Boros’ Rise Rated
^ Top Sports Story
For 1952 In Nation
r
Headlines Again
Blazon Name of
Mid Pines Pro
Julius Boros’ fabulous rise was
rated this week by sportswriters
of the nation as Top Story of the
Year. In the State he was saluted
by the Greensboro Daily News as
North Carolina’s Athlete of the
Year.
The 1952 achievements of the
Mid Pines pro- who soared from
comparative obscurity to top posi
tion in the world of golf caused
his name to be blazoned again
this week on sports pages across
the State and nation, shedding
still mere glory on his home club
and on Southern Pines, which has ,,
“adopted” him as a son.
Sports Editor Smith Barrier of
the Daily News called him the
“Connecticut Tar Heel” in again
recounting his feats, and noting
the terrific competition he bested
on his way up.
Baurier wrote: “Bores quickly
stepped to the throne in 1952, tak
ing with him thousands of dollars
as PGA’s ‘Golfer of the Year’ and
top money-winner.
“From an unknown, not even a
professional long enough for full
membership in the PGA, he turn
ed the eyes of Texas upon him
as National Open champion, the
first step in his immediate suc
cess. Then, under pressure of the
$25,000 first-place check, he beat
Carey Middlecoff for the World’s
Championship at Tam o’ Shanter.
The Connecticut Tar Heel won na
tional acclaim.”
The Sandhills communities rec
ognized Boros in November with
the holding of the Julius Boros
Open golf tournament and ban
quet at the Mid Pines club.
ORCHID FUND
Mr. and Mrs. Karl A. Brid
ges, who recently acquired
from Mrs. William A. Way the
.Carolina Orchid Growers nur
sery on Midland road, found
ed by her and her husband,
the late Judge Way, will con
tinue the practice of contri
buting to the Sandhills Ki-
wanis Club Charity Fund all
proceeds of fees charged vis
itors at the greenhouses, it
was announced this week.
Judge and Mrs. Way inau- ‘
gurated the practice yeiirs
ago, and funds amounting to
several thousands of dollars
have been donated by Kiwan-
is to the Moore County hospi
tal as a result. At the club's
meeting on Wednesday, Gar
land McPherson, of Southern
Pines, announced the offer of
Mr. and Mrs. Bridges, who re
cently moved here from Char
lotte, to continue the practice.
Lakeview Child
Provincial Governor Of Siarn
Will Be Three-Day Guest H^re
COMING HERE
■ Cameron Shooting
j Is Tragie Sequel
I Of July Murder
Fatally Injured;
Inquest Is Set
A violent killing of last July 4
had a violent repercussion Sunday
night when a man charged with
the murder was shot by a brother
of his victim.
11 concerned are Negroes, of
'Cameron section, where both
.tings took place,
illiam McGregor, 43, who is
er $3,000 bond for trial for the
rder of Shelton Blue, was crit-
.ly wounded in the Sunday
t affray, according to Sheriff
J. McDonald. McGregor is a
atient at Lee County hospital at
Sanford.
James Blue, 21, brother of Shel
ton, who is reported to have done
the shooting, disappeared immedi
ately afterward but turned him
self in the next day to the sheriff
of Durham county at Durham
Sheriif j.. G. Belvin called Sheriff
McDonald, who- told him that in
view of McGregor’s serious con
dition no bond could be allowed.
He despatched Deputies A. W.
Lambert and C. A. McCallum to
Durham and Monday night Blue
was lodged in Moore County jail
No charges were made against
him pending the outcome of Mc
Gregor’s condition.
Infoi’mation from Durham is
that Blue came to the sheriff’s of
fice accompanied by his brother-
in-law, a Durham man, and told
Belvin, “I came to surrender my
self. I shot a man last night.” He
said that ever since McGregor had
shot Shelton Blue “he had said
he would get me too. When he
put hands in his pockets, I got
him before he got me.”
Tie shooting took place at Me
Rae’s store. Witnesses said Blue
entered the store while McGreg
or’s back was turned and fired.
Th°i^ said no words were ex
changed.
Tie bullet went completely
through McGregor’s body, enter
ing his right side from the back
and coming out of his chest on the
left side, above the heart.
Tlie description of the gun
given by the witnesses indicates
it is the same, or similar to, the
gun Sb°lton Blue had the day he
was killed, which several people
saw but could never afterward be
fc-xind, the sheriff said.
An eight-year-old girl, clasping
her new Christmas doll in her
arms, was fatally injured as, eager
to ^ meet the approaching school
bus, she ran cut into the highway
directly in front of an oncoming
car.
Jean Doss, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. James L. Doss, was struck
by a car driven by Joe Atlas Phil
lips, 22, of Vass, on US Highway
1 near her home at Lakeview a
few minutes past 8 o’clock Tues
day morning.
The Vass-Lakeview school bus,
headed north, had stopped just
down the road. It would have
picked up the little girl at its next
stop. The impact with Phillips’
car, traveling south toward South
ern Pines, knocked the child back
on the roadside where she lay
with her doll, shiny-new -rnd still
unbroken, by her side.
Phillips carried her immediate
ly to St. Joseph of the Pines hos
pital. She was taken at once into
surgery but died within an hour
or two of head injuries. She also
suffered a fractured leg.
Coroner Ralph G. Steed has set
an inquest tqbe held at the court
house in Carthage Wednesday.
January 14. Patrolman C. G.
Wimberly is investigating. He
said the young man told him he
was going about 50 miles an hour,
and applied his brakes as scon
as he saw the child run into the
road but was unable to avoid
striking her. Skid marks showed
the car traveled 98 feet after
brakes were applied, the patrol
man said.
This was the 20th highway fa
tality for Moore county in 1952.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday afternoon at Shallow
Well Congregational Christian
church near J'onesboro, in Lee
county, conducted by the pastor,
the Rev. W. L Wood, assisted by
the Rev. George Talley of Carbon-
ton. Burial was in the church
cemetery.
The little girl was born Febru
ary 26, 1944, in Lee county. She
was a third grade student at Vass-
Lakeview school. Her mother is
the former Miss Selvia Maddox.
Besides her parents, she is sur
vived by two sisters, Janet Carol
and Nancy Ann, of the home; the
paternal grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Doss, Jonesboro
Heights, and maternal grandpar
ents, Mr. and Mrs. I. C. Maddox,
Jonesboro Rt. 6.
Creath Installed
As President Of
MR. PUANG
Pinebluff Resident
Is Christmas Eve
Accident Victim
Drivers of two cars which
struck William Ray Griffith, 52, of
Pinebluff Christmas Eve, causing
injuries which resulted in his
death the next day, were exon
erated of blame by a coroner’s
jury meeting at Aberdeen Mon
day night. The death was Moore
county’s 19th highway fatality of
the year.
The jury found that Griffin
“came to his death by being
struck by cars driven by Richard
Howard Maultsby and Robert
Henry Johnson,” but found “no
culpable negligence on the part
of either driver.” Coroner Ralph
G. Steed conducted the inquest.
The tragedy occurred Wednes
day evening on US Highway 1
just south of the stoplight at Pine
bluff, one block from Griffin’s
home.
Maultsby, 19-year-old Rocking
ham youth, said he first saw Grif
fin hesitating in the center of the
highway and swerved left to
avoid him, but Griffin turned and
stepped into the path of his car.
His body flew up on'the hood cf
the car, breaking the windshield,
then fell to the hardsurfaced
highway.
Johnson, 22-year-old Army pri
vate stationed at Fort Jackson,
S. C., came along several seconds
later as a crowd started to gather.
He testified that in attempting to
avoid the crowd he failed to see
the body in the road. It caught in
his left front wheel and was drag
ged a considerable distance.
Among witnesses heard at the
inquest was Jerry Griffin, 16-
year-old son of the accident vic
tim, who saw the first car hit his
father without being aware that
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Drawn By Frierpdship
For Local Youth,
Will Visit All Ojver
A distinguished visitor Will''ar
rive today (Friday) in Sffluthern
Pines, eager to see the home town
and meet the home folks) of a
friend whom he admires.
Governor Puang Suwanankth of
the province of Songkhla, iThai-
land, will be met by Mayor fc. N.
Page and other local peopl® at
the Raleigh-Durham airport
5:45 p. m. and bk brought
Southern Pines for a three-
stay.
He has heard of Southern Pi:
and the Sandhills from Lewis
Pate, local young man now teachV
ing in Thailand under the Ful-'
bright exchange teacher program,
and they have become good
frifends. Wehn he' came to this
country recently on a State De
partment tour, his first visit to
the United States, he expressed a
special desire to include Southern
Pines on the tour.
Will Go Everywhere
While some events have been
planned fer his entertainment,
time has been left for informal
visiting and you’re apt to meet
him almost anywhere—in stores
and restaurants, the library, at
church and other places.
He will be a guest in the home
of Mayor and Mrs. Page. Saturday
morning he will spend visiting
informally downtown. Saturday
afternoon, a trip to Fort Bragg is
planned. Saturday evening he will
dine at the Hollywood hotel with
m.embers of the town board, the
school board and their wives, also
Lewis Pate’s family.
Sunday he vfill have dinner
with Mr. and Mr-i. Fred Woodruff,
brother-in-lav.' a^d sister of Mr.
Pate with 'vhciip''he makes his
home when Yherfe, 'and they will
Sandhills Kiwanis
Fugitives Sought For
Attack On Officer Frye
L. B. Creath, of Pinehurst, ex
ecutive vice president of thq Car
olina Bank, was inaugurated as
the 32d president of the Sandhills
Kiwanis club at the final meeting
of the year held Wednesday at the
Hollywood hotel. He succeeds
Voit Gilmore, of Southern Pines.
Crawford Lassiter, of Laurin-
burg, lieutenant governor of this
district of Kiwanis Internatiqnal,
officiated at the ceremonies. In
ducted at the same time were
Jack Taylor, Aberdeen, as vice
president; John L. Ponzer, South
ern Pines, treasurer, and as direc
tors for 1953, Haynes Britt, Dr.
Bruce War lick and Jack Younts,
of Southern Pines; T. Roy Phillips
of Carthage; A. P. Thompson,
Paul VonCanon, West End, and
If enjamin W. Wicks, Aberdeen.
A tribute was paid retiring
P^sident Gilmore by J. Talbot
Jol\ison, of Aberdeen, followed
by rtising vote of appreciation for
his s^vices during a year in
which\^e club sponsored numer
ous su^essful projects, among
them a JHorse Show, a National
Boys’ Daylprogram in cooperation
with the aV Force, a swimming
instructor atl^berdeen Lake, fund
campaigns forfthe benefit of the
Moore County >^d St. Joseph’s
hospitals, and a t^ocational Guid
ance program. TreW^urer Ponzer
reported the organiz?|tion in ex
cellent financial condiu^on at the
close of the year.
Arrested At Carthage
POSTAL CHANGES
Several changes in postal
service are announced this
week by Postmaster Pierce.
Distribution of mail to
boxes at night is being discon
tinued in view of the frequent
lateness of the trains, keep
ing employees waiting and
using up their limited over
time. ("Specials" will contin-
to be delivered as usual, any
time.)
Closing time for southbound
mail is being moved up an
hour, from 9 to 8 p. m.
Posted savings ciiid money
order windo-ws will open at 9
a. m. daily instead otf 8.
j Strider, Malone
Admit To Wagram
Tear Gas Assault
Rites At Carthage
For Mrs. Sea well,
Widow Of Judge
Two young white men arrested
at Carthage late Tuesday admitted
to Sheriff C. J. McDonald and
two SBI agents that they were the
ones who shot tear gas into the
face of Police Chief Lewis W.
Frye, Jr., of Wagram December
24, causing severe injuries and
probable lifetime disfiguration.
( Deldon Leach Strider, 18, and
Frank Malone, 25, both of whom
have recently been living near
Carthage, described in full detail
the assault following which they
became the objects of a statewide
manhunt.
Following one or two faint clues
that they might be local men.
Sheriff McDonald had been work
ing on the case since the day after
Christmas, assisted by the SBI,
whom he called in.
Officers hunting the* pair
Funeral services for Mrs. Ella
McNeill Seawell, wife of the late through all neighboring counties
Judge H. F. Seawell of Carthage, vvere handicapped by the fact that
were held Thursday morning at they were unknown to Chief Frye,
the Carthage Presbyterian church, though he said! he was sure he
with burial following beside her could identify them if he saw
husband in Cross Hill cemetery, them again.
Mother Aud
Killed lu Wreck
Ou Christmas Trip
take M'ni m'% s"'t;htr'::oiug tom of
the Sandhills. Sunday night he
will be a supper guest of Mrs.
James Boyd at her homd.
Will Visit ^chols
, Me .iday, when the boys and
girls troop back to school after!
the Christmas holidays, they will'
find Mr. Puang, as he is known j
in the Thai form of address, go
ing to school right along withj
them. He will visit the high and
ielementary schools in both South
ern Pines and West Southern
Pines, and will have lunch in the
Southern Pines school cafeteria
Monday afternoon, he will
board the Piedmont Airlines plane
at 4:21 o’clock for Knoxville,
Tenn., the next stop on his tour,
where he will visit the TVA pub
lic power installation.
While he' is staying generally
at hotels on his journey, it was
Mr. Pate’s suggestion that he
would enjoy his visit here more,
and learn more of American ways,
as a guest in a private home, since
he is interested in everything
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Death on the highway struck
savagely Tuesday at a young
Army couple and their child, as
they were drivingi back to their
home in Soutliern Pines after a
happy Christmas with their peo
ple in Alabama.
Mrs. Voncyle Webb, 20, and her
nine-months-old son Jerry were
killed in an accident in Colum
bia, S. C. Her husband, Cpl. Rus
sell Webb, 21, was taken to Fort
Jackson hospital with critical in
juries.
The accident occurred when two
cars sideswiped and careened into
the Russells’ car. It is not known
whether any others were injured
A memiber of Corporal Russell’s
outfit at Fort Bragg brought news
of the tragedy Wednesday to Mr.
and Mrs. R.- E. Craft, neighbors
and close friends of the young
couple.
The Webbs, who were from
Greenville, Ala., had lived for the
past eight months at 250 East New
Jersey avenue. They attended the
First Baptist church and had
made many friends here. Child
hood sweetliearts, they had been
married just two years. Corporal
Webb’s mother and father visited
them a few weeks ago.
Teacher In Thailand
Pine Belt League
Will Open Series
Wednesday Night
MILLION PIECES
A million pieces of mail, at
least, went through the
Southern Pines post office
during December.
An accurate count showed
outgoing mail to total about
250,000 pieces, said Postmas
ter Garland Pierce. Day in
and out. incoming mail aver
ages three times as much. It
all adds up to the biggest De
cember in local postal history.
It also brings up the inter
esting fact that Southern
Pines people get lots more
mf il than they send. Many
faictors axe involved here—
much incoming fourth-class
mail matter, with little going
out; many newspapers and
maoqzines. ■with only The
P’lot) mailed out in ' return.
Also,' the postmaster said, it
is simply a fact that the pa
trons : receive about twice as
many' letters and parcels as
they $end.
The Pine Belt Basketball
League of six Sandhills men’s
teams will open its official sched
ule Wednesday night, with games
.slated each Wednesday nigh1
thereafter through March 11.
The recently formed league con
sists of National Guard-sponsored
teams from Southern Pines, St.
Pauls, Red Springs and Rseford,
the USAFAGOS team from High
land Pines Inn, Southern Pines
and the Lions Club team of Pine
hurst.
Of interest to Southern Pines
basketball followers is the an
nouncement that there will be a
game at the Southern Pines gym
every Wednesday night during the
series, with either the local Nn
tional Guard team or the USAF
AGOS Airmen playing one of the
other teams in the league. These
teams boast m.sny outstanding
former high school and college
stars, and it is anticipated that
they will give fans of this area
a fine exhibition of the sport.
On the opening night, the local
Guardsmen play host here to the
Red Robbins of Red Springs,
while the Airmen travel to St.
Pauls. The public is invited. Game
time, 8 p. m.
u
Officiating were the Rev. W. S
Golden, pastor, the Rev. O. J.
Hagler of the Carthage Baptist
church, the Rev. George W. Blount
of the Carthage Methodist church
and the Rev. W. F. Hancock cf
e Robbins Baptist church.
itUbearers were J. L. McGraw.
Williamson,
Dan
pywi
R. G. Wallace, Thad Ed^He told Charles MacLeod, justice
Reaching his own conclusion as
to who they might be. Sheriff Mc
Donald still had problems ahead.
In these he was greatly assisted
by Deldon Strider’s brothers. Car
man and Rankin, who came to his
office Tuesday afternoon. Rankin
had “taken out papers” some time
earlier against Dendon for assault.
Dupree, all of Carthage
Mrs. Seawell died Tuesday at
Moore County hospital after about
two years of failing health. She
had been a patient at the hospital
for seme time iri November, and
was taken there again Christmas
day.
She had the distinction of being
the wife and, mother of two men
who were candidates for governor
of North Carolina. Judge Seawell
of the peace in the sheriff’s office,
^t he wanted to withdraw Jili.
warrartt." " »
He was persuaued that to do
this he would have to appear with
Deldon in person. The brothers
went out and got Deldon, a strip
ling of a lad who does not look
his 18 years.
The sheriff began .asking ques
tions, and so did SBI Agents Lee
Phillips and Bill O’Daniel. Deldon
in 1928 and H. F. Seawell, Jr., in shortly implicated Malone aind an
1952 amassed record votes for
their tim.es, as Republican candi
dates.
She was also distinguished in
her own right. A native and life
long resident of Carthage, and
descendant of pioneer Scottish
families, she was a leader in all
things for the good of her com
munity as long as her health per
mitted, and was a gracious lady
of the old school.
She was born September 29,
1874, the daughter of Alexander
Hamilton and Margaret Currie
McNeill. She was married almost
60 years ago to Herbert Floyd
Seawell, then a rising young at
torney who had just received his
first important appointment, that
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Chief Couldn’t
See Driver - He
Was Too Small
A call that a .c§
culiarly
:tc
officer went and got him. Both
“sang,” and when their story was
completed in the wee small hours
of Wednesday morning, the SBI
men transported them to jail in
Scotland county.
Chief Frye, a patient at Scot
land County Memorial hospital at
Laurinburg, had told how he had
tried to halt and search a suspi
cious-looking pickup truck about
3 a.m. Christmas eve on the out
skirts of Wagram. He blew his
siren and it stopped. As he went
over to question the occupants,
the driver exploded a tear gas
bomb in his face. The pois-onous
acid burned deep into his cheek
and chin.
Falling to the ground in agony,
the officer opened up witb his
gjin as the truck sped away. He
said he “shot up” the truck and
made scrap out of one of its tires.
After some time, during which
lost considerable blood, he_,
aged to get back to his^
and drive near some
able to ca
on ^
boll
■W 4
il
LEWIS PATE of Southern Pines teaching a class at ■
khla High school, Thailand (Siam). On the bac^,^f thil
sent to his sister, Mrs. Fred Woodriff, he wr^
the students are. The girl nearest the cam||
and a little dark but most of the studes
camera shows. Some are mixed witi
look Caucasian.”
“These are pre-Univ^
ful. The boy ■with glassfl
i