GIVE TO SVA
SCHOLARSHIP FUND
TRAIN A NURSE
FOR MOORE
VOL. 34—NO. 12
GIVE TO SVA
SCHOLARSHIP FUND
TRAIN A NURSE
FOR MOORE
Greek Air Force
Officers Study
USAF Lessons
Cameras Record
Week's Program
For M-G-M And TV
The USAF Air-Ground Opera
ticns school at Highland Pint'
Inn had unusual guests last week
and the movie and television cam
eramen were there to record id’
their doings.
Distinguished visitors included!
three Greek officers, leading
members of the Royal Hell.enir
Air Force, on a special NATO I
training mission to learn USAP
operation procedures. ■
They were Air Marshal Elia?
Koutsoukos, Maj. George Pattas,
and Lieut. Theodores Michael.
They were accompanied by Maj
Emanuel N. Stevens as U. S. Air
Force escort officer. They took the
complete five-day indoctrination
course, attending all classes, and
also went on a tcur of Fort Bragg
and Pope AFB, to inspect equip
ment.
For the Friday afternoon grad
uation exercise. Brig. Gen. Wil
liam M. Gross staged a special
outdoor ceremony in their honor.
During all this time their con
stant comoanions were movie
cameras. On duty at the school
were a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
newsreel crew, also a Telenews
crew making a film for TV broad
cast.
The TV picture has probably
gone on the air by now, though
The Pilot was unable to learn
about this. The newsreel should
reach Iccal theatres within a short
time.
EIGHTEEN PAGES
Pinebluff Receives CP&L Contest Check, Certificate
PRICE—TEN CENTS
A proud moment in the history of the Town
of Pinebluff: Mayor E. H. Mills in behalf of the
town receives a certificate of merit and check
for $100 from W. Ward Hill of Southern Pines,
local manager of the Carolina Power & Light
company.
Looking on are members of the steering com
mittee and project chairmen who worked to
gether to win for Pinebluff honorable mention
in the CP&L’s first annual “Finer Carolina” con
test. They are, from left, Roy Wallace, W. K.
Carpenter, Jr., K. G. Deaton, Martin Parrisk, E.
C. Palmer, C. C. Parker, James Parrish, Harvey
Lathan, Gordon Keith, Fire Chief N. L. Van Bos-
kerck, Mrs. John Morgan, Mrs. Roy Griffin, Mrs.
C. C. Parker, Mrs. N. L. Van Boskerck, Mrs.
Leon I. Wylie, Mrs. Adelaide Schnell, town
clerk, Mrs. Julia Mangum, Mrs. Constance Fos
ter, Mrs. Timothy Cleary, E. H. Foster, J. Doug
las David, Mr. Hill, Mayor Mills.
Parker, Lathan and Keith are the town
commissioners.
Fort Bragg Road Nearing Completion
Will Be Scenic Route To Army Line
Special Events
Mark Scout Week
For Boys, Leaders
Youthful and adult members of
the Boy Scout program here will
unite in the observance of Boy
Scout Week, February 7-14.
Boy Scouts, Explorers and Cub
Scouts will wear their uniforms
aU next week, in token of the 43d
anniversary of the program in
America.
Sunday wiU be Boy Scout Sun- I Frk*.
day. Churches sponsoring troops '^‘ilOering T Or
or packs will give special empha
sis to scouting at the morning ser-
Scouts and
FIRST ABSENCE
Moore County commission
ers. called on to appoint a
substitute judge of record
ers court Monday for the f’mt
time in 18 years, directed that
a letter be sent to Juddge J.
Vance Rowe expressing their
sympathy in his suffering es
a -victim of the flu. also their
CT'Dr’^ci^tion of his fine record
of service.
It was the first time since
Judne Rowe was first elected
in 1934 that he had had to be
absent on account of illness.
The commissioners appoint
ed Former County Solicitor
W. 'A. Leland McKeithen to
carry on as judge pro tern.
♦ The paved highway from the
Sandhills tO' Fort Bragg is well on
its way towards completion. With
the opening up and leveling of the
roadbed, this last link with the
post awaits only the top surface
of paving to take its place in the
new road system of the state.
Tag Sales Here
Pass 1100,000
In Final Rush
vice. Scouts and their lea^lers
will attend in a body.
Scout units will hold special
events during the week, inviting
their families as special guests.
A, local highlight will be the
i Blue and Gold banquet,of the lo
cal Cub Scout pack, a thriving or
ganization of 62 boys in eight
dens, sponsored by the Brownson
Memorial Presbyterian church.
The banquet will be held in the
Fellowship Hall of the church,
followed by a pack meeting, with i
renewal of the charter and the
presentation of achievement
awards. Capt. Paul Ward is cub-
j master.
Recognition Dinner
Thursday will be the night of
the annual Recognition dinner of
the. Occoneechee Council, to be
h^d at Lenoir Hall of the Univer
sity in Chapel Hill. More than
400 scouters from the Council-’s 12
districts are expected to attend. A
large delegation will be present to
represent Moore county, which
has won the attendance trophy
f four times in a row. The trophy
goes to the largest group, travel
ing the greatest number of miles,
to get to the dinner.
Members of the council execu
tive board from the Sandhills ex
pected to attend the dinner. are
W. D. Campbell of Southern
Pines, who is also chairman of Re
gion Six and a member of the na
tional executive committee; W.
I Lament Brown and Paul C. Butler
of Southern Pines, and Hubert
McCaskill, Moore district chair
man, of Pinehurst.
Kiwanis Program
The Sandhills Kiwanis club
will have a special program Wed
nesday at its luncheon meeting at
the Holljrwood hotel. Spurgeon
Gaskin, of Raleigh, Occoneechee
Council executive, will be the
speaker. Invited as guests will be
; all district officials and chairmen,
and unit leaders of Moore. Ar
thur Welch, of Souther' Pines,
■will be in charge of the program.
Hunting Folks Are
Trials And Ball
As the season swings into the
■goodl hunting month of February, finfshed
bandhills hotels and stables are
filling up with the Two-legs and
the Four-legs, come to take part
■n the sport provided by the Moore
County Hounds.
Most distinguished arrivals are
Sir Clifford and Lady Sifton of
Ottawa, who- came Monday to stay
with the Fred McBrides. Sir Clif
ford is an enthusiastic hound man
and has ridden to hounds with his
famous hunting family, in Can
ada, for many years, as well as
whh naost of th° American nacks.
Back again, also from Canada,
are Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Cardy,
now in residence once more at
Busiest place in town last week
was the Chamber of Commerce
office on North West Broad. Dur
ing the last two days Mrs. Virginia
Pira, secretary, didn’t have a
It will be a credit to that system j to draw a deep breath,
and to those responsiWe for its This was because of the well-
construction. Running through known human trait of procrastina-
some of the finest scenery here- j especially when it comes to
abouts, it is bordered by bigTJuying state license plates,
pines; dogwoods and redbuds^ Friday and Saturday, last days
grow profusely along its route, before the deadline, saw the line
Great care has been taken tO' pre- winding halfway around the
serve the trees and beautify the block. Three deposits made by
roadside, the timber crews and Mrs. Pira Saturday totaled $11 -
construction gangs clearing up all 767.50. Friday’s intake of $9,000 .
debris as they went along, bury- pushed the total for the two days'his class, while playing varsity
ing roots and tops in a big claypitiabove $20,000. - -
near the road. i au Axe Served
The wide dirt surface has been! Mm Pii-o u i.
ion th^Sr'^^ excep-'husband, Sgt. Joseph Ph-l Sd by
ion of the fiml quarter mile. Mrs. Florence Reiner, on loan
mterscction with from the McAllister and Hobbs
Indiana avenue, which occurs store office across the street. All
leading to Paint working together kept the line
smoothly. Everybody
waiting Saturday afternoon was
taken cere of.
Huntley Passes
District Test For
Morehead Prize
Stale's Outstanding
Youths Compete For
UNC Scholarships
William T. Huntley III, 17-
yeer-oid senior at Southern Pines
High school, has come out on top
.n two eliminations, end is well on
he way toward securing one of
i.e coveted scholarships of the
John Motley Morehead Founda
tion.
i-enry L. Graves, Morehead
Foundation chairman for Moore
county, said that young Huntley,
selected from among 26 applicants
from high schools in the county,
came successfully through the in
terview held Monday for the dis
trict at Chapel Hill. District 2 in
cludes some 15 counties in Central
North Carolina.
Next%tep on the march toward
the scholarship at the University
cf North Carolina, estimated at
$1,500 a year for four years, is. an
interview for district candidates
with the Central Scholarship com
mittee March 2 or 3.
Mr. Graves accompanied Bill to
Chapel Hill for the district test
Monday, and expressed confi
dence this week that he would
emerge as a state winner. “But,
whether he gets it or not, we
know we have a winner in Bill,”
he said. “He meets every require
ment and deserves full honor cn
his achievement.”
The scholarships are new this
year, established by John Motley
Morehead to develop young lead
ership in the State. Promising
high school youths from all coun
ties are to be offered the scholar
ships annually, on recommenda
tion of the county chairman and
his committee. All-round merit,in
leadership, scholarship and physi
cal vigor is the main requirement.
Financial need is not considered.
Bill was chosen as Southern
Pines’ candidate by a committee
of three teachers. He transferred
from the Chapel Hill High school
three years ago, and has consis
tently stood in the top quarter of
DIES
Townspeople Will View
New Gonlmunity Center
At Open House Tuesday
■'Evening Event
Will Inaugurate
RecreationFacility
“Open house” will be held at
the new Southern Pines commun
ity center on South May street
Tuesday evening, from 7:30 till 10
o’clock, for all the townspeople.
The date has been changed from
Wednesday on account of the bas
ketball schedule.
Everyone is invited to come and
see their new public building and
com,munity meeting place, said
the Rev. C. K. Ligon, chairman of
the Municipal Recreation Com
mission’s committee for the cen
ter. There is aunple parking space
for all. The building is the former
Elks Home, purchased by the
Town last summer.
There will be no formal pro
gram. However, members of the
^own board and of the Commission
will be on hand to greet the
townspeople and to make them
welcome. Young girls of the teen
age group will serve refreshments.
The downstairs meeting rooms
—one large room and one small
one—will be on view. There will
not be much in the way of furni
ture to be seen at first. However,
pvpnino ® purchase has been made of 25
emng |fQjjjjjjg metal card
J. B. S'WETT
James B. Swell,
Civil Engineer,
Passes Suddenly
James B. Swett. 68, consulting
engineer, died at his home on Pine
Grove road Saturday
after a short illness.
Mr. Swett had been confined to
down the hill to Bethesda Road
and crews are still at work level
ling off, a last job expected to be
within the next two
weeks, if the good weather holds.
All but this is passable, but
there will be a considerable lapse
of time before the next and final
step: application of the top dress
ing of pavement. R. G. Poindex-
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NY Baseball Club
May Come Here
For April Training
Total of licenses sold during
December and January was 5,711.
Of these 4,445 were for automo
bile ilicenses, 1,:,022 trucks, 225
trailers and 19 motorcycles. 'There
were 38 title transfers. Total in
take was $100,195.
Of this the Chamber, paid seven
cents for each sale, plus a supple
mentary couple of cents coming
later in the year, will clear only a
little over $500. In service render
ed the town, however, the reward
is incalculable.
Business Benefit Seen
“If the Chamber of Commerce
did nothing else, the license bu
football, basketball and baseball,
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Eviclion Nolice
May Clear Way
For Palch Building
.. ^ - ,, A likelihood was seen this week reau would make it worth while
Vernon Valley Farm. IVith a that a northern baseball club will for every automobile dealer ” one
barnful of horses, all are glad to come to Southern Pines for April of them spoke up in a Chamber
exchange snow and frozen ground I-r nmg. I meeting iL week. “The conve-
or Moore county sand. | Tony Lupien, general manager nience of getting licenses here,
William O’Brien of Bayonne, Corning, N. Y., club, wrote*also title transfers, is one of the
N. J., is here 8 gain, staving at to the Belvedere Hotel manage-1 best things possible for our busi-
the Southland: also Mrs PioVior/i ment to £sk if facilities were .ness”
the Southland; also Mrs. Richard
Storey of Ipswich, Mass. They
have vanned their horses down
and expect to hunt regularly as
well as show in the Hunter Trials
scheduled for February 18.
available, and expressing a desire
to return to Southern Pines.
Mr. Lupien was formerly, man
ager of a Class D team of the De
troit Tigers which trained here
Arriving Tuesday night werej ™ the spring of 1951.
two more sportsmen who are After contracting Mayor C. N.
putting in their annual six weeks!Page and, through him, Supt. A.
or so with the local pack: James |c. Dawson, Miss Helen Reed of
McKinnon of Elmira, N. Y., and the Belvedere was able to send
Ted Baldwin of Westchester, Pa.,Mr. Lupien their assurance of co
Mr. Baldwin judged last year’s poreation with information that
trials and is expected to have
one or two entries in this year’s
event. x
Hunter Trials Shaping Up
Given the informality of the
Trials it is seldom that entries
are known far in advance, how
ever prospects are extremely
good, according to Mrs. W. O.
Moss, secretary of the hunt and
arrangements can be made for the
club to use the athletic field and
lockers.
The Chamber of Commerce is
also extending cooperation, and is
writing Mr. Lupien to that effect
Thirty young men will be
housed at the Belvedere, and
be boarded at Holliday’s Coffee
Shop from April 12 through April
That it brings thousands of peo
ple into town who might not be
likely to come otherwise was con
sidered a good thing, too, for all
local businesses.
Largest percentage of buyers, of
course, were from Moore and
Hoke counties,, which up until
1951-52 had no license sale bu
reau nearer than Sanford or Fay
etteville. However, said Mrs. Pira,
there were customers from all
over the state—Raileigh, Wilming
ton, Winston-Salem, Chaurlotte and
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in charge of entries. All local 28.
stables are expected to have a Two teams trained here during
full contingent of hunters ready April of 1950 and 1951, secured
for the event, these to include through combined efforts of the
well - known ribbon - winners Town and the Chamber of Com-
from the Vernon Valley Farms
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merce, with cooperation of the
school.
ART EXHIBITS
The exhibit of paintings by
Southern Pines artist Damila
Frassineti Devins will con
tinue at the Library art gal
lery during the coming week.
The exhibit by Mrs. Jane
Carter, which aroused much
local interest when shown
here in January, is now hav
ing a two weeks' showing at
the Fort Bragg Officers eltib.
Western Union has been served
with a notice of evicf^ion from the
little frame building which has
been its Southern Pines home lor
the past 25 years.
A hearing will be held some
time Friday before Justice D. E.
Bailey as to why the utility has
not moved to other quarters, as
ordered through condemnation
procedure January 8. The date of
February 1 was set at that time,
by the city building inspector, as
the deadline for the move.
District . Supervisor E. C. Mc-
Broom, who has been here off and
>1 in the intervening weeks, said
that several places were under
nsideration, but no plans had
been completed this week.
In the meantime. Patch’s De
partment store next door is chew
ing its fingernails, waiting to get
the rickety little building pulled
down and move ahead with ex
pansion plans. Both buildings are
owned by Patch’s, Inc., whic.
served the eviction notice thi
week.
Earl B. Owen, general manager
of the department store, said that
the local firm of Hayes and Mar
shall, Architects, has been en
gaged to make the plans for the
new construction which will al
most double the size of the store.
They will also supervise the work,
once it gets under way.
The store is to be completely
modernized, as well as enlarged,
with air-conditioning throughout,
an elevator and numerous other
'mprovements. It has been hoped
to complete the program in time
for a “grand opening” at the start
of the fall season, Mr. Owen said.
If there is much more delay,
though, this will hardly be pos
sible.
The new construction will com
pletely cover the site where the
Western Union building now
stands. Patch’s is advertising this
week for bids to tear down the
50-year-old frame structure. i
his home since a heart attack sus
tained several weeks ago. He was,
however, believed to be improv
ing and ,his passing came as a
shock.
Funeral serviqes were held
Monday afternoon at Emmanuel
Episcopal church, conducted by
the Rev. C. V. Covell, rector, as
sisted by the Rev. Gray Temple
of Reeky Mount. Burial was in
the family plot in Mt. Hope ceme
tery.
Pallbearers were Garland
Pierce, Harry J. Menzel, N. L.
Hodgkins, Norris Hodgkins, Jr,
W. E. Cox, Jr. and L. T. Avery,
(Continued on page 8)
SVA Scholarship
Drive Offers Help
In Nurse Shorlage
The Sandhill Veterans associa
tion, continuing with its project
of alleviating the nurse shortage,
this week opened its seventh an
nual campaign in Moore county.
Through the campaign, accom
plished entirely by mail solicita
tion, a nurse training scholarship
will be provided a worthy Moore
County girl, who will then return
to Moore to practice her profes
sion.
All of the campaigns of the past
have been successful, beginning
with the first in 1947. One schol
arship has been awarded every
year except in 1950, when there
were two. The results are appar
ent in three fine young nurses,
now graduated and at work, with
four girls still in training.
Shorlage Is Crucial
Thomas Howerton, administra
tor of the Moore Oo'unty hospital
said this week, “I know of no
need more vital, and no project
carried on by a lay organization
which better serves the hospitals
of the State. Our nurse shortage
of the past few years, far from im
proving, has become crucial.” The
opening of many new hospitals,
including large government facil
ities, each one needing nurses,
has rendered the situation des
perate, he said.
Mr. Howerton happens to be a
member of the Sandhills Veterans
association, and is working whole
heartedly to put the caihpaign
across. 'The group numbers less
than two dozen young men, all
veterans of World War 2. It is
strictly local, with no national tie
in, and every dime taken in is em-
oloyed for the campaign objec
tive. Amounts reached in previous
years have averaged approximate
ly $1,000, the sum required to pay
all incidental costs for one girl in
a three-year nurse training
course.
Voit Gilmore is president of the
SVA this year, and E. J. Austin
heads the scholarship drive. Don
Traylor is treasurer while Tom
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tables for use at the center, and
it is hoped these will be delivered
in time for the occasion.
Other furnishings are to be add
ed later, by gift or purchase, to
outfit the center for full useful
ness.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis McNeill,
who will live in the upstairs
apartment and act in a supervis
ory capacity, will move in this
weekend, aind will be present to
extend a welcome at the “open
house.”
Starting Monday, the center
will be available for meetings and
parties, through arrangements to
be made by local groups or indivi
duals with Mrs. McNeill. Nominal
fees will be in order for utilities,
cleaning-up, etc. This applies also
to the outdoor cooking facilities in
the grove.
Mr. Ligon and his committee,
which includes John Pottle and
Mrs. John S. Ruggles, will meet
today (Friday) for final planning
and to formulate tentative regu
lations for use of the center by
the public. These will be posted
on the wall, for the townsfolk to
read Tuesday night.
Aberdeen Firm
Robbed Of Safe;
Reward Offered
Thieves broke into the Aberdeen
Supply Co., at Aberdeen some
time last Saturday night, and
made off with the entire office
safe and its contents.
Cash and checks in the safe
amounted to $545, it was estimated
by R. E. Oldham, co-owner and
manager of the feed, seed and
farm supply business. Payment
has been stopped on the checks.
The safe also contained many
papers important in the conduct
of the business.
Mr. Oldham this week announc
ed the posting of a reward leading
to recovery of the safe and papers.
He expressed the belief that the
robbers were interested only in
the cash, and might throw away
or hide the safe and papers some
where in the vicinity.
Investigating the robbery, ad
mittedly with few clues, are Dep
uty Sheriff A. F. Dees, Aberdeen
Police Chief Archie Phillij^s and
the SBI. According to these offi
cers, the work was that of profes
sionals and similar to other rob
beries recently committed about
the state.
The break-in was discovered by
J. F. Holyfield, who operates a
small grist mill in the rear of the
building. The thieves were evi
dently unfamiliar with the layout
and broke into his place first, be
lieving it connected with the oth
er building. When they found it
didn’t, they broke out again and
got into the neighboring structure
through a window, later unlocking
the back door from the inside.
Tire marks showed tvhere a
truck or other vehicle had been
backed up to the door.