court hearing Monday as three
young men of the Cameron area
—Bruce Medlin, 21, John Her
man Wall, 18, and Charles Maples,
18—faced the capital charge of
rape, brought by Miss Helen War
ing of Pinehurst, 41-year-old for
mer top-ranking woman golfer.
After half a'day of testimony
from the defendants, prosecuting
witness, investigating officers and
others. Judge J. Vance Rowe re
jected the contention of H. F. Sea-
well, Jr., defense attorney, that
the alleged crime was a figment
of an alcoholic’s imagination and
solemnly said:
“There is no question but that
the prosecuting witness has told
a story that, if believed, would
convict the defendants of rape.
There is no evidence before the
court that imagining such things
is characteristic of an alcoholic or
that it is characteristic of her. I
think a jury should hear this case
and I bind the defendants over.”
This means that the case will
be presented to the grand jury at
the January term of More coun
ty superior court, when, if indict
ed by the grand jury, they will
face trial by jury.
$5,0C0 Bond Allowed
In an unusual decision, which
he took several minutes to make.
Judge Rowe acceded to the de
fense plea that bond be allowed,
although the young men face trial
on a capital charge, and the judge
set “good, collectible bond of
$5000 each, in view of their youth
and the circumstances of the
case.”
The circumstances of the case—
which included unshakable asser
tions by Miss Waring that she had
been raped and likewise unshak
able assertions by the three young
men that they had done no such
thing—kept a large crowd of
courtroom spectators on the edge
of their seats.
Defense Attorney Seawell open
ed the hearing with the statement
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Town Completes
Two Miles Paving
Around two miles of street pav
ing has been completed by the
street maintenance department of
Southern Pines since July 23, City
Clerk Howard Burns disclosed
this week.
Wisconsin avenue has been pav
ed from Gaines to Page; Connect
icut avenue from Gaines to Page
and Gaines street from Wisconsin
to Connecticut.
Work is now in progress on two
blocks on Leak from Coilnecticut
to Maine. Gutters have been built
on a part of Pennsylvania avenud,
but this work has not been com
pleted.
UP A DIME
Barbers of the county held a
meeting in Carthage Wednesday
night and set new prices for their
services, to become effective next
Monday: shaves, 60 cents instead
of 50; haircuts 85 instead of 75.