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HXraERT McCASKILL BRIG. GEN. MENOHER Hubert McCaskill, General Menoher Will Head District Scouting Program J. Hubert McCaskill of Pine-* — J. Hubert McCaskill of Pine-- hurst was elected chairman of the! Moore district, Boy Scouts of America, at the annual district meeting and banquet held at the Pinehurst School cafeteria Tues day night Brig. Gen. Pearson Menoher, who recently retired as command ing general of Fort Bragg, was elected vice chairman. Others elected to the district committee were N. L. Hodgkins, Paul C. But ler, John L. Ponzer and the Rev. C. K. Ligon, Southern Pines; P. B. Lewis, J. K. Melvin, Jr., Aber deen; Mack Callahan, Vass; E. H. Mills, Pinebluff; C. W. Thomas, J. Frank McCaskill, Pinehurst; H. L. McLaurin, Wayland Ken nedy, Robbins; Earl Auman, West End; Wilbur H. Currie, Carthage, and J. E. Causey, Lakeview. Dr. J. C. Grier was recommend- Seniors Will Play For Championship At Pinehurst Club The Fifth Annual Southern Seniors Championship, a 36-hole medal play tournament, will take place Saturday and Sunday at the Pinehurst Country club. More than 100 Seniors are expected from throughout North CaroUna and a number of other states* for the event. . A preliminary tournament, bet ter ball of pair, will be held Fri day for those arriving early and desiring to play. In the main tournament, low gross for 36 holes will win the championship title and trophy. Others will be divided into age group, in the competition for net and low gross prizes. A cocktail party and oyster bar, 5:45 to 7:15 p. m. Saturday, will precede the annual banquet at the clubhouse. Directors will meet Friday to elect officers from among their ranks, and these will be presented at the banquet. The membership will then elect a new panel of seven directors to serve with the new officers during the coming year. Russell B. Lentz, of Spartan burg, S. C., is president of the or ganization, composed of men golf ers 50 years of age and up. Ches ter I. Williams of Pinehurst is ex ecutive secretary. ed by the nominating committee for reelection as district commis sioner. The slate and recommen dation were presented by H. Clif ton Blue, Aberdeen, as chairman of the nominating committee. Guest speaker was Fred Dixon Occoneechee Council commission er, who told the gathering, “Real happiness is gained through what we are able to give—what we are able to share.” This is most ef fectively done for the citizen-to- be through the scouting program, he declared, adding “Our boys need the warmth of the friendship of men and women like you.” Commissioner Dixon tojd the group present at the dinner hon oring the adult scout leaders that more than 10,000 boys apd girls had been brought before the juve nile court in Wake county “but not one a scout.” The speaker was introduced by W. Lament Brown, retiring dis trict chairman, who gave a brief review of scout work in the dis trict during his three years as chairman. He reported that more than $8,500 had been raised in Moore in the recent fund drive, and that it was his hope and ex pectation that the Moore district would soon have is own full-time scout executive. Mr. Brown presented J. Douglas David, Pinebluff neighborhood commissioner, the Boy Scout key for his work during the past three years. It was announced that Scout statuettes would be award ed Clarence Thomas of Pinehurst, W. L. Batchelor of Aberdeen and Henry Williams of Robbins for their outstanding work in the 1952 fund drive. the following Cub Scout den mothers: Mrs. Paul C. Butler, Mrs, Joel Crawford, Mrs. Robert Pierce, Mrs. Ollie Barry, Mrs. J. C. Grier, Mrs. Joe Pierce, Mrs. J. W. Tufts and Mrs. Dora Wedlock. Camporee ribbons were pre sented by Archie Farmer, chair man of camping activities, to the following: first prize ribbon. Dr. Vif. C. Holland of Trocp 224, Southern Pines; second prize rib bon, Alwyn Folley, Troop 68, Aberdeen. The new officers were installed by Spurgeon Gaskin, Occoneechee Council executive, of Raleigh. J. Frank McCaskill served as toastmaster. Post Office Will Open 2 Windows For Yule Parcels Preparations Made To Handle Rush— Mail Early Anyway 1 Anticipating the biggest Christ mas season in history, the South ern Pines post office is getting set with extra helpers, also an extra , pair of scales, so they can keep ^ two parcel post windows open. But this will avail naught if the patrons wait till the last min-,, ute to do their Christmas mailing, I j said Postmaster Garland Pierce. Out-of-state parcels and Christ mas cards should start flowing out the first of next week, with in-state, county and local mail following in short order. With this kind of cooperation, and im proved postal services set up dur ing the past year—also three ex tra helpers to be added next Wed nesday—all can be handled with dispatch. The post office will remain open two Saturday afternoons, Decem ber 13 and 20. With the two par cel post windows open all week, and the Highway Pest Office, checking through twice daily to help keep the mail flowing, it is not thought necessary to keep onen on Sundays this season. New long-distance truck hauls set up by the Postal Department in cooperation with the railway mail service are expected to elim inate terminal bottlenecks all over the ccuntry. Overseas parcels (up to two pounds) may still be sent by air, with fair assurance cf delivery by Christmas. Postmaster Pierce advises that all package mail be sent on its way next week, bearing the in teresting “Do-Not - Open - Till- Christmas” labels. Early mailing, he reminded, is the only thing that will guarantee on-time deliv ery, and it is the best possible aid to Santa Claus. Also important is substantial packaging. Every year many packages come apart en route. A wish and a prayer are no substi tute for corrugated cardboard, stout paper and twine. County Commissioners Take Oath, Buckle Down To Work ]\C Orchid SocietV Will Meet Here Sunday Afternoon After being sworn in Monday for their new two-year term, the Moore County board of com missioners settled right down to work in their meeting-room at the Carthage courthouse. The lady on the left is Mrs. Bessie Griffin, register of deeds and secretary to the board. Commis sioners are, seated, from left, T. R. Monroe, Rob bins, the only new member; L. R. Reynolds, Lea- rnan, and Gordon M. Cameron, Pinehurst. Stand ing—J. M. Pleasants, Southern Pines, and John Currie, Carthage. Also sworn in Monday were Judge J. Vance Rowe and Solicitor W. Lamont Brown of Moore recorders court. (Pilot Staff Photo) Tickets On Sale For Robert Shaw Chorale Dec. 13 Tickets for the concert of the Robert Shaw Chorale, to be giv en at Weaver auditorium Satur day evening, December 13, have - gone on sale at the Barnum: Real- Certificates were presented to ty office. They are also in the .„ r.—i , hands of chairmen in six differ ent communities of the area, it was announced by the Sandhills Music association this week. Mrs. Paul Barnum is general Elks Will Entertain Football Squad And Their Dates At Saturday Banquet is chairman of the ticket sale and working with her are Mrs. Fred Langner, Southern Pines; Mrs. Lawrence M. Johnson, Aberdeen; Mrs. Stuart Cutler, Pinehurst; Miss Rozelle Williamson, Carth age; J. A. Culbertson, Robbins, and Dr. William Peck, McCain. Not only are tickets for the De cember 13 concert on sale, but season tickets, including this per formance and four others sched uled throughout the winter and spring, at a considerable saving per concert. The Robert Shaw Chorale, a group of 42 singers and instru mentalists, combines the best fea- Man Charged With Setting Fire To Neighbor’s Home George Rogers, of West South ern Pines, was jailed by local po lice at Carthage Monday night after a neighbor’s house was set on fire in six places, and the neighbor said he caught Rogers “in the act.” . . > Rogers denies any knowledge of the fire, said Police Chief C. E. Newten. However, he will be given a hearing in recorders court Monday on a charge of atterhpted arson, a felony. Prosecuting witness is Ed Dowd, who shares a frame cottage on the corner of West Connecticut and Hale street with another man, Tom Moore. The two live alone, keeping house for themSelves. Dowd told policemen he was starting to cook supper, and had gone into his bedroom to get some wood, when he saw smoke pour ing up from a corner of the room. He called Moore and they ran outdoors to find the whole side of the house ablaze, the fire appar ently coming up from beneath the house, which stands three feet up off the ground. They put it out with water, then came back to find fire rimning up to the ceiling in the kitchen. (Continued on page 8) County Asked To Replace High School Building, Rated Not Worth Repairs Airmen Will Battle Guardsmen In Cage Game Monday A baseball game between the USAFAGOS Airmen and a South ern Pines team formed of Nation al Guardsmen and other local SILVER COMET As The Pilot goes to press word comes that the long work of many people, over many yews, has borne fruit— the Silver Comet will stop in Southern Pines. Starting- next Unirsday a "conditional stop" will be made by the Seaboard stream liner to discharge passengers from Washington and points the north. By its present schedule, it leaves New York at 12:30 p. m. and reaches here at 11:36—just 11 hours and six minutes later. The information came from Jack S. Younts, WEEB mana ger, following a conference Thursday morning with C- E. Bell, Seaboard Air Line pres ident. A delegation from the Southern Pines schools told the county com missioners Monday that the local high school building has been the subject of a scathing report by state engineers, who said it is not fit to use as it now stands and is not'worth any expenditures for repairs. Supt. A. C. Dawson, accompan ied by school board members L. F. Garvin and Harry Menzel, ask ed the commissioners to step up Not only the 26 members of the ^lue and White squad but also their dates wUl be guests at the annual Elks Club Testimonial Football banquet Saturday night at the Southern -Pines Country club, it was announced by John S. Ruggles, chairman. This has been accomplished through an unprecedented wave of ticket-buying among local mem bers of the Elks Lodge, desiring to see that the boys have the best possible time at the affair. TraditionaUy, the lodge has been enabled to entertain the squad through purchase of tickets by the Southern Pines members, who then turn them in to be used for the football players. This year, the members have bought twice as many and the boys are being told they may bring their girls. The high school coaches and their wives, cheerleaders and a lew other special guests are also being invited by the Elks. A tur key dinner with all the trimmings will be prepared by the BPO Does and served “banquet style” at tables for four and eight, by can dlelight. Tickets are available to the general public up to the ca pacity of the dining room. Guest speaker at the after-din ner program will be Davidson College Coach William Dole. Lennox Forsyth will make the presentation of the James S. Mil- lUcen, Jr., Memorial trophy, awarded annually by the John Boyd post, VFW, to the player chosen as “most valuable.” Va rious other awards will be made by the coaches, including the cus tomary gold footballs, letters and stars. The program will be kept as brief as possible to allow more time for dancing. Herbert Con ner and His Drifting Buddies will play for the young people till midnight. players will be held at 7:30 p. m. Monday at the school gymnasium. The public is invited. The game wUl be a forerunner , .Lcc- of organized league play which tures of a fine choral group and' cage fans of this area may antici- a symphony orchestra. Included pate for the after-Christmas sea-1 in in its makeup, and permitting al most endless vSjriety of reper toire, are a chamber music en semble, quartet of male and fe male voices, two-piano team and Sandhills Kiwanis Builders Cup Will Be Given Tonight Highlight of the Sandhills Ki wanis Ladies Night banquet, to be held at the Pinehurst Country club tonight (Friday) at 7 o’clock, iwill be the award of the Kiwanis Builders cup. This cup is awarded to the per son adjudged to have rendered the greatest service to Moore county during the preceding year “with out thought or hope of personal gain.” The cup is not given every year —once in a long while, no one is found to meet the standard. While usually it goes to a man, it has twice been awarded to a woman. Identity of the recipient is kept a closely guarded secret until the moment cf presentation. Mayor Forrest Lockey of Aber deen received the coveted trophy December 1951 Will Have Program At Mrs. Way's, Visit Greenhouses The N. C. Orchid society will hold its semiannual meeting at Southern Pines Simday afternoon, with Mrs. Karl A. Bridges and Mrs. W. A. Way as hostesses. { Theme of the meeting wiU be “The Feeding of Orchids,” and a symposium on this subject will be led by Dr. Jack Gartner, hor ticulture specialist with the State Extension Service, N. C State college, Raleigh. Dr. Gart ner is a well-known authority on this field and wrote his master’s thesis on the subject. Color slides will be shown. The meeting will be held at Mrs. Way’s home in the Midland road starting at 1:30 p. m. At the conclusion of the program the group will pay a visit to the greenhouses of the Carolina Or- child Growers. Mrs. Bridges is president of the N. C. Orchid society. She recently moved from Charlotte to Southern Pines, when she and her husband purchased the Carolina Orchid Growers business from Mrs. Way. This will be the second time this year the Society has met at Southern Pines. The spring meet ing was to have been held in Charlotte with Mrs. Bridges, but she was ill at the time and Mrs. Way, as vice-president, received them here. According to Mrs. Bridges, that is all right with the members, as “they love to come here better than any place in the world.” Mrs. Way, she said, is re garded as their “dean of orchid growers” and the greenhouses are their university of orchid learning and lore. Attending the meeting wUl be about 50 orchid growers, both men — — — VS/ .^VS.^ _ ^ the “five year plan” for Southern i women, mostly amateurs. ' Some are newcomers to the group. They will come from Vir ginia and South Carolina as well as many places in this State. Mrs. Way will entertain the of ficers at a luncheon at the Mid Pines Club before the meeting. Mrs. Morrison Badly Injured In Florida Wreck Pines schools and build a new high school next year. The $500,000 “five year plan” was submitted by the Southern Pines school board last June as a means of gradually bringing the whole plant up to par. The county commissioners indicated their willingness to follow along if they could, through successive annual budgets. Inspection Held At the school board’s request, said Supt. Dawson, he asked for an inspection by state officials before the opening of school in September. The State Insurance department and the Division of Schoolheuse Planning of the State, Department of Public Instruction each sent an engineer. The insurance engineer wrote a very bad report. Submitted to the commissioners Monday was a let ter from the other engineer, Wil liam P. Duff, Jr., who wrote “As far back as 1947, school of ficials of Southern Pines were in formed that they faced the prob lem of replacing this building due to unmistakable signs of deterior ation. At the same time, it was felt by this office that this struc (Continued on page 8) son. Paul Dana of Pinehurst is chair- The league will be composed pf man of this year’s Builders Cup teams sponsored by National Guard batteries in Southern Pines, Raeford, Red Springs and a cappella choir. These blend to St. Paul; the USAFAGOS Airmen make the Chorale itself an instru-*from Highland Pines Inn, and the ment of astounding range, in the'Carolina Hotel employees from hands of a 36-year-old director who is one of the wonders of the musical ■world today. Robert Shaw won laurels train ing choruses for Broadway shows and on the radio, as director of the Fred Waring Glee club, be fore he struck out on his own in the field of serious music. His Chorale has won critical acclaim in concert appearances and also as an NBC network attraction. This is a return engagement for the Robert Shaw Chorale, which made a tremendous hit on its first appearance here March 10, 1951 also under sponsorship of the Sandhills Music association. It is returning this year by popular demand. Pinehurst. Teams sponsored by the Guard wlU be composed mainly of bat tery members, supplemented by additional players from the com munity. Experienced, tough play ers wUl be foimd on all the teams, making for fast and entertaining play. Pending formation of the league and setting up of a schedtUe, pre liminary games are being played at wiU among the teams. The Monday night clash will be the first of these. selectioq committee. Garland Mc Pherson will make the presenta tion. The formal banquet is an out standing event of the Sandhills year. An annual feature is the rresentation of a check to tfie Moore Coimty hospital for support of the Kiwanis bed for under privileged children, representing funds collected in an annual “baby page” project of the club; also a check to the hospital for the year’s total of $1 admissions to greenhouses of the Carolina Or chid Growers. The Orchid Grow ers gift was started by the late Judge W. A. Way and has been continued by Mrs. Way. Banquet speaker will be Ki- wanian J. Talbot Johnson of Howard Fuquay is coach for the Aberdeen, president of the Moore local Guardsmen’s quint. In County Bar association. Special charge of the program for the Air- Ground school is Sergeant Pen- kunis, special services officer. guests will include H. W. Hennig, of Darlington, S. C.; governor of (Continued on Page 8) NO LIGHTS? The beautiful holly tree on the post office lawn will be lit up starting the weekend of I^cember 13—^bu)! these may be the only downtown Christmas lights this year. However, the wiring and lights owned by the Chamber of Commerce — six blocks worth of 'em—will be made availetble to any merchant who wishes to use them for his own outside decoration, or for lighting trees on the park way opposite his place of busi ness. Anyone wishing to use them can get them at the Chamber office and return them there after Christmas. The Chamber, it was re vealed at a directors' meeting this week, has no funds to put up the lights. Besides a bare treasury, it also has unpaid bills for pulling them up a year ago, and for the juice they burned. In view of these Sad ifacts. and knowing that Santa isn't going , to pay those bills, the Chamber reluctantly with draws its sponsorship of the lighting this year. Mrs. Alma Maples Morrison of Pinehurst was transferred Tues day from the Lake County Mem orial hospital at Eustis, Fla., to St. Joseph of the Pines, still in critical condition following an automobile accident of Thursday, November 20. The accident was fatal to Mrs. Morrison’s companion, Mrs. Mar ion Averill of Edgartown, Mass. The two were driving from Pine hurst to Mt. Dora, Fla., for winter hotel employment. Mrs. Morrison was brought on the train to Hamlet, then by am bulance to the local hospital. She sustained 10 fractured or broken ribs and her condition is said to be one “of severe shock.” She has never fully regained conscious ness since the accident. Her children. Miss Louise Mor rison and Donald Morrison of Pinehurst went to Florida immedi ately on receiving news of the tragedy Miss MSorrison accom panied her mother home, while Donald drove. Mrs. Morrison’s car is in a demolished condition. Few details were learned, other than that the car struck or side- swiped a truck-trailer about six miles north of Mt. Dora. It was a rainy, foggy afternoon, of ex tremely poor visibility. Both Mrs. Morrison and Mrs. Averill were thrown from the car and it could not be determined which had been driving. Mrs. AveriU was in stantly kiUed. Mrs. Morrison was going to a regular position, which she was to fill for the fourth successive season, as a baker with a Mt. Dora hotel. ' The nature of her injuries make it difficult to know at this time how seriously she is hurt, it was learned at the hospital, and she is not able to receive company as yet. She is well known here, with many friends and relatives throughout the Sandhills.