ILOT
VOL. 34—NO, 15
Show Will Benefit
^ Two Hospitals;
Kiwanis, Sponsor
The Sandhills iviwanis Club
will again sponsor the Mid-South
Horse show to be held March 28
and 29 at Starland Stables ring on
the Midland road between South
ern Pines and Pinehurst.
^ Proceeds from the show will be
divided between the two hospi
tals, Moore County and St.
Joseph’s, and other charitable
causes.
Plans for the two-day event
were brought up to date Tuesday
afternoon when the Kiwanis com
mittee met with directors of the
.show association £t the home of
the president, Vernon G. Cardy.
Mr. Cardy was in the chair; vice
president Lloyd P Tate and treas
urer James W. Tufts beside him,
with seven cf the 15 directors
present: C. Louis Meyer, Ralph
Trix, W O. Moss, W. Fred Mc
Bride, Mickey Walsh, Col. G. P.
Hawes, and A. C. Alexander. Mrs.
D. D. Schroeder of Pinehurst, en
gaged £s secretary of the associa
tion, was present.
Representing the Kiwanis Club
_ were Paul Butler, chairman of the
* horse show committee, J. T. Over-
ton, John Ponzer, J. Vance Rowe,
Jr, N. L. Hcdgkins Jr., and Nel
son C. Hyde.
Mam business of the meeting
EIGHTEEN PAGES
RESIGNS
Dr. William C. Holland, pas
ter of Ih.o Fipsf Baptist church
since June 1949, last Sunday
announced to his congregation
that he had, accepted a call
from the Baptist church of
Bessemer. Ala., and was re
signing as of April 1.
Dr. Holland came to the lo
cal church from Stetson uni
versity, De Land, Fla. where
he wcis for several years a
professor in the department of
religion. He is a native of Col
orado, a graduate of Baylor
university, Texas, as is Mrs.
Holland also. They haveJwo
childrenu
Dr. Holland has been active
in community affairs during
his pastorate here, also in af
fairs of the Moore County
Ministerial association and the
South Sandy Creek Baptist
association, of which he was
a founder and is currently
president. He is a member of
both the Sandhills Kiwanis
and Southern Pines Lions
clubs.
Army Youth Shot
In Car Theft Try
At Buchholz Home
EIGHTEEN PAGES
PRICE—TEN CENTS
k,'.
A young Army corporal, at-
tempting to drive a car off the
was the interlocking management yard of a home where a man,
of the Kiwanis and show commit- wife and (four children were
tees. As was the case last year, sleeping, was shot and seriously
the Kiwanians are taking chairge wounded here early Sunday
of the business end of the show, morning by the aroused houW
Tickfets are in the hands of Mr. (holder, owner of the car.
! 0 Ponzer, with the sale of parking I Cpl. Richard G. Schellschmidt,
spaces assigned, again, to Mr. 24, stationed at Fort Bragg but re-
Ov-’oton. Mr. Butler said that his siding at 225 East Vermont ave-
committee would handle the mat- nue, may lose a leg as the result
ter of concessions at the ring. Col. of wounds from rifle bullets
Hawes, a member of both groups, [which ripped through the car
is in charge of advertising. Idoor, it was learned from Sheriff
' Mr. Cardy stated that he felt C. J McDonald.
all exhibitors would take part' Ironically, the man who shot
w " "”tra enthusiasm in the him in defense of his property
knowledge that the show was be- lost a leg in World War 2, aind
ing handled by the county service walks with the aid of a crutch.
^ club and the proceeds devoted to I ■ John F. Buchholz, former U. S.
charity. , I Man - tc ld Southern Pines po-
’■''sident appointed a new Hoe whomi he summoned to his
committee consisting of Messrs, home on East Massachusetts Ave-
Mcss, Walsh, Tate, Dooly Adams, jope extension at 12:18 a. m. Sun-
with John C. Goodwin, as chair-h<-y that his wife had awakened
man, to have charge of the junnp- hhn on hearing someone start
in -'"■rt;’. It was reported that their car. He said he, went to the
the town of Southern Pines would door, saw the car being backed up
sunnlv clay and workmen and shouted several times to the
Samuel G. Allen of Pinehurst man at the wheel to stop, get out
and Brig. Gen. William M. Gross and leave. When the car continued
P were made honorary patron mem- i fo move, he got his rifle and
bers of the association in a tman- pumped bullets into its side,
iraous vote expressing thanks for The man opened the door on
their enthusiastic support. the other side and slid out of
A discussion of social events for view. The police arriving within
the show weekend brought out a few minutes found the car lights
the fact that three were being ®till on, the motor running and
pL nred of which one will be a Schellschmidt lying on the
br -’q'lcf' give"* by Mr. and Mrs. ground near by, bleeding profuse-
J
Just a year ago these two couples bought homes near each other
in Southern Pines. Since then the scene above has been repeated
many times the four of them enjoying each other’s company and
a good game of golf on the Southern Pines Country club course.
They are Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hobson, left, and,Mr. and Mrs.
Gilbert Redfern, right. Tom Hobson and Gil Redfern, enjoying
retirement today after busy and fruitful careers, are continuing
a story which began-years ago in Manchester, England. They
were boyhood friends together there, and came to this country
together as young men. Mrs. Hobson is also British-born, while
Mrs. Redfern is from Czechoslovakia.
Tom’s work kept him in New York while Gil’s kept him most
ly in Europe. All four now Say they are enjoying the best years
of their lives, together in the Sandhills. (Pilot Staff Photo)
^neybrook Meet
ill Be Opener
UHA Circuit
Races March 21
Will Draw From
Nation's Top Stables
1 An'm 1 Stonevbrook
p chase and Race Meet, to
be held Saturday, March 21, will
sanctioned this year for the
t t ree by the United Hunts as-
ation, and will be the official
n-'r on the Association’s spring
list.
ais of this official sanction,
eeting this year is expected
..ir w horses from the stables of
' ch famous owners as F. Am-
Cl"rk and George Bostwick.
0 Stoneybrock these horses
' ' go to other sanctioned meet
's ’n South Carolina, Virginia,
Maryland and Pennsylvania.
Ihe Stoneybrook race course,
developed by the famous trainer
;5d fcrm.er steeplechase jockey
Ii'ichael J. (Mickey) Walsh, is on
Youngs road just northeast of
1 -inEs. A crowd of 10,000
can be accorrmodated and it i.s
:ic ’"ated that that many might
■:ttcnd this year, as the new sanc-
fon ill draw leading timer-top-
’ crs, riders and owners of several
’ate- to this mid-scuth resort,
^'rst rac° will be at 2 p..
m., when horses ridden by ladies
will go to the Dost for a 5l8 mile
race on the flat. A 7|8 mile flat
race sanctioned by United Hunts
will fcllo'v. The third event, 1 1|2
miles over timber, is a Pink Coat
" ace” open to amateur riders who
members cf the Moore County
Hounds. Two more sanctioned
Sandhills Croup Protests Intangibles
Tax; Commissioners Remain “Neutral”
SUNDAY SHOW
The jumping course on the
William J. Brewster Estate
will be christened this Sun
day. with the first show to be
held on the elaborately laid
out course of jumps north of
Mamly.
The event will be a school
ing show, one of the series
held on successive Sunday af
ternoons at the Carolina ring,
Starland Stables, and other
local show grounds. Some of
the lop ribbon winners among
local stables are expected to
compete, with the addition of
a number of entries here for
the remaining weeks of the
hunting season.
-a" p distance over hurdle.s. Sixth
event will be a children’s race on
the flat
Diming the seventh and 4inal
!• A n- n- , , many a plow or wagon on
ripipcraf Pines-Pmehurst nearby farms will be withcut mo-
P \ tivating power. The race is for
Raleigh Thursday afternoon, to rnules onlv. which
races will follow: two and one- charming as well as ver-
half miles over timber and the, concert artists. Miss Cum-
' mings is also well known through
her radio work and appearances
with the nation’s greatest orches-
-.ras.
times
Dwight W. Winkelman Mrs., ly from wounds in both knees.
Ra Tf'x heads the social com-jThey applied tourniquets, called -pv -yr
mittee of Mesdames McBride, anibulance and had him rushed I Olf. 1. OUUff Will
Cardy and Winkelman. to St. Joseph of the Pines hospi- ”
Cardy
NO NEWS^
"I have nothing to say at
this time," was the comment
—or lack of one—made by W.
P. Saunders, president of Rob
bins Mills, Inc., when queried
this week concerning a rum
ored mercrer of textile titans.
The Wall Street Journal re
ported Tuesday that Robbins
stock had moved upward two
points on rumors of a merger
with the American Woolen
Co.. Inc. A spokesman for
American Woolen was quoted
as revealing that "some con
versations have been held but
no arrangements made" to
ward the purchase of Robbins
by his company.
.ABERDEEN WINS
The Aberdeen boys' team
defeated Stedman High 69-46
at Red Springs Wednesday
night, in the first round of the
District 4 Class A playoffs.
In semifinals tonight (Friday)
they will meet the winner of
Thursday night's Troy-Max-
ton match. Finals will take
place Saturday night, also at
Red Springs, the winner then
to enter Eastern Conference
play leading toward the state
championship contest.
Highfalls. holder of the
Moore County championship,
also unexpectedly entered the
district playoff. The Broad
way team dropped out and
Highfalls. runner-up to Ab
erdeen in last week's sectional
play, served as replacement.
They were narrowly defeated
hf Fairmont. 55-51.
hospi
tal, whence he was later transfer
red to Fort Bragg Station hospi
tal.
As the Buchhol^ home is out
side the city limits, the police
turned their report over to Sher-
Speak Monday On,
Washington Scene
attend a General Assembly hear- ' ^ ridden
ing in behalf of repeal of the
st-te’s unpopular intangibles tax.
They did not, hcwever, carry with
them the bjessing of the county
CO- missionsrs.
The tax, which penalizes resi
dent owners of out - of - state
securities and bank accounts, pre-
°nts many well-to-do citizens tr * ' •
from becoming residents It is tvaa Y'
rated as particularly harmful, for f McBnde, joint MFH of the
reason, to resort communi- Mountains Hunt,
ties. (Quebec, Canada, a winter resident
The county commissioners,
meeting Monday at Carthage, Mickey Walsh will serve as
Iroked at records showing that of the race meeting
$45,000 had accrued to the coun-
Couneil-Mana^er Plan
Issues Debated Here;
Public Seen Receptive
Leaders Claim No
Interest Beyond
Vote On Change
Lines which had at first appear
ed to be sharply drawn, in readi
ness for a fight over an election
tor the council-manager form of
government here, at second look
ti.i. week tended to shift ahd dis
solve. There were some indica
tions that there might be no fight
at aU.
Considerable interest 'vas
shown in the plan, questions were
asked and answered and people
everywhere seem.ed receptive to
the idea, whether or not they
were enthusiastic.
Petitions fcr an election had se
cured some 275 signatures by
Wednesday night. The ni”'’ber of
voters actually qualified was prob.
ably somewhat smaller. Petition
forms have been placed as a pub-
Mayor C. N. Page will nol
'' e ■ for raelection,
he told The Pilot this week,
adding, "and that is official."
His decision has nothing lo
do with any town ruckus past
or nresent, he said, but was
made some time ago—when
he was elected in 1951. as a
matter of fact, and has been
repeated io differenl people
al various times since then.
Mayor Page was elected to
the town board in 1945, be
came mayor in 1947 and has
twice been reelected without
opposition. The reascn for his
decision, he said, was "I think
six years is enough."
Lucile Cummings,
Opera Star, Will
Sing Here Tonight
A program ranging from oper
atic aria to humorous folksong
will be presented by Lucile Cum
mings, glamorous star of the Met
ropolitan Opera, when she appears
in concert tonight (Friday) at
Weaver auditorium.
The concert, sponsored by the
Sandhills Music association, will
begin at 8:30 o’clock. Tickets are
on sale at the Barnum Realty of
fice, and any not sold .at concert
time will be available at the door.
A favorite in contralto roles at
the Metropolitan, famous as one of
icven
within recent
•»' '“3' »a>l.
season also marked her New York a office, Ra-
Opera debut in the leading role of WEEB and The Pilot
Amneris in the New York City those wishmg to add
Center Opera company’s produc- names.
ty from this tax last year, $39,000
the year before, and $25,000 the
year before that, and declared
(Continued on page 8)
SOS-Payment Due
On School Bus
Randolph of the Piedmont Hunt
Virginia,, the well known lady
rider; three daughters of Mr. and
Mrs. Walsh, Jean, Kathleen and
Maureen; Austin Brown of Cam-
iff McDonald, who said he learned 'inSon^^D!'C.,^nJorthe°nSoSs wbJ^s^poS toe^ individuals Ti|on.'’iS^oi?ShrimptOT?’Jho
from Fort Br^gg authorities Tues- foremost women writers, and the schefo^ activities *11 announced the Grand Nation
dav an amputation of one leg speakers on politico-civic affairs activities bus, plus all England, has accented an
might have to be made. There has will give a talk Monday at sTm.’SSt S^^fskTd ft “ invitation^o attend ""
been no arrest pending develop- at the Southern Pines Civic club ^o rally round
by amateur, professional, adult or
child riders.
W. J. Brewster, joint MFH of tlon'of 4Td7”''OnThrsta^for Inference"
Hounds, chair- three consecutive seasons totaling , protesting
man of the Stoneybrook meeting 67 weeks. Miss Cummings was the ^hat he had been in-
nas enncunced the following featured soloist at Radio City Mu- accurately qyoted last week, said,
judges for the races: John Cooper sic Hall in the superb productions asked wfio was leading
f a-and of the “United Nations,” Christ- ncovement and replied ‘Mr.
-eld director respectively of the mas “Nativity” and the “Glory of and Mr. Ruggles are the
Easter.” For these performances leaders, and it is their right and
it has been estimated that she ap- ‘ (Continued on Page 8)
peared before audiences totaling ~
^ Msf to Stevenson Name
the core, was born at Corvallis, u • . •
Ore., and started studying music -DFingS UVatlOIl
at the age of three. Her career
was launched when, as a girl in
her teeens, she won a statewide
high school voice contest. She
entered the University of Oregon ^ delegation from Moore Coim-
'*At RaleighBanquet
(Continued on page 8)
Historians Will
I
Hear Dr. Jacocks,
; Wellman Tuesday
The meeting is open to the public, f f f
S?ay fxfsS. niostyo5fw1u\“
Her subject will be “The Wash
ington Scene, and the New Look.”
f'r. Young is the author of “Un-
Peaches Unhurt
The March payment amounts/to T ao-c7s:so
$579.81. Of this, Supt. A. C. Daw- A^eaVeS
son, who is acting as treasurer of
d.r«a„di„g Politics: A Practical
s - pSSJt cS
msS, al„£ g
tion will be held Tuesday at 8 p. works of a similar nature, from fjjg bpO Does the 1952
m., at the Southern Pines library,! her learning, and senior class eift of 5250 and nm
and will be open to the public, it record of distinguished ceeds nf f rai 1
Amcng the noted riders expect
ed to pilot horses over the race
courses are F. D, “Dooley” Adams,
top steeplechase, rider in the
United States for the past two o— +
seasons; Mrs. R. H. Dulaney- ^ voice scholarship, and earned attended the Jefferson-Jack-
her way by playing accompani- dinner in Raleigh Saturday
ment for voice teachers. She ap- and heard their fellow-
peared as guest soloist with the Sandhillers, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Portland Symphony orchestra and cheered to the echo as the
was guest artist in the first musi- sister and brother-in-law of the
cal program to be given at the ^ emccratic presidential candi-
enormous Portland Civic theatre, date, Adlai Stevenson-.
Opportunities began to come Aberdeen, Pinehurst, Pinebluff
from the West Coast with radio and Southern Pines joined forces
offers in both San Francisco and to drive up with Leland McKeith-
Los Angeles on CBS and NBC net- on, Moore County Democratic ex-
works, ^nd concert appearances ecutive committee chairman. The
with the Oakland and Modesto group included Mrs. James Boyd
Symphonies and the San Francis- and Voit Gilmore from Southern
CO Opera of the Air. Gaetano Me- Pines, Representative H. Clifton
iDla, director of the San Francisco Blue of Aberdeen and Douglas
Opera company, finally urged Lu- i^avid of Pinebluff, president of
cile Cummings to go to New York the Young Democrats and Hubert
^d enter the Metropolitan Audi- McCaskill and Mr. McKeithen
tions of the Air,” directed by Wil- from Pinehurst.
fred Pelletier of the Metropolitan mi- nit c t j ’
Opera company. Opportunity had earlier the
knocked again; she was, chosen ® attend a
nno t; i;_i- luncheon given at the country
Weather Nips
was announced by Mrs. Ernest L.
Ives, president.
several school events,
events an ad
vance payment of $500 was paid
on the debt in order to save in
terest on the long-term loan. This
is not now being Counted in, the
effort to maintain the schedule
Near-freezing weather gave the
Sandhills practically their first
taste of winter during the past
week, blighting many a golf game
but failing to damage the budding
peach orchards.
activity. Dr. Young is a youthful F^om the school
and charming woman, wife of a
Speakers will be Manly Wade economist and moth-
} Wellman, author and historian, three children. Her visit here
land Dr. W. P. Jacocks, president the result of a shipboard meet-
lof the N. C. Society of County “g with the Rev. and Mrs. C. V.
Historians. Coveil while all were traveling scneauie
Mr. Wellman will be returning' abroad last summer. She was then jug decrease Tf^nterest"
to a section which was home to on a journey undertaken as U. S. When the bus was a
him for several years. Though he delegate to the Second Congress of ago contributions at that J i 1, vi
now lives at Chapel Hill, he for- the International Political Science pl°d MmS haU fha ^ F ariother
merly lived at Pinebluff, and has 1 association, an auxiliary of UN- A \ P'^ohase bumper crop on our hands.” The
many friends here. Three recent i’"SCO, and had prepared a paper Ko w-s ^
mvenile books he has written I on the political rote of wLenlSlTc s^Wt^
have Moore county as their locale, as an aid to the Congress in or- S
He moved to Chapel Hill in'-nizing and phrasing its agenda eno Tho
June 1951, mainly because of the for next year. ^
■ 'n,™f SS,«“oo! wS K ; 'hop'
Springlike warmth returned
Wednesday, though skies remain
ed grey and threatening. Thurs
day the sun again shone.
Word from the peach growers
is that orchards have not yet
reached their most vulnerable
stage, barring a solid freeze, and
“if we can make it through April
15 without too much severe cold.
CM ras^rth'^Som^i^the ed to' erase'bef’oreTnMher ‘^ea^
cai researen. fruits leyan university and won her M. , rolls by.
Well-wishers are asked to send
their contributions to Supt. Daw
of this research in regard to this A.' and PrS: d^^ees from tS:
(University. of Pennsylvania'.
I (Continued on Page 8)
his Tuesday night talk.
first two weeks of April, durin|
which many varieties blossom, is
the period of real danger, they
stressed.
Following a weekend of chill
rain, Tuesday brought a real cold
snap, with ice tipping the pine
trees on the high ridges. The
weather was part of a wintry
front moving generally over the
^ ^ east, with ice as near as Raleigh
son at the Southern Pines school, and snow in Richmond.
one of the two finalists.
SIGN VANDALIZED
One of Southern Pines'
four new town sigrtrs, the one
at the city limits on Midland
road, was used sometime last
week by a careless vandal for
his target practice.
A dozen bullet holes mar
the handsome panel of the
sign, entering al an angle as
if from the road.
The holes were observed in
the latter part of the week.
Police Chief C. E. Newton,
invosligaling, tfbund no one in •
the vicinity who could recall
hearing any shots.
The sign is not irrevocably
marred, as it is believed they
can be patched up. The four
were erected by the Town
last month al various poinls
of enlry. al a cosl of aboul
$120 apiece.
club by state Democratic chair
man, Everett Jordan in honor of
Senator Richard Russell of
Georgia, the speaker of the eve
ning.
Also seen among the politicos
that packed the lobby of the hotel
in a roaring, back-slapping, genial
mob was John A. Lang, Jr. of
Carthage, secretary to Eighth Dis
trict Representative t. B. Deane
of Rockingham. Mr. Deane was
also there, greeting friends on
every side.
Mrs. Ives, seated between Lt.
Gov. Hodges and Senator Willis
Smith received an ovation when
she rose in response to the intro
duction of the chairman. After the
dinner she arid Mr. Ives and Mrs.
Boyd joined Senator Russell and
Jonathan Daniels, editor of the
Raleigh News and Observer and
Mrs. Daniels in the governor’s
suite, returning to spend the night
with the Danielses.